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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
July 9, 1923: Calling attention to the custom of banks and professional men of the city of discontinuing labor on Thursday afternoon, Postmaster E.E. Jones announced his decision to extend this courtesy to mail carriers working out of Bloomington. Service will not be curtailed, the postmaster said, except the last delivery on Thursday.
75 years ago
July 9, 1948: Illinois State University officials plan to request $9 million from state authorities for a variety of building needs, ranging from a music building to the addition of a fourth floor at a planned administration building. "If Illinois wants teachers, it's going to have to pay for buildings in which to educate them," said President R.W. Fairchild.
50 years ago
July 9, 1973: A contract for use of natural gas by the proposed McLean County courthouse-jail complex has expired, county board members learned, meaning the $5.2 million project will have to be equipped with a dual-fuel system costing $20,000 to $25,000 more. The county's heating bills for the complex may be twice as much as they would have been with natural gas, officials said.
25 years ago
July 9, 1998: McLean County Unit 5 officials attributed most of a $20.5 million increase for the 1998-99 school year to needed expansion. Voters in November approved a $26.2 million referendum for addition of a grade school building and expansion of several others. Much of a $1 million increase in teacher salaries will be used to pay new teachers hired to accommodate the 550 new students that the district expects to enroll over the next year.
101 years ago: See vintage Pantagraph ads from 1922
Gerthart's
Union Gas and Electric Co.
Hoover
Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
Moberly & Klenner
W.P. Garretson
W.H. Roland
Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
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BLOOMINGTON — The transfer of McLean County jail inmates to the LaSalle County Jail as a result of inadequate staffing has cost about $113,000 in the first two months of implementation, according to Sheriff Matt Lane.
Although the county has saved on overtime costs through this period, that number is expected to grow over the next few months as the sheriff's office works to bring its staffing up to a level sufficient to bring all of the county's inmates back to Bloomington.
"We've hired as quickly as possible," Lane said. "We have lost a few COs in the last few months (but) nothing like the rates we were losing them at."
LaSalle County Jail first started accepting McLean County inmates in late March at a cost of $45 per day per inmate. This does not include the prescription medication or transportation costs for McLean County inmates.
Although about 50 inmates were transferred in the beginning, Lane said LaSalle County Jail was holding 43 inmates as of Thursday. However, this number fluctuates based on upcoming court appearances and other factors.
Inmates declared unfit to stand trial or declared not guilty by reason of insanity have not been transferred, Lane said.
"I don't want to disrupt the mental health problem more than it already has been and I think stabilization of their daily life and disrupting that to some of them would probably put them in a worse position," Lane said.
At the end of March, the jail was 24 officers shy of full capacity, Lane said previously. Since then, the sheriff's office has hired 15 officers, five of which were tentative offers pending the completion of background checks.
However, all of the new hires must attend training at the police academy, which lasts about eight months. After that, officers have another eight to 10 weeks of in-house training.
Getting to a proper staffing level also depends on the number of available spaces at the academy, Lane said.
"I anticipated being able to hire more and quicker, and it wasn't a lack of trying," Lane said. "We've been through a lot of candidates."
The McLean County Board has accepted various efforts to help improve the recruitment of corrections officers, including incentives to recruiters and new hires who complete their training in McLean County. The board also lowered the minimum age of officers to 18.
However, Lane said, one of the most useful tools has been the banner on the side of the jail.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Bryant Lewis
Bryant Lewis, 28, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion causing injury, a Class X felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
Derek Roesch
Derek Roesch of Saybrook was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 in McLean County Law and Justice Center with several counts, including:
-Two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, Class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon while on parole, Class 2 felony
-Two counts of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon, class 2 felonies
-One count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon while on parole, class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 1 felony
-Unlawful possession of cannabis (greater than 2000 grams but less than 5000 grams), a class 2 felony
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance, psylocibin less than 15 grams, a class 4 felony
-Unlawful possession of methamphetamine, less than five grams, a class 3 felony.
-Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor
Justin M. Mata
Justin M. Mata, 28, no address given, is charged with possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. He was released on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond and his next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
Marcus D. Wesley
Marcus D. Wesley, 36, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in a vehicle (Class 4 felony), unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Phillip Tinch
Phillip Tinch of Normal was charged Thursday, Nov. 10 at the McLean County Law and Justice Center with several felonies including:
- Five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, more than one but less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 1 felony.
-One count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, less than one gram of a substance containing cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
Trisha L. Hanke
Trisha L. Hanke, 36, is charged with theft of over $10,000 (Class 2 felony). Court documents indicate she knowingly took $14,000 belonging to a Love's Travel Stop, in LeRoy, where she was employed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William B. Givens
William B. Givens, 49, no address given, is charged with unlawful possession of five to 15 grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony, possession of less than five grams of meth with intent to deliver, a Class 2 felony, possession of five to 15 grams of meth, a Class 2 felony, and possession of less than five grams of meth, a Class 3 felony. His next appearance is Dec. 30.
Connor Wood
David L. Oliver
David L. Oliver, 51, of Bloomington, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault.
Kenneth E. Funk
Kenneth E. Funk, 27, is charged with residential burglary (Class 1 felony) involving an apartment in Lexington on Dec. 31, 2022.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Charges have been filed against Jordan R. King, 34, for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Holly M. Isaacson
Isaacson
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth L. Minton
Kenneth L. Minton, 51, is charged with aggravated home repair fraud (Class 2 felony) and theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, is charged for violation of the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Britley L. Hilger
Britley L. Hilger, 32, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she supposedly punched a McLean County Detention Facility officer in the chest.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jasmine L. Smith
Jasmine L. Smith, 31, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol (Class 2 felony) and five counts of endangering the life or health of a child (Class A misdemeanors).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jackie S. Claypool
Jackie S. Claypool, 46, appeared for a Friday bond court hearing for two new cases which charged her for one count of burglary (Class 2 felony), four counts of forgery (Class 3) and one count of deceptive practices (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noah R. Demuth
Noah R. Demuth, 22, of Evanston, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, aggravated battery in a public way, a Class 3 felony, mob action, a Class 4 felony, and obstructing a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor. His next court date is Feb. 17.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon L. Parsano
Brandon L. Parsano, 39, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, a Class 2 felony. His next appearance is Feb. 17 for an arraignment.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexander N. Williams
Alexander N. Williams, 24, was charged Feb. 2 with the following:
3 counts of unlawful delivery of cannabis between 30 and 500 grams - Class 3 felonies. 2 counts of armed violence - Class X felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 2,000 and 5,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 1 felony. 1 count of unlawful possession of cannabis between 500 and 2,000 grams with the intent to sell - a Class 2 felony. 3 counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon - Class 3 felonies. 1 count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a felon - a Class 3 felony 3 counts of violating the Illinois FOID act - Class 3 felonies.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos Sanchez-Solozarzano
Carlos H. Sanchez-Solozarzano, 22, was charged with 1 count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin S. Bones
Jaylin S. Bones was charged with four counts of first-degree murder stemming from a homicide in Bloomington last year. A McLean County grand jury also returned a bill of indictment charging him with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan R. King
Jordan R. King, 34, was charged with violating the Illinois Violent Offender Against Youth Act (Class 2 felony) a second time in under a month.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dominique M. Banks
Dominique M. Banks, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony). The incident happened in October 2022 and involved one victim.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin T. Daugherty
Austin T. Daugherty, 29, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) after he entered an Avis Car Rental, 3201 Cira Drive, in Bloomington, without permission and with the intent to commit theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sandra M. Lewis
Sandra M. Lewis, 77, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance containing MDMB-4E-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid, with the intent to deliver (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samantha E. Morris
Samantha E. Morris, 40, is charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer (Class 2 felony) after supposedly spitting on a Colfax police officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nolan C. Love
Nolan C. Love, 46, appeared in court Friday for a bond review hearing after being charged with aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation (Class 2 felony) on Feb. 26.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nikkita L. Sandefur
Nikkita L. Sandefur, 36, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) containing cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Katlin M.B. Wilson
Katlin M.B. Wilson, 32, is charged with aggravated identity theft (Class 2 felony) after being accused of fraudulently obtaining money exceeding $300 but not exceeding $10,000 from a 60 year old man.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eli C. Garozzo
Eli C. Garozzo, 20, is charged with two counts of home invasion, a Class X felony, two counts of attempted armed robbery, a Class 1 felony, and two counts of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony. His bond was set at $200,000 as a 10% bond, meaning he must pay $20,000 plus fees to be released. His next appearance is an arraignment on April 13.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tysean T. Townsend
Tysean T. Townsend, 35, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), three counts of child abduction, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer and obstructing justice (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Curtis J. Byrd
Curtis J. Byrd, 31, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony), two counts of fraud and two counts of financial institution fraud (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noral K. Nelson
Noral K. Nelson, 31, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) after he was arrested in connection to a shooting along the 1500 block of S. Main Street.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles J. Tankson
Charles J. Tankson, 23, was charged with burglary (Class 2 felony), theft and two counts of unlawful use of a debit card (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis, Micah S
Davis was charged with 3 counts of arson, Class 2 felonies, and 3 counts of criminal damage to property, Class 4 felonies.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
PROVIDED BY THE MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Livingston, Joshua D.
Livingston was charged with 2 counts of possessing stolen vehicles, Class 2 felonies, possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony, and criminal damage to government property, a Class 4 felony.
His next court date is May 5 at 9 a.m.
PROVIDED BY THE MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin L. Ewen
Kevin L. Ewen, 42, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing and was charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony), obstructing a peace officer (Class 4 felony) and two counts of resisting a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmanuel K. Mpay
Emmanuel K. Mpay, 23, appeared in a Thursday bond court hearing following a grand jury indictment for two counts of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ahmad S. Manns
Ahmad S. Manns, 19, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing and was charged with cannabis trafficking (Class X felony), unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dylan R Mann
Dylan R Mann, 31, appeared Friday in bond court following four grand jury indictments for two separate cases relating to aggravated assault and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony L. Jackson
Tony L. Jackson, 50, was charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), domestic battery, violation of an order of protection and driving while license revoked or suspended (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Linden
William R. Linden, 79, was released Tuesday on felony burglary charges for trying to pass a forged check at Busey Bank.
Zadek U. Moen
Zadek U. Moen, 20, is facing six felony drug charges after being arrested by the Illinois State Police on Thursday.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary T. Willis
Zachary T. Willis, 27, is charged with aggravated domestic battery by strangulation (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery subsequent offense (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cecily M. Sexton
Cecily M. Sexton, 39, was charged with two counts of burglary, a Class 2 felony; one count of forgery, a Class 3 felony; financial institution fraud, a Class 3 felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tonisha A. Jackson
Tonisha A. Jackson, 27, was charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James A. McConnaughay
James A. McConnaughay, 53, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. McConnaughay is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica M. Longberry
Jessica M. Longberry, 38, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland. Longberry is charged with burglary (Class 2 felony) and forgery (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Barry D. Guyton
Barry D. Guyton, 26, was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (Class 2 felonies) two counts of unlawful possession of 15-100 of cocaine with the intent to deliver with one being a Class X felony and the other being a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Keon E. Spiller
Keon E. Spiller, 22, appeared in a Friday bond court hearing before Judge Amy McFarland and was charged with attempted escape after his jury trial reached a verdict.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melina Aguilar
Melina Aguilar, 32, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos D. Cregan
Carlos D. Cregan, 35, was charged with harassment of witnesses (Class 2 felonies) after asking a witness to lie on the record.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrea M. Sheets
Andrea M. Sheets appeared was charged Friday with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (Class 2 felony), aggravated fleeing a police officer (Class 4 felony) and obstructing a peace officer (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wayne M. Damron
Wayne M. Damron, 52, is charged with one count of violation of the Illinois Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance L. Ford
Terrance L. Ford, 25, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felony) and two counts of retail theft (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stanley M. Miller
Stanley M. Miller, 61, was charged Friday with aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol (Class X felony) and driving while driver's license revoked (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darryl R. Vinson
Darryl R. Vinson, 60, is charged with violation of the sex offender registration act (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Contact Drew Zimmerman at 309-820-3276. Follow Drew on Twitter: @DZimmermanLee
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GREENS FORK, Ind — A UTV driver was hospitalized after a crash with a train in Wayne County early Saturday.
Around 12:30 a.m. on July 8, Wayne County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the crash at a railroad crossing at South Water Street, south of West Plum Street, in Greens Fork, Indiana.
A preliminary investigation found that a 2016 Polaris UTV operated by a Greens Fork man was attempting to cross the railroad track when it was hit by an eastbound Norfolk Southern train.
The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and no railway works were injured, Wayne County Sheriff's Office said.
The railroad crossing signal appeared to be properly functioning at the time, police said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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As work was getting underway at a new home site in Ashland, Hanover and King William Habitat for Humanity construction manager Jeff Ell thought to himself he ought to go over the property with his metal detector.
Ell, who has been with Habitat for two years, does not always use his metal detector on job sites, but the urge was strong on this one.
“Just curiosity — buried treasure, Viking gold or something,” he said with a laugh. “You just never know what you’ll find.”
That is for sure.
On that day, Ell found a couple of run-of-the-mill coins and “some other junk,” and then, “Bing! Bing! Bing!” as he put it, “in the front of the house was this watch.”
Buried a few inches in the soil was a small pendant watch, about the size of a quarter. No necklace was found, and the glass covering and the hands were long gone, but the engraved initials on the back were clear as day: “WWB TO JLW.”
A mystery awaited unraveling — who were WWB and JLW, and what was the story of the watch?
Ell did a little online sleuthing about the manufacturer of the watch and determined it must have been made around the 1920s. He contacted John Hodges, a regular Habitat volunteer and the vice mayor of Ashland, who got in touch with Rosanne Shalf, who helped establish the Ashland Museum and enjoys historical research.
Shalf scoured real estate records to determine chain-of-title of the property, which led to census records and other sources.
“It’s really fun to find this stuff,” she said. “It’s like a huge puzzle.” She was able to make a connection between the initials on the watch and longtime residents at the address on Wesley Street where the new house was being constructed.
Wesley William Brannan and his wife, Joseph “Josie” Louis White Brannan, were married in December 1925 and, by the 1940 census, were living on Wesley Street and eventually acquired the property in 1947.
“I was shocked,” said Scott Brannan, Wesley and Josie Brannan’s grandson, referencing the moment Ell showed up at his workplace with news of the watch. “I was in my office, and the receptionist called and said ‘there’s a man down here who says they found your grandmother’s watch.’”
Brannan’s initial reaction: What in the world is he talking about?
Soon enough, Ell walked in with a photo of the watch on his phone.
“I was just floored when he showed it to me,” said Brannan, who believes the watch had been a gift before they were married. “I was definitely taken aback that it was in such good shape. The engraving was still readable after all of those years.”
And it has been a lot of years.
His grandfather died in 1958, and his grandmother lived in the house until her death in 1983. The family sold the property to the neighbor, First Baptist Church Ashland. Over the years, the house was used for the church’s caretaker before it eventually fell into disrepair and was torn down. Last year, the church sold the property at a discount to Habitat as part of the church’s “mission to support affordable housing needs in the community,” said Habitat executive director Renee Robinson.
Habitat began construction earlier this year.
Scott Brannan, 60, well remembers his grandmother and the house. Though his grandfather died before he was born, his grandmother would host Sunday dinners after church, Christmases and birthdays. He recalls hunting for Easter eggs in that very yard with his cousins, playing “Red Light, Green Light” and chasing lightning bugs.
“We’ve got great memories of all of those things happening there,” he said.
The backyard always had a big garden, as well as pigs and ponies.
“There was always fun stuff to do there as a kid,” he said.
His grandmother worked in the garden and the yard, mowing her own grass. Brannan wonders if she might have lost the watch then.
But he does not know that or how long it has been missing. He does know his grandmother was “pretty diligent” about time.
“Lunch was at 12 o’clock, dinner was at 5 o’clock, certain TV shows were at 6 o’clock and 7 o’clock, and she went to bed at 8 o’clock,” he said.
She used to love to sit on the swing on her front porch, waiting for someone to pick her up to go to church (she never drove) or looking for the school bus to come by. She was not necessarily waiting for any children, in particular, Brannan said. “She would just worry if it was late.”
“Whenever you came by and if it was mealtime, you could not leave until you ate, and she would literally unload everything from the refrigerator and put it on the table,” Brannan said with a laugh. “You didn’t go away hungry, that was for sure.”
Wesley and Josie Brannan had five children — all gone now — 15 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Because they are such a large family, Brannan said it would be impossible to pick someone to receive the watch, so the family has decided to donate it and some family photos to the Ashland Museum.
“Let it stay there as a historical piece,” he said.
Habitat for Humanity will hold a ceremony turning over the watch and honoring the Brannan family at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at 510 Wesley St., where the watch was found and where the new house is almost complete. Habitat’s Robinson expects the new owners to move in within the next month or so.
“While we are busy building a home for future stories there, we get to also acknowledge the past stories, too,” Robinson said.
Renee Robinson, executive director of Hanover and King William Habitat for Humanity, holds an old pendant watch at her office in Mechanicsville last month. Engravings on the watch are "WWB," which stands for Wesley William Brannan, and "JLW," which is for Joseph "Josie" Lewis White. Brannan gave the watch to White; they were married in the 1920s and lived on the property in Ashland.
Renee Robinson, executive director of Hanover and King William Habitat for Humanity, holds an old pendant watch at her office in Mechanicsville last month. Earlier this year, construction crews for Habitat for Humanity discovered the watch at a work site in Ashland. After some investigation, it was determined the watch belonged to Josie Brannan, who died in 1983. Habitat will be turning over the watch to her descendants this week.
Joseph "Josie" Louis White Brannan and Wesley William Brannan were married in December 1925 and lived for many years on Wesley Street in Ashland, where a construction crew building a home for Hanover and King William Habitat for Humanity recently found an old pendant watch bearing their initials buried in the soil. | https://richmond.com/news/local/in-ashland-a-new-house-an-old-watch-and-a-mystery-solved/article_d1aba056-142d-11ee-a1a7-171b399f36cd.html | 2023-07-09T13:15:37 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/in-ashland-a-new-house-an-old-watch-and-a-mystery-solved/article_d1aba056-142d-11ee-a1a7-171b399f36cd.html |
The Library of Virginia ‘s Prefunction Hall echoed with vocal harmonies of hymnals, fiddles and salsa music on Saturday afternoon as the library hosted performances and crafts showcasing the folklife of Virginia.
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities arranged the performances of Eddie Bond, an Appalachian fiddler; the Richmond Shape Note Singers, showcasing a style of singing based on early hymnals and harmonies from the Shenandoah Valley; and Kadencia, performing Afro-Puerto Rican style music. Each performance highlighted the unique and ever-changing cultures of Virginia.
During the celebration on Saturday, Poblow Shade plays an instrument that he made.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
“Today we have immigrants coming to Virginia who are bringing other traditions,” said Gregg Kimball, director of public services and outreach at the Library of Virginia, which is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. “Then they become Virginia traditions.
“It’s one of those weird things that when you think about tradition, it started somewhere, someone started it. So, our last group today, Kadencia, represents that, which is a Puerto Rican style of music. Afro-Caribbean music that is now a part of Virginia’s heritage because it was brought here by people immigrating to the United States.”
Adrienne Robertson Ogle leads the Richmond Shape Note Singers during the folklife celebration at the Library of Virginia on Saturday. The event kicked off on Friday.
Mike Kropf photos, TIMES-DISPATCH
While music was the main focus on Saturday afternoon, there were other elements to help educate attendees about the rich culture of Virginia’s folk music. There was an instrument petting zoo, where attendees could hold such instruments as an accordion, steel guitar, banjo and fiddle that shaped the music of Virginia; play them; and hear them played.
“These are still living traditions,” Kimball said. “If you go to Southwest Virginia to the Crooked Roads, you’ll still hear playing in those early Appalachian styles. People often think of these as dead old things. But in many communities, they’re completely alive.”
Jared Boyd and Ben Miller perform old-time music during the folklife celebration at the Library of Virginia on Saturday.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
The final performance of the afternoon, Kadencia , had spectators dancing while standing and sitting. With the influx of Puerto Ricans immigrating to Fredericksburg, according to Virginia Folklife Programs’ Pat Jarrett, Bomba and Plena music is becoming part of Virginia.
“We are the state center for folklife,” Jarrett said. “What that means is that we identify, support and celebrate the living traditions in Virginia. We arrange for public performances, such as these; we have an apprenticeship program; and we connect artists with opportunities for performances to help the traditions live on.”
Jessica Lonnes watches a video during Saturday’s event at the Library of Virginia.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
As immigrant communities grow in the commonwealth, Virginia Humanities pays attention to the traditions and culture they bring to the state.
“They may not be traditions rooted in the commonwealth,” Jarrett said. “But they’re here now, and we need to celebrate that as much as anyone else.”
The Virginia Folklife Program not only looks for new and upcoming traditions being brought in, but also works to ensure traditions that have been here are not overlooked.
Gregg Kimball, director of public services and outreach with the Library of Virginia, shows Kamari James how to play a violin during the folklife celebration on Saturday.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
“More recently, what we’ve been doing is paying attention to where our blind spots are,” Jarrett said. “Who’s not at the table? Who are we not interfacing with?”
With “one out of eight people living in Virginia” not being born in the U.S., according to Kimball, “it’s even more imperative that we understand each other’s cultures. Cultural exchange and appreciation for this web of culture that I think of as Virginia now” and what it will be in the future, said Kimball, describing the event.
From the Archive: Remember these Richmond-area restaurants?
Organist Eddie Weaver at the Miller & Rhoads Tea Room
Masaaki Okada
Lunches in the Miller & Rhoads Tea Room with Eddie Weaver at the organ have been so popular that he cut his own record.
Lindy Kest Rodman
The recently closed Venice Restaurant at the Corner of W. Cary and Thompson streets in Richmond. The Venice had operated since 1958; the owners recently decided to retire.
BRUCE PARKER
The new Julian's - Julian's, an Italian restaurant that has been operating for 40 years, has moved to larger quarters on West Broad Street. The restaurant left 2529 W. Broad St. and is leasing space in the former Automobile Club of Virginia headquarters, a block to the west. The restaurant has about 50 percent more space, with seating for about 200 people on the main floor. In addition, a wine cellar has been installed in the basement, private dining areas have been set up, and office space is available on the upper floor. The vacated property may become part of a redevelopment project involving the William Byrd Motor Hotel.
Don Long
Miller & Rhoads Corner Shop, T-D Mag. Camera Quiz.
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Byram's Restaurant, 3215 West Broad Street.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
March 16, 1967 ( Staff photo - Netherwood ) Collector's Corner is between the Tea Room and Ladies Room on Miller & Rhoads 5th Floor
Charles Wood on ladder. Jimmy Aldred climbing down. Talley Neon takes down Julian's Restaurant sign
Clement Britt
Little remains besides the brick walls at the Capri Restaurant (right) and a chiropractor's office. July 4, 1983.
Gary Burns
A Julian's Restaurant menu from the early 1950's.
BRUCE PARKER
In January 1975, shoppers passed by “the clock” at Miller & Rhoads in downtown Richmond. The distinct timepiece with four faces was installed in the department store in the mid-1920s; it can be seen today at the Valentine Richmond History Center.
Masaaki Okada
The new Kelly's Jet System restaurant which is due to open in mid-August on the northwest corner of Fifth and Broad sts. is shown above.
Where's the engine? The caboose traveling on the bed of a truck along West Broad Street yesterday wasn't part of a new rail line in Richmond, but part of a remodeling project at the old Clover Room restaurant. Owner John Dankos plans to open the new restaurant, Stanley Stegmeyer's Hodgepodge, on July 1. Part of the decor will include two cabooses, each of which will seat 16 persons. May 3, 1978
Wallace Clark
This January 1952 image shows the intersection of West Broad and Lombardy streets, home to a White Tower restaurant and a Firestone automotive service center. White Tower restaurants were a rival of White Castle eateries. The Firestone site is now home to a Dollar Tree store. Lombardy & Broad St.
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This January 1952 image shows the intersection of West Broad and Lombardy streets, home to a White Tower restaurant and a Firestone automotive service center. White Tower restaurants were a rival of White Castle eateries. The Firestone site is now home to a Dollar Tree store. Lombardy & Broad St.
Staff Photo
A view of the water at Chesdin Restaurant, 629 River Road, Matoaca.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
A dish from the the Chesdin Restaurant, 629 River Road, Matoaca.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
In the small kitchen of Jumpin J's Java, owner Je Depew (right) creates unique entrees with chef Gene Smith (center) and Chris Pierson. Sept. 25, 2004
P. KEVIN MORLEY
At Jumpin J's Java, owner Je Depew (left) shares a laugh with customers Denise Lawus and Melvin Carter. Sept. 25, 2004
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Je Depew, outside her cafe' and restaurant, Jumpin J's Java, at 2306 Jefferson Avenue (corner of Jefferson and Leigh streets) in Church Hill.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Exterior of Six Burner Restaurant on Grace Street in 2010.
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Roasted Red Pepper appetizer at Six Burner Restaurant. Roasted Red Peppers, local goat cheese, roasted garlic and shallots seved with grilled bread.
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One of the many seating areas at the Mexico Restaurant in Mechanicsville on May 17, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD/TIMES-DISPATCH
The Upper East Side Restaurant Jazz Lounge and Sports Bar allocated at 7103 Brook Road March 30, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD
The Upper East Side Restaurant Jazz Lounge and Sports Bar allocated at 7103 Brook Road on March 30, 2004. Grilled mushroom melt burger, (left) Upper East Side hot wings, and grilled chicken wrap.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Kobe Japanese Steaks & Sushi. March 24, 2004
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Ancho chile strip (front plate), Coconut jumbo shrimp (back plate), creme brule cheesecake (right plate) and Firebirds 2000 Napa Valley Red are some of the items on the Firebirds Rocky Mountain Grill. Photo taken Monday, March 1, 2004,
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Bookbinder's Grill in Alverser Plaza in Midlothian in 2004.
BRUCE PARKER
Bella Arte on Bellevue Ave. in 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD/TIMES-DISPATCH
Sushi from the Young Bin Restaurant in Chippenham Square Shopping Center February 24, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Shrimp and Scallop Scampi with linguine at Portabella's Restaurant & Pizzaria
CLEMENT BRITT
Paxton Campbell, owner of The Oak Leaf sandwich shop on West Franklin, holds a picture of his grandmother Pearl Campbell, who had a restaurant called The Oak Leaf at 307 North Boulevard in the 1920's.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The "Plato Gordo" at Rio Grande Cafe at Stony Point Fashion Park.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
George Porcella, general manager of Pasta Luna restaurant in Richmond, VA, holds a menu as he talks about how the mad-cow scare has affected their business Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003.
BOB BROWN
El Azteca Mexican Restaurant in Ashland . December 22 , 2003
CLEMENT BRITT
Valentino's Italian Pizza and Restaurant, December 2, 2003.
Joe Mahoney
Interior of Valentino's Italian Pizza and Restaurant. Photo taken Dec. 2, 2003
Joe Mahoney
Coctel De Camaron, (Shrimp Cocktail) at Los Rios Mexican Restaurant on Tuckernuck Road, November 12, 2003.
MARK GORMUS
Satoru Sato, head chef at Hana Zushi Japanese Restaurant, prepares a variety of sushi delicacies February 18, 2004
P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Anthony Clark, a host at Croaker's Spot in Jackson Ward, waits to greet guests as they enter the restaurant on December 19, 2003.
Rebecca Reid
The Edible Garden, 12506 River Road, Goochland County. Phot o taken June 17, 2005
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Harold Thomas III, 14, works at Harold's Kitchen every day after school. The restaurant has been in the family since 1971, when the first Harrold, Harrold III's grandfather, opened it.
EVA RUSSO
La Casita's home made sauces - Red, (Medium) White, (Hot) and Green, (Very hot) compliment the restaurant's Shrimp Quesadilla, served with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.9/6/05-
Lisa Billings
Diners munch under the festive lights strung over the dining room at La Casita Restaurant in Richmond Tuesday.9/6/05
Lisa Billings
Joe and Camilia Trak (center) with their children John and Mona, with some of the items on their extensive Greek-Italian menu, including Greek and Italian wines. Trak's Greek and Italian Ristorante
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Visitors to Trick Dog Cafe in Irvington, Virginia, can rub this trick dog statue for good luck. Photo taken Wednesday, July 19, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Smoked Salmon in a crepe with flower petals with chives, cr me frais, microgreens accompanied by caper berries, chopped white onions, parsley and quail eggs. 1 North Belmont Restaurant on North Belmont Road in the fan. May 13, 2005.
TIMES-DISPATCH
Chef Matthew Tlusty with two Rock fish at Limani Fish Grill on W. Cary St. July 14, 2005
MARK GORMUS
Isabel and Mehmet Akpinar, owners of Zorba's Restaurant June 1, 2005.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Homard en Poche, Rock Lobster Tail & Oyster Mushroom Duxelle baked in a Beggar’s Pouch. 1 North Belmont Restaurant on North Belmont Road in the fan. May 13, 2005.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Smoked Salmon in a crepe with flower petals with chives, cr me frais, microgreens accompanied by caper berries, chopped white onions, parsley and quail eggs. 1 North Belmont Restaurant on North Belmont Road in the fan. 5/13/05
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Thyme crusted rack of veal served with asparagus flan and prosciutto wrapped asparagus is one of the entrees served at Bistro R, on W. Broad St.
EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Bryn Purser (foreground) and Adam Schumm (background) working in their restaurant, Zuppa, at 104 N. 18th St. in Shockoe Bottom in 2005
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Bottoms Up staff prepares for dinner customers beneath a reminder of Tropical Storm Gaston's flood damage on August 11 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT/TIMES-DISPATCH
Brasilian Cafe owner Rogel Venson and employee Isabel Gonzalez inside the restaurant on April 14, 2005.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Contractor W. Samuel West, West Builders LLC, (right) was instrumental in rebuilding many flood-damaged restaurants in Shockoe Bottom including the River City Diner in which this photo was taken.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Mr. Bojangles restaurant is located at 550 E. Marshall Street.
CINDY BLANCHARD
A wooden casket containing a dummy corpse is brought into O'Toole's Restaurant as part of a "wake" that harks back to a centuries-old papal dispensation that allowed Irishmen normally abstaining from drink during Lent to drink in the event of a wake for the dead. The ritual with the dummy corpse is a tradition of many years at the restaurant/bar on Forest Hill Ave.
BRUCE PARKER
Wingstop Restaurant featured a variety of wings for every palate. From left: Lemon Pepper, original hot wings, and a mild variety. They are served here with fresh-cut seasoned fries.
Joe Mahoney
Darryl and Pramvdee U. McGuire owners of Thai Country Resturant on Staples Mill Rd. .
CLEMENT BRITT
A list of restaurants supposedly available at the Sixth Street Marketplace, but alas, several are closed down and one whole block of restaurants listed has been demolished.
LAD
Rod Bennett (right) a partner in the Martini Kitchen & Bubble Bar venture, said that the 1911 West Main Street restaurant will boast 85 martinis on the menu. It will also offer certified black angus beef, duck, and lobster.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Lois McCarn of Richmond (center) eats lunch with her daughter Carolyn Barker of Richmond in Brio Tuscan Grille at Stony Point Fashion Park
TIMES-DISPATCH
Little Europa Strogonoff (stroganoff) at Little Europa Restaurant and Gourmet Deli in the Gayton Crossing Shopping Center on 11/5/03. Flambe version.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
From left, Thomas Haskins, Andrew Williams, and Fred Middleton preparing food in the kitchen of the Positive Vibe Cafe in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center.
BRUCE PARKER
Chef Peter Caserta is opening a second Pasta Luna restaurant in addition to the West End location. The new location is in the Commonwealth Center at 288 and Hull Streets.
JOE MAHONEY
Chicken Biryahi, adorned with egg, is available at Curry House restaurant on West Broad Street. Photo taken October 7, 2003.
Rebecca Reid
Gade Reddy, of Wilmington, Delaware, eats a meal at Curry House restaurant on West Broad Street Tuesday, October 6, 2003.
Rebecca Reid
The bar at the Grafiti Grille in the Tuckahoe Shopping Center. Feb. 27, 2005
BRUCE PARKER
Marie Antoinette Elbling grew up on a farm near the village of Thanville in Alsace, France. Her family ate seasonal food only at three meals. After moving to Richmond 34 years ago where she and husband, Chef Paul, opened La Petite France, she eats the same way. She doesn't exercise because she is in constant motion. Life is her exercise. If a light bulb needs changed in the restaurant, she'll grab a ladder and do it.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Chef F. J. Sabatini, with his Seafood Bouchee, in the restaurant in the Henry Clay Inn in Ashland on March 28, 2005
P. KEVIN MORLEY
The Brasilian Cafe is located in the basement of Stuart Circle Apartments on Monument Avenue. Photo taken Sunday, January 20, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Among other dishes, guests at Can Can, a brasserie on Cary St., can savor the roasted salmon served with lentils, wild mushrooms and red wine shallots. April 20, 2005.
EVA RUSSO
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The bar area of Shula's 2 restaurant at the Sheraton Richmond West November 6, 2004.
MARK GORMUS
Guests dining at Cielito Lindo who might be in the mood for something sweet can try the flan de calabaza, the pumpkin flan. March 15, 2005.
EVA RUSSO
Christopher Bak, chef at Fusion, watches over chocolate truffle cake. Photo taken Monday, March 7, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The Lucky lounge, located on E. Cary St., opened December 28, 2004. This restaurant/bar also offered live music, including Jazz on Thursday nights.
EVA RUSSO
Lunch crowd at Perly's on Grace St. March 11, 2005
MARK GORMUS
A fire broke out at Firebirds in the Short Pump Town center on December 20, 2005.
NATHAN GRAY
India Garden & Grill WAS a family-owned Indian restaurant off of Midlothian Turnpike. Pictured here in 2005 were masala dosa (front), an Indian-style thin pancake served with onion and potato stuffing, curry and coconut chutney sauce, and vegetable jalfrezi (behind), a mix of cauliflowers, carrots, beans and green peppers sauteed in ginger, garlic, dry fruits and authentic Indian spices.
EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Looking out of the front window into the "sidewalk cafe" portion of Escabar at 5806 Grove Ave. December 21, 2005
BRUCE PARKER
Kevin Brown (left) and Nancy Cohen in the kitchen at Cafe Mandolin Feburary 18 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT/TIMES-DISPATCH
Using savory custard with dijon mustard in filo shells as the base , David Shannon of Dogwood restaurant created seven holiday party foods using leftovers . December 20 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT
Cluck Bucket (left), Gravy Fries and Perogies from The Pour House om 2005. Photo taken Dec. 3
NATHAN GRAY
Martini Kitchen and Bubble Bar. Rack of Lamb, field greens and shrimp cocktail. November 28 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT
Beverly Mazursky, owner of Bev's Homemade Ice Cream shop in Carytown in the Carytown store on Thursday, February 10, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH
The driver of this pickup truck was taken into custody on Dec. 9, 2005 after Hanover authorities and patrons at Mulligan's Sports Bar said he drove into the restaurant after being kicked out.
“To the dining community: Don’t forget to bring joy wherever you can; it will go a long way.”
Stella Dikos, namesake of Stella’s and Stella’s Grocery
DEAN HOFFMEYER
French artist Gilles Cheramy, right, poses beside the butterfly-shaped bar he has created for The Can Can restaurant at 3120 W. Cary St. in Richmond, VA, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, as his assistant, Bruno Perrigouas, left, polishes the edge.
BOB BROWN
A table set in front of the fireplace at Azzurro Restaurant in 2004.
DON LONG
Vitello's is located at 101 N. Fifth Street Sept. 22, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Peter J. D'Amelio, president and chief operating officer ot the restaurant division at The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, photographed at their Short Pump restaurant Monday, September 27, 2004.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Cheesecakes and desserts are ready to be served up on Monday, September 27, 2004, at The Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Short Pump.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The Tavern salad in The Veranda at Michelle's Tavern in Hanover Courthouse . September 21 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT
Barbara Roll is one of the items on Ichiban's menu. Photo taken Friday, October 21, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Avenue 805 features Sunday brunch. This is French Toast with fresh local figs, toasted almonds and maple syrup. The Rail Bloody Mary is a signature brunch beverage. Photo taken Sept. 18, 2005.
JOE MAHONEY
This sushi and sashimi combo plate is one of the items on Ichiban's menu. Photo taken Friday, October 21, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Interior of Avenue 805 restaurant on September 18, 2005
JOE MAHONEY
Vinny Sanzone of Carini's Restaurant with a large pizza, in the newer section of the Italian restaurant in 2005. Photo taken Oct. 12.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Sosie Hublitz outside her Gaston-damaged Shockoe Bottom restaurant "The Kitchen Table" on October 6, 2004.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Sosie Hublitz's Gaston-damaged Shockoe Bottom restaurant "The Kitchen Table." Photo taken October 6, 2004.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Jen Clayton, a manager at Gutenberg Cafe', explains the flow of the high water which severely damaged the restaurant in September of 2004, when remnants of Hurricane Gaston flooded Shockoe Bottom. Photo taken Sept. 29.
P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
5/10/04 - Diners prepare to order while enjoying their cocktails at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at Stony Point Fashion Park in Richmond Monday.
LISA BILLINGS
Carolyn and Bob DeCapri in their restaurant, Cafe' di Pagliacci, in the Fan District.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Lynn Cochran and Jim News, the owners of Mr. Patrick Henry's Inn on Church Hill, are selling the place. The stand in the restaurant's lunch room. The restaurant also had formal dining rooms. Photo taken November 15, 1999.
BRUCE PARKER
Dennis Hickman at the new Julian's at 1129 Three Chopt Rd. He is holding a framed 1947 menu from the restaurant's earliest days in downtown Richmond.
BRUCE PARKER
H.L. Reed Design Inc. decorated the Main Street Beer Co. with a poured concrete bar. Photo taken Tuesday, August 3, 1999.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Edward Martin calls himself 'The Drink Man' at his job with Cafe Mosaic. He moves quickly through his work filling water pitchers, and other drink related tasks.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
The Jade Elephant RESTAURANT
BRUCE PARKER
Folks come to the Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe, shown Aug. 24, 1995, in Richmond, Va., for its mix of Tex-Mex and hearty Wisconsin fare. Or maybe it's because of all the memorabilia from its namesake states, including stuffed animals, football helmets and license plates.
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John Felico, owner of Dominic's of New York, will soon sell his sausage products at selected Ukrops. He is shown in his Willow Lawn Food Court location.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Watchful Waiter Awards Acacia Restaurant on Cary St. View from the porch on December 21, 1998
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Brevard County is nearing the construction of a new $4.8 million outdoor events venue in Merritt Island.
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The county is seeking a contractor to build a 6,732-square-foot amphitheater stage and a 2,308-square-foot restroom/concession building at its Veterans Memorial Park south of Merritt Island Mall.
The Veterans Memorial Amphitheater would have a capacity of over 5,000 people on tiered lawn seating, and would include a greenroom, a loading dock, storage space, stage lighting and audio, as well as parking, according to a Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency website.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — After spending yesterday in the 80s, we bring the heat back today.
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Meteorologist Kassandra Crimi said afternoon temps would return to the 90s, with heat index values near 105 degrees.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando City was coming into Saturday riding high after a four game unbeaten run, but Chicho Arango and Real Salt Lake sent the Lions home with a loss, 4-0.
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Oscar Pareja went with the same lineup as he did against Toronto FC last Tuesday. A lineup that was dominant and scored four goals against their previous opponent.
From the start of the game, the Lions looked like they would continue their run with three shot attempts in the first three minutes of the match but after those attempts, RSL appeared to be the more aggressive team on the pitch Saturday night.
RSL got their first opportunity in the 11-minute when Andrew Brody sent a cross in the box to the back post to Damir Kreilach, whose header went into the wrong side of the net.
RSL fans did not have to wait long for their new designated player Chicho Arango to make his impact on the night.
In the 23-minute, RSL’s Pablo Ruiz fed the ball inside the box from a set piece, and Arango powered through two Lion defenders and one of his players to be the first to the ball and head it into the back of the net.
RSL would take the lead 1-0 and not look back.
Read: Orlando Pride knocked off another top NWSL team Friday night
RSL would get a second goal in the 41-minute with another set piece header by Justen Glad, making the score 2-0.
Late in the first half, City had a couple more opportunities at goal but could not get on the board before halftime.
In the second half, RSL added two more goals in the 78-minute when Jefferson Savarino was left unmarked on the far post and able to settle the ball, have time to aim and fire a shot across the goal and into the net, putting RSL up 3-0.
89-minute, RSL’s Anderson Julio ran right past City’s backline to pick up a through ball and ended up one-on-one against Pedro Gallese, beating Gallese with a shot into the bottom right corner, final score 4-0.
Orlando is on the road again next week when they head up I-75 to face Atlanta United Saturday night.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX plans to launch a batch of Starlink satellites Sunday evening.
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The launch window will be 8:36 p.m. at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.
The rocket will carry 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40.
This is the 16th flight for the first-stage booster.
Read: SpaceX successfully launches European telescope into orbit
After stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX had previously scheduled the launch for 4:36 a.m. Sunday.
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Allegheny County police are investigating a shooting at a Harrison Township apartment building.
At around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Allegheny County 911 was notified of multiple gunshots being fired into the building, located in the 2000 block of Broadview Avenue. First responders found a victim with a minor injury. The victim was treated on the scene by EMS.
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State police are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old in Aliquippa.
According to a report, the homicide occurred around 11:20 p.m. Saturday in the area of Knoll and Main streets.
A Beaver County dispatcher told Channel 11 there was a shooting around 11:23 p.m. in the 1000 block of Main Street.
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PITTSBURGH — A man was fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side early Sunday morning.
At approximately 1 a.m., police working along East Carson Street were dispatched for a seven-round ShotSpotter alert to the 1300 block of Sarah Street.
Officers found a man in his 30s in the intersection of South 13th Street and East Carson with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. They rendered aid to the victim with tourniquets until EMS arrived.
The man was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. He was later pronounced dead.
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Q: It really galls me to hear people criticize the Social Security Administration and then lambaste you as a former employee of the agency. You should know that our recent dealings with SSA were top-rate. The representative we dealt with was courteous, classy and knowledgeable. We could not have been happier with the service we received.
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Q: I don’t see how you put up with those nasty, finger-pointing old goats who seem to have nothing better to do than gripe about alleged poor service from the Social Security Administration. My guess is that whatever problems they might have had with the agency came about in large part because of the big chip they have on their shoulder when it comes to anything having to do with the government. My wife and I just wanted you to know that our recent interaction with SSA employees when we filed for our retirement benefits was exceptional. They were very helpful.
Q: What I want to know is: Why are you so willing to publish diatribes from people who are so critical of an agency you spent most of your life working for? I just think you should know that when I recently signed up for my retirement benefits, the local Social Security office people were very efficient and courteous. The young woman who took care of me was professional in every way. The entire process was smooth and simple. Please publish the good news about SSA and stop highlighting the few bad apples.
These are just a few of the emails I received following a recent column in which, once again, some guy was critical of the Social Security Administration and its employees. And sadly, those critical emails usually outnumber the glowing ones. But I’m sure that has a lot to do with the fact that people are much more likely to complain about poor service than they are to acknowledge and praise good service. That’s why I was so pleased to get the emails that I printed in today’s column.
Some readers may remember a customer service survey column I wrote about several years ago. I was getting lots of emails from readers critical of the SSA’s services or of the allegedly bad advice they were getting from the agency’s representatives. Once again, I figured that people were much more likely to write and complain about bad service than they were to send me accolades praising good service.
So, I decided to test my theory by conducting a survey of my readers. I got hundreds of responses. Long story short: The vast majority — almost 90% — of respondents said they were happy and satisfied with the service they got from the SSA.
That was the good news for the Social Security Administration and its employees. But there was another side to that coin. I was able to glean this bit of information from the responses. SSA’s front-line employees did routine work very well. And fortunately, most of us have rather routine experiences with Social Security. We turn 62 or 67 and want to file for retirement benefits and that’s that. It’s all rather simple and cut and dried.
But if your Social Security situation is not quite routine, then, sadly, SSA reps sometimes fall down on the job. And I think a lot of this has to do with training. When I started working for the SSA in 1973, I went to a highly intensive and vigorous three-month class that was taught by very expert trainers — frontline supervisory people who had been with the agency for decades and who had seen it all. And they passed all this knowledge on to us young neophytes — comprehensive facts and information that carried us through our careers. But regrettably, that’s not the way things work anymore. Today, new SSA hires get about six weeks of mostly online computer training. That’s just not the way to teach raw recruits about all the complicated Social Security rules and regulations.
So, if you are John Q. or Jane Q. Public, what are you supposed to do if you are pushing Social Security age and you are about to deal with the Social Security Administration for the first time?
Well, as I alluded to earlier, most of you probably have fairly routine situations. You are about to retire, and you want to apply for your Social Security benefits, and that’s all. In that case, I recommend you get on your computer, go to socialsecurity.gov and file online. The whole process is really quite simple.
But if you’ve got a Social Security case with a few wrinkles — like having a spouse eligible for Social Security benefits at the same time; like possibly being eligible for benefits on two different accounts (usually your own and a living or deceased or divorced husband or wife); or like wanting to file for benefits before full retirement age but continue working part-time — then I recommend you talk to someone in person by calling the SSA at 800-772-1213. If the first person you talk to seems a little hesitant or unsure of himself or herself, ask to speak to a supervisor.
Or send an email to a highly trained but now retired former SSA representative (me) at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. I can’t take your claim, but I certainly will be able to answer your questions. | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/employment/social-security-you-despite-constant-criticism-many-praise-ssa/article_dc3e7746-15fe-11ee-99b2-a74f3ca86123.html | 2023-07-09T13:27:43 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/employment/social-security-you-despite-constant-criticism-many-praise-ssa/article_dc3e7746-15fe-11ee-99b2-a74f3ca86123.html |
The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend summer camp at little or no cost to their families.
Since 1947, the Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 43,468 children to go to camp. We’re one of the oldest 501(c )(3) charities in Arizona and one of the most efficient, with 97 cents from every dollar going to send kids to camp.
We send local kids to weeklong YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout overnight camps, as well as overnight camping at Camp Tatiyee for school-age children and teens with special needs.
Our goal is to raise $238,000 to send up to 700 kids to camp. So far, we’ve received 781 donations totaling $141,735, or just under 60% of our goal, with the last month of camping underway. Our June camp scholarships totaled $107,073 for 46 kids to go to Girl Scout camp, 20 kids to Camp Tatiyee and 241 kids to YMCA camp. We haven’t received a June bill from the Boy Scouts.
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Your contribution qualifies for the Arizona tax credit of up to $800 for donations to qualifying charitable organizations. Our code is 20450. We do not share or sell our donor information. Donations are welcome throughout the year. Recent donations include:
John Aronson, $50.
Betsy Bartelt, $26.34.
Jeff Berry, $26.34.
Blackbaud Giving Fund, $208.54.
John Campagne, in memory of Ellen Hultgren, $100.
Cheri Carroll, $104.42.
Arthur Dixon, $100.
Esther Dresp, $100.
Anita Fonte, $52.37.
Mona Gentz, $105.
Mark Grushka, in memory of Lila Grushka, $52.37.
Lydia Hursh, $100.
Claude Janus, $104.42.
Mark Jarecki $1,000.
Ken and Jane Kalina, $112.75
Alfred Luckau, $50.
Maura Mack, in honor of Russell R. Noon, $100.
Janet Martin, $100.
David and Merry Mungo, $160.
Georgianna Murphy, in memory of Terrence Murphy, LTC USAF, $421.
Sara and Michael Mussman, $100.
Ron Nelson, $50.
William Ryan, $52.37.
Charles Sanner, $500.
B.J. Shultz, $400.
Gilda Terrazas, $104.42.
Three anonymous donations totaling $408.84. | https://tucson.com/news/local/kids-are-having-a-ball-at-camp-please-donate-to-send-a-kid-to-camp/article_18d1a0ec-1d1c-11ee-b642-c39e9d4537f5.html | 2023-07-09T13:27:49 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/kids-are-having-a-ball-at-camp-please-donate-to-send-a-kid-to-camp/article_18d1a0ec-1d1c-11ee-b642-c39e9d4537f5.html |
TRAFFIC
ADOT announces lane restrictions on I-10 at Riggs Road
Aidan Wohl
Arizona Republic
The Interstate 10 lanes will have restrictions at Riggs Road for paving operations from Sunday, July 9, through Friday, July 14, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation's Twitter account.
The eastbound lanes will be restricted with the right lanes being closed from 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 9, to 5 a.m. on Friday, July 14.
The eastbound lanes will also have alternating lane closures from 9 p.m. on Monday, July 10, to 5 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11. The on- and off-ramps for the eastbound lanes will be closed at the same times as the right lane restrictions, ADOT said.
The westbound lanes will be restricted from 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, July 12, according to ADOT. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-traffic/2023/07/09/arizona-department-of-transportation-announces-lane-restrictions-on-interstate-10-at-riggs-road/70395024007/ | 2023-07-09T13:29:50 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-traffic/2023/07/09/arizona-department-of-transportation-announces-lane-restrictions-on-interstate-10-at-riggs-road/70395024007/ |
The organization and nonprofit that regulates the practice of law in Arizona has sworn in the first Black president in its 90-year history.
A Tucson native, Benjamin Taylor went to Sahuaro High School and graduated from the University of Arizona law school in 2004 before beginning his law career in Maricopa County.
Sworn in as president of the Arizona State Bar on June 16 in Tucson, Taylor said he hopes he will pave the way for other people of color. When he first joined the state bar, there were not many people of color participating and he never thought the position of president could be his, he said.
“You look on the board and there wasn’t anybody I could relate to as far as a person of color,” he said. “I just didn’t think it was my pathway or my career path to do it. Then I realized I can take action. I can be the one who helps trailblaze and be that first person.”
Despite the lack of diversity when Taylor began on the board in 2017, the board has become more diverse since then, Taylor said.
He credits this to the Bar Leadership Institute, which trains future bar members and offers them networking opportunities, training, community awareness and other skills to help them better serve their diverse communities.
Having a diverse group of judges and lawyers will help members of the bar and the justice system better serve the community, he said.
“People want to see a fair and just system. And the way to achieve that is by working on a diverse bar,” Taylor said.
Taylor spent his early life, some college years in Tucson
Growing up in Tucson with his mother, a math teacher at Tucson Unified School District, and his father, a Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Air Force, helped him develop a solid foundation in life to go after his goals, he said.
Before finding law, Taylor worked in finance and thought he dreamed of working on Wall Street. But after feeling unfulfilled in a finance career, he made the switch to law so he could help more people.
After studying at the University of Arizona and interning at the Pima County Attorney’s Office, Taylor took a job at the Maricopa County Office of the Public Defender so that he could have a hands-on approach to helping the community.
“This gave me an opportunity to actually sit down and talk to clients, listen to clients and strategize with clients,” he said.
Taylor has dealt with cases of inequality in the justice system
To help even more people and increase the types of cases he works on, Taylor decided to start his own firm. Eventually, he merged with his law partner Dominic Gomez to form Taylor and Gomez, LLP, to help even more people.
In his career, Taylor said he has seen firsthand equity issues in the court system. One case in particular involved a woman he represented who was accused of shoplifting baby formula and diapers. Because she had a prior conviction, the prosecution wanted to give her jail time.
He saw how the justice system used people’s past against them, instead of focusing on what they are currently doing with their lives.
“It really broke my heart. I realized how the system really needed to change,” he said.
It reminded him that not only does everyone deserve defense under the U.S. Constitution, but everyone deserves to have a good defense attorney, or else they could go to prison for a long time.
A defining moment in his career was a case in 2021 that received national attention when his firm defended Yessenia Garcia. The woman had been wrongfully arrested for a hit-and-run that she had proof she did not commit. She won a lawsuit for $200,000 earlier this year.
Taylor has seen many injustices and is passionate about improving the state’s justice system and making sure the system is fair.
He said the state needs prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges to come together to revise the justice system to make sure it is fair to everyone.
Taylor reiterated that part of the bar association’s mission is to increase access to justice. The organization has an ethics hotline, member assistance programs, and continuing education for attorneys.
Lina Garcia, deputy director of the Office of the Maricopa County Public Defender, worked with Taylor, who at the time was an attorney in the trial division while she was a law clerk in 2006.
She recalled when she first started at the office, he was welcoming and took time out of his day to introduce her to the office and explain why the work they do is important.
“He quickly became a sounding board and somebody you could trust to have conversations about where you were working to grow and what you want to do in your career,” Garcia said.
She said Taylor is someone who would take time to say hi and catch up with former colleagues and acquaintances at social events, and try to get people involved in the profession, like opportunities to participate in state bar leadership positions or community organizations looking for help from an attorney.
“He always seems genuinely interested in conducting the profession as a whole to serve the community," Garcia said.
As a Latina, she noticed there were very few attorneys who were people of color. She valued Taylor’s mentorship and seeing another person of color succeeding in the field.
“As a fellow minority in this work, it meant a lot to see representation, even with somebody that was a few steps ahead in their career of where I was,” she said.
She also noted what a big accomplishment this was for the Black community in the profession.
“I don't think that we have ever seen somebody in this top position with the state bar, who is African American," Garcia said. “I think looking at like Black bar representation is huge to be able to see that in this type of position.”
According to the National Association for Law Placement, in 2020, people of color only made up 26% of associates in U.S. law firms, which increased from previous years.
In 2022, Black people only made up 4.5% of lawyers in the U.S., according to the American Bar Association. The association noted that about half of all state bars and licensing agencies track race and ethnicity in the profession, with 26 states reporting in 2022.
Taylor hopes to bring the state Bar to communities
Now that he is the president of the Arizona Bar Association, he wants to continue making the bar more diverse by not only attracting attorneys of different ethnicities but also of different genders, backgrounds, nationalities, ages and more.
To do this, the Bar needs to go out into the communities, rural as much as urban, and to schools, Taylor said.
During his one-year term, Taylor wants to educate youth and the general community about the justice system, and the Arizona Bar Association’s mission and services.
The state Bar has a range of services from free legal advice to continuing education for its attorneys.
He hopes that by going out into the community and to schools, the bar association can help inspire today’s youth to help recruit more Arizonans to consider becoming an attorney or judge in the future
"If young students and children see it, they can become it and believe it,” he said.
Reach the reporter at sarah.lapidus@gannett.com. The Republic’s coverage of southern Arizona is funded, in part, with a grant from Report for America. To support regional Arizona news coverage like this, make a tax deductible donation at supportjournalism.azcentral.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/mosaic-story/news/local/arizona-people/2023/07/09/arizona-bar-president-benjamin-taylor-pushing-for-more-diversity/70365870007/ | 2023-07-09T13:29:51 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/mosaic-story/news/local/arizona-people/2023/07/09/arizona-bar-president-benjamin-taylor-pushing-for-more-diversity/70365870007/ |
Willamalane wants feedback on its plans for the next 20 years of Springfield parks and rec
Springfield residents have until July 14 to provide feedback on the Willamalane Park and Recreation District's Comprehensive Plan, which outlines plans for the next 20 years of the city's park development.
Why the park plan is being updated
Willamalane published its last park development plan in 2012. Willamalane policy calls for an update every 10 years.
The district says it wants a new plan to reflect that Springfield is bigger, more diverse and older than in 2012, as well as a plan that makes use of the eight new parks totaling 851 acres, in particular adding features to the 666-acre Thurston Hills Natural Area.
Future Willamalane projects
Highlights from Willamalane's draft plan include:
- Adding a bicycle pump track at Willamalane Park,
- More beginner-friendly mountain bike trails in the Thurston Hills Natural Area,
- Opportunities for nature play at Dorris Ranch and Clearwater Park,
- Filling in links in the park and recreation district's trail network, such as by connecting the McKenzie River Multi-use Path and the South Weyerhauser Haul Road.
The district also plans to increase staffing to add more park rangers, more people maintaining natural areas and restrooms, and expand hours of operation and cultural programming.
The proposal calls for exploring the addition of water play areas and outdoor swimming pools, a dog park, pickleball courts, community gardens, river access, outdoor fitness parks, trails and childcare at locations that have not yet been determined.
"We're looking at all types of water play features that may be in different places throughout the district," Willamalane Executive Director Michael Wargo said at a June 26 town hall. "We don't really have a lead on where that would be. It would make financial sense to add on to our existing aquatic centers but we're going to take to take a look at everything."
Seven goals in the draft plan
Most of the plan focuses on broader goals versus specific projects. This also means a cost estimate is not included.
"This plan is the big guiding document," Jackie Rochefort, Willamalane Planning Manager Jackie Rochefort, said at the town hall. "From this plan, we would be creating smaller area plans and master plans and detailed plans and that's where we can start to figure out how the pieces come together."
The seven goals outlined in the draft:
1. Continue to operate the district at a nationally accredited CAPRA standard
The Commission for the Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies recognized Willamalane in 2022 as meeting national best practices.
In addition to maintaining current service, to remain accredited, Willamalane said it will make parks more accessible to people with disabilities, integrate diversity equity and inclusion by hiring more bilingual staff, and strengthen employee recruitment, retention, and workplace culture.
2. Provide a safe and equitable system of parks and natural areas
This goal includes plans to:
- Upgrade and replace amenities at parks such as James Park and Tyson Park that community members scored low,
- Update amenities that are in poor condition such as the basketball and pickleball courts at Meadow Park and the playground at Bob Artz Memorial Park,
- New projects such as a trail connecting the Booth Key Trailhead and Middle Fork Path and new parks in underserved areas like the neighborhoods around Hamlin Middle School and west of Bob Straub Parkway,
- Reduce the park system's carbon footprint.
3. Provide easily accessed, connected system of paths and trails
Proposed trail expansions include connecting the McKenzie River Multi-use Path and South Weyerhauser Road, and expanded trail systems at Dorris Ranch and the Thurston Hills Natural Area.
The district also plans to add features such as benches, signage, and bike parking and bike repair stations to existing trails.
4. Provide high-quality and affordable recreation facilities
This goal includes a feasibility study for a new outdoor pool and expansions to the Parks Services Center, Adult Activity Center and Bob Keefer Center.
5. Strive for high standard of care for the maintenance
This goal includes:
- Plans to hire additional landscapers, groundskeepers, park rangers and staff to maintain natural areas and athletic fields,
- Identify key habitats in the parks' natural areas for preservation
- Resurface paths,
- Renovate locker rooms, parking lots, lobbies and cultural resources.
6. Offer recreation services and programs that respond to community needs, encourage healthy lifestyles
Willamalane said it wants to:
- Add recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, specific cultural groups, adults above the age of 55 and high school students,
- Provide free health and fitness programs,
- Consider expanding hours of operation into evenings and weekends.
7. Be a responsible steward of district resources, partnerships
To pay for the proposals, Willamalane plans to consider a bond, changes to the district's system development charges and a membership fee for out-of-district park users.
View the full plan and provide feedback by July 14.
Alan Torres covers local government for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at atorres@registerguard.com | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/willamalane-springfield-oregon-park-district-seeks-input-20-year-plan/70384622007/ | 2023-07-09T13:33:01 | 1 | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/willamalane-springfield-oregon-park-district-seeks-input-20-year-plan/70384622007/ |
School registrations
While summer seems like it just got started, school registration dates are quickly approaching.
Castleford begins in-person registration on July 18. Kimberly and Buhl school districts start registration begins on July 31, and both districts have different days set for each school or grade. Jerome Joint School District registration begins August 2. Twin Falls School District begins registration the week of August 4. Filer School District and Cassia County School District will start registration August 8.
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This year, Cassia County will register students using a paper-only system, and parents are encouraged to contact their students’ school for more information.
For students entering kindergarten (or any grade of school for the first time) parents will need to provide records, such as a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate, immunizations records or immunization exemptions, and proof of residency (current utility bill, rental agreement, house sales agreement).
Twin Falls registration for kindergarten is done online. Any child who will be 5 years old before Sept. 1, 2023, should be registered for school using the online registration form found on the district’s website.
Kimberly School District seeks board member
The Kimberly School Board of Trustees is looking to appoint a community-minded individual to the recently vacant Zone 5 seat for the remainder of the term, ending December 2023.
The board is seeking an applicant with a vision for high student achievement, who can attend the regular meetings held on the third Thursday of each month.
Letters of interest and other inquiries may be sent to csearby@kimberly.edu by 3 p.m. on July 17, 2023. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/education/magic-valley-school-briefs/article_870285be-1d20-11ee-b806-af83a7f4e50c.html | 2023-07-09T13:35:51 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/education/magic-valley-school-briefs/article_870285be-1d20-11ee-b806-af83a7f4e50c.html |
KIMBERLY — Young and adult enjoyed themselves Saturday during the Kimberly Good Neighbors celebration at the city park.
A live band played, plenty of food vendors were on hand, and for entertainment, world record-holder Biff Hutchinson put on an extreme pogo stick show and children scrambled for young chicks during a chicken roundup.
A firework show concluded the day's activities. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/good-neighbors-and-good-times-in-kimberly/article_8d6112a0-1dd8-11ee-9554-abede2152910.html | 2023-07-09T13:35:57 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/good-neighbors-and-good-times-in-kimberly/article_8d6112a0-1dd8-11ee-9554-abede2152910.html |
SHOSHONE — Visitors came to town from all directions to attend the first day of the main event of the summer.
Lisa Livingston of Twin Falls perused handmade jewelry at the Flying W Glassworks booth, while a band over on the stage played country tunes.
Livingston said she comes out to Arts in the Park every year.
“I love handmade stuff,” Livingston told the Times-News. “So many crafty, talented people.”
Robyn Waddell, from Acequia, is the owner of Flying W GlassWorks. Waddell said business was hot for most of the day on Saturday, until the temperature got hotter during late afternoon.
“I’m expecting to sell quite a bit tomorrow, too, because it’s Sunday and it’s the last chance,” Waddell said.
Waddell has been making fused-glass plates, bowls, and jewelry for six years, before bringing her Flying W GlassWorks business to Arts in the Park for the first time last year.
Judy Childs, who makes brightly colored paintings out of rows of dots, said she’s been painting every day since she retired.
“That was my dream, when I retired, to paint every day,” Childs said.
Childs said she was attending Arts in the Park as a vendor for the first time this year, because her house in Shoshone had gotten crowded with art.
While making her paintings, Childs said she has painted millions of dots. She has been painting her whole life, but the dot painting method was a whole new style that she had to study and practice.
“When I first tried it, it was a disaster — I didn’t know what I was doing,” Childs said.
Organizers Claudia Reese said they were pleased with the turnout for the first day of the weekend-long event.
“It’s been exceptional,” Reese said. “The weather’s been great, and we’ve got lots of vendors.”
Sunday’s schedule starts with breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m., followed by church at 9 a.m., and music will kick off starting at 10 a.m. and running until the event ends at 4 p.m.
Handmade wares are tops at Shoshone's Arts in the Park
Lisa Livingston, from Twin Falls, has a look at fused glass jewelry on Saturday at Shoshone Arts in the Park. Livingston said she's come out to Arts in the Park every year because she loves the handmade stuff.
Judy Childs shows off her vivid dot paintings for sale. Childs has been living her dream of painting every day since retirement and said her house had gotten too crowded with art. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/handmade-and-local-wares-are-a-highlight-at-arts-in-the-park/article_b0286cde-1de7-11ee-bd88-2f216d014b20.html | 2023-07-09T13:36:03 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/handmade-and-local-wares-are-a-highlight-at-arts-in-the-park/article_b0286cde-1de7-11ee-bd88-2f216d014b20.html |
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A woman balanced a toddler on her hip while standing on the porch of the Jump’n Jellybeans daycare on a recent Thursday morning. She stared at what was walking down the sidewalk on the other side of Portsmouth Boulevard.
It was Bumblebee, the bright yellow, friendly, talking robot from the “Transformers” comic books, TV show and movies.
Aaron Jackson, the 24-year-old inside the Bumblebee costume, saw the toddler and knew he’d accomplished what he’d set out to do that morning: Make people smile.
Sometimes two or three times a week, Jackson steps out of his Portsmouth home and walks the boulevard dressed as the Marvel character Black Panther or as the Android phone logo. Or as Pac Man or the Cookie Monster. No matter the getup, Jackson always waves and acknowledges — depending on the personality and mannerisms of the character he’s portraying — anyone who takes an interest.
This Thursday, Bumblebee glimpsed the toddler’s waving arm through his visor. He stopped. He whipped around to face the little boy and waved. He waited a few seconds for a few cars to whiz past.
Jackson then bent his knees, stuck out his chest, throwing one arm up, Bumblebee’s fake plasma cannon thrust forward.
“Pow!” Jackson said softly, inside his hot helmet.
He kept the pose long enough to give the toddler a good, long look at what a Transformer looks like, defending humanity from the bad guys.
The boy beamed. His smile was visible across four lanes of traffic.
Jackson started his costumed walks in 2020. He’s loved comic books since childhood and recently built up a collection of costumes to wear to comicon events. He started wearing them for the non-cosplaying public because he wanted to bring cheer to the quarantining city in the midst of the pandemic. He liked the costumes. He assumed other people would enjoy them as well, even if they weren’t into fantasy conventions.
Dropping his pose this morning, Jackson left the toddler and continued walking east.
Sometimes, he’ll turn right on Missy Elliott Boulevard moving toward the Rivers Casino, make a couple laps around the parking lot and go back home. The round trip is about 3 miles, but its worth it. He enjoys seeing some of his colleagues at the casino where he works and entertaining them with his vestments as they head in for a shift. Other days, he doesn’t make a right, but instead, Mickey Mouse or Teletubby turns left in the direction of the nearest Super Walmart — a 5-mile round trip.
Still eastbound, he waved at approaching cars. Drivers honked back. A grinning driver of a Canada Dry cargo truck slowed down to 3 mph to snap a picture with his phone. Jackson posed.
Jackson’s friends thought he was crazy when he started his walks. But in 2021, he turned his jaunts into a business, giving his number out to people he met and he began booking children’s parties. He rebranded himself and his new enterprise “The Mysterious Cosplayer.”
He’s appeared at over 50 children’s parties and other events at the rate of $225 an hour. His friends no longer think he’s so crazy.
Jackson saw a woman walking out of BJ’s Fragrance Oils and Sports Shop motioning at him.
“My business is brand-new,” Francis Bullock said. She asked him if he ever did advertising gigs.
Jackson gave Bullock his number and kept ambling.
Two women in a truck slowed down and delayed their right turn onto Portsmouth Boulevard to wave as Bumblebee approached. An Austrian Shepherd thrust its head out the passenger-side window and, looking thoroughly perplexed, tilted its head in confusion. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2023/07/09/exchange-mysterious-cosplayer/c7489cc4-1e58-11ee-8994-4b2d0b694a34_story.html | 2023-07-09T13:40:57 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2023/07/09/exchange-mysterious-cosplayer/c7489cc4-1e58-11ee-8994-4b2d0b694a34_story.html |
ATLANTA — Atlanta Police had a busy night, investigating three separate shootings across the metro area, two of which left victims dead.
These all happened in the early hours of Sunday.
The first incident was just before 2 a.m., where a woman was found shot at a gas station on Metropolitan Parkway. Officers add that she died from her injuries at the hospital.
At this time, there is no word on any suspects but police said they are talking to people of interest and witnesses. They also said the shooting itself didn't take place at the gas station.
Shortly after, just before 2:30 a.m., officers responded for Lone Oak Avenue, where a woman in her 50s had been shot and injured.
Officers add that the shooting was likely related to a house party.
Then, just after 3:00 a.m., a man in his early 20s was found dead after being shot multiple times at the intersection of Roy Street and McDaniel Street.
Right now, police said they don't have a suspect in custody. However, they note that the shooting seems to be related to a fight that occurred with family members of the victim and one of his friends.
All three of these are believed to be separate incidents. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-shootings-mcdaniel-street-lone-oak-ave/85-e023cf12-a213-4e36-88a1-e360252b0196 | 2023-07-09T13:42:56 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-shootings-mcdaniel-street-lone-oak-ave/85-e023cf12-a213-4e36-88a1-e360252b0196 |
It took an expanded role in Tom Visintainer’s former career to help him see a clear future for his next.
After earning his Gateway Architectural—Structural Engineering associate degree, what Tom sees now is much different than what he was looking at a year ago. He feels his newfound role is a perfect fit for him and he’s happy.
“Last February, I was staring at a gray wall. I didn’t like my job or my outlook,” says Tom. “Right now, at my desk, I have a beautiful view of Kenosha Harbor, and I’m at a job that I absolutely love.
“The view has gotten way better, as has my job. My job responsibilities are awesome, and I couldn’t have done it without Gateway. Gateway helped me to get where I am today.”
Gateway helps in two career journeys
The college helped Tom in his first career and became the catalyst to enter his second. As a high-schooler taking Gateway credits, he gained the skills to enter his first career, manufacturing.
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His former employer contracted with Gateway’s Business and Workforce Solutions team to provide professional development training for their workers. Because of that effort, Tom realized his dream of becoming an architect. Tom’s employer encouraged him to consider those career goals and asked him to produce some CAD drawings for a planned expansion of one of their buildings.
“We were expanding the building and I was using my CAD experience as part of that. At some point, I realized that’s really what I wanted to do,” says Tom.
“I knew I needed a degree to get into this field and I knew I had to earn it at Gateway. That professional development lit the fire under me to consider my options.”
He says his previous Gateway experience helped him earn his degree, and his work in manufacturing also helped him to broaden his knowledge of the structures he would be soon designing.
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He says he enjoyed Gateway’s atmosphere, the knowledge of the instructors and the resources and training equipment available to students.
“It’s an amazing place to be in and learn in,” says Tom. “The instructors have a great teaching style. My program instructors were easy to work with and challenge you if you want to go the extra step.”
Tom particularly enjoyed and benefited from the college’s Fab Lab, located in its SC Johnson iMET Center. “The Fab Lab has something for everyone, no matter the program. I could go there and work on new designs and use it to figure out other concepts in my classes. I think it’s a resource everyone should know about.”
Tom also benefited from Gateway’s Promise 2 Finish program, a scholarship that helps students who’ve earned some college credit to return and earn a degree tuition-free.
How about the decision to change? Tom says he’s never felt happier about his career. Gateway provided him with the initial spark of an idea to return and the subsequent training to succeed in the industry.
“I use what I learned at Gateway every day. I love my job and my career.” | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/sponsored-gateway-helps-graduate-construct-his-future-with-new-career/article_3968a056-1909-11ee-8951-f7539cd61d59.html | 2023-07-09T13:54:03 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/sponsored-gateway-helps-graduate-construct-his-future-with-new-career/article_3968a056-1909-11ee-8951-f7539cd61d59.html |
SAN ANTONIO — A teen who was playing with a gun accidentally shot himself in the foot, according to police.
Police and fire officials responded around 11:30 p.m. Sunday to the 14400 block of Old Somerset Road near Von Ormy Road on the southwest side of town for reports of a shooting in progress.
According to a police sergeant at the scene, a 16-year-old was playing with a weapon and accidentally shot himself in the foot. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Police are investigating how the young man got ahold of the gun.
No further information was available.
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As most of the city slept, East Elm Avenue was teeming with activity late into the night.
Past darkened windows and streetlights, the gargantuan form slowly made its way down the street, flanked by workers in high-visibility shirts and hardhats, and the few residents who were still awake.
This was not some eldritch beast from a Lovecraft story, but a historic 1920s bungalow on its journey to a new home just about a mile away.
As the house moved down Elm on the back of a semitrailer, down the street, Flagstaff Police Department had blocked off San Francisco Street, pulling over confused drivers to let them know an alternate route would be needed.
Among those who stood and watched the action was Duffie Westheimer, the executive director of the Townsite Community Land Trust. The house, once on North Hillcrest Street and now sitting along West Birch Avenue, is the trust’s sixth project in an effort to preserve the city’s historic character while working to provide affordable housing to residents.
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The house is the second the trust has moved, Westheimer said, adding that once it is renovated, it will be sold and occupied as it has been for more than 100 years.
Renovations could take some time, and she said the trust has not yet identified any potential future residents.
But Westheimer said when looking for buyers, they target residents who make about 125% of the area median income, or about $96,750 for a family of three in 2022.
The house was previously owned by Helene Babbitt, who donated it to the trust and plans to construct a new home on the property.
The sight of a house being moved from one part of the city to another has a long-standing historic precedent in Flagstaff, Westheimer said. A hundred years ago when the logging companies and lumber mills still anchored the city, she said, homes were routinely picked up and moved for one reason or another.
But these days, other than with manufactured homes designed to be moved, that’s far less common.
“Now, because people are like, ‘Just throw it away.’ And that's just foolish in my book. There's a lot of materials that don’t need to go to a landfill,” Westheimer said.
Moving the house took nearly all night, said Garrett Denny with the Prescott-based Vibrant Building Solutions. Moving at just walking speed for most of the journey, it was early in the morning of Thursday, June 29, that the house was placed on its new foundation.
The company has moved homes for the trust before, Denny said, although it had been about two years since the last time the company undertook such an operation.
The hardest part this time was simply getting the house off the lot and into the street, he said.
“The first couple hundred feet took about four hours to get it out of that area, and then the rest of the move took about three hours,” Denny said. “I was feeling super excited about getting it off the lot just because of the slope of the grade and how hard that first turn was. But that wasn't even the hardest part -- that last turn and fitting between those trees was definitely the harder part.”
The crew inched the house and truck between trees and telephone poles, making the sharp turn off the lot.
In that sense, Denny said moving a house through a city is not unlike moving in a new couch. It’s all about having enough room and getting the right angles, but with trees and telephone poles taking the place of doorways and staircases.
A lifetime of memories
Of those who had gathered earlier in the day to see the operation begin, many had personal connections to the house, either having lived there themselves or having family that once occupied it.
Among them was Helene Babbitt’s granddaughter, Stella Babbitt. Although she has few memories of living in the house, Stella is indelibly connected to it. She was born in the claw-foot bathtub in the house in 2005, said Stella’s mother Traleigh Babbitt.
“I just have very vague memories of being really little in the house,” Stella said, adding it has always made a good story to tell friends if she is walking past it on the way downtown.
Martha Jacobson and Tom Wolf were also in the crowd, up from their home in the Valley to see the excitement. Grandchildren of Louise and Francis Wolf, who occupied the house beginning in the mid-1920s, both said they would often spend summers there as children, a reprieve from the temperatures in Mesa where they lived the rest of the year.
“We would visit and we'd stay with her for two weeks every summer,” Jacobson said, adding it was nostalgic to see the house again, albeit on the back of a truck.
Teri Gochanour and her mother Mary Lou Morrow expressed similar sentiments.
Morrow’s mother, Gochanour’s grandmother, also occupied the house for some time, and Gochanour said growing up in Flagstaff she spent many a summer day there with her grandmother.
“We were down here a lot. We would lay in that shed that’s now demolished and had a hammock in the oak trees that were out back,” Gochanour said.
Marrow said she thinks her mother would be happy to see the home going to a new Flagstaff family, even if it isn’t in its original location.
“On one hand for me, it is emotional, but it's also just exciting. I think she's up there watching this,” Morrow said.
Historical designation
Despite the home's storied history, now that it has been moved, it may no longer be considered a historic property as it once was, said City of Flagstaff Heritage Preservation officer Mark Reavis.
Per city code, Reavis said, the house’s move to a new lot is technically considered a demolition and a new construction.
“But it’s a really good thing that it’s being saved,” Reavis said. “And Townsite is a perfectly compatible era of architecture.”
Reavis said the change in historic designation also means that the home is no longer grandfathered in, and, through renovations, must largely be brought up to compliance with city codes that have evolved over the years.
Even so, Reavis said he has been impressed by the work of the Townsite Trust in past projects to preserve the historic nature of structures.
“[Duffie Westheimer and the trust] have a really great track record of following what I preach -- which is the secretary of the interior’s standards for rehabbing historic structures -- and they've really gone the extra mile on the projects that they have,” Reavis said.
He said there is still hope that the home might be reclassified as a historic structure once again, largely because of the history of relocating homes in Flagstaff.
“So the fact that houses have been moved in Flagstaff, because it’s so compatible with Townsite, this may still have an ability to be considered as contributing to the Townsite historic district. We’re going to take a stab at it,” Reavis said.
In the end, that decision will be made by a state agency. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/a-house-moves-in-the-night-townsite-trust-relocates-home-for-new-future/article_8796feec-1c35-11ee-904e-ffe7de431deb.html | 2023-07-09T14:03:19 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/a-house-moves-in-the-night-townsite-trust-relocates-home-for-new-future/article_8796feec-1c35-11ee-904e-ffe7de431deb.html |
“What’s this?” I asked my ol’ buddy Lamar. We were in his apartment digging through some boxes looking for his passport. The previous night spent quaffing Foster’s Lager culminated in his decision to move to Australia.
So, there we were the next morning in his living room, with wooden brains and sour stomachs, pawing through dusty cardboard boxes.
“What’s what?” Lamar said.
I held up a faded newspaper clipping. He took it from me. I watched him read. “Huh. It’s a wedding announcement. My first marriage.”
With a grunt he handed the clipping back to me.
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October 29, 1972. Ruth Ann Bukowski the daughter of Cephus “Chic” Bukowski of Chloride, Ariz., and the late Ethel Bukowski, was married yesterday afternoon at her father’s mining camp in the Cerbat Mountains to Lamar T. Lamar, the son of Beatrice and Dante Lamar of Wikieup, Ariz. The Rev. Ernest T. Loreen, of the First United Congregational Church of the Big Sandy River, officiated.
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The bride and bridegroom, 16 and 18 respectively, met at the Chicken Springs School, where they both graduated.
The bride is keeping her name. Ms. Bukowski wore a beautiful white chiffon floor-length wedding dress sewn by her Aunt Trixie Melton, whose skill with needle and thread is renowned throughout the valley.
She is employed by the A Bar C pistachio farm as bookkeeper and horticulturist. She received certificates in accounting and horticultural arts through correspondence courses from the Biloxi School of Bartending and is a candidate for an additional certificate in beekeeping from the Apiary Institute of Arizona. She is also chairwoman of the junior associates at the Cattleman’s Museum and Convenience Store.
The bridegroom is employed as a wrangler for the Cofer Hot Springs Guest Ranch, pending the fall roundup on the Wagon Bow Ranch and other cattle-raising enterprises along the Sandy and on Bozarth Mesa, above Burro Creek. A young man of ambitious aspirations, the bridegroom is known throughout the valley as a youth with great potential. He was taught to work cattle under the tutelage of John Cook, the late owner of the Circle B Cattle Company. Any young man who had the privilege to ride for John Cook is bound to find success in this world. The groom’s skill with horse and rope are well thought of in the community and his fun-loving nature makes him an excellent hand to have along on a drive.
His mother Beatrice is a homemaker, midwife and broker of unofficial news. She raises chickens and delivers eggs to families through the valley. Her rhubarb pie wins the blue ribbon at the county fair every year. Two of her quilts are on permanent display in the community center. His father Dante is a retired mechanic who can be found daily providing impromptu consulting on politics and automotive repair at Wikieup Auto and Truck.
The couple will spend their honeymoon at the Fancher cow camp downstream from Six-Mile Crossing. It is a first marriage for both. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/carpenters-column-do-you-lamar-take-this-woman/article_e5c56e76-1c31-11ee-a0db-cbb7872d98c3.html | 2023-07-09T14:03:25 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/carpenters-column-do-you-lamar-take-this-woman/article_e5c56e76-1c31-11ee-a0db-cbb7872d98c3.html |
While some people wisely slept in on the Fourth of July, I joined nearly 900 other early-rising runners in tackling the Flagstaff Downtown Mile.
Hosted by Run Flagstaff in partnership with the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Mile comprised two laps around two city blocks, starting up San Francisco Street and ending with a sprint on Aspen Avenue.
You’re getting used to hearing me say, “This was my first time.” It’s my inaugural year participating in the Flagstaff Running Series. The only series race I’ve done prior to 2023 is the Big Brothers Big Sisters Half Marathon.
Thanks to the series, this was my first Downtown Mile as a runner. I had fun watching and volunteering at previous events. Cheerful Fourth of July costumes brighten the scene as parents encourage youngsters, racers roll by and the finale is a blur of some of the world’s fastest humans.
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I found out this year that it’s a fun race to run, as well. Sure, you have to get up super early if you’re in the masters groups. The masters men group toed the line at 6:30 a.m. But as I lined up with the masters on the women's side for our 6:40 a.m. start, I knew that no matter what happened, it would soon be over.
If I wanted to, I could even go back to bed after the race. Name me another distance where that’s true!
We were excited and nervous before the start. Most of the runners I know are trail runners.
“I don’t know how to run a mile,” one friend told me as we waited for the gun.
It’s a surprisingly tough distance -- too long for most people to sprint, but short enough to invite a more intense effort at a faster cadence than many trail runners are used to.
“I think the thing to do is find the edge, and then stay on this side of it,” I advised, based on no experience whatsoever.
I haven’t run a competitive mile since high school PE class. But the gun sounded, and that’s what I did.
I found the edge (going uphill on San Francisco), briefly went over it (sprinting way too early on Cherry Avenue), then pulled back slightly while still pressing on the gas over the rest of the course.
Like my friends, I’m more used to long, slow runs. But as I began sprinting down Beaver Street for the final leg of the course, suddenly I remembered how it felt to be 7 years old.
My best friend and I were the fastest kids in second grade. We were so fast that when we ran across the playground, we imagined ourselves riding swift horses; when we galloped, nobody could keep up with us.
When I was 7, I played with speed. It felt wonderful to run like a mustang across the plains. There was no thought of “I should slow down or I might pull a muscle.”
Second grade was a long time ago, but at the Downtown Mile on the Fourth of July, it seemed like only yesterday.
Please send your running stories and ideas to coordinating editor Julie Hammonds (runner@juliehammonds.com) to be featured in this column. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/high-country-running-7-years-old-again-at-the-downtown-mile/article_7239429c-1c23-11ee-ab37-1f705e0e3dd9.html | 2023-07-09T14:03:32 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/high-country-running-7-years-old-again-at-the-downtown-mile/article_7239429c-1c23-11ee-ab37-1f705e0e3dd9.html |
MADISON — Rescue workers reported that seven people were pulled from the Dan River on Saturday morning after becoming hung up in the rapids near a low-head dam — reminiscent of a horrific tragedy that happened on the popular waterway two years ago.
One of the tubers was a teen and six were adults. One of the adults is being treated at an area hospital and was in critical condition on Saturday night, according to media reports.
Officials cautioned that the group wasn't wearing life jackets.
As the summer heats up and more people are drawn to the Dan, area first responders are finding themselves in a bind. Following the rescue, members of the Madison-Rockingham Rescue Squad posted a request for help on the agency's Facebook page: "Madison Rescue Squad is 95% volunteers ... Please help us get the funding needed to provide timely service to the citizens. Call Town Council men and women and ask why they continue to not fund the rescue squad appropriately."
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First responders with the agency were part of a weeks-long massive search-and-rescue effort in June 2021 that claimed the lives of five tubers, including a child and a pregnant woman — none of whom were wearing a life jacket — after encountering a low-head dam.
The dams form a barrier across the width of a river and are used to control the flow of water and prevent flooding. They're often called “drowning machines’’ by boating experts and are notorious for trapping people in the powerful current that roils at their base.
In 2021, the family set out on a tubing trek near Eden's Draper Landing and all nine floated over a nearby low-head dam, not realizing the current at its base held deadly churning force.
Rescue teams and regional river guides theorize that when the tubers went over the dam, they were pulled under by the hydraulic force and drowned.
County river experts and emergency workers called the accident the worst they can remember.
The four surviving family members were rescued a day later after a Duke Energy employee saw them stranded near the utility’s steam station. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/tubers-dan-river-low-head-dam/article_cf67df4c-1de9-11ee-984f-5fa2759ffad2.html | 2023-07-09T14:04:43 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/tubers-dan-river-low-head-dam/article_cf67df4c-1de9-11ee-984f-5fa2759ffad2.html |
Here's how hospital price transparency is creating tension for Salina Regional
A look at why the hard data is hard to digest for most people
A couple of years ago, the federal government passed a new law requiring hospitals to publish something that had long been out of public purview.
Beginning in July 2022, hospitals were required to post on their websites itemized prices they negotiated with insurers for health care services. In the year since, the law has provided the public unprecedented access to the cost of specific services hospitals provide.
Americans could now look up the price of care before going to the hospital. But that was just one side of the die.
Experts believe releasing this data will have a dramatic impact on how hospitals and insurers negotiate rates in the future. On the local level, an outcome of this newly available data has been growing tensions between Salina's hospital and the largest health insurer in Kansas.
Why is price transparency such a big deal?
In the past, this kind of information was not only considered private, but it was highly protected from a legal standpoint. Hospitals signed contracts with insurers to keep the negotiated prices confidential.
Colette Lasack, vice president of revenue cycle operations at The University of Kansas Health System, said price transparency legislation has presented a new challenge for hospitals and insurers alike.
“It’s really taken away, I think, a lot of the barriers, but I think it’s also brought up a whole different world for both the payer and hospitals trying to negotiate,” Lasack said.
Transparent pricing has provided the public with a better understanding of what they are likely to pay out of pocket and with insurance, but Lasack said she believes it's likely to have a much farther-reaching impact.
Hospitals can now see what other hospitals are being paid by insurers. And insurance companies can see what other insurance companies are paying hospitals. It's a historic change that Lasack is interested to see play out as a veteran in the health care field.
"It's really changed the way hospitals and insurers can negotiate," Lasack said.
The average person will run into roadblocks pricing unique services
Under the new law, hospitals were specifically tasked to publish a machine-readable standard charges file for their items and services, including the prices they negotiate with private insurers, and the actual price of at least 300 shoppable services.
While the data can provide patients an idea of cost, specific services patients need after visiting in person might not be summed up in their hospital's list of shoppable services online.
Other services — thousands of them — can be found on machine readable files.
“The average person would have huge difficulty trying to download that file because they’re so big and they’re so complex,” Lasack said. “The average person doesn’t even have the software to be able to download that.”
Those who take a chance at digesting those large files will discover that they are not user friendly. The files often look different hospital to hospital and create problems for patients trying to accurately compare price points.
For instance, Stormont Vail Health has its standard charges file published in HTML format, while Salina Regional's standard charges file is on a downloadable CSV Excel spreadsheet.
How does this affect negotiations between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas and Salina Regional?
Salina Regional claims Blue Cross paid comparable health systems in the state up to 50% higher rates than it paid Salina Regional, and possibly other providers, for at least two years.
Blue Cross holds that Salina Regional is not paid 50% less than its competitors and that the health system is paid the same as hospitals of similar size.
Each party's claims are rooted in hospital pricing data found in the more complicated machine-readable files published with thousands of entries and data points. Salina Regional has not shared publicly what services it claims Blue Cross pays other hospitals higher rates for.
This week, Salina Regional said it does not have any updates to share from the negotiation process. Blue Cross did not respond to requests for comment in time for publication.
What patients should know:Understanding Salina Regional and Blue Cross' continued negotiations over rates
How to look up your prices at Salina Regional Health Center
Most hospitals have price transparency data on designated web pages or under their patient financial services page. Hospitals commonly utilize existing technology within their medical systems like Epic, a software company, to develop tools to help patients shop available services.
Salina Regional Health's pricing data is found on a page titled "Price Transparency." Visitors can click on the "patient price estimator" to view shoppable services.
Before you can shop services, the page will have visitors check boxes of a disclaimer that states prices are only an estimate and that actual charges may be higher or lower than the estimate provided. From there, you can enter your insurance information or chose to see out-of-pocket pricing.
Visitors can also find the hospital's standard charges file on the price transparency page, complete with 40,390 data cells.
If users find the online system overwhelming, hospitals also take calls from patients to provide a quote, or rough estimate, of what a specific service could cost.
Negotiations between Salina Regional and BCBSKS are ongoing. The Salina Journal will provide additional coverage as more information comes available.
Kendrick Calfee has been a reporter with the Salina Journal since 2022. You can reach him at kcalfee@gannett.com or on Twitter @calfee_kc. | https://www.salina.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/how-public-hospital-pricing-data-affects-salina-regional-negotiations/70244574007/ | 2023-07-09T14:05:49 | 0 | https://www.salina.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/how-public-hospital-pricing-data-affects-salina-regional-negotiations/70244574007/ |
Senior Friendship Centers to host hurricane preparation seminars in Sarasota and Venice
Sarasota County Emergency Management Chief Edward McCrane will lead info sessions on July 13 and July 20. Topics include transportation to hurricane evacuation sites and medical energy dependence.
When Hurricane Ian struck Florida in September, the storm claimed 149 lives, a majority over the age of 65.
"Seniors were disproportionately affected by Hurricane Ian due to their limited mobility, isolation, and the challenges of evacuating," said Erin McLeod, CEO of Senior Friendship Centers. "We witnessed the profound impact on seniors living independently on fixed incomes who were unable to evacuate. Now, with another hurricane season underway, we must ensure that they have the necessary support and resources to stay safe."
Senior Friendship Centers' Friendship at Home program supports homebound senior clients during times of crises, such as hurricanes. The program ensures that vulnerable seniors receive regular check-ins, reassurance calls, and emergency food and supply bags.
In addition to the Friendship at Home program, Senior Friendship Centers has organized a series of events to empower the community with knowledge, resources, and practical guidance for the hurricane season. Events at the Sarasota Campus, 1888 Brother Geenen Way, include:
· Lunch & Learn: Psychological Well-Being During Hurricane Season presented by Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery and Project HOPE crisis counselor Jenda Cosgrove, July 10, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
· Hurricane Preparedness Kit Presentation – Food Focus led by UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Maria Portelos-Rometo, July 12, 2-3 p.m. Topics include kit assembly, evacuation centers, handling pets, handling food without power, and more.
· Emergency Management Hurricane Prep for Seniors presented by Sarasota County Emergency Management Division Chief Edward McCrane and Emergency Manager Todd Kerkering, July 13, 10-11 a.m. Topics include meal kits, storm restoration, transportation to hurricane evacuation sites, and medical energy dependent client resources.
· Hurricane Weather Pattern Computer System presented by ABC-7 meteorologist, Mike Modrick,July 19, noon-1 p.m. Presentation will focus on how hurricane computer systems operate and how they are used to track hurricanes.
Events at the Venice Campus, 2350 Scenic Drive, include:
· Hurricane Preparedness presented by Sarasota County Emergency Management Division Chief Edward McCrane, July 20, 2-4 p.m. Topics include disaster restoration and recovery services, hurricane supplies and kits.
Senior Friendship Centers has served people 50 and older in Sarasota, Charlotte, DeSoto, and Lee counties since 1973 with programs and services that include activity centers, lifelong learning, dining centers and meals delivered to the homebound, caregiver support, adult day services, and volunteer opportunities. For more information, call 941-955-2122 or visit friendshipcenters.org.
Submitted by Jodel Velarde | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/senior-friendship-centers-to-host-hurricane-preparation-seminars/70378505007/ | 2023-07-09T14:09:41 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/senior-friendship-centers-to-host-hurricane-preparation-seminars/70378505007/ |
VIN'S PEOPLE: Southeast High’s Technology Student Association excels at national conference
Big ups to Southeast High’s Technology Student Association, which shined among 6,000 students at the 45th annual TSA National Conference in Louisville.
Southeast had three top-3 finishes, nine top-10 awards and 12 semifinalists.
Its first place was in Engineering Design. Diego Caycho-Ricci, Tomas Csomor, Abby Hite, Bryan Lemus-Tejada and Nathan Rupprecht created the NucleSafe Cask, a fail-safe system for tracking uranium during transportation, preventing theft of raw materials. The entry was documented in a 30-page portfolio, large display, and supported in a 15-minute interview with judges.
One third place was in Digital Video Production, where Ivan Aleman, Jerry O’Donovan, Ansh Patel, Nich Sevarino and Dev Tripathi featured the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Rocks Beach.
The other third place was in Computer Aided Design Architecture, where Daniel Berry designed a coffee shop within four hours.
The TSA team included Tara Buis, Alex Cao, Alecia Durr, Andrew Guerrero, Denis Jones, Michael King, Andrew Krywko, Daniel Martinez-Jayer, Kayden Mudd, Walens Pierre, Aidan Sherin, Jamarr Williams and James Williams.
Its advisers are tech instructor Nicholas Smith and Margi Nanney.
· Mike Ivko is 39. Again.
· Kami Lake, too.
· So is Prince Matt.
· And Susan Wilcox.
· Congrats to Veronica Thames, new executive director at the Manatee Community Foundation. Previously she was senior vice president and chief operating officer of Gulf Coast Community Foundation, and vice president of human resources at Blake Medical Center Healthcare Corporation of America.
The Leadership Manatee alum served on the board for the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation and Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School Parents Association. She also chaired the HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital board and the Sarasota Manatee Healthcare Collaborative.
Jennifer Abbott was MCF’s interim executive director after Susie Bowie became CEO of the William G. & Marie Selby Foundation in March.
· Uh, oh! Dr. Bob Klement hit the Big 7-0!
· Josh Moore has joined Manatee Memorial Hospital’s executive leadership team as COO.
· Nyssa Gartley is 33.
· Well done to the newest grads from Manatee Technical College’s Law Enforcement Academy.
They are Brian Axley, Marcus Allen Bailey, Matthew Blackwell, Lashonda Bowden, Colin Caldwell, Brandon Close, William David Dell, Shane Gaines, Christopher Giddens, Alexandria Hanly, Amar Hasanbasic, Maddie Johnson, Charles Lawfer, Simon Maple, Rolando Mata, Christopher Minca, Nicholas Noto, Phillipa Olivas, Gloria Palacios, Melanie Rivera-Lopez, Christina Rizzi, Elias Santana, Victoria Shtuka, Jaden Sorrels, Katherine Torres, Jonathan Vazquez and Kyle Ziegler.
· And Sha’moni Melendez is 21.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Johnson City dedicated a road on Saturday to honor former Science Hill Coach and former Johnson City Mayor Bob May.
May served as Science Hill’s head football coach from 1986 until the 1991 season while also serving in various roles in the Johnson City School System.
He also served as vice mayor from 1995 to 1997, and mayor of Johnson City from 1997 to 1999.
The dedication ceremony featured speeches from those who coached alongside May, as well as those who played for him. Those who spoke sang May’s praises.
“The thing that made him a good football coach, was that it was never about Bob.” said former Science Hill football player Jeff Blackburn.
“Like I said, I appreciate you, I love you, you and Mrs. Wanda,” said former Science Hill football player Dana Whiteside.
Johnson City’s current Mayor Todd Fowler said the dedication was a collective effort between both city and state leaders.
“There are a few people that approached me about doing this and one of them was Rusty [Crowe], our state senator, and he said, ‘We need to do this’,” said Fowler.
Mayor Fowler said that May was more than deserving of having a road named in his honor.
“He has influenced so many athletes and other coaches and children of those people, just with how great a person he was and how much he cared for the people that he coach for,” said Fowler.
Bob May’s wife, Wanda, said that he was excited to hear about the dedication.
“And I told him this, and the biggest smile you ever seen came all over his face,” said Wanda. “So, yes, he’s very pleased. And he appreciates it so much. It’s a great honor.”
The dedicated road runs directly in front of Science Hill’s main office and was renamed Coach Bob May Lane. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-road-dedicated-to-former-mayor-football-coach-bob-may/ | 2023-07-09T14:11:53 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-road-dedicated-to-former-mayor-football-coach-bob-may/ |
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The annual Sunflower Festival happened in Mountain City on Saturday, and residents took to the flower patch to pick flowers and take photos.
The annual festival happens on West Main Street and at the new Doe Valley Campground in Mountain City and was free to visitors. Doe Valley Campground owners said they couldn’t have been happier to be a part of the festivities this year.
“We’re here just supporting the Mountain City Sunflower Festival,” said Brent Fowler of Doe Valley Campground. “We are giving away sunflowers for free today so anybody can come down, cut sunflowers and take them home, and we’re just trying to get our word out about our brand new campground that we opened here in Doe Valley of Mountain City.”
Fowler said his campground has more than 100 acres of land, which he’s excited to use for next year’s festival.
“Our goal is to, first and foremost, just be the good neighbors in the community and help out the festival,” Fowler said. “We’re getting a great turnout, so there’s no reason why we wouldn’t continue to do this next year and keep building on to the Sunflower Festival, and even continuing to build out our property here, so we have over 100 acres so we can really expand and do fun things like this.”
Along with the sunflower patch, visitors were able to shop rows upon rows of regional craft vendors, have their faces painted and even pet exotic animals at a petting zoo on W. Main Street.
Judges were in attendance for a Miss and Mr. Sunflower Pageant, as well. Bubble artists were seen roaming the festival creating giant and small bubbles for kids and kids-at-heart to enjoy. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sunflower-festival-brightens-days-in-mountain-city/ | 2023-07-09T14:11:54 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sunflower-festival-brightens-days-in-mountain-city/ |
Fire crews on Saturday continued to battle flames that have smoldered inside a cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port, days after the blaze claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters and injured five others.
Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. were killed in the Wednesday night fire aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio, an Italian-flagged vessel carrying thousands of vehicles and other goods that was at port in Newark.
Marine firefighting specialists made considerable progress after “actively conducting fire suppression both pier-side and on the water," the Coast Guard said in a statement.
“As of Saturday afternoon, the fire is contained on the 11th deck and is being suppressed and no longer spreading to other areas of the vessel,” the statement said.
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Officials said fire crews arriving at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday reported a blaze in the rear of the ship on the 10th to 12th levels. About an hour later, a mayday call was issued after a firefighter became trapped inside, and a second mayday call was issued for another firefighter.
Acabou, a firefighter for more than nine years, was rescued from the ship before midnight and was later taken to a hospital, where he died Thursday morning. Brooks, a firefighter for more than 16 years, died early Thursday morning after he was recovered. Gov. Phil Murphy ordered flags to fly at half-staff in the honor of the two, who were remembered by friends and family at a memorial service Friday.
Officials said five other firefighters were injured, one suffering “steam burns from water accumulated on the cargo ship's floor” and the other four – two from Newark and two from neighboring Elizabeth – experiencing such things as heat exhaustion, smoke inhalation and respiratory distress. Public safety officials said all three Newark fire captains were released from the hospital and the burn victim was in stable condition and completing his recovery at home.
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Authorities say an investigation to determine the cause of the fire can’t begin until the fire is out. Officials said “a salvage plan will be developed and implemented once the fire is extinguished and the vessel had been deemed safe to move."
Authorities had said debris inside the ship was clogging outflow spouts so the large amount of water being poured onto it could not drain out, causing the ship to tilt, but they said Saturday that efforts to remove water — which included poking holes in the hull — had improved the situation. The vessel is stable “with a slight list to the starboard side" and a one- to two-degree list would continue “as a way to accelerate the dewatering process,” they said.
Officials also said Saturday that air monitoring had shown nothing “above actionable levels.” Cargo containers aboard had mostly food, but the cars were "the bigger concern,” the governor said. Grimaldi Deep Sea said no electric cars nor hazardous cargo was on board and no fuel spills had been detected.
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UM Police investigate sexual assault on campus
The University of Michigan Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on campus Friday night, according to a crime alert sent Saturday.
The assault happened in the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building around 10 p.m. Friday, according to campus police. A male suspect was banging on a locked exterior door and was granted unauthorized access to the building by someone inside.
He proceeded to follow the victim into a room and sexually assaulted her, campus police said. No other information about the suspect is available at this time.
The Ford Motor Company Robotics Building is located on the north campus at 2505 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor. Police encourage anyone with information about the incident to contact the UM Division of Public Safety and Security at (734) 763-1131 or UM-DPSS-Tips@umich.edu.
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Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia are investigating after a man was shot after, police said, he confronted two people that were breaking into his car in the city's East Falls neighborhood.
According to police, the incident happened early Sunday, just before 1 a.m., when a man was at his home along the 3400 block of Sunnyside Avenue, when, reportedly, heard someone breaking into his car.
The man, officials said, stepped outside of his home to confront two males as they were, allegedly, trying to break into his car.
At that time, police said, the man was shot once in the chest.
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Responding officers took the man -- who police have not provided identifying information for -- to a nearby hospital where, officials said, he was listed in stable condition.
Police have not provided any further information on the shooting or the gunmen sought in this incident. But, police said, an investigation is ongoing.
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Wayne police: Woman fatally stabbed sister, called 911
Hannah Mackay
The Detroit News
The Wayne Police Department is investigating a fatal stabbing that was reported by the suspect herself Saturday morning.
The suspect called 911 and told police that she had stabbed her sister, according to a news release.
Officers responded to an apartment in the 35000 block of West Michigan Avenue just after 7 a.m., the news release said.
Inside, the apartment officers found an unresponsive woman with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a local hospital immediately but later succumbed to her injuries, police said.
The suspect remained on the scene and was arrested. The identity of the victim and suspect have not been released. Police said they are waiting to notify other family members.
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Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops' conductor for more than three decades, has died. Nero was 89.
Nero died Thursday at Home Care Assisted Living Facility in Eustis, Fla., according to his daughter, Beverly Nero, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Services will be private.
Nero colored his renditions of pop songs — from Cole Porter and George Gershwin to the Beatles and Bob Dylan — with classical, swing, Broadway, blues and jazz melodies. He often called his sound "undefinable" and was not offended when others called it "middle of the road." (He once told a newspaper, "Middle of the road and doing great business.")
Recruited by Philadelphia concert promoter Moe Septee, Nero started the Philly Pops orchestra in 1979, the year Arthur Fiedler died. Fiedler is credited with virtually inventing the modern version of the pops orchestra in Boston, and Nero hoped to rival it in popularity.
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"I'd like to beat the pants off them," Nero said at the time.
Nero's orchestra wasn’t as prominent as Boston's, but it did tout routine sellouts in Philadelphia, no doubt helped by Nero's lively playing style and warm stage presence.
In his work as both performer and conductor, Nero returned frequently to Broadway tunes, Hollywood themes and Gershwin, the subject of the Philly Pops' first concert. But he also dipped into Motown's catalog and farther afield to bands such as Procol Harum and an album devoted to disco and '70s love songs.
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In 1975, he lamented to The Washington Post: "I find it impossible to use a lot of the new material that's coming out. There is some rock material in my repertoire ... but a lot of rock groups are selling a sound, not music. You take the tune apart and there's nothing there to work with."
He led the Philly Pops until 2013, exiting his leadership role when the orchestra said it could no longer afford him.
By his own admission, Nero struggled early in his career — under the name Bernie Nerow — during stints in New York and Las Vegas. But he found his stride in his late 20s playing in New York's club circuit.
He was signed to RCA by Stan Greeson, who saw a potential star and had him change his name to Peter Nero. A steady stream of early 1960s club shows led to regular radio and TV appearances and two dozen RCA albums over the span of a decade.
Nero earned Grammy Awards in 1961 for best new artist and in 1962 for best performance by an orchestra or instrumentalist for his record "The Colorful Peter Nero."
A 1963 album, "Hail the Conquering Nero," peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard pop album chart. It included versions of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" and "Mack the Knife."
He also charted with a version of "Theme from `The Summer of '42,'" a song written by Michel Legrand for the 1971 movie. Nero's version hit No. 21 on the Billboard pop singles chart.
Nero also wrote the score for the 1963 Jane Fonda film "Sunday in New York" and made an appearance in the movie.
Born Bernard Nierow in 1934, Nero was raised in Brooklyn. He started taking piano lessons at age 7 and, by age 11, he was said to have been able to play Haydn's Piano Concerto in D Major from memory. He later won a scholarship to take classes at Juilliard, won several talent contests and graduated from Brooklyn College.
When headlining, Nero disliked having a set list and would pick songs on the spot. The idea of mixing styles and genres carried over to the Philly Pops.
"My programs for the Philly Pops may open with 'Die Meistersinger,' then 'Chariots of Fire,' then Enesco's Rumanian Rhapsodies, then a television theme," Nero told The New York Times in 1982. “I keep going back and forth, and the audience bought it from the beginning.”
On social media, the No Name Pops -- a group of former Philly Pops performers -- expressed their condolences for Nero.
"The board, musicians and administration of the No Name Pops are saddened to learn of the passing of our musical hero, Peter Nero. We all have memories of playing the music and programming that Peter Nero pioneered. We remember years of playing in front of Independence Hall, on the Steps of the Art Museum, the Academy of Music, and of course, Verizon Hall on the Kimmel Cultural Campus," read a post the group published to Facebook. "Several of our members were with Peter from his first day as the Conductor of the Philly Pops. Words cannot describe the joy he brought to Philadelphia and the world. The No Name Pops will do everything in our power to honor Peter’s Legacy as we move forward." | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/peter-nero-a-grammy-winning-pianist-and-ex-conductor-of-the-philly-pops-dies-at-89/3600677/ | 2023-07-09T14:42:11 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/peter-nero-a-grammy-winning-pianist-and-ex-conductor-of-the-philly-pops-dies-at-89/3600677/ |
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Realtors will take part in a statewide cleanup project this month.
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The Florida Realtors’ Clean Up Florida’s Waters project encourages residents to pick up trash and clean lakes, rivers, bays, retention ponds, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
The REALTORS Care Committee, the City of St. Cloud and the City of Kissimmee organized groups of volunteers to clean areas around Osceola County.
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According to the organization, volunteers collected 390 pounds of trash.
The initiative keeps the water clean for tourists visiting Florida and those who live there.
“Our waterways are one of the major reasons so many people love to live in - and visit - the Sunshine State,” said G. Mike McGraw, the 2023 Florida Realtors president. “We encourage everyone who loves Florida’s waters to join Florida Realtors’ statewide effort to keep them clean and beautiful.”
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona Beach Fire Department battled a truck fire Saturday.
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Fire officials said five trucks were involved, and one truck had visible damage.
Five first responder crews helped clean up at the scene.
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The fire department said they estimate the fire will cost $1.5 to $2 million in damages.
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West Virginia University has responded to Bob Huggins’ claims that he never resigned and will sue if not reinstated. Hoppy Kercheval of MetroNews released the following responses from WVU:
“If Mr. Huggins is somehow now maintaining that he did not resign after discussions with his attorney on June 16-17, then we would ask that whoever is taking that position on his behalf to do their due diligence before asserting a position that is clearly contrary to the documented evidence.”
“If Mr. Huggins or his counsel attempts to publicly suggest that he somehow did not resign and retire from his position, please be advised that the University will swiftly and aggressively defend itself from these spurious allegations.”
“The University will not accept Mr. Huggins’ revocation of his resignation, nor will it reinstate him as head coach of the men’s basketball program.”
Huggins’ wife, June, released the resignation letter to WVU on June 17.
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Record high temperatures, floods, forest fires and dire predictions of more to come dominated weather reports all week. Well-respected organizations from across the globe, both private and public, reported a “hottest day” on record or the hottest day for the earth in several hundred years.
Most climatologists predict the severe drought will worsen. Scientists continue to warn that a drastic and rapid decline in the release of greenhouse gasses, especially carbon dioxide and methane, is the only hope of stabilizing our climate.
Neither of the by far largest emitters — China and the U.S. — seem to be making the progress needed to achieve those crucial reductions.
Crude surges
Saudi Arabia’s recent commitment to reduce pumping was one bullish factor this week. The outlook for increased global energy demand provided fuel for optimism as well.
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China’s commitment to jump-start its economy continues since demand is positive, and declining U.S. stockpiles of crude provide a bullish supply-side element.
August crude blasted from a low of $67.00 per barrel at the end of June to over $73.00 per barrel on Friday.
Speculation or gambling?
Some investors regard speculation and gambling as synonymous activities, but there are key distinctions that elevate the role of futures contracts. They play a valuable, if not critical, role in our economic system.
For example, gambling involves the creation of risk for those who wish to take a risk for entertainment. Speculation, however, transfers a real and present risk (such as the price of a farmer’s crop) from someone who cannot afford to take that risk (the farmer) to an investor or “speculator” who will accept risk for an opportunity to make a profit.
Without futures markets, bankruptcy could befall producers, consumers and processors of our agricultural, mining and energy resources if the price of their commodity swings dramatically.
Winners and losers
This week’s winners include crude oil, which rallied $2.75 per barrel, while lean hogs jumped about 4 cents per pound and oats rose 20 cents per bushel.
Losers for the week included stock and bond futures. Corn fell about 30 cents per bushel with wheat dropping 25 cents.
New author of Futures File
After 25 years of enjoying and devoting my Fridays to Futures File, your author, Walt Breitinger, will pass the torch to a highly talented and experienced agriculture adviser and risk manager. Mr. Derrick Hermesch of Paragon Investments is in Topeka, Kansas, and looks forward to carrying the column onward.
We appreciate the many compliments, inquiries and criticisms you have provided over the years, and trust the new author(s) will provide plenty of news, views and education to build your knowledge of the most basic foundation of our civilization and the resources on which it depends.
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This is the story, la la, la la, Elmo's story.
Elmo, the furry friend of kids everywhere, will make an appearance at Lakeshore Public Media's Learn with Lakeshore event at Bellaboo’s Play & Discovery Center at 2800 Colorado St. in Lake Station.
The free family-friendly event will take place between 3 and 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 13.
The Merrillville-based affiliate of PBS and Lakeshore Public Radio will offer interactive early learning and childhood development experiences at the public event. People can meet Elmo and visit PNC's Mobile Learning Adventure, an educational exhibit encouraging early learning, such as by encouraging kids to imagine future careers.
PNC has long supported PBS stations nationwide. Its PNC Grow Up Great program aims to instill a lifelong love of learning in kids under the age of 5.
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“PNC is thrilled to welcome Costume Character Elmo and bring the Mobile Learning Adventure to northwest Indiana,” said Corinna Ladd, PNC regional president for northern Indiana. “Our focus on providing support and resources for early learning is designed to enrich the lives of our littlest learners and prepare them for success in school and life. These experiences allow families and caregivers to discover the importance of early education, while having fun.”
Other nonprofits like United Way NWI, the Big Shoulders Fund, NWI Community Action and Tobacco Free Lake County will take part in the event.
“Lakeshore Public Media is committed to serving all members of our community, and that extends beyond just the programming we broadcast,” said Carl Kurek, Lakeshore Public Media’s vice president of Development. “It’s important for our community to know that we offer numerous additional resources, and with this event that includes opportunities like fun, hands-on learning to support childhood development. This is all in an effort to advance our mission to promote life-long learning in the region.”
Several nonprofits will host booths at Learn with Lakeshore, providing resources and giveaways for attendees, including the United Way NWI, the Big Shoulders Fund, NWI Community Action, Tobacco Free Lake County and others.
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HAMMOND — The honeybee popped out of Ed Bell’s mouth and crawled up his cheek.
“I always take a snack with me when I’m out here,” the beekeeper joked.
Bell, also known as Dr. B, explained that the small pollinator posed no real threat because it is a male bee, also known as a drone, which means he does not have a stinger.
Standing on the lawn of the Federal Courthouse in Hammond, Bell lifted the lid off one of the wooden hives. Using a metal handheld “bee tool,” he removed the waxy frames, carefully inspecting each. Thousands of bees buzzed around the hive, building honeycomb, delivering pollen and tending to the countless tiny, rice-shaped eggs. The courthouse lawn is home to two hives, each filled with about 80,000 bees.
“This is absolutely how you want the hive looking this time of year,” Bell said as he removed a dripping piece of honeycomb.
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As the southern Chicago apiary manager for Best Bees, Bell tends hives throughout the area. When he visits the Hammond hives, he takes careful notes. These bees go beyond honey production and pollination; they are playing a key role in a federal research project.
Walking the talk
In 2014, President Barack Obama issued a federal memorandum, “Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators.” It came after beekeepers began to report unusually high losses of hives starting in 2006, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Pollinators are crucially important to the natural environment and the U.S. economy. Researchers say bees are responsible for 1 of every 3 bites of food people eat. Through honey production and pollination, bees contribute billions of dollars to the economy every year.
Several factors have contributed to reduced bee populations, including the use of pesticides, development, the fragmentation of bee habitat, and the rise of the invasive varroa mite.
Obama’s memorandum led to the creation of an interagency Pollinator Health Task Force and a national pollinator strategy. As part of that strategy, the General Service’s Administration launched a pollinator’s initiative, placing hives at 11 federally owned properties in spring 2022.
The courthouse in Hammond and the Federal Archives Records Center in Chicago were chosen as hive locations. There are also hives in Maryland, Colorado and New Hampshire.
The GSA is working with the Boston-based company Best Bees to maintain the hives.
Rich Falzone, the property manager for the courthouse, said the pollinator initiative is all about actually “walking the talk” when it comes to sustainability and environmental conservation.
The honey harvested from the hives is analyzed in a lab. By looking at the pollen content, scientists can tell which plant species the bees pollinated and how far they foraged. This information will be used to guide planting recommendations.
Proof is in pollen
A cloud of bees buzzed around the European beech tree. Bell explained that one of the hives had decided to “swarm,” or split off and create a hive in the nearby tree. Bees swarm when they feel the current hive has gotten too crowded; the old queen travels to the new hive, and the remaining bees get to work creating their own queen.
Dotted with sugar maples, burr oaks, honey locusts, sweet gums and more, the courthouse lawn offers the bees an array of swarming location options.
Falzone, who is a certified Master Gardener, said the 6½-acre property boasts more than 150 trees, 20 cultivars and four pollinator beds filled with native plants like milkweed, golden privet, asters and black-eyed Susans.
“This is like the perfume counter at Marshall Field,” Falzone said as he inspected a fragrant patch of purple cone flowers. “If you stand here long enough, you’ll see all kinds of things buzzing around and pollinating, not just bees.”
Bees pollinate plants when they are collecting pollen to feed to their developing offspring. When a bee lands on a flower, tiny hairs all over the insect’s body collect grains of pollen. As bees buzz from flower to flower, the pollen is transferred, fertilizing the plant ovaries, resulting in the production of seeds.
The pollen bees collect is mixed with nectar. After the concoction ferments a bit it becomes “bee bread” and is fed to the larvae, Bell explained.
Studies have shown that larvae fed a diverse array of pollen seem to develop faster, helping the hive have a better survival rate.
“It’s just like with your own diet, it’s good to have a range of things,” Bell said.
Analysis of last year’s honey harvest showed that the Hammond bees had a foraging range of about 5 miles. The bees also foraged on 15 plant species.
The courthouse lawn is a sort of pollinator oasis, Falzone said, adding that the landscape is “pretty bleak, horticulturally.”
Because it has food, water and shelter, the property gives migrating pollinators a place to rest during their lengthy journeys. The West Lake Corridor train expansion is being constructed right next to the courthouse. Falzone hopes to establish another native-plants garden near the tracks because pollinators use landmarks like railroads, rivers and creeks to navigate during migration.
Falzone said residents can do their part to help pollinators by planting their own native-plants gardens and by encouraging their neighbors to do the same.
“Just planting one seed could start a tidal wave.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/justice-for-bees-federal-courthouse-in-hammond-participating-in-pollinator-program/article_631d3954-1cc7-11ee-826b-6f3ea7c57f2b.html | 2023-07-09T14:58:25 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/justice-for-bees-federal-courthouse-in-hammond-participating-in-pollinator-program/article_631d3954-1cc7-11ee-826b-6f3ea7c57f2b.html |
On the day she lost her son, Marlina Bowdery knew her life had been changed forever.
The Memphis-born mother remembers the late-night call she got after 32-year-old Timothy Montgomery was killed in a shooting in downtown Lincoln on March 15, 2020, like it was yesterday.
“They said that my son was shot … they said that he (was) dead, so I’m hearing people crying on the phone,” Bowdery said.
In an instant, her entire world was turned upside down. And yet, as grief became an all-consuming force in her life, it ignited a new sense of purpose: Guiding grieving mothers through the unspeakable agony of losing children.
“It’s a pain that can’t no human being ever deal with,” Bowdery said. “It’s no words that can describe the type of pain (grieving mothers) go through on a daily basis.”
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By expressing her grief loud and proud and sharing the lessons she’s learned along her three-year journey, Bowdery hopes to help other mothers know that they aren’t alone while honoring the memory of her late son.
Although it would take a year before she could bring herself to begin that mission, the Lincoln-based nurse, author and restaurant owner has since self-published an autobiography, a magazine sharing grieving mothers' stories and a collection of poetry by her late son. Another book on navigating the struggles of maternal grief is on the way this month.
She also co-founded a nationwide community of grieving mothers in 2021 through a Facebook page called “Many Phases and Faces of a Mother’s Grief” that has 45,000 followers and counting.
“I’m learning how to turn my pain into purpose,” she said in an introductory video for the page.
A major theme of the page is a focus on how society perceives the struggles of grieving mothers and often imposes unattainable expectations on them to “move on” from the loss of their children.
'A breath of fresh air'
Melissa Murphy, a Lincoln native who moved to Colorado in 2015 with her husband and five children, understands that feeling as much as any mother. She lost her two youngest, 5-year-old Sophia and 7-year-old Noah, when they were stabbed to death by her eldest son, 19-year-old Malik, in their Colorado Springs home on October 17, 2017.
She compared the emotional agony she’s endured since then to that of a traumatic brain injury.
“Everything looks different, food tastes different, colors look different, the world smells different, and I look at everybody so differently,” Murphy said through tears. “It is a full body experience, everything within me grieves; every muscle, every tissue, every cell.”
She’s carried that weight for six years, with help from a few, including a close friend, Rachel, who had lost her mother. But no one has affected her quite like Bowdery has since the two met through a mutual friend in 2021.
While her family’s horrific story filled the headlines and TV screens for a few months, when public interest waned, Murphy said she felt pressured to move on as well. With Bowdery, she found the space for acceptance she’d been craving for years.
“She’s really been gifted with the tenacity to want to speak for all of us,” Murphy said. “To meet Marlina was a breath of fresh air for me, and to help validate that I can still feel this way three years later, and now here I am five years later and yes, I can still feel this way.”
The content on Bowdery’s Facebook page ranges from affirmational quotes to short videos and livestream events. All of them provide a forum for mothers to connect and share their trauma.
The success of the community, which Murphy has been witness to since its early days, has even inspired her to create her own blog, titled “My Garden of Grief,” that maintains a similar format but brings to the forefront Murphy’s own personality and unique perspective. The two pages often share each other’s content.
“Our delivery and everything is different,” Bowdery said of Murphy’s style. “She’s able to speak to those mothers who lost multiple children … it’s important for people to understand that our faces are different, our grieving process is different, but we still come together under one umbrella.”
Murphy said the effect that her friend has had on changing her life has been nothing short of a godsend.
“I believe with every fiber of my being that Marlina was an answer to a prayer,” Murphy said. “She became an answer to me at the right season at the right time in my life.”
Road map to grief
Murphy wasn’t the only one to speak of Bowdery’s appearance in her life in spiritual terms.
LaTanya Davis is a mother of four from Decatur, Alabama. She lost her eldest child, 25-year-old De’Ja Bolden, after an obsessed friend stabbed the young mother multiple times in front of two of her children. Davis' youngest daughter, 22-year-old Ade’Ja Bolden, died from broken heart syndrome in October of the same year.
“I didn’t even have time to grieve De’Ja before Ade’Ja died,” Davis said. “I used to wake up in the morning and be mad at God because I woke up and my kids didn’t. … I wanted to know why.”
That changed the day she met Marlina in early December 2021. She said she’d been alone in her home, crying and asking the Lord for answers, when she felt a sense that the time had come to talk.
Soon after, she received a reply from Bowdery in a Facebook thread for grieving mothers that she’d commented on, ultimately resulting in a three-hour phone call between the two.
“On that day, I met one of my best friends,” Davis said. “Marlina has helped me to get to where I am in my grieving process. … It’s like she gave me a map to grieving and everything that she told me would happen, happened.”
Since then, Davis has started a nonprofit based off of her middle name called SEVEDA, short for Supporting Each Victim Encountering Domestic Abuse. She’s even talking to a young woman who lost a daughter in a similar manner to her own.
“I’m trying to let her know the steps that Marlina helped me with,” she said.
Through understanding the overall process of grief, Davis said she’s found validation in many of the feelings she’s experienced, making her feel normal at times when the world made her feel like she was going crazy.
Lack of understanding
Tina Mosley knows firsthand what can happen when maternal grief is misconstrued as mental illness.
After losing her 28-year-old son, Marcus, to a shooting on Sept. 29, 2020, in Burlington, North Carolina, Mosley was locked in a psychiatric ward for a week when a psych evaluation deemed her to be a danger to herself because she expressed a desire to die to be with her son.
“Just because we don’t want to live without our child doesn’t mean we’re going to take our own life,” Mosley said, adding that she’d also tried therapy after being released but found no lasting results. “I just think having someone like-minded who’s been in your shoes would be beneficial.”
It’s for that exact reason that Bowdery has been working toward earning a grief counseling certificate, after failing to find any counselors with the same experience.
“They have never lost a child, so how can they give me any words of advice; why should I listen to them?” Bowdery said.
Mosley said that a major disconnect between grieving mothers and psychiatric professionals, and even much of society, is that most haven’t experienced what they have, a sentiment echoed by Murphy. Too many, Mosley said, are focused on a problem-solving approach.
“I think what people got to understand is that you cannot fix (maternal grief),” Mosley said. “I think we’re not the ones that need fixing, it’s the world that needs fixing; they need to understand that when you lose a child, it’s different.”
That disconnect extends even to family. By the time she found Bowdery’s page last year, the Charlotte native had found herself increasingly shut off by some members of her family, including being unable to see her late son’s child, who was born seven months after his father's death.
Much of her family, she said, would rather not discuss his death at all, and have grown weary of her grief.
“They won’t talk to me about it,” Mosley said. “Even when I’m in what I consider to be my best moment, they won’t talk to me about anything.”
That’s never been the case with the community that Bowdery welcomed her into last year. Mothers refer to their lost children by name, share the details of their loss, and the pain they experience daily. All of it, she said, comes without judgment.
At a time when she’s pushed many people away, struggled to complete basic tasks and hasn’t worked since the death of her son almost three years ago, Mosley said having a community behind her and a friend like Bowdery has been priceless.
“My son is on my mind all the time but one thing about it, I can always call Marlina and she always picks up that telephone,” Mosley said.
Always advocating
Sitting in the living room of her southeast Lincoln duplex, Bowdery proudly displays a gallery of artwork depicting her deceased son that she’s composed over the past three years.
The pieces, she said, reflect her continued dedication to keeping her son’s memory alive in the same way that her advocacy work does, turning pain into purpose.
“When I’m doing this, it’s me mothering Tim,” she said.
She’s found herself having an even greater impact along the way. At the start of this new journey in her life, she said she felt completely alone. Now, she's among so many other suffering parents, coming from all different backgrounds and at various points along their journeys, but finding their path to healing together.
With her restaurant, M and J’s Southern Style Food — the last place she saw her son alive — set to reopen soon, Bowdery is forging her own path ahead.
Even though his death still weighs heavy, Bowdery can’t imagine getting this far without her son.
“My son taught me to be what I am right now today,” Bowdery said. “He always defended other people … so I always advocate for people, I don’t care who you are.” | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-woman-guides-grieving-mothers-from-across-country/article_22e4e2b0-1cfe-11ee-a386-7fd4eba8d4f1.html | 2023-07-09T15:35:20 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-woman-guides-grieving-mothers-from-across-country/article_22e4e2b0-1cfe-11ee-a386-7fd4eba8d4f1.html |
LAKELAND, Fla. — A Plant City man is dead after he reportedly lost control of his truck while driving Saturday afternoon, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said around 1 p.m. deputies were called to the area of Galloway Road North between West 10th Street and Sutton Road where they found 62-year-old James Flemming dead.
Evidence and witness statements revealed a silver 2012 Kia Optima, driven by 34-year-old Javaris Simmons was going east on Galloway Road North, a news release said.
At the same time, Flemming, driving a white 2010 Ford F250, was going south to west on Galloway Road North.
As Flemming entered the westbound curve, his truck began to slide into the eastbound lane where he lost control. Simmons attempted to avoid the collision, but the front passenger side of the Kia struck the front of the pick-up truck.
Simmons and his two passengers were transported to an area hospital where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Galloway Road North between West 10th Street and Sutton Road was closed for approximately three hours during the investigation. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/deadly-crash-lakeland/67-595f0965-65e5-4d92-915f-3f56249b303a | 2023-07-09T15:46:10 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/deadly-crash-lakeland/67-595f0965-65e5-4d92-915f-3f56249b303a |
A New Leaf to build a $30M affordable housing complex for seniors in Mesa
A Mesa-based nonprofit plans to create affordable housing units for senior citizens and veteran residents with a new $30 million development.
The Mesa City Council approved zoning changes on a one-acre property in July to allow A New Leaf, a housing and social service agency, to begin development on Phase 4 of its La Mesita housing campus.
The agency purchased the land, previously the location of a payday lending establishment, in 2015 to one day expand its services. Phase 4 will complete the campus on the northwest corner of Main Street and Dobson Road.
The project will have two floors of residential units with 48 studio units and six one-bedroom units for a total of 54 affordable units, according to planning documents submitted to the city. It will be connected to the larger campus, which offers financial literacy classes and other programs for residents living in the temporary housing shelter.
Kathy DiNolfi, the agency’s chief program officer, said the project will be funded largely by American Rescue Plan Act dollars. A New Leaf plans to apply to the state's Housing Department for a low-income housing tax credit. That allows investors to get tax credits if they finance low-income housing.
The city has also earmarked $1 million in federal funding from its HOME Investment Partnership Program allocation for fiscal year 2024 to pay for construction costs. To qualify for the funding, A New Leaf would need to be awarded the tax credit from the state and apply to the City Council, said Michelle Albanese, the city’s housing and community development director.
Nonprofit sees increase in older adult needs
DiNolfi said during the COVID-19 pandemic and as American Rescue Plan Act funding became available, staff members at the nonprofit started to think about how they could address housing issues with a population the other projects hadn’t focused on.
DiNolfi said the agency has seen a rise in older adults requesting their housing services and financial help to pay utility bills.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation, the number of seniors experiencing homeless is rising, she said.
“Veterans also ... as long as I’ve been doing this work, they have been marginalized into one of the groups experiencing homelessness to a large degree.”
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In Phase 4, 10 units will be set aside for veterans specifically, with recognition of the crossover between the two demographics, DiNolfi said.
“Our goal is to provide affordable housing so that they have income to take care of those other needs,” DiNolfi said. She said the nonprofit hasn’t decided yet on the rental costs, but it's reasonable to say it could range from $300 to $500 per unit.
Barring any setbacks, the project could break ground by the end of the year, DiNolfi said.
What is La Mesita?
La Mesita was founded by Eddie Basha and Ross Farnsworth in 1991, who converted a 1940s motel into a temporary homeless shelter.
It was acquired by A New Leaf in 1998, DiNolfi said.
Because of decaying infrastructure, the motel was demolished to build an affordable housing complex. The following phases brought back the emergency family homeless shelter and permanent support apartments in 2017.
The La Mesita family homeless shelter has 16 units where families can stay up to 120 days in one- or two-bedroom apartments. La Mesita Apartments has 110 apartment units ranging from studios to four-bedroom.
Reporter Maritza Dominguez covers Mesa and Gilbert and can be reached at maritza.dominguez@arizonarepublic.com or 480-271-0646. Follow her on Twitter @maritzacdom. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/07/09/a-new-leaf-building-30m-affordable-housing-project-la-mesita-campus/70385572007/ | 2023-07-09T15:49:46 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/07/09/a-new-leaf-building-30m-affordable-housing-project-la-mesita-campus/70385572007/ |
Well-loved founder of Puerto Peñasco dog rescue dies at 70; staff continues her mission
A well-loved member of the Puerto Peñasco community and founder of Barb's Dog Rescue, Barbara Mumaugh, died June 29 at the age of 70 in Phoenix after suffering complications from an illness.
"She lived in Puerto Peñasco with the dogs, her house was the rescue ... she started with 10 dogs and now there's over 400 there at any given time," a longtime volunteer and friend of Mumaugh, Kim Fletcher, said. "Last year, they adopted out over 2,000 dogs, so she saved thousands and thousands of dogs."
Originally a Phoenix resident, Mumaugh felt compelled to make the drastic move to Puerto Peñasco in 2001 for her newfound mission to save the helpless street dogs in Mexico. Her desire to begin anew stemmed from tragedy.
"Barb's daughter was hit by a drunk driver on her 21st birthday, and when she passed, Barb didn't want to live anymore," Fletcher said.
In an attempt to make her feel better, Mumaugh's friends took her on a vacation to Puerto Peñasco. Unexpectedly, that turned into a life-changing trip for her.
"She saw all the street dogs and she found her purpose again because her daughter was a huge animal lover," Fletcher said. "She wanted to honor her daughter, and the dogs gave her a purpose to live again."
Immediately, Mumaugh made the move to Mexico, buying a small house and starting off her rescue with 10 dogs. Fletcher said Mumaugh struggled in the beginning years, spending many nights using her money to make sure the dogs were fed even if that meant she wouldn't eat. Every dime she made, she put into the dogs.
Slowly, the rescue started to gain notice, and the community helped and supported her mission. Mumaugh never asked for adoption fees, so the rescue relies fully on donations supplied by the local community and visitors, according to Fletcher.
Mumaugh's small house soon turned into a huge dog-filled facility currently holding up to 400 dogs at any night and managed by more than 20 staff members and a board of directors.
From the beginning years up till now, dogs are accepted from animal control and from locals and visitors who find stray dogs. When they are taken into the facility, they are fully vetted and transported to a medical center if necessary. Then, they live in the rescue and are ready for adoption. Mumaugh also partnered with many rescues in the Valley and transported dogs up to Phoenix to be adopted.
Mumaugh never wanted any dogs to be left behind and made sure all dogs were welcomed and cared for, according to Fletcher. Because of this, some dogs in the facility are feral and utilize the rescue as a sanctuary where they can live out the rest of their lives.
When any dog taken in died, Mumaugh would grieve them as if they were all her own, Fletcher said.
"People called her Mother Teresa of the dogs and an angel on earth," Fletcher said. "The sacrifices that she made were incredible ... She did everything for the dogs. She lived for the dogs."
As for continuing Mumaugh's legacy, Mumaugh's sister and board of directors are prepared to continue the rescue in honor of her and her commitment to helping the stray dogs.
If you wish to honor Mumaugh, Fletcher and the rescue ask the public to search through the catalog of adoptable dogs and adopt one, make a monetary donation, bring canned food to the shelter, and volunteer to help the dedicated staff take care of the dogs. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/09/barbara-mumaugh-founder-of-puerto-penasco-mexico-dog-rescue-dies-at-70/70374834007/ | 2023-07-09T15:49:53 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/07/09/barbara-mumaugh-founder-of-puerto-penasco-mexico-dog-rescue-dies-at-70/70374834007/ |
Bloomington-Normal
Galleries, museums
Some cultural institutions are open or making plans to reopen under current COVID restrictions. Check with each facility for indoor, online or outdoor programming. Open facilities have face covering, distancing and other guidelines in effect; see websites or call for details.
Angel Ambrose Fine Art Studio; 101 W. Monroe St. Suite 201, Bloomington; Open First Fridays 5-8 p.m. and by appointment; 309-825-4655; angelambrose.com.
David Davis Mansion; 1000 Monroe Drive, Bloomington; open for tours, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; by donation; daviddavismansion.org; 309-828-1084.
Eaton Studio Gallery; 411 N. Center St., Bloomington; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays; 5-8 p.m. First Fridays, or by appointment or ring bell; eatonstudiogallery.com; 309-828-1575.
The Hangar Art Co.; 105 W. Jefferson St., Bloomington; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; hangart.com; 309-319-8672.
Illinois Art Station; 101 E. Vernon Ave., Normal; Gallery open Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; illinoisartstation.org; 309-386-1019.
Inside Out: Accessible Art Gallery & Cooperative; 200 W. Monroe St., Bloomington; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; Saturday 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; by appointment Sunday-Tuesday; and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. First Friday; insideoutartcoop.org; 309-838-2160.
Jan Brandt Gallery; Normandy Village, 1100 Beach St., Building 8, Normal; by appointment; janbrandtgallery.com; 309-287-4700.
Joann Goetzinger Studio and Gallery; 313 N. Main St. Suite A, Bloomington; open first Fridays 5-8 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m.-4 p.m., also by appointment; masks and social distancing required; 309-826-1193.
Lois Jett Historic Costume Collection; Turner Hall 126E—ISU Campus, Normal; 12-2 p.m., Tuesday, 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, and 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Thursday through Dec. 9; also open 1-4 p.m., Nov. 6; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday by appointment.
Main Gallery 404; 404 N. Main St., Bloomington; 12-5 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays; 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturdays; By chance or appointment at 309-590-6779.
McLean County Arts Center; 601 N. East St., Bloomington; open; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, 12-4 p.m. Saturday; masks and social distancing required; mcac.org; 309-829-0011.
McLean County Museum of History; 200 N. Main St., Bloomington; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; closed Sundays, until further notice; reservations at education@mchistory.org or 309-827-0428; mchistory.org; 309-827-0428.
Merwin and Wakeley Galleries; Illinois Wesleyan University; Bloomington; open; 12-4 p.m., Monday through Friday; 7-9 p.m., Tuesday evening; 1-4 p.m., Saturday through Sunday; iwu.edu/art/galleries; 309-556-3391.
Prairie Aviation Museum; 2929 E. Empire St., Bloomington; open Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; prairieaviationmuseum.org; 309-663-7632.
University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal; open; 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday; 309-438-5487; galleries.illinoisstate.edu/about/visit/.
Central Illinois
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 212 N. Sixth St., Springfield; advance reservation required; adults $15, seniors $12, under 5 free; presidentlincoln.illinois.gov; 217-558-8844.
Art Center at Greater Livingston County Arts Council; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday; 209 W. Madison St., Pontiac; pcartcenter.com; 815-419-2472.
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria; Riverfront Arts Center, 305 S.W. Water St., Peoria; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; peoriacac.org; 309-674-6822.
Dickson Mounds Museum; 10956 N. Dickson Mounds Road, Lewistown; open, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; free; illinoisstatemuseum.org; 309-547-3721.
Illinois State Museum; 502 S. Spring St., Springfield; open, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Monday-Friday, free; illinoisstatemuseum.org; 217-782-7386.
Lincoln Heritage Museum; Lincoln Center at Lincoln College, 300 Keokuk St., Lincoln; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Saturday, closed Sundays, Mondays and on Lincoln College breaks; $4-7; museum.lincolncollege.edu; 217-735-7399.
Peoria Art Guild; 203 Harrison St., Peoria; open; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday or by appointment; peoriaartguild.org; 309-637-2787.
Peoria Riverfront Museum; downtown riverfront Peoria; open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday and Friday; 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday; and closed Sunday; adults $11, seniors, students $10, ages 3-17 $9; peoriariverfrontmuseum.org; 309-686-7000.
Simpkins Military Museum; 605 E. Cole St., Heyworth; Open 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday or by appointment; Free admission (donations accepted); Private tours, call first; 309-319-3413; simpkinsmuseum@gmail.com.
Time Gallery; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturday; Closed Sunday; Clock Tower Place Building, 201 Clock Tower Drive, East Peoria; 309-467-2331.
U of I Krannert Art Museum; 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign; open; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Thursdays until 8 p.m. when classes are in session; closed Sunday and Monday; kam.illinois.edu; 217-333-1861.
Exhibits
"Marks by Modern Masters: Selections from the Heintzman Collection"; through summer 2023; "Heart"; Experience Gallery; through fall 2023; "Body Worlds RX"; Experience Gallery; through fall 2023; Peoria Riverfront Museum.
"Growng Up X"; second floor gallery; through Sept. 4; Illinois State Museum.
"Pattern and Process"; through Dec. 22; West Gallery and Light Court; "The Ink Wash of Shozo Sato"; through Dec. 22; Main Level, Contempotary Gallery; Krannert Art Museum.
"Here I have Lived: Home in Illinois"; through Jan. 21, 2024; Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
"Edward and Gale McCullough"; Brandt Gallery; "Judy Steffens"; Armstrong Gallery; both through July 29; McLean County Arts Center.
"MAP Exhibition"; July 2023; Peoria Art Guild.
"Flowers for Ukraine"; Preston Jackson Gallery; "Vera Scekic: Synethic Being"; Gallery 3R; both through Aug. 11; Contemporary Art Center of Peoria. | https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/looking-for-art-culture-see-the-latest-central-illinois-exhibits/article_576ebfae-150d-11ee-a025-87c1816a8c16.html | 2023-07-09T15:50:25 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/looking-for-art-culture-see-the-latest-central-illinois-exhibits/article_576ebfae-150d-11ee-a025-87c1816a8c16.html |
Everyone desires the sure thing, the safest path, and the most unquestionable of choices. But life is full of uncertainty, and there is no time like the present to see this.
With uncertainty comes risk. Only gamblers find risk compelling. And that’s because they know how to manage it (or at least they think they do). Typically, though, no one likes risk.
Crossing the threshold into retirement magnifies the uncertainty you must deal with. Wouldn’t it be to your advantage to fully understand what those experienced with retirees see as the major problems people have when they retire? Here are some potential problems for you to think about and possibly prepare for.
Organizing finances
If you don’t plan, you plan to fail. The same goes for organizing your finances. Of the problems mentioned in this article, organizing your finances ranks as the one you should do well before you retire. By getting things in order in advance of retirement, you’ll better prepare yourself for the choices you must make.
The main problem people face upon retirement is organizing their financial lives and finding a new purpose. If they have not already done some formal financial planning, replicating their old paycheck can be a daunting task.
Most workers are used to a certain cycle for their paycheck and had a routine in place to pay their monthly bills. Significant time and effort can be required to figure out a new budget, new payment methods for health care, and other major bills.
It’s natural to have several questions when you retire. Organizing your finances represents the best way to tackle the uncertainty of retirement.
Two cornerstone questions faced by those anticipating retirement are “Am I going to be OK?” and “Can I afford to financially support the lifestyle I have worked all my life toward?” Neither of these questions can be answered with the level of accuracy and confidence that people want until they have taken the time to organize their thoughts about what being OK in their retirement looks like.
Retirees significantly underestimate the amount of cash flow that can be uncovered during retirement by employing a strategically sound drawdown strategy. The financial impacts are often measured in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. However, there is no way to optimize a retirement lifestyle plan that cannot be successfully funded and there is no way to develop a strategically sound retirement funding strategy without understanding where the peaks and valleys of year-to-year spending occur.
As such, they must organize their thoughts and pre-test their expectations as it relates to their specific version of knowing they will “be okay” once they have retired.
Transitioning to a new lifestyle
Once you begin retirement, you’ll find yourself immersed in a different lifestyle. It’s not the first time you’ve entered a whole new world, but it’s probably been a long time since you’ve had that experience. As mentioned above, the first challenge — or self-doubt — will center on money. But, in the end, it comes down to your ability to live a new life.
The main problem is not saving enough based on the lifestyle the retiree wants. They simply can’t afford to do the things they want to do.
The other problem is boredom or a loss of purpose. Relationship issues can emerge between significant others as you are now potentially spending more time together, which is an adjustment.
For anyone going through this transition, you need to be realistic about how quickly you adapt to a new lifestyle. It isn’t going to happen overnight. Take time to figure it out, and don’t pressure yourself to meet the expectations you had going into retirement.
Inflation
The greatest problem is usually the one you least expect. When it hits, it hits big. It means you haven’t prepared for it. As a result, it leads to anxiety. The angst can be justified, or it can simply result from your being surprised.
The biggest challenge people face when they retire is failing to account for inflation. They assume falsely that the amount they will need to withdraw in year one is the same amount they might need to withdraw in year 10 or 20.
People also drastically underestimate their spending.
Conversely, they also tend to overestimate how much they can safely withdraw from their nest egg.
Inflation, even when it trickles in, will have ramifications deep into retirement. It’s one reason financial professionals suggest you keep a significant portion of your retirement savings in long-term investments.
This will allow your portfolio to grow even in retirement.
The main issues for retirees are replacing income in an inflationary environment, preparing for unknown future health care costs and long-term care costs, and feeling confident to spend money when they have been good savers.
Some people are afraid to start distributions even though they have saved well and have enough to cover current distributions and future expenses.”
Financial insecurity
All the above problems can lead to the most vexing of worries, that of financial insecurity. This feeling isn’t all bad, as it represents a defensive tactic that can help protect you from the worst-case scenario.
People often don’t have enough to retire. They simply retire and will try to make do with what they have, without knowing how long the amount of money they have may or may not last!
There are many factors that can compound your fears concerning money. The main problems people face when they retire are financial insecurity, health issues and social isolation.
Many people rely on their pension income to survive, and if this income is reduced due to higher retirement age, it can cause financial hardship. Health issues often become more prevalent in older age, and these may only be compounded by working longer.
Also, many people struggle with social isolation when they retire, as they can lose touch with their work colleagues and struggle to find a new sense of purpose. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/ruedi-organize-plan-think-to-reduce-retirement-risks-fears/article_976bba34-1d33-11ee-aefb-7bab9c094fcf.html | 2023-07-09T15:50:43 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/ruedi-organize-plan-think-to-reduce-retirement-risks-fears/article_976bba34-1d33-11ee-aefb-7bab9c094fcf.html |
Bloomington
Redeemed Roofing LLC issued permit June 27, for $220,000 general roofing at 310 S. Roosevelt Ave.
G&H Marine Inc. issued permit June 26, for $193,000 general install of new steel sea wall and replace boat dock at 24348 Ron Smith Memorial Highway.
Iuvo Constructum LLC issued permit June 15, for $300,000 new construction of single-family residence at 5211 Finlen Lane.
Iuvo Constructum LLC issued permit June 15, for $500,000 new construction of single-family residence at 5104 Finlen Lane.
3-D Custom Homes LLC issued permit June 14, for $75,000 general single-family addition at 1606 Arrowhead Drive.
Iuvo Constructum LLC issued permit June 12, for $375,000 new construction of single-family residence at 5208 Finlen Lane.
Normal
BK Carpentry LLC issued permit June 28, for $60,000 remodel at 903 N. Linden St.
McLean County
Blunier Builders Inc. issued permit June 21, for $360,000 new construction of livestock and storage shed at 18544 East 750 North Road in Bloomington.
Jim Wilson issued permit June 30, for $103,000 machine shed at 12946 North 750 East Road in Danvers.
Luxury homes on the market in Central Illinois
3 Bedroom Home in Ellsworth - $674,900
Impeccable 7.5 Acre Equestrian Property with a stunning house. 48x36 Barn features: six 12x12 stalls, htd & cooled 14x11 tack room, 12x48 storage annex, speaker system & 300 bale hayloft. There is also an outdoor arena, round pen, six 16x24 dry paddocks, goat pasture, pony pastures, chicken coop & high tensile poly-coated 6 strand wire fencing around 4 acres. Wooded parameter with some apple trees too! Home features Gourmet Kitchen for the chef of the family with new granite countertops & backsplash. Main floor Bedroom Suite includes a large bathroom with dual sinks, whirlpool tub, sperate shower & WI closet. WB fireplace in the Living Room. Upstairs has 2 nice sized Bedrooms with WI closets & adjoining bathroom with separate toilets. Dad will love the 32x23 three car attached garage with epoxy floor & hot & cold running water. Cozy 16x16 deck leads to a fenced yard for the kids or pooches too! Large list of updates: New oak hardwood flooring on 1st floor. Geothermal htg & cooling 2016. Windows 2022. Garage doors 2019. House Roof 2016. Barn roof 2019. 20,000 watt Kohler whole house Generator. AT&T Tower goes with property (currently pays $737 monthly PLUS its share of yearly property taxes- approximately $8000) for remaining 13 years with periodic increases. Ideal location- you can ride to Moraine View Rec Area & its 10 miles of horse trails! Call Illinois #1 horse farm Specialist for more info or a private showing!
3 Bedroom Home in Normal - $850,000
Welcome to modern sophistication! This is an exquisite custom-built home by Prairie Woodworks - every detail is top of the line in style, design and function. The exterior features a metal roof, cedar shingles on the second floor, and James Hardie shingle siding. Private stained concert patio out back and custom landscaping by Chizmar Landscaping on your 1/2 acre lot. This home makes entertaining a dream with open concept main floor kitchen, dining and living room. A dramatic vaulted ceiling in the family room allows so much natural light with the stunning floor to ceiling windows equipped with Hunter Douglas automatic cordless shades, exposed beams, an impressive stone gas fireplace with custom lights by 186 lighting design. Hickory wood floors throughout the main floor. The stunning kitchen hosts custom made Cherry cabinets by Prairie Woodworks, a beautiful 9ft island, GE cooktop and double wall oven, quartz countertops and backsplash, and 10x7ft walk in butler's pantry with custom storage from SOS solutions. The main floor primary bedroom features vaulted ceiling, floor to ceiling windows viewing your private backyard with Hunter Douglas automatic cordless shades, spacious 11ft walk-in closet with custom organizer from SOS solutions. The primary bathroom hosts radiant floor heating, custom vanity, quartz countertop with double sinks, floor to ceiling tiled walk in shower and Toto smart toilet and bidet. The main floor study has custom built in bookshelves and cabinets, double wall cement board - with soundproofing- making working from home a dream. The second story showcases 2 generous sized bedrooms each with custom window treatments, and large spacious closets. The hall bathroom has custom vanity, tiled shower with glass doors and toto toilet. The elegant loft features a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, a 3rd living room and office area with custom built in desk and bookcases. The finished basement offers a HUGE secondary living room with tons of space, 9ft ceilings, daylight windows, 2 custom closets with SOS storage organizers, and 3rd walk in closet. Full bathroom with custom vanity and tiled walk-in shower. The unfinished area offers 630sqft of storage, zoned HVAC and wet sink. No detail was spared in the construction of this beautiful home. Call today to schedule your private tour.
4 Bedroom Home in Leroy - $605,000
Hello Gorgeous! This luxury farmhouse is the perfect place to call home. With 5.8 acres of land, you can enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside while still being close to all the amenities of the city. The 4 bedroom, 3 bath home features a gorgeous kitchen with vaulted ceiling, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, oversize island, chef's dream walk-in pantry space with butcher block counter tops and a beverage cooler. The living room is spacious and inviting, with a cozy fireplace and plenty of natural light. The primary suite has double closets, storage shelves, walk in tile shower and heated bathroom floors. Sliding glass door off the dining room leads to a separate patio. You'll find a second bedroom on the main level. Upstairs is two bedrooms and full bathroom. Enjoy the sunrise on you covered front porch or from the breezeway connecting the home and 2 car garage. The 6800SF pole barn has water and electric with partial concrete floor and floor drains. The turnout has a a solar powered electric fence. This home was completely renovated in the fall of 2022, down to the studs. New electrical, plumbing, HVAC, drywall, insulation, windows, roof, gutter and downspouts, radon mitigation system, reverse osmosis, and so much more!!
3 Bedroom Home in Hudson - $675,000
Life of Paradise on Lake Bloomington! You could make this an Airbnb with the new lease. Plentiful (Anderson) windows to enjoy the most beautiful views. Relax and enjoy the sunsets on one of the most prime lake lots with .38 acres. Entertain in the four seasons room or summer fun out on the docks. The kids will love the diving board and slide & 2 boat ramps. You'll be amazed seeing the deer in the woods out your back windows. This sprawling ranch style home is an open plan, with an updated eat-in kitchen, cherry cabinets, granite counters, tile backsplash & breakfast bar, Stainless Steel (Kenmore) appliances. There is a wood burning stove, a gas fireplace, and could easily have a first floor laundry for your convenience. Plenty of storage in the lower level, plus 123 ft. of steel seawall. Newer 50 year roof.
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $675,000
Introducing the epitome of elegance and refined living, a custom-built luxury home that exudes sophistication and craftsmanship in every detail. This architectural masterpiece is a must-see for individuals with discerning taste, seeking the pinnacle of luxurious living. Meticulously maintained and exquisitely updated, every sq ft of this 4 bedroom (1st FLOOR MASTER), 4.5 bath home is simply stunning! Placed regally on a large corner lot in one of Bloomington's finest neighborhoods, the curb appeal is A+ with a brick & stone front, 3-car side-load garage, aggregate approach and lush professional landscaping. The grand 2-story entrance is breathtaking, boasting hardwood flooring, plenty of natural light from an abundance of Eagle by Andersen Windows, exquisite trim, dual staircases and a view of the most exceptional open floor plans in McLean County! The open-concept layout seamlessly connects the various living spaces, allowing for effortless flow and a perfect environment for hosting lavish gatherings or intimate evenings. The impressive two-story Family Room is a breathtaking space that seamlessly combines comfort and sophistication. The centerpiece of this magnificent room is a stunning gas fireplace, adorned with a marble hearth and exquisite floor-to-ceiling trim, creating a focal point that demands attention. The catwalk & loft offer impressive views of this beautiful room! The heart of this luxurious home is undoubtedly the gourmet kitchen. Designed for culinary enthusiasts, it boasts hardwood flooring, a walk-in pantry, butler's pantry, an adjoining hearth room with cathedral ceiling, custom cherry cabinets with 42" upper cabinetry, granite counters, a huge island & stainless appliance package! No expense has been spared in ensuring that this kitchen is as functional as it is aesthetically pleasing. The master suite is a sanctuary of comfort and tranquility. Featuring a generous floor plan, it offers a private retreat within the home and is appointed with a cathedral ceiling, dual walk-in closets (one is 17 x 16!!) and a "spa-like" en suite bathroom with two vanities, a large jetted tub and separate walk-in shower. The main level also includes a large laundry room, a powder room, a formal dining room and a living/flex room. The 2nd floor offers not only a loft with built-in bookcases mentioned previously, but also 3 additional bedrooms (one has a private en suite full bath and the other two enjoy a Jack & Jill bathroom. The absolutely incredible finished basement offers stairs to the garage and one sprawling room after another! The basement is finished with a unique concrete flooring finish that resembles marble- it's simply gorgeous! The basement offers a family room, a sleeping area/office (no egress, but does have a window), a Billiards Room, a 14 x 13 Wine "Nook," full bath and a sprawling workout/rec area (43 x 21). Tremendous storage throughout the home, as 1 Brookridge is not lacking for walk-in closets! The backyard is an oasis with the aggregate patio, lush professional landscaping & berm that creates the utmost privacy! This custom-built luxury home truly embodies the essence of quality and craftsmanship, combining timeless design, meticulous attention to detail, and the finest materials. It stands as a testament to the pursuit of perfection and offers an unparalleled living experience for those who appreciate the very best in life.
3 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $599,900
Beautifully reimagined living spaces to accommodate today's lifestyle. Open floor plan with cathedral ceilings. Spacious 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath brick ranch in desirable Hawthorne Hills. Main floor entertaining/bar room. New kitchen (2022) featuring double high upper cabinets with glass and lighting features as well as quartz countertops, plus high end ZLINE appliances including microwave drawer. Amazing primary bedroom with 10x12 luxury walk-in closet; heated floor and quartz tops in primary bath. Expansive sunroom with heated floor, and windows with remote blinds on 3 sides overlooking a huge deck and beautifully landscaped yard. Finished basement has family room, full bath, exercise room, craft room, large workshop and more. Epoxy coated 3 car garage-separate 3rd stall is heated. So much more to see. You will enjoy your visit!
4 Bedroom Home in Normal - $695,000
If you are looking for size, space & style look no further than this sprawling 6 BED NEW CONSTRUCTION home nestled in one of our area's premier neighborhoods, Silver Oaks! Smartly designed 1.5 story offers many seller-provided upgrades to truly customize this space and make it your own! An inviting grand foyer and open staircase will greet your guests at the door for a welcoming first impression, guiding you to the formal dining room perfectly sized for entertaining. The main floor also features a primary master suite with 10' tray ceiling, lush carpet and a grand spa-like private bath and closet both appointed with soaring 12' ceilings! Primary suite features custom tile shower, wall of windows and double vanity for plenty of room to breathe. Enormous walk-in closet waiting for the closet system of your dreams (seller allowance provided)! The grand two-story great room features gorgeous slate gas fireplace with floating mantle surrounded by quality Quaker double-pane picture windows from floor to ceiling. Half bath and main floor laundry/mudroom with additional storage and custom built-ins add convenience. Well appointed eat-in kitchen with island and double wide pantry finished with fresh white cabinets and crown, herringbone tile backsplash and gorgeous quartz counters for lasting durability. Stainless LG appliance suite includes microwave, dishwasher and range plus an additional seller allowance to select the refrigerator of your choice. Upstairs, you'll find three carpeted and perfectly sized bedrooms including spacious closets and white shaker style entry doors, a tiled full bath includes double sink vanity plus tub/shower combo. Head to the lower level and enjoy a second spacious family room (fully finished with full egress for natural light) plus two additional bedrooms and another full bath (perfect for in-laws and guests). Thoughtfully placed wet bar rough-in ready to finish and recessed nook for the perfect home theater area plus room for fitness, an office and additional storage make this lower level a functional and fabulous part of this special home! Outside, a generously sized, deep lot features poured cement slab plus plenty of room for upgrades (seller allowance for sod and landscaping). Come make this home your own and see all that Silver Oaks has to offer.
2 Bedroom Home in Normal - $504,900
Perfection! This stunning newly built home by Compass Point Construction combines modern design with luxurious finishes. The exterior features a sleek and stylish design with clean lines, double door entry, and a blend of vinyl siding, brick and LP smart siding that creates a striking first impression. As you step inside, you will be greeted by a spacious floor plan, cathedral ceilings, and plenty of natural light! The main living area features a spacious living room with a tiled fireplace, a dining area perfect for entertaining with access to the patio, and a gourmet kitchen that is sure to delight any chef. The kitchen is equipped with high-end appliances, a large quartz island, and plenty of cabinet/pantry space. This home offers three generously sized bedrooms, each with its own spacious closet. The master suite is a true retreat with a spa-like bathroom, double vanity sinks & a huge walk-in closet! Additional features of this home include a large great room located in the basement; first floor laundry room, & a two-car garage that includes a circuit equipped for electric vehicles. Outside, the front and side features lush sod, while the back yard has been seeded and is ready for your personal touch. The 12x24 patio offers plenty of space for outdoor living & entertainment. Located in a desirable neighborhood, this home is just minutes away from shopping, dining, and entertainment options. Do not miss the opportunity to make this stunning new construction home your own!
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $549,000
Spacious 4 bedroom 3.5 bath home in Hawthorne II that walks out to an incredible private lot ready for entertaining. Kitchen open to family room. Features include beautiful wood floors ('16) throughout main floor, granite butler's pantry, 3 access doors to beautiful 3 tier paver patio, 9+ foot ceilings, newer granite in kitchen & 3 bathrooms, some new carpet ('23), new appliances ('20-'22) & so much more. Finished basement has media room, tiled area for 2nd kitchen, full bath, & family room with fireplace that walks out to hot tub patio. The fenced backyard is a kid's playground complete with basketball court, pitching mound, playground equipment & plenty of shade. Easy access to Towanda Barnes. Very nice curb appeal.
6 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $990,000
Luxurious elegance is found throughout this one of a kind lakefront property. Timeless and classic. Located on one of the most prestigious cul-de-sac streets in Bloomington Normal. Open and bright floor plan with beautiful lake views from nearly every room in the house. Grand two story entry, elegant living room and dining room. Spacious and completely updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances (double ovens), island seating and tons of cabinet storage- the perfect open layout for entertaining. Large family room with custom fireplace, crown molding, and a wall of sliding glass doors that show off the gorgeous lake views. Main level primary suite with custom built-ins, 2nd fireplace and a spa like primary bath- the shower is next level. 5 additional bedrooms on the second level with jack & Jill bathrooms. (The 5th bedroom is currently used as an office). Full basement with large family room, 7th bedroom (currently used as a gym), and a toy room which could also be the perfect theater room. The lounge (14x28) is the perfect hangout spot, and it has a custom wet bar and a wall of sliding glass doors that show off the stunning lake views and allow for an indoor outdoor entertaining space. Oversized lot with large expansive deck, custom landscaping, irrigation system and a dock- perfect for fishing, paddle boarding, kayaking or canoeing. Recent updates include but not limited to: Kitchen remodel 2013, main level remodel 2013, roof 2009, lounge remodel 2014, two new furnaces 2007, new a/c unit 2013, deck 2007. *Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed*
4 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $1,600,000
Nestled among shady trees and lush landscapes, this perfectly composed brick and stone cottage looks as though it has been lifted from the pages of a storybook. With an arched solid Alderwood front door, massive front porch, architectural windows, and wood clad garage doors (with Juliet balcony above), the charm just cannot be overstated. As you enter the property with its stamped asphalt circular drive and follow walkways among fragrant flowering bushes, the fairytale not only comes to life, but has been reimagined with superior construction methods and SmartHome technology. Step inside the 2 story foyer and be astounded by the sheer volume of the interiors, so discreetly downplayed from the road. Solid walnut flooring stretches thru entire main floor (tile in baths, sunroom, utility rm). ALL flooring on 1st floor has 5 zoned radiant heat; solid Alderwood doors are used throughout the home. A commanding staircase with solid hardwood treads, iron railing & waterfall steps rises to the open hallway above, while connecting to the lower level below, creating an architectural masterpiece. Motorized Foyer chandelier lowers for cleaning (Living Rm also). Glimpses of the backyard through 2 sets of transomed French doors flanking the fireplace beckon you into the 2 story vaulted Living Room; beamed ceiling soars to open railing above in a gesture emphasizing the room's expanse and volume. Open to the Living Room and comprising an entire wing of laid back living & casual entertaining, the spectacular Kitchen, Hearth Room and Wet Bar are beyond compare. The Kitchen features Custom Amish cabinets that continue down a 6x15 ft back hall, with built-in appliances and awesome fold-out pantry. Appliances include 2 refrigerators, 6 burner Wolf range, 2 ovens, warming drawer, and microwave. Huge island includes prep sink & breakfast bar; hand painted tile backsplash with pot filler provide functional beauty. Handsome Wet Bar is positioned for serving the entire 1st floor. Alderwood cabinetry with granite tops, hand painted tiles, an ice maker, refrigerator, wine cellar & service sink equip the bar. A casual dining space with window seat is open to the Hearth Rm with massive FP surround, open bookshelves & TV area. An enormous Sunroom off the Hearth Room creates fantastic connectivity between indoors and outdoors. With soaring poplar ceiling, stunning views of the very private backyard, heated tile floors, a dining area & huge sitting area, nothing has been overlooked. French Doors open to paver brick terrace and serene back yard with award winning landscapes! A Formal Dining Room also overlooks the back yard with Venetian Plaster walls, hefty millwork & abundant windows. Architectural Pella Windows with enlarged panes to replicate old European design are used throughout home. The phenomenal 40x15 1st Floor Owner's Suite features vaulted ceiling with whitewashed rough cedar beams rising from 9' to 11'; arched windows frame peaceful views of the yard. Huge Closet has coffee station & island with laundry bins. The breathtaking Bath has natural stone flooring, custom built double vanity, cabinets galore & 3rd Makeup Vanity. The 4x10 ft double walk-in shower features bespoke arched leaded glass window, bench, and his/hers secluded shower areas. A Powder Room with custom vanity and basketweave marble flooring is accessed off the Foyer. The open 2nd floor hallway with walnut flooring & custom railing overlooks the Living Room below. The loft Den has gorgeous built-ins and sophisticated, functional design. Bedroom 2 has en suite bath & cozy sloped ceiling. French Doors open to gracious 3rd Bedroom with 3 closets (1 is cedar) and lovely Jack n Jill Bath shared with the huge Bedroom 4, which features Juliet balconied windows overlooking front yard. 9 ft Basement is set to finish with mechanical rooms and plumbing rough-ins. This very livable home feels warm and casual, not austere. PLEASE SEE attached brochures for FULL DETAILS too numerous to mention!
5 Bedroom Home in Bloomington - $799,000
Beautiful custom built brick ranch on huge lake lot with total of 6320 square feet. 5 car attached, heated garage with circle drive. 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths. Full walk out basement, Central Vac, sprinkler system. Full theater room, game room with deluxe bar. Imported Italian wood flooring. Gourmet kitchen with butler bar. Large office/storm room, exercise room, card room, Firepit, two decks and a patio. Beautiful water view from most the rooms. Aux back up, 2 fireplaces. Roof is ten months old. Whole house reverse osmosis system. Whole house audio system. 2 month old fishing pad. A/C 2 years old. alarm system. Fee covers lake maintenance and trails.
5 Bedroom Home in Normal - $500,000
This Custom Built Home brings a whole new feeling to Open Concept, from the moment you enter the front door. The natural light just floods through the main level, as you move from room to room. Whether you want to read a book in the sitting area, cozy up to a fire in the family room or cook a gourmet meal in the kitchen, this home has space for it all. You will find all 5 bedrooms on the second level (yes, I said 5 bedrooms on the same level) as well as the laundry room. The primary suite has a walk in shower, garden tub and separate vanities. The basement is finished with a bar/ rec room, family room, 2 additional rooms that are currently used as bedrooms (they do not have egress windows) and a full bath with a walk in shower. Let's talk about the sizeable backyard with space for entertaining, children to play and gardening. Close to Grove Elementary and NCHS | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/see-the-latest-mclean-county-building-permits/article_ba8aa61a-16b7-11ee-89ab-c755c95be2b6.html | 2023-07-09T15:50:49 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/see-the-latest-mclean-county-building-permits/article_ba8aa61a-16b7-11ee-89ab-c755c95be2b6.html |
Even as The Pantagraph's digital presence continues to evolve with products like the E-Edition and newly redeveloped mobile app, the print edition remains vital to the morning routines of thousands of readers.
Kat Baker is determined that routine will not be disrupted for the customers she has served since 2016.
Baker is The Pantagraph's Carrier of the Month, a new recognition for the men and women who work to deliver the print edition each morning. Assisted by her husband, Ryan Baker, she delivers about 325 papers a night across an area that includes Downs.
And she takes the job seriously. Baker places each newspaper in a plastic bag no matter the weather, lest it fall prey to morning dew and sprinkler systems. She has perfected a knot that customers can loosen easily with one finger, rather than having to tear into the plastic.
Years ago, one customer received a torn paper from a substitute carrier and promised to cancel if it ever arrived with a crease again; ever since, she has been folding that one newspaper in half instead of the standard three-way fold. She even gives out treats on holidays.
At a time when many would say it's hard to find people so committed to such details, what motivates Baker?
She credited her spirit of service to a military background: Her father served in the Navy for 26 years, her son is an Army veteran and Ryan Baker, her husband, is an Air Force veteran.
"It’s just the way I was brought up, that you take care of people and they take care of you," she said.
Folks on Kat Baker's route have certainly taken notice. "She has letters of recommendation sent to her thanking her from all her customers," said Robin Vandiver, Pantagraph operations manager.
The feeling goes both ways. "I do appreciate my customers very much, very very much," Kat Baker said. "They mean a lot to us." | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/meet-kat-baker-pantagraph-carrier-of-the-month/article_d1303eb2-1daf-11ee-a0f2-ffba24b495b2.html | 2023-07-09T15:50:56 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/meet-kat-baker-pantagraph-carrier-of-the-month/article_d1303eb2-1daf-11ee-a0f2-ffba24b495b2.html |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on Wednesday announced a list of types of driver’s licenses from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Vermont that are invalid in Florida under a new law targeting undocumented immigrants.
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The prohibited licenses mostly offer limited driving privileges to undocumented immigrants while not being considered valid identification.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said on its website that the list “unavoidably is evolving, may change due to the revision of driver license issuance requirements in other states, and will be updated periodically.”
‘Destructive’: Central Florida communities protest new immigration laws that take effect Saturday
The new law (SB 1718), which took effect Saturday, includes a series of changes, such as stepping up requirements on businesses to check the immigration status of workers, cracking down on people who bring undocumented immigrants into Florida and collecting data about whether hospital patients are in the country legally.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol said a man has died after a hit-and-run crash in Volusia County.
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Troopers said the crash happened around 4:13 a.m. on Sunday.
According to a news release, an unknown vehicle traveled eastbound on State Road 472 and approached Durfey Avenue.
Troopers said it was unclear whether a pedestrian was kneeling or lying in the road, but they were not in a marked crosswalk.
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The adult man was in the vehicle’s path, and the car hit him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said that after the crash, the vehicle and the driver fled.
FHP said there were no reported witnesses or other information about the driver or the vehicle.
FHP is waiting for the positive identification of the victim.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call FHP at 407-737-2213 or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.
Channel 9 will provide updates on this developing story as it becomes available.
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PITTSBURGH — One person was injured when a vehicle crashed into a pole in the Strip District on Saturday night and officials say the driver fled from the scene.
First responders were called to the area of Sixteenth Street and Liberty Avenue around 11:30 p.m. for a report of a vehicle into a pole.
They found a male passenger trapped in the vehicle, which had significant damage, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety report.
He was eventually extricated and taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
The driver fled before first responders arrived, according to the report.
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Police continue to investigate a shooting in the city’s Lincoln Neighborhood that sent a Kenosha man to the hospital early Sunday.
City fire and rescue personnel transported the 20-year-old man, who suffered a wound to his thigh in the 12:09 a.m. shooting, to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie where he was treated, according to Capt. Tim Schaal of the Kenosha Police Department. The shooting occurred in the 6500 block of 18th Avenue, Schaal said.
The man was struck in the left thigh and while the wound was serious, it was not considered life-threatening, he said.
“He’s alive and undergoing some medical attention,” Schaal said. Investigators located 27 casings at the scene, where there was multiple gunfire exchanged.
Schaal said the shooting occurred following what investigators believe was an altercation.
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“It appears to be there was some kind of gathering or party happening on the block and there’s just some type of internal argument or fight which resulted in that number of shots fired,” he said.
Schaal said detectives continue to speak with possible witnesses but those who were questioned after the incident have not been forthcoming.
“Unfortunately, there was very little cooperation in the aftermath, so … we’re still under investigation,” he said. “There were people out there that we’ve identified as likely witnesses. They just didn’t provide too much detail to us.”
A preliminary investigation indicates several different firearms were involved based on the variety of casings discovered at the scene, he said. A weapon, however, has yet to be recovered.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting is encouraged to contact the Kenosha Police Department Detective Bureau at 262-605-5203. Those who wish to remain anonymous can contact Kenosha Area Crime Stoppers at 262-656-7333.
Mugshots: Kenosha County criminal complaints from July 6-7
Cheyne Lee Dunham
Cheyne Lee Dunham, 43, of Kenosha, faces charges of false imprisonment, battery, and disorderly conduct.
Baylee Ann Eaton
Baylee Ann Eaton, 20, of Chicago, Illinois, faces charges of probation and parole, possession of THC (2nd+), resisting or obstructing an officer, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Tatiaynya Jonallysa Ellis
Tatiaynya Jonallysa Ellis, 21, of Genoa City, faces charges of probation and parole.
Ocyrus Levatta Flowers
Ocyrus Levatta Flowers, 27, of Chicago, Illinois, faces charges of drive or operate vehicle without consent, and battery or threat to judge/prosecutor/officer (aggravated assault).
Leonard Levale Perry
Leonard Levale Perry, 34, of Chicago, Illinois, faces charges of probation and parole.
Davond Dequise Pipes
Davond Dequise Pipes, 46, of Zion, Illinois, faces charges of probation and parole. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/kenosha-shooting-man-lincoln-park-sunday/article_1c503f34-1e6c-11ee-b52b-a3f9433060ed.html | 2023-07-09T16:57:36 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/kenosha-shooting-man-lincoln-park-sunday/article_1c503f34-1e6c-11ee-b52b-a3f9433060ed.html |
AUSTIN, Texas —
The Texas Cultural Trust (TXCT) has announced their First Year Teacher Grant applications are open now through August 15.
The statewide nonprofit focuses on the arts and aims to increase awareness and support for the arts across Texas.
"That means how the arts impact our education, our way of life, our economy, and our health and well-being here in Texas, while also spotlighting the incredible talent that has been cultivated in our state and reminding people it's important to support the arts within your communities," said Heidi Marquez Smith, CEO of the Texas Cultural Trust.
First Year Teacher Grants aim to incentivize highly qualified educators in the arts that serve in Title I and rural communities and assist with the expenses associated with completing the first year of teaching an arts class in a public school.
Awardees may apply their grants toward professional development, classroom enrichment, school supplies, field trips and additional resources to enhance the quality of arts education.
Applicants must be entering their first year as a public school teacher, under contract with a rural, Title I campus and TEA certified as an arts educator. Recipients of the award will be announced in the fall and will receive a one-time grant in the amount of $1,500. This grant is intended to help alleviate costs associated with completing the first year teaching.
"We want to get the word out across Texas. All of our teachers here in Austin, and we hope that you apply and we hope that you go to those rural Title I communities to apply for this grants and we hope to be there," said Smith.
Last year, TXCT awarded nine educators the First Year Teacher Grant, totaling $13,500 in grants. The organization has awarded 39 educators since 2019, totaling more than $58,000 in grants.
"We find that in these rural communities, access to arts education is not equitable and if we can get a qualified arts teacher, so someone that's going into their first year of teaching that is a certified as an arts teacher that they'll need, we want to incentivize them to go there and to really be creative in how they use their funds," stated Marquez Smith.
Applicants can apply online at www.txculturaltrust.org | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/teacher-grant-applications/269-465b8d16-28da-4c14-af08-70f6408beaa1 | 2023-07-09T17:07:27 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/teacher-grant-applications/269-465b8d16-28da-4c14-af08-70f6408beaa1 |
Lowe's fund to help Domestic Violence Project renovation
- DVPI celebrating its 45th anniversary this year
- Nonprofit to revamp two spaces to help work with clients.
CANTON – The Domestic Violence Project of Stark County is in elite company, receiving funding from a Lowe’s program aimed at boosting groups’ community impact.
The national program, part of Lowe’s home improvement stores’ Hometowns program, helps organizations to make physical improvements that then boost their ability to help.
More:Julie Donant named new Domestic Violence Project CEO
One hundred community projects across the country will be completed this year as part of Lowe’s Hometowns, the largest community impact program in its history.
The grant will help renovate two spaces at Domestic Violence Project’s Canton facility. The Founding Mothers’ Room will be transformed into a trauma-informed space offering more organized spaces for clothing and other personal care supplies. The second space will convert an old office into a new tranquil Community Space dedicated for peer support groups.
Founded in 1978, the Domestic Violence Project has offered safety, hope, and healing to victims ofdomestic violence and their families in Stark County and surrounding communities. In 2022, the agency assisted 356 men, women and children in two emergency shelters and helped more than 1,500 survivorsthrough its legal, medical, and outreach and aftercare programs.
More:Why spending more to protect survivors of domestic violence is a good deal for Ohio
Because most survivors leave their situation quickly and with very little, DVPI works with each survivor to meet all their basic needs, including food, clothing and shelter. All services and resources are provided at no cost.
Renovating the outdated spaces into functioning spaces will help create a fresh and inviting environment for survivors to begin the healing process.
Lowe’s will partner with Domestic Violence Project’s local Lowe’s associates, construction pros, and impact partner, Points of Light, to complete the project.
This year’s Lowe’s Hometowns projects were selected from 94 communities across 41 states andWashington, D.C., and will address needs specific to each community, from housing and communitycenters to outdoor spaces and facilities for first responders and veterans.
For information about the Domestic Violence Project visit dvpi.org. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/lowes-fund-to-help-domestic-violence-project-renovation/70368528007/ | 2023-07-09T17:08:54 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/lowes-fund-to-help-domestic-violence-project-renovation/70368528007/ |
SARTA to buy its first electric buses and eight more that run on natural gas
- SARTA is using $4.4M in federal grant money for the purchases.
- Two electric buses would help transport local veterans for medical treatment in Cleveland.
CANTON − The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority plans to spend $4.41 million from a federal grant on two electric buses, two chargers and eight paratransit vehicles that will run on compressed natural gas.
The two electric buses, which would be the first in SARTA's fleet, would transport veterans to appointments at Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said SARTA's CEO Kirt Conrad.
SARTA has a contract with the Stark County Veterans Service Commission to provide the service to Cuyahoga County. The buses with two electric chargers are expected to be delivered by fall 2024.
“It's something we wanted for quite a while and a better bus for that route. so the veterans didn’t have to sit on hard plastic seats for two hours up to Cleveland," said Conrad. "They don’t make a fuel cell vehicle in that model yet. We went to zero emission battery electric.”
Where did SARTA's get the grant money?
SARTA's $4.41 million comes from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that Congress passed in November 2021. The legislation increased infrastructure spending by about $550 million on top of what Congress was planning to spend on infrastructure.
Of that money, $5.3 billion was allocated to fund the purchase of low and no-emission buses for public transit agencies. The Federal Transit Administration estimated the legislation increased the amount of funding for such vehicles from $55 million a year to $1.1 billion a year. For the year ending Sept. 30,, 2023, the Federal Transit Administration on June 26 announced $1.69 billion in competitive grants to cover transit agencies' purchases of no-emission or low-emission buses.
The FTA allocated $29.33 million to the Ohio Department of Transportation, which applied for the funds on behalf of SARTA and nine other Ohio transit systems, which submitted applications in the spring. SARTA's allocation of $4.41 million is the second largest of the 10 subrecipients and exceeds the $3.27 million allocated to the much larger Greater Cleveland Rapid Transit Authority. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown's office announced the allocations to the Ohio transit agencies last month..
SARTA's new electric buses
Conrad said the two electric buses would be similar to coach buses like a Greyhound or intercity bus. It would have softer seats and a wheelchair ramp instead of a wheelchair lift. They would not have a bathroom as the space where that normally would be would house the vehicle's battery.
SARTA has several no-emission hydrogen fuel-cell 40-foot-long fixed-route buses. But no one yet makes hydrogen fuel-cell coach buses, said Conrad, so SARTA opted to go with two electric buses that will each cost about $1.1 million and seat 52. The manufacturer would be MCI or Motor Coach Industries, based in Des Plaines, Illinois. Its parent company is NFI Group based in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada.
Conrad said SARTA bought five fuel-cell paratransit vehicles for $450,000 each in 2021. But they've developed problems. Some of the fuel cells have had difficulty working. The batteries at times have not held a charge. He said because SARTA has backup vehicles, the problems have not affected riders getting to their destinations.
Until the manufacturer resolves the issues, Conrad said, SARTA decided to get eight low-emission compressed natural-gas paratransit vehicles instead to replace old diesel vehicles being phased out of its fleet of 60. The new compressed natural-gas paratransit vehicle will each cost about $170,000 and would be delivered in about a year. Tesco Bus in Oregon, Ohio, make the paratransit vehicles. Paratransit service is where people with disabilities sign up for the service and can schedule rides for a fare.
Reach Robert at robert.wang@cantonrep.com. Twitter: @rwangREP. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/sarta-in-canton-to-buy-two-electric-buses-with-federal-transit-grants/70390206007/ | 2023-07-09T17:09:00 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/sarta-in-canton-to-buy-two-electric-buses-with-federal-transit-grants/70390206007/ |
Stark County roundup: News from around the Canton region
Festival in Alliance
ALLIANCE − The Alliance Area Preservation Society’s annual Historic Main Street Art and Music Festival will be from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday to celebrate the history of downtown Alliance.
The event includes vendors, food trucks, competitions, live mural creation, tours and history reenactments, music and live art performers. The event is free and open to the public.
Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band to perform
CANAL FULTON − The Summer Concert Series continues with Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band Freebird performing at 7 p.m. at St. Helena Heritage Park, 123 Tuscarawas St. NW. The concert is free. Event parking at the St. Helena Heritage Park lot is $10. Bring a lawn chair for seating. No coolers allowed.
Handbell choir benefit concert is Thursday
CANTON − The Raleigh Ringers, a volunteer handbell choir from Raleigh, North Carolina, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday in Umstattd Hall 2331 17th St. NW, as a fundraiser for the McKinley Choir Parents Association.
The handbell group tours the United States, performing selections that range from sacred to pop music, all arranged for handbells.
The concert will last about two hours. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and can be found at mckchoir.ticketleap.com/rr23.
Family-friendly movies in downtown Canton
CANTON − The Summer Kids Movie Series continues Monday at the Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave. N, with a showing of "Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania” at 1 p.m. Doors and box office open at noon. Admission is $2. A sensory-friendly showing of the movie is at 6:30 p.m.
The Centennial Plaza Movie Series continues Wednesday with a free showing of “Grease” at 7 p.m. at Centennial Plaza, 330 Court Ave. NW. The movie will be shown rain or shine; in case of severe weather, the showing will be canceled.
KISS tribute band to perform Saturday
JACKSON TWP. − KISS tribute band Mr. Speed will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Jackson Amphitheater 7454 Community Pkwy NW. The show will feature a replica 1979 stage setup, fire spitting, full makeup and costumes.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will end around 9:30 p.m. Parking is free. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. Credit/debit card required. Food trucks will be on site. Bring a chair or a blanket for seating. For more information or tickets to the concert, visit https://tinyurl.com/2p8k3yze.
Free concert Thursday
MASSILLON − The Groove will play classic R&B dance/soul music from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Massillon Amphitheater at Duncan Plaza, 121 Lincoln Way E. The concert is free, part of the Massillon Summer Concert Series. Bring a chair or blanket for seating.
Island Party is Friday
MASSILLON − Massillon Museum’s annual free, family-friendly Island Party will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday. The event will span the museum’s lawn, Gessner Hall in the museum, and Duncan Plaza. All are welcome, and no reservations are necessary.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m., and food service and entertainment begin at 6. Picnic tables will be set up, but guests are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Children's activities will be available, but parents must remain in the children’s activity area with their children.
The museum's galleries will be closed during the event, but Greatness Cafe will be open until 9 p.m. Food, beverages and Island Party merchandise can be purchased onsite. Buehler’s Fresh Foods will provide complimentary water. No outside food, beverages, or coolers may be brought into the party. The Island Party is a tobacco-free event.
The entertainment schedule is:
- 6 to 6:45 p.m.: Jackson Steel Drum Band
- 7:15 to 8:15 p.m.: Carlos Jones+!
- 8:15 to 9 p.m.: Fire performance by Divine Harmony Entertainment
- 9 to 10 p.m.: Carlos Jones+!
Build-a-Bouquet Workshop at Massillon Museum
MASSILLON − Adults and children 8 and older are invited to join Lepley & Company’s Build-a-Bouquet workshop at the Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way E, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. July 16. Register at MassMu.org/Tickets or call 330-833-4061. The cost is $35 per person ($32 per Massillon Museum member). An adult must register for the workshop and remain present with any minor who participates.
Stark County Artists Exhibition submission deadline is July 17
MASSILLON − Entries for the Massillon Museum’s 2023 Stark County Artists Exhibition are due July 17. The exhibition will be Nov. 30 through Jan. 14, 2024.
The annual exhibition is open to present and former Stark County residents and to those currently working in Stark County, 18 and older. Each artist may submit up to three digital images of artwork completed within the past two years. Artwork in any medium will be considered.
This year’s jurors will select artwork to be included in the exhibition as well as the prizes: Best in Show, $300; second place, $200; and third place, $100. Visitors throughout the exhibition will vote for the People’s Choice Award, $100.
For artist guidelines and the online entry form, visit massillonmuseum.org/scae. Paper entry forms are available at the museum reception desk. To receive a form by mail, email submissions@massillonmuseum.org or call 330-833-4061. For assistance with the entry procedure or photographing artwork, call 330-833-4061.
A non-refundable fee ($15 per artwork or $30 for three pieces) is due when entries are submitted. Artwork may be for sale; Massillon Museum will retain a 30% commission on sales.
Free concert in Minerva
MINERVA − New Song, Geneva College’s music and drama ministry group, will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Monday on Minerva’s Municipal Park Stage.
New Song conveys the words of the gospel in a contemporary way through music and drama. Nine students are chosen in January for the group that begins its service the following summer. Lindsay Shaffer, Minerva High School and Geneva College alumna, directs New Song.
Municipal Park is adjacent to the Minerva High School parking lot. In case of rain, the concert will be at Minerva Community Church, 22763 U.S. Route 30.
Music and food trucks Thursday
NORTH CANTON − The North Canton Public Library Summer Series continues with Great Day for Ducks performing music from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday on the City Hall portico. Food trucks will be Cookery and Kona Ice.
Canton Concert Band to perform
NORTH CANTON − The Canton Concert Band will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Price Park, 1000 W. Maple St. In case of rain, the concert will be at Community Christian Church, 210 N. Main St.
Fishing derby is Friday
PERRY TWP. – The Stark Parks Sippo Lake Night Derby on Friday at Sippo Lake Park East is open to participants of all ages. Those 16 and older must have a current valid fishing license to enter. Children younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
A $5 entry fee is required at registration (cash only). Snacks and bait are available at the Sippo Lake Marina. In-person registration is from 5 to 6 p.m., and fishing is from 6 to 10 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded at the end of the derby, and winners must be present to receive their prize. Pre-registration is not required. For more information, visit http://starkparks.com.
Pike Grange drive-thru pork chop dinner July 15
PIKE TWP. − Pike Grange, 1421 Battlesburg St. SE, will have a drive-thru pork chop dinner Saturday from 3 p.m. until sold out. Meal includes pork chop, au gratin potatoes, corn,rhubarb sauce, applesauce, bread and dessert for $12. Drive up and someone will bring the meal to your car.
String quartet at Wilderness Center
SUGAR CREEK TWP. − A string quartet from the Canton Symphony Orchestra will perform at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Wilderness Center, 9877 Alabama Ave. SW, as part of Stark Parks Summer Serenades in the Park series. No registration is required. Bring a chair or blanket, picnic food and games. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/07/09/stark-county-roundup-news-from-around-the-canton-region/70357340007/ | 2023-07-09T17:09:06 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2023/07/09/stark-county-roundup-news-from-around-the-canton-region/70357340007/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Hillsboro man was struck and killed by a logging truck while cycling on Highway 101 near Lincoln Beach on July 7.
Oregon State Police say that 57-year-old Bradley James Stark was riding a bicycle southbound on Highway 101 when, for unknown reasons, his bicycle struck the side of the empty logging truck driven by 36-year-old Richard Eugene Wiser of Newport.
“Stark suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene,” OSP stated in a press release.
Highway 101 was partially closed for approximately four hours while officers investigated the crash. The investigation is ongoing and will be reviewed by the Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/hillsboro-man-cycling-on-hwy-101-hit-killed-by-logging-truck-in-lincoln-county/ | 2023-07-09T17:11:05 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/hillsboro-man-cycling-on-hwy-101-hit-killed-by-logging-truck-in-lincoln-county/ |
The heroic death of a Fayetteville high school student is remembered with award
A Fayetteville teenager who drowned at a South Carolina state park last month will be honored by his high school with an annual award in his name, officials said Thursday.
Tre’Sean Snow, 16, a rising junior at Douglas Byrd High School, drowned at Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, on June 6 while trying to save another child, according to the Georgetown County Coroner’s Office.
Principal Kenneth Williams said Thursday that the school has created the Tre’Sean Snow Courage Award in his honor.
Snow’s guardian and cousin, Kiara McPhaul, 32, said in a phone interview that Tre’Sean was on a day trip to the beach with his two best friends when he noticed a 13-year-old girl struggling on her boogie board and swam out to help. The girl was saved, but Tre’Sean was swept under by a current, McPhaul said.
It was an act of heroism that most adults would not be capable of, she noted.
“I respect how selfless he was,” she said. “That was just his nature — to help anybody that he could that was in need.”
'The kid was different'
Tre’Sean had encountered many tragedies in the past five years, but that never stopped him from being a source of light for others, his loved ones said.
His aunt and mother died less than two months apart in 2018, leaving Tre’Sean and his two older sisters in the care of other family members before McPhaul took custody of them, she said.
McPhaul moved her family from Raeford to Fayetteville two years ago, she said. The change was hard on Tre'Sean. Family friend Thomas Jackson came into his life in 2020 after Tre’Sean’s uncle passed, introducing the teen to the world of car shows.
“He kind of just stayed attached to my side for a few months after that, learning about the different car meets and learning about YouTube and making money on social media,” Jackson said.
Jackson runs TK’s Garage, a YouTube channel he began in 2016 that focuses on the car community.
Tre’Sean fell in love with the car community, specifically with Dodge cars, and Jackson sometimes took him to a nearby drag strip in his Challenger, he said.
“He kind of was addicted to it at that point,” he said.
Jackson also helped the teen get involved in wrestling.
“I started taking him on the weekends to these open classes or training,” Jackson said. “It was like a feeder program for the local high schools to have wrestlers.”
Jackson, a defense contractor who does not have children, said what impressed him most about Tre’Sean was his positive attitude and determination to build a great life for himself. He said the teen dreamt of building a home for the disabled in honor of his disabled sister and joining the JROTC program at Douglas Byrd.
“The kid was different,” Jackson said. “He had aspirations and things that he wanted to do different.”
Jackson found out from his ex-wife and Tre'Sean's family about the teen’s death, but it wasn’t until he spoke to the coroner in Georgetown County that he heard how Tre’Sean died, he said.
That knowledge inspired him to speak out, and Jackson published a video to his 106,000 subscribers on YouTube, sharing Tre’Sean’s story and encouraging the car community to attend the teen’s June 14 funeral in Raeford.
"That kid gave up everything to save a little girl," Jackson said.
Honoring a sacrifice
News of Tre’Sean’s final act spread, and members of the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office and the Raeford Fire Department, Jackson and McPhaul said.
Deputies attended Tre’Sean’s funeral and closed intersections from the funeral home to the cemetery, while fire trucks lined up to pay tribute to Tre’Sean, Jackson said. According to McPhaul, members of the car community escorted the family to and from the funeral home.
It was also at Tre’Sean’s funeral that his loved ones learned about the Douglas Byrd High School's Tre’Sean Snow Courage Award, McPhaul said. Principal Williams said Thursday that the details have not been finalized, but it will be presented to a student during the annual senior awards ceremony and recipients will be determined through faculty nominations and votes.
Tre’Sean’s loved ones said they want people to remember the teen’s spirit.
“He was still positive and always looking for the better aspect of life,” Jackson said. “The community lost somebody that I sense was going to make a massive difference in their community, just because of how huge this kid’s character was.”
It’s a loss that will forever be felt by his family, McPhaul said.
“I want people to know how much we’re going to miss him and how this has put a hole in our heart,” she said. “He was just a good kid.”
Public safety reporter Lexi Solomon can be reached at ABSolomon@gannett.com. | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/fayetteville-teen-to-be-remembered-with-douglas-byrd-annual-award/70321979007/ | 2023-07-09T17:17:02 | 1 | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2023/07/09/fayetteville-teen-to-be-remembered-with-douglas-byrd-annual-award/70321979007/ |
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Police are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred in Silver Spring early Saturday morning.
It all began around 2:40 a.m., officers of the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to Montgomery County Public Parking Garage 3 for calls of a shooting in the area.
Police arrived and located the victim, 21-year-old Kymani Bailey, on the first level of the garage suffering from a gunshot wound. Officials pronounced him dead at the scene.
During the investigation, officials learned that the victim was walking inside of the parking garage after leaving a restaurant that was nearby.
Once inside the garage, the victim was approached by an unidentified suspect who then fired at him.
The investigation is still ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide is asked to contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-455-TIPS (8477). A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect(s). Callers can remain anonymous. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-man-shot-killed-inside-of-parking-garage-in-montgomery-county | 2023-07-09T17:18:23 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-man-shot-killed-inside-of-parking-garage-in-montgomery-county |
HAMPSTEAD, Md. — Officials are investigating after a mobile caught fire in Hampstead on Saturday.
Just after 1:00 p.m., firefighters from the Hampstead Volunteer Fire Company responded to the 2400 block of Fairmont Road for reports of a house on fire.
Firefighters arrived at the Rockbrook Trailer Park and noticed a heavy fire in the back of the mobile home.
After they entered, they found someone inside the home, a 70-year-old man, who is said to be the owner of the home.
Officials say the fire originated in the rear bedroom, which is where the victim was located.
Smoke alarms were said to be inside the residence but it's unknown if they were activated at the time of the fire.
The home is considered a total loss.
Two other family members were living in the residence but were not home during the time of the fire.
The investigation is still ongoing. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/mobile-home-fire-in-hampstead-claims-the-life-of-70-year-old-man | 2023-07-09T17:18:29 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/mobile-home-fire-in-hampstead-claims-the-life-of-70-year-old-man |
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The Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative is conducting a water sampling project through early fall to assess water health.
The project is a collaboration with Calumet College of St. Joseph and Purdue University Northwest, Executive Director Michael Boos said.
“The idea first emerged in 2018 at AWLI's second annual Wolf Lake Watershed Advisory Committee meeting at Calumet College of St. Joseph,” Boos said. “Luncheon speaker Jim Bland suggested that AWLI partner with the Illinois EPA.”
That partnership didn’t happen, but the project was suggested again in 2022.
Boos, Bland, Young Choi of Purdue University Northwest and Ahmed Lakhani of Calumet College discussed the project further, and each raised money for the effort, Boos said. In addition, the project received grants of $5,000 from the Cleveland Cliffs Foundation and $1,500 from Freshwater Future.
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Monthly sampling began in May and will continue until October.
David Harnish of Calumet College is responsible for lab-testing the samples when volunteers return. In the field, volunteers record water temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH. Dissolved oxygen is a measure of the amount of oxygen dissolved in water, and pH measures the water's acidity.
“You have to know how much dissolved oxygen is present to know that the oxygen level for fish and so forth is the right level,” Harnish said.
Harnish runs chemical tests on the samples to record nitrate and phosphate levels. “Those are chemicals that can affect aquatic life and the plant life,” he said. Dissolved oxygen and pH monitors are provided through Calumet College.
Ten samples of water are brought back to the lab in each sampling excursion, Harnish said. Sampling takes about an hour, depending on the location of the site, while lab work takes three to four hours for all of the samples to be fully tested. Test sites include Grand Calumet River, Lake George and Wolf Lake, volunteer Joey Hinds said.
There is no specific environmental concern that AWLI is looking for, but “a concern or two might occur during the next 10 years,” Boos said. “It is our hope that scientists some day will make good use of the database.”
The project is also part of a larger idea to understand the watershed in the long term and how people are affecting the water, Hinds said. “The watershed is not a stable thing, it’s changing as people decide new things to do with it.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/chicago/wolf-lake-water-monitoring-project-assesses-lake-health/article_1ab689d0-1ce1-11ee-bed1-13b3bdb11978.html | 2023-07-09T17:39:36 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/chicago/wolf-lake-water-monitoring-project-assesses-lake-health/article_1ab689d0-1ce1-11ee-bed1-13b3bdb11978.html |
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Updates from 10 a.m. news conference:
- Abril escaped around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, after a brief chase.
- There was a guard assigned to him but it is unknown how he got away.
- Abril was taken to the Roseville Sutter Medical Center on Thursday. Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo didn't disclose what he was being treated for.
- More than 200 officers are helping with the search.
- The public is asked to report anything suspicious. The tip line is 916-409-1257.
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The man accused of taking hostages and killing one at a Roseville park, escaped from custody Sunday morning, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said.
The sheriff's office said in a Tweet Sunday morning that Eric Abril could be wearing orange jail pants. He wasn't shackled at the waist or wearing a shirt.
The sheriff's office said that many law enforcement agencies are looking for Abril in the Roseville area. He left Sutter Roseville Medical Center early Sunday morning. It's unclear why he was at the hospital.
“I know there are a lot of questions surrounding this case. Specifically surrounding the circumstances regarding the escape. Quite frankly I have a lot of questions as well,” Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo said Sunday morning. “I can assure the community that when the time is right there will be a thorough investigation on how this was able to occur and whether there were any policy violations.”
Abril is facing murder and kidnapping charges from the April 6 incident at Mahaney Park that left hostage James MacEgan dead. MacEgan's wife and a CHP officer were wounded.
The 35-year-old is about six feet tall, 175 pounds and has brown hair. People are asked to call 911 if they see him.
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It started around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, when a CHP was looking for Abril so they could execute a search warrant in connection with a freeway shooting.
A CHP task force officer reported shots fired and CHP Officer Matthew Hiatt was hit.
Firefighters from Station 5 brought the officer into the station and provided medical treatment.
Roseville officers then responded to Mahany Park and were confronted by Abril, who was armed and running away from them.
Law enforcement officials said Abril took two people hostage, husband and wife James and Patricia MacEgan, and he got into a shootout with officers.
Abril allegedly shot the two hostages, injuring Patricia and killing James, before he was taken into custody.
Days after the shooting, ABC10 learned from police they were told about California Highway Patrol surveillance in the area on April 6, but not details about the search warrant they were trying to execute on Eric Abril.
They said 6 CHP officers were involved in the initial confrontation with Abril and then three Roseville police officers arrived.
CHP officers fired 15-25 rounds at Abril while Roseville police fired six rounds, and Abril allegedly fired 15-20 rounds at officers during the standoff.
Documents filed in Placer County Superior Court say Abril was wearing body armor and used a 10mm during the shootout. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/eric-abril-roseville-mahany-park-escape/103-f9c4e6bd-70bd-4068-b3ae-09ba23806edd | 2023-07-09T17:51:50 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/roseville/eric-abril-roseville-mahany-park-escape/103-f9c4e6bd-70bd-4068-b3ae-09ba23806edd |
DELTONA, Fla. — The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office asks the public to help identify a suspect connected to Deltona vehicle break-ins.
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Deputies said they are investigating a series of break-ins and a stolen car.
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These incidents happened this week in Deltona, specifically in the area of Matthew Circle and India Boulevard.
If you recognize the person or have any information, contact Detective Medina at JMedina@volusiasheriff.gov.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Many autism behavioral therapy centers in Wichita report long waitlists for treatment. It is one of many difficulties parents face when finding resources to help children with autism.
Wichita native Kevin Franco brought his center for autism, Blooming Horizons, to the city to help alleviate the issue.
“We’re more than happy to help out anybody and everybody. We do not have a waitlist. We can do assessments right away, and we can probably get started with behavioral services that you’ve probably been waiting for,” said Blooming Horizons CEO Kevin Franco.
Franco said many centers in Wichita have waitlists as long as 18-24 months. His son Dylan has autism and understands the importance of providing early intervention.
“Dylan was diagnosed at two,” said Franco. He added, “It allowed the therapist to get with him and help him transition from the behaviors that he had and the speech that he didn’t have. I believe if Dylan wouldn’t have had that therapy that he had when he was two, then he wouldn’t be where he was today.”
Ending the wait for treatment is a large part of Blooming Horizons’ mission. Franco said he opens locations where there is a need.
“We’ve been in New Jersey and New Jersey was number one for the last 12 years in a row per capita for autism. Now they’re number two. And I thought with, obviously, the lack of providers that are in Kansas and the Wichita area, that we would expand our second location to Wichita, Kansas,” said Franco.
The applied behavioral analysis center has no waitlist and gives quality time to each patient by assigning one therapist per child.
“Being able to be with the clients that don’t have a waitlist that I can help just initially jump in and then have the opportunity to grow with them, I thought that was a great opportunity,” said Blooming Horizons Director of Clinical Operations, Surbhee Soni.
Within the first month of opening, Soni says the community of Wichita is already showing tremendous support for the facility.
“A lot of emotions. Overwhelming emotions. Parents want to help their kids, and to see someone who shares similar interests, I think it helps,” said Soni.
Franco said they are working on opening a second facility in Wichita. He said they will use resources from the center in New Jersey to help support its growth in Wichita. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/new-treatment-center-helps-relieve-the-waitlist-for-autism-therapy/ | 2023-07-09T17:57:50 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/new-treatment-center-helps-relieve-the-waitlist-for-autism-therapy/ |
A man who was missing for four days in Westmoreland County has been found and is being treated in an area hospital.
Rostraver Township police say Robert Peresolak, 61, was reported missing by his family on July 5 after not being seen since the morning of July 4.
The police department launched a search but was unable to locate him. On July 7, a friend checked a wooded area near the Belle Vernon Cemetery and found Peresolak’s bike and hat.
The Greensburg Bloodhound Team was requested to assist. The dog teams tracked Peresolak’s scent to a more specific area of the woods but didn’t find him.
The next morning, the police department and the Rostraver Central Fire Department conducted a walking search of the area and found Peresolak. He was severely dehydrated and had to be extricated from the woods. Peresolak was taken by Rostraver/West Newton EMS to an area hospital for treatment.
He is expected to recover, according to the police department.
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A vehicle caught fire on the Parkway West Sunday morning after a multi-vehicle crash.
Three vehicles were involved in the crash on Interstate 376, according to the Green Tree Volunteer Fire Company. Crews worked to clean up the crash for about an hour.
A 911 dispatcher said no injuries were reported.
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Oregon wildfires: Boulder Fire near Mount Hood hits 60 acres, closes campgrounds
A wildfire that ignited Saturday southeast of Mount Hood was mapped at 60 acres and level 3 evacuation orders remain in place for all the nearby campgrounds, fire crews said Sunday morning.
It was just one of a handful of small fires rapidly growing amid hot and dry conditions that have brought high fire danger to much of Oregon.
The Boulder Fire started near the Boulder Lake Trailhead, a popular recreation area south of Mount Hood Meadows. It’s burning on heavily forested, steep slopes, the U.S. Forest Service said in a news release.
“Four engines, four hotshot crews and two heavy helicopters are actively working on the fire, with additional resources en route,” a morning report said.
Due to the fire, a number of campgrounds and nearby recreation sites are under evacuation or de facto closed including: Boulder Lake campground, Little Boulder Lake, Bonney Meadow campground, Badger Lake campground, Camp Windy, and Post Camp campground.
(An area closure is in the process of coming together but can take a while.).
Forest Roads 4480, 4481, and 4890 also are closed.
“Smoke impacts are anticipated in the vicinity of the fire, with warm and dry conditions forecast to persist throughout the week,” officials said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Mount Hood National Forest had planned a campfire ban to go into effect on Monday due to high wildfire danger.
A type 2 incident management team will take over management of the fire on Monday.
For additional fire information visit the Mount Hood National Forest Facebook page at www.facebook.com/mthoodnf/.
Updates on other Oregon wildfires:
Moonlight Fire, Three Sisters Wilderness
This lightning-ignited fire in the Mink Lake Basin north of Park Trail remains 2 acres and hasn’t grown in the last two days. “The fire is currently lined and firefighters are working on mopping the fire up,” officials said. “We advise the public to please stay out of the area.”
Alder Creek Fire, John Day Basin
This fire burning in a remote part of the John Day River basin held overnight at 1,550 acres. It’s located northeast of the Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and the town of Mitchell.
Tunnel 5 Fire
The most destructive fire of the season, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, held at 559 Acres and is now 65% contained.
Bend area brush fires
A handful of small fires have been reported in the Bend area. For the latest information, see https://twitter.com/CentralORFire.
This story will be updated as additional information becomes available
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On a Wednesday in 2011, Patient B came into the operating room of Dr. Michael D. Brooks for a non-emergency surgery.
According to filings with the Virginia Board of Medicine, here’s what happened next. Patient B returned the next day, complaining of “uncontrolled pain.” Brooks, an OB-GYN, ordered a surgical consultation but released her before getting the consult’s OK.
It was later discovered that her small intestine had been perforated during Brooks’ surgery. Since the operation, her intestine had been leaking into her bloodstream, causing a life-threatening infection called peritonitis.
On Friday, Patient B died.
Public records detail how Virginia regulators put Brooks on probation, requiring him to retake courses and allowing his medical career to continue.
Today, the one-time gynecologist is in charge of the health of more than 2,000 men at a prison complex in Sussex.
According to records from the Virginia Board of Medicine, he’s one of three physicians employed by the Virginia Department of Corrections time whose medical licenses have either been revoked or suspended for past misconduct.
The two other doctors have been identified in Board of Medicine papers as Kyle Alexander Smith, who allegedly sent inappropriate messages to patients, and Brian Christopher Bittner, who was disciplined for issuing prescriptions of controlled substances, according to records.
The physicians’ records and how they came to work for the prison system comes to light as VADOC weathers criticism from reform advocates, federal agencies, Republicans and Democrats concerning how it cares for inmates.
Attempts to reach the doctors individually were unsuccessful, and the VADOC’s current director, Harold Clarke, declined to be interviewed on the hiring of the three doctors. In response to questions, agency spokesperson Kyle Gibson said hiring is conducted by Vincent Gore, VADOC’s chief medical officer, and Steve Herrick, VADOC’s director of health services, but both Gore and Herrick also declined to be interviewed for this story.
“It is challenging to find providers with correctional experience, or who are committed to providing care to this vulnerable population. Many of VADOC’s doctors choose to work for the department due to a genuine interest in practicing medicine in a correctional setting. This setting provides a unique challenge and opportunity for public service,” Gibson’s statement read.
Gibson also said the department is not facing a shortage of applicants and that recruitment for providers is very competitive.
Gibson would not directly address personnel issues, such as Bittner being disciplined for prescriptions that he issued, but said in the statement to the Richmond Times-Dispatch that a team of pharmacists reviews prescriptions in facilities. “This is tightly controlled,” the statement read.
Clarke, Gore and Herrick would not discuss Brooks’ qualifications as an OB/GYN to treat male inmates.
Brooks’ license troubles in Virginia was his second time being disciplined. In 1987, Brooks’ privileges were stripped by command staff at a U.S. Naval hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. The decision was “based on uncontroverted evidence” regarding “substandard care” of 11 different patients, according to licensure records from the Oklahoma Board of Medicine.
Brooks struggled to get his license restored on appeal in the Navy, with the chairman of a regional appeals committee writing to him that a “preponderance of the evidence establishes that you are professionally and behaviorally impaired,” the records show.
Credentialing requests show how Brooks applied for a number of jobs in Michigan, then ultimately moved to Virginia, where he was licensed in 2005. He was hired by the Department of Corrections in November 2021.
At Sussex II, patients under his care say they have suffered. Lawsuits targeting Department of Corrections medical providers are not rare, but they are often vigorously defended by VADOC. Often, these lawsuits request millions of dollars on the basis of poor treatment behind bars.
Last year, however, the department did settle a civil case involving Brooks. In a complaint, David Washington, a diabetic, said Brooks allowed his infected toe to fester unchecked, despite repeated requests for antibiotics.
“He simply told me to wrap the toe and stop complaining,” Washington wrote the court.
When seen by a separate nurse practitioner, Washington was sent the next day to the emergency room at Petersburg’s Southside Regional Medical Center, where doctors amputated his toe, court records show.
Multiple other ongoing lawsuits accuse Brooks of providing negligent care. Brooks earns $275,000 a year as a state employee in the prison system.
The department’s critics say the hirings are symptomatic of larger problems with medical care in Virginia prisons. Incarcerated people say it’s not uncommon to miss key medical appointments, such as for chemotherapy.
Rashid Johnson, who is incarcerated where Brooks worked, said he was diagnosed last summer with prostate cancer. Doctors at VCU Medical Center began prescribing him medication, scans and chemo appointments, Johnson said, but prison medical staff either repeatedly forgot to give him medications or missed his scan appointments.
“I have a deadly illness and I’ve been played and strung along,” Johnson said in a phone interview in March.
Smith allegedly was placed on probation for sending “sexually explicit messages” to patients in 2017. Public documents show he found patients’ phone numbers in their private medical records. Smith was investigated for the behavior in Maryland, where he was licensed, and then again in Reston, Virginia.
Today, he works at a male prison in Augusta, Virginia, with a limitation on his license that forbids him from seeing female patients.
In 2020, Virginia regulators wrote that “Dr. Bittner engaged in an egregious pattern of prescribing controlled substances, despite evidence of adverse effects and of patients’ substance misuse, abuse or addiction.”
In 2023, Bittner works as a physician at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women.
More oversight sought
Shawn Weneta, a policy strategist at the ACLU of Virginia who served time for embezzlement crimes, says the hires are all the more reason for outside oversight of the Department of Corrections.
An oversight bill was struck down in the General Assembly this year after VADOC came out against the bill. It was also opposed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, whose spokesperson Macaulay Porter said prisons are already overseen by nine entities and that more oversight would have been redundant.
“They’re certainly not even coming close to what would be considered the standard of care for people if they were out in the community,” Weneta said.
“It’s not about a gotcha. It’s about ensuring we’re getting people the medical care we need,” Coyner said. “I definitely think we need to have more oversight over hiring and better standards of care for the inmates we are charged with caring for.”
The prisons are also in an awkward transition phase. Last year, the agency terminated its contract with its prior medical provider, Armor Correctional Healthcare, and is in the process of hiring its own doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses.
Clarke’s agency has been unable to meet basic health care requirements imposed by a federal monitor at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. The monitor was installed in 2016 after a slew of deaths.
Meanwhile, VADOC’s expenses have risen, with medical care as a key driver. In 2010, when Clarke was appointed, the department oversaw an overall operating budget of $932 million.
Under Clarke, the budget has grown significantly. This year, Clarke’s agency is requesting $1.5 billion. On average, each individual behind bars costs the department $41,000 per year. VADOC’s annual report shows that 86% of the money that is not payroll will go to health care costs for the incarcerated.
“A lot of those costs could be avoided if they just provided some of the most basic preventive and prophylactic care that anyone else would have access to,” Weneta said.
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The ultimate responsibility for hiring physicians falls on the Chief Medical Officer and the Director of Health Services. As with all state hires, there is a diverse panel who interviews candidates with standardized questions. Once a person is selected for hire, a background check is completed by the VADOC’s security background review process. This involves a criminal background check, using the Virginia State Police database. References are obtained from prior supervisors, and for physicians, the VADOC also conducts a check of the person through the National Practitioner Data Bank for any active and past actions on the individual’s license, including in other states. In addition, the VADOC reviews the provider’s license and any available public records. All providers are required to have current, active licenses to practice in Virginia.
Recruitment for providers in corrections, and in health care in general, is very competitive. It is challenging to find providers with correctional experience, or who are committed to providing care to this vulnerable population. Many of the VADOC’s doctors choose to work for the department due to a genuine interest in practicing medicine in a correctional setting. This setting provides a unique challenge and opportunity for public service. There are numerous other reasons providers consider correctional medicine, such as work/life balance and competitive salaries. All of the VADOC’s providers are eligible to practice in the community and many do work in hospitals or clinics outside the hours of their position with VADOC, similar to what is an increasingly common practice among current clinicians in the United States.
The Virginia Department of Corrections does not routinely discuss personnel matters. Employees are hired through standards governed by Department of Human Resource Management policies and procedures. The hiring process includes reference, background, and applicable licensure checks. All providers are fully licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine to practice medicine within any community setting, to include corrections.
The VADOC Health Services Unit has a centralized, electronic medication record, which allows the department to monitor all prescriptions. This is tightly controlled, and the VADOC monitors all physician prescription practices in facilities. The VADOC has a review process and uses schedule drugs (e.g., narcotics, and other psychoactive drugs) as clinically appropriate. The VADOC endorses the practice of evidence-based medicine and effective delivery of quality care to our patients.
The VADOC has a team of pharmacists who reviews these records daily, creating a system that is highly sophisticated when compared to the community. This monitoring process also helps to mitigate pharmaceutical costs. The pharmaceutical monitoring team closely tracks prescribed medications. The VADOC offers the same medications available in the community, when medically necessary. Additionally, the VADOC partners with universities to receive substantial discounts on pharmaceuticals. The VADOC’s most expensive medications are cancer drugs and other specialty prescriptions, often as recommended by the subspecialists the department consults for our patients’ complex medical needs, as you would see in the community, or other large health systems in Virginia.
Former House Speaker Kirk Cox, from left, Dennis Treacy, Don and Sarah Finley, front, and Heywood Fralin, in back, are recognized by Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield, center, at the state Capitol on Jan. 17. Coyner has been vocal about medical care at Riverside Regional Jail, a facility in her district that narrowly avoided closure in 2021. “I definitely think we need to have more oversight over hiring and better standards of care for the inmates we are charged with caring for,” she said. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-courts/decertified-doctors-work-for-virginia-corrections-department-treat-inmates/article_2ad53e20-14f7-11ee-8e3e-9f309d3253ca.html | 2023-07-09T18:10:12 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-courts/decertified-doctors-work-for-virginia-corrections-department-treat-inmates/article_2ad53e20-14f7-11ee-8e3e-9f309d3253ca.html |
SEATTLE — For more than a century, the Better Business Bureau has been helping consumers identify ethical businesses, avoid scams and file complaints if needed. The organization also helps businesses acquire BBB accreditation and provides other resources.
While typically extending warnings of "bad actors" trying to trick people out of money or stealing personal information - the BBB of Washington said they want consumers and businesses to beware of scammers pretending to be the BBB.
Recently, BBB received a report that a BBB Accredited Business received a call from someone spoofing BBB's phone number, telling him they "noticed his credit card balances were high and [the caller] could help bring them down." The business called his local BBB, who informed him that BBB does not offer credit repair or repayment services.
"These bad actors are impersonating the BBB because of our trust with the community that we have built over 100-plus years," said Logan Hickle, BBB of Washington public relations and communications manager. "They are posing as the BBB just like they would other responsible businesses, thinking they have an automatic way in with name recognition and trust."
Hickle said some of the scam calls can include threats by stressing that the BBB is a government agency when it is in fact a non-profit organization.
"We would never ask anyone in the community for a password to one of their accounts or to allow access to one of their devices," Hickle said. "We have also seen reports of people posing as BBB representatives offering loans and credit repair programs. That’s just not something we engage in as an organization."
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Linda Dennis expected tears on Friday. Big, salty bittersweet ones. Some of them filled with pride, accomplishment and the anticipation of what's to come.
And still others packed with those nostalgic pangs — memories of the people and those poignant moments that come with a lifetime of experiences.
The tiny Runza shop on 56th and Holdrege streets is where it all started for her — more than 50 years ago.
Her story, from carhop to the Lincoln-based fast-food chain's director of operations, can't be told without detailing that store, which opened in July 1966. It was the first store opened by Donald Everett Sr. The chain has since blossomed to 91 locations.
On Friday, it served its last customer.
The old building that was renovated a few times but still had its foibles — a dark and dank basement that gave every employee the heebie-jeebies, among them — will soon be torn down.
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In its place will be a new state-of-the-art Runza location that is expected to be open in time for its 75th anniversary in 2024.
The new building will pay tribute to its past by feature photos — a portrait of a teenage Dennis included — on the walls of its dining area.
"The interior will feature a history wall that celebrates the importance of this location and the 56th and Holdrege community,” said Donald Everett Jr., Runza's president.
Remembering that history is important, Dennis said. And its past is far more personal for her than just about anyone else.
"It's gonna be sad," she said. "This is where I started. ... There was one location when I started and look at it now. ... It just makes me sad to lose that nostalgia and have it be gone.
"But on the other hand, I'm excited. It's exciting to have a brand-new building on the way."
Her words epitomize her internal conflict. Friday was a day of emotional struggles between one of the company's top executives and a teenager recalling her first job.
On Friday, she remembered an old building, Runza's history and her own past. All of them are connected.
Never could she have fathomed in January 1973 that she would be embarking on what would become her career.
"This was supposed to be just a high school job," she said.
Dennis — not yet 15, a freshman at Lincoln Northeast High School, was hired as a carhop.
To understand her job is to go back in time to an era without drive-thru windows and dining areas.
That meant carhops — a position that has long since been eliminated by the technological advances of the fast-food industry — were very much in demand.
Dennis and the carhop crew would take the orders and deliver the food to customers, who were still in their cars. No, they didn't use roller skates, she insists, but they covered a lot of ground.
"We took orders by hand," she said. "Everything was written down on carbon copy, one copy went to the kitchen and the other to the front so they could ring it up on a manual cash register."
And on those rainy nights, she remembers punching holes in 55-gallon garbage bags and wearing them as she made her rounds through the parking lot.
Runza's carhops didn't take nights off. They worked rain or shine.
"Those were some interesting times," Dennis said. "We were out there no matter what."
Dennis stayed at the 56th and Holdrege location for two years before moving onto the new location at 33rd Street and Pioneers Boulevard.
And then she was moved to Runza's administrative office. As more and more restaurants began opening throughout Nebraska in the late 1970s and early '80s, she began taking on additional responsibilities.
"We had field reps where we actually would oversee a few stores," she said. "We were still small enough. Everybody wore different hats. Everybody did everything."
She wrote payroll checks. She paid the bills for the stores under her charge. And she made sure her stores were following company policies and procedures that included quality control of the food being served.
"We just did lots of things," she said.
In 1982, she became Runza's advertising and marketing director — a job she held until 1998 when she began overseeing a group of district supervisors. That job eventually evolved into director of operations.
The corporate office has grown exponentially in 40 years. Dennis now oversees the entire operation, and has continued to be the district supervisor for the store at 56th and Holdrege.
"This place is special for me," she said. "I've got great memories. And when you think that I started here as a carhop and all of the changes there have been, it's pretty cool."
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Lincoln World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday at Runza
Lincoln WWII veteran plans to celebrate 100th birthday with 'a Runza hamburger'
A local World War II veteran will celebrate his 100th birthday Wednesday, but declared this week he’s “gonna be 21 again.”
Alfred Zieg, a former first-class electronics technician in the Navy, was born on May 31, 1923, in Waco to Henry and Alma (Hinze) Zieg.
As one of nine siblings, Zieg was in the middle of five brothers and three sisters. Only a younger brother remains today.
His father worked as a depot agent for the railroad after moving to America from Prussia. Zieg too would join the railroad industry in Las Vegas after graduating from Scribner High School in 1941.
But when he was 19, Zieg’s life changed forever. In December 1941, he traveled to Reno, Nevada, where he enlisted in the Navy.
“I always favored the Navy, but to come back home, I figured I had the best chance in the Navy,” Zieg said. “I found out it could’ve been the worst choice for the ships we lost and the guys.”
He knew the draft was coming and signed up for a program where he would learn the radar system. However, Zieg never went through Naval basic training and he didn’t know how to swim.
Eventually, Zieg would board the AGC-9, also known as the USS Wasatch, which launched Oct. 8, 1943. During WWII, the USS Wasatch was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, where it would earn four battle stars for her service.
The ship, along with two other command ships, had to be kept secret because they would be a high priority target for enemy planes and submarines.
About 900 crewmen were aboard the USS Wasatch with Capt. Alford M. Granum in command. War hero and military leader Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Adm. Thomas Kinkaid occasionally boarded his ship as well. To Zieg’s knowledge, he is the last surviving crewman.
Zieg would become a first-class electronic technician, helping take care of all the transmissions that were being sent to each ship in addition to changing the antennas. He was known as “Antenna Al” because he was the only one who would climb some 100 feet above water without a harness to change an antenna.
Zieg met his future wife, Thelma, in high school when his family moved to Scriber. He later reached out to Thelma asking for her brother’s military address, which she sent via letter. Thelma continued to write to Zieg nearly every day that he was away and he wrote back when time allowed.
“We were busy,” Zieg said. “We didn’t sit there with our feet up on the desk and enjoying the nice scenery. We went there to get the job done.”
Yet, through all the months on the ship, he still found beauty in the dullness and time to write back to Thelma.
“You sit on the fantail of a ship with the moon shining and the moon shines all the way down the water to the ship. There’s some beautiful things that if you want to take the time to do it,” Zieg said.
The men on board did have some occasional fun. He recalled seeing Comedian Bob Hope and Actress Dorothy Lamour perform on the Island of Samar in the Philippines.
On Feb. 22, 1946, Zieg returned to Scriber on his first discharge for 30 days, and he asked Thelma to marry him, even though the two had never been on an actual date. They got married on March 24, 1946, and were married for 62 years before her passing in 2008.
“She was nice and she liked everything simple,” Zieg said. “When you meet the right one, it blends and you know. It’s hard to describe.”
The couple had three children together — Nancy, Tom and Jim — who all live in Lincoln. Tom was stationed in Vietnam for the Navy for four years. His other son Jim wasn’t in the military, but still had to live with the effects that WWII had on Zieg.
“When Jim was in the fourth grade, he had to have a kidney removed and they related that back to me,” Zieg said.
Zieg was contaminated with radiation while stationed in Japan. For more than 40 years, Zieg has had to take coumadin, also known as warfarin, to help treat the leukemia that has formed throughout his body. He’s lost most of his hearing and said his lungs are scarred worse than a lifetime smoker.
After 38 months of service, Zieg was discharged on Feb. 22, 1946, after returning to the United States from Taku, China.
“I was lucky,” Zieg said. “The good Lord walked with me the whole time I was in the service. The Lord took me to war, and the Lord brought me back.”
Many military members of WWII were not so lucky. Zieg still recalls the painful memory of having to find his fellow service members in the water.
“That’s part of my life and it’s a part I can’t forget,” he said.
Through it all, Zieg said they went to win freedom, which he wants people to enjoy.
“To win the war, we could win freedom. Freedom of everything. … That’s what we fought for and that’s what we intend to keep. And if we have to go back again to do that, it’s got to be that way,” Zieg said. “You got to enjoy every day. Maybe tomorrow is a day you won’t get to enjoy because you’re gonna be gone and that’s the way it is. It will always be that way.”
And he’ll enjoy that freedom this week, with plans to visit a Nebraska staple — Runza — with friends for his birthday.
“That’s what I’m gonna have, a Runza hamburger and a strawberry milkshake,” he said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/tiny-runza-at-56th-and-holdrege-to-be-torn-down/article_54abb7d4-1cd5-11ee-955b-4bd5020c999b.html | 2023-07-09T18:25:04 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/tiny-runza-at-56th-and-holdrege-to-be-torn-down/article_54abb7d4-1cd5-11ee-955b-4bd5020c999b.html |
Electric vehicle startup Rivian, which manufactures its vehicles in Normal, picked up the pace of production and deliveries in the second quarter.
Irvine, California-based Rivian said it assembled 13,992 plug-in vehicles during the three months that ended in June and delivered 12,640 EVs to customers during the period. Those figures represent a 49% boost in production and 59% increase in deliveries, respectively, compared to the first quarter of this year.
Rivian, maker of the R1T truck, R1S SUV and electric delivery vans for Amazon, sustained production issues through much of 2022. Pandemic-influenced supply chain kinks for microchips and other materials hampered Rivian, which was forced to cut in half its original goal to build 50,000 EVs last year.
The company has said it will produce 50,000 vehicles this year at its existing factory in Normal. Rivian said it built 9,395 vehicles in the first quarter as the company’s assembly lines were upgraded with new technology.
For the first six months of this year, Rivian has produced 23,387 vehicles. If Rivian can maintain or exceed its second-quarter performance for the rest of this year, the company would exceed its annual production goal.
Rivian also said last week it will announce second-quarter financial result Aug. 8. As a startup, Rivian is expected to burn through billions of dollars as it races to perfect its products and generate sales before reaching profitability. The current economic climate has been challenging for many startups, and Rivian has the added pressure of competing against incumbents like Tesla, General Motors, Ford and others.
In the first quarter, Rivian posted a net loss of $1.35 billion on $661 million in revenue.
The company plans a Georgia factory east of Atlanta and has said it expects to expand production in Illinois in 2024, reaching profitability late that year. Rivian CEO R.J. Scaringe has said the Georgia factory is vital to the company’s future and will be the home of a new model known as the R2 crossover that will sell at a lower price and be marketed to a broader segment of the new-car market. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/rivian-ev-production-surges-in-second-quarter/article_f7d7793e-1e10-11ee-8a31-0ffca0bff1d9.html | 2023-07-09T18:35:36 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/rivian-ev-production-surges-in-second-quarter/article_f7d7793e-1e10-11ee-8a31-0ffca0bff1d9.html |
The McLean County Museum of History collects, preserves and documents the diverse stories of the people of McLean County. The generosity of individuals who donate items to our ever-growing collection of 18,000+ objects and millions of archival materials fuels this mission.
The objects the museum collects hold immense storytelling power. Many objects have been witnesses to at least one, if not more, major historical events, embodying the stories and sentiments of their time. These object help connect our local history to larger national events.
It is rare, however, that we find an object that has truly been a witness to history. That said, one of our newest acquisitions is an exception to that rule. A 1940 Model 19 Teletype machine was recently donated to the museum by the Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington.
This particular teletype started its journey through history at The Pantagraph's downtown Bloomington offices in 1940, where it relayed valuable information to the press during the events of World War II. It is believed that this machine printed out reports on the Pearl Harbor attack, Franklin Roosevelt’s death, Victory in Europe Day, and Victory over Japan Day.
Teletype machines were devices that could be used for all types of communications, from within the office to across the globe. They could message a single other machine or multiple machines all at the same time. The attached keyboard made the machines much more user-friendly, meaning users needed little training to operate the teletype.
The concept for the teletype machine came in 1902 from the mind of a young engineer named Frank Pearne. He approached Joy Morton, a prominent businessman, asking for financial support to develop an improved telegraph system.
Morton collaborated with his friend Charles Krum, an electrical engineer and vice president of the Western Cold Storage company. Together, the two funded the teletype project, eager to see what technology could be discovered.
Unfortunately, discouraged by a year of failed attempts, Pearne left the project to pursue teaching.
Luckily this was not the end for the teletype. In 1903 Krum picked up where Pearne left off and began working to complete the project. In 1904 a patent for the “type wheel printing telegraph machine” was filed, and the journey of the teletype began.
Although the patent for the technology was submitted in 1904, the first fully working teletype was not completed until 1908, when the first test took place using a modified Oliver typewriter. Joy Morton, who was director of the Chicago and Alton Railroad at the time, decided that the first trial for this new technology would be to send a message between Chicago and Bloomington using railroad lines.
The message would need to travel a distance of about 150 miles. The test went well and launched Charles Krum, and his son Howard Krum, into a trial-and-error period that would last for the next 10 years.
After many tests and corrections, the first successful unit of commercial teletype machines, also known as the Type-Wheel Tape Printer, was produced in 1921 by the Morkrum Company. These machines were created and sold in 1927, with 883 machines sold during that time.
During this first launch, the name "Teletype" was created and used to market its unique form of communication.
As teletypes developed, many different models were created to keep up with evolving technology. The Model 19 added to the museum’s collection is a unique design that reflects a combination of earlier teletypes.
The device uses a Model 15 integrated paper tape perforator and a Model 14 Transmitter Distributor. This design was first created in 1940, and the combination style allowed the company to utilize older model materials in construction. That was important because it conserved resources needed for the war effort.
In the years following the war, the technology of teletypes quickly advanced and the Model 19 was replaced with the M28 — a model that represented years of research and development and was considered a significant advancement over the previous models.
After being replaced by an M28 and sitting in Pantagraph storage for many years, our Model 19 continued its journey at the Bloomington airport. During the height of the cold war, the Pantagraph believed that the airport should have alternative methods of communication in the case of a nuclear threat.
Thankfully the airport never had to use the teletype machine, and it was eventually given to the Prairie Aviation Museum, who used it for many years as part of a World War II display.
The museum is grateful to the Prairie Aviation Museum who generously donated the machine so its unique history and connection to McLean County can be preserved. Although this teletype is not currently on display, photos of it being used in the Pantagraph offices can be found through the Museum's online Pantagraph Negative Collection.
Visit mchistory.org/participate/saving-history to learn more. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/former-pantagraph-wwii-era-teletype-an-artifact-transmitter-of-history/article_4c070f46-1d1d-11ee-aba8-ab98b0145ba4.html | 2023-07-09T18:35:42 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/former-pantagraph-wwii-era-teletype-an-artifact-transmitter-of-history/article_4c070f46-1d1d-11ee-aba8-ab98b0145ba4.html |
Originally published June 28 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.Dr. Brian Crownover got a notification from the Idaho Health Data Exchange that his patient was in the emergency room. Crownover is a primary care doctor in the Boise area, but this patient was two hours away, in Twin Falls.
The patient had a complicated mental health history, so when Crownover saw the notification, he called the emergency department at the Twin Falls hospital. He wanted to answer any questions the ER team might have, but he also wanted to help coordinate the patient’s care — so that, if the hospital discharged them with a 14-day supply of a new prescription drug, Crownover could make sure the patient got in to see him by day 13.
Because of cases like that, Crownover swears by the Idaho Health Data Exchange. He uses its electronic record-sharing technology at least two or three days a week in his practice, Treasure Valley Family Medicine.
Health care providers like Crownover can pull up records from the exchange to help fill gaps in a person’s recollection of their medical history. They can see what a surgeon documented during their patient’s hysterectomy 10 years ago. Crownover said the system retains valuable data, like a patient’s sleep apnea test results — a record whose absence will tank a health insurance claim for a CPAP machine replacement, or at least force the patient to repeat the expensive test at a sleep lab.
But the Idaho Health Data Exchange has long grappled with its funding and with a chicken-and-egg problem: how to make itself so robust that users like Crownover want to pay for it, so that it has revenue to make itself more robust.
The data exchange went into 2020 with a plan to tap a last round of money from a series of federal grants before they ran out, and in 2021 announced it would receive an $8 million philanthropic grant. But by fall 2022, the Idaho Health Data Exchange was in bankruptcy, owing creditors $4 million and defending itself against creditor lawsuits. It just exited bankruptcy after court-mediated negotiations with creditors.
An investigation by the Idaho Capital Sun has found that the exchange ran into financial troubles after its leadership made funding deals that fell through, leading to a bitter feud over a contract.
More than a decade of federal funding comes to an end for health data exchange
Idaho’s is one of many health data exchanges in the U.S. — organizations that Lisa Bari, CEO of Civitas Networks for Health, thinks of “more like a public utility.”
Health care providers use an array of electronic records systems to manage their patients’ charts, and those systems don’t talk to each other. So, the exchange serves as a hub — an “independent, nonprofit, neutral convener of health information,” Bari said.
At their best, health data exchanges “create a complete, (comprehensive) record of clinical patient care: individuals’ care and also population health, at the overall level,” said Bari. “They also can start to bring in other aspects of data that are relevant — whether they’re public health data, environmental, social care.”
Exchanges got a massive boost in 2009, when Congress passed the HITECH Act that created a long-term federal funding stream.
That stream wasn’t meant to be perpetual, though. It dried up in 2021, with the expiration of the HITECH Act. Another federal funding stream became available: the SUPPORT Act that was signed into law in 2018 and made money available through 2020 for projects that could help crack down on illicit drugs and make treatments for opioid abuse more widely available.
By 2020, some exchanges had become financially sustainable. Idaho’s had not.
Bari, whose job is to support and champion health data utilities, is optimistic about their future and their potential to serve the public. And one of the data exchange’s longtime board members said he’s proud of the exchange and eager for it to move past the bankruptcy.
Every health data utility is different; some are part of a government apparatus, some are public-private partnerships, some are fully private organizations. The Idaho Health Data Exchange is currently the latter, a 501©(3) nonprofit.
Because it is privately owned and operated, the IHDE doesn’t have to answer directly to legislators, the governor or his directors in the Department of Health and Welfare and Department of Insurance. The data exchange gives updates to the Idaho Health Quality Planning Commission but isn’t controlled by it.
Still, the exchange was built with money from government programs, including Medicaid, and it holds millions of people’s medical records. The bankruptcy rattled members of the Idaho Legislature, and lawmakers in the 2023 legislative session ordered a look into the data exchange by the Office of Performance Evaluations.
Health care providers large and small can pay to use the data exchange’s infrastructure to share their patients’ medical records in a streamlined portal.
Crownover pays for “bidirectional” use — meaning he can send and receive patient records.
That tier of access costs more; it’s also the tier of access that best gets to the point of a health data exchange. Only 46 other health care entities are signed up for that level of service, according to the data exchange’s provider list. Idaho’s largest health care systems — St. Luke’s and Saint Alphonsus — are there, but several of Idaho’s largest hospitals aren’t.
The regional hospitals in Idaho Falls and Pocatello aren’t signed up at all, meaning they have no access to records in the portal.
Crownover said he often uses the exchange when taking on new patients.
“Patients, I’m lucky if they can remember 50% of their medical history. Usually it’s 20%,” he said.
When he’s doing his “homework” before seeing a new patient, he said, he’ll find records in the data exchange that flag potentially serious issues: “Like, oh look, that CT scan had an abnormality, it was due to have a follow-up in 12 months, and that was three years ago. That happens all the time.”
Keeping the lights on and the health data flowing
What Crownover does not love is that, as an independent primary care doctor, he pays for the data exchange while others contribute no money and none of their own patient records.
“You’re basically asking the primary care doctors who are the lowest paid,” he said, to pay for a system that works best when it has buy-in from everyone in medicine.
Crownover believes that business model doesn’t work. He thinks government financial support “is required for something like this, because it’s something that affects the entire population — doesn’t matter if you’re red or blue, Luke’s or Al’s (health systems),” he said.
“I agree with him,” said Dick Armstrong, who has been involved with exchange since its inception, and as former director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. “It should be a publicly funded utility.”
But the Idaho Legislature “has made it very clear that they’re not gonna put any money into it,” Armstrong said.
Idaho Medicaid — the health care plan for hundreds of thousands of Idahoans — isn’t “paying the full fee yet” that Idaho’s largest private health systems are paying, Armstrong said. It has been, and will be, a line item for spending in the annual Medicaid budget. Legislators balk at it, he said.
“They don’t like it; they don’t want to fund it. (They say) it takes a lot of money. Well, yeah, but this is a utility, it is something that really works,” Armstrong said.
Now that the data exchange has been approved to emerge from bankruptcy — with a plan to remain financially solvent — Armstrong thinks it has a strong future.
“We’re swinging the doors open again,” he said.
The goal is to fully fund the data exchange with user fees, and the board feels “really quite comfortable” with its finances through 2024, Armstrong said.
Most exchanges, though, rely on a variety of income streams — not just user fees — Bari said.
“The most successful, sustainable” outfits get their revenue from sources like Medicaid technology funding, grants and contracts with public agencies or private insurers, and other sources in addition to user fees, Bari said.
They can use the “big data” they’ve collected to produce reports on, for example, the most effective way to treat diabetes when patients live in remote, rural areas. That’s the kind of research health care businesses want enough to pay for.
“They’ve got multiple ways to fund themselves and keep themselves open,” in ways that benefit patients and the public, Bari said.
How the Idaho Health Data Exchange got sued
The exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last August.
Bookkeeping records show that, as it went through that bankruptcy, the exchange paid the consulting firms of its four top executives an average of about $64,000 per month from September 2022 through March 2023.
After the Idaho Capital Sun reported its bankruptcy, the exchange issued a news release that said it “had no alternative but to seek bankruptcy protection” after a lawsuit led to the court-ordered seizure of funds it needed that money to operate, so it had no choice but to seek bankruptcy protection to stay in business, the release said.
The news release has since been removed from the website.
The origin story of that lawsuit is told in emails between Health and Welfare and Idaho Health Data Exchange officials that became public as part of the lawsuit. According to the emails and other court records:
As the end of the SUPPORT Act drew near, the exchange’s management wanted to lock down one last infusion of federal grants by the end of 2020. To do this, they made a deal with a technology vendor, Cureous Innovations: The exchange would pay Cureous for three years of services up front, before the law expired, so that it could put federal funds toward those expenses.
The deal was carried out in cooperation with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Since the funding was federal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services set a few conditions; for example, the data exchange had to get a discount from Cureous for paying up front.
After that, things went sideways.
The CEO of Cureous sent emails to data exchange leadership in fall 2020, asking about “long outstanding invoices,” including $436,628 for labor. The delay was “causing a financial impact on us that I must address,” wrote CEO Shaun T. Alfreds.
Former Idaho Health Data Exchange Executive Director Hans Kastensmith responded the next day. He said that, months earlier — in spring 2020 — Cureous negotiated “a special payment deal” with Health and Welfare. That deal messed with the data exchange’s usual cash flow, and it put the exchange in a bind, he said, adding that the data exchange “did not support this move but was forced, as a result of your independent negotiations with the department, to accept it …”
Kastensmith wrote that the data exchange had tried to get Health and Welfare to transmit money to pay Cureous, “but unfortunately IDHW will simply not agree.”
Alfreds said he was “surprised and taken aback” by that version of events — and added Health and Welfare officials and others to the email thread.
Andrew Masters, chief information officer for Health and Welfare, was one of the people copied on the conversation. He was “more than disappointed” to read Kastensmith’s account, he wrote.
“To be mischaracterized in this manner, when the entire DHW team has done nothing but work on IHDE’s behalf to ensure the success of this program, is unacceptable,” he wrote. Masters argued that the exchange was “involved in all aspects of these discussions” and payment delays were caused by “roadblocks thrown up by your attorneys; as directed by you.”
“In my entire career I have never worked with a vendor that has treated myself and the organization of which I am a part of in such a poor manner,” Masters wrote.
In its bankruptcy reorganization plan, the Idaho Health Data Exchange places much of the blame for its bankruptcy on the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, suggesting it hindered the exchange’s access to federal funds to pay its subcontractors.
Health and Welfare spokesperson Greg Stahl said in an email that the exchange’s leadership’s recollections “aren’t accurate. IHDE had full access to the money appropriated by the Legislature; receipt of that funding was contingent on IHDE meeting deliverables specified in its contract with DHW.”
Health and Welfare officials declined an interview request from the Sun.
While the department didn’t say which “deliverables” the data exchange did or didn’t meet, court documents refer to concerns about security documentation.
“In late 2020, reeling from having been deprived of more than $2.2MM of funds (i.e., $1.5MM of eliminated contract value plus $700k of refused invoice payments), IHDE sought out funding support from private organizations,” the exchange’s bankruptcy reorganization plan says.
The $8 million infusion that didn’t come through
In May 2021, IHDE issued a press release about $8 million of private grant money on the way from Ethos Asset Management — a firm that later made Kastensmith an executive director. The money would come “in the form of a grant, that will continue for several years” with an option “to sustain and increase this funding in the future,” the press release said.
That didn’t happen, according to IHDE’s bankruptcy reorganization plan document.
The data exchange had been required to put up $2 million of “pledged collateral,” according to that document.
“While $2.4MM of the funds were distributed to IHDE (from Ethos), the funds were not in accordance with the required distribution schedule and were not adequate to cover the expenses IHDE was incurring to execute on the program requirements,” it says. “In early 2022 it became evident that IHDE could no longer continue to incur the expense associated with executing on the grant program requirements while not receiving promised distributions from the private organization.”
Ethos CEO Carlos Santos told the Sun in an email that his company “never had a grant funding agreement with IHDE. Ethos is not a foundation. We had a financing agreement with IHDE that could go up to 8 Million USD. … After a mutual decision to not proceed (with) the project for higher values, we decided to transform our financing to a grant of 2.4 million USD based on the socially positive external outcomes that our audit team was able to measure from the project.”
Armstrong told the Sun in a phone interview that, as far as he’d been told, Ethos bank accounts were hacked — in the process of sorting that out, Ethos determined that “some of the projects that they were going to work on, like us, just simply were put aside because they didn’t have the money they thought they originally were going to have.”
Asked if that’s what happened, Santos did not answer directly. The contracts “have strict confidentiality clauses in their terms and I do not want to disrespect any of our past or existing clients,” he wrote. “We have a good relationship with the past and present administration of IHDE.”
But, he wrote: “Banking crises and hackers are not a reason for projects to be stopped.”
Michael Ide, chair of the Idaho Health Data Exchange board of directors, declined to answer questions from the Sun about what happened in recent years leading up to the bankruptcy.
“The IHDE leadership is working with the Office of Performance Evaluations and if you’d like information, they may be your resource,” Ide wrote in a brief response to the Sun — referring to the inquiry by OPE, which undertakes evaluations at the direction of the Idaho Legislature. The OPE report won’t be publicly available for several months.
“I’m not going to possibly muddy the community knowledge of the IHDE and make sure the OPE has the right info to report to the legislature,” Ide wrote in response to the Sun.
Armstrong said the decision to remove local management and hire consultants was one of necessity.
“In all candor, we had done a pretty poor job of hiring the right executive directors — good people, but not really technically oriented to the industry,” he said. “The exchange industry is highly specialized and extremely difficult, and we thought we could do a homegrown thing, and it just didn’t work …”
The board knew it would be more expensive to hire consultants, but “we couldn’t afford not to get our technology in order,” he said.
Armstrong said that decision has “in effect, worked, in that the system — the operations side — has been very stable for a long time now.”
The company that runs those operations, Orion Health, has done so well that the data exchange doesn’t need many employees “because they don’t need to do the effort, the setup, all the things that were causing us difficulty,” Armstrong said.
“I’m proud of it,” he said of the Idaho Health Data Exchange. “I’m amazed that it’s so important. It is part of the fabric of everyday life in health care.”
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Solar storm Thursday expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states including Michigan
A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere.
Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are most often seen in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia, but an 11-year solar cycle that’s expected to peak in 2024 is making the lights visible in places farther to the south. Three months ago, the light displays were visible in Arizona, marking the third severe geomagnetic storm since the current solar cycle began in 2019.
The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks has forecast auroral activity on Thursday in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Indiana, Maine and Maryland.
Auroral activity also has been forecast for Canada, including Vancouver.
Light displays are expected to be visible overhead in Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Helena, Montana, and low on the horizon in Salem, Oregon.; Boise, Idaho; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Annapolis, Maryland; and Indianapolis, according to the institute.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center said people wanting to experience an aurora should get away from city lights and that the best viewing times are between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time.
Northern Lights occur when a magnetic solar wind slams into the Earth’s magnetic field and causes atoms in the upper atmosphere to glow. The lights appear suddenly and the intensity varies.
A geomagnetic index known as Kp ranks auroral activity on a scale from zero to nine, with zero being not very active and nine being bright and active. The Geophysical Institute has forecast Kp 6 for Thursday’s storm.
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Plane crash-lands into pond in west Michigan, but no one hurt
Hannah Mackay
The Detroit News
A plane crash-landed in a western Michigan pond Saturday morning, but no one was hurt, the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office reported on social media.
The plane landed in Hardy Pond in Big Prairie Township, less than an hour north of Grand Rapids, the Sheriff's Office said in a post on Facebook.
The two occupants in the plane, an instructor and student, were rescued from the water and uninjured, police said.
The aircraft sank to a depth of over 60 feet after the crash-landing, according to police. Divers assisted in removing the plane from the lake Saturday.
The Big Prairie Fire Department, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Natural Resources also responded to the incident.
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Man charged in fatal shooting on west side of Dearborn
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting Thursday on Dearborn's west side.
Zayed Albodour, 52, was arraigned Sunday in front of Judge Mark W. Somers on one count of homicide – murder first degree-premeditated and one count of felony firearm, according to a news release from Dearborn Police.
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Officers were called at about 12:55 a.m. Thursday to the 2200 block of Olmstead Street near West Outer Drive and Monroe Street for a report of a shooting, authorities said. There, they found a deceased 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound.
“We recognize and commend our investigators for bringing a speedy resolution to this case, and hope these charges bring some amount of justice to the victim’s family in this tragic incident,” Dearborn Police Commander Timothy McHale said in a statement.
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1923: Remember Paddy Boy? The Airedale doggie belonging to former Postmaster Charles M. Donohue of Grand Canyon? It was Paddy Boy who last year was the subject of a special meeting of President Harding’s cabinet, the question being whether Paddy should be allowed to remain in Grand Canyon National Park, or, in fear that he might kill a sacred mouse or frighten a sparrow, should be banished therefrom. He was banished.
The New York World and other big dailies, after seeing the story in The Coconino Sun at the time, played it up big. Only a few weeks ago the Saturday Evening Post had a cartoon of Laddie Boy, President Harding’s Airedale, mourning over his own plight and pretending he’d rather be Paddy Boy — who was shown in the picture standing away up on the rim of the Canyon. But you can’t keep Paddy Boy in obscurity by banishment. It was arranged that Paddy Boy is to meet Laddie Boy on the White House lawn for a discussion as to the rights of a dog to live on the public domain.
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1948: Inauguration of service by Arizona Airways, Inc., will have the effect of bringing Flagstaff into sharper focus with the other 13 Arizona cities served, and will give residents of 10 towns in the state their first taste of speedy air mail and air freight service, airline officials pointed out today. Flagstaff, Ajo, Yuma, Nogales, Bisbee, Globe, Safford, Clifton and Morenci will have air mail and air freight service for the first time in their history, marking a forward step in the development of those communities. All other towns on the proposed route already have such service. In addition, fast, convenient passenger travel will be provided by the company between the southern and northern parts of the state, into New Mexico and as far east as El Paso.
A charge of murder has been filed against Sam Dorsey, 51, in connection with the death of his wife, Annie, Sunday following a shooting in front of the Dorsey home a week ago, County Attorney W.W. Stevenson said this morning. A number of neighbors were brought to the stand Tuesday during the preliminary on the manslaughter charge to tell the story of the shooting. Late in the afternoon, Dr. D.W. Kittredge Jr., testified that Mrs. Dorsey died Sunday from complications, including tetanus, resulting from bullet wounds in her body. One of the neighbors reported that Mrs. Dorsey had come out of the house to see Mr. Dorsey returning from a visit to another neighbor’s house several doors away. After Mrs. Dorsey fired three times, the witness said, Mr. Dorsey went toward her saying, “You didn’t kill me but I’ll surely kill you.”
50 years ago
1973: Simon Toya had a test in one of his classes Friday, attended two others and spent the morning studying for his degree at Northern Arizona University. In the afternoon, he and his family performed Plains Indian dances at the Indian Arts and Crafts Show in downtown Flagstaff. Toya doesn’t really think that is unusual for a college student. “I’ve been dancing all my life,” he said. “My father taught me the Comanche sounds — he was raised by Comanches — and he helped me work all the costumes.” Toya regularly reworks the costumes, which include large war bonnets. They wear out and many feathers are lost during the vigorous dancing the family does.
The death toll continues to rise in the wake of Thursday’s propane railroad tank car explosion, the latest victim being Richard Lee Williams, Kingman High School principal and volunteer fireman. The victim was a graduate of Northern Arizona University, then Arizona State College, in Flagstaff. Funeral services for two other firemen killed by the fire and blast will be attended Tuesday by Flagstaff Fire Chief Don Vorhies. Four off-duty Flagstaff fire fighters will go to Kingman as standbys during the services.
Flagstaff joins the rest of the state mourning the deaths of the Kingman firemen. The Flagstaff City Council Tuesday will be asked to pass a resolution of condolence and sympathy to the city council and people of Kingman. Seven other volunteer firemen are listed in critical condition with burns suffered in the fire. All are at burn units in Phoenix and Henderson, Nevada. A small blaze in the tank car touched off the catastrophic blast moments after firemen arrived on the scene. The explosion hurled the tank car a quarter of a mile down the track.
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1998: Get ready, get set, recycle. City homeowners who are residential trash pickup customers are the first to get curbside recycling, and this is the week to get prepared. Curbside recycling is scheduled to begin July 20, and the material recovery facility at 1800 E. Butler Ave., owned by Norton Environmental, is getting its final touches before the public can check it out during several days of open house. Residential trash customers should have started receiving 90-gallon containers by the end of June.
Public participation at city council work sessions will return to television, but don’t be surprised if it looks like it lost weight since its disappearance from the tube in November. Mayor Chris Bavasi announced Thursday a new policy that puts public participation back on television; city work sessions are prerecorded and broadcast on cable Channel 4 at 8 p.m. on Mondays when a meeting is held. However, the new policy also clamps down on the time one can spend addressing the council, limiting it to five minutes. The five-minute limit has been posted on agendas for years, but has seldom been enforced, often to the chagrin of work session and Council meeting attendees. Members of the public will also have to hold their tongues until the end of the work session. Council does not vote during work sessions, one of the reasons given for moving all comments to the end of the meeting. People who want to address the council will also have to fill out a “public comment form” to mark their interest on specific agenda items.
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.
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Owners of formerly-mined lands now have a chance to transform their properties into young, healthy forests.
“We're looking back at years of mine closure and seeing a really great opportunity to go back and intervene and kind of bring things back up to full ecological restoration," said Amie Fleming, associate director of Quantified Ventures.
The company’s Reforesting Legacy Mine Lands Program aims to plant native trees, creating forests on 2,000 acres of former mine land mostly in the Appalachian region of Pennsylvania.
"We're really focused on lands that have met federal reclamation standards and have gone through that process," she said. "They remain an area of interest just because the ecological benefit post reclamation doesn't recover in the same way that it could with some intervention.”
The company is partnering with the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Green Forests. They received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the project. Other funding is from the voluntary carbon market, said Todd Appel, managing director of the company.
“We pay for all the cost of the work on the ground, the site preparation and the planting and the maintenance afterwords," he said. "We also will pay landowners a fee for participating.”
Quantified Ventures is looking for sites around 100 acres. They will first visit the property with a forester and assess the suitability of the land. If approved for the program, site preparation begins in the fall and planting in the spring.
"From the start of site prep to the end of planting should be about a year," said Appel.
The properties will be monitored for a minimum of two years. The USDA grant requires them to ensure that 70% of trees planted survive.
They are also asking that the property owners agree to put the land under protection so that it remains a healthy sustainable forest.
Restoring the forests provides habitat for birds and other species. Forests help remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, which Appel said is important for addressing climate change.
“Forests are a huge part of Pennsylvania cultural and economy and lifestyle," said Fleming. "Being able to return those sites back to that natural ecology state is an important benefit that might not get funded at a significant level otherwise.”
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PHOENIX — Twelve people have been displaced after a Sunday morning fire damaged two residences near 67th Avenue and Thomas Road.
The Phoenix Fire Department was dispatched to the neighborhood at about 6:30 a.m. and arrived to find a large fire burning in the garage area of one of the homes.
Flames had managed to spread to an adjacent property but firefighters were able to extinguish the fires.
Everyone in both homes safely evacuated.
One firefighter was taken to the hospital for minor burn injuries.
The Red Cross is responding to assist the 12 displaced residents.
Phoenix Fire is still investigating the fire's cause.
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PHOENIX — Two people have been detained by police after shots were fired early Sunday morning at a house party in north Phoenix.
Officers were dispatched at about 3 a.m. to a house near 32nd Street and Thunderbird Road and found several people running from the residence. Witnesses told police two individuals crashed the party and got into a verbal confrontation with others after they were told to leave the home.
During the confrontation, someone pulled out a gun and a shot rang out. No injuries were reported.
Police said the two suspects were later apprehended and detained. The investigation is ongoing.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — No arrests have been made in connection to a murder in Orlando.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is now offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
Investigators said 34-year-old Jamel Brown was shot and killed at the Palmetto at Lakeside Apartments on South Rio Grande Avenue.
Deputies said the shooting happened early in the morning on July 6.
Read: Deputies offer $5,000 reward to help solve Orlando homicide
Investigators received 911 calls from the apartment complex around 2:30 a.m.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Brown dead.
Residents said this recent shooting has made them no longer want to live in the apartment complex.
Read: Deputies: Gunman sought after man shot to death at Orange County apartment complex
“I’ve only been here seven months, but it’s been a lot in these seven months,” resident Asa Bracy said. “I just told them I’m not renewing my lease.”
She said this was not the first time gunfire had rang out at the apartment complex.
“I live in this community, and for the most part, it (may) be quiet, but a lot of time, there’s a lot of gunshots,” Bracy said. “It’s really scary.”
Bracy said that she saw the yellow tape when she walked out and gasped.
Read: Man shot, killed in fight while walking to Sanford gas station, police say
“Any time you see yellow tape, you know it’s something drastic,” she said.
The person responsible for Brown’s death is still out there, which has made residents not want to leave their homes.
“No, I’m not going out the door for nothing because you don’t know,” Bracy said.
The sheriff’s office hopes the community will come forward with answers to help ease the residents’ fears.
If you have information, you can call Crimeline anonymously at 800-423-8477.
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SANFORD, Fla. — The Sanford Police Department said a man has died after a fight led to a shooting early Sunday morning.
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Police responded to the 1200 block of West 25th Street around 1 a.m.
According to a news release, police officers found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds.
Read: Troopers search for driver in fatal hit-and-run Volusia County crash
The man was taken to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Investigators said that the victim was walking to a nearby gas station with two family members when they met another group of people.
Read: Deputies search for suspect in Deltona car break-ins
The victim and another male in the other group got into an argument and then a physical fight.
Police said that the suspect shot the victim during the fight and ran away.
The police department said the fight and the individuals involved are still under investigation.
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PITTSBURGH — After a scary situation on Monday Night Football earlier this year, Damar Hamlin has been advocating for increased CPR and Automatic External Defibrillator training.
“My experience has shown the world how important CPR is and having access to AEDs should a cardiac arrest happen,” Hamlin said Sunday.
“What we saw on Monday Night Football when Damar had his incident was every step in the chain of survival working perfectly,” added Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association.
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Brown said only one in ten people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of the hospital survive. To change that statistic, getting more people trained on these life-saving measures, the better.
“We need people to know how to take action if they witness someone having an event,” Brown said.
To make sure more people have the opportunity for that “chain of survival” to work perfectly, Hamlin and his foundation, Chasing M’s, put on free CPR training sessions and gave away free AEDs to local youth sports organizations at PNC Park Sunday.
“This mission is personal and I’m 100% behind making CPR known worldwide and turning it into a cool thing that’s easy to talk about, that’s more involved in conversations with people that we have,” Hamlin said.
Cameron Culliver, the president of the Sto-Rox school board and youth sports, said seeing Hamlin turn a scary personal situation into a learning opportunity for so many people — especially young people in his hometown — shows his character.
Channel 11 spoke to Hamlin about this tour. Read the full story here.
“It’s Damar all the way,” Culliver said. “To see kids out here, making kids aware at such a young age, that’s amazing in itself. You don’t see this anywhere at all, but you see it here with Damar Hamlin.”
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WAXAHACHIE, Texas — Waxahachie Fire-Rescue is looking for an 18-year-old that drowned in Lake Waxahachie on Saturday, July 8.
In a statement to WFAA, Waxahachie Police said their department and Fire-Rescue were called to the lake at about 1 p.m.
When they arrived, first responders were told that the victim was swimming "hundreds of yards off-shore" with his family when he started struggling and went underwater. He has not been identified, but police said he is an 18-year-old from Forney.
Police say Fire-Rescue are currently working recovery operations in the area. WFAA is waiting to hear back from Fire-Rescue for updates.
This comes after three people were reported to have drowned at Lewisville Lake within three consecutive days. Two of the victims were 19-year-olds and the other was a man is his 40s.
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The Indiana Department of Transportation is hosting public information meetings this month to provide updates and gather feedback regarding an annual update to the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan.
A forum in Gary is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. July 24 at Indiana University Northwest in Room 105 of the Anderson Library Conference Center, 130 W. 35th Ave. Networking for minority-, women-, veteran- and disabled-owned businesses will be offered from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., with a presentation on the EV plan beginning at 6:30.
The plan is required as part of Indiana’s participation in the federal government's National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. NEVI, created as part of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides federal money to states to add DC fast-charge stations along federally designated alternative-fuel corridors.
Indiana's corridors include all of its interstate highways, including I-469 and I-265, and U.S. 31, with other highways potentially joining the list. Indiana’s effort will contribute to a national initiative to create a network of at least 500,000 chargers. Indiana will have $100 million to spend on its program.
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Key federal requirements include installing a charging station every 50 miles along the interstate highway system, with stations within one mile of the interstate, and EV charging infrastructure of at least four 150KW DC fast chargers at the stations. Rest areas are not eligible locations, and states are allowed to contract with private entities for installation, operations and maintenance of the stations, which Indiana intends to do.
INDOT said the public meetings will offer updates on program implementation and opportunities for feedback on components of the draft plan, such as potential locations for charging station, associated amenities, and recommended equity and inclusion metrics for private partnerships.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Science Hill High School announced Sunday that Adam McElroy is the school’s new cross country head coach.
According to a release from the school, McElroy will coach both boys and girls cross country teams.
McElroy was the head cross country coach and volunteer assistant track coach at Sullivan South from 2018 to 2021, then coached at Happy Valley Middle last year. Before his stint with the Rebels, he served as the Program Director for Tri-Cities Youth Athletics since 2014.
Science Hill’s Athletic Director Keith Turner said he believes McElroy is a good fit for the job.
“I have watched Adam grow from a high school runner and throughout his coaching career,” Science Hill Athletic Director Keith Turner said. “He has a passion for student-athletes and the sport of cross country. I have no doubt that he will be successful.”
The school is introducing McElroy to prospective cross country students and their families on Monday, July 10 at 6 p.m. in the Science Hill cafeteria. The school says information will be given to both parents and students. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/science-hill-names-adam-mcelroy-as-new-cross-country-head-coach/ | 2023-07-09T20:15:43 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/science-hill-names-adam-mcelroy-as-new-cross-country-head-coach/ |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition & Legal Aid of Arkansas hosted a record-sealing clinic in Fayetteville on Saturday, July 8.
It took place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul's Church located at the corner of College and Dickson Street.
People who fulfilled their court obligations in Washington County that were eligible to seal their records were invited to attend.
Sarah Moore, executive director of the Arkansas Justice Reform explains what that means.
"What that basically means is individuals who have had misdemeanors, charges convictions in the past to be able to gain unemployment or housing," said Moore.
The clinic applied to charges for Washington County and the cities that are within the county.
Those were limited to residents from:
- Springdale
- Fayetteville
- Johnson
- Prairie Grove
- Lincoln
- Farmington
- West Fork
- Tontitown
- Elm Springs
A job fair was also on-site during the event.
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ATLANTA — Atlanta Police are investigating after a dead man was found in a parked car outside a Kroger on Cascade Avenue.
This happened just before noon on Sunday.
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NORWAY -- Officers from the Norway Police Department and assisting agencies found the body of a deceased woman in a residence driveway, Saturday afternoon.
According to a press release from a spokesperson for the Maine State Police, Friday around 12 p.m the Norway Police Department received reports of a disturbance.
Police say an unidentified caller reported that 61-year-old Andrew St. George of Norway allegedly killed 60-year-old Barbara St. George.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled Barbara’s death a homicide.
Andrew was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital for minor injuries and later arrested for the murder of his wife Barbara.
Andrew is being held without bail at the Oxford County Jail while awaiting an initial court appearance at the Oxford Superior Court.
Barbara’s cause of death has not been released at this time. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/police-arrest-husband-for-his-wifes-murder/article_1d64f87a-1e8e-11ee-8c1c-8b37de59fbe2.html | 2023-07-09T20:47:58 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/police-arrest-husband-for-his-wifes-murder/article_1d64f87a-1e8e-11ee-8c1c-8b37de59fbe2.html |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol said two people have died following a crash in Orange County Sunday afternoon.
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Troopers said the crash happened around 1:05 p.m. at Lake Underhill Road and Rouse Road.
According to a news release, a Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on Lake Underhill Road and approached Rouse Road in the outside lane.
A Kia Soul was traveling eastbound on Lake Underhill Road in the left turn lane.
Read: Troopers search for driver in fatal hit-and-run Volusia County crash
The driver of the Kia turned left at a green light and entered the intersection, but the Jeep driver did not stop at the red light.
Because of this, the Jeep hit the Kia and caused it to flip over.
Read: Man shot, killed in fight while walking to Sanford gas station, police say
The Jeep driver, a 40-year-old woman from Orlando, was taken to Advent Health East Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Kia driver, an adult man, was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and was pronounced dead. The passenger, an adult man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said they are trying to identify the other passengers in the Kia.
FHP said there is a roadblock for the westbound lanes on Lake Underhill Road, and the crash is still under investigation.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is bringing back its “Dog Days of Summer” campaign for the second year.
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The social media campaign highlights the K-9 dogs and handlers from across the state who sniff evidence, working primarily in the electronic and explosives detection areas.
The expression “Dog Days of Summer” dates back to the ancient Greeks and Romans and references the stars, particularly Sirius, also called Alpha Canis Majoris or the Dog Star.
Ancient Romans believed Sirius contributed to the sun’s heat and thus referred to this extremely hot period as diēs caniculārēs, or “dog days.”
The campaign, which runs until Aug. 11, will feature its K-9 teams of dogs and handlers to social media followers.
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Since last year, FDLE has added to new teams to its K-9 corps and one retiree.
Let’s meet the team (starting with the two newest additions):
K-9 Joze, a German Shorthaired Pointer, was born in the Netherlands and just turned two years old this week. K-9 Joze is trained in electronic storage detection and is assigned to Special Agent Vannessa Carmona. The team works out of the Pensacola Regional Operations Center. In her spare time, Joze loves chasing balls and swimming.
K-9 Hunter, a Belgian Malinois and German Shepherd mix, was born in Hungary am is assigned to Capitol Police Officer Getavius “Taye” Zachary. Hunter searches the exterior and interior areas of state offices that are assigned to Capitol Police. Hunter enjoys playing tug of war and fetches and chases jolly balls.
Cache is a 19-month-old black English Labrador and is assigned to Special Agent Justin Gilmer and works out of the Fort Myers Regional Operations Center. Cache is trained in electronic detection. He likes socks and chasing tennis balls.
Layla is an American Labrador born in Utah. She was trained in electronic storage detection is partnered with handler Special Agent Ritchie Kaplan. Layla routinely responds to search warrant calls and seeks and finds electronic items that contain media contraband and child sex abuse material.
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Rocket, a Black Labrador, changed careers from a service dog to an electronic detection K-9 in 2021. Rocket is assigned to Special Agent Aida Limongi and the Cyber Crimes Squad out of FDLE’s Tallahassee Regional Operations Center but is able to assist with searches for any squad or law enforcement partner.
Laya is a Golden Retriever born in Colombia and is assigned to the Capitol Police in Tallahassee. Laya is assigned to handler Officer Travis Tharp and focus on detection of explosive materials, the recovery of firearms and ammunition and the recovery of evidence related to post blast incidents. Laya enjoys sunbathing, rolling in the grass, and a good game of fetch with her frisbee.
Babs is a Yellow Labrador Retriever and is assigned to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Miami office. Babs is assigned to ATF’s Zane Dodds, a 25-year veteran with the agency. Babs is one of only two ATF explosive detection canines in Florida.
Gatsby is a Yellow Labrador Retriever and is assigned to Officer William Boyer with the Capitol Police. Gatsby searches vehicles and mail trucks entering underneath the Capitol as well as exteriors and interiors in the state offices surrounding the Capitol.
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Baxter is an English Labrador Retriever. Baxter is assigned to Orlando Regional Operations Center Cybercrime Task Force Agent Georgie Torres. He is trained in electronic storage detection and has been in service for two years. In that time, Baxter has been deployed on more than 100 searches. Baxter was purchased by the Kissimmee Police Department.
And retiring this year is K-9 Maple. Maple began her career in July of 2019 in the Pensacola Region as FDLE’s first ESD canine. Since she started her career, she has been deployed on 109 scenes and taken part in 32 community demonstrations. She has put numerous suspects in state and federal prison and played crucial parts in many prosecutions, even while undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with lymphoma in September of 2022. After six months of chemotherapy, she reached remission in February 2023 and has been going strong ever since, maintaining remission all while working hard. She is set to retire in early August of this year. Maple is assigned to Special Agent Supervisor Stephanie Cassidy, who will keep her at home in her retirement.
For more pics and information on all these K-9 officers, follow the “Dog Days of Summer” on social media at @fdlepio on Twitter or on Facebook at the FDLE page.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said at 8 pm Thursday, deputies attempted to pull over a 23-year-old driver in Deltona for a traffic violation but instead were led on a high-speed chase that went viral on social media.
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According to a news release, the driver Michael Becht had agreed to pull into a nearby shopping center at the intersection of Catalaline and Howland Boulevards after a deputy approached his vehicle.
Authorities said they pulled over the black Mercedes for a temporary tag obscured by a cover plate.
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But as soon as the deputy returned to his patrol vehicle, Becht took off and fled to I-4, according to the Sheriff’s office.
Authorities said the sheriff’s office helicopter spotted the vehicle overhead as Brecht headed into Daytona Beach, swerving at high speed. Deputies said the driver avoided stop sticks from units along the way as they chased down the suspect.
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The Sheriff’s Office said Brecht finally stopped in heavy traffic at the intersection of Nova and Beville Road.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood, who left Jackie Robinson Ballpark earlier in the evening, pulled Becht out of the car, along with deputies, and arrested the suspect, according to officials.
A witness posted the chase on TikTok, the Sheriff’s office said.
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Duties said Becht confessed and apologized for his actions. He was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement and driving with a suspended license.
Brecht was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail with a bond of $5,500.
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — A man from Twin Falls died after he drove his car off of the road on Saturday, July 8 around 7:45 p.m., he was 37 years old and also a resident of Twin Falls, according to Idaho State Police.
The wreck happened at 455 Grandview Drive. Police said he was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu when he drove off the right shoulder and tried to overcorrect. The car ended up rolling, stopping in a field. Although the man was wearing a seatbelt, he died from the crash.
Police said that they are investigating the crash.
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