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Nancy G. Collins
March 20, 1943 - June 22, 2022
VALPARAISO - Nancy G. Collins, 79 of Valparaiso, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2022. She was born on March 20, 1943 in Gary, IN to the late George and Dorothy (Buczek) Vidmich. Nancy worked in jewelry sales for over 20 years, working at various stores such as Armstrong, Ultra, Engstrom, and Ameripawn. She was an avid bingo player, enjoyed trips to the casinos, and spending time with friends at the American Legion Post 94 Valparaiso. Most of all, Nancy loved spending time with her family, especially her grandkids.
On March 20, 1982, Nancy married William "Bud" Collins who preceded her in death on April 21, 2022.
She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer (Michael) Rogers; grandchildren: Kayla (Andrew) Russell and Jordan Hile; and great-grandchildren: Zane Hile and Asher Russell.
A Memorial Gathering will be held Friday, July 1, 2022 from 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. at Moeller Funeral Home, 104 Roosevelt Rd., Valparaiso, with a Graveside Service to follow at Angelcrest Cemetery, Valparaiso. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/nancy-g-collins/article_f36e754d-13dd-50d8-9d89-2ddb70ecff99.html | 2022-06-24T06:38:40 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/nancy-g-collins/article_f36e754d-13dd-50d8-9d89-2ddb70ecff99.html |
Peter Den Hartog Jr.
THORNTON, IL - Peter Den Hartog Jr., age 77, of Thornton, IL, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Beloved husband of Suzanne Den Hartog, nee Holm. Dear father of the late Daniel (Cynthia) Den Hartog, Brenda Songer, and Heidi (Mark) Green. Proud Papa of Stephanie Dollinar, Krystal (Jeff) Poortenga, Katelynn Den Hartog, Zachary Songer, James, Justin, and Joseph Green. Great-Papa of Paisley, Chloe, our late angel, Elena Anne, Hailee, Joshua, Phillip, Hayden, Daniel, Shelly, and Bobby. Dear brother of the late Gerald (Patricia) Den Hartog, Martin (Judith) Den Hartog, and the late Warren (Karen) Den Hartog.
Peter was a long-time Superintendent of Public Works in Thornton, IL and spent many years helping people as a plumber. He was also known as "Frosty Pete" when he owned an ice cream stand in Thornton. He was loved by many and will be dearly missed.
Visitation on Sunday, June 26, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Smits, DeYoung-Vroegh Funeral Home, 649 E. 162nd St. (Rt. 6/159th St.) South Holland, IL. Funeral service on Monday, June 27, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2505 Indiana Ave., Lansing, IL. Interment Concordia Cemetery - Hammond, IN. For more information, please contact 312-333-7000 or visit our online obituary and guest book at www.SMITSFH.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/peter-den-hartog-jr/article_b812f668-fcc6-5f50-856f-8f3baa9f08c6.html | 2022-06-24T06:38:46 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/peter-den-hartog-jr/article_b812f668-fcc6-5f50-856f-8f3baa9f08c6.html |
Sheryl Lee Vargas (nee Smurdon)
Oct. 24, 1957 - June 19, 2022
VALPARAISO, IN - Sheryl Lee Vargas, 64, of Valparaiso, passed away on June 19, 2022. Born on October 24, 1957 to Donald and Patricia (nee Zielaskowski) Smurdon.
Sheryl was an only child who lost her mother at the age of one and was then raised alongside a few of her aunts and uncles by her loving grandparents, Thomas and Dorothy Smurdon of Gary. She graduated from Calumet High School in 1976. Sheryl met her husband, Chris, and they got married on September 1, 1978. They went on to have two children and raised their family in Merrillville. She was a dedicated parishioner at St. Peter and Paul Church in Merrillville for nearly 20 years.
Sheryl worked for 10 years at Tip Top Supermarket in Gary and then went on to become a bank teller in 1988 for the next 20 years. Her last 10 years of being a teller were spent at Centier Bank at the Schererville branch on U.S. 30.
Sheryl was best known for her love for her family and her commitment to being a great mother. Her accomplishments were highlighted by her ability to cook great meals for her family, coaching her son's youth soccer team and would do anything for her loved ones. She will be deeply missed.
Survived by her husband of 43 years, Chris; sons: Eric and Christopher (Rikki); grandchildren: Christopher III, Alexander, Remy and Scarlett; special niece, Kassie; close cousin, Janet; her special aunt, Jean; uncle, Art; and many more cousins; nieces; and nephews; best friend, Kathy; and goddaughter, Allison.
Preceded in death by her parents: Donald and Patricia; her close mother and father-in-law: Mary and Leonardo Vargas; and close and dear uncles: David and Terry.
Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the DYKES FUNERAL HOME, 2305 N. Campbell St., Valparaiso IN with a funeral service immediately following at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Douglas Mayer officiating.
Arrangements made by DYKES FUNERAL HOME, INC. (219) 462-3125. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/sheryl-l-vargas/article_a639503c-7d53-57bb-880f-ce40f02f5621.html | 2022-06-24T06:38:52 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/sheryl-l-vargas/article_a639503c-7d53-57bb-880f-ce40f02f5621.html |
BOISE — The morning that retired Marine Sgt. Rob Jones had both of his legs blown off above the knee by an IED in Afghanistan, he had awoken feeling full of purpose.
A “failed college student,” Jones had joined the Marine Corps, and found the direction he was looking for as an explosive ordinance disposal technician, he said at a law enforcement appreciation event at the Idaho Capitol on Thursday.
After the IED encounter, Jones found a sense of purpose beyond what he had even experienced as a person who volunteered to go to war. After observing a Navy Seal amputee exercising in the gym, he felt determined to push himself toward recovery and inspire others to live lives of purpose. He started competing in progressively more intense athletic challenges, such as running races, rowing in the Paralympics (and winning a bronze medal), and biking across the country from Bar Harbor, Maine, to San Diego, California, in the winter.
During Jones’s recovery, he had begun developing the principles of his “ultra-winning mindset,” or rules to live by. Successfully traversing Colorado’s Monarch Pass in snowy conditions after local residents concerned for his safety encouraged him to stop taught him a new one.
“Nobody knows what I’m capable of, except me,” Jones said. “Not the naysayers, not even the people that are supposed to be the experts.”
The bike trip was not a stopping point. Jones ran the Marine Corps marathon, and later began training to run 31 marathons in 31 cities in 31 days.
“I’ve been doing this to create a story about a veteran who went overseas, experienced trauma, came back, and thrived from it instead of being destroyed by it,” Jones recalled saying to his girlfriend at the time he was considering the marathon of marathons. “And I’m going to use that story to help a lot of people.”
Thursday’s event was organized by the Idaho Department of Correction in tandem with the Ada County Sheriff’s Department, and drew a crowd of a couple hundred law enforcement professionals and their families. The event was intended for all types of law enforcement personnel, including veterans, corrections officers, and police officers, according to a news release.
Attendees were treated to lunch from local eateries before hearing Jones’s presentation. Representatives from organizations such as Back the Blue Idaho, Courageous Survival, and Mission43 offered information outside of the Lincoln Auditorium.
Dan Moschella, chief of the Idaho Department of Correction’s management services division, said the event exemplified “taking care of our own.”
“In order to take care of our own, we have to first take care of ourselves,” Moschella said, addressing the crowd ahead of Jones’s presentation. Agencies are short-staffed and many are “exhausted,” he said.
“Taking care of our own means stepping away from the daily grind, and enjoying a day of inspiration and motivation,” he said. All law enforcement professionals face varying degrees of stress, and sticking with the profession requires maintaining a positive attitude, he said.
Moschella commended all groups for their willingness to serve their communities.
“On the very first day you put on that badge, you are accepting the responsibility to urgently run towards danger so that the rest of us can be free from danger,” Moschella said of police officers. “We, the people, wholeheartedly support you.”
Jones acknowledged that public perception of veterans tends to be favorable compared with the public’s perception of police officers. He believes that the majority of people believe that police officers are good people doing good work, and that the media portrayal of police officers does not show the whole story.
Those officers’ work puts them in difficult, life-threatening situations every day, “and then you go onto the media and you see people bad-mouthing you,” Jones said. “It’s a stressful situation and then you’re also simultaneously feeling unappreciated.”
Jones encouraged law enforcement personnel to seek help when they need it, noting that on the job, law enforcement officials operate with a partner or team. Jones accomplished all of his athletic feats with the support of a team, he said.
Finding good support is akin to finding a spotter to help you lift a weight that seems too heavy in the gym, he said.
“Go out there and find that spotter, or whatever it is … a person, a technique … a way to turn yourself off before you get home to your family … things like that, find that spotter.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/veteran-amputee-offers-words-of-encouragement-at-law-enforcement-appreciation-event/article_b15ef406-06da-54a0-a936-88af91f5518c.html | 2022-06-24T07:00:42 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/veteran-amputee-offers-words-of-encouragement-at-law-enforcement-appreciation-event/article_b15ef406-06da-54a0-a936-88af91f5518c.html |
Feb. 22, 1952—June 9, 2022
JEROME — Robert William Fuller also known as “Bob” was born on February 22, 1952 to Harry and Myrtle Fuller in Portland, Oregon. He was raised in Elko, Nevada.
Robert married Ellen Plumb in March of 1976 and from this union he had two daughters that were his whole world. He went to work for the Western Pacific Railroad in 1977. After several years of service he retired early due to an injury.
Robert was a dad to others that needed him and helped many. He enjoyed jet skiing, boating, snowmobiling, and had a passion for cars. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him. At the time of his death he was living in Jerome, Idaho.
Bob is survived by his brother Richard (Lucille) Fuller of Elko, Nevada; his two daughters: Angie Hepworth of Twin Falls and Samantha Herrin (Michael Sanchez) of Jerome; eight grandchildren: Christina (Cody) Ward, Julia Hulett, Izzy (Naythan) Flores, Margaret Hulett, Nathaniel Hulett, Ashley (Blake) Herring, Zach (Jeragan) Herrin, and Derek Herrin; five great-grandchildren: Grayson, Gavin, Charlotte, Brantley, and Elaina; also several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Harry and Myrtle Fuller, and his nephew Ronnie.
Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced at a later date. We love you dad! | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-william-fuller/article_b65e8340-a3ef-5397-9d11-73935ae4644d.html | 2022-06-24T07:08:56 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-william-fuller/article_b65e8340-a3ef-5397-9d11-73935ae4644d.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A community in crisis, now searching for solutions after they say a slew of break-ins and vandalism have left business owners in the Jade Distinct helpless.
That call to action was hosted Thursday afternoon at Powell’s Seafood Restaurant. The owner of the Chinese-run establishment told KOIN 6 News she has been the target of five vandalism attacks over the course of six months.
She and other community members say they are tired of living in fear and are now asking law and city officials what can be done to put an end to this cycle.
Business owners say an ongoing cycle of property crime in the Jade District has left their community feeling targeted by criminals, underserved by police, and financially helpless.
During Thursday’s meeting, hosted by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, business owner Mr. Jing echoed the outcry for help — detailing how he was robbed at gunpoint in his bar Wednesday night.
Mr. Jing’s son, Keith Jing, told KOIN 6 News he did not receive a call back from police until after Thursday’s ceremony.
“To have my father experience this just last night is heartbreaking,” Jing said.
Despite low staffing levels, Portland police pledged to hire officers on overtime to help support missions with the Neighborhood Response Teams and address concerns raised by the community.
“I understand that call times and wait times sometimes can be hours or maybe even the next day…but please don’t stop calling us,” Captain David Abrahamson of the Portland Police Bureau said.
In response to Thursday’s testimony, Bobby Lee with the mayor’s office said the city is working to hire 300 more officers within the next three years to help support efforts to reduce crime in the area. They have also allocated nearly $1 million in funding to help victims of property vandalism pay for damages. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/jade-district-business-owners-call-for-action-after-breaks-ins-vandalism/ | 2022-06-24T07:09:24 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/jade-district-business-owners-call-for-action-after-breaks-ins-vandalism/ |
An early morning joyride in a stolen truck through a Brooklyn neighborhood left more than a dozen cars trashed, some of which have been immobilized.
Police said the rampage started near 21st Drive and 21st Avenue in Bath Beach around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. That's when Mario Casanova allegedly jumped behind the wheel of a truck and threatened the worker, stealing the large vehicle as it made its morning rounds collecting trash.
Surveillance video captured some of the mayhem, as Casanova drove off while hitting 18 parked cars, according to police.
He swerved through Bensonhurst Park where he hit trees and light poles, then tore through cars near the Belt Parkway. The driver smashed into more cars on the exit ramp before being arrested near Exit 5 of the highway.
Car parts littered the Brooklyn neighborhood. The number of vehicles impacted continued to grow throughout the day Thursday, as some people are just finding the damage hours later.
"I park my car here all the time and all of a sudden I come back over here and I see my car sideways against the thing. I’m in shock," said Michael Marino, who thought someone had moved his car.
Instead, it was hit by a semi-truck with a 30-yard dumpster attached, which crushed and shoved his Cadillac into a fence.
"Thank god no one was in the car. I just found it now. I have a kid. God forbid if anything happened," he said.
Mizrob Bakhrov’s minivan — which he needs for work and for his child — is not drivable due to all the damage.
"I can’t drive. Two wheels. Back two wheels it’s not possible drive," Bakhrov said. "Today I don’t know where I can go to job. Because I need car. My baby now sick I need to go with car to hospital. I'm calling Uber.”
Casanova is facing several charges including robbery and driving while intoxicated. Attorney information was not immediately available. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/video-shows-stolen-truck-smashing-cars-in-rampage-through-brooklyn-neighborhood/3747727/ | 2022-06-24T07:15:36 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/video-shows-stolen-truck-smashing-cars-in-rampage-through-brooklyn-neighborhood/3747727/ |
The East Idaho Renaissance Faire will begin 11 a.m. today at Krupp Scout Hollow, 688 N. 4200 E. in Rigby. The faire will also take place from Saturday, July 1 and 2, July 8 and 9, and July 15 and 16. The faire runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day.
There will be a wide variety of entertainment for adults and kids. Entertainment includes a knights’ tournament, acrobatics, a comedy show, stories told by the Great Bear Lake Folk Theatre and music by folk group The Reel Folk, among many other activities.
General admission tickets for adults are $14, $10 for kids and kids aged 3 and younger get in free. General admission tickets are only available for purchase at the gate.
For more information on the East Idaho Renaissance Faire and all its events, visit idahorenaissancefaire.com.
Country singer Lauren Alaina to perform in Pocatello
The country singer Lauren Alaina will give a show 8 p.m., with doors opening 5:30 p.m., Saturday at the Portneuf Trust Amphitheatre, 2375 Olympus Drive in Pocatello.Alaina has had three No. 1 songs in three years. Her latest EP is “Getting Over Him.”She has been nominated for numerous awards, including the ACM Awards and CMA Awards.She has performed on TODAY, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.Tickets range from $30-$40. For tickets, go to https://bit.ly/3ue5o7R.
Afternoon Paint and Drink scheduled for Saturday
There will be an Afternoon Paint and Drink 2 p.m. Saturday at The House on Park, 367 Park Ave. in Idaho Falls. Attendees will paint a patriotic-themed blacklight gnome painting. All materials and instructions will be provided at the event. Attendees must be aged 21 or older. Tickets are $30. There will be a one-drink minimum at the event. Attendees can also order the two for $5 mimosa special. For tickets, go to https://bit.ly/3HIFgqU. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/arts-music-briefly/article_9238f8f8-c024-54ed-9aba-4ce1fa54c510.html | 2022-06-24T07:41:33 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/arts-music-briefly/article_9238f8f8-c024-54ed-9aba-4ce1fa54c510.html |
Courthouse conversation Jun 24, 2022 3 hrs ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email A man talks on his phone while sitting on a pedestal outside the Allen County Courthouse on a sunny Thursday afternoon. Above-normal temperatures are ready to return to the area today. Mike Moore | The journal Gazette Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Courthouse conversation Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Most Popular Caleb Swanigan dies; former Homestead, Purdue basketball star Missionary Church president removed New BBQ restaurant will fill former ACME location Dining Out restaurant review: Steak, bread pudding top picks at Chance Bar in Fort Wayne Piere's facing fight over outdoor concerts Stocks Market Data by TradingView | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courthouse-conversation/article_ccf3fdd6-f338-11ec-a000-ef04fe8f774e.html | 2022-06-24T08:04:35 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courthouse-conversation/article_ccf3fdd6-f338-11ec-a000-ef04fe8f774e.html |
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is investigating what killed thousands of crappies at Loon Lake – but killed no significant amounts of other small fish.
The DNR fisheries biologists took fish and water samples from Loon Lake, which is in Whitley and Noble counties and about 30 miles northwest of downtown Fort Wayne.
The biologists sent the samples to the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue University, officials said Thursday.
The fish began dying this week, according to a DNR news release. Because the deaths are mostly limited to the one species, officials don’t believe a toxic event, such as a chemical spill or release, caused the deaths.
DNR officials don’t expect testing results will become available for weeks. However, the biologists will continue monitoring the situation. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/crappies-dying-by-thousands-at-loon-lake/article_90024ae4-f33e-11ec-85ad-07778e2db459.html | 2022-06-24T08:04:42 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/crappies-dying-by-thousands-at-loon-lake/article_90024ae4-f33e-11ec-85ad-07778e2db459.html |
Cruising the St. Marys River Jun 24, 2022 3 hrs ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email An airboat pilot takes passengers Thursday on the St. Marys River. AirBoat 1 LLC offers rides on the city’s three rivers. Mike Moore | The Journal Gazette Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cruising the St. Marys River Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Most Popular Caleb Swanigan dies; former Homestead, Purdue basketball star Missionary Church president removed New BBQ restaurant will fill former ACME location Dining Out restaurant review: Steak, bread pudding top picks at Chance Bar in Fort Wayne Piere's facing fight over outdoor concerts Stocks Market Data by TradingView | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/cruising-the-st-marys-river/article_c709844a-f338-11ec-bb8e-bf4ba18aca09.html | 2022-06-24T08:04:48 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/cruising-the-st-marys-river/article_c709844a-f338-11ec-bb8e-bf4ba18aca09.html |
Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw will have a new name and refreshed surgical areas with a $30 million investment announced Thursday by Lutheran Health Network officials.
The hospital will now be known as Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital to reinforce its connection to Lutheran Health Network, a news release said.
The hospital’s pre- and post-surgical areas will be expanded and the surgery area will be updated with 13,600 square feet of new space added to the existing 170,000 square-foot facility.
“Lutheran Health Network is committed to the residents of Kosciusko County and the surrounding area,” Scott Teffeteller, market CEO for Lutheran’s network, said in a statement.
The upgrades will include an expanded lobby, renovations to patient rooms and nurses’ stations in some units, updates to the hospital’s facade, new signs and parking lot resurfacing and expansion.
Three new bays for patients before and after surgery with more privacy and room for family members to visit are included with the surgical renovations.
Also among the surgery upgrades are an expanded sterile processing area with new technology for faster equipment sterilization, the release said. Renovation of the operating room will allow surgeons to accommodate more complex cases so patients can be scheduled sooner and not have to travel for surgical care.
Work on patients’ rooms started this month and is expected to be finished next spring. A timeline for other parts of the project will be finalized this year.
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital offers emergency care, heart and stroke care, a cardiac catheterization lab, surgery, orthopedics, occupational health care, rehabilitation services, a sleep center, wound care center and a comprehensive cancer center providing chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
The hospital also has the only emergency department in the county with accredited chest pain and stroke centers.
Hospital board Chairman Alan Alderfer and Teffeteller made the announcement to community leaders at a breakfast meeting Thursday.
This month, Parkview Kosciusko Hospital hosted a “topping out” ceremony for $70 million in construction at Parkview Warsaw, which will become a full-service hospital when completed. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/lutheran-to-invest-30-million-in-kosciusko-hospital/article_4d76a218-f30e-11ec-a0a2-67777189f03b.html | 2022-06-24T08:04:54 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/lutheran-to-invest-30-million-in-kosciusko-hospital/article_4d76a218-f30e-11ec-a0a2-67777189f03b.html |
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry said the city’s electric scooters will most likely be his main mode of transportation Aug. 7, as the Open Streets festival returns for the fifth time.
Open Streets, scheduled for noon to 4 p.m., opens downtown roads up for the community to walk, bike or skate on without the worry of cars. It also offers games, live music and food.
This year, the route is 1.5 miles long, stretching from Promenade Park to Pontiac Street.
Henry spoke Thursday at a news conference announcing the festival’s return, saying he was skeptical of the event when his staff presented it to him five years ago. Now, he says he has been pleasantly surprised by how much it has grown.
“This brings more beauty back to downtown,” Henry said. “We want everyone to have the opportunity to enjoy downtown without traffic for one day.”
The theme this year is “Electrify Fort Wayne,” because the city is “surging to new heights,” program manager Neil Miller said.
Miller also said there are new partnerships for the fifth annual celebration. Humane Fort Wayne will bring adoptable animals from its shelters to Promenade Park to highlight their “Tails on Trails” program.
City Utilities and Friends of the Rivers will paint storm drains during the event, and Fort Wayne’s sister cities will offer activities inspired by their global communities.
Some popular returning events include the bubble machine, BMX show and pump track.
The bicycle decorating contest and parade is also returning. Free registration opens at 11 a.m. in Promenade Park, and the parade will follow at noon. All ages are encouraged to join, and there will be several awards up for grabs, including one for the bike that best captures the “Electrify Fort Wayne” theme.
John Dortch, owner of the Penta building on South Calhoun Street, said he was also skeptical of Open Streets at first. But over the years, it has grown to mean a lot to him.
“It’s for the community,” Dortch said. “It’s for the people, and I’m happy to be part of it.”
Dortch said his business is serving free food to the community at this year’s event, including hamburgers and hot dogs soaked in beer. He is also looking into distributing vegan options.
Henry said businesses love the Open Streets festival, and this year he anticipates 5,000 visitors.
“Most people are off from work on Sundays, so this event encourages them to spend the day downtown,” he said.
For more information, go to openstreetsfw.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/open-streets-festival-returning-aug-7/article_3dd396c0-f31f-11ec-a18a-3768c8f84bd1.html | 2022-06-24T08:05:00 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/open-streets-festival-returning-aug-7/article_3dd396c0-f31f-11ec-a18a-3768c8f84bd1.html |
A Mishawaka woman died Wednesday in a crash on U.S. 30 in Kosciusko County, the county sheriff’s department said Thursday.
Kathy Harmon, 47, was driving east behind a semi about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. 30 east of County Road 500 West, the sheriff’s department said.
A westbound semi crossed the center line and collided with the trailer in front of Harmon, glancing off and colliding with Harmon’s vehicle head-on in the median. Harmon, who was trapped in her vehicle, died at the scene, the sheriff’s department said.
U.S. 30 is under construction, authorities said, and both eastbound and westbound traffic was using the westbound lanes of U.S. 30.
Silver Lake man victim of shooting
A 37-year-old Silver Lake man has been identified as the person fatally shot in Warsaw during an alleged break-in, the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
Toran Lee Savant was shot Tuesday at a home in the 3100 block of Old Colony Road, the sheriff said.
Warsaw police have said the man was shot and killed about 9:40 p.m. The sheriff’s department said its investigation continues.
Baker Street blaze sends 1 to hospital
The Fort Wayne Fire Department is investigating a house fire early Thursday that left one person in serious condition.
As of Thursday afternoon, investigators hadn’t determined the cause of the fire at 408 W. Baker St, fire department spokesman Adam O’Connor said.
The department also had no updates available on the person’s condition.
Firefighters found the person unconscious on the front porch when they arrived at 12:48 a.m., according to a news release. Smoke was coming from the second floor. The first crew to arrive pulled the person from the porch and started medical treatments. Emergency crews took the person to a hospital.
Other crews had the fire on the second floor extinguished by 1 a.m. They found no one else at the home. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-roundup-mishawaka-woman-dies-in-u-s-30-crash/article_c361f59c-f320-11ec-aeed-bb758d82db83.html | 2022-06-24T08:05:06 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-roundup-mishawaka-woman-dies-in-u-s-30-crash/article_c361f59c-f320-11ec-aeed-bb758d82db83.html |
Injured black bear euthanized on Route 495 in Middleboro
MIDDLEBORO — Traffic on Route 495 in Middleboro was halted Thursday morning after an injured black bear was reported in the median of the highway.
At 11:10 a.m., Massachusetts State Police reported that a car struck a black bear on the highway. Staff from the Massachusetts Environmental Police and MassWildlife arrived at the scene and tranquilized the bear, according to MassWildlife's Communications Coordinator Emily Stolarski.
Wildlife experts examined the bear and determined the animal "sustained significant injuries" and could not be relocated away from the highway. The Large Animal Response Team ultimately euthanized the bear.
According to MassWildlife, black bears are becoming more common in Massachusetts.
Last week, a black bear weighing nearly 200 pounds was reported in a Brockton resident's backyard and Brockton city officials advised residents to be on alert for black bears going through their trash.
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"We've lived here for 22 years now and we've never seen a bear around here, ever," said Kyle Boucher, the resident who picked up footage of that bear roaming his yard at 4:30 a.m. on Friday, June 17.
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Joe Hall starts his day like most people: he wakes up and grabs breakfast. Unlike most people, after fueling up, Hall starts pushing a stroller packed with hiking and camping gear down U.S. 40.
Two years ago, Hall was in a motorcycle crash that left him with injuries all over his body and no will to live. Now, he is walking all the way across the United States to raise awareness and money for mental health and suicide prevention.
He started in Delaware on May 15 and reached Springfield on Thursday. He averages about 16 miles a day, which he said is roughly six to seven hours of walking each day. A friend of his makes calls to fire departments and police stations along the route to find places for Hall to set up his tent for the night.
Back when Hall was lying in the hospital, exhausted and in pain, he decided he no longer wanted to live. He had lost his job a few months before and, after crashing into the back of an SUV, his mind swarmed with suicidal thoughts. He credits his exhaustion — and possibly divine intervention — for why he didn’t go through with it. When he got out of the hospital, he knew he needed to set his mind toward a goal.
“I made it a point to try to give myself something to focus on to kind of keep the thoughts I was just having at bay,” said Hall, of Fairborn. “Like if I’m focused on something else, I can keep those thoughts away from me.”
Credit: Bill Lackey
Credit: Bill Lackey
Preparing to run a marathon in under a year was what Hall decided to focus on. In September 2021, Hall was the final person to cross the finish line at the Columbus Marathon. But, one marathon wasn’t enough for Hall because, just over a month later, he ran 52.2 miles in two days in an ultra-marathon in Phoenix.
After the marathons, Hall came across a Mike Posner music video for the song “Live Before I Die.” The singer completed a transcontinental walk in 2019, which was the subject of his music video. Hall was inspired by the video and decided a transcontinental walk was his next project.
He “dove head first” into books about walking across the county and connected on social media with others who had completed the trek to learn all he could before setting out on the walk. Hall also realized that he couldn’t just take this journey for himself; he needed to find a greater motivation.
“One of the things in addition to my depression is I have really big issues with self worth,” said Hall, who on his website calls himself “a 39-year-old overweight warehouse worker.”
“I looked at myself and I’m like ‘Joe Hall is not worth this effort. You’ve got to do this for something bigger than yourself.’ ”
Hall knew he wanted to dedicate the walk to mental health awareness and suicide prevention because of his own battle with depression. But, after speaking with one of his friends whose son, Jaxon, had committed suicide at the age of 16, he also wanted to walk to raise money for Dayton Children Hospital’s behavioral health unit.
Jaxon’s family started the “Run a Mile for Jaxon” fundraiser two years ago, and donations from Hall’s transcontinental walk go directly toward the fundraiser’s $50,000 goal. Hall said he recognized that it was a lofty goal for his journey, but he is beginning to see his impact in other ways.
“I’ve had people reach out to me in an email and say that they’re following along and that they are inspired and they’ve been struggling,” Hall said. “If I don’t help [Jaxon’s family] get to their $50,000, I have to understand that maybe the impact that I was meant to have doing this was for other people, not just the fundraiser.”
Credit: Bill Lackey
Credit: Bill Lackey
The “Hall Across the County” campaign started May 15 on the Delaware coast in Rehoboth Beach, and after a 3,107 mile journey, Hall will end the walk at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
So far, he’s been through some major hills in the Appalachians, plus two heat waves, a toe problem here and a sore hip flexor there.
As more people hear about his trek, people have been meeting him along the way, buying him lunch, and sometimes talking about their own mental health issues.
Having completed about 20% of the walk, he is taking a three-day break in his hometown of Fairborn beginning Friday to rest and recuperate. Hall said the first leg of the trip has been full of kindness from the people he has met along the way. He documents his journey day-by-day on social media, making sure to mention the good encounters he has.
“If I can try to highlight the good that happens to me along the way, you know, maybe it can help give somebody else a little bit of light that they’re not always going to be in the dark,” Hall said.
He said the “Hall Across the County” walk has helped him find his purpose after a long period of darkness.
“I’m proof that you can get through it, and you just have to keep going,” Hall said. “It’s kind of like a walk. You just got to keep going one foot in front of the other, and at some point, you’re going to find that purpose. I really firmly believe that for everybody.”
Follow Joe Hall’s journey at HallAcrosstheCountry.com and on Facebook.
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Average AES Indiana customer could see nearly 19% price hike if rate change goes through
As high temperatures continue, consumers could be hoping for financial relief when they can finally shut off air conditioning and open the windows for a cool breeze.
But AES Indiana customers could see higher prices on their utility bills this fall.
The Central Indiana utility company has requested a fuel adjustment charge (FAC) rate increase from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. This would result in an increase of $24.39 on a utility bill, or 18.9%, for an average residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month.
Based on the FAC rate for July and August and the proposed rate for September to November, AES Indiana said, the difference between the proposed amounts to $0.024386, or just less than 2 cents, per kilowatt hour used.
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This is based on the FAC rate approved for July and August, which is slightly different from the June rate, according to IURC filings.
To find the amount your utility bill would increase by should this be approved, based on the proposed rate change, multiply $0.024386 by the amount of kWh you use per month, which can be viewed on your utility bill. For example, for a customer using 1,000 kWh per month, their bill will increase by $24.39 (rounded up.)
If the IURC approves this increase, it would affect September, October and November before being replaced by a different adjustment factor.
This came to light in a series of documents filed June 17 on behalf of AES Indiana under the Fuel Adjustment Clause, a tariff provision that lets utility companies adjust electricity prices as fuel prices used to supply electricity fluctuate.
This cost increase comes amid concerns about the Midwest's power grid capacity and high power usage this summer. AES Indiana previously told IndyStar that the utility company has projected that it will generate enough power to meet the demand for its Central Indiana service area.
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Prices of natural gas are expected to be 288% higher from September to November 2022 compared to the same time period last year, AES Indiana said in a statement.
In the filing, David Jackson, director for commercial operations for AES Indiana, cited multiple issues affecting increased natural gas prices, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, supply and demand issues and inventory preparations for the upcoming winter.
Additionally, House Bill 1002, which was passed by the Indiana General Assembly in March, eliminates the 1.4% utility receipts tax. This change is effective July 1.
Notably, AES Indiana said this proposed increase does not include the ongoing case regarding the Eagle Valley power outage and the extent to which AES Indiana customers will bear the financial brunt of the outage and the cost of the purchased power that the plant should have produced.
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A statement from local consumer and environmental advocacy group Citizens Action Coalition said that AES Indiana's rate was a result of the utility's delay in switching to more affordable, clean energy solutions.
"This massive bill increase highlights the urgency of transitioning to clean energy solutions like energy efficiency, renewable energy and battery storage, which will save Hoosiers money and reduce bill volatility," Ben Inskeep, program director at CAC, said in a statement.
Customers can submit comments to the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) here: bit.ly/3xEGnDm. In addition, other interested parties may intervene, then the IURC will hold an evidentiary hearing and evaluate evidence submitted in relation to the statute's requirements, according to Stephanie Hodgin, spokesperson for IURC.
The OUCC has until July 22 to complete its review of AES Indiana's FAC case, OUCC spokesperson Anthony Swinger said in a written statement.
"We are certainly concerned about rising costs and customer affordability and will keep that in mind throughout our review," Swinger said.
The IURC will consider both the OUCC's recommendation and AES Indiana's evidence and then issue a final order based on the evidence of the case.
AES Indiana last increased their FAC rate effective May 31, 2022, which increased prices by $6.25, or 5.08% for the average residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month.
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Three newly-announced July meetings to discuss a long-proposed Duke Energy rate increase will take place only a month after southwest Ohio customers saw an 8 percent increase in their electricity prices.
Duke Energy — the primary electric service provider to Butler, Hamilton, Warren, Clermont and Brown counties — submitted the application to increase rates to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio last October.
The proposed rate increase would begin this fall and impact each of Duke Energy’s 730,000 customers in southwest Ohio.
If Duke Energy’s proposal is fully agreed to by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the average residential bill would increase by 3.68 percent.
The public meetings will take place in Middletown’s City Hall (6 p.m. July 18); Liberty Twp.’s Butler Tech Public Safety Complex (6 p.m. July 20) and in Cincinnati’s City Hall (at 12:30 p.m. July 26).
According to PUCO, Duke Energy’s proposal would increase revenue by nearly $55 million in a calendar year, or around 10 percent. PUCO’s staff initially countered with a recommended revenue increase up to 2.72 percent.
“Distribution utilities in both electric and natural gas sectors in Ohio and across the country earn their profits off of their capital investments into their system,” said Matt Schilling, a spokesperson for PUCO.
Ohio’s Distribution utilities are then able to apply for rate increases through PUCO in order to recoup investments and make a profit.
“A utility, by law, is allowed to recover its cost of doing business — plus a reasonable return on their investment,” Schilling said.
The goal of the formal process and its meetings, then, is for all sides to decide what a “reasonable return” on Duke Energy’s investment should be.
Casey Kroger, a Duke Energy spokesperson, said the $55 million would be used to recover money already spent in creating an improved, smarter grid in southwest Ohio.
“Many of Duke Energy Ohio’s investments have focused on the continual buildout of a self-optimizing, smart-thinking grid that automatically isolates issues and reroutes power to reduce the frequency and duration of power outages,” the company said in an October statement.
The hearings will provide an opportunity for customers to express their views to the governor-appointed PUCO commissioners who will eventually issue a final decision through a legally-binding “opinion and order.”
These meetings take place as inflation rates across the globe reach decades-old highs and increase electric generation costs. In particular, energy prices have soared in the time since Duke Energy’s proposal in October.
A statement from Duke Energy said that Ohio customers... “will see an 8% increase in their overall bill starting in June due to increased energy prices.”
Each spring, Ohio’s electric distributors take part in an auction that sets the yearly cost of electric generation from independent electric generators. This year, due to varying market factors, each Ohio electric provider is having to pay more for the power that the companies are then distributing to electric customers, according to Schilling.
Electric providers cannot make a profit off of this particular exchange, Schilling said.
The increase in electric generation cost is what’s behind the 8 percent increase starting this month, and is an entirely separate rate increase from Duke Energy’s October proposal. Kroger said the cost of generating electricity makes up about half of each customer’s bill.
The most recent Consumer Price Index data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics show an 8.6 percent inflation rate over the past year. During that time frame, electricity costs have risen 12 percent; the largest increase since 2006.
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What to know if headed to the Delaware beaches as Running of the Bull returns this weekend
The beast will be unleashed in Dewey Beach this weekend...the big cartoon mascot of a bull, that is.
As the wacky tradition of Running of the Bull returns in full force, communities all along the Delaware beaches are preparing to welcome more families who are cashing in on vacation plans.
If you're heading to the Delaware beaches this weekend, you might be wondering what you should know.
We've got you covered.
For anyone looking to visit the beaches during the weekend of June 24, this guide will help answer questions ranging from event details to parking and the latest weather reports.
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Events happening this weekend
While there are always fun things happening at the Delaware beaches in the summer, here are a few of the major events, including beloved traditions and history-making celebrations.
Running of the Bull
This only-in-Dewey tradition is back again for 2022.
All are invited on Saturday to dress up in Pamplona-themed attire and run through the streets of Dewey Beach with a bull – yup, that's two guys in a bull costume – on their tail.
The festivities begin with the children's version of the event at 10:30 a.m. between the Dagsworthy and New Orleans street beaches.
Crowds will gather at the Starboard for more quirky fun all day. The adults' turn to run with the bull starts around 2 p.m. Other activities typically include live music and a comical "bull fight."
Curious about what else the Running of the Bull entails? Get to Dewey Beach, grab an orange crush and brace yourself for a wild ride.
Juneteenth Celebration in Lewes
Visitors have a chance to be part of something special this weekend as Lewes hosts its first ever Juneteenth celebration on Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. at George H.P. Smith Park.
This free event will have vendors, food trucks, live music, African and Native American dancers, Miss Juneteenth and more.
The Historic Lewes Farmers Market, which is every Saturday morning at the park, will still be happening as vendors join in on the Juneteenth festivities.
The Lewes African American Heritage Commission, the city and farmers market all came together to organize this inaugural celebration.
For more visit, the event on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1cCTSihx7.
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Kids Catch-all Fishing Tournament
Looking to spend some time by the water with the family? This kids fishing tournament at Indian River Marina will be taking place on Saturday and Sunday.
Raising money for the Lyme Disease Association of Delmarva, this tournament is packed with fun activities even beyond fishing, such as an all-you-can-eat dinner for the whole family each night, free event T-shirts, door prizes and more.
The tournament is open to kids ages 3 to 18, according to the event's website. All participants must register before the event either online or in-person at the marina.
Registration is open on Friday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. For more, visit www.kidscatchall.com.
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Weather for the weekend of June 24
If you're a Delaware beaches fan, then you probably know this already: The weather can certainly be unpredictable and quickly-changing here. So here's a reminder to always check your weather channels or apps before settling in on the sand.
That being said, the National Weather Service is predicting clear and sunny weather so far for this weekend in the Rehoboth Beach area.
Friday is looking to be a beautiful beach day with a high of 74 and mostly sunny skies throughout the day. You may want to bring a light jacket or long-sleeved shirt, though, as the winds pick up a little in the afternoon. The evening should also be clear with a low near 64.
If taking part in any of the beach festivities on Saturday, the sun is expected to be shining brightly with a high near 79, according to the weather service. The evening brings lows around 66.
Then, Sunday's weather should be just about identical to Saturday with a high near 79 during the day, sunny skies and a low around 69 at night.
What to expect at restaurants, beach businesses
Delaware’s beach towns are preparing for a summer that’s as busy – if not busier – than last year.
That means it’s once again time for this reminder: Have patience, folks.
Many restaurants, bars, and others in the service industry are still facing staffing shortages. While some businesses are getting more help from international students than in the past two years when COVID-19 restrictions limited that workforce, several other factors are impacting the seasonal labor shortage this year – especially a lack of affordable housing.
Remember last year when some businesses were limiting hours or services? Visitors could see that again this summer, according to Carol Everhart, president of the Rehoboth-Dewey Chamber of Commerce.
Hiring signs are still hanging in many business windows and some are forced to have limited hours due to staffing.
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It may be wise to make early reservations, follow your favorite spots on social media or call ahead to stay updated on any changes.
As far as outdoor dining, many beach towns found ways to continue that in the 2022 season. However, Rehoboth Beach no longer allowed parking spaces to be blocked off for dining on public sidewalks.
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Public health guidelines, COVID cases
An unfortunate reality: COVID-19 is still present for summer vacations at the Delaware beaches. But the good news is cases and hospitalizations have been decreasing since late May, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health.
The Delaware Division of Public Health reported that an average of 13.1% of tests were coming back positive as of June 22.
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Even with these downward trends, though, DPH reminds people to stay vigilant – especially when traveling for crowded events or visiting the beaches.
This is the latest advice from DPH:
- Stay home if sick and get tested if you have symptoms or were exposed to someone with COVID-19.
- There are no mask mandates, but DPH advises masking up in indoor places or if you are at higher risk for illness.
- Get vaccinated and boosted when you’re eligible.
- Stay informed and turn to reliable sources for data, information, and treatment options like de.gov/coronavirus.
Want to know where to receive booster shots? Visit coronavirus.delaware.gov/vaccine/where-can-i-get-my-vaccine/#publichealth.
Parking and transportation
All resort towns from Lewes to Fenwick Island have their seasonal parking rules in place.
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Both Rehoboth and Lewes increased some parking rates this year. It is now a universal $3 per hour rate in Rehoboth, and Lewes is charging $1.50 downtown and $2.50 at the beaches.
Lewes has several free non-metered parking lots listed on its website, as well as metered lots and spaces on side streets.
When visiting Delaware State Parks like Cape Henlopen, parking is included in the entrance fee.
In Dewey Beach, parking is free in all permit-only and metered spaces Monday through Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. only. All other days and times, you must pay to park on public streets.
(These free parking times coincide with family-friendly movie nights and bonfires in Dewey, events that continue throughout the summer).
Fenwick Island and South Bethany mostly require permits to park, but Fenwick offers free parking on its side streets after 4 p.m.
In Bethany Beach, all spaces are either metered or require a permit through Sept. 15.
Many of these towns and cities offer payment through the ParkMobile app.
For more about parking (or State Park fees), visit each beach town's website:
If planning to visit one of the State Parks, it's wise to check the parks' Facebook pages where staff will post whether the park is closed due to full parking.
Consider taking the Beach Bus
Want to forget about parking or paying for gas? Take a bus to the beach. Parking is free at the park and rides in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach.
The Beach Bus has already started its routes and will continue seven days a week until Sept. 11. The stops include Rehoboth Beach and the Boardwalk, Lewes, Long Neck, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach, South Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island, Ocean City in Maryland, Millsboro and Georgetown.
The cost to ride the bus is $2 per trip, $4 for a daily pass, $16 for a seven-day pass or $60 for a 30-day pass.
Traveling from northern Delaware or Kent County? The 305 Beach Connection from Wilmington to Rehoboth Beach started last weekend. It runs Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Sept. 5.
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Riders taking this bus will pay $6 for one-way trips from Wilmington, Christiana Mall and Odessa and $4 from Dover and South Frederica. A daily pass is $10 from New Castle County and $8 from Kent County.
If traveling around Bethany Beach, the town also offers a trolley with a single route that runs from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and costs 25 cents per trip.
In Lewes, the new seasonal transit option Lewes Line cost $1 per ride. Stops include the two municipal beaches, downtown locations, the library and more. To learn more, visit: https://www.ci.lewes.de.us/363/Lewes-Line.
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The Coos Forest Protective Association announced Tuesday that fire season will officially begin at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 24. The start of fire season activates restrictions for both public and industrial forest use on all public, private, county, state, and Bureau of Land Management lands within CFPA’s District boundaries.
The start of fire season means the end of unregulated, outside burning for rural Coos, Curry and western Douglas counties. The outside burning of debris piles and the use of burn barrels will be prohibited until fire season is terminated.
Residents living within an incorporated city need to contact their local fire department for burning restrictions and permit details.
Under Oregon law, the use of tracer ammunition and exploding targets is prohibited during fire season, and the use of sky lanterns is prohibited year round.
Regulated use restrictions will also be implemented, putting restrictions on public activities based on daily fire danger levels for specific activities.
Industrial fire regulations will also go into effect. Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) 1 prohibits smoking while working on or traveling through an industrial operation. Specified fire tools and suppression equipment must be maintained on all operations. A fire watch is also required on all industrial operation sites. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/fire-season-begins-june-24/article_a49112ae-f273-11ec-947a-afa04b5f2ab1.html | 2022-06-24T10:05:38 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/fire-season-begins-june-24/article_a49112ae-f273-11ec-947a-afa04b5f2ab1.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — GreenPal, an app its creators call "Uber for lawn care," officially launched in Indianapolis earlier this month. So far, it's used in 250 cities and 1 million households across the country.
"Homeowners are looking for lawn care will go on our website or download the free app, enter in the address of the property that they want service and also the day that they want it done," said GreenPal co-founder Gene Caballero. "What that does is that alerts all the pre-screened vendors in the area that there's a new lineup for bid. Those vendors bid on the property, and all those bids go over to the homeowners for review."
GreenPal says there's already 65 to 70 local lawn care companies on the app ready to bid on people's yards. The app is free for homeowners and vendors to sign up.
"A lot of is just convenience," Caballero said. "If you're a homeowner trying to find lawn care in the midst of the spring in the summer and you call 10 vendors, you're probably going to get 10 voicemails. What GreenPal does great is they connect homeowners with landscaping professionals that can do it on the day that they want it."
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OWENSBURG, Ind. — Sam Mitchell is a young podcast host who takes pride in being a voice for those on the autism spectrum. He's a southern Indiana native, but even he's surprised just how far his message is being spread.
Sam started a nonprofit about a year ago called Autism Rocks and Rolls Corporation, which aims to advocate and encourage others who, like Sam, are on the autism spectrum. It all started with the 19-year-old's passion for podcasts.
According to Sam, a media class he took in junior-high school sparked his interest in recording — but little did he know, he'd found his calling.
"I got to share stories, that had never been heard or that I didn't want to share due to people not understanding," Sam said.
He started sharing his own experiences as a young adult on the autism spectrum, and that hobby snowballed, with his podcasts being widely shared on Facebook, which took off from there.
"The mission of Autism Rocks and Rolls is to take away the stigma of autism and other conditions that many think are disabilities," Sam said.
Sam has had some noteworthy interviews on his podcast, naming former WWE Wrestler Nick Foley and scientist Temple Grandin as some of his favorite guests to date.
It was Sam's quick success behind the mic that challenged him to do more, eventually founding his own nonprofit that's run with his mom, Gina Mitchell, by his side.
"People are really surprised by an almost 20-year-old running a company," Gina said.
Sam hasn't been in the nonprofit business long, but he's already giving back.
On Wednesday, Sam helped present a $1,000 check to HANDS in Autism at Riley Hospital for Children. The donation was made possible after a recent Autism Rocks and Rolls gala.
"People on the spectrum are not broken and do not need to be fixed. Those who have these conditions should not be pitied," Sam said while hosting a guest on his podcast. "There's nothing to be sorry about."
It may come as no surprise that Sam is also a motivational speaker.
"He was invited to speak in Poland a few days ago, and we are still freaking out about that," Gina said.
Despite his international success, Sam said he's taking it all in stride.
"We'll just see where it goes," Sam said. "I always joke and say, 'Ask me again in five years and we'll talk again' because I am taking this one day at a time."
Autism Rocks and Rolls is available on a handful of platforms, including Apple and Spotify.
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The Northfield Community School baseball team made its first season memorable.
The Thunderbirds defeated Upper Township 6-5 on June 2 to win the Cape League Junior High League title. The victory capped an 8-0 season for Northfield.
Coached by Steve Vain and Jeff Yard, the Thunderbirds competed against teams from Egg Harbor Township, Ocean City, Galloway Township and Upper.
“This was a lot of fun for our kids and for our school to win it all in our first year,” Vain said in a release.
The Northfield Board of Education approved funding last year to offer baseball as one of the school-sponsored teams.
EHT was the 2021 champion. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/first-year-northfield-community-school-thunderbirds-go-undefeated/article_2bd53654-f22f-11ec-bfc0-2b9ef54aeb65.html | 2022-06-24T10:26:54 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/first-year-northfield-community-school-thunderbirds-go-undefeated/article_2bd53654-f22f-11ec-bfc0-2b9ef54aeb65.html |
Something good is happening at the Fort Worth Public Library to help people improve their chances of getting not just a job, but a job that they want. The program is also for those who aren’t looking to get into the workforce, but just want to improve their computer skills.
The library is offering what they call Computer Skills Classes and Tools through the program.
It’s funded by a grant from the United States Institute for Museum and Library Services through the Texas State Library Association.
Those interested can call for more information: 817-392-7727 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/free-computer-skills-classes-at-fort-worth-public-library/2999478/ | 2022-06-24T10:39:02 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/free-computer-skills-classes-at-fort-worth-public-library/2999478/ |
100 years ago
June 24, 1922: A proposal for a swimming pool in O'Neil Park was made by Commissioner John Welch. Children in the area need a swimming place, he said, as the water in Sugar Creek where they have been bathing is polluted by the city sewers. The water could be derived from the fountain, he said, and the pool could be open to children without charge.
75 years ago
June 24, 1947: Pontiac farmer Vernon Shoop has taken up toy-making as a hobby since his discharge from the army. Trucks, wagons, doll furniture and toy farm implements have been turned out in Shoop's workshop; he has solved some of the shortage problems by using old dynamite case for lumber and making some of the tools himself.
50 years ago
June 24, 1972: Ethel Nolder walked out of Illinois State Penitentiary at Pontiac after his sentence was commuted by Gov. Richard Ogilvie. Nolder had violated his parole, related to a Bloomington larceny conviction, and lived under a different name for 38 years, before turning himself in at the Pontiac prison on June 13, 1972.
25 years ago
June 24, 1997: More than 1,500 students are taking part in the Bands of America Summer Band Symposium at Illinois State University. Students and instructors spend their days honing their skills hoping to make themselves and their school bands better. "This is like a giant shot of adrenaline in the arm for me," said Brian Lackey, a band director from Bedford, Indiana.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-new-bloomington-swimming-pool-proposed/article_148fb3d2-f2ea-11ec-a56a-b3bc383b6f4f.html | 2022-06-24T11:02:33 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-new-bloomington-swimming-pool-proposed/article_148fb3d2-f2ea-11ec-a56a-b3bc383b6f4f.html |
‘Ethan’s final gift to his friends’: Skatepark honors former Indy skater, skating
Among the ramps, banks, ledges and bars at Willard Park Skatepark, one obstacle stands out: Ethan's book banks.
The obstacle features two ramps pushed together to look like an open book and projects a heart-shaped shadow as the sun is setting. Its copper color stands in contrast to the light gray of the rest of the park. It’s a one-size-fits-all type of ride, offering opportunities for complicated and simple tricks.
It's exactly what Ethan Williams would have wanted.
A natural fit
Williams died in a shooting in October 2020 in New York City. He had been on a skating trip, visiting some of the parks featured in Tony Hawk’s video games.
Investigators believe he was shot in a case of mistaken identity. No arrests have been announced in connection to the shooting.
At his funeral, Ethan’s dad Jason Williams, 48, was approached by several kids and young adults in the Indy skating community. They asked if he wanted to help an ongoing project to get a skatepark. They wanted to dedicate it to his son.
Jason Williams also was contacted that day by the skate world's biggest celebrity: Tony Hawk.
“Hi Jason, it’s Tony Hawk. I am deeply saddened to hear what happened to Ethan,” Hawk said in a text message, which pinged on the dad's phone as he walked up to speak at his son’s funeral. “Please let me know how I can be of service in any capacity.”
The idea of dedicating a skatepark on Indy's east side to Ethan Williams seemed like a natural fit.
A skater and scholar
Ethan Williams was a facet in the Indianapolis skating community. He was often found at different skating spots, including Arsenal Park, Major Taylor Skatepark and other skateable parts of the city.
Outside of skateboarding, he had his own clothing brand, went on multiple mission trips to Rwanda and was a charter member of the Indianapolis Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council, where he advocated for the creation of more community spaces, such as skateparks.
Ethan Williams also loved books. He was known to many as the book guy, who would sit under trees to read between skating sessions or even pack books into the large pockets of his thrifted pants to bring to other people. Some of the books he gave his friend Joey Hansen, 26, were "Animal Farm" and "The Ragamuffin Gospel."
Reading was more than a leisure activity for Ethan Williams, it was a way to learn about other communities, said his mom Susan Williams, 48.
“He had a knack for letting people know that their stories were important,” she said. “Hence his love of books, because they helped him understand people.”
That's why the park's design included Ethan’s book banks.
When they poured concrete for this portion of the park, his parents buried his skating tool and the book “Boomtown” by Nowen N. Particular, which Ethan shared with everyone when he was in third grade.
Bringing life back to the project
Indy Parks and Recreation took on the skatepark project six years ago but it was held up due to obstacles with grant funding and the time it took to gather community input.
Tim Devlin of Indy Skatepark Advocates was part of the process since its inception. However, in 2020, Devlin was tired after about four years of hard work. The project was losing traction.
Following Ethan Williams' death later that year, preserving his memory became a new reason to persist.
“I think it brought life back to the project,” Devlin said. “I think it needed that push.”
After his son's funeral, Jason Williams joined the project and took up Hawk's offer. He connected with the skating legend and Mayor Joe Hogsett, who both expressed support for the skatepark and later appeared in a video released by the project.
The video also featured a clip of 6-year-old Ethan Williams getting the Playstation game "Tony Hawk's Underground" and skateboard action figures for Christmas.
The Williams family and Indy Skatepark Advocates raised awareness throughout Indianapolis and the skating community nationwide. Devlin altered the park's design so it would be easier to construct. Then, when construction broke ground in February, Jason Williams and other community members occasionally dropped pizza by the construction site.
Skateparks and community
Willard Skatepark — known to local skaters as "EBOB's Park" — is the first built in Indianapolis in about 20 years. It’s also among the first proper skateparks constructed in the center of the city, Devlin said.
Building skateparks such as this one on at 1901 E Washington St. adds value to the community by giving kids and adults a public space to try out a new activity and learn the importance of working hard, Devlin said. It’s also a great place for mentorship and building friendships, even with people from other cities.
“A skatepark to me represents what it takes to work hard and learn how to do something and see yourself progressing,” Devlin said. “I have been skating for 27 years and I still progress in some way every time I go skating.”
Jason Williams said the park is a great start, but he wants to see more accessible parks throughout the city. This way, not only will dads like him feel better about allowing their kids to skate, but more kids will have access to skating.
“What I would love to see happen is that this becomes a catalyst,” he said.
On June 5, the skatepark opened to the public. It would have been Ethan Williams’ 22nd birthday.
It was Ethan's celebration but, according to Jason Williams, this park is “Ethan’s final gift to his friends.”
Contact IndyStar reporter Madison Smalstig at MSmalstig@gannett.com or 765-7172758. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/ethan-williams-indianapolis-skater-willard-park-skatepark-skating-more-accessible-indy/7569505001/ | 2022-06-24T11:05:29 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/ethan-williams-indianapolis-skater-willard-park-skatepark-skating-more-accessible-indy/7569505001/ |
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An off-duty Philadelphia police officer who had just gotten off work died in a car crash just blocks from his home in Northeast Philadelphia overnight.
The two-car crash at Bustleton Avenue and Rennard Street in the Somerton section of the city happened just before midnight Thursday heading into Friday.
The officer, who has yet to be named, was pulled out of his Hyundai Sedan and rushed to a nearby hospital where he died upon arrival, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
"The 50-year-old who was driving the Hyundai, who died as a result of this accident, is a police officer, an active duty police officer, who had just got done working the night shift," Small said.
The 18-year-old driver of the other car, a BMW sedan, and the driver's 16- and 17-year-old passengers refused treatment and weren't injured, Small said.
The off-duty officer who died in the crash was a 27-year veteran of the force. "This is a real tragedy, he was driving home from work and he was just a few blocks from his home when this accident occurred," Small said.
An initial investigation found that the teen was driving the BMW south on Bustleton Avenue when he struck the passenger side of the Hyundai as the off-duty officer went westbound on Rennard, Small said.
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After striking the Hyundai, the teen's BMW struck a tree, Small said. The sedan had front-end damage.
Investigators "believe that speed was a factor," Small said.
A witness told investigators that the BMW was speeding down Bustleton Avenue at the time of the crash, Small said.
Small said the teenage driver didn't appear to be impaired and that neither alcohol nor drugs played a role in the wreck, Small said.
No charges were filed as of Friday morning as the accident investigation team continued to look into the wreck. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/off-duty-officer-killed-northeast-philly-crash/3280346/ | 2022-06-24T11:08:26 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/off-duty-officer-killed-northeast-philly-crash/3280346/ |
Alliance Salvation Army leaders moving on after efforts in pandemic
ALLIANCE – After three years, the Alliance Salvation Army will have a changing of the guard this month.
Capts. Shane and Dorothy Budd have received a new appointment in Warren, Pennsylvania. A farewell service will be held 11 a.m. Sunday at 57 W. Main St. with a reception to follow.
Maj. Tara Harrison, finishing a mission in Wadsworth, will replace the Budds beginning June 29.
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The Budds, who have been married 20 years, said they will miss Alliance.
Shane Budd said they hope they leave a legacy filled with an appreciation for the "love of God and the love of people."
Serving through a pandemic
The Budds, graduates of Washington High School in Massillon, returned to Stark County in June 2019 to serve the Alliance area after serving three years in Syracuse, New York.
They have three children.
The couple was just beginning their service when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the United States and shut down the nation.
"We were starting to build it up and get people coming to church ... and then," Shane Budd said.
But the couple never wavered. They adjusted.
Budds provided online ministry work, and handed out 'to-go' meals from their soup kitchen. They started a drive-through system for people to pick up groceries and toiletries.
"Shane and I were here every day working the drive through," Dorothy Budd said.
She said their only motivation was to help any family or individual that needed assistance, with no judgment.
"We didn't care if before COVID you were making money but now you were hungry or without a job. We wanted to be able to help," Dorothy Budd said.
Only recently have most pre-COVID services been restored at the Alliance chapter. For example, the kitchen reopened for indoor hot meals in early May and church services have drawn audiences.
"Even though we live in this age of technology, we long to have this fellowship, though, we may have moments where we're a little bit nervous because of a cough or sneeze," Dorothy Budd said.
Added Shane Budd: "To see each other and chat, there's a wholeness to it, and I think that's a part of how the Gospel message is. There's just a wholeness to being together."
'A great opportunity.'
The Budds know Maj. Tara Harrison, and anticipate a smooth transition that will help the Alliance chapter thrive.
Harrison has 17 years of experience with The Salvation Army.
"This is a great opportunity for me to be able to get to know the community of Alliance," she said. "I don't foresee changing anything but I don't really know what happens there."
Dorothy Budd said the Alliance chapter serves about 25,000 hot meals annually and provides social services for between 400 and 500 people a month.
"So I'm really excited to be able to get there and be helpful," Harrison said. "I try to be a leader who works alongside people and try to do my best to show Christ to people I come in contact with."
Reach Benjamin Duer at 330-580-8567 or ben.duer@cantonrep.com On Twitter: @bduerREP. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/24/alliance-salvation-army-budd-leave-new-appointment-ohio/7638180001/ | 2022-06-24T11:33:06 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/24/alliance-salvation-army-budd-leave-new-appointment-ohio/7638180001/ |
HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Update: The girl has been reunited with her family, according to the sheriff's office.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office is looking for help in identifying a young girl who was found wandering in the road just before midnight.
On Facebook, the sheriff's office said she was found in the area of Poplar Springs Road and Guiness Way and appears to be about 12-years-old.
Because she is nonverbal, the sheriff's office said she is unable to tell investigators where she lives.
Anyone who recognizes her is asked to call 911 right away. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/nonverbal-girl-hall-county/85-f0147a8a-50d5-47c6-9bef-8da415c5443d | 2022-06-24T11:41:24 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/nonverbal-girl-hall-county/85-f0147a8a-50d5-47c6-9bef-8da415c5443d |
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At the pump:Florida gas prices rise by 18 cents; $5 a gallon 'a very real possibility' this summer | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/listen-gainesville-news-and-sports-week-june-19-24/7718804001/ | 2022-06-24T11:43:36 | 0 | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/listen-gainesville-news-and-sports-week-june-19-24/7718804001/ |
Video shows a drive-through simulation of the proposed diverging diamond Stadium Interchange
New videos provided by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation shows a simulated drive-through of the proposed diverging diamond Stadium Interchange.
The DOT showed the videos at public meetings last week, and is still seeking feedback from the public.
The I-94 East-West Corridor Project is scheduled to begin construction in 2025. The stretch of highway from the Zoo to Marquette interchanges will be rebuilt after nearly 60 years.
Although the DOT has yet to make a final decision, it has at least two options on the table for the Stadium Interchange that it is considering: The diverging diamond interchange and the bigger "hybrid" model.
The diverging diamond interchange would be new to the Milwaukee area but not new to the U.S. The diverging diamond describes the traffic pattern that drivers would take while driving through the interchange. A portion of the interchange, Highway 175 running north and south, would also be at street-level, which many people have called for and the Brewers supported in recent days.
The hybrid model, which was released in 2021, proposes a much bigger Stadium Interchange, where ramps would be at least 25 feet taller than current ramps.
The DOT estimates that a diverging diamond design could save the state $70 million-$90 million. Although, DOT spokesperson Michael Pyritz told a Journal Sentinel reporter that the estimate could change, and it could be more or less.
If you'd like to provide feedback on the DOT's proposals please visit the DOT's online comment form.
Renewed effort to 'Fix at Six'
A day prior to last week's public meetings, a group of advocates that includes State Rep. Daniel Riemer (whose district is part of the rebuild) called on the DOT to not expand the existing footprint of the corridor of I-94 set to be rebuilt.
The group is pushing the "Fix at Six" plan, which would keep the footprint the same by remaining at six lanes. The DOT told elected officials earlier this month that it is considering both 6-lane and 8-lane designs.
The DOT has acknowledged that the larger design would call for some home and commercial displacement, something that Riemer considers unacceptable.
"They’ve designed the project in a way that would tear down homes and businesses, that’s a bad idea. They’ve designed a project in the way that it’s more expensive than it needs to be. That’s a bad idea," Riemer said.
"They could use the money they save by building it with a smaller impact inside what's called the existing footprint. And use that surplus to fix potholes, repair local streets, fix up bridges all around the state of Wisconsin, build bike lanes, fund buses and transit. There's a lot of smart ways to invest in infrastructure. This is the opposite of that."
At the local level, Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Peter Burgelis, whose district encompasses part of I-94, has said he also supports the "Fix at Six" plan.
"What we don’t need is to overbuild and have a concrete jungle that doesn’t have the traffic to support it. ... The county board has already made a preference to fix at six," Burgelis said.
Last year, 16 of 17 County Board Supervisors voted against expansion, however, County Executive David Crowley vetoed the legislation.
The Milwaukee Common Council also opposed expansion and requested the DOT to conduct an environment impact analysis, which they are in the process of.
Contact Drake Bentley at (414) 391-5647 or DBentley1@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DrakeBentleyMJS. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/24/watch-simulated-drive-through-proposed-stadium-interchange/7715580001/ | 2022-06-24T11:50:22 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/24/watch-simulated-drive-through-proposed-stadium-interchange/7715580001/ |
MACON, Ga. — Only about 1 in 9 people working for construction companies are women, and most of them work in office roles. That's according to the construction site Level Set, but one Macon woman wants to change that with "Camp MAGIC."
Renee Conner owns her own construction business, Precision Tapping Inc., but she realized that's kind of rare in her industry.
"Women are not offered this anywhere else," Conner said.
She started MAGIC 15 years ago. MAGIC stands for "Mentoring a Girl in Construction." It's a weeklong program aimed at introducing construction to young women.
"They do not get the opportunities that guys get in tech schools with shop," Conner said.
Zyla Williams says the camp opened her eyes to the world of construction.
"It's pretty exciting because if I do decide to join the field, it would be pretty rare for someone like me to actually do it," Williams said.
Now, Conner is getting some help realizing her vision.
MAGIC teamed up with Central Georgia Technical College and Bibb County Schools to introduce the camp to students. Each day, the girls get to learn something different from safety to electrical, to welding, to construction.
"Construction is my favorite because during that day, we got to build birdhouses, which is my first time building something, and I could use screws and hammers," Williams said.
Lynette Smith works as a volunteer for MAGIC. She's retired now, but worked as a heavy equipment operator for more than 20 years.
"It teaches young women that there are more opportunities available out there than just the traditional women roles," Smith said.
Conner says she'd like to see the number of women in the construction industry grow. Her camp is working on that, and Camp MAGIC has helped hundreds of young women get jobs in the field already.
"We have students that have graduated from Kennesaw State with electrical engineer degrees. We have welders in the field already," Conner said.
Renee Conner says each summer, they do the camp in four different counties in the state of Georgia -- Gwinnett, Bibb, Bartow, and Burke. Next year, they plan to expand to Florida. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/women-are-not-offered-this-anywhere-else-woman-starts-macon-construction-camp-for-girls-2/93-64031267-393d-4ec1-86e8-4c595d54393a | 2022-06-24T11:52:59 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/women-are-not-offered-this-anywhere-else-woman-starts-macon-construction-camp-for-girls-2/93-64031267-393d-4ec1-86e8-4c595d54393a |
A free, family-friendly event is coming to Dallas on Saturday, June 25.
It’s called Turn UP at the Dallas Public Library event with the Dallas City of Learning. It’s a day of free summer learning activities the entire family will enjoy. Kids will be able to explore arts and crafts, dance, STEM, music and more.
It will also be a place where families can get household products like diapers and detergent, according to Big Thought’s Facebook page.
Big Thought is an impact education nonprofit that closes the opportunity gap by equipping all youth in marginalized communities with the skills and tools they need to imagine and create their best lives and a better world.
It was made possible through an initiative with Avondale Group and Hispanic Star Dallas. The donated items from P&G will be distributed to families at the event Saturday.
This weekend's event is from 11a-3p at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library located at 1515 Young Street in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas, directly across from Dallas City Hall. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/free-event-in-dallas-provides-family-fun-household-goods/2999469/ | 2022-06-24T11:57:20 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/free-event-in-dallas-provides-family-fun-household-goods/2999469/ |
Tamela and David Mann are known the world over as gospel music icons and co-stars of many Tyler Perry plays, movies and television shows.
While the world knows their names, their roots are in North Texas.
“I’m from here. Grew up in Fort Worth” Tamela Mann said. “I’m a true Texan. I don’t want to live anywhere else, but Texas. I’ve been singing since I was 8 – started in church.”
That 8-year-old has come a long way, with her Grammy to her name, 9 #1 Billboard Gospel Airplay hit songs and countless fans.
David Mann was born in East Texas but grew up in Fort Worth’s Stop Six neighborhood. Music was always on his mind as well.
They are gospel music’s power couple and household names for families across the country.
“It all started with Black music. Both of us are deeply rooted in the church and that branched off into starting a professional career in music,” David said. “Which because of the professional career in music – lead to the television, the movies and all of that stuff. It was our deep love for music that started this.”
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They can still be found in their old neighborhood on weekends when they are not on the road or shooting films and television.
“To me, it gives inspiration for kids to say – ‘if I did it, you can do it too.’ And that’s the goal that you want to reach to inspire them,” Tamela said. “Just because you live in this box doesn’t mean you have to stay in this box.”
“We’re not running from where we came from. I know some people come from there and they run from that,” David said. “Those are our people.”
Music is in the air in Fort Worth. Along with the Manns, Kirk Franklin and Leon Bridges are from Fort Worth.
“This place is just rooted in music. You look at the people that come through,” David said. “There is just so much talent in this area.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gospel-musics-power-couple-tamela-david-mann-never-forget-their-north-texas-roots/2999473/ | 2022-06-24T11:57:27 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gospel-musics-power-couple-tamela-david-mann-never-forget-their-north-texas-roots/2999473/ |
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The latest news from around North Texas. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/one-of-a-kind-summer-camp-for-special-needs-children-comes-to-dallas/2999501/ | 2022-06-24T11:57:33 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/one-of-a-kind-summer-camp-for-special-needs-children-comes-to-dallas/2999501/ |
A brand new, one-of-a-kind summer camp for special needs children is coming to Dallas next month.
The Potter’s House Church is teaming up with nonprofit Ability Connection, a Dallas-based nonprofit specializing in care for all types of intellectual and developmental disabilities. The two groups, which are collaborating for the first time ever, will launch The C.O.R.E. Dimensions Skills Camp.
C.O.R.E. stands for Communication, Organization, Responsibility, Empathy.
The program reinforces concepts familiar to what students are exposed to in the classroom during the school year. It also aims to provide support in all areas of communication (verbal and non-verbal), socialization, and general life skills.
“School subjects and classroom experiences are vital, but it’s also crucial to expose children with intellectual disabilities to experiences that promote independent living as the student matures into adulthood,” Jim Hanophy, Ability Connection CEO, said. “With C.O.R.E., students will focus on Learning Labs involving a variety of critical skills that promote independence, including time management, meal prep and the importance of creating a routine to enforce responsibility.”
The partnership came about when Ability Connection learned of The Potter’s House program, also serving the special needs community, called Capable Minds, Hearts & Hands: The Potter’s House IDD Outreach.
It’s open to children ages 10 to 17 and lasts for just one day, catering to the specific needs of families, especially during the so-called “summer slide.”
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"These are families that sometimes would be reluctant to send a kid to a camp for four weeks or five weeks. So we felt like this was just a great little tune-up for the summer and to really kind of focus on the skills," said Hanophy. "There is evidence that during the summer, especially kids in special education, the skill set tends to regress during the summer."
Teachers say their program focuses on fun learning labs that promote independence like time management, meal prep and creating their own routines. When each Learning Lab concludes, camp attendees are guided through the process of self-reflection, and assistance in developing a plan to react to their environments and develop lifelong problem-solving skills.
"This is not your average camp. Because it's a one-day pop-up, we are having to make sure that we're very purposeful and making this fun even though it's academic and life skills-based,” said Meghan Payes, program director for the C.O.R.E. Camp. “These activities are going to be fun and these kids are going to come out, gaining more knowledge but also having a time of their life."
Registration is now open for several dates in July:
- Friday, July 8, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Cochran Chapel UMC
- Friday, July 15, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Highland Park United Methodist Church
- Saturday, July 23, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at The Potter’s House Church Dallas TBC
- Friday, July 29, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Senter Recreation Center in Irving
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How can Greenville be better for Black people -- and everyone? REEM commission has ideas
Rev. Stacey Mills has reached for three things as he's gone to walk his dog, the leash, doggie bags and his driver's license — just in case he needs to justify why he, a Black man, is walking around his predominantly white neighborhood near downtown.
'It was being dialed in to what other men were experiencing in other parts of our country that suggested to me that I needed to take care and be cautious," Mills said.
Now, he intends for his work with the Greenville Racial Equity and Economic Mobility commission to change that.
Co-chaired by TD Bank South Carolina market president David Lominack and Ogletree Deakins attorney Merl Code, REEM's goal is to bring together local leaders from various backgrounds to address racial inequities, social justice and disparities in key areas that negatively impact the Black community in Greenville County.
"There has not been somebody hired to get up every day to do this work, and I'm certainly not riding in on a stallion to say, 'We're going to solve it all,'" Mills said. "But we are making the right steps in the right direction to make a difference."
REEM commission in Greenville addresses criminal justice, education
The United Way of Greenville County, the Urban League of the Upstate and the Greenville Chamber launched REEM in 2020. The organizations came together to address "race-based gaps" locally, spurred by the national conversation on race relations that was amplified by the pandemic, according to the United Way.
Using more than 500 collective hours of research and data analysis, the commission released recommendations on June 22 for five focus areas:
- Income and wealth
- Criminal justice
- Health and wellness
- Education and workforce development
- Community-wide learning
Among those recommendations was the goal to "cultivate a safe and welcoming community that promotes conversation and curiosity around the issue of racial equity" through hosting community learning events, sending leaders through the Racial Equity Institute’s training and ensuring events in Greenville County include "promotion and inclusion of Black culture."
Other recommendations included:
- creating a criminal justice coordinating council to "increase public trust and mitigate the disparate impact of the criminal justice system on the Black community."
- increasing access to perinatal services.
- increasing access to mental health services for adults and children.
All of REEM's recommendations can be found at reemgvl.org.
Lominack said it was "eye-opening" to see data that outlined disparities and hear how others in Greenville have experienced racial inequalities.
"I grew up in Greenville, but I didn't grow up with some of the some of the life experiences and life challenges that others in our community have faced," Lominack said. "When you really start letting the data drive your decisions and your thought process, it really takes it to another level."
Black households lag white Greenville counterparts in income, data shows
The data from United Way of Greenville County's Racial Equity Index might seem staggering.
► Per-capita income for white residents in the city of Greenville is almost three times higher than Black residents.
► Per-capita income for Black county residents is just 67% that of whites — a larger gap than in the state overall.
► Female, Black and Hispanic residents have higher poverty rates than male and white residents. About 22.5% of Black children and 30.2% of Hispanic children live in areas of concentrated poverty, compared to just 4.8% of white children.
► Black males constitute a higher proportion of Greenville County Detention Center and other jail and prison inmates compared to their demographic representation, according to point-in-time data. Black males experience more than three times the expected rate of incarceration compared to their population demographic, according to detention center and census data.
The commission took that data and implemented it into conversations and recommendations for the future.
"Many communities have a history of having these great conversations, developing wonderful recommendations, presenting them to the public, but then they end up in a three-ring binder on the shelf and collect dust," Lominack said. "From day one, this commission was absolutely determined to make sure that this work continued at the completion of delivering the recommendations."
That led the United Way, the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and the Urban League to form a formal partnership to own REEM as an organization and appoint Mills as executive director in May.
Going forward, REEM will focus on building relationships locally, Mills said, including holding town halls and discussing the report with residents.
While some of these conversations have happened before, something feels different this time, Lominack said. The partnerships between the organizations that launched REEM, support from the community and the larger, national conversation around social justice and race are all contributing factors.
"It just feels like we have this momentum in this moment that we have to capitalize on," he said.
Mills said he is doing the work for his sons, Harrison and Zion, and other Greenville children who believe Greenville is a great place to live.
"For me, the challenge of being the executive director of REEM Greenville is to further that dialogue every day, to make sure that that is true for Zion and all of those guys that play on his football team at Greenville High and all of the other kids that attend other schools in this community," Mills said.
Macon Atkinson is the city watchdog reporter for The Greenville News. She's powered by long runs and strong coffee. Follow her on Twitter @maconatkinson. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2022/06/24/greenville-sc-racial-equity-commission-releases-findings-recommendations/7697341001/ | 2022-06-24T12:00:58 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2022/06/24/greenville-sc-racial-equity-commission-releases-findings-recommendations/7697341001/ |
Lawrence De Villiers has returned to the site that put him on Lincoln’s restaurant map.
The restaurateur teamed with former Lincoln City Councilman Roy Christensen and former longtime school board member Doug Evans to open L’s Kitchen on April 1 at 17th and Van Dorn streets, where De Villiers owned and operated the French restaurant The Normandy from 2014-17 before selling it.
The new restaurant will enjoy its official grand opening July 8-9. The “L” in L’s Kitchen is not for Lawrence, but rather for Lincoln, with the idea of Lincoln residents embracing the small bistro as their own.
L’s Kitchen serves “American comfort food with a continental twist,” including must-tries meatloaf ($22) and Hungarian goulash ($22). De Villiers created the menu that’s executed by his staff led by executive chef Kevin Milligan.
“It’s not quite fine dining,” said De Villiers, who also is the business manager at Lincoln furniture store Barnwood & Leather. “We like to call it gourmet comfort food.”
Milligan, 23, grew up in New Hampshire and graduated with a liberal arts degree from Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, where he ran the school’s cafeteria. The meatloaf is his recipe.
“Looking for a quality chef can be difficult, but we found one in Kevin,” De Villiers said.
Because seating is limited -- a max of about 40 -- L’s Kitchen requires reservations and turns over tables only once or twice each evening. (With Milligan gone this weekend, De Villiers will operate the kitchen with a limited menu.)
“I know, it’s a non-capitalistic concept,” De Villiers said. “Most restaurants want to turn over tables as often as they can. But we’re not about making money. We’re about making quality.”
That starts with L’s delicious, accessible menu.
Food
The restaurant showcases its distinct takes on familiar foods: salmon, rib-eye steak, scallops, pork tenderloin, chicken breast, three kinds of fettuccine, etc.
The chicken entree ($21), which I ordered and thoroughly enjoyed, featured a rich, white wine parmesan cream sauce and was served with goat cheese mashed potatoes and asparagus. It offered a nice mix of flavor and color.
My companions, Andy and Jill, went with signature dishes. Andy had the goulash, which boasted hearty beef chunks in a savory, semi-spicy brown sauce served atop fettuccine. Jill combined two appetizers – leek soup ($8) and crab cakes ($16) – into a meal. The soup was chowder-like, creamy with a not-overpowering leek flavor. And the crab cakes, well, they were some of the best I’ve tried: loosely pattied, with a wonderful crab taste.
The appetizer menu also includes Moroccan meatballs ($13) served with house aioli and bacon Brussel sprouts ($10), roasted and sauteed and finished with a cream sauce.
Other entrees include wild scallops ($34), which Milligan learned to make at home with his father, and a carbonara fettuccine ($18), featuring a garlic bacon cream sauce.
Desserts are made in-house. You may have seen Milligan’s bread pudding in a Facebook post. He also makes a yummy chocolate mousse, which my companions and I shared.
L’s Kitchen recently obtained its liquor license. De Villiers said the restaurant will offer a mix of affordable wines from around the world. Grade: A
Atmosphere
L’s Kitchen is small, which is why reservations are required. The restaurant seats 30, plus another eight at the bar. Two- and four-top tables line the walls. They are covered in paper black-and-white checkered tablecloths. Walls feature black-and-white photographs of Lincoln landmarks by Chuck Starr, including the Joyo Theatre, with L’s Kitchen spelled out on its marquee. Classical music played from the speakers during our visit. Grade: A
Service
The restaurant will take walk-ins, if there’s room. I called when L’s opened at 5:30 p.m. and booked a table for 7. You also can reserve a table online through the restaurant’s website at lskitchenlincoln.com. Weekends fill up quickly.
Our service was exceptional. Norma, who hails from Mexico, was our server. She explained the menu, noting a couple of items weren’t available (sadly, the scallops) that night. She brought us freshly baked, complimentary honey rolls to munch on while we waited for our entrees. The food takes a little time because each dish is made from scratch. Our orders arrived between 15 to 20 minutes after ordering. Grade: A
Specialty diets
L’s Kitchen goes out of its way to accommodate those with special diets, designating vegetarian and gluten-free items on the menu. Three of the eight appetizers and three of the 11 entrees are vegetarian-friendly. The entrees include a house special vegetable parmesan gratin ($20) and ratatouille fettuccine, which is vegan-friendly, too. Grade: A
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Jeff Korbelik is the winery manager at James Arthur Vineyards, former Journal Star features editor and author of “Lost Restaurants of Lincoln, Nebraska.” He’s written restaurant reviews for Ground Zero since 1998.
Police were dispatched at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday to the 2000 block of Surfside Drive, where they found Tammy Ward's 2009 Toyota Corolla was involved in a single-vehicle crash, the department said.
A Lincoln Southeast soccer coach noticed the same teams were winning each season, so he decided to look at the data. What he found turned into a larger project to tackle inequities in youth sports access.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student recently opened a clothing boutique in Waverly. She sells a variety of women’s clothing, home goods and other accessories, designing many of the looks herself.
Assistant City Attorney Rick Tast was acquitted of a misdemeanor trespass charge after prosecutors failed to prove he acted with criminal intent when he entered a northeast Lincoln home last May.
At the corner of 13th and P streets, a Uvalde shooting memorial is seen by thousands in Lincoln each day. But the artist or artists responsible have remained invisible in the weeks since the work appeared.
The pursuit began near 56th and O, where a trooper saw two motorcycles without license plates and attempted a traffic stop, according to the State Patrol. Both motorcycles fled eastbound at a high rate of speed.
The revocation follows a complaint alleging that beginning in the early to mid-1990s, Nolan Beyer “engaged in a personal and noneducational relationship with a student.”
“I’m pinching myself – we are so close,” said Liz Shea-McCoy, who is leading the effort to save the mural. “I think the enthusiasm is incredible for this thing.” | https://journalstar.com/news/local/dining-out-ls-kitchen-owner-resurrects-a-familial-lincoln-location/article_af9601f2-8e10-55c9-ad28-8b9b3e671d78.html | 2022-06-24T12:05:18 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/dining-out-ls-kitchen-owner-resurrects-a-familial-lincoln-location/article_af9601f2-8e10-55c9-ad28-8b9b3e671d78.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Police are currently searching for the person who shot a man dead on the west side early Friday morning.
San Antonio Police responded to San Fernando and San Dario for a reported shooting around 3:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found a man lying on the ground in front of a home next to a bicycle.
Police don't have any information on the suspect, and there were no witnesses, officials say.
There was no further information released. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/police-looking-for-suspect-man-shot-dead-in-west-san-antonio/273-287afb55-4589-418c-9684-1ee2d4b1ef9a | 2022-06-24T12:07:16 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/police-looking-for-suspect-man-shot-dead-in-west-san-antonio/273-287afb55-4589-418c-9684-1ee2d4b1ef9a |
East Greenwich car crash sends six people to hospitals early Friday morning
Six people were injured when a car struck a tree early Friday morning in East Greenwich, according to a Twitter post from the East Greenwich Fire Fighters Association.
Two of the injured were taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital, three to Rhode Island Hospital's trauma center, both in Providence, and one to Kent Hospital in Warwick, according to IAFF Local 3328.
The crash happened at about 12:15 a.m. in the area of Middle Road and South County Trail, the firefighters said.
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Ambulances from West Warwick, Warwick and North Kingstown helped the East Greenwich Fire Department in taking the injured people to the hospitals.
Information was not immediately available from the East Greenwich Police Department.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Police detectives are trying to piece together what led to the death of one man following a fight early Friday morning outside a 7-Eleven.
Officers say they were called around 1:20 a.m. to the 7-Eleven at 4943 E. Busch Blvd about a fight. When they arrived, officers say they found a man unconscious in the parking lot "suffering from severe upper body trauma."
The man was rushed to the hospital and died, the department said.
Detectives say they are "actively investigating" the case as a homicide and will provide updates when they are able.
There is no word yet if detectives are searching for the person responsible or if they have anyone in custody. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/tampa-homicide-investigation-7eleven/67-fb6fa444-2b72-4374-b0b7-aaa45177ff5c | 2022-06-24T12:08:44 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/tampa-homicide-investigation-7eleven/67-fb6fa444-2b72-4374-b0b7-aaa45177ff5c |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — With all the water we have in the Tampa Bay area, it’s important for children to learn how to swim. The Florida Department of Health says the state "leads the country in drowning deaths of children ages 1-4 years."
Drowning is preventable, but last year proved deadly. In 2021, 98 children drowned in Florida. That's more than any other year on record and some of those deaths were in the Tampa Bay area.
On Thursday, parents were invited to bring their kids to participate in the World's Largest Swimming Lesson. But if you couldn't make it, there are still many opportunities to enroll your kids in swim lessons this summer.
Here are resources you can use to find swim lessons across the Tampa Bay area.
There is another problem — a lack of proper swimwear. Staff at rec centers estimate about half of the children who show up for lessons don’t have a swimsuit. Many kids come in shorts and t-shirts.
You can help 10 Tampa Bay help kids learn to swim in style by donating to our Suit Up for Summer campaign. You can find more information here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/swim-lessons-tampa-bay/67-c9d820a7-0286-4f24-9ae0-ea6a2a758c15 | 2022-06-24T12:08:50 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/swim-lessons-tampa-bay/67-c9d820a7-0286-4f24-9ae0-ea6a2a758c15 |
For the month of June, San Francisco Pride has been in full swing, with a packed calendar of events highlighting the city’s LGBTQ+ culture.
It all comes to a culmination today. On Friday, the Trans March kicks off a weekend celebration that takes over the blocks surrounding the Civic Center. The main event, the Pride Parade, starts at 10:30 on Sunday, beginning on the Embarcadero and marching up Market Street. The parade ends at a concert stage in Civic Center, featuring local speakers like “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider and musicians including La Doña (who doubles as SFGATE’s burrito critic) and Martha Wash of the Weather Girls.
2022 marks the first official in-person Pride celebration since the start of the pandemic, so for those who have arrived in the city in the past three years and never experienced the event, it can seem daunting.
For the latest schedule of events, SF Pride suggests consulting its mobile app, but for additional guidance, we consulted a few pillars of the community to help newbies have a great time, as well as strategies that will help people from outside of the LGBTQ+ community be supportive allies.
For those familiar with the city’s drag scene, our two Pride experts should need no introduction. For nearly three decades, Juanita MORE! has hosted and performed at events, as well as raised more than $1 million for local charities. Santana Tapia, who performs drag as The One and Only Rexy, is an activist and co-founder of Fluid Cooperative Cafe.
Both stressed that one of the most important things about attending Pride is to understand the history. Although it’s transformed into a celebration, the event has its roots in protests.
“When we look back at the history of how Pride started with the Liberation March, especially here in San Francisco, [it] came out of Stonewall and the Compton Cafeteria, which was Black- and brown-, trans- and drag-led. It started as a riot, it wasn’t a party to start off,” MORE! said. “And we’re fighting for a lot of the same things they were fighting for then.”
“Pride is an extension and reminder of the struggle that our ancestors and queer elders had to go through,” Tapia said. “Understanding that Pride at its core is about resiliency and keeping our community safe will help you understand that it is your duty as a person showing up at Pride — whether queer, straight or questioning — to keep our community safe and feel welcome.”
Keeping history in mind also applies to how you present yourself at the festival. MORE! suggests putting together a strong look, since if you’re out there, you should want to be seen. If your outfit includes symbols of the LGBTQ+ community, be sure to know the meaning behind them.
“The rainbow represents all of us,” Tapia said. “It’s supposed to be a symbol of equality and inclusivity. You can wear the rainbow, you can wear the trans flag colors, it just comes down to understanding what it means. Do your own research on what you’re wearing and why you’re wearing it.”
Although Pride might be slightly tamer than San Francisco’s other premiere LGBTQ+ event, the Folsom Street Fair, there still might be more skin showing than on an average chilly San Francisco afternoon.
“There may be nudity, but you’re probably going to see some really fabulous outfits,” MORE! said. “The color of Pride is a pretty wide spectrum, so let’s hope to see all those colors refracting light all over the city.”
One of MORE!’s biggest tips is to take special consideration of pronouns.
“There are a lot at the moment,” said MORE!, laughing. “There’s hundreds of words to describe gender in general. Some of the most common are queer, which at one time sounded derogatory, but now a lot of people have accepted that in the LGBTQ+ community. The words transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, genderqueer, they. … They is one of my favorites.” When in doubt, MORE! suggests defaulting to they/them, or to take the extra step to ask.
Pride is an inclusive event and everyone is welcome, but Tapia stressed that it’s important to read the room, especially if you’re an outsider.
“When you enter a space, understanding who you are and the privileges you hold is going to be very crucial to how you are received in those spaces. Acknowledge who is around you, and go that extra step of being extra courteous,” Tapia said.
For straight allies, there’s a few additional things to think about. The event will be crowded, so if you’re in a packed area along the parade route, maybe back up to allow members of the LGBTQ+ community a better view. Straight allies should also remember not to try to police the behavior of others, even if their actions put you outside of your comfort zone.
“One of the biggest things that always happens is for straight couples that come to Pride, you’ve got to be ready for someone to hit on one of you, and don’t start a fight about it,” Tapia said. “Don’t try to tell queer people how to act.”
However, in all situations, consent is crucial.
“One of the main things about Pride that’s affected me a lot is how a lot of straight people will assume that they have ownership over your body, because you’re showing skin or a drag queen,” Tapia said. “Always ask for consent in every aspect, whether it comes to pictures or hugging someone.”
In terms of attending parties that aren’t along the parade route, MORE! has an extensive list of events on their website. They’ll also be hosting the People’s March & Rally along Polk Street, San Francisco’s original LGBTQ+ corridor, as well as a benefit for the Q Foundation at 620 Jones St. And if you need some caffeine along the way, Tapia’s Fluid Cooperative Cafe will be open all weekend at La Cocina Municipal Marketplace.
And as with any outdoor public event, it’s important to remember to simply take care of yourself and stay safe.
“Drink a lot of water, wear sunscreen and eat something,” Tapia said. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-pride-parade-guide-17260734.php | 2022-06-24T12:09:01 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-pride-parade-guide-17260734.php |
(KTLA) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a commercial airline pilot reported seeing a jet pack near the Los Angeles International Airport.
The sighting happened around 2:45 p.m. Thursday, about 15 miles east of the airport.
It’s not the first time the FAA has been alerted about possible jet pack sightings near LAX. Several sightings have been reported since October 2020, and there have been continued reported sightings every few months.
The FAA has worked with the FBI to investigate each jet pack sighting, and so far none — including Thursday’s reported sighting — have been verified. In fact, back in November 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department released video of some strange-looking balloons that they theorized could be responsible for the jet pack reports.
The video, captured sometime in November 2020, shows a skeleton-like balloon, possibly an inflatable Jack Skellington character from the “Nightmare Before Christmas” film.
It remains unclear at this time what the reported jet pack sightings actually are, but some experts have said it’s unlikely to be a person due to the high altitude of the sightings. Another theory that has been floated, other than balloons, is that it’s a high-powered drone with a mannequin attached. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/pilot-reports-seeing-jet-pack-near-lax-again/ | 2022-06-24T12:12:59 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/pilot-reports-seeing-jet-pack-near-lax-again/ |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — With Independence Day less than two weeks away, local leaders joined safety advocates at the National Civil War Museum to promote the safe use of fireworks during the holiday.
Pennsylvania's Acting State Fire Commissioner Charles McGarvey says residents need to remember that fireworks are not toys.
“It’s not that we’re trying to take the fun away from anything," explained McGarvey. "We want people to do it responsibly, so they’re not injured and ending up in a burn center.”
Pennsylvania firework usage has drastically increased since state laws were relaxed in 2017.
Harrisburg Fire Chief Brian Enterline says the city sees plenty of injuries, fires, and deaths as a result of misusing fireworks.
“The misuse is going to continue to claim lives and property if we don’t treat it properly," said Chief Enterline.
Daniel Pert with Phantom Fireworks was among the guests who joined in to promote firework safety. He says consumer education is critically important to reduce firework accidents during the holiday.
“We take it very seriously to make sure our consumers know what they’re buying and know how to use things safely, by asking them questions and making sure they’re leaving with an informed purchase," said Pert.
Under state law, Pennsylvanian's who are at least 18 years old may purchase consumer-grade fireworks, however with certain restrictions. The list includes:
- They cannot be ignited or discharged on public or private property without the express permission of the property owner.
- They cannot be discharged from within a motor vehicle or building.
- They cannot be discharged toward a motor vehicle or building.
- They cannot be discharged within 150 feet of an occupied structure, whether or not a person is actually present.
- They cannot be discharged while the person is under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or another drug.
“With a little bit of commonsense, slow down, pay attention to what you’re doing, exercise some basic principles, you can make that planned fun event end as a good, fun event," explained Pert.
Residents are also advised to check local township ordinances before setting off fireworks. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/local-leaders-promoting-firework-safety/521-3a92cad3-fcf6-4e63-a59f-d6e9beded910 | 2022-06-24T12:17:59 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/local-leaders-promoting-firework-safety/521-3a92cad3-fcf6-4e63-a59f-d6e9beded910 |
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WIAT) — Vestavia Hills continues to mourn the loss of three community members who were killed in a shooting at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church last Thursday.
On Thursday, the community celebrated America’s birthday a week early while remembering all the victims at the city’s I Love America Night on its 40th anniversary.
Mayor Ashley Curry opened the celebration by remembering all three victims and thanking first responders for their efforts last week.
“As a community, we are broken-heartened and saddened by the events of last Thursday,” Curry said.
A prayer and moment of silence were held to remember everyone involved.
Roy Brook stands guard at these kinds of events because he, too, loves America. Since 2016, he has been going to celebrations and funerals of community members.
“We’ve all got that on our hearts and on our minds right now,” Brook said. “Those three folks would want them to keep moving. As much of a tragedy as it was, a criminal wins when people stop.”
Jane Pounds, the last victim of Thursday’s tragedy at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church was laid to rest earlier in the day. Sarah Yeager and Bart Rainey’s services were held on Wednesday.
“It’s tragic that you go to church and that happens at church, but that’s the world that we live in, a broken world,” Vestavia Hills resident Beverly Kracke said.
Kracke knows some of Pounds’ family. She said she was happy to see extra police officers at the celebration.
“We appreciate the Vestavia Police,” Kracke said. “They do a great job at being present, particularly at stuff like this.”
Vestavia Hills resident Lauren Jones said she is happy to see everyone come together.
“We’re glad to see that people are glad to be around each other because I would think that would make people really nervous, especially in a big group like this,” Jones said.
According to Vestavia Hills residents, the community is healing one step at a time.
“We just gotta own it, you know? We just gotta be out and be salt in light and not let fear rule,” Kracke said.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church has started a prayer ribbon campaign that the entire community is invited to participate in. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/i-love-america-night-pays-tribute-to-church-shooting-victims/ | 2022-06-24T12:27:03 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/i-love-america-night-pays-tribute-to-church-shooting-victims/ |
(KTLA) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a commercial airline pilot reported seeing a jet pack near the Los Angeles International Airport.
The sighting happened around 2:45 p.m. Thursday, about 15 miles east of the airport.
It’s not the first time the FAA has been alerted about possible jet pack sightings near LAX. Several sightings have been reported since October 2020, and there have been continued reported sightings every few months.
The FAA has worked with the FBI to investigate each jet pack sighting, and so far none — including Thursday’s reported sighting — have been verified. In fact, back in November 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department released video of some strange-looking balloons that they theorized could be responsible for the jet pack reports.
The video, captured sometime in November 2020, shows a skeleton-like balloon, possibly an inflatable Jack Skellington character from the “Nightmare Before Christmas” film.
It remains unclear at this time what the reported jet pack sightings actually are, but some experts have said it’s unlikely to be a person due to the high altitude of the sightings. Another theory that has been floated, other than balloons, is that it’s a high-powered drone with a mannequin attached. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/pilot-reports-seeing-jet-pack-near-lax-again/ | 2022-06-24T12:27:15 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/pilot-reports-seeing-jet-pack-near-lax-again/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — As the end of Pride month comes to a close, some may wonder what LGBTQ life was like in the Magic City during the beginnings of public acceptance.
What was LGBTQ life like for those living in Birmingham before gay marriage was legalized across the U.S. in 2015? Or prior to TV host Ellen DeGeneres’ coming out episode airing on national television, except in the city of Birmingham?
If someone searched “First Pride march in Birmingham, AL” online, they would likely find most information leading to the Invisible History Project’s website. The Invisible Histories Project is a is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group based in Birmingham focused on “actively locating, collecting, preserving and researching LGBTQ history” in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle.
Joshua Burford is IHP’s lead archivist and director of outreach. Maigen Sullivan is IHP’s director of research and development. They are both also co-founders of the organization and discussed events of early Birmingham Pride with CBS 42.
Events prior to the first Pride march
The atmosphere of LGBTQ life in Birmingham prior to the first Pride march was “not dissimilar to what it is now,” according to Burford. However, political action was more of a forefront issue.
“I would argue that the community was more political in the eighties than we are in the 21st century,” Burford said. “Because we were organizing around multiple issues. Not just HIV, but also community, advocacy and support.”
Prior to the 1989 march in Birmingham, Burford said local activists planned marches in the city which were “super small” and “certainly not anything like Pride is now.”
Burford also noted that these events and the 1989 Pride itself were organized by Lambda, Inc. The organization began as a collaboration among Bootsie Abelson, Kay Crutcher, Ron Joullian and Rick Adams, four friends in Birmingham who wanted the LGBTQ community in the city to be organized “outside of bars,” according to Sullivan.
Lambda opened on June 17, 1977 and is referred to as Alabama’s first LGBTQ center. When asked what gave these activists the courage to be open about their identities, Burford said their Southern upbringing motivated them to create the space for themselves.
“Every single one of these people were southerners from Alabama that were organizing [Lambda, Inc.] and so they felt that they deserved to be heard,” Burford said. “They organized so well together and that they found such joy and such power in [that].”
The organization also began writing a newsletter that later transformed into a monthly publication titled the Alabama Forum, which became the state’s longest run LGBTQ publication.
“Honestly, [it’s] where we see some of the biggest collection of queer trans history in Alabama preserved because it ran for two decades,” Sullivan said. “[Lambda, Inc.] really had an effect not just in Birmingham but statewide.”
The first Pride march (1989)
The first Pride march took place on June 25, 1989. Organizers and supporters began their march at the Lambda headquarters located on 27th Street South and ended at Rushton Park.
Documentary filmmaker Bob Huff recorded portions of the events, including guest speakers addressing the estimated 250 people who attended. The footage can now be found on YouTube.
LGBTQ activists from across the Alabama attended the march. The University of Alabama’s LGBTQ student organization, then known as Gay/Lesbian Support Services, and the Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition were also present.
Advanced mass media coverage of the event was limited and some members of the march covered their faces with masks while walking. This is likely due to fear of public backlash.
Ellen’s coming out episode unaired in Alabama
Arguably, one of the most historic moments in LGBTQ history in the U.S. was during an episode of “The Ellen Show,” titled “The Puppy Episode,” that ran on April 30, 1997 and featured Ellen DeGeneres’ character coming out as gay.
As DeGeneres anticipated, backlashed ensured over the episode’s plot. Most notably, ABC 33/40 removed the episode from its airtime, as then General Manager Jerry Heilman stated the episode “is not suitable for prime-time family viewing.” ABC 33/40 was the only ABC affiliate in the country to block the episode, despite protests being received at other stations.
In response, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Birmingham Pride Alabama (BPA) rented out the Boutwell Auditorium for the evening of April 30 to host a public viewing of the episode.
Reportedly over 2,000 people attended the event, called the “Welcome Out Ellen Party.”
Burford was a college student at the University of Alabama during this time. He said him and some friends drove from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to attend the event and watch Ellen’s coming out on the big screen.
“It was an amazing event to attend because it was so fun and resistant and celebratory, even though that episode is pretty bland in retrospect,” Burford said. “It was such a good time to be together and to be [protesting] something as [mundane] as not being able to watch a television show.”
How do these events shape Pride now?
Saturday will mark 33 years since the first Birmingham Pride march. While progress has been made in ensuring LGBTQ people have more rights in the U.S., Burford and Sullivan believe it’s important to remember those who have gotten the community this far.
Sullivan said it’s important to keep in mind that early Pride activists faced arrests due to sodomy laws present during their lives.
“Instead of forgetting and forsaking them, we really should be highlighting and honoring all the things that they did for us,” Sullivan said.
Burford also added that LGBTQ history is important to pass down and preserve for future generations. Those interested in donating materials to the organization can find out more on their website.
“Everyone has a piece of the puzzle,” Burford said. “We want people to know that this is a project that will continue to grow as we get more information from individuals and community members.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/they-felt-that-they-deserved-to-be-heard-what-was-early-pride-like-in-birmingham/ | 2022-06-24T12:27:21 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/they-felt-that-they-deserved-to-be-heard-what-was-early-pride-like-in-birmingham/ |
Huntington police are seeking a person of interest in a multiple stabbing that left one person dead and three others in critical condition Thursday.
Officers said they were called to a residence in the 600 block of Whitelock Street about 7:30 p.m. and found the victims suffering from stab wounds.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Paramedics took the other three victims to hospitals, police said.
Officers said they have not established a motive in the attacks, but have identified James Lee Bonewits as a person of interest. Police believe he is driving a 2006 silver Chevy Impala with Illinois license plate DH22225.
Bonewits is about 6 feet 3, weighs roughly 250 pounds, has brown hair, blue eyes and a beard. He should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Huntington Police Department at 260-356-7110. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/huntington-stabbing-leaves-1-dead-3-critical/article_62869a6a-f3a8-11ec-97f8-3fc866901c51.html | 2022-06-24T12:33:38 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/huntington-stabbing-leaves-1-dead-3-critical/article_62869a6a-f3a8-11ec-97f8-3fc866901c51.html |
Black clergy call for release of body camera footage of Herman Whitfield III's death while in custody
Members of Indianapolis’ Black Church Coalition is calling for the city’s police department to release the full, unedited body camera footage capturing the fatal encounter between officers and Herman Whitfield III, who died in April during an apparent mental health crisis.
“We are asking for the unedited, complete, raw footage of the incident that led to the tragic death of Herman Whitfield III,” said Pastor Carlos Perkins, of Bethel Cathedral A.M.E. Church.
Whitfield, 39, died April 25 inside his parent’s home in northeast Indianapolis after being tased by an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer during an apparent mental health crisis. His parents called 911 and told arriving officers he needed an ambulance. Police said Whitfield was moving throughout the house naked and was tased when he “moved quickly” toward an officer.
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The Black Church Coalition’s request comes days after Whitfield’s family in a news conference announced the filing of a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the city and several police officers. The suit called police’s use of force against the pianist unreasonable, excessive and deadly.
The attorneys representing Whitfield’s family also called for the public release of the footage from the body cameras worn by the five officers and one recruit trainee who responded to the home in the early morning hours of April 25. Indianapolis-based attorneys Richard Waples and Israel Nunez Cruz said they’ve reviewed the footage and it refutes the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s account about what happened during the encounter.
The Black Church Coalition told IndyStar they are siding with the family in that request.
The Indianapolis police department said Friday morning it would not comment on the issue because, "out of respect for the judicial process, we do not comment on pending litigation."
The critical incident video, which includes body camera footage, will be released soon, a department spokesperson said.
According to police, the officers who responded to the home found Whitfield roaming the halls and various rooms naked. At one point, he “moved quickly” toward an officer, and he was tased. Whitfield was placed in two pairs of handcuffs behind his back as he lay on his stomach. Shortly after, he became unresponsive. He died at a hospital not long after arriving.
Waples on Wednesday said the body camera footage shows another story. He said Whitfield told officers three times that he couldn‘t breathe as he was handcuffed on his stomach. By the third time, he became unresponsive.
Waples also said the footage shows Whitfield did not make an aggressive movement toward the officer, and they had their taser out and pointed already when they deployed it.
On Wednesday, Whitfield's parents highlighted their son's musical talent. The Indianapolis native is remembered as a gifted pianist. Herman Whitfield Jr. on Wednesday said his son composed his first symphony at eight or nine years old. He entered the piece into a contest with the Detroit Symphony, competing against college students and professors, and won.
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Whitfield's death has revived calls from Indianapolis advocates for changes to how the city handles requests for help in times of mental health crises – calling for an approach that does not include police officers.
The Black Church Coalition and other clergy organizations renewed those calls in May during a news conference by reiterating their demands for a clinician-led mobile crisis response team.
Indianapolis currently deploys Mobile Crisis Assistant Teams (MCAT) made up of an officer trained on crisis intervention and a clinician who respond to certain situations. Those teams would not have been able to respond to the Whitfield’s home, as they only operate on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
City officials said they are examining the possibility of a clinician-led team under MCAT that could respond at any hour.
Contact Sarah Nelson at sarah.nelson@indystar.com or 317-503-7514. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/black-clergy-herman-whitfield-iii-body-camera-footage-death/7720629001/ | 2022-06-24T12:42:18 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/black-clergy-herman-whitfield-iii-body-camera-footage-death/7720629001/ |
Indy Eleven announces big development for downtown
Over 20 acres has been acquired on the west side of Indianapolis that will house the Indy Eleven in the future, securing them a spot next to downtown.
The Eleven Park development project, outlined in 2019, will include hotel, office, apartments, retail and public spaces along with the 20,000-seat soccer stadium. The land was previously owned by Diamond Chain Company and is now owned by Keystone Group, a construction, development, management and investments company in downtown Indianapolis. The property is bordered by West Street, Kentucky Avenue, and the White River.
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“We have been working diligently for the last several years to secure a large area of land downtown for Eleven Park, and with our prime location now secured we are eager to take the next steps for this groundbreaking development,” said Ersal Ozdemir, founder and chairman of Keystone Group and Indy Eleven. “This village will be a 365-day-a-year live, work, and play community that will transform this section of Indianapolis, providing jobs and significant economic development to downtown Indianapolis and surrounding areas.”
Due to a myriad of factors, including the rise in construction costs, inflation, and an increase in the scale and scope of the project, Eleven Park is expected to exceed a $1 billion investment in the largest piece of property in an under-developed area of downtown Indianapolis, a news release stated.
The stadium will be designed to host Indy Eleven’s games, as well as host field sport events for partners such as the NCAA and IHSAA, international matches, concerts and other community events.
Keystone Group and Indy Eleven, according to a news release, will continue to discuss finalizing the project’s terms this year with the City of Indianapolis and the state. The terms will allow for tear down of existing buildings and site work to begin in Spring 2023.
The release noted Indy Eleven will meet with fans, community members and constituents about specific design elements. The team said they expect to share updated renderings of the stadium with the public in the coming months.
The project’s lead architecture and design firm will be Populous, the release said, in partnership with Indianapolis’ Browning Day Architects. D3i, a Baltimore firm will serve as the master planner.
Contact Sarah Nelson at sarah.nelson@indystar.com or 317-503-7514. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/indy-eleven-secures-downtown-indianapolis-site-stadium-hotel-apartments/7720739001/ | 2022-06-24T12:42:24 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/24/indy-eleven-secures-downtown-indianapolis-site-stadium-hotel-apartments/7720739001/ |
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Toyota is recalling 2,700 bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could become loose, in a major setback for the Japanese automaker’s ambitions to roll out electric cars.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday the cause is still under investigation, but the whole wheel could come off, risking a crash.
“Until the remedy is available, no one should drive these vehicles,” the company said in a statement.
Among the vehicles subject to the latest recall, about 2,200 were destined for Europe, 270 for North America, 112 for Japan, and 60 for the rest of Asia, according to Toyota. They were produced between March and June.
The bZ4X, which went on sale about two months ago, is a key model in Toyota’s plans to strengthen its electric lineup.
Toyota is planning to have 30 EV models by 2030, selling 3.5 million electric vehicles globally that year. Toyota is also investing 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) in battery research and development to achieve such goals.
The “bz” in the recalled model’s name, as well as others in the works, stands for a “beyond zero” series, including sport-utility vehicles of all sizes, pickup trucks and sportscars, according to Toyota.
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The maker of the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models has been seen by some critics as a straggler in pushing electric vehicles, partly because it has been so bullish, and successful, in other green technology, such as hybrids and fuel cells, as well as efficient gas engines.
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GARY — The landscape of Dunes Highway and the largely parallel Melton Road in Gary's Miller neighborhood has been undergoing a major transformation as many decrepit old buildings get demolished.
The South Shore Line Double Track Project has been clearing away many buildings along Dunes Highway, or U.S. 12, including long-abandoned landmarks longtime residents cherish fond memories of like the Wilco grocery store and Dunes Bowl bowling alley. A growing number of truck lots and trucking companies also have been reshaping the 12/20 area, particularly along the eastern end of U.S. 20, or Melton Road.
The distinctively circular former Len Pollak Buick and Opel dealership at 7301 East U.S. 20, a vintage mid-century modern showroom most recently known as Nielsen Buick, is now getting torn down in Miller.
"Back in the day, U.S. 20 was the main highway between Chicago and Detroit," said Bill Chipman, owner of the long-standing Arman's Restaurant on U.S. 20 and Lake Street in Miller. "There were a lot of businesses right there in Gary, Miller and Portage: mom-and-pop places, hotels, restaurants, fancy high-end grocery stores and big-box stores."
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But the Borman Expressway further south long ago supplanted the route. Many long-standing businesses people frequented in an earlier era have now lain vacant for years.
"The newest cleanup is some of the buildings like the bowling alley, restaurant building, bar and old Honda dealership," said Chipman. "All of that's been gone, sometimes for 30 or 40 years. I'm looking forward to the new look when the train station comes in."
Though no longer the main route, enough traffic still passes by on the 12 and 20 highways to support businesses like Arman's, which has served hot dogs there for more than 70 years. But the rundown buildings gave passersby a negative perception, he said.
"They were just an eyesore," Chipman said. "People drive through and see the dilapidated condition and think the worst of Gary and Miller. I'm a Millerite. I love Miller and I love Gary. I really want to see the reincarnation."
Trucking companies like F&W Transportation, MTI Trucking and Macer Transportation also have been increasingly clustering along Melton Road in recent years, often taking over former retail stores and restaurants in an area once dominated by shopping, dining and the Cinema I and II movie theaters.
"They like the big-box buildings because of the large parking lots and it's right next to Interstate 90 and Interstate 94," Chipman said. "It's the Crossroads of America with the trucking industry flourishing with all the truck stops in the area."
But he still has fond memories of what's been displaced by all the change.
"We'd go to the bowling alley and play in leagues and play pool and pinball," he said. "I have a lot of fond memories of going to Wilco every week for groceries and to the Dairy Queen right across the street. It's part of our history and now it's gone."
Rev. Marie Siroky, a longtime Miller resident, remembers how both her mom and dad played in leagues at Dunes Bowl, where the Wirt High School leagues also bowled.
"I'd stand in the nursery on those godawful blue and orange chairs peering out the window I was probably 5 or 6," she said. "The smaller stores cleared away between 12/20 prompted me to remember all the businesses that were there at one time and a bit sad."
She's more upset over the demolition east of the McDonald's on Lake Street, where Dunes Highway was lined with many trees that are being replaced with concrete.
"The bevy of trucking businesses is rarely discussed. Going east from Lake Street and U.S. 20 were two huge shopping centers. I understand the reason they closed. Yet the land behind them to the south was all dunes, bogs and trees. It’s now all cement and debris."
The 12/20 landscape has been chipped away with more redevelopment to come, Siroky said.
"Dunes Highway has always been known as one of the most scenic routes," she said. "Specific to Miller were the trees, natural bogs, grasses and unique homes in Inland Manor."
Gary native Paul King, who films the popular Steel City Storm video series on YouTube, also has watched the demolition along the 12 and 20 highways in eastern Gary wistfully.
"I grew up in Gary," he said. "It's attached to me in a heartfelt way. I have a lot of fond memories of a lot of places we used to go."
He explores long-vacant buildings in his Steel City Storm videos, which have cumulatively amassed more than 1.7 million views on YouTube. He grew up in the city's Aetna neighborhood before his family moved to Glen Park. His family shopped at Wilco, which also operated under the Ralph's banner before it ultimately closed.
"We'd ride our bikes through Aetna to the Lake Street beach and stop at all those places," he said. "A lot of those places like the Dunes Restaurant, Kmart and Zayre and all gone, but I remember pretty much everything."
He chronicled a few of the bygone buildings like Ralph's and the Dunes Bowl with its vibrantly colored 1970s-style sign before they were torn down to make way for the train expansion this year.
"I remember the pool room and the pinball machines were went to as kids," he said. "Kids today don't have those types of outlets. A lot of the inside had been gutted so there was nothing left. It's sad. You know these places needed to come down. They looked terrible. They were a big eyesore. The bowling alley needed to be torn down. It had a lot of good memories but the next generation doesn't have those memories and doesn't like to see it like that."
But the buildings that were recently razed will live on in memory, King said.
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North Port raises impact fees on new construction; new rates already in effect
NORTH PORT — Impact fees are rising in North Port, and while the higher rate charged could bring in an estimated $3.5 million more from new construction, some people worry the expense could push commercial developers to build elsewhere — specifically neighboring Charlotte County.
The bold step by city commissioners on a 4-1 vote at a special meeting Tuesday night involved enacting impact fees similar to those suggested after a study by Tindale-Oliver & Associates back in 2011.
The new fees took effect Wednesday.
Before June 2019, the city charged only 42.5% of the rate recommended by Tindale-Oliver. But three years ago, the city bumped the fees to 75% of the recommended rate.
The city charges impact fees for transportation, fire and rescue, law enforcement, general government, parks and solid waste to offset the impact of growth on local infrastructure.
It is in the process of changing the transportation fee to a "mobility fee," in line with what Sarasota County and other municipalities assess.
A 2020 study was conducted by Willdan Financial Services, a California consultant who recommended significantly higher fees rejected as flawed by the commission.
The City Commission’s earlier efforts to finally raise the fees to 100% of the 2011 study was blocked by a recent state law, which required report justifying the increase to be submitted to the state.
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Previously:North Port to establish impact fee incentives to attract targeted businesses
Willdan conducted the new study that came up with fees similar to the Tindale-Oliver study.
Under the new schedule, for each single-family home between 1,500 and 1,999 square feet in size, developers would pay a combined $4,348 in city fees for parks, fire rescue, law enforcement, general government and solid waste impacts.
That does not include a new mobility fee structure that has not yet been established, or a 1.5% administration fee.
For each multi-family home they would pay $3,096; while for each home in a senior complex they would pay $1,972.
In addition to those, developers also pay Sarasota County and Sarasota School Board impact fees.
Commercial and office impact fees are figured via a matrix that factors in square footage and use.
The commission is also considering an ordinance that would reduce impact fees up to 50% for targeted businesses that the city hopes to attract. That plan passed on a 4-1 vote in January, with City Commissioner Debbie McDowell in dissent, because it did not include incentives for construction of affordable housing.
McDowell voted against both the first reading of the current ordinance in April and the final reading Tuesday, because she feared the city’s higher fee on commercial and office development would have those developers opt for Sarasota County or Charlotte County – especially as the economy continues to sour because of high inflation.
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She favored either delaying the implementation of the new fees by six months or reducing the increase in commercial and office impact fees.
Either of those options sat well with Mary Dougherty, executive director of the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange.
“I wish when we say commercial development we’d say commercial development/jobs because that’s what we’re talking about," Dougherty said during public comment.
She added that exchange members are hearing about a slowdown in the capital markets and a changing economy.
“Again, commercial development means jobs,” she added. “We need jobs in North Port.”
Before the vote, Commissioner Alice White pointed to “unrealized revenue of almost $9 million from not imposing 100% of the rates suggested by 2011 study as a major factor.
“If impact fees are not being paid by development – who should be paying it – that means the rest of us are making up that difference,” she said.
Commissioner Jill Luke, agreed adding, “We’re missing money, we are missing money for a long time.”
Vice Mayor Barbara Langdon – who chaired the meeting because Mayor Pete Emrich was ill and attended electronically – said she dislikes large increases but conceded it was time to bump the fees up after a decade of previous commissions deferring “with good intentions.”
“We are always in an environment of change but one thing will not change and that is the money the city has not collected to do its business and deliver public safety and a healthy infrastructure for a very long time,” Langdon said. “We need to step up and give the revenue it needs.”
In other action
Also on Tuesday, the City Commission:
• Agreed the city will not raise fees for fire protection. North Port Fire Chief Scott Titus said that while the department had asked for a 3.5% fee increase, the increase in property values would raise more revenue than anticipated. Titus added that the rate may yet decrease after final revenue projections are developed.
• Approved, on a 4-1 vote with Emrich in dissent, a 3% increase in road and drainage district fees. North Port Public Works Director Chuck Speake stressed that the fees are not based on property values and the district actually loses funding when lots are combined. The 3% increase on a typical single-family lot would be $5.20 and bring the assessment to $78.48 a year. Emrich said he thought the district – which is responsible for among other things, maintenance and replacement of the city’s water control structures – could tighten its belt more.
• Agreed not to increase the solid waste district fee. Speake noted that an increase may be proposed for the 2023-24 fiscal year, once the city receives the results of a rate study.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials approved a $725 million bond sale on Thursday to help finance construction of two supersize prisons, housing up to 4,000 inmates each, as part of a building plan that also relies on a portion of the state’s pandemic relief dollars.
The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, which is chaired by Gov. Kay Ivey, met briefly at the Alabama Capitol to approve the sale of the bonds. That money will be added to $135 million in state funds and $400 million in pandemic relief dollars that the state already agreed to put toward the project.
Alabama officials are pursuing construction of new prisons to replace aging facilities, calling that a partial solution to the state’s longstanding troubles in corrections. The U.S. Department of Justice has an ongoing lawsuit against the state over prison conditions.
Critics of the construction plan argue the state is ignoring the bigger issues — prison staffing levels and leadership — to focus on buildings. State officials maintain the new facilities will replace aging and expensive-to-maintain prisons and provide a safer environment for both inmates and staff.
“We are not adding beds. We are not adding, rather we are replacing and modernizing with facilities that will utilize modern design to meet modern prison standards We will have enhanced health care and mental health facilities. We will have enhanced vocational facilities,” Finance Director Bill Poole told reporters after the meeting. He said the state will go to the bond market next week.
Alabama lawmakers approved the construction plan in October, including tapping $400 million from the state’s share of American Rescue Plan funds to help pay for the work.
The two new prisons are to be located in Elmore and Escambia counties. Some site work has gotten underway using the available funds. “We have some simple dirt work underway with the projects and we’ll be excited to move up with the ground-up construction as soon as possible,” Poole said.
The approval comes after the construction plan — which was pursued under two different administrations — hit various snags over the years. An earlier version of the plan would have seen the state lease prisons built and owned by private companies. But that fell through after underwriters withdrew under pressure from activists to not be involved with private prison companies.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Alabama over a prison system it says is riddled with prisoner-on-prisoner and guard-on-prisoner violence. The Justice Department noted in an earlier report that dilapidated facilities were a contributing factor to the unconstitutional conditions but wrote “new facilities alone will not resolve” the matter because of problems in culture, management deficiencies, corruption, violence and other problems. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-oks-725m-bond-sale-to-build-2-supersize-prisons/ | 2022-06-24T13:02:16 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-oks-725m-bond-sale-to-build-2-supersize-prisons/ |
Detroit police seek man who knocked woman, 64, down, stole purse
Detroit — Police are asking the public for help to find a man who knocked a woman to the ground and snatched her purse last week on the city's eastside.
Officials said the robbery happened at about 9:40 a.m. on June 14 at the Great Lakes Fish and Chicken restaurant in the 20400 block of Van Dyke near Eight Mile.
According to a preliminary investigation, a man approached a 64-year-old woman, knocked her to the ground, grabbed her purse and then assaulted her. The man ran away with the purse, which contained cash, credit cards and her identification.
Police said images of the man were captured by the restaurant's security cameras.
No injuries were reported, police said.
Anyone with information about the robbery should call the Detroit Police Department’s 11th Precinct at (313) 596-1140 or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP.
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Detroit police seek man who sexually assaulted woman, 78
Detroit — Police are looking for a man who broke into a 78-year-old woman's east side house and sexually assaulted her Monday.
Officials said the assault happened at about 10:20 a.m. in the 5800 block of Lodewyck near Chandler Park Drive and Moross.
According to a preliminary investigation, a man broke into the woman's home. She confronted him and he physically assaulted her. He pushed her to the floor and pulled off her pants, police said.
The man then ran away.
Investigators said the man was wearing a red jogging suit with white stripes on the side, a white T-shirt, and white tennis shoes. A doorbell video camera captured images of him.
Anyone with information about the incident should call the Detroit Police Department’s Special Victim’s Unit at (313) 596-1950 or Crime Stoppers or Michigan at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP.
cramirez@detroitnews.com
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Police investigate death of 3-year-old boy; 1 person in custody
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Detroit — The body of a 3-year-old boy was found in a home on the city's west side and one person has been taken into custody in connection with the case, police said.
They said officers discovered the child's body in the home in the 12700 block of Monte Vista near Interstate 96 and Meyers. They said officers arrested a 30-year-old woman.
Officials said more details will be released later Friday.
According to media reports, the boy's body was found in a freezer in the home's basement. Police had gone to the home to perform a welfare check.
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This article was originally published on June 23 at 3:11 p.m. EDT by THE CITY
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday found New York’s restrictive handgun carry permit laws to be unconstitutional, triggering a scramble by state officials to find ways to create “sensitive locations” where handguns will still be prohibited.
By a vote of 6 to 3, with the liberal justices dissenting, the court declared that New York’s laws requiring that gun owners prove they have a “proper cause” to carry handguns in public violated both the Second Amendment constitutional right to “keep and bear arms” and the 14th Amendment, which bars the impingement of citizens’ rights without due process.
In New York, both Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul have worried about the fallout from this long-expected ruling, warning that it could lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people walking around crowded spots like Times Square and the subways with legally permitted handguns.
Hours after the decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas dropped, officials here were already talking about creating “gun free” zones through new legislation.
In his decision, Thomas specified that states still have the right to create gun-free zones, though with limits. He rejected New York state’s argument that “the entire island of Manhattan” would qualify as a sensitive location.
That didn’t stop the City Council from suggesting state legislation today that would have the effect of dubbing the entire city of New York as a “sensitive location.”
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said she’d sponsor a resolution calling for the state to “to designate U.S. Census-defined highest population density areas of public roadways, streets, sidewalks, and pathways where there are 10,000 or more people within one square mile as “sensitive locations.”
As a whole, New York City has a population density of over 28,000 people per square mile.
“Given the high density that characterizes most of NYC we need to significantly limit the harm,” she said at a press conference announcing the council’s resolution, which calls on the state to consider the proposal but isn’t legally binding.
“We cannot afford to have weapons of violence proliferating and unabated.”
Going even further, Speaker Adams wants declared as “sensitive locations” any area within 1,000 feet of mass transit systems, hospitals, parks, government buildings, schools, child care facilities, places of worship, cemeteries, financial institutions, theaters, bars, libraries, homeless shelters and courts.
Mayor Adams – who prior to the ruling said the case was “keeping me up at night” – vowed a legislative response as well, and his chief counsel, Brendan McGuire, mentioned the possibility of creating “sensitive locations” within the city.
McGuire said City Hall is looking at “every option available,” adding “that includes when we examine sensitive locations, and figuring out how can we, in a way that will most protect residents of New York City to the utmost extent, and how can we do so in a way that is consistent with the law, in a way that is reasoned and thoughtful in the way that we can protect those here in the city.”
Hochul said she was prepared to call a special session in Albany in July, though she didn’t spell out potential legislation, promising specifics will be provided to leadership and the media “in the short term.”
“If the federal government will not have sweeping laws to protect us, then our states and our governors have a moral responsibility to do what we can and have laws that protect our citizens because of what is going on - the insanity of the gun culture that has now possessed everyone all the way up to even to the Supreme Court,” Hochul said.
End to Century-Old Restrictions
The “sensitive locations” issue emerged when the case was argued before the court last fall. Several of the justices, including Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan and Chief Justice John Roberts, brought up the possibility of allowing gun-free zones in particularly vulnerable areas.
The lawsuit, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was filed on behalf of two gun owners from a rural area in upstate New York, Robert Nash and Brandon Koch, who said their constitutional rights were violated when they were denied permits they requested to carry a handgun for “self defense.” Nash, for one, cited a series of recent robberies in his neighborhood and said he had been trained in the use of handguns.
Most states impose little to nothing in the way of restrictions on carry permits. New York’s laws, on the books since 1911, gave local law enforcement much leeway in determining who is eligible, requiring that applicants show that they are “of good moral character” and “have a legally recognized reason for wanting to possess or carry a firearm.”
Applicants specifically had been required to show “proper cause,” which could include providing substantive evidence that they faced a real and active threat to their safety.
In addition to New York, seven other “proper cause” states — California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island — have some form of qualification on who is eligible to carry a handgun in public, encompassing some 83 million Americans.
Several of these states are home to major American cities, including New York City (population 8.2 million), Los Angeles (pop. 4 million), Boston (pop. 689,000) and Baltimore (pop. 602,000) . The two plaintiffs, Nash and Koch, are from Rensselaer County, population 159,000.
Gun control advocates fear the court’s new ruling will lead to more people walking crowded city streets and entering the public transit systems of those cities with loaded firearms. They note the potential for disaster with multiple permitted handguns floating around New York City’s subways, in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, or during the Boston Marathon.
All eight states with such restrictions have low rates of gun violence, according to an analysis by Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control non-profit funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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A suspected teenage subway surfer suffered severe head trauma in a rush-hour accident aboard a 7 train in Queens Thursday and remained hospitalized in critical condition early Friday, police said.
Cops say they think the boy was riding on top of a southbound train and hit his head on an unknown object as the subway pulled into the 111th Street and Roosevelt Avenue station shortly after 6 p.m.
No other details on the case were immediately available.
Thursday's incident is the second subway surfing case to make headlines in the last week and a half.
Shocking video posted to TikTok showed a group of people standing, walking and even dancing on top of a moving subway train as it crossed the Williamsburg Bridge.
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INDIANAPOLIS — While Holliday Park has hosted smaller concerts and local musicians in the past, Rock the Ruins brings a full concert to the park, with several shows planned this summer.
Big names like Counting Crows and LeAnn Rimes will be playing at the park for Rock the Ruins.
The Vogue Theatre, its parent company, Forty5 Presents, and Holliday Park Foundation are putting on the summer concert series.
Last summer was its first year, with each concert capped at 1,500 fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Capacity this year is bumped up to 2,500. Fans will notice a bigger stage, fencing area and bigger names. Organizers said there will be a slight price increase from last year because of bigger names coming to play.
"Growing our capacity, bringing in bigger artists, more food trucks, more bars," was the goal this year, according to Sara Wajda, strategic partnerships and private events manager for Rock the Ruins. "Making this a full experience, just continue to grow and reach further demographics, really trying to make this a family atmosphere. As we are reaching those families within the Meridian Hills area, growing to reach those families in Carmel and Fishers."
The park offers a unique feel, but organizers have received some concerns from neighbors about concertgoers passing through or parking in their neighborhood.
Holliday Park is nestled in a neighborhood near Meridian Hills. Organizers are considering feedback from neighbors and ticket holders alike.
"The feedback that we got from the first show, we really took into consideration and really made a bunch of changes from June 5 from this past weekend, and we've heard amazing feedback after this show on Sunday. So, we're just trying to take it all in, learn and grow," said Wajda.
Noise was also a concern. The concert's cut-off time is set for 10 p.m.
Between nearby construction on Spring Mill Road near 64th Street and more traffic now in this neighborhood, staff say they've been working to monitor the parking situation.
Organizers tell 13News there is plenty of parking available. Guests can purchase parking at Holliday Park, with the overflow going to the nearby Orchard School.
The proceeds are used to put on the shows and go back to the park. Last year's money was used to make several improvements, including two new trails.
Rock the Ruins is open to all ages. Children older than 3 years old are required to have a ticket.
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More Americans are trying to eat more plants or less meat — 53%, according to an August 2021 Consumer Reports nationally representative survey of 2,165 adults.
Of course, not everyone is ready to trade sirloin for tofu. So this current crop of plant-based meat — which includes burgers from Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, as well as fillets from Good Catch and sausages from MorningStar Farms Incogmeato — aims to be guilt-free for vegetarians and animal lovers yet meaty enough for carnivores. We’re not talking about your granddad’s black bean burgers here. These aim to look like, taste like and have the texture of meat.
But speaking as someone who spent a decade as a vegetarian and 30 years enjoying ribs in the summer and turkey in the fall, as well as 50 cent wings every Thursday night of my college career, reading the ingredients and the Nutrition Facts labels on these products can make you wonder what exactly is in these new-fangled foods and whether they really are better for you, and the world.
To find out, CR looked at 32 plant-based burgers, fillets, nuggets, and sausages, comparing them on taste and nutrition. We also dug into the research and talked with nutritionists and environmental scientists to answer common questions about these brave new foods.
What’s in plant-based meat?
For some consumers, what’s not in it — namely, animals — is reason enough to give it a try. Others, however, are put off by what is in it — namely, a long list of unfamiliar ingredients. In fact, 19% of people in a 2020 nationwide survey by Mattson, a food research firm, cited “too many ingredients I can’t pronounce” as a reason to take a pass.
Creating meat from plants takes some doing. Most start with a protein, often pea or soy, to provide structure. These aren’t the whole foods, but concentrates and isolates extracted in a lab. Oil is added to make the food juicy and tender. Binding agents, such as methylcellulose, starch, and gums, give texture.
Some manufacturers fortify the products with nutrients, such as vitamin B12, so they’re closer to meat. One of the fish replacers — from Gardein — had added omega-3s, the heart-healthy fats in fish. The products also contain meaty flavorings and colorings, though the details are often proprietary.
Which taste most like meat?
None were identical — but some came close, and our panel of sensory experts judged at least one in each category to be very good. “It was the overall flavor profile that gave the impression of meat,” says Amy Keating, RD, a CR nutritionist who oversaw our testing.
Among the burgers, Impossible and Beyond’s were the most meatlike. Impossible’s Chicken Nuggets came “closest to tasting like a typical chicken nugget,” and MorningStar Farm’s Veggie Chik’n Strips shredded “like chicken breast,” Keating says. Three pork pretenders—Beyond Meat’s breakfast and sweet Italian sausages and MorningStar’s breakfast links — were reminiscent of the real thing. Gardein’s fish-and-chip-style fillets and Good Catch’s patties were at least somewhat fishlike.
Of course, food doesn’t have to taste like meat to taste good. And CR’s testers rated several without a meaty taste highly, including Boca’s All American Veggie Burgers and Quorn’s Meatless Nuggets.
Do they cost less than real meat?
No, at least not now. In early April 2022, a pound of ground beef in the U.S. averaged $3.99 per pound; boneless chicken breast, $4.14. The least expensive plant-based meat in our tests was a Tofurky sausage at $5.71 per pound. The priciest: Daring’s chicken, at $16 per pound.
The differential may diminish in coming years if meat prices continue to rise and plant-based meat production becomes more efficient and competitive. For example, Amazon Fresh just launched a “budget friendly” line of plant-based meat including Chick’n Nuggets for about $6.30 a pound and plant burger patties for $6.40.
Are plant-based meats healthier?
That’s the main reason people say they’re interested in plant-based meats, CR’s survey found. But it’s not clear that they always are healthier.
Many products in CR’s test had fewer calories and less artery-clogging saturated fat. The sausages, for example, had less per serving than the 6 grams in a serving of Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked sausage. But that wasn’t true across the board.
While eight of the burgers had less saturated fat than what’s in 85% lean ground beef, two — Gardein’s and Impossible’s — had more. “Some of these mock burgers have highly saturated coconut or palm oil,” Keating says. “That’s because they melt slowly, giving a similar mouthfeel to animal fats.”
Most of the products CR looked at — unlike real meat — had lots of sodium, which can raise blood pressure. In general, the plant-based sausages, breaded chicken nuggets, and fish fillets had amounts similar to those in their counterparts from the farm and sea. But nuggets from Raised & Rooted had more sodium than Tyson’s real ones.
No surprise: Plant-based proteins have more fiber (meat doesn’t have any). Most don’t have a lot — less than 3 grams per serving — though MorningStar’s Incogmeato patties have 8 grams. That’s almost a third of the daily value, and comparable to what you’d get from a serving of whole plant proteins, such as beans.
What about those added ingredients?
That is a worry. Lots of evidence supports plant-based diets, but most comes from research involving whole foods, says Basheerah Enahora, RD, who has a plant-forward nutrition counseling practice in Charlotte, N.C. That means lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, and grains, and modest amounts of poultry, fish, and low-fat red meat.
These mock meats are plant-based — but they’re not whole foods. And that raises concerns among nutrition pros because growing research links ultraprocessed foods to increased risks of heart disease, weight gain, and more.
It’s not clear whether processed “meats” pose the same risks, says Stephan van Vliet, PhD, of the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University in Logan. “Not all ultraprocessed foods are bad,” he says, citing soy and almond milks as healthy examples.
Still, van Vliet, the lead author of a study comparing grass-fed and plant-based burgers, sees important differences between the two. Notably, whole foods contain thousands of compounds in addition to those listed on nutrition labels. “Foods are more complex than the sum of their parts,” he says. “It’s challenging to put together a replacement that contains them all.”
It can be a struggle to include even some familiar nutrients. One study found that swapping animal products with plant-based meat and dairy makes it harder to get enough calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and — especially — vitamin B12, which is found naturally only in animal foods. Among products CR looked at, only five — two “chickens” and three “burgers” — had that vitamin added.
Trying to recreate the benefits of whole foods can raise other issues. Impossible’s burgers, for example, have soy leghemoglobin, a compound created from soybean roots that’s chemically similar to the heme iron in meat. Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown says it “produces the explosion of flavor and aroma when you throw a burger on a grill.” But some research links the heme in beef to colon cancer. “So in theory an Impossible Burger may pose a similar problem,” says Michael Hansen, PhD, a senior scientist at CR.
Which have the most protein?
The makers of plant-based meats play up protein: 27 of the 32 products CR tested come with a protein claim. In some cases, the amounts are fairly close to what’s in the real thing. For example, a MorningStar Farms Meat Lovers burger has 27 grams and No Evil Foods “chicken” strips have 25 grams.
While protein is essential, the average American gets plenty. Much of it does come from meat, which raises concerns, says Dana Hunnes, PhD, a dietitian at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. She says meat protein is inflammatory, which could make tumors grow faster and pose other health issues. That suggests that getting more protein from plants could be a good thing. Some of that could come from faux meats — or from beans, lentils, tofu, nuts, and nut butters. “There’s some protein in many foods, and small amounts add up,” Keating says.
Are they really better for the environment?
That is the second-most-common reason people give for trying plant-based meats, CR’s survey found. And meat clearly contributes to climate change: The way we grow, transport, and consume food accounts for about a third of the planet-heating gases created by humans, with animal-based foods causing twice as much as plant-based ones, according to a 2021 study in the journal Nature Food.
Beef alone accounts for roughly half the emissions linked to U.S. diets but provides just 3% of the calories. It also takes about 110 gallons of water to produce a pound of rice, compared with 1,840 gallons for a pound of beef.
So moving toward plant-based proteins can be a powerful way to address climate change. And a 2020 analysis led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that plant-based meats could help, with a carbon footprint about 90% smaller than beef’s and 40% less than poultry’s. On the other hand, they’re 1.6 to seven times more energy-intensive than tofu, peas, or other less processed plant proteins. And beef raised with sustainable farming practices, such as pasturing fewer cattle on grass and tilling waste into soil, may produce fewer greenhouse gases, too.
The bottom line
Nutritionist Enahora sees these foods as a mixed bag but thinks that if they help you move toward a plant-based diet, that’s good. “Starting with plant meat might make sense if you’re not relying on it every day and you’re including whole foods,” she says. Shanika Whitehurst, associate director of product sustainability, research, and testing at CR, agrees, especially on the issue of climate change. “Even being heavily processed,” she says, “plant meat has less of an environmental impact than industrial animal production.”
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A possible new Amazon Alexa feature is either great or creepy.
Instead of the voice of Alexa, Amazon’s digital assistant, what if the voice sounded like your grandma who died? Or any other voice of a loved one who passed away?
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During a conference where Amazon showcases some possible company advances, there was a video of a child asking, “Can grandma finish reading me ‘The Wizard of Oz?’”
Then, Alexa’s voice changes to the grandmother’s voice, who continues reading the story.
The company’s senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa artificial intelligence said he knows AI can’t eliminate the pain of loss, but it can make memories last.
There is no information on if, or when, this feature would go live. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/24/new-amazon-alexa-feature-could-mimic-dead-loved-ones-voice/ | 2022-06-24T13:26:12 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/24/new-amazon-alexa-feature-could-mimic-dead-loved-ones-voice/ |
VENTNOR — Community members have joined together to help a family that lost everything in a blaze Saturday night on Ventnor Avenue.
Several residents were affected or displaced by the fire in the 5200 block that broke out about 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
The fire engulfed the U-Mango bubble tea restaurant and displaced three households living at the property, Ventnor Deputy Fire Chief Brady Middlesworth said earlier this week. Middlesworth said all three had either been relocated to shelter provided by family or the Red Cross. No injuries were reported.
One of those displaced families was the Sanchez-Moreno family.
The Sanchez-Moreno family, consisting of Odon Sanchez, his wife and daughter, evacuated their home immediately to escape the billowing smoke and flames. While they made it out safely, the fire incinerated all of their belongings, including their clothes, cellphones, work tools, money, important documents and other essentials.
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In the aftermath, members of the community and others willing to help have banded together to assist the family.
“Thank God that everything is calming down now,” Sanchez said Wednesday about how he and his family were feeling after the fire. “We feel better knowing the community is helping us out.”
The family received emergency assistance from the American Red Cross along with help from the Ventnor community, neighbors and officials such as Emily Christian of the Ventnor Business Association, in the form of gift cards, clothes, food, temporary housing and other assistance, according to a GoFundMe page created to help the family.
El Pueblo Unido NJ, a nonprofit based in Atlantic City, started the GoFundMe for the family seeking $10,000 to help them find a new apartment, pay rent and replace lost items. As of Thursday afternoon, they’d raised more than $5,700.
A representative for El Pueblo Unido said they were collaborating with Jewish Family Service to find and finance a new apartment for the family, providing them with rental assistance.
“Our priority is looking for an apartment. It’s not easy, but with the help of the community we’re continuing to move forward,” said Sanchez. “Thank you to the community of Ventnor, Atlantic City and all the other people we don’t know that have been helping us.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-raises-money-for-family-displaced-by-ventnor-fire/article_9eb2efe0-f199-11ec-9317-879c96a0e00a.html | 2022-06-24T13:29:29 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-raises-money-for-family-displaced-by-ventnor-fire/article_9eb2efe0-f199-11ec-9317-879c96a0e00a.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — City firefighters are battling a fire on the Boardwalk near New York Avenue on Friday morning.
The fire has engulfed a shop on the Boardwalk. It was unclear how the blaze started as of early Friday or whether there are any injuries.
As of 9 a.m., a portion of the Boardwalk was closed to traffic as multiple crews were on scene.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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DALLAS — Northbound lanes of U.S. 75 were shut down in North Dallas on Friday morning as police investigated an incident on the highway.
Authorities did not say what had happened. But all northbound lanes were shut down at Royal Lane, just south of the High Five interchange at LBJ Freeway.
Traffic was being diverted off the highway.
The southbound lanes were still open, though traffic was heavy in the area. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dfw-traffic-northbound-us-75-shut-down-in-north-dallas-due-to-police-activity/287-bc2fd302-8025-482f-8847-c1ac76b2cafb | 2022-06-24T13:29:55 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dfw-traffic-northbound-us-75-shut-down-in-north-dallas-due-to-police-activity/287-bc2fd302-8025-482f-8847-c1ac76b2cafb |
For The Academy: WWE's Otis ready to entertain Amarillo in Saturday Night's Main Event
There's nothing quite like getting a live crowd riled up.
For the first few years of his run with World Wrestling Entertainment, Otis spent time energizing the crowd into a frenzied delight. With his long, straggly hair and equally long beard, dancing and gyrating while slapping his belly and doing The Worm, the tree trunk-like Wisconsin boy has found his stride being the bad guy alongside his real life best friend, Chad Gable.
Otis and Gable, who make up the tag team Alpha Academy, will be part of the WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event in the Amarillo Civic Center when they take on The Street Profits, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins.
After some of the biggest moments of his career came with zero fans in attendance, Otis is thrilled to be back in front of live crowds.
"It's beautiful, brother," Otis said. "It's just like home, and it's meant to be."
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When Otis — real name Nikola Bogojević — first arrived at NXT, the WWE's developmental system in Florida, he was told he'd always been a face, a good guy. That's how he was brought up in Superior, Wisconsin, so that was fine with him. All he wanted to do was entertain the crowd.
He achieved that by being the loveable big guy with a hearty appetite and dance moves that would make Usher jealous. Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was wreaking havoc on the world, Otis was receiving a bump in his status in the WWE, placed in a goofy-guy-gets-the-pretty-girl storyline with Mandy Rose.
The payoff of that story came at WrestleMania 36. It was supposed to occur in front of tens-of-thousands of fans. Instead, the first kiss between Otis and Mandy happened in a mostly empty WWE Performance Center in front of a select few members of the company's staff.
"I always say that with that kiss with me and Mandy," Otis said, "if that was in a live stadium with 80,000 people, I would probably never forget that. But it had to happen in a closed arena."
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That was just one small part of the change WWE Superstars endured during the pandemic. They also had to work their shows without the gratification of an audience reaction, something wrestlers rely on to gauge the success of stories, promotions and matches.
"Now you're just working for the camera the majority of the time," Otis said, "so that was something where we kind of had to get better at that craft, instead of always looking at the crowd. … It was simply helping us at that point, but then I'd say about six months in, I'm just like, 'We miss the people, man.' That roar."
By the time fans were permitted back into arenas around a year ago, Otis had undergone a dramatic transformation.
Gone was the long hair and beard, his cut up jean vest, the dancing and, sadly, The Worm. Gable recruited Otis to be part of his Alpha Academy, and the pair have since gone from seldom-used talents to a consistent presence on WWE television.
Gable and Otis have a long history together. Both successful amateur wrestlers, Gable was coaching his younger brother around 2009 and Otis was one of his brother's main competitions. According to Otis, he was the victor frequently in those encounters.
The pair have been friends ever since, reuniting to form their team in the WWE. The turning point for the duo came when they were pitted against the team of RK-Bro, which features the legendary Randy Orton and up-and-comer Riddle.
Otis called that feud "a gift from above." He and Gable hadn't gotten much TV time, but they were needed to step in and challenge RK-Bro for the tag titles with injuries hampering the roster. Luckily, they found something that would elevate the team.
"… We're thinking if we're going to do this interview promo, what can really piss people off, basically," Otis said.
Gable took his I'm-smarter-than-you gimmick — touting his 4.0 GPA in receiving his Master's degree — by shooshing people. Not shushing, but shooshing. That came from the movie "Encino Man."
"We love Pauly Shore, and the bad guy high school jerk says 'Shoosh,'" Otis recalled. "So, we were basically like, man, that would really make somebody mad."
Gable has a way of making people mad, which is a benefit to the team. The duo went on to beat RK-Bro for the Raw Tag Team titles but have since lost the belts.
Currently, Alpha Academy isn't in line for a shot at the titles. The goal is to get back there, but Otis and Gable are still utilized on television on a weekly basis, not something other teams in the WWE can say.
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That's a credit to their versatility and growing popularity.
"It basically is like, for me, as long as I'm entertaining people, that's my goal," Otis said. "I'm not a guy who's like 'I've got to be the champion right now.' I just love entertaining people. I love what I do."
Otis and Gable still want to become champions again, but they're fine playing to the crowd until that time comes. Beating The Street Profits, the No. 1 contenders to the Undisputed Tag Team Championships, on Saturday night would be a nice step in that direction.
Other matches set for Saturday night include a triple threat match for the Raw Women's Championship with Bianca Belair defending her title against Asuka and Becky Lynch, along with Riddle — who Otis said is getting his status up and "puts it all on the line every single night" — facing Seth Rollins in what's billed as an Amarillo Street Fight.
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Amarillo Civic Center
Tickets: Visit amarillociviccenter.com
ANNOUNCED MATCHES
Amarillo Street Fight: Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. Riddle
Raw Women's Championship: Bianca Belair (C) vs. Asuka vs. Becky Lynch
Alpha Academy vs. The Street Profits
Also advertised for the show — Bobby Lashley, United States Champion Theory, Rey & Dominic Mysterio, The Miz, Ezekiel and Damian Priest. | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/24/wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-amarillo-otis-ready-entertain/7677701001/ | 2022-06-24T13:30:14 | 0 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/24/wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-amarillo-otis-ready-entertain/7677701001/ |
For Jan Bezzo, life is good when it’s going to the dogs.
That’s why she’ll be back in Petrifying Springs Park on Saturday, “lying in the grass and taking photos of dogs.”
As much as she loves doing this, there’s a higher purpose involved.
Bezzo will be there for the fourth Pups & Pints event, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Biergarten in the park.
The event raises funds for Safe Harbor Humane Society.
For $75, Bezzo — who operates Shadow Dog Photography — will take portraits of people’s dogs “and then, we’ll set up Zoom meetings for later. They can look at the images and pick their favorite one.” (You’ll also have the option to purchase more images.)
Bezzo expects to take more than 100 photos of dogs Saturday. The key to capturing a good pet portrait, she said, is making sure the dog is comfortable.
“First of all, I’m not afraid to be embarrassed,” Bezzo said, laughing. “It’s all about timing and knowing how to read the dogs.”
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If a dog is very shy, “I just totally ignore them at first. They’ll let me know when they’re comfortable. I respect the dog’s ‘bubble’ and won’t do anything to make them uncomfortable.”
Bezzo has several years of experience photographing animals — mainly dogs and horses — and says “nine times out of 10, we’re good friends at the end of the session. There’s no pressure. I just follow the dog’s lead.”
In addition to the dog photos, the event will feature dog-related vendors, including Pawlie’s Diner, which serves ice cream to people along with frozen treats for dogs.
All the proceeds from the pet portraits go to support Safe Harbor, and “this event is a great way for people to support local businesses, too,” Bezzo said.
Dive on in!
New this year is dock diving for dogs.
Canines will jump into a swimming pool set up in the park, and people are welcome to “bring their dog to try it on Saturday,” Bezzo said. “This is so cool. I’m super excited about it. I asked Ziegler Subaru to sponsor this, and they love to support Safe Harbor so they agreed.”
Supporting the local animal shelter is Bezzo’s motivation for keeping this event going.
“I really want to help raise money for Safe Harbor,” Bezzo said of the local animal shelter. “I love what they do. They’re doing the hard stuff, and they need those funds.”
Her goal in 2021 was to raise $3,000 “and we came in just under that goal. That’s our goal again for 2022, and it would be awesome to raise that much money.”
Bezzo hopes to be busy all day Saturday, capturing portraits of beloved canines.
“People are crazy about their dogs,” she said, “and this is a way to support dogs who need it. We get together and talk about dogs all day. I hope people come here, grab a beer, wander around, visit the vendors and watch the diving dogs. It’s going to be really fun.”
Have a comment? Email Liz at esnyder@kenoshanews.com, or call her at 262-656-6271. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/tgif-for-pups-pints-and-diving-dogs/article_dba22f94-f278-11ec-939c-2b4a6d8ef541.html | 2022-06-24T13:37:32 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/tgif-for-pups-pints-and-diving-dogs/article_dba22f94-f278-11ec-939c-2b4a6d8ef541.html |
Start your morning outside with the Kenosha Library System at the Southwest Library, 7979 38th Ave. An outdoor Preschool Storytime is 10:30 a.m. in the Southwest Library Park. The half-hour program, with rhymes and songs, takes place in the park on the north side of the library parking lot. Admission is free. The program is aimed at 3- to 5-year-old children; bring a blanket or towel to sit on.
The Kenosha Public Library also hosts another outdoor program on the lawn of Fire Station No. 6, 2615 14th Place (across 27th Avenue from the Northside Library parking lot). Messy Art is 11 a.m. to noon. will be using messy media like puffy paint, bleeding tissue paper, squirt guns and spinning art tops to make abstract art masterpieces. Be sure to wear clothes that you don’t mind getting messy! Admission is free. Note: Do NOT park at the fire station. Park at the library, across the street.
The Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place (on Simmons Island along the Kenosha harbor), is hosting a Cruise-In Night from 4 to 8 p.m. Car enthusiasts will be showing off their classic vehicles in the museum’s parking lot. Also, the History Center and Southport Light Station Museum are open until 7 p.m. The Cruise-In nights continue on the last Friday of each month, through Sept. 30. The events are free and open to all classic vehicles.
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Summerfest continues today in Milwaukee. Billing itself as “the world’s largest music festival and Milwaukee’s cornerstone summer celebration,” Summerfest features the 23,000 capacity American Family Insurance Amphitheater, plus 11 additional stages, a huge selection of food and beverages, marketplaces and interactive exhibits. For more details on admission promotions and attractions, go to summerfest.com. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-friday-june-24/article_07c5f38c-f272-11ec-8a2d-3316296fadae.html | 2022-06-24T13:37:39 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-friday-june-24/article_07c5f38c-f272-11ec-8a2d-3316296fadae.html |
Arizona Humane Society offers financial resources to pet owners
Financial hardships experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic and in recent months have left many Arizonans unable to keep supporting their pets, leading them to give up their pets at local animal shelters.
In an effort to help curb that, the Arizona Humane Society offers a range of resources to help pet owners keep their furry friends.
“So many times we find that people truly don’t want to give up their pets,” said Kelsey Dickerson, a spokesperson with the Arizona Humane Society. “If there’s anything we can do to help keep a pet in their home, we’ll make sure to do that.”
Dickerson said there are a few reasons why people may have to give their pet up — such as moving residences, medical emergencies, job instability and pet behavioral problems — but one of the main reasons is financial hardship.
One of their most robust initiatives is the Pet Resource Center, which is a call center made up of about 12 Humane Society employees that are on call to help people find resources. Dickerson said the center could help by providing low-cost or free pet food, medical care, pet-friendly housing in the area, among other things.
“If we’re not able to do it, then we’re able to give them other resources throughout the Valley,” Dickerson said.
Dickerson said the call center gets about 100,000 calls a year, and in the last four years, the number of pets entering shelters has decreased 50%.
There is also an online component to the Pet Resource Center where pet owners can find resource sheets organized by issues they may be experiencing. Among the resource sheets available, the website includes assistance with pet food, veterinary service, pet allergies and pet behavioral issues.
The Humane Society also has the Home Away From Home Program listed on the same page of the website, which helps place pets in temporary foster homes if their owner is experiencing a crisis.
A group of local shelters including the Arizona Humane Society also formed Pet Housing Help AZ, a task force started to help pet owners with hardships related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dickerson said the task force aimed to get ahead of the potential post-pandemic housing crisis and help people deal with job or health insecurity the pandemic produced.
One free service through Pet Housing Help AZ connects community members directly so pet owners can either work directly with a foster family to temporarily care for their pet or rehome their pet if necessary.
“It’s able to kind of almost transfer them from one loving home to another,” Dickerson said.
The task force essentially expands on the resource gathering the Humane Society was already doing to become a one-stop shop for people experiencing hardships, with resources for pets and people offered in English and Spanish, Dickinson said.
The shelter also provides low-cost — and sometimes free, depending on the need — veterinary services, including spay and neuter procedures, pet behavioral training programs for both dogs and cats and education for pet owners who may simply be unaware of the proper ways to care for their pets.
“It’s really just a whole bunch of pieces to this huge puzzle that is a huge problem, not only here in the Valley but across the country, especially right now,” Dickerson said.
For more information on the Humane Society’s resources, visit its website.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com or on Twitter @SuperSafetySam.
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ROANOKE, Va. – A new ambassador program is coming to downtown Roanoke.
The eight-person team will be working six days a week and will be broken down into groups, all with different jobs.
There will be three total groups: a clean team to remove litter and debris, a hospitality team to answer questions and welcome visitors, and an outreach team that will address quality of life issues and check in on those in need.
“The foundation of a great downtown and a great city is for it to be clean, safe, and welcoming and downtown is such an important destination for our region we’re just looking to take it to the next level,” said Jaime Clark, VP of Marketing and Communications for Downtown Roanoke, Inc.
Ambassadors will be dressed in bright uniforms and Downtown Roanoke, Inc. is hoping to have them in place by September after their training. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/ambassador-program-coming-to-downtown-roanoke/ | 2022-06-24T13:44:34 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/ambassador-program-coming-to-downtown-roanoke/ |
DANVILLE, Va. – After years of debate, Danville city leaders might tear down the Long Mill Dam.
As development comes closer to the area of the Dan River near the dam, there’s urgency behind the decision.
The dam was built in the early 1800s and stretches more than 1,000 feet across the river.
The removal of Long Mill Dam would bring state and federal grants to projects like Riverfront Park and the White Mill Building.
City leaders said the removal would reduce flooding and erosion, as well as help with fishing.
“The dam is pretty, but it’s dangerous,” Danville Vice Mayor Dr. Gary Miller said. “It’s a public hazard. Economically, we want to develop that part of the river. As the river is used more, we need to become more river savvy.”
If the decision passes, the project is estimated to cost between $100,000-$200,000.
The final vote is expected on July 5. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/danville-could-be-tearing-down-the-long-mill-dam/ | 2022-06-24T13:44:40 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/danville-could-be-tearing-down-the-long-mill-dam/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Afghan refugees in the Star City woke up to heartbreaking news on Wednesday after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck their home country of Afghanistan.
Mohammad Hassanzada escaped from combat and warfare in Afghanistan to California., and later moved to Roanoke in 2017.
Hassanzada found out about the earthquake the morning it happened on the phone with a friend in the country.
“It’s difficult. It’s really difficult. I wish I was there at least to help…a little bit,” Hassanzada said.
The earthquake killed thousands of people and injured more than two thousand more.
With limited technology in the country, people are doing everything they can to help the most amount of families and individuals.
“There are very little medical supplies. We don’t have the technology to help people buried there,” Hassanzada said. ”They have to work together to dig people out themselves,”
The earthquake is now the newest thing added to a list of sufferings for the country of Afghanistan; War, hunger, storms, and unemployment are just a few of the other things people in the country are experiencing during the time of the earthquake.
Hassanzada’s hope for help is echoed by other Afghan refugees settled in the area.
Sharifa Azizi moved to Virginia with her son in 2016. While she lives her life out here, she says she wishes she was back home.
“I’m feeling I’m 20% in the United States. 80% I’m in Afghanistan,” Azizi said.
Azizi says she knows the country can come together during this time to help one another out. She also hopes the world gives a hand in helping as well.
“We will overcome this,” Azizi said. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/roanoke-area-refugees-look-to-help-those-impacted-by-earthquake-2/ | 2022-06-24T13:44:47 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/roanoke-area-refugees-look-to-help-those-impacted-by-earthquake-2/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – The Roanoke County School Board unanimously approved its new media review policy at Thursday night’s meeting.
Roanoke County Schools Superintendent Dr. Ken Nicely said the goal is to have more people review books that may be considered inappropriate for students.
“What we’re asking them to do is use a local lens and look at material ourselves,” Nicely said.
“We have an obligation to parents and students that in our public schools our students are not subjected to pornography or any other inappropriate content,” said school board member, Cheryl Facciani.
The change stemmed from last November when a parent challenged the school’s current regulations regarding the book When Aidan Became my Brother, which discusses transgender topics.
Leaders said when they looked at the original policy, they realized it was outdated with only one person with the power to decide which books can be in the school’s collection.
“There was clearly some outdated language, though said one man decision should be avoided and obviously that is antiquated language,” Nicely said.
School leaders say there is now more than one person who decides which books are suitable for students in the proposed regulations.
A group of librarians will meet after reading the books and decide which are suitable to be in the school’s library.
“We believe in collaboration, we think our librarians are experts, they are experts, they have master’s degrees and they are trained in the book selection process,” Nicely said.
During Thursday night’s meeting, a handful of parents and teachers voiced their concerns about the new policy.
“This proposed new policy however is pushing us towards a place for parents to prevent or obstruct all children from checking out books that they think are inappropriate for their children,” said one parent.
“How anyone in their right mind would think this is an appropriate use of professional staff’s time and tax payers dollars is beyond me,” said another.
Board Chairman David Linden says if the policy does become too much work for staff, the board will revisit it.
“It has been brought to our attention that this may be an arduous situation for the librarians and if that’s the case we will certainly consider any changes that would help ease that burden for them,” he said.
The president of the Roanoke County Education Association sent WSLS a statement that said, “Many students want newly released titles, and the proposed process will result in fewer new books that take longer to reach the shelves. The requirement to read and write a review for every single title added will have a detrimental impact on our librarians’ time while decreasing students’ access to new books.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/roanoke-county-school-leaders-expected-to-vote-on-book-regulations/ | 2022-06-24T13:44:53 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/roanoke-county-school-leaders-expected-to-vote-on-book-regulations/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The U.S. Senate took a major step Thursday by passing bipartisan gun reform legislation with a 65-34 vote, which included the votes of 15 Republicans to push it forward.
The bill includes grants offered to states for red flag laws and crisis prevention programs, enhances background checks for young Americans aged 18 to 21, opens the door to accessing juvenile records, and it toughens penalties for gun trafficking and straw purchases.
Virginia Senator Tim Kaine called the legislation ‘common sense.’
“America suffers from an unacceptable, real public-health emergency of gun violence; but we can’t be despondent and say there’s nothing we can do. Because if you do the right thing, you can make your community safer,” said Kaine.
The bill required 60 votes to bypass a GOP filibuster and now sets up a vote on the final passage this week.
If passed, it would go through the House before being signed into law. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/senator-says-bipartisan-gun-reform-bill-is-common-sense/ | 2022-06-24T13:44:59 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/senator-says-bipartisan-gun-reform-bill-is-common-sense/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – Since the Famous Anthony’s closed, there has been a void in the Crystal Spring community.
“The loss of Famous Anthony’s was devastating to this community because we have a lot of families who walk and bicycle to this restaurant,” said Barbara Duerk, President of Neighbors in South Roanoke.
Speculation began soon after Famous Anthony’s closed; people wondered what would go into the building as well as the space beside it.
“First thing I heard is that there is going to be an Italian restaurant and some kind of spa,” said Louise Forsyth, who lives in the area.
But there are now plans for that space: A proposed Boutique Hotel, that would have between 23-27 rooms and a restaurant – an idea that neighbors have concerns about.
“Number one, it’s going to be taller than anything here on the street. Traffic would be a slight problem, but the biggest problem is going to be the parking,” said longtime property owner Jack Burrows, whose office is next door to where the proposed hotel would go in.
According to the proposal we obtained through the City’s Board of Zoning and Appeals, there are discussions between the owner and Carilion about the health system providing some parking.
Some worry the potential parking agreement won’t be enough to stop the congestion that comes with the new business.
Community members are hoping to still have a voice in the matter.
“We’re excited for change, we’re excited for development. We’re disappointed we didn’t know about this sooner so we could have public input,” added Duerk.
The Board of Zoning Appeals will review this proposal in their meeting on July 13th, which is open to the public. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/south-roanoke-community-expresses-concerns-over-proposed-boutique-hotel/ | 2022-06-24T13:45:05 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/south-roanoke-community-expresses-concerns-over-proposed-boutique-hotel/ |
BEDFORD, Va. – A Bedford woman said she’s lucky to be alive after being trapped inside her home for hours during Wednesday night’s storm.
For 30 years, Patsy Sines has rented her trailer home, living with her ex-husband.
“I knew we was in trouble,” Patsy Sines said.
Sines and her ex-husband were getting ready for dinner while listening to the rain, when all of a sudden, a tree came crashing down on the home.
Sines said she had racing thoughts going through her mind and wasn’t sure if she’d be able to make it through.
“How am I going to get out of here? Was my trailer going to be set on fire? Who was going to come in here and help me?” Sines said.
Sines is in a wheelchair and is on oxygen. With no power, she wondered how long it would be before her oxygen tank ran out of air.
If it weren’t for crews and their quick actions, Sines said she didn’t know what she would have done.
It was a tough situation, Bedford Fire Department Chief Matt Scott explained.
“We obviously couldn’t start removing the tree because it was wrapped up in high-voltage power lines,” Scott said.
Scott said the fire department typically won’t take trees off of houses because of liability purposes, but they knew Sines couldn’t wait.
“We went ahead and removed everything from the house and gave them a safe haven for the night,” Smith said.
Now, Sines and the house are both fine, and she said that she’s hoping it’s at least another 30 more years without any more nights like this. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/tree-traps-two-in-bedford-home-during-wednesday-nights-storm/ | 2022-06-24T13:45:11 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/tree-traps-two-in-bedford-home-during-wednesday-nights-storm/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Virginia State Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner expressed some concerns as President Joe Biden continues to push his proposal for a federal gas tax holiday.
“I’m going to vote for it. It’s temporary. I can support it,” said Kaine.
But Kaine said he’d prefer a different solution.
“I would rather vote to have an access profits tax on oil companies who are raking in record profits right now, to have that be temporary; and to take all the money from that tax and rebate it back to consumers who are dealing with these high gas prices,” said Kaine.
Warner acknowledged that gas prices are too high but first wants to see more data on how the plan would work.
“I’ve not rejected it outright, but the data I want to see is what kind of guarantees would this actually pass on in direct benefit to the consumers; and how would we ensure that middlemen or oil companies wouldn’t simply say, ‘alright, let’s just pocket these 18 cents,” said Warner.
Warner is also concerned that Virginia could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue and wants to know what the plan will be if prices come down.
“If we do this for three months, and then suddenly in September, you’re going to put it back on. It’s easy to take [the tax] off, but are you going to put it back on?” Warner questioned. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/virginia-senators-weigh-in-on-proposed-federal-gas-tax-holiday/ | 2022-06-24T13:45:18 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/23/virginia-senators-weigh-in-on-proposed-federal-gas-tax-holiday/ |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – An apartment and garage in Franklin County are a total loss after an early morning fire, according to the Rocky Mount Fire Department.
We’re told crews were called to Beechdale Road at about 3:12 a.m. for the reported fire.
Authorities say they arrived to find a garage that had caught fire.
The apartment above the garage caught fire as well but no one was inside it at the time of the fire.
Luckily, no one was hurt in the blaze, according to officials.
The fire department says firefighters will be at the scene for a while, working to put out hot spots.
Authorities say the home was insured.
At this time, the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Responding agencies include Rocky Mount Volunteer Fire, the Boones Mills Fire Department, Franklin County’s Department of Public Safety, the Glade Hill Fire Department and the Burnt Chimney Fire Department. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/24/franklin-county-home-total-loss-after-early-morning-fire/ | 2022-06-24T13:45:24 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/24/franklin-county-home-total-loss-after-early-morning-fire/ |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – More school resource officers were just approved to be added to Roanoke County schools.
The school board approved $180,000 to fund six additional school resource officers. This is on top of the already two employed officers.
The goal is to have one SRO at every elementary school in the county.
“Having armed, trained law enforcement certified school resource officers in our schools is an indispensable component of school safety and security,” said Superintendent Dr. Ken Nicely.
The Roanoke County Sheriff’s Office is working with the district to help train and hire the additional SROs. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/24/six-more-school-resource-officers-coming-to-roanoke-county-schools/ | 2022-06-24T13:45:30 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/24/six-more-school-resource-officers-coming-to-roanoke-county-schools/ |
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE
This crash has been cleared.
ORIGINAL STORY
A tractor-trailer crash on I-81 northbound in Botetourt County is causing delays, according to VDOT.
Virginia State Police says the crash happened at 7:19 a.m. at the 163.8 mile marker and involved a box truck and two commercial vehicles.
There are no lanes closed at this time.
As of 8:32 a.m., traffic is backed up for about 2 miles.
VDOT says traffic is getting by on the right shoulder. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/24/tractor-trailer-crash-on-i-81n-in-botetourt-county-causing-delays/ | 2022-06-24T13:45:36 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/24/tractor-trailer-crash-on-i-81n-in-botetourt-county-causing-delays/ |
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HIGH POINT — Police say a 42-year-old woman who was wounded in a shooting Thursday night has died from her injuries.
Officers responded at 10:10 p.m. to the 300 block of Qubein Avenue and found the woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken to a local hospital, High Point police said in a news release this morning.
The name of the victim is being withheld at this time to ensure the immediate family has been notified, police said in the news release.
Further details were not immediately available.
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers ofHigh Point at 336-889-4000 or download the P3 mobile app for IOS or Android. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-woman-42-dies-after-being-shot-thursday-night-in-high-point/article_4c490782-f3b3-11ec-bb83-c7e05472e6ab.html | 2022-06-24T13:59:35 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-woman-42-dies-after-being-shot-thursday-night-in-high-point/article_4c490782-f3b3-11ec-bb83-c7e05472e6ab.html |
SUMMERFIELD — The twisted, ruined car drew a long, thoughtful look from Sophia Entrikin.
“This is going to be really fun,” the elementary schooler finally said.
Minutes later, she ripped into another empty car with the aid of firefighters and a giant “Jaws of Life” cutting tool.
This week, Summerfield Fire District is holding its sixth annual Fire Camp for rising third-through-fifth graders at Station 9. The week-long camp combines lessons on fire safety and other safety skills with activities to get students excited about firefighting.
Earlier this month, the district won an award at the North Carolina Fire and Life Safety Conference for the camp. The award is for programs that prevent fire injuries and deaths as well as make communities safer.
“Our main goal is for the kids to learn something that could save their life,” said Jenna Daniels, an assistant fire chief.
Nine-year-old Holden Shepard pours water into a barrel during the sixth annual Fire Camp at Summerfield Fire District’s Station 9 in Summerfie…
Already, she said, they’ve had parents of campers sign up to volunteer for the district and former campers enroll in their other program for teenagers. And Lt. Reece Walker, who teaches children at the camp how to call 911, said he heard about one former camper who alerted dispatchers after her family’s house was struck by lightning.
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Firefighter Michael Landen said it’s rejuvenating to see kids look up to them. It’s a week that’s eagerly anticipated by the whole fire district, he said.
This year, the camp had 36 participants — divided into groups of about six children each and named after fire district vehicles. The “Tanker 9” and “Engine 29” groups both cycled through Walker’s 911 lesson on Wednesday. Walker joked with the children while helping them practice, using a phone that wasn’t hooked up.
Firefighter Michael Landen, left, and Lt. Zach Hardy demonstrate a house fire to campers on Thursday.
He stressed to campers that the first thing dispatchers will want to know is where they live. Most students in the groups knew their home address. Others, well, they had to give it some thought.
On Thursday, “Engine 29” watched Landen and other firefighters demonstrate how fire can spread from room to room in a plywood, doll-house-like structure.
Next, after a quick snack break, they joined Steve Satterfield for a “fire drill.” That involved climbing into a big, red fire engine and riding across the back parking lot to the scene of a pretend fire, “located” in a trailer inside a garage-like structure at the back of the station property.
Tanner Thornton, wearing a blue hat, held the front of the hose as a team of kids guided it through the darkened garage and into the trailer, pretending to turn it on and put out a non-existent fire in the trailer’s kitchen.
Next, the group’s “search team” headed into the trailer’s bedroom to locate “Timmy” — a doll-like cloth pillow meant to represent a human in need of rescue.
“Tanker 9” finished out their morning with a chance to cut open vehicles like firefighters do.
The district staff had three mangled, old cars on the back lot of Summerfield Fire District’s Station 9, where the camp takes place.
“I want to break something,” said camper Hailey Landen as she awaited her turn.
Lt. Chris Gibson, left, helps Bryce Cox, 10, cut a door during Fire Camp on Thursday in Summerfield.
After a couple of other students tried, Hailey and Sophia donned protective shirts, goggles and gloves and stepped up to one of the cars, taking turns at the front and back of the vehicle. Engineer Matt Hall and Lt. Chris Gibson helped them hold the whirring cutter/spreader tools that firefighters often use to rescue people trapped in wrecked vehicles.
Sophia cut into the inside top to the trunk area and got a little scared when she launched some of the broken glass resting on the vehicle.
On the other hand, she enjoyed cutting into the part of the car near what had had once been the front window and yanking off part of the trim.
“Fun,” she said.
Contact Jessie Pounds at 336-373-7002 and follow @JessiePounds on Twitter. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/watch-now-smoke-and-heroes-at-this-summerfield-camp-kids-fight-imaginary-fires-save-pretend/article_159da352-f31b-11ec-9256-371a98b7ced0.html | 2022-06-24T13:59:41 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/watch-now-smoke-and-heroes-at-this-summerfield-camp-kids-fight-imaginary-fires-save-pretend/article_159da352-f31b-11ec-9256-371a98b7ced0.html |
More than $240,000 in academic financial assistance was announced this spring by the North Bend Community Scholarship Fund during graduation week activities at North Bend High School.
Award certificates were presented to 21 members of the 2022 graduating class during class night, and 55 past graduates received notification electronically.
Any NBHS graduate can apply for a scholarship administered through the NBCSF.
Many students receive awards during their entire academic career.
Detailed information on eligibility, programs available and application procedure may be found at www.nbcsf.org.
The following are the 2022 recipients of the North Bend Community Scholarship Fund awards:
2022 Graduates
• Jakob Crowder, Joycolynn & Walter Joslin Estate, $3,000, University of Alabama, Law.
• John Efraimson, Dr. Keith Shriver Memorial, $1,500, Ian Spalding -Dedication to Excellence, $1,500, University of Colorado, Business.
• Emma Fellows,Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $3,000, Pensacola State College, Special Education Teacher.
• Adrianna Frank, Flaxel Family Scholarship, $2,000, Trumbull/Chaney Bulldog Family Scholarship, $1,000 Southwestern Oregon CC, Business.
• Brooklyn Garrigus, Olive Beaudry Probst, $3,000, Southwestern Oregon CC, Nursing.
• Amariah Goslin, Mark Sandberg Music Award, $2,500, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,000, Bushnell University, Music.
• Chelsea Gould, Joycolynn & Walter Joslin Estate, $3,000, Southern Oregon University, Fine Arts.
• Brandy Jacquot, Sven & Peggy Janson Estate, $3,000, University of Denver, Journalism/Law.
• Kevin Jones, Katie Wash Memorial, $1,500, Olive Beaudry Probst, $1,500, Southwestern Oregon CC, Sports Management.
• Nicole Lehto, Bay Area Kiwanis,$3,000, Oregon State University, Environmental Science.
• Romeo Macalino, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $3,000, Oregon Institute of Technology, Cybersecurity.
• Mya Massey, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $3,000, Southwestern Oregon CC, Elementary Education.
• Jordan Nelson, Jason Poppe Memorial, $1,500, Virginia Lou Slaney Memorial, $1,500, Southwestern Oregon CC, Business.
• Ian Nolan, Sven & Peggy Janson Estate, $3,000, Baylor University, Electrical Engineering.
• Jasmine Reed, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $3,000, Oregon Institute of Technology, Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
• Haley Reeves, Don & Bernice Borglum, $3,000, Western Oregon University, Nurse Practitioner.
• Charlise Stark, Gene Pierce Memorial, $1,500, Shepman/Gebhardt, $1,500, Psychology- Forensic Psychology, Corban University.
• Guadalupe Trujillo, Olive Beaudry Probst, $1,500, Eric Benford Hensen Memorial, $1,500, Southwestern Oregon CC, Nurse.
• Steven Wales, Esther LaClair Probst, $3,000, Texas A&M Univ. at Galveston, Marine, Transportation.
• Emily West, Pittam Family Trust, $1,500, Heide Johnson Memorial, $1,500, Southwestern Oregon CC, Elementary Education teacher.
• Sydney Wilson, ARC Scholarship, $1,500, Virginia Lou Slaney Memorial, $1,500, Montana State University, Mathematics.
Past Graduates
• Caitlyn Anderson, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Oregon Institute of Technology, Respiratory Therapist.
• Bailey Bennett,Fred W. Probst Estate, $3,000, Portland Comm College, Veterinary Technician.
• Trenton Berrian, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $3,000, Oregon State University, Plant Pathology.
• Eli Bogatin, Probst Family Trust,$3,000, University of Oregon, Journalism.
• Kaylee Caporale, Mike & Robin Murto Fund, $5,000, Southwestern Oregon CC, Nursing.
• Julie Ann Carr, Olive Beaudry Probst, $3,000, Southwestern Oregon CC, Nurse-Oncology.
• Maya Cole, Virginia Lou Slaney Memorial, $1,500, Aimee Why Memorial, $1,500, Oregon State University, Bio-Health.
• Lillian Collins, F. Willis Smith Fund, $3,000, Oregon State University, Biochemistry Molecular Biology.
• Jayce Craig, Virginia Lou Slaney Memorial, $1,500, Bay Area Sportsman’s Assoc, $1,500, Oregon State University, Fisheries & Wildlife Science.
• Randee Cunningham, Hilda ‘Johnnie’ Shriver Memorial, $1,500, Virginia Lou Slaney Memorial, $1,500, Boise State University, Nursing.
• Carson Devoe, Esther LaClair Probst, $3,000, Idaho State University, Engineering Sciences.
• Madeline Finnigan, Eugene LaClair Memorial, $3,000, Oregon State University, Biology.
• Austin Goergen, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Oregon State University, Computer & Electrical Engineering.
• Samatha Gordon, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, George Fox University, Accounting & Economics.
• Hannah Graber, Beverly Slaney Nelson Estate, $2,500, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,000, University of Oregon, English.
• Jessica Halzel, Esther LaClair Probst, $2,500, Sven & Peggy Janson Estate, $2,000 Southern Oregon University, Elementary Education.
• Madalyn Hampel, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Oregon State University, Biology.
• Ayako Harper, Olive Beaudry Probst, $2,000, F. Willis Smith Fund, $1,500, Portland State University, Education/Linguistics.
• Chelsea Hendrickson, Maybelle Olson Estate, $1,500, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,500, Western Oregon University, Education.
• Gabriella Hobson, Allen Goldman Trust, $4,000, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Occupational Therapy.
• Zachary Holt, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Soka University of America, Life Sciences.
• Tucker Hood, Joycolynn & Walter Joslin Estate, $3,000, University of Montana, English.
• Reagan Hunt, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Brown University, Computer Science.
• Ella Hutcherson, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, University of Oregon, Journalism.
• Stephen Jacquot, Fred W. Probst Estate, $3,000, Reed College, Law.
• Drake Johnson, Frank Shriver Memorial, $1,500, Dick Doyle Honorarium, $1,500, University of Oregon, Data Science.
• Amy Kronsberg, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,000, Vivian Shriver Thompson, $1,500, Brian Chaney Family Scholarship, $1,000, Oregon State University, Forest Management.
• Ashley LaBarre, Diane Efseaff Scholarship, $5,000, Oregon Health Science University, Doctor of Medicine.
Skylar Lucas, Mike & Robin Murto Fund, $5,000, Southwestern Oregon CC, Nursing.
• Jacob Mitchell, Jerry & LaRose Phillips Memorial, $1,500, Jerrold Wyatt Family Trust, $1,500, Southwestern Oregon CC, Forestry.
• Alyssa Monohon, Don & Bernice Borglum Fund, $3,000, Pacific NW University of Health Sciences, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
• Nathan Monohon, Stinchfield Family Fund, $3,000, Oregon State University, Kinesiology.
• Eric Monsebroten, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, University of Rochester, Russian & German.
• Isabelle Peck, Beverly Slaney Nelson Estate, $2,000, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,000 Dixie State University, Communication Studies (sign language interpreter).
• Macie Rae Peterson, Don & Bernice Borglum Fund, $3,000, Oregon Institute of Technology, Dental Hygiene.
• Amanda Powley, Don & Bernice Borglum Fund, $4,000, Oregon Health Science University, Nursing.
• Kristina Powley, Sven & Peggy Janson Estate, $3,000, Oregon Institute of Technology, Medical Lab Sciences.
• Proett Megan, Paul Hillar/W.M.Hillar Estate, $1,500, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,500, Boise State University, Nursing.
• Hassaan Qadir, John & Mary Hanson Memorial, $1,500, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,500, Yale University, Biomedical Engineering.
• Tyler Quillin, Vivian Shriver Thompson, $1,500, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,500, Oregon State University, Nutrition
• Kai Reasor, Olive Beaudry Probst, $3,000, Southwestern Oregon CC, Nursing.
• Joel Reyna, Olive Beaudry Probst, $3,000, Oregon Institute of Technology, Computer Information Technology.
• Kylie Rocha, Don & Bernice Borglum Fund, $3,000, Oregon State University, Biology, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
• Julia Salathe, Don & Bernice Borglum Fund, $3,000, Northern Arizona University, Nurse Practitioner Biology, Pre-Med.
• Miranda Seldon, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Univ. of Southern CA, San Diego, Psychology Development.
• Tim Shupe, Probst Family Trust,$3,000, Oregon State University, Marketing.
• Celeste Sinko, F.Willis Smith, $3,000, Portland State University, Speech & Hearing Sciences.
• Braydon Snoddy, Max & Jean McNamar Memorial, $1,500, Forrest & Pauline Perry Memorial, $1,500, Southwestern Oregon CC, Nursing.
• Ryan Stallings, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Oregon State University, Civil Engineer.
• Coel Stark, Eugene LaClair Memorial, $3,000, University of Oregon, Neuro-psychology.
• Hope Stephens, Joycolynn & Walter Joslin Estate, $4,000, Oregon State University, Graphic Design.
• Ashley Truax, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Oregon Institute of Technology, Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
• Robyn Wales, North Bend Student Loan Fund Scholarship, $1,500, Conner Family Scholarship, $1,500 Rocky Mountain University of Health, Physical Therapy.
• Kaitlin Wall, Probst Family Trust, $3,000, Southern Oregon University, Biology.
• Divenson Willis, Joycolynn & Walter Joslin Estate, $3,000, Linfield University, Sports Management. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/north-bend-community-scholarship-fund-gives-240-000/article_893504e2-f25b-11ec-aad3-d38d19c0783a.html | 2022-06-24T14:00:42 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/north-bend-community-scholarship-fund-gives-240-000/article_893504e2-f25b-11ec-aad3-d38d19c0783a.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Police are investigating after shots were fired at officers at an apartment complex west of downtown Friday morning.
Officers were investigating a stolen vehicle around 7 a.m. at San Fernando and San Marcos streets, just west of I-35 downtown.
When officers arrived on scene, shots were fired in their direction. Some of those shots hit a patrol vehicle, but no officers were injured.
Police also saw people running away from the direction the shots were coming from. Officers arrested two people in connection with the incident. Police said a 9 mm handgun was used in the shooting.
There is no word on what charges the suspects may face. No one else was injured in the shooting.
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In 2019, a local woman complained to the city that a sculpture titled "Spider-Man" by artist Ian Anthony Laing looks satanic. This month, storms destroyed the piece of public art.
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A Spiderman-themed public art sculpture was destroyed recently when a tree limb smashed it.
Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Carnage and Venom were no match for Spider-Man. What finally brought his demise? A fallen tree branch.
The red and black Spider-Man-inspired sculpture that sparked controversy in 2019 when it was mistaken for devil horns lost its final battle after a tree fell on top of it during a storm last week.
The 6-by-6-foot fiberglass sculpture, which depicted Spider-Man's hands and web-shooters, was created by Ian Anthony Laing as part of Campus Life's serving hands public art campaign. It was later sold to Mark DeMars of California, but the sculpture stayed in Lincoln at his parents' house.
"He bought it and was really enjoying it and now it's been totally demolished by a random act of God," said Matt Schulte, executive director of Campus Life. "It just kind of creates a sinking feeling, but it also brings back good, positive memories of what the project was."
While DeMars is a big Spider-Man fan, he didn't buy the sculpture for its nod to the Marvel Universe — he bought it for the controversy behind it.
"I told him the story of the hands and how they were seen as devil horns, and he thought that was hilarious," said Barb DeMars, his mother. "So unbeknownst to us, when it came up for auction, he purchased these hands for us."
The sculpture found a home in their backyard and became more than just a joke to Barb and Jim DeMars.
"I am devastated. I mean, I would just sit here and look at it. I would smile every morning and think of my son," Barb said. "It just happened. And it could have fallen anywhere else, but it hit the hands."
The DeMars family is hoping to have the sculpture repaired or recreated, which could prove to be difficult as the original mold to the hands has since been thrown away.
The sculpture found the spotlight in 2019 when a woman noticed it displayed at 27th and Capitol Parkway and mistook the fingers for devil horns.
She was outraged.
She said the sculpture offended her and called it a "hate crime against the church" in a letter to the mayor's office. She wanted it gone.
Schulte had calls from news agencies across the country wanting to know more about the controversial sculpture.
Stories about the Lincoln sculpture ran in CNN, the New York Post, Daily Mail and more.
Even though the problem had been resolved, the story of the mishap blew up.
"Somehow or another it just got picked up," Schulte said.
But ultimately the offended woman learned the intended meaning behind the sculpture.
"Eventually she came back to me and said 'I'm sorry, I see now it's Spider-Man hands and I'm glad that you guys are doing good work in the community,'" Schulte said. "It was nice that we could reconcile with her."
Police were dispatched at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday to the 2000 block of Surfside Drive, where they found Tammy Ward's 2009 Toyota Corolla was involved in a single-vehicle crash, the department said.
A Lincoln Southeast soccer coach noticed the same teams were winning each season, so he decided to look at the data. What he found turned into a larger project to tackle inequities in youth sports access.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student recently opened a clothing boutique in Waverly. She sells a variety of women’s clothing, home goods and other accessories, designing many of the looks herself.
Assistant City Attorney Rick Tast was acquitted of a misdemeanor trespass charge after prosecutors failed to prove he acted with criminal intent when he entered a northeast Lincoln home last May.
At the corner of 13th and P streets, a Uvalde shooting memorial is seen by thousands in Lincoln each day. But the artist or artists responsible have remained invisible in the weeks since the work appeared.
The pursuit began near 56th and O, where a trooper saw two motorcycles without license plates and attempted a traffic stop, according to the State Patrol. Both motorcycles fled eastbound at a high rate of speed.
The revocation follows a complaint alleging that beginning in the early to mid-1990s, Nolan Beyer “engaged in a personal and noneducational relationship with a student.”
“I’m pinching myself – we are so close,” said Liz Shea-McCoy, who is leading the effort to save the mural. “I think the enthusiasm is incredible for this thing.”
In 2019, a local woman complained to the city that a sculpture titled "Spider-Man" by artist Ian Anthony Laing looks satanic. This month, storms destroyed the piece of public art. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/controversial-lincoln-spider-man-sculpture-destroyed/article_6d0fcd7c-8aa6-5295-87a8-c1b2aed1d1b3.html | 2022-06-24T14:13:26 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/controversial-lincoln-spider-man-sculpture-destroyed/article_6d0fcd7c-8aa6-5295-87a8-c1b2aed1d1b3.html |
Wisconsin's 64 Medal of Honor recipients to be honored in new Milwaukee County War Memorial Center exhibit
Sixty-four Wisconsinites have received the Medal of Honor, the nation's rarest and most prestigious military decoration. Just three of them are still alive today.
"It's so important, especially in the times that we're facing today, to have that ability to talk to young people, to sit down and talk about valor and sacrifice," said Harold Fritz, an Army officer who received his medal in for actions on January 11, 1969, during the Vietnam War.
Milwaukeeans will soon be able to do just that in the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center's new exhibit honoring Medal of Honor recipients launching in August. Each recipient's tale will live on in the form of artifacts, interactive displays, and short documentaries.
Fritz, for example, was severely wounded by an enemy attack while traversing southern Vietnam. Still, he led his platoon through the ambush, refusing medical treatment until enemy forces were pushed back and the wounded were evacuated.
Other recipients include Arthur and Douglas MacArthur, the first father and son to both be awarded the medal, and Mitchell Red Cloud, Wisconsin's only Native American recipient who served in the Marines in World War I and then the Army during the Korean War.
Also honored are Richard Ira Bong, the "Ace of Aces" who downed 40 enemy aircraft, and Denis Murphy, an Irish immigrant who carried his regiment's flag during battle despite being wounded three times.
The exhibit will feature stone tiles quarried from Sussex, Wisconsin. Each stone will be inscribed with a recipient's name, branch of service, highest rank, home of record and the location and dates of their honored action.
The award is rare, with just over 3,500 total recipients nationally since it was first awarded in 1863. Just 28 have been awarded this century. The 64 honorees were either born in Wisconsin, grew up here, or lived and worked in the state.
"The goal here is not to glorify," said Daniel Buttery, president of the memorial center. "They were just common people who did extraordinary things."
The largest contingent of recipients served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Some were awarded posthumously, while others returned to the state after finishing service. Recipients can be claimed by multiple states.
The exhibit will be accompanied by another showcasing all awards of valor that led up to the Medal of Honor, such as the Silver Star, Navy Cross and Purple Heart. In recent years the center has also launched projects to memorialize fallen veterans and local female veterans.
There are three living Medal of Honors recipients with ties to Wisconsin: Gary Wetzel of South Milwaukee, Fritz of Lake Geneva and Rob Modrzejewski of Milwaukee. A fourth recipient, Kenneth Stumpf, passed in April.
More:In a splintered nation, 3 from Wisconsin received the Medal of Honor in 1968
"America is a great country," said Fritz, who now lives in Peoria, Ill. "Many have died to protect it. People here, whether they've served in the military or not, need to remember that the country is great because the people are great."
Discussions for an exhibit began a decade ago, but a plan didn't materialize until 2020, when Wetzel and his wife approached Buttery about installing an exhibit.
The goal, Buttery said, is to educate the public on the medal's importance. The exhibit will include an online repository as well as 10 downloadable lesson plans for schoolchildren. The memorial is also working on a documentary about the life of Michael McCormack, a recipient who is buried in an unmarked grave in Milwaukee.
The memorial is 82% of the way to a $500,000 capital campaign goal tied to the exhibit, Buttery added.
How to see the exhibit
Buttery said he hopes to launch the exhibit with a reception in mid-August.
The memorial's cantilevered building, designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen, overlooks Lake Michigan and is connected to the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Admission to the entire memorial and exhibits is free. Parking in the lot just north of the building is approximately $8.
For now, the public can see a temporary exhibit sponsored by the Wisconsin chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America. Five cases, located in the memorial's lower floor, are filled with Lego sets constructed by veterans. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/24/64-wisconsinites-honored-medal-honor-exhibit-milwaukee-county-war-memorial-center/7649242001/ | 2022-06-24T14:14:26 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/24/64-wisconsinites-honored-medal-honor-exhibit-milwaukee-county-war-memorial-center/7649242001/ |
A new way to skate: Roller rink coming to downtown's Red Arrow Park
It's a classic tale of winter in Milwaukee: hot chocolate, holiday music, and ice skating at Red Arrow Park under soft flurries.
Now imagine a warm-weather version of that scene. Iced drinks instead of cocoa. Wheeled skates instead of bladed ones. Sunshine, and no snow.
That's what could be coming to Milwaukee as soon as this summer. The county approved a plan Thursday to funnel $175,000 toward a pilot program for transforming the Red Arrow ice-skating rink into a roller skating rink.
That could involve laying a protective barrier over the rink's concrete base and installing temporary framing around the rink.
The funding is flexible; the parks department has the option to quickly implement the skating program this summer, or prepare long-term for a program in 2023. Officials are still considering vendors and pricing options.
The county board approved the funding through contingency funds 12-6 on Thursday. The last-minute resolution, introduced by County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson after an hours-long session, faced significant opposition from supervisors hawkish about the county's fiscal woes.
"It's a worthy idea," Supervisor Anthony Staskunas said. "I still would like to know where the money is coming from. It seems irresponsible when we don't know where the money is coming from."
Officials have long warned of structural budget problems. Unless the county is allowed by state legislators to raise local sales taxes, County Executive David Crowley said in February, services like parks, youth services and buses could be cut from budgets beginning in 2027.
"This county is heading towards a fiscal cliff," Supervisor Steve Taylor said. "So when we're spending money we have to be cautious."
The parks system in particular faces a fiscal crisis. The department has seen expenditures outpace funding as dollars are pulled toward state-mandated services.
Also controversial was the proposed use of contingency funds. Such funds are typically reserved for emergency expenditures, though supervisors disagreed on what could be defined as an emergency and whether the funds were explicitly barred from being spent on non-emergency items.
The county comptroller reported that the county should expect to see a deficit of $1 million at the end of the fiscal year. Spending the $175,000 would add to that amount, leading some supervisors to advocate placing the item on next year's budget.
Supporters, meanwhile, framed the rink as an issue of racial equity. Nicholson noted that roller skating is particularly popular among the Black community, as well as youth and seniors. Several supervisors recalled a committee meeting where the public showed "overwhelming" support for the project.
"We have to put our money where our mouth is," said Nicholson, who introduced the resolution. Supervisor Sheldon Wasserman, who chairs the park committee and represents the district containing Red Arrow Park, also voted in the resolution's favor.
"We will always find the dollars for the things we prioritize as a board," Supervisor Ryan Clancy said. "The dollar value is so very low and the public's support is so very high."
Plus, Nicholson said, the rink is projected to be a revenue generator. That might ease the parks department's budget woes in the long term.
Red Arrow Park was last redesigned in 1999 with the ice skating rink known as the "Slice of Ice". The ice rink is typically maintained between December and February. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/24/red-arrow-park-soon-have-roller-skating-rink/7711855001/ | 2022-06-24T14:14:32 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/24/red-arrow-park-soon-have-roller-skating-rink/7711855001/ |
Cowboy film star Tom Mix spent his last night at a Tucson ranch with then-Pima County Sheriff Ed Echols and famed western writer Walt Coburn.
The trio gathered at Coburn’s Catalina Foothills ranch, eating mesquite-grilled steaks and drinking Mexican beer on the veranda while enjoying a blazing sunset across the Tucson sky.
Later that evening, Mix went to the old Santa Rita Hotel in downtown Tucson, where he reserved a room and met with owner Nick Hall. Months earlier, Mix had ridden his famed horse Tony into the hotel lobby and notably chipped a piece of marble out of the grand staircase.
But on Oct. 11, 1940, they shared several drinks with band musicians into the early-morning hours.
Around noon the next day, Mix spoke with Tucson motorcycle policeman Richard Lease on his way north out of town. The officer was driving a new Harley-Davidson, the first radio-equipped motorcycle in the city. Hours after, Mix lay dead under his famed Cord convertible at a washed-out bridge along Highway 79 on the way to Florence. He was 60 years old.
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Coburn, in later years, wrote, “Tom lived his own legend in real life and on the silver screen, and that legend is destined to live on forevermore.”
I recently visited the Auburn Automobile Company headquarters and original showrooms in Auburn, Indiana. The site is now a museum without comparison. The Tom Mix 1937 Super-Charged V8 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible was designed there and manufactured in Indiana. Museum Curator Sam Grate reflected, “Like in his film career, Tom Mix had style and flair, which was evident with his Cord 812. With its custom features and stately appearance, Mix and his Cord complemented one another like a cowboy with his steed.”
Mix purchased his Cord, manufacturer’s color code Cigarette Cream, off the showroom floor at the Fuller Cord distributorship on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The total price with all the personalized accessories he wanted was $3,060.
Bob White of Scottsdale owns the famous Tom Mix Cord today. He rescued it 12 years ago after nine previous owners tried their hand at “customizing” the vehicle. One nearly destroyed the automobile, leaving the ailing Cord outside in a field up on blocks. It took White almost three years to tear the automobile down to the frame and build it back to its original showroom glory. His book, “The Tom Mix Cord,” is the most definitive research history of Mix and his vehicle ownership today.
I met with White and sat in the perfectly restored Cord as he provided details about the Halliburton suitcases and the money Mix was said to be carrying at the time of his death. Folklore in Tucson claims that the aluminum suitcases were filled with heavy silver coins and struck the cowboy actor in the back of the head at the crash. According to White, the cases did not contain coins. In Mix’s possessions at the time of the crash were $6,000 in cash and $1,500 in travelers’ checks.
According to White, the money was recovered and not stolen at the accident scene. White noted that the two Halliburton suitcases are displayed at the Tom Mix Museum in Dewey, Oklahoma. He observed that one has a sizable dent on a corner, causing speculation that it produced the broken neck Tom sustained.
Novelist Coburn wrote of their legendary last night together in Tucson, “Tom Mix had seen his last sunset in the welcomed companionship of his old friend Ed Echols. A crimson sunset in a spectacular sky, with a panoramic view of the desert and mountain ranges. He had heard the sound of the quail and mourning doves blending into the hushed twilight of the last sunset.”
Jerry Wilkerson, who lives in SaddleBrooke, is a former press secretary for two U.S. Congressmen and a prior Chicago CBS radio and Chicago Daily News correspondent. Email: franchise@att.net | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/cowboy-film-stars-death-car-restored-in-arizona/article_1990739c-b246-11ec-b1ee-770c8aa8d056.html | 2022-06-24T14:19:31 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/cowboy-film-stars-death-car-restored-in-arizona/article_1990739c-b246-11ec-b1ee-770c8aa8d056.html |
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Tucson Police Department’s involvement with Boulder Crest Foundation to combat the stigmatization of mental illness and PTSD among first responders should be applauded. (See June 12 guest opinion in the Arizona Daily Star, “First responders need our support”). Their efforts to start a “movement” to radically change its first responder culture — from one that tells officers to “suck it up” and ignore the human trauma they encounter almost daily to one that proactively focuses on health and wellness — is desperately needed.
But left unaddressed in Chief Kasmar’s and Mr. Goldberg’s guest opinion is whether city officials and city policy will, in turn, support its first responders whose PTSD arises from the necessary risks of carrying out the duties of his or her employment.
To support its officers whose PTSD stems from work-related events, will the city direct those officers to file claims for workers’ compensation benefits? Will the city then accept those work-related PTSD claims when their own independent psychiatrist says the officer’s PTSD is related to a traumatic work event?
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My experience as a workers’ compensation attorney who represents first responders says, “no.” The city will continue to deny and fight those claims for PTSD, as long as our workers’ compensation law allows it.
As our workers’ compensation law stands now, the “mental injury” statute (passed in 1980) requires the injured worker to show that “unexpected, unusual or extraordinary” stress caused the worker’s mental injury. The law “measures” whether the stress was “unexpected, unusual or extraordinary” by comparing the stress the worker encountered to a similarly situated co-worker.
For law enforcement officers, the “peer group comparison” is often fatal to their workers’ compensation claim. Why? First responders train for encountering the worst of human trauma, so rarely is an event “unexpected, unusual or extraordinary” — not the mass shooting at the elementary school, not a debris field from a plane crash, not the close-up inspection of a murder victim’s body, not witnessing a fellow officer shot and killed.
The peer group comparison for law enforcement and first responders often leads to this perverse outcome — the very group of workers whose daily job duties require them to respond to dangerous situations or places where human trauma unfolds are denied and excluded from the protection of our constitutionally enshrined workers’ compensation law.
What can be done to reverse the perversity of the mental injury statute?
For one, the city could adopt the policy position that accepts more of its PTSD claims filed by its first responders when they show sufficiently the work-relatedness of their PTSD, instead of relying strictly on the statute’s higher bar. The City of Phoenix made a similar policy choice in 2019 when it directed its workers’ compensation insurance carrier to accept a dozen or so previously denied firefighter cancer claims.
Does police department culture play a role? Of course. The de-stigmatization of mental illness and PTSD is a step. So is, as Chief Kasmar alluded to, committing resources that proactively address wellness and the effects of trauma. Yet another is the disassembling of the “suck it up” culture, which often sends trauma-suffering officers back into the field where they are more likely to engage in bad policing or become one of the “statistics” as noted by Chief Kasmar.
Finally, as taxpayers and community members who benefit from the service and protection of our first responders, we can do more than express our gratitude with a “friendly hello.” We can support policy initiatives put forth by the city that would fulfill the promise made in the workers’ compensation act to our first responders: If you get hurt on the job protecting our community, whether it’s a physical or mental injury, we got you covered.
Laura Clymer is a workers’ compensation attorney who represents injured workers in the greater Tucson area. She is a board-certified workers’ compensation specialist, and a board member of the Arizona Association of Lawyers for Injured Workers. She’s an associate attorney at Brian Clymer Attorney at Law. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-city-needs-to-support-first-responders-suffering-from-ptsd/article_691ed64a-f262-11ec-9f79-3f7ba525a456.html | 2022-06-24T14:19:49 | 0 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-city-needs-to-support-first-responders-suffering-from-ptsd/article_691ed64a-f262-11ec-9f79-3f7ba525a456.html |
BLOOMINGTON — The McLean County Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for the ATHENA Leadership Award, which will be presented Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Leaders of Distinction Awards.
The award recognizes exemplary leaders who have achieved excellence in their business or profession, served the community in a meaningful way, and actively assisted women to achieve their full leadership potential, according to a news release from the chamber.
ATHENA International was founded 40 years ago and is a women's leadership organization that supports, develops and honors women leaders through the program it administers. The ATHENA Leadership Award Program has honored over 7,000 women leaders from hundreds of cities and countries since 1982. The program is facilitated locally by the McLean County Chamber of Commerce, a licensed ATHENA host organization.
Nominations are sought from throughout the community, and recipients are selected by a diverse group of community leaders.
Nominations will be accepted through July 31. Forms may be accessed at mcleancochamber.org, or by contacting Jessica Kemp at Jessica@mcleancochamber.org or 309-829-1188.
And the winners are: Photos from the Leaders of Distinction awards
Cat Woods, Colleen Kannaday
Jenna Hart
Carole and Jerry Ringer
Grace Nichols, Nate Hinch
Jennifer Rusk, Barbara Little, Joyce Rusk
Ann Aubry, Nat Heron, Kate Browne
Marcia Basolo, Sue Henrichs, Cathy Holbrook
Shelly Pregler, Laura Hughs, Patti Penn
Pam Deaton, Kirsten Evans
B.J. Wilkin, Kathy and Bill Yoder
Dan Adams, Cheryl Magnuson with photobomber Charlie Moore
Justin and Abbi Strader
Aggie and Glen Hedin
Denise Fertig, Emily Holle, Ruth Kombe
Polka Dot Twins: Cat Woods, Jonell Kehias
Joe Palma, Laura O’Connor
Steve and Julie Kubsch
Steve and Shannon Hart, Jill Zmuda
Scott Kinzy, ISU President Terri Goss Kinzy, Brandon Thornton
Jon and Laura Pritts
Tony and Stephanie Morstatter
Miles, Liz, Joe and Luna Palma
Dani and Brian Wipperman
Shannon Gerwick, Mary Bennett-Henrichs
Holiday Spectacular family
Holiday Spectacular family
Laura O’Connor, Kathy Yoder, Melissa Isenburg
Julie Emig, IWU President Georgia Nugent
IWU President Georgia Nugent, Heartland Community College President Keith Cornille
Samantha Morehead, Jeremy Daniel
Sue Henrichs, Marcia Basolo, Grace Irvin, Donna Anhalt, Cathy Holbrook
Aimee and Brian Beam
Julie and Bob Dobski
Nate Hinch
Andy Shirk
Andy Shirk, Dan Adams, Cheryl Magnuson
Justin Strader
Justin Strader congratulating Jenna Hart, winner of the Liz Larson award
Cat Woods
Cat Woods, Aggie Hedin
Cat Woods, Aimee Beam
Cat Woods, Kathy Yoder
Julie Dobski, Liz Palma
Julie Dobski, Liz and Joe Palma
Bob Dobski, Betty Garcia Patino, Julie Dobski
Bob Dobski, Liz Palma, Betty Garcia Patino, Julie Dobski
Liz Palma, Betty Garcia Patino
Bob Dobski, Liz Palma, Betty Garcia Patino, Julie Dobski
Paul and Jackie Leahey, Cat Woods
Liz Palma, Aggie Hedin
Julie Kubsch, Aggie Hedin
Contact Olivia Jacobs at 309-820-3240. Follow Olivia on Twitter: @olivia___jacobs | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/mclean-county-chamber-taking-nominations-for-athena-leadership-award/article_87f36e08-f331-11ec-8f89-035bfd38ae0d.html | 2022-06-24T14:22:33 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/mclean-county-chamber-taking-nominations-for-athena-leadership-award/article_87f36e08-f331-11ec-8f89-035bfd38ae0d.html |
A San Antonio man was sentenced to 28 years in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty earlier this year to livestreaming himself sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl to an undercover law enforcement agent.
According to court documents, Jeremy Shawn Lopezieo, 35, did not know he was speaking with an undercover agent with the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Texas said in a news release.
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Lopezieo, who was in an online group dedicated to the trade of child pornography images, was arrested in February 2019, according to an affidavit obtained by the Express-News at the time. He remained in custody since his arrest and pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography on Jan. 20, records show.
In addition to the prison sentence, Lopezieo was also ordered to pay $50,000 to the victim. After his prison term, he will serve 25 years on supervised release.
timothy.fanning@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Jeremy-Lopezio-child-pornography-sentencing-17262899.php | 2022-06-24T14:24:39 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Jeremy-Lopezio-child-pornography-sentencing-17262899.php |
Police are investigating the shooting death of a man found on the West Side early Friday.
Details are limited, but police said they responded to reports of a shooting at around 3:30 a.m. near the intersection of San Fernando Drive and San Dario Avenue.
When they arrived, they found a man lying unresponsive on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene by emergency personnel.
Police said they do not have a suspect or suspects. Authorities also said they have not found any witnesses.
timothy.fanning@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/fatal-San-Antonio-shooting-17262991.php | 2022-06-24T14:24:46 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/fatal-San-Antonio-shooting-17262991.php |
Idaho has been in a lucky position for the last several years, with a booming economy, remarkably low unemployment and tax revenue that seemed to grow every year. Lawmakers have used those revenue booms to finance tax cuts, infrastructure spending and education funding improvements — though the latter two always seemed to be lower priorities than the first.
But there is reason to believe that the job of lawmakers, county commissioners and city councils is about to get a bit harder, and they should be prepared for it.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to raise interest rates by 0.75%. That’s the biggest increase since 1994, the New York Times reported.
It’s a good time for an aggressive rate increase like this, given the high and persistent rate of inflation. Interest rates remain lower than before the arrival of COVID-19, when the Fed swiftly lowered rates to stave off recession, but the sharp increase is likely to throw some water on an overheated economy.
And there are consequences to the rate hike. The biggest of these is that the risk of recession just rose sharply.
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Higher interest rates make borrowing more expensive. Mortgages get more expensive, so offers to purchase homes decline. It’s harder for businesses to borrow to buy new equipment, so businesses forestall investment. Consumer credit gets more expensive, so shoppers delay purchases.
These are all ways that rate increases slow down the economy to fight inflation. But there’s always the risk of pumping the brakes too hard — and it’s difficult to know exactly how hard to push the pedal. So the risk of recession is higher than it’s been since the days of lockdown.
That’s not reason for panic.
The recession that looms largest in our memories, the 2008 Great Recession, was a once-in-a-lifetime event, the worst economic downturn in almost a century. Most recessions are not like that. Nor are most recessions like the more recent pandemic recession: very brief but with a staggeringly big shock to economic activity and unemployment.
The state government is well-positioned to weather a normal recession without major cuts, so long as it is prepared to utilize its overflowing rainy day funds. The function of a rainy day fund isn’t to show off how fiscally conservative you are. It is to ensure that services don’t have to be cut when revenue drops due to recession. Lawmakers should stand ready to use these funds as they were intended.
As budget season approaches, local governments should be careful about adding new positions at a time with this level of uncertainty. There is a cost to leaving a department slightly understaffed for a year. But it’s much better than laying off workers suddenly due to a recession.
And both state and local governments should prepare for a possible recession in another way.
Those who suffer most in a recession tend to be those who are most vulnerable. The lowest-paid workers are the most likely to be laid off. Unemployment among Black and Latino workers tends to rise much faster than unemployment among white workers.
So both state and local officials should anticipate that there’s a strong chance that demand for services for the unemployed will rise in the near future as well. They should target funding and staffing toward these programs so that Idahoans can weather a bout of unemployment without serious, long-term consequences. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/idaho-view-with-fed-rate-hike-recession-could-be-headed-for-idaho-now-is-the/article_3a5cc528-f30d-11ec-98a0-870dbd5fcb26.html | 2022-06-24T14:28:06 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/idaho-view-with-fed-rate-hike-recession-could-be-headed-for-idaho-now-is-the/article_3a5cc528-f30d-11ec-98a0-870dbd5fcb26.html |
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