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School is out and here is a look at some of the youth and family activities in Eddy County
Summer vacation is here and there are plenty of activities in Eddy County for children and families during June, July and August.
Here is a list of the summertime activities.
Reading programs, others at Carlsbad library
The Carlsbad Public Library at 101 South Halagueno Street offers ongoing activities during June and July for children, youths and adults.
Morning Mahjong, crafts and games, teen and tween art, story time, STEAM time, domino days, ASL sign language, seed and sprout swap, Lego time, Dungeons and Dragons and camera club are some of the offerings at the library.
For more information call the Carlsbad Public Library at 575-887-6776.
More:Carlsbad Library accepts book donations
Carlsbad Museum offers art projects
The Carlsbad Museum at 418 West Fox Street offers ongoing projects during its Summer Art Academy starting June 6 through Aug. 5 for children and their families.
Crochet, drawing, designing images of Carlsbad Caverns with colored sand, using stone and glass beads to create jewelry and visual journaling are some of the events and offerings from the Carlsbad Museum.
For more information call the Carlsbad Museum at 575-887-0276.
Summer sports at the Boys and Girls Club
The Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad offers summer girls summer basketball for ages 5 through 12 June 20 through July 21. Cost is $70 per player and registration can be made by calling 575-988-1528.
Activities also available in Artesia
In Artesia, The Artesia Arts Council offers the Missoula Children’s Theater in June, a dance camp, an art and science camp and a theater camp are the offerings in June. Call 575-746-4212.
The Artesia Public Library offers programs Monday through Friday for kids and families during the Summer Reading Program through July 28.
More:Overdue, late fees forgiven at Carlsbad Public Library
Mondays are movie and popcorn day. Live performances are on Tuesdays. Wednesday is toy factory day. Thursday is story time and crafts day and Fridays are Lego and crafts day.
For more information call the Artesia Public Library at 575-746-4252.
Mike Smith can be reached at 575-628-5546 or by email at MSmith@currentargus.com or @ArgusMichae on Twitter. | https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/community/2023/06/07/out-of-school-activity-offerings-in-carlsbad-and-artesia-for-break-summer-vacation-reading-programs/70283411007/ | 2023-06-08T03:18:24 | 1 | https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/community/2023/06/07/out-of-school-activity-offerings-in-carlsbad-and-artesia-for-break-summer-vacation-reading-programs/70283411007/ |
Rainbow silicone wristbands that say “working as one” awarded to children as prizes for summer reading have created division within the Wells County community.
Several people attended the Wells County commissioners meeting Monday to share their opinions on the tie-dyed bracelets the Wells County Public Library is offering children as prizes for summer reading achievements.
Some parents – including two at Monday’s meeting – were alarmed to see their children receive items that they consider to be promoting LGBTQ+ pride. One man, who did not verbally identify himself at the meeting, asked the commissioners to start a fact-finding mission to determine the intent behind the bracelets’ purchase.
“Especially during the month we are in, to some people, that is offensive because they believe the rainbow means something differently than what it currently means,” the man said.
Cynthia Burchell of the library said she ordered the prizes in December and didn’t know at the time that June has been designated Pride Month. She bought the items from the Collaborative Summer Reading program that bore the theme of working as one. The phrase is intended to signify the community working together.
“I feel like this theme is a very good theme,” she said. “It’s about encouraging everybody in our community to be good neighbors, to be good community members, so I stand by my choice.”
Rainbow colors are popular among kids, Burchell and two other people who spoke at the meeting said. Promoting LGBTQ+ pride is not something Burchell would do in her personal life as she “believes in the Biblical form of marriage,” she said.
“On a personal note, not from the library, I am a Christ follower and that is my basis for everything I do in life,” she said.
Burchell also dispelled what she called rumors that the prizes were paid for with taxpayer dollars. The summer reading program is supported entirely from donations, she said.
“I work at a public library. I purchase things I don’t personally agree with because we need to have them in our community, and I feel strongly about that,” Burchell said.
Even so, the bracelets were not meant to support same-sex marriage or any other controversial issue, she said. “I feel like I serve a whole community and not just those who agree with everything that I agree with,” she said.
Since Burchell heard opposition to the rainbow bracelets, she has purchased – with her own money – silicone wristbands with single colors tie dyed with white accents to give children other options.
Kevin Miller said he was upset when his children, ages 3 and 7, were given the rainbow bracelets by a publicly funded institution.
“I just don’t want my children to be forced to promote an ideology that they are too young to even understand,” he said. “I want them to have the ability to grow up and go to the library without having these political agendas or ideology of any kind.”
Commissioner Michael Vanover thanked the speakers for keeping the discussion brief and encouraged people to talk to the library’s board members about their concerns. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/rainbow-bracelets-from-wells-county-library-spark-controversy/article_dffeb972-059b-11ee-be96-87153a8a91b1.html | 2023-06-08T03:21:55 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/rainbow-bracelets-from-wells-county-library-spark-controversy/article_dffeb972-059b-11ee-be96-87153a8a91b1.html |
Workers at the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan's Union Square, one of the retail chain's signature stores and home to its corporate offices, have voted to unionize.
They join employees at a handful of other Barnes & Noble stores in the Northeast who have affiliated with unions in recent weeks, following a wave of union activity over the past few years at independent booksellers.
The Union Square employees are now part of the the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which also represents workers at McNally Jackson, Greenlight Bookstore and other independents.
In an announcement Wednesday, the RWDSU cited issues at the Union Square store ranging from workplace harassment to “unstable scheduling practices” and “favoritism by management.”
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“Together, with their colleagues in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and just across the water in Brooklyn, Barnes & Noble workers in Union Square have sent a message all across the nation — the bookstore industry can and must treat workers with dignity and respect," RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said in a statement.
“Workers at this store not only organized and won their union voice, but they did so with management literally above their heads in the corporate headquarters, which is housed just above the store in the same building.”
Barnes & Noble issued a brief statement saying, “We look forward to the new contract with the Union Square Booksellers.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/workers-at-barnes-noble-in-union-square-vote-to-unionize/4403827/ | 2023-06-08T03:23:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/workers-at-barnes-noble-in-union-square-vote-to-unionize/4403827/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – School may be out for the summer, but learning doesn’t stop.
Wichita Public Schools has partnered with Wichita State University (WSU) Tech to provide a STEM activities summer camp for middle school students.
The program gives students a chance to learn about things like drones, virtual welding, and cyber security.
“This is a great opportunity to expose kids to future skills and future opportunities that we might keep these kids here in Wichita whenever they graduate,” said Rob Dickson, Chief Information Officer for Wichita Public Schools. “I think, honestly, whenever you see kids learning by doing, it’s huge to see the spark happen in them.”
The summer STEM camp will run every Wednesday for the next four weeks, bringing in different middle schools from the district. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/usd-259-partners-with-wsu-tech-to-bring-stem-summer-camp-to-students/ | 2023-06-08T03:25:51 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/usd-259-partners-with-wsu-tech-to-bring-stem-summer-camp-to-students/ |
PEORIA
Swimmer dies after not resurfacing at Lake Pleasant marina
Aidan Wohl
Arizona Republic
A man died after authorities say he went underwater and didn't resurface at Scorpion Bay Marina in Peoria on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, at around 4:20 p.m., deputies were sent out to Scorpion Bay Marina after receiving a call about the incident. Search efforts were conducted by deputies and the Peoria Fire Department.
About three hours later the body of the man was found, Sgt. Calbert Gillett with the sheriff's office said.
The man's identity was to be released Thursday, the sheriff's office said. Additional details were not released.
The investigation was ongoing, the sheriff's office said. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/peoria/2023/06/07/swimmer-sought-after-not-resurfacing-at-scorpion-bay-marina/70300482007/ | 2023-06-08T03:35:01 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/peoria/2023/06/07/swimmer-sought-after-not-resurfacing-at-scorpion-bay-marina/70300482007/ |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — The Tuscaloosa City Council is proposing a moratorium on new bars due to a shortage of city police officers.
Tuscaloosa Police Department is down 34 officers and has 290 sworn officers on duty. City Council President Kip Tyner says a moratorium is just in the discussion phase to see what can be done to handle this problem.
“We’ve been so overwhelmed and right now with our numbers still down with our police department and the numbers that seem to go up as far as businesses trying to find new ways to increase capacity,” Tyner said. “We have parking lot issues after places close, it just put a terrible strain on our police department.”
Assistant Police Chief Heath Clark agrees with Tyner and says something must be done, as too many officers are patrolling downtown bars when neighborhoods in other parts of the city are not getting enough police patrols.
“Many patrons come in from all over to enjoy entertainment at the bars and it is targeting from the hours from 10 p.m. until 3 in the morning,” Clark said. “It’s a time that puts lots of stress on our manpower and our ability to provide other services with neighborhood patrols and other businesses.”
The proposed moratorium is being looked into by the City Attorney’s office. They will present findings later this month to the Public Safety Committee. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tuscaloosa-city-council-proposes-a-moratorium-on-new-bars-amid-police-shortage/ | 2023-06-08T03:41:32 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tuscaloosa-city-council-proposes-a-moratorium-on-new-bars-amid-police-shortage/ |
PHOENIX — Two kids and a woman in her 20s were transported to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in west Phoenix Wednesday night.
Phoenix firefighters said all three victims are stable after being struck at a low rate of speed outside a Sam's Club near 83rd Avenue and McDowell Road.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — To watch Roseville native Gabby Bertelsen on the mat, you might never know the pain that's now behind her.
The 13-year-old competitive cheerleader helped her team, Nor Cal Elite, win the Summit-Varsity All-Stars in Orlando last month, a competition her coach called the "Super Bowl of cheerleading."
"I look back and I get goosebumps every time I think about that award ceremony. It was just unreal," said Matt Alvarado, who has been coaching Bertelsen for three years. He called her "rigorous" and "determined."
"I don’t know where I’d be if I didn’t decide to do cheer," said Bertelsen.
But last year, a severe case of scoliosis put her cheer career on hold. After being diagnosed as a child, it was getting worse.
"Having to live with it, physically it hurt my body so much," said Bertelsen.
Bertelsen's mother, Kate Shoemaker, said multiple doctors told her family the same thing.
"Her scoliosis is progressing really quickly, and you have to do something," said Shoemaker.
Before the Summit competition was in play, Bertelsen visited Dr. Rolando Roberto at Shriner's Children's Hospital in Sacramento.
Dr. Roberto performed a revolutionary scoliosis surgery called Vertebral Body Tethering.
"We allow the spine to still move, and as the spine grows, it grows itself straighter," said Dr. Roberto.
He said the small incisions are another benefit of the operation. They allow the patients to bounce back quickly.
Bertelsen bounced back quickly and back on the mat just five weeks after her February surgery.
"I don’t think that me, one year ago, would be able to believe it. I feel so blessed for the surgery I got, and I’m so thankful for Shriners," said Bertelsen.
Already a champion at age 13, thanks to her determination and a revolutionary surgical procedure, Bertelsen's story is just beginning.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/roseville-teen-cheerleading-comeback/103-8e710375-0a70-4a35-b1ec-97ddd630bdf7 | 2023-06-08T03:54:53 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/roseville-teen-cheerleading-comeback/103-8e710375-0a70-4a35-b1ec-97ddd630bdf7 |
Coralville seeks 900 volunteers for the 50th anniversary of RAGBRAI in July. Here's how you can get involved.
It’s all hands on deck, or better, handlebars when thousands of bicyclists pedal from Tama-Toledo into Coralville in late July as part of RAGBRAI.
The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa celebrates 50 years this year. Coralville is gearing up to accommodate the gargantuan influx of people arriving after nearly a week of biking as they make their final overnight stop in Coralville on July 28.
Coralville previously hosted RAGBRAI riders overnight in 2015.
How can I volunteer for RAGBRAI?
The City of Coralville will need help from 900 volunteers to assist with RAGBRAI, about 300 more than its estimated 600 volunteers used when RAGBRAI last rolled through Coralville, Nick Pfeiffer of Think Iowa City told the Press-Citizen. Community members are required for prep on Thursday, July 27, for when riders arrive Friday afternoon and when they take off to Davenport Saturday morning. Volunteers will be tasked with setting up campgrounds, which includes the main campground at S.T. Morrison Park, directing riders, serving beer at the main campground's beverage garden, overseeing the play area for kids and more.
More than 100 people have already signed up.
Visit coralvilleragbrai.com to sign up or contact Think Iowa City staff, the convention and visitors bureau for the Iowa City and Coralville area.
Where will RAGBRAI riders camp at in Coralville?
S.T. Morrison Park, located at 1513 Seventh St., and Northwest Junior High nearby will serve as the main campground. Here, live music will take place while food and non-food vendors set up shop. Expect a beverage garden, bike repair and first aid at this location.
Porta potties and showers will be available at all campground locations.
The campground for RVs and generators will be at the Coralville Youth Sports Park, 2480 Dempster Dr., and St. Thomas More Church near 3000 12th Ave.
A quiet campground will be stationed at Coralville Central Elementary School at 501 Sixth Street. No alcohol or smoking will be allowed.
The campgrounds will open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and at 7 a.m. on Friday.
Coralville anticipates hosting 8,000 campers, Pfeiffer said in an email to the Press-Citizen.
More:Coralville unveils RAGBRAI theme Cheers to the Years, celebrating city and RAGBRAI history
Where else can riders stay overnight in Coralville?
Your home or your backyard.
That’s not the only option, of course, with the various hotels offered in the area, but folks who want to host can do so by signing up on Coralville’s RAGBRAI website, where they will be matched with a rider in need of a bed, couch or a yard to pitch a tent in.
“It’s a really great way to be involved and to get to know some people that you otherwise wouldn't have ever met,” Pfeiffer said.
When riders arrive in Coralville from Tama-Toledo on July 28, they’ll have logged 82 miles, passing through Chelsea, Belle Plaine, Amana and Oxford. They’ll depart from Coralville and ride through Iowa City, West Liberty, Muscatine, Montpelier and Buffalo to complete their journey in Davenport.
More:Bush to perform in Coralville as RAGBRAI riders roll through for 50th anniversary
Paris Barraza covers entertainment, lifestyle and arts at the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Reach her at PBarraza@press-citizen.com or 319-519-9731. Follow her on Twitter @ParisBarraza | https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2023/06/07/coralville-needs-900-volunteers-for-50th-anniversary-ragbrai-in-july/70276664007/ | 2023-06-08T03:57:21 | 1 | https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2023/06/07/coralville-needs-900-volunteers-for-50th-anniversary-ragbrai-in-july/70276664007/ |
COCKEYSVILLE, Md. — A two-alarm fire broke out in a business dwelling in Cockeysville.
The fire consumed at least two businesses and quickly spread to buildings on both sides, with fire crews battling for hours to contain the spread.
“Big black pile of smoke rolling through the air; they had three towers shooting water down, and that’s what we saw," said Joe Kossek, who lives in Cockeysville.
RELATED: 2-alarm fire damages building in Cockeysville, no injuries reported
Before the fire happened, people were already concerned about the quality of the air since the state is under a code red.
“I was concerned about the smoke just because my mom has lung issues, so I’m concerned for her and the elderly," said Kossek.
“There is always a concern for that there is always a concern for weather, heat things of that nature," says Captain Len Stewart.
Fire officials say the smoke from this fire doesn’t have nearly the same impact on the air quality as the fires burning in Canada, which puts people at ease.
READ MORE: Canadian wildfires cause breathing, visibility issues across Maryland
“I kind of figured, you know, this is a very, on the scale of things this is a very small fire; the Canadian fires are covering multiple hundreds of square miles, if not thousands, I’m sure, so that’s the huge impact; that’s the one that’s dangerous, not this," said Kossek.
A good way to keep yourself protected is to stay indoors; if you must go outside, wear a N-95 mask to limit the particles you breathe in. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/fire-destroys-building-in-cockeysville-during-state-issued-code-red-air-quality-alert | 2023-06-08T03:58:50 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/fire-destroys-building-in-cockeysville-during-state-issued-code-red-air-quality-alert |
CROFTON, Md. — The numbers three and nine mean everything in baseball.
Nine innings.
Three outs.
For a former pitcher from Arundel High School, it means nine chemo treatments down with three to go.
To most, it just looks like practice for the 12U Crofton Cardinals.
But for 21-year-old Champ Wert, it's therapeutic.
“They mean the world to me; I can’t say enough about 'em, they are all great kids,” said Champ.
This past Thanksgiving, hearts dropped. Champ was home for Thanksgiving from Methodist University in North Carolina, where he’d be a senior, but something wasn't right.
He felt tired with bricks on his chest.
“Thought it was a pulled muscle, but mom knew something wasn’t right,” said Champ.
Champ held off visiting the doctor long enough so he could finish an online exam for school.
Once he closed his laptop, he heard he had stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma.
In baseball, you get to walk to first; Champ had to walk the elevator at the hospital. Explaining an infield fly rule was easier.
Champ refused to sit on the bench and is helping coach the Crofton Cardinals.
“Teaching them manners not only in baseball but in life they mean the world to me,” said Champ. “I’ve always had a positive attitude that’s what I’m trying to instill here, fight like a champ.”
And his teammates agree.
“Honestly, Champ is one of the best coaches I’ve ever had,” said one player. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/former-arundel-hs-pitcher-coaches-baseball-while-undergoing-cancer-treatment | 2023-06-08T03:58:56 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/former-arundel-hs-pitcher-coaches-baseball-while-undergoing-cancer-treatment |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man that struck and critically injured a 72-year-old woman with his car last year before fleeing from the scene was sentenced to more than seven years in prison, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
Tyler Fetterhoff, 35, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and felony hit-and-run and received a 90-month sentence without eligibility for time reduction programs, according to the DA’s Office. Fetterhoff was previously convicted of aggravated assault and DUII for causing a serious crash in 2011.
On July 7, 2022, around 7:15 p.m., Fetterhoff was driving east on Barnes Rd. near St. Vincent’s Hospital when he ran a red light and struck the victim, who was walking across the intersection. The woman was flung into the air and had her personal belongings scattered across the road, while Fetterhoff fled from the scene, officials said.
The crash caused multiple injuries to the woman, who had to have her right leg amputated.
“The defendant continued to speed away, leaving the victim writhing on the ground as horrified onlookers and medical personnel rushed to render aid. The defendant then drove to the home of an acquaintance, where he left his damaged car and took a ride-share home to northwest Portland,” the DA’s Office said.
After the crash, Fetterhoff drove to the home of an acquaintance, where he left his damaged car, and took a ride-share to his home to NW Portland.
Fetterhoff’s Subaru Legacy was identified as the suspected vehicle in the incident, thanks to a dash cam video provided by a witness. The acquaintance of Fetterhoff reported the vehicle to police after seeing media reports of the crash, authors said.
“Ultimately, despite the defendant’s efforts to conceal his vehicle and his identity, the evidence proved beyond any doubt that he is the one who struck and injured the victim,” said the DA’s Office. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/portland-man-receives-7-year-sentence-for-hit-run-that-critically-injured-72-year-old-woman-tyler-fetterhoff/ | 2023-06-08T04:05:59 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/portland-man-receives-7-year-sentence-for-hit-run-that-critically-injured-72-year-old-woman-tyler-fetterhoff/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Little Rock has a shortage of code enforcement officers. It's their job to ensure landlords keep homes safe and up to code.
Housing and Neighborhood Programs Director Kevin Howard said their enforcement staff is nowhere near what it needs.
"We had a population increase from 2010 to the 2020 census, but the number of code officers has not increased," Howard said. "Over 30,000 complexes as far as units around the city, so it's hard to cover those."
Howard said a city the size of Little Rock should have almost double its current amount of officers. Due to the lack of staff, fewer officers conduct preventative checks leading to a pile-up of violations.
Barrett Allen is the executive director of the University District Development Corporation, a nonprofit that works with the city to connect residents with safe, affordable housing.
"A lot of those unfortunate code violations go unchecked," Allen said. They begin to spiral, build up and then over a 10 to 15-year period end up with a Big Country Chateau situation."
The corporation works with many people from deteriorating buildings like the Big Country Chateau apartment complex in Little Rock.
"Individuals are finding themselves... living in situations where the houses are not up to a livable standard," Allen said. "There is a shortage of housing units."
Howard said they don't have enough code enforcement to inspect every vacant building — let alone active ones regularly.
"It's complaint-driven a lot of times," Howard said. "We do have inspections on units that we try to do annually... It's hard with the number of code officers we have."
However, Howard assured code officers always come when called despite the shortage.
"If we know about it, and we go out, and we do an inspection, we provide that information to the management company and owner," Howard said. "They're required to do certain things within that time period."
Howard said the department hopes for more funding from the city in next year's budget. While nonprofits, like the University District Development Corporation, wish for more solutions for tenants.
"We can turn it around," Allen said. "It's going to take a true public-private partnership with the city out providing incentives."
Anyone dealing with safe housing concerns in Little Rock can call 311 or the housing and neighborhood office. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/code-enforcement-shortage/91-a042ee12-982c-46c1-b5f2-002be5be1284 | 2023-06-08T04:24:32 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/code-enforcement-shortage/91-a042ee12-982c-46c1-b5f2-002be5be1284 |
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — On Tuesday night, Little Rock directors discussed an ordinance to make the juvenile curfew stricter.
The directors decided to hold off on making any decisions this week because they wanted to hear from the community.
One business owner we spoke to said he would be in favor of a curfew— especially around the River Market.
"In general, no I don't think it makes sense for anyone under 18 to be downtown or anywhere else downtown unaccompanied," said Daniel Bryant.
Bryant owns several restaurants, including Big Whiskey's and Gus's Chicken.
Right now, the curfew is from Sunday through Thursday 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., but the ordinance would add a curfew to Friday and Saturday.
Kids and teens would have to be inside between midnight and 5:00 a.m., and no child could be around an entertainment district between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
"I think the answer is to do that during the appropriate hours of the day. I've got two teenage sons. It never occurs to me to bring them to the River Market and drop them off," Bryant explained.
The Downtown Little Rock Partnership has been keeping businesses informed on any possible changes.
"The River Market looks very different on a Saturday morning during the farmer's market than it does on a Saturday night after 9:00 p.m.," said Gabe Holstrom, Little Rock Downtown Partnership Executive Director.
The Little Rock directors will have a special meeting next week to hear from the public about curfew changes. They hope to vote on the ordinance at the next agenda meeting. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock-possible-curfew-change/91-6448e029-d8b0-4b01-b320-1cdc375112b1 | 2023-06-08T04:24:38 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock-possible-curfew-change/91-6448e029-d8b0-4b01-b320-1cdc375112b1 |
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Justen Wen, a junior at Middle Township High School, has received the Rensselaer Medal award, a merit scholarship offered by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recognizing outstanding math and science students. Wen was nominated by his school counselor, Angelica Brown.
The award translates to up to $120,000 in scholarship funding if a student is accepted and enrolls at Rensselaer, with locations in New York and Connecticut.
“It’s students like Justen who motivate other students and even staff to strive for success,” Superintendent David Salvo said in a news release. “We can provide our students the tools to get there, but it’s their own dedication and due diligence that helps them achieve it.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/education/middle-township-junior-receives-scholarship/article_ed630392-054c-11ee-8dd8-833bf0415249.html | 2023-06-08T04:26:13 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/education/middle-township-junior-receives-scholarship/article_ed630392-054c-11ee-8dd8-833bf0415249.html |
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East has 342 graduates this spring.
Graduate Brooke Lood turns her tassel during Duluth East commencement at Amsoil Arena on Wednesday in Duluth.
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Class speaker Saige Mattson addresses her classmates during Duluth East commencement at Amsoil Arena on Wednesday in Duluth.
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Austan Orvedahl hitches a ride with Rocco Paulson during the recessional of the Duluth East commencement at Amsoil Arena on Wednesday in Duluth.
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Duluth East instructor Kimberly Olson hugs graduate Regan Rashid during Duluth East commencement at Amsoil Arena on Wednesday in Duluth.
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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Relay for Life of Linwood, an annual event benefiting the American Cancer Society, took place May 20 at the Anthony “Tony” Canale Training Center. Due to rain, the event had to move indoors, but that didn’t keep more than 200 people of all ages from attending the event and raising more than $31,000 to fight cancer.
The event included special laps for cancer survivors and their caregivers, a speech by Ocean City football assistant coach Frank LaSasso and special guests such as AtlantiCare radiation oncologist Dr. James C. Wurzer, who was named Healthcare Champion.
Additional activities included a scavenger hunt, a luncheon for cancer survivors and their caregivers, donut and wing-eating contests, and more.
For more information on Relay for Life of Linwood or how to get involved, visit RelayForLife.org/LinwoodNJ or email monica.nammour@cancer.org. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/relay-for-life-of-linwood-raises-over-31k-to-fight-cancer/article_f1d035a0-053b-11ee-9160-0f1bee035217.html | 2023-06-08T04:26:19 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/relay-for-life-of-linwood-raises-over-31k-to-fight-cancer/article_f1d035a0-053b-11ee-9160-0f1bee035217.html |
MINNEAPOLIS — More than 300,000 Americans live with spinal cord injuries, according to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, and many dream of walking again.
Crystal LaBo is one of them.
“I’ve always had the mindset that I would walk again someday,” LaBo said.
LaBo has paraplegia and has been in a wheelchair for 23 years.
She was involved in a car accident on Oct. 8, 1999 and hasn’t been able to walk since.
“When I was at the scene of the car accident we knew. I couldn’t feel anything from my chest down,” LaBo said.
Since her accident, LaBo has applied for nearly a dozen medical studies to see if she could get back some of the mobility in her legs.
“I was always turned down,” LaBo explains.
“The problem with mine is that my date for my injury is out so far. Most studies don’t include people that have the injury date out so far.”
In 2021 LaBo applied for a study at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis.
However, this time, doctors accepted her application.
“She is really our furthest out from injury,” Dr. David Darrow says.
Dr. Darrow is the principal investigator for Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute’s E-STAND clinical trial.
The trial has included 20 patients like LaBo who suffer from paralysis and are willing to have an epidural spinal cord stimulation implant surgically implanted near their spine.
For nearly 50 years, spinal cord stimulation has been used to help patients with chronic pain.
Dr. Darrow said doctors recently discovered that the technology could also be used to help paraplegic patients recover some movement.
“Over time what we have found is sure enough in 20 out of 20 patients we see significant effects across the board,” Dr. Darrow explains.
Doctors say patients have seen improvements in movement and mobility in their legs, improved blood circulation, and increased control over their bowels and bladders.
LaBo says she is experiencing improvements in all of those areas, and she is also experiencing an improvement in her body’s ability to regulate temperature.
“I used to be cold all the time and now I’m not. I’m much more comfortable now,” LaBo says.
LaBo and her husband Dustin live in Bryan, Ohio.
Together they have four kids, and they own a restaurant that specializes in grilled cheese.
“We have 16 to 18 different kinds of grilled cheese available,” Dustin LaBo said.
Crystal works nearly every job at the restaurant, including waiting tables, which has become a bit of a challenge since her legs started moving again
“So, I have a tray on my lap with food and drinks and my legs will kick up. The other day the tray kicked up and hit me in the face,” LaBo laughs.
A small price to pay for everything she has gained these past two months.
“Every day I see a little more movement, a little more control. The first time she did it, I’ll never forget that look on her face. She was just like, it was the greatest day of her life, and she was like, ‘I did it. I did it,”’ Dustin LaBo said.
Dr. Darrow and his team are now building a case to get FDA approval.
They want to enroll at least 20 more patients to show how well their procedure works.
"Then my job is convincing insurance companies to pay for it, which is a big job, but we think results are robust enough and the cost is reasonable,” Dr. Darrow said.
Over time Dr. Darrow is hoping to bring this procedure to more patients like Crystal, who dreams of taking her first step in 23 years, and maybe even walking again.
"I'll get there one day. It might take a while, but I’ll get there.”
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TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. — A smoky haze continues to obstruct the view of what would normally be a clear blue sky over Wyoming County.
It's also hindering the conditions out on the fairway at Stone Hedge Golf Course.
"You'll look at it, and it's almost unbelievable, but it is real, and it is happening, and it is something to be cautious about," said Erika Edwards, General Manager.
Employees at the golf course in Tunkhannock say the unusual phenomenon has led to a day of cancellations.
The club's PGA Golf Professional, Paul Roman, has even gone so far as to let players know if they have severe allergies or breathing problems, don't play.
"In my 50 years of being a golf pro, I've never seen anything like this. Do you know we've been through hurricanes and everything else that you could have happen on a golf course, but something like this is just it's just so different," said Paul Roman, PGA Golf Professional.
Bill Knoepfel and his friends played through a full match. He says the conditions not only affected his game physically but mentally as well.
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"Yeah, you smell smoke, and you know definitely, your eyes are burning. It is difficult to pick up the ball, you know, you're like, wow, where did that go? Cause it goes out visually, it's very difficult to just see because it is that, you know, hazy or foggy or whatever you wanna call it, smoky, I guess it would be," Knoepfel said.
As you continue through the historic borough, the smoke stays the same.
So do the conversations Gay's True Value owner Dan Gay says he's been having with customers.
"Hearing people come in and talk about the air quality out there, and it just seem like it just hit us all of a sudden, and we find out that it's these wildfires out of Canada, and it's just crazy," Gay said.
Over the last two days, Gay says many people are buying fans and filters to try to keep the smoke outside.
"Definitely affects your air conditioners and your window fans if you have them open because they're just gonna suck in the outside air and just cause more problems for you making things dirty and for your breathing," added Gay.
For more information on the air quality in your area, click HERE.
Check the latest Stormtracker 16 forecast HERE.
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Want to see what Newswatch 16's newscast was like in 1976? Head on over to WNEP's YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wyoming-county/businesses-battle-smoky-skies-stone-hedge-golf-course-wnep-canada-fire/523-9e323c96-ef7e-4cf1-9bf7-6fbc206ca14a | 2023-06-08T04:30:55 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wyoming-county/businesses-battle-smoky-skies-stone-hedge-golf-course-wnep-canada-fire/523-9e323c96-ef7e-4cf1-9bf7-6fbc206ca14a |
BRANDON, Fla. — Have you seen Maria Salazar?
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has issued a Purple Alert for the missing 27-year-old woman who was last seen earlier in the day Wednesday, June 7. She left her assisted living facility in Forest Hills Drive in Brandon on foot, authorities said.
Salazar is considered endangered due to a mental health diagnosis and an intellectual learning disability.
She is 5-feet, 2-inches, weighs about 140 pounds and has short black hair styled in a ponytail and brown eyes, according to the sheriff's office. She was last seen wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt with horizontal white stripes, black and brown casual pants and black and brown athletic shoes.
The sheriff's office said Salazar requires special care and attention and are deeply concerned for her well-being.
"We are working to locate her and bring her back to safety," Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement.
Anyone who has seen Salazar or has information about her location is asked to call 813-247-8200.
A Purple Alert is used to "assist in the location of missing adults suffering from mental, cognitive, intellectual or developmental disabilities," state leaders explained in a news release. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/purple-alert-missing-woman-brandon-florida/67-4a068292-545b-4bea-9068-4bd0537ed405 | 2023-06-08T04:35:28 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/purple-alert-missing-woman-brandon-florida/67-4a068292-545b-4bea-9068-4bd0537ed405 |
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P's Crazy Cars Museum collection going to auction
Bidders will have a chance to own some automotive history this month as the contents of P's Crazy Cars Museum goes on the auction block.
About 35 vehicles will be for sale, in addition to other items.
Gee Auction will handle the bidding beginning at the museum at 1602 Midwestern Parkway at 3:07 p.m. on June 24. Auctioneer Mickey Gee said everything in the building will be for sale.
Gee said the museum closed about three months ago.
Gee said the auction is generating a lot of interest.
“We got lots of calls coming in from people all over the world,” he said. “Some of the cars are real rare and there just some real classy nice cars.”
In addition to cars, a wagon, gas pump, barber pole, motorcycle, fire engine, and several signs will be for sale.
Gee said it will be a no-reserve auction.
“Everything sells for what it brings,” he said.
Online proxy bids will also be open through the auction company’s website or Facebook page.
“While we’re selling live, they can be pushing a button on a computer bidding at the same time,” Gee said.
People can get an advanced look at the items 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. June 22 and June 23. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/07/ps-crazy-cars-museum-collect-going-to-auction/70300150007/ | 2023-06-08T05:00:33 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/07/ps-crazy-cars-museum-collect-going-to-auction/70300150007/ |
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On Wednesday, the STEAM Machine made a stop at Region 9 for Glow Brighter Together, a combined special education, and sciences and mathematics conference for area educators.
WFISD's Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Machine is a mobile learning lab created to give students access to programs their campuses might not have. It combines science, technology, engineering and mathematics with the arts for more flexibility and creativity.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — After weeks of civil, canonical and in-person disputes between the Diocese of Fort Worth and an Arlington Monastery, the Arlington Police Department revealed Wednesday that it has launched an investigation to determine if any criminal offenses have occurred in the back-and-forth between the two parties.
That disclosure from APD comes in the wake of lawyers representing the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns filing a lawsuit against Bishop Michael Olson and the Diocese that accuses them of theft of private property and defamation as part of their canonical investigation into the monastery and one of its sisters.
"On May 31, the Arlington Police Department received a letter from a local law firm raising allegations about recent actions taken at the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity here in our city," APD said in a statement released to media. "In response, the department has launched an investigation to determine whether any criminal offenses have occurred, which is standard anytime a criminal complaint is made."
The investigation is still in the early stages, police added.
According to the most recent suit filed last week, Olson forced the monastery's head nun, Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, to turn over her computer, iPad and cell phone to him, which the suit states are property of the monastery.
"Just because you're the Catholic Bishop doesn't mean you're above the law," Matthew Bobo, one of the attorneys representing the monastery, said in an interview with WFAA. "You don't just get to take what you want and retain it. I absolutely think something criminal happened."
In its own statement on the criminal investigation, the Diocese of Fort Worth called the investigation -- and Bobo's promotion of it through a press release --"yet another transparent attempt to spread baseless and outrageous accusations regarding Bishop Olson’s legitimate investigation of the Carmelite Monastery."
"Attorney Bobo’s unilateral press releases are all designed to attempt to embarrass Bishop Olson and undermine his authority," the statement read. "Bishop Olson and the Diocese have taken the approach that this is an internal matter and should not be played out in the press... To be perfectly clear, neither the Bishop nor anyone at the Diocese have been involved in any criminal activity regarding the Monastery. For Attorney Bobo or anyone else to suggest otherwise is preposterous."
While the Diocese has since returned the items it took from the monastery, the monastery's lawsuit states that the Diocese made a mirror forensic image of the devices, keeping the information on them and refusing to return that information.
"The information the Defendants hold is the private property of the Plaintiffs," the petition reads. "It contains private correspondence, private documents, extensive medical records (a violation of the HIPPA laws) [and] the financial information of the Plaintiffs, including but not limited to donor lists [that] the Defendants did not have prior access to."
The suit argues that these items are the private property of Gerlach and the monastery, and that none of it is relevant to a canonical investigation conducted by Olson that the Diocese of Fort Worth has said is now concluded and resulted in Gerlach's dismissal from her post at the monastery.
On May 16, the nun's suit states, the Diocese chose to go outside the "supposedly confidential ecclesiastical process" and release a statement accusing Gerlach of violating her vows of chastity with a priest from outside the Fort Worth Diocese, committing sins against the Sixth Commandment and committing additional grave misconduct.
"These statements were voluntarily put out in the public forum and are patently false and defamatory," the nun's petition argues.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — During the Dallas Wings vs. Phoenix Mercury game on Wednesday night, all eyes were on WNBA star Brittney Griner.
Griner, a member of the Mercury, received a warm welcome during her first game in Texas in 740 days.
She was released from a Russian prison 181 days ago.
She’s dedicating her season to raising awareness about Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned overseas.
During the game, a video appeared on the big screen at College Park Center in Arlington. Griner made sure people heard the name of imprisoned American Zack Shahin.
Shahin’s family members traveled to the game from Houston.
Aida Dagher, Shahin’s sister-in-law, said the family is grateful Griner is using her platform to help bring Zack home.
“She felt with us and she’s supporting us,” Dagher said. “He’s a U.S. Citizen lying over there and dying. Zack was on the verge of suicide and wanted to go on a hunger strike, but when he heard Griner is involved, he said: ‘No, I’ll hold it.’”
Dagher told WFAA for more than a decade their pleas from federal officials have been ignored. Griner is giving them hope for Zack’s release from a Dubai jail.
Zack’s son, 30-year-old Ramy Shahin, was 14 years old when his dad went to a work meeting and never returned home. Ever since his father's imprisonment abroad, Ramy has lived half of his life without his father by his side.
According to the family, Zack, an American businessman, was arrested for financial crimes. The family maintains his innocence.
“It’s been a long 15 years, and I think the final ultimate goal is for my dad to be out,” Ramy said. “It’s like you lose somebody, but they’re not fully gone. You just gotta hold out hope until they come back home, because you can’t just say bye to them.”
Griner said she’s committed to her work with the Bring Our Families Home Campaign. A mural in Phoenix shows the faces of others imprisoned abroad just like she was.
In every city, during every game, Griner puts a spotlight on their names and stories.
Ramy hopes that with Griner’s help, his dad’s return home will finally become reality.
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DALLAS — A church in the southwestern area of Dallas suffered heavy damage in a fire on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
Dallas Fire-Rescue said crews responded around 5:40 p.m. to the fire at the Dallas Indian Revival Center church on Ivanhoe Lane, which is near Interstate 30 and Hampton Road.
Firefighters spotted heavy smoke coming from the roof of the two-story church, according to officials.
The fire caused "significant damage, including a partial roof collapse," the fire department said.
The department said workers were on the roof of the church at the time the fire was reported but that they were able to come down safely. There were no injuries reported.
Investigators later determined the fire was accidental and was caused by a torch that was being used by the workers, according to the department.
"The native community... a lot of people grew up in this church," Pastor Patrick Osage told WFAA.
"God is still working...it’s a little rough road for the church, but the church will gather and grow, we’ll rebuild, and Dallas will still have this church to come to," he said.
Deacon Greg Smithson's been a member for about 20 years.
"This is a setback but it’s not gonna stop us from glorifying God," Smithson told WFAA. "We still have our people that’s the main thing."
The fire was extinguished just after 7 p.m., the department said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/church-fire-dallas-indian-revival-center/287-5a1a6d3e-3160-40ae-822b-9e9e24ad6572 | 2023-06-08T05:01:28 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/church-fire-dallas-indian-revival-center/287-5a1a6d3e-3160-40ae-822b-9e9e24ad6572 |
SAN ANTONIO — A driver is taking the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) to court over a traffic stop.
The lawsuit, filed last week, claims the deputy falsified a traffic offense to perform an illegal search.
In March 2022, a Houston businessman found himself in the back of a squad car while deputies rifled through his truck. They were looking for drugs he didn’t have, body camera video shows. The traffic stop lasted more than an hour.
“I was absolutely humiliated and terrified once more officers started showing up,” said Alek Schott.
Schott says he works in the oil and gas industry and travels through Bexar County often.
“I was driving back from a customer site,” said Schott. “We were installing equipment to help with emission reduction. I was driving back up I-35, just cruising along with traffic, and I got pulled over. I thought I was speeding or something normal. Within 14 seconds, he was at my window which seemed strange.”
The Institute for Justice is representing Schott. This week, the nonprofit law firm released a 10-minute video that includes the Bexar County deputy’s body camera footage.
In the video, you can hear the deputy say, “The only reason I am stopping you is when I was watching you over there, you were drifting over that fog line pretty hard.”
Schott’s own dashcam video shows he was seemingly between the lines as he passed the squad car.
The deputy then asks Schott to get out of his truck and get into the front of the squad car. There, the deputy spends the next 10 minutes asking Schott questions, including if he has money or drugs in his truck.
“What I am is – I am on a Criminal Interdiction Unit," the deputy said. “So, I don't have to deal with all that crap. I don’t give tickets, I give warnings. And the main reason is I sit on the side of the highway, and I am out here looking for – because it’s bad out here – I am looking for big shit. Human smuggling, drug smuggling, things like that.”
The deputy asks Schott if he can search his truck.
“I prefer not,” Schott replies.
Schott told KENS 5 he had nothing to hide, but was increasingly uncomfortable with how he was being treated.
“It went from good cop to, ‘We are going to search your car now and you are going to sit in my vehicle and wait for a drug dog to arrive,’” said Schott.
The deputy called a K-9 unit, and the dog can be seen alerting its handler.
Schott is then put in the back of the squad car, while officers go through the contents of his truck.
“There was quite a bit of damage,” Schott told KENS 5. “The dog itself scratched several of the body panels. It’s excessive in every capacity. They kept digging in, and they kept getting frustrated that they didn’t find anything. Like, ‘Guys, there’s two car seats and an overnight bag. There’s nothing going on here.’ This was a clear targeted attack on someone who isn’t hiding anything.”
After deputies were unable to find evidence of criminal activity, Schott is released with a warning to stay in one lane.
Before Schott leaves, the deputy tells him “I try not to be a jerk about things because 9 times out of 10, this is what happens.”
“The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable violations and seizures,” said Schott's attorney, Josh Windham. “If you look at Alek’s personal dashcam footage, there’s no evidence that he was actually drifting over the fog line – or any line – at the time of the stop. So, that initial stop itself was unconstitutional. The next violation happened when [the deputy] extended the stop to investigate Alek for crimes. He has run all of his computer checks, he’s had enough time to issue Alek a warning for the supposed traffic violation, and yet he starts to question him. The final violation is when [the deputy] actually searches his car. Calling the drug dog to the scene itself is unconstitutional. It seems from the video like the handler signals for the dog to alert, like he prompts the dog. That is a constitutional violation.”
The purpose of the lawsuit is to put an end to BCSO’s practices of allegedly stopping people for random searches. No dollar amount is listed, but Schott is seeking damages.
“Everyone should be allowed to drive in the state of Texas and across the country without fear of their car being ransacked and being taken to jail for no reason at all,” Schott said.
In response to our request for comment, a spokesperson for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement:
“Due to pending litigation, we are unable to comment.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/law-enforcement/lawsuit-claims-bcso-deputies-use-baseless-traffic-stops-conduct-illegal-searches/273-e2643a91-c1ec-4ed4-9681-38b02c6e4659 | 2023-06-08T05:01:34 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/law-enforcement/lawsuit-claims-bcso-deputies-use-baseless-traffic-stops-conduct-illegal-searches/273-e2643a91-c1ec-4ed4-9681-38b02c6e4659 |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 15-year-old Amari Quarles is being remembered by his family as a hero. He died on the Sacramento River over the weekend trying to save his brother.
Amari just completed his freshman year at Natomas High School and got straight A’s this semester. His family is proud of what he was able to accomplish in school, showing ABC10 his honor roll award, but they're also proud of him for trying to save his brother.
“He died a hero. He died to save somebody else’s life, and he lost his in turn," said James Sashe, Amari's Father.
The family said they were enjoying a day at Sand Cove Park when Amari's brother Elijah went in the water to get a football that was thrown too far.
They said when Amari saw Elijah struggling in the river, he jumped in to help without hesitation. As the boys began to drift, Amari's step-mother Yolanda Sashe went in to help as well.
"The water is just pulling you and tugging you and dragging you and holding you," said Yolanda Sashe. "And the pressure on my chest as I'm swimming to Elijah, I'm like, I know they're in trouble."
Yolanda Sashe said a boater was able to get her and Elijah to safety, but Amari was swept away.
"I clenched my hand to hold him and this water just rushed and snatched him, just took him away. He was gone," she said.
"He had told me, 'One of us is going to have to go down,' and he made sure it wasn't me," said Elijah, Amari's younger brother. "It really hurts not seeing him here right now, and it just hurts just speaking about him knowing that I can't turn and hug him. I can't turn and dap him up, do our signature handshake."
Amari's family recently moved to the area from New York.
His family said he loved football and music. They want him to be remembered for his strength and heart.
"He lit up the room when he knew you were upset. He would do anything to make you smile," said Marjorie Quarles, Amari's mother. "He was my miracle boy."
"He was an amazing person — his laugh to his jokes," said Arianna Seibert, Amari's cousin. "We had so much plans that I'm going to complete for him, that everybody will complete for him. I just love you cuz. Rest in peace. Forever 15. Long live Amari."
A GoFundMe has been set up by the family to help cover funeral and burial costs. If you would like to help, click HERE.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/15-year-old-dies-saving-brother/103-5756b277-a908-431e-9220-fa1bc04d07fa | 2023-06-08T05:27:55 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/15-year-old-dies-saving-brother/103-5756b277-a908-431e-9220-fa1bc04d07fa |
Kenosha police arrested a woman following an alleged road rage incident that resulted in injuries to two people Wednesday night.
Kenosha Fire and Rescue personnel 7:19 p.m. transported one of the injured people to a local hospital following the two-car collision at 24th Street and 22nd Avenue, according to Sgt. Jeffrey Galley of the Kenosha Police Department. He said that person was treated for injuries and released from the hospital late Wednesday. The second person had minor injuries.
Officers took into custody the woman, who had three children – ages 6, 5, and 2 – in the vehicle with her when the crash occurred, Galley said. Social services officials were alerted to assist the children, who did not appear to have injuries. The vehicles were later towed from the scene.
Charges including three counts of child neglect and five counts of reckless endangering safety, all felonies, were being recommended in the incident, he said. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/kenosha-police-woman-with-three-children-in-car-arrested-after-two-people-injured-in-alleged/article_9dbd4112-05b1-11ee-95de-67a9c7bec8d1.html | 2023-06-08T05:29:45 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/kenosha-police-woman-with-three-children-in-car-arrested-after-two-people-injured-in-alleged/article_9dbd4112-05b1-11ee-95de-67a9c7bec8d1.html |
An Amber Alert has been issued after police said that a child was abducted from Grove City.
According to the Alert, 10-year-old Miangel Thomas was taken by her mother, Rajon Drake, 30, at about 11:28 p.m. Wednesday night on Addison Drive in Grove City.
Police said they believe that Miangel is in immediate danger.
Miangel Thomas is Black, is 4 feet tall, weighs 60 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue/green leopard-print onesie with tan crocs.
Drake is Black, 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. Her hair is medium length and pulled back in braids, police said.
The vehicle involved is a blue 2013 Dodge Avenger heavy front-end damage, no side mirrors and Ohio license plate number JTC1000.
Police asked anyone who see Miangel, Drake, or the vehicle to call 911.
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Arizona woman among 6 arrested in COVID scheme to fraudulently collect millions, federal prosecutors say
SEATTLE — Six people from Washington, Arizona and Texas have been arrested and accused of fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars of COVID-19 aid from an assistance program meant for renters, federal prosecutors said.
U.S. Attorney Nick Brown, Western District of Washington, on Wednesday announced the arrests and charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
The six people are accused of filing hundreds of fraudulent applications seeking more than $6.8 million in government aid and receiving more than $3.3 million, The Seattle Times reported. Most of the alleged fraud was in Seattle’s King County, and focused on federal emergency rental assistance money available to prevent evictions, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors allege the scheme also targeted unemployment systems in Washington, California, South Carolina, and Nevada.
They are accused of spending the money on luxury cars, vacations, designer clothes, jewelry and plastic surgery.
“The participants in this fraud were relentless in exploiting pandemic relief programs that were intended to assist small businesses and people who were vulnerable to eviction,” Brown said in a statement.
Paradise Williams, 29, of Phoenix, Arizona, allegedly led the scheme, creating fake documents and telling her friends how to pose as landlords and tenants needing rental help, prosecutors said. Williams is charged with 19 counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering.
Others facing wire fraud and money laundering charges are: Rayvon Peterson, 32, of Seattle; Tia Rovinson, 28, of Fife, Washington; Jahari Cunningham, 45, of Houston, Texas; D’arius Jackson, 37, of Bonney Lake, Washington; and David Martinez, 32, of Pacific, Washington.
Martinez, Peterson and Jackson pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday. The others do not appear to have had initial court appearances and arraignments yet and attempts to locate attorneys for them were not successful. Martinez’s lawyer didn't respond to a request from the newspaper for comment Wednesday. Lawyers for Jackson and Peterson declined to comment to the newspaper.
Wire fraud in connection with a declared major disaster or emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, is punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Money laundering is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Fraud was rampant in pandemic relief programs, according to the U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general. President Joe Biden’s administration asked Congress in March to approve more than $1.6 billion to continue prosecuting people who committed fraud, to create new ways to prevent identity theft and to help people whose identities were stolen. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/06/07/arizona-woman-1-of-6-arrested-in-covid-rent-scheme-prosecutors-say/70300637007/ | 2023-06-08T05:37:19 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/06/07/arizona-woman-1-of-6-arrested-in-covid-rent-scheme-prosecutors-say/70300637007/ |
Barbara J. Kline
October 7, 1941-June 5, 2023
MASON CITY-Barbara J. Kline (née Smith), of Mason City, passed away on June 5, 2023 at Good Shepherd Health Care Center.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Epiphany Parish – Holy Family Catholic Church, 722 N. Adams Ave., Mason City, with Rev. Jake Dunne, Celebrant. Burial will follow in Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City.
Barbara's family will greet friends beginning at 9:30 a.m. until the time of her service at the church on Monday.
Barbara was born on October 7, 1941, in Iowa City, and attended St. Joseph Catholic High School. She worked for many years at the Days Inn. Barbara was an avid family person, and her close relationship with her mother and sisters was a staple of her life. She was a beloved mother to Kathy, and a grandmother to three granddaughters. Barbara was also a proud member of the Eagles Lodge.
She loved playing Bingo with her friends, solving puzzles, listening to music and watching scary movies. Barbara loved cats and especially loved her orange tabby cat, Bebe.
Barbara is survived by her daughter Kathy Foster; grandchildren, Leah Copic, Latrica Foster, and Katherine Olsen; great grandchildren, Michael, Jayme, TeyVion, La'Riyah, and DeVonte; brother, Patrick Smith; nephew, Mark Martin; great nephew Marcus Martin; as well as many beloved friends and extended family.
Barbara was preceded in death by her mother, Mary; sisters, Mary Martin and Patricia Smith, and brother, Austin James Smith.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. NE Mason City. (641)423-2372. ColonialChapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/barbara-j-kline/article_b876a83c-94d0-517b-88a3-03b7e9ea00a5.html | 2023-06-08T05:59:47 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/barbara-j-kline/article_b876a83c-94d0-517b-88a3-03b7e9ea00a5.html |
JoAnn Covington, 68, of Belmond died at her home. Arrangements: Ewing Funeral Home in Belmond.
Christine M. (Schaffer) Thompson, 58, of Goldfield, died Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus in Rochester, Minnesota. Arrangements: Ewing Funeral Home, Clarion. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_7439f112-6348-5ab3-a5fe-8072421c702d.html | 2023-06-08T05:59:53 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_7439f112-6348-5ab3-a5fe-8072421c702d.html |
Mary M. Martin
October 27, 1934-May 27, 2023
MASON CITY-Mary M. Martin, 88, of Mason City, IA, passed away May 27, 2023, at Good Shepherd Health Center, in Mason City.
A Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 12, 2023, Epiphany Parish Holy Family Catholic Church, 722 N. Adams Ave, Mason City, IA 50401. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the Mass. Burial will take place at Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery in Mason City.
Mary was born October 27, 1934, in Dubuque, IA, daughter of Mary Smith. She graduated from St. Joseph High School with the class of 1954. She was the only one in her family to do so. Mary worked at the Holiday Inn for a number of years.
Mary was a member of Epiphany Parish as well as the St. Gregory Circle. She was a caregiver and spent much of her time at home taking care of her mother. Family was everything to her. If she wasn't at home or working she was at church. Mary was strong in her faith and played a major role in the way she carried herself in life.
Mary is survived by her son, Mark Martin; grandson, Marcus Martin; two great-grandchildren, Maddox Martin and Monroe Martin; brother, Patrick Smith; niece, Kathy Foster; great-nieces, Leah Copic, Latrica Foster, and Katherine Foster; as well as many beloved friends and extended family.
Mary was preceded in death by her mother, Mary; sisters, Patricia Martin; and Barbara Kline who joined her in rest June 5, 2023.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel. (641) 423-2372. ColonialChapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-m-martin/article_9bf0f904-b8bd-57b7-9274-6b319086df91.html | 2023-06-08T05:59:59 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-m-martin/article_9bf0f904-b8bd-57b7-9274-6b319086df91.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — After days of wildfires raging in Canada, smoke continues to fill the skies and settle around the United States.
In New York, a dramatic shift turned skies a hazy orange in just three hours Wednesday.
In Indianapolis, an air quality alert is in effect.
With these hazy conditions not going away, city officials are urging people with sensitive respiratory systems to stay inside.
The potential for a clear June day was once again blocked by smoke and haze around Indianapolis.
Gabe Filippelli, who works at Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute, said smoke sent south by Canadian fires are leading to concerning air quality levels in central Indiana.
"I've been paying really close attention to air quality," Filippelli said. "We have a monitoring network here in Indianapolis that we deploy for research purposes, but it's also a community science network. And the minute I walked out on Monday and was barraged by smoke, I went straight to the sensor network and you could see throughout Indianapolis very dangerous air quality."
Filippelli said he's never seen levels this high across the entire city. The area is under an air quality alert for Wednesday and into Thursday.
"There's so much smoke coming from these fires that it's staying here. So the air quality today was only marginally better than it was Monday night," Filippelli said.
The hazy, smoky conditions are not expected to improve just yet.
"So, Indianapolis has something called the Air Quality Index and right now, it's hovering around 100-130, which is the unhealthy range for sensitive groups. My daughter in Jersey City, in New York City, it's 400," Filippelli said. "So air quality today in New York City was actually worse than it was in Delhi, India, which is the most polluted city in the world."
That orange haze in New York is worrying people around the country.
Dr. Graham Carlos, a pulmonary critical care doctor at Eskenazi Health, said Indy's air quality levels are concerning, too, not just for those at high-risk for lung and breathing issues but now for everyone.
"When you're over 150 on the AQI, that's when even healthy lungs can start to become affected. As of right now, in Indianapolis this evening, our number is 146. Yesterday, we very briefly peaked at 155. So should that number keep going up through the night and into tomorrow, it could effect everyone and not just people who have lung trouble," Carlos said.
This smoke can cause coughing, shortness of breath and flares for those with asthma or emphysema, according to Carlos. That's why limiting exposure is key.
“Longer exposure is going to create more inflammation in those airways and nasal passages. Thankfully, we’re not nearly at the level here in Indiana that they’re seeing in Pennsylvania and New York,” said Carlos.
And, he said, if you are having trouble breathing it's important to seek care.
“If you are having trouble breathing, it’s good to get checked out. We know that when people die of asthma, what really gets them is they wait too long and they suffer at home, they don’t go to an emergency department. We have great healthcare systems here in Indiana," Carlos said. "Just go, get checked out, get those treatments you need. Don’t try to ride it out at home because that’s when you get dangerous."
With the air quality alert in effect Thursday and likely Friday, Carlos recommends taking extra caution by limiting time outside, avoiding strenuous activities during the day like exercise or mowing the lawn.
The city of Indianapolis is calling for a Knozone Action Day Thursday. Leaders are asking people to not burn trash or yard debris and to avoid bonfires and barbecues. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indy-air-quality-levels-causing-concern-from-doctors-environmental-experts-smoke-canada-wildfires/531-7891e58c-0132-4d92-a0f4-a31fe663cb80 | 2023-06-08T06:05:06 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indy-air-quality-levels-causing-concern-from-doctors-environmental-experts-smoke-canada-wildfires/531-7891e58c-0132-4d92-a0f4-a31fe663cb80 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's LGBTQ+ youth celebrated Pride Month Wednesday with an annual Youth Pride Carnival hosted by Indy Pride Inc. and Indiana Youth Group.
Carnival organizers said they received hundreds of messages on social media and several dozen phone calls in the past few weeks from people threatening to disrupt the event.
One lawmaker took to social media recently with questions about the event's sponsorship. Rep. Jim Banks, (R-Indiana), tweeted about it last month, saying, "What the hell is the @INDairport thinking?"
Banks' tweet was in response to another which read, "Two LGBTQ+ groups are hosting a 'Youth Carnival' for Pride month, sponsored by the Indianapolis Airport Authority..."
The IAA is one of the sponsors of Indy Pride Inc. Indiana Youth Group partners with Indy Pride Inc to host the Youth Pride Carnival.
When asked about his earlier tweet, Banks sent this statement:
"What exactly is going on at this 'carnival' that the Indianapolis Airport Authority doesn't want parents to see? Any government subsidized organization that sponsors events about sexuality for 12 year old children is abusing Hoosier taxpayers."
Airport Authority officials issued a statement saying they are not hosts for the youth event. The statement went on to say IAA sponsors several community events, including Indy Pride's annual Pride Parade, as part of the Authority's diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and remain committed to "fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace."
This is the fourth year for the youth carnival. Attendees have to be between 12 and 20 years old, pre-register and show an ID at the door. The only adults allowed to attend are IYG staff and volunteers who have undergone background checks.
Separate programming for parents was offered at a nearby church.
"We started it so youth had a safe space to be themselves," said said Chris Paulsen, CEO of Indiana Youth Group. "A lot of Pride events are geared towards adults and we wanted a space where the youth could, one, be themselves and, two, be safe."
As part of that safety, carnival organizers hung up decorated sheets on the fencing surrounding their building. Hours before the carnival's start, they set up activities like a bounce house and dunk tank, while planning for the possibility of protestors.
"We got a lot of messages that we're going to come and take pictures and spread pictures of the kids having a good time at a carnival, which is obviously an invasion of those kids' privacy," said Paulsen.
"Pride is geared mostly towards adults, so we want to have an event where youth could be safe and feel safe and give them space to be themselves and see adults that are like them that have gone through what they've gone through and made it to the other side," Paulsen added.
Wednesday's carnival comes after the end of a legislative session which saw Indiana lawmakers pass several laws impacting LGBTQ+ youth.
One law banned doctors from prescribing puberty blockers or hormones to transgender teens, even with their parents' OK.
Another requires teachers to inform at least one parent if their kids ask to use a different name or pronoun at school.
Paulsen believes the amount of pushback against this year's youth carnival is a result of such laws.
"People feel emboldened by the legislation," said Paulsen. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indy-youth-pride-carnival-goes-on-despite-threats-of-protest-indiana-youth-group/531-5e026553-08e1-4b5a-9194-218e68cd95b5 | 2023-06-08T06:05:12 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indy-youth-pride-carnival-goes-on-despite-threats-of-protest-indiana-youth-group/531-5e026553-08e1-4b5a-9194-218e68cd95b5 |
KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash — A 10-year-old girl was found safe Monday after she was reported missing in Kittitas County on Sunday afternoon.
The girl, who is from Federal Way, was found by a ground search team near Hyas Lake about a mile and a half from where she disappeared, according to the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. The girl was found on the west side of the Cle Elum River and was then boated to the east side to be reunited with her family.
She had just minor scrapes.
Kittitas County Search and Rescue responded Sunday about 2 p.m. to an area near the Cathedral Rock trailhead in the northern Cle Elum River Valley, according to a Facebook post from the Kittitas County Sheriff.
The girl was part of a large family group and was last seen playing near the footbridge over the Cle Elum River around noon Sunday.
When the family got back to the trailhead parking area to eat lunch, they realized she was missing. About 20 adults in the group began looking for her.
About two hours later, a passerby saw the group and offered to let the family use the satellite phone at their cabin to call 911. There is no cell service in the valley.
K9s, drones, 4x4s, and ground searchers were all deployed in the initial search for the girl Sunday. The search is continued Monday with personnel from King, Pierce, Snohomish, Chelan and Yakima counties along with Kittitas personnel.
Helicopter support was also provided by King and Spokane counties. Specialists from the Washington State SAR Planning were also on site with expertise in planning and lost person behavior.
The area where the girl went missing posed a challenge to rescue crews, according to Kittitas County Deputy Sheriff Chris Whitsett. The steep terrain made communication limited. Rescue workers initially had to drive to and from the command site to send messages, and it took an hour to get cell service.
“It slows everything down in terms of what we know out here,” Whitsett explained.
Volunteers found the girl Monday at about 3 p.m.
The girl told rescuers she got separated from her family and couldn't find the footbridge on her own. She hiked downstream through dense forest, saying she knew it was the right thing to follow the river. The girl spent the night in the woods before she was found the following day.
The family told searchers that they moved to the U.S. from Afghanistan two years ago and they like to spend time in the high backcountry because it reminds them of home.
Correction: A previous version of this story reported the missing child was 7 years old based on initial reports from the sheriff's office. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/kittitas-county-missing-girl-cathedral-rock/281-d8a81e88-9735-431a-b787-67cdb912799a | 2023-06-08T06:23:42 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/kittitas-county-missing-girl-cathedral-rock/281-d8a81e88-9735-431a-b787-67cdb912799a |
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Governor Brad Little recently traveled to the Texas/Mexico border in his campaign to fight the flow of fentanyl into Idaho. Governor Little joined 9 other Governors in the Lonestar State to meet with Texas Governor Greg Abbot.
“My job is to keep everyone safe, and they can't be safe if there's a wholesale distribution of fentanyl. We're getting better at identifying it, how they hide it, how they transport it. But a lot of it's coming through Idaho,” Little said in an interview on Wednesday.
Governor Little saw first-hand the situation at the border. To boil it down simply, Governors like Little see fentanyl, often in pill form, coming into their state, killing people.
“The legislature is keenly aware of it. They appropriated money for a new interdiction team at the state police. They knew that I'm doing this process. We get help from Texas. I think that cost us, the exercise the last few weeks, was $60,000 or $70,000.,” Little said.
The Governor says it is already clear the trip is a good investment for Idaho law enforcement already fighting against the fentanyl fuel.
“They learned a lot, when I talked to one of them Monday up in Coeur d’Alene that had come back and they said having that firsthand experience with these real experts is very helpful for our for our teams,” Little said.
In his 2022 State of the State address, Governor Little launched a campaign to fight influx of fentanyl and meth into Idaho, ‘Esto Perpetua’ or ‘forever enduring.’ Through public education, community investments, and action like his trip to Texas, Governor Little has made it a mission to try and save lives, lives that are being lost across Idaho because of the potent narcotic.
Part of Little’s campaign includes the ‘Fentanyl Takes All’ public education messaging. That includes messaging on billboards across Idaho that include tragic stories of young Idahoans who died from a fentanyl overdose. Their stories highlight how quickly the drug can upend a life. Little says he thought of those Idaho stories while visiting the border.
“We wanted to make sure that everything we said was 100% credible. And we're seeing that, kids, their parents, teachers are understanding the magnitude of it, because when we first started doing this, still perpetually so many these parents said, I have no idea. I didn't know what fentanyl was. I didn't know that it was delivered in these pills. So that's why it's so important now,” Little said.
The Governor has been consistent in calling for meaningful action at the US/Mexico border as a collection of crises stack up. Little and other Governors outlined a list of 10 things the Biden Administration could do to take on the issues like drug and human trafficking. Little says only two of those ideas have been turned into action.
According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the nationwide amount of fentanyl seized at checkpoints from the fiscal year that is from October 01, 2022- September 30, 2023, is 509 pounds, so far.
U.S. Border Patrol Fiscal Year 2023 runs October 01, 2022- September 30, 2023.
Specifics aside, Little says it’s very clear something needs to be done in terms of Federal policy.
“In totality we need comprehensive immigration reform to address this problem. It's just systemic all along our border,” Little said. “Really what the bad guys want is chaos on the border. So, the Department of Public Safety can't do their job. Border Patrol can't do their job. We don't have enough judges to adjudicate all of this. Chaos helps the bad guys organize legal immigration is in the benefit of the American people.”
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BOISE, Idaho — Tuesday night's weather took a lot of people by surprise, including Devil's Den employee Joshua Rohnert.
"I was planning on a pretty slow [night]," he said.
But the night took a turn around 7 p.m. The Boise bar is located below street level, so once the downpour started, Rohnert said it was only a matter of time before the place started flooding.
The water seeped through the wood plants and onto the floor, he said.
"I just grabbed all the dirty rags around the building that I could, threw them all over trying to keep water from going under the bar top, mostly just ... trying to keep it all in one place," Rohnert said.
Other downtown businesses also flooded, along with streets and highways around the city. During her time in the Treasure Valley, KTVB meteorologist Rachel Garceau said she has never seen anything like Tuesday's storm.
From 6:41 p.m. to midnight on Tuesday, Ada County Dispatch told KTVB they received 11 reports of flooding, 10 reports of traffic hazards, seven reports of stalled vehicles and 10 vehicle crashes.
It really does not take that much water to become dangerous, Garceau said.
"Floodwater can be deceiving," she said. "Any standing water can be deceiving but rushing water is even more dangerous."
It only takes 6 inches of rushing water to sweep an adult of their feet, even less for a child or animal. Garceau said it usually takes 12 inches of water to sweep away a normal-sized car.
She recommends not driving through flooded streets and seeker higher ground until the water goes away.
Ada County Highway District crews were out until 2:30 a.m. cleaning up messes around town because of the storm. Jennifer Berenger, deputy director of maintenance said the storm drains can typically handle the amount of rain.
However, during a storm like Tuesday's, she said it requires a bit more patience for the water to find its way through the system. ACHD deployed five Vactor trucks; each of those trucks could suck up 3,000 gallons of water.
They also sent out 10 back sweeper trucks, Berenger said.
"Our guys were on call responding to dispatch," she said. "So, Ada County Dispatch, Boise Police Department."
A lot of the time, Berenger said water running through the system dislodges things in the water system, like tree roots. During emergency operations, crews are trying to clear all that debris.
While ACHD maintains the storm drains all year, she said people at home have a responsibility, too. Even blowing glass clippings out onto the road can block the system.
"It's as easy as just brushing that away a lot of times, and that allows the water to flow," Berenger said.
She said crews are on call and prepared to respond to any future storms.
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IDAHO, USA — Summer camp is a staple for many kids - a time to make memories and friends. One program is making sure children with disabilities also get that experience.
Advancing Adventures in Communicating (AAC) Camp is for children who use speech-generating devices to communicate. The camp brings kids and their families from across the Northwest to Meridian to learn, grown and have fun together.
The camp is a community collaborative project brought together by Idaho State University, St. Luke's, and the Idaho Assistive Technology project to help kids with speech devices get an opportunity to go to summer camp.
"It's not something you expect to exist," Marissa Smith, the mother of a 7-year-old camper named Winston, said. "I mean, I've got a kid who's in a wheelchair, who's legally blind, and who is nonverbal, right. So, the idea of being able to find a place that he can be. I mean, the fact that I can walk away from him, and I know he's fine, is just not something you expect."
AAC stands for augmentative and alternative communication. AAC Camp is an accessible camp for children with disabilities who use speech-generative devices to communicate.
"It's a small world, but it makes it feel less small," Smit said. "You kind of end up feeling a little alone because your world is so different. So being part of a group, you realize, 'Oh, all these people are somewhere in the same world.' It's a really neat feeling."
AAC Camp is in its 17th year of making summer camp accessible.
"Many of these kids don't go to camp, they don't get the opportunity to be with peers - they're the only one in their school, they're the only one in their town that has a communication system," Anne Kuhlmeier, AAC Camp director and assistive technology coordinator for St. Luke's said. "So, this opportunity of bringing them together gives them a place to make friendships and see other kids that are like themselves."
Children with disabilities use their speech-generating devices to communicate by using their eyes, switches, or touch.
"It will talk, so it gives them a voice to communicate their thoughts and ideas," Kuhlmeier said.
Each one of the 20 campers is paired with a trained counselor from Idaho State University and are given a chance to learn and play through stories, games, movement and music.
"It's really fun to see the cogs moving and everything connecting," Smith said.
And a chance to make their world a little bigger.
"It's nice to see how [Winston] can use it in a group setting," Smit said. "He doesn't get a lot of group setting, he's usually in the special ed classrooms - there's only a couple of kids. So being in an environment that has a lot of different people, a lot of different kids is positive."
Kuhlmeier says AAC Camp is a one-of-a-kind program in the Northwest, campers have come from across Idaho - and other states to be part of the program.
"We had no idea we were going to have a special kid like him," Smith said. "We probably would have thought we had to be in Dallas, or LA or somewhere where everything is. But we really have enough of this stuff to give him that great life."
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BOISE, Idaho — One by one, the names of those unclaimed were read out loud and remembered at the Remembered with Compassion Ceremony on Wednesday.
Often, when someone dies, they're memorialized at a service and surrounded by grieving loved ones, but that's not always the case for everyone. Which is why, the Ada County Coroner's Office, Ada County Sheriff's Office and the Cloverdale Funeral Home come together once a year to hold the Remembered with Compassion Ceremony to remember those forgotten.
“We came to say goodbye for my friend it was one year ago he passed away,” Win Hlaing said.
He and his friend Naing attended Wednesday’s ceremony. They moved to Boise from Myanmar, and became each other's family in Idaho, but because they're not actual relatives, they couldn't officially claim their friend after he died last year and therefore weren't able to give him a proper burial.
“We take care of each other,” Naing said.
Chief Deputy Justin Dusseau with the Ada County Sheriff's Office was also among the speakers.
“It’s a somber thought to me to think about someone passing away without having anybody to remember them.”
He shared a personal story about being estranged from his father until one day he got a phone call in 2010 from a police department just outside of San Antonio.
“They asked me do you work at Ada County Sheriff's Office? 'We happen to have an individual here who had a picture in his pocket of what looks like you in a uniform at your police academy graduation' and I'm like, well, ‘who could this person be?’ It was my father," Dusseau said. "If that picture wasn't in his pocket, he very well could be in one of these very similar situations somewhere in Texas right now and I would live the rest of my life wondering whatever happened.”
This was the seventh ceremony, but for newly elected Ada County Coroner Rich Riffle, it was his first.
“As human beings we should all be laid to rest with respect,” Riffle said. “Many of these folks are just forgotten, or the family can't afford the services like a burial you know, whatever it is, we try very hard to provide that service, and to identify these folks, and give them that chance of lasting peace with respect and dignity.”
Those who were forgotten or unclaimed, now remembered.
“I’m so sad for him,” Naing said. “His family cannot be here, instead we came here, and we show our grief.”
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TAMPA, Fla. — A Brandon family is in mourning after the tragic loss of their loving son and brother.
Aryan "Yanny" Afdjinia was killed at just 22 years old one week ago. His family saw him for the last time Wednesday hours before they held a service to honor his life at Velvet Gypsy.
"Last Wednesday, he got into the accident and he took his last breath," Maria Afdjinia, his older sister, said in an exclusive interview with 10 Tampa Bay's Angelina Salcedo.
The crash happened just after 9 p.m. on Old Grade Road just North of I-4 in Polk County.
"It was a rainy night. Honestly an accident," Afdjinia said. "You hydroplane or you hit the piling on the right and your car just needs a little bit of motion and it propels and it's gone."
Polk County Deputies say he and a 20-year-old passenger hit barriers by construction. Yanny was thrown from his Chevy.
"If you don't have your seat belt on, it's gonna happen," Afdjinia said. "But the way I see it with my brother, he had no idea what was about to happen to him. That gives me peace because it's an accident."
Maria and her family are taking every day in stride. Her baby brother was the youngest of three siblings.
"My brother's a light in this world," Afdjinia said. "He was so much so that even through all of this rain, there's still sun, and it's him. That's how I would describe my brother."
Doug's Tires is where Maria got to see her little brother shine. It gave him a break into the automotive industry and gave him a chance to do what he loved. The impact he made there was great.
"My brother left this world the best version of him because of that place and I solely believe it," Afdjinia said. "Yeah, he got really good at what he does. Like really, really good."
His coworkers, friends and family remember Yanny's love and spirit at Velvet Gypsy. During the service honoring him, each message written to Yanny showed the mark he made on his loved ones.
"I learned that my brother is everlasting. I learned that my brother's love is infinite and I always knew when he was here too," Afdjinia said. "Now it's like embedded. It's like he microchipped me. My sister and I are really going through it. My parents, the community, his boss, like, everybody, but everyone feels everyone feels him. My brother made himself known and has made it his presence like strong."
The 20-year-old woman with Yanny the night of the crash was taken to the hospital and released. She's doing OK, they said.
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Jan. 3, 1930 — June 2, 2023
Dave Lee Hansing passed away June 2, 2023, at the age of 93, due to natural causes. He was born January 3, 1930, in Kimberly, Idaho, to Ameal and Stella (McCall) Hansing. Dave attended Twin Falls High School, graduating with the Class of 1948. He married Joan Scheer on August 23, 1949, in St. Jerome’s Catholic Church and had five children from this union.
Dave farmed for 40 years around the Magic Valley, worked at Amalgamated Sugar Factory, Tupperware, and then Lamb Weston for 23 years before retiring.
His love of family and friends came first and a good story came a close second. Dave enjoyed traveling, professional football, fishing, hunting, water and snow skiing, motorcycles, camping, and especially Boise State football.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents; infant twin boys; brothers, Dick, Bob, and Mural; sisters, Wilma Kohntopp and Eva Jean Nebeker; and one infant sister.
He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Joan; children, David (Debbie) Hansing, Judy (Brent) Styhl, Danny (Cheryl) Hansing, Terry (Susan) Hansing, and Shannon (Gary) Andreasen; and many grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, June 9, 2023, at Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 S. Lincoln Ave., Jerome, with a visitation beginning at 10:00 am. Please join the family immediately following the service to celebrate Dave’s life with family, friends, and food at Wilson Lake Reservoir, 700 South 1975 East, Hazelton.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Bennett Hills Care Center, and Horizon Home Health and Hospice for their care, love, and support to Dave and his family.
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HAGERMAN—Darin DeWayne Ills, 57, of Hagerman passed away on June 3, 2023, at his residence. Graveside Services will be Monday, June 12, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at Hagerman Cemetery, Cemetery Rd., Hagerman, ID 83332. To leave online condolences and a full obituary go to: www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com Arrangements are under the care of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home in Twin Falls.
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EDEN — Ronald Dee Urie, 66 years old, of Eden, passed away June 4, 2023, at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls. A viewing will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2023, from 5:00-7:00 PM at Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls. Graveside services will be held at the Shoshone Cemetery on Monday, June 12, 2023, at 10:00 AM. Those who wish may share memories and condolences on his memorial page at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.
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Nov. 26, 1933—June 5, 2023
Harold Lee Miller, 89, passed away peacefully at his home on June 5, 2023. He was born on November 26, 1933, in Osage, Oklahoma, to Irven and Clara (Smithee) Miller. He was the second child of 6, 4 brothers and 1 sister.
As a young man, he attended school in Osage and enjoyed breaking wild horses. Stories are told of his skill in riding, breaking, and training horses. He was a true cowboy and was rarely seen without his cowboy boots and hat.
Harold moved to Idaho in 1950 and settled in Burley. He chose to enlist in the US Navy and served from 1955 to 1957. He was proud to serve his country. He often spoke of his experience in the Navy with fondness.
He married Amy Nakano in 1955, prior to serving in the Navy. Upon returning, Harold pursued a career in construction and was well-known for his ability to finish cement. He was very good with his hands and made furniture, picture frames, and yard decorations that were displayed by his family with pride.
Harold and Amy raised 7 children: Leona Miller, Jesse Miller (Julie), Rosetta Miller Thorton, Anita Miller DeMoss (Steve), Jeff Miller (Gay), Jay Miller (Sandra), Johnny Miller (Suzette). They lost a set of twins at birth, Harold Lee Miller and Howard Lynn Miller as well as a daughter, Clara Gene at birth. Harold is the grandfather to 14 and the great-grandfather to 22. Harold enjoyed spending time with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and especially loved watching them as they participated in sporting events.
He also enjoyed fishing at Silvercreek, Bigwood River, Lake Cleveland, and any other prosperous fishing hole he could find. He spent many hours fishing with Amy throughout the years. He also enjoyed hunting with his sons—pheasant, goose, deer, and elk. He was a loving husband, caring father, and dedicated grandfather. His legacy will live on in those he loved and will continue through generations.
The family would like to thank Rupert Hospital and Dr. Julie Mills for her care and compassion, Horizon Home Health and Hospice for their support and care of our beloved father.
Our Hero: You held my hand when I was small, you caught me when I fell, you are the hero of my childhood, and my later years as well. And every time I think of you, my heart still feels with pride, though I will always miss you dad, I know you’re by my side. In laughter and in sorrow, in sunshine and in rain, I know you are watching over me, until we meet again. Rest peacefully, hero, until we meet again. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Minico Boys Basketball Program in Harold’s name.
Funeral services will take place at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Hansen Mortuary in Rupert. A viewing will be held for one hour prior to the service. Burial will take place at Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley following the funeral service. Arrangements are under the direction of Joel Heward Hansen Mortuary. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/harold-lee-miller/article_0950782a-fc6e-5180-be6c-b5465041d785.html | 2023-06-08T06:33:36 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/harold-lee-miller/article_0950782a-fc6e-5180-be6c-b5465041d785.html |
March 31, 1940—May 30, 2023
HAGERMAN — It’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of James Theodore “Ted” Talbott, on May 30, 2023 at North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding, Idaho, with his beloved wife of 61 years, Vernita (aka, “Babe”), by his side.
Ted was born on March 31, 1940 in Potlatch, Idaho, to Evelyn Eleanor Hordemann Talbott and Charles Guy “Chick” Talbott, Jr.
Ted’s father served for 3 years in the U.S. Navy in the Philippines during WWII, leaving when Ted was just 3yrs old. Ted’s sister Teresa was born during the first year their father was away.
Ted had a vivid story of the joyous moment he felt in meeting his Dad, for the first time, (in Teddy’s memory), age 6, in Potlatch.
Ted’s family relocated from Weippe, Idaho to John Day, Oregon in 1947.
The family grew with the arrival of Ted’s sister Judy in 1951.
Ted was raised from 2nd grade on in John Day, Oregon where he became a legendary three-sport athlete for the Grant Union High School Prospectors. Ted’s athleticism caught the attention of college coaches throughout the Pacific Northwest. He ultimately chose to take his talents to Caldwell, Idaho, Home of the Coyotes, at the College of Idaho.
Ted worked his college summer breaks, pulling Green Chain at his Dad’s sawmill in John Day.
Ted played baseball and basketball for the Yotes. Ted’s tenure at C of I was highlighted by leading the Yotes as Point Guard to the NAIA National Basketball Tournaments in Kansas City in 1960 and 1962.
Ted met and eventually married his college sweetheart, basketball cheerleader, Vernita Smith on November 18, 1961.
Ted began his career, teaching math and other subjects at the Junior High School in Irrigon, Oregon from 1962-65. He coached Varsity boys’ basketball for the Riverside High School Pirates.
Ted and Vernita welcomed their first-born, Charles Stanford in 1963 and after Boardman, landed in Bend, Oregon in the Fall of 1965. Ted had accepted a physical education teaching position at Pilot Butte Elementary, a brand-new school, opening in the fall.
During the course of the next dozen years, Ted and Vernita added three additional children: Steven James ‘66, Cassandra Lynn ‘72, and Timothy Laurence, ‘77.
To supplement the family income, Ted worked 11 summers in the forest near Bend operating a chainsaw, for Van Austen Posts & Poles in Bend.
Ted taught and coached thousands of kids during 30 years. “Ted Talbott’s Terrible Torture Track”, an obstacle course, was a rite of passage for many girls and boys growing up in Bend.
Ted’s annual Track Meet culminating each school year was a showcase of student participation and performance that kids anticipated.
At his retirement, colleague and dear friend Buck Sherwood announced that the (later-named) Juniper Elementary School (Gymnasium), would be renamed, “Ted Talbott Gymnasium”.
Ted coached basketball and football at Pilot Butte Junior High/Middle School and was the first Varsity Baseball Coach, and longtime freshman boys’ basketball coach at Mountain View High School. Ted also performed as an OSAA state-championship basketball and football official and the Central Oregon Basketball Officials Association (COBOA) and Central Oregon Football Officials Association (COFOA) Commissioner in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Ted and Vernita in 1992, chaperoned over 30 Eighth Grade students, including Tim and best friend John, for a two-week East Coast American Heritage living history experience. They followed, and successfully carried out, an extensive itinerary.
In his “free time,” Ted loved to hunt, fish and golf, mostly near his childhood homeland in Eastern Oregon, and also throughout Idaho. After retirement, Ted and Vernita relocated to Hagerman in 2001 and built their dream home on the same acreage in the Hagerman Valley where Babe was born.
In retirement, Ted continued to enjoy attending sporting events. He loved Hagerman school sports, as well as travels with sons and grandsons to college and pro sporting events around the country.
However, Ted’s favorite sports’ spectating moment, was watching Vernita dance with the current cheerleaders at halftime during the College of Idaho Yotes men’s basketball journey to the 2022-23 N.A.I.A. National Championship.
During their years together, Ted and Vernita also loved to travel. This was highlighted by trips to Rome (The Vatican), Paris, London, Hawaii, Dominica, Caribbean and Alaskan cruises, and annual trips to Northern Idaho to gather with their College of Idaho Alumni friends.
Ted was awarded his 60-year membership Pin at Elks Lodge #1824 John Day in 2021.
Ted is survived by his wife and four children: Stan/Charlie (Jenny)/Atlanta; Steve (Melissa)/Bend, Oregon; Cassie/Elko, Nevada; Tim (Brooke)etaluma, CA, and sisters: Judy (Mike) Lenz of John Day, Oregon and Teresa Attridge of Bothell, Washington. Survivors also include: 10 grandkids, 10 great-grandkids and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Ted was preceded in death by his parents.
A public viewing is scheduled for Monday, June 12, 2023 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Demaray Funeral Service – Gooding Chapel at 737 Main Street in Gooding.
A Mass will be held on Tuesday, June 13 at 11:00 a.m. at Saint Catherine Catholic Church at 466 N. State Street in Hagerman, Idaho.
Following the Mass, there will be a graveside service at the Hagerman Cemetery. A reception will follow in the American Legion Hall at 281 N. State Street.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a charitable donation to College of Idaho Athletics, 2112 Cleveland Blvd., Caldwell, ID 83605, or a charity of your choice.
Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Demaray Funeral Service – Gooding Chapel.
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SEATTLE — In King County alone, 433 people have died this year from a fentanyl overdose, and the issue remains widespread across the northwest, including in Canada.
In British Columbia and Ontario, a technology designed to save lives is gaining traction: a smartphone app called Lifeguard that aims to connect drug users with first responders within minutes of an overdose.
"It saved my life twice," said Andrew Macleod, a former drug user and resident of White Rock, B.C.
Macleod said he is three months clean now, but when he was using, he preferred to use drugs alone in his room.
"I just set the app, didn't think anything of it, and then I woke up and they were doing CPR on me," said Macleod.
By being unable to hit “stop” on the Lifeguard app during two separate overdoses, Macleod said the technology was able to save his life on both occasions.
"It will stay on that alarm, and it actually gets a bit louder, until somebody actually turns it off," said Jeff Hardy, founder and CEO of Lifeguard Digital Health.
The app's founder showed KING 5 how it works.
“We hit confirm, and the timer then starts," said Hardy. The assumption is that, when time is up, the user will turn off the loud and urgent alarm.
But if they don’t, "It thinks that you’ve had an overdose or are in crisis, so it’ll send an alert to the 911 desk," explained Hardy.
He added, "It will have captured your GPS location.”
There is also a feature where you can fill out your address and any other helpful details before hitting the start button on the timer.
A dispatcher then calls you to double-check you are indeed unreachable before dispatching first responders.
"It’ll send an ambulance right to you," said Hardy.
Macleod said his family has since told him what happened: first responders showed up at his home doorstep.
"My uncle said, 'Like, everyone's fine here, what's going on?' They said, 'No, somebody's not fine. So they came upstairs, found me, and I guess hit me with some Naloxone and did the CPR," said Macleod.
In the meantime, another Lifeguard product could soon be used by the Public Health Department of Seattle and King County. According to Hardy, their company is now on a vendor list for Lifeguard Lite, which is a wall-mounted physical timer, separate from a phone.
"Sending an alert to the front desk of social housing," said Hardy.
Lifeguard Lite is designed with residents of supportive housing in mind, he said, where a front desk can be notified if they fail to turn off the timer alarm.
With the actual app, and 911 functionality, Hardy said he’s having trouble breaking through in the Seattle market.
"We’re working with a lot of governments to try and open to up to us so we can use it," said Hardy. "It's really a matter of who's gonna pay for it. And normally the business model is that the government will pay and license it and provide it to the people for free."
Most of their work is with B.C. Emergency Health Services, said Hardy. But another government currently using it is the Métis Nation in B.C.
"It can make the difference in saving a life," said Dr. Kate Elliott, Minister of Mental Health and Harm Reduction, Métis Nation of B.C.
She said the app also gives updates on the local drug supply, including whether it's been contaminated. She finds this feature has been helpful for users of all kinds of drugs in her community.
"If you are someone who doesn't use drugs regularly, and you think you're going to be doing some cocaine, it wouldn't take much fentanyl in there, or benzodiazepines, for it to stop you to breathe," said Elliott.
She said the nation's leaders are continuing to promote the Lifeguard app, so they can get more people to use it.
"We pretty much have a double the rates of suicide, substance use and alcohol use, compared to the non-Indigenous population... It's that one extra layer of protection," said Dr. Elliott.
Hardy said the Lifeguard app has saved 66 lives in three years.
Hardy said the app is downloadable in the U.S. on Google Play, but will not work until they have secured a local emergency services contract. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/overdose-detection-app-seattle-lifegaurd/281-368ff9e8-8a15-4eb4-bc9d-fe7d69ac29f4 | 2023-06-08T07:08:45 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/overdose-detection-app-seattle-lifegaurd/281-368ff9e8-8a15-4eb4-bc9d-fe7d69ac29f4 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Authorities in Washington County say they have responded to 15 drug overdoses in the last five days.
Officials say every case is likely related to fentanyl use and that four of the overdoses were fatal.
According to authorities, six of the overdoses and one of the fatalities were in Beaverton while five overdoses and two of the fatalities were in unincorporated Washington County. There was also one fatality in Hillsboro.
All cases are under investigation by the Westside Interagency Narcotics Team. Officials are warning the public that there may be a batch of fentanyl circulating that is “particularly dangerous.”
The Washington County Sheriff’s office says additional information will be released when appropriate. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/15-overdoses-in-5-days-authorities-warn-of-particularly-dangerous-fentanyl-batch/ | 2023-06-08T07:17:21 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/15-overdoses-in-5-days-authorities-warn-of-particularly-dangerous-fentanyl-batch/ |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A massive houseboat is sitting right off the dock of a Cape Coral home and has been for more than seven months now.
The houseboat, which used to be the Marine Trading Post, was pushed across the canal off Savona Parkway and into the dock and seawall of a home.
“Still sitting here seven months later,” said Jerry Mazzella, who lives at the home.
When Mazzella walks out of his Cape Coral home, he used to see a beautiful canal full of wildlife. Now, all he sees is another house. One that used to float, but is now half sunk off his dock.
“I got a little gift from God I guess,” he said.
That’s one way to look at the monstrosity that’s called his backyard home.
But no matter how you look at it, it’s here, it’s ugly and it isn’t moving anytime soon.
“It can’t stay here forever,” he said.
Mazzella and his landlord, John Oliveri, have been pleading with local and state leaders to help them haul the houseboat away.
“They looked at it and they said they’d take it out of there if it had a motor on it,” Mazzella said.
That’s what the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) told him. They’re now pointing the finger at the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), who’s responsible for waterway debris.
“Hoping that the tide would just take it,” Mazzella said.
The tide isn’t going to be taking the old business boat anywhere anytime soon.
“It used to be the old bait shop and sandwich shop outside of Tarpon Point,” said Mazzella.
According to him, the boat’s been docked for the past couple of years at a house down the canal. When NBC2 called the number on the side of the boat, nobody answered.
“I tracked down the owner and he don’t want to have anything to do with it. So, it’s still there,” Mazzella said. “The problem is I want to sell the house and I can’t sell it with the boat in the backyard.”
Now he’s fronting the bill to get this houseboat out of here. One company failed after he gave them $10,000. Mazzella is now working with another local company for the price of $22,000.
“What do I do at this point? I have to get rid of it,” he said.
Work could start as soon as next week.
In the meantime, NBC2 asked FDEM what’s the holdup on their end.
A spokesperson has not yet provided that information. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/08/destroyed-houseboat-still-sits-off-cape-coral-dock-months-after-hurricane-ian/ | 2023-06-08T07:39:12 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/08/destroyed-houseboat-still-sits-off-cape-coral-dock-months-after-hurricane-ian/ |
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Rose Zhang thrilled the golf world when she became the first LPGA player in 72 years to win her pro debut with a victory at the Mizuho Americas Open in Jersey City on Sunday.
Nearly 20 years ago, Paula Creamer almost pulled off a feat just as impressive.
As a 17-year-old amateur at the 2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic, Creamer almost made history. She finished second behind winner Cristie Kerr after a 15-foot putt that would have tied her for the lead just slid by the 18th and final hole.
Now 36, Creamer will tee it up when the 35th annual Classic begins Friday on the Bay Course at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club.
Creamer smiled when asked Wednesday at Seaview if watching Zhang brought back memories of 2004 for her.
“I remember being kind of just in that same situation that she was when I went with Kerr on the last hole here,” Creamer said. “It’s great to see. Rose, I don’t know her very well, but she carries herself with a presence and seems like she just has a good head on her shoulders. It’s fun. It’s exciting. That’s why you compete, for those moments.”
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Zhang is not at the Classic because she had to return to Stanford University to take final exams.
The reality is that Zhang is much more experienced when it comes to professional golf than Creamer was in 2004.
Zhang played 13 professional tournaments before winning this past weekend. The 2004 Classic was just Creamer’s fifth pro event.
After the 2004 Classic, Creamer quickly became one of the tour’s biggest names with 10 LPGA victories. But her last win came in 2014.
She’s battled injuries the past few years. Creamer gave birth to her daughter, Hilton Rose, in January 2022.
Being a mom means a whole different life for Creamer on tour.
“It’s hard,” she said. “I think that’s the best word to describe it. I wouldn’t want it any other way. I can’t imagine her not being out here with me. I do feel a bit like a rookie trying to figure everything out, whether it’s bringing her diapers to daycare or having enough milk for her, all those things that have never entered my mind before when I go to a golf course.”
But Creamer says if it’s possible she’s more competitive today than she was a few years ago. She admitted she wants to show her daughter just how good she is.
“I’m definitely more competitive now than what, five, six years ago?” Creamer said. “To me that’s hard to believe because I’ve always been so competitive and want things so badly. But now I just have to figure out how to channel that energy and emotion and those goals kind of in a different way.”
Creamer is struggling to find her game. She has missed the cut in four of the five events she played this year.
Creamer played in just five events last year and hasn’t played a full schedule since 2019.
It’s hard to play well when you’re making sporadic tour appearances.
“I’ve always been a player that likes to play a lot and has a scorecard in her hand constantly,” Creamer said. “I’m still kind of getting back to that. I just need repetition and I need those types of things to kind of get back in my own little world. On top of that you add how good everybody is, and you just can’t have the mistakes I’ve been having out on the golf course.”
The Classic is always one of the highlights of the New Jersey sports scene. The event began in 1986 and has been held every year since except for a three-year gap from 2007-2009, when the Classic organizers at that time were involved in a feud with LPGA officials over the tournament dates.
Throughout the tournament’s history, Classic fans have “adopted” LPGA players and turned them into home-town favorites. Creamer is one of those golfers.
“I do feel like I’ve always had kind of a one up with the fans here,” she said. “They’ve always been incredibly supportive of me and my golf. So, yes, I would say it is nice to come back to that.”
Creamer has never won the Classic, but she has six top-10 finishes here.
Her second-place finish in 2004 started Creamer on a path that led her to becoming one of the best known names in all of women’s golf.
In a way, she’s come full circle.
Maybe the 2023 Classic can be the start of her LPGA rebirth.
“I know this golf course very well,” she said. “I have small goals right now. You know, it’s a long year. There are a lot of events coming up. I want to be able to be in the right headspace and be able to be in contention again, but I need to overcome a couple other things. Hopefully, this week with that comfortability of being on the golf course can help me surpass what I’ve been going through.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/must-win-the-shoprite-classic-helped-launch-paula-creamer-to-the-top-of-the-lpga/article_2de2fc48-056f-11ee-ab77-838001875693.html | 2023-06-08T09:26:26 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/must-win-the-shoprite-classic-helped-launch-paula-creamer-to-the-top-of-the-lpga/article_2de2fc48-056f-11ee-ab77-838001875693.html |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — The coroner is at the scene of a fire in York County, 911 Dispatch confirmed early this morning.
According to Dispatch, firefighters responded to an address near the intersection of Raver Lane and Glen Rock Road just before 12:30 this morning. The coroner and fire marshal also responded.
It is unclear at this time if anyone was injured or killed in the fire.
According to Captain Mike Bailey with the Glenn Rock Fire Department, the blaze was contained to the kitchen area and first floor of the home.
A search crew is letting heat and smoke out, but the fire is under control, the captain said.
This is a developing story. FOX43 has a crew at the scene and will provide updates as they become available. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/coroner-called-fire-york-county/521-82ee6d5d-2408-45f7-b8bb-e04277a05b0d | 2023-06-08T09:29:08 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/coroner-called-fire-york-county/521-82ee6d5d-2408-45f7-b8bb-e04277a05b0d |
SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE, Pa. — It was another day on the greens at Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort near Delaware Water Gap.
Despite smoke and haze brought on by wildfires in Canada, golfers weren't missing their tee time.
"It's not snowing. So we can go out golfing as long as it's not snowing. The only question was should I wear shorts or long pants? Is it going to be hot or cold?" said Jim DeAngelo of Stroudsburg.
Resort staff say they didn't have any cancellations because of the smoke.
"I did call earlier, but they said it was playable, and it's not that bad. It's a nice breeze. It keeps the air moving," said Timothy Neilan from Snydersville.
He and his buddies came out to play a round.
Neilan says he isn't worried about the smoke and haze too much but brought precautions in case he needed them.
"I did bring a mask, but I don't think I'm going to use it. I'm pretty happy with the way it is right now. So I think I'll be okay," Neilan said.
Despite the smoke and the haze, the only thing golfers were concerned with was seeing the ball.
"Well, sometimes I lose it anyway. So we're going to need some extra eyeballs? Yes, yes we are," De Angelo said.
"You could still see and look out, and I don't think it's going to be a problem. As long as I keep it out of the trees, I'll be OK," Neilan said
DeAngelo was shocked that these orange skies were caused by wildfires over a thousand miles away.
"It's really bad, just really scares you to know that this can go that far. It can travel this far," DeAngelo said.
Once they're done playing, golfers said they will spend the rest of the day inside.
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Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/golf-course-packed-despite-smoke-and-haze-filled-sky-shawnee-inn-and-golf-resort-near-delaware-water-gap-wnep/523-b0610b26-754f-4f88-a4df-9294e21866a2 | 2023-06-08T09:29:14 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/golf-course-packed-despite-smoke-and-haze-filled-sky-shawnee-inn-and-golf-resort-near-delaware-water-gap-wnep/523-b0610b26-754f-4f88-a4df-9294e21866a2 |
Weather, traffic, things to do and more: Our weekend guide to the Delaware beaches
The horseshoe crabs are mating on the bays, diamondback terrapins are coming ashore to lay eggs and tourists are converging on Coastal Highway.
Summer is near at the Delaware beaches.
The weather is finally starting to feel like it, too. If you had your beach gear ready to go last Saturday and were bummed to find the day was cold and gray, you weren't the only one. Happily, the second weekend in June looks sunny and warm, but also a little hazy. Read more about that below.
Delaware Online/The News Journal publishes a guide to the Delaware beaches every week. Weather, beach closures, events - it's all here for visitors and locals alike throughout the summer.
Here's what you need to know for the weekend of June 10 and 11.
Weather and air quality
Weather is predicted to be sunny to partly sunny and in the mid- to upper 70s Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. With school letting out, the faintest ray of sunshine is sure to prompt many to head to the Delaware beaches, so be prepared to spend some time looking for parking and maybe even a decent swath of empty sand.
More:Traveling Canadian wildfire smoke shows Delaware can't hide from climate crisis reality
Weather forecasts are always subject to change, so make sure to check again before heading out this weekend.
There's something else to consider this weekend, something that's coming from nowhere near Delaware, bringing hazy skies and a noticeable burning smell to the area.
The Canadian wildfires caused Sussex Couty to have some of the worst air quality in the country Wednesday, and Thursday is expected to be the same. It's unhealthy for sensitive groups to be outside when particulate levels reach a certain point.
Don't panic. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control expects air quality to improve as the week goes on, but you'll want to keep abreast if you're headed to the beaches.
Delaware Online will have all the updates, so check back frequently.
Traffic
You can always count on increased traffic from Memorial Day on at the Delaware beaches, but this weekend has an added factor: the Ocean City, Maryland, Air Show.
Expect traffic to be heavy on Route 1, Route 113, Route 404 and just about everywhere starting Friday night, and especially just before after the show, which runs from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. If you're going to the beach, we'd recommend going early and leaving late. Download a playlist or a podcast in case you get stuck in traffic.
More:Everything you need to know about the 2023 Ocean City Air Show
All those people are going to want to eat, shop and be entertained, too, so be kind your service workers.
Beach replenishment
The Delaware beaches are in the process of being replenished by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with sand being dredged from offshore and piped onshore. Rehoboth Beach has already been completed.
This weekend, work will be wrapping up in Dewey Beach and Fenwick Island. Expect sections of both beaches to close while they're replenished. Once Dewey and Fenwick are done, work will move to Bethany Beach and South Bethany before wrapping up.
Weather, sea conditions and mechanical issues can all change the timeline of beach replenishment. More information is available here.
Things to do
This guide is for the Delaware beaches, but we'd be remiss if we didn't recommend the Ocean City Air Show, just south of the state line. It's an impressive, unique and super-fun experience if you're willing to battle the crowds. Okay, back to Delaware.
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If you're in the area Friday night, check out the West Side Creative Market at 19826 Central St. in Rehoboth Beach from 5 to 9 p.m. The open-air market, hosted by the Developing Artist Coallition, features 20 local artist vendors, a bar and food trucks, DIY art activities and live music.
Who doesn't want to "Party Like it's 793"? The 2023 Mead, Metal, and Viking Festival will take place from noon to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Brimming Horn Meadery in Lewes. It's located at 28615 Lewes Georgetown Hwy. and will have music, games, historic reenactors and food.
Surf fishing
You can walk on and surf-fish any Delaware State Parks beach with only a fishing license, but to drive on, you need a surf-fishing permit, which are available at most state park offices. Now, if you want to drive on on a weekend or holiday, you also need a reservation.
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After the popularity of the Delaware drive-on beaches surged during the pandemic, the Department of Natural Resources wanted to make the process easier and more efficient, so this year, they're piloting a online reservation system for the busiest surf-fishing days.
The system is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on weekends and holidays. Saturday reservations become available Tuesday and Sunday reservations on Wednesday. Holiday reservations go on sale the Thursday before the holiday. Reservations are $4 per day, first-come, first-serve, and you must print them out to display in your vehicle.
If you haven't made a reservation yet, there's still a decent chance you can get a spot. The Delaware drive-on beaches haven't totally sold out since the system took effect mid-May, though some individual beaches have.
"The most popular locations are Cape Henlopen State Park and Delaware Seashore State Park 3R’s," department spokesman Michael Globetti said. "When these two locations fill to capacity, anglers should look at other state parks drive-on surf fishing locations that have availability."
You can see which beaches have availability at any time using the online reservation system.
Shannon Marvel McNaught reports on Sussex County and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com or on Twitter @MarvelMcNaught. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/08/weather-traffic-and-things-to-do-at-the-delaware-beaches-this-weekend/70290481007/ | 2023-06-08T09:52:12 | 0 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/08/weather-traffic-and-things-to-do-at-the-delaware-beaches-this-weekend/70290481007/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — A driver was arrested after crashing into a tanker truck on Indianapolis' west side early Sunday morning, resulting in the death of one person, police said.
Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 4, IMPD officers responded to the intersection of Michigan Street and Holt Road for a crash between a sedan and a tanker truck.
Based on preliminary information, officers believe the sedan was traveling north on Holt Road when it hit the back of the empty tanker truck, which was stopped at the light.
Two passengers in the sedan were taken to a local hospital in critical condition. The driver, identified by IMPD as Octave Rutayisire, had minor injuries.
The driver of the tanker truck was not injured.
On Wednesday, June 7, one of the sedan passengers died from their injuries.
Rutayisire was arrested for his role in the crash, and detectives believe alcohol played a role in the incident, IMPD said.
Rutayisire has not been formally charged as of June 8, court records indicate. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-driver-arrested-deadly-crash-into-tanker-truck-indianapolis-west-side/531-ea715a0a-9659-4137-b51f-753f90b14999 | 2023-06-08T09:55:47 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-driver-arrested-deadly-crash-into-tanker-truck-indianapolis-west-side/531-ea715a0a-9659-4137-b51f-753f90b14999 |
GREENSBORO — Grimsley High School graduating senior Arvin Akkiangady remembers sitting in Spanish class, copying down verbs on the day in March 2020 that his teacher first told him school could potentially close due to COVID-19.
"That’s when I put down my pencil and really thought, this is serious and shouldn't be taken lightly," he said.
Akkiangady is one of more than 5,000 Guilford County Schools students graduating this spring. While some smaller schools have already held their graduations, the bulk of students will graduate Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week. Friday is also the last day of classes for most schools in the district.
Here in Guilford County and elsewhere, the class of 2023 is the first high school graduating class to have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in all four years of high school.
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That started freshman year, when schools closed and remote learning began.
"Especially when it first happened, switching to virtual was really, really hard," Smith High School graduating senior Amani Turner said. "Trying to get up for your classes, the motivation is kind of lost."
When members of the Guilford County Schools' class of 2023 started their sophomore year, the district had ramped up remote learning, in an attempt to make it more regular and more rigorous.
For Akkiangady, that was a fruitful, challenging time. He remembers getting curious about the subjects he was exploring through remote learning, and developing himself physically and mentally, including through meditation.
But for Smith High School graduating senior Kevin Reyes, that first semester of sophomore year was marked more by disconnect. Lacking in person learning, he didn't feel motivated to participate in school and started to think he'd probably drop out and focus on working.
Smith High School 12th grade Counselor Lakisha Bostick said that even more than for last year's class, school staff had to work harder to re-engage current seniors who had become used to focusing on work during remote learning.
What changed things for him, Reyes said, was when his advisor, Queen Besong, got worried about his academic situation and drove out to his house with a packet of work for him to do, to get back on track to pass his classes for first semester, telling him she'd come back later to pick it up.
"It was like, I still have a chance," he said. "I was like, 'let me put my mind to it.'"
That helped him keep up his motivation through the start of the next semester of that sophomore year.
By March 2021, many Guilford County Schools high school students were returning to school part-time, and almost all the class of 2023 was back full time by the start of junior year in the fall.
Being back together in school had some of its own challenges, however.
"We had to focus on school but then, also a lot of people were getting sick, and so people were scared and anxious about that and trying to do sports while masked and it was just a lot going on," said Grimsley graduating senior Aya Labtimi.
For Olivia Lantz, who sat next to Labtimi at Grimsley's graduation practice on Wednesday, senior year was the best year of high school. That was something expressed by many of the other students interviewed: They were relieved to be having a relatively normally year, even if they've still been putting in some extra work in academically to make up for things missed earlier in high school during remote learning.
Reyes said he's been really happy to be seeing all his friends, and graduating together.
"It's sad it's coming to an end, but this is real life," Reyes said. "So we've just got to see what we do next." | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/school-class-2023-pandemic/article_1a09a310-055c-11ee-8366-13f79eab93a4.html | 2023-06-08T10:21:19 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/school-class-2023-pandemic/article_1a09a310-055c-11ee-8366-13f79eab93a4.html |
What are those hundreds of concrete pyramids doing at the Skyway bridge fishing pier?
The Florida Department of Transportation is placing hundreds of wave attenuation devices to protect the south Skyway Fishing Pier access road from erosion, promote seagrass growth and create fish habitats.
But some environmentalists take issue with impact credits received by the agency for the project.
FDOT will place 844 wave attenuation devices, also referred to as WADs, along the shoreline to protect the fishing pier access road, which provides access to I-275. The $6.3 million project will be completed by the end of summer.
What are the devices made of?
The devices are made from fiber-reinforced concrete. Their triangular shape, weight, and size are designed to absorb wave energy during storms to protect the fishing pier access road from erosion. They will be strategically placed to protect also protect about eight acres of sea grass and create a habitat for fish.
"We know that this project is going to do wonders for this area, in terms of protecting the shoreline and really making this area resilient to future storm events and protecting I-275 making sure that it has access immediately after storm events," FDOT District Drainage Design Engineer Brent Setchell said during a news conference on Wednesday.
The devices will be visible about two to three feet above the water and will be placed so close together that boats or large marine animals would need to go around them to traverse.
"Boats really can't go between them. Fish can swim through them but larger, let's say a manatee or something would need to go around the outside to be able to get through," Setchell said. "There is an opening between the shoreline and where the WADs will be placed for wildlife to get through."
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Setchell said protecting the eight acres of sea grass will provide the agency with environmental impact mitigation credits that will be used to offset the impact of incoming bridge replacements to Anna Maria Island in Manatee County.
Concern from environmentalists
Manasota-88 Chairman Glenn Compton said the organization is concerned that the project could lead to overfishing in the area, and add to the impact the Sunshine Skyway Bridge has had on the local ecosystem. The nonprofit organization has advocated for environmental protection throughout the Manatee and Sarasota County region for more than 50 years.
"During the construction of the Skyway bridge, significant destruction was done to the seagrasses and marine resources of Tampa Bay," Compton said. "The proposed wave attenuation project does not come close to repairing the damage that has previously been done to the Bay as a result. FDOT needs to demonstrate overfishing would not occur as a result of placing the wave attenuation devices near the fishing pier, they have yet to do so."
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Compton said he believes FDOT should not receive mitigation credits as a result of the project.
"FDOT does not do environmental restoration projects unless they can get mitigation credits for impacting wetlands elsewhere," he said. "Although it may make sense to protect existing infrastructure from wave erosion, it would be improper to grant FDOT any mitigation credit so they can do wetland destruction at another location." | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/06/08/sunshine-skyway-bridge-fishing-pier-pyramids-designed-to-curb-erosion/70296840007/ | 2023-06-08T10:22:01 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/06/08/sunshine-skyway-bridge-fishing-pier-pyramids-designed-to-curb-erosion/70296840007/ |
North Port declines pursuit of complaint raised by one commissioner against city manager
Disgruntled residents may pursue removal of city manger through citizens initiative
NORTH PORT – Four of five North Port city commissioners declined to pursue allegations brought by fellow board member Debbie McDowell that City Manager Jerome Fletcher exceeded his authority with several actions, including urging state legislators to back off adding Warm Mineral Springs to a list of outstanding Florida springs.
The decision came when McDowell’s motion for an independent investigation to determine whether Fletcher violated city charter and his employment contract died for lack of a second. It followed a day-long special meeting Tuesday for a team building and conflict resolution exercise for the five commissioners, as well as the city manager, city clerk and city attorney.
The session was called in part because Fletcher declined to attend a one-on-one session with McDowell unless ordered to do so by the entire board.
McDowell was the only city commissioner who opposed Fletcher’s hiring in 2021 and gave him the most severe six-month review.
The complaint and the city charter
McDowell’s complaints against Fletcher stemmed from her belief that Fletcher made decisions that, under her strict interpretation of the city charter, should be first approved in a public meeting by the City Commission.
McDowell delivered her complaint against Fletcher to Human Resources Director Christine McDade and City Attorney Amber Slayton on April 25 and it went to the commission after Slayton determined it was not an HR matter.
In addition to the Warm Mineral Springs decision, the other allegations involved submission of a federal funding request prior to a public discussion and vote by the commission; a decision to discontinue the sale of passes for Warm Mineral Springs; creation of a local/small business incubator program that included the input of Mayor Barbara Langdon but not a formal commission vote; and the decision to institute a citywide pay study in 2021 without commission approval.
McDowell admitted that the complaint fell in a gray area between Fletcher going to the commission for approval on decision or exercising authority under his job description, but said “collectively it shows a pattern."
Majority rule
After wrapping up the roughly seven-hour conflict resolution session Tuesday, Mayor Barbara Langdon, Vice Mayor Alice White, and commissioners Pete Emrich and Phil Stokes decided Fletcher was just doing his job.
In sidelining the application to designate Warm Mineral Springs an “Outstanding Florida Springs,” Fletcher said he did so because it conflicted with the board’s desire for a public-private partnership to redevelop the springs property.
“I took the decision to make sure we chose the path that was aligned with the best interests of the board,” Fletcher said.
Langdon, who conferred with Fletcher prior to his sidelining of the application, said there was “no time to bring the issue to the commission before our departure to Tallahassee.”
Other board members also downplayed the decision.
“I don’t agree that there was any underlying bad intent of the city manager; he was following our direction,” White said.
She stressed on the springs issue that the vote to pursue a public-private partnership to develop the parkland surrounding the Warm Mineral Springs historic area had been 5-0.
Stokes said the special springs designation would have had an impact on potential future development in unincorporated Sarasota and Charlotte counties, with financial implications that "I don’t think this commission wrapped our heads around when we promoted it."
“Maybe it would have been nice to come to us to ask for our permission but we were all off and running to Tallahassee to advocate for our own interests,” he added, “I don’t see it as an issue, I don’t see the other seven as significant issues.”
McDowell calls herself 'voice of the people'
The constructive conflict training by Dr. Meagan Baskin in the session helped underscore that McDowell has a different viewpoint from her four fellow commissioners and the city manager, while those four are in sync with Fletcher.
Fletcher expressed frustration with having to expend an inordinate amount of time in dealing with “20% of the board” 100% of the time.
“We really need to have better balance,” he said, referring to the day-long special meeting.
“We need to just be prepared to move on,” he later added.
McDowell expressed frustration with an apparent inability to find common ground and also highlighted the schism between herself and the rest of the board, while discounting their relationship with the general public.
“When I’m sitting up here on the dais, I am the voice of the people,” she said, “And I recognize it’s not just the people of today, it’s the people of tomorrow, 10 years from now and 20 years from now and I try very, very hard to show respect to the roles each of us have sitting up here, but I can tell you from my seat, that is not shared with everybody up on this dais.
“It is becoming more and more obvious to myself as much as I try to look past it, it is becoming more and more obvious to our citizens.”
What’s next?
The city is also awaiting results of a citizen survey on how to best proceed with Warm Mineral Springs. It is also engaging in talks with WMS Development Group LLC for a public-private partnership for their development.
The next move may come from conservative political activist Conni Brunni, an Englewood resident who owns property in North Port. During public comment Brunni said she would start a petition drive to remove Fletcher from his role as city manager via a referendum.
A successful petition would require signatures from 5% of the registered voters in the city. If such a petition is filed with the city clerk and the signatures verified, the matter would go before the City Commission. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/06/08/north-port-commission-will-not-investigate-city-manager/70291863007/ | 2023-06-08T10:22:07 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/06/08/north-port-commission-will-not-investigate-city-manager/70291863007/ |
'I just feel powerless': Trans teens share their stories as new Indiana laws target them
A generation of Hoosier children who have had access to gender-affirming care their whole lives will soon see it end in their state.
Their families face uncertain futures as they grapple with how to access health care for their kids after the end of the year — a decision that could force some of them to move out of state.
The Indiana legislature passed a law this spring — part of the anti-LGBTQ+ "slate of hate" — that bans gender-affirming medications like puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children. Trans youth who started medical care prior to June 30 have until the end of 2023 to seek it elsewhere or halt it altogether. The law also bans transition-related surgeries for minors, despite data showing those procedures are not commonly performed on children in Indiana or elsewhere.
Supporters of the slate, which also addressed student requests for name and pronoun changes and what books remain in school libraries, said they're restoring parental rights and seeking to “help, not harm.”
Similar bills passed legislatures in red states across the nation this year.
IndyStar spoke to teens, their families and advocates in Central Indiana about their gender-identity journeys and how they feel about the new laws. Most of their names are being withheld because of their ages and their concerns for their safety.
Here are some of their stories.
'Some children’s lives are worth more than others''
In the minutes before her three children got on the bus to school in Westfield, an email popped up in Alisha Hunter’s inbox. The sender was her middle child.
“I started reading it and it’s him saying he thinks he's transgender,” Hunter said. “He wants to be called (a boy's name). He doesn't know how we're going to react, how we're going to feel about that. He just hopes that we could still love him.”
That email launched Hunter on a trajectory that changed who she was and led her to what she needed to be for her teenage son, she said.
Hunter soon decided that she would affirm her son by being an advocate for him and allowing him to express himself.
Harnessing her fight through grassroots LGBTQ+ groups. Starting Pride events in suburbia. Testifying on her son’s behalf in the chambers of the state Capitol.
She hoped for acceptance for all transgender people, like her son.
The alternative, she feared, was that he would take his life — a concern for families of transgender children.
"I have no doubt saying that had I not affirmed my child that my child would not be alive today."
According to data from the Trevor Project, 54% of transgender and nonbinary youth in Indiana considered suicide in the past year.
Hunter's son started his medical treatment two years ago after spending years in therapy and working with Riley Hospital’s Gender Health Program. The teen is one of roughly 4,100 Indiana kids ages 13 to 17 who are transgender, according to the UCLA Williams Institute.
The six weeks building up to starting treatment was a short wait compared to many others' but a very long wait for him. He was visibly agitated. He was upset.
He's not a crier, she said, but many tears were shed. Getting him treatment was necessary to his happiness, Hunter said.
Suicidal thoughts that were in his head earlier came back around when the laws passed earlier this year, she said. Now mother and son are weighing the options of how to continue his care.
"I can't imagine the thought of everything that has happened thus far is now going to essentially be reversed," Hunter said.
Nobody in this situation takes transitioning lightly and she said that pursuing medical care was “not an easy decision.”
Her son has not had any gender-affirming surgeries. Her son is not being harmed. But Hunter said that some people made up their minds based on what they don’t know.
Their views are not going to stop her efforts, she said.
This choice made by lawmakers made it clear to her: “Some children’s lives are worth more than others'.”
'It just makes me feel normal'
One day, a 15-year-old boy sitting in his health class in a suburban school heard one of his teachers call him by name.
It would have been an unremarkable interaction for most kids, but it felt monumental for him: The teacher had used the name the teen had chosen for himself rather than the name that his parents gave him at birth.
“I feel like people expect it to be ‘Oh, now you're happy because you're being gendered correctly,’” he said. “It just makes me feel normal. I can't remember the last time I felt normal in the school environment.”
The boy never wanted to take a traditional high school PE class and use the locker rooms because of the danger of being perceived as transgender in public or shared spaces.
According to a 2019 study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, transgender youth experience higher risks of sexual assault in school bathroom and locker room settings.
It's not true, he said, that transgender people prey on others, especially in a locker room setting.
"If anyone would be getting harassed, they would be the trans kids," he said.
His mother was hearing the story about his teacher for the first time as he told it to IndyStar. He’s always been a bit shy when sharing everything with his mom, although they keep up communication, she said.
In the years before he socially transitioned by changing his name and appearance, his mother was concerned by his withdrawal and looked at his iPad to see what he told his friends. He was depressed and struggling to cope. It was scary, she said.
As he worked to understand himself better, he found community online. The epiphany struck when he was about 11 years old, he said.
“I remember that moment, that snap moment, that switch when you realize like, ‘Oh, holy crap, that's me,’” he said. “It changes your perspective forever because you can't go back to the way you were before.”
He’s transgender.
Although he has decided not to take puberty blockers or other medications before he turns 18, he knows other trans youth who are under a doctor’s care who will be harmed by the state’s new restrictions.
“I could easily change my mind anytime,” he said. “We should always have that freedom.”
What does being affirmed look like for him? It’s dressing how he wants. It’s finding comfort in a queer space of friends at school. It’s playing percussion in the band.
It's “being respected and seen in a similar way that I see myself in conversations or being accounted for when I'm present somewhere,” he said.
'Our life is just like every other life'
For Beth and Nathaniel Clawson and their three children, ages 19, 17 and 10, life in Bloomington has gotten very comfortable.
Beth and Nathaniel learned their youngest daughter, Kirin, is transgender when she was just 3½ years old.
Now, Kirin's gender is an afterthought most days.
"Our life is just like every other life," Beth said. "It's so boring."
"Except for now."
Soon, Kirin will become a teenager — a time when transgender children are most vulnerable — in a state where gender-affirming medical care has just been banned.
Take a step into the Clawsons' life and hear more of their story by watching the video above and looking at photos below.
'A lot of people want me dead'
The 16-year-old transgender girl knew her parents would be accepting when she came out to them when she was 14.
"I'm really extremely lucky,” she said as she held the hands of her mother and father.
Her mother looked at her sideways and said, “You’re going to ask for something, aren’t you?”
Both erupt in laughter.
It's a typical exchange between teenagers and their parents, but lately, she and her family have felt that many people, and in particular, many of Indiana’s legislators, don’t view her as just that — a teen.
The Indianapolis family is fearful of what their future in Indiana will look like once they lose in-state access to the medication the teen has been taking for the past three months.
“I'm completely angry,” her mother said, “that basically the state of Indiana is saying, in one fell swoop, that we're bad parents, and we can't care for our daughter, and therefore they need to do it for us.”
The girl wishes she could have a normal teenage life, where her biggest worry was about grades or relationships, but instead, she fears for her physical safety.
“There's always just that daunting thing over my head, that a lot of people want me dead,” she said.
It took around a year for her to get the consultation to discuss starting gender-affirming medication, along with eight weeks of therapy and many visits with her primary care doctor.
She has already completed the process of legally changing her name and gender markers and started high school using her chosen name. She said the whole process has made her feel like she’s really come into her own.
“Sounds a bit cliche to say it, but it’s true.”
The family has been rooted in Indiana for generations. They used to be proud to say they are Hoosiers but now are considering leaving the state.
“Moving out of a state where there is supposed to be Hoosier hospitality, where everybody looks out for everyone else,” the father said. “(Legislators) are not looking out for their fellow Hoosiers here.”
She often thinks about what her future will look like in Indiana, where she would like to stay, not just for herself but for other transgender teens.
“I sometimes just lay awake at night thinking what's next?” she said. “What do I do, because I just feel powerless in this situation."
Asked what her plans for the future are, her only answer is: “I want to have one first.”
'Born in the wrong body'
When he looks back at childhood photos of himself, the 14-year-old boy says he doesn’t see light behind his eyes.
“It was so hard to get me to just smile,” he said. “I was always curled in and hunched over and I was just so disinterested.”
After exploring sexuality and gender identity online, the Indianapolis teen tried out different labels for himself before settling on the one that fit the best: transgender boy. When describing this process in an interview, he said, “I’m happy again.”
The road wasn’t easy. When he first came out to his biological father, the man didn’t speak to him for three days. The hostility that he faced while living with his father landed him in the emergency room for suicidal thoughts.
“I can't tell you how scary it is to have your 13-year-old child in a hospital telling doctors that he wants to kill himself and that he's been researching methods,” the boy’s mother told IndyStar.
He now lives with his mother and stepfather, who hold a special celebration every year on the day he came out to them.
While things have gotten easier for him since starting at his new school, he still lives with a feeling of dread, which has only gotten worse since the legislative session.
“All of my friends and I live in fear, because it's still a question of what next?” he said. “What are they going to do to us next? Will I wake up tomorrow in danger?”
His parents say that the laws being enacted are only promoting more hateful rhetoric and actions against their son.
“All we want to do is love our kids,” his mother said, “take care of them, raise them to be successful, happy, healthy adults."
He recently wrapped up his freshman year of high school and has nonbinary and transgender friends. He is waiting until he's 18 to decide whether to start hormones and to make other medical decisions.
“I never wanted this harassment and hardship that I’ve faced,” he said. “I’m going to have to pay thousands and thousands of dollars just to be me … because I was born in the wrong body.”
His stepfather said he wishes people could see the young man that he sees — someone who has learned to play seven instruments and is on his way to earning an associate's degree by the time he’s 17.
“It’s just so tragic that (legislators) are trying to push underground some of the brightest and most kind people that you’ll ever meet,” his stepdad said.
The family said they might have to consider leaving Indiana if lawmakers continue to pass legislation targeting transgender kids, like laws being passed in Florida that could potentially end up with transgender kids being taken away from their families.
But the 14-year-old has created relationships and a life in Indianapolis that he does not want to leave.
“They’re destroying people’s dreams, aspirations, friendships and relationships, and for what?” he said. “They’re destroying these people that never did anything to them.”
'I didn't know what was going on'
Everything about Ty’la Dior Sanders radiates what she feels on the inside.
Her smile welcomes a stranger. Her personality turns that chance meeting into a profound conversation, possibly a friendship. She’s comfortable.
But her light took years to brighten after fighting her internal battles shadowed in darkness, she said.
Growing up as a Black teenager on Indianapolis' east side, the 23-year-old transgender woman was relentlessly angry with herself.
“I was not me, and I hated myself for that,” Sanders said. “It took a lot of self-on-self love to be like ‘I love myself and I love to be myself’ and not care what nobody else thinks.”
Sanders started transitioning around 18 years old and began hormones two years ago, although her social transition came as a young person.
“I didn't fully, fully feel affirmed in my womanhood and who I was as a woman until recently,” Sanders said.
Before, she was a bright-eyed student at Warren Central High School who wanted to be on the cheerleading squad and wear the uniform like the other girls.
Family and friends would ask questions about her gender and she was expected to have answers — a burden for so many transgender people, she said.
“It's hard for you to explain something that you don't know,” Sanders said. “For me, I didn't know what was going on. I just knew, I’m a woman.”
Sanders has often become a teacher to educate others about transgender people, even those who support her, she said. Sanders used to let people misgender or deadname her, meaning they would call her by the name given to her at birth.
It made others comfortable, but she realized it hurt her deeply. Eventually, she stopped allowing it. Having people call her by her name is a point of activism.
Sanders believes there’s hate for transgender people because “if you don’t know, you’re either scared or stay away.”
That hate against the Black transgender community is even worse, she said. The Human Rights Campaign reports that since 2013, more than 85% of the violence committed against transgender people targeted people of color.
Advocacy became a natural progression, she said. Sanders now helps transgender people in Indianapolis navigate available resources.
She mentors transgender youth, especially as they see a greater challenge today through anti-trans legislation and the continued social stigma of being transgender.
She wants to tell those young people: “Be patient. Be patient with yourself. Give yourself time to think. Love yourself. Do it for yourself. Try to affirm yourself.”
“But also, more importantly, do that for the next trans girl.”
Rachel Fradette is a suburban education reporter at IndyStar. Contact her at rfradette@indystar.com or 239-206-7430. Follow her on Twitter at @Rachel_Fradette.
Contact photojournalist Jenna Watson at jenna.watson@indystar.com. Follow her on Twitter at @JennaRWatson.
Contact IndyStar reporter Caroline Beck at 317-618-5807 or CBeck@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter: @CarolineB_Indy.
Caroline's reporting is made possible by Report for America and Glick Philanthropies. As part of its work in Marion County, Glick Philanthropies partners with organizations focused on closing access and achievement gaps in education.
Report for America is a program of The GroundTruth Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening local newsrooms. Report for America provides funding for up to half of the reporter’s salary during their time with us, and IndyStar is fundraising the remainder.
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IndyGo route changes to begin June 11
The first wave of IndyGo route changes will begin June 11.
IndyGo announced that these changes, implemented because of driver shortages, will impact frequency, eliminate some routes and combine or re-route others.
What changes are beginning June 11?
Expect temporary frequency changes on these routes:
- Route 11: Decreased from every 60 minutes to 90 minutes
- Route 26: Increased from every 45 minutes to 30 minutes
- Route 38: Decreased from every 30 minutes to 60 minutes
- Route 902: Decreased from every 30 minutes to 45 minutes
Routes 2, 16, 26, 28, 31 and 38 will be re-routed, with some parts removed or picked up by other routes. Route 87 will include an additional loop at the IndyGo East Campus.
These routes will be eliminated or combined:
- Routes 12 and 13: Combined and renamed as Route 13.
- Routes 14 and 15: Eliminated to create a new Route 56.
For specifics on each route change as well as maps, visit IndyGo's website at https://bit.ly/3MG6PWg. Updated route information can be accessed at indygo.net/routes.
The future of IndyGo bus routes:More frequency, less coverage, some riders left stranded
Why are there so many IndyGo route changes?
IndyGo said these changes are in response to driver shortages to "provide more efficient service in the areas that need it most, while streamlining service where ridership is low."
Special programs manager Jordan Patterson said the route changes are a planned approach to IndyGo's network redesign, but when those changes occur is contingent on the number of bus drivers available.
More details:IndyGo is proposing a new local bus route map. What to know and how to give input
When will the next changes occur?
Patterson said rollout of future changes can't occur until the bus driver shortage is resolved.
IndyGo will need at least 100 drivers to "maintain the level of service that riders expect and to also expand," Patterson said. IndyGo has not provided the current number of bus drivers.
Because of this, there's no date that riders can expect future changes. But IndyGo plans to roll out all of them by 2027. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/transportation/2023/06/08/many-indygo-routes-to-change-june-11-due-to-driver-shortages/70228063007/ | 2023-06-08T10:26:46 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/transportation/2023/06/08/many-indygo-routes-to-change-june-11-due-to-driver-shortages/70228063007/ |
COAHOMA, Texas — The city of Coahoma partied like it was 1998 Wednesday night, celebrating the first Bulldogette state championship in 25 years with a parade.
The evening was filled with school pride and remembering the adversity the team had to endure to make it to the pinnacle of the sport.
" 25 years is a long time," said Head Coach Alexander Orosco. "Every year it's just the goal that you work for and this year's no different. It meant a little more because of last year's heartbreak. We did have some redemption. Any time you work 360/365 days for a goal and that goal comes to fruition, it's a huge relief."
"It's the greatest comeback story," said Senior Christian Everett. "I thought about this moment the second we lost last year and it feels great that it's coming true. They've had our back since the moment we lost last year. You know most communities would probably be like, 'Oh they lost. Who cares any more,' but they've stuck by us and it means the world."
"It's just awesome," said State Tournament MVP Hannah Wells. "I'm grateful for everyone who supports us throughout this journey from since we were little girls to where we are now and the future in our lives. It's just great and I'm grateful for everyone."
"If you look around, it means everything to this community," said community member Mark Richardson. "I mean this has brought this entire community together and this is a great close-knit community anyway. To have these girls that will never ever be outclassed on the field. There's no team that's ever had more character than the Coahoma Bulldogettes."
The parade capped off a softball season for the history books in Coahoma with fanfare from Dairy Queen to Coahoma Park. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/coahoma-celebrates-its-first-state-championship-in-25-years/513-795375b7-2c99-4260-aa70-eddffdde011b | 2023-06-08T10:27:21 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/coahoma-celebrates-its-first-state-championship-in-25-years/513-795375b7-2c99-4260-aa70-eddffdde011b |
Emmet County ranks among wealthiest in Michigan
EMMET COUNTY — A recent study conducted by Smartasset found that Emmet County ranked among the wealthiest counties in Michigan.
Emmet County sits in seventh place with a median income of $63,488 per year. Leelanau, Washtenaw and Livingston counties placed first, second and third. The study ranked counties by studying median income, investment income and median home value to create an overall wealth index.
Smartasset calculated a wealth index for all U.S. counties. Nationwide, the wealthiest areas were all on the East Coast or West Coast.
The full ranking of wealthiest counties in Michigan, along with their median income, is:
- Leelanau County — $72,709
- Washtenaw County — $79,198
- Livingston County — $88,908
- Oakland County — $86,275
- Grand Traverse County — $69,393
- Ottawa County — $77,288
- Emmet County — $63,488
- Benzie County — $68,786
- Kent County — $69,786
- Clinton County — $63,202
The rankings for the healthiest counties in Michigan for 2023 are remarkably similar to the wealthiest counties.
The top 10 healthiest counties are:
- Leelanau County
- Clinton County
- Ottawa County
- Livingston County
- Oakland County
- Washtenaw County
- Midland County
- Grand Traverse County
- Antrim County
- Emmet County
— Contact reporter Tess Ware at tware@livingstondaily.com. Follow her on Twitter @Tess_journalist. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/08/emmet-county-among-healthiest-wealthiest-counties-in-state/70290676007/ | 2023-06-08T10:33:03 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/08/emmet-county-among-healthiest-wealthiest-counties-in-state/70290676007/ |
OCALA, Fla. – A citizen on Wednesday discovered the body of a teenager in the woods in Marion County, prompting a homicide investigation, the sheriff’s office said.
The discovery was made around 7:15 p.m. near the 2100 block of NW 43rd Street in Ocala.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that deputies were called to the area and said a 17-year-old boy was dead and had been shot.
An investigation is underway, but sheriff’s officials are seeking assistance.
“We are asking for the public’s help. If you noticed anything suspicious in this area between Monday, June 5, 2023, and Wednesday, June 7, 2023, or if you have any information regarding this homicide, please call 352-732-9111,” the post stated.
To stay anonymous, call CrimeStoppers of Marion County at 352-732-STOP and reference 23-33.
No other details have been released.
Check back for updates. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/08/teens-body-found-in-marion-county-woods-homicide-investigation-underway/ | 2023-06-08T10:39:52 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/06/08/teens-body-found-in-marion-county-woods-homicide-investigation-underway/ |
ODFW recently concluded an investigation into a fish kill at Cole Rivers Hatchery.
The incident led to the loss of steelhead that contribute to fisheries in the Rogue and Coos River. The loss was caused by human error at ODFW and compounded by infrastructure issues making it difficult to isolate risk.
The 2024 “half-pounder” fishery and the 2025 adult fishery will be affected because all sac fry for Rogue summer steelhead were lost.
Some of the lost fishing opportunities in the Rogue will be abated because 82,000 summer steelhead smolts were held back in 2022 and will be released in April 2024. A portion of these fish will return after a short time in the ocean as “half-pounders” and will contribute to the 2024 fishery.
Catch-and-release for wild summer steelhead half-pounders and adults will continue. Hatchery adults returning from other release years will also provide some opportunities in 2025.
A significant portion of the Coos winter steelhead fry on hand were lost and the 2025-2026 fisheries will be affected. We expect to release about half of production goal (62,500 smolts) in April 2024.
Most of these hatchery steelhead will return in the winter of 2025-2026, depending on ocean survival. A small number of hatchery steelhead from the previous brood year could contribute to that fishery. Anglers can continue to catch and release wild adult steelhead.
ODFW is reviewing protocols to prevent future operational errors. ODFW and federal partners are also working closely to address infrastructure issues stressing production capabilities.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers directed additional resources towards the hatchery and Oregon’s congressional delegation, led by Senators Merkley and Wyden have secured funding to fix the power supply and begin work on the water supply. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/cole-rivers-hatchery-fish-loss-investigated/article_d6860bde-057d-11ee-af82-93d9557bc1b6.html | 2023-06-08T10:43:16 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/cole-rivers-hatchery-fish-loss-investigated/article_d6860bde-057d-11ee-af82-93d9557bc1b6.html |
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley confirmed to News Channel 11 that crews are responding to a fully involved structure fire at the Southern Craft BBQ Watauga location.
According to Fraley, the call came in around 5:19 a.m. on Thursday morning.
People are advised to avoid Highway 321 around the lake as crews work the scene, Fraley stated.
This story is currently developing. News Channel 11 has a crew headed to the scene. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-fully-involved-structure-fire-at-southern-craft-watauga/ | 2023-06-08T10:50:09 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-fully-involved-structure-fire-at-southern-craft-watauga/ |
Greyhound searching for permanent stop in Knoxville, but improves Kirkwood location
Greyhound's search for a suitable location for a permanent bus stop in Knoxville is ongoing, and in the meantime the transit company will continue to operate from the Knoxville Area Transit Burlington Superstop on Kirkwood Street in East Knoxville.
Within the past year, the stop has moved from a gas station on Cherry Street to a deli at Sixth Avenue and in November 2022 to the existing Kirkwood stop between Magnolia Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The changes have left riders waiting at spots without adequate shelter or restrooms, sparked complaints from nearby residents about the disruptions in their neighborhoods and irritated city officials who feel like Greyhound is not taking responsibility for its business obligations.
City officials told Knox News earlier this month they were in ongoing discussions with Greyhound about its use of the KAT Burlington Superstop and the city's desire for the bus company to move with urgency to find a new site that provides adequate shelter and restrooms for travelers.
More:Knoxville would charge Greyhound $600,000 to use the public downtown bus terminal
City spokesperson Kristen Farley told Knox News that Greyhound is making improvements to the Kirkwood location after Burlington residents raised concerns.
The changes are:
- Eliminating transfers and driver changes in Knoxville. According to Greyhound, this means that passengers using the Burlington stop are either starting or ending their journey in Knoxville.
- Adding on-site personnel to assist bus riders during peak times.
- Adding a trash receptacle at the site and making sure garbage is collected every day.
- Hiring a company to provide security at the bus stop from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. every day.
“We have emphasized to Greyhound leadership that they should seek a new site that provides customers with appropriate services, in particular a secure and sheltered waiting area and sanitary restroom facilities," Farley said.
"Based on our communication with Greyhound, we understand that this search is actively underway and we see evidence that Greyhound is working in good faith to find a new, better location for their operations. The bottom line, we have been clear with Greyhound that the Burlington stop is not, nor can it be, a long-term option."
Greyhound spokesperson Mike Olgulnick told Knox News that the company is making progress toward a new location in Knoxville, but had no details about where or when the new stop would go into operation.
Angela Dennis is the Knox News race, justice and equity reporter. Email angela.dennis@knoxnews.com. Twitter @AngeladWrites. Instagram @angeladenniswrites. Facebook at Angela Dennis Journalist.
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Let local celebrity drivers shuttle you in the KISS Caboose and help Empty Stocking Fund!
Catch a ride with a local celebrity driver, help our neighbors in need and come have a blast with us June 10.
The News Sentinel Empty Stocking Fund has teamed up with the folks at KISS Caboose to take over driving around downtown Knoxville in a unique and fun way. Call us for a ride with one of our special drivers then donate to our charity, which has been serving up Christmastime meals in East Tennessee since 1912!
Vols linebacker Aaron Beasley will be on board from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by the real Santa dressed in his summer clothes and Knox County Commissioner Larsen Jay. Knox News staffers including Executive Editor Joel Christopher will be behind the wheel, too!
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AUSTIN, Texas — When looking back on the young life of 14-year-old Mikalah Franklin, her mom, Teshina Guajardo, has a whole camera roll filled with photographs and videos of her daughter – a daughter who Guajardo said served as the "backbone" in a family of six kids.
"She was very protective over her family, her siblings, me. And in her last moments, that's what she was doing," Guajardo said.
Early Tuesday morning, Austin police said calls came in of multiple shots fired in the area of The Bridge at Harris Ridge Apartments on East Howard Lane. Guajardo said her kids were walking a friend to a rideshare driver. As soon as the rideshare driver pulled away, gunshots fired, leading the kids to run away. Guajardo said Mikalah leaned over to grab her 5-year-old brother.
"My 5-year-old was right next to her when they started shooting, and everyone ran. She probably could have ran, but my baby wouldn't have made it, so she was protecting him and that's how she got shot," Guajardo said. "I looked over and I see her and I just, I knew, I knew that she wasn't going to make it."
Mikalah was taken to Dell Children's Medical Center where she later died. It is a loss and a young life that Guajardo said she will spend the rest of her life wondering about.
"She just was a bright light," Guajardo said. "They took something from me that I can't get back. And they took something from everybody; they took something from this world because I don't know what she would have or could have been."
No one is in custody at this time. If you have any information about this shooting, contact APD's Homicide Unit at 512-974-TIPS or submit your tip anonymously through Capital Area Crime Stoppers online or by calling 512-472-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 may be available for any information that leads to an arrest. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/mikalah-franklin-mother-howard-lane-shooting/269-18315964-e6d2-4c97-b54c-76b586e0af0f | 2023-06-08T11:01:32 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/mikalah-franklin-mother-howard-lane-shooting/269-18315964-e6d2-4c97-b54c-76b586e0af0f |
Titusville continues fight to overturn Right to Clean Water charter amendment
The fight between a group of Titusville activists and city government over the right to clean water continues, even after a judge this past week sided with voters who overwhelmingly approved the clean water referendum. The city of Titusville has now filed a motion seeking a re-hearing on the issue, in hopes of overturning the referendum that passed last fall guaranteeing residents a "right to clean water" and legal recourse against the government if that right is not upheld.
Despite the referendum passing 82.57% to 17.43%, the city still has not certified the results of the election. Even after a judge's ruling that the city must certify the vote, the city is continuing its court battle with Speak Up Titusville, the group that organized the petition and put the measure on the ballot.
In recent years Titusville has run afoul of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection dozens of times, racking up expensive fees. Its aging sewer infrastructure has led to costly spills that harm the health of the already fraught Indian River Lagoon.
Currently the city is tangled in a legal battle with a family after a mother alleged that her son was paralyzed after being exposed to sewage-tainted water in the lagoon near Sand Point Park where he was paddle boarding. Before that pipe could be found and repaired, approximately 7.2 million gallons of sewage went into the estuary and the park's ponds two years ago.
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Where do things stand?
The city's attorneys are arguing that the petition language was too vague and open-ended about which water must be protected and how clean it must be kept to avoid potentially costly lawsuits that will, ultimately, be paid for by residents.
According to the city's filing: "Rehearing is necessary because it is undisputed in the record (as a matter of fact and law) that the Speak Up Titusville Charter Amendment would permit new causes of action against partieswho discharge pollutants into water even if such discharges are within state and federal clean waterguidelines."
The motion describes the charter language as "impermissibly vague" and implies that the ballot language mislead voters to believe the right to clean water meant drinking water and not natural bodies of water, such as the Indian River Lagoon.
Titusville attorneys are also arguing that the charter amendment exceeds state and federal guidelines and that the court was in the wrong when it found that the new law was in line with existing rules. It will now be up to a judge to either grant the re-hearing, which would take place in the same Circuit Court, or not.
What's next?
Melissa Martin is a former U.S. Marine Corps judge advocate who is providing pro bono legal counsel to Speak Up Titusville in their court battles with the city.“We presume that we’ll have the ability to respond to the motion for re-hearing,” she said about the next steps in the process.Speak Up Titusville will file a motion to oppose, which would prevent the city from its chance at a re-hearing in the same Circuit Court that struck down their argument the first time. She described the possibility of a judge ruling against the referendum as having "devastating ramifications." Regardless of the content of the referendum, empowering the city to strike down voter initiatives it finds inconvenient runs contrary to democratic ideals, Martin said. She also said by forcing voters to fight costly legal battles to protect their rights could have a chilling effect on future petitions.
"The city is supposed to be guardian of the process, not to oppose the will of the citizens from their seats. They make sure the process has integrity from start to finish," Martin said. "If someone were to bring an action against the city, at that point they can look into the merits of the case and law and defend accordingly," she added. "But to oppose the referendum like this is unprecedented. When I looked for similar cases in case law I couldn’t find any."
Tyler Vazquez is the Brevard County government and North Brevard Watchdog Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Vazquez at 321-917-7491 or tvazquez@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @tyler_vazquez | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/06/08/florida-city-titusville-fights-against-voter-initiative-for-clean-water/70294186007/ | 2023-06-08T11:02:05 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/06/08/florida-city-titusville-fights-against-voter-initiative-for-clean-water/70294186007/ |
'It was like ground zero.' Florida residents describe possible tornado. What we know
A tornado may have touched down late Wednesday afternoon in South Patrick Shores.
Some homeowners saw parts of their roofs ripped away and windows blown out. Others saw limbs torn from trees and carports twisted apart.
Emergency responders, including the Red Cross and Florida Power & Light, arrived on the scene Wednesday evening to help residents in the area. No injuries were reported.
Here's what we know this morning.
NWS Melbourne issued tornado warning
At 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service Melbourne issued a severe thunderstorm warning. Severe thunderstorms were spotted along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Port Canaveral to near PatrickSpace Force Base to near Melbourne, moving east at 15 mph.
Forecasters warned 60-mph wind gusts and quarter-size hail were possible with the storm.
A tornado warning was issued minutes later — at 5:17 p.m. — after radar indicated rotation in a severe thunderstorm was located either over South Patrick Shores or Patrick Space Force Base.
How many people are without power in Brevard County?
The Florida power outage tracker showed 287 people were without power in Brevard County as of 4:30 a.m.
FP&L's power outage map showed all the outages were in the area of South Patrick Shores.
'It seemed like ground zero.' Residents describe storm hitting
It "seemed like Ground Zero," said Luann Manderville, who was at her Pelican Drive home with her husband, David, and their dog, Emmy, when the storm hit.
"All of a sudden, our power went out and you could feel wind coming through the windows, which were closed," Manderville said.
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Then came a "weird sound, like nothing we'd ever heard before ... like a rolling sound, almost," Manderville said. "You could feel a pressure difference."
"It sounded like a freight train going by," said Alex Casanova, another resident in South Patrick Shores.
Who determines whether it was a tornado that hit South Patrick Shores?
The National Weather Service Melbourne will conduct a storm damage survey today to determine whether it was a tornado or another sort of wind event, according to Kole Fehling, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
Brevard Emergency Operations Center asking for storm damage photos
Brevard EOC said residents with any property or home damage as a result of the storm are encouraged to submit photos and a description of the damage to help the agency better understand the impacts.
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Contributors: John McCarthy; J.D. Gallop;Britt Kennerly | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/weather/local/2023/06/08/florida-tornado-brevard-county-south-patrick-shores-power-outages-damage-reports-photos-videos/70300820007/ | 2023-06-08T11:02:17 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/weather/local/2023/06/08/florida-tornado-brevard-county-south-patrick-shores-power-outages-damage-reports-photos-videos/70300820007/ |
Company wants to manufacture and sell recycled shipping containers in Daytona, Volusia
DAYTONA BEACH — When you think of affordable housing, you probably picture no-frills apartments, 1,200-square-foot houses in impoverished neighborhoods and tiny homes.
Here's what's probably not on your radar: houses made out of recycled shipping containers.
A company called SnapSpace Solutions has been turning shipping containers into houses, stores, bathrooms, multi-family structures, kitchens, medical facilities and even pools for the past 18 years.
One of the Maine-based company's signature products is small, affordable houses made out of the containers, and they're hoping to see them start popping up in Daytona Beach.
In addition to selling container homes in Daytona, SnapSpace Solutions would also like to manufacture its container buildings in the city or somewhere else in Volusia County.
On Wednesday night, the company's CEO and founder, Chad Walton, gave a presentation to city commissioners on what his company does and what it could do to help with Daytona Beach's large need for affordable housing.
Commissioners didn't commit to anything, but they seemed interested and said they want city staff members to look more closely into developing container homes in Daytona Beach.
"I feel like it's a reasonable option," said Mayor Derrick Henry. "I want to see us try this."
Shipping container buildings offer many possibilities
Walton recently moved to Daytona Beach's Latitude Margaritaville 55-and-older community, and he opened an office for SnapSpace Solutions at 800 S. Nova Road in Ormond Beach. He would also like to build a factory in Volusia County, but he doesn't have a site yet.
He started his company in 2005, and he has since expanded to two manufacturing facilities in Maine, one in Connecticut, one in Rhode Island and one in South Carolina.
SnapSpace maintains that its buildings are eco-friendly and customizable to fit a vast array of needs. The shipping containers have also been used to build concession stands, houseboats, refrigeration units, offices, college dorms, storage units, security buildings, hunting cabins, commercial kitchens, vacation homes, and disaster relief structures.
The walls can be curved if someone doesn't want a boxy structure, and the containers can be stacked and arranged in a variety of ways. Ceilings can be nearly 20 feet high.
The structures are typically placed on a concrete pad, but if one is being built in a flood-prone area, they can be elevated.
Walton said his company's buildings are all over the world, with units from the Cayman Islands to Saipan. Dozens of the containers were stacked on top of one another in Amsterdam to quickly provide 1,000 units of student housing.
The shipping container structures can be built much more quickly than a traditionally constructed building, and they can be flown to wherever they're needed with things like ovens and sinks already in them, SnapSpace officials say. They've been a valuable option after hurricanes, Walton said.
The company claims its buildings are "disaster resistant." Walton showed Daytona commissioners a picture of an area where shipping container buildings were the only structures left intact after a brutal hurricane tore through the Bahamas.
A more affordable home ownership option
The costs for the final product vary widely. SnapSpace's website shows office space starting at $28,000, storage units available for $13,000, and swimming pools selling for $30,000.
A 320-square-foot efficiency container residential unit starts at $69,900. A 640-square-foot container home with two bedrooms, one bathroom, a galley kitchen, and laundry facilities starts at $139,900.
A 960-square-foot home made out of three containers with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and laundry facilities begins at $199,900.
Commissioners talked about forming a public-private partnership with SnapSpace to create a few container homes in a test village, possibly on city land. But City Attorney Ben Gross said there might be a need to put such a venture out to bid.
Walton said as far as he knows there's only one other company in the United States, which is located in Texas, that makes structures out of shipping containers.
The container homes are allowed in Daytona Beach as long as they're located in an area with the proper zoning, said City Manager Deric Feacher. The structures would also have to meet a minimum square footage standard, said Deputy City Manager Jim Morris.
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City Commissioner Quanita May suggested Walton come before city commissioners. She said the response from some local residents who have learned about the container homes has been "fantastic." She hopes more people are intrigued enough to check them out as an option.
Henry said he ultimately wants city staff to come up with a menu of options for affordable housing in Daytona Beach.
Walton told commissioners he'd like to help the city increase its affordable housing supply.
"I know it's a big issue," he said. "We've come up with some models that can help with that a lot."
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Roger Driesel was first shot seven times with a .22 rifle in a shop on the outskirts of Gooding, then the man who pulled the trigger, because Driesel was still alive, retrieved a .380 pistol and shot him one more time, according to court records.
The two Gooding residents charged in connection with the killing, Driesel’s girlfriend Athena Lynne Miller, 50, and Nicholas A. James, 31, were arraigned Wednesday. James was charged with first-degree murder, while Miller was charged with aiding and abetting the murder.
Miller and James also face charges of grand theft, relating to a gun they allegedly stole, destruction of evidence and giving false information to officers. They are being held without bond, and a preliminary hearing has been set for July 13.
Court records say they both admitted to police a role in the killing, with Miller reportedly telling James she wanted Driesel dead. James carried it out, although he told police in a written statement that he didn’t intend to kill Driesel but “things got out of hand.”
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Driesel was constantly berating Miller, James said, and Miller said Driesel had hit her. James said he snapped when he heard about a physical altercation and it brought back memories of his father beating his mother. He said Driesel on several occasions said he was going to shoot James, and even Gooding Police Chief Dave Fisher and Gooding County Sheriff Shaun Gaugh.
“I felt like I was just trying to protect those who protect me,” James wrote in the statement.
Driesel and Miller were in an upstairs room when James and a roommate pulled up to a residence at 1848 S. 2100 E., Miller wrote in a statement to police. Driesel went downstairs to meet them and Miller said she fell asleep.
Later, Miller said James told her Driesel was dead, but later asked Miller for her handgun “to finish Roger off so he didn’t suffer anymore.” Miller wrote that she went back upstairs and heard her gun go off.
The next day, the two went into the shop and cleaned the spot where Driesel had died, the statement said, and Miller pushed Driesel’s body into an old oil pit and covered the body with a tarp.
James said he broke up the .22 rifle and threw it off a bridge in Twin Falls, and reportedly put Miller’s pistol, a Kel-Tec P3 380, in a backpack and hid it in an acquaintance’s garage without his permission. Police later found the backpack and removed it.
Miller said James convinced her to report the handgun missing to police on May 18, reports say.
The pair aroused suspicion in the days following Driesel’s death, according to police.
One time, when Miller was talking to police, she spoke of Roger in the past tense.
Then, on May 23, an acquaintance said James asked him if he knew what three .22 caliber bullets do to the back of someone’s head and proceeded to say it “kind of makes a mess.”
When Driesel was found, Miller told police she was in her room playing a video game.
“Before they took Roger out of the old oil pit, I called Nick to tell him they found Roger. Nick said thank you for the update and hung up,” she wrote in a statement.
During an interview with police, Miller said she regretted asking James to kill Driesel, documents say. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/court-records-say-gooding-man-was-shot-8-times/article_3c577016-0582-11ee-970c-5b3a9671dd7a.html | 2023-06-08T11:16:00 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/court-records-say-gooding-man-was-shot-8-times/article_3c577016-0582-11ee-970c-5b3a9671dd7a.html |
The homes featured in this year’s Parade of Homes will generate their share of “oohs” and “ahhs,” organizers say.
The event, which kicks off Friday, is held annually and showcase the talent of homebuilders and subcontractors. It will run through Sunday, then restart the next weekend, running from June 16-18.
The event runs from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The 11 new homes, 10 in Twin Falls and one in Kimberly, are mostly priced in the $400,000 to $600,000 range, with two priced at almost $1 million. People who are in the market to buy a home, or those who are just curious to see the latest building trends, are invited.
Tickets to the event cost $10. Previously, admission had been free, but there is a good reason for the change, said Jennifer Smith, of Bridger Smith Custom Homes and president of the Magic Valley Builders Association.
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In addition to adding value to the experience, one of the primary goals of the MVBA is to give back to the community, with emphasis on the youth.
“The money collected from tickets will be used toward educating our youth through scholarship programs, supplementing our local Twin Falls School District’s ‘construction classroom’ and College of Southern Idaho’s ‘construction expo,’ she wrote to the Times-News.
Those events give students from Twin Falls and surrounding high school the opportunity to experience multiple industry trades in a hands-on setting.
The MVBA is the last builders’ association in the state to not charge for their respective parade of homes, Smith said.
“I hope everyone has a great experience,” Smith said. The homes that will be toured are top of the line, with many even down to spectacular light fixtures.
“They aren’t regular spec homes,” she said.
To purchase tickets and more information, go to the MVBA website at www.magicvalleybuilders.org.
Jared Hunt, owner of TKO Homes, said his company has been participating in the Parade of Homes for the past 10 to 15 years.
“It gets our name out there,” Hunt said, “and shows what kind of homes we build.”
The TKO home, at 645 Moonbeam Way in Twin Falls, is described as a spacious four-bedroom home. Hunt said the favorite thing about the home is its extra-large living room.
He has heard comments that many living rooms aren’t large enough for families who have relatives over for holidays or other occasions, so “we have added another five to seven feet in each direction. And to top it off, there is an electric fireplace with unusual woodwork.
“It’s a great place where you can gather and not feel cramped,” he said.
Parade of Homes draws people interested in buying, and if the homes on the tour are out of budget, people can always come to the homebuilders and see what they can get at a lower price.
TKO is building homes in the lower $300,000 range on up, Hunt said.
Those touring the homes will also have the chance to vote on their favorites. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/parade-of-homes-features-11-new-homes/article_bd047e02-0591-11ee-8f1a-e77b0c0a9f10.html | 2023-06-08T11:16:06 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/parade-of-homes-features-11-new-homes/article_bd047e02-0591-11ee-8f1a-e77b0c0a9f10.html |
A new tearoom has opened catty-corner from The Jefferson Hotel in downtown Richmond.
The Queen’s Library Tea Room began operating in early May, on the same day Prince Charles was crowned King of England. Since then, the charming Virginia tearoom has served tea and treats to over 700 guests.
“We serve Fortnum & Mason tea imported from London,” owner Daniel Luna, 26, said. Fortnum & Mason tea has been served to kings and queens of England, including Queen Elizabeth.
This is the first business venture for Luna and his wife, Clarissa, who is also a full-time pastor at Life Church, a nondenominational church in Mechanicsville.
“We host events to bring people together. We see this as an extended living room, a cozy and peaceful space,” Clarissa, 31, said.
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The tearoom at 21 W. Main St. was formerly the space of The Queen Bee & Co., a tearoom run by former Miss Virginia Heather Marie Van Cleave. She ran the tearoom for a year and a half before selling it to the Lunas after being diagnosed with cancer.
“We see this as a safe space for people to gather. We’re close to the VCU campus. There are lots of breweries and bars in Richmond, but not many alcohol-free spaces,” Daniel said.
“There’s no other tearoom in Richmond,” Clarissa said.
Across the street, The Jefferson Hotel serves a popular afternoon tea, as well as holiday-themed teas that often sell out. The Queen’s Library has struck up a friendly relationship with The Jefferson Hotel, Clarissa said, with the hotel referring guests to the Queen’s Library when its afternoon teas are sold out.
The Queen’s Library Tea Room is open for a tea break from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday, and for afternoon tea at noon and 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday. It stays open late Thursday nights for Night Owl tea with live music from 6 to 11 p.m.
The reservation-only tearoom serves a variety of imported teas from London’s Fortnum & Mason in clear teapots and mix-and-match china cups. The space is decorated with antique furnishings, Empire sofas, chandeliers and passed-down furniture , and can seat up to 35 people.
“The tea service is entertainment,” Daniel said. “There is a blooming tea where you pour over the hot water and the tea leaves unfurl.”
Fay Chelmow and her daughter enjoyed a tea break recently, sipping tea and sitting in the window. “My daughter surprised me for my birthday,” Chelmow said. “And she’s leaving for California. So this will always be a special place for us now.”
The tea break costs $15 per person and includes unlimited tea and tea treats from Mosaic and Two and a Half Irishmen. The afternoon tea includes unlimited tea and a three-course menu for $36 per person. Prices are subject to change.
Besides the weekly seatings, the Queen’s Library also offers special themed teas, such as a Bridgerton-inspired tea — modeled off the hit Netflix show, hosted by a character in costume as Queen Charlotte, with Lady Whistledown-inspired treats — in August. A Queen Elsa tea is planned for October, for younger visitors, with “Frozen”-themed teacups and treats and a visit from Queen Elsa and her friends (in costume, of course).
“Our tearoom is very family friendly,” Clarissa said.
The Queen’s Library is also bilingual. Daniel was born in Mexico, and his family immigrated to the Richmond area when he was 12. “We’re looking forward to inviting the Hispanic community to teatime,” Daniel said.
Looking ahead, the couple is planning to open another tearoom in downtown Richmond, tentatively named the Dream Big Tea Studio, that will be more of a tasting room where guests can try new teas. The Lunas are hoping to open it in August.
“Our goal has always been to welcome everyone to the table. I never thought it would be a tea table,” Daniel said. | https://richmond.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/two-for-tea-the-queens-library-tea-room-now-open-in-richmond/article_13b5f126-0543-11ee-90c3-177fe64af995.html | 2023-06-08T11:17:16 | 1 | https://richmond.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/two-for-tea-the-queens-library-tea-room-now-open-in-richmond/article_13b5f126-0543-11ee-90c3-177fe64af995.html |
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series on Cedar Valley Top 10 Nurses.
WATERLOO — Salem Fauser has worked in a lot of fields and worn a lot of hats in her 20-year career as a nurse, and it’s made her the caregiver she is today.
Growing up, Fauser was fascinated while reading the medical books her mother kept in the house, and nursing was recommended to her after taking a career placement test. Then, she saw hospice nurses caring for her great-grandfather before he died. That may have been the final factor in deciding her career path.
“They would be able to help people through a really difficult time in their lives and their family member’s life. And so that just kind of further indicated to me that maybe that’s something that I wanted to look into going to school for when I graduated high school,” Fauser said.
Starting as an emergency room nurse at Waverly Health Center, she then got into home health care before working at the University of Northern Iowa’s student health clinic. Now she’s with the Black Hawk County Department of Public Health providing case management for tuberculosis infections and latent TB. It often involves going into the patient’s home to collect samples and administer medications.
During the pandemic, Fauser and her team also were tasked with contact tracing and other work to battle COVID-19, adding to the workload as TB never took a break in that time.
It’s a diverse array of work, all of which has readied her for the job she does today. The TB nurses operate with a lot of autonomy, but working in the ER built up Fauser’s assessment skills, helping her to be comfortable by herself in an urgent situation or an emergency. Meanwhile, working in home health care trained her in how to work in someone else’s home environment, providing the necessary care to accommodate their needs and provide them with comfort.
Along the way, Fauser said, she also had excellent mentors to show her how to work under pressure and in the home environment.
“I think all of those aspects of those different areas that I’ve been in kind of have helped me to hone those skills. Because that is really something that you need to do public health nursing, is understanding others and the desire to learn about them as a whole person,” Fauser said. “So that you can really understand what their needs are.”
Tuberculosis is often overlooked as a disease, but infections still happen and exposure is still a real possibility for many people. For those people who are exposed and infected, the prospects can be frightening, and it can completely interrupt their lives for some time. According to Fauser, part of her job is learning about the person entirely, helping them to find the best way to cut through the fear and frustration and get their lives back on track.
“I try my best to listen to the whole person,” Fauser said. “It’s really important for me to understand their perspective because it helps me understand their needs and the best way to help them get through this interruption in their life.”
Her hard work and professionalism also caught the attention of her peers, who recommended her as one of the Top 10 Nurses in the Cedar Valley. In particular, they noted her willingness to work outside of regular hours and provide treats to pediatric patients – purchased out of her own pocket.
“Salem doesn’t let the ‘bad’ days get the best of her and makes sure they don’t get the best of her coworkers either,” her recommendation read. “She always has a well-thought-out opinion or plan and often reminds us that we are doing what we love and making a difference. And sometimes, that’s all a nurse needs.”
Photos: 2023 Cedar Valley Top Nurses recipients at award ceremony | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/business/health-care/salem-fauser-top-10-nurses-black-hawk-county-health-department/article_f2dbf09f-c1a2-58c0-9df2-b1e9840aac7c.html | 2023-06-08T11:21:03 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/business/health-care/salem-fauser-top-10-nurses-black-hawk-county-health-department/article_f2dbf09f-c1a2-58c0-9df2-b1e9840aac7c.html |
CEDAR FALLS — Quasimodo, the hunch-backed bell ringer at Notre Dame, hungers to be out in the world.
When he manages to sneak out of his sanctuary for a day, he is brutally ridiculed and humiliated by a crowd of Parisian revelers who fear him as a monster. But Esmeralda, a lovely Romani woman, treats him kindly and Quasimodo is smitten.
Cedar Falls Community Theatre brings to life Disney’s iconic musical “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” which opens Friday with a performance at 7:30 p.m. in the Oster Regent Theatre, 103 Main St. Additional performances are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and June 16, and 2 p.m. Sunday and June 17 and 18.
Based on the Victor Hugo novel, the musical “makes a very haunting statement on how we treat people who are different and the score is filled with really beautiful music, very complicated music. It’s Disney music that is familiar from the movie but the story is darker and more serious, taken from the book,” said Director Greg Holt.
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“The overall production will be quite a dazzling display with the set, costumes, props, special effects, torches that need to be lit, smoke from fires – lots of pieces and lots of people doing great work to make it happen.”
Set designer is Tim Jones, with Warren Brecheisen and Jim Taylor as lead builders and Chuck Carlin and Rose Smith as primary painters.
“Tim is an architect who has never done a set before. His drawings were amazing, off the charts – cathedrals and bells, such a huge set. We had to scale it down to 16-foot high walls, parts of the cathedral, and with dozens of different scenes in the show, huge platforms to move, quite a task,” Holt explained.
Lighting design is by Thomas White with sound design by Tony John.
There are 29 cast members with ages ranging from 14 to senior citizen. Carrsan Morrissey plays Quasimodo and Grace Schoenthal is playing Esmeralda. Darrell White is cast as Claude Frollo, the archdeacon, and Brad Krug as the handsome Captain Phoebus – both dazzled by Esmeralda. Frollo intends to ruin the Roma and Quasimodo must save the day. In addition, there are “personified” gargoyles and statues given human characteristics.
“All of our actors are hardworking performers who want to make this production as good as they possibly can, which takes extra time and energy. There’s lots of singing and dancing in the show, a lot of choral music. There are some solos, but we have choruses and ‘Hunchback’ is very much an ensemble show,” said Holt.
Music director is Megan Drinovsky, and choreographer is Tru Cyrus. Costumer is Liane Nichols, assisted by Rhianon Kesali, who is Romani. “She has given us lots of historical information, which adds another layer to the authenticity of the story,” he said.
Tickets are $27 for adults; $12 for youth, available online at www.mycfct.org, at the Oster Regent Theatre box office, or by calling (319) 277-5283.
Is it too hot to walk your dog? 5 safety tips for summer weather
How hot is too hot to walk my dog?
Summer can bring scorching temperatures that leave responsible dog owners wondering when it’s too hot to take their pup on a walk. Dogs tend to overheat more quickly than humans, so paying careful attention to the temperature and your dog’s body language is essential.
As a general rule, if the temperatures are over 90 degrees, you’ll likely want to wait until the cooler evening for a walk. You can also place the back of your hand on the sidewalk or pavement and hold it there for seven seconds. If that’s too hot for your hand, it’s also too hot for your dog’s paws.
How can I prevent my dog from overheating on walks?
Following a few simple safety tips can make long summer strolls just as fun for your dog as they are for you. Here’s what you need to know as the temperatures rise.
1. Timing is everything.
When the sun is at its peak, pavement can become scorching hot. It’s best to save walks for early mornings or late evenings when the temperature is cooler. Skip mid-day walks when the sun is blazing unless you can stroll in a wooded area where the ground gets plenty of shade.
2. Stay hydrated.
Just as it’s important for people to get plenty of water on hot days, it’s also important for dogs. When walking in the summer, grab a cold water bottle and a collapsible dog bowl. If you notice excessive panting or salivation, take a break and give your dog time to hydrate. Freezing low-sodium broth in an ice cube tray is also a great way to get your dog more fluids in the summer.
3. Stay in the shade.
Staying in shady wooded areas is ideal, but for city-dwellers, it’s best to cross to the shady side of the street. Plan your dog's walking routes in areas with more tree or building coverage to keep your dog’s paws cooler. As a bonus, it might help you avoid your next sunburn.
4. Protect their paws.
As mentioned before, if the sidewalk is too hot for the back of your hand, it’s also too hot for your dog’s paws. Stick to grassy areas, or get some breathable dog booties to protect their paws from hot pavement.
5. Watch for signs of overheating.
Dogs produce far less sweat than people, so they’ll need your help to stay cool in the summer.
Watch for common signs of your dog overheating which include:
Excessive panting
Difficulty breathing
Drooling
Weakness
Fatigue
Collapsing
If you notice any of these symptoms, get to a shady spot and offer your dog plenty of water. Wetting your dog’s paws, belly, and ears with cool water can also help bring down their body temperature. You can even store some dog ice cream in the freezer for a special treat when you get home.
Is it safe to walk my dog in the summer?
When walking your dog in the summer, it’s important to keep the warning signs of overheating in mind, especially with dog breeds that have short noses or thick coats. If you follow a few simple safety tips, your dog can enjoy the long summer days and all the extra evening walks that come with the season. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/disney-musical-cedar-falls-oster-regent/article_50ce3538-053d-11ee-9080-932025e355b1.html | 2023-06-08T11:21:10 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/disney-musical-cedar-falls-oster-regent/article_50ce3538-053d-11ee-9080-932025e355b1.html |
Looking for a place you can grab a bite to eat or sip on a cold drink while overlooking the beach, bay or river on a hot summer day? Here are five bars on the water where people can unwind.
Bungalow Beach, Atlantic City
The luxury restaurant, beach bar and lounge is located at 2641 Boardwalk, next to the Biergarten and Tropicana Atlantic City.
Bungalow’s Boardwalk Terrace has options for indoor or outdoor seating for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the boards.
Breakfast items include omelets, eggs benedict, sandwiches, French toast and pancakes. Lunch options includes hot and cold appetizers, salads, sandwiches and pasta. Dinner at Bungalow offers more seafood and protein options, like branzino, Tuscan salmon, filet mignon, lamb chops and chicken parmesan.
Bungalow’s restaurant is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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For more information, visit the Bungalow AC Facebook page or mixiacreative.com/bungalowbeachac.
The Point, Somers Point
The tiki bar, located at 998 Bay Ave., offers a tropical oasis overlooking the Great Egg Harbor Bay, with island-style dining on its beach and deck.
Menu items include made-to-order tacos, crispy shrimp and mango, The Point Burger, steamers and cheesesteaks.
The Point also offers frozen beverages, like its Colada Breeze, rum runners, a variety of tropical mules and crushers.
The Point is open 3 p.m. to midnight Monday to Thursday, 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and noon to 2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. There is a $5 cover charge from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday to Sunday. The Point also has a location is Sea Isle City at 10 43rd St.
For more information, visit its Facebook page or dothepoint.com.
Sweetwater Marina and Riverdeck, Mullica Township
The family-owned restaurant and event venue, located at 2780 Seventh Ave., sits on the Mullica River.
The Riverdeck’s indoor bar merges with its outdoor dining area when the roll-up garage doors are open so guests can enjoy the breeze off the water while they watch live entertainment on the deck. The venue offers a variety of specialties, including sandwiches and wraps like its BLT crab cake melt, roasted pork Italiano, turkey and brie panini, and chicken cheesesteak.
Sweetwater Marina and Riverdeck also has mixed drinks such as its River Punch Bucket, The Capital and Sweet Little Water Mai Tai, as well as other craft cocktails, beer and wine.
The marina has plenty of picnic tables with umbrellas so people can dine or have a cocktail while overlooking the river. The 80-plus boat slips, boat ramp, floating dock, fuel dock and other marina amenities allow people to enjoy the Sweetwater Marina and Riverdeck in more ways than one.
The Sweetwater Marina and Riverdeck is open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit its Facebook page or sweetwaterriverdeck.com.
Deauville Inn, Strathmere
Originally the Whelan Hotel built by Irish immigrant James Carothers in 1881, the establishment, located at 201 Willard Road, has evolved into a massive waterfront facility on Ludlam Island’s bayside.
The Sunset Deck has a 50-foot bar where people can look out at the bay while having casual breakfast or lunch. People also can order a drink or dine at the Sand Bar while looking out at the water from the picnic tables.
The dining room offers oysters, clams, shrimp, seafood towers and other bites from land and sea. The Sand Bar offers starters, sandwiches, pizza and kids meals.
The Deauville Inn is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit its Facebook page or deauvilleinn.com.
Bally’s Beach Bar, Atlantic City
Located on the beach at 1900 Boardwalk, the bar has been a go-to spot for locals and visitors.
Bally’s Beach Bar has a large outdoor bar where people can order souvenir cup drinks, buckets and food on the beach.
The beach bar’s menu has Philly rolls, wings, a crispy cod sandwich, chicken sandwich, bacon cheeseburger or Caesar salad.
People also can dance while enjoying live entertainment from Friday to Monday, rent cabanas any day of the week and enjoy the ocean breeze at one of the many high-top tables the beach bar offers.
From June 9 to 12, Bally’s Beach Bar will be open 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Monday.
Starting June 16, Bally’s Beach Bar will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. Monday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday.
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Daryl Hall and Daryl’s House Band with special guest Todd Rundgren, 8 p.m. Friday in the Event Center at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
Hall will sing such classics from his group Hall & Oates as “Maneater,” “Private Eyes” and “You Make My Dreams.”
Tickets are $65, $75, $113 and $123 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Umberto Tozzi — Gloria Forever Tour, 8 p.m. Friday in Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
Tozzi is one of Italy’s greatest performers with hits spanning decades, including many used in major motion pictures. His 1979 composition “Gloria” became the theme for Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and the song later provided international success for Laura Branigan.
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Besides “Gloria,” the show will feature Tozzi’s hits “Ti Amo,” “Stella Stai,” “Gente di Mare,” “Tu” and many more as Tozzi and his band navigate a career that has sold more than 80 million records.
Tickets are $75, $100 and $125 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Gavin DeGraw and Colbie Caillat, 8 p.m. Friday in the Adrian Philips Theater at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.
The reunion of Caillat, a Grammy winner, with DeGraw, a multiplatinum singer-songwriter, will create a night of breezy pop and blue-eyed soul. Caillat and DeGraw co-wrote the Grammy-nominated “We Both Know,” which was featured in the movie “Safe Haven.”
Caillat, 38, is known for her mellow California sound and her hit song “Bubbly.” DeGraw, 46, rose to fame with his song “I Don’t Want To Be,” which was also the theme song for the series “One Tree Hill.”
Tickets for this Jersey North to Shore Festival concert are $35.70, $44.20, $52.70 and $61.20 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Jazmine Sullivan and Jhene Aiko with Queen Naija and Ebony Riley, 8 p.m. Saturday at Boardwalk Hall.
A Grammy winner with a contralto voice, Sullivan has had top-40 R&B singles with the songs “Need U Bad,” “Bust Your Windows” and “Pick Up Your Feelings.”
Six-time, Grammy-nominated Aiko, a BET- and NAACP Image award-winning R&B/soul artist, has had top-10 U.S. R&B hits with songs that include “Triggered (Freestyle),” “B.S.” and “Sativa.”
Detroit native Queen Naija, a singer-songwriter, has amassed more than 3 billion global streams to date. Her top 10 U.S. R&B hits include “Hate Our Love,” “Karma” and “Lie to Me.”
Tickets for this North to Shore concert are $69.50, $79.50, $89.50, $99.50, $139.50, $169.50, $194.50, $219.50, $419.50 and $569.50 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
The two former “Saturday Night Live” cast members received a favorable review last month from the Chicago Tribune of their live show. The show is said to resemble vaudeville; a 100-minute comedy hang; a sweet, loosely organized catch-up between Chicago-bred comics and their audience; and a live dual portrait of old friends.
Tickets range from $99 to $199, but both shows are sold out, hardrockhotelatlanticcity.com said.
Chelsea Handler: The LBB Tour, 8 p.m. Saturday in the Event Center at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
The evening will give fans a retrospective look at what made Handler the person and comedian many have grown to love.
Tickets are $128, $178 and $193 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Jay Wheeler, a Latin Grammy nominee, brings his Emociones World Tour to the Showroom at Tropicana Atlantic City at 8 and 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
Wheeler first gained traction at age 16, when a song he wrote and posted went viral. Subsequent releases, and his 2019 debut album, “Platonico,” made him famous for his voice, with his fans giving him the nickname “La Voz Favorita” (“the Favorite Voice”). During a concert this year, Wheeler performed the song “Dicelo,” a duet with his wife, Venezuelan singer Zhamira.
Tickets are $92, $102, $132, $188 and $426 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Christopher Cross and Justin Hayward, 8 p.m. Saturday at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
Cross, 72, has been a household name for decades with his smooth vocals, infectious melodies and hits like “Sailing” and “Ride Like the Wind.”
Hayward, 76, sang lead with the Moody Blues on such famous songs as “Nights in White Satin” and “Your Wildest Dreams.”
Tickets are $79, $99 and $129 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
America, 8 p.m. Saturday in Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort.
Founding members Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley harmonized their way to the top of the charts during the 1970s with such songs as “A Horse With No Name,” “I Need You,” “Ventura Highway” and “Don’t Cross the River.”
Tickets are $35, $39 and $95 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Remember Jones — Bat Out Of Hell Live, 8 p.m. Saturday in the Superstar Theater at Resorts Casino Hotel.
Bat Out of Hell Live recreates the entire 1977 Meat Loaf album with a 15-piece band.
Experience the title song, the fan favorite “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth,” “Heaven Can Wait,” “All Revved Up with No Place to Go,” “For Crying Out Loud” and tunes from other Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman collaborations with a reproduction of not only the music but the wild spirit and intensity.
Tickets for this North to Shore concert are $20, $45 and $55 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot, From New York and Billy Joel’s Band, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the Grand Ballroom at Bally’s Atlantic City.
DelGuidice, a singer, songwriter and recording artist, tours with Joel all over the world, including every month at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City.
DelGuidice performs a show with renditions of Joel’s songbooks, plus hits by Elton John, Paul McCartney, Marc Cohn, the Beatles, the Eagles, John Denver, James Taylor, Chicago and a few of DelGuidice’s original tunes.
Tickets are $35 to $55 and are available at ticketweb.com. Doors open at 7 p.m. Ages 18 and up.
Magical Mystery Doors, 4 p.m. Sunday, Ovation Hall, Ocean Casino Resort.
This tribute act blends and layers the music of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and The Doors to create something new and unique. Tickets $29.
Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour with Nene Leakes, Loni Love, Jess Hilarious, B. Simone and Jackie Fabulous, 5 p.m. Sunday in the Adrian Philips Theater at Boardwalk Hall, has been cancelled due to unforeseen scheduling issues.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Harrisburg is mourning the loss of an integral member of the community.
Mike Trephan, Pride of the Susquehanna founder, passed away yesterday, the riverboat company announced on its Facebook.
"Very simply, the riverboat would not exist without Mike Trephan," the post said. "Since Day One, Mike always had his hand on the pulse of our journeys. He will be so very missed. "
Trephan played a special part at the Veterans Cruise just last week, placing the memorial wreath on the Susquehanna on the first cruise of the evening.
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Canton police shooting: Man killed after firing at officers
CANTON – A 41-year-old man was shot and killed by police Wednesday night after he fired at officers, Canton police said Thursday morning.
The man was identified as Jeffrey Neff of Canton.
Police Chief John Gabbard said in a news release that officers responded to a disturbance at 10:07 p.m. in the 300 block of 25th Street Southwest.
"Shortly after arriving, officers were fired upon and returned fire, wounding the suspect," police said. "The suspect was transported to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital, where he expired from his injuries. Officers were not injured."
No other details were immediately available. The department said it would provide an update later.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting, Repository news partner News 5 Cleveland reported.
Canton police and the Ohio State Highway Patrol were at the scene along the exit and entrance ramps at Cleveland Avenue for several hours, the television station said.
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TUPELO — The All-America City is one step closer to completing technology upgrades as part of its effort to establish a real-time intelligence center.
Tupelo City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to accept contract agreements with Atlanta-based security software firm Fusus Company for access to its surveillance and intelligence management platform and international police equipment company Axon Enterprise for body and vehicle cameras. These actions form the basis of the city’s new monitoring system.
“Once we have these two things, we will have the nuts and bolts of everything we are looking for,” Police Chief John Quaka said during a Monday afternoon work session. “After that, it is about how broad we want to cast the net.”
The contract with Fusus locks the city into an annual $100,000 payment for the next five years. The agreement comes with access to software that congregates security cameras into one continuous web-based network. Tupelo’s police department will receive 15 pieces of hardware that connect camera systems to the software and one “core,” which helps maintain the data.
Businesses and homeowners can elect to join the network as well. Joining the system does not give the department access to any individual camera system, but in the event of an incident, the department can request access more easily.
The next arm of the intelligence center is the department’s push to overhaul its body and vehicle camera systems, which Quaka said are at their end of lives and no longer under warranty. The three-year contract with Axon, which includes complete replacements every two years, plus installation and maintenance of cameras, will cost the city $1.6 million.
The city will receive a total of 255 cameras, with an initial 85 cameras and two replacements, software, hardware such as docks and mounts, licenses, maintenance and insurance.
Quaka said the department plans to move toward more strict body camera rules, noting as of Tuesday, patrol officers and special operations are the only individuals with a full complement of body cameras. The goal, he said, is to have body cameras for school resource officers and detectives as well.
“We want to start documenting everything we do,” he said, adding that while detectives won’t be required to wear and use body cameras while investigating or speaking with witnesses or suspects, they will be required when executing a search or arrest warrant.
While the idea of a real-time intelligence center may invoke an underground control room filled with monitors displaying cameras city-wide, the reality of the initiative is the center will mostly be web-based, with the ability to access the software through onboard computers in police cruisers.
As part of this effort to modernize the department, the city also previously approved the purchase of license plate readers to be placed around the city and four drones for department use.
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'Summer reading is important': Reading programs for all ages underway at Stark libraries
- Libraries across Stark County are offering summer reading challenges for all ages.
- Officials say the programs help stop the summer slide in school-aged children.
- Programs offer incentives and prizes for those who reach their reading goals.
MASSILLON – Millie Weaver picked out a fluffy tan and brown stuffed dog and declared his name is Chocolate.
This summer, Chocolate will be the 5-year-old city girl's reading buddy. Her older sister, Emma, picked out a gray cat.
The fluffy friends — including a hedgehog, rainbow fish and lizard — were up for grabs for kids participating in the Massillon Public Library's summer reading program. The reading program kicked off Monday with a daylong celebration that included games, crafts and photo opportunities.
Across Stark County, reading programs and activities are ramping up.
While programs vary, they all look to keep school-aged children's reading skills sharp while school is on break. The programs also help younger children learn about the importance of literacy and build their vocabularies.
Laura Klein, children's services and special projects manager at the Massillon library, said even the youngest children benefit from the program.
Kids up to sixth grade are encouraged to participate in 15 minutes of reading daily as part of the program, she said.
Older siblings can serve as role models for younger kids by reading to them.
"Kids don't have to be on your lap staring at the book to get the benefits of reading," she said. "We know they are paying attention and still learning even if they are running around."
It's important to show kids reading is part of everyday life from making and reading a grocery list to reading a recipe, she added.
Each week, participants meeting their reading goal can cash in for incentives and a chance to be entered to win a grand prize — a bookmobile party.
Readers can sign up at any branch or on the bookmobile.
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Millie and Emma Weaver have a lot of fun participating in the summer program, but their mom said the program gives them a chance to enjoy the summer and earn prizes.
During the school year, the family visits the library about every two weeks but in the summer they can go weekly.
"The school year is so busy," mom Erica Davis said. "They like the incentives to read. They look forward to getting prizes (for reading)."
Massillon's reading program for kids and teens through 12th grade runs through July 29. The adult reading challenge begins in late June and runs through September.
What's happening at the Stark Library?
At the Stark Library and its nine branches, adventure awaits readers of all ages with the summer reading challenge.
Besides daily reading, participants are encouraged to complete different tasks such as taking a hike, trying a new recipe they found in a library book and attending a library event. For each activity, readers earn a point. Different levels of points earn participants prizes.
"Summer reading is important," Stark Library literacy manager Julia Shaheen said. "It keeps kids' minds working during the summer when they are not in school lessening the summer slide."
The activities component in the challenge helps kids who struggle with or are not interested in reading, she said. They continue to learn while having fun.
Shaheen said there is something for everyone from the Akron Zoo visiting the library to arts and crafts to a glow party.
Here's a look at area reading programs
Louisville Public Library: Registration has begun for the library's summer reading program "All Together Now," which runs through July 28. Programming is themed around kindness, community and diversity. To register, visit the library's website www.louisvillelibrary.org.
Massillon Public Library: Participants up to 12th grade can register at the main library, its branches or the bookmobile. Readers can earn incentives when meeting reading goals. Several programs are planned, including "Can you survive the Titanic disaster?" Visit www.massillonlibrary.org to learn more.
North Canton Public Library: The library's Children's Epic Summer Reading Club began last month. Participants are tracking their reading to earn prizes and tickets for grand prize drawings. The program ends July 29. The library is working toward a community goal of reading 275,000 minutes. When the goal is reached, the Friends of the Library, Rotary Club of North Canton and DayStar Autosphere will donate a combined total of $1,750 to the North Canton Cares Pantry and the Stark County Pet Food Pantry. Reading programs are available for kids ages 2 to those entering sixth grade; grades 6 through 12, and adults. To learn more, visit ncantonlibrary.com.
Rodman Public Library: Patrons can register for the program, "All Together Now," which runs through July 29. Three divisions are available for kids up to 12; teens 12 to 18, and adults. Readers can sign up in person at the Main Library, the branch library, or on the bookmobile. Patrons may also sign up online at rodmanlibrary.beanstack.org, or through the Beanstack app, which they can download on a mobile device. Prizes will be awarded throughout the program and participants will earn entries into grand prize drawings. For more information, visit www.rodmanlibrary.com.
Stark Library: Readers of all ages are welcome to participate in the summer break challenge that includes reading and learning challenges and earn prizes along the way. Readers who complete their activity and reading goals can celebrate with a cup of Kona Ice. To learn more, visit www.starklibrary.org.
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NORMAL — Heartland Community College student Andria Merkle was named the recipient of the $500 Gregg Chadwick Student Service Scholarship.
The scholarship, established by the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, was given to Merkle based on her commitment to volunteer service and her dedication to the enrichment of others, according to a news release.
All currently enrolled students at ICCTA member colleges are eligible to participate in the scholarship competition. Each college may submit one entry per academic year.
Merkle recently completed her first year at the college, during which time she coordinated several on-campus events, including an election party for the Political Science Club and collaborating with the YWCA during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, leading to a drive for hygiene supplies with a total of $700 in donations.
Merkle also hosted the first-ever Nostalgic November event for Heartland's Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. This spring she was elected as Heartland's student trustee and was seated April 25.
The scholarship honors the legacy of longtime Heartland Community College Trustee Greg Chadwick, who died in the summer of 2021. He served as chair of Heartland's District 540 Board of Trustees as well as president of the ICCTA.
He also served on the HCC Board of Trustees since 2002 and was elected chair of the board in 2009. He served the ICCTA in previous roles as treasurer from 2009-10; chair of the Government Relations and Public Policy Committee from 2017-19; and vice president from 2019-20. He also served as chief operating officer at Marcfirst in Normal. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/a-look-at-the-latest-central-illinois-scholarship-winners/article_a71b923c-049d-11ee-9d09-337118c5c651.html | 2023-06-08T11:45:49 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/a-look-at-the-latest-central-illinois-scholarship-winners/article_a71b923c-049d-11ee-9d09-337118c5c651.html |
50 years ago: Decatur man becomes Normal's first town attorney
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100 years ago
June 8, 1923: At the present rate of construction in Bloomington, there will be twice as many residences built this year as the previous year, according to City Electrician Charles Concklin. He estimated that there will be about 60 new homes built by the end of the summer, and that the number will reach 75 before the end of the year.
75 years ago
June 8, 1948: Fifty Bloomington bakery workers received 8 1/2 cent hourly wage increases in contracts, approved by union representatives and downstate bakery operators. The agreement came after two months of negotiations. Union men had turned down previous smaller wage increases.
50 years ago
June 8, 1973: Frank Miles, 27, of Decatur was named Normal's first full-time city attorney by City Manager David Anderson. Miles, assistant corporation counsel for Decatur, will start Aug. 6. He will receive $15,000 a year. The position of a full-time city attorney was approved in March.
25 years ago
June 8, 1998: The University High School baseball team celebrated its state championship victory Sunday with a parade that started at the National Guard Armory, went north on Main Street and ended at U High. The school then held a rally in the gym. Students and parents turned out to help celebrate.
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Star City Pride returns this weekend to celebrate Lincoln's LGBTQ community.
The celebration, founded in 2008, is Nebraska's second-largest Pride festival. It's a two-day event packed with local entertainers, drag performers, a vendor pavilion, family-friendly activities and a Pride parade.
The first day of the festival, located in the parking lot at 605 N. Eighth St., kicks off at 4 p.m. Friday and will run through midnight.
The Real Zebos will be the musical headliner. The drag performers include Star City Pride Royals and Chevelle Brooks. Food options will include Klein's Concession Food Truck, Klein's Lemonade Truck, Sweets for the Soul, Sunflower House Cookies and Sarah's Southern Comfort Food Truck.
The second day of the festival will begin with Lincoln's third annual Pride parade, set to start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Capitol.
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Activities at the 605 N. Eighth St. location will resume at noon, and the festival will run through midnight. The musical headliners will be Estrogen Projection and ERawq. The drag entertainers will include the Star City Pride Royals, Pollie Pocket Roxia, Onya T Sol and Melanin Magic. Food options will include Klein's Concession Food Truck, Kleins Lemonade Truck, Sweets for the Soul and Sunflower House Cookies.
Anyone interested in attending the festival can purchase a one-day festival pass for $11 or a weekend pass for $18. Children 10 and under are free.
There will be an adults-only after-party Saturday from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. at The Night Before Lounge. Tickets for the first-ever post-Pride party are $15-$200.
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Two vehicles involved in a crash Sunday afternoon on Interstate 65 were heavily damaged, Indiana State Police said. A driver and passenger in …
RENSSELAER — Two people were injured in a crash allegedly caused by an intoxicated driver who was traveling at a high rate of speed Sunday afternoon on Interstate 65, according to a news release from Indiana State Police.
A driver in a Honda Civic was heading south on I-65 when he rear-ended a Honda Pilot. The vehicle flipped and tumbled into a ditch. The driver and passenger were severely injured and airlifted an Illinois hospital for medical treatment and both vehicles were severely damaged, state police said.
Alexander Lukowski, 31, of Valparaiso, was charged with multiple felony and misdemeanor counts of operating while intoxicated. He was taken to the Jasper County Jail. A cash bond appears to have been entered on his behalf, according to online court records.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
April Wright
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304645
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fallon Stone
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304663
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kecelyn Sydner
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304632
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hilario Torres Jr.
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304638
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shawn Washington
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304654
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Petrisko
Age : 61
Residence: Goodland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304651
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roosevelt Pickett Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304649
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andre Patterson
Age : 59
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304634
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000;
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Mack Jr.
Age : 44
Residence: Grant Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304633
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rachel McKinney
Age : 38
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304642
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Noonan
Age : 41
Residence: Winfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304655
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Deparatment
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bradley Kelly
Age : 38
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304650
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jason Howard
Age : 31
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304660
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tena Johnson
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304629
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - INSTITUTION - BANK/FINANCIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leslie Hawkins
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304625
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chanel Copeland
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304628
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tameera Dillon
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304627
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Elvee Evans III
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304641
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Totianna Gaston
Age : 23
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304630
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Olivia Blakeley
Age : 29
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304636
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - STALKING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Bogner
Age : 40
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304648
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristina Bohn
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304635
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tammy Berry
Age : 64
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304626
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - TRAFFICKING WITH AN INMATE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Arroyo
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304661
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750; CONFINEMENT; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Melvin Pumphrey III
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304623
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dakota Robinson
Age : 20
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304631
Arrest Date: May 16, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Sullivan
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304684
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shauntwain Johnson
Age : 46
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304681
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Karley Jensen
Age : 28
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304683
Arrest Date: May 18, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schneider Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cali Huerta
Age : 20
Residence: Oak Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304680
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cindy Irons
Age : 40
Residence: St. Petersburg, FL
Booking Number(s): 2304677
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RIVERBOAT GAMBLING- CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jack Hampton
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304671
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Huber
Age : 41
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304678
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT - KIDNAPPING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chauncey Hackett Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304673
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Antwon Butler
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304670
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aundra Butler
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304672
Arrest Date: May 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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CROWN POINT — A forgetful motorist made a big splash Wednesday evening, according to Crown Point Fire Rescue.
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"A motorist accidentally left their car in neutral, causing it to roll into a pond," the department said.
"Two of our divers entered the water to assist with removal."
"(Mitchell) Taebel still maintains a delusion that he and the ARTIST will be married and, if elected President, that the ARTIST will be his First Lady," charges say.
The accident occurred in the area of Carolina Circle and Maryland Drive, the rescue crew said.
No injuries were reported.
Today in history: June 8
1864: Abraham Lincoln
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party's convention in Baltimore.
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1867: Frank Lloyd Wright
In 1867, modern American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
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1966: National and American Football Leagues Merger
In 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.
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1968: James Earl Ray
In 1968, authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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1978: Mormon Will
In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called “Mormon will,” purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
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1995: Mickey Mantle
In 1995, Mickey Mantle received a liver transplant at a Dallas hospital; however, the baseball great died two months later.
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2009: Laura Ling and Euna Lee
In 2009, North Korea’s highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years’ hard labor for trespassing and “hostile acts.” (The women were pardoned in early August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.)
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2017: Theresa May
In 2017, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s strategy of calling an early election backfired as her Conservatives lost their majority in Parliament.
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2018: Anthony Bourdain
In 2018, celebrity chef, author and CNN host Anthony Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room in eastern France in what authorities determined was a suicide.
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2021: Ratko Mladic
Ratko Mladic (RAHT’-koh MLAH’-dich), the military chief known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for orchestrating genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Balkan nation’s 1992-95 war, lost his final legal battle when U.N. judges affirmed his life sentence.
Peter Dejong
2022: Lawsuit against Larry Nassar
In 2022, olympian Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him.
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For most Americans, memories of childhood summers conjure images of pool parties, beach outings, long days, and warm starry nights. Even though you can't remember your first summer, based on scientific data, it is safe to say it was most likely one of the coolest of your life, regardless of when you were born.
For millions of people—especially in the western third of the country—the excitement that builds up in spring, while looking forward to vacation months, has turned into apprehensiveness and forethoughts. The imagery of fun outdoor activities has been replaced by recollections of wildfires, dense smoke, arid land, heat waves, and drought.
From West Texas to the Pacific Coast, summer average temperatures have progressively risen anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit in the last five decades, propelling mid-2021 and 2022 to the top spots of the heat charts.
The rest of the country is experiencing a similar trend, though not as sharp. Average summer temperatures in America's Heartland and the South have increased 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit, while the eastern states—from the Carolinas to Maine—have seen their thermometers go up 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit on average since 1971.
To illustrate what summer weather was like in the U.S. from 1920 to 2022, Stacker consulted data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Summer is defined as the months of June, July, and August. Each metric is ranked relative to the entire timespan, while average comparisons look just at the historical average from 1901 and 2000.
What was the weather like for your very first summer? Take a look, and you may remember more than you think—or learn something new about summers before your time.
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – The Marion County woman accused of shooting and killing her neighbor, a mother of four, is set to appear in court on Thursday.
Susan Lorincz, 58, was arrested Tuesday on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Ajike Owens.
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said Owens, 35, was shot on Friday moments after going to Lorincz’s apartment, who had yelled at Owens’ children as they played in a nearby lot. He also said Lorincz had thrown a pair of skates that hit one of the children.
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When interviewed, Lorincz claimed that she acted in self-defense and that Owens had been trying to break down her door prior to her discharging her firearm. Lorincz also claimed that Owens had come after her in the past and had previously attacked her. Through their investigation – including obtaining the statements of eyewitnesses – detectives were able to establish that Lorincz’s actions were not justifiable under Florida law, a statement from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
Woods said Monday that detectives were working with the State Attorney’s Office and must investigate possible self-defense claims before they can move forward with any possible criminal charges. The sheriff pointed out that because of the stand your ground law, he can’t legally make an arrest unless he can prove the shooter did not act in self-defense.
“I am very grateful for an arrest,” said Pamela Dias, Owens’ mother. “Very disappointed that it took four days, honestly. When is it OK in America to shoot someone behind a locked door? Why did it have to take four days?”
A neighbor who helped Owens’ children the night of the shooting said Lorencz often antagonized children in the neighborhood, including her own. The neighbor said Lorencz would use racial slurs and other insults against the children.
Sheriff’s officials said deputies were called to the neighborhood a dozen times as part of an “ongoing neighborhood feud” between Owens and Lorincz.
Lorincz is scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. News 6 will stream the appearance live at the top of this story.
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Cerro Gordo County has a plan to handle a building collapse like the May 28 Davenport disaster that killed three people.
"Obviously, the majority of my job as emergency manager for the county is to prepare and plan for emergencies just like that and try to think of sometimes what the unthinkable is and some scenarios that aren't likely, but possible," said County Emergency Manager Eric Whipple, who has 27 years experience as an emergency responder.
Whipple said each department of first responders — such as fire, police and EMS — has its own plans about what to do if a building collapsed. Resources from other counties and the state also could be called upon, but local responders would conduct any immediate search and rescue operation.
"In the initial phase the fire department would do as much of the rescue they could as safely as possible without endangering their lives," he said. "The goal of every first responder is to be able to make it home safely at the end of the day."
Whipple said a catastrophe of the magnitude of the six-story apartment building in Davenport that partially toppled May 28, killing three men and injuring a woman whose leg was amputated in order to free her from the rubble, would stretch resources thin, possibly exceeding local capabilities.
He said a specialty group out of Cedar Rapids called Task Force One would most likely be called to help in the aftermath of a collapse. Task Force One, created in 2003, specializes in urban search and rescue.
Whipple, formerly fire chief in Charles City, took over his position in November and was thrown in the fire quickly when the Kirk Apartments in Mason City burned down April 24. He said a similar scenario to the Kirk Apartment residents who were displaced would likely play out in the case of a building collapse. He said the Salvation Army and Red Cross helped those with no place to go after the fire.
"Those private groups like Red Cross and Salvation Army are a huge benefit to this type of situation," Whipple said. "They have the resources to be able to find food and shelter and everything a person would need in that instance."
Requests for interviews with Mason City building inspectors were denied by City Administrator Aaron Burnett.
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Mohawk Square in Mason City experienced a partial roof collapse in May 2019. No injuries were reported, and the building has sat vacant since the incident. No work to mitigate further damage has been done to the building.
The Brick and Tile building located in downtown Mason City is similar in size to the apartment building that partially collapsed in Davenport on May 28 that killed three people. Cerro Gordo Emergency Management Director Eric Whipple said his agency has plans if something similar were to happen. There is no reason to believe the Brick and Tile building is structurally unsound. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/plan-in-place-in-case-of-building-collapse-in-cerro-gordo-county/article_fffc403a-0566-11ee-88f5-a33eca5ead2f.html | 2023-06-08T12:11:05 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/plan-in-place-in-case-of-building-collapse-in-cerro-gordo-county/article_fffc403a-0566-11ee-88f5-a33eca5ead2f.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 is teaming up with A Gift For Teaching to make sure Central Florida families, students and teachers are prepared for the school year.
Thousands of volunteers on Thursday will pack thousands of backpacks as part of A Gift For Teaching’s The Great Big Backpack Build event.
A Gift For Teaching describes the event as “the ultimate volunteer giveback experience infused with corporate social responsibility.”
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For 25 years, A Gift For Teaching has served and donated supplies for public schools in Orange and Osceola counties.
A Gift For Teaching has distributed more than $158 million in school supplies since 1998 and provides $65,000 worth of supplies daily to teachers and students, according to its website.
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Every student at North Iowa Area Community College's Health Simulation Center knows Pauline, a patient there, loves chicken and noodle casserole.
They all know because Pauline told them. Whether the students are caring for elderly nursing home resident Pauline or any other patient, they need to deliver personal attention and display great bedside manner, even though Pauline and the other patients aren't humans. They are training manikins.
Area high school students interested in pursuing careers in health care got a chance Tuesday to learn these details up close at the "Exploring Health Careers" summer camp for students in ninth through 12th grades.
The Simulation Center, which opened in September 2015 in McAllister Hall on the NIACC campus, hosts four simulation hospital rooms and six "high fidelity manikins" designed to simulate patients while stimulating students as they gain confidence and competence in the critical fields of patient care.
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Students at the camp said it feels like a real hospital room. The most obvious difference is the one-sided glass, behind which the simulated environment is controlled. Instructors use the controls to adjust the patient's heart rate, blood pressure, etc., and even speak to their caregivers.
"If we see something that they (the student) didn't, we may have the patient react and start coughing, or saying they're getting too hot or too thirsty, or something like that, so they can have that teachable moment," says Barbara Godfrey, who directs the simulation center.
Maria Hernandez introduces herself to a manikin, who today has a hospital bracelet that reads "Mike." "I need to take your blood pressure, is that OK?" she asks. Mike's chest heaves up and down with his breathing, and he says "Okay." Hernandez puts on the cuff and records Mike's blood pressure as 120 over 80, normal.
Godfrey says the "nitty, gritty details" are why simulation is used in nursing training.
"How does this blood pressure cuff go on? How does this gadget go on to the finger? Why are we putting it on the finger? Are we explaining to the patient why this is necessary, and are we doing it in terms they understand?" Godfrey says.
From practicing moving a bed up and down to administering CPR and defibrillation, "you actually get a chance to do these things with that manikin before you move into that clinical environment where lives are at risk," Godfrey says.
The center is also home to a birthing manikin to help students learn about obstetric care and how to handle birth complications, a pediatric simulator, a hospital bathroom and shower, and defibrillator/monitor to allow students to train on the most current equipment used in health care settings.
"I just love medicine and science in school... I'm here to explore," Hernandez says. She will be a junior at Hampton-Dumont High School in the fall. She says the fast-paced environment won't deter her from her dream of being a nurse.
She plans to attend NIACC's next summer camp for students interested in health careers July 17 and 18, featuring an even more immersive experience using the Simulation Center to perform job duties in medicine. The nursing programs offered at the college have led to a 96% nursing licensure pass rate the last five years, according to NIACC.
"I'm still sure. I've always wanted to help and save people, that won't change," Henderson says.
Alexander Schmidt is an Education/General Assignment Reporter for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at alexander.schmidt@globegazette.com or at 641-421-0527. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/education/north-iowa-area-community-college-health-simulator-nursing-medical-career/article_bf79182e-0491-11ee-9ccd-7b4e24b49880.html | 2023-06-08T12:11:11 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/education/north-iowa-area-community-college-health-simulator-nursing-medical-career/article_bf79182e-0491-11ee-9ccd-7b4e24b49880.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — Birdwatching soared in popularity during the pandemic, and according to a new survey by Lawn Love, Austin is the No. 9 city in the U.S. for the activity.
According to the research, more than 400 bird species have been spotted in Travis County, most notably the golden-cheeked warbler, which is an endangered species.
New York City took the No. 1 spot, and California had three cities in the top 10.
The only other Texas city in the top 10 was Houston, which came in at No. 3.
Last month, a bird species that hadn’t been seen in Galveston in four decades made a surprising return. The mangrove cuckoo made a very rare stop at the East End Lagoon Nature Park and Preserve on Galveston Island. The bird was spotted by a birder from Fort Worth who was competing in the Texas Birding Classic.
The survey compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on four categories, such as access and bird variety. It also factored in bird species, checklists indicating birding popularity and Audubon chapters, among its 14 total metrics.
You can see the full list on Lawn Love’s website. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/austin-birdwatching-survey/269-83207ac0-6f4c-4257-bae2-0d200633f83b | 2023-06-08T12:32:16 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/austin-birdwatching-survey/269-83207ac0-6f4c-4257-bae2-0d200633f83b |
A car crashed right into a Northeast Philadelphia convenience store Thursday morning, leaving the front of the store smashed.
The crash took place place before 5:30 a.m. Thursday at the E&E Quick Mart along Frankford Avenue, near Tyson Avenue, in the Mayfair neighborhood.
An NBC10 cameraman captured video that shows yellow police tape in front of debris on the sidewalk and in the store, which was left wide open. The stores "Open" sign was still alight next to the gaping hole in front. A damaged sedan could be seen on the street.
Police on the scene didn't immediately reveal if anyone was injured or what led to the crash.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – It was a hero’s welcome on Wednesday for the latest Kansas Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
Almost 100 veterans returned to Wichita on Wednesday after a trip to the nation’s capitol with the Kansas Honor Flight.
They participated in ceremonies commemorating D-Day. They laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
For one veteran — this marked his first time visiting the Vietnam Memorial.
“I saw a lot of names of friends and soldiers that I served with, and it seem like it gave me a chance to say goodbye to them. They will always be in my heart, and I will always remember them,” said Larry Rincon, Vietnam army veteran.
The next Kansas Honor Flight is set to leave on Sept. 18. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/a-heros-welcome-for-the-latest-kansas-honor-flight/ | 2023-06-08T12:43:45 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/a-heros-welcome-for-the-latest-kansas-honor-flight/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The ultra-popular musical “Hamilton” began its 12-day run at Century II Tuesday night. The highly-touted production coincides with Riverfest this year.
That’s two big events drawing two different crowds into one area of downtown.
Many people who are seeing “Hamilton” at the Concert Hall haven’t purchased Riverfest buttons, but that’s OK. They can still access the “Hamilton” entrance by walking through Riverfest with the assistance of a special group of volunteers.
“They’re called ‘Hamilton’ Ambassadors. These group of young kids will help our ‘Hamilton’ people that are coming to see ‘Hamilton’ through the gate so that they don’t have to purchase a Riverfest button. And we want to be great ambassadors with them. So, they will welcome attendees and then get them over to the entrance of ‘Hamilton,'” said Jill Massey, Riverfest Director of Volunteers.
“Hamilton” Ambassadors. That’s kind of wordy.
“Hambassadors is what we’re calling them,” explained Massey.
“Oh, we came up with Hambassadors because ‘Hamilton’ Ambassadors, it’s just really long, and we just finished the ambassadors because, one, it sounds funny, and two, it’s just a shortened name,” said Hambassador Ava Grimes.
Being a “Hambassador” has its perks, like free food. But these 10 and 11-year-olds from Wichita’s Earhart Elementary know they have a job to do.
“Hello. Welcome to the super fun, amazing Riverfest. How can I help you,” asked Hambassador Lydia Horseman.
“So, they don’t have to buy a button if they’re just coming to watch the movie. And we help them come over here if they don’t know where it is. So, we make sure they don’t just go to a carnival ride instead,” said Hambassador Claire Cutler.
“I’m most looking forward to greeting the people into ‘Hamilton’ because I just think it’s a really nice thing to do is just volunteer at Riverfest,” added Grimes.
Back to that name. Wouldn’t it be easy for someone to think “Hambassadors” has something to do with pork?
“So, one of them are people that are escorting to the ‘Hamilton’ show, and then the other kinds of actual ham ambassadors are talking about ham. But we’re also ‘Ham’ ambassadors that are escorting people,” said Hambassador Abigail Hux.
Got it. And what’s with the shades? Do they have to wear them?
“No, it just makes us look cool,” said Horseman.
These are just four of 82 Hambassadors lined up from now through the end of Riverfest. Those who are seeing “Hamilton” are encouraged to park on the east side of Century II. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hamilton-ambassadors-ready-to-assist-at-riverfest/ | 2023-06-08T12:43:52 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hamilton-ambassadors-ready-to-assist-at-riverfest/ |
News Tribune, June 8, 1983
- The town of Bayfield is seeking funding to restore the Rice Avenue Bridge, which has been closed to traffic since January. The bridge was built in 1912 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Four men injured in last year's explosion and fire at the Alberta Gas Chemicals Inc. plant in Duluth filed civil suits against the company yesterday. The explosion occurred May 6, 1982, when malic acid, a food additive, was apparently ignited by a spark.
News Tribune, June 8, 1923
- A "dairy special" train carrying $100,000 worth of high-grade dairy cows and several dairy experts will leave Duluth June 20 for a trip through Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana. Each of the cows has won numerous prizes at fairs and competitive exhibits.
- Injection of iodine into the Eveleth city water supply as a cure for goiter will be ordered by the city Water Department. Seven percent of the children attending schools in the Great Lakes Region, including the Iron Range, are afflicted with goiter. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-7-of-northland-children-afflicted-with-goiter | 2023-06-08T12:51:02 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-7-of-northland-children-afflicted-with-goiter |
Ever since being introduced to a show called “The Bionic Vet” by her grandmother in the fourth grade, Adelita Aguilar has known what she has wanted to do in life. Graduating from Southern Guilford this weekend puts her one step closer.
In the fall, she will be attending N.C. State University to study veterinary science. Throughout high school, Aguilar took biology and animal science classes, interned at a veterinarian hospital, and worked as a dog kennel attendant.
However, she had to stop that in September 2022, after being diagnosed with functional neurological disorder.
“I lost my ability to walk for three months,” Aguilar said. “I was bound to a wheelchair because I couldn’t feel my legs or feet.”
Aguilar and her family are still trying to understand the disorder and the symptoms that come with it, but the Southern Guilford graduate is still trying to make the best of the situation.
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“Some days are better than others, like today,” Aguilar said. “It just puts life in a different perspective of some things being very simple, but others can be a struggle.”
One of these new outlooks has been an increased appreciation for giving back to the local community. At school, amongst other activities, Aguilar was a part of Future Farmers of America, National Honors Society, and a committed student tutor and mentor. Outside of school, Aguilar helps with various fundraising efforts for different disease research.
“Realizing how much you should give back and how fortunate people are, knowing that now, I want to give back to the community a lot more,” Aguilar said. “Not only does it help people but it makes me feel good because I’m doing something.”
Aguilar is one of 226 graduating seniors from Southern Guilford High School. The graduation ceremony will happen at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/graduate-profile-southern-guilfords-adelita-aguilar/article_d29fea82-049f-11ee-9c1b-cfee8cd4fee9.html | 2023-06-08T12:54:39 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/graduate-profile-southern-guilfords-adelita-aguilar/article_d29fea82-049f-11ee-9c1b-cfee8cd4fee9.html |
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