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Young Muncie man killed in one-vehicle crash near Farmland
MUNCIE, Ind. — A young Muncie man was killed Sunday night in a one-vehicle crash near Farmland.
The 19-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene, at Randolph County Road 100-N and South Plum Street, according to Sheriff Art Moystner.
The sheriff said a 2010 Honda Civic driven by the Muncie teen was eastbound on County Road 100-N, traveling at a high rate of speed, when it ran a stop sign at Ind. 32 shortly before 8:40 p.m.
"The hump of the intersection, combined with speed," the sheriff said in a release, caused the vehicle to become airborne. The Civic then went into the north ditch along the county road and began to roll before striking a ditch embankment.
The car then became airborne again and flipped end over end before striking another ditch and rolling several times before coming to rest in a field east of a nearby creek, Moystner said.
Two back-seat passengers — Alissa Bray, 16 and Caden Wade, 19, both of Anderson — were ejected from the vehicle. They were taken by ambulance to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
A front-seat passenger, Jordan Vaughns, 19, of Avon, was taken to St. Vincent Randolph Hospital in Winchester and later transferred by medical helicopter to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.
The sheriff said no occupants of the car were apparently wearing seat belts.
The crash remains under investigation.
In addition to sheriff's deputies, Farmland firefighters and Randolph County EMS personnel responded to the scene.
The name of the person killed in the crash was at first released. Authorities later asked that that the name be withheld pending further notification of family members.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/05/young-muncie-man-killed-in-one-vehicle-crash-near-farmland/70290931007/ | 2023-06-06T09:08:50 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/06/05/young-muncie-man-killed-in-one-vehicle-crash-near-farmland/70290931007/ |
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The Chanticleers advanced to to face Duke for the regional championship Monday night. Duke won 12-3 to advance to super regional play this weekend.
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David Hagaman (Holy Spirit) allowed three runs and struck out two in three innings in West Virginia’s 12-6 loss to Indiana in a Lexington Regional game in Kentucky.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, has five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
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Morgan Weindel, Lehigh Athletics
Lehigh’s Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. The St. Joseph High School graduate from Hammonton leads NCAA Division II with 1,096 rushing yards and 13 TDs. The Panthers are 6-0, the only undefeated team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers celebrates scoring one of his two touchdowns Saturday against Elizabeth City State. He has 13 TDs through six games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. It was his third game of the season with at least 199 yards, as he leads all of NCAA Division II with 1,096 yards and 13 TDs.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV breaks away from would-be tacklers in a 21-0 win over Lycoming on Oct. 8. The Aggies are 7-0 and ranked 14th in the nation by d3football.com .
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV hands off to running back Jay White in 21-0 home win over Lycoming on Oct. 8.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV stiffarms a Stevenson defender in an Oct. 1 game.
Jack Verdeur, Delaware Valley Athletics
Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV escapes the pocket during the season-opening 22-8 win over Westminster on Sept. 3
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV runs the football against Lebanon Valley on Saturday.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
Suvir Grover for UW Athletics
Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, went 9-2 in the spring at second singles and was named to the United East’s All-Conference second team.
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Montclair State defensive lineman Dimitri Pali (6) defends against Kean on Saturday.
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, right, celebrates at a game against Lehigh in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Nov. 10. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, left, dribbles the ball as Penn State’s Jalen Pickett defends in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina on Nov. 18. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Albright College’s Gabby Boggs averaged 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the team’s first six games.
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John Robert Pankratz, Albright Athletics
Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts eyes the net during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Boston College's DeMarr Langford Jr., left, and Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts fight for the ball during overtime of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts holds onto a rebound as Boston College's CJ Penha Jr. (24) and Makai Ashton-Langford (11) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) adds two points during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts attempts to score under defensive pressure from Boston College’s Jonathan Noel during the first half of their Dec. 21 matchup. Mutts, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, scored 18 and grabbed eight rebounds in the Hokies’ 70-65 loss.
Mark Stockwell, Associated Press
Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young sends Justyn Mutts (25) onto the court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen is tackled by Minnesota linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin, obscured, during the second half of the Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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Gary Nagle, top, went 3-0 for Ursinus College at the Manganaro Duals on Saturday. The Middle Township High School graduate’s three wins came by pin, decision and forfeit.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching a milestone she reached playing for Millville High School. On Monday, she was named to the Central Athletics Collegiate Conference honor roll.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, left, a Lacey Township High School graduate, won the 149-pound championship at the NCAA Division III Southeast Regional.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, stands atop the podium following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds this weekend.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, is 16-3 this season following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds over the weekend.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Kean University fifth-year guard Shannon McCoy drives to the basket against William Paterson on Jan. 18. The Barnegat High School graduate scored a career-high 41 points, including 10 of 16 3-pointers, in the 85-70 win.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Marcellus Ross, a St. Joseph High School graduate, scored 17 in Rowan’s win over Ramapo.
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Rowan sophomore Josh Wright, a Cape May Tech graduate, drives toward the basket in a 97-66 win over Ramapo on Saturday. He scored nine points to help the Profs extend their win streak to nine.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson looks to make a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in a 13-8 loss.
Brian Westerholt, Limestone Athletics
Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson, right, looks for a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in the 13-8 loss.
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Wilkes junior Dawson Tallant, a Middle Township High School graduate, went 4-0 to win the Mideast Futures Tournament on Sunday.
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Lynne Sladky
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) keeps the ball away from Western Michigan's Taylor Williams (33) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2022, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Western Michigan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) defends against Miami guard Haley Cavinder (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)
Rhona Wise
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) works against Boston College's Maria Gakdeng (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame’s Kylee Watson looks to make a play during a Jan. 1 game agaisnt Boston College in South Bend, Indiana.
Michael Caterina, Associated Press
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) reaches for a rebound over Pittsburgh forward Liatu King, second from left, during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
Matt Freed
Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, runs the bases during a game last fall.
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, seen during a fall exhibition game, He made his collegiate debut over the weekend, going 8 for 11 with a double and six RBIs.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, celebrates winning the third-place bout at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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Widener's Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022.
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Widener's Pat Holden, a Lower Cape May High School graduate.
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Widener’s Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022. In Widener’s 74-69 win over Alvernia in the MAC Commonwealth Tournament final on Saturday, Holden had 12 points, six assists and four rebounds.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, has pitched in 26 games for the Seagulls, including eight starts. She’s 10-1 with a 1.09 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 58 innings.
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Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls last week.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
Chloe Paugh, West Virginia Athletics
West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
Chloe Paugh, West Virginia Athletics
Western Kentucky graduate student Faith Hegh, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .346 (18 for 52) with five doubles, a home run, 10 runs and 12 RBIs.
Steve Roberts, WKU Athletics
Baylor guard Keyonte George (1) looks to shoot under pressure from Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Charlie Riedel
Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi goes up for a shot while being guarded by Kansas forward Jalen Wilson during a Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinal game Friday in Kansas City, Missouri.
Reed Hoffmann, Associated Press
Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .302 with nine doubles, nine homers and 27 RBIs in 35 games (24 starts).
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Keegan Ford, a Mainland Regional High School graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Billy Kroeger, an Ocean City High School graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Teddy Grimley, an Ocean City High School graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Logan Hone, a St. Augustine Prep graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Keegan Ford (19), a Mainland Regional High School graduate, celebrates with his team after scoring the game-winning goal with no time left in a 14-13 victory over Lindenwood.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, is seen in the moments after a race at the Pac-12 Championships this month.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, swims the backstroke during the Pac-12 Championships this month. Lasco is in Minneapolis this week for the NCAA Championships.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, left, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, hugs head coach Amy Deem at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
James Knable, Miami Athletics
Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and a fifth-year senior at Rowan, made the All-NJAC second team this spring.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference second team.
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Dayton University’s Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dayton University's Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, bats against Tennessee on Feb. 25. Watson is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dani Donoghue looks to make a play for Mount St. Mary’s during a March 11 game against Bucknell. The Ocean City High School alumna recently scored six goals in a 15-9 win over Iona. The former Press Player of the Year had a team-leading 28 goals and 32 points through 13 games.
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Dani Donoghue looks to make a play for Mount St. Mary’s during a March 11 game against Bucknell.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary against George Mason.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Junior catcher Nate Goranson, a Millville High School graduate, in action for William & Mary.
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Laine Walterson, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is fifth on Iona in goals (13) and points (17). She is the daughter of former Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies hockey player Ian Walterson.
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Laine Walterson, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is fifth on Iona in goals (13) and points (17). She is the daughter of former Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies hockey player Ian Walterson.
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Ryan McIsaac in action for Barton College in 2023. McIssac earned two postseason honors.
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Jared Beebe in action for Barton College in 2023.
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Carelle Gonzalez in action for Barton College in 2023.
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Carelle Gonzalez, right, in action for Barton College in 2023.
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Lehigh University senior Emily Cimino (Wildwood Catholic) began Wednesday batting .338 with 14 doubles, two triples, six homers, 39 RBIs and 31 runs for the Mountain Hawks (34-10) this season.
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Lehigh University senior Emily Cimino (Wildwood Catholic) began Wednesday batting .338 with 14 doubles, two triples, six homers, 39 RBIs and 31 runs for the Mountain Hawks (34-10) this season.
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Lehigh University senior Emily Cimino (Wildwood Catholic) began Wednesday batting .338 with 14 doubles, two triples, six homers, 39 RBIs and 31 runs for the Mountain Hawks (34-10) this season.
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Westminster College senior Kasey Clifford at Westminster's Fall Invitational on September 17 at the Avalon Field Club at New Castle (New Castle, Pa.).Credit: Max Robinson
Westminster College senior Kasey Clifford at Westminster's Fall Invitational on September 17 at the Avalon Field Club at New Castle (New Castle, Pa.).Credit: Max Robinson
Westminster College senior Kasey Clifford at Westminster's Fall Invitational on September 17 at the Avalon Field Club at New Castle (New Castle, Pa.).Credit: Max Robinson
Ramapo College junior Colleen Mason, a Southern Regional High School graduate, finished the season with 53 goals and six assists.
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Ramapo College junior Colleen Mason, a Southern Regional High School graduate, finished the season with 53 goals and six assists.
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Vassar College junior Jaden Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games.
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Vassar College junior Jaden Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games.
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Vassar College junior Jaden Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games.
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Barton College baseball’s Keith Gorman was named the Conference Carolinas Co-Coach of the Year last week. Gorman is a former coach and athletic director of both Holy Spirit High School and Cumberland County College.
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Barton College baseball’s Keith Gorman was named the Conference Carolinas Co-Coach of the Year last week. Gorman is a former coach and athletic director at Holy Spirit High School and Cumberland County College.
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The College of New Jersey softball player Elizabeth Gosse was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference first team as well as the NJAC Rookie of the Year last week.
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Kaci Neveling of The College of New Jersey was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference first team last week.
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The College of New Jersey softball player Kaci Neveling was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference first team last week.
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Alec Sachais, a Holy Spirit High School alumnus, earned the save, his third of the season, for Rider University in the MAAC Tournament championship game. Sachais pitched the final four innings of an 18-4 win over Quinnipiac. The senior allowed one run and struck out two.
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PJ Craig, a Barnegat High School alumnus, started the MAAC Tournament championship game for Rider and earned the win. In the 18-4 victory over Quinnipiac, the freshman allowed three runs and struck out four in five innings.
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Boston College's Cohl Mercado (1) runs during an NCAA baseball game against Pepperdine on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
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Ball State's Matthew Rivera (23) runs to first base during an NCAA baseball game on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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WATERLOO — Danette Christensen never really had any other career paths in mind – she was always going to be nurse.
“It’s funny because my mom would always ask, ‘What do you want to do when you grow up?’ And I would always tell her I wanted to be a nurse,” Christensen said.
“I’ve always been wanting to take care of people, I guess,” she added. “And my grandmother and my aunt, they were nurse’s aides, so it kind of runs in the family.”
She started her career in Benton County as a nurse’s aide in Keystone and Vinton, before eventually finding her way to working as a licensed practical nurse in the intermediate care facility at Harmony Waterloo (previously ProMedica Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation), where she’s been for six years, taking a year off in between.
In ICF, it’s Christensen’s job to set goals with her residents, getting them back to walking and being active after illness or injury. Most of her patients are long-term, giving them plenty of time to build a bond that goes beyond nurse and patient. In fact, Christensen says she’s sometimes with them more than she is at home.
“They are like my second family. They get used to the same nurse because I work a lot of hours – sometimes 80 hours a pay period – or maybe even more,” Christensen said. “So having the same nurse, they get used to me and my ways and they do have that bond with me also.”
However, Christensen added that her family has been understanding of her workload and why the job matters to her. Many holidays have been re-planned and rearranged, but she has been able to rely on them to stand by her.
Meanwhile, Christensen also has the support of her colleagues at Harmony Waterloo. Over six years, they’ve had plenty of time to become close and rely on each other. This bond was put to the test during the pandemic, as shortages in staff extended their hours and loads while placing higher stress on them and on the residents.
“We all work together as a team,” she said. “That’s one thing I have to say about this facility is we all have teamwork and we all support each other.”
That time together has also given her colleagues and supervisors plenty of time to see her at work and has let them get a good look at her resiliency, compassion, medical knowledge and skill. It was enough to for them to recommend her as one of the Top 10 nurses in the Cedar Valley.
“Danette shows her commitment to the ICF unit. She helps her residents feel comfortable no matter what condition they are in,” her nomination read. “She is friendly, dedicated to her residents and knowledgeable in clinical skills. She follows through to help her residents reach their goals.”
Christensen has been in the nursing field for 26 years, long after declaring her intentions as a child. The rapport she’s built with patients and colleagues has travelled with her to every job. Her patients and those who get to know her appreciate the effort she puts in and results she gets – and it may fuel her for years to come.
“It is and I love it,” she laughed, referencing the long time she’s been in health care. “I wouldn’t want to do anything else.”
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What to know about Sussex County budget. First responders, sewer infrastructure and more
- Realty transfer tax revenues hit a peak in 2021 and have been going down since.
- About $5.7 million is budgeted for county-run emergency operations and $21 million for EMS.
- The budget proposes budget proposes $66.1 million for wastewater infrastructure.
- Staffing is the county's largest operational expense at $56.6 million.
The housing boom that led to record-breaking tax revenue for Sussex County is slowing down.
The pandemic supercharged the appeal of the Delaware beaches in 2021, leading the county to issue 14,501 building permits and collect beaucoup realty transfer taxes. Since then, building permit issuances have decreased, with 13,200 projected to be issued in 2023.
Still, that's higher than pre-pandemic years, and the people who moved into all those new homes are paying taxes, resulting in a better financial baseline for Delaware's southernmost county.
Sussex County's proposed fiscal year 2024 budget of $278.5 million is down about $15 million from last year, but the county is still reaping benefits from the boom, allowing more spending for first responders, sewer infrastructure and county staffing, among other things.
There's no property tax increase proposed this year (that could happen next year following reassessment), but some fees will likely go up incrementally, such as a proposed $10 increase for annual sewer fees.
County Administrator Todd Lawson said Sussex is navigating “an uncertain financial environment as the economy continues to decelerate," however, conservative budgeting, as well as sewer and water customers, are keeping the county in good financial standing.
“The real concern remains continual inflation and increasing interest rates while many economists predict a recession is more likely than not in the coming twelve months,” Lawson said.
County budgeting is measured in fiscal years, which start July 1 and end June 30.
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The 2024 budget must be adopted by June 30. Following a June 20 public hearing, the county council is expected to adopt the budget at their June 27 meeting.
Here's what it predicts and proposes.
Realty transfer tax revenue down
Realty transfer taxes are the county’s 1.5% tax on the transfer of property, such as in a sale. They’re important because they pay for “some of the county’s most critical services,” Lawson said, including first responders.
Building permits hit a record high in 2021. Building permits also includes decks, pools, and other accessories. RTT hit a high in 2022. I believe the lag between the two is houses being built first and the transfer revenue happening second. 51,32
The tax is also one of the county’s most volatile sources of revenue. It hit a record high of $63 million in 2022. Prior to that, the record was $36 million, achieved in 2005. Realty transfer tax revenue is expected to drop to $51 million million this year and down to $32 million in fiscal year 2024.
“As we look to the future, this is a concern the county will need to address,” Lawson said. “Should (realty transfer tax revenues) drop below anticipated levels, it is likely at some point in the future, the county will need to seek additional revenue from the taxpayers.”
Though less property is changing hands, other tax revenues are up, with nearly $53 million in total tax revenue expected for fiscal year 2024. Overall, both revenues and expenses are trending upward, according to the proposed budget.
Emergency operations
The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center averages 314 911 calls a day, according to the proposed budget, and incidents dispatched from the center increased over 5% from last year. The department is budgeted about $5.7 million for fiscal year 2024, mainly for dispatcher salaries.
Responses by the county's EMS have increased over 73% in the last decade, according to the proposed budget. They're allocated about $21 million in the coming fiscal year, to include:
- about $500,000 for six new EMS vehicles,
- $400,000 for service expansions in the Milton and Roxana areas,
- $2 million for the design, planning and construction of paramedic stations in the Dewey Beach, Lincoln, Millsboro and Milton areas.
Grant-in-aid
Sussex County’s grant spending is up over $2 million from last year, largely due to a $1.5 million grant to the state to help fund a splash pad at Trap Pond State Park in Laurel. This year's proposed grant-in-aid totals about $24.3 million.
Public safety is the largest grant-in-aid category. Planned this year:
- $5.6 million for fire and ambulance companies
- $4.1 million for 23 supplemental Delaware State Police troopers
- $800,000 for local law enforcement
- $15,000 for lifeguards.
Grant-in-aid and other county funds are also proposed to provide $2.9 million for public libraries (and another $400,000 for a new book mobile), as well as $7.4 million for open space.
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Sewer and water
Sussex County owns and operates water districts in Dewey Beach and Ellendale, with an expansion happening in Millsboro’s Winding Creek. The county’s sewer district is much larger, with over 80,000 customers countywide.
In fiscal year 2022, Sussex made about $1.3 million in water charges and $28.5 million in sewer charges. The county spends a lot of money on the sewer system, too, which includes four wastewater treatment plants and over 500 pump stations. The fiscal year 2024 budget proposes $66.1 million for wastewater infrastructure.
Between 2023 and 2027, over $173 million is planned for sewer and water projects, all of which will be paid for by sewer and water revenue.
Other expenses
Lawson oversees over 560 employees, the most in the county’s history. At $56.6 million, they are the county’s greatest operational expense, but most of the newer positions are public safety-related and directly tied to the increase in population.
The population will be paying more in property taxes next year, thanks to a court-ordered property tax reassessment. This year’s proposed budget includes $3.4 million for the continuing reassessment work.
Finally, Sussex County owns Delaware Coastal Airport and Business Park in Georgetown. It's budgeted a proposed $1.2 million this year.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Bridge work is set to start Tuesday morning along Interstate 80 in Luzerne County, and it may affect your commute.
PennDOT crews are scheduled to work on bridge deck repair on I-80 West between the Conyngham/Nescopeck (256) and the Mainville/Mifflinville (242) exits in Luzerne County.
The project starts Tuesday morning, with lane restrictions from 8 a.m.until 3 p.m. Work is expected to continue Wednesday at the same times.
Bridge work on I-81 South is also expected to continue Tuesday in Lackawanna County.
Check real-time conditions with the WNEP Traffic Tracker.
PennDOT updates are available HERE.
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You don’t have to live in a disaster-prone place for your homeowners insurance bill to make you feel like disaster has struck. Homeowners insurance premiums are expected to rise significantly this year throughout the U.S.
On average, homeowners can expect to see their bills climb 7.1 percent in 2023, according to the business analytics firm S&P Global Market Intelligence. That follows an even bigger jump of 12.6 percent last year, nearly double the overall inflation rate. Historically, homeowners insurance bills have risen only about 5 percent a year.
What’s behind these scary numbers? Read on for answers—and for solutions to help you save money. And if you’re shopping for coverage, check Consumer Reports’ Homeowners Insurance Buying Guide. CR members can consult our exclusive survey-based homeowners insurance ratings for the best companies across the U.S.
Blame the Weather
Insurance experts generally agree that two major forces have pushed insurance premiums skyward. “Broadly, it’s inflation and climate change,” says Tim Zawacki, lead insurance analyst at S&P Global.
There have been more very destructive weather events, including Hurricane Ida in 2021 and Ian in 2022, causing billions of dollars of damage to insured properties. In fact, the years 2019 through 2022 were the most costly three years for insurers ever, according to the American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). The industry has responded by passing costs on to policyholders in affected states.
Florida homeowners, many of them still reeling from Ian—and from earlier premium price spikes—can expect premium increases of 40 percent [PDF] in 2023, the Insurance Information Institute, an industry group, projects. In Louisiana, still recovering from Ida, policyholders in the pricey high-risk insurance pool will see premiums swell by an average of 63 percent when they renew this year. Those unlucky folks represent a tenth of all the state’s insured homeowners.
“But it’s not just hurricanes that have had an impact,” says Karen Collins, a vice president at APCIA. “It’s storm events like tornadoes and hail, and also wildfires.” In 2022 residents of Colorado, for instance, which has suffered from mudslides and wildfires, got jolted by a 16.7 percent premium increase, on average, not far behind windstorm-prone Louisiana (27.6 percent), South Carolina (19.7 percent), and Florida (19 percent).
Building Inflation Hits Hard
Higher construction costs have a big impact on what homeowners will see in their policy renewal letters this year. When material and labor expenses go up, so do premiums. Between 2020 and 2022, pandemic supply-chain kinks, coupled with heavy demand, boosted the price of residential construction materials by 33.9 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workers also became harder to find, forcing builders to raise wages. Though prices have dropped for some materials—like lumber—that inflation hasn’t completely abated.
Demographic shifts can also play a role. South Carolina’s 19.7 percent jump last year was partly due to its growing population, which ratcheted up demand for new homes, Zawacki says. “Local costs for labor and materials are factored into the replacement cost formula, which drives premiums.”
What You Can Do to Save on Homeowners Insurance
If you want to hunt down the best value for your insurance dollar, comparison shopping is a good way to start. Companies don’t judge you and your property identically, so you may get a more favorable price from one company than from another. Just make sure you’re comparing coverage apples to apples.
If you’re worried about losing your standing as a longtime customer, you don’t necessarily need to be. While your current insurer may provide a 5 or 10 percent loyalty discount, staying put may also be sending it the message that overall price hikes won’t send you running to a competitor. Just 13 percent of Consumer Reports members in a recent survey said they regularly shop for new coverage. But among the 7,075 who did switch to a new carrier within the five-year period covered by our survey, 39 percent said they did so because they got a better price.
Keep in mind that in this inflationary period, it’s key to establish the right replacement cost for your home so you’ll be covered in the event it gets destroyed. For that reason, Zawacki favors using a local, independent agent or broker who sells policies from several insurance companies vs. an online vendor. These professionals can go over how the different companies have determined the replacement cost of your home, and they also may recommend policy add-ons that can help your coverage keep up with inflation. (Find an agent through Trusted Choice, which is affiliated with numerous such companies.)
If you’d rather hunt for coverage online, consider websites such as Insure.com, NetQuote, SelectQuote, and TheZebra, which provide initial quotes from a variety of insurers. Also check with your state insurance department, which may publish rate comparisons. Floridians, for instance, can go to Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation; Californians, to the California Department of Insurance.
CR members can consult Consumer Reports homeowners insurance ratings to identify companies that best satisfied the 59,670 members who responded to our survey. We judge carriers on price, breadth of coverage, non-claims customer service, and other factors. We also rate them on claims handling, including how satisfied members are with the dollar amount they receive.
Use These Other Money-Saving Tactics
The first quote you get from an insurer may not be what you ultimately pay, says Collins of the APCIA. “You may start out with a higher quote,” she says, “but when you show the steps you’ve taken to mitigate risks, it can moderate the cost.”
These strategies can help:
Bundle coverage. Purchasing your homeowners and auto coverage from the same company can provide savings of up to 30 percent overall. You could save more, too, if you bundle your boat or motorcycle. “Bundling insurance policies also can simplify your bill paying and record-keeping,” says Loretta Worters, a spokesperson for the Insurance Information Institute.
Keep your deductible high. Higher deductibles equal lower premiums. Going to a $1,000 deductible from $500, for instance, can shave your premium by 25 percent, the III says. And going from $500 to $2,500 potentially saves even more.
Clean up your credit. Insurers in 46 states can use what’s called a credit-based insurance score in their pricing of homeowners insurance premiums. They can also check your score regularly and use it in their renewal pricing. An analysis by PolicyGenius found that poor credit can generate a premium twice as high as good credit. To improve your odds, don’t take on too much credit card debt in the months before shopping, and pay your bills on time. Check your credit reports with annualcreditreport.com regularly to identify errors and correct them. And ask the insurer what impact your credit score is having on your premium. “In theory, the insurer should tell you the source of the score—Lexis-Nexis, Experian, for instance—so you can review it,” says Chuck Bell, programs director for advocacy at Consumer Reports. (CR has argued against the use of credit in insurance pricing, and using credit scores for homeowners pricing isn’t allowed in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, or Michigan.)
Landscape with fire in mind. Cutting back dry brush around dwellings and outbuildings in a fire-prone area can earn you a 5 percent break on your premium. (Worters says it’s rare to see this discount in wildfire-prone California.)
When You’re Ready for Home Improvements, Consider These
You may not want to do major work on your home just to save a few hundred dollars on homeowners coverage. But if you’re prepared to do so, here are places to start.
Add or replace home systems. Replacing old plumbing and adding a home security system and gas- or water-leak detectors can lead to insurance savings of 2 to 6 percent or more. The online insurer Hippo offers 13 percent off your policy for a security system with professional monitoring.
Upgrade the roof. This part of your house is often where problems start, from water leaks to fires from wind-borne embers. So some insurers add a surcharge of 10 to 15 percent for older roofs. (A PolicyGenius analysis found major insurers charging from 12 to 40 percent more for a 20-year-old roof vs. a new one.) Check CR’s ratings of asphalt roofing shingles if you’re ready to replace your roof. And in a hurricane- or tornado-prone area, go to fortifiedhome.org to learn how to install an impact-resistant roof system that could be eligible for a 35 percent discount from some insurers.
In Florida, you may have no choice but to upgrade your roof, by the way. Some insurers won’t cover roof damage unless the roof is newer than 10 or 15 years old, says Melanie Musson, an insurance expert at Clearsurance.com, an insurance shopping website. “In that scenario, residents may not end up paying wildly inflated premiums, but they’re getting less coverage for their money,” she explains.
Mind How Your Behavior Affects Your Premium
Pick your pets and pursuits wisely. You may love the cuteness of that Doberman puppy, but owning one could cost you more in premiums than, say, a shih tzu. Some insurers maintain that the risk of dog bites—and liability lawsuits—is greater with certain dog breeds, and they may set a surcharge or deny coverage. (Showing the carrier that your dog has passed the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen training may help you avoid an insurance surcharge.) Likewise, trampolines, pools, and other fun toys are accidents waiting to happen in insurers’ eyes. And reporting that you’re a smoker suggests you’re a fire risk. While not divulging these items can help you avoid surcharges, your insurer could drop you if it learns of them later, say, after you or someone who’s been injured files a claim.
Be cautious about how often you make a claim. Filing one every five years shouldn’t raise a red flag with your carrier and trigger a premium increase, Worters says. But more than that is pushing it. “Making three claims in two years, for instance, shows you have a proclivity for claims,” Worters says. That could raise your rates or influence your carrier not to renew your policy. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/06/ways-to-save-on-home-insurance-from-consumer-experts/ | 2023-06-06T09:53:24 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/06/ways-to-save-on-home-insurance-from-consumer-experts/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – It’s no surprise that weekends are popular for Riverfest. Even though the rain wants to get in on the fun this year, there are many events scheduled for this weekend.
Below is a list of the events taking place Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4. This includes attractions you can find daily at Riverfest and general information about the festival.
Events
Saturday, June 3
- When:
- 7:15 a.m. – Marriott International, Wichita Customer Engagement Center 10K Race Start
- 7:45 a.m. – Dold Foods Katie Partridge Memorial 5K Run / Wheelchair Race
- 9:15 a.m. – Scheels Family Fun Run
- 10:30 a.m. – Lane Enterprises Tot Trot
- Where: 300 Block of West Waterman and 400 Block of South Water
- Click here to download the route map.
- What: The River Run race series includes four race events. Competitors receive a medallion at the finish line.
- When: 7:30-10 a.m.
- Where: 500 block of South Water
- What: Start off your day with a hot breakfast consisting of pancakes, bacon, juice, and coffee.
Wichita Children’s Theatre production of “Chicken Little”
- When: 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2 p.m.
- Where: Mary Jane Teall Theatre at Century II
- What: The Wichita Children’s Theatre is presenting the musical adaptation of “Chicken Little” in three separate performances on Saturday.
Plein Air Painting Competition
- When: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Where: Douglas and Waco
- What: Artists will compete as they celebrate the beauty of the Arkansas River and the iconic views of Wichita.
Riverfest Artfest Pop Up Market
- When: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Where: Inside Century II
- What: Celebrate all things ICT with art, design, and local shopping.
- When: 2-3 p.m.
- Where: Along the Arkansas River, beginning at Douglas
- What: Contestants will race along the river in stock tanks. Cash prizes will be awarded for first place, second place, third place, and best in show.
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors with Wilderado and Reid Haughton
- When: 9 p.m.
- Where: Century II Exhibition Hall
- What: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors is an American country band, Wilderado is an American indie folk/alternative band, and Reid Haughton specializes in contemporary country music.
Sunday, June 4
- When: 12-4 p.m.
- Where: Main and William Street
- What: Experiment with science, technology, engineering, art and math on the streets of downtown Wichita.
Habitat for Unamity Panel Build
- When: 12 p.m.
- Where: Douglas and Waco
- What: “The event kicks off with volunteers donating their time and skills to build a house for a local family. The purpose of the Panel Build is to construct all the wall panels necessary to build an entire home. Once the panels are built, stop by and sign your name on a stud, paint part of a design board or sign up for future Wichita Habitat builds,” says VisitWichita.
- When: 1:30-4 p.m.
- Where: Douglas Avenue bridge
- What: Contestants must build a river-worthy vessel in 90 minutes or less with cardboard, duct tape, pool noodles, and a box cutter. Cash awards for first place, second place, and third place.
- When: 3-9 p.m.
- Where: Douglas Avenue between Waco Street and Water Street
- What: Enjoy different types of entertainment alongside your Wichita neighbors, including an egg toss, cornhole tournament, funnel cake eating contest, dunk tank, games, and more.
Parker Millsap with Kevin Harrison & The Brand and D’Aydrian Harding
- When: 9 p.m.
- Where: Century II
- What: Parker Millsap is an American singer-songwriter who plays a blend of blues, country, rock, Americana, and folk music. Kevin Harrison & The Brand and D’Aydrian Harding are local artists.
Attractions
- Quantum Credit Union Food Court
- Beer Garden
- Riverfest Carnival
- Kids’ Corner
- Inflatables at Kids’ Corner
- WEEE Entertainment Carnival
- Boats & Bikes at River Vista
- Hot Air Balloons
- Helicopter Rides
- Wagonmasers River Tour
- Paddle Boats
- Medallion Hunt
General Information
Buttons: Riverfest buttons are your key to getting into the festival. These buttons are available at all local QuikTrips while supplies last.
Parking: Check out VisitWichita’s interactive parking map to find the best place to park.
- When: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Where: A. Price Woodard Park
- When: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Where: Northwest corner of Douglas and Water Street
- More info: This station also offers a diaper-changing area and breast-feeding area
- When: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Where: Northwest corner of Douglas and Water Street
Rules and safety: Click here to find a list of dos and don’ts.
Riverfest takes place in downtown Wichita from Friday, June 2, through Saturday, June 10.
To find more information about Riverfest 2023 and to find out what events are coming up, head to their website, check out Visit Wichita’s list of events, or download Riverfest’s app! | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/whats-going-on-at-riverfest-this-weekend/ | 2023-06-06T10:05:09 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/whats-going-on-at-riverfest-this-weekend/ |
Fundraiser to be held on June 20 for Boyne Area Skate Park
BOYNE CITY — A fundraising event for the Boyne Area Skate Park will be held from 6-9 p.m. on June 20 at Boyne City’s Veterans Park Pavilion.
The event will raise funds for the continued effort to bring a skate park to Boyne City and includes auctioning off skate decks painted by local artists.
There will also be a basket to raffle off with various items from local business as well as music, food and beverages. Tickets can be purchased at the time of the event.
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The ongoing effort to bring a skate park to Boyne City celebrated a win in October 2022 when the site of Rotary Park was approved by the city commission. This fundraising effort will help to bring this project one step closer to fruition.
The city is helping the organization apply for a Michigan Spark Grant, a grant program aimed at helping local communities fund public opportunities for residents and visitors.
Greg Vadnais, a member of the Boyne City Parks and Recreation board and vice president of the Boyne Area Skate Park board, is spearheading efforts along with Alisha Peck-Muma, president of the Boyne Area Skate Park board.
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According to a letter from Vadnais and Peck-Muma, the mission of the 501c3 organization is to construct a “safe, well-maintained and accessible skate park for residents and visitors to the Boyne Area.”
“We believe that skateboarding is a valuable activity that not only promotes physical health but also encourages creativity, self-expression and community building,” said Vadnais.
Vadnais explained the entire project is estimated to cost between $250,000-$300,000. The timeline for the skate park is dependent on when the organization can raise the amount needed.
For more information on the park, email boyneareaskatepark@gmail.com.
— Contact reporter Annie Doyle at (231)675-0099 or adoyle@charlevoixcourier.com. Follow her on Twitter, @adoylenews. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/boyne-area-skate-park-holding-fundraising-event-on-june-20/70288122007/ | 2023-06-06T10:09:43 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/boyne-area-skate-park-holding-fundraising-event-on-june-20/70288122007/ |
Hogle, Halbert receive Otsego County Democratic Party scholarships
GAYLORD — The Otsego County Democratic Party recently awarded scholarships to two area high school graduating seniors.
The county Democratic Party awards these annual scholarships to help area students further their higher-education goals. Students must be a high school senior residing in and attending one of the four high schools in Otsego County: Gaylord, Johannesburg-Lewiston, St. Mary Cathedral and the Vanderbilt Area School.
The first place winner was Serena Hogle, who received a $1,000 award for her essay on depression in children and teens. The second place winner was Elizabeth Halbert, who received a $500 award for her essay on the war in Ukraine. Both students attend Johannesburg-Lewiston High School.
Hogle is the daughter of Elijah and Amy Hogle and will be attending Northwestern Michigan College in the fall. She will be majoring in applied science, as well as enrolling in the aviation program. Her goal is to become a commercial pilot.
Halbert is the daughter of Cory and Jo Halbert. She will be attending Alpena Community College to begin her education and training in veterinary medicine. After earning her associate degree, she plans to pursue a doctor of veterinary medicine degree. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2023/06/06/hogle-halbert-receive-county-democratic-party-scholarships/70276784007/ | 2023-06-06T10:09:49 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2023/06/06/hogle-halbert-receive-county-democratic-party-scholarships/70276784007/ |
Tornado recovery continues as rebuilding starts on new Hobby Lobby
GAYLORD — In a sign of progress since the tornado, work will start soon on the rebuilding of the Hobby Lobby and adjacent stores that were wiped out by the May 20, 2022 storm.
The EF-3 tornado, with winds as high as 150 miles per hour, tore the roof off of the Hobby Lobby building. The neighboring Jimmy John's and Maurices were also destroyed.
Michelle Shafir, a senior retail leasing specialist with Robert. B. Aikens & Associates LLC, a commercial real estate firm in suburban Detroit, said Hobby Lobby is beginning the rebuilding process.
"They are rebuilding their store (and) it's going to be a slightly larger footprint — 50,000 square feet (more) than the original store. Construction has begun (and) the intention is to have the store open by the holidays," said Shafir.
Shafir said the new Gaylord store "will be the latest prototype/design" for the arts-and-crafts retail chain which has over 900 locations nationwide.
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What about Jimmy John's and Maurices?
"I was able to relocate Maurices within the center to a larger store (at) 6,000 square feet. (It's) a remodel of the space that will happen this year. We will be adding an additional 9,000 square feet of space adjacent to (Hobby Lobby) fronting M-32/Main Street," added Shafir.
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Another business near the Hobby Lobby location on M-32, Little Caesars Pizza recently reopened after its building was demolished in the tornado.
"Little Caesars is open and has been doing a huge amount of business. Businesses are reopening and the community as a whole is moving forward. The businesses that had to completely rebuild are now having issues with restaffing after being closed for a year," noted Paul Gunderson, executive director of the Gaylord Area Chamber of Commerce.
— Contact Paul Welitzkin at pwelitzkin@gaylordheraldtimes.com. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2023/06/06/tornado-recovery-continues-as-rebuilding-to-start-on-new-hobby-lobby-shopping-center/70278372007/ | 2023-06-06T10:09:55 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2023/06/06/tornado-recovery-continues-as-rebuilding-to-start-on-new-hobby-lobby-shopping-center/70278372007/ |
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The proposed 7,500-person amphitheater at Tredegar Iron Works along the James River could soon become a reality as the project makes its way through the Richmond City Council.
The Organizational Development Committee offered its latest seal of approval and unanimously recommended the project at its Monday afternoon meeting. The project now goes to the full council for a vote.
According to Leonard Sledge, the city’s economic development director, the $30 million project will sit on 4 acres of a 9-acre parcel on the hillside next to the American Civil War Museum and will house fixed seats, lawn seats and a stage as well as concessions.
“Quite frankly, this is the type of economic uplift that a post-COVID downtown needs,” Councilwoman Stephanie Lynch said. “We don’t have many tools in our toolbox in the city, and we are getting a really great investment that we don’t have to spend a dime of city general fund revenue.”
The property is owned by NewMarket Corp., which plans to lease the site to Red Light Ventures, the entity that will manage the facility.
After the committee vote, the proposal will go before the council for a final vote. If it receives the go-ahead, Red Light Ventures anticipates breaking ground this year and hosting its first show in spring 2025 for up to 7,500 people. The group also expects the facility to host an average 25 to 35 performances annually.
“It can be a great asset to all the good momentum that you have in Richmond going on right now and all the goals that I feel y’all have on the riverfront there,” said Coran Capshaw, Red Light Ventures founder. “We’ll be a good neighbor to the community and a good asset that y’all can be proud of.”
The project is in line with the Richmond 300 master plan that serves as the city’s roadmap for development. The city anticipates the project will increase tourism, bring in tax revenue and promote riverfront activities, Sledge said.
Among them was Clay Mountcastle, director of the Virginia War Memorial, who pushed for the city to continue the proposal in order to address how it will affect the museum that also offers events.
“The impact of this amphitheater will be very big on the Virginia War Memorial. So all we’re asking for is time,” Mountcastle said.
According to the planning department, the location’s current zoning does not require parking, and the city has found, through various events at Brown’s Isle, that it will manage. The project has also agreed to meet various decibel and noise restrictions.
The project is set to go before the City Council at its meeting at 6 p.m. Monday. Before making a final decision, the council will hear from residents during a public comment period.
In May 1953, students at the York County Training School for Negroes had to attend class in school buses after a fire that week destroyed the school’s 11-room main building near Yorktown. Five classes were held on buses and three in small buildings that were saved from the flames.
In November 1982, a crowd filled Regency Square mall for the first day of Sunday store openings in Henrico County. Before the Sunday closing law, or so-called blue law, was formally repealed by the Board of Supervisors, Henrico residents — who in a referendum that month voted in favor of repeal — had to travel to surrounding localities to shop on a Sunday.
In March 1959, visitors at the Richmond Boat Show inspected a new cruiser, a sort of floating camper, during the five-day event at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. It was considered to be the first strictly marine show to be held in Richmond.
In August 1971, members of Camp Willow Run gathered outside their dormitories, which were former train boxcars. The railroad-themed camp, on a Lake Gaston peninsula in Littleton, N.C., is still run by Youth Camps for Christ Inc. The dining hall, modeled after an 1890 train depot and built from plans furnished by the Southern Railway Co., was the focal point of activities.
In July 1963, John Adam, director of talking books for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London, visited Richmond and showed Virginia Library for the Blind employee Mrs. Richard V. Carter a new cassette system for recording and reproducing audio tapes of books. Using a federal grant and tapping into British expertise, the Virginia library was testing the system, whose cassettes offered more capacity and lasted longer than old discs used by blind patrons.
This September 1953 image shows the canal locks in downtown Richmond between 14th and Pear streets. After their installation and later refurbishment in the mid-19th century, the locks increased boat traffic and allowed for easier transport of goods to and from the city.
In September 1935, a small group of men, part of a larger army of workers and 70 trucks, reinforced dikes with sandbags to protect the 5-mile area controlled by Richmond’s Shockoe Creek Pumping Station from flooding caused by a severe storm.
In July 1977, Christine Bunce, a student at Manchester High School in Chesterfield County, worked in the Chippenham Hospital gift shop in Richmond as a volunteer. The nickname “candy striper” came from the red-and-white striped aprons worn traditionally by volunteers.
In April 1976, men tended to the roasting planks at the 28th annualshad planking in Wakefield, an event in Sussex County that lured politicians, reporters, campaign workers and others to kick off the electoral season. Sponsored by the Wakefield Ruritan Club, the event historically was a function of the state’s Democrats, but it evolved into a bipartisan tradition.
In October 1941, babies slept in the nursery at Brookfield, located on West Broad Street in Henrico County. The home for unwed mothers was the successor to Spring Street Home in Richmond’s Oregon Hill area, which was established in 1874 by the Magdalen Association to help single women and their children.
In April 1979, the St. Mary’s Hospital Orchestra rehearsed in the hospital auditorium in Henrico County. The orchestra, which formed in 1966 and initially consisted of staff doctors and hospital employees, performed several public concerts a year at the hospital.
In May 1950, motorcyclists raced in the 10-Mile National Motorcycle Championship at the Atlantic Rural Exposition grounds in Henrico County. The winner was “Little Joe” Weatherly of Norfolk, who later turned to stock car racing and won NASCAR titles in the 1960s before being killed in a race accident in Riverside, Calif., in 1964.
In July 1954, Kitty Liles performed with her band. Liles had played the drums for years, starting when she was a student at Varina High School in the 1940s. In 1954, Liles was using money from her gigs around Richmond to pay for her pursuit of a social work degree at Richmond Professional Institute.
In September 1948, Richmond actress, singer and national radio show host Patsy Garrett greeted a friend downtown during her visit here. Garrett was known for her time on Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time” radio show in the 1940s and for her recurring film and television roles in “Nanny and the Professor,” “Room 222” and the “Benji” movie series.
In September 1985, NASCAR Cup driver Kyle Petty inspected his wrecked Ford Thunderbird after a practice session at the half-mile Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway during the Wrangler 400. Petty’s car hit Dale Earnhardt’s, with Petty getting the worst of it.
In March 1969, balmy weather drew a large crowd to Monroe Park in downtown Richmond. A small band joined the gathering, serenading visitors as spring arrived.
In April 1968, David Long manned the bar at an exhibit at a Virginia Restaurant Association convention, and Barbara Ann Brigel took a spot along the brass rail. That year, the General Assembly allowed liquor by the drink to become a local option in Virginia.
In June 1941, Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech was re-enacted at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Hill in Richmond as part of its bicentennial celebration. Construction of the church, built on land donated by city founder William Byrd II, was completed in June 1741.
In May 1942, actress-singers Dorothy Lamour (center), Patsy Garrett (at left) and actor Bert Lytell (at right) visited Richmond as part of a rally to stimulate sales of war bonds and stamps. They stood under a “Welcome to Richmond” sign and were flanked by Malcolm Bridges (left), the executive secretary of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Ship Ahoy Girls Jetsy Parker and Dorothy Schoemer. The rally drew more than 5,000 people.
This 1966 image of a quiet night on Franklin Street in downtown Richmond was captured by Times-Dispatch photographer David Harvey, who became renowned for his National Geographic magazine work and has received national awards. His photographs have been exhibited nationwide, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts locally.
In June 1977, John Stevens and his long-eared assistant performed a magic trick. Known as Nabis the Magician, Stevens was among the Richmonders in the International Brotherhood of Magicians. The local chapter had 25 members who met regularly to discuss their craft.
In January 1970, Virginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. received his final salute from state police as he and his wife, Katherine, left the Executive Mansion in Richmond en route to the inauguration of A. Linwood Holton Jr. Godwin, then a Democrat, returned as governor four years later as a Republican.
In June 1968, Toru Yanagida (left) and Ken Seguchi posed at Hillcrest Dairy in Crewe, in Nottoway County. They were learning American farming techniques from the dairy farm’s owners, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson, who were their sponsors. Seguchi was a dairy farmer from Gifu, Japan, and Yanagida was a student in a college horticulture program in Hokkaido.
In May 1973, local Scouts assembled their tents amid exhibits at the daylong Scout-O-Rama at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. In addition to traditional skills of woodcraft, wilderness survival, camping and cooking, the event highlighted Scouting’s growing attention to archaeology, seamanship, aviation, metal detection, TV and space technology, among other topics. More than 2,000 Cub and Boy Scouts attended the event that year.
In June 1977, a crowd lined up for drinks and barbecue chicken at the Virginia Chicken Festival in Crewe, a town in Nottoway County southwest of Richmond. Held on the pavilion grounds of the Southside Electric Cooperative, the annual affair was sponsored by the Burkeville Ruritan Club and the Crewe Kiwanis Club. It attracted state and local politicians — including gubernatorial nominees John Dalton and Henry Howell — among the more than 3,500 attendees that year.
In February 1973, prisoners at the Virginia State Penitentiary made and stacked license plates. The pen was along Spring Street at Second Street in downtown Richmond. A print shop, metal shop, textile plant, leather shop and woodworking area offered vocational training to prisoners. Today the site is largely occupied by Afton Chemical Corp., a unit of NewMarket Corp.
In November 1951, workers constructed a new lane on Monument Avenue in Henrico County. The truck was occupying what used to be the front yard of a house in the 6500 block. The road was being widened for divided lane traffic in the block between Bevridge Road and Roxbury Road.
In May 1953, students at the York County Training School for Negroes had to attend class in school buses after a fire that week destroyed the school’s 11-room main building near Yorktown. Five classes were held on buses and three in small buildings that were saved from the flames.
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In November 1982, a crowd filled Regency Square mall for the first day of Sunday store openings in Henrico County. Before the Sunday closing law, or so-called blue law, was formally repealed by the Board of Supervisors, Henrico residents — who in a referendum that month voted in favor of repeal — had to travel to surrounding localities to shop on a Sunday.
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In March 1959, visitors at the Richmond Boat Show inspected a new cruiser, a sort of floating camper, during the five-day event at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. It was considered to be the first strictly marine show to be held in Richmond.
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In August 1971, members of Camp Willow Run gathered outside their dormitories, which were former train boxcars. The railroad-themed camp, on a Lake Gaston peninsula in Littleton, N.C., is still run by Youth Camps for Christ Inc. The dining hall, modeled after an 1890 train depot and built from plans furnished by the Southern Railway Co., was the focal point of activities.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In July 1963, John Adam, director of talking books for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London, visited Richmond and showed Virginia Library for the Blind employee Mrs. Richard V. Carter a new cassette system for recording and reproducing audio tapes of books. Using a federal grant and tapping into British expertise, the Virginia library was testing the system, whose cassettes offered more capacity and lasted longer than old discs used by blind patrons.
Times-Dispatch
This September 1953 image shows the canal locks in downtown Richmond between 14th and Pear streets. After their installation and later refurbishment in the mid-19th century, the locks increased boat traffic and allowed for easier transport of goods to and from the city.
Times-Dispatch
In September 1935, a small group of men, part of a larger army of workers and 70 trucks, reinforced dikes with sandbags to protect the 5-mile area controlled by Richmond’s Shockoe Creek Pumping Station from flooding caused by a severe storm.
Times-Dispatch
In July 1977, Christine Bunce, a student at Manchester High School in Chesterfield County, worked in the Chippenham Hospital gift shop in Richmond as a volunteer. The nickname “candy striper” came from the red-and-white striped aprons worn traditionally by volunteers.
Times-Dispatch
In April 1976, men tended to the roasting planks at the 28th annualshad planking in Wakefield, an event in Sussex County that lured politicians, reporters, campaign workers and others to kick off the electoral season. Sponsored by the Wakefield Ruritan Club, the event historically was a function of the state’s Democrats, but it evolved into a bipartisan tradition.
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In October 1941, babies slept in the nursery at Brookfield, located on West Broad Street in Henrico County. The home for unwed mothers was the successor to Spring Street Home in Richmond’s Oregon Hill area, which was established in 1874 by the Magdalen Association to help single women and their children.
Times-dispatch
In April 1979, the St. Mary’s Hospital Orchestra rehearsed in the hospital auditorium in Henrico County. The orchestra, which formed in 1966 and initially consisted of staff doctors and hospital employees, performed several public concerts a year at the hospital.
Times-dispatch
In May 1950, motorcyclists raced in the 10-Mile National Motorcycle Championship at the Atlantic Rural Exposition grounds in Henrico County. The winner was “Little Joe” Weatherly of Norfolk, who later turned to stock car racing and won NASCAR titles in the 1960s before being killed in a race accident in Riverside, Calif., in 1964.
Times-Dispatch
In July 1954, Kitty Liles performed with her band. Liles had played the drums for years, starting when she was a student at Varina High School in the 1940s. In 1954, Liles was using money from her gigs around Richmond to pay for her pursuit of a social work degree at Richmond Professional Institute.
times-dispatch
In September 1948, Richmond actress, singer and national radio show host Patsy Garrett greeted a friend downtown during her visit here. Garrett was known for her time on Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time” radio show in the 1940s and for her recurring film and television roles in “Nanny and the Professor,” “Room 222” and the “Benji” movie series.
Times-Dispatch
In September 1985, NASCAR Cup driver Kyle Petty inspected his wrecked Ford Thunderbird after a practice session at the half-mile Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway during the Wrangler 400. Petty’s car hit Dale Earnhardt’s, with Petty getting the worst of it.
1985, Times-Dispatch
In March 1969, balmy weather drew a large crowd to Monroe Park in downtown Richmond. A small band joined the gathering, serenading visitors as spring arrived.
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In April 1968, David Long manned the bar at an exhibit at a Virginia Restaurant Association convention, and Barbara Ann Brigel took a spot along the brass rail. That year, the General Assembly allowed liquor by the drink to become a local option in Virginia.
Times-dispatch
In June 1941, Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech was re-enacted at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Hill in Richmond as part of its bicentennial celebration. Construction of the church, built on land donated by city founder William Byrd II, was completed in June 1741.
times-dispatch
In July 1979, two boys walked along the rocks in the James River near the Lee Bridge in Richmond.
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In May 1942, actress-singers Dorothy Lamour (center), Patsy Garrett (at left) and actor Bert Lytell (at right) visited Richmond as part of a rally to stimulate sales of war bonds and stamps. They stood under a “Welcome to Richmond” sign and were flanked by Malcolm Bridges (left), the executive secretary of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Ship Ahoy Girls Jetsy Parker and Dorothy Schoemer. The rally drew more than 5,000 people.
Times-Dispatch
This 1966 image of a quiet night on Franklin Street in downtown Richmond was captured by Times-Dispatch photographer David Harvey, who became renowned for his National Geographic magazine work and has received national awards. His photographs have been exhibited nationwide, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts locally.
Times-Dispatch
In June 1977, John Stevens and his long-eared assistant performed a magic trick. Known as Nabis the Magician, Stevens was among the Richmonders in the International Brotherhood of Magicians. The local chapter had 25 members who met regularly to discuss their craft.
times-dispatch
In January 1970, Virginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. received his final salute from state police as he and his wife, Katherine, left the Executive Mansion in Richmond en route to the inauguration of A. Linwood Holton Jr. Godwin, then a Democrat, returned as governor four years later as a Republican.
Times-dispatch
In July 1961, two men fished for bluegills in Chickahominy Lake, a large water-supply reservoir along the New Kent-Charles City county line.
Times-dispatch
In June 1968, Toru Yanagida (left) and Ken Seguchi posed at Hillcrest Dairy in Crewe, in Nottoway County. They were learning American farming techniques from the dairy farm’s owners, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson, who were their sponsors. Seguchi was a dairy farmer from Gifu, Japan, and Yanagida was a student in a college horticulture program in Hokkaido.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In May 1973, local Scouts assembled their tents amid exhibits at the daylong Scout-O-Rama at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. In addition to traditional skills of woodcraft, wilderness survival, camping and cooking, the event highlighted Scouting’s growing attention to archaeology, seamanship, aviation, metal detection, TV and space technology, among other topics. More than 2,000 Cub and Boy Scouts attended the event that year.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In June 1977, a crowd lined up for drinks and barbecue chicken at the Virginia Chicken Festival in Crewe, a town in Nottoway County southwest of Richmond. Held on the pavilion grounds of the Southside Electric Cooperative, the annual affair was sponsored by the Burkeville Ruritan Club and the Crewe Kiwanis Club. It attracted state and local politicians — including gubernatorial nominees John Dalton and Henry Howell — among the more than 3,500 attendees that year.
times-dispatch
In February 1973, prisoners at the Virginia State Penitentiary made and stacked license plates. The pen was along Spring Street at Second Street in downtown Richmond. A print shop, metal shop, textile plant, leather shop and woodworking area offered vocational training to prisoners. Today the site is largely occupied by Afton Chemical Corp., a unit of NewMarket Corp.
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In November 1951, workers constructed a new lane on Monument Avenue in Henrico County. The truck was occupying what used to be the front yard of a house in the 6500 block. The road was being widened for divided lane traffic in the block between Bevridge Road and Roxbury Road. | https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/richmond--city-council-amphitheater/article_282c246c-03cd-11ee-8ffd-efb486fc9340.html | 2023-06-06T10:13:05 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/richmond--city-council-amphitheater/article_282c246c-03cd-11ee-8ffd-efb486fc9340.html |
One of the many untold D-Day stories is remembered in the unpublished diary of Staff Sgt. Harry L. Patterson, a machine gunner who was part of a bombardier crew that took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 — 79 years ago today.
The diary is part of the collection at the Virginia War Memorial, which holds numerous artifacts, uniforms and documents from wars spanning the American Revolution to the present day. A number of D-Day items have been stored in the museum, including Patterson’s recollections of his time serving during World War II.
Patterson, of Detroit, served in the Eighth Air Force, 303rd Bombardment Group, stationed in England leading up to D-Day. In his diary, he detailed his duties leading up to the start of “Operation Overlord” — the codename for the largest military assault in history that would lead to the liberation of Western Europe.
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Three days before D-Day, he made this entry: “June 3 (#25) Invasion coast. Very short raid. Opened bomb bay doors in the channel and hit the coastal area, no flak or fighters,” noting that it was 25th mission of the campaign.
“June 4 (#26) Invasion coast. Another milk run. We led with Major Shumake.”
“June 5 (#27) Invasion Coast again. Made 3 runs over the target, some flak no fighters. Couch passed out in the tail and I had quite a time bringing him too again. He was pretty far gone from lack of oxygen when I got there. We flew with only one waist gunner. I was it. Adams flew engineer. Barker was in the hospital with a black eye.”
And on the big day he wrote:
“June 6 D-day (#’s 28 + 29) We made two missions on the invasion coast and bombed just ahead of the landing troops. The early mission it was cloudy and we were supposed to bomb P.F.F. The micky set went haywire and we were afraid we’d bomb our own troops so brought our bombs back. The second mission it was clear over there and we could see the show. The channel was full of boats & landing barges. We couldn’t see too much activity except we could see tanks running around, fires everywhere, and battle-ships shelling a town on the coast. We led with Colonel Sneider in the morning and Colonel Shaylor in the evening. We got back about ten thirty that night. We were all dead tired that night. This was supposed to be my last mission but a teletype came in from wings today changing it to indefinite temporarily. So am I pee’d off. Bye”
Patterson’s diary was found by Jim Triesler, director of education at the Virginia War Memorial, who collects historical items for the museum and uses them for teaching purposes. It is believed that “P.F.F.” refers to the Pathfinder Force: paratroopers who were dropped into France behind enemy lines ahead of the invasion to help identify targets and disrupt German communications. The names in Patterson’s diary most likely refer to officers and fellow members of his B-17 Flying Fortress crew.
About 133,000 troops from the U.S., the British Commonwealth and their allies landed on D-Day. More than 10,000 were killed on the first day of the operation alone.
Patterson received several honors for his service during World War II, including the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation and the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal. He died in 2013 at age 94.
Triesler said the weather, which Patterson described accurately in his June 6 entry, played a key and often-overlooked role in the invasion. Normandy’s tide changes limited the number of opportunities the Allies had to land on the beaches designated as Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold.
“One of the things people don’t stress a lot is the tide changes,” Triesler said. “They all focus on the shootings and the things you’d see in ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ but you don’t think about the tides itself.”
The Allies carried out their landing and airborne operations on June 6 despite the rough conditions, surprising the Germans and establishing the beachhead that was the launching point for the liberation of France, Belgium and Holland and the eventual capture of Germany.
The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford is commemorating the 79th anniversary of D-Day on Tuesday, with Gov. Glenn Youngkin and other distinguished guests providing remarks on the pivotal events of that day.
With the number of World War II veterans decreasing daily, Americans increasingly have to rely on historians, stories passed down through families and artifacts such as Patterson’s diary to learn more about that period.
“It’s pretty nifty,” Triesler said of Patterson’s diary. “It’s unpublished, so it would be something raw for the first time getting out there, so that’s pretty cool.” | https://richmond.com/news/local/history/unpublished-diary-at-virginia-war-memorial-outlines-d-day-mission/article_a86277ac-00b3-11ee-bb8c-bb1f30109829.html | 2023-06-06T10:13:12 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/history/unpublished-diary-at-virginia-war-memorial-outlines-d-day-mission/article_a86277ac-00b3-11ee-bb8c-bb1f30109829.html |
REIDSVILLE — Carl Lawrence McKinney, born on Flag Day in 1920, was his parents’ last child born and the first to die.
Newly married, the young Reidsville farmer had yet to start a family with his bride, Earline Parks, when he penned his deliberate signature on his draft card on June 30, 1942.
In fact, the couple had rushed to wed just before McKinney headed out to train for the U.S. Army and earn the rank of private first class.
Reidsville registar G.C. Roberts of the local Draft Board checked off boxes that summer day, describing McKinney’s physical characteristics — the kind of sobering details military personnel use to identify soldiers who perish on battlefields.
Complexion: Ruddy, Hair: Brown: Eyes: Blue. Height 6’1” Weight: 160 pounds.
Along with one other Rockingham County resident, Pvt. Francis McKinney, 19, of Reidsville, and 37 other North Carolinians, Carl McKinney died on the sands of Normandy on D-Day, roughly two years after he enlisted.
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The McKinneys, who are believed to be cousins, likely traveled along the English Channel toward Normandy by boat, riding 6-foot waves and enduring winds of 35 mph that drove rain horizontally.
Francis McKinney was the son of Z.J. McKinney of Reidsville and enlisted in the US Army in February 1942 and was ranked as a private, according the North Carolina State Archives.
Relatives say they wonder how the young men felt that day.
After Allied soldiers like the McKinneys waded through the waist-high surf to the shores in the largest seaborne invasion in history, they faced harrowing obstacles — mines, barbed wire, and tripods placed in the sand by the Germans to impede them.
And thousands were casualties of heavy enemy gunfire from emplacements overlooking the beaches.
“Carl’s body was returned to his parents,’’ said Shirley McKinney of Reidsville, the wife of James Garland McKinney, who is Carl’s nephew and remembers his funeral.
“His body was at his parents’ house,’’ she said of the Route 1 Reidsville farmhouse where Lula and Joe Bush McKinney raised at least five children. “My husband remembers the casket.’’
Carl McKinney, 23 when he died, is buried at the Thompsonville Baptist Church Cemetery in Reidsville. The burial place for Francis McKinney was not immediately available.
When Carl McKinney’s widow reached old age, she gave her husband’s Purple Heart and other medals for valor to his nephew, James Garland McKinney, to treasure.
He has since passed the keepsakes to his own grandson, a history buff who will likely keep the story of Carl alive for generations to come, his grandmother said.
“We are free today because of the sacrifice made by our men and women on D-Day,’’ said Boyd Bennett, a distant cousin of Carl McKinney and likely a distant relative of Francis McKinney, who calls Madison and Raleigh home.
“I have been fortunate to visit the Normandy beaches and the American Cemetery there. It was a humbling experience,’’ Bennett said. “I am so proud of the McKinney(s) and their contribution to the security of our country.”
For Rockingham County native Brad Bennett, a first cousin, twice-removed of Carl McKinney, his kinsman’s sacrifice is exemplary of a time when duty to country was paramount to soldiers, he said.
“My great-grandfather and Carl’s father were brothers,’’ Brad Bennett said. “I am proud he did his duty.... I just wish everyone understood what that generation sacrificed so we could all enjoy the life we now have.’’
A family dedicated to service, many McKinneys fought in WWII and returned home after the war. A photograph of Brad Bennett’s grandfather James Ellison McKinney Sr., shows the farmer flanked by sons Francis Marion McKinney and James E. McKinney Jr. while home on leave.
The bravery of the McKinney men who died at Normandy is a reminder of hard-earned freedoms Americans must treasure, said Janelle Johnson, a member of the James Hunter Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a Rockingham County group.
She researched the men tirelessly, producing copies of their draft cards and photos of the men in uniform.
“From the time of the American Revolution down to the present, men and women have made sacrifices, some even giving their lives, so that we may all enjoy the freedom that we do today,’’ Johnson said. “We must honor those sacrifices by forever remembering and honoring those individuals across our nation, and right here in Rockingham County, to whom we owe so much!’’ | https://greensboro.com/news/local/lessons-of-duty-sacrifice-legacies-left-by-two-rockingham-co-d-day-casualties/article_555e2484-039c-11ee-a5be-dbd7b161ac85.html | 2023-06-06T10:54:07 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/lessons-of-duty-sacrifice-legacies-left-by-two-rockingham-co-d-day-casualties/article_555e2484-039c-11ee-a5be-dbd7b161ac85.html |
TWIN FALLS — Western Days wrapped up Sunday and event organizer Stan Crowley said he was pleased with how the three-day event turned out.
“The crowds seemed to love the music,” said Crowley, chairman of the Western Days Committee. “I know the vendors are happy.”
There appeared to be a record turnout on Saturday, he said.
The weather held — almost. On Wednesday, Crowley was optimistic that it would not rain during the annual event, despite weather reports indicating Twin Falls might get an afternoon thunderstorm or two.
It turned out the only rain came Sunday evening, as the event was winding down.
“We ended up closing a half-hour early,” Crowley said.
Each year, about 20,000 to 25,000 people come to the event at Twin Falls City Park, where residents eat at more than a dozen vendor’s booths, attend a car show and enjoy live music. For children, come for the inflatable slides and bounce houses.
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OCEAN CITY — As Mayor Jay Gillian rolled out new rules aimed at curbing crowds of unruly teens in the resort, he said multiple times he would not seek to cast blame, not against the state, or the police, or the parents or even the teens themselves.
Instead, he said, he just wants the problems addressed.
He said his town is nonpartisan, and that the city administration gets along with everyone.
“We need help up in Trenton,” Gillian said. “The governor’s a good guy. The attorney general’s a good guy. But at the end of the day, you’re only as good as the information given.”
He hoped a news conference held Thursday on the Boardwalk would help build support for changes to state laws that city officials say contributed to the problems, especially those governing underage possession of alcohol.
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Police Chief Jay Prettyman said the state has essentially legalized underage drinking as part of the laws put into effect legalizing cannabis. For instance, police can only issue warnings to those under 18 found with alcohol or weed. They cannot search a juvenile based on suspicion of possession of alcohol.
Tyler Jones, Gov. Phil Murphy’s deputy press secretary, said Friday the governor would work with towns to address the issues.
“Our office understands that large-scale youth gatherings have raised public safety concerns over the past few years,” Tyler said. “In order to ensure that the safe enjoyment of the Jersey Shore is available to every family and resident, this administration will continue to work with the local elected officials and law enforcement officials of our shore towns to address this issue fairly and responsibly.”
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Alcohol and weed are for adults only, Jones said.
On Friday, state Sen. Michael Testa, R-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic, called on the state Legislature to amend the criminal justice bills, citing “lawlessness by drunk and rowdy teenagers.” He namechecked Ocean City in the release.
Testa did not say Gov. Phil Murphy was a good guy, or shy away from placing blame.
“The Murphy administration’s continued inaction in helping shore towns respond to pop-up parties is disturbing,” Testa said. “I fully support Ocean City’s efforts, but there aren’t many small towns that can maintain public safety and effectively protect their communities when thousands of rowdy people suddenly show up with little or no warning. New Jerseyans are tired of the governor kicking the can down the road. It’s time for the Legislature to act like the co-equal branch of government that it is and pass sweeping new public safety reforms to protect our shore communities.”
Testa said he has sponsored a number of criminal justice reform bills, including one that would remove the potential of criminal liability for a police officer investigating underage possession of alcohol or marijuana unless civil rights are violated.
Many shore town politicians and police have said that provision of a juvenile justice reform package approved as New Jersey set the legislative framework for a legal cannabis industry went too far, describing it as handcuffing police in their handling of juveniles.
Other bills proposed by Testa allow towns to establish alcohol- and cannabis-free areas and urge the governor and attorney general to help towns respond to mass gatherings, such as a pop-up car rally in Wildwood last year that had deadly results.
State officials say law enforcement officers are not prohibited from interacting with juveniles engaged in delinquent activity, including those who are publicly intoxicated or smoking where prohibited.
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But Prettyman said Thursday that police can only issue warnings for those underage, and since they cannot search a juvenile, if the teen puts, say, the beer in a backpack, police cannot confiscate it.
Several sources, including local officials, described the crowds of teens on the beach, Boardwalk and elsewhere in town as out of control. There were close to 1,000 police interactions with teens over Memorial Day weekend, according to city reports, and several juveniles were treated after drinking themselves unconscious.
“The lawlessness that I saw play out in our shore towns over Memorial Day weekend was shocking. Large crowds and pop-up parties continue to cause damage to local communities, and it will only get worse as summer approaches,” Testa said. “Underage drinking, vandalism and drug use were all on display with very little consequences to those in attendance. Residents and tourists fear for their safety, and business owners will suffer the consequences unless the Legislature and the governor step up and address this issue head on.”
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It is unclear how far a Republican senator will get with his proposals in a Democratic statehouse. No one from the office of Senate President Nicholas Scutari, D-Middlesex, Somerset, Union, responded to a request for comment.
No one was available for an interview from the office of Attorney General Matthew Platkin either.
Ami Kachalia, a campaign strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, said the change in state law came based on what happened in other states after the legalization of cannabis, where she said arrests of teenagers, especially Black and Latino youth, increased after adults were allowed to possess the drug.
“Youth, particularly youth of color, became a target,” Kachalia said Monday. “We wanted to make sure there wasn’t unintended consequences in the increase of criminalization of young people.”
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The intent of the state law was to avoid increasing the harm done to juveniles, she said, adding there are more effective ways of addressing the risks of alcohol and cannabis consumption among young people than criminalization.
Multiple shore town officials have argued that the reforms went too far, leading to other unintended consequences in their communities.
Ocean City spokesperson Doug Bergen said things were quiet last weekend, but the real test will arrive in the coming weeks.
Last week, the city introduced several new regulations in response to the problems, including earlier curfews and a ban on bringing backpacks and other bags to the Boardwalk after 8 p.m. through Sept. 15. People are now kept off the beach starting at 8 p.m., and the Boardwalk bathrooms close at 10, under Gillian’s order. A final City Council vote on moving the curfew for juveniles from 1 a.m. to 11 p.m. and the ban on bags are set to take place before Father’s Day weekend, expected to be the next exceptionally busy weekend.
There are some exceptions. For instance, teens heading home from work or from church or community activities after curfew will not be in trouble, and there are exceptions to the bag ban for medical devices and other equipment.
Juveniles would get at least two warnings for violations before being taken to the police station, where a parent or guardian would have to collect them. The teen would not get a summons, but the parents could get a fine.
It seemed that residents were in support of the changes. Bergen said the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Nine residents, tourists and business owners who spoke with The Press on Sunday all voiced approval for the new rules.
Connie Brown, of Richmond, Virginia, was visiting her brother in the city with 23 family members, including 13 grandchildren. She said she appreciated the work of the city to empower the police to rein in what she considers unruly behavior.
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“We are glad that they’re going against New Jersey, (because) New Jersey’s really making the rules,” Brown said. “So if the mayor has to do it, good for him.”
Jamie Longo, who has a summer house in the city and lives in Passaic County, said the 8 p.m. beach closure and bag ban could prove cumbersome for families looking to watch the sunset on the beach. But overall, Longo said she was supportive of new rules to limit disruption, which she attributed to state law, saying it could discourage families from visiting.
“Eight o’ clock is a prime time to be out to be taking pictures of your family and taking a nice walk on the beach, that’s what makes Ocean City Ocean City,” Longo said. “But on the other hand ... it’s a real problem. I’ve seen people on Facebook asking, ‘Should I bring my family this summer?’”
There was some sympathy for the rules among the younger crowd.
“It’s pretty reasonable,” said Bronc Cossaboon, 18, of Port Norris in Commercial Township.
“I feel safer with my kids coming here,” said his mother, Darlin Klawitter, of the new rules.
Businesses on the Boardwalk said the new rules were overdue.
Eli Romy, owner of Shirt World, said he had thefts over Memorial Day weekend. Rowdy crowds of young people come in large groups, leaving him overwhelmed.
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So significant were his losses, Romy said, that he was forced to close early on nights over Memorial Day weekend.
“It was getting out of control,” he said. “I think it’s a good thing to clean up the town because if you let things get out of control, then they’re never going to get better. It’s only going to get worse and worse.”
Denise Callahan, of Ocean Treasure and Ocean Paradise, said she was hopeful the new bag ban at 8 p.m. could make shoplifting harder to conceal.
Bill Westerman, of George’s Candies, George’s Beach, George’s Ice Cream and George’s Surfside Grille, said he had experienced about a fourfold increase in shoplifting over the past several years, which he attributed to new state laws.
“Now it’s time to crack down on it because it’s getting out of hand,” Westerman said. “Some of the kids need protection from themselves.”
‘Enough is enough’
City officials described the steps it took last week as necessary for public safety.
“After what we witnessed last weekend, enough is enough,” Gillian said in his weekly message to residents Friday. “The behavior of many of these young people poses a serious threat not only to their own health and safety but to the future of Ocean City as ‘America’s Greatest Family Resort.’”
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He said no other issue has sparked as strong a response in his 13 years as mayor.
“This is not a reaction to one weekend. It’s become clear over the past two summers that these crowds will only grow larger and unrulier unless something changes,” Gillian said.
“So I am asking everybody who loves Ocean City to join together to help turn the tide. Young people and their parents should know that the party is over,” he continued. “Everybody else in the community can help by respecting the new laws and policies that we have implemented: leaving the beach by 8 p.m., not carrying a backpack on the Boardwalk after 8 p.m. and having juveniles off the streets by 11 p.m.”
“The sooner we can get things under control, the sooner we can get back to normal,” Gillian said.
Staff Writer Chris Doyle contributed to this report. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/is-new-jersey-to-blame-for-ocean-city-s-teen-problem/article_2265b5a4-0187-11ee-873b-bf11709a7e41.html | 2023-06-06T10:57:19 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/is-new-jersey-to-blame-for-ocean-city-s-teen-problem/article_2265b5a4-0187-11ee-873b-bf11709a7e41.html |
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Police on Monday released a list of the streets to be affected by Sunday's Escape the Cape Triathlon.
The 10th annual DeSatnick Real Estate Escape the Cape Triathlon, presented by Inspira Health, will take place around the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal.
From 6:30 to 10:30 a.m., residents living along the following roads can expect closures, detours and delays:
• Seashore Road south of the Cape May Canal
• The West Cape May bridge
• New England Road south of the canal
• Bayshore Road south of the canal
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• Shunpike Road south of the canal
Additionally, Douglas Park will be closed.
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If you live along the triathlon route, use caution and plan an alternate route, police said.
For residents living along Jonathan Hoffman Boulevard north of the canal/Ferry Road, expect heavy bike traffic along Sandman Boulevard/Route 9. If you need to leave your home during this time, the only way in or out will be via Shunpike Road, where police will assist you. The intersections at Seashore and Bayshore roads will be closed.
For residents living along New England Road, if you have to leave your home due to extreme circumstances, call police at 609-886-2711 to be safely escorted off the triathlon course.
For residents living along the bayfront, expect heavy bike traffic in front of your home (from Lincoln Boulevard to Emerson Avenue) from 8 to 10 a.m. and heavy runner traffic (from Emerson to Pinewood and Mallow to Springtime) from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m. No parking will be allowed on Beach Drive or the race route. People are asked to park on adjacent side streets and to remove any trash cans from the street.
For residents living south of the canal between Bayshore and Seashore roads, Expect heavy bike traffic from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. If you need to leave your home, call police for an escort.
For more event information, visit delmosports.com .
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions. Athlete #78 Gregg Heimer riding his bike down Lincoln Blvd.
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Michele Tuttle runs down Beach Drive during Sunday’s Escape the Cape Triathlon. The Cape May-Lewes Ferry, which she jumped off to start the triathlon, is in the background.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions. (right) Grace Wallace of West Chester PA rings her bells for the riders and runners as they pass.
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Robert Byrne, from Broomall, Pennsylvania, roars as he finishes the race.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions. Athete #853 Falon Doutrich in the final 50 yds to the finish line.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions. Athlete #606 Katie Collins, from Philadelphia, closes in on the finish line.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions. Athlete #309 Cortney Marengo, from Collegeville PA, arrives at the bike-run transition.
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On August 29 2021, in Cape May, the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon was held under cloudy but dry conditions. New York City resident Ezra Gonen, 12, pulls into the bike-run transition.
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Jennifer Carpenter’s family, from left, Matthew, Reed, 9, and Peyton, 6, all from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, came to show their support for mom.
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WATERLOO — Both bargaining and non-bargaining city staff will see pay raises of at least 2%.
The City Council on Monday unanimously passed five-year collective bargaining agreements as well as a 3% wage increase for non-unionized employees.
Waterloo planners and engineers with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1195 and clerks, secretaries, evidence technicians and animal control employees with Teamsters Local 238 will receive a 3% raise for the first three years. The contract will be reopened in years four and five to negotiate on wages.
Laborers with Municipal Employees Local Union No. 177 and library employees with the Communication Workers of America will receive a 3% raise for five years.
Contracts for Waterloo police officers, sergeants, lieutenants and code enforcement officers include a higher wage increase. Officers and sergeants are under the Waterloo Police Protective Association. Lieutenants and code enforcement officers are with AFSCME Local 1195.
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Starting July 1, these city employees will receive a 4.5% raise. Next year, they will receive a 4.75% raise, and the year after that they will receive a 5% raise. Negotiations will be opened again in years four and five on their wages.
In 2023, the lowest paid police officer will make $32.69 per hour while the highest paid officer will make $43.22 per hour. For sergeants, the range goes from $47.40 to $51.64 per hour.
Code enforcement officers and lieutenants will start at $67,990 per year.
For police lieutenants, sergeants and officers, there will be a new longevity scale that caps at 20 years.
Councilmember Dave Boesen said he didn’t agree with police contracts stopping at 20 years, while other departments cap at 30 years.
“I think it’s unfair to other city employees and it’s pitting departments against each other,” he said.
Boesen also stated that the council was informed of the new longevity scale once, in an executive session. He said he voted in favor of the resolution for approving wages for bargaining employees because he didn’t want to “hold up” other employees receiving raises.
As for Waterloo Fire Department employees, who are unionized through the International Association of Firefighters Local No. 66, they will receive a 2.25% increase starting July 1. Next year, there will be a 2.5% increase and the year following will be a 3% increase. The contract will be reopened in years four and five to negotiate on wages.
Firefighters will make $20.50 to $28.11 per hour and paramedics will make $29.08 to $30.57 per hour.
Employees in the department will have salaries that range from $56,498 to $104,166 – with medical supervisors making the most.
The 3% raise for non-bargaining employees includes 97 people. Salaries range from $42,548 to $$168,563 for those positions, which are usually administrative roles.
City employees with the top salaries will be Police Chief Joe Leibold at $168,563; Fire Chief William Beck at $144,206; and Police Captains Robert Duncan, Jason Feaker and Aaron McClelland at $134,846.
The city will pay $7.72 million in wages for its non-bargaining employees. Resident David Dryer said he believes the city’s residents don’t make enough to cover the tab.
“The people who pay these wages don’t necessarily get that much on their increases,” Dryer said, noting a calculation that he makes about $13 per hour on Social Security and both his house's assessed valuation and utility bills have increased. “We keep paying these people, and I don’t say they’re not needed, (but) they’re not keeping up with what the people paying their wages are getting paid.”
Ward 2 Councilmember Jonathan Grieder said he agrees that “things are thin” economically but that bad results could come from no wage increases.
“Chief Leibold (and) others can tell us how few applications we’re getting for some of these very high needs positions,” Grieder said. “If we start cutting wages, we’re going to have to brown out fire stations, we are going to have to increase police officers’ work load, we are going to have to potentially lose accreditation at the library.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-of-waterloo-employees-to-receive-salary-increases/article_a753d468-03d4-11ee-aa50-eb630d09a6f6.html | 2023-06-06T10:59:26 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-of-waterloo-employees-to-receive-salary-increases/article_a753d468-03d4-11ee-aa50-eb630d09a6f6.html |
'Our goal is to teach them': Evans Industries creates job training for foster care youth
Goal is to teach young adults how to stay employed
- Tony Barrino was a foster parent for 10 years.
- More than 23,000 young adults "age out" of foster care every year.
- Evans Industries won a Small Business Community Champion Award under the woman-owned business category.
CANTON − These days, it's not that difficult to find a job.
But for many young adults emerging from foster care, the problem often is in keeping it.
Bevan Evans, president of Evans Industries, and Tony Barrino, a former foster parent and longtime line-production supervisor at Evans, are formulating a work-skills program to aid those aging out of the foster care system.
Their goal is to begin in the fall.
"Right now, it's a pilot program," Evans said. "Throughout the pandemic, we were racking our brains trying to figure out what we could do. And Tony, here, as a foster parent said, 'Hey, I have an idea.'"
Barrino, who adopted two of the boys he fostered, said the pilot program would stretch about six weeks.
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"Most foster kids are taught independent living skills," he said. "They're taught how to write a check; they're taught how to do a job interview and how to dress for a job interview. But one thing they're missing and are lacking is the skills to keep a job. Most of the time, they go from job to job. Ninety percent of them don't have a support system. My sons, who are 25 and 26, have a support system. Most kids come out with nothing."
What are the ABCs of work?
Barrino said the training will include "homework" that emphasizes what he calls "the ABCs" of work ethics: Attitude, behavior and communication.
He has worked at Evans Industries for 29 years.
"If you have a bad attitude, then that means your behavior is going to reflect your attitude, and that means your communications skills are going to reflect those," he said. "We'll go from A to Z to help them understand that this is how you survive in the workforce."
According to the National Foster Youth Institute:
- More than 23,000 children age out of the U.S. foster care system every year.
- After reaching the age of 18, 20% of the children who were in foster care become instantly homeless.
- Only 1 out of 2 foster kids who age out of the system will have some form of gainful employment by the age of 24.
- There is less than a 3% chance for children who have aged out of foster care to earn a college degree at any point in their life.
- 7 out of 10 girls who age out of the foster care system will become pregnant before the age of 21.
- 25% of children who age out of the foster care system suffer from PTSD.
Evans said they developed the plan over the winter to enter a contest sponsored by Citizens Bank, which awards $10,000 to 30 small businesses across the country in recognition of the positive contributions they’ve made within their communities.
Evans Industries won a Small Business Community Champion Award under the woman-owned business category.
"It made us put pen to paper and come up with the process," Evans said. "The money is going to allow us to actually get that started and get it up and running."
Getting the necessary training
Evans and Barrino said the training will start with about four young adults.
"They will actually get paid to be told, 'This is not how you do it,'" Barrino said. "They're going to be trained to learn how to work."
Evans Industries, a contract manufacturer, was founded by Evans' mother, Sue, in the 1970s.
"She was a divorced mom, raising four kids," she said.
Evans said the company has a history of hiring those in need of a second chance. It currently has a workforce of about 17.
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"We've hired people from SRCCC (Stark Regional Community Correctional Center)," she said. "It's part of our legacy and what we do. We've never turned anybody down because of their record."
Barrino said the program is not just a plan, it's also a vision. Their goal includes developing connections with other local businesses that may be in need of employees.
"We're not training people to work here," he said. "Our goal is to teach them, train them, and send them off so hopefully they can get a job to provide for themselves and their families. We're training people to live a successful life in the workforce."
To learn more contact Evans at bevans@evansind.net or call 330-453-1122, or 330-990-6718.
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Reach Charita at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com
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Canton's improvement plans for 11th Street SE include a roundabout
- 11th Street SE at Market will be realigned.
- Ohio EPA loan to help pay for the work.
CANTON − City Council has agreed to accept a low-interest loan from the Ohio EPA to help fund 11th Street SE improvements.
The work includes the realignment of 11th Street between Market Avenue S and Cherry Avenue SE with a roundabout at Market and a new traffic signal at the Cherry intersection. It also involves upgrades to storm and sanitary sewers and water lines.
Construction bids for the project came in at $11.6 million with $1.16 million in construction oversight, according to a council memo from Public Service Director John Highman. About $7.18 million in federal grants will help fund work that doesn't involve utilities.
The Ohio EPA's Water Pollution Control Loan Fund will go toward the estimated $2.79 million in sanitary sewer work, according to the memo. The "low-interest loan" will last 20 years.
"The bids came in lower on the capital fund side but higher on the sewer side," Highman told council members at Monday's regular meeting.
As a result, the council also transfered $800,000 from the 11th Street project fund back to the engineering fund for paving and other capital expenses.
Councilman Frank Morris, D-9, was the only member absent for the vote, which received no opposition.
Highman had requested approval on the first rather than third reading of the ordinance because of schedule requirements for funding. Council meets every other week in the summer and will not meet on Juneteenth, so the next regular meeting is June 26.
Reach Kelly at 330-580-8323 or kelly.byer@cantonrep.comOn Twitter: @kbyerREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/06/06/canton-takes-another-step-toward-improving-11th-street/70289915007/ | 2023-06-06T11:18:43 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/06/06/canton-takes-another-step-toward-improving-11th-street/70289915007/ |
Stark County Coroner's Office to get first mobile morgue
- The Stark County Coroner's Office will be getting a mobile morgue.
- The unit will be used in the event of backlogs, malfunctions or mass casualty situations.
- It will be paid for through a 2022 Homeland Security grant.
The Stark County Coroner's Office is getting its own mobile morgue.
The county's Emergency Management Agency has received grant money to purchase a mobile refrigerated unit for the coroner's office to store bodies in emergencies. The office had to borrow cold storage trailers from the state and other county health departments in recent years to help manage an increasing caseload. The morgue saw a record number of cases in 2021.
The coroner's office moved to a new 7,000-square-foot location at 3053 Cleveland Ave. NW last year. It previously occupied 2,000 square feet of space at the Stark County Sheriff's Office.
"Space-wise, at the current time, we're in a good spot," Coroner Dr. Ron Rusnak said. "With the new location and with the refrigeration and freezer units that we have, we have a really good amount of space."
The mobile morgue would be used if a backlog or malfunction arose. Rusnak said it would also give the office mobility to store bodies in a private and dignified manner in the event of a mass casualty.
"We can take it if there was a plane crash, as an example, in Stark County somewhere, and there were multiple deceased, that's something where we may need to be onsite and may need to be able to work that for a couple days," Rusnak said.
Tim Warstler, director of the Stark County Emergency Management Agency, said the unit will be paid for using a 2022 Homeland Security grant. He estimated it will cost around $50,000, but said they will not have the exact cost until after the project goes out to bid.
Rusnak said they hope to get a mobile morgue that will hold 16 to 18 bodies. They plan to store it at the coroner's office.
"It would be like a double axle trailer, very similar to the ones we borrowed," Rusnak said. "In fact, us having had three different ones over the last couple of years gave us a good really kind of hands-on use to be able to see what seemed to work really well, what maybe could have been designed better, so that when we came up with our proposal, we were able to hopefully gather from what we learned."
Warstler said the timeline for the project will depend on whether a manufacturer has the unit the county wants prebuilt or if it will need to be constructed.
Rusnak said he hopes they will get the trailer by the end of the year.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577, pmbennett@gannett.com or on Twitter @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/06/stark-county-coroners-office-to-receive-mobile-morgue/70256076007/ | 2023-06-06T11:18:49 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/06/06/stark-county-coroners-office-to-receive-mobile-morgue/70256076007/ |
IOWA, USA — Iowa's Jobs for America's Graduates, or IJAG, is calling for community donations.
It's to help students prepare for professional experiences.
IJAG is asking people to donate professional clothing, shoes and accessories for student use.
Donations are accepted at Community State Bank locations across the metro through June 15.
More information is available here. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/clothing-drive-underway-to-help-students-in-central-iowa/524-49a03894-093d-4ade-a45b-cc1f44a5a9d2 | 2023-06-06T11:22:47 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/clothing-drive-underway-to-help-students-in-central-iowa/524-49a03894-093d-4ade-a45b-cc1f44a5a9d2 |
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A large law enforcement presence was spotted Monday night in an Osceola County neighborhood, but authorities have not yet released any details about the situation.
Osceola County deputies were at the scene on Derby Drive just east of Kissimmee, for hours.
News 6 has made several calls the sheriff’s office but has not heard back.
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Taunton to celebrate Portuguese Heritage Month with food, festivities.
Break out the elastic waist pants and hide your scales as June is Portuguese Heritage Month, and there will be feasting aplenty.
June is time spent expressing great reverence for the massive cultural impact the Portuguese community has had and continues to have across the globe, especially here in the SouthCoast region.
It’s a period that attracts not just those with Portuguese heritage, but plenty of non-Portuguese looking to embrace the music, dancing, history, as well as the cornucopia of linguica, cacoila, kale soup, malasadas, custard tarts, madeira wine, and copious amounts of other assorted Portuguese foods and dishes ready to be gorged on.
The nucleus of Portuguese Heritage Month is, undoubtedly, June 10, the Day of Portugal.
Celebrated across the globe by every segment of the Portuguese community, the Day of Portugal pays tribute to author Luis de Camoes.
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His most famous work, Os Lusiadas, is an epic poem which celebrates Portuguese history and the country’s role in the Age of Exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Day of Portugal commemorates Luis de Camoes’ death on June 10, 1580.
Something for everyone this month
The City of Taunton is brimming with excitement over the festivities lined up.
“We look forward to participation across the region at all these events,” said Paul Ferreira, president of the Greater Taunton Area Day of Portugal Committee, who had the details on what’s being planned for the rest of June.
On June 8, East Taunton Holy Ghost Hall on Middleboro Ave. will host the Holy Ghost Reception. Ferreira said the reception will feature students and teachers from the Azores for a meet and greet. These visitors are taking classes as part of an exchange program with Bristol-Aggie School, where they are sharing with students and faculty information on the farming methods utilized in the Azores.
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June 10, the official Day of Portugal, sees the Committee collaborating with the City of Taunton to host a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall. Starting at noon, the Portuguese flag will be raised in front of City Hall. Ferreira said veterans of Portuguese heritage across the Southeastern Massachusetts region and state of Rhode Island are scheduled to be in attendance, along with representation from the Portuguese Consulate in New Bedford.
The ROTC from Taunton High School will be assisting with the ceremony, said Ferreira. After the flag-raising, along with the singing of the Portuguese and U.S. national anthems, there will be refreshments served, along with entertainment from the Taunton Sports Folkloric Dancing Group.
June 11 will see a day worth of soccer at the Taunton Sports Club. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the facility will see numerous soccer teams of different age groups playing exhibitions, including Taunton’s team that’s part of the Rhode Island Sports League, as well as a game with the New England Navigators youth soccer club. A 55-plus senior event is scheduled, which, Ferreira said, usually features former players, elected officials, and dignitaries kicking the ball around.
Heading to the Capital
If you are willing to make the trip to Boston, Ferreira said the State House will host its annual Day of Portugal Celebration on June 13, organized by the Portuguese American Legislative Caucus. The event, typically hosted in the State House Chambers, had previously been held virtually the last few years because of the pandemic. This is the first in-person celebration at the state house of the Day of Portugal in four years.
The event itself recognizes individuals of Portuguese heritage who have made contributions to make Massachusetts a better place, as well as Portuguese community advocates, regardless of ethnicity, who have helped Portuguese people advance in the state or across the United States.
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Expect many state legislators, community leaders, and officials to attend this event. The event also includes tours of the State House, pastries and other refreshments, and the attendance of the Governor.
The event starts at 10 a.m. at the State House. Ferreira said the Day of Portugal Committee is organizing a charter bus trip for Taunton residents wanting to attend. Contact Paul Ferreira from the Day of Portugal Committee at 508-930-0914 to reserve a seat on the bus.
One last feast
The Day of Portugal Committee has a big feast planned on the weekend of June 23 – 25 at the Taunton Sports Club. The Holy Ghost Feast, hosted by the Irmandade do Espirito Santo da Santissima Trindade de Taunton Inc., will feature all kinds of traditional Portuguese festa foods, like bifanas, caçoila, favas, linguica, and malassadas, as well as live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
There will be a procession on Sunday, June 25, leaving from Taunton Sports Club at 9 a.m., accompanied by the Taunton City Band for the Coronation Mass at 10 a.m. Soup will be served after the Mass, and all are welcome to attend. The festa will continue with more food and live music and will go until Sunday night at 9 p.m.
Check out more information about the Holy Ghost Feast at Taunton Sports Club’s social media.
Other Portuguese Heritage month events
Other Portuguese Heritage month events include:
The Pearl Restaurant, located at 76 Weir St. will host a big wine tasting on June 15, starting at 6 p.m. Appetizers will be served. Tickets need to be purchased from the restaurant, or through its Eventbrite page.
Old Colony History Museum will show a documentary, “Portuguese in New England,” on June 17, starting at 1 p.m. The four-episode documentary showcases the history of the Portuguese community in New England. The event is free. Refreshments will be served.
On June 28, the Trescott Street Gallery will host a free, all ages event based on crafts and bilingual story reading. Kids will get to paint and color Portuguese-themed imagery on blank ceramic tiles, while being read Portuguese stories and books from adults. This event starts at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/portuguese-heritage-month-greater-taunton-day-of-portugal-committee/70288513007/ | 2023-06-06T11:25:51 | 1 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/portuguese-heritage-month-greater-taunton-day-of-portugal-committee/70288513007/ |
WILLIS, Texas — A swimming pool with a number of people and multiple lifeguards around still wasn't enough to keep 2-year-old Elizabeth from nearly drowning Friday at The Woodlands Hills community pool near Willis.
Sarah Speed, one of Elizabeth's neighbors, said she and others have been in contact with the young girl's family who have told them she is touch and go after being found unresponsive in the pool.
As of Monday, Elizabeth remains on life support.
“I’ve been praying for the medical staff, her family, Elizabeth, and just praying that she gets better,” said Speed.
Speed started a GoFundMe page to help the family with medical and other expenses as well as a Change.org petition to try and enhance safety measures within the pool area.
She'd like to add more lifeguards and have a rule where they are not allowed to use their phones while on duty.
Meanwhile, hundreds attended a prayer vigil over the weekend for Elizabeth, which exceeded Pastor Bart Lipscomb’s expectations.
"My wife was a lifeguard and she’s always cognizant of these kinds of things," said Lipscomb. "But it just hits close to home for all of us.”
Speed said no one wants to cast blame on anyone at this point. They'll just continue to pray that little Elizabeth miraculously makes it though while making sure the same fate doesn’t await any other children this summer.
"My message to other families, especially with small children, is stay vigilant of your children," she said. "And the lifeguards, stay vigilant, because this could happen to any of us."
KHOU 11 reached out to the neighborhood’s HOA but had not heard back as of Monday, June 5. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/toddler-near-drowning-willis/285-11d44d21-b1a1-4b4c-bcf9-4078f96ce3dc | 2023-06-06T11:32:24 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/toddler-near-drowning-willis/285-11d44d21-b1a1-4b4c-bcf9-4078f96ce3dc |
Just a few weeks after opening Slurp! ramen bar , its ownership team of Kevin Liu, Mattias Hagglund, Thomas Leggett and Brandon Peck bring Emerald Lounge (2416 Jefferson Ave., Unit C1), an elevated tropical cocktail bar to the neighborhood.
“We looked at the concept of island escapism,” Liu says of the concept for Emerald Lounge. The crew, also owners of The Jasper in Carytown, looked at American tiki bars from post-World War II for inspiration, but “we wanted to create our own concept,” Liu said. “It’s less tiki and more Havana.”
Soft green walls provide a backdrop for Emerald Lounge’s retro, upscale tropical vibe. Bits of subdued tropical prints peek out amid hanging planters and sleek gold accents. The centerpiece is the bar, stocked with rum, agave and brandy, with a white marble topping and pendant lights that look like pale pink flowers floating overhead.
Many of the cocktails on the menu are pre-batched and finished to order, meaning you will not have to wait too long, even for complicated tiki drinks. We particularly enjoyed More Than Words ($14), a fruity and smoky blend of Mexican rum, mezcal, apricot, vanilla, lime and grapefruit with a distinctive finish from poblano pepper. Served in a blue tiki cup and garnished with dried chile threads, it is also eye-catching.
Shack Shaker ($14) is served in a ceramic coconut cup and blends Dickel 8-year-bourbon, coffee, cinnamon, pineapple, lime and bitters for a more earthy beverage with a pleasing tropical finish. Humuhumunukunukuapua’a ($13), the longest word in the Hawaiian language — meaning triggerfish — is a light, airy concoction of gin, pineapple, almond, lemon and bitters that tastes almost like a delicate pineapple cake and is served in a glass shaped like a fish with a little umbrella pick.
There are two draft cocktails — Jet Pilot ($14) combines tight rums, falernum, grapefruit, lime, cinnamon, bitters and absinthe for a spice-filled, boozy sipper that tastes almost like a holiday beverage.
Many of the cocktails on the menu at Emerald Lounge are pre-batched and finished to order, meaning you will not have to wait too long, even for complicated tiki drinks.
If you are looking for classics, choose from a frozen strawberry daiquiri or a pina colada or mix them together for a Miami Vice ($11 each). There is also a menu section dedicated to classic cocktails — the mai tai ($13) is a simple, standout blend of rum, almond, lime and orange liqueur.
For food, chef Erik Emery designed a streamlined selection of snacks — togarashi popcorn ($4) with mushroom powder and Japanese seven spice is smoky with a kick — the perfect little nosh alongside the fruit-forward, boozy drinks. For something heavier, choose from Thai-style Waterfall Wings ($7), Sichuan dry-spice Chong Quing Wings ($7) or spam Cubano sliders featuring Spam, pulled pork and pickles served on King Hawaiian bread ($8). For something lighter, choose from shrimp ceviche ($9) or tuna tartare ($11).
For now, Emerald Lounge is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 5 p.m. until midnight. There is a good chance there will be a wait when you visit, but you can provide your cellphone number and get a text when your spot is ready.
Heritage restaurant offers Szechuan-glazed duck breast with sesame furikake rice, chicken of the woods mushrooms, broccoli, turnip, ginger and green garlic.
Megan Marconyak
Full à la carte menu returns at Heritage After serving only a three-course prix-fixe menu in the dining room since reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic, Richmond’s Heritage has finally returned to an à la carte menu. You will find plenty of familiar Heritage favorites like the fried broccoli with yuzu kosho ($8), Japanese mayo and chives, and those dangerously poppable pimento croquettes with smoked tomato aioli ($8), as well as rotating specials based on the fresh produce that chef and owner Joe Sparatta finds at the farmers market.
On a recent visit, the prime ribeye steak with potato rosti, seared trumped mushrooms, asparagus and baby kale with a particularly zesty ramp chimichurri was a standout ($36), along with tender Szechuan glazed duck breast with sesame furikake rice and vegetables with ginger and green garlic ($36).
Welcome Neighbor The new restaurant Neighbor is located in the former home of North Side neighborhood favorite The Mill on MacArthur. Neighbor (4023 MacArthur Ave.) opened last week and keeps the neighborhood’s casual, family-friendly vibe alive. The menu features appetizers like homemade mac and cheese balls ($9) and wings with buffalo, Sriracha honey or Caribbean jerk sauce ($12.)
Sandwiches span several smash burger options ($12-$15) and the Mrs. Chanandler Bong chicken sandwich served grilled or fried with homemade spicy sauce and Alabama white sauce ($12), and entrees range from a bone-in pork chop ($27) to a veggie Napoleon ($18). Try the peanut butter pie ($7) or chocolate chip Twix cookies ($6) for dessert. Current hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 4 to 9 p.m.
Collab shoutout: Shagbark Sticky Toffee Cake ice cream at Gelati Celesti Gelati Celesti’s latest collaboration flavor is based on chef Walter Bundy of Shagbark’s signature sticky toffee dessert. Shagbark Sticky Toffee Cake features a praline base infused with bits of sticky toffee cake with lots of caramel and streusel made by the Flour Garden bakery based on Bundy’s original recipe. It is available in cases for a limited time, so grab a taste while you can.
All locations of The Boathouse are offering a lobster bake special through Labor Day: one 1/4-pound lobster, 1/2 pound of steamed shrimp, one dozen mussels, grilled sausage, corn on the cob and roasted potatoes for $59.
The Boathouse
Summer special: lobster bake at The Boathouse If you want to celebrate summer with a big pile of seafood, look no further than The Boathouse . All locations are offering a lobster bake special through Labor Day: one 1/4-pound lobster, 1/2 pound of steamed shrimp, one dozen mussels, grilled sausage, corn on the cob and roasted potatoes for $59. Pass us the lobster bib.
From the Archives: Photos of the Richmond region in the 1980s
In March 1987, manager Cissy Travers (right) and assistant John Gurski organized the shelves at Video World, a video rental store on Robious Road in Chesterfield County. At the time, some of the leading rental titles were big movies from 1986, including “Top Gun,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Stand By Me” and “Aliens.”
Staff photo
In October 1988, Eddie Van Halen of the rock band Van Halen performed a 15-minute guitar solo to a concert audience of almost 10,000 at the Richmond Coliseum.
Staff photo
In September 1985, the James Center Development Co. demolished this vacant building between East Canal Street and the Downtown Expressway to make way for the development of the James Center. The structure formerly housed the freight office and some accountants from the Chessie System railroad company.
Bob Brown
In November 1982, a crowd filled Regency Square mall for the first day of Sunday store openings in Henrico County. Before the Sunday closing law, or so-called blue law, was formally repealed by the Board of Supervisors, Henrico residents – who in a referendum that month voted in favor of repeal – had to travel to surrounding localities to shop on a Sunday.
Rich Crawford
In March 1989, Melvin Major of the Fin & Feather Pet Center pulled Slick – a 7-foot, 8-inch boa constrictor owned by Joseph Dodson III – from the under Dodson’s car in Henrico County. Slick had gotten so entangled in the vehicle that a wheel and spring had to be removed to retrieve him – and a flare was used to encourage him to move in the right direction.
Staff photo
In June 1984, engineer Charlie Dean inspected the new Big Bad Wolf roller coaster at Busch Gardens near Williamsburg. Park officials had determined that the ride was slightly faster than the maximum comfortable speed of 48 mph, so engineers installed an additional breaking system ahead of the ride’s debut.
Staff photo
In October 1982, a $30,000 DeLorean sports car was positioned outside a store in Short Pump after a test drive. The DeLorean became an icon of the 1980s for both its short, drama-filled history and for being immortalized in the “Back to the Future” film franchise starting in 1985.
Staff photo
In July 1985, actors George Takei, who played Sulu on the original “Star Trek” television series, visited two Richmond-area Theater Video stores to sign autographs and meet with fans. Partially visible at right was cast mate Walter Koenig, who played Chekov. Takei noted that “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry “had a special sensitivity for casting people who shared his own vision of the future.”
Staff photo
In December 1984, Alyson Rappaport showed off the gift she received for her Cabbage Patch doll: a full-length mink coat. The coat cost around $100 and was made by a Philadelphia furrier as Alyson’s seventh birthday gift from her parents. Cabbage Patch dolls were one of the consumer crazes of the 1980s.
Staff photo
In February 1982, Atari video game enthusiasts gathered at the Best Products on Quioccasin Road in Henrico County for an “Asteroids” competition. The contestant with the highest score won a television set, an Atari console and five game cartridges. The Atari 2600 was a mainstay of early 1980s home entertainment.
Times-Dispatch
In March 1986, Cricket Satterfield showed off his entry in Richmond's third annual Chili Cook-Off. Held downtown in Festival Park between the 6th Street Marketplace and the Coliseum, the event generated about $7,600 for the Richmond Police Memorial Foundation. Last year’s event, held at the Richmond Raceway Complex, marked the 30th anniversary.
Times-Dispatch
In March 1988, Kings Dominion introduced the Avalanche. The new ride resembled a bobsled run – and even got a thumbs-up from members of that year’s Jamaican Olympic bobsled team, who visited the park to help introduce the ride. The Avalanche, which lasts 90 seconds and reaches a speed of 41 mph, is still operating today.
Alexa Welch Edlund
In April 1982, preparations for construction of the Richmond Convention Center were underway along East Broad Street downtown. Among businesses that were torn down to accommodate the new facility were Swatty’s Men’s Shop and the Greyhound bus station.
Lindy Keast Rodman
In April 1986, under dark skies, a freight train made a southbound crossing of the James River on the Seaboard System Railroad bridge downriver from the Powhite Parkway.
Bob Brown
In February 1981, Benny Parsons spun his No. 15 car into the rail as Richard Petty went by in the Richmond 400 NASCAR race at the State Fairgrounds. Parsons finished fifth and Petty finished third behind Darrell Waltrip, who won the race for the second time in a row. Waltrip earned about $19,000 for the victory.
Rich Crawford
In April 1987, Juanita Wade walked down the flooded Main Street in Columbia, a James River town in Fluvanna County near Fork Union. A little farther upriver in Bremo Bluff, the James River crested at more than 33 feet following spring rains. In Richmond, it reached about 15 feet above flood stage.
Overton McGehee
In January 1989, rock ’n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry played a sold-out show at the Mosque (now Altria Theater) in Richmond. Among those in attendance was Gov. Gerald L. Baliles, to whom Berry dedicated “Rock and Roll Music.” Tickets to the show cost $19.50.
Mark Gormus
This October 1988 image shows the Annabel Lee, a reproduction paddle-wheeler that offered dinner cruises and entertainment on the James River from 1988 through 2003. The boat had seating for more than 200 passengers, plus two full-service bars and two dance floors. After attendance declined, the owners moved the vessel to the Washington, D.C., area at the beginning of 2004.
Bruce Parker
In October 1980, Blevins Gibbs (front), Henry McClellan and Larry Daylight, all Native Americans from Oklahoma, visited the Kings Dominion theme park in Doswell as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. The show, based out of California, traveled the world and featured as many as 80 performers, though only 11 were at the local stop. Its focus was on entertainment, but it also aimed for authenticity and education.
Don Long
8/9/2015: This September 1987 image shows an illuminated Broad Street in Richmond from the City Hall observation deck during a series of torrential rains around Labor Day. The James River rose to 15½ feet above flood stage and filled 24 square blocks of the city with 6 feet of muddy water. More than 50 streets were closed downtown.
Dan Currier
8/1On July 4, 1988, Festival Park in downtown Richmond hosted a country music concert featuring Exile and Juice Newton, among others. The free event closed with a laser show in which patriotic images were projected onto a screen suspended over the audience.
Robin Layton
In August 1980, Rudolph Cunningham placed a chicken into the rotisserie oven at Stonewall Market on Grove Avenue in Richmond. The market was opened in 1946 by Stanley and Marilyn Linas. Decades later, in an era of supermarkets, Stonewall Market still maintained a strong base of customers who had groceries delivered to their kitchens. Mrs. Linas even admitted that she had not met many of her customers in person, as much of their business was done over the phone.
Don Pennell
8/2This August 1984 image shows part of death row, including haunting artwork, at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center. In May, six death row inmates, including the Briley Brothers, escaped after studying the behavior of guards, overpowering them, stealing their uniforms and feigning a bomb threat in order to get out of the unit. All were recaptured and later executed.
Bob Brown
In March 1984, country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs performed for a crowd of more than 3,000 at the Mosque in Richmond; his set list included seven No. 1 singles from the previous two years. Skaggs is an accomplished mandolin player and also plays guitar and fiddle. His career included work with the Country Gentlemen, a bluegrass group from Northern Virginia.
Bob Brown
In May 1987, a canoeist navigated through the James River rapids near downtown Richmond during the Wild Water Race, which was part of Big River Weekend. The event celebrated the outdoors and river-related activities in Richmond.
Gary Burns
In November 1988, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars members were among participants at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.
Bill Lane
In September 1982, a section of the former Pinnell’s boat and bicycle shop on lay in ruins after demolition the day before. The store was razed to make way for a 3-story medical office building - the new $24 million structure was built between Grace and West Broad streets, close to Richmond Metropolitan Hospital. Today the building serves as a Virginia Commonwealth University dormitory.
Clement Britt
In September 1984, the Empire Theatre on Broad Street in downtown Richmond reopened with a gala and performance from the Richmond Symphony. Opened in 1911, the Empire closed and reopened many times since its founding. It is now known as the Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre and is home to the Virginia Rep.
P. Kevin Morley
In December 1982, a celebration of the seven-day Kwanzaa holiday began at Richmond’s Hippodrome Theater with a reading of the Nguzo Saba, the seven core principles, by Jamil Mulazim. Douglas Webber (left) and Umar Kenyatta lit symbolic candles. Kwanzaa, derived from the Swahili term for “first fruits,” was developed as an African-American celebration in the 1960s.
Masaaki Okada
In March 1985, the Diamond was in the late stages of construction. The 12,500-seat baseball stadium on the Boulevard in Richmond was set to open a month later for the new season. Compared with Parker Field, the Diamond offered more seating, concessions, restrooms and boxes where guests could host parties while watching the game.
Bob Brown
Membership in The Woman's Club has grown from about 200 in 1900 (when noted activist Mary Munford was president) to almost 1,500 today. Through its educational programs, its impressive list of speakers has ranged from Amelia Earhart to U.S. presidents. Its college scholarship fund for young women has supported more than 500 students – and as part of TWC's 125th anniversary celebration in 2019, it boosted its scholarship commitment to $100,000.
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In September 1985, NASCAR driver Kyle Petty inspected his wrecked Ford Thunderbird after a practice run at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway in Henrico County during the Wrangler 400 competition. Petty’s car hit Dale Earnhardt’s, with Petty getting the worst of it.
P. Kevin Morley
On Valentine’s Day 1989, a 50-foot-wide heart hung from the columns of the state Capitol’s south portico in Richmond. The oversized valentine was created to mark the 20th anniversary of the “Virginia is for Lovers” advertising campaign.
Wallace Huey Clark
In August 1989, Coppola’s Deli owner Joe Coppola (right) and manager Bill Gerloff carefully assemble a 40-foot Italian hero in the Carytown eatery. The giant sub required three cases of tomatoes, 50 pounds of cold cuts and 15 pounds of provolone cheese. The sandwich was made for the Carytown Watermelon Festival, where patrons could buy 5 inches for $5.
Jay Paul
In October 1982, Tim Smith checked the progress of a bunch of bananas in Highland Springs. His father, George, began cultivating the banana grove 10 years earlier after a friend gave him a plant as a gift. The plant grew and multiplied into 89 banana trees, ranging from 6-inch shoots to 18-foot trees. (George Smith said he didn’t eat the fruit – he grew them because he said they were beautiful plants.)
Bob Brown
In April 1985, Blanche Whitaker operated the elevator one last time at Central Fidelity Bank in downtown Richmond. Whitaker was retiring after more than three decades and was believed to be the last manual elevator operator in the city. With her departure, the bank planned to convert the elevator to automatic control.
Carl Lynn
In January 1980, the Richmond Bicentennial Commission erected this billboard along Interstate 95 downtown to celebrate the city’s 200th year as Virginia’s capital, which previously was Williamsburg.
Rich Crawford
In spring 1981, the Express Lane drive-thru convenience store opened in Louisa County. Patrons could stay in the cars to assess their choices, then place orders with a “runner” who would retrieve items. The store was patterned after the drive-thru beverage locations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
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In April 1985, Cammie Joyce, a daughter of Dr. William H. Parker for whom the former Parker Field was named, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the new Diamond on opening night for the Richmond Braves. The new baseball stadium on the Boulevard replaced Parker Field.
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In October 1982, Hull Street Station in South Richmond was vacant and boarded-up – the last regular passenger train to Danville had left 25 years earlier. The Southern Railway donated the station to the Old Dominion chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, which planned to convert the space into a museum and library. Today it houses the Richmond Railroad Museum.
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In June 1986, Historic Richmond Foundation leader John G. Zehmer Jr. (center left) reviewed roof plans with architect Kenneth MacIlroy at Monumental Church on East Broad Street in Richmond. The historic church, built as a memorial to those killed in the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire, was getting a new copper roof as a step toward preserving the building.
Bruce Parker
In July 1988, Soap Box Derby contestants made last-minute preparations before the race in Richmond. The derby, sponsored by the Richmond Jaycees, was held on Byrd Street between Fourth and Ninth streets.
Masaaki Okada
In July 1980, Matthew J. Robinson Jr., president of Imperial Broom Co., stood in his shop off Jennings Road in Henrico County. He was the fourth generation to run the family operation, which started making brooms in 1900.
Don Long
In May 1989, a transformer exploded under the sidewalk on the Fourth Street side of the Richmond Newspapers Inc. building downtown. The ensuing fireball charred two cars parked on the street and sent flames up the side of the building. No one was hurt in the nighttime explosion, and delivery of the next morning’s RTD (which was printed in the building) was only slightly delayed.
Wallace Clark
In June 1986, “Mr. Newspaper” greeted a young girl and her mother at a Richmond-area mall. The RTD mascot often traveled around town promoting the newspaper.
Carl Lynn
In March 1987, in preparation for new carpeting, the Dumbarton branch library in Henrico County had to remove about 80,000 books from shelves. About 50 people handled the first phase overnight – but restocking the shelves awaited.
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In August 1981, children enjoyed outdoor recreation at Camp Happyland in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County, not far from Fredericksburg. The Salvation Army started the camp in the late 1950s to improve children’s health through exercise and proper nutrition.
Bill Lane
In October 1985, the Richmond band the Snake-Handlers were booked for a Halloween performance at Rockitz , located Laurel and West Broad streets. The band posed in their “monster room,” which was covered in monster movie memorabilia dating back to the 1960s. Band members were John Cecka (front), Jim Thomson (left), Jeanne Freeman (center), Ron Curry (kneeling) and Tim Harriss (right).
Lindy Keast Rodnam
In October 1981, Jerome Hamlin posed with his robots during a visit to the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond. Hamlin, whose company was based in Connecticut, designed several humanoid robots for an exhibit called “The Computer Works.” One of them(back right) was ComRo (Computer Robot) I, a domestic robot that would be offered through the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog that year. The price: about $15,000.
Lindy Keast
In March 1988, a voting booth at City Hall in Richmond was set up for the presidential primaries. Voters flipped selectors to mark their choices; Democrat Jesse Jackson and Republican George H.W. Bush won the Virginia primaries.
Bob Brown
In April 1986, Virginia Commonwealth University students Karen Sensenig and Phil Conein put together a student gallery in the Commons building in Richmond. The first show featured the works of seniors, and students could get guidance from faculty advisers about selecting, displaying and pricing their work.
Bob Brown
In October 1980, a monument was unveiled at Dock and 20th streets in Richmond to commemorate Libby Prison, a Confederate prison for Union soldiers during the Civil War. Unveiling the plaque were (from left) Joseph B. Mitchell of the Sons of Confederate Veterans; Luther Libby, great-grandson of the ship handler who once owned the building; and Chester S. Shriver of the Sons of Union Veterans.
Don Pennell
This November 1985 image shows the Lukhard’s market on Libbie Avenue in Richmond. Rawley Lukhard, chairman of the grocery retailer, had just announced plans for an expansion. Today, the building houses Libbie Market.
Carl Lynn
In December 1988, a candlelight walk on Church Hill in Richmond was a highlight of the neighborhood’s annual weekend Christmas Festival. Other seasonal events around the city included a holiday musical at the Byrd Theatre and “Nutcracker” performances by the Richmond Ballet.
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In September 1987, employees of Crazy Zanies in Carytown were ready to deliver messages and singing telegrams around Richmond. Most employees had day jobs, were students or were stay-at-home parents who enjoyed dressing up and doing a little comedy on the side. The cast of characters changed with the seasons and expanded upon demand.
Don Pennell
In December 1984, visitors lined up to tour the house at 2005 W. Grace St. in Richmond’s Fan District. That year, residents of the Church Hill and Fan neighborhoods opened their doors for Christmas house tours. Each tour had a theme – in the Fan, it was “The Elegance of Christmas.” Almost 200 volunteers assisted with tours, and 75 hosts shared their homes. On Grace Street, three newly renovated homes were featured, which contributed to long lines.
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In December 1985, special effects engineer Dick Johnson sprayed fake snow around St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Hill in Richmond, which was serving as a set for the CBS miniseries “Dream West.” The “snow” was a combination of soap, water and air. The miniseries focused on 19th-century American adventurer John Charles Fremont, who was portrayed by Richard Chamberlain.
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In June 1984, actress Mary Tyler Moore took a break between scenes outside Bamboo Café in Richmond’s Fan District. Moore was filming the romantic comedy “Finnegan Begin Again,” which co-starred Robert Preston and Sam Waterston. Scenes were shot all over Richmond, including at the Richmond Times-Dispatch headquarters downtown.
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In March 1984, bear trainer Venko Lilov played with Marfa backstage at the Coliseum when the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to Richmond. Lilov, a former wrestler from Bulgaria, had joined the circus as a gymnast and married a woman who came from a circus family. He switched his focus after they bought two 3-month-old bears and raised them.
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In June 1986, one of two surviving antique terra cotta bull’s heads was prepared for mounting by Ron Kingery at the 17th Street Farmers’ Market in Richmond. The heads originally were part of a set of 42 that adorned the public market at Sixth and Marshall streets. Many were sold off in 1964, but two were rediscovered in city storage. Restoration was led by Virginia Commonwealth University art conservationist Laurence Pace.
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In April 1989, fans of “Gone with the Wind” celebrated the film’s 50th anniversary year at a gala at the Carpenter Center in downtown Richmond. The film made its Richmond premiere there in 1940 when the facility was Loew’s Theatre. The gala began with a fife and drum performance by men dressed in Civil War uniforms, and some women dressed as Southern belles in hoop skirts and lace.
Bob Brown
In January 1984, members of the Richmond band Suzy Saxon and the Anglos had their hair shampooed at a local beauty parlor for a scene in the video for their single “Boys in Dresses.” The video was featured in an episode of MTV’s “Basement Tapes,” which highlighted up-and-coming bands. To save money, the band filmed the video in 24 hours – and even sold chocolate bars to raise funds. Saxon made her singing debut at Richmond’s Open High School when she was still known as Suzy Peeples.
Bruce Parker
This December 1982 photo shows the Toys R Us store on Quioccasin Road in Henrico County. During that holiday season, games and stuffed animals tied to “E.T.” – the character from the summertime movie blockbuster – were popular in local stores, as were Smurf and Pac-Man items.
Carl Lynn
In April 1986, a “monkey cowboy” rode a dog during a lighter moment at the Lite Beer World’s Toughest Rodeo, held at the Richmond Coliseum. During the show, 60 cowboys and cowgirls – more than a dozen were Richmonders – participated in competitions sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Bob Brown
This July 1980 image shows Dirt Shirt, a store on West Cary Street in Richmond that offered custom screen-printed T-shirts. At the time, Dirt Shirt had two outlets in Richmond, one in Hopewell and one in Gordonsville.
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In March 1986, director Wayne Westbrook filmed a scene at the Bill “Bojangles” Robinson statue in Jackson Ward as part of a documentary about Richmond. The film was Continental Cablevision’s entry in a national contest among a dozen North American cable systems.
Lindy Keast Rodman
In December 1982, Pat Benatar returned to Richmond and performed for 9,000 fans at the Coliseum. After developing her vocal talents in Richmond for several years in her early 20s, Benatar moved to New York in 1975 to pursue a career that turned into worldwide rock stardom.
Wallace Clark
This January 1980 image shows the interior of Best Products Co.’s headquarters at Interstate 95 and Parham Road in Henrico County. The building’s interior, which housed about 350 executives, reflected the tastes of Best founders Sydney and Frances Lewis, who were avid art collectors. Several Andy Warhol silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe hung above the lobby.
Carl Lynn
In April 1980, cyclists delivered to Mayor Henry L. Marsh III a copy of the proclamation – drafted 200 years earlier by Gov. Thomas Jefferson – that named Richmond as Virginia’s capital, succeeding Williamsburg. The Virginia Bicycling Federation was marking the centennial of its national organization that year, and member groups – including the Capital Community Cyclists of Richmond – were delivering copies of the proclamation to county seats throughout Virginia.
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In September 1982, Sondra Jones, Miss Virginia-USA, helped Phil Reynolds unveiled the name of the trackless trolley – Belle of Richmond – that was set to begin a five-month trial run in downtown Richmond. Reynolds came up with the winning entry in a naming contest. The Belle was replaced by a regular bus the following year.
Bruce Parker
In February 1980, a customer in protective goggles got a head start on summer at an indoor tanning booth at a salon in Henrico County. Tanning salons hit the U.S. market in the late 1970s, but today, dermatologists and researchers express significant concern about indoor tanning.
Amir M. Pishdad
In June 1988, barbers were busy at Belcher’s Barber Shop in the Mutual Building at Ninth and Main streets in downtown Richmond. The shop, which Dalton William Belcher opened in 1967, is still in business today.
Bob Brown
In July 1981, Robby Van Pelt, a 13-year-old from Henrico County, stood proudly in front of his three-level, eight-room playhouse. Robby built the structure himself after spending months collecting scrap wood and metal. The playhouse had a master bedroom, porch and wall-to-wall carpeting. Electricity for lighting and to power a radio was siphoned from his parents’ house.
Don Pennell
In October 1984, workers installed the Best Products sign at the company’s headquarters on Parham Road in Henrico County. The catalog showroom retailer was founded by Sydney and Francis Lewis in Richmond in the late 1950s; it went out of business in 1997.
Bob Brown
In September 1982, Mayor Roy A. West cut into a cake celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richmond’s incorporation as a town. The ceremony was held at the Miller & Rhoads department store downtown. Lillian Bagby of the store bakery and store President Robert Rieland joined West. The cake was decorated to represent different city landmarks, including City Hall, the 17th Street Farmers Market and Shockoe Slip.
Lindy Keast
In March 1984, Delores Green (left) and Roxie Kricorian waited for calls on the Homework Hot Line, which had just begun offering afterschool help to Richmond students. From the 11th floor of City Hall, two four-teacher teams fielded calls from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
Bruce Parker
In August 1989, the James River Park System’s Ralph R. White knelt on a log above the river. In 1980, White became the park’s first naturalist – at a time when visitors frequently cut their feet on broken glass, drownings weren’t uncommon and litter was everywhere. Within a decade, White had directed significant improvements in safety, cleanliness and visitation.
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This September 1987 image shows the White Tower restaurant at Brook Road and Azalea Avenue in Richmond shortly before it closed. The hamburger chain opened in the 1920s in Milwaukee and reached its peak in the 1950s, with more than 200 locations nationwide. White Tower declined as rivals such as McDonald’s grew; Richmond was one of the chain’s last strongholds.
Dan Currier
In January 1987, Lauralas Blue Hyacinth, a grand champion Blue Persian from Pennsylvania, was in Richmond for the 15th annual Old Dominion Cat Show in Richmond. She wore a bib when she ate to protect her finely brushed fur.
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In December 1985, pop artist Andy Warhol (right) dined with his business manager, Fred Hughes, in Richmond. Warhol was in town for the dedication of the West Wing of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which was built to house 19th- and 20th-century painting, sculpture and decorative arts from the Mellon and Lewis family collections.
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In April 1986, a helicopter removed the letters “CFB” from the Central Fidelity Bank building at Third and Broad streets in downtown Richmond. The letters had been placed atop the skyscraper in 1977. Each letter weighed about 2,500 pounds, and the removal project took just under two hours.
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In July 1980, Gene Ladin (left) and Alfred I. Mollen stood in front of a giant working radio they designed. At 14 feet tall and 28 feet wide, it picked up all local stations and even had a cassette slot. The radio was part of the storefront at Mollen’s Auto Audio on Westmoreland Avenue in Richmond. Mollen was the store owner, and Ladin was vice president.
Gary Burns
In December 1985, makeup artist Michele Burke worked on actor Richard Chamberlain between takes of “Dream West,” a CBS miniseries filmed in Richmond. The story focused on 19th-century American adventurer John Charles Fremont, who was portrayed by Chamberlain.
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This March 1985 image shows one of the first Subway restaurants in Richmond, located on Glenside Drive in Henrico County. A Times-Dispatch dining review said the restaurant’s concept – store-baked bread, 6-inch and footlong subs, and salads – was a welcome alternative to fast-food burgers and pizza.
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In March 1985, Mildred Ashton (left) and Elva Jones glazed lipstick on the assembly line at the A.R. Winarick cosmetics manufacturing plant in Westmoreland County. On average, a worker could fill 50 bottles of nail polish per minute or assemble more than 6,000 lipstick containers per day.
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In November 1988, Leonard Martin made a delivery for Pizza Hut. At the time, major chains were battling for Richmond-area customers. Pizza Hut, which had been in Richmond for 20 years and had nearly 40 local restaurants, was ranked No. 1, followed by Domino’s (about 15 regional stores) and Little Caesars (19). Pizza Inn and Godfather’s rounded out the top five.
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In August 1982, patrons dined at the Fish Market restaurant in Shockoe Slip in Richmond. Hundreds of people had gathered in the area for the Shockoe Slip Summer Jazz Festival.
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In August 1988, Norma Ray (left) served beverages at a Pizza Hut trailer outside Main Street Centre in downtown Richmond. Pizza Hut’s marketing manager said that the trailer was a way to reach customers downtown, where the chain didn’t have full restaurants.
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In October 1988, Veronica Gerber videotaped her child’s preschool class during a Shabbat service. Sony introduced a Betamovie camcorder in 1983, and as the decade wore on, Sony and its competitors released increasingly affordable camcorders that could hold multiple hours of footage on a videotape.
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In September 1989, the Westhampton Theater in Richmond’s West End was showing two notable films from the era. “Sex, Lies and Videotape” helped revolutionize modern independent film, and “When Harry Met Sally” is a classic romantic comedy. The Westhampton closed in 2016 after a 78-year run.
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In November 1984, the bronze statue known as “The Three Soldiers” (or “The Three Servicemen”) was unveiled in Washington as more traditional complement to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The unconventional wall designed by Maya Lin was controversial, and the statue by sculptor Frederick Hart was a means of addressing concerns.
Bruce Parker
In April 1981, Richmond-area eye doctor Allen Cohen examined a patient. Cohen specialized in soft contact lenses and was starting to offer extended-wear lenses that were fairly new to the market.
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In May 1987, a candlelight vigil in Richmond honored AIDS victims and those fighting the disease. The march began at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and wound around Capitol Square. In June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first handful of illnesses – rare lung infections and other signs of impaired immune systems in five men – in what became known as the AIDS epidemic.
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In August 1988, a guest sat near his bed at the Freedom House Community Shelter in Richmond, where there was no set length of stay. Homelessness was on the rise in 1980s amid economic and political changes that affected incomes, social programs and the availability of affordable housing.
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In July 1986, Virginia Beach-based religious broadcaster Pat Robertson sat on the set of his “700 Club,” the long-running program he continues to host on the Christian Broadcasting Network. In the political realm, Robertson unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party’s nomination in the 1988 presidential contest.
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In November 1985, Robert Williams stood in his cell at the State Penitentiary, then located on Spring Street in downtown Richmond. Williams was one of three men in medical isolation there because of a diagnosis of AIDS. In the preceding two months, President Ronald Reagan made his first public mention of AIDS, and actor Rock Hudson’s death raised awareness of the epidemic.
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In November 1980, a woman played “Super Simon” in Richmond. The memory game, in which players must repeat a series of electronic tones and lights, offered additional variations from the original “Simon,” which was made by the Milton Bradley Co. and later, after being acquired, Hasbro. “Super Simon” cost about $35 at the Zayre store on Mechanicsville Turnpike
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In September 1988, models showed off about 160 outfits during a fashion show organized by Thalhimers to benefit the Florence Nightingale Circle for Sheltering Arms Rehabilitation Hospital in Richmond. The show, which was themed around the movies, drew about 1,500 attendees to the Richmond Marriott.
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In September 1989, Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones were in concert at RFK Stadium in Washington; the sold-out show drew more than 50,000 fans and was the second of a two-night gig in D.C. The tour, in support of the “Steel Wheels” album, hit about three dozen North American cities before moving to Europe.
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This September 1988 image shows a row of homes in the town of Fries, located in Grayson County in Southwest Virginia. The textile mill that had been the lifeblood of the town since that dawn of the 20th century was getting ready to close in the face of less expensive foreign imports. The town was named for businessman Francis Henry Fries, who had established the mill.
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ABOVE: Seen in 1981 at the Richmond Coliseum, Ralph Sampson recorded three consecutive double-doubles during a memorable run in 1983. LEFT: Mike Scott was arguably more impressive during a three-game span in March 2012. He scored 85 points and grabbed 31 rebounds against Florida State, Maryland and N.C. State.
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In March 1987, TV news reporter Diane Sawyer, then with CBS, interviewed former presidential adviser Brent Scowcroft at the Mosque (now the Altria Theater) as part of the Richmond Forum speaker series. Scowcroft offered his perspective on Ronald Reagan’s ongoing presidency and shared memories from his time as national security adviser to President Gerald Ford.
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In March 1986, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor spoke with U.S District Judge Robert R. Merhige Jr. before addressing a monthly luncheon meeting at the Richmond Bar Association. O’Connor was appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, becoming the first woman on the court. The local luncheon drew 650 people, setting a high mark for the bar event.
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In August 1988, a trolley passed by a large screen that protected passing vehicles from sandblasting and painting under Interstate 95 on East Main Street.
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In August 1981, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Armstrong left the Cannon Memorial Chapel at the University of Richmond after marking a special day. Fifty years earlier – on Aug. 29, 1931 – they were the first couple to marry in the then-new chapel. For their 50th wedding anniversary, they returned to the chapel from their Rhode Island home for a celebration service led by their son.
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In August 1985, WTVR-TV’s Gary Gilliam interviewed Ed and Debbie Bishop, applicants who wanted to be on a live traveling version of “The New Newlywed Game” that was slated for Regency Square mall in Henrico County. The Bishops were among 25 couples selected at random – from more than 500 applications – for an interview. Four couples were selected for the event, which was hosted by Bob Eubanks as part of a promotional tour ahead of the fall television season, when the latest version of the game show would debut on WTVR and other stations. The winners got a weeklong trip to the Bahamas.
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This June 1988 image shows a quiet moment dance floor at the Pyramid Club, a bar on North Boulevard in Richmond. On Wednesdays, the club hosted House Night – which featured house music, a danceable electronic genre. Admission was $1, and several hundred patrons might fill the un-air-conditioned club.
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In September 1980, East Grace Street between Fourth and Fifth streets in downtown Richmond was closed for a Sunday afternoon “dinner on the grounds,” hosted by Centenary United Methodist Church. The city permitted the street closure for two hours.
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In September 1984, Bremmer Carter Jr. placed loaves of freshly baked on a rack for cooling and slicing at Weiman’s Bakery in Shockoe Bottom in Richmond. The bakery was opened in 1945 by Jacob Weiman and produced nearly 120,000 pounds of baked goods each month at its peak. Over the years, the bakery supplied grocery stores, brand-name bread dealers and local restaurants. After almost seven decades, Weiman’s closed in February 2013.
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In March 1987, Tom Pivec, president of Master Clean Car Wash on Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond, showed off a new robotic washing system that used a 100 percent cotton cleaning curtain. Pivec said the operation could accommodate 1,200 cars per day. The location previously had been Hot Springs Car Wash, whose owner, Joseph Enning, was a familiar face through his television commercials.
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In September 1985, Corey Green peeked out the school bus window on his way home after the first day of school at John B. Cary Elementary School in Richmond.
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In October 1982, two people ate lunch at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Richmond. A free-lunch ministry among downtown churches served about 150 people per meal, up from only about 25 two years earlier.
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In December 1982, a group of Richmond school bus drivers modeled new uniforms, which included light blue shirts, navy slacks or skirts, berets or caps, and jackets and ties. There was no money in the school system budget for uniforms, so Julia Armistead (right) initiated the effort to get drivers out of plain clothes. The school system’s 180 drivers had the option of buying a uniform, which cost about $80.
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In July 1985, Tom Thomas kicked back on his Harley-Davidson outside Newgate Prison, a bar in the 900 block of West Grace Street in Richmond. The bar was popular with bikers; other businesses in that stretch, including an adult theater, attracted a diverse clientele that could make the area a hot spot for police. The Newgate Prison site was later home to the Virginia Commonwealth University police headquarters for more than a decade.
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In June 1985, Edward Harris lighted the Virginia Special Olympics torch at the University of Richmond, which drew thousands of disabled athletes, coaches and volunteers. The torch arrived on the campus at the end of a 20-mile relay from the state Capitol. The first International Special Olympics Games was held 50 years ago in July 1968.
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In May 1987, patrons at Regency Square in Henrico County filled the mall’s new food court, which included 11 eateries on the mall’s lower level between Miller & Rhoads and Sears. The dining space accommodated up to 450 people and was the first phase of a $5 million renovation at the mall.
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In May 1987, Larry Ingram, president of Neighbors of Chimborazo Park, stood at a contaminated spring along slowly shifting land on Chimborazo Hill in Richmond’s East End. The Church Hill neighborhood group had expressed concerns about the shifting hill; city officials said the issue was being studied as part of a multiyear improvement program.
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This October 1988 image shows East Broad Street looking west into downtown Richmond from Church Hill. That month, radio stations WRVA-AM and WRVQ-FM announced plans to leave their Church Hill studio building after 20 years for new space in South Richmond.
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In May 1983, patrons of Stonewall Café on West Main Street in Richmond dined on the restaurant’s patio. The building was constructed in the 1880s and was used as an elementary school until 1962 – it was once Stonewall Jackson School and West End School, and earlier, it housed the Richmond Normal School. The building was sold to a developer in 1980, and today, the space houses the Baja Bean Co. restaurant.
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In November 1989, Virginia Commonwealth University basketball player Lionel Bacon jogged onto the court at the Richmond Coliseum during pregame festivities. Fireworks, sparklers and, in this moment, a fog machine were among effects that turned player introductions into a lively production.
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In December 1989, a customer navigated the self-service area of the 7-Eleven at Eighth and Broad streets in downtown Richmond. The convenience store chain said it spent millions on customer and product research before rolling out new items or setups – including the 64-ounce Double Gulp fountain drink that was introduced that year. (The original 32-ounce Big Gulp arrived in 1976, and the 44-ounch Super Big Gulp followed in 1986.)
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In October 1986, as part of a $4 million improvement program, WWBT-Channel 12 installed a new TV antenna on its tower on Midlothian Turnpike. It replaced a 30-year-old antenna.
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In June 1984, actress Mary Tyler Moore had her makeup touched up between takes at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on the set of “Finnegan Begin Again.” The HBO romantic comedy film was shot all over Richmond and co-starred Robert Preston and Sam Waterston.
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In December 1985, actors wearing 19th-century clothing strolled on a “snowy” street in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood. The CBS miniseries “Dream West” was being filmed in the area – the program focused on 19th-century American adventurer John Charles Fremont, who was portrayed by Richard Chamberlain. The “snow” was a combination of soap, water and air.
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In July 1985, Farm Fresh Inc. prepared to open a grocery store on Brook Road in Henrico County. This was the fifth store in the Richmond area for the Norfolk-based grocer. The Brook Road location, which was open 24 hours a day, totaled 93,000 square feet and had 18 checkout lanes. In addition to groceries, the location had a bookstore, delicatessen, post office, cheese shop, restaurant, video entertainment center and bulk sales department.
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In September 1984, a crowd of almost 6,000 watched the Richmond Braves play their final Triple-A baseball game at Parker Field on the Boulevard. Days later, the stadium was leveled to make way for the Diamond, which debuted the following year and is now home to the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels.
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In October 1985, employees at a Car Pool location in Richmond wiped off vehicles after the wash cycle. The company was established in 1977 in Richmond; the first location was at 2900 Chamberlayne Ave.
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In February 1986, an explosion rocked a row of houses on Davis Avenue in Richmond’s Fan District. The blast inside one home blew out bricks, windows and a back wall. Police and fire officials also discovered a fire in the home’s basement, but the cause of the fire and explosion was not immediately unknown.
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In October 1986, a plaque dedication ceremony marked the addition of Richmond’s Fan District to the National Register of Historic Places. The event, which included songs from the Fox School choir, capped a two-year effort by the Fan Woman’s Club in cooperation with state landmark officials. More than 3,000 buildings in the Fan were photographed and surveyed in the campaign.
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In June 1982, a peacock checked out the Italian Garden at Maymont. Peacocks roamed free in the Richmond park for many years until the early 1990s. Maymont has not had peacocks in its animal family since 2013.
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In February 1981, Richmond Mayor Henry L. Marsh III operated a backhoe to kick off Project One, which included the construction of the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The project was part of a deal between Marriott Corp. and the city housing authority to finance and build a hotel-convention center in downtown Richmond.
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In November 1985, Brown & Williamson workers left the Petersburg plant after its last cigarette production shift. The tobacco company had operated in the city for 53 years but was consolidating production in Georgia. B&W was founded in North Carolina in the 1890s and became a subsidiary of British American Tobacco in the 1920s; operations later were combined with R.J. Reynolds.
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In March 1988, Helene Kahn stood in her GiGi Hats shop on East Grace Street in downtown Richmond. Kahn, who opened the store in 1950 and operated it until her death in 1996, offered hats, wedding veils and other millinery. In 1968, she was the first woman to lead the Downtown Retail Associates trade group.
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In July 1988, 15-year-old John Moncure – who was 5 feet, 9 inches tall – was dwarfed by the roots of a tree that fell through his neighbor’s house on Lakeside Avenue in Henrico County during a storm. The teen’s father estimated that the tree was 150 feet tall.
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In September 1984, workers installed columns for the grandstands as construction progressed quickly on the Diamond, which was replacing Parker Field as Richmond’s minor-league baseball stadium. The Diamond opened the following April.
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This March 1985 image shows a hillside in South Richmond’s Woodland Heights neighborhood, near 27th Street, where homes would be built. The builders planned two-level houses with the living room, dining room and kitchen on the upper level and bedrooms and a sitting room downstairs. Both levels would have decks overlooking Riverside Drive.
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In September 1988, a television news set allowed media students at Virginia Commonwealth University to use a realistic backdrop for their studies. What is now the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture was founded in 1978 and is one of the largest sections of VCU’s College of Humanities and Sciences.
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In February 1986, a $50,000 façade renovation neared completion at the Village Shopping Center at Patterson Avenue and Three Chopt Road in Richmond. The shopping center, which housed 30 merchants, was undergoing its first substantial renovation since it opened in the mid-1950s.
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In February 1980, patrons toured an exhibit on stamps at Richmond’s main post office at 1801 Brook Road. Titled “The Magic World of Stamps,” the exhibit promoted interest in and understanding of stamp collecting.
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In December 1986, U.S. Postal Service employee Victoria Booker operated an optical character reader device in a Richmond branch to electronically read addresses on letters. Post offices started using the devices in the 1960s to help sort mail by city, state and ZIP code.
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In February 1989, Karl Baskerville cut the hair of William B. Judkins. Baskerville had a mobile barbershop and catered to local attorneys at seven firms around Richmond.
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In May 1987, baseball stars Dick Allen (left) and Hank Aaron jokingly traded head gear during the Legends Festival of Sports baseball classic at The Diamond in Richmond. The event brought together former professional athletes in a baseball game, golf tournament and tennis exhibition to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.
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In October 1989, workers dismantled the Morgan Fountain in Richmond’s Shockoe Slip in preparation for its rebuilding. The marble horse fountain, donated by a Baltimore woman in 1909 in memory of a Confederate cavalry captain, was rebuilt on a larger stone base to help protect it from traffic. It also was moved a short distance to better align with surrounding buildings.
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In November 1988, General Manager James N. Crandol stood at the seafood counter at the new Super Fresh in the Brookhill Azalea shopping center in Henrico County. The nearly 40,000-square-foot grocery store was the largest of the chain’s 14 locations in the area. The new market was a prototype for the chain, with several specialty food and merchandise departments.
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In March 1989, owner George Cassanese (from left), banquet operator Peter Anton and chef Bryan Moyer stood inside the new Sunset Café at the Chesterfield Airport. The restaurant replaced the Crosswinds Restaurant and Lounge. The two-floor restaurant underwent a full renovation which included a banquet room, lounge and a party rom. The menu included specialty sandwiches, appetizers and pasta dishes.
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In October 1989, Yoel Kranz of Chabad Lubavitch Center of Virginia showed second-graders at Collegiate School in Henrico County the center’s “Sukkah-mobile,” a traveling educational display. The Jewish holiday of Sukkot is a harvest festival that also marks the Jews’ exodus from Egypt; a sukkah is a booth or hut that recall the temporary dwellings used during the wandering.
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In October 1985, patrons enjoyed the seafood lunch buffet in the Richmond Room of the downtown Thalhimers department store. The Friday buffet cost $5.95 and included shrimp Creole, clams, steamed and spiced shrimp and many other selections.
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In October 1987, children were entertained by the University of Richmond mascot as the Spiders faced the University of Virginia. It was a tough day for the home team: UR fell 4-1 to the No. 1-ranked Cavaliers, who were led by coach Bruce Arena and captain John Harkes – both of whom became fixtures of the U.S. national team.
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In July 1980, Alan Dessenberger (left), the principal of the soon-to-open Mills E. Godwin High School in Henrico County, and Randy Patterson checked the lighting in the student TV studio. On opening day that year, 500 freshman and sophomore students started classes, and freshman classes were added in subsequent years. Godwin’s first seniors graduated in 1983.
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In February 1987, Junior the golden eagle visited the General Assembly during a hearing on the state’s hunting and fishing laws. Edward Clark Jr., president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, introduced Junior to Del. A. Victor Thomas, D-Roanoke, who was chairman of the House Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources.
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In November 1980, Virginia Commonwealth University students who worked on the school’s paper, the Commonwealth Times, held their weekly meeting in the Millhiser House on West Franklin Street in Richmond – but they had yet to furnish the space. Today, the house is home to the Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, named for VCU’s former provost.
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In April 1988, Capitol Restaurant had just opened at the Richmond International Airport. The restaurant, operated by Concession Air Corp., gave diners a view of takeoffs and landings. Dinner menu items included a chicken strips appetizer for about $3, a grilled chicken teriyaki entrée with salad and potato for $6.95 and an apple pan dowdy dessert for $2.95.
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In August 1980, the Executive Mansion at Capitol Square in Richmond was home to an outdoor tent for the wedding reception of Gov. John Dalton’s daughter. A brief controversy had centered on whether the state had spent $2,500 for the tent, but Dalton eventually paid for it himself.
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In March 1988, George and Brenda Huggins opened their Everything Yogurt outlet in Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield County. Frozen yogurt was just starting to gain popularity locally – the Everything Yogurt chain was started by Lane and Sara West after they moved to Richmond from Charlotte, N.C., and noticed the absence of yogurt shops.
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In June 1980, Barbara Gregory stood outside her Truckers Inn in the Sussex County town of Wakefield. Gregory almost lost her lease until a trucker known as “Country Gentleman” stepped in: In a two-week period, “Country Gentleman” gathered more than 150 signatures on a petition to help save the inn. That convinced the property owner to negotiate with Gregory for a month-to-month lease, which allowed her to keep her business open.
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In May 1988, Buck Fuller awaited the lunchtime crowd at Tubby’s Burgers in Sandston. A Times-Dispatch reporter who visited the restaurant recounted the owner’s memorable personality: “Buck Fuller, complete with white chef's hat, greets his customers: ‘What'll it be, a Tubby Burger? How about a chicken salad sandwich? It's fresh. It's homemade. It's never been touched by human hands.’ Then with a wink: ‘I mixed it with my feet this morning.’ “
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In August 1989, Lynette Douglas modeled an outfit from Attitudes, a specialty clothing boutique at Fourth and Grace streets in downtown Richmond. Today, the block features a number of restaurants.
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In June 1981, a refurbished Navy landing craft, which sunk earlier that month, was afloat again in the James River in Richmond. The plan was for it to be used as a public ferry to Belle Isle – the city was in the early stages of turning the island, a former Civil War prisoner camp, into a recreational destination. This setup was created a decade before construction of the suspended pedestrian bridge that reaches Belle Isle today.
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Joey Darragh and Peter Guyre of Sender Vans are making a business of building out vans, trailers and Airstreams | 8@4 from the Virginia Wayside Furniture studio
The Organizational Development Committee, which sees all council members present, cast all but one of its votes in favor of placing the casino in the city’s South Side back on the ballot and signing an agreement with RVA Entertainment Holdings to serve as its casino owner and operator.
Second District council member Katherine Jordan was the only panelist to vote in opposition.
The decision comes two years after an initial citywide vote shut down the possibility with a 51% opposition majority. Despite this, Richmonders may have to weigh in for a second time if the council continues to vote in favor of the project.
The newly proposed casino plan, outlined in a 197-page ordinance, varies little from the initial proposal in terms of location and operation.
The casino proposed at Walmsley Boulevard and Trenton Avenue will be owned by RVA Entertainment Holdings LLC and managed by Richmond VA Management LLC to handle negotiations.
If approved by council and residents vote in favor, the city will receive a one-time upfront payment of $25 million, according to the ordinance.
Additionally, a city-funded study found that the casino resort will result in an estimated $29.7 million in general fund revenue and create an additional 1,300 jobs.
Leonard Sledge, the city’s economic development director, said that if approved, a new referendum would be held in November. If Richmonders vote in favor of the casino, then developers anticipate a 2026 opening date.
“The project creates a significant number of good-paying jobs with benefits for Richmond citizens that creates significant new general fund revenue,” Sledge said. “In a manner that doesn’t cost the city.”
The decision came with some opposition, but the council heard primarily from numerous folks in favor of the proposal pushing for the potential job creations.
“I’m a mom and there is not a lot of jobs over there for me,” said Eighth District resident Sasha Williams. “I shouldn’t have to travel so far for a decent job and, if these referendums can bring jobs closer so I can get back to my daughter at a decent time, then I support it.”
Following the city’s initial vote, Sen. Joe Morrissey, D-Richmond, and Del. Kim Taylor, R-Dinwiddie, fought through the state budget to prevent the city from hosting a second vote until Petersburg could be considered.
However, Baltimore-based Cordish Companies, which has partnered with Petersburg, has made it clear that it will not move forward if the city is allowed a second vote, saying it will not construct a casino if it has to share the market with a rival facility.
In June 2022, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a two-year budget that effectively gave Petersburg more time to consider whether it wanted a casino with the inclusion of a provision that forbade localities that held a failed casino referendum from trying again.
The General Assembly has yet to reach an agreement on a revised state budget, or decide whether to include language to allow Petersburg to vote on a casino or prevent Richmond from holding a second vote. With the budget still in limbo, the city rushed to introduce the paper.
The council will hold another public hearing before making a final decision at its meeting at 6 p.m. Monday.
In May 1953, students at the York County Training School for Negroes had to attend class in school buses after a fire that week destroyed the school’s 11-room main building near Yorktown. Five classes were held on buses and three in small buildings that were saved from the flames.
In November 1982, a crowd filled Regency Square mall for the first day of Sunday store openings in Henrico County. Before the Sunday closing law, or so-called blue law, was formally repealed by the Board of Supervisors, Henrico residents — who in a referendum that month voted in favor of repeal — had to travel to surrounding localities to shop on a Sunday.
In March 1959, visitors at the Richmond Boat Show inspected a new cruiser, a sort of floating camper, during the five-day event at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. It was considered to be the first strictly marine show to be held in Richmond.
In August 1971, members of Camp Willow Run gathered outside their dormitories, which were former train boxcars. The railroad-themed camp, on a Lake Gaston peninsula in Littleton, N.C., is still run by Youth Camps for Christ Inc. The dining hall, modeled after an 1890 train depot and built from plans furnished by the Southern Railway Co., was the focal point of activities.
In July 1963, John Adam, director of talking books for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London, visited Richmond and showed Virginia Library for the Blind employee Mrs. Richard V. Carter a new cassette system for recording and reproducing audio tapes of books. Using a federal grant and tapping into British expertise, the Virginia library was testing the system, whose cassettes offered more capacity and lasted longer than old discs used by blind patrons.
This September 1953 image shows the canal locks in downtown Richmond between 14th and Pear streets. After their installation and later refurbishment in the mid-19th century, the locks increased boat traffic and allowed for easier transport of goods to and from the city.
In September 1935, a small group of men, part of a larger army of workers and 70 trucks, reinforced dikes with sandbags to protect the 5-mile area controlled by Richmond’s Shockoe Creek Pumping Station from flooding caused by a severe storm.
In July 1977, Christine Bunce, a student at Manchester High School in Chesterfield County, worked in the Chippenham Hospital gift shop in Richmond as a volunteer. The nickname “candy striper” came from the red-and-white striped aprons worn traditionally by volunteers.
In April 1976, men tended to the roasting planks at the 28th annualshad planking in Wakefield, an event in Sussex County that lured politicians, reporters, campaign workers and others to kick off the electoral season. Sponsored by the Wakefield Ruritan Club, the event historically was a function of the state’s Democrats, but it evolved into a bipartisan tradition.
In October 1941, babies slept in the nursery at Brookfield, located on West Broad Street in Henrico County. The home for unwed mothers was the successor to Spring Street Home in Richmond’s Oregon Hill area, which was established in 1874 by the Magdalen Association to help single women and their children.
In April 1979, the St. Mary’s Hospital Orchestra rehearsed in the hospital auditorium in Henrico County. The orchestra, which formed in 1966 and initially consisted of staff doctors and hospital employees, performed several public concerts a year at the hospital.
In May 1950, motorcyclists raced in the 10-Mile National Motorcycle Championship at the Atlantic Rural Exposition grounds in Henrico County. The winner was “Little Joe” Weatherly of Norfolk, who later turned to stock car racing and won NASCAR titles in the 1960s before being killed in a race accident in Riverside, Calif., in 1964.
In July 1954, Kitty Liles performed with her band. Liles had played the drums for years, starting when she was a student at Varina High School in the 1940s. In 1954, Liles was using money from her gigs around Richmond to pay for her pursuit of a social work degree at Richmond Professional Institute.
In September 1948, Richmond actress, singer and national radio show host Patsy Garrett greeted a friend downtown during her visit here. Garrett was known for her time on Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time” radio show in the 1940s and for her recurring film and television roles in “Nanny and the Professor,” “Room 222” and the “Benji” movie series.
In September 1985, NASCAR Cup driver Kyle Petty inspected his wrecked Ford Thunderbird after a practice session at the half-mile Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway during the Wrangler 400. Petty’s car hit Dale Earnhardt’s, with Petty getting the worst of it.
In March 1969, balmy weather drew a large crowd to Monroe Park in downtown Richmond. A small band joined the gathering, serenading visitors as spring arrived.
In April 1968, David Long manned the bar at an exhibit at a Virginia Restaurant Association convention, and Barbara Ann Brigel took a spot along the brass rail. That year, the General Assembly allowed liquor by the drink to become a local option in Virginia.
In June 1941, Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech was re-enacted at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Hill in Richmond as part of its bicentennial celebration. Construction of the church, built on land donated by city founder William Byrd II, was completed in June 1741.
In May 1942, actress-singers Dorothy Lamour (center), Patsy Garrett (at left) and actor Bert Lytell (at right) visited Richmond as part of a rally to stimulate sales of war bonds and stamps. They stood under a “Welcome to Richmond” sign and were flanked by Malcolm Bridges (left), the executive secretary of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Ship Ahoy Girls Jetsy Parker and Dorothy Schoemer. The rally drew more than 5,000 people.
This 1966 image of a quiet night on Franklin Street in downtown Richmond was captured by Times-Dispatch photographer David Harvey, who became renowned for his National Geographic magazine work and has received national awards. His photographs have been exhibited nationwide, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts locally.
In June 1977, John Stevens and his long-eared assistant performed a magic trick. Known as Nabis the Magician, Stevens was among the Richmonders in the International Brotherhood of Magicians. The local chapter had 25 members who met regularly to discuss their craft.
In January 1970, Virginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. received his final salute from state police as he and his wife, Katherine, left the Executive Mansion in Richmond en route to the inauguration of A. Linwood Holton Jr. Godwin, then a Democrat, returned as governor four years later as a Republican.
In June 1968, Toru Yanagida (left) and Ken Seguchi posed at Hillcrest Dairy in Crewe, in Nottoway County. They were learning American farming techniques from the dairy farm’s owners, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson, who were their sponsors. Seguchi was a dairy farmer from Gifu, Japan, and Yanagida was a student in a college horticulture program in Hokkaido.
In May 1973, local Scouts assembled their tents amid exhibits at the daylong Scout-O-Rama at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. In addition to traditional skills of woodcraft, wilderness survival, camping and cooking, the event highlighted Scouting’s growing attention to archaeology, seamanship, aviation, metal detection, TV and space technology, among other topics. More than 2,000 Cub and Boy Scouts attended the event that year.
In June 1977, a crowd lined up for drinks and barbecue chicken at the Virginia Chicken Festival in Crewe, a town in Nottoway County southwest of Richmond. Held on the pavilion grounds of the Southside Electric Cooperative, the annual affair was sponsored by the Burkeville Ruritan Club and the Crewe Kiwanis Club. It attracted state and local politicians — including gubernatorial nominees John Dalton and Henry Howell — among the more than 3,500 attendees that year.
In February 1973, prisoners at the Virginia State Penitentiary made and stacked license plates. The pen was along Spring Street at Second Street in downtown Richmond. A print shop, metal shop, textile plant, leather shop and woodworking area offered vocational training to prisoners. Today the site is largely occupied by Afton Chemical Corp., a unit of NewMarket Corp.
In November 1951, workers constructed a new lane on Monument Avenue in Henrico County. The truck was occupying what used to be the front yard of a house in the 6500 block. The road was being widened for divided lane traffic in the block between Bevridge Road and Roxbury Road.
In May 1953, students at the York County Training School for Negroes had to attend class in school buses after a fire that week destroyed the school’s 11-room main building near Yorktown. Five classes were held on buses and three in small buildings that were saved from the flames.
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In November 1982, a crowd filled Regency Square mall for the first day of Sunday store openings in Henrico County. Before the Sunday closing law, or so-called blue law, was formally repealed by the Board of Supervisors, Henrico residents — who in a referendum that month voted in favor of repeal — had to travel to surrounding localities to shop on a Sunday.
times-dispatch
In March 1959, visitors at the Richmond Boat Show inspected a new cruiser, a sort of floating camper, during the five-day event at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. It was considered to be the first strictly marine show to be held in Richmond.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In August 1971, members of Camp Willow Run gathered outside their dormitories, which were former train boxcars. The railroad-themed camp, on a Lake Gaston peninsula in Littleton, N.C., is still run by Youth Camps for Christ Inc. The dining hall, modeled after an 1890 train depot and built from plans furnished by the Southern Railway Co., was the focal point of activities.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In July 1963, John Adam, director of talking books for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London, visited Richmond and showed Virginia Library for the Blind employee Mrs. Richard V. Carter a new cassette system for recording and reproducing audio tapes of books. Using a federal grant and tapping into British expertise, the Virginia library was testing the system, whose cassettes offered more capacity and lasted longer than old discs used by blind patrons.
Times-Dispatch
This September 1953 image shows the canal locks in downtown Richmond between 14th and Pear streets. After their installation and later refurbishment in the mid-19th century, the locks increased boat traffic and allowed for easier transport of goods to and from the city.
Times-Dispatch
In September 1935, a small group of men, part of a larger army of workers and 70 trucks, reinforced dikes with sandbags to protect the 5-mile area controlled by Richmond’s Shockoe Creek Pumping Station from flooding caused by a severe storm.
Times-Dispatch
In July 1977, Christine Bunce, a student at Manchester High School in Chesterfield County, worked in the Chippenham Hospital gift shop in Richmond as a volunteer. The nickname “candy striper” came from the red-and-white striped aprons worn traditionally by volunteers.
Times-Dispatch
In April 1976, men tended to the roasting planks at the 28th annualshad planking in Wakefield, an event in Sussex County that lured politicians, reporters, campaign workers and others to kick off the electoral season. Sponsored by the Wakefield Ruritan Club, the event historically was a function of the state’s Democrats, but it evolved into a bipartisan tradition.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In October 1941, babies slept in the nursery at Brookfield, located on West Broad Street in Henrico County. The home for unwed mothers was the successor to Spring Street Home in Richmond’s Oregon Hill area, which was established in 1874 by the Magdalen Association to help single women and their children.
Times-dispatch
In April 1979, the St. Mary’s Hospital Orchestra rehearsed in the hospital auditorium in Henrico County. The orchestra, which formed in 1966 and initially consisted of staff doctors and hospital employees, performed several public concerts a year at the hospital.
Times-dispatch
In May 1950, motorcyclists raced in the 10-Mile National Motorcycle Championship at the Atlantic Rural Exposition grounds in Henrico County. The winner was “Little Joe” Weatherly of Norfolk, who later turned to stock car racing and won NASCAR titles in the 1960s before being killed in a race accident in Riverside, Calif., in 1964.
Times-Dispatch
In July 1954, Kitty Liles performed with her band. Liles had played the drums for years, starting when she was a student at Varina High School in the 1940s. In 1954, Liles was using money from her gigs around Richmond to pay for her pursuit of a social work degree at Richmond Professional Institute.
times-dispatch
In September 1948, Richmond actress, singer and national radio show host Patsy Garrett greeted a friend downtown during her visit here. Garrett was known for her time on Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time” radio show in the 1940s and for her recurring film and television roles in “Nanny and the Professor,” “Room 222” and the “Benji” movie series.
Times-Dispatch
In September 1985, NASCAR Cup driver Kyle Petty inspected his wrecked Ford Thunderbird after a practice session at the half-mile Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway during the Wrangler 400. Petty’s car hit Dale Earnhardt’s, with Petty getting the worst of it.
1985, Times-Dispatch
In March 1969, balmy weather drew a large crowd to Monroe Park in downtown Richmond. A small band joined the gathering, serenading visitors as spring arrived.
Bob Brown
In April 1968, David Long manned the bar at an exhibit at a Virginia Restaurant Association convention, and Barbara Ann Brigel took a spot along the brass rail. That year, the General Assembly allowed liquor by the drink to become a local option in Virginia.
Times-dispatch
In June 1941, Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech was re-enacted at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Church Hill in Richmond as part of its bicentennial celebration. Construction of the church, built on land donated by city founder William Byrd II, was completed in June 1741.
times-dispatch
In July 1979, two boys walked along the rocks in the James River near the Lee Bridge in Richmond.
times-dispatch
In May 1942, actress-singers Dorothy Lamour (center), Patsy Garrett (at left) and actor Bert Lytell (at right) visited Richmond as part of a rally to stimulate sales of war bonds and stamps. They stood under a “Welcome to Richmond” sign and were flanked by Malcolm Bridges (left), the executive secretary of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Ship Ahoy Girls Jetsy Parker and Dorothy Schoemer. The rally drew more than 5,000 people.
Times-Dispatch
This 1966 image of a quiet night on Franklin Street in downtown Richmond was captured by Times-Dispatch photographer David Harvey, who became renowned for his National Geographic magazine work and has received national awards. His photographs have been exhibited nationwide, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts locally.
Times-Dispatch
In June 1977, John Stevens and his long-eared assistant performed a magic trick. Known as Nabis the Magician, Stevens was among the Richmonders in the International Brotherhood of Magicians. The local chapter had 25 members who met regularly to discuss their craft.
times-dispatch
In January 1970, Virginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. received his final salute from state police as he and his wife, Katherine, left the Executive Mansion in Richmond en route to the inauguration of A. Linwood Holton Jr. Godwin, then a Democrat, returned as governor four years later as a Republican.
Times-dispatch
In July 1961, two men fished for bluegills in Chickahominy Lake, a large water-supply reservoir along the New Kent-Charles City county line.
Times-dispatch
In June 1968, Toru Yanagida (left) and Ken Seguchi posed at Hillcrest Dairy in Crewe, in Nottoway County. They were learning American farming techniques from the dairy farm’s owners, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson, who were their sponsors. Seguchi was a dairy farmer from Gifu, Japan, and Yanagida was a student in a college horticulture program in Hokkaido.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In May 1973, local Scouts assembled their tents amid exhibits at the daylong Scout-O-Rama at the State Fairgrounds in Henrico County. In addition to traditional skills of woodcraft, wilderness survival, camping and cooking, the event highlighted Scouting’s growing attention to archaeology, seamanship, aviation, metal detection, TV and space technology, among other topics. More than 2,000 Cub and Boy Scouts attended the event that year.
TIMES-DISPATCH
In June 1977, a crowd lined up for drinks and barbecue chicken at the Virginia Chicken Festival in Crewe, a town in Nottoway County southwest of Richmond. Held on the pavilion grounds of the Southside Electric Cooperative, the annual affair was sponsored by the Burkeville Ruritan Club and the Crewe Kiwanis Club. It attracted state and local politicians — including gubernatorial nominees John Dalton and Henry Howell — among the more than 3,500 attendees that year.
times-dispatch
In February 1973, prisoners at the Virginia State Penitentiary made and stacked license plates. The pen was along Spring Street at Second Street in downtown Richmond. A print shop, metal shop, textile plant, leather shop and woodworking area offered vocational training to prisoners. Today the site is largely occupied by Afton Chemical Corp., a unit of NewMarket Corp.
TIMES-DISPATCH
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Sarasota's rising area income means higher rents for some, housing assistance for others
Area median income (AMI) continued to rise last year in the Sarasota region.
That means that while some residents could face higher rents, thousands of others will now be eligible for low-income housing help.
The estimated area median income, or AMI, for a family of four in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton region went up from $90,400 to $98,700 the past year.
That’s a 9% climb – a slower increase than the year before, when the AMI for a four-member household rocketed up by 17%.
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The numbers, released every spring by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, are used to calculate eligibility and rent limits for various state and federal affordable housing programs.
As in the past, the updated figures amount to mixed news, said William Russell, president and CEO of the Sarasota Housing Authority.
For instance, residents living in complexes built with low-income housing tax credits could see their rents go up by $100 to $150 a month, he said.
That’s because the rent limits there are based on what a household at 60% of AMI can afford. When AMI rises, rent ceilings do, too.
“It can be tough for those families, especially if their income isn’t going up,” Russell said of individual households. Even though inflation has slowed, it is still eating away at wage increases, he added.
“The rent going up would be just another example of that inflationary pressure on their overall budget.”
On the other side, hundreds if not thousands of additional residents and families will now be eligible to apply for vouchers and other housing assistance. Dozens of programs target households that earn 80% of AMI and below, and those income thresholds have risen as well.
- Last year, the cut-off for a family of four at 80% AMI was $69,050. This year, it has gone up to $73,100.
- For a family of two at that benchmark, last year the income limit was $55,250. This year it is $58,500.
- Likewise, qualifying caps for low-income Housing Choice Vouchers, formerly called Section 8, have increased. For an extremely low-income family of four, it went from $27,750 a year to $30,000 a year.
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But just because residents and families qualify for assistance, doesn’t mean they’ll actually find an affordable place to live.
That’s because there simply aren’t enough units in the Sarasota area, Russell said.
Waiting lists at affordable buildings are long and voucher holders can take months to find a place to rent.
Young professionals especially are getting priced out of the area by high rents and housing prices.
Adding context to the AMI numbers, Russell noted the case for teachers.
Starting salaries in Sarasota County are $53,000.
That means an entry-level teacher who is a single parent can qualify for housing vouchers – as two-person households are capped at $58,500.
“That is pretty dramatic to say that a starting teacher is low-income,” Russell said.
“Affordability is really dependent on the relationship between wages and housing costs,” he added. “We either need higher wages or more inventory – or both.”
This story comes from a partnership between the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Saundra Amrhein covers the Season of Sharing campaign, along with issues surrounding housing, utilities, child care and transportation in the area. She can be reached at samrhein@gannett.com. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/06/rising-sarasota-area-median-income-will-increase-rent-open-assistance/70277799007/ | 2023-06-06T11:46:31 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/06/rising-sarasota-area-median-income-will-increase-rent-open-assistance/70277799007/ |
Sarasota looks to update its zoning rules for restaurants, nightclubs amid residents' concerns
The city of Sarasota will host a virtual public input session on Thursday as it seeks to update its zoning regulations for restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
Sarasota's regulations surrounding the intensity of entertainment-oriented establishments – like their sound levels and operating hours – are somewhat unclear, the city said in a press release. So it plans to improve the rules through a zoning text amendment.
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The virtual meeting on Thursday, which begins at 5:30 p.m., will be an opportunity for the public to provide feedback as the city updates its zoning code. The meeting will address issues including the fact that some establishments classified as restaurants are operating as nightclubs late into the evening and some classified as nightclubs are not operating as such, according to the news release. Other topics of discussion will include regulating outdoor bars, suitable zoning districts and permitting processes.
Separately, City Attorney Robert Fournier is working on an update to the city's sound ordinance. At a City Commission meeting in March 2022, downtown Sarasota residents expressed concerns about noise from nightclubs and other businesses that they say negatively affects their quality of life.
To ask a question or give a comment at the meeting on Thursday, you must register ahead of time at sarasotafl-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eO4ujmTIRme_y789nxI40g?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#/registration. If you would like to view the meeting but not make a comment, you can watch the livestream on the city’s website.
Questions and comments can also be sent to communityworkshops@sarasotaFL.gov. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/06/sarasota-seeks-public-input-on-its-zoning-rules-for-restaurants-bars/70289876007/ | 2023-06-06T11:46:38 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/06/sarasota-seeks-public-input-on-its-zoning-rules-for-restaurants-bars/70289876007/ |
Lakeland Electric aims to streamline solar applications as more residents invest in panels
LAKELAND — Lakeland Electric is exploring ways to make the process of going solar easier for residents and its own staff.
Scott Bishop, LE's assistant general manager of energy delivery, said at Monday morning's City Commission meeting that the municipal-owned utility is seeing a record number of customers interested in installing solar photovoltaic panels at home. Lakeland Electric received 55 applications in 2020 and 285 in 2022.
What's happening in Lakeland is part of a larger trend: There's been a 33% in solar across the U.S. in the last decade, with 45% of all new power generation capacity coming from solar, Bishop said.
"We had to take a hard look ourselves as this thing starts to grow and make sure we can meet the need," he said. "We've heard frustrations, some difficulties as we need to educate, engage and inform our customers on making those choices for their homes and how we implement those safely and effectively."
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Dale Marquardt, a city building official, took a harder look at what's happening when customers submit solar permit applications to the city for review.
"We all received many of the same emails last summer from residents who thought the city permitting process was too challenging," he said.
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Marquardt said the majority of complaints fell into three categories: the number of requirements, turnaround time on applications and differences between Lakeland and other jurisdictions.
Lakeland does not have any specific solar requirements, Marquardt said. He said all submitted plans are reviewed by city staff to make sure they meet minimum standards in the state building code, Florida Fire Prevention Code and National Electrical Code.
"Licensed engineers and installers should not have a problem ensuring that solar systems meet the proper specification and codes," he said.
The city received 384 permit applications in 2021 and 2022 from 94 different contractors, Bishop said. The quality of the applications received has varied greatly. Bishop said Lakeland Electric is working with those companies frequently in the area to try to teach them and get familiar with the city's process.
"The biggest obstruction to quick turn around is having to return plans to applicants for corrections multiple times," he said.
Roughly half of all solar applications received in the past two years were approved on first review or with one round of corrections. Many applications had to undergo multiple rounds of reviews for approval, according to Marquardt, typing up city staff and delaying the process.
The city has worked to streamline the application process for those looking to install solar on their homes. Lakeland has moved from a general application to a specialized "Solar only" application and a simplified checklist. Marquardt said descriptions were simplified, links were installed and illustrations provided examples for contractors.
So far, Lakeland has approved approximately 84% of this year's applications without multiple rounds of revisions.
Future automation, web portal may be coming
Lakeland learned about SolSmart, a no-cost technical assistance program offered by the U.S. Department of Energy, to help local municipalities accelerate the growth and use of solar power in their communities.
Marquardt said the city had SolSmart review its processes, from permit processing to consumer education, in order to provide guidance. Lakeland received a Silver designation, on a scale of Bronze to Platinum, of how well trained city staff are and how friendly its solar permitting process is.
By comparison, Sarasota and Tampa have both earned Bronze designations, according to Marquardt. Orlando has received a Gold level standard for its processes.
Marquardt said the city is in conversations with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory about a system that could automate that application process for 75% to 80% of all solar panel permits. Those looking for large commercial use or a complex residential configuration would still need to use a manual review.
"It's like TurboTax for solar paneling," Marquardt said.
Bishop said right now Lakeland Electric is using customers' individual email addresses to send documents back and forth.
"It's a little archaic," he said.
The utility is looking to build a self-service web portal for its customers, Bishop said. Individuals could submit a solar panel permit application, then the system would run them through the process and allow them to drop documents in for review.
"We recognize the fact we need to redo our process and get better, otherwise resource consumption is going to get too high," Bishop said.
Lakeland Electric needs to rethink its relationship with customers as homeowners become "grid operators," essentially, Bishop said, as they will be producing solar energy and giving it back to a grid. Bishop said he believes the utility will be good until about 2035, when he predicts about 20% to 30% of Lakeland Electric's customers will have solar panels on their homes or businesses. The utility will need to figure out how to provide reliable energy — solar varies based on the weather — along with possible batteries, better management and software to get the best leverage of these solar systems.
Are you a Lakeland Electric customers who has recently installed solar on your home? Tell us about your experience. Sara-Megan Walsh can be reached at swalsh@theledger.com or 863-802-7545. Follow on Twitter @SaraWalshFl. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/lakeland-electric-aims-to-streamline-its-solar-permitting-process/70289909007/ | 2023-06-06T11:50:58 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/lakeland-electric-aims-to-streamline-its-solar-permitting-process/70289909007/ |
NAPLES, Fla. — Two people were seriously injured in a crash Monday night after a car smashed into a semi-truck that was making a U-turn in Naples.
Authorities responded to the crash on Immokalee Road at Goodland Bay Drive after receiving a call around 10:54 p.m.
One person was taken by Medflight to the hospital as a trauma alert. The other sustained minor injuries.
The eastbound lanes of Immokalee Road were shut for two hours as Collier County deputies investigated, but have since re-opened.
No further details were immediately available.
Count on NBC2 to provide updates as more information is released. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/06/crash-involving-semi-truck-in-naples-leaves-two-injured/ | 2023-06-06T11:55:59 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/06/06/crash-involving-semi-truck-in-naples-leaves-two-injured/ |
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BRADENTON, Fla. — Bradenton police are searching for a man they say shot another man at the Tropicana plant where they worked.
The shooting happened just before 10:30 p.m. Monday at the Tropicana plant on 9th Street East in Bradenton.
Police say 50-year-old Demitrius Bell entered the plant and shot another male employee before leaving in a 2015 black Camaro with Florida license plate QUQF97.
The man was transported to an area hospital as a trauma alert, according to the police report. No other employees were injured.
Detectives believe the two men were involved in a dispute.
Arrest warrants have been issued for Bell, who faces charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Anyone with information on where Bell may be is asked to contact Detective Jeff Beckley at 941-932-9356 or jeff.beckley@bradentonpd.com.
People can also call tips into the Bradenton Police Department at 941-932-9300.
Anyone who would like to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-866-634-8477 or online at ManateeCrimeStoppers.com to be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/man-wanted-shooting-tropicana-bradenton-demitrius-bell/67-7778fa32-c34c-4d86-b011-02f4f19550d9 | 2023-06-06T12:03:17 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/man-wanted-shooting-tropicana-bradenton-demitrius-bell/67-7778fa32-c34c-4d86-b011-02f4f19550d9 |
UF Health unveils Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit, aims to bring care to stroke victims
UF Health unveiled the state's first Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the University of Florida on Monday.
The unit is equipped to bring stroke treatments to the victim, allowing medical professionals to respond more quickly in life-threatening situations.
UF Health President David R. Nelson said that the mobile unit and others to come could help treat and save many of the 40,000 stroke victims UF Health sees.
"The university's aspiration was really to help create the healthiest generation. Every day our UF Health physicians and researchers offer leading edge treatments that are transforming patient care, and hopefully revolutionizing how medicine is practiced,” he said. “I'm just really grateful to be a small part of what I think is the most exciting initiative UF Health has ever launched.”
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The mobile unit is equipped with a CT scanner, clot-busting drugs and other medications to help treat stroke. It will be staffed with a stroke-trained nurse, a CT technician, a paramedic, an EMT driver and a remote stroke neurologist.
Traci D’Auguste, the chief operating officer of UF Health Shands, emphasized the importance of saving time when treating stroke victims.
“By deploying these resources directly to the patient out in the field, the team can begin treatment while in transit to the nearest stroke center. This saves critical minutes to reduce long-term disability from the stroke,” she said.
The unit will be staffed 12 hours each day and will provide service within a 30-mile radius, D’Auguste said. UF Health is planning to launch similar vehicles over the course of the next year.
Alachua County Fire Rescue Chief Harold Theus spoke at the ceremony, thanking UF Health for its partnership and emphasizing Alachua County’s EMS services which he calls some of the best in the nation. Alachua County is one of the 190 EMS agencies accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services in the United States, he said.
“This unit will save lives,” Theus said. “That's what we are most excited about.” | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/05/uf-health-unveils-states-first-mobile-stroke-treatment-unit/70289119007/ | 2023-06-06T12:09:20 | 1 | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/05/uf-health-unveils-states-first-mobile-stroke-treatment-unit/70289119007/ |
June 6 is “D-Day,” marking the date on June 6, 1944, during World War II, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe.
Play ball! The Kenosha Kingfish continue the team’s 2023 season today, with a game against the Madison Mallards. The game starts at 6:35 p.m. at historic Simmons Field, 7817 Sheridan Road. The game is also a “Reading Program Bash,” presented by Southern Lakes Credit Union. Gates open at 5:35 p.m. To purchase tickets, call 262-653-0900, log on at kingfishbaseball.com or go to the ticket office at Simmons Field.
Bicycle racing is back tonight at the Washington Park Velodrome. The historic venue in Washington Park, 1901 Washington Road, hosts bicycle racing every Tuesday through the summer (except July 4). Registration for Tuesday night racing opens at 6 p.m., with racing scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tonight is “50+ Racers Night.” Racers who are age 50 and older will have two special races, along with a 40-and-older race, too. Also, the Riverport Chorus is performing. All races are free for spectators to watch from the grass ringing the track. Tuesday night racing is held under the discretion of USA Cycling, and a valid USA Cycling license is required to compete. For more information, visit the Velodrome’s website at kenoshavelodromeracing.com.
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Dig into some local history today at the Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place. The History Center is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free.
Prost! The Petrifying Springs Biergarten is now officially open daily for the season. The Biergarten is open from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. The Biergarten is located near the Highway JR entrance on the south end of Petrifying Springs Park, 5555 Seventh St., in Somers.
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is hosting the 28th Parkside National Print Exhibition, on display through July 28 in the Emile H. Mathis Gallery. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Admission is free. For more details, go to uwp.edu/therita/artgalleries.cfm. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-june-6/article_b7c904d0-03b1-11ee-b3a7-a35883abf271.html | 2023-06-06T12:24:04 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-june-6/article_b7c904d0-03b1-11ee-b3a7-a35883abf271.html |
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The amount spent annually per student in the U.S. is comparable to Germany's yearly investment in secondary studies. However, the national budget for K-12 public education represents only 3.2% of the GDP in the U.S., a spending output that places it closer to Canada and Portugal. Seven member countries of the OECD spend 4% or more of their GDP on elementary and secondary funding. Israel spent the highest percentage at 4.8%.
The United Kingdom—where university tuition is one of the priciest in the world—spends about 30% less on elementary and secondary public education than the U.S. On the other hand, Norway, where a college education is free to students, invests about 20% more than the U.S. in K-12 subsidies.
In Norway's case, 36% of the population seeks a post-secondary education. Meanwhile, in the U.S., 1.7 million people ages 16 to 24 enrolled in higher education institutions in 2021 for the first time, which is 61.8% of high school graduates. Nonetheless, Norway has a higher yearly percentage of college graduates.
The amount of money spent on a pupil's basic education doesn't mirror the quality of the instruction received. Their performance on international tests can more accurately reflect the efficiency of a national school system. The OECD runs the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which evaluates how 15-year-old students perform in math, reading, and science every three years.
In 2018, the latest data available, "Estonia, Canada, Finland, and Ireland were the highest-performing OECD countries in reading." The organization concludes that since the year 2000, the importance of reading has not diminished, though the variety of written material has expanded to electronic formats.
About 16.5% of urban Chinese students tested and 14% of those in Singapore, "scored at Level 6 in mathematics, the highest level of proficiency" in PISA. Only 2.4% of OECD students were able to reach that score.
Trends in academic performance in a 20-year period are widely diverse among OECD nations, and even among students in each specific country. The main concern is a "widening of performance disparities," with low-performing students consistently scoring low grades in periodical assessments, affecting the national average.
The OECD recommends governments gear their education funding and policies towards opportunely spotting students who need extra help "to ensure that learning gaps observed today don't widen into larger social and economic inequalities in the future."
Data reporting by Emma Rubin. Story editing by Robert Wickwire. Copy editing by Tim Bruns. Photo selection by Elizabeth Ciano.
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WATERLOO — The public will have an opportunity to learn about the plan for federal transportation funds being allocated to communities in the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments’ six county region.
A financial boost came as a result of the bipartisan infrastructure law that was passed and signed into law in 2021.
Planning documents need to be developed for the funding every year as “required by law for the sake of transparency to show how transportation funds are being spent,” according to Kyle Durant, INRCOG transportation planner.
One document indicates that the new infrastructure law “continues, and further strengthens, the requirement that an extensive, ongoing, and cooperative planning effort for the programming of federal funds be undertaken.”
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Officials will be available for comments and questions from noon to 1 p.m. June 20 at the INRCOG Center, 229 E. Park Ave. A virtual meeting will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. June 22.
The region including Black Hawk, Chickasaw, Butler, Grundy, Bremer, and Buchanan counties will have access to the funding for road, bridge, trail and transit-related projects in the Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP) for fiscal year 2024-27.
Notably, the amount of Surface Transportation Block Grant funds earmarked annually to the Black Hawk County Metropolitan Planning Organization was increased by approximately 24% since fiscal year 2022, rising from $3.28 million in 2022 to $4.06 million in 2027.
Funds will assist in future work on U.S. Highway 20 and Waterloo’s La Porte Road. However, they are currently being used for ongoing projects like the Ridgeway Avenue and Iowa Highway 58 corridors and on Main Street in Cedar Falls.
Comments don’t typically impact the content of the actual planning documents, as most in the past have been questions and inquiries about specific projects, said Durant. But there’s a benefit to anyone able to attend the public meetings.
“We can take the comments into account if people are overly concerned and could then recommend changes before adoption,” said Durant. “But if I wasn’t already involved, I would be attending to better understand the amount of funds that are programmed for our community. And to see where projects are happening and which ones are going to impact me.”
To join the virtual meeting, go online to https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting. The Meeting ID is 287 544 577 97. The passcode is teh4T6.
Comments can be submitted in person but also online at https://forms.gle/oo4rhVDa7GpLGjGw9. They can also be submitted directly to Durant at kdurant@inrcog.org or (319) 235-0311 ext. 139.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The fate of the Indiana attorney general’s lawsuit against the social media company TikTok is uncertain after a federal judge lambasted much of the case as “political posturing.”
While U.S. District Judge Holly Brady ruled against TikTok's request to move the case to federal court, that decision leaves the lawsuit brought by Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita in the hands of a county judge who last month ruled against Rokita on two key points. The state attorney general claims the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform misleads users about its level of inappropriate content and about the security of consumer information. A county judge has already said the attorney general is wrong to classify downloading TikTok as a consumer transaction because no money is exchanged, and that Indiana lacks standing in the case because both TikTok and Apple — the company where people download the app — are based in California.
The most recent blow came May 23, when Brady wrote in a decision that “more than 90% of the (lawsuit) was devoted to irrelevant posturing."
“When one wades through the political posturing and finds that legal claim, the inescapable conclusion is that the claim rises and falls on matters particular to state law," Brady, a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based judge nominated by then-President Donald Trump, wrote. "The federal intrigue interjected by Indiana may interest its intended audience -- one beyond the courthouse wall -- but it is irrelevant to the determination of this case.”
Indiana's lawsuit, which was filed in December, makes arguments similar to those by many state and federal lawmakers and government officials who have said they worry that the Chinese government could harvest U.S. user data from TikTok and use the platform to push pro-Beijing misinformation or messages to the public. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance, has said it has never been asked to hand over its data to the Chinese government and has denied Indiana's claims about inappropriate content.
The state attorney general’s office did not immediately comment Monday on Brady’s decision or the lawsuit’s future. TikTok’s attorneys and the ByteDance media office didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment either.
Brady’s decision keeps the lawsuit in state courts, where a judge last month denied Rokita’s request for a preliminary injunction prohibiting TikTok from stating in online app stores that it has “none” or “infrequent/mild” references to drugs, sexual or other inappropriate content for children as young as 12.
Judge Craig Bobay, of Allen County Superior Court in Fort Wayne, also ruled that downloading TikTok’s free app doesn’t amount to a consumer transaction and said the attorney general’s office was unlikely to win at trial.
The attorney general's office hasn't said whether it will appeal Bobay's decision. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/federal-judge-calls-indiana-attorney-generals-todd-rokita-tiktok-lawsuit-largely-political-posturing/531-1b9f3461-cafd-418b-baf7-56cd2206bc76 | 2023-06-06T12:32:19 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/federal-judge-calls-indiana-attorney-generals-todd-rokita-tiktok-lawsuit-largely-political-posturing/531-1b9f3461-cafd-418b-baf7-56cd2206bc76 |
Knoxville made a few appearances on U.S. News top places to live lists. Here's where we landed!
Just how amazing a place is Knoxville to live? U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2023-24 lists of best places to live, and Knoxville made promising showings in multiple areas, including cracking the top 10 on one of the national lists.
The Knoxville metropolitan area was ranked as part of 150 of the most populated areas in the United States based on quality of life, job market and the desirability to live in the area. Our overall rating was 6.5 out of 10. Definitely not bad considering the highest rating any area received was 6.9 (Green Bay, Wisconsin) and the lowest was 5 (San Juan, Puerto Rico).
"Sitting on the banks of the Tennessee River, Knoxville is home to the University of Tennessee. But this city is more than just a college town. It's a multicultural community that embraces an array of pastimes," U.S News wrote.
Knoxville was the No. 1 place to live in Tennessee against Chattanooga (No. 2), Nashville (No. 3) and Memphis (No. 4), and claimed the No. 16 spot as one of the fastest-growing places in the country.
Here’s how Knoxville fared on other lists, including best places to live, cheapest places to live and best places to retire.
Cheapest places to live – No. 10 in America
Knoxville received its highest national ranking on the cheapest places to live list. Knoxville landed at No. 10 on the list, which reported the top 25 most affordable cities in the country.
“(Knoxville) residents enjoy a cost of living that's lower than the national average, which is reflected in reasonable housing, utility and transportation costs,” noted U.S. News. “The average cost of a home and the average monthly rent are well below those of many other large metro areas.”
The cost of living in Knoxville is 15.1% below the national average, according to business and personal finance site Kiplinger. The site’s analysis is based on the Council for Community and Economic Research's cost of living index.
This might be surprising to those who recently moved to town, given that the Knox County housing market saw a significant home price increase from 2021 to 2022. The median price for houses in Knox County rose 16% ($286,500 to $338,000), Knox News reported in February. Rent for Knoxville apartments has been on the rise, too, jumping 12.75% from the first quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023, Knox News reported in May.
Chattanooga landed at No. 17 on the cheapest places to live list. Nearby cities Hickory, North Carolina (No. 1) and Huntsville, Alabama (No. 4) also made the cut.
Best places to live – No. 21
Out of 150 of the most populous metro areas in the country that were analyzed, Knoxville nearly made it into the top 20 of best places to live. U.S. News ranked Knoxville at No. 21, beating Chattanooga (No. 48), Nashville (No. 61) and Memphis (No. 144).
“One of the most beneficial things about Knoxville is that the area offers the amenities of life in a bigger town, but residents are never too far away from peace and quiet, be it a farm or the rolling foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains,” U.S. News wrote.
Green Bay, Wisconsin, took the top spot, followed by Huntsville, Alabama (No. 2), the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina (No. 3), Boulder, Colorado (No. 4) and Sarasota, Florida (No. 5).
Best places to retire – No. 43
While Knoxville might be one of the best cities to live in Tennessee and the country, it might not be quite as good for those ready to enjoy the third act of their lives. Knoxville’s lowest U.S. News ranking is on the best places to retire list, with the city coming in at No. 43 out of 150.
“Knoxville's population is fairly young, which is due in part to the large number of college students, as well as a high number of young families,” U.S. News explained.
In 2021, U.S. News ranked Knoxville as the 20th best city for retirement. On the other end, Knoxville placed at No. 17 for being best suited for young professionals, despite local data showing a slow increase of that demographic.
On the 2023-24 best places to retire in the country list, Knoxville still outranked Chattanooga (No. 71), Nashville (No. 84) and Memphis (No. 134).
Devarrick Turner is a trending news reporter. Email devarrick.turner@knoxnews.com. Twitter @dturner1208.
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Knoxville to dedicate honorary street name to legendary boxer 'Big John' Tate
Long overdue but right on time, a legendary name in the world of boxing will be honored in East Knoxville on June 6. Heavyweight champion boxer John Tate’s name will adorn a street sign at Lakeside Avenue next to Chilhowee Park near the late Ace Miller’s Golden Gloves boxing gym.
Urged on by City Councilwoman Gwen McKenzie and documentarian William Winnett, a graduate of Austin East High School, the Knoxville Public Property Naming Committee approved last month a resolution to rename the street.
McKenzie, Winnett and Mayor Indya Kincannon will unveil the new honorary street sign at 4:30 p.m. June 6.
McKenzie told Knox News that Tate's story is a reminder of the hope and the lives of so many Knoxvillians. She heard about Tate's life story after watching Winnett's documentary and knew that she could do more to help bring his legacy back to the forefront.
"'Big John' Tate has a story that should be a reminder to everyone, including our kids. He came from humble beginnings, grew up in poverty, he struggled but his name lives on here. His legacy did a lot for this city," she said.
"I've talked to people who are adults now who remember him when they were kids in East Knoxville. They remember Tate in that gold-plated Cadillac with the designer interior who would stop while they were playing basketball. He inspired a lot of people."
'He was all arms, legs and teeth'
“That boy weighed 16 pounds, 16 ounces. Cost me 29 stitches,” Tate's mother, Vernice Tate Brown Archer, said in a 1979 Knoxville News-Sentinel article.
Tate, known as "Big John," won the WBA World Heavyweight Championship in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1976 when the country was under apartheid, the official sanctioning of racial, political and economic discrimination by whites against all nonwhites, though it landed hardest on Black South Africans.
More than 80,000 people attended the event, which was the first to be desegregated inside of the stadium. He captured the vacant WBA heavyweight championship in 1979, succeeding Muhammad Ali following his first retirement.
Born in West Memphis on January 29, 1955, Tate was a product of poverty, unable to read and write. He dropped out of school in seventh grade, and rose to boxing success. His first coach, James House, told Knox News in 1979, “He was all arms, legs and teeth. He was polite and had a wonderful smile. I saw him from the beginning as a good human being. If he was any kind of hoodlum, I wouldn’t have had anything to do with him."
Tate later hopped on a Greyhound bus seeking the help of coach Jerry “Ace” Miller at the Golden Gloves gym in East Knoxville. There he would sleep in the gym each night while training. A renowned boxing trainer and promoter, Miller guided Tate’s career for years and encouraged Tate to learn to read and write. By the spring of 1976, Tate emerged as a candidate to make the U.S. Olympic boxing team.
Tate died in Knoxville, but his name lives on
Tate returned to Knoxville as heavyweight champion and married his wife, Claudia Bradley, whom he met in Knoxville in 1980. Former Mayor Randy Tyree proclaimed June 6, 1979, as 'Big John' Tate Day.
Despite his success in the ring and outside it, his life took a tragic turn. He battled legal woes and the criminal justice system, and substance abuse addiction landed him on the streets of Knoxville. He later died in a car crash on Asheville Highway in 1998, right down from the boxing gym that trained him to stardom. Tate suffered from a brain tumor that caused a stroke, according to medical reports.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel named John Tate the Athlete of the Decade in 1979. He retired with a professional record of 34 wins and three losses and is buried in Crittenden County, Arkansas, where he was born.
The Beck Cultural Exchange Center will also honor the boxing legend's legacy on Friday, June 9 at 5:30 p.m., when it will feature his documentary in honor of 'Big John' Tate Day.
"Big John's story feels like triumph and tragedy. But had he not come to Knoxville, he might not have had those triumphs in his life," McKenzie said.
"I just appreciate the fact that I never got to meet him, but the fact that he could have called anyplace else home, but he chose Knoxville, Tennessee. That means something."
Angela Dennis is the Knox News social justice, race and equity reporter. Email: angela.dennis@knoxnews.com.
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The community is mourning a well-known sleep doctor who served countless patients for three decades in Genesee County.
Dr. Venkat Rao was walking in his Grand Blanc neighborhood Thursday, when police say he was struck by a car. The driver allegedly left the scene and Rao died two days later on Saturday.
Rao was a true leader, according to Dr. Joseph Varghese, who worked alongside him since 1992 at Chest & Sleep Medicine Consultants in Flint. He said Rao made a difference for countless patients struggling with sleep apnea and difficulty breathing in the Genesee County area.
Medical practice partners Dr. John Youssef and Dr. Peter Sabbagh say Rao's mentorship is what they'll remember most, along with the way he cared for his patients.
"Dr. Rao was a big mentor. I started here in January 2020 and was fairly new out of training and he showed me how to not only be a good doctor, but how to be more personal to patients and staff," said Sabbagh.
Youssef said he worked alongside Rao for more than 10 years after completing his fellowship.
"A lot of people talk about how Dr. Rao was a leader in the community," Youssef said. "He was a chairman of medicine and he did a lot of work for the community that not a lot of people may know about."
Rao practiced medicine at Hurley Medical Center and McLaren Flint Hospital, where he served as a chairman and board member for several committees throughout the state and on the national level.
His independent practice, Chest & Sleep Medicine Consultants, is where Varghese said they will feel a tremendous void.
"Dr. Rao and I started our own group in 2007 and now we have six other partners, and he has been our leader and mentor and has given us guidance and direction," Varghese said. "He has been an important part of our group and we definitely will feel his loss and absence for sure."
Rao is survived by his wife of 45 years, two children, two grandchildren, his mother and many other relatives.
Visitation will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 W. Hill Road in Mundy Township. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/flint-area-medical-community-mourns-the-loss-of-dr-venkat-rao/article_9c72a27e-0418-11ee-b9bc-03b238d39518.html | 2023-06-06T12:37:51 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/flint-area-medical-community-mourns-the-loss-of-dr-venkat-rao/article_9c72a27e-0418-11ee-b9bc-03b238d39518.html |
Scattered showers and storms today as a cold front works over us. Get all the details on the timing of the rain, what kind of wind to expect, and how much we'll cool down in our latest forecast video.
5 smart strategies to lower your air conditioning bill this summer
1) Optimize your thermostat settings.
Optimizing your thermostat settings can keep you cool without major changes to your comfort level. Experiment with setting your thermostat a few degrees higher than you normally would during the day. You might find you’re unnecessarily blasting the AC. Turning your thermostat down during cooler nighttime temperatures can also add up to major savings.
A programmable smart thermostat can also help you track your cooling costs, reduce unnecessary energy usage, and adjust your settings when you’re away from home.
2) Use natural ventilation.
Maximizing natural ventilation is an effective and eco-friendly way to cool your home. During cool morning and evening hours, open your windows to let in a fresh breeze. Then, once temperatures rise during the middle of the day, close windows and doors to keep the indoor temperature low. Ceiling and window fans also use less energy than HVAC units while increasing air circulation to keep you cool and comfortable.
3) Maintain your HVAC system.
If you can’t remember the last time you had your HVAC system serviced, you’re probably paying more than you need to in cooling costs. To optimize your HVAC, clean and replace any filters every few months, and schedule a professional maintenance visit once a year. An HVAC specialist can ensure your system has proper airflow and check for issues that make your air conditioner less efficient.
4) Increase insulation to block outside heat.
Upgrading your home’s attic or wall insulation can be costly, but keeping the heat out could be as simple as installing energy-efficient window treatments. Adding blinds, blackout curtains, or reflective film will block out sunlight during the hottest parts of the day and keep your home’s internal temperature cooler.
5) Skip the mid-day chores and cooking.
Modifying your routine could help you reduce your cooling costs. Instead of cooking lunch in the oven, opt for sandwiches or salads while the sun is up. You can also line dry clothing or wait until the evening to use your dryer. A few simple changes to your habits could add up to some fun-money savings for your summer vacation. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/weather/weather-forecast-region-hammond-gary-valparaiso-crown-point-chicago/article_9016ce34-03cc-11ee-aa55-f762246bfc77.html | 2023-06-06T12:37:53 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/weather/weather-forecast-region-hammond-gary-valparaiso-crown-point-chicago/article_9016ce34-03cc-11ee-aa55-f762246bfc77.html |
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — A New Cumberland family was left without a home Tuesday morning after an overnight fire ravaged their house.
According the Cumberland County 911 Dispatch, the fire started in the back of a home in the 200 block of Reno Avenue. Firefighters were called to the scene just before 3 a.m. on June 6.
Dispatch says no one was injured, but five adults and two children are displaced.
First responders got the fire under control in about an hour. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/7-displaced-overnight-fire-new-cumberland/521-75f05a07-ebf2-4ff1-aac5-4e354781bbba | 2023-06-06T12:37:56 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/7-displaced-overnight-fire-new-cumberland/521-75f05a07-ebf2-4ff1-aac5-4e354781bbba |
Ticks are thriving this year in Wisconsin. Here's how you can protect yourself.
When heading outdoors this summer, you're likely to encounter ticks just waiting to latch on to your skin. It doesn't matter if you're hiking through the woods, or if you're downtown, experts say you still need to watch for these pests.
Ticks are usually most active in Wisconsin from May to November. The state has a variety of ticks, most commonly the Deer tick, which spreads diseases, and the Wood tick, which rarely carries diseases.
Here's how you can protect yourself and your pets this year.
How bad are ticks this year?
Ticks are thriving in Wisconsin.
The state had some really warm weather this spring in early March, which gave the ticks an early start.
"They're bad this year, but they're bad every year," said Rebecca Osborn, a vectorborne disease epidemiologist.
Reported cases of Lyme disease have more than doubled over the past 15 years. In 2020, Wisconsin had 3,076 estimated cases of Lyme disease, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. However, the CDC estimates the total number of cases is more than 10 times higher than what's reported.
Wisconsin is one of the states reporting the highest number of cases in the country, according DHS.
Where are ticks found in Wisconsin?
Typically, ticks live in shady wooded areas and will cling to tall grass and plants. In the past three decades, they've really expanded their range farther into southern parts of the state, including Milwaukee.
You're now more likely to see a tick in Milwaukee than ever before, Osborn said; here's why:
- Deer populations have recovered and expanded from years earlier, and tick populations, which rely on deer for food sources, have increased with them
- People have moved to suburban or rural areas where their homes border forested and wooded areas, encountering more ticks in their daily life
- Warmer winters means ticks are more active throughout the year.
What's Lyme disease?
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread by deer ticks, which are small in size, and can often go unnoticed. Symptoms typically develop three to 30 days after being bitten by a tick.
The symptoms include:
- Fever
- Chills
- Fatigue
- Muscle Aches
- Joint Pain
- Nausea
- Expanding rash, often in the shape of a bullseye
If you think you might have Lyme disease, contact your help care provider right away. Lyme disease can be treated with antibiotics.
Make sure to remember that there are multiple different tick-transmitted diseases. If you're experiencing symptoms and could have been exposed to ticks, you could have another disease, such as Anaplasmosis, which has also been found in Wisconsin. For a full list, visit cdc.gov/ticks/diseases.
Tips to avoid contracting Lyme disease
- Cover as much as your body as possible; wear long sleeves and tuck shirts into your pants and pants into your socks
- Walk in the center of trails where grass and vegetation are mowed
- Wear light-colored clothing so you can see ticks and remove them quickly
- Use insect repellent
- Throw your clothes in the dryer for 10 minutes on high heat when you get home
- Always check yourself, family and pets for ticks, especially behind the knees, under the armpits and around the hairline, ears and waist.
- Treat clothing and gear with products containing .5% permethrin, which can be used to treat boots, clothing and camping gear.
RELATED:Doctors debate, patients suffer: The fight over chronic Lyme disease in Wisconsin
What should you do if you've been bitten by a tick?
Use tweezers and grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible while gently pulling it up and out. Save the tick in a sealed plastic bag or take a photo of the tick before disposing of it in case you develop symptoms later. You can dispose of a tick by putting it in alcohol or flushing it down the toilet.
Think you might have Lyme disease? Here's how it's diagnosed
Here's what health care providers should consider when assessing a patient for Lyme disease, according to the CDC:
- The signs and symptoms of Lyme disease
- The likelihood that the patient has been exposed to infected ticks
- The possibility that other illnesses may cause similar symptoms
- Results of laboratory tests
CDC recommends a two-step test for Lyme disease using a blood sample. Both blood tests need to be positive for the disease to be diagnosed.
Most Lyme disease tests work by detecting antibodies made by the body in response to the infection. These antibodies can take several weeks to develop, so you can test negative if you've only been recently infected.
Here's how to protect your pets from ticks
Dogs are especially susceptible to tick bites because they are more likely to run through wooded and grassy areas. Talk to your veterinarian about the best tick prevention products for your pet.
Check your pets regularly for ticks, especially after they spend time outdoors. Be sure to look for ticks around the tail, ears and eyelids, and under the front legs, back legs and between the toes. If you find a tick remove it immediately. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/ticks-are-thriving-in-wisconsin-this-year-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/70276560007/ | 2023-06-06T12:38:14 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/06/ticks-are-thriving-in-wisconsin-this-year-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/70276560007/ |
If it feels like you’ve been reading and hearing the word “fentanyl” everywhere, you aren’t mistaken. A substantial increase in synthetic opioid-involved deaths over the last few years has resulted in plenty of news coverage and a special focus on fentanyl, which accounts for more than two-thirds of all overdose deaths in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid ostensibly for treating severe pain; however, illicitly manufactured fentanyl has proliferated throughout illegal drug markets as a way to cut corners and make drugs cheaper and more addictive, and consequently, far more dangerous. Now a full-fledged epidemic, fentanyl-related deaths in Texas have spiked more than 500 percent since 2019 according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. In fact, 1 in 4 Texans have experienced an opioid overdose or know someone who has, a staggering figure that’s hard to ignore. Read on to learn the signs and symptoms of opioid addiction so you can feel confident taking action on behalf of a loved one.
Changes in behavior and mood
Individuals with an opioid addiction may display noticeable changes in their behavior and mood. These can include sudden mood swings, irritability, aggression, or increased secrecy about their activities. They may also exhibit a loss of interest in hobbies, work, or social interactions.
Physical signs of drug use
There are several physical signs that may indicate opioid addiction. These can include pinpoint pupils (extremely small pupils), drowsiness or nodding off at inappropriate times, slurred speech, impaired coordination, and noticeable weight loss or weight gain. They may also have track marks or scars from injecting opioids.
Increased tolerance and withdrawal symptoms
As an individual's opioid addiction progresses, they may develop a tolerance to the drug. This means they need higher doses to achieve the same effects. When they try to reduce or stop opioid use, they may experience withdrawal symptoms such as restlessness, anxiety, insomnia, muscle aches, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Drug-seeking behavior
Opioid addiction can lead to desperate efforts to obtain the drug. This may involve "doctor shopping," where an individual visits multiple doctors to get multiple prescriptions or engages in illegal activities to acquire opioids. They may also steal prescription pads or medications from others or buy opioids from illicit sources. As a result, programs like Texas Targeted Opioid Response work closely with both local communities and medical specialists to address the importance of safely using, storing, and disposing of prescription medications.
Neglecting responsibilities and social withdrawal
Those struggling with opioid addiction often prioritize drug use over their responsibilities and relationships. They may neglect work, school, or family obligations and experience financial difficulties due to spending a significant amount of money on drugs. Social withdrawal and isolation are also common, as they may avoid social activities and isolate themselves from friends and loved ones.
It's important to note that the presence of these signs does not guarantee an opioid addiction. However, if you or someone you know exhibits multiple signs, it is advisable to seek professional help for proper assessment and support. Local facilities like the Greenhouse Treatment Center offers high-quality comprehensive addiction treatment with industry-accredited care. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/5-signs-a-loved-one-has-an-opioid-addiction/3265854/ | 2023-06-06T12:39:29 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/5-signs-a-loved-one-has-an-opioid-addiction/3265854/ |
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The City of Dallas plans a $1 billion public improvement bond referendum in 2024 with many city needs competing for a share of the money.
The Dallas police and fire departments Monday presented their list which totals $730 million in needs to the City Council Public Safety Committee.
Dallas Fire-Rescue proposes adding five entirely new stations, most of them along I-20 in southern Dallas where there are many new homes and industrial buildings.
"On your worst day you want us to be as close as possible and be able to get to you as fast as possible. You don’t want to be sitting around waiting as you watch your house go down in flames because we’re just too far away," Dallas Firefighters Association President Jim McDade said.
The $265 million DFR request also calls for replacing 7 other older fire stations. Of the 59 DFR stations currently operating, 21 are more than 50 years old. Many of those were not designed for today's larger fire trucks.
Dallas Police ask for $465 million in the briefing submitted to the committee Monday.
Police photos in the briefing show the cramped property room where storage containers are lined up outside the old building for overflow storage.
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"We wait too long to address these problems until they become very big problems. We have $1 billion for probably a $3 billion problem as far as facilities," Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata said.
Police want to replace several other very old facilities.
But at Monday's meeting, police officials said replacing the Dallas Police Academy is their top priority.
A new academy is planned at the University of North Texas at Dallas campus.
Firefighters also want their training academy updated.
"And that's a huge need that we have that must remain in the bond," McDade said.
Input from residents will help decide what city hall includes in the final bond referendum plan after a series of public input meetings in city council districts around the city starting Monday night.
More details on the bond referendum can be found here.
The meeting schedule for the week of June 5 is as follows:
Monday, June 5:
- ** District 2: 6 p.m., Samuell Grand Recreation Center, 6200 E. Grand Avenue
Tuesday, June 6:
- District 9: 6 p.m., Ridgewood Recreation Center, 6818 Fisher Road
- ** District 8: 6 p.m., Singing Hills Recreation Center, 6805 Patrol Way
Wednesday, June 7:
- District 3: 6 p.m.: Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center, 5150 Mark Trail Way
Thursday, June 8:
- District 11: 6 p.m., Prism Center (District Office), 5580 Peterson Lane, Suite 175
The town halls will be in-person or virtual. Closed captioning with auto-translation to languages other than English will be available for virtual meetings. The meetings marked with two asterisks will have simultaneous Spanish interpretation available.
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Homeowners in Midway Hollow in North Dallas said they're beyond upset after gunshots rang out in the middle of their quiet neighborhood over the weekend. They say it was the aftermath of an out-of-control party at a house they believe someone rented out.
Now neighbors are coming together to tell Dallas City Council on Wednesday they disapprove of short-term rentals.
"I thought I was in a war zone. I moved to this community, this neighborhood to be in a calm safe neighborhood to raise my kids, I did not come here to be two doors down from a hotel where anything goes," said Sonya Hebert who lives on the same street.
She said the party started after 7 p.m. on Saturday. Hebert began to record videos of people in the 3900 block of Valley Ridge Rd. before the shooting.
"It was kind of a shock to everyone in the neighborhood, a bunch of people ready to go to the club in this residential neighborhood, we’re not the club," said Hebert who describes partygoers in bikinis and short shorts.
Hebert said many of the people there were teenagers, and when she asked them where they were from she got responses from all over the metroplex.
"There were cars everywhere, cars blocking the streets, cars blocking our driveways so I couldn’t park, kids dancing on rooftops, kids twerking everywhere it was just chaos," said Jatsive Hernandez who lives across the street.
Other neighbors said they called the police as the party spilled onto their front lawns and driveways.
"I never thought I would be feeling as unsafe in my home as I do in this type of neighborhood, especially with multi-million dollar homes," said Thomas Hitchcock who lives next door in the transitional neighborhood that now has many high-priced homes.
Neighbors said no one responded.
Just after 1 a.m. on Sunday Dallas Police said officers responded to a shooting call. Investigators said at this time it's unknown who fired the weapon and said no injuries were reported.
The continuous gunfire that erupted in the street was captured on a neighbor's doorbell camera.
“I happened to look up and saw two girls crouched next to my mom’s car and they lifted their hands and they said, 'No, no’ and started backing away and I was like something is going to happen," explained Hernandez. "I started running out of the living room and I passed the window that was shot through maybe 2 seconds before the bullet went through the window. My mom yelled at me to get down and I got down and called 911 from the floor."
Three bullets entered through the windows of her home where her parents and brother also live.
“I think I’m still in shock honestly, I feel a lot of anger and frustration I want action taken, said Hernandez. "It was definitely scary, I don’t think I’ve processed how close I was to possibly having worse consequences."
"Scary, sad, frustrating," said Herandez's mother in tears. She said they've lived there for 30 years and have never experienced such a situation.
"I hit the floor and my dog was barking, I pulled him down with me," described Hitchcock who went to his tornado shelter to call the police.
"I am so angry because my kids could have been hurt, other kids on this block could have been hurt, I don’t know how anyone on this block wasn’t hurt," said Hebert who saw the gunfire erupt.
The house in question
Neighbors have called the one-story home that sits in-between two newly constructed houses a short-term rental. They say they see different people go in-and-out of the home and have dealt with past parties.
NBC DFW reached out to Airbnb to see if the home was listed as a rental and waiting to hear back. A past link for what is believed to be for the house no longer works.
According to property tax information on the Dallas Central Appraisal District website, the home is listed under two different names, but Mark Bloom with NetWorth Realty said his family owns the house.
He wrote in a statement he was 'horrified' to hear what happened and said the home was leased long-term and not as a short-term rental:
"As parents of two young girls, we are absolutely horrified that this happened. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the neighbors and their families. It is terrifying that these kinds of things are happening in our neighborhoods. Our family owns this property as a rental. We only rent to long-term tenants and have never allowed short-term rentals. We have never experienced anything like this. This tenant will be removed immediately and we will do everything we can to fix this situation and move forward." - Mark Bloom
Push for action
Neighbors said they are convinced someone was listing the home as a short-term rental based on what they've seen. On Sunday about 30 neighbors showed up to an impromptu meeting to see what action they could take.
"Our big issue has been that it’s a short-term, Airbnb rental and I know that it’s a great business opportunity for a lot of families but I think there need to be regulations when it’s in a neighborhood that is predominately families because situations like this can happen," said Hernandez.
The hot topic debate of short-term rentals has been talked about for years in city hall and on Wednesday it's on the City of Dallas' agenda.
Homeowners in Midway Hollow said they plan to be there given what happened over the weekend.
"When you allow a short-term rental to be in your neighborhood you get situations like this, where you have 200 people partying in your street and you're held captive in your home," said Hebert. "We plan to take action, go to city hall and let them know this is not okay. We’re not okay with not being safe, we’re not okay with our kids being scared.
City Council Member response
Dallas City Council Member for District 6, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Omar Narvaez, said he received multiple calls over the weekend about what happened in his district.
He said he sympathizes with the neighbors and is not in support of short-term rentals.
The councilmember said Dallas Police and code enforcement are looking into what happened over the weekend but said it sheds light on a bigger problem.
"Examples of Midway Hollow are why I am with the residents that say we want homes and not hotels in single-family residential neighborhoods," said Narvaez.
The city council will take up the matter on Wednesday, with many people expected to share why they are either for or against short-term rentals. There will also be a presentation by different city departments on what they've gathered about STR in the city. A vote could happen later this month. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gunfire-chaos-and-unruly-teens-at-a-house-party-in-north-dallas-have-neighbors-saying-no-to-short-term-rentals/3271267/ | 2023-06-06T12:39:54 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gunfire-chaos-and-unruly-teens-at-a-house-party-in-north-dallas-have-neighbors-saying-no-to-short-term-rentals/3271267/ |
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The Itasca school board decided Monday to suspend superintendent Michael Keith Stevens after he was arrested and accused last week of online solicitation of a minor.
After going into executive session Monday morning the Itasca Board of Trustees voted to suspend Stevens, 47, with pay, while they said the TEA begins the termination process.
"We are working swiftly and diligently to resolve this situation in accordance with our legal counsel," said Itasca Board of Trustees President Brian Bassett.
Stevens was arrested last week in Itasca when Harris County Constables showed up at the administration building as part of a child sex sting.
Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen posted a video message on his Facebook page on Thursday afternoon announcing the sting and identifying Stevens as one of seven men arrested earlier in the day.
Rosen said Stevens sent lewd photos to undercover investigators posing as teenage girls and asked for nude videos and images. The constable said Stevens discussed taking a trip to Houston to meet up with who he thought was a 15-year-old girl for sex. The constable said some of Stevens's photos appeared to have been taken in his Hill County office.
The Itasca Board of Trustees said Monday that no students from their district were involved in the incident.
"The board is confident that based on all the facts known to date there are no connections between the allegations made against Mr. Stevens and students at Itasca ISD," said Bassett. "Our students are safe and will continue to thrive and succeed with the dedicated attention and service brought by our outstanding parents and staff."
The Itasca school board also voted to reinstate former superintendent Keith Bowles as interim superintendent of the district beginning Tuesday, June 6.
Rosen said the seven men arrested Thursday are being charged with online solicitation of a minor. Harris County Assistant District Attorney James McKenney said Monday that Stevens was ordered held on a $100,000 bond and that part of his bond conditions requires he stay away from juveniles and that he is not allowed within 1000 feet of places where children would gather, such as schools and parks.
McKenney said investigators arrested Stevens after over a period of weeks he exchanged messages and videos with a person he believed to be a 15-year-old girl. McKenney said Stevens initiated contact with the girl and that he steered the conversation to include sex. Based on his statements, McKenney said, they had probable cause to believe he was looking to engage in sexual activities with a minor.
According to a post on the Itasca ISD website, Stevens was named superintendent in 2022 and just completed his first full year leading the district. Before moving to Hill County, Stevens worked in several North Texas school districts as an administrator and teacher/coach including the Elektra ISD, Vernon ISD, Palacios ISD and Mesquite ISD.
Mesquite ISD confirmed to NBC 5 that Stevens worked at the district from 2000 to 2006, most recently at Rutherford Elementary. The Mesquite school district said there was nothing to indicate Stevens left the district on anything other than good terms.
The investigations are ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office at 713-755-7571. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/itaca-isd-suspends-superintendent-with-pay-after-arrest-in-child-sex-sting/3270887/ | 2023-06-06T12:40:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/itaca-isd-suspends-superintendent-with-pay-after-arrest-in-child-sex-sting/3270887/ |
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Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County is looking for a few good volunteers.
"Over the last several weeks we've seen just a steady rise of clients," Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County Marketing Specialist Philip Gonzalez said. "So it's putting a little more extra pressure on the current volunteers."
Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County says it has a 'critical' need for volunteers to fill 42 open delivery routes.
"All of these are new," volunteer Lauri Krumm said looking at her delivery list. "I've never been to those homes before."
Krumm said she often volunteers for extra shifts to cover the need.
"It's fulfilling," Krumm said. "It's just fulfilling."
Like other similar organizations, they stress that these deliveries have a major impact on the lives of their clients. Gonzalez said the reasons for clients needing meal deliveries vary from economics to falling on hard times, to physical limitations; but they get more than a meal from volunteers.
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"A lot of times our clients, they don't really talk to or see too many people throughout the day or even the week," Gonzalez said. "So that personal touch from a volunteer to a client means more to our clients than anything."
"It makes him happy," Krumm said commenting on one of her clients. "I'm sure I'm just beaming because it makes him so happy. All of these people are just so thankful and so appreciative."
For more information about becoming a Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County volunteer, click here. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/meals-on-wheels-of-tarrant-county-facing-critical-volunteer-shortage/3271278/ | 2023-06-06T12:40:19 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/meals-on-wheels-of-tarrant-county-facing-critical-volunteer-shortage/3271278/ |
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Mesquite police tonight say they are looking for as many as eight suspects linked to the assault of two convenience store clerks over the weekend.
Lieutenant Brandon Ricketts says he has no other way to describe what happened here Saturday night.
“This was absolutely a senseless act of violence.”
According to Mesquite police, the incident occurred when an underage customer trying to buy tobacco was turned away by a clerk at this 7-Eleven.
Investigators say that after the girl was denied, she went outside to rally her friends.
“That young lady said, ‘well I’m going to get my friends and come back’ and that’s what she did,” Ricketts said.
According to detectives, at least eight people came back to the store in the 2600 block of Faithon P Lucas Sr Blvd and what started as a verbal altercation with a female store clerk quickly escalated.
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“Two males jump the counter and begin assaulting the clerk,” Ricketts said. “Another clerk sees this, she tries to intervene, another female clerk, and then she also gets assaulted.”
Mesquite police said both clerks were struck several times in the face but did not have to go to the hospital.
Ricketts says detectives are reviewing 7-Eleven's surveillance footage and looking for a silver Dodge SUV investigators believe suspects linked to the assault left the scene in. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mesquite-police-investigate-assault-of-2-convenience-store-clerks/3271453/ | 2023-06-06T12:40:31 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mesquite-police-investigate-assault-of-2-convenience-store-clerks/3271453/ |
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A day camp launching next week in Plano will empower kids to understand and fight hunger in their neighborhood.
The North Texas Food Bank will kick off its inaugural Kids Camp next week. The one-day camp for children ages 8-to-11 will give them a behind-the-scenes look at the food bank with activities focused on hunger, gardening, and nutrition.
"It's not only helping them learn about food insecurity and how to be hunger fighters and heroes within their neighborhood, but it's also about them learning how to give back," said Cassie Collins, director of community engagement for the NTFB.
Part of the day will also include packing the Food 4 Kids backpack. The NTFB’s Food 4 Kids program provides backpacks full of nutritious, nonperishable, kid-friendly food to elementary and middle school children on the free and reduced-price school meal program who often face hunger at home when meals are not available on weekends. The backpacks are distributed through select feeding partners during the summer months.
“We are so excited to launch our first Kids Camp this summer where nearly 200 children will learn about food insecurity in North Texas and how they can be a part of the solution for helping children facing hunger,” Collins said in a news release. “The North Texas Food Bank service area has the fourth-highest level of food-insecure children in the country with 1 in every 5 kids facing hunger. Kids Camp will be a great way to build the next generation of hunger warriors.”
There are six Kids Camp sessions available for sign-up.
- June 12
- June 19
- July 10
- July 17
- July 24
- July 31
The registration fee of $30 per child provides 90 nutritious meals to children in North Texas facing hunger. The North Texas Food Bank will provide a snack during the day, but campers should bring their own lunch. Participating children may only attend Kids Camp one time during this season. Each camp session will be limited to 25 registrants and families with more than one child should complete a separate form for each child. Registration for Kids Camp can be found here. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-food-bank-to-host-new-summer-camp-for-kids/3270811/ | 2023-06-06T12:40:49 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-food-bank-to-host-new-summer-camp-for-kids/3270811/ |
The City of Plano will have a hand in the future of America’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
SK Signet, South Korea’s global manufacturer of EV (electric vehicle) charging stations, has chosen Plano for its first U.S. plant.
“We searched over 40 different locations in the U.S. and we found Plano is the best location for our product and our manufacturing facility,” said SK Signet CEO Jung Ho Shin. “It’s a business-friendly environment and Plano’s great assistance and also the availability of highly-skilled labor here.”
Leaders of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate led local, state and international leaders and potential buyers on a tour of the new facility along East Plano Parkway.
The company is creating up to 183 skilled jobs for the Plano facility by 2026, across manufacturing and R&D roles, according to SK Signet.
The plant will produce more than 10,000 ultra-fast charging stations with 350-400kW allowing for a more accessible and less time-consuming EV charge, 15 to 20 minutes according to SK Signet.
Shin aims to transform America’s transportation infrastructure.
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“EV chargers are not widely available and not fast enough but with our product with 400kW really super-fast chargers and American-made ones. They will expedite EV in the United States,” he added.
According to company representatives, SK Signet will produce the charging stations and sell them to ‘charge point operators’ like Irish corporation Applegreen.
Operators will then introduce the charging stations at traditional convenience stores as well as public and privately-owned companies with EV fleets.
The ‘price at the pump’ will vary and be up to each operator but is expected to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $15-$20 for a full charge, according to SK
Signet reps.
Guests were invited to tour the facility, watching a small group of assembly workers in action.
They are part of the company’s pilot production.
Rene Jimenez of Arlington says he went from working in fast food to this assembly line, grateful to finally put his electrical engineering education from his native El Salvador to use.
“This has been a good journey, very exciting to tell you the truth and I see the future here,” said Jimenez with a smile. “In a couple of years, we’re going to see these in all the places and it’s going to be really good for me to say: Hey, I worked on that!”
We asked Plano Mayor John Muns what makes Plano a desirable location for this kind of industry.
“It has to do with our resources we have. Our educated workforce and our diversity we have here in Plano,” said Muns. “Also the corporate community that exists here in Plano is quite impressive but at the end of the day, we have a Korean community here in Plano and I think word got out that Plano was a great place to come.”
Muns says the company sought Plano out, though the city later approved economic incentives in the form of grants based on the number of jobs created, renovations and fee rebates totaling $975,000.
“Having it right here in Plano is going to make access to the rest of Texas that needs more charging stations and quite frankly they’re going through the United States with this,” said Muns. “This is the base of the new battery charging stations.”
According to DFW Clean Cities Coalition, Texas had more than 191,000 electric vehicles registered in the month of May, 66,000 more vehicles than in May of 2022.
The coalition’s dashboard showed just under 70,000 EVs registered in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex in May 2023.
Commercial production will begin in July.
At full capacity, the Plano facility expects to produce more than 10,000 fast chargers a year. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/plano-lands-electric-vehicle-charging-manufacturing-plant-adding-183-jobs/3271327/ | 2023-06-06T12:40:55 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/plano-lands-electric-vehicle-charging-manufacturing-plant-adding-183-jobs/3271327/ |
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A group of South Dallas apartment buildings that were once controlled by drug dealers and was the site of a massive FBI crackdown two years ago is now a pile of rubble.
Two apartment buildings on the 2600 block of Meyers Street, just southeast of Fair Park, came tumbling down on Monday morning.
They were once considered by the FBI as a "narcotics marketplace" where street gangs would cut, package and sell drugs.
In June 2021, nearly 400 federal agents raided the apartments and arrested 10 people in a massive sting. Apartment units were used as “traps,” with each trap selling a different kind of drug, such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, according to the indictment of several suspects at the time.
"This building kind of became infamous and really a symbol for that type of underworld here in Dallas. So knocking it out, dragging it away – we’re not going to allow blight in Dallas," said Lauren Cadilac, a court-appointed receiver for demolished buildings.
The city of Dallas sued the property owner, Stewart McCray, for failing to clean up the units and other high-crime rental properties that he owns. Court records show an ongoing legal battle between McCray and the city over his properties that has taken place since at least 2018.
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After the raid, homeless and drug activity continued in the buildings, according to Cadilac. She added 24/7 security was brought in at one point, along with razor wire fencing to keep trespassers out.
"I myself have witnessed young people nodded out on couches like a movie. It was like a movie in there,” she said.
Cadilac was appointed by the courts to take over the property and attempt repairs.
"We had remodeled two units and a fire broke out and destroyed everything we had done. Because of that, economically physically -- this was our best option,” she told NBC 5 at the demolition site on Monday.
NBC 5 contacted McCray, who claimed he was not aware of the demolition and was not notified. He said he had plans to renovate the building and that he was in the process of handling matters with the city. He said he has owned the property since 2012 and plans to continue with the litigation process.
In previous coverage of the case by our content partners at the Dallas Morning News, his attorneys have argued throughout the lawsuit that the city was unfairly forcing him to make expensive, unreasonable and unnecessary repairs that would require him to raise rents on tenants.
Hearings continue this week over the case involving the Meyers Street properties.
Either way, families who live nearby told NBC 5 they were fearful of the crime within the buildings but now hope to see the space turn into a park or affordable housing to benefit the community.
“We have a buyer lined up already for this property and they should be taking over and re-developing it,” said Cadilac. "I do know there's a lot of interest in this area. There are a lot of folks who want to come in and make this a nice, safe and comfortable area to live.”
Dallas city council member Adam Bazaldua, whose district lies within the area of the demolished buildings, issued a statement to NBC 5:
“Anytime we are conscious of blighted properties and invest in improvements is a positive day towards improving the quality of life for all of the residents in South Dallas and has shown results towards public safety efforts as well. Making changes in the community like these are ones that benefit all parties and I look forward to working with the community to maximize the opportunity we have of any future use of this site.”
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The 50-year sentence for a Springtown man convicted of causing fatal severe head trauma to his girlfriend's 8-week-old crying son has been upheld by an appeals court.
Kaleb Ray Eisenmann, now 25, was charged in 2019 with several offenses in connection with injuring 7-week-old Jax Eisenmann, a child he was raising with his girlfriend.
A Parker County jury convicted Eisenmann of first-degree felony injury to a child and sentenced him to 50 years behind bars. During the trial, the jury was shown an interview between Eisenmann and a Parker County Sheriff's Department investigator where he made several inculpatory statements, including: “I was getting frustrated and I was just trying to get him to calm down.” “I didn’t slam him, but did set him down really hard… and his head did bounce up.” “I picked him up a little hard but… it was hard enough to probably cause an injury.”
During the trial, Eisenmann testified that he suffers from bipolar syndrome and, sometimes, he gets frustrated and has “fits”, which he said can happen instantaneously and come and go rapidly. He admitted being frustrated with Jax on February 14 and having “a fit” and set him down in frustration.
“This was an abusive head trauma case,” said Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain. “Essentially, Mr. Eisenmann became frustrated because Jax would not stop crying. He either put him down very hard or shook him vigorously, causing irreparable brain damage.”
More than half a dozen North Texas medical professionals testified the boy's injuries were caused by head trauma and not a virus, as the defense expert, a medical examiner from Williamson County, testified in the trial. Eisenmann’s attorneys also attempted to cast blame for the boy's injuries onto another man.
In his appeal, Eisenmann claimed that Judge Craig Towson, who presided over the trial, erred in his jury instructions, including unnecessary definitions and lesser included offenses for the jury’s consideration. The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth said those claimed errors were without merit and upheld the verdict.
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Eisenmann will be elibible for parole in 2044. In the meantime, he can continue to appeal his case. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/springtown-mans-sentence-in-the-death-of-his-girlfriends-7-week-old-baby-is-upheld/3271201/ | 2023-06-06T12:41:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/springtown-mans-sentence-in-the-death-of-his-girlfriends-7-week-old-baby-is-upheld/3271201/ |
Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she appeared to have a seizure and died on her ninth day in custody, an internal investigation found.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has said the child's parents shared the medical history with authorities on May 10, a day after the family was taken into custody.
But a nurse practitioner declined to review documents about the girl the day she died, CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility said in its initial statement Thursday on the May 17 death. The nurse practitioner reported denying three or four requests from the girl's mother for an ambulance.
Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, whose parents are Honduran, was born in Panama with congenital heart disease. She received surgery three years ago that her mother, Mabel Alvarez Benedicks, characterized as successful during a May 19 interview with The Associated Press.
A day before she died, Anadith showed a fever of 104.9 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius), the CBP report said.
A surveillance video system at the Harlingen, Texas, station was out of service since April 13, a violation of federal law that prevented evidence collection, according to the Office of Professional Responsibility, akin to a police department's office of internal affairs. The system was flagged for repair but wasn't fixed until May 23, six days after the girl died.
Still, the report relied on interviews with Border Patrol agents and contracted medical personnel to raise a host of new and troubling questions about what went wrong during the girl's nine days in custody, which far exceeded the agency's own limit of 72 hours.
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Investigators gave no explanation for decisions that medical staff made and appeared to be at a loss for words.
"Despite the girl's condition, her mother's concerns, and the series of treatments required to manage her condition, contracted medical personnel did not transfer her to a hospital for higher-level care," the Office of Professional Responsibility said.
Troy Miller, CBP's acting commissioner, said the initial investigation "provides important new information on this tragic death" and he reaffirmed recent measures including a review of all "medically fragile" cases in custody to ensure they are out of custody as soon as possible. Average time in custody has dropped by more than half for families in two weeks, he said.
"(This death) was a deeply upsetting and unacceptable tragedy. We can - and we will - do better to ensure this never happens again," Miller said.
Anadith entered Brownsville, Texas, with her parents and two older siblings May 9 when daily illegal crossings topped 10,000 as migrants rushed to beat the end of pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum.
She was diagnosed with the flu May 14 at a temporary holding facility in Donna, Texas, and was moved with her family to Harlingen. Staff had about nine encounters with Anadith and her mother over the next four days at the Harlingen station until her death over concerns including high fever, flu symptoms, nausea and breathing difficulties. She was given medications, a cold pack and a cold shower, according to the Office of Professional Responsibility.
A court-appointed monitor expressed concern in January about chronic conditions of medically fragile children not getting through to Border Patrol staff.
Dr. Paul H. Wise, a Stanford University pediatrics professor who was in South Texas last week to look into the circumstances around what he said was a "preventable" death, said there should be little hesitation about sending ill children to the hospital, especially those with chronic conditions.
Anadith's mother told the AP that she informed staff of her child's conditions, which included sickle-cell anemia, and repeatedly asked for medical assistance and an ambulance to take her daughter to a hospital but the requests were denied until her child fell unconscious.
Karla Marisol Vargas, an attorney for the Texas Civil Rights Project who is representing the family, said Border Patrol agents rejected her pleas for medicine until the day she died.
"They refused to review documents showing the illnesses that her daughter had," Vargas said.
The family is living with relatives in New York City while funeral arrangements are made. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/border-patrol-staff-in-texas-declined-to-review-8-year-old-girls-file-before-she-died/3270930/ | 2023-06-06T12:41:45 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/border-patrol-staff-in-texas-declined-to-review-8-year-old-girls-file-before-she-died/3270930/ |
California leaders lashed out at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and hinted at a criminal investigation Monday over the arrival of two flights of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas and then were sent to Sacramento, allegedly at the direction of Florida officials.
The flight that arrived Monday with about 20 migrants followed the arrival Friday of 16 others from Colombia and Venezuela who had been taken by van from Texas to New Mexico and then put on a chartered plane to a small airport in the California capital, officials said. They are the latest apparent instances of a Republican-led state transporting migrants to one controlled by Democrats.
The newest arrivals remained at the airport for a couple of hours and were fed before being transported to a “religious institution,” said Kim Nava, a Sacramento County spokeswoman. Nava said she didn’t know the nationalities of the new arrivals or where they had intended to go in the U.S.
“Our county social workers are en route and are going to assess all those folks, make sure they have the services and support that they need,” Nava said.
The group’s travel appears to have been arranged Vertol Systems Co., a Florida-based aviation company hired by Florida’s government to help transport migrants, said Tara Gallegos, a spokeswoman for Bonta. Bonta says he’s investigating whether any crimes were committed. His office declined to share the documents because they are part of an investigation.
California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, meanwhile, called DeSantis a “small, pathetic man” in a tweet and suggested that California could pursue kidnapping charges against him. The flights, if proven to have been arranged by Florida, would intensify a prolonged political feud between the two governors, who have offered conflicting visions on immigration, abortion and a host of other issues.
Spokespeople for the Florida emergency management agency and DeSantis have not confirmed Florida’s involvement, and Vertol Systems didn’t respond to requests for comment.
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The first group of migrants was dropped off at the Roman Catholic Church diocese’s headquarters in Sacramento.
Speaking over the weekend about the first group to arrive in Sacramento, Eddie Carmona, campaign director at PICO California, a faith-based group that helps migrants, said U.S. immigration officials had already processed the young women and men and given them court dates for their asylum cases when “individuals representing a private contractor” approached them outside a migrant center in El Paso, Texas, and offered to help them get jobs and get them to their final destinations.
“They were lied to and intentionally deceived,” Carmona said, adding that the migrants had no idea where they were after being dropped off in Sacramento. He said they have court dates in cities throughout the country and that none of them meant to end up in California.
Asylum seekers can change the location of their court appearances, but many are reluctant to try and instead prefer sticking with a firm date, at least for their initial appearances. They figure it is a guarantee, even if horribly inconvenient.
DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican nomination to run for president, has been a fierce critic of federal immigration policy under President Joe Biden and has heavily publicized Florida’s role in past instances in which migrants were transported to Democratic-led states.
He has made the migrant relocation program one of his signature political priorities, using the state legislative process to direct millions of dollars to it.
Florida paid Vertol Systems $1.56 million last year to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and for a possible second flight to Delaware that never took place. The Republican governors of Texas and Arizona have previously sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., but the rare charter flights are an escalation in tactics.
Before the flight from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last year, DeSantis signed off on a Republican-backed budget that earmarked $12 million to relocate people in the country illegally from Florida to other locations.
When questions arose around the legality of the Martha’s Vineyard fight because it originated in Texas, not Florida, in apparent violation of budgetary language, DeSantis had Republicans legislators create a program in his office dedicated to migrant relocations and specify that the state can transport migrants from locations anywhere in the country. Vertol Systems Co. was one of three vendors selected by DeSantis’ administration to carry out the program.
Rodriguez reported from San Francisco. Associated Press writer Anthony Izaguirre in Tallahassee, Fla., contributed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/california-officials-blast-desantis-over-the-transfer-of-texas-migrants-to-sacramento/3271303/ | 2023-06-06T12:41:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/california-officials-blast-desantis-over-the-transfer-of-texas-migrants-to-sacramento/3271303/ |
Another plane carrying migrants arrived in Sacramento on Monday, marking the second flight in recent days that California officials allege was coordinated by Florida.
The flight carrying roughly 20 migrants that arrived Monday follows the arrival Friday of 16 migrants from Colombia and Venezuela, who were taken from Texas to New Mexico before they were put on a chartered plane to California's capital.
It's not clear what countries the latest group of arrivals are from, but their travel appears to have been arranged by the same company, said Tara Gallegos, a spokesperson for California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Bonta says he's investigating whether any crimes were committed.
"It's called voluntary transportation program and they've hired Vertol Systems, the state of Florida has, to identify migrants in Texas, not Florida, and move them to other states," Bonta said.
The first group of migrants was dropped off at the Roman Catholic Church diocese's headquarters in Sacramento. Gabby Trejo, executive director of Sacramento Act, which is organizing help for the group including food, clothing, housing and phones.
Trejo said the flights are potentially illegal and could violate criminal laws violate civil laws and that they are seeking accountability.
"Do you think it's criminal what happened to them? If I was randomly picked up and lied to and transported this far away, I would want an investigation to be done."
The migrants carried documents that said they were transported through a program run by Florida's Division of Emergency Management and carried out by contractor Vertol Systems Co., Gallegos said. She said she couldn't share the documents because they are part of an active investigation.
Spokespeople for the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis have not confirmed Florida's involvement, and Vertol Systems didn't respond to requests for comment.
"While we continue to collect evidence, I want to say this very clearly: State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," Bonta said in a statement.
The migrants entered the U.S. through Texas. Eddie Carmona, campaign director at PICO California, a faith-based group that helps migrants, said U.S. immigration officials had already processed the young women and men and given them court dates for their asylum cases when "individuals representing a private contractor" approached them outside a migrant center in El Paso, Texas, and offered to help them get jobs and get them to their final destinations.
"They were lied to and intentionally deceived," Carmona said, adding that the migrants had no idea where they were after being dropped off in Sacramento. He said they have court dates in cities throughout the country, not only in Texas, and that none of them meant to end up in California.
Asylum seekers can change the location of their court appearances, but many are reluctant to try and instead prefer sticking with a firm date, at least for their initial appearances. They figure it is a guarantee, even if horribly inconvenient.
DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican nomination to run for president, has been a fierce critic of federal immigration policy under President Joe Biden and has heavily publicized Florida's role in past instances in which migrants were transported to Democratic-led states.
He has made the migrant relocation program one of his signature political priorities, using the state legislative process to direct millions of dollars to it.
Florida paid Vertol Systems $1.56 million last year to fly migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and for a possible second flight to Delaware that never took place. The Republican governors of Texas and Arizona have previously sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., but the rare charter flights are an escalation in tactics.
Before the flight from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last year, DeSantis signed off on a Republican-backed budget that earmarked $12 million to relocate people in the country illegally from Florida to other locations.
When questions arose around the legality of the Martha's Vineyard fight because it originated in Texas, not Florida, in apparent violation of budgetary language, DeSantis had Republican legislators create a program in his office dedicated to migrant relocations and specify that the state can transport migrants from locations anywhere in the country.
DeSantis' administration has selected three vendors to help transport migrants.
The flight, if proven to have been arranged by Florida, would intensify a prolonged political feud between DeSantis and California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom. The two have offered conflicting visions on immigration, abortion and a host of other issues.
Newsom said in a statement that he also met with the newly arrived migrants and that officials were working to ensure that they are "treated with respect and dignity" through this process.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg issued a more forcefully worded statement: "Whoever is behind this must answer the following: Is there anything more cruel than using scared human beings to score cheap political points?" | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/second-private-flight-carrying-texas-migrants-lands-in-california-officials-say-florida-set-up-travel/3271149/ | 2023-06-06T12:42:04 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/second-private-flight-carrying-texas-migrants-lands-in-california-officials-say-florida-set-up-travel/3271149/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — For Kaye Monk-Morgan, discovering she had been chosen to be this year’s Riverfest Admiral came as a complete shock.
“The number of, of Wichitans who’ve approached me and said ‘Oh my God, it’s so time,’ or, ‘oh, it’s so exciting, I’m so proud of you’ has really been inspirational,” Monk-Morgan said.
Out of 49 Riverfest admirals, Monk-Morgan is the first Black woman and the second person of color to hold the rank. The third-generation North High grad made the official announcement at her alma mater last March.
“And so that was my opportunity to say thanks to folks in USD 259 and Wichita Public Schools that poured into me and so many others,” Monk-Morgan said.
Her schedule has proven jam-packed, starting with the famous Admiral’s Breakfast.
“[It was] an opportunity to sit amongst my new peers and look out into an audience of folks who care about our community,” Monk-Morgan said.
Other big events she emceed include the Tot Trot and the Cardboard Boat Regatta.
“I don’t know if anyone’s ever seen a two-year-old run a race, but it is the most hilarious thing in the world,” Monk-Morgan said. “And to see the STEM minds of those young people working [the boats] and how, you know the physics of how things float—very exciting. I got a little geeked out by that.”
Monk-Morgan says riding atop the Windwagon during last week’s Sundown Parade was a life-changing experience.
“The number of older African-American women that looked up and said, ‘Oh my God, it’s a girl!’ or ‘that’s a Black woman up there.’ I didn’t expect it from my elders. I literally almost came to tears,” Monk-Morgan said.
Monk-Morgan says she hopes her legacy will inspire many more future admirals just like her.
“I often say that it’s really cool to be the first, but it’s even better if there’s a second, and a third, and a fourth. Service in this role to me is an extension of what we do here at KLC (Kansas Leadership Center) civic engagement. The only way we get representation and the only we get the world that we want is if we work for it,” Monk-Morgan said. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/how-this-years-riverfest-admiral-is-making-history/ | 2023-06-06T12:42:08 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/how-this-years-riverfest-admiral-is-making-history/ |
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Associate professor at Kansas State University and parasitologist Brian Herrin says the Lone Star tick has been the most common tick in Kansas for years.
The Lone Star tick carries alpha-gal, a disease that gives people an allergy to mammal products.
“We are seeing an increase in cases currently, but it’s really an increase in awareness from the doctor side of it as well,” Herrin said. “There’s probably lots of people that were just diagnosed with chronic diverticulitis for years, and now their allergist knows to test for something else.”
Herrin says there is no need to panic or stay indoors, but make sure to use bug repellent and reapply it just as you would sunscreen.
“Take control rather than like a crippling fear,” Herrin said. “Using that concern about ticks to motivate me to be more thoughtful about using tick control and then after I’m out in the outdoors, doing tick checks to make sure there’s none.”
Herrin says a reported increase in cases is mostly due to the public interest and more doctors and people becoming aware of the disease.
“There’s many people who were undiagnosed or misdiagnosed with different things for many years and just had lots of GI or kind of allergic issues in general, and then now have a correct diagnosis,” Herrin said.
The female Lone Star tick has a white spot on its back, but the male does not. They can transmit a variety of diseases to humans and other animals, but that’s nothing new. They cannot transmit Lyme disease.
“The diagnostics on everything are quite challenging, but the diseases transmitted by Lone Star ticks are much more common in Kansas than Lyme disease.”
Alpha Gal only infects primates because they do not have alpha galactose.
“Alpha-gal syndrome is named for that sugar,” Herrin said. “So the alpha galactose sugar that seems to be what humans are making their allergic response to.”
Herrin suggests removing the tick as soon as you see it, making sure not to break off its mouth. Then, put it in a bag and save it in case you do get sick so it can be tested.
He says tick season is year-round because different species and age groups are always out, so always consider tick control.
Katie Wille is an advocate for bug repellent after her son was diagnosed with alpha-gal.
“Always use repellent,” Katie said. “We were never avid repent repellent people. We never used any of that, and now we just douse my kids in it. Always use repellent”
Her son Landon was getting more and more sick.
“I saw him start to slow down and slow down and slow down, slow down,” Katie said. “He was just getting super, super pale, and I didn’t really notice until he quit eating his favorite foods.”
His first doctor couldn’t figure out what was wrong and had never heard of alpha-gal.
“We did all these different tests that just came back as nothing,” Katie said. “I mean, he was healthy according to all his work.”
The second doctor he went to had Alpha Gal herself. Landon’s life will never be the same.
“It goes far beyond just a red meat allergy,” Katie said. “It’s anything that includes mammal products. Everything has completely changed for him as far as what we have to eat, bathe with, just anything”
Katie says her family loves going to the lake and camping, and she says don’t take the dangers of ticks lightly. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-mom-warns-parents-about-alpha-gal-a-disease-carried-by-lone-star-ticks/ | 2023-06-06T12:42:14 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-mom-warns-parents-about-alpha-gal-a-disease-carried-by-lone-star-ticks/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Over the weekend, the Kansas Special Olympics Summer Games were held at Maize South High School. A competitor in those games will leave the United States this weekend to represent his country at the Special Olympic World Games in Berlin.
At a recent track practice at Wichita Collegiate School, Courtney Davis is carrying a bottle of water while running laps around the track.
There’s a good reason for that.
The 37-year-old is one of eight Americans selected to run the torch in the final leg of the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin. It’s the first time an Olympian from Wichita will participate in the torch run.
“It’s a real honor. It’s definitely an honor. It’ll be nice,” said Davis.
“Oh, this is one of the most highest honors any athletes could receive. I mean, there’s honors to be in the Hall of Fame or to go to national games or world games. But to actually be involved with the torch run and be at the world games in a foreign country. Especially since the torch run started here in Wichita, Kansas. I mean, it’s just an awesome feeling. It’s awesome for me just to have an athlete from our team going and representing Wichita and Kansas and the United States,” said Kim Mudd, volunteer program coordinator for the Wichita Independents.
Mudd is Davis’ Special Olympics coach. He’s been an active Special Olympics athlete for 20 years. Kansas Special Olympics nominated Davis, and the organization tried to surprise him with the good news in Topeka this spring.
“It was a surprise because my coach wanted to surprise me by going down to Topeka and saying you’re supposed to pass out awards, you know. And I didn’t,” said Davis.
“When they were talking about who was going to be selected to run the last leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run in Berlin, and then they announced his name, it was like, the look on his face was worth a $1,000. He said, ‘You’re kidding. You’re kidding me’. And he says, ‘I knew something was up.’ He says, ‘I never get chosen to hand out awards.’ He says, ‘I’m so excited. I’m gonna make you proud, and I’m gonna practice,'” said Mudd.
“Just real happy,” said Davis with a smile.
Davis, who specializes in distance races such as the 800, mile, and 3,200-meter runs, will run the torch approximately six miles through Germany’s capital city.
“It’ll be fun. It’s gonna be longer distances down there in Berlin anyways. So, I like to run anyways,” he said.
“It’ll be a trip in a lifetime for him to go, and memories. Oh my gosh, he’ll have memories that he won’t ever forget,” said Mudd.
Davis departs from Kansas City this Saturday with a police officer who will accompany him throughout the ten-day trip. This will be his first trip outside of the country.
Although Davis won’t be participating in the World Games, the event will showcase 7,000 Special Olympians from across the globe. The state of Kansas will be represented by a unified volleyball team. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/special-olympian-from-wichita-to-participate-in-world-games-torch-run-in-berlin/ | 2023-06-06T12:42:15 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/special-olympian-from-wichita-to-participate-in-world-games-torch-run-in-berlin/ |
Toilet paper was seen on a street in Revere, Massachusetts, on Monday morning after a crash that involved a porta-potty truck.
The crash happened on Furlong Drive at Revere Beach Parkway, where police and fire crews were seen responding and cleaning up the debris left behind.
It's unclear exactly how the crash unfolded, but it appeared to have involved two trucks.
One person appeared to be hurt during the incident.
Additional details have not yet been made available. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/toilet-paper-litters-revere-road-after-crash-involving-porta-potty-truck/3270942/ | 2023-06-06T12:42:16 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/toilet-paper-litters-revere-road-after-crash-involving-porta-potty-truck/3270942/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Riverfest 2023 is underway!
Below is a list of the events taking place Monday, June 5, through Thursday, June 8. This includes attractions you can find daily at Riverfest and general information about the festival.
Events
Monday, June 5
Bob Struble Golf Classic at Riverfest
- When: 8:30 a.m.
- Where: Shotgun Start Terradyne Country Club
Gospelfest: Brent Jones with Blind Boys of Alabama
- When: 6-10 p.m.
- Where: Century II
- What: Blind Boys of Alabama, an American gospel group, will hit the stage at 6 p.m. Brent Jones, an American gospel musician, will take the stage at 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6
A Salute to Military: Eli Young Band with Texas Hill
- When: 5:30-10 p.m.
- Where: Century II
- What: Eli Young Band, an American modern country music band, will perform with Texas Hill, an American band that plays a mix of soul, R&B, country, southern rock, and blues.
Wednesday, June 7
- When: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
- Where: Century II Tripodal
- What: Children ages 2-10 will be able to celebrate the thrill of riding, roping, panning for gold, and other activities.
Linwood Sexton Charity Ice Cream Sandwich Challenge
- When: 6 p.m.
- Where: Douglas Avenue
- What: Representatives of charity organizations will compete in an ice cream sandwich eating contest. The winner will receive $2,000 in prize money.
- When: 6:30-8 p.m.
- Where: Douglas Avenue
- What: Riverfest attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy free ice cream with a selection of toppings. The ice cream will even be served by the Wichita Wagonmasters.
- When: 7-8 p.m.
- Where: Kennedy Plaza at Century II
- What: Get a picture with this year’s Admiral Windwagon Smith XLIX, Kaye Monk-Morgan.
Gin Blossoms with Haymakers and Desure
- When: 6:30-10 p.m.
- Where: Century II
- What:
- 6:30 p.m. – Desure is a solo artist who plays indie/alternative music with a mix of pop.
- 7:45 p.m. – Haymakers is an American string band that plays a mix of rock, bluegrass, folk, and bluesy western swing.
- 9 p.m. – Gin Blossom’s is an American band that plays a blend of pop and rock (a.k.a. jangle-pop).
Thursday, June 8
Goodwill Industries Cajun Food Fest
- When: 5-8 p.m.
- Where: Century II
- What: Celebrate 35 years of Cajun Food Fest with a traditional Louisiana meal. Tickets are priced at $15 and will grant the ticket holder a meal of chicken étouffée, red beans and rice with sausage, a roll, and bread pudding topped with a bourbon custard sauce.
- When: 5-8:30 p.m.
- Where: Main Street between Douglas Avenue and Waterman Street
- What: Kids will have the chance to climb onboard their favorite trucks, big rigs, and emergency vehicles. They will also be able to meet those who protect, serve, and build the Wichita community.
The Soul Rebels with XV and Ernest James Zydeco
- When: 5-8:30 p.m.
- Where: Century II
- What:
- 4:30 p.m. – Ernest James Zydeco is an accordion musician accompanied by his band to perform soulful music from traditional Louisiana Zydeco to foot-stomping dance music.
- 6 p.m. – XV is a local rapper, singer, and songwriter.
- 8 p.m. – The Soul Rebels is an eight-piece brass band from New Orleans specializing in pop music with a blend of funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, and rock.
Attractions
- Quantum Credit Union Food Court
- Beer Garden
- Riverfest Carnival
- Kids’ Corner
- Inflatables at Kids’ Corner
- WEEE Entertainment Carnival
- Boats & Bikes at River Vista
- Hot Air Balloons
- Helicopter Rides
- Wagonmasers River Tour
- Paddle Boats
- Medallion Hunt
- Brickmob Mural Painting at Habitat Build
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Buttons: Riverfest buttons are your key to getting into the festival. These buttons are available at all local QuikTrips while supplies last.
Parking: Check out VisitWichita’s interactive parking map to find the best place to park.
- When: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Where: A. Price Woodard Park
- When: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Where: Northwest corner of Douglas and Water Street
- More info: This station also offers a diaper-changing area and breast-feeding area
- When: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Where: Northwest corner of Douglas and Water Street
Rules and safety: Click here to find a list of dos and don’ts.
Riverfest takes place in downtown Wichita from Friday, June 2, through Saturday, June 10.
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NORMAL — Heartland Community College student Rodney Billerbeck II was awarded the 2023 Gigi Campbell Student Trustee Excellence Scholarship.
Billerbeck was the former student trustee at Heartland from 2022 to 2023. During his tenure, he was actively involved on campus, serving as a student ambassador and participating in Professional Agriculture Students and Collegiate Future Business Leaders of America. He won national titles in both clubs.
He will pursue an agriculture business degree at Illinois State University in the fall.
The scholarship recognizes the Illinois community college system's outstanding student board members. The scholarship award is presented by the Illinois Community College Trustees Association.
According to HCC, to achieve this award, Billerbeck made notable efforts to communicate with students and provide a viable means for feedback from the student body; was a functioning member of the board of trustees; took part in discussions at both open meetings and closed sessions; and devoted a significant amount of time to community serving during his enrollment.
He also acted in the best interest of students, the college and the system; has knowledge of the issues students face through interaction with student government and campus organizations; has reported on the problems and accomplishments of individual students and student organizations at board meetings; and was an asset to the board and the college, HCC said.
Billerbeck was recognized for this achievement at the Annual Illinois Community College Trustees Association Award Banquet that was held at the Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, where he was presented with a $500 scholarship award. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/a-look-at-the-latest-central-illinois-scholarship-winners/article_fda8b8e6-03b7-11ee-938b-dff2a0a66c99.html | 2023-06-06T12:47:34 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/a-look-at-the-latest-central-illinois-scholarship-winners/article_fda8b8e6-03b7-11ee-938b-dff2a0a66c99.html |
The ex-husband of a woman accused of causing the Interstate 75 accident that killed three members of a Warren County family in a wrong-way crash on St. Patrick’s Day 2019 testified that his ex-wife allegedly said in a phone call that night she was going to drive backwards on the highway.
The bench trial for Abby Marie Michaels, 25, of Fairborn began Monday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, a week after waiving her right to a jury trial.
Michaels faces six counts of murder and three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide in connection to the collision that killed Timmy and Karen Thompson and their 10-year-old daughter, Tessa, on March 17, 2019.
Three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of OVI were dropped from her indictment last week.
Michaels is accused of driving the wrong-way on I-75 near Moraine.
Prosecutors presented evidence to Judge Steven Dankof for several hours Monday. asserting that facts of the case point to Michaels intentionally driving the wrong way.
This included testimony from Michaels’ ex-husband, an employee at the pizza shop and tavern where she ate and drank before the St. Patrick’s Day crash and the man she was dating at the time of the crash.
Kyle Pastorelle married Michaels in 2018. The couple separated later that year, and he filed for divorce two days before the crash, according to his testimony.
The man told the courtroom on Monday that he received phone calls and texts from Michaels the evening of the crash, but was hesitant to respond to her after taking one of her calls.
During that call, which lasted two minutes, Pastorelle said he recalls Michaels allegedly telling him she was going to “drive backwards on I-75″ after he declined to let her come over to talk.
She later sent a text telling her she loved him. Another message sent immediately after said she was going to die.
Casey Goode, an employee of Ron’s Pizza in West Carrollton, said Michaels and her boyfriend at the time, Terry Soder, left the eatery after celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
The employee, who knew Soder as a regular customer, allegedly offered the two rides home. They declined, saying they had a rideshare service on the way to them.
Surveillance footage from the business later captures the couple parting ways at the end of the night.
Michaels’ legal defense raised concerns about her medical history, which includes seizures and a brain surgery.
“What happened was a tragic event,” said Jay Adams, an attorney defending Michaels. “But the question is, where does this story begin? What are the facts?”
Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck previously said that despite Michaels being at a bar that night, intoxication was not a factor in the crash.
“This was not accidental. This defendant was upset and decided to take the action that she did,” Heck said during a press conference following Michaels’ indictment in July 2019. “Evidence shows this defendant knew what she was doing and what she wanted to accomplish.”
Also providing testimony Monday were a man who witnessed the crash and a nurse who stopped to provide medical care, as well as a Bureau of Motor Vehicles investigator.
Elizabeth Cress, of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, testified that Michaels did not disclose any condition related to physical or mental health when issued her driver’s license and her license renewal.
Ohioans who are issued their driver’s licenses are asked questions related to episodic impairment and other physical or mental conditions that could limit a person’s ability to operate a vehicle. Michaels reportedly responded “no” to these questions, according to Cress.
The bench trial is expected to continue throughout the week.
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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
June 4, 1923: Today is alumni day at the Illinois State Normal University, and scores of graduates of other years will return to meet their classmates of yore. Of the class of 1873, the best known in Illinois is probably Dr. Edmund J. James, on account of his long connection with the University of Illinois as president of that institution. He now lives a few miles east of Los Angeles.
75 years ago
June 3, 1948: A new state-approved sewage disposal system will be in operation at Camp Heffernan on Lake Bloomington when Boy Scout campers come next week. The system is the first entirely sanitary system at the Lake. Two tanks collect drainage from kitchens, toilets and the shower house.
50 years ago
June 3, 1973: Bloomington firefighters voted 5-1 against a new contract proposal offered by the city. Neither side would reveal terms of the proposal. A representative of the firefighters' union would only say that the "contract as a whole was turned down 5 to 1."
25 years ago
June 6, 1998: Tempa Bevington, a former engineer at General Motors who moved to Danvers in retirement, pinched pennies during her life and left an estate of roughly $450,000 after her death in 1996. About half was left to residents of Danvers Township, who can now use it to take adult education classes. Guardian Darwin Stubblefield said Bevington particularly felt it was vital that women be educated so they could take care of themselves financially.
101 years ago: See vintage Pantagraph ads from 1922
Gerthart's
Union Gas and Electric Co.
Hoover
Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
Moberly & Klenner
W.P. Garretson
W.H. Roland
Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
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DENVER (AP) — Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted multiple areas to issue air quality alerts.
There is an Air Quality Alert in effect until midnight for Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble counties, issued by the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission and Regional Air Pollution Control Agency, as smoke from Canadian wildfires settling in the area increases air pollution levels.
Other states are also affected. In Colorado the Department of Public Health and Environment put out alerts and advisories for Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon for much of the eastern half of the state, including Denver. It warned that air quality may be unhealthy during that period.
“People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion; everyone else should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion,” the department said.
Particle pollution led the air quality index along parts of the Front Range to reach 168 on Saturday, the department said. A reading between 151 and 200 indicates unhealthy conditions that can affect sensitive groups as well as some members of the general public.
An air quality alert was also in effect Saturday in Montana, with the greatest smoke concentrations in central and eastern parts of the state, according to the Department of Environmental Quality.
Utah's Department of Environmental Quality said Friday that it was starting to see the smoke on its monitors in northern and eastern parts of the state. It urged residents to avoid outdoor exertion in areas with visible smoke or haze.
The smoke created widespread haze across Idaho earlier in the week, according to its Department of Environmental Quality.
The fires in Canada have been burning mostly in the province of Alberta, where thousands of residents have evacuated and regional officials have issued state of emergency alerts. There have also been fires in British Columbia.
In Calgary and Edmonton, the two biggest cities in Alberta, the health impact was determined to be of “very high risk” on Saturday by the Canadian government’s Air Quality Health Index. Sensitive groups such as children and older people were advised to avoid outdoor physical exertion and the general population was urged to limit outdoor activities.
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The national Department of Veterans Affairs is on a torrid hiring pace, a pace reflected locally, as well.
The Veterans Health Administration increased its total workforce by 13,627, representing growth of 3.6%, between October 2022 and April 2023, the highest growth rate for VHA in more than 20 years, the VA said Monday. (The federal government’s fiscal year begins Oct. 1.)
The Veteran Benefits Administration hired 4,120 employees during the same time period, the highest growth rate for VBA in 15 years, the VA also said.
VHA now has 393,500 employees, and VBA now has more than 28,000 employees for the first time ever.
Locally, the Dayton VA has hired 231 full-time people so far for fiscal year 2023, from Oct. 1, 2022 until today.
That represents 12.5% growth from last year’s hiring pace, a spokeswoman for the Dayton VA said Monday.
This hiring push is coming at a time when the VA is working to meet the requirements of the PACT Act, the largest expansion of veterans’ care and benefits in generations.
The act makes it easier for veterans who were exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange or other chemicals to be diagnosed and receive care.
“At VA, we’re hiring and retaining the best, most talented, and dedicated employees in health care — because veterans deserve to be treated by the very best,” VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal said in a statement. “With this hiring push, we’re bringing on new people with one goal in mind: providing world-class care to every Veteran who entrusts us with their health.”
Last year, the VA processed a record number of veterans benefit claims, delivering more than $112 billion to veterans, the department said.
The department is 15% ahead of that record pace in 2023.
Also last year, the VA saw more than 91 million outpatient visits to the 9 million veterans enrolled in VA health care.
In total, VHA said it aims to hire a record 52,000 new employees in fiscal year 2023 to meet increasing Veteran demand.
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News Tribune, June 6, 1983
- A group of Duluth residents is planning to travel to Yugoslavia next year to see the Winter Olympics and visit relatives. Police Chief Eli Miletich, who is of Yugoslavian descent, is coordinating the trip and hopes to bring 140 people to Sarajevo in February.
- Duluthian Bobby Archer beat his brother Tommy across the finish line by 7.5 seconds yesterday to win the Detroit Champion Spark Plug Challenge. The winner's Renault Alliance averaged 58.804 mph in the race around a 2.5-mile circuit through downtown Detroit.
News Tribune, June 6, 1923
- Five deeds for the sale of property in Superior between Lamborn and Baxter avenues were filed with the registrar of deeds yesterday. The property will be used by the Catholic Diocese for the site of a proposed Catholic high school and bishop's residence.
- "The Liars," a smart comedy of manners and morals, is being performed this week at Duluth's Orpheum Theater. Large audiences have been attending to see Miss Florence Reed, noted American actress, who appears along with the Orpheum Players in the satirical play. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-40-years-ago-duluthian-won-auto-race-through-downtown-detroit | 2023-06-06T12:50:52 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-40-years-ago-duluthian-won-auto-race-through-downtown-detroit |
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INDIANAPOLIS — The fate of the Indiana attorney general’s lawsuit against the social media company TikTok is uncertain after a federal judge lambasted much of the case as “political posturing.”
While U.S. District Judge Holly Brady ruled against TikTok's request to move the case to federal court, that decision leaves the lawsuit brought by Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita in the hands of a county judge who last month ruled against Rokita on two key points. The state attorney general claims the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform misleads users about its level of inappropriate content and about the security of consumer information. A county judge has already said the attorney general is wrong to classify downloading TikTok as a consumer transaction because no money is exchanged, and that Indiana lacks standing in the case because both TikTok and Apple — the company where people download the app — are based in California.
The most recent blow came May 23, when Brady wrote in a decision that “more than 90% of the (lawsuit) was devoted to irrelevant posturing."
“When one wades through the political posturing and finds that legal claim, the inescapable conclusion is that the claim rises and falls on matters particular to state law," Brady, a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based judge nominated by then-President Donald Trump, wrote. "The federal intrigue interjected by Indiana may interest its intended audience -- one beyond the courthouse wall -- but it is irrelevant to the determination of this case.”
Indiana's lawsuit, which was filed in December, makes arguments similar to those by many state and federal lawmakers and government officials who have said they worry that the Chinese government could harvest U.S. user data from TikTok and use the platform to push pro-Beijing misinformation or messages to the public. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance, has said it has never been asked to hand over its data to the Chinese government and has denied Indiana's claims about inappropriate content.
The state attorney general’s office did not immediately comment Monday on Brady’s decision or the lawsuit’s future. TikTok’s attorneys and the ByteDance media office didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment either.
Brady’s decision keeps the lawsuit in state courts, where a judge last month denied Rokita’s request for a preliminary injunction prohibiting TikTok from stating in online app stores that it has “none” or “infrequent/mild” references to drugs, sexual or other inappropriate content for children as young as 12.
Judge Craig Bobay, of Allen County Superior Court in Fort Wayne, also ruled that downloading TikTok’s free app doesn’t amount to a consumer transaction and said the attorney general’s office was unlikely to win at trial.
The attorney general's office hasn't said whether it will appeal Bobay's decision. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/federal-judge-calls-indiana-attorney-generals-todd-rokita-tiktok-lawsuit-largely-political-posturing/531-1b9f3461-cafd-418b-baf7-56cd2206bc76 | 2023-06-06T12:51:45 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/federal-judge-calls-indiana-attorney-generals-todd-rokita-tiktok-lawsuit-largely-political-posturing/531-1b9f3461-cafd-418b-baf7-56cd2206bc76 |
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APOPKA, Fla. – Human remains were discovered Monday by Orange County sheriff’s deputies who were working an unrelated call, officials said.
The discovery was made around 10:45 p.m. in the 2000 block of South Hawthorne Avenue, east of South Apopka.
Details about the deceased person are unknown at this time, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
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Average daily flows
Snake River at Jackson 302 cfs
Snake River at Palisades 14,121 cfs
Snake River at Heise 16,991 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 11,424 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 8,413 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 559 cfs
Jackson Lake is 68% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 88% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 92% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 86% of capacity.
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Water fun at First Federal Bank Park is going to have to wait awhile, as the splash pad awaits resurfacing.
“If you look at the surface, it’s bubbling and blistering,” said Twin Falls city spokesperson Josh Palmer.
Turning it on in its present condition is only going to make it worse, Palmer said, and the city has decided to wait for repairs to be done.
Palmer estimates it may take more than a month for the contractor to repair the damage, but the city is trying to have the work done as quickly as possible.
“We want it done sooner than later,” Palmer said.
Because there is an apparent defect in construction, repairs will be made by the original contractor without cost to the city, he said.
First Federal Bank donated the park to the city in 2016 and the city is responsible for maintenance.
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Palmer said the public’s positive response to the park and the splash pad has been “huge.”
The splash pad at the Downtown Commons was turned on Friday — later than what was expected — because city officials were waiting for a couple of parts.
“We invite people to come on down,” Palmer said.
But there is one word of advice — residents are asked to keep their dogs out of the water features, as that wreaks havoc with the system’s filtration system.
Trying to clean the filtration system clogged with dog hair equates to something like emptying a soggy vacuum cleaner, he said. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/popular-splash-pad-awaits-repairs/article_72d824fc-03cd-11ee-b7a8-0b68eced3a7d.html | 2023-06-06T12:56:30 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/popular-splash-pad-awaits-repairs/article_72d824fc-03cd-11ee-b7a8-0b68eced3a7d.html |
A Twin Falls woman has been charged with manslaughter for her involvement in a March crash that killed a motorcyclist, records say.
The misdemeanor charge was filed May 17.
Afton Barbara Gailfus, 38, was driving a van May 17 when she failed to yield to a motorcycle driven by Dylan Wormsbaker, 25, of Twin Falls at Martin Street and Shoup Avenue in Twin Falls, police say. A police officer near the scene saw Wormsbaker, who was northbound on Martin Street, fly through the air and hit the ground after the collision.
Wormsbaker, who was not wearing a helmet, was flown to Eastern Idaho Medical Center in Idaho Falls, where he died seven days later.
Gailfus provided a urine sample after the crash and the sample tested positive for methamphetamine, along with several other drugs she had a prescription for, a court affidavit says.
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The report said she told police officers that a day before the crash, she found a lid with a white substance on it, and licked it to find out what it was.
As a result of the incident, Gailfus has been charged with probation violations on previous charges of domestic violence and possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
In the drug possession case, initially filed in 2021, she told police that she had “relapsed” and had smoked methamphetamine.
Gailfus was arraigned Monday and a pre-trial conference has been set for Aug. 1.
According to his obituary, Wormsbaker ran a plumbing business with his parents and loved snowboarding, motorcycle riding and golfing.
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Q: Why do road construction crews block off 8 miles of Interstate 84 near Burley but only work on a small section?
A: “Safety and cost determine the size of construction zones,” Idaho Transportation Department spokesperson Anne Marie Peacock told the Times-News.
“Road construction requires a significant amount of planning and on-site coordination that is often a complex and multi-faceted process,” Peacock said. “There are numerous factors that determine which lanes are closed and how workers can execute their tasks within the construction zone, most of which is determined by safety measures. They must be able to have the space and freedom to move around the job site without fear of being hit by passing vehicles. These measures are also managed with a high priority of limiting commuter impact as much as possible and not increasing the size of work zones just for the sole convenience of the contractor.
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“Though it may not always look like it, closing down lanes and creating adequate work sites also creates a safer work zone for motorists as well as the space needed for an efficient use of resources and an ability to complete projects in a cost effective and timely manner. This is accomplished by reducing the number of times crews need to set up, tear down, and move construction zones. Minimizing the amount of work zone changes also decreases overall disruption to drivers during road construction. Without the dedicated space, construction vehicles would need to move in and out of traffic more often causing further commuter delays.
“Most folks don’t experience what it feels like to stand within a few feet of vehicles traveling past you at 80 mph with only an orange cone between you,” Peacock said. “Situational awareness for motorists traveling the same daily commuter route also impact safety as crews have witnessed numerous drivers on autopilot slamming on their brakes because they are surprised by orange construction barrels. Drivers can easily get distracted with listening to the radio or talking with friends; but all had passed multiple warning signs in the form of electronic message boards, flaggers, or cones and yet still failed to recognize they needed to prepare to slow down in order to properly navigate a construction site.
“There are several factors that can contribute to slowing or in some cases temporarily halting construction due to weather, lack of resources, or delayed assets to name a few. But know the space of the construction zone is being utilized,” she said. “It is more efficient, in the long run, to ensure all traffic control measures around the construction zone allow for continuous traffic, even if slower, that ensures the safety for both construction crews and motorists.”
“Finally, a friendly reminder we are in the ‘100 Deadliest Days’ of driving and to be an engaged driver. Drive well, Idaho. Be in the moment and free from distractions,” Peacock said.
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A United States Supreme Court case decided May 25 might be the perfect catalyst for talking about property tax law and protections for homeowners across the country, according to Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar.
The case in question, Tyler v. Hennepin County, was brought by a Minnesota woman named Geraldine Tyler. Tyler owned a condominium but owed about $15,000 in unpaid real estate taxes, interest, and penalties.
Tyler is 94 years old. She owned her Minneapolis condo for more than a decade and used it as her primary residence until her family moved her to a senior community in 2010. Nobody paid property taxes on the condo from that point on.
The county in which she lived, Hennepin, seized her home and sold it for $40,000, over $25,000 more than the value of Tyler’s debt. Tyler’s case centered on the idea that the county had basically stolen her home equity.
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The Supreme Court decided the county had unconstitutionally taken more than their fair share by retaining the excess on top of Tyler’s debt. In a unanimous decision, the sale was found to be a violation of the Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment, and the Excessive Fines Clause in the Eight Amendment.
Overdue property taxes are not handled the same way in Minnesota and Arizona, so Benatar said her office is looking at a gray area in applying any precedents set by Tyler.
In Coconino County, a lien is attached to property on Jan. 1 of each calendar year. The lien dissolves when property taxes, which are levied in September, are paid in full.
“If you’re paying by halves, the first half is due by November 1st, 2023 before interest accrues. The second half is due by May 1st of 2024 before interest accrues. If you’re paying full year, it’s due December 31st,” she said.
If a homeowner fails to pay overdue taxes for 2023 by December 2024, then the county could sell the lien on the property, which is not the same as foreclosing on or selling the property itself.
An investor can purchase the lien and pay a certain amount of interest. If the house reaches foreclosure and the homeowner can’t pay off the lien, the deed for the property is transferred to the investor.
“In Minnesota, what happened is the counties there foreclosed on the property. We don’t foreclose on the property,” Benatar said. “In theory, yes, there could be situations where a property owner doesn’t pay their taxes, they lose their home. The value of the property is worth more than the taxes due and they are out the difference. It could happen. That’s where that gray area is. Where do we fall in Arizona?”
Whether that case will directly affect policy in Arizona remains to be seen, but Benatar said there’s no reason why the decision shouldn’t spark a broader conversation about protection for homeowners.
“The SCOTUS opinion is clear and that’s something I do agree with. Property is something we all work hard to have. We work hard to own our homes,” she said. “I always say property ownership is the most affordable form of housing. If you can own your home, especially nowadays, your mortgage payment is probably less than rent in this town. If you own it free and clear, your annual taxes are probably less than what your rent would be. We want to keep people in their homes.”
In Coconino County, less than 25% of homeowners are still paying down mortgages. The other three quarters are mostly concerned with paying their property taxes to retain ownership of their homes.
“We should be having this conversation. [Tyler] was a unanimous decision. This is not a partisan issue. You work hard for your property, and yes we all go through ups and downs in finances. You can get sick, have unexpected medical bills. Things happen, and so if for whatever reason you get to that point, you should not be punished for it even further,” Benatar said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to add protections for our property owners and constituents.”
Recently, Benatar helped lead an initiative to update A.R.S. 42-17303, a tax deferral statute that aims to protect economically vulnerable homeowners.
In theory, the law allows for something that looks very much like a reverse mortgage. Qualifying applicants can have their property tax balance covered by the state treasurer for as long as they live in their home and it is their primary residence.
Benatar said she believes the statute is too outdated to be effective. In order to qualify for the program, a homeowner must earn less than $1,000 annually. Their property value can’t be higher than $150,000.
“I don’t know who’s earning less than $10,000. If you’re on Social Security, you’re earning less than $10,000,” Benatar said. “Even if you’re only earning $10,000, what property is valued at that in Flagstaff?”
In 2020, Benatar worked on drafting SB 1491, which would have updated the statute in a few important ways.
It would have lifted the age limit from 70 years to 65 for applicants. It also would have worked toward attaching the income limit to Social Security pay — so the two would adjust alongside one another.
“The goal was to change the income requirement, have it be aligned with Social Security and follow whenever they do any adjustments, it changes as well so that you’re capturing those of fixed incomes. Reduce the age from 70 down to retirement age," she said. "Then include in there the ability for those who are permanently disabled to qualify for the program as well. Then, the value of the property should be based on the average value for the county specifically."
The bill was never heard. But after Tyler, Benatar hopes lawmakers might be willing to come back to the table to adjust the law.
In the meantime, she said, she would like to see more people taking advantage of the state’s existing safety nets.
In 2022, voters approved Proposition 130, a tax exemption for veterans with disabilities. There are also exemptions for people with permanent disabilities and a widower exemption. Seniors can also work with the Coconino County Assessor’s office to apply for a valuation freeze — which will make sure their property value doesn’t change, and property tax rates are fixed in the future.
“It provides a mechanism to help people, especially when they’re on a fixed income, to afford their home,” Benatar said.
She added the Department of Housing has aid available for homeowners to pay their property taxes, and that her office regularly refers people who are struggling to Housing Solutions and legal aid to help them retain their residences.
Benatar’s office also helps residents craft payment plans where possible.
“It’s a housing issue. We always talk about housing issues, and I feel home ownership honestly does slip through the cracks. Just look at our community. We have multi-generational homes, working families who have been here 30 years who did pay off their 30-year mortgage, and are now close to retirement age,” she said. “I’d rather have you stay in this community and stay in your home, versus going out into the rental market.”
Coconino County’s tax collection rate is close to 90%. That means the vast majority of people are able to, and do, pay their taxes on time.
“I always tell the County Board of Supervisors, my dream is that I am at 100% collection. Everyone is paying their taxes on time. That is my goal. Will I get there? Probably not, but I can work so hard towards it,” Benatar said.
The county treasurer’s office now accepts property tax payments via Venmo and PayPal in pursuit of that goal. They started printing information about payment plans and exemption applications on the back of tax notices.
“I highly recommend, if you’re a property owner, you’re going to get your taxes in September. Look at the back of your notice. The front is going to have your dollar amounts, but the back is going to have information and resources. We’ll talk about, hey, there’s this program through the assessor’s office. Because the value reduction programs and valuation freeze is done through the assessor, but we have all that information there,” Benatar said. adding that enrollment in relief programs skyrocketed when her office started using the back of the notice the way they do now.
During a housing crisis, especially, she said she’s passionate about filling in all of the gaps — and making sure the remaining 10% of constituents know there are resources available to them.
“People are paying attention, but there are people out there that I know could qualify. Look, it won’t hurt. Come down to the assessor’s office,” Benatar said. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/coconino-county-treasurer-urges-action-on-property-tax-protections-for-homeowners-following-a-recent-supreme/article_4774e4c0-03d3-11ee-a35d-3bdf7f703855.html | 2023-06-06T12:59:31 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/coconino-county-treasurer-urges-action-on-property-tax-protections-for-homeowners-following-a-recent-supreme/article_4774e4c0-03d3-11ee-a35d-3bdf7f703855.html |
Swamp Rabbit Trail enters Laurens County. Here's what to know about the new Loop Trail.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Thursday, June 8 at 4 p.m. for the new Loop Trail, the official beginning of the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail (SRT) in Laurens County.
It will be hosted by the Laurens County Trails Association (LCTA) and the Chamber of Commerce.
The event will take place at 281 Professional Park Road beside the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce under the white tent. After a brief program and ribbon cutting, attendees will have light refreshments and take their first walk on the historic trail led by members of the Trails Association’s Board of Directors.
Attendees are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
The Loop Trail takes biking, walking, and running enthusiasts through wooded and open land on an asphalted trail meeting standards set by the Swamp Rabbit Trail, the Upstate’s 22-mile trail system linking cities and communities together from Travelers Rest through Greenville, the press release stated.
Mauldin, Simpsonville, Fountain Inn and Laurens County will be joined together by the trail.
“The Loop Trail is also the start line of linking the communities of Laurens and Clinton together,” said Jamie Adair, LCTA Board of Directors and Executive Committee member.
The two-mile trail is one of 16 projects funded through Laurens County's Capital Project Sales Tax (CPST) referendum approved by voters in the November 2020 election. Prisma Health also provided funding.
“Voters’ approval of the penny sales tax referendum in the last election was the push we needed to move the Loop Trail forward and make this ribbon cutting possible,” said Bud Marchant, executive director of the LCTA. “Our trails association and community credit the vision and insight of Laurens County Council and the Capital Project Sales Tax Commission for making funding possible to cut the ribbon on June 8.”
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Family of Mallory Beach, 'Mal's Palz' plan to raise funds at upcoming Watermelon Festival
With the coming of Hampton County's signature harvest festival, the Watermelon Festival, the family of a local boating accident victim has been getting into the festival spirit to help overcome their tragedy and raise money for a good cause.
The Mal's Palz charity was founded in late 2019 to raise money for a local animal shelter in memory of Mallory Beach, a 19-year-old Hampton County college student who was killed in a high-profile boating accident involving the now notorious family of convicted killer and accused fraudster Alex Murdaugh.
Even as a wrongful death suit filed by the Beach family against Murdaugh and other parties heads to trial in Hampton County Aug. 14, the Beaches, led by Mallory's mother Renee, have been overcoming grief by participating in numerous community events and raising money for improvements to or renovations of the Hampton County Animal Shelter.
The Beach family, joined by friends and supporters of Mal's Palz, attended the recent Field Day in Hampton County hosted by the H.C. Citizens of Active Restoration (HCCAR) last month to spread the word about the group and raise funds, and now they have their sights set on the Watermelon Festival with the sale of Mal's Palz melon-themed T-shirts.
“Mallory loved animals so much that we thought this would bring a positive for the community, keep her memory alive and help the animal shelter at the same time,” Renee Beach told The Hampton County Guardian recently.
Beach’s death in February 2019 launched criminal investigations, multiple lawsuits, and helped expose the alleged corruption of Murdaugh as part of the now internationally known Murdaugh crime saga, but her grieving family is determined to make something positive come from this tragic story.
The upcoming Watermelon Festival, slated for June 17-24, is Hampton County's 81st annual festival. The Watermelon Festival, which put Hampton County on the map long before the tragic boat crash and the Murdaugh crime saga, is slated as the oldest continuing festival in the state and draws thousands of visitors to the county each year.
The theme of this year's festival is the Past, Present and Future of Education in Hampton County, and comes at a time when the county's two public school districts have consolidated into one, uniting the county, and plans are underway to build a new, state-of-the-art, county-wide high school.
Locals and out-of-town guests alike celebrate the festival each year by wearing official souvenir T-shirts printed by the all-volunteer H.C. Watermelon Festival Committee, and the Beach family decided to help locals capture more of that festival spirt with melon-themed Mal's Palz shirts of their own.
Mal's Palz shirts and other merchandise can be found on the charity's website and its "Mal's Palz" Facebook page. Adult's and children's shirts, all in a variety of sizes, are available for preorder for $25 and can be picked up at the Hampton Gazebo, on Historic Lee Avenue facing the H.C. Courthouse, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 17, at the start of the festival.
According to its website, https://www.mals-palz.com/ , Mal's Palz is a charitable 501(c)(3) organization that has already raised roughly $50,000 for improvements to the Hampton County Animal Shelter, or to build a new shelter.
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Ocean City Police Department investigating death of one male
The Ocean City Police Department is currently handling a death investigation.
Officers responded to a shopping center parking lot located at 11601 Coastal Highway for the report an unconscious male found in a vehicle at about 11:04 p.m. Sunday, June 4.
Lifesaving efforts were initiated by officers until Ocean City Emergency Services personnel arrived. Emergency personnel pronounced the male dead on the scene. The victim has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy.
At this point in the investigation, there is no foul play suspected or threat to the community. The identity of the next of kin is not being released at this time pending notification of next of kin.
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Everything you need to know about the 2023 Ocean City Air Show
In the mood for some sky-high thrills? Prepare to be dazzled during the weekend of June 10-11 as legions of high-speed military and aerobatic aircrafts rocket through the clouds at Ocean City's 16th annual OC Air Show.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 OC Air Show, a jaw-dropping spectacle to behold.
Who is performing?
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, a six-jet demonstration team that performs aerobatic maneuvers at more than 1,000 mph, will be headlining the event. Over the years, the Thunderbirds have become a fan favorite.
Also returning to the skies is the UH-72A Lakota, a light utility helicopter used for search and rescue operations, reconnaissance and surveillance, and medevac missions. It is only used in non-combat, non-hostile environments.
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The A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the "warthog," will also be making a reappearance. It is a single-pilot attack jet that's designed to operate anywhere in the world and provide close air support to troops on the ground.
The 2023 lineup will also include the F-18 Rhino Demo Team, F-35 Lightning II Demo Team, L-39 Cold War Era Jet, Red Bull Air Force, Air Force Heritage Flight and Navy Legacy Flight.
Where can I watch the air show?
Whether you’re lounging in a boat on the bay, swimming in the Atlantic or tanning on the sand, you will have a great view of the 2023 OC Air Show.
The event is viewable from 6th to 26th streets along the Boardwalk, where spectators can gather for free. Front row seats can also be purchased between 13th and 17th streets in the designated ticketed beach area, where the show is largely centered.
Those who choose to stroll along the Boardwalk during the show will have the option to do so, as the Boardwalk will be open to pedestrians during the entirety of the event. Security personnel will be present to keep foot traffic flowing.
In addition, a United States Coast Guard Safety Zone will be in effect for those who choose to view the air show from a boat or watercraft.
To ensure all guidelines and regulations are being met, U.S. Coast Guard and Fish and Wildlife Commission vessels will be patrolling the perimeter of the zone. An interactive Google Map and more information can be found on the Air Show’s website.
How much are tickets?
A variety of viewing experiences are being offered to spectators, including the VIP Skybox, VIP Flight Line Club, Drop Zone Beach and Sand Boxes. All paying guests will receive wristbands and may come and go from the ticketed beach areas as they please.
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Tickets can be purchased on the air show’s website, with prices starting as low as $35 for Drop Zone Beach and reaching as high as $279 for VIP Skybox seating.
Narration of the event will be available via speakers in the Drop Zone Beach and VIP areas. For more detailed information regarding tickets or ticketing issues, call 410-450-4197.
Will there be traffic?
The event has drawn thousands of spectators and aviation enthusiasts to the resort town throughout the years. A similar turnout is expected this year, raising concerns about traffic.
Heavy traffic is expected in the downtown area from the Route 50 bridge to the north of 33rd Street each day from about 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Aircraft will be performing practice runs during the week leading up to the event, especially on Friday, June 9. Times are subject to change. The official air show will kick off at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with the aerial portion of the show running from noon until about 3 p.m. each day.
Additionally, the Drop Zone Beach will open to the public at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Flight Line Club beach area will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Foot traffic may become congested along the Boardwalk at this time.
During these scheduled times, Ocean City will be bustling with crowds. Spectators are advised to leave with plenty of time to spare before the show begins, as traffic in and out of the resort town tends to back up during the main portion of the event. Backups may last for up to one to two hours, or more.
Delmarva Now will continue to update the resort town's traffic patterns as the event approaches.
Where can I park?
The Ocean City Police Department, Maryland State Troopers and parking attendants will be on site to guide guests. Those who purchase VIP Flight Line Club, VIP Skybox and VIP Penthouse tickets will be given one parking pass per purchaser. Parking passes may be printed or shown on your phone.
Guests with Drop Zone or Sand Box tickets and all other spectators must use regular paid public parking. Parking can be found at the West Ocean City Park and Ride, with busing available every 20 minutes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and around the ticketed areas of 13th to 17th streets.
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If you go:
What: OC Air Show
When: June 10-11 from noon to 3:00 p.m.
Where: 13th to 17th streets, Ocean City
Cost: Free, but separate ticket packages for special experiences are available; prices range from $35-$279.
Info: https://ocairshow.com/
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State police rescue Wicomico County fallen hiker
The Maryland State Police Aviation Command rescued a hiker after she suffered injuries from a fall Sunday afternoon in Wicomico County.
The woman was hiking with her husband in a remote area along Beaverdam Creek in Salisbury. The Salisbury Fire Department located the woman and requested Maryland State Police for an aerial rescue due to the nature of her injuries, limited access to the area and extended extrication time.
Rescuers initiated patient care on the injured hiker and stabilized her for extrication. The crew from Trooper 4, based in Salisbury, conducted a hoist mission. Pilots hovered the Leonardo AW-139 helicopter nearly 80 feet above dense tree cover, while a trooper/paramedic was lowered below.
The woman was secured in an air rescue vest-quick connect and hoisted into the aircraft. She was flown to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital in Salisbury for treatment of her injuries.
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