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TWIN FALLS — Motorcyclists rode into Sunset Memorial Park with the American flags and plenty more representing various veterans associations to honor the sacrifices of fallen servicemembers on Memorial Day.
"Anybody with a motorcycle, come join us. Bring a flag if you have a flag and come pay honor to our fallen," Cliff Lockhart, former director of the Magic Valley POW/MIA Association, told the Times-News ahead of the event.
Nine motorcyclists assembled in the parking lot of Pro-Tech on Kimberly Road. With kickstands raised, they geared up and drove together toward the park.
The Memorial Day Loud & Proud to Be American Ride was hosted by Magic Valley POW/MIA for the first time in Twin Falls. Every year, veteran motorcyclists unite on Memorial Day to commemorate fallen servicemembers in the Magic Valley, such as in Wendell and Buhl.
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This Memorial Day, four different veterans organizations attended the event: Magic Valley POW/MIA, Legacy Veterans, Combat Veteran Association and Christian Motorcyclists Association.
James Vanmeter, who served in the Iraq War, is involved with Vietnam Vets/Legacy Vets Motorcycle Club in Jerome. Vanmeter started riding motorcycles at age 17 and continues to participate in events such as Monday's memorial ride.
"Memorial Day is to give thanks to individuals who gave their lives for the country and to me that's what it's about, more than a barbecue," Vanmeter told the Times-News.
Sunset Memorial was busy as families visited loved ones who perished during their service. The afternoon weather was warm with sunlight and a soft breeze. Vibrant flowers and American flags were placed by servicemembers' respective graves throughout the park.
The memorial service was held shortly after the motorcyclists made their entrance to the cemetery. Tunes from the bagpipe signified the beginning of the ceremony. After the opening prayer, the Magic Valley Honor Guard presented a reading of "Old Glory" and fired honorary shots during a gun salute.
"I hope everyone can take a few moments in silence and honor the veterans that have given us the freedom that we have today," a spokesperson said in the concluding speech. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/veterans-assemble-on-motorcycles-to-honor-the-fallen-on-memorial-day/article_1fbd6b0c-fbfc-11ed-9bd2-93ef1c5e09b2.html | 2023-05-30T03:04:47 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/veterans-assemble-on-motorcycles-to-honor-the-fallen-on-memorial-day/article_1fbd6b0c-fbfc-11ed-9bd2-93ef1c5e09b2.html |
NATURAL DAM, Arkansas — According to the Natural Dam Fire Department (NDFD), a motorcycle crash on State Highway 59 has led to one patient being transported by air evac.
Crawford County District 4 reportedly met with air evac services at the Grandview Church, where one patient was transported.
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BOISE, Idaho — Boise State University (BSU) Graduate Student, Andrew Walker, died unexpectedly over the weekend. According to social media posts by BSU, the 23-year-old student collapsed during a run. He was taken to the hospital, but life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.
Following the news, people from BSU made statements about what a remarkable young man he was.
“Our program, university and community suffered an immense loss this weekend. Andrew Walker was an unbelievable young man with the world in front of him and the spirit to accomplish everything he desired,” BSU football coach Andy Avalos wrote in a statement. “His infectious smile and energy will not be forgotten. Those of us who were lucky enough to be graced by his presence will carry it in us from here forward. Please join me in sending love and strength to Andrew’s family and friends during this incredibly difficult time.”
“Our Bronco family is mourning the loss of a beloved member. Andrew Walker, a standout person, student and employee with an extremely bright future, was taken far too soon,” the Director of Athletics at BSU, Jeramiah Dickey, wrote in a statement. “He approached everything with a contagious positivity, unwavering work ethic and commitment to serving those around him. Please keep Andrew, his family and his friends in your thoughts and prayers.”
A GoFundMe was organized by Mike Doud to help Walker's family. At the time of this publication the amount of money raised for the family was over $20,000.
"A leader, captain, brother, son, and friend of anyone and everyone. Andrew was the person that created friendships and relationships that will last a lifetime. May he rest in peace," the GoFundMe states. "All donations will go to funeral costs. We thank you for any help during this time. #BYOE"
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SEATTLE — For almost 20 years, iconic pin-up girl Bettie Page has greeted drivers along I-5 North near the NE 65th Street exit. The towering mural is now known throughout Seattle and beyond. In 2016, world-renowned drag queen Divine, joined Page on the west-facing side of Chris Brugos and Jessica Baxter's home. It's their homage to highlighting empowering and impactful feminist icons.
Over the years, the couple has had to deal with their fair share of vandalism, but the most recent incident is the most extreme. Over the Memorial Day Weekend, two people using a paint sprayer doused the mural and home in red, blotchy, splashes of paint.
Four people in total were there for the four-minute deed done under the cover of night. It's going to be expensive to fix.
"I think between $10-20,000. There's a lot of damage and work that needs to be done," Brugos said.
Despite the anticipated costly repairs, the murals aren't going anywhere.
"We put on some of the anti-graffiti coverage on the house, so we're going to be able to save the murals," he said.
While they're making plans to remove the paint, having to deal with the eyesore is added insult to injury. The red paint contrasts sharply with the yellow door.
"That's going to suck to come home to for a while. It's really disappointing," Baxter said.
Knowing a group of people deliberately spray-painted almost every surface of her home is unnerving, but they're getting through this with a lot of support
"We really feel held by our community in a way that makes this a lot less scary," she said.
An online fundraiser has started to help Baxter and Brugos with the costs of the repairs. Any donations beyond their goal will go to the LGBTQ youth organization at Lambert House.
"At this point, now, I see the silver lining in it because when it happens, we get this outpouring of support from friends and neighbors," Brugos said.
He doesn't want to think too much about what motivated these people but he has his suspicions.
"I think the feminist icons that we have on our house make some people mad. I think that's motivation," he said.
There's no timeline for the restoration and repair process.
Murals on University District home vandalized | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/iconic-seattle-murals-vandalized/281-0b88c894-8de7-46c3-a258-6373200f52ac | 2023-05-30T03:10:53 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/iconic-seattle-murals-vandalized/281-0b88c894-8de7-46c3-a258-6373200f52ac |
ISSAQUAH, Wash — While Memorial Day is a national holiday, one veteran is reminding people to treat the solemn occasion with the respect it calls for.
VFW Post 3436 hosted an honor ceremony at Hillside Cemetary in Issaquah on Monday, with veterans, families and community leaders in attendance. More than 600 veterans are laid to rest at the cemetery, including 19 Civil War veterans.
Veterans of Foreign War Post 3436 Commander Dean Van Dyke says despite the well-intentioned comments, today is not the day to tell a veteran “Happy Memorial Day!”
Van Dyke says Veterans Day is a great time to thank vets but Memorial Day isn’t a day of celebration.
“Today is the day to honor those who sacrificed everything and only came home in a flag-dropped coffin,” said Van Dyke.
Van Dyke said even close friends of his have made the mistake of wishing him a happy Memorial Day, and he wants to encourage more people to honor the true meaning behind the day.
“We know it’s a day off from work and people think of family and barbecue so it’s easy to associate today with a happy family holiday but it’s really emotional for a lot of veterans and families who are remembering their fallen hero today," Van Dyke said.
Van Dyke said the VFW started after World War I and specifically serves veterans who actively served in a conflict.
“Whether it’s WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Afghanistan and Iraq, we have members across the board,” Van Dyke said.
VFW Post 3436 Service Officer David Waggoner said the Hillside service has had a historical significance, and honors veterans known to many in attendance, including his high school principal and teacher who are both buried at the cemetery and also a local veteran he knew growing up.
“He was a Korean war veteran who drove a maintainer for King County," Waggoner said. "When I got back from the Army he told me to take care of this post and make sure it lasts so that’s what we’re out here doing!”
Each year members of the VFW Post 3436 place flags at the marker for each fallen veteran and return to retrieve them before sundown.
Those with the VFW want to emphasize that Veterans Day is to honor those who previously served, Armed Forces Day is a chance to celebrate active members in uniform and Memorial Day is when we remember those who died fighting for our freedom. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/memorial-day-true-meaning-issaquah-vfw-post-event/281-dcd7de22-e23b-4fea-a375-6fa7e6ef6c94 | 2023-05-30T03:10:59 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/memorial-day-true-meaning-issaquah-vfw-post-event/281-dcd7de22-e23b-4fea-a375-6fa7e6ef6c94 |
DALLAS — Service, sacrifice and serenity: That is what comes to mind when Valerie Zamarippa visits the DFW National Cemetery.
She quietly places a rose on her son’s grave every year.
“It’s crazy to come here and see all the different lots and how beautiful it actually is. It’s a beautiful sight, knowing they are resting in peaces,” says Zamarippa.
Valerie’s son, Patrick, was one of the five officers killed on July 7, 2016, during an ambush in downtown Dallas. He also served in the Navy.
There is video of Patrick Zamarippa on that fateful night listening to a Rangers game when gunfire erupted. You see him jump out of his car and run towards it.
“Patrick wasn’t afraid. Patrick ran for what he was trained for,” said Valerie Zamarippa.
Throughout the day on Monday, his friends and fellow officers showed up to pay their respects.
“It makes me so happy that they come and do that. He impacted so many people,” said Zamarippa.
His former partner who was there on the night he was killed was among those who remembered him this Memorial Day.
“Your world changes forever,” said Cpl. Tammi Macaj of the Dallas Police Department.
As the tears flowed, the families at the cemetery said for them this is more than just a holiday.
It’s a day to remember those who gave everything to serve. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/family-fallen-dallas-police-officer-gathered-dfw-national-cemetery-remember-veterans/287-24633bd6-5102-49ba-9522-6f275f960f49 | 2023-05-30T03:34:57 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/family-fallen-dallas-police-officer-gathered-dfw-national-cemetery-remember-veterans/287-24633bd6-5102-49ba-9522-6f275f960f49 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called an immediate special session Monday just hours after the House and Senate adjourned from the 88th legislative session.
It will be the first special session of several, Abbott said.
Abbott said the first special session will focus on cutting property taxes and border control by increasing penalties for human smugglers and those operating stash houses.
"We must cut property taxes. During the regular session, we added $17.6 billion to cut property taxes. However, the legislature could not agree on how to allocate funds to accomplish this goal. Texans want and need a path towards eliminating property taxes. The best way to do that is to direct property tax reduction dollars to cut school property tax rates," Abbott said in a release.
Special session #1 was scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Monday and a message was sent to lawmakers that they were to return to the Capitol on Tuesday at noon. Senators were told to meet at 12:30 p.m.
Dates and times have not been announced for the other special sessions. Abbott said he wants to ensure that each priority receives the time and attention it deserves to pass into law, which is why only a few agenda items will be added each session.
Each session will last 30 days. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-special-legislative-session-property-taxes-human-smuggling/285-4fd4a153-1f95-4580-a707-1e2d19283120 | 2023-05-30T03:35:04 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-special-legislative-session-property-taxes-human-smuggling/285-4fd4a153-1f95-4580-a707-1e2d19283120 |
SAYLORVILLE, Iowa — Search and rescue operations are underway at Saylorville Lake after a man fell out of a boat and never resurfaced, according to Capt. Ryan Evans with the Polk County Sheriff's Department.
First responders were called to the west end of Mile Long Bridge near the Lincoln Boat Access to search for an adult man who had fallen overboard around 5:50 p.m. Monday.
"We've got a lot of boats in the area, a lot of different crews out here: fire departments, the DNR, conservation, just anybody that we can get a hold of that's going to help with the situation," Evans said. "And I know the metro STAR dive team is also here."
This amount of personnel is standard for this type of search, Evans told Local 5.
Search efforts were put on pause around 9:20 p.m. due to nightfall, but Evans said they will continue searching in the morning.
Mile Long Bridge was closed for several hours to accommodate the search, but has since reopened.
"It's got a high vantage point to this area," Evans said. "So they're kind of using it as an observation area. We closed it down for that reason."
Local 5 will update this story as more information becomes available. Download the We Are Iowa app or subscribe to Local 5's "5 Things to Know" email newsletter for the latest. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/saylorville-lake-mile-long-bridge-closed-man-fell-out-of-boat-updates-polk-city-police-sheriffs-office/524-1f7b9a21-9f40-459c-898d-5445c9820d8e | 2023-05-30T03:37:55 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/saylorville-lake-mile-long-bridge-closed-man-fell-out-of-boat-updates-polk-city-police-sheriffs-office/524-1f7b9a21-9f40-459c-898d-5445c9820d8e |
PUYALLUP, Wash. — A 1-year-old child died after being left in a hot car outside MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup on May 24, the Puyallup Police Department confirmed.
Police say the child's foster parent left them in the car while at work in the hospital's social services program.
"This is a tragic incident and our hearts go out to the family and everyone who was affected by this," Puyallup Police Department Captain Don Bourbon said. "And just want the public to know that during this time of year when it starts getting warmer, just be mindful of temperatures that are growing and safety of our families."
Bourbon said according to interviews with staff on site and the mother, she became distracted and forgot the child in the car before going to work. When she found the child, she rushed the toddler to Good Samaritan, Bourbon said, but it was too late and the toddler died.
The temperature outside was in the 70s, but it was more than 100 degrees inside the car, according to police detectives.
No arrests have been made. The case is still being investigated.
"A tragic incident took place at the Good Samaritan campus Wednesday involving an employee and their child," a MultiCare spokesperson said in a statement shared with KING 5. "This incident also impacted a number of our other team members. MultiCare has offered a number of paths for support for our employees. We extend our condolences to everyone involved."
The department asked people to be aware of the dangers of leaving children and pets inside cars during hot weather.
In 10 minutes, the temperature inside a car can heat up by 20 degrees and become deadly, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This is especially dangerous for children, because a child’s body temperature rises more quickly than an adult’s, according to the administration.
In 2022, 33 children died of heatstroke in cars, according to the NHTSA.
The traffic safety administration urged people to never leave children unattended in a car. Even if people park in the shade or roll the windows down, the NHTSA said that does little to impact the temperature inside the car. People should secure their cars so a child cannot get inside unattended, and if you see a child alone in a locked car, call 911. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/child-dies-hot-car-puyallup/281-5f6f734f-7180-410d-b5fe-56da463adf34 | 2023-05-30T03:39:12 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/child-dies-hot-car-puyallup/281-5f6f734f-7180-410d-b5fe-56da463adf34 |
CROWN POINT — Men and women who return from military duty may still be waging an inner battle.
“Many of our soldiers are struggling for peace,” Angela Tucker said.
Tucker, keynote speaker at the Memorial Day service in Crown Point, serves as suicide prevention coordinator at the Adam Benjamin Jr. VA Clinic.
She asked those who came Monday to remember veterans who died serving their country, but to also keep in mind many veterans who return to then die by their own hand.
“There are 1,800 suicides per day nationally," she said. "More die from suicide that from war."
Tucker said the VA Clinic, which offers suicide prevention among its services, was greatly helped by a law passed in February. It provides free emergency medical care and 30 days free follow-up care to veterans who find themselves in suicide crisis.
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She asked the audience to pass along to three people the number of the suicide crisis line: dial 988, then press 1.
“The invisible scars run deep. Veterans who return can feel like lost sheep,” Tucker said.
The service at historic Maplewood Cemetery, under a clear blue sky and high temperatures, included several speakers, veterans, and local and state officials. It began with a parade from Joliet Street to the cemetery entrance. Boy and Girl Scouts and the Crown Point High School Royal Regiment band were among the participants.
Opening remarks at the service were made by American Legion Post 20 Commander Kevin Dvorak.
He spoke of the history of Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, after the Civil War. The holiday has continued to be a day to use flags and flowers to honor the graves of those who paid a personal price for us and our nation.
Dvorak spoke of the partnership shared by the city and the American Legion for more than 100 years.
“We honor all heroes not just on Memorial Day and whether they died in a domestic situation or in a combat zone. It all comes with danger,” he said.
Other speakers included Mayor Pete Land; U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Hammond; and U.S. Rep Mark Takano, D-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Invocation and the closing prayer was given by Perry McLemore of Southlake Christian Church.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Brian Jeffrey of Post 20.
A floral tribute was presented by Gold Star Family Alan and Lana Roach in honor of their son, Alan Jon “A.J.” Roach.
Before the service, Gail Smith of Crown Point was one of dozens of residents who sat in folding chairs or stood waiting for the parade to pass by.
Smith said her dad, who has since died, served in what was called the U.S. Army Corps in World War II, and now her son is serving in the Air Force as a test pilot.
She said she tries to come every year to the parade and service.
“It’s one of those holidays that is humbling," she said. "Just to think that they people gave up their lives to make it better for us.”
After the memorial service, family and friends of Nick Idalski gathered at the cemetery’s eternal light, Heroes Are Eternal.
“We come here every year,” Nathan said.
Brothers Nathan and Steve Idalski said their youngest brother was 23 when he was killed June 21, 2005, by sniper fire in Iraq.
Nick had been serving in the Army and was close to returning home.
Friend Matt Dutton of DeMotte said he and Nick “talked each other into serving.”
Dutton said he recalls the last phone conversation with his friend, who told him he was proud to be serving his country and wanted to continue serving:
“He said he was willing to die for his country.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/memorial-day-in-crown-point-help-for-veterans-struggling-for-peace/article_973411a4-fe59-11ed-8cbc-cf8570843e28.html | 2023-05-30T03:43:57 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/memorial-day-in-crown-point-help-for-veterans-struggling-for-peace/article_973411a4-fe59-11ed-8cbc-cf8570843e28.html |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Emergency crews spent hours fighting a house fire in Manheim Township on Monday.
According to Lancaster County 911 Dispatch, crews were dispatched to the fire along the 400 block of Snyder Road just before 3:30 p.m.
It reportedly took crews at the scene several hours to bring the fire under complete control.
There are no reported injuries. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/emergency-crews-hours-fighting-lancaster-county-house-fire/521-4a7b1ba2-b30e-491d-ad29-77ebc9517782 | 2023-05-30T03:49:12 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/emergency-crews-hours-fighting-lancaster-county-house-fire/521-4a7b1ba2-b30e-491d-ad29-77ebc9517782 |
ORLANDO, FL (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Plastic has become a part of life. Shoppers around the world buy one-million plastic bottles every minute and use five-trillion plastic grocery bags each year. But it’s the tiniest form of plastic that could be the sneakiest. People all over the world are eating plastic and they don’t even know it.
One 2018 study revealed plastic particles were found in 93 percent of bottled water samples and 83 percent of tap water samples. Other research has shown these tiny plastics show up in beer, wine, rice, table salt, honey, and even fruits and veggies. Some scientists estimate the average person might eat five grams of microplastics in a week. That’s about the weight of a credit card.
Inhaling airborne microplastics has been shown to cause respiratory problems. Research in mice suggests ingesting them can affect reproduction. Plastics also contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which can lead to various health problems. Experts say you can limit your exposure by using your own plastic-free containers, carrying reusable totes instead of plastic bags, and ditching plastic water bottles.
In 1950, about one-point-seven million tons of synthetic plastic was made each year. Today, it’s more than 400-million tons annually. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/micro-plastics-causing-a-mega-health-problem | 2023-05-30T03:53:26 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/micro-plastics-causing-a-mega-health-problem |
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No matter how Shwetha Jayakumar places in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, she is going to enjoy the experience.
The soon-to-be ninth-grader at Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Midland is technically a National Spelling Bee returning participant – having competed in 2021 – but this is her first time to Washington for the contest.
That is because 2021 was a COVID year and competing in the National Spelling Bee was done virtually, using video conferencing software. For Jayakumar, she never took in Washington, D.C., but competed from her desk at home.
So, when she says she’s ready to meet pronouncer Jacques Bailly or any of the other judges or that she’s ready to interact with other contestants in person, she means it, because it literally will be a first for the two-time Reporter-Telegram Region Spelling Bee champion.
“Now, I am here,” Jayakumar said. “It is cool even if it is my first and last time.”
Jayakumar earned her spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee after bettering friendly rival Shreeya Sivakumar of Carver Center at the 36th-annual Midland Reporter-Telegram Spelling Bee, sponsored by Diamondback Energy. The win allows her to wear the “204” placard, the number given to the Midland champion based on the order where the Midland, Texas, representative falls in the spelling bee order.
The preliminaries begin Tuesday. Jayakumar said she will be part of the third group of spelling bee qualifiers who will take the stage for a potential two-part preliminary round. Spellers on Tuesday will have the opportunity to appear at the microphone twice, first to spell a word and then to define a word (to show a speller’s command of vocabulary). If the speller doesn’t spell the word correctly or misses the definition, he or she is eliminated. If the speller is correct on both fronts, he or she will have an opportunity to spell a second word later in the round. If the speller returns to the microphone and spells that second word correctly, he or she advances to Wednesday’s quarterfinals.
The 13-year-old said she expects her first turn in front of the microphone on Tuesday will be “nerveracking.” She called her studying for the national spelling bee “more intense” than her preparation for the regional bee.
“My goal is to do well,” Jayakumar said.
Still, the YWLA student repeated the national spelling bee experience isn’t entirely about the competition. She wants to have fun and soak in the opportunity to be among the regional champions from across the country. The bee provides things to do during Bee Week, ranging from STEM and Lego club experiences to painting and word challenges.
Jayakumar said she is looking forward to National Mall experience on Friday along with a college board presentation, where she will learn about the SAT test and changes coming in the future. Scripps also holds a banquet for spellers at the end of the week.
“At the end, after all the spelling and the competition, I won’t see them as competition,” Jayakumar said. “This is about connecting with people who are like-minded.”
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Midland Reporter-Telegram Regional Spelling Bee champions since 1993
1993, Jeremy Gengler, Goddard; 1994, Tarfia Faizullah, Trinity; 1995, Vinesh Patel, Abell; 1996, Vinesh Patel, Abell; 1997, Katie Noah, Goddard; 1998, Katie Noah, Goddard; 1999, Stacey Moore, Alamo; 2000, Michael Moore, Crockett; 2001, Chiraag Alur, Abell; 2002, Michael Moore, Alamo; 2003, Nicholas Van Nguyen, Jones; 2004, Jamie Lain, San Jacinto; 2005, Taylor Young, Alamo; 2006, Danielle Rubio, Bonham; 2007, Calley Jones, Abell; 2008, Samuel Dowlen, MACHE; 2009, Samuel Dowlen, MACHE; 2010, Jace Brandl, Scharbauer; 2011, Thomas Rubio, Alamo; 2012, Thomas Rubio, Alamo; 2013, Gabby Rubio, Alamo; 2014, Gabby Rubio, Alamo; 2015, Anna Ngo, Carver Center; 2016, Srikar Chamarthi, Fasken; 2017, Srikar Chamarthi, Abell; 2018, Srikar Chamarthi, Abell; 2019, Amulya Ganta, Abell; 2020, Sanjana Vadlapatla, Young Women’s Leadership Academy; 2021: Shwetha Jayakumar, Young Women’s Leadership Academy; 2022: Shreeya Sivakumar, Carver Center, 2023: Shwetha Jayakumar, Young Women’s Leadership Academy
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Winners of multiple Reporter-Telegram Regional Spelling Bee championships
Vinesh Patel, 1995-96
Katie Noah, 1998-99
Michael Moore, 2001 and 2003
Samuel Dowlen, 2009-10
Thomas Rubio, 2012-13
Gabby Rubio, 2014-15
Srikar Chamarthi, 2017-19
Shwetha Jayakumar, 2021 and 2023 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/ywla-student-midland-competes-scripps-national-18124663.php | 2023-05-30T03:53:48 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/ywla-student-midland-competes-scripps-national-18124663.php |
Mike Trout, 31, a 2009 Millville High School graduate, is a center fielder with the Los Angeles Angels and was the 2014, 2016 and 2019 American League MVP.
Sunday: Went 0 for 4 with a walk in a 2-0 loss to Miami. Batting second and playing center field, he left three runners in scoring position with two outs.
Monday: Went 2 for 4 with a walk, drove in one run and scored one in a 6-4 win over the White Sox. He struck out twice. Trout batted second and played center field.
Tuesday: Lucas Giolito (3-4, 3.98) is scheduled to start the 8:10 p.m. game for the White Sox. Trout is hitting .182 (2 for 11) with one home run and two RBIs against him. Giolito has walked him three times and struck him out five times.
Stats: Trout is hitting .283 (56 for 198) with 12 home runs, 29 RBIs and 34 runs scored in 51 games. He has walked 24 times and struck out 62 times. His on-base percentage is .373, his OPS .893. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-contributes-to-angels-win-over-white-sox/article_868363ca-fe43-11ed-a9ba-c304f47246ac.html | 2023-05-30T03:56:36 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-contributes-to-angels-win-over-white-sox/article_868363ca-fe43-11ed-a9ba-c304f47246ac.html |
Tolleson police arrest 14-year-old after 12 year-old friend shot in the chest
A 14-year-old was arrested in Tolleson on Sunday, on suspicion of shooting his 12-year-old friend in the chest.
According to police, at around 6 p.m., officers responded to the area of 93rd Avenue and Garfield Street for reports of a 12-year-old with a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, officers located the boy, who had a single gunshot wound to the middle of his chest.
"The 12-year-old victim was extremely lucky, as the bullet entered his chest and exited his back without hitting any major organs. He is in stable condition and recovering," police said in the statement.
Police said that he was talking and alert at the scene and, alongside his 14-year-old friend, told officers that the injury was the result of a drive by shooting.
According to police, the conclusion of the investigation found that the 14-year-old had been handling the gun when it fired, striking his friend in the chest. Police had found the gun at the boy's home and said the incident appeared accidental.
When questioned about the gun, the 14-year-old claimed he had purchased it from an unknown person on the street, police said.
According to the statement, the parents told officers they were unaware of the weapon and were not home when the shooting occurred.
The 14-year-old was ultimately booked into jail on aggravated assault and false reporting charges as well as lesser included charges, according to police.
No other information had been released. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2023/05/29/14-year-old-arrested-tolleson-after-12-year-old-shot/70267383007/ | 2023-05-30T03:59:38 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2023/05/29/14-year-old-arrested-tolleson-after-12-year-old-shot/70267383007/ |
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This week employees are returning to work inside the stores of the Allen Premium Outlets. It's been almost a month since a deadly mass shooting, and some workers tell NBC 5 they've experienced some anxiety about going back.
One retail employee, Niqi Crump, said being on the property isn’t easy.
“I still shake. I still feel that shake that was hanging with me in that office that afternoon,” she said.
The Allen Premium outlets are expected to reopen to the public Wednesday, nearly a month after a gunman opened fire, killing eight people.
On Memorial Day, Crump was back at the store where she works, folding clothes. She said the work brought back memories. For that reason, she told us she’s relieved she won't be on the clock Wednesday when shoppers return. Instead, she’s scheduled to return Saturday, giving her a few more days to prepare mentally.
“I am not ready,” she said. “Thankfully I'm not scheduled for that day [Wednesday] so I can hear feedback from my coworkers before I get there this weekend.”
She was working the day when shots rang out from the parking lot. NBC 5 crews even caught up with her following the chaos.
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Now, weeks later, even clocking in for work brings back memories.
“We have to clock in the back office where we were hiding,” Crump said. “So even in just the few moments back there, I kind of felt my face getting tense.”
According to a message shared on the outlet's website, retailers will have the flexibility to set their own hours and resume operations at their own pace. The statement goes on to read in part:
“As we prepare to reopen Allen Premium Outlets, we do so with deep gratitude for the compassion and goodwill of so many.”
Crump's request of the public is kindness and patience.
“Definitely respect the employees, respect the associates,” she said.
She says returning is inventible and though difficult she feels like she's not in this alone.
The outlet says plans have begun for a permanent memorial to honor the victims and their families. For more information on hours and operations visit the Allen Premium Ooutlets. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/i-am-not-ready-allen-outlet-employees-share-anxiety-ahead-of-reopening/3267276/ | 2023-05-30T04:00:29 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/i-am-not-ready-allen-outlet-employees-share-anxiety-ahead-of-reopening/3267276/ |
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — In Clearwater this Memorial Day, people came together at Veterans Memorial Plaza at Crest Lake Park to honor those who sacrificed their lives in military service.
For many in attendance, those sacrifices hit close to home.
Jean Denny's husband, Don, was a prisoner of war in the Korean War for more than two years.
"For 28 months, he was held captive by the Chinese and North Koreans," Jean explained. Don eventually came home but saw many of his fellow soldiers die during his service.
Since his passing, Jean keeps Don's memory alive by sharing his story and those of his fallen comrades.
"If they didn't have each other, they wouldn't have survived and they're all gone now," she said. "Most all the guys from [the Korean War] are gone."
Stephanie Dow also knows the power of sacrifice because of what her father, Wallace Lawton, endured.
"My dad was in D-day. That was his first battle was D-day. He was on the first wave, the fifth boat," Dow said. "He said he went to war so we wouldn't have to."
The ceremony's keynote speaker, at one point the highest-ranking enlisted soldier in the country, 12th Sergeant Major Jack Tilley, urged people to reflect and remember this Memorial Day.
"When a veteran dies, I think they die twice," Tilley said. "Once when their heart stops and once when we stop saying their name."
To veterans still living, Tilley hopes Memorial Day serves as a reminder to show gratitude.
"You know, even if you say thank you to a veteran, that's at least something, that's important."
As Jean Denny remembers her husband, she suggests we honor their memory by being people worth their sacrifices.
"Be decent to one another," Denny said. "This is a great world and we can make it greater by being nicer to one another." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/veterans-families-how-to-honor-fallen-servicemembers-memorial-day/67-537bd455-1d5b-461a-b7b9-c38437e135ff | 2023-05-30T04:01:22 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/veterans-families-how-to-honor-fallen-servicemembers-memorial-day/67-537bd455-1d5b-461a-b7b9-c38437e135ff |
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — Bristol’s Fraternal Veterans and Civic Council held a Memorial Day ceremony at the Cumberland Square Park War Memorial on Monday.
Local members of the council said they come to Memorial Day events to honor their friends and colleagues that didn’t make it home from serving in the military.
“A lot of people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day,” said retired commander Harvey Anderson. “Veterans Day is for all veterans. Memorial Day is for the remembrance, recognition, honor and observance of men and women who have died for this country; have died in service, in conflict.”
Anderson told News Channel 11 that Memorial Day is much more than the holiday that kicks off the summer season.
“A lot of people think Memorial Day is just the start of summer, and it’s a whole lot more than that, especially if you’ve lost people,” Anderson said. “And I’ve lost a couple of classmates who went to the Naval Academy, lost several classmates in various battles and things, lost a good friend, lost several people. Memorial Day is a special time that most people unfortunately overlook.”
Anderson said ceremonies like Bristol’s and many that happened Monday across the Tri-Cities help keep the true reason for Memorial Day alive by taking time to honor and remember those lost in military service.
“If you look around here today, it’s a little cool, it’s rainy,” he said. “We still probably have a hundred people out here, even on good days we don’t get a lot of people, too. But you always get the veterans [to attend] and they have a special interest in this. And rightly so. Unfortunately, more people should be involved in this [ceremony].” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bristols-memorial-day-ceremony-keeps-holiday-of-remembrance-alive/ | 2023-05-30T04:18:40 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bristols-memorial-day-ceremony-keeps-holiday-of-remembrance-alive/ |
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Community Concert Band held a show on Memorial Day to pay tribute to military personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The “Never Forget” concert took place in the Fort Watauga Amphitheater at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton.
The band was directed by Christian Zembower.
News Channel 11’s Clarice Scheele performed with the band and Josh Smith emceed the event. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-community-concert-band-marks-memorial-day-with-never-forget-concert/ | 2023-05-30T04:18:46 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-community-concert-band-marks-memorial-day-with-never-forget-concert/ |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Warriors’ Path State Park’s annual Summer in the Park program is getting underway.
Summer in the Park features a variety of activities, from guided hikes to wildlife demonstrations, happening from May through early August.
Each week boasts a different schedule and all activities are free.
Here are the upcoming activities for May 30 – June 4 (all activities meet in and near the park’s main campground unless otherwise specified):
TUESDAY, MAY 30
9:30 a.m. – WAKE UP WALK – Let’s wake up our senses to morning in the forest. Meet at the main bath house for a refreshing morning walk.
11 a.m. – JUNIOR RANGERS: TRAIL CLEANUP – Make our park a cleaner, healthier environment! You’ll make a big difference for our earth, and begin to earn your Junior Ranger badge. Meet at the main bathhouse. Be prepared to get dirty!
12 p.m. – NATURE DIARY – Take something with you when you leave the park, the essence of the nature you have seen. We will create our own diaries and then take a stroll to start our entries. Meet at the main bathhouse.
1 p.m. – HIKE LAKE HOLLOW – Enjoy a leisurely hike through the Lake Hollow Trail and explore some of the unique habitats our animal neighbors call home. Meet at the camp store.
3 p.m. – SOIL STUDIES – It’s not just plain old “dirt!” Come “dig into” some new discoveries about the soil beneath our feet. Meet at the open-air chapel.
4 p.m. – CRITTER PATHS – Be a critter detective! Find out what’s been wandering through the campground habitats. Meet at the camp store.
5 p.m. – SOUNDS & COLORS – Try your skills as a “nature watcher!” Meet at the open-air chapel to look, listen, and learn.
6 p.m. – SPORE PRINTS – Come join us for some old-fashioned mushroom hunting! Find out more about how mushrooms spread their spores, and create some amazing art with mushroom spores. Meet at the main bathhouse.
9 p.m. – NIGHT HIKE TO FALL CREEK – It’s a whole different world out there at night! Tonight is our chance to discover the peace and the excitement of a night in the open fields near Fall Creek. Bring a dim flashlight and drive to the camp store. We’ll carpool out to the park backcountry.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31
9:30 a.m. – MEET THE DUCKS – Are they more than “quacky communicators?” Observe duck sign language. Meet at the camp store.
10:30 a.m. – LAKESIDE HIKE – Let’s enjoy a peaceful morning hike and find some different habitats along the Lakeshore and Connector trails. Meet at the main bathhouse.
12 p.m. – INSECT ART – They’re more than just creepy crawlers. Take a closer look – insects have some amazing colors and patterns! Let’s use insects as “living models” for our art. Meet at the open-air chapel, or main bathhouse if it is raining.
2 p.m. – SOIL CREATURES – Discover the amazing world of life in the ground at our feet. Meet at the open-air chapel to “dig into” a new world.
3 p.m. – WEB OF LIFE – Every living thing is part of the web! Help us get really “tied up” in our work as we build our own living web. You’ll see natural places like you’ve never seen them before! Meet at the open-air chapel, or main bathhouse if it is raining.
4 p.m. – “WONDERFUL WACKY WET WEDNESDAY” – Let’s enjoy some kid-friendly water play and learning activities. You might even get to soak the Park Ranger. Meet at the open-air chapel and be prepared to get VERY WET!
6 p.m. – PEOPLE TRACKS – Every living thing changes the land it lives on. How have we people changed the park land? Meet at the open-air chapel to begin a short hike as we “track down” signs of the many folks who have touched this land.
9 p.m. – OUR BACKYARD BATS – Bats live in almost every community in North America! Come discover more about our neighborhood bats with an interactive slideshow. Meet at the open-air chapel, or pool entrance if it’s raining.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
8 a.m. – BREAKFAST WITH THE BIRDS – Come wake up to our feathered neighbors. Meet at the main bathhouse to begin a stroll through bird country! (The first 12 people to come get free doughnuts & juice!)
9:30 a.m. – “FUZZ, PRICKLES & BUMPS” – Let’s use our sense of TOUCH to explore the forest. Meet at the camp store to begin our “touch & feel” hike.
11 a.m. – CORN HUSK CRAFTS – The early settlers along the Warriors’ Path couldn’t afford to waste anything! Even old corn husks could become a doll or toy. Meet at the open-air chapel to try this old-timey craft. If it’s raining, meet at the main bathhouse.
12 p.m. – DREAM CATCHERS – Let’s make these “catchy” little decorations, inspired by Native American craft. Meet at the main bathhouse.
2 p.m. – ANIMAL TALES – Sit back and enjoy some legends and tales about our wild neighbors. Be prepared to share your own “critter story” if you’d like. Meet at the open-air chapel, or main bathhouse if it is raining.
3 p.m. – NEVER-ENDING CIRCLE WALK – Nature is the “master recycler.” Let’s discover some of nature’s endless cycles. Meet at the main bathhouse.
5 p.m. – WINGS & FEATHERS & BEAKS, OH MY! – There are over 423 species of birds in Tennessee. Join us to learn all about the things that make each bird species unique. Meet at the open air chapel, or pool entrance if it’s raining.
7 p.m. – BIRDS OF PREY – Meet a real live feathered hunter. Come to the open-air chapel and see “whooo…” is waiting for you. If it is raining, meet at the main bathhouse.
9 p.m. – NIGHT SOUNDS – Nature is full of sounds when the sun goes down! Some seem eerie, but there’s no need to be nervous. Come find out whose noise is whose. Meet at the open-air chapel for a short slide show of the creatures who “talk” in the night! (At the pool entrance if it is raining.) NOTE – there will be a special NIGHT SOUNDS contest for children after the show.
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
9:30 a.m. – DEVIL’S BACKBONE HIKE – Come hike to the high places, and get some new views of our park land. Drive to the camp store, and we’ll carpool to the start of an invigorating hike.
10:30 a.m. – FOREST DISCOVERY HIKE – Be a forest detective! Come explore the web of connections along the forest trail. Meet at the main bathhouse.
11:30 a.m. – COMPOSTING – Not your everyday recycling. Find out how to turn trash into garden treasure. Meet at the open-air chapel, or main bathhouse if it’s raining.
1 p.m. – MUD ART – Let’s have a messy, slimy good time! You’ll be amazed at how creative you can be with nature’s own “fingerpaints”. Meet at the Boundless Playground to create your own natural masterpiece.
2 p.m. – TURTLE TALK – Meet a real, live “shelled friend” and find out more about their amazing lives. Meet at the open-air chapel, or main bathhouse if it is raining.
4 p.m. – FUNGUS AMONG US – Fungus is everywhere in nature, but how much do we really know about these amazing living things? Come visit with the molds, mildews & mushrooms among us! Meet at the main bathhouse.
5 p.m. – SHEDDING LIGHT ON OUR SLITHERING FRIENDS – Did you know that snakes shed their skin? Meet at the open-air chapel, or pool entrance if raining, to find out all about snake sheds.
6 p.m. – OLD TIMEY GAMES – Enjoy some good-old fun! Try some games from the early settlement days of East Tennessee. Meet at the open-air chapel, or main bathhouse if it’s raining.
9 p.m. – TENNESSEE TALES – Enjoy new insights into Tennessee folklife as we share
some good-old traditional tall tales. Meet at the open-air chapel, or pool entrance if it rains.
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
Full day of guided hikes for National Trails Day
6 a.m. – SUNRISE HIKE – You’ve got to be an “early bird” to greet the summer sunrise! Come for a short hike as we watch the new day dawn across the green East Tennessee hills. Meet at the pool parking lot, and we’ll carpool.
10 a.m. or 1 p.m. – HIKE THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS – Did you know that there is a National Recreational Trail system here at Warriors’ Path? And National Trails Day is a perfect day to enjoy these awesome trails! Come enjoy one of two different scenic 2-3 mile hikes through diverse wildlife habitats. Wear comfortable hiking shoes. Bring water and snacks. Meet at the Warriors’ Path Mountain Bike Trail parking lot.
3 p.m. – HIKE AND CREEK WALK – Hike to a clear flowing stream, and then walk IN the stream! Discover the amazing world of life underwater. Wear old clothes and old tennis shoes – be prepared to get wet! Meet at the pool parking lot and we’ll carpool.
6 p.m. – 100 INCH HIKE – 100 inches isn’t very far unless you’re as small as a bug! Let’s explore life on the tiny side with a series of very short hikes. Meet at the pool parking lot.
9 p.m. – NIGHT HIKE – Take a hike on the dark side of the day. We’ll find a whole new world of nature in the night-time forest. Wear good hiking boots and bring a dim flashlight. Meet at the pool parking lot and we’ll carpool.
SUNDAY, JUNE 4
9 a.m. – WORSHIP SERVICE – Enjoy a peaceful morning worship service at the Open Air Chapel, or at the pool entrance if it is raining. Sponsored by the Colonial Heights Baptist Church. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/summer-in-the-park-gets-underway-at-warriors-path-state-park/ | 2023-05-30T04:18:52 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/summer-in-the-park-gets-underway-at-warriors-path-state-park/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A crowd of around 100 people gathered on Memorial Day to honor the 359 fallen soldiers from Washington County.
“This is not really a celebration, this is more of a remembrance,” Vietnam veteran Moe Baines told News Channel 11. “Because the people that we’re here to speak for today are the people who aren’t here to speak for themselves.”
Among the crowd were gold star families remembering their lost loved ones.
Linda Dellinger says she didn’t know what a gold star mother was until her son Chad Alan Barrett died while on a tour with the Army in Iraq in 2008.
“I didn’t want to know, I guess once I found out,” Dellinger said. “It’s not been easy for anybody.”
Dellinger said participating in memorials every year is one way she honors her son’s memory.
“I just want to honor him by being here to support the other people,” Dellinger said. “I’m not the only one that lost someone. And if I can be of some help to anyone, I would want to do that.”
Veterans in attendance said Memorial Day is not a day to celebrate but to remember.
“I wish people would stay off the lakes and stuff and come to these ceremonies, so they would know,” said Kyle Crise, a Vietnam veteran. “Because it’s not about partying and going to the lake, it’s about remembering.”
Event organizers agree; they’re happy the clouds cleared for the community to join in remembering the fallen.
“We don’t want to forget those loved ones because they did so much for us,” said Johnson City/Washington County Veteran’s Memorial Foundation Chairman Gary McAllister. “We wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for them.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/washington-county-honors-359-fallen-soldiers/ | 2023-05-30T04:18:58 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/washington-county-honors-359-fallen-soldiers/ |
BELL COUNTY, Texas — District 55 Texas State Representative Hugh Shine spoke with 6 News to discuss the end of the legislative session and the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday, May 29.
When asked about the impeachment, Shine explained how the Texas House of Representatives initiated House Resolution 2377 as it was a necessary part of impeaching Paxton.
Inside HR 2377, the Texas House issued 20 articles of impeachment toward the attorney general, the violations ranged from abuse of public trust to constitutional bribery.
The state representative compared the process to a criminal trial, using his past experience as a member of a grand jury to relate.
Shine stated, "In the impeachment process, the Texas House plays the role similar to that of a grand jury in a criminal trial."
"The responsibility of the grand jury is not to determine guilt, but to decide if there is enough evidence to authorize an indictment, allowing the court to determine guilt or determine innocence, and that's what the role is of the senate," Shine explained
Shine said he also utilized his previous experience as a grand juror to make an informed vote to support the impeachment. He said he blocked out any rumors and outside pressures, only focusing on the facts.
"I think the decision to vote in favor of the resolution was made for one reason alone is we have to hold our leaders accountable, that's honor and integrity matters and I think we need to expect that from those who hold public office," Shine stated.
Also on KCENTV.com: | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/texas-state-representative-explains-decision-to-support-the-impeachment-of-ag-ken-paxton/500-aa6e4689-d109-407d-9a88-c7d710056d54 | 2023-05-30T04:21:04 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/texas-state-representative-explains-decision-to-support-the-impeachment-of-ag-ken-paxton/500-aa6e4689-d109-407d-9a88-c7d710056d54 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called an immediate special session Monday just hours after the House and Senate adjourned from the 88th legislative session.
It will be the first special session of several, Abbott said.
Abbott said the first special session will focus on cutting property taxes and border control by increasing penalties for human smugglers and those operating stash houses.
"We must cut property taxes. During the regular session, we added $17.6 billion to cut property taxes. However, the legislature could not agree on how to allocate funds to accomplish this goal. Texans want and need a path towards eliminating property taxes. The best way to do that is to direct property tax reduction dollars to cut school property tax rates," Abbott said in a release.
Special session #1 was scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Monday and a message was sent to lawmakers that they were to return to the Capitol on Tuesday at noon. Senators were told to meet at 12:30 p.m.
Dates and times have not been announced for the other special sessions. Abbott said he wants to ensure that each priority receives the time and attention it deserves to pass into law, which is why only a few agenda items will be added each session.
Each session will last 30 days. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-special-legislative-session-property-taxes-human-smuggling/285-4fd4a153-1f95-4580-a707-1e2d19283120 | 2023-05-30T04:21:10 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-special-legislative-session-property-taxes-human-smuggling/285-4fd4a153-1f95-4580-a707-1e2d19283120 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Silver Alert has been issued for 89-year-old Leon Perkins of Wichita.
According to the Wichita Police Department (WPD), Perkins is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 130 lbs. He has grey hair and brown eyes.
Perkins was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt with stripes.
Wichita police say Perkins drives a tan Ford Tauras with Kansas tag 654 GAL.
Perkins resides in Wichita, but his car was last seen driving at 12:24 a.m. Monday in Montgomery County
If you see Perkins or his vehicle, the WPD is asking you to call 911 immediately. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-wichita-man-4/ | 2023-05-30T04:27:30 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-wichita-man-4/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Hundreds of people gathered at Veterans Memorial Park and Resthaven Gardens of Memory to lay flowers on veterans’ graves and attend Memorial Day ceremonies.
Active-duty military and veterans spoke to the community about the importance of honoring those who sacrificed their lives for our country.
“The ability to go to the lake and cook hot dogs and all the wonderful things that we have in America… I hope they never forget why we are so blessed is because of the sacrifice of so many who gave their all for our freedom,” said Resthaven Staff Vocalist Don Baker.
“It isn’t without tremendous sacrifice by thousands of men and women, and we need to recognize that and honor them,” said event attendee Rodney Goering.
Many attending veterans were honoring family and friends in Vietnam and Korea. They still have scars from the battles and losses within them.
“You may not see their scars, but a lot of them carry their scars in their brain, in their head, in their memory,” said Kansas Honor Flight Volunteer and Veteran Herb Duncan.
It was important for those veterans to stand in solidarity with their community. At one point, many were shamed for fighting.
“He hid his medals in the closet in his army bag,” said Kahern Chisham, whose husband served in Vietnam. “And I said, ‘It’s time to go to military and wear your Purple Heart in Wichita and get a chance to be proud of what you did for your country.”
The veterans say a simple “thank you” helps relieve a lot of the tension they experienced from once being ignored.
As for those who have passed, veterans encourage people to take a few moments and stand at their memorial or grave site.
“It’s not always fun to see the reminder that they’re gone, but I get to honor what he was, what he did, and what he gave his life for,” said Douglas Sadlowski, the grandson of a veteran. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/veterans-and-citizens-rally-throughout-wichita-for-memorial-day-services/ | 2023-05-30T04:27:36 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/veterans-and-citizens-rally-throughout-wichita-for-memorial-day-services/ |
WOODSTOCK, Ga. — A Cherokee County Boy Scout troop is honoring our fallen heroes on Memorial Day through a special display up through Tuesday.
Little River United Methodist Church is the home to the boy scout troop. The young men in that troop are helping those at the church to remember fallen family members who never made it home from service.
Those who lost their lives are remembered visually through a sea of 74 American flags along Highway 92 in Woodstock.
“A lot of my ancestors fought in a lot of the big wars like the Civil War and both World Wars," Charlie Shuman said.
Shuman is part of Boy Scout Troop 625, and he reflects on the true meaning of Memorial Day through the project.
“They’re putting their life at risk just to keep our country safe," Shuman said. "This means to me that we can recognize all members of service.”
Robert Walker, 11, hopes the display can bring the community together in honoring service members.
“These flags are for Memorial Day, and some of them are to represent those who have died and want to be remembered," Walker said.
Scott Martin, Scout Master for Troop 625, said the display recognizes individuals from Cherokee County who made the ultimate sacrifice.
“Our troop reached out to family members and members of the church that supports us, and anyone who they wanted to recognize, we offered to recognize them individually," Martin said.
The troop would like to put out more flags and honor additional fallen heroes next year.
“I hope that it helps them to understand a little bit more about the holiday and maybe help remember those who have fallen in action," Walker said.
“It just makes me feel good inside that I’m able to honor people like this," Shuman said.
The troop also retired 10 flags in a ceremony and gave veterans stripes from several flags in honor of their service. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cherokee-county-boy-scouts-honor-fallen-heroes-memorial-day/85-5a2e6a5b-3201-433a-9660-bfdf0c33e709 | 2023-05-30T04:52:01 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cherokee-county-boy-scouts-honor-fallen-heroes-memorial-day/85-5a2e6a5b-3201-433a-9660-bfdf0c33e709 |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — The water was flowing as dozens flocked to the Novembrino splash pad in Scranton to have some fun in the sun.
"Overall, very good, packed, I would say. Good crowds," said Dan Shea, a lifeguard for Scranton Parks and Recreation.
"I heard it was opened today for Memorial Day, so we hurried up and rushed down here," said Paige Johnson, who brought her daughter of the same name to the splash pad to wrap up a beautiful Memorial Day weekend.
"It was a really good weekend, a really good weekend we had a cookout at Nay Aug yesterday over by the park area, said Johnson. "All last night, she kept telling me how happy she was, so it was a really great weekend for us."
From the splash pad to the ice cream stand, it was all hands on deck at Manning Farm Dairy in Dalton as big crowds came out to enjoy a milkshake or some chocolate ice cream.
"This probably is the best ice cream in Northeastern Pennsylvania," said Jim Ryan. "Maybe the best if had anywhere in the country."
"I got a chocolate malt milkshake, and it's probably the best milkshake I've ever had," said Joshua Millard.
He wears a 101st Airborne Patch on his vest to mark his service during the war in Afghanistan.
On days like Memorial Day, he says it's a chance to pay respect to all those who served and are now gone.
"I mean everything, I mean, I lost brothers over there," said Millard. "It's just a great day to sit down and remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to allow us to enjoy great days like this."
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/memorial-day-clear-skies-remembrance-dan-shea-scranton-parks-and-recreation-joshua-millard-paige-johnson/523-0b9a098a-6d71-440f-9a58-523230418544 | 2023-05-30T04:53:26 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/memorial-day-clear-skies-remembrance-dan-shea-scranton-parks-and-recreation-joshua-millard-paige-johnson/523-0b9a098a-6d71-440f-9a58-523230418544 |
PHOENIX — A day after Periwinkle Mobile Home Park was set to close, some families remained without a place to go.
On Monday 12News spoke to some residents who have lived near 27th Avenue and Camelback Road for years, but after May 28, which was the move-out date, have yet to stabilize a new home.
Grand Canyon University purchased the land in 2016 and decided on a land change to develop new student housing, which meant all 46 households on the property were forced to relocate.
As of last Tuesday, 11 families remained at the property. No updated tally on the number of families still at the mobile home park was available on Monday.
The university hired the nonprofit Trellis to help with relocation. While several families have successfully relocated with their help, some have refused to work with them.
Residents told 12News they don’t believe Trellis has their best interest at heart because they were hired by GCU.
GCU spokesperson Bob Romantic told 12News on Monday that “Trellis has helped every family that has been willing to work with them. Every one. If there is someone saying they have no place to go… we can’t help unless they are willing to be helped.”
On Tuesday Trellis will visit Periwinkle to “talk with families and help coordinate moves to temporary housing,” said President and CEO Mike Trailor.
GCU has offered a “grace period for any remaining family that has signed an agreement with us,” Romantic said. Those periods “will vary depending on each family’s circumstances.”
Only six Periwinkle residents have applied for the state’s $7.7 million available for those who must relocate or abandon their mobile homes. That fund provides people between $12,500 to $20,000 to relocate to a mobile home and $5,000 to $8,000 to abandon their homes.
GCU and Trellis also offer financial assistance to families forced to move out. But since people must turn over the title to their home to collect the money, residents tell 12News they have opted not to receive that help.
Activists said some people also either don’t qualify for all the help available or are in immigration proceedings and don’t want to take state funding that could jeopardize their cases.
Those who remain
A day after the official move-out date, 12News spoke to several residents who were still on the property with an uncertain future.
Some told 12News they didn’t have a place to go after being declined for Section 8 housing. One family said they were renting the mobile home and the owner of the property allegedly applied for help for their lot, instead of letting them do it.
A woman said she was still figuring things out on what to do and was visibly upset at GCU for “putting us in this situation. Trellis has not helped us either.”
Raul Urbalejo was still on the property, sad, in the middle of packing up his things.
He has called Periwinkle home for seven years. For him, it’s been a safe place where he could leave valuable items outside without fearing they would be stolen. He purchased a small mobile home and will soon live in a different part of Phoenix where he is unsure of how safe that area will be.
“I paid $15,000 for my home and they are only giving me $13,000,” said Urbalejo, who was initially holding out from applying for financial assistance in hopes of a better resolution, but after suffering health problems, opted to accept the help available.
“Coming from a university that’s apparently Christian, it surprises me that they only gave us the minimum,” Urbalejo said. “The only thing I’m going to be thankful for is that they allowed us to take some time to move out.”
GCU said it has provided over $500,000 in financial assistance to Periwinkle residents. It’s unclear how that money has been allocated and how many people have benefited from it.
Trellis told 12News that most families have vacated the park and are in the process of relocating two families’ mobile homes to new parks. While that process plays out, those residents will receive temporary housing.
A couple of families are finalizing settlement agreements, while others have received Section 8 housing vouchers, but have not identified a new home yet, according to Trellis.
More residents facing displacement
Residents at Weldon Court mobile home park, near 16th Street and Osborn Road are also facing displacement.
Of the 60 households in that property, 43 homes remained occupied said Veronica Monge, cochair of Arizona Poor People’s Campaign, who has been advocating for residents being displaced there.
Weldon Court residents have until June 30th to move out.
“It’s depressing,” said Carmen Prieto. “It’s gotten to a point that we all get depressed and sad.”
Prieto has lived in this community for 15 years after purchasing her mobile home in cash. She qualified for Section 8 housing but has yet to find a place that will accept it.
“I feel bad because there are some people that don’t have a place to go and the money to pay,” Prieto said. “It’s so much rent that’s gone up too much.”
Manuel Vera is looking at moving his mobile home, but the process of relocating it has been difficult he said. Pointing to slow communication and payments between the company hired to move the houses and the city.
While touring Weldon Court with 12News, Vera pointed at vacant homes that have been invaded and destroyed by squatters.
“The majority of the people that go in there are homeless,” Vera said. “We fear leaving our homes to go to work because they are coming and stealing things.”
That’s an added worry he said residents here have on top of trying to find a new place to go.
“It’s painful, but we have to move on,” Vera said.
Attorneys from Arizona Poor People Campaign and Community Legal Services are aiding Weldon Court residents, Monge said.
For more than three months, attorneys have been negotiating with the landowners to extend the move-out date and increase financial assistance, Monge said. If that fails, they plan to sue.
A community yard sale is being organized for June 3rd starting at 7 a.m. at Weldon Court. The goal is to help residents decrease the number of items they have to transport to a new location and get to them some financial relief.
Residents from Beacon Palms, formerly known as las Casitas, near 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road also face displacement. They have to be moved out my October.
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Investigation underway of three deaths in Muncie home, possibly linked to carbon monoxide
MUNCIE, Ind. — Authorities are investigating the deaths of three people, including two children, found deceased in a home on the city's northeast side.
The bodies — of a 24-year-old man, a three-year-old boy and a 21-month-old girl — were found Sunday afternoon at a home in the 1700 block of East Yale Avenue.
Delaware County Coroner Gavin Greene said Muncie firefighters determined there were "high carbon monoxide readings" in the house.
Autopsies were conducted Monday at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.
"This is an ongoing investigation pending results from the toxicology and (the) pathologist," Greene said in a release.
Deputy Police Chief Melissa Criswell also said Monday afternoon the probe — involving both city police and fire department personnel — was ongoing.
Police were called to the Yale Avenue home shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday, Criswell said.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/05/29/man-two-children-found-dead-in-muncie-home/70267131007/ | 2023-05-30T05:30:21 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/05/29/man-two-children-found-dead-in-muncie-home/70267131007/ |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — The annual Memorial Day ceremony was held Monday morning at Veterans Park in Tuscaloosa to honor men and women who served in the military and paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Hays Webb was a guest speaker at the event and says paying tribute to fallen soldiers and sailors once a year is something he looks forward to. Webb is also a veteran who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17.
“To those who gave it all in service, we owe them all and all we do, let us act in respect today and every day to pay respect to these brave Americans in their sacrifice that we may be free,” Webb said.
Memorial Day is also special for Linda Verty, a veteran who served in the United States Navy from 1977 to 2008.
“I think it was by the grace of God I got to go into the military and help people and fight for my country,” Verty said. “They told me if you have to go, you go and I knew what I had to do.”
Many say it was a somber day, but honoring those who gave their lives for their country is necessary. John Trotter served in the Army and did a tour in Vietnam in 1970.
“I am proud to have served and I would do it again if I had to,” Trotter said. “I am proud that the men and women who come back today are getting the recognition and honor that they deserve.”
The annual program is presented by the Veterans Memorial Park Association, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center and The University of Alabama Office of Veteran and Military Affairs. The ceremony has been taking place in Tuscaloosa since 1969. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/annual-memorial-day-program-held-in-tuscaloosa-to-honor-those-who-have-served/ | 2023-05-30T05:39:06 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/annual-memorial-day-program-held-in-tuscaloosa-to-honor-those-who-have-served/ |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Words can't explain the pain a family and young mother feels after a 2-year-old boy was shot and killed at a St. Petersburg home Sunday.
Speaking exclusively to 10 Tampa Bay's Angelina Salcedo, Makayla Steele says she is lost without her son, Armani Creary.
"I don't even know what to say," she said. "He just turned 2, I'm just empty. That was my little boy. He was everything."
Creary was a twin, always hand-in-hand with his sister, Aubrianna. The two were born on Easter Sunday back in 2021.
Steele says she had just gotten back from a Memorial Day trip when she got a call that she needed to go to the hospital for her kids. She said she wasn't told what was going on or what happened, but she immediately knew something was wrong.
"When I got there they explained to me that my son was going through surgery. I was like what do you mean? I couldn't believe it," Steele explained. "The security guard at the hospital was the one who told me things weren't looking good. That's when I really knew it was serious."
St. Petersburg police arrested 22-year-old Aaron Creary, the twin's father. He's charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and violation of probation after investigators say a gun he pulled during an argument at his home last night was fired and the gunfire hit his son.
When asked what happened, Makalaya said the argument was between Aaron's parents and was getting physical. She said Aaron tried to break it up and the gun was fired in the process.
"It was an accident. He would never put his kids in harm's way," Steele said. "Especially not his son! That was his twin."
She's still in shock, but doesn't fault the father of her children.
"I just ask everyone to give my and my family privacy and respect me as a mother," she said. "We're just trying to process all of this, I just lost my son."
There is a lot that police are trying to piece together in this investigation.
Aaron Creary made his first appearance in court Monday morning and is being held on a $750,000 bond.
Police said Aaron Creary tried to take Armani to the hospital after the shooting. According to them, he crashed his car in the parking lot of a business at the corner of 15th Avenue South and 34th Street and never made it there. Armani was then transported to the hospital from that crash scene. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/mother-says-accident-2-year-old-boy-shot-killed-st-petersburg-florida/67-5852acb1-4cdc-4add-b2e5-a76a0824f89e | 2023-05-30T05:45:53 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/mother-says-accident-2-year-old-boy-shot-killed-st-petersburg-florida/67-5852acb1-4cdc-4add-b2e5-a76a0824f89e |
Irmalee Winger Olson
May 6, 1927-May 19, 2023
Irmalee Winger Olson, 96, passed away May 19, 2023, at Good Samaritan Home, Forest City, Iowa. She was born May 6, 1927, to Lee Don Winger and Edna May Phillips Winger in Seymour, Iowa – she was one of four children in the family. Irmalee married Leslie Olson on October 23, 1950, and lived together on an Olson family farm near Pilot Knob State Park in Hancock Co., Iowa, for most of their married life.
Leslie and Irmalee were early employees of Winnebago Industries where they spent their careers. After retirement, they both also enjoyed traveling as they delivered Winnebago motorhomes to dealerships across the United States. Enjoying warmer weather during those travels, they eventually joined Irmalee's family in the south and spent many winters in their second home of Inverness, Florida.
As Leslie's health dictated a change in 2009, they sold their farm and moved to a condominium in Forest City where they lived until Leslie's passing in 2013. Niece, Diana, cared for Irmalee at her Florida home until December 2017, she then returned to Good Samaritan Center in Forest City. The family appreciates the good care that Irmalee received during the five-plus years she made it home.
Irmalee was preceded in death by her parents, husband Leslie, a brother, Don Winger, her sisters, Luella and Nettie, and her niece, Diana.
Surviving are a sister-in-law, Barbara Winger, of Salem, Oregon, and several nieces and nephews.
Thank you to Good Samaritan Care Center and St. Croix Hospice for their loving care of our Aunt Irmalee during all these years.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 27th at 10:00 a.m. at Pilot Knob Lutheran Church Cemetery with Pastor Rod Hopp of Immanuel Lutheran Church officiating. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/irmalee-winger-olson/article_63c9308b-35bb-5e91-9c6c-a726379e59d2.html | 2023-05-30T05:47:09 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/irmalee-winger-olson/article_63c9308b-35bb-5e91-9c6c-a726379e59d2.html |
Jeanette “Jan” Lea Govig
August 3, 1935-May 11, 2023
Jeanette “Jan” Lea Govig (Horstman), a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and great-aunt passed away on May 11th, 2023, at the age of 87. She was born on August 3, 1935, in Britt, Iowa, to Clarence and Josephine Horstman.
Jan's journey in life was marked by love, dedication, and a deep commitment to her family. On June 29th, 1957, she married the love of her life, Richard “Dick” Alyn Govig, and their marriage became the foundation of their beautiful family. Together, they created a lifetime of cherished memories.
Jan's education was a source of great pride, having graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, in 1958. She was a beloved music teacher before co-founding Govig & Associates, Inc. with her husband Dick where she was a successful businesswoman, leader, and inspiration for women.
Jan's passing leaves a void in the lives of those who loved her dearly. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Dick Govig, who stood by her side through thick and thin. Her legacy lives on through her two sons, Todd Govig and Bert Govig, and their wives, April McGrath and Dr. Louise Guay. She adored her eight grandchildren, Mikela Govig, Elizabeth Govig Richmond, Alexandra Govig, Christopher Govig, Matthew Govig, Jaimie Govig, Tommy McGrath, and Jack McGrath, and her great-grandson, Noah Warta. Jeanette is also survived by her nephews, Troy Govig, Kim Anderson, Chad Anderson, Mark Govig, and Scott Govig, and a great-nephew, Nick Govig.
Jan is preceded in death by her sisters, Colleen Govig and Jean Anderson. She was deeply connected to her family, and their memories will forever hold a special place in the hearts of those who loved her. Jan Govig will be remembered for her unwavering love, her genuine kindness, and the indelible mark she left on the lives of her family and friends. May her soul find eternal peace, and may her legacy continue to inspire and uplift those who knew her.
A memorial service to celebrate Jan's life was held on Monday, May 22nd, at Valley Presbyterian Church.
In honor of Jan's compassionate nature, the family kindly requests that donations be made to Hospice of the Valley (EIN: 86-0338886, 1510 E Flower St, Phoenix, AZ 85014) or the Alzheimer's Association (EIN: 13-3039601, 340 E. Palm Lane Suite 230, Phoenix, AZ 85004, “Attn: Memorial for Jan Govig”) in lieu of flowers. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/jeanette-jan-lea-govig/article_e5904625-f88c-5941-9e28-c85f988a4346.html | 2023-05-30T05:47:15 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/jeanette-jan-lea-govig/article_e5904625-f88c-5941-9e28-c85f988a4346.html |
A Celebration of Life for James Lawrence Cisco will be held, Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. at the Fir Grove Ranch, in Fairfield, ID. Come join us to celebrate Cisco’s life with his favorite foods, music and shared stories. Be sure and bring a comfortable lawn chair.
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Monday’s Memorial Day parade lasted longer than any Alan Schutte has helped plan, but he’s glad the weather cooperated.
Temperatures reached the 80s for the annual event, and clear skies welcomed cars, motorcycles and hundreds of people dressed in red, white and blue down Parnell Avenue.
“It was fantastic,” Schutte said. “Weather always has something to do with it, and it was great weather. There were a lot of people lined up outside … It was great.”
The Allen County Council of Veterans Organizations hosted its Memorial Day parade outside the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. After the parade, the organization held a ceremony inside the Coliseum for a placement of wreaths, playing of taps and remembering fallen soldiers.
Schutte is part of the parade’s organization committee, which spent about two months planning the event. He said the committee makes the arrangements and contacts each of the participants.
Schutte said he didn’t hear much feedback from the people around him, but one of his friends texted to tell him that he did a good job. Schutte said he wishes organizers were able to get more bands involved, but it’s been difficult to coordinate with different schools.
The Concordia Lutheran High School marching band performed in the parade, and other participants included the Concordia Junior ROTC, Mizpah Shriners and Daughters of the American Revolution.
“It’s tremendous to see support like this out in the community,” Schutte said. “I love seeing everyone come out with all their flags … It was fantastic.”
The parade lasted about an hour and 15 minutes, and participants and viewers moved inside to watch the Memorial Day ceremony. Matt Careins, senior vice commander for the Marine Corps League, was the keynote speaker.
In his speech, Careins shared stories of his time working at the White House and his work the Woody Williams Foundation, which makes Gold Star Family Monuments for families who whose relatives died in service.
“We want to honor all our family members who didn’t come back,” he said. Careins said Williams is a hero of his; he met Williams a few years ago and was impressed with the work he does.
Careins ended his speech by thanking everyone for attending the ceremony and urging them to visit the Veteran’s National Memorial Shrine and Museum on O’Day Road.
“We need to honor our veterans,” he said. “When we stop honoring them, they are forgotten.”
Darrell Lummer of Fort Wayne said he has been coming to the Memorial Day parade with his wife, Laura, for years. His three uncles served in World War II, and his father served in the Korean War, so he comes to the event to honor them each year.
“We were actually in the parade this year,” he said.
Lummer and his wife marched with the Convention of States, an organization that focuses on issues like taxes, spending and term limits. He said the organization looks to form amendments based on those ideas.
Glynder Brownlee of Fort Wayne also attended the Memorial Day parade and ceremony, and she brought photographs of her father and her son.
Brownlee said her father served more than 100 years ago, and the picture she brought was of him and his friend when they were stationed in France.
The photo of her son was from when he was stationed in Germany.
“I think you should support your family in everything they do,” Brownlee said. “I thought it was very nice. I enjoyed it.”
Brownlee also said this was her second year attending the event, and she went to both the parade and the ceremony.
“Everything was very important to me,” she said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-county-council-of-veterans-organizations-hosts-memorial-day-parade-ceremony/article_014faace-fe5c-11ed-be65-6bb82d02b579.html | 2023-05-30T05:57:36 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-county-council-of-veterans-organizations-hosts-memorial-day-parade-ceremony/article_014faace-fe5c-11ed-be65-6bb82d02b579.html |
As the Fort Wayne Police Department enters the uncharted waters of river policing, the members of the new special unit must learn how to patrol the waterways.
Law enforcement officials began looking into the new policing arena since river traffic has increased, hoping to find an effective way to easily respond to matters on the water.
With more kayaking on Fort Wayne’s rivers and party boats becoming more popular in the city, local police wanted to get ahead of any potential problems. As more development occurs near the river, they hope their efforts will make the waterways safer.
But enforcement will be only one aspect of officers’ duties. Instead, the unit will look much like the existing bike patrol that focuses mostly on community policing.
“We’re just trying to get ahead of what we foresee is going to be more activity on the river in the coming years,” said Capt. Scott Berning, who helps oversee the Special Operations Division.
“The way we’re looking at it, is that these guys are there just to provide an additional safety net to people that are utilizing the river, on and near the river,” Berning said.
The unit’s inaugural members – Sgt. Michael McEachern and officers Evan Miller, Ryan Tosland and Nathaniel Plank – were selected based on their interest and experience. All four members of the unit have boating experience.
In this new position, they will combine their policing and boating skills to patrol the rivers.
Despite overseeing the same waters as officers with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, police won’t be duplicating those officers’ responsibilities, Berning said. Instead they will focus on safety first, officer presence second and enforcement third.
Berning said he looks forward to seeing what the four men gain from the highly recommended Indiana River Rescue School.
The training begins Monday in South Bend. There, they will learn from the staff at the Indiana River Rescue School and train to effectively make rescues and enforce water traffic rules.
On their first day of training, officers will spend four hours in a classroom lecture followed by three hours in the pool.
The next day, training will include having officers learn through land-based skill stations and how to address certain emergencies. Wednesday, officers will take their newly learned skills to the water as they learn how to perform shallow-water rescues.
The fourth day of training will be the toughest, according to the officers’ itinerary. Calling it the “most physically and mentally challenging” day of the week, trainers will build on the previous days’ lessons but include more student decision making. Students also learn aggressive rescue skills.
For the final day of training, officers will complete a written exam followed by team-based rescue scenarios. Officers are expected to hit the water sometime this summer after the arrival of the department’s boat. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-river-police-selected-training-to-begin-soon/article_c547b45e-eebb-11ed-85ef-6b0ea227442c.html | 2023-05-30T05:57:50 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-river-police-selected-training-to-begin-soon/article_c547b45e-eebb-11ed-85ef-6b0ea227442c.html |
Recreational boating on Fort Wayne’s rivers is increasing and the replica canal vessel Sweet Breeze is back for another season, adding to the traffic by launching its tours of the St. Marys, St. Joseph and Maumee.
Eden Lamb, outdoor recreation coordinator for Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation, said the boat’s event cruises are doubled for 2023. The parks department added seven more, including a wine-tasting tour and a river ecology tour. Those complement the weekend tours, the Thursday tours that begin June 1 and the private rentals.
“We sold out all our specialty tours last year,” Lamb said. “We do well with ticket sales.”
The growing enthusiasm for boating in Fort Wayne comes from the city’s focus on the confluence – the point where the St. Marys and St. Joseph rivers meet to become the Maumee – as part of downtown development, Lamb said.
“I think more people are coming back to the river,” Lamb said. “We feel there’s a need – and a desire – for people to get out on the rivers in Fort Wayne.”
Marty Benson, Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman, said the increasing river traffic is evident simply because of the growing business for passenger boats like Sweet Breeze and for canoe and kayak rentals. However, no one makes an official count of boaters, including ones who set out on their own.
The area of St. Marys in downtown Fort Wayne and near Promenade Park has seen the biggest increase in recreational users, mostly kayak and canoe paddlers, Benson said. Rentals in the area have likely contributed to that.
Cara Hall, co-owner of Fort Wayne Outfitters & Bike Depot with her husband, Tim Hall, said they’re renting about 10 times more boats than when they opened in 2007.
“When we started in that spot, people thought we were crazy,” she said. “It’s not like it is today.”
The first year, they rented out 80 to 120 canoes and kayaks to customers a month. Last year, they rented 1,000 to 1,300 a month, she said.
The growth started slowly but increased significantly after Promenade Park opened across the river in 2019. Then coronavirus restrictions the next year brought more interest because kayaking and canoeing are socially distant activities.
“The mindset has changed around here,” Hall said.
Fort Wayne isn’t the only place experiencing this interest. Hall said and her husband recently opened Fort Wayne Outfitters at Steady Eddy’s in Leo.
“I feel like kayaking in general has increased over the last few years, not just our business,” Hall said.
Kyle Quandt, president of the Northeast Indiana Water Trails board, agreed the trend encompasses northeast Indiana, not just Fort Wayne. When the group hosted its first annual Pedal, Paddle, Play scavenger hunt in downtown Fort Wayne eight years ago, they had about 50 participants, he said. This June, they expect more than 150.
Thom Werner, one of the rotating captains on the Sweet Breeze, said many people on the water now are younger.
Although the traffic means a more crowded river, “it’s actually relatively calm,” Werner said. “For the most part, everybody gets along fine.”
Sweet Breeze first mate John Gardner said he expects the boating population to continue increasing, which can lead to problems. The Riverfront has challenges with economic, recreational and ecological concerns, each interest having sometimes conflicting needs.
“This is completely unregulated,” Gardner said. “How we keep this in balance is going to be an issue.”
Police coming
However, two types of regulations are coming to the riverfront area this year: speed limits and police patrols.
Dan Wire, crew trainer for the Sweet Breeze, said he has worked on getting no-wake zones of 5 to 7 mph in the downtown river areas for seven years. This year, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources approved the proposal at the city’s request, Benson said.
Wire is also a member of Friends of the Rivers, which owns Sweet Breeze and acts as the boat’s advisory board. He’s been a big proponent of promoting recreational use of the rivers and spent 60 years – since he was a boy – using the rivers. However, Wire is concerned that the rules are just starting now.
“We’re behind on governance,” he said.
The low-speed area – the no-wake zone – is centered at the rivers’ confluence, according to DNR documents. From there, it will extend to the Main Street bridge on the St. Marys, to the Tennessee Avenue bridge on the St. Joseph and to the Columbia Avenue bridge on the Maumee.
The speed limits take effect June 7, Benson said.
“The Fort Wayne Police Department will be the primary marine patrol enforcing the rules,” Benson said.
The DNR focuses its limited resources on lakes, although officers are around the rivers for special events and to check fishing spots, he said. When on the rivers, DNR officers will enforce laws when they see violations, including people boating drunk or not wearing approved lifesaving devices such as life jackets.
Fort Wayne Police Capt. Scott Berning, who’ll oversee the city’s four river boat officers, said that powered watercraft moving at 5 to 7 mph don’t create a significant wake. At higher speeds, motorized water vehicles cause waves, which create trouble for those using paddleboards, canoes and kayaks.
The police patrol boat, which is set to arrive mid-July, will have rescue equipment on it and also be available for mutual aid for fire department rescues. The new police patrol’s goals are safety, presence and enforcement, he said.
The increased boat traffic also creates more noise.
Nate Reigsecker moved from a downtown apartment to the quieter Northside neighborhood because he found it harder to concentrate on his work in the summer, he said. He specifically named the pontoon boats run by River City Ventures and the party atmosphere and music as offenders.
The business, owned by Joey Tippmann, rents out pontoon boats to private parties and takes them along the waters. Recently, Tippmann received a rezoning authorization from the Fort Wayne City Council that will allow him to move his business to 3501 Parnell Ave. and open a restaurant.
Residents of that area, including Reigsecker, have protested because of the boats’ reputation for being noisy. They said at Fort Wayne Plan Commission and City Council meetings it would be too loud for a residential area.
Attempts to contact Tippmann for this article received no response.
More traffic
Berning said he expects to see even more river traffic and people along the rivers as the downtown becomes more developed – as Promenade Park becomes has more activity and if a planned marina gets built in the area where the St. Marys and Bluffton Road meet.
“I don’t know if we’ll ever get crowded. I just know there’s going to be an increase,” he said.
Hall said the problem is “people doing stupid stuff.” It wouldn’t be too crowded, she said, “if everybody cooperated.”
Hall’s employees have continuing problems with riders on personal watercraft creating wakes in the area that will soon have the speed limits, she said. Promenade Park seems to be the place to go if they want to show off, and the riders often flip obscene gestures at her employees when asked to slow down, she added.
Berning confirmed this is an ongoing problem.
“The most issues we’ve had for the last few years is the Jet Skis,” he said.
Wire said he doesn’t think there could be too many boats on the rivers, and the city can’t sell tickets for accessing the waterways. He prefers having safety protocols and police patrols in place.
The types of watercraft also matter. During a Sweet Breeze tour two years ago, he counted 90 canoes and kayaks on the St. Marys, Wire said.
“I would not want to have 90 power boats on the river,” he said.
Overall, he believes more recreational use and more attention for the rivers are good things. It’s what he’s worked for.
“People come up to me and say, ‘Dan, did you ever think we’d get here?’” Wire said. “I say, ‘I hoped.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/rolling-on-the-rivers-the-summit-city-sees-increasing-use-on-its-three-waterways/article_23c5b9ec-f01d-11ed-9d75-23d1c3e7c8fe.html | 2023-05-30T05:57:56 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/rolling-on-the-rivers-the-summit-city-sees-increasing-use-on-its-three-waterways/article_23c5b9ec-f01d-11ed-9d75-23d1c3e7c8fe.html |
Bismarck State College will hold its Explore BSC day on Friday.
Prospective students can explore the campus and program options from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attendees who apply to BSC during the event will have their admissions application fee waived.
For more information and to register go to bismarckstate.edu/ExploreBSC. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/education/explore-bsc-day-set-friday/article_844be5ce-fb4a-11ed-b4e8-2bb7c6061f04.html | 2023-05-30T06:15:41 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/education/explore-bsc-day-set-friday/article_844be5ce-fb4a-11ed-b4e8-2bb7c6061f04.html |
An estimated 45,000 North Dakota children will be eligible for food assistance this summer under a program funded through federal coronavirus pandemic aid.
The Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer program benefits two groups: children ages 0-5 whose households receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, and school-age children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.
The program is run through the state departments of Public Instruction, and Health and Human Services. Online applications are at https://ndsummerebt.nd.gov.
Separately, HHS is urging parents and caregivers to make sure children are current on immunizations before the start of the next school year in the fall.
"Many pediatric and family practice clinics throughout the state are already booking wellness and physical activity appointments into the next few months," the agency said. "Making an appointment now ensures that your child is ready for the upcoming school year."
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North Dakota's sole food bank and the state's Agriculture Department are encouraging farmers, growers and gardeners to donate food through the Hunger Free North Dakota Garden Project.
The effort launched in 2009 encourages anyone in the state with additional fresh produce to make donations to the Great Plains Food Bank or to its partner food pantries, shelters and soup kitchens. A list can be found at bit.ly/3IGHtoO.
“This is a program that impacts so many North Dakotans by connecting those in our state who produce the food that keeps us all fed and gets it into the hands of their neighbors struggling with food insecurity or hunger," Great Plains CEO Melissa Sobolik said.
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One in six people in North Dakota get food from Great Plains. The food bank witnessed a 14% increase in the need for food assistance last year, while donations dropped by 21%. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/food-bank-ag-department-urge-food-donations/article_4056b78e-fb47-11ed-b86e-97851e2f9950.html | 2023-05-30T06:15:53 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/food-bank-ag-department-urge-food-donations/article_4056b78e-fb47-11ed-b86e-97851e2f9950.html |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Funny man Steve Trevino isn't only a comedian but also an advocate for our local veterans.
He's pushing for a VFW for the Gregory-Portland area because currently there isn't one.
"I just want to say what pride I have in the Coastal Bend," he said. "All the men and women that I know have put on a uniform who have gone out there and served this nation, it's absolutely amazing."
Trevino thought he would one day follow in his father's footsteps and serve in the military, but a football injury would prevent that path.
"This was just another way for me to serve, I don't have to put on a uniform to serve, I can do other things," he said.
Trevino teamed up with the nonprofit Helicopters for Heroes. Now, he is offering his voice to start a VFW post specifically for the South Texas community where he grew up.
"It's very hard. These guys need their VFW hall, they need some support and I think bringing awareness, letting Gregory-Portland, who by the way, how many men and women have come out of Gregory Portland to go on and serve," he said.
Currently on his tour across the U.S., Trevino spoke with 3NEWS about how there have been attempts in the past to start a VFW, but none have been successful.
"We've been very lucky, we've gone all the way to the state veterans, VFW committee. We've been told we need x amount of veterans to sign up. Now we've already reached that goal," he said.
Not that long ago, Trevino was headlining the Buc Days Rodeo, and made a stop at the Portland DQ, where he helped sign up people to get on board with the idea.
But the effort is far from over.
"We need to establish our chapter get them organized, establish who the leadership is going to be and then get involved with trying to raise money trying to give back to the community so we can then get the land we need hopefully the building we need," he said.
Trevino told 3NEWS that he is hoping to gain the attention of city and county leaders in an effort to secure the space needed.
At the Portland Veterans Memorial 3NEWS met Arturo Buentello, who was visiting a plaque dedicated to his brother Leonel Buentello, who died while serving in Vietnam.
He said he is grateful for the support of the community who came out to honor the fallen on Memorial day, but he also said veterans need to be recognized every day.
He applauds Trevino's attempt to form a VFW.
"I think its a valiant effort on his part. It's something that is really needed in this community." he said.
To learn more about Trevino's efforts, you can check out his website at stevetrevino.com
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — An unexpected visitor joined swimmers at Huntsville State Park over the weekend.
Alvaro Ruiz shared the video on his TikTok on Sunday showing several people at the park huddled up on a platform out in the middle of the water, but they weren't on the platform just because they wanted to be there.
They were actually trapped because of an alligator in the water.
Ruiz said the swimmers were actually stuck on the platform until park rangers used a boat to bring them to shore.
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PHOENIX — The housing market for most Arizonans can feel like it is moving in molasses. However, for homes well over $1,000,000, prices continue to go up.
“We are probably in the second best year in Phoenix history for the luxury market,” said senior housing analyst with The Cromford Report Tina Tamboer.
On the other hand, homes below a million dollars stay on the market longer than they were during the pandemic.
“In one market you deal with affordability measures, what's the median income, what are the mortgage rates?" said Tamboer. "But then you got the luxury market, it’s less about mortgage rates, it's more about how portfolios are doing.”
The biggest difference between the markets is the impact of interest rates.
While rates have gone up to fight inflation, so has the potential monthly payment for prospective buyers.
However, the luxury market doesn't worry as much about getting a loan.
“When we get into this luxury space, a lot of people pay cash,” said Halpern Residential CEO at North&Co Trevor Halpern.
Halpern walked 12News through a new multi-million dollar Scottsdale home. The 6,800-square-foot home includes 14 feet ceilings, a pool, a sports court, and a wine wall.
“It does feel like you are in the Biltmore, or a JW Marriott, or a luxury resort. It feels warm, inviting,” said Halpern.
Halpern says the sharpest increase in activity and price in the Valley has been in the market where homes are above $1.5 million.
Data from the Motley Fool shows Arizona gained more than 5,000 high earners in one year. That ranked third in the country behind Florida and Texas.
Those high earners drive up demand in luxury areas.
So Halpern said builders are buying older homes on big lots, tearing them down, and building new mansions.
The 6,800-square-foot home shown off by Halpern would be the first of its kind in the nearby area.
If the home makes money, Halpern said it could inspire other builders to do similar things.
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PHOENIX — Last week, 12News covered a story about an Anthem woman whose prized Canon camera was accidentally donated to Goodwill. While she did get the camera back, the SD card was already wiped.
Kelsie Lee told 12News her hopes and memories from the last four months are far from lost, thanks to the continued help of an entire community and information technology guru Christopher Dorez.
"We recovered 1,900 total photos and videos," said Dorez.
Lee was over the moon to get the good news and can't thank the Anthem Community Page on Facebook enough.
"I feel on top of the world. Chris just really set out; he was part of the Anthem Community, that's just big in our neighborhood," she explained.
Dorez recovered months of memories special to Lee after her $3,000 Canon camera was mistakenly given to Goodwill but her understandable and literal cry for help was heard loud and clear, thanks to the social media post.
"When I saw the post on the Facebook page, my heart obviously broke for her because I understand I’ve been there, I’ve lost countless data and photos myself," Dorez added.
While the recovery wasn’t tough for someone with his expertise, the impact was immeasurable; and now the SD card now heading Lee's way.
"I'm just beyond grateful and really excited to get that package in the mail. It's been such a fun and wild ride, and just to see how many people came together and wanted to help, even the couple, they're very private people so for them to share their work and for Canon to send them a camera, it was like a million happy endings. It feels like a wild dream that didn't happen but I'm just so grateful," she added.
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Scottie Scheffler is the frontrunner, but PGA Champion Brooks Koepka isn’t far behind.
The NCAA Division I baseball tournament will have plenty of local representation this year.
PJ Craig (Barnegat H.S.) and Alec Sachais (Holy Spirit) pitched Rider University to a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament championship Saturday in an 18-4 win over Quinnipiac.
Craig got the start and the win. He allowed three runs and struck out four in five innings. Sachais pitched the final four innings, allowing one run and striking out two for his third save of the season.
The Broncs won their second MAAC title in three years and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament.
Ryan Taylor (St. Augustine Prep) hit a two-run single in Penn’s 16-3 win over Princeton to win the Ivy League championship and an automatic bid to the D-I tournament.
Ball State, which includes senior catcher Matthew Rivera (Holy Spirit), won the Mid-American Conference Tournament to earn an automatic bid.
Cohl Mercado (St. Joseph) hit an RBI double in Boston College’s 11-7 win over Virginia Tech in an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament game. Boston College, which includes pitcher Matt Nunan (Ocean City), earned an at-large bid to the tournament.
Kevin Eaise (St. Augustine) struck out four in 1 2/3 scoreless innings in North Carolina’s 10-4 loss to Clemson in the ACC Tournament semifinals. UNC earned an at-large bid to the tournament.
Jack Billings (St. Augustine) allowed three runs and struck out five in 4 1/3 innings and a no-decision in Coastal Carolina’s 7-3 loss to Louisville in a Sun Belt Conference Tournament game. Coastal Carolina earned an at-large bid to the tournament.
West Virginia, whose roster includes pitcher David Hagaman (Holy Spirit), also earned an at-large bid.
Nolan Watson (Southern) went 2 for 4 with a double, two runs and an RBI in Dayton’s 15-4 win over Davidson in an Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament game. He hit a solo homer, tripled and scored twice in a 15-10 win over Saint Joseph’s.
Ryan Weingartner (St. Augustine) singled twice and scored twice for Saint Joseph’s in a 23-8 loss to Saint Louis in an A10 Tournament game. He stole a base and scored in a 4-0 win over Richmond. He hit an RBI single and scored in a 15-10 loss to Dayton.
Jayden Shertel (Holy Spirit) allowed three runs, two earned, and struck out three in 5 1/3 innings in Maryland, Baltimore County’s 3-1 loss to Maine in an America East Conference Tournament game.
In Rutgers’ 9-7 loss to Nebraska in a Big Ten Conference Tournament game, Trevor Cohen (Holy Spirit) got two hits and scored. Jordan Sweeney (Egg Harbor Township) scored twice. Christian Coppola (Cedar Creek) allowed three runs and struck out three in six innings in a no-decision. In a 6-4 loss to Michigan State, Cohen singled twice and drove in a run, and Sweeney hit an RBI single.
Frankie Wright (EHT) allowed two runs and struck out eight in 7 2/3 innings in Wagner’s 8-3 win over Central Connecticut State in a Northeast 10 Conference Tournament game.
Nate Goranson (Millville) singled twice and scored in William & Mary’s 2-1 loss to Charleston in a Colonial Athletic Association Tournament game.
Softball Kaitlyn Riggs (EHT) hit a pinch-hit single in Rowan’s 5-1 win over Randolph-Macon to open the best-of-three Super Regionals. Rowan dropped the next game 3-0. In a 5-3 win over Randolph-Macon to advance to the D-III World Series, Korie Hague (Vineland) singled and drew a bases-loaded RBI walk.
Nicole Ortega (Vineland) got the last two outs and struck out one in Salisbury’s 4-0 win over Lebanon Valley to win a Super Regionals matchup.
Rowan is the No. 6 seed in the eight-team field, and Salisbury is the top seed. The tournament begins Thursday in Marshall, Texas, with Rowan playing No. 3 Trine, and Salisbury facing No. 8 Moravian.
Men’s track and field Miami’s Sincere Rhea (St. Augustine) will compete at the NCAA Division I Championships from June 7-10 in Austin, Texas. Rhea placed fifth in the quarterfinals of the 110-meter hurdles in 13.56 seconds.
Women’s lacrosse The College of New Jersey’s Anna Devlin (Ocean City) wrapped up her career last week with several honors. She was named a USA Lacrosse Magazine first-team All-American, to the IWLCA first-team All-Region (Boardwalk Region) and to the New Jersey Athletic Conference first team. She finished with TCNJ records in draw controls for a single game (14), season (130) and career (345).
Alexis Smallwood (Ocean City) was a member of West Chester, which went 22-1 and lost to Pace on May 21 in the D-II national title game. The sophomore played in 22 games and had 10 goals and six assists.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, scored five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, has five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
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Lehigh's Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
Morgan Weindel, Lehigh Athletics
Lehigh’s Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. The St. Joseph High School graduate from Hammonton leads NCAA Division II with 1,096 rushing yards and 13 TDs. The Panthers are 6-0, the only undefeated team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers celebrates scoring one of his two touchdowns Saturday against Elizabeth City State. He has 13 TDs through six games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
Juan McCall, Virginia Union Athletics
Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. It was his third game of the season with at least 199 yards, as he leads all of NCAA Division II with 1,096 yards and 13 TDs.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV breaks away from would-be tacklers in a 21-0 win over Lycoming on Oct. 8. The Aggies are 7-0 and ranked 14th in the nation by d3football.com .
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV hands off to running back Jay White in 21-0 home win over Lycoming on Oct. 8.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV stiffarms a Stevenson defender in an Oct. 1 game.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV escapes the pocket during the season-opening 22-8 win over Westminster on Sept. 3
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV runs the football against Lebanon Valley on Saturday.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
Suvir Grover for UW Athletics
Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, went 9-2 in the spring at second singles and was named to the United East’s All-Conference second team.
Tyler Schueck, PSU-Berks
Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is 2-0 in each singles and doubles this fall.
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Montclair State defensive lineman Dimitri Pali (6) defends against Kean on Saturday.
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, right, celebrates at a game against Lehigh in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Nov. 10. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, left, dribbles the ball as Penn State’s Jalen Pickett defends in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina on Nov. 18. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Albright College’s Gabby Boggs averaged 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the team’s first six games.
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Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
John Robert Pankratz, Albright Athletics
Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
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Albright College graduate student Gabby Boggs was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year. The Mainland Regional alumna led her team with 14.1 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this fall, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this season, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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Rutgers offensive lineman JD DiRenzo in action against Michigan State on Nov. 12. The St. Joseph High School graduate was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Carolina Panthers on Monday.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts eyes the net during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Boston College's DeMarr Langford Jr., left, and Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts fight for the ball during overtime of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts holds onto a rebound as Boston College's CJ Penha Jr. (24) and Makai Ashton-Langford (11) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) adds two points during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts attempts to score under defensive pressure from Boston College’s Jonathan Noel during the first half of their Dec. 21 matchup. Mutts, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, scored 18 and grabbed eight rebounds in the Hokies’ 70-65 loss.
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Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young sends Justyn Mutts (25) onto the court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen is tackled by Minnesota linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin, obscured, during the second half of the Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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Gary Nagle, top, went 3-0 for Ursinus College at the Manganaro Duals on Saturday. The Middle Township High School graduate’s three wins came by pin, decision and forfeit.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching a milestone she reached playing for Millville High School. On Monday, she was named to the Central Athletics Collegiate Conference honor roll.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, left, a Lacey Township High School graduate, won the 149-pound championship at the NCAA Division III Southeast Regional.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, stands atop the podium following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds this weekend.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, is 16-3 this season following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds over the weekend.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Kean University fifth-year guard Shannon McCoy drives to the basket against William Paterson on Jan. 18. The Barnegat High School graduate scored a career-high 41 points, including 10 of 16 3-pointers, in the 85-70 win.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Marcellus Ross, a St. Joseph High School graduate, scored 17 in Rowan’s win over Ramapo.
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Rowan sophomore Josh Wright, a Cape May Tech graduate, drives toward the basket in a 97-66 win over Ramapo on Saturday. He scored nine points to help the Profs extend their win streak to nine.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson looks to make a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in a 13-8 loss.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson, right, looks for a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in the 13-8 loss.
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Wilkes junior Dawson Tallant, a Middle Township High School graduate, went 4-0 to win the Mideast Futures Tournament on Sunday.
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Lynne Sladky
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) keeps the ball away from Western Michigan's Taylor Williams (33) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2022, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Western Michigan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) defends against Miami guard Haley Cavinder (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) works against Boston College's Maria Gakdeng (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame’s Kylee Watson looks to make a play during a Jan. 1 game agaisnt Boston College in South Bend, Indiana.
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) reaches for a rebound over Pittsburgh forward Liatu King, second from left, during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, runs the bases during a game last fall.
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, seen during a fall exhibition game, He made his collegiate debut over the weekend, going 8 for 11 with a double and six RBIs.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, celebrates winning the third-place bout at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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Widener's Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022.
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Widener's Pat Holden, a Lower Cape May High School graduate.
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Widener’s Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022. In Widener’s 74-69 win over Alvernia in the MAC Commonwealth Tournament final on Saturday, Holden had 12 points, six assists and four rebounds.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, has pitched in 26 games for the Seagulls, including eight starts. She’s 10-1 with a 1.09 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 58 innings.
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Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls last week.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
Chloe Paugh, West Virginia Athletics
West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
Chloe Paugh, West Virginia Athletics
Western Kentucky graduate student Faith Hegh, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .346 (18 for 52) with five doubles, a home run, 10 runs and 12 RBIs.
Steve Roberts, WKU Athletics
Baylor guard Keyonte George (1) looks to shoot under pressure from Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi goes up for a shot while being guarded by Kansas forward Jalen Wilson during a Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinal game Friday in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .302 with nine doubles, nine homers and 27 RBIs in 35 games (24 starts).
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Keegan Ford, a Mainland Regional High School graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Billy Kroeger, an Ocean City High School graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Teddy Grimley, an Ocean City High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Logan Hone, a St. Augustine Prep graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Keegan Ford (19), a Mainland Regional High School graduate, celebrates with his team after scoring the game-winning goal with no time left in a 14-13 victory over Lindenwood.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, is seen in the moments after a race at the Pac-12 Championships this month.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, swims the backstroke during the Pac-12 Championships this month. Lasco is in Minneapolis this week for the NCAA Championships.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, left, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, hugs head coach Amy Deem at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
James Knable, Miami Athletics
Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and a fifth-year senior at Rowan, made the All-NJAC second team this spring.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference second team.
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Dayton University’s Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dayton University's Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, bats against Tennessee on Feb. 25. Watson is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dani Donoghue looks to make a play for Mount St. Mary’s during a March 11 game against Bucknell. The Ocean City High School alumna recently scored six goals in a 15-9 win over Iona. The former Press Player of the Year had a team-leading 28 goals and 32 points through 13 games.
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Dani Donoghue looks to make a play for Mount St. Mary’s during a March 11 game against Bucknell.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary against George Mason.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Laine Walterson, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is fifth on Iona in goals (13) and points (17). She is the daughter of former Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies hockey player Ian Walterson.
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Laine Walterson, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is fifth on Iona in goals (13) and points (17). She is the daughter of former Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies hockey player Ian Walterson.
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Ryan McIsaac in action for Barton College in 2023. McIssac earned two postseason honors.
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Jared Beebe in action for Barton College in 2023.
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Carelle Gonzalez in action for Barton College in 2023.
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Carelle Gonzalez, right, in action for Barton College in 2023.
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Lehigh University senior Emily Cimino (Wildwood Catholic) began Wednesday batting .338 with 14 doubles, two triples, six homers, 39 RBIs and 31 runs for the Mountain Hawks (34-10) this season.
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Lehigh University senior Emily Cimino (Wildwood Catholic) began Wednesday batting .338 with 14 doubles, two triples, six homers, 39 RBIs and 31 runs for the Mountain Hawks (34-10) this season.
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Lehigh University senior Emily Cimino (Wildwood Catholic) began Wednesday batting .338 with 14 doubles, two triples, six homers, 39 RBIs and 31 runs for the Mountain Hawks (34-10) this season.
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Westminster College senior Kasey Clifford at Westminster's Fall Invitational on September 17 at the Avalon Field Club at New Castle (New Castle, Pa.).Credit: Max Robinson
Westminster College senior Kasey Clifford at Westminster's Fall Invitational on September 17 at the Avalon Field Club at New Castle (New Castle, Pa.).Credit: Max Robinson
Westminster College senior Kasey Clifford at Westminster's Fall Invitational on September 17 at the Avalon Field Club at New Castle (New Castle, Pa.).Credit: Max Robinson
Ramapo College junior Colleen Mason, a Southern Regional High School graduate, finished the season with 53 goals and six assists.
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Ramapo College junior Colleen Mason, a Southern Regional High School graduate, finished the season with 53 goals and six assists.
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Vassar College junior Jaden Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games.
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Vassar College junior Jaden Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games.
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Vassar College junior Jaden Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games.
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Barton College baseball’s Keith Gorman was named the Conference Carolinas Co-Coach of the Year last week. Gorman is a former coach and athletic director of both Holy Spirit High School and Cumberland County College.
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Barton College baseball’s Keith Gorman was named the Conference Carolinas Co-Coach of the Year last week. Gorman is a former coach and athletic director at Holy Spirit High School and Cumberland County College.
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The College of New Jersey softball player Elizabeth Gosse was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference first team as well as the NJAC Rookie of the Year last week.
Jimmy Alagna, TCNJ
Kaci Neveling of The College of New Jersey was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference first team last week.
Jimmy Alagna, TCNJ
The College of New Jersey softball player Kaci Neveling was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference first team last week.
Jimmy Alagna, TCNJ
Alec Sachais, a Holy Spirit High School alumnus, earned the save, his third of the season, for Rider University in the MAAC Tournament championship game. Sachais pitched the final four innings of an 18-4 win over Quinnipiac. The senior allowed one run and struck out two.
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PJ Craig, a Barnegat High School alumnus, started the MAAC Tournament championship game for Rider and earned the win. In the 18-4 victory over Quinnipiac, the freshman allowed three runs and struck out four in five innings.
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COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and child care advocates are urging Ohio senators to restore $150 million in child care scholarship funds proposed by DeWine but axed by the Ohio House in the state budget.
Representatives, however, say they agree increased funding for child care is needed but were concerned that the governor’s plan relied on one-time, federal American Rescue Act Plan funds.
The governor’s budget proposals made child care a central tenet of his final term in office and called for an overhaul of services for children in the state. One of the most expensive parts of his plan was a one-time $150 million child care scholarship program for workers in “critical occupations,” in the fiscal year 2024 paid for with ARPA funds.
This wasn’t included in the budget that passed the House with bipartisan support in April. The budget is now before the Senate Finance Committee.
House Finance Committee member Sarah Carruthers, R-Hamilton, said there was a renewed focus on child care in the state as a way to make Ohio a more attractive place to live by partially addressing sluggish education and mental health concerns among kids.
Carruthers said the House ultimately nixed the $150 million program due to its reliance on one-time ARPA funds. With that money, the House wasn’t looking to start programs that couldn’t be continued.
“Once that’s gone, it’s gone,” she said. “We want long term effects. We want this to be a good, sustainable budget.”
Lynanne Gutierrez, chief operating & policy officer for Groundwork Ohio, told the Dayton Daily News that the scholarship program was particularly pertinent as the state still attempts to bring people back to work, but noted that “the long-term problem will require more investment and priority, there’s no way around it.”
The House countered with its own childcare investments. It approved $30 million in childcare infrastructure grants for existing facilities to increase their capacity, particularly in underserved areas with limited childcare access; along with a significant increase toward preschools and early childhood education at $130.3 million per year, an increase of over $62 million a year from the last budget and about $14 million a year from DeWine’s request.
The House also slightly hemmed in a few of the governor’s requests to support early childhood mental health counselors and the state’s Help Me Grow parent support program.
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told Dayton Daily News that he and DeWine are still hopeful that the $150 million scholarship program will be picked up by the Senate.
“This is always a process and I think it’s really important that we just continue to educate the legislators on the ‘why’ — why is this important?” Husted said. “That’s what you do during the legislative process and (it’s) what we continue to do now.”
Senate Finance Committee member George Lang, R-West Chester, said he doesn’t oppose the scholarship program on its face but does oppose the fact that it is only available to those in certain, state-designated “critical” professions like teachers, childcare providers, nurses and first responders. Lang said he opposed when the government “gets involved with picking winners and losers.”
“I would not, however, be opposed to using some ARPA funds for some funding to help people afford to pay for child care, because (it’s) the No. 1 one issue I hear right now in workforce development,” Lang said.
Dan Tierney, spokesperson for DeWine, told the Dayton Daily News that improving childcare will remain a focus for the administration.
“The issue of kids, the issues of the workforce, the issues of supporting moms; all of those were central themes in the governor’s State of the State speech and in the budget he introduced, and child care is certainly at the nexus of all three,” Tierney said.
At a glance:
Here are the budget items related to child care proposed by DeWine and approved by the House:
- Maintaining existing funding systems for child care
- Extending publicly-funded child care access to an estimated 15,000 kids per year. Extended access is expected to cost $101 million per year, which would be paid through federal American Rescue Act Plan funds specifically designated to go toward childcare services.
- Increasing preschool and early childhood education funding.
- Creating the Department of Children & Youth, which would unify most of the state’s services pertaining to children and is seen as a legacy project for DeWine.
Here’s where DeWine and the House differed:
- The House cut out a $150 million child care scholarship program paid for through the state’s flexible ARPA funds that would go toward workers in “critical occupations” making under 200% of the federal poverty level.
- The House also slightly cut back DeWine’s request for more investment in Ohio’s Help Me Grow parent program and mental health professionals for children.
- The House countered by proposing $30 million toward existing childcare centers to increase capacity in underserved areas.
- The House also approved even greater funding for preschools. DeWine proposed $114.2 million per year; House approved $130.3 million. Previous funding was about $68.1 million per year
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Police are investigating after they say a good Samaritan was beaten by a man after trying to stop that same man from allegedly assaulting a woman he had been fighting with moments earlier.
According to the Arlington County Police Department, officers were called to the 2800 block of Wilson Boulevard just before 6:45 p.m. Sunday.
When officers arrived, they spoke with a man who explained he had been walking in the area when he noticed a man and woman arguing. During the argument, the victim said the man tried to assault the woman and when he tried to intervene, the man turned his aggression onto him.
Police say the suspect hit the man multiple times before the victim was able to move away from him. The suspect then reportedly reapproached the man, pushed him to the ground and assaulted him before he was pulled away by the woman and a witness.
The man and the woman left before police arrived and have not been found.
The victim was taken to an area hospital for help and is expected to be OK. A friend of the victim started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the man.
The suspect is described as a man wearing a blue button-up shirt and white pants.
Anyone with information may contact investigators through Crime Solvers at , 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).
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A few dozen people sat on the lawn outside the Hanover County Board of Supervisors chambers ahead of its meeting Wednesday for a “read-in” to read and discuss books that are at risk of being removed from school libraries.
The book banning debate in Virginia is reigniting, with book challenges from parents in Richmond-area school divisions and a Hanover School Board member who wants to remove 17 books from school libraries.
“We’re not banning books. We’re trying to clean things up a little bit,” Cold Harbor District representative Steve Ikenberry said during a May 9 School Board meeting. He named 17 books he said should not be available in schools.
About 29% of the book titles Ikenberry listed are about LGBTQ issues or center queer characters. An April report from PEN America, a national organization dedicated to protecting freedom of expression, shows that 26% of unique titles banned during the first half of the 2022-23 school year nationwide have LGBTQ characters or themes.
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“Maybe not all of you will find these offensive. But I think you will find the majority of Hanover County citizens will find it offensive because it is,” said Hanover School Board Chairman John Axselle III. “It’s not about politics. It’s not about conservative versus liberal. It’s none of that. We’re not saying that.”
The books are more vivid than Playboy, he said.
The list includes “This Book is Gay,” Juno Dawson’s young adult nonfiction book about sexuality and gender, and George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” a series of personal essays about growing up Black and queer.
The books “have zero educational value or suitability, zero, none,” Ikenberry said at the meeting. “They are graphic. Some of them are graphic with pictures, and how to do things that should be only instructed by, in my opinion ... at home.”
The discussion about potentially removing books comes as the Hanover School Board considers a policy change in how it assesses the suitability of books in its school libraries.
“All Boys Aren’t Blue,” which was the No. 2 most banned book last year according to the American Library Association, contains sexually graphic passages including language about receiving oral sex. “This Book is Gay,” which was the No. 10 most banned book last year according to the ALA, contains cartoon diagrams of bodies and provides information about how various sex acts are performed.
Ikenberry’s list of inappropriate books also includes “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, an American classic published in 1970 about an African American girl who grew up in the wake of the Great Depression; the book contains scenes of rape and incest.
Morrison’s work became a flashpoint in Virginia’s 2021 gubernatorial race. Glenn Youngkin, one week before he was elected, released an ad featuring Laura Murphy, a Fairfax County mother who in 2013 launched a campaign to persuade the local school board to ban Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Beloved.” She said at the time that her son, then a high school senior, had nightmares after reading a book assigned to him in his senior Advanced Placement English class.
Murphy’s campaign made its way to the Virginia General Assembly, which passed two versions of a bill in 2016 and 2017 that would have given parents the right to opt their children out of books containing sexually explicit material.
Then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, vetoed both bills. McAuliffe lost the 2021 election for governor to Youngkin.
Youngkin is now working to hold GOP control of the House of Delegates and flip control of the state Senate in the November General Assembly elections.
He released two ads Wednesday focused on his “parents matter” movement. One ad highlighted Virginia Democrats who have opposed the idea of giving parents a greater say in their children’s education. One ad showed McAuliffe at a 2021 debate saying, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach” — a quote that became a turning point in the gubernatorial race.
School libraries were a hot topic during this year’s General Assembly session with several related bills introduced.
A bill that would have let parents bar their own children from access to school library books with graphic sexual content passed the Republican-controlled House, but died in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Legislation that would have required the state Department of Education to create model policies for how school divisions should regulate the selection and removal of books also died in the Senate.
The state education department has no oversight of school library issues, and each local School Board sets its policies.
Virginia State Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons said, “These are local decisions that should be made based on family and community standards and engagement.”
Other books on Ikenberry’s list include “Looking for Alaska,” a bestselling young adult novel by John Green, and Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” a story about a girl from Nepal who is sold into sex slavery in India.
None of Ikenberry’s colleagues at the meeting disagreed with his statements about the 17 books.
In Henrico County, where parents have challenged three books since late 2021, the School Board voted this month to keep copies of Soman Chainani’s fantasy novel “The School for Good and Evil” in middle and high school libraries.
The Shady Grove Elementary School parent who challenged the book wrote in his or her request that the book has no redeeming qualities and promotes the normalization of violence, gore and sexualization.
The parent, whose name was redacted on the form obtained through a public records request, noted “drugs” in the story and referenced a line about a toad puffing a cigar. The parent’s references to violence included quotes about a girl being thrown into an oven, a girl killing a beast and someone killing tadpoles.
The Henrico Public Schools’ instructional materials review committee, in its recommendation to keep the book on shelves, wrote that “empathy was the overarching theme of the novel,” and that the “violence parents point out in the novel is taken out of context.”
A parent in Hanover, Rachel Azurdia, challenged the book “Valiant Ladies” by Melissa Grey earlier this year, and the outcome is pending. In her request to have the book removed from schools, Azurdia wrote that the book promotes “the lesbian lifestyle.”
Hanover Public Schools has been the epicenter of Virginia’s debate over the rights and treatment of LGBTQ students since 2021, with controversy surrounding its policies on what bathrooms transgender students are allowed to use.
The “Valiant Ladies” review is on hold as the School Board considers revisions to its policy on school library books.
The draft proposal, introduced at a board meeting this month, introduces two categories for requests to reconsider books — challenges for “pervasive vulgarity” and challenges for “controversial” material.
The phrase “pervasive vulgarity” is not defined in the draft policy. It mirrors language in a 1982 Supreme Court case opinion that states public schools can ban books that are “pervasively vulgar,” but they cannot remove books “simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books.”
“By using vague language such as ‘pervasive vulgarity,’ this kind of policy paves the way for a broad swath of books to be banned,” said Kasey Meehan, director of PEN America’s Freedom to Read program.
Under the proposed policy, any book challenged under the pervasive vulgarity category would be immediately removed from school libraries.
Policies that mandate that any challenged books be removed from shelves immediately pending review violate procedural best practices from the National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Library Association, which state that a book should remain in circulation while undergoing a reconsideration process.
“Policies that remove books once challenged make it possible for a single parent or single organization in a district to enact a ban on any book simply by challenging it,” Meehan said.
Todd Gathje, an Ashland resident and a lobbyist for The Family Foundation, said the proposed draft policy is a step in the right direction as a means of protecting children from vulgar materials that ultimately impugn what parents may want to teach at home.
“We all need to step back and remember that under Virginia law, parents have the fundamental right to direct the education of their child,” Gathje said in an interview. “And if they feel in any way that their family values are being violated, then they have every right to challenge sexually explicit materials and ensure that it’s not available to their child.”
Gathje said he would also like to see the School Board introduce a reporting mechanism that notifies parents whenever their child checks out a book, so parents can ensure their children are not checking out sexually explicit materials.
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Greenville area street concerts and festivals: Here's what's happening this summer.
You don't have to look far in Greenville County for family friendly, fun activities.
That rings especially true in the summer as our cities and towns feature unique, weekly gatherings in their public spaces.
Annual events like Mauldin's Amp'd Up Fridays and Fountain Inn's Saturday Farmers' Markets have already made their return.
Downtown Greer plays Moonlight Movies on Thursdays, while Simpsonville hosts a music series Saturday nights.
Whether its dancing to jazz music with friends, visiting local animals at the zoo or catching a movie at sundown with the fam, here's a list of spring and summer festivals and events in our area:
Greenville events
∎Downtown Alive: Thursday's through Aug. 31 ― The free concert series will take place every Thursday night at NOMA Square on Main Street. More than half of the 25 acts will be first-time performers, with 18 coming from Greenville. The final show on Aug. 31 will host the winner of the "Gimme a Gig" contest, a season-long battle of the participating bands. Listeners will be able to vote for their favorite performers, with the winner receiving free studio time at Sit-N-Spin and the final stage of Downtown Alive.
∎Main Street Fridays: Friday's through Sept. 29 ― Main Street Fridays also take place at NOMA Square from 5:30-9:30 p.m., hosting a total of 28 bands through the spring into fall. Bands will play two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. Admission is free.
∎Greenville Jazzfest: Saturday, June 3 ― Jazzfest, a free one-day event from 4-10 p.m., will feature food and music to inspire visitors to learn and fall in love with jazz music, which will play at Blues Boulevard, Chicora Alley, Horizon Records and Rainer's Cafe and Bar. The event will be located on 206 S Main Street, from Broad Street to Falls Park Drive.
∎Juneteenth GVL Mega Fest: Saturday, June 17― Juneteenth GVL Mega Fest will be commemorate Juneteenth leadership and unity. Held in the heart of downtown Greenville, it will take place on Main Street between Broad Street and Falls Park Drive. Guest are encouraged to bring blankets and portable chairs for a day of art, music, food, games, live bands and more. Admission is free. Beer and wine wristbands are $1.
∎Zoo Fest: Saturday, June 10 ― Tickets are now on sale for the Greenville Zoo's first all-day family-friendly music festival, Zoo Fest. The fundraising event for the zoo will run from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and will offer live music and fun activities for children. Admission includes ambassador animal encounters and keeper talks, facepainting, kid's crafts, and Snapster photo booth. Food trucks and concessions will offer a variety of food for purchase. Beer, wine and Pepsi products will also be available for sale. Zoo entry fee and stations are credit card only.
∎Southernside's Summer LUAU: Saturday, June 17 ― Greenville's Southernside Brewing Co. is throwing its 2nd Annual Luau from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Admission is free and will include family fun with an inflatable water slide, slip and slide, dunk tank, mechanical shark, face painting and snow cones from The Nomadic Few. There will be live music, and entertainment from South Sea Knife & Flame Dancers along with Hula Dancers. Food will be available.
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Simpsonville events
∎Simpsonville Summer Music Series, Food Truck Rodeo: Thursday's through June 29 ― On June 1, high energy party/event band, Away Team, kicks off the month, with Kami Ocean & The Rhythm, Hot As A Pepper and The Abby Elmore Band also performing. On June 29, passion project Neon Arcadia will wrap up the month's lineup with music that will have you traveling back in time to the 80s. The summer music series will be held at Simpsonville's Amphitheatre at Henrick's Pavilion.
Fountain Inn events
∎Fountain Inn Farmers Market: Saturday's through July 29 ― Fountain Inn will host a farmer's market every Saturday into July 29 from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Attendees will be able to gather fresh, locally sourced foods from sustainable vendors in South Carolina. They will also get to experience unique arts and crafts vendors who create jewelry, handwoven textiles, soap and more.
∎Sounds of Summer: Fridays through July 18 ― Sounds of Summer is a music series that takes place every Friday night into mid-July thrown by the City of Fountain Inn. From 6 p.m.-9 p.m., attendees can enjoy live music in the beautiful Commerce Park venue. The lineup for this year will include Son Del Callao, Ellie Rogers, Off the Record, Sun Dogs, Alex Key, Ashlyn Marie, the Marcel Portilla Band, Fantasy, Synergy Twins, Concealed Damage and the Rhythm City Band.
Mauldin events
∎Amp'd up Fridays Summer Concert Series: Friday's through July 28 ― The Mauldin Cultural Center will host Amp'd Up Fridays, formerly known as Beachin' Fridays, a concert series that will run every Friday night starting at 7 p.m. at the outdoor amphitheater behind the cultural center at 101 E. Butler Road. The free concerts will feature beach music favorites, rock, R&B, pop and more. Food trucks are scheduled to be on site for each show. The final concert on Friday, July 28 will feature a fireworks display sponsored by United Community Bank.
Greer events
∎Freedom Blast: Saturday, June 24 ― Freedom Blast will be held from 6-10:30 p.m. Attendees will enjoy an evening of live entertainment, food vendors offering festival fare, Army vehicles and numerous activities for children. The Freedom Blast fireworks show, accompanied by patriotic music, will start at 10 p.m. at City Park.
∎Moonlight Movies: Thursday's June 8-Aug. 8 ― Watch movies under the stars at the Greer City Park Amphitheater. The Moonlight Movies series is free for families, with pre-show fun and crafts starting at 7 p.m. Movies begin around dusk (8:45-9 p.m.) every Thursday night throughout the summer. Concessions will be available for purchase.
Traveler's Rest events
∎Music in the Park Concert Series: Saturday's through Sept. 28 ― Traveler's Rest's amphitheater at Trailblazer Park hosts the Saturday night event. Check out the mountain views and enjoy the rolling green space for children to run around and play. To relax and enjoy a night under the stars, be sure to bring a blanket and chair. Music starts at 7 p.m. and food trucks begin serving at 6 p.m.
Look for our list of July 4 events soon.
Did we miss your favorite Greenville County summer event? If so, let us know by emailing ntran@gannett.com.
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OCEAN CITY, Md. — A lifeguard shortage is causing concern across the nation. The U.S. Life Saving Association says drowning is the 5th leading cause of accidental death in our country.
Ocean City is offering a signing bonus and competitive pay to get more people to apply for their life guard jobs.
They are offering a $500 signing bonus and a $250 rental housing assistance stipend.
There is a lifeguard test this weekend.
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What to know about New Castle County's approved 2024 budget
- A 5% tax credit to New Castle County homeowners coming next year
- Investments in existing parks and new park projects
- Funds for filling hiring vacancies in police and EMS sectors, and a new vehicle operations course
- $1 million toward a new indoor track facility
The New Castle County Council passed County Executive Matt Meyer's budget for the 2024 fiscal year, with investments in parks and a tax credit for homeowners.
The approved $331,422,408 budget is just under a 4% increase from the current fiscal year. The capital budget totals $75,098,163, including general and sewer fund projects.
Meyer is expected to sign the budget into law in the coming days.
Here are some highlights of the budget.
More:Hiring woes, bike trails, run for governor. A talk with New Castle County Exec Matt Meyer.
5% tax credit for homeowners
New Castle County homeowners will see a slight reduction in their county taxes next year.
According to Meyer, the county has increased its tax reserves by 400% over the past six years. In the face of historic inflation, the reserve will be given back to taxpayers.
The average New Castle County tax bill is around $650 annually, meaning next year homeowners will see a reduction of around $32.50.
"We understand times are tough," Meyer said. "What I hear from people is that everything from eggs to milk to housing costs more than it's ever cost before, and wages for many families across the county are not keeping pace. So we wanted to give this one-time adjustment."
Investments in parks
Next year's budget also included investments in parks across the county including adding 25 new pickleball courts, adding a second turf field to Banning Park and refurbishing older facilities.
Enhancements to Bechtel Park, Brandywine Springs Park and Carousel Park are budgeted for next year as well as $3.6 million to upgrade Delcastle Recreational Park's walking paths and softball fields.
More:A guide to New Castle County Parks and what's new.
Tens of millions are going toward the planning, design and construction of new parks in the county. Included in these plans are a park in Red Lion, parkland on Bethel Church Road, completion of the Commons Boulevard pathway connector and Southern Regional Park.
Aging playground equipment will also be replaced in Powell Ford, Willow Run, Rutledge, Surratte, River Road and Woodland Run Parks.
Funding two new libraries
A budget and timeline have been set for a $44.4 million Newark Library project.
It will include the demolition of the current Newark Library and the design and construction of a new 40,000-square-foot building. The anticipated completion of the library is slated for fall 2026.
An additional $30.57 million is set aside for the construction of another 40,000-square-foot Route 9 community library.
The budget also allocates funds for supporting the county's libraries with programs and services to support community needs and expanding collaboration between schools and local libraries.
Public safety and affordable housing
Community development and housing saw a budget increase of over 150% for next year, as affordable housing woes increase statewide.
Planning and expanding Wilmington's Hope Center's operations as well as managing and funding prospective housing projects to assist lower-income households is included in the budget.
Also included is the rollout of the lead Hazard Reduction Program, which will provide lead remediation to housing units, prioritizing households with children.
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Hiring in the public safety sector has been a concern for Meyer and New Castle County. Both police and emergency medical services should see a bump in funding of around 5% and 10%, respectively, to fill vacancies within each division.
Millions will go toward new equipment for police and EMS workers, and new paramedic stations will be designed.
A $12.7 million influx will go toward a new emergency vehicle operations course for statewide public safety officers to be trained in driving safely. Phase one of this project is expected to be completed this fall.
Other projects in the works
In addition to the boosts in parks, libraries and community services, the budget for 2024 also allocates money for new and continued projects around the county.
- $1 million toward an indoor track facility
- $500,000 toward the Delaware Natural History Museum
- $30,000 funding a Hockessin Colored School documentary
- $15 million into the county's property reassessment
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Wilmington contracts with same tow company despite past problems with practices
- Wilmington has signed a one-year contract with City Towing Services, LLC.
- City Towing has provided towing and impoundment services to Wilmington for several years, and is a party to the federal civil rights lawsuit over the city's towing practices.
- City officials are confident reforms to its towing policies and the contract with City Towing will improve issues drivers and residents have had.
- Parking advocates are less convinced of the reforms solving issues, pointing to how many of the announced changes were already outlined in earlier contracts with tow companies or are required by law.
Wilmington, once again, is contracting with a New Castle-based tow company that has a history of charging drivers for its services despite $0 promises in its bids for city contracts.
Three months after Delaware’s largest city received two bids for its towing and impoundment services, officials announced last week that it signed a one-year contract with City Towing Services LLC, a contractor that has performed these services for Wilmington for years and has been at the center of a federal lawsuit over Wilmington’s parking, towing and impoundment practices.
Mayor Mike Purzycki defended the city’s decision to contract with City Towing, pointing to the business’s low bid as the reason for the New Castle-based company’s selection.
According to the city’s bid results, City Towing bid $0 for both towing and daily vehicle storage. First State bid $160 for each tow and $20 per day for storing the vehicle.
BACKGROUND:Tow company, again, promises $0 storage, tow fees in Wilmington bid. Will city pick them?
Both tow companies are parties to the federal lawsuit, which claims Wilmington allows private companies to tow legally parked cars that have unpaid parking tickets totaling over $200, scrap those vehicles when the outstanding debt is not paid within 30 days, and keep the proceeds.
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City officials promise that changes to Wilmington’s towing practices and revisions to the contract with City Towing will improve an inherently “fraught” system, but critics point out that many of those reforms were already outlined in earlier towing contracts or are required by law.
Institute for Justice attorney Will Aronin, who represents city residents who filed the federal suit against Wilmington in 2021, said the changes announced May 23 aren’t substantially different from what was already required.
“It’s just saying they are going to do a better job of supervising, which they had to do based on the contract and their constitutional obligations, anyway,” Aronin told Delaware Online/The News Journal.
What towing policies did Wilmington change?
The most notable change in the City Towing contract is the extension given to drivers to retrieve their cars. The tow company now must hold a car for 60 days before selling or scrapping the vehicle. Previously, it was 45 days.
The city also promises City Towing will be required to provide notification of plans to take the title of a car to the Wilmington police chief and finance director at least two weeks before pursuing the state process for taking the title.
The business cannot take the car until the police chief or finance director confirms the tow company has held the vehicle for the required 60 days, and it must provide the city with a mailed, certified notice that will be sent to owners of towed vehicles no later than 72 hours after the car is towed.
City Towing must also allow drivers access to the storage lot and their vehicle to obtain personal items from the car 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which attorney Aronin pointed out is already required by law.
Will this solve the towing issues?
Many of these efforts were announced last October and included promises to lower parking ticket fines and improve the ticket appeals process in Wilmington.
Purzycki expressed confidence the reforms would address the issues drivers and residents in Wilmington face.
“We are doing our best,” he said. “I think the things we have done to ensure against the kind of problems we’ve heard of in the past, I think they are going to be better.”
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Parking advocates, however, are less convinced, expressing concern about city officials claiming certain reforms as “new” when those policies and requirements were spelled out in previous towing contracts or were assumed to be performed by city officials as part of contractual oversight.
“Some of this stuff has been in previous contracts,” said Ken Grant, a parking advocate and public affairs professional in Wilmington. “And other stuff it’s like, ‘Wait, you weren’t providing that type of oversight before?’”
Purzycki wouldn’t say why the city has avoided investigating or performing an audit into how many cars are towed and later sold or scrapped by Wilmington’s contracted tow companies.
Since the federal civil rights suit was filed in September 2021, Wilmington has refused to provide information on the number of cars towed and later scrapped or sold using Delaware’s myriad exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act to deny records requests on the basis of “pending litigation.”
Clarity regarding the city’s towing practices and how many cars were sold or scrapped by its contractors may not be revealed until documents are released in the federal suit. That lawsuit, of which Aronin is a lead attorney, remains ongoing, and the parties are undergoing discovery.
“I’m glad to see that the city is responding to our suit by promising to make these badly needed changes,” Aronin said in a news release. “But this doesn’t address the root of the problem. The only way for the towing company to make money is to keep people’s cars and the city is still letting that happen.”
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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — One person is dead after an early morning shooting involving a Pinellas Park police officer, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reports.
It happened Tuesday on 94th Avenue near 50th Street in Pinellas Park.
Deputies said a suspect was killed and the officer was not injured.
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Back in the office? Here's the Brevard County news you might have missed this weekend
So your back in the office after your three-day weekend.
Like many across the Space Coast, you probably unplugged from the world around you. Here are a few of the stories you might have missed this weekend.
Memorial Day: Fallen service members, Gold Star families honored in events across Brevard
Memorial Day for many is just another day off work to spend shopping with family or lounging on the beach.
But for others — especially Gold Star families, those whose immediate family members were killed during military service — it's profoundly personal.
Click here to learn more about Brevard's Gold Star families
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Video:Memorial Day Ceremony at Brevard Veterans Memorial Center in Merritt Island
Service dog graduates alongside teen handler at Viera High
Pint, like many high-schoolers preparing to graduate in 2023, has gone through it all, from virtual school during the 2020 COVID lockdown to field trips and SAT testing.
The one thing that sets Pint apart from other Viera High School students graduating Friday: He’s a 5-year-old, 50-pound Kerry Blue Terrier and the service dog to Jaxon “Jax” Russack-Cradeur.
Click here to read this adorable story courtesy of education reporter Finch Walker
See more photos:Viera High School Graduation
Police: Man found shot dead near Titusville intersection
A man was found shot to death early Saturday morning near a city intersection, police said in a Twitter post.
Titusville Police said in their Saturday post that they responded to a report of a hit-and-run at about 4 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Airport Road and Dixie Avenue. When they arrived, they found a man dead of gunshot wounds.
Click here to read the full story
Report takes NASA to task over multibillion-dollar SLS and Artemis cost increases
A new report released by NASA's independent inspector general took the agency to task this week, challenging the need to overspend – to the tune of billions of dollars – for Artemis program engines and boosters.
In the 56-page analysis released Thursday, auditors said NASA continues to see cost increases and delays related to the two main components of the Space Launch System rocket's propulsion: four RS-25 main engines and two solid rocket boosters. The moon-focused program hopes to land humans on the lunar surface sometime before 2030, and each launch – one already in the books and at least five more planned – will burn through four main engines and two boosters.
Click here to read space editor Emre Kelly's story here.
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Concerts, movies events part of Florida's historic package of sales tax breaks. What to know
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the largest tax relief plan in Florida's history Thursday with $2.7 billion in tax relief covering a wide swath of sales tax items like baby and toddler necessities, disaster preparedness and even recreational items and children's toys.
Click here to learn everything you need to know about the sales tax holiday. | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/brevard-county-memorial-holiday-weekend-news-you-might-have-missed/70267300007/ | 2023-05-30T09:56:35 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/brevard-county-memorial-holiday-weekend-news-you-might-have-missed/70267300007/ |
An Indialantic boardwalk could actually be the latest shot in an eminent domain fight
On its face, a newly proposed elevated beach boardwalk in Indialantic seems like a run-of-the-mill public amenity designed to improve access for residents and tourists alike.
But the boardwalk, tightly squeezed between two beachfront houses, could actually serve as something less seemly: a not-so-subtle jab by a county commissioner, using taxpayer money, at homeowners engaged in a lengthy legal battle with the county.
While public access from the east side of State Route A1A to the beach already exists between the two homes, the elevated boardwalk would be a significant change on what is essentially just a narrow sandy path. The proposal came from Commissioner John Tobia, who wants to use some of the federal money designated to help communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic on the boardwalk.The two homes bordering the access are at the center of litigation over a $54 million beach re-nourishment program by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that's stalled now because the homeowners, which includes Florida Rep. Thad Altman, won't cede their portion of the beach to be used as an easement for the revitalization effort. The county has been attempting to use eminent domain to seize portions of private beach property owned by the group for the past three years.
Between all the homeowners, the land in dispute amounts to roughly two acres. But without seizing the land, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't release the funds for the re-nourishment of beaches that have been drastically eroded as a result of multiple powerful hurricanes scraping the coast in recent years.
The back story:Eminent domain case over private beaches ropes in Rep. Thad Altman
Beach recovery:Brevard County Commission delays moving $1 million in tourism money for beach erosion
More beach news:Brevard County moves to shift cost of lifeguard protection to municipalities
The county won its first eminent-domain lawsuit brought against the homeowners but it was overturned in an appeal. Brevard County then filed a second lawsuit, which it abandoned before re-filing again earlier this year. For now, the eminent domain case remains entangled in legal limbo.
Altman and the other homeowners in court documents have said the county is attempting to seize more land than is necessary to complete the project.
County leaders have said Brevard is not seeking ownership of the land itself but a long-term easement that would allow it to build back the beach and replenish sand stolen by natural erosion and recent storms. The homes in question sit on the already vulnerable 7.8-mile stretch between Patrick Space Force Base and Indialantic that the county needs access to in order to combat erosion along Brevard’s “Mid Reach” beaches. Although the case remains in limbo now, the issue still remains open.
This Tuesday county commissioners voted unanimously to seek public input on the elevated boardwalk. That means letters would be sent to all homeowners in the area to get feedback on whether a boardwalk would be a good addition for the area, which sits in District 5, an area currently unrepresented after Kristine Zonka's departure earlier this year to take a state Department of Health job. Tobia said he would use his district's discretionary federal COVID relief funds to pay for the project, which is outside of his district, if it ultimately goes forward. For now, the project remains in only the preliminary stages. County commissioners decided in 2020 to allow each commissioner $5 million in federal relief funds for projects that met federal guidelines.
In addition to the boardwalk itself, the new amenities would include showers, bike racks and sea turtle-safe lights, amounting to around $150,000 to $300,000, according to Tobia. "As there is no District 5 commissioner currently, I thought it would be pertinent to seek input from the local residents," Tobia said. Letters will be sent to all residents within 500 feet of the access point for input. Many of those residents live outside of the area under dispute and on the other side of State Road A1A and could benefit from an improved beach access in the area, Tobia said.
Altman is in the unique position of being a state legislator at legal odds with the county while also running for a seat on the county commission. The long-time Republican politician was a county commissioner between 1984 and 1992 and, if he wins, could return next fall to represent District 5, placing him in the awkward position of being a part of the body with which he's battling in court. Altman did not respond to a request for comment on this story after multiple phone calls. Phone calls placed to the homeowners on either side of the potential boardwalk could not be reached by telephone as of Friday morning.
Altman and the other landowners, including a private investment company and an executive for a Canada-based engineering consulting firm, have balked at parting with their properties for the project.
They have maintained in court documents that the county has not adequately explained what impact the construction could have on their nearby homes and argued the action – which would force them to give up control over parts of their property – is seeking more land than it needs for the project.
Ben Wilcox, research director and co-founder at Integrity Florida said ethics statues would likely not apply to a case like this and that using government to spite the homeowners currently fighting government isn’t necessarily illegal under the law as it’s written.
“When you look at misuse of office statutes, it would require there to be some sort of personal benefit,” Wilcox said. “It doesn’t appear to violate ethics law. But it’s in the eye of the beholder whether it’s ethical for this official to be doing this kind of action.”
“Ethics law is all about grey areas,” he added. “What appears to be unethical to these homeowners in this case it just doesn’t meet the statutory requirements for misuse of office.”
Tobia, who put the project on this past Tuesday’s meeting agenda, said he did so with only one goal in mind: to increase access to the beach.
“My motive is to provide more beach access to the constituents who live beachside that would be safe from traffic and the important sea life in that area,” he said. “To be clear, there’s already access there.”
District 4 Commissioner Rob Feltner, whose district includes nearby Indian Harbour Beach, said anything the county can do within reason to increase accessibility of the beaches is a net positive for residents. "When there's an issue like increasing access to the beach, I am going to support that most times," Feltner said "Our beaches are a public good. It's not all paid for by a small group of people. It's an asset of the county and should be available to everyone."
Tyler Vazquez is the Brevard County Watchdog Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Vazquez at 321-917-7491 or tvazquez@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @tyler_vazquez | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/indialantic-beach-boardwalk-target-homeowners-brevard-county-eminent-domain-case/70257365007/ | 2023-05-30T09:56:41 | 0 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/indialantic-beach-boardwalk-target-homeowners-brevard-county-eminent-domain-case/70257365007/ |
Help at a community orchard, at Get Outdoors Day or with Walk with a Doc program
The City of Bloomington Volunteer Network is your source for information about volunteering locally. For a complete listing, visit BloomingtonVolunteerNetwork.org or call 812-349-3433. The inclusion of an organization in this list does not imply City endorsement or support of the organization’s activities or policies. Information and registration information for the following opportunities can be found online at BloomingtonVolunteerNetwork.org.
MCPR Orchard volunteer event: work and learn
Do you love fresh fruits and want to learn how to grow and care for them? If so, join Monroe County Parks and Recreation naturalist/garden manager Autumn Brunelle and expert orchard volunteer, Dr. Aaron Ellis, at the Will Detmer Park community gardens on Sunday, June 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. Volunteer attendees will learn how to properly mulch trees, manage fruit trees, encourage fruit growth, and even ID and take preventative measures against orchard pests. Volunteers will also get to test out their new knowledge by getting hands-on by assisting the orchard caretakers in mulching, fruit thinning, fruit bagging and searching for pests! This is a great opportunity to give back to the community, learn new skills, meet other like-minded volunteers and have a fruitful time. Don’t miss it! All tools will be provided. Please wear closed-toed shoes and bring plenty of water! Sign up today at https://tinyurl.com/orchard-volunteers. Questions? Contact Autumn Brunelle at abrunelle@co.monroe.in.us.
Get Outdoors Day volunteers
Get Outdoors Day is a free, open-house-style event where people can come to learn about local outdoor opportunities. Stop by the Pavilion Lawn at Switchyard Park on Saturday, June 10, to try a new outdoor activity or introduce your family to favorites like hiking, paddling, and birdwatching. Spend some time outside planning for your next outdoor adventure! Volunteers are needed to assist with event setup from 9 a.m. to noon and teardown from noon to 3:30 p.m. Volunteers 16 years and older are welcome, volunteers under the age of 18 must have an Underage Waiver of Liability signed by a parent or guardian and must bring it with them when they arrive for their shift. To learn more visit https://tinyurl.com/get-outdoors-volunteers. For additional information or questions, contact Rebecca Swift at rebecca.swift@bloomington.in.gov.
Coordinator/media promoter
Are you interested in promoting health in our community? Are you able to navigate social media and have access to a computer and telephone? The new local Walk with a Doc program needs a coordinator to schedule walks with volunteer doctors and "walk assistants" and to get the word out about the walks on local and social media. This opportunity is suited to someone who is computer-savvy and knowledgeable about how to get the word out about local Walk with a Doc events that take place at Switchyard Park. This remote volunteer opportunity will require approximately 4-8 hours a week. Interested? Read more and sign up today at https://tinyurl.com/coordinator-media-promoter. For questions or more information contact Dr. Mary Mahern at mdmahern@comcast.net.
Community Wish List Spotlight
Materials for the Arts Wish List
The Materials for the Arts (MFA) program provides recycled and re-purposed materials for creativity projects. The MFA program is open to nonprofit groups including churches, schools, shelters, and also artists and volunteers working on community projects. The MFA is designed to serve groups in Monroe County, however, groups from outside of Monroe County may trade items, but please call in advance for details.
Donations: The Materials for the Art's normal hours of operation are Thursdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., or by appointment with a 24-hour prior notice. Masks are not required but are appreciated and requested. Donations can be delivered to 3400 S. Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47401. NOTE: Please call ahead to determine what days/times Mary Hunter is available to receive them.
For more information contact: Mary Hunter at 812-349-2022 or mhunter@mcswmd.org.
Featured Wishes: bingo gifts for the elderly and disabled, material/assorted, sewing supplies, craft/school supplies, household items, craft items, art supplies, items to set up a home, and more.
View their complete Wish List online at: https://tinyurl.com/MFA-wish-list
You can find current in-kind, material needs on the year-round Community Wish List at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org/communitywishlist. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/bloomington-orchard-get-outdoors-day-walk-with-doc-events-need-help/70260625007/ | 2023-05-30T10:00:05 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/bloomington-orchard-get-outdoors-day-walk-with-doc-events-need-help/70260625007/ |
Remember the law that limited duplexes? Here's how many have been approved and where.
A local law, passed after emotionally charged multi-day debates with accusations of racism and classism, has so far had a negligible effect on neighborhoods and housing affordability.
Here’s what the law intended, why proponents thought it was a good idea and why some local residents, including former Mayor Tomi Allison and likely future mayor Kerry Thomson, totally or partially opposed it.
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When did the city adopt the local law?
The Bloomington City Council passed the law about two years ago after six days of debates, involving hundreds of commenters and took, in total, about 26 hours. The shortest of these meetings was just under four hours. During one meeting, nearly 100 people provided comments.
What does the law do?
The law allows for the creation of up to 15 duplexes per year in the city’s R1, R2 and R3 zoning areas, which are dominated by single-family homes, though it restricts just how many can be built in close proximity. Triple- and quadplexes are allowed in very limited areas.
Why was passing the law so contentious?
The law now allows property owners and homeowners to build duplexes — with permission from the Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals — where only single-family homes were once permitted.
Proponents of the bill generally argued the change was needed because of high local housing prices and low local housing supply. Adding additional housing units to the city, proponents believe, would enable more people to live here and put a downward pressure on housing prices.
According to an analysis provided by the Monroe County Treasurer’s office last month, local homeowners this year saw their property tax bills rise by an average of 22.2%.
However, many established homeowners feared investors with deep pockets would swoop into Bloomington, buy lots of single-family homes and flip them into duplexes so they could rent apartments to up to six college students. Opponents also worry about traffic, noise, infrastructure and changing the character of their neighborhood.
Mayor John Hamilton, planning officials and some residents, including a group called Neighbors United, said they believed the proposed changes would address some long-standing problems regarding housing equity, affordability and sustainability. Opponents, including a blog/group called Stop Bloomington Upzoning — now called The Dissident Democrat — said the proposed changes were targeting the wrong neighborhoods for increased density and may actually worsen the existing equity and affordability problems.
Comments by council members and local residents sometimes became emotionally charged, with one opponent saying the city’s plan was “dangerous,” and another saying the law would open the floodgates for investors who would swoop in, buy a bunch of single-family homes and flip them into high-priced rental duplexes.
Meanwhile, a proponent said limiting the number of duplexes locally was just “one more way to limit who we live next to and who we don’t live next to," with another saying that zoning had long been a cudgel for racists.
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How many new duplexes have been approved since then and where are they?
The city has approved three:
- 110 S. Roosevelt St.: The property has a new duplex on it. According to the local GIS system, Carl W. Lohnkamp sold the property for $110,000 on Feb. 11, 2022, to 110 Cottages LLC. That company was formed in January 2022, according to the Indiana Secretary of State’s office. The company’s registered agent is James F. Bohrer, partner with law firm Clendening Johnson & Bohrer, which has an office in Bloomington.
- 2408 E. Seventh St.: Zoning Planner and GIS Analyst Karina Pazos said the property owner plans to turn the existing home into a duplex and plans to occupy part of the structure. According to the GIS system, the owner, Daniel P. Medford, bought the property in 2015 for $212,000.
- 2304 N. Martha St.: This is a vacant lot with a steep dropoff and many trees. The owner plans to build a duplex to be used for rental units, Pazos said. According to the GIS system, the owner, Martha Street LLC, bought the property on March 17 for $125,000 from Jeffrey L. Gladson, who had owned it since the 1990s. According to the Indiana Secretary of State’s office, Martha Street LLC was created on March 7 by local real estate agent Angie Figg.
Pazos emphasized there is no owner-occupancy requirement for local homes, including duplexes. And, she said, owners can always change their mind about whether they want to live in their new duplex — or not.
Who supported the bill, who opposed it?
The most prominent supporter of the local law was Mayor John Hamilton. In public comments at the various meetings, supporters generally skewed younger and were more likely to be renters. Opponents tended to be older homeowners.
That split among commenters mirrored, in large part, the split on the city council. The younger members supported the bill while it was rejected only by older homeowners, though the law received support from a majority of current Bloomington City Council members.
People who at least partially opposed the law included Bloomington City Council members Dave Rollo, Ron Smith and Susan Sandberg, former and probable future city council member Andy Ruff, former city council member Jeff Richardson, Monroe County Plan Commission President Margaret Clements, former Bloomington Mayor Tomi Alison and likely future mayor Kerry Thomson.
Rollo said the new law amounted to the “most massive (zoning change) in decades.”
Thomson, the Democratic candidate for mayor in the fall election, chimed in on the law on at least two of the days on which it was being discussed. On May 6, 2021, Thomson said developers would build duplexes with a target of garnering $6,000 per month in rent.
“These duplexes, without affordability guidelines, will go to students,” said Thomson, a former CEO for Habitat of Humanity of Monroe County.
More:Kerry Thomson wins Democratic primary and will likely be Bloomington's next mayor
Caution vs. irrationality
Some of the commenters at the public meetings in 2021 poked fun at the logical fallacies that were being presented. For example, Eoban Binder, who lives in a single-family home in Bloomington, said he has lived in a duplex and promised he was not a drug dealer, though he thought many young people might be considering such a career given the area’s low wages and high property prices.
Some commenters also were quite prophetic: City council member Stephen Volan and Binder said allowing for the creation of more duplexes would have little to no impact on the city.
Binder said the law’s overall impact on housing affordability would be small, simply because the scale of the housing problem is so big. Nonetheless, he said, any duplex that gets built will be “life-changing” for the families that get to live in the unit.
Other speakers, however, cautioned that given the uncertain effects of the zoning changes, it was prudent to exercise caution.
Charles Trzcinka, a finance professor and James W. and Virginia E. Cozad Chair of Finance at Indiana University, said there was little evidence to suggest which of the two sides was going to be correct.
"This means that the strong opinions that people have, including my own, are based on nothing but guesses. … When you’re in this kind of position, … it is intelligent and safe to move ahead slowly," he said.
Volan disagreed, saying the city had actually deregulated housing in 2020, and that the evidence showed that investors were not flocking to Bloomington to turn single-family homes into quadplexes.
“Where are the profiteers?” Volan asked.
The evidence from that experiment, he said, simply underscored the difficulty of building affordable or attainable houses in Bloomington.
The fears of the opponents, Volan said, were simply “irrational.”
Why hasn’t there been more interest in building duplexes?
Senior Zoning Planner Eric Greulich said people struggle to make the math work in a project that involves buying a property with a house and then flipping it into a duplex.
“To get those numbers to work is very hard,” he said.
Out-of-town businesses who want to maximize their return are not looking to build a few duplexes on single-family lots because they want to do hundreds of projects, he said.
Meanwhile, Jacqueline Scanlan, development services manager for the local planning department, said at a recent city council meeting that if the city tweaked the law, planners likely would get more inquiries about duplexes.
The law currently requires that property owners who want to build a duplex obtain approval from the Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals. Scanlan said uncertainty and confusion about the process likely deters people from pursuing the creation of more duplexes.
She said if the law were changed to simply allow property owners to build duplexes without BZA approval, the city likely would see more interest in their creation. In 2021, the planning department had proposed that duplexes be allowed without BZA approval, but the council added the BZA hurdle.
Scanlan said recently the overall effect of the law and reason behind why more people are not taking advantage of it is still difficult to determine given that the law was passed only two years ago.
“It’s still kind of early,” she said.
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The Anti-Defamation League will host a “Words to Action” program in Margate next month to teach students and adults how to respond to instances of antisemitism.
The program comes following a spike in antisemitic incidents nationwide and several flares of hate acts targeting the local Jewish community.
Randi Boyette, senior associate regional director of education for ADL Philadelphia, said the program was meant to create a comfortable environment to discuss antisemitic incidents. Through these conversations, Boyette said, students, parents and guardians can prepare themselves to respond to bigotry they might encounter in their community.
“ADL’s Words to Action program is designed to create a safe space for program participants to share their feelings about the antisemitism they may have already experienced, as well as providing productive ways to challenge antisemitic comments and address incidents in the future,” Boyette said.
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The program will be held June 11 at the Milton & Betty Katz Jewish Community Center. It will feature two sessions, with one tailored to students from sixth to 12th grade and another meant for parents and guardians. Facilitators from the ADL will help guide conversations and discuss response strategies.
Rabbi Jonathan Kremer of Shirat Hayam in Ventnor said the rise of bigotry toward Jews has posed a challenge to a community that is "tired of being challenged all the time." He said students and mentors need events such as these to learn how to respond to hate and avoid amplifying prejudiced messages.
"I think there's a difference being challenging and giving them a bigger voice," Kremer said.
Kremer said that while bullying was stereotypically thought of as a problem concerning boys, bigotry toward Jews has a much wider reach.
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"It's school kids and likely their parents," Kremer said.
Rabbi Michael Feshbach, of Beth Israel in Northfield, said events such as the ADL program were a much needed response to an increasingly urgent problem. Feshbach recalled a time when students would seem less attentive to lessons about antisemitism, thinking it a history lesson losing relevance in their lives. He said the recent growth in hate incidents has made the lessons a frightening reality for students.
“The sad fact is … there has been a visible, violent surge in incidents of antisemitism and hate crimes in general,” Feshbach said.
The annual ADL antisemitism audit found 3,697 reported antisemitic incidents throughout the United States in 2022, up 36% from 2021 and the highest total on record since the ADL began its audit in 1979. A record has been set for antisemitic incidents in the ADL audit in three of the past five years. New Jersey alone saw 408 antisemitic incidents in 2022, which was the third highest in the U.S.
These acts of hate are reverberating inside what are meant to be secure locations, such as schools and synagogues. There were 589 antisemitic incidents targeting and occurring at synagogues, Jewish schools and Jewish community centers in 2022, which amounted to a 12% increase over 2021. Included among those incidents were 86 acts of vandalism, nine assaults and 91 bomb threats. Antisemitic incidents inside non-Jewish elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. rose 49% in 2022, while antisemitic incidents on college campuses rose 41% to 219.
Feshbach said students react differently to antisemitism, with responses ranging from shame and attempts to hide their identity to anger to pride. Invariably, however, Feshbach said being the target of hate is damaging to a student’s psyche.
“It erodes a sense of safety and place in the world,” Feshbach said. “It sends a message that you are ‘other’ and ‘different from.’”
Reflecting on possible response strategies, Kremer said children should consider interrogating a bully's motives and self-destructive behavior.
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"What's the benefit to you of hating me or them or 'the other?'" Kremer said. "What's the satisfaction other than trying to stoke terror or fear?"
Boyette said these statistics may even understate the magnitude of the crisis.
“What we know about school incidents is that they are vastly under-reported,” Boyette said. “Given these alarming numbers, the need to have conversations about antisemitism with students and their family members is critical.”
As antisemitism metastasizes across the country, symptoms are manifesting in the state and locally in a series of incidents. In August, antisemitic flyers were disseminated throughout Brigantine by the Goyim Defense League, a prominent antisemitic hate group.
In November, the FBI issued a warning to all New Jersey synagogues after a man allegedly posted a text on social media calling for an attack, citing his motive as “hatred towards Jews.”
The threat of antisemitism has motivated new responses in the community.
After the flyering incident, Brigantine residents gathered at the Brigantine Community School for an anti-hate rally. The event was hosted by former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy and former U.S. ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg and featured city officials and leaders from several religious groups.
There are also ongoing efforts at local schools to confront antisemitism. Margate Superintendent Audrey Becker said there was an antisemitic bullying incident at Eugene Tighe Middle School earlier this year. While calling the event an “isolated incident,” Becker said the Margate school district was continually expanding its efforts to combat antisemitism. She said Margate schools conduct programs throughout the year to encourage tolerance and prevent bullying. She cited an assembly the district held featuring a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors speaking to students.
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“We work really hard to create a positive environment for all our district and families,” Becker said.
The district is also partnering with the ADL to launch a “No Place for Hate” program, a “student-driven” initiative that involves the whole school community in combating prejudice, according to the program’s website. Becker said the program would complement other efforts in the district to combat hate.
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GREENSBORO — A new group is leading efforts to convert the former Regency Inn & Suites into housing for the homeless.
The city will enter into an agreement with Step Up on Second, a California-based nonprofit, which says it’s “committed to staying in the deal for a very long time.”
Step Up is buying the former motel from Partnership Homes and has committed to developing 150 housing units for people who are homeless in Greensboro within three years, according to the city. The motel has been used for emergency winter housing, but needs extensive renovations.
Under the agreement, Greensboro would offer forgiveness — after 20 years — of a $3 million loan that is secured by the property. The loan was previously paid to Partnership Homes to buy the former motel at 2701 N. O.Henry Blvd.
The city also agreed to pay Step Up $1 million to provide case management for those the nonprofit ends up housing.
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“We have the need for a few hundred beds right now,” Mayor Nancy Vaughan said.
At a work session last week, Step Up President and CEO Tod Lipka said the nonprofit would partner with private equity firms to renovate the Regency Inn as well as the Oaks Motel at 1118 Summit Ave.
The city’s agreement does not specifically mention the Oaks, but it indicates that the Regency would be renovated to provide 57 housing units.
Lipka said the $3 million cost to renovate the Regency would be borne by another group that is partnering with Step Up.
“We are a full-scope mental health agency, and we’re also a housing developer,” Lipka told council members. “We have about 25 of these projects and we really specialize in motel conversions.”
He said the organization has a 98% retention rate for keeping people housed at least a year.
According to Lipka, property managers would live onsite and a case manager would be assigned to every 20 clients.
While the city would fully fund case management for the first three years, Lipka said Step Up would pursue Medicaid certification to pick up much of this cost in subsequent years.
“Now with Medicaid expansion, it opens up tremendous possibilities for supporting projects like this,” said Michelle Kennedy, the city’s director of Neighborhood Development.
Officials have asked Guilford County to kick in a $1 match for every $2 the city spends on a per client basis.
The city also has requested the Greensboro Housing Authority for vouchers to support rents among the 57 studio units.
If no funding is provided for case management and/or housing vouchers during the 20-year timeframe, the city could only recover a percentage of its $3 million investment under the agreement.
Councilman Zack Matheny praised the city’s staff for “surprisingly getting me comfortable with the overall game plan of how this is going to be structured and worked.”
Lipka said he and his partners are invested in the goal of eliminating homelessness.
“We want this to be long-term housing.” | https://greensboro.com/news/local/homeless-greensboro-regency-inn-housing/article_ff5e7862-fbef-11ed-843b-574ba2e6428f.html | 2023-05-30T10:16:50 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/homeless-greensboro-regency-inn-housing/article_ff5e7862-fbef-11ed-843b-574ba2e6428f.html |
KERNERSVILLE—A cool, gray Monday morning greeted the hundreds of attendees for the annual Memorial Day commemoration at Carolina Field of Honor.
Although they were blessed with a one-hour respite from the rainy and dour conditions, most said the weather would not have deterred them from paying their respects, praying and weeping for the fallen, and renewing friendships among military veterans spanning nine decades of war and occupation.
The Carolina Field of Honor centers on an obelisk that rises over a fountain and pool and is surrounded by monuments representing the branches of the armed services. One of the ways the grassroots project has been funded is through the sale of paver bricks that bear the names of veterans.
Steven Bennett, a 21-year military veteran who served in operations involving Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, said he attends the annual event to honor friends he gained during his four tours.
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“It comes from more than a sense of duty,” Bennett said. “I’m here to pray for my brothers and sisters, those who didn’t make it home, or bear the scars of what they did over there.”
Bennett said that when it comes particularly to war, “if you forget your history, you’re doomed to repeat it.”
“Since only about 1% of the population have served in the military, it leaves very few to remember,” he said. “Just like there were problems in the Vietnam War, there were problems in the last two wars, not with the soldiers, but with the politicians.”
Respecting the call
Al Stewart Jr., the keynote speaker, focused his speech on honoring the bravery of military veterans and separating their call to duty from what he termed the lies and manipulations of presidents and U.S. military leaders.
Stewart is a former U.S. Airborne-Ranger sergeant and a Night Hawk gunship gunner during the Vietnam War. He has served several tours as an advisor to soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon since his retirement as a Greensboro Police Department assistant chief.
Much of Stewart’s speech represented his view on how the U.S.’ anti-communism political fervor got the military involved in Vietnam and kept them there through two Democrat and two Republican presidential administrations.
He said he consumed books and articles representing as many different perspectives as he could find and determined that “every president ... lied to us about the war.”
“I concluded that it was a misguided and failed event that cost our nation over 58,000 lives and many times that more wounded.”
Stewart cautioned “not to take my view on the war as a slight against our veterans.”
“I’m proud that I served, proud that served with great people, and our veterans need to be appreciated,” he said. “Veterans did what they were told to do, went where they were told to go. They should be proud of their service ... and most of our country served honorably in that war.”
Meanwhile, Stewart said veterans were handcuffed during military actions by politicians thinking more about reducing costs than achieving victory.
Stewart said the U.S. military has failed at times to learn hard lessons, comparing the withdrawal from Vietnam to the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“We failed in Iraq, we failed in Afghanistan, and it was all because of politics,” Stewart said.
Stewart stressed that he doesn’t take offense — as some veterans might — when someone tells him “Happy Memorial Day” as part of their enjoying a three- or four-day break from work.
“It’s a solemn event, not a happy event, like you may say ‘Happy Veterans’ Day,” Stewart said. “It may be a matter of protocol, just like some one you saluted during the National Anthem and some put their hand over their heart.
“The fact that you are here tells me you are a patriot and you support the military.
‘A piece of Adam’
Americans live in peace, pursue dreams and enjoy freedoms “because of Americans who put country before self and made the ultimate sacrifice,” said Rob O’Hanlon, former chairman of Carolina Field of Honor board.
O’Hanlon said Memorial Day and Veterans Day commemorations at Carolina Field of Honor provide a sense of shared sacrifices on hallowed grounds for local military veterans, whether in their 20s or their 90s.
O’Hanlon shared a story “that will stay with me forever” of a serendipitous encounter between Kevin Lucas, a Gold Star dad whose 20-year-old son, Marine Lance Corporal Adam Lucas, died during a 2006 military operation in Iraq and a Marine veteran.
O’Hanlon and Lucas were attending a Vietnam Moving Wall presentation April 29 in Kernersville. Lucas was wearing a sweatshirt representing the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines that had listed on the back the 17 Marines who died during that 2006 deployment.
The first veteran displayed a red 3rd Battalion 8th Marines tattoo on his arm, which caught Lucas’ attention as Lucas’ sweatshirt caught the eye of the veteran.
When Lucas told the veteran that his son had served in the battalion, O’Hanlon said the veteran “froze” and then said with tears in his eyes that he had served with Adam Lucas.
“He said, ‘Sir, I knew your son. I was serving with him on that deployment, serving with him when he was killed,’” the veteran said, according to O’Hanlon.
“Folks, I cannot tell you what was going on in our hearts and our minds at that point,” O’Hanlon said. “They embraced each other, tears were flowing from everybody. It was as if Kevin had a piece of Adam to hug, and this Marine had a Gold Star father to hug and to mourn the death of a fallen Marine brother.”
More than Daddy
James Rackley of Greensboro, a 20-year veteran with the N.C. National Guard and an Apache helicopter pilot, brought his wife and five children to the Memorial Day event. Rackley served two deployments to the Middle East.
“I’m here to show my family what this country means to us and see the heritage of those who served before us, fought, bled and died for our freedoms,” Rackley said. Both his grandfather and father also served in the military.
“I think my children understand my service,” Rackley said. “They are probably more involved with my service than I was with my dad and his service.
“We try to take them to events like this to make sure they understand why Daddy has to leave and go for training or deployments.
“I want to pass along that lineage, that it’s not just Daddy who loves this country, but all kinds of people from different branches and different generations,” Rackley said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/im-here-to-pray-for-my-brothers-and-sisters-sense-of-duty-respect-leads-hundreds/article_b536e8da-fe67-11ed-9d22-730526e8e60f.html | 2023-05-30T10:16:57 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/im-here-to-pray-for-my-brothers-and-sisters-sense-of-duty-respect-leads-hundreds/article_b536e8da-fe67-11ed-9d22-730526e8e60f.html |
5:40 a.m. - Virginia State Police say this crash is deadly. 10 News has a crew on the way.
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Traffic is being detoured off Interstate 81 northbound at exit 118 in Montgomery County. Traffic will move onto Route 11 to bypass a crash.
The interstate will be closed for an extended period of time according to Virginia State Police who tell 10 News this is a multiple vehicle crash, involving two tractor trailers and four passenger vehicles.
There are multiple injuries according to police.
As of 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, backups were reported to be at least 1.5 miles and traffic was at a standstill.
This comes after Interstate 81 was shut down Monday afternoon in Montgomery County due to multiple crashes.
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When Paul Martin and his wife recently treated themselves to a night out at The Boathouse at Short Pump Town Center, they were surprised when they were charged an automatic 20% service charge.
“It turned out to be the most expensive restaurant bill I’ve ever had at nearly $300,” Martin said.
Many diners in the Richmond area have been seeing similar charges on their restaurant bills.
A service fee is automatically added to the restaurant bill, pre-tax, by the restaurant. The service fee is typically 18% to 20%, locally. The service fee is often pooled and distributed evenly among the staff, from dishwashers to bartenders.
But there is confusion with these fees. Patrons are often told they can tip on top of the service fee for exceptional service. Also, restaurant owners have the flexibility to use service fees however they like, which means the server does not always get the full 20%.
“For the most part, (the addition of service fees at restaurants) is to defray the massive increase in their labor and food costs,” said Eric Terry, president of the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association. “The reality is that their costs have grown dramatically in the last two to three years.”
Regardless, the experience left a bad taste in Martin’s mouth, as it does for many restaurant patrons.
Martin said he does not plan to return to The Boathouse or to any other restaurant with an automatic service charge.
Other fees are also starting to pop up on restaurant bills, such as credit card fees of 3% for patrons using credit cards, or take-out fees of $1 to $2 to pay for paper bags, containers and utensils.
“Going out to eat is starting to feel like booking an Airbnb. You order two $10 sandwiches and the bill turns out to be $40,” said Austin Stokes of Richmond. “Getting slapped with all types of fees at the end of a meal definitely dampers the experience.”
Many diners are left wondering: What are these fees? Why are they being added? Where do they go? And should I tip on top of a service charge?
Why service fees are being added
Service fees started gaining traction locally after the pandemic, when restaurants were struggling with the impact of COVID-19, being shuttered for months and facing myriad challenges when they reopened.
Staffing shortages, the increase in the minimum wage, inflation, supply chain issues and an industry shift toward providing employment benefits and a living wage are just a few of the many challenges restaurants are confronting.
The LX Group, which manages Kabana Rooftop, Switch and Nama, has instituted an 18% service charge at its restaurants.
“We have moved to this system to ensure more competitive wages to our staff as well as give us longevity with staff since turnover has been a huge challenge since COVID. This model has allowed us to provide a more consistent and higher hourly wage to staff,” said Kunal Shah, a managing partner at the LX Group. According to Shah, the full 18% is allocated to the staff.
Likewise, Kevin Healy, owner of The Boathouse as well as Casa del Barco and Island Shrimp Co., said the HOUSEpitality restaurant group added the 20% service fee “as a way to guarantee a wage to our service staff. It’s a step in the right direction to professionalize the industry.”
According to the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, Virginia’s minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13 per hour, and it applies to workers who typically receive more than $30 per month in tips.
Employers must pay the difference if that wage and tips do not meet Virginia’s minimum wage of $12 per hour, which went into effect on Jan. 1. Consequently, labor costs for restaurants have gone up between 30% and 40%, Terry said.
The median hourly wage for Richmond-area servers (a figure that should include tips) is $13.76, which adds up to $28,620 per year (if a server works 40 hours a week for all 52 weeks).
At The Boathouse, with the service fee now in place, servers typically make around $20 per hour or higher, which is significantly higher than the average wage.
“We wanted to come up with a reasonable and fair compensation. We distribute it in a way so that (our staff) can have a professional income. They can buy a car, rent an apartment or take a vacation. They can plan and not be dependent on the whim of guests,” Healy said.
Most restaurants that include a service fee notify guests in small print on the menu, on websites or verbally through the server.
“People have been complaining about ‘paying servers a living wage,’ and then balk when menu prices go up. A way to fix that is to charge a service charge, usually 18 to 20%,” said Marla Gallaher, a local server. But, she said, that 20% is not usually passed straight on to the server the way a tip would be. “It is collected by the restaurant and used to provide the higher hourly wages.”
“The public doesn’t always understand why tipping is so crucial. If a server is not tipped appropriately,” they cannot pay their bills, she said.
There were nearly 8,000 people employed as restaurant servers in the Richmond metropolitan area as of May 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Many servers earn more than the median server wage, depending on where they work and the tips they get. “The restaurant where I work does not charge a service fee, and I make well over minimum wage,” Gallaher said.
21 Spoons has, however, started collecting a credit card for reservations and charging a $10 per person fee for no-shows without a 12-hour notification.
“With only 14 tables, this has become a necessity for us. We just wanted to make sure everyone was getting an opportunity to solidly reserve a dinner table,” Butler said, considering the interest in 21 Spoons since the Southern Living article.
Grisette, a small restaurant in Church Hill, also collects a credit card for reservations and charges a $25 fee for no-shows if the reservation is not canceled by noon on the day of the reservation.
For years, dentists’ and doctors’ offices have charged cancellation fees. Now, restaurants are adopting the practice, seeing it as another way to recoup lost income.
“Restaurants operate on razor-thin margins,” the VRLTA’s Terry said. The average restaurant profit margin usually falls between 3% and 5%. “Their margins are so slim, they can’t absorb the increases they’ve had.”
‘We won’t eat there’
No matter how much service fees may be needed and necessary, by and large, consumers hate them.
“Very simply, I will discontinue going to Richmond restaurants,” said Linda Shelton, a self-described “foodie” in the Fan. “We choose to use a tipping protocol to reward good service and not to pay the ‘staff’ per say. That is the responsibility of the owner.”
Others believe the increase in costs should be added to the menu items.
“I urge restaurants to please account for labor costs in the menu pricing rather than forcing it onto the consumer. Any restaurant we get blindsided by, we’ll not be in a rush to eat at again,” said Jonathan Nedin of Chesterfield County. “As a consumer, I’d highly prefer to see the prices increased to meet the rising cost of business, and ideally the wages of the employees increased as well. I’d rather know what the true price is so I can make informed selections.”
However, menu prices have already increased nearly 8% in the past 12 months, according to a survey from the National Restaurant Association. Many restaurants say they continually adjust menu prices to reflect rising food costs.
With these rising costs, diners are starting to take notice, with fewer people going out to eat.
Between March 2022 and March 2023, 38% of restaurant operators saw their customer traffic decline, according to the National Restaurant Association.
Add to that the many restaurants that did not survive the challenges of the pandemic.
“We believe 20% of restaurants have closed in Virginia during the pandemic,” the VRLTA’s Terry said.
Last year, over 15 restaurants closed in the Richmond area, with several such as Perch and Lady N’Awlins Cajun Café citing challenges caused by the pandemic as the reason.
“Richmond’s a great city with a rich restaurant scene. We’ve all got to adapt to the conditions we are now in,” said Dan Coakley, a former Richmond server. “For restaurants, that might mean adding a service charge. For diners, that might mean reserving eating out for special occasions and going to the grocery store more often.”
When Birdie’s finally opened on Broad Street a year into the pandemic, it was more than just a new restaurant. It was a beacon of hope.
The Boathouse at Short Pump Town Center is part of the HOUSEpitality restaurant group that has instituted a 20% service fee to all checks. Kevin Healy, owner of The Boathouse as well as Casa del Barco and Island Shrimp Co., said the group added the fee “as a way to guarantee a wage to our service staff. It’s a step in the right direction to professionalize the industry.”
Nama restaurant is part of the LX Group, which has instituted an 18% service fee on all checks. According to Kunal Shah, a managing partner at the LX Group, the full 18% is allocated to staff.
Bartender Zaylu Gonzalez makes a drink at Kabana Rooftop bar in 2016. The LX Group, which manages Kabana, Switch and Nama, has instituted an 18% service charge at its restaurants.
21 Spoons in Midlothian, which was recently named the "Best Locally Owned Restaurant in Virginia" by Southern Living magazine, does not implement service fees. | https://richmond.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/dining-at-a-tipping-point-what-service-fees-extra-charges-mean-for-diners-and-restaurants/article_bb3c7480-fa6f-11ed-88f1-eff3cfd142f3.html | 2023-05-30T10:37:54 | 1 | https://richmond.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/dining-at-a-tipping-point-what-service-fees-extra-charges-mean-for-diners-and-restaurants/article_bb3c7480-fa6f-11ed-88f1-eff3cfd142f3.html |
The Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association (GDAHA) estimates the community benefit of hospitals in the Dayton region and surrounding counties exceeded $666 million in fiscal year 2020 and more than $727 million in fiscal year 2021.
Items that fall under the community benefit that hospitals provide to the region include charity care and Medicaid shortfall, which is the difference between commercial rates from private insurance and what Medicaid covers, along with research, health profession education, subsidized health services, community health improvement activities, and cash or in-kind contributions.
“Community benefit is an obligation that non-profit hospitals provide to the community in exchange for that tax exempt status from the federal government,” said Sarah Hackenbracht, president and CEO of GDAHA.
The figures provided by GDAHA include 28 of the 29 GDAHA member hospitals and health organizations, serving people of 11 Ohio counties including Auglaize, Butler, Darke, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby, and Warren.
“Every year, hospitals gather data that’s on the services that fall under that community benefit umbrella,” Hackenbracht said. GDAHA gathers that data from a regional perspective to show the overall investment that hospitals are making in their communities, Hackenbracht said.
National view
The estimated value of the tax exempt status for non-profit hospitals across the U.S. was $28 billion in 2020, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report, which estimates non-profit hospitals are saving $14.4 billion on federal taxes and $13.7 billion on state and local taxes with their tax exempt status. This was over two-fifths, or 44%, of net income earned by non-profit facilities in that year, the Kaiser Family Foundation said.
For comparison, the Kaiser Family Foundation also found the total value of Medicare and Medicaid “disproportionate share” hospital payments in the same year to be $31.9 billion in fiscal year 2020. Those are payments made to hospitals serving a significantly disproportionate number of low-income patients to offset costs of charity care and uncompensated care, the Kaiser Family Foundation said.
Supplemental payments
The majority of the community benefit provision is taken up by Medicaid shortfall. For fiscal year 2020, the Medicaid shortfall for the region was estimated at $496 million, according to GDAHA. For 2021, that amount was estimated at $595 million.
Due to shortfall and other forms of uncompensated care, hospitals receive additional supplemental payments in the form of disproportionate share hospital payments (DSH) and other supplemental payments. Those payments were not factored into the Medicaid shortfall amounts.
“The community benefit provision isn’t tied into how much money are you spending in the community, the overwhelming majority is tied to what’s known as Medicaid shortfall, which is the idea of the difference between how much Medicaid pays and how much you get in commercial rates,” said Loren Anthes, head of policy and programs at Yuvo Health, a health tech company working with federally qualified health centers. “It incentivizes increasing the rates in private insurance. Because if you increase the price, you increase the gap and increase the tax benefit.”
Hospital associations like GDAHA say the revenue from private insurance is needed to cover their patients, but also patients using government subsidized coverage.
“Hospitals, in today’s day and age more so now than ever, are very transparent with their communities that because we have a large number of individuals in our community covered by Medicaid, we have to work with the private insurers across Ohio to ensure that what those private insurers pay for in terms of services helps us cover the gap of the cost of services in order to continue to provide care for the entire community because that’s the responsibility of the short-term acute care hospitals,” Hackenbracht said.
Medicaid reimbursements also haven’t gone up in 10 years, she said. Those include a base Medicaid rate and an additional layer for the disproportionate share hospital payments.
“Most of the time, that still does not cover the total 100% cost of care, and that’s particularly true for hospitals that serve as a safety net hospital,” Hackenbracht said. “Your DSH payments can’t exceed a hospital’s uncompensated care cost, so that DSH payment is not something that the hospital is going to be able to use to generate additional dollars above and beyond the services that they’re providing.”
Acute care hospitals have to be open 24/7 and ready to provide trauma care services, as well as offer a variety of specialty services in an on-call model, Hackenbracht said.
There is an ongoing shift in health care toward community-based care and value-based care, or the idea of paying for outcomes, which also includes a focus on preventative care.
“Most of how we pay for health care has very little to do with value,” Anthes said.
There is also additional focus being paid to the social determinants of health, which include other factors that influence health outcomes.
“The United States, when it comes to medicine, spends more...on health care than your average industrialized country. But when you look at how much we spend on social needs, we actually fall behind,” Anthes said. “So part of the solution here also has to be how do we address issues like housing and transit education, income, so on so forth.”
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Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe awarded $25,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe has received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help underwrite its 2024 production of “Ruby” as well as to defray costs of community outreach activities related to the play.
After two postponements due to COVID, WBTT plans to bring the world premiere musical “Ruby” to the stage in February 2024.
The backstory: On Aug. 3, 1952, a Black woman murdered a white doctor in Live Oak, Fla. The shocking crime brings celebrated writer Zora Neale Hurston to town to cover the story for a northern newspaper. The powerful musical by WBTT founder and artistic director Nate Jacobs and his brother, Michael Jacobs, explores the secrets just beneath the surface of the idyllic, genteel exterior of a quaint Florida town. Nate Jacobs will direct.
“WBTT is thrilled to receive this highly competitive award from the NEA, which affirms the value of our unique artistic contributions to the community,” said Julie Leach, WBTT’s executive director. “We have been waiting for so long to bring ‘Ruby’ to the stage and are excited to finally be able to do so – with the NEA’s support – next winter.”
The NEA has approved more than $31 million in grants for 1,130 projects – including the WBTT award – as part of the its second round of funding for Grants for Arts Projects in fiscal year 2023.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to support a wide range of projects, including Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s production of ‘Ruby,’ demonstrating the many ways the arts enrich our lives and contribute to healthy and thriving communities,” NEA chair Maria Rosario Jackson said. “Organizations like WBTT play an important role in advancing the creative vitality of our nation and helping to ensure that all people can benefit from arts, culture, and design.”
The community outreach activities WBTT will implement include two free performances of “Ruby” for low-income and minority-based community and student groups, and a free “WBTT Voices” community forum focusing on the content of the play.
For more information about WBTT, visit westcoastblacktheatre.org or call 941-366-1505.
Submitted by Sharon Kunkel | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/westcoast-black-theatre-troupe-awarded-25000-nea-grant-for-ruby/70251133007/ | 2023-05-30T11:01:33 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/westcoast-black-theatre-troupe-awarded-25000-nea-grant-for-ruby/70251133007/ |
Buchanan, Gregory review 2023 legislative session at South County Tiger Bay luncheon
Tort reform seen as key to lower insurance rates, return of more insurance providers to Florida
VENICE – Memories of the late Nancy Detert mixed with talk about affordable housing, home rule and insurance reform Friday afternoon, as South County Tiger Bay hosted its annual review of the legislative session.
State Rep. James Buchanan, R-Osprey, said that he and Detert shared some similar passions, including affordable housing and improving the foster care system.
Detert, a member of the Sarasota County Commission when she died in April, had previously represented Sarasota County in both the state House and Senate chambers.
Buchanan reflected on how Detert called him to ask for additional funding for Loveland Center – the morning of the day appropriations bills were due.
Detert said she hoped for $15 million to expand the housing component at Loveland.
They started with $5 million but eventually with the help of Sen. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, they got the full $15 million placed in the state budget currently awaiting the signature of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Buchanan was accompanied at the event by state Rep. Tommy Gregory, R-Lakewood Ranch.
Earlier:Questions about home rule, housing and insurance reform highlight legislative update
Gregory filled in for state Sen. Joe Gruters, as well as state Rep. Michael Grant, who represents Charlotte County and south Sarasota County, including Englewood, North Port and a potion of southern Venice.
South County Tiger Bay was joined by the Venice Area Board of Realtors and and the Venice Area Chamber of Commerce, while retired Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight moderated.
Live Local Act a double-edged sword
Knight asked Gregory and Buchanan about the $1.5 Billion Live Local Act, which will pump more than $700 million into affordable and attainable housing. He asked why the bill took away local control on key issues such as zoning, parking, density and setbacks.
Gregory said it was a compromise response to the need for affordable and attainable housing, categories that are not being met in Florida’s building boom.
“What we were not building were any homes close to where people work and could afford to live there,” Gregory said. “They were commuting to areas well outside of where they should have been to have a good quality of life.”
“What we found in areas around the state – not Sarasota County – but what we found were county commissioners who were not willing to allow that kind of development, homes that people could classify as attainable or affordable.”
Gregory said he preferred more local control and was leery that the funds would go to support more tax-credit funded housing that eventually flips to market rate.
Buchanan, a co-sponsor of the house version of the bill, said the long-term hope is that local incentives for free-market participation in affordable housing, such as density bonuses tied to attainable homes, would kick in.
Tort reform claimed as key to insurance rate reduction
When Knight asked about what the Legislature could continue to do about property insurance reform, he noted that despite a special session and passage of Senate Bill 2A, property owners have not yet seen relief.
“Should they expect to see some additional relief during forthcoming legislative sessions?” he asked.
Buchanan noted that the special session was followed by the arrival of Hurricane Ian.
“We are a state that’s prone to natural disasters, so that’s something that we’re never going to be able to get past,” Buchanan said. “But as it relates to this session, one thing we were able to do – and Tommy is going to love talking about this – we did have meaningful tort reform this season.”
Gregory, who admitted to relishing the nickname “Tort Reform Tommy” he received from the attorney general, pointed out that insurance claims are the largest cause of increased rates.
After Ian, he noted that, “When people came by with clipboards and say, ‘You had some damaged shingles up there, I can get you a free roof’ – there is no free roof.
“If you got a free roof or your neighbor got a free roof, you paid for it and so did everybody else in the neighborhood,” he added. That’s just one small example.”
Gregory pointed to the elimination of “one-way attorney's fees” that awarded fees to attorneys in recovery lawsuits as one aspect of tort reform that should drive premiums down and lead to more insurance providers writing policies in Florida.
“Your Legislature is going to take some heat for that but it’s going to save all Floridians a lot of money at the end of the day.” | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/30/buchanan-gregory-recap-legislative-session-at-south-county-tiger-bay/70255665007/ | 2023-05-30T11:01:39 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/30/buchanan-gregory-recap-legislative-session-at-south-county-tiger-bay/70255665007/ |
Marathon hearing on proposed Publix on Laurel Road in Venice continued to June 15
The proposed shopping center would replace 10.42 acres of open space, including 6.6-acres of wetland
VENICE – After more than 15 hours of a City Council public hearing spread out over Tuesday and Wednesday, the fate of developer Pat Neal’s plans for a building a Publix-anchored shopping center on 10.4 acres on the southwest corner of Jacaranda Boulevard and Laurel Road remains undetermined.
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The parcel – which includes 6.6 acres of wetlands – is designated for open space in the Cielo subdivision in the 503.9-acre Milano planned-unit development straddling Jacaranda Boulevard.
The City Council will continuing its hearing at a special meeting set for 9 a.m., June 15 at City Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave., with the possibility of more time on June 16.
Final determination could come during a meeting July 10.
The June 15 date was the earliest that the city could legally notice the scheduled meeting, while the July time was chosen so the council could decide the matter before summer break.
What is Milano?
Milano consists of several neighborhoods: the Villages of Milano east of Jacaranda Boulevard, and Aria, Cielo and Fiore west of the thoroughfare.
Earlier:Text promoting planned grocery store catches Northeast Venice residents by surprise
Build-out plans call for 1,350 homes in the planned unit development. Those developments, commonly referred to as PUDs, offer a developer the ability to plan an entire project, with the caveat that at least 50% of that acreage is left as open space, compared with 35% in a typical subdivision.
What developer Pat Neal wants
Neal wants to build The Village at Laurel and Jacaranda, a shopping center anchored by a 47,240-square-foot Publix, and another 18,000 square feet of stores, as well as a 5,000-square-foot casual, eat-in restaurant.
To do so, he needs a Venice to designate the land for commercial buildings, something he contends is possible because he still owns title to the property.
Earlier:Venice homeowners form group in opposition to shopping center proposal
Witnesses in the public hearing talked about the traffic impact from the proposed shopping center. They also commented on whether allowing Neal to pay a fee to offset the environmental impact of building over a wetland is more beneficial to the environment than preserving one that has previously been impacted by the construction of Laurel Road, as well as the Venetian Golf & River Club, and would be further impacted by the widening of Laurel Road.
What do Venice residents say?
Attorney Dan Lobeck represents three of four affected parties in opposing the development: the North Venice Neighborhood Alliance; the Venetian Golf and River Club Property Owners Association, and three Cielo residents, Tim Kenny, Suzanne Metzer and Seth Thompson. Venetian Golf and River Club resident Gary Scott, whose back yard view is south to Cielo, is also affected.
He said he feared shopping center lights would be visible above a tree line..
Because the hearing was a court-like proceeding, affected parties can cross-examine witnesses.
For this hearing each party was also given one hour to present their case to the City Council. That was based on Neal attorney Jeff Boone’s request for one hour to present his complete case.
Lobeck focused heavily on the fact that The Village at Laurel and Jacaranda is on the edge of the planned-unit development and argued that based on its size and location, it was meant to serve the surrounding communities.
He also focused on the question of when the dedication of open space should become final and the disruption to residents – especially those in Cielo – who purchased their homes expecting to enjoy the wetlands.
Kenny testified as one of Lobeck’s witnesses, bringing with him a map of the Cielo home he purchased on Lot 48.
Kenny noted that the map clearly showed that his back yard was marked “preserve,” and he chose that lot after touring one he planned to purchase in Wellen Park but rejected because it was too loud.
“It says preserve,” Kenny said. “I understand preserve means a site of preservation … it’s going to stay the way it is.”
Kenny’s homesite actually borders a southern section of the land marked preserve that is not targeted for the shopping center – south of a Florida Power & Light easement that cannot be developed.
Still, referencing the proposed shopping center location, Kenny said, “The visibility of that preserves part of the overall landscape.”
The fact that the council's final decision may be appealed to circuit court impacted both the way attorneys framed their questions and any objections.
In March, after its own protracted hearing the Planning Commission recommended against the developer's requested plan change on a 4-3 vote.
What comes next?
Should the city council approve the developer's requested zoning map change after the two public hearings, that still would not be an approval of the development.
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A person was reportedly shot overnight on a Center City SEPTA platform, the latest incident of gun violence on SEPTA's system.
Police could be seen going into and out of the SEPTA platform area at 15th and Market streets, that's across the street from Philadelphia City Hall.
SEPTA police didn't immediately reveal details about the late Monday night shooting, which caused Market-Frankford Line subway trains to bypass the 15th Street Station around midnight.
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No word on the condition of the person who was shot late Monday night.
This was at least the third shooting on SEPTA property in as many weeks as teens were shot on SEPTA buses, leaving one boy dead. Randy Mills 15, was killed last Wednesday night on a SEPTA bus, while two boys were shot on a Route 33 bus on May 17.
The deadly shooting of the teen on a Route 23 bus last week led to the transit agency banning so-called “Shiesty masks” on SEPTA property.
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Registration is going on now for a program in Fort Worth whose mission is to prevent drownings.
Fort Worth Drowning Prevention Coalition provides no-to-low cost in-water and dry land education to families in the Fort Worth area. It's for non-swimmers aged four to 104.
The statistics provided by the nonprofit are staggering:
- Texas is #1 for pool drowning deaths.
- Tarrant County is top 3 in Texas for total and per capita pediatric drowning deaths; 60% of children who drown in backyard pools are Anglo and under four years old.
- For children under 14, drowning is the 2nd leading cause of accidental death, and for children aged 1-4 drowning is the leading cause of accidental death.
- For adults, drowning is the 5th leading cause of accidental death.
- 70% of African American children, 60% of Latino children and 40% of Caucasian children have low or no swimming ability.
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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
May 30, 1923: The Loyal Order of Moose, in connection with their new building at the southwest corner of Jefferson Street and Roosevelt Avenue, will dedicate a gymnasium to the poor children of the city that promises to be a notable charity. The new club house on the east will have a very large porch covering the major portion of the lot.
75 years ago
May 30, 1948: Photographers, amateur and professional, gathered at the Scottish Rite temple to take pictures of Passion Play scenery and cast for next year's publicity. Harold Walters, who enacts the role of Christ, posed for Kenneth Berglund, Noble Hoover and Virgil Sullivan.
50 years ago
May 30, 1973: Realizing that some had slipped through in the past, the Bloomington City Council put its foot down to stop couples from owning more than one lot at Lake Bloomington. For the first time in at least 13 years, the council rejected a lease transfer — two of them, in fact.
25 years ago
May 30, 1998: Rural township officials and some McLean County Board members say the City of Bloomington Township is illegally circumventing a court order by pushing a referendum to consolidate the townships within the city. One board member also questions the use of city resources to promote the referendum, although State's Attorney Charles Reynard said there appears to be nothing illegal about the practice.
101 years ago: See vintage Pantagraph ads from 1922
Gerthart's
Union Gas and Electric Co.
Hoover
Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
Moberly & Klenner
W.P. Garretson
W.H. Roland
Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
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317 Project: From Cumberland? This lady might know more about your family than you do
What’s to know about Cumberland?
Joni Curtis is the woman to ask.
She knows stuff about the town — the only one in Indiana to straddle two counties; Marion and Hancock – that’s not in the books.
Literature has it plotted in 1831. Curtis thinks the town was in place before then.
“There’s a man buried in the cemetery in 1790. So he had to have been here before 1831,” she said.
Some of that knowledge comes from her role as the town of 6,000’s official historian for more than 20 years. But some of it is from her being a genealogist with deep roots there.
She’s the fifth generation within 10 miles of Cumberland. Her great-great-grandparents all lived in the area.
And she’s gathered information from the grandparents of others as well, hanging out at places like Sero’s Family Restaurant where retirees are regularly posted up.
Making those connections is how she’s gathered the vast amounts of records and materials documenting town history, and answering questions of out-of-towners about their Cumberland-reared loved ones.
“Anything a town can produce I have,” said Curtis, 68.
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The collection includes old telephone directories dedicated to Cumberland, maps, business cards and the first building permit bestowed in Cumberland.
It’s a volunteer job made easier thanks to digitization, she said.
She says she can work magic with an old receipt.
“Give me a receipt from 1960 and I can give you all kinds of information about it,” she said.
Combine that with family chats, obits and old property abstracts and she can produce tomes about residents.
“Sometimes the people will call the town hall and ask if we have a historical society where they have information and they're tickled pink when I tell them, ‘I've got a folder on part of your family that's about a half inch,” she said. “They get so excited.”
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on Twitter:@cherylvjackson. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/cumberland-indiana-town-historian-might-know-your-relatives-better-than-you-do/70145023007/ | 2023-05-30T11:36:30 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/30/cumberland-indiana-town-historian-might-know-your-relatives-better-than-you-do/70145023007/ |
Haines City, FDEP reach new deal on wastewater improvements to prevent future spills
HAINES CITY — Haines City officials have been given a new series of deadlines to demonstrate the city can control its sewage and wastewater.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Haines City reached a third amended consent order Wednesday that outlines what steps the city will take to improve its wastewater and sewage management to bring it into compliance with state regulations.
The seven-page document outlines a series of four major improvement projects city officials are expected to complete by the end of this year. James Keene, Haines City's director of public works, said he's "most definitely confident" he can have all four completed on deadline.
"This all goes back to 2018, " he said. "In the last year and a half, there's action being taken. I can guarantee that."
In August 2018, the state agency first issued a consent order requiring Haines City to make improvements to how it handled its sewage and wastewater. The FDEP found the city had discharged unknown quantities of wastewater over a two-year period from March 2016 to 2018 and not reported 96 incidents within 24 hours as required by state law.
The city has been working to update its aging infrastructure ever since.
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In March, the FDEP hit Haines City with $157,000 in fines for over 65 million gallons of wastewater discharged from July to December without state authorization. Of the total, approximately 884,000 galloons were untreated.
Under the updated agreement, the FDEP states Haines City is to "cease and desist all discharges" of treated wastewater from its Public Access RIB, where it currently stores treated reusable wastewater ― commonly sold for agricultural irrigation or landscaping purposes.
The city is ordered to finish construction of two additional RIBs, or rapid infiltration basins. These are large earthen basins that will provide Haines City with significant additional storage for reclaimed water, Keene said.
One will be the Southern Dunes RIB located along North 10th Street, north of Ben W. Graham Park. The FDEP has ordered the city to have construction completed and working by June 30. Keene said construction is in its final stages, it's a matter of getting final inspection approval and starting operations.
"The RIBS will be most beneficial in wet weather," he said.
The city's second will be the interim Forest Hills RIB, where construction must be complete and operational by Sept. 30.
Keene said the city has completed construction of a ground storage tank for its reclaimed water. This will allow the city's reclaimed, or treated, wastewater to be held in an enclosed ground storage tank rather than a pond.
"It's very beneficial," Keene said. "It will increase the quality of our reclaimed water so it will be 100% better than it is today."
The city has agreed to make other improvements, including an oxidation ditch aeration, equalization tanks and a digester prior to Dec. 31. Keen said the equalization tanks are completed, and he's confident the rest of the projects will run on time.
The state agency specifies the fines the city will face for any discharges of wastewater in the future:
- $1,000 per day per discharge up to 5,000 gallons.
- $2,000 per day per discharge from 5,001 up to 10,000 gallons.
- $5,000 per day per discharge from 10,001 up to 25,000 gallons.
- $10,000 per day per discharge from 25,001 up to 100,000 gallons.
- $15,000 per day per discharge over 100,000 gallons.
Keene said the biggest challenge Haines City's wastewater system will face is keeping pace with rapid growth in population and serving new housing developments.
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A wildfire consumed 100 acres of Gloucester County forest, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said.
The blaze -- dubbed the Box Turtle Fire -- was burning Tuesday morning in the White Oaks Wildlife Management Area in Franklin and Monroe townships, sending white smoke into the air.
The forest fire service said on social media Monday night that people should avoid the area as the blaze wasn't contained.
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No roads were closed and no evacuations had to be made as of Monday night. However, one building was threatened, the forest fire service said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Transportation's annual photo contest is back on.
They're accepting submissions, from Iowans, in a number of different categories.
People can submit agriculture, highway, state park and railroad photos, among others.
Winners will get a certificate of recognition, and have their photos posted on Iowa DOT's social media accounts.
You have time to submit your favorite snapshots. The deadline is February 4, 2024.
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The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is ready to move the storied history of Southeast Asia search-and-rescue (SAR) missions into the spotlight. And the museum is also inviting SAR veterans to share their experiences this Saturday.
The museum will open its newest exhibit: “THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE: The Search And Rescue Mission In Southeast Asia” at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Found in the Southeast Asia War Gallery (the museum’s building two), this exhibit explores what the museum called “the transformation of the early Air Rescue Service and how the Air Force became the primary service selected for the Search and Rescue mission that continues to this day.”
The exhibit will spotlight artifacts and displays from helicopters and airplanes, revealing “the intensity and bravery of crews who performed this dangerous job and how the Air Force has improved this mission over the past 50 years,” the museum said in a release. “The exhibit also recognizes those who made the ultimate sacrifice.”
Also starting at 10 a.m. this Saturday, more than two dozen Vietnam War veterans related to the SAR mission are scheduled to speak about their experiences.
Presentations, free and open to the public, will take place until 4:50 p.m. in the museum’s Carney Auditorium.
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Stories of family, injustice, love, religion, politics and war encompass the 23rd annual Dayton Jewish International Film Festival slated June 1-29 across three Dayton area venues.
Presented by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Dayton, the festival will feature 11 films including American and foreign films. The screenings will be held at: The Plaza Theatre, 33 S. Main St., Miamisburg; The Neon, 130 E. Fifth St., Dayton; and Dayton Metro Library, 215 E. Third St., Dayton.
The genres range from thriller to drama to documentary. Over 50 films were considered by the selection committee, which features roughly 25 members. The selection process began last August and organizers say variety is key.
“One of our goals is to bring movies to our community that wouldn’t necessarily be shown here – we want to make sure these stories are being told,” said Marc Jacob, senior director of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Dayton. “We are excited to bring an array of thought-provoking, captivating and award-winning films to the community. Our festival allows participants to view excellent movies that might not otherwise make it to the Dayton area. We are thrilled to showcase these unique films. We have something for everyone.”
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There is also a push to diversify the festival’s reach beyond the Jewish community. Organizers insist the films have the power to resonate for multiple demographics.
“They are indie films – art films, in most cases – with (themes) that would appeal to students, (particularly) university students, and appeal to people who just like film,” said festival chair Judy Schwartzman. “We want to broaden our base. We have a wide variety of films that should appeal to a broad range of people. You don’t have to be Jewish to love the Dayton Jewish Film Festival.”
Exploring the slate
The opening film, “Persian Lessons,” is a suspenseful account of resistance, resilience and courage in the face of evil partially inspired by German writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase’s short story “Invention of a Language.”
In 1942 France, Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, as one of the soldiers’ superior officers is “looking for a Persian,” and has promised additional rations to the soldier who delivers. Gilles is then assigned a literal life or death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch (Lars Eidinger), who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of “Farsi” every day and teaching them to Koch.
Screen Daily heralded the film as “a big, widescreen cinematic ride which deftly mixes suspense, laughter and tears.”
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“This movie has an interesting story that makes a point and brings a little levity to the Holocaust in a respectful way,” Schwartzman said. “A lot of Jewish people went to extraordinary lengths to save themselves and save other people in the concentration camps and they were very clever in doing so. This is just one example of being clever and resourceful.”
“The film is loosely based on a true story,” Jacob added. “Not a lot of people hear about other stories that happened during the Holocaust so this is another opportunity for us to let people see the different aspects of the Holocaust and how people saved others.”
He also praises “The Man in the Basement,” a French drama with English subtitles concerning family dynamics in the presence of antisemitism.
“Statistics show that, unfortunately, antisemitic incidents in this country are at their highest right now so ‘The Man in the Basement’ is an important movie for us to show and have a discussion afterward for the community,” Jacob said.
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Schwartzman finds merit in certain films showcasing the humorous aspects of Jewish life and culture aside from serious fare.
“There are comedies (in the festival),” she said. “(‘iMordecai’) is about the difficulties of older Jewish people dealing with new technology. The film stars Judd Hirsch and Carol Kane. It played widely in South Florida to great success and has also played larger cities such as Chicago.”
The closing film, “Farewell, Mr. Haffmann,” is an adaptation of an award-winning play by Jean-Philippe Daguerre. A French thriller with English subtitles, the story is a tense tale of three people caught in occupied Paris.
“This film has a Holocaust setting but it’s more about greed and abuse of power,” said Schwartzman. “It’s a well-made mystery with many unexpected twists and turns. Our opening and closing films were chosen because we felt they were the most exciting, most telling, movies. We wanted to begin with something that would make people want to come back (during) the festival and end with something that would make people want to come back next year.”
Guest speakers
This year, five films will have special guest speakers following their showings.
• Thursday, June 8 showing of “Charlotte” features speaker Edna Carter Southard, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Emerita, Miami University Art Museum.
• Tuesday, June 13 showing of “Reckonings” features speaker Ori Yehudai, the Schottenstein Chair in Israel Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of History at Ohio State University.
• Thursday, June 15 showing of “Exodus 91″ features speaker Michal Avera Samuel, a former CEO of Fidel, an Israeli educational non-profit.
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• Tuesday, June 20 showing of “iMordecai” in partnership with Hadassah features speaker Tara Feiner, Senior Director for Jewish Family Services of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton.
• Thursday, June 22 showing of “The Man in the Basement” features speaker Michael Loadenthal, Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Cincinnati and the Executive Director of the Prosecution Project – theprosecutionproject.org.
‘This festival brings the community together’
The festival will also feature a free screening of the animated film “Charlotte,” winner of the Audience Award for Music/Art/Design at the 40th Vancouver International Film Festival. In addition, the Father’s Day screening of “Karaoke” comes with a Father’s Day special in which the first 50 dads will receive free admission. Interested patrons must sign up with a special code. For more information, visit www.jewishdayton.org.
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A virtual option remains but Schwartzman is confident the festival will be a strong return to in-person community-building nonetheless.
“This is a comeback year for us because people are really coming out to the movies again,” she said. “This is a high quality festival. This festival brings the community together. We want to show the community the beauty of Jewish culture, the difficulty of Jewish culture, and the capabilities and strength of the Jewish community. But we also have fun. We want people to better understand who we are as people.”
She also noted one incentive that reliably entices audiences every year.
“We give free popcorn,” Schwartzman said. “Come join us at the movies and have some popcorn on us!”
2023 Dayton Jewish International Film Festival Schedule
Thursday, June 1
“Persian Lessons”
127 minutes, Plaza Theatre
6:30 p.m., Reception
7:15 p.m., Film
This suspenseful account of resistance, resilience and courage in the face of evil is partially inspired by German writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase’s short story “Invention of a Language.”
Tuesday, June 6
“Where Life Begins”
100 minutes, The Neon
7:15 p.m.
(Online June 6-8, 7 p.m.)
Set in Italy, this drama concerns farm owner Elio who meets Esther, a rabbi’s daughter tired of the constraints imposed by her religion.
Thursday, June 8
“Charlotte”
92 minutes, Dayton Metro Library
7:15 p.m.
(Online June 8-10, 7 p.m.)
This animated drama tells the true story of Charlotte Salmon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of World War II.
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Tuesday, June 13
“Reckonings”
74 minutes, The Neon
7:15 p.m.
Set in the aftermath of the Holocaust, this documentary recounts the tense negotiations between Jewish and German leaders regarding compensation for the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history.
Thursday, June 15
“Exodus 91″
90 minutes, The Neon
7:15 p.m.
This docudrama follows Israeli diplomat Asher Naim on his mission to bring 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
Sunday, June 18
“Karaoke”
100 minutes, The Neon
7:15 p.m.
This bittersweet Israeli comedy spotlights “a middle class suburban couple in their 60s who are drawn to their new neighbor, a charismatic bachelor who has karaoke evenings at his apartment.”
Tuesday, June 20
“iMordecai”
102 minutes, The Neon
9:30 a.m., Reception
10 a.m., Film
(Online June 20-22, 7 p.m.)
In this comedy based on a true story, a “technology-challenged Holocaust survivor must learn how to manage iPhones, Gen Z, his fretful wife and schlemiel son.”
Thursday, June 22
“The Man in the Basement”
114 minutes, The Neon
7:15 p.m.
Set in contemporary France, this drama “explores the limits of tolerance, the intractability of racism, and the allure of conspiracy theories.”
Sunday, June 25
“Marrying Myself”
100 minutes, The Plaza
7:15 p.m.
(Online June 25-27, 7 p.m.)
This comedy “concerns an unmarried 38-year-old who gives up on men but lives the fantasy of being a bride at a wedding so she decides to marry herself. While her selfish mother objects, her hilarious girlfriends support her and plan an extravagant event. What will she do when suddenly the right man shows up?” Wedding cake will be served after the film as well.
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Tuesday, June 27
“America”
127 minutes, The Neon
7:15 p.m.
(Online June 27-29, 7 p.m.)
In this drama, “an Israeli swimming instructor living in Chicago returns to Israel after 10 years of absence to bury his father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend and his newly engaged girlfriend sets a series of events in motion that affects everyone’s lives.”
Thursday, June 29
“Farewell, Mr. Haffmann”
115 minutes, The Neon
7:15 p.m.
Centered on a jewelry shop owner, this thriller is “a thoughtful account of the power dynamics between rescuer and rescued.”
HOW TO GO
What: Dayton Jewish International Film Festival
When: June 1-29
Where: The Plaza Theatre, 33 S. Main St., Miamisburg; The Neon, 130 E. Fifth St., Dayton; and Dayton Metro Library, 215 E. Third St., Dayton
Cost: Individual tickets are $12. Opening night film and reception tickets are $18. Season pass (10 films plus opening night) is $85.
Tickets: Visit www.jewishdayton.org.
More information: Call the Jewish Community Center of Greater Dayton at 937-610-1555 or visit www.jewishdayton.org.
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News Tribune, May 30, 1983
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 163-foot ship Peirce arrived in Duluth yesterday afternoon and will be based here this summer. The Peirce will conduct hydrographic surveys in western Lake Superior to verify and revise the nautical charts of the region.
- The Duluth Rugby Club claimed the Midwest National Championship yesterday in Oak Park, Illinois, by winning its third straight match in the 16-team tournament. The Duluth team defeated Lansing, Michigan, 9-0 in the final to finish two days of play without allowing a goal.
News Tribune, May 30, 1923
- Forest fires, fanned by high winds, have gone beyond control in Northeastern Minnesota in the last few days. Approximately 75 firefighters, mostly state and national forest rangers, are fighting a fire in the Superior National Forest ten miles north of Kramer, near Wilson Lake.
- In Northwestern Wisconsin, fires that swept through Douglas County during the last three days have burned about 5,000 acres of timber and brush land. Large numbers of birds and small game are reported to have been destroyed by the fires. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-wildfires-hit-the-northland-100-years-ago | 2023-05-30T12:21:22 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-wildfires-hit-the-northland-100-years-ago |
Here is episode 13 of the Northlandia podcast.
Taconite tailings dumped into the lake for 25 years created the black "sand."
The Northlandia podcast is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune, Superior Telegram and Cloquet Pine Journal. Find more news throughout the day at duluthnewstribune.com. Subscribe and rate us at Apple Podcasts , Spotify or Google Podcasts . | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/listen-north-shores-black-beach-created-by-decades-of-mining-pollution | 2023-05-30T12:21:32 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/listen-north-shores-black-beach-created-by-decades-of-mining-pollution |
May 30 is Water a Flower Day. It’s a great habit to get into during the upcoming warmer, drier summer days. Celebrate by giving all of your household and garden plants an aquatic treat.
Play ball! The Kenosha Kingfish continue the team’s 2023 season today, with a game against the Kalamazoo Growlers. The game starts at 6:35 p.m. at historic Simmons Field, 7817 Sheridan Road. It’s “Hot Dog Hundo” at the ballpark, with $1 hot dogs. Gates open at 5:35 p.m. To purchase tickets, call 262-653-0900, log on at kingfishbaseball.com or go to the ticket office at Simmons Field.
Dig into some local history today at the Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place. The History Center is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free.
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Prost! The Petrifying Springs Biergarten is now officially open daily for the season. The Biergarten is open from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. The Biergarten is located near the Highway JR entrance on the south end of Petrifying Springs Park, 5555 Seventh St., in Somers.
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is hosting the 28th Parkside National Print Exhibition, on display through July 28 in the Emile H. Mathis Gallery. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Admission is free. For more details, go to uwp.edu/therita/artgalleries.cfm.
Note: No bike racing tonight at the Washington Park Veldodrome while it undergoes maintenance. Check the Facebook page for the Velodrome for updates. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-may-30/article_dade9c8c-fb4b-11ed-928a-873eb713ee50.html | 2023-05-30T12:29:23 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-may-30/article_dade9c8c-fb4b-11ed-928a-873eb713ee50.html |
When the Kenosha Unified School District board voted last January to close Wilson Elementary School, it came as a bit of a shock to principal Rhonda Lopez.
Lopez has been the principal there since July 2019.
She knew her elementary school had the lowest enrollment in the district, but the building was sound: the school had restoration work completed in recent years, receiving new windows and a boiler.
It was decided that the school, located at 4520 33rd Ave., needed to be closed as a solution in order trim about $1.2 million from the 2023-24 school system’s budget. Currently there are 120 students attending classes at Wilson.
“Wilson is not a failing school, academically or behaviorally. It wasn’t chosen (to close) because it was a failing school,” Lopez said emphatically. “It is a stellar school when compared to its peers.”
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Instead of celebrating Wilson’s 70th year next fall, a celebration of its legacy to the local community will be held Friday (June 2) at the school.
It will be a chance for the public and — more importantly former students and staff — to walk the halls one last time.
“Wilson is worthy of being celebrated,” said Lopez.
History reflects community
Wilson and its “twin school” — Southport Elementary — were built in response to the Baby Boom that took place after World War II when Kenosha needed more schools. Southport and Wilson have identical original floorplans.
Designed by Lawrence Monberg, the two schools were featured in “The Nation’s Schools”, a publication that dealt with our country’s educational systems. In the eight page spread, it said the schools exemplified the new meaning of a “homelike” learning environment.
Wilson opened its doors to students on Sept. 7, 1953. That year, 275 students were enrolled in grades 1 through 6, plus 146 kindergartners.
In 1961 an eight-room addition was constructed, doubling the number of classrooms.
Many students came from Bonnie Hame, a quickly constructed housing development on 30th Avenue that suffered high poverty rates in the 1950s. Over the years, poverty has been an educational and health concern at the school.
Change comes
An injection of new ideas came to Wilson when Milton Thompson became principal in fall 1998.
Thompson was inspired by Marva Collins, the Chicago educator, whose Westside Preparatory School had become an educational and commercial success. Collins created the private school to teach low income black students whom she felt the Chicago Public School system had failed.
Wilson became affiliated with Collin’s program. Uniforms were mandatory when students came through the doors on Sept. 2, 1998.
Thompson advocated for turning Wilson into a K-8 charter school, but that never happened.
Yolanda Jackson–Lewis, current KUSD Coordinator of Diversity and Student and Family Engagement, has a long history with Wilson. She attended third grade there in the 1970s, volunteered as an educational assistant during her pursuit of a teaching degree at UW-Parkside and came back to teach at Wilson in 1995. She became principal after Thompson left in 2001 and led the school until 2019 and Perez’s installation.
“We are not the only district that is going through school closings unfortunately. I just think it’s a sign of the times.” Jackson–Lewis said. “We have to think and re-imagine how we do school.”
Jackson-Lewis called Wilson truly a neighborhood school. “It has a small, family feel,” she said.
“We have several families where the grandmother went to Wilson, the parents, the grandchildren and now great-grand children and all these people are still living and come to the visit the school often,” principal Lopez explained.
New phase
After Thompson’s departure, the collaboration with Marva Collins ended and Wilson began using the Expeditionary Learning Education model in 2011.
That year Wilson and Frank Elementary schools became extended academic year schools, altering their school calendars to start in early August and giving short breaks after each quarter.
Jackson–Lewis and Lopez agree that the neighborhood has changed, and not for the better. Surrounding businesses have closed including multiple grocery stores, creating a food desert. There is a shortage of safe, affordable housing.
But through it all, Wilson has been a hub of the community, Lopez explained, and she felt the community is grieving the closing.
“They’re just sad. They’re not angry with anyone, they seem to understand,” Lopez said.
Lopez will become the principal of the Chavez Learning Center and Head Start director.
Next fall, more than 50 of Wilson’s former students will be bused to Frank Elementary School, where EL Education, uniform wearing and the extended school year model continues. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/old-kenosha-come-to-walk-the-halls-one-last-time-wilson-to-hold-legacy-celebration/article_e8cdd38e-fbd8-11ed-a4fa-fbfcffcd3870.html | 2023-05-30T12:29:29 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/old-kenosha-come-to-walk-the-halls-one-last-time-wilson-to-hold-legacy-celebration/article_e8cdd38e-fbd8-11ed-a4fa-fbfcffcd3870.html |
GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Fire Department plans to conduct live fire training today, according to a news release from the Greensboro Fire Department.
The training at 625 Millwood School Road will begin at 8 a.m. and end at about 5 p.m.
Heavy amounts of smoke may be present in the area, but should not pose hazards to the public, the release said. All structures utilized for live fire training by the fire department comply with North Carolina air quality and public health regulations.
Members of the 78th Greensboro Fire Department recruit class will participate in the training exercise. Live fire training gives firefighters the opportunity to practice and gain experience in fire control, search techniques and extinguishment. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/fire-training-greensboro-smoke/article_89b0ad02-fed7-11ed-8cdc-4fd00e530bfb.html | 2023-05-30T12:37:20 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/fire-training-greensboro-smoke/article_89b0ad02-fed7-11ed-8cdc-4fd00e530bfb.html |
The latest in a series of Alzheimer’s disease studies by Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers found an enhanced connection between Alzheimer and Type 2 diabetes.
Previous studies by Wake Forest and other researchers have shown that individuals with Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Wake researchers are trying to determine why that link exists.
In a report posted by JCI Insight, Wake Forest researchers said they have “uncovered a novel mechanism that shows increased sugar intake and elevations in blood glucose are sufficient to cause amyloid plaque buildup in the brain, which increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.”
Amyloid plaque is made up of toxic proteins in the brain.
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Using a mouse model, the research team showed that more amyloid plaque forms when sugar water is given than when water is given.
They also found that elevations in blood sugar increase the production of amyloid-beta in the brain.
“This finding is significant because it demonstrates that consuming too much sugar is enough to cause amyloid plaque proliferation and increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease,” said Shannon Macauley, associate professor of physiology and pharmacology at the Wake Forrest medical school and principal investigator of the study.
The research team identified a metabolic sensor on neurons that link changes in metabolism with neuronal firing and amyloid-beta production.
The sensors are known as adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels.
Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is an energy source that all living cells need to survive. These channels sense how much energy is available for healthy function.
Disrupting these sensors changes how the brain works normally.
“Using genetic techniques in mice, we removed these sensors from the brain and showed that elevation in blood sugar no longer increased amyloid-beta levels or amyloid plaque formation,” Macauley said.
Researchers then explored the expression of these metabolic sensors in a human brain experiencing Alzheimer’s disease.
They found that the expression of these channels changes with an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis.
According to Macauley, the study suggests that these metabolic sensors may play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and could ultimately lead to new treatments.
Previous study
In October, the medical school received a $795,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to assist researchers into studying potential links between Type 2 diabetes and dementia.
The two-year grant comes from the association’s Part the Cloud global program.
Its goal is accelerating translation of findings from the laboratory, through trials, into possible therapies — “filling the gap in Alzheimer’s drug development by providing essential support for clinical studies.”
“Nearly 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease,” said Suzanne Craft, professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at the Wake Forest medical school. She also is director of the medical school’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
“With support from this grant, we hope to increase our knowledge in the development of much-needed innovative strategies for prevention and treatment,” Craft said.
Researchers will conduct a Phase II trial on empagliflozin, a drug used to lower blood sugar levels, and an intranasal insulin spray as potential treatments for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
Insulin is a hormone that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood, but also plays an important role in brain health.
“We know Type 2 diabetes has been linked to an increased risk of dementia,” Craft said. “Many patients with Alzheimer’s disease also have insulin resistance.”
Craft previously led a trial that showed that intra-nasal insulin can slow memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease. The nasal spray is designed to deliver insulin directly to the brain without negatively impacting glucose levels.
This is the first known trial to study empagliflozin as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Sleep disturbance link
In July 2022, the medical school disclosed its involvement in a multi-site research collaboration exploring the role that brain inflammation may have in linking Alzheimer’s disease risk with sleep disturbance.
The other research teams are at University of California at Irvine and University of Wisconsin at Madison. Their research is featured in a report in the journal Sleep.
Brain inflammation, sleep disturbance and disrupted brain waves have been associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but the interactions among them have not been investigated.
Researchers say their discoveries to date may aid early detection and prevention efforts for Alzheimer’s by identifying novel treatment targets at preclinical stages.
The study examines whether inflammation had any effect on specific brain waves called “fast sleep spindles,” which have been shown to promote long-term memory retention.
Sleep disturbance has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the brain, and studies have also indicated an association between sleep disturbance and inflammation.
Selectively disrupted fast-sleep spindles have been identified in normal aging, as well as preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
However, it has not been clear what causes this and what it means for memory impairment for older at-risk adults. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/wake-forest-researchers-looking-at-link-between-type-2-diabetes-and-alzheimers/article_0ee2a5f0-fe5d-11ed-b51c-6753ee26c85b.html | 2023-05-30T12:37:26 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/wake-forest-researchers-looking-at-link-between-type-2-diabetes-and-alzheimers/article_0ee2a5f0-fe5d-11ed-b51c-6753ee26c85b.html |
BRIDGEPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan State Police are investigating a deadly four-vehicle crash that happened on Memorial Day in front of the Love's Travel Stop in Bridgeport.
Investigators say a 68-year-old man from Birch Run died from injuries in the crash around 4:20 p.m. on the 6500 block of Dixie Highway in Bridgeport Township.
Another man in a different vehicle sustained serious injuries while the occupants of the two other cars suffered minor injuries.
Police did not release any information about the circumstances leading to the crash. Dixie Highway reopened again around 8 p.m. on Monday. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/birch-run-man-dies-after-four-vehicle-crash-in-bridgeport/article_3e61e208-fedc-11ed-9154-4f1246cc3b4f.html | 2023-05-30T12:48:20 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/birch-run-man-dies-after-four-vehicle-crash-in-bridgeport/article_3e61e208-fedc-11ed-9154-4f1246cc3b4f.html |
HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A motorcyclist from Burton died in a crash between Grand Blanc and Holly on Memorial Day morning.
Michigan State Police say the 53-year-old motorcyclist was riding a 2002 Honda north on Holly Road around 9:50 a.m. Monday, when the driver of a pickup truck heading southbound made a left turn toward Belford Road into his path.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead on the scene. The 66-year-old man from Novi driving the pickup truck did not report any injuries.
"It is important with summer right around the corner that we look twice for motorcycles," said Michigan State Police First Lt. Mike Shaw. "We all need to share the road together and make sure we remain alert."
Holly Road was closed leading to the Great Lakes National Cemetery a short distance from the scene on Belford Road before Memorial Day observances, leading to a detour. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/motorcyclist-from-burton-dies-in-crash-south-of-grand-blanc/article_4446fa5e-fedd-11ed-a1ea-1bf973f95551.html | 2023-05-30T12:48:27 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/motorcyclist-from-burton-dies-in-crash-south-of-grand-blanc/article_4446fa5e-fedd-11ed-a1ea-1bf973f95551.html |
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — An unexpected visitor joined swimmers at Huntsville State Park over the weekend.
Alvaro Ruiz shared the video on his TikTok on Sunday showing several people at the park huddled up on a platform out in the middle of the water, but they weren't on the platform just because they wanted to be there.
They were actually trapped because of an alligator in the water.
Ruiz said the swimmers were actually stuck on the platform until park rangers used a boat to bring them to shore.
It's a good reminder to heed those warning signs about alligators. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/huntsville-state-park-alligator/285-4e24dc20-a2a8-478b-8e1c-4821325500ad | 2023-05-30T12:52:47 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/huntsville-state-park-alligator/285-4e24dc20-a2a8-478b-8e1c-4821325500ad |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Many people view Memorial Day Weekend as the unofficial start of summer, kicking off many people’s vacations and travels. Police say holiday weekends like this one have a higher rate of drunk driving wrecks on the roads.
With more people on the roads during the summer, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says it can lead to more car wrecks, but the number of people traveling also puts a strain on the state’s blood supply.
“Central Alabama is at about a one-day supply, and we want to be at a five, four-to-five-day supply,” says Paige Howard, Lifesouth Community Blood Center district community development coordinator.
Lifesouth says every two seconds, someone needs a blood transfusion. Because blood takes time to prepare for transfusion, doctors say having a supply on hand is important in case something big happens.
“If we’re not prepared to transfuse patients when unfortunately, trauma victims come in, or when people need blood for a medical procedure, there’s no time to donate at that point,” says Dr. Marisa Marques, UAB pathology professor.
“Doctors all over the state are having to make decisions on which operations, surgeries are canceled and things like that so it’s really critical that people get out and donate,” says Howard.
Lifesouth says there are fewer donors during the summer as well, adding to the short supply. In order to build up and maintain a four to five-day blood supply for hospitals, the organization says between 700 and 800 people per day would need to donate in the state.
“More people are out on the roads, you have more car wrecks, people doing adventurous things, hiking, biking, swimming and injuries go up so there’s definitely a drop in the number of donations with the increased accidents and things like that,” says Howard.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says while not all car wrecks result in someone going to the hospital or needing blood, it’s important to stay vigilant and sober on the roads, especially during a holiday weekend.
“Anyone that drinks and drives can find themselves impaired below the legal limit. So, basically what we’re looking for from a law enforcement perspective is impaired driving and if that impaired driving is above the legal limit, typically that’s going to be a DUI,” says Captain Jason Myrick with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
To learn more about being a blood donor, check out Lifesouth’s website here. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/blood-shortage-in-central-alabama-causes-concern-ahead-of-summer/ | 2023-05-30T12:54:49 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/blood-shortage-in-central-alabama-causes-concern-ahead-of-summer/ |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Dozens of People in Lackawanna County spend Memorial Day running at the annual "Dalton Dash".
The five-mile run throughout the community returned in 2021, after a beak for several years.
The director says money from the race is going toward beautification projects in Dalton.
More than 50 runners participated in the Monday morning race. Organizers hope to see that number grow in the years ahead.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/dashing-in-dalton-on-memorial-day-lackawanna-county/523-e251eb83-3fb2-44b3-a4ee-26c33744f5a0 | 2023-05-30T13:06:16 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/dashing-in-dalton-on-memorial-day-lackawanna-county/523-e251eb83-3fb2-44b3-a4ee-26c33744f5a0 |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Memorial Day got off to an early start in one community on Monday. A parade in Peckville honored America's fallen soldiers.
The parade was organized by the Shopa Davey VFW. Marching began at the post and made its way through Peckville, stopping at a veterans memorial on Main Street.
One thing special about this parade, in Lackawanna County, was the amount of young people. The post commander told Newswatch 16, it was important to have the younger crowd involved. From leading the crowd in the pledge of allegiance, to playing music with the marching band, everyone took part in honoring veterans.
Organizers hope the parade shared the message that honoring service and sacrifice never ends.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/memorial-day-parade-in-peckville-lackawanna-county/523-56f4ff40-3800-4da0-9857-ec316d4586ea | 2023-05-30T13:06:23 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/memorial-day-parade-in-peckville-lackawanna-county/523-56f4ff40-3800-4da0-9857-ec316d4586ea |
Average daily flows
Snake River at Jackson 288 cfs
Snake River at Palisades 12,027 cfs
Snake River at Heise 14,811 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 11,570 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 6,850 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 623 cfs
Jackson Lake is 58% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 83% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 87% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 81% of capacity.
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Q: Not all schools are created equal when it comes to track. Which schools have asphalt tracks?
A: “These are the schools in the Magic Valley that I am aware that have tracks,” said Ty Jones, executive director for the Idaho High School Activities Association.
“Twin Falls, Canyon Ridge, Minico, Burley, Jerome, Wood River, Buhl, Kimberly, Filer, Wendell, Declo, Valley, Carey, ISDB, Oakley, Murtaugh, and Raft River.
“The tracks are generally rubberized pieces of material on top of an asphalt base. There aren’t any tracks that I’m aware of that are only asphalt and I cannot guarantee that this is a complete list of schools but it’s close.”
Middle and high schools in Twin Falls all have tracks available for track and field events. Eva Craner, spokesperson for the Twin Falls School District provided the following information:
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- Twin Falls High School—2022 rubberized track
- Canyon Ridge High School—2012 rubberized track
- O’Leary Middle School—late 90s—rubberized track (funded by community fundraising)
- Robert Stuart Middle School—2017 asphalt track
- South Hills Middle School—2021 asphalt track
“The middle school has a cinder track,” said Samuel Sharp of Jerome schools. “This was installed in the 2007-08 school year.”
“Jerome High School has a rubber track with asphalt underneath. It was resurfaced five years ago and the asphalt underneath is 15 to 20-years-old,” said Scott Burton, athletic director for Jerome High School.
“The base is asphalt, but the top is latex. It was installed in 2008,” said Zach Dong, athletic director for Kimberly High School.
“Buhl has an asphalt track. I don’t know when it was put in but it was a while ago,” said David Carson, Superintendent of Buhl School District.
Gooding Schools share the track at the Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind. Originally it was a dirt track, then a rubber track was installed around 1991. Accommodations for the blind/low vision athletes like a cable around the track mainly on the eighth lane will be added this summer said Kenny Anderson, who works at ISDB.
Hansen, Hagerman, and Lincoln County don’t have tracks.
Camas County schools have a dirt track.
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Some people have a man cave in their basement. Charles Mataker has two sewing machines.
Mataker, who lives in Casper, started his own business in 2020 called Savage Thread Works. He designs and sews his own outdoor gear, including muzzle covers, duffel bags and t-shirts.
He makes everything in his basement: a room with a “Savage Thread Works” poster on the door, shelves for supplies, a couple antlers hanging on the wall and, most importantly, his sewing machines, with which he creates everything by hand.
A background in graphic design allowed Mataker to lean into his artistic side, but he wanted to do more than just design two dimensionally. He liked to snowboard, a passion that he embraced by drawing designs of snowboarding gear, but he also hunted, too. Stints in Utah and Jackson allowed him to pursue all of his outdoor interests — and understand the gear needed for them.
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All of that led him to start his own business making outdoor gear.
It started with a backpack. He drew up his own design after not liking the style he was using.
“I went down the rabbit hole of getting it manufactured, but then I thought, ‘Maybe I should just make it myself,” he said.
So he enrolled in a sewing class in 2020. From there, the business followed.
The design process, for him, is organic, flowing out of what he knows outdoorspeople need and what they tell him would be handy to have on adventures.
“I kind of just start with little doodles,” he said. “I sketch as I go.”
Mataker makes all his patterns, except for the child-sized ones (he has a 4-year-old son whom he likes to make smaller versions of his designs for). But he said that it’s all about knowing the sizing and seam allowance for most things.
Once the pattern is determined, he goes to the sewing machines to put everything together. Many of his products are in camouflage prints, but he also does some in neutral colors. And they’re all made out of stiffer, sturdier materials, except for wearable items, like shirts and hats.
After the products are done — he has several totes of product in his business room — he takes them to outdoor shows and fairs. His next time selling will be at Alpine Mountain Days in Alpine. He’ll also sell at the Casper Gun Show.
Savage Thread Works is his full-time job. Though he will sell wholesale, he does so tentatively, because he prefers to sell direct-to-consumer. Most of his customer base is located in Wyoming and Montana, but he is also trying to push to the Midwest and South through social media.
Mataker would like to grow and expand, but for right now, he’ll continue to spend “an unhealthy amount” of time working in his basement sewing room, coming up with new products and designs and making things for his son. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/meet-the-casperite-who-designs-sews-his-own-outdoor-gear/article_a6bc01a0-fa7a-11ed-820f-07232f7f6d3e.html | 2023-05-30T13:13:25 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/meet-the-casperite-who-designs-sews-his-own-outdoor-gear/article_a6bc01a0-fa7a-11ed-820f-07232f7f6d3e.html |
Knox County and Knoxville have gotten much bigger. How they compare across Tennessee
Tennessee has become an even more popular place to live, and Knox County is one of the most desirable destinations in the state.
From July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, the state grew by almost 83,000 people, according to a study by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research. That's a 1.2% increase.
That increase was mostly from people moving here.
Here's how the populations in Knox County and Knoxville changed during that time.
Knox County one of the most popular places to move in Tennessee
Knox County gained 7,762 residents during that time period, the second-largest increase statewide. That 1.59% increase made Knox County's total population 494,574 residents, according to the data.
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Knox County only trailed Rutherford County in Middle Tennessee, which added 9,417 people.
Similar to the statewide trend, a vast majority – 7,500 – of the additional Knox County residents moved here.
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Knoxville's population also grew during that time period.
Knoxville ranked sixth among Tennessee cities in population growth, adding 2,291 people. The Scruffy City trailed Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Lebanon and Chattanooga.
That's a 1.2% population gain to 195,889 residents. It's the city's largest one-year gain in decades, according to the report, since the city annexed land in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
The Boyd Center data doesn't include the demographics of the additional residents, but that information will be available in June, a Boyd Center spokesperson said Knox News.
Silas Sloan is the growth and development reporter. Emailsilas.sloan@knoxnews.com. Twitter@silasloan. Instagram@knox.growth.
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