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Do the Great Smoky Mountains really protect Knoxville from tornadoes? | Know Your Knox
Know Your Knox answers your burning questions about life in Knoxville.
If you’re ever jarred awake from a deep sleep by a blaring tornado alarm and swirling winds, do not ignore the warning just because you're in Knoxville!
There’s a regional myth that Knoxville is protected from tornadoes because of its geographical location. In fact, about 90% of East Tennesseans believe the region is at least somewhat protected by the hilly terrain and the Great Smoky Mountains, according to a 2019 study by University of Tennessee researchers.
But does the old tale really hold true?
“No. We are not protected just because of our location down in the valley,” said Morristown-based National Weather Service meteorologist Sam Roberts. “We can get tornadoes and we can get them at any time of the year.”
How many tornadoes have hit East Tennessee?
Fifteen tornadoes touched down in Knox County between 1950 and 2022, according to the National Weather Service. There have been 252 tornadoes in East Tennessee since 1950, including at least six so far in 2023.
The Morristown National Weather Service office highlights a handful of significant tornado outbreaks in East Tennessee dating back to 1995. The stronger ones include an EF-3 (a mid-size tornado with 136-165 mile-per-hour wind gust speed) in Chattanooga in 2012 and two EF-2 tornadoes in Scott County (2021). An EF-1 (gust speed of 86-100 mph) touched down in Fountain City in 1995.
Are tornadoes less common in East Tennessee than other regions?
Peak season for severe weather and possible tornadoes in the Knoxville area is March-May, Roberts said. “Don't let your guard down,” he added, because there’s a secondary peak in the fall during October and November.
On average, East Tennessee does get fewer tornadoes than the middle and western parts of the state. That’s because those other areas are flatter and more exposed, University of Tennessee climatology professor Kelsey Ellis explained to the Tennessean in 2021.
But the number of Tennessee tornadoes reported is increasing. The annual average number of tornadoes reported in the state grew from 11.3 for 1980-1999 to 18.1 for 2000-2019.
The dangers of nighttime tornadoes
Nearly half of East Tennessee tornadoes occur during the night, according to the 2019 UT study. Nocturnal tornadoes are more likely to cause fatalities than those occurring during daytime because they are harder to detect and it's harder to alert the public while most people are sleeping.
“Why we see those systems at night, it's just due to a timing thing,” Roberts explained. It’s because of “where the storms are initiating in the plains and how long it takes for them to travel this far east.”
Systems often originate out West toward the Rocky Mountains and progress eastward. They’re strongest during the daytime, hitting West and Middle Tennessee first, and passing through East Tennessee overnight. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they weaken.
Roberts also noted strong storms can occur overnight, which could result in those late-night tornadoes.
There have been 58 tornado-related deaths in East Tennessee since 1950, according to NWS data. This includes two in 2020 and 31 in 2011, the largest single year total.
Weather radios save lives
Using weather radios is the most reliable way to get overnight warnings and updates when severe weather hits, Roberts said. They can even be programmed for your specific location, instead of a large coverage area.
Tornado alerts are pushed to smartphones as well. But Roberts noted that some people might get them while others won’t because of phone company and contact variables.
He also advised paying close attention to local weather forecasts when stormy weather is in the area.
Know Your Knox answers your burning questions about life in Knoxville. Want your question answered? Email knowyourknox@knoxnews.com.
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Confidence in higher education dips again, poll finds
Confidence in higher education has fallen again, according to a poll released Tuesday by Gallup.
36% of Americans polled last month said they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, a decline from when Gallup asked the question in 2015 (57%) and 2018 (48%).
The survey is part of a broader Gallup poll that shows dwindling confidence in 16 other institutions, including the military, police and the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Zach Hrynowski, a senior education researcher at Gallup. Questions about higher education are only periodically asked as part of the poll.
There isn't a clear reason why confidence is declining, said Hrynowski. He suspected it might be partly due to Americans' decreasing confidence in cornerstone institutions.
"As well as some of the challenges that higher education is facing in the public discourse," he said, noting issues such as college costs, student debt and free speech on campus.
The poll showed the decline in confidence in higher education is highest among Republicans, which fell from 56% in 2015, when the question was first asked, to 19% in 2023, a drop of 37 percentage points. The second-highest confidence drop is among those without a college degree, which fell from 54% in 2015 to 29% in 2023, a 25 percentage point drop.
Hrynowski said there have also been "smaller levels of erosion of confidence in what you might think of as the bedrock of higher education advocates."
He pointed to Democrats' confidence in higher education, which has declined from 68% in 2015 to 59% in 2023.
"(For) members of the public who have a college degree, (their confidence) has declined by 10 points, so now less than half of bachelor degree-holding Americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education," Hrynowski said.
Oakland University President Ora Pescovitz said it was incumbent, in light of the poll, on her and other higher education advocates to educate the public about the true value of a higher education.
College costs vary, depending on the institution, she said. The investment in a higher education delivers payoffs to the individual and the community, she said. A person with a four-year degree, for instance, earns $1 million more in their lifetime than those without a degree, Pescovitz said. Communities with more people with higher educations are more prosperous, she added.
"Getting an education is one of the best investments people can make," Pescovitz said. "When you think about the tremendous return on that investment, in particular individuals who are first generation college students, those who come from underrepresented groups and those who have the opportunity for upward social mobility, there is no better investment than higher education."
Pescovitz noted that Michigan business leaders and law makers have stood by higher education as a tool for helping make the state, community and individuals more prosperous. She said the most recently passed state budget for 2023-24 includes a 5% increase for community colleges and 6.4% increase for universities.
Pescovitz said Michigan business leaders and lawmakers have recognized higher education as a tool for helping make the state, community and individuals more prosperous.
The budget also includes $250 million for the Michigan Achievement Scholarship, which beginning in the fall will provide students at two-year public institutions up to $2,750 annually for up to three years. Students at four-year public institutions can qualify for up to $5,500 per year for up to five years and students at private, nonprofit four-year institutions can qualify for up to $4,000 annually for up to five years.
"There is a huge amount of bipartisan support and recognition that investing in higher education is a good value," said Pescovitz. "The state Legislature invested heavily in higher education recognizing that not only is it good for an individual but it will be good for our state and our state's economy. There is a recognition that education is directly correlated to success."
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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.fox43.com/article/news/local/conjoined-twins-separated-houston/285-84e89bc6-9654-484a-8750-cc4fd0a97d5b | 2023-07-11T11:01:28 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/conjoined-twins-separated-houston/285-84e89bc6-9654-484a-8750-cc4fd0a97d5b |
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Lower Allen Township, located in Cumberland County, made the switch to solar power on Monday.
Seth Berry with Solar Renewable Energy says the move will shine a new light on the township’s future.
"The township has about 40 different PPL electric accounts," Berry, a manager at the Mechanicsburg business, said. "So in total, this is going to offset about 95% of their usage."
Berry says similar solar-powered systems are becoming more common across the Commonwealth.
"It's one of the hottest things out in the United States," Berry said. "There's a lot of arrays coming to Pennsylvania.”
Monday's switch also features a unique way to keep the police department covered.
"The parking canopy that we're standing under, it's not a common practice in Pennsylvania yet," Lower Allen Township Manager Tom Vernau said. "Our police department was very excited about this aspect of the project."
Several dozen panels are located on the roof of the canopy, which will keep the department's fleet covered from the elements and help them respond to emergencies quicker.
Energy is generated across two sites, one at the Municipal Service Center and another at the Public Works Facility, where they have installed nearly 1,500 to 1,600 solar panels.
In all, 2,000 panels will power the township’s traffic and street lights, as well as the municipal buildings.
Vernau says it helps leadership think for the future.
"It's green, it's sustainable. We're using solar energy," Vernau said. "So we're drawing less from the grid."
Less electricity taken from the grid doesn’t just help with going green but also saving green. That's good news for township residents.
"The more systems and things that we can save money on, the more we can avoid tax increases."
Officials estimate that over a 40-year period, the township will save more than $2.5 million. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/lower-allen-township-makes-switch-to-solar-energy/521-c9c92b26-974a-4ec4-a1dd-3f9f563930fd | 2023-07-11T11:01:34 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/lower-allen-township-makes-switch-to-solar-energy/521-c9c92b26-974a-4ec4-a1dd-3f9f563930fd |
NEWVILLE, Pa. — A Cumberland County Fire Police officer is facing a misdemeanor charge after falsely claiming to police that he had been struck by a vehicle while on duty last month, Newville Police said Monday.
Morris Metzger, 66, is charged with one count of making a false statement to law enforcement in connection to the alleged incident, which occurred on June 20, according to police.
Metzger was allegedly directing traffic at the scene of a traffic accident on the 100 block of South High Street at 5:05 p.m., police said.
While working at the intersection of South High and Vine Streets, Metzger claimed that a vehicle failed to stop for him and drove around the traffic cones he had set up, making a right turn onto South High Street, police said.
Metzger allegedly told police he yelled at the vehicle and waved his arms in an attempt to stop it. According to his account, the vehicle then turned around at Graham Medical Center and came back toward him before stopping beside him.
At that point, Metzger claimed, the woman driving the vehicle ran over his left foot as it left the scene, continuing north on High Street.
Metzger was evaluated by EMS and transported to UPMC Carlisle for treatment, police said.
Police were able to obtain surveillance video from the scene in an attempt to identify the vehicle that Metzger claimed hit him. Investigators were able to find the vehicle in the video, but the footage revealed that it never struck Metzger at all, according to police.
On June 22, Metzger provided his account of the incident in a written statement to Newville Police. At that point, police said, he was advised of the consequences of providing a false statement to law enforcement, but Metzger allegedly chose to stick with his version of what allegedly transpired.
Police said they then confronted Metzger with the facts from the video and filed a misdemeanor charge against him. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/morris-metzger-arrest-false-report-to-law-enforcement-newville-pa/521-0aa3348f-4da8-4ae0-b01a-90a1ebd4e42b | 2023-07-11T11:01:40 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/morris-metzger-arrest-false-report-to-law-enforcement-newville-pa/521-0aa3348f-4da8-4ae0-b01a-90a1ebd4e42b |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The 20,000th acre of farmland and 208th farm in Dauphin County was preserved on Monday in South Hanover Township.
Merry Chase Farm is a locally-owned pasture-raised meat and poultry farm.
On Monday, Dauphin County celebrated the owners who recently bought the property with a toast to protect the farmland from future development.
Jennifer Fitch, press secretary of Dauphin County, said its important to preserve local farmland and to celebrate the next generation of farmers in Pennsylvania.
The celebration on Monday welcomed dignitaries from the farming community, Dauphin County and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Attendees toasted to the preservation and new farmers with Farm Show Milkshakes.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — An electrical malfunction in a ceiling fan sparked a fast-moving fire that severely damaged a historic market building in Pennsylvania's capital city early Monday, authorities said.
No injuries were reported in the fire at the Broad Street Market in Harrisburg. which was reported around 1 a.m. but was brought under control a short time later. The site housed a stone building and a brick building that had stood for about 145 years, but the brick building was the only one damaged.
Speaking at a news conference held at the site late Monday afternoon, Harrisburg Fire Chief Brian Enterline said investigators determined the fire started in the ceiling fan that was installed in 2017. He said the blaze has been ruled an accident.
Authorities said no one was in the building when the fire began. Part of that structure was destroyed, but city officials and Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the building would be rebuilt and normal operations would continue in the stone building. Officials were also looking for a temporary site where vendors in the brick building could operate their businesses.
The site is believed to be the oldest continuously operated market house in the United States. Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams said “the heart of our community was torn apart” by the fire, but she said it will come back “bigger and better than ever.” She and other officials credited city firefighters for their quick work that spared the stone building and also thanked numerous fire departments in the region that helped battle the blaze.
Harrisburg and other small cities scattered across central Pennsylvania have a long tradition of brick-and-mortar central market houses, where produce from local farms is alongside baked goods, prepared foods, artwork, craft beer and a variety of other things for sale. The Broad Street Market, about four blocks from the state Capitol, had in recent years bounced back from decay to become a thriving cultural and community spot. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/electrical-issue-sparks-fire-severely-damages-historic-market-building-pennsylvania/521-01693d86-7f10-46b1-b38a-1f610f46fab3 | 2023-07-11T11:01:52 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/electrical-issue-sparks-fire-severely-damages-historic-market-building-pennsylvania/521-01693d86-7f10-46b1-b38a-1f610f46fab3 |
MOUNTAINHOME, Pa. — The manhunt more than 250 miles away in western Pennsylvania is on the minds of many at the Mountainhome Diner in Barrett Township.
Similar circumstances surrounding the search for Warren County jail escapee Michael Burham are reminding them about the search for Eric Frein.
Burham is a suspect in a homicide case and a rape case. He was being held on arson and burglary charges when he escaped Thursday.
"He might be heading down this way, and I texted both of my children. I just gave them the heads-up. I know the chances are very unlikely, but they're still there. He's a dangerous man," Frank Sorrentino said.
State police call Burham a self-taught survivalist.
Back in 2014, troopers said the same thing about Eric Frein. Frein killed one state trooper and severely injured another in an ambush outside the Blooming Grove barracks in September of that year.
He led police on a 48-day manhunt, hiding from troopers in the woods before he was caught at the old Birchwood Resort in Pocono Township in October.
Jackie Jasko is a waitress at the diner and worked there during the Frein search.
"The helicopters were around every single night, and the police were there. My Freind actually couldn't get to her house one night. They wouldn't let her up because they thought that Eric was up that way. It was just a bunch of chaotic nonsense with him. But I can't imagine these people going through what we went through."
During the Frein search, the Barrett Township Volunteer Fire Company turned into a command post for police.
Grover Cleveland, Barrett Township's assistant fire chief, was the fire chief during the Frein search. He worked closely with state police Lt. Col. George Bivens during that time. Bivens is now leading the search for Burham.
"For something up like up there with a small-town feel, I can imagine they're going through the same thing we did, and it's just back to the community support. I mean, that's what's going to help the officers do their job better."
Those who live in Barrett Township say they feel for the people of Warren and hope Burham is caught soon. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/inmate-manhunt-reminds-pocono-residents-of-eric-frein-search-barrett-township-investigation-troopers/523-bc29971f-c834-41a3-8076-3fed5ef09941 | 2023-07-11T11:01:54 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/inmate-manhunt-reminds-pocono-residents-of-eric-frein-search-barrett-township-investigation-troopers/523-bc29971f-c834-41a3-8076-3fed5ef09941 |
WARREN, Pa. — A homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail is likely still in the area and someone may be helping him to evade capture, police said after discovering possible campsites in nearby woods.
Michael Burham, 34, fled the Warren County Prison late Thursday by climbing on exercise equipment, climbing through a window and down a rope fashioned from jail bedding, authorities said. Burham was being held on $1 million bail and was charged with kidnapping, burglary and other counts.
“We have located small stockpiles or campsites in wooded areas in the general vicinity of Warren, and we believe that at least some of those may be associated with Burham,” Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police told reporters Sunday afternoon at Youngsville Fire Hall.
Bivens said Monday that the stockpiles consisted of “supplies that would assist him with a prolonged stay in a wooded area.” He declined to be more specific but said investigators suspect someone is helping Burham.
“We do believe he is getting some assistance, from where or what that type of assistance is, I’m not prepared to comment on,” Bivens said, repeating an earlier warning that authorities would "prosecute anyone who does offer him assistance.”
District Attorney Jason Schmidt of Chautauqua County, New York, said last month that Burham is the prime suspect in the May 11 killing of Kala Hodgkin, 34, and a related arson in Jamestown, New York. Authorities also accuse him of abducting an elderly couple in Pennsylvania while trying to evade capture before his arrest in South Carolina. Warren city police said Burham “is considered very dangerous.”
Local, multistate and federal authorities have searched numerous residences, abandoned structures and wooded areas using K-9 units and aerial resources such as drones and aircraft, authorities said.
Bivens said officials “have no reason to believe he has left the area,” but that authorities are “constantly re-evaluating” that conclusion.
Bivens told WGRZ-TV that Burham taught himself survival skills and had military reserve training. He said authorities were searching a very large area with a lot of difficult terrain that has cabins, oil and gas sheds, and shacks that could offer a fugitive a place to hide.
The city of Warren announced that its playground program would be closed Monday due to the search, and the county school district said all summer programming at Beaty Warren Middle School would be canceled, including summer food service and meal prep at all city playground sites.
State police urged residents to be vigilant and keep doors and windows locked. Bivens urged them to secure food, clothes, vehicles or even weapons that he could take.
The U.S. Marshals Service offered a $7,500 reward for information leading to Burham’s capture, and Crime Stoppers was offering $2,000, Bivens said.
“Anyone in this situation becomes more desperate over time, and we plan to use that to our advantage,” Bivens said, adding that "if he’s out here in the woods, we’ll continue to push hard. He’s not going to be able to get a lot of rest. We’re going to push hard until we find him.”
Warren County Sheriff Brian Zeybel told WKBW-TV that he doesn't believe Burham is “a master of this game” but probably is able to tolerate “a little more discomfort than you or I.” He echoed the state police's call for residents to keep themselves safe and to prevent Burham from gaining help or refuge.
“There’s probably houses in this wonderful, beautiful community that the doors haven’t been locked in 40 years, maybe 50 years,” he said. “People leave keys in their car when they pump gas, stuff like that. Hometown rural America. But unfortunately people exploit that. And I don’t want to make it easy for this man to get a car, to get a firearm especially, and/or just have shelter in a basement or an unlocked shed or something like that.” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-police-searching-escaped-homicide-suspect-possible-campsites-jail/521-b3d5ee23-03e0-4e5b-86bd-d169e852830f | 2023-07-11T11:02:00 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-police-searching-escaped-homicide-suspect-possible-campsites-jail/521-b3d5ee23-03e0-4e5b-86bd-d169e852830f |
OCALA, Fla. — A Marion County woman who is accused of shooting and killing her neighbor is set to appear in court Tuesday.
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Deputies say Susan Lorincz shot and killed AJ Owens, after Owens came to Lorincz’s home to discuss an incident involving Owens’ kids.
The state attorney’s office said it expects Lorincz to plead “not guilty.”
Which is not surprising considering she told investigators she shot and killed Owens last month because she feared for her life and stood her ground.
No matter the plea, the Owens family wants justice.
Lorincz is charged with manslaughter. Owens’ family and friends are calling for the charges to be upgraded to second-degree murder.
Dozens of people gathered at Kingdom Revival Church in Ocala over the weekend to keep Owens’ memory alive.
Leading up to the shooting, investigators said Lorincz called 911 at least a dozen times, claiming Owens’ children were trespassing and harassing her.
An arrest report states before shooting Owens, Lorincz swung an umbrella at the kids and threw a roller skate at them, hitting one of Owens’ children on their feet.
That’s when Owens knocked on Lorincz’s door, and detectives say Lorincz shot her through her front door.
Records show she told deputies she got her gun for protection after a different argument with Owens last year.
Lorincz is scheduled to be in court around 9 a.m.
Channel 9 will have a crew inside of the courtroom and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida will have an increased chance of seeing rain and storms on Tuesday.
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Our area will have a 60% chance of rain and showers.
The rain and storms could also move through our area at any point during the day.
All of the increased activity is being fueled by a weak front near Florida.
The rain and clouds will help keep our temperatures in the mid-80s.
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An isolated shower will be possible Tuesday night with temperatures in the mid-70s.
Highs in the 90s will return Wednesday.
Channel 9 meteorologists are also tracking one area in the North Atlantic that may show tropical development later this week.
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Two men accused of kidnapping two 17-year-old Tulare County boys
Two men were arrested after being accused of kidnapping and carjacking two teenage boys, according to Tulare County sheriff's deputies.
On Friday, deputies were called to a Visalia home for a report of a carjacking and kidnapping.
Two 17-year-old boys told deputies they stopped their car near Grove Street and Paradise Avenue in Ivanhoe the night before. They were then assaulted by three people, one armed with a gun. The boys were forced into the back of the vehicle and dropped off just outside Ivanhoe.
The suspects drove off in their car, deputies said.
The vehicle was later found at a Visalia home, along with Richard Gonzalez, 28, and Daniel Castenada, 18. The men were arrested and booked into Tulare County Pretrial Facility.
Detectives have not identified the third person involved in the kidnapping and carjacking.
If anyone has more information, they can contact Detective Robinson or Sgt. Lowry at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 559-733-6218 | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/visalia/2023/07/10/two-men-arrested-in-visalia-kidnapping-ivanhoe-boys/70398817007/ | 2023-07-11T11:15:35 | 1 | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/visalia/2023/07/10/two-men-arrested-in-visalia-kidnapping-ivanhoe-boys/70398817007/ |
First responders were called to Homewood West Monday night for a structure fire.
The fire broke out just before 11 p.m. in a one-story building at N. Dallas Avenue and Kelly Street.
Officials said police, fire and EMS responded. No injuries were reported.
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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. 100 years ago
100 years ago
July 11, 1923: Evidently saying to themselves that a “a fair (?) exchange is no robbery,” thieves stole a Cadillac car that was the property of Julius Landauer of Lincoln and left a Ford sedan in its place. The garage door was jimmied. The stolen car was a 1916 model Cadillac, painted blue with a white stripe. There were no numbers left in the Ford, but a card belonging to Frank Jones of Mount Zion was located. Read the story.
75 years ago
July 11, 1948: The Bloomington army and air force recruiting station received a commendation from Col. Courtney P. Young of Chicago, commanding officer for the Illinois recruiting district, for what he described as an outstanding recruiting achievement. The local office produced 12 acceptable recruits in one day this week, the highest number ever enlisted in one day by the Bloomington station. Read the story.
50 years ago
July 11, 1973: An Illinois State University junior from Chicago was appointed by Gov. Daniel Walker to fill out a two-year term on the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities. Miss Felicitas Berlanga will take the seat resigned last fall by Louis H. Schuette of Rockford. Berlanga, 21, will be the first university student appointed to the board by any governor. Read the story.
25 years ago
July 11, 1998: The United Way of McLean County board gave Director Karen Daudelin the go-ahead to bid on the purchase of the McBarnes Memorial Building, 201 E. Grove St., Bloomington. The agency leases space in the 75-year-old from McLean County, which has set a minimum bid of $247,000 and stipulated that the building must be purchased by a government or nonprofit organization. Read the story.
101 years ago: See vintage Pantagraph ads from 1922
Gerthart's
Union Gas and Electric Co.
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Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
Moberly & Klenner
W.P. Garretson
W.H. Roland
Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-illinois-state-student-appointed-to-state-higher-ed-board/article_e8b615dc-1e01-11ee-95a7-b313421ce9b1.html | 2023-07-11T11:34:35 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-illinois-state-student-appointed-to-state-higher-ed-board/article_e8b615dc-1e01-11ee-95a7-b313421ce9b1.html |
TUPELO — Lee County’s assessed value is up by more than $42 million over the previous year, according to data produced by the Lee County tax assessor’s office.
Last week, the Lee County Board of Supervisors heard from Tax Assessor Mark Weathers, who reported that the county’s property tax assessments had produced an overall increase of $42.3 million to the county’s net value.
Following Weathers’ report, the board voted unanimously to accept the preliminary tax rolls.
County Administrator Bill Benson said the boost in value is a good sign that Lee County is moving in the right direction.
“(Rising property values) signifies significant growth in Lee County, which is a good thing,” Benson said.
Benson linked the increase to multiple completed projects and an increase in commercial businesses over the last year. This includes commercial renovation of older properties and the construction of the BNA bank Building in downtown Tupelo.
Property value assessments help the county determine the tax levy, and an increase in assessment means an increase in tax revenue to counties and municipalities, which translates to more services from the government, including road maintenance and economic development.
The county administrator noted that county’s value likely suffered some negative effects from the shuttering of United Furniture last November and the temporary closure of Cooper Tire in April after the Tupelo-based facility suffered damage during a tornadic storm. However, Benson said the impact was likely nominal, noting that Cooper Tire is still producing inventory and United Furniture’s facility holds significant taxable value.
Assessments follow two basic categories: real and personal property.
Real property is land, including any valuable investment attached to the land. That includes buildings, crops and timber.
Personal property includes all property not linked to the properties’ land, such as vehicles, inventory or anything from homeowners or companies.
Personal property also accounts for intangible property, such as intellectual property, bank accounts and franchise rights.
While most Lee County municipalities saw an increase in overall property value over the last year, Baldwyn saw an overall decrease in property values by $862,973. Weathers said the reason for the decrease was because Pennsylvania-based mattress and furniture company FXI liquidated its inventory stored in the city.
The acceptance of the tax role continues the board’s preparation for the fiscal year 2023-24 budget and sets the board on the path to preparing the tax levies for the next fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1.
The board is expected to set a public hearing during their July 17 meeting, likely for the first meeting in August. This hearing will allow property owners to protest any potential errors in the tax roll.
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SAN MARCOS, Texas — Hays County crews have been demobilized after extinguishing a brush fire north of San Marcos that started Saturday evening.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, the fire, which is now being called the Vineyard Hills Fire, was entirely contained, with the total damage consolidated to 55 total acres.
The first call reporting the fire came in around 4:25 p.m. on Saturday. The fire was burning near Hilliard Road.
Peter Arcidiacono is a neighbor who lives right across the street from where the fire broke out.
"One of our friends posted on Facebook that there was smoke, and I thought she meant further down the road, and then I came out and I saw the smoke and I'm like, 'Oh, my gosh,'" Arcidiacono said.
Shortly after 6 p.m., one of the embers from the fire jumped across the road and started burning his yard.
"I was surprised," Arcidiacono said. "I did not expect it."
Without knowing exactly how bad the fire could get, his wife, mother-in-law and friend who lives on the property all evacuated on Saturday night with their five dogs and a cat.
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said the lack of emergency communication is something he wants to fix.
"If people don't know what's going on, then there's a high level of desperation and anxiety," Becerra said. "So my aim is to communicate effectively so that folks have an opportunity to be at peace or pack a bag."
Some residents said Facebook and neighborhood group texts were some of the main outlets they used to stay informed.
But Judge Becerra said in the coming weeks, he will be working to make sure communication is sent out more effectively.
"This happens to fall right into the jurisdiction between county and city," Becerra said. "My belief is there should be an overlap of information, not a diminishing of information."
Becerra said he doesn't know why more emergency texts weren't sent out to residents in the area, but said he should know when they release the After Action Report next week.
Firefighters said the fire was caused after a burn pile became uncontrollable. They want to remind anyone who may be doing a controlled burn in this weather to keep a close eye on it and always have a water source on hand.
Fire crews plan to remain on the scene for the remainder of day to make sure the fire doesn't reignite. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hays-county/hays-county-brush-fire/269-8d97b293-59c3-402c-ad33-a4d144a8e6f8 | 2023-07-11T11:44:46 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hays-county/hays-county-brush-fire/269-8d97b293-59c3-402c-ad33-a4d144a8e6f8 |
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. — The embattled City of South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau is again in the spotlight after being arrested for trespassing and charged with burglary. Still, many South Fulton residents are rallying behind him.
“He’s exposing them and people don’t like to be exposed,” Reshard Snellings said, a friend of Kamau.
Snellings is among several coming to the mayor’s deference after his recently arrested.
”From what I understand, he was on somebody’s property and all of a sudden, he gets charged with criminal trespassing, and then he also got charged with a felony for burglary when he didn’t touch anything," he said. "A lot of people think this is a setup."
According to Snellings, this isn't the first time that the mayor was allegedly targeted for speaking out. He said that Khalid stood out on the steps of the Camelot Apartments, a troubled complex in metro Atlanta, exposing "the correction in the police department."
Snellings said that a charter commission meeting was called where they decided to remove the mayor.
“If he had been anyone else, they would’ve released him on his own recognizance,” Jewel Johnson, a City of South Fulton Community Activist, said in an exclusive interview.
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Though Johnson ran against Kamau and lost, she feels it's wrong how he's being treated. She added that the South Fulton Mayor was stripped of his ability to vote and perform several other duties.
“They never really gave the mayor that we have now an opportunity because by the time he was elected they immediately started changing the charter so that they could take over, the council has all the power,” Johnson said.
Looking at the numbers, Kamau is just one of several people who have faced the same fate for entering the property at the 6000 Cascade Palmetto Highway in Fairburn. 11Alive reached out to the realtor battling an arrest in court, but they declined to comment.
Residents believe that this issue is beyond the mayor.
“A lot of people feel like, a lot of their rights as a citizen is being taken away from them that the control is actually being taken by the council,” Johnson said.
The mayor also declined to comment at this time. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/khalid-kamau-south-fulton-city-mayor-arrest-trespassing-burglary-residents-support/85-34f29eae-6ff7-461f-a428-f91c83242d3b | 2023-07-11T11:47:03 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/khalid-kamau-south-fulton-city-mayor-arrest-trespassing-burglary-residents-support/85-34f29eae-6ff7-461f-a428-f91c83242d3b |
ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council passed a resolution urging the Georgia General Assembly to revisit and "explicitly limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials."
This new resolution comes during the YSL RICO case involving rapper Young Thug, where music lyrics are heavily impacting the trial. The resolution is meant to highlight concerns about using art as evidence due to the misuse and misinterpretation of rap lyrics in the criminal justice system.
The use of rap lyrics in the ongoing YSL RICO trial and rapper YFN Lucci's pending RICO trial inspired the #protectBlackart movement -- a movement focused on "defend[ing] creative freedom and expression."
Now, city council leaders are recognizing the need to separate artistic expression from criminal activity.
With this new resolution, the city council is aiming to promote fairness, prevent racial bias and safeguard artists in the Atlanta community.
“Our resolution is a significant step toward rectifying an issue that has disproportionately affected individuals within marginalized communities," Antonio Lewis, District 12 Councilmember, said. "We must protect the freedom of artistic expression while ensuring that evidence used in criminal trials is relevant, reliable, and does not perpetuate bias."
According to Atlanta City Council, other jurisdictions across the country have been proactive in limiting the use of rap lyrics in criminal trials.
"By urging the Georgia General Assembly to address this matter, we are fostering a more equitable and just criminal justice system for all,” said Councilmember Lewis.
In September 2022, California state lawmakers passed bill no.2799.
This bill is dedicated solely to the "admissibility of creative expressions." It states the intention of the bill is so "courts can ensure that the use of an accused person’s creative expression will not be used to introduce stereotypes or activate bias against the defendant, nor as character or propensity evidence." | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/resolution-urge-limitations-on-rap-lyrics-criminal-trials/85-ab00ff11-b91f-4758-8512-58ae456d0670 | 2023-07-11T11:47:09 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/resolution-urge-limitations-on-rap-lyrics-criminal-trials/85-ab00ff11-b91f-4758-8512-58ae456d0670 |
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA – Lee Health announced it will be the first hospital in Southwest Florida to implement an advanced weapons security system on Monday.
According to a press release from Lee Health, the Evolv weapons detection system has been used around the country for major events, athletic venues, and amusement parks.
Lee Health states the new system will provide safety and security to patients, visitors and hospital staff.
The first device will be installed at Lee Memorial Hospital’s emergency department entrance and all of Lee Health’s other emergency department access points.
Eventually, the security system will be installed at all other acute care facilities’ Emergency Department entrances, including Gulf Coast Medical Center, Cape Coral Hospital, HealthPark Medical Center, Golisano Children’s Hospital and Lee Health Coconut Point.
The release states that people will be able to walk through security without having to empty their pockets or handbags, which will help prevent long lines and allows for smooth entry into the hospital.
Lee Health says the system can screen up to 3,600 people per hour, which is 10 times faster than metal detectors. It can also differentiate between metal on an umbrella to a knife in real-time.
Second to only TSA, the Evolv system has screened over 60 million people. According to the release, the security system has stopped over 100,000 weapons from entering various types of venues. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/07/10/lee-health-hospital-first-to-install-new-weapon-detection-system-in-swfl/ | 2023-07-11T11:50:23 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/07/10/lee-health-hospital-first-to-install-new-weapon-detection-system-in-swfl/ |
Sarasota Housing Authority to host Books & Badges with Sarasota PD and local families
The Sarasota Housing Authority, in partnership with the Sarasota Police Department, the Book Rich Environments collaborative, and Sarasota County Libraries, will be hosting its annual Books & Badges literacy event on Thursday.
Books & Badges will begin at 3 p.m. at SHA's family public housing campus at 1912 N. Orange Ave. and also serves to commemorate the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading's National Summer Learning Week. The event will provide several hundred free books for low-income kids to read and mitigate against summer learning loss.
"Two of our core passions at the Sarasota Housing Authority are early childhood education and building trust between our families and local law enforcement," said William Russell, CEO of the Sarasota Housing Authority. "Books and Badges moves the needle on both issues, and we are excited to bring this back to our community this year."
SPD officers will be handing out books to children and youth ages 3-17 as part of an ongoing effort to help improve relationships and trust with families residing in public housing.
"Each summer, the men and women of the Sarasota Police Department look forward to partnering with the Sarasota Housing Authority and other community partners for this event," Sarasota Police Chief Rex Troche said. "We’re humbled and honored to have our officers spend time with children reading and continuing to foster positive relationships over a love of books.”
Submitted by Genevieve Judge | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/sarasota-housing-authority-to-host-books-badges-with-sarasota-police/70381558007/ | 2023-07-11T11:52:56 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/sarasota-housing-authority-to-host-books-badges-with-sarasota-police/70381558007/ |
Two Manatee County teens selected to serve community as Bank of America Student Leaders
BRADENTON — Two Manatee County students were selected last week as Bank of America Student Leaders and will participate in an eight-week paid summer internship providing first-hand experience in serving their communities.
As part of the program, the students will develop leadership and practical workforce skills while working with local nonprofits, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County, all while earning $17 per hour.
“By providing the pathways and resources for young adults to gain the foundational work skills and leadership experience they need to succeed, we are investing in Manatee County’s long-term economic growth.” said Erik Vatter, president, Bank of America Sarasota-Manatee. “The teens selected for this paid summer intern program are truly extraordinary but may not have had access to opportunities like this until now."
In Manatee County, only 32% of residents age 25 or older have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to the U.S. Census. With changing economic environments and a shifting job market, young people need access to workforce experience and career skills-building opportunities, Vatter said.
The class of 2023 Manatee County Bank of America Student Leaders are:
· Erline Constant, a senior at State College of Florida Collegiate School. Constant works to guide youth through Manatee County Teen Court, a diversion program for teenagers who commit minor infractions. She is also involved with her school’s “Youth In Action” program, which funds initiatives to educate students about drug abuse and mental health issues.
· Simon Rodriguez, a recent graduate of Manatee High School and a UnidosNow Future Leaders Academy scholar. UnidosNow helps first-generation, low-income students achieve higher education by providing college application and career advice. As an artist, he hopes to inspire other students and fellow Latinos by creating an art program at UnidosNow to address the need for arts in the education system.
Later this summer, Student Leaders will travel to Washington D.C. for a weeklong national leadership summit focused on the power of cross-sector collaboration and community advocacy. At the first in-person Summit since 2019, Student Leaders from across the nation will discuss the importance of civic engagement and meet with members of Congress.
Started in 2004, the Student Leaders program recognizes 300 community-focused juniors and seniors from across the U.S. annually.
Submitted by Myles Griffith | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/two-manatee-county-teens-to-serve-community-as-bofa-student-leaders/70381440007/ | 2023-07-11T11:53:02 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/two-manatee-county-teens-to-serve-community-as-bofa-student-leaders/70381440007/ |
Blue-green algal bloom in Lake Manatee leads to odd tasting water in Manatee County
A blue-green algal bloom in Lake Manatee may cause some non-harmful short-term changes in the taste and smell of Manatee County drinking water.
The lake has experienced a blue-green algal bloom over recent weeks, "which has imparted an earthy and/or musty taste or odor in the water," according the a news release by Manatee County.
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It is only when levels exceed the county's filtration capability that customers may notice the change. In response, Manatee County has started to use a powdered-activated carbon to remove the compounds from drinking water during the filtration process. The water remains entirely safe for consumption.
Customers can also use at-home filtering hooked to minimize the taste and odor.
“We are monitoring the levels of algae and odorants and treating for them until water quality returns to normal,” Utilities Deputy Director Katie Gilmore said in the release. “It is our hope that by informing the public of this potential impact of the algal bloom, we can alleviate any concerns that may arise should a customer detect an earthy taste or smell to their water." | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/07/11/odd-tasting-water-in-manatee-attributed-to-lake-manatee-algal-bloom/70399301007/ | 2023-07-11T11:53:08 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2023/07/11/odd-tasting-water-in-manatee-attributed-to-lake-manatee-algal-bloom/70399301007/ |
As Sarasota's malaria case count increases, we talked with researchers about what's next
Sarasota County's outbreak of locally acquired malaria is two cases away from matching the total reported in the last outbreak of the insect-borne disease in the U.S.
In 2003, eight cases of malaria were confirmed in Palm Beach County, with seven of those coming in the months of July and August. Sarasota County's total was at six as of Monday afternoon.
Malaria researchers who spoke with the Herald-Tribune said they don’t know what’s next for Sarasota’s outbreak, but some said they doubted it will become a large-scale outbreak.
The latest two cases were reported the week of June 25-July 1. The report for the following week hasn't been issued, but is expected to be released soon. The county, along with neighboring Manatee County, is under a mosquito-borne illness alert, and residents are being advised to apply insect repellant and wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants at nighttime.
Locally acquired malaria – which is malaria that people contract from local mosquitoes – is very rare in the U.S. The Herald-Tribune spoke with a few professors who are experts in malaria about why the outbreak may have occurred and where it could go from here. One professor noted that it’s very unlikely that the outbreak will become a “COVID-level epidemic.”
Another said climate change could potentially cause outbreaks of locally acquired malaria to become larger and more frequent, but noted that it’s too early to tell if that will be the case.
What will happen to the Sarasota outbreak?
Kelly Searle, a malaria researcher at the University of Minnesota, said in a recent interview that the Sarasota outbreak isn’t likely to “blow up.”
“We may see a few more cases coming in, but … it’s unlikely to have that big epidemic curve that we see with respiratory disease outbreaks,” she said.
One reason she doesn’t expect a large-scale outbreak is that the Sarasota population is completely susceptible to malaria. In other words, residents typically don’t have any immunity to malaria, so those who are infected by the parasite are going to get sick. This makes it easy to identify cases. In southern Zambia, where she does research, some people can get infected but not have any symptoms.
Dr. Photini Sinnis, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, said nobody knows what will happen to the Sarasota outbreak.
“Everybody’s actively waiting,” she said.
She expressed some concern about the fact that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that a few of the mosquitoes caught in Sarasota were positive for malaria. (Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services is trapping mosquitoes and sending them to the CDC for testing.) However, she doesn’t think the U.S. has the right conditions for sustained transmission of malaria.
Rhoel Dinglasan, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, said he hopes that mosquito control personnel sprayed insecticide “like crazy” ahead of the July 4 holiday. This would have meant that there were few mosquitoes when people were watching fireworks.
Why did an outbreak happen now?
Malaria was eliminated from the U.S. in the 1950’s, but it has occasionally sprung up since then. Researchers previously told the Herald-Tribune that they believe someone contracted malaria from another country, came into the Sarasota area and was bitten by a mosquito here. The insect then could have infected a different person in the area.
There have been 64 outbreaks of locally acquired malaria – including the current one – in the U.S. since 1957, according to a CDC report. The last one was in Palm Beach County in 2003. Sinnis said the fact that we haven’t seen an outbreak in 20 years could be “completely random.”
Or, she said, it could mean that global warming has made the environment more hospitable for mosquitoes, and the U.S. could potentially start seeing more outbreaks and larger ones. But she said time will tell if that will be the case.
Sinnis said in the U.S., there are long periods of the year when mosquitoes can’t reproduce. But as the earth warms, winter will become shorter, which will allow mosquitoes to get a head start on growing their population.
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Searle, of the University of Minnesota, said it’s difficult to determine why malaria transmission is happening now. She noted, though, that people have resumed traveling internationally because COVID-19 travel restrictions have been lifted. She also mentioned that summers are getting hotter and longer.
But other than those factors, it could just be a coincidence, she said.
Searle said that when the first few cases of malaria were reported in Sarasota County, she wasn’t entirely surprised.
“It is important to understand that in these environments, it is completely possible to have malaria transmission,” she said. “We have all of the correct factors. So once you have the parasite present, it’s totally feasible that this can happen.” | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/07/11/why-are-malaria-cases-happening-in-sarasota-now-we-asked-researchers/70389430007/ | 2023-07-11T11:53:14 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/07/11/why-are-malaria-cases-happening-in-sarasota-now-we-asked-researchers/70389430007/ |
North Port commissioners question results of Warm Mineral Springs survey
Some board members would sacrifice preservation of historic structures if too costly after Hurricane Ian
NORTH PORT – Once upon a time, the North Port City Commission contemplated teaming up with a private company as means to restore three historic buildings at Warm Mineral Springs – the only structures of historic note in the 104-square-mile city.
At a Monday workshop, while discussing damage done by Hurricane Ian last fall, at least two board members were willing to bulldoze the three structures believed to be designed by Sarasota School of Architecture member Jack West as a means to speed along the proposed partnership for developing land around the springs.
A third was willing to demolish those buildings if it meant keeping the entire 83-acre park site in public hands.
Ironically, only Ashley Bloom, one of the main partners in the private WMS Development Group, expressed the firmest conviction for preservation when he noted that the developer would guarantee a $19 million performance bond to restore those buildings as well as complete other work highlighted in a 2019 development plan for the park.
That obligation, also known as Phase One of a development plan crafted for the city by a consultant, would come before the developer could start work on other amenities – such as a 150-room resort hotel and spa, 50 rental eco cabins and 270 condominiums – where it would ostensibly make its money back.
Other amenities in the scaled back site plan Bloom unveiled Monday include an amphitheater and event center, 36-hole putting course, a restaurant and an indigenous village and museum.
“In our plan, we do want to restore those buildings,” Bloom said, shortly after making his $19 million performance bond guarantee. “The cyclorama – there’re only three left in the entire country – we think it’s important to have that history.”
North Port commissioners discount survey results
Bloom’s presentation was one of three topic areas related to the park development dealt with by the City Commission. The first was discussion of results of an independent survey conducted by ETC Institute, an Olathe, Kansas-based firm that specializes in governmental market research on how city residents wanted the 61.4 acres of park land surrounding the 21.6-acre Warm Mineral Springs historic site should be developed.
The majority of the commission essentially discounted the results of that survey.
Ryan Murray, assistant director of community research for ETC, said about 10% of the surveys it sends out are returned, but in this case, of the 2,500 mailers sent, 959 people responded, while another 666 responded online.
Those numbers gave the national company a better than 95% confidence in the veracity of the results, in which the overwhelming majority favored low-intensity development that did not include a hotel or condominiums, and most were interested in funding development in phases, based on park revenues.
Commissioners chose to poke holes into those findings.
Mayor Barabara Langdon expressed surprise that 60% of the respondents claimed to have visited the springs, even though documented attendance figures showed that 85% of the paid attendance was attributed to people who live outside of Sarasota County.
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That 60% represented roughly 518 people.
She also noted that 80% of the respondents visited park areas outside of the springs and contrasted that with her own visit, during which “we had to reroute ourselves because of homeless encampments.”
Commissioner Phil Stokes later brought up the old Mark Twain quote referring to “lies, damn lies and statistics.”
The push to discount the survey results – which mirrored the findings of several workshops in 2018 – did not sit well with the public in attendance.
“You aren’t representatives at all; you’re an embarrassment, that’s what you are,” said David Iannoti, who was elected to the commission in November 2020 but resigned within a month for health reasons.
Historic buildings imperiled
In 2017 North Port created its historical register specifically for Warm Mineral Springs' sales building, spa building and cyclorama.
Built for the Florida Quadricentennial Celebration – from December 1959 to March 1960 – the three buildings were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
Langdon broached the idea that the historic buildings may not be worth saving, though she also suggested that the round cyclorama exterior may be preserved but with the interior gutted and replaced by some type of holographic presentation on the story of Ponce de Leon searching for the Fountain of Youth developed by students at Ringling College of Art & Design.
After Bloom’s presentation, Stokes asked if the historic buildings could be sacrificed and the portion of the $9.4 million the city set aside to restore the structures could be used to buy additional land for Bloom to develop – with the thought that neither the hotel not the condos would then be built on the 61.4-acre parkland.
Bloom explained that the developer’s intent was to create a wellness resort on the property.
It wasn’t until the third presentation – when staff wanted guidance from the commission on the possible future – that Commissioner Debbie McDowell asked about the structural integrity of the buildings and whether they could be saved.
If not, she suggested, the $9.4 million was plenty of money to build a concession site for the park and extend water and sewer – and thus maintain the site as a park.
North Port Parks and Recreation Director Sandy Pfundheller said that while an initial structural assessment noted that the three buildings should not be open to the public, she added that the city has not hired a structural engineer to determine what it would cost to restore them.
“As far as the buildings, they can still be restored,” Pfundheller said. “It will just cost more money.”
Next steps
Though the board took no formal votes, it did attempt to achieve consensus on what to do.
An easy one was to urge city staff to work with Charles Hines, the Gulf Coast Trail program director for the Trust For Public Land on how to best connect the Gulf Coast Trail – which recently was realigned to travel down River Road – to the proposed Legacy Trail trailhead at Warm Mineral Springs.
The commission also gave its blessing for city staff to organize public meetings along with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation on future springs development.
Jon Thaxton, senior vice president for community investment at Gulf Coast Community Foundation, told the commission that the foundation would host and fund those meetings, moderated by New College professor David Brain.
Thaxton said the purpose of the public outreach forums would be to provide further definition to subjective aspects of the survey, like density and intensity.
The commission set those parameters by suggesting that the city define medium intensity for Warm Mineral Springs as proposed by the latest iteration of the WMS Development Group project, which called for less commercial development than in city codes but more residential.
For example, by staff definition, medium intensity would allow for 238 residential units and 440,000 square feet of commercial on the site, while WMS Development wants 270 condominiums and only 132,000 square feet of commercial – including the hotel, spa and event center.
The commission also agreed that staff should move on from the discounted admission fees of $8 per day for Sarasota County residents and $11 for non-residents to $15 for county residents and $20 for non residents, with multi-visit discount books available. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/07/11/survey-that-opposes-warm-mineral-springs-development-questioned/70396796007/ | 2023-07-11T11:53:20 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/07/11/survey-that-opposes-warm-mineral-springs-development-questioned/70396796007/ |
Everyone has something they feel is precious, rare, cherished, skillfully crafted or simply amusing.
In the Mason City Room at the Mason City Public Library on Thursday night, a small group of locals from all walks of life gathered and shared a wealth of unique items and the anecdotes that go along with them. The inaugural "Adult Show & Tell" event was designed to foster a place to share and "show off" a little piece of important personal history.
Jody Hixson, who works as a library assistant, organized the adult summer library program because she feels "everyone wants to be able to talk."
Bryn Ivonavitch shared their thrifting finds: a pair of 19th century stereoscopes with a stack of annotated photographs, specially printed so that when viewed through the stereoscope, the side-by-side images are perceived by the eye as three-dimensional.
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Ivonavitch also shared a skull of a North American bison, which they admit is a macabre decoration, but is cherished because "I think there's a lot of beauty in this. ... Bones tell so much of a story. You come into the life of this object, of this thing that was living, after it's gone but you still get to see a little bit of its story."
Ivonavitch lifted the massive skull to reveal two side-by-side bullet holes that open through the forehead, showing it was a farm-raised animal. "That itself tells a story. It took two tries to take something like this down," they said.
Local author Christiane Dean shared a short children's story, "The Helpful Little Bunnies," about a mother bunny's love.
Dean said she's always wanted to be a writer and is looking to self-publish.
"I've always loved stories about animals. Mostly I'm doing freelance writing, mostly ghostwriting, but I have some stories that I'm in the process of finishing and publishing."
Hixson shared a diorama hand-carved with a pen-knife by Mason City resident Elmer Eagleton, who was a friend of Hixson's mother. It was made from typical household materials and depicts a marching band parading through River City buildings. The diorama is on display at the library.
Scott and Pam Johnson of Mason City shared some pocket-sized treasures. Scott told the story of the whistle he used during his time as a traffic officer long ago. Pam shared a treasure found when downsizing, a metallic bracelet from when she was a newborn, engraved with her name, address and phone number.
Hixson's son, Taylor, shared his copy of the first 100 episodes of "SpongeBob SquarePants" on DVD, autographed by SpongeBob voice actor Tom Kenny, and a book signed by magicians Penn and Teller.
Hixson said Thursday's event "was a good start. It was maybe a small gathering, but as word gets out ... we hope to schedule another one in the fall or winter."
Also popular at the library is escape room program, which has extended appointments two more days. Those interested in booking the escape rooms can call for an appointment at 641-421-3668.
"Whether it's game and craft nights, the point isn't even about what we do, but just that we're gathering, not being isolated."
Alexander Schmidt is an Education/General Assignment Reporter for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at alexander.schmidt@globegazette.com or at 641-421-0527. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/mason-city-library-show-and-tell/article_468674a2-1cf6-11ee-b551-9755ea78bd24.html | 2023-07-11T11:57:26 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/mason-city-library-show-and-tell/article_468674a2-1cf6-11ee-b551-9755ea78bd24.html |
Prairie Ridge's Downtown Drop-In Center is a community center on a mission.
According to the Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Health Center's website, that mission is to "empower individuals to live healthy purpose-filled lives on their terms."
The drop-in center supports that idea and patients with peer support and activities, crisis counseling and case management.
"When most people think about Prairie Ridge, they think about substance abuse or residential treatment. The drop-in center is a little more informal, and we welcome anyone who needs a chance to talk or unwind a little," said Cassy Daleske, case manager.
Centers like Prairie Ridge's downtown location are designed to offer patients and community members a comfortable and welcoming place, whether they're experiencing distress or just want a place to spend some time.
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Mel Tilley provides peer support in addition to her position as activities coordinator. She's a friendly and welcoming face in the drop-in center's lobby and greets new visitors with grace and an abundance of helpful information.
"Stop in and talk for a minute, even if you're just curious. See what we're all about," she said. "There's probably something we offer that can help you or someone you care about."
One of the most accessed services at the center is crisis counseling to help people focus in stressful situations, offer support and guidance if needed and assist in getting other needed services.
"We have crisis counseling for anyone who needs it. You don't have to be a Prairie Ridge patient or even have insurance. We do our best to get folks connected to what they need no matter their circumstances," said crisis counselor Stephanie Patterson. "We're here to help you map out a path to success. It doesn't matter where you are in your life, when you've got something going on we're here to talk."
Patterson, Daleske and Tilley don't work miracles as often as people in distress would like one, but having community and peer support can make a tough time easier to bear.
"For lots of people, relationship building is stronger in an informal setting. We may have people in crisis stop in for daily check-ins to be sure we're on the right track. Some people come by once a week for conversation. Each person is different, and we do our best to build the foundation they need to be successful," said Daleske.
Being a part of Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Health gives the staff at the center a lot of resources to lean on. PRIBH offers a multitude of programs like residential service, in-home assistance through integrated health home, and the assertive community treatment – or ACT – team that is a specialized and individualized plan of care for situations that require more support.
The staff at the drop-in center also are familiar with services offered by other agencies and have strong connections with providers in the area.
"One thing that can really knock people for a loop is the loss of stable housing. It's hard to get or keep a job if you don't have that stability in your life. It's hard to get stable housing without a job, so it becomes a feedback loop," Patterson said. "We work very closely with Northern Lights Alliance for the Homeless Shelters, 43 North Iowa, Friends of the Family and others to assist in housing needs."
"We have rental applications here you can fill out. We also have computers set up for you to use to apply for jobs or access documents and online accounts. Feel free to stop by with a friend to check us out," said Daleske. "We've got warm heat in the winter and cool air conditioning in the summer."
The enter offers support and guidance in times of personal turmoil. Crisis counseling is often the first step in setting priorities, and peer support can make meeting those goals feel less challenging.
Prairie Ridge Downtown Drop-In Center is located at 112 Second St. N.E. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. No appointment is necessary. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/mason-city-prairie-ridge-integrated-behavioral-health-systems-drop-in-center/article_22633c24-1cd6-11ee-9c94-230101df1ef6.html | 2023-07-11T11:57:33 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/mason-city-prairie-ridge-integrated-behavioral-health-systems-drop-in-center/article_22633c24-1cd6-11ee-9c94-230101df1ef6.html |
It’s been a challenging year at Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank.
Rising food prices, cuts to services for its clientele and a surge in demand have made the food pantry’s mission of combating the region’s food insecurity more difficult.
When Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited the Mason City site recently his first question was, “What is it you need the most?”
Carol Clayton, a coordinating volunteer and board member, put it plainly: “Food and money.”
Clayton, who serves as a coordinating volunteer and board member at Hawkeye Harvest, said in May the food bank received 12,000 pounds of bread, 57,000 pounds of total food, 1,000 pounds of non-edible goods like toothpaste and toiletries and $10,000 in small contributions and donations.
Hawkeye Harvest is a 100% volunteer organization. Its 186 volunteers logged 11,238 hours in 2022, and donations are used for the purchase of food with a small amount to maintain its facility which opened in 2014 at 122 S. Adams Ave. in Mason City.
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The pantry in June served 1,232 Cerro Gordo County residents in 575 families, compared with 988 individuals and 338 families in surrounding counties (Butler, Floyd, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Kossuth, Mitchell, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth and Wright), enough food for 26,640 meals.
Local partnerships with suppliers like Hy-Vee, Aldi, Wal-Mart, Target, Pepsi, Martin Bros. and countless other vendors and donors keep the pantry running, along with the small army of volunteers who bring in donations of produce from growers sourced far and wide.
“This is a perfect example of a public-private partnership if there ever was one,” said Naig.
The visit also included Food Bank of Iowa CEO Michelle Book, who toured with Naig and touted the Mason City operation. “(Out of our) 700 agencies we partner with, Hawkeye Harvest is one of the most generous. They’ve come to this spirit of generosity, and the community has responded by its sheer number of amazing volunteers, but also amazing financial support and food donation support.”
Food bank volunteer Ozzie Ohl told the Globe Gazette in December he’d never seen a dramatic increase in food prices like he saw in 2022. Yet he’s still encouraged, despite the challenges they see every day.
“We’re faced with the supply chain issue, inflation and then the cutback in the SNAP programs. Those have all impacted us,” said Ohl.
Though food prices continue to rise, data shows improvement compared with last year. Food prices rose 6.7% between May 2022 and May 2023, according to the most recent consumer price index (CPI) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The previous year’s increase during the same period was 10.1%.
The spike in food prices is attributed to high labor and food production costs and disruptions like avian flu, droughts, wildfires and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Adding to the food insecurity, Iowans receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program aid must now go through an asset test to continue receiving benefits under a bill passed in April by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Advocacy organizations like the Iowa Hunger Coalition were opposed to the legislation and encouraged its veto. In Iowa, 1 in 10 adults and 1 in 8 children are facing hunger, according to the Food Bank of Iowa.
Asked about his impressions of the pantry, Naig told the Globe:
“What always strikes me in a food bank like this is this is volunteer-driven, this is community supported. Yes, there are public resources that are involved, but this comes from the community. I want to commend the community on their effort. Demand is up for families participating in both the community kitchen and the meals.
“I can see it takes a lot of hours, a lot of passion” said Naig. “Keep up the good work.”
Naig noted USDA-funded programs administered through his office at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are trying to bridge that gap between farmers, food banks and food hubs. “I’m interested [in learning how] do we continue to connect the dots between Iowa producers? We’re a huge agriculture production state, and so how do we match up that ag production with food security?”
He said his office also is coordinating food assistance through the CARES Act, and worked to secure $5 million in ARPA funding which the state says will help build capacity for food banks.
The state recently reversed course and announced it will apply for $28 million in federal aid to help feed students in summer nutrition programs at many local schools. Mason City, Clear Lake and Charles City have all begun their own food-assistance programs. Beginning in 2024, states will provide summer benefits for school-age children through a new, permanent nationwide program.
All who come to Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank must meet residency and income qualifications to receive food to make meals for about four days during once-monthly visits. They also receive nonperishables such as toilet paper and other basic necessities.
Hawkeye Harvest says a donation of $25 purchases enough food to help make 40 meals. A $50 donation helps make 80 meals and a $100 donation will provide enough food to make 160 meals.
For those making food donations, nonperishable food items requested by the food bank include cereal, pasta, rice, canned fruits and vegetables, canned meals such as soups, chili, pasta, 100% juice, peanut butter, canned pasta sauce or spaghetti sauce, macaroni & cheese and canned protein (tuna, chicken, turkey). Donations can be dropped off between 9-11 a.m. Monday through Friday. Clients are helped from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Lisa, a mother of three girls ages 2, 6 and 8, said she was reluctant to seek food assistance for fear of being judged. But the reality of her first visit to Hawkeye Harvest was very different. “Everyone here is so nice,” Lisa said. “Just wonderful!”
“We’re normal people [having] a hard time making ends meet. And that’s pretty common lately. If I didn’t come here, we’d be eating ramen noodles. This pantry helps us tremendously.”
Alexander Schmidt is an Education/General Assignment Reporter for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at alexander.schmidt@globegazette.com or at 641-421-0527. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/naig-visits-hawkeye-harvest/article_a27b900a-1ce0-11ee-bfc5-af720fbc5f47.html | 2023-07-11T11:57:39 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/naig-visits-hawkeye-harvest/article_a27b900a-1ce0-11ee-bfc5-af720fbc5f47.html |
Two fatal crashes occurred in Twin Falls County over the weekend, police say.
On Saturday, 37-year-old Warren Snook of Twin Falls drove off the right shoulder of the road at 7:43 p.m. while southbound on the 400 block of Grandview Drive in Twin Falls, according to the Idaho State Police.
He overcorrected, drove off the left shoulder of the road and the Chevrolet Malibu he was driving rolled and came to rest in a field.
Snook died at the scene, the ISP said, and he was wearing a seatbelt.
On Sunday night, another single-vehicle crash occurred, this one at 9:56 p.m. at U.S. Highway 30 and North Road near Buhl.
A 52-year-old Buhl man was westbound on U.S. 30 in a Dodge Ram 3500 when he drove off the right shoulder, overcorrected, drove off the left shoulder and the vehicle rolled, the ISP said. The vehicle came to rest approximately 20 feet off the roadway.
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The man, who has not been identified, died at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt, the ISP said, and the roadway was blocked for more than three hours.
The Idaho State Police continues to investigate both crashes. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/2-die-in-separate-crashes-in-twin-falls-county/article_e767e576-1f45-11ee-bdfe-63de3771ecec.html | 2023-07-11T12:04:43 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/2-die-in-separate-crashes-in-twin-falls-county/article_e767e576-1f45-11ee-bdfe-63de3771ecec.html |
Cities often have "signature smells" and Twin Falls is no exception.
Residents are familiar with the occasional burnt-toast smell of sugar beets being processed at Amalgamated Sugar, burn piles from surrounding farms, or the smell of fries from Lamb Weston wafting around Rock Creek.
There are a number of locations in Twin Falls that just plain stink.
With notes of rotten eggs, manure lagoons, or rotting food, a smell emanating from the sewer in a few regular locations is unmistakable.
For the last several years, when people catch a whiff of something wretched, they have the option to drop the city a line using an odor complaint form on their website. The form, which helps the city track down stinky odors, asks people to describe the smell and provide a time and location.
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In the past year, the city has received more than 125 odor complaints.
“The sick, cabbage odor is in our office and outside. It is so strong it is making us sick. We will finish the most important work ... then we will send everyone home."
“It was very pungent. Had to bring the Sunday lunch from the porch into the house.”
"It not only stinks, it's an eye-burning sewage smell. I grew up on a dairy. I know what normal odor is, but ... this is absolutely unbearable."
To tackle the sewage smells that have become overbearing in places around town, the city hired Consor Engineering to track down the cause of odors in 2017. The study sought to find exactly what was causing the smell and why it was so strong in some neighborhoods and not others.
This year, new information and a range of new tools and tricks are available in the fight against odors and the city is hopeful that the solution is near.
"As we're understanding what goes on," city Environmental Manager Nathan Erickson said, "I think we're closer to a permanent solution."
A network that connects everyone
Consor's study to tackle odors has focused on the Grandview trunkline, a major collector that handles most of the wastewater from the city west of Blue Lakes Boulevard.
The trunkline begins on Washington Street South and runs north to follow Rock Creek. At Addison Avenue, the line is pumped up from Rock Creek to just west of the County West building, where the line continues northwest to Grandview Drive. At Canyon Rim Road, the trunkline turns east and drops sharply into the Snake River Canyon before entering the wastewater treatment plant.
The Grandview trunkline is more than 5 miles of pipe, ranging in diameter from 8 inches to 48 inches, and it's almost entirely plastic. There are no subterranean caverns, no phantoms of the opera, and no ninja turtles.
Odors have always been present in the line. The Grandview Drive and Canyon Rim Road area has been nicknamed "Poo Corner" long before the neighborhood sprouted up around it. As the city has grown, more users — both industrial and residential — are connected to the line, increasing the volume of sewage. More connections to the line offer more opportunities for gasses to escape, as well.
In 2022, the Times-News spoke with Nathan Bishop, whose home at Canyon Rim Drive and Grandview Road has been filled with sewage odors off and on for 20 years.
Bishop told the Times-News that in the past five years, the smell has gotten much worse. Older houses in the area are on septic systems, but Bishop's house is connected to the Grandview trunkline near its end, where all the sewage from half of Twin Falls drops off a cliff and into the canyon.
One putrid odor
As Erickson told the council in April, smells that stay in the sewer differ from smells that come out of the sewer and into the community.
“If we were going to go out and pop a manhole and stick our nose down in there, it’s going to smell,” Erickson told the city council in April. “That’s understandable. But what is not acceptable is when that odor comes out into the community.”
Most of the smells are caused by gasses in the sewer system, he said. One gas — hydrogen sulfide — is responsible for a majority of the odors.
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, hydrogen sulfide concentrations of 100 parts per million are immediately dangerous to life or health. Concentrations greater than 500 ppm can cause a person to collapse within five minutes and concentrations exceeding 700 ppm can cause immediate death.
But the smell of hydrogen sulfide, usually described as rotten eggs or raw sewage, is detectable by humans at a level far below where it poses a danger. Catch a whiff of even a small amount — 0.00047 ppm — will make a person check to see if they stepped in something.
"We are very very good detectors of this,” Mark Cummings from Consor Engineering told the city council in April.
Hydrogen sulfide can also become sulfuric acid, which is corrosive. The study has shown that concrete and steel have degraded around many of the line's 103 manholes, making it even more likely the gas will escape into the community.
Resident worries about potential health problems said to be caused by sewer gas coming into his home.
We know the culprit but where is it coming from?
Hydrogen sulfide gas can be produced within the sewer system by ordinary bacterial processes, or it can be introduced by sewer users. Cummings told the council how Consor determined there wasn’t a lot of hydrogen sulfide inherently being created by natural processes inside the system. Most of the hydrogen sulfide, he said, was being introduced by large industrial users, otherwise known as point sources.
There are several permitted wastewater dischargers in the southern portion of the trunkline: Glanbia Nutritionals, Lamb Weston Inc., Aramark Uniform Services, and West Rock are a few.
Over the summer and fall of 2022, gadgets called odor loggers were lowered into the sewer to "sniff" the gasses and record the concentrations. The results produced a graph with irregular spikes, showing that the hydrogen sulfide level fluctuated irregularly from the summer into the fall.
No single fix
The new air scrubber is one component of the city’s effort to reduce the impact of sewer odors on the community, but it is just one part of reducing the amount of hydrogen sulfide in the system.
“There’s not a silver bullet that’s going to solve all of our problems,” Erickson told the council.
The air scrubber is basically a big filter. About the size of a large refrigerator, the scrubber will connect to a manhole with a large suction fan that pulls gasses out of the sewer. Inside the scrubber, a vat of carbon pellets absorbs the hydrogen sulfide gas and neutralizes it.
“This type of filter is ideal for addressing when there are spikes when it’s a changing amount of hydrogen sulfide” Erickson told the Times-News.
The Grandview trunkline essentially has three segments that could be treated with the odor scrubber, and, Consor recommended using three to five of these scrubbers to treat the entire line. Before diving into a half-million dollar project, the city wanted to make sure it worked as intended and authorized $150,000 to purchase one unit and a trailer, which allows city workers to quickly set up at different locations to respond to changing conditions.
Limiting hydrogen sulfide starts with industrial users
The main effort of ultimately reducing hydrogen sulfide sits with partnering with industrial users to troubleshoot any processes that introduce large amounts of hydrogen sulfide and brainstorm any changes that can be made to decrease the odorous offender.
It's taken some detective work, but through cooperation between the city and the industrial partners, they have used the data from the study to troubleshoot what is resulting in too much hydrogen sulfide in the system.
“There’s quite a bit of work going on behind the scenes by a lot of the point sources in the community to try to address whatever they can if it’s coming from them,” Erickson said. “We’re learning more, and in partnering with some of these point sources, … we share the data we’re collecting and letting them know what we’re seeing.”
Lamb Weston is one point source that has met regularly with the public works department to review the information on their wastewater discharge. Company spokesperson Shelby Stoolman said those meetings helped the company reduce its hydrogen sulfide levels to almost nothing.
"We used the data that the city collected to better understand the levels, and have implemented several improvements to our wastewater system, investing money and resources which have contributed to the reductions we’ve achieved in H2S levels," Stoolman said in an email to the Times-News. "Since the city began monitoring last fall, we’ve significantly reduced average measured H2S levels, and have achieved current levels close to zero."
The 'R word': If everything else fails, regulation is a last resort
If these initial efforts and voluntary contributions from industrial users don’t go far enough to curb the hydrogen sulfide levels, Consor said they may recommend the city create limits on what industrial contributors can put into the sewage system. But neither the city nor the industrial users are eager to see regulation come into play.
“As a responsible city we have to have a contingency,” Erickson told the council. “If we were ever to get to a point where we weren’t able to get the results into our system from point sources — then local limits."
To get an idea of what other cities have done to reduce hydrogen sulfide in their systems, the city has studied how wastewater systems in Los Angeles County, California, and King County, Washington, have used regulations to reduce dangerous and offensive substances from their wastewater.
But this is Idaho, where limited regulation is a cornerstone of a business-friendly environment.
"Ideally we can just get the point sources so they are cleaned up enough where we wouldn’t have to (regulate)," Erickson told the Times-News.
Odor complaints help
Reports from citizens are one of the main tools the city can use to identify when and where gasses become noticeable. The city has a form on its website where people can report information about foul smells, and it is valuable data.
“I think it’s important that the public understand that speaking up if there are odors that are not acceptable," Erickson told the Times-News. "When it is bad it’s nice to have citizens let me know so we can use that information to try to figure out what to do to fix it.”
Perhaps soon, residents can enjoy Sunday lunch on the back porch. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/whats-that-smell/article_fb983102-1515-11ee-8843-2f691fe8e0ba.html | 2023-07-11T12:04:50 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/whats-that-smell/article_fb983102-1515-11ee-8843-2f691fe8e0ba.html |
Eugene City Council repeals proposed ban on natural gas in new construction
Eugene City Council unanimously repealed its proposed ban on natural gas in new homes at a work session Monday night.
"I think it's time to take a pause," Councilor Emily Semple said. "We sparked something, and other cities are now doing this, so we can be proud of that even if this isn't our moment to go forward."
The council initially passed the ban Feb. 6 in a 5-3 vote.
Opponents the next month turned in a petition with 12,000 signatures, to put the ban up to a public vote. On April 19, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a similar ban passed by the city of Berkley. Both events led to the council repealing the proposal.
"I don't remember a ballot measure that's been certified as quickly and has gotten twice the number of [required] ballot signatures within that short a period of time," said Councilor Mike Clark, who initially voted against the ban.
In the same work session, councilors passed two additional motions directing the city manager to explore other ways for the city to reduce emissions, one generally and one focused on new construction.
"It doesn't have to look like a ban," said, Councilor Lyndsie Leech, who voted for the ban and introduced a motion to explore emission reduction strategies for new construction
"We can use more incentives. Use more collaboration with the community," said Leech. "I really just wanted to bring this particular conversation back to the table because new construction is still going to be a big chunk of our fossil use in the future."
Climate activists were disappointed by the repeal but blamed the court case, not the council.
"City councilors, thank you for passing the ordinance to electrify," Nancy Ahnert, an activist with 350, said at a public hearing following the work session. "I'm sorry the 9th Circuit Court ruling halted Eugene's ordinance. That is a setback, but not a defeat. I'm confident that you will move forward soon with decarbonization."
Councilor Jennifer Yeh, who voted for the ban in February said passing it was the "right thing to do" and a proper use of city regulations, but that there was more consensus among councilors on electrifying through fee reductions and other incentives than through regulation.
Yeh said she remembered learning about climate change in school. "It feels like now I'm the adult and we made so little progress." She said she supported the gas ban because to her it felt like a small sacrifice. "If we can't do that now. I don't know when we're going to do that."
Register-Guard reporter Alan Torres covers local government. You may reach him at atorres@gannett.com | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/eugene-city-council-repeals-proposed-natural-gas-ban-new-construction/70400457007/ | 2023-07-11T12:20:11 | 0 | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2023/07/10/eugene-city-council-repeals-proposed-natural-gas-ban-new-construction/70400457007/ |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Owners of a community fridge from the North Texas area said someone stole their appliance last Thursday, July 6, and they are asking for the public's help in finding it.
Funky Town Fridge is a community initiative from Fort Worth that has the goal of ending food apartheid in the area. The organization has a collection of refrigerators around Fort Worth that are accessible 24/7 for anyone who needs it. People are allowed to take what they need and leave what they can. Donations require guidelines.
"We’d much rather people talk to their local grocers and other businesses about sharing the good food that they would otherwise be throwing away!" Part of Funky Town Fridge's website states.
On Facebook and Twitter on Saturday, Funky Town Fridge said the appliance in the Stop Six neighborhood at 3400 Village Creek Road had been stolen.
"We believe that someone intentionally took our Stop Six Fridge, but it’s hard to understand why someone would do such a thing when the fridge is a community resource that is open to anyone at any time, free of charge," Funky Town Fridge said in a tweet.
Later in the Twitter thread, Funky Town Fridge said the organization had filed a police report.
Funky Town Fridge's four community fridges include one in Stop Six, NorthSide, Westside and Southside neighborhoods. In addition to providing access to food 24/7, community organizers said they are dedicated to promoting local community action, offering political education, and fostering creativity and environmental activism.
On the organization's website, part of the organization's description stated:
"We believe everyone deserves access to healthy food. Food waste is something we need to address and eliminate. Scarcity is a myth and we have been demonstrating that. Food is the common bond that binds us all. Sharing of food is where human connection and community happens. Stronger communities is the solution to all our problems. Sharing food is an activity that changes and strengthens relationships."
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- Authorities say an electrical malfunction in a ceiling fan sparked a fast-moving fire that severely damaged an historic market building in Pennsylvania’s capital city. But no injuries were reported.
- The fire at the Broad Street Market in Harrisburg was reported around 1 a.m. Monday but was brought under control a short time later.
- The site housed a stone building and a brick building that had stood for about 145 years, but the brick building was the only one damaged.
An electrical malfunction in a ceiling fan sparked a fast-moving fire that severely damaged an historic market building in Pennsylvania's capital city early Monday, authorities said.
No injuries were reported in the fire at the Broad Street Market in Harrisburg was reported about 1 a.m. but was brought under control a short time later. The site housed a stone building and a brick building that had stood for about 145 years, but the brick building was the only one damaged.
Speaking at a news conference held at the site late Monday afternoon, Harrisburg Fire Chief Brian Enterline said investigators determined the fire started in the ceiling fan that was installed in 2017. He said the blaze has been ruled an accident.
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Authorities said no one was in the building when the fire began. Part of that structure was destroyed, but city officials and Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the building would be rebuilt and normal operations would continue in the stone building. Officials were also looking for a temporary site where vendors in the brick building could operate their businesses.
The site is believed to be the oldest continuously operated market house in the United States. Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams said “the heart of our community was torn apart” by the fire, but she said it will come back “bigger and better than ever.” She and other officials credited city firefighters for their quick work that spared the stone building and also thanked numerous fire departments in the region that helped battle the blaze.
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Harrisburg and other small cities scattered across central Pennsylvania have a long tradition of brick-and-mortar central market houses, where produce from local farms is alongside baked goods, prepared foods, artwork, craft beer and a variety of other things for sale. The Broad Street Market, about four blocks from the state Capitol, had in recent years bounced back from decay to become a thriving cultural and community spot.
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A man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after separate recent shootings in Philadelphia.
In Fairmount, police said, a 19-year-old man was killed after a shooting that occurred at about 7:50 p.m. on Monday along the 1000 block of Parrish Street.
Officials said that first responders found the man after he has been shot in the lower back, shoulder and abdomen. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where law enforcement officials said, he was pronounced at 8 p.m.
Then, a few hours later, at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday, in West Philadelphia, officers responding to a report of a shooting along the 5600 block of Catharine Street found a woman after she had reportedly been shot in the head.
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Officials said the woman was immediately transported to a nearby hospital where she was placed in critical condition.
Both of these shootings, police said, are still under investigation and no arrests have yet been made in either incident.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — An area to the east of Bermuda may develop into a tropical or subtropical storm the over the next few days.
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If it does develop, it will be short-lived because it will enter cooler water later this week.
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This area, regardless of development, will stay in the open waters of the North Atlantic.
Forecast models show this system is no threat to The United States.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County woman accused of murdering her boyfriend by zipping him inside a suitcase is expected in court Tuesday.
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Deputies say Sarah Boone was drunk when she put Jorge Torres in a bag during a game of hide-and-seek at their Winter Park home back in 2020.
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Records show the couple had a history of domestic violence.
This court appearance should be the last time before her trial.
Boone’s trial is set for July 24.
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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — The Volusia County Council is expected to take up a pilot program that would allow more dogs on the beach.
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The program would allow dogs on Ormond Beach between Milsap Road and Rockfeller Drive.
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If approved, visitors would see marked signs at beach access ramps.
The rules would require pets to be on a leash at all times and up to date on their shots.
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If approved Tuesday, the program would begin in November and run for a year-and-a-half.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — After five months of walking, a man nicknamed "Blackberry Brian" has finally made it to Des Moines.
Brian Christner will stop by the Food Bank of Iowa Tuesday morning.
He is stepping across the U.S. to raise awareness about food insecurity.
"Blackberry Brian" has a virtual food drive through the Feeding America website. If you'd like to donate, click here.
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Officials have announced an arrest in the murder of a Beaver County teen shot over the weekend.
A 14-year-old, identified by family as Asaun Moreland, was found unresponsive in the middle of Church Street on Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials said one person was in custody, and they were looking for another male who was observed running from the scene.
Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier announced a press conference will be held at the Ambridge Police Station at 10 a.m. Tuesday regarding the arrest.
Dahvea Sparrow, 15, was killed on Main Street in Aliquippa just 19 hours earlier. Investigators were working to find out if the deadly shootings are connected.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dave Sunday, York County’s elected district attorney, said Monday that he will run in next year’s GOP primary for state attorney general, making him the first Republican to get in the race.
Sunday, who has been York’s district attorney since 2018, joins three Democrats who also have announced they will seek the top law enforcement job in the presidential battleground state.
Sunday, 48, began working for the district attorney’s office in 2009. He was chief deputy prosecutor under the former district attorney, overseeing major crimes cases and the felony narcotics unit.
He was later appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to be special assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to prosecute gang, gun and drug cases in federal court. In that role, he was involved with the arrest and prosecution of more than 100 people associated with the Latin Kings gang in York County.
Through the district attorney’s office, he has focused on the opioid epidemic. He worked with the county coroner to found what became the nonprofit York County Opioid Collaborative, which works to increase access to treatment. He said its efforts have reduced criminal charges and the prison population and also freed up police to focus on violent crime.
“One of the most pivotal experiences in my entire life has been our battle against the opioid epidemic,” Sunday said in a phone interview. “It’s a generation-altering epidemic that we’re in the throes of fighting.”
Sunday enlisted in the Navy at age 18. Afterward he attended Penn State for an undergraduate degree in finance while working for UPS. He holds a law degree from Widener Law School.
“I had a very circuitous route to get to where I am right now,” he said. “It’s an important part of who I am and drives the vast majority of my criminal justice policies.”
The three Democrats who are also running are Keir Bradford-Grey, the former head of Philadelphia’s public defense lawyers; Eugene DePasquale, former state auditor general; and Joe Khan, a former federal prosecutor. State Rep. Jared Solomon has also said he is seriously considering running.
The state attorney general’s office has a budget of about $120 million annually and plays a critical role in arresting drug traffickers, fighting gun trafficking, defending state laws in court and protecting consumers from predatory practices.
The office helped lead state attorneys general in settlement talks with pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturers over the opioid crisis. It also played a central role in defending the integrity of the 2020 vote in Pennsylvania against repeated attempts to overturn it in state and federal courts by former President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican allies.
The attorney general’s office is currently led by Michelle Henry, who was appointed by her predecessor, Democrat Josh Shapiro, to serve the last two years of his term after he was sworn in as Pennsylvania governor in January. She has said she does not plan to enter the race.
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It’s Cow Appreciation Day, which is pretty much a national holiday in Wisconsin. (Can states declare their own national holidays?) To celebrate, eat a salad and definitely skip the burger.
Step out and join the Kenosha Public Library Walking Club! The walks take place the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 8:30 a.m. Today’s walk starts Downtown at Simmons Library, 711 59th Place, heading through Eichelman Park and Wolfenbüttel Park. Everyone is welcome. Note: This route is wheelchair accessible. Maps and route information can be found on www.mykpl.us/walkingclub.
Bicycle racing is back tonight at the Washington Park Velodrome. The historic venue in Washington Park, 1901 Washington Road, hosts bicycle racing every Tuesday through the summer (except July 4). Registration for Tuesday night racing opens at 6 p.m., with racing at 7 p.m. Tonight’s races include the annual Mayor’s Cup, with Mayor John Antaramian on hand to present the Mayor’s Cup to the winner. Public Craft Brewing will have food and drinks available for purchase, and Miss Kenosha Willow Newell will start the evening with the singing of the national anthem. An event not to be missed. For more information, visit the Velodrome’s website at kenoshavelodromeracing.com.
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The Kal Bergendahl Project performs tonight as Twilight Jazz continues its 20th season of free concerts at the Anderson Arts Center grounds, 6603 Third Ave. Grounds open at 6 p.m. for the concerts, which are 7 to 9 p.m. Concert-goers should bring lawn chairs and/or blankets. No seating is provided. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. No carry-ins of alcohol are allowed. Families are welcome to bring their own picnic baskets.
“Tuesdays at the Shell” starts its 2023 season tonight in Pennoyer Park, with a performance by the Peacetree Allstars. The music starts at 6 p.m. at the band shell, located at Seventh Avenue and Kennedy Drive. Benches are provided, or you can bring your own lawn chair. Concessions are available for purchase. Admission is free. Food and soft drinks are available for purchase.
Prost! The Petrifying Springs Biergarten is open daily for the season. The Biergarten is open from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. The Biergarten is located near the Highway JR entrance on the south end of Petrifying Springs Park, 5555 Seventh St., in Somers. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-july-11/article_e5b6c426-1f37-11ee-ae63-c33e9541d4c2.html | 2023-07-11T13:06:23 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-july-11/article_e5b6c426-1f37-11ee-ae63-c33e9541d4c2.html |
HIGH POINT, N.C. — A family in High Point is trying to wrap their heads around why their family dog was shot and killed by a police officer Sunday morning.
High Point police said on Sunday around 9:50 a.m., an officer was dispatched to a home in the 1500 block of Homewood Avenue.
Police said a woman called about a German Shepherd in her yard that wouldn’t leave. That neighbor told WFMY News 2 that she has two children and a small dog and was scared to let them out with the German Shepherd roaming around outside.
Police said the officer wasn’t able to get close to the German Shepherd without it running away but was told that the dog belonged to someone down the street and went to the home to try to talk to the owner.
When the officer pulled up, police said a black Labrador (lab) came from behind the home and charged at the officer who ended up shooting and killing it.
Police said the officer shot the dog four times from about seven feet away.
Homeowner, Adam Barnes told WFMY News 2 that Hank, the 65-pound black lab, wouldn't hurt a fly and has never charged at anyone.
"The fact of the matter is, is that he didn't make a good decision and it cost our family our dog. And he was more than just a dog, he was a family member," Barnes continued, "we have lost one of our most prized possessions in the world."
Police said no one was in the yard or driveway at the time of the shooting.
The Barnes family said that isn't true.
High Point police said there will be an internal investigation.
The officer is not on administrative leave.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man was pinned inside his truck after police say he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree late Monday night.
It happened around 9:42 p.m. on the 400 block of McCarty Road near San Pedro on the north side of the city.
When first responders arrived at the scene of the accident, they found the man pinned inside his truck. The victim was taken to University Hospital in life-threatening condition.
Police say he lost control of his vehicle and then crashed into the tree. Firefighters had to extricate the man from his truck. The roads in the area were closed for a few hours while officials worked to clear the scene and investigate the crash.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man accidentally shot himself in the leg after he thought he heard an intruder in his backyard and went to investigate while carrying his weapon, police say.
Officers responded to the 800 block of Schley Avenue near Aberdeen Place on the city's southeast side around 3:55 a.m. Tuesday for reports of a shooting in progress.
When first responders arrived, they found the victim in stable condition, with a gunshot wound to his leg.
He told officers that he thought he heard someone in his backyard, so he grabbed his gun and went to investigate. At some point, the weapon accidentally discharged and he was struck once in the leg.
No charges are pending, according to police.
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NORTHPORT, Ala. (WIAT) – The Northport City Council voted Monday night to repeal Resolution 93-029, which requires a unanimous vote to sell certain city properties used for recreational purposes.
The Northport Community Center might not look like much from the outside but it holds nearly seven decades of memories and history for the community. People joined together in a fight to save the Northport Community Center and Park from being sold.
“It’s a vital part of our community that will be gone and once it’s gone, there’s nothing we can do about it,” says Judy Holland, Northport resident for 53 years.
“I am very passionate about it, I have to try not to cry when I talk about it because it is so meaningful to us,” says Debbie Benson, Northport resident for 36 years.
“Sadness” and “betrayal” were repeatedly used to describe how the community feels about the Northport City Council’s decision to possibly sell the Northport Community Center and Park.
“I was part of the group that worked to save the green space in 2015 when they wanted to lease it to a Krispy Kreme for a drive-thru and I just feel a little sad, I feel a lot sad, that we’re having to have this fight again,” says Paige Spencer, Northport resident for 25 years. “I feel like it’s a beautiful gateway to our community. It serves people from all walks of life- young, old, Black, white, Hispanic.”
The community center falls in district two under Councilman Woodrow Washington III. Washington made the motion to repeal Resolution 93-029, which would make it so only three council members have to approve the sale of a city park.
“You’ve got to look out and see which way the city is moving and really just trying to see if we can get more different development in and create different other parks that we have inside the city limit as well,” Washington said.
While city council rules only allow two people to speak on one topic, the crowd made their support clear for those speaking on their behalf.
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The Bismarck Tribune marks 150 years today.
Copies of the state’s oldest newspaper occupy more than 350 feet of space in the State Archives at the Historical Society of North Dakota. The editions are neatly stored in labeled boxes, stacked on shelves from the floor nearly to the ceiling.
“There’s so much history here, it’s just fascinating,” State Archivist Shane Molander said last week as we stood in one of the aisles with Tribune copies.
The first edition of the Tribune -- July 11, 1873 -- is available at the State Archives on microfilm, and hard copies are on file starting with the 1880s.
Microfilm is still the favored method to preserve newspapers despite the technological advances that have occurred over the lifetime of the Tribune.
“Supposedly if you do it right, microfilm has a 500-year lifespan. That’s why it’s the preferred method of preservation,” Molander said, though he added: “Now microfilming hasn’t been around for 500 years, so how do you prove that?”
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Each roll of microfilm takes microfilm specialist Tam Leben about eight hours to produce. A roll contains one to two months of a daily newspaper, depending on the size of the paper, and one year of a weekly.
The Legislature last session approved funding that will allow the State Archives to buy equipment to streamline that process. The North Dakota Newspaper Association is partnering with the effort, with a goal of making more newspaper archives available online to the public.
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A North Dakota law enacted in 1905 requires newspaper publishers in the state to send a copy of each edition to the State Archives for preservation. That’s enabled North Dakota to have an impressive collection of newspaper archives.
“Most states don’t have anything like that so they struggle,” Molander said.
Recently as newspapers have reduced print editions, archivists have had to adapt to also preserve the digital e-editions. The Tribune continues to print a newspaper six days a week, but produces only a digital e-edition on Sundays and major holidays.
The State Archives downloads the e-editions and maintains the digital files. But to make sure those editions are available in the future -- no matter what changes in technology occur -- archivists plan to preserve those digital files on microfilm.
“The future is not completely certain,” Molander said. “Microfilm is still the best way to assure we have those newspapers well into the future. All you really need with that film is light and you can read it.”
The Legislature approved $236,400 for the State Archives to buy equipment, including an archive writer, that will allow staff to create microfilm from the digital e-editions. The North Dakota Newspaper Association Education Foundation approved a grant of about $11,800 to help pay for the equipment.
I organized a tour of the State Archives for the NDNA Board in 2021, and we were surprised to learn that staff use a clothing iron to flatten each print newspaper issue before taking a picture of each page. The new equipment and the partnership with NDNA will enable the State Archives to skip the ironing and some other steps.
“It’s going to be fast,” Leben said.
That will free up staff time for other projects, such as refilming old newspapers that were preserved before microfilm standards were adopted in the 1980s, Molander said.
Tribune archives
The public can access digital archives of The Bismarck Tribune two ways. The site Chronicling America has Bismarck Tribune archives (previously known under other titles, including Bismarck Weekly Tribune and Bismarck Daily Tribune) from 1873 to 1937 available online for free.
That’s the result of a grant program the State Historical Society participated in with the National Endowment for the Humanities and Library of Congress, according to Molander. Bismarck Tribune archives were digitized through 1937 to include the Tribune’s Pulitzer-winning coverage of the Dust Bowl, he said.
Newspapers.com also has digital archives of the Tribune available to the public for a fee. Bismarck Tribune subscribers can access two years of archives for free.
The State Archives also has been working with newspapers throughout the state to digitize more archives, often using grant funding from local historical societies or libraries. Those archives are made available to the public at: http://ndarchives.advantage-preservation.com.
The new equipment will better enable the State Archives to make newspapers available digitally in the future. But staff have a lot of catching up to do.
“We have 18,000 rolls of film that we need to digitize,” Molander said. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-tribune-archives-maintained-by-state-during-150-years-of-publishing/article_561dd756-1f45-11ee-a008-1b50281f3535.html | 2023-07-11T13:16:09 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-tribune-archives-maintained-by-state-during-150-years-of-publishing/article_561dd756-1f45-11ee-a008-1b50281f3535.html |
The dust storms in the 1930s were unbelievable, with dirt flying up to 6,500 feet in the air and traveling up to 2,000 miles. The first dust storm in North Dakota was recorded in 1933.
The state along with the rest of the nation was already deep into the Great Depression. North Dakota would see its population slip from 680,845 people in 1930 to 641,935 in 1940, as farms and ranches dried up and blew away and businesses went bust.
By 1934, North Dakota had the highest proportion of its population depending on government relief of any state in the union.
Grass was so scarce in 1936 that cattle were allowed to graze on the Capitol grounds. The next year, on June 15, a downpour flooded the same area and the Tribune snapped a photo of a boy canoeing.
On Aug. 12, 1937, the Tribune headline told readers that “Burleigh wheat yield to average under 2 bushels to the acre.”
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Amid these dire circumstances George D. Mann, publisher of The Bismarck Tribune, came up with the idea for a series of stories to tell North Dakotans how they could help lift themselves out of what many considered a hopeless situation.
He handed the assignment to Kenneth W. Simons, his managing editor. Throughout 1937 Simons and his staff pounded out more than 175 stories and 151 editorials dealing with the Depression. Simons and his city editor, Gordon MacGregor, did most of the writing. Some of the stories came from outside sources. Put altogether the coverage was called “Self Help in the Dust Bowl.”
The focus of the stories and editorials was on conservation, diversification of crops, irrigation and the construction of dams. During this time the conversation began over the diversion of the Missouri River for irrigation.
Today, those stories and editorials don’t carry as much punch, and some of what the Tribune advocated didn’t hold up. Still, for a small newspaper it was a major endeavor.
The Tribune coverage helped spur the 1937 Legislature to create the North Dakota Water Conservation Board. Gov. Bill Langer, no friend to the Tribune, appointed Simons to the board.
Knut Oss, a farmer living near Memorial Bridge on the Morton County side, became the first farmer to get an irrigation project under way in May 1937.
In 1938 the Tribune was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its stories and editorials, the ultimate achievement for any newspaper, large or small. The community celebrated with a dinner at the World War Memorial Building, now the Belle Mehus Auditorium.
The newspaper had come a long way from a humble start in 1873 when the first Tribune was published on July 11.
The beginning
Col. Clement A. Lounsberry, a Civil War veteran and seasoned Minnesota newspaperman, was determined to launch a newspaper wherever the Northern Pacific Railroad crossed the Missouri River. That brought him to Bismarck. His printing press arrived on the first NP train into Bismarck on June 5, 1873, and in just a little more than a month the first Tribune would be printed.
Lounsberry’s first issue was dated July 11, 1873, but it was actually printed July 6 with some copies distributed. Lounsberry used a handset press to print a seven-column weekly.
The colonel couldn’t be bullied, as was demonstrated when two dance hall owners angered by his call for a vigilance committee tried to intimidate him. They were carrying guns, but he confronted them with his own pistols and they beat a retreat.
Lounsberry gained fame in 1876 when he filed the first reports of Lt. Col. George A. Custer’s defeat at the Little Bighorn. The unfiled reports by reporter Mark Kellogg, killed at the Little Bighorn, helped him write the story. He sent the story to the New York Herald in New York City by telegraph. It was more than 15,000 words, took telegrapher John Carnahan 22 hours to send and cost $3,000.
Lounsberry sold the Tribune to his partner of two years, Marshall H. Jewell, in 1883. Jewell operated the Tribune until his death in 1911.
New homes
Mann was hired as editor of the Tribune in 1914 and purchased it in 1917. The Tribune didn’t have much luck in the early years when it came to buildings. The Tribune was displaced three times when buildings it occupied burned.
Mann decided to solve the problem by hiring Great Falls, Montana, architect George H. Shanley to design and build a “fireproof” building. He came up with a Prairie Style design building with a Hebron pressed-brick exterior, concrete frame and floors, and structural clay tile walls. There’s an elaborate carving above the front door.
The Tribune used the building at 222 N. 4th St. from 1920 to 1980. By the late 1970s the newspaper had outgrown the Fourth Street building. The newsroom, on the northwest corner of the second floor, was crowded with desks holding computers with wires dangling from the ceiling.
A. Glenn Sorlie had become publisher on April 1, 1962, succeeding his aunt, Stella Mann. She had become publisher when her husband, George Mann, died on March 26, 1936.
Sorlie purchased property at 707 E. Front Ave. and planned to build a new office and plant. As planning got underway Sorlie sold the Tribune to Lee Enterprises in Davenport, Iowa. Lee worked with Sorlie, who stayed on as publisher, to adjust the plans.
Two more press units were purchased to add to the Tribune’s printing capacity. To avoid missing a print day, the new units were installed in the basement and used to print the Tribune while the old units were removed from the basement of the Fourth Street building and moved to Front Avenue.
The Tribune maintained its record of never missing a day of publishing an edition.
One of the nice touches on the Fourth Street building was that passersby on the sidewalk could look through windows to watch the press running. They still can with the new building on Front Avenue.
The Tribune building got a makeover in 2004 to accommodate a new press purchased in Germany. It was large and required the removal of a hallway where visitors had been able to look down through glass to see the press operating in the basement. A winding stairway leading to a second-floor balcony also had to be removed.
But other major modifications were made on the ground floor, including a glass exterior wall for the press room enabling people outside to watch it operate.
When the remodeling was complete and the press installed the Tribune had an open house where guests could mingle in a large tent in the parking lot before touring the building.
There was a tough learning curve with the new press, and the first few months proved difficult with missed deadlines and press problems. It took a long time to get comfortable with the press.
The war and aftermath
Stella Mann and Simons guided the Tribune through World War II. There was a quota on newsprint so the Tribune had to adjust the number of pages in the paper. Despite that, starting in 1943, the Tribune published a monthly tabloid for military personnel and families. It was free. Others interested in the publication could buy it for $2 a year. It was published until April 13, 1946.
Simons died unexpectedly on Aug. 30, 1948. He was replaced as editor by John Hjelle, who had worked in the Tribune newsroom from 1936 to 1945. From 1945 to 1948 he was an administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Milton Young, R-N.D.
Mann, Sorlie and Hjelle would give continuity to the Tribune. Hjelle retired in 1979 and Sorlie did the same on Jan. 1, 1982. When Hjelle became editor the Tribune’s circulation was 11,000; when he retired it was 30,000.
Hjelle had a sense of humor. For many years the Tribune published Nubs of the News, which was a listing of births, deaths, marriage licenses and court proceedings. Hjelle got cited for a minor traffic violation that he knew would appear in the paper. He took aside the wire editor -- the person who handled Associated Press copy and the layout of the paper -- and instructed him to watch for his item. When the item was ready to run the wire editor was to make it all capital letters and in boldface type.
Other members of the newsroom were unaware of Hjelle’s scheme and when the paper was printed they thought the wire editor had pulled a prank on Hjelle. They waited for the fallout, which never came.
Hjelle had more than fun on his mind. He wanted to show the public that the editor didn’t get any special treatment. It also gave him a ready answer when someone called to ask him to keep their name out of the paper.
Hjelle occasionally had an event in which he invited the governor to be editor of the day. The governor would follow Hjelle through part of his workday. On Oct. 9, 1974, Gov. Art Link, a Democrat, was editor for a day.
News broke that U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Arkansas, had been stopped early that morning by police and that Fanne Fox, an Argentine stripper, had fled the car and jumped into the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Hjelle, a well-known Republican, on learning about the incident, turned to Link with a sly smile and asked, “Where should we play this story?”
The later years
From the 1980s on it was a time of change. Computers replaced typewriters, mostly making life easier for the newsroom. Copy editors no longer had to do a headline word count in their head as they wrote headlines. The computer did it.
Over the years everything changed in the newsroom. When the internet arrived no one was sure how to use it. In the early years of the internet the Tribune would put longer versions of stories that appeared in the paper on the internet.
On days when the paper was squeezed for space reporters would have to write shorter than they liked. The internet enabled them to add valuable information they couldn’t get in the print story.
Technological changes have been so rapid and constant that it’s allowed newspapers to streamline, or some would argue, downsize. Reporters and photographers can cover an event anywhere in the state, even the nation, and have the ability to file stories and photos quickly to the Tribune.
The internet and social media make the future of print newspapers uncertain. The Tribune has survived for 150 years and the odds favor it being around in some form in the future.
Not just a newsroom
The Tribune has been much more than a newsroom.
The paper has been published and delivered for years because of the contributions of advertising, circulation, marketing, classified, press department, production department, mailroom workers, delivery drivers, carriers and assorted other staff members. The Tribune is North Dakota's oldest newspaper and the state's oldest continuously operated business.
You could say the glory goes to the newsroom, but the credit is shared by all. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-tribune-marks-150-years-of-writing-history/article_a190563a-1cef-11ee-bb38-5fc7461bbe5a.html | 2023-07-11T13:16:16 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-tribune-marks-150-years-of-writing-history/article_a190563a-1cef-11ee-bb38-5fc7461bbe5a.html |
The Bismarck Tribune didn’t have a good track record as a tenant or building owner. Where the Tribune went, fires seemed to tag along.
When Col. Clement A. Lounsberry reported on Lt. Col. George A. Custer’s defeat at the Little Big Horn in 1876, the Tribune was located at 213 E. Main Ave. in a basic wood building. Most of the buildings in Bismarck at the time were built out of cottonwood. The Tribune building was constructed in 1873 and burned in 1885.
The Tribune then moved to a more substantial building at 317 E. Main that was built in 1885. In 1898 a railroad warehouse on the right of way in the back caught fire, touching off a large blaze downtown. The Tribune again went up in smoke.
In 1898 the Tribune purchased a small building on the northwest corner of Broadway Avenue and North Fourth Street. It later added on to the building.
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In 1919 the Tribune moved to the Gussner Building on the southwest corner of Main and North Third Street. The staff hadn’t been in the building very long when arriving at work on the morning of Jan. 21, 1920, they reported a fire. At first it wasn’t considered serious, but it grew, gutting the interior. The building survived and today is the home of J&R Vacuum and Sewing at 223 E. Main.
The Bismarck Tribune, North Dakota's oldest newspaper, celebrates 150 years of publishing on Tuesday. The first edition was dated July 11, 1873.
Publisher George Mann had seen enough of fires. He hired an architect from Great Falls, Montana, to design and build a new office and plant. In 1920 the Tribune moved into its new quarters at 222 N. Fourth St. It would serve as home until 1980. The building remains in use.
By the 1970s the Tribune building on Fourth Street had become crowded, and Publisher A. Glenn Sorlie decided to build a new plant and building. He selected a site at Front Avenue and South Seventh Street. The Tribune staff moved into the $7 million building in 1980. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/fires-seemed-to-follow-bismarck-tribune/article_3a085116-1cf4-11ee-9c58-13036c3193fb.html | 2023-07-11T13:16:22 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/fires-seemed-to-follow-bismarck-tribune/article_3a085116-1cf4-11ee-9c58-13036c3193fb.html |
DNR: Manistee, Wexford Co. wildfire 80% contained
A wildfire that has burned about 225 acres in northwest Michigan is about 80% contained, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
The fire started Monday in Manistee County and spread into Wexford County, officials said. It was reported via a 911 call and it had covered 20 acres by 3 p.m., they said. Manistee County is about 26 miles southwest of Traverse City. Wexford County is east of Manistee County.
By 9 p.m., state DNR officials said the fire was 80% contained.
A cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
DNR officials said the so-called "4 Corners Fire" forced 30 people to evacuate from their homes in the area and has resulted in road closures.
"The fire is fueled by a mix of jack pine, red pine and hardwoods," DNR Resource Protection Manager Don Klingler said in a statement. "The fire danger in the area was extreme due to windy, dry, warm weather and those dry fuels."
Officials also said the DNR has a crew of 18 fighting the fire and getting help from the U.S. Forest Service and fire departments of Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee and Wexford counties. Four U.S. Forest Service Fire Bosses aircraft and a DNR spotter plane are also aiding in the effort, they said.
The fire comes a little more than a month after a wildfire ripped through more than 2,400 acres in northern Michigan's Crawford County.
DNR officials said on June 6, firefighters contained the "Wilderness Trail Fire" after three days. The fire, sparked by a campfire on private property, began about 1 p.m. on June 3 near Staley Lake in Grayling Township. The township is located about 150 miles north of Lansing.
About 300 people had to be evacuated and Interstate 75 was closed in both directions due to the fire.
And in May, DNR firefighters battled a fire in Wexford County that spread to more than 130 acres. The fire was contained about five hours after it began, officials said. It too was started by a campfire on private property. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/07/11/dnr-manistee-wexford-co-wildfire-80-contained/70400911007/ | 2023-07-11T13:21:57 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/07/11/dnr-manistee-wexford-co-wildfire-80-contained/70400911007/ |
Tractor-trailer hits 2 vehicles, strikes tow truck on I-94 in Belleville
A tractor-trailer driver was ticketed Monday after rear-ending two vehicles and ultimately striking an illegally parked tow truck on Interstate 94 in Belleville, according to Michigan State Police.
Just after 4 p.m., troopers were called to westbound I-94 near Haggerty Road in response to a four-car crash involving a semi.
The unidentified driver of the tractor-trailer rear-ended two vehicles then lost control of the rig, driving into a ditch, through a fence and striking an illegally parked tow truck on the shoulder of the northbound I-94 service drive, police said.
No major injuries were reported. The drivers of the semi and tow truck were ticketed, MSP said.
The northbound service drive west of Haggerty Road "closed for extensive clean up" following the collision, police said.
"We know that certain risky driving behaviors lead to most of the crashes in Metro Detroit," said First Lt. Mike Shaw, public information officer for the MSP Second District on Twitter. “Following too closely is one of the behaviors. It is important to leave enough room to stop your vehicle safely.”
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News Tribune, July 11, 1983
- The Navy destroyer USS Edson — named for General Merritt A. Edson, World War II Medal of Honor winner — will arrive in Duluth today. The Edson will dock at the Duluth Port Terminal and be open for public tours tomorrow.
- Former Duluthian Tim Cheslak won the 49th Lakeview Medal golf tournament yesterday at Lester Park in Duluth. Cheslak is the son of Bill Cheslak, Sr., and the nephew of the late Joe Cheslak, both former champions of the Reidar Lund Memorial Skyline tournament.
News Tribune, July 11, 1923
- More violators of liquor laws appeared before Federal Judge Cant yesterday than had ever appeared before him since prohibition began in Minnesota. More than three-fourths of the violators were from outside of Duluth.
- John G. Ross, St. Louis County humane agent, has written a letter protesting the Rotary Club rodeo that will be held this month at the Tri-State Fairgrounds in Superior. Ross said rodeos are always accompanied by much suffering among participating animals. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-a-protest-for-animal-rights-at-superior-rodeo | 2023-07-11T13:25:50 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-a-protest-for-animal-rights-at-superior-rodeo |
DULUTH — City officials will join an elite group of representatives in Washington, D.C., this week, where Duluth is one of just 16 communities across the nation selected to participate in a “Good Jobs, Great Cities Academy,” a two-day event put together by the National League of Cities in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor.
Victoria Woodards, NLC president and mayor of Tacoma, Washington, said the gathering will kick off a yearlong initiative. Participants will meet with Department of Labor staff who will offer technical assistance tailored to each community’s labor needs.
Woodards said the academy will look at “how we can leverage not only our partnership with the Department of Labor but how we can also leverage other partnerships in our network.” She said participants in the event will have an opportunity to work and learn from one another, too.
More than 250 cities sought to attend the academy, according to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su.
“And the 16 that were selected because of their demonstrated innovation, their commitment to equity and their real leadership in looking at ways to align their own resources to take advantage of these historic federal investments,” she said, referring to infrastructure funds that are now beginning to flow.
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Duluth Mayor Emily Larson will lead a five-member local team, including Director of Workforce Development Elena Foshay, Economic Developer Emily Nygren, Employment Technician Betsy Hill and SOAR Career Solutions Executive Director Emily Edison. The group’s expenses will be covered in full by the event’s organizers, yet Larson acknowledged the academy will still consume precious city resources.
“I’m really protective of my staff’s time. I think all mayors are. Staff are the biggest resource that we have. But what appealed to me was the challenge and the opportunity to think differently, to integrate equity in more specific and tangible ways and the ability for each city to move in the direction that suits them, both in terms of what are the opportunities and what are the challenges, because our challenges in Duluth are probably kind of similar to some of the others I’ve heard,” she said.
Larson said the Duluth delegation will focus on improving the pipeline of talent for local manufacturers by drawing on a more inclusive and diverse pool of workers. The team is looking to create easier pathways for people to train up and land solid-paying jobs in the manufacturing industry.
That’s not all, though.
“We are really also driven by some of these — what I call work-adjacent issues, like child care and housing. So, how we’re bundling all those challenges, investments and opportunities through the funding that’s coming from the federal government, through the innovative thinking of our own team and how we’re leveraging federal resources and then coupling that together with local funding opportunities, so we can boost the workforce in these areas that are important and to make sure we’re investing strategically, with intention into those work-ancillary and work-supportive elements that communities really need to be strong,” Larson said.
Over the next decade Duluth manufacturers anticipate they will need to hire about 7,000 more people, due to projected growth and worker attrition, as current employees reach retirement, Larson said.
“So, it really is a time when we have to be thoughtful and intentional about: How are we planning for that? How are we building the workforce to support manufacturers through that?” she said, noting the important role businesses such as Cirrus Aircraft, ST Paper, ME Global, BendTec and Altec play in the local economy.
Su said Duluth is far from alone in facing a labor challenge.
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“It’s time to get serious about: What are the job needs in the local community? How do we align the job demands with worker training programs? And how do we do that in a way that is very intentional and inclusive about who gets to participate?” she said.
Su suggested the successful efforts of Duluth and the 15 other cities participating in the academy this week could eventually serve as a model for other communities around the nation. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/duluth-looks-to-feds-for-help-as-it-strives-to-meet-growing-labor-needs | 2023-07-11T13:26:00 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/duluth-looks-to-feds-for-help-as-it-strives-to-meet-growing-labor-needs |
DULUTH — The Twin Ports Interchange Project is on track to open Interstate 35 to traffic in both directions on permanent pavement in November.
At a public meeting June 26, project manager Pete Marthaler said other milestones on the horizon include “substantial completion" of the project, which he defined for the News Tribune as largely unimpeded traffic, in fall 2024 and final completion in fall 2025.
While progress on the $435 million project continues, uncertainty surrounding the February discovery of a possible Indigenous human bone at the U.S. Highway 53 bridge construction site remains.
Work on the Highway 53 bridge and the interchange on Garfield Avenue began in August after being deferred due to financial constraints. A financial boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law breathed new life into that aspect of the project.
However, construction on the Highway 53 bridge hit a snag when Indigenous remains were discovered on-site in February. MnDOT is still evaluating the impact of that discovery, according to Marthaler. In the meantime, the construction team is continuing to work on unaffected parts of the bridge.
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I live here, so it's like watching your kid grow up. When you see it every day you don't really notice the progress, but when one of us is gone for a week on vacation, you definitely notice how much change happens in a week.
“We relocated the major parts of the construction to a different part of that alignment, and started building the bridge from uphill down,” Marthaler said. “We're trying to do everything we can to minimize the overall impacts to the schedule, but we just don't have them fully quantified yet.”
Dylan Goetsch, field investigator for the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, declined to comment on the situation.
Another complication in construction has been dealing with contaminants in the soil, such as asbestos and lead, left behind from the demolition of neighborhoods to build the original Highway 53 bridge in the 1970s, according to Marthaler. “It's very indicative of the land use prior to building the freeway," he said.
The possibility of finding contaminated soil was anticipated by the project planners, though Marthaler said the extent of contamination has been less than expected.
When it comes to asbestos, he said the material has to be handled by a trained contractor. They load the asbestos-laden soil in a truck and cover it in plastic so the particles don’t blow away in transit.
The construction team also discovered contaminated groundwater. They pump all ground water through their own treatment system, which removes the sediment to which many contaminants are bound.
“Some contaminants don't work that way, and the next step that we did is we discharged it to WLSSD, the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, and then we paid them to treat it again and to remove those contaminants that we couldn’t with our treatment system,” Marthaler said.
Despite those challenges, dry weather since early May has benefited construction. “Warm, dry weather is always helpful because you get a full day of work as opposed to trying to deal with mud or get shut down because it's raining,” Marthaler said.
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When the project wraps up in 2025, local streets will be reconstructed after being subjected to heavier traffic from detours. Garfield Avenue, for example, has sustained five times the amount of traffic it had prior to when the Twin Ports Interchange Project broke ground, according to Marthaler. Therefore, he continues to encourage drivers to take the Bong Bridge detour to minimize congestion and impact on the road.
“I live here, so it's like watching your kid grow up,” he said. “When you see it every day you don't really notice the progress, but when one of us is gone for a week on vacation, you definitely notice how much change happens in a week.”
I-35 lane closure underway
Traffic on the southbound side of Interstate 35, between Garfield Avenue and 27th Avenue West, was placed in a “two-way, single-lane configuration” from Monday through 3 p.m. Friday, according to a MnDOT press release.
Marthaler said a full closure of the freeway is planned for sometime in July in order to work on a bridge that will connect Highway 53 to I-35. Detours will be set up, and the closure will be put in place at night to minimize the effect on traffic. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/impact-uncertain-after-human-remains-found-at-twin-ports-interchange-project | 2023-07-11T13:26:10 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/impact-uncertain-after-human-remains-found-at-twin-ports-interchange-project |
Here is episode 19 of the Northlandia podcast.
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Since shortly after World War II, the Eveleth Clown Band has been marching to the beat of their own drum in several parades across the Northland. What keeps them going?
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DULUTH — The American Mariner crept through fog on Lake Superior as it carried limestone toward the Aerial Lift Bridge before docking just before 6 a.m. Monday.
The lake freighter, a frequent visitor to the port, was built in 1980 and is owned by American Steamship Co. It is 730 feet long and 78 feet wide.
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North Shore's Black Beach created by decades of mining pollution | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/photos-floating-through-fog | 2023-07-11T13:26:31 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/photos-floating-through-fog |
Nine candidates filed Monday to run in one of the 12 municipal elections being held this year in communities wholly or partially in Guilford County.
Elections are scheduled for High Point, Jamestown, Pleasant Garden, Burlington, Oak Ridge, Sedalia, Whitsett, Gibsonville, Summerfield, Stokesdale, Kernersville and the Sedgefield Sanitary District. Greensboro’s next municipal election will be in 2025.
The filing period opened Friday and closes at noon on July 21 for the 2023 elections.
Those who filed on Monday are the following:
Gibsonville
Board of Aldermen (nonpartisan with no primary; four-year staggered terms)
- Mark Shepherd (incumbent)
Kernersville
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Mayor (nonpartisan with no primary; two-year term):
- Dawn Morgan (incumbent)
Board of Aldermen (nonpartisan with no primary; five seats available, two-year terms):
- Chris Thompson (incumbent)
- Bill Apple (incumbent)
- Joe Pinnix (incumbent)
- James (JR) Gorham (incumbent)
- John J. Barrow (incumbent)
Oak Ridge
Town Council (nonpartisan with no primary; three seats available, four-year terms):
- Michael Greeson
Pleasant Garden
Town Council (nonpartisan with primary; two seats available, four-year staggered terms):
- Ron H. Surgeon (incumbent)
For more information about filing for elected office, visit www.guilfordelections.org and www.ncsbe.gov/candidates, or call 336-641-3836. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/government-politics/nine-more-file-for-elective-office-in-guilford-county-communities/article_b6fba07a-1f5a-11ee-a3d5-337bb041c43f.html | 2023-07-11T13:27:39 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/government-politics/nine-more-file-for-elective-office-in-guilford-county-communities/article_b6fba07a-1f5a-11ee-a3d5-337bb041c43f.html |
Just before noon on Thursday, Peter Lacewell parked his car off Elm Street downtown. He walked down the block, went into Bonchon, picked up food for his girlfriend, walked back to his car and drove off. The process took less than three minutes — once Lacewell finally parked. The Greensboro resident spent more time searching for a parking spot than actually using it.
Lacewell circled the block at least twice in an attempt to find free streetside parking, but eventually had to settle for a paid lot, at a rate he wasn’t even sure of until he left.
“It’s really inconvenient,” he said. “It discourages me from even coming downtown.”
For years, Greensboro residents have criticized the city’s on-street and off-street public-parking options, saying there aren’t enough spaces available. But according to a recently released study, the number isn’t necessarily the problem.
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The downtown parking study, conducted by consulting firm Kimley-Horn, started in September 2022 as an effort to measure how the rise of “work from home” and the declining demand of physical office space impacted downtown Greensboro. The Atlanta-based company and the city of Greensboro released those findings and a few possible solutions in a series of public meetings held last month.
What was found is that of the 424 acres of non-roadway land in the downtown Greensboro area, 36% of it is used for parking. This includes multi-level decks and both public and private surface lots and is considered high for cities of a similar size. The city does not manage all 36%, but between the seven surface lots, five decks and countless sidewalk curbs, it does manage quite a number of individual spots — 6,319 to be exact. The study found that on average about 2,500 of those parking spots are available.
In a comparison with five other cities, (Raleigh, Greenville, SC, Savannah, Ga., Columbus, Ohio, Boise, Idaho), the study found that Greensboro’s parking rates were cheaper than those of the city’s peers. Greensboro is the only city of the group to offer a free first hour in parking decks and has the second-lowest daily maximum at $10 — Greenville caps parking at $7. In terms of on-street parking, Greensboro’s practices are fairly routine. The city allows for free parking on the weekends and after 6 p.m. on the weekdays.
So, if availability and price aren’t the main concern, what is?
According to a survey put out by city officials in April and May, over 70% of respondents prioritized convenience and distance to their destination when searching for a parking place downtown. Some even go as far as saying that a nearby parking space is the deciding factor of whether or not they make a trip downtown.
Sheri and Tito Jamieson, also residents of Greensboro, recalled hosting an event at Scuppernong Books on Elm Street a few years ago and having people leave because they couldn’t find a close parking space.
“You have to be strategic about when you want to be downtown,” Sheri Jamieson said.
“I’m sure (not finding a parking space) deters people from coming,” Tito Jamieson added. “It deters us.”
After looping the block multiple times Thursday morning, the Jamiesons were able to find a spot along Lewis Street.
One man filling up a Greene Street meter placed the matter in perspective quite simply, calling it “a pain.”
The ultimate goal of the downtown parking plan study is to remedy any parking pains with an official proposal of solutions placed in front of city council this fall. Some possible solutions were discussed at the public meetings in late June. None of them mentioned setting aside any more downtown space for parking, preferring a revamp of both the already existing facilities and and proper management techniques to maximize efficiency.
Currently, the city is building its sixth parking deck at the corner of Market and Davie streets. No opening date has been announced, but the February One Deck will add 720 parking spaces to the city-operated total.
As a part of the $268,599 study, structural assessments were completed on each parking deck facility. Davie Street, Greensboro’s oldest parking deck, was found to have structural integrity concerns, but none pressing enough to elicit an immediate closure. Decommissioning the deck once its soon-to-be neighbor is complete is a possible option.
“(Davie Street Deck) has outlived its useful life,” director of transportation Hanna Cockburn said. She added that for a concrete structure that is exposed to the elements for at least 50 years, this is “not unanticipated.”
For the four other decks scattered around the downtown area, the main concern is improving safety. Cockburn says her team has identified ways to increase lighting and navigability so customers can feel safer when using the downtown facilities. Another mission is to improve legibility, or awareness of the various parking options in the city. As of now, none of the decks are marked with the standard blue “P” sign, making it difficult for visitors and locals alike to know where they are allowed to park.
Marc Silverstein was in Greensboro on Thursday from New York City to watch his son play in the Eastern Music Festival. He wanted to walk around and go into the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, which he anticipated would take longer than the allotted two hours for street parking, so Silverstein was searching for a long-term option.
“The signs could be a little clearer,” he said. “I honestly just turned down a side street and got lucky.”
Other possible solutions to improve the parking infrastructure include a demand-based payment model for street parking to discourage all-day spot campers, provide discounted parking passes for service and hospitality workers who frequent downtown and increased micro-mobility options, like rentable scooters, bikes or the trolley service that starts Monday, July 17. Free parking spaces right in front of storefronts may go away, but in its place would be easy maneuverability around the downtown area.
Monica Walker was present on June 29 when these solutions were proposed.
“I appreciate free parking,” Walker said. “But I also appreciate equity, and if having more paid spaces is going to create more equity of opportunity to be able to park, then perhaps it would be the best way to go.
“What seems to have been a conversation just about parking is not just about parking. It’s really about redevelopment. It’s really about economic opportunities, who gets to come in the city, who gets to park in the city, who’s getting the incentives in terms of any invitations to growing economic possibilities in downtown Greensboro. ... I would love to see a lot more input from communities who border downtown and the communities who frequent downtown.”
After this round of public meetings, Kimley-Horn and the city of Greensboro are in the number-crunching stage, determining which solutions will be economically feasible. Another round of public comment is expected to occur in August. The final proposal will hopefully reach city council in October, says Cockburn. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/government-politics/with-spaces-to-spare-why-is-parking-still-called-a-pain-in-downtown-greensboro/article_65f4d86e-1b3f-11ee-aa51-33d424972369.html | 2023-07-11T13:27:40 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/government-politics/with-spaces-to-spare-why-is-parking-still-called-a-pain-in-downtown-greensboro/article_65f4d86e-1b3f-11ee-aa51-33d424972369.html |
HIGH POINT —A High Point police officer shot and killed a dog that charged at him Sunday morning, police said.
The officer was responding to a call about 9:50 a.m., made by a woman who was feeling threatened by an aggressive German shepherd that wouldn't leave her yard in the 1500 block of Homewood Avenue.
When the responding officer arrived, he couldn't catch the German shepherd. A neighbor directed him to someone who lived in a home down the street, where the officer attempted to find the owner of the dog.
When the officer got out of a marked patrol vehicle parked in the street and walked toward the end of the driveway, a black dog — not the German shepherd — came out from behind the home. The dog was barking aggressively and charged the officer, police said.
The officer backed up as the black dog continued to charge, and then the officer shot the dog four times from a distance of about 5-7 feet. At the time the shots were fired, no people were standing in the yard or driveway of the home.
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'Late to the party': Developers bring shipping container homes to Fishers, Indianapolis
In the Fishers Nickel Plate District south of 116th Street, developers have built dozens of modern homes on small lots where bungalows once stood.
The custom and semi-custom 3-story townhouses selling for nearly $1 million feature sleek materials, glass fronts and quirky design elements.
Just the sort of neighborhood, developer Joe Nixon said, that was primed for some inside-the-box thinking.
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Nixon is building Hamilton County’s first house made from shipping containers at 11405 Lantern Road in the NPD’s Village Center section. Seven stacked containers are being joined to construct a 3-story house with a second-floor deck on 1/18th of an acre.
A Fishers review panel approved the building last September after three months of suggested design changes. It will be used as an Airbnb.
Nixon said the neighborhood’s evolving aesthetic — described as “downtown sophistication” by another developer-— was the perfect place to try a home that forges a modern look from a steel box.
"After a while, you get tired of drywall and want to try something different and I thought this looks cool,” said Nixon, who has been involved in acquiring nearly 50 properties in the neighborhood. “I felt this area lends itself to something like this because there are a lot of unique architectural styles, materials, roof pitches and heights.”
'Late to the party'
The popularity of dwellings made from containers has grown around the country — and world — for a couple of decades. They have long been common in the military because of their portability and durability. The containers can be pre-fabricated, easily moved, and stacked. They were built to withstand trips across the ocean and are resistant to winds up to 120 mph.
“This has been going on in Europe since the 1980s and 1990s so we here in Indianapolis are almost late to the party,” said Mike Lewis, owner of Custom Container Builders in Indianapolis, which is building the Nickel Plate home.
Lewis, a conventional home builder, got into the container side in 2018, partly because of the rising price of lumber.
“We’d been doing stick frame housing but my business partner traveled the world and had seen these projects so we tried it,” he said.
Container homes can be cheaper and quicker to build, though Nixon said his was about the same price and construction time as a standard house. He plans to sell it for about $700,000.
Door spaces and window openings need to be cut, as well as interior walls in 40-by-8 feet containers. In the Fishers house, one of three trailers on the ground serves as the foundation for a deck above, which is cheaper than building a traditional wood deck, Nixon said.
The Nickel Plate Review Committee sent the proposal back for design tweaks a couple of times, which mostly included reducing the amount of exterior exposed steel and replacing it with wood accents.
Indianapolis container home grabs attention
Lewis said he has built or is building seven container projects — including an eight-unit townhouse project using 32 shipping containers on College Avenue in Indianapolis — with orders for about 15 more.
Custom Container’s first container home — and the first in Indianapolis — was built on Bellefontaine Street on the near north side for Drew Butterworth in 2020.
Butterworth said his intention was to rent the space as an Airbnb but once he got involved in the construction he and his wife decided they liked the idea of moving into it themselves. He kept upgrading and now has a balcony and pool with a sundeck built into a ground-floor trailer.
“The more money and passion we put into it the more we said we have to live there,” he said.
The house is three stories tall with four bedrooms and 3 ½ baths.
Building the home was challenging for tradesmen such as electricians because it was unconventional and Butterworth had to cycle through a few contractors to get the job done.
The walls are insulated with closed cell foam that is denser than standard insulation, making the house virtually soundproof, Butterworth said. The flooring is the original container flooring of 6-inch thick apitong wood.
“Being inside you’d never know it’s made of containers,” he said.
The house has become a local curiosity, and Butterworth often offers neighbors short tours.
“Everybody wants a look, even door the Door Dash guy,” he said.
Call the reporter at 317-444-6418. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/developers-bring-shipping-container-homes-to-fishers-indianapolis/70361250007/ | 2023-07-11T13:28:31 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/developers-bring-shipping-container-homes-to-fishers-indianapolis/70361250007/ |
KIRKLAND, Wash. — To Kirkland locals, Park Lane is about as familiar as the songs you will hear strummed from the front of its cafes.
But the street's many business owners are telling KING 5 that their relationship with city leaders has been strained by their alleged refusal to hit the brakes on a plan in motion to close the street off to traffic.
"Do they want to lose these local businesses?" said Tina Oiness, owner of Ivy Home and Gift.
The City of Kirkland is proposing to close Park Lane so that only pedestrians may access it.
"The people that want to come and stroll are not the people that are going to shop," Oiness said. "I know some of the other businesses feel the same way."
You can see their pleas on these flyers, currently taped up on nearly every storefront on the street.
"You don't have the visibility," Oiness said. "I mean, shoppers come to shop. And we have larger items, we have furniture items."
Oiness said her customers need to load furniture into front parking spots, and those spots would be removed under this proposal. She said she has let the city know that a permanent closure of the street to traffic will hurt her business, which is already vulnerable amid tough times.
"Our peak years were the years prior leading up to COVID, and since COVID, it's not the same," Oiness said.
Customers weighed in.
"But it's also people like us who frequent the businesses," said Chuck Pilcher. "We have to now go find a place to park or find out some other way of getting here."
Another Kirkland resident, Bob McConnell, said he'd support it.
"I see a lot of pedestrian places in Europe and they're the best parts of the cities," McConnell said. "So, I'm much, much in favor of it."
Others questioned why they were inclined to make a change in the first place.
City Manager Kurt Triplett answered this question in the virtual town hall Monday, saying, "I think we aren't trying to solve a problem, we're trying to create even more opportunity in these scenarios."
According to the city's website, they would hope the change would provide more outdoor restaurant seating and room for more social distancing for pedestrians.
Still, Park Lane business owners said they have been vocal about not wanting it, but worry they are not being heard. They expressed concerns about product deliveries, access for customers with disabilities, and sales during cold weather months, which makes up much of the year in Washington. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/park-lane-close-to-traffic-kirkland-business/281-3fec93b0-c094-43ff-8dd8-026806a6c942 | 2023-07-11T13:31:04 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/park-lane-close-to-traffic-kirkland-business/281-3fec93b0-c094-43ff-8dd8-026806a6c942 |
4 Taunton employees earned more than $300K. Here are the top 10 highest paid in 2022
TAUNTON — Which municipal employees made the most in Taunton in 2022? The Gazette analyzed salary data to find out.
As in the last time the gazette crunched the numbers, the list of top paid city employees is dominated by members of the Police and Fire departments.
A total of 2,350 people — including full-time, part-time, and temporary staff, like substitute teachers and election workers — were employed by the city in 2022.
Of the top 100 highest paid employees, 88 came from Police and Fire.
And the top 26 positions all made more than $200,000 last year.
And just because someone holds the top position in a department, that doesn’t mean that person is the top earner — after overtime is factored in.
Overtime and details make the difference
As in many other communities, overtime pay is a substantial chunk of the total for many of the highest earning employees.
This time around the list also includes paid details — public safety and security assignments for public events and worksites, such as roadways. It’s a separate form of compensation from overtime and can be a significant share of an officer's overall earnings.
Another big factor for a few top earners is payouts for retirees of unused sick and vacation time. More than half of what the top earner of 2022 made last year came from retiree payouts for unused sick and vacation time.
Here are the top 10 highest earners for the city of Taunton in 2022:
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Top 10 highest paid Taunton employees
- Michael D. Sylvia — retired as deputy fire chief in 2022/current traffic control officer; $389,469 total, including $31,541 overtime, $18,904 detail, $195,642 in unused sick time and $26,968 in unused vacation time
- Joseph D. Ryan — police officer; $357,874 total, including $170,193 overtime and $49,501 detail
- Paul H. Taber — police lieutenant - $357,558 total, including $152,195 overtime and $41,449 detail.
- Honorato M. Santos — police captain, field services; $354,343 total, including $43,746 overtime and $123,321 detail
- Eric P. Nichols — police lieutenant; $306,237 total, including $143,573 overtime
- Steven L. Turner — police officer and trainer/instructor; $297,017 total, including $53,694 overtime and $99,617 detail
- Lynne L. Pina — police officer; $270,035 total, including $95,927overtime and $55,674 detail
- Daniel J. McCarthy — police captain, administrative division; $265,325 total, including $31,14 overtime and $38,375 detail
- John P. Joyce — police lieutenant; $262,169 total, including $52,877 in overtime and $47,306 in detail
- Randy J. Demello — retired police officer; $255,210 total, including $17,527 in overtime, $90,819 in unused sick time, and $42,360 in unused vacation time
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Other notable entries
No. 18 — Police Chief Edward James Walsh; $232,428
No. 21 — Fire Chief Timothy Bradshaw; $215,933
No. 25 — Superintendent of Schools John Cabral; $208,291
No. 27 — Deputy Fire Chief Matthew Arruda; $199,672 total, including $45,900 overtime
No. 28 — Deputy Fire Chief Eric P. Dumont; $198,301 total, including $44,529 in overtime
No. 41 — Deputy Fire Chief Scott Dexter; $181,755 total, including $38,778 in overtime
No. 55 — Assistant Superintendent of Schools Brenda Moynihan; $171,317
No. 59 — Deputy Fire Chief Jason Boiros; $170,206, including $33,240 in overtime
No. 60 — Assistant Superintendent of Schools Christopher Baratta; $170,167
No. 72 — Taunton Chief Financial Officer Patrick Dello Russo; $163,269
No. 161 — Mayor Shaunna O’ Connell; $125,500
The City Council, at the end of 2022, approved a 6% salary increase for the mayor's position, raising it to $133,048, but that won’t take effect until 2024. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/taunton-ma-salaries-2022-cops-fire-details-overtime-highest-paid/70387126007/ | 2023-07-11T13:41:51 | 1 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/taunton-ma-salaries-2022-cops-fire-details-overtime-highest-paid/70387126007/ |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Are you looking for somewhere to rent in the Valley? According to a new study by WalletHub, Scottsdale may be the place you're looking for.
Out of 180 cities surveyed, Scottsdale was found to be the second-best city in the country for renters. Overland Park in Kansas was the only city that beat it out.
The study weighed factors like historical rental-price changes, cost of living, and job availability. With all that considered, Scottsdale ranked first on the list for quality of life.
However, America is currently experiencing a spike in rental prices with a 6.2% year-over-year increase in 2022 -- one of the highest in decades. And if you're looking for affordability, Scottsdale might not be it.
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The city ranked 71st out of 180 for the rental market and affordability factors, sandwiched between Bakersfield, California, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
But there's a gleam of hope for your wallet. In the last few months, Valley rental prices have been falling for the first time since the pandemic. If the trend continues, Scottsdale could become an even more attractive option for those looking to rent a home.
The full WalletHub study can be found here.
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What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — One deputy was hurt and two sheriff’s patrol vehicles were damaged in separate crashes on State Road 417 late Monday.
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The Florida Highway Patrol said shortly before midnight, an Orange County sheriff’s deputy was assisting construction workers along SR-417 near Landstar Boulevard.
Troopers said the deputy was sitting inside a marked patrol car that was stopped along the inside lane of SR-417 with its emergency lights activated.
The driver of a Chevy Silverado traveling north, also on the inside lane of the toll road, failed to stop behind the deputy and rear-ended the patrol car, according to FHP.
The driver, a 47-year-old Orlando man, wasn’t hurt; the deputy was transported to Dr. Phillips Hospital with minor injuries, investigators said.
A second crash occurred in the same stretch of SR-417 just minutes later.
Troopers said following the initial collision, a fellow Orange County sheriff’s deputy responded to the crash location to assist.
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That deputy also parked on the inside lane of SR-417 with emergency lights activated.
After the deputy exited the patrol car to walk toward the crash, a Dodge Caravan heading northbound failed to stop behind the parked patrol car, investigators said.
That’s when a second rear-end collision happened.
The Caravan’s driver, 19, of Winter Park suffered non-life-threatening injuries, FHP said.
The deputy, who was outside the marked car, wasn’t hurt.
Both crashes remain under investigation.
Troopers shut down the northbound lanes of SR-417 for several hours but cleared the wreckage in time for Tuesday morning’s travel rush.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is calling on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before a council on human trafficking.
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Since 2019, more than half of Florida’s cases involved Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
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Prosecutors want Zuckerberg and Meta to address the public threat and develop ways to discourage the activity.
Moody wants a response from Zuckerberg by Sept. 5.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — A new report shows half of all hot car deaths involving children have happened in Florida.
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So far this year, eight children have died in hot cars.
Four were in Florida, including two here in Central Florida.
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Data shows 36 children across the U.S. died in hot cars last year.
State troopers say there’s no safe amount of time to leave a child unattended in a car.
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“The car can heat up 20 degrees in 10 minutes and so with this,” said Capt. Peter Bergstresser with the Florida Highway Patrol. “In extreme temperatures in Florida, we ask that you always keep an eye out for your pet, your child.”
In Florida, it is a first-degree misdemeanor to leave a child younger than six, alone in a car for more than 15 minutes.
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However, if the child is hurt, it can become a third-degree felony.
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NSB's iconic Chase's on the Beach reopens after months of renovation with new 'concept'
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Chase's on the Beach, an iconic spot in New Smyrna's beachfront dining scene, is serving patrons after eight months of renovations.
The restaurant opened its 3401 S. Atlantic Ave. location on Fourth of July weekend. But don't expect to see the Chase's you remember.
With a new indoor dining area, a fresh menu with daily specials and even dinner nights, the beloved bar is offering a refreshingly different experience.
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"Two hundred and 44 days. That's how long it was from the last time we served our guests to when we served them again," Joe Ryan, the restaurant's general manager, said in an interview.
Like every beachfront property along Volusia County's coastline, Chase's was affected by the high surge and rainfall of last year's Tropical Storms Ian and Nicole, which destroyed the restaurant's outdoor seating area — its most popular spot.
"Ian hit us a little bit, but (to a degree) where we could fix it," Ryan said. "Then Nicole came so fast — we weren't even able to start the fixing process — and she took out all the deck and the tiki bar … . It was 18 tables on that deck."
The restaurant's pool, another popular feature, survived the storms, Ryan said.
He remembers feeling heartbroken the morning after Nicole had done the worst of the damage.
"It took a little bit of just standing there and processing," he said.
Ryan said that after Nicole's final blow, it would be difficult to return the restaurant's outside seating area to the way it was, given how the storms affected the shoreline structure.
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"But we figured Chase's has been around for 30 years," said Ryan, who has been general manager for four years. "It was one of those, 'Hey, let's spruce it up.'"
Giving Chase's a new concept
When the time came to rebuild, Ryan, together with Chase's owners, decided to "change the concept a little bit."
"We're still a fun beach bar during the day," Ryan said. "But then at night, it is an upscale dining experience."
White tablecloths and candles decorate tables in the new indoor seating area, and while open throughout the day, it is part of what the restaurant is now calling "Chase's After Dark," which happens a few nights a week.
"It's an awesome date night, or to bring the family together for a really nice dinner," Ryan said.
The new space and dining experience has a new menu, created by chef Nico Douchand, which features a variety of seafood, sandwiches and other dishes, including daily specials, such as Thursday's fresh catch of the day.
Ryan said they were able to keep most of the restaurant's staff through the renovation period. Although he did not specify how much the damage cost the restaurant, he said it was "a lot."
"It was a huge undertaking," Ryan said. "We expanded our inside area. We still have the same amount of seating that we had before. But now, we put windows in … and (customers) can see this amazing view."
He added that being able to have a new indoor area with air conditioning will help the business during both the summer and winter.
Ryan said the positive response from locals came as soon as the restaurant reopened and he's pleased with how the first week went.
"It's been fantastic," Ryan said. "It has been very well-received by the community."
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Wisconsin's oldest Methodist congregation closes due to high bills, low turnout. It's a familiar story nationwide.
With the weeks winding down to Summerfield United Methodist Church's final Sunday service, longtime member Bob Sarsfield unlocked a safe in the basement and pulled out a book of marriage records.
They dated to 1874.
There, in tiny cursive script, were dozens of names of people married at Summerfield a century and a half ago, their addresses and occupations and wedding dates detailed in neat columns.
“This is the stuff they want us to turn in,” Sarsfield said.
The United Methodist Church had made the all-but-inevitable decision to close Summerfield’s doors for good. Sarsfield and another dedicated member, Marcia Tremaine, were cleaning out cabinets ahead of the final day in late June. The book was a peek at the long history of a once-vibrant congregation that in recent years had lost steam.
It’s a scene that has become familiar around the country. Researchers estimate that before the COVID pandemic, 75 to 100 houses of worship closed each week in the U.S., facing the same headwinds as Summerfield: aging and dwindling congregations saddled with insurmountable upkeep costs.
Churches that are thriving today tend to offer modern services and programming.
Summerfield, the oldest Methodist congregation in Wisconsin, had shrunk to only 11 members, none under 65 years old. The historic building at North Cass Street and East Juneau Avenue, constructed in 1904 as the successor to Summerfield’s first church, needed extensive repairs.
“We could continue going on a little bit longer, but you’re looking down this dark hole and it's just getting deeper and deeper,” said Sarsfield, chairman of the church’s trustees committee.
It was a quiet end for a church that was known for service to the community. Summerfield was the birthplace of Goodwill Industries of Wisconsin and held some of the city’s first Narcotics Anonymous meetings. For the past dozen years, members served hot meals several times a week to the homeless and hungry.
Extensive damage would cost more than $1 million to repair
Those who gathered in Summerfield’s sanctuary for its last service June 25 worshiped amid some of the church's obvious problems. Patches of drywall were discolored; paint peeled away. Half the large, stained-glass window on an internal wall was unlit, the lightbulbs burned out and not worth replacing. The massive, oblong, stained-glass skylight was speckled with dirt.
But the most widespread damage was elsewhere. In the fellowship hall as well as in meeting rooms, upstairs offices and closets, ceilings dipped from water damage, their tiles darkened or gone altogether. Most walls had a crinkled – if not shredded – appearance. Electrical wiring wasn't up to code.
In the balcony, a chipped rose window overlooked an array of dollhouses, toy blocks and baby cribs, a reminder that the congregation used to count children in its flock.
Sarsfield, who worked on jet planes’ electrical systems in the Navy and fixed farm equipment growing up in Iowa, has been playing a losing game of handyman whack-a-mole. He even put on a new roof at one point.
Repairing all the stained glass would’ve cost $250,000, Sarsfield said. The death knell came when an expert hired by the local district of the United Methodist Church estimated all the repairs — the water-damaged walls, the sagging ceilings — at $1.3 million.
The utility costs – including pricey steam heating – and the salary of the pastor, who split time with another church, exceeded the Summerfield's entire annual income of $25,000.
Church members talked about getting a loan from the Church, but repaying the loan would cost $78,000 each year, beyond Summerfield's reach. They also could have tried to rent out the adjacent unused pastor’s house, but its roof is leaking.
“If we had a larger membership, it would be different," Sarsfield said. "But it’s not.”
More:Wauwatosa Catholic School will close at the end of the school year due to low enrollment
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Pandemic was turning point in long membership decline
When Kenwood United Methodist Church, across from UW-Milwaukee, closed about five years ago, several of its members joined Summerfield. (Kenwood’s building is now home to Zao MKE Church, a startup church known for its LGBTQ inclusivity.)
At first, the Summerfield congregation hoped the infusion might help save the church.
Then the pandemic hit. When services went online in 2020, many never returned.
Although Summerfield was located on Milwaukee's east side, where many young adults live, it had trouble attracting or retaining any of them. Many followed the trajectory of marrying and moving out to start a family.
“It was sad, and it was inevitable,” said Alan Rank, a former Kenwood member who found Summerfield’s congregation to be warm and welcoming when he joined.
Widespread church closures remove services from community
Summerfield's neighborhood is saturated with churches, a legacy of America’s more churchgoing past.
Today, many churches around the country are facing the same challenges. Experts project that 100,000 church properties could be sold across the U.S. in the next several years.
Mark Elsdon is the executive director of Pres House, a Presbyterian campus ministry at UW-Madison, and an expert on church properties.
When churches fold and a developer buys the land, the social good the church was providing — meals for the homeless, for instance – is gone for good, Elsdon said.
Churches also offer a space for community gatherings that, say, the high-end apartments that take their place can’t. Girl Scout troops, neighborhood associations, Alcoholics Anonymous groups and more often meet in churches for free or a small fee, he said.
“Where is that all going to meet?” he said. “You can’t have an AA in a Starbucks.”
Elsdon is struck by the scale of church closures.
“You just look at a map of where all these churches are (in Milwaukee), and you imagine, 10 years from now, 20 years from now, a third to a half of them are something else. What does that do to those neighborhoods?” Elsdon said.
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Churches must accept the reality that fewer people attend services than in institutional religion’s heyday in the 1950s, he said.
“The buildings aren't suitable for the purposes that we need them now,” he said. “They were built to have big Sunday worship and Sunday school." Now, the way people are engaging with church communities is changing, and the use of the space needs to accommodate that.
With his organization, Rooted Good, Elsdon works with church leaders to figure out how to repurpose buildings — before it’s too late — in a way that aligns with their mission. Elsdon has seen church properties converted to affordable housing, a kitchen for marginalized youth, a business center to support entrepreneurs, a childcare co-op for Latina teen mothers and more.
“We need to adapt to what it means to be a faith community today,” he said.
Summerfield had an outsized impact on neighbors in need
Summerfield is a prime example of a church whose closure leaves a hole in the neighborhood.
In recent years, Summerfield’s small, devoted cohort of volunteers made an outsized impact. The meal program regularly served hot meals to about 50 to 100 people four times a week before the pandemic. In the last couple years, 30 to 40 received meals three days a week.
The basement hall was open daily as a warming center in winter and a cooling center in the summer. Members had showers installed and ran a clothing donation operation, giving hats, coats and gloves to people in need.
And Sarsfield traveled weekly to an Oconomowoc distributor of Brownberry bread to pick up about 300 loaves of bread, bagels and English muffins that the church set outside the building for people to take.
Most nights, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous groups met in the church basement.
Marcia Tremaine, who along with Sarsfield volunteered at the church every day, joined about a decade ago after moving back to the Midwest from the Washington, D.C., area.
“I came here because they were doing something,” Tremaine said. “So many other churches say, 'Let’s pray about these people.'”
The final service drew about 35 people, including several former members and Methodist pastors from area churches. They shared memories of the church’s active role in the community and its welcoming feel.
Sheila Jackson of Hales Corners first visited Summerfield in 1995 when, as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the church invited her Filipino dance group to perform.
She soon got married at Summerfield and served as its program coordinator. In the 1990s, the church was lively, Jackson said, with 60 to 100 members and many events, from ice cream socials to Lenten soup dinners to weddings.
“Two words I can think of (for) this place: love overflowing,” Jackson said.
Demolition a heartbreaking proposition to longtime members
The future of the Summerfield building is uncertain.
The United Methodist Church may sell the property, or it may choose to demolish the building and put something like affordable housing in its place, said the Rev. Ebenezer Insor, superintendent of the Wisconsin Southeast District.
The property, located in the Yankee Hill neighborhood on a block that also includes a Subway restaurant and the nightclub Victor’s, could be attractive to developers, members think.
But they hold onto a sliver of hope it won’t be torn down.
The thought of destroying the stained-glass windows and other historic features is heartbreaking, Sarsfield said.
“If they decide to sell it and tear it down, I don't know if I’d ever want to drive by there again,” he said.
The building doesn’t have historic designation because, according to Sarsfield, it became ineligible when a wheelchair-accessible entrance was added, changing the look of the exterior.
The church’s pastor, Lynne Hines-Levy, doesn’t see any path aside from demolition.
“The building is in extreme disrepair and I don’t know that it’s salvageable,” she said.
After making some calls and asking for help, Hines-Levy got word the day before the final service that a Salvation Army chaplain she knew would run a meal program for the homeless once a week from the parking lot at Victor’s. It wouldn't be the same as Summerfield's meal program, but in a small way, its legacy of serving the community would continue.
“It’s not about in there, really,” Tremaine said, standing at the church entrance. “It is about what we have done for the people here in the neighborhood.” | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/milwaukees-summerfield-united-methodist-church-closes-amid-high-bills/70361234007/ | 2023-07-11T14:17:46 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/07/11/milwaukees-summerfield-united-methodist-church-closes-amid-high-bills/70361234007/ |
Milwaukee County looks to prod landlords to accept renters using housing vouchers
Milwaukee County is looking for new ways to get landlords to accept more renters who use housing vouchers.
A resolution from Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Shawn Rolland proposes that the county's Department of Health and Human Services create a report on strategies to incentivize landlords and avoid discriminatory tactics against low-income renters.
"If Milwaukee County cannot use a metaphorical stick to force landlords to accept tenants with a Section 8 voucher, then we should consider offering a carrot," Rolland told the Journal Sentinel. "At the end of the day, Milwaukee County is healthier when everybody can find a safe place to live."
The Section 8 tenant-based Housing Choice Voucher Program was designed to help with rental assistance for low-income residents and families with a family income of no more than 50% of the median income of the county, roughly $27,396, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
However, legal protections for tenant-applicant rights have flip-flopped over the years.
Wisconsin statutes state everyone has the right to housing regardless of their sex, race, color, disability, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry.
However, in the 1995 case of Knapp v. Eagle Property Management, the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that “a Wisconsin statute prohibiting housing discrimination based on 'lawful source of income' did not include Section 8 vouchers because they were not specifically included in the definition of 'lawful source of income' in the Wisconsin code,” creating a loophole for landlords.
In 2018, the County Board amended the County Code of General Ordinance about fair housing and included “receipt of rental or housing assistance” as a protected class.
"Big picture: the ordinance was well-intentioned, but after five years of it being in place we can see that renters were not getting the help that they needed," Rolland said. "And today we know that punishments for landlords are unenforceable."
The Milwaukee County corporation counsel shared a preliminary legal opinion about Section 8 housing discrimination, in particular the enforcement and penalty provisions, as likely unenforceable.
While it was presumed that enforcement was permissible between 2018 and 2023, there were "zero verified Section 8 discrimination complaints" filed with Milwaukee County's Office of Corporation Counsel, the body noted "it is highly likely that landlords discriminated against potential tenants based on their use of Section 8 vouchers, even if complaints had been received," the resolution states.
The resolution cites time and cost as hurdles tenant applicants face in trying to fight against landlord discrimination.
The resolution will be taken up by the Committee on Health Equity, Human Needs and Strategic Planning on July 12.
Contact Vanessa Swales at 414-308-5881 or vswales@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Vanessa_Swales. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/07/11/milwaukee-county-looks-to-prod-landlord-to-house-section-8-renters/70346575007/ | 2023-07-11T14:17:52 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/07/11/milwaukee-county-looks-to-prod-landlord-to-house-section-8-renters/70346575007/ |
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The First Bank of the United States has been largely closed to the public for more than 40 years.
But, that is going to change.
The historic building, built between 1795-97 at 120 S. 3rd Street, was the first building designed specifically for the new federal government -- when the nation's capitol was Philadelphia -- is set to undergo, what organizers said would be, an extensive restoration project that will turn the structure into a museum dedicated to the early American economy.
“Rehabilitating the First Bank will meet a long-held goal for the park,” said acting Superintendent Amnesty Kochanowski in a statement. “This national historic landmark was acquired in 1956 when the park was established but has been closed to the public for most of the park’s history. The restoration of the renowned building gives the park the opportunity to showcase aspects of the economy of the early republic and the role of the controversial national bank. I am thrilled to see this project truly underway.”
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The bank has received a federal grant of $22 million -- from the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund -- in order to afford renovations, including the replacement of leaking metal roofing, stabilization of marble and brick masonry along with interior renovations to repair damage to walls, replace an elevator and other updates.
Also, a new addition will be built, organizers said, to serve as the main visitor entrance. Also, the Independence Historical Trust, the park's philanthropic partner, have raised $4.5 million for the fabrication and installation of -- what organizers called -- "state-of-the-art interactive and immersive exhibits."
“The trust is proud to help renovate the First Bank and create a museum about the early American economy and the realization of Alexander Hamilton’s vision for an economically unified nation,” said volunteer Executive Director Tom Caramanico in a statement. “We are committed to completing the fundraising goal of $5 million and confident that donors will be further motivated by the commencement of the building's restoration.”
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Not much has changed in the two weeks since Jake and Crystal Thiessen took over ownership of the Hub Cafe.
Not that anything should have been different.
Jake has been with the Hub, 250 N. 21st St., since 2016, when Doug and Krista Dittman opened its doors.
Thiessen's fingerprints are all over it — from the menu to the interior — and have been since day one.
"I think I've seen this place evolve in so many ways," said Thiessen, who was originally hired there as a sous chef. "I have an identity here already so it was kind of an easy transition from the owner selling it to me.
"I think that was really the idea. He knew there would be a lot of continuity."
The Hub Cafe was opened as a way of marketing a table-to-farm concept that featured Dittman's Branched Oak Farm’s dairy products, meat and vegetable crops while serving the community of Lincoln.
Doug Dittman eventually retired from farming, but the Hub has further expanded its sourcing from local producers and now buys from more than 20 area farms.
That won't change, said Thiessen, whose journey to Lincoln has featured more than a few detours since leaving college in 2001.
He worked the bar-and-grill scene at the Lake of the Ozarks for a few years before he and Crystal — who is now in Vietnam teaching English — moved to Japan for three years in 2008. It was in Sapporo that Jake worked at an Australian restaurant.
That's where his culinary fuse was lit, he said.
"I learned how to make meat pies," he said. "I learned the gamut of grilled meats. It was a from-scratch kitchen and I really learned to love the culinary industry."
He moved to Lincoln and worked with his cousin at Le Quartier Bakery & Café, where he put in long hours to bake bread each night.
"Baking is more of an athletic event," he said. "Cooking is an art. There's so many different ways to do things. In baking, it's just volume."
He jumped at the chance to get back into a restaurant kitchen, as a sous chef. And even though the Hub's menu was created by former executive chef Abigael Birrell, there are some hints of Thiessen's international training that show up in many of the flavor profiles.
A great example of that is the savory breakfast bowl, which consists of eggs, quinoa tabouli, black beans, braised kale, a house-made sunflower tahini, citrus-ginger carrots, pickled red cabbage and spicy sambal.
"I take a lot of foreign flavors and meld them together," he said. "I don't like the word 'fusion,' but I like to really highlight ingredients in the best way possible and utilize different cooking methods from different cultures.
"That was what really opened my eyes."
The Hub Cafe is located at the city's Jayne Snyder Trails Center, which makes it a short walk from the Telegraph District and minutes from downtown.
"I've seen it grow and grow and grow over the past seven years," he said. "The trail usage has grown as well."
Lincoln's best ice cream experiences
Scoops
Scoops opened a Haymarket ice cream shop, its third in Lincoln, on Friday.
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402 Creamery
402 Creamery 311 N. Eighth St. and 7101 Kentwell Lane
What I had : Cinnamon snickerdoodle
Owner Tyler Mannix said he was working in finance when he decided he wanted to do something he was passionate about. “I started on a $50 ice cream machine and fell in love.”
After my first visit to his shop, I’m in love, too. I’m going to say it’s possibly the best ice cream I’ve ever had.
The store’s most popular flavor is monster cookie, which is one of eight signature flavors. Popular with families is the four-scoop flight for $8.80.
When I asked for his secret, Mannix said it’s all homemade, including ingredients he’s made from scratch working to ensure they mix with the ice cream and keep their flavor and texture. So, for instance, rather than hard balls of snickerdoodle cookie dough, the experience is soft and chewy, like the cookie.
In addition to the signature flavors, you can enjoy seasonal flavors, like banana bread, key lime, blueberry muffin and strawberry lemonade.
-- Shelly Kulhanek
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo
Ivanna Cone
Ivanna Cone 701 P St., No. 101
What we had : Dutch chocolate and lemon cake
The dutch chocolate was very sweet and thick, almost gooey. You get stalagmites when you pull the spoon out of it. But if you’re into that sort of thing, I wouldn’t talk anybody out of it.
Sarah said the lemon cake was the perfect balance of sweet and tart and had the added bonus of cake pieces. It was the equivalent of having a brownie in your chocolate ice cream, without being boring chocolate ice cream. The flavors change daily.
The first thing you notice when you walk into the building is the smell of fresh waffle cones. The second thing you notice is the rabbit statue that acts as the door stop, which Sarah said she remembers from when she and her dad visited when she was young.
There are also disco lights, bright-colored walls, the massive ice-cream makers in the entryway, and when we went, the Jackson 5’s “ABC” was playing in the background.
It’s a great excuse to go for a walk in the Haymarket and an A+ option for dessert to wrap up a hot date on a hot day.
-- Alex Lantz
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UNL Dairy Store
UNL Dairy Store 114 Food Industry Complex (East Campus)
What I had : Cherry almond
For someone who grew up on a dairy farm in Nebraska, the UNL Dairy Store is a treasured piece of the state's agricultural history. The store opened in 1917 as Varsity Dairy, serving as much milk as you could drink for a nickel (you just had to bring your own cup.)
The modern-day Dairy Store remains a test kitchen of sorts for food science students, who work to research and create products while managing the business. Over the years, the store's focus shifted to ice cream.
I stopped by on a Saturday afternoon and found the 16-flavor dip cabinet devoid of Scarlet & Cream, the so-called fan favorite, so I went with a seasonal choice, cherry almond. Good stuff.
Inside, the Dairy Store doesn't serve a heaping helping of nostalgia. Other than a few photos on the wall, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference from a food court.
But exploring East Campus with your ice cream, you're reminded of agriculture's role in the state. And the Dairy Store's role in reminding visitors of that vital link.
-- Todd Henrichs
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Zesto
Zesto 1100 South St.
What I had : Hot fudge sundae
Since the 1950s, the ice cream shop on South Street has been a summer tradition in Lincoln. The city was much smaller then, but returning to the Zesto's drive-in always takes me back to a small town, with families stopping for ice cream as a treat to end the day.
In Nebraska, Zesto has always maintained a special link to the College World Series in Omaha, with fans walking across the street to enjoy a cone or a malt for decades at Rosenblatt Stadium and now at the new stadium downtown.
Perhaps that is why the ice cream from Zesto just seems to have a more nostalgic feel than what you might enjoy elsewhere. And though the ice cream is the same, there's something extra special about the treats from the drive-in location, versus a more strip mall setting.
Lincoln lost a similar drive-in when a tornado wiped out C & L Dairy Sweet near Pioneers Park a few years back. Let's hope the Zesto tradition lives on.
-- Todd Henrichs
TODD HENRICHS, Journal Star
Neveria Arcoiris
Nevería Arcoiris 1035 G St. and 1317 N. 10th St.
What I had : Mangonada made with mango ice cream
I've seen a tourism slogan urging people to be a tourist in their own hometown. I felt like one when I stepped into Nevería Arcoiris, which translates to rainbow ice cream.
Bright colors, lots of Spanish-speaking neighbors and about 16 homemade ice creams in freezer cases with names like chicle rosa (pink gum), menta (mint), fresa ague (strawberry water), rompope (eggnog) and maracuya (passion fruit).
Owners Adela Sanchez and her husband, Lucio, were among those behind the counter scooping and creating colorful concoctions.
Adela said they make nearly all the ice cream for their shop on G Street and another restaurant that shares the same name in the North Bottoms, although they sold the second location because they were too busy to run both.
She said the most popular flavor is mango, which is water-based and reminded me of a sorbet. I had my mango ice cream in a manganado, a spicy Mexican fruit treat with chamoy sauce, mangoes, lime juice, chili powder and decorated with a tamarind straw. It was as tasty as it was pretty.
I also tried the horchata-flavored ice cream, their newest creation, and the queso flavor, which is far better than it sounds.
-- Shelly Kulhanek
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Freezing Thai
Freezing Thai 210 N. 14th St. No. 6
What I had : S'mores Galore
A treat from Freezing Thai will cost you a little more, but after all, ice cream is a treat. And watching servers whip up the frozen treat by hand makes Freezing Thai a unique experience.
Seeing it all come together is unlike other sweet shops in town.
Freezing Thai is more than ice cream. Every serving comes with something extra. Like the graham cracker and marshmallows roasted with a hand-held torch as part of my S'mores Galore.
Other choices? Morning Latte ice cream. Key Lime Pie. Mango Tango. The cigar-shaped ice cream rolls and toppings are a ready-made Instagram post.
Freezing Thai's downtown location is convenient to campus, and because servings are huge, two people can share a treat, minimizing some of the sticker shock.
-- Todd Henrichs
TODD HENRICHS, Journal Star
Cold Stone Creamery
Cold Stone Creamery 2910 Pine Lake Road Suite P
What we had : Chocolate with Oreos in a waffle bowl and Chocolate with graham cracker pie crust and Snickers.
You’re encouraged to choose from a variety of add-ins, and I appreciated the build-your-own concept. The waffle bowl, however, was stale and didn’t add to the experience like I hoped it would.
Sarah was initially excited about the possibility of graham crackers in her ice cream — she thinks they are an under-appreciated dessert option — but the chocolate ice cream was not rich enough for her taste. The Snickers bits were good, though, because you can’t go wrong with Snickers.
Its location at SouthPointe Pavilions is super convenient if you’re looking for a snack between shopping stops or desert after pizza at Old Chicago, which is a stone's throw from the front door.
-- Alex Lantz
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Dairy Joe's ice cream
Dairy Joe’s
8235 W. O St., Emerald
What I had : Dulce de leche
If you’re looking for Joe at Dairy Joe’s in nearby Emerald, you’re going to be disappointed. But you won’t be disappointed with the quality of ice cream or the friendly service.
In addition to ice cream, you can get a cup of joe and you might meet the owner of the building, JoAnn Benes, if she’s in at her adjacent small antique shop, Emerald Hen’s Nest.
Benes’ daughter, Kathryn Benes-Pierce, and her husband, David Pierce, who live in Denton, run the ice cream/coffee shop, which has an old-style malt shop vibe. They get their ice cream from Hiland Dairy and try and source other products locally, like the Dogurt (yogurt for dogs) from Omaha.
I brought my niece and nephew with me and both gave Dairy Joe’s a thumbs-up.
When asked to describe his chocolate ice cream, 7-year-old Cam said it had “a deep flavor.” Syndee, 9, declared her chocolate chip cookie dough “the best ice cream ever.” Both may have been taking their jobs as reviewers a bit too seriously, but I also thought my dulce de leche-flavored cone was top-rate.
-- Shelly Kulhanek
Shelly Kulhanek, Lincoln Journal Star
Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen 3835 South St. (several Lincoln locations)
What I had : Zero Gravity Blizzard
For a limited time, DQ is offering a Zero Gravity Blizzard to celebrate the moon landing's 50th anniversary. The blue-colored treat is made with Oreo cookie pieces, chocolate swirls, sweet cotton candy crunch topping and glittery star sprinkles. Yep, glitter in ice cream.
This Blizzard was probably more appropriate for smurfs and 6-year-old girls, but it did share one ingredient with the South Street DQ's most popular Blizzard -- Oreo.
I quizzed the server about why they serve Blizzards upside down, and she stated the obvious "so you know it's not runny," but I did a little research and found out the trademark move had its beginnings with an obnoxious 14-year-old.
In 1959, the owner of a custard stand in St. Louis had a boy who biked to his stand nearly every day for a malt. The boy kept challenging the owner to make it thicker. Finally to shut the kid up, he served it upside down.
The custard stand owner had a competitor who owned a Dairy Queen franchise, and he copied the gimmick and also came up with the idea to put fruit or broken-up candy bar chunks in DQ's soft serve ice cream. At first Mars, which owned M&Ms and Snickers candy brands, refused to ship broken pieces to DQs, as did Oreo. But they finally relented.
-- Shelly Kulhanek
Shelly Kulhanek, Lincoln Journal Star
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With summer weather comes the sun, more daylight, and rumbling midday thunderstorms, but occasionally, the scales tip toward the extreme.
As climate change warms the planet, the dog days of summer increasingly bring extreme weather conditions. Climate change exacerbates weirder-than-normal weather, interfering with ocean currents, lending extra heat to tornadoes, extending droughts, and intensifying floods.
Heatwaves between 1961 and 2021 increased in duration, frequency, and intensity, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency. The amount of heavy torrential downpours has also been rising, especially since 1991. In some regions, including the Northeast, Midwest, and Great Plains, downpours are more than 30% above the 1901-1960 average. The reason for the uptick? Warm air contains more water vapor than cold air, so excess moisture finds its way into storm systems, causing more torrential rain.
While more severe summer weather affects all of us, certain parts of the United States bear the brunt of these changes. Miami's summer heat and humidity are particularly intense: The city ranks among the top 10 cities most likely to be hit by a tropical storm or a hurricane. Meteorologists also recommend avoiding New Orleans; Dallas; Mobile, Alabama; and Corpus Christi, Texas, during the summer months.
Stacker ranked each state—in addition to the District of Columbia—by the total property damage due to summer weather occurrences from 2013 to 2022, using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Events Database. A weather event was classified as having occurred in the summer if it happened in June, July, or August.
Read on to find out which states are right in the eye of the storm. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/weather/weather-forecast-nebraska-rain-storms-severe/article_fcf33b04-dbb0-5f95-87f7-69a3a3bb9749.html | 2023-07-11T14:23:44 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/weather/weather-forecast-nebraska-rain-storms-severe/article_fcf33b04-dbb0-5f95-87f7-69a3a3bb9749.html |
PITTSBURGH — The 200 block of Glass Run Road in Hays area of the city is temporarily closed due to a downed tree and wires.
The 200 block of Glass Run Road in Pittsburgh is closed due to a downed tree & wires. pic.twitter.com/Tlq7PHOcuO
— Tony Ruffolo (@WPXITonyRuffolo) July 11, 2023
First responders were notified around 8:50 a.m. Tuesday.
When our photographer arrived, the entire road was blocked by the downed tree.
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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing girl.
Police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 12-year-old girl.
— Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) July 11, 2023
Ja-Kaylha Clayton-Davis is 5'6", 180, with brown eyes, black hair with a brown streak in the ponytail.
She was last seen on July 10 in the Lincoln-Larimer area when she left home.
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Ja-Kaylha Clayton-Davis is 12 years old. She is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair with a brown streak in the ponytail.
Clayton-Davis was last seen Monday evening in the Lincoln-Larimer area when she left home. She is known to spend time between Lincoln-Larimer and the East Liberty Target.
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MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas — The Midland County Commissioners discussed their plans for a courthouse mural.
Local artist Janet Pontious has been selected to do the mural. However, there has been a pause in the process since the commissioners could not come to an agreement at court. The mural would feature the Bill of Rights, Ten Commandments, historical figures and landmarks.
"I'm a very patriotic person, it's a statement of patriotism and hopefully it's something that everyone can agree with and that it will provide us something for people to think about when they look at it will make them think," said local artist Janet Pontious.
At the next Commissioner's Court, Pontious will find out if she will be able to do the mural. If so, she says it should take her just six weeks to complete. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-county-commissioners-discuss-courthouse-mural/513-ea3196e8-97aa-4fc8-b624-e2ddf2544cd1 | 2023-07-11T14:26:31 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-county-commissioners-discuss-courthouse-mural/513-ea3196e8-97aa-4fc8-b624-e2ddf2544cd1 |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Midland Development Corporation helped out the UTPB Small Business Program with authorizing a payment of $200,000.
This program, known as the incubator and makerspace grant agreement between the two, is able to continue to help out its students and start-up businesses by giving them the resources they need to succeed.
"The space has recently undergone renovation," said Executive Director of Midland Development Corporation Sara Harris. "It's complete. It's a really fantastic space not only for students, but for the community to come in and utilize it for an incubator for small businesses. There is office space available, there are lab available, this is going to be a nexus for small business to utilize those resources."
The payment signals a continued partnership between MDC and UTPB. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-development-corporation-supports-utpb-small-business-program/513-d5248b83-b8be-41af-b9b9-c5eda41755fe | 2023-07-11T14:26:34 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/midland-development-corporation-supports-utpb-small-business-program/513-d5248b83-b8be-41af-b9b9-c5eda41755fe |
SWAN VALLEY, Idaho — So long to the timeless adage: "If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?" The answer may lie right here in Idaho.
A mere 4 hours and 30 minutes east of Boise, Hollywood's biggest stars broke bread together at the dinner party that just kept on giving. And giving, it did!
On Friday, actress Kristen Bell made a post-gone-viral on her Instagram page with the caption "Idaho, chapter 1🏔️🧡" - so does this mean a "chapter 2" is on the horizon? Survey says: likely so.
On July 7, Bell shared intimate images of the star-studded soirée clad in cozy clothes, along with photos of her family, including husband and fellow actor, Dax Shepard.
As you work your way down the lengthy dinner table nestled in Swan Valley, you'll find guests: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Jason Bateman, Adam Scott, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, John Mulaney, Olivia Munn, Jimmy Fallon, Shiri Appleby, Jake Tapper, Kiefer Sutherland, Molly McNearney, Meaghan Curcio, Mark Rober...and is that Joel McHale? Do I spy John Cusack next to Dax? With this celebrity guest list, it's quite possible.
The dinner party took place on a stunning bend in the South Fork of the Snake River at the South Fork Lodge in Swan Valley, Idaho. The property belongs to comedian and late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Kimmel purchased the impressive 25.83-acre property in June of 2020.
But if you did have to choose one of these celebrities to have dinner with, who would it be?
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'Innovation and job-creation engine': ASU, Applied Materials to create research center in Tempe
Arizona State University has joined forces with a Silicon Valley giant in a $270 million partnership to create an advanced research and development center in Tempe to support Arizona's semiconductor industry and spur educational opportunities for students.
The deal with Applied Materials Inc. will create a "Materials-to-Fab" center at ASU Research Park, with the company providing around $200 million in funding and other support, including the donation of state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment.
The MTF Center will enable students, faculty and Applied Materials representatives to work with industry partners, startup companies, government entities and other academic institutions. The new ASU alliance will focus on materials-deposition technology, referring to processes in which various layers of materials are placed on a surface.
A key feature of the alliance involves installation of advanced Applied Materials equipment for use by students, faculty members and other companies, said Sally Morton, an ASU professor of statistics and executive vice president of the school's Knowledge Enterprise unit.
By encouraging startup companies to use and gain familiarity with equipment not generally available to them, the partnership could encourage business growth and employment gains down the road, Morton said. In addition, the availability of such equipment could help ASU attract and retain faculty, she added.
Semiconductors, or chips, are the increasingly tiny and sophisticated electrical components used to operate all sorts of appliances, machinery, cellphones, computers, vehicles and more. The U.S. industry received a big boost for research and production with passage of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022.
Closer academic, industry ties
Applied Materials, the world’s largest provider of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, recently has increased its collaboration with leading universities, including ASU. The company, based in Santa Clara, California, employs about 33,000 people globally and earned a profit of $6.5 billion on $25.8 billion in revenue in 2022.
“What this alliance will do is expand impact, deliver the mechanisms for finding new ways of doing things and, if we are successful, it will yield results that we can use to innovate again," said ASU President Michael Crow in a prepared statement.
Arizona's semiconductor industry is growing, most notably from a major expansion of an Intel campus in Chandler and development of a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. complex in north Phoenix.
Morton predicted the partnership with Applied Materials will make Arizona more competitive in microelectronic R&D and production.
Gary Dickerson, president and CEO of Applied Materials, in a statement said he envisions the new center as "playing a key role in accelerating materials-engineering innovations, commercializing academic research and strengthening the pipeline of future semiconductor-industry talent.”
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The MTF Center will be housed in existing cleanroom space in the MacroTechnology Works building at ASU Research Park. It's currently being designed and is expected to be operational within two years.
The Arizona Commerce Authority, which helped to cement the partnership, is expected to invest $30 million in the center, with ASU pitching in $17 million. That's along with $25 million in state funding from the Arizona New Economy Initiative and proceeds from the sale of bonds.
Applied Materials has pledged more than $200 million in capital investments and equipment, plus research and scholarship funding.
Scholarships and jobs potential
Applied Materials intends to launch an endowment fund that will provide scholarships to first-generation college students and underrepresented minority students in the Fulton Schools of Engineering.
The company also has a fund that provides grants to women nearing completion of their undergraduate degrees in engineering.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, also in a prepared statement, said the new MTF Center will establish "an innovation and job-creation engine" for the semiconductor industry, including both small and large companies, and will provide "a nexus for academic-industry collaboration in support of the objectives of the CHIPS and Science Act."
Reach the writer at russ.wiles@arizonarepublic.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2023/07/11/asu-applied-materials-partner-to-build-semiconductor-research-center-tempe/70397908007/ | 2023-07-11T14:33:12 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2023/07/11/asu-applied-materials-partner-to-build-semiconductor-research-center-tempe/70397908007/ |
EDUCATION
The fall semester is around the corner. Here's when classes start for Arizona colleges
Helen Rummel
Arizona Republic
Colleges and universities across Arizona will be back in session for the fall semester starting next month.
Here are the official start dates for the 2023-24 academic year.
University of Arizona
First day of class: Monday, Aug. 21
Arizona State University
Sessions A and C start date: Thursday, Aug. 17
Session B: Wednesday, Oct. 11
Northern Arizona University
First day of class: Monday, Aug. 28
Grand Canyon University
First day of class: Tuesday, Sept. 5
Maricopa Community Colleges
The fall semester for all 10 schools within the Maricopa Community Colleges system officially starts on Saturday, Aug. 19, but students are advised to refer to their individual class schedules to determine their first day. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2023/07/11/heres-when-classes-start-for-arizona-colleges-and-universities/70399789007/ | 2023-07-11T14:33:26 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2023/07/11/heres-when-classes-start-for-arizona-colleges-and-universities/70399789007/ |
Explore Arizona weather using these 4 maps on heat, rain, storms and drought
What to know about extreme weather?
Here are four maps that cover severe weather alerts, the heat index forecast, a climate report that provides month-by-month temperature and precipitation data for more than a century, and a drought monitor.
The information refreshes in real time, so be sure to return for updates.
Severe weather alerts
Are there any severe weather alerts for your area? You can find out on the map below.
Remember, there's a difference between a "watch" and a "warning." A "watch" is issued to get the public prepared for the potential of severe weather. A "warning" means it's time to take precautions to protect yourself from severe weather.
Click "View Fullsize Map" for a complete list of severe weather alerts nationwide.
Heat index forecast
The heat index forecast is not the same as the air temperature forecast.
The heat index takes into account heat and humidity. Considering these elements of the weather together is important because they work together to impact the amount of evaporation from sweat. When sweat evaporation is reduced, outdoor activity becomes more dangerous. The higher the relative humidity, the hotter it will feel.
The heat index data is updated from May through September.
Historical temperature and precipitation data
Curious about county-level, month-by-month temperature and precipitation data going back to 1895? That's what populates this map.
The embedded map below contains data for the most recent month for which data is available. Click the "more" button within the pop-up boxes on the map to see historical data.
The data is updated monthly.
Drought monitor
How much of Arizona is in the middle of a drought? This map will show you. Remember, a drought is measured in comparison to what's normal for the area, so a desert is not always in a drought simply because it's a desert.
When examining drought in the short term, the U.S. Drought Monitor focuses on one to three months of precipitation. In comparison, six to 60 months of data may be used to determine if an area is in a long-term drought, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center.
But the U.S. Drought Monitor isn't just based on precipitation. The National Drought Mitigation Center brings together information about precipitation, lake and reservoir levels, soil moisture, groundwater and vegetation health, among other factors, to determine if drought conditions exist.
New data is added to the U.S. Drought Monitor map every week.
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Why do some dogs live longer? ASU runs study exploring how a dog's environment affects life
The relationship a dog builds with their owners and how much money their owner makes can make them live longer, research out of Arizona State University says.
Researchers have been running a study exploring how different environmental factors affect dogs' age. According to the study, worked on by ASU graduate student Layla Brassington and Ph.D. student Bri McCoy, the study included more than 21,000 owners and their dogs. Associate professor at the Center for Evolution and Medicine Noah Snyder-Mackler led the study in collaboration with Brassington and McCoy for the last four years.
“It’s been a lot of hard work from myself and the other graduate student of the project, Bri,” Brassington said. “Noah guided us throughout the whole thing, but I had never done data analysis before.”
Factors that researchers looked at during the study included neighborhood stability, total household income, and other factors.
“The goal is to understand: what are the things that matter to a dog's health and well-being,” Snyder-Mackler said.
Quality time over quantity helps dogs live longer
The researchers found that not only did a dog's age and weight affect their health, but also the environment that the dog lives in.
“Financial and household adversity were linked to poorer health and reduced physical mobility while more social companionship with humans and other dogs was associated with better health,” according to the study.
Having a strong social relationship with humans for dogs was found important, and especially a relationship that focuses on quality instead of quantity. Researchers found a negative correlation between the number of kids in a house with a dog's overall health.
“We found that time with children actually had a detrimental effect on dog health,” Brassington said. “More children or time that owners dedicate to their children likely leads to less time with their furry children.”
Better access to care matters for humans and dogs
Moreover, similarly to humans, money plays a role.
Researchers found that dogs who live in wealthier homes have better access to medical care, more frequent vet visits, and additional testing. These factors combine to allow dogs to have a better and more precise diagnosis.
“The take-home message is: Having a good network, having a good social connectedness is good for the dogs that are living with us,” McCoy said.
The future of the Dog Aging Project
The survey of 21,000 dogs was a collaboration between various institutions across the United States with ASU being a member university. The Dog Aging Project is the name of the collaboration and more than 45,000 dogs are enrolled in the project.
Professor Daniel Promislow from the University of Washington is the co-director of the Dog Aging Project and one of the original founders. His goal is to involve the public in the process of science. He has also worked in collaboration with Snyder-Mackler since 2018.
“I love the idea of doing science with the public,” Promislow said. “It’s made possible because of the generosity of the participating dog owners who themselves are helping us do science.”
Snyder-Mackler said there are future plans for this research.
“We now want to understand how these external factors are getting under the skin to affect the dog’s health," Snyder-Mackler said. "How is the environment altering their bodies and cells?" | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/07/11/do-richer-dogs-live-longer-asu-studies-dogs-environment-and-lifespan/70399331007/ | 2023-07-11T14:33:38 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/07/11/do-richer-dogs-live-longer-asu-studies-dogs-environment-and-lifespan/70399331007/ |
Glendale welcomes 3 new heat relief respite centers
The city of Glendale opens 3 new heat relief respite centers in addition to their 2 hydration stations and 10 cooling centers.
The City of Glendale has opened three new heat relief respite centers. Earlier this year, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved $771,000 in funding for the city to use towards heat relief.
As of July 6, the provided funds were used to open the three centers, finance additional outreach programs, and allow for transportation to and from the heat relief centers.
With the current heat wave and temperatures reaching greater than 110, the centers could not have come at a better time.
According to Tom Frieders, a meteorologist with the Phoenix National Weather Service, “The biggest thing with this long-duration heat wave is just the compounding effects that we get day after day.”
“Given that we are going to be in this again another seven to 10 days just increases that threat for heat-related illnesses,” Frieders said.
Each year, heat-related illnesses cause more than 250 deaths in Arizona, as reported by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
These sorts of fatalities are exactly what Glendale is looking to reduce.
“Our goal for the respite centers is to reduce heat-related illnesses in our community,” said Joanna Brace, Glendale’s Heat Relief Logistic Coordinator. “Anybody who needs to get out of the heat can come to these centers.”
So what exactly are heat relief respite centers?
Heat relief respite centers are locations that provide refuge from the heat during the day. In other words, centers provide a cool, often indoor, environment where people can come and take a break from the harsh sun.
Are there different types of centers? What are they?
The Maricopa Association of Governments recognizes three different types of centers within the Heat Relief Network.
The first is a hydration station. These stations can be indoor or outdoor areas where individuals stop by to receive bottled water. Glendale has 2 hydration stations. These locations are meant to be more of a stop-and-go. Pets are not allowed.
The next type is a cooling center. Cooling centers are indoor, air-conditioned areas where individuals can stop in, have a beverage, and take a brief break from the heat. Glendale has 8 cooling stations. Pets are not allowed.
Lastly, respite centers. Like cooling stations, respite centers offer indoor, air-conditioned spaces and beverages. The main difference is that respite centers give individuals the chance to rest or sleep without interruption. Glendale’s three new respite centers offer food, mats for sleeping, and all are pet friendly.
The locations and hours of operation are listed here:
- Larkspur Church: 10614 N. 43rd Ave, open Monday/Tuesday/Thursday from 12-8 p.m., Wednesday from 12-6 p.m., and Friday/Saturday from 12-9 p.m.
- Glendale Mission & Ministry Church: 6242 N. 59th Ave, open Monday-Saturday from 12-8 p.m.
- St. John’s Lutheran Church: 7205 N. 51st Ave, open Monday-Friday from 12-8 p.m.
Who can use the centers?
The centers are open to the public, though they are mostly geared toward the unhoused population. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale/2023/07/11/glendale-welcomes-3-new-heat-relief-respite-centers/70400052007/ | 2023-07-11T14:33:44 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale/2023/07/11/glendale-welcomes-3-new-heat-relief-respite-centers/70400052007/ |
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PORTAGE — Police said they found a young girl with a couple of adults inside a vehicle filled with marijuana smoke and containing a stolen handgun.
An officer said he was called out around 8:18 p.m. Thursday to the 2500 block of Founders Parkway where he found a vehicle with a large amount of smoke inside that he recognized to be from marijuana.
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When a female lowered the driver's side window for the officer, a large amount of the marijuana smoke poured out, police said.
The woman, identified as Qierra Crosslin, 20, of Portage, reportedly told police she and her passenger, Javonte Small, 22, of Gary, live at the apartment complex and had just arrived.
Officers collected numerous pieces of evidence and interviewed multiple witnesses, police said
The young girl was sitting in the backseat of the vehicle, police said.
Police said they found a bag of marijuana in the vehicle, along with a digital scale, box of plastic sandwich bags and several small cigars. They also reported finding a handgun in Small's waistband.
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The flag reportedly reads: "(Expletive) Joe Biden and HOA."
Small said he bought the gun online and did not seem surprised when told it was stolen, police said.
Small and Crosslin were arrested and face a charge of possessing marijuana, the report says. Police said they are seeking a further charge against Small of possessing a stolen firearm.
Police said they contacted Indiana Child Protective Services about the case.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Michael Torres
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302819
Charges: OWI, felony
Eric Torkelson
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 48
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number: 2302826
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Breanna Mendoza
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302818
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jack Isbell
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 50
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302815
Charges: Intimidation/threats, felony
Levi Jordan
Arrest date: July 7, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2302823
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Amanda Rafalski
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302796
Charges: Possession or use of legend drug or precursor, felony
Austin Rose
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302813
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Andrew Sanchez
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 25
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number: 2302806
Charges: Battery, felony
Jermal Horsley
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: North Platte, NE
Booking Number: 2302807
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Kyle Kressen
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 32
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2302798
Charges: Habitual traffic offender, felony
Anthony Prokopos
Arrest date: July 6, 2023
Age: 18
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number: 2302797
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Chandra Thomas
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2302787
Charges: Possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
David Swisher
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302795
Charges: Sex offender/failing to register as a result of not having reported online activity, felony
Maxwell Rodriquez
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number: 2302794
Charges: Residential entry, felony
Danny Suddoth
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 56
Residence: Schaumburg, IL
Booking Number: 2302786
Charges: Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug, felony
Gary Leggitt
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302785
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gage Kirchhoff
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2302788
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Napoleon Cortez
Arrest date: July 5, 2023
Age: 43
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302784
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Donald Parlock
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2302774
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Shannon Sciba
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302778
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Michele Paree
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 54
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2302780
Charges: Battery, felony
Jon Navarro
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 50
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302777
Charges: Criminal confinement, felony
Tammie McDonald
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302781
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jackie Jent III
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 23
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2302776
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gerald Christian
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302773
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Gregory Driver
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 58
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302775
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Brett Brehmer
Arrest date: July 4, 2023
Age: 39
Residence: Ocala, FL
Booking Number: 2302772
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Bernard Delph Jr.
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302768
Charges: Theft, felony
Amy Mills
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302763
Charges: Theft, felony
Andrew Williams
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302757
Charges: Neglect of a dependant, felony
Fernando Aguilar
Arrest date: July 3, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302761
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Natalie Stowe
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 27
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2302759
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Aleyah Rebac
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 21
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302755
Charges: Neglect of a dependant , felony
Carolyn Schlegel
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 53
Residence: Channahon, IL
Booking Number: 2302753
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Edgar Lopez
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302754
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Michael Lynch
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302756
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Jessenia Jeronimo
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2302752
Charges: OWI, felony
Geoffrey Erakovich-Andonov
Arrest date: July 2, 2023
Age: 49
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number: 2302749
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Fernando Fernandez Jr.
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 45
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2302745
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Erik Grant
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 31
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number: 2302736
Charges: Possession of methamphetamine, felony
Lianne Loving
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 65
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302738
Charges: OWI, felony
Daniel Bulow
Arrest date: July 1, 2023
Age: 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2302748
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Adam Zuleger
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 37
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302719
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Dylan Melia
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2302721
Charges: OWI, felony
William Kaplan
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 60
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2302734
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Lukas Fugate
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 20
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302733
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Lakeisha Gray
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2302726
Charges: Theft, felony
Adam Brady
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 45
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2302718
Charges: Theft, felony
David Clem
Arrest date: June 30, 2023
Age: 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2302722
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
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The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority is seeking nominations for its service awards for the hospitality industry.
Every year, the SSCVA, Lake County's tourism agency, gives out R.O.S.E. and R.I.S.E. awards to professionals who have distinguished themselves in Northwest Indiana's hospitality sector.
R.O.S.E., or Recognition of Service Excellence, awards honor front-line employees. R.I.S.E., or Recognition of Industry Success & Excellence, awards honor managerial or past R.O.S.E. award recipients.
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People have until Aug. 1 to make nominations for professionals who "serve customers daily and who continually go above and beyond to create a positive impact and lasting impression on the experience a guest or visitor has in Northwest Indiana."
Finalists are presented with roses at their workplaces. Winners take home a prize package valued at more than $1,000.
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Managers, businesses and customers can make nominations online. Last year, the SSCVA received more than 160 nominations, which it whittled down to 40 finalists.
A committee ultimately picked 12 R.O.S.E. winners and three R.I.S.E. winners.
This year's 17th annual awards ceremony will take place at the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana in Gary on Sept. 21. Before the awards winner, Epic Limo of Valparaiso will take the finalists to be pampered at Beauty & the Beach in Crown Point or to enjoy libations and games at Public Bar & Rec in Crown Point.
For more information or to make a nomination, visit www.rose-awards.com.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Mi Tierra closing after 22 years; La Carreta, Flako's Tacos, Wendy's, Bulldog Ale House, WhoaZone, The Love of Arts and Illinois Dermatology Institute opening
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NWI Business Ins and Outs: Maple + Bacon, deli and Divalicious Desserts Bakery & Cafe opening | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/sscva-seeks-hospitality-award-nominations/article_da7ff97c-1cf5-11ee-b40e-5b9fc0b4e67f.html | 2023-07-11T14:36:38 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/sscva-seeks-hospitality-award-nominations/article_da7ff97c-1cf5-11ee-b40e-5b9fc0b4e67f.html |
TAMPA, Fla. — Alessi Bakery, a long-standing staple in Tampa, was damaged following a fire Monday evening, Tampa Fire Rescue crews said in a news release.
Firefighters say they were called to Alessi Bakery just before 9 p.m. after reports of a fire at the W. Cypress Street business. When they arrived, firefighters said they found flames emanating from the back of the bakery near the outside refrigerator/freezer area.
Fire crews say they were able to battle the fire, effectively keeping it from spreading to the main part of the bakery. The fire was brought under control in about 25 minutes after first responders arrived.
No one was inside at the time of the fire, and no firefighters were hurt in the blaze.
Currently, the fire is being investigated by the Tampa Fire Marshal. The cause of the fire hasn't been released.
According to its website, Alessi Bakery is a "true Tampa landmark" that dates back all the way to 1912. Although the bakery now calls Cypress Street home, it originally was opened by founder Nicolo Alessi on Cherry Street.
Alessi came to Tampa from Italy, the bakery's site explained, "bringing his knowledge of baking and proud European heritage with him." When he first started, he would deliver fresh Italian and Cuban bread to his customers using a horse and wagon, the bakery said.
The bakery has since expanded to include a manufacturing facility in Northwest Tampa. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/alessi-bakery-fire-tampa-cypress-street/67-885700ff-ca53-4e13-a860-07e6d6411dc9 | 2023-07-11T14:49:40 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/alessi-bakery-fire-tampa-cypress-street/67-885700ff-ca53-4e13-a860-07e6d6411dc9 |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A man is wanted after police say he shot at a woman during a case of road rage in St. Petersburg.
First, police say they have to identify him and are hoping the public can help.
It happened around 9:30 p.m. on July 5. Police said the driver of a white minivan was driving north on Dr. Martin Luther King Street North when they had to swerve to avoid hitting a red Mazda CX3 crossing at the MLK and 116th Avenue intersection.
After that, police said the minivan's driver made a U-turn in order to follow the Mazda. The pursuit continued along 116th Avenue. When the two cars reached the area of 116th Avenue and 4th Street N, the minivan driver shot at the Mazda driver.
The Mazda driver, a woman, was hit and suffered a "serious, but non-life-threatening" injury. No one else was hurt in the shooting, police said.
Police said the minivan driver was described as an Asian man around the age of 30-40 and has some grey in his hair.
Anyone with information on this shooting is asked to contact the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/road-rage-shooting-st-petersburg/67-6ba128d7-40d3-4742-8834-c4f04cf922d5 | 2023-07-11T14:49:46 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/road-rage-shooting-st-petersburg/67-6ba128d7-40d3-4742-8834-c4f04cf922d5 |
NORTH PORT, Fla. — The city of North Port is figuring out what exactly to do with the community survey results including threatened and endangered species in Warm Mineral Springs Park.
Back in April of this year, North Port leaders contracted Pritchett Steinbeck Group, Inc. to conduct a survey of approximately 83 acres of city-owned property located at 12200 San Servando Avenue.
The team reviewed existing surveys and documents, then completed an in-field survey. The city commission went over the key findings on Monday morning.
The report had key findings such as:
- 109 gopher tortoise burrows, with 88 appearing potentially occupied and 21 appearing abandoned.
- 57 of these burrows are in areas with dense canopy cover, which is not the typical habitat for gopher tortoises. The report also provides guidance on the potential restoration of this habitat.
- Two protected plant species: the leafless beaked ladies’ tresses and the giant airplane.
The survey also shows most people want renovations and more amenities but don't want the city to go into partnership with a private company.
Commissioners say the springs' "pay-as-you-go" profits aren't enough to sustain the millions of dollars it would take to develop the area.
The commission said they're moving forward with getting renovations done while exploring potential partnerships with private companies.
The park contains Florida’s only natural warm spring, with an average temperature of 85 degrees throughout the year. Over 150,000 visitors come annually to immerse themselves in the spring water. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/warm-mineral-springs-park-survey-endangered-species-renovation/67-4b369816-c10c-4253-9207-483df1461a62 | 2023-07-11T14:49:52 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/warm-mineral-springs-park-survey-endangered-species-renovation/67-4b369816-c10c-4253-9207-483df1461a62 |
A dispute has forced WATE off DIRECTV and U-verse in Knoxville. But for how long?
You've seen it before: A local station asks viewers to contact their TV provider and request the channel be returned.
This time, the channel is Nexstar-owned ABC affiliate WATE, whose Knoxville programming has not been available to DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse customers for the past week.
These disputes have a history of getting resolved. Variety reports that, according to Nexstar, the company has completed agreements with more than 500 distribution partners in the past three years.
But with each party blaming the other, a court battle could complicate things and possibly prolong a resolution.
Nexstar says it has made a "fair value" proposal to keep the channel running after its most recent contract expired. DIRECTV, however, places the blame on Nexstar for demanding DIRECTV "to pay more than double the previous fees for the same content."
DIRECTV says it has filed suit against Nexstar in federal court, saying the company has conspired with two others "to illegally increase content costs for free over-the-air TV." This alleged conspiracy also has been filed as a complaint to the FCC.
DIRECTV claims Nexstar uses "sidecar" companies "to skirt FCC station ownership caps and other federal laws." While the FCC does not put a cap on the number of stations a company owns, it does require each company reaches no more than 39% of U.S. homes.
The dispute is affecting Nexstar stations nationwide, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to affiliate stations like WATE, the dispute also affects the CW Network and NewsNation.
How much can viewers do? Not much, unless switching providers is in the cards.
Change your hair or leaveKnoxville anchor says she was fired by WATE for her appearance
WATE says viewers can always contact AT&T U-verse or DIRECTV to demand a rebate. The station did not return a call from Knox News about the dispute.
Ryan Wilusz is a downtown growth and development reporter. Phone 865-317-5138. Email ryan.wilusz@knoxnews.com. Instagram @knoxscruff.
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Auburn Road between Dupont Road and Auburn Park Boulevard will have lane restrictions Wednesday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A utility crew is working in the area and should finish Thursday.
For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/auburn-road-lane-restrictions/article_6f27951e-1fe7-11ee-aeef-375a502be00a.html | 2023-07-11T14:59:20 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/auburn-road-lane-restrictions/article_6f27951e-1fe7-11ee-aeef-375a502be00a.html |
North Clinton Street between Fernwood Avenue and Coliseum Boulevard will have lane restrictions Wednesday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A utility crew is working in the area and should finish Thursday.
For more information, call 260-427-6155 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/north-clinton-street-lane-restrictions/article_76a956a4-1fe9-11ee-a992-53c1b38f3e14.html | 2023-07-11T14:59:26 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/north-clinton-street-lane-restrictions/article_76a956a4-1fe9-11ee-a992-53c1b38f3e14.html |
St. Joe Center Road between Wheelock Road and Chiswell Run will have lane restrictions, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A bridge maintenance crew will be working in the area and should finish the same day.
For more information, call 260-427-1172 or visit www.trecthefort.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/st-joe-center-road-lane-restrictions/article_7952b010-1feb-11ee-b1a8-2b719d9d86a5.html | 2023-07-11T14:59:32 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/st-joe-center-road-lane-restrictions/article_7952b010-1feb-11ee-b1a8-2b719d9d86a5.html |
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TEXAS, USA — As the Texas heat continues, you might be tempted to head to the beach. Or not.
A new study by Environment Texas found that almost every Texas beach tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in 2022.
Out of 61 beaches tested, 55 of them had unsafe levels on at least one testing day. At least eight of the beaches had unsafe levels of fecal matter on more than 25% of the days tested.
According to the study, four beaches in the Greater Houston area were ranked among the most potentially unsafe. Those beaches are:
- Texas City Dike (Galveston County)
- 25th St. near Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier (Galveston County)
- Clara St. near Crystal Beach (Galveston County)
- Sylvan Beach Park in La Porte (Harris County)
More than one-half of U.S. beaches had an unsafe level of contamination in 2022. The study also said about one out of every nine beaches tested positive for unsafe levels on at least 25% of testing days nationwide. According to CBS News, the issue is ongoing after more than 50 beaches in Massachusetts were closed last weekend due to a "dangerous amount of human waste" found.
Every year there are an estimated 57 million cases of people getting sick from swimming in contaminated water, with most of the pollution coming from stormwater runoff and overflowing sewage.
Congress hopes to reduce the threat of beach pollution after passing a bipartisan infrastructure law in 2021 that provides a total of $27.35 billion to the EPA Clean Water State Revolving Fund over a five-year period. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-beaches-bacteria-levels/285-b76819f0-69eb-489c-a630-5ddea534615b | 2023-07-11T15:07:42 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-beaches-bacteria-levels/285-b76819f0-69eb-489c-a630-5ddea534615b |
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A homicide investigation is underway after a man's body was discovered in Seneca Creek Sunday.
Crews located the body in the water near Black Rock Road and Seneca Creek Trail.
The Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a homicide, but police haven't revealed the cause.
So far detectives have been unable to make an identification.
They've released photographs of tattoos on the victim's body in hopes someone recognizes them.
One appears to be a grim reaper pointing a gun, with the other resembling chain links over top a cross.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 240-773-5070 or Crime Solvers of Montgomery County at 1-866-411-8477.
A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/investigators-hope-tattoos-can-help-id-body-found-in-seneca-creek | 2023-07-11T15:08:03 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/investigators-hope-tattoos-can-help-id-body-found-in-seneca-creek |
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A public service announcement warning residents of a concerning surge in rental scams targeting unsuspecting individuals was posted on the Clayton County Police Department Facebook page, where perpetrators pose as property owners on social media apps.
The department said scammers use ads on popular platforms like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, offering to rent out vacant properties.
However, these properties are legally owned by unrelated parties who have no association with the scammers. The unsuspecting renters are then presented with counterfeit lease agreements and manipulated into providing cash deposits for properties they were never authorized to lease.
Clayton County Police also shared an image outlining "5 Signs of a Rental Scam." The signs include warnings about rental pictures that seem too good to be true, rental listings with errors or inconsistencies, pressure to lease a property immediately without viewing it first, requests for upfront payments and the absence of credit checks. These red flags should serve as indicators of possible fraudulent activities when searching for rental properties.
This isn't the first time such scams have come to light in the greater Atlanta area. 11Alive brought viewers a similar story in March that happened in Cobb County.
A man named Eric Francisco discovered that his newly occupied house was falsely advertised as available for rent. After receiving inquiries from interested individuals who saw the ad on Facebook Marketplace, Francisco realized that someone had taken a picture of his house and created a fraudulent listing without his knowledge or consent.
In light of these incidents and the distress they cause to both homeowners and potential renters, authorities urge individuals to remain vigilant during their property search.
Prospective tenants are strongly advised to verify the legitimacy of rental listings, thoroughly inspect properties before making any commitments, and refrain from making upfront payments without proper documentation and confirmation of ownership. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clayton-county-rental-scams-facebook-craigslist/85-33f33fb5-6053-4436-8128-b8a310ae81be | 2023-07-11T15:12:32 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clayton-county-rental-scams-facebook-craigslist/85-33f33fb5-6053-4436-8128-b8a310ae81be |
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Editor's note: The video above is from a previous version of the story.
A man accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend, and whose child also died after being delivered prematurely, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
Shaniyah Rodriguez died after being shot on Feb. 2 at the Brannon Hills condo complex. When DeKalb County Police arrived at the scene that morning, they discovered that Shaniyah, who was eight months pregnant at the time, had been shot in the head. She passed away at the hospital, but doctors were able to deliver her baby during an emergency C-section.
In late February, DeKalb Police arrested 22-year-old Diamonte Haithcoats in connection with the deadly shooting. Shaniyah was dating Haithcoats and was pregnant with his child, according to police.
After battling to survive for four months, baby Millanni died in June.
Haithcoats is being charged with malice murder in connection to the killing. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/diamonte-haithcoats-court-appearance-shaniya-rodriguez-death/85-bc47cca7-2ca8-49bc-886a-86043da8a335 | 2023-07-11T15:12:39 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/diamonte-haithcoats-court-appearance-shaniya-rodriguez-death/85-bc47cca7-2ca8-49bc-886a-86043da8a335 |
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