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Despite a special-education teacher's training efforts, students weren't finding jobs. So she did something about it
The aroma of coffee spreads through the air. Friendly smiles offer warm welcomes. There is not an open seat in the whole shop. Racquel stands behind the register. “Iced or hot,” she asks.
Karin York opened Spencer’s Place in 2019, a Surprise-based coffee shop where adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities can work. As a former high school special education teacher, York wanted to create a place where her students could experience what it is like to have a job in the real world.
“In high school, one of our objectives is to bridge the gap, post-high school to adulthood,” York said. “We want to make sure that our students have sufficient skills to make it in the workforce.”
After years of teaching her students a number of things such as interview skills and budgeting, York had hoped that they would be able to leave high school and find a job; unfortunately, that was not the case.
“I'm finding out that nobody was giving them a second look,” she shared. “They're turning applications in and not getting a callback, they are kind of getting to that desperate point.”
The students were just desiring purpose, as York put it, “like every human does.”
“I was mad, frustrated, and it just kept haunting me. It just wouldn't go away,” York stated. “I'd prepared them. They were all supposed to be working, and very few were.”
“I decided I had to do something and that I would provide them employment.”
With that, Spencer’s Place was born. Named after York’s now 33-year-old son with Down syndrome, Spencer’s has quickly become a dream job for many, including longtime employee Racquel Crosby.
Most every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, Crosby can be found manning the register, greeting customers, and frequently giving out hugs.
“Gosh, Spencer’s Place means a lot to me,” Crosby exclaimed.
“Being a part of Spencer’s Place is like a home,” she shared. “I feel like this is where I belong.”
While Crosby spends her days focusing on customer service, she is training for something very special, becoming a barista.
“This is it, this is my dream,” Crosby explained.
“Becoming a barista is the most fantastic lucky position,” she said, before grinning ear to ear.
Though she's not quite there just yet, Crosby has been preparing for the role in a number of ways, one of which includes studying a set of flash cards as a way to memorize the different drinks and their ingredients. Her personal favorite is an iced decaf vanilla latte with skim milk, which she said she likes to pair with Spencer’s gluten-free hummingbird loaf.
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As of now, Spencer’s has employed a total of 18 adults with disabilities, or employees as they are referred to, which makes up just about half of the staff. The other half consists of job coaches, people who are seen more as servant leaders to ensure customers get things like the right amount of cash back and the proper drink. The dynamic between employees and job coaches is a unique one. While most share a friendship, others share a closer bond.
Take Amanda Hathaway for example. Hathaway has been an employee at the shop for a while now. Though, just recently her mom, Carrie Bohot, joined the team as a job coach.
York also talked about Spencer’s newest hire, Megan Melton. Melton is deaf, and thus needs an interpreter. With that, Melton’s sister Sarah has also signed on as a job coach.
About 10 minutes into the interview, one of the job coaches interrupted. “Someone is wanting to pick up an application,” she told York.
“That is on the daily,” York explained. “I have to print them out all the time.”
“It’s actually tragic,” York went on. “The amount of need, people that really feel like, OK, if someone with Down syndrome and autism and cerebral palsy and epilepsy can have a job with all their limitations, then certainly I can or my child can.”
“It’s all day,” York said. “The applications, the emails, it just never stops.”
As of now, York shared that Spencer’s has received well over 100 applicants, “probably closer to 200 at this point.”
“It really became haunting,” York claimed. “And that is why we are opening a second location.”
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Spencer’s Place has been well received, so much so that they will be opening a second location at the crossroads of Cotton Lane and Greenway Road in Surprise. “We’ll have a soft opening in July and open to the public in August,” York said.
York explained how the new location will include a kitchen, something the original Spencer’s Place does not have.
“We want to teach new skills,” she shared. “We are going to have cooks and prep cooks and we'll make small items, salads, sandwiches and wraps and then baked items as well.”
The new shop will also open up more positions, providing more individuals with a chance to be employed and join the Spencer’s Place family.
Amongst the hopeful new employees is Nick Mayberry. Mayberry originally joined the team as a part-time intern. Mayberry was part of Spencer’s six-week program, which was essentially created to give individuals the chance to acquire hands-on experience, without the long-term commitment. Although York would like to hire every single applicant, it is just not realistic, thus the internship still opens the door for possibility.
Despite the fact Mayberry no longer works at Spencer’s Place he still comes into the shop every Friday to spend time with the team.
“It (Spencer’s Place) helped me with all of my skills I needed to learn,” Mayberry said while sipping on his favorite, a mocha iced latte with extra whip cream of course.
George Granado, another one of Spencer’s employees and York’s former student, also prefers mocha iced lattes, though the free drinks are just a perk. For Granado, his favorite thing about Spencer’s Place is the opportunity.
Granado has worked at Spencer’s since 2019. Now, he does everything from cleaning tables, handing out drinks, and working the register.
Before coming to Spencer’s Place, Granado found the real world to be limiting. “Nobody obviously gave me a chance to give me a job,” he said.
Thanks to York, Granado and many others now feel they have a place, Spencer’s Place.
“They are empowered,” York exclaimed. “They have a level of confidence that is off the charts.”
“They have a real-world experience that I mean, essentially normalizes them. The whole world wakes up to go to work every day and so do they.” | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2023/07/02/spencers-place-surprise-offers-job-training-adults-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities/70353509007/ | 2023-07-02T15:16:11 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2023/07/02/spencers-place-surprise-offers-job-training-adults-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities/70353509007/ |
Detroit Police report a rarity — no arrests at downtown fireworks
Detroit — Detroit Police reported zero arrests during last Monday's Detroit Ford Fireworks — a rarity throughout the 65-year history of the event that annually draws hundreds of thousands of visitors downtown and has been the site of multiple infamous incidents.
Police officials reported that officers had made no arrests and issued 18 curfew ticket violations Monday during the event that was marked by a steady drizzle.
"This is one of the few times in my 28-year career that I can remember no arrests being made at the fireworks," said Detroit Police Chief James White.
The last time there were zero arrests reported at the downtown fireworks show was 2008, according to Detroit News archives and other media reports. In 2015, one arrest was reported.
White said the rain was likely a factor in this year's arrest number, but also credited "the hard-working men and women of the Detroit Police Department," along with the community "and our federal, state and local law enforcement partners (and) our business partners."
During last year's Ford Fireworks, six people were arrested, including four who were cited for carrying a concealed weapon and one other who was accused of an aggravated assault of a police officer.
The fireworks show has previously been the site of infamous incidents. In 1976, after 30% of the police officers assigned to work the fireworks detail called in sick with "the blue flu," The Detroit News reported, "roving gangs of hoodlums ... mugged, pistol-whipped and purse-snatched their way through the throngs on the riverbank and in the downtown area, leading to 30 arrests."
The mayhem prompted a controversy after a spokesman for the Stroh Brewing Co., which had co-sponsored the fireworks, gave statements to the media saying the rampant crime was prompting the Detroit beer-maker to pull its sponsorship. Company officials the next day retracted the spokesman's statement, saying it had been made without authorization.
Two people were shot and three stabbed during the 1989 fireworks, and police made 30 arrests. In addition, minutes before the fireworks started, a 43-year-old man jumped from the fifth floor of the downtown YMCA building and died.
In a 1991 case that made national headlines, sisters Cassandra and Cossandra Rutherford were among six Black women charged with beating Joanne Was of Farmington Hills, a White woman, during that year's fireworks. The beating was captured on videotape — a rarity in the days before ubiquitous cellphone videos — stoking racial tensions and animosity between the city and suburbs.
Cassandra Rutherford was acquitted of wrongdoing, although Cossandra Rutherford, 17, and Tangela McLemore, 19, were convicted of robbery and assault and sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
In 2011, a 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg while walking with friends near the Renaissance Center, while in 2004, at least two gunmen opened fire in Hart Plaza, wounding eight people and killing 47-year-old Donald Murphy, who died weeks after the shooting.
In the 2004 case, officers arrested Daron Caldwell, who was jailed for three months before Wayne County prosecutors dismissed the charges because his DNA didn't match items found at the crime scene; and because ballistics tests determined more than one gun was used in the carnage.
Caldwell sued the city for $100 million in federal court, claiming his rights had been violated, although the lawsuit was dismissed in 2007. The shooters were never arrested, and the case remains open.
Three people were wounded in two shootings downtown during the 2017 fireworks show.
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Police are investigating after a Saturday evening shooting left a man dead in Philadelphia's Mill Creek neighborhood.
According to police, at around 8:36 p.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting along Wyalusing Avenue near N. 43rd Street to find a 29-year-old man lying in the roadway after he had been shot several times throughout his body.
Officials said that the man was pronounced at about 9:07 p.m. by medical professional at the scene.
No arrests have been made, and police have not provided any further identifying information on the victim. However, officials said that an investigation is ongoing.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall of 3,204 pounds of fully cooked beef wiener products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens by Perdue Premium Meat Company, Inc., (Alexander & Hornung) in Ohio Sunday morning.
The product may contain smoked sausage, which contains an known allergen milk, that is not declared on the wiener product label, according to a statement by the FSIS.
The fully cooked beef wiener items were produced May 3, 2023. The following product is subject to recall.
- 2-lbs. vacuum-sealed packages labeled “BROOKSIDE BRAND FULLY COOKED NATURAL CASING BEEF WIENERS” with the lot code 3121, case code 07658 and sell by date of 8/1/23.
An establishment number of “EST 10125″ can be found inside the USDA mark of inspection, FSIS said. A customer reported one of the products beef wieners in cartons was labeled and found as hot smoked sausages.
No confirmed reports of adverse reactions from consumption of these products have been found. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.
If found in your fridge, it is recommended to throw out the items or return the products to place of purchase.
Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888)-674-6854 or consumers can call the Alexander & Hornung Consumer Hotline at (866)-866-3703.
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On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like (l-r) Michael and Braedan Battista, 15 and 12, from Bridgewater, enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 29, 2023, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City threw a party to celebrate its 125th birthday.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like Romeo Williams, 7, from Brooklyn NY, enjoying the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 29, 2023, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City threw a party to celebrate its 125th birthday.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like Maria Varano, 12, from Philadelphia, enjoying the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like (l-r) Michael and Braedan Battista, 15 and 12, from Bridgewater, enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like Maria Varano, 12, from Philadelphia, enjoying the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like Maria Varano, 12, from Philadelphia, enjoying the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 29, 2023, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City threw a party to celebrate its 125th birthday.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 29, 2023, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City threw a party to celebrate its 125th birthday.
Matthew Strabuk
On June 29, 2023, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City threw a party to celebrate its 125th birthday.
ATLANTIC CITY — Steel Pier has lasted through storms, fires and major changes this seaside resort has undergone over the past century to remain a tourism mainstay.
On a recent early summer day, the pier was alive with the sounds of children shrieking with excitement as they soared high in the air on the Flying Dutchman. Nearby families admired the view of the Atlantic Ocean from atop the third tallest Ferris wheel in the country.
"It really is an honor to be able to carry the brand on," said Steel Pier owner Anthony Catanoso, who has been in charge of it for 32 years. "Steel Pier has had its ups and downs over the years, but it really is an unbelievable place."
The pier is celebrating its 125th anniversary, having opened June 18, 1898.
Steel Pier's owners, Atlantic City officials and invited guests gathered last week for a party under the 227-foot-tall Ferris wheel talked about the old days as a DJ played the songs of acts that once appeared here, including the Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA."
The pier attracts about 800,000 visitors each year, appealing to people of all ages, Catanoso said.
Older visitors like to share the nostalgia for the "old Steel Pier," while families come for the rides and attractions. The pier is a reminder of when the resort once could claim, without challenge, the title "America's Favorite Playground."
The pier had its own nickname. Known as "Showplace of the Nation," the pier was one of the most popular entertainment destinations for decades. The attractions included the diving horse act, in which a rider sat on the back of a horse that then dove into the water below from a height of 60 feet.
Top names in entertainment were booked at Steel Pier from the 1930s through the 1960s. Frank Sinatra frequented the pier, and Diana Ross and the Supremes played sold-out shows in 1965, 1966 and 1967. The Beatles were booked to play Steel Pier in 1964, though they moved to Boardwalk Hall due to demand.
The challenges of a long life
To be the host of all that and still be around, the pier had to survive its share of challenges.
In 1904, a storm washed away part of the pier, which was originally 2,298 feet long. Parts of the pier were lost in the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962. A fire significantly damaged the pier in 1924 and again in 1969, but each time, the pier was restored.
The original pier was built on iron pilings with a concrete understructure and was destroyed by a 1982 fire. The current concrete structure was rebuilt in 1993.
Today, the pier juts 1,000 feet out into the Atlantic Ocean and boasts an array of amusement rides, Boardwalk games and restaurants. It's also part of a neighborhood revival in the northern section of the island known as North Beach.
The North Beach neighborhood in Atlantic City consists of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Ocean Casino Resort, Showboat hotel, Resorts Casino Hotel, the Steel Pier and residential areas.
"We've got the diversification of the beach and Boardwalk for families, gaming, casinos and the waterpark. We've built it into a family, all-inclusive destination," Catanoso said.
Sharon Franz, who has been working for Steel Pier for 19 years and is now the sales and marketing director, said the history of the pier is special.
"It just shows that family fun has lasted in Atlantic City for that long. It's still here, and it's still thriving," said Franz, who grew up in Seaside Park.
On Thursday, the focus was on celebrating the pier's history during a three-hour celebration.
Among the local dignitaries at the event: Mayor Marty Small Sr., Councilman Aaron Randolph, historian Vicki Gold Levi and Miss New Jersey Victoria Mozitis. Randolph presented the pier with resolution designating Thursday as "Steel Pier Day." Mozitis announced to the crowd that a new pageant, Miss Steel Pier, would be held here next year.
The Miss America pageant has strong roots in Atlantic City, which hosted the event for nearly all of its 100 years, only in recent years having left for other cities. Some of the pageants, from 1935-1938, were even held at the Steel Pier, Mozitis said.
"With family entertainment, everything started and stopped with the Steel Pier," Small said.
Catanoso, who purchased the pier in 2011 from Trump Entertainment after leasing it for 20 years, hopes to keep the pier at the center of the city's tourism and family scene.
"We want the whole city to prosper," Catanoso told the audience.
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"Steel Pier has had its ups and downs over the years, but it really is an unbelievable place." Anthony Catanoso, Steel Pier owner
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On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like (l-r) Michael and Braedan Battista, 15 and 12, from Bridgewater, enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
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On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like Maria Varano, 12, from Philadelphia, enjoying the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like (l-r) Michael and Braedan Battista, 15 and 12, from Bridgewater, enjoy the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
On June 30, 2023, in Atlantic City, visitors like Maria Varano, 12, from Philadelphia, enjoying the rides at the Steel Pier, which is celebrating its 125th year.
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An Endangered Missing Advisory has been issued for a 64-year-old woman who has been missing since Saturday evening.
The Lincoln Police Department is attempting to locate Melinda Beberman, who was last seen at 5 p.m. Saturday near 17th and Sumner streets.
The 64-year-old white woman is approximately 5-foot-3, 160 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt with a Goodwill logo on the front and back, light blue jeans and sneakers.
She has displayed signs of early onset dementia for the past 10 years and symptoms of schizophrenia.
Beberman, who was on foot with no phone, recently moved to Nebraska and is not familiar with the area.
The Lincoln Police Department asked the public to call the non-emergency number at 402-441-6000 or 911 with any information on the woman's whereabouts. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-courts/lincoln-police-trying-to-locate-missing-64-year-old-woman/article_0deebfb0-18e5-11ee-802e-b70ac34667ea.html | 2023-07-02T15:49:42 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-courts/lincoln-police-trying-to-locate-missing-64-year-old-woman/article_0deebfb0-18e5-11ee-802e-b70ac34667ea.html |
In a post meant to highlight the 31 Nebraska students who notched perfect scores on the ACT this year, Gov. Jim Pillen reignited a debate surrounding the flight of Nebraska’s top students with a tweet that also raised alarm for some First Amendment advocates in the state.
Tweeting from the governor’s official account, Pillen’s team posted a photo June 24 from a ceremony in the state Capitol’s Rotunda, where the governor congratulated the crop of perfect scorers on their academic achievement and implored them “to return and utilize your talents here” after college.
The post prompted criticism for its acknowledgment that most of the state’s “best and brightest” students are headed elsewhere for higher education — and for the governor’s office’s apparent unwillingness to hear criticism from residents in response to the tweet.
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— Governor Jim Pillen (@TeamPillen) June 24, 2023
Pillen’s office turned off the replies on his official Twitter account when they posted a photo from the ceremony, disallowing direct responses to the governor’s account and limiting debate on the so-called brain drain that has plagued Nebraska for more than a decade.
The move, which does not amount to outright censorship in part because users were still able to weigh in via Twitter’s “quote tweet” function, traffics in somewhat of a legal gray area, said Rose Godinez, the legal director for ACLU of Nebraska.
A public official outright blocking a user on social media from their official government account would be a violation of the First Amendment, Godinez said. And though the limitations Pillen’s team placed on replies to last week’s tweet are more nuanced, Godinez said the act “is not good governance.”
“It doesn’t promote transparency or accessibility to the top public official in the state,” she said. “They should be allowing comments and they should be welcoming the chance to hear from Nebraskans in this digital public square, essentially.
“But instead they’re looking to quiet feedback on this issue and are directly stifling debate.”
Laura Strimple, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Pillen’s communications team had experienced a staff shakeup in the days before sending the tweet and the decision to limit replies — a multi-step process that the account has not repeated since the June 24 tweet — was inadvertent.
Strimple removed the limitations that had been placed on replies after inquires from the Journal Star on Friday.
The tweet, too, drew renewed attention to a conversation that has grown increasingly central to Nebraska politics in recent years and months: the departure of the state’s college-educated workforce and young people at large.
Out-migration trend higher among educated
More people have exited the state than have settled in Nebraska from other states each year since 2010.
That trend in migration has come with the disproportionate flight of residents with a bachelor’s degree or a higher level of education, more of whom have fled Nebraska since 2010 than have moved here by thousands each year, according to the Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
The continued exodus of Nebraska’s most educated workers briefly took center stage in the state’s Legislature in May when 115 state businesses signed a letter to Pillen and state lawmakers opposing “harmful social legislation” as senators weighed a bill that would ban gender-affirming surgeries for trans youth.
A week later, the Human Rights Campaign sent a similar letter to senators and Pillen listing businesses opposed to “anti-LGBTQ state legislation.” The letter included more than 300 signatures, including major corporations such as Apple, General Motors, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft and United Airlines.
The Legislature on May 19 passed LB574, which Pillen signed and praised, banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors and further restricting access to abortion in the state.
The ACLU of Nebraska has since filed a lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland seeking a permanent injunction from the bill being enforced.
“This particular post is just telling … because it acknowledges that young people are leaving the state, or at least that’s the insinuation being made in this statement,” said Godinez, again referring to Pillen’s June 24 tweet before criticizing the governor for his support of LB574.
“And in the first six months of his time as governor, Gov. Pillen signed and supported deeply harmful legislation that isn’t attracting people to our state. It’s driving young Nebraskans out of state.”
Students cite myriad reasons for leaving
For myriad reasons, the high-achieving students Pillen recognized in the Rotunda on June 20 are, largely, leaving Nebraska.
Of the 31 Nebraska students who notched perfect scores on the standardized college admissions exam this year, 20 have made their post-graduate plans public in newspaper stories and social media posts.
Fifteen of those 20 plan to attend college out of state, opting for universities that include Columbia, Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame and Northwestern, among others.
Only four of the 20 will attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Another plans to go to the university’s Omaha campus.
“Like all high academic achievers, some students will attend school in state and others will leave,” Strimple, Pillen’s spokeswoman, said in a statement. “In sharing his best wishes, the governor was simply encouraging those students who had announced plans to attend college outside Nebraska to return to their home state afterward.”
If all things were equal, Leo Turner would be staying put in Lincoln and heading to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall.
The recent Lincoln Southeast High School graduate who twice scored a perfect 36 on the ACT applied to Nebraska’s flagship campus, one of three Division I schools in the state where he has grown up and where most of his high school friends are staying to pursue higher education.
But Turner is the kind of high achiever who officials can only hope returns to the state after college.
He would have preferred to attend UNL this fall but will instead double-major in math and physics at the University of Alabama, which the 18-year-old chose over Fordham and Nebraska’s flagship university.
The reasons were many, Turner said, but it boiled down to one: a state school more than 800 miles from Lincoln offered a true full-ride scholarship.
“I got a Regents Scholarship (offer from UNL). I’m not gonna try and pretend that it’s not great,” he said. “But when I have an option where my tuition’s being paid for, my housing’s being paid for, almost everything is being paid for. And then I compare it to UNL.
“As much as I might want to stay at UNL — even if I love it here — it just really does not make sense to do that.”
As a candidate for governor, Pillen acknowledged leaders “need to stop the out-migration of the brain drain” and said he would aim to leverage private dollars to offset the costs of post-high school education for Nebraskans.
When University of Nebraska officials announced in May they needed to close a $49.4 million budget shortfall in the 2023-24 fiscal year, they pointed to dwindling enrollment and “muted” growth in state appropriations that has not kept up with inflation in recent years.
Turner, who said he hopes to return to Nebraska for a year or two after he earns a Ph.D. in physics to further explore what the state’s two largest cities have to offer, said he ultimately plans to settle in a major, walkable city like Chicago, Boston or Washington, D.C.
It’s a similar story for Cameron Coen, who will study astronautical engineering — a specific program not offered anywhere in Nebraska — at the University of Southern California this fall following his graduation from Lincoln Southwest in May. He applied to UNL but didn’t seriously consider enrolling, he said.
Coen, who hopes to work for NASA or another spacecraft-centered agency or company after college and graduate school, doesn’t see a future for himself in his home state, he said, where there aren’t enough opportunities in STEM fields.
And though he decided to leave the state long before the Legislature passed LB574, Coen said its passage “was definitely something that did not increase my desire to stay.”
“I’ll be glad to return to Nebraska, hopefully, over the summer and over the breaks and see all the great people I’ve met here,” he said. “People from Nebraska are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met, I would say, so that is something I’m really looking forward to.
“But I’m also just excited to get out of the state (and) kind of see what’s out there.”
Joe Rutar, who scored a perfect 36 on the ACT as a senior at Elkhorn South High School in 2022, found herself in a similar circumstances last year, when she opted to enroll at St. Olaf College in Minnesota without ever considering going to college in Nebraska.
“I just wasn’t super inspired by continuing to live in Nebraska full time after graduation,” said Rutar, who just wrapped up her freshman year at the liberal arts school south of Minneapolis.
When she graduated from Elkhorn South, Rutar planned to study political science to kick off a career in law, hoping to work as a public defender or for an organization like the ACLU.
She now plans to study English and French — students at St. Olaf don’t declare a major until the end of their sophomore year — with aspirations to work in publishing upon graduation.
Rutar has had to reckon with her switch while watching from afar as a conservative agenda swept its way through the Legislature, bringing the kind of “wave of intolerance” she hoped to fight as an attorney in Nebraska, she said.
“I just wasn’t strong enough to be a political science major,” she said.
Still three years from college graduation, Rutar doesn’t yet know what will come next. She likes the Twin Cities and has enjoyed her time in Minnesota, which she said should serve as a beacon for what Midwestern states could become.
And while a return to Omaha after graduation remains on the table, Rutar said, it’s an option that seems to grow more remote each time lawmakers pass bills that make life less livable in her home state.
“There’s no reason to stay,” she said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/pillen-tweet-on-nebraskas-top-act-scorers-reignites-brain-drain-debate-draws-criticism/article_d9b1732a-175c-11ee-8ae8-0788c17884ef.html | 2023-07-02T15:49:51 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/pillen-tweet-on-nebraskas-top-act-scorers-reignites-brain-drain-debate-draws-criticism/article_d9b1732a-175c-11ee-8ae8-0788c17884ef.html |
Fifty years ago this month, Larry Boehmer talked Zoo Bar owner Jim Ludwig into letting him book bands into the long, narrow club at 136 N. 14th St.
Slapping up posters of B.B. King, Edgar Winter and other blues-oriented artists on the walls, and adding more locally produced flyers for shows that were held there, Boehmer created over a couple decades a Lincoln cultural institution.
After more than 13,000 performances on what Dave Alvin calls its “microscopic” stage, the Zoo Bar is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week with three nights of music inside the club and an expanded ZooFest, the annual festival on 14th Street outside the club, to mark the milestone.
The first band to play the Zoo 50 years ago this month was the Cotton Blues Band, starting a two-year run where local acoustic solo artists were booked Monday and Tuesday, an open mic night for acoustic musicians happened on Wednesdays and local bands were booked for three-night stands Thursday through Saturday.
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Those solo artists, like Dr. John Walker, Steve “Fuzzy” Blazek and Chris Sayre, and bands Homecookin’, Megatones, Bluegrass Crusade, Sandy Creek Band, Sour Mash and Jon Emery “built up a pretty good crowd, way before The Drumstick, for anything other than cover music,” said David Boye, who is compiling a Zoo Bar history.
Many of the musicians from those groups continue to perform at the Zoo and will be part of the 50th Waltz, a gathering of local players from throughout the Zoo’s history that will close ZooFest on Saturday.
“Dave Robel, Dave Morris, Steve Hanson, all those people that were from back then are still there, still playing, still happy to come back to the club and the Zoo’s happy to have them,” said Boye, who’ll also be part of the 50th Waltz. “To me, that’s pretty phenomenal.”
Two years and three months after the Cotton Blues Band show, the first national act to play the club was Luther Allison, who had an open night on his schedule after a University of Nebraska-Lincoln show in October 1975.
“I walked down there, went directly into his dressing room and asked, ‘What are you doing tomorrow night?’” Boehmer told the Journal Star in 1988.
“They were sitting there with a 12-pack of Budweiser in a sack. Luther ripped off a piece of the brown paper bag and said, ‘Let’s get Larry a contract.’ He wrote, ‘I, Luther Allison, will play for Larry Boehmer for $400.’ It might have been $300. I wish I still had that contract.”
Allison’s Oct. 4, 1975, show, however, wasn’t the first touring engagement that Boehmer signed for the Zoo.
“He actually booked a show before Luther played, a guy from Chicago named Bob Riedy,” Boye said. “He was a keyboard player who sat in with a lot of bands in Chicago and booked a lot of bands. When Larry got the go-ahead to book him, Riedy put together a band and drove down. He’s important because he was actually the source of a lot of bands (from Chicago) that ended up coming to the Zoo, including Magic Slim, who Larry didn’t know.”
Magic Slim became a Zoo Bar institution, playing weeklong engagements at the club and moving to Lincoln in the mid-1990s.
In 1978, Grammy-winning harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite became one of the first handful of prominent blues artists to play the Zoo, making the first of who knows how many appearances at the club.
“I wish I remembered all the times when I played there,” Musselwhite said. “For many years, when Larry had the place, I was playing here more than once a year. Most often, I’d be there, staying at Larry’s house. On Halloween, I’d answer the door to give candy to the kids. Back then, Tim and Jeff (Boehmer’s son) were just little tikes running around the house.”
Like, Magic Slim, Lonnie Mack, James Harman, Billy Bacon and many other artists who regularly played the Zoo, Musselwhite would often take his days off from the road in Lincoln.
“Lincoln would be affordable,” he said. “You can stay there for a few days, have some downtime, hang out with Larry, hang out at the Zoo, walk around downtown. It was just great.”
He said he looked forward to being in Lincoln, whether he was working or had time off. “And especially when you’re touring across the country. It was just like an oasis, a great place to be,” Musselwhite said.
In the late ‘70s, Boehmer began bringing a who’s who of the blues to the Zoo — Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Lonnie Brooks, Koko Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Son Seals, Jimmy Rogers, Hubert Sumlin, the Legendary Blues Band (Muddy Waters band), Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Gatemouth Brown, Elvin Bishop, John Hammond and many, many more.
That lineup, and its ongoing support of new blues artists, earned the Zoo Bar an international reputation as a blues club, the 1993 Blues Music Award as the best club in America and recognition — at 50 years — as the longest running blues club in a single location anywhere.
The Zoo, however, is not now, nor has it ever been exclusively a blues club.
“Some people think that changed,” said Zoo owner Pete Watters, who has worked at the club since 1987. “It became famous for blues, but there was always bluegrass, lots of bluegrass early, country, reggae and rock ‘n’ roll.”
That’s borne out by a list of artists who have hit the Zoo Bar stage: rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Famers Wanda Jackson and Link Wray, Chuck Berry’s pianist Johnnie Johnson, Texas music legends Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet, and roadhouse master Delbert McClinton, Jamaican reggae’s The Gladiators, swamp rocker Tony Joe White, western swing’s Asleep at the Wheel, Omaha native rock drummer Buddy Miles, new waver Jonathan Richman, outrageous MTV star Mojo Nixon, and, after a ZooFest rainout, Jason Isbell.
Among those is Derek Trucks, the steel guitar wizard who, after a stint in the Allman Brothers Band, now leads the Tedeschi Trucks Band with wife Susan Tedeschi.
“I played there with my first band, the Derek Trucks Band, I bet it was 20 years ago, maybe more, but somewhere in there,” Trucks said.
He said he has fond memories of Lincoln and the Zoo, which the band played maybe a half dozen times. “We had some good times there. ... We had a few good days off there, too. I remember we had a band rager at a bowling alley at one point. It’s funny the things you remember from the road.”
The Zoo Bar, which emerged out of the blues revival of the late ‘60s that found college students embracing the blues they had heard via English blues-rock bands, is something of an endangered species today.
“There aren’t that many places like that left,’ said zydeco’s Terrance Simien, who has played the Zoo since 1987. “There used to be a circuit around the country where you’d find a room like the Zoo Bar in every major city,” he said. But those places haven’t stayed open or prospered like the Zoo Bar.
“The Zoo Bar is something very, very special there in Lincoln,” Simien said.
The Zoo came close to closing in 1983-84. Boehmer, who bought the bar from Ludwig in 1977, opened another club, Larry’s Showcase, using the Zoo Bar as collateral.
The competition between the new venue and the Zoo, a couple blocks away, and an unexpected increase in rent led to the closing of Larry’s Showcase and left Boehmer thousands of dollars in debt, with his bar on the line.
Boehmer had all his friends come to the Zoo Bar for a meeting. “He said ‘I’m in a desperate place right now. I need money. They’re going to shut this place down,’” Boye said. “Those people came through. They paid off the loan. Larry wrote down how much every person contributed and paid them all back.”
Watters became owner in February 2001 and has kept the bar afloat for 23 years, about as long as Boehmer, who died in 2012, owned the club.
“We’ve had to make some changes,” Watters said of how he’s kept the Zoo alive in a time when clubs across the country have been shuttered. “We had to go to earlier shows, which opened up some things, we can do younger bands later. My wife Amanda keeps me less disorganized.”
He also credits his staff with the bar’s success. “We’re fortunate to have a staff that believes in it and has been as stable a staff as you can possibly have. People who worked here are still around and part of the family. That helps you more than you think it does.”
But Watters and Musselwhite also credit the bar’s longevity to the patrons, who connect with the artists and support the bar.
“It’s a family atmosphere as well,” Watters said. “That support has always been there for Larry and for me. It couldn’t have been more obvious than during the pandemic. People gave us unbelievable support, donating to the bar, buying wine they didn’t need so we could stay open.
“The Zoo is not a large space — I’m speaking literally and figuratively — people are right next to the band and they connect with the bands. The family atmosphere extends to the bands. When I have a band who I know has a lot of friends in town, I don’t worry about what the crowd’s going to be.”
The Zoo Bar is now on its second and third generations in the audience and onstage, where Shawn “Lil Slim” Holt is a regular performer, and on this week’s festival stage, where, Shemekia Copeland, the daughter of bluesman Johnny Copeland, will sing next Sunday night.
Shemekia Copeland has played the Zoo a few times. But she’s on the ZooFest lineup to help fulfill Watters’ vision for the festival that honors the bar’s history but prevents it from becoming a museum by presenting contemporary roots artists who may have never played Lincoln.
“How many years have John Primer, The Bel-Airs and Charlie Musselwhite played the Zoo Bar?” Watters said. “At the same time, Karl Denson, Amythyst Kiah and the James Hunter Six will be here for the first time. That’s the balance I strive for.”
ZooFest will draw thousands over its three days, many of whom aren’t regular patrons or who haven’t been to a show there in years.
“There’s a lot of people I don’t see a lot during the year who somehow make it to the fest,” Watters said. “It’s like a high school reunion for some people of a certain age. One of the challenges of having it in the summertime is there are all kinds of events going on. I get questions in December and January wanting to know what the dates are. They don’t care who’s playing. They want to know the dates so they can plan their summer accordingly.”
There will, of course, be some newcomers at ZooFest, including Kiah, who, after learning that the festival is celebrating a half-century of the Zoo, is excited to take her turn on the stage Friday.
“That is quite the accomplishment,” Kiah said. “I understand how hard it is really to keep anything open, especially after the past two years. So that’s awesome. That’s really cool. I’m glad to be part of that and celebrate. That’s amazing.”
IF YOU GO
INSIDE ZOO BAR
Monday
8 p.m. — Baby Jason and the Spankers
10 p.m. — Tony Meza and The Chupacabra
Tuesday
5 p.m. — Action Mike & The Sweaty Boys
7 p.m. — Universe Contest
Wednesday
6 p.m. — Sailing in Soup
8 p.m. — Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal
10 p.m. — Vibecheck
OUTSIDE AT ZOOFEST
On 14th Street between O and P streets
Thursday
5 p.m. — The Bel-Airs
7 p.m. — Igor & Red Elvises
9 p.m. — Charlie Musselwhite
Friday
5 p.m. — The Jimmys
7 p.m. — Amethyst Kiah
9 p.m. — Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
11 p.m. — Andy William & The Nebraska All Stars
Saturday
1 p.m. — BluesEd
3 p.m. — The Lightning Bugs/Fabtones 5
5 p.m. — John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band
7 p.m. — The James Hunter Six
9 p.m. — Shemekia Copeland
11 p.m. — The 50th Waltz
ZooFest tickets
Thursday – $40 advance, $50 day of show
Friday – $50 advance, $60 day of show
Saturday – $50 advance, $60 day of show
3-day pass—$120
Advance tickets available at zoobar.com and ticketweb.com | https://journalstar.com/news/local/the-zoo-bar-celebrates-a-half-century-of-blues-and-rock-country-and-bluegrass/article_f5dd88ca-1790-11ee-9b35-bfba15e3fe13.html | 2023-07-02T15:49:53 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/the-zoo-bar-celebrates-a-half-century-of-blues-and-rock-country-and-bluegrass/article_f5dd88ca-1790-11ee-9b35-bfba15e3fe13.html |
After years of intense study and poring over dense textbooks, the newly minted doctors pulled the sleeves of the physicians’ coats onto their arms in an exuberant moment of triumph at Northwest Health-Porter Hospital in Valparaiso.
Last week, the health care system with hospitals in Valparaiso, LaPorte and Knox welcomed its inaugural class of family-medicine residents in a traditional white-coat ceremony, ushering them into the medical profession.
Northwest Health’s family-medicine residency program is the only one in Northwest Indiana. It gives med-school graduates hands-on experience in their area of specialization while treating patients in a real-world clinical setting.
The hope is to attract, train and retain new doctors in Northwest Indiana.
“Our family-medicine residency program is a significant milestone for Northwest Health and Northwest Indiana,” said Ashley Dickinson, CEO of Northwest Health. “I appreciate the dedication of Dr. Joel Bates, program director, and the team that has worked to create this robust program.
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“The addition of graduate medical education gives us the ability to train future physicians who share our commitment to clinical excellence and outstanding patient experience.”
The six new Northwest Health residents hail from medical schools outside the area; four of them come from abroad. The new physicians will train under Northwest Medical Group, HealthLinc and other Northwest Health physicians over the next three years. They will gain experience providing a full continuum of care to patients for a range of conditions.
Caribbean Medical University School of Medicine graduate Sarah Elassal, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University College of Medicine graduate Chukwuka Ikediashi, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University graduate Andrea Origenes, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate Jessica Swearingen, Guadalajara Medical School graduate Laura Vives and Shandong University School of Medicine graduate Yangyang Wang will get inpatient and outpatient training at the hospital and HealthLinc–Valparaiso.
“This is an exciting day for Northwest Health, in partnership with HealthLinc, as we kick off our very first residency program that paves the way for future programs,” Northwest Health Chief Medical Officer James Leonard said. “We are committed to providing our family-medicine residents with an outstanding academic education and clinical experiences that will prepare them to always do their best for our patients.”
Northwest Health got accreditation for the program from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, an independent organization that sets and monitors educational standards to help ensure safe and high-quality medical care.
“I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to direct this program, and I’m looking forward to working with these exceptional resident doctors as they begin their careers in family medicine,” Bates said. “In family medicine we often have the extraordinary opportunity to care for some patients over their entire lifetime, having a profound impact on their overall health and the well-being of their families and the health of an entire community.”
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NWI Business Ins and Outs: Maple + Bacon, deli and Divalicious Desserts Bakery & Cafe opening | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/northwest-health-launches-regions-first-family-medicine-residency-program-in-significant-milestone/article_77eddf92-176c-11ee-bbd3-fb3094ab6657.html | 2023-07-02T15:54:30 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/northwest-health-launches-regions-first-family-medicine-residency-program-in-significant-milestone/article_77eddf92-176c-11ee-bbd3-fb3094ab6657.html |
VALPARAISO — Over the past three decades, John Seibert has piloted some of the city’s most ambitious parks projects, helped lead the nonprofit Housing Opportunities Inc. and served as Valparaiso’s first city administrator.
Even with all those achievements under his belt, the best part of his career has been the relationships he’s made.
The outgoing Valpo Parks director said he’s enjoyed having “the kind of job where you can bring out the best in people. I’ve been able to connect with people to create things that have a lasting impact.”
Seibert officially retired Friday; his successor is Kevin Nuppnau, the assistant director of Valpo Parks.
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Calling Nuppnau the “right person for the job,” Seibert said he thinks the Parks Department is in great hands.
Originally from Texas, Seibert came to the Hoosier State to get his master’s degree in parks and recreation from Indiana University. He was working in cardiac rehabilitation and adult fitness when the Valpo Parks director position became available in 1985.
He applied for the job, met with then-Mayor David Butterfield and, at age 30, became the leader of the Valpo Parks Department, a role he would hold until 2003, when he became Valparaiso’s first city administrator. Seibert also led Housing Opportunities before returning to the parks department in 2009.
Seibert joined Valpo Parks in the midst of some major projects. He helped transition the former Porter County Fairgrounds into what is now Fairgrounds Park, and he led the renovation of Ogden Gardens, a project that was “really the beginning of the horticulture renaissance in this community.”
The 4-acre park “set a standard” for floral arrangements in Valparaiso, Seibert said; the Parks Department now maintains flowers at parks and gateways throughout the city. Over time, private businesses have followed suit, helping to beautify the downtown.
Parks have played a key role in Valparaiso’s “downtown renaissance,” Seibert explained.
Shortly after Seibert became city administrator, then-Mayor Jon Costas laid out his vision for Central Park Plaza.
“I thought it was a really bold idea,” Seibert recalled. “The challenge was, how would it operate?”
The Valpo Parks Foundation used naming rights, a fundraising strategy that was not common at the time, to pay for much of the project. Central Park features a pavilion, an amphitheater, an activity center, a splash pad and an ice rink.
With Seibert and Costas working together, an area of downtown that once consisted of an empty bank and a parking lot was transformed into a hub of year-round activity.
Seibert said Central Park has been used as a model for countless other communities.
Another big initiative came in 1990, when the Valpo Parks Foundation was established. The nonprofit raises money for parks initiatives; one of its first tasks was the first generation of ValPlayso. In 1994, almost 3,000 volunteers came together to construct the ValPlayso playground, which is on the south side of Glendale Boulevard.
In 2014, volunteers came together again to rebuild the playground in what the city called ValPlayso: The Next Generation.
“People from all walks of life got involved, from CEOs to teachers to ironworkers. That’s what made it so magical,” Seibert said. “It ignited a spirit of volunteerism and selflessness.”
The Valparaiso Parks Department has grown considerably over the past three decades. Since Seibert started, the department has added about 100 seasonal staff members and increased the number of parks from 14 to 23.
However, one of Valpo Parks’ biggest projects is on the horizon.
In February 2022, the city announced the Valparaiso for all Generations parks initiative. The project includes upgrading and maintaining the city’s “Legacy Parks,” completing a new skate park at Fairgrounds Park, building an Adult Center for Enrichment and creating the Valpo Sports and Recreation Campus.
The rec campus, on 248 acres on Valparaiso’s east side, will become the city’s largest park.
Work on the park is expected to begin this summer. The park will have several multipurpose turf fields, an open-air plaza, a concession building, 10 pickleball courts, a championship field with bleachers, a playground and 25 to 30 acres of native plants and nature trails.
Nuppnau, who has been with Valpo Parks since 2018, said being a part of Valpo for all Generations has been a good learning experience. He hopes to continue his predecessor’s legacy by working “with our staff to provide the exceptional spaces that the city deserves.”
“Parks are part of what make a place, what brings about memories, what brings people together as neighbors,” Seibert said. “If a city has a thriving park system, it’s a reflection of a community that cares about each other.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/passing-the-torch-valpo-parks-director-retires-after-30-plus-years-with-the-city/article_54535bfc-1528-11ee-8a09-cf1275e6424f.html | 2023-07-02T15:54:37 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/passing-the-torch-valpo-parks-director-retires-after-30-plus-years-with-the-city/article_54535bfc-1528-11ee-8a09-cf1275e6424f.html |
CLAYTOR LAKE, Va. – Spots like Claytor Lake are super popular on holiday weekends, but there are a few things you should keep in mind before you get in the water.
This weekend, hundreds of people will make their way to lakes across the Commonwealth to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Officials at Claytor Lake State Park are urging people to be careful, especially with the increase in visitors.
Park Manager Broderick Havens says to keep a close eye on your children at the lake.
“The buddy system works really well — so pair up your children with someone who’s a little bit older in age, and keep track of them throughout the day,” Havens said.
Laci Armes is a lifeguard at the park and says while there are lifeguards on duty, you still need to watch your kids.
“Even if there are lifeguards on stand, because we’re watching so many other people,” Armes said.
Armes says even though they don’t allow alcohol on the beach, it’s another thing to keep in mind.
“Not everyone is going to listen, so it’s a rough one,” she said.
Havens says you should never drink and drive a boat, and if you’re a passenger drinking alcohol, be aware that it’s not the same as drinking on land.
“Your body’s not quite used to being on the water, so even what you would think is not a level of intoxication on land, could be intoxicating on water,” Havens said.
The bottom line according to Havens? Know how your equipment works.
“Boats are not the same as cars — they do not have a set of brakes. You have a steering wheel, and forward and reverse, so getting stopped is different than on land,” Havens said.
And when it comes to swimming, Armes says not to forget your floaties or life vest, no matter what age.
“Take your floatation devices and put them out there,” Armes said. “If you can’t swim that well, don’t go too deep.”
The park also wants to remind people that even though it’s a holiday weekend, fireworks are not allowed on park property. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/lake-safety-tips-to-know-before-the-holiday-weekend/ | 2023-07-02T15:55:30 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/lake-safety-tips-to-know-before-the-holiday-weekend/ |
DULUTH — Even as Chum contemplates a significant expansion of its facility, including a homeless shelter and drop-in center, the organization is making significant short-term improvements.
Chum's executive director, John Cole, likes the organization’s odds of being able to obtain funding from a $98 million pool of assistance the Minnesota Legislature recently set aside to help homeless shelters across the state. He notes that a significant portion of the funding is earmarked for facilities in Greater Minnesota, and Chum operates the largest homeless shelter north of the Twin Cities.
Applications for state aid are due in mid-September, with notifications of the successful projects expected in early 2024. Should Chum’s expansion receive support, the plan to add an additional floor to the facility would be completed by 2025, at the earliest.
That’s not soon enough for Cole, who said that in the winter months, the 80-bed Duluth facility is unable to suitably accommodate the 150-or-so people who sometimes arrive at its doors. As a result, many guests spend the night in a drop-in center, waiting it out until morning or finding a place to sleep in a chair or on the floor.
Even though Chum often operates beyond its capacity, Cole said the organization is taking what steps it can to provide a better setting for those who need its services. Toward that end, Chum recently remodeled, resurfacing its floors, painting the interior and installing new storage options for its guests, including lockers for personal possessions and charging safes for cellphones.
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LeVar Patterson, a housing compliance specialist for Chum, said the organization also upgraded and expanded its security camera system. He explained that many of Chum’s guests live in constant fear of losing what few possessions they still manage to carry without the benefit of a proper home. So, the security improvements have been a welcome change.
Cole noted that the fear of further loss many people experience during a period of homelessness can be intense.
“Autonomy over stuff becomes important in an existence where you might feel you have control over nothing else,” he said.
Winter months tend to be the busiest for Chum. So, the organization waited for spring to take on the recent work.
Chum has already been awarded $2 million in federal funding to help it expand. But Cole said it will take another $2.5 million to fulfill its goal of adding another floor to the facility — a move that would nearly double its current 10,700-square-foot capacity.
While Cole said he remains optimistic about the ability of Chum to win additional state funding support in time, he said the organization can’t wait for needed improvements in the interim.
He described feeling a sense of responsibility to elevate the immediate state of conditions inside the shelter rather than simply waiting for a larger project to come.
“When we’re busy, we have 150 people living in close proximity to one another and they’re living one day at a time. They’re not necessarily thinking ahead. They live in the now, and we have to make sure the now is supportive in any way we can. So, for that reason, we need to constantly try to improve the physical conditions we provide,” Cole said.
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He believes that reducing external stressors can help guests move forward.
“If they don’t have to worry about these things, then they can spend their mental energy thinking about: How can I get over that trauma that has set me back?” Cole said.
“We just want to create a wholesome atmosphere for persons who happen to experience an episode of disruption in their lives, hoping we can provide a setting from which they can regroup and get themselves together to do what is necessary for them to get out of homelessness.” | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/overburdened-duluth-homeless-shelter-not-waiting-for-extra-floor | 2023-07-02T15:55:29 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/overburdened-duluth-homeless-shelter-not-waiting-for-extra-floor |
The Commonwealth named a new queen Saturday night, as Miss Loudoun County, Katie Rose was crowned Miss Virginia 2023.
The three-day competition held its final night at the Berglund Center.
The top twelve contestants went on to showcase their talents and give on-stage interviews.
The new titleholder will now spend the next year traveling the Commonwealth and preparing for the Miss America pageant.
“I just had an amazing year and I just know what an amazing year this will be and how empowering and impactful it will be for all these young women, so I’m just excited for whichever young woman’s life is going to change tonight,” Miss Virginia 2022 Victoria Chuah said.
The competition also gave out over $60,000 in academic scholarships. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/miss-loudoun-county-crowned-miss-virginia-2023/ | 2023-07-02T15:55:36 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/miss-loudoun-county-crowned-miss-virginia-2023/ |
It happened 50 years ago and a 140 west of here, in a railroad town much like our railroad town, much like all the railroad towns in northern Arizona.
On July 5, 1973, at about 2 p.m., a propane tank car exploded and 11 members of the volunteer Kingman Fire Department and an employee of the Doxol Gas Company were killed instantly or died later from their burns.
The railroad car was filled with 33,000 gallons of propane when it caught fire at approximately 1:30 p.m. The explosion, at 1:58 p.m., created a fireball estimated by investigators to have enveloped 2 acres with temperatures ranging from 2,600 degrees at the center to 1,800 degrees at its outer edge.
Bill Casson, 52, Jimmy Cox, 55, and Roger Hubka, 27, died instantly. Joe Chambers, 37, and Marvin Mast (a Doxol employee) 42, died on July 6. Art Stringer, 25, died on July 7. Chris Sanders, 38, and Lee Williams, 47, died on July 8. Butch Henry, 28, died on July 10. John Campbell, 41, died on July 16. Don Webb, 38, died on July 18. Alan Hansen, 34, died July 19. They left behind 29 children.
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Fifty years ago.
For those of us affected by that tragedy, time has not erased much. Not the community wide call for ice; not the two-week vigil that followed and the news of yet another death; not the anniversary. July 5, every year. July 5.
Living memory gradually dissolves as each generation passes away. Of those who were there that day, who heard the blast, who felt the heat, their number shrinks as time passes.
It’s a shame, and yet that’s the way these things go. But there were lessons learned from that tragedy that have prevented similar tragedies since. Video of the situation and the results of study and investigation identified the nature of the disaster: a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion, or BLEVE. Protocols and training were developed to help prevent a similar loss of life.
The men of the Kingman Volunteer Fire Department didn’t have much time to assess the situation. They responded to their pagers. They rolled up in the fire truck or their personal or company vehicles and put on their turnout gear as they watched jets of flame flare from the tanker. They pulled hose to cool the tanker when ...
Fifty years ago. Eventually, nothing will remain but a plaque in a park; perhaps somebody telling a grandchild about a great-grandpa who did a brave thing and died while doing it a long, long time ago.
There are countless tragedies to remember in this life and in these times. Were we to attempt to count them all we would lose our way. We would sink under the weight of so much sorrow. The best we can do, I think, is remember what we can, and honor what we remember.
After all, it was just down the road from us, a couple of hours away. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/carpenters-column-yet-still-within-living-memory/article_42605050-16ac-11ee-94f8-6b422988ed98.html | 2023-07-02T15:59:12 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/carpenters-column-yet-still-within-living-memory/article_42605050-16ac-11ee-94f8-6b422988ed98.html |
100 years ago
1923: The Flagstaff Woman’s Club will give a dance this evening on the Normal School tennis court, with the Waters’ five-piece orchestra furnishing the music. The dance will be the popular “jitney” form. Lemonade and cake for refreshments. A good time is assured all who come and the cause is a worthy one.
It does begin to look as though advertising didn’t pay. Back east where people have been keeling over and dying from the heat the past week, they are commiserating with Arizona. Arizona! Where the snows are still on the ‘Frisco Peaks; people are still burning coal, and flowers, vines and crops have all been nipped by June frost. All the east yet knows about Arizona is a report of one of the hottest days, one the hottest desert in the hottest year that “M. Quad,” who lived in Michigan, ever told about in his “Arizona Kicker.”
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That old stuff -- written back east — still sticks back east. It is impossible to convince the great majority “back east” that Arizona climate can duplicate everything from Maine to Florida and back to California within her reaches. But there are hopes. We are being discovered rapidly by the thousands of auto tourists coming over the National Old Trails Highway.
75 years ago
1948: “The Indians are coming!” This cry, once reserved for a rush inside the fort or stockade and the opening of battle between Indians and whites, no longer heralds war in northern Arizona but has come to signal the opening of the greatest Indian celebration and get-together in the nation, the Southwest All-Indian Pow-Wow at Flagstaff. Yes, they are on the way to “Dogo’ahsleet” — “the place of snows where the thunder sleeps” — (San Francisco Peaks) in cars, trucks, wagons, on horseback and afoot. Thousands of them representing a score or more of southwestern tribes are on the way for the great “Nahohi” — “chicken pull” — to be held here July 3-5. The event combines Western rodeo events — Indian style — with spectacular, weird ceremonial performances.
Each day’s celebration starts off with a parade through the downtown streets of the city during the noon hour. Here a visitor will see hundreds and hundreds of Indians garbed in their best, many in ceremonial regalia. Two bands will provide music -- the Moencopi Hopi Indian band for all three parades, all three rodeo performances and brief band concerts each evening, and the Santa Fe All-Indian band from Winslow will join in for the street parades July 4-5.
50 years ago
1973: The Flagstaff City Council will have something to study in the way of a revised pet control law by the time of its next regular meeting. The new proposal probably will include cats. City Manager Leland C. McPherson and City Attorney Fred W. Croxen II indicated today a draft of a new ordinance would be ready for the July 10 city council meeting. Croxen also indicated, because of complaints of citizens, that he would attempt to include some restriction against cats in the proposed law.
July 4 will be a busy day in Flagstaff. In addition to the first annual Indian Arts and Crafts Show, horse racing and other Independence Day celebrations, the largest parade in the history of Flagstaff is scheduled. Some 97 units are signed up for the parade, which is sponsored by Flagstaff Jaycees. Three prizes will be given for top entries in the parade, which will start at 11 a.m. Judges will be chosen in an unusual way. Jaycees will go into local motels and restaurants and find tourists to be the judges. “That way we’ll be assured of having impartial judges.”
A Flagstaff radio station hopes to show the dangers of the drinking driver Tuesday when it has one of its announcers drink for four hours while broadcasting. Chuck Meyer, KCLS radio, will broadcast as city police, highway patrolmen and sheriff’s deputies give him sobriety tests during the show. The idea, a station spokesman said, is to try to put across the idea of how drinking cuts down on reactions, speech and other motor responses. The station hopes the program will convince people not to drive while drinking on the July 4 holiday.
25 years ago
1998: If it’s summer, then the traffic must be bad. Conventional wisdom among locals says that near-perfect weather, an inferno 140 miles to the south, and a big hole 85 miles north of Flagstaff, conspire to make summertime driving around town a task not fit for man nor beast. But residents have also complained about traffic problems even when the weather isn’t so nice outside, apparently the result of a town growing by leaps and bounds, while infrastructure construction remains relatively dormant. Not surprisingly, Flagstaff’s worst traffic problems stretch along the Milton Road/Route 66 corridor that divides the city north and south from the I-40/I-17 interchange to its eastern boundary near Smoke Rise Park. The city’s worst intersection is at Butler Avenue and Milton Road. The city’s second-busiest intersection (is at) Route 66 and Humphreys Street. Rounding out the top 5 are the east side Route 66 intersections of Enterprise Road, Steves Boulevard and Fourth Street.
Focus groups have taken the first steps toward defining the character of Flagstaff after holding forums earlier this week in anticipation of a design review ordinance. Consultants from California and Colorado facilitated discussions between locals who have toes to business and design professions, culminating in a public forum attended by about 20 people last night. Design review has been coming down the pike for months as a way to govern how commercial and industrial development looks and fits into its surroundings. This initial series of input-gathering was designed to identify such issues as what existing commercial areas are pedestrian-friendly, what distinguished Flagstaff from other towns, and what things are important for the city’s future.
Susan Johnson has lived in Flagstaff for over 30 years and loves to delve into her adopted hometown’s past. She has written two books for the History Press, Haunted Flagstaff and Flagstaff’s Walkup Family Murders, and, with her son Nick, manages Freaky Foot Tours. You’ll find her hiking the trails with her corgi, Shimmer.
All events were taken from issues of the Arizona Daily Sun and its predecessors, the Coconino Weekly Sun and the Coconino Sun. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-history-tourists-acted-as-judges-for-july-4-parade-entries/article_330c3606-15f2-11ee-a392-bb618de0743e.html | 2023-07-02T15:59:19 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-history-tourists-acted-as-judges-for-july-4-parade-entries/article_330c3606-15f2-11ee-a392-bb618de0743e.html |
In my 38th year of participating in Flagstaff racing events, I was amazed to witness what had to be a Flagstaff first; Hosava Kretzmann won both the 5K (15:54) and 10K (33:42) at the Northland Hospice Run for Life on June 17, 2023.
Having never met him, I was curious about how Kretzmann chose to enter the Northland Hospice Run for Life. He said, “I interned for Good Samaritan Hospice and am familiar with how impactful hospice care can be.”
About winning both races, Kretzmann told me, “I didn’t commit to this idea until I brought it up to my wife (Sheera) who said, ‘You should do it.’ I laughed when she said that, but she didn’t. She keeps me accountable and is my biggest fan. I know I have to challenge myself, especially when training for the marathon distance. This was a perfect way to do it.”
Originally from Hotevilla on the Hopi Nation’s Third Mesa, Kretzmann was the top American finisher at the Los Angeles Marathon on March 19.
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When he was young, his family moved to Prescott. He raced for Prescott High School, graduating in 2013. Kretzmann then ran in college. He told me, “Fort Lewis College has a high student population of Native students, so I felt like I was home.”
Kretzmann received his master's degree in Public Health from Northern Arizona University in 2021. This fall, he begins pursuing a doctorate in the Interdisciplinary Health Program at NAU.
On his running goals, including making the Olympic Trials (he missed the 2:18 cutoff by less than two minutes at the Los Angeles Marathon), he said, “You hardly ever see Native runners running at the professional and elite level. My long-term goal is to inspire the next generation of Native runners. A big dream of mine is to be one of many Native American runners at the start of a major marathon.”
Kretzmann’s next shot at qualifying for the Olympic Trials will be at October’s Bakline Micro McKirdy Marathon. He plans to run the Footprints for Hopi 10K on July 29, and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff Half Marathon on Aug. 12. On Sept. 3, Kretzmann will return to his homeland to race for the first time in the 50th annual Louis Tewanima Footrace on Second Mesa, the race named after one of his Hopi heroes, a 1908 and 1912 Olympian.
In addition to his upcoming races, you might just catch Kretzmann training in Flagstaff’s iconic Buffalo Park, where he logs 90% of his miles.
On the importance of running, Kretzmann closed, “It is not about winning. For Hopi people, running is embedded in many of our ceremonies. To me, running brings health and prosperity to my village. I was always told growing up that runners from Hopi run great distances to entice rain clouds in the hopes that rain is brought back to Hopi to sustain our corn crops. It’s a cycle of life, and I am happy to be a part of it.”
Neil Weintraub is the longtime voluntary coordinator of the 19th annual Flagstaff Running Series. He also voluntarily directs the upcoming 46th annual Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff Dave McKay Memorial Half Marathon and 5K Run or Walk on Aug.12.
Send your running news and stories to coordinating editor Julie Hammonds (runner@juliehammonds.com) to be featured in High Country Running. Due to a change in the Arizona Daily Sun’s publishing schedule, this column is now published on Saturdays. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/high-country-running-hosava-kretzmann-runs-for-the-rain/article_fc3bb81a-1699-11ee-9394-a3c5ddec9a77.html | 2023-07-02T15:59:25 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/high-country-running-hosava-kretzmann-runs-for-the-rain/article_fc3bb81a-1699-11ee-9394-a3c5ddec9a77.html |
Mobile home owners frustrated by rising rents, veto of tenet "bill of rights"
Drive through The Highwoods mobile homes park and you’ll find well attended residences with mowed lawns, flower gardens and freshly painted sheds and porches. It’s a quiet neighborhood on the east end of Great Falls where retirees and young families of modest means live side-by-side in the mobile homes they hold title to.
With 258 lots and a resident population of roughly 500 people, The Highwoods forms a small component of Montana’s mobile home community. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services reports that at end of 2020 there were roughly 1,325 mobile home communities and 28,500 mobile homes in the state, housing slightly less than 6% of Montana’s total population.
The appeal of mobile homes is their affordability. According to the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts the average price of a new single-wide mobile home is $80,900 and $150,300 for a double-wide. Compared to the $348,000 average price for a stick-built house in Montana it’s easy to understand why manufactured homes are frequently referred to as “the largest sector of unsubsidized affordable housing in the United States.”
However, many mobile homeowners living in mobile home parks are now being confronted with an expensive and frustrating reality they have no control over and little legal recourse.
Over the last two-decades large private equity and real estate investment firms have poured billions of dollars into buying mobile home parks nationwide. Their appeal is that operating costs at mobile home parks are relatively low, rents can be increased steadily, and unwanted tenants can be evicted for almost any reason.
As these companies buy up what historically were mom-and-pop operations they are raising lot rents, changing the terms of leases, and redefining park rules. Under current Montana law mobile homeowners who are dissatisfied with those changes can be forced out.
It’s the situation mobile homeowner Cindy Newman finds herself in today.
“These people have seized upon the opportunity to make boat loads of money off people who are typically lower to middle income,” she said.
Newman purchased the double-wide mobile home at The Highwoods with her elderly mother 23 years ago. In 2019 The Highwoods was purchased by the investment firm Havenpark Capital Partners. Since then, she’s seen her monthly lot rent increase by more than 250%.
“Two-and-a-half years ago you could move your manufactured home into this park for $283 a month,” she said. “A new resident now pays $753.”
In the 20 years prior to Havenpark’s purchase, Newman’s lot rent at The Highwoods increased by just $117. She says that many of the residents at the mobile home park are simply unable to afford the sudden increases in their lot rents.
“Eight out of 10 homes on my street are owned by senior citizens on a fixed income,” Newman said. “These are people looking ahead to the more modest financial means they face in retirement. We know we’re on a fixed income, and now they’re asking us for half of what we make each month in our social security checks.”
Founded in 2015, the Orem, Utah-based firm had purchased more than 25 mobile home communities across the country by 2019 and has continued to expand rapidly. Havenpark currently owns seven mobile home parks in Montana, promising high yield returns to investors “without the inconvenience of directly owning and operating the property.”
Montana law also allows mobile home park owners to refuse to renew a renter’s lease for little or no reason, and to reject any potential buyer of an existing mobile home without cause. If a landlord terminates a mobile home owners rental agreement for non-payment the mobile home park owner can demand the resident vacate the property within seven days.
In Montana, mobile homes are considered personal property — property that can be picked up and moved. But in reality, mobile homes are frequently far from mobile. Older mobile homes are often structurally incapable of withstanding the stress of a move. Some movers won't move homes that are over a certain age.
“Once you’ve hooked them up to utilities, built porches and once they become a certain age, they’re not moveable,” Newman said.
Moving a mobile home is also expensive, averaging between $10,000 and $25,000 for a double-wide, and there are few places to move them to.
“They haven’t built a new mobile home park in Great Falls in eons,” Newman explained. “We don’t even have a manufactured home dealership in Great Falls anymore. They’re not mobile, basically at all.”
“It’s kind of like having your customer chained to the bench of a waffle house,” Newman quipped of tenancy under Havenpark. “In other words, these people can’t go anywhere. A lot of people actually walk away from their homes because they can no longer afford the lot rent.”
During Montana’s last legislative session, Democratic Rep. Jonathan Karlen introduced a bill to address the concerns of mobile homeowners across the state. House Bill 889 was labeled as a "mobile home tenant bill of rights," and would have expanded lease minimums from month-to-month to at least a year, required a 60-day notification from the landlord before terminating a rental agreement, prohibited a landlord from disapproving the sale of a mobile home based upon the home’s age, and stop landlords from engaging in retaliatory conduct or enforcing existing mobile home park rules in an “unreasonable or non-uniform manner.”
Karlen’s bill enjoyed broad bipartisan support, passing the GOP-controlled legislature by a 68 to 31 vote in the House and a 30 to 20 vote in the Senate, but was opposed by the Montana Landlords Association.
Despite HB 889’s popularity, following the end of the legislative session Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed it.
In his veto letter, Gianforte said he's committed to increasing Montanans' access to affordable, attainable housing, including measures that ensure the availability of rental lots for owners of mobile homes.
"House Bill 889, however, unduly increases regulation of mobile home parks, disincentivizes landlords from maintaining or increasing the inventory of mobile home rental lots, and, in general, compromises the property rights of mobile home park owners," Gianforte said.
Gianforte also said the bill unreasonably limits a landlord's ability to change the use of a mobile home park by imposing a moratorium on termination of existing leases for a period of at least 12 months after receiving local government approval of a proposed change of use.
"This provision encumbers the property rights of the landlord and his or her ability to use the land as he or she sees fit within the rule of law," Gianforte said.
The veto drew immediate criticism from House Democrats.
“HB 889 was a compromise that I crafted with legislators of both parties and with stakeholders, who all recognize that Montanans living in mobile home parks are on the front line of our housing crisis and deserve the same rights as other homeowners,” Karlen said in a press release. “The governor’s veto made it clear that, when it’s time to act rather than talk, he stands with a minority of bad landlords and out-of-state corporations rather than with the tens of thousands of hardworking Montanans and senior citizens suffering from unfair and predatory practices.”
At The Highwoods Cindy Newman said that despite the setback she will continue in her efforts to change Montana law and obtain just and equitable treatment for mobile homeowners. | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/02/montana-mobile-home-owners-confront-250-increase-in-lot-rents/70375975007/ | 2023-07-02T15:59:48 | 1 | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/02/montana-mobile-home-owners-confront-250-increase-in-lot-rents/70375975007/ |
Residents say they're concerned about a pack of coyotes roaming close to homes in a Lewisville neighborhood.
The coyotes were caught on camera in the early morning hours along Rockbrook Drive.
Experts say there's good reason for concern because coyotes can go after pets and sometimes even children.
"They can be vicious. They're not very big though. You know so if a human and a coyote got into a fight, chances are the humans are going to win. But if there's multiple you know a pack of coyotes can be quite dangerous," said Randall Kennedy of Dallas-Fort Worth Wildlife Control.
Experts say the sightings are common because the animals are probably looking for food. That's why it's so important to never leave food, water or trash out -- because all of those things can attract coyotes. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/coyotes-spotted-roaming-a-lewisville-neighborhood/3288475/ | 2023-07-02T16:00:34 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/coyotes-spotted-roaming-a-lewisville-neighborhood/3288475/ |
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Investigators are looking into what caused a fire at a dock on Joe Pool Lake early Saturday morning. According to the Grand Prairie Fire Department, the call came in around 5:53 a.m.
Flames destroyed three boats and one jet ski along the dock. No one was injured.
"Heck of a way to start the Fourth of July weekend, but nobody was injured, so that was the main thing. These boats can be replaced," said Rodney Ellis who lost a boat in the fire.
The Grand Prairie Police Department said it's believed an electrical issue with one of the boats is the blame. The official cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The Grand Prairie Fire Department says all other boats from the damaged dock were relocated to other spots in the marina. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/several-boats-burned-in-dock-fire-on-joe-pool-lake/3288481/ | 2023-07-02T16:00:42 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/several-boats-burned-in-dock-fire-on-joe-pool-lake/3288481/ |
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TACOMA, Wash. — At age 70, Madonna Hanna hopes to record her fastest 100m and 50m times. Her sights are set on the 2023 National Senior Games in Pittsburgh. The games run from July 7 through July 18.
Hanna will compete in the 50m, 100m, and the 4x100m relay. Each week, Hanna spends three days on the track and two days in the gym lifting.
Hanna, of Tacoma, a former fashion executive and teacher, did not lace up her racing shoes until she was nearly 60 years old.
She always enjoyed watching track events on TV, but her high school did not have a track team for girls. The love for running stayed with her.
It was a calling that she finally answered thanks to support from her husband and soon after, a sponsorship from GetSetUp.
Hanna encourages everyone, no matter their age, to consider getting active. Consult with your health care professional, Hanna said, but don't count yourself out when it comes to setting athletic goals.
She started competing in 2011 and hasn't looked back.
Like any competitive athlete, Hanna has battled challenges along the way. In 2014, Hanna tore her Achilles and needed surgery. She spent about a year rehabbing and re-entering a training regimen. Her husband, who also ran competitively himself, continued to coach her through the tough time.
In 2017, won titles in the 50m and 100m.
Over the years, her husband battled cancer, and in 2018, he was diagnosed with a third bout of cancer. He continued to coach her until he passed away later that year.
Next, Hanna would go through a coaching transition.
Elite track athlete Marcus Chambers, a Foss High School grad from Tacoma, took over coaching Hanna and since they have teamed up - she has earned state medals.
What is GetSetUp?
GetSetUp is a free health and fitness online community for older adults.
In its statewide partnerships with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Washingtonians ages 60 and up can enjoy GetSetUp classes at no additional charge.
GetSetUp is sponsoring GetSetUp Athletes as an initiative designed to inspire and support older athletes by providing them with sponsorship and a platform to promote their passion for sports in order to empower their peers.
GetSetUp Athletes are sponsored by GetSetUp, and each athlete will receive a $1000 stipend to help with their training and competition expenses, along with a full GetSetUp branded kit for their sport. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma-woman-sprinting-national-senior-games/281-49ff4848-d4e8-435d-bfea-8fe0360817c2 | 2023-07-02T16:15:50 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma-woman-sprinting-national-senior-games/281-49ff4848-d4e8-435d-bfea-8fe0360817c2 |
Hicks: July 4th and American-style conservatism
MUNCIE, Ind. –- Independence weekend is time to do many things. Among first rate fireworks and barbecue, I find time to re-read the Declaration of Independence.
It’s a small thing, but it reminds me of so much that is of existential importance. This weekend I’ll also torture my kids with long talks about political philosophy and the future of conservative thought.
I do this for many reasons. They are embarking on a life of service, and need to hear some of what I have to say as intellectual armor in a dangerous world. The youngest is 19, and I am all too conscience that opportunities to influence them are increasingly rare. But mostly I see the long river of American conservative thought facing deep turbulence. In this process we face political re-alignment and coalitions that should make us all think about the future we want for our children.
This column is about conservative political thought in America. There’s plenty wrong with progressive political philosophy, but I will touch upon that only lightly. I’ve been a man of the right since casting my absentee vote for Ronald Reagan from a barracks room in 1980. That is where I remain.
There are two broad types of influential conservative thought. One is European, the other American. There is some overlap, but European conservatives argue for maintenance of their past. The particular philosophies differ by country, but they are heavily tied to church, social norms and especially national identity.
American conservatism has always been different. We don’t seek to preserve some distant, mythical cultural heritage, but the enduring ideas of our Revolution. These are Enlightenment ideas, summed into few core principles. We believe each person has the right to speak freely, worship as they wish, assemble openly and engage in commerce as they choose. Government exists to protect these rights, through rule of law. This is a deeply humanistic set of ideas, focusing on the individual – not the culture or nation.
These characteristics make American and European conservatism vastly different philosophical affairs. To be sure, Conservatives from both sides of the Atlantic may agree on many things. Both could be profoundly religious, believing their faith offers a unique revealed truth. I certainly do. But, a true American conservative cannot believe that government should promote that faith, or treat those of other faiths differently. That is anti-American, an unwelcome residue of European conservatism.
In its most simple form, European conservatism is often called Blood and Soil Nationalism. Unsurprisingly, it sounded better in the original German, and was a catch-phrase of the racialist policies of the Nazi’s. One other aspect of European conservatism is its traditional lack of concern over individual freedom. This manifested itself in the ease with which Hitler, and fascist governments in Spain and Italy adopted what we would today call far left economic policies. They would subordinate anything, especially a healthy economy, to their Blut und Boden ideology. This is not merely misguided, at its hearty, it is deeply authoritarian and runs counter to the American focus on individual rights.
Now it is true that most European political parties of the right have become more like American conservatives. Constitutions, with individual rights are widely supported by Europeans, of both the left and right. Likewise, American progressive political thought also shares respect for the pantheon of individual rights that conservatives wish to preserve. The result is a healthy form of political debate that comes from within this respect for individual rights.
One reason so much of the world is adopting our bedrock commitment to individual rights is that it proves a guardrail against extremist ideologies. As it turns out, the best way to beat back Nazi’s and Communists is simply to have a robust commitment to individual rights.
Again, the American left has its own problems with authoritarians. Most visibly these enter in the excesses of culture wars. Many Americans find these deeply off putting, thus they have proven electorally damaging. Still, the American conservative movement is quickly disintegrating into factions, with a large segment increasingly resembling old fashioned European conservatism. If that wing of the party dominates primaries, many American conservatives will ally themselves elsewhere. It is better to be aligned with those who still respect individual rights and the rule of law, but disagree about taxes than to join authoritarians. This will prove a powerful political coalition, as the last three elections demonstrated.
To be clear, this is not a critique of Donald Trump. Whatever else his crimes, Mr. Trump is wholly innocent of any contribution to intellectual conservatism. The growing authoritarianism comes from other sources. They include Catholic integralists, who argue for an American government subordinate to religious authority. Some of this European Conservative influence in the U.S. comes from Hungary’s Victor Orban, a proto-fascist.
Such a broad swathe of American conservatives find Orban’s world view attractive that the last Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) meeting was held in Budapest. The equivalent of this on the left would be Emily’s List meeting in Cuba, praising the Castro regime, and calling on the US to adopt their ideology.
The third pillar of European conservatism that should worry us lies in economic policy. American Compass, a website run by former Romney advisor Oren Cass lays bare the entire enterprise. In columns, editorials, and a series of policy platforms, Cass rejects nearly all of the basic economic principles of American Conservatism.
In his view, major portions of the economy must be controlled by government, with a wholesale rejection of individual freedoms. Trade cannot be free, key industries must be chosen and directed by a bureaucracy to maximize certain types of employment. Men and women must be steered to occupations that boost the ‘common good’ without regard to their individual interest or wishes. Capital markets as well as workers must be under state guidance. Cass terms this “Common Good Capitalism” and makes fact starved arguments in support of its merits.
Make no mistake, this new European Conservatism risks two and a half centuries in the pursuit of individual freedom. Personal choice, individual responsibility and economic freedom are all subordinated to the goals of this ideology. To be fair, the economic framework of this European style conservatism is not new. It appeared in Italy in the 1920’s and in Germany in the 1930’s. In fact, the rush of economic policies pushed on Germany in 1933 are largely indistinguishable from those now promoted by American Compass.
Altogether, these ideas reject the fundamentals of American Conservatism; freedom of speech, freedom of thought and association, economic liberty and the rule of law. We Americans have worked too hard, sacrificed too much treasure and blood, seen too many other nations suffer failed experiments in government to allow these decaying ideologies to infect our shores. There’s no better time to reject authoritarian movements than celebrating our Independence Day.
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PHOENIX — A first-alarm fire in a commercial building near 31st Street and McDowell Road was controlled by fire crews, said Phoenix Fire Department.
At about 4 a.m., fire crews were sent to the 31st and McDowell Road due to reports of smoke coming from a commercial building, Phoenix Fire said.
Heavy smoke was seen coming from the rear of a restaurant. Firefighters accessed the kitchen area, where most of the flames were coming from, and extinguished most of the fire, said Phoenix Fire.
No one was injured and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A young man has been arrested in Scottsdale after he allegedly attempted to kill his girlfriend by stabbing her repeatedly with a kitchen knife.
Aidan Theis, 18, flew to the Valley to spend the holiday weekend with his girlfriend but the trip was quickly derailed by an argument between the couple, court records show.
While watching a movie in a hotel room near Scottsdale and Double Tree roads, the victim fell asleep and Theis allegedly contemplated hurting her.
The suspect told police he went into the room's kitchenette after the movie to retrieve a knife and thought about "taking her life," court records show.
He then allegedly stabbed his girlfriend in the neck, waking her up and resulting in a physical struggle between the two. After sustaining more stab wounds, the victim ran out of the room and sought help in the hotel's lobby.
Officers later found Theis early Thursday morning in the parking lot with blood on his hands and legs. He was booked into the Maricopa County jail and is facing multiple felony charges.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. — A body was found in an Avondale canal Saturday morning, according to Avondale Police Department.
At about 8:46 a.m., police responded to a call of a body found reported by a canal worker near Avondale Boulevard and Thomas Road.
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PHOENIX — LGBTQ+ sports leagues are helping create community and support through competition. One of the oldest teams in Arizona is Cactus Cities Softball League.
It was founded in part by Don Welsh in the mid-1990s, who moved to Arizona and needed an escape.
"Things were really tough for our community because of HIV and AIDS," he said, adding that the LGBTQ+ community was organizing and meeting more regularly at the time.
He was surprised there wasn’t an organized LGBTQ+ sports group already after having played for teams in Philadelphia and Chicago. So, when he sent out the rally call, he said, "A lot of people that were interested in playing softball had played sports and just actually liked playing sports."
Jaramillo is currently the commissioner for the Cactus Cities Softball League. He joined after moving to Arizona in 2011 and looking for a way to keep playing.
"I was like 'oh I love playing softball' and they were like 'oh you should come out and play. we have a gay league,' and I was like 'there's such thing as a gay league? what?'"Jaramillo said.
LGBTQ+ inclusive sports teams are growing in the Valley. There are teams for bowling, hockey, football, softball, volleyball and more. Jaramillo said this is about love of the game and finding community.
"We embrace everybody. we don't judge anybody. we try and create a safe place for anybody," he added.
The league has grown a lot. it started with five teams and now they're up to 21. and they have almost 350 players.
They’re good too. They’ve racked up trophies and recognitions throughout the years. But Welsh remembers a time early on when just playing put them at risk of discrimination.
"We had a permit yanked from us once when they found out we were LGBT,” Welsh remembered. "Only one time but we had a team that refused to come out and shake our hands," he added.
They persevered. Jaramillo said it's become more like a family, getting together outside of the diamond often. He wants the community to know they accept everyone-just how they are.
"Whether you're LGBTQ+ or not, however you identify, we would welcome you in," Jaramillo concluded.
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PHOENIX — The City of Phoenix is moving forward with a structured outdoor campground to address the city's homeless crisis - but the plan comes with a lot of controversy.
The city council approved the next step in the plan Wednesday, raising a lot of questions about what this means for the city's homeless population and neighborhoods impacted by the crisis.
Vice Mayor Yassamin Ansari was the only council member to vote against the measure.
She said she'd hope the city would look to expand services beyond the downtown encampment area, rather than concentrate all the resources near "The Zone," which is part of her District 7.
"It also very much puts an undue burden on people experiencing homelessness to have to come to one area of the city to get services, and the surrounding businesses, the neighbors, all of the surrounding communities, I think I feel like they have done their part," Ansari said in a phone interview with 12News Thursday. "I also am disappointed that we are not leading with indoor air conditioning, shelter and services. I think our extreme heat is far too dangerous for people to be living outdoors."
The city is calling this a “safe outdoor space," but also referred to it as a structured campground during the council hearing.
Phoenix is ultimately planning to buy the lot at 1537 West Jackson Street, near the corner of 15th Avenue and Jackson. Right now, it's a gated property with a warehouse building that's owned by the state.
It’s a few blocks from the city’s largest homeless encampment, known as The Zone, and even closer to the State Capitol, which you can clearly see from the Jackson Street property.
The idea is to have AC in the building for a cooling area throughout the day, but people will be allowed to camp on the property, rather than stay on the streets. It's unclear at this time if people can sleep in the air conditioning at night.
City staff said it will have 24/7 security at the site and there will be rules and a code of conduct people will have to follow. They also plan to bring in mobile showers and bathrooms on-site.
About 10 members of the public spoke out against this, some who currently or have recently stayed in The Zone. One man called it a "lateral move" that just pushes problems down the block.
"Homelessness is not an issue that's unique to District 7, it's not unique to Phoenix," Ansari said. "We need regional solutions. We need other cities to step up and build their own shelters and provide services in their cities and not rely on Phoenix."
This concept of a structured campground is something Phoenix city staff previously said over and over again in court they didn’t want to do, with the priority to provide real indoor shelter space. But they’re ultimately making this move to comply with a judge’s court order to clean up The Zone.
The court order stems from a lawsuit filed by downtown residents last year over conditions in The Zone. A trial is scheduled for July where the judge said he expects to see the city’s progress, although the city is appealing the ruling.
The city also discussed plans to continue getting more shelter beds online throughout the next year. Staff also detailed a setback on a previously approved plan for a shelter structure that would have brought in 280 beds near 22nd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.
City staff and council members revealed that there were environmental issues with the site and that they'd have to look for alternate locations.
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PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Prescott Firefighter Sean Misner and his pregnant wife Amanda learned they were having a boy in April 2013. It was the couple’s first child.
Sadly, Sean would never have the chance to hold his son. Two months later, the catastrophic Yarnell Hill Fire took the lives of Misner and 18 fellow hotshots.
On Friday afternoon, Prescott commemorated the 10th anniversary of the historic loss.
Misner’s mother discussed with 12News what life has been like for the family since the fire.
“Initially, it was very difficult, a lot of grieving for Sean’s wife and the baby,” said Tammy Misner. “To have his son in our lives, what a blessing.”
Sean will turn ten years old in August. “I can say my grandson is the spitting image of his father. His personality, his looks, even the way he walks,” Tammy said.
The boy was not at Friday’s ceremony. His grandmother declined to provide some details about the family for privacy reasons.
Tammy said her grandson has learned about Sean’s legacy and his wise, intuitive personality.
The boy calls Sean his father in heaven.
“He does know his daddy,” Tammy said. “He knows everything about him, what happened. He is proud of his daddy. His stepfather, we couldn’t pray for a better father for him in his life.”
The community donated more than $10 million to the families of the fallen after the tragedy. Tammy said the family feels they were supported by the outpouring of donations.
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PITTSBURGH — The owner of a Pittsburgh nightclub that was deemed a “nuisance bar” by the Allegheny County district attorney was arrested and charged for allegedly entering the club illegally after it was padlocked and shut down by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office.
Derrick Hemby, who lives in Export, was arrested by the sheriff’s office and charged with felony criminal trespass and felony criminal solicitation for going into Club Energy Saturday afternoon in violation of the court order issued on Friday shutting down the business.
The DA issued the injunction because the club was operating without a liquor license and because it had become a nuisance property, creating a public safety concern, according to the sheriff’s office.
Two people were shot outside the Homewood club in the early hours of June 25.
On Friday, Hemby was informed of the closure, the locks were changed on the bar so only the DA’s office would have access and signs were posted on the door, according to the complaint.
An officer driving past the club Saturday noticed the signs were gone, according to the criminal complaint, and a man was seen going in and out of the bar.
The man was a locksmith who told officers he was contracted by Hemby to change the locks to the bar, according to police. The locksmith told officers he never saw any signs indicating the bar was shut down.
Hemby was arraigned on charges and released. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for later this month.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates (39-43) got demolished in game two against the Milwaukee Brewers (44-39) Saturday evening.
Corbin Burnes had a perfect game going into the sixth inning until he walked two batters and gave up a two-RBI single from Jack Suwinski.
Johan Oviedo got roughed up during his outing, which resulted in his fifth straight game, where he received a loss. Granted, his other starts weren’t indicative of a bad start.
The Pirates made a huge comeback in the bottom of the eighth, where they scored six runs and reduced the Brewers’ lead to three runs heading into the ninth inning.
But, the Pirates would fall after a failed comeback and lost to the Brewers 11-8.
Game three between the Pirates and Brewers will be at PNC Park, with first pitch scheduled for 1:35 p.m.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — We are just days away from one of America’s favorite holidays.
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Families and friends come together to grill food, get some drinks, and enjoy the parades and the sky lighting up with fireworks.
But, large crowds and loud noises are less fun and overwhelming for our furry friends.
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The American Veterinary Association said noisy fireworks and other celebrations could startle animals and cause them to run away.
Holiday foods can be unhealthy, summer heat and travel can be dangerous, and debris can lie on the ground where pets can eat or play.
As the holiday approaches, here are nine ways to keep your pets safe:
- Make sure all windows and doors are securely closed.
- As much as you love them, leave your pets at home when you go to parties, fireworks displays, parades, and other gatherings -- loud fireworks, unfamiliar places, and crowds can all be very frightening to pets.
- Make their crate or other comfortable hiding spots available at home.
- Keep your pets inside, even at home, when you or your neighbors set off fireworks.
- Keep sparklers, glow sticks, fireworks, charcoal, and kabob skewers away from pets.
- Make sure your pets have identification tags with up-to-date information in case they run away.
- Try not to leave your pet unattended for long periods.
- Be mindful of the weather, and make plenty of water available for your furry friend to avoid heat stroke.
- If your pets are microchipped, ensure your contact information in the registry is up-to-date.
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SANFORD, Fla. — The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens’ is set to host its next event in it all-ages summer series, Sunset at the Zoo.
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Sunset at the Zoo allows guests to enjoy a few extra hours at the zoo.
The event is held on the fourth Friday of the month from May to September and will celebrate a different culture during each month’s event.
July’s Sunset at the Zoo will take place on July 28 and will celebrate Black and African American culture and heritage with music, food trucks, vendors and zoo favorites.
The zoo will reopen the gates at 5 p.m. and will stay open until the sun goes down.
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PYLESVILLE, Md. — A homicide investigation is underway in Harford County.
It all began on Saturday around 8:49 p.m., deputies were called to the 1700 block of Scott Road for reports of two people who were shot.
When they arrived, deputies found two men, a 62-year-old and a 70-year-old, suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper body, both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The family dog was also shot and killed.
As the investigation progressed, a suspect was identified, 53-year-old Steven M. Nolan of Pennsylvania.
Nolan was taken into custody two hours after the incident occurred by Pennsylvania State Police.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Nolan shot one man inside the residence, and the other outside the residence.
The investigation is still ongoing.
While the Harford County Sheriff's Office have obtained charges in Maryland for Nolan, he is currently being held in Pennsylvania jail pending extradition to Maryland.
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ATLANTIC CITY — City Council is expected to vote on starting a consolidated municipal court with Pleasantville at its July meeting, to save money and increase efficiency for both towns.
The court would be run by Atlantic City, officials have said.
The merger, if approved, would be the latest example of small towns merging courts as a way to save costs.
"This is a means of showing support to our sister municipality, who approached us about consolidating," said Atlantic City spokesman Andrew Kramer in a Tuesday email response to questions.
"We see absorbing Pleasantville Municipal Court, which is a much smaller court, as a way to improve services and increase the City of Atlantic City’s revenue, without adding any additional costs to the taxpayers," Kramer said.
Council passed an ordinance on first reading on the consolidation in May, but then postponed the public hearing and second reading at its June meeting.
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"We would like to request a one-meeting adjournment on this ordinance due to the promulgation of new legislation covering joint courts," said City Solicitor Mike Perugini at last week's council meeting. "The city has to take a step back and redo the financial analysis."
Pleasantville City Council also recently passed an ordinance on first reading to pursue the idea.
Pleasantville Mayor Judy Ward said she supports the idea but the two cities are still working out the details, including the effects of the new legislation.
Co-sponsors are Council President Aaron "Sporty" Randolph, Council Vice President Kaleem Shabazz and Councilwoman Stephanie Marshall.
According to the ordinance, the court would be called the Joint Municipal Court of the City of Atlantic City" and would be located in the same place municipal court is now located in the Charles G. Graham Public Safety Building at 2715 Atlantic Avenue.
Atlantic County runs a consolidated municipal court covering 9 towns out of the historic Court House in Mays Landing.
The Atlantic County Central Municipal Court, founded in 2022, replaced the local courts of each of its participating municipalities. Ten municipalities — Corbin City, Egg Harbor Township, Estell Manor, Galloway Township, Linwood, Northfield, Port Republic, Ventnor, Weymouth Township and Hamilton Township — ultimately decided to join the court.
But Hamilton Township recently dropped out of that system and elected instead to start a joint court with Hammonton. On Tuesday, Northfield City Council adopted an ordinance authorizing the city’s withdrawal from the Atlantic County Central Municipal Court and pledging its membership to the planned Hammonton Joint Municipal Court. It is the second municipality to opt for this new arrangement, coming two months after Hamilton Township left the Central Municipal Court for Hammonton.
The new joint court would be held on the property at 100 Central Ave. in Hammonton.
Atlantic City's ordinance authorizes Mayor Marty Small Sr. and City Clerk Paula Geletei to negotiate details of an agreement with Pleasantville.
Small mentioned the idea of starting a joint court with Pleasantville in his State of the City speech in January.
It will be considered again at the City Council meeting July 19.
(Staff Writer Chris Doyle contributed to this report.) | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/atlantic-city-pleasantville-look-to-share-municipal-court/article_58966f7a-152c-11ee-85b6-e33b00fa651b.html | 2023-07-02T16:52:11 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/atlantic-city-pleasantville-look-to-share-municipal-court/article_58966f7a-152c-11ee-85b6-e33b00fa651b.html |
PHILADELPHIA - Darick Hall is an upbeat guy.
On Sunday, he had even more of a reason to feel good
The left-handed slugging first baseman was back in the Phillies clubhouse after recovering from a thumb injury.
Philadelphia promoted Hall from Triple-A. He was in the lineup, batting eighth as the Phillies prepared to host the Washington Nationals.
“I feel good,” Hall said. “I like where I’m at. The good thing is the pain is gone.”
Hall was the Phillies starting first baseman after Rhys Hoskins was lost for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in spring training.
But Hall tore ligaments in his thumb sliding into second base in the sixth game of the season against the New York Yankees on April 5. He underwent surgery and has been out since then.
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“It has been a rollercoaster,” Hall said, “but I’ve just tried to ride it every step of the way. Be where my feet are and just focus on what’s the next goal. That kept me grounded and helped me focus on the right things and not the scenario. That’s what got me to this point. The next thing is just perform.”
Hall, 27, boasted a slash line of .325/.406/.537 at Triple-A the last month. His nickname is “Long Ball Hall” for a reason. Hall can change the game with one swing. He hit nine home runs in 136 at-bats for the Phillies last season. He does struggle against left-handed pitchers, batting .083 (1 for 12) against southpaws last season.
The Phillies could use an infusion of power. They began Sunday ranked No. 18 of baseball’s 30 teams with 90 home runs. Manager Rob Thomson said for now Hall will start at first base against right-handed pitchers and some left-handers.
Hall got the news he was headed back to the Phillies while he was sitting in the Lehigh Valley IronPigs dugout Saturday night.
“I had an off-day and they told me in the third inning,” Hall said. “It was a huge adrenalin rush. It was kind of unexpected. It was just butterflies, just really excited to get back.”
To make room for Hall on the roster, the Phillies sent Kody Clemens back to Triple-A. Clemens played well this season but was 5 for 39 in his last 13 games. Thomson said the plan is for Clemens to pay multiple positions at Lehigh Valley.
“He played really well defensively and had some big hits,” Thomson said of Clemens. “We want him to go down there and play different positions, second, third maybe a little left field and just be ready to go. He’s a pro. He’s a great teammate." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/darick-long-ball-hall-returns-to-the-phillies-lineup/article_da3ca044-18f1-11ee-b3b1-63b4259bea5b.html | 2023-07-02T16:52:18 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/darick-long-ball-hall-returns-to-the-phillies-lineup/article_da3ca044-18f1-11ee-b3b1-63b4259bea5b.html |
I've said it before: summer is a harder time to make ends meet for some Tucsonans. And even if your income is steady, it's just harder to exist when there are excessive heat warnings and the worst part of your day is either the walk to and from your car or the minutes it takes for your car's A/C to really kick in.
Remember that we get to have food here that is hard to come by elsewhere: the magic of Rollies' birria and rolled tacos, the Sonoran diner fusion of Baja Cafe, the monsoon views at Saguaro Corners. It's a privilege that comes with the toil of the exhausting heat.
To incentivize us to get out of our air-conditioned cocoons this summer, some restaurants have deals to make dining out more affordable or just more exciting for those of us sticking it out.
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Here are 15 special menus and discounts reserved for the real ones:
Kingfisher
Every year, Kingfisher takes us on a culinary expedition across the continent (and this year, abroad) featuring preparations of fish from a variety of regions. While you still have a few days to experience their east-coast menu (which includes specialties like crab bisque and seafood pot pie), they'll be back after a summer break with recipes inspired by the Caribbean, Cyprus and France.
Si Charro
$5 house margaritas on Mondays at Charro Steak, 188 E. Broadway, and The Monica, 40 E. Congress St., are just one of the many deals the Si Charro group has going on for the summer. El Charro (multiple locations) and CharroVida, 7109 N. Oracle Road, have half-off deals on select apps, desserts and kids' meals Monday-Thursday.
Presta Coffee Roasters
I am always in love with Presta's seasonal drinks and this summer is no exception. A caffeine-free, chamomile Arnold Palmer? A matcha drink with GUAVA and dried passionfruit?? A spicy espresso drink called It's A Dry Heat??? No notes.
Flora's Market Run
Flora's has my favorite poke bowl in town, sorry. Now it's not only on their summer menu, but prepared foods like poke are 10% off through the market. (20% off the juice bar, too, if you need an excuse to treat yourself.)
Houlden’s Rise Above
Hannah Houlden is a punk vegan magician, who has not only made a summer preorder box with strawberry jam stuffed cronuts (!!!) but a vegan AND gluten-free preorder option with compromise-free options like chocolate tahini baby cakes and raspberry pop tarts.
Penelope Pizza
inside Cartel Roasting Co., 210 E. Broadway
While some restaurants start strong and fizzle out, Penelope has only gotten better and better: their leopard-spotted crusts look like they're out of Napoli and this season they're offering a breezy, lemon and veggie-forward option that is just perfect for hot summer days. Plus a special salad that will make an arugula girlie out of me.
The BlackTop Grill
8300 N. Thornydale Road; food truck at Dillinger Brewing, 402 E. Ninth St.
This popular munchies spot has concocted a Chinese-Sonoran fusion in a bun as part of their summer menu. They call it the Shanghai dog. It's topped with cucumber, and disciples of the grill are flipping out about its return in the Facebook comments.
Tanna's Botannas
at The Monica, 40 E. Congress St.
One of the most exciting menu drops of the summer are the cocktails at The Monica that feature not only Tanna's rim dips, but also her Puro Ice Sonoran-Italian ice. I'm most excited for the mango drink with mango ice, tequila, pomegranate ponche and Tanna's Botannas spicy mangoz.
Renee's
All white and rosé bottles at Renee's are $28 for the summer!!
Bob's Steak & Chop House
This fancy resort chophouse is offering a Wednesday date-night deal! A four-course prix fixe for two, including lobster bisque, a classic wedge, filet mignon and chocolate cake (and that's just half the options) will set you back $135 per couple. Expect to pay $25 extra per person for the wine pairing.
Tucson Coffee Cricket
We're going to list every one of Coffee Cricket's summer special drinks because they all sound simply scrumptious. An espresso French soda, a caffeine-free Pineapple Upside Down Cake spritzer, a mate Palmer, a sparkling cherry limeade (!! bye, Sonic) and a white peach iced tea round out their flawless summer menu.
Graze Premium Burgers
Graze offers a simple summer discount: $12 burger, fries and a drink from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Lovin' Spoonfuls
This vegan restaurant is serving two new veggie bowls this summer: a black bean option and fried sweet and sour tofu.
El Corral
This historic steakhouse has some enormous summer specials. They're offering a 32-ounce steak for $99 (an extra $10 upgrades it "for two"), a three-margarita flight for $12 and $13 Rocky Mountain Oysters 😳. The special is available Wednesdays through July 12.
Borderlands Brewing Co.
Chef Maria Mazon has created a burrito special for Borderlands Brewing Co.'s new Sam Hughes location — chile con carne, potatoes, cheese and lettuce wrapped in a flour tortilla. Available all July. | https://tucson.com/news/local/a-big-list-of-summer-specials-happening-at-tucson-restaurants-and-bars/article_cdb66700-16a9-11ee-b3cf-9f56c1389af5.html | 2023-07-02T17:06:57 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/a-big-list-of-summer-specials-happening-at-tucson-restaurants-and-bars/article_cdb66700-16a9-11ee-b3cf-9f56c1389af5.html |
How much critical habitat for jaguars will be eliminated remains unclear more than a month after a court decided the U.S. government erroneously designated land including the proposed Rosemont Mine site as legally protected habitat.
Depending on how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service interprets the ruling, as little as 8.8% or as much as 51% of all 709,000 acres of critical habitat in Southern Arizona mountain ranges for the endangered jaguar could be eliminated.
The May 17 ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a wildlife service decision that designated the land surrounding the proposed Rosemont Mine site in the Santa Rita Mountains as critical jaguar habitat. But the ruling’s wording left it unclear in some observers’ views as to how much total land will be removed from critical habitat.
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The outcome could have significant legal ramifications because federal law prohibits destruction or “adverse modification” of critical habitat for endangered species.
In 2014, the wildlife service formally designated jaguar critical habitat, but the same year it determined the mine would not illegally destroy critical habitat.
But U.S. District Judge James Soto in Tucson overturned that decision in February 2020 and ordered it redone. The 9th Circuit declined to rule on that issue, since it has decided the critical habitat itself wasn’t properly designated.
A wildlife service regional spokesman in Albuquerque, Al Barrus, declined to say how the agency intends to interpret the decision.
Seven adult male jaguars have been spotted in the U.S. Southwest since 1996. Five have only been seen in Arizona, one only in New Mexico and one in both states.
Hudbay says impact is limited
At issue is the future of two major areas of jaguar critical habitat, known as Unit 3 and Subunit 4b. Unit 3 spans about 351,500 acres, and Subunit 4b covers about 12,710 acres.
All of Subunit 4b of critical habitat would disappear regardless of how the 9th Circuit ruling is interpreted by the feds, but the amount of land that would be removed from Unit 3 remains up in the air.
Unit 3 runs in almost a straight shot south from the Santa Rita Mountains, through the Patagonia, Huachuca and Empire mountains, south to the Canelo and Grosvenor hills near the U.S.-Mexican border. Subunit 4b covers much of the Whetstone and Empire Mountains southeast of Tucson and south of Benson.
Hudbay Minerals Inc. is the company proposing to build the mine, which it no longer calls Rosemont but has folded into its larger Copper World project in the Santa Ritas.
Hudbay said the court decision limits the area to be removed from critical habitat to only the 50,000 acres that includes the Rosemont site at the north end of Unit 3 of jaguar habitat, and the 12,710 acres of Subunit 4b.
The Toronto-based mining company specifically referred to a footnote in the recent ruling. It noted, in referring to the wildlife service's original determination that some critical habitat was occupied, that Hudbay was only contesting critical habitat for the northern Santa Rita Mountains area of Unit 3 — roughly 50,000 of its total of 351,000 acres.
Others find the ruling unclear
But Marc Fink, an attorney for the environmental group that supported the service’s designation, the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity, said the 9th Circuit ruling left it unclear whether only the 50,000 acres or whether all 351,501 acres of unit 3 would be removed from critical habitat.
“It’s a great question. It’s something we’re still assessing and trying to figure out if there’s steps we want to take on this,” Fink said.
He added, “there are too many attorneys in the room” for the center to make a quick decision on how to react to the conflicting interpretations of the 9th Circuit’s ruling.
Steve Spangle, a retired Arizona field supervisor for the wildlife service, agreed the ruling is unclear. He said that if he were still on the job, “I would look at the whole designations and decide what if any modifications should be made, or should we just start all over?"
“We had a competent biologist on that designation. I would ask her to take a whole new look,” said Spangle, who oversaw the wildlife service's Arizona Ecological Services office when it made the original critical habitat designation in March 2014. He retired in 2018.
The wildlife service biologist to whom Spangle referred, Marit Alanen, still works for the agency in its Tucson office.
Failed to prove 'essential' need
The 9th Circuit ruling said repeatedly that the service’s designation of the entire Unit 3 was “arbitrary and capricious,” a phrase courts typically use when they overturn or toss out a federal agency’s action. The ruling was handed down by a three-judge panel. It voted 2-1 to overturn a separate part of Soto's ruling that had upheld the critical habitat designation of all of Unit 3 and Subunit 4b.
The 9th Circuit panel majority found the service failed to make the case that those areas were “essential” to conservation of the jaguar — a standard required by federal law to justify designation of unoccupied critical habitat — which is how this land had been designated by the service.
“In sum, the FWS has not provided a 'rational connection between the facts found and the choice made' or 'articulate[d] a satisfactory explanation' to justify its designations of Unit 3 and Subunit 4b as unoccupied critical habitat,” the panel wrote.
But the ruling simply reversed Soto’s upholding the designation of the “challenged area” as critical habitat. The “challenged area” referred to the area of critical habitat that Toronto-based Hudbay had originally challenged: the 50,000 acres in Unit 3 and 12,710 acres in Subunit 4B.
The wildlife service can’t comment on the ruling’s implications because it still considers the case pending, said Barrus. Asked why, Barrus referred a reporter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix.
There, a U.S. attorney’s spokeswoman in turn referred the question to Shannon Shevilin, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division, who didn’t return an email from the Star seeking comment. Typically, U.S. Supreme Court rules give losing parties in a Circuit Court ruling 90 days to file an appeal to the high court.
This court-based repudiation of jaguar critical habitat is the second such instance since jaguar habitat was designated in 2014. In February 2022, the wildlife service removed about 59,000 acres of critical jaguar habitat in New Mexico after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the agency’s previous designation of that land as jaguar prime habitat.
The 10th Circuit’s rationale was similar to that of the 9th Circuit’s last month: that the wildlife service failed to show the lands in question were essential for jaguar conservation.
More recently, in December 2022, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the wildlife service to establish a much more expansive jaguar critical habitat, of more than 14 million acres in the "Sky Islands" of Northern and Southern Arizona and in Southwest New Mexico. A sky island is a forested mountain that rises up out of intervening desert and grasslands, the Sky Island Alliance says.
Contact Tony Davis at 520-349-0350 or tdavis@tucson.com. Follow Davis on Twitter@tonydavis987. | https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/ruling-cuts-protected-jaguar-habitat-near-tucson-but-how-much-is-unclear/article_68f747aa-151c-11ee-86ec-5ba443ec5038.html | 2023-07-02T17:07:03 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/ruling-cuts-protected-jaguar-habitat-near-tucson-but-how-much-is-unclear/article_68f747aa-151c-11ee-86ec-5ba443ec5038.html |
If you went to Tucson High School and served in the military, you could have your name in bricks.
The Tucson High Badger Foundation wants to expand its Walkway of Honor to include engraved bricks for veterans from the school’s entire 117-year-history, including the past 99 years at its current location on Sixth Street and Euclid Avenue.
“The goal is to get as many veterans as we can,” said Badger Foundation board chairman Jerry Strutz.
The foundation started honoring Tucson High’s veterans in 2019, with a display of engraved bricks for each of the 143 former students who were killed in World War II, including at least three members of the school’s 1940 football team.
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The dedication ceremony for the display outside the Tucson High Magnet School gymnasium was finally held in October of 2021, after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judy Ann Mares Redmond graduated in 1974 and now chairs the foundation’s veteran tribute committee. She said the idea to “expand the brick-print” of the Walkway of Honor was inspired by her father, Arnulfo Mares, who served in the Korean War and died last year at the age of 92.
Each brick costs $150, with the proceeds benefiting the foundation’s endowment fund.
Anyone, living or dead, who attended the school and served in the armed forces is eligible for the Walkway of Honor. You don’t need to be a graduate of the school, and you don’t need to have served in the military during wartime.
“You just have to be a Tucson High vet,” said Strutz, who is a Badger only by way of attending the University of Wisconsin but is married to Tucson High graduate Margie Navarro Strutz from the class of 1964.
All the bricks are engraved by long-time Tucson business Proios Sandblasting & Engraving.
Thanks to “some generous donors,” Strutz said, the foundation has some money available to subsidize the cost of a brick for families that might need assistance.
The foundation also oversees a second section of Badger Bricks engraved with the names of other Tucson High graduates and supporters who aren’t necessarily veterans.
The bricks serve as an important revenue source for the group, which was formed in 1982 and established the endowment fund in 2008.
Strutz said they used to hand out three college scholarships to Tucson High graduates every other year or so, but the group now presents five or six scholarships totaling about $40,000 each year.
The endowment also provides grants to the school and its teachers for special projects or basic operations and assistance to individual students who need help paying the fees for school activities.
The foundation hopes to dedicate the next round of bricks for veterans during a ceremony on or around Veterans Day in 2024.
By Strutz’s estimates, there could be a thousand or more former students who qualify for the Walkway of Honor. Depending on how many bricks are sold, the foundation may need to take out some more concrete in front of the gym to accommodate the growing tribute.
“We’re prepared for that,” he said.
“The more the merrier,” Redmond added.
Applications for the Walkway of Honor and the general Badger Bricks program can be found at www.BadgerFoundation.org.
For more information, contact Strutz at jstrutz1@cox.net, Redmond at badgerfoundation.vatribute@gmail.com, Chris (Tellez) McNair at ths66@cox.net or Rick Villegas at rickvillegas1950@comcast.net. | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-high-foundation-honors-veteran-students/article_7c6f0878-071a-11ee-a645-3f328c22ae37.html | 2023-07-02T17:07:09 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-high-foundation-honors-veteran-students/article_7c6f0878-071a-11ee-a645-3f328c22ae37.html |
Two separate wildfires are burning this weekend in Santa Cruz County, Coronado National Forest Service officials say.
The Corral Nuevo wildfire started Friday about 12:30 p.m., north of Ruby Road and near Atascosa Ridge. Late Saturday, the fire had been holding steady at about 150 acres, official said.
About two miles south of Corra lNuevo, the Beehive Fire has grown to about 1,500 acres, Coronado Forest officials say in a Facebook post.
The forest service began retardant and water bucket drops on the wildfires Friday. Crews are expected to continue to fight the wildfires throughout the day Sunday.
The cause of the wildfires is still under investigation. | https://tucson.com/news/local/two-wildfires-continue-to-burn-in-santa-cruz-county/article_012b4cbe-1857-11ee-a4c5-87c7b952c2d0.html | 2023-07-02T17:07:16 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/two-wildfires-continue-to-burn-in-santa-cruz-county/article_012b4cbe-1857-11ee-a4c5-87c7b952c2d0.html |
Jurors who have already deliberated for four days in the trial of a New Jersey police officer charged in a chase and shooting that killed one man and wounded another will be back in the courtroom Monday with the defense seeking a mistrial.
Newark patrolman Jovanny Crespo faces charges including aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault and misconduct. He's accused of using unjustified deadly force when he shot two men in a car with a gun during a wild high-speed chase in January 2019.
Dashboard and police body camera video show Crespo jumping out of his patrol car and firing three times during the pursuit. Essex County prosecutors say that violated guidelines of the state attorney general’s office, which say police may use deadly force only if they or someone else is in “imminent danger” of death or serious bodily harm.
Forty-six-year-old Gregory Griffin, the driver, was killed and another man, a passenger, was critically wounded. Crespo said he saw a gun pointed at him at each location and fired in self-defense. He spent a week in jail following his May 2019 indictment and has been suspended without pay.
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NJ.com reports that near the end of the fourth day of deliberations Friday, jurors sent the judge a note saying they had discovered that one member of the panel “had prior knowledge and opinion of the case.”
With no alternates left, defense attorney Patrick Toscano moved for an immediate mistrial, saying keeping the juror on the panel would be prejudicial to his client. The prosecutor urged the judge to tell the jury to disregard any prior knowledge or opinion and focus on the evidence.
The judge told jurors to return Monday but didn't tell them about the mistrial motion, saying he would deal with the contents of the note at that time. Earlier in the trial, three jurors were excused for scheduling conflicts and replaced by the three alternates. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/jurors-to-return-monday-in-nj-officers-trial-in-shooting-death-as-defense-seeks-mistrial/3596760/ | 2023-07-02T17:12:25 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/jurors-to-return-monday-in-nj-officers-trial-in-shooting-death-as-defense-seeks-mistrial/3596760/ |
Justin Spurlock does numerous acts of service around Greater Richmond after being paralyzed in a car accident in 2002. As a pay it forward measure, the community is building Spurlock an ADA-compliant home.
More than two decades after being paralyzed, Justin Spurlock stays on the move, volunteering his time and talents throughout Greater Richmond, particularly in King William County. Now, his community is paying it forward by building Spurlock a wheelchair-accessible home.
Spurlock, 39, was in a car accident in 2002, months after graduating high school. While the crash left him as a quadriplegic, Spurlock takes his situation in stride, even sporting an ICNTWLK license plate on his personal and company van that he calls a “rolling billboard.”
“It’s one of those things where it’s like, you don’t have a choice, and I was raised to the point where if life throws you lemons, you make margaritas out of them,” Spurlock said. “So I just made the best of it.”
Watching cousins and friends progress through life milestones, Spurlock did not allow his new reality to prevent him from accomplishing his own goals.
“They were the same age as me or older: going off to college, trade schools, getting married, having kids, and I was like ‘there’s nothing different that I can’t do that they’re already doing,’” said Spurlock.
Following the accident, Spurlock went to the Wilson Workforce Rehabilitation Center in Fisherville for physical therapy and occupational therapy, learning how to drive again. While residing at the rehab center, he took drafting classes, graduating with architectural, mechanical and 3-D drafting and design certificates in 2005.
Spurlock works full time as an engineering specialist for Richmond’s gas utilities department, providing construction plans, easement drawings and other special details for gas pipes. He also runs his own business, J. Spurlock Designs LLC, which builds signs and creates vehicle wraps and stickers.
Among Spurlock’s interests and hobbies are NASCAR and fishing. Prior to COVID, Spurlock hosted several car shows that raised funds for fire departments, veterans associations and people with disabilities. He also spoke to high school students about safe driving measures.
Spurlock has been living at his grandparents’ home, managing his business from their garage. He credits them with supporting him throughout his challenges.
“They’ve been my number one source,” Spurlock said. “The day I got in an accident, my grandmother basically quit her job and made sure that everything was in place for me. If I could pick somebody to be my role model, it would definitely be her.”
For the numerous acts of service Spurlock has provided, Engel Family Farms and the community at large are giving back to him by building an ADA-compliant home, which will include a track system that allows Spurlock to move around with minimal assistance.
Kevin and Denise Engel established Engel Family Farms in 1991 in Hanover County. Their farm operations have since expanded to 14 counties across the Commonwealth. Spurlock grew up with the Engel’s youngest son Casey, playing roller hockey with him in Ashland and later coaching him.
After the accident, Spurlock reached out to Kevin Engel expressing the desire to have his own home. When the Engels planned to add 153 parcels next to their King William home, they gifted two acres to Spurlock.
“Justin is a person that has given back to the community so much, not just the King William community, but the whole Richmond surrounding community,” Kevin Engel said. “He’s a very humble man; my family and I, and these folks here, love that kind of person.”
A new ice cream stand has opened in Richmond at the former Sweet 95 and Suzy Sno spot.
The other “folks” that are helping Spurlock out includes Dwayne Simms and Sandra Heins, longtime friends of Kevin Engel. Simms, of Glen Allen, assisted Spurlock in getting the Board of Supervisors to approve a two acre lot instead of the required five.
“The reason why we are where are today is because of that man,” Simms said of Kevin Engel. “He will help anybody in need; when he asked me and asked Sandra, it wasn’t any problem with my hand going up.”
A fundraising car show will be held July 22 at The Meadow Event Park in Doswell, with the proceeds going toward Spurlock’s new home. Heins, of Hanover, and Simms are gathering sponsor information and donations for the event.
“He’s strong, he’s smart, he’s driven,” Heins said about Spurlock. “But he’s also willing to listen, and to listen to his peers and the folks around him who he trusts.”
The housing project is slated to break ground later this summer and complete construction around the beginning of 2024.
“We wanted him to have a nice place to call his own,” Denise Engel said. “He’s been looking for that for years, and we just want to help him out.”
Spurlock says he couldn’t ask for a better group of folks to help him build his own space. He plans on organizing more car shows and diving into other ventures. Moving forward, Spurlock says he will continue to go around obstacles just as any able-bodied person does.
“Just because I’m in a wheelchair doesn’t mean it’s made easier for me,” Spurlock said. “There’s no ramps to success, you still have to take the steps.”
From the Archives: Richmond buildings that are no longer around
Justin Spurlock, foreground, is shown with Kevin Engel, Sandra Heins and Dwayne Simms, at a site, where Spurlock would like to build his house, in King William County, VA, on Monday, June 19, 2023. They are working together to help Spurlock build the house at the site. | https://richmond.com/news/local/making-a-difference-justin-spurlock-wheelchair-accessible-home/article_8f437246-0c73-11ee-8538-e74ed71fa1c7.html | 2023-07-02T17:25:22 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/making-a-difference-justin-spurlock-wheelchair-accessible-home/article_8f437246-0c73-11ee-8538-e74ed71fa1c7.html |
A house in West Lincoln caught fire Saturday afternoon after being struck by lightning.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue was called to the scene near Northwest 41st Street and Huntington Avenue after the fire was reported around 1:25 p.m. during a heavy thunderstorm.
The fire, which started after lightning struck the roof and spread from the attic toward a garage with no cars in it, caused around $100,000 in damages, LFR said. No injuries were reported.
Photos: Nebraska drought threatening livestock and crops
Drone photography of J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, Omaha WORLD-HERALD
Joan Ruskamp, and her husband Steve, operate J & S Feedlot and Farm near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, the couple has had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD
J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD
J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, Omaha WORLD-HERALD
The weather report is up in the farm office at J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD
Drone photography of J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD
J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD
Steve Ruskamp loads feed for the cattle at J & S Feedlot and Farm, which he operates with his wife Joan, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, the couple has had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD
Feed for the cattle at J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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Father Matthew Gutowski, of St. Wenceslaus Parish in Dodge, Neb., has been saying a special mass for rain since the county is under extreme or exceptional drought.
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Father Matthew Gutowski, of St. Wenceslaus Parish in Dodge, Neb., has been saying a special mass for rain since the county is under extreme or exceptional drought.
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The farm office at J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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Joan Ruskamp, and her husband Steve, operate J & S Feedlot and Farm near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, the couple has had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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Cattle move to a shade cover at J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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Bundles of hay at J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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Joan Ruskamp, and her husband Steve, operate J & S Feedlot and Farm near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, the couple has had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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Father Matthew Gutowski, of St. Wenceslaus Parish in Dodge, Neb., has been saying a special mass for rain since the county is under extreme or exceptional drought.
ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD
Feed for the cattle at J & S Feedlot and Farm, with about 2,000 head of cattle, near Dodge, Neb., on Tuesday. With Dodge County under extreme or exceptional drought, owners Joan and Steve Ruskamp have had to adjust how they care for their cattle.
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A 64-year-old woman who had been missing since Saturday evening has been found and reunited with her family, the Lincoln Police Department said.
Shortly before 7 a.m., LPD announced in a tweet that the woman was missing.
The woman was last seen at 5 p.m. Saturday near 17th and Sumner streets.
In a second tweet around noon, LPD said that the woman had been located.
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ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A tractor-trailer reportedly left Interstate 26 and crashed into a home in Erwin on Sunday morning, according to Erwin Police Chief Regan Tilson.
Tilson told News Channel 11 that as of 10:08 a.m., the scene near Rex Lewis Lane was still active and in what he called ongoing “rescue operations”.
News Channel 11 has reached out to the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and is awaiting a crash report. Our crews at the scene observed a medical helicopter land on a baseball field near the home.
No confirmation regarding injuries, cause for the crash or number of occupants in the home has not been provided.
This is a developing story and updates will be provided as they become available. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-crashes-into-home-in-erwin-rescue-operations-ongoing-police-chief-says/ | 2023-07-02T17:25:53 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-crashes-into-home-in-erwin-rescue-operations-ongoing-police-chief-says/ |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Lynchburg Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 3200 block of Nelson Street just before 5 a.m. Sunday.
Officials said the residents of the home reported that there was a fire in the living room.
LFD said the residents were able to safely evacuate, and a neighbor assisted in knocking down most of the fire with an extinguisher before crews arrived.
Firefighters also assisted in rescuing the family’s fog, which was given oxygen through a special animal air mask, according to officials.
The department said it’s believed that an overloaded electrical circuit may have been the cause of the fire, and the Fire Marshal’s office is investigating. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/lynchburg-fire-department-helps-rescue-dog-after-early-morning-fire/ | 2023-07-02T17:27:16 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/lynchburg-fire-department-helps-rescue-dog-after-early-morning-fire/ |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values of 106 to 111 are expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Big Bend and Panhandle
Florida and south central and southwest Georgia.
* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ this morning to 7 PM EDT /6
PM CDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Beyond today, dangerously high heat index
values may continue each afternoon of the week ahead,
particularly over our Florida counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
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GAIL DRAKE: George Walton: From orphan to Georgia founding father
“He raises the poor out of the dust ... that He may seat him with princes.” -- Psalm 113:7-8
On a hot evening on July 27 in Savannah, numerous men entered Peter Tondee’s pub for a not-so-secret meeting. An announcement to meet at the “Liberty Pole” had been published in the Georgia Gazette on July 14, 1774, signed by Georgia leaders Noble Jones, Archibald Bulloch, John Houston, and young George Walton. Tondee himself stood at the door, screening the attendees. Inside, delegates discussed laws recently passed by Parliament that threatened to strip them of their personal rights. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/gail-drake-george-walton-from-orphan-to-georgia-founding-father/article_0aeb1ee8-18f0-11ee-ad67-2fe9088eb30b.html | 2023-07-02T17:34:54 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/gail-drake-george-walton-from-orphan-to-georgia-founding-father/article_0aeb1ee8-18f0-11ee-ad67-2fe9088eb30b.html |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values of 106 to 111 are expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Big Bend and Panhandle
Florida and south central and southwest Georgia.
* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ this morning to 7 PM EDT /6
PM CDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Beyond today, dangerously high heat index
values may continue each afternoon of the week ahead,
particularly over our Florida counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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MARC HYDEN: Saving hungry kids’ lunches from government overreach
When I was in elementary and middle school, a typical school lunch might have consisted of a rectangular object that we were told was pizza, bland corn, a cup of beans topped by a thick layer of congealed “bean juice,” and of course, chocolate milk. It was a culinary tragedy, but it was a temporary one.
Once summer came along, I could eat at home — giving me a reprieve from this wanton torture — but as an adult, I’ve come to realize that this is a privilege that not every child enjoys. Around 9 million American children are food insecure, and a 2014 estimate suggested that one in four youths in Georgia go hungry during the summer months. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/marc-hyden-saving-hungry-kids-lunches-from-government-overreach/article_b3d1db20-18ee-11ee-91f2-0375684f0753.html | 2023-07-02T17:35:00 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/marc-hyden-saving-hungry-kids-lunches-from-government-overreach/article_b3d1db20-18ee-11ee-91f2-0375684f0753.html |
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) -- There are thousands of injuries from fireworks nationwide on Fourth of July weekend.
Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol went over safety when it comes to fireworks this holiday weekend, and he discussed the fireworks you are allowed to use. His interview is below. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-sheriff-discusses-fireworks-for-upcoming-fourth-of-july/article_1cca9086-18ef-11ee-821d-1b0bbfa7a739.html | 2023-07-02T17:35:36 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneida-county-sheriff-discusses-fireworks-for-upcoming-fourth-of-july/article_1cca9086-18ef-11ee-821d-1b0bbfa7a739.html |
DUNEDIN, Fla. — A man's body was found at Honeymoon Island State Park Sunday morning, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said deputies were called to the area around 7:40 a.m. about a body found in the water.
Authorities said so far it does not appear suspicious. The investigation into this incident is still ongoing.
This is a developing story. Stay with 10 Tampa Bay for updates. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/body-found-at-honeymoon-island-state-park/67-a934d99e-b429-4b94-b0f0-4981f23323e3 | 2023-07-02T17:39:10 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/body-found-at-honeymoon-island-state-park/67-a934d99e-b429-4b94-b0f0-4981f23323e3 |
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A 66-year-old woman was hit and killed Saturday afternoon while crossing a road in Pinellas Park, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
The incident happened just before 6 p.m. when a car driven by a 65-year-old man going northbound on Park Street North, struck the woman as she was walking east across the intersection of County Road 16.
Troopers said the woman entered the path of the car. The woman died at the scene of the crash. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/woman-hit-killed-while-crossing-road-in-pinellas-park/67-be91037d-2eeb-441f-ad09-9c70852420e4 | 2023-07-02T17:39:12 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/woman-hit-killed-while-crossing-road-in-pinellas-park/67-be91037d-2eeb-441f-ad09-9c70852420e4 |
MODESTO, Calif. — A 21-year-old man was killed in a crash while racing another car on Highway 99 in Modesto, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash happened around 5:56 a.m. Sunday on Highway 99 north of Woodland Avenue. Investigators say 21-year-old Ramiro Lopez Trevin lost control of his 2002 Volvo while driving fast, north on Highway 99.
The speed of the car caused it to travel across all lanes of the freeway and onto the right shoulder where it hit a tree head-on, investigators believe.
Officers say Trevin was wearing a seatbelt. They believe he was racing an unknown car at the time of the crash.
Witnesses and people with information on the deadly crash are asked to call investigators at 209-545-7440.
Watch more from ABC10: Sheriff Boating Units prepares for busy holiday weekend on water | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/modesto/ramiro-lopez-trevin-fatal-crash/103-3a7a2fde-98b9-4722-9bd4-4cc5cc9e2412 | 2023-07-02T17:39:42 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/modesto/ramiro-lopez-trevin-fatal-crash/103-3a7a2fde-98b9-4722-9bd4-4cc5cc9e2412 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 17-year-old is in the hospital after a shooting at a Sacramento hotel, the Sacramento Police Department says.
According to police, officers went to the 1900 block of Canterbury Road around 2:28 a.m. Sunday after 911 callers reported a shooting. The scene unfolded at the Sure Stay Plus Hotel.
Officers say they found the 17-year-old man with non-life-threatening injuries. Medics took him to a hospital. Officials say the investigation is still active.
Watch more from ABC10: Sacramento family sees justice for mother killed in shooting | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/teen-hurt-hotel-shooting/103-7aa2e775-9bf9-473f-95bf-7bdba35f213f | 2023-07-02T17:39:48 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/teen-hurt-hotel-shooting/103-7aa2e775-9bf9-473f-95bf-7bdba35f213f |
STOCKTON, Calif. — A man was shot after confronting someone allegedly igniting fireworks in a north Stockton neighborhood Saturday night, police say.
According to the Stockton Police Department, the 30-year-old victim confronted the shooter, described as an adult man, about igniting fireworks around 10:58 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of San Lucas Avenue.
The gunman shot the 30-year-old causing non-life-threatening injuries. Medics took the victim to an area hospital. Police are still searching for the shooter and say that the investigation remains active.
The cities of Stockton, Lodi, Manteca, Tracy and Ripon are the only areas in San Joaquin County that allow the use of Safe and Sane labeled fireworks.
At least three legal fireworks shows are planned for Stockton on Monday and Tuesday. Click HERE for details.
Watch more from ABC10: 3 people injured after head-on crash in Plumas County | Top 10 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/man-shot-confronting-person-lighting-fireworks/103-2fc75427-b378-4168-b60c-cd8938ce5825 | 2023-07-02T17:39:54 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/man-shot-confronting-person-lighting-fireworks/103-2fc75427-b378-4168-b60c-cd8938ce5825 |
STOCKTON, Calif. — An 18-year-old man died after being shot in Stockton Sunday morning, police say.
Officers with the Stockton Police Department found the teen in the area of State Route 4 and Wilson Way around 2:35 a.m. Sunday. Investigators believe the shooting happened five minutes earlier in the area of Main Street and Rendon Avenue, nearly a mile away.
Medics took the teen to a hospital where he died. Officers have not released any information about the shooter or a possible motive.
Witnesses and people with information on the deadly shooting are asked to call investigators at 209-937-8377.
Stockton Crime Stoppers is offering anonymity and a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 209-946-0600 or through the P3 Tips mobile app.
The fatal shooting marks Stockton's 28th homicide so far in 2023.
Watch more Stockton news from ABC10: Stockton business hit with six break-ins in six months | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/teen-killed-shooting/103-96106e7a-d45a-445b-bf37-0214493cedd8 | 2023-07-02T17:40:00 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/teen-killed-shooting/103-96106e7a-d45a-445b-bf37-0214493cedd8 |
PICKSTOWN, S.D. — Pickstown and Wagner area residents showed up big for the first National Walleye Tour tournament held in the small Missouri River towns.
The two-day walleye tournament that brought some of the nation’s top professional anglers to the section of Lake Francis Case in late June drew massive crowds at the 3 p.m. weigh-ins.
National Walleye Tour Tournament Director Jeff Kelm said the crowd sizes at Prairie Dog Bay dock marked “one of the best turnouts” he’s seen on this year’s tour. The June 22-23 Pickstown stop was the third tournament of this summer’s Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s National Walleye Tour.
“Look at all these fans taking in the action and seeing the best anglers compete in their backyard. There isn’t a better place to be right now if you are a fan of tournament fishing,” Kelm said, while emceeing the weigh-ins on Friday, June 23.
Rough estimates of attendance at Friday’s finale hovered around 300, while Thursday saw closer to 200 spectators. Among the fans who watched anglers haul in 12 to 14 pound bags of walleye each day was Parkston native turned NFL standout Riley Reiff.
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Routes to the dock where weigh-ins took place were made more difficult due to heavy road construction, but that didn’t hamper locals from experiencing their first National Walleye Tour.
Of the National Walleye Tour tournaments hosted in South Dakota over the past three years, the Pickstown stop drew the largest crowd of them all. Mobridge and Chamberlain-Oacoma were the host cities over the past three years. Weather was also more favorable during the Pickstown event than what Chamberlain/Oacoma and Mobridge experienced in 2021 and 2022.
Making the event more special for fans was seeing a South Dakota native hoist the championship trophy. After stringing together a dominant season in 2022 and winning a National Walleye Tour tournament on Lake Michigan, Pierre pro angler Duane Hjelm produced his first individual tournament championship in his home state on June 23 with a 27-pound bag of walleye on two days of fishing the section of the Missouri River.
As Hjelm edged ahead of Pennsylvania pro angler Dylan Nussbaum on the final day of the tournament, the crowd erupted. It was a moment the decorated pro angler said he’ll never forget.
“This is one of the few spots in the state I haven’t really fished before this tournament, but I love this place,” Hjelm said of the river reservoir lake in southeastern South Dakota.
The Pickstown stop gave South Dakota pro anglers an opportunity to showcase their skills on the body of water that’s one of the state’s premier walleye fishing destinations. And they delivered.
Out of 132 pro anglers who competed in the event, six South Dakota pro anglers finished in the top 20. Pierre’s Ryan Thompson finished in sixth place with a 25 pound bag of fish on two days of fishing. Jason Broughton, of Corsica, Josh Moret, of Platte, Dustin Kjelden, of Brookings, and Sturgis’ James Trimble were among the remaining South Dakota anglers who placed in the top-20, which earned them each a check.
Unlike other tour tournaments held this year, the Pickstown stop wasn’t a catch and release format. While anglers were allowed to keep their daily limits of fish, tournament officials found a way to give back to the area that played host.
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The hundreds of walleye pro anglers and amateur anglers brought to weigh-ins were donated to the Wagner Fire Department and the Boys and Girls Club of the Missouri River Area for a fish fry. | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/crowd-size-fan-support-impresses-national-walleye-tour-officials-at-pickstown-tournament | 2023-07-02T17:47:53 | 1 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/crowd-size-fan-support-impresses-national-walleye-tour-officials-at-pickstown-tournament |
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man drowned after rescuing two children who got into trouble while swimming at an eastern Pennsylvania state park, authorities said.
The Bucks County coroner’s office said Marvin Alexan Fernandez Chicas, 37, “disappeared in the water” after rescuing the children who were swimming at Nockamixon State Park on Thursday evening.
The coroner’s office said Friday that the cause of his death had been confirmed as drowning following an autopsy and the manner of death appeared to be accidental. Coroner Meredith Buck said in a statement that the office is extending “its deepest condolences” to his family.
Wesley Robinson, spokesperson for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, said the two children were seen struggling in the Tohickon Creek in the cliffs area at about 5 p.m. Thursday. Chicas went in and got the children to shore, then began to struggle, Robinson said. His body was found by divers in the lake more than two hours later.
Swimming is prohibited in the creek and in the 1,450-acre Lake Nockamixon, the largest in the county, Robinson said.
Fire Chief Harry Grim of Haycock Township, who said about 10 divers were involved in the search, told WFMZ-TV that many parts of the lake are deceptive and dangerous.
“Unfortunately, people don’t follow the rules, and the sad reality is it’s not a smooth, gradual slope under the water, and they step off into a deep area, they take a gulp of water, and they die unfortunately. It shouldn’t happen, but it does,” Grim said.
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Radim Zohorna, who showed a degree of promise when he broke into North American Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, is back in the organization.
Zorhorna, who got a one-year deal worth $775,000 at the NHL level, is one of three signings the Penguins announced Sunday.
They struck a one-year deal worth $785,000 at the NHL level with goaltender Magnus Hellberg and a two-year agreement with forward Marc Johnstone, whose deal carries a $775,000 salary-cap hit when he’s on the major-league roster.
All three are two-way contracts and reflect president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas’ stated goal of adding depth to the organization.
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PITTSBURGH — Police and fire crews were called to Homewood North for a porch collapse Sunday morning.
The porch collapsed on a home in the 7300 block of Monticello Street around 11:24 a.m.
No injuries were reported, officials said.
The entire porch appeared to come off the multi-story building and land on the ground below.
We’ve reached out to Pittsburgh Public Safety for more details.
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LAPORTE — The LaPorte County Council has unanimously voted to switch from precinct-based voting to vote centers.
Final approval is now required by the LaPorte County Commissioners, which is expected to consider the proposal in August.
Until then, LaPorte County Clerk Heather Stevens plans to host a series of public meetings to explain how vote centers work, along with their advantages over the precinct voting system, and answer questions.
Stevens said switching from precinct voting would be more convenient by allowing residents to vote at any polling location in the county.
She said one of the ideas behind vote centers is increasing voter turnout.
For example, people returning home from their jobs on Election Day are often pressed for time to reach a polling location in the precinct in which they live before it closes.
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But at a voting center, registered voters would be able to stop at the first polling place in LaPorte County they pass, which could be up to 30 miles or even more from where they live.
“This is especially important for working people,” she said.
Stevens said money would also be saved by having fewer polling locations to staff.
Initially, her plan calls for the number of voting sites to go from 52 to 38.
Under a population-based formula, the state would require a minimum of eight voting sites in LaPorte County.
Stevens said she believed such a low number of polling places would make voting more of a challenge for people who have to drive a distance in the county, the largest by square miles in the state.
More polling places could be eliminated if some locations in upcoming elections wind up with a handful of people casting ballots outside their neighborhoods, she said.
Council President Mike Rosenbaum said voting would also become easier for people who relocate then go to the polls to learn that their change of address was not reflected on their voter registration.
When that happens, Rosenbaum said, voters must go to where they cast their ballots previously.
“Some of them have had to wait in line then find that out. It just makes a difference when you don’t have to go to a different location and you’re able to vote anywhere in the county,” he said.
On June 16, the LaPorte County Election Board also voted unanimously for vote centers.
Support for vote centers has also been expressed by LaPorte County Republican Party Chairman Allen Stevens and LaPorte County Democratic Party Chairwoman Angela Hensman.
A majority of the counties in Indiana use a vote-center approach in their elections. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/vote-centers-leap-another-hurdle-in-laporte-county/article_c1f57bd4-1764-11ee-97a0-1fe54a70bdd7.html | 2023-07-02T17:52:15 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/vote-centers-leap-another-hurdle-in-laporte-county/article_c1f57bd4-1764-11ee-97a0-1fe54a70bdd7.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. — Crimeline said they are looking for a man on multiple warrants, including sexual battery on a minor.
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According to the flyer, Michael Addison, also known as Mike Love, is considered armed and dangerous.
Law enforcement said the suspect usually goes to areas around Parramore, Jackson Street, Long Street and Rio Grande Avenue.
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Crimeline said he also has connections in Lake County.
If you know anything about where Addison is, contact Crimeline at 800-423-8477 to submit an anonymous tip.
People who provide a tip could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
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DELAND, Fla. — The City of DeLand recently announced plans for its Independence holiday celebration.
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Firecracker Festival will be held on July 3 at Earl Brown Park from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The free event will feature vendors, food trucks, and even a pie-eating contest.
READ: 9 Fourth of July fireworks displays you can’t miss in Central Florida
There will also be a kids’ activities area and live music at the park’s amphitheater.
Guests attending the concert are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
City officials said a fireworks display will light up the sky around 9 p.m.
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Earl Brown Park is located at 750 South Alabama Avenue in DeLand.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — From the Rose City to the coast, several places across Oregon are planning big fireworks displays in honor of Independence Day.
Here’s more on where you can find the displays, as well as the events centered around them.
Hillsboro
What: Hillsboro Hops vs. Vancouver Canadians
When: Tuesday, July 4 at 7:05 p.m.
Where: 4460 NE Century Blvd, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Cheer on Oregon’s minor-league baseball affiliate as they compete against the Vancouver Canadians. The event, held at Ron Tonkin Field, will feature an extended post-game fireworks show.
Hood River
What: Hood River Fireworks
When: Tuesday, July 4 at 10 p.m.
Where: Portway Ave, Hood River, OR 97031
The Hood River Event Site’s official fireworks display doesn’t start until 10 p.m., but groups can go to one of the nearby restaurants, breweries, or the Waterfront Park beforehand.
Lincoln City
What: 4th of July 2023 in Lincoln City
When: Tuesday, July 4 from 12 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Where: Multiple locations
Lincoln City’s festivities will start with live music from Hecktic Week, Strawberry Roan and Hellcats before guests head over to Siletz Bay for “largest 4th of July firework show on the Oregon Coast” at 10 p.m. Visitors can stop by Pelican Brewing for the deck party that starts at 7:30 p.m., or a front-row view of the display.
Portland
What: Waterfront Blues Festival
When: Tuesday, July 4 around 10 p.m.
Where: 98 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR 97204
After country music band The Mavericks performs, the major Waterfront Blues Festival will come to a close with “downtown Portland’s only large-scale fireworks display.” Find a spot on Tom McCall Waterfront Park to view the show.
What: 4th of July Spectacular
When: Tuesday, July 4 to Wednesday, July 5 from 12 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Where: 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland, OR 97202
Oaks Amusement Park will have extended hours for the holiday. Tickets, which are only available online, grant guests admission to the park, access to rides, and the fireworks display that starts around 10 p.m.
Salem
What: 4th of July Spectacular
When: Tuesday, July 4 from 3 p.m. to 10:20 p.m.
Where: 2330 17th St NE, Salem, OR 97301
The Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center and Salem are co-hosting the city’s official Independence Day celebration, complete with carnival rides, lawn games and a performance from country band Alabama. Buy tickets here, and arrive at the fairgrounds by 10 p.m. to catch the fireworks show.
Tigard
What: Tigard 4th of July Fireworks Show
When: Tuesday, July 4 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Where: Tigard High School Fields along 92nd Ave.
This family-friendly celebration will include live music, concession stands and kids’ games. Guests are encouraged to pack picnic items and stay for the fireworks display that starts around 10 p.m. | https://www.koin.com/local/2023-fourth-of-july-guide-where-to-find-fireworks-shows-across-oregon/ | 2023-07-02T17:56:45 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/2023-fourth-of-july-guide-where-to-find-fireworks-shows-across-oregon/ |
HOUSTON — A former Pasadena High School student who went missing more than eight years ago has been found alive.
Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was reported missing in March 2015 when he was 18 years old. He was walking his two dogs in north Houston before he went missing, The two dogs were later found, but Rudy was nowhere to be seen.
"He has such a huge heart. He loves with all his heart," Rudy's mom told KHOU 11 in 2016. "That's why we know he wouldn't just get up and go on his own.
When Rudy disappeared, family members were warned he may have been abducted and sold for human trafficking. They were also concerned because Rudy suffered from anxiety and depression, and was an asthmatic who didn't have his inhaler when he went missing.
While we don't know the details of Rudy's disappearance, HPD Missing Persons Division and Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller confirmed to KHOU 11 that Rudy has been found alive.
Rudy is currently recovering in a hospital, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.
Below was the story we ran in 2016, one year after Rudy's disappearance
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What to do when someone goes missing
Thousands of people go missing every year across the United States, and there are organizations and law enforcement agencies that work to bring them home to loved ones.
The Texas Center for the Missing is an organization with Houston roots that works to educate loved ones and authorities on finding the lost.
From resources that deal with missing children to endangered adults, the non-profit organization has compiled a wealth of resources to help.
There is no 24-hour waiting period required to report a person missing, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/missing-rudolph-rudy-farias-found-houston-texas/285-c6e467fa-423f-4f59-97da-23ac9818c79c | 2023-07-02T18:13:09 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/missing-rudolph-rudy-farias-found-houston-texas/285-c6e467fa-423f-4f59-97da-23ac9818c79c |
PALO PINTO COUNTY, Texas — In Palo Pinto County, about 1,000 acres have burned in a wildfire.
As of Saturday evening, the fire was 85% contained. The Texas A&M Forest Service said it’s being called the “storage fire” because it started behind a storage unit off TX-16 in Strawn.
“We’ve ruled out any natural causes, so it is a human-caused fire,” said Adam Turner, the public information officer for Texas A&M Forest Service.
On Friday, Black Hawk helicopters and large air tankers dropped water and fire retardant from sunrise to sunset.
Every year, wildfires spread in Palo Pinto County. Turner said Texas A&M Forest Service are constantly preparing for it. It takes first responders and resources from in and out of the state to save people and property.
It leaves Billy Horton frustrated. His family has owned a property in the Sportsman’s World neighborhood since 1976.
“I don’t know when people are going to learn, you know, to quit doing things that start fires this time of year,” said Horton.
Someone else’s mistake leaves Horton with a destroyed barn and equipment that will cost him more than $100,000 to replace. Horton said this isn’t the first time he’s had property damaged by fire.
“It brings back memories from 2012. We had a really bad fire from 2012, and it burned a lot of this," he said.
The fire started Wednesday night. Horton saw it get worse on Thursday afternoon when the flames took over his property. He said firefighters saved his house.
“They never thought twice. We’re standing here talking right now, but yesterday, there were flames about fifty feet in the air here. It was an inferno and these guys were fighting it,” Horton said with tears in his eyes.
For Craig Elliott, an Arlington resident who owns a cabin near Possum Kingdom Lake, Friday was wait-and-see. Elliott, who decided not to evacuate, watched the fire approach his cabin on Thursday.
“Everything went bad,” Elliott said. “It came through around the corner like a firestorm. It was just an inferno. I just prayed.”
Elliott credited the work of firefighters for working around the clock to contain the fire.
“The trees will come back. They saved everyone,” Elliott said.
The Texas A&M Forest Service is warning people to prevent fires. Some advice includes not using fireworks, not dragging chains on trailers and keeping vehicle tires fully inflated.
Turner said conditions are expected to improve over the weekend, and he's cautiously optimistic.
"Fire crews were able to get on things earlier today and put a damper on it first thing this morning especially with all those additional air assets we had," Turner said. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/possum-kingdom-storage-fire-determined-human-caused/287-8956bdd4-eb35-4103-8286-d7e0cbc221a4 | 2023-07-02T18:13:10 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/possum-kingdom-storage-fire-determined-human-caused/287-8956bdd4-eb35-4103-8286-d7e0cbc221a4 |
Following Saturday night's deadly mass shooting, many Maryland leaders released statements regarding the incident.
Mayor Brandon Scott, MONSE and Baltimore Police released a joint statement:
“In the early morning hours of July 2, a horrific mass shooting occurred at Brooklyn Homes in South Baltimore. At this time, two people have been killed and 28 others injured, leaving three people in critical condition. My heart is with those who lost their lives, all those who are now battling injuries, and their loved ones. This community should also know that they have our wholehearted support during this unimaginably difficult time. This act of violence has shaken our city to the very core, and we are all grappling with the shock, pain, and trauma that accompanies such a heinous act of destruction.
“This investigation is ongoing, and we will not rest until the people responsible are held accountable. This tragedy again shows why we must continue to focus on the amount of illegal guns on our streets that make it into the hands of individuals who should not have them and continuously carry out violent acts in our city. There must be accountability at each level of the illegal gun trade from those using them, those trafficking them to those who manufacture them in ways they know will lead to violence. I’m asking that anyone who has information on who committed this cowardly, violent act to come forward and help us secure justice for the Brooklyn community.
“To support residents of South Baltimore during this time, my office has stood up immediate resources in and surrounding the Brooklyn Homes area. Today, the Brooklyn Homes Community Center will serve as a central place for various city agencies to provide residents immediate aid and services.
“My Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) will immediately begin their work activating a Coordinated Neighborhood Stabilization Response within this community, focused on addressing trauma and stabilizing the neighborhood in partnership with community-based organizations and City agencies.
“In the coming days, our community will undoubtedly be faced with grief, questions, and the need for answers. I assure you that the Baltimore Police Department, MONSE, and every other city agency is working diligently to investigate, engage residents, and keep everyone informed of additional pertinent information when it becomes available.”
Senate President Bill Ferguson also spoke on the incident:
Waking up to the horrible news that 30 people were shot at a gathering overnight in the district. This is well beyond gut-wrenching, it's a worst-case nightmare.
Gun violence like this is so devastating, especially when it involves young people in our City. My heart goes out to the victims, their families, and our entire community as we seek to learn more this morning.
Right now, the Baltimore Police Department is swiftly investigating this mass shooting, and City officials are making sure victims and families have the care they need. If anyone has any information at all about this horrible event, now is the time to reach out to the Baltimore Police Department.
No matter what, the State of Maryland can and must do whatever possible in partnership with the City of Baltimore to help solve the underlying root causes of the gun violence epidemic in our community.
Bill Ferguson
Governor Wes Moore followed up stating that "Maryland has had enough of watching gun violence continue to ravage our state and nation."
“Last night, we saw yet another mass shooting strike our community where a celebratory gathering turned deadly. My heart breaks for these victims, their families, and the Baltimore community that is coping with the loss.
Maryland has had enough of watching gun violence continue to ravage our state and our nation. The fact that these horrific shootings continue to take place is abominable. We as a state will continue to do everything we can to prevent senseless acts of violence like the one we saw last night.
We are grateful for the actions of the first responders who jumped quickly into action and are confident that our law enforcement officials will swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice. My administration is in close touch with local officials and will provide whatever resources are needed to assist.
To the loved ones of these Marylanders, I am so sorry for your loss. You deserve better and we will work together to bring you just that. You have my word.”
Council President Nick Mosby said that all Baltimoreans need to unite and stand against violence in communities.
-My heart breaks for the lives lost and all affected by the senseless violence that occurred in South Baltimore last evening.
As Baltimoreans, we must unite to stand against violence in our communities and understand that each and every life in our city is precious, valuable, and essential.
The residents of Brooklyn Park deserve to live in a safe community and not wake up today after what was to be a day of celebration, faced with trauma, pain, and loss. All the violence in my beloved city breaks my heart, as I imagine it does yours.
I implore all those with information that can help police apprehend the perpetrators of this callous act, to please step forward and contact BPD Homicide detectives at (410) 396-2100 or if you wish to remain anonymous call the Metro Crime Stoppers tip line, at 1 (866) 7LOCKUP.
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Phoenix police ID man fatally shot by officer responding to burglary call
Phoenix police identified the man who was fatally shot by officers responding to a storage unit burglary on Saturday.
That suspect was identified as 35-year-old Raul Mendez.
Two officers were called to the area near 30th and Washington streets in Phoenix for reports of a burglary and arrived at about 3:30 p.m.
When they arrived, they located a man and woman who fit the description from reports received in the call, according to Sgt. Brian Bower, a spokesperson for the Phoenix Police Department. Bower provided the address for Storage Sense as the location of the burglary.
In the process of detaining the man, an altercation ensued, according to police.
"We're still looking at the details on exactly what led up to (the incident)," Bower said at a news conference on Saturday near the storage unit.
During the altercation, one of the officers fired his gun at the man, Bower said. The man was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries, police said. The firing officer sustained minor injuries to his hands while the second officer was hospitalized for injuries that were not life-threatening, including a leg injury, police said.
The woman was identified as Sonya Gonzalez, born in 1984. She was booked and arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Bower said the information he provided was preliminary and subject to change. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/02/phoenix-police-id-man-fatally-shot-by-officer/70377267007/ | 2023-07-02T18:28:30 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/02/phoenix-police-id-man-fatally-shot-by-officer/70377267007/ |
'Somber day of separation': Phoenix's St. Mary's Basilica faces new leadership
New priest focuses on continuing house of worship's Franciscan character
The ringing of bells at St. Mary's Basilica diverted Eduardo Martinez and Brenden Rosenthal from their Saturday morning routine. Their stroll to the Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market turned into a stop at the storied house of worship.
The 10 a.m. Mass marked the ending of the friars' 127-year shepherding of the church as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix assumes possession of the basilica located on North 3rd Street near East Van Buren in downtown. All but one of the four parish's friars are leaving Phoenix.
A lack of young Franciscan friars seeking to be parish priests led to the withdrawal.
Martinez, a 30-year-old lifelong Phoenix Catholic, had not been to church in a couple of months. Rosenthal, 25, is not religiously affiliated, but likes accompanying Martinez to Mass. Both men were surprised to learn of the historic change.
"I hope it will be the same," Martinez said, mentioning he knows many of the church's members whom he usually sees during Wednesday Mass. "Hopefully I can continue with my weekly ritual."
One clergyman, meanwhile, assured the transition would not affect the ways of the church as the faithful know them.
"I'm just here to be a steward," said St. Mary's new pastor, Father John Muir. "I'm not coming in with some huge plan other than helping the parish be what it is."
'This is my home':After 127 years, Franciscans to leave Phoenix's St. Mary's Basilica
Solemnity reverberates among parishioners
Still, concerns about the church's future permeated the mood among the roughly 60-75 parishioners scattered throughout the basilica's oak pews.
Connie Meza has been a parishioner at St. Mary's for eight decades. The 85-year-old joined when she started school there at 5, one of eight children in her family to be educated through St. Mary's. Horses were common in downtown Phoenix in those days, she recalled.
St. Mary's, whose construction was completed around 1915 and became a minor basilica in 1985, was and should remain a cultural beacon for the city, Meza said. But she fears the friars' exit from power will hit the area hard.
"This is really a displacement of community and people," Meza said, adding the Franciscans in the early 20th century "were synonymous to the county and to the Catholic faith."
At the basilica's lectern, Deacon Santino Bernasconi contrasted the celebratory June 24 service honoring both St. John the Baptist Day and the Franciscan friars with the solemnity that came with Saturday's Mass.
"Today is more of a somber day of separation," Bernasconi said, his voice catching as he remarked on the friars' legacy being the church's material and humanly structure.
Handover marks new beginning
Brother Scott Slattum is a Franciscan friar who will be taking up residence elsewhere in the Phoenix area but will remain on staff. Slattum, 47, has been at St. Mary's for eight years and took an optimistic view on where the church is headed.
"Whenever you have change, it's an opportunity for renewal. So, it'll be exciting to see what's coming forward, or what will be the legacy in another hundred years," Slattum said.
Parishioner Angela Skakoon, 80, remembers singing for the church's choir starting when she was 20. She lauded the outgoing pastor, Father Michael Weldon, for his compassion.
Having been schooled at St. Mary's Catholic High School, the 69-year-old Weldon took on rector duties in 2014.
"This is my home, and it’s gonna be very difficult to let it go," Weldon recently told The Arizona Republic, adding he will be taking a one-year sabbatical before returning to university teaching.
After Mass, parishioners took a procession around the church grounds. Once back inside the church, Weldon asked parishioners if he could take with him a banner bearing the image of Franciscan St. Paschal Baylón that friars brought with them when they first arrived in downtown Phoenix in the late 1800s.
The parishioners obliged and the piece will be added to Franciscan archives in Santa Barbara, California.
At the close of the ceremony, Weldon handed over an ornate, approximately 10-pound bronze key to Diocese Bishop John Dolan, a gesture symbolizing a transfer of leadership.
Father Muir was then handed the key by Dolan.
Franciscan sensibilities expected to endure
As the diocese' vicar general, Muir acts as the bishop's right-hand man. Phoenix-born and raised, the 45-year-old Muir has been a priest for 16 years and was previously a pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Avondale and St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Parish in Anthem.
Muir cheerfully describes himself as a "wannabe Franciscan." He stressed the church's Franciscan character — a love of creation and a humble demeanor — will remain intact. He highlighted the culture of charity the Franciscans have established at the church, including St. Mary's Food Bank and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
"The door to the rectory, the office is constantly open, and they're helping people all the time and just getting out into the communit," Muir said. "I have absolutely no reason I would ever want to change that. I just want to keep building on it."
A call to the priesthood came to Muir as a 22-year-old backpacking in Italy through the hometown of the Franciscan order's founder, St. Francis of Assisi.
"You can kind of still feel (St. Francis') spirit in a way. And that night I just felt the strong desire that I should go, that I should just leave my whole life," Muir said. "It was kind of a lightning bolt."
Sitting across from the church apse where statues of St. Francis and St. Paschal stand alongside those of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph below a mounted crucifix, Muir shared he will invite the order's friars to sermonize and give lectures.
"I think my job is to bring back the Franciscan spirit," Muir said.
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HOUSTON — A former Pasadena High School student who went missing more than eight years ago has been found alive.
Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was reported missing in March 2015 when he was 18 years old. He was walking his two dogs in north Houston before he went missing, The two dogs were later found, but Rudy was nowhere to be seen.
"He has such a huge heart. He loves with all his heart," Rudy's mom told KHOU 11 in 2016. "That's why we know he wouldn't just get up and go on his own.
When Rudy disappeared, family members were warned he may have been abducted and sold for human trafficking. They were also concerned because Rudy suffered from anxiety and depression, and was an asthmatic who didn't have his inhaler when he went missing.
While we don't know the details of Rudy's disappearance, HPD Missing Persons Division and Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller confirmed to KHOU 11 that Rudy has been found alive.
Rudy is currently recovering in a hospital, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.
Below was the story we ran in 2016, one year after Rudy's disappearance
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What to do when someone goes missing
Thousands of people go missing every year across the United States, and there are organizations and law enforcement agencies that work to bring them home to loved ones.
The Texas Center for the Missing is an organization with Houston roots that works to educate loved ones and authorities on finding the lost.
From resources that deal with missing children to endangered adults, the non-profit organization has compiled a wealth of resources to help.
There is no 24-hour waiting period required to report a person missing, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/missing-rudolph-rudy-farias-found-houston-texas/285-c6e467fa-423f-4f59-97da-23ac9818c79c | 2023-07-02T18:41:43 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/missing-rudolph-rudy-farias-found-houston-texas/285-c6e467fa-423f-4f59-97da-23ac9818c79c |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — On Saturday, July 1, the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) announced they are looking for a missing elderly man.
Police said the elderly man reportedly "left his home" near Sandy Parker Court.
An hour later, police were able to safely locate the missing man.
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Three teens were reportedly injured in a shooting the occurred early Sunday in North Philadelphia.
According to police, officers responded to an incident at about 12:08 a.m. on Sunday, along the 2500 block of W. Hagert St. where they found three teens who were injured by gun fire -- a 14-year-old boy who had been hit in the right leg, a 16-year-old girl who had been shot in the left leg and a 14-year-old girl who was shot in the left hand.
Law enforcement officials said all three of the teens were transported to nearby hospitals where they were listed in stable condition early Sunday.
No arrests have been made in this incident, however, officials said an investigation is ongoing.
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UPDATE: As of 1:53 p.m., I-95 has been reopened to traffic.
Police activity shutdown all lanes on I-95 northbound between exits 4 and 5 in Chester on Sunday afternoon.
As of about 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, the Southbound lanes had re-opened after also being shut for about an hour.
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Traffic was being diverted around the police activity and, officials have not provided any explanation for the shutdown.
Officials have said there will be more information available once this incident is cleared.
As of 1:53 p.m., the roadway was reopened to traffic.
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Dozens of young musicians at a Boston recital got a big surprise Saturday afternoon when Ed Sheeran showed up to their concert and joined them on stage.
Sheeran posted video on his Instagram account of his impromptu performance where he sang and danced at the Tobin Community Center in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood alongside young performers of the "Boston Music Project."
The surprise came ahead of his Saturday night concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
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"Morning off in Boston so went to surprise this kids music group, was so fun," read his Instagram caption. "Onto the second stadium show now see ya later x."
The executive director of the youth development program spoke with NBC10 Boston about the once-in-a-lifetime experience of being on stage with the superstar.
“Just very sweet, very kind, and obviously he’s got a busy schedule, but you couldn’t tell. He was very calm and just excited to be there,” Christopher Schroeder said. "His foundation had donated thee guitars to the organization and was able to give it to one of the students right there on stage.”
About 150 family, friends and supporters of the young musicians who were in the audience were caught off guard by Sheeran's appearance and sheer generosity.
Members of the Boston Music Project and their friends and family were gifted with about six dozen tickets for Sheeran's Saturday night concert at Gillette.
“Right at the end of the concert, what was truly a surprise is he turned over to his tour manager and said ‘can we give tickets to all the performers?’” Schroeder recalled. "That was pretty awesome.”
Sheeran is known for giving back in Boston. Back in 2018, he performed for patients at Boston Children's Hospital. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/very-sweet-ed-sheeran-surprises-young-boston-musicians-at-their-concert-gifts-tickets-to-his-gillette-show/3596825/ | 2023-07-02T18:53:07 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/very-sweet-ed-sheeran-surprises-young-boston-musicians-at-their-concert-gifts-tickets-to-his-gillette-show/3596825/ |
NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. – A man is dead after a single motorcycle crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway Saturday, according to the National Park Service.
Officials said it happened near milepost 74, south of the James River.
National Park Service law enforcement rangers and area first responders responded to a report around 12:57 p.m. of the accident and arrived on the scene to find Christopher Graves, 35, of Amherst, deceased as a result of injuries sustained from the accident.
We’re told the initial investigation indicates Graves left the roadway in a sharp curve, came off his motorcycle, and hit his head on a large, nearby rock.
Officials say Graves was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, and no additional details are available at this time. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/man-dead-after-motorcycle-accident-on-blue-ridge-parkway/ | 2023-07-02T18:58:45 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/02/man-dead-after-motorcycle-accident-on-blue-ridge-parkway/ |
Charlie Musselwhite never wanted to be an entertainer, he just wanted to play the blues.
But six decades after he picked up the harmonica, he’s the star he never wanted to be, a Grammy Award and multiple Blues Music Award winner who draws hundreds and thousands to his shows.
"I never really wanted to be in the spotlight," said Musselwhite, who will headline the first night of ZooFest on Thursday. "I never had an urge to be in front of people or entertain people. I just love the music, is all. I just love the music and want to play it. And I get a lot of joy out of watching people dance or enjoy the music. And it's a great honor for me to be able to play for people.
"I know that some musicians, if there's a jam session, they make sure they’re running to the center and they'll position themselves in the center and get the spotlight. To me, that’s kind of pathetic, that you're that hungry for attention. I feel like I'm really lucky that I get to do this. I’m not some kind of star, nothing like that. I just stumbled into all this."
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Musselwhite started stumbling when he was a teenager in Memphis in the ’50s and early ’60s, surrounded by rock ’n’ roll, rockabilly, gospel and R&B/soul. But he was drawn to the sounds of the likes of Furry Lewis, Will Shade and Gus Cannon.
"I first started learning blues hanging out on Beale Street from a lot of the real old timers that were still alive, guys that had recorded in the ’20s and ’30s," Musselwhite said. "But I didn't know at that time that I was preparing myself for a career. I just loved the music and I just wanted to play it. And I got to meet these men that were eager to teach me. They were honored and flattered that I would seek them out. But if I had known when I was going to have a career in music, I'd have paid a lot more attention."
Like thousands of others, Musselwhite headed north up Highway 51 to Chicago. But, again, he wasn’t looking to become a musician, he was looking for a job.
"I didn't even know there was a blues scene in Chicago," Musselwhite said. "I knew nothing about Chicago except that it had a lot of factory work, and that's why I went there. So I discovered the whole blues scene. I was going to all the clubs and listening to Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters and on and on, everybody was in there, in town. They just thought of me as a fan because I'd request tunes or something. But I never asked anybody if I could sit in or anything like that."
Then, Musselwhite got what turned out to be a life-changing break.
"I got to know this waitress real well," he said. "And I played for her and she told Muddy, ‘You ought to hear Charlie play harmonica.' Well, then the cat was out of the bag. Muddy insisted I get up with him. And from then on, as long as Muddy was alive, he brought me up at every show I went to. What happened was a lot of musicians hung out at Pepper's Lounge, which was Muddy's home club when he wasn’t on the road. And they heard me and they started offering me gigs. And, whoa, man, when I found out they wanted to pay me to play harmonica, they got me really focused."
Musselwhite stumbled into his recording career in a similar manner. Offered a chance to make a record by Sam Charters, a blues historian who was working as a producer for Vanguard Records, Musselwhite "on a lark" joined Big Walter Horton’s Blues Harp Band for a song on the landmark "Chicago/The Blues/Today" compilation album and then in 1966 recorded "Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite’s South Side Band."
Since then, Musselwhite has recorded "more than 40" albums, depending on whether you count compilations and appearances on records by other artists, such as Cyndi Lauper, Tom Waits and the Blind Boys of Alabama. That includes 2012’s live album "Juke Joint Chapel," recorded at the Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which was nominated for the Best Traditional Blues Grammy Award, 2013’s "Get Up!" — a collaboration with Ben Harper that won the Best Blues Album Grammy — and 2020’s Grammy nominated Elvin Bishop collaboration "100 Years of Blues."
Along the way, Musselwhite became the most acclaimed harmonica player of his generation, known for his distinctive, soulful, restrained style.
"People tell me that I have my own style, that I don't sound like anybody else; as soon as they hear me they hear a recording of me, they know it's me right away," Musselwhite said. "I can't tell that myself because I'm so close to it. I don't have any perspective on myself. I just play what I feel and hope for the best."
Musselwhite’s most recent album, last year’s Blues Music Award-winning "Mississippi Son," is a stripped-down affair on which he plays acoustic guitar and harmonica and sings. But he won’t be doing an acoustic show Thursday.
"I'll have a band with me and we'll play old favorites and new tunes and who knows?" Musselwhite said Monday from Clarksdale, where he now lives. "We have so much fun on stage playing that the audience can't help but have fun. … Lincoln has always been good to me. And there's real good folks there. And I really look forward to being there."
And at 79, he’s appreciative that he not only gets to play, but he’s been able to do so for a lifetime.
"I’m really thankful that I've been able to make a living playing the music I love," he said. "I'm eternally grateful for the people that enjoy what I do. I feel real lucky because otherwise I'd still be in a factory in Chicago." | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/music/charlie-musselwhite-just-wants-to-play-the-blues/article_a5c102fc-152b-11ee-a596-b3f8a5ef4cec.html | 2023-07-02T19:01:09 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/music/charlie-musselwhite-just-wants-to-play-the-blues/article_a5c102fc-152b-11ee-a596-b3f8a5ef4cec.html |
Taunton teen charged in graffiti attack on synagogue, home: Top stories
Before we begin the new week in earnest, we're taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers.
Top stories this past week included:
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The latest Greater Taunton real estate report, featuring a Dutch gambrel in Taunton that sold for $550,000. The Harvey Street home has multiple wooden decks for entertaining and a Juliette balcony off of the primary bedroom, and a mudroom entry that doubles as a sitting room, a cozy den, and a nice-sized kitchen. Check out this property, as well as other recent top-sellers.
These were the Top 5 stories of the past week, according to Gazette readers:
Taunton teen charged in 'hateful' graffiti attack on synagogue and home
Police have charged a Taunton teenager in connection with racist vandalism at a home and synagogue, according to a written statement from Taunton Police Thursday afternoon.
Officers discovered homophobic and racist graffiti spray-painted on a vehicle and recycling bin at a home on Everett Street on June 16.
While they were investigating at the home, the department received calls about more vandalism, this time at the Congregation Agudath Achim of Greater Taunton synagogue.
Officers discovered a swastika and other hateful references spray-painted on the side of the synagogue.
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Taunton bistro owner wants to bring Belmore Hotel 'back to life'
Manuel Soares says he bought the the former Belmore Hotel and rooming house building on Weir Street to create The Ugly Duckling Restaurant & Bar.
Soares said he began to develop an interest in having hotel rooms to attract guests to the restaurant after it was created.
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According to Yelp reviewers, these are the Top 10 Taunton-area restaurants.
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Taunton mayor's ex-chief of staff launches bid to unseat her
Mayor Shaunna O'Connell's former chief of staff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge her for the mayor's job in the upcoming November election.
Longtime Taunton business owner Ed Correira held his campaign kickoff on June 21 in the banquet hall of the Portuguese American Civic Club.
We've got a recap of Correira's campaign kick-off, and what his plans would be as mayor if he wins.
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Taunton Public Schools getting virtual academy in the fall
There will be a new school in Taunton this fall, albeit a virtual one.
Unanimously approved by the Taunton School Committee, the Taunton Public Virtual Academy will serve a small amount of students from grades 8-12.
Here's how the school would work, and how it will get started.
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'Helping those in distress': Taunton homeless shelter moves to new location. What to know
TAUNTON — Catholic Social Services CEO Susan Mazzarella said Samaritan House’s new homeless shelter in a former rectory at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish is helping “the unhoused.”
“The work carried on here for individuals who are unhoused mirrors the same virtues in the (Biblical) parable,” she said during a dedication of the shelter at 80 Bay St. in Taunton by Fall River Diocese officials.
“They are compassion, mercy, solidarity, generosity and hospitality. Poverty and a lack of affordable housing are the two main causes of homelessness.”
Mazzarella said, “Samaritan is an apt name” for the homeless shelter.
“Most people are familiar with the term Samaritan,” she said. “In legal terms, a good Samaritan is anyone who renders aid in an emergency. It is a common metaphor and refers to one who brings help in suffering. A good Samaritan is a person who is generous in helping those in distress.”
How many beds does the new shelter have?
Samaritan House manager Rebecca Renee said the homeless shelter has 14 beds to accommodate men and four beds for women that need a place to sleep overnight.
“We have been averaging about 18 guests a night,” she said before the dedication ceremony began.
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Why did the shelter move from Ingell Street?
Diocese of Fall River Communications Director John Kearns said diocese officials relocated Samaritan House from its former home on Ingell Street to the former parish rectory on April 28 because it had more space to assist homeless people.
“When the COVID pandemic came, there was not enough space to serve the purposes of the home,” he said after the ceremony.
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Renee said Samaritan House’s new facility has a day room where guests can relax.
“They can eat here, play games and watch TV,” she said.
A diverse staff to serve guests from diverse backgrounds
Samaritan House Staff Director Nancy Lingelbach said the shelter has a diverse staff to better assist guests from diverse backgrounds.
“We like to help all people,” she said. “We have people who speak Creole, French and Spanish. It’s great to have a very diverse staff of people.”
State Rep. Carol Doherty, D-Taunton, said the Samaritan House is a beautiful facility that has “a great effect on people who stay there.”
“We have a deep and abiding respect for all the people here,” she added.
Fall River Diocese Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha said the Biblical parable story about the good Samaritan offers “a lesson” for the Samaritan House staff and all people to follow.
“The Jews and Samaritans did not get along and were enemies,” he said. “In the parable, you have a robber who attacked a Jewish man, and the Samaritan had compassion and mercy for him.”
Samaritan House offers care 'for homeless people’s wounds'
Mazzarella said poverty and a lack of affordable housing “are the two main causes of homelessness that wound an unhoused person’s body, heart, mind and spirit.
“These wounds include diseases of mental illness, addiction, victimization, insecurity and feelings of being dejected, rejected, judged, scorned, abandoned, discarded, unworthy, shame, fear, worthlessness and hopelessness,” she said.
Mazzarella said the Samaritan staff tries to ease these wounds by “bringing people in from the streets and encampments.”
“Here, they have a place to shower, do their laundry, and have a meal,” she said. “They have a warm, clean place to lay their head and an environment where they could be unjudged. With the bandages of acceptance, safety and compassion, they are given the beginnings of recuperation and restored dignity.”
Kearns said Samaritan House staff also try to guide homeless people trying to find affordable housing and struggling with drug or alcohol addiction.
“We have a list of references and connections with these groups,” he said. “They include Community Counseling of Bristol County, the SSTAR program in Fall River and High Point in New Bedford."
City and state officials praise Samaritan House’s efforts
Mayor Shaunna O’Connell said Samaritan House is “a place of faith, hope and opportunity” for homeless people.
“The most important thing we do is to help people get to a better place and live a productive life,” she said. “We will work with you to be successful. One of my favorite Bible verses is ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
State Rep. James Hawkins, D-Attleboro, said he communicates regularly with Catholic Social Services officials, and the Samaritan House is “so needed.”
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Five years ago, Charles Hale walked down Park Avenue, having finally mustered the courage to seek help out of homelessness.
Hale looked up and saw the Idaho Falls Rescue Mission sign. His heart beating uncontrollably. His shame hanging over his head. He couldn’t carry the burden of addiction any longer.
What were the people at the Rescue Mission going to tell him? What were they going to think of him? Hale never thought he would find real help in Idaho Falls, a town full of strangers.
He took a deep breath and opened the mission’s front door. He had nothing with him. Hale sat down at the front desk and explained that he needed a safe place to sleep. He didn’t want to spend another night on the street. He had been without shelter for five years, spending cold nights in Phoenix, Spokane, Seattle and, now, Idaho Falls.
“You know how they say the grass isn’t any greener?” Hale said. “Well the streets aren’t any blacker. It didn’t matter where I went.”
After meeting with a volunteer at the Rescue Mission for a few minutes, Hale started to wonder if the Idaho Falls streets might be less black. He might get off of them this time around.
The volunteer asked Hale if he could pass a urinalysis, as the Rescue Mission requires their guests to be sober upon admission and throughout their stay.
Hale couldn’t. He had been struggling with addiction his entire bout with homelessness. The Rescue Mission sent him to the Behavioral Health Crisis Center while he got sober.
But Hale knew he didn’t want to stay at the crisis center. There was something different about the Rescue Mission. They smiled when he entered. He felt his heart beat slower. His shame lifted. The Rescue Mission would help him carry the burden.
Charles Hale, the director of operations for the Idaho Falls Rescue Mission, shares his struggle with homelessness, addiction and grief.
“I had become jaded from seeing the world (on the streets),” Hale said. “My breakthrough moment was when I walked through those doors and saw someone with a smile. It broke me.”
Hale never thought he would end up homeless. No one does. His family was close. They went to church every Sunday. He got a bachelor’s degree in information technology and a master’s degree in business.
Hale climbed the corporate ladder in Phoenix for 15 years. He married a lovely woman and had three beautiful boys. And then his mental health took a turn for the worse. He lost his father and fell into a deep reliance on alcohol and drugs.
“It was three strikes,” Hale said. “I lost my father, then my career and then my wife and three kids.”
For five years, Hale struggled under the weight of grief and addiction.
“It feels like you’re wearing a placard around your neck saying ‘addict’ or ‘homeless.’ You don’t need people to tell you that you are less than. You already feel that,” Hale said.
Hale said many men find it difficult to open up about their struggles, especially when it comes to mental health.
“It feels like a badge of dishonor,” Hale said.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, men are four times more likely to die by suicide than women. Men make up 50% of the United States population but 80% of the suicides.
Kade Anderson, a psychiatrist with Ascend Mental Health Center in Idaho Falls, said the reason for that is layered. Anderson said men tend to use a more “final method,” such as firearms, when attempting suicide.
However, Anderson believes that the stigma surrounding men’s mental health also contributes to that statistic.
“Men can be afraid to admit weakness,” Anderson said. “They don’t want to talk about it. They want to do it all on their own.”
He said many people aren’t ashamed of other health struggles they have, but when it comes to mental health, they feel less than if they admit vulnerabilities. One way Anderson tries to combat stigma surrounding men’s mental health is through his own vulnerabilities.
“I tell my patients that I struggle with mental health, too.” Anderson said. “I have had to ask for help. I have zero shame. I think that helps them open up.”
Anderson said the best thing people can do is to be honest. Talk about wins. Talk about losses. Talk about the highs, and talk about the lows. He said the more open people are about their struggles, the more one realizes that everyone struggles with something.
Following Anderson’s advice is what brought Hale out of his cycle of addiction and struggles with depression. Hale knew he had to be honest about his situation in order to overcome it.
The Rescue Mission was different from any other safe house Hale had been to, and he had been to a lot. Safe houses focused on mental, physical and emotional health. But the Rescue Mission added spiritual health into the equation.
Hale found both “law and grace” while staying at the Rescue Mission. The workers were caring and loving, but they didn’t enable anyone, Hale said.
Hale joined the Rescue Mission’s recovery program. The seven-month course helped him find a job and permanent housing. He also found a mentor from a local church.
Today, Hale is the mission’s director of operations. He uses his story to help the men there overcome their battle with mental health.
He mentioned that over the past few months, he has seen men walk into the shelter who seemed to be struggling with their mental health, but they weren’t talking about it.
“(Men) can be concerned with stigma and they can’t make that connection. It’s heart-breaking,” Hale said. “Someone has told them they are suffering and it’s too hard to accept. They think ‘If I’m labeled this, how am I going to be successful?’”
Everyone struggles with something, he said, it’s just whether they talk about it.
“We have all experienced a mental health crisis in our lives. Whether it’s you or someone you know,” Hale said.
June was Men’s Mental Health Month. If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, call or text 988 to reach the suicide hotline. You can also reach out to Ascend Mental Health Center at 208-419-3002 or the Behavioral Health Crisis Center at 208-522-0727.
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PITTSBURGH — Two people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood on Sunday morning.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Frankstown Avenue and Washington Boulevard around 6:15 a.m.
Police, fire and EMS responded to the scene, where an SUV went off the road, into a grassy area and struck a structure.
Another SUV had major damage to its front end. Two people were taken to a local hospital, according to a 911 dispatcher. The extent of their injuries wasn’t known.
Crews were still on the scene, working to clear the crash at 8 a.m.
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OCALA, Fla. — Ocala Fire Rescue said they saved a dog Saturday after a child set off a firework inside a two-story apartment building.
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According to a news release, firefighters arrived at the Berkeley Pointe Apartments around 11 a.m. and found the fire on a first-floor unit.
Firefighters said tenets started evacuating as the building filled with smoke.
Crews were told that a dog was inside and found the dog after a primary search.
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Fire officials said crews put out the fire, which damaged four units.
Investigators said after the fire inspector spoke with the owners of the unit, they learned a child had opened a Fourth of July firework from a package and tried to light it indoors.
Ocala Fire Rescue encourages the public to supervise and educate fire safety and keep matches and lighters out of children’s reach.
The Ocala Police Department and the Red Cross were among the other agencies at the scene.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Do you think your furry little friend is just the cutest thing ever?
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Well, get out your camera and click away!
Pet Alliance is set to kick off Orlando’s cutest pet photo contest.
In partnership with Quantum Leap Winery, the photo contest gives proud pet parents the chance to have their furry family member featured on a wine label.
Pet owners can enter their pictures for the 10th annual “My Best Friend Wine Label Contest” from July 1 to July 31.
Voting will open between August 1-21 with a $1 donation per vote, according to a news release.
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“We are thrilled to kick off our popular pet photo contest for the 10th anniversary year,” says Pet Alliance Director of Philanthropy and Marketing Cathy Rodgers. “It’s a fun opportunity for proud pet parents to show off their fur baby and support a wonderful cause. We are very grateful for the support our organization receives through the contest, and we cannot wait to see all of the adorable animals entered this year.”
The dog and cat with the most votes will have their image, name and short story featured on the wine label for the 2023 My Best Friend Rescue Red Wine produced by Quantum Leap Winery.
Prizes will also be awarded to the top 10 pets in each category.
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Quantum Leap will host a special art show with all the labels in October.
All proceeds from the photo contest and the sale of the wine benefit Pet Alliance to shelter pets in need.
Since its inception, Pet Alliance has raised a total of $325,000 from the contest.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Parkgoers; what’s your favorite ride at Walt Disney World?
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Ranking the most popular rides at Walt Disney World is hard but not impossible.
Disney travel planning experts MagicGuides conducted a study to find out what are the most popular rides at the most magical place on earth; here’s the top nine:
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- Splash Mountain: Despite being closed, the beloved log flume ride has always been a favorite among fans and receives an average of 205,193 monthly searches, 323,813 Instagram hashtags, and a high rating of 4.5 out of 5 on TripAdvisor.
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: The spooky ride has the highest number of hashtags out of any ride on Instagram, with 465,274 hashtags, a 4.5 out of 5 rating on TripAdvisor, and receives an average of 75,943 monthly searches in America.
- Space Mountain: Opening in 1975 in the Magic Kingdom, its popularity has stood the test of time, as it is also the oldest operating rollercoaster in Florida.
- It’s a Small World
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- Expedition Everest
- Haunted Mansion
- Big Thunder Mountain
- Star Tours
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The study examined each ride from all four theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando – Magic Kingdom Park, Epcot, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
The factors studied were: Instagram hashtags, TripAdvisor ratings, and the average monthly search volume for each ride.
“With an average annual attendance of over 58 million visitors, Walt Disney World is the most visited vacation resort in the world.” a spokesperson for MagicGuides said.
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The study also revealed Magic Kingdom was the clear leader of popular rides, with six out of the top 10 most beloved rides.
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A Winston-Salem man was arrested and charged with murder following a fight over a gun with his mother, according to Winston-Salem Police.
According to the police department, Joshua Isiah Ross, 21, and his mother Sharon Ross, 55, lived together in an apartment on Burke Village Lane.
On Saturday night, the two got in a physical fight over a firearm, during which Sharon Ross was shot and killed, police said.
The police said a call about the incident wasn't received until 10:47 p.m., about an hour and 15 minutes after they believe the shooting took place.
When they arrived, police found Sharon Ross in her apartment, shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ross is being held at the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center with no bond allowed, and a first court date set for July 3.
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MITCHELL -- Even with a smaller role, economic development on the rail line west of Mitchell continues to be made possible because of the Mitchell Rapid City Regional Railroad Authority, supporters said Wednesday, June 28.
The MRC held its annual meeting at the Davison County Fairgrounds, with the coalition of counties along the rail line now down to just three members — Aurora, Brule and Davison — down from its original seven members, as the westernmost counties involved have dropped off (Jackson, Jones, Lyman and Pennington), with Jones’ departure approved during the annual meeting.
But railroad authorities are still important for economic development, according to a South Dakota Department of Transportation official and a former chairman of the South Dakota State Rail Board.
Jack Dokken — the Air, Rail and Transit Program Manager for the South Dakota Department of Transportation — said millions have been available through grants for railroad projects in South Dakota, with more in the coming months. The increased prevalence of the railroad in the last 10 years has added value for farmers and producers, he said.
“Through this body, the MRC and the state and the shippers poured $62 million into the railroad to get it to Presho,” Dokken said. “Through those activities, they were able to produce a functional railroad. … It went from a few hundred cars (in the 1980s) to almost 20,000 cars of business. It is an economic engine of the counties and South Dakota. This railroad is pivotal. It helps our taxbase, helps our producers make more money.”
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Kansas-based Watco Companies has owned the rail line since buying it from the state in 2021, and operates it as Ringneck and Western, with its primary local office in Mitchell. While the MRC isn’t involved with overseeing the rail line now, it is still important, Dokken said.
The MRC’s main purpose for sticking around is that governments cannot directly loan or grant money to private businesses or organizations, meaning the MRC can remain a put-through organization to help facilitate public investment into the rail line through either state or federal programs.
Todd Yeaton, the former South Dakota State Rail Board member for more than a decade and current manager at the Kimball location of the Viterra (formerly Gavilon) grain elevator, said nearly all private rail development in South Dakota takes place with some level of regional rail authority assistance.
“You need to put into context the purpose. It’s not to make money,” said Yeaton. “It’s a government entity and it’s meant as a vehicle for economic development. … It gets money coming back into the fold locally and the opportunities get started.”
Based on the financial information presented on Wednesday, with about $250,000 in its bank account, the MRC has about 90 years of funds remaining at its current rate. Previously, when the rail line was owned by the state, the MRC was able to charge a per-car surcharge on rail traffic to create revenue.
In light of the lack of consistent revenue, the MRC has slimmed down its expenses. It pays only for Planning and Development District III to help manage its bills, its attorney Zach Flood, of Mitchell, and for insurance, for a total of about $5,450 annually.
Regional rail authorities can also help facilitate funds in a time of need. When Watco purchased the rail line from the state, it inherited a 2019 FEMA flood track repair loan from the MRC, with the authority responsible if Ringneck and Western didn’t pay. Watco has a balloon payment due on the loan in July 2026, estimated to be about $164,000.
Critics of the rail authority say the public is at risk because MRC has taxing authority it can levy against participating county residents. Yeaton, the former rail board leader, said that’s overblown.
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“In 14 years (on the state rail board), the taxing authority was only seriously considered once and it was never used,” he said.
The MRC’s income mostly comes from interest in its bank accounts, so the revenue from those will vary depending on the strength of markets.
“Financially, we’re fine,” said Brad Carson, who represents Brule County on the authority. “The purpose of the MRC was to facilitate track improvements without a whole lot of liability to the counties along the line. We’ve been able to do that to this point.”
A contingent of Aurora County Commission members were concerned about the pros and cons of remaining on the MRC Authority. Commissioner JP Studeny, of Plankinton, said he was at the meeting on a fact-finding mission to learn what the authority’s purpose would be going forward.
Yeaton said the risk of remaining as part of the MRC is mostly gone now, with the line significantly improved.
“What is the reason to get out? By staying in, you still have the opportunity to benefit from government funding,” Yeaton said. “The risk was back in 2011 or 2012 (before the upgrades were made).”
If Watco was to default on its loan, all seven members of the MRC — including past counties — remain on the hook for the costs.
“I would be more concerned about my county not having rail access, rather than a loan defaulting,” said Dokken, noting the downside of a county not being attached a rail authority. | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/driving-economic-development-still-key-part-of-mitchell-rapid-city-railroad-authoritys-future-role | 2023-07-02T19:28:12 | 1 | https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/local/driving-economic-development-still-key-part-of-mitchell-rapid-city-railroad-authoritys-future-role |
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Fairfield Police have made an arrest after finding a woman dead inside a motel room Saturday morning.
Officers were first called out to the motel in the 2100 block of Texas Street on repots that a woman was possibly dying inside of a room at around 1:25 a.m. Saturday.
When officers got to the motel, they said they found the woman dead. Investigators launched a suspicious death investigation.
Later that night, detectives arrested Alexis Burke, 27 of Fairfield, on suspicion of homicide. The identity of the victim has not been released.
Witnesses and anyone with information is asked to call investigators at 707-428-7300.
Watch more from ABC10: Fairfield parents on edge as sex offenders move down the street from schools | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/fairfield-police-arrest-suspect-woman-dead-in-hotel-room/103-43a23e65-e155-4b61-9191-e1f70d1e93e9 | 2023-07-02T19:28:13 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/fairfield-police-arrest-suspect-woman-dead-in-hotel-room/103-43a23e65-e155-4b61-9191-e1f70d1e93e9 |
GOLD RIVER, Calif. — A Bank of America ATM was vandalized after an attempted theft in Gold River Sunday morning, a spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said.
Around 5 a.m. Sunday, deputies were called to the Bank of America at 11201 Gold Express Drive in Gold River. They found the outside ATM damaged.
A bomb squad and the FBI responded to the scene. Deputies weren't able to catch the vandals. They say the vandals got away without any money.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A child was hurt in a shooting Saturday night, officials with the Sacramento Police Department say.
Just after 10:01 p.m., officers were called to the 2000 block of San Juan Road due to a large disturbance. While on scene, officers say they heard gunshots and found a juvenile victim with at least one gunshot wound.
The child, whose age has not been released, was taken to an area hospital suffering from non-life-threatening injuries. Police say that the investigation is still active.
Another juvenile was also hurt in a separate shooting in Sacramento hours later. The second shooting happened in the 1900 block of Canterbury Road around 2:28 a.m. Sunday.
The teen who was shot on Canterbury Road also had non-life-threatening injuries.
Watch more from ABC10: Sacramento business owner concerned about gun violence among teens | To The Point | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/child-hurt-in-shooting/103-7d87beee-9bbc-41ee-838f-685eb2e70a67 | 2023-07-02T19:28:25 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/child-hurt-in-shooting/103-7d87beee-9bbc-41ee-838f-685eb2e70a67 |
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Officials in Grand Prairie are looking into what caused a fire on a dock at Joe Pool Lake early Saturday morning.
Records show the fire was reported at 6:14 a.m. on July 1 at the G Dock on Lake Ridge Parkway.
An official with the Grand Prairie Fire Department confirmed with WFAA that three boats and a jet ski were destroyed in the fire. Another boat was damaged.
According to the official, one entire dock was affected. The boaters in the area will be relocated.
No other information is available.
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HOUSTON — A former Pasadena High School student who went missing more than eight years ago has been found alive.
Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV was reported missing in March 2015 when he was 18 years old. He was walking his two dogs in north Houston before he went missing, The two dogs were later found, but Rudy was nowhere to be seen.
"He has such a huge heart. He loves with all his heart," Rudy's mom told KHOU 11 in 2016. "That's why we know he wouldn't just get up and go on his own.
When Rudy disappeared, family members were warned he may have been abducted and sold for human trafficking. They were also concerned because Rudy suffered from anxiety and depression, and was an asthmatic who didn't have his inhaler when he went missing.
While we don't know the details of Rudy's disappearance, HPD Missing Persons Division and Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller confirmed to KHOU 11 that Rudy has been found alive.
Rudy is currently recovering in a hospital, according to the Texas Center for the Missing.
Below was the story we ran in 2016, one year after Rudy's disappearance
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There is no 24-hour waiting period required to report a person missing, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/missing-rudolph-rudy-farias-found-houston-texas/285-c6e467fa-423f-4f59-97da-23ac9818c79c | 2023-07-02T19:29:02 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/missing-rudolph-rudy-farias-found-houston-texas/285-c6e467fa-423f-4f59-97da-23ac9818c79c |
Eighteen private Jewish schools run by New York City's politically powerful Hasidic community deprived thousands of students the required secular education in English, math, science and social studies that they need to function successfully outside their religious enclaves, according to findings from an eight-year investigation by New York City school officials.
The investigation — which critics say was long delayed because of politics — concluded that many of the religious schools, or yeshivas, were not providing “substantially equivalent instruction” in core subjects as do public schools — as mandated by state law.
In a letter to at least one school, NYC schools Chancellor David Banks expressed concern that students were not being instructed in key subjects “sufficient to prepare them for their futures.”
A review of more than two dozen yeshivas, which receive hundreds of millions in public funding, determined that only seven of those schools were in compliance with state rules.
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The probe was sparked by complaints by a former student who said he was not provided the schooling necessary to navigate the outside world. He would later form a group called Young Advocates for Fair Education, which got the city’s Department of Education to launch an investigation in 2015.
“We hope that the completion of this investigation compels the city and Mayor Eric Adams to act on behalf of thousands of students who are being deprived of their right to a sound basic education,” said the group’s executive director, Beatrice Weber.
The investigation was conducted in fits and starts, as Hasidic leaders used their political muscle to push back against any intrusions into their community, which is concentrated in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg.
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Hasidic Jews comprise one movement of Orthodox Judaism. And while the roughly 200,000 Hasidic Jews in New York City represent just a fraction of the city’s Jewish population, they have amassed considerable influence within the city’s power structure because of the community’s penchant for voting as a bloc.
Yeshivas, many of them small, play a central role in preserving Hasidic traditions and religious orthodoxy. In some schools, instruction is conducted primarily in Yiddish — in violation of state law mandating that instruction be done in English. The investigation found that sometimes English was not taught at all. The typical school day was spent on teaching the Torah and Talmud. In some cases, yeshiva administrators refused requests to allow city school officials to do follow-up visits.
A spokesperson for Parents for Educational and Religious Liberty in Schools, which has defended the Hasidic schools under fire, could not be reached on Saturday, a day of Sabbath for many Jews.
Richard Bamberger, a representative of the group, told the New York Daily News on Friday that parents send their children to yeshivas because of the moral and religious approach taken by the schools.
“They will continue to do so, regardless of how many government lawyers try to insist that yeshiva education is best measured by checklists they devise rather than the lives yeshiva graduates lead,” he told the New York Daily News.
City school officials said the bulk of schools it visited were cooperative, while a small number of schools were less so.
“For any school found to not be substantially equivalent,” NYC schools spokesperson Nathaniel Styer said in a statement, “the DOE stands ready to support the school to becoming substantially equivalent.”
The schools that failed to provide the necessary instruction must draft a remediation plan and have as long as two years to put it in place.
“Our goal is to educate children, not punish adults,” Styer said.
The completion of the investigation comes amid a push to strengthen oversight of the state's 1,800 private and religious schools, following a New York Times investigation published last fall that exposed how students at Hasidic schools were denied basic education in crucial subjects.
The new state rules were pared back by a judge earlier this year after a lawsuit was brought by ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools. The judge ruled that parents cannot be required to pull their children from private schools that fail to meet state-designated standards.
Weber said she worries about how the remediation plans will be implemented.
“We’re very concerned about what this will look like, what this will mean and how much guidance these schools will get,” Weber said in an interview Saturday. “We cannot just let years go by with the schools claiming they’re trying to improve. There needs to be real deadlines."
It is unclear how many students attend the schools that were reviewed, but they certainly number in the thousands.
What's more, there are scores of other Hasidic yeshivas that were not part of the investigation, Weber said, so there could be other schools that are noncompliant but have yet to be subjects of complaint.
Weber acknowledged that many of these yeshivas are indeed complying with state standards and are doing exceptional jobs in giving their students the education that will help serve them later in life. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/8-year-investigation-finds-yeshivas-fail-to-teach-students-core-subjects-nyc-officials-say/4470594/ | 2023-07-02T19:44:50 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/8-year-investigation-finds-yeshivas-fail-to-teach-students-core-subjects-nyc-officials-say/4470594/ |
Dozens of young musicians at a Boston recital got a big surprise Saturday afternoon when Ed Sheeran showed up to their concert and joined them on stage.
Sheeran posted video on his Instagram account of his impromptu performance where he sang and danced at the Tobin Community Center in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood alongside young performers of the "Boston Music Project."
The surprise came ahead of his Saturday night concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
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"Morning off in Boston so went to surprise this kids music group, was so fun," read his Instagram caption. "Onto the second stadium show now see ya later x."
The executive director of the youth development program spoke with NBC10 Boston about the once-in-a-lifetime experience of being on stage with the superstar.
“Just very sweet, very kind, and obviously he’s got a busy schedule, but you couldn’t tell. He was very calm and just excited to be there,” Christopher Schroeder said. "His foundation had donated thee guitars to the organization and was able to give it to one of the students right there on stage.”
About 150 family, friends and supporters of the young musicians who were in the audience were caught off guard by Sheeran's appearance and sheer generosity.
Members of the Boston Music Project and their friends and family were gifted with about six dozen tickets for Sheeran's Saturday night concert at Gillette.
“Right at the end of the concert, what was truly a surprise is he turned over to his tour manager and said ‘can we give tickets to all the performers?’” Schroeder recalled. "That was pretty awesome.”
Sheeran is known for giving back in Boston. Back in 2018, he performed for patients at Boston Children's Hospital. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/very-sweet-ed-sheeran-surprises-young-boston-musicians-at-their-concert-gifts-tickets-to-his-gillette-show/4472000/ | 2023-07-02T19:44:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/very-sweet-ed-sheeran-surprises-young-boston-musicians-at-their-concert-gifts-tickets-to-his-gillette-show/4472000/ |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – For one Brevard County family, the Fourth of July is more than just another holiday. It’s an annual tradition they’ve shared for more than half a century.
Bill Cook and his folks can’t get enough of the fireworks shows in Brevard County. Cook told News 6 the Fourth of July is his favorite holiday.
“Absolutely. Look what I get to do. I get to light it up for everybody,” he said.
That’s because the Cooks have been conducting fireworks shows in Brevard for the last 55 years.
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Cook gave News 6 a behind-the-scenes look at his fireworks setup as he’s safely prepping to light the skies in Brevard County for yet another Fourth of July.
“Of course, I have no explosives with me right now. I’m doing this safely, this is nothing but plastic and wood,” Cook said. “This is an igniter. It will ignite the shell and it’ll launch it into the air.”
Cook works for Zambelli Fireworks, which provides the annual Fourth of July fireworks for shows in parts of Brevard County and beyond, including at Front Street Park on the Melbourne Causeway.
“For Melbourne, Florida, my grandfather Calvin Cook started in 1968,” Bill said.
His late grandfather loved fireworks so much that he volunteered with a fireworks crew before being offered to shoot the show off himself.
“Since then, for Melbourne it has been Calvin Cook, Steve Cook, Tim Cook, or Bill Cook, that’s me. For 55 years we have shot the Melbourne show,” Cook said. “The current patriarch, Steve Cook, my father, he’s retiring this year. He’s shooting Palm Bay currently.”
Gina Petreins, Melbourne’s Development & Marketing administrator, said the city is thrilled to work with the Cook family and is always confident they’ll provide a jaw-dropping show.
“We are proud to celebrate their history and enthusiasm for what they do for the Zambelli company and everyone who enjoys their work. We wish Mr. Cook the best in retirement and look forward to working with Bill for many years with even bigger things to come in future MelBOOM celebrations,” Peterins said in a statement. “Happy Independence Day!”
Cook said he and the Zambelli Fireworks team pray before each show to make sure everyone is safe.
“The best thing to do is to leave (safety) to the professionals,” Cook said. “Be safe, everyone out there. Be safe.”
Zambelli Fireworks will be providing the illuminations for Fireworks at the Fountain as well, which takes place Tuesday at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. Be sure to join News 6, as we’ll be there in person! You can also watch the event from multiple viewpoints on ClickOrlando.com and our News 6 App, where the festivities will be streamed starting at 3 p.m.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday night.
According to the Wichita Police Department, officers responded at 7:25 p.m. to the report of a single motorcycle crash at the intersection of West McCormick Street and South Osage Street.
Upon arrival, a 37-year-old motorcyclist was found on the road with critical injuries.
Police say he was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.
According to the WPD, a preliminary investigation revealed that the man was driving his motorcycle westbound on McCormick when he lost control, overturned and hit a tree, causing him to be ejected from his motorcycle.
An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call detectives at 316-350-3687 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/car-crash-in-west-wichita-kills-one/ | 2023-07-02T19:54:36 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/car-crash-in-west-wichita-kills-one/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A man from Wichita was shot while walking south on Broadway early Sunday morning, Wichita police say.
According to the Wichita Police Department, they were dispatched at 1:15 a.m. for an unknown call near the intersections of E. 47th Street S. and South Broadway.
Wichita police say officers learned a local restaurant had called 911 after a man had walked into the business bleeding from his arm. He left before they arrived.
At 2:08 a.m., Wichita police say they were informed that a 35-year-old man had arrived at a hospital in Derby with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his right arm.
According to the WPD, an investigation revealed that the man was walking south on Broadway on the east side of the road when an unknown suspect shot at him.
An investigation is ongoing.
Wichita police are asking anyone with any additional information on this case to please call detectives at 316-268-4407, the See Something Say Something hotline at 316-519-2282, or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-man-shot-at-while-walking-south-on-broadway-police-say/ | 2023-07-02T19:54:42 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-man-shot-at-while-walking-south-on-broadway-police-say/ |
WALDORF, Md. — Detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred in Charles County.
Around 12:40 a.m, Officers were called to a home improvement store in the 2500 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf for reports of a burglary in progress.
Witnesses say that someone broke into the store, stole a forklift, and fled by ramming the gates.
While canvassing the area, police were able to locate the forklift at a nearby home improvement store on Jefferson Farm Place.
The suspect was not at the scene, but officers found a female underneath the forklift, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the suspect encountered the woman in the parking lot and struck her with the forklift, fleeing in the victim's vehicle.
The victim's vehicle is believed to be a dark copper-colored, 2019 Ford Fusion with damage to the passenger side of the vehicle and missing a side mirror.
Homicide detectives are investigating a homicide in the parking lot of a home improvement store on Jefferson Farm Place in Waldorf that occurred in the early morning hours and are searching for the victim's vehicle which was stolen: https://t.co/BN8s9gIizb pic.twitter.com/9nhYazY4IQ
— Charles Co Sheriff (@CCSOMD) July 2, 2023
The victim has not been identified.
Investigators are asking for the public's help in locating the missing car.
Anyone who sees the car should call 911 or contact the Charles County Crime Solvers by calling 1-866-411-TIPS.
NOTE: The photos in the tweet are only stock images of the same year, make, model and color vehicle, not the actual vehicle. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/woman-killed-after-being-struck-by-stolen-forklift-in-charles-county | 2023-07-02T20:03:29 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/woman-killed-after-being-struck-by-stolen-forklift-in-charles-county |
Dozens of young musicians at a Boston recital got a big surprise Saturday afternoon when Ed Sheeran showed up to their concert and joined them on stage.
Sheeran posted video on his Instagram account of his impromptu performance where he sang and danced at the Tobin Community Center in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood alongside young performers of the "Boston Music Project."
The surprise came ahead of his Saturday night concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
"Morning off in Boston so went to surprise this kids music group, was so fun," read his Instagram caption. "Onto the second stadium show now see ya later x."
The executive director of the youth development program spoke with NBC10 Boston about the once-in-a-lifetime experience of being on stage with the superstar.
“Just very sweet, very kind, and obviously he’s got a busy schedule, but you couldn’t tell. He was very calm and just excited to be there,” Christopher Schroeder said. "His foundation had donated thee guitars to the organization and was able to give it to one of the students right there on stage.”
About 150 family, friends and supporters of the young musicians who were in the audience were caught off guard by Sheeran's appearance and sheer generosity.
Members of the Boston Music Project and their friends and family were gifted with about six dozen tickets for Sheeran's Saturday night concert at Gillette.
“Right at the end of the concert, what was truly a surprise is he turned over to his tour manager and said ‘can we give tickets to all the performers?’” Schroeder recalled. "That was pretty awesome.”
Sheeran is known for giving back in Boston. Back in 2018, he performed for patients at Boston Children's Hospital. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/very-sweet-ed-sheeran-surprises-young-boston-musicians-at-their-concert-gifts-tickets-to-his-gillette-show/3288529/ | 2023-07-02T20:12:52 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/very-sweet-ed-sheeran-surprises-young-boston-musicians-at-their-concert-gifts-tickets-to-his-gillette-show/3288529/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita Police Department is asking for help in locating missing 11-year-old Tamiyah Johnson.
According to the WPD, Johnson was last seen around 4:45 a.m. near the intersection of North Cleveland and East Central Avenue.
Wichita police describe Johnson as a black female who has brown eyes. She is 5 feet tall, and weighs 120 pounds.
If you know the whereabouts of Johnson, the WPD asks you to please call 911 immediately. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-police-asking-for-help-locating-missing-girl/ | 2023-07-02T20:20:49 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-police-asking-for-help-locating-missing-girl/ |
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