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ROCHESTER, Minn.-- A new shoe store is in town with the hopes to upgrade a few wardrobes at an affordable price.
The Drip recently had it's grand opening offering stylish shoes, like Nike and Yeezys, to even clothes.
Owner, Alex Thompson, says the store was inspired by the many unique shoe businesses in The Twin Cities and he wanted to bring the experience down into the Med-City.
He says because the shoes are affordable, people often ask if they are used resell products, in which he says they are not.
“All of the shoes are new and unused.” Thompson says.
Thompson also owns the store next door to The Drip, called The Melting clock and advises aspiring entrepreneurs to maintain their passion if they want a successful business.
“You're going to have to commit to it and you're going to have to understand that it's going to come before your family sometimes.” he say. “ It's going to come before different holidays like it is now a part of you. If someone calls in sick, you're going to have to fill in."
Thompson says so far, there's been a lot of foot traffic coming into the store and encourages people to explore the wall of shoes. | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/new-fashion-store-brings-options/article_2469d26c-027d-11ee-a6e7-373573620d8e.html | 2023-06-04T18:11:20 | 0 | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/new-fashion-store-brings-options/article_2469d26c-027d-11ee-a6e7-373573620d8e.html |
ROCHESTER, Minn. - As of Saturday evening, all shoring operations have been completed and the conditions are stable at the Rochester Towers Condominiums, according to the on-site engineering firm responsible for assessing the structural issues.
2 St. SW will reopen to vehicular and pedestrian traffic at 10 p.m. Saturday.
Northbound lanes on 5 Ave. SW from 2 St. SW to 3 St. SW will remain closed until all construction materials have been removed from the area, which should be done by Monday afternoon, according to the city.
The condo residents are not being allowed back into the building at this time, says the city.
The engineers contracted by the property management company will be in contact with the city's community development department on Monday to continue discussing repairs. | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/shoring-work-complete-on-rochester-towers-condominiums-residents-still-not-able-to-return/article_0c72d228-027b-11ee-993b-9fd2f78953e7.html | 2023-06-04T18:11:26 | 0 | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/shoring-work-complete-on-rochester-towers-condominiums-residents-still-not-able-to-return/article_0c72d228-027b-11ee-993b-9fd2f78953e7.html |
Kenosha County and the City of Kenosha’s annual Bike-to-Work Weeks are returning Saturday, June 3, through Saturday, June 17, County Executive Samantha Kerkman and Mayor John Antaramian have announced.
During Bike-to-Work Weeks, people are encouraged to commute by bicycle, and to experience the beauty of Kenosha County from the seat of a bicycle.
It’s also a time for bicyclists and motorists to bone up on bike safety, and to remember to take precautions to ride and drive safely year-round, Kerkman said.
“Now is the perfect time of the year to get out and explore Kenosha County by bicycle — whether you’re riding to work or just for fun,” Kerkman said. “And it’s also a good time to remember the rules of the road, and to take steps to help keep bicyclists safe on our roads and trails.”
Antaramian also encouraged people to get out on two wheels during these two weeks.
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“I hope citizens take this opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy a bike ride,” the mayor said. “Our lakefront parks and paths provide a beautiful setting to go for a ride.”
People who cycle to work during the June 3-17 period are encouraged to enter the Bike-to-Work-Weeks Contest. Riders may submit one entry for each day that they bike to work.
Entries are to be submitted online at http://www.kenoshacounty.org/bikecontest. Winners will be drawn at random. Prizes include bicycle-themed clothing, bike equipment, passes to local attractions, and more.
Bike-to-Work Weeks will conclude with an event that the county organizes each year, the Dairy Air Bike Ride. It is a free, organized ride from Silver Lake Park Beach to the Kenosha County Dairy Breakfast, to be held this year on the Daniels Dairy Farm II at 1166 240th Ave. in Brighton.
The group ride will begin at 7 a.m., with a Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department squad following the back of the pack for safety purposes.
Pre-registration for the ride is encouraged at https://bit.ly/DairyAir2023.
For those who ride or drive there, the Dairy Breakfast will be held from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. on June 18. Breakfast tickets are $10 (free for kids under 6) and are available at the event while supplies last.
Bike-to-Work Weeks are supported by the county executive and mayor, the Kenosha County Board, the Kenosha City Council, the Kenosha Bicycle Ambassadors and the Kenosha County Multiuse Trail Committee. Total Cyclery and Southport Bikes and Boards are also major sponsors. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-county-bike-to-work-weeks-run-june-3-17/article_5b79e00a-00cd-11ee-8578-e78343aa5b26.html | 2023-06-04T18:13:53 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-county-bike-to-work-weeks-run-june-3-17/article_5b79e00a-00cd-11ee-8578-e78343aa5b26.html |
The Kenosha Unified School District is seeking members of the public to join a committee to review recommendations for naming the Educational Support Center at 3600 52nd St.
The final outcome of the committee will be submitted to the Board of Education for review and consideration on Tuesday, Aug. 22.
Individuals interested in serving on the committee, or submitting the name of a person or place for consideration, should submit a letter of interest no later than Tuesday, June 6.
Supt. Jeffrey Weiss will review letters of interest and notify selected members via email by Friday, June 9.
The committee will meet on Tuesday, June 20, and Wednesday, July 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Educational Support Center Boardroom. If additional time is needed, the committee will also meet on Wednesday, July 26, and Wednesday, Aug. 2, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
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Individuals submitting names for consideration should keep in mind the following:
Buildings must be named after a person or place.
Individuals must be deceased for at least two years before they may be nominated.
Individuals who are nominated must be limited to those who have historical significance, have performed exemplary service in the community or for humanity, have displayed outstanding leadership and/or are of exemplary moral character.
Places that are nominated must be very well known and have a great deal of significance to the district and/or community.
First consideration shall be given to local persons or places, but consideration may also be given to state, national and international persons.
Letters of interest should contain current contact information, including name, email and phone number, and must be mailed to the Educational Support Center, ATTN: Patience Vitacco, 3600 52nd St., Kenosha, WI 53144, no later than June 6. Alternatively, they may be emailed to pvitacco@kusd.edu or dropped off at the Educational Support Center between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-unified-seeks-individuals-to-serve-on-educational-support-center-naming-committee/article_c8472d30-00cf-11ee-89d0-f3926a071b19.html | 2023-06-04T18:13:59 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-unified-seeks-individuals-to-serve-on-educational-support-center-naming-committee/article_c8472d30-00cf-11ee-89d0-f3926a071b19.html |
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Cape Coral man dies in single-vehicle crash in Charlotte County Saturday
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A 45-year-old Cape Coral man died Saturday afternoon after he lost control of his pickup truck while driving on Burnt Store Road in Charlotte County.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the unidentified man was traveling south toward Cape Coral when he traveled off the roadway, rotated, collided with a light pole, overturned and hit a tree.
The accident happened about 4:20 p.m. Saturday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation, an FHP news release stated.
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Hoosiers have the opportunity to weigh in on proposed changes to state child support guidelines before the Indiana Supreme Court adjusts the rules this year.
The revisions suggested by the Domestic Relations Committee of the Judicial Conference of Indiana, comprised of lawyers and judges from across the state, cover a variety of child-support issues that arise in dissolution-of-marriage cases, legal separations, paternity cases and Title IV-D proceedings.
The proposed changes address:
• A revised weekly schedule for child support based on more recent economic data.
• Removal of uninsured health care payments from the weekly schedule for child support.
• Amendment of the low-income adjustment to account for income of both parents.
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• Simplification of uninsured and unreimbursed health care expenses.
• New language permitting calculation of the parenting time credit when a parent spends a different number of overnights with each child.
• Updated child-support obligation worksheet to reflect guideline revisions.
• Emphasis on giving the rationale for any deviation from the presumptive child support guideline amount, even when parents agree.
• Clarification of split custody and child-support calculations.
• Updated language on payment of birth and postpartum expenses in paternity cases.
The full text of the proposed modifications is available at courts.in.gov. The website also features a form to submit comments on the changes.
Comments also can be mailed to the Indiana Office of Court Services, c/o Domestic Relations Committee, 251 N. Illinois St., Suite 800, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
All comments must be received by June 30 to be considered in crafting the final guidelines submitted to the high court for approval. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/hoosier-opinions-sought-on-child-support-rule-changes/article_ee77b3b8-0097-11ee-819d-af3c97b7ee23.html | 2023-06-04T18:25:02 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/hoosier-opinions-sought-on-child-support-rule-changes/article_ee77b3b8-0097-11ee-819d-af3c97b7ee23.html |
GARY — Four state lawmakers representing northern Lake County are planning a public forum to update their constituents on the work of the Indiana General Assembly.
The free event is set for 6 p.m. Thursday in the Savannah Center's Bergland Auditorium at Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway.
In addition to hearing from the elected officials on the state's annual legislative session, which adjourned April 28, residents are invited to share their opinions about the new laws approved at the Statehouse and their ideas for action by the 2024 General Assembly.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks to reporters April 28, 2023, following the adjournment of the 2023 Indiana General Assembly
"I hope you can attend the public town hall I am hosting with other area legislators to learn more about new laws passed during the 2023 legislative session that will affect our daily lives," said Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, the event organizer.
Also participating will be Reps. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago, and Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary; and Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Gary, the party's 2023 nominee for Gary mayor.
Meet the 2023 Northwest Indiana legislative delegation
State Rep. Carolyn Jackson, D-Hammond
State Rep. Carolyn Jackson, D-Hammond
1st House District
Represents: Hammond, Whiting
Experience: State representative since 2018; retired Cook County, Ill., probation officer
Committees: Environmental Affairs; Family, Children and Human Affairs; Natural Resources
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State Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago
State Rep. Earl Harris Jr., D-East Chicago
2nd House District
Represents: East Chicago, Gary (west side), Hammond (east side)
Experience: State representative since 2016; small business owner
Committees: Government and Regulatory Reform; Roads and Transportation (ranking member); Ways and Means
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State Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary
State Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary
3rd House District
Represents: Gary (downtown and east side), Hobart, Lake Station, New Chicago
Experience: State representative since 2018; attorney
Committees: Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development (ranking member); Courts and Criminal Code; Government and Regulatory Reform
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State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso
State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso
4th House District
Represents: Valparaiso, Kouts
Experience: State representative since 2006; aviation safety consultant
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Roads and Transportation; Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications (chairman)
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State Rep. Pat Boy, D-Michigan City
State Rep. Pat Boy, D-Michigan City
9th House District
Represents: Michigan City, Beverly Shores, Chesterton, Long Beach
Experience: State representative since 2018; retired small business owner
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Environmental Affairs; Natural Resources (ranking member)
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State Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage
State Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage
10th House District
Represents: Portage, Burns Harbor, Dune Acres, Ogden Dunes, Porter, South Haven
Experience: State representative since 2008; financial solutions associate
Committees: Employment, Labor and Pensions; Financial Institutions; Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
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State Rep. Mike Aylesworth, R-Hebron
State Rep. Mike Aylesworth, R-Hebron
11th House District
Represents: Hebron, Cedar Lake, DeMotte, Lowell, Morocco, Roselawn, Schneider
Experience: State representative since 2014; farmer, former state environmental regulator
Committees: Agriculture and Rural Development (chairman); Courts and Criminal Code; Environmental Affairs
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State Rep. Mike Andrade, D-Munster
State Rep. Mike Andrade, D-Munster
12th House District
Represents: Munster, Griffith, Highland
Experience: State representative since 2020; small businessman
Committees: Financial Institutions (ranking member); Veterans Affairs and Public Safety; Ways and Means
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State Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary
State Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary
14th House District
Represents: Gary (south side), Merrillville, unincorporated Calumet Township
Experience: State representative since 1990; education professor at Indiana University Northwest
Committees: Education (ranking member); Financial Institutions; Local Government
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State Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville
State Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville
15th House District
Represents: Dyer, Schererville, St. John
Experience: State representative 2012-18, reelected 2020; small business owner
Committees: Financial Institutions; Rules and Legislative Procedures; Ways and Means
Provided
State Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer
State Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer
16th House District
Represents: Rensselaer, Knox
Experience: State representative since 2022; farmer
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Environmental Affairs (vice chairman); Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
Provided
State Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point
State Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Crown Point
19th House District
Represents: Crown Point, Hobart, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Wheeler, Winfield
Experience: State representative 2014-2018, reelected 2020; small business owner
Committees: Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development (vice chairwoman); Family, Children and Human Affairs; Rules and Legislative Procedures
Provided
State Rep. Jim Pressel, R-Rolling Prairie
State Rep. Jim Pressel, R-Rolling Prairie
20th House District
Represents: LaPorte
Experience: State representative since 2016; small business owner
Committees: Elections and Apportionment; Government and Regulatory Reform; Roads and Transportation (chairman)
Provided
State Sen. Dan Dernulc, R-Highland
State Sen. Dan Dernulc, R-Highland
1st Senate District
Represents: Highland, Dyer, Griffith, Merrillville, St. John, Schererville
Experience: State senator since 2022; project manager
Committees: Education and Career Development; Environmental Affairs; Local Government; Pensions and Labor
Provided
State Sen. Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago
State Sen. Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago
2nd Senate District
Represents: East Chicago, Hammond, Munster, Whiting
Experience: State senator since 2008, previously served 1994-98; attorney
Committees: Appropriations; Ethics (vice chairman); Insurance and Financial Institutions (ranking member); Judiciary (ranking member); Tax and Fiscal Policy
Provided
State Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Gary
State Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Gary
3rd Senate District
Represents: Gary, Hobart, Lake Station, Merrillville, New Chicago
Experience: State senator since 2016; community relations manager
Committees: Appropriations (ranking member); Health and Provider Services; Public Policy; Tax and Fiscal Policy
Provided
State Sen. Rodney Pol Jr., D-Chesterton
State Sen. Rodney Pol Jr., D-Chesterton
4th Senate District
Represents: Chesterton, Beverly Shores, Burns Harbor, Michigan City, Portage
Experience: State senator since 2021; attorney
Committees: Corrections and Criminal Law (ranking member); Ethics; Judiciary; Local Government (ranking member); Pensions and Labor; Rules and Legislative Procedure
Provided
State Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso
State Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso
5th Senate District
Represents: Valparaiso, Hebron, Jasper County, Wheeler
Experience: State senator since 2007; attorney
Committees: Appropriations; Health and Provider Services (chairman); Rules and Legislative Procedure; Tax and Fiscal Policy
Provided
State Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell
State Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell
6th Senate District
Represents: Lowell, Cedar Lake, Crown Point, DeMotte, Winfield
Experience: State senator since 2014, state representative 2012-14; small business owner
Committees: Environmental Affairs (chairman); Judiciary; Local Government; Tax and Fiscal Policy
Provided
State Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores
State Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores
8th Senate District
Represents: LaPorte County
Experience: State senator since 2016; consultant
Committees: Corrections and Criminal Law; Health and Provider Services; Local Government
Provided
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CROWN POINT — Students at St. Mary Catholic Community School celebrated the end of the academic year with some friendly competition at Field Day.
They used their athletic skills, strategy and teamwork to work through various activities. Some of those included tug of war, a water balloon toss, wacky water relay and a dunk tank.
The students dropped their favorite teachers into some comfortably warm water on a 55° day. The event was organized by first year teacher Michael Kosakowski. He thanks all the parents who came out to help.
St. Mary Catholic Community School in Crown Point offers grade levels Junior Pre-Kindergarten (for 3-year-olds) through grade eight.
The faculty teaches a curriculum supported by cutting-edge technology. St. Mary’s is currently accepting applications for new students for the 2023-2024 school year. To learn more about St. Mary School’s visit school.stmarycp.org. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/st-mary-students-close-year-out-with-friendly-competition/article_1f21955e-0095-11ee-a4d5-83594e22852f.html | 2023-06-04T18:25:15 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/st-mary-students-close-year-out-with-friendly-competition/article_1f21955e-0095-11ee-a4d5-83594e22852f.html |
5-car collision in west Phoenix leaves 1 dead, several injured
A collision in west Phoenix involving five vehicles left a woman dead and multiple others hospitalized on Saturday. Police believe impairment and speed were a factor in the crash.
Early Saturday afternoon, officers with the Phoenix Police Department responded to the area of 67th Avenue and Coolidge Street regarding a collision involving five vehicles. When officers arrived, they located multiple people with injuries. Police did not provide an exact amount of people with injuries.
Martha Alicia Cervantes Inzunza, 68, was transported to the hospital but did not survive her injuries and was pronounced dead, police said. Several others involved in the collision were transported to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, according to police.
Preliminary information from Phoenix police suggests that three of the vehicles involved were traveling northbound on 67th Avenue approaching Coolidge Street when one of the drivers of these three vehicles attempted to pass another vehicle in an unsafe manner and lost control, police said.
The vehicle struck the two other northbound-traveling vehicles which caused the at-fault vehicle and one of the cars they struck to travel into oncoming southbound traffic, according to police. Two southbound vehicles were struck by the two northbound vehicles, according to police.
Cervantes Inzunza was a passenger in one of the southbound vehicles.
Phoenix police believe impairment was a factor in the crash as well as speed. No arrests have been made. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2023/06/04/five-car-collision-west-phoenix-1-dead-multiple-injured/70286394007/ | 2023-06-04T18:27:35 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2023/06/04/five-car-collision-west-phoenix-1-dead-multiple-injured/70286394007/ |
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Two people were hospitalized after a mobile home caught fire overnight in Babson Park, trapping at least one of the victims, according to a Polk County spokesperson.
Polk County Fire Rescue was responding to a medical call at the mobile home which escalated into an urgent situation after crews were unable to use the front door, a news release states. Plywood and glass were removed from a side window, yet firefighters only encountered items stacked floor-to-ceiling inside; all the while, a victim’s head had emerged from a bathroom window for fresh air, according to the release.
Firefighters got a breathing mask on that victim and made a larger opening around the bathroom window, rescuing the trapped person within nine minutes of getting to the scene, the release states.
Crews then attacked the interior fire, noting its aggressiveness. Two victims total were airlifted to nearby trauma centers, the county confirmed.
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No other information was shared.
Note: Due to the information provided, this map depicts the general area of where this fire occurred and not necessarily its exact location.
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SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Firefighters in The Villages released a statement ahead of the weekend that describes what they saw when responding to a burning home in The Village of Linden late last month.
Around 7 p.m. on May 31, crews responding to a residential fire along Rhett Road witnessed an individual so far only identified as “the homeowner” run into the structure while the fire truck arrived, according to the release.
The truck’s crew got into the home to rescue the victim, noting heavy smoke and flames coming from the residence’s rear. The homeowner was taken from the house and received aid as no other victims were found inside, firefighters said.
The homeowner was airlifted to UF Health Shands Hospital in critical but stable condition, the release states.
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office was still investigating the cause of the fire as of Thursday, June 1.
No other information was shared.
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WATERLOO — The Waterloo Community Foundation has announced the establishment of the Geof and Vicki Grimes Fund in memory of founder and former board president Geof Grimes.
The fund was set up by the Grimes family and will contribute resources toward organizations that support arts and culture, education, and relief from food insecurity in the community.
Geof Grimes was active in the Waterloo community and served as president of Struxture Architects until his retirement in 2010. Throughout his career, he was involved with more than two dozen organizations. He was an active member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and served on many boards and committees including the Waterloo Playhouse/Black Hawk Children’s Theatre, Black Hawk Gaming Association, Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa and Friends of Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.
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Grimes died in 2020 while serving as board president of the Waterloo Community Foundation. His wife, Vicki, and their children, Tiffany Siegeland and Ryan McGuire Grimes, established a donor advised fund to continue the family’s legacy with the foundation and greater Waterloo community.
Community members interested in contributing to the fund can donate online at wloocommunityfoundation.org/give . Checks can be mailed to the Waterloo Community Foundation at 425 Cedar St., Suite 320, P.O. Box 1253, Waterloo.
Photos: Memorial Day commemorations across the US
Krista Meinert touches the headstone of her son U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Alexander Meinert as she visits his grave in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Susan Walsh
President Joe Biden stands with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as the national anthem is played at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Susan Walsh
President Joe Biden lays a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Susan Walsh
Members of the Hinsdale, N.H. Firefighters salute during a small memorial service as part of the annual Hinsdale Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jason Bowers, of Fairfax, Va., talks with his daughter Georgia, 7, as they visit Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Alex Brandon
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Alex Brandon
U.S. flags stand at grave sites during a Memorial Day service held at the Veterans' Memorial Cross at Crystal Springs Cemetery in Benton Harbor, Mich., on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Don Campbell
Kathy Jillson, of Berrien Springs, Mich., walks among graves following a Memorial Day service held at the Veterans' Memorial Cross at Crystal Springs Cemetery in Benton Harbor, Mich., on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
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Vadim Gunyan, of Washington, visits the grave of U.S. Army Sgt. John D. Linde, who he served with, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Alex Brandon
A large American flag is displayed during the Star-Spangled Banner before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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Members of a Conneaut Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 150 provide a salute during a Conneaut Memorial Day ceremony at City Cemetery in Conneaut, Ohio, on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
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Members of the Geneva High School band march in the Geneva Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 29, 2023, in Geneva, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
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American Legion Color Guard prepare to raise the U.S. flag to half-staff in tribute to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas, during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
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People pay tribute to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
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People pay tribute to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
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People pay tribute at Veterans Park to the fallen men and women of the U.S. armed forces in Brownsville, Texas during the 24th Annual Memorial Day Silent March on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
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Melody Turiello lays her head against the headstone of her mother, Army veteran Debra Turner during a Memorial Day visit at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Carmen Williams visits the grave of her father, Air Force veteran Oscar Williams, on Memorial Day at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Gary Black visits the grave of his brother, Air Force veteran Owen Black who passed away on May 29, 2017, at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Calif, on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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The colors are raised and then lowered to half-staff by members of Vietnam Veterans Inc. at the start of La Porte's Memorial Day service in Fox Park on Monday, May 29, 2023, in La Porte, Ind. Flags were directed to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to noon. (Amanda Haverstick/La Porte County Herald-Dispatch via AP)
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Miniature flags are seen placed by graves at the San Francisco National Cemetery during a Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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The 63D Readiness Division in a rifle salute during a Memorial Day ceremony at the San Francisco National Cemetery, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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The 63D Readiness Division rehearse their rifle salute at the San Francisco National Cemetery ahead of a Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 29, 2023. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man has been arrested on charges related to drug possession and sale, driving with a revoked license and fleeing the police.
Clayton D. Yets, 28, was charged with:
- One count of manufacturing or delivering cocaine, a Class 1 felony
- Possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, a Class 1 felony
- Possession of up to 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony
- Possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony
- Driving on a revoked license, a Class 4 felony
- Aggravated fleeing from police, two or more consecutive attempts, a Class 4 felony
- Resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor
- Possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor
Yets was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, June 3, after fleeing from police in a white 2007 Jeep.
According to court documents, Yets was driving the Jeep and abruptly pulled over while a Bloomington squad car was driving behind him. When Yets began driving again, the police officer observed that the Jeep did not have a front license plate.
Police followed Yets to the Thornton's gas station on Main Street in Bloomington, where they attempted to pull him over for the missing plate.
Instead, police said Yets accelerated to a high speed, almost causing a traffic crash. Police did not pursue further "for the safety of the public."
Bloomington police then received a call from the Jeep's owner, who said Yets had borrowed the vehicle so he could "buy groceries."
The owner told police he had received a call from Yets telling him "that he ditched the owner's vehicle somewhere."
Several hours later, Yets was a passenger in another vehicle during a traffic stop. Officers identified Yets from the previous incident and arrested him.
Yets also faces charges from an incident on May 16, when police said he was driving a Mercury that had revoked registration.
Police said Yets eluded police and led them on a brief chase. The Mercury was later seen in a driveway at North East and East Mulberry streets, with Yets standing outside the vehicle.
When police arrived, Yets fled on foot and threw an object that was later found to have more than 10 grams of a substance containing cocaine.
Police searched the vehicle and found more drug paraphernalia.
Yets has three bond amounts set, each with 10% to apply for release: $5,000 plus court fees, $100,000 plus court fees and another $100,000 plus court fees.
This means he would have to post $10,035 each for two cases and $535 for the third, for a total of $20,605, to be released from the McLean County Detention Facility.
His next court appearance in all three matters is scheduled for 9 a.m. June 23.
A booking photo was not available over the weekend. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-with-fleeing-police-possessing-drugs-in-bloomington/article_eb3c5be0-0254-11ee-abdc-eb194313b9aa.html | 2023-06-04T18:55:57 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-with-fleeing-police-possessing-drugs-in-bloomington/article_eb3c5be0-0254-11ee-abdc-eb194313b9aa.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for a woman missing from Indianapolis' south side.
IMPD missing persons detectives are investigating the disappearance of 63-year-old Jeanetta Harvey, who is described as 5 feet tall and 160 pounds with brown hair and green eyes.
Harvey was last seen on at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 2, in the 4300 block of Madison Avenue, near East Hanna Avenue, driving her blue 2014 Ford F-150 truck with Indiana license plate FD1659.
Harvey is believed to be in extreme danger and may be in need of medical assistance.
Anyone with information on Harvey's whereabouts is asked to call 911, contact the IMPD Missing Persons unit at 317-327-6160, or call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-asks-publics-help-locating-woman-missing-from-indys-south-side/531-529d0ffe-652e-434a-8f75-35c52571d908 | 2023-06-04T18:58:48 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-asks-publics-help-locating-woman-missing-from-indys-south-side/531-529d0ffe-652e-434a-8f75-35c52571d908 |
HERMANTOWN — The former home of Arrowhead Refinery on the corner of U.S. Highway 53 and Ugstad Road could someday become a new business park, based on an environmental assessment conducted by the city of Hermantown through the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. The site, along with nearby plots of land, underwent an Alternative Urban Areawide Review process that examines the environmental impact of various possible developments on the site.
"Normally, if the landowner had a project lined up, they would have to go through and do an environmental assessment worksheet," said City Administrator John Mulder. "So what we're doing is getting ahead of the game, so if a project comes along, they will already be that much further ahead in terms of the environmental review process."
Essentially the review is a "planning tool to understand how different development scenarios will affect the environment of their community before the development occurs," according to the state board's website. It identifies areas of concern such as the traffic levels that developments would generate, as well as how waterways and wetlands would be impacted and it provides plans to avoid future contamination.
"They look at the worst-case scenario," said Community Development Director Eric Johnson. "Whether that's a series of 3-acre lots with 30,000- to 50,000-square-foot buildings on it or, as some would see, the worse case might very well be that nothing happens for quite a while. In that case, we've done a lot of work to make this site ready and we just have to wait."
Mulder said part of the reason for engaging with this type of planning process is also due to the site's history. The site was removed from the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund site list two years ago. A Superfund site is a polluted location which requires a hazardous material cleanup. As a refinery, the site processed recycled oil and required the landowners to do a lot of remediation work to clean it up.
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"As it was delisted, we started talking to the landowner to say, 'Hey, you've been holding that a long time. You want to see some kind of return on investment? How can we maximize the return on investment? How can we maximize the development there?'" Mulder said. "So we started talking to that landowner about what we might be able to do to help him develop that land at some point in time."
Based on the number of phone calls I've had in the last week, I'd say people are interested.
Three development scenarios were evaluated and further refined resulting in a final development scenario. The final plan doesn't include an exact configuration of each building until construction on each parcel is designed and a project is in development. There are no current project plans for the land in place, but Johnson said the study raised interest in the site.
"Based on the number of phone calls I've had in the last week, I'd say people are interested," Johnson said. "I've had two or three contracting companies coming out to say they're willing to make this site a reality. And I've told them, they've got to talk to the landowners. They have to decide what they want to see happen here. We're just the planning process, they have the final say on what happens to their land."
The review of the site has been published by the board and is now available on the city of Hermantown's website at hermantownmn.com/bizpark . A 30-day review period is set to end June 15, after which the city staff has 15 days to respond to any comments or questions raised during the review period. It will go then back to the City Council for approval.
"This is an opportunity for people to see what could happen on this site and provide a comment," Johnson said. "And it's good for people to know that the city is being proactive in terms of dealing with a site that has had some environmental problems in the past and how we can clear that up." | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/hermantown-plans-for-potential-business-park | 2023-06-04T19:09:57 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/hermantown-plans-for-potential-business-park |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — According to the Wichita Police Department (WPD), a man from Wichita was shot Saturday night during the commission of a robbery.
The WPD says they received a call at 11:55 p.m. for the report of a shooting in the 2900 block of S Richmond Ct.
Upon arrival, officers found a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his right lower leg.
He was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The WPD says an investigation is ongoing.
If you have any information on this case, Wichita police are making you to please contact investigators at 316-268-4407, Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111, or the See Something Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/police-wichita-man-shot-during-commission-of-robbery/ | 2023-06-04T19:26:03 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/police-wichita-man-shot-during-commission-of-robbery/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A woman from Wichita was seriously injured in an early Sunday morning shooting.
According to the Wichita Police Department (WPD), they received a call at 1:05 a.m. for the report of a shooting in the 2500 block of S Seneca St.
Upon arrival, police found an 18-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her right forearm.
She was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The WPD says an investigation revealed the woman was involved in an argument with an unknown suspect, and during the argument, the suspect produced a handgun and shot at the victim.
An investigation is ongoing.
If you have any information on this case, Wichita police are asking you to please contact
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A man from Wichita was critically injured in a shooting Saturday night.
According to the Wichita Police Department (WPD), they received a call at 11:40 p.m. for the report of a shooting in the 3900 block of S Meridian Ave.
Upon arrival, Wichita police say they found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his upper back.
He was taken to an area hospital with critical but non-life-threatening injuries. According to the WPD, he underwent surgery and is in stable condition.
Wichita police say an investigation revealed that the victim was struck by gunfire after a 20-year-old victim of a robbery exchanged fire with a male suspect after the suspect started shooting at him.
A teen girl had a bullet go through her shirt, but police said she wasn’t hurt.
“Investigation is ongoing. We do have video footage. We had witnesses and citizens that gave us their information. Now, we’re just trying to follow up to determine the basis of the shooting,” Wichita Police Sergeant Joshua Lewis said.
If anyone has any information on this case, the WPD is asking you to please call detectives at 316-268-4407, the See Something Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282, or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wpd-one-hurt-following-shooting-in-s-wichita/ | 2023-06-04T19:26:15 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wpd-one-hurt-following-shooting-in-s-wichita/ |
SAN ANTONIO — A woman using a walker was hit by a truck at an intersection in downtown San Antonio on Tuesday.
A San Antonio police officer at the scene had said that the woman was in a wheelchair that had rolled into traffic while she was attempting to chase after her dog.
However, David Wood said that his mother's dog had just been neutered that day and was sedated inside his carrier. He also told KENS 5 that his mom, Carol Wood, 78, has post-polio syndrome and is unable to "chase after anything. She can barely walk."
The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of West Houston at the corner of Santa Rosa.
David Wood said that his mother suffered traumatic injuries as a result of the crash.
Her legs were both broken at the knees, and she has a broken femur, compound fracture of the ankle, broken ribs on both sides, two punctured lungs, a broken jaw and the most serious injury, a brain bleed, her son said.
Carol Wood is a former Hollywood costume designer who has worked on numerous films, including "My Cousin Vinny."
Police at the scene said the driver did stop and render aid and was not expected to face criminal charges in the crash.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published based on police reports of the incident and has been updated with new information from the family of the woman who was struck by a vehicle in downtown San Antonio.
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Let me start of by saying this; May is Lyme Disease Awareness month. Nearly half a million people in the U.S. suffer from Lyme Disease. This is more than HIV/AIDS, the West Nile Virus and Malaria combined. Lyme is one of the fastest growing vector born diseases. Yet Lyme research funding receives less than 2.2% of public funding.
On top of this, first line Lyme diagnostic testing miss 60% of early-stage Lyme disease cases. And that is where my story comes in. It’s a story of the Oregon cost, of track and field, and of what happens when Lyme isn’t caught early and becomes chronic.
In my head the question “Was it worth it?” often comes up.
I think at some point in life we look back and wonder if the way we’ve spent time was worth it. These pictures are what highlighted my high school years. The years where I met some of the most amazing people.
When I started pole vaulting it became my whole world. I spent high school focused on it and was set to do the same in college.
Then an infection caused by a tiny little bug that lives in nature and is so small it’s often never seen (a tick) - that infection took me down.
Hi, I’m Abbey (Schreiber) and I have Chronic Lyme disease. I live in chronic pain and my nervous system is damaged by this infection.
Before that happened though I was a pole vaulter on the Oregon Coast and part of what was known as “The Far West League” - a track and field powerhouse.
When I was diagnosed with Lyme disease, my family and I were confused. We had never seen a tick on me, and I had never developed a bullseye rash which is a tell tall sign of it. We didn’t even know you could get Lyme on the West Coast (spoiler alert Lyme is present in all 50 states).
What we did know at that point was that I had competed nearly half a year with my health failing. But as an athlete, I just kept trying to push through and ignore symptoms.
This is why athletes in particular are at risk to have health conditions go undiagnosed for longer. It’s easy to always find an excuse for symptoms. We think we are just tired, or not strong enough, or we are afraid of complaining or embarrassed if we can’t keep up with others.
My senior season, I was standing on podiums with the other Far West League pole vaulters, looking like I was in peak physical condition. While the reality was my health was crumbling.
When I finally admitted that I wasn’t feeling OK, I desperately wanted answers as I headed off to college.
And I did get answers. But not ones that lead to better health. I’ve spent the last 5-1/2 years fighting this disease and I still haven’t won.
When a large chunk of time is stolen from you, you tend to reflect on the time you spent in the past and the time you want to use in the future.
When I think back on the years I spent before I got sick, they are packed full of vaulting. Here’s what I can say about the pole vault and track and field experience. And how I view it differently so many years later.
There were times when I was vaulting that it felt like I was on top of the world. And those moments stick with you.
But what I’ve noticed more and more as time passes is that it’s often the small and random moments that really end up leaving an imprint on your mind.
Those moments you didn’t even realize you were making memories.
Many of us have a tendency to be very serious about sports and while it’s good to have focus and dedication, you have to remember you are doing sports to have fun too. And months and years of your life are passing and when you look back on them you are going to want to know you made some memories not just heights.
The next thing I can say about vault is that the vault family is amazing. One thing that often struck me was how you would show up at a vault pit and it was like a portal to a different dimension.
Coaches and athletes were smiling and laughing. It didn’t matter what school you were from someone was always there to help you. You would be chatting with your competition like old friends, because you really were. I don’t remember where most of my own team was at meets, because I was with “Team Vault” where your jersey rarely mattered. It wasn’t just vault people either, any person who stepped into that world was on your team.
This is just one example of how again we weren’t just doing an event, we were building a family.
When I was diagnosed with Lyme I was a few weeks into my first college year of pole vaulting at Eastern Oregon University. I was always tired, my stomach hurt, I struggled to breathe when running, and my hips hurt so much from vaulting I had burn marks on me from falling asleep on my heating pad.
By the end of the term I had to stop, move home, and get treatment for Lyme.
The fact that I was even diagnosed within a year of becoming Ill makes me one of the lucky ones. The doctors ran four Lyme tests on me. Three of them speciality labs done by private labs focused on tick borne illness. For reference IgenX labs, Armin labs,and DNA connections are what was done on me, and are generally considered to be accurate.
Lyme disease is known as “the great imitator” as it can frequently mimic conditions such as Fibromyalgia , Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and more.
You may have heard of some celebrities who have come out in the past few years such as Yolanda Hadid, Avril Lavigne, and Justin Bieber who have all battled lyme and seen its impact on one’s life.
When I faced this crossroad of not being able to mix pole vaulting and Lyme disease together anymore, I was so worried about disappointing my college coaches and I was scared to be stopping something that had shaped my life and given me so many friends. I worried I would lose those friendships or lose who I was.
I didn’t need to worry though because nearly every wonderful track person, athlete, coach, anyone I had become friends with over those years, college coaches included - they are all still in my life now.
I was absolutely blown away that these people who loved and cared about track and vault so much- they cared even more about the lives of the athletes they met, than whether they cleared bars.
Remember that when you look around you at your next local track meet this spring.
For Lyme patients getting diagnosed is just the first step. The next is finding what is called “A Lyme Literate Physician” to treat you, especially in cases of chronic Lyme. And that’s a bigger challenge than you may think. But let’s go back to talking about the challenges pole vault presents first.
I want to take a minute to talk about the physical demand of pole vaulting. No matter how healthy you are, vaulting is a very taxing event to be doing. Anyone who has watched the event could see that.
On the one hand, athletes are out there building up strength and cardio, you’re stretching, and you’re doing so many healthy things for your body. On top of that you’re likely eating healthy and staying hydrated. So, there’s a lot of great benefits to your health.
On the other hand, you are constantly pushing your body to the limit and as athletes we often push through things or ignore the body’s first warning signs of problems.
Not to mention athletes are often working outside where many infections and illness can breed. You can just as easily get a tick bite hanging around the vault pits as you can hiking in the forest. Not to mention I think every vaulter has vaulted on old vault pits that can be a breeding ground for fungus and bacteria. Especially mold exposure.
I’ve often wondered at times if I helped or hindered my health by being a competitive pole vaulter. Lyme disease is a funny bacteria. You can contract it from a tick bite and not know for years, as it can burry and hide itself in your body. We think I may have gotten it as young as 2 years old. What happens is that a stressful event for the body is often what brings the infection out of hiding and lowers your body’s immune defenses at the same time.
Years before lyme disease was diagnosed I suffered from adrenal fatigue. The doctor told me I’d never be able to live a life and handle the same amount of stress as a healthy person. My body didn’t know how to properly respond to any stress, good or bad. I was highly encouraged to keep my stress at a minimum.
I tried to. But at the same time as an athlete I did press my body harder than I probably should have.Years later around the time I was finally being tested for Lyme another doctor told me that if I didn’t stop pushing so hard my adrenal function was going to be past the point of recovery.
You’ve heard of steroids, right? Hydrocortisone is a very common steroid. It is also a synthetic form cortisol which is a hormone produced by the adrenals. Cortisol is necessary for life. A healthy body will make all the cortisol you need and will release the right amounts into the body at the right times of day.
But your adrenals can only handle so much while continuing to produce the right amount of cortisol at the right times. This is really important for athletes especially as cortisol is vital for training and competing. And everyone’s cortisol levels are different. This is partially why athletes limits vary and why coaches need to be aware that every individual is unique.
What I want others to gain from what I’m sharing is that as athletes I really want to promote making sure you are listening to your body’s needs and not ignoring warning signs from it.
It’s a lot easier to sustain a taxing event for a longer period of time if you take time to recover and listen to your body.
I want to share one thing I wish I had done differently and I hope others will learn from it.
Don’t take time for granted. As a high schooler I was sure I had all the time in the world in the present and the future. Imagine the defeat I felt when I saw that wasn’t true. Time isn’t guaranteed. Lyme taught me that.
So now you’ve read what goes through my head when I wonder “was it worth it?” It was a blast, no doubt about it, but was it worth it?
In the end it really comes down to the people and the friendships forged by track and field.
And when I consider that, it overrules any doubts.
So while I certainly wish I had paid more attention to my health, my answer is best summed up in the song “Time of your Life” by Green Day which says “ for what it’s worth it was worth all the while- it’s something unpredictable but in the end is right, I hope you had the time of your life”.
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and I wear green to spread awareness of the battle myself and so many others I’ve met face against Lyme disease. But I also am reminded that I’m not alone in this fight because I’ve got a group of track and field and pole vault family that would never leave someone to fight alone. And If your out there on the track this spring I want you to remember you have that same family too.
This article is dedicated duly to my fellow Chronic Lyme Warriors who I encourage to never give up and to always hope for a better tomorrow and to the track world and coaches and athletes who never give up on their family and continue to have hope for me even on days when I’m running low on it. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/it-s-something-unpredictable-but-in-the-end-is-right/article_916232d6-02ed-11ee-bce5-1768e9139799.html | 2023-06-04T19:41:53 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/it-s-something-unpredictable-but-in-the-end-is-right/article_916232d6-02ed-11ee-bce5-1768e9139799.html |
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In the early days of my time in North Bend city government, as we looked for opportunities, I found myself thinking “if only” we had the assets of the county we could really get something done. What I quickly found was the county was saying the same thing about the state and the state was saying the same thing about the federal government. I was reminded of an old hymn called “Brighten the Corner where you are”.
Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do, Do not wait to shed your light afar;
To the many duties ever near you now be true, Brighten the corner where you are.
Your big time is now and this is your stage to make a difference on.
For many years we had a formal Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Each May they had annual RSVP Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. It was there we acknowledged that these folks had given over 100,000 hours of volunteer time to your community. While RSVP is gone, the volunteer service continues. So what does that do?
• It makes our area viable. We could not afford to pay for those services. (SMART—Firefighters—Boy Scout leaders—VIC folk)
• It gives them ownership in our community
• It enables us to prosper from each other’s talents
Country singer Randy Travis had a song in the 80’s which does a good job, I believe, summarizing this point. In fact it was so good that the first President Bush used it as the theme song for his volunteer program initiative. It’s called Point of Light.
There are heroes whose names we never hear,
A dedicated army of quiet volunteers
Reaching out to feed the hungry,
Reaching out to save the land,
Reaching out to help their fellow man.
There are dreamers who are making dreams come true,
Taking time to teach the children
There's nothing they can't do,
Giving shelter to the homeless,
Giving hope to those without.
Isn't that what this land's all about
One by one, from the mountains to the sea
Points of light are calling out to you and me.
All it takes is a point of light,
A ray of hope in the darkest night.
If you see what's wrong and you try to make it right,
You will be a point of light.
Joel Barker released a series of management videos in the late 80’s and early 90’s which popularized the concept of “paradign shifts”. In the second video of the series, “the power of vision”, he ended with a story called the Starfish Thrower, which I’d like to share with you.
There was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
As he got closer, he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?" The young man paused, looked up and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves. "I made a difference for that one!"
So folks you have been blessed to live in this place at this time. Once again let me encourage you to put your talents into action for your community. Here’s your mission:
• Brighten the corner where you are.
• Be a point of light for someone in need.
• Make a difference for at least one.
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CROWN POINT — An East Chicago man was charged with murder Wednesday in connection with the 2021 beating of another East Chicago man.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
Lloyd Clark Gatlin, 28, was charged with murder, aggravated battery and battery resulting in serious bodily injury.
Charging documents say that Gatlin punched Martin Cabrera in the face on Aug. 18, 2021, and Cabrera fell and hit his head, effectively killing him.
When police arrived to the 4500 block of Magoun Avenue in East Chicago, officers saw Cabrera on the concrete with blood coming out of his mouth and the back of his head, according to the probable-cause affidavit.
A witness told police that she saw Cabrera and Gatlin get into an argument earlier that evening. Gatlin had accused Cabrera of raping a woman, and Cabrera allegedly responded “I didn’t do it,” charging documents stated.
Gatlin then purportedly punched Cabrera in the face, and the witness told police that she saw Cabrera’s eyes roll back in his head as he fell straight back onto the concrete, the probable cause affidavit stated.
The witness added that, after Cabrera fell, she saw Gatlin slapping his face “as if trying to wake him but [Cabrera’s] eyes kept twitching.”
Gatlin’s first court appearance has not been set. As of Friday, he was at large on an arrest warrant, according to court records.
Gatlin also has pending charges for an unrelated auto theft.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Aaron Doeing Jr.
Age : 18
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304714
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Hollingsworth
Age : 36
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304719
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anastasia Clark
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304826
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Peters
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304722
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Mills
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304752
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Makiling
Age : 32
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304770
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Shaw
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304771
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charles Ward
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304815
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Colton Wilkey
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304825
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Damien Kent
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304794
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Gianoli
Age : 46
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304788
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Velasquez
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304749
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT OF A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David McGuire Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304746
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - (NIBRS FRAUD OFFENSE)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dessiree Reese
Age : 39
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304791
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devante Ricks
Age : 30
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304709
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devion Perry
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304801
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte House
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304720
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dimitri Person
Age : 30
Residence: Villa Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304748
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eddie Turnage
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304803
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edgar Hernandez Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304808
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emmanuel Rivera
Age : 41
Residence: Beloit, WI
Booking Number(s): 2304798
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWi
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eric Rangel Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304747
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fernando Mancillas Munoz
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304797
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: HPDB
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Freddie Forsythe
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304779
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - POSSESS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (b) ENHANCEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glen Johnson II
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304688
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Jones Jr.
Age : 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304760
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Najera
Age : 49
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304793
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Webb
Age : 52
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304751
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jelani Pruitt
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304789
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Mischka
Age : 38
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304713
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jermaine Wade Sr.
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304696
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jerome Cannon
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304697
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Barajas
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304727
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Chism
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304783
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Jones
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304700
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kirk Wright
Age : 37
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304818
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt McCammon Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304795
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kymari Cheeks
Age : 24
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304733
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lisette Corral
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304690
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Louie Campbell
Age : 44
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304816
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Hill
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304809
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael-Anthony Kruse
Age : 30
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304732
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Milan Tanasijevich
Age : 39
Residence: Schereville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304726
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schereville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Bradford
Age : 53
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304698
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Montel Smith
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304753
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Muhammad Najeeullah
Age : 51
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304792
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nadarangua Jackson-Carson
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304687
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Naja Wilder
Age : 22
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304744
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Novae Gatewood
Age : 53
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304693
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Finney
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304694
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: LACC
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quintin Transou Jr.
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304721
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Raymond Colburn
Age : 53
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304790
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rene Rodriguez
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304814
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Jones
Age : 54
Residence: Weeki Wachee, FL
Booking Number(s): 2304768
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Kirk
Age : 61
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304811
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Ramos
Age : 67
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304740
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Myers
Age : 57
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304804
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Semaj Reynolds
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304780
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Theron Harris Jr.
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304724
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Travis Walker
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304743
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trina Weaver
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304728
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Sanchez
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304766
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (EXPLOSIVES) - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Michalik
Age : 20
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304817
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Originally published June 2 onKTVB.COM.When Boise State University graduate Andrea Dorantes became the youngest Mexican woman to climb Mount Everest, she decided she wasn’t done.
But Dorantes, 26, didn’t always have a passion for the outdoors. She grew up playing soccer in Mexico, and had dreams of taking soccer to the next level.
“My dream was to go to the U.S. and get a scholarship to play soccer over there,” Dorantes said.
After a couple years of playing at the college level, that dream faded away.
“I was in the Midwest playing for two years and then I realized I was not enjoying it anymore, and I was like, ‘what’s next for me?’” Dorantes said.
It was those questions that helped lead her to her next quest, which landed her in Idaho. Dorantes began googling schools near ski resorts, and behold — she came across Boise State University
Dorantes said she stepped out of her comfort zone and started working as a trip leader for BSU’s Outdoor Program. At first, it was confusing, she said.
“I’ve never been camping, I live in a city,” Dorantes said. “How am I going to be a guide?”
Little did Dorantes know, that that job would change her life. It “opened up a world” for her and blew her mind, she said.
It’s just something “you can’t put into words,” she told KTVB.
After graduating from BSU, Dorantes pursued a career outdoors. She moved back home to Mexico after the COVID-19 pandemic, where she climbed her first mountain.
“Pico Orizaba is the third-highest peak in North America; it’s a big mountain. I really loved it, I felt something in my body that I’ve never felt before,” Dorantes said. “I was like, ‘this is it, I want to keep climbing, climbing, climbing.”
Dorantes made it her mission to climb the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents, also known as the seven summits.
“It’s a state of adrenaline and too many emotions. It’s that opportunity to see how far we can go and what we are capable of,” Dorantes said.
Her latest climb was Mount Everest — Earth’s highest mountain above sea level. It’s a challenge not everyone gets to complete.
During the course of the trip up the mountain, three people in Dorantes’ group died. Twenty-seven survived. And 26 of those people experienced frostbite.
“I felt pretty lucky,” Dorantes said.
To date, she is the youngest Mexican woman to climb Mount Everest, but she has more plans. Dorantes will be climbing the last summit in Russia, Mount Elbrus — earning her the title of youngest Latin American woman to complete all seven.
She said it’s an honor to represent her culture and those who have always dreamed of climbing.
“You want to make sure that you go as best prepared as possible — physically, mentally, everything — because there are so many factors you can’t control,” Dorantes said. “So, the factors that are on your hand, you have them covered.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/keep-climbing-climbing-climbing-a-boise-state-grad-s-journey-to-completing-the-7-summits/article_432d89bc-0199-11ee-9c6f-e32fa653c66a.html | 2023-06-04T19:55:42 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/keep-climbing-climbing-climbing-a-boise-state-grad-s-journey-to-completing-the-7-summits/article_432d89bc-0199-11ee-9c6f-e32fa653c66a.html |
MITCHELL — A home on South Harmon Drive was damaged in a fire on Saturday afternoon.
The fire was reported shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday in the 50 block of South Harmon Drive near Lake Mitchell. Photos showed heavy plumes of smoke emanating from the house as firefighters worked the scene, and authorities closed off a portion of South Harmon Drive to traffic for more than an hour.
Fire departments from Mitchell and Mount Vernon responded to the fire. No other information was available on the house's condition or potential injuries. Requests for comment from the Mitchell Fire Division were not returned by the deadline for this story. | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/mitchell-fire-responds-to-saturday-blaze-at-home-on-south-harmon-drive | 2023-06-04T20:00:55 | 1 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/mitchell-fire-responds-to-saturday-blaze-at-home-on-south-harmon-drive |
Indian Trail seniors accepted their diplomas during Saturday evening’s graduation ceremony, celebrating a major milestone into adulthood.
Indian Trail High School & Academy, 6800 60th St., held its commencement ceremony in the field house packed with parents, guardians, siblings, friends and relatives, and just under 400 students according to school Principal Scott Kennow.
Looking back and looking ahead
Commencement student speakers Dominic Fevrier and Liam Von Ellm-McKenna, and Class President Aliah Yusuf addressed their classmates.
Fevrier said he was excited to speak during graduation, after Kennow convinced him to apply to speak. He plans to attend the University of Minnesota for economics. He felt Saturday was a time to celebrate.
“I want people to look back and reflect on this event,” Fevrier said. “This is a big event; we’ve worked for this for 12 years. This is your moment.”
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Von Ellm-McKenna plans to attend UW-Madison for biology. His speech was about how to use failures and mistakes for self-improvement.
“Me personally, I’ve come in second a lot,” Von Ellm-McKenna said. “By learning from that, you learn how to grow.”
He also emphasized accepting change as they move on to the next chapter of their lives.
Yusuf plans to attend Carthage for nursing. She admitted she was “excited but nervous” about what was to come after graduation. She said she liked to be “one step ahead of things,” but that wasn’t always possible.
Yusuf said that when she and her classmates look back on their time in school, they won’t focus on the hours of classwork and the little things.
“My whole speech is around memories,” Yusuf said. “You’re going to remember the friendships you made.”
Learning, growing in the pandemic
All three student-speakers reflected on what the COVID pandemic, which began around the end of their freshman year, meant to them. They talked about struggling, whether socially, mentally or educationally.
“COVID really took away from our high school experience,” Fevrier said. “Some of my classmates were just blank screens on a computer.”
Classes went online and students had to adapt to a new form of learning. Even as in-person education returned, the constant change was difficult for many.
“COVID definitely threw off everyone’s plans,” Von Ellm-McKenna said. “I didn’t come back to in-person (classes) until junior year.”
Those shared experiences have shaped the students’ perspective as they go on to college and beyond. Fevrier said he planned to make the most of college.
“Now I really want to be out there, socializing and focusing on school,” Fevrier said.
Yusuf said the pandemic taught her that “things can go sideways really quickly.”
“But that doesn’t mean it’ll stop you,” Yusuf said. “Enjoy life while you’re there, and make sure you learn lessons.”
Von Ellm-McKenna had some similar advice to share.
“Live life to its fullest,” he said.
Milestone for many
Saturday evening was a milestone for many, not just the students.
“This was the first class that came in when I joined,” Kennow said. “It’s been awesome to see them grow.”
Kennow said there had been some valuable lessons during a time of constant change.
“One of the key pieces is these kids have learned there isn’t just one way to learn how to do things,” Kennow said. “There’s no ‘right way.’”
The themes for the evening were generally perseverance and dedication, Kennow said, and “trying to make the world a better place one interaction at a time.” He expressed his pride in the work the students had put in to get to Saturday.
“Survival – I don’t know how you grade something like that,” Kennow said. “It’s a great privilege to be a principal at this school.”
For himself and the staff, Kennow said there was still plenty of work ahead to know how to best help and educate students going forward, work he said he looked forward too.
The night was the third graduation ceremony for Superintendent Jeffrey Weiss this summer, his first year as superintendent for the Kenosha Unified School District.
“It’s been great, it’s my favorite time of the year,” Weiss said, “seeing students finishing up their schooling and moving on.”
His speech was focused on change, both the drastic changes the students had undergone since entering school, and the many more that were to come. Prior to the ceremony, he discussed why he chose the theme.
“When you think back to when they started, this is really a time of change in the student’s lives,” Weiss said. “In that amount of time, there’s so much development, learning and growth they go through.”
Weiss said it was also something he had been thinking about himself.
“Reflecting on myself and having a kid, I don’t feel like I’ve changed since I was 25,” Weiss said, laughing. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/indian-trail-seniors-reflect-and-look-ahead-during-graduation-ceremony/article_3ac2da66-0270-11ee-9eb4-7bcd37e1d2cb.html | 2023-06-04T20:11:08 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/indian-trail-seniors-reflect-and-look-ahead-during-graduation-ceremony/article_3ac2da66-0270-11ee-9eb4-7bcd37e1d2cb.html |
GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is working a crash involving an overturned vehicle on Interstate 81 southbound near mile marker 30.
An alert to TDOT’s SmartWay map said the crash initially had the southbound left lane closed near Exit 30, but all lanes have since reopened and traffic is moving.
This is a developing story and updates will be provided as they become available. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/overturned-vehicle-causes-delays-on-i-81-near-bulls-gap/ | 2023-06-04T20:11:10 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/overturned-vehicle-causes-delays-on-i-81-near-bulls-gap/ |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Three people were injured on Friday when a vehicle they were off-roading in overturned after an embankment gave way.
A crash report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) said a group of Jeeps was traveling on Bumpus Cove Trail at around 6 p.m. when an embankment collapsed, sending a Jeep Wrangler occupied by three people rolling down a steep hill.
The report states that the driver and two passengers, all females, sustained injuries and were taken to the Unicoi County Hospital by personal transportation. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/three-injured-in-rollover-crash-after-embankment-collapses-on-area-trail-thp-report/ | 2023-06-04T20:11:16 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/three-injured-in-rollover-crash-after-embankment-collapses-on-area-trail-thp-report/ |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A homicide investigation is currently underway in Annapolis following an incident that occurred on Saturday night.
Officers were called to the 1100 block of Madison Street after 10:00 p.m. where they located a woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
The victim, identified as 26-year-old Amari Tydings, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information regarding the incident should contact police at detectives at 410-260-3439 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/26-year-old-woman-shot-killed-in-annapolis-saturday-night | 2023-06-04T20:12:04 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/26-year-old-woman-shot-killed-in-annapolis-saturday-night |
As the sun slowly set Saturday nearly 260 graduates from Westosha Central High School's class of 2023 crossed the stage at the school's outdoor stadium.
The ceremony was so filled people to sit on the track and stand on the stairs, filling the area with the sounds of cheering and applause from family, friends and loved ones. The school band set the mood, performing "Lets Groove Tonight" by Earth, Wind and Fire.
Senior Katie Bergmann, as senior class speaker, spoke of the ways she and the rest of her class have evolved from scared first-years to young adults excited to navigate their futures.
"In many ways, we're no different than those before us. We've all sat in the cafeteria babbling on about our current crush while our friend rushes to finish their homework before the bell rings," Bergmann said.
Coming into high school, she said she was "obsessed with the cliches." She said she wanted to be homecoming queen, date the quarterback, be the varsity cheer captain, have a 4.0 GPA, be president of every organization and end every day satisfied. Although just some of her original goals were accomplished, she found the best moments of her high school career were outside those cliches.
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"Our world is constantly changing and evolving," Bergmann said. "Evolve with it and prove to this world that our graduating class means business. Although each one of us has varying goals ... we must not settle for the status quo. Keep pushing to be the greatest this world has ever seen."
Class president Taya Witt address the graduates on the theme of "not knowing." She said she chose the theme because this was the year of not knowing for herself.
"Our four years were marked by many events, each unique to all of us. If you're like me, it was marked by many years of not knowing," Witt said. "My grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles would ask me repeatedly, 'Where are you going to college ... (or) What are you going to major in?' And many times I simply said, 'I don't know.'"
Witt said she's become okay with not knowing. She said that "I don't know" will change into "I'm now headed to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in the fall and majoring in biology ... but who knows; that might change."
At the ceremony's conclusion, the class of 2023 threw their caps in the air and closed out their final chapter of their high school career.
Senior Natali Cruz said now she feels like she has more freedom, whether to go on a road trip, take more classes or enroll in higher education. Regardless, she feels like she has more options.
"I'm very proud of myself and anybody can do it. My cap says it," Cruz said, wearing her mortarboard decorated with the message "Anyone can graduate."
"It's a great feeling and anybody should feel proud of themselves.," she said. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/westosha-central-high-schools-class-of-2023-receive-diplomas/article_b2237a86-0278-11ee-b76e-eb92f7c46321.html | 2023-06-04T20:19:57 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/westosha-central-high-schools-class-of-2023-receive-diplomas/article_b2237a86-0278-11ee-b76e-eb92f7c46321.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 31-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant has been missing since early May, the Vancouver Police Department says.
Police say that the woman, Kailee Wheeless, is homeless and is possibly suffering from medical complications that could affect the health of her unborn child. Wheeless is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds.
“[Wheeless] hasn’t been seen or heard from by friends or family since the beginning of May 2023,” VPD says.
Anyone with information on Kailee’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or email Detective Carlow at jake.carlow@cityofvancouver.us. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/homeless-woman-eight-months-pregnant-missing-vancouver-police-say/ | 2023-06-04T20:21:49 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/homeless-woman-eight-months-pregnant-missing-vancouver-police-say/ |
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A 31-year-old man was arrested for street racing on the Gandy Bridge early Sunday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
Ryan Allen was arrested after troopers caught him and a 17-year-old driver racing on the Gandy Bridge headed toward Tampa.
FHP says Allen was driving a Dodge Charger and the teen was driving a Hyundai Genesis Coupe. The pair begin to "roll-race" from about 45 mph to over 100 mph. Troopers say the vehicles hit a peak speed of 108 before slowing down.
The 17-year-old driver won the race, but both drivers were pulled over. The teen was given a criminal citation for racing on highways but was not jailed.
Allen was taken to the Pinellas County jail but has since bonded out.
Both Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties have been trying to crack down on illegal street racing.
The St. Petersburg police have been ramping up its response to street racing after the death of a 13-year-old, who police say was hit and killed by a motorcycle going more than 100 mph at an illegal race.
In late April, St. Pete police arrested over 69 people in a massive street racing bust. Authorities said they hoped it would serve as a wake-up call to people considering participating in any future illegal events.
In Hillsborough County, eight people were arrested and 14 citations were given out after an 8-hour car racing operation in early May. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/person-arrested-after-street-racing-on-gandy-bridge/67-2642f97b-0690-4473-b208-c4890c9c172f | 2023-06-04T20:22:49 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/person-arrested-after-street-racing-on-gandy-bridge/67-2642f97b-0690-4473-b208-c4890c9c172f |
WATERLOO — Byron Phillips has been named principal of East High School, pending approval by the Board of Education.
Phillips currently serves as assistant principal at West High School where his responsibilities include supervision of clerical and support staff as well as overseeing the Partners in Education program and Professional Learning Communities.
“I am humbled, honored and extremely excited for the opportunity to serve as the next principal of East High School. As a lifelong resident of Waterloo, I am aware of the deep pride and rich tradition of East High, and I will work tirelessly to uphold the expectation of excellence,” Phillips said in a news release. “I am truly excited for this next chapter in my career and I am especially looking forward to working with the awesome students and staff at East High School.”
Prior to his current position, which he has held since 2010, he was the principal at Expo Alternative High School and assistant principal at Central and Logan Middle Schools. Phillips holds a bachelor’s degree from Huron University in South Dakota, a master’s degree from Viterbo College, and an advanced studies certificate in educational leadership from the University of Northern Iowa.
“We could not be more excited to announce Byron Phillips as the next principal at East High School,” said Waterloo Community Schools’ Superintendent Jared Smith. “Byron’s leadership experience and community ties make him the perfect fit to lead the Trojan family for years to come.”
Phillips replaces Joseph Parker, who has been the school’s principal since 2018.
Photos: Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys soccer falls to Western Christian, takes second in Class 1A | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/waterloo-schools-names-new-east-high-school-prinicipal/article_6534f5d2-0242-11ee-a9de-b34195ad0009.html | 2023-06-04T20:25:12 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/waterloo-schools-names-new-east-high-school-prinicipal/article_6534f5d2-0242-11ee-a9de-b34195ad0009.html |
WATERLOO — The following upcoming events are planned at the Waterloo Public Library:
- Monday 6-7 p.m. – Ukulele Songwriting for Beginners in meeting room AB. Learn the basic ukulele chords and techniques as well as some simple songwriting methods. There will be time afterwards for practice and questions. Registration is required and limited to 10 adult participants.
- Tuesday 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Mess Fest! The 2023 Youth Summer Library Program is being kicked off with one of the most popular events. West Third Street will be turned into Waterloo’s largest sandbox with everything provided to make the castles of your dreams. Also on tap, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, games, and more. Paticipants will have a chance to meet members of the Waterloo Fire Department. Treats will be provided. This program is weather permitting and no rain date will be scheduled.
- Tuesday 4-5:30 p.m. – Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners in the conference room. Participants in this crash course of Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, (open to teenagers) will learn what it takes to create their own character, what to know before joining or starting a campaign, and more. Miniatures will be available to play with along with character sheets to fill out and a short demonstration on how to use the library’s 3D printer to make your own monsters. No prior knowledge or experience needed just a curious mind and taste for adventure. Online registration is required and limited to 20 participants at
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- Friday 10:30-11 a.m. – Puppet Show in meeting room AB. Come along on a journey with some favorite puppet friends for an adventure through the woods as part of the Youth Summer Library Program. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-upcoming-events/article_30bc4e24-fcc3-11ed-9a57-fbf3ab1f30a4.html | 2023-06-04T20:25:19 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-upcoming-events/article_30bc4e24-fcc3-11ed-9a57-fbf3ab1f30a4.html |
LODI, Calif. — A midnight fire heavily damaged a bathroom at Lodi Lake, the Lodi Fire Department said.
Fire officials say that flames erupted around 12 a.m. Sunday inside a restroom near Lodi Lake's north side boat ramp. Firefighters extinguished the blaze quickly, but the damage has left the bathroom unusable.
Officials are now investigating the blaze, but have not said how it might have started.
Watch more Lodi news from ABC10: New generator could thwart future planned outages in Lodi | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/lodi/lodi-lake-bathroom-fire/103-6466dd4c-5728-44e8-bdcb-b027edbfb98c | 2023-06-04T20:39:43 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/lodi/lodi-lake-bathroom-fire/103-6466dd4c-5728-44e8-bdcb-b027edbfb98c |
Seven K-9 conservation teams have graduated from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement's nine-week K-9 Resource Protection program.
The May 25 ceremony was on the south lawn of the Indiana Statehouse and included teams from Indiana, Kansas, Oregon and Utah.
Since 1997, the program has trained K-9 teams in human-tracking, wildlife detection and article searches, Capt. Jet Quillen of DNR Law Enforcement said. All canines are trained to locate white-tailed deer, waterfowl, wild turkey and ginseng.
Teams also may be trained to locate other species depending on where the handler is stationed. "Indiana teams excel in man-tracking and locating firearms," Quillen said. The dogs typically start training at 12 to 18 months of age.
In its first year, the program trained two teams as a pilot. Now 13 units are in operation, at least one team in each of the 10 districts. Indiana has also helped train programs in Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon, Utah and Virginia, according to DNR Law Enforcement's website. Training help recently expanded to Zambia in southern Africa.
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"Last year was the first year with out-of-country participants for the school," Quillen said. "But we have had out-of-state participants for approximately 10 years."
K-9 conservation officers aim to protect endangered species, preserve the safety of public lands, and assist in search and rescue. The teams help stop poaching, usually by locating hidden game and guns or shell casings from spotlighting cases. Also known as "jacklighting," "spotlighting" cases occur when someone drives around casting a light from their vehicle with a spotlight looking for deer in fields, Quillen said.
This activity is illegal if the person is in possession on any type of firearm or archery equipment.
A notable case occurred in July 2021, according to the DNR. Indiana Conservation Officer Matt Tholen was off duty when he received a call at 3 a.m. to assist other agencies in searching for an elderly man with dementia who had been missing for several hours in northern Indiana. Tholen roused his K-9 partner, Drake, and they headed to the scene. Within 45 minutes they tracked to the man sleeping in a creek bed nearly a mile away. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/7-teams-graduate-indiana-conservation-officer-k-9-school/article_c67aae70-ffc9-11ed-b7c9-df1e43dcb6cd.html | 2023-06-04T20:53:32 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/7-teams-graduate-indiana-conservation-officer-k-9-school/article_c67aae70-ffc9-11ed-b7c9-df1e43dcb6cd.html |
Donald Spann, D-1, had served on the Merrillville Town Council for more than a decade, according to a news release.
MERRILLVILLE — Colleagues are mourning the loss of Town Councilman Donald Spann, D-1, who died unexpectedly Friday, according to a release from the Town of Merrillville .
Spann, 71, died in his home.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
“I have been on the council with Don for his entire time, and we served on several committees together over the years,” Councilman Shawn Pettit, D-6, said. “He was always funny and cared for his constituents. My heart goes out to the family.”
Affectionately nicknamed "Dapper Don," by Councilwoman Marge Uzelac, D-4, because he always wore suits to meetings and events, Spann served on the council for more than a decade, the release said.
While on the council, he participated in a Neighborhood Watch in his ward and Merrillville's Emergency Management Agency. Most recently, Spann was a member of the Merrillville Fire Territory Board. He also was appointed as a member of the council's Environmental Affairs & Public Health Committee, Parks & Recreation Committee, Public Works & Utilities Committee and Public Safety Committee. He previously served as vice president for the council.
"We will miss Don and the light-hearted humor that he brought to the council,” President Rick Bella, D-5, said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and close friends of Don, and we stand ready to assist all that we can as a town.”
He was a kind-hearted person who worked to serve his constituents in the ways they needed, Councilman Richard Hardaway, D-2, said.
Councilman Leonard White, D-7, said he struggled to find the right words to describe how he was feelings after hearing the news. The two, who were longtime friends, shared similar views on political matters.
"That’s my friend, and I miss him already," White said. "He was always there standing with me, and that’s what I’m going to miss.”
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Aaron Doeing Jr.
Age : 18
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304714
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Hollingsworth
Age : 36
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304719
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anastasia Clark
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304826
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Peters
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304722
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cameron Mills
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304752
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Makiling
Age : 32
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304770
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candice Shaw
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304771
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charles Ward
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304815
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Colton Wilkey
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304825
Arrest Date: May 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Damien Kent
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304794
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Gianoli
Age : 46
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304788
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Velasquez
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304749
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT OF A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David McGuire Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304746
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - (NIBRS FRAUD OFFENSE)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dessiree Reese
Age : 39
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304791
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devante Ricks
Age : 30
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304709
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devion Perry
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304801
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte House
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304720
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dimitri Person
Age : 30
Residence: Villa Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304748
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eddie Turnage
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304803
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edgar Hernandez Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304808
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emmanuel Rivera
Age : 41
Residence: Beloit, WI
Booking Number(s): 2304798
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWi
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eric Rangel Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304747
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fernando Mancillas Munoz
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304797
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: HPDB
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Freddie Forsythe
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304779
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: SEX CRIME - POSSESS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (b) ENHANCEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glen Johnson II
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304688
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Jones Jr.
Age : 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304760
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Najera
Age : 49
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304793
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Webb
Age : 52
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304751
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jelani Pruitt
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304789
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Mischka
Age : 38
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304713
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jermaine Wade Sr.
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304696
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jerome Cannon
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304697
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Barajas
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304727
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Chism
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304783
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Jones
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304700
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kirk Wright
Age : 37
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304818
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt McCammon Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304795
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kymari Cheeks
Age : 24
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304733
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lisette Corral
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304690
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Louie Campbell
Age : 44
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304816
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Hill
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304809
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael-Anthony Kruse
Age : 30
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304732
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Milan Tanasijevich
Age : 39
Residence: Schereville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304726
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schereville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Bradford
Age : 53
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304698
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Montel Smith
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304753
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Muhammad Najeeullah
Age : 51
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304792
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nadarangua Jackson-Carson
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304687
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Naja Wilder
Age : 22
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304744
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Novae Gatewood
Age : 53
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304693
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Finney
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304694
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: LACC
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quintin Transou Jr.
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304721
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Raymond Colburn
Age : 53
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304790
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rene Rodriguez
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304814
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Jones
Age : 54
Residence: Weeki Wachee, FL
Booking Number(s): 2304768
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Kirk
Age : 61
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304811
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Ramos
Age : 67
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304740
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Myers
Age : 57
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304804
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Semaj Reynolds
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304780
Arrest Date: May 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Theron Harris Jr.
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304724
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Travis Walker
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304743
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Trina Weaver
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304728
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Sanchez
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304766
Arrest Date: May 19, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (EXPLOSIVES) - UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Michalik
Age : 20
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304817
Arrest Date: May 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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RENO COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — A man from Kansas was arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing his father.
According to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO), deputies were sent Saturday in the early morning for a welfare check for a woman at her home.
The RCSO says this was initiated because her husband was dropped off with stab wounds at a gas station in McPherson.
The person who dropped him off told gas station employees he needed medical attention and then left the area.
According to the RCSO, a welfare check on the wife revealed she was fine.
While deputies were at the welfare check, the RCSO says the Hutchinson Police Department was sent to check out a suspicious vehicle on W Second Ave.
The vehicle was registered to the couple and appeared to have blood in it. It has been seized by the RCSO for processing.
The son of the couple has been arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder and is currently in custody, according to the RCSO.
The dad was taken to a medical center in Wichita to be treated for his wounds. The RCSO says he is recovering.
An investigation is ongoing.
KSN does not name suspects unless charges are filed in their case. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-first-degree-murder-for-allegedly-stabbing-father/ | 2023-06-04T20:57:47 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-first-degree-murder-for-allegedly-stabbing-father/ |
PHOENIX — One of the gems of Phoenix's local businesses is going national with a major shout-out from ESPN. The downtown black-owned hat shop 'Straw and Wool' will be featured on ESPN's award-winning Champion Black Businesses (CBB) initiative ahead of the 2023 NBA Finals.
Straw and Wool has been turning (and decorating) heads since February 2020 when M Ali Nervis and Henry Dickerson first kicked off their business on Roosevelt Row.
Since then they've been bringing style and pride to the Valley with a huge selection of classic hats for "hat lovers and hat newbies alike."
Now, their work is paying off in a big way.
During the NBA Finals broadcast, ESPN will roll out four short films highlighting the success stories of four black-owned businesses across the nation. Straw and Wool will be featured alongside NiLu Gift Store from New York, Oldvine Florals from Los Angeles, and Rock City Pizza from Boston.
During the NBA Finals, fans can use #ChampionBlackBusinesses to shout out their favorite black-owned businesses to help put the spotlight on their efforts and triumphs.
“Black businesses are the heart of local communities across this country and we’re committed to leveraging the power of our sports media platform to drive positive impact in those communities," ESPN Vice President of Sports Marketing Emeka Ofodile said. "Seeing the impact this program has made in the past three years fuels us to do more, and we can’t wait to get to work with our 2023 businesses.”
Black businesses account for just 1% of all businesses in Phoenix, according to a report by the State of Black Arizona and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. But the potential is there to grow to more than 4,945 black-owned businesses and create over 15,133 new jobs in the metro.
And with the country's eyes on stores like Straw and Wool, the future of black-owned businesses in the Valley is looking bright.
>>Editor's Note: Straw and Wool has not responded to a request for comment at this article's time of publication.
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ORACLE JUNCTION, Ariz. — Firefighter crews are working to box in the Biosphere Fire northeast of Oracle Junction. As of 1 p.m., Arizona State Forestry officials estimate the fire to be roughly 50% contained.
The fire started Sunday morning, and crews officials believed it to be anywhere from 10 to 30 acres in size.
As of the latest estimate, the fire is around 13 acres and no evacuations have been ordered.
The Biosphere Fire is "tucked up on a hillside" and multiple aircraft and fire engines were deployed to help contain the fire. Crews are now mopping up interior hotspots and strengthening the containment line, forestry officials said.
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Wildfire Go-Kit:
Residents in wildfire-prone areas are urged to have an emergency supplies kit to bring with them of they are evacuated from their homes, especially as Arizona residents are beginning to see early widespread fire activity throughout the state.
An emergency supply kit should be put together long before a wildfire or another disaster occurs. Make sure to keep it easily accessible so you can take it with you when you have to evacuate.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommends that residents near a disaster store emergency supplies in a plastic tub, small suitcase, trash can, backpack, or other containers.
Residents should make sure they have the necessities, such as three gallons of water per person and a three-day supply of ready-to-eat food, the NFPA said. A first-aid kit, prescription medications, contact lenses, and non-prescription drugs should also be taken into account.
Copies of any important family documents, including insurance policies, identification, bank account records, and emergency contact numbers should also be taken and put into a waterproof, portable container in your kit, the NFPA said.
The association lists other items that would help in a disaster, including:
Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person
Battery-powered or hand-cranked radio and a NOAA weather radio to receive up-to-date information
Dust mask or cotton T-shirt to filter the air
Matches in a waterproof container
Complete change of clothing including long pants, long sleeve shirts, and sturdy shoes stored in a waterproof container
Signal flare
The entire NFPA checklist of supplies can be found here. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/crews-working-contain-fire-near-biosphere-north-oracle-junction/75-d0e14e5c-e35f-422b-ad3b-c4c88a885af9 | 2023-06-04T21:07:57 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/crews-working-contain-fire-near-biosphere-north-oracle-junction/75-d0e14e5c-e35f-422b-ad3b-c4c88a885af9 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A car crashed off the east side of the Morrison Bridge Sunday morning, falling onto Southeast Water Avenue and killing the two people inside.
Police responded at 2:17 a.m. to a report of a rollover crash on Southeast Water Avenue and Southeast Belmont Street.
When officers arrived they found a black 2003 Mercedes 500 on its back and two men dead.
Preliminary information shows the driver had been eastbound on the Morrison Bridge viaduct when he struck a barrier and went over, landing on the street below, police said.
The driver and passenger died in the crash. No one else was injured.
The Portland Police Traffic Division Major Crash Team investigated. Eastbound traffic on the Morrison Bridge was blocked, as was traffic on Southeast Water Avenue. The roads were finally reopened at about 8:00 a.m.
Speed and alcohol are believed to be contributing factors in the crash, police said. They do not believe any other vehicles were involved.
According to police statistics, these are the 25 and 26 traffic fatalities for 2023 in the City of Portland.
Investigators ask anyone who has information about the crash or what immediately preceded it to please e-mail crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov, attention Traffic Investigations Unit, and reference case number 23-146476.
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KILLEEN, Texas — A 23-year-old was killed in a deadly crash on June 3, according to the Killeen Police Department.
According to police, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Rosewood Drive and E. Central Texas Expressway around 4:18 p.m. in response to a major crash.
Police said two people, one driver and one passenger, were taken to the hospital in critical condition after officers arrived on scene.
Killeen PD reported their initial investigation suggested a gray Dodge Challenger was traveling eastbound on E. Central Texas Expressway at a "high rate of speed". Police say the Challenger disregarded turn marks while in the inside, left-turn-only lane at the intersection of Rosewood Drive and struck a Dodge Durango that was trying to turn left at the intersection.
After impact, police said the Challenger hit a traffic light pole and the Durango continued across the center median and struck a semi-truck trailer.
Police say neither the driver nor passenger of the Challenger were wearing a seatbelt, and both suffered serious injuries.
The driver of the Challenger was reportedly taken to the Seton Medical Center Harker Heights and the passenger was airlifted to Baylor Scott & White, both in critical condition.
According to police, the driver of the Challenger, identified as Daurick Romel Scott Jr., died of his injuries at the hospital.
Police reported no other injuries at the scene.
Killeen PD said the crash is currently under investigation by the Traffic Unit. No other information has been given at this time. Updates will given as information becomes available.
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BLOOMINGTON — Angie Davis brought her bright-yellow 1952 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite to the Champagne British Car Festival on Sunday in Bloomington.
What she loves most about it is “his smile,” she said. The big bug-eyed headlamps keep it "grinning" all the time.
“He’s a happy car,” said Davis, of Bloomington. She said she and her husband Brian Davis bought it locally six years ago after she retired. They’ve been showing it since 2018.
Davis also mulled over whether the car is her accessory, or if she’s actually the car’s accessory. She said they get great feedback at shows, and she loves “ the whole British car community.”
Her vehicle was one of over 140 that were parked in sunny weather for the show's 32nd year on the lawn of the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington. Nearby the Bugeye Sprite was a 1933 Morgan Motors Co. three-wheeler, which snared both of Gary’s Stearns’ eyes.
Stearns, 61, said Sunday was one of the best turnouts he and his dad have seen at the show. With the clear weather, the Bloomington man said the day was all-around perfect.
By just after noon, Jim Broach, show organizer and treasurer of the Illinois Flat Land British Car Club, said over 650 had attended. That meant a minimum of $3,200 in proceeds would be sent to the David Davis Mansion, as Broach noted it's one of the mansion's biggest fundraisers of the year.
Since 2023 marks 100 years of MG Motors, he said they had a featured marquee for each year. Broach said his first car was a 1960s MGA; he now drives a 1976 MGB.
As they’re small and nimble open convertibles, Broach said the MG brand are fun cars to drive.
“You get some wind in your hair,” he said.
The oldest car that rolled out that morning was a 1930 MG Six 18/80 MK2. Owner Simon Griffin said he drove it up Route 66 from Edwardsville, adding that his MG is the only one of its kind the continent, out of 27 that still exist around the world.
He said his antique vehicle completed a world-round trip with its second owner. Griffin presented a photo book depicting the car trekking from the Ford Factory in Michigan to South Africa. It’s also been to Asia, but Griffin said it didn’t get off the boat.
It was first owned by the MG Factory as a demonstration model, he said, and was tested and reviewed in 1930 by Motor Magazine journalist Humfrey Symons in a 2,000 mile trip. Griffin said Symons won a gold medal driving it for the London to Land’s End Trial in April 1930.
The second owner, Drummond de Villiers, was reunited with the car in 1999 just three months before he died, Griffin said.
Griffin, 61, said Sunday was his first time showing the car since he acquired it in January. In previous years in Bloomington, he said he’s shown his Austin Healeys.
His MG, however, creates a tremendous stir at shows, because most people have never seen one, he said. Griffin said he didn’t know they existed until he discovered one on a website for an early MG society in England.
Other British brands present were Bentleys, Aston Martins, Jaguars, Land Rovers, Triumphs and Mini Coopers.
The latter brand was earlier known also a Morris Mini Minor. Kenneth Suhre, of Alhamdra, brought his 1961 model out to the show.
It’s a small car, but it packs a big punch. Suhre said it has a 1275 cc straight inline four-cylinder engine; floor the pedal, and the force will suck you back into the seat.
He knows well how that feels. Suhre, 85, said he used to drive in vintage car races until he turned 80.
Placing first wasn’t the primary goal of those events, he said. Instead, it was just about having fun and driving “these cars as fast as you want to go,” he said.
Suhre has made good friends in the racing community. He said if someone needs a part, they help each other out.
“They’re like best friends,” he said. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/car-buffs-get-chuffed-at-british-auto-show-in-bloomington/article_696181f6-0301-11ee-9ad5-2f2f5e90dd36.html | 2023-06-04T21:35:42 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/car-buffs-get-chuffed-at-british-auto-show-in-bloomington/article_696181f6-0301-11ee-9ad5-2f2f5e90dd36.html |
This is a developing story and updates will be provided as they become available.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — A small airplane that took off from Elizabethton’s airport has crash landed in a mountainous part of Virginia on Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
A statement from the FAA said a Cessna Citation flew out from the Elizabethton Municipal Airport and was bound for Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York. At around 3:30 p.m., the aircraft reportedly crashed near Montebello, Va, according to the FAA.
The FAA, along with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), is investigating the crash. No cause for the crash or identities of occupants have been released.
This is a developing story and updates will be provided as they become available. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/plane-bound-for-new-york-from-elizabethton-crashes-in-virginia-faa-reports/ | 2023-06-04T21:41:28 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/plane-bound-for-new-york-from-elizabethton-crashes-in-virginia-faa-reports/ |
SEATTLE — Property values in King County are seeing a decline after reaching all-time highs last year. Initial results show residential property values are correcting downward in King County.
“January 1, of 2022 was a high water mark, the real estate market was red hot. Houses were selling for a half million bucks over the asking price. January 2023, is a whole different world and the values have actually gone down,” said King County Assessor John Wilson.
For example, homes in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood dropped 8% but the largest decline was homes on the east side of Lake Washington. Sammamish property values dropped 22% on average.
“Last year especially on the east side, it was not unusual for us to see values go up, oh, 30%, 35%, 40% or more. That's simply not sustainable economically over a repeated number of years, so what you're seeing is market course correction,” Wilson said.
Wilson said the decline could be driven by high-interest rates and home buyers not rushing after properties. Wilson said the housing market is still healthy in King County but has cooled in 2023.
The decline in property values could mean lower property taxes in 2024, roughly 40% of a homeowner’s property tax bill comes from voter-approved levies and ballot measures. Wilson said if property taxes drop it can help seniors and first-time homeowners.
“It should help a lot of folks get a little bit of a breather from the double hammer of inflation and skyrocketing property value,” Wilson said.
For homeowners looking to buy on the east side, it doesn’t necessarily mean prices are dropping.
“The east side, the prices have increased. As of April 2023, 40% of those homes went over ask,” said Meg Barlament, real estate broker for Windermere.
Barlament said property value assessments look at January and behind what the market is doing now.
“Where we are right now we have lower inventory. We have a higher demand and not as much supply which is why we're seeing higher prices,” Barlament said.
Barlament said high-interest rates are likely to blame for fewer people wanting to sell who are locked in at a 3% rate, but advice for homebuyers is to buy now and refinance once interest rates go down.
Barlament also tells first-time homebuyers to be patient.
“It is definitely not a sprint. It's a marathon. What I like to tell people is if they don't get the house that they put an offer in and it goes to someone else just know that just means your house isn't on the market yet,” Barlament said.
Values of commercial office buildings fell by 15% to 20%, reflecting the impact of a transition to less in-office work activity.
The King County Assessor's office expects to finish sending value notices for all 720,000 residential and commercial properties after Labor Day.
According to the Assessor’s Office, receipt of a value notice triggers a 60-day window where property owners can appeal their new value, but not specifically the taxes. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/king-county-property-values-drop/281-f03782ed-a668-4c4f-9fae-139c0bbb3f1b | 2023-06-04T21:43:37 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/king-county-property-values-drop/281-f03782ed-a668-4c4f-9fae-139c0bbb3f1b |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A black bear showed up in a tree on Sunday at Lake Eola Park, as seen throughout Orlando-area social media.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials released a statement that read in part, “The FWC is aware of a bear in Orlando and staff are currently monitoring the animal. As of this afternoon, the bear is approximately 50 feet up a tree; given a safe opportunity, staff may attempt to capture and relocate the bear.”
The FWC reiterated that this time of year bears are more active and juvenile bears are starting to leave their mother’s home range and may be seen in unexpected areas as they try to find a new home.
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“I’ve been here about two and a half hours now, and it’s pretty exciting to see a bear in downtown Orlando,” said Chet Galloway who was at Lake Eola Park on Sunday. “I actually came from Apopka doing pictures of birds and saw it posted, so I rushed over here to see if I could get a picture of the bear here.”
The bears will typically move away on their own and if you see a bear, give it space, don’t try to approach it, and never feed it, FWC officials said.
Earlier in the day, Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-District 42,helped lay the ground work at the park, getting in contact with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission saying, “FWC is putting together a bear plan and sending folks over ASAP to help trap the bear and re-locate.”
There is a black bear in a tree at Lake Eola Park — we are trying to reach @MyFWC @MyFWClife to assist @citybeautiful. Please call me back, thank you!
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani 🔨 (@AnnaForFlorida) June 4, 2023
Lake Eola Park can be a bustling place on the weekends as the Orlando Farmers’ Market brings in crowds every Sunday in addition to other activities at the popular downtown park.
Philip Gonzalez, visiting from Deltona, said he was just coming to the park to hang around and see the sights. “Definitely curious how he even got down here. I don’t know if he took a Lynx bus or what. Honestly, I’m quite shocked,” Gonzalez said.
In May, a juvenile bear spotted in a tree in Altamonte Springs spent about two days up there before climbing down and running into the woods, according to FWC.
The month prior, a black bear seen traveling through College Park was eventually struck and killed by a car on Fairbanks Avenue. For the latter bear, FWC said it was the first ever seen “dispersing” in Orlando, a term referencing when juvenile bears begin to leave their mother’s home range.
Officials said if you see a bear in your neighborhood, it is not a cause for alarm, but residents should secure any food attractants so the bear doesn’t linger. To reduce conflicts with wildlife, remove or secure any food attractants from around your home or yard, including the garbage. This also includes pet food and bird seed, according to the FWC.
If the bear can’t find food, it will move on.
“Probably just wanted to get some rest real quick, have a Sunday sleep time like everybody else,” said Chris Mitchell who was also at the park.
According to the FWC, bears will become more active again in the fall as they start to consume more calories to pack on fat reserves for the winter, even if they are not hibernating as they do in colder climates.
Contact the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922) if you feel threatened by a bear, observe a sick, injured, dead or orphaned bear, or to report someone who is either harming bears or intentionally feeding them.
To learn more about bears and how to avoid conflicts with them, visit MyFWC.com/Bear or BearWise.org.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a missing and disabled woman last heard from on May 26, according to a news release.
Deputies said 29-year-old Ashley Peppard texted family that she was watching a movie with a new friend.
According to the release, Peppard did not take identification, debit card or necessary medications.
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If you have information about Peppard’s location, please call the sheriff’s office at 407-665-6650.
***Missing Disabled***
— Seminole County S.O. (@SeminoleSO) June 4, 2023
On May 26th, 29-year-old Ashley Peppard texted family that she was watching a movie with a new friend. She did not take identification, debit card or necessary medications. If you have information, please call (407)665-6650. pic.twitter.com/HFKi6ceQn0
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A low and slow burning vegetation fire is moving through the Chuluota Wilderness Area, according to Seminole County Fire Rescue.
Fire officials said they responded to the area of 3895 Curryville Road around 2:48 p.m. on Sunday.
Currently, the “low burning, slow moving fire” is affecting about a 25-acre area and flames are visible, according to SCFR.
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It is unknown how the fire started.
Florida Forest Services are now on the scene and will take over jurisdiction, fire officials said.
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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.
Saturday: Went 1 for 5, striking out twice, with an RBI in a 9-6 loss at Houston. He batted second and played center field.
Sunday: Went 0 for 3, walking once and striking out twice, in a 2-1 win over the Astros. He batted second and played center field. Houston had won the first three games of the series.
Monday: The Angels will be off. They open a series at home against the Cubs on Tuesday night.
Stats: Trout is hitting .264 (58 for 220) with 13 home runs, 32 RBIs and 36 runs scored in 57 games. He has walked 27 times and struck out 70 times. His on-base percentage is .358, his OPS .849. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-angels-salvage-series-finale-against-houston/article_c56e1b96-0304-11ee-9193-5fc991b24cd7.html | 2023-06-04T21:50:55 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-angels-salvage-series-finale-against-houston/article_c56e1b96-0304-11ee-9193-5fc991b24cd7.html |
The Ocean City Nor’easters tied longtime rival Reading United AC 1-1 on Saturday night at Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The tie left the unbeaten Nor’easters at 3-0-1 (10 points) in the Mid-Atlantic Division of the United Soccer Leagues' League Two. The draw put Reading United at 1-1-3 (6 points). Ocean City upped its regular-season unbeaten streak to 19, tying a club record. The tie also increased the team’s regular-season road unbeaten streak to 17 games.
Reading’s Shuma Sasaki, who entered the game in the 82nd minute, scored the tying goal into the top-right corner in stoppage time of the second half. Carlo Cavalar assisted.
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Nor’easters are back for another season in the exciting and high…
Ocean City held a 1-0 lead for most of the game after Nor’easters forward Alessandro Arlotti headed in a corner kick from midfielder Nick Pariano in the 36th minute. It was Arlotti’s first goal of the season. He led Ocean City with eight last year.
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The Nor’easters will play West Chester United SC at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for first place at YSC Sports in West Chester, Pennsylvania. West Chester is also 3-0-1 in the Mid-Atlantic Division. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/noreasters-tie-reading-to-extend-regular-season-unbeaten-streak-to-19/article_5fe16a98-0314-11ee-892a-bfd87786e2b9.html | 2023-06-04T21:51:01 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/noreasters-tie-reading-to-extend-regular-season-unbeaten-streak-to-19/article_5fe16a98-0314-11ee-892a-bfd87786e2b9.html |
Social media was taken by storm after a loud "boom" was heard across the DMV area on Sunday afternoon.
People were saying they heard a huge "explosion" from Annapolis to D.C.
According to the Annapolis Office of Emergency Management, the boom was caused by an authorized DOD flight.
The loud boom that was heard across the DMV area was caused by an authorized DOD flight. This flight caused a sonic boom. That is all the information available at this time.
— Annapolis OEM (@AnnapolisOEM) June 4, 2023
The Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management later released more information stating that the loud noise was caused by a sonic boom from a military craft.
We have confirmed with multiple official sources that the reported loud noise/explosion over parts of Maryland and the National Capital Region was the result of a sonic boom from military aircraft. There is no threat associated with this incident.
— AACO Office of Emergency Management (@AACO_OEM) June 4, 2023
They say there is no threat associated with the incident.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Union workers at the Austin American-Statesman will strike on Monday as part of an effort to secure a $60,000 wage floor.
The strike is part of a nationwide action by journalists at Gannett, which owns the 152-year-old Austin paper, on the day of the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Hundreds of union journalists, editors, photographers and page designers from two dozen newsrooms from across the country are expected to participate in the strike, according to a release from the union, NewsGuild.
Since merging with GateHouse Media in 2019, Gannett has seen several job cuts, the union said. A GoFundMe for the Austin NewsGuild workers said Austin alone lost 33% of its newsroom in two years, though the Statesman needs more staff to cover a growing community.
Striking workers are calling on shareholders to withhold their vote on Gannett CEO Mike Reed during the June 5 meeting. Last month, NewsGuild workers sent a letter to Gannett shareholders urging a vote of no-confidence against Reed, claiming that under his management, the company has neglected investing in local newsrooms to service its debt burden.
Austin staff say they are asking for a $60,000 wage floor for Statesman employees, who live in a city where the average home price is over $560,000.
The Austin NewsGuild said earlier this year, management at the Dallas Morning News agreed to a $55,000 wage floor for union members and management at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram agreed to a $52,000 wage floor. The average home price in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is $484,603, the union said.
“Gannett must invest in its employees to save the future of the American-Statesman,” the release said. “The guild has been negotiating for two years with the company, and we urge the company to stop stalling and work with union members toward a reasonable and fair contract.”
Union members will gather on Monday, June 5, at 11 a.m. at the Congress Avenue Bridge in front of the old site of the Austin American-Statesman, 305 S. Congress Ave., to publicly picket. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-american-statesman-union-strike/269-8ac05eac-999a-4e88-a947-247ccb4dba8c | 2023-06-04T21:59:55 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-american-statesman-union-strike/269-8ac05eac-999a-4e88-a947-247ccb4dba8c |
WAVERLY — The Rev. Durwood “Bud” Buchheim, a Wartburg alumnus and longtime Lutheran pastor, was awarded the Wartburg Medal during commencement weekend activities at Wartburg College.
The Wartburg Medal is awarded by the college to recognize individuals who have provided significant service to the college over a sustained period and have a personal commitment to the college’s mission, quality and character.
Buchheim, who graduated from Wartburg in 1953 after serving in the U.S. Navy, received an honorary degree from the college in 1979, was an Alumni Citation recipient and served on the Wartburg Board of Regents from 1973 to 1985.
A Wartburg Theological Seminary graduate, he was ordained in 1956. Buchheim served several churches, including Trinity Lutheran Church in Waterloo, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waverly and Peace Lutheran Church in Rogers, Arkansas. He also served as an assistant bishop and then bishop of the Iowa District of the American Lutheran Church. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Wartburg Seminary in 1977.
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He and his wife, Dona, are members of the Wartburg Heritage Society and Tower Society. Their Wartburg family tree is extensive and includes four sons, two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren who have either graduated or will soon graduate from the college. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/buchheim-receives-wartburg-medal/article_b0d60ccc-00e6-11ee-ba21-fbcfb746e51a.html | 2023-06-04T22:00:54 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/buchheim-receives-wartburg-medal/article_b0d60ccc-00e6-11ee-ba21-fbcfb746e51a.html |
National Merit Scholars named
EVANSTON, ILL. — The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced two Cedar Valley winners of its $2,500 scholarship.
The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from more than 15,000 outstanding finalists across the country for the single-payment scholarships supported by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds. Among those award winners are Cedar Falls resident Akshat Mehta of Cedar Falls High School with a probable career field of medicine and Dunkerton resident Abby E. Koppmann of Don Bosco High School in Gilbertville with a probable career field of Environmental Engineering.
Iowa Central nurse students graduate
FORT DODGE — Iowa Central Community College honored its 77 licensed practical nursing graduates with a pinning ceremony on May 3 at the Fort Dodge Middle School Auditorium. Among them were three students from the Cedar Valley. They include Abigail Gaudian of Hudson, Jonbenet Johnson of Waterloo and Doninika Ross of Cedar Falls.
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Try this eco-friendly weed killer recipe for a healthier garden
What are the benefits of organic weed killers?
Using a natural weed killer recipe has a few key advantages over chemical-laden commercial weed killers. If you have pets or small children who play in your garden, a synthetic weed killer could cause skin, nose, or eye irritation and other health problems.
Synthetic herbicides can also harm beneficial insects like bees, butterflies, earthworms, and lacewings. These insects naturally keep your plants and soil healthy, even keeping predators at bay in some cases.
Making your own natural herbicide is also budget-friendly. As you’ll see in the simple recipe below, you can make an effective eco-friendly weed killer from household products you likely already have on hand.
How do you make natural weed killer at home?
Making an organic weed killer at home is so easy you’ll never need to buy another harsh herbicide again. To create a natural weed killer, you’ll need just three affordable ingredients:
1 gallon of distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon of biodegradable liquid dish soap
1 cup of table salt
Instructions:
Pour the vinegar into a large bucket.
Gradually stir in the cup of table salt until it completely dissolves.
Add the liquid dish soap.
Thoroughly mix the solution until all ingredients are well combined.
Put the homemade weed killer into a spray bottle for easy application.
How do you use homemade weed killer?
Once you’ve made your natural weed killer, you can apply it to any unwanted growth in your garden. Spraying your weeds on a sunny day will allow the solution to dry faster and work more effectively. Shaking the bottle before each use will also ensure the ingredients are evenly distributed.
Avoid spraying any plants that you don’t want to kill since the natural herbicide could damage them. Cover desirable produce and flowers white you spray, or avoid applying your weed killer on a windy day.
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Originally published June 1 onKTVB.COM.What most people consider mundane — dimming light switches and big windows with views — are much more special in prison.
“For me, it allows me to breathe a little bit easier,” incarcerated person Jonathan William Spickler said. “It allows me to feel a little bit better about myself in a situation where I’ve become somewhat vulnerable to that due to my own actions.”
Spickler has been in and out of prison since 1998 because of substance abuse issues. He currently serves time at one of the Idaho Department of Correction’s traditional facilities.
But that will soon change.
He and Timothy Jones, another man held in the jail, hope to move into South Idaho Correctional Institution’s new East Dorm for men in Kuna. IDOC staff built the dorm with updated incarceration philosophies in mind.
All 152 men living there will have more privacy. IDOC Director Josh Tewalt said they will also have more personal responsibilities, like cooking, doing laundry and other chores.
Tewalt said cultivating these skills hopefully reduces recidivism rates (people going back to prison).
“To the extent that we can make prison more like real life, we’re better preparing the vast majority of people sentenced to our custody to make the best decisions when it counts,” Tewalt said. “And that’s when they’re back in our community.”
Jones believes making good decisions in prison pays off. He has been incarcerated since 2018 for drug trafficking.
While initially angry, Jones said he eventually channeled that emotion into something more positive — becoming a leader.
“I’ve made a choice that since I have to be here, I have to make sure that I’m prepared to go home to my family,” he said.
Jones said the dorm will also foster more positive guard-inmate relationships. Typically, he said they are just thought of as a number.
“(Here), you’re being treated like a human being,” he said. “Interactions between residents and guards, it’s going to be a lot. Even this weekend, there’s a residence vs. staff softball game.”
In the past, Tewalt said people who are incarcerated are put in an environment where they only get to make one decision. That decision is whether to comply with what they’re told to do.
With this new dorm, he said inmates take care of themselves.
All of the men should be moved in by July 1. As a chef, Spickler said he looks forward to using the kitchen amenities. Additionally, he can share meals he cooks with fellow residents.
He said having the opportunity to do those everyday things makes a huge difference.
“It’s just another step back into society, as compared to being a room, a cell that has a toilet in it where there’s zero privacy,” Spickler said. “It’s hard to even have respect for yourself at those points in time.”
Jones said he is looking forward to the more spacious phone wall. In addition to regular visitations, he calls his wife and 7-year-old son daily.
“That special time in the morning of waking up your loved one is huge on keeping that closeness between you and your family, especially when you’re incarcerated,” he said.
Unfortunately, Tewalt believes there have not been enough options for men like Jones and Spickler, who actively work on bettering themselves.
He said a lot of people think, “if we make prisons hard, people won’t want to come back.”
That is not true, Tewalt said. Most people who come to prison want to keep their heads down, do their time and get better.
“For those folks, are we doing a good enough job of creating an environment that’s conducive to that? In the past, I’d say no,” Tewalt said. “With the new dorm opening up, I’d say it’s a step in the right direction.”
In total, the dorm cost nearly $14 million. Tewalt said the Idaho Legislature appropriated that money a few years ago.
He said they are not stopping with the men’s East dorm. They hope to build a similar women’s dorm and replace some of the minimum-security, outdated housing with this new approach.
It is an approach Jones appreciates and said is long overdue.
“When I leave here, people will be like, he lived there,” he said. “He went here, he did this, he survived this, and this is what he left.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-department-of-correction-reimagines-housing-with-a-new-dorm/article_d8581148-017f-11ee-b549-9f5d3e36d842.html | 2023-06-04T22:01:55 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-department-of-correction-reimagines-housing-with-a-new-dorm/article_d8581148-017f-11ee-b549-9f5d3e36d842.html |
To sum up the Bradford High School class of 2023, you only need one word: Resilient.
During the Bradford High School graduation ceremony Saturday, students seated in the middle of Mary D. Bradford Stadium anxiously awaiting the moment they could walk across the stage and on to their next chapters in life. On their faces could be seen their resilience in the face of adversity during their high school years.
The Bradford senior class has been through a lot, to say the least. In her address to her class, Alexa Didinsky discussed some of the hard times the class has faced, such as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and a junior homecoming debacle.
“Despite the gravity of the impact, we did not let these tribulations define us,” she said. “We were triumphant in the fact that truly nothing could hold us back.”
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Didinsky said the class also redefined what it means to be a Red Devil.
“Over the course of the last four years, we made this class family, we made this school home and we made our legacy known,” she said. “No matter where you go or what passion you pursue, remember that you will always have a home here at Bradford.”
In his speech presenting the Bradford Class of 2023, Principal Brian Geiger encouraged the graduates to keep moving onward and upward.
“All I ask of you is to not settle in your life,” he said. “If you decide to go to a two-year college, I think that’s awesome. Do not settle. Try to get extra licensures to open doors for future opportunities. If you go to a four-year college, fantastic. Get involved in school activities, do some clubs, do some internships... again, do not settle. In addition, if you stay home to work, great. But do not settle. Become a manager (and) take on more responsibilities. Show your boss, your professor or your coach you can do great things on the job, in the classroom or on the field.”
Following the presentation of the class, Kenosha Unified Superintendent Jeffrey Weiss delivered a message of embracing change to the graduates before handing them their diplomas.
“This afternoon is a celebration of change. Change is exciting, change can be scary and change is what makes us grow,” Weiss said. “As you finish this phase of your life and begin thinking about what the future holds, I ask you to embrace change.” | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/bradford-high-school-confers-diplomas-to-over-200-graduates/article_c5ec5b28-024b-11ee-839a-076fb0a8e489.html | 2023-06-04T22:04:27 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/bradford-high-school-confers-diplomas-to-over-200-graduates/article_c5ec5b28-024b-11ee-839a-076fb0a8e489.html |
Emergency calls kept Kenosha County area units busy on Sunday, ranging from a man in the water in Lake Michigan to a structure fire in Bristol. According to law enforcement radio traffic:
Water call
Kenosha emergency crews were called to the lakefront along with a boat from Coast Guard Station Kenosha and Pleasant Prairie units after a report of a single male who was first reported on a boat but could not identify his location.
Units responded to the shoreline stretching from Eichelman Park to Pleasant Prairie. The individual was eventually located in the water about 20 yards off shore, which was too close to shore for the Coast Guard boat. Pleasant Prairie was requested to use a shore boat.
The individual was reported out of the boat and on land by about 3:25 p.m.
Bristol fire
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A structure fire was reported Sunday afternoon at 3:23 p.m. at 9826 191th Ave. in Bristol.
Responding units with Bristol Fire & Rescue indicated a highly involved fire at the site. Additional units were called for mutual aid for the fire, which was still being handled at press time Sunday afternoon.
Additional units assisting included an extension ladder from Kenosha, tenders from Antioch, Kansasville and Wheatland, an ambulance from Somers, a fire chief from Pleasant Prairie as well as assistance from Paris, the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department and the Racine Fire Belles. Additional units were providing change of service fire station assistance for those departments called to the scene.
A third alarm went out at 4:13 for additional fire tenders from the Town of Raymond and Lake Villa.
Staging was being done at the intersection of 101st Street and Old Bristol Road.
No additional details were available by press time.
Deputies respond
On Sunday morning, Kenosha County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the county for an individual who was experiencing a mental health crisis and stated they wanted “suicide by cop” while possibly armed with a firearm, according to a department social media posting.
“Deputies worked hard to establish a rapport with the individual and did so after some time. This led to a peaceful and positive outcome where the individual received the proper assistance they needed,” the department posted. “Kenosha Sheriff’s Department deputies are Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trained and excel at communication in critical incidents. If you, a loved one, friend, or anyone you know is in need of assistance or someone to talk too, Kenosha County has the great resources of Adult & Juvenile Crisis.”
Those needing assistance, or knowing someone who might need assistance, are encouraged to call Adult & Juvenile Crisis at 262-657-7188, or contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-emergency-crews-busy-with-water-call-fire-and-more/article_d9d5de6e-0315-11ee-8f64-6b2118f9287a.html | 2023-06-04T22:04:33 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-emergency-crews-busy-with-water-call-fire-and-more/article_d9d5de6e-0315-11ee-8f64-6b2118f9287a.html |
Hicks: The increasing importance of summer jobs
MUNCIE, Ind. – The school year is winding down and high school and college students alike are looking for summer jobs or internships. In some respects, these job experiences seem surprisingly distant from those of my youth. In other ways, they are very similar. As both an employer of college students and father of two still in school, I have a few economic insights on summer work.
My summer jobs in the late 1970s and early 1980s were primarily pure, unskilled work. I mowed lawns, painted fences and mucked horse stables. In the summer after high school, I worked on a labor crew for the National Park Service. I mostly cleared trails, laid rock walls and cleaned bathrooms. After one year of college, I was promoted to crew chief, and at age 18 took charge of 10 other workers.
For me, summer work was about earning money, avoiding summer boredom, and having an opportunity to learn. I learned about people, equipment and responsibility. Those lessons haven’t changed at all with today’s summer jobs. In fact, the development of these skills is increasingly important for kids today.
Everyone I knew in high school worked in the summer months. By 2000, the share of 16 to 19 year-olds working in the summer had dropped to 51.8 percent, and as of 2020 it was down to 1 in 3 kids. Of course, part of the recent decline is due to COVID, but formal jobs for high school and college students are more uncommon than in any previous time.
There are many reasons why summer jobs are less common today. A very large share of college students take summer classes, which often make employment difficult. Summer breaks also are shorter than they were 40 years ago. This makes it less enticing for employers to invest in training workers. Shorter summer breaks also limit family vacation time, which further interrupt worker availability.
My hunch is that the biggest reason for the decline in summer jobs is that many teens today are far busier than they were when I was a kid. In many high school sports, competitive athletes are expected to train throughout the summer. Dance, music and performing arts programs also fill summer breaks, as do academically focused programs. This leaves far less time for a traditional job.
The curmudgeon in me wants to talk badly about today’s youngsters, but that is not what I see as a father and professor. My kids and their friends spent too many 8-hour lifeguard shifts sandwiched between grueling two-a-day practices for me to judge their work ethic harshly.
The college students who work for me often hold at least one job and an internship throughout the summer. Many also take summer classes. A large share also spend their summers in military service. Tens of thousands of young people spend summers at military academies, performing summer training programs to become officers, or complete basic training, Reserve or National Guard service.
Summer work today is less likely to be agricultural, construction or manufacturing than it was in 1980. There are still plenty of service sector jobs, such as lifeguarding, retail and restaurant work. Daycare, summer camps and the like are still hiring, and jobs are plentiful. So too are data entry and lower-skilled tech jobs. I hire students to collect and manage data, construct data visualizations and author studies. These occupations scarcely existed when I was a teen, and where they did were far different.
Tighter labor markets make pay better today than in the previous-COVID decade. My first formal job, as a laborer, paid a minimum wage of $3.10 per hour, which in today’s dollars is $11.30. Few employers in Indiana who offer $11.30 per hour this summer will find workers. Unskilled summer workers in depressed markets should expect to find $12 to $15 per hour. The jobs offering better pay either will require more skills, be performed in dirty or unpleasant conditions, or require unpopular hours. Jobs like this will always command a premium.
Of course, there’s more to these summer jobs than just an hourly wage. Reasonable, predictable schedules are critical to young workers and their families. Many students won’t have transportation, so finding jobs that are close to home may be more important than a slightly higher wage.
The ability to learn and grow on a job is also valuable for young workers. My high school job involved axes, shovels and a sling blade. No one expected my boss to write a thoughtful evaluation of my potential as a student or manager. Today, many young people rely upon summer job experience as an important discriminator in college acceptance or future work.
This marks an important opportunity for employers. The way to set your workplace apart from others is to ensure formal training and mentoring as well as guaranteeing a written performance evaluation that outlines the skills that the employee learned while on the job. These are very important tools for young workers and should be a more common part of business practices.
The role of summer employment is also of growing importance to our state’s economy. The steep decline in college attendance means that close to 10 percent more Hoosier high school graduates each year are entering the workforce directly. This is very costly to the Indiana economy, with lifetime loss of income to these workers ranges from $5.4 billion to $10 billion per age cohort. A further decade of even static college attendance rates will reverse per capita income growth in the state.
Businesses wishing to operate in a prosperous, growing economy have a key role in setting expectations for young workers. Obtaining more skills is critical, and it would be ideal if employers pushed summer workers to pursue more education before launching fully into careers. Chick-fil-A is a model summer employer in this regard, as are Lowe’s, Home Depot, McDonald’s, Papa Johns and Starbucks.
As we emerge from COVID into a period of tighter labor markets, summer jobs will matter more. The success of these labor markets will increasingly influence the longer-term economic conditions for workers, employers and the state as a whole.
Michael J. Hicks, PhD, is the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and the George and Frances Ball distinguished professor of economics in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/04/hicks-the-increasing-importance-of-summer-jobs/70281736007/ | 2023-06-04T22:06:16 | 1 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/04/hicks-the-increasing-importance-of-summer-jobs/70281736007/ |
With the lakefront waterways filling up, Sunday offered a chance to bless the waters and pray for a boating season filled with safety and fun.
The Kenosha Yacht Club’s 65th annual Blessing of the Fleet was held at the Kenosha lakeshore Downtown, but this year it almost didn’t happen.
Deborah Strouf, Kenosha Yacht Club commodore, cited the April 3 fire at the club, adding they were fortunate that it was caught before it grew too big.
“It could have been completely devastating to us,” Strouf said. “We were told if we waited 10 more minutes, we would have lost the entire building and all of the boats that at the time were stored on the dock.”
Sunday’s blessing brought together club members, guests and speakers from the community in support of boating safety. They were joined by the Vietnam Veterans Honor Guard, representatives from U.S. Coast Guard Station Kenosha and state Sen. Robert Wirch, among others.
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Linda Brunet said she came to the blessing not only for the boats to be blessed, but also for the people and safety on the water.
“It was really good. It was short, concise, doing just what we wanted it to do — blessing the lake, the fleet and the people on it,” she said.
During the ceremony, past commodore Carol Stanley and Wirch placed a wreath near the flagpole commemorating those who have lost their lives on Lake Michigan, all yacht club members as well as the members who have died.
Mike Ludtke, president of the Kenosha Yacht Club Foundation, said they are committed to teaching boaters safety as well as bringing in new members.
Cindy Altergott, executive director of the Kenosha YMCA, emphasized the importance of boater safety and raising a bigger awareness to teaching everyone the dangers of being on the water.
“We don’t talk about (what do do if you are drowning) enough,” Altergott said. “We like to say ‘Flip, Float and Follow.’ Here in Lake Michigan we have currents. We have a tendency to want to fight against that current, but what you should do is flip on your back and float. Follow the current to where it’s going to take you until it weakens.”
Altergott said people don’t recognize what drowning actually looks like. She said, despite what may be seen in the movies, drowning is often silent without any “thrashing, splashing or calling for help.”
Altergott said she hopes if people feel unsure whether or not to go in the water, they should not go out, and should also make sure everyone understands the environment and conditions before going on the water.
After a salute fired by the Vietnam Veterans unit, Rev. Joyce Rinehart from First United Methodist Church and Deacon Terry Maack from St. Peter’s Parish blessed the fleet, the waters of Lake Michigan and the people.
“As we enjoy the waters of Lake Michigan, we pray that you grant us these incredible sunrises and sunsets, mysterious cloud formations and, when we are on the waters at night, more stars than we can count,” Rinehart said.
As the ceremony concluded, Maack, Rinehart and flower girls were escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard to bless the boats in the marina and throw rose petals.
“I thought it was beautiful. It was really well done. I appreciate everyone that came,” Jim Pappas said. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-yacht-club-hosts-65th-annual-blessing-of-the-fleet-ceremony-at-lakeshore-sunday/article_68f2e59c-02fd-11ee-bae7-e73fff881c30.html | 2023-06-04T22:13:03 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-yacht-club-hosts-65th-annual-blessing-of-the-fleet-ceremony-at-lakeshore-sunday/article_68f2e59c-02fd-11ee-bae7-e73fff881c30.html |
DULUTH — A man in his 70s was rescued Sunday afternoon after he reportedly slipped from the edge of a trail around 7800 Congdon Boulevard and fell approximately 20 feet off a cliff along Lake Superior. Bystanders reported the fall to 911, according to a report from the Duluth Fire Department.
Firefighters were able to locate, access, package and extricate the patient to the parking area where a Mayo Ambulance began treating the patient. The man suffered some "undisclosed injuries, but was conscious and talking" according to the report.
He was transported to a local hospital. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/man-rescued-after-falling-off-cliff-along-lake-superior | 2023-06-04T22:15:21 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/man-rescued-after-falling-off-cliff-along-lake-superior |
Four years ago, Samaya Dickson became covered in blood when her 9-year-old sister, Markiya Dickson, was shot by a stray bullet.
Samaya threw the first pitch at the Richmond Flying Squirrels game on Sunday in memory of her sister during “Wear Orange” to support gun violence awareness.
“If she was here, she would’ve hugged you,” said Samaya, adding that she misses the sisterly arguing the most.
It was better Samaya pitched the ball, so she could represent her sister doing it, said Mark Whitfield, the girls’ dad.
The family hopes to keep shining a light on gun violence, as their story is not the only one, Whitfield said.
“Wear Orange” is a nationwide effort to promote gun violence awareness. The orange represents the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others.
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It originated from a group of friends commemorating Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed on a playground in Chicago a week after marching with former President Barack Obama in 2013, according to the organization’s website.
The yearly Virginia number of emergency department visits for a firearm injury increased 72% from 2018 to 2021, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Markiya was with her family at a community cookout by the pony rides on Memorial Day in 2019 when she died. The third-grader had a lot of love for people, Whitfield said.
“It’s something that you don’t even want to imagine going through,” he said. “It changes you as a person.”
The parents have been calling for change in Richmond, as well as offering sympathy for those in similar situations. A lot of people can’t get their stories out, but awareness events help people, said Ciara Dickson, Markiya's mom.
“It’s a lot of emotions for me,” Dickson said. “I appreciate they’re helping us keep our daughter’s name alive.”
Fonticello Park memorialized the girl with the Markiya Dickson Imagination Zone playground during a ribbon-cutting inauguration on May 20.
The Richmond group of the Virginia Moms Demand Action organized a series of events to raise awareness of gun violence in the city.
“Gun violence does not only take one life, it impacts all of the lives around that person who has been killed by gun violence,” said Kristin DuMont, co-lead of the Richmond group.
This is the first time the group has done events at a big scale for the awareness week, DuMont said.
It began on May 30 when Mayor Levar Stoney met with the group. Stoney, a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, declared Friday to be Gun Violence Awareness Day, which included lighting up City Hall with orange lights in solidarity.
There was a community event on Saturday to honor those affected by gun violence and to demand change. The baseball game on Sunday also donated $4 to Virginia Moms Demand Action with every ticket purchased with its link.
The group has grown since the Uvalde, Texas, school mass shooting with “mothers and others” getting together to make change, DuMont said.
“There are actions that people can take,” she said. “We don’t have to feel helpless.”
Moms Demand Action features programs to fight against the public health crisis of guns, along with lobbying the General Assembly for gun safety bills.
One of the programs is for adults to “Be SMART.” “Secure all guns in your home and vehicles, Model responsible behavior around guns, Ask about the presence of unsecured guns in other homes, Recognize the role of guns in suicide, and Tell your peers to be SMART,” according to its website.
“Everybody is impacted by gun violence, and everybody can participate in gun violence prevention,” DuMont said.
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves (804) 649-6123
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CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — Mauch Chunk Lake Park, on the outskirts of Jim Thorpe, is a popular place to go in the summer.
And thanks to the beach bus shuttle, children and families in Nesquehoning, Lansford, Summit Hill, and Jim Thorpe will be able to visit.
Carbon Transit will make five different stops three times a day on Saturdays, starting July 1st, and runs through Labor Day weekend.
The cost is $2 a person for a one-way ticket or $4 for a round trip.
You must be 12 years or older to ride the bus alone in Carbon County.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Frank Dubas is the man who planted the idea along the 700 block of Cedar Ave in 2020.
On Saturday, he cut the ribbon, opening the Garden of Cedar to those in the community.
People are free to plant and grow produce in the garden for everyone to use.
"Everything here is for the community. There's no charge, there's no cost to the participants to garden here. And all of the produce goes to the community, so it's actually going right to the community," said Frank Dubas, Garden of Cedar president.
After harvest season in the fall, the garden will be open to holiday-themed events for Halloween and Christmas.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — An event to honor the lives of those affected by gun violence and elevate gun violence prevention efforts was held in Lackawanna County.
The Lackawanna County chapter of Moms Demand Action, in partnership with the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, hosted the event as part of Wear Orange Weekend and National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
It included remarks from a gun violence survivor and a clean-up of the Nay Aug Avenue Natural Play Area and part of the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail.
Organizers say cleaning up their local park shows a message of caring for the community and another way to participate in the gun violence prevention movement that's not a rally or a march.
"It's important for survivors to see that we care about you, we're uplifting your voices, and hopefully, others won't have to go through what you've gone through," said Sheli Pratt-McHugh, Lackawanna County Moms Demand Action Leader.
More than two dozen residents from throughout the county worked together to clean the trail.
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CARBONDALE, Pa. — Celebrating a big milestone in Lackawanna County was Andy Cherra, who turned 100 years old.
The party at Aventura at Creekside, a rehab and nursing facility, included his 98-year-old brother.
There was cake, pizza, and music, which Andy loves.
He shared his secret for living to 100.
"My secret is clean living, that's all. Don't drink, don't smoke, and I don't carouse with a loose woman," he said.
Andy says he plans to keep dancing and doing what he loves.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — QueerNEPA, the NEPA Rainbow Alliance, and the NEPA Pride Coalition were among the organizations at the flag-raising.
Many others also came out to celebrate.
Scranton has been raising the Pride Flag every June since 2018.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — The Leaders In Training Youth from United Neighborhood Centers held a safety fair at Weston Field on Providence Road in Scranton.
Families could participate in face painting and games while watching the Carbondale and Waverly Township K-9 unit demonstrations.
"It's nice for them to get to know these people. I know, unfortunately, we're in the day and age where our first responders don't have a very good rapport with people. So it's nice to see them, show them giving back to the community and the community getting to know them a little bit better," said Nathan Masco, Leaders in Training coordinator.
Families also received a free smoke detector at the safety fair in Scranton.
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HARDING, Pa. — Police in Luzerne County are investigating what they believe to be an intentionally abandoned dog.
Photos from the Wyoming Area Regional Police Department show a male Akita that the chief says he believes was intentionally abandoned.
Officers found the dog near the power station on Route 92 around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police are asking anyone who lives in the area to check their outdoor video cameras.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Wyoming Area Regional Police at (570) 655-7790.
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HAZLETON, Pa. — Navy veteran Dave Merrick is running with a purpose.
He was participating in the Navy Seal 4 x4 x48 Challenge.
It consists of running four miles every four hours for 48 hours straight.
The challenge is a way to raise awareness of veteran suicide while also raising money for the Navy Seal Foundation.
"The community has been great. A lot of people have come out, walked with me, walked a couple laps, had a couple of people come out and do two different segments with me. I'm really overwhelmed by the support and generosity of the northeast Pennsylvania area," Merrick said.
Merrick's goal was to raise ten thousand dollars by the end of the challenge; at last check, he was up to $7,500.
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ASHLAND, Pa. — Officials are still looking for a cause of a fire that took place Saturday night in Schuylkill County.
The flames broke out along West Centre Street around 8 p.m.
The fire started on the third floor of an apartment building and spread to the two other apartment buildings next door.
Firefighters from neighboring communities were called to help fight the flames.
The Red Cross is helping the ten people displaced.
Luckily, no one was hurt after the fire.
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MONTROSE, Pa. — In Susquehanna County, a home was leveled after a fire.
Crews were called to the place along North Road in Bridgewater Township around 3 p.m.
The two people who live there were not home at the time.
A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause.
No one was hurt after the fire.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Downtown Lewisburg was filled with more than 100 craft and food vendors, live music, and entertainment.
There was also face painting and a petting zoo.
The Susquehanna River Valley Visitor's Bureau sponsored the craft fair in Lewisburg.
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MEHOOPANY, Pa. — State police in Wyoming County are searching for a missing 76-year-old man.
Kenneth Shaw was last seen in the area of State Route 87, Mehoopany Township, on Thursday morning.
Police believe Shaw may be at special risk of harm or injury or may be confused.
Anyone with information on Shaw is asked to call the state police in Tunkhannock at (570) 836-2141.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Public institutions in Washington County have joined the sweet but vital craft of beekeeping.
The Fayetteville Public Library has had beehives on its southeast terrace since 2021 donated by honeybee farm, Hogeye Honey.
"It's vitally important that the literacy and education about bees are shared with the entire community," Director of Facilities, Sam Palmer said.
Master Beekeeper Ed Levi manages the beehives. The now-retired beekeeper started beekeeping in France 50 years ago, at one point maintained 300 beehives, and was the Arkansas apiary specialist and inspector. He also runs a queen breeding cooperative on the outskirts of Fayetteville.
"We got very lucky recently to have a chance at some honey bees, we've been growing many native plants around the grounds," Shiloh Museum Groundskeeper, Marty Powers said.
The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History recently received a donation of a beehive and the equipment needed for it. It belonged to Dr. Ted Lee Wiggins, a respected member of the NWA veterinary community, who died in 2022. His wife made the donation to the museum.
"You cannot overstate the importance of bees. Without pollination, we don't have food," Powers said.
"80% of our food is developed by bees, seeds, and things like that. Even onions that we don't think would be improved by bees, they can't make onion seeds without bees. California makes 80% of the world's almonds. And the bees have to be there because they need pollination in February and March. And they wouldn't make any almonds without bees." Levi explained.
Levi explained that bee populations keep declining as they suffer from parasites like varroa mites, pesticides, climate change, and colony collapse disorder. Levi suggests anyone interested in helping with the issue visit the Bee Informed Partnerships website.
"Last year, I think it was close to 40% of the bees in the United States were lost," Levi said.
This issue is why education on bees is becoming more accessible at public institutions like the museum and the library.
"Once you take the class and start learning about them, then you tend to get obsessed with them," Powers said. "I don't think anyone knows everything about them yet. And I think that's part of the draw, is a quest to learn more and more about them."
For anyone looking to participate in urban beekeeping, Levi explained the best way to get started is to join an association like the Northwest Arkansas Beekeepers Association.
"They line up new beekeepers with experienced beekeepers and they're there to ask questions and to demonstrate and to help go through the hives and, and in the last few years, we've been giving the new beekeepers beehives, and they've been buying their own bee equipment, but they've been getting freebies. So that's the best way, the best way is to have a mentor and belong to an association," Levi explained.
Levi says half a dozen hives per square mile may be enough to pollinate most of the area as bees can travel three miles from their hives. He says to check with your city's beehive ordinance before participating in urban beekeeping.
The Fayetteville Public Library offers literacy on bees available for checkout as well as beekeeping videos online. Powers said the Museum is currently working on education programs to teach about bees to the public. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/buzz-public-institutions-home-beehives-fayetteville/527-d55cbebf-4d1c-49e2-8f29-7575db01d884 | 2023-06-04T22:36:08 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/buzz-public-institutions-home-beehives-fayetteville/527-d55cbebf-4d1c-49e2-8f29-7575db01d884 |
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Citizens of the Cherokee Nation — the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. — are set to decide whether Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. should lead the tribe for another four years as it enters a golden era after courts recognized its sprawling reservation and with an operating budget of more than $3 billion.
Hoskin, a 48-year-old attorney whose name is now intertwined with the fight for tribal sovereignty, is among four candidates seeking the tribe's top position, similar to that of a state's governor. The nonpartisan election for chief, deputy chief and eight positions on the tribe’s 17-member council are scheduled to be held Saturday, with many Cherokee citizens from across the country expected to submit absentee ballots.
Challengers include David Cornsilk, a retired genealogist and educator; Wes Nofire, an ex-boxer and supporter of former President Donald Trump who serves on the tribal council; and Cara Cowen Watts, an engineer and former Cherokee Nation tribal councilor. Election results could take days to tabulate, and a runoff election will be held if no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote.
By any measure, the last four years have been remarkable for the Cherokee Nation based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, whose population has risen to more than 450,000 members. It is one of 39 federally recognized tribes with headquarters in a state once known as Indian Territory, where indigenous people were forced to relocate in the 1800s as European settlers expanded westward.
The tribe's annual budget has tripled to more than $3 billion with the help of a massive infusion of federal funding through COVID-19 relief, the American Rescue Plan funding and the federal infrastructure bill.
The tribe also negotiated its own $75 million settlement with manufacturers of opioids, which led to addiction and deaths among tribal members and other U.S. citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Nation's reservation, which spans nearly 7,000 square miles (18,130 square km) in northeast Oklahoma, in a landmark decision on tribal sovereignty, the concept of giving tribes the right to govern their people and control their economies.
The Cherokee Nation's effort to seat a delegate in the U.S. Congress also has picked up steam.
Meanwhile, Hoskin, a former Cherokee Nation tribal councilor and secretary of state, saw his statewide profile rise when he joined other tribal leaders across the state in a feud with Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, himself a Cherokee citizen, over the compacts with the state giving tribes the exclusive right to casino gambling. The tribes also have compacts, which are formal agreements between tribes and the state, over revenue items including the sale of cigarettes, motor fuel and vehicle tags.
A judge ultimately sided with the tribes, but their conflict with the governor grew more combative as Stitt fiercely opposed the expansion of tribal sovereignty that ultimately came in the form of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark McGirt decision.
Since then, Hoskin and Stitt have continued to engage in increasingly contentious bickering that some say has become petty.
Hoskin at one point ordered Oklahoma flags to be removed from tribal properties, a decision he later rescinded. Stitt, meanwhile, has vetoed several bills supported by tribes, including one that would allow students to wear tribal regalia at high school graduations, although his veto was later overridden by the GOP-controlled Legislature.
Although it's not uncommon for Oklahoma governors and tribes to have disagreements and even battles in court, the relationship between Stitt and many of the state's most powerful tribes has grown particularly combative.
While Stitt is officially a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, archived tribal documents from the early 1900s show the tribe sought to remove one of Stitt's ancestors, Francis M. Dawson, from the list of tribal citizens, alleging he bribed a commission clerk to place him and his family in the register. The tribe’s decision to remove Dawson and his family ultimately was overruled by the federal government. Stitt recently acknowledged he has never voted in a tribal election and wasn't even certain if he was authorized to do so.
When asked if he planned to endorse anyone in the chief's race, Stitt made clear he is no fan of Hoskin.
“I'm not going to be endorsing him," Stitt said. “He stood up and endorsed my opponent, so we'll see.”
In a rare decision to wade deeply into state politics, Hoskin and other leaders of the Five Tribes of Oklahoma — also including the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole tribes — endorsed Stitt's opponent, Democrat Joy Hofmeister, who ultimately lost to Stitt by nearly 15 percentage points.
Explaining why he deserves another four-year term, Hoskin focused on his efforts to diversify the tribe's economy beyond casino operations and preserve the Cherokee language. He also has helped invest a massive infusion of federal money into infrastructure projects including a six-story, 127-bed, $400 million hospital in the tribe's capital city, wellness centers for tribal citizens and a drug-and-alcohol treatment facility built with the tribe's share of settlement funds from opioid manufacturers.
“That to me seems like not only an argument for our reelection but something that long down the road, years and decades from now, will be of great benefit to the Cherokee people,” Hoskin said.
Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe, which has no formal reservation and is not associated with the Cherokee Nation, said he doesn't want to wade into another tribe's politics, but it's hard not to take notice of the job Hoskin has done.
“Oftentimes tribal leaders rush from one brush fire to another,” Barnes said. “In spite of all those brush fires, in spite of a global pandemic, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin has maintained a coherent vision for what he sees for his nation.”
Still, Hoskin clearly has critics. Cornsilk, one of his opponents, criticized Hoskin's massive investment in infrastructure projects that Cornsilk said will be difficult to staff and maintain once the federal COVID-19 relief and infrastructure funding goes away. He claimed Hoskin runs the tribe like a dictatorship, in part by using his influence to stack the tribe's council with allies who quash dissent.
“This mafia has been in office since 2011. They’ve been in there long enough that they’ve filled every seat on our tribal court. They’ve filled every seat on the election commission,” Cornsilk said. “He controls everything.”
While Cornsilk acknowledged Hoskin is an impressive public speaker who has raised his own political profile, he said that has come at the expense of the Cherokee people.
“He doesn’t have a lot of support in the five major Cherokee populated counties," Cornsilk said, "but the further you get away from Tahlequah, the less people know, the less connected they are, the more likely they are to believe the hype that comes out of his office.”
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Mount Comfort Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville is said to be the oldest historical church site in Northwest Arkansas.
"The area was first settled in the early 1800s, around 1828," said Susan Rhodes. Her family attends service at Mount Comfort.
For nearly two centuries, the land of the church off of Mount Comfort and Rupple Roads has been the home to 3 different churches.
"The first church was a log cabin," Rhodes said. "Then we went to a brick cabinet, a brick church, which was used during the Civil War."
Rhodes says the church was used as a hospital during the Civil War for the Confederate Army. "They would bring their injured soldiers there for medical care. And a few soldiers are actually buried in the cemetery," she said.
The site was later used by the Union Army and taken down.
"The current church was built around 1874," said Rhodes.
The church was also used as a school. The building is still standing with some of the pews from the 1800s.
"Just some minor changes have been made, but we've tried very hard to kind of keep a lot of that historic component here," Rhodes said about the building. She says the historic components create a community beacon that represents the historic character of the area, even with the growth of Northwest Arkansas.
"I think it's kind of wonderful that we're able to maintain this property, despite all of the growth," said Rhodes.
"We have a community garden that we use to supply produce to local food banks and food pantries and such," said Rhodes when asked what the building is currently being used for. "We really try to make a positive impact on the community through our church site."
Rhodes also tells 5NEWS the land site of the church also served as a way station along the trail of tears. On Sunday, June 4, the church held a celebration of 195 years. The celebration was from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There were tours of the cemetery, garden, schoolhouse and sanctuary.
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TALIHINA, Okla. — A high-speed police chase ended in a deadly crash in LeFlore County, in the early morning of Sunday, June 4, Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) says.
The person being chased was a 45-year-old man from Talihina, whose name is yet to be released. He was driving a 2001 GMC Sierra and was suspected to be "impaired", according to the report.
OHP says the chase started in Talihina, sped through Williams Avenue and "failed to stop at the stop sign on Williams Ave. and Highway 63".
The chase then sped through Highway 63 southbound, went through a barbwire fence and still drove "approximately 75 feet through heavy brush before striking a large tree," according to the report.
Police say the man was pinned for about four hours before Talihina Fire Department extricated him. LeFlore County EMS pronounced him dead at the scene "from injuries sustained in the collision".
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LAVACA, Ark. — Severe weather affected many areas in Sebastian County, knocking down trees, equipment, and power lines leaving hundreds without electricity.
Lavaca took a big hit with storm damage in its area.
The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) had to assist the area and asked the public to avoid the area while it was worked on.
"We have reports coming in of significant storm damage in the Lavaca area. Deputies are on the scene assisting and assessing. Power lines, utility poles, trees, etc... Please avoid the Lavaca area for the time being if possible." wrote SCSO on Facebook.
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Dessie Dhanasoulis, of Linwood, makes loukoumades on Sunday at the 39th annual Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Egg Harbor Township.
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Terrance Jamison, 46, of Galloway Township, left, watches his 3-year-old son, Isaiah, on a ride.
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Anthony Tjoumakaris, 51, of Egg Harbor Township, shaves lamb from the souvlaki for gyros at the 39th annual Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Egg Harbor Township on Sunday.
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Ryan Keen, 29, and Brittany Gross, 26, buy loukoumades.
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Ryan Keen has been coming to the Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church since he was a little kid.
He and his cousin Brittany Gross just grabbed an order of loukoumades — light pastry dough balls covered in honey, cinnamon or powdered sugar — while they planned their next move.
"We're gonna go wait in line, get some gyros, some pastries and then take some home to my parents," the 29-year-old township resident said.
Food is one of the biggest draws of the annual festival, which was in its 39th year. Sunday was the last of the four-day festival located on the back parking lot and property behind the church.
"I'm always here for the food," said Gross, 26.
This was the second year in a row the festival returned to its normal setup. No festival was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the church held take-out festivals at the end of 2020 and throughout 2021. People could place orders at the church, drive around back and pick up their food. The festival made its triumphant return during the first weekend of June 2022.
"What I especially like about this festival, and it's happened to me a few times, is it becomes kind of a reunion ground for people. ... It just has a way of reconnecting people, and I love that," said the Rev. George Liacopulos, a parish priest. "Plus it's the beginning of the summer, we're outdoors again, the smells, the barbecue. It's nice. It's festive."
Many of the church's parishioners ran the food stands, putting on display the countless hours dedicated to keeping festival goers fed and happy. Men were cutting the souvlaki, the giant meat cylinders that were shaved to be used in gyros. Others were cutting the tomatoes and onions to be used in the gyro platters.
All hands were on deck to put together salads, while some of the younger parishioners manned the pastry stands. People got to choose from a wide variety of pastries, including baklava, kataifi and kaimaki.
Carnival games were set up behind the church. There were bout 10 rides for kids of all ages, including a little train ride, a small roller coaster, a big slide and various spinning rides.
Terrance Jamison, 46, of Galloway Township, leaned up against the railing of a spinning rocket ship ride as he watched his 3-year-old son, Isaiah, take his turn. Isaiah had a big smile every time he came around the bend and looked toward his father.
Jamison has brought his family to the festival for three years, calling it a bonding experience. One thing the pandemic taught him was to not take anything for granted, he said.
He loves how the festival brings out different types of people.
"I like my son to be well-rounded," Jamison said. "I grew up in Catholic school, and it taught me how to adapt. I think that's why God made everybody different colors, so we could take gain from everybody's experience."
Sabrina Holleran, of Northfield, had a similar experience while watching her 3 1/2-year-old grandson, Rocco Allen, ride the train. This was her first time experiencing the festival and she arrived not knowing what to expect.
"We had Greek coffee. I've never had it before. It's delicious," Holleran said. "(Rocco) did the giant slide, and we didn't get afraid at the top, so that was a first time. So a lot of firsts today."
Holleran marveled at how she heard all different languages throughout the day from the different families, whether Greek or another culture.
"It's very diverse, and it's great. Everybody is getting along, and it's just how the world should be," Holleran said.
When told that some people will walk away from the Greek Festival having had an experience like that, Liacopulos, the parish priest, was floored.
"I love that; that's wonderful," Liacopulos said. "It's family-oriented and very diverse. I know our parishioners here have a lot of friends and colleagues from all walks of life, and they invite them every year. They come back, and it's beautiful.
"I think it's nice for South Jersey to have events like this to connect us. We need as much of that as possible."
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Dessie Dhanasoulis, of Linwood, makes loukoumades on Sunday at the 39th annual Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Egg Harbor Township.
Anthony Tjoumakaris, 51, of Egg Harbor Township, shaves lamb from the souvlaki for gyros at the 39th annual Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Egg Harbor Township on Sunday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cultures-come-together-on-final-day-of-greek-festival-in-egg-harbor-township/article_f3877de0-0310-11ee-b0d6-67ab43664f52.html | 2023-06-04T22:41:07 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cultures-come-together-on-final-day-of-greek-festival-in-egg-harbor-township/article_f3877de0-0310-11ee-b0d6-67ab43664f52.html |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A 12-year-old was found in critical condition at a Birmingham home’s pool Sunday.
According to Brimingham Fire and Rescue Service Battalion Chief Jackie Hicks, the child was found in a pool on Charles Court. He said he believes someone pulled the child out of the pool before BFRS personnel arrived on the scene.
BFRS personnel have transported the child to Children’s of Alabama. No other details were available at the time of publication.
Stay with CBS 42 for this developing story. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/12-year-old-in-critical-condition-after-found-in-pool-at-birmingham-home/ | 2023-06-04T22:53:55 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/12-year-old-in-critical-condition-after-found-in-pool-at-birmingham-home/ |
WASHINGTON — If you heard a loud boom in the D.C. area on Sunday afternoon and wondered what it was, officials are calling it a "sonic boom" caused by a military plane.
According to multiple sources, the sound heard was sonic boom from a plane out of Joint Base Andrews.
It was caused by an authorized Department of Defense flight.
WUSA9 received multiple reports of a loud boom heard across the DMV Sunday afternoon.
Several witnesses reported it shook their homes.
D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management said the department was aware of the reports of a loud boom heard across the District and that it was "no threat at this time."
Prince William County 911 also tweeted about the noise saying it was confirmed over mutual aid radios it was a sonic boom.
At 3:50 p.m., the Virginia State Police were notified of a possible aircraft crash in the Staunton/Blue Ridge Parkway region. Search efforts are currently underway by state and local law enforcement.
Officials have not said if this crash is related to the loud boom.
A sonic boom is "a loud explosive noise caused by the shock wave from an aircraft traveling faster than the speed of sound."
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WESTFIELD, Ind. — Crews are on the scene of a large gasoline spill in Hamilton County.
According to INDOT, a semi tanker hauling 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed on SR 32 between US 31 and Westfield Boulevard Sunday afternoon. About 1,000 gallons of fuel spilled from the tanker, the agency reported.
The semi's trailer overturned in the crash. The driver was taken to the hospital to be checked out, but was reportedly not injured.
IDEM crews are on the scene to deal with the spill, which will close the road for several more hours, authorities said.
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ROANOKE, Va. – After months of training, thousands of athletes made their way across the finish line of the Ironman 70.3.
Up before the sun, athletes from across the county gathered at Carvins Cove Sunday to start the swimming portion of the race.
This year’s Ironman makes five total for racer Haley Reber.
“Out of all of the Ironman’s we’ve done, this is the most beautiful venue we’ve been to,” Reber said.
After swimming 1.2 miles, competitors biked 56 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Reber says the parkway is the whole reason she picked this course.
“My husband and I are so excited to climb ‘The Claw’ today out of Buchanan, so we chose this race so we could do the 5-mile climb,” she said.
Finally, racers run a half marathon to finish it out.
Dan Grimm is part of a relay team and ran the final 13.2 miles.
“I’ve lived in Roanoke for about two years and having the course that goes right by my apartment in Wasena, it’s awesome just having this as a hometown event,” Grimm said.
Reber says the Ironman has given her a lot to love about the Star City.
“We want to come back and vacation in Roanoke now,” she said. “We fell in love with Roanoke.”
She says anyone can do an Ironman if they set their sights on it.
“11 years ago, I could not ride my bike three miles,” Reber said. “I was very out of shape. I had younger children and I just decided I needed to be healthier for them and then my journey began.”
Organizers say they don’t know when or if the race will return due to upcoming construction on the parkway, but people 10 News spoke with say they hope it will come back soon. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/04/thousands-of-athletes-cross-the-finish-line-at-ironman-703/ | 2023-06-04T22:58:11 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/04/thousands-of-athletes-cross-the-finish-line-at-ironman-703/ |
STAUNTON, Va. – Virginia State Police said a search is underway after police were notified of a possible plane crash in the Staunton area of the Blue Ridge Parkway at 3:50 p.m.
According to police, state and local law enforcement are assisting in search efforts.
Authorities said nothing has been located at this time, and state police are unable to fly the area due to fog and low clouds within the mountains.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a Cessna Citation crashed into mountainous terrain near Montebello around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. According to the FAA, the aircraft took off from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and was bound for Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating.
Stick with 10 News as we continue to learn more | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/04/vsp-search-underway-for-possible-plane-crash-in-staunton-area/ | 2023-06-04T22:58:18 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/04/vsp-search-underway-for-possible-plane-crash-in-staunton-area/ |
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For many Coquille residents, the opening of the community pool marks the unofficial start to the summer.
Families flocked to the Coquille Community Swimming Pool for the season opening over Memorial Day Weekend.
The outdoor 25-yard swimming pool is heated at 86 degrees Fahrenheit. The water depth ranges from a zero-depth entry to 4-feet deep.
The pool has a variety of fun features including a winding water channel, a water slide and fountain toys to play in.
While it’s often the children who make the biggest splash – there are activities at the pool for adults too.
“This is where everybody spends their summer,” said Coquille Community Swimming Pool Manager Suzie Thiebaud.
Community pool program offerings include swim lessons, lap swim, water fitness classes and recreational play swim. They also host private events.
Thiebaud reported that pool staff are also raising money for the final phase installation of an additional lap pool onsite that will be placed next to the current one.
Pool staff keep an updated calendar outlining the dates and times of pool activities. Visitors who use the pool are expected to adhere to safety and cleanliness guidelines outlined by pool staff.
The Coquille Public Pool is located behind the Coquille Community Building at 117 N. Birch St. For more information, including a pool schedule, visit the City of Coquille Website at cityofcoquille.org or call 541-396-6574. The pool is only open during summer months.
NOTE: At the time of this publication, the North Bend Municipal Pool is also scheduled to be open. See next week’s issue for coverage of the North Bend pool’s grand reopening.
For many Coquille residents, the opening of the community pool marks the unofficial start to the summer.
Families flocked to the Coquille Community Swimming Pool for the season opening over Memorial Day Weekend.
The outdoor 25-yard swimming pool is heated at 86 degrees Fahrenheit. The water depth ranges from a zero-depth entry to 4-feet deep.
The pool has a variety of fun features including a winding water channel, a water slide and fountain toys to play in.
While it’s often the children who make the biggest splash – there are activities at the pool for adults too.
“This is where everybody spends their summer,” said Coquille Community Swimming Pool Manager Suzie Thiebaud.
Community pool program offerings include swim lessons, lap swim, water fitness classes and recreational play swim. They also host private events.
Thiebaud reported that pool staff are also raising money for the final phase installation of an additional lap pool onsite that will be placed next to the current one.
Pool staff keep an updated calendar outlining the dates and times of pool activities. Visitors who use the pool are expected to adhere to safety and cleanliness guidelines outlined by pool staff.
The Coquille Public Pool is located behind the Coquille Community Building at 117 N. Birch St. For more information, including a pool schedule, visit the City of Coquille Website at cityofcoquille.org or call 541-396-6574. The pool is only open during summer months.
NOTE: At the time of this publication, the North Bend Municipal Pool is also scheduled to be open. See next week’s issue for coverage of the North Bend pool’s grand reopening. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/coquille-pool-opening-signals-start-to-summer-fun/article_bb7ac522-018c-11ee-a55d-93bdeab5d801.html | 2023-06-04T23:15:54 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/coquille-pool-opening-signals-start-to-summer-fun/article_bb7ac522-018c-11ee-a55d-93bdeab5d801.html |
WAYNESBORO, Va. (WRIC) — A Cessna 560 Citation V business jet that took off in Tennessee bound for New York crashed in mountainous terrain near Montebello, Va., Sunday afternoon.
According to a release from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the jet took off from the Elizabethton Municipal Airport in northeastern Tennessee and was headed for Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York when it crashed in mountainous terrain in Nelson County, Virginia at around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 4.
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Continental U.S. Region reported that authorities were concerned about an “unresponsive ” plane flying a strange flight path over the D.C. area. F-16s were scrambled to investigate which led to a sonic boom that was heard over the D.C. area Sunday afternoon.
NORAD reported that the F-16s used flares in an attempt to draw the attention of the pilot.
“Flares are employed with highest regard for safety of the intercepted aircraft and people on the ground,” a release from NORAD read. “Flares burn out quickly and completely and there is no danger to the people on the ground when dispensed.”
The Cessna plane was intercepted by the F-16s around 3:20 p.m. and the pilot of the aircraft was found unconscious.
This incident is still under investigation. The FAA has not released any information regarding the aircraft’s pilot or possible passengers.
Around 3:50 p.m., Virginia State Police were notified of a possible aircraft crash in Staunton/Blue Ridge Parkway region. According to police, search efforts are currently underway.
This is a developing story, stay with 8News for updates. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/cessna-jet-crashes-near-waynesboro-fighter-jets-deployed-after-strange-flight-path-over-dc/ | 2023-06-04T23:17:25 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/cessna-jet-crashes-near-waynesboro-fighter-jets-deployed-after-strange-flight-path-over-dc/ |
Julie Lepper decided to try the henna this year.
The Fort Wayne woman has attended Arab Fest multiple times, but Sunday was the first time she sat down with an artist to receive a reddish-brown temporary dye tattoo on the back of her hand.
Lepper enjoys the food, music and dances at the annual gathering in Headwaters Park. Henna was another example Lepper saw as a way for festival goers who are not Arab to broaden their horizons.
"You can come down and see the similarities contrasted with the differences of all different cultures," Lepper said. "It can make people realize we are more the same than we are different."
Rema Addrayie, Arab Fest organizer, said the annual event, which was held Saturday and Sunday, is a way to connect with real Arab culture and not stereotypes. From the souk, which translates to market in English, to food and performances, she said the festival did its job.
"We're just happy that we can keep doing this year after year and maybe get a little bit bigger and get more attendance," she said.
Addrayie said 2023 was another good year for the event, especially as many vendors and attendees returned.
Henna artist Poonum Ijaz returned this year to draw henna for festival attendees. She enjoys connecting with people and customizing the designs for each person.
Ijaz said cultural events can open up a number of new experiences.
"It's really, really awesome because you can travel the world without leaving your city," she said. "I think it's really good for people to understand and be exposed to other people and what they do, how they live their life."
As people filtered through the tent of vendors Sunday, Ijaz said she was happy that multiple people asked questions about the henna and clothing for sale and the cultural significance of each. She appreciated the interest in her culture.
At least one attendee walked away inspired to create an Arab-themed festival in her central Indiana hometown. Sarah Ketel, originally from Syria and now living in Fishers, said the dancing brought her back to her home country and culture.
"There's a lot of beauty, from the food to the music and dancing to the exhibitions," she said. "I would love to have our friends and neighbors and those who are not from our culture learn more."
Amanda Chahine, a drummer with Throwra Dabke, said dabke Arab folk dance performances allow her to connect with her culture and celebrate it with others. She especially enjoys watching dabke click with people at events such as Arab Fest.
"You feel like you can't do it because you've never done it. But then you try it, and then the first right step you get or the first right boom that you hit, you're like: 'Shit that was me, that sounds pretty damn awesome.' Or 'That feels really good,' " Chahine said. "Then you watch them own it with every step."
Growing up Arab in America, Chahine said she's seen the negative stereotypes many people like her face. But events like Arab Fest help change those negative views into something positive, she said.
"It feels amazing," she said, "to be able to share with other people and watch their mind start ticking in a different way." | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/arab-fest-celebrates-arab-culture/article_5c2b6182-030b-11ee-a7ca-ab0f50119ab4.html | 2023-06-04T23:24:38 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/arab-fest-celebrates-arab-culture/article_5c2b6182-030b-11ee-a7ca-ab0f50119ab4.html |
A Statewide Silver Alert has been declared.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the disappearance of Jeanetta Harvey, a 63 year old white female, 5 feet tall, 160 pounds, brown hair with green eyes, last seen driving a blue 2014 Ford F-150 with Indiana license plate FD1659.
Jeanetta is missing from Indianapolis, Indiana, and was last seen on Friday, June 2, 2023, at 6:30 pm. She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
If you have any information on Jeanetta Harvey, contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department at 317-327-6540 or 911.
This concludes this Silver Alert. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/silver-alert-declared-for-missing-indianapolis-woman/article_caf58f48-031f-11ee-bc14-133783508c2e.html | 2023-06-04T23:24:44 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/silver-alert-declared-for-missing-indianapolis-woman/article_caf58f48-031f-11ee-bc14-133783508c2e.html |
Taunton reacts to abrupt Compass Medical closure: Top stories
Before we begin the new week in earnest, we're taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers.
Top stories this past week included:
A potential sidewalk on Burt Street, and what it would take to make that happen. Department of Public Works Commissioner Fred Cornaglia said a neighborhood sidewalk on Burt Street couldn't be constructed soon because the DPW needs more finances. Burt Street resident Sarah Viveiros recently petitioned city officials to construct a sidewalk on the roadway "because speeding drivers make it unsafe for children to ride bicycles and neighbors to enjoy a walk."
The latest Greater Taunton real estate report, featuring a multi-family home in Raynham that sold for $625,000. The South Main Street home was built in 1900, and has two spacious units, each featuring three bedrooms. Check out this property, as well as other recent top-sellers.
These were the Top 5 stories of the past week, according to Gazette readers:
Compass Medical with clinics in E. Bridgewater, Taunton, Quincy, Easton abruptly closes
Compass Medical, a Quincy-based chain of medical clinics and urgent care facilities with locations in Easton, East Bridgewater, Taunton, Quincy, Braintree and Middleboro abruptly closed all six of its offices “effective immediately” last week.
If you are a Compass Medical patient, their website has a tab where you can try to find your provider.
'This is terrible':Taunton patients blindsided by Compass Medical's sudden closure, 'don't know what to do'
10 mouthwatering adventurous burgers to try in Taunton area
National Hamburger Day was last week, but if you missed it, no worries.
You can still try these 10 intriguing burgers from around the Taunton area.
Grab a burger:10 mouthwatering adventurous burgers to try in Taunton area
Taunton High School celebrates college commitments of senior student-athletes
Twenty-five of Taunton High's senior student-athletes recently committed to compete at the college level, and Taunton High threw them a celebration.
Gazette Sports Reporter Cameron Merritt was there at the Rabouin Field House.
College sports:Taunton High School celebrates college commitments of senior student-athletes
Taunton PD's newest employee is a little dog with a big job
The newest member of the Taunton Police Department is named Maggie.
Maggie, a 9-week-old golden retriever, arrived at the Taunton Police Department in early May from Golden Opportunities for Independence in Walpole and she already has her own Instagram and Facebook pages.
Take a look at what little Maggie is doing to assist the TPD.
New police dog:Taunton PD's newest employee is a little dog with a big job
Raynham turns out for Memorial Day parade
This past week we commemorated Memorial Day.
Honoring the fallen:Raynham turns out in force for Memorial Day parade
Taunton Daily Gazette/Herald News copy editor and digital producer Kristina Fontes can be reached atkfontes@heraldnews.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette today. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/04/taunton-gazette-top-5-compass-medical-ths-police-dog-memorial-day/70279275007/ | 2023-06-04T23:33:08 | 0 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/04/taunton-gazette-top-5-compass-medical-ths-police-dog-memorial-day/70279275007/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted a 45-year-old man with heart-attack-like symptoms from a 900-foot cargo ship located 60 miles off the coast of Astoria on the morning of June 4.
The U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest station said that the medevac helicopter crew flew the man to waiting paramedics who ultimately took the man to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
Video of the rescue provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows that the victim was conscious when he was loaded into the rescue helicopter. The man’s condition is not known at this time. | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/video-man-suffering-heart-attack-airlifted-from-cargo-ship-60-miles-off-astoria/ | 2023-06-04T23:42:01 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/video-man-suffering-heart-attack-airlifted-from-cargo-ship-60-miles-off-astoria/ |
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Four years ago, Samaya Dickson was covered in blood when her 9-year-old sister, Markiya Dickson, was shot by a stray bullet.
Samaya threw the first pitch at the Richmond Flying Squirrels game on Sunday in memory of her sister during the “Wear Orange” campaign to support gun violence awareness.
“If she was here, she would’ve hugged you,” said Samaya, adding that she misses the sisterly arguing the most.
It was better Samaya pitched the ball — and represented her sister — than anyone else, said Mark Whitfield, the girls' father. The family hopes to keep shining a light on gun violence, as their story is not the only one, Whitfield said.
“Wear Orange” is a nationwide effort to promote gun violence awareness. Orange is the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others.
The campaign was started by a group of friends commemorating Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed on a playground in Chicago a week after marching with former President Barack Obama in 2013, according to the organization’s website.
The annual number of Virginia emergency department visits for firearm-related injuries increased 72% between 2018 and 2021, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Markiya was with her family at a community cookout on Memorial Day in 2019 when she died. The third-grader had a lot of love for people, Whitfield said.
“It’s something that you don’t even want to imagine going through,” he said. “It changes you as a person.”
The parents have been calling for change in Richmond, as well as offering sympathy for those in similar situations. A lot of people cannot get their stories out, but events aimed at increasing awareness help people, said Ciara Dickson, Markiya's mother.
“It’s a lot of emotions for me,” Dickson said. “I appreciate they’re helping us keep our daughter’s name alive.”
Fonticello Park memorialized the girl with the Markiya Dickson Imagination Zone playground during a ribbon-cutting inauguration on May 20. The Richmond group of the Virginia Moms Demand Action organized a series of events to raise awareness of gun violence in the city.
“Gun violence does not only take one life, it impacts all of the lives around that person who has been killed by gun violence,” said Kristin DuMont, co-lead of the Richmond group.
This is the first time the group has planned events at a large scale during the awareness week, DuMont said.
It began on May 30, when Mayor Levar Stoney met with the group. Stoney, a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, declared Friday to be Gun Violence Awareness Day, which was observed, in part, by the lighting up of City Hall with orange lights in a display of solidarity.
There was a community event on Saturday to honor those affected by gun violence and to demand change. For every ticket sold for Sunday's Flying Squirrels game through a link provided by Virginia Moms Demand Action, $4 of the proceeds were donated to the organization.
The group has grown since the mass shooting at an Uvalde, Texas, school, with “mothers and others” getting together to make change, DuMont said.
“There are actions that people can take,” she said. “We don’t have to feel helpless.”
Moms Demand Action features programs to fight against the public health crisis of guns, along with lobbying the General Assembly for gun safety bills.
One of the programs calls for adults to “Be SMART": “Secure all guns in your home and vehicles, Model responsible behavior around guns, Ask about the presence of unsecured guns in other homes, Recognize the role of guns in suicide, and Tell your peers to be SMART,” according to the website.
“Everybody is impacted by gun violence, and everybody can participate in gun violence prevention,” DuMont said.
From the Archives: Professional baseball in Richmond, 1953-1990 | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-teen-throws-ceremonial-first-pitch-in-honor-of-sister-killed-by-stray-bullet/article_92ae34fe-0307-11ee-ba0e-6b83fe381a1a.html | 2023-06-04T23:47:05 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-teen-throws-ceremonial-first-pitch-in-honor-of-sister-killed-by-stray-bullet/article_92ae34fe-0307-11ee-ba0e-6b83fe381a1a.html |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Sunday, groups in Central Arkansas recognized gun violence awareness day by coming together in hopes of ending gun violence in our community.
One of those groups was Moms Demand Action, which is a national grassroots organization whose goal is to end gun violence across the country, and they have a chapter in Little Rock.
“We know in Central Arkansas, that there's a great need to really face this head-on,” said Anna Morshedi who leads the local chapter.
She explained that being a mom of two is what led to her joining the organization.
“I have an eight and 10-year-old. So doing this work is very personal because it's about not only protecting my children but all the children that live here in Central Arkansas,” said Morshedi.
During gun violence awareness day, the organization also held its wear-orange event.
“We wear orange because it is the color that hunters were to say, don't shoot me and we are coming together to unify our voices,” Morshedi added.
She said they hope to spread awareness and education to everyone in attendance. They also hope to remember those who have lost their lives.
“Taking a pause to realize how many of our community members are suffering from gun violence, both the family and friends that they've lost and the trauma that we have all experienced,” said Morshedi.
She also added that the key to continuing their effort is working with other organizations like the Cure.
“We just want to do as much as possible to curb the little problem we have here in Little Rock,” said Founder of the Cure. Keyon Neely.
Neely shared that as someone who was once connected to gun violence, he wants to help steer young people away from that path.
“We're trying to give them an opportunity and something else to do besides, you know, falling into the gang life,” said Neely. “I'm just trying to be that person that I needed when I was coming up."
Both organizations plan to continue working together in hopes of making a difference. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/central-arkansas-end-gun-violence/91-00d69ff9-9fac-457b-b35c-4e4d7fc14870 | 2023-06-04T23:49:03 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/central-arkansas-end-gun-violence/91-00d69ff9-9fac-457b-b35c-4e4d7fc14870 |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Tampa Bay area families can now grab their swimsuits and sunscreen and head over to the country's largest man-made lagoon that is now open.
Mirada Lagoon in Pasco County boasts 15 acres of crystal-clear water with plenty of space to swim, chairs for lounging, a water slide, and access to a swim-up bar all with that beach-like feeling. Oh, and we can't forget the splash zone where kids can find a fun jungle gym to cool off.
The lagoon is located at 1 Mirada Blvd. in San Antonio, Florida. It's been open to the community but now is open to the public. Before you head over, plan your day based on what you're looking for.
The lagoon is open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Visitors are able to purchase a day pass and save $2 per ticket compared to the price of a pass if you walk up. All-day passes range from $20 to $40 and are available Monday through Sunday. Late-day passes from 3 p.m. until close start at $13 and rises to $32 and are also available Monday through Sunday.
Splashing around is fun, but at Mirada Lagoon, guests can also purchase add-ons to enjoy the water obstacle course, kayak, and paddleboard.
Premium loungers with an umbrella for 21 and older range from $40 to $50. Adults over 21 can also opt in for the different Cabana Cove rentals. Beach day beds and beach loungers are also available for all ages starting at $40.
Mirada Lagoon provides live music and happy hour specials every Friday at the lagoon. And for the entire month of June, at 11 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday the Kid's Zone in the Hub will have sea creature games and crafts and an interactive DJ. Check out their calendar to see when guests can enjoy karaoke and trivia game nights.
This is not the first lagoon in the area. There are also other lagoon locations in Wimauma and Wesley Chapel. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/mirada-lagoon-open-pasco-county/67-b2083045-8432-4aa0-8da2-d7c9d598f5f3 | 2023-06-04T23:49:09 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/mirada-lagoon-open-pasco-county/67-b2083045-8432-4aa0-8da2-d7c9d598f5f3 |
Emergency calls kept Kenosha County area units busy on Sunday, ranging from a man in the water in Lake Michigan to a structure fire in Bristol. According to law enforcement radio traffic:
Water call
Kenosha emergency crews were called to the lakefront along with a boat from Coast Guard Station Kenosha and Pleasant Prairie units after a report of a single male who was first reported on a boat but could not identify his location.
Units responded to the shoreline stretching from Eichelman Park to Pleasant Prairie. The individual was eventually located in the water about 20 yards off shore, which was too close to shore for the Coast Guard boat. Pleasant Prairie was requested to use a shore boat.
The individual was reported out of the boat and on land by about 3:25 p.m.
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A structure fire was reported Sunday afternoon at 3:23 p.m. at 9826 191th Ave. in Bristol.
Responding units with Bristol Fire & Rescue indicated a highly involved fire at the site. Additional units were called for mutual aid for the fire, which was still being handled at press time Sunday afternoon.
Additional units assisting included an extension ladder from Kenosha, tenders from Antioch, Kansasville and Wheatland, an ambulance from Somers, a fire chief from Pleasant Prairie as well as assistance from Paris, the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department and the Racine Fire Belles. Additional units were providing change of service fire station assistance for those departments called to the scene.
A third alarm went out at 4:13 for additional fire tenders from the Town of Raymond and Lake Villa.
Staging was being done at the intersection of 101st Street and Old Bristol Road.
No additional details were available by press time.
Deputies respond
On Sunday morning, Kenosha County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the county for an individual who was experiencing a mental health crisis and stated they wanted “suicide by cop” while possibly armed with a firearm, according to a department social media posting.
“Deputies worked hard to establish a rapport with the individual and did so after some time. This led to a peaceful and positive outcome where the individual received the proper assistance they needed,” the department posted. “Kenosha Sheriff’s Department deputies are Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trained and excel at communication in critical incidents. If you, a loved one, friend, or anyone you know is in need of assistance or someone to talk too, Kenosha County has the great resources of Adult & Juvenile Crisis.”
Those needing assistance, or knowing someone who might need assistance, are encouraged to call Adult & Juvenile Crisis at 262-657-7188, or contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-emergency-crews-law-enforcment-busy-with-water-call-fire-and-more-on-sunday/article_d9d5de6e-0315-11ee-8f64-6b2118f9287a.html | 2023-06-04T23:53:22 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-emergency-crews-law-enforcment-busy-with-water-call-fire-and-more-on-sunday/article_d9d5de6e-0315-11ee-8f64-6b2118f9287a.html |
After 51 years, a Lincoln pilot who went missing in action during the Vietnam War will be buried on Monday at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Larry Alfred Zich, who was 24 when the UH-1H Iroquois helicopter he was co-piloting went missing on April 3, 1972, will be interred with full military honors at 10 a.m.
To honor Zich, several groups will be in attendance, including the Patriot Guard Riders, VFW Post 4626, American Legion Post 3, Nebraska Veterans Affairs and the Daughters of American Revolution-Deborah Avery Chapter. A flyover will be conducted by the Nebraska National Guard.
A native of Sturgis, South Dakota, Zich went missing after he and three other crew members on the helicopter got lost during a combat support mission that departed Marble Mountain in Da Nang, South Vietnam.
More than 16 years later, in 1988, the Defense Intelligence Agency received human remains from a Vietnamese refugee that belonged to nine different people who reportedly died in an aircraft crash and were buried in Quang Nam province. One set of these remains was associated with Zich. It then took the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency approximately 35 more years to conclusively confirm, on Oct. 25, 2022, that they were the remains of Zich.
Members of the public are invited to attend the services, which will be held at the Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery, 6800 S. 14th St.
President Joe Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who died fighting for their country as he marked Memorial Day.
Memorial Day: Remembering Nebraskans loved and lost
PFC Leonard F. Preister
PFC Leonard F. Preister
313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division. Killed in action on July 7, 1944. Buried at Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Gaylord L. Blanc
Gaylord L. Blanc, 17th Airborne, 82nd Airborne, WWII European Theater. Passed 12-16-1996.
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Edward E. Kimm
GySgt. Edward E. Kimm died alongside of 241 fellow brothers in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 23, 1983.
Shelly Kulhanek
William E. Phalen
William E. Phalen served in World War II. He passed away in 2001.
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Kenneth H. Carnicle
Kenneth H. Carnicle served in World War II. He was killed in action on May 4, 1945.
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Richard L. Monnier
Richard L. Monnier served in the Korean War. He passed away on June 28, 2017.
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PFC Franklin W. Ritter
PFC Franklin W. Ritter, U.S. Army, Neligh, NE. KIA Luzon, Philippines, January 26, 1945. Buried in Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.
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Pvt. James Svec
Pvt. James Svec, U.S. Army, Milligan, NE. KIA France September 29, 1918. Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France. Pictured in 2005 with his niece, then 100-year old Marie Sysel.
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Fritz Grant Minder
Fritz Grant Minder
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William G. Rockel
William G. Rockel fought in World War II. He passed away on April 16, 2017.
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Leslie Clymer and Milton Clymer
Leslie Clymer of Lincoln served in World War I and Milton Clymer of Lincoln served in World War II.
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Lt. James Edwin Kelley
Lt. James Edwin Kelley, Beatrice, graduated from Marianna Army Air Field in Florida. On April 14, 1944, he was the co-pilot on a B-25C (S/N: 42-64559) on a mission to the Viterbo Airdrome in Italy. The plane was hit by flak and went into a steep dive, then leveled off, then flew inverted and finally crashed. He was killed.
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Jeffrey Alan Alexander
Jeffrey Alan Alexander, who served two tours in Iraq.
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Robert Schenaman
Robert Schenaman of the 143rd 155th fighter, bomber wing. Member of the Hustlin Huskers. Photo was taken at Dow AFB in Bangor Maine.
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E.W. Stevens
World War II pic of E.W. Stevens CAG-80 ARM 2nd Class USN - Round Trip
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Cory R. Mracek
KIA Iskandaryiah, Iraq 1/27/04
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Frank Stuart Lomax
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Harry Perkinton
SSGT Henry C. Perkinton, Nebraska 134th, WWII veteran
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Claude A. Fiedler
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Mike Doheny
This is (former) Marine Staff Sgt Michael Doheny of Broken Bow. He was killed by an IED in Iraq in December 2007. He was a civilian security contractor at the time of his death.
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Lawrence Wilcox
Lawrence Wilcox, KIA
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Wilfred M. Schutz
Wilfred M. Schutz served in Korea in the Special Category Army with the Air Force (SCARWAF), a unit of the 934th Engineering Aviation Group attached to the 8th Air Force Fighter Bomber Wing in 1952-1953.
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E.W. Stevens
E.W. Stevens ARM 2nd Class CAG-80 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga CV-14 WWII, 1944–1945.
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Joseph A. Gilmore
Joseph A Gilmore was born and raised in Omaha. He retired as a sergeant major after serving in Korea, Vietnam and Europe primarily in Airborne Infantry units. He retired after more than 20 years of service. He passed away on Oct. 22, 2014.
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Melvin Leroy Fertig
Melvin Leroy Fertig, U.S. Air Force 1952 Korean War veteran.
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Jay Dana Morse
Jay Dana Morse served in the Civil War as a Private in the 2nd Vermont Light Artillery Battery. He saw action at the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana. He was discharged in 1865 for injuries received in that battle. He settled in Holbrooke and passed away in 1925.
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Harvey Hubka
Harvey Hubka
Hank Krass
Hank Krass, left, served as a technical sergeant in the 445th Bomb Squadron in the U.S. Army.
Clair Geiger
Clair Geiger died while serving on the USS De Haven, which was sunk on February 1, 1943.
Sgt. Jed Marsh
Sgt. Jed Marsh served in Afghanistan in 2010 with the Air Force and Marine Corps. Marsh is a 1993 Lincoln High School graduate.
Chuck van Rossum
Charles F. van Rossum, captain, U.S. Air Force (retired).
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Kenneth W. Wright
Kenneth W. Wright was a first sergeant in the 110th Field Signal Battalion, 35th Infantry Division, in France in World War 1.
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Miguel Beltran
Miguel Beltran, U.S. Marine.
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Dean Wright
Dean Wright served as a sergeant in the 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, during the Cold War in Germany.
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Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger
Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger with his daughter, Payton. Hamburger was killed in action on Aug. 6, 2011.
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Sgt. Jason T. Palmerton
Sgt. Jason T. Palmerton
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Pauley, Betty J.
Betty J. Pauley
Thompson, William Bill
William Bill Thompson
Rollin Fritch
Rollin Fritch
Wittrock, Raymond R. "Red" "Woody"
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Walter D. Bopp
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Harry J. Blum
Benjamin G. Prange
Staff Sgt. Benjamin G. Prange
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Robert Woody
Myron Woody carries this portrait, a photo of a painting of his father, Robert Woody, in his wallet.
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Donald K Schwab
1st Lt. Donald K. Schwab.
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Wachtel, C.L. "Vern"
C.L. Vern Wachtel
Rex Fuller
Rex Fuller, a veteran airman of World War II and the Korean War, poses beside a Boeing Stearman he flew. Fuller died in 2013.
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Jess Hartsell
Jess Hartsell flew his first combat mission in November 1943, then 68 more with the 449th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group, nicknamed the “Annihilators.” This picture was taken when he was in Myrtle Beach, S.C., for armament training before the war.
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Martin, Eugene R.
Eugene R. Martin
Gayle Eyler
Omaha contractor and World World II veteran Gayle Eyler may have been the reason Nebraska's largest city had a D-Day invasion beach named after it.
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Sage brothers
Sage brothers of Niobrara who lost their lives during the Vietnam War when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was struck and cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in a 1969 training exercise in the South China Sea.
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Frank Henry Hoppe
Doran, Ivan E.
Ivan E. Doran
Jack Allsman
Karen Allsman is reflected in the glass frame of a portrait of her husband Jack, who was a combat soldier in the European theater during World War II.
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Hunter Hogan
Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan died June 23 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (United States Marine Corps photo)
'Searching for Stanley'
Stanley Dwyer's B-17 was shot down on May 10, 1944, in a forest near Vostenhof, near Neunkirchen, Austria. (Courtesy Kay Hughes)
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Linda Tarango-Griess
Sgt. 1st Class Linda Tarango-Griess.
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Staff Sgt. Lillian Clamens
This undated handout provided by the family shows Army Staff Sgt. Lillian Clamens, 35, of Lawton, Okla. Clamens died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in wounds suffered from rockets fired on Camp Victory in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Family)
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Special Agent Nathan J. Schuldheiss
Special Agent Nathan J. Schuldheiss, 27, of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations died Nov. 1, 2007, of wounds from an improvised explosive near Balad Air Base. He was assigned to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and and was a civilian counterintelligence specialist from Newport, R.I
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Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell
Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell, 27, of Omaha, was killed May 21, 2003, when his vehicle rolled over in Baghdad. He was a tank mechanic assigned to the Army's 404th Air Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. Caldwell was born in Germany but had made his home in Nebraska. He got married just six months before his death and had a son and a daughter.
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Pfc. Eric Paul Woods
U.S. Army Pfc. Eric Paul Woods, 26, of Omaha was killed by an explosion on July 9, 2005, in Iraq when he stopped to help a wounded soldier on the side of a road. Woods was a medic assigned to G Troop, 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based out of Fort Carson, Colo. Woods graduated from Urbandale (Iowa) High School in 1997 and had a 3-year-old son.
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Staff Sgt. Jason Fegler
Army Staff Sgt. Jason Fegler, 24, of Harrison, was killed Nov. 4, 2005, while serving with the 101st Airborne out of Fort Campbell, Ky. He was a 1999 graduate of Banner County High School, where he excelled in basketball and was remembered an amazing soldier who loved to make people laugh.
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Spc. Dustin L. Workman II
Spc. Dustin L. Workman II, 19, of Greenwood, was one of five soldiers from his unit killed by improvised explosive devices in Baghdad on June 28, 2007. He man was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based at Fort Carson, Colo. Workman graduated from Ashland-Greenwood High in 2005 and was described as creative and a rebel with a zest for life.
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Capt. Matthew Nielson
Army Capt. Matthew Nielson, 27, of Jefferson, Iowa, died June 29, 2011, in Badrah, Iraq, during a fire attack by insurgents. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, Texas. Nielson was born in Omaha and lived in Lincoln before moving with his family to Iowa. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa and was one of seven children.
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Capt. Travis A. Ford
Marine Capt. Travis A. Ford
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Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno
Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno, 26, of Gering, formerly of Lincoln, died July 17, 2003, in Al Hamishiyah, Iraq, from an accidental gunshot wound. He was a Navy medic assigned to the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, 4th Marine Division Detachment. Moreno went by the nickname D.J. and was a 1995 graduate of Lincoln Southeast High School.
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Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher
Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher, 26, of Lincoln, was one of two soldiers killed when their patrol was ambushed and hit by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades on Oct. 9, 2003, in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, based in Fort Polk, La. Swisher graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School in 1995 and loved the military so much he dressed in camouflage most of his senior year.
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Staff Sgt. Daniel Bader
Staff Sgt. Daniel Bader, 28, of York, was one of 15 U.S. soldiers killed Nov. 2, 2003, in a missile attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to Tiger Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Carson. Bader joined grew up in York and had one daughter. He was remembered as an All-American good kid.
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Spc. James R. Wolf
Spc. James R. Wolf, 21, of Scottsbluff, was killed Nov. 6, 2003, when a homemade bomb exploded near his convoy in Mosul, Iraq. He was an engineer assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 52nd Engineer Battalion of the 43rd Area Support Group, based in Fort Carson. Wolf had already committed himself to serving his country when he graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 2000.
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Sgt. Dennis A. Corral
Sgt. Dennis A. Corral, 33, of Kearney, died Jan. 1, 2004, when the his vehicle traveling in a convoy to Baghdad International Airport rolled over. He was assigned to Company C, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley. Born in San Diego, Corral moved to Kearney in 1994 and joined the Army for the second time in 1997.
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Sgt. Cory Mracek
Sgt. Cory R. Mracek, 26, of Hay Springs, was killed Jan. 27, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded near Iskandariyah, Iraq. He was a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery, Fort Bragg. Mracek was born in Chadron and grew up in Hay Springs. He had been in Iraq just eight days.
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Pvt. Noah Lee Boye
Pvt. Noah Lee Boye, 21, of Grand Island, was killed April 13, 2004, when his Marine unit came under fire near Fallujah, Iraq. He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton. A graduate of Grand Island Senior High School, Boye was remembered as the life of the party.
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Spc. Dennis Morgan
Spc. Dennis Morgan, 22, of Valentine, was killed April 17, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded south of Baghdad. He was a member of the 153rd Engineer Battalion of Winner, S.D. Morgan was a 2000 graduate of Winner High School and was the first casualty of he war involving the South Dakota National Guard.
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Matthew Henderson
Marine Cpl. Matthew Henderson
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Lance Cpl. Kyle Codner
Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Codner, 19, of Shelton, was killed along with two other Marines in Iraq's Al Anbar province on May 26, 2004, while conducting security and stability operations. He was in the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton. Codner graduated from Shelton High School in 2003 and was remembered for his smile, humor and selflessness.
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Sgt. Jeremy Fischer
Sgt. Jeremy Fischer, 26, of Lincoln, was killed July 11, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded in Iraq. He was a mechanic with the Nebraska National Guard's 267th Ordnance Company based in Lincoln. Fischer was a 1996 graduate of Harvard High School, joined the guard in 1999 and was remembered as a great soldier.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric L. Knott
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric L. Knott, 21, Grand Island, died Sept. 4, 2004, in an attack in Iraq. He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, Port Hueneme, Calif. He was on the Navy's construction force and was building a gate at the time of the attack. Friends remembered Knott as a bright spot in sometimes dark times. He was a 2001 graduate of Grand Island Senior High School.
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1st Lt. Edward Iwan
Army 1st Lt. Edward D. Iwan, 28, Albion, died Nov. 12, 2004, in Fallujah when a grenade hit his vehicle. He was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany. Iwan joined the Army after graduating from high school in 1994 and served three years as an enlisted man and then studied criminal justice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He rejoined the Army in December 2001 as a second lieutenant.
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Lance Cpl. Shane E. Kielion
Marine Lance Cpl. Shane E. Kielion, 23, of La Vista, died Nov. 15, 2004, in action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division based in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Kielion was the starting quarterback at Omaha South High School and attended Peru State College for a short time on a football scholarship. He died not knowing that his son had been born just hours before.
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Sgt. Nicholas Nolte
Marine Sgt. Nick Nolte, 25, a native of Falls City, died Nov. 24, 2004, at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from injuries received when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad on Nov. 9. He served with the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, under Marine Air Control Group 28, part of the 2nd Marine Air Wing. Nolte enlisted in the Marines after graduating from Falls City Sacred Heart in 1998 and re-enlisted following his original four-year commitment. He had a 3-year-old daughter.
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Staff Sgt. Tricia L. Jameson
Staff Sgt. Tricia L. Jameson, 34, of Omaha was killed July 14, 2005, near Trebil, Iraq, when a roadside bomb exploded near her ambulance as it approached wounded Marines. Jameson, a member of the 313th Medical Company of Lincoln, had been in Iraq for just three weeks. She was a 1989 graduate of Millard South High School and attended Central Community College in Columbus.
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Spc. Darren Howe
Army Spc. Darren Howe, 21, of Beatrice died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Nov. 3, 2005, from injuries he suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Iraq on Oct. 17. Howe joined the Army Reserve during his junior year of high school, days before the Sept. 11 attacks, and wanted to make a career of the military. He graduated from Beatrice High School in May 2003 and had two small children.
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Capt. Joel Cahill
Army Capt. Joel Cahill, 34, of La Vista, was serving his third stint in Iraq when he was killed by a roadside bomb Nov. 6, 2005. He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry from Fort Benning, Ga., and a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Creighton University and Papillion-La Vista High School. He was the father of two daughters.
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1st Lt. Garrison Avery
Army 1st Lt. Garrison Avery, 23, of Lincoln was killed in Iraq on Feb. 1, 2006, when a roadside bomb exploded. He was stationed with the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., deployed in October and stationed south of Baghdad. Avery was a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and a 2000 graduate of Lincoln High School. He was remembered as a person with an analytical mind who was devoted to the military but sometimes frustrated by its procedures.
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Sgt. Lonnie Calvin Allen Jr.
Army Sgt. Lonnie Calvin Allen, 26, of Bellevue was killed May 16, 2006, when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad. The 1998 Bellevue East graduate was serving with the Army's 10th Mountain Division. He was remembered as a compassionate and courageous person who was lovable and gentle.
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Lance Cpl. Brent Zoucha
Marine Lance Cpl. Brent Zoucha, 19, of Clarks, died June 9, 2006, after an explosion in Anbar province. He was an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, and worked with mortars. Zoucha graduated from High Plains Community High School in 2005; his brother Dyrek was serving with the same unit when the land mine exploded.
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Pfc. Benjamin Slaven
Army Reserve Pfc. Benjamin Slaven, 22, of Plymouth was killed by a roadside bomb June 9, 2006, near Kirkuk. He was serving with the 308th Transportation Company of Lincoln and had been with the Reserves for 17 months. He had earned his GED and worked at a lawn mower factory in Beatrice. Slaven was remembered as a jokester who was generous and caring.
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Spc. Jeremy Jones
Army Spc. Jeremy Jones, 25, of Omaha was killed in Iraq on June 27, 2006, by a roadside bomb. He was serving in Iskandariyah with the 1st Battalion of the 67th Armor Regiment based in Fort Hood, Texas, and had been in Iraq since November after re-enlisting in April. Jones graduated from Millard West High School in 1999 and was the father of two.
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Spc. Joshua Ford
Spc. Joshua Ford, 20, of Pender died July 31, 2006, near An Numaniyah in south-central Iraq. He was a member of Nebraska Army National Guard's 189th Transportation Company. Ford graduated in 2004 from Pender High School, joined the Nebraska National Guard as a heavy-vehicle driver while still in high school and finished basic training between his junior and senior years.
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey J. Hansen
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey J. Hansen, 31, of Cairo, died Aug. 27, 2006, from wounds suffered during a Humvee accident near Balad, Iraq, on Aug. 21, 2006. He was a member of the Fremont-based portion of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment. Hansen graduated from high school in 1993, earned a bachelor's degree in athletic training from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1997 and was an an officer in the Kearney Police Department, 2001-03.
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Spc. Germaine Debro
Army National Guard Spc. Germaine Debro, 33, of Omaha, was killed in a roadside bombing near Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. He was serving with the 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry. Debro attended Benson High School for a year and graduated from high school in Arkansas in 1991. He joined the Army in 1994.
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Staff Sgt. Scott E. Nisely
Staff Sgt. Scott E. Nisely, 48, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Syracuse, was killed Sept. 30, 2006, in a firefight while providing convoy security west of Baghdad. Nisely was a 1976 graduate of Syracuse High School and a former U.S. Postal Service employee. He was in the Marines for 22 years before joining the Iowa National Guard and was a member of the Iowa Falls-based Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry.
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Lance Cpl. Michael Scholl
Marine Lance Cpl. Mike Scholl, 21, of Lincoln, died Nov. 14, 2006, from injuries he suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Al Anbar province in Iraq. Scholl was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii. He was a 2002 graduate of Lincoln High School and had a lifetime goal of becoming a Marine. He had an infant daughter.
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Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Mulhair
Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Mulhair, 35, of Omaha, died Nov. 30, 2006, when a roadside bomb hit his vehicle in Taji, Iraq. He was a member of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood. Mulhair was born in Michigan but raised through high school in northwest Omaha. He had three children.
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1st Lt. Jacob Fritz
Army 1st Lt. Jacob Fritz, 25, of Verdon, died Jan. 20, 2007, in combat operations in Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Fritz was a 2000 graduate of Dawson-Verdon High School and a 2005 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. In high school, he was a three-sport athlete, baritone player in the honor band and active in anti-drug-abuse organizations.
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Sgt. Randy Matheny
Army National Guard Sgt. Randy J. Matheny, 20, of McCook died Feb. 4, 2007, from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device was detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1074th Transportation Company based out of Sidney. Matheny graduated from high school in 2004 and was known as a mischievous, but trustworthy, friend.
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Sgt. Wayne R. Cornell
Army Sgt. Wayne Cornell, 26, formerly of Holstein, died in Baghdad on March 19, 2007. He was based at Fort Riley, Kan., and was a member of the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Cornell graduated from Silver Lake High School in Roseland in 1999 and was the father of two children.
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Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Adam McSween
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Adam McSween, 26, of Valdosta, Ga., died April 6, 2007, near Kirkuk in northern Iraq when a rocket hit his vehicle. He was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 11 based at Whidbey Island. McSween graduated in 2001 from York College, where he met his wife. He was buried in York.
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1st Lt. Kevin Gaspers
Army 1st Lt. Kevin Gaspers, 26, of Hastings, died in Iraq on April 23, 2007. He served with the 82nd Airborne Division and was stationed at Fort Bragg. He graduated from St. Cecilia Catholic High School in Hastings in 2000, and later attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was remembered as a humble man who had a great love for his country and the Army.
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Sgt. Kenneth E. Locker Jr.
Army Staff Sgt. Ken Locker Jr., 28, of Burwell, died in Iraq on April 23, 2007. He was with the 82nd Airborne Division and was stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C. He graduated from Burwell High School and enlisted in the Army while still in high school. He was injured by a land mine several months before his death and was awarded a Purple Heart.
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Cpl. Matthew Alexander
Cpl. Matthew Alexander, 21, of Gretna, died in Iraq on May 6, 2007, with five other soldiers. He had been serving with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division, based in Fort Lewis, Wash. Alexander enlisted in the Army after graduating in 2004 from Gretna High School, where he a percussion section leader in the band. His family said he was proud of his military service.
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Spc. William Bailey III
Spc. William Bailey III, 29, of Bellevue, died May 25, 2007, near Taji, Iraq. He had been serving with the 755th Chemical Company based in O'Neill and was providing security for a military convoy when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle. Bailey was a former firefighter who loved being a soldier and was a family man, with five children.
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Spc. Adam G. Herold
Army Spc. Adam Herold, 23, of Omaha, died in Iraq on June 10, 2007, in an explosion. Herold enlisted in the Army in 2005. He attended Roncalli High School and was in the Job Corps in Utah learning a construction trade before enlisting in the Army in February 2005. Friends and family said he was known as a peacemaker.
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Spc. Val John Borm
Spc. Val John Borm, 21, of Sidney, died in an explosion in Iraq during the week of June 10, 2007. Borm was serving as an infantryman in the Army's B Company, 2nd Battalion with the 35th Infantry based at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Borm graduated from Sidney High in 2005 and enlisted in the Army a few months later. His father said Borm enjoyed his Army service.
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Spc. Josiah W. Hollopeter
Spc. Josiah W. Hollopeter, 27, formerly of rural Valentine, died June 14, 2007, in Balad, Iraq, after his four-man sniper team was attacked in Al Muqdidiyah. He was part of the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division based in Fort Hood, Texas. Hollopeter graduated from Valentine Rural High School in 1998 and was described as a rebel with a willingness to mix it up but very loyal to his friends.
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Sgt. Jacob Schmuecker
Sgt. Jacob Schmuecker, 27, of Norfolk, died July 21, 2007, in a roadside bomb explosion in Balad, Iraq. He was 10 months into his first tour of duty with the National Guard's 755th Chemical Company based in O'Neill and graduated from West Holt High School in Atkinson in 1999. The father of three enjoyed hunting and fishing and was called an inspiration to others.
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Sgt. Justin Duffy
Sgt. Justin Duffy, 31, of Cozad, died June 2, 2009, in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near the Humvee in which he was riding. He was serving with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army based in Fort Bragg, N.C. Family members said Duffy was "full of blarney" but kind and gentle. He was a Moline, Ill., native and his family moved to Cozad when he was in sixth grade.
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Pfc. Michael Jarrett
Pfc. Michael Jarrett, 20, of North Platte, died Jan. 6, 2010, in Balad, Iraq, as a result of injuries suffered in a noncombat incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, based in Illesheim, Germany. Jarrett joined the Army in 2008 and repaired helicopters. He received posthumous awards including the Army Commendation medal and Good Conduct medal, as well as an Army Service Ribbon and the Basic Aviation Badge.
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John Douangdara
Master at Arms, Class 1 John Douangdara, 26, of South Sioux City was among 30 American soldiers killed when a military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011. Douangdara, a 2003 graduate of South Sioux City High School, was a Navy SEAL and was known back home as a jokester who was always laughing and always put his family and friends first.
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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey L. Chaney, 35, of Bellevue was killed by a roadside bomb July 17, 2007, in Iraq's Salah Ad Din Province.
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According to the EDCF, 60-year-old Luis Diaz died Sunday morning.
His cause of death is pending further investigation, as well as results from an independent autopsy.
Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
The investigation is currently ongoing.
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