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Employment figures from this year's first quarter show the Atlantic City area's economy grew by 4.8% over the previous year, according to a Stockton University report.
“Importantly, this year’s early job gains have been broad-based with retail trade, casino hotels, restaurants and bars, professional and business services, and health and educational services all recording solid year-on-year job gains,” Oliver Cooke, editor of the South Jersey Economic Review and economics professor at Stockton, said Wednesday.
The latest report on the area's hiring trends reflects national trends, in which America's employers added 339,000 jobs in May.
The report also showed the area continues to recover from the economic losses of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Both the Atlantic City and Ocean City metropolitan areas were among 19 in the U.S. that lost at least 10% of their jobs during the 2020 recession spurred by pandemic restrictions.
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Atlantic City ranked second (15.9%) behind Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii, which led the nation's metropolitan areas in job loss (23.9%), according to the journal's report. Both Ocean City and Napa, California, reported a job loss of 11.9%, the publication states.
Ocean City's job recovery ranks as the second-best among the nation's 19 metropolitan areas hardest hit by economic disruption in 2020. Atlantic City, however, is still trying to catch up, ranking 17th, according to the report.
“Given where it stood during the summer and fall of 2020, the regional economy’s recovery in 2021 and 2022 has been fairly impressive and underscores its resilience,” Cooke said.
New Jersey's job loss in 2020 was the country's eighth largest, but its jobs recovery among the 20 states affected most by pandemic ranks as third best, according to the report.
Housing prices in the Atlantic City area also are strong, climbing 18% last year, the sixth-straight annual increase, Stockton said. The price jump runs parallel with a rise in homebuilding, which has contributed to the area's economic recovery over the past two years.
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The state is making available up to $50,000 for each New Jersey county to fund spotted lanternfly treatment, the Governor's Office said Monday.
"This invasive species can have devastating effects, and we want to ensure that our communities access every resource available to help mitigate their spread," Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement. "Residents can also help make a difference by stomping the lanternflies when they see them.”
The grant funding comes at a time when the invasive species is in its "nymph stage," in which they're young insects, sporting a black finish with white spots.
The lanternflies will mature into red-and-black insects with white spots in their next stage, reaching their adult phase in August.
Municipalities can receive up to $15,000 through the grant funding, the Governor's Office said in a news release.
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The funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis for reimbursement of eligible costs incurred for lanternfly chemical treatment activities.
“This is an excellent opportunity for counties and municipalities in New Jersey to take advantage of this funding that can assist them in helping reduce the populations of this pest,” state Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher said. “The more participants we have in this program the stronger our campaign will be against this invasive menace.”
A native of Asia, the spotted lanternfly was discovered in the U.S. in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014.
While not a threat to humans, the bug is known to be a nuisance to crop growers because they feast on plants. They're known to travel through "hitchhiking," latching onto moving items belonging to humans and expanding their population to other states. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/spotted-lanternfly-funds-newjersey/article_c51fc236-0abe-11ee-abd7-dbe951c1bb17.html | 2023-06-14T17:36:46 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/spotted-lanternfly-funds-newjersey/article_c51fc236-0abe-11ee-abd7-dbe951c1bb17.html |
The Phillie Phanatic is planning a beach day to help raise money for charity.
The Phanatic will be part of the festivities Wednesday at "Phillies Day at Manco & Manco" on the Ocean City Boardwalk. Part of the proceeds from pizza sales will benefit Phillies Charities Inc.
The event will run from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Ninth Street and the Boardwalk. The Phanatic will make his big entrance at 6:30 and attempt to make pizza in front of the customers.
But fans also will have the chance from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to get autographs from and take photos with two members of the 1993 pennant-winning Phillies: Milt Thompson, who also was batting coach for the 2008 World Series champions, and John Kruk, who has been a longtime broadcaster with the team. Phillies ballgirls will host the event. Phillies prizes can be won throughout the event while supplies last.
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Manco & Manco is also one of the concessions in Ashburn Alley and throughout the ballpark at Citizens Bank Park. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/phillie-phanatic-2-former-phils-to-appear-on-oc-boardwalk-on-wednesday/article_b9cb9fb6-0a1b-11ee-8929-17c5ab237076.html | 2023-06-14T17:36:48 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/phillie-phanatic-2-former-phils-to-appear-on-oc-boardwalk-on-wednesday/article_b9cb9fb6-0a1b-11ee-8929-17c5ab237076.html |
PHOENIX — So far this year, there have been 18 water-related deaths in the Valley. Six of those victims were between the ages of 0-5 years old. However, no matter the age, the deaths are tragic and parents like Stacey McRae are speaking out.
"Troy is my oldest, he'll be 12," she said. "Cole and Odin are twins. Cole is 4 and Odin is forever 2.5."
It was about two years ago when the family's life changed.
"My husband and I did what any couple would do, we asked my mom to come watch our kids so we could enjoy a night out for dinner," she said.
McRae describes it as a normal day. They went to the park in the morning and spent time in the pool later that afternoon. Her mom came over later that evening as McRae was making dinner.
"I cooked the boys' dinner," she said. "Ravioli was the dinner of choice that night. I sat them down for dinner, I said a quick goodbye, and we left for the evening."
McRae's mom accidentally fell asleep, and the twin boys found their way to the backyard pool. Both boys fell in.
"Both of my boys had been in swim lessons for two years, they knew how to self-rescue," McRae said. "We were fortunate Cole was able to get himself out, but Odin wasn't as lucky."
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McRae is now choosing to speak about what happened with the hopes no other family has to go through the heartache they've felt on a daily basis since.
"If I knew then what I know now my son would still be alive," she said. "It's really difficult for me to admit, but the pool fence was not back here at the time. We didn't have alarms or special locks on our doors, and we foolishly thought lessons and supervision would be enough. We quickly learned the hard way that it's not. As hard as it is to stand here and admit our failures, we really hope that in doing so, we reach other families who, like us, didn't know any better, and hopefully they don't have to go through the agony, pain, and suffering that my kids, husband and I have."
In most cases, drownings are preventable. McRae says the more layers of protection parents have in place the better.
"Pool fences, alarms, and locks on all doors leading to the water including dog doors," she said. "Knowing CPR is important. My mom didn't, unfortunately, know CPR, so she had to take my son to our neighbor's house and luckily someone was there who knew CPR. That was valuable time that we lost in helping save my son's life."
"There are layers of protection and each and every one of them is important," said Lori Stauffer.
Stuffer is with the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona. She sees first hands the toll these deaths play on families and loved ones who've drowned.
"This year has been tough," she said. "We were doing okay but we had eight incidents in one weekend," she said. "That ranged from a two-year-old to an adult, so we really have to take steps to save lives."
Stauffer says that again means constant supervision, door locks and alarms, a sturdy fence around the pool and/or pool cover. However, it's not just pools people need to be focused on, it's all bodies of water.
"So anything that holds about an inch of water is a water hazard," she said. "We have had kids drown in toilets. You also may have your yard perfect, but if your child climbs into a neighbor's yard that also is something that can be dangerous."
She also stresses the importance of CPR which she says, can mean the difference between life and death.
"If all other layers of protection fail, you need to know how to do CPR," she said. "And that's that mouth-to-mouth CPR, that's 30 compressions 2 breaths over and over again. We have to protect the brain. Feed that brain, keep it alive so we can have a really good outcome, otherwise we see in many situations when it's not been administered until the firefighters get there the outcome is not very good."
The cause is also important to Stauffer who also has her own story of when her daughter was swimming.
"She was swimming and flipped upside down and she couldn't right herself," Stauffer said. "Luckily, her dad noticed and righted her up. And she turns to him and says, 'Daddy, I was screaming for you but you couldn't hear me.' Every time I hear that the hair goes up on my arms and it reminds me I don't want that to happen to anyone else."
In fact, drowning is known as a silent killer because many times when a person is in distress in the water, they can't be heard. McRae now sharing her truth so no other life is lost.
"We feel Odin every single day," she said. "We feel him in the wind, rain and bees. This has literally been a nightmare and we wake up every morning hoping it was a nightmare. But sadly we wake up to this reality that our son is gone, he's not coming back, and as much as we would like to go back and change things and the decisions we made, we can't. So our mission now, as hard as it is, is to make happy memories around water in daily life. To find joy in the small moments because that's what Odin wants, he wants everyone to be happy."
The family is hoping to spread awareness about drowning prevention, but they also are honoring Odin with a couple of different events. The first is a book drive that helps Arizona Helping Hands, a local nonprofit. If you'd like to donate a book in Odin's memory, you can drop off a book for a young child and/or teen by dropping it off at one of their collection boxes.
You can find one by calling 480-889-0604 you can also visit their website.
McRae and her family will also be hosting their second annual Bee Happy 4 Odin Family Fun Run on Dec. 10, 2023. Details are still being solidified.
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LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Police are trying to determine if a teen driver was under the influence in a crash that killed a North Pocono student.
The crash happened early Saturday Morning in Spring Brook Township
Police say Ayden Beckage, 18, was driving a Jeep on Route 307 when he lost control and went down an embankment.
Kaden Rabender, 17, a student at North Pocono High School, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.
Police say Beckage, the driver, was taken to the hospital for minor injuries and tested for suspicion of DUI after that crash in Lackawanna County.
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NOXEN, Pa. — When you see Noxen fireman Jonny Headman wearing a hat with a rattlesnake on it, you don't ask questions. You think, 'Of course, it's for the fire company's longstanding fundraiser, the Rattlesnake Roundup.'
"This is a typical firemen's bazaar with a little twist," Headman said.
He means that literally. If the sight of a slithery creature makes you feel queasy, you probably don't have your calendars marked for this summer tradition.
Fortunately, plenty of people do.
"We have people come as far as Vermont," Headman said.
Hunters go out in the woods searching for the largest snakes they can find, competing for different prizes.
The rest of the event is half educational, half good old-fashioned family fun.
There's food, music, rides, and of course, the snakes on display.
Don't worry; the snakes are returned to where the hunters found them.
The fire company counts on hundreds of people to come out every year.
"This is the biggest event we have for the year. This is the one that really counts. It puts the fuel in the trucks, helps us maintain equipment, helps us purchase new equipment. A set of turnout gear is $3,000 plus," Headman said.
The event runs Thursday through Sunday at the Noxen Fire Company in Wyoming County.
Gates open at 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m. over the weekend. That's when the snakes are out.
See more animal stories on WNEP's YouTube playlist. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wyoming-county/noxens-rattlesnake-roundup-returning-this-weekend-volunteer-fire-company-fundraiser-snakes/523-63852cf2-c6cf-44a0-b196-ef8bfc79feff | 2023-06-14T17:42:46 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wyoming-county/noxens-rattlesnake-roundup-returning-this-weekend-volunteer-fire-company-fundraiser-snakes/523-63852cf2-c6cf-44a0-b196-ef8bfc79feff |
PARMA, Idaho — A Treasure Valley staple is celebrating a big milestone this month. For 70 years, the Parma Motor-Vu Drive-In has been bringing some of the biggest films to the community.
Throughout the years, however, ownership has remained in the same family, passed down through the generations.
"A lot of people mention, 'Oh I came down as a kid and now we're bringing out grandchildren,'" Susan Haaheim, the current owner of the drive-in said. "Now they get to experience it."
Haaheim's grandparents were the very first owners and built many of the facilities from the ground up.
"My grandfather was quite the builder. He built the snack bar and lived on the property. Then put a house on the other side eventually," Haaheim said. "The screen was one of the first major things to go up. It didn't have the wings at the time, it was straight up because the cinemascope didn't exist."
Her grandparents didn't just build the drive-in, they ran many of the jobs there too.
"Him and my grandmother Gladis, they were the integral parts," Haaheim said. "She was the projectionist and ran the concessions."
Although they have been in business for 70 years, Haaheim said it wasn't always easy running the facility.
"My parents had some really tough times, and my grandparents did too, when the industry wasn't sustaining, but they just kept plugging away," Haaheim said.
Haaheim credits the community of Parma and the surrounding areas in the Treasure Valley for why they were able to stay afloat. It's also thanks to the community that they have been able to keep up with the evolution in technology and improve the quality of their movies with new projectors.
"We still have the original projectors, but none of this is in operation anymore," Haaheim said. "Now it's this big thing called the lamp house; it's a computer server. The movies come as a hard drive not much bigger than a VHS film."
Although the drive-in theater has had several changes over the years, the one attraction that has remained unchanged is the popcorn.
"The popcorn machine has been here since the beginning," Haaheim said "It pops the best popcorn in the valley. My mom took over in 1976, they left and came back to the area. She was the original popcorn girl."
And 70 years later, the popcorn queen is still bringing joy to Parma.
To mark the occasion, the drive-in is celebrating those who have helped them reach this exciting milestone.
"I remember the 50th and it was a big deal; I remember the 60th and that was an even bigger deal," Haaheim said. "The 70th is pretty remarkable, I think. We don't plan on going anywhere. You'll be seeing us for the 80th and 90th!"
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The May 27 incident involving a Heyburn police officer shooting a pair of dogs on Interstate 84 is not on the city council’s agenda for its regular meeting Wednesday, pending completion of an investigation, but public comment will be allowed at the end of the meeting.
Declo woman Stephanie Carsner, who shot a video of the shooting and posted it on social media, expects there to be dozens of people in attendance, many of whom will give public comments.
“I think it’s important to be there,” said Carsner, who added she has an appointment Wednesday evening with investigators from the Jerome Police Department but plans to rush to the city council meeting afterward.
She said the police department gave her the option of coming in to give a statement on the dog shootings either Tuesday or Wednesday, and she was not available on Tuesday.
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Carsner said it was wrong that the animals were killed.
“The most horrific thing about it is that the animals paid the price,” she said.
The city council meeting will start at 7 p.m.
Mayor Dick Galbraith told the Times-News on Tuesday that he would allow the comments at the city council meeting, as long as people remain civil. He emphasized that the comments won’t be a discussion with the city council members.
Police Chief Ryan Bertalotto, meanwhile, said Tuesday in a voicemail to the Times-News that the independent investigation into the incident is expected to take another week before it’s completed and will be reviewed by a prosecuting attorney. Bertalotto declined to specify which agency is conducting the investigation but said it would be revealed once the investigation is complete.
The controversy started last month when the dogs were shot as police officers determined the dogs posed a threat to motorists’ safety, according to the police department.
“Recognizing traffic was heavy for Memorial Day, and in fear for the motoring public with great potential of a rear end collision at 80 mph, the officers made the decision to shoot the dogs,” said a police department news release that was released the day of the incident.
A news release issued in early June said that the police department’s relationship with the community is its “top priority” and pledged to provide the investigation’s conclusions to residents “with full transparency.”
The police officer involved in the shooting has been put on administrative leave. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/public-comment-on-dog-shootings-expected-at-heyburn-city-council-meeting/article_576ed0a4-0a4d-11ee-afb9-97d7f1e03401.html | 2023-06-14T17:46:29 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/public-comment-on-dog-shootings-expected-at-heyburn-city-council-meeting/article_576ed0a4-0a4d-11ee-afb9-97d7f1e03401.html |
A group of people stole and sold off human remains from Harvard Medical School's morgue, federal prosecutors say, with a grand jury indicting the morgue's manager and his wife, among others.
The body part-stealing scheme stretched from 2018 to early 2023, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where one of the defendants lives. Another defendant runs a store called Kat's Creepy Creations in Peabody, Massachusetts, that was searched in March.
Cedric Lodge, the morgue manager, is accused of letting buyers come into the morgue to pick what remains they wanted to buy, then stealing parts of donated cadavers like brains, skin and bones, taking them to his home in New Hampshire and shipping them to buyers through the mail.
The indictment also names Denise Lodge, Cedric Lodge's wife, and Katrina Maclean and Joshua Taylor as defendants. It wasn't immediately clear if they had attorneys who could speak to the charges. Two other people were previously charged in Arkansas.
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NBC10 Boston has reached out to Harvard Medical School for comment.
"Some crimes defy understanding," said U.S. Attorney Gerard Karam in a statement. "The theft and trafficking of human remains strikes at the very essence of what makes us human. It is particularly egregious that so many of the victims here volunteered to allow their remains to be used to educate medical professionals and advance the interests of science and healing. For them and their families to be taken advantage of in the name of profit is appalling."
The federal complaint depicts a busy black market in human remains facilitated by the Lodges, who allegedly took body parts before they were scheduled to be cremated.
In 2020, MacLean allegedly paid $600 for two desiccated faces she picked up at the school's morgue from Cedric Lodge. Months later, Taylor, who is from West Lawn, Pennsylvania, sent Denise Lodge "$200 with a memo that read, 'braiiiiiins,'" according to the complaint.
The Lodges were due in federal court in New Hampshire for separate hearings Wednesday.
Cedric Lodge's name was no longer listed on Harvard Medical School's website as of Wednesday, but an archived version of his biography page said he'd worked with the school's Anatomical Gift Program since fall 1995 and that he was responsible for "maintaining the anatomical morgue and teaching labs while working closely with HMS faculty and students." | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/4-charged-in-harvard-morgue-body-part-theft-scheme/3585624/ | 2023-06-14T17:47:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/4-charged-in-harvard-morgue-body-part-theft-scheme/3585624/ |
KILLEEN, Texas — The City of Killeen conducted a survey in Spring 2023 that revealed 78% of residents are satisfied and have a positive perception of the city and the quality of life in it.
According to the city, a random sample of households were administered to take the survey conducted by ETC Institute.
The main goal of the survey was to gauge residents satisfaction with city services and to compare the results with other communities.
A total of 529 surveys were completed with a confidence level of 95%.
The City of Killeen was rated higher than the Texas and U.S. averages in nine of the 14 total categories of services. The top areas that residents feel satisfied about are Fire, Ambulance and Trash services.
Areas in which residents rated lower than average were traffic enforcement and crime prevention.
The survey also revealed what areas residents want to see more investment in. Those areas included street maintenance, police services and code enforcement.
The City of Killeen says that these surveys help city officials prioritize budgets and point them in the right direction for improvement.
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HOUSTON — Texas’ highest criminal court ruled Wednesday that the securities fraud case against now-suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s should remain in Houston, settling a key issue in the 8-year-old case as Paxton faces an impeachment trial in the Texas Senate this summer.
In a 6-3 ruling, the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals, made up of nine Republicans and no Democrats, overturned lower-court decisions that said Paxton’s trial had been improperly moved from Collin County, where he lives, to Harris County. They said the trial judge had lost jurisdiction over the matter.
"The standards we use to judge will inevitably be applied against us. Thus, even the noblest of goals, no matter how righteous, cannot justify improper means, Judge Bert Richardson wrote for the majority. "Today we fulfill our duty by upholding our Constitution’s rule of law and affirming the wisdom of its framers."
However, the Texas Constitution and state law protected the judge’s authority over the case, the court ruled.
“We’re gratified but not surprised that the Court recognized that this defendant must stand trial before a Harris County jury and a judge who will follow the law,” prosecutor Brian Wice said.
Paxton’s defense team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In 2015, a Collin County grand jury indicted Paxton on two counts of securities fraud, a first-degree felony with a punishment of up to 99 years in prison, and one count of failing to register with state securities regulators, a third-degree felony with a maximum 10 years in prison.
The securities fraud charges related to Paxton’s efforts in 2011 to solicit investors in Servergy Inc. without disclosing that the McKinney-based tech company was paying him to promote its stock.
Paxton has said he did nothing wrong and dismissed the charges as motivated by his political rivals.
Prosecutors were able to remove the case from Collin County in 2017, arguing that they could not get a fair trial in a county that Paxton had represented during his 10 years in the Texas House and two years in the state Senate.
Paxton’s lawyers, arguing that the judge who ordered the case to Harris County had lost jurisdiction over the case, succeeded in sending the case back to Collin County in 2020, leading to appeals from prosecutors that resulted in Wednesday’s ruling.
Paxton was suspended from acting as attorney general when the Texas House voted to impeach him late last month.
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Roger Payne, the scientist who spurred a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that whales could sing, has died. He was 88.
He saw the discovery of whale song as a chance to spur interest in saving the giant animals, who were disappearing from the planet. Payne would produce the album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” in 1970. A surprise hit, the record galvanized a global movement to end the practice of commercial whale hunting and save the whales from extinction.
Payne was cognizant from the start that whale song represented a chance to get the public interested in protecting an animal previously considered little more than a resource, curiosity or nuisance. He told Nautilus Quarterly in a 2021 interview that he first heard the recording in the loud engine room of a research vessel and knew almost instantly that the sounds were indeed whales.
“In spite of the racket, what I heard blew my mind. It seemed obvious that here, finally, was a chance to get the world interested in preventing the extinction of whales,” he told the magazine.
Payne died Saturday of pelvic cancer. He lived in South Woodstock, Vermont, with his wife, the actress Lisa Harrow. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, Harrow said.
Payne had four children from a previous marriage to zoologist Katy Payne, with whom he collaborated. The two used primitive equipment in the late 1960s to record the sounds of humpback whales, which sometimes sing their eerie, complex songs for longer than a half-hour at a stretch.
The impact of the whale song discovery on the nascent environmental movement was immense. Many anti-war protesters of the day took on saving animals and the environment as a new cause, and the words “save the whales” became ubiquitous on tote bags and bumper stickers.
Whale songs would enter the popular imagination via everything from a 1971 episode of “The Partridge Family” to a 1979 issue of National Geographic that included a flexi disc with excerpts from “Songs of the Humpback Whale.” It remains the best-selling environmental album in history.
Payne founded Ocean Alliance in 1971 to advocate for the protection of whales and dolphins. The organization operates to this day in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It has played a role in watershed moments in the history of whale protection, such as the 1972 passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act by the U.S. Congress and the 1982 commercial whaling moratorium passed by the International Whaling Commission.
The world has lost a giant of environmental conservation with Payne’s death, said Iain Kerr, the chief executive officer of Ocean Alliance and a longtime collaborator with Payne. Payne retired two years ago.
“He had a presence and a way of connecting to people that led them to dedicating their lives to protecting whales and our planet Earth,” Kerr said.
Payne was born in New York City and educated at Harvard University and Cornell University, where he received his doctorate. Early in his career as a biologist, he studied bats and birds.
He met Harrow, his widow, in 1991 at a rally for whale protection at Trafalgar Square in London. They married within 10 weeks of meeting.
“The way his mind worked was a constant joy,” Harrow said. “He was constantly seeking answers, to seemingly constant questions.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2023/06/14/whale-song-scientist-roger-payne-obituary/618075c4-0ac1-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html | 2023-06-14T17:52:13 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2023/06/14/whale-song-scientist-roger-payne-obituary/618075c4-0ac1-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html |
GREENSBORO — Need a dose of cuteness in your day? Check out the latest additions at the Greensboro Science Center: two adorable red panda cubs — a boy and a girl.
Born on May 26 to Tai (male) and Usha (female), the cubs' arrival is the second red panda litter born at the center at 4301 Lawndale Drive, according to the center's announcement today in a news release.
The cubs are staying in the center's Shearer Animal Hospital surgery room, which has been converted into a nursery. In addition to viewing the cubs through the surgery window, guests are invited to watch feedings at 11:45 a.m. and 3 p.m., which is subject to change.
Although technically considered carnivores, red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) have adapted to feed mostly on bamboo. They eat roughly 20 to 30% of their body weight in bamboo and can eat up to 20,000 leaves a day, according to information provided by the science center.
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Red pandas are considered endangered due to habitat loss, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
"We were excited to once again receive a breeding recommendation from the Red Panda SSP program and were especially pleased to have twins this year instead of a single cub," said Jessica Hoffman, vice president of animal care and welfare for the science center.
To ensure the cubs' safety, the center's animal care team is hand-rearing them.
"I feel like the panda team is more comfortable across the board taking care of the cubs since this is our second time around," said Kelly Rauch, red panda lead keeper. "We are so excited to have two cubs this time because they can play with each other and grow up together. Watching them interact should be a lot of fun for everyone."
Rauch said twins are a lot more common in pandas.
"Their personalities are already starting to shine through," Rauch said. "The male is always looking for his sister after their feeds, while the female is independent and has a lot to say." | https://greensboro.com/news/local/greensboro-science-center-celebrates-birth-of-2-red-panda-cubs/article_88e068b8-0ad0-11ee-a864-efcfc412b6eb.html | 2023-06-14T17:54:31 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/greensboro-science-center-celebrates-birth-of-2-red-panda-cubs/article_88e068b8-0ad0-11ee-a864-efcfc412b6eb.html |
Air Quality Alert
Areas Affected: Dodge; Fillmore; Mower; Olmsted
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air Quality Alert for fine particle pollution. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is expected to reach the Orange or Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category.
* WHERE...southeast Minnesota.
* WHEN...From 12 PM CDT Wednesday through 8 PM CDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease (including asthma), heart disease, and children and older adults, may experience health effects.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...light wind, warm temperatures, and sunny conditions will combine with small amounts of wildfire smoke from Canada to produce high concentrations of surface level ozone. For information on current air quality conditions in your area and to sign up for daily air quality forecasts and alert notifications by email, text message, phone, or the EPA AirNow mobile app, visit https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/current-air- quality-conditions. You can find additional information about health and air quality at https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land- climate/air-quality-and-health.
Sensitive groups, such as people with lung disease (including asthma), heart disease, and children and older adults, should limit prolonged or heavy exertion. Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and use of residential wood burning devices. Reduce vehicle trips and vehicle idling as much as possible. | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/air-quality-alert-in-effect-today-from-noon-8-p-m-in-se-minnesota/article_c80e767c-0abe-11ee-a01f-5b6a6192e318.html | 2023-06-14T18:05:50 | 1 | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/air-quality-alert-in-effect-today-from-noon-8-p-m-in-se-minnesota/article_c80e767c-0abe-11ee-a01f-5b6a6192e318.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento man accused of a deadly drive-by shooting in Jan. 2022 has been convicted.
According to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, a jury convicted Devonte White of first-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm.
The charges are related to a Jan. 2022 shooting in Del Paso Heights where Matthew Keen was standing on the front porch of his home when he was shot at eight times and hit three times.
Prosecutors said surveillance footage shows White passing the victim, making a U-turn and then shooting Keen at point-blank range. A stolen gun was later found in White’s apartment and the gun was matched to shell casings at the scene.
White now faces a maximum sentenced of life in prison without parole. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 8. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/man-convicted-in-deadly-del-paso-heights-shooting/103-cc1d2455-2d1a-4d2b-9425-6e00b5562093 | 2023-06-14T18:06:41 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/man-convicted-in-deadly-del-paso-heights-shooting/103-cc1d2455-2d1a-4d2b-9425-6e00b5562093 |
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — A man is dead after a raft flipped over in the American River in El Dorado County Tuesday, according to the El Dorado County Fire Protection District.
Firefighters responded to reports of a person drowning on the South Fork of the American River in Lotus around 1:15 p.m. A man thought to be in his 60s was underwater and caught in tree branches.
The fire protection district said the man was in a private raft with two women. The two women got to safety after the raft overturned.
Firefighters and bystanders formed a human chain to pull the man out of the water but he died at the side of the river.
The fire protection district said it wasn't clear if the man was wearing a life jacket when the raft flipped.
This drowning comes less than 24 hours after a missing swimmer was pulled from the bottom of a lake in El Dorado County. The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said 19-year-old Mehki Clay, of Carmichael, was reported as a missing swimmer Monday at Jenkinson Lake. His body was pulled from the water Tuesday morning.
Several local agencies have warned about the rivers and lake being colder and faster this year than in the past.
River tragedies are "completely preventable," according to California State Parks, by following the recommendations below:
- Anyone near the river should be wearing a life jacket in case of an unexpected fall into the river. We provide life jackets at no charge in the Confluence area and at Upper Lake Clementine.
- Actively supervise children at all times. Keep them away from the water.
- Do not overestimate your swimming abilities. Cold water and swift currents can exhaust a person in seconds.
- Swimming across Clark’s Hole (North Fork upstream from the Foresthill Bridge) is extremely dangerous, unnecessary, and has been the location of recent drownings.
- By the time a person is in need of rescue, there is virtually nothing we can do to save that person.
- If you find yourself in the river, aggressively swim to the shore, do not swim against the current. This uses energy very quickly and no one can swim upstream in swift currents.
- Many people have drowned attempting to save others. Focus on preventing a rescue for you and your loved ones.
Watch more on ABC10: Teen who drowned in El Dorado County remembered as 'gentle giant' | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/man-drowns-american-river-el-dorado-county/103-713b9f57-8a83-4810-ba76-be5928a37e94 | 2023-06-14T18:06:47 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/man-drowns-american-river-el-dorado-county/103-713b9f57-8a83-4810-ba76-be5928a37e94 |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Grab your lawn chairs and picnic blankets, Concerts on the Square is back in Roseville starting Saturday.
Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. The shows are scheduled for June 17, July 15, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16 at Vernon Street Town Square.
While the cabanas are sold out for the summer, people can still catch the show, enjoy the food trucks and visit the beer garden. Admission is free.
Here's the schedule for Roseville's Concerts on the Square.
June 17: Motley 2
Motley 2 is a Motley Crue tribute band scheduled to perform on June 17. The food trucks scheduled for the evening are Gondo Fusion, Local Kine Shave Ice, Gameday Grill & Hefty Gyros, though they are subject to change.
July 15: Fan Halen
Fan Halen is a Van Halen tribute band scheduled to perform on July 15.
August 19: Skynnyn Lynnyrd
Skynnyn Lynnyrd is a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band scheduled to perform on August 19.
September 16: Summer Night City
Summer Night City is an ABBA tribute band scheduled to perform on September 16.
Find more information HERE.
Watch more on ABC10: Stockton native goes from juvenile detention to Harvard law graduate | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville-free-concerts-tribute-bands/103-824c7cc3-c153-42a0-a4e9-c40a62aee201 | 2023-06-14T18:06:53 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville-free-concerts-tribute-bands/103-824c7cc3-c153-42a0-a4e9-c40a62aee201 |
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is bringing back its super raffle for a fifth time with some huge prizes.
On Wednesday, the Birthplace of Country Music announced the return of the Bristol Sessions Super Raffle. In 2023, the organization plans to raffle away $250,000 in prizes.
The 49 various prizes include four different types of vehicles, an ATV, a 2023 Indian motorcycle, and all-expense paid tropical vacation, a grill package and other items. The raffle will also feature more than $69,000 in cash prizes. You can see a full list of prizes online.
Raffle tickets benefit the museum and the Birthplace of Country Music non-profit organization. Each ticket is $100, and there are 5,000 available. Anyone purchasing tickets must be at least 18 years old.
“If you purchase a ticket, we wish you the very best of luck in taking home one of our awesome prizes,” said Leah Ross, executive director of advancement for the museum. “I would say we have sold out every year, which is exciting. So if you want those tickets, don’t wait too long.”
The winners of the Bristol Sessions Super Raffle will be announced at the museum from 12-4 p.m. during the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion Festival on Sept. 10. Winners do not have to be present in order to claim their prizes.
You can purchase tickets online. Tickets can also be purchased at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in person. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bristol-sessions-super-raffle-returns-with-cars-cash-other-prizes/ | 2023-06-14T18:12:49 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bristol-sessions-super-raffle-returns-with-cars-cash-other-prizes/ |
GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A South Greene High School student was involved in an ATV crash on Tuesday, police report.
According to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, the crash happened on Flag Branch Road around 3:30 p.m. Witnesses on the scene told officers they heard a crash and found the victim, Braxton Wilhoit, pinned under the ATV.
The administration at South Greene confirmed that Wilhoit was a student at the high school.
Braxton Wilhoit was unresponsive upon the arrival of officers, the department stated, and was airlifted to the JC Medical Center. Administration at South Greene High School told News Channel 11 on Wednesday that he later succumbed to his injuries.
“Braxton was a small giant and a wonderful young man. He loved sports-Football, Baseball, Fishing, Hunting, etc. His smile could light up a room. He was respectful, kind, loyal and willing to help out in any way possible. He will be missed so much by our entire community,” said South Greene Principal Lori Wilhoit.
A prayer circle will be held for friends and family at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on the South Greene High School football field.
Lori Wilhoit told News Channel 11 counselors will be at the school from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. Mental health therapists and pastors will also be at the vigil on Wednesday. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/south-greene-student-killed-in-atv-crash-vigil-planned/ | 2023-06-14T18:12:55 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/south-greene-student-killed-in-atv-crash-vigil-planned/ |
LEWISTON, Maine — It's time for the 15th Annual Dempsey Challenge this year!
Every September, runners, walkers, bikers, and those whose lives have been touched by cancer in some way, come together in Lewiston.
On Sept. 23, participants can choose a 5K run/walk, a 10, 25, 50, or 65-mile metric century cycling event, or a brand new 25-mile event that will challenge participants to run 4.5 miles and ride 21.5 miles to the finish line at the festival in the park. Participants of all ages and abilities are welcome to donate and register for the event to help make life better for people fighting cancer.
Founded by actor and philanthropist Patrick Dempsey, the Dempsey Challenge event has raised over $18 million for the Dempsey Center since its creation in 2009, with 100% of all proceeds raised going directly to client care and support.
The event will also take place virtually in conjunction with the in-person event on Sept. 23. The deadline to register is Sept. 1, in order to receive participation incentives for the races.
The Dempsey Center raised a record $1.6 million in 2022, with participants and volunteers alike moved by the incredible support of everyone coming together.
"I feel elated. I cannot believe the support we’ve gotten from the community," Cara Valentino, CEO and president of the Dempsey Center, told NEWS CENTER Maine.
Valentino said she feels like the work she does now is her life's calling. Valentino added that hearing from people participating in the Dempsey Challenge has meant a lot.
"What folks most prominently have said to me over the last two days is they’re so grateful to be here because they can share in this experience with others who understand what they’re going through," Valentino said.
Rally together on this heartwarming day to celebrate 15 years of providing care, compassion, and support for cancer patients and their loved ones.
For more information about the event and how to get involved, click here. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/outreach/dempsey/dempsey-challenge-rallies-people-together-for-2023-community/97-20ae0989-40c5-4eec-976c-544dfe3d04fb | 2023-06-14T18:14:26 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/outreach/dempsey/dempsey-challenge-rallies-people-together-for-2023-community/97-20ae0989-40c5-4eec-976c-544dfe3d04fb |
LANCASTER, Pa. — What started as an ordinary bike ride through the woods resulted in Jesse Rothacker being bitten more than fifty times by a wild snake!
Luckily for Rothacker the snake wasn’t venomous and was identified as a milk snake, a species common to Pennsylvania. Rothacker posted his experience on his YouTube channel.
“You can see in the video I’m laughing a lot every time he bites me because I know he’s not trying to hurt me! The way that milk snakes explore is with their mouth, and so [they] don’t have a powerful defensive bite, they just will slowly grab on to everything that they’re curious about,” said Jesse Rothacker, director, and founder of Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary based in Lancaster County.
Rothacker’s YouTube video is just one of dozens that show his work with wildlife in Pennsylvania, specifically with snakes and other reptiles. His organization also rescues surrendered reptiles and helps them find new homes.
“We want them to do something like enjoy the snake, appreciate the snake from a safe distance, and that’s less likely to end up with a bite,” Rothacker said.
His recent YouTube video is a demonstration of what not to do when encountering a snake in the wild. But when he’s not being bitten for the camera, Rothacker travels across the Commonwealth to educate others about how to treat nature with respect.
“We started doing outreach in 2004 when we started forgotten friend, and now we get to do hundreds of shows every single year,” Rothacker said.
On Tuesday, June 13, Rothacker visited Duckling Early Learning Center in East Hempfield Township, York County. Several reptiles accompanied Rothacker, including an iguana, tortoises, and several species of snakes. The purpose of which was to demonstrate the likelihood of encountering one of the animals in the wild during the summer season.
“The best tool you have when you meet a snake is the cellphone in your pocket, pull the rectangle out of your pants and take a picture of the snake from a safe distance, five or ten feet away,” Rothacker explained.
Pictures can be sent to Rothacker or other reptile experts who can identify the snake and determine its level of danger.
June also marks the beginning of Venomous Snake Hunting season in Pennsylvania.
Licensed hunters can hunt specific species of snake from the second Saturday of June until July 31.
Rattlesnakes and copperheads are the most common snakes hunted during this period; however, they must be male and meet certain size and weight requirements in order to be used for their meat and other material.
Rothacker also recommended hunters express caution when eating their meat due to the poison the snakes carry. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/snake-seasonal-summer-outdoor-dangerous-recreation-wildlife/521-ff247126-c67a-4276-b3ad-27fef0bdbb77 | 2023-06-14T18:14:27 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/snake-seasonal-summer-outdoor-dangerous-recreation-wildlife/521-ff247126-c67a-4276-b3ad-27fef0bdbb77 |
HOBBS, N.M. — The Hobbs Police Department is asking for help locating 33-year-old Joseph Coleman Jr regarding his involvement in a homicide that occurred at the Four Seasons Apartments.
Officers responded to a call about a person that had been shot on June 10. Upon arrival, officers found 28-year-old Jamaal Wingfield of Hobbs suffering from a gunshot wound. Hobbs EMS also responded to the scene and was not able to locate any signs of life.
Later on, it was determined that Coleman Jr. of Hobbs has been identified as a person of interest in the case. The investigation is still consider active at this time.
If people have any information about this incident or Coleman's whereabouts, they can either contact HPD dispatch at 575-397-9265 or contact Lea County Crime Stoppers 575-393-8005. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hobbs-police-department-asks-for-help-locating-person-of-interest-in-homicide-incident/513-3f0b25fa-e1ae-49e1-8d33-a81ecb892fd3 | 2023-06-14T18:15:46 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hobbs-police-department-asks-for-help-locating-person-of-interest-in-homicide-incident/513-3f0b25fa-e1ae-49e1-8d33-a81ecb892fd3 |
MIDLAND, Texas — Midland ISD released a statement from MISD Board Vice President Tommy Bishop regarding the likely resignation of President Bryan Murry.
In the statement, Bishop explains that the June 15 Special Meeting will give the MISD Trustees an opportunity to approve and discuss the process of filling the vacant board seat pending the resignation of President Murry.
Murry's anticipated resignation stems from the state nepotism law, which does not allow family of Board Members to become employees in the district while holding a seat.
Bishop also discusses in the statement about the three options that the board can look into after the anticipated resignation. Those options include:
- Appointing a replacement until the end of the term
- Holding a special election to fill the vacancy in November 2023
- Appointing a replacement until a special election can be held according to board policy.
For the third option, the earliest an election could be held is November 2023 according to the statement. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-isd-releases-statement-regarding-anticipated-resignation-of-board-president-bryan-murry/513-42d51914-64e9-455f-ad8c-dfe3ee37be97 | 2023-06-14T18:15:52 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-isd-releases-statement-regarding-anticipated-resignation-of-board-president-bryan-murry/513-42d51914-64e9-455f-ad8c-dfe3ee37be97 |
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A family finally has some closure more than 40 years after their loved one went missing leaving the Tampa Bay area, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
On Oct. 28, 1980, then-29-year-old Ronald Gilchrist left a home on Bonner Avenue near 69th Way N in Clearwater. His destination — Miami. He was set to pick up his in-laws on Nov. 3 at the Miami International Airport and then take them to Marco Island.
Gilchrist climbed into this 1977 Ford 4-door car and started on his journey. Detectives said on Oct. 29 Gilchrist called a family member from a restaurant payphone in Mulberry.
That was the last communication he had with his family. He never arrived at the airport and has been missing ever since.
Detectives said they got photos of Gilchrist from 1980 and sent them to investigators at the Miami-Dade Police Department and the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office.
Miami police reportedly investigated a homicide in November 1980 involving a John Doe. That unidentified man, detectives would later learn, matched a similar description of Gilchrist.
On June 7, 2023, detectives received word from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office that it had formally identified Joe Doe as Gilchrist.
His death is still being investigated as a homicide by the Miami-Dade Police Department. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/ronald-gilchrist-missing-person-1980-identified/67-79529386-ff5c-4620-aca9-a692eac9d379 | 2023-06-14T18:18:45 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/ronald-gilchrist-missing-person-1980-identified/67-79529386-ff5c-4620-aca9-a692eac9d379 |
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - One man died and six other people sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a crash on Center Road along the border of Flint and Burton.
The Flint Police Department says a Lincoln Corsair driving south on Center Road crashed head-on into a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck traveling northbound near Davison Road around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The pickup truck driver, who was identified as 64-year-old Kenneth Paul McClellan, was pronounced dead on the scene. Two adults and four juveniles in the Lincoln all were hospitalized at Hurley Medical Center in good condition.
Investigators believe excessive speed may have contributed to the crash, but neither driver was intoxicated.
Anyone with information about the crash should call Flint police at 810-237-6816 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-422-JAIL. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/1-dead-6-injured-in-crash-on-flint-burton-border/article_65fe293e-0acb-11ee-88a8-87e5e44cde4b.html | 2023-06-14T18:20:00 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/1-dead-6-injured-in-crash-on-flint-burton-border/article_65fe293e-0acb-11ee-88a8-87e5e44cde4b.html |
OWOSSO, Mich. (WJRT) - Up to 80 acres of soybeans on Krhovsky Farms are going to have a tough time growing back.
Owner Martin Krhovsky farms about 1,500 acres. He said the issue of nuisance deer eating his plants is getting progressively worse, including on land he rents from the Owosso Community Airport.
Out of 40 acres he planted on the airport, Krhovsky believes 35 acres of soybeans have been nipped off by herds of deer.
Farmers with deer problems are at an all time high in the eastern part of the state. This makes it harder on soybeans which are used in many farming rotations.
"You think about the drought, especially we're in and you think about Eastern Michigan, we have a lot of wooded areas. We're farming a lot of fenced rows, deer are not only coming out for water source, but food source," said Samantha Krhovsky, Martin's daughter-in-law and a crop consultant for Beck's Hybrids.
"You clip off the top, that means you're getting rid of the growing point and that means, they're no longer going to grow tall," she said.
On top of small solutions of repelling the animals, one big solution would be hunting and killing the deer. But Martin Krhovsky said that's generally not allowed on the land he farms at the airport.
"The Owosso Community Airport is in city limits, so you're not suppose to fire a gun even in city limits," he said.
The Shiawassee County Airport Board has been communicating with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to increase the amount of permits.
"We like to share the property. Martin is trying to make a living. He shares that living with us," said Ron Spicer, chairman of the airport board. "We do get permits from the DNR. We take deer off on an annual basis. However, it is not enough."
Martin Krhovsky's hopes are high to make sure the furry friends won't do any further damage to his farm's crop.
"The damage is severe right now," he said. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/hungry-herds-of-deer-destroying-owosso-farmers-soybean-crop/article_ca662502-0a2b-11ee-875c-9b0d333fc3a8.html | 2023-06-14T18:20:06 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/hungry-herds-of-deer-destroying-owosso-farmers-soybean-crop/article_ca662502-0a2b-11ee-875c-9b0d333fc3a8.html |
You all never fail to impress when it comes to showing off your nature photos through Pin It.
After all, a picture speaks a thousand words, and there’s nothing quite like a beautiful sunset, a mesmerizing waterfall or even a vivid rainbow to make your day.
The 10 News family can’t get enough of the special moments that you’ve shared with us, and we’ve gotta say, you guys are pretty talented.
That being said, June 15 is National Nature Photography Day and what better way to celebrate than by showing off your picture-perfect photos?
Here’s a look at some of your photos that truly blew us away:
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Elaine Bays-Murphy
Beautiful Day at Carvins Cove! ☀️
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knordstrom
Smokey Sunset 🌅
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jerry carr
Ground fog from above in Check
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Dotti Walker
Mother Nature is green with envy! The trail along Little Stoney Creek going up to Cascade Falls.
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KTA
Roanoke, Virginia
Wanna see your photos featured? All you have to do is send them through Pin It, and your photo could be featured as our Picture of the Day. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/14/were-showing-off-your-amazing-nature-photos-for-national-nature-photography-day/ | 2023-06-14T18:20:32 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/14/were-showing-off-your-amazing-nature-photos-for-national-nature-photography-day/ |
PITTSBURGH — Sorry, Swifties. If you don’t have a ticket, Acrisure Stadium is asking you to stay away this weekend.
We know all too well how much everyone wants to hear @taylorswift13, but please don’t gather outside of the stadium if you do not have a ticket for #PittsburghTSTheErasTour.
— Acrisure Stadium (@AcrisureStadium) June 14, 2023
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As the city prepares for Taylor takeover this weekend with the pop star’s Eras Tour in town Friday and Saturday nights, the venue is asking those with a ticket not to gather around the stadium.
“Fans without tickets are strongly discouraged from gathering outside the stadium this weekend. The stadium and North Shore will be at maximum capacity. Additional crowds create traffic and gridlock around the complex. Only ticketed guest will be allowed in parking lots,” a post by the venue states.
City officials say they’re prepared for the large crowds. In addition to the Taylor Swift concert, Juneteenth celebrations will take place this weekend.
“The City of Pittsburgh is excited to play host to these two popular events, welcoming both residents and visitors to enjoy all that Downtown and the North Shore have to offer. The Department of Public Safety has worked hard with organizers of both events to ensure the safety of everyone involved. We ask that anyone who is participating pay close attention to the planned security measures to ensure things run smoothly,” said Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt in a news release.
Experts told Channel 11 that 6,000 downtown hotel rooms have already been booked.
Officials said they won’t be able to tally the exact impact until after the concert weekend, but said this will be a record-breaking concert for the city.
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PITTSBURGH — It was quite the sendoff for campers Wednesday morning, as they boarded a bus bound for Camp Susquehanna, a place for children who have had a burn injury.
It was a joyful reunion nearly a year in the making, as former patients of UPMC Mercy Burn Center came back to the hospital Wednesday morning to board the bus.
“I’m excited to get to like, you know, meet other people that have went through kind of the same thing as me and get to talk with them,” said Elliye Ball, who is 13 years old.
Heading off to camp: for many children, heading off to camp is a summertime Rite of Passage, but for these kids, it means so much more.
“The burn survivors, really…it’s a unique bond that they have.” Said Dr. Jenny Ziembicki, medical director of the UPMC Mercy Burn Center. “They have shared experiences. They can talk to each other. This camp really allows them to go, have fun, and kind of forget about everything else.”
Every family has a story to tell, as the doctors and nurses who worked tirelessly to save these children came outside of the hospital to see them off to camp.
“My two children were caught in the upstairs of the house and were burned,” said Joshua Taylor. “We love every single one of these people. They are the reason they’re still here.”
“If you don’t see what they look like in recovery, you won’t be able to get through and do what you do,” Ziembicki said.
The camp is free and sponsored by Burn Prevention Network.
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WASHINGTON — Some scammers are now using artificial intelligence to target victims for money! These schemes have members of Congress exploring how this technology can affect your rights.
They’re also hearing directly from AI scam victims like Jennifer DeStefano from Arizona.
“She goes ‘Mom I messed up’ crying and sobbing,” said DeStefano.
WATCH: Jennifer DeStefano, the victim of an AI deepfake kidnapping and extortion scam, delivers her opening statement in Chairman Ossoff's hearing exploring the implications of artificial intelligence for human rights. pic.twitter.com/XDfJoAgi80
— Ossoff's Office (@SenOssoff) June 13, 2023
She said that was the start of a terrifying phone call she received from an unknown number in January. DeStefano said her older daughter, Bri, was traveling for a skiing trip so she picked up the call in case it was an emergency but instead, she said the call was something she couldn’t have imagined.
“She goes ‘Mom these really bad men have me - help me, help me!’ then she fades off in the background pleading for my help,” said DeStefano. “Then all of a sudden, I hear a man say, ‘lay down and put your head back’ and at that point, I started to get very concerned that something severely was wrong.”
She thought her daughter, Bri, was being kidnapped with the man on the line threatening to hurt the teen if she didn’t send money.
“He proceeds to tell me if I reach out to anybody, call anybody, he’s going to pump her stomach with drugs and have his way with her and drop her in Mexico and I’ll never see my daughter again,” said DeStefano.
But this wasn’t happening at all. It was a deep fake of her daughter’s voice. Experts warn this is one of the newest scams using AI.
“I was like no, no I talked to my daughter. It was her. It was the way she cries. There’s no way it wasn’t just her voice,” she said.
In this case, the family found Bri safely without giving the scammer thousands of dollars. But DeStefano said she can’t shake how real the voice sounded.
“The sound of your voice is like a fingerprint, right? It’s what bonds a mother and a baby,” she said. “As soon as the baby is born, the baby knows the sound of their mother’s voice, it’s familiar to them and the mother knows the sound of her cry that’s why she knows it’s her child who fell across the room.”
Now she’s sharing her story on Capitol Hill and urging Congress to take action.
“If we don’t put regulation in, if we don’t put consequences in all we’re doing is enabling this and my fear is how far does it have to go,” she said.
Lawmakers from both parties are weighing the risks and benefits of Artificial Intelligence.
“AI capabilities are growing rapidly and in ways even its creators cannot predict, and already, it’s changing our lives. American families are now threatened by AI-enabled scams, made far more sophisticated through this technology than traditional spam email or sham telemarking calls,” said Senator Jon Ossoff, (D) Georgia.
Some Democrats believe future regulation must be consistent with both national security and human rights.
While some GOP leaders believe AI development should continue, they’re also urging companies to be cautious as the technology is deployed.
“We do need to think carefully about how we deploy AI technologies in the absence of a national privacy law which we still do not have a federal online consumer privacy protection,” said Senator Marsha Blackburn, (R) Tennessee. “We also need to be careful how we identify and how we stop unauthorized utilizations of ai whether to surveil or to scam unsuspecting people.’
Imposter scams can also be costly. The Federal Trade Commission reports Americans lost $2.6 billion from those scams last year alone.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham City Schools announced Wednesday that there are no plans to close historic Arthur Harold Parker High School.
In a statement from BCS Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan:
“Baseless and unfounded statements have surfaced recently regarding the future of the historic Arthur Harold Parker High School, the first public high school for blacks in Alabama. There are no current or future plans to close this institution, that has produced world leaders in business, education, civil rights, science, ministry, arts, entertainment and other areas of influence.”
Sullivan said they’re excited about the city of Birmingham’s plan to infuse the surrounding area with new housing and businesses that will lead to an increase in enrollment and give students the opportunity to learn from the historic high school. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/bcs-superintendent-announces-no-plans-to-close-parker-high-school/ | 2023-06-14T18:29:08 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/bcs-superintendent-announces-no-plans-to-close-parker-high-school/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The CBS 42 “Summer Series” continues this week with lawncare as the weather begins to heat up and becomes rough on lawns.
Daniel Hatfield joined CBS 42 to discuss important information regarding keeping your lawn in tip-top shape.
“You want to make sure you start off in the spring, you’re getting your pre-emergent down. That’s really going to set the tone for the summer and make sure you’re keeping the weeds out,” Hatfield said.
You can learn more watching the video player above. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/cbs-42-summer-series-keeping-lawns-healthy/ | 2023-06-14T18:29:28 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/cbs-42-summer-series-keeping-lawns-healthy/ |
CULLMAN, Ala. (WIAT) — On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced that she awarded a sizable grant to improve a road in Cullman County.
The Community Development Block Grant – allotted in the amount of $200,000 – will rehabilitate, reconstruct and resurface Cullman County Road 222, which is the only access point to North Alabama Fabricating Co. (NAFCO) and Topre America Corp.
Cullman County Road 222 is a two-lane road that was constructed over 75 years ago as a farm-to-market road. In 2016, its interchange with I-65 was opened, which is about two miles from the companies. Both NAFCO and Topre rely on the interstate system to transport their products.
NAFCO produces conveyor systems and energy equipment for industries worldwide. The business is currently planning a $9 million expansion, which will add more weight and traffic to the road. In addition, Topre transports and receives high volumes of steel, which also takes a toll on the road, local officials said.
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is administering the grant from funds made available to the state by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“ADECA realizes the importance of this road improvement project to the expansion of NAFCO and continued traffic use by Topre, and we fully support Governor Ivey in this effort,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell said.
Gov. Ivey notified Cullman Mayor Wood Jacobs that the funding had been approved. Cullman is providing $300,000 in additional funds for the project while funding from other sources is expected.
“Encouraging new jobs and employment opportunities for Alabamians remains a mainstay of my administration,” Gov. Ivey said. “I congratulate North Alabama Fabricating Co. on its growth and expansion, and I commend the city of Cullman for helping make this project a reality.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/gov-kay-ivey-awards-grant-to-fix-cullman-road-for-businesses/ | 2023-06-14T18:29:34 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/gov-kay-ivey-awards-grant-to-fix-cullman-road-for-businesses/ |
BIMRINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — June 14 is World Blood Donor Day, a day when blood collection organizations across the world raises awareness for the importance of safe blood donations.
According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood, around 29,000 units of red blood cells are needed daily, and a single car accident victim may need as much as 100 units of blood.
Birmingham hosts many businesses and organizations that host blood drives or provides a blood donation service.
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CULLMAN, Ala. (WIAT) — A man drowned at Smith Lake in Cullman Tuesday afternoon.
Cody Lindsey, 36, of Cullman, drowned at Smith Lake Park on County Road 386. According to Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick, Lindsey had jumped in the lake at 4:13 p.m. to get his jet ski that had become detached from the dock. While attempting to get the jet ski, he slipped in the water and began calling for help but went underwater and never came up.
At 9 p.m., Lindsey’s body was recovered.
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HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has released a forensic photo of what missing Hawkins County child Summer Wells may look like two years after her disappearance.
In a tweet from the TBI, investigators said no new details have come to light in the search for Summer, and her AMBER Alert remains active.
“Though we have no new details to share publicly, rest assured: We’re continuing to chase every lead in order to find Summer,” the TBI wrote.
Artists with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children created a photo of what Summer Wells is expected to look like as of June 14, 2023.
“We won’t stop searching for Summer until we have answers,” the TBI stated.
No one has been charged in Summer’s disappearance to date. Anyone with tips or information is asked to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.
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ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — Two people say a man pulled a gun on them in Arkansas City in what appears to be a road rage incident.
Several people called 911 to report seeing the man pointing a gun at people at a stoplight in the 2700 block of N. Summit Street around 5:40 p.m. Sunday. They said the man was driving an older pickup with an Oklahoma tag.
When officers with the Arkansas City Police Department got to the scene, the suspect was gone. Officers say they caught up with him at Edgemont Drive and Summit Street and found a 9mm Smith and Wesson handgun in his truck. They arrested the driver.
The two people who said he pointed the gun at them said it started because of a near collision and an exchange of words. Police say the alleged victims confirmed to officers that the man they had arrested was the man who pointed the gun at them.
The man who was arrested is a 50-year-old Arkansas City resident. Police booked him on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. His bond is set at $40,000.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man was attacked and robbed outside his north-side business after he withdrew money from an ATM at a nearby bank.
Police were called out to 4800 block of Research just after 11 Wednesday morning for reports of a robbery.
Officers say a man went to a bank off Wurzbach and took out a large sum of money, not realizing he had been followed.
When the man got back to his business, the suspect jumped out and attacked him, stealing the bag of money.
The victim was taken to the hospital but is going to be okay.
Police say this case of jugging is happening a lot in San Antonio and warn folks to be careful if you withdraw money from a bank because you could be followed.
Right now officers are looking for the two suspected robbers,who police say were in a Black Lexus SUV.
If you have any information, you are asked to call SAPD.
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10 Eddy County free summer meal sites
Ten locations across Eddy County are serving free meals for children 18 years of age and under through New Mexico’s Summer Food Program.
The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s (ECECD) Family Nutrition Bureau (FNB) and Public Education Department (PED) launched the Summer Food Program through July 30 in most parts of the state, according to a PED news release.
Federal funding, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), allows the state to provide nutritious meals to children and youth at more than 700 locations across New Mexico. Most serve breakfast and lunch with some serving dinner options, read the news release.
More:Millions of school lunches
Elizabeth Groginsky, ECECD cabinet secretary, said healthy meals were important in the development of young children.
“The Summer Food Program provides a stable and predictable source of meals for families during summer. With hundreds of sites all over the state, we encourage New Mexico families to seek out a program nearby to access free, ready-to-eat meals for your children,” she said in the news release.
The program’s main purpose was to provide free meals to fill the nutrition gap during summer school closures, per the news release.
Visit summerfoodnm.org for participating meal sites or call 1-800-328-2665 for more information.
Summer Food Program sites in Carlsbad
Through July 20 meals are being served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sunset Elementary School, 923 Walter Street. Sixth Grade Academy at 301 Alta Vista Drive.
Grilled lunches are available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Beach Area and Fifth Street Park.
Lunches are available from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. through June 30 at Desert Willow Elementary School at 2100 Primrose Street.
More:Your guide to summer programming at the Boys & Girls Club of Carlsbad
Adults can have lunch at the meal sites for $4.
Summer Food Program site in Loving
Through July 13 breakfast and lunch are being served at the Loving High School cafeteria or the Loving High School front lawn depending on the menu of the day.
Breakfast is served from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 602 South Sixth in Loving.
Adults 19 years of age and older can eat for $5.
Summer Meal Program sites in Artesia
Prepackaged meals are available through July 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at five Artesia Public Schools sites weekly.
Single meals will be served June 19, July 10 and July 17 at Artesia Jr. High at 1508 West Cannon Avenue, Artesia Intermediate School 1100 West Bullock Avenue, Grand Heights Early Childhood Center 2302 West Grand Avenue and Roselawn Elementary School at 600 North Roselawn Avenue.
Seven prepackaged meals will be handed out at the meal sites on June 26. Three prepackaged meals will be served July 3 and six prepackaged meals will be served July 24.
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City of Carlsbad top 3 wishes for capital spending. Here is what we know for 2025-2029
Public comments end Friday for the City of Carlsbad’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan which acts a guide for long-term spending for upcoming city projects.
The latest Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) allows the City to seek funds for various phases of funding requests from 2025 through 2029.
Federal, state and local funds are sought for street and road improvements, water and sewer improvements, public parks and recreation improvements along with police, fire and emergency services improvements and equipment.
More:Remarks from ICIP forwarded to DOT
Here is a look at the top-three items on the ICIP list for 2025 through 2029.
Double Eagle Waterline replacement
To date the City of Carlsbad has received $3.6 million for the $6.6 million project.
According to the ICIP, the city has a goal to plan, design, construct and replace existing water lines in the Double Eagle water well field.
The City of Carlsbad’s main source of groundwater is the Sheep Draw Well Field seven southwest of Carlsbad, according to the city’s website.
Two percent of the water supply comes from the city owned and operated Double Eagle Well System located near Maljamar, in Lea County, noted the city’s website.
Double Eagle Waterline connection to Tatum Well Field
So far the City of Carlsbad has received $330,000 to plan, design and construct a new water line from the Tatum Wells area to the existing Double Eagle Water System.
The city anticipates a cost of $10.1 million for the project.
The City of Carlsbad requested $1.4 million for fiscal year 2025 and $8.4 million for fiscal year 2026.
More:Eddy County outlines $167 million spending plan for future infrastructure projects
The project would involve multiple phases and allows the City of Carlsbad to receive additional water from the Ogallala Aquifer, noted the city’s website.
The Ogallala Aquifer is the primary source for water for many communities stretching from South Dakota to Texas, according to the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Extension website.
The aquifer is one of the largest aquifer systems in the U.S. It underlies nearly 122 million acres of land used primarily for agriculture, per the OSU website.
Dark Canyon Bridge and Bikeway
To date the City of Carlsbad has received $1.3 million in funds. Total cost of the project is $23.3 million and the city has requested $22 million for fiscal year 2025.
The City of Carlsbad would like to plan, design and construct a new bridge at Boyd Drive and Radio Boulevard crossing the Dark Canyon arroyo. Included in the plan is a bikeway in Eddy County.
More:NMDOT provides City of Carlsbad $3M to plan bridge over Dark Canyon
The bridge could act as an alternative route for Carlsbad commuters. In 2021 a man was killed during flooding while driving through a barricade at Boyd Drive and Radio Boulevard as public safety personnel dealt with flood waters from the Guadalupe Mountains.
Public comments maybe emailed to City of Carlsbad Municipal Services Director Angie Barrios-Testa at abtesta@cityofcarlsbadnm.com.
The ICIP can be viewed at the City of Carlsbad website.
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BAR HARBOR -- Bar Harbor voters elected multiple new town councilors Tuesday night and also passed a bond measure for a new elementary school.
Three new town councilors will serve three-year terms. They are: Maya S. Caines, Valerie L. Peacock, and Kyle S. Shank.
Elected to a two-year term is councilor-elect Earl D. Brechlin.
A bond measure authorizing a new elementary school passed 1005 votes to 502.
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OCALA, Fla. — Family and friends of a Marion County mother who was allegedly shot and killed by her neighbor will try to move forward with the healing process.
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Ajike Owens was laid to rest in Ocala this week.
Investigators said Susan Lorincz shot her through the door of her home.
The community will hold a “night of healing” at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Ocala Downtown Square.
The family said the vigil will help them prepare for the next phase, urging the state attorney to enhance the charges against Lorincz.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A man identified by deputies as a high-risk sex offender was arrested Monday, accused of forcing his way into an Orange County hotel room and attempting to rape the 18-year-old occupant.
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Deputies responded to the Stayable Suites at 8700 S. Orange Blossom Trail just before 7 p.m. Monday for reports of an attempted sex assault.
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The victim told deputies they were in the hotel room when there was a light knock on the door.
READ: Woman in her 20s shot, killed in Pine Hills, deputies say
According to an incident report, the victim said they thought they knew the person knocking on the door and opened it.
Instead, deputies say a man later identified as 54-year-old Fredrick Batese Howard forced his way into the room and pushed the victim onto the bed while covering their mouth.
READ: Deputies arrest second suspect after veteran shot, killed in Pine Hills shopping center
According to an incident report, Howard eventually removed his hand long enough for the victim to scream, at which point Howard ran from the room.
Later, a deputy drove the victim past Howard and they positively identified him as the attacker.
READ: Cocoa man charged with manslaughter for 2022 death of disabled wife under his care
Deputies interviewed Howard about the incident and noted he was caught lying multiple times.
Howard admitted he’d been released from jail less than a week earlier for another violent incident. Deputies also identified him as a transient and high-risk sex offender with a long history of prior arrests.
Howard was booked into the Orange County jail Tuesday on charges of attempted sexual battery, burglary, and battery. He’s being held there after having his bond revoked on the previous charge.
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MAITLAND, Fla. — The city of Maitland is asking for the public’s input on plans to replace its century-old library.
Residents can share their thoughts during two open sessions at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, at Maitland City Hall, 1776 Independence Lane.
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The city is proposing replacing the existing library on South Maitland Avenue with a new, modern facility at Quinn Strong Park.
According to the city, the original library opened in 1907 with building additions added in 1959, 1972 and 1989. The city said it is limited when it comes to additional expansions and that repairs have grown increasingly expensive.
Read: Winter Park to consider new uses of its former library property, future park
In 2018, an assessment of the existing building led to considerations to build a new library.
The city said the next step is to create an architectural design to determine the size and cost if the city approves the new library’s construction. For more information about the library project, click here or call 407-539-6223.
Read: Central Florida school libraries to make policy changes for challenged books with new law
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Jackson Township trustees approve rezoning request for condos
Jackson Township trustees
Tuesday meeting
ACTION: Held a public continuation hearing on a rezoning request by Dwight Yoder for Reserve at Jackson Meadows LLC property owner.
DISCUSSION: After holding the second public continuation public hearing, the trustees approved the following rezoning request: Rezone 17.32 acres located on the south side of Stuhldreher Street, approximately 720 feet east of Ocala NW from rural residential district to a residential planned unit development district.
The developer presented a plan that the trustees said had the changes they had asked for incorporated into the design. They had asked to have the number of units reduced from 75 to 69 two- and three-unit condos. The trustees also asked that the three-unit condos be moved inward so that they would not border existing homes in the area. The developer made both changes and the trustees approved the rezoning.
OTHER ACTIONS:
- Designated the placement of a stop sign at Malabu Avenue and Daytona Streets NW.
- Designated the placement of a yield sign at Rose Marie Avenue (southbound traffic) and Pawnee Street NW.
- Set a public hearing for 5 p.m. June 27 for a rezoning request for Domenic Ferrante, president of Sol Partners, agent for Always Stay Unlimited of Westlake, which is proposing to rezone 0.659 acres near the southwest corner of Portage Street NW and Frank Avenue NW from an R-2 two-family residential district to B-2 neighborhood business district.
- Set a public hearing at 5:15 p.m. June 27 for the township zoning inspector to propose text amendments.
UP NEXT: Meets 5 p.m. June 27 at the township hall.
— Patricia Faulhaber | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/jackson/2023/06/14/jackson-township-trustees-approve-rezoning-request-for-condos/70321473007/ | 2023-06-14T18:46:04 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/jackson/2023/06/14/jackson-township-trustees-approve-rezoning-request-for-condos/70321473007/ |
DECATUR — Former congressional candidate and recently elected Mount Zion school board member Regan Deering has set her sights on the Illinois statehouse.
The Decatur philanthropist and small business owner on Wednesday announced her bid for the 88th Illinois House District seat held by Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, who has said he will not run again after a campaign promise to serve just three terms.
A primary race is around nine months away, but Deering said she is already prepared to go to bat for conservative values and “parental rights.”
“Voters across Central Illinois are looking for leaders who are going to stand up for individual freedoms and the American way of life. They're begging for someone to go Springfield and fight for their values and interests,” Deering said to a crowd of supporters at the Decatur Civic Center.
“I didn't go looking for a political career but someone needs to stand up for common sense conservatives, and (we have) a need for leaders who fearlessly advance our cause,” she continued. “We need problem solvers with real world experience who are looking to create success for everyone. And that's what I'm offering voters in Central Illinois.”
The 88th House District contains portions of Macon, McLean, DeWitt and Piatt counties. The urban cores of Bloomington-Normal and Decatur are edged out of the district, though outskirts of those communities are included.
The district’s current representative gave Deering a resounding endorsement.
“Reagan is the best candidate to protect our values and to fight for our interests right here,” Caulkins said. “A fearless conservative leader, I know she will stand up for the people in the 88th and push back against the government and their overreach.”
Deering was mum on specific policy proposals but said her main priorities as a candidate include restoring parental rights in education and fighting against what she described as agendas “creeping into our curriculum.”
Her position in the education culture wars formed when she joined a lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker for what she called “overreaching” school mask mandates in 2021.
Deering won the Republican nomination for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District in June 2022 but ultimately fell to Springfield Democrat Nikki Budzinski in the November general election. Shortly after that loss, she announced a bid for the Mount Zion school board, a race that ended with her receiving the most votes out of all five of her opponents.
Deering said her school board service remains a priority.
“My two girls are in that district,” she said. “We're working really hard. I think in the first meeting I’ve already encouraged people to attend board meetings. You know, just like any other elected official position, we serve you. So if you can't show up and tell us what's in your head and your heart, we can't be expected to put the right policies in place. So I will continue to work hard.”
It's unclear whether Deering could face a primary opponent in March 2024. Former state Rep. Dan Brady, a Bloomington Republican who most recently ran for Illinois Secretary of State, said Tuesday that he was considering options that could include a run in the 88th House District or the 17th Congressional District.
If elected, she’s likely to face what’s currently an Illinois House Democratic supermajority. She said that won’t stop her from fighting for her cause.
“We may be a superminority, but that’s not an excuse,” she said. “We need to coalesce as a Republican Party to stand for what we believe in, and all of our energy needs to be on the Democrats.”
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
1. West Virginia
2. Montana
3. Ohio
4. Arizona
5. Nevada
6. Wisconsin
7. Michigan
8. Pennsylvania
9. Texas
10. Florida
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Analysis: Republican have big opportunity to recapture Senate
Opportunity is ripe for Republicans to win back the Senate next year — if they can land the candidates to pull it off.
The GOP needs a net gain of one or two seats to flip the chamber, depending on which party wins the White House in 2024, and it's Democrats who are defending the tougher seats. Democrats hold seven of the 10 seats that CNN ranks as most likely to flip party control next year — and the top three are all in states former President Donald Trump carried twice.
But this spring's recruitment season, coming on the heels of a midterm cycle marred by problematic GOP candidates, will likely go a long way toward determining how competitive the Senate map is next year.
National Republicans got a top pick last week, with Gov. Jim Justice announcing his Senate bid in West Virginia — the seat most likely to flip party control in 2024. (Rankings are based on CNN's reporting, fundraising figures and historical data about how states and candidates have performed.) But Justice appears headed for a contentious and expensive primary. And in many other top races, the GOP hasn't yet landed any major candidates.
Democrats, meanwhile, are thankful that most of their vulnerable incumbents are running for reelection, while a high-profile House member has largely cleared the field for one of their open Senate seats.
The unknown remains West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin. Responding to Justice's candidacy, Manchin — who has said he'll decide about running by the end of the year — had this to say to CNN about a potentially messy GOP primary: "Let the games begin."
The anti-tax Club for Growth's political arm has already committed to spending $10 million to back West Virginia Rep. Alex Mooney in the GOP primary. And tensions between the club, which has turned against Trump, and more establishment Republicans could become a feature of several top Senate races this cycle, especially with the National Republican Senatorial Committee weighing more aggressive involvement in primaries to weed out candidates it doesn't think can win general elections.
In the 2022 cycle, most of Trump's handpicked candidates in swing states stumbled in the general election. But the former president picked up a key endorsement this week from NRSC Chair Steve Daines. The Montana Republican has stayed close with Trump, CNN has previously reported, in a bid to ensure he's aligned with leadership.
Democrats defending tough seats have previously used GOP primaries to their advantage. Manchin survived in 2018 in part because his opponent was state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. That wasn't an accident. Democrats had spent big attacking one of his primary opponents to keep him out of the general election.
Last year's midterms underscored that candidates really do matter after Republicans failed to harness favorable national winds in some key races. In a presidential year, the national environment is likely to loom large, especially with battleground states hosting key Senate races. It will also test whether some of the last remaining senators who represent states that back the opposite parties' presidential nominees can hold on.
President Joe Biden, who carried half of the states on this list in 2020, made official last week that he's running for reelection. The GOP presidential field is slowly growing, with Trump still dominating most primary polling. It's too early to know, however, what next year's race for the White House will look like or which issues, whether it's abortion or crime or the economy, will resonate.
So for now, the parties are focused on what they can control: candidates. Even though the 2024 map is stacked in their favor, Republicans can't win with nobody. But there's plenty of time for would-be senators to get into these races. Some filing deadlines — in Arizona, for example — aren't for nearly another year. And there's an argument to be made that well-funded or high-profile names have no reason to get in early.
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HERSHEY, Pa. — Editor's note: The above video is from June 14.
Fans of the Hershey Bears all across the country will now be able to watch WPMT-FOX43's broadcasts.
NHL Network has partnered with WPMT-FOX43 to air the remainder of the Calder Cup Finals.
The first telecast is Thursday's Game 4, which can be seen on FOX43 and NBC Sports Washington. Coverage begins at 7:00pm.
The Voice of the Bears, Zack Fisch, FOX43 Sports Director Todd Sadowski, and FOX43's Andrew Kalista will call the game.
All broadcasts are executive produced by FOX43's Ed Albert. Games in Hershey are co-produced with Great Save Productions. Games in Coachella Valley are co-produced with the Firebirds and FloodStream.
The Bears are trailing the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the series, 2-1.
Hershey is coming off an overtime game 3 victory Tuesday.
The remainder of the series schedule is as follows:
Game 4 – Thu., June 15 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7 ET | FOX43, NHL Network, NBC Sports Washington
Game 5 – Sat., June 17 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7 ET | FOX43.2 Antenna TV, NHL Network, NBC Sports Washington
*Game 6 – Mon., June 19 – Hershey at Coachella Valley, 10 ET | TBD, NHL Network, NBC Sports Washington
*Game 7 – Wed., June 21 – Hershey at Coachella Valley, 10 ET | FOX43, NHL Network, NBC Sports Washington
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ATLANTA — An Atlanta athlete is taking home silver after representing the United States in the Virtus Global Games in France.
The prestigious event, held every four years, is one of the largest in the world. It's specifically designed for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
Joseph Chun took home a medal in the taekwondo para poomsae competition.
Joseph Chun wins silver
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Born with Down syndrome, Chun refused to let his condition hinder his love for sports. Even when frequent ear infections forced him to quit swimming, he persevered and found solace in trying every sport imaginable. Chun's unwavering dedication to athletics was fueled by the unwavering support of his mother Erin Chun.
"God has given us this incredible gift," she said expressing her gratitude.
His mother recognized the tremendous honor it is for Chun to compete on the mat, showcasing his skills at the American Taekwondo United competition.
She vividly remembers the challenging journey they have faced together. When Chun was born 26 years ago, premature with Down syndrome, she was uncertain about the road ahead. However, doctors encouraged her to raise him like any other child, fostering an environment where the emerging athlete could explore his interests freely.
As a mother, she embraced this advice and allowed Chun to immerse himself in various sports, including soccer, baseball, and taekwondo. Before settling on taekwondo, he discovered a sense of peace and accomplishment through swimming, which he pursued after undergoing spinal cord tumor surgery at 8 years old.
Chun excelled in swimming, earning gold medals in competitions such as the Special Olympics. However, frequent ear infections temporarily sidelined him. Nevertheless, he bounced back and today stands proudly beside his Two-Gold Taekwondo teammates, accumulating more victories in the sport he loves.
Despite the challenges they have faced, seeing her son shine brightly on the global stage is the greatest gift for her. Chun's positive attitude and competitive spirit serve as a testament to his remarkable character. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-paralympian-joseph-chun-wins-silver-medal-france/85-bfe0ae3f-741d-4012-9e7b-034d311cb1d1 | 2023-06-14T18:50:38 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-paralympian-joseph-chun-wins-silver-medal-france/85-bfe0ae3f-741d-4012-9e7b-034d311cb1d1 |
PHOENIX — So far this year, there have been 18 water-related deaths in the Valley. Six of those victims were between the ages of 0-5 years old. However, no matter the age, the deaths are tragic and parents like Stacey McRae are speaking out.
"Troy is my oldest, he'll be 12," she said. "Cole and Odin are twins. Cole is 4 and Odin is forever 2.5."
It was about two years ago when the family's life changed.
"My husband and I did what any couple would do, we asked my mom to come watch our kids so we could enjoy a night out for dinner," she said.
McRae describes it as a normal day. They went to the park in the morning and spent time in the pool later that afternoon. Her mom came over later that evening as McRae was making dinner.
"I cooked the boys' dinner," she said. "Ravioli was the dinner of choice that night. I sat them down for dinner, I said a quick goodbye, and we left for the evening."
McRae's mom accidentally fell asleep, and the twin boys found their way to the backyard pool. Both boys fell in.
"Both of my boys had been in swim lessons for two years, they knew how to self-rescue," McRae said. "We were fortunate Cole was able to get himself out, but Odin wasn't as lucky."
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McRae is now choosing to speak about what happened with the hopes no other family has to go through the heartache they've felt on a daily basis since.
"If I knew then what I know now my son would still be alive," she said. "It's really difficult for me to admit, but the pool fence was not back here at the time. We didn't have alarms or special locks on our doors, and we foolishly thought lessons and supervision would be enough. We quickly learned the hard way that it's not. As hard as it is to stand here and admit our failures, we really hope that in doing so, we reach other families who, like us, didn't know any better, and hopefully they don't have to go through the agony, pain, and suffering that my kids, husband and I have."
In most cases, drownings are preventable. McRae says the more layers of protection parents have in place the better.
"Pool fences, alarms, and locks on all doors leading to the water including dog doors," she said. "Knowing CPR is important. My mom didn't, unfortunately, know CPR, so she had to take my son to our neighbor's house and luckily someone was there who knew CPR. That was valuable time that we lost in helping save my son's life."
"There are layers of protection and each and every one of them is important," said Lori Stauffer.
Stuffer is with the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona. She sees first hands the toll these deaths play on families and loved ones who've drowned.
"This year has been tough," she said. "We were doing okay but we had eight incidents in one weekend," she said. "That ranged from a two-year-old to an adult, so we really have to take steps to save lives."
Stauffer says that again means constant supervision, door locks and alarms, a sturdy fence around the pool and/or pool cover. However, it's not just pools people need to be focused on, it's all bodies of water.
"So anything that holds about an inch of water is a water hazard," she said. "We have had kids drown in toilets. You also may have your yard perfect, but if your child climbs into a neighbor's yard that also is something that can be dangerous."
She also stresses the importance of CPR which she says, can mean the difference between life and death.
"If all other layers of protection fail, you need to know how to do CPR," she said. "And that's that mouth-to-mouth CPR, that's 30 compressions 2 breaths over and over again. We have to protect the brain. Feed that brain, keep it alive so we can have a really good outcome, otherwise we see in many situations when it's not been administered until the firefighters get there the outcome is not very good."
The cause is also important to Stauffer who also has her own story of when her daughter was swimming.
"She was swimming and flipped upside down and she couldn't right herself," Stauffer said. "Luckily, her dad noticed and righted her up. And she turns to him and says, 'Daddy, I was screaming for you but you couldn't hear me.' Every time I hear that the hair goes up on my arms and it reminds me I don't want that to happen to anyone else."
In fact, drowning is known as a silent killer because many times when a person is in distress in the water, they can't be heard. McRae now sharing her truth so no other life is lost.
"We feel Odin every single day," she said. "We feel him in the wind, rain and bees. This has literally been a nightmare and we wake up every morning hoping it was a nightmare. But sadly we wake up to this reality that our son is gone, he's not coming back, and as much as we would like to go back and change things and the decisions we made, we can't. So our mission now, as hard as it is, is to make happy memories around water in daily life. To find joy in the small moments because that's what Odin wants, he wants everyone to be happy."
The family is hoping to spread awareness about drowning prevention, but they also are honoring Odin with a couple of different events. The first is a book drive that helps Arizona Helping Hands, a local nonprofit. If you'd like to donate a book in Odin's memory, you can drop off a book for a young child and/or teen by dropping it off at one of their collection boxes.
You can find one by calling 480-889-0604 you can also visit their website.
McRae and her family will also be hosting their second annual Bee Happy 4 Odin Family Fun Run on Dec. 10, 2023. Details are still being solidified.
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Gov. Abbott appoints Steeley Smith to serve as Texas Tech University System student regent
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Steeley Smith of Mason as the 2023-24 student regent for the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents.
According to a news release from the system, Smith is a Texas Tech University graduate student pursuing a master's in Agribusiness at the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.
She also earned two other degrees from the university as well — a bachelor's in Agricultural Communication in 2021 and a master's in Media and Mass Communications in 2022.
During her time at Tech, Smith was named on the President's and Deans list, was a Mortar Board member and was named "Top 10 Freshman" during her first year.
While serving as sales manager for The Agriculturist — Davis College's student publication — Smith received national honors in feature writing and student publication.
“Steeley is driven, ambitious and hard-working – all characteristics that will serve her well as the student regent,” said TTU President Lawrence Schovanec. “Her involvement as a student at Texas Tech and experience working in various government and public service offices will greatly benefit Steeley in this role. I am pleased she has been appointed to the Board and expect she will find much success representing the viewpoints of our diverse student bodies.”
After graduating summa cum laude with a Master of Arts degree and spending a year at Tech's School of Law, Smith became heavily involved in numerous activities, according to the system.
Smith currently serves as the coordinator for the Government & Public Service Internship Program at Tech where she oversees networking and business development with the State and U.S. Capitol.
She has served as a public policy intern for now-retired U.S. Rep. Michael Conaway, R-Midland, as well as a campaign assistant for U.S. Rep Jodey Arrington, R-Lubbock.
“The student regent position ensures a voice for our students as the Board of Regents discuss and consider issues that affect our student population of approximately 63,000 students across the five universities of the Texas Tech University System,” said Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, chancellor of the TTU System. “On behalf of our system, I’d like to congratulate Steeley on her appointment and welcome her as our next student regent.”
Her appointment comes after the previous student regent — Hani Michael Annabi of the TTU Health Sciences Center — term ended in May.
Smith's one-year term as the 18th student regent to the Texas Tech System Board of Regents will begin immediately with her first board meeting being on Aug. 10 and 11 in Lubbock. | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/gov-abbott-names-steeley-smith-next-texas-tech-system-student-regent/70321457007/ | 2023-06-14T18:53:33 | 1 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/gov-abbott-names-steeley-smith-next-texas-tech-system-student-regent/70321457007/ |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona Beach leaders are moving forward with their plan to install more lighting and security cameras throughout the city.
They said the project should help enhance safety for residents and tourists.
The upgraded lights and cameras will be added throughout most of the city over the next few years but the area around Seabreeze Boulevard will see them installed much sooner.
“This area has needed more security for a long time because of intrusion into the neighborhoods on Friday and Saturday nights,” Commissioner Ken Strickland said.
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Fights, crime and unruly people—that’s what Strickland hopes to deter in his district that includes Seabreeze, the entertainment area that butts up against a historic neighborhood.
“I’ve committed $80,000 of ARPA funds, also known as COVID funds, to this project. Some of that will also go to Collins Park up behind the fire station,” he said.
Strickland said residents in this area really started pushing for them after Bike Week in 2022. That’s when police said a man, identified as Jean Macean, fatally stabbed a couple who were riding bicycles home on Wild Olive Avenue. Detectives identified him using business and home security cameras.
Strickland said police will have real-time access to the new cameras.
“I think the cameras will help a lot with solving crimes initially at night up and down Seabreeze here, and later on, act as a deterrent,” he said.
City Manager Deric Feacher added he wants to expand these security measures across the city and said officials are looking to install upward of 200 cameras on many of Daytona Beach’s major intersections and roads.
Feacher estimated the cameras, upgraded street lighting and power will cost $2.5 to $3.5 million and he plans to budget it each year until the project’s done.
“It’s not something that’s going to happen overnight but will be part of our strategic plan over the next few years,” he said.
Feacher added they hope to transform the lighting in many areas to look more like Beach Street downtown, which was just renovated.
As far as the cameras, he said the ones placed in neighborhoods will not impede on residents’ privacy.
“When you’re in the public, you’re in the public. That’s the key thing but we don’t want to have people thinking that there’s a camera on their front door,” Feacher said.
As for the area around Seabreeze, Strickland said they will start purchasing and installing everything once it’s officially approved by the commission. He expects it to go to a vote within the next few meetings.
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A woman in her 30s has been reported missing out of the Palm Coast area, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Brittany Cotman, 33, was last seen on Monday walking southbound along U.S. Route 1 and Interstate 95 in northern Flagler County, according to the sheriff’s office’s Twitter.
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Brittany Cotman, 33, was last seen on 6/12 walking southbound along US-1 and I-95 in northern Flagler County.
She is described as being a black female, standing 6'1" tall and weighing approximately 170 pounds, with black hair (although she may be… pic.twitter.com/zHzbdtlnNe
Cotman is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair and was last seen wearing a light-colored shirt, black yoga pants and a cast on her arm. Deputies said Cotman may currently be wearing a purple wig.
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Deputies mentioned her current residence was unknown, adding she may be staying in a homeless camp somewhere in the Palm Coast area.
Those who see Cotman or know her location are urged to contact the sheriff’s office at (386) 313-4911 regarding case No. 23-56002.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County Hispanic Heritage Network, an employee volunteer-led organization, is seeking artist submissions to participate in an annual art exhibit.
The Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibit is aimed at celebrating the richness and diversity of Hispanic culture through art. With showcasing local talent, this exhibition takes pride in providing a platform for visual artists to gain exposure and recognition.
Artists of all levels are encouraged to submit work inspired by Hispanic Heritage and culture.
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Those who are interested should submit their applications here. The application deadline closes Aug. 25. The exhibition will open to the public on Sept. 30 until Oct. 31.
For more information including rules for the application, click here.
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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach recently announced in a press release three Mason City professionals have earned the recognition of Certified Professional Guides.
Allyson Krull, Vice President of the Mason City Chamber of Commerce, and Jeremiah Frein, Membership Director at the Chamber, completed the training for their role as guides in the Chamber’s Community Concierge Program. Brett Bachtle, Brand Accelerator and Engagement Specialist at Visit Mason City, earned the designation as he provides public programs and guided tours for visitors.
Professional Guide Certification candidates complete a training program of interpretive guide best practices to deliver quality experiences to visitors. The final certification process is conducted at each individual’s place of work, where they must effectively demonstrate the professional guide practices most appropriate for their unique organization or attraction.
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Individuals who achieve Professional Guide Certification to provide quality Iowa visitor experiences earn this recognition and certification from Iowa State University.
According to the release, Chamber now has four full-time staff certified as professional guides. The Chamber’s Community Concierge program is designed to help employers recruit and retain high-value employees by providing resources to promote a smooth transition into Mason City and help the employee and their family forge a lasting connection with the community. | https://globegazette.com/business/local/mason-city-chamber-adds-certified-professional-guides/article_d5917d0a-0ad5-11ee-8732-abd20ba8789b.html | 2023-06-14T19:07:27 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/business/local/mason-city-chamber-adds-certified-professional-guides/article_d5917d0a-0ad5-11ee-8732-abd20ba8789b.html |
The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) and Bay Area First Step Inc. took an important step to provide a permanent supply of affordable housing by closing the sale of surplus state property on May 25 in North Bend.
Bay Area First Step Inc., is an Oregon nonprofit corporation (BAFS) committed to peer based substance use disorder recovery, including providing affordable housing for those who seek to enter recovery programs. In partnership with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), BAFS was able to make a good faith offer in a competitive selection process for property located at1942 Sheridan Street, North Bend. The property has been partially occupied by BAFS for over 14 years, providing transitional housing to those who are interested in substance use disorder recovery.
Hundreds of former adults in custody from Coos County Community Corrections have used BAFS's Sheridan facility as a point of re-entry after release from incarceration. With this sale, BAFS will continue to provide affordable housing that combines substance use disorder recovery beds. By way of example, in 2021, BAFS housed 93 individuals at the Sheridan facility, 100% of them had substance use disorder.
DOC acting in accord with Governor Tina Kotek's Executive Order 23-03, Section 1, directing state agencies to reduce barriers for rehousing people who experience homelessness and to prevent homelessness, made the important decision to choose BAFS as the buyer for this surplus property. If BAFS were not chosen as the buyer, then the alternative is that this at-risk population would be left without housing, already a difficult problem for the city of North Bend and Coos County. As prior news coverage reports, North Bend's houseless population has hit a critical level and local governments are searching for parking lots instead of permanent housing options.
Adding to these problems identified in early 2022, Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay was only able to secure funding for one more year for its 13-bed inpatient psychiatric unit. The substance use disorder population puts pressure on these housing and health care institutions and there are few services available to reduce that pressure. BAFS's Sheridan Facility is one of those relief valves, and this sale will cement its location and availability into the future.
As BAFS's President, Rev. Chris von Lobedan described, "Bay Area First Step has a strategic plan in place to expand peer-based substance use recovery programs across Coos County. Our long history of success both with our residents, and through our partnership with state and local government, and organizations, including Coos County Community Corrections, Mental Health & Addictions Association of Oregon, Lane County Consumer Survivor Advisory Council, Oregon Consumer Survivor Coalition, Mental Health Association of Portland, and others enabled us to quickly gather resources to ensure that BAFS's Sheridan Facility continues to offer a place for recovery and shelter during what we believe to be the hardest part of a person's life."
The surplus property process is a complex regulatory program, and while BAFS focuses on its programming and continued support for people in recovery, Executive Director Steve Sanden pointed out, "We leaned heavily on our attorney Jennifer Bragar who has represented us in land use and real estate matters for years. Her personal dedication to affordable housing advocacy meant we were able to quickly react to the state's surplus property announcement and move through the process seamlessly."
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Destinations and Resource Link students reach the finish.
Thirty-three students who might have been lost without alternative means of education walked across the stage Thursday to receive high school diplomas.
Destinations Academy had 23 graduates while Resource Link Charter School had 10. Both schools are part of the Coos Bay School District, but they give students a different route to graduation.
Destinations graduates Buddy Lockwood and Samuel Cagley shared their stories, saying without Destinations they would not have graduated on time. In part due to COVID and in part due to other issues, both students fell way behind after their sophomore years.
They were given two options. Stay at Marshfield and stay in high school five years or move to Destinations and have a chance to graduate in four. Both chose Destinations, which offers individual learning plans for each student.
Lockwood said he was still well behind entering this year, but by working with Principal Kayla Crook and his teachers, he was able to catch up.
“Destinations helped get me in the right direction,” Cagley said.
One person who understands the value of alternative education more than most is Kimberly Brick, the chair of the Coos Bay School Board.
“I’m not anybody special,” Brick told the graduates. “I’m not particularly smart. I failed math all four years of high school. The only reason I made it to class most days was because it was better than being home. I failed a lot.
“There were so many challenges I needed to learn from. There were times I didn’t think I would graduate. One reason I did was because I continued to show up.”
Brick told the students she tried out for cheerleading every year since seventh grade and finally made the team as a senior. Then she found out she was pregnant. As a pregnant teen, Brick was given the opportunity to go to the alternative-education school, and it changed her life.
She graduated from high school and became the first person in her family to graduate from college. All because she showed up and never quit, much like the students from Destinations and Resource Link.
“As alt-ed students, we sometimes have lives that don’t fit into the traditional model,” Brick said. “It doesn’t mean we’re less than those students in other schools. It means we’re bad asses who need to make our own way.:”
Leslie Traylor, who leads the Resource Link Charter School, told the students they were able to redefine what education means for themselves.
“Redefining education is the hallmark of alternative education,” Traylor said. “You are the embodiment of what that means, a pathway for students that works for them. Show the world who you are.”
Destinations Principal Kayla Crook had a similar message for the graduates.
“Today, we gather to honor a group of students who have overcome many obstacles and worked hard to succeed,” Crook said. “Graduates, congratulations, you made it. Once you walk across that stage tonight, you start a new class – adulting 101. I have confidence you possess the skills, knowledge and resiliency to ace this class. Remember, you got this.”
Dr. Charis McGaughy, superintendent of Coos Bay School District, said watching the seniors graduate was a moment of extreme pride.
“I am proud this district offers multiple pathways for students to chart their own success,” McGaughy said. “This is truly a group accomplishment. Kudos to everyone here who has provided care and support for this group of students.”
After hearing the speeches, the students finally got what they came for, diplomas signifying a major accomplishment in life. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/forging-an-alternative-pathway-to-graduation/article_ca245aec-0acf-11ee-8088-2747058a83b6.html | 2023-06-14T19:16:43 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/forging-an-alternative-pathway-to-graduation/article_ca245aec-0acf-11ee-8088-2747058a83b6.html |
Spearfishing for smallmouth bass is once again allowed on the Coquille River June 1 – Oct. 31. Spears, spear guns and angling with bait to take smallmouth bass is allowed, and there are no harvest size or limits.
The temporary rule is meant to help reduce impacts of non-native smallmouth bass on wild fall Chinook salmon in the mainstem Coquille River and the East, Middle, North, and South forks. In the South Fork Coquille, the regulation applies from the mouth to the U.S. Forest Service boundary near Powers.
Spearfishing is another tool to remove smallmouth bass and help native fish. Many spear fishing anglers participated in this unique harvest opportunity since 2020.
Although wild fall chinook in the Coquille suffered from poor ocean conditions, predation by smallmouth bass is the primary reason these fish have not rebounded to the same extent as in other coastal rivers. Smallmouth bass predating on Pacific lamprey and other native species is also a concern.
Since discovery of illegally introduced smallmouth bass in the Coquille River, these invasive fish expanded their range and now are present up to the Forest Service boundary above Powers in the South Fork, up to Laverne Park in the North Fork, and up to Sandy Creek in the Middle Fork. Warm summer temperatures and low flows favor smallmouth bass over native fish and allow them to make further inroads into salmon habitat.
ODFW and partners, including the Coquille Indian Tribe, electrofished for smallmouth bass the past three years and will continue to investigate other removal methods to reduce predation on juvenile wild fall Chinook.
Multiple age classes of smallmouth bass were first confirmed in the Coquille in 2011 meaning the fish had been in the river for multiple spawning cycles. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/spearfishing-and-bait-use-for-smallmouth-bass-temporarily-allowed-on-coquille-river-system/article_f7776a9c-0ad5-11ee-a466-6b07dcc6495c.html | 2023-06-14T19:16:49 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/spearfishing-and-bait-use-for-smallmouth-bass-temporarily-allowed-on-coquille-river-system/article_f7776a9c-0ad5-11ee-a466-6b07dcc6495c.html |
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary will conduct an eight-hour boating safety education course on Saturday, June 24, in Coos Bay.
The course covers the basics of boating safety, required equipment, rules of the road, and Oregon boating laws. A test at the end of the course will qualify boaters for their Oregon Boater Education Card, under the Oregon Mandatory Boater Education Program. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/us-coast-guard-auxiliary-offers-a-boating-class/article_16f65e06-0ad5-11ee-8743-efe4c4110b52.html | 2023-06-14T19:16:56 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/us-coast-guard-auxiliary-offers-a-boating-class/article_16f65e06-0ad5-11ee-8743-efe4c4110b52.html |
Police in New Jersey are investigating after a shooting on Wednesday morning left a 3-year-old child dead.
According to law enforcement officials, the incident happened before noon inside a home along the 1300 block of Princeton Avenue, when the child -- who police have not yet identified -- was with its mother and an unidentified man.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said that police believe the child's wound was self-inflicted.
“This horrific act calls to mind the senselessness of gun deaths and innocent children in harm's way. The city grieves for the family's loss, and we ask you to keep them in your prayers.” Reed Gusciora, Trenton's mayor, said in a statement.
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A preliminary investigation seems to show that this incident was likely an accidental shooting, police said.
Law enforcement officials said a firearm was recovered and an investigation is ongoing.
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Pennsylvania will truck in 2,000 tons of lightweight glass nuggets to help quickly rebuild a collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and crews will work 24 hours a day until they can reopen the critical commercial artery, officials said Wednesday.
By using the recycled glass to fill in the collapsed area, they'll be able to avoid supply-chain delays for other materials, Gov. Josh Shapiro said.
But Shapiro repeatedly declined to estimate how long it will take to get traffic flowing again on the busy East Coast highway.
“We’re going to get this job done as quickly as possible,” Shapiro said at a news conference, over the sounds of heavy machinery working to clear wreckage.
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Investigators continued to look into why a truck hauling gasoline went out of control on an off-ramp and flipped on its side, igniting a fire early Sunday that caused the collapse of the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 and severely damaged the southbound lanes.
Shapiro said unionized workers will work nonstop until job is done.
Under the plan, crews will not immediately rebuild the bridge, which is roughly 100-feet long and 150 feet wide. Instead, workers will fill the gap by piling recycled foam glass aggregate into the underpass area, bringing it up to surface level and then paving it over so that three lanes of traffic can reopen each way, Shapiro said.
“This approach will allow us to avoid delays due to shipping and supply chain issues and pursue a simple, quicker path," Shapiro said.
After that, a replacement bridge will be built next to it to reroute traffic while crews excavate the fill to restore the exit ramp, officials said.
The Biden administration is pledging its aid as the collapse snarls traffic in Philadelphia as the summer travel season starts. It has upended hundreds of thousands of morning commutes, disrupted countless businesses and forced trucking companies to find different routes.
Demolition of both the northbound and southbound lanes in the overpass was expected to finish Thursday, and trucks hauling glass aggregate could start arriving the same day, officials said.
The company supplying the glass aggregate, AeroAggregates of North America, has a production site just south of Philadelphia along the Delaware River. There, it mills glass bottles and jars diverted from landfills into a powder and heats it into a foam to produce small, lightweight nuggets that are gray and look like rocks — but are as light as Styrofoam, said the CEO, Archie Filshill.
Each one is about an inch or inch-and-a-half wide.
Filshill estimated that it will take about 100 box-truck loads to haul about 10,000 cubic yards (7,645 cubic meters) of the glass nuggets required for the I-95 project. The total weight is around 2,000 tons, a fraction of the weight of regular sand or dirt, meaning that it will take many fewer trucks to bring it to the site, Filshill said.
PennDOT was the first to use his company's product after he began making it in 2017, and it is now approved for use by 23 state transportation departments around the country, Filshill said. AeroAggregates will divert material bound for other, less urgent projects to the I-95 project, he said.
The disruption is likely raise the cost of consumer goods because truckers must now travel longer routes, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
Of the 160,000 vehicles a day that travel that section, 8% are trucks, Buttigieg said.
Police say the driver died in the accident. The Philadelphia medical examiner identified him Tuesday night as Nathan Moody, 53.
State police officials said the trucking company had contacted them and has been cooperating, but declined to identify the company or say whether it was properly licensed for hauling gasoline.
Authorities say the driver was headed northbound on his way to deliver fuel to a convenience store when the truck lost control on a curving off-ramp, landing on its side and rupturing the tank.
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GREENSBORO — Authorities have arrested a 27-year-old man and charged him with second-degree murder in the death of his sister in May.
James Damien McQueen is accused of killing Kristin Coe Valdez, 33, of Greensboro, who died May 13 at the scene of the incident, Greensboro police said in a news release today.
Officers responded just after 10 a.m. May 13 to Forestglade Drive in reference to an aggravated assault and found Valdez.
Additional details were not immediately available. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-27-charged-in-death-of-his-33-year-old-sister-greensboro-police-say/article_89928a7a-0ada-11ee-a469-73e92a342a1b.html | 2023-06-14T19:24:23 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-27-charged-in-death-of-his-33-year-old-sister-greensboro-police-say/article_89928a7a-0ada-11ee-a469-73e92a342a1b.html |
Superintendent Whitney Oakley of Guildford County Schools is recommending officially closing Peeler Elementary School, which has shared space with another school since 2018.
Peeler students moved into Bluford Elementary School's building after Peeler's building on Randall Street was hit by a tornado, with the two schools existing side-by-side in one building. The district chose to gradually shrink the Peeler Elementary program by not letting additional students in over the following years.
Only fifth graders remained enrolled as Peeler students this school year, and they had their last day of elementary school last week.
The district has demolished the prior Peeler building and is building a new yet-to-be named Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School on the Peeler site in East Greensboro. It is set to replace both Peeler and Hampton, another school damaged by the tornado.
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Board member T. Dianne Bellamy-Small referred to "Rev. Peeler and Mr. Hampton," as "significant in our community" and said she wants to see the names kept for the new school. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/superintendent-recommends-closing-peeler-elementary-in-greensboro/article_a800fe90-0ac3-11ee-872f-1b5802455cfa.html | 2023-06-14T19:24:30 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/superintendent-recommends-closing-peeler-elementary-in-greensboro/article_a800fe90-0ac3-11ee-872f-1b5802455cfa.html |
Holding to its informal policy of neutrality on the abortion debate, the Casper City Council won’t be adopting a proposed resolution condemning the new abortion clinic in Casper.
Resolutions adopted by the city are usually symbolic in nature and don’t hold legal weight. But Casper couldn’t take action against Wellspring Health Access even if it wanted to, Mayor Bruce Knell said during a Tuesday evening council work session.
“The city has absolutely no standing for or against this clinic,” Knell said.
For the time being, chemical and surgical abortions are still legal in Wyoming.
Two abortion bans passed by the Wyoming Legislature earlier this year — one outlawing abortion pills and another prohibiting abortion except in cases of rape, incest and select medical circumstances — are still being considered by a judge in Teton County.
“If the city wanted to do anything, it would really be hemmed in by the fact that one, the state has already passed a couple of laws that would, in essence, to a large degree, preempt anything the city would do,” City Attorney Eric Nelson previously told the Star-Tribune. “But furthermore, anything the city would try to do would be probably stayed by the court order out of Jackson.”
A group of abortion opponents brought the draft resolution before councilors during a June 6 city council meeting.
“Mr. Mayor and council, please give our resolution your consideration and acknowledgement that Casper is a pro-baby, pro-moms-and-dads, pro-life affirming paradise,” local abortion opponent Ross Schriftman said during the meeting. He told councilors more than 260 people backed the proposal.
It wasn’t the only abortion-related ask that members of the public floated that evening. Some wanted Casper to adopt a law banning abortion within the city limits, some asked for more government oversight of the clinic’s services and still others, for the city to pull various licenses held by Wellspring’s medical staff.
But those, too, are out of Casper’s hands, Nelson said.
“The only really nexus that the city of Casper has had is to approve building plans like we would for any other business and enforcing our building code,” Nelson told councilors Tuesday, adding that the inspection and licensing of health care service providers is up to agencies like the Wyoming Department of Health.
The proposed resolution comes amid a growing movement across the country to make abortion illegal at the local level. One organization, called “Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn,” says a total 67 municipalities and two counties have passed ordinances opposing abortion. (To date, that doesn’t include any Wyoming communities.)
A spokesperson for Wellspring said last week that the clinic did not have comment on the June 6 meeting or any of the proposals brought to the council.
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Abortion opponents speak to the Casper City Council during public comment on June 8 at The Lyric in downtown Casper. The opponents wanted the council to wade into the local debate on abortion. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/casper-city-council-wont-pursue-anti-abortion-resolution/article_8657b3cc-0ad4-11ee-a209-83ee41fccff8.html | 2023-06-14T19:24:30 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/casper-city-council-wont-pursue-anti-abortion-resolution/article_8657b3cc-0ad4-11ee-a209-83ee41fccff8.html |
Faith and rodeo culture are largely intertwined, if not inseparable. They're rooted in a shared geography, on traditional values of hard yet honest work. They emphasize support of family, whether biological or not. And they center on a belief that when you put your body on an animal that wants nothing more than to send you flying, a higher power will protect you from irreparable harm.
This year, the Star-Tribune set out to find stories of faith from around the College National Finals Rodeo – how it impacts the lives of contestants and their families and how it has molded them as people and not just athletes. Below are four profiles of cowboys and cowgirls whose faith is put into practice this week.
From churching to coaching
It all started when Bubba Miller, then a young man, was shoeing horses in a pasture one day.
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As he worked, he recalled God calling him to build something new: a church.
“I just felt like the spirit of God had something to deal with me about. So I just walked around a pasture and prayed. And as I looked across the field, I just felt God told me that we’re gonna buy this place and build a church and reach the youth for Christ,” Miller said.
The land was not for sale and wouldn’t be for another two years, but Miller persisted, eventually buying the land with nothing more than $300 in his bank account at the time. It was 16 acres on the side of Interstate 45 in Huntsville, Texas.
Now, those 16 acres (plus a little more; Miller and his wife added on) house a church, a K-12 school and livestock, all named after Galatians 6:17, in which the author writes that he is “branded” with the marks of Christ. In the same way that a livestock owner brands their animals, Miller said, Christians should be known by their faith.
Branded for Christ Cowboy Church is only one of Miller’s jobs, though. He’s also the coach for Sam Houston State University’s rodeo team, which includes his son, Bradlee.
“I can remember when I interviewed for the job, there was a question asked about how would I be if a student came in and didn’t believe like me. We all have the freedom to believe however we wish to believe,” Miller said. “That’s up to us. But if anybody wants to know where my love comes from, my love comes from my Lord and savior Jesus who died on the cross for my sins. Without him, I’m nothing.
“So I answered, 'I’ll just love every kid, and if they ever ask where it comes from, I’ll tell ‘em, but until then I’m just going to love them.'”
Miller has a solid Texas twang, wears a black cowboy hat and walks assuredly in the way that cowboys often do. He is not at CNFR in a pastor capacity and does not preach in the formal sense here. But ask him about praying with people or what his ministry means to him and his voice becomes thick with emotion.
“Just today, Jayci Byler’s (a barrel racer for Sam Houston State) in the alleyway, and God just put it on my heart just to go ask, just go pray. I went up, I said, ‘Jayci, can I pray with you?’ She said, ‘Please.’ And you know, we just sat there and prayed, and now she’s made two consistent runs. … It doesn’t mean whether you prayed or not, I’m not saying that,” he said. “You know, we just sat back in the alleyway and just asked God to be with her to keep her safe … just help her every step of the way.”
On a mission
Zane Young had no idea what to expect when he stepped off the airplane in Anchorage, Alaska.
Freshly graduated from high school, Young was starting his two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The small town he grew up outside of Coalville, Utah, was nothing like The Last Frontier.
Coupled with the fact that he arrived in 2019 – only shortly before a pandemic would change realities forever – Young had no idea what he was getting into.
The bull rider, who attends Northwest College in Powell, had faced some tough times in high school, he said. “I was just kind of lost in a dark place,” he told the Star-Tribune. His family is part of the LDS church as well, but it wasn’t until he was 17, almost 18, that he started to “pursue it myself.”
“Alaska is not at all what I expected,” he said. “I was really naive to how everything was gonna be and then that was (one of) the most eye-opening experiences, getting off the plane there at Anchorage and realizing that Utah is pretty sheltered for the most part.”
This is how he described a typical day in Alaska: wake early, read scriptures and/or do some studying, and then the rest of the day you “simply just go talk to people about Jesus and try to help people in various different ways.” This could take the form of evangelizing for the church in a traditional sense – talking to people about their faith – or it could be raking someone’s yard, chopping their wood or other everyday tasks.
The boldness needed to chat with strangers about personal matters, such as religious beliefs, changed Young’s perspective on his own faith.
“Growing up, I would always get kinda cringed out by people talking about God or Jesus. And I thought it was kind of weird,” he said. “But once I got into it and kind of developed my own, it became everything that I’ve ever wanted to do.”
That and rodeo. Young’s been riding since he was 13. His beliefs anchor him when he’s about to enter into the unpredictability of a run.
“It’s always nice to know that, even if everything goes to pot, that there’s somebody on your side,” he said. “Usually, I catch myself (praying to ask) for help and try my best and just give it all I got, and that it’s possible to get up and walk out when it’s done.”
Bigger than yourself
Faith Hoffman knows that she’s more than just a goat tyer.
“To end my competitive career here tonight [Wednesday], actually … I was upset, definitely, and sad, you know, ‘cause I’m not gonna make short rounds,” she said. “But I’m just so joyful, you know, that I knew that my victory is in Jesus.
“I don’t define myself by my wins and losses in the arena.”
The cowgirl is a sixth-year competitor and a graduate student at the University of Wyoming studying kinesiology. When she’s done with her academic career – she hopes to be done in just one more semester – she wants to coach.
For now, she’s reminiscing on the ways that her faith has allowed her to pursue goat tying and allowed her to grow as a person.
“Just the people it’s brought into my life and the horses and the opportunities and … getting my school paid for, that’s such a blessing,” she said. “Without goat tying I wouldn’t have had six years of school paid for. And, on top of that, some of the greatest friendships and people I know in my corner.”
As an instructor for various different rodeo Bible camps, clinics and lessons, Hoffman figured out that she wanted to eventually coach. Those camps, clinics and lessons often impacted her more than they impacted the kids, she said. And she’s trying to display that as a contestant.
“Rodeo is just a platform for sharing Jesus,” she said. “I mean, just blessings on blessings.”
More than just a cowgirl
Skylar Alves is booked and busy these days.
The barrel racer is in a sorority at California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo. She does senior portraits for young women in the foster care system who are aging out for a branch of a nonprofit that she helped start. She’s on the rodeo team. She co-authored and edited a book titled “Just Like You Vol. 2” which profiles people who have Down Syndrome. She goes to Bible studies and church services every week. This summer, she’s doing an internship for her dad and working in food service.
Rodeo, though a huge part of her life, is just one aspect of her.
So how does she do it all?
“Yeah, I wouldn’t be here without God,” Alves said. When asked if post-CNFR would be her time to breathe and relax for a bit, she replied, “I don’t really breathe. That’s the Lord’s job.”
She didn’t always have such ambitious faith, though. In high school, she recalled outwardly displaying what she believed, but she didn’t really feel like she was a Christian. At a church camp, she expected to feel a “camp high,” she called it – a religious fervor, in other words, a burning passion about her creed.
But she didn’t. And she’s a self-described super emotional person. So she went up to the pastor there and asked why she didn’t feel connected.
“He said, ‘The hardest part about Christianity is believing in Jesus,’” she told the Star-Tribune. “Even when you can’t feel him.”
“And so I kind of just like, took the leap of faith and believed wholeheartedly, even without like a miracle moment, I guess. Which I think in itself – me being able to do that was a miracle moment and was definitely God.”
Since then, she’s gone on service trips to Kenya, Iceland, Oregon and Maui with the teacher who started the nonprofit that she works for. And she has also been racing – since she was 3 years old, in fact.
“I pray before every run,” she said. “But the past couple of days, I’ve been praying a little extra, a couple extra things.”
This is what she says in her alleyway, pre-ride prayers:
“Dear Lord, thank you for this day. Please let me be clean, safe, fast and smooth. Let me ride to my greatest ability, keep me safe, keep my horse safe. Keep everybody safe and let my horse know I love her no matter what. Amen.”
And then she’s off to weave between the barrels. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/for-competitors-at-cnfr-religion-and-rodeo-are-often-intertwined/article_ffa830de-0ad5-11ee-b4dd-17454b326f21.html | 2023-06-14T19:24:36 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/for-competitors-at-cnfr-religion-and-rodeo-are-often-intertwined/article_ffa830de-0ad5-11ee-b4dd-17454b326f21.html |
HAMMOND — The estate of a man who died at the Lake County Jail in March is suing the county over claims the jail staff force-fed him while he was on a hunger strike and failed to monitor him afterward, leading to his death, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Donald Chatman Jr., 20, was found unresponsive March 1 on the floor of his jail cell . At the time, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said he was taken to a hospital where medical professionals tried to revive him, but were unable to do so. However, the suit said when Chatman was found by staff he was "cold to the touch," indicating that his body had been there for some extended period of time after he died. His death was ruled an accident from choking by the Lake County coroner's office.
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The suit states Chatman was experiencing "serious mental illness" when he was arrested February 15. After his arrest, he went on a hunger strike as a result of his mental illness. Per a court order, a psychiatrist requested he receive Haldol, an antipsychotic medication, with the hope it would change his mind about eating.
Chatman was then force-fed by jail staff and left alone and unmonitored, both of which caused him to choke, the suit alleges.
"The Correctional and Medical defendants acted recklessly, and/or objectively unreasonably, and/or with deliberate indifference to Donald Chatman’s physical health and wellbeing when they failed to properly monitor his force-feeding, and then apparently left him unattended, whereupon he choked on food and died," the suit said.
The civil rights suit, filed by Attorney Richard Dvorak, claims excessive force and deliberate indifference were exhibited by the defendants. Chatman's estate also requests monetary damages.
Lake County, Martinez, John Doe Sheriff's Employees, John Doe Correctional Health Indiana employees and Correctional Health Indiana are listed as defendants.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
2305170
Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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TOMBSTONE, Ariz. — Fire crews are currently fighting the Reeves Fire, burning northeast of Tombstone since June 14. The Gleeson Road and Camino San Rafael areas are in SET status and should be prepared to evacuate.
Head to 12news.com/wildfires to get the latest information on all the fires burning around Arizona.
The full evacuation list, evacuation center information and up-to-date road closures can be found below:
Latest fire updates:
- Gleeson Road and Camino San Rafael areas are in SET status.
How many acres has it burned?
The Reeves Fire has burned 100 acres and is at unknown containment status as of June 14, fire officials said.
Are there any evacuations?
No communities are under the "GO" order.
The following communities are under the "SET" order and have been asked to prepare for possible evacuation:
Gleeson Road and Camino San Rafael area
No communities are under the "READY" order.
Go to the Arizona Emergency Information Network website to learn how the READY, SET, GO evacuation system works.
What roads or highways have been closed?
Officials have not closed any roadways due to the fire
Are there any shelters available for residents who may be evacuated?
Officials have not released information on shelters.
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PLEASANTVILLE – A period of uncertainty that has stretched over two years is coming to an end, although lingering concerns about transparency and internal disputes on the board remain.
The Board of Education voted Tuesday to hire Marilyn Martinez as the superintendent of Pleasantville Public Schools. The hiring of Martinez comes 20 months after the school board voted to suspend its last superintendent and is meant to stabilize a school district rocked by tumultuous turnover in leadership and attendant controversies in recent years. She is to succeed Superintendent Natakie Chestnut-Lee, who was subject to a controversial suspension in October 2021; and acting Superintendent Karin Farkas, who has served as head of the district since that suspension.
Martinez, who currently serves as the chief schools officer for the Camden City School District, attended the meeting Tuesday and spoke after her appointment.
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“It is my deepest honor and sincerest gratitude to have the privilege to lead as your next superintendent,” Martinez said. “I come with a heart and a passion that is about children and youth and families and what public-school systems are able to provide….”
The vote to hire Martinez was 7-0, with one Board member, Cassandra Clements, absent from the meeting. Due to members having conflicts of interest, such as having a family member employed by the district, the school board invoked the doctrine of necessity under state law allowing all present members of the school board to vote.
Board of Education President Doris Rowell said it was a “privilege and an honor” to hire Martinez and the other six board members in attendance also voiced their support for Martinez.
“We’re excited to work with you, we’re excited to see great things you’re going to do for the district,” Rowell said. “We’re in with the new and we got to be out with the old.”
Martinez has had an extended career as an administrator. Martinez served as the superintendent of Pennsauken Public Schools from October 2011 to September 2014, according to her LinkedIn page and the interim executive dean at Camden County College from 2017 to 2018. Before coming to Camden, Martinez worked as the interim superintendent at the Allentown School District in Pennsylvania, according to the local Lehigh Valley News - WFMZ-TV 69 News, from April 2021 to July 2021. Her LinkedIn page also lists Martinez as having served as an Adjunct principal supervisor trainer at New Leaders, which trains school leaders.
Martinez said she started her career at the Philadelphia School District. Her LinkedIn shows her beginning in the district in 1989 and said that she worked as a teacher, principal and several other administrative roles.
When she takes her role as superintendent, Martinez will lead a school district for a city where half of residents are Hispanic and over a quarter are immigrants to the United States. Martinez spoke about the importance of realizing the potential of all students in the district and spoke briefly about her heritage. After being asked by a resident in Spanish where she was from, Martinez replied in Spanish that she was from New Jersey and her parents were from northwestern Puerto Rico, before repeating her comments in English.
The remarks from the new superintendent followed a presentation from district Director of Curriculum & Instruction Darlyne De Haan. The presentation indicated that the school district had improved this year on reading and mathematics, according to internal measures of success.
“And I’m very, very excited that I get to join such a committed group of school leaders and administrators and staff that are genuinely committed to closing the achievement gap for all of our students,” Martinez said
School district officials said the superintendent search was overseen by the New Jersey School Boards Association and Michelle Kennedy, the field service representative for the association in Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties. The process involved a superintendent-search committee, which included Board members Alejandrina Alberto, Andrea Gray and Anny Melo. District officials said that other school board members were left off the search committee due to conflicts of interest, such as having a family member employed in the district.
Twenty-eight total candidates applied for the superintendent position. Of those, seven were deemed qualified and three candidates received a call back for a follow-up interview. There were two town halls held in March to solicit public input in the superintendent search.
Before the vote for the new superintendent, the school board publicly interviewed candidates to to replace Yadira Falcone as its ninth member, who resigned from the board in May. The resignation of Falcone followed allegations that she did not live in the school district, although she has denied those allegations and said her resignation was due to the hostile, adversarial atmosphere on the school board.
The hiring of Martinez caps a long, at times discordant process to change school leadership.
The Board of Education first voted to suspend Chestnut-Lee on Oct. 12, 2021. The tenure of Chestnut-Lee is not a significant aberration from the district’s past. The school district has gone through myriad superintendents over the last two decades, whose tenures are seldom longer than a couple years. In addition to the turnover in leadership, the district has also been disrupted by scandal, when in 2007, several then current and former members of the school board were arrested in a federal corruption probe. That same year, Pleasantville Public Schools was subject to the control of state monitors. The state monitors’ tenure lasted until fall 2021, ending just days before Chestnut-Lee’s suspension.
Priscilla Noel, a resident often outspoken at school board meetings, exhorted the board and new superintendent to end years of strife in the district.
“There is a current revolving door of superintendents that come through this district,” Noel said. ‘If you’re invested, if you’re interested in this district, you’re going to do what’s necessary to make it work.”
Martinez said she appreciated the community input at the lengthy meeting, which, including executive session, lasted over three hours.
“This evening has been very important to me, because I’ve gotten the opportunity to listen to the voice of the community,” Martinez said. “To the community at large, I stand ready to listen and to learn from you about your ideas and your concerns about how we together work to improve our district on behalf of all of our students.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/pleasantville-camden-superintendent/article_2058a848-0add-11ee-97a1-eb602c7c8c67.html | 2023-06-14T19:38:29 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/pleasantville-camden-superintendent/article_2058a848-0add-11ee-97a1-eb602c7c8c67.html |
Chuck Donohue wishes he could coach for another 50 years.
The Southern Regional High School football team talked this week with enthusiasm about the Rams' first offseason practice Monday night, he said.
He noticed how many players were bigger, stronger and faster after a winter of weightlifting and a spring of outdoor track and field.
It’s that type of passion that keeps the 74-year-old Donohue going. This will be season No. 50 for him.
“Once you can’t put the time in that you’re asking others to put in, then it’s time to get out,” Donohue said. “I just haven’t reached that point. I’ve been very lucky health-wise and have a supportive family that bends with what I have to do when I have to do it.”
Donohue is one of the most respected high school coaches in any sport in New Jersey. On Sunday night, he received the Dr. John Bateman Education Award during the the 42nd Phil Simms North/South All-Star football game at Kean University.
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Bateman coached Rutgers from 1960-1972. The award was created to honor coaches who do more than just win games. It recognizes coaches who act as mentors, teachers, role models and part-time dads to players.
“He was an extremely successful coach with a great reputation,” Donohue said of Bateman. “To win an award (named) after somebody like that adds a little to it. It also shows that I’m old and starting to run out of a little bit of time.”
Donohue’s career record is 272-201-4. His head-coaching life began at St. Joseph in Hammonton in 1974. He coached at Haddon Heights and Buena Regional before taking over at Southern Regional in 1998.
“I love the game. I love everything about it,” Donohue said. “I think it’s a great classroom for kids. They learn things out there about teamwork and sacrifice and putting the team before yourself — a lot of things they don’t learn in other areas of life. I believe strongly in football as a great experience for kids.”
Donohue led Buena to the 1988 South Jersey Group II championship but is now best known for his time at Southern. The Rams reached the 2008 South Jersey Group IV final and the 2012 South Jersey Group V final under Donohue.
“If you had told me I was going to be at Southern for 20 or 25 years when I came, I probably would have said that won’t happen,” he said. “But it’s a great place with tremendous support, from the board to the town to the administration to the faculty. Everybody just roots for each other and pulls for each other and works together really well.”
Over the years, Donohue has adapted his offensive and defensive systems to the talent of the players he has. He admits football is not the same game today than it was when he started coaching. Donohue has always been a fervent believer in attending offseason clinics. Nowadays, each week of the offseason, he picks a topic and does a deep dive into that area.
“Over the years, it’s become easier with the internet,” he said. “The information that is available is a lot easier to get. You can do a lot more from home. I just think you have to stay on top of things. The game changes every single year so much more than people realize.”
Few coaches today have lasted as long as Donohue. What makes his longevity even more impressive is that it's going to become rarer and rarer.
These days high school sports take a toll on coaches. Pressure from parents, athletes and school boards hound coaches on the sidelines. It’s hard to envision anyone emulating Donohue by starting a head coaching career in 2023 and then still be coaching in 2073.
Donohue often hears one question: How much longer?
“The biggest thing is health,” he said. “That knocks a lot of guys out. As long as I’m doing all the things that I believe are important — you're there in the weight room every day, you're studying the game. You still have the drive to give your kids the best chance to win. Truthfully, I’d like to do it another 50 years.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/must-win-as-season-50-begins-chuck-donohue-is-still-passionate-about-high-school-football/article_6a9effce-0ac9-11ee-b2b3-736ab75c1389.html | 2023-06-14T19:38:42 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/must-win-as-season-50-begins-chuck-donohue-is-still-passionate-about-high-school-football/article_6a9effce-0ac9-11ee-b2b3-736ab75c1389.html |
ABILENE, Texas — The Juneteenth holiday was put in place to honor the emancipation of slaves in the United States.
This year, the June 19 holiday will be honored in Abilene with the closure of most offices and services.
Closures include City Hall, Abilene Taylor County Public Health District & MERCY Health Clinic, Parks & Recreation administration office, Convention Center offices, Abilene Regional Airport administration office, Recreation Centers, Abilene Animal Shelter, Police & Fire administration offices, Solid Waste Services offices, Environmental Recycling Center, Brush Center, & Citizens Convenience Center, Municipal Court and Main, Mockingbird, and South libraries.
There will also be no garbage removal or CityLink transit services available.
However, the Abilene Zoo, Adventure Cove and splash pads will be open regularly while Rose Park Senior Center will be open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for a free meal available to residents 55 or older.
The water hotline and animal services can still be reached at 325-676-6000 and 325-673-8331 respectively.
Court citations will be extended through June 20 when the rest of the city offices will reopen as usual. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/abilene-city-offices-closed-for-juneteenth-holiday/504-584402c5-9c4b-401c-bd7a-2b117fdf07ff | 2023-06-14T19:40:25 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/abilene-city-offices-closed-for-juneteenth-holiday/504-584402c5-9c4b-401c-bd7a-2b117fdf07ff |
HOUSTON — A new Texas law will force drunk drivers who kill parents to pay child support.
Bentley's law, which is named after a drunken driving victim's surviving son, would require people convicted of intoxication manslaughter to pay restitution.
Payments would begin a year after the defendant is released from prison and continue until all of the victims' surviving children turned 18.
Supporters of the bill hope it will deter drivers from getting behind the wheel after they've had too much to drink.
The Texas bill was signed during this session.
Why is it called Bentley's law?
On April 13, 2021, a knock at the door changed Cecilia Williams's life forever according to a report from KSDK, KHOU 11’s sister station in St. Louis, Mo.
"I got up out of bed to an officer and a state trooper standing at my door,” Williams said. “What they told me I didn't expect."
Williams' son, daughter-in-law and grandson were killed when they were hit by a drunken driver along Highway 30 in Jefferson County.
"They repeatedly told me that they had died in a fiery crash,” she said.
It was at that moment that Williams decided something had to change.
"I made a promise to my kids, and my grandson, and other people that I was going to do what I could to stop people from driving under the influence,” Williams said.
Working with local legislators she drew up legislation that has become known as “Bentley's Law.”
"It requires drunk drivers who kill a parent or parents to pay a child maintenance,” Williams said. “That child maintenance will go until the child or children turns 18 unless they seek a secondary education."
Tennessee became the first state to sign Bentley’s Law into law in July 2022 and similar legislation has been introduced in numerous other states.
"I'm hoping that by December we have all of the states in the United States,” Williams said.
Read the full law: | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/texas/bentleys-law-texas/285-da86e0e3-1005-4855-b607-53810b29c80b | 2023-06-14T19:40:32 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/texas/bentleys-law-texas/285-da86e0e3-1005-4855-b607-53810b29c80b |
Full-service restaurant and bar opening in Daytona Lagoon waterpark on Friday
Daytona Lagoon visitors soon will be able to enjoy a full-service restaurant and bar while keeping cool at the waterpark.
The popular family-friendly facility is hosting a ribbon cutting Friday to celebrate the opening of Stroud's BBQ.
Attendees will be able to sample some of the restaurant's offerings, according to a press release. There also will be complimentary game cards for the arcade.
Here's what to know if you go
When and where is the grand opening event?
From 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Daytona Lagoon, 601 Earl St., Daytona Beach.
Where can waterpark visitors find the new restaurant?
While Stroud's BBQ already provided food service for the waterpark, the full-service restaurant and bar is opening on the second floor of the family entertainment complex, which also includes an arcade.
Welcome improvements
Daytona Lagoon has undergone improvements over the past few years since Walter Bogumil and Bill Clifford purchased the waterpark for $10 million at the end of 2021.
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The business partners went on to invest more than $500,000 toward renovations ahead of the 2022 season.
Hours of operation and ticket prices
Park hours vary depending on the month and day and are available at Daytonalagoon.com/calendar.
- General admission, Monday-Thursday: $42.99
- General admission, Friday-Sunday: $49.99
- Florida resident admission (must show ID), Monday-Thursday: $38.99
- Florida resident admission (must show ID), Friday-Sunday: $45.99
- Junior admission (height of 32-48 inches), Monday-Thursday: $32.99
- Junior admission (height of 32-48 inches), Friday-Sunday: $39.99
- Senior admission (62 and older), Monday-Thursday: $32.99
- Senior admission (62 and older), Friday-Sunday: $39.99
- Child admission (height under 32 inches): Free
For information on prices for all-inclusive passes and special events, visit Daytonalagoon.com/tickets. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/daytona-lagoon-waterpark-gets-full-service-bbq-restaurant-and-bar/70321390007/ | 2023-06-14T19:45:40 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/daytona-lagoon-waterpark-gets-full-service-bbq-restaurant-and-bar/70321390007/ |
Deltona's former acting manager and deputy city manager are suing the city. Here's why
Deltona's former acting city manager and the former deputy city manager are suing their ex-employer.
John Peters III filed a breach of contract lawsuit regarding his employment as acting city manager, and Stacey Kifolo filed a lawsuit under Florida's Public Sector Whistleblower Act.
Each is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages, according to court records.
Dispute over severance pay
Peters' lawsuit states that based on his contract with the city, he is owed just over $63,416 in severance, which he hasn't received.
The former acting city manager is asking the court to award him 20 weeks of severance pay and benefits as well as legal fees, according to the lawsuit.
Peters was hired as public works director in June 2019. In November 2020, the Deltona City Commission asked him to serve as acting city manager, following the demotion of Marc-Antonie Cooper.
Cooper, who settled his own lawsuit against Deltona in May 2022 for $45,000, served as interim manager following Jane Shang's resignation.
Peters accepted and held the job for two years, receiving positive reviews.
In September 2022, Peters submitted his resignation with the expectation he could return to his role in public works, an option that was written in his employment agreement, according to the lawsuit.
However, during a meeting on Sept. 19, 2022, the commission "not only refused to 'mutually agree' to permit Peters to return to his former position but actually terminated him as Acting City Manager 'without cause' that night," according to the lawsuit.
The city doesn't comment on pending litigation, Catherine Barker, city spokeswoman, said.
Former deputy manager accuses city of retaliation
Kifolo was hired by Peters in August 2021 as deputy city manager. She said her work environment became more hostile when Peters left and Marsha Segal-George, one of the city attorneys, stepped into the role of interim manager.
Kifolo said she was retaliated against by Segal-George and a few of the sitting commissioners for raising concerns over the goings-on in Deltona including questions about the city pension plan, emergency services, and collective bargaining issues with the city firefighters union.
On Oct. 3, 2022, Segal-George's interim status ended, and there was "no official extension" of her serving in that role "by virtue of a majority vote" by the commission, the lawsuit states.
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On Oct. 4, 2022, Kifolo filed a complaint with human resources, the lawsuit states. On Oct. 5, 2022, Segal-George suspended Kifolo, accusing her of insubordination.
The lawsuit states Kifolo didn't learn about the reason behind Segal-George's allegation until an outside labor and employment attorney told her that Segal-George accused her of not sharing an email regarding firefighter union contract negotiations.
The lawsuit also states that after city leaders learned Segal-George's accusation about the email "was knowingly false," the story surrounding Kifolo's absence changed.
Jim Chisholm, who had recently been hired as Deltona's interim manager, told the commission Kifolo had not been suspended but placed on administrative leave without any disciplinary action, according to the lawsuit.
On Oct. 13, 2022, Kifolo submitted a follow-up complaint to HR detailing the hostile work environment and retaliation she'd experienced, the lawsuit states. She was fired on Nov. 16, 2022.
Kifolo is asking for damages with a request for equitable relief, including but not limited to legal fees, an order prohibiting further retaliatory action, and a jury trial. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/deltona-former-acting-manager-deputy-file-lawsuits-whistleblower-contract/70314175007/ | 2023-06-14T19:45:46 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/deltona-former-acting-manager-deputy-file-lawsuits-whistleblower-contract/70314175007/ |
Summer in Texas is not just known for relentless mosquitoes, it's also known as the season of love for tarantulas across the Lone Star State.
The large, shy spiders are native to Texas and most of the southern United States. They generally like to stay burrowed in their holes until they venture out at night to look for a mate.
"Usually the summer is when they do start to come out. The boys right now are looking for the girls," said Randall Kennedy, owner of Dallas-Fort Worth Wildlife Control.
There are 14 species of tarantulas in Texas, according to the National Park Service. Most in North Texas are believed to be Texas brown tarantulas which can grow to have a leg span of up to five inches. Their bodies are generally black and are covered with black or brown hairs that they use to help identify prey since they don't see so well.
It's important to note here that though tarantulas may look large and imposing, if not a little scary, they are very docile and are generally harmless to humans and pets.
If cornered, tarantulas are more likely to flee than attack but they do possess the ability to fling their stinging hairs. The hairs may irritate human skin and are considered dangerous if they get in your eyes. If the spiders are handled, they could bite and they are venomous, however, their bite is compared to a wasp sting causing a mild allergic reaction.
The Texas browns don't spin traditional webs, preferring to stay in silk-lined burrows and wait for prey to happen upon them. You may see the nocturnal spiders when they come out to search for a partner. Once they've mated, the females can lay up to 1,000 eggs that'll hatch in late summer.
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"I thought it was so cool because I've never seen anything like that except for in the zoo," said Carmela Hernandez, who recently saw one of the spiders outside of her house. "They're more scared of you than you are of them."
Kennedy recommended if you see a tarantula just admire it from a distance.
"Try not to touch them, handle them anything like that. Certainly don't kill them," Kennedy said.
If you don't want them around your house or yard, there are steps you can take to encourage them to live elsewhere.
"If you're having a problem seeing the tarantulas and you don't want to see them, just do your regular pest control stuff to get rid of their food source and then they'll go on looking for food elsewhere," Kennedy said.
When all else fails, Kennedy recommends just leaving them alone.
"If they scare you just go the other direction," Kennedy said.
Kennedy said the spiders will be less active, and therefore less visible when the mating season ends later this summer. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/its-mating-season-for-texas-tarantulas-where-are-you-likely-to-see-them/3277432/ | 2023-06-14T19:46:50 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/its-mating-season-for-texas-tarantulas-where-are-you-likely-to-see-them/3277432/ |
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be tried on felony securities fraud charges in Harris County, the state’s top criminal court ruled on Wednesday.
In a split decision, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals chose Harris over Collin County as the trial venue because they said the judge who originally set the trial there did so properly.
“The standards we use to judge will inevitably be applied against us. Thus, even the noblest of goals, no matter how righteous, cannot justify improper means. It leads away from the enlightened order provided under the rule of law,” Judge Bert Richardson wrote for the majority. “Today we fulfill our duty by upholding our Constitution’s rule of law and affirming the wisdom of its framers.”
All nine of the court’s judges, who are elected to the bench, are Republican.
The ruling was a loss for Paxton, a third-term Republican who grew his political career in Collin County and has fought for years to hold his trials there. It means Paxton’s fraud cases — which have been mostly stalled since he was indicted nearly eight years ago — could be restarted as the attorney general is also preparing for an impeachment trial in the Texas Senate that will determine whether he is removed from office.
Click here to read more from our partners at The Dallas Morning News. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-ag-ken-paxtons-securities-fraud-trials-will-be-held-in-houston-appeals-court-rules/3277364/ | 2023-06-14T19:46:57 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-ag-ken-paxtons-securities-fraud-trials-will-be-held-in-houston-appeals-court-rules/3277364/ |
In May 2023, the 88th Texas Legislature passed a bill that allows local police to quickly issue a regional alert about a missing child, without having to wait for investigators to confirm an abduction has taken place.
The alert is dubbed an "Athena Alert" and it fills the gap between when a child disappears and how long it may take investigators to confirm an actual kidnapping -- which is the current threshold for officials to issue an AMBER Alert.
With an Athena Alert, police can use the existing AMBER Alert system to quickly distribute a localized alert to people within 100 miles of the reported disappearance, and to adjacent counties, notifying them a child is missing.
The law is named after Athena Strand, a 7-year-old North Texas girl who vanished from her father's Paradise home in November 2022 and was found dead two days later. A package delivery driver confessed to accidentally hitting Athena with his vehicle and then strangling her when she said she was going to tell her father about the incident.
An AMBER Alert was eventually issued in Athena's case, but not until about 24 hours after she disappeared and not until after investigators later learned she'd been killed. The AMBER Alert system was named after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped near her Arlington home in January 1996 and later found brutally murdered. Amber's killer has never been found.
The "Athena Alert," aka House Bill 3556, was authored by state Rep. Lynn Stucky (R-Sanger). It was passed by the Texas House of Representatives on May 9 and sent to the Texas Senate where it was sponsored by state Sen. Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound). The Senate passed the bill on May 24 and it was signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on June 14.
“I am so grateful to Texas lawmakers for fast-tracking the 'Athena Alert' and for everyone who has supported this legislation,” said Athena’s mother, Maitlyn Gandy. “It means so much to know that my daughter’s life will have a lasting impact.”
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County manager proposes property tax reduction, employee pay bump for upcoming budget
The Alachua County Commission will have a few months more to decide whether to reduce property taxes for a seventh year in a row after being presented budget recommendations Tuesday.
The tentative budget, proposed by County Manager Michele Lieberman, asks that commissioners reduce the millage rate, or property taxes, to 7.6414 mills, a reduction of 0.1248 mills. The ability to reduce the property tax rates comes from a 10.68% increase in the general fund, as property values in the county have increased for the ninth consecutive year.
The county is required by law to have a balanced budget each year.
“Our many years of responsible financial planning has built a strong foundation that allows us to deliver the high quality services our residents have come to expect,” Lieberman said. “And, while still I might add, being able to for many years in a row reduce the millage rate to our citizens. I am very excited about our investments in the community in the coming years.”
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Elected leaders will meet to discuss the proposed budget in coming months before presenting a tentative final budget in July and adopting the new budget in September. The commission is expected to decide on the millage rate July 11.
The fiscal year 2024 budget includes $13,332,374 for land conservation, $3,333,093 for parks, $11,665,827 for roads, and $4,999,640 for housing, all funded through the one-cent Wild Spaces and Public Places surtax passed by Alachua County voters in 2022.
The county manager also recommended a $1 minimum wage increase to $17, for all county, constitutional and judicial employees funded by the county.
Commissioner Ken Cornell thanked Lieberman for her work on the budget. He said it’s great to see that the county’s finances are in order, adding that plans put in place years ago are now coming to fruition.
“It's going to be very, very interesting to watch what is funded across the street (Gainesville City Hall) because it's going to impact what we do and I've heard a lot of things about what may get cut, what may not get cut,” Cornell said. “Whatever gets cut is not a priority. What's funded is a priority. And that's the bottom line. And we fund our priorities. And I hope that we continue to do that and listen to the public as to what's important.” | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/alachua-county-weighs-property-taxes-pay-raises-in-new-budget-proposal/70321016007/ | 2023-06-14T19:47:46 | 0 | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/alachua-county-weighs-property-taxes-pay-raises-in-new-budget-proposal/70321016007/ |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
This spring, as debates were raging on college campuses about the proper role of generative AI in higher education, Diablo Valley College adjunct professor Frako Loden created an assignment to see how students in her American Cinema class interacted with ChatGPT.
For their final opinion piece of the semester, they were to pick a discussion question about the 1950’s movie “A Place in the Sun,” insert it into ChatGPT as a prompt, and then grade the response themselves. The AI got key details of the plot wrong in some cases, Loden said.
In the film, for example, protagonist George takes his girlfriend to a lake and she falls in and accidentally drowns, but ChatGPT says that he purposely killed her there. “That may be a subtle point, but it really does figure at the end when you evaluate his character,” said Loden, “ChatGPT kind of runs rough over that and suggests that he was planning it from the start and that he’s an evil dude.”
Loden’s assignment illustrates not only the limitations of ChatGPT — Loden said she found in her own research that many details of movie plots it gives are not only false, but “ideologically loaded” and “maybe even racist” — but how professors are increasingly experimenting with its use in the classroom. California’s public higher education systems have not yet created a formal policy regarding the use of generative AI, which can create images and text that are nearly indistinguishable from those made by humans. That leaves professors in the role of watchdog, preventing breaches of academic integrity. While some focus on cracking down on cheaters, a growing number have decided that the technology is here to stay, and are assigning work that seeks to convey to students the benefits of AI as a research tool while acknowledging its limitations and propensity for error.
“Faculty have to come to a decision, whether it’s in California or nationwide. And the decision is, do you want to adopt?” said Tony Kashani, a professor of education at Antioch University who is writing a book about the use of AI in the classroom. “On campus there’s a lot of contention about this.”
When it comes to AI, technology has moved more quickly than ethics and policy, said Kashani. He said bots like ChatGPT show great promise as a “writing consultant” for students. “It’s not often that students have a chance to sit down with a professor and have long discussions about how to go about this paper, that paper, how to approach research on this topic and that topic. But ChatGPT can do that for them, provided…they know how to use the right ethics, to use it as a tool and not a replacement for their work.”
That’s the approach taken by Stanford sociology professor David Grusky, whose syllabus for a recent public policy class allowed the use of AI-generated text in assignments under the stipulation they be cited in the same way a conversation with a human would be.
“It’s a conversation that can be evoked at will. But it’s not different in the content,” said Grusky. “You still have to evaluate what someone says and whether or not it’s sensible.”
He believes that AI can help teach students to evaluate the quality of sources, serving academia well in the long term. “I believe our job typically in kind of the world of undergraduate instruction is to try to help people become more thoughtful, more rigorous, more analytic.”
Stanford, after a push from professors, created a baseline policy forbidding the use of AI to aid in the completion of assignments unless otherwise allowed in a class syllabus. And some California college professors remain skeptical.
“I see it more of a problem than a benefit,” said Santa Rosa Junior College history and political science instructor Johannes Van Gorp.
The advent of generative AI has increased the workload of instructors who seek to stop cheating, he said, especially since software that checks for AI-generated content is imperfect.
Van Gorp has adopted a policy forbidding the use of artificial intelligence in his classes, running nearly every assignment that gets turned in through three different AI checkers to build confidence in the results he gets.
“At first I was reporting (AI use) through the system, but it was so ubiquitous that I just started, as bad as it sounds, giving zeros on the assignments with a note: ‘This is AI generated.’”
Still, Van Gorp said he has to acknowledge that “the world is shifting.”
“Things like (the grammar-checking tool) Grammarly or whatnot, those are AI programs as well. And so where do you draw the line? And I’m not quite sure I’ve figured that one out. And certainly the institutions haven’t.”
California State University’s Academic Senate, which represents faculty, passed a resolution in March calling for a working group on artificial intelligence in higher education, to be formed by the end of August. The working group would examine AI’s limitations, opportunities for professional development of faculty, and how to ensure academic integrity, coordinating the university’s response across campuses.
To make their point, faculty used ChatGPT to draft part of the resolution itself. “What level of academic dishonesty would this constitute on a CSU campus?” the writers asked, adding, “This resolution calls upon the CSU to consider how best to leverage this technology, understanding that AI will inevitably change the nature of education independent of any action the system takes.”
Generative AI is out there and will be here in the future, said Academic Senate Chair Beth Steffel in an interview. “If we ignore it or try to ban it, it is probably to everyone’s detriment.”
Faculty at the California Community Colleges have also pledged to develop a framework that colleges can use to create policies on AI by spring 2024. The University of California has had an AI working group since 2020, which has in the past recommended the technology’s use in counseling, student retention, admissions and even test proctoring, as well as calling for individual UC campuses to set up councils to oversee their use of AI.
A March survey by the college-ranking website BestColleges found that 43% of college students say they have experience using AI, such as Chat GPT, with 22% saying they’ve used it to complete exams or assignments.
“I imagine that number is going to grow,” said Camille Crittenden, executive director at UC Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and a member of the UC workgroup. “So the teachers might as well be involved in helping them to use it responsibly, figuring out how to actually double check citations and make sure that they’re real.”
As universities grapple with setting policy, professors are flocking to social media to vent and ask questions. Many of the conversations show a split between professors who want to integrate the use of AI and those who fear allowing it into the classroom.
“I just caught a student using ChatGPT to answer questions on online quizzes,” one professor posted to Pandemic Pedagogy, a Facebook group made to assist faculty in navigating online teaching. “On my syllabus, I say that students’ work must be their own and plagiarism will result in a failing grade, but I don’t mention using these kinds of platforms…What should I do?”
(The Facebook group is invitation-only, but some posters gave CalMatters permission to cite their comments.)
Some wrote about the seeming futility of trying to catch cheaters, given the unreliability of software designed to flag AI-generated content.
“We should avoid assignments that try to ‘harness’ ChatGPT or other AI’s,” another commenter argued, adding that the services might not remain free of charge and could start returning answers that are shaped to benefit advertisers.
Elizabeth Blakey, an associate professor of journalism at Cal State Northridge, allowed master’s students in her mass communications class to use ChatGPT to help draft research proposals. “It’ll give you information, it’ll give you names, maybe some ideas or vocabulary words that you didn’t think of,” she said in an interview. “And then you can take it from there and use your own creativity and your own further research to build on that.”
She believes it helped reduce her students’ anxiety about the tool and taught them a new skill they can take into the workforce.
Beatrice Barros, one of Blakey’s students, said ChatGPT came in handy when she changed her project topic halfway through the semester but was nervous about not having enough time to complete it. Using the AI, she said, “helped me with the head start, like a motivation.”
But she learned how to navigate what the AI gave her with skepticism. “Sometimes it was very, very wrong,” she said. “It made me more aware that ChatGPT can sometimes trick you, maybe get you in trouble if you don’t read content.”
Her overall takeaway? “Sometimes it’s better to do your homework.”
Blakey’s colleague David Blumenkrantz gave students in his visual communications class a choice about whether to use AI to design a magazine. They could write their magazine’s proposal and premise, or have ChatGPT write it for them. AI-generated images could grace the magazine’s cover, with students adding in the typeface and titles over it. The only stipulation: that students explain which parts were AI-generated and why.
About a third of the class chose to use AI for the assignment, he said.
Blumenkrantz said he is currently partnering with a Nairobi University in Kenya to build up their photojournalism program and that his 63-page curriculum was mostly compiled from AI-generated content. He gave ChatGPT prompts, changed the responses to go more in depth into each topic, and fact checked them, he said. He spent weeks making the curriculum, he said, when it would have taken months without the AI-generated research, a result he called “astonishing.”
Jenae Cohn, the executive director of the UC Berkeley Center for Teaching & Learning, which helps professors design effective instruction, said she and her staff often hear from faculty like Blumenkrantz, who “want to understand better how to use AI in creative ways in their teaching.”
“On the other end of the spectrum, we have a lot of questions about how students are using AI to cheat. There’s a lot of concerns about academic integrity.”
As for her own take, she said, “I don’t think that AI is going to necessarily destroy education. I don’t think it’s going to revolutionize education, either. I think it’s just going to sort of expand the toolbox of what’s possible in our classrooms.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/california-professors-ai-in-the-classroom-calmatters/103-baef5e9a-d94a-435a-80b7-38bada68b572 | 2023-06-14T19:54:46 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/california-professors-ai-in-the-classroom-calmatters/103-baef5e9a-d94a-435a-80b7-38bada68b572 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
When Tammy Rodriguez landed a job with the California Department of Motor Vehicles 27 years ago, she felt like she had “struck gold.” It was her first job, she said, and she felt secure knowing she was earning not just a salary, but a pension for later in life.
Over the years she thought about looking for work at private companies to make more money, especially after she had a child. But she liked the other benefits of state work: the health care coverage, the flexibility of transferring departments when her family moved and the job security when she went on maternity leave.
Now, at 52, she’s feeling less financially stable. The $2,100 monthly rent she pays for the home she and her teenage daughter share eats up half her earnings at the DMV in San Luis Obispo. Halfway through each month, she takes stock of their expenses and budgets to ensure she can afford gas for her 30-mile daily commute.
“I want the stability I had before, where I don’t have to worry about (living) paycheck to paycheck,” said Rodriguez.
That sentiment undergirds the contract talks this year for the Service Employees International Union Local 1000, the largest union representing California state government workers. The union has called for a 30% raise over the next three years and the full cost of health premiums covered.
Rodriguez is active in Local 1000, which represents nearly 100,000 state government employees, from administrative staff to janitors to health care workers. Their current contracts expire at the end of June.
Can California pay?
Theirs are not the only labor demands the state has to contend with as Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers seek to close a $31.5 billion hole in the budget.
Local 1000 covers nine of the state’s 21 worker bargaining units. Five other units also have contracts that are up this summer and some are also seeking raises.
In total, expiring labor agreements cover more than half the state’s workers.
For every $1 in potential raises there is an additional 32 cent increase in pension costs, making the 30% raise proposal total more than $3.8 billion over the next three years, the union said.
Irene Green, Local 1000’s vice president for bargaining, said there has been little response from the state on their proposals for the raise and full health coverage. California Department of Human Resources spokesperson Camille Travis declined to answer CalMatters’ questions about contract negotiations.
The union’s efforts come after teachers and staff at two large school districts held strikes this year — in Oakland and Los Angeles — netting double-digit raises.
Would state workers strike? In 2016, Local 1000 voted to strike but workers did not walk out.
“Are we considering all our options? Absolutely,” Green said. “We’re not leaving anything unconsidered at this time.”
So far Newsom’s budget proposals this year have included funding for previously negotiated raises for other state worker unions, and he has spared workers from furloughs. But his administration has said there’s little room for new spending.
“We value our workforce; we value their sacrifice, particularly over the last number of years,” Newsom told reporters in May. “And we are mindful of the inflationary environment. We’re also hopeful that they’re mindful of our current budgetary environment.”
Lagging California paychecks
Public sector employees are among a broad swath of workers demanding higher pay amid record inflation, months after many were deemed “essential” during the pandemic.
Advocates this year often point to a growing gap between wages and California’s cost of living. The United Ways of California this year sponsored a bill that would have forced the state to calculate what wages it takes to afford the basics in each county. The bill died in the Senate Appropriations Committee in May.
As the union prepared to bargain this year, it commissioned a report by UC Berkeley’s Labor Center that found more than two-thirds of workers represented by Local 1000 don’t earn enough to support themselves and one child, and 35% don’t make enough to support a family of four, even with a partner earning the same wages.
Nationally, wage growth among state and local government workers was close to or exceeded private sector wage growth from 2001 to 2010, federal data show. But after the Great Recession, in 2010, government wage growth began lagging behind private sector wages and has not caught up, said Sara Hinkley, policy research specialist at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. Tax revenue uncertainties may be why, she added.
Path to middle class
State workers in California often accept lower salaries than they would get at private businesses in exchange for a state pension, better benefits and job security. But rising costs coming out of the pandemic and wage hikes as the private sector responds to labor shortages are giving state workers pause. Is the tradeoff still a good deal?
“Whether (state employment) is a pathway towards what we traditionally think of as the middle class is, I think, more questionable now,” said David Lewin, a professor emeritus at the UCLA Anderson School of Management who studies public sector unions.
Even so, he said, public sector work is still a better deal in the Golden State than almost anywhere else. California has not made substantial cuts in state jobs or in state workers’ bargaining rights the way states like Wisconsin have.
The union says there have been other de facto cuts to state workers’ pay in California.
Over the last two decades, state workers have contributed more of their paychecks to health care premiums and retirement health plans. Former Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that, among other things, made workers hired in 2013 or later pay more toward their pensions.
Contributions to health care and pensions took up 5% of a typical Local 1000 member’s paycheck two decades ago and now consume 15%, the union says. The figures are based on pay and benefits for an associate program analyst, the job category the union says is closest to its members’ median salary.
During the pandemic, the state trimmed worker pay by 9% for one year, anticipating a deep recession that did not materialize. Workers got two days off each month in exchange. In 2021 the pay and work days were restored — as were raises from the current contract that totaled 7% over three years — when the state brought in record revenues.
Stuck with side jobs
On June 8 the state workers union held a rally outside the Governor’s mansion to demand better raises. Rita Krone, a 55-year-old program analyst who helps refugees, was there.
When she got her job at the state Department of Social Services about a year ago, she thought she could finally put aside her side jobs.
But her rent is $2,200 a month and Krone, a Rocklin resident, is the wage earner and caregiver for her husband, who has a disability. She works Mondays through Fridays, then delivers groceries for DoorDash on Friday evenings and weekends.
“We’re down to our last dimes,” Krone said. “So I work seven days a week.”
Pay for analyst positions like Krone’s was 17% less than equivalent jobs in the private sector in 2021, says the California Department of Human Resources. That’s with state benefits and pension factored in.
Looking at wages alone, analysts like Krone made 30% less than market pay. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/state-workers-say-california-paychecks-no-longer-cover-the-bills/103-35e53da5-c266-442a-b410-b0602779e1b3 | 2023-06-14T19:54:53 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/state-workers-say-california-paychecks-no-longer-cover-the-bills/103-35e53da5-c266-442a-b410-b0602779e1b3 |
FOLSOM, Calif. — The City of Folsom announced the long-awaited traffic safety improvement project at Folsom Lake Crossing and East Natoma Street is set to begin Wednesday.
The project is designed to improve safety, reduce accidents and fatalities, and increase mobility.
"Project crews will apply a rubberized friction surface treatment to the roadway, which will enhance surface drainage and significantly boost tire traction," the city wrote on its website. "This treatment is expected to reduce the risk of accidents caused by wet or slippery road conditions."
Construction is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and begin at 4 a.m. on June 19 and 20.
All lanes will remain open throughout the project, however, minor traffic delays are expected.
The surface treatment project is anticipated to be done on June 23.
In July, crews will install 2,150 feet of metal beam median barriers, radar speed feedback signs and updated pavement markers and signage.
A grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Highway Safety Improvement Program is funding the project.
Watch more from ABC10: Proposed Northern California reservoir could increase Folsom Lake's water storage | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/traffic-safety-project-begins-folsom-lake-crossing-east-natoma-street/103-bc0644c8-db88-4ad6-a1f5-a45efcbf0396 | 2023-06-14T19:54:59 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/traffic-safety-project-begins-folsom-lake-crossing-east-natoma-street/103-bc0644c8-db88-4ad6-a1f5-a45efcbf0396 |
NORMAL — Pine Street will be closed starting at 7 a.m. Friday, between Beech and Teegan streets.
The closure is for a new water main installation. Drivers are urged to use caution when traveling through the area.
Access will be maintained for local traffic only, and access to One Normal Plaza Park will be maintained off Lincoln Street.
No parking is allowed on the street while repair work is being completed.
The road closure is expected to last until the end of the day Tuesday, weather permitting.
A map of the road closure can be found at www.arcg.is/0Xy1Le.
For more information, contact Normal water project engineer, Alan Alward, at 309-454-9572.
Photos: Danville Dans at Normal Cornbelters baseball
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Lynchburg Humane Society is offering a special deal to help dogs find forever homes.
Their Spaced Out Dop Adoption Special will run through Sunday, June 18, according to the shelter.
We’re told adoptable dogs at the Center for Pets will have their adoption fees completely waived during the special, and the first 30 dogs adopted will also have their $20 microchip fees sponsored by community members.
“We have 48 kennels at our Center for Pets, but we are currently housing 104 dogs. That means that the dogs have half the space than they would typically have in their kennels” said Executive Director, Jill Mollohan, “We are urgently asking for fosters and adopters for dogs. If you can possibly bring a dog into your home now is the time. It can be temporary (foster) or permanent (adoption).”
Adoptable pets can be viewed online under the “Adopt” tab, shelter staff said. The Spaced Out Dop Adoption Special excludes VIP pets, which are marked online with a blue tab.
If you have any questions, you can reach out to the humane society at adoption@lynchburghumane.org. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/14/lynchburg-humane-society-waives-dog-adoption-fees-through-sunday/ | 2023-06-14T20:00:32 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/14/lynchburg-humane-society-waives-dog-adoption-fees-through-sunday/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Juneteenth celebrates the country’s second Independence Day for enslaved African-Americans in the South.
The City of Dallas will be hosting events throughout the week leading up to Juneteenth which is celebrated on June 19.
June 14
- Grauwyler Juneteenth Event | 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Grauwyler Rec Center
June 15
- Juneteenth Celebration City Luncheon | Noon to 1:30 p.m. | City Hall Lobby
- DIY Craft Series- Juneteenth Confetti Poppers | 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Library
- Beckley-Saner Juneteenth Event | 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Beckley-Saner Rec Center
- Hiawatha Williams Juneteenth Event | 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Hiawatha Williams Rec Center
June 16
- Exall Juneteenth Event |10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.| Exall Rec Center.
- Park in the Woods Juneteenth Event | 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.| Park in the Woods Rec Center
- DIY Craft Series – Juneteenth String Art | 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Polk-Wisdom Library
- Willie B. Johnson Juneteenth Event | Noon to 1 p.m. | Willie B. Johnson Rec Center
June 17
- 2023 MLK Juneteenth 4K Walk & Festival | 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Arinze Oji performance at 11 a.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center
- Juneteenth in Hamilton Park 2023 | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Hamilton Park
- Talking about Tenth Street: A Juneteenth Event | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.| J. Erik Jonsson Central Library O’Hara Hall (seventh floor)
- Joint Kiest/Martin Weiss Juneteenth Event | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Martin Weiss Rec Center
- DIY Craft Series – Juneteenth Fans | Noon to 1 p.m. | Highland Hills Library
- Author Series: Ernest McMillan | 1 to 2 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Library
- Thurgood Marshall Juneteenth Event | 1 to 3:30 p.m.| Thurgood Marshall Rec Center
- “A Free Man Cries for the Future”: A Juneteenth Event |1 p.m. | J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
- Celebrate Juneteenth with Office of Community Police Oversight |10 a.m. to Noon | Klyde Warren Park
June 18
- Juneteenth on Main Block Party | Noon to 6 p.m. | Deep Ellum Main St.
June 19
- Juneteenth: Seniors Drum Circle | 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Pleasant Grove Library | https://cw33.com/news/local/your-one-stop-shop-for-all-juneteenth-events-happening-in-dallas/ | 2023-06-14T20:06:19 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/your-one-stop-shop-for-all-juneteenth-events-happening-in-dallas/ |
A hijacked plane? Detroit Metro Airport practices how to handle terror events
Romulus — Detroit Metropolitan Airport held a disaster and preparedness training exercise Wednesday morning that was designed to help train first responders for an active shooter who hijacks a plane that results in an explosion onboard.
Airport disaster and preparedness training is required by the Federal Aviation Administration every three years and helps the Detroit airport's public safety officials practice coordinating with other partners from across southeast Michigan, Wayne County Airport Authority Senior Vice President of Public Safety Tadarial Sturdivant said.
The drill scenario began with a pretend active shooter on a bus traveling on airport grounds, Sturdivant said. In the drill, the active shooter continued to take over one of the hangars, take hostages and hijack a plane on the tarmac. Students in Eastern Michigan University's 2023 Police and Fire Staff and Command Leadership Programs volunteered to be injured civilians, hostages and passengers on the plane.
"The scenario changes every three years. This year we're exercising an active shooter, a terrorist takeover hostage situation and a shooting in the airplane," Sturdivant said.
An explosion was simulated onboard the aircraft during the training scenario as well.
"Our special resource police and fire will respond successfully to this incident," Sturdivant said. "We will rescue, triage the injured as well as eliminate the threat."
When the active shooter hijacked the plane, at least six airport authority SWAT team members responded. Two boarded the aircraft from the tail end with fake guns drawn while two others blocked the airstairs near the cockpit with shields and simulated weapons.
Roughly 20 volunteers played injured or deceased shooting victims around the plane on the tarmac but the SWAT team did not address them until the threat was eliminated. This is standard procedure when responding to an active shooter situation, Sturdivant said.
"We can't support and help the patients, so to speak, if we're in harm's way," said Curtis Dunlap, the airport's deputy fire chief. "Police secure it (the scene) for us and we come in and do our medical piece."
Emergency medical services and fire trucks waited near the plane to set up a staging and triage area once the threat was supposedly eliminated.
"Given the scenario, we were here to triage people that were down and out and needed medical support," Dunlap said. "In major situations..., we have the city of Taylor, the city of Novi, the city of Farmington Hills, city of Westland and ... Canton here to support us with the triage in the transport of patients to the trauma one centers in the area."
The runway used for the drill was otherwise closed. Gunshots and explosions were simulated using blank rounds in guns that are otherwise used to scare animals off the in-use runways at the airport.
While these practice sessions are important, public safety officers have to be able to adjust on the fly as well, Sturdivant said.
"We've all seen an uptick or increase in active shooter incidents across America," Sturdivant said. "Exercises like this help us build that muscle memory so that when we're in a crisis situation..., we can respond to a stimulus correctly and appropriately."
Over 300 people participated in the training, including members of the airport authority public safety force, Michigan State Police, federal law enforcement and first responders from Taylor, Novi, Farmington Hills, Westland and Canton Township.
Dunlap said the training exercise went perfectly.
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Police seek suspects in shooting in Allen Park
A man was shot early Wednesday morning in an Allen Park home and police are looking for the person or people who did it, officials said.
Police were called at about 2:30 a.m. to a home in the 6700 block of Pelham Road, according to authorities. They arrived and found the victim in the home's hallway. Medics stabilized him and took him to a hospital.
Officials said they are not releasing the victim's name because the investigation is ongoing.
Detectives said the suspect or suspects fled the scene before officers arrived and they believe the shooting stems from a domestic dispute.
They also said they are asking anyone who lives near the home where the shooting happened and has security cameras that may have captured images of the suspects to call the Allen Park Police Department's Detective Bureau at (313) 386-3872.
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BALTIMORE — Funding for Baltimore's Office of Promotion and the Arts (BOPA) was again a topic of a City Council budget hearing.
City leaders have grown frustrated with the organization's leadership dating back to last September when they scheduled Artscape 2023 during Rosh Hashanah.
This year's annual event has since been pushed back a week to September 22-24.
In January issues with BOPA were exacerbated when the board decided to cancel the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
This prompted Mayor Brandon Scott to demand the resignation of then Chief Executive Officer, Donna Drew Sawyer.
Although she initially refused, Scott threatened to withhold future funding.
In an attempt to circumvent Sawyer, Scott appointed BOPA's Chief Marketing and Programs Officer at the time, Tonya Miller Hall, as his Senior Advisor for Arts & Cultural Affairs.
Eventually Sawyer did step down, leading Brian D. Lyles to take over as Board Chair and President.
Fast forward to now, City lawmakers have continued expressing concerns about management at BOPA.
"Our trust in them as a zealous advocate for Baltimore’s arts community, responsible steward of allocated funding, and vehicle for delivering critical city funding to that community has been eroded by BOPA’s repeated inefficacy," Scott said in a June 2 joint statement with Council President Nick Mosby, and Ways and Means Committee Chair Eric Costello.
On Wednesday Lyles issued this statement claiming the City Council again decided to withhold funding.
"While we’re dismayed by the decision of the City Council to again withhold budgeted funding, we are also committed to working collaboratively with the Council and Office of the Mayor to address their concerns and fortify the governance of BOPA in a way that leaves no doubt about the proper oversight of the organization and the fulfillment of its mandate for the benefit of all Baltimore residents. A great many local artists and creatives depend on the support that BOPA provides. Moreover, we have a highly accomplished and dedicated staff that routinely goes above and beyond in order to provide essential resources, as well as elevate and amplify the broader impact that local artists make possible. BOPA fulfills its mission each and every day and the Board will work intently to allay any concerns about the stability or proper governance of the organization during this period of transition." | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/city-council-withholds-funding-from-bopa-over-management-concerns | 2023-06-14T20:12:11 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/city-council-withholds-funding-from-bopa-over-management-concerns |
BALTIMORE — Road closures and parking restrictions have been announced for AFRAM this weekend.
To prepare for the event, the following roads will be closed to through traffic starting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 15 and will remain closed until 12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 19.
The following detours and parking restrictions will be in effect:
- Wyman Park Drive at Sisson Street (local access will be maintained to the Boy Scouts of America and Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy)
- Swann Drive at Druid Park Lake Drive
- Beechwood Drive at Gwynns Falls Parkway (local access will be maintained to The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore)
Information regarding event parking, ADA accommodations, transit, shuttle service and scooters is available here.
Parking will be permitted in the following areas:
- Taylor's Grove
- Mansion House
- Chinese Grove
- Druid Hill Promenade
AFRAM will now have two new shuttle routes to transport attendees to the festival.
The route will operate on a look starting at Mondawmin Mall and will make the following stops:
- Liberty Heights (MTA Stop ID 6393)
- Swann Drive (near Beechwood Drive)
- CCC Purple Route at 27th Street
The CCC Purple Route will be extended to include the following stops:
- Wyman Park Drive (overflow pickup at the Steiff Silver Building)
- East Drive (AFRAM stop before the Dr. Ralph W. E. Jones, Jr. Administration Building)
- Wyman Park Drive (return - overflow pickup at the Steiff Silver Building) | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/road-closures-parking-restrictions-announced-for-afram | 2023-06-14T20:12:17 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/road-closures-parking-restrictions-announced-for-afram |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The union nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph hospital are willing to strike if they do not get the contract they want.
The National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) said of the St. Joseph nurses who voted, 90% authorized a strike. The vote comes two weeks after a similar vote of Ascension Via Christi St. Francis nurses got 93% support to authorize a strike.
In November, St. Francis became the first private-sector hospital in Wichita to unionize. Nurses at St. Joseph voted to unionize in March. The NNOC/NNU represents nearly 1,000 nurses between the two hospitals.
Nurses at the two hospitals are in the middle of bargaining their first union contract with Ascension. The union nurses say they have several issues they are working through, including staffing levels, workplace violence, nurse recruitment and retention.
“We have a staffing crisis at our hospital because management refuses to get serious about nurse recruitment and retention,” St. Joseph nurse Marvin Ruckle said in a news release. “We know a strong union contract is the best way to address this, and we’re prepared to show management that we’ll fight for our patients at the table and on the strike line.”
Nurses say they will provide notice of a plan to strike at least 10 days in advance. The National Labor Relations Board policy requires people in health care to give a 10-day notice before the strike.
KSN News reached out to Ascension Via Christi for its response to the St. Joseph strike vote. A spokesperson sent us this statement:
We continue to bargain in good faith with National Nurses United to come to a mutually beneficial agreement on an initial contract that supports all and will further our goal of providing safe, compassionate care to those we serve.
“While we respect our associates’ right to organize themselves through union representation and participate in a strike authorization vote, this action is disappointing given that the Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph bargaining team and NNU bargaining team have only held one bargaining session on the initial collective bargaining agreement. Additional bargaining sessions are scheduled through the end of August.
“We have not received a 10-day strike notice from NNU for either Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph or Ascension Via Christi St. Francis. Should we receive an official strike notification, we have a comprehensive contingency plan in place to ensure our patients experience no disruption in care or service.
Ascension Via Christi
NNOC/NNU said Ascension nurses from Wichita and from Texas will rally outside the Ascension headquarters in St. Louis on Wednesday. The union says the nurses will be demanding safer staffing practices. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/via-christi-st-joseph-nurses-vote-to-authorize-strike/ | 2023-06-14T20:12:30 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/via-christi-st-joseph-nurses-vote-to-authorize-strike/ |
Want to beat the weather experts at their own game?
Researchers at the University of Arizona are about to launch their third annual Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts game, which awards cash prizes for the most accurate predictions of the region’s rainy season.
“We’re running it back again,” said Zack Guido, one of the game’s organizers and an assistant research professor at the UA’s Arizona Institute for Resilience.
Participants can register for the free online contest starting Thursday, June 15, the first official day of monsoon season.
Lightning strikes in the southern Rincon Mountain foothills on Aug. 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Guido said the user interface and scoring system have been improved, but the basic rules remain the same: Before the start of each monsoon month, contestants will go online to guess how much rain will fall in each of the five major U.S. cities in the path of the weather phenomenon: Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Albuquerque and El Paso.
The top prize will go to whoever makes the most accurate predictions for July, August and September.
The competition is open to anyone. Participants just have to log in to the contest website at monsoonfantasy.arizona.edu and complete a short questionnaire about their monsoon experience before making their predictions.
Researchers launched the game in 2021 to promote climate awareness and study the forecasting skills of the general public.
Photos: 2022 monsoon around Tucson
Pedestrians wade through a flooded 2nd Street just east of Park Avenue when an unexpected monsoon storm dumped inches of rain in the midtown area, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
A boy uses his backpack to shield himself from the monsoon storm in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on September 28, 2022.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A rainbow appears over the historic Pima County Courthouse following a rainstorm in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on Sept. 13, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
George Lucero, right, holds an umbrella while talking and watching a rainstorm with David DeBergalis at Babad Do'ag scenic overlook on the Catalina Highway on Sept. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Fire Department Ladder 16 helped a victim safely out of the Alamo Wash just south of 22nd Street around 8 p.m Thursday, Aug. 25.
Tucson Fire Department
Tucson Electric Power workers watch while a utility pole snapped during a monsoon storm is slowly raised along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd. On Thursday. North bound traffic is closed along South Kolb Rd. between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd. while the work progresses.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A Tucson Electric Power crane slowly raises a damaged power pole along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd., on Thursday.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A utility pole snapped during a monsoon storm rests on a home along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd. on Aug. 25, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
South bound traffic pass Tucson Electric Power while TEP works along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd., to repair multiple power poles in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 25, 2022. The poles were damaged due to a monsoon storm. Work is expected through the week. North bound traffic is closed along South Kolb Rd. between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Electric Power employees work on a newly installed power pole while other TEP employees work along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd., to repair multiple power poles in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 25, 2022. The poles were damaged due to a monsoon storm. Work is expected through the week. North bound traffic is closed along South Kolb Rd. between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Fire Department personnel perform a swift water rescue for a man trapped by flood waters under the Blacklidge Drive bridge at Walnut Avenue, Tucson, Ariz., August 24, 2022. The man refused treatment at the scene.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning hits behind Tumamoc Hill just after sunset as a several monsoon storms move through Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022. The storms produced localized flooding from heavy rains, especially in the southern portions of the area.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes just west of Tumamoc Hill from a cell that built up just to the south of Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022. Several cells formed around the valley just before sunset, dropping rain and causing some localized flooding.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A large lightning strike silhouettes Tumamoc Hill, part of a series of monsoon storms that built up over the valley and Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Two bolts of lightning strike near Sentinel Peak and southern Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022. Several storms brewed up around the area, producing heavy rain
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A bolt of lightning hits to the west of Tumamoc Hill during sun set, one several monsoon storms that dropped rain as well throughout Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A couple walks in the rain at El Presidio Plaza as a monsoon storm travels across downtown Tucson August 19, 2022. Rain is expected throughout the weekend.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A waving motorcyclist ridings along North Soldier Trail while water from the Agua Caliente Wash flows over Soldier Trail in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A kayaker finishes riding the water inside the Rillito River near North Campbell Ave. and East River Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A motorist drives along North Soldier Trail while water from the Agua Caliente Wash flows over Soldier Trail in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A kayaker travels down the Rillito River near North Campbell Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
Cyclists ride along the Rillito River Park Trail while storm water flows inside the Rillito River under North Campbell Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A family looks at the running water inside the Rillito River while walking along the Rillito River Park Trail near North Craycroft Rd. and East River Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A dog swims inside the Rillito River near North Campbell Ave. and East River Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A semi-shrouded lightning bolt illuminates a shaft of rain dropping on the north-central part of town as a monsoon cell begins growing over Tucson, Ariz., August 17, 2022. Rain, at times heavy, and lightning fell over most of the valley during the early evening and into the night.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A car zooms through the foot-deep water flooding the intersection of Glenn Street and Tucson Boulevard, the after effect of a monsoon storm that expanded over Tucson, Ariz., August 17, 2022. The storm dropped rain over much of the valley starting shortly before sunset and into the night.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes the Santa Catalina Mountains near Pima Canyon during a monsoon storm on Aug. 10, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes the Santa Catalina Mountains near Pima Canyon during a monsoon storm on Aug. 10, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Monsoon storm moving Marana across slowly obscures the view of Picacho Peak 20 miles to the northwest on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
The clouds open and rain pours from a monsoon storm moving across the Tucson Mountains into Marana on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm moves across Marana and into the Tortolita Mountains on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Power lines down on Linda Vista Drive between N. Bald Eagle Ave. and W. Waterbuck Drive after a powerful monsoon storm moved across the Tucson Mountains into Marana on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Power lines down on Linda Vista Drive between N. Bald Eagle Ave. and W. Waterbuck Drive after a powerful monsoon storm moved across the Tucson Mountains into Marana on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes the ground while a monsoon storm passes over the Rincon Mountains on the east side of Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 7, 2022 as seen from Babad Do'ag Scenic Overlook in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Visitors watch a monsoon storm as it passes over the Rincon Mountains on the Eastside of Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 7, 2022 as seen from Babad Do'ag Scenic Overlook in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm passes over the Rincon Mountains on the east side of Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 7, 2022 as seen from Babad Do'ag Scenic Overlook in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A large bolt hits the southern end of the Rincon Mountain foothills, near Colossal Cave Road and Mary Ann Cleveland Way, part of a monsoon storm that spread rain, wind and hours of lightning in Vail, Ariz., August 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The last of the day's light hits monsoon storm clouds while lighting strikes in the Rincon Mountain foothills in Vail, Ariz., August 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes in the southern Rincon Mountain foothills, the second night in row a monsoon storm moved in from the east and through Vail, Ariz., Aug. 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The day's dying light catches the high monsoon storm clouds while lighting strikes in the Rincon Mountain foothills in Vail, Ariz., August 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A bolt of lightning hits the southern slopes of the Rincon Mountains shortly after sunset, part of a monsoon storm as it rolls in over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022. Steady light rain was preceded by gusty winds as well as the light show.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Twin bolts hit the southern slopes of the Rincon Mountains as a monsoon storm rolls in over Vail, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2022. High winds and rain also flowed through the area into the night.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A large bolt touches down in the foothills of the southern Rincon Mountains, one of hundreds of lightning strikes generated from just before sunset until far into the night by a monsoon storm over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Shortly after sunset, a monsoon storm rolls in over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022. The storm brought gusty winds, rain and hours of lightning as it headed northeast and into the Santa Cruz valley.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm rolls in over Vail, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2022, dropping rain as well as lightning in the Rincon Mountains and foothills. Lightning was hitting throughout the area for several hours.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A large bolt hits in the lower reaches of the Rincon Mountain foothills as the monsoon storm makes its way into Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Three bolts in the vanguard of a monsoon storm strike the Rincon Mountains as it heads northwest and over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Two bolts of cloud-to-ground lightning fall from into the Rincon Mountain foothills from monsoon storm rolling west and into Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Multiple ground strikes as well as cloud-to-cloud lighting flashes around a home on a ridge southeast of Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 3, 2022. The storm was mostly east of the Rincon Mountains until midnight. Another band was moving to the west just south of the city.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning and a column of rain from a late night monsoon storm rolls over the area southeast of Tucson, Ariz., August 3, 2022. Frequent cloud-to-cloud as well as ground strikes were over the Vail area for much of the evening into the early morning hours.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Rain and lightning from a late night monsoon storm rolls over homes on a ridge southeast of Tucson, Ariz., August 3, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A woman walks with her umbrella as a sprinkle of rain falls in downtown Tucson on Aug. 3, 2022.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A woman walks along Sixth Avenue as a sprinkle of rain falls in downtown Tucson on Aug. 3, 2022.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
Pima County Wastewater Reclamation crew members clear sand and rocks from a manhole at Havasu Road southeast of Columbus Blvd. inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Residents watch as crew members work to clear out rocks, dirt and mud off Havasu Road southeast of Columbus Blvd. inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A Pima County Wastewater Reclamation crew member, right, reacts as water spills out of a tube while crew members work to clear sand and rocks from a manhole at Havasu Road southeast of Columbus Blvd. inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
While crews work to clean up the damage from Sunday evenings monsoon storm, a Havasu Road and Columbus Blvd. sign lies on the side of road farther southeast then the Havasu Rd and Columbus Blvd. corner inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A residents car is stuck in a pile of mud along East Havasu Rd inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Resident Maria Perri shovels some dirt along East Havasu Rd. in front go her home inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night. "It was a raging river down here," said Perri. Some residents hung out in her drive way to get away from the flooding, added Perri.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Workers from Pima County Wastewater Reclamation clear sand and rocks from a manhole at Havasu Road and Columbus Blvd. in the Catalina Foothills on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a raging Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Boulders and debris block Havasu Road at Columbus Blvd as seen on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a raging Finger Rock Wash that swamped a handful of homes on in the Catalina Foothills on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A mud-splattered wheelchair at an adult care home on Havasu Road in the Catalina Foothills on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Rural Metro firefighters evacuated the residents after a raging Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Havasu Road east of Columbus Blvd. in the Catalina Foothills on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A street sign fell victim to floodwaters on Havasu Road east of Columbus Blvd as seen on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a raging Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A cyclist rides along The Loop at Grant Road next to the Santa Cruz River swollen with runoff from midtown Tucson storm on July 26, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Monsoon clouds rise above the desert floor southeast of Tucson, behind Tumamoc Hill on July 26, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm begins dropping rain as it grows to the southeast of Sonoita, Ariz., July 29, 2022. The cell was one of several that formed over the area, dumping rain on the plain for much of the afternoon.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A US Border Patrol truck heads east on State Route 82 as a monsoon storm boils up to the south just outside Sonoita, Ariz., July 29, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The statue, Tribute to Ranching, stands under a growing monsoon cloud outside the Santa Cruz County Fair & Rodeo Association grounds, Sonoita, Ariz., July 29, 2022. The cell was one of several that dumped rain on the area throughout the afternoon.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Onlookers get video and photos while watching the debris filled leading edge of water fill the Tanque Verde Wash at Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022. Heavy monsoon rains over the past few days has water flowing in some of the area washes and low lying areas.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Birdie the Golf Dog takes a cooling break in the water beginning to fill the Tanque Verde Wash at Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Paul Delligatti lines up his shot while recording video of the leading edge of floodwaters in the Tanque Verde Wash flow across Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Dustin Ovayvar, left, and his family, were among the handful that waited to catch the arrival of the leading edge of the waters heading down the Tanque Verde Wash at Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Tom Woodrow and his mother Diane wade through the northern channel after getting cut off watching the water fill the southern branch of the leading edge of flood water in the Tanque Verde Wash flow over Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Fire Department personnel pull a man out of the floodwaters of the Arroyo Chico rushing through a construction channel near 9th Avenue just north of 6th Street during a monsoon storm that dumped inches of rain on parts of Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022. The man was eventually carried to a nearby ambulance.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A driver has second thoughts about driving into the flooded Arroyo Chico in midtown during a monsoon, Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022. The driver eventually turned around.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A driver takes his SUV into the running waters of the Arroyo Chico in midtown during a monsoon storm, Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A Jeep blasts at high speed into the flooded Arroyo Chico after a monsoon storm dumped inches of rain on parts of Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A woman and her curious dog get a closer look at the flood waters of Arroyo Chico running over Plummer Avenue during a monsoon storm that dumped inches of rain over parts of Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A driver takes a jeep through the high waters of Arroyo Chico running over Plummer Avenue during a monsoon storm through the area, Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Krishna Ghimire and Sumod Bastakoti take a selfie of themselves with storm clouds approaching from Sentinel Peak Park on July 26, 2022.
Shekib Rahmani / Arizona Daily Star
A lightning bolt hits in the valley as an afternoon monsoon storm rolls over east central Tucson, Ariz., July 22, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The setting sun lights up the patchy monsoon clouds overhead as Omar Rojas Jr. works on pitching out of the stretch with his dad, Omar Sr., on the diamond at David G. Herrera and Ramon Quiroz Park, Tucson, Ariz., July 21, 2022. The two Omars were working out while daughter/sister Julissa practiced nearby with her softball team. Monsoon 2022 may finally bring the rain, with precipitation forecast this weekend and throughout the coming week.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Mammatus clouds roll over the evening skies west of the Tucson Mountains during a little light monsoon activity around Tucson, Ariz., July 15, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
With a monsoon cell dropping a bit of rain to the west, fans find seats in the grandstands long the strip during Street Rally night at the Tucson Dragway Tucson, Ariz., June 11, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Sarah Travis and her son John Donnelly, on shovel duty, and his friend Kai Squire, take advantage of the Department of Transportation and Mobility's sandbag filling site in the east parking lot of Hi Corbett Field, Tucson, Ariz., June 17, 2022. The trio were helping a neighbor in need get ready for the coming rains. This is the seventh year DTM is providing bags and sand for residents to make sandbags to deal with monsoon flooding.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Pima County crews expanded the Chuck Huckelberry Loop along the Canyon del Oro Wash north of Magee Road on June 7 and cleared out brush in the channel and performed flood control measures to prevent water from monsoon rains flooding the path.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A vehicle travels down North Houghton Rd. while a small storm passes over the Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucson, Ariz. on June 27, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Two vehicles drive through a series of puddles on East Speedway after a rain storm passed through the Eastside of Tucson, Ariz. on June 27, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A crew with Hunter Contracting Co. work on a pathway surrounding a new storm basin while monsoon clouds build to the south of Cherry Avenue Park in Tucson, Ariz. on June 29, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A rainbow fragment above Pima Canyon and the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 27.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Monsoon clouds over the Tohono O'Odham Nation loom behind the towers on Tumamoc Hill on June 28.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Olga Martinez, far left, and her daughter Raquel Diaz watch a monsoon storm pass over the Santa Catalina Mountains from "A" Mountain in Tucson, Ariz. on July 24, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Contact reporter Henry Brean at hbrean@tucson.com or 573-4283. On Twitter: @RefriedBrean
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Rock bands Theory of a Deadman, Skillet and Saint Asonia will perform in Johnson City later this year.
As part of their “Rock Resurrection Tour,” the three bands will play at Freedom Hall Civic Center on Saturday, Dec. 2.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday, June 16 at 10 a.m.
A limited number of VIP packages will be available.
Tickets will be available for purchase online. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/theory-of-a-deadman-skillet-to-play-freedom-hall-with-saint-asonia/ | 2023-06-14T20:19:11 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/theory-of-a-deadman-skillet-to-play-freedom-hall-with-saint-asonia/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – An organization that hopes to place Christmas wreaths on the graves of every veteran held a fundraising event in Johnson City Wednesday.
Wreaths Across America lays thousands of wreaths on veteran graves each Christmas, and in 2022, a majority of the graves in Mountain Home Cemetery were covered.
On Wednesday, Wreaths Across America was at Eggs Up Grill at the Mall at Johnson City. Eggs Up Grill gave 10% of every purchase to the organization to help pay for the wreaths.
Mountain Home is the final resting place of more than 17,400 veterans, and the goal is to place a wreath on each grave this coming Christmas. Each wreath costs about $17.
“With 17,400, if we were to pay for them individually, it would be over $300,000,” said Deborah Deegan, local coordinator for Wreaths Across America. “So these fundraising events are very vital and very important to us.”
Wreaths Across America accepts donations online as well and is always seeking volunteers. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/wreaths-across-america-hosts-fundraiser-at-johnson-city-restaurant/ | 2023-06-14T20:19:17 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/wreaths-across-america-hosts-fundraiser-at-johnson-city-restaurant/ |
Thousands of shoppers returned to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum today for the 37th annual Vera Bradley outlet sale.
This was the first time the Vera Bradley Annual Outlet Sale has returned since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sale will go on all week, with four daily ticketed session Wednesday through Friday. Shoppers can also enjoy non-ticketed sessions Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Kelly Brown, Vera Bradley vice president of retail, said the brand has deals on products up to 80% off, and she expects about 40,000 customers at the sale this week.
"We really enjoy having our customers all here and having fun with us, and getting these great bargains," she said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/shoppers-flock-to-first-vera-bradley-outlet-sale-since-covid-19-pandemic/article_6d48624a-0ae4-11ee-8dbb-d36fb372e110.html | 2023-06-14T20:22:10 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/shoppers-flock-to-first-vera-bradley-outlet-sale-since-covid-19-pandemic/article_6d48624a-0ae4-11ee-8dbb-d36fb372e110.html |
ARKANSAS, USA — ARDOT announced that former Arkansas State Highway Commissioner Ron Harrod of Warren passed away on June 8, 2023.
Harrod served on the Commission from 1983-1993 since his appointment by then-Governor Bill Clinton.
He worked diligently to improve the state's highways and ended his tenure as Chair of the Commission.
Throughout his term, over 3,200 highway projects were undertaken at a cost of more than $2 billion, creating jobs for Arkansans and boosting the economy.
Over 9,000 miles of roads and more than 900 bridges were constructed, replaced, or improved during Harrod’s tenure.
“Commissioner Harrod selflessly dedicated a decade of his life to improving Arkansas’ highways and bridges,” said ARDOT Director Lorie Tudor. “We are immensely grateful for his service to our state and the legacy he left behind.”
Harrod was a graduate of Dumas High School and Ouachita Baptist University where he studied political science.
He served on the Alcohol Beverage Control Board, the Prescott School Board, the Arkansas Insurance Commissioners Licensing Advisory Board, and was also president of his own public affairs firm.
Harrod's passions included his family, politics, and history. The family will have a private celebration of his life at a later date. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/ardot-mourns-former-highway-commissioner-ron-harrod/91-8a250e3c-9105-4efd-be31-904640d7e054 | 2023-06-14T20:25:21 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/ardot-mourns-former-highway-commissioner-ron-harrod/91-8a250e3c-9105-4efd-be31-904640d7e054 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 2023 Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest.
“This beloved tradition brings together sandcastle enthusiasts of all ages to showcase their craftsmanship,” Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce said. “Held on the scenic shores of Cannon Beach, this event continues to inspire and unite the community in a celebration of art, expression, and the natural beauty of the Oregon coast.”
The contest winners are broken up into multiple divisions, including the Master’s, Large Group and Small Group divisions.
Master’s Division
Large Group Division
Small Group Division
The contest, which is now one of the largest on the West Coast, began in 1964 when a tsunami washed out the Elk Creek Bridge and residents were isolated until a new bridge was built. That spring, local families held a sandcastle contest to entertain their children. | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/photos-winners-of-the-59th-annual-cannon-beach-sandcastle-contest/ | 2023-06-14T20:25:33 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/photos-winners-of-the-59th-annual-cannon-beach-sandcastle-contest/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Portland’s first openly queer winery, Hip Chicks Do Wine, has been around since 1999 — supporting LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the growing urban winery community.
Since 2006 Hip Chicks Do Wine has been a sponsor of Pride Northwest, an organization dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community. That same year, Hip Chicks Do Wine Co-Owners and Winemakers Laurie Lewis and Renee, launched their Pride Wine collection.
“We started sponsoring Pride Northwest and we wanted to have something that actually represented the community,” Co-Owner Laurie Lewis said.
The collection includes white, red and pink blends named Out and Proud, Loud and Proud and Sappho’s Sweet Delight, respectively.
The Pride Wines are released every June with a portion of proceeds benefitting Esther’s Pantry — an organization part of Our House Portland that supports people with HIV/AIDS.
Lewis says Hip Chicks Do Wine was not only the first openly queer Portland winery but says it was the only winery in the city. Lewis says now, there are more than 30 wineries in Portland.
“It’s been very interesting. When we started our winery, we didn’t realize really that being a queer winemaker wasn’t a thing. I remember the first time we got written up in a queer publication and there were like three queer-identifying wineries in the country,” Lewis told KOIN 6 News.
As the urban wineries have grown, Lewis enjoys going to wine events with other queer winemakers and highlighted the importance of LGBTQ+ representation in the industry.
“Representation matters,” Lewis said. “I think not only so that our peers can see us and feel empowered, but I think so that younger generations can see that they can have any kind of job doing any kind of industry.”
In addition to its Pride Wine collection, Hip Chicks Do Wine is participating in the Made with Pride queer wine festival on June 17 and will also be at Beaverton Pride on June 25 and Portland Pride on July 15-16. | https://www.koin.com/local/representation-matters-portland-winery-talks-lgbtq-representation-in-winemaking/ | 2023-06-14T20:25:39 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/representation-matters-portland-winery-talks-lgbtq-representation-in-winemaking/ |
BLAIRSVILLE BOROUGH, Pa. — Two people were taken to the hospital after a vacant school partially collapsed in Blairsville on Wednesday.
According to the Blairsville police chief, officers were called to the old junior high school along South Walnut Street for the collapse at 12:41 p.m.
The two people fell three stories from the roof into the basement.
Two people were taken to the hospital, one flown, one by ambulance, after the roof collapsed on this vacant Blairsville school building.
— Andrew Havranek 📺 (@Andrew_Havranek) June 14, 2023
Police chief says they fell three stories to the basement. One was in “pretty serious condition.” @WPXI pic.twitter.com/nCE4nRYSoF
One of them was flown to UPMC Presby and the other was taken by ambulance to Forbes Hospital.
There hasn’t been an update on their condition, but the chief said one of them was “pretty critical” when taken to the hospital.
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PITTSBURGH — The city is preparing for a busy four days of events in Pittsburgh with Juneteenth celebrations and Taylor Swift coming to town.
Juneteenth celebrations begin Friday with live performances and vendors, a parade on Saturday and Juneteenth Freedom Day fireworks in Point State Park on Monday. In addition, there are two back-to-back Taylor Swift concerts on Friday and Saturday.
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The city said an unprecedented number of people will be converging on both Downtown and the North Shore.
Unprecedented numbers of people will be converging on Downtown and the North Shore June 16-19 for Juneteenth and Taylor Swift concerts.
— Pittsburgh Public Safety (@PghPublicSafety) June 14, 2023
Press release including parade routes, travel tips, and resources ➡️ https://t.co/u8tJoGpjof
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“The City of Pittsburgh is excited to play host to these two popular events, welcoming both residents and visitors to enjoy all that Downtown and the North Shore have to offer. The Department of Public Safety has worked hard with organizers of both events to ensure the safety of everyone involved. We ask that anyone who is participating pay close attention to the planned security measures to ensure things run smoothly,” said Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt.
Here are some things you need to know ahead of time:
Road Closures for Saturday Juneteenth Parade
On Saturday, June 17, participants and spectators for the Juneteenth Grand Jubilee Parade should be aware of the route and subsequent parking restrictions and road closures. The parade forming area is on Crawford Street between Bedford Avenue and Centre Avenue in the Lower Hill District. This area will be closed by 8 a.m. and the parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. The route is as follows:
- Right on Centre Avenue
- Left on Sixth Avenue
- Right on Fifth Avenue
- Left on Liberty Avenue to conclude at Commonwealth Place
Juneteenth Fireworks Security
On Monday, June 19, spectators will gather to watch the Juneteenth fireworks display in Point State Park at 9:35 p.m. Due to the large number of people expected for the event, bag checks will be conducted by the event organizer’s private security personnel at the park’s five entry points. Prohibited items in the park include, but are not limited to: alcohol, narcotics, laser pointers, weapons, explosives, and ammunition. The use of grills is also prohibited.
Acrisure Stadium Reminders for Taylor Swift Concertgoers
- Parking at lots around the stadium will open at 1:30 p.m. both days. Only ticketed guests will be allowed to use the parking lots. There is no street parking available on the North Shore on concert days.
- Entry to VIP Gates 1&2 begins at 3:30 p.m., all gates open at 4:30 p.m., and the music starts at 6:30.
- Acrisure’s clear bag policy is in effect, and a complete list of prohibited items will be listed on the website https://acrisurestadium.com/
- Only mobile tickets are accepted and Acrisure Stadium is a cashless venue - only debit, credit, and digital wallet payments will be accepted.
Acrisure Stadium is also strongly discouraging all non-ticket holders to avoid coming down to the stadium and the North Shore, as both will be at maximum capacity. Additional foot and vehicle traffic will only create gridlock and slow down the entrance and exit process at the venue.
Information from City on Staffing, Safety
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is fully staffed for the concerts, with assistance from their law enforcement partners with the Sheriff’s Department. There will be a visible police presence both inside and around the stadium to ensure everyone’s safety. Juneteenth events will be fully staffed by Pittsburgh Police throughout the weekend. Department of Public Safety Crossing Guards will also be posted at critical intersections and the City’s team of REACH workers will have a presence during the Juneteenth festivities Downtown.
Fire Marshals with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire will be on hand to ensure that both the fireworks display during Juneteenth and the pyrotechnics during the Taylor Swift concerts adhere to all safety guidelines. There will also be a safety perimeter to restrict boat traffic around the Heinz Quay Boat Launch on the North Shore where the Juneteenth fireworks display will originate.
Pittsburgh EMS will be supporting both Juneteenth festivities and the concerts, with the assistance of multiple outside agencies. Medics and ambulances will be stationed both inside and around the stadium, similar to deployment during Steelers games. River Rescue will be patrolling the rivers, as many people are expected to take in the events from the River Walk and from boats on the water.
“The Department of Public Safety is asking everyone to do their part and plan their trip ahead of time. This will help law enforcement and all Public Safety personnel protect Juneteenth attendees and concert-goers this weekend. With the large crowds expected, please pay attention to your surroundings and protect your personal belongings by bringing as few items as possible when attending either of these events. Keep apprised of the weather forecast, stay hydrated, and consume alcohol responsibly. As always, please report any suspicious or criminal behavior to the police immediately. Most importantly, I encourage everyone to have fun and enjoy our great city,” Schmidt said in a release.
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CHICAGO — Actor John Cusack will host a screening next fall of 2000′s “High Fidelity” at the Auditorium Theatre, followed by a talk about his career and the making of the film, as well as a Q&A session. Tickets are on sale this week.
The movie, directed by Stephen Frears, is set in Chicago. Cusack plays a man who owns a failing record store examining his failed attempts at romance. Cusack, born and raised in Evanston, also coproduced and cowrote the script based on Nick Hornby’s novel, and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance.
A presale for tickets to the event started at 10 a.m. Wednesday, while the general sale begins at 10 a.m. Friday.
“An Evening with John Cusack & Screening of High Fidelity” is 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr., Chicago. More information at auditoriumtheatre.org .
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Always Be My Maybe
This 2019 rom-com directed by Nahnatchka Khan stars Ali Wong and Randall Park as childhood friends who reconnect as adults. As they try to navigate their feelings for each other while balancing successful careers, it becomes clear that they’re more than just a backup plan for each other. There’s also a can’t-miss scene with a very out-of-character Keanu Reeves.
Jerry Maguire
This 1996 movie starring the queen of romantic comedies, Renée Zellweger, alongside Tom Cruise is famous for likes like, “Show me the money!” and “You had me at hello.” When sports agent Jerry Maguire gets fired from his job thanks to a moral epiphany, he starts his own agency with a single client, falls in love and learns what “success” really means.
Notting Hill
Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant star in this 1999 romantic comedy. The story follows a bookstore owner whose life changes forever when a world-famous movie star walks through the door of his shop. The two form an unlikely but powerful bond and fall in love.
She’s Gotta Have It
Spike Lee’s 1986 romantic comedy follows a Brooklyn-based artist in her mid-20s who’s juggling her independence and three relationships. This coming-of-age movie explores themes of gender, race and sexuality. If you can’t get enough, check out the Netflix series of the same name which was adapted for TV in 2017.
Grease
This 1978 musical romantic comedy set in the 1950s stars Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta as the reserved new girl and the charismatic bad boy as the two form an unlikely pair of high school sweethearts. This PG film is also perfect for a family movie night.
The Half of It
Looking for another high school romance movie? This 2020 coming-of-age romantic comedy written and directed by Alice Wu follows a straight-A Chinese-American high school student who agrees to help a jock win over his crush. When she starts ghostwriting love letters to the object of his affection, she starts to develop feelings of her own.
Along Came Polly
This 2004 romantic comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Anniston follows a recently divorced man who falls for a free-spirited and eccentric woman while on the rebound. It’s perfect for a double feature with the next movie on our list.
Wedding Crashers
This 2005 romantic comedy is as much of a bromance as it is a romance. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star as lifelong friends and divorce mediators who crash weddings to seduce women. Things don’t go as planned when bridesmaid Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams) enters the picture.
This Is 40
This spin-off of Judd Apatow’s "Knocked Up" holds up on its own. The dry romantic comedy follows Pete and Debbie as they navigate their relationships, careers, parenting and aging as a couple.
The Lovebirds
This 2020 romantic action-comedy movie stars Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani as a couple on the verge of a breakup. When they accidentally become embroiled in a murder mystery, they need to clear their names while also mending their relationship.
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SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A person was taken into custody Wednesday after shots were fired at a truck stop in Sumter County, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies said they responded to a report of shots fired that was called in from the Texaco at Spirit Truck Stop in Lake Panasoffkee.
According to investigators, a person is in custody and the area is secured.
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No other information, including the name of the person in custody or if anyone suffered injuries, was immediately made available.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Hankering to see the strange, unusual or macabre? If so, the Oddities and Curiosities Market is returning to Orlando with plenty of weird for everyone.
Hosted and curated by Prometheus Esoterica – who bill themselves as the “premier oddities shop” – the event will be held June 24 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at 4603 W Colonial Drive.
“We are excited to present to you the best and brightest vendors of the strange and unusual,” organizers said on the event’s Facebook page.
This includes morbid antiques, taxidermy, wet specimens and art from local and national vendors.
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The indoor event has a $10 admission for adults and free for anyone 13 and under. Tickets will be sold at the door. Parking is $5 per vehicle.
There will also be food trucks, food vendors and craft beer on the menu, according to organizers.
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