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Texas’ GOP-led House of Representatives was set to hold historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday as the scandal-plagued Republican called on supporters to protest a vote that could lead to his ouster.
The House scheduled an afternoon start for debate on whether to impeach and suspend Paxton from office over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust — just some of the accusations that have trailed Texas' top lawyer for most of his three terms.
The hearing sets up what could be a remarkably sudden downfall for one of the GOP’s most prominent legal combatants, who in 2020 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn President Joe Biden's electoral defeat of Donald Trump. Only two officials in Texas’ nearly 200-year history have been impeached.
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Paxton, 60, has called the impeachment proceedings “political theater” based on “hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims,” and an attempt to disenfranchise voters who reelected him in November. On Friday, he asked supporters "to peacefully come let their voices be heard at the Capitol tomorrow.”
Despite his call, there was no sign of an organized effort to support Paxton by late morning. Milling around the Capitol were groups of tourists, a school choir and area high school graduates taking pictures with their families.
Paxton has been under FBI investigation for years over accusations that he used his office to help a donor and was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, though he has yet to stand trial. Until this week his fellow Republicans have taken a muted stance on the allegations.
Impeachment requires just a simple majority in the House. That means only a small fraction of its 85 Republicans would need to join 64 Democrats in voting against him.
If impeached, Paxton would be removed from office pending a Senate trial, and it would fall to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint an interim replacement. Final removal would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate, where Paxton’s wife’s, Angela, is a member.
Texas' top elected Republicans had been notably quiet about Paxton this week. But some party members, including the state GOP chairman, began to rally around him by Friday. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday called the impeachment process “a travesty,” touted Paxton's effectiveness in suing the Biden administration, and said the attorney general's own legal troubles should be left to the courts.
Abbott, who lauded Paxton while swearing him in for a third term in January, is among those who have remained silent. The governor spoke at a Memorial Day service in the House chamber about three hours before the scheduled start of the impeachment proceedings. Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan also attended but the two appeared to exchange few words, and Abbott left without commenting to reporters.
In one sense, Paxton’s political peril arrived with dizzying speed: The House committee's investigation of him came to light Tuesday, and by Thursday lawmakers issued 20 articles of impeachment.
But to Paxton’s detractors, the rebuke was years overdue.
In 2014, he admitted to violating Texas securities law, and a year later he was indicted on securities fraud charges in his hometown near Dallas, accused of defrauding investors in a tech startup. He pleaded not guilty to two felony counts carrying a potential sentence of five to 99 years.
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He opened a legal defense fund and accepted $100,000 from an executive whose company was under investigation by Paxton’s office for Medicaid fraud. An additional $50,000 was donated by an Arizona retiree whose son Paxton later hired to a high-ranking job but was soon fired after displaying child pornography in a meeting. In 2020, Paxton intervened in a Colorado mountain community where a Texas donor and college classmate faced removal from his lakeside home under coronavirus orders.
But what ultimately unleased the impeachment push was Paxton's relationship with Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.
In 2020, eight top aides told the FBI they were concerned Paxton was misusing his office to help Paul over the developer's unproven claims that an elaborate conspiracy to steal $200 million of his properties was afoot. The FBI searched Paul’s home in 2019, but he has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. Paxton also told staff members he had an affair with a woman who, it later emerged, worked for Paul.
The impeachment accuses Paxton of attempting to interfere in foreclosure lawsuits and issuing legal opinions to benefit Paul. Its bribery charges allege that Paul employed the woman with whom Paxton had an affair in exchange for legal help and that he paid for expensive renovations to the attorney general's home.
A senior lawyer for Paxton’s office, Chris Hilton, said Friday that the attorney general paid for all repairs and renovations.
Other charges, including lying to investigators, date back to Paxton’s still-pending securities fraud indictment.
Four of the aides who reported Paxton to the FBI later sued under Texas’ whistleblower law, and in February he agreed to settle the case for $3.3 million. The House committee said it was Paxton seeking legislative approval for the payout that sparked their probe.
“But for Paxton’s own request for a taxpayer-funded settlement over his wrongful conduct, Paxton would not be facing impeachment,” the panel said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/live-now-texas-house-to-take-up-ken-paxton-impeachment-vote/3266081/ | 2023-05-27T19:24:07 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/live-now-texas-house-to-take-up-ken-paxton-impeachment-vote/3266081/ |
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Horizon Bancorp, the parent company of the 150-year-old Horizon Bank, recently added two board members.
The Michigan City-based bank appointed Kevin Ahern and Brian Maass to serve as independent directors. The board now has 14 directors, 12 of whom are independent from the bank that serves Indiana and Michigan.
"Both are exceptional leaders, with considerable expertise and demonstrated track records in asset liability management, client relationship building, capital development, and strategy, which aligns well with Horizon’s initiatives for growth and complements the board's shared knowledge and experience in several key areas," said Thomas Prame, president of Horizon Bancorp and Horizon Bank. "We are pleased to have Kevin and Brian add their financial expertise and experiences to our bank’s board of directors and look forward to their valuable and fresh perspectives that will help maximize shareholder value."
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Ahern has worked in the financial services industry as an executive, entrepreneur and operator. He's the co-founder and is currently a managing partner of the private equity firm Brush Creek Partners.
He previously served as the founder, chairman and CEO of CIC Bancshares and its subsidiary Centennial Bank. During his tenure leading the bank, he grew its assets from $37 million to $750 million through acquisitions and organic growth.
It was eventually acquired by Heartland Financial, where Ahern served as executive vice president.
He's also been president and chief operating officer of Colorado-based Braddock Financial Corporation, an asset management and private equity firm. He previously worked for CoBiz Financial, Inc., Aetna Investment Management, Mutual Asset Management, ING Investment Management and Sterling Partners.
He also serves on the boards of InBank Corp, Bancorp 34, ERI Group, Gemini XIII and Investment Trust Co.
Maass serves as a consultant and finance executive. He's amassed more than 25 years of experience in areas like corporate finance, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, balance sheet management, accounting and capital markets.
He most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of TCF Financial Corp. and its subsidiary TCF Bank. He helped grow the bank from $18 billion in assets to $48 billion in assets.
He's also worked at Wells Fargo Bank, where he last served as senior vice president of treasury global funding.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Pierogi stand, Brown Skin Coffee and Alpha Family Resale opening; Ixxa and Dan's Pierogies updating
Open
A new pierogi concession stand at U.S. Steel Yard in downtown Gary has turned every Gary South Shore RailCats home game into Pierogi Fest, especially on dollar pierogi Wednesday.
The concession stand along the first base line by right field sells three potato pierogi with buttered onions and sour cream for $5 and five for $8. The large-sized pierogi are just $1 each on Wednesdays.
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It's one of many concession options at the park, including hot dogs, Polish sausages, tacos, walking tacos and Ben's Soft Pretzels. 18th Street Brewery, which has locations in Hammond and Gary's Miller neighborhood, took over the former Devil's Trumpet spot this season after that Hobart-based craft brewery closed. It offers 18th Street's acclaimed craft beers like Candi Crushable as well as a limited food menu that includes pulled pork sandwiches.
The Dollar Pierogi Night on Wednesday is just one of many weekly promotions this season, including $5 signature cocktails for Sunday Fun-Day, all-you-can-eat hot dogs, popcorn and peanuts for $15 for AYCE Mondays, $3 tacos and $5 margaritas for Taco Tuesdays and $3 domestic beers for Thirsty Thursdays.
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Closed
Righteous Ribs closed its sit-down restaurant at The Steel Yard in downtown Gary and is now operating as a mobile barbecue business that caters to backyard barbecues and special events.
Originally from East Chicago, Righteous Ribs serves ribs, rib tips, brisket, turkey, wings and other barbecue staples. It took over the former R & R Sports Bar & Grill space in the minor league baseball stadium in 2020. It was originally home to a Bennigan's when the Steel Yard first opened as a major downtown redevelopment project in 2002, but that national sit-down restaurant chain has long since gone out of business.
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Renovated
Also in pierogi news, Dan's Pierogies in downtown Highland completely renovated its dining room to have a "new, upbeat" look. The artist Ochoart did a personalized mural with the anthropomorphic pierogi that serve as the Dan's Pierogies mascot. The wall-sized mural depicts the history of the Polish restaurant that dates back to 1998.
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New mural
Dan's Pierogies sells pierogies and other Polish cuisine for dine-in at 2945 Jewett Ave and also offers frozen pierogies to take home. It also does pop-ups and is especially well-known for its annual booth at Pierogi Fest in Whiting, where it draws some of the longest lines every July.
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Opening
Brown Skin Coffee will soon provide Gary with a jolt of caffeine.
The new coffee shop is located at 1921 W. 25th Ave. by the Fresh Market supermarket just off the Grant Street exit of the Borman Expressway. It will serve single-origin coffee, loose-leaf tea and wines from around the world.
A soft opening is planned for Monday, to be followed with a grand opening that will include food and drink tasting, a jazz band and a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"We are excited to bring the authentic experience of Brown Skin Coffee to Gary," said Shana Tate, a Gary native and CEO of Brown Skin Coffee. "We believe that our single-original coffee, loose-leaf teas and wine will entice the appetite of greatness for the citizens of Gary, Indiana. Our goal is to provide our customers with an unforgettable experience."
She founded Brown Skin Coffee as a mobile coffee bar based out of the back of a Mini car three years ago.
The business grew and she opened a brick-and-mortar location in Brownsburg in central Indiana.
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The coffee shop aims to provide an authentic experience in a "cozy and elegant atmosphere" that gives people a place to unwind or socialize. The coffee house will hang the work of local artists on the walls, where it will be available for sale. It will have regular events throughout the week, including Wine Down Wednesday and open mic nights.
Brown Skin Coffee has a full espresso bar with drinks like a flat white, affogato and macchiato. Signature drinks include a Rolo Latte, Red Velvet Latte, Lavender Matcha Latte and Brown Sugar Babe Coffee. It prepares coffee in a number of ways, including with V60, Chemex and a French Press.
Non-coffee options include MUD/WTR and kombucha.
The cafe serves breakfast items like avocado toast, breakfast burritos, omelets, grits, biscuits and gravy and chicken and waffles. It also has a variety of baked goods like butter croissants, brioche bread, loaf cake and Madeleines.
Lunch options include quesadillas, air-fried Boujie Wings, a BLT wrap, a fajita wrap, a ham & swiss wrap, salads and soups like tomato basil and New England Clam Chowder.
For more information, call 219-281-2155, visit brownskincoffee.com or find the business on Facebook.
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Coming soon
Alpha Family Resale is coming to Winfield this summer.
The thrift and consignment store plans to open soon at 10763 Randolph St.
"My wife and I want to help people in this area," owner Tim Koedyker said. "The first program will be for mothers and newborn babies who can't afford things. We looked at a resale shop to be the generator for the funds."
It's now accepting donations at its location at the Doubletree Plaza in Winfield, in the same shopping center as the Baja Restaurant and the Strack & Van Til that was previously a WiseWay.
"We just got some demolition done and are doing painting and fixtures," he said. "We're hoping to be open by the end of June or the first part of July."
The resale store will specialize in gently used clothes and household items.
"It's used clothing for people who want something new but are OK with it being old. People don't realize how much it saves the planet to keep these items from going to a landfill," he said. "We can find people that could use these clothes. The cost of everything is also going up whether gas prices or food. Everything is getting more expensive so this can help the community."
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Alpha Family Resale also will sell household items like decor and kitchenware. It will not carry larger items like appliances or furniture. People can donate household items or clothes in bags in a donation bin out in the back of the store.
"We're going to help people afford things they normally couldn't," he said. "People can come in here and browse and see things that weren't in here yesterday."
The store is a 501(c)3-registered nonprofit that plans to pour proceeds into community causes.
"We're talking to the township trustee to find people that do need the assistance, for baby goods or something like that," he said. "Once our bills are paid, our rent and electrical and whatever, we plan to support nonprofit programs."
For more information, call 219-776-2779, email info@alphafamilyresale.org , visit alphafamilyresale.org or find the business on Facebook.
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Expanded
Ixxa Coffee Roasters & Plant Shop expanded in Hammond's Robertsdale neighborhood and is now offering seating for the first time.
The coffee shop and plant store at 1720 Calumet Ave. just opened its outdoor patio and urban garden Saturday, and also recently added an apothecary section. It previously focused on a to-go coffee business as plants take up all the floor space inside the cafe.
It was founded last year by Jose Marin, who does the coffee roasting, and his wife, Stephanie Mora, who runs the plant store. The married couple from Los Angeles added al fresco seating and a garden on the left side of the building.
"It's an urban oasis," Marin said. "There's an urban garden where people can take home a couple of tomatoes for dinner that night. We're about providing value to the customers and community as much as possible. We're in on the urban garden trend. People who want to grab some tomatoes or cucumbers are more than welcome to do so."
They also will grow peppers and herbs in 12 beds.
"They're available to taste for free," he said. "If you want to try something out, you can pick it off the vine. We want to encourage people to eat organic and grow their own food. They can see what it tastes like right off the vine or bring some to add to a salad for dinner that night. We'll have hanging herb gardens where people can take clippings."
The patio also has about 16 seats at several tables. They plan to have live music, hosting different artists out on the patio throughout the summer. Upcoming events will be posted on its Instagram page.
"Hopefully, we'll have some blues or jazz," he said. "We'll also host discussions of gardening, sustainability, native plants and the benefits of native plants."
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Ixxa also recently expanded to add apothecary products.
"We have pictures and powders for moods, sleep, anxiety, pain, general illness, immunity boosting," Mora said.
It stocks Anima Mundi goods from Brooklyn.
"They are Costa Rican and indigenous healers," she said. "We've worked with this brand for awhile. They have pictures and medicine like sleep aides, to mitigate pain, for when you're feeling sick, for anxiety or a bit of depression. They have products that help with the mind as well as cognitive health, such as with mushrooms like Reishi, Cordyceps or Lion's Mane. They have health benefits so you don't have to rely on just pharmaceutical medicine. They work with nature for healing like with products for gut health and detox."
They are working to incorporate apothecary products into drinks at the coffee bar and looking to add other brands in the future.
"If you're sick and tired of putting chemicals in the body and really don't know or understand what's in them you can harness the power of nature, of herbs and plants," she said. "You can grow your own medicine from home. We're exploring herbalist tinctures and the healing power of nature."
Ixxa also is looking to add indoor seating, expanding its wholesale business to serve more restaurants and coffee shops and looking to offer subscription coffee packages in which people can sign up to get locally roasted coffee beans every month.
"We're very excited to be adding the patio space," Marin said. "We'll be creating the same vibe and energy sitting with the plants in a kind of urban oasis."
It recently expanded its hours to 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information, call 219-232-8138 or visit ixxacoffee.com .
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STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. — A motorcyclist from Keyes was killed in single-vehicle accident late Friday night.
According to the California Highway Patrol, it happened just after 11:30 p.m. on Shiloh Road in Modesto, just south of Paradise Road.
CHP says its preliminary investigation shows the motorcyclist, a 38-year-old man from Keyes, was going north on Shiloh Road at an unknown speed when he drifted off the east side of the road and collided with a wooden fence.
The motorcycle continued going north and overturned, ejecting the rider.
The rider was treated at the scene and taken to Doctors Medical Center where he died from his injuries. He has not been identified yet.
CHP says it’s unknown if drugs or alcohol contributed to the crash, and the rider was wearing a full-faced DOT approved helmet at the time of the crash. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/man-killed-in-modesto-motorcycle-accident/103-a5f6e9a4-902e-4c2a-8dd6-473ceb8f82e4 | 2023-05-27T19:42:16 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/man-killed-in-modesto-motorcycle-accident/103-a5f6e9a4-902e-4c2a-8dd6-473ceb8f82e4 |
VACAVILLE, Calif. — A Vacaville LGBTQ+ group and community members are frustrated city officials haven't yet issued a proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month with days to go until the start of the month.
The Solano Pride Center says Vacaville Mayor John Carli is the cause of the delay and accuses him of refusing to fly the Pride flag above city hall, something he disputes.
The mayor and members of the Solano Pride Center met Wednesday to discuss the proclamation of acknowledgment, but Carli says the proclamation he was given was “different from those that the prior mayor issued” and recent court rulings led him to consult with legal counsel before making a decision or taking action.
“Confronted with these changes and a recent Supreme Court case related to flags on government property, I advised that I would need to connect with members of our legal team seeking clarity and anticipating resolution prior to the end of May,” said Carli in a statement to ABC10.
The United States Supreme Court case he’s referring to is Shurtleff v. City of Boston, a case asking if a city, in this case Boston, can refuse to fly a private religious organization’s flag on city flagpoles or if the refusal violates the First Amendment.
The court ruled because the city had not previously rejected flags and had exercised little to no control over flag content, it was not government speech and “that refusal discriminated based on religious viewpoint and violated the Free Speech Clause,” according to then Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer who wrote the opinion.
Vacaville does not have any clause or guidelines for what flags can be flown over city hall.
The Solano Pride Center says if the city doesn't make the proclamation, it would be the only one in Solano County not recognizing June as Pride Month.
“Now more than ever, LGBTQ rights across the U.S. are under assault,” said center spokesperson Sarah White in a statement. “At this inflection point in our nation's struggle for LGBTQ equality, it is unfortunate Mayor Carli has decided to move Vacaville in the wrong direction by not standing in solidarity with the LGBTQ community.”
The center says it will still hold the 3rd annual Vacaville Pride event on June 3 from 12-4 p.m. in Andrews Park at 614 E Monte Vista Ave.
Carli says the city is and has been one who “acknowledges and celebrates our diversity, inclusive to all who wish to be a member of our wonderful community.”
Vacaville’s city attorney was not readily available for comment Friday night. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/solano-pride-center-vacaville-mayor-pride-month/103-15a37af8-3b97-4b40-9049-5a1ba5742266 | 2023-05-27T19:42:22 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/solano-pride-center-vacaville-mayor-pride-month/103-15a37af8-3b97-4b40-9049-5a1ba5742266 |
TURLOCK, Calif. — UPDATE: The Turlock Police Department says she was found safe around 10:21 a.m.
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The Turlock Police Department needs your help finding a missing 12-year-old who is non-verbal and autistic.
Police say 12-year-old Kylie Chavoya was last seen walking away from her home on Colorado Avenue around 7:25 a.m. Saturday.
Chavoya is non-verbal and autistic, but police say she can answer ‘yes/no’ questions.
She was last seen wearing hot pink clothing and black shoes.
Anyone who sees her can call the department’s non-emergency number at 209-668-1200. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/turlock-police-looking-for-missing-12-year-old-girl/103-fad4290d-ccab-4a78-bfc5-7dcfc23b811e | 2023-05-27T19:42:28 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/turlock-police-looking-for-missing-12-year-old-girl/103-fad4290d-ccab-4a78-bfc5-7dcfc23b811e |
Feds looking to unload a RI lighthouse, but not to just anyone. Here's what it takes to qualify
To get it for free, the new owner must be a nonprofit or government agency
- The original lighthouse was built in 1826
- The current lighthouse was built in 1932 and moved in 1939
- The lighthouse and foghorn will continue to operate
WARWICK − The Warwick Neck Lighthouse is being offered for free by the federal government to local nonprofits, the state or the City of Warwick.
The U.S. General Services Administration listed a notice of availability on May 15 for the lighthouse, the single-family keeper's house and the 0.8 acres of land at the tip of Warwick Point.
While the lighthouse may be free, the new owner has to follow rules about public access and public use. Letters of interest by qualified buyers are due July 14.
Is the Warwick Neck lighthouse for sale?
The lighthouse is not, technically, for sale.
While 10 lighthouses across the country are being disposed of by the U.S. General Services Administration, six of them, including the Warwick lighthouse, are being offered for free to nonprofits, "educational agencies," local and state governments and "community development organizations."
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"These entities must be financially able to maintain the historic light station, and make the station available for education, park, recreation, cultural or historic preservation purposes for the public at reasonable times and under reasonable conditions," according to a news release from the General Services Administration.
If no group applies by the July 14 deadline or the General Services Administration rejects the applications, the lighthouse and 0.8 acres of property will go to a public auction.
Of the 10 lighthouses being disposed of, four are being sold at auction.
What is the history of the Warwick Neck lighthouse?
The lighthouse site is 196 years old, but the lighthouse is much younger.
The original lighthouse was built in 1826, an 18-foot clapboarded tower that rose from the center of a one-story stone lightkeeper's house, according to the 1988 National Register of Historic Places entry for the lighthouse. The design was unusual because at the top, the four corners were cut back to form an octagon that housed the lantern.
In 1889, $8,000 was appropriated to build a new keeper's house because the old one was in poor condition.
The original tower and dwelling were town down in 1932 and replaced with the current tower, similar to the "caisson type tower" lighthouses at Conimcut, Hog Island Shoal, Plum Beach and Sakonnet. The tower, built in 1932, was the last "traditional" lighthouse built in Rhode Island.
In 1939, the lighthouse was moved 50 feet north, away from the shoreline, to its current position and placed on an 8-foot concrete base after the Hurricane of 1938 undermined its foundation.
What happens to the lighthouse when it gets a new owner?
The light part of the lighthouse, referred to as "aids to navigation" in federal documents, will remain the property of the U.S. Coast Guard. It is a "rhythmic green light" that flashes every four seconds, visible for 12 nautical miles, according to the Notice of Availability.
The lighthouse would continue to operate, including its foghorn, which blasts once every 15 seconds for 45 minutes when turned on, with a range of a quarter mile. It is remotely operated.
The lighthouse was automated in 1985.
What was the lighthouse being used for?
The house on the property was once used as housing for Coast Guard personnel, according to the website lighthousefriends.com, but is currently vacant, according to the government listing.
The single-family house has a basement, a detached garage and a storage shed.
What is the timeline for new ownership?
The deadline for letters of interest is July 14, 2023, followed by an appointment to inspect the property. Completed applications are then do within 90 days of the inspection, and afterward, the National Park Service will review the applications and make recommendations to the General Service Administration.
If no group applies by the July 14, 2023 deadline or the General Services Administration rejects the applications, the lighthouse and 0.8 acres of property will go to a pubic auction.
Check the General Services Administration's website for more lighthouse listings.
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2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy answered audience questions during a recording of the “Iowa Talking Points” program on May 26, 2023, at Mudd Advertising in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Jeff Stein hosts the show.
CEDAR FALLS — A 37-year old businessman is seeking to become the youngest person ever elected president of the United States.
Vivek Ramaswamy joined radio broadcaster Jeff Stein on Friday at a Mudd Advertising studio to discuss his Republican candidacy during a recording of the “Iowa Talking Points” program.
He’s the fourth Republican presidential candidate to campaign in the Cedar Valley within the last week and says he’ll be the guy to replicate what former president Ronald Reagan accomplished when, according to Ramaswamy, he pulled the country out of a national identity crisis.
Born in Cincinnati, the Harvard University graduate is focused on taking down “bureaucracy,” building on an approach taken with two companies he started. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotech company, to address a market not tackled by Big Pharma and Strive Asset Management, which competed with other firms using investor funds to promote political agendas that investors did not support.
“I built my career as a capitalist by taking on bureaucracy,” he said. “Well, now I want to take on the biggest of those bureaucracies of all – that is the administrative state – that’s really where a lot of the problem begins, the three-letter acronym alphabet soup, FTC to FDA to SCC, to God knows what." He called bureaucray "the fourth branch of government, that I view as fundamentally unconstitutional.”
He said the three branches of government are guilty of handing responsibilities and authority to the non-elected agencies and explained how they’ve gone a step further, passing the baton to Big Tech – especially Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google.
“I’m running for president to be the president who we elect to run the government (who) will actually be the one who runs the government,” he said.
He didn’t directly address other Republicans or Democrats and made little mention of President Joe Biden. Ramaswamy didn’t even address his proposal about raising the voting age to 25, which has gained widespread national attention.
He admitted to having ambitious and controversial ideas at times but expanded upon and drove home his beliefs with examples. One of those was in the form of an attack on LinkedIn, the company that locked his campaign account.
“Microsoft is the owner of LinkedIn, the very platform that this week censored me as a U.S. presidential candidate,” he said. “Think about that, from talking about climate change or Biden’s relationship with China,” he said.
The beginning of 2021 saw him step down as CEO of Roivant Sciences because he wanted to issue a statement in support of Black Lives Matter after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. It’s led to his challenge of what he calls the “woke industrial complex” and the “cancer” of political agenda seeping into companies’ actions.
“This was now a multi-billion dollar company I built from scratch, leading it as CEO. And even then I wasn’t free to speak my mind as a citizen or, to the contrary, had to speak something that was other than what was on my mind or in my heart,” he said.
Ramaswamy shared the stage with Gentry Collins, CEO of American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce, and Rob Mudd, chief futurist at Mudd Advertising, and took questions from the audience. In his comments, he was not shy about prioritizing support for products over a social and political agenda.
He decried the “tricks” of the woke industrial complex and suggested they only work “if we have a culture that’s willing to buy up what they’re selling. And I wasn’t going to solve that through the market. To solve that, we need a national revival of our culture itself.”
Ramaswamy wants to replace those "woke" agendas with “purpose” in the form of values like family and God.
Additionally, he expressed his desire for more oil drilling and less of a push for electric vehicles, wanting to roll back carbon regulations and eliminate subsidies for companies who take advantage of them. He’s all for capitalism and not apologizing for success because that’s what the businessman says leads to “anti-growth.”
He hopes that’s a formula to lead the country to larger GDP growth and a balanced budget. He also said the current government has been guilty of fueling “laziness” by paying people to stay at home, what he believes leads to depression and anxiety.
His views also include wanting to cut off any financial dependence on China and any support for Ukraine because of his feeling that there’s no return on the investment.
He said "civic education” is important to promote, as well, because of a poll that supposedly showed 60% of young Americans would give up their right to vote if it meant being able to continue to use TikTok.
Ramaswamy was given a chance to address his views on abortion, saying he is adamantly pro-life, and the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it has more holes than Swiss cheese.
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Earlier this month, more than 1,000 Nebraskans attended the first call-to-action event held by Justice in Action — a nonprofit organization formed in 2022 by leaders of Lincoln and Lancaster County faith congregations dedicated to creating community change.
"Our philosophy is that there are two types of power in the public arena," said the Rev. Kirstie Engel of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, who is a Justice in Action co-president. "The first is money and the second is people. We believe in the power of organized people. Organized people have the power to build the collective will to transform our community. That is the core of Justice in Action.”
In October of 2022, faith congregations across the Lincoln and Lancaster County areas hosted nearly 90 meetings where Nebraskans could share problems they were passionate about and wanted to address in the community.
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From the eight issues that emerged from those meetings, two were selected by popular vote at a November assembly as the organization's first challenges to tackle: mental health and criminal justice reform. Two issues will be selected annually, allowing the organization to focus their resources more efficiently.
"In my professional life, I study criminology and public health," said Lisa Kort-Butler, a member of Horizons Community Church in Lincoln and Justice in Action's research team. "When we, as an organization, decided that those were the things we were going to be focusing on, I thought, 'Hey, that's right in my wheelhouse, this is something I can help with.'"
By December, Kort-Butler and nearly 200 other Justice in Action staff and community members were involved in the research process — meeting with experts, looking through prior studies and attempting to form specific, measurable solutions to present at May's Nehemiah Action Assembly.
"We started meeting with people who we identified as stakeholders in the community, who were experts on these processes," Kort-Butler said. "On the criminal justice side, we met with folks doing prison missionary work, a UNL law professor who specializes in restorative justice, the director of community corrections at the time, the county attorney, and so on."
Kort-Butler said the meetings often took the form of large panel interviews where the research teams would ask questions, take notes and learn where Justice in Action could have an impact.
"We were very pleased with the response from the different offices we reached out to," she said. "It's been exciting to see positive action for change and to bring people together from all parts of the county who have different points of view, centered around this core value of justice for our neighbors."
When all the information was gathered, the two Justice in Action research teams created reports to present to elected officials at the Nehemiah Action Assembly on May 4.
The organization invited County Commissioner Christa Yoakum, Councilwoman Sändra Washington, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, County Commissioner Rick Vest, Councilman James Michael Bowers, and County Attorney Pat Condon — hoping to gain commitments to implement the proposed solutions and policies.
“We want everyone to leave here knowing where our elected officials stand and what can happen next,” Engel said to the assembled crowd. "We didn't name this group Justice in Words, we named it Justice in Action."
Yoakum, Washington and Bowers heard the solution from Justice in Action's mental health committee — a navigation program modeled after one in Toronto — to increase accessibility to existing mental health resources. Gaylor Baird was unable to attend but sent a representative in her place.
"People experiencing mental health issues in Lancaster County are often unable to access timely and appropriate care and end up interacting with the criminal justice system, which is costly and robs them of the opportunity to receive the ongoing care they need to lead productive and positive lives," the report on mental health read.
Engel said a navigation program would provide trained personnel to help Nebraska's families navigate available resources based on their specific situations and needs, a program that hasn't existed since the Community Mental Health Center closed in 2014.
All three elected officials agreed to meet with Justice in Action and Toronto Navigation representatives in early June to further discuss the program and work to establish a working idea for a Lincoln program by early 2024.
“We have wonderful nonprofits doing really, really hard work,” Yoakum said. “But it is a tough system to navigate.”
On the criminal justice reform stage, Vest heard a proposal to increase the community corrections budget to add staff, eliminate fees for diversion programs and create a real-time online dashboard that publishes data on inmates and individuals in diversion programs. Condon was unable to attend.
"County jails are the front door to mass incarceration," the criminal justice reform committee wrote in their report. "A growing number of people are placed or kept in the Lancaster County Jail for nonviolent offenses because the local system doesn’t have sufficient tools, discretion, or community-based alternatives to address their needs while maintaining public safety."
According to Engel, diversion refers to programs that offer an alternative to arrest, prosecution and incarceration.
"Recidivism for those serving time in the Lancaster County Jail is around 60%, while recidivism for those successfully completing a Community Corrections diversion program is only 20%, which means these programs improve public safety,” said Engel.
Vest said some of the requests, like the dashboard, were already in progress and money for the rest will be there "when the time is right."
While he said he couldn't make a commitment while the search for a permanent Community Corrections director continued, Vest pledged to address the budget proposals within 90 days of the new hire.
And this won't be the last Lincoln sees of Justice in Action, though the topics may vary over the coming years.
"Every year we'll decide on, as an organization, two topics to pursue," Kort-Butler said. "They may be brand new ones, or they may carry the torch forward and make sure action is happening. Our intent is to continue until we see change happening and to hold people accountable to that — we're not disappearing in any sense, this is long work that requires endurance and we're in for pursuing this as long as it takes."
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A high-speed chase down Interstate 80 that spanned across several southeast Nebraska counties ended in a fire and the arrest of a 31-year-old Washington woman in northeast Lincoln Friday night, according the Nebraska State Patrol.
At around 11:15 p.m. Friday, Nebraska Sate Patrol was notified that Seward County Deputies were in pursuit of a Chevrolet Monte Carlo that had fled a traffic stop, according to a press release from the state patrol. The pursuit was eastbound on I-80 heading into Lancaster County, according to the state patrol.
The state patrol took over as the vehicle continued on I-80 through Lincoln at speeds reaching 120 mph, according to the release.
At mile marker 412, the driver, Georgina De La Cadena, of Vancouver, Washington, turned around in the median and began traveling westbound on I-80. She exited at the Waverly interchange and began traveling westbound toward Lincoln on Highway 6, according to the release.
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The NSP AirWing picked up the pursuit from the air and troopers on the ground discontinued their pursuit, according to the release.
The vehicle turned southbound on 84th Street, entered a parking lot and drove into a field where it came to a stop. As De La Cadena fled on foot, troopers called for Lincoln Fire and Rescue after the vehicle caused a fire in the field’s tall grass, according to authorities.
After about a 15 minute search, a state patrol police dog tracked De La Cadena to where she was hiding on the bank of Stevens Creek, according to the release.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Fishermen in the U.S.'s only commercial-scale fishing industry for valuable baby eels once again had a productive season searching for the tiny fish.
Baby eels, called elvers, are often worth more than $2,000 per pound because of how valuable they are to Asian aquaculture companies. That makes them one of the most valuable fish species in the U.S. They're raised to maturity so they can be used in Japanese food, some of which is sold in the U.S. in unagi dishes at sushi restaurants.
The elvers have again been worth more than $2,000 per pound at the docks this year, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources. The fishermen are limited to a combined quota of a little less than 10,000 pounds per year and were about through it by early May, the department said. The price was a tick below last year's, but higher than the previous two.
Fishermen this year have been aided by favorable weather and strong international demand, said Jeffrey K. Pierce, a former Maine state representative and adviser to the Maine Elver Fishermen Association. Foreign sources of baby eels have largely dried up, and that has made Maine eels more valuable in recent years.
“There's a huge demand for it. They’re not getting a lot out of Europe,” Pierce said. “And it’s just a great product.”
South Carolina is the only other state in the country with a fishing industry for baby eels, and that state's fishery is much smaller.
Maine fishermen harvest the eels using nets in rivers and streams every spring. Some fish in rural areas, while others harvest them in the state's cities, including Portland and Bangor. They're also harvested by members of Native American tribes in the state.
The worldwide industry for eels has been threatened by poaching for many years because of how valuable the fish are. Maine has adopted new controls in recent years to try to thwart illegal elver fishing and dealing in the state. Federal law enforcement has also targeted illegal eel dealing and fishing.
Still, illegal dealing persists. One study published this year by a research team led by the University of Exeter found that as much as two-fifths of the North American unagi samples they tested actually contained European eels, which are banned from importing or exporting.
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CHENOA — PuppyDo Transformations of Chenoa welcomed the Girl Scouts of Troop 1059 on Saturday to help wash dogs as part of a special fundraiser.
During the four-hour event, Girl Scouts alternated between holding signs outside PuppyDo Transformations to promote the fundraiser and helping out at various grooming stations. By around 3 p.m., about a dozen dogs had been treated or scheduled to be washed.
Carmen Hernandez, owner of PuppyDo Transformations, said her business hosted a similar fundraiser for the Girl Scouts as part of the grand opening of her Veto Street location in March 2021.
During the first fundraiser, there was no blow-drying station set up, so Hernandez said she wanted to step things up this time around.
"We've upped our game and we can actually send (dogs) out that are not dripping," Hernandez said.
Danni Burger, co-leader of Girls Scouts Troop 1059, said her troop decided last fall to try and organize the fundraiser again.
Although timing was the biggest obstacle, Burger said PuppyDo Transformations was able to accommodate. Therefore, the hope is to make the fundraiser a recurring event.
"We're going to try and become annual or biannual or something," Burger said.
Burger said the funds will go toward a big trip over the summer to recognize the Girl Scouts' hard work selling cookies during this past sale. She added that her troop sold more than 4,000 boxes of cookies and has already used the proceeds to give back to local food pantries.
"Now we're trying to treat (the Girl Scouts) for doing such a good job, but we're just a little shy on some of the funds, so it's going to go partly towards the trip and then it also will go towards, if we have enough, horseback riding or other camping overnights, and any badges that they earn," Burger said.
Badges earned by the Girl Scouts cost anywhere from $3 to $5 to print, which Burger said can be a big expense for a troop of 18 girls.
Outside of the fundraiser, the Girl Scouts also participate in a Memorial Day service at the end of May, a Fourth of July parade, camping opportunities and other special events over the summer.
"We try and keep them active over the summer, but just not as busy as the school year, because obviously people are going on vacations and stuff," Burger said.
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Carmen Hernandez, owner of PuppyDo Transformations, left, helps Girl Scout Raina Emberton wash Bones, a Chihuahua mix, during a fundraiser for the Chenoa Girl Scouts Troop 1059.
Carmen Hernandez, owner of PuppyDo Transformations, left, helps wash Radar, a poodle mix, during a fundraiser for Chenoa Girl Scouts Troop 1059 on Saturday. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/chenoa-girl-scouts-organize-dog-wash-fundraiser/article_c073d402-fcbd-11ed-8e7c-0373e9010e57.html | 2023-05-27T20:47:48 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/chenoa-girl-scouts-organize-dog-wash-fundraiser/article_c073d402-fcbd-11ed-8e7c-0373e9010e57.html |
EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. — Fire damaged an apartment in Luzerne County on Saturday.
Fire crews were called to Bertram Court in Edwardsville around 2 p.m.
Edwardsville Fire Chief Bill Court says the dishwasher caused the fire and was quickly put out. No one was injured.
The apartment sustained heat, smoke, and water damage as a result of the fire in Luzerne County.
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PITTSTON, Pa. — An artist was putting the finishing touches on a mural in Pittston on Friday.
'Help' is written in English, Spanish, and sign language to raise awareness for the impact of sexual assault.
The Northeast Leadership Program came up with the idea, saying sexual assault can impact everyone.
"You can't really walk down the street and be like, wow, I can tell they've been a victim of this or a victim of that because it is a really hard thing to talk about," said Evelyn Saltz, Junior Leadership Northeast.
The artist, who goes by the name Have a Art says he started painting the mural earlier this week and completed it Friday in Luzerne County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/mural-in-pittston-raises-sexual-assault-awareness-luzerne-county-evelyn-saltz-have-a-art-northeast-leadership/523-374c93f2-58ae-4e85-9d65-6299d81d147e | 2023-05-27T21:05:23 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/mural-in-pittston-raises-sexual-assault-awareness-luzerne-county-evelyn-saltz-have-a-art-northeast-leadership/523-374c93f2-58ae-4e85-9d65-6299d81d147e |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — If you are hitting the road for this long Memorial Day weekend, expect some company. All signs are pointing to a near record number of travelers ready to hit the road.
Memorial Day is seen as the unofficial start of summer and if the numbers are accurate, it can’t come soon enough for travelers. Emmitt Williams was passing through Birmingham from Albuquerque and got to the airport early enough to beat the crowds.
“I have a rule that I don’t travel on Friday’s or Sunday’s because it’s just crazy, but today it hasn’t been that bad at all,” Williams said.
But, expect the crowds and stress level to increase. Clay Ingram with AAA expects this long weekend to jumpstart what might be a record year for travel.
“We are expecting 2023 to be the busiest travel year of all time. The indicators are that we may break every record that we’ve had pre-pandemic or any time. So it’s going to be a busy travel year for sure,” said Ingram.
Interstate travel is up nearly 10%. The third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000. Gas prices may be one driver, down more than a buck compared to last year. Air travel is up 11%, which would make it the busiest airports have been since 2005.
Dr. Patrick Murphy with UAB’s Collat School of Business say’s travel may be a sign that post pandemic, supply is finally catching up with demand.
“I think the larger part of it is there’s also been a pent up kind of energy on the supply side of the equation where employers, hospitality companies, leisure companies and tourist companies haven’t been able to get the help and get the capacity to meet the demand, like they are able to do now. And so, I think supply is finally catching up to demand,” said Murphy.
Triple A estimates that there will be 2.7 million more travelers this Memorial Day weekend than last year. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/what-does-travel-increase-say-about-the-state-of-economy/ | 2023-05-27T21:10:28 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/what-does-travel-increase-say-about-the-state-of-economy/ |
ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Erwin Police Department (EPD) wants your vote to help win a grant for their K9 program.
The EPD is rallying to win the 2023 Aftermath K9 Grant, which is designed to help create or maintain a K9 program for law enforcement and first responder agencies across the United States, according to a social media post.
Departments with the most votes from their communities will be awarded $2,500.
The post lists three ways that people can vote:
1.) By visiting Aftermath.com and voting for the Erwin Police Department
2.) By going to the Aftermath Cares page on Facebook and mentioning the EPD in the daily picture
3.) Visiting @aftermathk9grant page on Instagram and mentioning the EPD on the daily picture
Votes can be cast daily through June 5. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/erwin-police-department-asking-for-community-votes-to-win-k9-grant/ | 2023-05-27T21:21:34 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/erwin-police-department-asking-for-community-votes-to-win-k9-grant/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Governor Bill Lee appointed Tony Treadway to the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Board of Trustees. According to a release from ETSU, Treadway is the President and CEO of The Creative Energy Group, a local advertising agency.
Along with founding and growing Creative Energy Inc., Treadway’s past experience includes serving as director of communications for Nuclear Fuel Services of Erwin and as assistant news director and anchor at News Channel 11.
“Tony’s deep roots in Northeast Tennessee, his commitment to education and his extensive business experience make him an exceptional addition to our Board of Trustees,” ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland said. “His strong ties to the university and community, paired with his experience in leadership positions, will undoubtedly be an asset to our ongoing mission of excellence.”
Treadway has notable achievements from his work with the Johnson City School Board and the city’s Industrial Development Board. Treadway is credited with assisting in the creation of ETSU’s William B. Greene Jr. Stadium as well, according to the release. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tony-treadway-appointed-to-etsu-board-of-trustees/ | 2023-05-27T21:21:40 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tony-treadway-appointed-to-etsu-board-of-trustees/ |
Police in Ocean County, New Jersey have announced an arrest following a Friday evening hit-and-run, where a boy was stuck while riding his bike in Seaside Heights.
Officials said the impact was so forceful that the boy was embedded in the vehicle's windshield following the crash, before he was thrown onto the pavement.
Law enforcement officials said that have arrested Giancarlos Fernandez, 19, of Hasbrouck Heights, for his alleged involvement in driving the vehicle involved in the incident. Fernandez has been charged with assault by auto and knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash with serious injuries.
According to police, the incident happened at about 6:50 p.m. on Friday, when an 11-year-old boy riding his bicycle near the intersection of Barnegat and Freemont avenues, was reportedly struck by a 2012 Infinity G37 that was believed to have been traveling at a high rate of speed.
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At that time, officials said, the boy was struck with such force that he was thrown into the car's windshield where he became "embedded in the windshield of the vehicle" before being thrown to the pavement.
Following the crash, investigators said, Fernandez attempted to exit the vehicle and flee on foot, but he was apprehended by officers with the Seaside Heights Police Department who were a few blocks away.
Officials said the boy was air-lifted to a hospital following the collision, where he was treated for serious injuries. According to police, the boy is now listed in stable condition.
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Nearly 80 Shoreland Lutheran High School students walked across the stage to receive their diplomas Saturday morning, marking the beginning of a new chapter in their lives.
The Rev. Derek Bartelt, of First Lutheran Church in Lake Geneva, encouraged students to celebrate the milestone, but also to look ahead.
"Today is important, what about tomorrow?" Bartelt said. "It's not just about today. It's about the day after. Today is only a stepping stone."
Valedictorian Sofia Pletsch spoke to her fellow classmates about the struggles she faced moving to Kenosha from Seattle, leaving behind friends and family. She had felt alone at times, and reminded students that as they head to college or work they too will feel out of place.
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"There is no concept of joy without pain," Pletsch said.
After the ceremony, graduate Kamare Evans was surrounded by celebratory friends and family, with proud relatives giving hugs and taking photos. Evans will be going to UW-Parkside to study elementary education.
"I want to help the young kids follow the right path," Evans said. "I think I'll be good at that."
He thanked his teachers throughout the years for their help getting him to Saturday's ceremony.
"I kept up with my work," Evans said. "I listened. I didn't take anything granted."
With high school in the rearview mirror, Evans had only one message for his fellow graduates.
"We did it," he said. "We did it."
Eli Lindemann was also celebrating, although he admitted it was somewhat bittersweet.
"It feels good; it's a new chapter in my life; I'll be meeting new people," Lindemann said. "But it's a bit sad ... I have good memories here."
Lindemann will be attending Carroll University in Waukesha to study exercise sciences. He thanked his parents for their support during his high school years.
To future Shoreland students, he encouraged participation in the student community, going to sports games and meeting people.
"That's how I met my friends," he said.
He plans on taking his own advice when he gets to college. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/its-about-the-day-after-shoreland-lutheran-high-school-seniors-celebrate-graduation/article_7ff2012e-fcb8-11ed-ad3a-0f09c0d5466e.html | 2023-05-27T21:29:13 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/its-about-the-day-after-shoreland-lutheran-high-school-seniors-celebrate-graduation/article_7ff2012e-fcb8-11ed-ad3a-0f09c0d5466e.html |
Tom Hough, an editor, outdoors writer and photographer for the Casper Star-Tribune, is driving westbound into the Wind River Range in his Volkswagen Beetle in July 1977. This weekend, he’s heading to Double Diamond Ranch near Dubois on a horseback-riding trip into the high country for his weekly column, Headin’ Out with Tom Hough.
The Beetle collides with a United Parcel truck coming the opposite direction, according to an obituary published by the Jackson Hole News at the time. Tom's car is decimated. He was 41 at the time of his death.
He leaves behind a wife, two biological children – Christina and Steven – and a filing cabinet full of his work in the basement of his home in Casper.
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Forty-four years later, in July of 2021, Christina, now an architectural historian who owns a company that restores historic buildings in and around Washington, D.C., has returned to the Mountain West for a family reunion. While in Casper, she rediscovers the filing cabinet.
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It’s still there, the articles and photographs in them meticulously organized by Tom and miraculously preserved due to the cabinet’s proximity to the laundry room. It has not been opened since Tom’s death.
Christina decides that it’s time. The cabinet contains several time capsules’ worth of work by her father. She has a background working in museums. This could maybe be something.
Her younger brother, Steven, and her mother, who both live in Casper, are there, too.
Christina calls Hanz Olson, librarian and archivist at Casper College, and tells him, “Come box everything up, and let’s see what we’ve got.”
“As we went through it, it became very clear to me that there was enough – plenty – of stuff for an exhibition of some sort,” she recalled to the Star-Tribune.
Hundreds of stories, photos and other documents materialize after their 40-plus-year hibernation.
Christina goes to the Nicolaysen Art Museum, and she says to former Nicolaysen director Andy Couch that she needs to reserve a gallery. The soonest she can get one is in two years.
So she gets the “pieces in place,” at the Nic. But she’s got to get back to Washington, D.C., where she's made her life.
She delegates the project to Steven.
“I had more time with our dad than Steve did. And Steve is in Casper. So I really encouraged him to take the lead on this,” Christina said. “And so he’s really done the lion’s share of the work, in terms of boots on the ground. And I’ve been available in an advisory capacity.”
The project largely lays dormant for around a year before Steven starts working on it. It will be the biggest thing he’s ever done, he tells the Star-Tribune later.
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In an interview just before the opening of the exhibit honoring his father – aptly titled “Headin’ Out with Tom Hough,” a name Christina and Steven’s mother came up with – Steven notes that they had to get a locksmith to open up the filing cabinet because it had been shut for so long.
Steven was only seven years old when Tom died. Tom’s artistic side lives on through his son – Steven mentioned that he was an art student at one point – but he prefers paintball over hunting, he said.
“It was really bizarre to start out,” he said of opening the cabinet. “But I really started enjoying it, and he was such a good writer. I had no idea. Because this stuff was in the file cabinet in the basement for so long.”
All those years compressed into one cabinet have taken quite a while for Steven to untangle and process. Besides just going through each file, he’s had to scan the articles – a process he started at Casper College but finished at Atlas Communications, as they had larger machines – as well as the photos, gather items for the “life history” section of the exhibit and communicate with sponsors and the Nic to ensure everyone’s on the same page.
“ … It just keeps going, and the amount of time we’ve had to put into it, and the people I’ve had to find to help me with this – it’s just been crazy,” he said.
No, it hasn’t been easy, he added, and he “cratered,” about a week before the exhibit opened.
But with the difficulty has also come some catharsis.
“It’s nice to let it all out there. I’ve got all this stuff in my head. And it’s just kind of –” he moves his hands in a gesture that suggests his thoughts have been all knotted up.
Besides, the exhibit will open soon, and Christina will be here to help a few days before, along with much of the rest of their immediate and extended families.
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On the morning of Thursday, May 25, Christina and Steven are in the McMurry Foundation Gallery at the Nicolaysen Art Museum. This is it: The big moment they have both been working towards for two years. They will finally get to see the exhibit come together, photos, articles, personal memorabilia, cameras, typewriter and all.
Christina, who told the Star-Tribune over Zoom that seeing her father’s passion pour out of the work he had done in that filing cabinet was “painful” yet “very healing and almost therapeutic in a way,” now remarks that the “exhibit takes on a life of its own.”
Most of said exhibit is sitting on the floor, waiting to be hung up. But it’s all there and arranged, the articles – which are poster-sized now, big enough to read – acting as anchors for the photos, which form a sort of Morse Code language along the walls. Dot, dot, dash. Their subjects: outdoorsmen, campers, climbers, horseback riders, hunters, fishers, animals (dead and alive), mountains, ridges, rivers, streams. All taken in Wyoming. More than just where he lived, the Cowboy State is the place Tom loved to be.
“It’s about him, but it’s about Wyoming, too,” Christina said over Zoom.
This is prep time, but the siblings have reached the point where all they can do is watch the Nic employees hang each item up. They have everything they need, it’s just about actually doing it at this point.
Steven points out his favorite photo, which is titled “Kickin’ Off the Ridge” and is a family favorite as well as an award-winner. Christina says that her favorites are the ones with horses in them, of which there are several.
There’s more items in the back, too. Military gear (Christina says one of her dad’s shirts has been worn by Steven during a paintball game), cameras and a typewriter. They’ve been dusted or dry-cleaned. They’ll be on display soon.
Christina notes that the pink dry cleaners tag in the military shirt needs to be taken out before it goes into the gallery.
***
On the evening of Friday, May 26, the Nic is alive with family members and friends of Tom Hough. They've traveled from all over the country to be at the opening night of the exhibit, which will run until Aug. 24.
Christina and Steven, along with their mother, Elaine Hough, anchor the exhibition. They guide attendees around while light jazz plays in the background, giving more context and telling stories. The mood is mostly quiet and reflective, aside from exclamations of delight when they see more people they know walk in.
Under the overhead lights of the gallery, many eyes gleam with tears.
Tom’s younger brother, David Hough, is here, too, all the way from Kansas, wearing a navy suit jacket with a pearl pin on his tie.
“I’m still processing this,” he says. “I’ve run out of words.”
Elaine Hough, Tom's widow, nibbles on a sandwich at a table in the lobby area and tells the Star-Tribune that she composed the press release for the exhibition in her head and then asked Steven to write it. A former journalist herself, Elaine met Tom while covering a murder trial and state government. They got married soon after they met.
Where did they go on their honeymoon? Camping.
She never liked camping, she says. That was Tom’s thing. (Christina and Steven also both independently told the Star-Tribune that they’re not big into tent camping either.) One thing Elaine does enjoy, however, is history – the story itself and keeping record of it. She was the historian at the Wyoming Medical Center for many years.
The family gathers in the gallery for a photo with all of them. Dressed in suits and ties and slacks and dresses, they wrap their arms around each other and smile. Several cameras go off, capturing the moment forever, Tom’s photographs surrounding them.
***
Amidst the descriptions of Tom Hough that the Star-Tribune gathered during interviews, a few stand out: “adrenaline junkie,” “worked hard, played hard,” good at filing and keeping things organized, attentive to aesthetic and beauty, “a real adventure spirit.”
Tom’s younger brother, David Hough, described him this way:
“At one point, somewhere, Tom made the remark – he said, ‘I want to be the kind of man that every little boy wants to be.’ Now that was his view of what he wanted to be and what little boys wanted. He was the kind of man he wanted to be: good and kind and energetic and adventurous.”
More than just a father, he was an older brother with a sibling who regarded Tom as his “guideline.” He was a journalist but also an explorer, and he combined the two on a regular basis.
He also, ostensibly, really loved his family.
In a “Headin’ Out with Tom Hough” column selection in the McMurry Foundation Gallery at the Nic, Tom describes a camping getaway with his family. The usual antics play out – there’s a lot of stuff to pack and carry, the kids want to stand dangerously close to the fire to keep warm, so on and so forth. Tom adopts the caring but exhausted tone of a father who is trying to keep everyone on task. But he finishes the column on a hopeful note.
“It’s nice to know we’ve got all the pictures of the stuff that you can see in magazines and brochures and stuff every day,” he writes. “But we got something special from that camping vacation last summer. We got something unique only to us, that will forever be with us.
“I’m wondering if I can muster up the courage to try it again.” | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/a-journalists-sudden-death-left-his-family-with-nothing-but-his-work-they-found-it/article_81569610-fcb8-11ed-bbe3-6b5c6a818eae.html | 2023-05-27T21:34:58 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/a-journalists-sudden-death-left-his-family-with-nothing-but-his-work-they-found-it/article_81569610-fcb8-11ed-bbe3-6b5c6a818eae.html |
The closure of Fossil Creek Road, also known as Forest Road (FR) 708, has been extended until June 26 to complete roadwork necessary for safe public access, the Coconino National Forest announced this week.
Fossil Creek Road has been closed since late February for a resurfacing project.
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FR 708 will reopen 8 a.m. on June 26, at which point, access to Fossil Creek (permitted), FR 502 and the Childs Dispersed Camping Area will be allowed.
Permits are required to visit Fossil Creek. Permits for June 26-30 and July will be available on recreation.gov beginning June 1.
Following July, the standard process for reserving Fossil Creek permits will resume.
While construction on FR 708 has improved road conditions, officials say motorists should still exercise caution. Watch for oncoming traffic and maintain safe speeds, especially around curves and areas with steep drop-offs.
Coconino National Forest motorists are reminded to always check the status of roads online at coconinonationalforest.us prior to any excursion. Roads may close at any time due to weather, hazards or other unforeseen events. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/fossil-creek-to-remain-closed-till-end-of-june/article_894d86be-fc02-11ed-b731-f3836b32ebd5.html | 2023-05-27T21:36:01 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/fossil-creek-to-remain-closed-till-end-of-june/article_894d86be-fc02-11ed-b731-f3836b32ebd5.html |
The Mountain Line public bus system is offering new summer youth passes.
Children ages 7-17 are eligible to purchase the $24 Summer Youth Pass, which is valid June 1 through Aug. 12. The pass offers unlimited rides to all destinations Mountain Line serves, including the movie theater, shopping areas, downtown, museums and more.
Mountain Line officials say transit gives kids the freedom of navigating their own summer and gives parents a much-needed break from being the yearround taxi service.
Safety is Mountain Line’s top priority, both onboard the bus and at all transit facilities. The free Transit app shows where buses are in real time so parents can know when kids have made it safely to their destination. In addition, the See Say app allows riders to report safety concerns or issues directly to the Mountain Line dispatch office.
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The Summer Youth Pass is available for purchase at https://mountainline.az.gov/fares-passes-online/, on the Token Transit mobile ticketing app, or at the Mountain Line headquarters building (3773 N. Kaspar Drive).
Visit www.mountainline.az.gov/summer to learn more. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mountain-line-offers-summer-youth-bus-passes/article_dc0257fe-fc02-11ed-9124-77d87556c5db.html | 2023-05-27T21:36:07 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mountain-line-offers-summer-youth-bus-passes/article_dc0257fe-fc02-11ed-9124-77d87556c5db.html |
The public is invited to three Memorial Day ceremonies in Lincoln on Monday. The events are organized by the Lincoln Memorial Day Observance Association with assistance from the Veterans Memorial Garden Advisory Council. The ceremonies are as follows:
* 8:30 a.m., Wyuka Cemetery & Funeral Home, 3600 O St. — The ceremony will include wreath casting from the historic bridge and a parade beginning at the Historic Stables and Bridge; the Lincoln Fire and Rescue/Lincoln Police Department Color Honor Guard; an invocation and benediction by Gary Fuller with Gentle Shepherd and the Lincoln Lancaster Chaplaincy Corp; remarks by Greg Osborn and Bob Fitzsimmons; and decorating of the G.A.R. Circle by Girl Scout Troop 20205 and Boy Scout Troop 456.
* 11:30 a.m., Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, 6800 S. 14th St. — Attendees may enter the cemetery at gates one or three. The ceremony will include the American Legion, VFW and SVR/SUVCW Color Guard, as well as remarks by Brendan Moore and Ed Hall. Julie Pulec and Robin Calcara, with the Lincoln Lancaster Chaplaincy Corp, will offer the invocation and benediction. Folding of the Flag Ceremony will be conducted by Boy Scout Troop 456, followed by a flag presentation to Arlene Rudebusch.
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Both morning ceremonies will also include guest speaker Col. Retired Kenneth J. (Joe) Brownell, United States Air Force; the National Anthem by Whitley Ensz and Chanuncey Loutsch; an acknowledgement of veterans; General John A. Logan’s General Order 11; and Taps by Parker Averill and Kevin Murray.
* 8 p.m., Veterans Memorial Garden, Antelope Park, 3200 Veterans Memorial Drive — The candlelit ceremony will include the reading of the names of Lincoln-Lancaster County veterans who have died in the past year; posting of the colors by American Legion Post 3; invocation and benediction by Pastor Tom Barber with the People’s City Mission; introductory remarks by City Council member Bennie Shobe; and musical selections by the Anima Christi Singers, Parker Averill, and Kevin Murray. In the case of inclement weather, the ceremony will move to Auld Pavilion, located just west of the garden.
For more information, visit lincoln.ne.gov/memorialday2023. Attendees are encouraged to bring seating to the events.
The Veterans Memorial Garden in Antelope Park is open year-round from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. For more information about the Lincoln Parks and Recreation, visit parks.lincoln.ne.gov. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/public-invited-to-memorial-day-ceremonies-on-monday/article_f338a226-fb57-11ed-aa6b-f7252be54e4e.html | 2023-05-27T21:36:57 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/public-invited-to-memorial-day-ceremonies-on-monday/article_f338a226-fb57-11ed-aa6b-f7252be54e4e.html |
Lakeland to harvest invasive aquatic plants from Lake Hollingsworth
LAKELAND — Lakeland will launch a two-month project to reduce dense vegetation across portions of Lake Hollingsworth in June.
The city's Lakes and Stormwater Division will begin an aquatic plant harvesting project June 5 that aims to reduce invasive and nuisance aquatic plants in the lake in an effort to promote plant diversity, improving water flow and water quality.
The first phase of the project will focus on the southern portion of Lake Hollingsworth from Patten Heights Street to Crystal Lake Drive. Lakeland staff will utilize the city's aquatic harvesting machinery and barges to cut through vegetation and transport it to the shore. The harvested vegetation will be transported to a permitted facility for composting.
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City staff will work out of the parking lot on the south side of the lake, near Lake Hollingsworth Drive and Buckingham Avenue. This will result in the temporary closing of three trailer spaces.
Residents should expect to see construction equipment and vehicles periodically entering and leaving the site during the project's operational hours, Mondays to Thursdays from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The city will provide traffic control when vehicles and equipment cross over the Lake Hollingsworth recreational path as needed to ensure the safety of users.
Lakeland has obtained all required permits from Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission for removal of specific aquatic plans and volume. The project is estimated to cost $25,000 and is funded through the city's Stormwater Utility Fund.
Sara-Megan Walsh can be reached at swalsh@theledger.com or 863-802-7545. Follow on Twitter @SaraWalshFl. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/27/invasive-plants-set-to-be-removed-from-lake-hollingsworth/70260826007/ | 2023-05-27T21:50:11 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/27/invasive-plants-set-to-be-removed-from-lake-hollingsworth/70260826007/ |
Renovations to limit access to records at city health department
Renovations to the Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District Building at 1700 Third St. mean some areas of the building will be inaccessible for a while.
Beginning Tuesday, vital records and the main lobby area will be inaccessible to the public and only partially accessible to staff.
Areas that include the vault where paper records are stored will be inaccessible for two weeks starting June 12.
Staff members will be able to access electronic records during that time, but they are only able to print a short form, which typically will suffice for all requests other than passport applications.
This limitation applies to records requested in person as well as through the City’s Vital Records portal at wichitafallstx.gov.
"Anyone needing a 'long form' is highly encouraged to make the request as soon as possible but no later than June 9, 2023," the city said in a news release.
This type of form may also be requested from the Texas Department of State Health Services at dshs.texas.gov. but the request may take up to 30 days to process.
Vital records requests made while renovations are ongoing may not be processed immediately due to the limited access to the area.
"While visiting the office will still be possible during renovation, customers may find it more convenient to use the City’s Vital Records website https://www.wichitafallstx.gov/311/VitalRecords, which allows for online requests," the city said in its release. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/05/27/renovations-to-limit-access-to-records-at-city-health-department/70262325007/ | 2023-05-27T21:53:42 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/05/27/renovations-to-limit-access-to-records-at-city-health-department/70262325007/ |
Wayne and Nancy Blauer, of Burley are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Carol Marie Blauer, to Trevor Brian Urry, son of Brian and SueAnn Urry, of Lehi, Utah.
Carol is a 2019 graduate of Burley High School. She served in the Spain, Barcelona, mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is attending Brigham Young University, Provo, in the nursing program.
Trevor is a 2016 graduate of Lehi High School. He served in the Charleston, West Virginia Mission. He is a graduate of Utah Valley University with a degree in finance.
The marriage took place on May 12, 2023, in the Payson, Utah, temple. Open houses were held in burley and in Eagle Mountain, Utah. The couple will reside in Pleasant Grove, Utah, while Carol finishes her schooling. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/blauer-and-urry-marry-in-payson-utah/article_da1d423a-fcc7-11ed-8be8-633ba01cb181.html | 2023-05-27T22:06:42 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/blauer-and-urry-marry-in-payson-utah/article_da1d423a-fcc7-11ed-8be8-633ba01cb181.html |
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Officials have issued a statewide Silver Alert in the search for a teen missing from northern Indiana.
South Bend police are investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Sijay Donyeal Patton.
Patton is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray and yellow shirt and black pants.
He may be with a female in a maroon 2015 Jeep Cherokee with Indiana license plate NJW977.
Sijay is missing from South Bend and was last seen on May 27 at 12:30 p.m. He is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
If you have information that could help locate Patton, contact the South Bend Police Department at 574-235-9202 or 911.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-teen-missing-from-south-bend-sijay-donyeal-patton/531-dc89a816-1637-4cfc-98ad-abe343e2d5fb | 2023-05-27T22:07:00 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-teen-missing-from-south-bend-sijay-donyeal-patton/531-dc89a816-1637-4cfc-98ad-abe343e2d5fb |
Johnston double homicide, 'Good Burger 2' buzz, pot signs: Top stories of the week
Here's a look at some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of May 21, supported by your subscriptions.
- The death of a Rhode Island-trained social worker who was killed in an ax attack at a Vermont homeless shelter should serve as a wake-up call for the risks social workers face, Service Employees International Union Local 580 wrote in a letter to the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families. The state employees' union, which represents social workers at DCYF and the Department of Human Services, believes more needs to be done to ensure workers don't get hurt.
- Are they wolves? Coyotes? Dogs? Some kind of mix? The canines found in Warwick garnered plenty of attention during the past couple of weeks as they were captured and sent to a wolf-dog rescue in Ohio and now the DNA tests back revealing just what they are. The answer it turns out is Willow, who formerly was named Bella, is 45% gray wolf, while Wily Coyote, formerly Libby, is 57% gray wolf, according to the test results. But that's not all the dogs are made up of.
- Summer has unofficially started in Rhode Island and what better way to enjoy the long, summer days than dining al fresco? From South County to northern Rhode Island there is no shortage of great eateries with a waterfront view to add some ambiance to a great meal and The Journal's Gail Ciampa has them all rounded up in this handy guide.
- For the latest high school and college sports news go to providencejournal.com/sports.
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Suspect in Johnston double slaying dies during encounter with police
A 52-year-old man who was a suspect in a Johnston double homicide was tracked Wednesday morning to a location near an Interstate 295 overpass, where he was fatally shot after he emerged from a vehicle and pointed a handgun at a group of police officers, authorities said.
Details about the victims, including the status of the 15-year-old girl who also was shot, and what happened leading up to the shooting, were released on Thursday.
Johnston shooting:Suspect in Johnston double slaying dies during encounter with police
'Good Burger' star stops by Olneyville New York System — here's what he ordered
Actor and comedian Kenan Thompson ended a Saturday night out like many a Rhode Islander. His last stop was at Olneyville New York System in Providence. Unlike a native, he had a tuna melt and Coke instead of a hot wiener and coffee milk.
Thompson, who is in town filming "Good Burger 2," arrived at the Olneyville restaurant at about 11 p.m., said Greg Stevens, fourth-generation owner.
Thompson's stops around Rhode Island weren't the only buzz created by the "Good Burger 2" filming as North Providence has become the unlikely filming location for the resurgence of the 1997 comedy starring Kel Mitchell and Thompson of "Saturday Night Live" as fast-food employees hawking patties in competition with a burger joint across the street.
Where to eat:'Good Burger' star stops by Olneyville New York System — here's what he ordered
Fed up, Mother Earth Wellness pot dispensary owner is taking on RI's advertising ban
It’s not quite the Boston Tea Party, but The Journal's Mark Patinkin was cheering on Joe Pakuris, a Pawtucket businessman who couldn’t take it anymore, and I don’t blame him.
What he did was actually more dramatic than dumping tea.
He put up billboards on Interstate 95 telling the world to come to his cannabis dispensary, the biggest in the state.
Why is this a defiant act?
Because there's a weed ad ban here. For some reason, the state allowed cannabis sales but didn’t allow stores to promote themselves.
A couple of days later, however, Pakuris would be taking the signs down after the state threatened to fine him $10,000 a day for every day they remained up.
Pot in RI:Fed up, Mother Earth Wellness pot dispensary owner is taking on RI's advertising ban
This RV community grew in a RI Home Depot parking lot. Now, they have nowhere to go
Sakari, a 2½-year-old red Siberian husky, and her owner found themselves with an uncertain living situation earlier this week.
Debra Fenley, 58, and her blue-and-brown eyed pup moved their motorhome to a parking lot in front of the Coventry Home Depot in December. At the time, two other RVs were parked in the lot, which is tucked back closer to Centre of New England Boulevard. Things were quiet, and nobody bothered them.
But, about a month ago, the population of this "village" exploded, growing from three RVs to, at times, more than 20. A few "residents" started leaving junk around their RVs. One emptied their septic tank in the middle of the parking lot.
At about the same time, Home Depot management took notice.
By Wednesday, residents were ordered to leave the parking lot or their RVs would be towed.
RV living:This RV community grew in a RI Home Depot parking lot. Now, they have nowhere to go
Scituate Reservoir came at a cost, including lives. Film explores how we're still paying
Six years ago, Evan Villari set out to tell the full story of how the Scituate Reservoir was created a century ago.
He wanted to lay it all out: the engineering, the workforce, and the sacrifices of hundreds of people who were forced out of their villages when their property was condemned, including some who took their own lives because of it.
Along the way, Villari began to question the effect of using lead pipes to deliver water to a third of the Providence Water Supply Board’s 75,000 retail customers. Was there an impact on the product arriving in people’s taps even today?
On screen:Scituate Reservoir came at a cost, including lives. Film explores how we're still paying
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Looking for something new and fun on the Wildwoods Boardwalk? Here are five new places to try.
Quinn’s Original Fudge Island
After the Original Fudge Kitchen closed at 22nd Avenue and Boardwalk, Quinn’s Original Fudge Island opened up in February at 2200 Boardwalk in North Wildwood. It is owned by John Quinn, who was the general manager of the Original Fudge Kitchen and has been making fudge for over 32 years.
The shop features handmade fudge made by Quinn, candy and popcorn.
Quinn’s Original Fudge Island is open seven days a week year-round; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
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Bar Fore Sports Simulator
Bar Fore is the Wildwoods’ first multisport simulator and restaurant, brought to the Boardwalk by Full Swing, the company that does golf simulators for Topgolf.
It opened May 5 at 1800 Boardwalk in North Wildwood, inside the Montego Bay Resort.
Guests can customize their games, play anywhere from nine to 18 holes at 53 different virtual golf courses around the world, enjoy drinks from the bar or food from Bar Fore’s full kitchen.
It also has other sport simulation games, like hockey, home run derby, quarterback challenge, lacrosse, bocce ball and zombie dodgeball.
Bar Fore charges by the hour and takes reservations for the golf simulators and dining.
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Founder’s Grub and Pub
Formerly known as Jumbo’s Grub and Pub in Morey’s Pier, the rebranded restaurant and bar at 3501 Boardwalk in Wildwood honors the founders of the pier.
Founder’s is family friendly and has outdoor seating on its pier patio, as well as a front counter for takeout.
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Clusters Handcrafted Popcorn
Clusters will be ready to serve people its fresh-batched popcorn at 3314 Boardwalk in Wildwood by Memorial Day weekend, with a ribbon cutting scheduled for May 25.
The family-owned business began franchising in 2019. Clusters has four other locations— three in Pennsylvania, one in Jackson Township, Ocean County.
Clusters’ new Wildwood location will serve flavors like caramel corn, Peanut Butter Blast, Cookie Explosion and white cheddar.
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The Wildwood Boardwalk underwent more reconstruction this offseason, reopening within the past few weeks as businesses prepare to open for the summer. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/5-new-businesses-on-the-wildwoods-boardwalk/article_7582cf7a-fbfa-11ed-a55b-0f6f3766f93b.html | 2023-05-27T22:13:33 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/5-new-businesses-on-the-wildwoods-boardwalk/article_7582cf7a-fbfa-11ed-a55b-0f6f3766f93b.html |
VENTNOR — As people in the Downbeach section of Absecon Island kick off the unofficial start of summer during Memorial Day weekend, city officials and lifeguards were getting ready by opening the beach and the new Ventnor City Beach Patrol building with a ceremony.
Ventnor Mayor Lance Landgraf said the city's beaches are always open, but the joint ceremony Saturday on the Suffolk Avenue beach was a "fun way to kick off the summer, which a lot of people look forward to."
Cutting the ribbon for the beach patrol's new headquarters before lifeguards start patrolling the beach for the first time this year was also a plus for the squad that keeps people safe.
"The heart of the beach patrol comes from here," said Stan Bergman, chief of the Ventnor City Beach Patrol, about their headquarters. "It's a really beautiful building and a great facility. The space alone is phenomenal. It'll be well used."
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The former beach patrol headquarters was built about 50 years ago by Ventnor's public works department. Over time, a leaky roof, water damage and an electrical system that wasn't completely working led officials to deem the 600-square-foot building unrepairable, as well as hazardous for employees.
The new 1,315 square-foot facility built by R. Wilkinson and Sons Construction, Inc. surpasses the former building.
The beach patrol's new point-of-command facility has an updated phone and radio system, in addition to internet and new computers, which are important for dispatch, Ventnor lifeguard Mike McMenamin said.
"Communication is key when it comes to saving lives," said McMenamin, 30, who is in his 15th year as a Ventnor lifeguard. "The building is only going to make it better for the beach patrol to do their job, and for the people enjoying the beach."
The headquarters has two restrooms with showers, a locker room, a meeting room that can be used for training, role calls or gatherings, and a deck on the second floor so the patrol can have a view of the entire beach.
The two-story building also will house administrative offices for Bergman, lieutenants and officers.
McMenamin also noted that members of the beach patrol looked at "the chief," Bergman, as a role model. He's served on the Ventnor City Beach Patrol since 1957, when he was in high school, so having Bergman present at the ceremony was important and well deserved, McMenamin said.
Members of Ventnor's fire, police and emergency medical technicians (EMTs are on the beach daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) on the beach also will use the headquarters, Bergman said. The new building facilitates the already great teamwork that exists among the departments, officials said.
"The building has new things we can use now to keep the beach patrol functioning at a high level," added Bergman, who spent more than 35 years operating out of the former headquarters building as chief.
The new design by William McLees Architecture, which worked with city engineers, embodies the modernity the city is looking to achieve and is reflected in some of the city's public buildings and the redesigned fishing pier at the Boardwalk on South Cambridge Avenue.
Ventnor City Commissioner Tim Kriebel designed the interior.
Landgraf said the new gray-and-white building with pops of red lettering that reads "Ventnor City Beach Patrol Headquarters" and "VCBP" cost the city $850,000.
The city originally budgeted $750,000 in 2021, but costs increases due to the pandemic hiked the price up an additional $100,000, Landgraf said.
McMenamin said he looked at the new building as a gift from the city and is grateful the beach patrol is appreciated.
"On behalf of all of Ventnor City Beach Patrol, we appreciate what the citizens and the city have done for us," Bergman said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ventnor-opens-up-beach-new-lifeguard-headquarters-with-a-ceremony/article_cb056584-fc9a-11ed-9934-73f8f7d23f29.html | 2023-05-27T22:13:39 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ventnor-opens-up-beach-new-lifeguard-headquarters-with-a-ceremony/article_cb056584-fc9a-11ed-9934-73f8f7d23f29.html |
The Egg Harbor Township High School girls lightweight varsity four finished second among six boats at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Regatta finals at Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Saturday.
The crew, which consisted of stroke Lily Winkler, Mollie Ireland, Gianna Middleton, bow Izzy Patel and coxswain Talia DeNafo, finished in 5 minutes, 52.57 seconds. Holy Spirit's boat placed third (5:54.12). Montclair won the race (5:44.31). The Spartans' crew consisted of bow Grace Fishbein, Summer Stevenson, Melissa Ledwold, Caroline Spina and coxswain Gia Rynkiewicz.
Ocean City took sixth place (6:02.94).
"It's been a lot of fun the last few weeks (racing against Holy Spirit)," EHT coach Dan Welsh said. "They got us the last two weeks. The kids were fired up, and they had a goal to go out and have a good row. The goal wasn't to beat one crew or another necessarily, but to have that good row that we were having earlier in the year. If we did that, then everything would take care of itself, and it did.
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"They ended up with the silver medal today, and they were thrilled. And the first crew to come over and congratulate them was Holy Spirit."
The Holy Spirit girls varsity eight boat placed fifth in a field of six in the national finals. The crew reached the finals placing second in the semifinals. On Friday, the boat won its heat to advance to Saturday's semifinals.
The Spartans' crew included Chloe Cooke, Olivia Bencze, Taya Anderson, Allie Lee, Juliana Gorka, Gwen Amalfitano, Ava Buccafurni, bow Alexandra Solari and coxswain Sara LaVigna.
In the final, the Spartans finished in 5:08.95. Winter Park won in 4:53.33. New Trier placed second (5:00.64), and Walt Whitman was third (5:03.64).
"Here, you are talking about the nationals. These people are coming from all over the place," Holy Spirit girls coach Joe Welsh (Dan's older brother) said. "It's definitely the best high schools in pretty much the country. So, it's great.
"The varsity eight, I have four sophomores in there. Just for those sophomores to perform how they (have) has been tremendous. It really has been tremendous. They didn't have the best race in the world (Saturday), but I think it's a lot of young nerves that got to them a little bit. But it's all good. Just making the final was tremendous.
"And, of course, the lightweight four, they have had a good season right on through. I'll tell you, they are just a spunky bunch of little kids. A lot of heart and a lot of talent. They worked their butts off. We are really proud of all these kids."
The Spartans' boys lightweight varsity double crew of stroke Nick Sarno and bow Mike Rodriguez finished in third place in 5:29.63. The Haverford School won in 5:18.91, and Oakland Tech's boat was second (5:28.83).
"Haverford is real strong, and the team from California came up and just nipped us for second," Holy Spirit boys crew coach Mike Giegerich said. "But the kids had a great race. They rowed their hearts out. They've worked hard all year. Their goal was to get a medal and get on the podium at nationals, and they made it." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/eht-2nd-holy-spirit-3rd-in-girls-lightweight-varsity-four-at-nationals-in-tennessee/article_2a4ecf94-fcaa-11ed-b71c-eb01dfe2b3ee.html | 2023-05-27T22:13:45 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/eht-2nd-holy-spirit-3rd-in-girls-lightweight-varsity-four-at-nationals-in-tennessee/article_2a4ecf94-fcaa-11ed-b71c-eb01dfe2b3ee.html |
DES MOINES, Iowa — A pedestrian died after being hit by a car Friday night, according to the Des Moines Police Department.
Police responded to the 6900 block of SE 14th Street around 9 p.m. Friday for reports of a pedestrian-car crash, where officers found a 52-year-old man with critical injuries.
The Des Moines Fire Department transported the pedestrian to a local hospital. He later died from his injuries.
Police believe while walking in the roadway, the pedestrian was hit by a 2020 Lincoln MKZ headed north.
Police claim the driver was a 64-year-old Des Moines woman, but have not yet released any names.
The cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed, though police say there is "no indication of driver impairment."
Northbound SE 14th Street was closed temporarily after the crash.
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GATE CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Jeep owners gathered in Scott County on Saturday for the Gate City Jeep Jam fundraiser.
The event, which drew crowds of Jeep owners and spectators, was designed to help raise funds for the revitalization of downtown Gate City.
Several prizes for different categories were up for grabs.
“We’ve got a QR code and you scan it, and if that’s your favorite Jeep for the day, then they can win a trophy,” said Megan White a board member of Gate City Frontier.
“We’ve got first and second place and then we also have a contest for the muddiest Jeep and then most miles traveled and most patriotic.”
After the event, there was a scenic cruise that went around Scott County and past several historical and cultural sites. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jeep-owners-gather-for-gate-city-jeep-jam/ | 2023-05-27T22:20:05 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jeep-owners-gather-for-gate-city-jeep-jam/ |
ORRINGTON -- A local museum is hosting a course that has students rolling up their sleeves to learn a new skill.
The 19th Century Curran Village in Orrington is teaching a week-long course on how to build a timber frame structure.
Students will learn how to use mortise-and-tenon joints, a conventional method for joining wood without the use of metal fasteners.
Museum Director Robert Schmick says there is value in learning traditional skills.
"If you want a home that's built like this, it's quite expensive to have it done. So, there are a lot of do-it-yourself [students] here," said Schmick.
By the end of the week, organizers hope to have a portion of the building's frame completed.
Those who joined the course say they hope to put the hands-on experience to use.
"I'm getting a sawmill, so I'll be able to saw up the beams that we use for it. I want to do a barn-style building to hold the sawmill. I thought this would be a good thing to do on the side. My own stuff and maybe even for other people," said Dale Murray, student.
On the first day of the course, students learned about the history of the construction method, hand tool maintenance, and more.
"If you have built the walls this way, you can't expand it or change it very easily. But, with this, you just put up another 'bent' and the building just keeps going," said Ed Somers, restoration carpenter and teacher.
Schmick says that the course is also more than just a learning experience. The work put in by the students will go towards expanding the museum.
"The building that they will be constructing will house an industrial pottery kiln. So, we plan on introducing a pottery and ceramics program here at Curran Village," said Schmick.
The museum will hold additional workshops this fall.
To learn more, visit curranhomestead.org. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/museum-offers-timber-framing-class/article_7fdde86e-fcd2-11ed-8aca-3fdf621676fc.html | 2023-05-27T22:37:39 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/museum-offers-timber-framing-class/article_7fdde86e-fcd2-11ed-8aca-3fdf621676fc.html |
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — An active registered sex offender is back in jail after allegedly annoying a 9-year-old kid at a Grass Valley little league park.
According to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, George Matson, 84 of Grass Valley, approached two 9-year-olds at the Bear River Little League baseball field on Kingston Lane around 6 p.m. Friday.
Matson allegedly bent down and tickled one of the kids near the hip before walking away. Both kids identified Matson as the suspect.
Deputies arrested Matson at his home and booked him into the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility on suspicion of annoying/molesting a minor and unlawful entry upon school grounds by a registered sex offender.
The little league park is on the campus of Cottage Hill School.
Watch more from ABC10: Woodland man stops bank robbery | Top 10 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/grass-valley-nevada-city/sex-offender-arrested-little-league/103-c49aa8b5-ab0d-4211-9df6-15f853e06193 | 2023-05-27T22:42:25 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/grass-valley-nevada-city/sex-offender-arrested-little-league/103-c49aa8b5-ab0d-4211-9df6-15f853e06193 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bicyclist was killed after being hit by a car on the campus of Sacramento State University Saturday, officials with the Sacramento State Police Department said.
The crash happened around 11:37 a.m. Saturday on State University Drive near Sequoia Hall and the American River, according to police. Medics pronounced the bicyclist, only identified as an adult man, dead at the scene of the crash.
The driver of the car stayed behind at the scene, officials said. The Sacramento Police Department's Major Collision Investigation Unit is handling the investigation into the crash.
Watch more from ABC10: UC Davis students promote bike safety as accidents increase on campus | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/bicyclist-killed-sacramento-state-campus/103-b469c5c3-17e6-4b7b-8bce-e9488538422c | 2023-05-27T22:42:31 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/bicyclist-killed-sacramento-state-campus/103-b469c5c3-17e6-4b7b-8bce-e9488538422c |
The Texas House has voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a fellow Republican who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years of scandal and alleged crimes.
The vote triggers Paxton’s immediate suspension from office pending the outcome of a trial in the state Senate and empowers Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint someone else as Texas’ top lawyer in the interim.
The vote constitutes an abrupt downfall for one of the GOP’s most prominent legal combatants, who in 2020 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn President Joe Biden’s electoral defeat of Donald Trump. It makes Paxton only the third sitting official in Texas’ nearly 200-year history to have been impeached.
Paxton, 60, has decried what he called “political theater” based on “hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims,” and said it’s an attempt to disenfranchise voters who reelected him in November. It’s unclear where the attorney general was Saturday, but during the House proceeding, he was sharing statements from supporters on Twitter.
“No one person should be above the law, least not the top law enforcement officer of the state of Texas,” Rep. David Spiller, a Republican member of the committee that investigated Paxton, said in opening statements. Rep. Ann Johnson, a Democratic member, told lawmakers that Texas’ “top cop is on the take.” Rep. Charlie Geren, a Republican committee member, said without elaborating that Paxton had called lawmakers and threatened them with political “consequences.” As the articles of impeachment were laid out, some of the lawmakers shook their heads. They are expected to debate impeachment for four hours before voting.
Paxton has been under FBI investigation for years over accusations that he used his office to help a donor and was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, though he has yet to stand trial. Until this week, his fellow Republicans had taken a muted stance on the allegations.
Lawmakers allied with Paxton tried to discredit the investigation by noting that hired investigators, not panel members, interviewed witnesses. They also said several of the investigators had voted in Democratic primaries, tainting the impeachment, and that they had too little time to review evidence.
“I perceive it could be political weaponization,” said Rep. Tony Tinderholt, one of the House’s most conservative members. Republican Rep. John Smithee compared the proceeding to “a Saturday mob out for an afternoon lynching.”
KEN PAXTON
Impeachment requires just a simple majority in the House. That means only a small fraction of its 85 Republicans would need to join 64 Democrats in voting against him.
If impeached, Paxton would be suspended pending a Senate trial, and it would fall to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint an interim replacement. Final removal would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate, where Paxton’s wife’s, Angela, is a member.
Texas’ top elected Republicans had been notably quiet about Paxton this week. But on Saturday both Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz came to his defense, with the senator calling the impeachment process “a travesty” and saying the attorney general’s legal troubles should be left to the courts.
“Free Ken Paxton,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, warning that if House Republicans proceeded with the process, “I will fight you.”
Abbott, who lauded Paxton while swearing him in for a third term in January, has remained silent. The governor spoke at a Memorial Day service in the House chamber about three hours before the impeachment proceedings began. Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan also attended but the two appeared to exchange few words, and Abbott left without commenting to reporters.
In one sense, Paxton’s political peril arrived with dizzying speed: The House committee’s investigation came to light Tuesday, and by Thursday lawmakers issued 20 articles of impeachment.
But to Paxton’s detractors, the rebuke was years overdue.
KEN PAXTON
In 2014, he admitted to violating Texas securities law, and a year later he was indicted on securities fraud charges in his hometown near Dallas, accused of defrauding investors in a tech startup. He pleaded not guilty to two felony counts carrying a potential sentence of five to 99 years.
He opened a legal defense fund and accepted $100,000 from an executive whose company was under investigation by Paxton’s office for Medicaid fraud. An additional $50,000 was donated by an Arizona retiree whose son Paxton later hired to a high-ranking job but was soon fired after displaying child pornography in a meeting. In 2020, Paxton intervened in a Colorado mountain community where a Texas donor and college classmate faced removal from his lakeside home under coronavirus orders.
But what ultimately unleashed the impeachment push was Paxton’s relationship with Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.
In 2020, eight top aides told the FBI they were concerned Paxton was misusing his office to help Paul over the developer’s unproven claims that an elaborate conspiracy to steal $200 million of his properties was afoot. The FBI searched Paul’s home in 2019, but he has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. Paxton also told staff members he had an affair with a woman who, it later emerged, worked for Paul.
The impeachment accuses Paxton of attempting to interfere in foreclosure lawsuits and issuing legal opinions to benefit Paul. Its bribery charges allege that Paul employed the woman with whom Paxton had an affair in exchange for legal help and that he paid for expensive renovations to the attorney general’s home.
A senior lawyer for Paxton’s office, Chris Hilton, said Friday that the attorney general paid for all repairs and renovations.
Other charges, including lying to investigators, date back to Paxton’s still-pending securities fraud indictment.
Four of the aides who reported Paxton to the FBI later sued under Texas’ whistleblower law, and in February he agreed to settle the case for $3.3 million. The House committee said it was Paxton seeking legislative approval for the payout that sparked their probe.
“But for Paxton’s own request for a taxpayer-funded settlement over his wrongful conduct, Paxton would not be facing impeachment,” the panel said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-house-votes-to-impeach-ken-paxton/3266081/ | 2023-05-27T22:48:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-house-votes-to-impeach-ken-paxton/3266081/ |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – The T-Rex Trail is back at Explore Park.
This immersive and educational experience takes us back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
“Folks can travel back in time along our trail with 19 animatronic dinosaurs, five new giant insects, some photo-ops, a dino dig pit, and some new features as well,” Marketing Adminstrative Coordinator Alex North said. “So not only will they be able to travel back in time, but they will be able to learn a little about each dinosaur from the Triassic, Jurassic, and late and early Cretaceous period. So we also have a video series which is education, which features Dino Don, so you’ll travel back in time to get him back to the future and learn a little bit about some dinosaurs as well.”
The T-Rex Trail opens today and runs through August.
Kids 2 to 15 are $10 and everyone 16 and older is $15.
You can save one dollar on your ticket if you register in advance on the Roanoke County Parks website. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/27/t-rex-trail-returns-to-explore-park/ | 2023-05-27T23:01:23 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/27/t-rex-trail-returns-to-explore-park/ |
The first night of Memorial Day weekend, where hundreds of onlookers line Lincoln's O Street for what has become a local tradition, ended with little issue, according to police.
The city has at least partially followed through on that promise, rolling out a new traffic engineering plan but sticking with traditional law enforcement methods in an effort to prevent another tragedy for this year's "Americruise" event.
According to Lincoln Police Department Lt. Brian Golden, the department had little issue in the area aside from two drivers, one driving a 2017 Harley Davidson and another on a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix, who fled from officers attempting traffic stops.
"Hopefully it will (also) be manageable this evening," he said.
Some attendees on Friday night took issue with the way the event was handled by police this year.
Taylor Cumblidge, who has been attending for the past three years, noted a lower attendance at about 10 p.m. compared to previous years. She attributed it to police's efforts to keep the surrounding area between 48th and 52nd streets, generally the most-attended area for "Americruise," clear for much of the night.
"Every year it has been less and less (people) because the cops and the city have tried to make it less dangerous, but by that they're kind of taking the soul out of it," Cumblidge said. "Last year, you couldn't even see the sidewalk, but now you can find a place to sit basically anywhere."
Jacob Rohn, a friend of Cumblidge who's been attending the event for the past six years, said the incident last year wasn't representative of what the weekend's show is truly about.
Stark was not participating in the cruise event which killed 20-year-old Emily Siebenhor and 22-year-old Edith Hermosillo. But, the crash he's accused of causing placed a renewed focus on the perilous driving behaviors that have plagued O Street for decades and become exceptionally hazardous when onlookers line the corridor.
"That could have happened any other night, but it happened while there's a bunch of people there," Rohn said. "I feel like the car community cares about their cars, so they aren't gonna try to go 100 miles an hour down O Street; it's the people that are just adrenaline junkies that think they're gonna look cool."
The annual event turned fatal in 2000, too, when a car veered off O Street, jumped the curb and pinned a 39-year-old against a tree, killing her.
The event, he said, is ultimately about a tradition of bringing together members of the car and motorcycle community in Lincoln to show off their vehicles.
Cumblidge, who recently moved away from Lincoln, said the opportunity to bring such a community together is especially meaningful for the city because of how restrained they feel for much of the year.
"I feel like a lot of times they're ostracized; whenever there’s car meets, they get broken up,” she said. “This is like the one time that it’s ‘legal’ to show off everyone’s hard work.”
Shawn, a motorcyclist attending the gathering who declined to share his last name, said many of the city’s problems with speeding on O Street would be resolved if the city was more accommodating to the separate racing community.
“They make it illegal to street race, but they don’t have a racetrack for us to race on,” he said.
He also said that the city shouldn’t punish the broader community for the actions of an irresponsible few.
Police lights illuminate a woman placing a bouquet of flowers at a memorial marker for 20-year-old Emily Siebenhor and 22-year-old Edith Hermosillo, who died at last year's cruise event in a fiery crash that killed the two women and injured 20 bystanders.
Onlookers watch the first night of the annual "Americruise" event as a police car pulls up to a stop light at the corner of N 52nd & O Streets on Friday. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/night-one-of-lincolns-o-street-cruise-relatively-mellow-frustrating-some-attendees/article_f962414a-fcb8-11ed-9297-2b12403db32a.html | 2023-05-27T23:17:04 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/night-one-of-lincolns-o-street-cruise-relatively-mellow-frustrating-some-attendees/article_f962414a-fcb8-11ed-9297-2b12403db32a.html |
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Crews are working to extinguish a fire at a Sandy Springs apartment complex Saturday.
Video shows heavy smoke and flames engulfing one of the buildings at the Avia at North Springs Apartments along Peachtree Dunwoody Road.
Sandy Springs Police tweeted that people should stay out of the area of Marsh Trail Circle.
Officials have not yet said what started the fire or if anyone is hurt.
11Alive has a crew on the way to the scene and is working to find out more about what happened.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — Hiram Police are searching for the driver of a minivan after a confrontation outside Paulding County High's graduation led to a chase and a shooting Saturday.
Authorities said the confrontation at the high school graduation did not take place on school property-- instead, it happened on the property next to the school. Hiram Police said both drivers sped off in their vehicles and a chase ensued.
The drivers came to a stop at the intersection of Nebo Road and Country Club Drive in Hiram. That's when the driver of the sedan was shot by someone in the other vehicle involved in the incident, according to police.
The driver of the sedan took off again and stopped further down Country Club Drive, got out of their vehicle and went into a house for help, police said.
Hiram Police and Paulding County Sheriff's deputies provided medical care for the injured driver until EMS arrived. The driver was taken by helicopter to Grady Hospital for further treatment.
Now, police are searching for a Black Chrysler Minivan, pictured below with the Georgia license plate: CGA2114. Authorities said to not approach the minivan and to call 911 immediately.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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GASTONIA, N.C. — For many people, Memorial Day weekend is about cookouts and a day off work, but in truth, it's a remembrance of those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.
It's also a time when people recognize the other sacrifices of military veterans. An Army veteran from Gastonia recently received an amazing surprise that really let his family know how much they're appreciated.
Kemp Harvey served in the Army in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He's overjoyed that complete strangers took time out of their day to help him and show their appreciation for his service by renovating his home.
"It's amazing. Overwhelming," Harvey said. "We were so humble, we are just so thankful. It's a grateful experience."
Standing by his side, Harvey's wife Stephanie says there's no way the couple could not afford to make these upgrades on their own.
"It is extremely overwhelming, however, we are so grateful," she said. "And to see him happy makes me happy."
In a time when veterans aren't always appreciated, seeing so many strangers come together to improve their lives means the world to this military family.
"I can't even begin to put it into words," Kemp Harvey said. "I joined to serve. We don't always ask for help, we don't like help, and to see these people come out was a little bit hard at first, but it was amazing."
The sod is freshly laid and the driveway patches are just now dry. For the volunteers who helped out, it's a simple way to honor someone who served.
"We've been filling some holes, we've been doing some gate work," Jason Avery with Coca-Cola Consolidated said. "Planing some grass seeds and we put in a flag pole and raised a flag."
Coca-Cola Consolidated partnered with NASCAR and Charlotte Motor Speedway to give Harvey's home a facelift in celebration of the service and sacrifice of U.S. military members and their families.
"Racing the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend is all about the military and saluting the men and women of the armed forces," Jonathan Coleman said. "And this is an extension of that, being able to come out and put those words into action.
"We talk about how important racing on the eve of Memorial Day is but that's not just lip service. It's about us giving back," Coleman said. "We love our vets, we want to take care of our vets."
Along with the remodel, the Harvey family received tickets to Sunday's Coca-Cola 600. They will be able to start at the pace car and watch the race from the Coca-Cola suite at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Manitowoc Chamber will host a farewell for longtime director Karen Nichols May 30: Weekly dose
Karen Nichols is leaving as Chamber director in search of 'a new beginning.'
MANITOWOC - The Chamber of Manitowoc County will host a goodbye celebration for longtime executive director Karen Nichols from 5 to 6 p.m. May 30 at PetSkull Brewing Company, 1015 Buffalo St., Manitowoc.
Chamber members and the community are invited.
Nichols has served as director of the Chamber for 20 years and said she is stepping away for "a new beginning."
A cash bar will be available at the event and people can RSVP online at chambermanitowoccounty.org or by contacting the Chamber at 920-684-5575.
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▶ Reed Avenue closure starts May 30: Reed Avenue between North Eighth and North Second streets in Manitowoc is scheduled for reconstruction work starting May 30.
According to a news release from the city, the contractor will maintain one lane of one-way traffic in the eastbound direction only on Reed Avenue from North Eighth to the Lincoln Park Zoo entrance at all times during the reconstruction project.
The contractor will begin the reconstruction work on the north side of Reed Avenue first.
Then, near the middle of August, the contractor will begin the reconstruction work on the south side of Reed Avenue.
A detour route for westbound traffic on Reed Avenue will be Bayshore Drive to Waldo Boulevard to North Eighth Street and then back to Reed Avenue.
The project is expected to be finished and road reopened to traffic by around Oct. 27.
▶ ‘The Belles of Baseball’ focus of next ‘Think & Drink’ at Maritime Museum: Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc, will present its next “Think & Drink” event at 6:30 p.m. June 1.
The event is titled “The Belles of Baseball – Racine’s Champion AAGPBL Team” and will be presented by in-person speaker Kari DeBerg, who will chronicle the Racine Belles, one of the original four teams in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League.
The AAGPBL was started in 1943 by Philip K. Wrigley, owner of Wrigley Field and the Chicago Cubs. The league later grew to 12 teams and inspired the movie “A League of their Own.”
The museum will offer alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks available for purchase at a limited bar. Featured drink for the night will be the Home Run Hooch.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. The talk and live stream presentation start at 6:30 p.m. To access the live stream, register at https://forms.gle/j4h5GciCt7SNo8ix6.
Admission is free both in person and online.
▶ Volunteers sought for annual Invasive Plant Pull-a-Thon at Lower Henry Schuette Park: Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed are inviting the public to participate in the annual Invasive Plant Pull-a-Thon at Lower Henry Schuette Park from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. June 3.
Volunteers will be removing invasive garlic mustard and dame’s rocket as part of an ecological restoration project in this important habitat along the Manitowoc River. The park is at 3800 Broadway St.
Garlic mustard and dame’s rocket overcrowd native flowers, hindering regeneration of native plants and limiting a habitat’s biodiversity. Their seeds are often spread by hitching rides on hikers’ shoes so it is very important to remove the plants from trail areas before they go to seed.
Volunteers should wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. It is also advised that volunteers take along work or garden gloves, although some will be provided to those unable to take their own. A picnic lunch and refreshments will be provided as well.
The event can also serve as a fundraising opportunity for groups. Use Pull-A-Thon donation forms to garner donation commitments per pound pulled. At the end of the event, organizers will weigh each group’s total amount of plant matter pulled for to report back to donors. For more details about participating as a group, contact Jake Divine at 906-284-0533 or jake.divine@glacierlandrcd.org.
Visa gift cards will be awarded to the participating volunteer groups that remove the most plants by weight. First place will get $200, while second and third places will both get $100 each.
Partners for the event include Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed, Stantec Consulting Services, Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership and Glacierland RC&D.
▶ Ascend Services to hold second annual golf outing June 26: Manitowoc’s Ascend Services will hold its second annual Swing Fore Ascend Golf Outing fundraiser from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. June 26 at the Golf Course at Branch River, 3212 N. Union Road, Cato.
Registration is open and people can learn more at ascendservices.org or by contacting Deanna Genske at dgenske@ascendservicesinc.org or 920-682-4663, ext. 111.
The event will include golf, food and raffles.
Funds raised will benefit Ascend in its mission to promote individual growth through community experiences, education and employment opportunities for more than 200 youth and adults with diverse abilities.
▶ LTC to launch manufacturing technology charter school: Lakeshore Technical College has received a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, its fourth and largest NSF grant in four years.
According to a news release, the grant will fund the establishment of a new type of charter school that is expected to help address the continuing labor shortage in the manufacturing sector.
The college will partner with the Cedar Grove-Belgium School District and industry employers to develop an advanced manufacturing technology charter school, the first of its kind in the state, the release said.
“This grant will have a significant impact on the community,” LTC President Paul Carlsen said in the release. “It will provide students the opportunity to embark on a fast-track trajectory for education that will prepare them to graduate as workforce-ready advanced manufacturing technicians and be ready for additional industry-focused college coursework. Graduates entering the workforce will find themselves in high demand, earning much higher wages than the average high school graduate.”
Rocket Academy Dual Credit Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Charter School, RADCAM TEC for short, will provide an educational pathway incorporating dual credit courses, youth apprenticeships, school-to-work and job shadowing opportunities.
RADCAM TEC will provide advanced manufacturing instruction using LTC’s competency-based education curriculum. Students will progress through courses by demonstrating mastery of competencies aligned within program and course curriculum. They will earn both college and high school credit, which can lead to the attainment of their high school diploma as well as college certificates and technical diplomas. Courses taken to complete certificates and technical diplomas can be applied toward four industry-specific associate degrees at LTC, shortening the time to completion.
For more about LTC’s advanced manufacturing program options, visit gotoltc.edu/programs-and-courses/degree-programs.
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TEXAS, USA — The Texas House of Representatives voted Saturday to impeach the state's attorney general Ken Paxton in a 121-23 vote.
The vote triggers Paxton’s immediate suspension from office pending the outcome of a trial in the state Senate and empowers Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint someone else as Texas’ top lawyer in the interim.
Within minutes after the vote, Paxton released the following statement on his social media accounts:
"The ugly spectacle in the Texas House today confirmed the outrageous impeachment plot against me was never meant to be fair or just. It was a politically motivated sham from the beginning. My office made every effort to present evidence, testimony and irrefutable facts that would have disproven the countless false statements and outright lies advanced by Speaker Dade Phelan and the Johnson panel he appointed. Unfortunately, they refused to consider anything that would interfere with their desired result. They disregarded the law, ignored the facts, and demonstrated contempt for Texas voters.
Texas voters now know that Speaker Phelan and the corrupt politicians he controls are more focused on political retribution against conservatives than the welfare of the people. Instead of passing critical legislation that would strengthen our border, protect our election, or stop the Chinese Communist Party from buying up Texas land, they chose to spend the final days of the legislative session smearing me.
Phelan's coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans is now in lockstep with the Biden Administration, the abortion industry, anti-gun zealots, and woke corporations to sabotage my work as Attorney General, including our ongoing litigation to stop illegal immigrants, uphold the rule of law, and protect the constitutional rights of every Texan.
But the people of Texas know that I have always had their back, and in return, they have always had mine. What we witnessed today is not just about me. It is about the corrupt establishment's eagerness to overpower the millions of Texas voters who already made their voices heard when they overwhelmingly re-elected me.
I am beyond grateful to have the support of millions of Texans who recognize that what we just witnessed is illegal, unethical, and profoundly unjust. I look forward to a quick resolution in the Texas Senate, where I have full confidence the process will be fair and just."
Paxton has been impeached on 20 articles, including bribery and abuse of public trust. Click here to read all 20 articles of impeachment.
He has been under FBI investigation for years over accusations that he used his office to help a donor and was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, though he has yet to stand trial. Until this week, his fellow Republicans had taken a muted stance on the allegations. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/ken-paxton-impeachment/285-7097f8a4-fa13-4fa9-b9bd-243e69c8a8b6 | 2023-05-27T23:21:29 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/ken-paxton-impeachment/285-7097f8a4-fa13-4fa9-b9bd-243e69c8a8b6 |
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Christian Life School sent off its Class of 2023 on Friday evening filled with hope and faith.
The school graduated 49 students Friday evening inside its auditorium, 10700 75th St. The ceremony included student addresses, a performance of “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” from the school’s choir, video presentations about the senior class and prayers.
“Thank you for entrusting to us what really what is your most precious cargo,” the Rev. Kevin Taylor of Journey Church told the audience. “We thank you so much for your investment in this school in every way, shape and form. It means the world to us that you would allow us to be a part of your lives this way.”
Students Vaughn Ricker and Abigail Hansen, who both graduated with honors, addressed those in attendance.
“Thank you to everyone who made these years of high school better, and to the CLS seniors of 2023, we did it,” Ricker said. “Our shared experiences have brought us to this stage to cross this point together. This milestone marks the next season of our lives where we will transition into another level of independence.”
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Hansen thanked God for helping her throughout her high school career.
“Thank you to the friends, the families, my fellow graduates and everyone else gathered here today. Thank you to the members who guided us along the way to this remarkable occasion. Most of all, I praise God the father who undoubtedly played the prominent role in bringing us here,” Hansen said.
High School Principal Carrie Wright said she’s extremely proud of the graduating class.
“They are an amazing group,” Wright said before the ceremony. “This is our group whose first year of high school was the year everybody got shut down for COVID. They’ve been through a lot and these guys have just been amazing by persevering through each new obstacle and thing that came across their paths.”
Wright said she hopes the graduates remember to “keep God at the center of their lives” and “pursue his calling.” | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/christian-life-school-celebrates-class-of-2023-in-friday-night-graduation-ceremony/article_471bc50e-fcdd-11ed-94e0-4f1c7528bcb9.html | 2023-05-27T23:35:31 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/christian-life-school-celebrates-class-of-2023-in-friday-night-graduation-ceremony/article_471bc50e-fcdd-11ed-94e0-4f1c7528bcb9.html |
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian has announced he will not seek re-election next year when his term ends next year.
Antaramian, who turns 69 this year, spoke with the Kenosha News about his decision in his third-floor office in the Municipal Building about his legacy, regrets and advice for whoever becomes the mayor of the state’s fourth-largest city.
A Kenosha native, he was first elected to the position in 1992 and served for 16 years before stepping down. Following eight years in the private sector, Antaramian was elected mayor again in 2016 and won re-election in 2020. His current term will expire in April 2024. Before becoming mayor in 1992 he served about a decade in the State Assembly representing the area.
“Communities only have two ways to go, forward and backward,” Antaramian said. “We’ve been moving forward and we have a lot of opportunity ahead of us.”
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When did you decide not to seek re-election?I’ve known for quite a while that I more than likely wasn’t going to run.
As much as I’ve enjoyed this — and there are so many neat things going on in this community and you would like to always be there when more things happen — you also have to come to a point in time where it’s time for someone else to take over. It’s time for someone else to see what they can do. I believe I have left the community in a better way than when I found it. The community will still move forward and we have a lot of opportunity in front of us.
Some politicians continue serving in their 70s and 80s. Why not you? My intention is to spend more time with (my wife) Linda and do some things that we always wanted to do together. And with this job it doesn’t give you the ability to all of a sudden just go and take large periods of time off. There are things we want to go off and do together. That played a major role.
In the last year I pretty much made the decision that I was not going to run. Still, there’s always a part of you that wants to see things finished and we have so many things started. But you know that that’s always the way it’s going to be no matter if I decided to leave now or if I left in four years from now. There would still be things that I would want to see happening. It’s just the nature of what we do.
Would you ever leave Kenosha?
Kenosha is home.
This is where my friends are, this is where I’ve grown up, this is where my family is. Everything that’s important to me is in this town which is one of the reasons that I became mayor.
What are you most proud of from your time as mayor?
That’s an interesting question.
At different times I would tell you different things that I’ve been proud of.
I will tell you, one of the areas I’m most proud of right now is the Chrysler site and the innovation center we’re going to move forward with.
And I’ll tell you why that becomes so important to me. When I came back in 2016 and ran for mayor one of the reasons I ran was because we were losing our young people. Our young people weren’t staying in Kenosha.
We looked at what we needed to do to make it so that young people stay here, and the innovation center is one of those key elements that I believe is going to make it so that young people stay in Kenosha, start their own businesses in Kenosha, (and) get satisfaction from different types of jobs that we are now starting to bring into the community.
All of that, to me, is probably the most important thing that we can accomplish. So getting the innovation center off the ground, getting young people and individuals to start their own companies, those type of renovations in the Uptown area, with the Chrysler site being a focus, to me is one of the most important things that we can accomplish.
Any regrets?
Oh, there are always regrets.
I’ve always regretted that I never was able to get a Revolutionary War museum in Kenosha. I’m disappointed that I haven’t been able to succeed in getting the performing arts center in Kenosha. Those are things that I think would have been very, very positive things.
I think, though, when you look at regrets, it’s not so much a regret of what we couldn’t do. It’s a regret of what occurred. And that deals with the riots in 2020.
What do you feel looking back at that time?
It is a point in time that was a dark point for our community and we responded. We responded in a positive way to move forward. And that’s what you need to do.
There’s nothing I can do to fix what occurred, or change what occurred, but it doesn’t mean we can’t make things so that we do a better job in the future as to those types of things are not happening. Again, a lot of that occurred because of other factors, not necessarily factors from the city itself.
Will you endorse anyone for mayor?
We’ll see what happens later on. At this point in time, my intention is to allow the candidates to come out and see who runs and see what happens.
If you’re going to run for mayor have a vision. What is it you want your community to be? Because, as I said before, there’s only two directions that you go — forward and backward. There is no, ‘”Well, if we leave it the way it is, we’ll be fine.” No, if you leave it the way you fall back. You need to constantly be moving forward.
You have set a lot of projects in motion. Are you concerned that the next mayor may not be so passionate about them?
That’s always a possibility. I’d like to think, though, that we have set these projects up in a way that they’re going to move forward. I am confident with the agreement with the Downtown plan that’s going to move forward. I have every faith in the project at the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood at the Chrysler site.
Do I believe they’re going to move forward? Yes. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/mayor-john-antaramian-reflects-on-his-time-as-kenoshas-leader-after-announcing-he-wont-seek/article_474ac4bc-fcc4-11ed-932e-abfcd990cc0a.html | 2023-05-27T23:35:38 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/mayor-john-antaramian-reflects-on-his-time-as-kenoshas-leader-after-announcing-he-wont-seek/article_474ac4bc-fcc4-11ed-932e-abfcd990cc0a.html |
Memorial Day 2023 will be observed at various events across Kenosha County starting with services today in Union Grove and continuing with numerous events on Monday.
Here is the list of programs, compiled by the Kenosha County Division of Veterans Services:
Union Grove
What: Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony (rain or shine)
When: Sunday, May 28, 11 a.m.
Where: 21731 Spring Street, Union Grove
Parade: The fourth annual Memorial Day parade to honor residents of the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Union Grove will be held Monday, May 29. All interested participants are asked to meet from 1:30 to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the Racine County Fairgrounds. Use the Highway 45 fairgrounds entrance. Participants are invited to decorate their vehicles with signs thanking the veterans, and to wave flags out their windows. Vehicles will leave the fairgrounds at approximately 2:15 p.m. and travel on Highway 11 to the grounds of Southern Wisconsin Center Center and the Wisconsin Veterans Home. The parade will include units from the Kansasville fire Department and Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department.
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Note: For more information, please contact Memorial Day Program Coordinator/SWVMC Office Representative Marina Johnstone at 262-878-5660, ext. 106, or marina.johnstone@dva.wisconsin.gov.
Kenosha/Navy Club Ship 40
What: Memorial Day Ceremony — to include singing of the National Anthem and “Eternal Father,” a flower and wreath dedication
Who: Navy Club Ship 40 Kenosha
When: Monday, May 29, 9 a.m.
Where: Navy Park, Sixth Avenue and 54th Street, Kenosha
Note: For more details, please contact Dick Stader at 262-654-9202.
Silver Lake/Legion Post 293
What: Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade, Silver Lake
Who: American Legion Post 293, Silver Lake
When: Monday, May 29, 9 a.m.; service in front of the American Legion Hall to follow immediately after the parade.
Where: 307 N. Cogswell Drive, Silver Lake
Note: For more details, please contact Dave Bleser 262-889-4767
Twin Lakes/Legion Post 544
What: Memorial Day Ceremony, Twin Lakes
Who: American Legion Post 544, Twin Lakes
When: Monday, May 29. Ceremony to start at Mound Prairie Cemetery at 9 a.m., then move to St. John’s Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. Parade from Lance Park to the American Legion Post 544 to begin at 11 a.m., with a ceremony to follow at the Legion post.
Where: 989 Lance Drive, Twin Lakes
Note: For more details, please contact Jim Schmidt 262-492-3073 or American Legion Post 544 at 262-877-3669.
Green Ridge/Legion Post 21
What: Memorial Day Ceremony
Who: American Legion Post 21, Kenosha
When: Monday, May 29, 10 a.m.
Where: Green Ridge Cemetery, 6604 Seventh Ave., Kenosha
Note: For more information please contact, Tom Visintainer 262-620-5646.
Sunset Ridge/Legion Post 552
What: Memorial Day Ceremony
Who: Sunset Ridge Memorial Park and American Legion David Leet Post 552
When: Monday, May 29, 11 a.m.
Where: Sunset Ridge Memorial Park, 4300 Green Bay Road, Kenosha
Note: The ceremony, open to all, takes place in front of the main office Serenity Mausoleum. Sunset staff will be on hand to direct attendees to the service location. Members of American Legion David Leet Post No. 552 will present the colors and provide a rifle salute, invocation and benediction. The Somers Fire Department is scheduled to be on hand to provide a patriotic flag presentation with its aerial truck.
The program includes the reading of names of all veterans who have been interred at the park in 2022 and 2023, honoring all Veterans everywhere. The keynote speaker is David Wiedenkeller, the “living historian.” Other features include a dove release; bag pipes and the playing of Taps; and Singer Morgan Kelsey performing the National Anthem. For more details, contact Roger Miesbauer at Sunset Ridge, at 262-652-7488.
Pleasant Prairie-VFW Post 7308
What: Memorial Day Ceremony
Who: VFW Post 7308, Pleasant Prairie
When: Monday, May 29, 11 a.m.
Where: Old St. Mark’s Cemetery, Ninth Court and 78th Street, Kenosha
Note: For more details, please contact John McCoy 262-358-2415.
Kenosha-VFW Post 1865
What: Memorial Day and Flag Retirement ceremonies
Who: VFW Post 1865, Kenosha
When: Monday, May 29. Memorial Day ceremony at noon; flag retirement ceremony at 1 p.m.
Where: VFW Post 1865, 6618 39th Ave., Kenosha
Note: For more details, please contact Post Commander Arran Edwards at 262-652-2751.
Kenosha-Vietnam Veterans
What: Memorial Day Ceremony — to include POW/MIA Service
Who: Kenosha Area Vietnam Veterans
When: Monday, May 29, noon
Where: Library Park, 711 59th Place, Kenosha
Note: For more details, please contact Rich Bowker at 262-694-1129. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/memorial-day-programs-ceremonies-sunday-and-monday-in-kenosha-county-area/article_6644c82a-fb45-11ed-8e11-53ebbe571933.html | 2023-05-27T23:35:44 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/memorial-day-programs-ceremonies-sunday-and-monday-in-kenosha-county-area/article_6644c82a-fb45-11ed-8e11-53ebbe571933.html |
NANTICOKE, Pa. — Nanticoke City Police and the Luzerne County coroner's office are currently on scene at a home in Nanticoke.
Officials responded to the double-block home along the 200 block of West Church Street in the city Saturday afternoon.
The Luzerne County coroner confirms there was a death in the area but has not released any other details.
This is a developing story, check back for updates. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/coroner-called-to-home-in-nanticoke-west-church-street-201-203-death-investigation-luzerne-county/523-9c6f800b-7847-4f3d-9c73-5054fc09d9ba | 2023-05-27T23:37:31 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/coroner-called-to-home-in-nanticoke-west-church-street-201-203-death-investigation-luzerne-county/523-9c6f800b-7847-4f3d-9c73-5054fc09d9ba |
Mother pleads guilty after Arizona boy starves to death
FLAGSTAFF — An Arizona mother has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse charges stemming from the death of her 6-year-old son, who had been locked in a closet and denied food.
Elizabeth Archibeque reached a plea agreement with prosecutors this month, the Arizona Daily Sun reported Saturday.
Archibeque will be sentenced later this summer. The terms of the plea agreement state that she will not be eligible for probation, and if sentenced to life in prison, she will not be eligible for any kind of parole or work release.
She was charged along with the boy's father, Anthony Martinez, and grandmother, Ann Martinez. The cases were being tried separately.
An autopsy found the boy, Deshaun Martinez, died of starvation in March 2020. Authorities had said he weighed just 18 pounds — well below average for his age.
The boy's parents initially attributed their son's malnourished state to a medical condition and to ingesting diet or caffeine pills. Eventually, they told police they kept Deshaun and his older brother in a closet for 16 hours a day and gave them little to eat. The brother survived.
Police said the boys' confinement was punishment for stealing food while the parents slept. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/05/27/mother-pleads-guilty-in-flagstaff-after-boy-starves-to-death/70264141007/ | 2023-05-27T23:40:35 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/05/27/mother-pleads-guilty-in-flagstaff-after-boy-starves-to-death/70264141007/ |
For the 10th year in a row, CarMax has been recognized as a Top Workplace by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The used-vehicle retailer, headquartered in Goochland County, placed second in the mega company category for 2023.
“Since day one, CarMax’s purpose has been to drive integrity by being honest and transparent in every interaction,” said Diane Cafritz, chief human resources officer at CarMax. “Our values — do the right thing, put people first, win together and go for greatness — not only underscore this purpose, but shape every interaction with our associates, customers and communities.”
In the past 12 months, CarMax added new and enhanced benefits based on feedback from its 2,600 Richmond-area employees. They include a temporary monthly gasoline allowance for commuting associates, expanded parental leave — full pay for 50% more time — expanded tuition assistance and a relaxed “Denim Friday” dress code.
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“CarMax is a great place to work because of the culture,” said senior technology manager Edward Lockley. “Knowing the flexibility I have with work-life balance is the main reason I’d recommend CarMax to anyone looking for a new job opportunity.”
Last year, CarMax strengthened its diversity and inclusion initiatives by expanding quarterly training sessions to include such topics as generational diversity, diverse abilities, and cultural and gender identities. Team leaders facilitated conversations about how to apply the course concepts in their daily work.
“I love coming to work every day knowing that my opinions matter and that I’m respected, not just in words, but also in actions,” said Kerri Jenkins, a senior consultant for CarMax auction services. “The fact that I can feel comfortable walking up to anyone, including executives, and know I am listened to, is something that makes me happy to come back every day.”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, CarMax expanded its associate experience team to respond to the evolving expectations of their associates. The company also offered a mindfulness training program that focused on mindful walking, mindful eating and coping with pandemic stress. Around 350 associates have participated in the growing program.
The company holds gatherings at such places as Richmond Flying Squirrels baseball games, the petting zoo and food trucks to provide fun outside of work. Associates are recognized and celebrated through an achievers platform points program, in which they can earn rewards for everyday needs, such as gas cards and Target gift cards.
Each June, the company connects with the community by taking part in CarMax Cares Month. During that period, thousands of associates donate their time through The CarMax Foundation’s volunteer team-builder program.
“Helping our communities thrive and making a positive societal impact is, and has always been, a core part of the CarMax culture,” Cafritz said. “We support the causes that are most important to our associates.”
Last June, CarMax worked with Shalom Farms, a Richmond nonprofit that provides healthful food to those with limited access; 150 associates traveled to Shalom’s farm in Powhatan County to get their hands dirty and help gather produce. The outings not only help the Richmond community, but also give CarMax employees a boost of motivation.
“Working for a company that has the same values as I do is important,” said senior accounting manager Melissa Ragsdale, who volunteered at Shalom Farms. “I have been with the company for over 22 years, and the passion and values my co-workers bring every day is what keeps me engaged as an associate.”
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The tribal grounds in King William County came to life Saturday when hundreds of artists, dancers, community members and tribal leaders gathered as the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe kicked off its 34th annual powwow.
A powwow is a traditional event that Native American tribes have hosted for thousands of years.
“It’s a celebration of culture, families, renewing kinships and is an integral part of our culture,” said Keith Anderson, chief of the Nansemond Indian Nation.
The celebration commenced with a traditional grand entry, in which dancers dressed in traditional regalia and led by veterans and head dancers enter into a round arena to the sound of drumbeats. Once everyone entered the arena, flags including the U.S. flag, POW flag and the Upper Mattaponi tribe's flag were raised before a traditional honor song and opening prayer were performed.
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It is also customary to honor veterans and of any and all cultures who attend powwows, Anderson said. Veterans of all ages and who served in a variety of wars were invited into the arena and walked in a circle while audience members applauded to honor them for their service.
Following the grand entry, the arena was filled with performers of all ages representing several Native American tribes as they competed in dancing and drumming competitions.
Attendees could also stop by dozens of vendors selling Native American clothing, jewelry and art. Along with the vibrant dancing, singing and shopping, attendees could enjoy Native American foods — most notably fry bread, a fried piece of dough that is usually served with sugar or honey or can be enjoyed as a taco.
Anderson emphasized that anyone is welcome to attend powwows, no matter their culture or background.
“We love our people and are inclusive," Anderson said. "I’ve never met someone who attended a powwow that didn’t feel inspired or encouraged that we as people have a lot of similarities instead of differences.”
The powwow continues Sunday on the Upper Mattaponi Tribal Grounds from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the grand entry starting at 1 p.m. Admission is free, and donations are accepted. | https://richmond.com/news/local/upper-mattaponi-indian-tribe-hosts-34th-annual-powwow/article_73047766-fcb9-11ed-a4f1-0f9dfeed8f0d.html | 2023-05-27T23:55:07 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/upper-mattaponi-indian-tribe-hosts-34th-annual-powwow/article_73047766-fcb9-11ed-a4f1-0f9dfeed8f0d.html |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Another horse has been euthanized following an injury at Churchill Downs.
Kimberley Dream was euthanized after Saturday's first race after sustaining a "significant injury" to her left front leg. It's the second horse death since the start of the Memorial Day weekend.
Officials said the horse suffered a distal sesamodean ligament rupture. A similar injury caused Lost in Limbo to be euthanized on Friday.
According to Churchill Downs, a total of 12 horses have died at the Kentucky Derby racetrack since the stable area reopened for training on March 30.
"It is with absolute dismay and sorrow that we report this highly unusual statistic," a spokesperson said. "We do not accept this as suitable or tolerable and share the frustrations of the public, and in some cases, the questions to which we do not yet have answers."
Earlier this week, track surface engineers spent days using specialized equipment to inspect the track.
Officials said so far, there has been no discernable pattern detected in the recent injuries sustained.
"The report indicated that the measurements from retesting do not raise any concerns and that none of the data is inconsistent with prior measurements from Churchill Downs or other tracks," officials said.
Despite this, the track said it continues to investigate and understand what has led to this troubling spike in equine deaths.
Churchill Downs said it's engaged in an epidemiological study with the Jockey Club to review each horse death to determine if there were any undetected patterns that may have been missed.
The track said it will continue to update the public as more information becomes available.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s the latest controversy around reading.
The Fort Worth Public Library removed an LGBTQ reading challenge from its Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge after city leadership received complaints.
The Fort Worth Public Library and Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker teamed up for the annual program, which allows children to earn badges for completing various reading challenges.
“The challenge is designed to help your child fall in love with reading,” Parker said in a promotional video.
During the initial launch of the program, it featured an optional Pride badge for school age children who completed various challenges. The challenges included reading a book that featured an LGBTQ character, reading about the history of Pride month, and drawing a self-portrait that “highlights your uniqueness.”
After the reading program launched, the group For Liberty and Justice made a social media post and called the reading challenge an “anti-biblical agenda towards children.” The group urged others to reach out to the Mayor’s office and complain.
According to a spokesperson for Mayor Parker, she received more than 30 email complaints about the program’s Pride content.
Fort Worth Public Library communications manager Theresa Davis told WFAA they began including the Pride badge in library programming back in 2020.
After the mayor’s office received complaints, the mayor directed the library system to either change the name of the Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge or remove the Pride badge.
Davis said the library had already made an investment on marketing and promotional materials for the program, so it selected the option to remove the Pride badge.
Some parents have expressed frustration over the decision on the city library’s Facebook page.
In one comment, a user said she was "disappointed to see that the Pride Activity Badge was pulled from the Summer Reading Challenge. I have always found the badges educational and age appropriate."
The user's comment went on to say it’s “sad to see the city capitulate to a small group who want to limit opportunities to engage with diverse books and educational experiences.”
A spokesperson for Parker told WFAA the mayo had concerns over what was age appropriate for children.
Mayor Parker’s full statement is below:
“I did not approve the optional badges and activities that were set to be included in the challenge before it went live. I want all families to feel welcomed to participate, understanding that parents are the right ones to make decisions for the activities that their children are engaging in. My aim is not to tell families what is right for them, but instead allow families to make those decisions on reading and learning in ways that make sense for each of them. Our Library continues to have a wide collection of resources that fit the interests of every family.
Ultimately, my goal is not to make any political statement. The program is just about fun and encouraging literacy for families during the summer season.”
Fort Worth Public Library will not remove any LGBTQ-related books from any of its libraries, Davis said. She added that this is the first time a public official has asked them to adjust programming. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/pride-challenge-removed-fort-worth-mayors-summer-reading-challenge-complaints/287-70facef4-855f-4d46-99c2-d050f3e768da | 2023-05-28T00:01:08 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/pride-challenge-removed-fort-worth-mayors-summer-reading-challenge-complaints/287-70facef4-855f-4d46-99c2-d050f3e768da |
It wasn't pretty.
That's how Pat "Hank" Frazier describes his reception back home upon returning from the Vietnam War.
Over time, though, a better understanding – and empathy – have more Americans reflecting not so much on the politics of the conflict but on the price paid, he said.
"Jesus Christ died for our sins ... veterans died for our freedom," Frazier said during the grand opening of the W. Paul Wolf War History Museum on Saturday.
More than 100 attendees toured the museum, which is part of the Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum, 2122 O'Day Road in Fort Wayne.
Originally housed inside a 2,400-square-foot building on the nonprofit's campus, the newly built Wolf museum has nearly tripled in size. Voluntary donations allowed officials to increase its footprint of donated artifacts, souvenirs and related memorabilia.
Mayor Tom Henry was among the speakers attending the event and said that although Memorial Day weekend pays homage to those lost in battle, he doesn't want residents to be somber.
"I don't want to dwell on the loss," he told the crowd. "I want to think about how much fun we had."
Henry fought in northern Africa during the Vietnam War. He shared a story of being among the military police who played a prank on officers in his outfit, swiping their steaks for breakfast.
Later, "we did a thorough investigation, but couldn't find any," Henry joked.
The Veterans National Memorial Shrine And Museum was founded in the 1950s on 40 acres by World War I veteran Eric Scott, who made a foxhole promise to God that if He let the soldier live, Scott would ensure no vet is ever forgotten.
Eric Johnson, 2nd vice-commander for the museum, said feelings were high during a Friday night fire pit ceremony leading up to Saturday's celebration.
"It affects people in so many ways," he said about the weekend event that had loved ones tossing logs into a blaze to pay homage to family members lost in battle. "It's amazing the emotion that comes out of people."
The Wolf history museum features a battle scene exhibit with an Army ambulance vehicle, a flat-screen video presentation about the Ghost Army unit, maps, reader-board displays, posed mannequins in military fatigues and a café area.
Wolf, a local philanthropist and former financial institution executive, contributed $500,000 to the facility bearing his name, but insists it isn't about him.
"This is for all those who gave and fought, for the wounded, those not with us," said Wolf, a Korean War veteran. "They protected our freedom. If they wouldn't have done it, we wouldn't be here."
Now that the museum has opened, officials are raising money for a welcome center, chapel and freshening up memorials at the site, along with other improvements.
Museum curator Robert Thomas wants the public to know the showplace doesn't glamorize war.
"This is for education, particularly for the kids," said Thomas, an Iraq War veteran. "We don't love war. This is to show what the veterans went through. Someone has to pay the price for freedom." | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-war-museum-fitting-memorial-day-tribute/article_52cb0760-fcac-11ed-860e-53bb43034374.html | 2023-05-28T00:06:33 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-war-museum-fitting-memorial-day-tribute/article_52cb0760-fcac-11ed-860e-53bb43034374.html |
WAVERLY — The Waverly Municipal Swimming Pool opened for the 2023 season Saturday.
Hours will be 1-7 p.m. Sunday and Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. Tuesday and Wednesday hours will be 4–8 p.m. Thursday hours will be 2–8 p.m. Regular business hours will begin Friday.
Regular business hours will be Monday–Friday 1-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. for open swim. Saturday, Sunday and Holiday hours will be 1-7 p.m. for open swim.
Lap swim (Monday-Friday noon to 12:50 p.m. and 5-5:50 p.m.) will begin June 5. Lap swim admission is $3 or a lap punch card can be purchased for $15 for 10 punches. Season passes are also honored for lap swim.
Season passes may be purchased at the Waverly Leisure Services Department office, 200 1st St. N.E. Individual season passes are $65 and family passes are $135 (up to 5 family members), additional family members are $20/person. A caregiver/babysitter pass can be added to a family pass for $30/caregiver.
Passes are now available to be purchased at the pool.
Daily fees are $5 per person, $3 for children up to 5 and $3 per person after 6 p.m. The popular “Wacky Wednesdays” will be offered again this year with $2 admission all day on Wednesdays.
For the 2023 season, pool parties will be limited to one party per weekend. Pool party reservations can be made at the pool.
Pool hours, fees, season pass forms, and other general information can be found online at www.waverlyia.com/pool or on Facebook at @CityofWaverlyIA.
Applications are still being accepted for lifeguards and cashier/concessions positions. To apply, go online to www.waverlyia.com/employment. Contact Waverly Leisure Services at (319) 352-6263 for more information. The outdoor pool phone number is (319) 352-6249. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waverly-outdoor-swimming-pool-opens-for-the-season/article_31d30616-fcca-11ed-8a86-d7bc27d8ffc9.html | 2023-05-28T00:09:21 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waverly-outdoor-swimming-pool-opens-for-the-season/article_31d30616-fcca-11ed-8a86-d7bc27d8ffc9.html |
Raymond Mattia’s concerns about the growing influence of smugglers in his distant corner of the Tohono O’odham Nation prompted him to speak out.
“A lot of stuff is happening here, and people are not acknowledging it,” Mattia told me.
That was 21 years ago, in 2002. Mattia’s tip about the bad effects of organized crime in his area inspired me to write a long, front-page story in the Star. Among other things, he said, Tohono O’odham police were usually too far away to help when trouble arose.
“We either go to the Border Patrol or protect ourselves,” he said.
Now the question of whether Mattia did just that — call the Border Patrol for help — is central to the anguishing search for an explanation of why he is dead. On the night of May 18, Mattia, 58, was shot near his home in Menagers Dam village by Border Patrol agents and perhaps by a Tohono O’odham police officer — or maybe not.
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Two starkly different versions have emerged of what happened that night, and a deeper explanation lurks in the history of an area riven by the current border in 1853.
Mattia’s family says that he called the authorities for help that night because of border-crossers on his property. The village, also known by its O’odham name, Ali Chuk, is less than a mile from the U.S.-Mexico line and about 140 miles, or a 2 1/2 hour drive, southwest of Tucson.
“Raymond called for help and, in turn, was shot down on his doorstep,” his family said in a statement.
In an interview with The Arizona Republic, Annette Mattia, Raymond’s sister and neighbor, said she was on the phone with him just before the shooting occurred.
She reported that he calmly told her when agents arrived, “‘OK, I’ll go talk to them,’ and then two seconds later, that’s when I heard all the gunfire.”
Border Patrol officials and the union representing agents offered a completely different version. They said agents were only there because they were assisting a Tohono O’odham police officer responding to a call about shots fired during a possible domestic violence incident.
The account by the agents’ union says that Mattia threw a machete at the officers that landed a few feet away. That, though, is not what prompted the agents to fire. The agency said they fired moments later when Mattia suddenly extended his arm toward them.
On Saturday, a couple of dozen people, some of them relatives of Mattia or from his village, protested in Tucson outside the Border Patrol’s sector headquarters on East Golf Links Road.
Years ago, these conflicting stories would likely have remained unresolved. That would have left an aggravated sense of injustice on the reservation, where agents are often viewed as an occupiers, though at times residents also rely on them for help.
Now, at least the final part of the incident will be better explained. Border Patrol agents now use body cams, and the agency began releasing videos of critical incidents after a different killing in Southern Arizona this year.
Killing north of Sasabe
When a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in the area between Three Points and Sasabe March 14, the agency took its time releasing a statement. After the Pima County Sheriff’s Department announced the killing, the Border Patrol’s first released information on March 18: A detailed, 646-word description, far different from the perfunctory news releases of past years.
The existence of video evidence that was going to be released necessitated a full explanation of what the public was going to see. This alone is a good result of the use of body cams.
While the agency’s statement seemed to validate that March shooting, the video of that incident was not particularly edifying. To my eyes and those of some other outsiders, the agent looked unnecessarily aggressive. After the smuggling vehicle stopped in a dirt pullout, the agent pulled up behind, stopped his vehicle rushed toward the smuggling car and smashed out the window with his baton, then fatally shot the driver.
It’s true that the driver, 38-year-old Noe Mejia, put the car in gear and began moving it as the agent stood alongside, grabbing the driver’s arm. This, I’m guessing, will probably prevent the agent from being charged with a crime — a decision that the Pima County Attorney’s Office is currently weighing.
But as the helpful Border Patrol narration showed, using satellite images of the area, the load vehicle was essentially trapped in this pullout next to a remote road off of Arizona 286. With more agents piling into the area, the driver was unlikely to escape.
Plenty to question in shooting
On May 22, the Border Patrol gave a detailed account of their version of the killing of Raymond Mattia, also four days after it happened in this case. Again, it relied heavily on the body-cam video we will eventually see, at least in an edited form.
In their version, the agents responded to a request for help from Tohono O’odham police and met with a tribal officer at a local recreation center before going to Mattia’s home, letting the tribal officer lead.
This agency’s statement says: “The individual threw an object toward the officer as they approached the structure which landed a few feet from the officer’s feet. Shortly after the individual threw the object, he abruptly extended his right arm away from his body and three agents fired their service weapons striking the individual several times.”
In a statement, the attorney for the agents’ union, Jim Calle, identified the object that Mattia allegedly threw as a machete, but he said some of those present couldn’t tell what it was in the dark. Mattia apparently was not armed when he was shot.
Beyond whether Mattia called for help and what prompted the gunfire, the investigation ought to be able to answer some other key questions, such as:
Did the Tohono O’odham police officer fire his weapon? If not, why did he not fire when the Border Patrol agents did?
Was Mattia the subject of the domestic violence call that agents said they were responding to?
Who fired the shots that the Tohono O’odham police were responding to, if they happened at all?
Did the agents who shot Mattia know him from previous experience that could have affected their response?
‘Now it’s dangerous’
Of course, all these questions focusing on the narrow incident that night miss a bigger picture. For many O’odham people, the presence of so many Border Patrol agents on their putatively sovereign land amounts to an occupation.
The fact that the line between Anglo colonial world and the Spanish colonial world found its angle of repose across O’odham lands is what made places like Menagers Dam centers of smuggling that federal agents frequent.
Magdalena Martinez, who is from the village and was protesting Saturday, said she did not tend to turn to federal agents for help when it was needed, even if the Tohono O’odham police sometimes did.
“I’ve never felt that the Border Patrol provided me safety,” she said. “If anything I felt they were an intrusion into our community. I felt safer and protected without them there.”
Fellow protester Ligel Macias, also from Menagers Dam village, said his mother, still living there, will have to worry now about whether to call Border Patrol when migrants show up on her property.
“Who does she call now?” he asked. “Now it’s dangerous.”
The historical drawing of that line put Raymond Mattia in regular contact with Border Patrol agents through his adult years.
While the investigation should clarify whether he called for Border Patrol help that night, body-cam video will reveal key details of the rest of the incident.
But the deeper reason Mattia died at the hands of agents he sometimes relied on for help probably belongs to this longer-term history that made his homeland part of the borderlands.
Tim Steller is an opinion columnist. A 25-year veteran of reporting and editing, he digs into issues and stories that matter in the Tucson area, reports the results and tells you his conclusions. Contact him at tsteller@tucson.com or 520-807-7789. On Twitter: @senyorreporter | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tim-stellers-column-history-helps-explain-border-patrol-killing-of-oodham-man/article_9376db36-fb44-11ed-b87a-d3f8be0ec3b6.html | 2023-05-28T00:10:45 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tim-stellers-column-history-helps-explain-border-patrol-killing-of-oodham-man/article_9376db36-fb44-11ed-b87a-d3f8be0ec3b6.html |
BOISE, Idaho — Bogus Basin on Saturday announced its 80th anniversary summer operations will begin in late June, with a jam-packed schedule of events and activities planned for the popular spot.
Starting Friday, June 23, those visiting the mountain recreation area are invited to experience the summer season seven days a week. Bogus Basin offers activities for all ages, ranging from the Glade Runner mountain coaster, to music and beverages on the mountain.
“We are excited to announce the opening of Bogus Basin’s 2023 summer season and continued celebration of 80 years in the community," Skier Services Director Jamie Zolber said. "This summer, there will be no shortage of opportunities for guests to connect with nature, create lasting memories, and enjoy all that the area has to offer.”
Information on activities, events and opportunities throughout the summer are included below:
Music on the Mountain: Free concerts every other Saturday between June 24 and Sept. 2.
Music on the Patio: Free weekend performances from local artists in the sunshine at Bogus Basin. Presented by Ninkasi Brewing Company, Music on the Patio runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturdays and Sundays.
Yoga on the Mountain: All summer long, yoga enthusiasts can enjoy free 60-minute sessions on Thursday evenings, Saturday mornings and Sunday mornings. Participants of all levels are invited to bring their mat or towel to the front of the Main J.R. Simplot Lodge.
Community Race Series: Compete on the trails cross-country mountain biking, downhill mountain biking and trail running. Registration information and dates can be found by clicking here.
Guided Nature Hikes: Hike one of Bogus Basin's multi-use trails on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The 2 to 3.5-mile hikes take participants from the top of the mountain down to the base for $25 per person.
The Glade Runner: A fan favorite, Idaho's only mountain coaster takes visitors along "4,330 feet of high speed, twisting and turning, screaming and cheering through the woods!" The coaster will operate daily. To purchase passes and view pricing, click here.
More activities: Bogus Basin's climbing wall, bungee trampoline, gem panning, summer tubing and more will operate daily above the City of Trees. Click here to learn more about the family-friendly events.
Morning Star Express or Deer Point Express chairlift: The scenic chairlift rides give visitors a load of options, including hikes, tours or simply a relaxing time atop Bogus Basin. The lifts also can be used for scenic rides and bike transport. The Deer Point Express chairlift will operate only on weekends.
Bogus Basin will also open a new aerial adventure course on July 1. The Basin Gravity Park is also a well-known experience for those interested in a downhill biking park.
For more information on purchasing summer season passes and summer operations at Bogus Basin, click here.
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KUNA, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
The Cadet executive par-3 golf course opened to the public on Friday as part of the new Valor community in Kuna.
Cadet replaced the Robin Hood course at Falcon Crest Golf Club. The course underwent a complete re-construction by the M3 Companies, developer of Valor, according to a press release. Improvements included a full redesign to enhance the greens and playing conditions.
“We are thrilled to open an exciting new course in the Treasure Valley that is the beginning of a series of upgraded and expanded amenities in the Valor community,” M3 Companies general manager Mark Tate said. “The response so far from the public and the many new residents that have chosen to make Valor home has been fantastic!”
Cadet features new turf, re-routed holes and refurbished bunkers. The Cadet course is designed for all levels of golf; beginning golfer, junior players or to focus on improving the short game, per the release.
Tee time reservations can be booked online at falconcrestgolf.com.
This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press, read more on IdahoPress.com.
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A fundraiser got underway this weekend with BASE jumpers from the nonprofit 22 Jumps. The group raises money for research into traumatic brain injuries.
Speakers discussed TBIs on Friday at an event held at the Orpheum Theatre in Twin Falls, followed by a concert by Nashville-based Brandon Mills at Koto Brewing Co.
BASE jumping started Saturday, and around 9 a.m. the national anthem was sung, followed by the Magic Valley Kingdom Kruisers riding motorcycles over the Perrine Bridge.
22 Jumps founder Tristan Wimmer organized his nonprofit after his brother took his life after suffering for years with a traumatic brain injury he received in Iraq.
Both of them served in the Marines. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/calling-attention-to-brain-injuries/article_b977d0d8-fccf-11ed-a4da-07db23b88929.html | 2023-05-28T00:30:09 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/calling-attention-to-brain-injuries/article_b977d0d8-fccf-11ed-a4da-07db23b88929.html |
BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – A man is facing charges after authorities found multiple dogs mistreated at a Bedford County home, according to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities said on Friday, May 19, a person reported a dog running at large in the area of 3000 block of Trents Ferry Road that was “skinny” and had “old untreated injuries.”
According to the sheriff’s office, Carl Jackson claimed ownership of the dog. Deputies said that due to other dogs on the property, and living conditions, a search warrant was obtained and executed.
Eleven more dogs were seized and many charges were placed due to animal cruelty, authorities said.
We’re told the dogs were taken to a veterinarian for treatment and further care.
Anyone looking to adopt a pet should contact the Bedford County Animal Shelter at 540-586-7690 or the Friends Of Bedford County Animal Shelter Facebook group. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/27/man-facing-animal-cruelty-charges-after-multiple-dogs-seized-from-bedford-county-home-authorities-say/ | 2023-05-28T00:32:43 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/27/man-facing-animal-cruelty-charges-after-multiple-dogs-seized-from-bedford-county-home-authorities-say/ |
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL)- The Kiwanis Club of Abingdon held its 41st Annual Plumb Alley Day on Saturday. The club’s mission is to support the children of Washington County, Virginia, with all of the event’s proceeds going back to the community.
George Strong has been a member of the Kiwanis Club for 23 years, and he said the event started out as a community yard sale along Plumb Alley.
“It’s expanded over the years to a much bigger thing, with vendors coming in from all directions,” said Strong. “4000 to 5000 people come through here in the day and it raises somewhere in the neighborhood of $20,000 for Kiwanis, and all that money goes directly out into the community for children’s functions.”
The Plumb Alley Day event ran through Main and Valley Streets. Festivities included games, music, vendors and food.
“It gives the town an opportunity to support us and give them an opportunity to get out there and participate with some of the local vendors,” said Strong. “At the same time, it puts a lot of business to our local restaurants.”
Strong said events like Plumb Alley Day help support the city’s local economy, but its main focus is on supporting children in the community.
“Our mission in Kiwanis is to serve the children of the world,” said Strong. “Our local mission is to serve the children in Washington County.”
Vendors came out to the festival to support the community and Kiwanis Club by selling their handmade products. Jennifer Ward has been participating in regional festivals for the last 10 years.
“It’s called amigurumi and it takes anywhere from, like, the smallest thing that I make takes 12 minutes,” said Ward. “Some things can take upwards of hours, like four, five, or 6 hours.”
Ward sells Crochet animals and figures for her company J and W Crochet.
“I’ve been doing it since I was about ten years old,” said Ward. “It’s been, like almost 30 years.”
The Plumb Alley Day event is held every year on the Saturday before Memorial Day in Abingdon. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/plumb-alley-day-raises-funds-for-local-childrens-programs/ | 2023-05-28T00:41:11 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/plumb-alley-day-raises-funds-for-local-childrens-programs/ |
TROUTDALE, Ore. (KOIN) — The return of lifeguards at certain Oregon parks is a sure sign of summer. While the lifeguards will undoubtedly help those who need it, small actions like wearing a life jacket and swimming with a friend can help keep you safe no matter where you are.
Lifeguards with American Medical Response are now on duty at Glenn Otto Park in Troutdale. Field Training Officer Zach Green said everyone is excited to do their part for a safe 2023 summer season.
“The River Rescue Team is really excited to be back at Glen Otto and over at High Rocks this year. You know we love being out here. We love serving the community. And our guards are ready to be here all summer,” Green told KOIN 6 News.
He also provided other safety tips for the season — including staying sober.
“You can end up in a dangerous situation pretty quickly, getting in thinking it’s a lot warmer than you realize and then it kind of shocks you and you can start to struggle swimming very early,” he said. “Also our water levels are still pretty high and this water is still moving pretty quickly. There’s lots of hazards that are under the surface of the water that you might not see when the water level is this high.”
Rescuers told KOIN 6 News 9 people have drowned in the Sandy River since 2016. To help combat this, both AMR and the Corbett Fire Department have put out life jackets to borrow at Glenn Otto, Lewis & Clark and Dabney parks.
The Lebanon Fire District opened its seasonal life jacket kiosks. The 3 kiosks are at Waterloo North Boat Ramp, Waterloo South Boat Ramp and at Gill’s Landing.
KOIN 6 News will have more information later in the night. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/lifeguards-back-on-water-but-life-jackets-biggest-help/ | 2023-05-28T00:47:26 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/lifeguards-back-on-water-but-life-jackets-biggest-help/ |
WASHINGTON -- A Mohave County supervisor said Wednesday that a proposed new national monument in northern Arizona would “devastate the economic growth potential” of the region, leaving little more than what he called “poverty with a view.”
“Is forever locking down known American natural resources really the wisest course of action to take when faced with an uncertain future with international players like China and Russia?” Mohave Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter asked during his testimony to a House Natural Resources subcommittee.
But advocates said national monuments not only protect important environmental and archeological sites, but they can generate business for the regions where they are situated.
New Mexico Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richards told the panel that in her experience, the designation of a national monument represents an “infusion of life” into the economy that “relies on the monument for that visitation and those tax dollars.”
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Their comments came during an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the Biden administration’s “efforts to limit access to public lands.”
President Joe Biden in March ordered the creation of a new 506,814-acre national monument in southern Nevada. The Avi Kwa Ame, or Spirit Mountain, area was set aside for archeological and environmental protection and to preserve lands that are considered sacred by 12 tribes in the region.
The monument was created under the Antiquities Act of 1906, a law that allows the president to protect lands with significant archaeological, marine, cultural, environmental or geological significance. The use of the act to creates such monuments is often controversial because it allows the president to act unilaterally.
In April, environmentalists and tribal leaders called on Biden to use the act again, this time to preserve more than 1.1 million acres in northern Arizona. The proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument would surround the Grand Canyon. Advocates say the new monument is needed to protect the Grand Canyon from the pollution that they say accompanies uranium mining.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Tucson, who supports the creation of the new Arizona monument said the buffer is about creating “landscape balance” between “the extractive industries, fossil fuel, mining, that have had the upper hand on decisions that are made around BLM (Bureau of Land Management) and the usage of its land. It’s a necessary balance.”
Grijalva said at Wednesday’s hearing that the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni proposal is a “direct by-product of the toxic legacy that uranium mining inflicted on those areas,” leading to “contaminated water, land, health impacts” and illness.
But Lingenfelter said designating a new monument is not needed when the government has other tools in its toolbox to prevent mining in northern Arizona.
“If the federal government is looking to prevent uranium mining, it does not require a new national monument designation to deny permits. As we believe, the federal government already has that authority.”
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Bullhead City, said it is the duty of the House to stop the federal government, which is “looking for ways to slowly restrict access to our lands.”
“It is a bit like the old frog in a pot of boiling water. At first, he is just sitting in cold water,” said Gosar, chairman of the subcommittee. “Nothing to see here. Just small monument designations.
“Before you know it the frog is boiling and Americans have lost access to nearly all federal lands for permitted activities, like hunting, grazing, snowmobiling, timber harvesting, mining, and oil and gas leasing,” he said.
Lingenfelter noted that Arizona already has 18 national monuments, which he said is the most of any state in the country. Many sites that began as national monuments have also progressed to national parks with congressional legislation, like the Grand Canyon and Zion.
Adding another monument will do more harm than good in communities like Colorado City, Centennial Park and Cane Beds, he said.
“Communities will be harmed by the unintended consequences of designating yet another national monument right in their backyard,” Lingenfelter told the subcommittee. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mohave-county-official-blasts-plans-for-expanded-national-monuments/article_88e335d8-fcd0-11ed-b457-b779497d4bbb.html | 2023-05-28T00:51:48 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mohave-county-official-blasts-plans-for-expanded-national-monuments/article_88e335d8-fcd0-11ed-b457-b779497d4bbb.html |
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Sheridan Elementary School students who participate in Destination Imagination competitions hosted a bake sale to raise money for travel costs. They are, from left, Neve Killeen, Grace Quiring, Blake Lester, Evie Shelstad, Asher Cranford, Winston D’Amour, Elliot Shelstad, Oliver Kully, Luna Kim, Marlowe Kluver and Oliver Shelstad.
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After nearly a year of meticulous preparation, two teams of students from Sheridan Elementary School finally saw their efforts bear fruit this week.
During the global finals for Destination Imagination (DI), a team-based international competition in the fields science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, Sheridan’s qualifying fifth-grade and third-grade teams finished in 10th place for fine arts and fifth for engineering, respectively, among a field of 47 teams.
The third graders, dubbed the “Cuckoo Coaster Crew,” were one of four teams to receive a DaVinci award for the ingenuity of their project. Described as a “solo tour of the surreal” by the contest’s appraisers, it involved a marble track coupled with a dynamic storyline that took the marble through various “dream realms,” including banana and vampire-themed sections among others.
“We are so incredibly proud of these third graders who were competing for the very first time up against teams of fourth and fifth graders,” said Heather Kully, a volunteer for the program who had a son on the team.
The "Imagineers," Sheridan’s fifth-grade troupe, performed a skit about “The Dragon Painter,” a Chinese fable about a painter who serves a maniacal king. The production revolved around a self-rearranging set that employed a crank and pulley system.
Kully said the team had plenty to be proud of after reaching their goal of placing in the top 10 in their category and getting on the big screen during the competition’s closing ceremony.
While the DI program draws contestants from elementary schools across the globe, Sheridan is the only participating Lincoln school. A sizable share of the teams are from China and Texas.
Although relatively low-cost throughout the year, the program requires a considerable team commitment, with teams generally beginning the planning process in late August.
The other hurdle is the cost of attending the Global Finals, which ran from May 20-23 this year. Sheridan financed their trip to Kansas City through a combination of ventures, including a bake sale, doughnut fundraiser and a GoFundMe page that had raised $935 as of May 26.
Ultimately, the investment is worth the payoff from the formative experience DI provides for the children, said Emily Shelstad, another volunteer who had two children on the third-grade team and another on the fifth-grade team.
“They’ve really learned how to make compromises and work together, which has been really fun to see,” she said.
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How educational games have evolved over time
How educational games have evolved over time
The act of having fun raises levels of dopamine, endorphins, and oxygen in a person's body: all essential ingredients for learning.
For educational games to be successful, their creators have to be meticulous about striking a careful balance between education and entertainment. Best Universities compiled a list of how different types of digital games meant for teaching students have evolved over time, ranging from DOS games like Oregon Trail to the latest version of the Scratch programming app for kids.
Twenty years ago, children took computer science classes in school with specific units for programming, typing, and other concepts. Today, students learn these same concepts from playing Minecraft, making their own servers for games, creating and installing “mods” that change the gameplay experience, and learning old-school HTML to create ’90s flashback looks on their itch.io pages.
But with any discussion of video games comes the debate around screen time, which has long been a point of contention between parents and children. While educational games served as a compromise, the pandemic pushed most parents to concede screen time for online learning. And without a physical classroom, many educators seized the opportunity to use video games in unconventional ways to teach history, science, and coding during the height of pandemic-induced distance learning.
The world of educational video games is a rich industry with decades of history. These games directly tie with analog educational technologies like creative worksheets, classroom role-playing projects, and even educational vinyl albums from previous decades. Developers are constantly iterating to make the latest technology more educational.
Oliver Davis // Getty Images
The Oregon Trail and DOS games
Before the first Windows operating system brought graphical user interfaces to most computer users, there was the disk operating system, or DOS. This text-based software worked via users inserting floppy disks into computers and running them directly using typed-in command prompts. Text was easy for early home computers to parse, which sparked the creation of text-based games.
The Oregon Trail was first developed in the 1970s as an all-text game: a way for students to interact with and learn about the journey white settlers took along the historic wagon route to the West. In the 1980s, the game received a major facelift when it was adapted into a full game with graphics that left it with the iconic look we still remember today.
The Washington Post // Getty Images
CD-ROMs for summer learning on PCs
The late 1980s ushered in the era of CD-ROMs, which trickled out to home computer users over the next decade. These read-only discs had significantly more storage compared to floppy disks, supporting 500 megabytes or more instead of just 1.44 megabytes on a 3.5-inch floppy disk.
Users were accustomed to up to 10 or more floppy disks to install DOS software like WordPerfect, but now, just one CD-ROM was all that was needed to run new games full of cutting-edge graphics and animations. This ushered in a golden age of educational CD-ROM games in the 1990s, with iconic brands like Math Blaster and Reader Rabbit helping students prep for class time.
San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers // Getty Images
Interactive digital worlds
Early proto-social networks emerged in the 1990s along with the proliferation of CD-ROM games, such as the girl games website Purple Moon. Purple Moon linked social educational games with early sponsored content from relevant brands.
These games, starting with sites like gURL and extending through massive, multiplayer online games like Neopets and Club Penguin in the 2000s, offered at least partially safe spaces for kids to play games and improve skills like hand-eye coordination and typing. These sites sometimes didn’t have enough moderators and fell victim to trolling, brigading, and hacking: a classic problem experienced as the internet grew.
Mark Boster // Getty Images
Handheld gaming devices
Popular home gaming consoles gained popularity with the family-friendly Nintendo and Super Nintendo in the 1980s. When it was released in 1989, the Game Boy immediately changed how games could be carried around. A wave of ersatz children’s handheld video game devices followed.
These included single-game Tiger handhelds and educational “children’s computers” like LeapFrog, the first-ever proto tablet designed for children to be portable and durable. Sesame Street, Jump Start, and other licensed children’s properties led the way in educational games for little kids, while games like Minecraft have made their way to the extremely popular Nintendo Switch system.
Today, kids can even use smartphone apps to learn to code.
The Washington Post // Getty Images
Typing games
Mavis Beacon is the most iconic typing software in history, published continuously since 1987, even as technology continues to evolve. But typing in schools dates back to the typewriter days of the 1950s and 1960s—especially for young women .
In the 1990s, companies made software specifically for schools and at special group rates. There are more “fun” typing games made for very young kids, while older children may have more businesslike software. There are also plenty of regular games that use typing as the mechanic.
Andy Cross // Getty Images
Lessons in coding
Early coding languages were very specific and text-only, with obtuse jargon that was often a necessity for code to fit into the space available. But as computers became more powerful, coding evolved as well. This reflects a movement among computer scientists toward programming languages that use whole words, for example, or visual “blocks” of code that click into place together.
The MIT-created programming language Scratch lets people of all ages make “interactive stories” on almost any device using the official app. In Minecraft, people “program” using specialized blocks in sequence. And in schools, teachers can use modified environments for languages like Python and Java to teach coding the old-fashioned way.
MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle // Getty Images
Virtual and augmented reality
Educators can use virtual and augmented reality technologies to help engage people of all ages in innovative ways. Established entities like museums can turn their collections into virtual galleries, allowing remote “visitors” to experience artwork, science displays, and more. On-site, these museums can use AR to transform the traditional “guided tour” into a more immersive experience.
Adding game-like elements to virtual reality or augmented reality experiences, like item collection and achievements, may help students retain the information better. These same ideas have transformed everyday life into richer educational opportunities, such as prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba’s walking history of Black women in Chicago called Lifting As They Climbed .
This story originally appeared on Best Universities and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
TOBIAS SCHWARZ // Getty Images
How educational games have evolved over time
The act of having fun raises levels of dopamine, endorphins, and oxygen in a person's body: all essential ingredients for learning.
For educational games to be successful, their creators have to be meticulous about striking a careful balance between education and entertainment. Best Universities compiled a list of how different types of digital games meant for teaching students have evolved over time, ranging from DOS games like Oregon Trail to the latest version of the Scratch programming app for kids.
Twenty years ago, children took computer science classes in school with specific units for programming, typing, and other concepts. Today, students learn these same concepts from playing Minecraft, making their own servers for games, creating and installing "mods" that change the gameplay experience, and learning old-school HTML to create '90s flashback looks on their itch.io pages.
But with any discussion of video games comes the debate around screen time, which has long been a point of contention between parents and children. While educational games served as a compromise, the pandemic pushed most parents to concede screen time for online learning. And without a physical classroom, many educators seized the opportunity to use video games in unconventional ways to teach history, science, and coding during the height of pandemic-induced distance learning.
The world of educational video games has a rich, decades-long history. These games directly tie with analog educational technologies like creative worksheets, classroom role-playing projects, and even educational vinyl albums from previous decades. Developers are constantly iterating to make the latest technology more educational.
Oliver Davis // Getty Images
The Oregon Trail and DOS games
Before the first Windows operating system brought graphical user interfaces to most computer users, there was the disk operating system, or DOS. This text-based software worked via users inserting floppy disks into computers and running them directly using typed-in command prompts. Text was easy for early home computers to parse, which sparked the creation of text-based games.
The Oregon Trail was first developed in the 1970s as an all-text game: a way for students to interact with and learn about the journey white settlers took along the historic wagon route to the West. In the 1980s, the game received a major facelift when it was adapted into a full game with graphics that left it with the iconic look we still remember today.
The Washington Post // Getty Images
CD-ROMs for summer learning on PCs
The late 1980s ushered in the CD-ROM era, which trickled out to home computer users over the next decade. These read-only discs had significantly more storage than floppy disks, supporting 500 megabytes or more instead of just 1.44 megabytes on a 3.5-inch floppy disk.
Users were accustomed to needing up to 10 or more floppy disks to install DOS software like WordPerfect, but now, just one CD-ROM was all that was needed to run new games full of cutting-edge graphics and animations. This ushered in a golden age of educational CD-ROM games in the 1990s, with iconic brands like Math Blaster and Reader Rabbit helping students prep for class time.
San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers // Getty Images
Interactive digital worlds
Early proto-social networks emerged in the 1990s, along with the proliferation of CD-ROM games, such as the girl games website Purple Moon. Purple Moon linked social educational games with early sponsored content from relevant brands.
These games, starting with sites like gURL and extending through massive, multiplayer online games like Neopets and Club Penguin in the 2000s, offered at least partially safe spaces for kids to play games and improve skills like hand-eye coordination and typing. These sites sometimes didn't have enough moderators and fell victim to trolling, brigading, and hacking: a classic problem experienced as the internet grew.
Mark Boster // Getty Images
Handheld gaming devices
Popular home gaming consoles gained popularity with the family-friendly Nintendo and Super Nintendo in the 1980s. When it was released in 1989, the Game Boy immediately changed how games could be carried around. A wave of ersatz children's handheld video game devices followed.
These included single-game Tiger handhelds and educational "children's computers" like LeapFrog, the first-ever proto tablet designed for children to be portable and durable. Sesame Street, Jump Start, and other licensed children's properties led the way in educational games for little kids, while games like Minecraft have made their way to the extremely popular Nintendo Switch system.
Today, kids can even use smartphone apps to learn to code.
The Washington Post // Getty Images
Typing games
Mavis Beacon is among the most iconic typing software in history, published continuously since 1987, even as technology continues to evolve. But typing in schools dates back to the typewriter days of the 1950s and 1960s—especially for young women .
In the 1990s, companies made software specifically for schools and at special group rates. There are more "fun" typing games made for very young kids, while older children may have more businesslike software. There are also plenty of regular games that use typing as the mechanic.
Andy Cross // Getty Images
Lessons in coding
Early coding languages were very specific and text-only, with obtuse jargon that was often a necessity for code to fit into the space available. But as computers became more powerful, coding evolved as well. This reflects a movement among computer scientists toward programming languages that use whole words, for example, or visual "blocks" of code that click into place together.
The MIT-created programming language Scratch lets people of all ages make "interactive stories" on almost any device using the official app. In Minecraft, people "program" using specialized blocks in sequence. And in schools, teachers can use modified environments for languages like Python and Java to teach coding the old-fashioned way.
MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle // Getty Images
Virtual and augmented reality
Educators can use virtual and augmented reality technologies to help engage people of all ages in innovative ways. Established entities like museums can turn their collections into virtual galleries, allowing remote "visitors" to experience artwork, science displays, and more. On-site, these museums can use AR to transform the traditional "guided tour" into a more immersive experience.
Adding game-like elements to virtual reality or augmented reality experiences, like item collection and achievements, may help students retain the information better. These same ideas have transformed everyday life into richer educational opportunities, such as prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba's walking history called Slavery and Resistance in NYC (1626-1865) .
This story originally appeared on Best Universities and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
TOBIAS SCHWARZ // Getty Images
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The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, Ep. 70: The astronaut and the governor
On this week's episode of The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, we’re joined by Las Cruces native Jamila Gilbert, who joined Virgin Galactic in 2019 where she has been an integral part of the company, leading internal communications. On Thursday, May 25, she was aboard the Unity 25 suborbital space flight.
Jamila attended New Mexico State University, studying linguistics, museum conservation, anthropology, and studio art. As a Latina woman of Purépechan-Mexican roots, a visual artist, and a communications professional who speaks four languages, Jamila doesn’t come from a technical or engineering background.
Now, the 34-year-old is the third Virgin Galactic woman to fly to space, joining the first 100 women astronauts in history. She is also among only 16 Hispanic astronauts.
Later, we’re joined by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to talk about what the successful Virgin Galactic launch and the apparently imminent commercial space flights could mean for the state’s future.
We hope you'll give it a listen.
Damien Willis is a Lead Reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News. He can be reached at 575-541-5443, dwillis@lcsun-news.com or @DamienWillis on Twitter.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – More than five hundred Science Hill seniors turned their tassels and turned a page in the next chapter of their lives as they graduated from high school Saturday morning.
“It felt great,” said Kellen Hensley, Science Hill graduate. “I mean, four years passed by, and when you come to this point, just kind of eerie looking back on it. It’s been a long time, but it came here quick at the same time.”
Science Hill graduate Kaylee Rogers told News Channel 11 that she was excited about graduating, but the moment felt bittersweet as well.
Rogers and Hensley both said they plan to attend college. Hensley will be headed to Coastal Carolina University and Rogers will be going to Savannah College of Art and Design.
Hensley plans on majoring in personal finance and hopes to play football there as he did at Science Hill.
Rogers plans on majoring in animation or sequential art.
“So, hopefully, I’ll be able to sort of tell stories through my art and that’s the goal,” said Rogers. “However route that goes, whether it’s like a storyboard artist, or making my own comic, that would be really cool too.”
As these graduates turn the page, they said they’ll never forget the high school that shaped them into the people they are today.
“Science Hill is the best school around and I wouldn’t change it for the world,” said Hensley.
“I love Science Hill,” said Rogers. “As much as it’s like ‘ahh school’, It’s a really good school and I’ve met so many incredible people through it. This is a very diverse population that I’ve had and such a joy getting to know so many of them. So, big spot in my heart for Science Hill.”
Almost 200 of the 563 seniors graduated with honors, according to Science Hill High School. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/over-500-science-hill-seniors-turn-tassels-at-graduation-ceremony/ | 2023-05-28T01:07:16 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/over-500-science-hill-seniors-turn-tassels-at-graduation-ceremony/ |
On May 27, 2023, (l-r) Ben Santagata, wife Allie Santagata, both from Baltimore, Elizabeth Grese and boyfriend Adam Santagata, both from Beacom, New York, here partly to celebrate Adam's birthday, were in attendance for the Adjacent Music Festival held on the Atlantic City beach.
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On May 27, 2023, (l-r) Damein Marko and Jadelynn Renninger, both from Redding PA, were part of the large crowds in attendance for the Adjacent Music Festival held on the Atlantic City beach.
ATLANTIC CITY — Ben Santagata grew up listening to the different projects of singer/songwriter Andrew McMahon.
"That's why we're here," said the 33-year-old from Baltimore on Saturday afternoon, a big fan of the artist known for his solo project, Jack's Mannequin, and the band Something Corporate.
Santagata, wife Allie, 32, Ben's younger brother Adam, 28, and Adam's girlfriend, Elizabeth Grese, were among the crowd full of millennials — with older and younger generations sprinkled in — for the first day of the Adjacent Music Festival on the beach. About 20,000 filled the beach on the first of the two-day festival that was headlined by the alternative band Paramore.
Blink-182, whose music blared from many teenage-owned car stereos in the 1990s and 2000s, will headline Sunday.
Adjacent was a part of a busy Memorial Day weekend in the city, kicking off the summer tourism season. It was supposed to be the second big outdoor music festival of the year in the resort. But the first, Bamboozle, scheduled for May 5-7 at Bader Field, was canceled after city officials said its organizers failed to do everything needed to secure permitting.
There didn't appear to be any issues of the like Saturday afternoon.
Three stages were set up along the beach. Shortly past the general admission entrance at Kentucky Avenue were two stages — the Boot Stage and Thimble Stage. Keeping with the Monopoly board theme, the main stage was dubbed the Top Hat Stage and was backed up against the north side of the Playground Pier.
A VIP section was set up toward the front right of the stage, but there was plenty of room on the beach for concert goers to mill around and enjoy the atmosphere.
Many people found spots along the surf, enjoying a beach day while listening to the music emanating from the stages on either end. Few braved the cold waters, some only dipping their toes in the ocean.
Atlantic City Beach Patrol lifeguards were on duty for anyone who went into the ocean.
Paramore headlined Saturday, with other acts including Jimmy Eat World, McMahon, and the Wilderness, Beach Bunny, Thursday, Pup and Wheatus.
Adam Santagata turned 28 this week. The group likes to do something around Memorial Day weekend since his birthday falls around then.
He called this weekend one of the best birthdays he's had.
"We heard about it in January or February and bought tickets for it pretty early," Adam Santagata said. He and Grese are from Beacon, New York.
Sunday's lineup, headlined by Blink-182, will include Coheed & Cambria, Turnstile, the Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack and more. Music will begin at noon, with Blink-182 hitting the main stage from 9:30 p.m. to 11.
"This is the first time they're throwing this, and with the talent they're pulling and the location they're at, there is no way this won't continue," Ben Santagata said.
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On May 27, 2023, (l-r) Ben Santagata, wife Allie Santagata, both from Baltimore, Elizabeth Grese and boyfriend Adam Santagata, both from Beacom, New York, here partly to celebrate Adam's birthday, were in attendance for the Adjacent Music Festival held on the Atlantic City beach.
On May 27, 2023, (l-r) Damein Marko and Jadelynn Renninger, both from Redding PA, were part of the large crowds in attendance for the Adjacent Music Festival held on the Atlantic City beach. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/20-000-rock-out-during-day-1-of-adjacent-music-festival-in-atlantic-city/article_f43990a4-fcdd-11ed-91da-57f9699540be.html | 2023-05-28T01:16:13 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/20-000-rock-out-during-day-1-of-adjacent-music-festival-in-atlantic-city/article_f43990a4-fcdd-11ed-91da-57f9699540be.html |
MOORESVILLE, Ind. — High school seniors across Indiana are receiving their diplomas this month. One student is inspiring his classmates as he walks across the stage.
Saturday is the start of a new chapter for Mooresville High School seniors, and it begins the moment they cross the stage. But for one student, the work to get to this moment was a little harder.
"They're long leg braces," said Lucas Grounds. "They go up to my hips and they lock out at my knees. That's my biggest thing is I can't straighten my legs to hold myself."
Lucas was paralyzed from the waist down following a dirt bike accident about two years ago. It hasn't slowed him down. He has continued to beat the odds and has achieved every milestone since, even getting his driver's license and getting back into racing.
"Anything with a motor, I'm still getting into like I was before," said Lucas.
Graduation was next on his list. His mother Shanda says Lucas started planning the moment while in a bed at Riley Hospital for Children, the day after his accident.
"He told me 'I'm not going to let this impact my life, I'm going to do exactly everything that I did before,'" Shanda said.
Lucas said using the braces to get back on his feet has been a surreal feeling.
"At first, it's like 'I'm really tall, I'm really up here.' It felt really good because it's been so long since I've stood up. It's a really cool feeling and felt good to know I can still do those things," said Lucas.
For Shanda, seeing this moment means everything.
"We were told two years ago he would never be able to move everything below his belly button and we should get used to his new normal," she said.
"I'm so excited for his future and I'm so excited of what he's accomplished, of being able to walk across the stage."
He hopes he made it a memorable moment, not only for his family but for everyone in the gym.
"In the end, the chair doesn't have to define you," said Lucas. "The situation doesn't have to define you. Do things that you've never seen done before. If you think you want to do that, then try and do it."
Words of wisdom for this new chapter. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/inspiring-steps-mooresvilles-lucas-grounds-achieves-graduation-ceremony-goal/531-58f6346f-d39a-49ff-8ae6-69dee4b50c85 | 2023-05-28T01:22:58 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/inspiring-steps-mooresvilles-lucas-grounds-achieves-graduation-ceremony-goal/531-58f6346f-d39a-49ff-8ae6-69dee4b50c85 |
CALIFORNIA, USA — State Farm will no longer accept any form of homeowners insurance in California, citing inflation and construction costs.
The company released a statement Friday announcing they will stop taking all applications for insurance beginning Saturday.
While the change does not impact personal auto insurance, it prevents personal and business property owners from applying for property or casualty insurance through the company.
"State Farm General Insurance Company made this decision due to historic increases in construction costs outpacing inflation, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a challenging reinsurance market," said State Farm in a press release. "It’s necessary to take these actions now to improve the company’s financial strength. We will continue to evaluate our approach based on changing market conditions."
No new applications are being accepted, but State Farm says "independent contractor agents licensed and authorized in California will continue to serve existing customers for these products and new customers for products not impacted by this decision."
The company says it will work with the state's department of insurance going forward.
The change comes months after GEICO offices abruptly closed in California late last year. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/state-farm-stops-homeowners-insurance-california/103-a4ccc0f6-e7d2-480c-aaa5-9deec6afc6c9 | 2023-05-28T01:24:48 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/state-farm-stops-homeowners-insurance-california/103-a4ccc0f6-e7d2-480c-aaa5-9deec6afc6c9 |
CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. — Sacramento Metro Fire Department officials are investigating after a large fire threatened a Citrus Heights Walmart Saturday evening.
The fire happened near the Walmart at 7010 Auburn Boulevard in Citrus Heights just before 5 p.m.
An estimated 100 pallets caught on fire outside. No injures were reported and the fire is under investigation. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/citrus-heights/large-fire-citrus-heights-walmart/103-b17b07b1-f623-4082-9e72-3ed08402cdf1 | 2023-05-28T01:24:54 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/citrus-heights/large-fire-citrus-heights-walmart/103-b17b07b1-f623-4082-9e72-3ed08402cdf1 |
MAGALIA, Calif. — Butte County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and Swiftwater and Technical Rescue teams are searching for a person who was reported to be in Feather River Saturday afternoon.
Officials are at Head Dam on the West Branch of the river, according to Cal Fire.
The search comes during Memorial Day weekend where many people are heading to waterways to enjoy the weather and the three day weekend.
However, officials all across the state have been warning people to stay out of the water due to increased depths and speed, lower temperature and general safety concerns.
No additional information is available at this time. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/search-feather-river/103-772f4256-3208-4d5d-b47a-3ee4c54c152c | 2023-05-28T01:25:00 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/search-feather-river/103-772f4256-3208-4d5d-b47a-3ee4c54c152c |
Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theater, has died. He was 95.
“He had a wonderful life,” she said.
On television, Ames was likely best known for his role as Mingo, the Oxford-educated Native American in the 1960s adventure series “Daniel Boone” that starred Fess Parker as the famous frontiersman. He also was the center of a bit on “The Tonight Show” that — thanks to his painfully uncanny aim with a hatchet — became one of the show’s most memorable surprise moments.
Ames had guest roles in TV series such as “Murder, She Wrote” and “In the Heat of the Night,” and toured frequently in musicals, performing such popular songs as “Try to Remember” and the song that became his biggest hit single, “My Cup Runneth Over.”
As part of the 1950s music scene, he and his brothers were one of numerous pop quartets that included the Four Aces, Four Lads, Gaylords, Hilltoppers, Lancers, Four Knights, Ink Spots and, still around from a previous era, the Mills Brothers. But the Ames Brothers — Ed, Joe, Gene and Vic — had a unique tone: they were basses and baritones, not tenors.
Their recordings of “Rag Mop,” “Sentimental Me” and “Undecided” became big hits, and they launched a busy career appearing on TV variety shows, recording 40 albums and playing in night clubs and auditoriums across the country.
By the end of the 1950s, rock ‘n’ roll had overtaken the pop charts and singing quartets were on the decline. The Ameses, meanwhile, had tired of the constant travel and absence from their growing families. The finale for Ed came when he arrived home unexpectedly and his wife called to their 3-year-old daughter: “Who is it?” The girl replied, “One of the Ames Brothers.”
“That did it,” he told a reporter. “My brothers and I agreed that we had all had it and should go our separate ways.” The group, which was earning $20,000 a week, played its last engagement at the Sahara in Las Vegas on New Year’s 1961.
Ed’s efforts to establish himself as a solo singer were not immediately successful and he turned to acting. He almost lost his house before he found a role in a production of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”
In the long-running musical “The Fantasticks” he sang “Try to Remember,” which became one of his theme songs. He joined the traveling company of Gower Champion’s “Carnival” and transferred to the New York company until the show’s final performance.
In a role that presaged his future role on “Daniel Boone,” he then won attention as the stoic Native American in the 1963 Broadway play “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” with Kirk Douglas and Gene Wilder in the adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel.
Ames earned top money at Las Vegas casinos and in hotel supper clubs and toured extensively in the musicals “Man of La Mancha,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “South Pacific” and “I Do, I Do.”
“I Do, I Do” provided his biggest hit single, “My Cup Runneth Over,” a gold record winner in 1967. He had another hit in 1968 with “Who Will Answer?”
It was during his run on “Daniel Boone” that he contributed to what was called the longest sustained burst of laughter in the history of “The Tonight Show.”
For a 1965 episode he was persuaded to demonstrate the hatchet-throwing skills he learned as Mingo. The silhouette of a cowboy was painted on a piece of wood, and Ames threw a hatchet at the target. It landed on squarely on the cowboy’s crotch.
Ames was born Edmund Dantes Urick in Malden, Massachusetts, the youngest of 11 children, four who died in childhood. Their parents were Ukrainian immigrants and their mother taught the children to read Shakespeare and to appreciate music they heard every Saturday on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts.
The four youngest boys began singing at local events as the Urick Brothers. Ed was still in high school when they moved to night clubs, but as a husky six-footer with a deep voice, he was able to pass for 21.
In New York, comedy writer Abe Burrows advised a name change because Urick was hard to remember. Ames was the brothers’ choice.
After the four brothers split up, the other brothers also continued performing and recording, but gained less notice than Ed. Vic died in 1978, Gene in 1997 and Joe in December 2007.
Ames married Sonja Saslaveski in 1948, and they had three children: Sonja, Ronald and Linda. The couple divorced in 1978, and in 1998 he married Jeanne Arnold.
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The late Associated Press writer Bob Thomas was a contributor to this report from Los Angeles. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2023/05/27/ed-ames-brothers-obit/c6dad8c6-fceb-11ed-bafc-bf50205661da_story.html | 2023-05-28T01:26:35 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2023/05/27/ed-ames-brothers-obit/c6dad8c6-fceb-11ed-bafc-bf50205661da_story.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Northwest Portland’s Forest Park is building its reputation as bear country after people reported at least six sightings of black bears this month.
A KGW viewer took video of a black bear crossing Northwest 53rd Drive a couple of weeks ago, inciting both dread and delight from trail users.
“Oh my gosh, it’s like a sasquatch sighting!” said a hiker named Mike after seeing the video.
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife said the six black bear sightings includes one reported the night of May 18. Security cameras captured photos of a bear roaming around garbage cans outside a home on Northwest Skyline Boulevard and Saltzman Road near the Firelane 5 Trailhead.
“It's hard to know where [the bear] came from but what brings it to town is certainly food,” said ODFW wildlife biologist Ben Cate.
Cate said this is the time of year — statewide — for most bear conflicts.
“It's sort of that period between when bears wake up from hibernation and prior to a number of food sources on the natural landscape being available,” he said. “The berries, the fruiting things that bears are eating over the summer.”
Cate said it’s likely the same bear has also hit a couple beehives along Skyline Boulevard. He said people living near forested areas should remove beehives and bird feeders, lock garbage cans and only take them out on trash day, since it appears that's all the bears are after.
“Every report we've received so far, the bear has reacted as we hoped it would to people,” said Cate. “It just ran the other direction when it actually encountered another person.”
Kristin Shaw spotted the bear on May 18 while running on the Leif Erikson Germantown Trail Head.
“Made a very memorable run,” said Shaw. “I put my arms out wide and I said, 'Bear, get away!' And he heard me and he didn't want anything to do with the situation, either."
Wildlife officials posted signs around Forest Park warning trail users to be aware of bear sightings. ODFW recommends people who spot a bear to give it a way to escape; step off the trail and slowly walk away and if you see bear cubs, steer clear and leave the area. It’s also important to remain calm.
“Don't run away,” said Cate. “Running away from a predator can potentially trigger that instinct to chase prey.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bear-sightings-portland-forest-park/283-8fef54be-ed8f-4baa-9afd-5b9ee5957c89 | 2023-05-28T01:51:00 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bear-sightings-portland-forest-park/283-8fef54be-ed8f-4baa-9afd-5b9ee5957c89 |
TROUTDALE, Ore. — With summer knocking on the door, many folks are searching for a place to beat the heat.
“I love the Sandy River,” said Noah Merz. “It changes day to day, even sometimes from morning to afternoon.”
Merz knows what he’s talking about, he often recreates on the Sandy River. He’s also a river rescue technician with American Medical Response (AMR). Which means he knows and is trained on some of the water hazards and scenarios most people probably wouldn’t think about.
“Foot entrapments, rocks, the water is a bit colder than most people expect, and it's moving quite a bit faster,” said Merz.
At Glenn Otto Park in Troutdale, AMR river rescue techs completed a two-week training academy to sharpen skills and build confidence.
“Lower water in the section right out where people are doing paddle boards, that typically will kind of form a chute and it's a lot of fast-moving water and more rocks and hazards can be exposed at lower water. Right now, a lot of those are hidden under the water,” Merz said.
About 20 river rescue technicians performed different training exercises. Rope rescues, where a rope is thrown from shore to a swimmer in distress. Search dives and kayak rescues, along with paddleboard launches.
“That's one of our best tools out here for reaching swimmers in need of assistance,” said Merz.
He stressed about having proper equipment such as life vests and good footwear.
Beginning Saturday, May 27, the AMR River Rescue team will be stationed at Glenn Otto Park and High Rocks Park in Gladstone each day until Labor Day weekend.
“Enjoy the river, be safe, always swim with a buddy, please come by and get a life vest.... life vests are really, really important,” said Merz. “The water is really cold and the water is moving fast so swim safe, and enjoy your weekend.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/river-rescue-team-returns-glenn-otto-park-sandy-river/283-412cb0b7-9d0c-4147-837e-88fbd6373fcf | 2023-05-28T01:51:03 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/river-rescue-team-returns-glenn-otto-park-sandy-river/283-412cb0b7-9d0c-4147-837e-88fbd6373fcf |
ATLANTA — It was the "Perfect" moment before Ed Sheeran took the stage for his Atlanta concert at The Benz Saturday night. The "Thinking Out Loud" singer was spotted strolling around SweetWater Brewery, where he served up some beers to fans and he even played an impromptu gig.
On social media, Sheeran posted a video of his adventures at the brewery with the caption, "Beers on me Atlanta, see you at the stadium later."
In the video, the singer said he was told that there were some good breweries in Atlanta so he decided to go check it out for himself.
The famous redhead was seen taking a tour of the brewery before he played a few songs and bought everyone drinks in the beer garden.
"We found beer right where we are. Our bud @edsheeran dropped in to our taproom today to buy a round for all the Galway Girls (and those of us from ATL, too) and play some hits from his new album, Subtract!," SweetWater Brewery tweeted.
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MARIETTA, Ga. — Marietta City Schools is joining the Seamless Summer Option program to provide free meals to children under 18 during the summer.
The Seamless Summer Option (SSO) program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded program-- aiming to address child hunger and the demographic of children who only have access to nutritious meals at school.
"We are deeply committed to serving our community, and that commitment doesn't stop when the school year does," MCS School Nutrition Director Cindy Culver said.
Free meals will be available from May 30 to July 28. Meals will be available at any of Marietta City Schools' 34 citywide locations. There are no registration, income or residency restrictions to help children continuously receive meals during the summer.
"The Seamless Summer Option program allows us to continue supporting our children and their families by ensuring they have access to nutritious meals all summer long," Culver said.
MCS encourages all families with children under 18 to take advantage of this program and support their child's nutritional needs throughout the summer months.
Families interested in the Seamless Summer Option program can find more information about meal pick-up locations, dates and times from Marietta City School's nutrition department. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/marietta/marietta-city-schools-free-meals/85-ad2fe41f-7dc8-44e2-aaf9-5a74fd61497b | 2023-05-28T01:51:18 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/marietta/marietta-city-schools-free-meals/85-ad2fe41f-7dc8-44e2-aaf9-5a74fd61497b |
PITTSTON, Pa. — Bright and early, hundreds of people lined up along the train tracks in Pittston, waiting to climb aboard the first excursion to downtown Jim Thorpe.
"Have a nice lunch, do a little shopping, have an adult beverage, or two, maybe three," said Andy and Barb Dorak, Hanover Township.
"I think, honestly, just putzing around. I love going to the little shops, everything like that," said Zach Penzone, Carbondale.
The view from Skycam 16 shows the train chugging along into Jim Thorpe.
Nearly 1,000 passengers attended the inaugural ride.
"We have enough rail cars, enough people, enough resources. The railroad put a lot of money in at Pittston to develop that area to make it a train station to have these day trips," said Matt Fisher, General Manager, Reading and Northern Railroad.
"The words that come to mind for me are like a community or cultural nostalgia enjoying this thing from the past that we get to enjoy," said Brien McChesney, Olyphant.
For passengers like Mark Davis, the trip brings back family memories of the days during the height of the railroad industry.
"My grandfather worked on the Lehigh Valley railroads, he would get on the train, and his office was in Jim Thorpe, and it's the same rail line my mom has traveled on it too, so I am here to represent them," said Mark Davis, Scranton.
The Jim Thorpe Tourism Agency welcomes the extra visitors to come and explore everything the borough has to offer without the extra cars.
"Traffic and parking is always a challenge in Jim Thorpe. We are a small community based on buggy and carriage, so sometimes we get taxed with additional cars. This is a great solution and partnership between the railroad, the people of Pittson, and the people of Jim Thorpe as well," said James Dougher, Jim Thorpe Tourism Agency President.
The new excursion will run weekends through the rest of the year, but you may have to wait a while as tickets are already sold out through early July.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/all-aboard-passengers-fill-train-from-pittston-to-jim-thorpe-carbon-luzerne-county-andy-barb-dorak-zach-penzone-matt-fisher-brien-mcchesney-mark-davis/523-f8449177-af08-43e8-aef2-c177b2afb96c | 2023-05-28T01:56:59 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/all-aboard-passengers-fill-train-from-pittston-to-jim-thorpe-carbon-luzerne-county-andy-barb-dorak-zach-penzone-matt-fisher-brien-mcchesney-mark-davis/523-f8449177-af08-43e8-aef2-c177b2afb96c |
SWOYERSVILLE, Pa. — Fire heavily damaged a home in Luzerne County.
Flames broke out around 8 p.m. Saturday night along Birch Drive in Swoyersville.
Crews from several different departments are still on scene extinguishing the flames.
There is no word yet if anyone was injured or what sparked the fire in Luzerne County.
This is a developing story, check back for updates.
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SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, Pa. — An 87-year-old man is dead after a tractor crash in Susquehanna County.
Officials say David Grosvenor of Kingsley died after a tractor pinned him down while he was trying to move hay.
It happened Wednesday afternoon along Bailey Road in Brooklyn Township, near Kingsley.
Police say Grosvenor lost control of the tractor while cresting a hill transporting hay bales to another field.
The tractor overturned and landed on top of him; he died at the scene.
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CLOQUET — Foreign wars have ensured some families will never be reunited, even in death. The remains of so many men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to their nation have been lost abroad or buried overseas.
But the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3979 and the Carlton Historical Society took steps on Saturday, May 27 to bring one military family back together again, if only symbolically.
Edward and Mabel Kennedy became the first couple in Cloquet to lose both their sons in World War II in quick succession, as the young men engaged the enemy in intense air combat over Sicily.
Jack Kennedy, was a 20-year-old tailgunner in a B-17 "Flying Fortress" which crashed into the sea on May 25, 1943. His body was never recovered.
Less than two months later, on July 9, 1943, his 23-year-old brother, Wallace "Bud" Kennedy, the pilot of a P-38, was shot down and killed in the same theater. His remains were buried in Tunisia.
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During this tumultuous time, Edward Kennedy, an employee of the Northwest Paper Co., was tasked with the assignment of contacting all employees who had been placed on military leave to serve the nation. It was the first of more than 50 letters Edward Kennedy would pen, to keep Cloquet soldiers up to speed on what was happening both at home and amongst their colleagues in the war.
Kirk Bergeron, a member of the Carlton Historical Society, stumbled on a collection of the letters in the local archives about a year ago, while researching for another project and quickly recognized their value.
"As I started thumbing through them, I said, 'Oh my gosh, we've found a treasure.'"
Edward's first letter was sent to more than 200 people, informing them that Northwest would be forwarding them each two packages of playing cards and a subscription to Time magazine, a publication that Bergerion said many of the recipients likely shared with countless fellow soldiers in the field.
"His letters were always upbeat and cheery. He didn't dwell on the negative," said Carol Klitzke, director of the Carlton County Historical Society. She said they often contained accounts of the weather back home, community happenings and a smattering of local sports highlights.
There was no room for self-pity, even when Kennedy sent his second letter, mentioning the death of his own son rather matter-of-factly.
He wrote: "The first gold star in our flag will represent the death of my son, Wallace E. Kennedy in action in the Mediterranean Area. According to the report from the War Department this occurred on July 9. There were no other details. . . . We received a letter from him dated June 30th and he advised us that he had received the Air Medal with the Oakleaf Cluster which I believe designated the amount of action he had seen."
Klitzke said Edward Kennedy provided an invaluable line of communication to soldiers with Cloquet ties around the world. And he also broke the sad news regarding 14 brethren who had died.
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Edward, himself a cavalry veteran of World War I, continued to correspond with service members into the Korean War, when he passed away after an unsuccessful surgery.
A colleague, Glenn Ayres, wrote to break news of his death to his military correspondents. The letter said Kennedy would want them all to know he had not simply forgotten to write. but had fallen silent.
"If unseflish service is the rent we pay for our time on this earth, then Ed's rental account has been overpaid for years. To those of you in uniform, and tho those of you enjoying retirement, Ed's passing must seem like the severing of a telephone line to home," Ayres wrote.
Klitzke referred to the Kennedys as "a family of heroes."
"Some of us have just fallen in love with this family because of their service and their humility, particularly Edward Kennedy's humility," she said.
Mary Vergin, the granddaughter of Edward and Mabel Kennedy, attended Saturday's memorial and said having a marker for Wallace alongside the rest of the family help fulfill the couple's wishes, at least in part. She recalled that Edward Kennedy had dreamed of bringing Wallace's remains back to Cloquet.
"My grandpa tried to bring Bud home, and he couldn't do it. I have the letters that he wrote. So, it means a lot to me to have the Kennedy name recognized and the boys with their parents, even though I never knew them," Vergin said.
Mary Vergin recalls her grandmother knew inside that Jack had perished when his plane crashed into the sea, Yet his body was never recovered, and Vergin recalls her grandmother sometimes fantasized that perhaps he had survived but suffered from amnesia, and sometimes she would look for the familiar face of her son in crowds to no avail.
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A grave marker was placed at Hillcrest Cemetery in Jack's memory, followed by a marker for his father in 1956 and his mother in 1989. Wallace's spot remained unmarked, but soon that absence will be rectified.
An engraved granite marker for Wallace Kennedy is on order and soon should be installed at the family gravesite, where Edward and Mabel will now be flanked on either side by stones representing their sons, both killed in action.
Neither airman's graves will contain the actual remains of the soldiers, but that's the best local supporters could do.
Troy Smith, chaplain of VFW Post #3979, said local vets were eager to lend a hand.
"To hear the story of a fallen American soldier who was rendered proper honors in Africa but yet his family still feels the void here, it was only right for us to step in, because that's what we do is heighten veteran issues in the community. We said, we'll jump on this mission right away," he said.
Post Commander Ron Stiger said, "We've got many that are still missing. But this is our opportunity to recognize those soldiers and airmen and sailors that passed that went before us. They're up there waiting for us. And let me tell you, we're going to have one heck of a party when we get there."
Klitzke said the local historical society is aiming to publish Edward Kennedy's military correspondence as part of a book on his service to the community and nation in the near future.
This story was edited at 8:30 p.m. on May 27 to correct the name of Veterans of Foreign Affairs Post #3979. It was originally posted at 7:52 p.m. The News Tribune regrets the error. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/cloquet-honors-familys-military-service-with-missing-grave-marker | 2023-05-28T02:04:23 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/cloquet-honors-familys-military-service-with-missing-grave-marker |
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WATERLOO — Fourth Street in downtown Waterloo is “Still the One” place to be when summer kicks off on Memorial Day weekend.
With the 4th Street Cruise reaching its 41st year, hundreds of car enthusiasts were met with clear blue skies to watch as Cedar Valley motorists looped through downtown two abreast on Saturday.
From convertibles, muscle cars, hot rods and roadsters to newer makes and models, motorists revved their engines and showed off their vehicular pride and joys.
Classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
Drivers began to gather their cars under the overpass at Washington and Fourth Streets at 9 a.m., some with the hoods up to show off their engines.
At noon on the dot, cars started to loop through downtown taking both lanes so onlookers on both sides of the flooded streets could be in the front row for the action.
Radio station KOKZ broadcast music throughout the cruise. Drivers tuned their radios to 105.7 to hear the classic rock soundtrack accentuating the cruise. There were sound systems set up along Fourth Street so the public could hear the music, too.
As with every year, the annual Shine & Show on the National Cattle Congress Fairgrounds kicked off the weekend Friday, giving people an even closer look.
Photos: The 41st annual 4th Street Cruise in downtown Waterloo
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Classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Spectators watch as classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Spectators watch as classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Spectators watch as classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll through downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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Classic cars roll across the Fourth Street Bridge to downtown Waterloo during the 41st annual Fourth Street Cruise on Saturday.
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WATERLOO – The Red Cross has been called to assist a family of four after a Saturday night basement fire displaced them from their ranch-style home.
Neighbors called 911 shortly before 5:20 p.m. after seeing smoke coming from the grey home at 906 Manson St.
Neither the woman nor her three children were inside the home at the time.
Lt. Tony McGrane said the structure and contents of the basement sustained fire damage, while the entire house sustained smoke damage. The cause is still under investigation.
Firefighters were on scene for close to an hour and a half. Waterloo Fire Rescue was assisted by Waterloo Police. The rental property, at the corner of Manson and Ricker streets, is owned by Wickham Properties LLC, according to online records. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/red-cross-called-to-assist-family-displaced-by-waterloo-basement-fire/article_1a97fc7e-fcf0-11ed-9d61-3b14fd03869a.html | 2023-05-28T02:06:44 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/red-cross-called-to-assist-family-displaced-by-waterloo-basement-fire/article_1a97fc7e-fcf0-11ed-9d61-3b14fd03869a.html |
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Anyone with information on the suspect can contact Lt. Nicholas Wardrip at 219-942-4485 or nwardrip@cityofhobart.org.
HOBART — A person who made multiple attempts was ultimately successful in stealing two wigs from a store May 12. Police are now asking the public to help identify him.
The person took a wig and shoved it down the front of his pants while at the store, 1900 E. 80th Ave., Hobart police said Saturday. An employee saw him try to conceal the wig and asked him to remove it from his pants. The person obliged and exited the store.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
However, he later returned and snatched the wig he initially tried to steal from the display case, plus an additional wig. The employee said he ran to the door and was able to get the wigs back, but the person began punching him and was able to get the wigs back and flee the store.
The suspect stole two wigs May 12 from a store at 1900 E. 80th Ave. in Hobart, Hobart police said. They are attempting to identify the man.
The employee said the wigs are 100% human hair and worth several hundred dollars apiece.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Domynic Yerger
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304493
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shanna Taylor
Age : 34
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304512
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Damon Wade
Age : 52
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304496
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Sanchez
Age : 43
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304503
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Smith Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304495
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Stevens
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304519
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aaron Rawls
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304494
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Robinson III
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304513
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Dakota Ruel
Age : 29
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304510
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Salas
Age : 44
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304522
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Murray
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304499
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alex Marion III
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304498
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON (SOCIETY IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Crystal McLain
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304507
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; DEALING - COUNTERFEIT SUBSTANCE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Maria Hoyo
Age : 55
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304501
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Hewlett
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304515
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Coleman
Age : 36
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304502
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750; OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Brandon Dubose
Age : 24
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304504
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diana Enriquez
Age : 21
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304492
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Hermosillo
Age : 30
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304511
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Erich Boone
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304509
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Office
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dwayne Smith
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304533
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Javante Toran
Age : 30
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304551
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Williams Jr.
Age : 49
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304543
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vandana Pagany
Age : 49
Residence: Hinsdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304539
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - PERJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Parker
Age : 38
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304554
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Rosario
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304537
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM BUILDING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Obaid Shafiq
Age : 45
Residence: Hinsdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304540
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paul Newlin
Age : 54
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304528
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Pablito Madera II
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304546
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Manson Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304541
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Willie McGee
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304564
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donna Jackson
Age : 37
Residence: Aurora, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304538
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jocelyn James
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304548
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - VEHICLE - MOTOR VEHICLE - CONVERSION - UNAUTHORIZED CONTROL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kamika Harrell
Age : 29
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304534
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angel Bousono Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304563
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenyatta Branch
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304535
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST ENDANGERED ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derrick Daniel
Age : 54
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304545
Arrest Date: May 13, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rodney Allen Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304558
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cesar Torres
Age : 52
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304569
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Toy
Age : 65
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304572
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Roman Martinez
Age : 39
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304581
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lori Minyard
Age : 60
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304576
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jeremy Lewis
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304579
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Keck
Age : 36
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304573
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Hellems
Age : 30
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304571
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darius Herron
Age : 30
Residence: Markham, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304567
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Flores
Age : 36
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304574
Arrest Date: May 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nariana Williams
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304611
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Chad Shaw
Age : 29
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304591
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Vann
Age : 28
Residence: South Haven, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304589
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ricardo Vela
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304583
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Neely
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304594
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trendarious Peterson Mosley
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304595
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keandrea Robinson
Age : 34
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304596
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bailey Llamas
Age : 28
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304609
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY; POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Anthony Hardesty-Berry
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304587
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hope Horn
Age : 49
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304588
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Lenoir-Williams
Age : 30
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304600
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cristina Galka
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304614
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armando Cartagena-Dhuperoyis
Age : 62
Residence: Silverdale, WA
Booking Number(s): 2304602
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Gregory Cormick Jr.
Age : 22
Residence: New Oreleans, LA
Booking Number(s): 2304584
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Genito Balderas
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304619
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
William Betts
Age : 27
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304612
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Benjamin Byers
Age : 21
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304599
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON (SOCIETY IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Albanese
Age : 57
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304605
Arrest Date: May 15, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Baker
Age : 41
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304514
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roderick Atkins
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304500
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Abel
Age : 36
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304516
Arrest Date: May 12, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: Confinement
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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CROWN POINT — Gentlemen, and ladies, start your engines.
No, it was not the start of the Indianapolis 500. It was its precursor.
Drivers lined up Saturday at the Lake County Fairgrounds for the annual Cobe Cup Cruise. Sponsored by The Regional Streeters Car Club, it went from Crown Point to Cedar Lake to Lowell, then back to the fairgrounds.
Pat Maggi, president of the Regional Streeters, estimated his group has been sponsoring the cruise for 25 years.
‘This event has averaged 80 to 90 cars, but with the weather we’re expecting, we’re hoping for 100,” Maggi said.
The 2023 edition topped that number: 102 entries.
Maggi said the cruise is popular because “it’s a get-together, a chance to take your car out on a leisurely cruise.”
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The club president added the historical aspect: “We’re reenacting the original race, using the original course.”
With some variations because of road construction, the cruise will cover 23.7 miles.
Candyce Jones of Highland was in her first Cobe Cup, driving a 1973 Porsche her late husband purchased new 50 years ago.
“I wanted to see how many Porsches would be entered,” Jones said. “I love cars. I love the people. It’s fun to take the car out on a beautiful day.”
Entrant Debra Riecken of Crown Point wore military fatigues bearing the name of her uncle, Teddy Peterson, a Vietnam veteran. Peterson served in Southeast Asia during 1956-60. He died in 1967 from exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange.
“This is what this Memorial Day weekend is all about, remembering him and the many people who lost their lives,” she said.
Although she hardly knew her uncle, Riecken noted that riding in her husband’s 1967 Mercury Cougar honored Peterson, who died at home and did not qualify for the Vietnam Memorial Monument Wall.
The original Cobe Race was held in Northwest Indiana in 1909 and 1910. On June 19, 1909, the first major automobile race in the U.S. was held south of the old Lake County Courthouse. Named for Ira M. Cobe, president of the Chicago Automobile Club, the 25-mile contest was the forerunner to the Indy 500.
The 1910 race became a speedway event, rather than a road-course contest, with the second one held in Indianapolis. The Chicago Automobile Club also decided to move the Cobe Cup Race to Chicago for 1911, but, as it turned out, no such race took place in 1911 or thereafter until its revival.
Paul Myers of the Marktown section of East Chicago drove his 1929 Ford Model A town sedan. He said the stock car draws attention wherever it goes, from him doing bank business to passersby along U.S. 30 photographing it.
Also, Myer said, “we’re following the same route as the original race.”
Myers pointed out there were two races in 1909: June 18 in Indianapolis and the Cobe Cup the next day.
Ken Becker of Tinley Park, Illinois, entered his shiny 1956 Buick Special in his first Cobe Cup. Back in the 1950s, he said, Buicks were a status symbol topped only by Cadillacs.
As with so many other drivers, Becker had his Buick in top-clean condition, above and under the hood.
“It takes a lot of work,” he said.
There were plenty of car admirers, including Deb Armstrong of Valparaiso. The member of the Lake County Photography Club was snapping away at the classics.
“For me, it’s about the details and the work they put into these cars," she said. "To keep these cars running for 25 years, it’s daunting. I admire their willingness to do this.”
Bob Lowry of Crown Point has had his 1934 Plymouth Model PL Series X since 1989. “I like that this is an actual cruise. They get the cars out rolling,” he said.
Dave Jendras of Dyer was showing off his 2002 Limited Edition Camara, the 791st of 3,369 made, and he has the paperwork to prove it.
“I’ve had this car 11 years,” he said. “It looks great, runs great, and it’s a great show car. It’s not a daily drive. It goes out when the weather is nice.”
It's his first Cobe Cup. “I just want to see all the cars, especially the older vehicles."
As part of a family affair, Kathy Conley of Crown Point came with son Billy in their 1957 Chevy 210 hardtop. His late father had driven it 20 years in the Cobe Cup, and she’s had the car for 10 years.
“I like that my dad drove this, and we want to keep it in the family,” Kathy said. “We want to keep his memory alive and keep the car as original as possible.”
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You may be eligible for a water conservation rebate in Arizona. Here's what you need to know
For decades, Arizona cities have offered water conservation rebates to encourage residents and businesses to cut their water use. The incentives range from partial refunds on purchases and labor costs to free water conservation retrofits.
Commonsense home upgrades like installing efficient faucets, showerheads and low-flush toilets can go a long way in reducing water consumption and residents' monthly water bill, experts say. In comparison to pre-1995 faucets, modern devices can use 40% to 60% less water. New toilets work with 1 to 1.6 gallons per flush, while older models require 5 gallons per flush.
Rebate programs for residential water users are mostly concentrated in the Phoenix area. Program conditions and offers vary greatly across cities. Some have as many as nine different rebates, others just one.
The most common are incentives that reduce outdoor water use, where the right measures can produce the most savings for big users. In metro Phoenix, over half of the houses have turf, and outdoor irrigation can account for up to 70% of a household's monthly water use. Many cities pay residents for ditching grass and installing a xeriscape or low-water use garden instead.
Flagstaff, Prescott and Tucson offer rebates for rainwater harvesting tanks and barrels, which can also reduce city-water use and customers' water bills.
Which cities have rebates?
At least 10 cities in metro Phoenix offer some kind of water conservation rebate. Bullhead City, Flagstaff, Prescott, Sierra Vista and Tucson also offer rebates to water customers.
Many cities offer no rebates, but will schedule free water audits and consultations to help residents identify saving opportunities.
Phoenix offers no rebates. The city claims it has reached water conservation goals "through good management practices" and customers' water conservation efforts. The average consumption per capita per day in Phoenix is about 115 gallons. The national average, as well as Tucson's average, is roughly 80 gallons.
Residents outside of a city's service area might also have access to rebates or free water conservation kits.
EPCOR, the largest private water company in Arizona, offers customers low-flow bathroom aerators, kitchen aerator, showerheads and outdoor hose nozzles for free. Since 2012, EPCOR has provided 12,400 free conservation kits. The utility serves more than 169,000 connections across Arizona.
Liberty Utilities also offers water-saving devices and conservation kits to residential and commercial customers at no cost, as well as free landscape-irrigation audits and workshops. The kits include both indoor and outdoor devices, and can be ordered at the company's website.
The Environmental Protection Agency's rebate finder also provides a list of all WaterSense partners offering rebates across the U.S.
Which are the most popular?
Rebates for water-efficient toilets often get the largest number of applications.
Turf removal is the most expensive of water conservation rebates, both for customers and cities paying refunds, but provides the highest water savings. In Prescott, turf removals saved about 1.3 million gallons annually, by city estimates, and toilet replacements about 600,000 gallons.
The conditions and refund amount of the rebate vary, but in general, the area must be converted to a low-water use garden. Tempe and Peoria offer a TreeBate.
The turf rebate has seen "extraordinary participation" in Scottsdale, according to the city's website. Most programs have a limited budget and operate on a first-come, first-served basis, so residents are encouraged to submit their applications early.
Some cities offer special turf removal rebates for commercial water users and homeowner associations.
Rainwater harvesting systems do not account for big water savings, but bring new water supplies for demanding outdoor watering.
Only three cities offer rainwater harvesting rebates. Tucson caps the rebate amount based on the storage capacity of the system, with a top refund of $2,000 for active harvesting systems and $500 for rain gardens, dugout catchment basins in home yards. Flagstaff offers $100 for installing tanks with a capacity of 1,000 gallons or more, and free 55-gallon barrels for residents who take a rainwater harvesting workshop. Prescott also offers rebates based on a rain barrel's capacity and by the surface of rainwater gardens built. Both have a $500 limit.
The number of rebate applicants in most cities has not risen dramatically over the years. Overall, it is sustained, with spikes over time.
"We speculate that many of the interested property owners who had older toilets have already taken advantage of the program," said Adam Curtis, public information officer for Sierra Vista.
The city has been offering rebates for water-saving toilets since 2001. Between 2013 and 2017, it expanded with the Cochise Water Project, but paused for two years after the grant-funded nonprofit wrapped up its work. The city brought it back in 2019 and keeps it going with funding from its sewer and sanitation budget.
To date, the program has replaced about 7,400 toilets, resulting in an estimated savings of more than 65 million gallons of water annually, Curtis said.
Cochise County also offers a toilet rebate to all county residents.
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What are the key issues to consider?
Dedicating public resources for long-term water conservation measures can have great benefits for a city's water supplies. But critics say the rebate programs are only available to customers who can pay the upfront cost of often expensive new appliances and home upgrades. Turf removal rebates in California have been criticized for "providing subsidies for people who don’t need subsidies."
Everyone could benefit from installing water-efficient devices at home to lower water use and monthly bills, but there are barriers that make it inaccessible for many, suggests a recent analysis by the Pacific Institute, a water think tank. Opportunities to make programs accessible for low-income households exist. Authors say solutions include offering vouchers for purchasing high-efficiency appliances, device giveaways and direct-install programs, and programs for residents of multifamily housing.
Some cities in Arizona are starting to offer loans for home upgrades and free water-efficient appliances for low-income homeowners.
Another potential downside is the taxation. While rebates are a refund, not an income, payments over $600 can be considered taxable income by the IRS, so cities require rebate applicants to complete W-9 forms. That can discourage potential applicants.
Some cities offer rebates by reducing the total payment amount on customers' bills. For larger rebates, many offer checks.
Water organizations, like the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, have advocated to exempt water conservation rebates from taxes.
How to find more information on your city's program
Avondale: turf to xeriscape conversion, low-flow plumbing (toilet and showerhead), automatic irrigation controller, high-efficiency clothes washer.
Buckeye: turf to xeriscape conversion, automatic irrigation controller.
Bullhead City: turf to xeriscape conversion, automatic irrigation controller, high-efficiency toilet and washing machine, hot water-on-demand system, water softener.
Chandler: turf to xeriscape conversion, automatic irrigation controller, water conservation retrofit kits.
Flagstaff: turf to low water use landscape, high-efficiency toilet, high-efficiency aerators and showerheads, rainwater harvesting tank.
Gilbert: automatic irrigation controller.
Glendale: turf to xeriscape conversion.
Mesa: turf to xeriscape conversion.
Peoria: turf to xeriscape conversion, automatic irrigation controller, high-efficiency toilet, tree-planting rebate.
Prescott: turf to low water use landscape, automatic irrigation controller, high-efficiency toilet and washing machine, commercial urinals, hot water recirculation, rainwater cistern, rain garden.
Scottsdale: turf to xeriscape conversion, automatic irrigation controller, water softener removal, pool/spa removal, smart home monitor.
Sierra Vista: high-efficiency toilet.
Surprise: xeriscape installation in new homes, automatic irrigation controller.
Tempe: turf to xeriscape conversion, automatic irrigation controller, high-efficiency toilet, gray water recycling system, TreeBate.
Tucson: high-efficiency toilet and washing machine, rainwater harvesting rebate, gray water recycling system, water conservation kit.
Clara Migoya covers environmental issues for The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Send tips or questions to clara.migoya@arizonarepublic.com.
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Glendale woman in custody in connection with husband's fatal shooting
A woman was taken into custody after she reported that she shot her husband inside their home on Saturday afternoon in north Glendale, according to police.
About 2 p.m. Saturday, the Glendale Police Department responded to a single-family home near West Potter Drive and North Arrowhead Loop Road.
When officers arrived, they located the suspect, as well as her husband, inside the home, police said. The husband was pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities.
The suspect was taken into custody without incident and was being questioned by detectives, police said.
Police said they learned of a domestic disturbance at the home and that the suspect fatally shot her husband during the disturbance.
Police did not say whether the woman faced any charges. The investigation remained ongoing at the scene, and it was anticipated to last throughout the evening, according to police. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale-breaking/2023/05/27/glendale-woman-in-custody-in-connection-with-husbands-fatal-shooting/70264339007/ | 2023-05-28T02:34:56 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale-breaking/2023/05/27/glendale-woman-in-custody-in-connection-with-husbands-fatal-shooting/70264339007/ |
ARKANSAS, USA — An Arkansas resident is the second person in the world to receive an innovative prosthetic hand that restores a meaningful sense of touch and grip, the University of Arkansas announced.
The neural-enhanced prosthetic hand was developed by researchers at the university's Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, or I3R, and transplanted through surgery at UAMS.
The lengthy operation was led by neurosurgeon Dr. Erika Petersen, with co-leading roles for orthopedic hand and nerve specialists Dr. John Bracey and Dr. Mark Tait.
To read more on U of A's neural-enhanced prosthetic hand, our content partner Arkansas Business has the full article here.
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BELLA VISTA, Ark — A lawsuit against Brookfield Assisted Living in Bella Vista ended in a $2 million settlement, attorney Keith Law Group confirmed to 5NEWS on Saturday, May 27.
The lawsuit was filed after 74-year-old Barbara Doyle went missing under their care when she left the facility on Aug. 12, 2021, and was found dead 13 days later, records show.
The body of Barbara Doyle was found in the woods off Hwy. 279 near the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista on Aug. 25 at around 7 p.m. during a planned ground search, according to officials.
Authorities say multiple agencies from the area and the state assisted Bella Vista Police Department in the search, using ATVs, vehicles, boats, bikes, horseback, and drones covering more than 1,500 acres of ground and water. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-bella-vista-assisted-living-facility-2-million-brookfield/527-afba3cf5-60f8-456d-8c89-0b7fff6e6d75 | 2023-05-28T02:41:45 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-bella-vista-assisted-living-facility-2-million-brookfield/527-afba3cf5-60f8-456d-8c89-0b7fff6e6d75 |
Buhl music
The Buhl Music Department had a very busy and productive spring. All groups, both middle and high school bands and choirs, went to their respective District IV festivals and earned "Superior" ratings, the highest rating.
In addition, the Buhl High School groups competed in the Music in the Parks Festival in San Jose, California.
Both groups brought home trophies in their category, but the most exciting trophy was the Esprit de Corp Award.
According to Music in the Parks, "The Esprit de Corps Award recognizes the participating organization that displays an exemplary attitude of positive support and outstanding personal behavior throughout the festival weekend. Personal integrity, quality character values, a desire for excellence, and a spirit of cooperation serve as the cornerstone qualities of the Esprit de Corps Award."
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The groups spent the year raising money and getting sponsors with the help of the Music Booster Club to fund the trip.
Oregon Trail's Matlock recognized with national award
For all he does to support the development and training of great educators in our community, Western Governors University recognized Principal Tyler Matlock at Oregon Trail with the Elevate Award.
Representatives from WGU, a nonprofit, online university, surprised Matlock with the award during an assembly at Oregon Trail Elementary School.
Through the “WGU Elevate Award”, WGU honors individuals committed to high-quality learning opportunities for others — and who have proven their dedication to helping others learn and grow.
Students, staff, and faculty were on hand to help celebrate their principal and his contribution to our district.
Free lunch
Several districts in the Magic Valley are making free lunch available to students over the course of the summer. Contac the district in your area for more information.
Twin Falls has eight locations where kids can receive a free meal over the summer, starting May 4 and running through August 4. Meals at all locations will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. No meals will be served July 3 and 4. Meals must be eaten on site and cannot be taken off site.
Meals can be picked up at these locations:
- Bickel Elementary
- Morningside Elementary
- Oregon Trail Elementary
- Lincoln Elementary
- Canyon Ridge High School
- South Hills Middle School
- Magic Valley High School
- Lighthouse Christian School
Kimberly's program runs June 5 through June 30 and can be found at three locations. Meals must be eaten on site and cannot be taken off site.
Stricker Elementary: Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM; Kimberly School District Outdoor Classroom, 141 Center Street W. Breakfast: 7:45 to 8:30 a.m.; Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Friendly Village Mobile Estates, 715 Center Street W. Lunch: 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Meals in Filer can be obtained at Filer Intermediate, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on the playground behind the school. Meals must be eaten on site and cannot be taken off site. Children must be present to receive a meal.
Jerome, Gooding and Wendell schools: to be announced.
Associate principals hired for several Twin Falls schools
The Twin Falls School District Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the hiring of seven new associate principals for seven elementary schools. The new positions were approved at the Wednesday, May 24 board meeting. Some of these new roles come as other staff members move into principal positions and additional positions come from the district's decision to transition from half-time associate principals to full-time associate principals, except Bickel Elementary School, which will receive a half-time associate principal position. The TFSD is transitioning to full-time associate principals in an effort to further address increased enrollment and student behaviors and support work to increase student attendance and academic achievement across the district.
The new hires are as follows:
Rock Creek Elementary School: Jennifer Snyder currently serves as an instructional coach with the TFSD, a position she has held since 2018. Snyder has worked in education since 1998, beginning in West Palm Beach, Florida. Snyder joined the Twin Falls School District team in 2005 and has worked in a variety of roles including kindergarten through sixth grade English language learners, first grade, and Title I.
Sawtooth Elementary School: Shannon Youngman currently serves as a fifth-grade teacher at Oregon Trail Elementary School. She has worked in education since 2009. Youngman worked as an elementary and middle school teacher in the Buhl School District from 2009 to 2015, as a fourth-grade teacher in the Kimberly School District from 2015 to 2016, and joined the Twin Falls School District team in 2016.
Morningside Elementary School: Rachael Simson currently serves as the Instructional Coach for Sawtooth Elementary Schools. She has worked in education since 2004 when she began her career in Clearlake Oaks, California. In 2008 she joined the Twin Falls School District where she worked as a sixth-grade, kindergarten, and second-grade teacher and instructional coach at Harrison Elementary School until 2016, and taught fifth grade until 2021.
Perrine Elementary School: Eric Bauman currently serves as the interim associate principal at Harrison Elementary School. He has worked in education since 2005 in the Twin Falls School District as a physical education teacher, serving students from kindergarten to fifth grade.
Lincoln Elementary School: Samantha Mauch currently serves as an instructional coach for Magic Valley High School and Bridge Academy. Mauch has worked as an educator in the district since 2010, where she began her career in education in 2010 as a math teacher at O’Leary Middle School.
Oregon Trail Elementary School: Tana Schroeder currently serves as a fifth-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School. Schroeder has worked in the district since 2015.
Bickel Elementary School/halftime: Heather Murray is returning to education after taking time away to raise her family. Murray started her career in education in 1997 as an English teacher in Galt, California, a position she held until 2002. From 2002 to 2004, Murray served as vice principal at Galt Joint Union High School. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/education/magic-valley-school-briefs/article_888455b4-fbf8-11ed-ab61-9bfaec99bc0c.html | 2023-05-28T02:43:33 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/education/magic-valley-school-briefs/article_888455b4-fbf8-11ed-ab61-9bfaec99bc0c.html |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Wetlands Water Park opened for the 2023 summer season on Saturday with some new additions.
Improvements to Wetlands this year include 70 new lounge chairs, a beach area for sitting and four more weeks of swim lesson offerings.
Daytime birthday party rentals are available again this year, as well as private park rentals from 6 to 8 p.m. every evening.
Wetlands Director Blake Dugger told News Channel 11 that their central location in downtown Jonesborough makes it easy for visitors to hop to and from Main Street, as well as across the town’s many public parks.
“We’re a small town water park, so we have walking trails that lead to our park,” Dugger said. “But people can walk downtown all the way to here. So you can come to the water park and you can go play and everything else throughout Jonesborough.”
Wetlands Water Park is open this summer on Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/wetlands-water-park-opens-for-the-season-with-extended-seating-and-swim-lessons/ | 2023-05-28T02:53:07 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/wetlands-water-park-opens-for-the-season-with-extended-seating-and-swim-lessons/ |
What to Know
- Police in New York City are searching for a person they say stole hundreds of dollars worth of religious statues and other items from a catholic church in Queens earlier this month.
- According to the NYPD, police received a report that, on May 18, at around 5:30 p.m., an unknown person entered Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church on 80 Street though an unlocked door and then apparently used tools to force open an inner door.
- This person allegedly stole about $60, as well as $890 worth of assorted statues and other religious articles. According to police, the items were up for sale at the church.
Police in New York City are searching for a person they say stole hundreds of dollars worth of religious statues and other items from a catholic church in Queens earlier this month.
According to the NYPD, police received a report that, on May 18, at around 5:30 p.m., an unknown person entered Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church on 80 Street though an unlocked door and then apparently used tools to force open an inner door.
This person allegedly stole about $60, as well as $890 worth of assorted statues and other religious articles. According to police, the items were up for sale at the church.
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After stealing the items, the individual fled.
No one was in the church at the time of the incident.
In a comment, the Diocese of Brooklyn expressed gratitude that no one was hurt in the incident and hope that the statues will be returned.
News
"The robbery at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church in Queens is disturbing, but we thank God no one was injured. We hope the person who committed this robbery will not desecrate the religious articles and statues which are meaningful to the faithful. We hope they will do the right thing and return what they stole from the church," the diocese statement said.
The robbery took place five days after the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima which is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church annually on May 13 and is the namesake of the house of worship.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nearly-1000-worth-of-religious-statues-other-items-stolen-from-nyc-church-police/4372525/ | 2023-05-28T02:56:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nearly-1000-worth-of-religious-statues-other-items-stolen-from-nyc-church-police/4372525/ |
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