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What to know in Manatee: BayCare hospital headed to Parrish, new Sheriff technology
Manatee County commissioners cleared the way for a new BayCare Hospital, 250-room hotel, multifamily housing, and retail at a major development planned for 286 acres of property owned by U.S. Rep. Will Robinson and his family in Parrish.
Commissioners voted to finalize the agreement during a meeting on Tuesday, where they also clashed over the Sheriff's Office's use of technology to address drive-by shootings, provided additional funding for the Piney Point injection well, and continued to take steps to address homelessness.
BayCare Hospital planned for Parrish
Commissioners unanimously approved changes to a Land Development Agreement with MW Gateway Development LLC for a property known as Robinson Gateway.
The property, located at the northwest corner of Moccasin Wallow Road and Carter Road, is owned by Robinson and his family through the LLC.
The updated development plan allows for the construction of up to 2,000 multifamily units, 595,000 square feet of commercial office or self-storage space, a 250-room hotel, and the 207-bed six-story hospital that could include a 52,361 square foot surgical center and a 170,000 square foot dental office.
ICYMI:BayCare Health System announces plans for new Parrish hospital
More:Manatee County approves new hospital, village center in Parrish
The hospital would be operated by the BayCare Health System, which announced plans for the hospital last July. The hospital is the second major medical facility planned for the Parrish area, with plans for a competing six-story 150-bed hospital at North River Ranch also underway.
Commissioners clash over MCSO's use of Raven Shot Spotter Technology
Commissioners sparred over the use of Raven Shot Spotter technology meant to help the Manatee County Sheriff's Office respond to drive-by shootings in high-crime areas.
There was no formal vote at the meeting, but commissioners grilled Sheriff Rick Wells over plans for the use of the technology. The systems are able to sense and triangulate the sound of shots fired and notify law enforcement officials immediately of a possible drive-by shooting, rather than having to rely on 911 calls.
"Less than 12% of drive-by shootings are even placed into the 911 dispatch, we don't get the call until the next morning a lot of times," Wells said. "That's when people realize that their property has been shot up. They don't call us until they realize, 'Hey, I wasn't the subject of the drive by but my window's out, I've got bullet holes in my vehicle.' They don't know that until the next day."
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Chairman Kevin Van Ostenbridge and Commissioner Amanda Ballard raised concerns about privacy and questioned whether placing such technology at strategic points in the community could be a step too far.
"I just want to make sure we are not infringing on people's rights in any way shape or form, but I also want to make sure that we are keeping people safe, and I understand you are targeting neighborhoods where people are not safe," Van Ostenbridge said. "I strongly believe that the power of the authority and the reach of the government should always be restricted."
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Other commissioners endorsed the use of the technology, stating that it was similar to that used by the U.S. military, and said it could be useful as acts of gun violence continue to occur in communities across the nation.
"I think it's enough for me when we see the problems that we are seeing in schools and the problems that we are seeing in malls," Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said. "Just this weekend on Sunday we had a couple of shots that were fired at the Ellenton Outlet."
Piney Point well gets extra funding
Manatee County commissioners increased the budget for the underground injection well built to dispose of waste from the former Piney Point fertilizer plant.
As of Tuesday, there have been 27 million gallons of pre-treated wastewater disposed of deep underground through an injection well built by Manatee County. The well went into operation in April.
ICYMI:Facing legal pressure, DEP set to renew Piney Point permit 22 years after it expired
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Tuesday's approval provides an additional $1.3 million for a chemical feed system for modifications required by the Department of Environmental Protection and monitoring well instruments. The decision brings the cost of the well project to an amount not to exceed $19.2 million.
County considers options to address homelessness
With eyes set on a future anti-camping resolution, Manatee County is moving forward with plans to address concerns about homelessness.
Ballard made a pitch on Tuesday for the county to consider retrofitting a Manatee County Sheriff's Office substation used for a work release for offenders in District 4 with the capacity for about 90 inmates.
"This would assist us in getting our shelter beds that we need so that we can move people off the streets, work on anti-camping ordinances because we can't do that until we have shelter space available for the people who need it," Ballard said. "It is also a really economical opportunity for the county, which is really exciting."
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"It is built out in a way that makes it very conducive to becoming a shelter. It also has a wonderful administrative space in the front," she said. "This would potentially give the opportunity for different organizations to come together to provide services to the homeless population."
Commissioners voted unanimously to direct staff to continue to do its diligence on the proposal. They also voted to continue to evaluate a proposal to create a model similar to Pinellas Hope in St. Petersburg. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/05/10/what-to-know-in-manatee-baycare-hospital-headed-to-parrish/70199691007/ | 2023-05-10T10:01:17 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/05/10/what-to-know-in-manatee-baycare-hospital-headed-to-parrish/70199691007/ |
Venice council puts dispute over land development rules to rest
Settlement lauded as an example of compromise.
VENICE – The Venice City Council unanimously approved the second reading of changes to its development rules that officially put to rest concerns raised by the citizens group Venice Unites, which at one point was poised to launch a bid to repeal the new regulations unless city officials made several changes, mainly about density and building heights, especially downtown.
Related:Venice council approves changes to settle controversy over development rules
The vote was 7-0 with little fanfare, though Mayor Nick Pachota noted how the sides had worked in the spirit of compromise then added, “Don't feel that you need to start a group or join a group in order for us to listen.”
Frank Wright, chairman of the five-member citizens group, said during the meeting's closing public comment that he came to declare victory.
“Victory for the spirit of compromise, which has brought us finally to this resolution,” Wright said. “We come at this point for victory for the spirit of compromise, victory for the citizens of Venice.
“Your voters are passionate about preserving what makes Venice special,” he added.
In Venice City Council action
• The council passed a resolution establishing guidelines for public buildings that provide for energy saving properties, including use of solar panels. The guidelines will be in effect when the city builds a new Fire Station 52.
• Approved replacing a sea turtle statue from Venice Area Beautification Inc. at 200 Miami Ave. West.
• Heard an update from Ben Quartermaine, an engineer at Stantec and Maryann Grgic, a representative of Neal Communities, about the widening of Laurel Road between Knights Trail Road and Jacaranda Boulevard. The board agreed that Pachota should write a letter to Sarasota County and the state of Florida endorsing a change in the design to widen the a recreational trail along the right of way from 10 feet to 12 feet.
• Heard from former Sarasota County commissioner Charles Hines, now program director of Gulf Coast Trail, about a planned $200 million one-time infusion of money into the Florida Sun Trail Program – currently in the state’s proposed $117 billion budget – as well as an increase in annual funding from $25 million to $50 million per year, in an effort to fast-track construction trail system. Hines said that the new trail standard would be 12 feet instead of 10 feet, because cyclists ride two-by-two and people also walk their dogs. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/10/venice-council-approves-changes-to-development-rules/70197801007/ | 2023-05-10T10:01:29 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/10/venice-council-approves-changes-to-development-rules/70197801007/ |
A mechanical incident has forced Clifton Middle School and Mountain View Elementary School to close Wednesday morning (May 10) out of an abundance of caution.
This comes after students at both schools were evacuated Tuesday after the incident set off the fire alarm.
School officials say the fire alarm system will be offline to isolate the problem.
We’re told SOL tests for Mountain View will be moved to later this week. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/10/clifton-middle-school-and-mountainview-elementary-school-closed-due-to-mechanical-incident/ | 2023-05-10T10:15:36 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/10/clifton-middle-school-and-mountainview-elementary-school-closed-due-to-mechanical-incident/ |
The Alleghany Highlands Public School Board has approved new elementary attendance zones, revealing where students will be heading to school for the upcoming year.
School officials say redistricting will not affect students who live in the City of Covington, adding that students under grade 5 will go to Jeter-Watson Elementary School.
In addition to this, students who live in the Town of Iron Gate and the Iron Gate Hill area also won’t be affected and will continue to attend Sharon Elementary.
On the other hand, some elementary students living in Alleghany County and the Town of Clifton Forge could be required to change schools.
Sources indicate that Sharon Elementary School attendance boundaries will be expanding to include areas of Clifton Forge, such as a section of Ingalls Street that encompasses its intersection with Jefferson Avenue as well as the 1300 blocks of Madison Avenue and Linden Avenue.
Those living in the Fairview Heights section of the town will attend Mountain View Elementary School.
Furthermore, Callaghan Elementary School’s boundaries have expanded to include areas along and west of Route 687, such as Clearview Estates and Clearwater Park.
Here’s a closer look at the redistricting plan: | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/10/heres-a-look-at-the-new-elementary-attendance-zones-for-alleghany-highlands-public-schools/ | 2023-05-10T10:15:39 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/10/heres-a-look-at-the-new-elementary-attendance-zones-for-alleghany-highlands-public-schools/ |
A man is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting overnight at VCU Medical Center North Hospital, NBC12 reports.
We’re told the shooting happened just after midnight Wednesday, with officers arriving at the scene to find a man shot in the stairwell.
Police say the victim did not make it.
The alleged shooter was taken into custody shortly thereafter and authorities told NBC12 that there is currently no active threat to the public.
It is believed that the suspect and victim know one another, but their exact relationship is still unclear at this time. The shooting happened after a fight broke out between the two men, according to police.
Authorities say no patients at the hospital were involved in the shooting.
The investigation remains ongoing. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/10/man-in-custody-in-connection-with-fatal-shooting-at-vcu-medical-center/ | 2023-05-10T10:15:45 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/10/man-in-custody-in-connection-with-fatal-shooting-at-vcu-medical-center/ |
Greenville's First Youth Poet Laureate, Anna Castro Spratt, uses her writing for advocacy
If Riverside High School sophomore Anna Castro Spratt could trade places with one writer for the day, she would choose Amanda Gorman.
Gorman, 24, is a Black poet and activist who writes about issues of oppression, race and feminism. She was also the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017.
Gorman made history in January of 2021 as the youngest inaugural poet in history when she wrote and delivered her poem, "The Hill We Climb," at the inauguration of Joe Biden.
Since then, the Harvard graduate has appeared on the cover of Vogue and Time magazines and has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama.
"I really respect everything that she's done and written," Spratt said. "I wouldn't even know what a poet laureate was if it weren't for her."
Now, Spratt is following in Gorman's footsteps.
On April 24, Spratt was appointed Greenville's first Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) at a City Council meeting. She will work alongside Glenis Redmond, who is the city's poet laureate. Together, they will promote literature and literacy within the community during Spratt's two-year term.
The 16-year-old applied for the YPL position through the Arts in Public Place Commission among five other candidates. She submitted a poem, a video of herself reciting a poem and a video about the importance of poetry. She's already had one term as South Carolina's YMCA Youth Poet Laureate and she is a contender for a second term to run through 2023.
Redmond said Spratt stood out, not only because of her craft but also through her community service ― an important part of the YPL's mission. Redmond will mentor Spratt by creating strategies and plans for her poetic outreach and by helping her discover projects she would like to fulfill.
"She's a strong wordsmith. She is charismatic and has a genuine drive to be an effective literary citizen," Redmond said. "She is a great choice for our first Youth Poet Laureate of Greenville."
Here's what to know about Anna Castro Spratt
Born in Dixon, Illinois, Spratt's family moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil when she was 3 years old. Spratt finds inspiration for her poetry through her Brazilian, cultural roots.
When she was eight, Spratt's family moved to Greenville. At first, she found it difficult adjusting to new surroundings, especially speaking two different languages ― Portuguese and English. Her mother, Samantha Spratt, is of Brazilian descent, and her father, Bob Spratt, is white.
"It was really odd. I think that was when I started being interested in language and its functions," Spratt said.
While attending Buena Vista Elementary School, one of Spratt's teachers suggested she apply to the Fine Arts Center for its middle school program. She credits this decision with the discovery of her poetry and writing skills.
At the Fine Arts Center, Spratt was introduced to Natalie Diaz's poetry, which inspired her to make the transition from short fiction stories to poetry.
"Hearing her story and how she put that into poetry really connected with me because she's a Native American author, and she lived on a reservation right next to a very large white population in California," Spratt said. "She had a lot of interesting stories about myths and folklore within her indigenous community and how that interacted with what she knew about the American dream world around her."
Like Diaz, Spratt incorporates Brazilian folklore into her own poetry. Characters like "Saci," the one-legged man and "Cuca," the supernatural old hag that attacks small children who do not go to bed early, are symbolism found in her writings.
Here's what inspires Spratt's poetry
Other subjects of interest in Spratt's writing are intercommunal violence in Brazil and the culture's high beauty standards and expectations of women.
Her poem, "I Translated from the Bean Broth," is about her mother Samantha Spratt's side of the family in Brazil. In it, she tells of a cousin who experienced a home break-in and the crossfire that ensued. The poem also talks about the time she received lingerie as a gift from her aunts before she was ten years old.
"We hear within the insane, beauty-standard industry about the Brazilian wax, Brazilian butt lift, all of these things that are always credited to Brazilian women. In Brazil, that can be very harmful to women," Spratt said. "Here (the US) people think 'let's just call it the Brazilian thing because it was made in Brazil, or a Brazilian doctor made it.' But you get there and you see that it really is a standard and really is how women aspire to make themselves."
In her writing, Spratt wants young girls to break free from this pressure. Although she states her female relatives were only trying to do what they thought was best for her, it made her think about her own identity.
"Growing up a girl there, you really see how your family of women around you all want to make you into someone who's going to grow and flourish into someone that everyone wants," she said.
Greenville teen advocates for youth advocacy, minority rights and more
Today, the young poet is firm in who she is and what she wants to do for the community.
Along with poetry, Spratt is passionate about youth advocacy. She is involved in the Greenville Youth Alliance and is the Youth Lieutenant Governor for YMCA South Carolina Youth in Government. Through her poetry, she calls for change and asks that adults in positions of power listen to young people, even if they do not understand. In time, Spratt believes things can change for the better.
Spratt also advocates for women's, children's and minority rights ― exemplified through mock legislative documents and poetry she has written for Youth in Government at the state and national level. Her most recent bills and proposals have focused on reforming South Carolina's foster care system, abolishing child marriage, workplace harassment along with school and gun violence.
She is currently working on a piece to bring to the Youth Conference on National Affairs about banning female genital mutilation.
"We can still state our opinion and hope that our lawmakers will care. Lawmakers are supposed to represent the entire population of their district, not just the ones over 21," Spratt said. "So, something that I talk about a lot in my writing is 'Feeling like you're a smaller part but understanding that you are a bigger one.'"
For Youth in Government, Spratt goes to the Statehouse in Columbia with fellow members to talk to representatives and senators. This summer, Spratt will visit Washington to talk about proposals.
Next year, Spratt will attend the Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville for their Residential Creative Writing Program. Although her college plans are undecided, she knows she will continue to write and explore law.
On her writing journey, Spratt is thankful for her parents, and Sarah Blackman, her creative writing teacher at the Fine Arts Center. Her parents have been supportive of her poetry from the beginning, making sure to attend all of her poetry readings.
"Anna has a heart of gold and the soul of a poet. We're incredibly proud of her," Samantha Spratt said. "She always had a certain easiness in expressing her thoughts and ideas. Over time, this easiness became a beautiful gift for creating writing, poetry and public speaking."
Blackman mentors Spratt by showing her authors who have voices that match, provoke and oppose her poetic voice. She describes Spratt's voice as a lush interiority containing a solid understanding of the world into which she is speaking.
"Anna understands that the individual word is what she is using to build the world she writes," Blackman said. "She trusts her language, and in the two years I've been fortunate enough to be her teacher, I have seen that trust strengthen and develop into a very sophisticated relationship with the reader."
Nina Tran covers trending topics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@gannett.com. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/10/meet-greenville-first-youth-poet-laureate-anna-castro-spratt-greenville-news-education-arts/70164348007/ | 2023-05-10T10:29:00 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/10/meet-greenville-first-youth-poet-laureate-anna-castro-spratt-greenville-news-education-arts/70164348007/ |
Peoria City Council approves purchase of land for more parking in Warehouse District
The Peoria City Council approved a $250,000 purchase of a plot of land that the city hopes to develop into parking spots in the Warehouse District.
Peoria plans to purchase a lot at 905 SW Washington Street and 907 SW Washington Street from the Downtown Development Council using funds from the Warehouse District Tax Increment Financing District. The purchase of the land passed unanimously among the council with no discussion.
Archives:Lack of a Warehouse District parking deck in Peoria may be threatening development
Peoria has been engaged in a multi-year effort to secure more parking in the Warehouse District as both commercial and residential property developers have been clamoring for it.
Assistant City Manager Kimberly Richardson told the council on Tuesday night the city was anticipating 175 residential units would be built near the site and more parking was crucial to properly serve those future residents.
In July, the city purchased three other plots of land near Washington Street where it plans to add 300 additional parking spaces to the area. | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/peoria-plans-to-buy-land-for-parking-to-prepare-for-residential-growth/70201766007/ | 2023-05-10T10:36:35 | 0 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/peoria-plans-to-buy-land-for-parking-to-prepare-for-residential-growth/70201766007/ |
New adobo-themed restaurant celebrates grand opening, more boba coming soon to Visalia
Visalia welcomed a new adobo-themed restaurant and is preparing to celebrate the grand opening of another tea and boba shop that is expected to open soon.
Here are just a couple new places in town with more set to open this summer.
Teaspoon
Teaspoon offers customers plenty to choose from, including seasonal drinks like aqua berry fizz, a sparkling mix of raspberry, lemon, and lychee, topped with lychee bits, as well as ruby fizz, a sparkling blend of guava, lemon, and lychee, topped with lychee bits.
Some staple menu items include black sugar Assam, strawberry colada, taro lover, caramel cream, creamy Jasmine, Thai tea, guava sunset, liquid gold and their classic house milk tea. The restaurant also has some tasty food options, like coffee cake, lemon cake, and a colorful plethora of macaroons to choose from.
Teaspoon will celebrate its grand opening soon at 3229 S. Mooney Boulevard, near Rush Bowls.
The restaurant’s official website does not list Visalia’s hours of operation yet. Other stores' hours varied; however, a majority of the eateries opened around 11 a.m. and closed between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. daily.
Adobowl
Adobowl, an adobo-themed restaurant, recently opened in the Rancho Viejo Shopping Center, near El Diamante High School.
The restaurant, with a cultural flare, has a few menu options to choose from, including carne con chili, chili verde, chorizo, chicken shawarma burritos, sandwiches, salads, as well as beef stew, broccoli cheddar and chicken dumpling soup bowls, to name a few.
The eatery has a Mother’s Day raffle going on as well, where the first and second prize winners will win a TV, and third and fourth prize winners will receive $50 and $25 gift cards to Adobowl, respectively.
Customers must make a $15+ purchase in order to be eligible for the raffle. Those who qualify will receive a duplicate receipt upon purchase, where you will write your name and phone number. The restaurant will hold a live drawing on May 13 on Facebook.
Adobowl is open from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily at 5129 W. Walnut Avenue, near Poki Point. It is a popular spot for El Diamante students heading to lunch but at least a couple hungry customers said it was worth the wait. | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/adobowl-now-open-teaspoon-to-celebrate-grand-opening-soon/70195475007/ | 2023-05-10T10:37:01 | 1 | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/adobowl-now-open-teaspoon-to-celebrate-grand-opening-soon/70195475007/ |
GREENSBORO — Ever heard of a bintlet? The Greensboro Science Center now has two of them, which are the first to be born there.
On Tuesday, the center announced the May 5 birth of the baby binturongs or bintlets, also known as bearcats — which are neither bear, nor cat.
The bintlets are being hand-reared by the center's animal care team and are not yet ready for public viewing. The science center has posted the bintlets' photos and the birth announcement on its Instagram and Facebook pages, where it plans to share progress updates and more photos.
The fuzzy little ones were born to a pair of binturongs named Susan and Mee-Noi, which were recommended for breeding by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan Program.
While considered carnivores, the binturongs' diet consists mostly of fruits and berries. Binturongs are native to the rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, according to information provided by the science center.
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"Historically, binturong births have not been that common throughout AZA facilities and the population has been on a downward trend over the last 20 years," Jessica Hoffman, the science center's vice president of animal care and welfare, said in a statement. "Only a few pairs continued to be successful, so that makes this new pairing of Susan and Mee-Noi especially exciting for us."
Hoffman said this birth marks the fifth one in the last year throughout AZA, which is "helping to strengthen the sustainability of this much loved species."
The science center also acknowledged donors Chris and Kathy Evans in its announcement Tuesday for helping fund the binturongs.
Glenn Dobrogosz, CEO of the science center, said that as some habitats erode, "successful breeding programs for rare animals have now become essential." | https://greensboro.com/news/local/dont-let-the-name-fool-you-these-fuzzy-babies-at-the-greensboro-science-center-are/article_5a2e693c-eea8-11ed-a29b-c7bfe74b5661.html | 2023-05-10T10:41:21 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/dont-let-the-name-fool-you-these-fuzzy-babies-at-the-greensboro-science-center-are/article_5a2e693c-eea8-11ed-a29b-c7bfe74b5661.html |
Todd E. Brady: Lonely—not the way it’s supposed to be
Roy Orbison sang about loneliness in the 60’s. He sang that only the lonely knew the way he felt. There went his baby, there went his heart.
Orbison experienced then what the US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy recently described in an 81-page report entitled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation”—something posing health risks as bad a smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Writing about the nation’s loneliness problem, Murthy wrote in the New York Times, “As it has built for decades, the epidemic of loneliness and isolation has fueled other problems that are killing us and threaten to rip our country apart.”
The Surgeon General’s report said that half of US adults reported feelings of loneliness and that loneliness increases the risk of premature death by 30%. The report also stated that those with poor social relationships were at greater risk for stroke and heart disease.
Isolation among individuals has been increasing for years. The population continues to polarize itself into segments—different interest groups, different preferences, different political affiliations and in the process individuals continue to isolate themselves, often in the language of “protecting” themselves from others or from disagreement.
Now it seems that a desire to protect oneself is actually doing more harm than good.
Much has led our society to this point. Writing for Complex, Trace William Cowen writes about what he believes has contributed to the problem of loneliness. He states “The average person in the U.S. is routinely forced to work themselves, often literally to death, for wages that often fail to cover even the most basic needs for modern life.”
Capitalism is not the problem. On the contrary, the problem of loneliness in our country has nothing to do with work or wages, instead there seem to be three primary causes — technology, COVID-19 and the dismantling of the family.
More and more people are unaware of what is around them as they are focused on their phones. Social media, in an effort to build “connections” seems to be doing the very opposite—social relationships are being broken down. Has there ever been anything so oxymoronically named as “Social Media?” Murthy stated, “There’s really no substitute for in-person interaction. As we shifted to use technology more and more for our communication, we lost out on a lot of that in-person interaction.”
COVID-19 only exacerbated the problem. After spending a semester in “on-line learning,” and then returning to our classrooms the next semester wearing face masks and face shields, it was obvious that things relationally were just not right. It was like eating a well-seasoned, juicy steak with a balloon on our tongue.
The fruit of loneliness has been sown for years in seeds which have been slowly dismantling the family. The breakdown of marriage, the redefinition of marriage, the ease of divorce, and family abandonment has only contributed to our problem. Research indicates that single households have doubled over the last 60 years.
Society’s prioritization of individualism and autonomy is indeed leading us toward greater loneliness.
On the heels of creation, God said “It is not good that man should be alone,” Genesis 2:18.
God’s intention is that we be in relationship. He has given us the gift of marriage and the family, and he has given us the gift of community. When we isolate ourselves, not only are we resisting the created order; are doing harm to ourselves.
In addition to my own family, the small group of people in my church who meet on Wednesday nights is a tremendous gift to me. We usually gather in someone’s home so we can have good discussions and pray together. Like the air I breath, those folks are life-giving to me.
Sure, we could Zoom or text, but there is something about making eye contact, reading facial expressions, experiencing body language, eating chips, laughing, and talking together in the same room. (For what it’s worth, I am never tempted to check my phone when we’re together.) I could call any one of them, and they would come in a heartbeat. They wouldn’t text or Zoom or offer “thoughts and prayers.” They would show up. In-person. Face-to-face.
I’m not sure what my life would be like without those people. They make life the way it’s supposed to be—a lot less lonely.
It's seems we’d have less of a loneliness problem is we lived the way God designed us to live and pursued relationships with one another.
Todd E. Brady is vice president for university ministries at Union University. Write to him at 1050 Union University Drive, Jackson, TN 38305. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/todd-e-brady-lonelynot-the-way-its-supposed-to-be/70198581007/ | 2023-05-10T11:09:28 | 0 | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/todd-e-brady-lonelynot-the-way-its-supposed-to-be/70198581007/ |
How will Christmas Tree Shops' bankruptcy affect Middleboro headquarters?
MIDDLEBORO — Since news came out last week of Massachusetts-based store chain Christmas Tree Shops filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a big question has been how will this affect the Middleboro headquarters?
The company has 82 stores, including 15 stores in Massachusetts, with five of them being on Cape Cod.
Christmas Tree Shops' main headquarters and distribution center is located in Middleboro, inside Campanelli Business Park.
According to the town of Middleboro’s website, the distribution center and headquarters is 785,369 square feet, making it the largest business space in the Campanelli Business Park.
How will Christmas Tree Shops' bankruptcy affect the Middleboro headquarters?
Christmas Tree Shops spokesperson Maya Vogoda said in a statement “there are no changes planned to the distribution center at this time.”
The company's Middleboro headquarters and distribution center currently employs over 200 people, according to Mel Jenks from the town’s Office of Economic and Community Development.
Middleboro Town Administrator James McGrail said talks between the company and the town hadn’t occurred recently.
“They are an important part of our community and we hope that their organization will find a way to continue and thrive in Middleboro,” McGrail said.
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Which Christmas Tree Shops stores will be closing?
In its filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on May 7, the company said it will be closing two underperforming stores in Massachusetts: Falmouth and Sagamore.
The Sagamore location is somewhat of a historical landmark. Located at the base of Sagamore Bridge and very visible to cars driving past on the highway, it is known for having a windmill attached.
Where are the closest Christmas Tree Shops to the Taunton area?
The closest ones to Taunton are in North Attleboro and North Dartmouth, both of which aren’t slated to close, at this time, as they weren’t listed as on the chopping block in the filed store closing agreement.
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy isn’t a death knell for a company. Rather, it is referred to as a “reorganization” bankruptcy where the company financially restructures itself.
“With the protections afforded by the Bankruptcy Code and the financing provided by our lenders, we will be able to satisfy our ongoing obligations to customers, vendors and employees. We are confident we will emerge a stronger business, better positioned to grow and prosper into the future,” said Christmas Tree Shops Chairman Marc Salkovitz in a written statement on the company’s website.
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When will Christmas Tree Shops stores start closing?
The closing store agreement filed by the company in bankruptcy court states the company expects the closing for its 10 underperforming stores, including Falmouth and Sagamore, will be completed by June 30, 2023.
"By moving expediently, the Debtors hope to maximize overall recovery for the estates while minimizing the Debtors’ liabilities,” the filed agreement said.
The statement said the company hopes to complete its financial restructuring and “emerge from Chapter 11 a financially stronger retailer” before the end of August. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/will-christmas-tree-shops-bankruptcy-affect-middleboro-headquarters/70198702007/ | 2023-05-10T11:22:14 | 1 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/will-christmas-tree-shops-bankruptcy-affect-middleboro-headquarters/70198702007/ |
ESTERO, Fla. — A Lee County Sheriff’s Office vehicle was involved in a deadly crash Tuesday night in Estero.
The crash happened on Ben Hill Griffin Parkway at Miromar Outlet Drive, between Everblades Parkway and Corkscrew Road.
The Lee County deputy involved was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.
Investigators have not said how many other people were involved, but they did confirm at least one fatality.
No further details were immediately available. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/05/10/authorities-investigate-deadly-crash-in-estero/ | 2023-05-10T11:33:06 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/05/10/authorities-investigate-deadly-crash-in-estero/ |
William Carey receives $20M to expand medical facililties. What is it building?
William Carey University's College of Osteopathic Medicine was awarded a $20 million infrastructure grant last week to further expand its offerings in medical education and workforce development.
The infrastructure grant, announced Friday, was given through AccelerateMS to create an Institute of Primary Care.
“We are extremely grateful for this impactful grant. The institute will be a beacon to transform and improve health care for all of our Mississippi communities,” said Dr. Italo Subbarao, dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Institute of Primary Care will enhance the college's mission to increase the number of primary care physicians in rural and underserved areas in Mississippi and the Gulf South.
The institute will train student doctors and primary care resident physicians, help community physicians and other healthcare providers advance their training and certifications, and provide a medical education space for advancements related to primary care.
“William Carey University has focused on workforce areas in our state which need the most attention — the fields of education and healthcare,” Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said in a news release. “Under the leadership of Dr. Ben Burnett, and in partnership with the legislature, this $20 million grant will directly result in an infusion of new doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals into rural Mississippi.”
The Institute of Primary Care will have a large, state-of-the-art osteopathic manipulative medicine lab and a point-of-care ultrasound skills lab. It will include an innovative skills simulation center and a large conference room for continuing medical education events.
“Our College of Osteopathic Medicine was established with a primary purpose to do just as Christ did, to serve the underserved. That was the main mission of our namesake, William Carey,” WCU President Ben Burnett said. “We’re not just named after Dr. William Carey, we want to continue the ministry that he started more than 200 years ago. Today’s announcement is a culmination of a year and a half of work by Dr. Subbarao and his team. The fruits of their labor will strengthen the mission we created exponentially.”
The $20 million Mississippi Health Sciences Training Infrastructure Grant funds are allocated from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program, which is part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Under 2022 House Bill 1006, AccelerateMS is responsible for the management, oversight, and monitoring of these funds.
“We are honored and privileged to participate in a team that is focused on trying to improve the lives of Mississippians in a very palpable way. I cannot think of a workforce sector more important than supporting people who have a heart for serving those in the most vulnerable positions,” said Ryan Miller, executive director of AccelerateMS.
For more information about the Institute of Primary Care, call 601-318-6235 or email com@wmcarey.edu. | https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/william-carey-university-to-establish-primary-care-institute/70195204007/ | 2023-05-10T11:34:15 | 1 | https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2023/05/09/william-carey-university-to-establish-primary-care-institute/70195204007/ |
Climate change's impact is intensifying everywhere. Here's where Delaware's risk ranks.
The effects of Earth’s changing climate are being felt now.
Temperatures are increasing. Seas are warming; oceans rising. And scientists have said both heat and sea-level rise are helping make some natural disasters more extreme.
Look two or three decades ahead, and the picture worsens.
Climate change is ramping up long-term risk just about everywhere on the globe. But even in the United States alone, it will not be felt equally. Some areas may experience more heat, more floods, more extreme weather, more wildfires or all of the above.
Some locations might surprise you; some may not.
Delaware lies among them.
USA TODAY looked at data from First Street and Moody’s Analytics — two organizations examining climate risk — to see what areas of the country are most vulnerable over the next 30 years. Consequences vary widely over time, reports USA TODAY’s Dinah Voyles Pulver this week, but a growing body of evidence has helped highlight general trends.
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Climate change has been pumping up the rain in some tropical storms, while the heavier, wetter systems are also likely moving more slowly down their destruction paths. This research is ongoing, USA TODAY reports.
In a Moody's Analytics study on climate risks in the United States, published earlier this year, author Adam Kamins ranked states on acute physical risk. This is based on weather-related events, like hurricanes, as well as disasters like flooding and wildfires.
Delaware came in at No. 5.
That makes the small state the fifth most at risk of the threats of physical disaster fueled by climate change. When considering the economic costs of climate change, damage to physical assets could be “the most intuitive starting point,” Kamins writes.
More extreme weather takes a greater toll when population and development increase in these areas. Long term, scientists say areas could start to experience “out-migration” to areas less exposed to climate risks.
Acute physical risk rankings:
- Florida
- Louisiana
- South Carolina
- North Carolina
- Delaware
- Rhode Island
- New Jersey
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
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New Jersey also had several counties among the top of First Street’s lists for potential increases in average annual wind losses, extreme fire risk and properties at risk of flooding. New Jersey already suffered three hurricanes or their remnants in 2021-22.
Experts from Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control said many risks are shared with nearby states in the region.
What about risk that doesn’t grab headlines?
Moody’s Analytics also took a look at places with more gradually increasing risk — think sea level creeping up, nights getting warmer, average temperatures swelling.
Some cities are particularly exposed to change over time, compared with single events.
Wilmington fell in at No. 8 in this chronic physical risk ranking.
For Delaware’s largest city, vulnerability to increasing heat, sea-level rise and water stress compounded in Kamins’ analysis. In a 2021 Climate Action Plan, Delaware similarly identified increased average temperatures, hotter and longer summers, rising sea levels and increased precipitation as key consequences of climate change in the state.
Delaware's average overall temperature has already increased by 3 degrees Fahrenheit since about 1900, Susan Love, DNREC's Climate and Sustainability section administrator, told USA TODAY Network.
This combines with rising seas. DNREC’s Coastal Program has projected 1.7 to 5 feet of sea-level rise by the year 2100, according to a 2022 report. In addition to Delaware’s low-lying topography, the state is also experiencing land subsidence, or sinking.
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Chronic physical risk appears widespread:
- San Francisco
- Cape Coral, Florida
- New York City
- Long Island, New York
- Oakland, California
- Phoenix
- Tucson, Arizona
- Wilmington, Delaware
- West Palm Beach, Florida
- North Port, Florida
Warming, warming, warming
Wilmington already sees an average of seven more days a year over 90 degrees than it did 50 years ago.
The state is tied with Arizona as the fourth-fastest warming state based on temperature trends since 1970. Average temperatures are projected to increase 2.5 to 4.5 degrees by 2050, from 2012 averages. That could rise up to 8 degrees by 2100, according to DNREC, in the worst emissions scenario.
Love said the climate in Delaware, over time, "is going to start tracking more like the climate in Georgia."
Historically just one day above 100 degrees would be rare in Delaware, coming about once a year, if that. But by 2050, the state’s plan warns of two to eight each year, alongside projections of up to five nights with temperatures above 80.
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This puts human health — elevating risks of heat exhaustion, heat stroke, various respiratory issues and other diseases — natural resources, agriculture and even infrastructure at risk. Populations particularly at risk from high heat include children, older adults, people who work outside, people with underlying health conditions and people with limited access to cooling.
Higher temperatures also increase the evaporation of water from soil and can increase water demand, which could affect drinking water supplies, according to DNREC, particularly in New Castle County.
With much of this impact, the coming severity remains somewhat in human hands.
This more extreme future will likely demand physical adaptation, according to First Street’s national report on hazardous heat, as well as planning for emergency heat events, from checking on residents, to creating more cooling centers or ensuring people can reach them.
Scientists also say substantial action to hold warming below 3 degrees Fahrenheit could limit the worsening of extreme weather, though certain sea level increases would already be locked in from existing emissions.
Regardless, areas outlined in First Street and Moody’s Analytics reporting remain exposed.
Have a story to tell? Delaware Online/The News Journal is placing a special emphasis on reporting about heat impact this summer, as part of an ongoing Perilous Course project across USA TODAY Network Northeast examining the human-centered damage and risks driven by the climate crisis.
Contact this reporter at kepowers@gannett.com or (231) 622-2191, and follow her on Twitter @kpowers01. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/how-does-wilmington-delaware-rank-climate-change-risk-moodys-analytics-first-street-global-warming/70195989007/ | 2023-05-10T11:43:45 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/how-does-wilmington-delaware-rank-climate-change-risk-moodys-analytics-first-street-global-warming/70195989007/ |
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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 10, 1923: Mrs. Emma J. McNoldy, the city policewoman, will begin a new schedule of duties that were outlined at a conference of Mayor Shorthose and Chief of Police Paul Giermann. McNoldy's activities have largely been confined to the supervision of dances, but there are few public dances in the city during the summer. Her duties will now include inspections of theaters, hotels, restrooms and other places.
75 years ago
May 10, 1948: The Clinton City Council at its next meeting will confront a red-hot issue when it discusses a proposal to add 250 parking meters to the 65 already installed in the downtown area. Proposal backers said the new meters would give more shoppers a chance to park in the business district and provide badly needed revenue for the city. The Retail Interest Committee of the Business and Professional Men's Club protests the addition.
50 years ago
May 10, 1973: The Pantagraph's front page today reflects perhaps the most sweeping change in newspaper production since the advent of the linotype machine a century ago. It is the first of The Pantagraph's pages to be converted to a computerized typesetting process developed especially for this newspaper by the Star-Xylogics Corp. of Clifton, N.J. Under the new system, "Cold type" replaces the familiar metal type, and stories are transmitted and produced electronically.
25 years ago
May 10, 1998: Michael Mancuso, a third-generation pilot, flight instructor and newest member of the internationally known Northern Lights Aerobatic Team, is recovering from near-fatal injuries suffered in a plane crash near Chenoa on Easter Sunday, April 12. Mancuso, 28, of Long Island, New York, attributed the crash to fatigue. "The second you think it can't happen to you, it can," he said from his bed at BroMenn Regional Medical Center.
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/50-years-ago-pantagraph-begins-computerized-typesetting/article_e9fec7d0-e496-11ed-9c3b-3309df4f11e8.html | 2023-05-10T11:47:43 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/50-years-ago-pantagraph-begins-computerized-typesetting/article_e9fec7d0-e496-11ed-9c3b-3309df4f11e8.html |
DULUTH — A graduate student at the College of St. Scholastica was recognized by the American Red Cross for her efforts as a volunteer and leader. Amy Leopold was given the Navin Narayan Award for Excellence in Youth Leadership last month at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Leopold, who is finishing her first year in St. Scholastica’s physical therapy program, has been volunteering at the Red Cross of Northern Minnesota since her first year of undergraduate study at the college. Her commitments to the Red Cross have included being a youth advisory board member, chair of the mission committee, a disaster action team member and canvassing for smoke alarm installations.
“It’s just fun because you can fit anything in. It’s super, super easy, even in grad school, to find little things here or there that you can do once in a blue moon,” Leopold said.
The rest of Leopold’s colleagues on the Red Cross of Northern Minnesota’s advisory board nominated her for the national award, which honors one volunteer between ages 14-24 who has served in a Red Cross Leadership role and volunteered for at least two years.
“It was unbelievable. I mean, it’s a national award, and I never in a million years thought that I would win — little old me from Duluth, Minnesota — out of anyone in the nation,” Leopold said. “I didn’t even care if I had won, because to me the biggest honor was that the board recognized me for something like that.”
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Dan Williams, executive director of the Red Cross of Northern Minnesota, said the main reason the board decided to nominate Leopold was a speech she gave at the Regional Board Retreat last year. The retreat involved board members from across the Dakotas and Minnesota and focused on turning compassion into action, Williams said.
Leopold was invited to speak about the importance of volunteering while serving in a leadership role, and making time to find things that matter to you and dedicating your time to it.
“Someone once told me that you always have time for your priorities, and I think that is the truest thing anyone could say,” Leopold said. “You can make the excuse that you don’t have time, but if it really mattered to you, you would have time.”
Williams said for many board members, the focus on planning and big-picture impact can get in the way of contributing to communities in small, hands-on ways.
“She’s a pretty polished young adult, for being her age, but to come in with the free-spirited nature of a 21-year-old at the time and being like, ‘What are you all waiting around for? We can do something today!’ It was just great,” Williams said. “She just did a fantastic job and blew all these people out of the water. It really has made an impact.
"This is now a year later, and you still have board members from all across these three states that talk about, ‘Wow, that helped me decide that I’m going to do something today. I’m not going to wait for the perfect thing that might or might not come.’ How do you take that thing you care about and act on it, and that’s what Amy’s so great at doing.”
Leopold and her husband were flown to Washington, D.C., at the end of April to attend an awards ceremony, where she was presented with the award at the American Red Cross National Headquarters. There, Leopold got to meet Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern and other leaders with the organization.
The Navin Narayan Award for Excellence in Youth Leadership is given to one young volunteer in the nation each year. It honors the former chair of the American Red Cross National Youth Council, who began volunteering with the organization at age 14. He became a national disaster relief volunteer and trainer, an international speaker on human rights and an advocate for youth involvement in the Red Cross. Narayan died of cancer in 2000 at age 23.
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The award is given to one young volunteer in the nation each year who demonstrates a strong track record of leading and inspiring fellow Red Cross volunteers, creating a positive impact on their community, and exemplifying dedication to the Red Cross mission, according to the American Red Cross website.
“I just feel rather undeserving, to be honest, when you think about all of the people who are out doing hurricane efforts and things of that nature,” Leopold said. “I do what I can, but I just thought, in terms of that big of an award, it was a huge surprise, and I’m beyond honored.”
Leopold’s colleagues at the local chapter believe she’s more than deserving. Heather Maki, local board chair, said Leopold’s selflessness, enthusiasm and positivity go above and beyond.
“She has a busy schedule but always finds time to volunteer and write thank-you letters to other volunteers,” Maki said. “She is influential in recruiting her peers to volunteer or give blood. Even though public speaking is a bit outside of her comfort zone, she pushes through that in order to further the Red Cross mission whenever she can. She’s been a huge asset to our chapter.”
One example Williams gave of Leopold’s commitment to the mission of the Red Cross was her volunteering with the disaster action team, which dispatches and responds to area house fires and other disasters. Leopold took the online training to join the team after she finished her undergraduate degree in spring 2021, when the Red Cross was struggling to find volunteers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Williams said she wanted to be able to articulate to others why the program was worthwhile by being able to experience it herself.
“She chose to take it on, not because she was necessarily interested in doing it, but because she felt if she wasn’t willing to do it, why would someone else be willing to do it?” Williams said. “I think it’s really reflective of the commitment that Amy has made to the mission of the Red Cross and the impact that that mission has on the community. She’s really good at connecting the dots.”
Leopold spent her childhood in Hermantown, and returned to the area for college after living in the Twin Cities area for most of her teens. One of her teammates on the college hockey cheer team recommended she take over the seat of youth advisory board member, which led Leopold to discover how many different aspects the Red Cross had to offer.
“I was exposed to everything the Red Cross does and was blown away, so every year I just kind of tick off another box on the things to do with the Red Cross,” Leopold said. “In the wintertime, closer to Christmas, we do about a billion and a half thank-you cards to the veterans and service members. It’s one of our favorite wintertime events and we partner with Bentleyville for that.”
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Last summer, Leopold received the Marguerite Grams Memorial Leadership Award for women’s leadership from the Northern Minnesota chapter. She has been volunteering with the Red Cross for about four and a half years, and said she plans to continue dedicating time to the organization for as long as she’s in the area.
“With this award, I feel as though any volunteer in our region would be just as deserving of it,” Leopold said. “We have so many fantastically amazing volunteers that I feel as though I was just receiving it in honor of everyone, because I am nothing without everyone else supporting me in that effort, and we all work together as one big region taking care of each other.” | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/duluth-woman-awarded-national-red-cross-honor-for-youth-leadership | 2023-05-10T11:54:41 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/duluth-woman-awarded-national-red-cross-honor-for-youth-leadership |
Providence City Council wants free parking near State House. The mayor is pumping the breaks
The mayor's office said it relies on that meter money to provide city services. Yet it's less than what has been budgeted for a vacant public safety commissioner role.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is throwing cold water on a request from City Council members for free parking around the State House.
Last week, councilors voiced widespread support for a resolution asking the city's traffic engineer and parking enforcement to disable meters around the State House when the General Assembly is in session, or simply avoid collecting fees for those spaces.
"Allowing the public to park for free around the State House while the General Assembly is in session would greatly improve access to the government and its representatives," said Majority Whip Miguel Sanchez of Ward 6. "Residents shouldn’t be penalized with parking tickets for participating in the democratic process, testifying, and attending public hearings."
Mayor's office: Parking meter revenue a 'critical part' of funding city services
Yet Smiley isn't jumping at the idea. His director of communications, Patricia Socarras, said in an email that parking meter revenue "is a critical part of how the City can afford to provide city services and currently there is free parking available in walking distance from the statehouse."
"Parking meters ensure that folks are not parked in the same space for long periods of time, prohibiting other users from utilizing that spot," Socarras wrote. "This proposal will allow for all day use of these spots without enforcement and may result in parked cars staying for longer periods of time and cannot be guaranteed. In the years to come, the Smiley Administration wants to better use parking meter funds to invest in and support commercial districts."
With council resolutions amounting to mere suggestions and the mayor's office not on board, it's all but certain the free parking dream died as soon as it was born.
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Compared to the $586-million budget Smiley proposed for the coming fiscal year, the city collects a paltry sum from meters around the State House — a tiny fraction of a percent.
According to Socarras, in the past 12 months, an estimated $54,084 was collected from parking spaces surrounding the State House. That includes credit card payments, payments made via phone through the Passport parking app, and an estimate of coin revenue, which isn't recorded by machine. Most people prefer to pay by card or app. Those modern methods represented more than $35,000 of the total revenue.
How much would $54,084 buy you in the Providence city budget? This fiscal year, that's less than the budgeted salary for the commissioner of public safety, a role that has sat vacant for several months. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/free-parking-around-ri-state-house-has-council-support-mayor-says-no-city-council/70198948007/ | 2023-05-10T12:02:21 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/free-parking-around-ri-state-house-has-council-support-mayor-says-no-city-council/70198948007/ |
156-unit apartment complex coming to Cranston across from Print Works. Here's what to know.
15% of the development will be restricted as 'affordable housing'
- Despite staff recommendations, Cranston City Plan commissioners voted to increase the minimum parking
- The proposed project is across the street from the Cranston Print Works, also slated to be turned into apartments
- A former church would be turned into a restaurant
CRANSTON — A developer has proposed to turn a plot of trees, a parking lot and a former church built in 1825, across the street from Cranston Print Works, into a four-building, 156-unit housing complex and restaurant.
Owners' representative and developer Jeremy Moses said he had his eye on the property for a long time, but initial plans to purchase it were unsuccessful. Eventually the property was split off from the Cranston Print Works complex.
Developer Brady & Sullivan has submitted plans to turn the Print Works into a 129 units of housing in the buildings on the property with windows, and 100,000 square feet of self-storage in the windowless buildings and at one side of the former mill campus.
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Project to be called Knights Corner
Moses' project, sitting on a little over 5 acres, is being called Knights Corner. The proposed development passed its first hurdle last week, receiving master plan approval from the Cranston City Plan Commission. It goes before the City Council on Friday for a zone change from industrial to commercial with a few tweaks, including a taller maximum height and a requirement for affordable housing.
The site is under a purchase and sale agreement.
According to plans for the site, there would be a total of 16 studio apartments, 72 one-bedroom apartments, 52 two-bedroom apartments and 16 three-bedroom apartments across four five-story buildings. Parking would occupy the bottom floor of three of the four buildings.
Project required to have 15% affordable housing
As a condition of approval for the plan, Cranston planning staff requested 15% of the development be deeded as "affordable housing" under the state's definition, meaning 23 units.
The state defines affordable housing as restricted to people making up to 80% of the area median income and limits how much rent they pay to a maximum of 30% of the household's gross income, including utilities.
All but six coastal communities fall under a single rubric for area median income.
For example, a family of four making the maximum, $77,350, would have rent capped at $1,933 per month, including utilities.
Cranston planning commissioners demand more parking
Despite city staff advocating for less asphalt, planning commissioners demanded more parking in the development, increasing the minimum number of parking spaces to 1.5 per unit in the approval of the master plan.
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Staff plans called for a requirement of 1.25 parking spaces per unit. The project presented had 1.5 parking spaces per unit.
Commissioner Steven Frias asked for 1.57 spaces per unit, a reflection of one spot for one-bedroom and studio apartments and two spaces for two- and three-bedroom apartments, while Commissioner Kathleen Lanphear asked for a flat 1.5 spaces.
In an interview, Planning Director Jason Pezzullo said the swaths of empty asphalt will likely be used for snow piles and when people have parties. General zoning in the city calls for two parking spaces per one residential unit.
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"1.5 spaces is a step in the right direction," he said.
Parking will be hidden underneath three of the four buildings
Much of the 234 parking spaces for the development will be underneath three of the four buildings. Putting parking on the ground floor was also one of the reasons the development team asked to go up a story, to a maximum height of 75 feet, Moses said.
The first floor of the fourth building will be amenities for residents. In between two of the buildings will be a shaded pavilion and a tennis/pickle ball court. Moses said he is especially attuned to amenities post-pandemic, as many people work from home.
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Former church to be turned into a restaurant
According to a letter from state Historical and Preservation Commission, the former St. Bartholomew's church was first built in 1825 and moved to its current location in 1864 when Dyer Avenue was straightened as the Print Works mill expanded. It was last used as a shop for Print Works, evidenced by new stairs and track lighting.
Murray said he last remembered it being used as a shop.
Moses said the conversion of the church should not be difficult as, despite animals getting into the building, it is still in very good condition.
Moses is no stranger to restaurants, as he recently purchased and reopened the Harris Bar and Grill in Coventry. He estimated the restaurant space inside the church could fit 96 people.
Big developments are big for Cranston
Pezzullo said the Print Works and Knights Corner developments are a few of the relatively large developments coming to Cranston recently, a change from mostly small subdivisions.
"It's really unprecedented for us," he said.
If the two projects are built, it should bring a large economic impact to the city as a whole and to the surrounding businesses in the Knightsville neighborhood, he said.
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Some Richmond residents were instructed to evacuate their locations Wednesday morning after a gas leak near briefly shut down two of the city's major roadways.
Richmond police first reported the leak via Twitter at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, announcing that West Broad would be closed between North Hamilton and North Thompson streets for the time being. Virginia State Police also closed I-195 both north and south in the vicinity of West Broad Street.
The Richmond Department of Public Utilities sent crews out to shut off the gas main and investigate the scene. They reported the area had been made safe at approximately 7:15 a.m., and police ended the evacuation and reopened West Broad and I-195.
DPU said via Twitter that its crews were consulting with a contractor that had performed "planned overnight work as part of the preventive maintenance program."
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Today in history: May 10
1818: Paul Revere
In 1818, American patriot Paul Revere, 83, died in Boston.
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1869: The Transcontinental Railroad
In 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
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1924: J. Edgar Hoover
In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI).
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1933: Book Burnings
In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
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1940: Neville Chamberlain
On May 10, 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.
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1994: John Wayne Gacy
The state of Illinois executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 52, for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
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2012: Carroll Shelby
Legendary car designer Carroll Shelby, 89, died in Dallas.
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2013: Global Warming
In 2013, U.S government scientists said worldwide levels of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, had hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans.
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2014: Michael Sam
In 2014, Michael Sam was picked by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the NFL draft, becoming the first openly gay player drafted by a pro football team. (Sam retired after an unsuccessful stint with the Rams and the Dallas Cowboys.)
Darron Cummings | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/west-broad-i-195-briefly-closed-due-to-gas-leak-wednesday-morning/article_0944d114-ef25-11ed-8537-8b7d3afdeffd.html | 2023-05-10T12:06:59 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/west-broad-i-195-briefly-closed-due-to-gas-leak-wednesday-morning/article_0944d114-ef25-11ed-8537-8b7d3afdeffd.html |
Police are investigating a shooting at VCU Medical Center that left one man dead early Wednesday morning.
VCU Police officers responded to the downtown North Hospital facility shortly after 12 a.m. Wednesday after reports that shots had been fired. Upon arriving at the scene, they determined that an altercation between two men led to the shooting.
One man was pronounced dead on scene, and the other was taken into police custody. No other injuries have been reported.
The hospital was temporarily placed under lockdown as a precaution, but the lockdown has since been lifted, and VCU Police say that there was no indication that there was any threat to patients.
VCU Police and the Richmond Police Department are conducting a joint investigation.
This is a developing story that will be updated when more information is available.
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This morning's top headlines: Wednesday, May 10
A petit basset griffon Vendéen named for Buddy Holly won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night. It's a first for the rabbit-hunting breed. Buddy Holly bested six other finalists to garner the most prestigious dog show award in the United States. PBGVs, as they’re known for short, are the 154th most prevalent purebreds in the country in recent American Kennel Club rankings.About 2,500 dogs of 210 breeds vied for the trophy. Hundreds more competed in agility, obedience and other events.
President Joe Biden is launching a new phase of his pressure campaign against House Republicans as he makes his case lawmakers should lift the nation’s borrowing authority without any strings attached. The Democratic president is fresh off a White House meeting with no serious breakthrough on the debt limit standoff. Biden will travel Wednesday to Valhalla, New York, to argue a measure passed by House GOP lawmakers that would lift the debt limit for about a year while curbing some federal spending would impose cuts for veterans care, educators and other domestic priorities. The area is represented by first-term Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, whose district Biden won in 2020.
President Joe Biden predicts the U.S.-Mexico border will be “chaotic for a while” when pandemic-related restrictions end. He spoke Tuesday as 550 active-duty troops began arriving at the border and migrants weighed whether or when to cross. The restrictions have been in place since 2020, and allowed U.S. officials to quickly return migrants over the border. They are ending later this week and the U.S. is putting into place a set of new policies that will clamp down on illegal crossings while offering migrants a legal path to the United States if they apply online through a government app, have a sponsor and pass background checks.
Former President Donald Trump is returning to CNN’s airwaves, joining the network for a town hall in New Hampshire a day after a civil jury found him liable for sexually assaulting an advice columnist nearly three decades ago. Wednesday's CNN event was announced last week and was expected to be notable because it'd be bringing together a network and a Republican candidate who've long sparred with each other. But the stakes raised considerably Tuesday after jurors in New York found Trump had sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll. The jury rejected Carroll's claim Trump raped her. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Trump denies Carroll's claims.
The publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mirror has acknowledged and apologized for unlawfully gathering information about Prince Harry in its reporting, and said it warrants compensation. The admission was made Wednesday in court filings outlining Mirror Group Newspapers' defense. The group continued to deny that it hacked phones to intercept voicemail messages, and said that Harry and three less-well-known celebrities brought their claims beyond a time limit. But it acknowledged there was some evidence third parties were instructed to engage in other types of unlawful information gathering and was apologizing unreservedly for that.
Israeli authorities say Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have launched rockets toward southern Israel. Air raid sirens are going off across the area, warning residents. Wednesday’s launch comes a day after Israeli airstrikes killed three militant leaders and at least 10 civilians. Earlier in the day, Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least one Palestinian and pushing the region closer toward a new round of heavy fighting. Tuesday's strikes killed three senior Islamic Jihad militants and at least 10 civilians — most of them women and children. Palestinian militants have pledged to retaliate while Israel says it is prepared for a further escalation of hostilities.
Two days after eight people were killed when an SUV slammed into a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, information on the victims remains scarce. That has left relatives of missing people scrambling to locate loved ones and pleading for information. Police say 18 people were hit and 10 were critically injured. All the victims are said to be male, and several from Venezuela. But none of them have been officially named. Officials say formal identifications have been complicated by circumstances of the crash, including that many victims did not have official identification on them at the time. Authorities believe the driver lost control after running a red light Sunday and plowed into a crowd outside a migrant shelter.
After steadily declining for nearly a year, consumer price data to be released Wednesday will likely show that U.S. inflation remained stubbornly high in April, a sign that it might be entering a newer, stickier phase. Consumer prices are forecast to have risen 0.4% from March to April, much faster than the 0.1% increase the previous month. Compared with a year earlier, prices are projected to have jumped 5% in April, the same year-over-year increase as in March. If that forecast proves accurate, it would be the first time that annual inflation didn’t fall after nine months of declines. Pricier gasoline, apartment rents and possibly used cars are among the items that might have accelerated inflation last month.
House Republicans are facing growing pressure to show progress in their investigations. On Wednesday they plan to detail what they say are concerning new findings about President Joe Biden’s family and their finances. The smoking gun, according to the GOP, is “thousands of pages” of recently obtained financial records that include more than 150 suspicious activity reports connected to the president’s son Hunter Biden and brother James Biden, as well as a growing number of associates. These reports can be routine, but Republicans believe the records could potentially show an effort by the president and his family to trade off his name.
Louisiana lawmakers have advanced their own “Don’t Say Gay” bill The legislation passed Tuesday in the House 67-28. It now advances to the GOP-dominated Senate. The bill would broadly ban K-12 public school staff from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in school and during extracurricular activities “in a manner that deviates from state content standards or curricula developed or approved by the public school governing authority.” The bill would also require teachers to use a student’s name and pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth. At least 30 proposals similar to Florida’s so-called “Don't Say Gay” law have been filed in 16 states since March.
There were no dedicated corrections officers watching the housing unit at a Philadelphia prison where two inmates escaped Sunday night, and there were no armed perimeter guards when they made it through a fence surrounding the prison yard, a correctional officers union official told The Associated Press Tuesday. Authorities are still searching for two inmates — one accused of killing four people — who were gone from a Philadelphia prison for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing. Prison officials say several headcounts conducted Sunday and Monday reportedly showed that all prisoners were accounted for.
Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night in Game 5 to regain the series lead. Joel Embiid scored 33 points and Philadelphia beat Boston to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. A complete recap of Tuesday's action.
Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists and Carolina scored five times in the second period to rout New Jersey for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal. A complete recap of Tuesday's action. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/vcu-medical-center-shooting-vcu-richmond-police/article_1ed58fa8-ef22-11ed-8554-6f28ac1c39a2.html | 2023-05-10T12:07:05 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/vcu-medical-center-shooting-vcu-richmond-police/article_1ed58fa8-ef22-11ed-8554-6f28ac1c39a2.html |
ODESSA, Texas — The City of Odessa will no longer be providing recycling services. This comes as the city council unanimously rejected two contracts during Tuesday night's meeting regarding the topic – one for hauling services and one for recycling services with Butts Recycling Inc., or BRI.
Odessans can still recycle, but they will have to do it on their own and likely drive to BRI in Midland. Odessa Mayor Javier Joven said that he wishes the city could provide recycling services, but with budget cuts needed, it is not economically viable.
“The city services, the city staff, the city resources and the payroll and everything that it takes," said Mayor Joven. "It was a cost, it was insurmountable, and over the years millions of dollars had gone into this.”
The city council decided against spending money on recycling services and instead to invest in other avenues.
“Responsibly, as Mayor, I'd say, basically, we’re going to get back to the basics, where we’re going to concentrate and invest in those areas of roads, infrastructure, water pipes, water and sewer, and police and fire, and our staff -- and that’s another step closer of us going out there and finding that money so we can reinvest into those situations where the basic services and basic city function continues and operates at a better level than it has been for decades," said Mayor Joven.
Mayor Joven detailed that the contract with BRI would have been reliant on taxpayers.
“BRI is wanting a footprint in Odessa, Texas, they just want the taxpayer to be able to foot the bill for them, and then…pay them on a monthly basis to be able to do this, and so this [is] just not economically viable," said Mayor Joven. "If it were, then the business model of BRI is they would be investing in the facilities, the infrastructure, and the land and the pickup.”
The actions made Tuesday night by the city council were consistent with what had already been done.
“This council had already demonstrated that we were not going to go in the direction of continued recyclables," said Mayor Joven. "This is why we reduced our footprint and brought back those containers where we weren’t offering them in commercial all over the city, and we were turning those into commercial trash containers where we’ll make money. In fact, we’ll increase it by a quarter-million dollars of revenue…coming back to the city.”
Mayor Joven also told me that a previous investment of $350,000 for a new recycling facility can now be reinvested into infrastructure and personnel. As for the current time machine recycling center in Odessa, Mayor Joven said that discussion regarding its services will happen when working on next year’s budget. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/city-of-odessa-no-longer-offering-recycling/513-965e4dd3-0c1a-48a6-a54f-7f9c52ef3059 | 2023-05-10T12:12:15 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/city-of-odessa-no-longer-offering-recycling/513-965e4dd3-0c1a-48a6-a54f-7f9c52ef3059 |
MIDLAND, Texas — An emergency landing near Midland International Air and Space Port was requested by a private aircraft on May 9 at 8:20 a.m.
The Cirrus SR22 was traveling from Dallas to Odessa and was experiencing a rough engine. The pilot landed the aircraft about 1.5 miles West of MAF in a field.
No injuries were reported, and the FAA will be investigating this situation. We will continue to update this story as we receive more information. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/emergency-landing-takes-place-near-midland-international-air-and-space-port/513-9bc2d2ac-5cf4-40c4-b3e2-89a04ea13f3a | 2023-05-10T12:12:22 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/emergency-landing-takes-place-near-midland-international-air-and-space-port/513-9bc2d2ac-5cf4-40c4-b3e2-89a04ea13f3a |
MIDLAND, Texas — Former Super Bowl Champion and Dallas Cowboy Darren Woodson will be speaking at the Salvation Army 2023 Restoration Celebration Dinner on May 18.
“Darren Woodson has a long association with The Salvation Army during his time with the Cowboys, volunteering alongside teammates to serve Thanksgiving dinner at the Carr P. Collins center in Dallas, and supporting the Angel Tree program at Christmastime,” said Captain Robert Coriston, with The Salvation Army of Midland. “More recently, he has served as the host of The Salvation Army of North Texas Christmas Spectacular on TV, and we are thrilled to have him as our guest speaker at the 2023 Restoration Celebration Dinner here in Midland.”
The event will be taking place at the Midland Country Club located on 6101 N. State Highway 349. Along with Woodson, there will be other stories of restoration and success from Salvation Army clients. There will also be a silent and live auction, dinner and musical entertainment.
This annual fundraiser celebrates the Salvation Army's work as well as the many donors and volunteers that make their mission possible. For more information about the event and the Salvation Army, people can go to their Facebook page or call at 432-683-3614.
NewsWest 9's very own Alex Cammarata will also be emceeing the event this year. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/former-dallas-cowboy-darren-woodson-to-speak-at-2023-salvation-army-restoration-celebration-dinner/513-7e56a8af-ee12-4bfa-81b2-c1ef3c3dee47 | 2023-05-10T12:12:26 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/former-dallas-cowboy-darren-woodson-to-speak-at-2023-salvation-army-restoration-celebration-dinner/513-7e56a8af-ee12-4bfa-81b2-c1ef3c3dee47 |
HOBBS, New Mexico — A new baby box was placed at the Central Fire Station in Hobbs on Tuesday.
It is only the second baby box in New Mexico, and the 145th box in the United States.
A ceremony was held at the fire station, featuring multiple speakers, including a priest who blessed the box.
The boxes are designed for mothers who are unable to properly care for a baby. It's placement at the fire station was intentional, as it can give mothers a sense of security that they won't be seen when dropping off a baby.
"They chose this because of the location not being well-lit," said Monica Kelsey, the founder and CEO of Save Haven Baby Boxes. "Somebody can come here and still get anonymity."
The door on the outside opens up a small hatch where the mother can place the baby. The space inside the box is ventilated to keep oxygen flowing while a heater keeps the baby warm.
A bassinet is also placed inside to keep the baby warm.
When the doors are opened, a silent alarm is activated that lets the fire department know a baby needs to be picked up.
“When that door is opened up, there is a silent alarm that is triggered," said Hobbs Fire Chief Barry Young. "Then it goes to an alarm company. They in turn contact our dispatch, the Lee County Communication Authority, and then they tone us out.”
From there, the baby is picked up and taken to the hospital, where they receive proper medical attention.
The baby box has been anticipated for almost a year now, but speakers at the event say the box was not in response to Alexis Avilla, a Hobbs woman who was sentenced to 16 years after throwing a baby in a dumpster.
However, a baby box like this one has the chance to avoid any future situations like that one.
"Clearly in Hobbs last year, that wasn’t the case," said Kelsey. "She didn’t want to see anyone, whether she knew about the safe haven law or not. She didn’t want to go face-to-face with anyone. So, having these boxes in every community, one is education. Because if you drive by this box, it’s going to trigger, 'oh this is a place where you can take a child and place it in this box.'"
While many hope that the baby box never has to be used, the general consensus was it was better to have it just in case.
"Do I expect something to be put in the box? I really hope not," said Young. "But I’ll tell you this, if we save one baby this way, with this box, it’s a success. It’s successful." | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hobbs-new-mexico-baby-box/513-e58e0a46-495a-4aec-8a02-dca2a304978e | 2023-05-10T12:12:32 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hobbs-new-mexico-baby-box/513-e58e0a46-495a-4aec-8a02-dca2a304978e |
ODESSA, Texas — Odessa fire crews responded to a structure fire at 67th Street and Fort Worth Avenue on Tuesday.
Four RVs and one truck burned and are considered a total loss, according to the City of Odessa.
No injures were reported and crews were able to protect a home nearby.
Authorities are still working to determine what caused the fire. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-fire-burns-4-rvs-and-1-truck/513-dfd6bebc-7dad-46b8-bb22-749764a30c6d | 2023-05-10T12:12:38 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-fire-burns-4-rvs-and-1-truck/513-dfd6bebc-7dad-46b8-bb22-749764a30c6d |
MCCAMEY, Texas — Over the weekend, Facebook user Dustin Ferguson posted a video clip from a playoff softball game between McCamey and Cisco that has gone viral, sparking debate about player conduct and safety.
The clip shows the Lady Badger catcher throwing the ball at the batter, hitting her in the helmet, after the pitch was thrown.
Our sports team reached out to athletic director and head softball coach Michael Woodard and superintendent Michael Valencia for comment and haven't heard back.
A University Interscholastic League (UIL) spokesperson has provided us with an official statement regarding the incident.
"The UIL is aware of an incident that occurred during the McCamey vs. Cisco Softball Playoff Series and is in contact with the school administrations to gather additional information," the spokesperson said.
We'll be sure to provide more updates as they become available. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas-uil-looks-into-viral-mccamey-softball-incident/513-a27173f2-5173-418d-8283-aeaca3b8a457 | 2023-05-10T12:12:46 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas-uil-looks-into-viral-mccamey-softball-incident/513-a27173f2-5173-418d-8283-aeaca3b8a457 |
WATERLOO — Plans to revamp both Gates and Byrnes parks are coming along – but the city may have to overcome additional hurdles.
Waterloo’s Leisure Services Director Paul Huting said the commission has nearly met its original fundraising goal of $17.5 million.
The city will open bids Thursday for the project. The inclusive playground and splash pad have already been purchased at previous City Council meetings, due to long wait times for the products to arrive.
However, Huting said the design team for the project has estimated the total project cost may exceed earlier fundraising estimates by 20% to 25% – coming to $3.5 to $4.4 million more.
Huting said although they’re preparing for the project to be more than estimated, he and the rest of the commission are hoping for competitive bids. He said there were five contractors present at a pre-bidding meeting, which could result in those competitive bids.
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Bid alternates have been added to allow the project to move forward with the currently available money – now totaling a little more than $17 million. This could result in the project being done in phases.
At Gates Park, construction and development may be done in phases, as well, due to additional environmental reviews being completed on the former Chamberlain Manufacturing site. This would affect the South Gates part of the project. South Gates was already slated to be finished after North Gates because of the environmental cleanup and additional funding.
Huting said the initial cleanup of the site has been completed but there are still structures that need to be removed.
This includes a rail docking system that must be covered up and underground structures that are currently fenced off but have the potential to injure people who are walking in the area. The plan is to cover up the structures with soil from the former pool site.
The soil from the pool site needs to be tested to see if it meets environmental standards but Huting said he isn’t worried, stating that contaminants from the Chamberlain site wouldn’t have moved uphill. No soil will be excavated from the Chamberlain site.
Huting said they’re “doing everything they can” to address concerns from the community about where children will eventually play.
According to Courier archives, an environmental assessment completed in 2005 found groundwater contamination from chlorinated solvents and total extractable hydrocarbons.
The Chamberlain Manufacturing site originally made metal washer ringers and later was a defense contractor, from 1919 until 1994. Waterloo acquired the property in 2005 and worked with the Environmental Protection Agency to demolish the buildings.
After environmental testing, there are plans for South Gates to have a pollinator and native plant prairie area with walking trails and mounds for a potential sculpture park.
As for North Gates, where there will be an eventual splash pad and inclusive playground, the deadline for implementation of those structures has been moved. They were originally scheduled to be up and running at the end of summer but now the public may have to wait an extra year to use them.
The effort to receive multiple competitive bids is holding up the progress. Once a bid is awarded, Huting said the finish date would be 240 working days from the start of the project.
As for Byrnes Park, this year will be the last year the current pool operates. Opening day is June 3 and the pool season will end early, near the end of July, to allow for the construction of the new pool. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/more-money-may-be-needed-for-gates-byrnes-parks-project/article_6c13372b-d567-56d0-b514-31be7afe8a0b.html | 2023-05-10T12:21:29 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/more-money-may-be-needed-for-gates-byrnes-parks-project/article_6c13372b-d567-56d0-b514-31be7afe8a0b.html |
With the proliferation of legal wagering in the United States the past five years, it wasn’t a question of if but when a college sports gambling scandal would become public.
Two have come to light in the past week, the first at Alabama involving its head baseball coach and then an investigation of Iowa and Iowa State athletes participating in online gambling.
“This is probably just the tip of the iceberg,” Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, said Tuesday. “In surveys, the athletes self-report a high rate of gambling participation and sports betting. It wouldn’t surprise us if there’s more problems that surface.”
East Carolina assistant professor Michelle L. Malkin, who researches ties between gambling and criminality, said placing sports bets has become a part of college culture, more so since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 cleared the way for states to legalize sports wagering.
“We can’t think our student-athletes would be acting any different than their friends and peers who are engaged in similar activity that’s been normalized through this mass expansion of legalized gambling,” Malkin said.
NCAA rules prohibit athletes, coaches and staff from betting on sports in which the NCAA conducts a championship. For example, athletes aren’t allowed to bet on NFL games even if state laws would legally allow them to do so. It is illegal for a person under 21 to wager on sports in Iowa and most of the other 32 states where legal sportsbooks are now operating.
Still, it’s a confusing landscape. Gonzaga basketball star Drew Timme made headlines in 2021 when he signed a NIL deal with a casino in Spokane, Washington.
The most recent NCAA study on college wagering, in 2016, found that 24% of male athletes reported violating NCAA rules within the previous year by wagering on sports for money; 9% reported they had bet on sports at least once a month. About 5% of female athletes reported wagering on sports in the previous year.
The NCAA had planned to conduct a study of athlete gambling habits in 2020, but it was suspended due to the pandemic, spokeswoman Michelle Hosick wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
“Understanding the impact that the gaming industry’s multi-billion dollar ad campaigns may have on student-athletes is a top priority for the NCAA,” she said. Hosick said new NCAA president Charlie Baker has requested a new survey be done as soon as possible.
Whyte and Malkin both said anecdotal evidence suggests the rate of gambling by college athletes is much higher than the one-in-four reported in 2016.
Whyte said it’s common for teenage boys to tell him they have apps on their phones for daily fantasy sports games or offshore sportsbook accounts where age verification is easy to get around.
“When they say they’re betting sports, it doesn’t always mean they’re betting with a legal, regulated operator,” Whyte said.
EPIC Risk Management, based in the United Kingdom, began a five-year contract with the NCAA last year to provide what was described as a “customized sports wagering gambling harm prevention program.” The NCAA said more than 10,000 athletes and administrators attended in-person programming last year.
What triggered the investigations at Iowa and Iowa State has not been disclosed.
The Hawkeyes said 26 athletes across five sports are suspected of wagering on sports in violation of NCAA rules and more than 100 people have been linked to the investigation. Iowa State, meanwhile, said that some 15 of its athletes across three sports also are suspected of violating gambling rules.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is the lead agency, and a spokesperson said no charges have been filed. Brian Ohorilko, director of gaming for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, told The Associated Press he knows of no evidence indicating match fixing or suspicious wagering activity on Iowa or Iowa State games.
Last week, Alabama fired its baseball coach, Brad Bohannon, following a report of suspicious bets made at an Ohio casino on a game involving his team.
College sports administrators say many athletes have more disposable income than ever because of endorsements-for-pay opportunities for use of their name, image or likeness, cost-of-attendance payments and academic achievement awards of up to almost $6,000 per year.
Malkin said athletic departments entering partnerships with gambling operators has been one of the most disturbing developments. LSU, Michigan State and Maryland were among the schools that struck lucrative deals, though the future of the two Big Ten deals was unclear.
The American Gaming Association, the national trade group representing the U.S. casino industry, last month updated its Responsible Marketing Code for Sports Wagering to prohibit college partnerships that promote, market or advertise sports wagering as well as sportsbook NIL deals with college athletes.
“The industry should not have a place on college campuses, mostly because the vast majority of students are under the age of 21,” Malkin said. “You are promoting this behavior that is most likely unlawful.”
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Iowa fans cheer before the Hawkeyes' game against North Texas at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Sept. 16, 2017. The University of Iowa announced 26 of its current athletes across five sports are alleged to have participated in sports wagering in violation of NCAA rules. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/state-and-regional/gamblings-place-in-campus-culture-portends-scandals-to-come/article_3da304b1-3ab8-589f-8089-9f0e74af9132.html | 2023-05-10T12:21:36 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/state-and-regional/gamblings-place-in-campus-culture-portends-scandals-to-come/article_3da304b1-3ab8-589f-8089-9f0e74af9132.html |
Blue-green algae warnings issued for five lakes in Polk County, two sites on Peace River
The Florida Department of Health in Polk County has issued health alerts for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in several local water bodies.
The warnings apply to Scott Lake, Tiger Lake, Lake Hollingsworth, Lake Haines, Lake Hancock and the Peace River.
The department reports that toxins were detected Friday in a water sample at Scott Lake near the Fitzgerald Boat Ramp. The agency had previously issued an alert for an algae bloom at that location in February, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in March reported that cyanotoxins were present in a water sample.
The warning for the central area of Tiger Lake was based on a sample taken Friday. The Department of Health had issued an alert for the lake near Lake Wales in March.
The agency posted the alert for Lake Hollingsworth in response to a water sample taken May 2 at the Lakeland Water Ski club site. The department issues an alert for the Lake Haines boat ramp area based on a water sample from May 2.
The warning for the south-central area of Lake Hancock also resulted from a water sample taken May 2. The agency issued a similar alert for the area in April.
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The department issued alerts for the Peace River at two locations: State Road 60 in Bartow and the Fort Meade Outdoor Recreation Area. Both were based on water samples from May 2.
Blue-green algae are a type of bacteria that is common in Florida's freshwater environments, the Department of Health said in news alert. Environmental factors that contribute to blue-green algae blooms include sunny days, warm water temperatures, still water conditions and excess nutrients. Blooms can appear year-round but are more frequent in summer and fall.
The department warns residents not to drink, swim, wade, use personal watercraft, water ski or boat in waters where there is a visible bloom, and to keep pets away from the area. Wash your skin and clothing with soap and water if you have contact with algae or discolored or smelly water.
Eating fillets from healthy fish caught in freshwater lakes experiencing blooms is safe, the department said. Rinse fish fillets with tap or bottled water, throw out the guts and cook fish well. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/algae-warnings-issued-for-5-polk-county-lakes-2-sites-on-peace-river/70198563007/ | 2023-05-10T12:25:16 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/algae-warnings-issued-for-5-polk-county-lakes-2-sites-on-peace-river/70198563007/ |
GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Police officers wear many hats.
Early Wednesday, officers from the Grand Blanc Township Police Department and Metro Police Authority of Genesee County added cowboy hats to their arsenal.
The departments responded to reports of four loose ponies along Baldwin Road around 4 a.m. Grand Blanc Township police quipped that they received stern warnings about hitchhiking.
Officers safely returned all four ponies to their owner within an hour with help from some treats.
Police did not say how the ponies got loose, but no vehicles hit them and no injuries were reported. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/police-corral-wayward-ponies-in-southern-genesee-county/article_e8ca16d8-ef24-11ed-922d-634661f45ed0.html | 2023-05-10T12:32:14 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/police-corral-wayward-ponies-in-southern-genesee-county/article_e8ca16d8-ef24-11ed-922d-634661f45ed0.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An investigation is underway Wednesday morning after a structure went up in flames near Reynolds High School in Troutdale.
The blaze on Southwest Cherry Park Road and Southwest Berryessa Place started just before 2 a.m.
Video of the scene shows firefighters battling heavy smoke and flames coming from a single structure. It appears the fire has since been put out, but crews remain at the scene.
There is no word on the cause of the fire.
A KOIN 6 News crew is at the scene working to learn more. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/overnight-structure-fire-breaks-out-near-reynolds-high-school/ | 2023-05-10T12:32:14 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/overnight-structure-fire-breaks-out-near-reynolds-high-school/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – As temperatures begin to rise, the job market is heating up.
“But you know the job market in Wichita and surrounding areas is just red, red hot right now. Like August hot,” said Keith Lawing with the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas.
Lawing says the seasonal jobs are already out there.
Employers say the best advice to getting hired is to just show up.
“Many people don’t even show up for an interview that they scheduled. So getting them to show up is the first hurdle,” said Derek Sorrells, owner of The Arcade in Wichita. “And then once you hire someone, ensuring that they’re going to show up and work on a daily basis. It’s a huge challenge.”
Sorrells is opening his arcade in a new spot on Washington Street in Wichita this weekend. Part of putting the finishing touches on the business includes making sure he has staff to keep it running to bring customers back.
“I think the biggest advice is going to be, be prepared for the interview. Ask questions,” said Sorrells. “Think about where you’re going to work. Business owners and managers are interested in you wanting to work there, not just you wanting a job. So be prepared to ask questions and be prepared to show up.”
Sorrells Arcade is a throwback to the ’80s and beyond. Along with his business, there are hiring signs in many spots, including skilled jobs.
“I think it’s wide open across industries,” said Lawing. “If you’re just bouncing around looking for a summer job, there’s lots of employers that are going to be hiring this summer for sure, and we’ve been hearing from a lot of them.”
Lawing says skilled positions exist for long-term employment in everything from aviation to IT to general technology.
Lawing says if you are looking for your first summer job or ready to make a career change, the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas has events to help. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/summer-job-season-already-heating-up-in-kansas/ | 2023-05-10T12:37:39 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/summer-job-season-already-heating-up-in-kansas/ |
MARGATE — The slate of Maury Blumberg, Catherine Horn and Michael Collins won seats on the city's Board of Commissioners during a non-partisan election Tuesday.
Blumberg, Horn and Collins defeated Calvin Tesler, Aaron Singer and Patrice "Trish" Calvarese.
Horn led all voters with 629 votes votes, Collins received 611 votes and Blumberg received 582 votes. While Tesler received 430, Calvarese received 425 votes and Singer received 422 votes.
The trio was elected to a 4-year term in office.
Mayor Michael Becker and Commissioner John Amodeo both decided not to run for office again this year.
Blumberg has served as a commissioner since 2007. He is the commissioner of revenue and finance for the city. Blumberg is vice president of sales and engineering for Jersey Architectural Door & Supply Inc., on the board for Best of Chai and a former member of the city's Zoning Board.
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Horn is president of the Margate Board of Education and a psychologist at Atlantic City High School. She was first appointed to the school board in 2013.
Collins serves on the Margate City Beach Patrol Pension Committee and the board of the Margate Business Association. He is the president of the Margate Republican Club, founder and co-director of the Margate Cornhole League and has served as a member of the Assumption Regional Catholic School board in Galloway Township. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/blumberg-horn-and-collins-win-in-margate-election/article_c33457ee-ef29-11ed-ace9-53131e694b9e.html | 2023-05-10T12:38:20 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/blumberg-horn-and-collins-win-in-margate-election/article_c33457ee-ef29-11ed-ace9-53131e694b9e.html |
Four former local softball players earned New Jersey Athletic Conference year-end honors last week.
The College of New Jersey freshman pitcher Elizabeth Gosse, a Southern Regional High School graduate, was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year.
Gosse was also named to the NJAC's first team along with teammate and senior outfielder Kaci Neveling (Egg Harbor Township resident and Toms River North graduate). Ramapo junior utility player Mahogany Wheeler (Millville) was named to the first team, and Rowan fifth-year catcher Korie Hogue (Vineland) was named to the second team.
In TCNJ's 8-2 win over Ramapo, Gosse allowed two runs, one earned, and struck out five. Neveling added a double and two runs. In a 3-1 win over Ramapo, Ally Schlee (Cedar Creek) allowed one run and struck out two in 4 2/3 innings. In a 3-0 win over Kean to open the NJAC Tournament, Gosse struck out four in 3 1/3 innings. Schlee struck out six in 3 2/3 innings to improve to 3-3. Neveling added two hits and scored.
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Jenna Gardner (Cumberland Regional) hit an RBI single in Bryant's 4-1 win over Holy Cross.
Kaylin Flukey (Absegami) hit an RBI single in Iona's 4-3 win over Saint Peter's. In a 6-3 loss to Saint Peter's, Flukey hit an RBI single, and Brianna Bailey (St. Joseph) singled and scored. In a 5-0 loss to Marist, Bailey had two hits. In a 4-3 win over Siena, Flukey hit a two-run single. In a 15-5 win over Siena, Flukey went 3 for 4, including a double, drove in two runs and scored one.
Devin Coia (Vineland) hit a two-run homer and drove in another run in Monmouth's 6-3 win over Fairleigh Dickinson.
Bridgette Gilliano (Buena Regional) went 3 for 4 with a double and two runs in Nevada's 9-6 win over Idaho State. She went 2 for 3 with a homer and four RBIs in a 9-8 win over Colorado State. She singled and scored in a 7-4 loss to Colorado State. She singled and scored in an 8-7 win over Colorado State.
Rian Eigenmann (Millville) had two hits in South Florida's 8-0 win over Houston.
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Faith Hegh (Mainland Regional) hit a solo homer in Western Kentucky's 7-6 win over Louisiana Tech. She hit a solo homer, singled and scored in a 6-3 loss to Louisiana Tech.
Millersville's Gabby D'Ottavio (Buena) was named to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference first team last week. She batted .365 with 57 hits, including eight doubles and six home runs.
Megan Sooy (Millville) went 2 for 3 with a three run homer in Arcadia's 5-3 win over Stevens Institute of Technology in a Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Tournament game. She had two hits and scored in a 2-1 loss to Lycoming.
Emma Barbera (Vineland) singled and scored twice in Cabrini's 8-1 win over Gwynedd Mercy. She went 3 for 3 with a run and two RBIs in an 8-0 win over Gwynedd Mercy.
Rhiannon Ginnetti (Absegami) had two hits, two RBIs and a run in Centenary's 7-1 win over Marymount in the Atlantic East Conference Tournament. She had two hits and a run in a 10-9 win over Marywood.
Peyton McGowan (EHT) hit a three-run homer in Immaculata's 5-3 win over Neumann. In a 7-4 win over Nuemann, McGowan hit an RBI double and scored, and Elena Anglani (Our Lady of Mercy) hit an RBI double.
Ashlynne Scardino (Hammonton) hit a two-run double in Neumann's 5-3 loss to Immaculata. In a 7-4 loss to Immaculata, Cioni Simmons (Cumberland) singled and scored. In a 12-3 loss to Neumann in the Atlantic East Tournament, Simmons singled and scored.
Emily Tunney (Oakcrest) hit a double in New Jersey City's 8-0 win over Lehman. She doubled and scored in a 7-1 win over Lehman.
Tianna Ortiz (Oakcrest) hit an RBI single in Rosemont's 9-3 win over St. Elizabeth in a Colonial States Athletic Conference Tournament game.
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In Robert Morris' 9-8 win over Jacksonville in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, David Burr (St. Augustine Prep) scored, and Stephen DelleMonache (St. Augustine) won 12 of 21 faceoffs with six ground balls. In a 12-4 loss to Air Force, DelleMonache won 10 of 17 faceoffs with eight ground balls.
Cade Johnson (Southern) scored twice in Chestnut Hill's 12-8 win over Wilmington in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament semifinals. He had three goals, an assist and two ground balls in a 10-9 win over Georgian Court for the Griffins' third straight title.
Vincent Giunta (Mainland) had two goals and an assist in Georgian Court's 16-14 win over Post in the CACC Tournament semifinals. He had two goals, two assists and four ground balls in a 10-9 loss to Chestnut Hill in the final.
In Cabrini's 23-4 win over Immaculata in the Atlantic East Tournament semifinals, Matt Vanaman (St. Augustine) scored twice to go with an assist. Jake Schneider (Ocean City) had a goal and two assists. In a 23-6 win over Marymount in the final, Schneider had a goal and an assist. Vanaman scored, and Brady Rauner (Ocean City) added an assist, two ground balls and a caused turnover. It was the 22nd conference title for the Cavaliers, who will face York on Saturday in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Robert Nawrocki (Cedar Creek) scored three goals in FDU-Florham's 19-5 loss to Misericordia in the MAC Freedom Tournament.
Anthony Inserra (Ocean City) had a goal and an assist in Immaculata's 23-4 loss to Cabrini in the Atlantic East Tournament. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/4-local-softball-players-earn-year-end-njac-honors-college-notebook/article_ed471bb6-edcb-11ed-b968-a3641b7a146d.html | 2023-05-10T12:38:26 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/4-local-softball-players-earn-year-end-njac-honors-college-notebook/article_ed471bb6-edcb-11ed-b968-a3641b7a146d.html |
BASEBALL
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Lacey Twp. at Jackson Liberty
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Cedar Creek at Buena
Ocean City at Vineland
Timber Creek at Cumberland
Brick Twp. at Southern
Holy Spirit at Cape May Tech
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Barnegat at Pinelands
SOFTBALL
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Middle Twp. at Buena
Bridgeton at Holy Spirit
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Cape May Tech at Lower Cape May Reg.
Our Lady of Mercy at Ocean City
Egg Harbor Twp. at St. Joseph
Cumberland at Timber Creek
Brick Twp. at Southern
Atlantic City at ACIT
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Barnegat at Pinelands
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Wildwood Catholic vs. Vineland at Vineland Pigtail
BOYS TENNIS
Shore Conference Tournament
3:45 p.m.
Point Pleasant Borough at Lacey Twp.
4 p.m.
Shore Reg. at Southern
Donovan Catholic at Pinelands
Other matches
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Ocean City at Atlantic City
Oakcrest at Cedar Creek
Absegami at Middle Twp.
Lower Cape May at Millville
Woodstown at Vineland
Cumberland at Triton
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
4 p.m.
St. Augustine at Absegami
Cedar Creek at Oakcrest
Egg Harbor Twp. at Pleasantville
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ACIT at Hammonton
GIRLS LACROSSE
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Central Reg. at Southern
BOYS LACROSSE
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Barnegat at Cinnaminson
BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF
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Pinelands vs. Oakcrest at Blue Heron Golf Course
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Millville vs. St. Augustine Prep at Buena Vista Country Club
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Pennsville vs. Middle Twp. at Avalon Country Club
Lacey Twp. vs. Jackson Liberty at Eagle Ridge Golf Club
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Vineland vs. ACIT at Buena Vista Country Club
Absegami vs. Egg Harbor Twp. at McCullough's Emerald Golf Links
Hammonton vs. Lenape at Ramblewood Country Club
Wildwood vs. Pitman at Pitman Country Club
Mainland vs. Shawnee at Medford Lakes Country Club
BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
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Oakcrest at Absegami
Buena vs. Lower Cape May vs. Middle Twp. at Cedar Creek
ACIT vs. Bridgeton vs. Egg Harbor Twp. at Mainland
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Hammonton vs. Millville vs. Ocean City at Vineland | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/high-school-schedule-for-wednesday-may-10-2023/article_b390316a-ee83-11ed-bc88-3b1c69deead8.html | 2023-05-10T12:38:32 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/high-school-schedule-for-wednesday-may-10-2023/article_b390316a-ee83-11ed-bc88-3b1c69deead8.html |
GARY — A 46-year-old man, who was found dead from hypothermia in February, has been identified as Derrick Allen Edwards of Gary, the Lake County Coroner's Office reported.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
A death investigation team from the coroner's office was called out shortly before 3 p.m. Feb. 3 to 4815 W. 5th Ave. where they found the then-unidentified body.
An autopsy was performed a few days later and the cause of the man's death was found to be hypothermia, the coroner's office said. The manner of death was ruled an accident.
"An autopsy and toxicology are pending," the office said.
Edwards was identified Monday by a DNA comparison with the help of Indiana State Police.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Nidia Trinidad-Reyes
Age : 28
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304114
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Snow
Age : 38
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304100
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Reid
Age : 36
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304103
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kayla Ruiz
Age : 23
Residence: Cicero, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304099
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Sheridan
Age : 51
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304120
Arrest Date: April 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Anthony Lardydell
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304101
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INT-THREATEN ANOTHER W/INTENT THEY ENGAGE IN CONDUCT AGAINST WILL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Lucio
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304123
Arrest Date: April 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Karolina Mallett
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304107
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brent Ladwig
Age : 33
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304121
Arrest Date: April 30, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - (NIBRS FRAUD OFFENSE)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Heather Grzelak
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304116
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cortney Kelley
Age : 32
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304119
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyray Gary
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304097
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Wayne Gralewski Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304106
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Donnell Brooks Jr.
Age : 21
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304108
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latasha Buchanan
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304117
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jason Cohen
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304111
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tina Criswell
Age : 53
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304095
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnnie Blair
Age : 40
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304115
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diamond Tillotson Spates
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304070
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dallas Vondersaar
Age : 29
Residence: Cicero, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304079
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Petrassi
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304061
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christian Reed
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304059
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Curt Schwab
Age : 44
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304077
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dion Neal
Age : 24
Residence: Waukegan, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304065
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyion Grayson
Age : 41
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304066
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daryl Jones
Age : 57
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304068
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Latajonae Larry
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304060
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Lobody
Age : 33
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304090
Arrest Date: April 29, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lisa Ellis
Age : 40
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304078
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Raul Barajas
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2302899
Arrest Date: April 25, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Caine
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304083
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Dunkerley
Age : 46
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304081
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Laquan Afolayan
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304058
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Susan Unruh
Age : 53
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304051
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Townsell
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304048
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ARSON - RESULTS IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO A PERSON OTHER THAN DEFENDANT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Tillger
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304033
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elliott Torres
Age : 22
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304038
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jason Sivak
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304039
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: TRESPASS - PROPERTY - UNAUTHORIZED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bruce Evans
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304041
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Fils
Age : 48
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304053
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Larcel Lockhart
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304055
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Arthur Erb Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304036
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Campero
Age : 40
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304044
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devon Cross
Age : 33
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304037
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deja Dowdy
Age : 27
Residence: Richton Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304049
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Damon Edwards
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304052
Arrest Date: April 28, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christian Tindell-Hall
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303994
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Donald Williams
Age : 63
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304005
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bailey Windom
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303996
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Taylor
Age : 47
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304022
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Russell Starnes
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304025
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: OWI; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Casey Ramos Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304011
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Sanchez
Age : 41
Residence: Schneider, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304008
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Samantha Shaffer
Age : 51
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304006
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Potter
Age : 50
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304014
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adam McCormick
Age : 28
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304024
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Frankie Munoz
Age : 35
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303986
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Perkins
Age : 61
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304019
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ian Pilkins
Age : 29
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304031
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A MOTORBOAT WHILE INTOXICATEDPRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emanuel Ivy
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303990
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: LSCT
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Karlon Jackson
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304017
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leonard Johnson
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303997
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javier Martinez
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303991
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Davis
Age : 45
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303995
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Auop Elmatari
Age : 21
Residence: Oak Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303993
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INT-THREATEN ANOTHER W/INTENT THEY ENGAGE IN CONDUCT AGAINST WILL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Cardenas
Age : 27
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304028
Arrest Date: April 27, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ray Dampier
Age : 44
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303992
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerardo Avila
Age : 47
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304020
Arrest Date: April 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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CHESTERTON — A juvenile is dead after being stuck by a train Tuesday evening in the area of 15th Street, the Porter County coroner's office reported.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
The coroner's office said it was called to the scene around 7:35 p.m. in response to a pedestrian being hit by a train.
The case remains under investigation.
"An autopsy and toxicology are pending," the office said.
"Remember, all of this stays between you and me," the accused reportedly told the boy after the massage.
Chesterton police said the fatal incident occurred on the Norfolk Southern grade-crossing around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday.
Train traffic had resumed on the busy tracks through the center of town by 9:23 p.m.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Dawn Tucker
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Westville, IN
Booking Number: 2301846
Charges: Sexual misconduct with a minor, felony
Karen Snyder
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 67
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2301840
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Anthony Maxberry
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 40
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2301837
Charges: Invasion of privacy, felony
Flavio Quintanilla
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 24
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number: 2301842
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jeremy Riley
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 42
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number: 2301852
Charges: Weapons/Pointing a firearm, felony
Brayden Joseph
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 18
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2301854
Charges: Battery, misdemeanor
Stephen Kearney
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 36
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2301839
Charges: Possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia, felony
Jason Hammer
Arrest date: May 4, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Darien, IL
Booking Number: 2301848
Charges: Sexual misconduct with a minor, felony
Crystal Robinson
Arrest date: May 3, 2023
Age: 38
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number: 2301821
Charges: Neglect of a dependant, felony
Rebecca Masse
Arrest date: May 3, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301834
Charges: OWI, felony
Nicholas Kleihege
Arrest date: May 3, 2023
Age: 30
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301820
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Marteus Holbrook
Arrest date: May 3, 2023
Age: 27
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number: 2301832
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Brandon Welshan
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 35
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301812
Charges: Obstruction of justice, felony
Mitchell Rospierski
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301818
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Kevin Shufford II
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2301809
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Tumen Tysrendorzhiev
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Booking Number: 2301810
Charges: Battery, felony
Georgina Houston
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 46
Residence: Ogden Dunes, IN
Booking Number: 2301819
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Leona Riley
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2301815
Charges: Battery, felony
Sandra Dombrowski
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 49
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2301817
Charges: OWI, felony
Wardell Brown
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 48
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2301811
Charges: Theft, felony
Timothy Burton
Arrest date: May 2, 2023
Age: 51
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2301813
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Kaylee Schoenenberger
Arrest date: May 1, 2023
Age: 19
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2301798
Charges: Drugs/d ealing schedule I, II , or III controlled substance, felony
Jennifer Bish
Arrest date: May 1, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2301791
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Tucker Morse
Arrest date: April 30, 2023
Age: 21
Residence: Three Oaks, MI
Booking Number: 2301784
Charges: Possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia, felony
Dustin Mathews
Arrest date: April 30, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2301790
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Aiden McAlvey
Arrest date: April 30, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2301783
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
William Milan
Arrest date: April 30, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Jackson, MI
Booking Number: 2301787
Charges: Possession legend drug or precursor, felony
Joshua Heaviland
Arrest date: April 30, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301781
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Sierra Kindy
Arrest date: April 30, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Galesburg, MI
Booking Number: 2301786
Charges: Possession of legend drug or precursor, felony
Joseph Bauer
Arrest date: April 30, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301782
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Giovani Phan
Arrest date: April 29, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301773
Charges: OWI, felony
Karen Hanchar
Arrest date: April 29, 2023
Age: 63
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301780
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Jordan Lewis
Arrest date: April 29, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2301779
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Andres Cadena
Arrest date: April 29, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2301770
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Sean Webster
Arrest date: April 28, 2023
Age: 57
Residence: Valparaiso
Booking Number: 2301758
Charges: Possession legend drug or precursor, felony
Abigail Ziembicki
Arrest date: April 28, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2301757
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Julia Shannon
Arrest date: April 28, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2301762
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Paul Hudak Jr.
Arrest date: April 28, 2023
Age: 35
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number: 2301760
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Zachary Davenport
Arrest date: April 28, 2023
Age: 20
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2301763
Charges: Drugs/dealing schedule I, II, or III controlled substance, felony
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Fort Wayne police are investigating a Tuesday night shooting that left a woman dead.
Officers said they arrived at the 1300 block of Lillie Street about 11:40 p.m. after receiving several calls about gunfire in the area.
They found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound in the rear of a residence near an alley.
When paramedics arrived they pronounced the woman dead, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 260-427-1201, Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867 or use the free P3 Tips app.
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GREENSBORO — Who's ready to enjoy free summer concerts? Creative Greensboro's "Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park" series will soon return to park locations across the city.
The MUSEP series is returning for its 44th season on June 4 and all concerts begin at 6 p.m. Sundays. The full concert schedule can be found at creativegreensboro.com.
MUSEP concerts are free to the public and donations are accepted to help sustain the series. Those attending can bring a picnic, blanket and lawn chairs, according to a news release from the city of Greensboro.
Concessions will be available for purchase from food truck vendors. In the event of adverse weather, cancellation notices will be posted on Creative Greensboro's website and social media pages.
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Concerts will feature some longstanding favorites including the Greensboro Concert Band, Nu Blu, and the Greensboro Big Band. Several musical acts will make their MUSEP debut this summer, including the 10-piece salsa band Orquesta Internacional La Clave and Sahara Reggae.
2023 MUSEP Schedule
· June 4, Greensboro College, 815 W. Market St.: The Greensboro Big Band (jazz/swing) and food trucks Kibi’s Crazy Casserole and Scoop Zone
· June 11, White Oak Amphitheatre, 2411 W. Gate City Blvd.: The Philharmonia of Greensboro presents “From Screen to Stage.” Free parking and concessions available onsite.
· June 25, LeBauer Park, 208 N. Davie St.: The Greensboro Concert Band (traditional band/pops) and food trucks Sweet’s Turkey BBQ and Catering and Sweet Cold Treats
· July 9, Gateway Gardens, 2924 E. Gate City Blvd.: Erin Blue (neosoul/R&B, 6-6:45 pm) and Dreamroot (jazz/soul, 7-7:45 pm) and food trucks Hot Diggity Dog and IceQueen Ice Cream
· July 16, Latham Park, 905 Cridland Road: Mike Yelverton (gospel) and food trucks Kibi’s Crazy Casserole and StayFresh Italian Ice
· July 23, Hester Park, 3906 Betula St.: Sahara Reggae (reggae) and food trucks Hot Diggity Dog and StayFresh Italian Ice
· July 30, Country Park Shelter #7, 3802 Jaycee Park Dr.: Nu Blu (bluegrass) and food trucks Kibi’s Crazy Casserole and Boho Berries
· Aug. 6, Lindley Park, 3300 Starmount Dr.: Orquesta Internacional La Clave (salsa) and food trucks Taco Bros and StayFresh Italian Ice
· Aug. 13, Keeley Park, 4100 Keeley Road: Banjo Earth and Friends (world/bluegrass) and food trucks Hot Diggity Dog and StayFresh Italian Ice
· Aug. 20, Barber Park, 1500 Barber Park Dr.: SunQueen Kelcey and the Soular Flares (soul/rock) and food trucks Sweet’s Turkey BBQ and Catering and Boho Berries
· Aug. 27, Blandwood Mansion, 447 W. Washington St.: Africa Unplugged (world beat) and food trucks Taco Bros and Boho Berries. This concert is sponsored by UNCG’s School of Music and College of Visual and Performing Arts.
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GREENSBORO — It’s been nearly a year since federal officials first announced the former American Hebrew Academy would house immigrant children.
The U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said last June that it would lease the school grounds to house unaccompanied migrant minors.
Initially, the children were expected to begin arriving in July 2022. But their arrival was postponed to the end of that year.
Now, it’s uncertain when the children will come.
Christened as The Greensboro Piedmont Academy Influx Care Facility for UC (unaccompanied minors), the facility off Hobbs Road could house up to 800 children. Children would stay there while the Office of Refugee Resettlement works to place them with a “vetted sponsor,” often a family member, while their immigration status is adjudicated.
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Local officials said they’ve been told the facility will accept boys and girls ages 13 to 17 and that they will be separated by gender.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement is legally required to provide care for unaccompanied children referred by the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies until they are placed with a vetted sponsor or family member. The agency operates 220 care facilities nationwide.
“While in ORR care, children have access to medical treatment, legal services, translation services, education, and mental and behavioral health counselors and are able to connect with family at least twice a week,” DHHS said last year. “Children also meet with a case manager at least weekly.”
In an email to the News & Record, the Office of Refugee Resettlement said it is unable to confirm an opening date because not all of the contracts have been awarded to operate the facility.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan said she was told one of the contracts had to be rebid.
Melvin “Skip” Alston, who chairs the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, said he attended a briefing regarding the facility within the past month. However, he would not divulge what was said.
“They didn’t want us to discuss that because the situation is fluid,” Alston said.
Meanwhile, residents who live around the 100-acre campus say rumors are filling the void of information. While the Office of Refugee Resettlement promised to keep the community informed, Mark Hobson said he’s heard “absolutely nothing.”
“I’ve been trying for at least two weeks to get information,” said Hobson, who lives in the nearby Westridge Forest neighborhood.
Terry Billings, president of the Westridge Forest Homeowners Association, said he’s seen lots of cars around.
“There’s a ton of activity going on, but nobody knows anything,” Billings said.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement said workers at the facility are making preparations for the children — which Hobson disputed.
“They keep saying children,” Hobson said. “These aren’t going to be children. It’s going to be 15- to 18-year-old boys.”
More than $268 million has been obligated by the federal government for the facility. That includes $50 million to lease the property — a former boarding school — from American Hebrew Academy for five years and $218 million to a Florida company called Deployed Services. According to USASpending.gov — a database that tracks federal government spending — Deployed Services will provide administrative support and social services.
“They paid $10 million a year,” said Hobson, referring to the lease, “and nobody has even used it.”
At least 1,500 people are expected to staff the facility around the clock, including case managers, mental health and medical clinicians, administrators and food service providers among others.
The average stay in similar facilities is 17 days, according to a Sept. 28 letter sent to U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning from DHHS Assistant Secretary January Contreras. The Office of Refugee Resettlement “will notify stakeholders within 15 days of activating the facility,” the letter states.
In an emailed statement to the News & Record, Manning said she’s “disappointed that our community has not received regular updates on when the facility may be operational.”
The Office of Refugee Resettlement told the News & Record it reaches out to congressional leaders, state and local elected officials and other community stakeholders to share necessary updates.
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DALLAS — A few days after the shooting massacre at the Allen Premium Outlets mall, crowds continue visiting a growing memorial to the eight children and adults who were killed on Saturday.
Concerned community members continued sharing hugs and prayer, while reflecting on yet another fatal act of senseless gun violence.
“This was avoidable. This doesn’t have to happen, and it doesn’t have to keep happening. It needs to stop,” Samantha Shub of Plano, Texas, said as she visited the memorial.
As people continue processing the mass shooting, six injured victims remain in hospitals. Among them is Irvin Walker II of Lafayette, Louisiana. He currently resides in Lewisville, Texas.
Family members describe the 46-year-old aspiring businessman as a loving father, a gentle giant and a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
“It’s been extremely difficult, as you can imagine. It’s not only the physical aspect that he’s dealing with, but it’s the mental side as well,” said Daryl Washington, Esq.
Washington is a Dallas-based attorney who has been retained by Walker’s family to look into the shooting. He said Walker had just dropped off a friend and went to find parking when the gunman began firing shots into his car.
Walker was shot multiple times, including wounds to the chest and shoulder.
“He was just basically placed into survival mode. Trying to figure out what he can do not to get shot again. Ran into the store and realized that was probably not a good idea, because he was going to bleed out. He really needed to get some help,” Washington explained.
Walker had surgery on Monday. Doctors are evaluating his progress day-by-day, according to Washington.
His injuries aren’t just physical. Like other victims who were at the outlet mall on Saturday, there’s also mental trauma.
“The really tough part of it is one of the security guards that was killed, he was right next to him, at the time that happened,” Washington said.
While the shooting remains fresh on people’s minds, it’s a tragedy that will have a lasting impact.
“Bottom line. It needs to stop. This was not inevitable. This is preventable,” Shub said.
A community vigil is planned for Wednesday, May 10, at 7 p.m. The vigil will take place at the memorial outside Allen Premium Outlet mall. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/attorney-for-allen-texas-mall-shooting-vicitm-irvin-walker-speaks/287-35b6a3db-71fe-4a40-ac9d-294b155a62aa | 2023-05-10T13:00:25 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/attorney-for-allen-texas-mall-shooting-vicitm-irvin-walker-speaks/287-35b6a3db-71fe-4a40-ac9d-294b155a62aa |
AUSTIN, Texas — A new flexible, wearable medical device could provide a major shift in the fight against heart disease - which is the leading cause of death in the United States.
The device was created a team led by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. The team has been developing the product since 2017.
"We not only monitor the heart, but also monitor the brain, the muscle, the stress, like from the palms sweating and so on," said Nanshu Lu, a Frank and Kay Reese professor of engineering.
The ultrathin, lightweight electronic tattoo attaches to the chest for mobile heart monitoring. The e-tattoo weighs only 2.5 grams and runs on a rechargeable battery the size of a penny that a life of more than 40 hours.
"We have wireless data and the power transmission is through near field communication. Now we have a wireless Bluetooth transmission all the time, nonstop for more than 24 hours, which is really exciting," said Lu.
The device includes two sensors that provide a clear picture of heart health, giving clinicians a better chance to catch red flags for heart disease early. The clear device is less intrusive than other monitoring systems and said to be more comfortable for patients.
Once on the heart, the device provides two key measurements. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the electrical signal from the heart and the seismocardiogram (SCG) is the acoustic signal from the heart that comes from the heart valves.
ECG can be measured by mobile devices such as an Apple Watch and the SCG can be monitored through a stethoscope - but there is no mobile solution that approximates a stethoscope or takes both measurements.
According to Lu, cardiologists at the Cleveland Clinic will now test how this e-tattoo compares to hospital patient monitors.
"We are shipping our wireless chest tattoos to Cleveland Clinic and the cardiologist is a surgeon and he is going to recruit his own patients to participate in this study and really test how our tattoo compares with hospital patient monitors and whether we can also acquire data while the patients are released to home," said Lu.
With mobile monitoring at home, doctors are able to do make an early diagnosis and begin treatment because 80% of heart disease can be prevented.
Lu said the team is very excited to see their tattoo in action in the future. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/chest-e-tattoo/269-ad4353cb-aaf4-4986-93d5-a311d8c1232a | 2023-05-10T13:00:31 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/chest-e-tattoo/269-ad4353cb-aaf4-4986-93d5-a311d8c1232a |
MCCAMEY, Texas — Over the weekend, Facebook user Dustin Ferguson posted a video clip from a playoff softball game between McCamey and Cisco that has gone viral, sparking debate about player conduct and safety.
The clip shows the Lady Badger catcher throwing the ball at the batter, hitting her in the helmet, after the pitch was thrown.
Our sports team reached out to athletic director and head softball coach Michael Woodard and superintendent Michael Valencia for comment and haven't heard back.
A University Interscholastic League (UIL) spokesperson has provided us with an official statement regarding the incident.
"The UIL is aware of an incident that occurred during the McCamey vs. Cisco Softball Playoff Series and is in contact with the school administrations to gather additional information," the spokesperson said.
We'll be sure to provide more updates as they become available. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas-uil-looks-into-viral-mccamey-softball-incident/513-a27173f2-5173-418d-8283-aeaca3b8a457 | 2023-05-10T13:00:37 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas-uil-looks-into-viral-mccamey-softball-incident/513-a27173f2-5173-418d-8283-aeaca3b8a457 |
AUSTIN, Texas — The unexpected elation felt this week by gun control advocates and families of Uvalde shooting victims dissolved to despair Tuesday, when a bill that would raise the age to legally purchase semi-automatic rifles lost its newfound momentum and was left off the Texas House’s agenda ahead of a key deadline.
This article originally appeared here in the The Texas Tribune.
Barring an unexpected development, the delay likely ends the bill's chances of becoming law.
The proposal has long faced stiff odds in a state that has regularly loosened gun restrictions in recent years. But on Monday, in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in an Allen shopping mall, a House committee unexpectedly advanced the legislation in an 8-5 vote that included two Republicans supporting it.
That left little time for the bill to be added to the House’s calendar, however. The final day the House can pass bills is Thursday, and the chamber’s agenda must be approved 36 hours ahead of when they convene. That creates a de facto deadline of around 10 p.m. Tuesday for the measure to be placed on the calendar.
When that hour arrived Tuesday night, House Bill 2744 remained off the list.
The measure's supporters, particularly parents of children who died at Robb Elementary in Uvalde who have been advocating for it all session, pushed until the end. Minutes before 10 p.m., a small group stood outside the House chamber holding signs and chanting and calling for the bill to be heard on the House floor. Even then, they could be heard faintly from the back of the chamber.
"2-7-4-4," they yelled. "Put this bill on the floor."
There were less than a dozen of them, but they could be heard inside the House chamber — their chants carrying loudly enough that Capitol staffers closed the doors to the second-floor viewing gallery.
Perhaps the loudest was Brett Cross, whose 10-year-old son Uziyah Garcia was shot to death by an AR-15 in one of Robb's classrooms. When the clock passed 10 p.m., a few Democrats left the chamber and hugged him. Soon after, witnesses in the Capitol said, a Department of Public Safety trooper approached with a decibel monitor, informed him he was being too loud and escorted him out of the building. Cross continued chanting the bill's number as he left.
"This is just another fucking attempt to slow and stop us," Cross said on Twitter. "2744 may have died tonight, but we will never stop!
"Texas fucked with the wrong parents!"
Another parent, Kimberly Mata-Rubio, who lost her 10-year-old daughter Alexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio in the shooting, vowed to travel to the districts of House Speaker Dade Phelan, Calendars Committee Chair Dustin Burrows and Select Committee on Community Safety Chair Ryan Guillen and "share Lexi’s story, and the disrespect shown to Uvalde families."
"This isn’t over," she said. "We will regroup, re-strategize and come back stronger."
HB 2744, filed by Democratic Rep. Tracy King of Batesville, would prohibit selling, renting, leasing or giving a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22 that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine to a person younger than 21 years old — an increase from 18 years old. The proposal includes several exemptions that King said he had added after hearing concerns from constituents.
The opposition to the bill hasn’t been vocal in the Legislature, but Republican leadership is fiercely protective of gun rights and reluctant to advance anything that challenges them. Gun advocates say the measure would do little to deter crime and only harm law-abiding gun owners. They also argue that gun ownership is an entrenched American right that shouldn’t be infringed upon by the government.
Since getting a hearing last month — which in and of itself marked a milestone in a gun-friendly legislature — HB 2744 had been left in committee and was poised to be left there.
That is, until Monday, when dozens of supporters, including many relatives of people killed with guns, filled the Capitol to urge lawmakers to advance it. The committee was met with sobs and applause after the last-minute vote.
The gunman at Robb Elementary in Uvalde used an AR-15-style rifle, which he purchased within days of turning 18, after unsuccessfully trying to persuade relatives to illegally buy him a gun. He killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. Relatives of victims have been coming to the Capitol all year to urge lawmakers to raise the age, holding emotional press conferences and confronting lawmakers and state officials.
Their urgency only increased over the weekend, after a gunman killed eight people in Allen.
On Monday, at least two Republicans appeared swayed.
“I am not naive enough to think that laws alone will prevent the type of senseless violence that occurs all too frequently in our state,” said Rep. Justin Holland, a Rockwall Republican who voted to advance the bill out of committee, in a statement Monday. “But after listening to many hours of testimony over this session, I became convinced that this small change to the law might serve as a significant roadblock to a young person (not old enough to buy tobacco or alcohol) acquiring a specific type of semi-automatic rifle intent upon using it in a destructive and illegal manner.”
As it became clear Tuesday afternoon that the bill was again in danger, proponents voiced their frustration. Some left signs urging its passage outside the Calendars Committee’s meeting room. Others protested outside the office of Rep. Ryan Guillen, R-Rio Grande City, the chair of the committee that advanced the bill Monday.
Guillen could not be immediately reached for comment about whether the committee report had been sent to the calendars committee or whether it would be before the deadline.
“I’m sickened that HB 2744 will not be brought to a full House vote,” said Rep. Jarvis Johnson, a Houston Democrat who voted to advance the bill Monday as a member of the select House committee. “For once, the legislature seemed to listen to its constituents & do the right thing after getting this bill out of committee.”
Lawmakers could use other approaches to revive the proposal. But advocates are realistic that the measure will most likely ultimately fail. Even if it were to pass the House — a tall request — it would still need to advance through a Senate that’s perhaps even more skeptical of the idea.
"How many more children have to die before we act?" said one supporter, Bishop John Ogletree, a Houston pastor, in a statement.
Alexa Ura contributed reporting.
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BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — Traffic is slowing down in Brookhaven after a sinkhole and construction have caused Buford Highway northbound to close.
The highway is between Briarwood and Clairmont Roads, with the sinkhole just past Briarwood Road, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Major delays are expected in the area, according to a Tweet from 11Alive's Crash Clark, which was posted just after 7 a.m.
Crash Clark advises that residents use I-85 instead, which is between Clairmont and North Druid Hills or Drew Valley Road. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/buford-highway-construction-delays-brookhaven-atlanta-traffic/85-20d0dda5-3ec5-4a31-82b0-c398702a2e7a | 2023-05-10T13:00:46 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/buford-highway-construction-delays-brookhaven-atlanta-traffic/85-20d0dda5-3ec5-4a31-82b0-c398702a2e7a |
ATLANTA — It’s a call to action from supporters of new gun laws in Georgia.
On Wednesday, Democrats in the Georgia General Assembly will gather at the State Capitol to call on Republican Governor Brian Kemp to convene a special session of the legislature, to bring gun-safety reforms to a vote right away.
Thus far, the governor has opposed the bills they are supporting.
Supporters of the bills said they know that chances of passage are still slim in Georgia’s pro-gun-rights legislature. But they believe the political winds across the state are shifting.
The culture is starting to change,” said Rep. Michelle Au, (D) Johns Creek, “and I think we are seeing that in Georgia.”
Supporters point out that, on Monday, the unexpected happened at the pro-second-amendment Texas State Capitol, following the mass shooting at the shopping mall in Allen.
A bill in the Texas House of Representatives to raise the age to buy certain semiautomatic rifles, from 18 to 21, narrowly passed in a House committee only because two Republicans on the committee suddenly switched, and voted with supporters, evoking cheers, tears and grateful embraces from surprised advocates of the bill.
The unexpected happened again on Tuesday in Tennessee, after the Covenant School shootings in Nashville in March.
Tennessee’s Republican, pro-second-amendment Governor, Bill Lee, called a special session of the legislature to convene in August to consider gun-safety legislation there.
“I think there’s a real, wide, broad agreement that we need to find a way to separate those who are a danger to themselves or to others from access to weapons, and protect the Second Amendment rights of Tennesseans at the same time,” Lee told reporters Tuesday. “That is the balance and the strategy that we’re going to use, going forward. We have to find a way to do that. I think we can. I’ve asked lawmakers to consider options. We’ll be working on that all summer long, and I think we’ll find an answer to that.”
Could the unexpected happen in Georgia’s pro-second-amendment, Republican-majority State Capitol following the shootings in Midtown Atlanta last week?
“The fact that the Tennessee governor has called for a special session, I think, has given a little bit of optimism that perhaps Governor Kemp might consider the same thing,” said Rep. Teri Anulewicz, (D) Smyrna, Tuesday.
Rep. Anulewicz and other Democrats in the legislature said the reason they’re asking Gov. Kemp to convene a special session of the General Assembly to consider gun safety legislation is that the bills have broad, public support.
The proposals include:
- Universal Background Checks, even for private sales of firearms
- Safe Storage of Firearms to protect children from accessing the guns
- “Red Flag” Restrictions to prevent those known to be at high risk for hurting themselves, or others, from buying guns
- Waiting Periods to Purchase Firearms, possibly for three days, to address situations in which impulse buys might lead to crimes of passion or suicide
“And so we've got to, as a legislature, reflect the conversations that are happening in our communities,” Rep. Anulewicz said. “And the conversations that are happening in our communities are among people who are saying, ‘okay, what can we do? Enough is enough. What can we do?’”
Governor Kemp’s office had not, as of Tuesday night, responded to 11Alive’s requests for a comment about the request for a special session of the legislature.
Democrats know the chances, for now, are slim he would agree.
However, Rep. Au of Johns Creek believes GOP leaders will start hearing from their voters.
“The culture is starting to change,” Rep. Au said. “And I think we are seeing that in Georgia... So I think that this is coming to a head. I think that many voters are coming to the point where they realize that this can not continue to be an ideological issue or a political issue. This is a real-life issue that deserves to be dealt with.”
She said she continues to talk with both Democrats and Republicans about gun issues, “and I love and respect them... I know that they want to do good. And this is a place where there is a need. There’s a place where there’s a lot of good to be done... It’s going to come to a point where people feel the need to step up, and feel the responsibility to act.”
Democrats said their focus is building on grassroots support, even if there is no special session, and aiming to bring the bills to a vote at the next regular session of the legislature, which begins in January. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/gun-law-changes-special-session-legislature-georgia/85-bdca9dad-881e-4095-bb15-c5d4d1ac129b | 2023-05-10T13:00:49 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/gun-law-changes-special-session-legislature-georgia/85-bdca9dad-881e-4095-bb15-c5d4d1ac129b |
Today is May 10, which is observed as Mother’s Day in Mexico. You can join in with celebrating the unquestionable love of all mothers on this special day.
As part of local Tourism Week activities, the first 100 people at Peacetree Originals, 4721 Seventh Ave., today can choose a free healing stone to take home.
A free Percussion Studio Concert is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, in A.F. Siebert Chapel at Carthage College. The program features performances from the Percussion Ensemble, along with individual student soloists. The concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. The public can also watch from home through a free livestream. For more details, go to carthage.edu.
The Tremper High School bands will perform a Spring Concert at 7 Wednesday night in the Tremper High School Auditorium. Performances by the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Winds and Wind Ensemble will be featured. Concert tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $8 for a family pass and will be available at the door, 8560 26th Ave., before the performance.
People are also reading…
A local panel discussion, “The Freedom to Read: The History and Threat of Book Banning” is the topic of the next Courageous Conversation co-sponsored by the Kenosha Coalition for Dismantling Racism, the Kenosha Public Library and Carthage. It will be held at 6 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union on the campus at 2001 Alford Park Drive.
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.
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. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-wednesday-may-10/article_0089b5d6-ee7a-11ed-b55f-5b480903605a.html | 2023-05-10T13:07:36 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-wednesday-may-10/article_0089b5d6-ee7a-11ed-b55f-5b480903605a.html |
BEL AIR, Md. — Harford County taxpayers have another chance to let county officials know what they think about proposed cuts to the county budget.
At stake is a $1.2 billion budget for the Harford County Council to vote on next month.
So far, many taxpayers and even some county officials are not happy about some of those cuts.
Wednesday’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget hearing is open to public comment and the Harford County Council can expect earful from the public.
At last week's meeting, 38 people signed up to make their voices heard about the proposed budget cuts.
A crowd also marched in solidarity through the streets of bel air expressing their concern about the future of education in Harford County.
County Executive Bob Cassilly proposed a budget of about $305 million for Harford County Public Schools, which school officials said is about $19.5 million dollars less than last year's budget.
READ MORE: https://www.wmar2news.com/local/hcps-calls-cassillys-budget-proposal-disaster-for-the-children
In a statement to WMAR last month, Cassilly claimed Harford County Public Schools already has about $90 million in unspent funding that would "fully fund" the school system's budget.
Cassilly believes the county is facing an uncertain economic future and doesn’t want to raise taxes on taxpayers to raise those funds.
Some taxpayers say they would be ok with higher taxes as long as it went towards education.
Harford County taxpayer Theresa Mulqueen said “if they don't cut the budget, find something else to cut, not education.”
“I mean children are our future, if we don't start there, what happens later, it's the foundation. you can't build a house on sand, you have to have that foundation. and education is it. you can't do that,” Mulqueen added.
Harford County taxpayer Debbra Mason said “that is important but education is important to for the kids, because we need people to create jobs, create businesses. education is important.”
The Harford County budget battle also has the county's top law enforcement officer accusing the county executive of trying to defund the police. Plans to spend more than $22 million to build a third police precinct and a new training facility were previously given the green light, but now those plans have been put on hold in Cassily's proposed budget.
READ MORE: https://www.wmar2news.com/local/harford-sheriff-county-executive-clash-over-new-precinct-funding
Taxpayers are concerned about the proposed cuts to education and law enforcement.
“We have to be safe. We have to be safe and educated. I feel like they're looking at the wrong place,” Mulqueen said.
“Because that's safety. I want to be able to walk out of my house and feel safe. So, we're cutting the police department or the sheriff's department, I want to know that my child is safe in school and that she's getting the best education. And that's how I feel,” Mulqueen added.
Wednesday night’s budget hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Anyone who would like to speak must register in advance before the start of the meeting by emailing or calling county council before 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown inducted into Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County Hall of Fame
BRADENTON — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County inducted Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown into their Alumni Hall of Fame during the annual Good Morning! Great Futures! Breakfast on April 25 at the Manatee Performing Arts Center.
Brown, a Club member for over 10 years starting at the age of 8, credits the Boys & Girls Clubs staff and volunteers for giving him “direction on what to do and how to be a good person and give back.”
“You look out at this room today and see people who have gone to the Club over the years, and without the Club, a lot of kids wouldn’t have the opportunity to do good things or great things for our community,” Brown said.
Alumni Hall of Famers Omar Edwards and Willie Cooper, Junior Youth of the Year Dior A., and Dawn Stanhope, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County, presented Brown with a Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County Alumni Hall of Fame plaque and letterman jacket.
"There was a lot of emotion going on and when I walked into that Club on 34th Street at 8 years old, it saved my life from the standpoint of where we were in our lives.”
Brown stepped to the podium holding the trophy he received as “Boy of the Year” in 1983.
“We are so proud to induct Mayor Gene Brown into our Alumni Hall of Fame,” Stanhope s said. “He has dedicated his life to giving back to his community in service to others and is the epitome of what the Clubs mean when we say, ‘Great futures start here.’”
The banquet also honored Jayden D., the organization's 2023-24 Youth of the Year Representative, and presented the Community Partnership Award to NDC Construction Company and its president Ron Allen.
“This award really is our company and family award because there are organizations that we like to support in the community, but the Boys & Girls Clubs is really special because of what it does in the community for our youth,” Allen said.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County provides afterschool and summer programs for over 1,500 young people at six locations. For information, call 941-761-2582 or visit bgcmanatee.org.
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A tractor-trailer wound up crashed across a busy Delaware road after appearing to go off a nearby interstate Wednesday morning.
The truck wound up partially off the ground and sideways on the 4900 block of Governor Printz Boulevard (U.S. Route 13) in Wilmington.
As SkyForce10 hovered overhead around 8:30 a.m. you could see that the big rig appeared to have crashed off adjacent Interstate 495 and landed on the road below. The front of the truck was badly damaged and a guard rail on the highway appeared to be knocked down.
Crews responded both to Printz Boulevard and I-495.
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NBC10 is attempting to get information about any injuries and when the roadway could reopen.
Expect traffic troubles in the area, including on I-495.
This story is developing and will be updated. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/delaware-truck-crash/3563404/ | 2023-05-10T13:23:26 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/delaware-truck-crash/3563404/ |
TROY — Miami County’s chief building official Tuesday reversed his order on Troy’s controversial Tavern/IOOF building, once again labeling it as “a serious hazard/unsafe structure” and requiring the owner to “abate all unsafe conditions immediately.”
The exact meaning of the adjudication order was being debated later Tuesday with county Prosecutor Anthony Kendell saying he expects other filings, including another request for a court injunction.
“All parties were copied so they have time to be heard,” Kendell said of the order from Rob England, chief building official for both the county and city of Troy. “Let things play out in the courtroom.”
Building owners had started demolition of the damaged 112-118 W. Main St. building in late March, but were halted after city and court action. Parties then agreed to a preliminary injunction order that included a ban on demolishing or removing any part of the structure for now, among other conditions. How that agreement affects Tuesday’s new order was not clear.
Lawyers for 116 West Main Street LLC and building owner Randy Kimmel requested the new adjudication order Friday. They cited another engineer’s inspection of the structure, which has parts dating to the 1800s, last week.
Engineer Michael Wright of Safety Through Engineering said in the report that: “The subject buildings are presently/currently unsafe (not structurally sound), and there exists a significant risk of detachment or dislodgment of a portion or member of the building under service loads (in danger of imminent partial collapse), which constitutes a dangerous condition and serious hazard to human life and the public welfare. The subject buildings are presently/currently not in compliance with Ohio reasonable care industry requirements to protect the public welfare.”
Wright also said that the existing fencing that blocks parking and the sidewalk in front of the Tavern building should be relocated “to the north at least to the second lane of the street for eastward traffic and people must be restricted from walking on the sidewalk around the building’s frontage area.”
The new adjudication order calls for abatement of concerns with the building, England said. “We didn’t tell him to tear it down. We said he has to abate the serious hazard. It is up to him to decide how to abate,” he said.
England on March 27 issued a first adjudication order stating the building was unsafe and ordering abatement of the situation within 14 days. That order later was rescinded by England after review of two additional engineering reports submitted by the city of Troy and Evil Empire LLC, who have opposed demolition.
On Tuesday, England said he went through the building top to bottom Monday, including viewing the structure through holes cut for access for the latest report.
“What had changed in a new report by Michael Wright was he got into some areas that none of the other engineers had access to, some pictures I had never seen,” England said.
He saw very large structural members broken and cracked and said at the face of the building, the top of the parapet wall bricks could be pulled from the mortar.
England said the Wright report also went through a peer review by another architect from outside the county with no role in the building. The peer agreed with Wright’s conclusions, he said.
The city of Troy was asked Tuesday to comment on the adjudication order. A response was not received by late afternoon.
The Troy Historic Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit citizens group working to save the structure, questioned the validity of the new engineering study.
“This building was found to be safe just three weeks ago by Miami County and only in need of repair. No weather event since then has changed this reality. Today’s adjudication order flies in the face of common sense, is profoundly irresponsible, and calls into question the integrity of Miami County’s adjudication process whenever the structural soundness of a building is called into question - in this case by its own owner,” THPA said, in a statement provided by Ben Sutherly. “The county’s chief building official does not have an engineer license. On what basis is he giving preference to the property owner’s engineering report over other reports, including the recent independent, in-person assessment of a structural engineer hired by the city of Troy that found the building was structurally sound?”
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After about 20 years of the status quo, Xenia residential and commercial development is on the rise. The city is eyeing the $3.5 billion Honda plant being built less than a half hour drive from the city as an opportunity for residential development and growth.
Xenia is experiencing growth in new housing developments at the edges of the city. Sections of Summer Brooke South off of Highlander Drive, Edenbridge, on the corner of Van Eaton and Lower Bellbrook Roads, and Grandstone Trace, between the end of Hollywood Boulevard and Fairground Road, are all either under construction or in planning stages. The city also approved a new section of Wright Cycle Estates earlier this spring.
Since the early 2000s, Xenia “hasn’t seen a lot of activity” in terms of residential construction, City Manager Brent Merriman said, but the interest in the community and the rate of development has increased substantially in the past couple of years.
“I feel we’re sort of at the beginning of a renaissance in Xenia,” Merriman said. “We haven’t seen the interest and the activity level, across the spectrum of economic fronts, the way we are right now in a very long time. It’s our turn.”
The $3.5 billion Honda/LG battery plant in Fayette County would supply electric car batteries to Honda plants across North America, creating 2,200 jobs — as well as housing, educational, and recreational needs for as many workers.
Members of Xenia City Council have previously said in public meetings that they would rather emphasize redevelopment and revitalization of current and historic Xenia neighborhoods. However, the demand for housing means the city is now doing both.
“We really are taking an ‘all of the above’ approach,” Merriman said. “We can empirically demonstrate market demand not being met locally or in our immediate region for higher-end housing that just simply isn’t available.”
In addition to new residential developments, the city is currently developing a program to incentivize homeowners in historic neighborhoods to not just repair those homes, but to plant roots.
“In some cases, they’re beautiful historic homes that have fallen into disrepair,” Merriman said. “If it’s someone who wants to come in, do a minimal rehab and then rent the place out, that’s not helping. We want families to feel safe, and to reestablish themselves in these historic neighborhoods, and the key to that is having some ownership.”
The increase in housing development mirrors renewed interest in commercial development. Xenia Towne Square has long been a cornerstone of the city’s redevelopment efforts, and a $125 million project getting started there hopes to make Xenia’s downtown more of a destination for visitors across the region.
“Council has said from the get go, and the feedback we’ve gotten from the community is, we don’t want someone coming in and putting a couple of fast food restaurants and calling it a day. We want something high quality that matches the historic downtown but really adding value,” Merriman said.
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News Tribune, May 10, 1983
- Calling a resolution to ban nuclear weapons in St. Louis County unrealistic, county commissioners yesterday voted instead to support the nuclear freeze resolution passed by Congress last week. The vote followed 1½ hours of sometimes emotional speeches by citizens who packed the board room.
- Bill Miller plans to announce his candidacy for a Duluth City Council at large seat at a news conference later this week. Council President Richard Jones and Herb Bergson, a Duluth real estate broker, have also announced they will run for at large seats.
News Tribune, May 10, 1923
- The third West End Bargain Day, held Monday, May 7, exceeded previous Bargain Day records by a substantial amount, according to reports made yesterday by the West End Advertising Club. The next Bargain Day will be held on Monday, May 31.
- Twenty-six boats have left the Duluth-Superior harbor during the last 24 hours with cargoes of iron ore. Two other boats, the J. Morrow and the C.M. Warner, each left the harbor carrying cargoes of 150,000 bushels of durum wheat. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-west-end-bargain-day-started-in-the-1920s | 2023-05-10T13:26:14 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-west-end-bargain-day-started-in-the-1920s |
HIBBING — A man who remains under supervision for the 2017 fire death of his infant nephew has again been arrested, this time for allegedly shoving a pregnant woman down a flight of stairs.
It's the second time in eight months that Jesse Lee Bonacci-Koski, 30, of Hibbing, has been charged with felony assault. Still unresolved is a case from last September in which he is accused of an "unprovoked random attack" on a couple who confronted him while he was urinating in their yard.
Court records show that Bonacci-Koski has been free since posting a $100,000 bond in February. However, he is still on supervised release with the Minnesota Department of Corrections following a prison sentence for the death of 11-month-old Bentley Joe Lewis Koski, who was left unattended in a Tower home that caught fire.
A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in State District Court indicates that the new victim, who was living with Bonacci-Koski, reported the assault to an officer Sunday, one day after it occurred. She reported the defendant had been drinking since Friday and was "angry and yelling" at her, using a series of misogynistic slurs.
Bonacci-Koski then pushed the woman down a flight of 10-11 stairs, causing her to land near a young child who had pleaded with him to stop, according to the complaint. The officer wrote that the victim, who reported being nine months pregnant, had multiple injuries consistent with a stairway fall.
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The St. Louis County Attorney's Office charged Bonacci-Koski with felony domestic assault, which carries a maximum of five years in prison.
He awaits a July 11 jury trial in Duluth for the Sept. 4 incident in New Independence Township that reportedly started when the property owners encountered him urinating on their driveway.
Court documents say the couple yelled at him to stop, but Bonacci-Koski allegedly walked up and struck the woman in the head before turning to her husband and hitting him in the shoulder. The two fell into a ditch, and Bonacci-Koski allegedly bit the man in the leg and hand while wrestling with him.
The couple eventually escaped on a golf cart, and Bonacci-Koski ran off into the woods, according to the complaint. St. Louis County authorities arrived on the scene and apprehended Bonacci-Koski, following two searches involving a K-9 unit.
Authorities said the male victim sustained a broken nose, bites to the leg and hand, and an eye injury, while his wife suffered a concussion and a neck strain.
Bonacci-Koski has pleaded not guilty in that case to felony third-degree assault and misdemeanor fifth-degree assault.
Bonacci-Koski is on supervised release after he was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to just over eight years in prison for the August 2017 death of his nephew. Bentley had been left in his care, but Bonacci-Koski reportedly left the child's Tower residence to find drugs and/or to access Wi-Fi service. He returned to find the home on fire, with rescuers unable to save the child before he succumbed to smoke inhalation.
Under Minnesota law, offenders generally must serve two-thirds of their sentence in custody before they are eligible for supervised release. But Minnesota Department of Corrections records showed that Bonacci-Koski was accepted for early work release in February 2022, roughly a year before he otherwise would have been eligible for supervised release.
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Judge Bhupesh Pattni set Bonacci-Koski's bail at $50,000 with conditions or $75,000 without. However, he will likely remain in the St. Louis County Jail for the immediate future due to an alleged violation of release on the manslaughter sentence, which extends to October 2025. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/hibbing-man-convicted-of-babys-death-arrested-again-accused-of-assaulting-pregnant-woman | 2023-05-10T13:26:24 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/hibbing-man-convicted-of-babys-death-arrested-again-accused-of-assaulting-pregnant-woman |
SAN ANTONIO — Fire crews battled a blaze in a vacant home late Tuesday night on the south side, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.
The incident occurred at the 1200 block of March Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Fire Officials say the bulk of the fire was knocked down quickly but the location was difficult to check for victims since the house was boarded up.
The home was vacant and no injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire has not been determined and the investigation is ongoing. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fire-vacant-home-san-antonio/273-e675ccdf-c5ae-4fd7-abe1-0feaa8cb37cb | 2023-05-10T13:29:39 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fire-vacant-home-san-antonio/273-e675ccdf-c5ae-4fd7-abe1-0feaa8cb37cb |
AUSTIN, Texas — The unexpected elation felt this week by gun control advocates and families of Uvalde shooting victims dissolved to despair Tuesday, when a bill that would raise the age to legally purchase semi-automatic rifles lost its newfound momentum and was left off the Texas House’s agenda ahead of a key deadline.
This article originally appeared here in the The Texas Tribune.
Barring an unexpected development, the delay likely ends the bill's chances of becoming law.
The proposal has long faced stiff odds in a state that has regularly loosened gun restrictions in recent years. But on Monday, in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in an Allen shopping mall, a House committee unexpectedly advanced the legislation in an 8-5 vote that included two Republicans supporting it.
That left little time for the bill to be added to the House’s calendar, however. The final day the House can pass bills is Thursday, and the chamber’s agenda must be approved 36 hours ahead of when they convene. That creates a de facto deadline of around 10 p.m. Tuesday for the measure to be placed on the calendar.
When that hour arrived Tuesday night, House Bill 2744 remained off the list.
The measure's supporters, particularly parents of children who died at Robb Elementary in Uvalde who have been advocating for it all session, pushed until the end. Minutes before 10 p.m., a small group stood outside the House chamber holding signs and chanting and calling for the bill to be heard on the House floor. Even then, they could be heard faintly from the back of the chamber.
"2-7-4-4," they yelled. "Put this bill on the floor."
There were less than a dozen of them, but they could be heard inside the House chamber — their chants carrying loudly enough that Capitol staffers closed the doors to the second-floor viewing gallery.
Perhaps the loudest was Brett Cross, whose 10-year-old son Uziyah Garcia was shot to death by an AR-15 in one of Robb's classrooms. When the clock passed 10 p.m., a few Democrats left the chamber and hugged him. Soon after, witnesses in the Capitol said, a Department of Public Safety trooper approached with a decibel monitor, informed him he was being too loud and escorted him out of the building. Cross continued chanting the bill's number as he left.
"This is just another fucking attempt to slow and stop us," Cross said on Twitter. "2744 may have died tonight, but we will never stop!
"Texas fucked with the wrong parents!"
Another parent, Kimberly Mata-Rubio, who lost her 10-year-old daughter Alexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio in the shooting, vowed to travel to the districts of House Speaker Dade Phelan, Calendars Committee Chair Dustin Burrows and Select Committee on Community Safety Chair Ryan Guillen and "share Lexi’s story, and the disrespect shown to Uvalde families."
"This isn’t over," she said. "We will regroup, re-strategize and come back stronger."
HB 2744, filed by Democratic Rep. Tracy King of Batesville, would prohibit selling, renting, leasing or giving a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber greater than .22 that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine to a person younger than 21 years old — an increase from 18 years old. The proposal includes several exemptions that King said he had added after hearing concerns from constituents.
The opposition to the bill hasn’t been vocal in the Legislature, but Republican leadership is fiercely protective of gun rights and reluctant to advance anything that challenges them. Gun advocates say the measure would do little to deter crime and only harm law-abiding gun owners. They also argue that gun ownership is an entrenched American right that shouldn’t be infringed upon by the government.
Since getting a hearing last month — which in and of itself marked a milestone in a gun-friendly legislature — HB 2744 had been left in committee and was poised to be left there.
That is, until Monday, when dozens of supporters, including many relatives of people killed with guns, filled the Capitol to urge lawmakers to advance it. The committee was met with sobs and applause after the last-minute vote.
The gunman at Robb Elementary in Uvalde used an AR-15-style rifle, which he purchased within days of turning 18, after unsuccessfully trying to persuade relatives to illegally buy him a gun. He killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. Relatives of victims have been coming to the Capitol all year to urge lawmakers to raise the age, holding emotional press conferences and confronting lawmakers and state officials.
Their urgency only increased over the weekend, after a gunman killed eight people in Allen.
On Monday, at least two Republicans appeared swayed.
“I am not naive enough to think that laws alone will prevent the type of senseless violence that occurs all too frequently in our state,” said Rep. Justin Holland, a Rockwall Republican who voted to advance the bill out of committee, in a statement Monday. “But after listening to many hours of testimony over this session, I became convinced that this small change to the law might serve as a significant roadblock to a young person (not old enough to buy tobacco or alcohol) acquiring a specific type of semi-automatic rifle intent upon using it in a destructive and illegal manner.”
As it became clear Tuesday afternoon that the bill was again in danger, proponents voiced their frustration. Some left signs urging its passage outside the Calendars Committee’s meeting room. Others protested outside the office of Rep. Ryan Guillen, R-Rio Grande City, the chair of the committee that advanced the bill Monday.
Guillen could not be immediately reached for comment about whether the committee report had been sent to the calendars committee or whether it would be before the deadline.
“I’m sickened that HB 2744 will not be brought to a full House vote,” said Rep. Jarvis Johnson, a Houston Democrat who voted to advance the bill Monday as a member of the select House committee. “For once, the legislature seemed to listen to its constituents & do the right thing after getting this bill out of committee.”
Lawmakers could use other approaches to revive the proposal. But advocates are realistic that the measure will most likely ultimately fail. Even if it were to pass the House — a tall request — it would still need to advance through a Senate that’s perhaps even more skeptical of the idea.
"How many more children have to die before we act?" said one supporter, Bishop John Ogletree, a Houston pastor, in a statement.
Alexa Ura contributed reporting.
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VIERA, Fla. – Leaders with Brevard Public Schools will hold a news conference Wednesday to discuss a pay increase for teachers and staff.
The announcement comes after voters approved a millage increase in November. The revenue is to be used for an increase in employee compensation, student programs and technology.
During a work session on Tuesday, the school board heard an update on the district’s timeline to disperse the revenue to employees.
The millage increase will last four years, unless extended by voters.
Officials said 80% of revenue will be set aside for employee compensation, 16% for student programs and 4% for technology.
The news conference is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/10/brevard-public-schools-introduce-pay-increase-for-teachers-staff/ | 2023-05-10T13:43:17 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/10/brevard-public-schools-introduce-pay-increase-for-teachers-staff/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Brightline is hiring more than 170 positions in Orlando for its new station at Orlando International Airport.
Brightline, a privately run intercity rail line, will host a hiring event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 18 at the Embassy Suites Hilton Orlando.
“Brightline has built a strong internal culture and we now look forward to welcoming many new Orlando-based teammates to operate our most anticipated connection,” said Sandy Pinos-Chin, senior director of People and Culture for Brightline Trains.
Starting hourly rates begin at $20, according to Brightline.
Any interested candidates can meet with representatives on May 17 at the 27th Annual Orlando Mayor’s Job Fair at the Central Florida Fairgrounds Expo Hall to ask questions.
The new station will be in the heart of the airport’s newest terminal, Terminal C. The station will connect stops in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach to Orlando.
The train will be using Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency broadband service for uninterrupted Wi-Fi signal in trains servicing South Florida between Miami and West Palm Beach.
Click here to check out and read about the open positions.
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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX on Wednesday will attempt to launch more Starlink satellites into orbit.
The company is scheduled to send a Falcon 9 rocket up at 4:09 p.m. EDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The mission will carry 51 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service into low-Earth orbit.
The first-stage booster supporting the mission previously launched Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9′s first stage will try to land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
If needed, a backup launch opportunity is available at 3:55 p.m. EDT Thursday.
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A St. Cloud police officer is accused of stealing and using a dead person’s credit card information, according to the sheriff’s office.
The officer, whose name has not been released, was arrested after an investigation by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said the officer stole the information when she responded to the scene of a medical emergency.
Details of the case will be discussed during a news conference at 11 a.m.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — For National Nurses Week there are people across the country showing appreciation for nurses, some of healthcare’s most essential workers.
In the midst of a nationwide shortage, nurses are in high demand across the board, especially coming out of the pandemic.
A survey from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing shows about 100,000 nurses left the field due to stresses of the pandemic.
The survey stated hundreds of thousands more are projected to leave in years to come due to high workloads, stress, and burnout.
With the current shortage, multiple healthcare organizations are in great need of nurses to continue caring for patients.
In February, the Craig Crisis Care Center in Birmingham experienced this struggle firsthand as they were forced to delay opening due to a nurse shortage.
Today, they are open. Registered Nurse Rogenea Skipper said their staff is still not completely full, but they are very effective with their care.
“It comes with what you’re ingrained with as being a nurse and what you’re taught,” said Skipper. “You know, it’s part of the nursing process you’re brought up with that makes you be able to spread yourself thin and do the job.”
Skipper said handling that pressure on the job comes with the mentality of serving others the best they can regardless of the circumstance.
She said she chooses this field because of the impact made through caring for patients.
“Oh, just helping people, helping to make their lives better in every way that you can. You know a lot of times it involves saving people’s lives so it’s very rewarding,” said Skipper.
Skipper said she appreciates all of her fellow nurses who are dedicated to their job and is thankful for new help from those entering the nursing field.
Nursing student Abbie Grace Barber is working towards becoming a nurse with enthusiasm. Inspired by her grandmother, Barber said she’s always wanted to go into the medical field.
She said the current nursing shortage motivates her to join the field even more because so many people need help and care.
“In a nurse, like, my heart is not, you know, ‘fix the problem,’” said Barber. “My heart is ‘care for this person.’ I just feel like people need that, especially today. Like they just want, when you go into the hospital and go to wherever you’re going, you want to see that smiling face and you want to know that you’re cared for.”
In response to the stress and burnout nurses can experience, Barber said she hopes her future self remembers the current passion she has for nursing and hopes to keep that drive forever. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/national-nurses-week-aspiring-nurses-bring-hope-to-nurse-shortage/ | 2023-05-10T13:47:32 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/national-nurses-week-aspiring-nurses-bring-hope-to-nurse-shortage/ |
WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — An 8th grader is being praised after alerting school officials that another student had a gun at Oakman Middle School on Monday.
14-year-old Alissa Harbin said she was shocked and scared when she saw a fellow student with a gun at Oakman Middle School.
“I really didn’t think anything of it until he threatens me and said he was going to shoot me right between my eyes,” said Alissa.
Alissa then notified a school officials and the school jumped into action. The gun was seized and two students were turned over to the Walker County Sheriff’s Office for booking.
Alissa’s mom, Erin, said she was stunned to learn of an event like this in her hometown, much less one involving her daughter.
“A parent’s worse nightmare happened yesterday and I’m thankful that it wasn’t worse. However, it was absolutely astonishing to hear what happened,” Erin Harbin said.
Superintendent Dr. Dennis Willingham is thankful for the quick action of his team and the bravery of a courageous 8th grader.
“I had an opportunity to shake her hand and let her know I felt she was a hero, and how proud of her I was for her courage and her bravery,” said Dr. Willingham.
“I was very happy I did say something. Cause he could have done anything and shot up our school, shot me, or someone else. He threatened me and two other kids so he could have easily done that. So, I’m just very glad he didn’t,” Alissa said.
The Walker County Sheriff’s Office did not confirm whether the two students remain behind bars.
Superintendent Willingham said the two students will face disciplinary punishment once the legal aspects are taken care of. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/student-says-she-was-threatened-with-gun-at-oakman-middle-school/ | 2023-05-10T13:47:38 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/student-says-she-was-threatened-with-gun-at-oakman-middle-school/ |
Want to speak at a Fayetteville City Council meeting? You'll have to sign up earlier
The Fayetteville City Council voted Monday to limit residents’ window of time to sign up to speak at its monthly public forums.
In a 5-4 vote, with council members Mario Benavente, Shakeyla Ingram, Courtney Banks-McLaughlin and Deno Hondros voting in opposition to the measure, the council approved a change requiring potential speakers to sign up by 5 p.m. the day of the meeting.
Before the change, residents could sign up until meetings begin — typically at 7 p.m. Public forums are held monthly during council meetings on the second Monday of each month, according to City Council policy.
Mayor Mitch Colvin was not present at Monday’s meeting due to a family emergency, Mayor Pro Tem Johnny Dawkins said.
The recommendation for the change came from the council’s Policies Review Committee, Councilwoman Kathy Jensen said. Councilman D.J. Haire and Councilman Derrick Thompson also serve on the committee, according to Jensen.
Jensen said the change would be more efficient for city staff and prove beneficial to residents.
“We can have information and have the person waiting so if the person has a question we can make sure that we take care of it,” she said.
Haire said he had not seen residents trying to sign up in person before the meeting. Thompson motioned for the council to accept the recommended change, and Jensen seconded.
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Benavente said he felt the change would be harmful to residents who may not sign up to speak online.
“I want to make sure that we’re always encouraging the citizens of Fayetteville to participate in this public forum,” he said. “Some people don’t go online. Some people would just rather be here and hear it themselves and take some of the agendas that are printed out for them in person. I wanna use that same logic where we are leaving room for those folks who aren’t on the computer all the time.”
The new policy will not affect public hearings, which are required for items like annexations and zoning changes.
Public safety reporter Lexi Solomon can be reached at ABSolomon@gannett.com. | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/fayetteville-city-council-approves-new-policy-on-public-forums/70201013007/ | 2023-05-10T13:49:01 | 0 | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/fayetteville-city-council-approves-new-policy-on-public-forums/70201013007/ |
GIBSON CITY — Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School graduation will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20, in the GCMS High School Gymnasium, Gibson City.
The valedictorian is Kallen Robertson. The salutatorian is Sophia Zheng.
The graduates are as follows:
A-F
Noah Adkins, Colin Bane, Emily Barden, Seth Barnes, Zachary Barnes, Kale Bauer, Miranda Blanck, Kaden Borders, Daniel Brown, Ryan Brown, Marcus Cail, Alexis Cliff, Rylie Cline, Austin Corry, Kadence Crowley, McKenna Crowley, Jena Cseve, Autumn DeFosset, Rylan DeFries, Peyton Doman, Jasmine Durbin, Dakota Duvall, Martise Evans, Kellan Fanson, Emily Fehr, Jaden Franklin
G-K
Nicholas Giroux, Cecilia Goodin, Ty Harden, Halie Heinz, Orion Hillard-Borden, Karah Jones, Sarah Kamman, Autumn Keefe, Payton Kinnaird, Elizza Koester, seth Kollross, Mason Kutemeier
L-P
Kyra Lockhart, Jermaine Mays, Matthew McCarty, Madison McCreary, Jillian Meece, Ryen Miller, Chase Minion, Skyler Morano, Korah Palumbo, Lane Phillips
Q-Z
Meibelyn Pineda Romero, Connor Ray, Arlett Rivas Osuna, Kallen Robertson, Joseph Santibanez, Syda Schlickman, Kyle Sellers, Kaitlyn Shackelford, Kaleigh Shepherd, Elsie Sizemore, Parker Snyder, Katherine Steidinger, Rylee Stephens, Reagan Tompkins, Emily Vaughn, Caden Walker, Logan Wilfong, Aubrey Williams, Gavin Williams, Kendyl Wright and Sophia Zheng.
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NORMAL — Illinois State University has named 14 students as Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2023-2024 school year.
The Bone Scholarship is the highest university-wide honor given to undergraduate student, which includes a $3,300 award from the Bone Scholarship endowment.
Recipients of the award will be introduced during a luncheon on Oct. 1 and will be featured in a display in the Bone Student Center.
The scholarship was named after Bone, the former ISU president from 1956-1967. The scholars are selected through a campus-wide competition based on scholarly achievements, engagement, and leadership in activities in the university community and beyond.
Finalists submit a portfolio, including several essays and statements, an academic product, and letters of recommendation. The mean grade point average of this year’s scholars is 3.98 on a 4.0 scale.
Honorees are Alize Benitez, Chicago; Madison Cosman, Hoffman Estates; Genevieve Fritz, Fox Lake; Daniela Grgas, Bloomington and Henderson, Nevada; LT Hodges, Mahomet; Kate Kostrub, Champaign; Megan Lowe, Lake in the Hills; Emma Martin, Lombard; Rachel Patterson, Waterloo; William Restis, Richmond; Naomi Satoh, Schaumburg; Michael Severino, Lombard; Kirsten Towander, Libertyville; and Shariq Zaman, Bloomington.
The selection committee included faculty members Antonio Causarano, Ashley Farmer, Gary Hunter, Kee-Yoon Nahm, Michele Shropshire, and Charles Su; current Bone Scholar Ethan Oliver; Foundation Association representative Dan Kelley; and Alumni Association Representative Brent Scholl. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/illinois-state-university-names-bone-student-scholars/article_f4a56192-edda-11ed-ae93-d30dc00a0589.html | 2023-05-10T13:49:45 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/illinois-state-university-names-bone-student-scholars/article_f4a56192-edda-11ed-ae93-d30dc00a0589.html |
Residential and business tenants of 3600 West Broad Street were instructed to evacuate their locations Wednesday morning after a leaking gas main near briefly shut down two of the city's major roadways.
Richmond police first reported the leak via Twitter at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, announcing that West Broad would be closed between North Hamilton and North Thompson streets for the time being. Virginia State Police also closed I-195 both north and south in the vicinity of West Broad Street.
The Richmond Department of Public Utilities sent crews out to shut off the gas main and investigate the scene. They reported the area had been made safe at approximately 7:15 a.m., and police ended the evacuation and reopened West Broad and I-195.
3600 Centre, a multi-use building containing apartments, office space and a Crunch Fitness gym, was the only building affected by the leak, a DPU worker said on scene.
Most apartment tenants had returned to their homes shortly before 8 a.m., with instructions from property managers and fire officials to leave stairwell doors and apartment windows open for a while to air out.
The smell of gas still lingered slightly after the scene had been cleared, but Angelica Benitez told the Times-Dispatch that it was much stronger when she and her boyfriend Chris Holbrook were awoken by an alarm in the building.
"I've never smelled gas like that before," Benitez, 24, said. "It smelled pretty crazy."
Benitez also felt and heard what seemed like a train rumbling under the ground. She said that officials on scene explained that the sound and rumbling were caused by the pressure in the pipes below the sidewalk.
Holbrook, 28, said it took a few minutes for him and Benitez to find their cat, Nugget, who had been frightened by the sound of the alarm, but that once she was secured, they went to a nearby Starbucks to get breakfast and wait until it was safe to return.
DPU said via Twitter that its crews were consulting with a contractor that had performed "planned overnight work as part of the preventive maintenance program," and that more information would be released to the public Wednesday.
Officials from the Richmond Fire Department and Department of Public Utilities confer outside of 3600 West Broad Street shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The building was briefly evacuated after reports of a leaking gas main, which also temporarily shut down traffic on West Broad Street and Interstate 195.
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GCU celebrates first cohort of program for people with intellectual disabilities
Jaden Lowery, 19, could hardly sleep the night before Grand Canyon University's commencement ceremony.
Filled with nerves and excitement, he tossed and turned in his bed at his family home in Phoenix. When he did finally manage to shut his eyes, it wasn't for long. It felt like "two minutes" before his mother was banging on his bedroom door to wake him, he said.
Hours later, he walked into the university's arena dressed in a bright purple graduation robe and cap. He sat in a row filled with his classmates and friends from the L.O.P.E.S. Academy, the university's two-year, non-degree program for people with intellectual disabilities.
"I feel blessed," he said.
Lowery and his classmates are the first cohort to complete the program, which is one of just a handful of higher education options in Arizona for young adults with developmental disabilities. It aims to immerse people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Christian school and prepare them for paid, meaningful work opportunities and independent living.
It's still too early to tell how successful the program might be in helping its participants gain employment. So far, two participants have secured permanent jobs off-campus, three are in the process of interviewing for jobs and the remaining four are still finding opportunities to apply for or choosing not to dive into work immediately, GCU officials said.
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But results from other postsecondary programs for those with intellectual disabilities are encouraging. Upwards of 300 such programs exist across the country, and a recent survey of 38 federally-funded ones found that nearly half of all students who exited their programs between 2020 and 2021 had a paid job within three months.
Even still, there are disparities. That same survey found that most participants in programs for intellectually disabled people are men. And, in terms of racial diversity, a majority are white.
Those behind the initiative at GCU hope it might inspire more Arizona schools to offer non-degree programs for people who cannot complete a four-year degree but wish to receive workforce training and enjoy a college experience.
The state — and the Southwest as a whole — lags behind the rest of the country when it comes to higher education for neurodiverse people, said Heidi Boldway, assistant dean at GCU's College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
"After high school… there are no programs for the neurodiverse population — or very few programs," Boldway said. "They deserve a chance, too. They deserve a life, too."
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That bears out in employment and poverty rates. Just 29% of working-age Arizonans with cognitive disabilities were employed in 2019, the most recent year for which such data was available, according to a report from the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston. They made about half of what Arizonans without disabilities earned, and nearly 30% lived below the poverty line, according to the report.
"People like this are capable of very, very productive lives," said GCU President Brian Mueller. "They want to be a productive part of our society. They just need a vehicle to draw them out and get them there."
Scarce higher education options
In preparation for the embraces, tears and photos yet to come, Emma Cardon wanted to touch up her lipstick as she left the commencement ceremony. So, she made a beeline for the classroom and offices that bear her family name.
Cardon, 28, of Glendale, is the reason that the L.O.P.E.S. Academy exists.
When she graduated high school, she knew she wanted to go to college, just like her siblings. But her options were limited.
In Arizona, there are currently three programs that specifically offer higher education access to students with intellectual disabilities, including GCU's L.O.P.E.S. — Learning Opportunities for Participation and Engagement in School — Academy.
One, founded at the University of Arizona more than a decade ago, allows people with special needs to audit college courses. Like at the L.O.P.E.S. Academy, the program lasts two years, and participants receive a certificate of completion. But that program, called Project FOCUS, is only available to those attending a Pima County high school, barring Phoenix-area residents like Cardon from enrolling.
Another is the Supporting Inclusive Practices in Colleges program based at Northern Arizona University. The university partners with several college campuses in northern Arizona to help people with intellectual disabilities pursue a variety of degrees, certifications and credentials. The program includes educational coaches and peer mentors for students but only serves those who are capable of learning and participating in classrooms with students who don't have an intellectual disability.
Other Southwestern states have similarly sparse options. In New Mexico, there are two options: Job training in Roswell or a career and life readiness program in Farmington. Colorado has five higher education programs for people with intellectual disabilities, including one at a community college that allows students to take typical courses for credit. Nevada has two programs; Utah offers three. And while some programs accept out-of-state students, not all people with intellectual disabilities are able or willing to live alone, or far from family and friends.
GCU was Emma Cardon's dream school, and her parents, Don and Kim Cardon, wanted her and others with intellectual disabilities to have the opportunity to attend.
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"We don't want to set boundaries on them, and so we're trying to get them to even believe that the world esteems them enough and believes in them enough to let them do things that people don't think that they can do," Don Cardon said.
They partnered with the university to found the L.O.P.E.S. Academy at the Cardon Center in 2021, donating $500,000. That money went toward funding the program and its staff.
Two years later, as Emma Cardon prepared to walk across the graduation stage, she radiated excitement. Good things are yet to come, she said. She'll spend part of her summer working as a hostess at a restaurant in Flagstaff, where her family goes each year to escape the Phoenix heat.
After that, her plans are unclear. But with the program under her belt, she doesn't seem worried. She said it has allowed her a shot at a more independent life.
"I'm very shocked that I'm graduating," she said. "But I'm happy."
A full course load
To get to the commencement ceremony, L.O.P.E.S. Academy participants complete courses on topics ranging from professionalism and communication to nutrition and Christianity.
Participants are required to be on campus for classes two days per week and take two classes each semester. They don't live in GCU's dormitories but take part in other extracurricular aspects of campus life, including activities hosted by student groups, sporting events and weekly chapel services.
Their time at GCU culminates with a one-semester, on-campus internship. Some, like Lowery, get customer service experience. He worked in the Lopes Shop, GCU's student bookstore. Others are trained in food preparation and data entry.
Although students work, the internship isn't paid because it's part of a university course, GCU officials said.
Participants are encouraged to have active lives off-campus, too. The classmates occasionally get together for hangouts outside of class. Past adventures have included going to the movies and a rock climbing gym. And some have side projects. For instance, 29-year-old Lindsey Eaton runs a blog about her experience as a person with autism.
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The idea is to expose participants to the same college environment as their siblings and friends without disabilities, said program manager Allison Mancinelli Kolanko.
"They want that experience, too," she said.
For GCU, the program comes with two bonuses: A chance to recruit L.O.P.E.S. Academy participants permanently for the university's workforce needs and an opportunity for students with and without intellectual disabilities to intermingle and learn from each other.
"It makes the students feel good that we're willing to include people who don't come with 3.9 GPAs," Mueller said. "Our students and their willingness to serve and support these students — it's part of their education."
Looking to the future
As the classmates gathered for a party after the commencement ceremony, Bolday and Mancinelli Kolanko admitted they couldn't make it through the event with dry eyes.
"I shed some tears," Mancinelli Kolanko said. "It's bittersweet. I always say it's not the end, though. It's just the beginning."
Cardon isn't the only L.O.P.E.S. Academy grad with plans moving forward. Eaton will work as an office assistant. And Lowery's best friend, 20-year-old Kyle Bragelman, said he already has a job lined up working with a landscaping company. He dreams of one day working in a movie theater, he said.
Meanwhile, the university is planning for the future of the program. Next year's cohort is 12 participants, and Mueller said he hopes to see the program grow in size and impact. He predicts the class of 2025 will be double the size of this year's cohort.
"I think we're just beginning," he said. "There's literally hundreds, if not thousands, of young people that have a lot to contribute, and they need an avenue to bring out the capabilities that they have."
Don and Kim Cardon have already committed to a second round of funding for the L.O.P.E.S. Academy, excited by future possibilities for participants. Don Cardon said he envisions some participants eventually becoming leaders of small businesses. He said their next donation will exceed the amount they've already given.
"Our giving won't stop until we're not here anymore," he said.
With more donor money coming in, Muller said the school is committed to keeping tuition at $5,000 or less.
"Our goal is to make private higher education affordable to all socioeconomic classes of Americans," he said. "If we do anything, we'll lower it. If we can find ways to lower it, we'll lower it."
As Serena Lowery gazed down at her son in the university's arena, she said he has become "a social butterfly" and grown spiritually. She is thankful that her family took the step of enrolling him in the program, she said.
"We didn't think he would be able to go to college after high school" because there were no suitable programs at the time, she said. "But we kept fighting for something to happen… that has always been his dream, to be like his sisters and brothers and go to college."
When Jaden Lowery's name was called, his mother and the rest of his family burst into loud cheers.
Turning toward the stands, Jaden Lowery looked at his mother with a wide grin.
"That's me," he mouthed to her.
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Bill McKibben's Third Act calls on 'graying' Arizonans to join the environmental movement
Bill McKibben is ready for his third act.
In the past year, the prolific environmentalist has hailed new federal electrification funding as a last chance for widespread change in a New Yorker essay, penned a plea for homeowners to say yes to solar and wind projects in our shared "backyard" lands for Mother Jones and published a book about what it means to be a patriot from the perspective of a "graying American."
Now, he's recruiting graying Arizonans to join him in rethinking their role in the environmental movement.
"Kids are doing extraordinary work organizing around climate change," McKibben said in a video produced by PBS News Hour. "But there is something a little undignified about taking the biggest problem that the world has ever gotten into and asking junior high school students to solve it for you."
McKibben founded Third Act as a way for people over 60 to get involved in the climate fight. Within 24 hours of the organization's September 2021 "soft launch" in Vermont where he lives, thousands of people had signed up, according to an article in the VT Digger.
This month, the fight is coming to Arizona.
Recruiting Arizona's seniors to fight climate change
On May 18 at 6 p.m., hundreds of seniors are scheduled to gather virtually to launch Third Act Arizona as an official working group.
The event will feature appearances by McKibben as well as notable Arizona locals including Attorney General Kris Mayes, Ginger Sykes Torres, the state executive director of the USDA Farm Service Agency and member of the Navajo Nation, and Diana Liverman, a University of Arizona geographer and international climate change report author. The organizing committee for the local chapter will relay participant questions to the speakers and help lead a discussion about next steps in the state.
Those interested in joining can register to receive the Zoom webcast link at https://thirdact.org/events/az-launch/.
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McKibben says participation in climate action by the over-60 demographic will be essential to timely progress because of the outsized population, voting record and resources of this group.
"There’s a lot of us, 70 million people over the age of 60," McKibben told PBS News Hour. "We punch way above our numbers politically, because we all vote. And, fair or not, we ended up with most of the money. Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation have about 70 percent of America’s financial assets."
This imbalance of wealth, influence and prioritization of climate concerns is keenly felt by young Arizonans trying to organize around climate action.
"Because we were born into this, I feel like there's a difference in how we perceive the intensity behind this crisis," Saiarchana Darira, a youth climate activist based in Phoenix, told The Republic last year. "There's a huge gap between policymakers and young people and how we can get involved in these climate decision-making spaces, because a lot of times they're going to seem very inaccessible."
Rev. Doug Bland, who recently retired from full-time work as a faith leader and climate organizer with Arizona Interfaith Power & Light, is excited about Third Act coming to Arizona.
"We baby boomers owe a major debt to younger generations, including my two grandchildren," Bland wrote this week in an email to The Republic. "My generation, partly out of ignorance and partly out of greed, benefited economically from burning fossil fuels, but we have left a great burden on our children and grandchildren. Our extravagance threatens their future."
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Rejecting implications of generational guilt may contribute to higher rates of climate change denial or dismissiveness among older Americans. A 2021 Pew Research Center poll found that only 57% of Boomer and older generations felt that climate should be a top priority to ensure a sustainable planet for future generations, compared to 71% of Millennials and 67% of Gen Z members. But neither pointing fingers nor eschewing blame brings us closer to solutions.
In founding Third Act, McKibben calls on those over 60 to remember the fundamentals of patriotism he and contemporaries were raised on and channel that hunger for freedom from domineering forces (like the British or "the man" or the global oil industry) into the climate fight.
He sees battling power imbalances as distinctly American. In his 2022 book, "The Flag, the Cross and the Station Wagon: A graying American looks back at his suburban boyhood and wonders what happened," he writes about a job he once held in Lexington, Mass., as a tour guide reenacting scenes from the Revolutionary War, when America's founders worked together to upend overbearing British rule and taxation.
"The valor of standing up to unjust and arbitrary power seem to me its clear and obvious moral," McKibben writes, recalling the legends of revolutionary bravery he retold for tips in his youth. "I want to draw the picture in as bold lines as possible. Because soon enough the picture is going to get much more shaded, much less noble."
He goes on to write about how three classic symbols of American freedom — the flag, the cross and the station wagon — would later be transformed into emblems for the unfettered burning of fossil fuels and destruction of the land Americans once fought to call home. (Land that was taken from the Indigenous peoples who first called it home.)
Much of the Third Act's action focuses on helping Americans divest financially from fossil fuel interests by educating members on how to move their own assets into less harmful funds and urge their banks to stop underwriting oil expansion. Many activists feel that major change to reduce the greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels for energy that are causing average global temperatures to rise won't happen until banks are incentivized by shareholders to cut off enabling lending to oil companies.
Bland, too, has something to say about the misappropriation of the cross to recast the values upon which our society is built, and how the nation's wealth can be used to right this wrong.
"Jesus tells a parable about those who would cause young ones to stumble, saying it would be better to have a millstone tied around their neck and drown them in the sea. (Matthew 18:6)," Bland wrote. "Pretty harsh! But the drowning is happening. Those of us with gray hair and 65 to 70% of the nation's wealth should be on the front lines of the fight for climate justice. The Third Act is a good place to join the fight."
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Sykes Torres, one of the speakers lined up to help launch the Arizona chapter on May 18, has flowing dark (not gray) hair, but stands behind the virtue of a society following the lead of older generations.
"I'm Navajo, Native American, and in our culture, elders are some of the wisest folks," Sykes Torres said. "We get a lot of our directions as younger generations from our elders. And so I think giving them the platform and the ability to advocate for what they feel is needed in our country as far as climate action, I think it's important for democracy."
Joan Meiners is the climate news and storytelling reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. Before becoming a journalist, she completed a doctorate in ecology. Follow Joan on Twitter at @beecycles or email her at joan.meiners@arizonarepublic.com. Read more of her coverage at environment.azcentral.com.
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'The Zone': Live updates as Phoenix cleans and clears first block of homeless encampment
On Wednesday, 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 short 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.
Arizona Republic reporters will be on the scene as the city clears a single block of the area.
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Many tents are already gone as cleanup to start
At the start of the morning, already a third of the tents are gone, leaving behind assorted building materials and clothing. The street bubbles with people, mostly outreach workers and advocates.
Some people who live in tents are pulling apart what they need to for moving while others are already packed, their tents and necessities organized and tied up in piles in their area, waiting for what comes next.
— Miguel Torres
Clearing of single block set to begin at about 7 a.m.
The clearing of Phoenix's largest homeless encampment — prompted by a Maricopa County Superior Court order in a lawsuit that claims the area is a nuisance — will be undertaken incrementally.
On Wednesday, a single block of Ninth Avenue, between Washington and Jefferson streets, will be cleaned up and cleared of people.
The block only became part of The Zone in recent months. Roughly 20 to 30 people were living there a week ago.
City officials say they plan to offer shelter space and other services to everyone on the block. Even before Wednesday, city officials were connecting with people living there and had relocated a handful to shelters.
After the block is cleared, residents will not be allowed to return. If they do, they may be arrested or cited.
Between 600 and 900 people live in The Zone at any given time, city reports show.
It's not known how long it will take to clear the encampment block by block. The next block cleaning has not been announced, and the city has said it plans to appeal the court order that directed the clear-out.
Under the order, the city must demonstrate it has achieved "material results" in clearing the encampment when a trial in the nuisance lawsuit begins in mid-July.
— Juliette Rihl
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New artificial intelligence system takes drive-thru orders at Carl's Jr. in Buckeye
Carl's Jr. implemented a new artificial intelligence system to take customers' orders at a drive-thru in Buckeye.
CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of fast food chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, recently announced that select locations would be testing out the technology. When a customer pulls up to the drive-thru, the AI system will take their order, as opposed to an employee.
Dan Mosher, president of Presto, the company that developed the technology, said the goal is to eventually implement it at different locations throughout the country. The company has done similar rollouts with Checker's and Del Taco.
Mosher said the technology will allow the restaurant staff to focus on other things aside from the drive-thru. While staff members typically have to do three or four different jobs at one time, the technology at the drive-thru takes away one job. It also makes things easier in case one person is late or calls out sick.
Agustin Medina, general manager of the Carl's Jr. in Buckeye, similarly said the AI acts as a support to staff members. Medina said the location also ran into staffing issues with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the AI has helped alleviate some of those challenges.
"We're not replacing any staff members at all," Medina said.
Medina said the location has been using the AI for about six weeks, and many guests are still in disbelief when they realize a person isn't taking their order.
Julissa Vreeland, a Buckeye resident who used the drive-thru, said she had a good experience with the AI but was surprised when she placed her order. Vreeland said it may be difficult for people who are older or may have a more difficult time ordering.
Mosher said one of the challenges with the technology is when people use slang terms to order, or maybe have a crowded car with children in the back, making it difficult for the system to pick up on the audio.
Medina said staff members wear headsets in case a customer does end up needing assistance ordering. But the AI can already answer many questions that customers may have about the menu. And if there's a question it can't answer, the AI tells the customer that it will get a team member, Medina said.
There was even one instance where a customer had a loud truck and the system asked them to turn off their engine to make it easier to pick up on the audio, Medina said.
The AI also adapts quickly, Medina said. One day, when there was a temporary issue with the fryers, Medina said staff members informed customers that they were temporarily down. When the next customer pulled up, the AI told them the exact same thing, Medina said. In addition, Medina said a team from Presto is constantly monitoring the AI for any issues.
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Overall, Medina said he is happy with the implementation of AI, as it allows staff members to better manage their time and interact with guests.
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STACKER—Just travel below the Mason-Dixon Line, but don’t go any further than Texas to try some of the most mouthwatering comfort food: Southern food.
Southern dishes are a vital part of American cuisine. There’s a variety of popular Southern dishes, from the delicious crunchiness of fried chicken to the thick and spicy sauce of Louisiana’s etouffee.
What’s unique about these comfort food meals is that multiple ethnic and cultural groups have influenced today’s Southern plates. Spanish culture staples, such as potatoes and cocoa, are in many Southern dishes. The Acadians, who traveled to Louisiana from Nova Scotia and later became Louisiana Creoles, contributed their seafood cooking to many Southern meals. African ingredients—okra, melon, sorghum (an ancient grain), and black-eyed peas—became a part of the culture through the forced labor of enslaved people. Methods the French use, like braising and sauteing, can be found in many of the Southern dishes made today. And Native Americans introduced corn to Southern recipes.
Southern cooking is such a significant part of American culture that a museum is dedicated to these irresistible dishes and drinks: the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in New Orleans.
Southern dishes are literally an explosion of cultures. Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Southern restaurants in Dallas using data from Yelp. The rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. Keep reading to see if your favorite spot made the list.
#10. Elm Street Cask & Kitchen
– Rating: 3.0/5 (95 reviews)
– Price: $$
– Address: 1525 Elm St Dallas, TX 75201
– Categories: Southern, Breakfast & Brunch, Bars
– Read more on Yelp
#9. Kitchen + Kocktails: By Kevin Kelley
– Rating: 3.5/5 (1095 reviews)
– Price: $$$
– Address: 1933 Elm St Dallas, TX 75201
– Categories: Southern, Comfort Food
– Read more on Yelp
#8. Jonathon’s Diner
– Rating: 3.5/5 (246 reviews)
– Price: $$
– Address: 1619 N Beckley Ave Dallas, TX 75203
– Categories: American (New), Southern
– Read more on Yelp
#7. Chicken House
– Rating: 4.0/5 (103 reviews)
– Price: $
– Address: 909 N Fitzhugh Ave Dallas, TX 75204
– Categories: Comfort Food, Southern
– Read more on Yelp
#6. Ellen’s
– Rating: 4.0/5 (3342 reviews)
– Price: $$
– Address: 1790 N Record St Dallas, TX 75202
– Categories: Southern, American (Traditional), Breakfast & Brunch
– Read more on Yelp
#5. Hamilton’s Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge
– Rating: 4.0/5 (31 reviews)
– Price: $$
– Address: 1011 South Akard St Dallas, TX 75215
– Categories: Bars, Southern
– Read more on Yelp
#4. Yardbird Table & Bar
– Rating: 4.0/5 (667 reviews)
– Price: $$$
– Address: 2121 N Pearl St Ste 170 Dallas, TX 75201
– Categories: Southern, Cocktail Bars, American (New)
– Read more on Yelp
#3. Southern Classic Daiquiri Factory
– Rating: 4.0/5 (132 reviews)
– Price: $$
– Address: 3113 Ross Ave Dallas, TX 75204
– Categories: Cajun/Creole, Southern
– Read more on Yelp
#2. Bucky Moonshine’s
– Rating: 4.0/5 (569 reviews)
– Price: $$
– Address: 2912 Elm St Dallas, TX 75226
– Categories: Cajun/Creole, Southern
– Read more on Yelp
#1. Pecan Lodge
– Rating: 4.5/5 (6288 reviews)
– Price: $$
– Address: 2702 Main St Dallas, TX 75226
– Categories: Sandwiches, Barbeque, Southern
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FRISCO, Texas — Legendary singer Dolly Parton is in Frisco, Texas, to host this Thursday night's Academy of Country Music Awards.
While artists from across the nation gather to celebrate the ACM awards, there is also a somber mood clouding the North Texas area.
The awards show will be taking place at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco - which is just 20 minutes away from the site of a deadly mass shooting on Saturday, May 6.
Eight people were killed and several others were injured at the Allen Premium Outlets mall after a gunman opened fire during a busy weekend afternoon. The shooter was fatally shot by an Allen police officer who happened to be there on an unrelated call.
While speaking about her upcoming host duties on Tuesday, Parton addressed the mall shooting and offered her condolences, while also asking questions about why it happened.
Here's what she said:
"Well we always think about that. Can you believe this crazy world that we’re living in? Actually, the song I’m singing on Thursday night is all about that and all about why can’t we love one another? Why can’t we help pull things together and all that?
So, of course we all hurt. We’re all the same people really. So anytime you see that you think, ‘not again!’ But I’m sure with this being your hometown it hits even harder like it did in Nashville with the shooting there at the Covenant School. We always notice it when it happens in our own hometown.
Thank you for asking and our hearts go out as everybody says. You can’t keep from feeling that seeing all the people. It could be your very own people. I hope everybody finds comfort in their source."
The eight victims who died have all been identified: The Cho family -- Kyu, Cindy and their 3-year-old son James; sisters Daniela Mendoza, 11, and Sofia Mendoza, 8; Christian LaCour, 20; Aishwarya Thatikonda, 27; and Elio Cumana-Rivas, 32. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/dolly-parton-thoughts-allen-texas-mall-shooting/287-3a48064b-0a3a-4b53-83ee-d3e52b7161a7 | 2023-05-10T13:59:52 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/dolly-parton-thoughts-allen-texas-mall-shooting/287-3a48064b-0a3a-4b53-83ee-d3e52b7161a7 |
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. — The community is finally receiving answers when it comes to short-term rentals in Indian Rocks Beach. It’s been a controversial issue for months.
Tuesday night, city commissioners passed what one attorney believes is one of the state’s strictest short-term rental ordinances.
City officials say they are going enforce all of the rules in their new 25-page ordinance.
"Right now, we are having an invasion of the house snatchers," one Indian Rocks Beach resident said Tuesday night to commissioners.
Some people took the stand during public comment to explain how their beach town is changing.
"Every home in our area that’s selling now, they’re all turning into short-term rentals," another resident added.
People say a big issue they see with short-term rentals is big parties. City commissioners hope the new ordinance will help stop that.
There will be fines if the rules are violated and a rental owner could see a suspension of their rental registration if it arises to that for repeat complaints.
You can’t advertise gatherings and there's a limit to how many people can stay overnight. For most rentals, it’s no more than 12 people per night.
The CT zoning district can have a limit of two people per bedroom, plus two people can sleep in a common area, but no more than 12 people. For other zoning districts, there is a limit of two people per bedroom overnight, plus two people in the common area and no more than 10 people overnight.
For those who already have short-term rentals, they will be grandfathered into a rule where they have a cap of up to 14 people per night for two years.
A noise scale will be enforced. The noise limits are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. 60dB (A) and 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. 55dB (A).
There will be one parking space per bedroom that must be on site.
These are rules some say are unfair.
"It doesn’t send the message people are welcomed to come visit here," Luke Lirot said, the attorney representing about 50 of the short-term rental owners, said.
Lirot believes the new rules will hurt those with Airbnbs and VRBOs. He already has plans to fight back against things in the ordinance, like occupancy.
"A number of these restrictions are subject to challenge," Lirot stated.
He believes this is one of the strictest short-term rental ordinances in the state.
"Here in the Tampa Bay area we have one of the most restrictive ordinance that’s been adopted in the state," he added.
The ordinance is now in effect, but Lirot plans to legally challenge it in the future.
Commissioners added it appears state legislation won't be impacting their new ordinance for the time being. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/rules-short-term-airbnb-rental-indian-rocks-beach/67-98347fc6-d491-4138-bca7-6fca98bed33f | 2023-05-10T13:59:54 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/rules-short-term-airbnb-rental-indian-rocks-beach/67-98347fc6-d491-4138-bca7-6fca98bed33f |
Average daily flows
Snake River at Jackson 291 cfs
Snake River at Palisades 4,592 cfs
Snake River at Heise 6,134 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 7,101 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 6,756 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 681 cfs
Jackson Lake is 30% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 52% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 83% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 63% of capacity.
As of May 9 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_aff7ecc4-ee82-11ed-a1a0-df25ee62c14c.html | 2023-05-10T14:09:59 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_aff7ecc4-ee82-11ed-a1a0-df25ee62c14c.html |
Are you a soccer fan? Just getting started? Check out these soccer bars in Knoxville
Knoxville is becoming a soccer city. Want to get into the sport?
Now that the Scruffy City's One Knoxville SC is a professional team, there's never been a better time to become a soccer fan.
There are three main ways to watch One Knoxville play: attend a home game at Regal Soccer Stadium, watch at home on ESPN+ or head to Alliance Brewing or Fanatic Brewing to cheer the team while enjoying a pint.
Looking to support more soccer teams? There are tons of Knoxville bars that air soccer games, and several even have support clubs for the English Premier League (EPL).
With the help of Knoxville Soccer Podcast co-host Brian Canever, here are the local bars where you can watch One Knoxville SC, EPL or other league games.
"The availability and access to soccer in 2023 is unparalleled," Canever told Knox News.
English Premier League support clubs watch soccer at Knoxville bars
There are seven bars, taprooms or restaurants in Knoxville affiliated with an EPL support club:
- Union Place Bar & Grill - Arsenal group Knox Gooners
- Xul Beer Company - Manchester City group MCFC Knox
- Knox Brew Hub - Manchester United group Manchester United Knoxville
- Boyd's Jig and Reel - Liverpool group OLSC Knoxville
- The Corner Lounge - West Ham United group Knox Hammers
- Central Flats & Taps - Chelsea group Rocky Top Blues
- Alliance Brewing Company - Everton, Leeds and Tottenham Hotspur
An Everton supporter himself, Canever added the support club rarely meets at Alliance due to the poor performance of the team. He said he usually watches Everton play while "pulling (my) hair out" and hiding in the bathroom.
Fanatic Brewing owner Marty Velas told Knox News that he's looking to adopt a support club soon and is considering Leeds.
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More bars in Knoxville to watch soccer
- Schulz Bräu is the designated bar in Knoxville for the American Outlaws, which is the support club for the U.S. Men's and Women's National Teams.
- The support club for the Scottish Premiership team Celtic FC meets at Alliance. Canever said the brewery will also show games from the Australian Premier League, rugby and One Knoxville SC.
- Fanatic is a sponsor for One Knoxville SC and the Knoxville Metro Soccer League. It airs One Knoxville games, along with games from the Italian and German leagues.
- Orange Hat Brewery is affiliated with local soccer club 865 Alliance. The club plays in the National Premier Soccer League and will play its first season this year.
- Other places that regularly air soccer games: Soccer Taco, Merchants of Beer, Elst Brewing Company and Double Dogs.
If you want to watch soccer but the bar you're in isn't a "soccer bar," it never hurts to ask the bartender to put on a game. Check out downtown sports spots Skybox Sports Bar and Grill, Tommy Trent's Sports Saloon and Old City Sports Bar for more options.
How to start watching soccer
To become a soccer fan, Canever's main advice is to just start watching. Pick a league, find a club and research it, watch YouTube clips, watch videos of the supporters and get accustomed to the team's traditions.
Go to one of the support club bars during a game. He said it's a great way to meet soccer fans, get an idea of the club and see if it's the right fit for you.
There are several streaming services that include access to leagues:
- ESPN+ has access to MLS games, Bundesliga games, and tournaments. It's also where One Knoxville SC games are streamed.
- Fanatiz is a soccer streaming service with access to Argentine Professional Football League, Brasileirão Serie A and B and other Latin American countries.
- Peacock has access to the English Premier League and the FIFA World Cup.
- Paramount+ includes UEFA Champions League and Europa League, Scottish Professional Football League, the National Women's Soccer League and more.
Any soccer bars we missed? Is there a support club not included? Email keenan.thomas@knoxnews.com with the information so we can include it!
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The city just got a little greener.
StarTran has added 11 new compressed natural gas-fueled buses to routes in Lincoln, which means three-quarters of the bus fleet now uses renewable fuel.
Compressed natural gas, a sustainable renewable fuel source, is more environmentally friendly than diesel fuel.
Of StarTran’s 67 buses, 39 of them, plus two trolleys, run on CNG. Another 10 are electric buses, and 16 buses run on diesel fuel.
The city used more than $6.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act money — part of the $46 million it got as part of the $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package. Each of the buses cost $587,609.76.
"The new buses offer smooth, quiet rides for our passengers and lower maintenance costs,” said Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Director Liz Elliott.
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They also move the city toward its Climate Action Plan goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a net 80% by 2050 and contribute to converting the city’s vehicle fleet to 100% electric or alternative fuel vehicles by 2040, Elliott said.
From liquor sales to axe throwing
Back in 2009, N Street Drive In — the liquor store located for years at 19th and N streets — got pushed off its namesake street by the city’s Antelope Valley redevelopment project.
The city bought the building, parking lot and land (and paid for relocation costs for the liquor store) for nearly $800,000.
The liquor store relocated about a block away, at the old Kirk Motors site at 18th and O streets, where it’s still selling all manner of adult beverages. The city demolished the old building and parking lot and used some of the land for three lanes of the new roadway.
The city retained ownership of the remaining swath of land, which is still vacant.
Now, the East Downtown Development Corp. — EaDo for short — wants to buy it for $67,000.
Kent Seacrest, the attorney representing EaDo, told the City Council the land will be used for expanded parking by an axe-throwing business located just to the west.
There’s no access to the land from either N Street or Antelope Valley Parkway, but EaDo’s decision to buy the land means they’re looking forward.
The development of the Telegraph District and expansion of the downtown area means development of the area where the land is located — on the southwest corner of Antelope Valley Parkway and N Street — is likely to happen, Seacrest said.
EaDo — a partnership between Nelnet and Speedway Properties — was formed to develop the Telegraph District. They've partnered on a number of other projects, most recently on a $47.5 million commercial, residential and retail building to anchor the South Haymarket and planned city park.
The council will vote Monday on the property sale.
Gambling no longer indecent
Relax, gamblers, you’re no longer at risk of being ticketed for public indecency.
A few weeks ago, the City Council approved a number of updates to city codes, including one that removed gambling as an offense against public decency. The updates were largely “clean-up” measures, something the city attorney’s office does routinely.
This time, they axed the whole “gambling is an offense against public decency” thing.
There had already been a number of exemptions to the code, things the state already regulated, like lottery sales and horse racing.
Then voters approved initiatives to add casino gambling to the state’s horse racing tracks in 2020, and WarHorse Lincoln, Nebraska’s first state-licensed casino, opened in Lincoln last year, and the municipal code seemed, well, outdated.
There are still plenty of public decency offenses that are, generally, punishable by up to six months in jail and a $500 fine, but gambling isn’t one of them.
But take heed: You can still get ticketed for, among other things, urinating in public, streaking down O Street and spitting on the sidewalk.
More on city elections
The post-election number-crunching has begun, which both parties are likely delving into now, but from a 30,000-foot view, independents — and probably some moderate Republicans — made a big difference in the outcome in last week's city election.
Here’s what a first glimpse illustrates: More Republicans than Democrats voted, but Leirion Gaylor Baird — a Democrat — still won by a nearly 10 percentage point vote margin.
That likely means a good chunk of the 13,262 registered independents who voted — 31.7% went to the polls — chose the Democratic incumbent.
Republican voter turnout was 53.4% — 35,562 voters. Geist captured 36,727 votes.
Democratic turnout was 49.8% with 31,925 people voting. Gaylor Baird got 44,496 votes. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall-new-clean-buses-n-street-land-sale-gambling-now-allowed-and-more-on/article_79be9fcc-eeb9-11ed-a03a-a3d343d9d06d.html | 2023-05-10T14:27:17 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall-new-clean-buses-n-street-land-sale-gambling-now-allowed-and-more-on/article_79be9fcc-eeb9-11ed-a03a-a3d343d9d06d.html |
The Lincoln family that plowed more than $1.6 million into the mayor’s race has quietly pumped millions of dollars into other political causes in recent years — so much money that, at the federal level, their spending rivals contributions by a famed Las Vegas casino magnate and a titan of Silicon Valley.
The recent city election introduced many to the Peed family as they eclipsed all other donors in an unsuccessful attempt to help former state Sen. Suzanne Geist, a Republican, oust Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, a Democrat.
The Peeds and their business, Sandhills Global, steered nearly $1.09 million in cash and in-kind contributions directly to Geist’s campaign and another $535,000 to a political action committee running attack ads against Gaylor Baird.
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While they didn’t get the results they wanted — Geist lost to Gaylor Baird by a nearly 10 percentage point margin — there’s no debate that the Peeds are now political heavyweights — an unusual position for a family that has largely avoided the limelight in Lincoln.
Over nearly four decades, the Peeds built Sandhills from a small niche publishing business into one of Lincoln’s largest private-sector employers. Their assets — allegedly valued at more than $1 billion according to a court filing — now include golf courses, restaurants and a cattle operation. They’re active in the Catholic Church and they’ve been longtime philanthropists, giving more than $7 million to charities during the past two decades.
Their emergence as GOP megadonors, on the other hand, is new; so new that multiple former state party officials said they knew little about the family.
Since 2020, the Peeds have unleashed a torrent of cash in Nebraska and beyond. In the 2022 federal election cycle, Sandhills-affiliated contributions totaled more than $14.7 million, putting the business in the same league as casino magnate Steve Wynn and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
In Nebraska, contributions from the Peeds and Sandhills have shot them toward the top of the political donor list and drawn comparisons to the Ricketts family, the state’s most prominent megadonors.
The sudden surge in spending, particularly in Lincoln’s mayoral race, has led local political observers to ask: Why are the Peeds shoveling so much money into politics?
The family isn’t saying.
Multiple emails sent before the May 2 city elections to Tom Peed, the family patriarch, weren’t returned. Shawn Peed, the oldest son and now-CEO of Sandhills, didn’t respond to several emails or return a voicemail left with his office assistant. Sandhills company outreach coordinator Jim Hansen did not respond to an email and a voicemail.
For two decades the Peeds pretty much stayed out of politics in their home state, with a few exceptions.
That changed after 2020. Following a year of upheaval — with a pandemic, police killings of unarmed Black Americans, destructive riots and a polarizing presidential election — the Peeds leapt off the sidelines, a Flatwater Free Press analysis of state and federal financial disclosure data found.
From 2000 through 2020, the Peeds and Sandhills spent about $140,800 on in-state races, or roughly $7,000 a year.
In the past 28 months, just in Nebraska alone, they’ve spent nearly $2.7 million, or nearly $97,000 each month.
Historically, the Peeds and Sandhills have been more active at the federal level. They faithfully supported former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who worked for Sandhills before serving 17 years in the House. Fortenberry resigned in 2022 after he was convicted of three felonies stemming from an investigation into illegal campaign contributions.
Even with their steady giving over the years, the 2020 election cycle marked the start of a dramatic spike in federal contributions.
Since 2000, the Peeds and Sandhills have contributed more than $21.9 million, according to Federal Election Commission records. Nearly $20.3 million, 93%, has come since 2020.
During that period they’ve given to state GOP parties across the country, as well as individual congressional candidates in Nebraska and elsewhere. They gave nearly $1.2 million to committees affiliated with former President Donald Trump. But no recipient tops the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that works to get Republicans elected to the U.S. House. The Peeds and Sandhills have given $17 million to it since 2020.
In the 2022 election cycle, Sandhills was the 42nd most generous donor of the 30,777 organizations that gave, according to OpenSecrets, a D.C.-based nonprofit that tracks and analyzes money in politics.
That ranking puts Sandhills two spots behind the National Association of Realtors and just ahead of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, but still well behind the top donors. For example, the failed crypto currency firm FTX reported $75.2 million in contributions, good enough to rank No. 3. George Soros’ Soros Fund Management ranked No. 1 with $179.9 million.
Brendan Glavin, senior data analyst with OpenSecrets, said Sandhills and the Peeds have largely flown under the radar of those who monitor money in politics.
“They really upped the ante on the money that … they put in in 2022. I think in this cycle people are going to be paying more attention to them,” he said.
It’s unclear how much money the Peeds have to spend. Since its founding in 1978, Sandhills has grown from seven employees to an international information and tech firm with nearly 1,200 workers. Tom Peed was among Lincoln’s likely millionaires as far back as 1998. In 1997, the Lincoln Journal Star reported that construction of the Peed home set a new record as the most expensive house ever built in Lincoln.
Their business empire has expanded beyond Sandhills. They own a cattle operation (Lone Creek Cattle Co.), a high-end beef brand (Certified Piedmontese Beef) and one of Lincoln’s most renowned upscale restaurants (Casa Bovina). They co-owned Smart Chicken before selling it in 2018 to Tyson, which paid $382 million for the company.
The Peeds own the Dormie Network, a collection of six private golf clubs that includes the namesake Dormie Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Dormie is building a club near Maxwell, Nebraska, which would be its second club in the state after ArborLinks in Nebraska City.
Last year the Peeds launched the 1890 Initiative, one of the primary name, image and likeness collectives working to help Husker student-athletes get compensated.
In addition to their properties in Nebraska, the Peeds own property in Hawaii, Arizona and Colorado, according to a court filing in a lawsuit involving one of the family’s companies.
The Peed family has also spent large sums to support local charities.
A Flatwater Free Press analysis of publicly available IRS records found the Peed Family Foundation gave more than $7.4 million to charitable causes from 2001 through 2020, including $585,250 to the Food Bank of Lincoln, $106,500 to the Lincoln Parks Foundation and $171,888 to the University of Nebraska Foundation.
The vast majority of their giving went to Catholic entities. The Diocese of Lincoln received more than $1.8 million during that time. Pius X High School, attended by all three Peed children, received at least $406,700. Family matriarch Rhonda Peed told the Journal Star’s L Magazine in 2018 that their charitable giving is driven by their faith.
Their political giving is defined by conservatism.
The Peeds lined up behind Jim Pillen in the GOP gubernatorial primary, contributing $300,000 to his successful campaign. They gave to Republicans in competitive races for the Nebraska Legislature, mostly in suburban Omaha and Lincoln districts. They gave a total of $65,000 to three conservative candidates for the State Board of Education. They dropped $200,000 into the campaign to pass voter ID requirements in the 2022 general election.
But their recent willingness to pour large sums of money into local races is distinguishing them from other GOP donors.
“It’s really unfortunate for candidates of both political parties that … want to serve their communities … but may not be best friends with the rich oligarchs that are funding the campaigns,” said Adam Morfeld, a former state lawmaker who represented a Lincoln district for eight years.
Last year Morfeld ran for Lancaster County attorney against incumbent Pat Condon in a race that turned out to be a harbinger of the Lincoln mayoral race.
Morfeld was significantly outraising Condon thanks largely to small donations and five-figure contributions from organizations such as Planned Parenthood and Bold Alliance.
The Peeds and Sandhills had donated $60,000 directly to Condon. Then roughly one month before Election Day, they contributed $250,000 to a PAC called Together Nebraska. The PAC spent $276,520 opposing Morfeld in the final two weeks. Together Nebraska also opposed Gaylor Baird in the mayor’s race, spending nearly $860,000.
Morfeld said the last-minute spending made a difference in his race, which Condon won by fewer than 800 votes. After initially indicating that he would talk for this story, Condon stopped responding to text messages and phone calls.
“I don’t know who the Peeds are. I’ve never met them. I don’t know what their issues are. And I don’t know what issues I advocated for that apparently upset them so much,” Morfeld said.
He is far from alone.
“What family?” said Dan Welch, the former chairman of the Nebraska GOP, when asked about the Peeds.
Welch, who served as chair for seven years before being ousted last summer, said the name Peed didn’t register in his mind as a consistent donor to the party. “I don’t recognize that name, and that’s probably why,” he said. “If they were consistent donors, I’d probably recognize them.” Several other officials with ties to the state party said while they knew of the Peeds, they knew little about them.
The anonymity extends beyond politics and is one major factor that separates the Peeds from other megadonors, such as Sen. Pete Ricketts and businessman Charles W. Herbster.
The Peeds have largely refrained from the spotlight in Lincoln, which has been Sandhills’ home base since 1986.
“They’ve been a well-known entity and a distinguished employer in Lincoln for quite some time, but quietly doing their business,” Wendy Birdsall, the former president of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, said of Sandhills.
The company struck a sort of middle ground, she added, falling between the extremes of businesses that have zero involvement in the community and those that are hyper involved.
In the past year, Sandhills has announced a $5 million contribution to a $32.4 million tech center at Southeast Community College and a $4 million donation to the Lincoln Youth Complex, which when built will include baseball and softball fields, including one for children with disabilities.
Despite Sandhills’ community engagement efforts, the Peeds remain a relatively unknown presence in Lincoln, including at City Hall, where they hoped to shake up the top leadership.
“I don’t remember ever having an issue brought to me from the Peeds,” said Don Wesely, who served as Lincoln mayor for four years in the early 2000s after serving 20 years in the Nebraska Legislature.
“I mean, I was going to a lot of events and involved with a lot of organizations and what have you, but never ran across them that I can remember,” Wesely added, echoing the recollection of multiple former city officials.
Since 2019, Sandhills has had steady communication with officers in the Lincoln Police Department, a public records request showed, mostly involving the company’s support for various law enforcement causes. That included a $36,000 donation to the Lincoln Police Union Memorial Fund, according to one email. The company also offered to assist with organizing a 2020 “Back the Blue” event in Eagle, Nebraska, that featured a performance by Lee Greenwood.
But the only emails involving a member of the Peed family during Gaylor Baird’s time as mayor concerned two topics: crime and COVID-19.
In May 2021, Shawn Peed sent an email to Councilwoman Tammy Ward — with the mayor cc’d — expressing concern about “a noticeable increase in the amount of criminal related activity” impacting Sandhills’ campus in northwest Lincoln over the previous year, including “individuals sometimes appearing intoxicated or unstable roaming the campus, entering our facilities and approaching our employees.” The company also experienced a break-in at its administration building in 2020.
Peed implored Ward to consider those concerns going forward.
“For example we understand the city is in process of searching for a new police chief and we would hope that these types of matters will be discussed and considered when selecting the right person for that role,” he wrote.
Crime factored heavily in the messaging on the mayor’s race, particularly in advertisements from Together Nebraska, which painted Lincoln as an increasingly unsafe community under Gaylor Baird’s watch. Geist in an interview said public safety would be her No. 1 priority if elected.
In December that same year, Shawn Peed sent an email to Gaylor Baird and others regarding COVID-19 policies. The message was the only instance Gaylor Baird could recall hearing from the Peeds.
The email included a Sandhills’ analysis of publicly available COVID-19 data from Lancaster, Douglas and Sarpy counties.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department had extended a mask mandate several times in 2021, and it was unclear if the department would do so again in late December.
“As part of our company’s ongoing concern with the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve utilized our resources to conduct an extensive analysis of … reported COVID-19 cases and deaths in correlation with vaccination percentages and mask mandates,” Peed wrote. “We … hope it will assist with your ongoing review and management of the COVID-19 situation.”
The analysis concluded that “the data suggests that mask mandates did not have a measurable direct effect on improving COVID-19 case rates and death rates.”
Unlike crime, COVID-19 policies did not factor heavily in the messaging on the election. The Sandhills Facebook page, which dedicated nearly two dozen posts to the race, emphasized statements of support for Geist such as: “Imagine a safe, growing Lincoln community. Vote Suzanne Geist for Lincoln City Mayor in 2023.”
Campaign mailers paid for by Together Nebraska focused on crime and Gaylor Baird’s residency.
Geist said she actually asked the Peeds if there was a specific issue or cause motivating their giving.
“And they just said they want their city back. They want a voice at the table. They want to be heard,” Geist said. “And my response is whether you give to my campaign or not, I’m committed to listening to every citizen who wants to speak.”
Both Lincoln’s mayor and her challenger bemoaned the role of money in running for local office, though Gaylor Baird pointed out that there was far less money in her first race.
In that election, the Peeds gave $5,000 to Cyndi Lamm, a Republican who lost to Gaylor Baird. Ricketts gave $10,000 to Lamm. He contributed $150,000 to Geist.
“Four years ago felt kind of like it built on the previous mayor’s races. It was sort of similar size, similar price points,” Gaylor Baird said before the general election. “This race … feels like a D.C. congressional race or something.”
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YORK, Pa. — Hundreds filled the ballroom of the Wyndam Gardens in West Manchester Township, York County, for the 31st annual Four Chaplains Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday.
The breakfast, started in 1993, is organized by the Four Chaplains Memorial of York County to honor the legacy of four chaplains aboard the USAT Dorchester during World War II.
This annual event now hosts hundreds of attendees, keynote speakers and will hand out thousands of dollars' worth of scholarships to local students.
The Four Chaplains, or Immortal Chaplains, died on Feb. 3, 1943 when their ship was hit and sunk by the Germans during World War II. The ship was transporting U.S. troops from New York to Greenland. There were 902 people on board; 230 of them survived and 674 died.
The Four Chaplains were all of different faiths. George Fox was a Methodist minister from Lewistown, Mifflin County. Alexander Goode was a Jewish rabbi who left his pulpit at York's Temple Beth Israel to serve. John Washington was a Catholic priest. Clark Poling was a reformed church minister.
The four of them gave their own lifejackets to other men and linked arms as the ship went down. They said prayers and sang hymns.
"I think they represented the unity that was necessary during the war years," said Gordon Freireich, one of the founders of The Four Chaplains Memorial of York County.
The selflessness displayed by the Chaplains inspired Freireich and other men in the York community to create an organization in their honor.
To learn more about The Four Chaplains Memorial of York County, click here.
To get involved and donate to the cause, click here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/four-chaplains-memorial-prayer-breakfast-york/521-27ffb719-e16f-40bf-8e74-e824ebe5d38a | 2023-05-10T14:28:00 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/four-chaplains-memorial-prayer-breakfast-york/521-27ffb719-e16f-40bf-8e74-e824ebe5d38a |
Rep. George Santos was arrested Wednesday morning on a variety of federal charges alleging he committed wire fraud and other misdeeds.
Read the indictment below or click here.
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Detroit kids see tools of the skilled trades at construction science expo
Detroit — As a seventh grader, Darnell Winston hasn't thought too much yet about what he will do after he graduates from Chandler Park Academy, a K-12 college prep elementary, middle and charter high school in Hazel Park.
But on Wednesday, he was shown the tools and opportunities of engineering and construction trades. He learned about carpentry, electric work and brick laying and the jobs skilled laborers are doing on projects across the state and in Detroit, such as the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
"I liked the drill and the crane," said Darnell, 12.
He was among more than 1,000 Detroit public school students who took part in the 12th Annual Construction Science Expo on Tuesday at the Durfee Society for Innovation in Detroit. This career fair introduces Detroit middle and high school students to the construction and engineering industries through conversations with industry experts and hands-on experiences like bridge-building with CAD 3D software and riveting steel with power tools. They even had the chance to operate heavy machinery including mini-excavators and a Spydercrane.
"This is a great opportunity for students to see the world through different eyes," said Carla Washington, a middle school counselor at Chandler Park Academy. "A lot of times you get stuck in what you are familiar (with). This type of thing helps them see there are so many different avenues for success."
John Hartwell, career and outreach representative for Operating Engineers 324, said the demand for people trained in skilled jobs "is huge."
"We need to let the students and their parents know that these are viable options," said Hartwell. "These are some jobs that are here, especially in Detroit, and career opportunities you can have."
Lee Graham, co-chair of the Construction Science Expo, said the event is aimed at exposing students, and their parents, to the many opportunities available that operate on an "earn and learn model."
Young people enter a trade by becoming an apprentice and learning on what is often an "amazing" project, Graham said.
"And getting paid the whole time," said Graham, who is executive director for the labor management division of Operating Engineers 324. "They start out, on average, $20/hour on the paycheck and $26/hour in benefits. Combined, that is $46/hour. "
Every 1,000 hours that is completed by a apprentice in the field and related training instruction adds 5% to their pay, said Graham.
"The kids and parents just don't know," said Graham said.
Dan McKernan, communications director of Operating Engineers 324, said that too often, Detroiters don't know about the opportunities that are available through skilled trades and engineering.
"Now with so much work going on right here in their backyard," said McKernan, "they should get to know about it and what it takes to enters it. And succeed."
kkozlowski@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/10/construction-career-fair-teaches-detroit-kids-about-skilled-trades/70196125007/ | 2023-05-10T14:29:16 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/10/construction-career-fair-teaches-detroit-kids-about-skilled-trades/70196125007/ |
More than 120K Michiganians defrauded by TurboTax to receive settlement checks
TurboTax customers in Michigan who were led to believe they had to pay for certain services they could've gotten for free will begin receiving checks from a $141 million settlement this month, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
More than 122,000 Michigan residents will receive checks as part of a multi-state settlement that affects roughly 4.4 million customers nationwide.
Michigan is slated to receive over $3.5 million for affected consumers, who were "tricked" by Turbo Tax's owner Intuit into paying to file federal tax returns, Nessel said in the news release on Tuesday. They will be contacted by email by the settlement fund administrator, Rust Consulting, and checks will be mailed throughout May 2023.
“Intuit defrauded hard-working taxpayers for no other purpose than to increase its company’s profits,” Nessel said in a statement. “This settlement should be a warning to all corporations that mislead the public that they will be held accountable for their deception and their professional reputation is likely to suffer.”
The settlement with Intuit was announced by New York Attorney General Letitia James along with the attorneys general of Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Washington last May. Fifty states and the District of Columbia have signed the agreement now.
Michiganians who were eligible to file their federal tax returns for free through the IRS Free File Program but paid through TurboTax in 2016, 2017 and 2018 are eligible for payment.
Consumers are expected to receive between $29 and $30 each but the specific amount depends on the number of tax years they qualify for, Nessel said in the news release.
hmackay@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/10/over-120k-michiganians-defrauded-by-turbotax-to-receive-settlement-checks/70202528007/ | 2023-05-10T14:29:22 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/10/over-120k-michiganians-defrauded-by-turbotax-to-receive-settlement-checks/70202528007/ |
Unseasonably warm temperatures forecast heading into Mother's Day weekend
After a turbulent spring, get ready for some warm weather.
Temperatures will soar into the high 70s and possibly reach 80 degrees in some parts of Metro Detroit on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. They'll continue to rise this week with Thursday being the warmest and most likely to hit 80 degrees, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ian Lee.
"The normal value for today is in the upper 60s so, we're running generally about 10 degrees above normal," Lee said. "(Thursday) looks like the best bet to see 80-degree temperatures and upper 70s for most of the Metro (Detroit) region."
Heading into Mother's Day weekend temperatures on Friday and Saturday will remain solidly in the mid-70s, Lee said. Metro Detroit should see a cool down with high temperatures trending towards the upper-60s, closer to the seasonal normal, he added.
Precipitation will hold off Wednesday and Thursday with chances for rain and thunderstorms increasing Friday, Lee said. Saturday looks relatively dry although there is potential for scattered showers on Sunday.
hmackay@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/10/unseasonably-warm-temperatures-heading-into-mothers-day-weekend/70202606007/ | 2023-05-10T14:29:28 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/10/unseasonably-warm-temperatures-heading-into-mothers-day-weekend/70202606007/ |
Cole Catron will be graduating from Coconino Community College (CCC) this week with two degrees and plans to continue his education.
He earned an associate of science from CCC at the end of 2022 and is now in the process of finishing an associate of business. He switched to business from a computer science degree because of his interest in banking and finance.
Though he took a nontraditional path through high school, Catron plans to continue his education after graduation, with the hope to earn a doctoral degree eventually.
He’ll start by finishing his second CCC degree over the summer, alongside economic research as part of Northern Arizona University's Honors Native American Summer Research Program.
His plan is to transfer to NAU for the fall semester to pursue an undergraduate degree.
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Born and raised in Flagstaff, Catron knew about CCC from older siblings taking classes there and his own dual enrollment in high school. Mental health concerns in his senior year of high school kept him from completing his diploma, but he took the GED test the following summer and passed it on the first try.
“I didn't want to stop at the GED credential, I wanted to go up to college at that point, so that’s why I did this whole journey,” he said. “ ... It was a temporary setback, I just have to maneuver around it and keep going.”
Catron has kept busy outside of classes in his time at college, interning as an accountant in CCC’s Business Center and working as a peer mentor in the Native American Success Center.
“I just like it here, simple as that,” he said when asked what motivated him to get so involved.
“I like to be useful and helpful in any way that I can,” he added. “ ... Here, I get to work independently, get to work with other people if needed and connect with everyone here, especially with the senior leadership in this college. ... I think there are great leaders here, so I want to build myself up to be in that spotlight and just grow myself as a person.”
He credited Strengthening Indigenous Student Success coordinator Brian Francis and communication and events coordinator Jessica Laessig with helping his development and access to opportunities, saying they were more than mentors and his two favorite people at CCC. A memorable teacher at the college was Anna Hammerle, who taught him in English 102 and he described as “a really great teacher” who encouraged his writing abilities.
Laessig was one of several connectors who helped Catron find the accounting internship, which he said he pursued to gain more hands-on experience in his field.
His work at the Native American Success Center began as an academic tutor. After a few applications, he started as a peer mentor this semester.
In that role, Catron helps students with a variety of needs, working in his past experience as a tutor. He's presented on study skills and helped arrange events to help students engage with the recently opened support center led by Francis.
Through the center, Catron also worked with the Summer Bridge Program, which he described as “advising students just coming into college in how to be successful in college.”
"When I came here as a full student, I didn’t have that level of support," he said. "I didn’t know how to figure out that thing on my own, so having that for the students this time around, I think, is a really good thing to have.”
He’s also helped start the NAU chapter of American Indigenous Business Leaders, serving as treasurer for a year, and was involved in CCC’s Indigenous Student Association, helping coordinate a powwow event and the Native American Success Center’s opening last semester.
Catron’s advice to students just starting at CCC was “to find the culture you want to be in.”
“College is all about culture,” he said. “If you’re in a culture of hardworking people, you going to be becoming a hardworking person. ... You’re going to have to explore that Indigenous community as well. That community, that space is what you want to first find, because that’s where you’re going to be your most comfortable and doing your best work.”
After that, his advice was to “strive for excellence” and communicate needs. He gave scholarships as an example from his own experience.
He wasn’t sure where to start finding financial aid resources when he first came to CCC, so he applied to the CCC Foundation. Through that he received two scholarships (the Cobell Scholarship and the Chief Manuelito Scholarship through the Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance). The support helped lessen his worries about paying for school.
It also helped with aid going forward, as he has scholarship applications pending for his transfer to NAU.
“It's important to communicate with everyone about what’s going on, because otherwise how are we going to receive help,” he said. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/ccc-grad-catron-emphasizes-importance-of-community-and-communication/article_a4f59964-ee93-11ed-8134-bf689c6e2240.html | 2023-05-10T14:29:49 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/ccc-grad-catron-emphasizes-importance-of-community-and-communication/article_a4f59964-ee93-11ed-8134-bf689c6e2240.html |
A group of volunteers cleared and planted a community garden in front of Puente de Hózhó Elementary School over the month of April as part of a Flagstaff Leadership Program (FLP) service project.
The seeds and plants for the garden -- which volunteers gathered to help put in recently -- were purchased from The Arboretum at Flagstaff.
The garden is entirely native, drought-tolerant plants divided into themed sections. There’s a Three Sisters garden dedicated to former Puente teacher Irene Tsosie, an area with plants found on Mount Elden and a ponderosa zone that consists of other plants from the ponderosa ecosystem.
The garden bed is in a fenced area located at the front of the school’s main entrance, occupying an spot that had been sitting empty since 2019. FLP volunteers, school families and neighborhood residents came to the school throughout April to clear out brambles, stumps and rocks before planting the new garden.
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“Everybody came together and that was what was really special about it,” said Carla McCord, a member of this year’s FLP class. “It was a community effort to support efforts at Puente.”
She specifically mentioned Michael Penca, Justin DiNardi and Mark Culbertson from the school district as supporting the project -- as well as a local parent who had helped the organizers find and arrange “botanically meaningful” plants.
Puente students will be helping to take care of the garden now that it’s been planted, with second- and third-graders already watering. (A water train is being arranged to continue maintenance over the summer.)
Art teacher Alyson Bottke said the school is already making plans to incorporate the garden into different lessons, with a Terra Birds-provided farm stand coming to her classroom next year and plant identification, a Conceptualizing Mathematics and Science Through Gardening grant planned in other classes.
There are also plans to expand gardening efforts at the school next year, she said, with work on a courtyard, adding raised beds and an accessible entrance to the garden, and composting scraps from the school’s cafeteria.
“[We’re] really putting energy into this momentum that started to keep sustaining it,” Bottke said.
McCord also said beatification is another goal of the project, which received a Beautification in Action grant from the City of Flagstaff.
“Kids really deserve to come to something beautiful and to see that people care for the space where they're learning,” she said. “Fourth Street is a part of a vibrant Eastside community and so we're excited to see this step.”
Puente's new garden is the service project for this year’s FLP class. Residents apply for the yearlong program that looks at various aspects of the city.
“You spend essentially a year learning about how Flagstaff works,” explained McCord. “You meet people in social services, healthcare, arts, government, and really get to understand the core issues and challenges of Flagstaff.” | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/flagstaff-leadership-program-plants-new-garden-at-puente-de-h-zh-elementary/article_4a23e88e-eb68-11ed-bffb-139f25441e03.html | 2023-05-10T14:29:55 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/flagstaff-leadership-program-plants-new-garden-at-puente-de-h-zh-elementary/article_4a23e88e-eb68-11ed-bffb-139f25441e03.html |
It’s getting to the point that the Flagstaff girls soccer senior class is just a few players away from being able to form a college starting 11 by itself.
On Tuesday, Eagles senior soccer player Lexi Porter signed to play at Yavapai College in Prescott next fall.
She’s yet another Eagles senior to make a commitment in 2023.
Flagstaff’s Lexi Porter is signing to play women’s soccer at Yavapai College pic.twitter.com/JuMtCasRjA
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“I was thinking about that on the way here,” she said. “We were counting all the players, and we had a huge team with 12 seniors, and I think there's eight of them. Having that many sign this year is crazy."
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She made her commitment to the Roughriders during a ceremony at Flagstaff High School in front of family, teammates and coaches from her soccer career.
“It’s everyone that’s brought me to this point -- all the building blocks I needed -- are just all here. And it’s crazy to see each of them sitting in front of me. So it’s special to not just me, but my own team,” Porter said.
The forward and midfielder will join the Roughriders, who just finished their second full season as a JUCO program. Yavapai went 8-8 this season, including a six-game win streak during the middle of the 2022-23 campaign.
Yavapai also has family ties for the Porters. Porter’s mother attended the school, and her grandmother worked there for many years.
Those factors made the Roughriders an easy choice.
“I grew up running around those hallways. The team itself is just full of kindness, and they’re getting better. It’s so new but it’s cool to see them progress, and now I get to be a part of it,” Porter said.
Porter will provide Yavapai with skill right away. But, perhaps more importantly, she was one of the most passionate players on Flagstaff’s roster this year, according to the coaching staff.
“It’s never that she’s upset at a teammate, but always so fiery on the field,” Eagles assistant coach Chris Barquin said. “And (she’s) so hard on herself, and just wants to be good so bad that you can see it.”
“Lexi wears her emotions on her sleeve, very much so on the soccer field,” coach Savannah Berry added.
Berry has been impressed with Porter since long before the the player joined the Eagles varsity squad. She remembers Porter and twin sister Brooke as little kids.
“Before high school even started, when you guys were a lot younger, you’d come to mine and your mom’s games and you’d be out there playing, jumping around, having fun and playing with the adults,” Berry said to Porter during Tuesday’s ceremony. “And now it’s amazing to see you grown up and in a different light, not just as a friend’s daughter, but as someone I’m able to coach.”
Brooke was a motivating factor for Lexi Porter to make the decision to play college soccer. The twins have played since age 5. Lexi also dabbled in track and field, though, and was unsure whether college soccer was in the cards for her.
Then, after successful club seasons and a trip to the 4A Conference semifinals in this winter’s postseason with the Eagles, she started to gain more confidence.
On April 5, Brooke signed to play at Elmira College in New York. Seeing her sister make her decision gave Lexi the motivation needed for her own journey.
“I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, she’s going across the country for soccer. She’s a crazy defender, and I need to get going,’” Lexi said, “and it’s very special that I get to share stories with her about college and talk to her on the phone about everything that’s going on.”
With her high school career finished, Porter said she will play as much pickup soccer and workout whenever possible to prepare for the next level. She’s set to make the move to Prescott for preseason training in August. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/porter-to-prescott-flagstaff-senior-lexi-porter-signs-to-yavapai-college-womens-soccer/article_416b2a40-eec4-11ed-b3cd-2fcd5aab4958.html | 2023-05-10T14:30:01 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/porter-to-prescott-flagstaff-senior-lexi-porter-signs-to-yavapai-college-womens-soccer/article_416b2a40-eec4-11ed-b3cd-2fcd5aab4958.html |
BALTIMORE — Baltimore City's annual tax sale is underway.
What does this mean?
It's when a property owner fails to pay their yearly taxes causing interest to accrue, which then forces the City to place a lien on the property.
When the overdue amount reaches a certain point, the City by law publicly auctions off the property.
The indebted owners must be notified by mail 30 days prior to their property being put up for auction.
They can still reclaim the property by paying off the debt all the way up until a court approves the new buyer's foreclosure request, which they have two years to complete upon purchasing.
A list of properties in this year's sale have been posted online since mid-March, with bids starting May 12 through 15.
Over the past few years, COVID-19 prompted some change to the City's tax sale process.
Last year's sale was postponed, to allow property owners more time to payoff their liens.
Now on Wednesday Mayor Brandon Scott ordered all owner-occupied homes valued at $250,000 or less to me removed from this year's tax sale.
Back in 2021 Scott also removed all first-time, owner-occupied tax sale liens.
Later that same year Baltimore City also bought out the liens of 454 owner-occupied homes, which eliminated them from the tax sale process as well. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/owner-occupied-homes-valued-at-250k-or-less-are-being-removed-from-baltimore-citys-2023-tax-sale | 2023-05-10T14:44:37 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/owner-occupied-homes-valued-at-250k-or-less-are-being-removed-from-baltimore-citys-2023-tax-sale |
Name: Katelyn Rocha
School: Tremper High School
Parents: David and Julie Rocha
Most memorable high school moment: One of my most memorable high school moments would be running for homecoming queen. What makes this so memorable is that I was able to go through this experience with one of my best friends. From agreeing to sign up together to walking out onto the football field during the homecoming game, this opportunity would not have been the same without her by my side. I never would have thought that running for homecoming queen would be something I would do, but doing it with one of my best friends truly made it one of the highlights of my high school career.
Most influential teacher: Daniel Shimon in AP English Literature and Composition; Mr. Shimon was my AP Literature teacher during my junior year and I can confidently say that his teaching has helped me grow tremendously as both a student and as an individual. Over the course of his class, I became increasingly more confident and comfortable in my environment, no longer afraid to speak up in class or say how I feel. Mr Shimon's teaching style also helped me to realize that I truly enjoy writing and his lectures allowed me to analyze different perspectives, gaining a better understanding of the world around me. Mr. Shimon is one of the most understanding and supportive teachers I have ever had and I am truly grateful that I had the privilege to learn from him.
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School activities/clubs: Key Club, Link Crew, National Honor Society, peer helpers/tutors, Renaissance Club, student government
School athletics: Tennis
School offices held: NHS President; Girls Varsity Tennis Captain
Honors, letters or awards: Honor roll every quarter; 3 Varsity Letters; Academic Letter; Renaissance Premier Status; Second Team All Conference for Tennis; State Qualifier; WIAA Scholar Athlete Award; AP Scholar with Distinction Award; Homecoming Court; Summa Cum Laude
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: Spending time with friends; Hiking; Reading; Volunteering
College choice: University of Iowa in Iowa City
Intended major/field of study: Social Work
Role model: My mom
Three words that best describe my role model: Selfless, hard-working, nurturing
What I hope to accomplish in my lifetime: I want to pursue a career in social work so that I can create a positive change in as many people's lives as I can. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-katelyn-rocha-of-tremper-high-school/article_bc9ad5a6-edea-11ed-9e35-c764b60fdaaa.html | 2023-05-10T14:52:03 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-katelyn-rocha-of-tremper-high-school/article_bc9ad5a6-edea-11ed-9e35-c764b60fdaaa.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Miller Park Zoo staff are mourning Chumu, the zoo's male De Brazza monkey, after he died following weeks of medical issues.
The zoo said Chumu had been under observation and treatment for weeks and was scheduled for a full physical exam on Tuesday. The veterinary team found signs of heart disease and fluid buildup around his heart, and Chumu died while under anesthesia, the zoo said.
"This loss has greatly impacted our team members," the zoo said in a statement, "and, as the animal face of the Zoo, Chumu will also be greatly missed by the community. Our team thanks you for your support and understanding during this difficult time."
While his exact age was unknown, the zoo said Chumu was estimated to be 18 years old, and the median life expectancy for the species is 15. A necropsy was to be performed, but preliminary observations indicated that the cause of death was cardiac failure, the zoo said.
Chumu was introduced to a female of his species, Miwaa, when he arrived at Miller Park Zoo from the San Diego Zoo in 2021. The two never had offspring, the zoo said. Chumu's arrival was especially noteworthy because it conicided with the opening of zoo's "De Brazza Plaza" area.
There are about 92 De Brazza monkeys at 26 institutions in the country, and, while they are not recognized as endangered, they are monitored for population management by the Association of Zoos and Aquarium. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/miller-park-zoo-mourns-chumu-the-de-brazza-monkey/article_8ff73544-eead-11ed-99f8-37d826bd9ba8.html | 2023-05-10T14:54:49 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/miller-park-zoo-mourns-chumu-the-de-brazza-monkey/article_8ff73544-eead-11ed-99f8-37d826bd9ba8.html |
ONTONAGON COUNTY, Mich — A search party organized by the Michigan State Police (MSP) has found an 8-year-old boy from Wisconsin after he went missing on Saturday while camping with his family in the Porcupine Mountains.
8-year-old Nante Niemi was found safe about two miles from the family's campsite, MSP said Monday in a tweet. Police say he appears to be in good health.
MSP says that a volunteer found Niemi under/near a log. They say that the boy had been there the entire time.
The boy went missing on Saturday around 1 p.m. while walking and gathering firewood.
Over 150 search and rescue personnel and nine K9 units helped in finding the boy.
The Hurley School District, where the boy attends school in Wisconsin, shared a post on Facebook of the volunteer that found him saying, "Words can not describe the emotions and joy the students and staff are experiencing at this moment!"
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Police investigation into suspicious package closes Glasgow Park Wednesday morning
Glasgow Park remains closed Wednesday morning as New Castle County Police investigate a suspicious package found at the popular morning workout spot.
During the overnight hours, information was received about a suspicious package left in the more than 250-acre park, which offers bike and wooded hiking trails, as well as skate and dog parks, said Cpl. Michael McNasby, a police spokesman.
"Officers immediately responded to the area, closed the park and established a perimeter," McNasby said. "Officers remain on scene conducting a thorough search of the entire park and surrounding area. Glasgow Park remains closed to the public."
Additional information will be provided when it becomes available, he said.
County police vehicles along with Delaware Department of Transportation trucks are blocking all entrances to the park. A large gathering of police can be seen in the parking lot nearest Routes 40 and 896. These are lots not from from the Hermitage structure which was a thriving agricultural complex and dairy farm until the mid 1960's.
This is at least the second time in a week's period that county police have conducted an investigation inside the park.
Last week, officers patrolling the park after hours stopped a 48-year-old Newark man's plans to sexually abuse a 14-year-old girl. The man has been charged with the sexual solicitation of a child.
More:How county police prevented sexual abuse in Glasgow Park after dark: court documents
This is a developing story. Check back with delawareonline.com for more information.
Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299 or eparra@delawareonline.com. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/glasgow-park-closed-suspicious-package-investigation/70202588007/ | 2023-05-10T14:59:15 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/glasgow-park-closed-suspicious-package-investigation/70202588007/ |
GREENSBORO — Tickets to see Rhiannon Giddens in concert Sept. 28 at the Carolina Theatre will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. May 19.
Giddens’ "You’re the One" album will be released Aug. 18 on Nonesuch Records and is her third solo studio album and her first of all original songs, according to this week's announcement from Carolina Theatre.
"I hope that people just hear American music," Giddens said in the announcement. "Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, and rock—it's all there. I like to be where it meets organically. They're fun songs, and I wanted them to have as much of a chance as they could to reach people who might dig them but don't know anything about what I do.”
This collection of 12 songs written over the course of Giddens’ career "bursts with life-affirming energy, drawing from the folk music that she knows so deeply, as well as its pop descendants," the announcement stated.
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The album was produced by Jack Splash and recorded at Criteria Recording Studios in Miami. The first single from the album – its title track – is now available. “You’re the One” was inspired by a moment Giddens had with her son not long after he was born (he's now 10 years old, and she has a 14-year-old daughter as well).
"Your life has changed forever, and you don't know it until you're in the middle of it and it hits you," Giddens said in the announcement about her new album. "I held his little cheek up to my face, and was just reminded, 'Oh my God, my children—they have every bit of my heart.'"
Giddens was the co-founder of the old-time, Grammy Award-winning African American string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, in which she sang and played fiddle and banjo. In addition to being awarded a 2017 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” she just won the 2023 Pulitzer in Music for “Omar,” her opera about a Black Muslim scholar. The award was given to Giddens along with Michael Abels, who collaborated with her on the work.
The daughter of an African American and American Indian mother and European American father, Greensboro native Giddens explores issues of race in her work, focusing on neglected pieces of American and African American history.
“Omar” is based on the 1831 autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, a West African Muslim scholar who was captured and sold into slavery in South Carolina. “Omar” premiered at the Spoleto Festival USA in 2020 in Charleston.
Giddens graduated in 2000 from Ohio’s Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied opera. She returned to her hometown and completed graduate-level studies in vocal performance at UNCG.
In 2022, she starred in the Greensboro Opera’s production of “Porgy and Bess” at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts.
At UNCG, she performed as part of Mark Adamo’s opera “Little Women” in fall 2003 and “Susannah” in spring 2004.
The latter two won first place for the UNCG Opera Theatre in the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition.
She and Francesco Turrisi, her partner in music and life, were nominated in 2021 for two Grammy Awards for their album, “They’re Calling Me Home.”
Tickets are available online at carolinatheatre.com or through the theatre box office at 336-333-2605. Prices vary depending on location; A "Pre-Show Experience" package is also available for purchase. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/rhiannon-giddens-to-perform-in-concert-sept-28-at-the-carolina-theatre/article_08bd109c-ef31-11ed-b5f8-bf1a360ae9af.html | 2023-05-10T14:59:53 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/rhiannon-giddens-to-perform-in-concert-sept-28-at-the-carolina-theatre/article_08bd109c-ef31-11ed-b5f8-bf1a360ae9af.html |
There’s a Nursing shortage nationwide, but here in New York there’s an even bigger demand. New York has an older population and requires more employees to work in skilled nursing facilities. New York also has a problem with keeping licensed nurses from leaving the state. Jason Wasielewski is a Healthcare Recruiter.
"It’s a supply and demand type setting right. You have more open positons than you typically have going into those roles, and something like with nursing a lot of nurses can go to other places. They could go to other states. They could go on travel assignments."
Wasielewski says there’s a big population of nurses reaching retirement age, and new graduates are lacking the experience needed to fill those roles. Over the last 2 years newly licensed nurses have been used at COVID testing sites, and vaccination clinics. Many nurses who were working in the hospitals reached burnout during COVID, and new recruits aren’t looking to make the same mistake.
"Keeping them working the hours that they signed up for. If it’s a 36 hour work week, then unless they want to do more, or if it’s a real need, trying to keep it to that because you got to have that work/life balance. You know people will look past compensation a lot of times if it’s a good situation."
Employers have the perfect opportunity to help create a good working environment, since all week long is Nurses Week.
"Thank them obviously. Right we always thank people for things that they do, but it really is an underappreciated career field. You know you’re in a facility every day wherever it is, and you’re doing something to either save somebody or keep somebody healthy, or make sure that their situation doesn’t get worse and it gets better." | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/nursing-shortage-continue-across-ny/article_6cbb75b0-eeab-11ed-b9ba-9335f720f605.html | 2023-05-10T15:05:08 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/nursing-shortage-continue-across-ny/article_6cbb75b0-eeab-11ed-b9ba-9335f720f605.html |
WATERLOO — One person was injured in a pair of overnight shootings in Waterloo late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Officers were called to an apparent gunfight on East Fourth Street around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday. Neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots, and officers found 40 spend shell casings from 9 mm and .40-caliber weapons.
A parked car that had been in the line of fire had bullet holes to the hood and windshield, according to police.
Then at about 2:10 a.m. Wednesday, residents called 911 to report shots in the area of 1306 W. Donald St. Officers found spend shell casings at the scene.
A short time later a 36-year-old man arrived at the UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital emergency room by private vehicle. The man was suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. He is expected to survive, police said.
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Witnesses said the man was outside when he was approached by three people who opened fire on him.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the shootings were related, and the investigation continues. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-shot-in-chest-in-pair-of-overnight-shootings/article_4d2c145c-2528-533a-bb58-ec9822b76bb8.html | 2023-05-10T15:10:35 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-shot-in-chest-in-pair-of-overnight-shootings/article_4d2c145c-2528-533a-bb58-ec9822b76bb8.html |
WAVERLY — The Rev. Maggie Falenschek will become dean of spiritual life and fill the Herbert and Cora Moehlmann Chaplaincy Chair at Wartburg College effective Aug. 7.
Falenschek comes to Wartburg from Gustavus Adolphus College, where she served as chaplain, director of campus ministries, and director of the Gustavus Academy for Faith, Science, and Ethics.
“I’m excited to be a part of what is happening at Wartburg. What the college put forward for this position matches my skills and what I really value in this work, which is being radically student facing,” Falenschek said in a news release.
“I’m already dreaming about what campus ministry or spiritual life looks like for our students today and moving forward. I look forward to being able to focus on traditional campus ministry while also being very intentional about multifaith and interfaith work on campus. These are the things that make my heart soar.”
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Falenschek says her ministry is about “spiritual wellness” and understands the importance of engaging students from all faith and no faith backgrounds as the pastor on a college campus.
Born and raised in Minnesota, Falenschek earned her undergraduate degree at Concordia College in Moorhead before heading west to Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, Calif., for her Master of Divinity. It was in California that she fell in love with campus ministry while interning at Stanford University with the Episcopal Lutheran campus ministry team. She returned to the Midwest to serve as a pastor for youth and family ministries in Urbana, Illinois, before landing at Gustavus.
Pastor Halcyon Bjornstad, interim dean of spiritual life and a member of the search committee, praised Falenschek’s ability to build community among groups on campus.
“Pastor Maggie brings a wide range of experience that will benefit our student body and has the skills and passion to build new connections between a variety of departments and the Spiritual Life & Campus Ministry Office,” Bjornstad said in the release.
Falenschek and her husband, Nikoli, have two rescue dogs. In her free time, she enjoys running, travel and being outside. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/dean-of-spiritual-life-named-at-wartburg-college/article_dc94894e-061b-5e52-b405-77637a1cb5e0.html | 2023-05-10T15:10:41 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/dean-of-spiritual-life-named-at-wartburg-college/article_dc94894e-061b-5e52-b405-77637a1cb5e0.html |
Jim McClure, Sandra Lee Kearse Stockton honored at Four Chaplains breakfast
The 31st annual Four Chaplains Prayer Breakfast honored retired York Daily Record Editor Jim McClure and Sandra Lee Kearse-Stockton with the Legion of Honor Award May 10 at the Wyndham Garden in West Manchester Township.
The award honors community members who embody the spirit of the Four Chaplains, who selflessly gave their life jackets to soldiers on the U.S.A.T. Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, after it was torpedoed by a German submarine. One of the Four Chaplains was Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, who left his pulpit at Temple Beth Israel in York to enlist in the military.
Kearse-Stockton is an author and 30-year veteran, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. She has written two volumes in a series of books about growing up in York, “480 Codorus Street,” and is working on a third volume. She and her husband have fostered more than 100 children in the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia areas.
Accepting her award, she saluted other women who have served in the military.
More:York County’s Four Chaplains Memorial keeps story of World War II heroism alive
McClure was the longtime editor of the York Daily Record – as well as a regional editor for the USA Today Network and Digital First Media. He is the author or co-author of nine books on regional history, founded the popular Retro York Facebook group and works on WitnessingYork.com and Hometown History. He also served in many volunteer capacities in York County. McClure also writes a popular local history column weekly for the York Sunday News.
In his acceptance speech, McClure deflected focus on himself and talked about the contributions of fellow Legion of Honor Award honoree Kearse-Stockton, about whom he has written several time in his column.
Also honored this year by the Four Chaplains committee was William "Chino" Rivera, who was hailed as a hero by York City Police after he rescued a 4-year-old girl and others from a burning Apartment building on Queen Street April 29, 2023. Rivera was honored with the Charles W. David Jr. Lifesaving Award. David is credited with saving many as the Dorchester was sinking. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/mcclure-lee-kearse-stockton-honored-at-4-chaplains-breakfast/70203089007/ | 2023-05-10T15:21:46 | 0 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/mcclure-lee-kearse-stockton-honored-at-4-chaplains-breakfast/70203089007/ |
New creekside park land, mill with Civil War history acquired in Manchester Township
A new Manchester Township park purchase was announced by township manager Tim James during the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. The park area will have water frontage on the Codorus Creek and features an historic mill building.
The township closed on the more than eight-acre property at 545 Locust Lane last week. The property acquisition includes a four-story brick mill building and pavilions, but not the restored stone house residence next to it. The York County Heritage Rail Trail runs though the property, and the property is connected to Crist Fields, which is privately owned and not part of the township park system. An existing parking area nearby off of Locust Lane already serves the rail trail and playing field.
Locust Lane Mill, also known as Mundis Mill or Myers’ Mill, was built by Samuel Myers in 1841. It replaced a 1799 mill on the site, according to local historian Scott Mingus published in yorkblog.com
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According to Mingus, who adds an account during the Civil War, “In late June 1863, this peaceful setting was the site of a break-in and robbery. The perpetrators were infantrymen from the famed (and much feared) Louisiana Tigers.”
According to an account by Dianne Bowders, the group of Confederates stole corn meal from the mill and horses and mules from neighboring houses. She goes on to say that the mill remained in operation until 1977.
More Manchester Township history:Crumbling historic limestone kiln recently demolished
Also near the mill building, a covered bridge once crossed the Codorus Creek when Locust Lane crossed the Codorus Creek before the current crossing on Emig Road. Maps included in a York Daily Record story by Stephen H. Smith show the covered bridge was removed in 1955, and there was also once a boat navigation lock on the Codorus nearby.
More mill history:Collector sells York antiques to 'American Pickers' (2018)
The purchase of the land is part of a plan to update a complicated intersection at Greenbriar and Church roads, also in the township, with a proposed rotary, James said. As part of that project, the township is required to add park land that will be needed to take away from Cousler Park to construct the rotary, which could be shaped like a dog bone.
More on new park land:A traffic rotary shaped like a dog bone? The first in PA could be built in Manchester Twp.
No name has been chosen for the new park or plans given about how the new acquisition will be used, but James said a name was likely.
I have captured life through the lens since 1983, and am currently a visual journalist with the USA Today Network. You can reach me at pkuehnel@ydr.com. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/new-park-in-manchester-township-at-mundis-mill-codorus-creek-locust-lane-crist/70202090007/ | 2023-05-10T15:21:52 | 1 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/new-park-in-manchester-township-at-mundis-mill-codorus-creek-locust-lane-crist/70202090007/ |
York man has pulled 26,000 pieces of trash from the Susquehanna - 1 boatload at a time
How long does it take to remove 26,400 pieces of trash from the Susquehanna River?
John Naylor found out. One boatload at a time. It took him six years, one month and eight days. The 58-year-old “lifelong Yorker” reached his goal on March 19.
Every piece of trash added up. From flip flops to patio furniture, tires, traffic cones and bumpers, he found just about everything in the river.
“You name it — it’s in there,” said Naylor. “The scariest things are baby dolls — they’re not pretty anymore. But the worst things to me personally are motor oil and the sheer volume of single-use plastic bottles.”
One man’s trash
Naylor’s personal campaign to clean up the river began innocently enough in 2017, when a friend challenged him to stop complaining about trash in the river and do something about it.
His original goal was to clean 1,000 pieces of litter from the Susquehanna.
“I hammered that,” he said, hitting the goal in three months. So, he set his sights higher — at 26,400 — a number he chose because, in his day job at Manchester’s Starbucks Roasting Plant, there are 26,400 water bottles in one truckload.
Naylor chipped away at that goal with boatloads of trash — typically 100 to 300 pieces per haul — in one of his hand-paddled canoes or his small, motorized aluminum jon boat, christened “Susquehanna Retriever” on the side.
Focusing a few miles north and south of the Codorus Creek’s confluence with the Susquehanna, Naylor headed out on the river several times a week. It might sound like a solitary activity, but he said nature kept him company — eagles, ospreys, herons and turtles on logs.
Naylor made a lot of friendly human connections as well.
“When I’m out there picking, people are always waving, stopping to have conversations — and that’s a big part of it,” said Naylor. He looked at every encounter as an opportunity — to ask people to evaluate their habits, especially of single-use plastics.
Once people understood Naylor’s goal, many were quick to offer help: Residents let him park his boat — heaped with plastic bottles and debris — on ramps, while others offered him rides in the backs of their trucks, to his own pickup truck. His green ’92 Ford Ranger, bought new, has logged 284,000 miles — many of them traveled up and down the river, his boat trailer in tow.
At first, Naylor sorted “finds” into his own residential recycling and trash bins.
“Then, I bumped into a fellow in January of 2020, and he said, ‘I’ll get you a dumpster,’” Naylor recalled. “It was a little dumpster, and I filled it up in 18 days.”
Turns out, that “fellow” was Phil Wenger, CEO and president of the nonprofit Lancaster Conservancy.
“He connected me to another guy who said, ‘I can get you a bigger dumpster,” Naylor said, “And I’ve been rockin’ and rollin’ ever since.”
Naylor has filled six truck-sized dumpsters in the past three years and taken them to the York County Solid Waste Authority.
“It produces energy to generate electric power — so it goes from trash to electric,” Naylor said.
Those large dumpsters are coordinated by Ted Evgeniadis of the nonprofit Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association.
“To remove thousands of pounds of trash — to lead an effort like that is so noble,” said Evgeniadis, who invited Naylor to become a board member. “We value John — he’s doing his part to improve such a massive watershed. If more people were like John, our river would be a lot cleaner.”
Ripple effects
Trash winds up in the river, Evgeniadis said, due to two primary reasons: human negligence or littering, as well as storm damage.
Naylor documented his expeditions on Instagram @susquehanna_plastic_pickn_1000, “using social media for environmental good,” he said. “It’s really about bringing exposure to water quality issues like microplastics.”
A 2019 study by the Chesapeake Bay Program found microplastics to be “ubiquitous throughout the region,” present in every water sample taken throughout the bay’s watershed. Plastic doesn’t decompose but breaks down into tiny pieces — microplastics — defined as less than 5mm in size.
Microplastics remain in the environment indefinitely and are ingested by wildlife and humans alike. A British study found that the average person, worldwide, eats and drinks 5 grams of plastic every week — about the weight of a credit card.
Naylor said he draws environmental inspiration from Ocean Clean Up, a nonprofit developing innovative methods of scooping plastic from the ocean — also documented on social media. What Naylor accomplishes through grassroots-style boatloads, the Ocean Clean Up does with huge nets and barges. Eight million metric tons of plastic washes into the world’s oceans every year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
On a local level, Naylor hopes his images of the Susquehanna raise awareness — those depicting the river’s natural beauty, as well as its trash-strewn shores.
“Open your eyes — you can’t not see this,” said Naylor, “I love the Susquehanna River, but when you read about the health of the Susquehanna and the Chesapeake Bay, I can’t personally be OK with the nonchalance of how we treat our planet and living things.”
The Susquehanna, as the largest tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, supplies half of its freshwater. But perhaps surprisingly, a 2021 study found that 94% of the microplastics entering the Chesapeake Bay actually stay in the bay, which acts like a swirling sink. Instead of floating into the ocean, most microplastics are captured — and remain — in the bay.
Naylor’s bond to the river is stronger than ever. He’s looking forward to retirement, because “health willing,” he’ll have more time for river cleanups. In the meantime, he’s set a new goal: removing 10,000 pounds of trash from the river — a feat he estimates will take him a year and a half.
“Someone once said to me, ‘You know you can’t clean an entire river.’ That person really regrets saying that,” Naylor said with a laugh.
Karen Hendricks is a freelance writer. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/york-man-pulled-26000-pieces-of-trash-from-the-susquehanna-river-john-naylor/70196024007/ | 2023-05-10T15:21:58 | 0 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/05/10/york-man-pulled-26000-pieces-of-trash-from-the-susquehanna-river-john-naylor/70196024007/ |
A supercell thunderstorm blasted the Bismarck-Mandan area with heavy rain and widespread hail Tuesday night.
A supercell is a single-cell rotating thunderstorm characterized by updrafts that can attain speeds of more than 100 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They're known to produce large hail and even tornadoes. They're marked by the impressive cloud they form.
"It looked like a spaceship almost," said Matt Johnson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Bismarck.
Such storms are not uncommon in North Dakota, though they do need the right environmental factors to form, he said.
Bismarck's official rain total, measured at the airport near the weather service office, was only five one-hundredths of an inch, but that's because the area was on the southern edge of the system, according to Johnson. Reports from other parts of the metro area were of up to 2 inches of rain and hail as large as golf balls. Hail in some areas covered lawns and streets like snow. There were no immediate reports of significant damage.
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More storms were possible Wednesday, with widespread rain expected Thursday into Saturday. Parts of southern North Dakota could see an inch or more of rain during the period, according to the weather service. Temperatures will remain seasonal, with daytime highs in the 60s and 70s. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/weather/supercell-thunderstorm-brings-heavy-rain-large-hail-to-bismarck-mandan/article_8a8a5590-ef3a-11ed-a848-c746e0601416.html | 2023-05-10T15:24:54 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/weather/supercell-thunderstorm-brings-heavy-rain-large-hail-to-bismarck-mandan/article_8a8a5590-ef3a-11ed-a848-c746e0601416.html |
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