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Gas prices continued to drop across Tucson and Arizona this week while remaining flat nationwide, as soft demand and low oil costs are keeping gas prices relatively stable, AAA says.
The statewide average gas price fell about 14 cents in a week to $4.19 per gallon of regular on Friday, while the nationwide average stayed unchanged at $3.58 per gallon.
Tucson's average gas price dropped nearly 15 cents in a week to $3.97 per gallon.
The Sierra Vista-Douglas area had the lowest average among markets surveyed by AAA, at $3.61 per gallon, while Scottsdale had the state's priciest gas at an average of $4.66 per gallon.
Gas prices in Arizona surged this spring due to supply issues even as the national average flattened, but pump prices in Tucson and across the state have declined faster than the nation in recent weeks.
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Compared to a month ago, the state average gas price per gallon has dropped about 45 cents, while the national average is up a few cents.
Arizona saw the biggest drop in average gas prices among the states this week, though the state still has the sixth-highest average price behind California, Washington, Hawaii, Oregon and Nevada. | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-consumer-gas-prices-arizona/article_202a5536-0c92-11ee-9b25-8744d5cd2e1a.html | 2023-06-17T13:12:13 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-consumer-gas-prices-arizona/article_202a5536-0c92-11ee-9b25-8744d5cd2e1a.html |
A few weeks ago, I published an article in this column on horseweed, kochia, tumble mustard and diffuse knapweed, all summer weeds — those that germinate during the spring or summer and mature by autumn. Here are three more. Parts of this piece have been published in this column previously.
Black medic
This ground-hugging annual clover was introduced from Asia. Like other clovers, it bears teardrop- shaped leaves in groups of three. But unlike sweet yellow clover, which sports yellow flowers on a spike, black medick bears pom-pom-like, yellow flowers on a short stem. Black medick trails closely to the ground, while sweet yellow clover is upright and may attain a height of five feet. Another clover -- white clover -- exhibits pom-pom-shaped flowers too, but are large and white.
Now is the time to eradicate your black medic, while the seedlings are small. This may be a matter of simply wetting down the area where the weed is taking hold, and gathering up its ground-hugging leaves and pulling out the shallow tap root.
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One crucial fact about black medic is it flourishes in compacted soil. Compaction happens when soil particles are pressed tightly together, resulting in less air and water space and causing the soil to become dense. Clay soils or localities receiving lots of foot or vehicle traffic are more prone to it. Since compaction is also detrimental for our desirable plants -- flower gardens, vegetable gardens and lawns — it would be profitable to improve the quality of all your soils by loosening the particles and providing aeration, whether or not you have this weed.
Adding copious amounts of organic matter, like well-decomposed manure or compost, to other garden areas will also greatly reduce the likelihood of this weed becoming introduced or making a comeback. I recommend using the good old-fashioned shovel or pick for this job, because a power rototiller may collapse the integral structure of the soil.
Once your soil is less dense and rich with organic matter, beneficial fungi, worms, and other soil-borne critters will commence binding soil particles to form aggregates. These, in turn will form air and water pockets that are penetrable by roots of desirable plants. Additionally, soil-borne microorganisms will continue the process of decomposition, augmenting the soil with fixed nitrogen and other nutrients.
Goathead
When I was a child, my friends and I went barefoot all summer. Only if we knew we were going to tread on scorching blacktop or concrete would we wear shoes. Occasionally however, we would venture onto disturbed sites, like vacant lots and find ourselves in the middle of what we called “a sticker patch,” a sprawling weed brandishing 1 or 2 hidden “horned” burs. Wow! Did that pack a punch to the soles of our feet! The culprit was Goathead, a.k.a. puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris), and we’d have to tip-toe our way out of the weed patch and remove each sticker.
This noxious weed radiates out from a crown, forming patches a meter in diameter and clad with tiny, five-petaled yellow flowers that morph into burs. It’s the leaves that give away its identity, however -- they are opposite and pinnately compound. The best way to eradicate goathead is to keep an eye out for it and dig it up with a hoe before the plant bears flowers.
Purslane
Each summer, about the time the monsoon rains ramp up, purslane starts popping up all over our vegetable gardens and flower beds. Then in a flash it creeps along the ground, robbing our plants of water and nutrients. Controlling this Asian succulent is tricky, because the stems themselves are capable of taking root. For this reason, hoeing does no good unless you painstakingly gather the severed stems left on the ground. Plus, once the purslane plant matures, its yellow flowers fling seeds a distance from its parent. Furthermore, the seeds stay viable in the soil for years.
As with all summer weeds, the best way to control purslane is to eradicate it before it matures. When dealing with purslane keep in mind to gather all plant parts, bag them, and dispose of them. Then the following season, mulch or place heavy paper on sites infested the previous year, so seeds are deprived of sunlight vital for germination.
Cindy Murray is a biologist, co-editor of Gardening Etcetera. and a Coconino Master Gardener with Arizona Cooperative Extension.
If you have a gardening question, send a message to CoconinoMasterGardener@gmail.com and a Coconino Master Gardener will answer your question. Or call the Coconino Master Gardener Hotline at 928-773-6112 and leave a message. A Master Gardener will return your call. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gardening-etcetera-summer-weeds-part-two/article_a4cd56c6-0c9c-11ee-b0ea-ab9757f0054b.html | 2023-06-17T13:12:38 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gardening-etcetera-summer-weeds-part-two/article_a4cd56c6-0c9c-11ee-b0ea-ab9757f0054b.html |
Lauren Hagans has always displayed mental toughness.
The NAZ Elite athlete will get the chance Saturday in Duluth, Minnesota, to push her limits even more when she makes her marathon debut.
Hagans, 36, joined NAZ Elite as a 5,000-meter track standout in January of 2020. Over the years, she gradually shifted to racing at longer distances.
During that shift in distances, she became more "mentally calloused" to the grind of the longer workouts, NAZ Elite Executive Director Ben Rosario said this week. She got used to "pounding the pavement."
And based on her marathon training, her legs have also become more calloused for the distance.
“She looks really great," Rosario said Thursday. "Training has gone well and she has had a smooth build for the most part. She’s ready to go.”
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Hagans has gotten three half-marathons under her belt, helping her get ready for her first 26.2-mile race at Grandma's Marathon, a race that has been good to NAZ Elite -- and many runners in general. She debuted at the half-marathon distance in 2021 and ran a personal best time of 1:09:46. In January of 2023, she finished second at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half Marathon in 1:12:30, and in February she ran a 1:09:51 on the way to a second-place finish behind teammate Aliphine Tuliamuk at the USATF Half Marathon Championships.
On top of the half-marathon experiences, she also has another reason to feel good about Grandma's Marathon: the course.
NAZ Elite's Kellyn Taylor ran Grandma's in 2018 and won it, setting the course record and a PR in the process at 2:24:28. She said at the time that part of the reason she crushed the course was because -- as the team believed when sending Taylor into the race -- it was so similar to Lake Mary Road, on which the team often trains.
NAZ Elite had always wanted to send another marathoner to Grandma's, but the timing had not worked, until now.
“That was certainly one of the things that we bookmarked was, hey, this is a race, this is a course that suits us because it really mimics Lake Mary, where we run all the time," Rosario said.
The timing is great for Hagans.
“I think it feels like fate," Rosario said of Hagans making her debut in Duluth. "Here is someone like Lauren who runs very well on Lake Mary, has been training very well out there for a couple of years now, she is very comfortable out there, so it stands to reason that she should be very comfortable on the Grandma’s course.”
The Grandma's course even follows the shores of Lake Superior before entering the Duluth city limits.
NAZ Elite also learned that the game plan they had drawn up for Taylor works.
They are using the prototype for Hagans. It's a game plan that allows Hagans to have flexibility in how she paces the rolling hills of the race, pushing when she wants and slowing as she needs.
“There’s just little ups and downs. You don’t know exactly where they are going to come," Rosario said of Grandma's, "unlike Boston, where you know where the hills are because they are really big.”
Rosario said part of the debut approach is also to remind Hagans to focus on her race -- at least for the first 20 miles.
This year's Grandma's field consists of Dakotah Lindwurm, who enters marathon with a PR of 2:25:01, and Gabriella Rooker, who will toe the line with a PR of 2:29:44.
Meanwhile, Hagans is one of four women making their debut at the race, which is a course known for helping athletes produced PRs and qualifiers to larger events.
It also, NAZ Elite hopes, will make for a good debut.
Especially if, Rosario said, Hagans enjoys the experience.
“When I say that, I mean the whole experience -- the trip, the excitement that is the nervous energy, all those things -- you have to enjoy all those things. If you let anxiety take over, you can get overwhelmed," he said. "I think Lauren, like anybody, races best when she is appropriately nervous, not overwhelmed. So I just think she should enjoy the process, enjoy the experience and then get down to business later in the race.”
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A Flagstaff-based youth soccer team is continuing its historic season next weekend.
The Flagstaff United Soccer Club (FSC) U14 girls team, after winning its first Arizona State Cup -- a prestigious club soccer tournament -- in April, is set to play in the Far West Regional beginning June 23 in Boise, Idaho.
What the players, coaches and families believe is even more impressive than the play on the field, though, is FSC's fundraising efforts.
The Far West Regional is a seven-day tournament, and each of the girls and their families have to incur the cost of travel, food, hotels and everything in order to play. In all, through sales of shirts, knocking on business doors and all sorts of other fundraising tactics, the team raised about $18,000.
That figure is far more than any of the team members expected, and will help to allow each of the players to make the trip.
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“It’s so cool that one team of 16 girls came together, and the whole community had no problem supporting us,” said Misti Welker, a team mother and one of the parents who led the fundraising effort.
FSC will play the top teams from states around the region beginning June 23. A championship run would vault the team into its first national tournament. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/local-roundup-flagstaff-united-soccer-club-set-for-first-regional-after-successful-fundraiser/article_2c066e88-0c8a-11ee-8fae-435c92beeda2.html | 2023-06-17T13:12:48 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/local-roundup-flagstaff-united-soccer-club-set-for-first-regional-after-successful-fundraiser/article_2c066e88-0c8a-11ee-8fae-435c92beeda2.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. — No gifts for Dad yet? There’s still time to find a great gift.
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Here we have some last-minute gift ideas to celebrate Dad on his day:
- For the sports-lover dad: If your dad loves sports, get him some tickets to watch his team live, whether it is soccer, basketball, or football -- If your dad’s team is far from Orlando, get him a jersey or a coffee mug from his team.
- Think about his hobbies: Think about the things your dad loves to do. If he likes visiting Florida’s beautiful beaches, you should get a cooler or a nice beach chair. Maybe he likes grilling, and you can get a griller or tasty seasonings, or he enjoys tennis, and you can get a racket or tennis clothes.
- For the musical dad: Check out concert schedules -- Get your dad tickets to see his favorite band or artist. You may also get him a Bluetooth speaker or a karaoke machine to sing his favorite songs at home!
Read: Father’s Day 2023: Meals and freebies for dad on his special day
- For the new dads: Get him an official dad uniform-- A matching Papa Bear and Baby Bear t-shirt would make a great gift.
- Is your dad a coffee lover? Skip the gift card and get him a new coffee machine, grinder, or frother for the perfect latte.
- DIY never goes wrong: You can get creative and write your dad a letter or make a photo album for him.
Read: Father’s Day 2023: Quotes about dads that will make you smile
- For the game-lover dad: A case for his controllers, or even better, get him a wireless controller for his console. You can also give him a gift card to buy his favorite game.
- Go to brunch: Central Florida offers a variety of cuisines to make Dad’s day memorable. If you can’t find any reservations, put on that apron and make a special breakfast for him.
- Give him an experience: Get him a spa package, or if he’s into outdoor activities, go kayaking, hiking, or horseback riding.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Father’s Day weekend is here, and we’ll have some storms building up.
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Meteorologist Kassandra Crimi said widely scattered showers and storms are possible, and we can see strong to severe storms later this afternoon.
Damaging wind and hail will be the most significant concerns.
Read: Father’s Day 2023: Meals and freebies for dad on his special day
On top of the amplified rain chance, it will be hot and muggy, with highs in the upper 80s and low 90s.
This pattern will stick around throughout our Father’s Day weekend.
We are still monitoring a tropical wave moving over the Atlantic.
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This wave has a high chance (70%) of developing into a tropical depression once it’s over the Central Atlantic.
Models still indicate that this wave wouldn’t be a concern for us, regardless of development.
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Lubbock entertainment: Theater, musicals, live music and more
The Edge presents 'The Mountaintop'
The Edge: A Company of Fine Artists presents "The Mountaintop," at 7:30 p.m. on June 23-24 with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays June 18 and 25.
"The Mountaintop", directed by Stephanie Johnson and written by Katori Hall, is a gripping reimagination of events the night before the assassination of the civic rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (portrayed by George Stern).
On April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. When a mysterious stranger (Naomi Taylor) arrives with some surprising news, King is forced to confront his destiny and his legacy to the people.
Due to profanity and adult subject matter, this production is for mature audiences only.
Tickets are $17 for adults and $15 for students (with ID) and seniors ages 55 and older (plus taxes and fees).
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://edgetheatrelubbock.org/
High Noon Concert Series kicks off
Lubbock County presents its annual High Noon Summer Concert series 2023 every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the courthouse gazebo and lawn.
This free event includes $50 cash drawings. It is free to enter, but you must be present to win. Only one ticket is allowed per person.
Performance schedule includes:
June 21: Mark Gillham
June 28: Caldwell Kids
July 5: Robert Lopez
July 12: Dustin and Kristi Garrett
July 19: Amber Pennington
July 26: Mariachi Mi Tierra
Aug. 2: D.G. Flewellyn
Aug. 9: Jenni Dale Lord
In addition, there will be various food trucks available including Chilly Lily's, J&D Bar-B-Que and Catering, Mi Cocina, and Grub Gauntlet.
For more information, email commissionerscourt@lubbockcounty.gov or call (806) 775-1335.
Buddy Holly Center hosting Summer Showcase
The Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., is hosting its Summer Showcase at 5:30 p.m. every Thursday through Aug. 17.
In addition to viewing the concerts, guests are encouraged to visit Buddy Holly exhibitions and the Fine Arts Gallery during Summer Showcase hours with free admission.
This week's entertainment will feature Jeremy Coture and his band.
Upcoming performances include:
June 29: Mojave Sol
July 6: Anthony Garcia
July 13: Cameron James Smith and the Band Monarch
July 20: Alma Quartet
July 27: Mark Wallney
Aug. 3: Marco's Crew
Aug. 10: Mouse Shadow
Aug. 17: Phlip Coggins
For more information, visit https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/buddy-holly-center/summer-showcase-2023
The Limeliters to perform at Cactus
Legendary folk group The Limeliters are set to perofrm at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 22, at the Cactus Theater.
For more than 50 years, The Limeliters have entertained standing-room-only crowds with their musical talent and zany sense of humor.
They first made their mark in folk clubs and on college campuses during the height of the folk music boom of the early ′60s, which led to numerous TV appearances. With different configurations over the years, the group has preserved their signature vocal sound.
Tickets for this show range from $22 to $28 (plus taxes and fees), depending on seating, and are available online at www.cactustheater.com/
Moonlight Musicals opens season with 'Hello Dolly'
Moonlight Musicals Lubbock kicks off its summer 2023 season with "Hello Dolly" at 8 p.m. on June 22-24, at the Moonlight Musicals Amphitheater, 413 E Broadway.
Say “Hello!” to a great summer with "Hello Dolly." This musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play "The Matchmaker" bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history.
The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher-Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill and entertain audiences again and again.
Tickets for the show are $25, which include Select-A-Seat fees. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://moonlightmusicals.com/shows/
Tucker to perform at Buddy Holly Hall
West Texas native Tanya Tucker is set to perform at 8 p.m. Friday, June 23, at Buddy Holly Hall.
Born in Seminole, Tucker had her first country hit, the classic “Delta Dawn,” at the age of 13 in 1972. Since that beginning, she has become one of the most admired and influential artists in country music history, amassing 23 Top 40 albums and a stellar string of 56 Top 40 singles, ten of which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country charts.
Tucker's songs include some of country music’s biggest hits such as “Soon,” “Two Sparrows in a Hurricane,” “It’s a Little Too Late,” “Trouble,” “Texas (When I Die),” “If It Don’t Come Easy” and “Strong Enough To Bend.”
Reserved seat tickets for this show range from $39 to $129 (plus taxes and fees), depending on seating, and are available online at https://www.buddyhollyhall.com/
Tucker is donating $1 per ticket to support Farm Aid and its work to cultivate a vibrant, just and resilient family farm-centered system of agriculture in America.
The Wilder Blue takes Cactus stage
Texas Americana group The Wilder Blue will take the stage at 7:3o p.m. Friday, June 23, at the Cactus Theater.
Sharp storytelling. Gripping and gorgeous five-part harmonies. Arrangements that can swing between fun, engaging, and lively one moment and stirring, booming, and chill-inducing the next. These are the essential elements that make up the sound of The Wilder Blue, the Texas five-piece who put their own spin on rock-influenced country with their eponymous sophomore album.
Tickets for this show are $20 in advance for all floor and standard balcony seats and $25 the day of the show; and $40 in advance for balcony box seats and $50 the day of the show (plus taxes and fees).
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.cactustheater.com/u
LCT hosting 90s Dance Party
Bust out your neon-colored windbreakers and acid-washed jeans, your JNCOs and your flannel and jump into the past with Lubbock Community Theater’s 90’s Dance Party.
The event is set for 8-11 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at the theater, 3101 35th St.
Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating a decade that changed everything. We’ll have local food trucks (catered by Mia White of Ya-Ya's Place), retro gaming stations where you can challenge your friends to epic battles of 90's classics such as Mario Kart , Street Fighter II and of course, Goldeneye, and a 90s trivia session that will put your knowledge of the decade to the test.
Dance the night away to the dopest jams from the era and then cool off with a refreshing 90’s themed cocktail from the bar. (Drink tickets will be sold at concession.)
Gather your crew, throw on your freshest gear, and get ready to relive the raddest era of all time.
Tickets for this special event are $20 (plus taxes and fees) and and available online at www.lubbockcommunitytheatre.org/
Finals round of Battle of the Bands set for June 24
Join in on the fun at the the exciting Finals Round of LHUCA’s 5th annual West Texas Battle of the Bands competition on Saturday, June 24. The competition is set for 6 p.m. in the LHUCA Plaza.
LHUCA's West Texas Battle of the Bands is a competition that takes a single, original, track submission from bands consisting of two or more members of any genre. A panel of judges selects eight semi-finalists who moved into a public voting round during June's First Friday Art Trail.
The finals night will feature pre-show performances from the 2022 winner and runner-up, Strawberry Season and Indego.
Following the pre-show, the final four competitors will each perform a 15-minute set in front of a panel of judges who will determine the 2023 winner and runner up.
Admission for the finale is $5 for adults and free for kids younger than 12. To purchase tickets online, visit http://lhuca.org/events/2023/6/24/west-texas-battle-of-the-bands-finals-round
Alamo hosting 'Rocketman' brunch
Join Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock for a special brunch screening of "Rocketman," an electrical musical fantasy about Elton John's rise to fame.
"Rocketman" is a dream-like interpretation of Elton John’s incredible rise to success. Starring Taron Egerton ("Kingsman: The Secret Service") as Elton and Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliott") as his lyricist and collaborator Bernie Taupin, it tells the story of an artistic friendship amidst the insanity of public life and self-destruction.
Enjoy items from a special menu or order from the full regular menu while you watch this hit movie on the big screen.
Tickets for the movie are $10 and available in advance online at drafthouse.com/lubbock
Alamo hosting 'Rocky Horror' movie party
Join Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock for a "Rocky Horror Picture Show" movie part at 10 p.m. Saturday, June 24.
Originally produced for the London stage in 1973, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" was Richard O'Brien's musical tribute to B-movies, sci-fi, ‘50s rock, and Hammer Horror, as filtered through the transgressive and camp attitudes of rock-opera and punk.
With thrilling props, the most outrageous callbacks, boisterous sing-alongs, and stimulating pre-show games, Alamo's Movie Party will be your ultimate "Rocky Horror Picture Show' – whether this is your first or 500th viewing.
Tickets to this movie party are $15.15 and available online in advance at drafthouse.com/lubbock
Talented ladies of West Texas to perform at Cactus
Caldwell Entertainment presents Lubbock Ladies Live at 7:3o p.m. Saturday, June 24, at the Cactus Theater.
This star-studded show with some of the most dynamic musicians, singers, and performers in West Texas is guaranteed to rock your world. These incredible women will be backed by the amazing Caldwell Collective band for a night of music unlike any other.
Featured performers include: Berklee Timmons, Faith Drake, Gabby Flores, Gypsy Jayne, Hannah Jackson, Janette Barcenas, Karleigh Porterfield, Kassidy King, Lindsay Boreing, Misti Beaver, Miz Ayn, Sheena Fadeyi, Tiffany Nelson. Blaire Elbert, Haley Simpson and Lesley Sawyer.
Tickets for this show are $25 for all floor and standard balcony and $50 for balcony box, which includes concessions.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
LTC presents 'Liberty Valance'
Dawmi Entertainment and Lubbock Theater Company present "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 30 and July 1, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, at Buddy Holly Hall.
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is a classic story of good versus evil, law versus the gun, one man versus Liberty Valance. A tale of love, hope and revenge set against the vicious backdrop of a lawless society in the American West.
Reserved seat tickets range from $25 to $40 (plus taxes & fees), depending on seating. There is a special offer of $5 off for students and seniors (60 and older), with proof of valid ID.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.buddyhollyhall.com/
Alamo hosting 'Indiana Jones' brunch
Join Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock for a special menu brunch and a screening of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" on Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2 at 11:20 a.m.
The world’s most dangerous archeologist is back in action doing what he does best – finding priceless artifacts and punchin’ Nazis. Harrison Ford once again picks up the iconic whip (and hat, with just moments to spare) for another globe-trotting adventure in search of a mythical dial with the power to change history.
Movie goers can order from a special brunch menu or the regular full menu while they watch the action on the big screen.
Tickets for the movie are $10 and available in advance online at drafthouse.com/lubbock
CATS presents 'Snow White and the Wicked Queen'
Children and Adults Theatrical Studio, 2257 34th St., will present "Snow White and the Wicked Queen" at 7:30 p.m. on June 30 and July 1, 7, 8, 14 and 15.
Take one beautiful girl, one handsome prince, one evil queen, seven little dwarfs and you have a spin on a classic tale.
The play is written by the theater's founder Tim McIntire and directed by Lisa DeClerk and Tyson Lemasters.
General admission tickets are $10 each and available online at https://catsplayhouse.ludus.com/
Caldwell show highlights 80s rock
Caldwell Entertainment presents a night of Van Halen, AC/DC and Tom Petty at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the Cactus Theater.
These three legendary rock groups brought some of the best music to the charts in the ’80s. From “Jump” to “Back In Black” to “I Won’t Back Down” this show is guaranteed to be a night you won't forget.
Tickets for this show are $25 for all floor and standard balcony and $50 for balcony box seats, which include concessions.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
Alamo hosting 'Jaws' movie party
Duh, nuh…duh, nuh…nothing quite says "ah, summer" like watching an elusive giant shark terrorize Amity Island on the big screen.
Join Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock for a "Jaws" (1975) movie party at 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 2.
All over America in the mid-1970s, motels, YMCAs, and community parks posted "Shark-Free Pool" signs. Was swimming really that dangerous 50 years ago? No, they were just cashing in on the JAWS phenomenon, which took the country by storm in the summer of '75.
This is a Movie Party, so you can live the shark-hunting adventure along with your pals Brody, Hooper, and Quint – minus the salty sea air and actual mortal peril. Featuring Shark Hats, Yellow Floatie Drink Holders (CAUTION: very susceptible to shark attacks), and other surprises, it’s the most fourth-wall-busting fun you can have on dry land.
Tickets for this special event are $15.15 and available online in advance at drafthouse.com/lubbock
Caprock Jazz Festival set for July 8
Caprock Jazz Festival welcomes Soul Patrol featuring Tom Braxton, Blake Aaron and Aubrey Logan on July 8 at the TTU Museum - Helen Devitt Jones Auditorium. Dinner is at 5 p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Saxophonist Braxton's distinct, melodic sound has been thrilling audiences of all ages from coast to coast and abroad for nearly two decades. This native Texan has recorded eight albums including The Next Chapter (2014), Endless Highway (2009), and Imagine This (2007) on the Pacific Coast Jazz label and Bounce (2005) on the Rendezvous label.
Guitarist Aaron has taken the contemporary jazz world by storm with a total of five No. 1 Billboard singles. Following in the footsteps of the smash album "Color and Passion", Aaron’s upcoming album release, "Love and Rhythm" rockets out of the gate with another two No. 1 singles.
Logan is a singer, trombone player, songwriter and performer. Her own No. 1 album in 2019 helped Logan become a household name with music aficionados around the world.
Tickets for this show are $50 for the concert only; $100 for an individual ticket (includes dinner); table of 8 tickets for $700.
All sales are final and there are no refunds. For more information, call (806) 535-2475 or visit selectaseatlubbock.com
Mike and Moonpies to perform at Cactus
Join the historic Cactus Theater for an intimate show for Mike and the Moonpies - The Solo & Steel Tour: A Night with Mike and Zach at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 8.
Mike and Zach perform an acoustic selection of songs spanning the Moonpies’ catalogue in their first appearance on our stage.
Reserved seat tickets for this show are $20 for all floor and standard balcony and $40 for balcony box seats, which includes concessions.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
Eady, Wilson bring tour to Cactus
Jason Eady and Jamie Lin Wilson bring their Old Friends Tour to the Cactus Theater at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 9.The elite due of Texas singer/songwriters is making their Cactus Theater debut.
All floor and standard balcony seats are $20 in advance and $25 the day of the show; balcony box seats are $40 in advance and $50 the day of the show and include concessions.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
Moonlight Musicals presents 'Little Mermaid Jr.'
Get ready to go under the sea this July and join Moonlight Musicals for our Academy production of Disney’s "The Little Mermaid Jr."
The production is scheduled for July 13, 14 and 15 at the Moonlight Musicals Amphitheater, 413 E. Broadway.
"The Little Mermaid", tells the tale of Ariel, the youngest daughter of King Triton, who wishes to be part of the human world above and pursue the human Prince Eric.
Ariel bargains with the evil sea witch Ursula and trades her tail for legs. Ariel soon finds out this bargain is not what it seems and will need the help of her friends Flounder the fish, Scuttle the seagull, and Sebastian the crab to help restore order under the sea.
"The Little Mermaid" is based on the beloved fairy tale and animated film and features the songs we all know and love, “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl” and “Part of Your World.”
General admission tickets are $21 (plus taxes and fees) and available by calling the Select-a-Seat Box Office at (806) 770-2000, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or visiting selectaseatlubbock.com
ZZ Top tribute band to rock Cactus
AZ-Z Top, an acclaimed tribute to the "Little Ol' Band from Texas" is set to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 14, at the Cactus Theater.
The music and showmanship of that Little Ol’ band from Texas is captured by this Arizona trio that loves the music just as much as anyone! All three members have been playing ZZ songs for years and were just waiting for the right combination of talents to fall into place to create this top touring tribute to the original legends - creating a spot-on show that makes you feel like you're right there at a live ZZ Top concert.
Tickets for this show are $27.50 for floor roas A-F; $25 for floor rows G-M; $22.50 for standard balcony seats; and $50 for balcony box seats, which includes concessions.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
Sweeney to perform at Cactus
Sunny Sweeney, a genre-bending, songwriting spitfire who has spent equal time in the rich musical traditions of Texas and Tennessee, is set to take the Cactus Theater stage at 7:3 p.m. on Saturday, July 22.
Sweeney returns with "Married Alone", the celebrated singer-songwriter’s fifth studio album and the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed Trophy.
All floor and standard balcony seats for this show are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the show; balcony box seats are $40 in advance and $50 the day of the show.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
'National Lampoon's Vacation' marks 40 years
Cinemark Movies 16 and XD, 5721 58th St., is hosting Fathom's Big Screen Classic presentation of "National Lampoon's Vacation" 40th anniversary at 4 and 7 p.m. July 16 and at pm. on July 19.
The all-American Griswold family just wants to go on an all-American vacation. Everyone is packed. The route is planned … And absolutely everything goes wrong as a simple trip quickly becomes a madcap cross-country odyssey and heroic quest in search of National Lampoon's Vacation.
For the Clark W. Griswolds of Chicago, 50 weeks of work and routine will soon be rewarded with a fortnight of frenzied freedom. Mom and the kids would rather fly, but Dad (Chevy Chase) insists on driving west to Walley World. He's programmed everything on the family's PC--from tire wear to best routes, from choice sights to the finest AAA-recommended lodgings. With such planning everything should go right … wrong!! From director Harold Ramis and screenwriter John Hughes.
Tickets for this special screening are $12.45 and available online at fathomevents.com
Bryan brings Country on Tour 2023 to USA
Country music superstar Luke Bryan will be taking the stage on July 27 at the United Supermarkets Arena as he brings Country on Tour 2023 to the Hub City.
Special guests will be Tyler Braden, Ashley Cooke and Jackson Dean.
Bryan has been named Entertainer of the Year five times, awarded by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. In 2019, his 2013 album "Crash My Party" received the first Album of the Decade award from the ACM. Worldwide, he has sold more than 75 million records.
Some of Bryan's biggest hits include "Do I" "Rain is a Good Thing" "Someone Else Calling You Baby" "Country Girl (Shake it for Me)" and "Drunk On You", among many others. He has had nearly 30 No. 1 hits.
Tickets for this concert range start at $35 and up depending on seating and VIP package features.For more information or to purchase tickets, visit selectaseatlubbock.com
Ranching Heritage Center to host inaugural Ranch Verse
Join cowboy songster Andy Hedges and special guests, Boots O’Neal, Randy Rieman, Dave Stamey, Red Steagall, and Andy Wilkinson, for a day of Western storytelling, song and poetry at the inaugural Ranch Verse on Saturday, Aug. 5.
"Ranch Verse will feature a variety of programming that will include working cowboy stories, cowboy poetry, western music, and discussions of ranch culture,” host Andy Hedges shared.
Daytime events will be free to the public and take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) in Lubbock. A special welcome performance of cowboy poetry, range ballads, and storytelling by Red Steagall, Andy Wilkinson, Randy Rieman, and Dave Stamey will kick off the day from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
From 1 to 2 p.m., visitors will have the opportunity to hear a live, onstage interview with Four Sixes Ranch cowboy and Ranching Heritage Association Working Cowboy Award recipient Boots O’Neal for broadcast on the Cowboy Crossroads podcast with Andy Hedges.
Randy Reiman will take the stage from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. to present the illustrated letters of cowboy artist Charles M. Russell through slides, commentary, and the spoken word.
Daytime events will conclude with a discussion from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. featuring Red Steagall, Andy Hedges and Dave Stamey on the poetry, music, and art emerging out of Western culture.
An evening performance will follow from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the historic Cactus Theater with cowboy songster Andy Hedges, western songwriter Dave Stamey, and the legendary Red Steagall. Tickets for the evening performance start at $25 and are on sale on the Cactus Theater website.
To learn more about Ranch Verse, visit bit.ly/ranchverse. For questions, contact (806) 742-0498.
Jelly Roll coming to USA
Jelly Roll has announced a 44-date headlining tour and will be taking the stage at the United Supermarkets Arena at 7 p.m. on Aug. 29, with his Backroad Baptism Tour 2023.
Jason Bradley DeFord, known professionally as Jelly Roll, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter known for his collaborations with Lil Wyte, Struggle Jennings, and Tech N9ne In 2023, he won three CMT Music Awards for the song "Son of a Sinner".
Before his transition into country music with 2023's Whitsitt Chapel album, Jelly Roll launched his career in hip hop.
Tickets for this show range from $21 to $650 (plus taxes and fees), depending on seating and VIP package features.
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If you drive around Texas, you'll see no shortage of cities with unusual names. There's Klondike and Muleshoe; Bacon and Egypt. But does the Henderson County city's name have anything to do with actual guns or barrels?
"The reason why it was called Gun Barrel Lane is because that road was as straight as a gun barrel, which is kind of silly and simple, but that's just what they came up with," said Brooke Atkinson, the city planner for Gun Barrel City. "So they decided to petition the county and form a city called Gun Barrel City."
And despite a name that sounds straight out of the Wild West, Gun Barrel City actually wasn't incorporated until the late 1960s, when Cedar Creek Lake was finished.
"During the summer months, we have such a large amount of people coming through our city just visiting," Atkinson said. "You can always tell like holiday weekends and summer months. I mean, our towns are packed with people visiting the lake."
We also check in on Muleshoe in the Texas Panhandle. Retired English teacher Alice Liles took up writing about the city as a second career, chronicling Muleshoe's history.
"There was a little drive-in hamburger place here called the Dairy Delite, and it was home of the Hershey burger," Liles said. "The woman who ran it came up with the idea of putting a Hershey bar in the middle of a cinnamon roll and then eating it. And that was a big delicacy."
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Liles also taught one of Muleshoe's most prominent celebrities: USC head football coach Lincoln Riley.
When Lincoln shows up, he's a big deal," she said. "And he brought a lot of people to Muleshoe to find out about him and to learn about him. So he kind of helped put us on the map too."
Listen to Texas Wants to Know in the Audacy app or wherever you get your podcasts. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-wants-to-know-how-gun-barrel-city-and-muleshoe-got-their-names/3279570/ | 2023-06-17T13:36:17 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-wants-to-know-how-gun-barrel-city-and-muleshoe-got-their-names/3279570/ |
People across Southwest Virginia are honoring Juneteenth and one group in Gretna having a celebration happening at the Sharswood Manor Estate.
The event is Sunday June 17th from 12 p.m.to 6 p.m.
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Welcome to Sharswood. This is the foyer of the original house,” Karen Dixon-Rexroth, our tour guide, said.
Karen Dixon Rexroth just happened to see the house while running errands with her mom in the spring of 2020.
She was shocked when she saw a for-sale sign in the yard.
“It always seems like an old house that nobody resided in, maybe one person lived in that may have stayed here, but I always called it a scary house,” Dixon-Rexroth said.
It may be a scary house with its unique features like the Gable Finials on the roof.
10 News learned the architect designed the white two-story house with a Swiss Gothic influence.
Inside – there are diamond-shaped pane windows in every room, about 3,000 in number.
The house looks like a museum with furnishings and items from both the 18 and 1900s.
Karen said the house smelled “old” at first, but the scent is mostly gone with the help of air fresheners and candles.
In the parlor, sits a couch, a piano from the 1800s, a desk, and a bookcase.
Over in the dining room, there’s a family table for six and this antique television in the corner.
“It doesn’t work,” Dixon-Rexroth said.
However, there are more treasures this house still holds.
Karen was interested in the house because it could be a gathering spot.
“It could accommodate our huge family. We can have gatherings and parties. I mean, we could do a lot with the house,” Dixon-Rexroth said. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/17/juneteenth-celebration-gretna-sharswood-manor-estate/ | 2023-06-17T13:43:43 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/17/juneteenth-celebration-gretna-sharswood-manor-estate/ |
WINTERGREEN, Va. – Virginia State Police release:
“At the request of Wintergreen Police Chief Dennis Russell, the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office is investigating the circumstances of an incident that resulted in the fatal shooting of a Wintergreen Police Officer and the injury of three others Friday night (June 16).
The incident began shortly after 10 p.m. Friday when an emergency call came in to the Wintergreen Police Department about an adult male resident having assaulted two other adult males at a residence on Arrowood Lane. After calling police, the two injured males fled the residence on foot. They are being treated at UVA Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries.
At this stage of the investigation, it appears the first Wintergreen Police Officer to arrive at the residence located the adult male suspect in the nearby woods and a struggle ensued. During the course of the struggle, the officer was shot and died at the scene.
The male suspect was taken into custody without further incident by Wintergreen Police and the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. The male suspect was suffering from a non-life threatening injury and was transported to UVA Medical Center for treatment.
The officer’s department-issued firearm was recovered at the scene in the woods. The investigation remains ongoing at this time.” | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/17/virginia-state-police-investigating-fatal-officer-involved-shooting/ | 2023-06-17T13:43:49 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/06/17/virginia-state-police-investigating-fatal-officer-involved-shooting/ |
Desert Dreams Gymnastics, a gymnastics center that opened at 4303 E. County Road 60 in April, doesn’t just want to train great gymnasts but also wants to mold the next generation of great people, mothers and friends.
Desert Dreams’ classes start at 6 weeks old. Young mothers and their children can come in, spend bonding time together working on motor development and meet other parents in the same chapter of life. Once the young gymnasts reach 6 years old, they can begin to practice in Desert Dreams main gym.
Desert Dreams also sanctions a gymnastics team for young teenagers. The first competition is in Lubbock in September. After a few competitions around West Texas, Desert Dreams will travel to state competitions.
Although Desert Dreams will compete at the statewide level, Deanna Ring, the gym’s owner, said winning trophies and accolades is just “icing on the cake.”
A competitive gymnast as a child, Ring found refuge and happiness in the gym growing up, an environment that she hopes to create as Desert Dreams continues to grow.
“I want every kid that walks in our door; I want them to know they’re loved, they’re cared for,” Ring said. “I want them to know that they’re safe here, I want them to know they can confide in us (coaches) if they need to.”
Desert Dreams is far from a “win-at-all-costs” competition team. Ring remarked, “Out here it’s a lot of winning, like they really want to win, and I want the kids to have fun and enjoy it.”
Sandra Benavidez, a parent of a Desert Dreams competition team member, said her daughter has been involved with gymnastics for about seven years, and the Desert Dreams coaching staff brings a lot to the table.
Benavidez said she has seen improvement in her daughter’s skill level due to the personal, one-on-one attention Ring and the Desert Dreams coaching staff provides. Benavidez added that the new gym does well to create a positive and uplifting environment for the young athletes.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity is out with a warning for the public to be on the lookout for sophisticated phishing emails.
She said scammers are sending emails that appear to be from the Pennsylvania Treasury Department and include a link that leads to a fake version of the Treasury’s website.
“I urge everyone to always be on guard for scams and suspicious messages,” Garrity said. “We know these criminals will pull out all the stops to commit fraud, but Treasury will always fight back. If you have doubts about an email claiming to be from the Pennsylvania Treasury Department, here’s the most important tip: Do not click any links, and do not share any personal information. And always remember: Treasury will never seek personal information through an unsolicited email.”
Garrity said anyone who receives a suspicious message should contact the Treasury at https://www.patreasury.gov/contact.
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Average daily flows
Snake River at Jackson 287 cfs
Snake River at Palisades 11,997 cfs
Snake River at Heise 13,846 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 7,237 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 9,484 cfs
Snake River at Milner 904 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 463 cfs
Jackson Lake is 77% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 97% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 94% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 91% of capacity.
As of June 16 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_c288998a-0c85-11ee-b8dd-4b850db9fad8.html | 2023-06-17T14:08:50 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_c288998a-0c85-11ee-b8dd-4b850db9fad8.html |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church took Friday night to reflect and remember the three lives lost one year ago in the mass shooting at a church potluck.
A place of worship became a crime scene on June 16, 2022 when Bart Rainey, Sharon Yeager and Jane Pounds were killed in a heartbreaking shooting while enjoying community fellowship over a meal.
“[The labyrinth] will be a space where everybody can come. There were people standing in parking lots, on street corners, up in the apartment complex, praying for us and wondering, rooting us, rooting the first responders on and all those people now can come and they can reflect in their own way on that space and be part of the church,” says Curry.
St. Stephen’s says while it’s a sad day, it’s a day they spent reflecting on their gratitude for the amount of support poured onto them over the last year.
“Bless all those who live with the daily grief of losing a precious person to gun violence. Strengthen any who carry injuries in body, mind or spirit,” they prayed at the memorial service. “Make our church worthy of the blood shed by your martyrs.”
For about an hour and a half, hundreds of people gathered at St. Stephen’s to sing, pray and support one another in remembrance of the three lives lost and countless others altered after the mass shooting at the church.
“2,000 years ago, somebody, a group of people watched their friend be killed and they found life on the other side of it,” says Reverend John Burruss, the rector at St. Stephen’s. “What this year has taught me is that grief is real, loss is real and yet there is incredible hope when we turn to each other.”
The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama says in a place where it seemed like there was so much grief, God brought healing to the community. The diocese says a place of brokenness has become a place for connection in the community.
“For the families today must be very, very hard and honestly they’re being incredibly generous to share all this with us,” says Bishop Glenda Curry with the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. “Imagine if you were facing a day when you were remembering your mother or your spouse died a year ago, you might want to do that by yourself, but they’re opening their lives to us.”
Before the memorial service for the public, St. Stephen’s says the survivors and victims’ families will be given private time to connect and reflect together. Burruss says it’s been a year of learning not just for his parish but for the outside community as well. He shared part of a conversation he had with a volunteer chaplain.
“We talked about how he didn’t want to return to the church because he saw it as a crime scene,” says Burruss. “In some ways forgiveness and in some ways learning how to face grief is learning how to face what is uncomfortable and turn it over to God.”
Over the last year, Burruss says the way he reads scripture has changed and the phrase ‘joy can overcome despair’ has taken on a new meaning. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/a-night-of-reflection-gratitude-at-memorial-service-for-st-stephens-episcopal-church-shooting-anniversary/ | 2023-06-17T14:12:46 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/a-night-of-reflection-gratitude-at-memorial-service-for-st-stephens-episcopal-church-shooting-anniversary/ |
Johnsonville is recalling approximately 42,062 pounds of Beddar with Cheddar smoked sausage links that may be contaminated with thin strands of black plastic fibers, the company announced in a release.
The specific products recalled were produced on Jan. 26, 2023, and contain the following three pieces of information found on the maroon-colored package:
- A “Best By” date of 07/11/2023
- A C35 code date printed on the back along the zipper closure
- An “EST 34224” number inside the USDA mark of inspection (found on the package’s front side, lower right corner).
The sausage products were shipped to retail locations in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas. Purchasers of this product are advised not to consume them and either throw them out or return them to the store for a full refund.
Customers can contact Johnsonville’s Consumer Affairs team via text or phone at 1-888-556-2728 or complete a brief form in the “Contact Us” section of Johnsonville.com. No receipt is necessary but the company asks that a photo of the product packaging be included in order to receive a coupon or a check for the full retail value. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/johnsonville-recalls-pork-sausage-links-due-to-possible-plastic-fibers/3279338/ | 2023-06-17T14:18:50 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/johnsonville-recalls-pork-sausage-links-due-to-possible-plastic-fibers/3279338/ |
CROWN POINT — A Calumet City woman accused of shooting at her ex-boyfriend's house and injuring his mother has been at large since Friday.
Zakiya Coats, 25, was charged Thursday with two counts of battery and a count of criminal recklessness for violently acting out against her ex-boyfriend, charging documents said.
Police said a family heard noises around 12:15 a.m. May 9 outside their home in the 1200 block of Decatur Street in Gary. When the family looked out the window, they saw Coats shatter the windshield and driver's window of their car.
Coats noticed the family looking out multiple windows and shot at them, breaking through the house and striking items inside, police reports said.
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The noise stopped and the family went outside, the probable-cause affidavit said. That is when they saw Coats drive past the house in a white Dodge Neon coupe while shooting at the house.
After the family ran into their house, records said, the ex-boyfriend's mother noticed she was bleeding from a bullet wound to her upper right arm. Hospital staff confirmed this gunshot injury.
Police reports said Coats and her ex-boyfriend got into an argument over the Dodge the day before, and apparently that is what led to the violence.
When officers examined the scene, they observed a trail of blood from the mother's injury, the vehicle's broken windows and 12 bullet strikes to the front of the residence that went through the interior walls. Police also collected six spent bullets inside and outside the house.
Police reports mentioned an incident involving the Dodge the previous day. The body cam footage from the encounter picked up Coats saying: "If I take matters into my own hand, then I go to jail, right? That's alright."
After the shooting, officers searched Coat's social media and found a post that boasted of the incident: "Shot this (expletive) whole crib up and he ain't dead," followed with an angry face emoji.
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This week's local crime and court updates from The Times.
Xavier Norris, 41, was charged on Thursday with failure of duty and intimidation, which are both level 6 felonies, as well as criminal recklessness and operating while intoxicated, which are both misdemeanors.
The charges were dismissed because the “filing detective believes that Ryan Andrews was misidentified as the perpetrator of the crimes charged,” according to a motion to dismiss filed on Tuesday.
Roger Mashburn, 29, of Kouts, is accused of sexually assaulting his co-worker's wife in June 2020, according to court records.
An investigation by Lee Enterprises and Type Investigations looked at how agencies have responded to calls for more accountability — including the use of cameras — after George Floyd's murder.
Roger Mashburn, of Kouts, is on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting his coworker's wife in June 2020, according to court records. If convicted, the 29-year-old faces up to 16 years in prison.
Ryan Andrews, 26, was arrested Friday in Tinley Park, Illinois, in connection with setting fire to the lobby of the Lake County Jail.
A jury found Kevin Varner, 51 guilty of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and firearm enhancement.
Roger Mashburn, 29, was charged in August 2020 with rape and battery, according to court records. Jurors deliberated for about two hours before returning with the not guilty verdict.
Tyler McHenry, 26, was charged with stalking, criminal confinement and invasion of privacy, which are Level 6 felonies; and a misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/calumet-city-woman-at-large-for-drive-by-shooting/article_9b3a6f2e-0c7c-11ee-b7b3-2f7941b93fc5.html | 2023-06-17T14:33:03 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/calumet-city-woman-at-large-for-drive-by-shooting/article_9b3a6f2e-0c7c-11ee-b7b3-2f7941b93fc5.html |
RICHMOND, Va. — A new tearoom has opened catty-corner from The Jefferson Hotel in downtown Richmond.
“We serve Fortnum & Mason tea imported from London,” owner Daniel Luna, 26, said. Fortnum & Mason tea has been served to kings and queens of England, including Queen Elizabeth.
This is the first business venture for Luna and his wife, Clarissa, who is also a full-time pastor at Life Church, a nondenominational church in Mechanicsville.
“We host events to bring people together. We see this as an extended living room, a cozy and peaceful space,” Clarissa, 31, said.
The tearoom at 21 W. Main St. was formerly the space of The Queen Bee & Co., a tearoom run by former Miss Virginia Heather Marie Van Cleave. She ran the tearoom for a year and a half before selling it to the Lunas after being diagnosed with cancer.
“We see this as a safe space for people to gather. We’re close to the VCU campus. There are lots of breweries and bars in Richmond, but not many alcohol-free spaces,” Daniel said.
“There’s no other tearoom in Richmond,” Clarissa said.
Across the street, The Jefferson Hotel serves a popular afternoon tea, as well as holiday-themed teas that often sell out. The Queen’s Library has struck up a friendly relationship with The Jefferson Hotel, Clarissa said, with the hotel referring guests to the Queen’s Library when its afternoon teas are sold out.
The Queen’s Library Tea Room is open for a tea break from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday, and for afternoon tea at noon and 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday. It stays open late Thursday nights for Night Owl tea with live music from 6 to 11 p.m.
The reservation-only tearoom serves a variety of imported teas from London’s Fortnum & Mason in clear teapots and mix-and-match china cups. The space is decorated with antique furnishings, Empire sofas, chandeliers and passed-down furniture , and can seat up to 35 people.
“The tea service is entertainment,” Daniel said. “There is a blooming tea where you pour over the hot water and the tea leaves unfurl.”
Fay Chelmow and her daughter enjoyed a tea break recently, sipping tea and sitting in the window. “My daughter surprised me for my birthday,” Chelmow said. “And she’s leaving for California. So this will always be a special place for us now.”
The tea break costs $15 per person and includes unlimited tea and tea treats from Mosaic and Two and a Half Irishmen. The afternoon tea includes unlimited tea and a three-course menu for $36 per person. Prices are subject to change.
Besides the weekly seatings, the Queen’s Library also offers special themed teas, such as a Bridgerton-inspired tea — modeled off the hit Netflix show, hosted by a character in costume as Queen Charlotte, with Lady Whistledown-inspired treats — in August. A Queen Elsa tea is planned for October, for younger visitors, with “Frozen”-themed teacups and treats and a visit from Queen Elsa and her friends (in costume, of course).
“Our tearoom is very family friendly,” Clarissa said.
The Queen’s Library is also bilingual. Daniel was born in Mexico, and his family immigrated to the Richmond area when he was 12. “We’re looking forward to inviting the Hispanic community to teatime,” Daniel said.
Looking ahead, the couple is planning to open another tearoom in downtown Richmond, tentatively named the Dream Big Tea Studio, that will be more of a tasting room where guests can try new teas. The Lunas are hoping to open it in August.
“Our goal has always been to welcome everyone to the table. I never thought it would be a tea table,” Daniel said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2023/06/17/exchange-tea-room/18901b4e-0d0f-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html | 2023-06-17T14:33:15 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2023/06/17/exchange-tea-room/18901b4e-0d0f-11ee-8132-a84600f3bb9b_story.html |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Three siblings are missing after leaving home without permission on Friday evening, according to DeKalb County Police.
The DeKalb County Police Department issued a notice Saturday morning that 14-year-old Marshall McKitchen, 10-year-old Janiyah Ross and 7-year-old Major McKitchen left their home about 9 p.m. the previous night.
The three have not been seen since. According to police, they were last seen near the 1500 block of Fieldgreen Overlook.
"If you see them, please call our Special Victims Unit at 770-724-7710," a police statement said.
Photos of the three siblings were issued which you can see below. Marshall is on the left, Major in the middle, and Janiyah on the right.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County officials are sharing new details after a woman was shot and killed earlier this week.
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According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to North Hastings Street in reference to a crash.
However, upon arrival, officials discovered a woman in her 20s with gunshot wounds.
Investigators identified the victim as 32-year-old Dacia Andrews.
According to a news release, Andrews was transported to the hospital, where she later died.
Neighbors in the area said the shooting has them feeling uneasy.
“Who knows who’s going to be next,” a neighbor said. “I don’t want this to happen -- I need the police to do something.”
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Detectives said they discovered several people were hanging around the area when the shooting happened.
A white truck, a red minivan, and a dark-colored BMW or Mercedes also left a home near the scene.
Homicide detectives are working on all leads in this case.
Anyone with information about this deadly shooting is asked to call Crimeline at 800-423-8477 to be eligible to receive a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
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Name: Destiny Washington
School: Reuther High School
Parents: William Washington and Nevrije Besiri
Most memorable high school moment: My most memorable moment will be when I walk across the stage with my high school diploma.
Most influential teacher: Missy Werner as School Counselor; Ms. Werner made a strong impression on me from the first day I started here at Reuther my Junior year. She believed in me and helped me through a lot of difficulties I faced within these past 2 years. She encouraged me to be my best self.
School activities/clubs: Art Club, AAFI
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: I work as a caregiver at a memory care facility. I really enjoy working with the residents.
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College choice: Gateway Technical College in Kenosha
Intended major/field of study: Liberal Arts
Role model: My dad
Three words that best describe my role model: Hardworking, selfless, and determined.
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For five years in the late 1970s — Phil Ruhlman's formative years, you might say — he was a bartender at Misty's, the Havelock institution.
Ruhlman watched — and learned — as Bob Milton ran the iconic steakhouse, dreaming that someday he might follow the same path.
"I've always wanted to own my own steakhouse," said Ruhlman, the retired Gallup executive who now lives just north of Ashland in Sandy Point. "I'd want to run it the way that Bob Milton did it at Misty's — at the front door every night greeting people."
What started off as a way to accomplish that dream grew a whole lot bigger on Friday when a deal was finalized for he and two of his brothers — Matthew and Mark, one a contractor and the other in real estate — to buy 6 acres of land in downtown Ashland.
Oxbow Crossing, located at U.S. 6 and Silver Street, will feature a number of projects, including a 5,300-square-foot Bryan Health Physicians Network care center, an event center, a Runza drive-thru location, a meat market and — yes — Ruhlman's Steakhouse.
In addition, 48 apartment units will also be built by Red Line Development of Omaha.
Of the 19,000 square feet earmarked for retail, all but about 1,300 square feet have been spoken for, Ruhlman said.
"It kind of gives Ashland a new front door — a different front door," Phil Ruhlman said.
Oxbow Crossing doesn't come without its share of challenges — navigating water pipes that run from the Platte River near the project en route to Lincoln was a chief concern — or necessary cooperation from multiple municipalities.
"It took a lot of coordination," said Peter Hind, an architect at Lincoln-based Schemmer who said the large water pipes required some architectural finesse. "... We had to stay out of their easement completely."
There is at least 20 feet between the water pipes and each building, Hind said, mitigating any danger of flooding or other water damage.
"That was the beautiful thing of working with the city of Lincoln water department and really making sure that everybody, all of our contractors, understand exactly what we're doing."
Mark Ruhlman, a longtime commercial real estate agent now in Fort Collins, Colorado, worked with Lincoln attorney Kent Seacrest to arrange tax-increment financing for one of the few times in the city of Ashland's history, while also getting the industrial land rezoned.
But the project couldn't be finalized until one remaining homeowner agreed to sell her house to the Ruhlmans.
That deal wasn't completed until Matthew Ruhlman, the contractor in the family, built her a new house in Ashland and the Ruhlman family paid all expenses, including the move.
"We were able to take down that house," Mark Ruhlman said. "That was one of the last obstacles. Other people wanted that land, but she wasn't selling because she had nowhere else to go and live."
The city of Ashland, population 3,186, has had a renaissance of sorts in its downtown area in recent years, says Caleb Fjone, economic development director, adding that projects like Oxbow Crossing only add to that momentum.
"The city is excited about it. We're excited about it," he said. "This is going to enhance our whole town."
Ten years ago, getting a Runza there would have been a big deal. Today, it's Runza that will be celebrating its 91st store.
“Ashland is a thriving community, and we are pleased to be part of the growth," said Donald Everett Jr., Runza's president, in a written statement.
Bryan Health expanding to Ashland fills a void in a place Fjone calls a "health care desert."
"The nearest ones are 30 minutes in any direction," he said, pointing toward Saunders County Medical Center in Wahoo to the north, Lincoln to the west and Omaha to the east. "It makes logical sense for Ashland to be adding this kind of facility."
It makes sense for Bryan Health, too, says Joe Mangiameli, president of the Bryan Physician Network.
"We are excited to bring Bryan’s trusted primary care to Ashland," Mangiameli said. "The Ruhlmans' vision of the Crossing made this such an easy decision." | https://journalstar.com/news/local/nebraska-brothers-to-develop-6-acres-in-ashland-to-include-steakhouse-and-bryan-health-clinic/article_04a46ebc-0c53-11ee-8494-7faff9f40af9.html | 2023-06-17T14:56:36 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/nebraska-brothers-to-develop-6-acres-in-ashland-to-include-steakhouse-and-bryan-health-clinic/article_04a46ebc-0c53-11ee-8494-7faff9f40af9.html |
Scattered showers and thunderstorms today as a cold front moves over the area. Damaging wind and hail can't be ruled out. See when storms are most likely, when they'll come to an end, and what's in store for Father's Day in our updated forecast video.
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EVELETH — There are some grand auditoriums on the Iron Range. Ornate plasterwork and chandeliers adorn both the Hibbing High School Auditorium and the Goodman Auditorium at Virginia High School, the latter of which is set to be torn down.
And then there was the Wilsonian Auditorium, built out of an old pump house 250 feet below Eveleth. With a capacity of 200, the 52-by-20-foot theater was part of the Spruce Mine, an underground iron ore mine.
Oliver Iron Mining Co. District Superintendent Charles Grabowsky wrote a description of the theater for the April 1926 issue of the Rockford Furniture Herald, a trade publication for the Illinois city’s furniture industry. The article touted that the film “Happiness,” which followed the furniture-making process from the felling of a walnut tree to the finished piece entering the home of a newly married couple, was shown to several hundred miners in the underground theater.
Grabowsky said miners once regularly ate their lunch up on the surface, but with the theater, they were staying underground over the noon hour.
“Immediately after eating they congregate in the pump room or so-called motion picture theater, have their show, and return to their working places,” Grabowsky wrote in the furniture article.
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In the very early days of the Iron Range, when the immigrants hadn't learned English yet, their common language — their music — it was one of the things that connected them.
Safety films were screened every two weeks, and sometimes even comedies. An April 9, 1925, article in the Eveleth News describing the opening of the theater two days prior said “Hindsight is Better than Foresight” was shown at the dedication program.
The article noted the idea to convert the old pump house into a theater came from another superintendent, Joseph Wilson, presumably the Wilsonian Auditorium’s namesake.
A more detailed description of the theater by Grabowsky appeared in the January 1926 issue of the journal Electrical Mining. “If the safety picture is composed of two reels, that is usually all that is shown,” Grabowsky wrote. “If the safety picture consists of one reel, we usually show a comedy reel.”
But it wasn’t just used for those motion picture shows.
Both the Furniture Herald and Eveleth News noted that after the films ended, miners would pull out accordions and perform live music for their co-workers.
“In the very early days of the Iron Range, when the immigrants hadn't learned English yet, their common language — their music — it was one of the things that connected them,” said Tucker Nelson, an Iron Range historian.
“I don’t think it was uncommon for people to have played music, but it would have been folk music, not necessarily somebody who was classically trained,” Nelson said. “But it was fairly common … for the miners to entertain each other with their own music.”
Nelson, who grew up in Eveleth and lives in Virginia, was recently featured on an episode of PBS North’s "Minnesota Historia" on the odd early history of Eveleth and the Spruce Mine.
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He told the News Tribune he first heard of the Wilsonian Auditorium on a Facebook post a few years ago. Several commenters were joking about getting Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation funds to find and reopen the theater.
In all likelihood, the underground mine (and theater, if it is still there) is now filled with water or caved in.
The underground Spruce Mine closed by 1953 and the open pit mine above it closed later that decade, Nelson said.
Nelson, who has sifted through newspaper clippings, journal articles and photos of the theater, said the last mention he could find of the theater was in 1940. The Askov American on March 28, 1940, reported the Askov basketball team, despite losing to Two Harbors in the state tournament, got a tour of the Spruce Mine, including a stop at “the unique underground auditorium.”
The space would also occasionally host civic clubs or company executives.
Most descriptions maintain the theater was simple. But Nelson found one source that said it had an orchestra pit and lighting.
“I’m thinking somebody was confusing this very simple underground theater that had been converted from a pump room with some other performance space in town,” Nelson said. “Because at various points — from the 1920s to the 1950s — there were quite a few movie theaters in Eveleth, some that, of course, just played silent films and then there were at least three at one time that were playing talkies, and not to mention Finnish, Swedish and Italian halls that had a stage.” | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/northlandia-a-movie-theater-250-feet-below-eveleth | 2023-06-17T14:57:37 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/northlandia-a-movie-theater-250-feet-below-eveleth |
Selby Botanical Gardens president elected chair of state tourism agency Visit Florida
Selby Gardens president elected chair of state's tourism agency
Jennifer O. Rominiecki, president and CEO of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, has been elected chair of Visit Florida's board of directors for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Rominiecki, currently vice chair of the state’s tourism marketing corporation, will begin her one-year term on July 1.
Rominiecki, who has served on the Visit Florida board since July 2020, has chaired the organization’s Industry Services, Small Business and Rural Development Council in addition to serving as vice chair. She has served as Selby Gardens’ chief executive since 2015.
“I am deeply honored to serve as chair of this vital organization that is so essential to the state of Florida’s record-breaking success in tourism,” Rominiecki said. “It’s a privilege to work with president and CEO Dana Young and the whole Visit Florida team.”
Rominiecki has overseen the creation and construction of a three-phase Master Site Plan for Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus. Phase One of the project is expected to open in November, resulting in the first net-positive energy botanical garden complex in the world. Visit selby.org.
Celebration salutes Caribbean American Heritage Month
Caribbean American Cultural Connections Inc. is hosting its seventh annual Caribbean American Heritage Celebration on June 24 from 1-9 p.m. at City Center Front Green, 4970 City Hall Blvd., in North Port.
The free family friendly event celebrating Caribbean American Heritage Month will feature ethnic food vendors, a kids activities zone, and live performances by J’Nelle, YaYa and the Dream Chasers, Bianca (JustBee) Russell and a musical showcase (Empress Uneek, Nikki Fyah, Ras Chakai, Kulcha Cally, Mystic Soul, Errol Woodhall) backed by the Undiluted Band.
Also, an art exhibit at North Port City Hall is open on Mondays to Fridays through June 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and a Caribbean American Heritage Social is scheduled on June 24 from 7 p.m. to midnight at Le Lambi Restaurant, 3802 Tamiami Trail, in Port Charlotte featuring DJ Swizzy Beatcity and DJ Curtain Claat. Visit caccincfl.com or follow on social media @caccincfl.
Campaign Against Summer Hunger doubles gift from Heritage Oaks
Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club recently raised $23,626 for All Faiths Food Bank's Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which doubled the gift through the campaign's match program for community donations.
Members and staff at Heritage Oaks rallied behind club manager Greg Hurst's participation in the Florida Keys100 Ultramarathon to create the fundraiser, according to Barbara Fraser, chair of Heritage Oaks' Backpack Kids program. The $47,252 total will purchase 18,900 meals, Fraser said.
The Campaign Against Summer Hunger has raised more than $14 million in the past decade. Visit allfaithsfoodbank.org.
Nonprofits partner on reading initiative to support families
The Aqua Cares Foundation, Goodwill Manasota, and Pregnancy Solutions are partnering this summer to help bring safety awareness to children through a reading initiative.
Youth who send in artwork showing how they can create a safer environment for themselves and their family will receive a voucher for a complimentary book from any Goodwill Manasota retail or bookstore location in Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, or northwest Charlotte counties. Youth can draw, color, or write about how they can create a safer home and email it to info@aquacaresfoundation.org or by text to the Aqua Cares Foundation at 941-415-3425.
“We want to help youth engage in reading, but there is also an opportunity for them to express their creativity through art,” said Skip Stanton, chair of the Aqua Cares Foundation. For information, visit aquacaresfoundation.com.
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Piano Friends will hold their 15th Anniversary Meeting on June 24 at 1:30 p.m. at the State College of Florida Recital Hall, 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton. Talented pianists from intermediate to professional will perform, including special guest Eleonora Lvov. Info: Debye Bernard at axhandle@comcast.net.
· The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast recently received a $20,000 grant from the Rita B. LaMere Memorial Foundation to support the organization's mission to protect the land and water in Southwest Florida. To date, the organization has permanently protected over 19,200 acres across 56 properties in five counties. Visit conservationfoundation.com.
· The Friends of the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library is seeking to fill five vacancies on its seven-member board during its Annual Meeting on June 20 from 5-7 p.m. at the library, 2801 Newtown Blvd. Visit bettyjjohnsonfriends.org. ... Members of the Aphasia Community Center of Sarasota are hosting an Aphasia Awareness Dinner on June 24 at Concordia Lutheran Church, 2185 Wood St., in Sarasota. RSVP: aphasiasarasota.org or aphasiacommunitycenter@gmail.com.
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What to know in Manatee: A new golf course designed by Nick Price is headed to Myakka City
A new private golf course designed by retired pro golfer Nick Price is slated for development in East Manatee County near Myakka City.
The project is among a number of developments considered on Thursday during a county land-use meeting.
Commissioners also denied a request for zoning changes that would have allowed another development east of the county's Future Development Area Boundary and pumped the breaks on a rezone of the Bradenton Tennis Center for the construction of multifamily housing.
More in Manatee:Manatee County proposes massive $2.1 billion budget to keep pace with population growth
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Golf course designed by Nick Price headed to Myakka City
County commissioners approved a request to rezone a 537-acre property to allow for the development of a new private golf course designed by Price on Singletary Road near Myakka City.
The project will include an 18-hole golf course, a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse and spa facility, a 20,000-square-foot golf training facility, 14 resort cottages, and 93 single-family homes.
The property is located east of the county's Future Development Area Boundary, and the project would use potable well water and sanitary septic to service the development.
Commissioners voted five to one in favor of the proposal made by the 536 Single RE, LLC for the project, with Commissioner James Satcher as the lone nay on the vote, and Commissioner Vanessa Baugh absent.
Satcher did not provide a direct explanation during the meeting but did question the need for the zoning change since existing zoning would allow for the development of roughly the same amount of homes.
Rule that allows development east of the urban boundary frustrates commissioners
Frustrated with the vagueness of a policy approved to allow Lakewood Ranch to expand eastward across the county's Future Development Area Boundary, commissioners voted to deny a request by the Lazy C Ranch on Thursday that sought to use the rule to build thousands of new homes east of the line in Parrish.
The rule was first pitched as a way to allow developers to build east of the line under very strict guidelines, but an increasing amount of developers are applying to use the rule with the promise to develop huge tracts of agricultural land.
Three master-planned developments have already received at least preliminary approvals for projects east of the FDAB line: an eastward expansion of Lakewood Ranch, and the development of East River Ranch and Gamble Creek Village.
ICYMI:County OKs Carlos Beruff proposal for up to 5,378 residential units in East Manatee
More:Massive Lakewood Ranch expansion approved in East Manatee County
And:Gamble Creek Village stokes the flames of development in northeast Manatee County
On Thursday, Lazy C Ranch proposed a new development located northeast of the Rutland Road and Rye Road intersection near Parrish on a property that is predominantly located east of the FDAB line. The property includes about 405 acres of land located east of the FDAB line.
Proposed zoning changes would allow for the construction of up to 1,486 single-family homes northeast of the Rutland Road and Rye Road intersection. That amount could potentially be up to 4,459 homes if the development designates at least 25% of residential units as affordable housing, according to county records.
Later in that meeting, Commissioner George Kruse moved to begin a lengthy process to change its comprehensive plan and remove the policy, but the motion failed for lack of a second. Instead, commissioners said they would review the policy in more detail at future meetings.
Commissioners pump breaks on Bradenton Tennis Center rezone
Commissioners will continue the discussion about a proposed rezoning of the 6.72-acre Bradenton Tennis Center property at a later date after expressing concern about a proposal that could lead to dense multifamily development on El Conquistador Parkway.
Property owner Bayside Holdings LLC proposed the zoning changes with plans to sell the property for redevelopment. Commissioners expressed concern about approving a rezoning request without conceptual plans in place because the applicant requested enough density to build 16 units per acre, which amounts to about 107 units.
Commissioners agreed to continue the matter to a future date to give the applicant opportunity to address the concerns raised. Further discussions will be advertised publicly and scheduled for a future date. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/06/17/manatee-county-approves-a-nick-price-golf-course-in-myakka-city/70326158007/ | 2023-06-17T15:04:57 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/06/17/manatee-county-approves-a-nick-price-golf-course-in-myakka-city/70326158007/ |
DeSantis approves state funding for the widening of Fort Hamer Road, Moccasin Wallow Road
The state’s 2023-24 budget includes funding for many local government projects in Manatee County, including $8 million for widening a segment of Moccasin Wallow Road and $1 million for upgrades to Bradenton’s 9th Street Park.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the $116.5 billion state budget at a ceremony in Fort Piece on Thursday after striking about $511 million in funding for projects and programs requested by state lawmakers. The governor can take individual projects out of the budget through line-item vetoes.
Manatee County as a whole fared better than Sarasota County did when it came to vetoes this year. The budget approved by lawmakers in May included 14 projects that had been requested by Manatee County, its municipalities, the School Board or a local fire district, and DeSantis only vetoed three of those requests.
In Sarasota County, seven of the 12 funding requests made by local governments (or by a non-profit related to the government) were vetoed. State Sen. Joe Gruters, who sponsored most of those requests as well as some from local nonprofits, linked the vetoes to the rift between him and DeSantis.
In Manatee County, the governor also vetoed $20 million in funding for a Nursing/STEM facility at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, but approved $9 million for Phase I of the project to create a new State College of Florida campus in Parrish.
Previous coverage:Sarasota state Sen. Joe Gruters criticized DeSantis for vetoing money for local projects
More Manatee news:Manatee County proposes massive $2.1 billion budget to keep pace with population growth
Lists of the approved and denied local government projects are below.
Projects approved by DeSantis
- $2 million for Guy Harvey Academy of Arts and Science at Anna Maria Elementary School.
- $1.4 million for a project to improve safety and accessibility along Pine Avenue in the city of Anna Maria and address the impact of seasonal traffic, according to the city’s funding request form.
- $4 million for a project to widen and extend 44th Avenue East.
- $2.5 million for the design of a project to widen Fort Hamer Road from the north side of the Fort Hamer Bridge to Moccasin Wallow Road.
- $3 million toward the design and permitting of a second Fort Hamer two-lane bridge.
- $2.5 million for the construction of two lanes of the ultimate four-lane roadway extension of 51st Street West from 53rd Avenue West to El Conquistador, according to the county’s request form. The project also involves street lighting and bike/pedestrian facilities.
- $500,000 for a project to install emergency standby power generators at multiple sanitary sewer lift stations in the city of Bradenton.
- $1 million for the construction of a new field with lighting and to add lighting to an existing field at 9th Street Park.
- $8 million for the widening of a segment of Moccasin Wallow Road.
- $2 million toward the cost of constructing Parrish Fire District station #2.
- $375,000 for the city of Bradenton’s sanitary sewer lining program for infiltration/inflow reduction.
Related:Fort Hamer Road extension opens to motorists
Projects denied by the governor
- $1.1 million for improvements to Manatee County Area Transit Route 99 operations.
- $250,000 for a project to install tidal check valves on storm sewer outfalls in the city of Bradenton.
- $1.4 million for the city of Bradenton Public Safety Operations Center. The city is remodeling the former Red Cross regional headquarters on 59th Street West into a public safety operations center, according to the city’s request form. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/17/desantis-oks-8-million-for-moccasin-wallow-road-widening-project/70329129007/ | 2023-06-17T15:05:03 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/06/17/desantis-oks-8-million-for-moccasin-wallow-road-widening-project/70329129007/ |
Give the Florida Gulf Coast Trail an identity and win a $5,000 prize
Winner would provide a unifying theme for 336-mile trail linking Collier County with the Tampa Bay area
Proponents of the Florida Gulf Coast Trail are turning to the public to help create a logo and forge an identity for the 336-mile network of pathways along Florida's west coast that will one day connect Collier Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Hillsborough counties.
The Trust for Public Land is funding the contest, which will award a $5,000 prize to the winner.
Submissions will be accepted through July 22.
The trail is part of Florida’s envisioned SUN Trail network of bike/pedestrian trails, which was first funded in 2015.
The hope is that the contest and logo will create awareness of the effort to link the evolving trail system.
The first priority of that program has been the 250-mile-long Florida Coast-to-Coast Trail − more than 90% complete − connecting Pinellas County to the Canaveral National Seashore.
The focus now turns to the Florida Gulf Coast Trail, said Charles Hines, the Gulf Coast Trail program director for the Trust For Public Land, which has a mission of creating parks.
Hines said the Gulf Coast Trail has an identity problem.
He pointed to the Appalachian Trail and locally, the Legacy Trail, as having well-defined identities and fervent support, the latter from the Friends of the Legacy Trail.
“They all have a brand and everybody puts it on a hat, puts it on the web, puts it on a shirt,” Hines said. “We didn’t have that.”
Related:Osprey Junction Trailhead reopens, with walking paths, a restroom and more
How to submit an entry
Any legal resident of the U.S. or U.S. territories can enter, though entrants under age 18 as of June 3, 2023 also must submit a parental consent form.
Employees of the Trust for Public Land and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and other entities associated with the contest aren't eligible.
Full rules can be found at https://www.tpl.org/florida-gulf-coast-trail-logo-contest-rules.
Logo submissions can be made at https://www.tpl.org/florida-gulf-coast-trail-logo-contest.
The local trail
Locally, the Legacy Trail, roughly 30 miles long connecting North Port and Sarasota, will be part of the Florida Gulf Coast Trail, though as trail use there and elsewhere around the state has evolved, the parameters for future segments of the trail have changed to favor 12-foot wide pathways that can accommodate cyclists and pedestrians.
Last month the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning organization approved 12-foot wide trails to connect Bobby Jones Golf Club to Nathan Benderson Park and via an Interstate 75 overpass to Lakewood Ranch, as well as a trail connecting 75th Street West to U.S. 41 Business in downtown Bradenton.
Funding for those will likely come from SUN Trail money and federal grants.
Early versions of the route envisioned paths that aren’t practical because of cars – such as due east on Fruitville Road, instead of cutting through Bobby Jones Park − or lack of right-of-way, such as along Manasota Beach Road near Englewood to hook up to Charlotte County.
Hines said a more likely path would involve connecting the Legacy Trail to River Road and then south to Englewood and State Road 776.
He called the widening of North River Road, which is currently planned to have a 10-foot wide multi modal paths, a missed planning opportunity.
“When we do South River Road, we’re going to be part of that design,” Hines said. “That will hook up to Charlotte County, go through the Myakka State Forest, get us down to Dearborn Street, where the (Sarasota) county has put a lot of money to do Dearborn.”
He has visions of connecting that to the Legacy Trail North Port Connector, which would provide alternative paths as a key trailhead at Warm Mineral Springs.
“What the Gulf Coast Trail does is it provides the connectivity of these internal trails,” HInes said, adding that the state is finalizing a new Gulf Coast Trail Map.
How will the winning logo be picked?
After the contest closes a panel of judges from the Trust for Public Land, DEP and community partners will pick between three and five finalists that will then be subject to a public vote between Oct. 1 and Nov. 10 on the Trust for Public Land website.
Votes will be tallied Nov. 29 to name the winner. The design will be used on web sites and marketing material, Hines said.
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The Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) will be adding eight dual enrollment courses to its offerings for the coming school year thanks to its board approving a pair of intergovernmental agreements (IGA) with nearby community colleges at a meeting Tuesday.
Flagstaff High School (FHS) now offers 26 dual enrollment courses through Coconino Community College (CCC), while Coconino High School (CHS) offers 14. These cover a range of topics from core subjects such as English and pre-calculus to beginning Navajo I and II, jazz history, literature and automotive engines.
About 60% of FUSD graduates participate in dual enrollment courses, said Tom Safranek, the district’s director of college and career development; the average across Arizona is 24%.
A recent Helios study found that students who took dual enrollment classes were 2.1 times as likely to attend college as their peers who hadn’t and 1.2 times as likely to persist.
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The district was updating its existing IGA with CCC at Tuesday’s meeting, rearranging courses based on teacher movements and certifications throughout the district. In the end, the move means adding two courses to those CCC offers in partnership with FUSD, raising the total to 40.
The board was also approving a new IGA with Yavapai College (YC) for a film and television program, as CCC does not offer a similar program. The six new courses include some already taught by Jeremy Gemetta, a film and television production instructor at CHS, and now allow students to receive credit in the specific subject rather than the more general arts category
Gemetta already teaches some TV and film dual enrollment courses, which CCC recognizes as arts courses rather than CTE courses -- a result of the community college not offering the program. The district will now be partnering with YC to offer credit for six courses through its TV and film production program.
The classes will still be taught by Gemetta at CHS during regular school hours.
In response to a question about dual enrollment’s cost to FUSD students, Safranik said, “none of the students pay full price. It’s either reduced or no cost.”
“Our Native students for example: no cost to them,” he said. “Our CTE courses through CCC: no cost to them other than books. And we’re reimbursed by our local CTech for the textbooks or materials that they may need for that class, but arts and sciences students do pay for the class. Their rate with CCC is $15 per credit hour. With YC, I’ve been given to understand, because they’re outside of Coconino County, the cost is a little bit higher, but it’s still about 50% of their normal tuition rate, and it's the same rate that is at play with other schools down in the Valley.”
The board voted unanimously to approve both agreements.
"I am so glad we can offer this and I agree," said board member Christine Fredericks. "The more we can offer, the better to give our kids a step up, whether it’s college bound or it’s career or wherever they plan on going -- whatever we can plan to do to help."
A recording of the meeting is available at vimeo.com/835483190. Discussion of the dual enrollment agreements begins at around 3 hours and 50 minutes. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/fusd-adds-dual-enrollment-courses-with-coconino-community-college-yavapai-college/article_208256e2-0c78-11ee-808f-b3cd78bf4cda.html | 2023-06-17T15:05:49 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/fusd-adds-dual-enrollment-courses-with-coconino-community-college-yavapai-college/article_208256e2-0c78-11ee-808f-b3cd78bf4cda.html |
HAMMOND — Methamphetamine became the gateway drug for Lauren Bowen at age 12.
Two years later, she was helplessly addicted to heroin.
Between serving jail time and battling drug abuse, Bowen had little hope of becoming sober. Her mindset abruptly changed in February 2022 after she discovered she was pregnant.
“There was no chance I’d be a mother if I didn’t do something,” Bowen said. “I was only able to stay sober on my own for a couple months so I came to Gatehouse.”
Bowen, 21, was 7-months pregnant when she sought help from Leslie McCormick and Denise Donahue at Gatehouse Recovery Home for Women in Hammond. McCormick agreed to allow Bowen to raise her newborn son, Gabriel, at Gatehouse if she was granted custody. And more importantly, if she stayed sober.
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“I never expected such an opportunity,” Bowen said. “I passed all the screenings and brought Gabriel home. It’s been a learning experience, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
McCormick and Donahue have taught more than 40 women struggling with addiction how to live a life of sobriety — a life the two women once thought they wouldn't achieve.
'Peace of mind’
“There was something at Gatehouse that was comforting to me,” Maranda Stephen, another resident, said. “It made me feel like I could do it. The way the women carried themselves was something I wanted.”
Stephen’s youth was less than ideal compared to typical childhoods. Her mother gave birth to her at 13. Her father was 21. He went to prison for it.
“My mom ended up becoming an addict herself when I was 10,” she said. “I only had her for the first 10 years of my life, but she was also a child.”
Stephen, 26, followed in similar footsteps as her mother. She became pregnant her sophomore year of high school. After she left her son’s father, she began taking pills, smoking and drinking. Her addiction to substances progressed into an addiction of toxic relationships.
Her dangerous habits led to arrests, criminal charges and jail time.
“The jail stays got longer and the drugs I was doing got harder and worse," she said.
At 19, Stephen checked herself into rehab for the first time, but she wasn’t ready to stay sober. It took nine more rehab attempts before she discovered McCormick and Donahue at Gatehouse. (Read the first part of this series at NWI.com by searching "Gatehouse.") She's been clean for 14 months. She's proud to tell anyone who will listen.
“My sobriety has been rewarding because I have a peace of mind,” she said. “There’s serenity in my life.”
Stephen is currently a senior resident at Gatehouse and a department manager at a local wholesale store. Each Gatehouse home has a senior resident who’s responsible for creating weekly tasks to be completed, such as cleaning the bathroom, mowing the lawn and putting dishes away.
She’s grateful to see her 9-year-old son every other weekend. Her grandmother, who raised her, has custody of the boy.
“I’ve been able to rebuild relationships with my family and my son,” Stephen said. “I’ve also created a family here. The family I was always looking for.”
‘Life or death’
Gatehouse was founded in November 2021 by McCormick, who wants to help addicts learn a new way of life. After serving a one-year prison sentence 14 years ago, McCormick felt compelled to help women battling addiction.
McCormick partnered with Donahue to open the first Gatehouse in Hammond. She served as Donahue’s sponsor in 2017 while she was on house arrest. Together the two women help house 17 women across three Gatehouse homes.
“We’re hands on. Our girls see us every day,” Donahue said. “It’s like we have 17 daughters, but that’s how it has to be if you’re really going to make a difference in their life.”
Gatehouse’s mission is to teach recovering addicts simple life aspects: find a job, pay bills, and clean up their personal space and life. (To learn more about Gatehouse, read the first part of the series here). Residents are required to find a job and a sponsor within the first 30 days there. They also have to attend daily 12-step meetings.
“It’s life or death,” McCormick said. “It’s either this, or under a bridge somewhere, or in jail, or dead. Once they understand how to pay their bills, go to work and become grateful, they learn life is manageable.”
Though McCormick and Donahue are stern when it comes to staying clean, the two women show residents how to have fun in sobriety. Residents are allowed to celebrate holidays and host parties throughout the year. They're learning subtle shades of normalcy through sobriety.
Each Sunday McCormick takes residents to New Life Christian Church in Whiting. She emphasizes church as an option, not a requirement. Following church, McCormick takes residents to lunch at La Fogata Taqueria in Hammond.
“It’s inexpensive so the girls who don’t have money can still get two tacos and it doesn’t break us,” McCormick said.
Gatehouse receives no state or federal funding. Residents pay monthly fees, but McCormick and Donahue aren’t compensated for their work or the gasoline they use to take residents to meetings and doctor’s appointments. (To donate to Gatehouse Recovery Home for Women via Cash App search the username $gatehousehammond. To give using PayPal, go to paypal.com/paypalme/gatehousehammond.) Donations are needed and welcomed.
Though the women would like to purchase a building for sale in Hammond, they aren’t currently established enough to get a mortgage. Their goal is to house all the women under one roof with the possibility of children living there too. They’ve also discussed opening a Gatehouse home for men.
“We aren’t currently equipped for women and children,” McCormick said. “We have Lauren because she came here and gave birth.”
Bowen insisted that there isn’t a thing McCormick and Donahue wouldn’t do for her or the other residents.
“The greatest feeling in the world is when you go to lunch after church and the girls you used to buy lunch for give you money and say, ‘Here is $20 to cover another girl,'" McCormick said. “That’s when the whole thing is worth it.”
Bowen refers to McCormick as a mom, boss, sister, friend and grandmother rolled into one. Without the two older women as mentors, she isn't sure where she'd be in life.
“Every day I wake up now, I’m clear-minded and have a human I created to be clothed and bathed,” Bowen said. “I now understand what love and responsibility is. It’s a beautiful thing." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/gatehouse-recovery-home-is-a-gateway-for-recovering-addicts/article_15c23444-0b9b-11ee-841b-0f94fc5950cf.html | 2023-06-17T15:12:17 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/gatehouse-recovery-home-is-a-gateway-for-recovering-addicts/article_15c23444-0b9b-11ee-841b-0f94fc5950cf.html |
MITCHELL — Jarridd Herrmann is no stranger to the cattle industry.
Growing up in Dodge City, Kansas, Herrmann learned the ropes of farming and tending to his family’s 65,000-head livestock feedlot.
While his agriculture roots began in the south, they have sprouted north to South Dakota. In late August, Herrmann and his wife, Patrice Herrmann, bought Mitchell Livestock — a well-known sale barn that’s been an Upper Midwest staple.
“It’s a nice community. There is a ton of opportunity here,” Herrmann said of the Mitchell area. “We’re selling the best of the best right here.”
The Mitchell sale barn changed hands from former owners Don Stang and Marion Rus who sold the business to the Herrmanns. Stang and Rus guided Mitchell Livestock for over a decade, but the duo was ready to hand over the reins to a young new crop of owners.
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The purchase of Mitchell Livestock added a second livestock sale barn for the Herrmanns, who own a sale barn in Cherokee, Oklahoma. Although his Oklahoma sale barn is over 500 miles south from Mitchell Livestock, he saw the Mitchell operation as a way to “insulate” his cattle businesses and bring more producers together.
“We ship a lot of yearlings up this direction to be fed. I wanted to continue to grow that business, along with making the market stouter in both places,” Herrmann said.
The business opportunity wasn’t the only factor that led him to purchasing the Mitchell sale barn.
A climate with moderate moisture and prime cropland is something South Dakota offers that Herrmann hasn’t had in the south. With the dry and arid climate in the western Kansas area, Herrmann said it eliminates the ability to grow corn and other good feeder crops.
“This move was also for weather diversification. If one barn has opportunity being in a drought, it gives one that may not be dealing with a drought,” he said.
The abundance of healthy corn and other grains produced in the Mitchell area provide vital food for feeder cattle, which typically consists of steers and heifers mature enough to be fattened prior to slaughter. In his first few months of running Mitchell Livestock, Herrmann has taken notice of how big and healthy the cows and heifers are. As Herrmann put it, “You got a lot of fat cows here.”
As a 40-year-old cattle industry leader, Herrmann is somewhat of an anomaly, especially in the south.
While he’s used to being the young guy in the room, that’s not so much the case in South Dakota. Seeing more young faces in the industry has been an added bonus that came with Herrmann’s purchase of Mitchell Livestock.
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“In our industry there aren’t a lot of young people in it. I like the fact that there are a lot of young people in agriculture here,” he said.
‘Upcoming years are going to be phenomenal'
While the cattle industry has seen its share of volatility due to a myriad of factors, including the pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions and droughts, Herrmann is bullish about the immediate and long-term future of the cattle market.
“As far as the beef industry, I think the upcoming years are going to be phenomenal. From a macroeconomic standpoint, we’re in the driver seat here. Cow numbers are down, and demand is high. Demand is high not just because of the consumer, but from these new smaller packing companies that are sprouting up,” Herrmann said.
As of Thursday, prices were at $1.59 per pound for live cattle, while feeder cattle was at $1.80 per pound.
Despite the volatility in the cattle market, it remains a multi-billion dollar industry. In 2021, receipts for cattle and calves totaled $72.9 billion, according to figures provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Projections for 2023 U.S. beef production are hovering around 26 billion pounds, according to the USDA, underscoring the demand for cattle.
“There is always going to be a demand here. We can develop markets, but are they synthetic or real? This is a real market up here,” he said. “As long as you have facilities, there will always be a demand.”
Looking toward the future of Mitchell Livestock, Herrmann’s goals are to grow the market and make it more competitive, along with providing “great customer service.”
Thus far, he hasn’t made any big changes to the business, which was by design.
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After all, the Herrmanns came into a business that’s a well-oiled machine and sells anywhere between 260,000 and 300,000 head of cattle each year, according to Mitchell Livestock’s sales reports.
“My goal is to make the customer service here as great as it can be. I want to keep the competitive market here and grow it and be part of the community,” Herrmann said. “I want to make this place a place where employees can know they are appreciated every single day.” | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/a-ton-of-opportunity-says-kansas-native-who-found-second-home-in-mitchell-after-buying-mitchell-livestock | 2023-06-17T15:29:46 | 0 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/a-ton-of-opportunity-says-kansas-native-who-found-second-home-in-mitchell-after-buying-mitchell-livestock |
PITTSBURGH — West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins was arrested for drunk driving Friday night in Pittsburgh.
According to Pittsburgh Police, officers saw Huggins’ SUV blocking traffic in the middle of Merchant Street, off Ridge Avenue around 8:30 p.m.
The SUV had a flat and shredded tire, according to investigators.
After Huggins had difficulty moving the vehicle off the street, officers questioned him and performed field sobriety tests, which he failed.
Huggins, 69, of Morgantown, was charged with Driving Under the Influence and later released from custody.
West Virginia University and its Athletics Department released the following statement:
“West Virginia University is aware of an incident last night involving Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bob Huggins, for which he was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in the City of Pittsburgh. We are gathering more information and will take appropriate action once the review is complete.”
Last month, Huggins received a suspension and a pay cut after using a homophobic slur in a radio interview.
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A new University of Arizona study shows severe grief can increase a person's risk of heart problems.
Experts are encouraging people in mourning and their loved ones to take symptoms seriously and prioritize self-care.
The study's senior author, UA associate professor of psychology Mary-Frances O'Connor, said she hopes the results will help clinicians better treat their bereaved patients, who are at higher risk for hypertension and other heart-related problems.
Broken heart syndrome, also called stress cardiomyopathy, can happen when a person experiences sudden acute stress that can rapidly weaken the heart muscle, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Local hospice providers and grief workers say they've seen plenty of evidence that broken heart syndrome is real, but they hope the study will provide additional validation and help facilitate conversations about grief and effective ways to manage it.
'Emotional stress test'
O'Connor said she's always been fascinated by the way a person's emotional life can effect their physical health, and bereavement is a particularly powerful example.
In the first six months after the loss of a partner, a man is almost twice as likely to die compared to a man who has not experienced a similar loss, O'Connor said.
"Knowing that dying of a broken heart is a real phenomenon … there's no doubt there's this profound impact of such an emotional and important event in our external lives that's getting under our skin and into our organs," she said.
After losing her mother after a long terminal illness, O'Connor said she was more comfortable talking about death and loss and sitting with grieving people than most other 26-year-olds.
This allowed her to interview people in-depth about their experiences and see how what they were telling her mapped against clinical findings of their overall health.
O'Connor called this most recent study the latest in a long line of efforts to understand the connection between the loss of a loved one and medical consequences. She was motivated by the idea of dying from a broken heart.
"From before, we know that overall, bereaved people in that six-month window tend to have slightly higher blood pressure and heart rates than non-bereaved people, but they seem to return to their own baseline around that time," O'Connor said. "It made sense that the extra stress on the heart from grieving might be a cause of medical outcomes, including mortality."
The study included 59 participants who had lost a close loved one in the past year. Researchers used a process called "grief recall," talking to each participant for 10 minutes and asking them to share a moment when they felt very alone after the death of their loved one. Researchers then measured the participants' blood pressure.
"It was kind of an emotional stress test," O'Connor said.
After grief recall, participants' systolic blood pressure — the amount of pressure that the heart exerts on the arteries while beating — increased by an average of 21.1 millimeters. This is roughly as much of an increase as would be expected during moderate exercise, O'Connor said.
Among participants, the people who showed the highest level of grief symptoms experienced the greatest increase in blood pressure during the grief recall. This means it isn't just the death of a loved one that impacts the heart, but also the emotional response to that loss, O'Connor said.
"That's important because all of us get upset when we talk about a really important loss in our life," she said. "If we know people experiencing more severe grief might be at more risk, that's something we can assess or track, even in a primary care office."
A time of increased risk
O'Connor studies an intervention called "progressive muscle relaxation" in her Grief, Loss and Social Stress Lab. This technique teaches grieving people to tighten and then fully relax the major muscle groups in their body, an intervention that can be helpful for curbing stress levels.
Learning to manage one's grief is key, but it's important to keep in mind that hypertension during grief is still hypertension, she said.
"So it's also appropriate to give them hypertension medication. The heart doesn't know where that stress is coming from," O'Connor said. "Sometimes people think they feel something going on with their heart and it’s just grief … but if you feel that you're having heart-related symptoms, take those very seriously because this is a time of increased risk."
For many people who lose a loved one, all their attention and care has been focused on the person who was ill, but that can come at the expense of the caretakers' own medical needs.
"When you know someone who is bereaved, it's appropriate as a form of support to remind them of their annual exam or dentist appointment or mammography screening," O'Connor said. "Most health consequences we see would be detected in just a normal office visit."
O'Connor, whose book "The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss" was published last year, is finishing up work on a second book that will include the research from this study. "The Grieving Body" will include her findings about cardiovascular and immune consequences of bereavement.
"I continue to look for interventions that will help address the physical and medical side of grieving, in addition to the emotional side," she said.
Helping people manage their grief
The staff at Harmony Hospice, 1200 N. El Dorado Place, is well acquainted with O'Connor's first book, saying they use her solid, peer-reviewed research to further understand how they can help people manage their grief.
Owner and CEO Brianna Henderson opened Harmony Hospice seven years ago, after working as a social worker for people with Alzheimer's disease.
A self-proclaimed "touchy-feely holistic grassroots lover," Henderson said hospice work has since become both her life and her passion.
"Hospice is that grassroots, that community-based care," she said. "And we want to help our community, educate our community and be a part of our community."
Henderson said that while it's a Medicare requirement for hospice providers to offer bereavement care to patients and families, it was always her goal for Harmony Hospice to have a separate community education component.
"A lot of (hospices do the) bare minimum. But we've made these amazing connections with so many of our families, and then to just leave them hanging after their loved ones pass is doing them an injustice," Henderson said. "Not all hospices are created equally. I think the difference is I’m local and I’m a social worker. I never got in it for the money."
Henderson said her goal of providing community education has been "super successful," thanks to Murray Flagg, director of education and grief support. Harmony has now been offering in-person and virtual groups, special presentations and continuing educational units to the community for free for the past several years.
They also regularly visit assisted living communities and hold events meant to inspire joy. Last week, staffers and volunteers — including Nellie the miniature horse — spent time with residents at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging.
Flagg's groups include information about the science and biology behind grief, including anticipatory grief, which is the distress a person may feel in the days, months or years before the death of a loved one or an impending loss.
Harmony Hospice offers 10 in-person and virtual group sessions every week, including grief and anticipatory grief, pet grief and Ho'oponopono, a Hawaiian exercise for reconciliation and forgiveness.
"The ripples of one person's end-of-life journey spread throughout a much larger segment of our town, community, church, whatever, than we even realize," said Flagg, who spent years traveling the world as a minister in The Salvation Army. "Those ripples need to be dealt with, and that includes the people who provide care."
Henderson said one of her favorite things about Flagg's work is that he defies the stereotype of traditional grief groups.
"I think a lot of people have this misconception and when they think about grief groups, they think about siting in a circle and everyone has to share and cry," Henderson said. "Murray always has some awesome education, so it feels more like learning, but you can also process and talk. It's not like that traditional scary group feeling that people don’t want to come and share."
Broken heart syndrome
Henderson and Flagg said they've seen plenty of examples of broken heart syndrome, but that the medical community long has been skeptical of its validity.
"Now with all the (medical testing), they've come to say it's a real condition. But society still doesn't teach people about grief," Flagg said. "We don't talk about it. It's a painful conversation to have with your loved one about what they want when they die. And with anticipatory grief, the majority of the country has no idea it’s a real thing you deal with as you approach the loss of a loved one."
Henderson and Flagg are hopeful O'Connor's research will help educate people about the effects of unmanaged grief and the importance of having conversations about death and loss.
"There’s so many emotions when we’re in the process of losing someone and after that," Henderson said. "I just don’t think our society is good at exposing some of those feelings."
'A grief illiterate society'
Tucsonan Patrick Cunningham has been a hospice chaplain for nearly 40 years and has seen the toll grief can take on people leading up to and following a loss.
"We are a grief illiterate society and even those who are literate in grief and how to communicate, it's often the situation that people still don't talk about it," Cunningham said. "It's interesting, since it's such a common occurrence. There are very few areas in life we share with so many others, but grief is one of them. We've all had losses."
Talking about grief has a powerful and healing effect, Cunningham said, but it's important to continue those conversations in the days, weeks and months after a loss.
"Typically people rally around the bereaved at the time of the memorial service. They bring the casseroles over and all that, which is very nice, there's nothing wrong with it," he said. "But even six days later, it’s kind of forgotten and the bereaved is still walking around with his or her pain."
Cunningham said talking about grief and loss can be uncomfortable, but it's more uncomfortable for the person who has suffered the loss to feel like friends and family are avoiding them or won't have those conversations.
Even if a person is uncomfortable talking about loss, there are other ways to support a person in mourning, Cunningham said.
"One of the simple things is just in any way that you can, convey to someone some solidarity with them and some sense of just a little bit of community," he said. "That sends a clear message that you are not alone."
Being silent with a person in mourning is a perfectly valid response, Cunningham said, adding that it's especially important to not try to change the bereaved person's feelings about the situation or fix them.
"If someone says, 'Oh, my life is over,' and I say, 'No, it's not. You've got so much ahead of you in life,' I'm trying to change your feelings and your thoughts," he said.
Cunningham said that after working with thousands of patients and families, he's seen the stress that grief can place on the heart and has long believed in broken heart syndrome.
He's hoping the UA study will help bring a greater understanding to the effect grief can have on the body and help facilitate more conversations about loss.
"When people start telling their stories, it's amazing how many of us have have layers of grief," he said.
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Our French friends now refer to America as a “gun culture.” They now worry about coming to visit us, and they worry about a culture that seems helpless to protect its children. For our children, we need a “cultural fix.”
What kind of culture protects its school children with routine drills about how to hide from the lunatics who go hunting for children armed with seeming state approval and weapons of war?
What kind of culture does this, then after the slaughter, arms us, the enablers, with mere hollow recitations of “thoughts and prayers?” What kind of culture, in effect, issues hunting licenses both for children and deer? Wait! I have misspoken! There are differences. No one goes hunting for deer in the hills of Tennessee or Texas with assault rifles or 9mm Glocks. The deer are “free” to roam the forest or blend into the brush, mesquite, and cactus of the desert. They are “free” to run from their predators. The deer do not have to be taught how to hide in the corners or closets of the forests and deserts, and deer hunters do not ever know exactly where to find their prey.
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Children hunters, on the other hand, know exactly where to find their prey. The lunatics have it easy. Children are captives. Schools have signs which say “school.” The signs say, in effect, “inside the children are captives in groups waiting for you lunatics to arrive. Just open a door, look in a closet, or peer under a desk.”
The deer have a chance. They are hunted as individuals. They are not slaughtered in groups. The license to hunt deer has a “bag limit.” The license to hunt children does not. It makes so much “perverse sense.” If the license is to kill as many captive children as possible, why wouldn’t you be armed with the urban weapon of war of lunatic choice? The AR-15 is the perfect weapon, and it’s so very very available.
Hunting licenses for deer and birds in most states, such as Tennessee or Texas, have some training and other prerequisites attached to them. In some states the license to hunt children is the purchase of the weapon itself. You buy the gun, legally or illegally, and then you go hunting. You don’t even have to stalk your prey. The escapee from a virtual insane asylum goes on offense. To be offense is easy. The hunter knows where he wants to hunt. He does not even have to hide or use stealth. To be on defense is hard. Armed defenders can only wait. They can only react. Hunting for children often succeeds because reaction takes time. Defense, by definition, is reaction.
What kind of culture never goes on offense? What kind of culture is it that can only react to the hunting and killing of children with training to shorten the reaction time for first responders to get to the killing fields, or by teaching our children to hide in closets, or by arming and training our teachers how to play defense? What kind of culture produces leaders to think that school safety is to build better fences, install more security cameras, install more metal detectors, harden more doors, and hire more security guards? What has happened to us? We were the foremost culture of science, technology, and reason. We lit the darkness, put people on wheels, rails, and into the sky. We watered deserts and powered a great economic engine. We even conquered the moon. Now we are becoming a culture — not of power, dynamism, enlightenment, and reason, but of “darkness” and “helplessness.”
Wait! Above, I spoke of the hunter of children as an escapee from a virtual insane asylum. I have misspoken yet again. The hunter is not an escapee at all. He remains just another insane resident of a very large insane asylum — America.
Gerald Farrington is a retired community college professor of history, political science, and law for more than 30 years, and retired from the practice of law for more than 20 years. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-hunting-for-children/article_f29ea072-f021-11ed-98cb-abb1e6158e6a.html | 2023-06-17T15:38:53 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-hunting-for-children/article_f29ea072-f021-11ed-98cb-abb1e6158e6a.html |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
The rejection of Proposition 412 provides Tucson with the opportunity to try an approach to generating and distributing power not tied to 100 year-old technology. The invention of the solar cell has eliminated the necessity for electricity to be generated and transmitted from far distant locations.
However, instead of being in the vanguard of the transition to renewable energy, TEP has been dragging its feet, offering cost and reliability as excuses. The climate and health costs of burning fossil fuels, called “externalities” by economists, are now obvious. We just have not had to pay them on our power bills. But with TEP’s foot-dragging, we are now talking real money.
Instead of investing in energy storage, from 2018 to 2020 TEP invested $355 million in the purchase of new natural gas generators. Both TEP and the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) should have known natural gas prices were artificially low. Fracked oil fields are characterized by a rapid decline in output after a few years’ operation. Their initial abundance was achieved by a stampede of fracking companies drilling with borrowed money who later went bankrupt.
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In a 2016-2017 solicitation, Colorado’s Xcel energy received a bid to furnish solar WITH storage for 3 cents a kilowatt-hour. TEP’s customers are now paying 2 cents a kilowatt-hour just for increased fuel costs.
The state’s utilities are said to love solar — if they own it. That doesn’t appear to be true for storage. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), had TEP purchased batteries at conservatively estimated 2020 market prices instead of gas generators, it could have acquired 205 megawatts of storage.
The Internet provides the electric utility industry with a model for reliability. Geographically dispersed servers pass information packets from and to users in their immediate proximity. But they can also relay packets originating on other servers if normal routing becomes congested or unavailable. This is the concept underlying microgrids, except what is being passed is power not packets.
Microgrids require both distributed generation and storage (DGAS) of power. If power is generated on your rooftop or close to where you live and stored in utility-scale batteries it doesn’t have to go very far. The obstacles to DGAS are institutional not physical. Critics of solar energy complain about the large land surface area required to generate power. But it is hard to take them seriously when one sees the rooftops and parking lots that remain uncovered.
It is difficult to understand how renewable energy generated by their customers at no cost to TEP can drive up costs for customers who don’t have solar. Electric utilities say the problem is surging energy production, beyond what the grid can absorb during peak production hours. The obvious solution would be to add more storage. Utilities can add storage less expensively than their customers (NREL) — and use it much more efficiently.
Instead, TEP opted to buy the gas generators, many of which sit idle for good parts of the year. The ACC uses return on equity as a major criteria in determining profits to which utilities are entitled. TEP is requesting 9.25% this year. A better guide for determining their profits would be how much they save their customers, not how much they spend to produce power.
We need a central authority to manage the grid, whether it is a private utility or the city. But we don’t need it to OWN the grid. Cost, sustainability, and reliability should determine how the city’s power is generated and distributed, not the profits and salaries of TEP’s stockholders and management. TEP’s customers may soon even be able to economically store their own power in the batteries of vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid capable EV’s now coming on the market.
Steven Lesh is a renewable energy activist and retired software engineer | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-what-comes-after-prop-412/article_24b19856-0b95-11ee-b1fd-1387fbef1ab4.html | 2023-06-17T15:38:59 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-what-comes-after-prop-412/article_24b19856-0b95-11ee-b1fd-1387fbef1ab4.html |
Authorities suspend 200 fraudulent rehab centers that targeted Native people in Arizona
Nearly 300 people were forced out of fraudulent rehab centers in metro Phoenix as authorities continued to investigate the scam, and almost three-quarters of those people were Navajo Nation tribal members, according to figures compiled in the first month of the tribe's Operation Rainbow Bridge.
AHCCCS has suspended or terminated about 200 providers as of June 1, according to Operation Rainbow Bridge website. Because of the suspension, some of the sober living homes have closed, and tribal officials have been working to help people who were affected, reconnecting them with family members and, in some cases, finding people who had been on missing persons lists.
Last month, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes laid out the details of a fake rehab center scheme that has defrauded Arizona taxpayers of millions of dollars. Scammers would prey on vulnerable Indigenous people in tribal communities and border towns by promising to take them to facilities that were supposed to help them on a path to getting sober. Instead, the centers were fronts to gain access to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona's Medicaid program.
The investigation by the FBI and Arizona Attorney General's Office resulted in the suspension of payment to the fraudulent facilities, which displaced Indigenous people, often leaving them on the streets of Phoenix.
Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch broke down numbers from the operation's first month, in which two teams, the Navajo Nation Police and Navajo Department of Transportation, traveled across Phoenix to contact people who had been displaced by the fraudulent sober or rehab centers.
“Our primary objective with Operation Rainbow Bridge is to prevent our relatives from being displaced on the streets of Phoenix in the hottest months of the year,” said Branch.
Most people caught up in the scam were from the Navajo Nation
Branch said the Navajo Police team worked on the operation for 18 days, concluding last Friday. During that time, they made contact with six people who were on the Navajo Nation's missing persons list, one on the Bureau of Indian Affairs missing person list, and one whose family was about to report him missing.
“Like literally, as our officers were talking with this individual, his family called in and said they wanted to report a family member missing,” said Branch. “And our officer was like, ‘Oh, we are talking to him right now.’”
According to Branch's report:
- On May 19, teams made contact with 36 Navajo men, 11 Navajo women, and 10 non-Navajos.
- From May 22-26, authorities made contact with 88 Navajos — 66 Navajo men and 22 Navajo women — and in total 124 Indigenous people.
- From May 30-June 3, the totals were 24 Navajo men and 11 Navajo women, with a total of 60 Indigenous people.
- From June 5-9, authorities met with 14 Navajo men and three Navajo women, with a total of 30 Indigenous people.
- In all, 271 people were displaced by the enforcement, and of those, 187 were Navajo.
After Operation Rainbow Bridge was established, one of the resources added to assist victims of fraudulent centers was a 2-1-1 helpline number, which could provide aid for transportation or housing. Officials found callers often waited up to 45 minutes to an hour to speak to an operator.
“We want people to utilize that as much as possible,” Branch said. “In order to make sure there is another point of entry, we have created Operation Rainbow Bridge hotline, 1-855-HELP-ORB.”
Officials have also set up a new website, operationrainbowbridge.com. From the website, a person can report a concern, such as individuals moving from home to home, and someone who was displaced can seek help. It also has a list of the facilities that have been suspended and a "locate me" option for people who have no clue where they are.
Recruiters, providers and housing sources help run the scam
Branch said as the scams play out in real-time, there are three bad actors: the recruiter, provider and housing provider.
The provider is the entity that should be providing the behavioral health services, sober living tools and mental health services. Some are delivering partial services, but there are scammers using individuals' personal information to submit for billing reimbursement, sometimes even if a person is dead.
The housing provider is unregulated and licenses aren't required to operate. One hotel is housing over 200 Indigenous people in the city, half of them children, and the hotel has armed guards. Branch said one residence in a community can also operate as a housing provider, and the community may never know, or it can be a number of homes that can be managed by individuals. People have been able to make money just by housing people in their homes.
Branch said authorities are advocating for this to change, and have met with AHCCCS and Arizona Department of Health to develop a framework that will protect Indigenous individuals as much as any Arizonan.
“For non-Indians who go through the MCO (managed care organizations) through the state, there is actually a front-end licensing process that the Department of Health runs and there is ongoing monitoring to ensure that services are being safely and adequately provided,” said Branch. “But for some reason with the American Indian Health fee-for-pay program, there isn't any of that and that's a big hole. Seems kind of like a no-brainer, especially if they want to end this fraudulent practice.”
Recruiters can be tribal members, even families of those taken to the centers. It’s not just white vans or non-Navajo scammers who have transported people to the centers. Navajo lawmakers have said that the ever-popular non-medical emergency vehicles that operate on the Navajo Nation have been known to transport individuals to these centers.
“Recruiters will show up at health care facilities on reservation or border towns,” said Branch. “Recruiters are out there identifying vulnerable individuals, so be sure to let your family know, if they are hanging out in the street, not to hang out by themself and be aware of this potential risk.”
She said a person she spoke to thought he was getting his house reroofed if he got into the vehicle and didn’t realize what he was getting himself into.
“Some recruiters are tribal members,” warned Branch. “And they are recruiting family members even. So that’s one thing to be aware of.”
Why there was too little information for so long
Before Navajo Nation council delegate George Tolth was elected, he was one of the many Navajo family members trying to locate a missing relative who had been swept up in the most recent scam to target Navajo and other tribal communities.
“My brother was involved,” said Tolth. “I took this picture of this van. This van took him to Phoenix.”
He said his brother was walking down the street in Gallup, New Mexico, after getting treated at the local hospital and was approached by a recruiter. At the time, hardly any attention was placed on the issue by tribal or state leadership or authorities, so no warning was ever made to be vigilant of these recruiters. The first time, his brother was brought back from the facility, but left in a van again. The second time, through a couple of phone calls with his brother, Tolth was able to find out where he was.
“The first time he came back in this white van, there was three Navajos in there," said Tolth. "I called the Navajo PD, they stopped them, nothing happened. Along the line they picked up another individual, that's when the police officer stopped them."
It's not known what happened after officers were able to stop the van, but Tolth's brother had returned to the city. Eventually, Tolth retrieved him. He thought his brother would be in a legitimate rehabilitation facility, but it was a residence. Tolth was bewildered since, at the time, there was little to no information on the rehab scam, even though state authorities said they'd been investigating it for the past three years.
He said he notified Navajo police, criminal investigators and even the Federal Bureau of Investigation to no avail, so he is happy something is finally happening to address this scam.
"We are making sure we are catching them where they are and receiving them with resources and help," said Branch, "helping them transition them to a safer, better place, whether that's transitioning them to legitimate health care providers, we hope. I mean there is still no front-end regulations, but we're moving them to new providers that have some level of diligence and are on a preferred list."
Branch said the biggest challenge is trying to help those who have been misled into thinking they were going somewhere legitimate, safe and helpful, only to be taken advantage of. These people want to go home, and Branch said even after comments by the governor's office, this process has seen some setbacks.
Hobbs said in May that her administration would prosecute bad actors, ensure wraparound services are delivered to the people affected by provider closure, and enact systemic reforms to the AHCCCS billing system to root out this type of fraudulent billing. She also said to families and victims of these facilities that "the state of Arizona believes" them, and is committed to working on solving this problem and get people home.
"We're making sure those people do get home to their doorstep," said Branch. "That was something that the governor's staff said would happen, but unfortunately that's not what we are seeing happen. They're getting to the Greyhound station, which in many cases are in border towns, not a great place for a person struggling with addiction issues. We want to make sure people actually get to their homes, to their families. Our folks doing transport are delivering people to their doorstep and handing them off to their family members."
For Information or to find help, go to operationrainbowbridge.com.
Arlyssa Becenti covers Indigenous affairs for The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Send ideas and tips to arlyssa.becenti@arizonarepublic.com.
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University of Arizona to offer physician assistant, physical therapy degrees in new college
The University of Arizona will form a new college to house a variety of graduate-level programs centered on Arizona's health care workforce needs, including physician assistant and physical therapy curriculums, officials said.
The College of Health Sciences, approved Thursday by the Arizona Board of Regents, will also offer degrees in midwifery, genetic counseling and clinical translation sciences, a research-based field.
UA officials hope those programs will help fill gaps in health care access in Arizona, particularly in rural areas of the state. They said a new college to envelop the curriculums will ensure students and faculty get the support and resources they need.
"We're really struggling to meet the needs of our Arizonans," said Dr. Kevin Lohenry, interim dean of the College of Health Sciences. "We'd like to make sure our programs are successful so that we can produce a workforce that reflects the needs of our communities."
The news comes just weeks after the board, which oversees Arizona's three public universities, announced a $30 million effort to address the state's health care shortages. Lohenry said the new college wasn't planned as part of that initiative, but he hopes it will accomplish many of the same goals.
The college will open in the fall of 2023. Its first class will consist of students studying genetic counseling and clinical translation sciences, which are existing programs within UA. An existing doctorate-level midwifery program in the College of Nursing will remain separate from the College of Health Sciences' new midwifery program, which will commence later this year and will grant graduates a master's degree.
UA officials plan to seek accreditation for the college's physician assistant and physical therapy programs. Those are expected to begin in the next three years.
Health care provider shortages in Arizona
Arizona officials have long tried to tackle the state's health care workforce and access problems through various programs, including loan repayment programs for medical professionals who serve two-year stints in underserved areas.
Still, the shortage persists. A 2022 report from the Arizona Department of Health Services found that 82 of the state's 126 primary care areas, 65%, were medically underserved. Nearly 40% of Arizonans live in an area with a shortage of health care professionals, according to the department.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year surveyed more than 8,000 adults in Arizona. Its researchers found that 13.5% reported lacking health care coverage, 28.7% reported lacking a personal doctor and 14.1% reported that medical costs were a barrier to seeking care.
Research from UA's Center for Rural Health indicates that areas outside of the state's urban centers are especially hard hit. Seven counties have no or limited access to maternal care, according to university officials. Two — Greenlee and La Paz counties — have just one physical therapist each, per a 2022 report.
Genetic counselors are also in short supply statewide and 95% of Arizona's physician assistants practice in cities, university officials said.
What other programs exist?
Currently, there are just a handful of programs across the state offering physician assistant and physical therapy degrees.
Northern Arizona University offers the largest and oldest physical therapy program in the state, with campuses in Flagstaff and Phoenix. It also grants physician assistant degrees.
Additionally, programs in both fields are available at A.T. Still University, Midwestern University, Creighton University and Franklin Pierce University, all of which have campuses in the Valley.
Lohenry said the goal isn't to compete with other programs, noting that NAU accepts a fraction of the students who apply to its physical therapy program annually. In 2020, NAU officials reported that they received 961 qualified applicants for 98 physical therapy program seats.
"The applicant pool is significantly large and continues to grow," Lohenry said. "I think we all need to do our part to build a health care workforce for the state."
As officials put emphasis on building Arizona's health care workforce, the state universities are increasingly offering similar health-related programs.
All three public universities — UA, NAU and Arizona State University — currently offer nursing programs, and ASU recently announced that it will open a medical school. UA founded the first medical college in the state in 1967.
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'A miracle': Prosecutors willing to take a fresh look helped set a death-row prisoner free
Barry Jones spent almost half of his life on Arizona's death row.
Until Thursday, when he walked out of Eyman Prison Complex in Florence at age 64 and traded his orange jumpsuit for a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "FREE BIRD."
On a judge's order, and at the request of the state's and county's top prosecutors, Jones left death row after serving 29 years for a crime he was wrongfully convicted of.
A Pima County Superior Court jury found Jones guilty of first-degree murder in the 1994 death of 4-year-old Rachel Gray. He was also convicted of sex with a minor, endangerment, and causing physical harm to a minor. He had been on death row since 1995.
Except ... he didn't do it. New medical evidence in recent years made that plain. But that doesn't mean Jones was innocent, either.
Rachel Gray died from internal bleeding because of a blow to her stomach, according to then-medical examiner John Howard. Her fatal wounds, it turned out, were inflicted before she was in Jones' care.
On Thursday, he was cleared of the erroneous first-degree murder charge. To secure his freedom after time served, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder; he had refused to take the stricken girl for medical treatment.
It was not the lengthy legal saga of pingponging between state and federal appeals courts that ultimately set him free. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 refused to let his exonerating evidence be heard in federal court.
Jones won his freedom because of a fresh review launched by the Arizona Attorney General's Office and Pima County Attorney Laura Conover, with the blessing of Rachel Gray's family.
In that, legal defense advocates said, lay both a miracle and a cautionary tale. The case featured shoddy police work and shabby lawyering. Others said the legal saga was another unremarkable reminder of how long it takes to undo flawed capital cases, of just how commonly they are flawed in this country, and how, as Jones' lawyer put it, society doesn't kill its worst, but its poorest.
Arizona is tied for fifth place for most exonerations in the nation, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona. Since 2000, Arizona has released six death-penalty defendants, either through innocence or procedural errors. Since the U.S. restored the death penalty in the mid-1970s, Arizona has reversed a dozen.
This case ended unlike any other.
'The Arizona death penalty is only a Phoenix penalty'
It's not often that death-row inmates are released at the request of those who put and kept them there. But that's what happened.
Conover, Pima County's top prosecutor, told The Arizona Republic on Friday that the office reviewed the Jones case extensively and was present at a multiday evidentiary hearing that felt like a new trial.
"Both the former AG's administration, the current AG's administration and our administration had the benefit of what really amounted to a new, modern, full-blown litigated trial, with modern medicine, updated medical review of critical evidence, which gets at the timeline of events.”
Before offering Jones a new plea, she said that they were in contact with the victim’s family and a sister of the victim who had come to change her mind about Jones, according to Conover.
“I think that after a lifetime of anger and frustration, she had come to believe, also, that this stuff, science, and the evidence was bad at the original trial, and that what she thought he was responsible for was not accurate,” she said.
The Pima County Attorney's Office said it had not had any contact with Rachel Gray's mother and was not aware of her current whereabouts.
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Conover credited the administrations of former Attorney General Mark Brnovich and current Attorney General Kris Mayes for their work.
The review of Jones' case was an example of how capital cases are “riddled with any number of challenges,” Conover said. She added that it also put into doubt the state’s decision to act as a holdout for the death penalty and specifically pointed to Phoenix and Maricopa County.
“The rural counties cannot afford to engage in the death penalty. And Pima County won't because of all the concerns we've laid out here. Which means that now, the Arizona death penalty is only a Phoenix penalty,” she said.
'We kill the poorest of the poor'
After working the case for more than a decade, Andrew Soward, a retired Federal Public Defender's Office investigator, still had trouble taking it all in, one day after Jones' release.
“I haven't really even had a moment to process it. And when I do, it's a little overwhelming,” he said.
When he first started on Jones' case back in 2008, he approached it with doubt. “You're innocent until you are proven guilty, but after a conviction you work from the assumption of guilt,” he said.
”But I will say that, within a few months of that, I was invested. I knew something was there. There were too many holes. There were things that I should have been seeing that I wasn't seeing, there were things I was seeing that I couldn't believe I was seeing," he said.
To him, it was as if the Pima County Sheriff’s Department worked the homicide case with "myopic tunnel vision." Once detectives believed they had their man, the investigation revolved around making Jones fit the crime, Soward said.
Soward spent years kicking over rocks and finding more holes and more “snakes.”
Eventually, investigators found that Rachel’s injury could not have been inflicted in the three-hour window the state claimed, he said.
“So once you remove that, well then, the rest of their pyramid just kind of goes,” he said,
At the trial, the state’s primary witnesses were children, two 8-year-olds and an 11-year-old.
The whole of the investigation “stunk on ice,” Soward said. It’s why he felt upset when the case sat for so long in the federal system.
But it was last year’s 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Jones' appeal that sent him over the edge. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion that Jones could only present new evidence in state, not federal, court.
“Clarence Thomas basically said that he wasted the court’s time trying to prove his innocence,” Soward said.
But he would not be deterred.
“I got pissed, and then I got aggravated. And then I said, all right, well, now I got to figure out another way to beat this,” he said.
And he and Jones' lawyers turned to the Arizona attorney general, who brought the case to the Pima County attorney.
This case and his experience working with the Federal Public Defender's Office eroded Soward’s belief in the validity of Arizona’s death penalty.
“I witnessed my first execution about a year, year-and-a-half, into the work. I witnessed another one in 2012. Over the course of my career, I've lost 13 clients to it. I have seen the disparities between the sentences and the clients that have been killed,” he said.
Their crimes varied. Some seemed like mistakes any regular person could have made, and some were truly horrible. To him, it felt arbitrary, except for one thing.
“We don’t kill the worst of the worst in this country. We kill the poorest of the poor,” he said.
This case: Both 'a miracle and a warning'
With last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, the court was “willing to let Barry Jones die for a murder that was not an intentional killing,” said Robert Dunham, former director of the Death Penalty Information Center and adjunct professor at Temple University Law School.
One would hope that courts would be open to serving justice, but Dunham said the U.S. Supreme Court “slammed” its doors on Jones.
But the Arizona Attorney General's Office and the Pima County attorney deciding to take another look at Jones’ case in light of the high court’s refusal was a move Dunham said he had never seen before.
In that, he said, this case is both "a miracle and a warning.”
Jones got lucky. His case landed on the desk of Conover, a prosecutor who put her duty to justice above the drive for results, Dunham said.
Prosecutors are fond of reminding people, accurately, they swear an oath to uphold the law, not win cases. Jones found one who took it to heart, Dunham said.
Ineffective representation was at the heart of Jones' appeals.
Since 1989, nearly 900 people in the nation have been exonerated for a range of crimes, not just murder, after poor legal representation played a role, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
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The resolution of Jones’ case, Dunham said, provides some optimism that the state may be entering an era where “doing the right thing is more important than carrying out an execution at any cost."
Nationally, there is poor representation for indigent death-row inmates because state-appointed lawyers' offices are underfunded, Dunham said.
“If you are going to have the death penalty, it should be the rule, not the exception, that the state provides quality representation,” he said. “And it should be the rule, not the exception, that there is meaningful access to the courts and fair review of cases on appeal.
"If the criminal justice system continues to fail to provide fair representation, fail to protect constitutional rights, and fail to provide fairness on appeal, the risk of wrongful convictions, sentences of death, and executions will remain," Dunham said.
“It is one of the reasons that public confidence in the state’s ability to fairly carry out the death penalty is disappearing.”
Arizona and Jones fit a national pattern
Arizona is not an outlier when it comes to cases of innocent people being incarcerated, according to Herman Lindsey, former death-row inmate and executive director of Witness to Innocence, a national organization for death-row exonerees.
In a statement, he said that it is much easier to be wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death than one might think ― and once in that situation, the legal system makes it extremely difficult to prove one’s innocence and make it off death row alive.
Ray Krone did. He was exonerated by DNA evidence in Arizona after 10 years on death row and co-founded the organization.
“The system still takes too long to correct its mistakes,” Krone said in an email.
Robin Maher, executive director for the Death Penalty and Information Center, said the Jones case exposes the system's frailties.
"If Arizona’s Attorney General had not undertaken an independent review of his case, Barry Jones would still be on death row, despite the compelling evidence of his innocence," Maher said in an email.
"The 'system' didn’t work for him, and it doesn’t work for too many others who also had ineffective lawyers and have meritorious claims on appeal but who are boxed out of court by operation of law," she added. "Barry Jones was lucky. He finally got a great lawyer, and Arizona has an attorney general who cares about justice. But most death-sentenced prisoners are not so fortunate."
Kat Jutras of the nonprofit Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona said in an email the state has a history of getting death sentences wrong.
"To prevent the future murder of innocent people, we need to remove human error and dissolve this barbarism we maintain in our state law," Jutras wrote.
Life on the outside
For the first time, Soward saw Jones out of an orange jumpsuit when he was released Thursday. For 15 years, the two only had met in prison or in a court setting.
“It's not like you can just have a genuine conversation in those places; there's always that he's wearing a bright orange jumpsuit. It's like a shield,” Soward said.
When Soward saw Jones, the two hugged and got to talk like friends. Equals.
“It wasn't even, you know, anything major, it was just more, ‘Man, I'm glad to see you, glad you're out. Hey, those pants look stupid on you,’” Soward said.
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Soward saw Jones reunited with his three children, grandchildren and an assortment of other family members at his release. A photo of Jones surrounded by his enormous family showed Soward what Jones had missed in jail, but it also showed him his future.
Jones is hoping to find a job working with his hands and to get reacquainted with Tucson in the 21st century, according to Soward.
“I'm just very happy that Barry is finally free, and that he is going to spend Father's Day with his kids where he belongs,” Soward said.
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The Supreme Court ruled against a Phoenix-based dog toy company. What does it mean for trademark law?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jack Daniel's after a years-long dispute over a dog toy between the liquor brand and VIP Products, a Phoenix-based manufacturer of pet products with a distribution center in Goodyear.
But despite the landmark decision, the battle isn't over yet: the case was sent back to a lower court to determine whether or not a dog toy that parodies the iconic whiskey bottle constitutes as trademark infringement.
The court changed the way trademark infringement is judged, effectively making it more difficult for companies to parody a trademark while making money from the product.
Such beverage parodies are the signature products of the Valley company. Its line-up also includes toys that mimic Heineken bottles with the label reading "Heinie Sniff'," for instance. The Jack Daniel's bottle at the center of the controversial court case read "Bad Spaniels," with "Old No. 7 Brand Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey” being replaced with "The Old No. 2 On Your Tennessee Carpet" and other dog poop jokes.
Jack Daniel's first asked VIP Products to stop selling the Bad Spaniels toy when it first hit the shelves in 2013. When VIP Products refused to abide by that request the dog toy company filed a claim arguing that the parody product was not a trademark violation.
The case went in and out of the court system for years before finally being heard by the Supreme Court in January.
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What is trademark infringement?
The justices ultimately decided that an earlier ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court improperly addressed one of the case's key questions: whether VIP Products infringed upon Jack Daniel's trademark and whether the iconic liquor company's signature brand was diluted as a result, something that can be claimed by well-known companies with famous brands. The court sided with the Ninth Circuit on the issue of dilution, but "dramatically part[ed] ways" with it when the matter came to infringement.
The Rogers test is used to determine whether something qualifies as a parody of a trademarked product, which would exclude it from federal trademark law. It came about in 1989 after the Rogers v. Grimaldi case when Ginger Rogers sued producer Alfredo Grimaldi and MGM for a film that parodied the famous actress.
The court ruled in favor of Grimaldi and MGM, saying that the film was subject to protection from the federal trademark law because it had artistic expression and did not mislead viewers into thinking that Rogers had endorsed the film.
Since then, the Rogers test has been used to find exclusions from the Lanham Act — which is federal trademark law — if the parodies constitute artistic expression. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Rogers test cannot be used in cases where the product was used for commercial purposes, which means that the company is making money from the product.
The lower court ruled that the dog toy had the protection of the Rogers test because the message it conveyed was humorous. But the Supreme Court disagreed.
"On that view, Rogers might take over much of the world. For trademarks are often expressive, in any number of ways," the court's opinion stated.
The Jack Daniel's ruling was a potential precedent-setter given that the Rogers test has been broadly applied up until now, said Michelle Gross, professor of practice and clinic director at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
"If there was really any shred of expressive use in these items that were parodies, they basically fell out of the Lanham Act," Gross said.
VIP Products admitted in a lower court that the company was using the mark as a source identifier, although it argued that it was artistic expression. A source identifier is anything that identifies a specific product or brand, i.e., a trademark like a design or symbol.
"If we put this case to the side, the Rogers test has applied only to cases involving 'non-trademark uses' — or otherwise said, cases in which 'the defendant has used the mark' at issue in a 'non-source-identifying way,'" the Supreme Court stated in its opinion.
Several aspects of the Jack Daniel's bottle are registered trademarks, including "Old No. 7," the Jack Daniel's logo, the label with white lines and the company's signature square bottle.
The Ninth Circuit court will have to determine the likelihood of consumer confusion, Gross said, which means how likely a customer will be confused by who is selling the dog toy.
What is trademark dilution?
When it came to the issue of dilution, the Supreme Court sided with the District Court's ruling. Dilution by tarnishment can typically only be claimed by famous marks. According to the Supreme Court's opinion, dilution can occur when two marks are so similar that there is an association between the two and one may harm the reputation of the more-famous mark.
The Ninth Circuit had dismissed dilution claims by saying the dog toy was noncommercial despite the fact that it was a product being sold, which the Supreme Court also disagreed with.
Dilution essentially raises the question of whether someone would think that the dog toy is in any way licensed by Jack Daniel's to VIP, Gross said. There's a fair use exclusion within the dilution exclusion of the Lanham Act, but the Supreme Court upheld the District Court's ruling that it only applies to parodies that are not used as a source identifier.
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When looking into fair use, Gross said, courts often examine the product's artistic value and whether it is commercial, or if a company is profiting from it. For example, if a painting was parodied and placed in a museum, it would not be a commercial product. But if it was being sold, it would likely run into some trademark issues, Gross said.
In an email statement to The Arizona Republic, VIP Products owner Stephen Sacra said the company did not win or lose yet, since the case has been remanded.
"So there is no impact except the cost and time both parties have to spend to have the lower courts review the case again," Sacra said.
Jack Daniel's issued the following comment in an email to The Arizona Republic:
"We are pleased with the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision recognizing the rights of brand owners. Jack Daniel's is a brand recognized for quality and craftsmanship and when friends around the world see the label, they know it stands for something they can count on. We will continue to support efforts to protect the goodwill and strength of this iconic trademark."
What does this mean for trademark law going forward?
It will likely be much more difficult for companies to parody famous marks due to the Supreme Court's ruling, Gross said, since the Rogers test is no longer being applied to products that have a commercial use. And the Rogers test was previously the primary way that companies could find a trademark exclusion, primarily for parodies.
"The takeaway is that VIP admitted that they were using the mark as a source identifier for the products. And so based on that alone, the Rogers test shouldn't have been applied," Gross said.
The case will go back to the lower court, which has been instructed to examine the issue of trademark infringement without using the Rogers test, which would have been an advantage to companies like VIP Products.
The Supreme Court has already made a decision on dilution, so the lower court won't be examining that, Gross said. It's possible that either company could petition the Supreme Court to look at the case again. But because it's already looked at the case once, it's unlikely to be taken again, Gross said, meaning the end of the road is probably near for this case.
As for how the case will impact VIP Products, Gross said it's possible that the dog toy company will end up having to pull many of their parody products from shelves. But it also might cause customers to rally behind the small business.
While there might be concerns about a large corporation taking a small business to court, smaller companies in the same position may also be able to lean on the Supreme Court ruling. But going forward, Gross said, the case will likely be interpreted in a way that any commercial use will outweigh the artistic expression. And if the case is being applied so rigidly, that could be problematic, Gross said.
"I think that you will run into cases where, yes, there might be some commercial use. But overall, what's being done is more along the lines of artistic expression," Gross said. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/06/17/jack-daniels-took-a-phoenix-based-dog-toy-company-to-court-whats-next/70304294007/ | 2023-06-17T15:50:08 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/06/17/jack-daniels-took-a-phoenix-based-dog-toy-company-to-court-whats-next/70304294007/ |
Former UA athlete's case prompts ruling on sexual orientation bias in schools
A lawsuit brought by a former University of Arizona athlete spurred the federal appeals court for Arizona and much of the West to conclude that discrimination on the basis of perceived sexual orientation is a type of sex discrimination under the federal law that protects access to federally funded educational opportunities.
The decision, issued on June 13, is already being used to bolster legal arguments that transgender students in Arizona should not be excluded from public school sports teams.
"Harassment on the basis of perceived sexual orientation is discrimination on the basis of sex under Title IX," wrote Judge Susan Graber in a decision for the unanimous three-judge panel, which included Judge Roopali Desai. Desai was an Arizona election attorney before being confirmed by the U.S. Senate last year to join the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
In his lawsuit, Michael Grabowski said he was bullied because his teammates believed he was gay, that he reported the bullying multiple times to staff members and that his coach retaliated against him by removing him from the team and revoking his athletic scholarship.
A lower court initially dismissed Grabowski's case, saying perceived sexual orientation discrimination was not covered by Title IX's protections.
The 9th Circuit panel cited precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which ruled that discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation both fall under the protections of Title VII, a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace. The 9th Circuit said the same logic applies to Title IX, even when the discrimination is based on the perception of a person's sexual orientation.
“What the court has now said for the first time is that the standards are really the same,” said William G. Walker, Grabowski's attorney.
The ruling benefits anyone who faces discrimination based on a perception of their sexual orientation, he said.
“Even people who aren’t gay, for example, if they’re discriminated against because they are perceived as being gay, that’s enough," Walker said.
Both the Arizona Board of Regents and the University of Arizona declined to comment on the litigation.
Within days of the 9th Circuit opinion, attorneys representing students suing Arizona over a recent state law that bans transgender girls from competing on school sports teams that correspond with their gender identity filed a brief arguing the ruling supports their clients' case.
The 9th Circuit's ruling in Grabowski's case holds that the U.S. Supreme Court's workplace discrimination precedent applies to discrimination in federally funded education settings, attorney Colin Proksel wrote in the document filed in the sports team lawsuit.
"Accordingly, the Court should find that discrimination based on transgender status is an impermissible form of sex-based discrimination under Title IX," he wrote.
Currently, 22 states have laws that ban transgender students from playing on teams that align with their gender identity, according to the Movement Advancement Project. Arizona is one of three states in the 9th Circuit with a ban, alongside Idaho and Montana.
Alexandra Brodsky, a lawyer with Public Justice, said this week's decision demonstrates that schools cannot punish students who report sex-based discrimination. Public Justice, a national legal advocacy nonprofit, filed an amicus brief on behalf of several civil rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and the Arizona Trans Youth and Parent Organization.
“The unanimous opinion sends a clear message to schools that they are legally required to prevent and stop homophobia and transphobia,” Brodsky said in a statement.
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Chesterton attorney Courtney Smith has been elected president of the Share Ethics Advisory Commission.
"I am pleased to step into the SEAC presidency and plan to continue actively advocating for local government ethics," Smith said.
Smith succeeds John Bowker of Valparaiso, who is retiring from the commission after eight years of service, the final two as president.
"I will continue to help SEAC in any way I can," Bowker said.
Art Russell of Merrillville continues as vice president and Ethics Summit chairman.
The Shared Ethics Advisory Commission has 23 member communities in Northwest Indiana. The organization offers employee ethics training to members.
The members are Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties and the municipalities of Burns Harbor, Cedar Lake, Chesterton, Crown Point, Dyer, East Chicago, Gary, Hebron, Highland, Hobart, Lake Station, Lowell, Merrillville, Munster, Ogden Dunes, Portage, St. John, Schererville, Valparaiso and Whiting. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/new-leadership-at-share-ethics-advisory-commission/article_5515f310-0c90-11ee-ad73-c381065ecaff.html | 2023-06-17T16:04:39 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/new-leadership-at-share-ethics-advisory-commission/article_5515f310-0c90-11ee-ad73-c381065ecaff.html |
SEATTLE — On the morning of PrideFest - W Seattle will host a "Bursting with Pride Drag Brunch."
A portion of brunch proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project supports the mental health of LGBTQ young people by advocating for preventative and intervention efforts at the federal, state, and local level to address factors that place them at a significantly higher risk of suicide.
Ahead of PrideFest events on Sunday, June 25, W Seattle is welcoming people to attend the Bursting with Pride Drag Brunch. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
W Seattle is the official hotel for Pride Month in Seattle. It was the first hotel to raise the Pride Flag.
The 21 and over event will include a brunch buffet, a signature Anita Spritz cocktail or mocktail, and show admission. A cash bar will be available as well.
For a demonstration of how the Anita Spritz is made - click the video player above.
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LAKELAND, Fla. — A Lakeland woman is a millionaire after winning $1 million from the SEVEN FIGURES scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery.
Kimberly Grooms claimed the $1 million dollar prize after purchasing her ticket from the Circle K, located at 2720 Airport Road.
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The 51-year-old woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $695,000.
The store that sold the winning ticket will receive a $2,000 bonus commission.
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The $5 SEVEN FIGURES features more than 5.8 million winning tickets and offers more than $79.5 million in cash prizes with a top prize of $1 million.
Scratch-off games made up 77% of ticket sales in the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
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Since their inception, scratch-off games shave generated more than $17.77 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund.
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SEATTLE — The Seattle-area nonprofit, Dignity for Divas (DfD), is celebrating 11 years of service.
The organization provides women with opportunities for rebuilding, personal growth, and self-sufficiency as they transition out of homelessness.
This month, DfD celebrates 11 years since it was founded by Nikki Gane-Butler, who was inspired by her transition out of homelessness.
Gane-Butler said watching each woman grow and reach new goals is "amazing."
A recent success story, according to Gane-Butler, included a woman who transitioned out of homelessness and started her own business.
Part of the celebrations includes a community ice cream social for Divas and their children.
Gane-Butler said the organization would love to hear from the public to get ideas for "ice cream mash-ups" and toppings by emailing events@dignityfordivas.org. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/dignity-divas-11-helping-unhoused-women-seattle/281-55668c29-ce29-47a4-89ee-8cb37c2d8085 | 2023-06-17T16:19:23 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/dignity-divas-11-helping-unhoused-women-seattle/281-55668c29-ce29-47a4-89ee-8cb37c2d8085 |
ORLANDO, Fla. — Severe weather alerts can happen any day, any time of the year.
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With storms building up across Central Florida, residents can experience power outages.
Here are ways to track power outages when the lights go out, depending on your electricity provider:
FPL
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OUC
Click here to check OUC’s map.
You can also contact them by calling 407-423-9018
Duke Energy
Click here to see Duke Energy’s Florida outage map.
You can reach Duke Energy at 800-769-3766.
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KUA
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You can report an outage to KUA by texting “Out” to 877-582-7700.
SECO ENERGY
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You can contact SECO at 352-793 -3801.
Winter Park Electric Utility
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To report a power outage, please call 877-811-8700.
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DALLAS — Beware, North Texas residents!
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) is warning residents about a scam spreading that is threatening people with prosecution for failing to comply with a jury summons in federal, state, or county courts. The sheriff's office said several Dallas County residents have already fallen victim to this scam.
DCSO said it will never call to collect a fine for missed jury duty.
DCSO officials said citizens, especially elderly ones, have been targeted by phone calls and emails stating they were in violation of missing jury duty. The scam callers are impersonating court officials, Dallas County sheriff's deputies or local police officers and pressure victims into paying a fine or giving confidential data.
These calls and emails are fraudulent and have no connection to the Dallas County Courts, DCSO said.
DCSO gave this example of a scam letter received by residents:
The sheriff's office said it will not call you about outstanding warrants or request payment over the phone.
Contact between a court and prospective juror will be through U.S. mail, and any phone contact between official court representatives will not include requests for financial information or payment, social security numbers, credit card numbers or any other sensitive information, DCSO said.
If you receive a phone call or email like this and think it is a scam, DCSO asks you call (214)653-3593 and speak with someone in Dallas County Jury Services.
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TYLER, Texas — An East Texas woman is one of six U.S. veterans selected to be featured on the Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch American Hero Edition bottles.
On Wednesday, Mineola resident Laura Jeanne was honored as Evan Williams American-Made Hero at Texas Rangers baseball game, where she threw out the first pitch, for her service in the U.S. Army and work with local organization Adapt-Able Foundation.
As one of the U.S. Army’s first female pilots, Jeanne paved the way for women in aviation.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Tri-Pride, a local non-profit organization, hosted their first Pride Second Chances Masquerade Adult Prom at The Gallery event space above Johnson City’s Southern Craft BBQ location.
The prom was a fundraiser for their annual Tri-Pride Festival and Parade that will take place on September, 23rd in Johnson City.
The prom was held despite two bills being passed in Tennessee that advocates say unfairly targets the LGBTQ community.
“Trans people make up just approximately 1% of the population, but yet we have thousands of laws being targeted in trying to tell them how they can live their lives,” Melody Taylor, Tri-Pride’s president, said. “And there’s no better person to know how you should live rather than yourself.”
One law bans transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit challenging the ban in April.
The other law would have potentially criminalized drag shows. It was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge, but Tennessee’s attorney general plans to appeal the ruling.
Tri-Pride organizers say this prom gives people the opportunity to be their authentic selves without judgment.
“We still live in an area and a time where a lot of youth don’t feel comfortable being themselves,” Taylor said. “So, it’s important that they see adults in the area living their lives out to their fullest, so that they know that exactly who they are is who they’re supposed to be and that they can live a full, fulfilling life and be happy just as who they are.”
Tri-Pride committee member Shelley Kohl also sees the need for having pride events in the region for acceptance and inclusiveness.
“It’s a force,” Kohl said. “It’s part of what changes ideas, culture, laws. I’m from California. So, to be out here has been a really different experience for me with the biases and some of the shame that is put out on being LGBTQ.”
The anniversary of the Stonewall Movement and Riots, which are monumental to LGBTQ rights, are coming up on June 28th. Recently, two instances of flag vandalism have taken place at the Stonewall monuments.
Both Kohl and Taylor said they haven’t seen any local flag vandalism recently, although there was a vandalization around Christmas when lights kept getting cut from their Tri-Pride Christmas Tree. They believe it’s important to remember the Stonewall movement and to keep fighting for rights.
“Unfortunately, the LGBTQ community has been fighting for our place and our visibility in this world for a very long time, such as Stonewall,” Taylor said. “And we’ll continue fighting, fighting against any opposition like that just to be who we are and to be happy.”
“We wouldn’t be here if there weren’t for Stonewall,” Kohl said. “Right, so Stonewall was the beginning of some of, a lot of our freedoms and saying we don’t have to do this anymore and to be done hiding.”
Taylor said celebrating Pride events helps spread awareness and acceptance of the local LGBTQ + community.
“Seeing people being themselves, being out, being open and being happy with who they are is important to show people in this region that there’s nothing wrong with being part of the LGBTQ community or being queer or being trans,” Taylor said. “That we’re just happy people trying to make it through life, find love, find happiness, go to work, do all the things that anyone else does.”
Event planning for the Tri-Pride community is open to the public and will be on Sunday from 3-5 p.m.
For more information, visit Tri-Pride’s Facebook page or their website. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tri-pride-hosts-first-pride-prom-despite-recent-tn-legislation/ | 2023-06-17T16:22:04 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tri-pride-hosts-first-pride-prom-despite-recent-tn-legislation/ |
Tennessee Black Caucus discusses top issues at Knoxville town hall
Black legislators from across the state of Tennessee held a town hall-style meeting the evening of June 16 at Knoxville's Beck Cultural Exchange Center.
Participants - including more than 100 members of the public, a standing-room-only turnout - discussed such issues as criminal justice, Medicaid expansion, education, economics and gun control.
"I have always said and as part of the original agenda of the caucus, is that for Black people there are no permanent friends, there are not permanent enemies; there are only permanent issues. We have to bring Black issues to the forefront and that is what we will continue to do," Rep. Sam McKenzie told the crowd.
State lawmakers attending included Knoxville Rep. Sam McKenzie, Chattanooga Rep. Yusuf Hakeem and Memphis' Rep. G.A. Hardaway, Rep. Joe Towns and Rep. Jesse Chism.
Knoxville's Rep. Gloria Johnson of the Tennessee Three was also in attendance. Caucus members acknowledged her courage in facing expulsion from the state legislature with Rep Justin Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones in April. Though Pearson and Jones were expelled - and later reappointed to their seats - Johnson survived the expulsion motion by one vote.
Voter disenfranchisement was raised by attendees over concerns about the number of Tennesseans unable to vote due to a criminal record. Nearly 500,00 people in the state can't participate in elections because they have been convicted of a felony, according to the Sentencing Project.
During the meeting, the caucus also honored its former vice chair and State Rep. Rick Staples of Knoxville with a large plaque in commemoration of his service. Staples served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives 2017-2020.
"I was happy to support my old friends and happy to see that the Black Caucus tour is still going. Recognition by those with whom you fought, for the body of work on behalf of those whom you fought for is a magnificent thing," Staples told Knox News.
Staples' relationship with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center is one he has long treasured, making sure that they stayed on the radar with state officials.
The Beck Cultural Exchange Center recently received a $250,000 grant from the Democratic Caucus in Nashville.
Rep. Sam McKenzie worked with Governor Bill Lee's administration to ensure the grant was included in the state budget for 2023-2024. The budget was approved by the state legislature in April.
Angela Dennis is the Knox News race, justice and equity reporter. Email angela.dennis@knoxnews.com. Twitter @AngeladWrites. Instagram @angeladenniswrites. Facebook at Angela Dennis Journalist.
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EGG HARBOR CITY — The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office and city police are investigating a shooting death that occurred Friday afternoon.
At about 4:50 p.m., police on the scene of the 200 block of St. Louis Avenue found Terrance Dismuke, 30, of Atlantic City, who was suffering from a gunshot wound, the Prosecutor's Office said. He was transported to a local hospital and died there.
Karri Jorge, a local resident, said the shooting happened at Beacon Hall, an event facility in the 200 block of St. Louis, and that the area was surrounded by police tape.
The shooting is being investigated, and an autopsy is pending, the Prosecutor's Office said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Prosecutor's Office's Major Crimes Unit at 609-909-7666 or go to their website at ACPO.Tips. Information can be submitted anonymously.
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HAMMONTON — Gilda Ceasar, 79, has made shopping at the local Walmart a joyous experience since the store opened in 1995.
Martin Kabba, 37, said the high-spirited customer host was "without a doubt" one of the reasons residents like to shop at the Hammonton Walmart.
"I've never seen her not be nice, or not happy," said Kabba, a Hammonton resident who shops at the Walmart. "Sometimes you come into a store and the greeters look a little angry, which is understandable. It's hard to be in the customer service industry. But she's always happy."
With a heartwarming smile, a simple wave and a comforting "how are you doing today," Ceasar melts away any doom and gloom shoppers have as soon as they walk through the door.
"I love to meet people, and I love to help people," Ceasar said.
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Ceasar's love for assisting others drove her to become a private duty nurse at Greenbriar Nursing Center in Hammonton for 15 years while working at Walmart. She still does private duty nursing, and even offers to help customers who need assistance caring for their loved ones.
"I've known her since me and my wife got married and moved to Hammonton 27 years ago," said Jose LaLuz, 72, while shopping at the Hammonton Walmart. "She's always happy, she's always nice to us. ... We love her very much."
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LaLuz said he always says hi and bye to Ceasar when he walks in or out of the Walmart. When he doesn't see Ceasar greeting customers, he'll look for her, or ask for her.
Ceasar said the key to her happiness is that she still loves her job after nearly three decades.
The Mullica Township native worked with boats most of her life. She worked at several different marinas for 18 years until the last marina she worked at in Egg Harbor City, for Viking Yachts, closed in the early 1990s.
When she was hired as a customer host for Walmart in 1995, she only had $3 in her pocket.
"I love Walmart. They gave me the opportunity to work when I had nothing," Ceasar said.
Ceasar said her favorite time of year at the Hammonton Walmart is summer, since she gets to meet different people from all over the world.
Summer is the busiest time of year at the store, since blueberry season starts late spring. Migrant workers come to harvest the farm town's blueberries and other seasonal crops until the end of August.
"I don't speak Spanish, but they've helped me learn little by little," said Ceasar of the majority Hispanic population.
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Besides greeting customers, Ceasar directs people to certain aisles or locations for the products and services they're looking for, assists kids who might have gotten separated from their parents and prevents shoplifting.
She also offers to help customers pay if they're a dollar or two short, brings gifts for customers' birthdays, condolence cards for when a pet dies and other acts of kindness, she said.
Ceasar also helps Walmart raise money for different causes. Recently, she had a blue water jug near her to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, a pediatric hospital network that relies on donations and community support to treat children who have gaps in their medical coverage.
In turn, the community has built an intense bond with Ceasar.
"She's the one person we look for when you come in, no matter what," said Bijal Patel, assistant manager of the Hammonton Walmart. "Every customer loves her, talks about her. People call about her all the time, and when we post a photo of her on Facebook, there will be like 200 comments of people saying how awesome she is. She's like a celebrity."
Ceasar said she's had local kids she's known since they were little grow up and ask her to come to their graduation or wedding.
Patel said Ceasar's charisma has transferred to her colleagues.
Ceasar said the key to keeping her energy up is getting a good night's sleep, eating healthy by growing her own vegetables and having plenty of laughs with her family.
Gary Wade peered through the glass case at some vintage baseball cards.
Ceasar has two adult children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Her love for Walmart has transferred to some of her family as well. One of her two daughters, Claudia Ceasar, and a few of her other family members also work at Walmart.
Claudia Ceasar said she's been working overnight as a stock person at the Mays Landing Walmart for 20 years. After she lost her job as a cashier at a pharmacy in Egg Harbor Township, her mom suggested Walmart as a job option.
"I tried Walmart for a while, and 20 years later, I'm still here," said Claudia Ceasar, 58, about the kind people and "good pay" that have made two decades of working at Walmart a pleasure.
She added that everybody knows Gilda Ceasar — "young, old, new customers, you name it" — to the point that they come into the Mays Landing Walmart and say how nice, friendly and helpful she is.
"I'm truly blessed," Ceasar said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/hammonton-walmart-greeter/article_e8d76564-0ba2-11ee-8c0d-3b3ed1086785.html | 2023-06-17T16:33:27 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/hammonton-walmart-greeter/article_e8d76564-0ba2-11ee-8c0d-3b3ed1086785.html |
FORT MYERS, Fla.— The Juneteenth Community Festival will be held on Saturday, June 17, in honor of Juneteenth.
The festival starts at 11 am and ends at 3 pm at Roberto Clemente Park.
They will be offering fun for the whole family, such as live music, games, bounce houses, food, and much more. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/17/fort-myers-juneteenth-festival/ | 2023-06-17T16:36:48 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/17/fort-myers-juneteenth-festival/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon coast is lined with beautiful beaches for the public to enjoy, but not everyone has an easy time navigating the sand. For people with mobility issues or disabilities, sandy spaces are hard to traverse without the help of a wheelchair.
The city of Cannon Beach had two beach wheelchairs that were used for about 4 years to help more people feel the sand between their toes and the ocean spray on their face, but sand and salt took a toll on the chairs and the city had to pull them out of commission after the 2022 tourist season.
“There’s definitely disappointment and it’s one of my least favorite things to have to do is to tell someone that we don’t have our chairs yet,” said Kelli Ennis, director of the Haystack Rock Awareness Program, which is a program of the city of Cannon Beach and which operated the beach wheelchair program
Since 2022, Haystack Rock Awareness Program has been on the hunt for grants and private donors that could help them purchase new wheelchairs and lockers to store them in.
With funding, Ennis said they’d like to purchase three new adult wheelchairs and two smaller child-size wheelchairs with beach capabilities. Ideally, the Haystack Rock Awareness Program would also like to get lockers that could be located in beach access parking lots where the chairs could be stored.
She’d like to start using an app program for people to reserve the chairs. The app would allow the person with the reservation to unlock the locker and use the chair on their own.
Ennis said there would still be one volunteer at the check-out station to help with questions, getting access and cleaning the chairs where they’re returned.
If Haystack Rock Awareness Program could implement the app-based checkout system, Ennis said it would save about 70% of the manpower the small organization has been investing into operating the program.
“Seven out of 10 calls I get are about the wheelchairs and trying to get them reserved and trying to find a way to get access to the beach or another comparable program that might have wheelchairs available,” Ennis said.
Once the app and lockers are in place, the goal is to create a local volunteer pool to take some of the responsibility off the Haystack Rock Awareness Program and Bahama Boards, a local business the city partners with that handles the beach wheelchair reservations.
Anyone interested in donating toward the new wheelchairs and lockers or anyone who knows of a grant the Haystack Rock Awareness Program should apply for to help fund the new chairs, should contact the Haystack Rock Awareness Program and ask to speak to Kelli Ennis.
For people who can’t donate but would like to get involved, Ennis said they’ll be looking for volunteers once the new beach wheelchairs are purchased.
The beach wheelchairs require manual pushing, but their wide tires allow them to navigate difficult terrain like packed sand, dry sand, small dunes, and they can even enter shallow water.
Ennis said she’s heard of people using them to feel the ocean for the first time since they were children, using them to access memorial services or family bonfires on the beach, or using them to explore tide pods.
“It’s heartbreaking [to not have them] and there definitely is disappointment,” Ennis said, “which is why this is kind of a priority program for us right now to get up and running.” | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/beach-wheelchairs-need-replacing-at-cannon-beach-group-looks-for-donors/ | 2023-06-17T16:42:16 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/beach-wheelchairs-need-replacing-at-cannon-beach-group-looks-for-donors/ |
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro made a shocking revelation on Saturday, just six days after a tanker truck caught on fire under an Interstate 95 overpass, causing the highway to collapse:
It will be re-opened within two weeks from now.
The Governor made the announcement in a press availability at Philadelphia International Airport during a visit with President Joe Biden, who is in town for a 2024 campaign event. U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania were also present at the announcement.
“I can state with confidence that we will have I-95 reopened within the next two weeks,” Shapiro said. “We are going to get traffic moving again thanks to the extraordinary work of those here and our incredible union trade workers.”
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Biden and Shapiro took an aerial tour of the collapse site on Saturday morning, after which the Governor briefed the President on the reconstruction plan that was originally shared with the public on Wednesday.
“There’s no more important project to the country right now as far as I’m concerned,” Pres. Biden said. He added that the project was "all hands on deck" and that the federal government will pay for the project.
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Philly-based contractor Buckley & Company is at work pouring a backfill material into the gap in the highway, filling up to the level of the roadway above. A 24/7 livestream set up by PennDOT shows construction underway.
On Thursday, Pennsylvania state police escorted trucks carrying backfill material -- a specially-designed, Pennsylvania-made glass aggregate -- to the site of the collapse throughout the day so that the crews would be ready to work once the demolition was completed.
Officials estimated that 100 truck loads would be needed to fill the hole on I-95 that's about 100 feet wide.
Due to the time it will take to completely rebuild the roadway, Gov. Shapiro said the recycled glass aggregate from a Delaware County company will fill the underpass area, bringing it up to surface level. Crews will then pave over it so that three lanes of traffic can reopen each way. The backfill is only a temporary solution.
Federal funds available for reconstruction
Also on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration announced the immediate availability of $3 million in emergency relief funds to help PennDOT offset rebuilding costs for emergency operations, detour routes as well as preliminary engineering, surveys and design for the permanent restoration of I-95.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and other officials recently visited the collapse site to assess the damage. Gov. Shapiro said he will continue to remain in contact with Secretary Buttigieg and President Joe Biden to ensure Pennsylvania has access to all federal resources as the rebuild continues.
So what will it cost?
Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt told NBC10's Lauren Mayk that the preliminary cost estimate for the emergency repairs appeared to be in the $25 million to $30 million range. Federal emergency relief funds would help cover those costs.
Rendering of I-95 temporary reopening
PennDOT shared a rendering of what the temporary I-95 roadway reopening will look like while the bridge is being replaced. You can view the rendering here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/i-95-in-philadelphia-to-reopen-within-two-weeks-says-pa-gov-josh-shapiro/3587857/ | 2023-06-17T16:43:37 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/i-95-in-philadelphia-to-reopen-within-two-weeks-says-pa-gov-josh-shapiro/3587857/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — According to Austin-Travis County EMS, a car hit and killed a pedestrian near Interstate 35 and East Rundberg Lane around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The person was pronounced dead on scene.
The cause of the crash is not known.
There's no other information at this time. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/pedestrian-crash-i35/269-0dd52957-0e67-45a0-8f77-ea29e0b62806 | 2023-06-17T16:43:55 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/pedestrian-crash-i35/269-0dd52957-0e67-45a0-8f77-ea29e0b62806 |
In a first since 2013, the area where mountain lions can be hunted in Nebraska will expand after action last week by the Game and Parks Commission, but the move was not without criticism.
Beginning next year, in what will be the seventh mountain lion hunting season approved by the commission, the Niobrara River Valley will join the Pine Ridge as the state’s second region approved for harvesting the species.
The decision came in a public hearing held by the commission in Alma on June 9, where staff recommendations for mountain lions and other animals, including otter and paddlefish, were approved.
For its inaugural season in the Niobrara, the commission set its hunting limit to two mountain lions or one female, whichever comes first. The season will start Jan. 2 and will extend through the end of February — or until any of the two limits are reached. In the event that they’re not, an auxiliary season will be held from March 16 through March 31 until the limit is reached.
The commission’s decision to expand the harvest of mountain lions to the Niobrara is based on a number of reasons:
* The population’s resiliency to harvest, meaning hunting mountain lions in a given area will not affect the overall health of the population.
* To provide a harvest opportunity for both people and the state.
* To control and slow the number of mountain lions and maintain the population at levels landowners are willing to accept.
Currently, the population estimate in the Niobrara Valley stands at more than 20 lions, according to Sam Wilson, the commission’s furbearer and carnivore program manager, with the first confirmed sighting dating back to 2001.
By 2013, genetic evidence showed that a resident population was reproducing there, and during the past year and a half, the commission said it documented nine instances of reproduction from six adult females, covering areas of nearly 100 miles.
But as the population continued to increase, public tolerance began to shift and concerns over livestock attacks by mountain lions in the Niobrara Valley were raised by landowners and locals.
This presented another reason for the expansion: To avoid what happened in the Pine Ridge.
“What we have seen in the Pine Ridge was, we had a significant number of livestock depredations when the (mountain lion) population was likely — at least according to a population estimate — at its peak,” Wilson said. “And then after we began consecutive hunting seasons in 2019 it was reduced.”
Wilson did clarify, however, that this doesn’t automatically translate to cause-and-effect. But he did mention that it impacts how livestock growers feel.
“It certainly does affect social tolerance for people who ranch and live in those areas,” he said.
Another factor the commission considered was the relation of Nebraska mountain lions to their larger populations, according to Wilson.
Isolated mountain lion populations, like one in Florida, are at a greater risk of decline. In Nebraska, however, these populations are not isolated.
“Our (mountain lion) populations are connected to populations in Colorado and Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota,” Wilson said. “It’s sort of a new edge to a larger population of tens of thousands of mountain lions that extends into Nebraska and then covers every western state all the way to the Pacific Ocean and to the Canadian border and down into Mexico.”
As a result, Wilson said, these populations remain healthy and are not as likely to be diminished.
Pushback
The commission’s decision last week came despite criticism from mountain lion advocates, including Mark Elbroch, director of the puma program at Panthera, a global nonprofit based in New York City devoted to the conservation of the world’s wild cats and the ecosystems they live in.
“Nowhere else in the U.S. is any other state hunting such tiny populations that are not supported by immigration from adjacent areas,” Elbroch said.
In his criticism, Elbroch, an internationally recognized cougar expert whose advice regarding mountain lions was sought by the commission on several occasions, pointed out the commission’s lack of scientific data in the Niobrara Valley when making population estimates.
“All we have is a quote from Sam Wilson saying he thinks there are 20 or more lions,” Elbroch said in response to emailed questions. “His best guess is not defensible science upon which to build transparent management actions, regardless of whether he might or might not be right. The commission must be able to show with minimal doubt that the population is of sufficient size, using peer-reviewed, proven methods for determining abundance.”
According to a recommendations booklet released by the commission this month, the commission said it conducted genetic surveys using scat detector dogs in the Niobrara Valley to determine population size in 2012 and 2014, but said results were insufficient. Since then, the commission has not conducted genetic surveys using scat, but said it plans to do so this fall.
But Elbroch pushed against other claims, too, including those of depredation.
“The evidence is clear,” he said. “Killing so many mountain lions will not increase Nebraska’s deer, nor will it increase human or livestock safety in any meaningful way.”
He added that even though mountain lions do occasionally attack livestock, the risks are small and could further be diminished with better husbandry practices.
A question of values
Mountain lions in Nebraska gained protected status in 1995, when the Legislature classified them as game species. This afforded hunters the opportunity to harvest them for the first time so long as the population was large enough to sustain a harvest.
In 2012, the state gave the commission authority to start regulating the species, including issuing permits and approving hunting seasons. Since 2014, the commission approved a hunting season in the Pine Ridge each year, with exceptions made from 2015-2018.
Now, nearly 30 years since 1995, some mountain lion advocates question those decisions.
Colin Croft, an environmental ethics instructor at Western Nebraska Community College, said he wonders what makes a mountain lion a game species to begin with.
“Maybe that's a question we need to revisit — and 'we' meaning Nebraskans,” Croft said.
He said the commission’s lack of transparency in their data-sharing and decision-making, particularly in the past five years, gives him cause for concern. He said he suspects the complicated nature of the subject led the commission to conclude that the less they share, “the less food there is or fuel for criticism.”
But Croft also pointed a finger at the Legislature's original decision to afford mountain lions game species status.
“The main talking point was, ‘Well, this is clearly better than being unprotected,’ which it is,” Croft said. "But the third option never got discussed, which is simply protecting them and not classifying them as a game species. I think it would be very interesting for Nebraskans to weigh in today, almost 30 years after that decision, and see what most Nebraskans think about this species.”
Croft, who also runs Nebraskans Living with Mountain Lions, a Facebook group advocating for the species, added that he believes mountain lions’ classification as a game species shouldn’t only be regulated according to scientific data, but that other considerations should be made as well.
“Science can provide some data on it, but it's ultimately a question of different views and values,” he said. “And I think in some ways, you know, going after Game and Parks on this might be missing the forest for the trees — that we really do need to have an open and inclusive conversation with all Nebraskans.”
Currently, with the exception of California and Texas, every western state, including Nebraska, views mountain lions as a game species.
Still, this protected status, according to Wilson, is exactly what has allowed mountain lion populations to thrive over the past 30 years and extend into Nebraska and other neighboring states.
“We’re basically managing (mountain lions) like other states are that have these populations, and as a game animal, which they are under state law,” Wilson said.
Moving forward
With the new unit now approved, hunters can harvest mountain lions in the Niobrara Valley starting next year.
Wilson said he is confident with the commission’s decision, thanks in part to years of research in the Niobrara.
“During that time some of the animals from the Pine Ridge helped to recolonize the Niobrara Valley,” he said. “So for me and for the commission it provides some confidence that if this worked in the Pine Ridge — this sort of management, 10 years after our hunting seasons began — we would expect similar results in the Niobrara.”
The commission said it will issue 160 permits for the Niobrara unit, which will extend to parts of Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock and Sheridan counties.
Beginning next year, in what will be the seventh mountain lion hunting season approved by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the Niobrara River Valley will join the Pine Ridge as the state’s second region approved for harvesting the species. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/nebraska-expands-mountain-lion-hunting-into-niobrara-valley-but-not-without-opposition/article_7e9bba88-0ada-11ee-87fb-8f13de4b5f88.html | 2023-06-17T16:54:12 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/nebraska-expands-mountain-lion-hunting-into-niobrara-valley-but-not-without-opposition/article_7e9bba88-0ada-11ee-87fb-8f13de4b5f88.html |
Want to get away from Fayetteville? Here are 10 cheap flights to cool spots
For area residents wanting to get away this summer, Fayetteville Regional Airport offers flights to domestic and international destinations.
Deputy Airport Director Deontae Watson estimated that about 29,000 passengers a month fly in and out of the Fayetteville airport this time of year, with American Airlines averaging about 10 flights a day, and Delta Airlines averaging about four flights a day.
Fayetteville Regional Airport services 304 one-stop destinations from Fayetteville, including 24 domestic destinations and 80 international destinations via a one-stop connection from Fayetteville, Watson said.
American Airlines provides direct flights from Fayetteville directly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport or Dallas Fort Worth International Airport for final destination or connecting flights, while Delta Airlines provides a direct flight to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, he said.
Dallas and Atlanta are among the nonstop destinations with some flights costing less than $450, according to Google Flights — a website that allows you to search destinations and track prices to find and book your next flight.
Sally French, a travel expert at NerdWallet.com, told USA TODAY that adjusting your trip departure by just a few days can save hundreds of dollars.
The cheapest days to fly are midweek, generally Tuesday or Wednesday. For domestic economy tickets within the U.S., she said, Tuesdays are about 24% lower than peak prices on Sundays.
If your dates are flexible over the next three months, as of Monday, Google Flights showed round-trip flights from Fayetteville to 10 cities available for under $215
You'll need to act fast before people grab seats, because some of the ticket costs could change.
Below is a list that includes available dates and the airline carrier.
Austin
- Cost: $214
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug. 9-15
Baltimore
- Cost: $194
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug. 15-22
Boston
- Cost: $214
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug. 12-16
Las Vegas
- Cost: $194
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug.15-22
Miami
- Cost: $184
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug. 7-16
Nashville
- Cost: $194
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug. 15-22
New York
- Cost: $184
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug. 7-15
Orlando
- Cost: $187
- Airline: Delta Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: July 25-31
San Francisco
- Cost: $204
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Sept. 9-16
Washington D.C.
- Cost: $194
- Airline: American Airlines
- Number of stops: One stop in Charlotte
- Dates: Aug.15-22
Best day trip, weekend getaways and short vacations a few hours from Fayetteville
First flight takes off on new Fayetteville to Dallas-Fort Worth route
Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-386-3528.
USA TODAY reporter Natalie Neysa Alund contributed to this report. | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/how-far-215-or-less-will-take-you-from-fayetteville-regional-airport/70300078007/ | 2023-06-17T16:55:29 | 1 | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/how-far-215-or-less-will-take-you-from-fayetteville-regional-airport/70300078007/ |
ODESSA, Texas — Eliana was only 6 weeks old, her brother only 1, when they were in a car with their mother that was hit by Daisy Cordero, a drunk driver.
"Because a woman made a mistake in her life and she chose to get behind the wheel while drinking," said Robert Pasquale, the father of Eliana's mother, Nallely Mendoza.
Eliana was airlifted to a Lubbock hospital after the accident, but sadly passed away.
In a Facebook post, Nallely wrote the following:
"My baby’s gone & she’s never coming back because of someone else’s decision."
Meanwhile, Pasquale spoke directly to Cordero in a Facebook video.
"Daisy, if you see this, I wish you well on your path to recovery, whenever you decide to pursue that," said Pasquale. "I hope you see what you have done to our family, that you ask God for forgiveness and that you do what you need to do so that you never do this to somebody else ever again."
Pasquale wants the community to focus on the dangers of drunk driving.
"We as a community need to work together more to reduce drunk driving," said Pasquale. "We will never change it. Another family is going to go through this tomorrow or next week, it's not going to stop, I get that, but we can start working together to try and create the awareness that needs to be done."
Pasquale also wants to thank the community for being so supportive of their family during this difficult time. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-infant-who-died-in-crash-involving-drunk-driver-speaks/513-ee689aec-5b3b-4ba1-ad31-b062c78122d2 | 2023-06-17T17:04:23 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-infant-who-died-in-crash-involving-drunk-driver-speaks/513-ee689aec-5b3b-4ba1-ad31-b062c78122d2 |
LYTLE, Texas — H-E-B is debuting the second location of a new concept Monday at its Lytle location.
The Lytle location will be the second H-E-B Fresh Bites, which provides customers more options such as fresh produce, chef-inspired meals and convenient snack options.
It is a new look and style being given to H-E-B convenience stores. The company wanted to provide healthier and fresher options than the usual convenience store can provide. Photos from the new store show salads, sandwiches, and sushi made daily, meat and cheese snacks, fresh juices, kombucha, and Meal Simple options on offer.
The first location of the H-E-B Fresh Bites opened in Leander in April.
The Lytle location will also feature a True Texas Tacos option. Both of those locations will open to the public Monday.
Learn more about KENS 5:
Since going on the air in 1950, KENS 5 has strived to be the best, most trusted news and entertainment source for generations of San Antonians.
KENS 5 has brought numerous firsts to South Texas television, including being the first local station with a helicopter, the first with its own Doppler radar and the first to air a local morning news program.
Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
Today, KENS 5 continues to set the standard in local broadcasting and is recognized by its peers for excellence and innovation. The KENS 5 News team focuses on stories that really matter to our community.
You can find KENS 5 in more places than ever before, including KENS5.com, the KENS 5 app, the KENS 5 YouTube channel, KENS 5's Roku and Fire TV apps, and across social media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more!
Want to get in touch with someone at KENS 5? You can send a message using our Contacts page or email one of our team members. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/h-e-b-debuts-fresh-bites-location-lytle-san-antonio-texas-grocery-store/273-7fb59f45-853f-4427-a289-af993e7c0699 | 2023-06-17T17:04:29 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/h-e-b-debuts-fresh-bites-location-lytle-san-antonio-texas-grocery-store/273-7fb59f45-853f-4427-a289-af993e7c0699 |
SAN ANTONIO — Methodist Hospital locations are celebrating the role of fathers this year for Father's Day weekend.
The hospital group sent KENS 5 several pictures of fathers enjoying time with their precious newborns.
“No words can explain the joy of being a father. It’s the best feeling in the world,” says Jesus Obregon Jr. whose baby boy Liam Rene Obregon will be celebrating his first Father’s Day on Sunday.
The hospital group says the day is a special time to recognize the dedication and support fathers provide from the first moment their bundles of joy arrive into the world.
Take a look at some pictures of local fathers and their newborns this weekend:
New fathers enjoy time with their newborns on Father's Day
Learn more about KENS 5:
Since going on the air in 1950, KENS 5 has strived to be the best, most trusted news and entertainment source for generations of San Antonians.
KENS 5 has brought numerous firsts to South Texas television, including being the first local station with a helicopter, the first with its own Doppler radar and the first to air a local morning news program.
Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
Today, KENS 5 continues to set the standard in local broadcasting and is recognized by its peers for excellence and innovation. The KENS 5 News team focuses on stories that really matter to our community.
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SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Police are investigating after a woman was injured in a crash with a driver going the wrong way early Saturday morning.
Police say the driver was going east in the west-bound lanes of Highway 90 near Loop 1604 around 12:30 a.m. The woman crashed into that driver head-on.
Fire crews had to use the jaws of life to cut both drivers out of their cars. Once they were out, they were rushed to the hospital. Both of them are in critical condition.
Police are still trying to figure out why the other driver was going the wrong way and no charges have been filed.
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COVINGTON, Ga. — A Covington officer who was shot in the head in the line of duty in May marked a heartening moment in his recovery Saturday as he participated in the city's Juneteenth parade.
Officer Rashad Rivers rode with the police department's parade vehicle through downtown Covington, which the department said on Facebook it was "excited" to see.
Rivers shared an update on his recovery earlier this month, saying he appreciated the overwhelming support he has received from the metro Atlanta community and beyond over the past week and that he's excited to get back out and serve his community.
"Hey guys, Officer Rivers here. Just wanted to let you know that I really, really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers. I am doing OK, and yes I do have my jaw wired shut but I am doing fine and as soon as I'm cleared to go I will be back in Covington. Until then, God bless," Rivers said in the video.
Rivers was shot at the OYO Hotel on Alcovy Road; police said after officers said they initially responded to the hotel at 10:30 p.m. for a domestic fight. They added a man confronted the first officer on the scene with a gun.
The two eventually began shooting at each other, with the officer -- Rivers -- being shot in the head. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the suspect as 23-year-old Treyvorius Stodghill.
The agency said a second responding officer arrived at the scene and saw Stodghill, who was allegedly pointing a gun at Rivers-- who was already down.
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NEWNAN, Ga. — The child of a Newnan man shot and killed on Friday is looking for support from the community in laying him to rest.
60-year-old Willie Hunter's daughter Chalisa posted to GoFundMe after the tragic death. She says in the post that Willie "was a sweet loving person didn't bother anyone."
"The family is in need help raising money for him due to him not having insurance, anything will help all donations we will greatly appreciate," the post adds.
The shooting also left a dog dead and a woman injured.
Police have not explained the full circumstances of what happened, but said Friday a suspect was in custody. Chalisa's GoFundMe post said her father was shot five times in the chest, a detail not yet confirmed by police.
The incident occurred around 2 p.m. near Salbide Avenue and Thompson Avenue.
According to a release, it is expected the alleged suspect will be charged with homicide, aggravated assault and animal cruelty.
Newnan Police said this is their second homicide investigation of the year.
"I'm trying to put my dad to rest so I want to thank anyone in advance for the help and support, be blessed," Chalisa Hunter's GoFundMe post said.
The fundraising goal on the GoFundMe was set at $5,000.
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A LaPorte County farmer recently returned from a national contest with grand champion awards won by two offspring of a single ram.
The ram owned by Brett Kessler was a grand champion itself at a competition during the Washington State Fair in 2017.
Kessler, owner of Clay Hill Ranch, had a ram and ewe, both sired by that ram, named grand champions in the 2023 American North Country Cheviot Show and Sale held in conjunction with the 76th annual West Virginia Purebred Sheep Association Show and Sale.
“They got a heck of a pedigree behind them,” he said of the new grand champions.
Kessler estimated nearly 20 other offspring from the sire, named John Snow, have earned grand champion status at other competitions since he started breeding the 6-year-old male sheep.
Two of its female offspring came in second place and fifth place out of about 1,000 ewes in the grand champion contest during last year’s Indiana State Fair.
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Kessler, who’s been showing his farm animals for close to 30 years, said he’s had grand champions from other breeding stock, but none of his previous rams were close to producing as many prize winning animals as John Snow.
He also said it might have been the first time he’s had two in one show named grand champion.
“This was a pretty special year. It was a great show. Great participation from all across the country,” Kessler said.
He said both of his most recent grand champions were purchased as breeding stock by farms in Minnesota during the two day show in Petersburg, on the far east side of West Virginia, the first week in June.
Currently, he’s working with a ram and ewe born 16 months ago to his champion-producing-sire to compete in future shows. The sire is nearing the end of his useful lifespan for breeding, though, but steps have been taken for him to keep producing offspring.
“We’re fortunate enough to have some semen collected and stored on him, so we’ll be able to use him for many years into the future,” Kessler said.
In March, Kessler said he also purchased a grand champion ram from Canada for breeding in hopes of adding more notches to his championship belt.
Traveling the country to show animals is an annual tradition for Kessler and his wife, Heather, along with their sons, Blake, Brady and Brock.
“I would hate to know how many miles we have traveled,” he said.
Presently, Blake is studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University while Brady is going to be a senior and Brock an eighth grader in New Prairie schools.
Kessler said everyone in his family helps raise and show their animals. Brock, for example, is working with the animals he plans to show during this year’s LaPorte County Fair and competitions elsewhere.
“He’s out here every day,” Kessler said.
The family has about 300 ewes along with 10 to 20 rams at one time on land near Rolling Prairie. They also have around 100 head of beef cattle on 200 acres where they live just west of LaPorte.
Kessler said most of the animals are sold to breeders while the rest are processed into meat for local restaurants and individuals to place in their freezers.
The farm also produces corn, soybeans and hay.
Despite the success he's had with other sheep, having two grand champions in the recent show was not expected.
“We were a little surprised," Kessler said. "We thought we had a good shot. We always love doing well and you hope that you’re standing at the end." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/ram-hailed-for-producing-champion-offspring/article_8b8fd19c-0c70-11ee-90cf-ef0062f33898.html | 2023-06-17T17:36:11 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/ram-hailed-for-producing-champion-offspring/article_8b8fd19c-0c70-11ee-90cf-ef0062f33898.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. — Due to severe weather conditions, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop at Orlando International Airport.
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MCO said that flights and baggage delivery delays are possible because of the weather conditions.
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FAA said departures to MCO are delayed for an average of 75 minutes, and departures from MCO are delayed around an hour and a half.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Lions are headed north this weekend to face off against the New England Revolution in a Week 19 conference match.
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Orlando City dominated possession last week against the Colorado Rapids but did not score until the second half.
In the 56-minute, Facundo Torres took a pass at the top of the box from Mauricio Pereyra and Torres’ shot bounced off the chest of a Rapids’ defender and into goal, putting the Lions up 1-0.
In the 83-minute, Ramiro Enrique scored his first goal in MLS when he created space between multiple defenders to hit a shot into goal from long range.
The Rapids lost two players to red cards, Braian Galvan in the 39-minute and Lalas Abubakar in the 75-minute.
OCSC travels to Gillette Stadium this week to take on the Revs in a conference match.
The Revs have picked up 30 points this year and sit in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, while Orlando is four points back at 26 points for the season.
During a preseason game at Exploria Stadium this year, the Revs came back to win 2-1.
Saturday, Orlando City will be without three key players, Facundo Torres, Pedro Gallese, and Wilder Cartagena are playing international friendlies. Two Lions, Antonio Carlos and Kyle Smith, will be out for yellow card accumulation suspensions.
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BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police, MTA Police, and Baltimore City Fire are on the scene of a massive bus crash that injured up to 15 people in Central Baltimore. Two of the injuries are believed to be possibly life-threatening.
According to authorities, around 10:20 a.m., officers responded to the 400 block of North Paca Street for a crash involving a Mass Transit bus and two civilian vehicles.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the MTA bus struck a Lexus at the intersection of North Paca Street and West Mulberry Street. That bus then struck a Nissan and finally stopped when it crashed into a building in the 500 block of West Franklin Street.
No other information is available at this time. The cause of the crash is unknown.
Police are asking drivers to avoid the area if possible.
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PERRYTON, Texas — (AP) — A tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states.
The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. Local officials said Thursday night that two people were missing.
Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said three people were killed, including at least one person who died in a mobile home park that took a “direct hit” from a tornado. One of the three people killed was 11-year-old Mathew Ramirez. Ramirez's family shared this photo of the boy with WFAA's Rebecca Lopez.
Dutcher said at least 30 trailers were damaged or destroyed.
First responders from surrounding towns and cities and from neighboring Oklahoma descended on the town, which is home to more than 8,000 people and about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northeast of Amarillo, just south of the Oklahoma line.
Mobile homes were ripped apart and pickup trucks with shattered windshields were slammed against mounds of rubble in residential areas.
Perryton’s downtown area was also walloped. About two blocks of businesses were heavily damaged, including an office supply store, a floral shop and a hair salon along the town's Main Street. A minivan was shoved into the outer wall of a theater.
With a few hours of daylight left after the storm passed through, broken windows were being boarded up.
The Ochiltree County Sheriff’s Department said it would enforce a curfew from midnight to 6 a.m. Friday because of downed power lines and other dangers that might not be visible in the dark.
Storm chaser Brian Emfinger told Fox Weather that he watched the twister move through a mobile home park, mangling trailers and uprooting trees.
“I had seen the tornado do some pretty serious destruction to the industrial part of town,” Emfinger said. “Unfortunately, just west of there, there is just mobile home, after mobile home, after mobile home that is completely destroyed."
There was no immediate word on the tornado's size or wind speeds, meteorologist Luigi Meccariello said.
About 475,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma as of Friday morning, according to the poweroutage.us website.
Ochiltree General Hospital in Perryton on Facebook said “Walking/wounded please go to the clinic. All others to the hospital ER.”
“We have seen somewhere between 50 and 100 patients,” said Kelly Judice, the hospital’s interim CEO. Those include about 10 people in critical condition who were transferred to other hospitals.
Patients had minor to major trauma, ranging from “head injuries to collapsed lungs, lacerations, broken bones,” Judice said.
The hospital also said an American Red Cross shelter had been set up at the Ochiltree County Expo Center.
Chris Samples of local radio station KXDJ-FM said the station was running on auxiliary power.
“The whole city is out of power,” Samples said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he had directed the state Division of Emergency Management to help with everything from traffic control to restoring water and other utilities, if needed.
By evening, the weather front was moving southeast across Oklahoma. On Friday, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms were forecast for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and some other states.
Elsewhere in Texas and other Southern states including Louisiana, heat advisories were in effect Friday and were forecast into the Juneteenth holiday weekend with temperatures reaching toward 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). It was expected to feel as hot as 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius).
The storm system also brought hail and possible tornados to northwestern Ohio.
A barn was smashed and trees toppled in Sandusky County, Ohio, and power lines were downed in northern Toledo, leaving thousands without power. The weather service reported “a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado” over Bellevue and storms showing “signs of rotation” in other areas.
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HARRISBURG — A new process will allow hunters in Pennsylvania to buy their 2023-24 antlerless deer licenses wherever hunting licenses are sold.
According to the State Game Commission, a new law that went into effect this year means doe licenses will be available June 26 along with general hunting licenses, and other permits and privileges.
Hunters can get licenses in-person at sporting goods stores, gun shops, big-box retailers, Game Commission offices, and county treasurer’s offices, or they can purchase licenses online.
The sale of antlerless deer licenses will follow a schedule and system of rounds similar to when they were obtained by mail.
The first round begins at 8 a.m., June 26, with only Pennsylvania residents eligible to buy.
Sales to residents outside Pennsylvania will begin July 10.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates (34-34) have lost four straight games after a brutal loss to the Milwaukee Brewers (35-34) by a score of 5-4 Friday night.
The Pirates started off on a bad foot in the first inning after Rich Hill allowed three runs to score after walking four that inning, and eventually, Hill allowed four total runs to score (three earned).
The Pirates’ offense chipped away at the Brewers’ lead and eventually had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the ninth and couldn’t score any runs against closer, Devin Williams.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A 24-year-old man arrested Friday afternoon by Orlando police is accused of robbing a bank in broad daylight.
Law enforcement responded around 12:50 p.m. upon learning a suspect wearing a mask — soon identified as Keelan Anderson — had entered the TD Bank at 1701 S Semoran Blvd., presented a note to a teller and left with cash, according to the Orlando Police Department’s social media.
Anderson was taken into custody without incident by Orlando police officers and members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who reportedly located him in a vehicle in the area of State Road 408 and Old Winter Garden Road.
Anderson faces a charge of robbery with the threat of a weapon, police said.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Kingsport visitors and residents took to the streets Saturday morning to celebrate Juneteenth and physical fitness.
The Appalachian RC&D Council Farmacy Fit program offers free produce to those who walk before the Kingsport Farmer’s Market, and June 17th’s walk centered around Juneteenth weekend.
Walkers started a 1.9-mile course at 10 on Saturday, and everyone who completed the course received $3 in fresh food.
“My favorite part about today is really just the unity that I see and feel,” Tanya Foreman, chair of the event’s organizers, said. “I’ve been in this community for 33 years and I know that all communities have challenges when it comes to demographics and certainly the rhetoric that we hear now… So I’m excited because this is a day where we’re focusing on being together and just loving on one another.”
Juneteenth events in Kingsport are scheduled for the rest of the weekend as well. For more information, visit the city’s website. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-kicks-off-juneteenth-weekend-with-unity-walk/ | 2023-06-17T18:44:23 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-kicks-off-juneteenth-weekend-with-unity-walk/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Tri-Cities runners set off on a 5K to raise funds that bring local children’s dreams to life on Saturday.
Run For Wishes: A Magical 5K featured costumed runners who started their route at East Tennessee State University. From fairies to bunny rabbits, runners took off to help kids facing critical illnesses enjoy themselves.
“Wishes have a tremendous impact,” Garrett Wagley, CEO of Make-A-Wish East Tennessee, said about the event. “It’s hope on the horizon, knowing that you’re going to get a wish is part of the medicine. And then the wish itself just brings joy to children.”
The awareness raised by events like Saturday’s 5k can make a real difference, Wagley said.
“People really embrace the magical 5K,” Wagley said. “They dress up as their favorite character or superhero, princess because wishes are magical. We want people to connect with that mission and dressing up as a character helps align this race with that mission.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/make-a-wish-5k-raises-funds-awareness-for-local-kids/ | 2023-06-17T18:44:29 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/make-a-wish-5k-raises-funds-awareness-for-local-kids/ |
The Lake County Historical Society, which has been preserving Lake County's history for 148 years, named a new executive director and historian.
The all-volunteer non-profit organization that runs the Lake County Historical Museum on the second floor of the Old Lake County Courthouse in downtown Crown Point Diane Gora executive director and Jeanene Letcher as historian. Both serve on the historical society's board with Letcher serving as vice president.
The Lake County Historical Society has been in transition since longtime county historian Bruce Woods died in 2021.
Gora will now run the museum, its collection of historic artifacts and the volunteer staff. She's tasked with the responsibilities of day-to-day operational management, strategic planning and development.
She has more than 15 years of experience in managerial positions in the healthcare industry.
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“I look forward to building upon the momentum of the Fresh New Start initiative that the board implemented last fall,” Gora said. “I am excited to volunteer with this team of talented and dedicated individuals who are serving the Crown Point and broader Lake County community.”
Letcher serves as the Indiana Room Specialist at the Crown Point Library. As the Lake County Historical Society's historian, she will do historical research, develop exhibits and share the stores of Crown Point, Lake County and Northwest Indiana.
“My passion for history inspires me and enhances my ability to uncover a well-rounded understanding of the past,” Letcher said. “I enjoy unraveling the details and demonstrating relevance for modern audiences.”
The historical society was founded as The Old Settlers Association in 1875 and initially led by the "Lake County, Indiana, from 1834 to 1872" author Timothy Ball, who was the first Lake County historian.
“As we prepare for our 150th anniversary in 2025, we are refining how we display artifacts in the museum,” said Letcher. “Imagine our delight when we realized that Timothy Ball’s rocking chair was hidden behind an assortment of artifacts. We will design new interpretive elements to share his story alongside his personal items.”
The historical society launched a Fresh New Start initiative last year to reimagine the museum and historical society after Woods' death. It's looking to pare down the museum's sprawling collection of eclectic artifacts and focus on more curated, educational exhibitions about subjects like the Marriage Mill and Cobe Cub.
It also recruited new, diverse board members.
“We have assembled an amazing, well-qualified team in such a short time," Board President Scott Hudnall said. "There’s been so much progress made. I am looking forward to seeing how Diane unites our efforts to tell the stories of our community better and display the artifacts with more sophistication than we have done in the past. Things are changing, and it's an exciting time to share our history."
The museum is open from 1-4 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and by appointment.
For more information, visit lchsmuseum.org.
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
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SEATTLE — A group of more than 50 concrete mixer drivers voted this week to authorize a strike against their employer, western Washington-based Corliss Resources.
The group, which organized with Teamsters Local 174 in November 2022, said it authorized a strike in response to the “glacially slow pace” of its contract negotiation.
The group claims Corliss management has only agreed to meet with the union six times over the seven-month-long negotiation. The group said many issues important to drivers remain left open including pay rates, healthcare and retirement, with only two more bargaining meetings scheduled.
“It is obvious to us that Corliss management is giving the absolute bare minimum effort to negotiate a contract with their employees, and this strike vote is meant to show them they need to step it up big time if they want to avoid a work stoppage,” said Teamsters Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks. “These workers have lived long enough without a contract, and their patience has run out. It’s time for Corliss to come back to the table with a serious commitment to reaching a deal.”
The negotiations are set to resume Tuesday, according to Teamsters Local 174.
Corliss Resources, a Heidelberg Materials company, supplies concrete for projects in western Washington.
"It is unfortunate that the Teamsters Local 174 has voted to strike. Heidelberg Materials remains committed to finding a path forward and has taken substantial steps in its offer to the Corliss Resources employees. We are hopeful our continued negotiations at the bargaining table will enable us to reach a fair and mutually agreeable offer to the company and the Corliss Resources employees, " Jamie Tremain, Vice President & General Manager, Heidelberg Materials Pacific Northwest, Inc., said in a statement.
Teamsters Local 174 is the union that represented concrete workers in the lengthy contract negotiations and labor strike in 2021 and 2022.
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In the fall of 1981, Bruce Springsteen was at his rental house in Colts Neck, New Jersey, writing songs and, often late at night, flipping through the channels to find something to watch on TV.
On one of those nights, Springsteen came across "Badlands," director Terrence Malick’s 1973 film loosely based on Charles Starkweather’s 1958 killing spree, during which the Lincoln garbageman brought along his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate.
That viewing triggered Springsteen to write a song about Starkweather and Fugate that became the title cut of "Nebraska," what I have long considered to be Springsteen’s best album.
"It’s powerful to me when he steps up and says the same thing," said Warren Zanes, who interviewed Springsteen at length about the album. "At the level of storytelling and creating a voice, a view to go with the stories, he hit new heights with that. The first thing I loved about 'Nebraska' was its defiance — in 1982, that he would release something so against the commerciality and the production of the times. Then I got into the record."
Zanes, whose ’80s band The Del Fuegos once shared a stage with Springsteen, used those interviews with Springsteen, his manager Jon Landau, recording engineers, record company executives and musicians like Roseanne Cash, Steve Earle and Dave Alvin to create his enlightening, compellingly readable new book "Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska."
So, Warren, how did "Starkweather," as it was originally titled, become "Nebraska"?
"That happened when it went from the third person to the first person, when it went from being a song about Charles Starkweather to Bruce Springsteen speaking as Charles Starkweather," Zanes said. "If I was to pick any moment when ‘Nebraska’ (the album) became ‘Nebraska,’ it was when he went to the first person in that song.
"In the ’70s with James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, songwriting was seen as more confessional. Here was Springsteen speaking from the electric chair. A lot of people involved in the craft of songwriting had this moment, ‘You can do that.’"
"Nebraska" then became the album’s title cut, opening the record of dark, sometimes violent character-rooted songs that, Zanes writes, took Springsteen back to his traumatic childhood growing up in Freehold, New Jersey.
But "Nebraska" didn’t come out of any old memory of Springsteen’s, who would have been 8 years old at the time of Starkweather’s killing spree and trial and could have heard of it on television or radio.
"He didn’t give any sense of that," Zanes said. "It was really coming to him via Terrence Malick’s film."
That’s borne out by the first line of "Nebraska," which replicates one of the first scenes in the movie that starred Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as characters modeled on Starkweather and Fugate:
I saw her standin’ on her front lawn just a twirlin’ her baton/ Me and her went for a ride, sir … and 10 innocent people died.
The song’s factual information, however, came from Ninette Beaver’s 1974 book "Caril," and an out-of-blue conversation with the KMTV reporter who was still working at the Omaha station more than a quarter-century after she covered the killing spree, trials and Fugate’s imprisonment.
There is another parallel between KMTV’s coverage of Starkweather and "Nebraska." The station had just received the film cameras used to cover the case — and record Beaver’s interview with Fugate — weeks before the killing spree and didn’t really know how to use them.
Sitting on the bed in the Colts Neck house, Springsteen recorded the songs he’d written on a TEAC 144 4-track recorder, playing acoustic guitar, singing and adding a few instruments and lots of echo to create demo tracks for future band recordings.
But when it came time in mid-1982 to turn the songs from the demo into full E Street Band recordings, it didn’t work, at least for the 10 songs released as "Nebraska."
"It’s hard to get back to the place where you don’t know as much," Zanes said. "By bringing the 4-track into his bedroom, he was creating that kind of content, making content before there were rules on how to create it.
"Early rock ’n’ roll, that’s what we hear when we hear Elvis and Little Richard, it’s the sound of people who didn’t know what they were doing and it was compelling. He didn’t know how to use the 4-track, like the Omaha news crew didn’t know how to use the cameras."
The cassette contained not only the tracks that became "Nebraska" but some of the songs that turned into "Born in the U.S.A.," the 1984 album that propelled Springsteen to iconic superstardom.
Those songs, like "Working on the Highway" and "Downbound Train" were recorded at the sessions that aimed to translate the "Nebraska" songs into the full band recordings. They were added to recordings of "Cover Me" and "Born in the U.S.A" and four other songs that didn’t come from Colts Neck.
"I knew there was some overlap, I didn’t know how much," Zanes said. "The first record came out in 1982, the second in 1984. So they made one, then a couple years later they made the other. Why wouldn’t they have done that?
"Art is sloppy. Songs don’t come out when you want them to. Recording doesn’t work when you want it to. Thank God for that. 'Nebraska' wasn’t released yet and Bruce had two-thirds of ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ on the shelf. That’s wild."
The two albums occurred because Springsteen was determined to release the Colts Neck songs, which he carried around with him on the cheap cassette with no case.
"There’s every chance that Bruce Springsteen could have sat down the wrong way and crushed his next record," Zanes said.
After multiple efforts to get more professionally recorded versions of the songs, the decision was made to release "Nebraska" from the recordings on the cassette, which had been mixed on a water-damaged boombox.
That created a technological challenge to get the recordings off the cassette and make them sound "right."
"I imagine a corporate boardroom, with Springsteen, Jon Landau, (Columbia Records executives) Walter Yetnikoff and Al Teller and the E Street Band guys," Zanes said. "They’re all standing around the edges of the table. In the middle of it is this cassette and nobody can figure this thing out, this rickety technology. ... To me, it’s become a symbol of when the analog era bumped up against the digital era."
"Deliver Me From Nowhere" serves as something of a supplement to "Born to Run," Springsteen’s best-selling 2016 memoir.
"I couldn’t have done this book without him first writing his memoir," Zanes said. "He cut a door in the wall for me to walk through. 'Nebraska' comes and goes pretty fast (in the ‘Born to Run’ book). Then it was that trip west and he bravely talks about having a breakdown. Then there’s a gap and 'Born in the U.S.A.'
"That is where my book comes in. I didn’t want to make it causal. But (I wanted) to look at what was destabilizing around ‘Nebraska’ and what he would do before he became the Bruce of ‘Born in the U.S.A.' Those two albums came at more or less the same time, but the Bruce Springsteen of those records didn’t."
"Deliver Me From Nowhere" has received strong reviews. It will stand as an indispensable resource to understand Springsteen, and his music, all of which falls between "Nebraska" and "Born in the U.S.A."
But it’s also had another, surprising reward for Zanes.
"Writing books about music, the best outcome is that it pushes the reader back to the record," he said. "The book is in service to the music. I don’t have a lot of contact with Bruce Springsteen. But he sent me a text, he’d seen a piece I wrote for The New York Times, saying ‘I went back and I listened to "Nebraska" from top to bottom.’
"It was a great moment for me, to think that, for the guy who made it, it put it back in his head. Music is so mysterious; the maker can go back 40 years later and have questions about it."
"Deliver Me From Nowhere" has, however, another message to convey beyond filling in the history of "Nebraska" and turning readers back to Springsteen's best work.
"Today, my favorite thing (about the book) is for so many people to remember that music doesn’t have to be perfectly played, be in perfect pitch and recorded perfectly to have a full life," Zanes said. "It should be a story that makes people go, ‘I can go make a record with what I’ve got on my laptop and nobody’s going to stop me.’
"‘Nebraska’ is sitting there saying, if you’ve got the right song and you sing it with real intention behind it, it’s going to go well. That message matters and I think it always will."
Bruce Springsteen's biggest Billboard hits
The Boss' hits
#26. 'Devils & Dust'
#25. 'Working on a Dream'
#24. 'Girls In Their Summer Clothes'
#23. 'Tenth Avenue Freeze-out'
#22. '57 Channels (and Nothin' On)'
#21. 'Badlands'
#20. 'Fire'
#19. 'Prove It All Night'
#18. 'Born to Run'
#17. 'The Rising'
#16. 'War'
#15. 'Fade Away'
#14. 'I'm Goin' Down'
#13. 'My Hometown'
#12. 'One Step Up'
#11. 'Brilliant Disguise'
#10. 'Tunnel of Love'
#9. 'Human Touch/Better Days'
#8. 'Born in the USA'
#7. 'Glory Days'
#6. 'Hungry Heart'
#5. 'Cover Me'
#4. 'I'm on Fire'
#3. 'Streets of Philadelphia' (from 'Philadelphia')
#2. 'Dancing in the Dark'
#1. 'Secret Garden'
Reach the writer at 402-473-7244 or kwolgamott@journalstar.com. On Twitter @KentWolgamott
L. Kent Wolgamott, the recipient of the 2018 Mayor’s Arts Award, has written about arts and entertainment for Lincoln newspapers since 1985, reviewing thousands of movies and concerts and hundreds of art exhibitions.
Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" grew out of a song written about Charles Starkweather (right) and Caril Ann Fugate and is explored in the book "Deliver Me From Nowhere."
After a nearly 25-year absence from the state he named an album after, Bruce Springsteen finally made it back to Nebraska. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the Qwest Center Omaha, on March 14, 2008. | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/returning-to-nebraska-new-book-looks-at-bruce-springsteens-best-album/article_fc9593d6-0ad1-11ee-a459-17549b2a1279.html | 2023-06-17T18:47:18 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/returning-to-nebraska-new-book-looks-at-bruce-springsteens-best-album/article_fc9593d6-0ad1-11ee-a459-17549b2a1279.html |
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Fix West Texas was founded just more than three years ago with the goal of reducing the amount of accidental litters and euthanasia by providing low-cost spay/neuter services.
When Fix West Texas started, it was a completely mobile clinic traveling around to under-served communities offering these services. Since then, it has expanded rapidly and now has a permanent facility where the organization provides these services every day it is open. On top of this, Fix West Texas offers low-cost vaccinations, pay-what-you-can-afford options, at-home parvo treatments, a pet pantry, a cat and dog adoption program and is active throughout the community.
SURGERY AND VACCINATIONS
Just this year, Fix West Texas has performed 3,675 spay/neuter surgeries year-to-date. Fix West Texas has vets travel into Midland from all over the US. Those vets are specialized in high-volume spay/neuter surgeries. The organization also has provided 15,252 vaccinations to help decrease diseases, such as Parvo and Distemper, that are prevalent in the Midland/Odessa area. By offering these vaccines at a low-cost and with pay-what-you-can-afford options, Fix West Texas’ goal is to make vaccinations accessible for everyone in the community.
PARVO TREATMENT
Fix West Texas provides an Only Hope Parvo Treatment program to those in need. Although prevention is key, Fix West Texas also recognizes a need to help reduce the suffering of infected pets at a price pet owners can afford. The charge is $150 for one dog and $250 for an entire litter.
PET PANTRY
The Fix West Texas pet pantry is where people in the community are able to pick-up a bag of dog or cat food for free each month. The goal with this program is to help the animals in the community stay healthy but also to allow for people low on funds an alternative to having to surrender their animal to the shelter. The Fix West Texas pet pantry is located around the back of the Fix West Texas building and is open during Fix West Texas operating hours. Fix West Texas also distributes about 250 outdoor dog homes each winter to help people keep their pets warm.
ADOPTIONS
Fix West Texas’s Home-to-Home Adoption Program was founded in November of 2022 starting with just a few dogs. Since then, there have had nearly 1,000 animals in the program. This program offers people in the community an alternative from surrendering their animal to the shelter and instead helps them keep the animal in their home while Fix West Texas spay/ neuters, vaccinates and microchips the animal and finds them a home.
Fix West Texas also saves animals from the City of Midland Animal Services urgent list. Fix West Texas has saved 118 dogs and 375 cats from the shelter since the beginning of 2023, which have been placed in foster homes, spay/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped, and adopted out to families in the community. This not only saves these pets’ lives, but it also opens up additional room at the shelter so the City does not have to kill as many pets to make room for more who are surrendered.
COMMUNITY
Fix West Texas is an active community participant in both Midland and Odessa. The organization feels that the community is ready for a social change that includes reducing the many unwanted litters who are often left wandering the streets or surrendered to the shelter. Fix West Texas also feel that its programs give everyone, regardless of socio-economic level, the ability to have a pet. Fix West Texas attends as many community events as it can to spread the message that it is here to help. Fix West Texas has also partnered with local city and county leaders to assist them as necessary.
Fast Facts
Address: 5023 Princeton Ave., suite 17
Website: https://fixwesttexas.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fixwesttexas
Executive director: Karen Patterson | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/fix-west-texas-providing-affordable-services-pets-18155997.php | 2023-06-17T18:48:49 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/fix-west-texas-providing-affordable-services-pets-18155997.php |
Jackson Symphony holds outdoor concert, courtesy of music grant
In its 64th outdoor concert, the Jackson Symphony partnered with the Jackson-Madison County Library to perform an hour-long, free show for the community on Monday at Rotary Park.
After beginning with Carl Perkins' hometown classic "Blue Suede Shoes'", the group took the audience on a musical journey around the world, performing songs from Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France and Scotland.
Jackson Symphony Executive Director Sherry Freeman explained that the concert was made possible through a grant provided by the National Endowment for the Arts called "Challenge America."
"What I applied for was to do eight of these concerts in communities and parks throughout West Tennessee," Freeman said. "We'll have done Bradford; we've done Humboldt yesterday; we've done Lexington; we'll be doing Selmer; we've done Martin, and we'll finish in Brownsville. It's really great."
Prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, being able to host outdoor events is what Freeman describes as "bringing the music to the people."
"We did our program this summer with the big read and the tour around the world and music from the world, so we thought the kids would enjoy that," she said.
The collaboration among the various groups to put the concert together began in early spring and was collectively given a special focus on catering to small children and families.
Community Engagement Director Whitney Billingsley and Adult Services Librarian Shayne Plunk shared the benefit of the Jackson Madison County Library and the Parks and Recreation Department joining forces to host the Jackson Symphony.
"We're always looking to partner and do awesome stuff for our community, so it's been really great to partner with both of these entities," Plunk said.
Billingsley noted that the Symphony in the park scratches the surface of the outdoor events to come this summer and is "looking forward to partnering with different organizations to make these events happen."
A full list of events can be found at www.jacksontn.gov and tickets for future Jackson Symphony shows, such as Greek Fantasia and Reimagined Requiem, can be purchased on its website at https://www.thejacksonsymphony.org/concerts-events. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/jackson-symphony-takes-audience-on-musical-journey-around-the-world/70330599007/ | 2023-06-17T18:49:31 | 1 | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/jackson-symphony-takes-audience-on-musical-journey-around-the-world/70330599007/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — According to the Arkansas Department of Health, the number of medical marijuana cardholders continues to climb.
Currently, 93,862 Arkansans have a medical marijuana ID card.
"This isn't just something the hippies smoke to get high," Interventional Pain Consultants Physician Dr. Brian Nicols said. "It is medication."
An increase in active cardholders is leading to a rise in business at dispensaries, including the Natural Leaf Dispensary in Sherwood.
"It's really come up about 1,000 patients a month," Natural Leaf Dispensary Co-Owner Brian Renk said.
Rink said the most significant factors are affordability, quality and more patient knowledge about obtaining a card.
Nichol said the increase in cardholders isn't a surprise as there's a handful of health reasons behind why people choose medicinal cannabis.
"Chronic pain is one of them," Nichol said. "But the one I'm seeing more than anything is post-traumatic stress disorder."
ADH data also shows that 32.9% of patients with medical marijuana cards used it to help treat PTSD in 2022. In addition, 30.3% used it for intractable pain and 11.6% for severe arthritis.
"People are starting to wake up to the fact that the pharmaceuticals aren't necessarily good for you," Nicol said. "As far as side effects and possible toxicity, risks for addiction can happen."
Renk believes the transition from prescription pills to medicinal cannabis is safer.
"A lot of our patients have been coming in with OxyContin and oxycodone prescriptions," Renk said. "They've completely gotten off of those."
Pulaski, Benton and Washington counties have the highest number of approved patients with medical marijuana cards.
The complete reports are available here. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-medical-marijuana/91-c6086e21-cd32-4607-a996-0d23777e30af | 2023-06-17T19:14:18 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-medical-marijuana/91-c6086e21-cd32-4607-a996-0d23777e30af |
Seven Magic Valley counties will receive more than a quarter of Idaho’s $38 million in payments from the Department of the Interior as part of the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) act.
Blaine, Cassia and Twin Falls counties will each receive more than $2 million. At the low end, Jerome County will receive $303,081.
Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services.
PILT payments are made for tax-exempt federal lands administered by the Department’s bureaus, including the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service.
In addition, PILT payments cover federal lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission.
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Payments are calculated based on the number of acres of federal land within each county or jurisdiction and the population of that county or jurisdiction.
Since PILT payments began in 1977, the department has distributed nearly $11.4 billion to states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Department collects more than $26.3 billion in revenue annually from commercial activities on public lands. A portion of those revenues is shared with states and counties.
The balance is deposited into the U.S. Treasury, which, in turn, pays for a broad array of federal activities, including PILT funding.
The formula used to compute the payments is based on population, revenue-sharing payments, and the amount of federal land within an affected county. PILT payments are made in addition to other federal payments to states, such as those for oil and gas leasing, livestock grazing, and timber harvesting.
Individual payments may vary from year to year as a result of changes in acreage data, which are updated annually by the federal agency administering the land; prior-year federal revenue-sharing payments reported annually by the governor of each state; inflationary adjustments using the Consumer Price Index; and population data, which are updated using information from the U.S. Census Bureau.
For a look at county budgets, the Idaho State Controller’s office has made the Transparent Idaho website available. Using this website, people can view county budgets, expenditures, and revenues.
Below are the payments to the counties in the Magic Valley:
- Blaine: $2,707,727
- Cassia: $2,732,485
- Gooding: $793,253
- Jerome: $303,081
- Lincoln: $1,058,961
- Minidoka: $556,504
- Twin Falls: $2,008,657 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/state-and-regional/magic-valley-counties-to-receive-millions-in-pilt-federal-payments/article_a33cc5c0-0c70-11ee-a254-2ff398812a77.html | 2023-06-17T19:18:05 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/state-and-regional/magic-valley-counties-to-receive-millions-in-pilt-federal-payments/article_a33cc5c0-0c70-11ee-a254-2ff398812a77.html |
"Yup, I told you. The stroller."
That was a spectator's ho-hum reaction after personal trainer Alex Cushman crossed the finish line first during the Father's Day 5K Walk-Run-Ruck on Saturday.
Cushman was out in front from the start and never looked back, but officials at the scorer's table said his 2½-year-old daughter, Amelia, actually placed a second ahead of her father's 16½-minute time – because she was a passenger in the stroller.
It's a cute memory Cushman will share with his little girl when she's older.
"It's just great to be a father and share this with her," said Cushman, 30, a Fort Wayne native who now lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
"We came back for Father's Day this weekend and I heard about the 5K, so I thought why not," he said.
Presented by the Associated Churches of Fort Wayne & Allen County, the athletic event raises money for the organization's Military Families and A Baby's Closet programs. Registration fees ranged from $25 to $35.
At least 300 people participated in the 5K, which started in front of Associated Churches along East Wayne Street and then circled participants around Lakeside Park’s lush rose garden and shaded area.
The Rev. Roger Reece, executive pastor, said the event brings attention to a pair of needy causes people sometimes "need a little nudge" to remember.
Associated Churches provides military families with emergency housing, utility and medical aid, as well as job training and other services.
A Baby's Closet offers parenting help, such as prenatal care resources, nutrition classes and related assistance.
"It's not about the race, it's about the journey," Reece said. "This is a chance to come together and enjoy a little family time."
That's what Grabill residents Jeremy and Chloe Bushey did – albeit from the sidelines.
"We have family participating, and we're supporting them," Jeremy Bushey said. "We used to run, but since the kids, we don't run as much."
The 30-something couple recently moved back to northeast Indiana from Indianapolis and have been busy adjusting to their young family with two little ones. Jeremy is an engineer and his wife, a marketing consultant.
"Next year, we want our 2-year-old Zoe to run," Chloe Bushey said. "She'll be ready."
Tim Bruckner, 45, is a cross-country coach and teacher who lives in Huntington. He ran with his two daughters – Alayna and Alivia on Saturday.
"We've run in this before, and they love it," Bruckner said of his girls, ages 14 and and 11.
Alayna readily said her dad finished ahead of her in the event, but when pressed a bit her younger sister says otherwise.
Her father is bigger and stronger, so his finish time should be prorated or something, right?
After shooting a glance at her dad, Alivia smiled and said, "Yeah." | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/dads-on-the-run-at-fort-wayne-event/article_f4239624-0d12-11ee-a3b1-e7fff79de0bc.html | 2023-06-17T19:19:27 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/dads-on-the-run-at-fort-wayne-event/article_f4239624-0d12-11ee-a3b1-e7fff79de0bc.html |
A Huntington woman is looking to raise $4,400 to identify a woman who was found dead in a Fort Wayne home more than 30 years ago.
Lisa Needler, co-founder of IGGnite DNA, hopes the money will cover necessary lab work to uncover Mary Jane Doe’s true identity. Doe, who was later found to be pregnant when she died, has remained unidentified since she was found in the flooded basement of a Fort Wayne home in 1992.
When it was found, not much of Doe’s body was left because water in the basement had drastically sped up decomposition, according to Allen County Deputy Coroner Chris Meihls. Discovering the woman’s identity has been difficult because of the lack of information available.
The information available has led to some success.
And that’s where Needler hopes to come in.
Needler said she first became interested in the case when she read a Journal Gazette news story from April about the county’s unidentified decedents and recognized Meihls’ name from previous cases he had been involved with. The locality stood out to her, she said, and working on a local case would be special.
“It’s always an honor to be able to be some sort of help for these agencies,” Needler said. “But to be on something that would be local to me would be even more important.”
Doe’s local tie, Needler said, makes her want to work even harder to identify her.
“Every case is important. For every person that’s unidentified, somebody is out there and either doesn’t know that person is missing or doesn’t realize that their family member may be laying there somewhere waiting to be identified,” Needler said. “But when you bring it closer to home, or in a city you’ve lived in, there’s a personal tie to that.”
“She may have shopped at the same grocery store; she may have been a part of your family or friends, or possibly your coworkers, family and friends.”
Doe was likely between the ages of 20 and 25 and in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. Her remains indicate she was likely 4-foot-6 to 5-foot-2 and possibly had an altered posture or back pain.
Likely with blonde or light brown hair, Doe was found with a gray or light blue Windcrest jacket, a knit shirt with white and dark–colored cross stripes, a black bra and white underwear, black sweatpants, size 10 pink Reebok tennis shoes and two gold-colored necklaces – one braided and the other with three star charms.
Evidence found in the basement suggests the woman was transient at the time of her death, which most likely happened in late 1991 or early 1992.
IGGnite DNA is a Hartford, Connecticut-based company that assists law enforcement agencies with cases, including unidentified victims, by offering Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy services. IGGnite DNA also provides Genetic Genealogy consulting services to people, including adoptees, searching for family members or seeking answers related to their ancestry.
As a female-owned business, IGGnite’s team also felt it would be important to work on Doe’s case because she was pregnant at the time of her death, Needler said.
“Most of us are mothers and when somebody is carrying a child, that’s when they should be the most protected,” Needler said. “That’s what makes her case even more tragic.”
So, Needler decided to ask Meihls what could be done. What she found was a need for funding lab work and uploading the DNA file to workable databases.
With the work completed, Needler and her team would be able to give their time to the cause. IGGnite DNA would try to find connections between the unidentified woman and others with DNA in the database to track down relatives of Doe.
“Once we get that file in one of those databases, we can start building genealogical trees with records,” Needler said. “That way we can try to build a family tree that would eventually lead to who this Mary Jane Doe is.”
Needler said the lack of funding often holds agencies back from being able to close unidentified decedent cases. That’s why she came up with the fundraising idea.
“The DNA and the sequencing is something that I think is holding back most agencies. They want to see these results. They want to bring these people back to their homes” Needler said. “I think I think the mindset is there. It’s just the funding is not.”
About 25 years after her death, Doe was exhumed from Lindenwood Cemetery with hopes of finally identifying her via a facial approximation and DNA collection.
Forensic sculptor Beth Buchholtz created a bust released to the public in 2019 that depicted how the woman may have appeared in life. Few leads came from photos of the bust.
DNA collection attempts have been more difficult because efforts to collect it have not gathered enough of hereditary material to complete the process.
Needler said IGGnite DNA is interested in working on the county’s other two most recent unidentified decedent cases, John River Doe and Baby John Doe, but the organization wants to be respectful of other agencies working on John River Doe’s case. In Baby John Doe’s case, Needler said the company would be interested in offering its services once Mary Jane Doe is identified.
After being started Sunday the fundraiser collected $400, as of Thursday night. Those interested in donating to the fundraiser can do so by going online to givebutter.com/XMIN8U. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/huntington-womans-genealogy-company-raising-funds-to-identify-woman-found-dead-30-years-ago/article_9c1aaa26-0ad3-11ee-bd7e-db0153d1da15.html | 2023-06-17T19:19:33 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/huntington-womans-genealogy-company-raising-funds-to-identify-woman-found-dead-30-years-ago/article_9c1aaa26-0ad3-11ee-bd7e-db0153d1da15.html |
SANFORD, Fla. — Two families have a new place to call their own this Father’s Day weekend.
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Habitat for Humanity is making this possible- -- during a time of inflation and a tough housing market.
The Diaz and Morales families have struggled to afford their own homes for years.
Habitat for Humanity in Seminole and Apopka counties work to help with this problem daily.
Through that help, these families moved into their very own homes.
Read: Father’s Day 2023: 9 gift ideas to make this day memorable
Penny Seater, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Seminole-Apopka, said the housing market is getting more challenging for families.
“Here in Central Florida, but particularly in Seminole County and the Apopka area, there’s a real shortage of units -- whether they be rentals or first-time home buyers.”
What Seater described is just one of the issues the Diaz and Morales families have faced trying to buy their first homes.
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Keila Morales said raising her young daughter in their own house was always a dream, but financially understanding and affording that dream was an issue.
“It’s hard these days to get a house -- it’s hard,” she said. " The interest rates and everything is going high.”
Michael Diaz and his fiance also have young kids to raise but said paying rent while trying to save for a house was impossible.
“The rent is sky-high right now -- It’s way higher than a regular mortgage,” he said. " The houses right now are way too high for a house that’s not valued for that.”
Read: Hot and stormy start for Father’s Day weekend
Habitat homeowners are a part of building their own houses.
They have to work a required number of sweat equity hours, and they also have to take financial classes.
“We want to set people up for long-term success,” Seater said. “= It really does help strengthen a community because you’ve got people who are very committed and bought in to homeownership.”
These houses aren’t free; the families do pay an affordable mortgage that costs about the average rent for that area.
Read: New indoor ‘Adventure Park’ attraction to open in Central Florida next month
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Pride beat the Portland Thorns on June 11, 3-1, at Exploria Stadium and now head to North Carolina to take on the Courage.
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The Pride continued their assault on NWSL teams at the top of the table.
They have beaten San Diego Wave FC, Washington Spirit and Portland Thorns this season. All three lead the NWSL standings.
This weekend the Pride head up to Cary, North Carolina, to take on the Courage.
The Courage are currently in 6th place with 17 points, while the Pride are in 8th with 13 points.
The Pride and Courage met earlier this year in the first round of the Challenge Cup, where the teams played to a 1-1 draw in Orlando.
The Pride fought back last week to beat the Thorns, a team that handed the Pride a 4-0 loss at the beginning of the season.
Orlando was down 1-0 in the 20-minute after the Thorns Sophia Smith found the end of a cross and scored on the back post.
But six minutes later, Pride’s Adriana scored her first of two goals on the night in the 26-minute with a free kick from outside the box that clipped the post and into the back of the net.
Shortly after halftime, Adriana scored her second goal in the 47-minute before fans could get back to their seats from the break.
In the 69-minute, Pride rookie Messiah Bright intercepted the Thorns’ pass back towards the goal to score from a tight angle making it 3-1.
The Pride would hold off the Thorns for their fourth win of the year (4-1-6).
This week in North Carolina, the Pride will face a team coming off a Challenge Cup win mid-week against the Washington Spirit, 2-1.
The Courage and Washington rested most of their starters in the Challenge Cup game. The teams opted to bring some of them on late in the game to try and secure the points, so the Courage should be well rested for the game on Saturday.
- Where: WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina
- When: 7:00 p.m.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida had a stormy morning.
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Unsettled weather continues Father’s Day weekend with off-and-on showers and lightning possible throughout the day.
Meteorologist George Waldenberger said many Orlando neighborhoods received more than an inch of rain, and some Central Florida residents received more than 4 inches.
Read: Hot and stormy start for Father’s Day weekend
More storms are already beginning to pop up.
For some locations, more rain is possible Saturday afternoon, with an even higher likelihood this evening and overnight.
With any storms, heavy downpours and localized street flooding will be possible, with an outside chance of a strong to severe wind-producing storm as well.
Read: FAA issues ground stop at Orlando International Airport due to weather
Humid now as the rains clear...with more storms likely as we head toward this evening. pic.twitter.com/NmQts8Dant
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series, was killed along with a hunting and fishing guide from Idaho when their small plane crashed shortly after takeoff, Alaska State Troopers said.
Tweto’s family-run rural aviation business in Unalakleet was featured in the television series' three seasons a decade ago. He and passenger Shane Reynolds of Orofino, Idaho, died Friday near the coastal village of Shaktoolik, roughly 125 miles east of Nome, the statement said.
The plane “was witnessed taking off but not climbing and then crashing,” their report said. Troopers were notified of an SOS activation around 11:48 a.m. Friday, followed by a report that a Cessna 180 had crashed 35 miles northeast of Shaktoolik.
Troopers responding from Nome recovered both bodies. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating.
The Anchorage Daily News reported that Tweto was a co-owner of Hageland Aviation Services and then Era Alaska, which would later become Ravn Air Group; Reynolds operated Northwest Fishing Expeditions, guiding clients in Alaska and across the Pacific Northwest for years.
Tweto, 68, died doing what he loved, his daughter Ariel posted on Instagram. She called Reynolds, 45, “a wonderful hunting guide and friend of our family.”
Born in Kansas and raised in Minnesota, Tweto came to Alaska to play hockey at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and settled in Unalakleet, where he met his wife Ferno. The couple and their three daughters were featured in the Discovery series, which aired in 2011-2012. | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/plane-crash-kills-flying-wild-alaska-pilot-jim-tweto-and-guide/507-6ffd1646-90e3-404f-8123-5b9e68c06af6 | 2023-06-17T19:27:27 | 0 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/plane-crash-kills-flying-wild-alaska-pilot-jim-tweto-and-guide/507-6ffd1646-90e3-404f-8123-5b9e68c06af6 |
Harbor Springs looking to hire new Downtown Development Authority director
HARBOR SPRINGS — The City of Harbor Springs is looking for a new Downtown Development Authority (DDA) director after Margo Damoose completed her last day in the role on Thursday, June 15.
The DDA director is responsible for developing and implementing the DDA's goals, initiatives and activities in downtown Harbor Springs. The director coordinates and works with the DDA, city council, city staff, businesses, property owners, planning organizations and others when relevant and necessary to carry out the position's duties, according to the city website.
The position is a part time position, working an average of 25 hours a week with flexible hours. The wage is between $27-32 an hour, dependent on qualifications and experience.
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Applications are due at 4:30 p.m. June 30. Applicants can send a resume, cover letter and employment application to City Manager Victor Sinadinoski at citymgr@cityofharborsprings.com or to 160 Zoll Street, P.O. Box 678, Harbor Springs, MI 49740.
Visit cityofharborsprings.com for more information.
— Contact reporter Karly Graham atkgraham@petoskeynews.com. Follow her on Twitter at@KarlyGrahamJRN. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/harbor-springs-looking-to-hire-new-downtown-development-authority-director/70328968007/ | 2023-06-17T19:29:55 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/harbor-springs-looking-to-hire-new-downtown-development-authority-director/70328968007/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Milwaukie Police Department reports that a 16-year-old was taken into custody on Thursday, June 15, after attempting to evade police in a stolen car.
Around 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, officials say a Milwaukie Patrol Sergeant saw a suspicious vehicle driving north on Southeast Linwood Avenue near Southeast Aspen Street. According to MPD, the DMV registration for the vehicle showed that it had been reported stolen.
Authorities say the sergeant attempted to stop the vehicle after it safely passed through a school zone, but the driver reached a dead-end street and turned the car around before hitting the MPD vehicle and fleeing from the sergeant.
Witnesses pointed the sergeant to 10500 Southeast Linwood Avenue, where the 16-year old had left the stolen vehicle and began to head north, according to Milwaukie officials.
MPD reports that the teenager was ‘intercepted’ near 6100 SE King Road before being taken to the Clackamas County Juvenile Reception Center.
Police say that a loaded 9mm handgun was found in the car driven by the suspect. He now faces charges of Unauthorized use of a Vehicle, Attempt to Elude a Police Officer and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/teenager-in-police-custody-after-attempting-to-flee-from-milwaukie-pd-in-stolen-car/ | 2023-06-17T19:31:19 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/teenager-in-police-custody-after-attempting-to-flee-from-milwaukie-pd-in-stolen-car/ |
Village Super Market is again asking the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to select its plan to build a full-service grocery store in Atlantic City, only months after the two sides walked away from a deal that would have sent nearly $19 million in tax dollars to the company for construction.
The Springfield, Union County-based company was among four firms to respond to CRDA's latest request for proposals for the development and operation of a grocery store in the resort.
In 2021, CRDA had agreed to provide $18.7 million to Village Super Market for the construction of a 44,000-square-foot ShopRite in a parking lot at Baltic and Indiana avenues. The authority had planned to retain ownership of the site, leasing it to Village Super Market for $1 per year.
But in late 2022, more than three years after the two sides began negotiations, CRDA decided to end its talks and seek new proposals.
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At the time, state officials said Village Super Market would be able to enter a new proposal if it chose to do so.
Company representatives did not return a request for comment.
The three other bidders that are now vying to build Atlantic City's first full-service grocery store in nearly two decades are JAS Group Enterprise, Save Philly Stores and Bailing International Firm, according to CRDA, which listed the respondents to its RFP during a meeting June 8.
Michael Sawyer, president and CEO of Princeton-based JAS Group Enterprise, said it pitched, in partnership with The NRP Group, of Ohio, a mixed-used development that includes a roughly 35,000-square-foot grocery store, additional retail space and 120 apartments.
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"We think Atlantic City deserves better than a supermarket," he said.
Acknowledging that this proposal went beyond the scope of CRDA's RFP, Sawyer said JAS Group's vision is flexible.
Save Philly Stores, of Broomall, Pennsylvania, owns and operates the Save-A-Lot in Atlantic City’s Renaissance Plaza and another dozen stories around Greater Philadelphia.
When CRDA last solicited grocery developers and operators in 2019, Save Philly Stores was the only other respondent besides Village Super Market.
"As a company, we are a lot more advanced than we were in 2019," Shawn Rinnier, president of Save Philly Stores, said in a phone call.
He declined to provide specifics on the 2023 proposal, except to say its Save-A-Lot in Camden is an example of what he hopes to accomplish in Atlantic City.
"We have the team to give Atlantic City residents the supermarket they deserve," Rinnier said.
A representative of Atlantic City-based Bailing International declined to comment on its proposal.
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CRDA did not immediately respond to questions on when to expect its staff to recommend one of the bids to its board, but Karen Martin, the authority's acting communications director, previously said the process typically takes about 12 weeks from the proposal to an in-house review process before being brought to the board for a vote.
In October 2021, the authority approved $18.7 million in funding for Village Super Market to build a full-service grocery store adjacent to the Atlantic City Convention Center.
A month later, Gov. Phil Murphy, Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver and more state and local officials gathered at the site for a ceremonial groundbreaking, where leaders hailed the future ShopRite as an end to Atlantic City's status as a "food desert."
"Getting the supermarket built is something that I take great pride in, because it's going to mean so much to this community," Murphy said in November 2021.
Yet over the next 12 months, there was little movement at the site, and CRDA and Village Super Market declined to provide updates. Sources told The Press of Atlantic City that the developer-operator had requested additional funds, including a $500,000 annual subsidy to offset expected losses at the site. Then, in December 2022, CRDA said it was suspending negotiations.
“The termination of this arrangement with Village Super Market was a difficult but responsible decision informed by careful consideration of economic obstacles and our acute understanding of the urgency of food insecurity in Atlantic City,” Murphy said in a statement in December. “In light of this, we were forced to pivot and honestly reassess the best path forward to deliver affordable and nutritious food for the city’s residents.”
Meanwhile, leaders of the food security advocacy nonprofit Communities Revolutionizing Open Public Spaces, or C.R.O.P.S., have urged state officials to consider other solutions to Atlantic City's food desert status besides a large retail supermarket. C.R.O.P.S. in October 2022 opened its own produce store at Tanger Outlets The Walk, and last month, CRDA set aside up to $308,000 for the organization's urban farming proposal. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/four-submit-proposals-for-atlantic-city-supermarket/article_17c0fa32-0c72-11ee-a91e-5719d05fa70d.html | 2023-06-17T19:36:10 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/four-submit-proposals-for-atlantic-city-supermarket/article_17c0fa32-0c72-11ee-a91e-5719d05fa70d.html |
The man accused of setting fire to two neighboring historic churches in Douglas last month was motivated by animosity toward inclusive policies the churches have, specifically toward women and gay people holding authority positions, prosecutors allege in court documents.
Eric Ridenour, 58, was arrested May 23 and taken into federal custody in connection with arson fires that significantly damaged Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church.
The Douglas Fire Department responded to a fire at St. Stephen’s on May 22 after large amounts of smoke was seen coming from the structure and the attached two-story residence. While crews worked to put out the blaze, smoke was also seen at an adjacent church, First Presbyterian, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
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The fires continued to re-ignite throughout the evening and into the next day. The structure of St. Stephen’s was almost completely destroyed while the roof of First Presbyterian collapsed, the complaint said.
Though no one was injured, a daycare center that is next door to St. Stephen’s was open and had children in it at the time of fire. First Presbyterian had also set up cots on-site in anticipation of housing migrants’ families following the end of Title 45. No migrants, however, were in the church.
Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with Douglas law enforcement agencies investigated the fires and found a bottle of lighter fluid behind the offering table near the altar at First Presbyterian, the complaint said. Remnants of what appeared to be lighters were also found.
The day after the fire, investigators obtained surveillance footage that showed a blue Pontiac Aztec arrive in the alleyway near St. Stephen’s about 10:38 a.m., the complaint said. A few minutes later, a man exited the vehicle carrying a plastic bag.
The man was then seen walking in the area near the churches and later drove away in the Pontiac Aztec. As the vehicle left the scene, smoke was seen coming from the two-story residence attached to St. Stephen’s, the complaint said.
ATF agents later found that only one blue Pontiac Aztec was registered to an individual living in Douglas. The individual was later identified as Ridenour and agents served a search warrant on his house and vehicle, the complaint said.
While searching his residence, an ATF canine found the presence of accelerants on pants that matched the pants worn by the man in the surveillance footage, the complaint said. Accelerants are flammable substances used to aid the spread of fire.
The canine also found accelerants on shoes worn by Ridenour and a green hat that matched the one worn by the man in the video was found in his vehicle, the complaint said. Agents noted that Ridenour had a “distinctive gait” to his walk that also matched the subject seen on video.
On Wednesday, the state requested that Ridenour continue to be detained.
“There is strong evidence that, in committing this act, the defendant was motivated by his animosity towards the churches’ inclusive policies towards all individuals, including women and gay people,” the detention motion said.
A letter written by Ridenour was found during the search of his home in which prosecutors say Ridenour wrote about how he and his wife attend a church in Bisbee and described how he believed “culture” was creeping into the church, according to the motion. It says he also spoke to the pastor of his church about his beliefs and was asked to leave and find another place to worship, the motion said.
On June 2, special agents interviewed the pastor of the Bisbee church who said Ridenour asked him to lunch and told him he didn’t believe women should be in positions of authority in the church, the motion said. After that day, Ridenour and his wife never returned to the church.
The pastor told agents that at that church, women are involved with the service and sometimes led readings and prayer, the motion said.
Some of Ridenour’s neighbors also said that he was unhappy with the church’s views toward worship and believed that women should not be preaching or leading prayer.
“Another neighbor stated the defendant had started his own church, as he was unhappy with the local churches, and that the defendant didn’t like gays, didn’t like politicians and didn’t like women in general leading the church,” the motion said.
The motion claims that evidence exists that shows that Ridenour had visited St. Stephen’s in 2021 to asked about their beliefs. Some time that same year, the pastor at St. Stephen’s said he had met with Ridenour’s wife and a man who matched Ridenour’s description, the motion said.
During that meeting, the man, who is believed to be Ridenour, took photos of the church’s interior and asked if women could be pastors in the Episcopalian Church as well as other questions regarding participation in politics and religion by women and gay people, stating he would not attend church with a gay pastor, the motion said.
The motion noted that the pastor of First Presbyterian is a woman, and the pastor of St. Stephen’s is openly gay.
Prior to his arrest, Ridenour had also been convicted for misdemeanor criminal damage involving a domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend where he kicked down the women’s door during a domestic dispute, the motion said. He had also been arrested for allegedly pouring sugar in the gas tank of another ex-girlfriend and threatening to beat up an ex-wife’s fiancé during a dispute.
Although these incidents happened more than two decades ago, the motion said they show a pattern of someone who caused or threatens harm when he encounters conflicts with others.
On Thursday, a hearing was held in federal court in Tucson to determine whether Ridenour would be released pending trial or stay detained.
St. Stephen’s pastor, John Caleb Collins, told the court that the church as well as community members feared for their safety following the fires. Peggy Christiansen, the pastor at First Presbyterian, echoed Collins’ concern, saying the incident had deeply shaken the community and she was scared.
Adam D. Rossi, the prosecutor, said it was “shear luck” no one was injured in the fires, and claimed Ridenour had a “cold indifference for human life and property.”
Nancy Janeth Arce, the attorney for Ridenour, argued that there were no eyewitnesses who saw Ridenour set the fires and there was no forensic evidence that tied him to it. Arce also said he is “free to have his beliefs” and has been a law-abiding citizen for the past 25 years.
Ultimately, Judge Lynnette Kimmins found that Ridenour is a danger to the community and ordered that he stay detained.
Collins described Thursday as a “tough day,” and it was a sigh of relief to hear Ridenour would be detained.
Collins also said there was a lot of heartache and pain when he learned about the possible motive of the fire. At St. Stephen’s, Collins said they don’t ask about people’s views and show the same hospitality to anyone who comes in, stating that it hurts to know that people would take advantage of them.
Since the fire, he said they have been receiving mostly love from the community but had received some online hate comments about the fire. One comment in particular said the fire was "God’s judgement on us," Collins said.
While those in the community have expressed fear about attending mass, Collins said they have been in contact with the proper authorities and are having more conversations about being safe and more alert.
Although they have received some support from other community churches, Collins said they haven’t heard much from the more conservative churches in the area.
“Silence is complicity,” Collins said. “If you hear hate, you have the right to tell them it’s wrong.”
As for the rebuilding process, Collins said the structure at St. Stephen’s is a total loss and they are currently working with the insurance company.
For now, they have been holding mass at Grace Methodist Church and are accepting donations through their website.
First Presbyterian has a Go Fund Me page set up where donations are accepted. On the page, they say they have also been holding mass at Grace Methodist Church.
While it is too early to know how much of the structure can be saved, the Go Fund Me page says they are working with a great insurance company and restoration experts.
Jamie Donnelly covers courts for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/douglas-churches-fire-court-hearing/article_ce07e8e6-0b05-11ee-bda2-53995927cbda.html | 2023-06-17T20:00:14 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/douglas-churches-fire-court-hearing/article_ce07e8e6-0b05-11ee-bda2-53995927cbda.html |
Rebecca Dutter has been named Kenosha County’s new assistant director of Human Services.
Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman announced the appointment late Friday afternoon.
An experienced leader in the county’s Department of Human Services, Dutter has served as director of the Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services since 2020. Prior to that, she had more than 20 years of experience in the Adult Protective Services field, as an investigator and supervisor.
As assistant director of Human Services, Dutter will work under Director John Jansen, helping to oversee the department’s varied functions. She will begin in the new role on July 3.
“Rebecca is a proven leader and a strong asset to the county’s Human Services operation,” Kerkman said. “It is my pleasure to promote her to this new role supporting John Jansen and all of the department’s divisions.”
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As director of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services, Jansen said Dutter has been instrumental in leading the effort to contract with Lake Behavioral Hospital in Waukegan, Ill., for Chapter 51 mental health detentions. Jansen added Dutter has worked effectively to assure compliance with the county’s Aging and Disability Resource Center, and in assessing community needs and making program recommendations.
“Rebecca is a strong advocate for ensuring that services are of high quality, client-focused and goal driven,” Jansen said. “She will continue to be a valuable member of our DHS management team.”
Dutter said she looks forward to taking on the new role.
“I am honored to join John Jansen in leading a talented, dedicated team that provides so many vital services to the community,” Dutter said.
Other changes
Kerkman is appointing Behavioral Health Manager Kari Foss to succeed Dutter as director of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services effective July 3. Foss will serve as interim director pending a confirmation vote by the County Board.
Foss joined Kenosha County in 2020. Prior to that, she served as Community Intervention Center director and as a crisis stabilization coordinator with Kenosha Human Development Services.
In the Division of Workforce Development, Dustin Feeney is now serving as interim director following the May 1 retirement of Nina Taylor. A confirmation vote on Feeney’s appointment is scheduled to go before the County Board on Tuesday, June 20.
Feeney was formerly the county’s Child Support Manager since 2018, and had worked earlier as Child Support Supervisor, Economic Support Specialist and Child Support Enforcement Investigator/Specialist.
The Kenosha County Department of Human Services includes the divisions of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services; Children and Family Services; Public Health; Veterans Services; Workforce Development; the Office of the Medical Examiner; and Brookside Care Center.
More information about all of these services is available at https://www.kenoshacounty.org/150/Human-Services. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-county-staff-appointments-announced-including-new-assistant-director-of-human-services/article_ab390852-0d1e-11ee-ac1a-5735edb47d06.html | 2023-06-17T20:01:41 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-county-staff-appointments-announced-including-new-assistant-director-of-human-services/article_ab390852-0d1e-11ee-ac1a-5735edb47d06.html |
ANTELOPE, Calif. — The motorcyclist who died in a crash in Antelope Friday night was identified by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office Saturday as Jason Porter, 39, of Antelope.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Porter was driving south on Walerga Road near Shandwick Drive around 8:18 p.m. Friday when a red Mazda driving on the northbound side turned left to get onto Shandwick Drive.
Porter hit the car's side. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene. The driver of the Mazda was not injured and stayed at the scene, the CHP said.
The deadly crash came hours after two motorcyclists were killed in separate crashes in Modesto Friday afternoon.
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MODESTO, Calif. — A motorcyclist died after crashing into the back of a car on Highway 99 Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash happened around 4:05 p.m. on northbound 99 just north of Carpenter Road. Officials say they saw a 40-year-old Yamaha motorcycle and rider in the number 2 lane and a Dodge van and tractor trailer combination in the center median, just north of the scene.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital where he later died.
While the investigation is early, CHP officials say the motorcyclist was driving northbound 99 when he hit the back of the Dodge, got ejected from his bike and landed in front of a 2016 Freightliner in the number 2 lane.
The rider of the Yamaha was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. It is unknown at this time if drugs and/or alcohol contributed to this collision. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/modesto/modesto-deadly-crash/103-afb141e9-4099-4de8-83a3-fcddeb1790a8 | 2023-06-17T20:06:57 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/modesto/modesto-deadly-crash/103-afb141e9-4099-4de8-83a3-fcddeb1790a8 |
MODESTO, Calif. — A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving a minivan Friday afternoon, the Modesto Police Department said.
The crash happened at Sisk Road and Conant Avenue. Investigators believe that the motorcycle was heading north on Sisk Road when it crashed into the minivan that was entering the intersection from Conant Avenue.
The motorcyclist, identified by police as a Modesto resident, was taken to a hospital where he died.
Neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be factors in the crash, investigators say. Police are calling on witnesses to come forward with information by contacting Officer Jorge Contreras at Contrerasj@modestopd.com.
The deadly crashed happened around the same time that another motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Highway 99 at Carpenter Road, feet away.
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GALT, Calif. — A driver who led Galt Police on a chase was arrested Friday after crashing his car into an innocent bystander's car, police say.
The chase started around 4:45 p.m. Friday in the area of Stockton Boulevard and Ashboro Lane. According to police, officers tried to stop the car being driven by 40-year-old Johnny Gordillo due to an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
Gordillo allegedly drove away as officers were trying to stop him, beginning the chase. It ended after the crash at Stockton Boulevard and Walnut Avenue which left Gordillo's car immobile, police say.
Officers say they found a half pound of methamphetamine and evidence related to drug sales in Gordillo's car. He was arrested on suspicion of felony evading, evading a peace officer on the wrong side of the roadway, possession of a controlled substance for sale and hit-and-run.
Gordillo was booked into Sacramento County Main Jail where he is ineligible for bail.
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SEATTLE — Inside a nondescript warehouse somewhere in western Washington agents with Customs and Border Protection are carefully revealing a rare find.
A stone statue that dates back to the third century was found and is believed to have originated in Afghanistan and is valued at nearly $500,000.
“While there is a value associated with this item on the black market, the actual value of the item is priceless to the home country,” said Special Agent in Charge Robert Hammer.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigative branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flagged the antiquity as it was passing through the Port of Seattle.
“In this situation, something particular showed up. We asked the individual who was bringing the antiquity into the United States about how they obtained it and they said they obtained it from a family member in 1958. Unfortunately, with this piece in particular it wasn’t excavated until 1966,” said Chief Jon Hassell, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The smuggling of so-called antiquities often increases as political stability decreases. So much so that in February of 2022, six months after American troops withdrew from Afghanistan the state department banned the import of most Afghan art and antiquities into the United States.
“It opens up the opportunity for people to seek profit from these types of items being exported, stolen, looted from these home countries and being passed around the world at a profit,” Hammer added.
As for this piece – the nearly 2,000-year-old relic is now evidence in an ongoing investigation where it will eventually, one day, be returned to its home country. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/statue-originated-in-afghanistan-seized-port-of-seattle/281-8f048d4d-637c-41fd-952c-47016fa30624 | 2023-06-17T20:07:16 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/statue-originated-in-afghanistan-seized-port-of-seattle/281-8f048d4d-637c-41fd-952c-47016fa30624 |
Originally published June 13 onKTVB.COM.The Gem State is home to 626,337 milk cows, making it third in the nation for dairy production. According to the Idaho Dairymen’s Association, Idaho has created 33,000 jobs and $10.7 billion in sales with the states 402 operating dairy farms.
As incredi-bull as those statistics are, the number of dairy farms has actually decreased significantly in recent years. In 2020, the number of total operating dairy farms was 437 — that’s a decrease of 8.3 percent in roughly two years.
With the loss of farmland and fewer dairy farms in the Treasure Valley, the Meridian Dairy Days and Stock Show hosts an annual festival to support young people who want to pursue an education in agriculture and dairy-related fields.
Meridian Dairy Days celebrates its 94th anniversary in the heart of Meridian from Wednesday, June 21 to Saturday, June 24 at Storey Park.
Thousands of Idahoans are expected to attend the downtown Meridian event to participate in all the frothy festivities for four days of family-friendly fun — as the Dairy Days honors the history of Meridian as the center of dairy production in Idaho.
Highlights of the iconic Dairy Days will include the Rainier Carnival, Keith Bird Golf Tournament, Race at the Meridian Speedway, Dairy Days Parade, Live Shows and a whole lot more.
The theme for 2023 Dairy Days is “Mooovin’ and Groovin” — which will be displayed throughout the event by vendors and parade participants. The Meridian Chamber of Commerce will also hold a Cow Contest, featuring local businesses themed and decorated “Cows” — of which the chamber will award a winner chosen by the public on Friday at the Chamber of Commerce Cow Corral.
Event Guide for Every Moood:
WEDNESDAY JUNE 21:Meridian Dairy Days 2023 will start with the Meridian Dairy Princess Pageant on Wednesday, followed by dozens of events through Saturday.
7 p.m. Meridian Dairy Days Princess Pageant
THURSDAY JUNE 22:Thursday, the events kick off the Rainier Carnival in Story Park with food vendors, local music on the main stage hosted by CBH Homes, and Old MacDonalds Farm presented by Lactalis. The second Ice Cream Social presented by D&B Supply free to the public will be Thursday at 5 p.m. and back this year is the 4H Pancake Feed presented by D&B Supply Friday morning.
4 p.m. — 9 p.m. Old MacDonald Farm — Merchant Building
5 p.m. — 5:45 p.m. Music in Storey Park — Idaho Square Dance Today
5 p.m. — 7 p.m. Second Annual Ice Cream Social-Storey Park
5 p.m. — 7 p.m. My 102.7 Station Live Remote
5 p.m. — 10 p.m. Local Food and General Vendors Open
6:30 p.m. — 9:30 p.m. Music in Storey Park — Soul Patch
FRIDAY JUNE 23:Friday the carnival, music, and vendors continue, and the Stock Shows kick off with Dairy Goat & Cattle at the speedway while at Lakeview golf course the third annual Keith Bird Golf Tournament takes place. Friday afternoon and evening the fun follows to the Meridian Parks Corn Hole and Volleyball Tournaments, more live local music and vendors and the Race at Meridian Speedway Friday night.
7 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. Dairy Days Breakfast/Pancake Feed
8 a.m. Third Annual Keith Bird Memorial Golf Tournament — Lakeview Golf Club
9 a.m. Dairy Cattle Show — Speedway Infield
9 a.m. Dairy Goat Show — Speedway Infield
10 a.m. — 10 p.m. Old McDonalds Farm — Merchant Building
Noon — 10 p.m. Local Food Vendors in Storey Park open
3 p.m. — 6 p.m. Music in Storey Park — Red Light Challenge
6:30 p.m. — 9:30 p.m. Music in Storey Park — Almost Famous
7:30 p.m. — 9:30 p.m. Racing at Meridian Speedway
SATURDAY JUNE 24:Bring back the family on Saturday for all the Story Park activities then stick around for one of Idaho’s best and biggest Parades hosted by Peterson Chevrolet and broadcasted live with KTVB Channel 7 News, followed live music with Jesse Dayne and the Sagebrush Drifters hosted by Ada County Farm Bureau and CBH Homes.
10 a.m. Old MacDonald Farm — Merchant Building
10 a.m. — noon Music in the Park — Meridian Music and Arts
10 a.m. — 10 p.m. Local Food and General Vendors in Storey Park
Noon — 11 p.m. Rainier Carnival opens
12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. Music in the Park — Ballet Folklorico Mexico Lindo Idaho
1:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. Music in the Park — The Headliners
2 p.m. — 4 p.m. The Bull 101.9 Station Live Remote
3:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. Music in the Park — Half Fast Hillbillies
6 p.m. Meridian Dairy Days Parade — Televised on KTVB
8 p.m. — Dusk Music in the Park — Jesse Dayne and the Sagebrush Drifters
Dairy Days activities and sponsorships raise funds for scholarships awarded to West Ada District 4 H students and FFA student members of the Treasure Valley area. Donations from the community and local support sponsors directly benefit and fund local scholarships. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/meridian-dairy-days-94th-anniversary-event-guide/article_839b47ee-0ae7-11ee-977d-03501ee6bfcb.html | 2023-06-17T20:14:56 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/meridian-dairy-days-94th-anniversary-event-guide/article_839b47ee-0ae7-11ee-977d-03501ee6bfcb.html |
Indiana's unemployment rate rose to 3.1% in May, up from 3% in April.
There were just over 3.42 million Hoosiers participating in the labor force in May, an increase of 3,399 from the previous month. The labor force participation rate in Indiana stayed steady at 63.6% in May, above the national rate of 62.6%, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Indiana's labor force is the total number of people working and actively seeking work as extrapolated from a phone survey.
An estimated 106,590 people were unemployed and seeking work, or available to work immediately. The unemployment rate is not tied to the number of people receiving unemployment benefits, which totaled 14,478 in May.
There are now 3.3 million Hoosiers working in the private sector.
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Private-sector employment in Indiana has grown by 66,500 over the past year despite falling by 2,300 jobs in May as compared to the previous month. Private employment stood at 2.837 million, down from a record 2.845 million the previous month. Last month, the Hoosier state gained 2,100 jobs in professional and business services, 1,100 jobs in private educational and health services and 300 in financial activities.
Indiana currently has an estimated 124,313 open job postings around the state.
In May, the national unemployment rate was 3.7%, up from 3.4% the previous month.
In Illinois, unemployment fell by 0.1 percentage point to 4.1% in May.
Illinois gained 2,500 jobs in May, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Last month, the state added 2,600 jobs in government, 1,900 jobs in financial activities and 1,400 jobs in leisure and hospitality. It lost 2,400 jobs in construction, 1,700 jobs in manufacturing and 800 jobs in information.
Illinois's unemployment rate is 0.4 percentage point higher than the national rate in May, but down 0.3 percentage point from a year ago, when it stood at 4.4%.
The Land of Lincoln added 120,300 jobs over the past 12 months, gaining jobs in almost all major industries. Illinois gained 37,200 jobs in educational and health services, 34,900 jobs in leisure and hospitality and 30,300 jobs in government.
The number of unemployed workers in Illinois fell to 265,200, the lowest since the start of the pandemic.
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Pierogi stand, Brown Skin Coffee and Alpha Family Resale opening; Ixxa and Dan's Pierogies updating
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NWI Business Ins and Outs: Unbeatable Eatables, DRIPBaR Crown Point, Taco Depot and Flashback Antiques open; Da Burger House closes
Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Pierogi stand, Brown Skin Coffee and Alpha Family Resale opening; Ixxa and Dan's Pierogies updating
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NWI Business Ins and Outs: Unbeatable Eatables, DRIPBaR Crown Point, Taco Depot and Flashback Antiques open; Da Burger House closes
Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Pierogi stand, Brown Skin Coffee and Alpha Family Resale opening; Ixxa and Dan's Pierogies updating
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219 News Now 5/19/23
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Unbeatable Eatables, DRIPBaR Crown Point, Taco Depot and Flashback Antiques open; Da Burger House closes
Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/unemployment-ticks-up-in-indiana/article_19b809d6-0c70-11ee-843a-2f0b96c6066a.html | 2023-06-17T20:26:11 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/unemployment-ticks-up-in-indiana/article_19b809d6-0c70-11ee-843a-2f0b96c6066a.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Cornelius Fire Department responded to a large barn fire in Hillsboro on Saturday morning.
Firefighters said they arrived at the scene on the Southwest Cook Street farm around 7:23 a.m. Officials upgraded it to a 2-alarm fire to bring in more assistance.
Later that morning just before 8:30 a.m., authorities said the fire wouldn’t spread to neighboring barns — but the straw was likely to burn for several more hours.
At 11:10 a.m., authorities announced that half of the fire crews had left the scene. Other firefighters are working alongside the farm owners to break and extinguish the hay bales that continue to burn, according to CFD.
The fire department advised residents to stay away from the areas surrounding Cook Street, 345th Avenue and 331st Avenue. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/cornelius-firefighters-on-scene-of-large-barn-fire-in-hillsboro/ | 2023-06-17T20:45:20 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/cornelius-firefighters-on-scene-of-large-barn-fire-in-hillsboro/ |
UPDATED: Motorcyclist dies after hitting a deer late Friday night in Fond du Lac County
TOWN OF RIPON – A 48-year-old Pickett man died after the motorcycle he was driving hit a deer on Highway 23 late Friday night, according to a Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department press release.
The motorcyclist, James Robert Davis, was driving west on Highway 23 near Silver Creek Road about 11:30 p.m. when he hit the deer, investigators say. The man was thrown from the bike and into the lanes of traffic. Police say the man may have been hit by a westbound vehicle driven by a 51-year-old Ripon man.
People who witnessed the crash attempted life-saving efforts until emergency personnel arrived, police say, but the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
Highway 23 traffic was rerouted for about three hours while the Fond du Lac County Reconstruction Team investigated the crash. The motorcycle driver was not wearing a helmet, investigators say. Neither speed nor alcohol appears to have contributed to the incident.
Police are not releasing the names of the people involved in the crash because the investigation is continuing. | https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/motorcycle-dies-after-hitting-deer-in-fond-du-lac-county/70332726007/ | 2023-06-17T20:49:17 | 0 | https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/local/2023/06/17/motorcycle-dies-after-hitting-deer-in-fond-du-lac-county/70332726007/ |
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — YMCA Osceola County and Osceola Reads have teamed up to introduce the first Osceola Reads Little Library
The Osceola Reads Little Library initiative allows children to take a book, leave a book, expand their at-home library, or help support one of their fellow little readers.
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The Osceola “Y” location will be the first to implement this program, granting its young members exclusive access to the Osceola Reads Little Library.
“At the Osceola County YMCA, one of our three focus areas is Youth Development, and we believe that early literacy is a critical need in our community,” said John Lewis, executive director of Osceola County YMCA. “The Osceola YMCA has several summer programs that will serve over 100 kids weekly, ranging from preschool to school-aged children. Through this partnership, every child will have the opportunity to read daily with the goal of promoting early literacy and curbing the summer learning loss.”
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Osceola Reads, a countywide literacy initiative, offers free downloadable reading resources to parents and teachers through their website.
By sharing information on literacy and early childhood events and resources, Osceola Reads assists in preparing children from birth to age five for their first day of kindergarten.
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The Early Learning Coalition of Osceola County sponsors the Osceola Reads initiative.
To locate the nearest Little Library, you can CLICK HERE.
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