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INDIANA, USA — On an early morning in June, Flower Nichols and her mother set off on an expedition to Chicago from their home in Indianapolis.
The family was determined to make it feel like an adventure in the city, though that wasn’t the primary purpose of the trip.
The following afternoon, Flower and Jennilyn Nichols would see a doctor at the University of Chicago to learn whether they could keep Flower, 11, on puberty blockers. They began to search for medical providers outside of Indiana after April 5, when Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a law banning transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and other hormone therapies, even after the approval of parents and the advice of doctors.
At least 20 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for trans minors, though several are embroiled in legal challenges. For more than a decade prior, such treatments were available to children and teens across the U.S. and have been endorsed by major medical associations.
Opponents of gender-affirming care say there’s no solid proof of purported benefits, cite widely discredited research and say children shouldn’t make life-altering decisions they might regret. Advocates and families impacted by the recent laws say such care is vital for trans kids.
On June 16, a federal judge blocked parts of Indiana’s law from going into effect on July 1. But many patients still scrambled to continue receiving treatment.
Jennilyn Nichols wanted their trip to Chicago to be defined by happy memories rather than a response to a law she called intrusive. They would explore the Museum of Science and Industry and, on the way home, stop at a beloved candy store.
Preserving a sense of normalcy and acceptance, she decided — well, that's just what families do.
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Families in Indiana, Mississippi and other states are navigating new laws that imply or sometimes directly accuse them of child abuse for supporting their kids in getting health care. Some trans children and teens say the recent bans on gender-affirming care in Republican-led states send the message that they are unwelcome and cannot be themselves in their home states.
For parents, guiding their children through the usual difficulties of growing up can be challenging enough. But now they are dealing with the added pressure of finding out-of-state medical care they say allows their children to thrive.
In the Nichols family alone, support took many forms as they traveled to Chicago: a grandmother who pitched in to babysit Flower’s 7-year-old brother, Parker, while their father Kris worked; a community of other parents of trans kids who donated money to make the trip more comfortable.
“What transgender expansive young people need is what all young people need: They need love and support, and they need unconditional respect,” said Robert Marx, an assistant professor of child and adolescent development at San José State University. Marx studies support systems for LGBTQ+ and trans people aged 13 to 25. “They need to feel included and part of a family.”
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In Indiana, rancorous legislative debates, agitated family relationships and exhaustive efforts to find care have drawn families to the support group GEKCO, founded by Krisztina Inskeep, whose adult son is transgender. Attendance at monthly meetings spiked after the state legislature advanced bills targeting trans youth, she said.
“I think most parents want to do best by their kids,” Inskeep said. “It’s rather new to people, this idea that gender is not just a binary and that your kid is not just who they thought at birth.”
The perceptions of most parents, Marx said, don't align neatly with the extremes of full support or rejection of their kids’ identities.
“Most parents exist in a kind of gray area," Marx said. "Most parents are going through some kind of developmental process themselves as they come to understand their child’s gender.”
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On June 13, Flower and Jennilyn set off on their trip, unsteady but hopeful. They brought a care plan from Indiana University’s Riley Children’s Hospital, the Hoosier State’s only gender clinic.
At the time, the pair worried whether Chicago providers could meet their request for full-time support or as a backup if Indiana’s ban went on hold. They considered whether they could make the drive every three months, the necessary interval between Flower’s puberty blockers.
The decision for Flower to start puberty blockers two years ago wasn’t one the family took lightly.
Jennilyn recalled asking early on whether her daughter’s gender expression was permanent. She wondered if she had failed as a mom, especially while pregnant — was it an incorrect food? A missed vitamin?
Ultimately she and Kris dismissed those theories, ungrounded in science, and listened to their daughter, who recalled the euphoria of wearing princess dresses at an early age. Flower cherished a Little Red Riding Hood cape and felt certain of her identity from the start.
“I remember that I really disliked my name,” Flower said of her birth name. “This is just like who I am. It’s all that I have a memory of."
Conversations between Flower and her mother are often marked by uncommon candor, as when discussing early memories together at an Indianapolis park.
“Before I knew you and before I walked this journey with you,” Jennilyn told her, “I would not have thought that a kid would know they were trans or that a kid would just come out wired that way. I always thought that that was something adults figured out, and so there were times that it was really scary because I didn’t know how the world would accept you. I didn’t know how to keep you safe.”
Now, Jennilyn said, her worries have shifted to Flower’s spelling skills and how she’ll navigate crushes.
Flower, for her part, appreciates being heard. She said she and her parents make medical decisions together because, “of course, they can’t decide on a medicine for me to take."
“At the same time, you can’t pick a medicine that we can’t afford to pay for or that, you know, might harm you,” Jennilyn responded.
“That’s what I really like about her,” Flower said, of her mother. “She leaves a lot of my life up to me.”
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In Mississippi, a ban on gender-affirming care became law in the state on Feb. 28 — prompting a father and his trans son to leave the state at the end of July for Virginia. There, he can keep his health care and continue to see doctors.
“We are essentially escaping up north,” said Ray Walker, 17.
Walker lives with his mother, Katie Rives, in a suburb of Jackson, the state capital. His parents are divorced, but his father also lived in the area. Halfway through high school, Walker is an honors student with an interest in theater and cooking. He has a supportive group of friends.
When Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed the bill banning hormone therapy for anyone younger than 18, he accused “radical activists” of pushing a “sick and twisted ideology that seeks to convince our kids they’re in the wrong body.”
The state’s largest hospital halted hormone treatments for trans minors months before Reeves signed the ban. That hospital later closed its LGBTQ+ clinic.
After that clinic stopped offering its services, Walker and other teenagers received treatment at a smaller facility in another city, but those services ended once the ban took effect.
As access to gender-affirming care dwindled and was later outlawed, Walker's father, who declined to be interviewed, accepted a job in Virginia, where his son could keep his health care. Walker plans to move in with his father this month. Rives, however, is staying in Mississippi with her two younger children.
Walker’s memories of the anguished period when he started puberty at 12 still haunt him. “My body couldn’t handle what was happening to it,” he said.
After a yearslong process of evaluations, then puberty blockers and hormone injections, Walker said his self-image improved.
Then the broad effort in conservative states to restrict gender-affirming care set its sights on Mississippi. The path toward stability that Walker and his family forged had narrowed. It soon became impassable.
“I was born this way. It’s who I am. I can’t not exist this way,” Walker said. “We were under the impression that I still had two years left to live here. The law just ripped all of that up. They’re ripping our lives apart.”
The family sees no alternative.
“Mississippi is my home, but there are a lot of conflicting feelings when your home is actively telling you that it doesn’t want you in it," Walker said.
As Walker’s moving date approaches, Rives savors the moments the family shares together. She braces for the physical distance that will soon be between them. Her two younger sons will lose Ray’s brotherly presence in their daily lives.
She still feels lucky.
“We know that’s an incredibly privileged position to be in,” Rives said of her son moving to Virginia. “Most people in Mississippi cannot afford to just move to another state or even go to another state for care.”
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Flower, initially dispirited by the debates at the Indiana Statehouse, brightened after her parents took her to her first Pride march on June 10 in Indianapolis.
She tied a transgender pride flag around her shoulders and covered her pink shirt in every rainbow heart-shaped sticker she could find. She gripped a sign that read: “She belongs.”
Her favorite activities are often less inflected with politics than her status as a soon-to-be teenager. She's a Girl Scout who enjoys catching Pokemon with her brother. Before the trip, she zipped around an Indianapolis park on a pink scooter, her hair tangled by the wind.
Prior to entering Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, Flower used a women’s bathroom. At a diner in the city, she ordered a mint chocolate chip milkshake and a vegan grilled cheese. Jennilyn created an itinerary to make their experience as joyful and uncomplicated as possible.
“First of all, we’re going be able to chill at the hotel in the morning,” Flower said. “Second of all, there’s a park nearby that we can have a lot of fun in. Third of all, we might have a backup plan, which is really exciting. And fourth of all: Candy store!”
The doctor's appointment the following day, initially intimidating, soon gave them another reason to celebrate: If care was not available in Indiana, they could get it in Chicago.
“Indiana could do whatever the hell they’re going to do,” Jennilyn said, “and we can just come here.” | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/families-with-transgender-kids-are-increasingly-forced-travel-out-state-care-they-need-indiana-illinois-chicago/531-06b16683-765e-4929-9df9-fe857f42499a | 2023-07-10T22:44:35 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/families-with-transgender-kids-are-increasingly-forced-travel-out-state-care-they-need-indiana-illinois-chicago/531-06b16683-765e-4929-9df9-fe857f42499a |
Dear J.T. & Dale: During the pandemic, I lost my job and started freelancing. I picked up a couple of clients and now make as much money as I did when I had a full-time job, working half as many hours. Granted, if I lose a client, I'll have to hustle to find a new one. I'm thinking about finding an easy full-time job to get the benefits and secure income but keep working the other freelance assignments. Do I need to reveal that to an employer? — Trey
J.T.: You technically don't need to share your side hustle status unless an employer makes it an issue in your employment contract. If it's not clearly stated within the contract, then you are totally within your rights to do your freelance work and not share it with them. If they do state this in the contract, you may want to have a discussion with them about your freelance opportunities and see if you can't come to an agreement about when you'll do that work outside of normal business hours.
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DALE: Even if there isn't an issue with your employment agreement, having other jobs is going to be an issue. We live in a time where you should assume everyone knows everything and that your managers will figure it out.
J.T.: So, you're arguing against any sort of side gig?
DALE: Not quite. If it's a mediocre job you take just to have steady money, maybe you don't have to be so careful. But, if you want to be a star employee at a good company and still do freelance work, you have to do two things: one, don't hide it, spin it. You have to treat the side-job as a kind of hobby or as continuing education, something you do on weekends for fun or to keep up your industry knowledge and improve your skills. Second, you have to keep proving your commitment to the full-time job — volunteering for extra work, being there for special events and generally being a great teammate. Said another way, make sure everyone knows the team comes first.
Jeanine "J.T." Tanner O'Donnell is a career coach and the founder of the leading career site workitdaily.com. Dale Dauten's latest book is "Experiments Never Fail: A Guide for the Bored, Unappreciated and Underpaid." Please visit them at jtanddale.com. | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/employment/jt-dale-talk-jobs-can-i-keep-freelancing-and-not-tell-a-new-employer/article_fa7b9d60-19d2-11ee-8941-f3f01f6d5a77.html | 2023-07-10T22:44:36 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/employment/jt-dale-talk-jobs-can-i-keep-freelancing-and-not-tell-a-new-employer/article_fa7b9d60-19d2-11ee-8941-f3f01f6d5a77.html |
A 22-year-old man was arrested Sunday after Tucson police say he swerved into oncoming traffic and smashed into a car, killing its driver and injuring a passenger.
Julian Anselmo Sosa was speeding south on South Campbell Avenue near East Drexel Road in a Toyota FJ Cruiser about 2 a.m. Sunday when he drifted into the northbound lanes and smashed into a 2001 Nissan Altima, Tucson police said in a news release.
The driver of the Nissan, Raul Zepeda Gonzalez, 33, was killed in the wreck. A 31-year-old woman who was a passenger in the Nissan was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, the release said.
Sosa was determined to be impaired and had been swerving between the median and curb lanes of Campbell Avenue just before the wreck, the release said. He was booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of manslaughter, aggravated assault and felony criminal damage, police said.
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Detectives also found drugs and paraphernalia inside the Nissan. Police will rely on medical reports to determine if Gonzalez also was impaired at the time of the crash, the release said. | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-courts/tucson-police-man-arrested-in-fatal-head-on-crash/article_c943f40a-1f62-11ee-9883-2f042550cec8.html | 2023-07-10T22:44:42 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-courts/tucson-police-man-arrested-in-fatal-head-on-crash/article_c943f40a-1f62-11ee-9883-2f042550cec8.html |
The Allen County-Fort Wayne Capital Improvement Board can officially start negotiations to relocate the downtown Taco Bell across the street to make way for development.
The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission took the first step by approving the start of negotiations on land it owns at the southwest corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Ewing Street. Taco Bell is currently located across the intersection at the northeast corner.
The capital improvement board wants to free the property where Taco Bell currently sits to make way for development. The board has already approved a purchase agreement for the land where Rally’s and King Gyro’s are located, which is between Taco Bell and the Grand Wayne Center, with future development in mind.
Jonathan Leist, deputy director of redevelopment, said the capital improvement board might use the space to expand the Grand Wayne Center or for private investment. The plan would free the 1.6-acre site “for a higher and better use,” Leist said.
Aside from the relocation proposal, Leist said the board’s options for the current Taco Bell location are to buy the fast-food restaurant out of its lease or to wait until the agreement expires in about 20 years.
The Rally’s and King Gyro restaurants don’t pose the same issues, Leist said, because the owner’s leases have shorter terms with less than two years left.
President Christopher Guerin asked whether Taco Bell would be willing to move to any other locations. Leist said the ownership group has about 15 locations through the region, and the downtown Taco Bell is one of the highest performing.
“The traffic count through there is very appealing,” Leist said. “Moving to any location other than right across the street here was going to be problematic.”
All redevelopment commission members – except for Nathan Hartman – voted in favor of starting negotiations.
Hartman said he wants to know more about the capital improvement board’s plan. He asked about how the new Taco Bell building would be financed, but no one from the capital improvement board was present to answer questions.
“It’s more of a concern just with the amount of money it is going to take to move a restaurant across the street,” Hartman said after the meeting.
Member Steve Corona said the capital improvement board’s plan to relocate Taco Bell seemed like the best option when compared to buying out the lease or waiting 20 years.
Leist said the commission’s approval Monday essentially started the process. The capital improvement board is expected to approve a similar request to start negotiations.
The capital improvement board will then negotiate with Taco Bell to modify the current lease or form a new agreement.
Lastly, the board will return to the redevelopment commission to work out a ground lease for what it hopes will eventually hold Taco Bell’s new location. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-officials-look-into-relocating-downtown-taco-bell-across-the-street/article_e748a4c4-1f66-11ee-a2f3-4706c211839b.html | 2023-07-10T22:47:57 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-officials-look-into-relocating-downtown-taco-bell-across-the-street/article_e748a4c4-1f66-11ee-a2f3-4706c211839b.html |
Jennifer Lash didn't seem to tire of her script about watersheds and pollution as she greeted group after group of young campers this morning at Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Lash, a City Utilities program manager, quickly covered the basics – defining watersheds and asking the elementary schoolers about Fort Wayne's three rivers – before inviting them to squirt colored liquids on a watershed model. Using a spray bottle to simulate rain, Lash demonstrated how pollutants – the colored liquids – can contaminate bodies of water.
At least one group seemed stunned by the result based on the multiple "Oh my God" exclamations.
"That's why you only want rain to go in your storm drains," Lash said.
Hers was among several stations the Future Leaders of TEC – technology, engineering and computer science – campers visited on campus. The children will return daily through Thursday for activities about manufacturing, automotive and robotics engineering.
The experience is supported by Indiana Youth Programs on Campus, a Lilly Endowment initiative that helps Indiana colleges create or enhance existing high-quality, on-campus programs for students ages 5 to 18.
Purdue University received a $733,173 implementation grant last year. As a sub-recipient, the local campus got $149,981. It is benefiting four summer camps in areas such as physics research, mathematics, technology, engineering and computer science this summer, Purdue Fort Wayne spokesman Geoff Thomas said by email. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/lilly-endowment-dollars-bring-hands-on-science-to-campers-at-purdue-fort-wayne/article_d308a100-1f50-11ee-b313-a307cbfd33de.html | 2023-07-10T22:47:58 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/lilly-endowment-dollars-bring-hands-on-science-to-campers-at-purdue-fort-wayne/article_d308a100-1f50-11ee-b313-a307cbfd33de.html |
Originally published July 10 on KTVB.COM.
The family of a man shot and killed in the Oct. 25, 2021, attack at Boise Towne Square has filed a lawsuit, claiming mall management, police and prosecutors "failed to take any reasonable action" to protect people at the mall or take action in response to previous incidents involving the killer.
Boise police said Jacob Bergquist shot and killed Roberto Padilla Arguelles and Jo Acker at the mall. Bergquist later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound outside the mall, where he and police had exchanged gunfire.
A lawsuit with demand for a jury trial and monetary damages was filed Wednesday, July 5, in Ada County District Court on behalf of Padilla Arguelles' family and estate, naming Brookfield Properties, LLC, the owner of Boise Towne Square; also, the City of Boise; Boise Police; Ada County; the Ada County Prosecutor's Office; Idaho State Police; and the State of Idaho.
The family filed a notice of tort claim in April 2022 against city, county, and state agencies, indicating that they intended to seek damages.
Padilla Arguelles was shot while riding an escalator to the second floor of the mall. He died of wounds to his head and torso.
The complaint alleges Bergquist was allowed to walk around with a handgun in the mall for 25 minutes before security made contact, and that mall management failed to notify anyone of his presence, even though firearms are prohibited in the mall.
Bergquist was also a convicted felon. However, the conviction, from Illinois, was not one that disqualified him from owning a firearm under Idaho law, according to the Ada County Prosecutor's Office.
According to the complaint, Bergquist was escorted off Boise Towne Square property one week before the shooting. The lawsuit alleges that mall management failed to notify law enforcement about the encounter.
The complaint also mentions several other incidents involving Bergquist prior to the Boise Towne Square shooting.
Bergquist brought a gun into a Walmart on March 7, 2021. The lawsuit alleges that Bergquist was banned from the store, but Meridian police took no action.
On April 2, 2021, Bergquist went to the Idaho Governor's Office asking to interview the governor about firearms laws. An Idaho State Police trooper asked the Ada County Prosecutor's Office if charges could be filed for unlawful possession of a firearm. The suit alleges that ISP took no action. The prosecutor's office said legal action could not be taken against Bergquist because his felony theft conviction in Illinois did not prohibit him from possessing a gun in Idaho.
On April 27, 2021, Boise Police Officer Christopher Zimmer warned officers about Bergquist after confronting him about jaywalking. Bergquist had a pistol on his hip at the time. The officer said he "had concerning speech in regards to Bergquist being racist and his dislike for law enforcement," according to the lawsuit. Again, the suit claims, the Ada County prosecutor said no legal action could be taken.
On June 27, 2021, the lawsuit states, Bergquist was carrying a gun when he walked into Boise Towne Square near the Old Chicago restaurant. Ada County Dispatch put out an officer safety notice. The Padilla Arguelles complaint claims mall management did not take any steps to ban him from the property at that time.
On June 28, 2021, Bergquist tried to enter Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center with guns and a knife. According to the lawsuit, employees barricaded the door and Boise Police responded, but did not issue a citation or press any charges.
In September 2021, Boise Police were called but did not respond when Bergquist entered a gym on State Street with a gun in his possession, the lawsuit claims.
“Defendants should have known based on their multiple prior encounters with Bergquist that he presented a foreseeable and unreasonable risk of harm to invitees at the mall," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit claims the mall was negligent because management did not do enough to coordinate security or ensure measures to protect people, that police were negligent in not taking enough action, and that Ada County was negligent in not bringing charges against Bergquist.
As of Monday, July 10, online court records didn't indicate any hearings scheduled in connection to the lawsuit or any responses from those named as defendants.
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SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. — Former USA Gymnastics Team doctor Larry Nassar is recovering after someone stabbed him multiple times in a local prison.
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The attack happened Sunday at Coleman Federal Prison in Sumter County.
USA Gymnastics is headquartered in Indianapolis, and where Nassar’s abuse was first made public.
Nassar was stabbed in the back and neck multiple times and has substantial injuries including a collapsed lung.
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Nassar is serving a sentence that totals hundreds of years. Sunday marks the second time he has been attacked since his 2017 conviction for sexually assaulting hundreds of young gymnasts under the guise of medical treatment.
Jose Rojas is the president for the union that represents employees at Coleman. He said Coleman was in a common area with at least 100 other inmates and two staff members when he was attacked.
“About three weeks ago we had an information picket to shout out to the nation about the dangers of short staff and, prophetically, it happened. It happened to Larry Nassar,” Rojas said. “They have two floors. I believe there’s 129 cells on bottom, 129 cells on top. They have phones, TVs, the walk around.”
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Many of Nassar’s victims are reacting to the news on social media including Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse him of abuse.
None of the women I've spoken with are rejoicing today. We're grieving the destruction across so much.
— Rachael Denhollander (@R_Denhollander) July 10, 2023
We're grieving the reality that protecting others from him came with the near-certainty we would wake up to this someday.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The community is impacted by the celebration that led to a double murder.
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Nearly a month later, police have no suspects or motive for the shooting that killed a local pastor and another man at the Unity Banquet Hall on Silver Star Road.
Sandra Fatmi-Hall, President of the Pine Hills Community Council, said her phone keeps ringing as residents want to help.
“People are wanting to know what they can do right-- cause clearly, we all see the video,” she said.
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Investigators said they need people to speak up; out of the nearly one hundred people who witnessed the shooting-- very few have spoken up.
Last week, Orange County Sheriff’s Office showed the video below inside the Unity Banquet Hall as people scrambled to dodge bullets.
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A shooting, shortly after midnight on June 24, outside of the Unity Banquet Hall on North Hiawassee Road, killed two people and injured two others.
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28-year-old Willie Bell Jr and 35-year-old Jonathan Frazier were killed at the venue while helping to clean up.
“People are disturbed by it -- everybody’s concerned,” Hall said.
The callers told Hall the shooting was reckless, as it was at a party with hundreds of people-- seeing multiple guns waving around in people’s hands was shocking.
“We have a problem across this nation-- It’s not just in Pine Hills,” she said.
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This shooting inspired some who weren’t at the venue to see what they could do.
“I think people are just concerned about that and scared to go out now- they don’t know where to go,” she said. “It was a birthday party -- they’re very concerned. "
Hall said they are finding ways to unite as a community and not let violence be a staple.
The Pine Hills Community Council will have a community meeting for everyone wanting to get involved in the upcoming weeks.
They said the focus would be an action plan to search for solutions.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A father and son visiting Orlando for college orientation at the University of Central Florida died when a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and hit their car Sunday afternoon.
Shane and Jakob Lloyd were driving through the intersection of Lake Underhill Road and Rouse Road just after 1 p.m. when troopers said 40-year-old Leslie Gehret ran a red light.
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Family members said Jakob, 19, had just graduated high school in Colorado and was about to start classes at UCF.
“They were in town for college orientation so he could start his life and now it’s taken from him,” his aunt Brandy Bowden said.
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Bowden said her older brother Shane was an amazing brother, father, husband and overall person.
“He was like the one we all looked up to and aspired to be and make proud,” she said. “He was my hero.”
And as for her nephew Jakob, she said the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. She said he was an athlete, a scholar, and so much more.
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“He played the bass in orchestra and he was going to go to school to study forensic chemistry,” Bowden said.
Investigators said their lives were taken by 40-year-old Leslie Gehret, who is now facing charges for his third DUI in 10 years as well as two counts of homicide and two counts of DUI manslaughter.
A judge set Gehret’s bond at $702,000 on Monday.
“Because you can’t follow the rules you’ve just taken two lives that we can never get back,” Bowden said.
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A Lake County family believes a mistake made during what should have been a routine medical procedure for their adult, special needs son, led to his death; but because he had no spouse or kids, they have no recourse under Florida law.
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9 Investigates has told you about Florida’s so-called ‘Free Kill Law’ before. It limits who can sue in a medical malpractice case. Channel 9 investigative reporter Karla Ray looked into this family’s case and asked why efforts to change the law failed again this year in Tallahassee.
For 39 years, Clinton Crews relied on his family, but they leaned on him just as much.
“He taught me so much about love, and patience and kindness, and just, made me see the beauty in just so many things,” stepmother Marta Crews said.
Marta said her stepson loved horses. They even adopted a horse for equine therapy to help with his cerebral palsy and seizure disorder.
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Now, she tends to the horses alone. Medical records show her stepson was admitted to the hospital on March 20 for breakthrough seizures, a fever and a malfunctioning of his feeding tube. The notes show the plan was to replace the tube the next day, but complications kept Clinton there longer. Six days in, the records show Marta raised concerns about staff feeding her stepson through the wrong port of his tube; something she says led to vomiting, and eventually, aspiration pneumonia.
Clinton had to be intubated and ultimately moved to the intensive care unit, and he never made it home.
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“Do you think if they had fed him correctly, done the nourishment correctly, not in the wrong port, that he would be here today?” Karla Ray asked.
“Yes, absolutely,” Marta Crews said.
The family’s belief will never be tested in court. Under what’s known as Florida’s “Free Kill Law,” only surviving spouses or children under the age of 25 can seek damages for a medical malpractice-related wrongful death.
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There is no provision for family of adults with special needs who were never married or had children of their own.
“Any time you single out a group of people for a particular reason, and you take away rights, I think that you’re telling them that they’re not as important,” attorney Ron Gilbert said. “And that’s not right, and it’s not fair, but it’s the law.”
Attorney Ron Gilbert specializes in medical malpractice. He believes powerful lobbying efforts on behalf of insurance companies and hospitals have kept efforts to reform Florida’s wrongful death and medical malpractice laws from passing.
The most recent effort this year would have removed language that prohibited adult children and parents of an adult child to seek damages in medical negligence suits, but the bill never made it out of committee, even with initial bipartisan support.
For the Crews, left with hospital bills and questions, they want to see the law change and someone to stand up for the son who couldn’t speak for himself.
Florida Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book introduced the proposed change to the law this legislative session, and issued this statement about our story:
“Families should be able to seek accountability when a loved one dies in a wrongful death. Unfortunately Florida arbitrarily and unrealistically narrows who can sue in these cases. This is wrong – no matter who you are or who you leave behind, Florida law should apply to and protect all Floridians equally. Our current laws do not reflect that families come in all shapes and sizes – and family doesn’t stop when you become an adult. These current carve-outs leave families of adult children and parents suffering in cases of medical malpractice. Unfortunately, the bill was not heard during this year’s session, but I will continue to fight for this legislation to make sure hurting families are treated equally.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. — What is real, what is fake, and what was created by a machine?
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Artificial Intelligence is poised to reshape not just papers and pictures but also the workforce.
One local congressman is pushing to get ahead of this change.
AI has become quite common with large language models such as Chat GPT.
But, when logging into the application, it tells your right away there are limitations.
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The technology has gotten so good that some have said we are in the AI Golden Age.
U.S. Congressman Darren Soto called this technology a continuation of automation and machine learning.
“I’ve learned through the lessons of history -- you can’t stop technology,” he said.
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The rapid expansion of AI technology has led to everything from AI-created art to smart chat boxes in just a year.
“Locally, we’re already seeing AI being used in advanced manufacturing-- whether it is simulation training programs for the military,” Soto said. “We make out at UCF, whether it is helping guide missiles out of Cape Canaveral.”
The technology has been researched for decades and has already been used in customer service, tourism, and healthcare.
But, massive investment has created more powerful tools that are posed to change how we live daily.
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That’s why Congressman Soto introduced a bill to study and develop a policy recommendation on handling AI.
“The whole point of the bill is to understand where this may be disrupted-- where artificial intelligence may be in a high growth area for our economy and how we respond to it,” he said.
University of Central Florida Professor and AI Engineer Jonathan Mell said that the technology is physically limited-- but it still can adversely impact desk jobs that are task-oriented and repetitive.
“Everybody, to an extent, is going to need to adapt to these new systems,” he said.
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Mell said industries like marketing, visual design, and retail could significantly disrupt.
“You’re even starting to see it in basic programming, right? -- so even computer scientists aren’t safe,” he said.
New AI tools do hold the potential to make many of our day jobs more manageable, eliminating some of the nuisance work and allowing us to focus on the more human elements of our jobs-- things that involve decision-making and taking in complex information.
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EUSTIS, Fla. — Eustis city leaders and consultants will begin gathering public input as they inch closer to redeveloping a former hospital site, which city leaders have referred to as a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to cement the city’s position as a leader in Central Florida.
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The three-block parcel located between US-19, Clifford Avenue and Magnolia Avenue was the former site of Florida Hospital Waterman, which moved 18 years ago.
The hospital’s closing represented another nail in the once-thriving downtown’s coffin, which had been wrecked by America’s love affair with cars in the mid-20th century.
The vacant land now sits as a grass- and asphalt scar on the land, but also presents the city with huge potential. Rarely does so much continuous land become available in an urban environment – and one block away from a lake with sunset views.
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Because of the project’s scale, city leaders decided to create a larger downtown master plan that was centered around the site, rather than limiting their efforts to just those parcels.
“This is our chance to really make a mark,” Mayor Michael Holland said. “It will change our city and Lake County as it’s known today.”
Holland and major downtown property owners described their vision as a walkable mix of uses to promote the “live, work, play” environment that many modern urban planners are championing.
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That will mean additional space for stores and restaurants, apartments for workers and shoppers to live in, a community center for activities, and a hotel residents say is badly needed.
“We actually kind of just want to go back in time a little bit where we were in the past and have some thriving businesses,” Pam Rivas, whose company owns 16 downtown properties, described. “Livable, affordable, and marketable.”
On Monday, Holland and the Eustis city manager announced they would be moving forward with a series of public input meetings that they expected to kick off on August 15 or 16.
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It’s not the first time the city has tried to develop this site. A previous plan famously fell apart after it was too reliant on apartment units for leaders’ tastes.
Business owners said this time around feels different, with a different group of commissioners proceeding more carefully and deliberately than before.
Leaders said it was important to understand exactly what the community wanted for the site, since it would be the last time the entire property would be available at once.
However, the consultants would ensure the development was grounded in the realities of the market and what was reasonable for the region (no alpine ski slopes, one official jokingly warned).
Holland said parking would be addressed through two or three parking structures scattered around downtown, and envisioned working with Lake County to connect the downtown to bicycle and walking paths leading elsewhere.
The city is using Winter Garden’s redevelopment as a model, though they hope their end result will outshine it.
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The site’s construction is estimated to represent a $125 million investment in the city, which is expected to grow from 25,000 people to more than 40,000 in the next decade.
Already, the downtown’s core was showing signs of life. One landlord said there were zero downtown vacancies, not including pending contracts, a sharp fall from 15 just a few years ago.
The city is also nearing completion of the UCF Business Incubator that will be located two blocks north of the vacant land.
Holland said one of his goals was to meet the demands of the growing population while maintaining the city’s small-town feel by not letting the growth get out of control.
He said the city has already signed some contracts and, if everything goes as planned, shovels will be in the ground within two years.
“When our kids graduate here they go to college, but we want to have something for them to come home to,” he said. “If we do it right, that’s what we’re going to create for them.”
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The $1.5 million federal grant St. Catherine Hospital recently landed is part of an ongoing modernization of the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab.
The multiphase project is bringing advanced equipment and procedural systems to the century-old hospital in East Chicago's Indiana Harbor neighborhood. It will result in new cabinets, flooring and other enhancements to the control room.
St. Catherine has renovated two of its three cath lab suites within the last two years, said Mary Miller, director of cardiovascular services for Community Healthcare System.
"We've been doing about one per year and making sure that we stagger it so that we still have patient care accessibility," she said. "This third lab that this cab table is going in will likely be completed within the next year."
The improvements are dramatic, she said.
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"The room itself will be completely redone from floor to ceiling," she said. "The lighting will be redone. The anesthesia booms that allows us to capture gases for anesthesia, sedations, etcetera are currently wall-mounted. That's very cumbersome. This will move with the patient. It will allow for greater care and ease of care for the patient."
The grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration will fund an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table. It's image-guided therapy system designed by Philips Healthcare that provides high quality imaging at low X-ray dose levels. It results in more precise diagnoses and better treatment for patients.
"There's going to be the ability for IVIS, an ultrasound device that goes inside the artery and actually takes pictures inside the artery," she said. "There's multiple things this table can do that will be very beneficial to the population."
The technology features Cardiac Swing to capture difficult angiography views, StentBoost Live to enhance visualization during balloon and stent placement in coronary arteries and real-time 3D impressions for complex vascular surgeries. The work should start in early January and take about three months to complete, Miller said.
"They'll be ripping out flooring and putting in new ceiling tiles and everything," she said. "Phillips offers great technology. They have a good support team, which is very vital in the cath lab. This is going to help that caregivers at St. Catherine to provide the best care."
Community Healthcare System also recently brought in more diagnostic tools for heart disease for its whole hospital system, Miller said.
"We're always working ahead and looking ahead," she said. "We never finish."
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Vanair Manufacturing, one of the large air compressor companies based in Michigan City, plans to expand and create 75 new jobs.
The Michigan City-based company, which was founded in 1972 as a spinoff of Sullair, plans to invest $8.3 million to add 100,000 square feet to its plant at at 10896 West 300 North in Michigan City.
Vanair describes the investment as a "significant milestone" and a reflection of "the company’s commitment to growth and economic revitalization in LaPorte County."
“We are thrilled to embark on this exciting expansion project and contribute to the economic development of LaPorte County,” said Vanair CEO Ralph Kokot. “Our company has experienced remarkable growth over the past 15 years, and this expansion will enable us to meet the increasing demand for our products while creating new employment opportunities.”
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The company became Vanair in 1984 and is one of Michigan City's big air compressor makers along with Sullair and Sullivan-Palatek.
Led by CEO Ralph Kokot, President Greg Kokot and Chief Financial Officer Bill Anderson, the company has evolved over the years to produce generators, welders, electrified power equipment, battery chargers, battery boosters and engine starters as well.
J. Shoffner of LaPorte is building the new building on Vanair's campus. Vanair plans to add new advanced fabrication equipment when the construction is complete in the fourth quarter.
Vanair now employs 160 people and will increase its payroll by nearly 50%.
“We are proud to be a part of the air compressor hub of the U.S. here in Northwest Indiana,” said Greg Kokot. “We are grateful for the collaborative efforts that have put us on the map and allowed our business to thrive. This expansion will allow us to better serve our customers and further contribute to the local economy.”
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Pulse Technology, which is based in Merrillville and Schaumberg, has expanded to a third state by establishing a presence in the Milwaukee market.
The information technology, managed print services and office company will open a new office in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield on Aug. 1.
“Our Milwaukee expansion is another important step in our company’s growth," CEO Chip Miceli said. “We have always seen Milwaukee as a market with strong potential, and this is the right time for us to dedicate the resources to expand there.”
The company is the successor of McShane's in Munster and Kramer & Leonard in Chesterton.
It was founded in 1955 as Des Plaines Office Equipment by Vincent Miceli, the current CEO's father. It grew through acquisitions and was focused solely on Illinois until 2016, when it broke into the Indiana market by buying McShane's.
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It rebranded as Pulse Technology in 2019 and was based locally in Chesterton until it built a new 27,000-square-foot Indiana headquarters in Merrillville. Its Illinois headquarters moved from Elk Grove Village to Carol Stream to its current location in Schaumburg.
Kenosha native Bill Koon, who most recently served as vice president of sales at Brookfield-based James Imaging Services, will lead the new office in Wisconsin's largest metropolitan area. The graduate of Northern Michigan University worked for James Imaging Services for more than 20 years and previously worked for the Xerox company, Global Imaging Systems.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The city of Altamonte Springs on July 24 plans to begin CraneRIDES, a short circuit of autonomous climate-controlled shuttles to putter people around the Cranes Roost area.
It’s the latest local expansion from Beep, a Lake Nona-based autonomous shuttle company that we visited at launch in 2019. The years since have seen Beep branch out with new routes closer to home, but CraneRIDES will be the company’s first foray in Seminole County after Altamonte Springs commissioners awarded a bid in 2022 to get a pilot program up and running.
“This is about getting our community to adopt these and utilize them, whether it’s for individual transportation or families or groups,” Beep CEO Joe Moye said.
The two electric shuttles destined for Uptown Altamonte can hold eight passengers — or five passengers and one person in a wheelchair — and will travel up to 15 mph from Cranes Roost to the Altamonte Mall and back. Announcements broadcast in the vehicle will be in English and Spanish, and a trained attendant will be on hand to answer questions, address technical issues or drive the shuttle with a controller.
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“There will always be what I call a ‘human in the loop,’ but we are going to transition from that being physically on board to that being remote in the next couple years,” Moye said. “The vehicle basically has virtual rails and virtual eyes. It has sensors and cameras that operate the vehicle and determine if there’s an obstacle or a pedestrian it needs to respond to. Much safer than anything human-driven out there today.”
Altamonte Springs City Manager Frank Martz added not only does he think CraneRIDES is a great way to create an opportunity for residents to do something different, but it’s an incredible marketing opportunity.
“We are going to be talking to other cities around Seminole County and around Central Florida and around the state to show them this is how we implemented it, this is how we procured, this is how we did the burn in, this is how we did the communication, this is how we are doing policing on these vehicles,” Martz said. “So the idea is we are going to create essentially a manual and we’re going to be able to hand it other cities and say, ‘If you want to do this, here’s how we did it.’”
These shuttles won’t drive along State Road 436 or cross over Interstate 4, the city noted, adding the corridor designed for CraneRIDES is marked with high-visibility signage and shuttle icons on the pavement.
For its first year of service, riders will be able to use a smartphone application developed by Beep to track the shuttles along the following fixed service route:
- Stops-
- Altamonte Mall
- Renaissance Centre
- Cranes Roost
- AMC Theatre
- Schedule-
- Sunday through Thursday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The second year will see the program expand east to AdventHealth Altamonte, and the third year will bring in the Sunrail station as an additional stop.
“We are going to be talking to other cities around Seminole County and around Central Florida and around the state to show them this is how we implemented it. This is how we procured, this is how we did the burn in, this is how we did the communication, this is how we are doing policing on these vehicles,” Altamonte Springs City Manager Frank Martz said. “So the idea is we are going to create essentially a manual, and we’re going to be able to hand it to other cities and say, ‘If you want to do this, here’s how we did it.’”
Further information about the smartphone application is yet to be announced, according to the city.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A 20-year-old man was found dead in a pond at a Kissimmee apartment complex on Friday, according to police.
Officers said a 911 caller reported a body in the water around 11:45 a.m. at Camila Apartments, located at 1800 Destiny Blvd.
In an update, police identified the victim as Roman Leonel Diaz.
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Police said they believe this was a suspicious death, but an isolated crime.
No other details are available at this time.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was found shot to death early Monday at an Orlando apartment complex, according to police.
The shooting happened just after 12:30 a.m. at Metro Place Apartments on S. Kirkman Road.
According to the Orlando Police Department, the victim, whose name and age has not been released, was found dead.
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Police are investigating after a reported shooting at the Metro Place Apts. off Kirkman Rd.
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News 6 spoke with a neighbor who said she is a family friend of the victim. She said he is 32 years old and worked in landscaping.
“Very nice person. Very nice and I don’t know why they did that to him,” she said. “... I don’t know what happened. He doesn’t trouble nobody.”
No other details have been released.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as we receive it.
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OCOEE, Fla. – Four juveniles accused of trying to steal a car in Ocoee were arrested, according to police.
Ocoee police responded to Caballero Court around 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday and found a 2023 Kia Soul with a missing steering wheel.
The Ocoee Police Department said the four juveniles, whose names and ages have not been released, were taken into custody.
Police said two of the four juveniles were involved in prior stolen vehicle instances from June 30 to July 2, 2023.
The vehicles stolen in those cases were Kias and Hyundais.
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There has been a recent trend of stealing Kias and Hyundais as a result of the social media app TikTok, police said.
The four suspects were transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal judge sentenced a Casselberry man to home confinement and two years’ probation for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Tyler Quintin Bensch, 21, was arrested in August with other members of B Squad – a group federal investigators called a militia.
A News 6 investigation revealed B Squad aligned itself with another group called Three Percenters.
The name comes from a myth that only 3% of colonists rose up against the British, but they were able to achieve liberty for everyone, according to the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism.
On Friday, Bensch agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors, where he pleaded guilty of disorderly conduct inside the Capitol and theft of public records.
A judge sentenced him to 60 days home confinement, followed by 24 month of probation.
He is also required to pay $500 in restitution.
Cases involving other militia members John Edward Crowley, 51, of Windermere, Jonathan Alan Rockholt, 39, of Palm Coast, Benjamin Cole, 39, of Leesburg, and Brian Preller, 34, of Mount Dora, are still making their way through the federal court system. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/07/10/casselberry-militia-member-sentenced-to-home-confinement-probation-for-capitol-attack/ | 2023-07-10T23:00:06 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/07/10/casselberry-militia-member-sentenced-to-home-confinement-probation-for-capitol-attack/ |
EUSTIS, Fla. – A legacy continues as musical legend Peter Nero passed away last week. However, students at a theatre he helped save say his help made it possible for productions to live on.
The sound of drilling and banging mixed with a little laughter could be heard from the sidewalk of North Bay Street as production begins for Beauty and the Beast.
News 6 visited the Bay Street Players at the State Theatre in Eustis which said they’ve come a long way since the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re just going to keep on going. I mean, this building has been here 101 years,” said Nina Vatter, who is the current production manager.
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Over a century of history had to come to a screeching halt after experiencing financial troubles during the pandemic, Vatter told News 6.
Vatter added that even with no productions, it would take around $16,000 to maintain the theatre.
That all changed for the better, according to Vatter, who said Nero donated $20,000 to keep the doors open.
News 6 last spoke to the Grammy award winner following the donation. At that point, he said, “It means a lot to me. A city or area without the arts is a person without a soul. This helps keep the operation going.”
In reaction to his death, Vatter said, “Very sad to have such an artist pass... It was incredible the amount of money that he gave us — just helped us get over that hump.”
As the State Theatre gears up for another production, the theatre said you can see how Nero’s act of kindness continues to live on in a new generation.
“Today is our first day at Beauty and the Beast!” said three students attending a youth summer camp.
With giggles, the three young actresses said they were excited to start a new production of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for their summer camp, though they can’t help but pay respects to Nero.
“I mean, someone who does so much for a place that you come to a lot and you love so much, when they pass away, like, I didn’t know him personally, but that will always be something that’s hard to hear,” Aila Leverotti said.
Vatter said moments like these are crucial in a young person’s development.
“The arts, especially for children, are even more important now than it has ever been,” Vatter said.
Two sisters, Olivia and Piper Thompson, said they agree.
“It really makes me, helps me, like, present myself to other people and show what I can do,” Olivia Thompson said. Her sister Piper said, “It gets my nerves out, and it’s like... it really makes me happy.”
Vatter said that even though Nero never played in the theatre, they are on the right path for a bright future.
“We’re just so happy that we’re kind of getting back on our feet now. It was a hard time for everybody,” Vatter said.
Going forward, the State Theatre in Eustis said it will continue putting on productions.
You can catch Beauty and the Beast playing on stage starting in the first weekend of August. To purchase tickets, click here.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A family is in mourning after troopers said an accused drunk driver hit and killed a father and a son who were visiting Orlando for the son’s college orientation.
Brandy Bowden told News 6 that her brother — 50-year-old Shane Lloyd — and her 19-year-old nephew Jakob Lloyd were the people killed Sunday near Lake Underhill Road and Rouse Road near the University of Central Florida.
Troopers said Leslie Gehret was driving drunk when she ran a red light, slamming into the family’s car and causing it to overturn.
“It’s a pain I never knew I could feel,” Bowden said. “She didn’t do it on accident. She was drunk driving.”
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Bowden said her nephew Jakob was an athlete, played in the orchestra and had just graduated from high school in Colorado. He was visiting UCF this past weekend with his father, where he was planning to major in forensic chemistry in the fall.
“She was selfish. A father was there to take his son to college orientation so he can start his adult life. It was ripped away,” Bowden said.
Gehret faced a judge on Monday. Troopers said she’s been arrested on DUI charges three times in the past 10 years. That includes Sunday’s incident near UCF, a case in New York and another case in July after Orlando police said she was pulled off the road near Colonial Drive while impaired. In that case, court records show she pleaded no contest to DUI, and as part of that plea deal, her license was revoked for six months in February.
“This can’t keep happening. Too many people are dying because people are on their second, third, fourth strike. When is enough, enough?” Bowden said.
“This driver was on probation as well as having her license revoked at the time of the crash,” said Trooper Migdalisis Garcia from the Florida Highway Patrol. “It’s really devastating that she’s had several DUIs and still continues to drive that way.”
Gehret is charged with two counts of homicide, two counts of manslaughter, driving with a suspended license and DUI. Her bond was set at about $702,000.
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office is planning for future parties by burying two time capsules Monday.
The sheriff’s office is marking its 150th anniversary, set for July 9, 2067. To do this, the agency is burying items related to its 100th anniversary in 2017, including:
- Photos and news articles from the 100th-anniversary celebration (FCSO news release, Flagler Live article, Palm Coast Observer article, Daytona Beach News-Journal article)
- FCSO Centennial badge, challenge coin, and pin
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The second time capsule marks the dedication of the new sheriff’s operation center in Bunnell, which happened on Nov, 7, 2022. That capsule will include the following items:
- Eviction Notice and Writ of Possession from the Courthouse: Tom Bexley, Clerk of the Court, Plaintiff. Rick Staly, Sheriff, Defendant. Served November 7, 2022
- USB drive with time-lapse of building construction, Architects Design Group Design Directory
- FCSO face mask from COVID-19
- FCSO challenge coins (COVID-19, 2020, 2022, and Dedication Ceremony)
This time capsule will be opened on the 50th anniversary of that dedication, which is set for November 7, 2072.
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City of York is searching for the perfect Christmas Tree: Here's what they're looking for
Just in time for Christmas in July, the City of York is on the hunt for a tree to place on Continental Square for the upcoming 2023 holiday season.
The city is looking for a spruce tree, over 30 feet tall, according to a press release. Do you think you have the right tree for the city? Contact Carol Godfrey at 717-845-9351 with your name, address, and phone number.
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The winning tree will be removed at no cost to the property owner and will be placed in the city.
The lighting of the tree will occur on Friday, Dec. 1, kicking off the holiday season as part of York’s annual Light Up York celebration. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/city-of-york-searching-for-2023-christmas-tree-continental-square/70397298007/ | 2023-07-10T23:00:27 | 0 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/city-of-york-searching-for-2023-christmas-tree-continental-square/70397298007/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gas prices are the highest they’ve been in four weeks in Florida. The state average has climbed to a steep average of $3.46.
The July 4 holiday caused the spike, when a record number of Floridians took road trips across the state. The average was $3.26 per gallon, the lowest it’s been since March. Regardless, it was the second most expensive Independence Day at the pump in a decade, according to AAA.
“Fortunately, oil prices remain low. Unless that changes this week, the upward pressure on gas prices should ease soon,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA.
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Some of the most expensive markets to find gas right now are West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($3.60), Naples ($3.51) and Homosassa Springs ($3.50).
The least expensive places to get gas right now are in Pensacola ($3.16), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($3.19), and Panama City ($3.22).
WAYS TO SAVE ON GASOLINE
- Combine errands to limit driving time.
- Shop around for the best gas prices in your community.
- Pay with cash. Some retailers charge extra per gallon for customers who pay with a credit card.
- Remove excess weight in your vehicle. Every 100 pounds taken out of the vehicle improves fuel economy by 1-2%.
- Drive conservatively. Aggressive acceleration and speeding reduces fuel economy.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – As many as 11 million people may be affected by a data breach through HCA Healthcare, which has hospitals and clinics throughout Florida and in 19 other states.
HCA announced Monday that personal patient information was put on an online forum recently. The company believes the data was stolen from an external storage location used to automate email messages.
The information stolen includes patients’ names, city, state and zip codes, contact information, date of birth, gender and any appointment information for the patient. HCA said no clinical information or payment information was kept in that external storage system and was not in the list posted online.
HCA Healthcare is investigating. The health care provider said it does not know how many people are ultimately affected, but the list contained 27 million rows of data, which may include information for 11 million patients.
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In the meantime, HCA has created a page to keep patients updated. If any patients receive suspicious communication from HCA, they should call 844-608-1803 to confirm the message.
HCA has 46 hospitals in Florida and dozens of clinics throughout the state, including:
- HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital
- HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
- HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
- HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital
- Oviedo Medical Center
- UCF Lake Nona Hospital
A full list of locations is available on the HCA website.
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Traffic alert: Route 74 work in southeastern York County starts this week: PennDOT
A resurfacing project on Route 74 in southeastern York County starts this week, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The nearly $3.6 million project, which starts Monday, stretches from Snodgrass Road to Burns Road in Lower Chanceford Township, a news release states.
Drivers will see single-lane restrictions during the day, and flaggers will control the traffic, the release states.
Restrictions will not be in place during the morning and afternoon rush hours: from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Crews will be repairing the base of the road, paving, replacing guide rail and doing other construction, the release states.
Most of the work will be done during daylight hours, but the paving is expected to be done at night in the fall, the release states.
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Kinsley Construction Inc. of York is doing the work.
The project is expected to be completed by November. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/route-74-paving-project-starts-this-week-in-southeastern-york-county/70392794007/ | 2023-07-10T23:00:33 | 1 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/route-74-paving-project-starts-this-week-in-southeastern-york-county/70392794007/ |
9 months after inspection closure, Wendy’s in York County looks to improve and remodel
Anyone who has driven by the Wendy's just off of Route 30 in Manchester Township can see that it's undergoing a big renovation.
The fast food restaurant at 60 W. Eleventh Ave. is temporarily closed while it is being remodeled both inside and outside for about $800,000, said Jared Yavers, managing partner of Yellow Cab Holdings.
Harrisburg Bacon LIV owns six Wendy's restaurants in York County as well as others outside of the area. It bought the portfolio in 2021 after the former owner went bankrupt the previous year.
Yellow Cab Holdings, the management company, has been making changes to the restaurants since they were purchased. In the fall, the state Department of Agriculture briefly closed the Wendy's in Manchester Township after an inspection showed "gross unsanitary conditions," including a live mouse under a Frosty machine.
The business's No. 1 concern is food safety, Yavers said, and the results of the inspection were upsetting.
At that time, the restaurant had a problem with the exterminator company, he said. It was rectified right away, and the restaurant reopened.
Improving training, adding staff
Yellow Cab Holdings has been focused on fixing the operations and improving the staff at its restaurants.
It has added more district managers to provide oversight, and it has replaced a number of underperforming general managers, Yavers said. It also has instituted its own training program, which includes bringing in folks from the corporate Wendy's offices.
The management company wants to make sure that everyone is up to speed, and its customers scores have improved.
The restaurant chain tries to remain competitive with its wages and offers daily pay. Employees can work flexible hours.
The culture also has changed tremendously, Yavers said.
"We're committed to great customer service. We got a great product. We're committed to the community," he said. "We want to offer jobs, and we want to offer food and a great experience."
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Renovations at the Wendy's in Manchester Township
It has been years since the decades-old Wendy's along Eleventh Avenue has been remodeled.
When the company first bought it, a flood prompted some repairs, such as changing the floors and fixing the walls, Yavers said.
But now it is getting a full remodel, just as other restaurants, such as the one at Delco Plaza in West Manchester Township, have undergone.
The company has been looking to create better visibility for the restaurant along the Route 30 strip. The newly remodeled store will include a Wendy's sign that will exceed the height of the roof, Yavers said.
Manchester Township supervisors recently granted approval for Wendy's to place a double sign along Route 30, with the permission of its neighbor, Bob’s Intowne Spas.
"We are very excited to re-open," Yavers said in an email.
The company expects the restaurant to open July 25.
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Wendy's in York Township, Shrewsbury to be refreshed
Plans have been submitted for the Wendy's on Springwood Road in York Township to be remodeled.
The company expects to begin work in mid-July, and it will take about four weeks, Yavers said. A portion of the restaurant might be closed while crews work, but the establishment is expected to remain open.
The Shrewsbury location is expected to be remodeled at the end of the year, he said.
Staff writer Paul Kuehnel contributed to this report. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/wendys-in-york-county-undergo-remodeling-improve-customer-experience/70360004007/ | 2023-07-10T23:00:39 | 1 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/wendys-in-york-county-undergo-remodeling-improve-customer-experience/70360004007/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A shooting near the Mall at Millenia on Monday afternoon left one man in the hospital, according to the Orlando Police Department.
In a release, police said they responded to 5300 Radebaugh Way around 4:20 p.m. after receiving reports about the shooting.
Upon arrival, officers found the man in a car, having suffered a gunshot wound, the release states.
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He was later taken to the hospital in stable condition, according to officers.
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York County DA Dave Sunday announces run for state Attorney General
When Dave Sunday began as a prosecutor in the York County District Attorney’s office, the system was pretty regimented and simple.
You arrested people, you prosecuted people, you put people in jail and then moved on to the next case. It was how things were done, how they’ve always been done, but something different began occurring while he worked as an assistant district attorney.
The opioid epidemic began, and with it came a spike in crime – drug crimes and offenses associated with trafficking and the desperation of addicts to obtain narcotics.
And also with it was a spike in the numbers of deaths, numbers that seemed to climb every year. Each of those numbers were human beings, someone’s son or daughter or father or mother.
It was a crisis.
In 2015, then-District Attorney Tom Kearney put Sunday on a mission. “That mission,” Sunday said, “would change my whole outlook about what I do.”
He teamed up with York County Coroner Pam Gay and began gathering information, holding town hall meetings, meeting with groups of people affected by the opioid epidemic. What he found was alarming.
“This epidemic was far worse than what any of us thought it was,” Sunday said. “What we do when we prosecute cases is just the tip of the iceberg.”
He had what he called an “a-ha” moment. “We don’t have to let what everyone else does determine what we do,” he said.
Something had to change.
And he had to find it.
He did.
A different approach to law enforcement
He and Gay, along with law enforcement, probation and health-care officials and community organizations, began looking at ways to address the underlying causes of drug addiction – the 95 percent of the iceberg below the surface.
It called for a different approach to law enforcement, and a different approach to criminal justice system. It had to break the cycle of arrest-prosecute-jail-and-repeat. It called for what Sunday calls “a collaborative effort” to address the problem, working with all of those affected by the epidemic to reduce not just opioid-related crime, but crime overall. The notion is to focus on outcomes, not just the result of criminal trials and sentencing.
He says it has produced results. The criminal caseload in York County courts is down 41 percent over a 10-year high, Sunday said. Prison admissions are down 45 percent. The prison population is down 46 percent. Gun violence in York City is down substantially, he said, from 11 murders last year to three so far this year. Opioid deaths in York County are down compared to pre-COVID levels, while such deaths in other counties have increased.
Sunday said there are still “bad people who need to go to jail” and his office prosecutes them. But at the same time, the office works with community organizations and the private sector to reduce recidivism and lock the revolving door on the prisons.
Taking his experience statewide
And now, Sunday, 48, who has been a prosecutor for 15 years and was first elected York County’s District Attorney in 2018, it seeking to take his approach statewide, announcing his bid for the Republican nomination for state Attorney General in next year’s GOP primary.
Sunday is the first Republican to announce his intention to seek election as the state's highest law enforcement official. And he could be part of another statewide race that pits two politicians with York County connections against one another. Former state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is among three Democrats who announced their candidacies after current Attorney General Michelle Henry, appointed in 2022 to complete the term of former Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was elected governor that year, told state lawmakers that she did not intend to seek a full term in office. DePasquale lived in York County for decades before recently moving back to his native Pittsburgh. Other Democrats running for the position are Joe Khan, a former Bucks County prosecutor, and Keir Bradford-Grey, who led the Defender Association of Philadelphia for five years.
York County has had paradoxical success in electing officials to statewide office in recent history. The county is a Republican stronghold, but in 2014, the state electorate voted Democrat Tom Wolf, a York County businessman with no political experience as governor, and in 2012, DePasquale won election as Auditor General. Both men served two terms in office. Wolf won both of his elections while losing his home county.
At least one Republican statewide candidate from the county didn't fare as well. York County businessman Scott Wagner, who served in the state Senate, ran against Wolf in 2018 − the only time two York County candidates faced off in a statewide race − and lost.
The case that began his quest to change things
One case that began Dave Sunday’s quest to change the criminal justice system came 12 years ago.
A man named Ira D. Glass Jr. had repeatedly scammed a man suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. He knocked on the victim’s door and asked whether he could resurface the elderly man’s driveway. The elderly man replied yes, and paid Glass in advance.
Knowing the man had Alzheimer’s and would forget their previous encounter, Glass returned and asked the man about resurfacing his driveway and once again, the elderly victim handed over money for the job, which was never done.
That pattern repeated itself 15 times. Eventually, Glass was arrested and went to court, and that’s where Sunday encountered him.
Initially, Glass pleaded guilty to theft by deception and other charges. He withdrew his plea, though, and in 2012 went to trial before a jury. Sunday prosecuted the case.
“It infuriated me,” Sunday said in an interview Monday.
He knew that, as a prosecutor and an officer of the court, he had to remain dispassionate about cases, that the interest of justice is served by maintaining an even keel.
But it got him thinking that something has to change, something has to be done to change how the system works and how to prevent crime and to spare the victims, and their families, and others touched by the malfeasance, the anguish caused by criminals.
Every case he tried, he spoke with victims’ and defendants’ families and others touched by crime. The damage done by crime is widespread, he said, and touches just about every home in York County.
He saw that everything was “intertwined,” he said. “I’m running because I see the amazing impact of the work we’ve done here” and he believes as Attorney General he could spread that philosophy across the state.
It involves everything from emphasizing early childhood education, assisting convicted criminals in reentering lawful society by helping them find and retain employment and doing other efforts to end the cycle of criminality. The idea, he said, is to prevent people from entering the criminal justice system in the first place.
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How working for UPS influenced him
His background, he said, also plays a role in how he approaches his job,
After high school, Sunday enlisted in the Navy, and after leaving the service, he worked for UPS, taking college classes at night to eventually earn his law degree.
Serving six-month-long tours at sea in Navy, he said, he learned that everyone had to work together to complete the mission at hand. At UPS, he said, he worked alongside people who were on probation or fresh out of prison and learned that they were among the company’s most reliable employees.
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Like those UPS workers, he said, “I am grateful to be here to have this opportunity.”
Columnist/reporter Mike Argento has been a York Daily Record staffer since 1982. Reach him at mike@ydr.com. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/york-county-da-dave-sunday-to-run-for-pa-attorney-general/70392243007/ | 2023-07-10T23:00:45 | 0 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/york-county-da-dave-sunday-to-run-for-pa-attorney-general/70392243007/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A man wanted in a Central Florida murder was killed by U.S. Marshals in New Jersey, according to the attorney general’s office.
Agents were trying to serve an arrest warrant for murder and attempted murder for Esteban De Jesus, 56, Saturday night in Jersey City for a deadly shooting that occurred in Orlando on Friday.
Marshals said they saw the man around 11:10 p.m. After that time, he was shot by marshals and taken to a hospital, where he died, according to the attorney general’s office.
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According to Orlando police, De Jesus had killed Leonidas Duran, 67, Friday night along the 2000 block of Raper Dairy Road. Investigators said they received a call around 6:43 p.m. saying that someone was being attacked by a person armed with a machete and a gun.
When officers arrived, they said they found Duran with several cuts and a gunshot wound in her chest laying in the grass of an apartment complex. Police said they also found her husband in the doorway of an apartment, also with a gunshot wound.
Duran was pronounced dead at the scene. The husband was taken to the hospital in stable condition, according to police.
Investigators said De Jesus, who is the son of Duran’s next-door neighbor, was quickly identified as the suspect in the attack.
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General is now investigating the events leading to Marshals shooting and killing De Jesus. The office has not released any details about what prompted marshals to open fire.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – An actor from Orlando and two pastors from Melbourne face separate trials that began Monday for their reported roles in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
James Beeks
FBI agents arrested James Beeks in November 2021 while he was playing Judas in the national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Federal prosecutors claimed he was a member of the alt-right group The Oath Keepers, and he was part of the violence that erupted on Jan. 6, 2021, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
“Innocent before proven guilty,” he told News 6 in January. “If I get a chance to get a fair trial, I would hopefully be exonerated in this.”
He has waived a jury trial, opting instead for a judge to hear his case.
He has also chosen to act as his own attorney.
In court on Monday morning, CBS News reported Beeks argued with Judge Ahmet Meta about whether the federal court had jurisdiction over the matter.
Beeks has stopped short of referring to himself as a sovereign citizen, but he argued the court cannot determine his fate.
James and Casey Cusick and John Lesperance
Upstairs from Beeks trial, James and Casey Cusick and John Lesperance are being tried for their alleged role in the attack at the Capitol.
The Cusicks lead Global Outreach Ministries in Melbourne, while Lesperance attends church there.
They were all arrested in June 2021 when federal prosecutors claimed they were identified by an anonymous tipster.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police are investigating a “suspicious death” after responding to a vehicle crash Monday.
Officers said they were dispatched to Summerlin Avenue and Palmer Street in reference to a crash. According to police, they then found a man dead at the scene “with injuries not consistent with a crash.”
Homicide detectives are currently investigating.
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Anyone with information on the death investigation is asked to call police at 911 or submit an anonymous tip to Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477.
No other details, including any information on the victim or his cause of death, have been provided at this time.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Perhaps you’ve noticed. We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping.
To tip or not to tip has led to Shakespearean soliloquies by customers explaining why they refuse to tip for certain things.
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers were grateful for those who seemingly risked their safety so we could get groceries, order dinner or anything that made our lives feel normal. A nice tip was the least we could do to show gratitude.
But now that we are out about and back to normal, the custom of tipping for just about everything has somehow remained; and customers are upset.
This goes beyond tipping fatigue. Suddenly, we are being asked to leave a little extra for what was once included in the deal. It was understood if you take a bottle of water from the cooler and place it on the counter, the only extra was a thank you to the cashier. Yet, these days when the iPad is flipped away from the cashier and is now facing you. There it is, staring you right in your thirsty face is the dreaded three-letter word. Generally, it starts at 15% and then goes up to 25%. But for what? And why are we suddenly tipping for just about everything these days?
“We go here out of pure greed,” etiquette expert Valerie Sokolosky said.
Honestly, look at the prices of everything. “Everything has gone up and do we really know if there’s a reason or not?” she said.
“The reality is the word tip from history says to ensure promptness. It has nothing to do with what it’s about today. And you know what? Everyone is angry about it. They get those screens turned around,” Sokolosky said.
Even an etiquette expert such as herself isn’t exempt. She said just last week she was at a coffee shop and did a double take when the iPad was turned toward her.
“It doesn’t even start at 15% anymore,” she said. “Some say 18%. This one was 22%.”
Sokolosky said as long as companies continue to include asking for a little extra as a part of their everyday practice, Americans will pay. Why? We feel a deep sense of guilt. According to Sokolosky, 54% of the public feels guilty if they don’t tip.
So what can we do? Sokolosky said one little trick that has helped her, especially in situations where she wasn’t expecting to be asked for a tip or doesn’t believe the service provided should start at 22%.
“There is something at the bottom that says ‘custom tip’ and that’s what I do. I click custom tip and then I decide, seriously, what value did I receive from this person? Who is asking me for the tip? Quite frankly, I don’t know if she or he gets it. Probably it’s in a pool of some kind so I give a custom tip.”
I wanted to know if there was something else going on other than the guilt most feel when it comes to tipping. It seems people are more likely now to express their displeasure when people aren’t big tippers.
A recent viral video showed a Texas DoorDash driver who delivered a $20 pizza grumbling about getting only $5. Now keep in mind, that’s a 25% tip, which is pretty generous. The driver can be heard saying, “I just want to say it’s a nice house for a $5 tip.”
The woman, who sounded flabbergasted, tells the driver, “You’re welcome.”
The driver then curses at her by dropping the F-bomb.
“There is a lot of entitlement out there in many areas,” Sokolosky said. “And yet, what’s interesting is there are signs on every highway, help needed, help wanted, to apply for a job. It’s just a very interesting time in our history. And what we have to do as individuals is make choices. What’s worth getting angry about or not? And I am just not going to get angry about a cup of coffee. I will just simply not go there.”
The DoorDash driver has been fired.
I wanted to know if it’s ever appropriate to walk away and not leave a tip?
“No,” Sokolosky said.
She said people are trying to make a living.
“I always feel grateful, frankly, that I can tip,” she said.
Sokolosky also reveals what generation is better at tipping.
We also went over some appropriate tips for certain kinds of services. Find out more by watching the entire interview.
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ATLANTA — William “Bill” Shipp, a journalist whose passion for scoops and sometimes-scorching criticism of politicians fueled his coverage of Georgia for more than 50 years, died Saturday at age 89.
No cause of death was released.
Shipp, born in Marietta in 1933, first gained public notice in 1953 as an editor of the University of Georgia’s student newspaper, The Red and Black, writing articles criticizing then-Gov. Herman Talmadge and the university system regents, including Augusta political kingpin Roy Harris, for blocking the admission of Black applicant Horace Ward to the university’s law school.
Politicians and administrators sought to cut the paper’s funding, censor its stories and fire Shipp and fellow editor Walker Lundy. Both resigned, with Shipp entering the U.S. Army.
“They suggested I probably needed to quit The Red and Black,” Shipp said in a videotaped interview with the Atlanta Press Club, which he helped found.
Ward later became a state legislator and the first Black federal judge named to the bench in northern Georgia.
Shipp went to work for The Atlanta Constitution in 1956, saying he wanted to work for legendary editor Ralph McGill. He stayed with the Constitution, and later The Atlanta Journal-Constitution through 1987.
During that time, Shipp covered the Civil Rights Movement, became state editor managing a network of 100 correspondents and became one of the state’s premier political reporters. It was Shipp, for example, who first reported that Jimmy Carter planned to run for president, news that was initially met with disbelief even in Georgia.
Shipp called Carter “a brilliant politician” in a 2013 oral history interview with the University of Georgia, although he suggested that Carter's stances against incumbent Carl Sanders in the 1970s governor's race may have been hypocritical — with Carter pretending to be a populist and less liberal on race.
Shipp resigned from the newspaper in 1987 to start a political newsletter, eventually transitioning “Bill Shipp’s Georgia” into a pioneering online news outlet. Shipp continued to write twice-weekly columns after selling the newsletter and also appeared as a panelist on WAGA-TV’s The Georgia Gang, a weekly program that discusses state political affairs.
Shipp wrote two books. The first, in 1981, was “Murder at Broad River Bridge: The Slaying of Lemuel Penn by Members of the Ku Klux Klan,” an account of Penn's 1964 death. Shipp also published a 1997 collection of his work “The Ape-Slayer and Other Snapshots.”
Shipp had a tumultuous relationship with many of the state’s top politicians. Gov. Zell Miller once videotaped a message for the Atlanta Press Club that said “I hate Bill Shipp" in a loud voice. Then Miller whispered quietly: “I love Bill Shipp.”
Sonny Perdue, Georgia’s first modern-day Republican governor, was more straightforward, ordering his staff not to speak to Shipp when Perdue took office in 2003.
Many warmed to Shipp in retirement, though, with four former governors — Miller, Carl Sanders, Joe Frank Harris and Roy Barnes — appearing at an 80th birthday party for Shipp in 2013, along with former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens and former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley.
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OCALA, Fla. – One woman’s trash is another bear’s treasure.
Ocala resident Monica Howard spotted a juvenile bear rummaging through her trash recently. Video shows it peeking its head out of the bin and running off into the woods when people start approaching it.
The footage then captures it walking across the paved road, back into the trees.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, juvenile bears between the ages of 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 years old start to leave their mothers’ home ranges during the spring and summer. This means that bears can be seen in unexpected areas as they search for a new place to settle, wildlife officials said.
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FWC officials added that typically, those bears will move along on their own and anyone who encounters one should give it space and not approach or feed it.
“Seeing a bear in a neighborhood is not necessarily cause for alarm. However, it is important that residents secure food attractants so that bears do not linger in the area. If a bear is not able to find food, it will move on,” wildlife officials said in a statement.
FWC offered the following tips to reduce conflict and stay safe when it comes to bears and other wildlife:
- Remove or secure food attractants from your house and yard, including garbage, pet food and birdseed
- Store garbage in a sturdy shed or garage and put it out no earlier than the morning of pickup
- Modify your existing garbage can to make it more bear-resistant or use a bear-resistant container
- Secure commercial garbage in bear-resistant dumpsters
Contact the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 1-888-404-3922 if you feel threatened by a bear, observe a sick, injured, dead or orphaned bear or see someone who is either harming bears or intentionally feeding them.
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ATLANTA — Editor's note: The video in this story is from a previous report.
Grab your kayaks and get ready to head downriver because the Chattahoochee is reopening some portions that were closed in metro Atlanta due to an E. coli contamination.
The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area made the announcement Monday afternoon.
Part of the river was closed last week due to a health risk from elevated E. coli contamination. Now, the section downstream from Powers Island has reopened.
Park authorities noted that the river is still closed from the Nature Center to Powers Island. However "the sections of the river below Powers Island have bacterial levels below the criteria recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency, but conditions remain subject to change."
For now, the park said it is continuing to monitor and test the water quality, as well as assess the potential impact on wildlife and vegetation.
More on the contamination
Last week, officials said the root cause was identified as an imbalance in the biological processes employed to treat wastewater. These processes rely on a balance between "good" and "bad" organisms. In this case, insufficient levels of the beneficial organisms resulted in the proliferation of harmful bacteria, including E. coli.
To rectify the situation, the county government said starting on July 3; it began introducing 12 truckloads of "good" microorganisms per day into the treatment plant. This reintroduction of beneficial microorganisms aims to restore the biological process and reestablish a healthy microbial balance within the facility.
On Saturday, Chattahoochee River riverkeeper Jason Usleth posted on social media that the tests are showing "significant reductions" in E. coli bacteria levels, which he said indicates the treatment process at the Big Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant are showing signs of success.
Usleth told 11Alive they got the data from Friday's tests which he said showed dramatic improvement in the river itself. He believes they are almost in the clear when it comes to the river getting back to full health. He said he has not seen any recent data from the Big Creek plant where the spill itself occurred.
The county said the ongoing testing conducted since the implementation of this measure shows promising results, with improvements observed in the number and variety of microorganisms. Fulton County added that indicators also suggest that the reintroduction of microorganisms is proving effective in restoring the biological balance at the plant.
"We are doing additional disinfection here at the very end of the plant to try to kill as much of the E. Coli that made its way through the plant as fully as possible," said David Clark, the director of Fulton County Department of Public Works.
In addition to reintroducing beneficial microorganisms, Fulton County said it has introduced additional UV treatment processes to enhance disinfection and further address the presence of E. coli. To mitigate the impact of the discharge, approximately five million gallons of wastewater are being diverted to Cobb County's Sutton Water Reclamation Plant.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Volusia County Council is set to take up a proposal Tuesday that would temporarily allow dogs on a section of beach.
The council is looking at a pilot program to allow dogs on the beach that if passed would begin on Nov. 1, 2023, and run for 18 months.
The section of beach where dogs would be allowed covers a .6 mile stretch from Milsap Road to Rockefeller Drive.
Nanette McKeel Petrella is the President of Daytona Dog Beach Inc., the organization behind this most recent attempt at a dog beach.
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“Our main purpose is to have a safe, environmentally sound, dog-friendly beach and courteous to all people,” McKeel Petrella said.
McKeel Petrella said the organization has received support from several businesses and other organizations.
“I just think a lot of really positive things will come not only with the dog beach, but there’s a lot of things that will come as a result of it that will be good for Volusia County,” McKeel Petrella said.
The proposed ordinance would also have restrictions and guidelines for the dog beach, including owners must pick up after their pets, the animals cannot disturb wildlife or the dunes and the animals must be up to date on their vaccinations.
Brian Budrus is on vacation with his family from Ohio. While their hotel is dog-friendly, they aren’t allowed to bring their dog on the beach.
“They allow dogs at the hotel, but you can’t take them to the beach,” Budrus said. “So that’s kind of unfortunate because we actually just got back from a pet store because we had to buy a muzzle and some calming aides because she doesn’t like being left in the room.”
There are also some costs associated with the pilot program including:
- $2,754 to install 26 dispensers
- $6,000 annually for bags for the dispensers
- $54,500 for a full-time animal control officer to enforce rules
- $17,000 for annual operations costs
- $25,000 for one-time equipment costs
McKeel Petrella, however, said thanks to private donors and money from their own organization, the county wouldn’t have to pay a dime.
“It’s not going to cost the county anything between our organization and a private donation coming from the Lohman family, the costs are covered,” McKeel Petrella said.
But not everyone is on board with the pilot program.
“People are not responsible pet owners,” Erika Gallman said. “Often they sometimes are, but sometimes they leave the dog mess. They don’t have them on a leash. And it might be the friendliest dog in the world, and they’ve never bitten anybody, but they have teeth, and they will bite.”
The meeting is set to take place Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
To read the full proposed ordinance, click here.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County officials are holding a series of meetings to figure out how to spend over $300 million in federal funds aimed at helping residents recover from the 2022 hurricane season.
Following back-to-back hurricanes in 2022, county officials reported $552 million in damage, much of which happened in Daytona Beach Shores where several homes collapsed into the water.
According to officials, the county received $328.9 million to help residents recover, and five meetings will be held throughout July and August to determine how those funds should be spent.
Residents are invited to attend the meetings to provide input for county officials about what projects would be best for this funding.
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“Community engagement is vital in shaping our recovery initiatives, which is why we’re asking all Volusia County residents to participate and provide their input,” Community Services Director Dona Butler said. “We want to hear about their unmet needs and gather valuable insights to guide and develop these projects.”
The five meetings will be held from 5-7 p.m. and are scheduled to be held on the following dates:
- Monday, July 10 — Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St.
- Thursday, July 13 — DeLand Regional Library, 130 E. Howry Ave.
- Thursday, July 20 — Deltona Regional Library, 2150 Eustace Ave.
- Thursday, July 27 — New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway
- Thursday, Aug. 3 — Daytona Beach Regional Library, 105 Jackie Robinson Parkway
The funds can be put toward a variety of programs, including restoration of roads and bridges, housing, economic revitalization, hurricane mitigation and stormwater systems. County leaders said that priority will be given to helping low-to-moderate income households.
In a release, county officials said that they will develop an action plan for the funds. The draft plan will undergo a 30-day public comment period to receive feedback from residents, and the draft is expected to be published some time in August or September, the release shows.
For residents who aren’t able to attend the meetings, they can instead opt to fill out an unmet needs survey found here.
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ATLANTA — Atlanta native Christopher Eubanks is taking Wimbledon by storm. He upset the number five player in the world to advance to the quarterfinals.
This has been a dream run for the former Yellow Jacket who had a previous majors record of 2-8 before Wimbledon.
As he makes history, his friends and former Westlake High School classmates, Brandon Wilson and Auston Kennedy, are cheering him on.
"You like to think that some of the people you went to high school with are going to make it, but to actually see him out there holding the community on their back and showing our community that Black people can do great things in tennis. Chris Eubanks is now in that conversation with his play at Wimbledon," Wilson said.
Just last week, Wilson and Kennedy got to see Eubanks in person at Wimbledon.
On Monday, they celebrated the big win that now sends him to the quarterfinals.
"It's been really exciting to see your friend on a stage like this," Kennedy added. "But what's been even more satisfying, at least for me, is seeing how much support there has been from the community."
Eubanks played at Westlake High School and Georgia Tech. This was his first top 10 win of his entire career.
"If you watch golf, this is like the tour championships. Winning Wimbledon will be like getting the green jacket. It's a really big deal for anyone who enjoys tennis," Wilson said."
Wilson played tennis with Eubanks at Westlake High School.
"He was one of the better players. I was just an average player. So when he took a year off to go train, I was like he's real serious about this. When he came back, his game was just taking it to another level. I had imagined that he was going to make the tour at some point," Wilson said.
Kennedy went on to attend Georgia Tech with him. He added that Eubanks is someone he always shared a laugh with.
"That's something that Chris and I have always enjoyed: cracking jokes together, even when we ran into him at Wilmington. It's been incredible to see him reach this kind of stage," Kennedy said.
They believe Monday's milestone puts Atlanta in the spotlight.
"He is carrying us on his back," Wilson said. "I think it's just really amazing to see someone who you knew when he was just a tennis player out there, someone who's a professional, who's a top 50 player now and going to go shooting up in the rankings with this performance at Wimbledon."
His friends hope for a win on Wednesday and said Eubanks has a bright future ahead. They believe he could make it to the Olympics next year and eventually pursue a career in broadcasting.
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DELTONA, Fla. – Following a series of vehicle break-ins, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office arrested the woman investigators believe is responsible for the burglaries.
On Monday, the sheriff’s office announced the arrest of Danielle Fernandez, 20. Fernandez confessed to several of the break-ins, investigators said.
The sheriff’s office first said Saturday that detectives were investigating the break-ins and a stolen vehicle near Matthew Circle and India Boulevard.
Deputies said the break-ins happened within the past week, posting surveillance pictures of the person involved, later identified as Fernandez, on social media.
At this time, Fernandez faces two counts of burglary, though deputies said that more charges are pending.
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County police officer is being praised for implementing his life-saving emergency training.
On June 30, Sgt. Jerrald Leak was getting lunch after a SWAT detail at a Golden Corral on Satellite Boulevard. During Leak's visit, a customer started to choke on their food.
Restaurant surveillance video caught the moment of heroism.
A woman was seen struggling to help the man, who, despite his coughing, could not dislodge whatever was keeping him from breathing.
As diners watched on and passed the man's table, Leak walked over and performed an abdominal thrust.
"Without hesitation, Leak walked over to the man and performed the Heimlich maneuver," police said.
The department reported that Leak performed one abdominal thrust, which dislodged the food the man was choking on.
"Sgt. Jerrald Leak was in the right place at the right time," the department said.
The woman with the man seemed relieved, patting the man's back and conversing with the officer. Leak left the pair as the man was able to also converse with the man.
The department said each of its officers receive CPR, first aid and AED training every two years "so that we are prepared for an event like this."
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ATLANTA — Editor's Note: The above video is from a previous version of this story.
A celebration of life has been planned for the former Atlanta City Council president and retired Fulton County judge Marvin Arrington Sr.
The family of the Atlanta legend will hold a series of events to honor his legacy.
Arrington died peacefully last Wednesday morning at his home surrounded by his loved ones at the age of 82.
His funeral will be held on Friday, July 28 at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church at 11 a.m.
It will be followed by an interment at the Greenwood Ceremony and repast at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church.
Arrington lived his life in service to others, according to his family. Back in 1969, he was elected to the city council, which was called the Atlanta Board of Aldermen at the time. He served as the president for 17 years.
Leading up to his funeral, the series of events will begin on Wednesday, July 26 with a memorial service from his Divine Nine fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Arrington will also lie in the state at the Atlanta City Hall Chambers on Thursday, July 27.
"Even in this time of mourning, we are grateful for his loving dedication as a committed father and grandfather, and for his example of a lifetime of service," family said in their statement when they announced his passing.
Arrington graduated from Emory University Law School and Clark Atlanta University.
He was the youngest Black person to be be elected into Atlanta's city council, according to an archived version of his Fulton County Judge profile. Under his work as the city council president, he introduced legislation to tackle segregation around the metro, contributed a resolution that supported elevating women to high-ranking positions and more, the bio added.
Over the years, he received awards and recognition for his impact on Atlanta.
After the funeral, a screening of a documentary of his life called “Bo Legs: Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. – An Atlanta Story” will be showing at the Lindsay Street Baptist Church on Saturday, July 29 starting at 2 p.m.
11Alive most recently discussed Arrington's legacy during Black History Month, when the documentary about his life and work was released. 11Alive's Cheryl Preheim's spoke Arrington's son and the filmmaker. Click here to watch the full interview.
The family is asking that the community contributes to the Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. Legal Foundation, which will award scholars to students.
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NORMAL — Interested in an escape to a tropical paradise?
This Friday and Saturday, the David Davis Mansion Foundation will offer just such an opportunity — without the need to leave McLean County.
Nestled behind their north Normal home, Dan and Wendy Anderson’s tropical oasis is one of 10 private properties that visitors can tour as part of the upcoming Garden Walk, a main attraction of the foundation’s 27th annual Glorious Garden Festival.
The festival runs from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 14, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 15, on the lawn at the David Davis Mansion, 1000 Monroe Drive, Bloomington. It features a variety of free activities and a vendor fair in addition to the Garden Walk, which raises money to support the mansion’s preservation and educational programming.
The mansion was home to former Supreme Court Justice David Davis, who was Abraham Lincoln’s friend, mentor and campaign manager. Davis’ wife, Sarah, spent her time supporting charitable causes and cultivating a historic garden that can be toured during the festival.
The annual Garden Walk showcases properties that are “not something you typically see in Normal, Illinois,” event committee member Michelle Schulz said.
As soon as visitors enter through the Andersons’ palm arch and move past the palm trees, they are met with an array of tropical plant species that “not many people grow” in Central Illinois’ four-season shifting climate, said Dan Anderson, 69.
“Typically, people think of gardening as outdoor stuff, and things that you put in the ground, and (with) tropicals it’s more indoor and outdoor … so it’s really a different kind of animal,” Anderson said.
Anderson’s potted plants and tropical arrangements, most of which are transported into the couple’s basement each year to preserve the non-native species during the cold season, include a 50-year-old “elephant ear,” koi pond with lily pads and a Hawaii-inspired centerpiece of plumeria, monstera and bromeliads — all of which will be on display during this year’s Garden Walk.
Often seen sporting a Hawaiian button-down — his attire of choice during his daily hour-and-a-half plant watering rounds — Anderson was inspired to create his own backyard retreat after a honeymoon trip to the Big Island with his wife, he said.
“Going to Hawaii is always like a dream to me because all these plants I’ve had in juvenile stage and sold to people, you go over there and you see huge ones … it’s so exciting to see those kinds of things that you never even dreamed looked that way,” Anderson said.
A former employee and manager at Casey’s Garden Shop and Florist for 43 years, Anderson began working with plants when he was an undergraduate at Illinois Wesleyan University.
“I really do love it,” Anderson said. “I love putting different ones together; I love making it look good, I just love the plants.”
Since moving into the couple’s current home in 2014 and retiring in 2019, Anderson has hand-built backyard additions, including a shed with a “winter-hardy” succulent roof, an octagonal patio and fire pit, and a pool with an above-ground deck. Anderson has also added and rearranged plants each summer season to create a landscape that is “new every year,” he said.
“When I retired four years ago, then it bumped up a little bit. And then last year, I really did it big, and then they said I would be able to be on the garden walk,” Anderson said. “So obviously, I continued big this year.”
By serving as a host in this year’s walk, Anderson said he aims to share his own gardening experiences and plant knowledge he has acquired over the years with visitors, as “sharing them is really a lot of what I like to do.”
“I hope they see something they’ve never seen. I hope it inspires them to try some tropicals,” Anderson said. “I hope if I can give them some facts about something that they didn’t know, something that actually interests them, that’s going to enrich their day a little bit, and they’ll tell somebody else. It’s just a fun kind of thing.”
In addition to the offsite private garden walk, the festival will feature a garden fair, a walk through the David Davis Mansion, tours of Sarah Davis’ garden and the Bloomington Public Library children’s Story Walk and scavenger hunt on-site at the mansion. The event serves as “a huge educational tool for gardeners and gardener wannabes,” Schulz said.
“We want the love of gardening to continue on,” she added.
Ahead of his Garden Walk debut, Anderson said he is eager to offer a unique experience for visitors that will spark the same sense of “enjoyment” he first experienced nearly 50 years ago.
“I liked that about plants, and I think that’s probably a lot of why I like showing people,” Anderson said. “It’s something that can give them a little bit of happiness, and lots of times.”
Dan Anderson decided to plant a tropical garden in his backyard in Normal, despite the fact that he has to move the majority of his plants indoors for the winter. This is the plumeria plant that is his centerpiece for this year's Glorious Gardens Festival.
The tropical flowers of the plumeria plant in Dan Anderson's garden in Normal need consistent weeks of hot weather to bloom. But, when they do, they bring the vibrancy and fragrance of far away lands like Hawaii to Central Illinois.
Dan Anderson retired from Casey's Garden and Florist shop after 43 years, but still maintains a tropical garden in his property in Normal. He moves the overwhelming majority of his plants indoors every winter, but when the summer heat brings the plants back in bloom, he loves sharing his garden with others.
Dan Anderson's garden shed in his tropical garden that he built at his property in Normal. Anderson's garden is featured in the 2023 Glorious Gardens Festival.
Anderson's garden is a reflection and inspiration of his time in Hawai'i
Dan Anderson decided to plant a tropical garden in his backyard in Normal, despite the fact that he has to move the majority of his plants indoors for the winter. This is the plumeria plant that is his centerpiece for this year's Glorious Gardens Festival.
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Normal resident Dan Anderson said it's hard work keeping a tropical garden alive in Illinois, but the result is worth the patient work.
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Monstera palms and tropical flowers grow in Dan Anderson's tropical garden in Normal.
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The tropical flowers of the plumeria plant in Dan Anderson's garden in Normal need consistent weeks of hot weather to bloom. But, when they do, they bring the vibrancy and fragrance of far away lands like Hawaii to Central Illinois.
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Succulents and cactuses in Dan Anderson's tropical garden at his property in Normal
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Cactuses in Dan Anderson's tropical garden at his property in Normal. Anderson is featured in the 2023 Glorious Gardens Festival.
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Dan Anderson retired from Casey's Garden and Florist shop after 43 years, but still maintains a tropical garden in his property in Normal. He moves the overwhelming majority of his plants indoors every winter, but when the summer heat brings the plants back in bloom, he loves sharing his garden with others.
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Tropical flowers in Dan Anderson's garden he planted at his property in Normal. Anderson is featured in the 2023 Glorious Gardens Festival.
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A climbing onion, sequestered to a pot hanging from a tree, in Dan Anderson's tropical garden at his property in Normal.
Anderson's garden is featured in the 2023 Glorious Gardens Festival.
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A tropical flower arrangement in a recognizable shape — think "happiest place on Earth" — in Dan Anderson's tropical garden at his property in Normal.
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Dan Anderson's garden shed in his tropical garden that he built at his property in Normal. Anderson's garden is featured in the 2023 Glorious Gardens Festival.
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Dan Anderson admires some of his succulents, bedded in a repurposed papasan chair, in the tropical garden that he built on his property in Normal.
Anderson's garden is featured in the 2023 Glorious Gardens Festival.
Dan Anderson decided to plant a tropical garden in his backyard in Normal, despite the fact that he has to move the majority of his plants indoors for the winter. This is the plumeria plant that is his centerpiece for this year's Glorious Gardens Festival.
The tropical flowers of the plumeria plant in Dan Anderson's garden in Normal need consistent weeks of hot weather to bloom. But, when they do, they bring the vibrancy and fragrance of far away lands like Hawaii to Central Illinois. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/at-annual-garden-walk-a-tropical-escape-in-a-normal-backyard/article_a5412662-1f4a-11ee-9619-9b95199b5a0a.html | 2023-07-10T23:01:30 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/at-annual-garden-walk-a-tropical-escape-in-a-normal-backyard/article_a5412662-1f4a-11ee-9619-9b95199b5a0a.html |
ATLANTA — Atlanta Fire officials are responding to a nitric acid spill on Georgia Tech's campus Monday afternoon.
Authorities said that at least one person is being evaluated for exposure.
Firefighters responded to 950 Atlantic Drive NW, which is the address for the Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, according to Google Maps.
Georgia Tech Police have evacuated the building, according to Atlanta Fire Rescue.
11Alive SkyTracker flew over the scene where at least 10 firetrucks were seen responding to the spill.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nitric Acid is a "colorless liquid with yellow or red fumes with an acrid odor." Exposure can cause irritation to the eyes and skin, the CDC said.
This is the same location where authorities responded to a "suspicious package" that contained a white powder substance last month. Officials initially declared that the package contained fentanyl, but later said the substance was actually sugar.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Heyworth woman was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a felony juror communication charge on Monday.
Rosa Toledo accepted a sentence of 30 months of probation for pleading guilty to the Class 4 felony charge. The other charges against her were dismissed.
She had initially been charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, 11 counts of communication with jurors and one count of attempted communication with a juror.
Toledo’s husband, Steven M. Abdullah, was sentenced in February to 30 days in jail and 30 months probation after pleading guilty to one count of harassment of jurors.
Police said Abdullah held up signs to jurors and yelled at them in the hallway outside the courtroom in February 2022 when he was on trial for a misdemeanor domestic battery case. He was initially charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, 11 counts of communication with jurors and one count of attempted communication with a juror. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-courts/heyworth-woman-sentenced-to-probation-on-juror-communication-charge/article_e37a1df4-1f4e-11ee-bd16-335c21826e80.html | 2023-07-10T23:01:36 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-courts/heyworth-woman-sentenced-to-probation-on-juror-communication-charge/article_e37a1df4-1f4e-11ee-bd16-335c21826e80.html |
ATLANTA — Nearly two years after a man was viciously beaten and left to die on train tracks in Atlanta, detectives are now asking the public for help finding two persons of interest in the case.
On July 11, 2021, Josh Dowd was found unconscious on the railroad tracks near Lakeshore Drive in Atlanta. The attack left Dowd in a coma for nearly three weeks with a severe brain injury. 11Alive reported on Dowd's step-by-step recovery last Friday.
Now, Atlanta Police detectives with its aggravated assault unit are searching for John McIntyre, 48, and a woman who goes by the name "Alyssa", pictured below. The man and woman are believed to be unhoused and living in the area of Cheshire Bridge Rd. NE and Piedmont Rd. NE, according to APD.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call detectives at 470-316-2606 or you can submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477). You can also submit a tip online here. A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered leading to an arrest and indictment of suspect(s) in the case.
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Dowd was 28 years old at the time-- when he was found bleeding from the head and barely breathing on the train tracks. He was rushed to Grady Hospital, where his partner Colin Kelly previously told 11Alive Dowd fought off fevers and infections in the battle to overcome his injuries.
An initial police incident report called Dowd's case a "miscellaneous/non-crime." However, in an update, Atlanta Police detectives believe Dowd was hit in the back of the head with an object and he was left knocked out on the ground. The police department previously said Dowd's attack is being considered an aggravated assault case.
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Q: I have a 5-year-old dog that I adopted when he was a puppy. I just started a new job and have a hectic schedule, and I cannot give him the exercise he is accustomed to throughout the week. He has access to a big backyard, and we do go on one or two long hikes on the weekends. Is this enough exercise for him?
A: Without a doubt, exercise is the most essential component to promote a long and healthy life for a dog. Exercise supports bones, joints, and metabolism and stimulates the brain. Research focusing on longevity in dogs has recognized that dogs that get regular daily exercise tend to live longer and healthier lives.
For dogs, exercise is defined as an active aerobic movement that elevates the heart rate into the aerobic zone for a consistent amount of time. In humans, aerobic activity is characterized by a heart rate of 65% to 76% of your maximum heart rate. Maximum heart rates have not been determined in dogs so, typically, we like to see dogs start to pant, and their heart rate elevated to identify that they are in an aerobic zone.
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It is important not to exercise your dog when it is hot as they do not sweat and will need to pant to blow off heat. The panting can be confused with aerobic activity when, in fact, they are just hot and could overheat. So, it is ideal to exercise them in mild weather, and they must actively move to induce panting for as long as tolerated.
Young, healthy dogs can tolerate long bouts of high aerobic activity throughout the day. However, older dogs will be less resilient. Still, most dogs should get a minimum of 30-60 minutes of high aerobic activity daily.
As we know, reaching an aerobic heart rate is not easy and requires active movement, and most dogs will not achieve this state on their own. So, access to a backyard is not considered exercise; it might help with boredom and enhance brain enrichment but is not actively increasing the heart rate for 30-60 minutes every day.
This means you must exercise your dog every day with an active walk, hike, or other exercise that increases the heart rate. Even if you can get your dog out for a fast-paced walk for 30 minutes daily, your dog will be happier and healthier in the long run. You can also consider doggy daycare, where your dog can play with other dogs and get exercise all day while you are working so that you do not have to worry about it after a long day at work.
Q: Can my pet get a sunburn if he lies in the sun?
A: Yes, your pet can get sunburned if it lies in the sun. However, the good news is that a fur coat will stop sun damage in the areas where the skin is covered.
It is the uncovered skin in animals that have short hair or no hair that tends to get sunburned. For example, short-haired dogs tend to have little to no hair on their bellies, so if they lie in the sun with their bellies exposed, that area could get a sunburn.
The other place where dogs tend to get sunburns is on their noses, as there tends to be less hair in that area. Some dogs love lying in the sun, and those dogs are more susceptible to skin cancers such as melanoma. So if you have a dog that likes to lie in the sun or gets burns on its nose, then the recommendation is to go to the pet store and purchase dog-specific sunscreen and apply it to the areas that are exposed. Do not use human sunscreen, as it might be toxic to your pet. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-making-sure-your-dog-has-enough-exercise/article_3d82b3be-1f4b-11ee-9ec4-375be60f3cf1.html | 2023-07-10T23:02:36 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-making-sure-your-dog-has-enough-exercise/article_3d82b3be-1f4b-11ee-9ec4-375be60f3cf1.html |
Sections of the Flagstaff Urban Trail System near Frances Short Pond will be closed effective Tuesday, July 11 as the city begins dredging the pond.
City officials say the trail in the area will likely remain closed until early August when the work is completed.
The dredging is needed to clear out the large amount of sedimentation, ash, and debris from post-Pipeline Fire flooding that entered the pond last summer, according to a media release.
The work should increase the capacity of the pond for future post-wildfire flooding runoff.
Removing ash from the bottom of the pond also allows a healthy pond ecosystem to develop, officials say.
The pond is currently dry after having been drained of water over the spring.
Fish stocking will re-commence after the pond has been dredged and post-wildfire flows produce a lower concentration of ash and debris.
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For related questions, please contact Adam Miele, City of Flagstaff Project Manager at AMiele@flagstaffaz.gov. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/urban-trail-around-frances-short-pond-closed-for-dredging-work/article_c43f4474-1f66-11ee-8850-37d9f721bb87.html | 2023-07-10T23:02:40 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/urban-trail-around-frances-short-pond-closed-for-dredging-work/article_c43f4474-1f66-11ee-8850-37d9f721bb87.html |
Powerball, Mega Millions, Florida Lottery: 12 things NOT to do if you win
You won the lottery! Congratulations! Your life is about to change in ways you can't even imagine, and being able to eat at the good steak place or choose a new car based on the color is only part of it.
You also have a lot of decisions to make. There will be a long line of friends, family and total strangers ready to tell you what to do now that you're in an upper tax bracket. Instead, we're going to tell you what not to do. It might be more important.
1. Don't lose the ticket
First things first: protect your ticket. If you lose it and can't prove you had it, you're out of luck. Take pictures of it, front and back, that you can show a lawyer, accountant or money manager and put the actual ticket somewhere safe like a personal safe or a safety deposit box. Save copies of those photos in the cloud. You might consider shooting some video of yourself holding the ticket, with the numbers and date clearly visible, as that's more difficult to fake.
Some experts recommend signing the back of your ticket immediately, so someone else doesn't get ahold of it and try to claim it.
2. Don't claim your prize immediately
It's tempting, the money is right there, but don't rush at it. You've got time to take a breath, assemble a support team, and take your time. For one thing, as soon as you claim it the media attention will begin, making it more difficult for you to stay private and get your affairs in order.
Powerball, Mega MIllions and Florida Lottery tickets all expire 180 days from the winning drawing date.
3. Don't tell everyone you know
In fact, tell as few people as you realistically can. Now is not the time to find out how many of your friends, family, neighbors, acquaintances, and high school classmates you haven't seen in 20 years have amazing investment opportunities.
“Don’t shout your win from the rooftop,” Rob Burnette, financial and investment adviser at Outlook Financial Center in Troy, Ohio, told USA TODAY. “If you’re lucky enough to win the lottery, keep it quiet. Get organized and make a plan. Consider staying anonymous, if it’s a possibility.”
You can remain anonymous if you win a big jackpot in Florida, but not for long. Florida law requires disclosure of winners' names, cities of residence and info about how much they won and when to anyone who asks. But if you win $250,000 or more you can keep your name out of the media for 90 days after you claim your prize, so you have three months to get your affairs in order and hire someone to answer your phone.
4. Don't quit your job
Along with "don't tell anybody," especially don't tell your boss, at least not before you actually have your winnings in your bank account. Things happen, you might have misread it and been off by a number, and you don't want to give notice, give them a piece of your mind, or do something you might otherwise regret at the workplace before you know for certain that you won't need to come back in Monday. (And do not be tempted to damage anything. Rich people such as yourself are tempting lawsuit targets even when you didn't do donuts in the boss' front yard.)
5. Don't try to handle your money by yourself
This is the single biggest mistake lottery winners make. Handling large amounts of money takes specialized knowledge. Don't assume it's just like budgeting for groceries, but bigger.
According to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, nearly one-third of lottery winners eventually go bankrupt, a higher percentage than for average Americans, and it's worse for people with low incomes. A 2011 study comparing Florida Lottery winners who were previously financially distressed found that winning the lottery only postponed their inevitable bankruptcy.
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While there is some overlap between all of these, you'll need:
- A financial adviser. Make sure they are sworn to act as a fiduciary, meaning they are legally required to act in your best interests at all times. This person will help you manage your wealth, tell you what investments will accomplish your goals and and the risks and rewards of purchases or starting businesses. Want to buy a Lear jet or a mansion? Your financial advisor will let you know if it's a good idea or not, the best time to buy it, etc.
- A tax attorney. You want to protect your money and pay as little of it as you can, but you also don't want to cheat and run the risk of the IRS coming after you. This person will prepare and file your tax returns.
- A certified public accountant. The financial advisor tells you what you do, the CPA tells you the best way to do it. When you get the go-ahead on that Lear jet, your CPA will tell if you should form an LLC to buy it for tax reasons.
- A family law or estate planning attorney. This person will help you with wills, trusts, prenuptial agreements and other contracts.
6. Don't keep your phone number
You're about to get attention like you never dreamed of before, and people you haven't talked to in decades will come out of the woodwork wanting a loan or an investment or just cash. Before your winning becomes public, you need to become unlisted.
Change your phone number and the phone numbers of everyone in the immediate family, your email addresses, and consider deactivating your social media accounts for the time being. It's hard to keep your address unlisted but you can change your primary address to a P.O. Box to help cut down on the deluge.
7. Don't automatically take the lump sum cash
You can choose to take your prize in one payout, or in 30 annual installments, and each has its pros and cons. Talk to your financial planner first before making that decision, you can't change your mind later.
Lump sum payments get you a big chunk of change right away. You'll pay whatever the current tax rates are, which is good if you expect them to go higher in the future. And if you're older or in poor health, you may not see all 30 payments. But you'll be taxed on the whole thing at once, you run the risk of mismanagement losing you all your cash, you won't have the security of guaranteed annual income, and you will take home significantly less than the jackpot says it was.
Long-term payouts provide a nearly-guaranteed income. Depending on what you won, annual payments may keep you in a lower tax bracket than the lump sum would. You get more of the jackpot. And they make it much more difficult to blow through your entire winnings. But you won't get as much right away, there can be complications with estate planning, and there's always the chance you may not live long enough to enjoy it all.
8. Don't forget the IRS
The IRS requires the Florida Lottery to withhold 24% federal withholding tax from any prizes greater than $5,000 from a U.S. resident or legal alien. For non-resident aliens, the Lottery witholds 30% from all prize amounts. So if you won big, the tax bite is already covered and will be reflected in your payout. For winnings under $5,000, you will have to report it to the IRS yourself.
Don't try to hide it. Winnings and all taxes withheld on all Florida Lottery winnings of $600 or more are reported to the IRS.
9. Don't trust phone calls from "lottery officials"
Scammers watch for lottery winner announcements and pounce, and they'll even "use the names and logos of legitimate lotteries to make their operation look credible," according to Powerball. You're getting scammed if you:
- Get asked to pay a fee to claim a prize.
- Get asked for your personal or financial information to wire "prize money" into a bank account.
- Get contact by email or social media account notifying you that you've won something, unless you specifically entered an official lottery promotion or contest.
- Get a collect phone call from someone claiming to be a lottery official.
- Get asked to cash a lottery ticket for a stranger.
10. Don't forget your debts
Pay everything off. There's no reason not to, and if you do burn through your winnings and end up broke again you don't want to end up in as bad or worse a position than you were before. Student loans, credit cards, auto loans, a second mortgage, pay it all.
You can keep a mortgage if it has a low interest rate. But set some money aside for an emergency fund, college funds and retirement.
11. Don't jump into the high life
Celebrate your fortune, yes, but don't make any big purchases right away. Forbes recommends waiting at least six months before committing to that McMansion or fleet of Lamborghinis. Want to move to Miami? Rent a house there first and make sure you actually like it.
12. Don't throw away your budget
It's easy to think you don't have to worry about money anymore, but you still do, especially if you're not using to having this much money. And big purchases come with big added expenses you may not have considered. You can afford the huge house now, but don't forget the maintenance costs, the property tax bite, and the staff salaries that all add a permanent annual drain on your bank account.
One way to stay within your means is to spend income from your investments, but never touch your principal. | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/winning-powerball-mega-millions-florida-lottery-tips-mistakes/70398591007/ | 2023-07-10T23:07:29 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/winning-powerball-mega-millions-florida-lottery-tips-mistakes/70398591007/ |
For those looking for a reason to get excited about fall, Richmond is about to quietly cross a milestone — we are about to come out of peak summer.
Since the middle of May, sunrise in Richmond has been at or before 6 a.m.; it was as early as 5:47 in the middle of June. But now, very slowly, we are beginning to lose daylight as the inevitable march toward autumn begins.
Not that it is going to get chilly any time soon but, starting on Tuesday, we will begin losing at least one minute of daylight every day. That amount will increase gradually each day, surpassing a loss of two minutes of daylight each day on Aug. 10. One week after that, sunset times will slide ahead of the 8 p.m. threshold for the rest of the year.
Not surprisingly, Virginia is currently entrenched in its climatologically hottest time of the year. The normal high each day through this weekend is 89.8 degrees in Richmond, then those values start to slowly ease back, although they will still be sitting at 88.9 degrees at the end of the month.
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Normal low temperatures for the rest of this month hover between 69.0 and 69.5 degrees, a testament to how humid the summers are in Virginia. Humid air does not cool as easily as air without a lot of water vapor, so without a big drop in humidity, it is difficult to get temperatures below 60 degrees during July. However, it does occasionally happen. The record low for the entire month of July in Richmond is 51 degrees (1940, 1965).
July is hotter than in generations past, but a lot of that warming signal is coming in the overnight low temperatures. Since daily weather records begin in 1897 in Richmond, there have only been four times when the average low temperature for the month of July was warmer than 72 degrees. All four of them came in the last 20 years (2005, ‘12, ‘13, ‘20). Admittedly, there is still a lot of July ahead of us, but so far this month, the average low temperature has been 72.2 degrees.
Even as the nights start to slowly get longer, the higher humidity means those muggy nights last well into August. In each of the last three summers, Richmond has had a string of at least 20 consecutive nights remaining above 70 degrees. Each of those three streaks finished during August.
Richmond might squeeze into the 60s a couple of nights this week. But even if it does, another string of nights above 70 will begin Wednesday night, probably lasting well into the following week.
The first inklings of fall may be just around the corner. But in reality, there is still a lot of summer ahead of us. | https://richmond.com/news/local/weather/more-muggy-nights-in-richmond-area/article_3e4a5f14-1f63-11ee-b89e-57b1f77865be.html | 2023-07-10T23:07:41 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/weather/more-muggy-nights-in-richmond-area/article_3e4a5f14-1f63-11ee-b89e-57b1f77865be.html |
CHEWTON, Pa. — Lawrence County first responders are calling it some of the worst flooding they’ve seen in years.
Oswald Street in the village of Chewton is closed after Sunday’s downpour.
PennDOT said two culvert pipes either failed or got blocked during the storm overflowing a nearby creek. It caused the road to quickly flood where three homes are now underwater.
“It scared me. I went into full-on panic mode and anxiety attack,” said Heavyn Kerr. “Our neighbor came down to calm me down. Within 25-30 minutes, our whole house was underwater. It came in so quick. You just watch the water get deeper and deeper.”
The house Kerr and her boyfriend rent was partially submerged and their cars.
Michael Hill said he saw their basement cave-in within seconds.
“I heard a boom and saw water is pouring in through the window and knocks the wall down. Thousands of gallons of water in the basement just like that, I’ve never seen water move like that,” said Michael Hill.
They have 15 animals. They had to save their goats, ferrets, and rabbits. However, their snake, turtle and gecko are still in the house.
“We are hoping the house doesn’t fall apart so we can get in there and salvage what we can and get the rest of our pets out,” said Kerr.
Channel 11 saw PennDOT crews pumping out the water.
The cleanup is expected to take a while. Right now, America Red Cross is helping those impacted.
PennDOT said Cemex, the mining company that owns the pipes, is working with them to fix the problem.
“We aren’t in a flood zone, it shouldn’t have happened,” said Hill. “I wish the pipes would have worked but things happen you just have to move on.”
PennDOT said Oswald Street should be back open in about two or three days.
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Local pediatricians are saying they’re seeing more strep throat cases in kids and also kids getting it then getting it again. Channel 11′s Alyssa Raymond is speaking with a local physician about why this is and why they believe these illnesses are surfacing during the summer months now.
Epidemiologists with the Allegheny County Health Department also confirm there seems to be an increase in cases of strep this summer.
“It could take the whole family down pretty easily,” said Mark Herleman.
Mark Herleman says his daughter recently had strep throat.
“I wouldn’t anticipate this kind of sickness in the summer,” said Herleman. “You think fall, spring, winter. Not the nicest time of the year in Pittsburgh.”
Dr. Michael Petrosky is the lead physician at AHN Pediatrics. He says they’ve seen a seasonal shift in many pediatric illnesses.
“We’re seeing a lot of things of the seasonal nature in pediatrics have shifted quite a bit since covid happened,” said Petrosky. “A lot of it had to do with masking, isolation. Not only strep but also RSV has started a whole lot earlier than we had in other seasons. Strep you can see spring, summer. Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease a lot of things that we used to see only certain times of the year we’re seeing more now so that’s why we’re trying to be as vigilant as we can.”
The Allegheny County Health Department does not track common strep throat, but it does track Group A Invasive Strep Throat. This strain of strep is caused by the same bacteria as common strep throat but can cause considerable health problems. In May 2023, there were 13 cases in kids under 18, and nine cases last month. In June of 2022, there were only three.
“Usually it’s a school-aged type thing,” said Petrosky. “Under 1, hardly see strep. Three is rare. Three and above the school-aged children you can. Once you get later adolescent adult the numbers go down quite a bit. So it’s in that 3-12 a lot. Younger teenagers, we’re seeing strep in as well.
Dr. Petrosky says he’s also seeing more kids with recurrent infections.
“It’s not always that it came back,” said Petrosky. “A lot of times you worry that you didn’t fully treat it that first time. It’s not that the bacteria is resistant to the medicine. We know strep lives in tonsils and sometimes the tissue is pretty thick so the medicine doesn’t penetrate as far as it needs to. That’s when you have to do some of the other antibacterials. Amoxicillin usually works most of the time.”
Strep can clear on its own. Petrosky says most times it does, but the reason the want to treat it is so it doesn’t escalate into rheumatic fever. He also stressed the importance of finishing an entire prescription.
“Make sure you take it for the entire duration,” said Petrosky. “We know if you don’t finish there’s still some bacteria left that can lead to resistance, and we’re worried about superbugs.”
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PITTSBURGH — The penalty phase continues in the trial against Robert Bowers, the man convicted of killing 11 people inside a Squirrel Hill synagogue in 2018.
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The defense is trying to persuade a jury to spare his life, while prosecutors are seeking a death sentence.
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Dr. Park Dietz spent his second day on the stand Monday, sharing the results of his forensic evaluation.
His findings show that Bowers was cold, calm and calculated while committing the murders.
Dietz asked if Bowers if he had any regrets. Bowers replied, “That there wasn’t dozens and dozens more in there…They can kill me if they want, but the score will still be 11 to 1. That’s not winning the war, but I won the battle.”
After four hours of cross-examination, the defense is not done with Dietz. He will be back on the stand Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON — The new PRIME energy drink has some members of Congress worried about its popularity among teens. That’s because one can has twice as much caffeine as a Red Bull.
The company’s founders are wrestler, Logan Paul, and influencer KSI and their products are getting attention nationwide.
#NEW: @PrimeHydrate sent me this statement in response to @SenSchumer’s request for FDA investigation.
— Kirstin Garriss (@ReporterGarriss) July 10, 2023
“As a brand, our top priority is consumer safety, so we welcome discussions with the FDA or any other organization regarding suggested industry changes…” pic.twitter.com/hrxBP3NroF
But now, the popular sports drink is under scrutiny from Congress.
“A lot of parents have never heard of it, but their kids have,” said Senator Chuck Schumer.
The big concern is over PRIME’s energy drink. One can contain about 200 milligrams of caffeine, the same as drinking six cans of Coke! They’re also becoming a fan favorite for teens.
“Limit him to from even having more than one a day,” said Abby Moore from Ohio.
Moore said her 11-year-old son got hooked after seeing ads on YouTube. She said the effects are noticeable.
“He will crash in the middle of the evening, instead of at night like he should and then he’ll be up all night,” said Moore.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the company. He wants the agency to review caffeine levels and marketing for the product.
“PRIME has engaged in an advanced advertising campaign aimed at kids, even though kids aren’t supposed to drink anything with this much caffeine,” said Schumer Sunday at a press conference.
In a statement to the Washington News Bureau, a representative from PRIME said “our top priority is consumer safety, so we welcome discussions with the FDA or any other organization regarding suggested industry changes they feel are necessary in order to protect consumers.”
The PRIME rep also said its energy drink contains a comparable amount of caffeine to other top selling energy drinks. They add the packaging states this energy drink isn’t made for anyone under 18.
The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages any amount of caffeine for kids under 12. The association suggests teens between 12 to 18 should limit their consumption of caffeine to less than 100 milligrams. That’s the same as a cup of coffee.
Full statement from PRIME:
“PRIME has two drinks on the market, PRIME Hydration and PRIME Energy. It is very important to make the distinction between the two products because they are vastly different. We started PRIME last year with the launch of Hydration, a healthier sports drink alternative that comes in a bottle. PRIME Energy, sold in a can, dropped in 2023 and contains a comparable amount of caffeine to other top-selling energy drinks, all falling within the legal limit of the countries it’s sold in. It complied with all FDA guidelines before hitting the market and states clearly on packaging, as well as in marketing materials, that it is an energy drink and is not made for anyone under the age of 18.
As a brand, our top priority is consumer safety, so we welcome discussions with the FDA or any other organization regarding suggested industry changes they feel are necessary in order to protect consumers.” - PRIME Representative
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BOISE, Idaho — The Boise Police Department (BPD) is asking for witnesses to a fatal motorcycle vs. vehicle crash that happened Sunday at around 4:15 p.m. The Ada County Coroner's Office has identified Angela Hopkins, 56, from Kuna, as the victim in the collision.
Hopkins was the driver of the motorcycle headed westbound on Interstate 84 at the intersection of Exit 57/I-84 entrance ramp, when the driver of another vehicle collided into Hopkins while making a left turn to access the same I-84 on-ramp.
Boise police said Hopkins was transported to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, however, Hopkins was pronounced dead in the emergency room. She died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the crash, according to the Ada County Coroner's Office.
BPD said the Boise Police Crash Reconstruction Team and detectives responded to the scene. The crash is still under investigation and no charges have yet been filed.
Boise Police Department is seeking additional information from the crash. They ask that any witnesses to the incident contact Ada County Dispatch at (208)377-6790.
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BALTIMORE — A national company's recipe for success runs through Baltimore.
And their work's bringing hundreds of jobs to they city.
On Monday, Home Chef held a ribbon cutting for its newest facility.
It's a new manufacturing and distribution center in South Baltimore near Curtis Bay.
The company makes meal kits for at-home prepared meals.
Home Chef says the center will have 500 employees by next year and they're excited by the talent Baltimore has to offer.
"We've been super impressed and really happy with the quality of folks that are here. We've hired a bunch already, and we're gonna hire a lot more. And those are the folks who are going to really make this happen, bring our vision to life and deliver great products,"said Eric Jensen, the CEO of Home Chef.
The center is Home Chef's largest center yet and will account for 30% of their deliveries nationwide. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/home-chef-officially-opens-new-warehouse-in-baltimore | 2023-07-10T23:21:09 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/home-chef-officially-opens-new-warehouse-in-baltimore |
BALTIMORE — A local nonprofit is desperately looking for a new building to host their youth summer camp after the building was recently vandalized.
It happened inside the Crispus Attucks Recreation Center connected to Eutaw Marshburn Elementary school in Northwest Baltimore.
That Baltimore Stream Summer Camp, organized by Leader Breeders, focuses on sports, technology , behavioral and mental health.
It was set to begin July 17, now organizers like Coach Tiny are looking for a new location so they can still impact those kids who need it.
“Our main mission is youth development in any capacity,” Adams said.
Corin Adams, who many know as coach Tiny, is the Co-founder of Leader Breeders, the nonprofit with strategic goals of developing Baltimore’s youth.
“My goal is to figure out what the youth is passionate about, and then figure out how to both empower them and enlighten them to make a career out of it,” Adams said.
Sam Brand, who's the Director of Team Melo and Team Melo MD 23, is one of the community groups partnering with Leader Breeders.
“The best way to impact young people if you’re in sport, the best way to do it is to pay attention to the whole child,” Brand said.
So far this summer, Leader Breeders have hosted a basketball clinic for a group of 30 coed middle school students. On July 17, they planned to partner with many other community groups to begin their three-week Baltimore Stream Camp when the Crispus Attucks Recreation Center where they were having it was vandalized.
“Some people came in, destroyed the building, took out some copper and other things and we're now unable to use this space,” Adams said.
The Baltimore Stream Camp is meant to not only help 60 elementary aged kids develop better basketball skills, but to expose them to greater STEM opportunities outside of regular school.
“So Microsoft donated 30 computers and also programming that we were going to use to focus on things like coding. They had a whole curriculum that we were going to basically partner with them to piece together for the camp,” Adams said.
In addition to the sports and technology piece their partners also planned to help the students with behavioral and mental health.
“We feel real strongly about our ability to provide a program. We don’t think is something that’s already out there for Baltimore youth, we think we’re doing something a little different. Getting people in the elite space in both athletics and academics, and behavioral health, combining all of that to provide elite services for young people that normally don’t get access to them,” Brand said.
And with the deadline of their initial start date rapidly approaching, they’re hoping they can find an alternative suitable location to operate.
“We’re going to stay optimistic. It’s unfortunate, and it sucks, specifically for the youth. Not only was going to be instructional and empowering, but it was going to be fun. We got a small set back but I’m positive that will find a location or another way to kind of execute this program,” Adams said.
Organizers said whoever vandalized this building is not only taking away from the youth in this camp, but from the community and the people who live around there.
“Who doesn’t like summer camp at that age of elementary you know from 1st to 5th grade. It kind of helps them figure out things they may be interested in, things that they can look forward to developing a passion for. With this program it wasn’t just going to be basketball. My message for the people doing the vandalizing, if you could just stop and help us clean up some of these areas instead of making it worse on whoever tries to use this facility. I don’t know what they’re into, but you’re taking away opportunity from not just the youth, but the community,” Adams said.
If you would like to help this group find another location to host their summer camp email them at Leaderbreeders@gmail.com of follow them on social media @leaderbreeders . | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/local-summer-camp-scrambling-to-find-new-location-after-building-was-vandalized | 2023-07-10T23:21:15 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/local-summer-camp-scrambling-to-find-new-location-after-building-was-vandalized |
BALTIMORE — Four students who just graduated middle school are heading in to high school with their very own business. Not your typical activity to do in your early teenage years.
If you take a look around Sandtown-Winchester, you'll see a few markets throughout the area, but what you won't find in those, is fresh produce.
"We live in a community that got no healthy food or real corner stores, so basically we live in a food desert,” said Aniya Ponton, one of the creators of Bmore Fresh.
It's a struggle people in the area faced for many years, stating food markets used to be within walking distance but those were closed down one by one.
Now the closest market for fresh produce is in Mondawmin, which can be a significant struggle for many to travel to.
"The children don't even eat fruits and vegetables because it's so hard to come by,” said Maurice Street, who lives in Sandtown-Winchester.
"For those that got young kids, the elderly its just hard for them. The parents, if they had to walk three miles with a heavy watermelon, I don't think you're going to get it,” said Harry Morgan, lives in Sandtown-Winchester.
Four scholars from New Song Academy are looking to put a stop to the lack of nutrition. It's called Bmore Fresh, a food truck to bring fresh produce to communities that find it hard to come by.
"We're going to be serving like watermelons, greens, fresh cabbage, vegetables and fruits, cucumbers, fresh food,” said Ponton.
Logan Reynolds, Ponton, Ryeona Watson, and Samahj Chestnut came up with the idea thinking it was just a project for school, but it turned into much more, participating in an event called Philanthropy Tank.
It's a nonprofit that provides students in grades 8th through 11th an opportunity to receive a mentor and funding to support their idea to help the community.
These ladies were the youngest group in the competition, and they won $13,000.
"It's going to be a big bus with seats in it and a refrigerator, air condition with shelves and it's going to say be more fresh on the outside of course so everybody know where we're at,” said Ponton.
The 13 and 14-year-old’s said staffing for the business will be kept within their school stomping grounds.
"We're going to partner up with 8th graders at New Song, we're going to train them and teach them how to do it and we're going to partner up with youth works,” said Reynolds.
The fresh vegetables will come from local farms and the nonprofit Farm Alliance in Baltimore. The ladies said the next step is meeting with a mentor at the end of July to start rolling out plans for starting the business. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/teens-from-new-song-academy-won-13-000-to-bring-healthy-options-to-food-deserts | 2023-07-10T23:21:21 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/teens-from-new-song-academy-won-13-000-to-bring-healthy-options-to-food-deserts |
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A large fire in a commercial building near Dort Highway sent a huge plume of smoke in the air Monday afternoon.
The fire was reported around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Kent and Tower streets, which is near the intersection of Dort Highway and Lapeer Road.
The Flint Fire Department had several units on the scene. Flames were shooting from the roof as crews began setting up a ladder to power water on the building from above.
There was no immediate word on what started the fire or whether anyone was injured. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/fire-sends-large-plume-of-smoke-over-dort-highway/article_c67546b0-1f59-11ee-ad06-8bf2d6e891a5.html | 2023-07-10T23:21:30 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/fire-sends-large-plume-of-smoke-over-dort-highway/article_c67546b0-1f59-11ee-ad06-8bf2d6e891a5.html |
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (WJRT) - Funeral services have been scheduled for Dorothy Zehnder, who died on Sunday at the age of 101.
A funeral service will be held on July 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church in Frankenmuth. The family will receive visitors at Cederberg Funeral Home of Frankenmuth from 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. and Friday for an hour beginning at 9 a.m.
A prayer service has been scheduled for 10 a.m. at Cederberg Funeral Home before the funeral service.
Anyone wishing to send flowers or share their thoughts and memories of Dorothy can go online at cederbergfh.com to do so. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/funeral-arrangement-scheduled-for-dorothy-zehnder/article_9cb5433e-1f63-11ee-a5e4-bb467a3d59c3.html | 2023-07-10T23:21:36 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/funeral-arrangement-scheduled-for-dorothy-zehnder/article_9cb5433e-1f63-11ee-a5e4-bb467a3d59c3.html |
HOUSTON — After four months in the neonatal intensive care unit and a complex six-hour surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, conjoined twins Ella Grace and Eliza Faith Fuller are going home.
Parents Sandy and Jesse Fuller, from Center, Texas, said it's the answer to months of prayers.
"I think you can look at them and see God's goodness and just how kind he's been to us because they are true miracles since day one," Sandy said.
"Super excited, it's hard to express into words just how excited we are," Jesse said. "It's been 134 days so the feelings are overwhelming."
Dad admitted it's going to be a little chaotic getting used to being home with the twins and their big sister.
Mom said Ella is "sassy with a little bit of drama" and Eliza is more laid-back but they're both sweet, happy babies.
'Incredibly rare and very high-risk'
The Fullers learned their twins were conjoined during a routine ultrasound in Sandy's second trimester.
"Noone's really expecting their children to be conjoined when they have twins and when they find that out, that's really scary and they have so many unknowns," Clinical Nurse Specialist Isa Baruah said.
Sandy said their faith has guided them through the entire journey.
"When I found out they were going to be conjoined, I trusted God's plan. I knew if he was going to work it out all the way to the end," she said.
The Fullers were referred to Texas Children’s Fetal Center, one of the few hospitals in the U.S. that specializes in the treatment and separation of conjoined twins.
“Conjoined twin pregnancies are incredibly rare and very high-risk," explained Dr. Roopali Donepudi who led the delivery team.
When Ella and Eliza were delivered by cesarean section on March 1, they were conjoined at the abdomen and they shared liver issues. Born at 35 weeks, each weighed an estimated five pounds and 10 ounces.
They spent more than three months in the NICU before they were ready for the next huge step.
The big day: Separation surgery
Before the babies were taken back for surgery on June 14, Sandy and Jesse spent time with them and then the family held hands and prayed with the surgical team.
Following months of preparation, the twins were successfully separated by a team that included seven surgeons, four anesthesiologists, four surgical nurses, and two surgical technicians.
Dr. Alice King a pediatric surgeon with TCH and Baylor, led the team.
“Our team began planning and preparing for this operation before these babies were even born,” King said. “From conducting simulations of the procedure to collaborating extensively with our colleagues in anesthesiology, maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology and radiology, we have all been working together to achieve one common goal: the best outcome for Ella and Eliza.”
'Excellent progress'
Sandy and Jesse held their baby daughters separately for the first time just three days after the surgery.
Before leaving the hospital, they thanked everyone there for treating them "like family."
“Texas Children’s Hospital was a place of comfort and hope for our family,” Sandy said. “From the beginning to the end, we were guided, informed and comforted. We are so grateful God put some of the best doctors and nurses in our lives to give our girls the best chance at life."
The twins' remarkable recovery surpassed all expectations.
"Ella and Eliza continued to make excellent progress toward healing, growing and returning home just four weeks after separation," TCH said in a statement.
They said Sandy, Jesse and big sister Emilia are thrilled to begin the next chapter of their lives with Ella and Eliza at their home in Center, Texas. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/conjoined-twins-separated-houston/285-84e89bc6-9654-484a-8750-cc4fd0a97d5b | 2023-07-10T23:41:51 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/conjoined-twins-separated-houston/285-84e89bc6-9654-484a-8750-cc4fd0a97d5b |
DAVENPORT, Fla. — There's a new place to grab a bite to eat in Polk County and it comes with a vintage vibe spotlighting one of the country's most-notable automobile manufacturers.
Ford's Garage is open in Davenport. The latest location will be in Heritage Plaza at Championsgate. The restaurant is known for serving up prime burgers, craft beer and 1920s service station accents.
Speaking of prime burgers, the menu features 10 signature burgers including Model A, Ford's Signature, Jiffy Burger, Estate Burger and even a BBQ Brisket burger.
Delicious "sidecars," or sides, include truffle fries, tots, jalapeno cream corn and mac 'n cheese.
Ford's Garages are located across Florida with several locations in the Tampa Bay area. The restaurant currently operates in six states including Texas, Ohio, and of course, Michigan. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/fords-garage-davenport/67-a5f56dc9-cdb0-435a-892f-9a149073843d | 2023-07-10T23:41:58 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/fords-garage-davenport/67-a5f56dc9-cdb0-435a-892f-9a149073843d |
TAMPA, Fla. — Local power companies say they get it -- there’s no shortage of frustration as temperatures soar and peoples' power bills head higher too.
But some folks who are using less electricity than they did this time last year say even their bills are also still higher.
“I think it is going up. I think they changed it slightly and we don't see what it is,” said Vivion Harris, who estimates her power bills are up 40% in recent months.
Frustration has been boiling over as people open their power bills to find their electric costs soaring right along with record-high temperatures.
“Electric bills have been going up. We've been having to make cutbacks where we weren't having to before. It's a frustrating situation,” said customer Will Linton.
Perhaps most unsettling, say some customers, is that they've done everything they were told to do to bring down their electric use. And even though their bill shows they're using fewer kilowatts this year than they did last year, their bills are still higher.
“I mean, I have put off retiring because I have higher bills to pay. And once I go on a fixed income and if they keep going up, I'm in a real pickle,” said customer Vanessa MacCambridge.
Ana Gibbs with Duke Energy explains most of the area's biggest power companies, including Duke, TECO and FPL, all got permission recently from state regulators to raise rates.
“We definitely sympathize with our customers who are seeing these higher energy bills,” said Gibbs, explaining that the increases, which went into effect in April, were to spread out the cost of storm repairs, including infrastructure damage caused by recent hurricanes such as Ian, as well as offset the soaring price of natural gas which is used to generate electricity.
“It's a direct pass-through to our customers,” said Gibbs. “And there's no markup at all when it comes to our fuel cost.”
The increased charges are scheduled to last into 2024.
In a statement, TECO said, "The price of natural gas tripled between 2020 and 2022 due to global and economic conditions. Although TECO paid fuel and storm expenses upfront, Tampa Electric waited until early this year, to make this request to help mitigate the impact on customers’ bills."
Those surcharges have pushed the average electricity bill up by about 10% to 15%.
So, even if you use fewer kilowatt hours than last year, you might still be paying the same or even more.
Power companies say they understand the frustration. The timing is tough as prices on a lot of things have been going up.
Recommendations to lower your power bill include changing the AC filter, raising the thermostat, turning off ceiling fans when you're not home and leaving the blinds closed to keep the heat out.
Local power companies say they are willing to work with customers who may have a hard time paying their bills right now. That could include financial assistance, or at the very least, setting up a payment plan to help spread out the cost. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/frustrated-customers-higher-electric-bills/67-9ef5e7ea-6c87-43e8-afa7-bf408f91be0a | 2023-07-10T23:42:04 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/frustrated-customers-higher-electric-bills/67-9ef5e7ea-6c87-43e8-afa7-bf408f91be0a |
SARASOTA, Fla. — A statewide mosquito-borne illness alert is still active in Florida after six confirmed cases of malaria in Sarasota.
The county's mosquito control unit is focusing spraying efforts in the northern part of the area, including Desoto and the Kensington Park area.
Leaders with the Sarasota Mosquito Management Services say so far, they've only found three mosquitoes with the malaria parasite. The insects were collected from the area of concern where the cases have been concentrated.
"We haven't had any more positive pools since the beginning of June so we're up to three pools that have been positive for malaria and confirmed by the CDC," Wade Brennan manager of the county's mosquito management, said.
Teams have sent more than 120 mosquito pool samples to the CDC every week since the discovery of the first case in late May.
They continue to ramp up spraying to contain and eventually eradicate the disease-carrying vectors.
"Our target is still Anopheles crucians and Anopheles quadrimaculatus. These are the only two mosquitoes that can actually transmit malaria to humans. Remember, this is a disease that actually goes from human to mosquito," Brennan said.
Teams have sprayed more than 470 miles by trucks at nighttime and covered around 36,000 acres.
"Anopheles mosquitoes like old water where you have all vegetation on the side and that's our target we're looking for. We're going through those areas screening every single swap, every canal," Brennan said.
Officials are encouraging families to take precautions and protect themselves from getting mosquito bites.
"We always recommend that people look around their yard and try to empty out any pots or other things that might be holding standing water to decrease the breeding of these mosquitoes," Dr. Katherine Clements, an ecologist with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, said
Clements said climate conditions are creating an enabling environment for uncommon species.
"As temperatures and other things about our ecosystems change, then it does open the door, potentially for those ranges of those species to be able to ship," Clements said.
Officials said the life cycle of malaria-carrying mosquitoes takes around four weeks. They are looking for a clean 90-day window from the last confirmed case to consider the outbreak over. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/malaria-mosquitoes-sarasota/67-3ff359e4-8ed6-43c9-9517-dd257b275aca | 2023-07-10T23:42:10 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/malaria-mosquitoes-sarasota/67-3ff359e4-8ed6-43c9-9517-dd257b275aca |
18-year-old shot and killed during a shootout in Manatee County
An 18-year-old Manatee County man was shot and killed during a shootout at the Pic Town Estates Mobile Home Park on Sunday.
The victim was identified as Nicholas Dickinson, 18. He was shot once in the chest in what appears to have been a shoot-out, according to a press release by the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
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Law enforcement does not know how many individuals may have been involved, but said the incident does not appear to be random. It is believed that Dickinson knew the individuals involved in the shooting, and may have been expecting them.
No suspects have been named, no arrests have been made, and the motive is unknown. Detectives believe this is an isolated incident.
Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells has publicly voiced concern about drive by shootings and shootouts, particularly among local youth. He has implemented the use of shot spotter technology to help law enforcement curb gun violence in the county. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/07/10/18-year-old-shot-and-killed-during-a-shootout-in-manatee-county/70399182007/ | 2023-07-10T23:45:31 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/07/10/18-year-old-shot-and-killed-during-a-shootout-in-manatee-county/70399182007/ |
Sarasota County's mosquito manager has positive news, but says you should still be careful
The head of Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services said on Monday that the local malaria cases are still confined to the Desoto Acres and Kensington Park areas of northern Sarasota.
“Which is very good news,” Wade Brennan, the manager of Mosquito Management Services, told journalists at a Monday press conference.
The most recent two additional cases of locally transmitted malaria were reported in Sarasota County the week of June 25-July 1, and they were in the Desoto Acres/Kensington Park area, like the four previously reported cases.
Another positive development is that none of the mosquitoes trapped by Mosquito Management Services have tested positive for malaria since early June, Brennan said.
He emphasized, though, that local residents still need to continue to take precautionary measures. He said people should reach out to their family members and tell them to apply insect repellant and wear long, loose-fitting shirts and pants when outside at nighttime.
A total of six cases of locally transmitted malaria have been reported in Sarasota County over the last two months. Both the county and neighboring Manatee County have been under a mosquito-borne illness alert since June 19.
Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services traps mosquitoes for normal surveillance, but it has set up extra traps in response to the malaria outbreak. If a trapped insect is one of the kinds of mosquitoes that can transmit malaria and is in the “area of concern,” the county sends it to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing.
Of the over 120 mosquitoes sent to the CDC, only three have been positive for malaria. The last positive case was in the beginning of June, Brennan said. He said the populations of Anopheles – the genus of mosquito that can transmit malaria – are very low now.
“But that’s not to let anybody off guard when it comes to this threat,” he said. “Again, we’ve had local transmission even with these populations being low. That’s very concerning, and we need to all take additional efforts to minimize the risk.”
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Sarasota County is spraying insecticide in the “area of concern” and nearby areas. They’re using planes and trucks to spray chemicals that target adult mosquitoes. And they’re using foot crews to spray larvicides – insecticides that target larvae – in ponds, canals, ditches and swamps, Brennan said.
The Florida Department of Health is expected to release its latest arbovirus surveillance report sometime this week, which will say whether any cases of malaria were reported the week of July 2-8. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/07/10/keep-taking-precautions-against-malaria-sarasota-county-official-says/70397818007/ | 2023-07-10T23:45:37 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/07/10/keep-taking-precautions-against-malaria-sarasota-county-official-says/70397818007/ |
The residents of five apartment units at the Lake Park Condominiums in southeast Lincoln were forced to relocate Monday after a smoky fire there smoldered for more than half an hour as firefighters tried to track it down, according to officials.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue crews were dispatched to the complex, at 4000 S. 56th St., at 8:34 a.m. Monday on a report of smoke that turned out to be a structure fire, Battalion Chief Bob Watton said.
Firefighters first had to determine which apartment unit the smoke was pouring from, and even after they tracked down the apartment of origin, crews faced more challenges in scouting the fire itself, Watton said.
Crews navigated a unit filled with columns of smoke and "a lot of personal items" that hampered first responders, Watton said, but firefighters ultimately found the fire on a bed in the unit and quickly extinguished it once they located it.
Firefighters reported dousing the fire with water at 9:07 a.m. Monday — more than 30 minutes after they were dispatched to the complex.
The fire wasn't particularly damaging — causing an estimated $10,000 in damage mostly due to smoke, Watton said — but the sheer volume of smoke forced the residents of five second-floor units to be relocated for at least a few days, according to the fire department.
Though inspectors determined the fire started on a bed, it's unclear what caused the blaze, Watton said. That remains under investigation. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-courts/some-lincoln-residents-at-lake-park-condos-relocated-after-smoldering-fire/article_4a6d3eae-1f65-11ee-925e-f729a5dce6fb.html | 2023-07-10T23:52:23 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-courts/some-lincoln-residents-at-lake-park-condos-relocated-after-smoldering-fire/article_4a6d3eae-1f65-11ee-925e-f729a5dce6fb.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Design approvals and additional funding are in the works to put a “bicycle playground” and dog park on the corner of Legion Street and State of Franklin Road.
The city was awarded grant money from the Boyd Foundation for the project last year, receiving the grand prize of $100,000. Officials say they have until June 2024 to use that funding.
Project manager Abraham McIntyre has been working to raise additional funds for the park. He says their goal is to raise $300,000 and they currently have half of that.
He’s been applying for grants and has one due later this week for the project.
“We’re hoping that more personal support and local businesses see the vision and the passion and the opportunity that this playground provides for our whole community,” said McIntyre.
McIntyre says he and the Johnson City Rotary Club have worked to come up with a design that’s inclusive for all riding levels, in areas where there are many bike parks.
“Not everybody can ride Tannery [Knob] and so how do we get people involved in biking?” said McIntyre. “This bicycle playground is low risk, high reward. That’s an easy space to be able to learn.”
McIntyre hopes the bike park will open people up to other amenities the city has to offer, in what he calls “the corner of health and happiness.”
“This is a cornerstone of our community. Downtown’s right there,” McIntyre said. “Tweetsie Trail’s the perfect trailhead. [The proposed land for the park and playground is] centrally located to everything.”
Interim Director of Public Works Andy Best says the designers have made minor adjustments to the previous design of the dog park as they work to provide a park for everyone to enjoy.
“Moving the proposed pavilion or places to sit for people to have lunch that maybe aren’t there with dogs, so we’re looking at it as a holistic concept,” said Best.
It’s a park that some dog owners are eagerly awaiting.
“Yeah, I think a dog park would be great,” said dog owner Madelyn Bates. “I think that would be a great way to let their dogs socialize with each other.”
Designs have to go before city commissioners for approval before any development can start. City officials say construction could start this fall at the latest.
The parking lot adjacent to the field of the proposed park and playground is currently used as overflow parking for the Tweetsie Trail and Doughboy baseball games.
Best says the parking there will remain there. McIntyre says there is talk of the city re-doing the parking lot and hosting food trucks on the lot. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/construction-of-johnson-city-bike-and-dog-park-could-start-this-fall/ | 2023-07-10T23:55:05 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/construction-of-johnson-city-bike-and-dog-park-could-start-this-fall/ |
BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – A familiar face will represent Southwest Virginia on the Commonwealth’s Passenger Rail Authority as states look at the possibilities of bringing the service to the Twin Cities.
Last Friday, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin appointed Bristol Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Beth Rhinehart to the authority.
According to the authority’s website, it “administers all capital expansion projects, infrastructure, and land acquisitions related to the Transforming Rail in Virginia Program,” which has the goal of doubling Amtrak’s service in Virginia.
Rhinehart has long been an advocate for passenger rail returning to Bristol. She called the appointment an honor, given the area’s connection to the railroad.
“It’s something that’s a strong part of our history here in this community,” Rhinehart said. “It’s a part of who we are, so it’s a real honor to be on an authority like this that gets to help make decisions and make suggestions.”
Rhinehart said she is confident in the project, but said it will take a lot of time and money before the first passenger train rolls into Bristol.
“We absolutely are making progress,” Rhinehart said. “I think the important thing to remember is that this is very expensive. It takes a lot of engineering and a lot of foresight to make something like this happen.”
Rhinehart’s appointment comes as Bristol’s being considered as a connection point for two Amtrak extensions – one running down from Roanoke and another connecting Bristol to Knoxville and Chattanooga.
She hopes to keep those efforts chugging along with her new seat.
“People [are] excited that we will have a voice at the seat and help be involved in the conversation as it moves forward,” Rhinehart said.
In March, the Federal Rail Administration approved Virginia’s statewide rail plan, which includes an eventual Roanoke to Bristol connection.
Rhinehart said she was involved in that push well before getting appointed, communicating with federal and state rail officials.
“We had been having sometimes weekly calls, sometimes monthly calls, just getting everyone talking about the potential for it to come back to and through this region,” Rhinehart said.
At the end of last month, the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations released a report recommending TDOT pursue feasibility studies for five rail corridors across the state.
That included a potential Chattanooga to Knoxville to Bristol connection, considered a Tier II priority.
“They’re as excited about passenger rail expansion across Tennessee as we are,” Rhinehart said.
Rhinehart said her communications thus far with Virginia officials already involve the extension into Tennessee.
She is also joining a push for passenger rail on a local level.
Rhinehart is joining other local leaders to re-form the Bristol Passenger Rail Coalition.
“It was kind of a re-visiting of that when the monies became available,” Rhinehart said. “The conversations with the two states have been a very small group, but the goal now is to bring that group back together again and let a lot of folks have a voice now that we’ve got it to the next step.”
Dubbed the “To and Thru Bristol Passenger Rail Coalition,” Rhinehart said several local politicians, governments, organizations and businesses have bought in, because she said they see economic potential with passenger rail.
“We are a destination from the north, the south, the east and the west,” Rhinehart said. “It would be an opportunity for people to travel here to our beautiful, historic train station.”
Rhinehart said the next step is to submit letters of support from area organizations and business leaders.
Those letters urge the Federal Rail Administration to provide grant funding for route studies through the Corridor ID program.
You can check out more information about the coalition HERE. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-appointee-rhinehart-hopes-to-be-bristols-advocate-for-passenger-rail/ | 2023-07-10T23:55:12 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-appointee-rhinehart-hopes-to-be-bristols-advocate-for-passenger-rail/ |
HOUSTON — After four months in the neonatal intensive care unit and a complex six-hour surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, conjoined twins Ella Grace and Eliza Faith Fuller are going home.
Parents Sandy and Jesse Fuller, from Center, Texas, said it's the answer to months of prayers.
"I think you can look at them and see God's goodness and just how kind he's been to us because they are true miracles since day one," Sandy said.
"Super excited, it's hard to express into words just how excited we are," Jesse said. "It's been 134 days so the feelings are overwhelming."
Dad admitted it's going to be a little chaotic getting used to being home with the twins and their big sister.
Mom said Ella is "sassy with a little bit of drama" and Eliza is more laid-back but they're both sweet, happy babies.
'Incredibly rare and very high-risk'
The Fullers learned their twins were conjoined during a routine ultrasound in Sandy's second trimester.
"Noone's really expecting their children to be conjoined when they have twins and when they find that out, that's really scary and they have so many unknowns," Clinical Nurse Specialist Isa Baruah said.
Sandy said their faith has guided them through the entire journey.
"When I found out they were going to be conjoined, I trusted God's plan. I knew if he was going to work it out all the way to the end," she said.
The Fullers were referred to Texas Children’s Fetal Center, one of the few hospitals in the U.S. that specializes in the treatment and separation of conjoined twins.
“Conjoined twin pregnancies are incredibly rare and very high-risk," explained Dr. Roopali Donepudi who led the delivery team.
When Ella and Eliza were delivered by cesarean section on March 1, they were conjoined at the abdomen and they shared liver issues. Born at 35 weeks, each weighed an estimated five pounds and 10 ounces.
They spent more than three months in the NICU before they were ready for the next huge step.
The big day: Separation surgery
Before the babies were taken back for surgery on June 14, Sandy and Jesse spent time with them and then the family held hands and prayed with the surgical team.
Following months of preparation, the twins were successfully separated by a team that included seven surgeons, four anesthesiologists, four surgical nurses, and two surgical technicians.
Dr. Alice King a pediatric surgeon with TCH and Baylor, led the team.
“Our team began planning and preparing for this operation before these babies were even born,” King said. “From conducting simulations of the procedure to collaborating extensively with our colleagues in anesthesiology, maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology and radiology, we have all been working together to achieve one common goal: the best outcome for Ella and Eliza.”
'Excellent progress'
Sandy and Jesse held their baby daughters separately for the first time just three days after the surgery.
Before leaving the hospital, they thanked everyone there for treating them "like family."
“Texas Children’s Hospital was a place of comfort and hope for our family,” Sandy said. “From the beginning to the end, we were guided, informed and comforted. We are so grateful God put some of the best doctors and nurses in our lives to give our girls the best chance at life."
The twins' remarkable recovery surpassed all expectations.
"Ella and Eliza continued to make excellent progress toward healing, growing and returning home just four weeks after separation," TCH said in a statement.
They said Sandy, Jesse and big sister Emilia are thrilled to begin the next chapter of their lives with Ella and Eliza at their home in Center, Texas. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/conjoined-twins-separated-houston/285-84e89bc6-9654-484a-8750-cc4fd0a97d5b | 2023-07-10T23:55:41 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/conjoined-twins-separated-houston/285-84e89bc6-9654-484a-8750-cc4fd0a97d5b |
SAN ANTONIO — Texans are about to get the biggest property tax cut in history. Texas lawmakers announced this morning they have finally reached an agreement on a deal worth about $18 billion.
According to the proposal over $12 billion will be spent on reducing the school property tax rate for all homeowners and business properties. Every homeowner who homesteads their home will get a $100,000 Homestead Exemption. That's about six million homeowners.
Non-homestead properties, both commercial and residential, worth $5 million or under will receive a 20% circuit breaker on appraised values as part of a pilot project.
"This was done as a way to potentially reduce or at least slow down rent increases for apartments and rental properties," said Jon Taylor, a professor of political science and chair of the Department of Science and Technology at UTSA. "Not only do you have to have a vote, both the House and Senate, there's also a concurrent joint resolution, which means we'll be voting on this in November as a constitutional amendment."
Governor Abbott released a statement that said, "I promised during my campaign that the state would return to property taxpayers at least half of the largest budget surplus we have ever had. Today's agreement between the House and the Senate is a step toward delivering on that promise. I look forward to this legislation reaching my desk, so I can sign into law the largest property tax cut in Texas history."
The Texas State Teachers Association responded saying, "Now, the legislative leadership announces an $18 billion package of tax cuts with not an additional penny for the needs of educators and their students. We demand that state leaders also fulfill their constitutional duty and increase funding for public education, beginning with significant pay raises for all school employees in every school district."
"It's complicated because it in the end impacts K-12 public education in a way that is a real concern that there will not be enough money," Taylor added.
Taylor also says this proposal is only for two years, and at the end of those two years they'd have to revisit the possible new legislation to see what needs to be done then. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/breakthrough-property-tax-proposal-introduced-texas/273-8551f5b1-c9cc-44b5-9c08-b79300818827 | 2023-07-10T23:55:47 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/breakthrough-property-tax-proposal-introduced-texas/273-8551f5b1-c9cc-44b5-9c08-b79300818827 |
Plant City man killed, 3 injured Saturday in crash on Galloway Road in Lakeland
LAKELAND — A 62-year-old Plant City man was killed and three others injured in an accident Saturday afternoon in North Lakeland.
Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a two-car crash on Galloway Road between West 10th Street and Sutton Road, about 1:06 p.m. Saturday. Emergency responders found James Fleming, 62, of Plant City was dead at the scene.
The Sheriff's Office said that, according to witness statements, a silver 2012 Kia Optima driven by Javaris Simmons, 34, of Mulberry was traveling north on Galloway Road. At the same time, Fleming was traveling south on Galloway Road in a white 2010 Ford F250.
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As Fleming entered a curve, his truck began to slide into the opposing eastbound lane and he lost control of the vehicle, according to the Sheriff's Office. Simmons attempted to avoid the collision, deputies said, but the Kia hit the front of Fleming's pick-up truck.
Simmons and his two passengers were transported to the hospital, where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Deputies said excessive speed and impairment do not appear to have been factors contributing to the crash. The investigation in the accident remains ongoing. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/galloway-road-crash-kills-plant-city-man-inures-three-others/70397213007/ | 2023-07-10T23:56:39 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/galloway-road-crash-kills-plant-city-man-inures-three-others/70397213007/ |
Tornado touched down near Middletown during Sunday's storms, National Weather Service says
A tornado touched down near Middletown for about two minutes on Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed Monday evening. There were no injuries reported.
The tornado was rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with wind speeds reaching up to 100 mph, according to the National Weather Service. It's two categories lower than April's tornado, which had peak winds of over 140 mph and killed one person near Greenwood.
The National Weather Service said the tornado began at 4:49 p.m. Sunday in a field north of Route 896 and west of North Bayberry Parkway. Nearby houses were already slightly damaged from strong winds before the tornado formed, the National Weather Service said, but most of it was "cosmetic."
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The tornado moved northeast once it formed, uprooting trees and damaging a playground and pavilion in a nearby park. It continued across a field and pond before blowing down the fence in front of a home on Plato Place, according to the National Weather Service.
More trees were uprooted as the tornado moved along Milford Drive, where meteorologists said it grew to its maximum width of 200 yards. For comparison, April's tornado was about half a mile wide at its largest.
The National Weather Service reported that, as the tornado moved along Milford Drive and Ethel Court, multiple homes were damaged, with reports ranging from blown-off shingles and shutters to a destroyed back deck porch roof.
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The most significant damage was reported in the tornado's path on Bullen Drive, where the National Weather Service said that one home had an upstairs window blown out, an exterior wall nearly collapsed and an attached garage roof blown off into the front yard.
Meteorologists said the tornado dissipated at 4:51 p.m. near Hyett's Corner Road, 1.19 miles from where it started. Though continued strong winds knocked over a semi-truck on Route 1 and blew down corn in a field on U.S. Route 13, the National Weather Service said there was no evidence of a tornado there.
Send story tips or ideas to Hannah Edelman at hedelman@delawareonline.com. For more reporting, follow them on Twitter at @h_edelman. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/tornado-middletown-delaware-sunday-storms-national-weather-service/70400224007/ | 2023-07-10T23:58:06 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/tornado-middletown-delaware-sunday-storms-national-weather-service/70400224007/ |
DULUTH — A second lawsuit alleges that administrators at Lake Superior College retaliated against an employee who voiced concerns about a welding byproduct.
Vaughn Johnson, a longtime maintenance worker at the college, claimed in a July 7 lawsuit that the college has violated the state’s “whistleblower” act and its occupational safety act. He claims he was disciplined, and threatened with termination, after telling managers there that filtration and ventilation systems at the school’s Downtown Duluth Center hadn’t been kept up, and a pair of employees who had tried to service it weren’t provided proper safety equipment.
Poorly maintained filtration systems could mean there were improperly high levels at the downtown building of hexavalent chromium, a compound used in electroplating, stainless steel production, and other “hot work.” The compound is listed as a carcinogen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Johnson’s lawsuit claims that the college’s welding program produced the dangerous compound, “and that the air filtration and ventilation systems used to decrease hexavalent chromium exposure had not been properly maintained or serviced for some time.” He also claims he himself was exposed to hexavalent chromium.
Johnson says in his lawsuit that he reported his concerns to college representatives, including the school’s health and safety officer. He was worried, he said in the suit, that the compound may have migrated to other areas of the building.
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He was later investigated for violating the school’s “respectful workplace policy,” and was reprimanded in January for engaging “in behavior that a reasonable person would find demeaning, humiliating, or bullying,” according to the lawsuit. College administrators also claimed that Johnson “did not follow proper chain of command when reporting safety concerns after already been given updates and answers several times by multiple individuals at the college.”
Johnson’s suit claims he was respectful and professional at all times while reporting his concerns. College administrators also removed Johnson from the school’s safety committee, he claimed.
Johnson’s dispute has the same contours as a similar one that resulted in a separate lawsuit filed earlier this year.
Miles Lunak, a former dean of business and industry at the college, claimed in a March 3 lawsuit that college higher-ups retaliated against him after he raised his own concerns about hexavalent chromium, plus other reported issues with administrators there. He was told in November 2022 that he was set to be fired because the college wanted to move its business and industry programming in a “new direction,” according to court papers.
Both men are represented by the same attorney.
In their respective suits, both allege that school administrators “refused to provide substantive information on the hexavalent chromium issue” at a faculty meeting or answer attendees’ questions there.
In response to a records request the News Tribune filed in late March, college administrators claimed there were no complaints lodged against Lunak and he was not disciplined by the school.
The News Tribune on Monday asked Lake Superior College staff for similar information about Johnson’s employment. President Patricia Rogers said she had forwarded that request to the school’s human resources department. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/second-lake-superior-college-staffer-alleges-retaliation | 2023-07-11T00:04:00 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/second-lake-superior-college-staffer-alleges-retaliation |
Detroit 'freedom fighter' JoAnn Watson dies at 72
Longtime Detroit civic and faith leader the Rev. JoAnn Watson died Monday, July 10, 2023. She was 72.
No cause of death was given. Her death was confirmed by Swanson Funeral Homes in Detroit.
Born and raised in Detroit, she devoted her life to public service and to nurturing the faithful. In 2019, Rev. Watson received a Spirit of Detroit award that honored her as "Supreme Mother of Our Beloved Community."
Rev. Watson was the first woman to serve as the executive director of the Detroit NAACP. She served as a Detroit City Council member for 10 years and served until 2013, and as a former delegate to the 2001 United Nations World Conference on Racism, which laid the blueprint for fighting for equality and freedom.
Detroit City Council president Mary Sheffield released a statement saying the city and the nation lost a civil rights icon.
"Mother Watson, as we all so affectionately called her, was a trailblazer, stalwart and one-of-a-kind freedom fighter who loved her people and the Lord," Sheffield said in a statement. "There are so many elected officials, leaders, advocates, pastors, business professionals and community leaders that are who they are because Mother Watson was who she was — present company included."
At the time of her death, Rev. Watson served as board president of Unity Urban Ministerial School, from which she graduated in 2009. She was ordained by Unity Worldwide Ministries in 2010, and since August 2018, was senior pastor at West Side Unity Church in Detroit. She had served as associate pastor at the church since 2009.
She was an on-air personality for 910 AM Superstation and the host of "Wake Up Detroit." She also worked as an associate professor at Wayne County Community College District teaching English.
Rev. Watson had a lengthy resume of working toward reparations initiatives. She was mentored by advocates including activist Imari Obadele; civil rights lawyer the Rev. Milton Henry; Chokwe Lumumba, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi; Ray "Reparations Ray" Jenkins; Claud Anderson, president of Powernomics and the Harvest Institute; and activist Maulana Karenga.
Rev. Watson was a public policy staff director for U.S. Rep. John Conyers from 1997 to 2002, playing a key role in addressing HR 40, the reparations legislation sponsored by Conyers. Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, was the longest-serving African American member of the U.S. House, serving for more than half a century.
She annually organized panelists for the Congressional Black Caucus Reparations "Braintrust" hearing.
In an interview with The Detroit News in January, Rev. Watson said that a shining moment in her life was as a 2001 Delegate to the "United Nations World Conference on Racism" held in Durban, South Africa, which declared that the "Transatlantic Slave Trade was a Crime Against Humanity and should always have been so."
She highlighted in the interview her time serving for a decade on the board of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America and was chair of Detroit's NCOBRA chapter for seven years. In June 2019, the NCOBRA convention, chaired by Rev. Watson, was held at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, which counted 1,000 attendees who listened to speakers like Conyers and Judge Greg Mathis.
She also was a contributing author to "Should America Pay," a 2003 publication on reparations edited by Raymond Winbush.
Earlier this year, she was appointed by Sheffield to lead the city's first Reparations Task Force "in honor of her life's work and dedication around the issue," Sheffield said.
"When council President Sheffield told me she'd like to appoint me, I told her I'd be honored," Watson told The News in January. "It would be important for the task force to identify objectives rooted in Detroit's history and its future. It's a priority for Detroiters. We know from the overwhelming ballot approval, and they should be the ones to navigate the path forward."
The task force met for the first time in April and is expected to meet on the first Saturday of every month. It's unclear who would replace her.
"Today, God called upon our beloved Mother, the Honorable Rev. Dr. Joann Watson, saying, 'Job well done my faithful servant,' and she went home to be with the Lord," Sheffield said. "I send my sincerest condolences and prayers to her family, friends and the scores of Detroiters and Americans whose lives she touched and that are mourning her death. She will be sorely missed."
Keith Williams, a fellow Reparations Task Force member, said he hadn't seen Rev. Watson since their second meeting last month at WCCCD.
"She was very attentive, engaged and had big assignments. She had two committees she was gearing up for," Williams told The News. "Detroiters lost a warrior, a person who loved Black people but also everyone who was participating in this city. I'm going to miss her."
Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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About 7,000 Michiganians tossed off Medicaid so far, state says
Nearly 7,000 Michigan residents have been disqualified so far from receiving government health care coverage under the Medicaid program for mostly low-income residents, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said in a Monday release.
Individuals had been automatically renewed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that ended a few months ago as state officials urged beneficiaries to be vigilant and sign up for the renewal of health care benefits. The state department announced an online dashboard, which shows the number of approved, pre-approved, ineligible residents, along with closed accounts and how many are still not completed, among other information.
More than 3 million Michigan residents, including 1 million Healthy Michigan Plan enrollees, benefited from keeping their Medicaid coverage without annual renewals during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the state health and welfare department.
On July 6, the state had determined 6,935 people no longer were eligible for Medicaid for reasons that ranged from an increase in income to those whose cases were closed for administrative reasons, including lack of proof of updated income or exceeding the asset limit for eligibility, state officials said. This appeared to apply to applicants whose renewal was slated for June.
The state verified eligibility for health care coverage for 103,540 people, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The state delayed disqualifying anyone from coverage for not returning the paperwork until the end of July.
“While we’re happy that many Michiganders have maintained coverage, we want to emphasize how important it is for people who receive reenrollment packets to fill out their information and return it promptly," said Meghan Groen, the state department's Medicaid director and senior deputy director for the Behavioral and Physical Health and Aging Services Administration.
As of July 6, the state was waiting for completed enrollment forms from over 100,000 people.
Federal law requires the state to redetermine the eligibility of enrollees through May 2024. The dashboard shows current data for June online and will update monthly.
“We want to be sure that as many Michiganders as possible can continue to receive Medicaid coverage so that they can keep their families healthy or help people sign up for an affordable new plan. This new dashboard allows the public to view our progress as we renew Medicaid coverage for families who remain eligible," Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel said in a statement.
Michigan uses a 90-day renewal timeline so the process starts two months before an enrollee's renewal date. MDHHS began the first renewal process in April for beneficiaries with a June renewal date. A timeline of the renewal process can be found online.
State department spokesman Bob Wheaton said it is unclear how many Michigan residents will remain eligible after the renewal process, but one estimate calculated up to 200,000 individuals could be tossed off Medicaid's rolls.
"It’s really too soon for us to predict that," Wheaton said Monday. "We are doing all we can to reach people to let them know they need to return their paperwork so that we can preserve affordable health care coverage for as many Michiganders as possible."
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Summer camp can be expensive, and out of reach for some. In Dallas ISD, 700 students started Big Thought Camp on Monday, and it's free.
"This program specifically is all enrichment," Dallas ISD Learning Opportunities Coordinator Nina Baxter said. "So it's all partners within the community. Dance, singing, math, science; so you have all these programs that come together to give our kids more than just the math, the science, and making it more fun."
The camp has activities that vary from music lessons with teachers from Empowering Through the Arts to lessons in gardening from the Dallas Arboretum staff.
"What we can really do is sort of light that flame of curiosity and hope that it takes them somewhere," said Martin Burleson of the Dallas Arboretum. "We can kind of just guide them on their way."
It's all about planting seeds, of knowledge and experience.
"Sometimes even spark an interest in something that they didn't even know they had in them," said Empowering Through the Arts music teacher Jerone Roy. "Music you can hear and you can feel and that's what gets them going, gets them fired up!"
The 3-week long camp is happening on 9 DISD campuses.
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"If this last class is anything like what we've experienced today, I'm telling you, I'll have a nice little group of musicians here," Roy said. "We're planting seeds and we want to give them something that those seeds can grow." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/big-thought-camp-gives-dallas-isd-students-summer-enrichment-opportunity/3293009/ | 2023-07-11T00:07:21 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/big-thought-camp-gives-dallas-isd-students-summer-enrichment-opportunity/3293009/ |
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A commercial real estate expert says the National Rifle Association is zeroing in on North Texas as it looks to relocate its headquarters out of Virginia.
Some locals who oppose the gun rights group recently caught wind of NRA reps touring a facility and plan on speaking out at Monday night’s city council meeting.
But as NBC 5 has learned, it may not be Richardson that the NRA is interested in.
While the NRA enjoys plenty of support in Texas, state leaders have touted Texas has more NRA members than any other state, the group also has its opponents.
“If I was given a choice, I would say no NRA in Texas,” said Collin County resident Almas Muscatwalla. “I just don’t think it’s a good idea for them to be here. I don’t think it’s going to do anything good for our community.”
Muscatwalla along with an associate pastor at Arapaho United Methodist Church in Richardson and other residents created a petition to voice opposition to NRA’s potential move to the suburb just north of Dallas.
Commercial real estate expert Steve Triolet is the senior vice president of Partners Real Estate. Triolet tracks real estate movements and trends across the state, including corporations, essentially who’s coming and who’s going.
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He tracks what entities are touring what facilities, who’s buying, leasing or sub-leasing space in the business magnet DFW has been for most of the past 15 years.
“Dallas has become a corporate magnet for headquarter relocations partly due to DFW airport being centrally located,” he said. “Las Colinas is a prime target for companies where their executives need to travel.”
Triolet says through public records and his industry connections, he found NRA toured State Farm’s two million square foot campus in Richardson.
“They’ve been looking at Texas since at least 2021. They kind of pulled back and then started looking again this year,” he said. “They looked at Richardson and several other northern suburbs and now it seems like their focus is on Las Colinas/Freeport area is on their shortlist. They’re in negotiations to take a whole building in that area which would be roughly about 300,000 square feet.”
Triolet cannot speak as to what may have dissuaded the NRA from Richardson but is familiar with what such entities look for in a new home.
“They’re looking at building features. They’re looking at demographics and I’m sure Las Colinas, one of their appeals like I mentioned before, the airport being able to travel and just the availability of property,” he said.
The city of Irving did not respond to NBC 5’s request for comment.
A spokesman for the NRA provided NBC 5 the following statement:
“Last year, the NRA announced that it is considering strategic options regarding a corporate relocation, and Texas remains a preferred choice for a future HQ,” says Andrew Arulanandam, managing director of NRA Public Affairs. “That said, the NRA Board of Directors has not made any decision – and the Association is not in contract negotiations with any property in Texas. It is not accurate that the NRA is relocating to Richardson.”
The spokesman added that Richardson ‘was never on any list’ when it came to perspective HQ locations but did not say whether Irving is/was.
Muscatwalla says her opposition to the NRA moving to Richardson is not a ‘not in my backyard’ argument. She doesn’t want it anywhere.
Her group’s petition, which cites several concerns from potential protests outside whatever building they chose to employee pay, garnered around 500 signatures, she said.
“I just don’t think it’s a good idea for them to be here and I don’t think it’s going to do any good for our community,” she said.
Communities should instead put energy into serving the homeless, affordable housing and addressing racial disparities, she said.
“We’re already open carry, permit-less and to have the headquarters here is going to further aggravate and strengthen their voice compared to the 80% of the people who want gun reform,” she said.
A spokesman for the City of Richardson told NBC 5 on Monday afternoon that State Farm informed the city ‘they have long-term leases in place and are not marketing sub-lease space on their campus.’
“They’re not officially marketing their space for lease,” confirmed Triolet. “But they’ve had a number of tenants tour one or more of their buildings: Carvana, Lithium Batteries, The NRA. They’ve all looked at potentially taking space from State Farm.”
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Monday was a bittersweet day for the family of Michael Garr. They were celebrating what would have been the teen's 16th birthday more than two months after he was stabbed to death in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
"It would've been a significant event for all of us," Michael Peabody, Garr's godfather and uncle, told NBC10. "Kind of getting his license. I'm his godfather. I would've loved to have taught him how to drive. So all of those things are significant at 16."
On April 21 around 9:30 p.m., Garr, a student at Upper Darby High School, was found on the ground and suffering from a stab wound to the chest along the 200 block of Bridge Street in Drexel Hill.
A neighbor said she heard a man screaming for help. The man had told her that Garr was banging on his car, bleeding. Neighbors and responding medics tried to revive him but the teen was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 15-years-old.
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After the stabbing, police identified and spoke with multiple witnesses and possible persons of interest who they believed were in the area at the time of the incident. No arrests have been made however and no suspects have been identified.
As the investigation continues, Garr's family members gathered at a growing memorial in Drexel Hill on Monday to celebrate his birthday.
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"We're never going to forget him," Jen Steiber, Garr's cousin, told NBC10 on Monday. "We hope that no one does. He was special. He was a special boy."
Garr's family also announced the creation of their new nonprofit, "Dream Beyond the Bench" which aims to give scholarships by 2025 to young people interested in sports adjacent career paths such as sports broadcasting, which was Garr's dream job.
"The fact that Michael wanted to do that and how can we continue the support that the community showed when this happened,' Peabody said.
There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in Garr's death. NBC10 reached out to police on Monday to see if there were any updates or new leads in the investigation. Police declined to comment.
"Still a lot of unanswered questions," Peabody said. "I will say that I fully support the police department. They've been doing everything that they can. The family's doing okay. We still struggle. And today is going to be a rough day."
Anyone with information on Garr's death should call Upper Darby police detectives at 484-574-1157.
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Police are searching for eight suspects who are wanted in connection to various homicides in Northeast Philadelphia since September of 2022.
Justin Akines, 34, is accused of beating his partner’s 4-month-old child to death inside an apartment on the 8200 block of Frankford Avenue on the morning of September 4, 2022. Police currently don’t have a motive for the incident.
Taj Lennon, 15, Kevin Yip, 23, and Kyzir Reeves, 18, are all wanted in connection to a quadruple shooting that occurred on April 28, 2023, on the 5900 block of Palmetto Street. Three of the four shooting victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 17, died from their injuries. Tyree Lennon, the 23-year-old cousin of Taj Lennon, was arrested on Thursday, July 6, for his alleged role in the shooting.
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Kelvin Ortiz Santos, 30, is accused of killing a Port Richmond man whose charred remains were found by firefighters during the morning of April 18, 2023, on the 5900 block of Sylvester Street. Investigators linked Ortiz-Santos to the murder through vehicle registration records and surveillance video. They also approved charges against him on June 2.
Qasim Pointer, 21, is accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old girl who was walking her dog on the 5300 block of Horrocks Street the night of September 11, 2022. Officials approved charges of murder, conspiracy, violation of the uniform firearms act and possession of an instrument of crime against Pointer on February 16, 2023.
Nicolas Santiago, 30, is accused of shooting a 38-year-old man multiple times in the torso on June 9 on the 7100 block of Jackson Street. The victim was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Officials approved charges of murder, violation of the uniform firearms act, possession of an instrument of crime and other related offenses against Santiago.
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Rasheem Trusty, 30, is accused of shooting and killing a Philadelphia sanitation worker on the morning of November 18, 2022, on the 7300 block of Rowland Street. The worker was shot multiple times throughout his body and pronounced dead at the scene by medics.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of any of the suspects, call the Philadelphia Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334 or the Philadelphia Police tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).
"While the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and our law enforcement partners continue to seek justice for the victims and communities impacted by these violent acts, we cannot stress enough the important role that the public plays in this process," Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said. "If you or someone you know has any information that can help bring these fugitives to justice, contact law enforcement immediately."
Entering Monday, Philadelphia had reported 224 homicides so far in 2023, according to police data. That's down about 21% from the same time the previous year, which was one of the deadliest on record in Philadelphia.
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HUTCHINS, Texas — A faith-based North Texas nonprofit is working to give children a healthy and productive outlet this summer that will keep them engaged and connected to their community.
In a small church in Hutchins, it is easy to hear children laughing and cheering. They are the sounds of the first day of summer camp at Cynthia Mickens Ministries.
Cynthia Mickens has heard these sounds many times. She founded this nonprofit in 2002 after acquiring almost four acres of land in Hutchins with existing buildings and room to expand programs.
"They are going to get exposure to learning that they might not get if it wasn’t for the program," Mickens said about her program.
Mickens said she hopes to build solid and supportive relationships with community leaders, business owners, and interested citizens who are committed to seeing the program vision fulfilled.
She also said the children, all ages 6 to 14, sometimes say they don't feel safe.
"Can you imagine at that age not feeling safe, feeling like your life may be taken away from you?" Mickens said.
Mickens Ministries started the free camp to help keep kids stay out of trouble but also to teach them science, technology, math and the arts.
"So guess what, now they have hands-on experience to change the trajectory of their lives," Mickens said.
One of the campers is 12-year-old Bentley Carroll, whose grandmother, Ermine Carroll, is raising him.
"The program is about kids, learning responsibility and stuff to do fun stuff," Bentley said. "It’s really fun."
Bentley's father was recently murdered and his mom has a debilitating illness. For this family, they say the camp is life-changing.
"This place keeps them busy and teaches them things to keep them from being on the streets," Bentley's grandmother said.
Mickens said her program is a place they embrace the children who struggle. It is that love and attention and guidance that she also said makes the program successful.
In the last few years, Mickens said 10 children have started their own businesses. As part of the music program, children not only write their own music but they own it and are able to sell it.
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A 4-year-old boy has died after falling out the window of a Brooklyn apartment building, police say.
The deadly fall happened around 3 p.m. in East Flatbush on New York Avenue near Farragut Road, according to police officials.
It wasn't clear from how high up the boy fell, but police said he went out a window from a "high location."
A neighbor who saw the boy after he fell says people were franticly trying to help.
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"So, when I went to her window, we looked out the window - we see a little boy. He was laying right there on the floor. So I'm like, what happened? So, you seen like 10 different people. They were trying to revive him. It was just like a whole bunch of strangers like trying to get him where he needed to be," neighbor Nashawna Harley said.
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Normal operations have resumed at the East Coast's biggest port, days after a fire 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 over the weekend.
“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.
Later this week, Acabou and Brooks will be laid to rest. The funeral for Acabou will take place on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. The next day, a funeral will be held for Brooks at the same cathedral, also at 10 a.m.
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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.
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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Renewed state funding is helping Pima Community College fulfill its mission to prepare students for critical jobs in emerging technology fields, Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday during a visit to Tucson.
“Pima Community College is building partnerships with business and industry to provide the workforce needed for new and emerging industries in Southern Arizona,” Hobbs said before touring the Automotive Technology and Innovation Center at Pima’s downtown campus on North Stone Avenue.
Hobbs noted that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workforce training funding was restored to Pima and Maricopa counties last fiscal year for the first time since 2016.
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This year’s bipartisan fiscal 2024 budget agreement includes a $2 million appropriation for Pima’s overall operations, along with $1.7 million for ongoing STEM workforce funding, Hobbs said.
The governor also applauded the passage of legislation she signed into law in June that allows the state’s community colleges to count noncredit workforce training full-time equivalent student enrollment in calculating their state-imposed spending limits.
“The stronger our education system is, the stronger our workforce and economy are, too. And that matters because Arizona has become an epicenter of emerging technologies like semiconductors, electric vehicles, batteries, renewable energy, aerospace and more,” Hobbs said.
“To keep pace, the state will need to have opportunities for post-secondary education and training that prepares Arizonans for these jobs,” Hobbs said. “When we accomplish this, we can attract and retain new businesses to our state.”
Hobbs cited the $12.5 million auto-tech center, which opened in 2021 as part of a major million expansion of the downtown campus to support the college’s Center of Excellence in Applied Technology.
“This facility has programs in electric, diesel and autonomous vehicles that will increase training opportunities for companies such as Ford, Fiat, Chrysler and Subaru,” Hobbs said. “These programs use cutting-edge technology to provide real-world experience to its students.”
Such programs can make a real difference, the governor said.
“When Arizonans have opportunities for higher education, it opens doors to new jobs, to give individuals and families the chance to build a better life,” Hobbs said. “As education levels increase, earnings increase, workforce participation increases, health outcomes improve, and Arizonans have greater job security.”
Hobbs also noted the use of past STEM workforce funding to support the creation of programs in Pima’s highly regarded Aviation Technology program, which roughly doubled its size at Tucson International Airport last year with the completion of a $20 million expansion project last fall.
Across the downtown campus from the auto-tech center to the east, Pima is in the process of moving equipment and furnishings into the new Advanced Manufacturing Building, which will host programs in automated industrial technology, computer-aided design, machining and welding.
The nearby Science and Technology West building will be renovated and allow the school’s construction technology programs to expand from 2,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet, and the Science and Tech East building will be renovated to house biology programs.
Find more information about Pima's Center of Excellence in Applied Technology and other centers online at tucne.ws/pcctech.
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Circle this date on your calendar if you like local weather stats: July 25. That was the latest *actual start to the annual monsoon rains on record in Tucson, and it happened in 1987.
This season, unless it rains today or tomorrow in Tucson to end a dry streak going back to May 19, it looks like we're in for more waiting. By Friday, July 14, if not sooner, we're expected to head into drier conditions that will last through at least the first half of next week, the National Weather Service says. The Climate Prediction Center says hazardous heat could last at least through July 20 for the region.
The best chances for thunderstorms in Tucson are Monday, July 10, with a 20% chance, and Tuesday, July 11, with a 40% chance, before chances diminish again and moisture is driven to the west of us, said Lance Tripoli, a meteorologist with the weather service here.
The average *actual start date to Tucson's summer monsoons has been between July 1 and July 6 during each decade since the 1950s, so we're already late.
The earliest *actual start was June 17, 2000. Weather records here go back to 1895.
(* Yes, we know how confusing it is that the weather service says the monsoon season in the U.S. Southwest officially runs from June 15 through Sept. 30 each year no matter what the weather's really doing. What we're talking about in this article, by contrast, is the first date that measurable monsoon rain was actually recorded.)
At any rate, once the Tucson area's monsoon storms do start, please send us your photos and videos of them to be featured in an upcoming gallery on tucson.com . Email them to eds@tucson.com .
Photos: 2022 monsoon around Tucson
Pedestrians wade through a flooded 2nd Street just east of Park Avenue when an unexpected monsoon storm dumped inches of rain in the midtown area, Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
A boy uses his backpack to shield himself from the monsoon storm in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on September 28, 2022.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A rainbow appears over the historic Pima County Courthouse following a rainstorm in downtown Tucson, Ariz. on Sept. 13, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
George Lucero, right, holds an umbrella while talking and watching a rainstorm with David DeBergalis at Babad Do'ag scenic overlook on the Catalina Highway on Sept. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Fire Department Ladder 16 helped a victim safely out of the Alamo Wash just south of 22nd Street around 8 p.m Thursday, Aug. 25.
Tucson Fire Department
Tucson Electric Power workers watch while a utility pole snapped during a monsoon storm is slowly raised along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd. On Thursday. North bound traffic is closed along South Kolb Rd. between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd. while the work progresses.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A Tucson Electric Power crane slowly raises a damaged power pole along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd., on Thursday.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A utility pole snapped during a monsoon storm rests on a home along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd. on Aug. 25, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
South bound traffic pass Tucson Electric Power while TEP works along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd., to repair multiple power poles in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 25, 2022. The poles were damaged due to a monsoon storm. Work is expected through the week. North bound traffic is closed along South Kolb Rd. between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Electric Power employees work on a newly installed power pole while other TEP employees work along South Kolb Rd, between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd., to repair multiple power poles in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 25, 2022. The poles were damaged due to a monsoon storm. Work is expected through the week. North bound traffic is closed along South Kolb Rd. between East Golf Links Rd. and East Escalante Rd.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Fire Department personnel perform a swift water rescue for a man trapped by flood waters under the Blacklidge Drive bridge at Walnut Avenue, Tucson, Ariz., August 24, 2022. The man refused treatment at the scene.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning hits behind Tumamoc Hill just after sunset as a several monsoon storms move through Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022. The storms produced localized flooding from heavy rains, especially in the southern portions of the area.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes just west of Tumamoc Hill from a cell that built up just to the south of Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022. Several cells formed around the valley just before sunset, dropping rain and causing some localized flooding.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A large lightning strike silhouettes Tumamoc Hill, part of a series of monsoon storms that built up over the valley and Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Two bolts of lightning strike near Sentinel Peak and southern Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022. Several storms brewed up around the area, producing heavy rain
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A bolt of lightning hits to the west of Tumamoc Hill during sun set, one several monsoon storms that dropped rain as well throughout Tucson, Ariz., August 23, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A couple walks in the rain at El Presidio Plaza as a monsoon storm travels across downtown Tucson August 19, 2022. Rain is expected throughout the weekend.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A waving motorcyclist ridings along North Soldier Trail while water from the Agua Caliente Wash flows over Soldier Trail in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A kayaker finishes riding the water inside the Rillito River near North Campbell Ave. and East River Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A motorist drives along North Soldier Trail while water from the Agua Caliente Wash flows over Soldier Trail in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A kayaker travels down the Rillito River near North Campbell Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
Cyclists ride along the Rillito River Park Trail while storm water flows inside the Rillito River under North Campbell Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A family looks at the running water inside the Rillito River while walking along the Rillito River Park Trail near North Craycroft Rd. and East River Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A dog swims inside the Rillito River near North Campbell Ave. and East River Rd. in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 21, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett Arizona Daily Star
A semi-shrouded lightning bolt illuminates a shaft of rain dropping on the north-central part of town as a monsoon cell begins growing over Tucson, Ariz., August 17, 2022. Rain, at times heavy, and lightning fell over most of the valley during the early evening and into the night.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A car zooms through the foot-deep water flooding the intersection of Glenn Street and Tucson Boulevard, the after effect of a monsoon storm that expanded over Tucson, Ariz., August 17, 2022. The storm dropped rain over much of the valley starting shortly before sunset and into the night.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes the Santa Catalina Mountains near Pima Canyon during a monsoon storm on Aug. 10, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes the Santa Catalina Mountains near Pima Canyon during a monsoon storm on Aug. 10, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Monsoon storm moving Marana across slowly obscures the view of Picacho Peak 20 miles to the northwest on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
The clouds open and rain pours from a monsoon storm moving across the Tucson Mountains into Marana on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm moves across Marana and into the Tortolita Mountains on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Power lines down on Linda Vista Drive between N. Bald Eagle Ave. and W. Waterbuck Drive after a powerful monsoon storm moved across the Tucson Mountains into Marana on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Power lines down on Linda Vista Drive between N. Bald Eagle Ave. and W. Waterbuck Drive after a powerful monsoon storm moved across the Tucson Mountains into Marana on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes the ground while a monsoon storm passes over the Rincon Mountains on the east side of Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 7, 2022 as seen from Babad Do'ag Scenic Overlook in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Visitors watch a monsoon storm as it passes over the Rincon Mountains on the Eastside of Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 7, 2022 as seen from Babad Do'ag Scenic Overlook in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm passes over the Rincon Mountains on the east side of Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 7, 2022 as seen from Babad Do'ag Scenic Overlook in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A large bolt hits the southern end of the Rincon Mountain foothills, near Colossal Cave Road and Mary Ann Cleveland Way, part of a monsoon storm that spread rain, wind and hours of lightning in Vail, Ariz., August 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The last of the day's light hits monsoon storm clouds while lighting strikes in the Rincon Mountain foothills in Vail, Ariz., August 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning strikes in the southern Rincon Mountain foothills, the second night in row a monsoon storm moved in from the east and through Vail, Ariz., Aug. 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The day's dying light catches the high monsoon storm clouds while lighting strikes in the Rincon Mountain foothills in Vail, Ariz., August 7, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A bolt of lightning hits the southern slopes of the Rincon Mountains shortly after sunset, part of a monsoon storm as it rolls in over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022. Steady light rain was preceded by gusty winds as well as the light show.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Twin bolts hit the southern slopes of the Rincon Mountains as a monsoon storm rolls in over Vail, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2022. High winds and rain also flowed through the area into the night.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A large bolt touches down in the foothills of the southern Rincon Mountains, one of hundreds of lightning strikes generated from just before sunset until far into the night by a monsoon storm over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Shortly after sunset, a monsoon storm rolls in over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022. The storm brought gusty winds, rain and hours of lightning as it headed northeast and into the Santa Cruz valley.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm rolls in over Vail, Ariz., Aug. 6, 2022, dropping rain as well as lightning in the Rincon Mountains and foothills. Lightning was hitting throughout the area for several hours.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A large bolt hits in the lower reaches of the Rincon Mountain foothills as the monsoon storm makes its way into Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Three bolts in the vanguard of a monsoon storm strike the Rincon Mountains as it heads northwest and over Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Two bolts of cloud-to-ground lightning fall from into the Rincon Mountain foothills from monsoon storm rolling west and into Vail, Ariz., August 6, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Multiple ground strikes as well as cloud-to-cloud lighting flashes around a home on a ridge southeast of Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 3, 2022. The storm was mostly east of the Rincon Mountains until midnight. Another band was moving to the west just south of the city.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Lightning and a column of rain from a late night monsoon storm rolls over the area southeast of Tucson, Ariz., August 3, 2022. Frequent cloud-to-cloud as well as ground strikes were over the Vail area for much of the evening into the early morning hours.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Rain and lightning from a late night monsoon storm rolls over homes on a ridge southeast of Tucson, Ariz., August 3, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A woman walks with her umbrella as a sprinkle of rain falls in downtown Tucson on Aug. 3, 2022.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A woman walks along Sixth Avenue as a sprinkle of rain falls in downtown Tucson on Aug. 3, 2022.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
Pima County Wastewater Reclamation crew members clear sand and rocks from a manhole at Havasu Road southeast of Columbus Blvd. inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Residents watch as crew members work to clear out rocks, dirt and mud off Havasu Road southeast of Columbus Blvd. inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A Pima County Wastewater Reclamation crew member, right, reacts as water spills out of a tube while crew members work to clear sand and rocks from a manhole at Havasu Road southeast of Columbus Blvd. inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
While crews work to clean up the damage from Sunday evenings monsoon storm, a Havasu Road and Columbus Blvd. sign lies on the side of road farther southeast then the Havasu Rd and Columbus Blvd. corner inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A residents car is stuck in a pile of mud along East Havasu Rd inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Resident Maria Perri shovels some dirt along East Havasu Rd. in front go her home inside Coronado Foothills Estates in Tucson, Ariz. on Aug. 1, 2022. A monsoon storm filled Finger Rock Wash as well as streets and a handful of homes on Sunday night. "It was a raging river down here," said Perri. Some residents hung out in her drive way to get away from the flooding, added Perri.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Workers from Pima County Wastewater Reclamation clear sand and rocks from a manhole at Havasu Road and Columbus Blvd. in the Catalina Foothills on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a raging Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Boulders and debris block Havasu Road at Columbus Blvd as seen on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a raging Finger Rock Wash that swamped a handful of homes on in the Catalina Foothills on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A mud-splattered wheelchair at an adult care home on Havasu Road in the Catalina Foothills on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Rural Metro firefighters evacuated the residents after a raging Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Havasu Road east of Columbus Blvd. in the Catalina Foothills on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A street sign fell victim to floodwaters on Havasu Road east of Columbus Blvd as seen on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a raging Finger Rock Wash swamped a handful of homes on Sunday night.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A cyclist rides along The Loop at Grant Road next to the Santa Cruz River swollen with runoff from midtown Tucson storm on July 26, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Monsoon clouds rise above the desert floor southeast of Tucson, behind Tumamoc Hill on July 26, 2022.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
A monsoon storm begins dropping rain as it grows to the southeast of Sonoita, Ariz., July 29, 2022. The cell was one of several that formed over the area, dumping rain on the plain for much of the afternoon.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A US Border Patrol truck heads east on State Route 82 as a monsoon storm boils up to the south just outside Sonoita, Ariz., July 29, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The statue, Tribute to Ranching, stands under a growing monsoon cloud outside the Santa Cruz County Fair & Rodeo Association grounds, Sonoita, Ariz., July 29, 2022. The cell was one of several that dumped rain on the area throughout the afternoon.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Onlookers get video and photos while watching the debris filled leading edge of water fill the Tanque Verde Wash at Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022. Heavy monsoon rains over the past few days has water flowing in some of the area washes and low lying areas.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Birdie the Golf Dog takes a cooling break in the water beginning to fill the Tanque Verde Wash at Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Paul Delligatti lines up his shot while recording video of the leading edge of floodwaters in the Tanque Verde Wash flow across Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Dustin Ovayvar, left, and his family, were among the handful that waited to catch the arrival of the leading edge of the waters heading down the Tanque Verde Wash at Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Tom Woodrow and his mother Diane wade through the northern channel after getting cut off watching the water fill the southern branch of the leading edge of flood water in the Tanque Verde Wash flow over Wentworth Road, Tucson, Ariz., July 28, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Fire Department personnel pull a man out of the floodwaters of the Arroyo Chico rushing through a construction channel near 9th Avenue just north of 6th Street during a monsoon storm that dumped inches of rain on parts of Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022. The man was eventually carried to a nearby ambulance.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A driver has second thoughts about driving into the flooded Arroyo Chico in midtown during a monsoon, Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022. The driver eventually turned around.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A driver takes his SUV into the running waters of the Arroyo Chico in midtown during a monsoon storm, Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A Jeep blasts at high speed into the flooded Arroyo Chico after a monsoon storm dumped inches of rain on parts of Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A woman and her curious dog get a closer look at the flood waters of Arroyo Chico running over Plummer Avenue during a monsoon storm that dumped inches of rain over parts of Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
A driver takes a jeep through the high waters of Arroyo Chico running over Plummer Avenue during a monsoon storm through the area, Tucson, Ariz., July 26, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Krishna Ghimire and Sumod Bastakoti take a selfie of themselves with storm clouds approaching from Sentinel Peak Park on July 26, 2022.
Shekib Rahmani / Arizona Daily Star
A lightning bolt hits in the valley as an afternoon monsoon storm rolls over east central Tucson, Ariz., July 22, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
The setting sun lights up the patchy monsoon clouds overhead as Omar Rojas Jr. works on pitching out of the stretch with his dad, Omar Sr., on the diamond at David G. Herrera and Ramon Quiroz Park, Tucson, Ariz., July 21, 2022. The two Omars were working out while daughter/sister Julissa practiced nearby with her softball team. Monsoon 2022 may finally bring the rain, with precipitation forecast this weekend and throughout the coming week.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Mammatus clouds roll over the evening skies west of the Tucson Mountains during a little light monsoon activity around Tucson, Ariz., July 15, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
With a monsoon cell dropping a bit of rain to the west, fans find seats in the grandstands long the strip during Street Rally night at the Tucson Dragway Tucson, Ariz., June 11, 2022.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Sarah Travis and her son John Donnelly, on shovel duty, and his friend Kai Squire, take advantage of the Department of Transportation and Mobility's sandbag filling site in the east parking lot of Hi Corbett Field, Tucson, Ariz., June 17, 2022. The trio were helping a neighbor in need get ready for the coming rains. This is the seventh year DTM is providing bags and sand for residents to make sandbags to deal with monsoon flooding.
Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star
Pima County crews expanded the Chuck Huckelberry Loop along the Canyon del Oro Wash north of Magee Road on June 7 and cleared out brush in the channel and performed flood control measures to prevent water from monsoon rains flooding the path.
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
A vehicle travels down North Houghton Rd. while a small storm passes over the Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucson, Ariz. on June 27, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Two vehicles drive through a series of puddles on East Speedway after a rain storm passed through the Eastside of Tucson, Ariz. on June 27, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A crew with Hunter Contracting Co. work on a pathway surrounding a new storm basin while monsoon clouds build to the south of Cherry Avenue Park in Tucson, Ariz. on June 29, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
A rainbow fragment above Pima Canyon and the Santa Catalina Mountains on June 27.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Monsoon clouds over the Tohono O'Odham Nation loom behind the towers on Tumamoc Hill on June 28.
Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Olga Martinez, far left, and her daughter Raquel Diaz watch a monsoon storm pass over the Santa Catalina Mountains from "A" Mountain in Tucson, Ariz. on July 24, 2022.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
The Tucson monsoon gave heavy rain and thunder and lightning storms on Aug. 8, 2022. More thunderstorms are expected today in southeast Arizona, according to the National Weather Service.
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PORTLAND, Maine — The mission of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College is, in large part, to engage people with the Arctic and show them what a remarkable place it is. Along the way the museum, the only one in the continental U.S. devoted to this subject, hopes to knock down some persistent stereotypes.
“You say, ‘the Arctic,’ and [people] think cold and dark and dangerous, almost uninhabitable,” curator Genny LeMoine said. “And none of those things are really true.”
Although the museum has been around since 1967, Bowdoin’s relationship with the Arctic goes back much further. Representatives from the college made their first expedition to the region in 1860, and the museum is named after two Bowdoin graduates, Robert Peary and Donald MacMillan, who became famous for their explorations.
Never heard of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum? You’re not alone. It’s an underappreciated gem.
“Hidden away a little bit,” museum outreach coordinator Jamey Tanzer said. “But now is really our time to shine.”
This is indeed a fresh era for the museum, which recently moved into a new building on campus, a sleek, dark, energy-efficient structure that’s already been nicknamed the Black Iceberg.
During the move some of the objects from the museum’s collection required an especially delicate touch. A large, stuffed walrus wouldn’t fit in the elevator. It had to be hoisted aloft by a crane and brought in directly through the second floor.
The collection includes thousands of items — photos, sleds, paintings, stuffed animals, maps, clothing, survival gear, and much more — all of which help to illuminate the Arctic’s past, present and future.
“It’s a more dynamic place than people think,” LeMoine said. “We want to tell people what the past was like, but we also want to educate them about everyday life up there.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/arctic-museum-bowdoin-college/97-26bc68fc-bb28-44b9-800a-54ae3fb26910 | 2023-07-11T00:21:31 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/arctic-museum-bowdoin-college/97-26bc68fc-bb28-44b9-800a-54ae3fb26910 |
PORTLAND, Maine — Virginia Oliver of Rockland has a story that’s irresistible. You may not recognize her by name, but chances are excellent that you know about her. She is, after all, one of a kind and still lobstering with her son at the age of 103.
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs ought to know a good story when she sees one, given that she’s a middle school librarian. She’s also the author of children’s books, the latest of which is a story about Oliver entitled "The Lobster Lady."
"I found a way to contact her and when she said yes, please come. I met her the very next day," Hinrichs recalled. "That cemented it. I knew it was a story that needed to be told."
The illustrator of the book, Jamie Hogan, also wanted to spend some time with Ginny before tackling her part of the job.
"I met her, was in her kitchen taking pictures," she said. "It was short, but it was very sweet."
This is not the first children’s book about Oliver and as Hinrichs and Hogan are quick to acknowledge, it won’t be the last. As a bonus, it offers Ginny’s recipe for a lobster roll, which consists of exactly three ingredients: lobster, mayonnaise, and a roll.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Whether you're running outside or lifting weights at home, you want to make sure your body is stretched and warmed up before you tackle any kind of workout.
Dynamic stretching warms up the body for any upcoming activity and helps to target specific areas you are about to take on.
The coaches at the Form Lab in Portland have three 'dynamic' stretches that are easy to do and incorporate into our daily lives.
They are:
- The World's Greatest Stretch
- Bear Crawl
- Dead Bugs
Check out the full segment above with the Form Lab's head coach, Andrew Blais. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/three-stretches-to-include-in-your-workout-warm-up-fitness/97-63cf908a-19ee-44ec-8145-7397ea875874 | 2023-07-11T00:21:43 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/three-stretches-to-include-in-your-workout-warm-up-fitness/97-63cf908a-19ee-44ec-8145-7397ea875874 |
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