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An Atlantic City man on Tuesday admitted robbing a Pleasantville grocery store at gunpoint two years ago.
Rahmir Brown, 22, pleaded guilty to robbery and unlawful possession of a handgun, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday in a news release.
Brown would have to serve five years in prison under his plea agreement, the Prosecutor's Office said, with three years of parole supervision upon release.
Brown is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 7 before Superior Court Judge Joseph Levin. He will be held in the Atlantic County jail until his sentencing date.
Prosecutors say Brown brandished a handgun inside Joe's Food Market on Route 9 on Dec. 4, 2021, demanding money from the store's cashier.
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MILLVILLE — A city man was found stabbed to death Tuesday afternoon, the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office said.
Police responding to a shots-fired call found Salmadine Johnson, 40, dead from an apparent stab wound in the 600 block of High Street, the Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday in a news release.
Authorities are investigating. Anyone with additional information about the case can call Millville police Detective John Harris at 856-825-7010 or the Prosecutor's Office at 856-982-6256.
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Aerial mosquito spraying scheduled for Wednesday evening for portions of Galloway Township and Port Republic has again been canceled, Atlantic County officials said.
Wind conditions forced the cancellation of Monday evening’s spray, the Atlantic County Office of Mosquito Control said Tuesday in a news release. The same conditions then canceled Wednesday's spraying. With conditions not expected to improve Thursday either, spraying will not be rescheduled to then either, officials said. No new spray date has been scheduled.
The county is providing the aerial spray as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the population of adult mosquitoes and prevent the spread of mosquito-borne illness.
In Galloway, the areas they hoped to treat are bounded by Route 9 and Kings Highway; Route 9 east to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, from Smith-Bowen Road to Leeds Point Road; and Route 9 east to the Forsythe Refuge, from East Somers Landing Road to East Chanese Lane.
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In Port Republic, they hoped to spray between Sooys Landing Road, Clarks Landing Road and Mill Street to the west and Chestnut Neck to the east.
Aerial spraying, when scheduled, will be done using Duet HD, the county said. For more information about the pesticides to be applied, call the Office of Mosquito Control at 609-645-5948.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not require relocating or taking special precautions during mosquito spraying, though some may choose to avoid or minimize exposure by:
- Staying indoors during application to the immediate area
- Keeping windows shut and window fans and window air conditioners off (or set to circulate indoor air) during spraying
- Keeping children’s toys indoors
- Keeping pets indoors, as well as their food, water dishes and toys
Residents can help reduce mosquito populations by removing standing water from their properties.
For more information, visit atlantic-county.org/mosquito-control.
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OCEAN CITY — Philadelphia is coming to Ocean City for Night in Venice on Saturday.
Most years, it seems like a significant portion of the City of Brotherly Love is in town for the annual boat parade, but this year may have a stronger Philly phlavor than usual. Four of the Philadelphia team mascots are set to participate, including Gritty and the Phillie Phanatic. Jim Gardner, the longtime anchor of Action News on 6ABC who retired this year, is set to participate as the parade grand marshal.
Night in Venice has a theme of “It’s a Philly Thing” for the parade this year, the 68th year for the event, planned to get underway at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The Phanatic even joined with the Coast Guard to produce a Night in Venice-centered boating safety video, including the final piece of advice not to drink alcohol and operate a vessel.
Anyone with a boat or with a house along the parade route can participate in Night in Venice, according to city officials, although for safety reasons, kayaks and stand-up paddle boards will not be allowed to participate. The Philly thing theme is optional. Most years, participants also look to recent news and national trends for inspiration.
Bleachers will be set up at street ends along the parade route, and those interested can also watch from the Route 52 causeway, along the bike and pedestrian lane, although the city asks those gathering there not to block the route and to leave the folding chairs at home.
The Philadelphia Eagles mascot, Swoop, will join the Phillie Phanatic, the Flyers’ Gritty and the Philadelphia Union’s Fang at Ocean City's annual Night in Venice boat parade July 29.
The viewing areas are all free with the exception of the Bayside Center at 520 Bay Ave., but tickets to the Bayside Center were sold out well before the parade.
Streets with grandstands will include Battersea Road, North Street, First Street, Sixth Street, Seventh Street, 11th Street, 13th Street, 15th Street, 16th Street and Tennessee Avenue.
Parking can be a serious challenge anywhere downtown for Night in Venice. The city offers a shuttle service, taking people from remote parking areas at the Municipal Airport at 25th Street and Bay Avenue, the soccer fields at Tennessee Avenue off Shelter Road and the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave.
From midnight Friday through midnight Saturday, the city has imposed parking restrictions in the parade area. No parking will be allowed on either side of Bay Avenue from 16th to 24th streets, or on the east side of Bay from 14th to 16th streets. Parking restrictions are also planned on West 16th, West 17th and West 18th streets.
After the parade, a fireworks show is planned to be launched from a barge in the bay.
the boat parade begins near the Ocean City-Longport bridge and travels along the bay to Tennessee Avenue, with the parade route snaking in and out of the lagoons along the way.
Phang, the mascot for the Philadelphia Union, and the Eagles' mascot Swoop will also participate. Comcast Spectacor Chairman and CEO Dan Hilferty and his wife, Joan, will be special guests, along with local officials, the Miss Night in Venice contestants and others. One boat will present a musical tribute to late DJ Jerry Blavat.
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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — County and township officials say they still know little about plans by the Atlantic City Rescue Mission to reopen the Ram’s Head Inn as a restaurant that would serve as a revenue source for the nonprofit.
Rescue Mission officials have said there are no plans to turn the Ram’s Head into a second homeless shelter, but details around the purchase have kept public officials keenly interested.
The Rescue Mission, a nonprofit established in the 1960s that operates a shelter in Atlantic City, purchased the White Horse Pike property days before it was scheduled to be demolished.
But the mission’s identity as the buyer was not apparent for several months. A search of local tax records in June revealed the purchase.
At the time, Rescue Mission CEO Dan Brown said the restaurant and banquet hall would be restored to its former self, dismissing suggestions that a shelter would be its new purpose.
Brown previously said the nonprofit intends to repair the building, spending “hundreds of thousands” of dollars to reopen it as a restaurant.
Since then, Brown has not returned multiple requests for more details. Attempts to reach other Rescue Mission board members were also unsuccessful.
Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson has been wary of the project, saying he believes Galloway officials would “fight like hell to keep it (the zoning) as it is.”
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The Atlantic City Rescue Mission has purchased the Ram’s Head Inn and se…
“They would not get that through the zoning, planning or (Township) Council,” Levinson said. “We don’t know what they’re going to do with it. The assumptions are many.”
The Rescue Mission acquired a $440,000 mortgage from Fulton Bank for the Ram’s Head Inn property and the surrounding lots, according to a filing in the Atlantic County Clerk’s Office from April 26. The Ram’s Head parcel is worth $1.5 million, according to local tax records, and its land value is listed at $740,000. It was listed for sale by the Knowles family in 2019.
Township Councilman Tom Bassford said that while information remains scarce, “it’s still so early.”
“There’s still infinite stages, so there’s no discussion going on that I’m aware of,” Bassford said.
The same could be said for county officials, said Commissioner Chairman John Risley.
“No one has approached the board or me about this topic,” Risley said last week.
Since Brown confirmed ownership, the public has been intensely curious on social media, with some suggesting the property could become an extension of the Rescue Mission’s shelter operations.
Brown, however, denied that notion.
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The Ram's Head Inn is getting a fresh start.
In June, after the mission was identified as the buyer, Brown said a refurbished Ram’s Head would act as a revenue source for the Rescue Mission. The nonprofit has made similar property acquisitions in Atlantic County, such as the building now used for its Charity Center on Tilton Road in Northfield.
According to a 2021 tax report for the nonprofit, known as a 990 form, the Rescue Mission had about $5 million in total revenue for the year.
From 2017 to 2021, the mission recorded total public support of about $21.4 million, tax records show.
The nonprofit also received $668,980 in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans between 2020 and 2021, records show. That money, according to the Rescue Mission’s application, was to be used for payroll expenses.
For its 2021 loan, the Rescue Mission reported having 34 jobs, an increase from 22 in 2020. Both loans were forgiven, records show.
The Rescue Mission also earned $318,990 from selling the Barnabas House in Wildwood, 2021 tax records show.
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Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
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GILDASAUCTION
Pat Croce,left Auctoneer with Joe Piscopo,right takes part in Gilda's Big Night Out' is the name of a big silent auction to benefit Gilda's Club at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 24, 2003..
EDWARD LEA
FACES Connections Disabilities
( L tO R) John Travey of Northfield NJ, Betsy Murphy of Northfield NJ, Sharon Farrell of Galloway Twp. NJ and Garo Ghazarian of Gallway NJ pose for a picture at Disabilities Resource Center Laureate Awards Roman Banquet on Thursday Feb. 8, 2007 at the Ram's Head Inn in Gallowat Township NJ.
Tom Briglia
PIANO
Carolyn Walls sits at the piano while celebrating her 98th birthday with family and friends at the Ram's Head Inn, in Absecon, Wednesday 1/22/03. From left, friends Bill Hoch, Henry Speed, Bess Miller, Jerry Rothbard and Walls' daughter, Helene Walls. She was a longtime pianist at the Smithville Inn during the Noyes years and later the Ram's Head Inn.
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Lisa Erlandson of Bargaintown, Egg Harbor Township, left, gives St. Baldrick's charity information to Margaret Farrell of Pomona, right, during the nonprofit expo, Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Ram's Head Inn in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
FACES Connections Disabilities
( L tO R) Rabbi Plobkin of Ventnor NJ, Dawn Dubois of Cape May NJ, and Joyce Bank of Margate NJ pose for a picture at Disabilities Resource Center Laureate Awards Roman Banquet on Thursday Feb. 8, 2007 at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township NJ.
Tom Briglia
corzine
New Jersey Governor John Corzine, right, listens to Steven J. Batzer, Managing Director SOSH Architects during the Southern New Jersey Development Council meeting at the Ram's Head Inn, in Galloway Township, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006
Michael Ein
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Rams Head Inn bartender Josh Harrah, 27 of central Galloway, right, serves Bill Scott of Tabernacle at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway. Harrah and the rest of the Ram's Head staff donated their time working the event.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
SOUNDOFF
Gov. James E. McGreevey presents the keynote speech at the Southern New Jersey Development Council's annual Sound Off for South Jersey at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, Friday, Feb. 27, 2004.
MICHAEL EIN
GOP Governor Candidate
Brian Levine, Mayor of Franklin Township, left Steven Lonegan, Former Mayor of the Borough of Bogota Moderated by Michael Aron, and Chris Christie, Former US Attorney, right take part in 27th Annual Sound Off for South Jersey at Ram's Head Inn Friday, Feb 27, 2009. Sound Off is the region's largest legislative conference and typically attracts over 300 members of both the public and private sector.
Edward Lea
GALA
Phyllis Hughes, of Folsom, holds up her plate for a squirt of red pepper coulis from Joseph Cuccurullo, of Ram's Head Inn at the Press of Atlantic City Restaurant Gala held at the Atlantic City Convention Center, Thursday, Apr. 22, 2004.
MICHAEL EIN
Bailey Award
From left, Keith Dawn, publisher of The Press of Atlantic City, presents the Bailey Award to Doug and Gail Fraser, of Marmora, and Jim Fraser,of Egg Harbor Township, at the Ram's Head Inn, in Galloway Township, Thursday Feb. 9, 2012.
Vernon Ogrodnek
MCGREEVEY
Tom Bracken of Sun national Bank speaks with Gov. James E. McGreevey during the Annual Southern New Jersey Development Council's Stand Up for South Jersey Legislative Conference, Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at The Ram's Head Inn in Absecon.
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Ram's Head Inn special events coordinator Joel Ballesteros, of Lower Chelsea, Atlantic City, left, talks with Rich Hearn, center, and Keith Herbert, right, both of Fawn Meadow in Galloway Township, during the Ram's Head Night Out at the Inn, a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual social event, Monday, September 27, 2010 in Galloway Township.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
Etiquette class
K. Afifi, General Manager of Ram's Head Inn and Vonnie Clark, President of Concierge Association speaker at Etiquette class and Training Development Consultant at Rams Head Inn in Galloway Township Thursday, Aug 9, 2012.
Edward Lea
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Shannon Wallace, 13 of Upper Township, Maxine Seelig, seven and her sister Sacha Seelig, nine, of northeastern Galloway, and Dallas Pritchard, nine of Linwood, from left, work as elves collecting donated toys at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
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New Jersey Governor John Corzine speaks at a Southern New Jersey Development Council meeting at the Ram's Head Inn, in Galloway Township, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006
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FACES Connections Disabilities
( L to R)Lisa Renzzak of Cape May court House NJ, Scott campbell of Northfield NJ, and Justine Coyle of English Creek NJ pose for a picture at Disabilities Resource Center Laureate Awards Roman Banquet on Thursday Feb. 8, 2007 at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township NJ.
Tom Briglia
Connections Breakfast
Nancy Fontana from Somers Point at left and Peg Kendrick from Ocean City attend The Auxillary of Shore Memorial Hospital's fashion show fundraiser "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 11, 2007.
Sharon Stabley
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Guest bid on auction items at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
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GILDASAUCTION
Pat Croce,left Auctoneer auction off Michael Jordan Framed Bulls Jersey-signed during Gilda's Big Night Out' is the name of a big silent auction to benefit Gilda's Club at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 24, 2003..
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Cathy Rigby speaks at the Ninth Annual WomenÕs Conference held at the Ram's Head Inn and sponsored by the Center for WomenÕs Health. Sat. 3/4/00
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WINETASTE
Anthony Fisher, a liquor store owner, tastes wines he likes as well as wines he thinks his customers will like at a wine tasting, Monday, Mar. 29, 2004, at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township.
MICHAEL EIN
WINETASTE
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FACES Connections Disabilities
( L to R) John Spurlock of Northfield NJ, Melissa Brooks of Newfield NJ, and Chuck Betson of Ventnor, NJ pose for a picture at Disabilities Resource Center Laureate Awards Roman Banquet on Thursday Feb. 8, 2007 at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township NJ.
Tom Briglia
Connections Breakfast
From left to right Vicky Shawl from Marmora, Marjorie Miller from Ocean City and Eileen Turnbull from Beasley Point attend The Auxillary of Shore Memorial Hospital's fashion show fundraiser "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 11, 2007.
Sharon Stabley
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Guest bid on auction items at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Rams Head Inn bartender Josh Harrah, 27 of central Galloway, right, serves Bill Scott of Tabernacle at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway. Harrah and the rest of the Ram's Head staff donated their time working the event.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
SOUNDOFF
Gov. James E. McGreevey talks with attendees brfore presenting the keynote speech at the Southern New Jersey Development Council's annual Sound Off for South Jersey at the Ram's Head Inn in Absecon, Friday, Feb. 27, 2004.
MICHAEL EIN
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Don Kreutzer of Pinehurst, Galloway Township, dances with Charo impersonator Linda Axelrod of Marlton, as a fundraiser during the nonprofit expo, Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Ram's Head Inn in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
GILDASAUCTION
Pat Croce,left Auctoneer with Joe Piscopo,right takes part in Gilda's Big Night Out' is the name of a big silent auction to benefit Gilda's Club at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 24, 2003..
EDWARD LEA
Connections Breakfast
From left to right Laurie Wagenheim from Linwood with childhood friend Beth Loftus from Northfield attend The Auxiliary of Shore Memorial Hospital's fashion show fundraiser "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 11, 2007.
Sharon Stabley
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Shannon Wallace, 13 of Upper Township, Maxine Seelig, seven and her sister Sacha Seelig, nine, of northeastern Galloway, and Dallas Pritchard, nine of Linwood, from left, work as elves collecting donated toys at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Just 4 Kids president and founder Kay Seelig of northeastern Galloway, with board members Ed Blake of Ventnor, and Joel Ballesteros of the Rams Head Inn at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
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Michele Linden, from the Ram's Head Inn, cooks Sauteed Scallops Beurre Blanc at the Taste of the Shore event at the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce Business Expo 2000, 'Catch the Wave.' held at the AC Convnetion Center. Wed. 3/8/00
SCOTT E. STETZER
WINETASTE
Anthony Fisher, a liquor store owner, tastes wines he likes as well as wines he thinks his customers will like at a wine tasting, Monday, Mar. 29, 2004, at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township.
MICHAEL EIN
FACES Connections Disabilities
( L to R) Alan Noble of Brigantine NJ, Ben Pitts of Brigantine NJ and Leslie Monforto of Deptford, NJ pose for a picture at Disabilities Resource Center, Laureate Awards Roman Banquet on Thursday Feb. 8, 2007 at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township NJ.
Tom Briglia
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
William Cradle of the Inlet section of Atlantic City, right, Louis Fatato of the Inlet, JoAnne Pirillo of the Inlet, and Jeff Wilson of west side, Atlantic City, from left, bid on auction items at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
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New Jersey Governor John Corzine spaeks at a Southern New Jersey Development Council meeting at the Ram's Head Inn, in Galloway Township, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006
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Awards
Representing The Tun Tavern and Brewery awarded for being the most Outstanding Business Partner are from left to right tavern owner Montgomery Dahm from Atlantic City, Diane Tharp from Palermo, K. Afifi from Northfield, Jonelle Kulb from Brigantine and Mary Walsh from Egg Harbor Township attend The Disabilities Resource Center's Laureate Awards Roman Banquet at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, February 9, 2006.
Sharon Stabley
Connections Breakfast
Juanita Harmon from Pleasantville at right with her daughter Juliet Williams from Jersey city attend The Auxillary of Shore Memorial Hospital's fashion show fundraiser "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 11, 2007.
Sharon Stabley
DINNER
Daniel Anderson, Assistant General Manager of Ram's Head Inn, demonstrates good table etiquette for interviews during dinner held at Stockton College Wednesday, March 06, 2002. (acp photo/Mary Godleski)
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MCGREEVEY
Karlos LaSane of Park Place Entertainment shakes hands with Gov. James E. McGreevey during the Annual Southern New Jersey Development Council's Stand Up for South Jersey Legislative Conference, Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at The Ram;s Head Inn in Absecon.
MICHAEL EIN
GOP Governor Candidate
Steven Lonegan, Former Mayor of the Borough of Bogota, left Moderated by Michael Aron, and Chris Christie, Former US Attorney, right take part in 27th Annual Sound Off for South Jersey at Ram's Head Inn Friday, Feb 27, 2009. Sound Off is the region's largest legislative conference and typically attracts over 300 members of both the public and private sector.
Edward Lea
MCGREEVEY
Gov. James E. McGreevey speaks to a group that includes Casino Control Commissioner Michael Fedorko during the Annual Southern New Jersey Development Council's Stand Up for South Jersey Legislative Conference, Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at The Ram's Head Inn in Absecon.
MICHAEL EIN
Awards
Tamara Marshall at right from Philadelphia with ACME chats with Evelyn Hultz and Joe Hultz from Ocean City representing the Cape May Court House ACME attend The Disabilities Resource Center's Laureate Awards Roman Banquet at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, February 9, 2006.
Sharon Stabley
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
Just 4 Kids president and founder Kay Seelig of northeastern Galloway, with board members Ed Blake of Ventnor, and Joel Ballesteros of the Rams Head Inn at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
Etiquette class
K. Afifi, General Manager of Ram's Head Inn speaker at Etiquette class and Training Development Consultant at Rams Head Inn in Galloway Township Thursday, Aug 9, 2012.
Edward Lea
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Eleven year old Tori Kreutzer of Pinehurst, Galloway Township, dances with Elvis impersonator Teddy Prior of 2nd Avenue in Galloway, as a fundraiser during the nonprofit expo, Thursday, May 20, 2010 at Ram's Head Inn in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
Connections Breakfast
From left to right Eileen Pitel, Mary Ellen Devers, Beth Ford and Margaret Gutierrez all from Harbor Pines development in Egg Harbor Township attend The Auxillary of Shore Memorial Hospital's fashion show fundraiser "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 11, 2007.
Sharon Stabley
Connections Breakfast
Carolyn Bassett from Linwood at left and Mildred Thomas at right attend The Auxillary of Shore Memorial Hospital's fashion show fundraiser "Breakfast at Tiffany's" at the Ram's Head Inn Thursday, April 11, 2007.
Sharon Stabley
MCGREEVEY
Sen. Bill Gormely speaks during the Annual Southern New Jersey Development Council's Stand Up for South Jersey Legislative Conference, Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at The Ram's Head Inn in Absecon. On Left is Assemblyman Nick asselta, and at right is moderator Michael Aron, of NJN TV.
MICHAEL EIN
WINETASTE
Jerry Cogen, of Select Brands International, presents Zeller Schwartz Katz wine in a cat bottle, Monday, Mar. 29, 2004, during a wine tasting at Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township. The wine retails for $8.33.
MICHAEL EIN
EGAP ACBP d15 Rams Head donation
William Cradle of the Inlet section of Atlantic City, right, Louis Fatato of the Inlet, JoAnne Pirillo of the Inlet, and Jeff Wilson of west side, Atlantic City, from left, bid on auction items at the Ram's Head Inn winter wonderland holiday event to benefit the Just 4 Kids Foundation, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 in Galloway.
Sean M. Fitzgerald
BALLROOM
The Jersey Shore Ballroom dancers annual black-tie and formal dance at the Ram's Head Inn Saturday, Mar 29, 2003. The group has 75-100 members from Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties. They have frequent events at Christ Church in Somers Point and the second floor of Bubba Mac's Shack in Somers Point.
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Luigi, the chef from the Ram's head Inn, in Absecon, Sunday 11/21/99, prepares one of his specialties in the restaurant's kitchen for the millenium New Year bash.
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BALLROOM
Larry Silverman and wife Claudia Silverman of PA dances the night away during The Jersey Shore Ballroom dancers annual black-tie and formal dance at the Ram's Head Inn Saturday, Mar 29, 2003. The group has 75-100 members from Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties. They have frequent events at Christ Church in Somers Point and the second floor of Bubba Mac's Shack in Somers Point.
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Awards
From left to right Bernadette Houston from North Cape May, Dianne Griesbach from Cape May Court House and Barbara Ingersoll from Wildwood Crest attend The Disabilities Resource Center's Laureate Awards Roman Banquet at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, February 9, 2006.
Sharon Stabley
ACP ATSNEWYEAR
The chef from the Seaview Marriott, left, and from the Flanders, toast as chefs from around South Jersey met in the dining room of the Ram's head Inn, in Absecon, Sunday 11/21/99, with their specialties for the millenium New Year bash.
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Awards
From left to right Robin Otto and sister Lois Grossman both from a Philadelphia suburb chat with their nephew Howard Bank from Ventnor representing the Sheldon and Joyced Bank Family who recieved the salute to Family Award and Rabbi Shalom Plotkin from Beth El Synagogue attend The Disabilities Resource Center's Laureate Awards Roman Banquet at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, February 9, 2006.
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Awards
Lifetime of Service Award recipient Frank Amari Sr, from Vineland at center, his son Frank Amari Jr. from Vineland and his daughter Adrianna Amari from Baltimore attend The Disabilities Resource Center's Laureate Awards Roman Banquet at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, February 9, 2006.
Sharon Stabley
BEAUJOLAIS
Dan Anderson sit with the prop bottles and casks on display at The Ram's Head. The new wine label is on the left. Mon. 11/11/2002 3:00 PM Ram's Head Inn in Absecon is among area restaurants featuring Beaujolais Nouveau starting Nov. 21, the day it is released in France. Dan Anderson, assistant manager, has been with the Ram's Head for 18 years and doesn't remember a time when the restaurant didn't make a fuss over the wine. Illustration for secondary story in Sunday Food & Wine section.
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Awards
Frank Amari Sr. from Vineland, the recipient of the Lifetime Service Award, talks with Rachel Corso with New Jersey Protection and Advocacy in Trenton during The Disabilities Resource Center's Laureate Awards Roman Banquet at Ram's Head Inn Thursday, February 9, 2006.
Sharon Stabley
BALLROOM
Dom Fantini of Egg Harbor Township and dance partner Pam Trevarthen of Pcean City dances the night away during The Jersey Shore Ballroom dancers annual black-tie and formal dance at the Ram's Head Inn Saturday, Mar 29, 2003. The group has 75-100 members from Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties. They have frequent events at Christ Church in Somers Point and the second floor of Bubba Mac's Shack in Somers Point.
EDWARD LEA
GALA
Phyllis Hughes, of Folsom, holds up her plate for a squirt of red pepper coulis from Joseph Cuccurullo, of Ram's Head Inn at the Press of Atlantic City Restaurant Gala held at the Atlantic City Convention Center, Thursday, Apr. 22, 2004.
MICHAEL EIN
FACES Connections Disabilities
( L to R) John Spurlock of Northfield NJ, Melissa Brooks of Newfield NJ, and Chuck Betson of Ventnot, NJ pose for a picture at Disabilities Resource Center Laureate Awards Roman Banquet on Thursday Feb. 8, 2007 at the Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township NJ.
Tom Briglia
Etiquette class
K. Afifi, General Manager of Ram's Head Inn and Vonnie Clark, President of Concierge Association speaker at Etiquette class and Training Development Consultant at Rams Head Inn in Galloway Township Thursday, Aug 9, 2012.
Edward Lea
BALLROOM
The Jersey Shore Ballroom dancers annual black-tie and formal dance at the Ram's Head Inn Saturday, Mar 29, 2003. The group has 75-100 members from Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties. They have frequent events at Christ Church in Somers Point and the second floor of Bubba Mac's Shack in Somers Point.
EDWARD LEA
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
The Atlantic City Rescue Mission has purchased the long-closed Ram’s Head Inn in Galloway Township with plans to re-establish a restaurant and, possibly, build a hotel there.
Press Archives photos
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Since its closing in January, the Ram’s Head Inn has been frozen in time. The Galloway Township restaurant employed 25 full-time and 35 part-time staff and hosted about 60 weddings a year with an average size of 125 to 175 people, according to the Realtors.
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram’s Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram’s Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
Ram's Head Inn for sale
Ram's Head Inn in Galloway Township, which is now for sale. The story is an update about the Ram's Head, which we last reported was closed. David Bonanni is trying to sell the restaurant. Aug. 5, 2019 (Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer)
Craig Matthews / Staff Photographer
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OCEAN CITY — Every summer weekend, thousands travel — sometimes for hours — to stroll the Boardwalk, spread their blankets on the beach and dive into the waves.
Some come away with T-shirts or saltwater taffy, and maybe a bright new sunburn.
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian hopes at least some of the visitors will also help oppose planned offshore wind turbines from their home communities.
Over the weekend, the city placed new signs on the Boardwalk railings, arguing the proposed wind power projects included too many unknowns to move forward.
“At what cost?” read the signs, which include a rendering showing what the windmills may look like when Ørsted’s Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2 projects are completed. The signs list contact information for state and federal officials.
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While local communities have been discussing the wind power proposals for years, and news coverage increased dramatically after a series of whale deaths over the winter that wind power critics have blamed on preparation work on the projects, Gillian and other shore town advocates say significant numbers of people in other communities know little about the proposals.
“We have found out that there are many who have no idea of this approved federal and state fast-tracked project,” Gillian said Monday.
He said the signs were installed to educate visitors.
“We want to bring attention and conversation,” Gillian said.
With various Jersey Shore communities continuing to air concerns over offshore wind development, Gov. Phil Murphy believes political matters revolving around their development can be addressed for the projects to proceed as planned.
On July 5, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it had given approval for the Ocean Wind 1 project to begin construction and operation of a 1,100-megawatt wind farm off Ocean City.
The company plans to begin onshore work this year and start construction off the coast in 2024.
It’s the first New Jersey wind project to gain approval but unlikely to be the last, with additional phases planned by Ørsted and other companies now going through the approval process, including Atlantic Shores just to the north of Ocean Wind.
Gov. Phil Murphy and President Joe Biden support offshore wind as a means of reducing carbon emissions and possibly blunting the impact of climate change.
Ocean City and Cape May County have criticized the wind power projects, arguing the approval process moved too fast and with too little local input. County officials deny the projects will have any significant impact on carbon emissions. Federal marine life experts, in turn, say there is no evidence that work mapping the ocean bottom contributed to marine mammal deaths.
So far, the objections of coastal mayors and the area’s state and federal representatives have seemed to have little impact on the projects. So county officials have sought to widen the field.
John Froonjian, executive director of the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University, said he could explain the effort in one number: 95,600.
“That is the population of Cape May County,” he said. Meanwhile, the population of Bergen County is roughly 10 times that. “This has been kind of the problem that South Jersey has always faced, why it sometimes feels ignored. It’s hard for them without the numbers, without the voters, to really get their message across.”
On Wednesday, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities tapped Rutgers University to evaluate the potential to use the power of tides to generate electricity, using current literature to evaluate the feasibility and create a recommendation, and include potential locations for tidal power plants.
It does not help much that the county is represented by Republicans when Democrats dominate the Legislature and hold the governor’s mansion. Not that the representatives do not have a voice, Froonjian said, but there is less chance for members of the minority party to shift policy, either in Trenton or in Washington.
“When the Democratic majority are very much in favor of these projects, complaints and opposition doesn’t hold as much sway,” Froonjian said.
But those key numbers change in the summer, when there may be millions of people in Cape May County on a sunny weekend. Because the federal government has a hand in the wind power projects, Pennsylvania voters may also have an impact, if the local advocates can sway them to oppose the projects.
“We’re not changing the policy just at this level, so we have to bring it to a wider audience,” said Micah Rasmussen, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University. He agreed with Gillian’s assessment that many people who do not live near the beaches may have only a vague idea about the proposals for offshore wind, or how far the process has come already.
Usually, when one level of government tries to influence another, it relies on resolutions, letters or proclamations, Rasmussen said. But in this case, those have not appeared to have much impact.
“The idea of engaging the public, engaging visitors, it’s bringing it to an entirely different level,” he said.
While the local governments describe the efforts as educational, at least part of the idea is to get summer visitors to reach out to their state and federal representatives back home, where they are registered to vote, to call on them to hit the brakes on offshore wind power, said Diane Wieland, Cape May County spokesperson and director of the county tourism department.
Early this summer, lighted road signs that might usually warn of speed limits or special events appeared with messages directing drivers to the county’s offshore wind website at capewindinfo.com. On weekends, banner planes fly the length of the county, dragging the same message.
A tangle of litigation could delay the start of New Jersey’s first offshore wind energy project. Wind developer Orsted is suing governments to stop delaying necessary permits, and citizens groups are trying to halt the project altogether. The latest comes as Orsted sues Cape May County, alleging the government is dragging its feet in issuing a road permit needed to do test work along the route a power cable would run. The company is also suing the city of Ocean City over similar delays. Last month, three citizens groups challenged New Jersey’s determination that the Ocean Wind I project is consistent with state coastal management rules.
“This is something completely new,” Wieland said. This year, the Board of County Commissioners resolved to fight the offshore wind projects. Reaching out to shore visitors is part of that fight, she said.
The county already had the variable message road signs, she said. It was not a big deal to change the messages and put them on busy roads starting over Memorial Day weekend.
The banner planes have been flying every weekend, at a cost of $18,450 from the county’s tourism budget, she said.
Ocean City’s sign on the Boardwalk at Fifth Street appeared to be having the desired effect on a recent evening, with several walkers stopping and reading or photographing the sign.
“This is ridiculous,” said Joanne Gingrich, a summer resident who grew up in Ocean City and now lives in Pennsylvania, who captured an image of the sign on her phone. “There’s going to be miles of them.”
She said she plans to contact the listed politicians when she returns home.
Most years, politics takes the summer off in Cape May County. For someone running for office, most of the people reached with political ads, banner planes or by shaking hands outside the Acme will not vote in the area.
But in this instance, that could be a benefit, if people in other districts begin to advocate on an issue that has so far primarily been a concern for beach communities.
Ocean Wind 1, the entity owned by Danish energy company Ørsted that's building offshore wind farms along the Jersey Shore, is suing Cape May County officials for not following permitting requests and procedures ordered by state regulators.
Other years, some political messages have made their way to beachfront banner planes, Rasmussen said, for instance in the race between Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman for Senate, in which Fetterman sarcastically welcomed Oz home to New Jersey. Fetterman, a Democrat, ultimately won over Oz, a Republican with national name recognition.
But while the beachside messages were flown in New Jersey, they were aimed at Pennsylvania voters to take that message home across the Delaware River.
The tourist outreach is not limited to wind power. In North Wildwood, signs went up this summer at entrances to the beaches, saying: “Voice your concerns about New Jersey’s inaction on North Wildwood’s urgent beach issues.”
North Wildwood Mayor Pat Rosenello, who has been in a high-profile back-and-forth with the state Department of Environmental Protection, described those signs as primarily educational. He said multiple visitors have reached out to him about the eroded beaches and dunes, and he wanted people to understand that it was beyond the city’s reach.
But the signs specifically call for action, and include photos and phone numbers for Murphy and DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette.
“These two individuals are directly responsible for the state’s inaction on North Wildwood’s beaches,” they read. “We urge you to contact them immediately. Tell them your public safety and property protection are at risk, and you want answers immediately.”
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TROY, Pa. — The Troy Fair has been around for 147 years and by now, people are used to the hot July temperatures that come along with it.
"We'll be here Friday, and it's supposed to be even hotter then during the goat show, so I made sure I pulled out all the stops, making sure we get everybody cooled off for that day," Kylie Mosher said.
Kylie Mosher made sure to keep her ten-month-old daughter Oakley as cool as possible.
"We have a fan in there for her and the little shade thing. It actually provides 50 spf, I think it is," Mosher said.
There are places to get out of the sun while at the Troy Fair. Some of the exhibits are indoors, and the animals are under pavilions. Even so, these are some big animals, so the 4H kids are taking extra precautions in the heat.
"We have fans on them in the barn and then make sure that they have water, and we bring them out here and spray them off when it gets really hot," Allie Champluvier said.
Allie Champluvier bathed Duck, her dairy cow.
"If they're not comfortable, they're not going to look the best in the ring or act the best in the ring," Champluvier said.
Luckily there are plenty of places to stay hydrated. Some vendors hope the heat brings some hot sales. The Pop Shop is a first-time vendor selling gourmet popsicles.
"The week progressively gets busier as we go, and the heat is climbing as we go, so we're just making popsicles while we're selling popsicles," Chelsea Murray said.
Fair officials say they hope to get misting fans over the next few days to help beat the heat.
Get the complete Stormtracker 16 forecast here.
SUMMER TIPS: Check out severe weather tips on WNEP’s YouTube channel.
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NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — From digging new holes for waste cans to repainting parking lines, it's the little things here at Promised Land State Park near Newfoundland that make things that much better for visitors.
And these people with the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps program are behind the work.
"I have learned so much in the time I have been here. I've learned about mushrooms and trees. Everything about the environment doesn't just entail painting lines and all that stuff we've been doing. So yeah, we do, do that, but we also learn so much more, and that's what I think makes it so great," said Marshall Davis, a crew member part of the program.
The program under the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources gives people like Marshall Davis hands-on experience about what it's like to work in the conservation field.
An industry he wants to work in, in the future.
Davis plans to study Geo-Science at Bloomsburg University in the fall.
He's using the program as an opportunity to learn more.
"Where it's going to take me. I'm hoping it'll look good on a resume, and I'm sure it will, so hopefully, it will help me get my foot in the door for future career opportunities with the state here," Davis said.
Crew members don't just complete conservation projects like staining this bridge. They also learn about the environment and the importance of state parks.
"So just showing them what's out there and the opportunities that are out there in work in conservation fields. Some of them work on their environmental days with other agencies. So like PA Fish and Boat Commission, Game Commission, things like that so. But like I said, they see something that sparks their interest, and maybe they decide to go to school for that," said Emily Borcz, the program assistant for PA Outdoor Corps.
More than 1,200 young people have taken part in the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps since 2016.
Despite some of the work being hard, those taking part say it's rewarding.
"Being able to come out to the parks and state forests and od jobs here, you get that self-fulfillment, and you have people that visit the parks and walk by and thank you for all the work you're doing," said Zane Loomis, a crew Leader for the program.
Once all the projects are completed here at Promised Land State Park, the crew members will move on to Ricketts Glenn State Park and Lackawanna State Park.
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County to spray for mosquitoes in villages next week
Canton Repository
The Stark County Health Department will spray for mosquitoes next week according to the following schedule:
Tuesday: Villages of Beach City and Brewster
Wednesday: Village of Hartville
Thursday: Villages of Navarre and Hills and Dales
Spraying will take place after 8 p.m. In case of rain, high winds, or cold temperatures, spraying will be postponed. People who suffer with respiratory ailments may vacate the area. Beekeepers should take the necessary precautions to protect their hives. Do not approach the vehicle.
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ATLANTA — A date for an Atlanta man turned into a disaster after he heard his dream car was damaged in a wreck when his valet driver took his car for a joy ride.
Joe Luck said he watched his valet driver park his car right in front of the West Midtown restaurant last week and thought it was safe.
He has been waiting years to get his "perfect car" only to find it was involved in an accident he didn't cause.
“'Your vehicle’s been sideswiped.' What do you mean? It was parked out front. He told me he had to move my vehicle, and unfortunately while moving it – it got sideswiped,” Luck said the moment he found out about the damage to his car.
Luck saw that his car was T-boned just two blocks down the road in an accident that he believes could have been avoided. He said there was space in the parking lot when he left and feels the car didn't need to be driven off the lot.
When Luck found his car, he saw the airbags deployed, the rear quarter panels destroyed and the rear axles off of the car. The only thing Luck said he could feel was anger toward the valet service.
“Just anger... I know I’ll never valet a vehicle ever again. I’ll figure out something, even if I have to pay extra to park my own vehicle. I won’t trust them with the keys to my car ever again," the car owner said.
Luck said he's considering his next steps as he finds another way to get around town.
"It’s in pretty bad shape. I can’t even drive it. I have to figure out what I do from here,” he said.
Luck added that he was never offered a rental vehicle and has not been able to get the insurance information from the valet's claims team.
He feels that going through his own insurance company could force him to lose money leaving him to think the worse.
“I’m going to be stuck with this vehicle that’s had a major accident when I had nothing to do with the accident,” he added.
11Alive spoke with an insurance expert who said that the valet company should be responsible.
John Miller with Sterling Seacrest Pritchard said since valets are hired by the facility someone is going to, it should require the valet company to have appropriate insurance.
“If the valet company will not respond or their insurer will not respond, I think it’s appropriate to go to the facility to which you were attending and ask them to address the issue,” Miller said.
The insurance expert added that if Luck or anyone in this situation has to go through their personal insurance and does not receive the amount they were expecting, they could hire an attorney.
"Hire an attorney and file suit against the person that was the proximate cause of the damage to the vehicle," he said.
In Luck's case, that would be the valet driver, the valet company, and likely the institution that hired the valet company to make sure he is paid the value of his car.
“Whether you lend the vehicle to a friend or give it to a valet, or anybody, the general term we use is 'permitted user,' someone that had authority by you to drive the vehicle. Typically, insurance will extend for the physical damage done to the vehicle," Miller said.
Miller said in order to protect yourself look for proof that damage has been done. He recommended the following measures:
- It's best to do a walkaround of the car before and after the valet service.
- Car owners should take pictures of their vehicles because they have timestamps which is evidence.
- People should also note the mileage on their cars to make sure a joyride did not happen.
- Residents should also identify what personal belongings they had in their car. "Some people will lock that in the glove compartment or another component of the vehicle and only give the valet key so they can’t get into those locked items," Miller said.
- Experts also said that car owners should address the damage immediately and not wait until the next day or two weeks later.
- He also added that if the third-party or service damages an owner's car, then they are right to expect compensation to fix the car or to be provided with transportation.
Luck hopes the valet company will be held accountable by helping pay for the value of his car or helping him get another car. Luck believes that just firing the employee is not enough.
“You should be responsible for this negligence, but they’re putting it all on me," Luck said.
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ATLANTA — After months of saving, Joe Luck was finally able to purchase his dream car: a Cadillac CT5V.
The military veteran's love for cars goes back generations, so he felt a sense of pride when he first got behind the wheel of his new ride.
"I've been waiting for a year-and-a-half for it," Luck told 11Alive. "These cars are very hard to get -- semiconductor shortages, cars have been on long wait times."
"It's a very special vehicle, but I've only had it for six months, and it's only got 4,000 miles on it," he added.
But last week, Luck drove his car to a restaurant in West Midtown where he ran into bad luck and where he said his date night turned into a nightmare.
Luck dropped his car off at the valet service outside of Bastone.
Not long after, he was told his car was involved in a crash.
Dash cam video from inside his car showed the valet driver trying to make a U-turn on Howell Mill Road, when another car slammed into the driver's side of the vehicle.
"The side airbags deployed on both side, and then the driver's side seat airbag deployed also," Luck said, describing the damage. "The rear quarter panels destroyed, the rear driver's axles off the car."
"It's in pretty bad shape, I can't even drive it," he lamented. "I have to figure out what I do from here."
Watch the video below:
Luck said so far, he has not heard any solutions from the valet company's insurance. The valet company, National Parking, said it fired the valet driver. The company sent 11Alive a statement, saying:
”National Parking has been proudly serving the southeast for 40 years, delivering the highest quality valet service in the industry to hundreds of thousands of customers every year. Unfortunately, accidents and damages are a reality of the valet parking industry. We recognize that, although only a small percentage of our interactions result in claims, every incident is an inconvenience on our customers. As such, we pride ourselves on our reputation as industry leaders in managing each and every claim that comes through and ensuring that they are resolved in an expeditious, fair, and efficient manner.”
Nonetheless, Luck said he feels frustrated, stuck and angry. He said he wants National Parking to pay for the value of his vehicle or help him get another one.
Insurance expert John Miller, chairman of Sterling Seacrest Pritchard, Inc., said Luck or anyone in a similar situation can ask the valet company's insurance, the business that partnered with the valet company or use their own auto insurance to recoup some of the value of the car.
“If the valet’s company pays it, facility pays it, or his personal automobile insurance pays it – and then doesn’t pay him what he thinks is the just value for the vehicle, his recourse would be to hire an attorney and file suit against the person that was the proximate cause of the damage to the vehicle." Miller explained. "Presumably, that’s the valet driver in this case. So, that suit would be against the valet driver, valet company and likely the institution that hired the valet company to make sure he got made whole relative to the value of his vehicle."
Miller advised doing a walkaround of a vehicle before and after dropping it off from a valet service or rental company. Take pictures or video with a cellphone so that it can mark the timestamp and provide better evidence of what may have happened. Miller noted to check tire rims, corners of bumpers and other parts of vehicles that get frequently damaged in crashes.
Miller also suggested checking the mileage of a vehicle to make sure no one has driven it further than normal. Finally, Miller advises identifying any personal belongings and locking them up to keep them safe.
"If a third-party damages your vehicle, there’s an expectation to not only fix the vehicle, but also to provide you with transportation and replacement of – because the concept of insurance is that you be made whole," Miller said. "They should put you back in the same position you would have been."
Luck fears he may be out thousands of dollars if working directly through insurance. When it comes to getting around, he hopes his luck changes soon.
"I know I’ll never valet a vehicle ever again," Luck said. "I’ll figure out something, even if I have to pay extra to park my own vehicle. I won’t trust them with the keys to my car ever again. You’re just going to be kind of stranded with the way this system works. But keep fighting. You’ve gotta find a way around it and a way to help you out.”
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LOCUST GROVE, Ga. — Noah's Ark, the Locust Grove animal sanctuary that was the site of a bird flu outbreak last year, leaving hundreds of birds dead, says it has made "tremendous progress" after regulatory scrutiny.
The sanctuary is responding to a call for an investigation by the Georgia state senator that represents their area, Sen. Emanuel Jones, who stated in a letter this week that he felt conditions at Noah's Ark had been deteriorating.
"We welcome a visit from Attorney General Chris Carr to learn about and share our progress with his team," the sanctuary said in a statement.
Where Sen. Jones asserted there were "issues" that "have only progressed throughout the year" leaving it a "fragment of what it once was," Noah's Ark says there is "false or inaccurate information" in his statements.
You can find Sen. Jones' letter, as well as Noah's Ark's full response, at the bottom of this page.
Noah's Ark said the state senator's letter "does not mention that Noah's Ark was cleared to reopen by federal, state and county agencies several months ago" and "inaccurately" describes an incident in May in which, according to the letter, the sanctuary was served a court summons in Henry County for "inhumane treatment of animals" and "animal cruelty."
Noah's Ark counters that in that incident "our team proactively reported to the county as part of our safety protocols, through which we cooperated fully with the county's review."
In the bird flu outbreak last year, at least 700 wild black vultures died. Sen. Jones also spoke out in that instance.
In his letter to Georgia AG Carr, Sen. Jones asserted the "lack of an adequate emergency response to the flu" resulted in the euthanasia of more than 100 animals and that Noah's Ark has "been met with numerous complaints of animal cruelty from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)."
Noah's Ark, in its response, says it has had an open invitation for Sen. Jones to tour the facility for himself.
"We feel it's time for the Senator to stop dredging up issues that were resolved months ago and instead engage with the current Noah's Ark team with an open mind for the evolution and future of what Noah's Ark will become — a better place to continue our vital mission of providing a safe haven for animals in need," the sanctuary's statement said.
Noah's Ark also points to its Baloo and Friends Facebook page where they say they "encourage anyone to follow our progress online."
Noah's Ark statement
Unfortunately, the Senator's letter appears to include false or inaccurate information and is another example of the Senator accepting one side of an issue without engaging the other side to provide all of his constituents a voice. For instance, the letter does not mention that Noah's Ark was cleared to reopen by federal, state and county agencies several months ago, as reported by the Henry Herald, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Saporta Report and other news outlets. The letter inaccurately describes a May 6 incident that our team proactively reported to the county as part of our safety protocols, through which we cooperated fully with the county's review of the incident. The letter also states claims about our president that are completely false.
We would like to know why Senator Jones has not been in contact with Noah's Ark since his conversation with our president last August. Since that conversation the Senator has enjoyed, but not yet accepted, an open invitation to tour Noah's Ark to see firsthand the tremendous progress made -- if he is genuinely interested in creating a viable future for the sanctuary in his district, should we not expect this elected leader to actively engage all sides and invest his time to visit Noah's Ark in person?
We feel it's time for the Senator to stop dredging up issues that were resolved months ago and instead engage with the current Noah's Ark team with an open mind for the evolution and future of what Noah's Ark will become — a better place to continue our vital mission of providing a safe haven for animals in need. Instead, the Senator's letter is another misleading distraction from this mission.
We welcome a visit from Attorney General Chris Carr to learn about and share our progress with his team. And we encourage anyone to follow our progress online via Baloo and Friends, our Facebook page named for and featuring the animals in our care.
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BUFORD, Ga. — Wednesday marked one year until the 2024 Summer Olympics kick off in Paris. As the days count down, three-time Olympic gold medalist and track star Gail Devers is sharing her decade long struggle with Graves' disease.
From her UGGS to her nails, everything about Gail Devers makes a statement.
“I have to have shoes that get up and go with me when I’m going," Devers said. "It could be running boots, regular boots, just as long as they’re boots."
What's in her boots is a decorated Olympian who has dominated in both sprints and hurdles.
“The last gold medal for the 100 meters for women was mine in 1996. That’s a long time for U.S.A.," Devers said.
The track star won her first gold medal in 1992 where she says she faced her toughest opponent ever.
“I remember like it was yesterday, the man, he called off second place and he said 'And champion from USA Gail Devers' and I took off on my victory lap. And he was like 'Slow down, you got to savor the moment,"' Devers said.
The newly crowned gold medalist had just been diagnosed with Graves' disease two years prior.
"I had eye pain, bulging, redness. Weight loss for me was a big deal especially as an athlete," Devers added.
She said it took years for doctors to figure out what was wrong with her. At one point she was told she might have to have her feet amputated.
"I remember finally after two and half years of being diagnosed and then going out months later – and winning my very first gold medal," Devers said.
Devers had overcome the impossible, but her fight was far from over.
“I remember one night, I was driving at nighttime and the lights from the cars coming at me were blinding. I started searching and I found out I had thyroid eye disease," she recalled.
Thyroid eye disease is an autoimmune disease in which the eye muscles and fatty tissue behind the eye become swollen, which can create a bulging or staring effect with the eyes, also making your eyelids and eyes to become bloodshot and swollen.
Devers just recently discovered she had been suffering from both for the last several decades.
“I’m a sprinter and I’m supposed to get to that finish line first, but I’ve taken that marathon route and I don’t want anybody else to have to do that," she said.
She's now using July, Graves' Disease Awareness Month to make a statement so that others don't have to take that marathon route.
"All of you are on my relay team. On this relay, in that baton – there’s knowledge. And in that knowledge is to pass it to someone else and keep passing it," she said.
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ATLANTA — More than 30,000 signatures have been logged for a petition seeking to stop the construction of Atlanta’s future Public Safety Training Center, according to a coalition of several organizations that stand in opposition to the new facility.
The groups have been collecting signatures and told 11Alive Wednesday they are confident they will have the required 70,000 signatures by a mid-August deadline to force a referendum vote on the future training center, which has become a flash-point in Atlanta.
Back in January, a protestor opposed to the construction of the facility in the Intrenchment Creek Park -- one of the last largest urban green spaces -- was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with Georgia State Patrol troopers. Law enforcement had been on the land to clear encampments that had cropped up to prevent work being done on the site.
Since then, a sharp line has materialized between supporters of the facility, who say it is desperately needed to replace the deplorable and crumbling infrastructure of existing police and fire training centers, and opponents, who oppose the site being built in their backyards and on the site of historic Native American land.
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Atlanta resident Brieanna Carter is among those who canvassed a shopping center collecting signatures Wednesday, asking potential petitioners whether they've heard of what opponents to the site have dubbed "Cop City."
Carter is among the group hoping to meet the 70,000-signature requirement to put the construction of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center on a November ballot.
“I’m born and raised in Atlanta, and our voice don’t always get heard, and were really trying to get this to a vote because they’re not necessarily for the people,” Carter argued.
Wednesday, members of the New Georgia Project continued their signature collection processes, some even training new canvassers.
NGP organizer James Mayes said when all the signatures they’ve collected are added up, along with what was collected by other groups, they are on track to meet the August 19 deadline, something Mayes called "exciting."
“We’re just about half way there, and hearing those numbers (of signatures), man it’s exciting,” Mayes said.
Across town, representatives from Casa, a Hispanic-based organization, has also joined the coalition of groups collecting signatures.
“We have a team that’s out in the field, at grocery stores, knocking on doors, even phone-banking to Atlantan voters to talk to them about the issue about the importance of signing this petition,” explained Alberto Feregrino, Casa Georgia's lead organizer.
Feregrino said while many Spanish-speakers have been left out of conversation about the training center, they, too, are worried about its impact.
"We have a concern of that also escalating into more 287(g) programs that are surveilling, detaining, and deporting our community members,” Feregrino added.
The group says they will collect signatures until Aug. 14. the deadline to have the petitions turned in is Aug. 19.
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A new Seniorly study shows family caregivers in Georgia rank as the fourth-most burned out in the nation.
With Alzheimer's disease expected to increase by 26.7% by 2025, there are things caregivers can do to avoid feeling that burnout.
Kathy Alvarez is a caregiver herself. She and her sisters take care of her 89-year-old mother who is entering the late stages of Alzheimer's Dementia. As a yoga instructor, she uses her skill to bring yoga to those with the disease, and their caregivers.
"There’s a lot of guilt involved with caregiving," she said. "You don’t feel like you’re doing enough. It's exhausting work."
On Wednesday afternoon, she was teaching yoga to seniors with Alzheimer's at adult day center Town Square in Sandy Springs.
"When I first went through yoga training, I was going to fitness centers and studios and I didn’t find the fulfillment that I wanted. That’s when I reached out to the Alzheimer’s Association to be a volunteer. I wanna bring a yoga program to the people with a diagnosis as well as caregivers," she said.
She's a caregiver on and off the job. She said it is important to take care of yourself in the process.
"Self care is not selfish," she said. "My sisters are basically learning to be nurses because they try so hard. There’s so much emotion there. So much compassion. It’s overwhelming at times.”
Margaret Thompson can relate to those feelings. Her husband, Albert, is one of Alvarez's yogis.
"You begin to lose a piece of your partner because you notice the changes," Thompson said. "I think emotionally, I found something that’s therapeutic for me. I do leaf art because I found that I needed something to decompress to help ease the journey a little bit. I found something for me and I also include him in it. Usually I do the art and do festivals and he comes with me."
The study highlights some of the reasons why Georgia caregivers have ranked fourth for most burned out in the nation.
It states that 44.8% of caregivers in the state have two chronic health conditions and 15% are mentally distressed.
Gerontologist and Executive Director of Town Square, Mary Caldwell says those are a few reasons why caregivers must care for themselves, too.
“We know what helps, and what helps is you have to treat the dyad," Caldwell said. "A dyad is a person living with a chronic disease and their primary care partner. In most instances we are only treating the disease in the one partner that has the diagnosis. But really we need to provide education, support, and resources to both of those members."
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, there are more than 150,000 people over the age of 65 living with Alzheimer’s in Georgia, and more than 343,000 people providing unpaid care for them.
The study shows $7,424 - or more than 10% of the household income - is spent annually out of pocket.
"People think it's mostly adult children caring for parents," Caldwell added. "That does exist. But I see more couples because we're living longer. So people are aging more in their marriages. Marriages are lasting longer. Marriages are having to withstand challenges like this. So we have to support everybody.
To help with stress, caregivers have some advice.
"A weekly meditation or yoga program," Alvarez said. "It’s going to help you with depression, it’s going to help with anxiety and it’s going to give you the energy to continue to give all for your loved one."
Alvarez teaches yoga at Town Square on Monday and Wednesday, and the other days at Skylark adult day center. She's also in Marietta on Monday and Johns Creek Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. She also does a virtual class with the Alzheimer's Association every Friday at 10 a.m.
Meanwhile, Thompson suggested joining a support group, and finding an activity that provides some self-care.
“I do leaf art because I found that I needed something to decompress," Thompson said. "I can’t tell you how much that has helped me navigate this journey. I took a girl’s trip. I started going to the support group. We had outings, we would go places, and a lot of the activities at time, Albert would come with me."
More findings from the study: The top 10 states for caregiver burnout are Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, Texas, Tennessee, Idaho, Hawaii, and Louisiana. Notably, six of the top 10 are southern states.
Twenty-three percent of caregivers say their own health has declined, 85% report mental distress, and during the pandemic 50% had serious suicidal ideation.
Sixty-one percent of caregivers are women, 75% of women aged 45-54 work, and a mother’s lifetime earnings will decrease 15% due to caregiving.
The Alzheimer's Association provides a 24/7 helpline number for people in need of resources or a listening ear: 800-272-3900.
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ATLANTA — Family members gathered at a grave in metro Atlanta on Wednesday. It's been exactly a year since they reported 16-year-old Susana Morales missing. Now, a police officer is behind bars charged with her murder-- an ending her loved ones believe could have been prevented.
Susana was reportedly walking back home from a friend's house on July 26, 2022, when her family last heard from her. Later in the investigation, surveillance video confirmed she was walking near Singleton Road and Indian Trail Lilburn Road before 10 p.m. that Tuesday.
Half a year passed with the family continuously stating that the police department was not taking Susana's case seriously. Gwinnett County Police initially considered her a runaway and said there was no indication she was held against her will. At the time, police did not believe she was in any specific danger.
Then in February, Susana's remains were found.
Days later, police held a press conference stating that they arrested Doraville Police Officer Miles Bryant. He was indicted on murder charges related to the case.
Susana's mother, Maria Manazares Salgado, said she visits her daughter's grave every few weeks.
"I think it brings some kind of peace to me, knowing that she's here," Salgado said. "I know that I'm not wondering where she's at or if she's somewhere else. I know that her remains are here."
Salgado said she's upset about the system-wide failures that contributed to her daughter's death.
"The police department here is at fault due to the fact that they did not do enough investigation before hiring this person," Salgado said.
The family's attorney, Alex Northover, said Doraville Police failed to take corrective actions ahead of time.
"There were multiple indications that this individual presented a danger," Salgado said. "There was a previous allegation of stalking."
Northover said they want the City of Doraville to take accountability.
"These institutions are meant to provide safety and security to our community but failed to do so in this case," Northover said.
Northover added he's speaking with officials and that there is an ongoing criminal and civil investigation.
"Take responsibility for their role in this tragic incident," Northover said. "And take measures to make sure that this doesn't happen again."
To do so, Northover said it's time for a change when it comes to the process of bringing in new officers.
"Increased hiring screening procedures, adequate training," Northover said.
And while time may heal all wounds, when it comes to justice, Salgado is still waiting.
"Justice is for the person who murdered my daughter to be in prison," Salgado said. "Currently, I know that he is detained, and he is in jail but it's not the place where I would want him to be."
11Alive reached out to Doraville Police but did not receive a statement as of Wednesday.
Who is Miles Bryant?
The grand jury indictment puts four charges against Bryant: malice murder, Georgia's most serious murder charge; felony murder, kidnapping, and false report of a crime.
"During the course of the investigation, detectives developed enough probable cause to arrest him (Bryant) today, but the investigation is still ongoing and fairly new," Hideshi Valle with the Gwinnett County Police Department said following the arrest, adding later that they didn't know if the two knew each other. "If there's further charges in the future, those will be known."
11Alive obtained the arrest warrants for Bryant in February, which gave more insight, but there are still many questions to answer in a trial:
- Bryant lived on Windscape Village Lane in Norcross, near the location where Susana Morales' lived and originally went missing.
- He also lived and served as a courtesy officer at the apartment complex where Susana had gone to visit.
- Bryant dumped Susana Morales' naked body in the woods, according to police.
- He previously gave a false report on July 27 that his personal car had been broken into and a gun had been taken from inside.
- The warrant lists Bryant as "known or suspected of having been convicted" for rape, murder, and other felony crimes. However, police explained that this is customary for instances where they are not sure how the victim died.
"We don't definitively know (how she died); we're still investigating. What we do know is she died at the hands of Miles Bryant," Gwinnett Police Chief J.D. McClure said.
Doraville Police said Bryant was no longer employed with them – calling him a "now former police officer" after the Gwinnett County Police Department served him felony arrest warrants.
Jasmine Morales, Susana Morales' sister, said her family was angry and saddened to hear a police officer was charged in connection with her death.
“I'm completely shocked honestly. I have no words. I didn’t expect it. We didn’t expect it. We didn’t know what to expect but an officer was probably the least on my mind of theories," Jasmine said.
When asked about a motive, the chief responded: "I don't want to speak to motive at this time, again we're still investigating."
During a press conference, McClure acknowledged previous incidents involving Bryant - pointing to one in 2018, in which he had allegedly tried to enter a neighbor's home through the window. Additionally, there were allegations in December that Bryant tried to enter a residence, where a woman said he was stalking her.
Where the case stands
Bryant is in jail and has been denied bond twice, most recently in May 2023.
Since his arrest, police have released a tentative outline of events:
- On July 26, 2022, Susana Morales went to visit a friend in a nearby apartment complex, and she was taken between 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. while returning home. Police believe that she was killed sometime by 2 a.m.
- Susana Morales was reported missing the next morning, July 27, at 9 a.m.
- "By the time she was reported missing we have every reason to believe that Susana was deceased," McClure said.
- He also said there was "no indication" Susana had been shot to death.
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CULLMAN, Ala. (WIAT) — Cullman Police Department says social media played a huge role in helping to solve the assault at Rock the South over the weekend.
Within the first 24 hours of the investigation, police say there were hundreds of comments and additional photos flooding in, identifying people in the video of the fight.
William Joseph Vinson Jr., 20, Zachary Scott Taylor, 21, and Chance Marcus Alan Starling, 20, were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Madison County and charged with second-degree assault. That charge is a Class C felony, which the Cullman County District Attorney says can result in anywhere from one to ten years in prison.
“We were absolutely disgusted and appalled at the cowardly actions of a few individuals at our festival last weekend,” says Nathan Baugh, Rock the South partner. “We had hundreds of police, fire, EMS and security officers on site. It was the largest crowd we’ve ever had with the fewest number of arrests. I want to emphasize wholeheartedly that this behavior is neither widespread nor common at any of our events.”
Cullman Police say in the last 11 years, this is the first time a fight like this has broken out at the festival. Cullman Police say with 35,000-40,000 people in the park for Rock the South at one time, there are bound to be some fights, especially with alcohol involved.
Police are not releasing the details as to why the three men attacked Reid Watts, 18, but repeatedly say the fight was meaningless.
“Nothing can really justify something like that but in this particular incident it was something that normally should not rise to that level of violence,” Cullman Police Chief David Nassetta said. “I mean it kind of speaks a little to the character of the individuals who were arrested.”
Rock the South says there were hundreds of security roaming the festival, from uniformed officers to private security to EMS. Despite the number of officers around, some people say they feel security could still be stronger.
“Fights are going to happen, especially at concerts and stuff like that, but like I feel like security is a must,” says Chase Brown, who broke up the fight Saturday night.
Brown took the infamous video circulating social media of the Rock the South fight just seconds before jumping in to help Watts.
“Him on the ground defenseless and multiple people around but nobody really trying to do anything about it, just watching, I was thinking ‘What if this was my little brother?’ or ‘What if this was one of my friends?’,” Brown said.
Brown says the fight started out of nowhere with a hit to the back of Watts’ head that nearly knocked him out. When Brown realized Watts couldn’t defend himself, he broke up the fight and started assessing his medical condition, staying with Watts until security got through the crowd.
“I was telling him he was going to be ok like he was going to be ok, I had him, I wasn’t going to let anything happen to him and he was just in and out really of consciousness,” Brown said.
Brown says he’s kept in touch with Watts to check on him every day and is glad the men responsible for his injuries have been caught.
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An AMBER Alert issued for a 16-year-old girl from Royse City has been canceled.
At 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Texas DPS said the missing girl, who had been described as a runaway, had been found. No other information about her condition has been confirmed.
Because the girl is a juvenile and has been found, her photo and other identifying information have been removed from this article.
TEXAS STATEWIDE ALERT PROGRAMS
There are eight kinds of alerts that can be issued for missing or endangered people in Texas. They are listed below with links to a page with more information.
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Under the shade of a tent at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, two sculptors from Zimbabwe chiseled and filed, turning blocks of stone into works of art.
"It's hotter here," Brighton Layton remarked as he hammered a chisel to see what the stone would reveal to him. "It will just come as you go. All you need is a starting point!"
Layton is an artist in residence with ZimSculpt, a traveling art exhibit that features works from Zimbabwean artists.
"We work with about 300 different Zimbabwean sculptors in Zimbabwe. We're trying to raise awareness of this amazing art form," ZimSculpt Founder Vivienne Croisette said. "They can see a part of Africa that they might not know about."
All of the sculptures are hand carved. No power tools are used to create the flowers, and birds, and animals, and abstract art pieces.
"They are so excited to see these handmade sculptures," Layton said about visitors to the Botanic Garden. "Some of them don't even believe it is done with all hand tools."
That's why Layton and fellow sculptor, Passmore Mupindiko are on-site, carving art from blocks of stone.
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"When I'm creating art I just feel really good," Mupindiko said. "Like, ah, let me produce something that some people can also appreciate and can love as well."
"It brings so much joy to me," Layton said. "Cause that's the way I express my feeling."
The artists-in-residence give visitors a chance to see how the sculptures are made, from start to finish.
"23-years we've been touring with this exhibit to different botanic gardens," Croisette said. "We like botanic gardens because the material is natural and we believe the material really does look wonderful in this kind of botanic setting."
The art in ZimSculpt is for sale with a wide variety of price points. The exhibit runs through Sunday, March 30 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and is free with the price of admission.
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HOUSTON — The family of Jalen Randle wants a grand jury to take another look at his case.
Randle was shot and killed in 2022 while Houston Police Department officers were trying to arrest him on three felony warrants.
In April 2023, a grand jury decided to take no action against the officer accused of shooting and killing him. That decision meant the case will be considered "unresolved" and presented to another grand jury "as soon as is practical," according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
So far, a decision on when another grand jury will hear the case hasn't been made.
"It's been a while," said one of the family's attorneys. "The family has been very patient, but the family is also very vigilant about seeking justice for their loved one."
The Randle family is being represented by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump. He and his team said they will not stop until justice is served.
What happened
On April 27, 2022, the Houston Police Department's Narcotics Tactical Team was looking for Randle, who was wanted on three felony warrants. Randle got into the passenger seat of a car and the driver refused to stop for police. After a short pursuit, Randle got out of the car.
Body cam video shows HPD officer Shane Privette command Randle to show his hands. He then opened fire as the last words left his mouth. About two seconds after Randle got out of the car, he was shot in the neck and killed.
A gun was later found in the bag that Randle was holding when he was shot.
The video may be disturbing to watch and contains violent scenes. You can view the videos on the HPD YouTube page.
The driver of the car, E.J. Robertson, was charged with misdemeanor fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. His case was dismissed.
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SAN ANTONIO — Here in South Texas more often than not pregnant women have at least one co-morbidity which makes their pregnancy high-risk. In this Wear The Gown we find out what expecting mothers should do to make sure their pregnancy goes as smoothly as possible.
The CDC says Texas ranking sixth in the nation when it comes to high-risk pregnancies. That's why the entire pregnancy needs to be monitored closely from conception to the birth of the child.
"It's important to discuss your birthing plan with your health care provider prior to going into labor, if you can, so that you can make a plan with them, understand things offered to you in the facility you're going to deliver," said Allison Moreno who is a University Health maternity nurse. She says when you're in the late stages of labor, moving around is important to help position the baby properly for birth. A bed bar and bars throughout the mother's room and bathroom is just one way mothers accomplish this.
"Move around, squat, use different positions so that that that can be facilitated, and also really helps with pain control to not be stuck in one position," Moreno added.
Women planning to become pregnant need to know their blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar, and family health history. Emotional support is important too.
"Plan ahead for that," Moreno said. "Who you would want with you by your side, helping coach you through your labor process."
To reduce stress in a high-risk pregnancy listen to your baby's heartbeat for an extra source of comfort and support. Try breathing through meditation. It is believed to ease the nervous system for less pain, lower blood pressure, and improved mood, brain, and immune system functions. Be intimate with your partner through bonding exercises and feeling the baby move. And talk to your doctor about any concerns you may have, including whether or not to use an epidural.
"When you're in labor and you're going through the labor process, if you end up deciding that you want an epidural we can facilitate getting your epidural as long as it's not time to start pushing and have the baby right at that moment," Moreno told us.
For more information from University Health to keep the mother and baby as healthy as possible check out these links...
And for more information about family health call 210-358-3045. You can also find the rest of Wear The Gown stories, just go to WearTheGown.com.
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SAN ANTONIO — Residents on the southside are calling on the city of San Antonio to do something about dangerous roads in their neighborhood. Early Tuesday morning, police responded to a serious crash on W. Malone Ave. near Vignes St. off of I-35.
Police said the crash happened at 1:48 a.m. Police said the driver was speeding in the wrong direction before losing control of his vehicle. The car rolled and crashed into the fence of a home near a creek.
Oscar Almanza has been living in the area for thirty years. He said he was getting ready to go to bed when the crash happened.
"I heard something like a metal fall in the pavement and I ran outside. And so then I saw a car right there," Almanza said.
Police said the driver may have been ejected from the vehicle. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. A woman sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle also tried to hide from police, but she was taken to the hospital after going into anaphylactic shock from standing on an ant hill.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the wrecked out car has been cleared away, but shards of glass litter the ground and a chain-link fence is disfigured. A chicken coop was also located feet away from the crash, but did not sustain any damage. The residents inside the home weren't hurt.
Melton Schultz has been living in his home his entire life. He said his home belonged to his grandmother before him, and has witnessed several crashes. Schultz said drivers are constantly speeding, don't anticipate the curve, or drive the wrong way. The speed limit on the road is 35 mph.
"I've seen over over 30 wrecks in this time and some head-ons right in front of the house," Schultz said. He estimates there are about ten wrong-way drivers a day.
"I mean, it’s horrible here. I mean, you name it," Almanza added.
A little more than two months ago, on May 9, there was another serious crash on W. Theo Ave., which runs parallel to W. Malone. W. Both are one-way roads, with W. Malone heading east and W. Theo heading west.
Angela Gonzalez said she was at home when the driver of a silver Honda lost control and rolled, hitting a tree. Gonzalez said if the tree hadn't been there, the car could have slammed into her daughter's room.
"I could have lost my children that night when it happened to me," Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez said after the crash, she reached out to councilwoman Terri Castillo, of District 5. Several neighbors, including Gonzalez, voiced concerns that the two roads are close to schools. Burbank High School is one block north of W. Theo, and Hillcrest Elementary is located between both roads.
"There's elderly people living around here. We have kids playing on their backyards and nothing is being done," Gonzalez said.
Following this most recent crash, Gonzalez said she reached out to Castillo's office again.
"Speed bumps I honestly think would slow it down a little bit. But I mean, there's not there's hardly any signs you know," Gonzalez said.
Schultz said he has also called the city to implement safety measures on the road. He said two years ago, the city installed sidewalks upon his request, but more could be done.
"I've asked the city to install some signs with flashing lights at the end of the street by [South] Flores," Schultz said.
Gonzalez said she will continue to advocate for her neighborhood until something is done about the roads.
"I like where I live and I don't want to move. I don't really like to move my kids around in school, but it's just something that if their safety is going to be my concern, then it's going to mean that they're going to be safe somewhere else," Gonzalez said.
The following is a statement from Council District 5, Teri Castillo's office:
“The traffic issues on West Malone and Theo are of major concern for the District 5 Office. I am grateful for emergency responders who were immediately at the scene to assist everyone involved in the accident.
We are currently working with the Public Works Department and Traffic Engineers on examining the West Malone and Theo area for potential traffic calming measures, and we have requested more traffic enforcement to ensure that drivers follow traffic laws in the area. Our office is working on policy aimed at streamlining infrastructure requests near schools to prioritize improvements that make our roads safe for everyone.
Previous accidents in the area occurred due to drunk driving, so we would like to remind people whether you plan to consume alcohol or host an event where alcohol is present, please include a plan that will get you and your guests home safe.”
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SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Fire Department is now accepting donations of smoke alarms after receiving a large volume of requests for smoke alarm installations, according to a press release.
The requests were made after recent fire fatalities, SAFD says. One incident occurred involving five people were killed, including three children, in a house fire on the northeast side over the weekend.
SAFD Fire Chief Charles Hood said there was one working smoke detector upstairs, but there needed to be more in the house. He emphasized the need for smoke alarms in every bedroom and hallway, and an escape plan as well.
SAFD says all donated smoke alarms must be new and in their original packaging.
Donations should be made during standard business hours at all SAFD Fire Stations except for Station 23 at the Airport, according to the release.
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SAN ANTONIO — After helping lead his community through the aftermath of a school shooting that put the spotlight of an ongoing gun control debate on South Texas, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin is throwing his hat in the ring for state office.
McLaughlin announced his plans to run for Texas House District 80 in a July 14 press release, having served as mayor of the small San Antonio-area community of Uvalde since 2014. Uvalde City Council on Tuesday night approved a resolution to schedule a special election on Nov. 7, at which point someone will be selected to serve the final year of McLaughlin's term.
"Entering this was race was a no-brainer for me," McLaughlin said in the release, adding that there's a "crisis" in Austin.
"Property tax relief, school choice, foreign land ownership, border control--these are all issues that should have been deal with sessions ago," he went on to say. "I am entering this race to be a strong voice for the people of District 80."
About 190,000 residents live in the district, which covers Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Uvalde and Zavala counties, as well as about a third of Webb County. McLaughlin would be campaigning against a long-serving legislator in Tracy King, a Democrat and Uvalde native who's held the seat since 2005.
McLaughlin is touting himself as a "strong conservative Republican" who emphasizes the importance of a large law enforcement presence and partnership network between agencies.
McLaughlin emerged as a central figure in the aftermath of the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, when 19 students and two teachers were gunned down. He was resilient when receiving criticism from victim's families in the weeks following the shooting amid calls for accountability and transparency. His subsequent efforts to conduct an internal investigation into the botched law enforcement response have been stymied by the Uvalde District Attorney's office.
McLaughlin says he's a lifelong resident of Uvalde, calling himself "a successful businessman" who is "very active in his church and community."
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Officials with the Glendale Police Department said Wednesday that Alicia Navarro, a teenage girl who was reported missing by her family in 2019, has been found safe.
Police said during a press conference that Navarro was discovered in a Montana town near the Canadian border and has been reunited with her family. She had visited a local police department and identified herself as Navarro.
Police still have many unanswered questions regarding the case and are continuing to investigate what happened to Navarro over the last few years. Police said Navarro is cooperating with their investigators.
It's not clear if she's been with anyone over the last four years. She was 14 when she disappeared.
Glendale police said Navarro was healthy and did not appear injured when she made contact with police. When asked by investigators if anyone hurt her, Navarro responded, "No, no one hurt me."
Navarro's family had gone to great lengths to find the missing teen by repeatedly spreading her story in the local media. The "Unsolved Mysteries" podcast published an episode about Navarro's disappearance earlier this year.
In a video message posted on the "Finding Alicia" Facebook page, Navarro's mother said she does not yet know all the details about what happened to her daughter.
"The important thing is that she is alive," the mother said in the video.
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Enjoy free admission at the Little Traverse Historical Museum July 27
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PETOSKEY — Susan and Patrick Affholter will be sponsoring free admission at the Little Traverse Historical Museum for the day on July 27 in honor of Susan’s mother, Vada McRae Hayes, who was born on July 27, 1915.
The Affholters encourage everyone to stop by the museum and to check out the McRae photo collection on its website.
To sponsor a day at the museum, email jane@petoskeymuseum.org or call (231) 838-9206.
For more information, visit petoskeymuseum.org.
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Little Traverse Bay Humane Society announces new executive director
HARBOR SPRINGS — The Little Traverse Bay Humane Society Board of Directors recently announced the appointment of Elise Ramsey as executive director.
Ramsey previously served as the director of operations for the shelter.
According to Gayle Mroczkowski, chairperson of the board of directors, Ramsey’s passion for their mission is evident.
“Elise brings a strong background in animal welfare and shelter management to the role and has established relationships with our partner organizations,” she said. “Her dedication to each and every animal in our care is exemplary!”
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Before joining the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society, Ramsey worked in various roles at Michigan Humane. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in University Studies with concentrations in criminal justice and sociology from Western Michigan University.
Ramsey currently resides with her shepherd mix, Francesca, and her Belgian Malinois, Hela, both adopted from shelters where she has worked.
“It is with immense excitement and gratitude that I accept the position of executive director at the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society,” Ramsey said. “I am deeply committed to our organization’s mission and am excited to further impact the incredible work we already do to assist animals in need. I look forward to meeting with our donors, volunteers, and members in the months ahead.”
For more information, visit ltbhs.com.
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County to shutter Alpine center, move offices into new building in Gaylord
GAYLORD — The Otsego County Board of Commissioners Tuesday approved a proposal to move the court and other governmental functions out of the Alpine Center.
The county will utilize up to $3.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to construct a new building on land between Otsego and Illinois avenues in Gaylord that now is home to the county dog park. County administrator Matt Barresi said a recently vacated county-owned building may also end up hosting offices that are now in the Alpine Center.
The Alpine Center was constructed as a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1930s. By 1960, with new treatments and drugs, the sanatorium was no longer needed and the hospital transitioned to a state facility for “severely mentally handicapped” patients.
In 1981, the Alpine Center closed as a center for the disabled as their care became community based. In 1982, Otsego County purchased the 160 acres and six buildings for $1. The complex was renamed the J. Richard Yuill Alpine Center.
"It's one of those grand old buildings that served its purpose for a long time. With the amount of money we would need to put into it, it just makes more cost-effective sense to have something else," Barresi said.
"The current building is not only unsafe, it needs to be evacuated as soon as possible," added Commissioner Kyle Yohe.
In 2020, county voters rejected a 1.95-mill levy to fund a "justice complex" that would have included a new 120-bed jail, the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department, road patrol, prosecuting attorney, all court functions, probation and parole, and the sheriff’s work camp on the dog park property. A year later voters also said no to a proposal that would have built only a jail and sheriff's department building on that land.
Yohe said there will be enough space after the new building is constructed to add on a jail and sheriff department headquarters.
"The main concern is to get the courts out of the Alpine Center and later down the road if the public sees fit, we can put in a new sheriff department and jail there," he added.
"The hope is we will be able to put as much of the court functions in the new building as possible," said Barresi. "The idea is to get everybody out of the Alpine Center. We started this by moving the building department into the wing in the county building (in downtown Gaylord) vacated by the (Otsego) county economic alliance."
The structure that housed the building department, located at 1322 Hayes Road, is a great facility, noted Barresi.
"We can move operations out of the Alpine Center into that building possibly before the end of the year," he said.
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Besides the courts, other governmental offices now located in the Alpine Center include probation and the prosecuting attorney's office. Last October, water began leaking into some of the court offices and while roof repairs temporarily addressed the situation, estimates to permanently fix the roof ranged as high as just under $400,000.
Otsego County hired Mackinac Environmental Technology Inc. in 2022 to test the interior surface and air quality in the Alpine Center and found some areas that had mold.
At the meeting, Barresi read a letter from a firm that said it was interested in acquiring the Alpine Center property and turning it into a housing development.
— Contact Paul Welitzkin at pwelitzkin@gaylordheraldtimes.com.
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Quick response saves man who collapsed at Gaylord gas station
GAYLORD — A Gaylord man and emergency responders are credited with helping to save the life of a Wisconsin man who collapsed at a Gaylord gas station.
Officers from the Gaylord Police Department responded to a call of a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in progress on July 19. The victim, a 33-year-old man from Wisconsin, had collapsed while pumping gas at a local station.
James Purgiel of Gaylord initiated CPR and continued until officers arrived on scene. Officers confirmed the victim had no pulse and continued CPR and used an AED (automated external defibrillator). Paramedics from Otsego County Emergency Services arrived and first responders continued to deliver aid until they obtained a pulse.
The Wisconsin man was transported to Munson Otsego Memorial Hospital and, as of Monday, the victim is recovering without any apparent long-term issues.
Gaylord Police Chief Frank Claeys said without the lifesaving efforts of Purgiel, things might have not turned out as well as it did.
Claeys said the Wisconsin man was so grateful that he approved the release of the body cam video of the incident.
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IDAHO, USA — An Idaho judge clarified who can provide a victim impact statement at Lori Vallow Daybell's sentencing next week.
She faced the judge over Zoom Wednesday morning in a motion hearing to work out some final details before her sentencing next Wednesday.
Vallow Daybell was convicted of six felonies in Idaho in May, including the murder of her two kids, Tylee and JJ, and conspiracy to kill her husband Chad Daybell’s first wife, Tammy. The case has been ongoing for nearly four years.
After the case wraps up in Idaho, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office plans to extradite Vallow Daybell to Arizona, where she’s facing two more conspiracy charges. One is in the death of her former husband, Charles Vallow. The other is in an attempted shooting at Lori’s niece’s ex-husband.
Investigators believe dark, religious beliefs were behind all the deaths and alleged crimes.
As for the sentencing in Idaho, the judge determined Wednesday morning that Tammy Daybell's aunt could provide a victim impact statement to the court as she was deemed a representative for Tammy's late mother.
The sentencing proceeding is expected to take a good portion of Monday.
Chad Daybell is facing a separate murder trial in Idaho next year.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Everyone in Central Arkansas knows that with extreme temperatures, it's probably best to stay inside— but that's not an option for some people.
Some even have to adjust their schedules to beat the heat.
"You always think you can get more done in the heat than you can and it just doesn't happen," Yancy Cundall with Wilcun said.
Cundall and his team at Wilcun, do what they can to stay cool while repairing homes in the heat.
For them that sometimes means starting earlier in the day.
"We start at 6:00 a.m. Normally we meet at one of the local home improvement stores, we buy what we need to buy, and by the time we get done with that and stop and get a drink we're heading to a job. It's usually 7:00 a.m. A lot of times we don't usually start work outside where we'll be loud until 8:00 a.m.," Cundall explained.
Though they're not just thinking about when to work, he said they strategically plan where they're working during the hottest parts of the day.
"We'll go to a house that we're working on inside, maybe do some work there for an hour or so and then head on to where we're doing this," he added.
They also try to get the job done by 2:00 p.m. every day, or sometimes earlier depending on how hot it is.
"If we get done at 12:30 p.m. or 1:00 p.m., instead of trying to start a whole another thing, we're probably gonna shut down," he said.
As far as rules when it comes to working in the heat, he said they really make their own— but safety is key.
"It's pretty much up to the individual if they need to sit down then they'll sit down," Cundall said.
Riley Hays, owner of Riley Hays Roofing & Construction said he and his roofers do the same.
"We just say hey if you're getting hot get off the roof immediately and get in the shade, get some water," Hays added.
Hays also said he always has some ice, water, and electrolyte drinks on hand for his crew, but some days even that isn't enough.
"We canceled two days of work already this summer because it was so dangerous that we said we'll just wait until tomorrow," he explained.
Some days they only work a couple of hours in order to keep workers safe.
"It was the right decision," he said.
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ARKANSAS, USA — Since the beginning of July, there have been 80 members of the Arkansas National Guard along the Texas southern border.
“This was a direct request from the Texas governor for assistance,” said Major Jonathan Stubbs the Adjutant General for the Arkansas National Guard.
According to General Stubbs, the guardsmen that were sent have been stationed at checkpoints in Eagle Pass and Del Rio.
“They would man a post and partner with a Texas National Guard soldier and then they would be supported by other Texas Department of Public Safety elements,” said General Stubbs. “They would man these checkpoints observe and assist as needed.”
He also explained that their goal is to help relieve the Texas guardsmen.
“What we were able to do is go down there and augment their forces and give the Texas National Guard time and space to do some other things,” General Stubbs added.
Since they knew Spanish language barriers were a possibility, they made sure to come prepared.
“We took a large number of bilingual Spanish-speaking soldiers down to the border with us, so that was beneficial,” said General Stubbs. “But I think everybody who was down there regardless of if they spoke the language or not saw the utility of being conversant in Spanish firsthand and how important it is down there.”
Their mission was one where the conditions aren't easy— from the physical toll to the mental ones.
“When I was there for the first time the temperature was 109 degrees, so our soldiers are operating in a very harsh environment,” said General Stubbs. “When you go, and you put your feet in the dirt down there and you're on the banks of the Rio Grande River and you see these family groups waiting across the river it's very impactful.”
General Stubbs explained that because of that, they’ll be checking in with the soldiers once they return on July 31.
“We want to make sure that we give our soldiers the necessary support to help them should they struggle with what they've experienced down there,” he said.
While it's unclear when and if they'll send more guardsmen to South Texas, General Stubbs said they'll be ready if the time comes.
“We're all about coming to the aid of our neighbors,” he added.
While those soldiers will be returning in a few days there are still 50 other members along the border on a separate federal mission assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
They've been there since October of 2022 and are set to come back at the end of October 2023.
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BOISE, Idaho — When you think of Boise, what comes to mind?
The Depot? The Capitol? Maybe The Blue? They are all parts of the community that tie the city together.
Over the years something else has dug into the complexion of Boise, spreading like a virus. It comes from the wrong side of the tracks.
“Goatheads are a problem for everyone,” said Martha Brabec, an ecologist with the City of Boise Parks and Recreation.
Goatheads. It’s a real "if you know, you know" kind of thing -- an invasive species that is classified as a weed, with spiny, prickly heads that can puncture your bike tires and get stuck in your shoes.
“They're an invasive species that everybody has a personal story associated with. A lot of other invasive species may not impact our everyday lives in ways that are tangible to us. But, everyone has a personal story associated with a goat head, and the hatred of them is real,” Brabec said.
The hatred for them in the community is so real, that scientists at Boise State are working to eradicate goatheads from the City of Boise all together. They worked on this for several years: a hot spot map of all 60 miles of pathways throughout the City of Boise. The BSU team marked the location of every goathead plant they found with a GPS -- but that’s only half the battle.
“I can’t believe how much time I spend thinking about it,” Brabec said.
Brabec is passionate about her work -- she leads a volunteer team every Wednesday for goathead extraction. Wednesday the team took on a bike path in.
“This is a hotspot on the goathead hotspot map developed by Boise State University. By removing goatheads here, we can reduce the spread of goatheads to other locations,” Brabec said.
These pesky little pricks have popped bike tires, maimed dog paws and created overgrown, threatening habitats.
Wouldn’t it be nice if they were an evil that was eradicated? Can it be done?
“There is a belief that we can get to that place where Boise is goathead free. I don't know how long it's going to take, but I sincerely feel with the community behind this effort, we can do it,” Brabec said.
On the frontlines of the battle, “Weed Warriors” are on the ground with the tools of their trade.
The strategy is simple. Dig the little suckers out.
You’ll regularly find Dianne Berning digging in with the Weed Warriors. For Berning, the battle is personal.
The sweet flowers on the plant have an ugly side, a side that dives right into tires.
“I have had several flats from goat heads, so it's a huge motivation for me to get out and clean them up, Berning said.
She recalls, not fondly, what a tire puncture feels like.
“More of a slow leak and you get somewhere and you stop and you're having dinner or lunch or whatever, and then you get back on your bike and you're like, 'Oh, it's flat.' So it's kind of that disappointment. It ruins your day when you're out riding,” Berning said.
The team works for a few hours, transforming a new spot every week. There are a lot of spots to hit. But sometimes it does feel like a game -- a competition to see who can dig up the most.
“My father's probably the worst of it. He's always trying to beat everyone else and get more heads than everyone,” Berning said.
Even local legend "Goathead Ed" can be found all around the city fighting the good fight.
“He can't lift anymore and he has to take breaks because he gets winded. But he would not miss being out here picking out pads every week. It means a lot to him,” Berning said.
Ed knows the landscape well. He can tell you all about the pulls this season.
“He loves that. It's an obsession. As a bike rider, I've always been grateful that he's out. I'll call him and be like, 'Hey, there's a pile here'... And he'll run right out in his car and go pick them up for us,” Berning said.
In a world that can be so divided, goatheads seem to be a unifying topic.
“A lot of people say thank you. I think once again, we can go back to the everyone has a puncture biking story. If you're if you biked in Idaho, you've definitely gotten flat as a result of puncture violence. I think people are very appreciative of this work. My only suggestion would be, you can join. Anyone can pull goatheads,” Brabec said.
Click here to read more about the Weed Warrior program in Boise.
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MANSFIELD, Texas — More schools will rely on artificial intelligence to protect students from threats in the coming year.
Administrators at Mansfield ISD Tuesday told school board members the district plans to partner with Evolv Technologies, a company that claims its AI scanners can identify weapons on passersby.
The technology flags "items of concern" on special displays, pinpointing where a weapon might be located on a person. The feature allows human security guards to search a specific area on a subject, rather than forcing them to undress.
"It's not invasive, it won't cost time, and it won't cause tardies," one Mansfield ISD board member said.
Educators have long complained it takes too long for students to pass through traditional metal detectors. Bell schedules do not wait for children to remove belts, shoes or backpacks, they say.
The Evolv system scans individuals as they pass by a sort of tower. There's no need to undress, remove bags or file through the detectors one-by-one.
The company claims its technology caught more than 100,000 weapons in 2022.
This spring, Forney ISD became the second Texas school district to implement the Evolv technology. So far, the company said its system is in 465 school buildings across 34 states.
“Forney ISD is using cutting edge technology to provide yet another layer of security for our students and staff,” Forney ISD Police Chief Joseph Sanders said. “We are proud of the partnership with Evolv and will continue to strive each and every day to provide our Forney Family a safe educational environment where students can learn and flourish.”
The devices also collect data, which will help Mansfield ISD administrators determine where to place the movable towers. Educators there indicated they would initially place an Evolv system at each of its high school's main entrances, as well as at bus drop-off locations.
It's not clear how Mansfield ISD will pay for the technology, though the district allocated nearly $7 million for security in its 2023-2024 budget proposal. Administrators said workers will install the systems during the coming school year, sometime after students return to class.
The Houston Astros and Six Flags theme parks also use the Evolv's technology. At least 10 NFL teams use the technology to monitor visitors during events.
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HILL COUNTY, Texas — A large wildfire in Hill County is forcing evacuations as it continues to burn, officials said.
The Texas A&M Forest Service says the "Blum Fire" has burned an estimated 250 acres and is 0% contained. Both air and ground crews have responded to aid in putting out the fire.
The Hill County Sheriff's Office says the town of Blum is being evacuated due to the proximity of the fire. The town is about 48 miles south of Fort Worth.
According to the forest service, the fire has also damaged some structures, but it's unclear what types of structures were involved.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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SAN ANTONIO — After helping lead his community through the aftermath of a school shooting that put the spotlight of an ongoing gun control debate on South Texas, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin is throwing his hat in the ring for state office.
McLaughlin announced his plans to run for Texas House District 80 in a July 14 press release, having served as mayor of the small San Antonio-area community of Uvalde since 2014. Uvalde City Council on Tuesday night approved a resolution to schedule a special election on Nov. 7, at which point someone will be selected to serve the final year of McLaughlin's term.
"Entering this was race was a no-brainer for me," McLaughlin said in the release, adding that there's a "crisis" in Austin.
"Property tax relief, school choice, foreign land ownership, border control--these are all issues that should have been deal with sessions ago," he went on to say. "I am entering this race to be a strong voice for the people of District 80."
About 190,000 residents live in the district, which covers Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Uvalde and Zavala counties, as well as about a third of Webb County. McLaughlin would be campaigning against a long-serving legislator in Tracy King, a Democrat and Uvalde native who's held the seat since 2005.
McLaughlin is touting himself as a "strong conservative Republican" who emphasizes the importance of a large law enforcement presence and partnership network between agencies.
McLaughlin emerged as a central figure in the aftermath of the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, when 19 students and two teachers were gunned down. He was resilient when receiving criticism from victim's families in the weeks following the shooting amid calls for accountability and transparency. His subsequent efforts to conduct an internal investigation into the botched law enforcement response have been stymied by the Uvalde District Attorney's office.
McLaughlin says he's a lifelong resident of Uvalde, calling himself "a successful businessman" who is "very active in his church and community."
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GARDEN CITY, Idaho — The Duck Club's Flipside Music Fest is returning to Garden City. The second annual music and arts festival has released its full lineup and tickets are now on sale. The event takes place from Sept. 22 until Sept. 24, running throughout local venues and businesses scattered about Garden City.
The lineup includes local and international groups like The Walkmen, The Shivas and Babe Rainbow, to name a few.
Single and three day passes are going fast. This is an all-ages, outdoor festival that highlights over 75 local and touring artists, alongside art exhibits and murals with 21+ events in the evenings. Late night afterparty admission will be included with both single and three day passes.
People can use their app from Treefort to access the lineup for the Flipside Festival by updating the Treefort app.
Ticket prices are available on Duck Club's website.
Here is the full Flipside 2023 lineup to date:
The Walkmen
The Regrettes
George Clanton
Babe Rainbow
CHAI
Magic Sword
Eggy
Frost Children
Cable Ties
Roar
Iguana Death Cult
Spoon Benders
De Lux (DJ set)
The Shivas
26fix
The Red Pears
Sego
Pixie and the Partygrass Boys
Jeff Crosby
Harmless
Angel Abaya
Death's Dynamic Shroud
Club Chow
Lobo Lara
Afrosonics
Healing Potpourri
Moon Owl's Mages
Mexican Slum Rats
60 Juno
Causeway
Chief Broom
Blix
Plum Vision
Nick Delffs
Mungo
Hillfolk Noir
St. Terrible
Lonesome Jetboat Ramblers
Rat Champion
Ealdor Bealu
RahKeem
Sheep Bridge Jumpers
Crush The Monster
Mandias
The BOMB Pulse
Floating Witch's Head
Trauma Kit
aka Belle
Ryan Curtis
Papas
Sunsmith
Bittermint
Dan Costello
Strangelily
Aterrima
Orographic
Josh Mansell
Wet Pet
Nuppeppo
Petal Party
Porcelain Tongue
Mall Goth Moths
Bone Haus
No Can Fly
Bet On Red
The Madcap Laughs
Bailey Allen Baker
Boise Rock School
xox
Tyrus Newell
Moon Reservoir
Trippy Hearts
Rodeo Screams
Data Lake
Black Spring
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State Sen. David Brock Smith said he is pleased with the 2023 legislative session, saying many bills he sponsored were passed by the House and Senate.
The bills Brock Smith sponsored that were approved included:
HB2426 – Boshart Davis - Authorizes self-service dispensing of Class 1 flammable liquids at retail dispensary.
HB2645 – Morgan - Increases penalties for possession of certain amounts of fentanyl. Punishes by maximum of 364 days’ imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that delivery of fentanyl may be charged as commercial drug offense in specified circumstances. Increases sentencing guidelines crime category level for delivery of fentanyl for consideration. Adds alternative manner of measuring fentanyl for purposes of calculating crime category level for certain offenses involving possession, delivery or manufacture of fentanyl. Provides that misdemeanor-level unlawful possession of fentanyl is designated drug-related misdemeanor for purposes of supervising entity and supervision funding, justice and municipal court jurisdiction and eligibility for earned reduction of supervision.
HB2687 – Owens - Authorizes State Department of Agriculture to issue public applicator licenses and public trainee certificates to employees of federally recognized Indian tribes for purposes of pesticide application on lands other than Indian country.
HB2689 – Owens - Provides licensing exemption for person slaughtering not more than 1,000 rabbits for use as human food.
HB2725 – Goodwin - Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from retroactively denying or reducing payment on claim after adjudication unless pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager agree that payment was incorrect due to clerical error. Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from imposing fees on pharmacies after point of sale. Requires pharmacy benefit manager, if denying or reducing reimbursement on claim, to provide notice to pharmacy of specific claim that is denied or reduced and explanation for denial or reduction.
HB3037 – Neron - Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to collaborate with Department of Education for purpose of identifying and collecting student data relevant for maintenance of outdoor school programs
HB3179 – Helm - Modifies definition of “renewable energy facility” for purposes of county permitting process for solar photovoltaic power generation facility. Requires county to require applicant for permit to establish solar photovoltaic power generation facility using certain number of acres to provide decommissioning plan that includes bonding or other security. Prohibits Department of Transportation from discriminating against or favoring renewable energy facility when reviewing or granting application to place, build or construct on right of way of state highway or county road.
HB3211 – Gomberg - Authorizes holder of certain water right certificates that authorize storage of water for municipal use to change authorized point of diversion and place of use without losing priority of right under specified circumstances. Provides that authorization applies to applications for change filed after effective date of Act and before January 1, 2026.
HB3362 – Conrad - Allows County to validate unit of land that had been approved for recognition that was later revoked after sale to innocent purchaser. Sunsets January 2, 2025. Until April 1, 2024, allows additional appeals to Land Use Board of Appeals challenging certain land use approvals based on forgery for non-innocent purchasers.
HB3410 – Rayfield - Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy. Limits biennial expenditures from lottery moneys allocated from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of awarding matching grants to membership organizations and business accelerators in outdoor gear and apparel industry. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grant to Regional Rural Revitalization Strategies Consortium to plan for and develop housing. Limits biennial expenditures from lottery moneys allocated from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Business Development Department to award grants to county fair operators in response to negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on county fair operators’ earned revenue. Limits biennial expenditures from lottery moneys allocated from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of awarding grants for formation, improvement and operation of small business development centers. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Oregon Coast Visitors Association to be expended on various projects. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Agriculture for purpose of funding grant program related to establishments that process and sell meat products. Extends sunset of grant program. Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to fund new program established to support strategic investments in maritime workforce development programs and activities.
HB3426 – Grayber - Requires 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to have policies and train staff on serving firefighters and other first responders
HB3458 – McLain - Limits issues that may be basis for appeal of land use decisions where local government amends comprehensive plan or land use regulations.
HB3596 – Nosse - Allows person to practice surgical technology at health care facility if person has completed and is certified by specified apprenticeship program.
HB3632 -- Kropf - Increases statute of limitations for first degree sex crimes to 20 years after commission of crime or, for minor victim, any time before victim attains 30 years of age, whichever occurs later.
HCR1 – Marsh - Commends Southern Oregon University on its 150th anniversary and for being an inclusive, sustainable university for the future that guides all learners to develop knowledge, capacities and audacity to innovate boldly and create lives of purpose.
HCR12 – Helm - In memoriam: Frank Moore, 1923-2022
SB53 – Findley - Adds members of household and domestic partner of candidate to list of persons who may not be employed to open ballot envelopes, handle ballots, prepare ballots for counting or count ballots. Limits personnel authorized to verify signatures on ballots to match personnel authorized to count ballots.
SB57 – Findley - Removes prohibition against sale, offer for sale, maintenance or control of female cattle of beef breed that have not been vaccinated against brucellosis.
SB406 – Weber - Requires certain cities and communities in Tillamook County to allow middle housing on residentially zoned lands, to adopt housing production strategies and to accommodate estimated housing needs upon lands inventoried as buildable lands. Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Housing and Community Services Department to include those cities and communities within Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to adopt rules establishing deadlines for those Tillamook County cities and communities to meet urbanization requirement and authorizes Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules to allow cooperation among those cities, communities and county to meet those requirements.
SB420 – Patterson - Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee. Requires department to report to Legislative Assembly during odd-numbered year regular sessions on services provided and number of individuals served.
SB507 – Golden - Makes certain changes to farm direct marketing law.
SB628 – Lieber - Requires health benefit plan and health care service contract coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
SB643 – Knopp - Modifies provisions relating to sales of homemade foods
SB644 – Knopp - Amends requirements relating to wildfire hazard mitigation for development of accessory dwelling units on lands zoned for rural residential use.
SB718 – Girod - Provides that year in which Governor declares that drought exists, or is likely to exist, within county does not count toward period of time for forfeiture of water right for nonuse for holder of water right within county. Removes reference to repealed federal law
SB816 – Manning - Modifies duration of Family Abuse Prevention Act restraining orders.
SB864 – Hansell - Provides that person who voluntarily fights wildfire on private forestland is not civilly liable for injury to person or property resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts.
SB931 – Meek - Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules for determining whether community or area-wide sewerage system is available for purposes of sewage disposal system construction permit. Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from determining community or area-wide sewerage system is available unless sewerage system is within 200 feet of property to be served. Sunsets prohibition on January 2, 2025.
SB955 - Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support implementation of AgriStress Helpline in Oregon.
SB957 – Hansell - Expands types of prior convictions that increase offense level for crime of public indecency. Modifies crime of luring a minor to include engaging in sexual conduct in immediate presence of minor for purposes of inducing minor to engage in sexual conduct.
SB1034 – Manning - Department from State School Fund for purpose of paying costs of educational services provided through programs operated by military department for at-risk youth.
SB1040 – Anderson - Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to establish and administer by rule pilot program for childcare micro centers. Requires department to report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to early learning and care no later than September 15, 2025. Sunsets January 2, 2026.
SB1052 – Taylor - Modifies crimes related to involuntary servitude and human trafficking. Establishes affirmative defense for human trafficking victims. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify subjecting another person to involuntary servitude crimes as specified crime categories when victim was under 18 years of age at time of offense. Provides that certain evidence concerning victim of human trafficking involving involuntary servitude is not admissible. Extends statute of limitations for civil action based on violation of conduct constituting involuntary servitude or human trafficking. Requires alcohol service permittee to report suspected human trafficking on licensed premises. Directs Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to include human trafficking investigation training in minimum training required for basic police officer certification. Directs Department of Justice to develop training for certain state agencies concerning human trafficking awareness and prevention. Requires employees designated by specified agencies to annually complete training
SCR2 – Thatcher - Recognizes and honors service members of Oregon National Guard.
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On July 24th, 2023, around 5:44 pm, Deputy Z. Smith observed an individual walking down the middle of Kellogg Lane in Coos Bay. Deputy Smith stopped the individual and warned him not to walk in the roadway. Upon seeing his face, Deputy Smith recognized the individual as Christopher S. Chamberlain (19).
Deputy Smith has been routinely trying to locate Mr. Chamberlain for a warrant out of Colorado. Mr. Chamberlain has an active nationwide extraditable warrant for his involvement in an Attempted Murder and Kidnapping case.
Despite Mr. Chamberlain’s best efforts to conceal his identity from Deputy Smith, he ultimately decided to run from him. Deputy Smith pursued Mr. Chamberlain telling him he was under arrest and if he didn’t stop, he could be tased. Mr. Chamberlain continued toward Grinnell Lane.
Deputy Smith knew additional Officers and a possible K9 were responding to his location, so he stopped briefly so he could help in the likely upcoming search for Mr. Chamberlain. During this brief moment, a bystander that watched the whole incident unravel, pulled up to Deputy Smith in his vehicle and provided him a ride to Mr. Chamberlain’s last known location, a forested area, where he was seen diving into the brush.
Mr. Chamberlain was quickly taken into custody and taken to the Coos County Jail where he is being held awaiting extradition to Colorado. In addition to the warrant, Mr. Chamberlain will be charged locally for Escape in the 3rd degree and False Information to a Police Officer
While it was unusual, we would like to thank the bystander that provided Deputy Smith a quick ride to apprehend Mr. Chamberlain. It goes to show that we are a close community and our Deputies are cared for. Thank you!
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National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer and better places to live.
This year, National Night Out will be held at the Coquille Community Building and adjacent areas on Tuesday, August 1.
Please come join us for FREE Hamburgers and Hot Dogs. There will be lots of activities for children to participate in. We will have multiple vendors and community partners out to show their support. We will have games and many other community-sponsored events for the whole family to enjoy. Tuesday, August 1 will also be FREE skate night at the community building from 6 to 8 p.m. and FREE swim at The Coquille Pool from 6 until 9 p.m.
This is a family-friendly event so bring the kids out and enjoy a wonderful BBQ. The Coquille Police Department along with The Coquille Fire Department will have police cars & fire trucksfor kids to get an up-close look at. We will also have some great safety information for kids and parents.
If your business or non-profit organization would like to participate, please call us directly at 541-396-2114 to get more information.
Remember to come join in the fun on August 1 at the Coquille Community Building from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This is a FREE event.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Sweltering heat in Wichita has been affecting a lot in Wichita, including air conditioning units in homes.
Michael McDowell with Dan’s Heating and Cooling in Wichita said they are getting around 150 calls per day. Many times, proper maintenance can keep your air conditioning running smoothly through the summer.
“Biggest problem people have every summer is just a lack of maintenance on your system,” McDowell said. “Not changing your filter is a huge issue.”
McDowell also said he’s seeing people choosing to do smaller repairs because they’re not able to afford an air conditioning unit replacement.
“A lot more band-aiding things to try to help things kind of get through the summer see if they can make it one more year,” McDowell said.
McDowell said the best thing to do is invest in the maintenance, adding, “There’s no such thing as just holding your breath and hoping that it works.”
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Recently, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) voted against the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act. After the NDAA passed in the U.S. House Armed Services Committee with strong bipartisan support, Rep. Kevin McCarthy and House Republican leaders allowed a series of unrelated controversial amendments on a range of social and privacy issues to come the floor. The base bill also did nothing to rein in billions in Pentagon spending or take tangible steps to stop our country’s involvement in endless wars.
Congresswoman Hoyle supports many of the national security and policy priorities laid out in the committee-passed version of the bill – including a pay increase for military service members and provisions that lower their housing, healthcare, and childcare costs. But the inclusion of unrelated controversial amendments around abortion policy; the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs important to military recruitment and retention; and attacks on common-sense climate change policy made the bill unsupportable.
“It is unacceptable for Kevin McCarthy and House Republican leaders to use poison pills in the NDAA when a real debate on military policy and security is needed. You can’t say you care about our service men and women and then cram a bunch of poison pills into a previously bipartisan bill that they knew would make it difficult to pass. I am concerned about the continued increase in the defense budget without enough focus on supporting our service members,” said Rep. Hoyle.
Throughout the 118th Congress, Rep. Hoyle has worked across the aisle on legislation to take back Congress’s constitutional war powers authority. She was disappointed the NDAA didn’t include provisions to restore Congress’s checks on the president.
She introduced a bipartisan amendment to prohibit U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen that has not been authorized by Congress.
She also cosponsored bipartisan amendments to end unauthorized U.S. military involvement in Syria, and to repeal the 1991, 2001, and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMFs), which have been misused by presidents of both parties to wage endless wars around the world.
Parts of the NDAA Supported by Rep. Hoyle
She strongly supported a well-deserved 5.2 percent pay raise for military servicemembers, the largest pay raise in 20 years.
She also supported provisions to lower housing, healthcare, and childcare costs for military families; strengthen the Department of Defense (DOD) civilian workforce; and, eliminate contraceptive co-pays for one year for military spouses and families.
She cosponsored a bipartisan amendment to rein in mass surveillance by preventing the federal government from being able to freely purchase Americans’ private data. This amendment passed by unanimous voice vote.
She cosponsored an amendment to protect access to reproductive healthcare for military servicemembers, but the Republican House majority did not allow a vote on this amendment.
Hoyle also supported amendments to require the Department of Defense (DOD) to pass an audit to account for potential waste, fraud, and abuse of U.S. taxpayer money, to help rein in excessive Pentagon spending.
Congresswoman Val Hoyle represents Oregon’s newly drawn fourth congressional district, which includes Benton, Coos, Curry, Lane, and Lincoln counties as well as part of Douglas County. Representative Hoyle serves on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources. Visit https://hoyle.house.gov/ or follow @RepValHoyle for more information.
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July 2, 1953 – July 19, 2023
July 19, 2023, Cynthia Annette Davis of Salem, Oregon, passed away peacefully at home with family by her side. Cindy was born on July 2, 1953, to Fred and Adeline Padilla of Gilroy, California. She graduated from Gilroy High School and went on to attend Heald’s Business College in San Jose, where she got her certificate and began working for Joe Filice Accountancy in Gilroy. She married Jeff Davis and her journey to Oregon began, where she would fulfill her dreams of becoming a mom and raising a family in North Bend. She felt blessed beyond measure to have two beautiful boys, Jon and Trevor.
Cindy was an amazing homemaker. She baked and cooked everything from scratch, she sewed her own curtains and grew her own herbs. She lavished love on her family. As time went on, she took an interest in pursuing an education. She set a goal of wanting to become a nurse. She received her Registered Nursing License at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Cindy wasn’t satisfied with that. She wanted her Bachelors of Science degree in nursing as well. She applied, was interviewed and accepted into the Oregon Health and Science University of Portland, Oregon. She was among the first class of students to receive their BSN degree “online” in the state. During her thirty year career as a nurse, she worked in many departments of hospitals. Preceding retirement, she was a nurse in the oncology unit of Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Although, her education was an accomplishment she was greatly proud of, what she was proud of most and considered the greatest thing she had ever done, was that of becoming a mom.
After retirement, Cindy moved to Salem, Oregon to be near her son, Jon. They shared many fun adventures along the coast and long walks by the river together before her passing.
Cindy was preceded in death by father, Fred Padilla and mother, Adeline Padilla. Her beloved son, Trevor Davis passed before her.
She is survived by her son, Jonathan Davis; deceased son, Trevor Davis; brother, Fred Padilla; and sister, Linda Schulman.
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June 16, 1971 – July 3, 2023
Vicki Schafer, 52, passed away July 3, 2023, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She is greatly missed.
Vicki had a big heart and loved helping people. She had so many people that loved her.
Vicki was an avid sports fan, and she loved the Oregon Ducks, she rarely missed a game at Autzen Stadium.
Surviving members of her immediate family include her mother, Linda and stepfather, Jim Keeley; brother, David and sister-in-law, Elizabeth Schafer; uncle, Allen Bateman; cousins, Hannah, Katie, Bekkah and Korben; and niece, Samantha Kehrli. She was preceded in death by her beloved grandparents, Gene and Beulah Bateman.
Vickie was an avid sports fan, and she requested that team colors or sports attire be worn for her celebration. She loved the Oregon Ducks, LA Chargers and Atlanta Braves.
A Celebration of Life will be August 5, 2023, 1:00 PM at the North Bend Community Center. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Coos County Animal Shelter, FOCCAS, or Kohl’s Cat House.
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Two 4-year-old boys were reported missing Monday in separate incidents within a half hour of each other, Twin Falls police say.
One of the children was found naked near Washington Street and Second Avenue West, apparently by someone who stopped at about 11:25 a.m. to assist. The boy told the Good Samaritan he was looking for his mom.
The teenager charged with watching the boy had fallen asleep and woke up to find the boy missing, Twin Falls Police Lt. Craig Stotts said.
Stotts didn’t know how long the boy had been outside without supervision.
In the second incident, a 4-year-old boy was reported missing, only to be found playing or sleeping on an ottoman at his house shortly before noon.
The person in charge of looking after the child initially couldn’t find him inside the house, on the 400 block of Carriage Lane. Doors on the house were still locked, so he didn’t think the child had gotten out, but he called the boy’s parents just in case.
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Upon their arrival, they found the boy by his favorite ottoman.
Stotts said it isn’t uncommon for children to be reported missing. Many times they are found asleep in a hidden place inside their homes.
If someone finds a toddler outdoors who doesn’t have supervision, Stotts advises people to call law enforcement and prevent the child from getting into a dangerous situation.
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Dance the evening away with free treats and activities at the Twin Falls Public Library's summer block party starting at 6 p.m. Friday along Hansen Street and in City Park.
Snow cones, face painting, storywalks and all activities will be free to the public.
Guests from organizations such as the Herrett Center for Arts and Science, Social Dance Theory and Gem Stone Climbing will be joining the celebration and interacting with the public.
The block party will conclude the 2023 summer reading program. The focused theme is "All together now." The library hosted events throughout June and July that allowed children, teenagers and adults to engage and learn from local organizations.
"It's been great to see everyone participate, especially families," Erica Littlefield, Youth Services Department head, told the Times-News in a phone call.
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The summer reading program is Littlefield's "favorite thing to do every year," she said.
She encourages the public to join the fun at the block party.
"Come out and enjoy and have fun," Littlefield said. "It's going to be a great evening."
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Shirley Legg Carpenetti, 89, of Jerome died Saturday, July 22, 2023, at home. Arrangements are under the care of Farnsworth Mortuary & Crematory, Jerome.
Sheri Jeanne Blackwood, 73, of Filer died Monday, July 17, 2023, at home. Arrangements are under the care of White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel, Twin Falls.
Jeffrey A. Shull, 62, of Twin Falls died Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at home. Arrangements are under the care of Rosenau Funeral Home, Twin Falls.
Melvin “Dewey” Plank, 96, of Sandpoint died Saturday, July 22, 2023, at a Buhl care facility. Arrangements are under the care of Farmer Funeral Chapel, Buhl.
G. Geraldine "Gerry" Lattin, 94, of Twin Falls died Sunday, July 23, 2023, at home. Arrangements are under the care of White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel, Twin Falls.
Hollie Lynne Cunningham, 41, of Twin Falls died Saturday, July 22, 2023, at home. Arrangements are under the care of White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel, Twin Falls.
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Team Wisconsin wins 56 medals at North American Indigenous Games
Team Wisconsin brought home 56 medals from this month’s North American Indigenous Games held in Canada.
Nearly 250 athletes from all 11 federally recognized tribes in Wisconsin competed in a range of events.
Abi Winnicki, 17, a member of the Forest County Potawatomi Community, won four gold medals, three silver and a bronze for swimming.
She remembered seeing her older sister compete in the games in 2017 and has been wanting her own chance at those accolades.
“It was really fun to be the person standing on the podium this time,” she said.
The Rhinelander High School senior has been swimming competitively for 11 years and had previously helped her school win a state championship. But Abi said competing in the North American Indigenous Games was a little different than competing in Wisconsin.
With hundreds of tribal nations competing, she said the experience was like no other.
“It was super-cool seeing the different parts of the culture and heritage that I hadn’t seen before,” she said.
Abi’s looking forward to competing at an invitational in Milwaukee this summer and has already committed to UCLA after she graduates.
More than 5,000 athletes ages 13 to 19 from more than 750 Indigenous nations from across Turtle Island (North America) representing 23 delegations (states and provinces) competed in the games.
This is the 10th North American Indigenous Games — the first was 1990 in Edmonton, Alberta. They're held every four years, like the Olympics.
This year’s games were held across 21 venues on Millbrook First Nation and Sipekne’katik tribal lands. Sixteen sports were played, including three traditional Indigenous events — lacrosse, archery and canoe/kayaking.
With 56 total medals — 21 gold medals, 18 silver and 17 bronze — Team Wisconsin ranked seventh in the games and was the highest-ranking U.S. team.
Team Saskatchewan earned the most medals with 176, followed by British Columbia with 159 and Ontario with 128.
The Forest County Potawatomi Community fielded 12 athletes, including Asalia White-Williams, 17, who won three gold medals in track for the 100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints.
The senior from Martin Luther High School in Greendale was a little intimated, at first, when she saw the “heat sheets” of other runners at the games and realized she had never been faster than them.
Asalia said she had to put that out of her mind and tell herself that the past doesn’t matter — what matters is what she does that day.
She told herself she was going to win a medal and that’s exactly what she did.
Two other Potawatomi who won gold are sisters Isabel and Lucy Young in volleyball.
“Our last game was really nerve-wracking because each point mattered,” Isabel, 17, said. “It went all the way to the fifth and final set with Team Manitoba. We were down by four points and we had to push our way for the win.”
Lucy, 14, said her team had trained so hard to get there, including eight-hour practice sessions, that they weren’t about to give up when they were behind.
“We all felt like we deserved to get this medal,” she said.
The tribe is planning to host a celebration for the athletes next week on the reservation near Crandon and the Youngs plan to attend.
Frank Vaisvilas is a former Report for America corps member who covers Native American issues in Wisconsin based at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact him at fvaisvilas@gannett.com or 815-260-2262. Follow him on Twitter at @vaisvilas_frank.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Dogs at the Gulf Coast Humane Society have been battling the intense Florida heat without air conditioning and now it’s not going to be a cheap fix.
“This was a very unexpected expense for three new air conditioning units,” said Brian Wierima with the Gulf Coast Humane Society. He said two AC units in their kennels broke last week and now a third one is broken.
“80-plus degree weather, temperatures for that amount of time are just very dangerous, very dangerous,” Wierima explained.
The units that broke last week are now up and running, but the last one still needs to be fixed.
Peter Kolter was dropping off donations of clean bedding and told us, “That’s really sad but the people here are very capable and compassionate. I’m sure they can handle whatever’s happening.”
Now these pups need your help to cool off.
“Help us offset some of these costs because we are a nonprofit,” Wierima asked.
You can donate to help the animals here.
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Hundreds of people are going back to school this week in Lee County, but it’s not for more education — but rather a job.
Grab your pencil and paper and take some notes on how the district plans to fill all of the openings.
The Lee County School District is looking to hire coaches, school teachers and support personnel. Many people are visiting the district to personally apply for the jobs.
Brenden Bryan is one of those people hoping to be chosen for the district’s 350 teaching positions they currently have available.
“Physical education is the main one I want to go for. I also want to go for the social science field,” Bryan noted.
Suzette Rivera is helping place people in those jobs. She said special education teachers are in the most demand right now.
She said this school year is seeing the biggest need for teachers in recent years.
Rivera said the teacher demand is higher than in past years because of retirements and two new schools being built.
“They need between 80 to 90 teachers just to open those two new schools so that also increases our vacancies for the upcoming year,” Rivera said.
Hundreds of other vacancies exist too and Marinette Moore, who is job hunting, said she applied for six separate jobs on Wednesday.
“I’m looking for a clerical position, administrative assistant, principal’s secretary,” Moore said.
The district is also helping people fill out an application and enhance their resumes.
The Lee County School District will have its district headquarters doors open again on Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The jobs start at $15 an hour and up.
Charlotte County said it has 143 positions available before the start of the new school year.
Collier County has 243 teaching and non-teach positions available.
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The shooting occurred around 7:10 p.m. along the 900 block of South 17th Street. An 18-year-old man was shot multiple times throughout his body. He was taken to the hospital by police where he was pronounced dead at 7:44 p.m.
NBC10 obtained video showing a woman and a man who was pushing a child in a stroller in the area when the shots were fired. They then run down the sidewalk as the man continues to push the child in the stroller to safety.
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No arrests have been made in the shooting and police have not released information on any suspects. No weapons have been recovered.
Entering Wednesday, there were 240 homicides in Philadelphia, according to data gathered by Philadelphia Police. That's down 22% from the same time last year, but still on pace to be one of the deadliest years since data began being tabulated in 2007.
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SEATTLE — Camp Sparkle, a summer camp for kids impacted by cancer, had a few extra camp counselors this week.
The camp played host to members of the University of Washington men's basketball team who pitched in during a number of activities with the campers.
Camp Sparkle is a week-long summer celebration for kids and teens who are diagnosed with cancer, or whose loved ones have or have had cancer.
The Huskies joined campers for some painting and planting led by counselors like Michelle Massey who has been with the nonprofit Cancer Pathways, which runs Camp Sparkle, for more than 15 years.
"Planting therapy gardens with these athletes makes the kids feel special, and they deserve that," Massey said. "I always tell our counselors that it takes one person to make a difference in the life of a child, to change that trajectory. So when we build community with our campers we're fighting depression, anxiety and PTSD symptoms."
Husky Junior Forward Keion Brooks said he was honored to give back to the kids this week. Brooks said he could have used something like Camp Sparkle when he was a kid.
"I lost both my grandmother and grandfather to cancer,” said Brooks. “I think this is a great program for kids to feel like they’re not the only one going through this.”
Teens and youth who participated in last week's camp also got a unique close-up experience with some UW athletes. Campers made a field trip to the University of Washington where they toured the athletic facilities with football players and got to explore Husky Stadium.
Forty campers a week participate in Camp Sparkle in Seattle. Due to demand, the camp has spread from one to five camps being hosted by Cancer Pathways, including camps in Bellevue Everett, Tacoma, Spokane and a virtual option
Cancer Pathways Executive Director Anna Gottlieb said she's passionate about Camp Sparkle because her own mother had cancer when she was young and no one wanted to talk about it with her, so she frequently felt fear and confusion. Gottlieb said creating a safe place where kids and teens impacted by cancer can come together and bond in a safe place takes time, resources and staff, but still they offer their services at no cost.
"We always say you can't put a price on what we give, but we need millions of dollars, so free is very expensive," Gottlieb said. "Everything we do is free to the community."
Camp Sparkle is an extension of Cancer Pathways, which offers services, support and community all year long. You can learn more on the Cancer Pathways Website.
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SEATTLE — It had been 22 years since the City of Seattle hosted an event as big as the MLB All-Star Game, and on July 12, that spell was broken.
Two weeks later, the woman responsible for securing the sought-after bid sat down with KING 5 to reflect on the weeklong baseball event that put the Emerald City on a world stage.
Beth Knox, CEO and president of the Seattle Sports Commission, said Seattle most likely reached its goal of $50 million in revenue generated, with more than 100,000 people in attendance.
"The week of activities, we think, was a really great success. We saw it as a tipping point for revitalization in downtown Seattle," said Knox.
Certain business owners in Pioneer Square and various parts of Chinatown-International District previously told KING 5 that they felt excluded from that revenue, despite the fact that both the MLB and the Mariners said it would be "the most inclusive" All-Star event ever.
"There are lots of learnings from it. One of the things that we think we can do better is bring information about these events to the neighborhoods earlier," said Knox. "It absolutely can be more inclusive. We know that."
Knox was also in charge of securing the upcoming NHL Winter Classic for Seattle on New Year's Day in 2024, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
Moving forward, how can they ensure the economic impact reaches more businesses?
"Our desire is to learn from each of the businesses what their experience was, and what tools they need for future events," said Knox.
The Seattle Sports Commission did host stakeholders in a summit about All-Star Week in April, but one of the things she thinks they can do better now is "bring information about these events to the neighborhoods earlier."
She plans to engage and collaborate with business owners, agencies and other stakeholders in downtown Seattle, especially near the stadiums.
"Our primary focus are the neighboring areas," she said.
She hopes to get creative with promotion.
"Can we guide them to specific neighborhoods in different ways?" said Knox. "How do we most efficiently engage the fan, to inspire them, motivate them to come to the various neighborhoods on their way or leaving the sporting event?"
During the event, Tanya Woo, a CID advocate running for city council, said she felt the green directional arrow stickers placed on the sidewalk were leading people out of the CID, contributing to slow sales.
KING 5 asked Knox about those stickers.
"That was something we supported," she said. "What the Sports Commission and Visit Seattle and the city did, was update the virtual maps and the digital maps to include the Chinatown-International District because we knew that we wanted to direct people through these neighborhoods. So how do we more intentionally do that in the future? I think that is a great case study," said Knox.
For the fans, however, Knox said she believes the event was highly inclusive.
"You didn't have to have a ticket to the All-Star Game or the Home Run Derby in order to experience all that was happening here," said Knox. "That part was a success. Now how do we get them into the businesses? That's the next question."
Knox said they are still crunching the numbers showing specifics about consumer behavior that week, but she plans to share those insights at a stakeholder summit on September 20.
Meanwhile, with the NHL Winter Classic at T-Mobile Park approaching in less than half a year, she said the commission is already engaging with the community sooner than they did for All-Star Week.
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CALDWELL — A project featuring a 5,000-seat outdoor amphitheater, cidery, U-pick orchards and other amenities will not be coming to Caldwell’s Sunnyslope region.
The proposed project would have been located on land owned by the Symms Fruit Ranch, southeast of the intersection of Lowell Road and Sunnyslope Road. The applicant, E.W. Real Estate — which also operates Mountain Winery in the San Francisco Bay area — sought approval for a conditional use permit that would have allowed it to operate an “Agritourism Oriented Special Events Facility” in an area zoned for agriculture.
Canyon County Board of Commissioners Chairman Brad Holton and Commissioner Zach Brooks voted against approving the proposed project on Wednesday morning, following hours of public hearing testimony Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Commissioner Leslie Van Beek recused herself from the proceedings, citing a meeting she had attended in the summer of 2022 that discussed the proposed project.
The case was first brought before the county’s planning and zoning commission on Dec. 1, 2022, as previously reported. County staff at the time recommended approval of the project, but the planning and zoning commission unanimously denied it, citing concerns such as how the project could affect the character of the area and traffic.
Similarly, people testifying Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning expressed concern about concert noise, congestion and how well the venue would fit in with the area’s agriculture.
The board’s decision to deny the applicant’s appeal and uphold the planning and zoning commission’s denial still leaves an option to move forward for the applicant. It can file a request for reconsideration with the board of commissioners, citing one or more things that it found deficient in the commissioners’ consideration of the case. The commissioners could choose to reconsider the case, but if they do not respond, the applicant can take the case to Idaho’s courts.
TESTIMONY
Testimony ahead of the decision was overwhelmingly in opposition to the project, though some commented on how the project would change the area for the better.
Some people said that the greater threat to the Sunnyslope region is the construction of houses instead of an event space.
“Quite frankly, from my growing up on a farm, we don’t want to see any more houses there, but maybe a beautiful performing arts venue,” said Rheanna Allen, an adjunct professor of marketing at Boise State University, who said the applicant approached her about learning more about the proposal.
Some people who gave testimony in the neutral and against category said that the project would be better suited to areas where emergency services were more readily accessible.
“Concept of this is absolutely beautiful,” said Gregg Alger, owner of Huston Vineyards. “The concept of what it can do for our communities is right on page to tie into our agriculture and strengthen our agriculture. The unfortunate thing is it needs to be placed … within city limits to support this kind of a project.”
Those who testified in the “against” category included many residents near to the project area, who felt that the venue would exacerbate traffic congestion along Highway 55, as well as arterials. Some said they were concerned that their animals, including horses and ducks, would not adjust to noise levels from the proposed 60 or more concerts that would occur during the venue’s proposed April-October busy season. Others questioned the ability of emergency services to respond in a timely fashion, both to needs at the venue or in surrounding areas during peak traffic times.
Deborah Nelson, an attorney for the applicant, provided the applicant’s rebuttal on Wednesday morning. She said that the venue would plan to have EMT services on site, and it would be rare that someone would actually need transport to a hospital.
Sound would be limited to 85 decibels as measured at the property line and volume would be regulated by governors from the sound board, she said. And a traffic study from the Idaho Transportation Department found that Highway 55 has capacity to accommodate venue traffic, even before planned improvements. Still, she said the applicant would agree to creating a traffic management plan that would direct traffic leaving the venue and could include setting up temporary barricades to dissuade cars from taking local roads when exiting, she said.
Nelson said the Symms family's aim is to protect agricultural land.
“They’re trying to find a way to support theirs and other agricultural operations through direct retail sales, and by attracting a customer base for their other operations.”
COMMISSIONERS UPHOLD PLANNING AND ZONING’S DECISION
In December, the county’s planning and zoning commission had found that the project did not comply with three main criteria for approving the conditional use permit: whether the project would be “injurious” to other property in the immediate vicinity, if there would be undue interference with existing or future traffic patterns, and whether essential services would be provided to accommodate the site’s use.
Similarly, Holton and Brooks saw sticking points for all three.
Brooks said, "I have not been persuaded that this would not be injurious.”
The two commissioners agreed that the highway conditions do not seem adequate for the use, citing testimony from a member of the Caldwell Rural Fire Department and a statement from the Canyon County Sheriff's Office saying that it could be difficult to respond to accidents and adequately staff the area during events.
The sound produced by the venue also gave the commissioners pause.
Holton also said he was reluctant to approve the application in light of other conditional use permit requests for the area that had received far greater restrictions on their use of amplified sound.
He also said his experience in contracting made him concerned that the sound measurements in the sound study conducted by the applicant “do not rise to the level that would allow this commissioner to be persuaded.”
Further, Holton said the acoustics of the area would be different after dark, and he would want an audio test that would better reflect the conditions during a concert — sound levels at 85 decibels with peaks that don’t exist longer than 60 seconds.
“I have enough engineering in my being to understand how that is a lot of wiggle room, and that this commissioner would not want to be a neighbor to that venue,” he said.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Wichita’s Twitter account on Wednesday announced some Wichita roads will be closed for railroad repairs.
A tweet says Union Pacific will be closing parts of Rock Road, Hillside and 21st St. for the repairs.
- Thursday, July 27 – Rock Rd. south of 45th Street North
- Friday, July 29 – Hillside south of K-96
- Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30 – 21st St. west of Mosley
The repairs are likely to cause some traffic problems, so find a detour if you need to use these roads.
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Fifteen Idaho Falls Fire Department personnel practiced fire suppression real time during a live burn training scenario Wednesday at a vacant home adjacent to the Waterfront at Snake River Landing.
The crews ignited three different fires for training purposes at the property on Milligan Road.
“You get a lot of good heat in there — about 300 degrees where you are in the floor, about 900 degrees on the ceiling, so it’s a very realistic scenario,” said Jeremy Kroenig, Idaho Falls Fire Department probationary firefighter.
Kroenig started the day on an ignition team that lit the fire in the house.
“We were able to watch the fire grow and watch the fire behavior and the smoke behavior until we were no longer able to be in the room because of the heat,” he said.
The team used thermal energy cameras to track the heat.
“We moved out and were able to watch the fire crawl across the ceiling,” Kroenig said. “We were measuring the temperature the whole time. Just for training, we knocked the fire back a little bit and then watched the suppression team, the fire attack team, come in and extinguish the fire, and then we switched roles.”
Kroenig said this type of hands-on training is invaluable for the firefighters.
“It’s hot, but it’s awesome because you learn to trust your gear,” Kroenig said. “You learn to get comfortable in an environment like that. … Combined you have hundreds of years of experience all around you, so there’s a lot of resources for education and training.”
The home was the third structure in the past four years donated by Ball Ventures to provide training for the firefighters.
“Ball (Ventures) has let us use this structure for about eight months now,” Idaho Falls Fire Department Division Chief of Training Wynn Whitmeyer said.
The training allowed Idaho Falls Fire Department crews to rehearse different types of responses.
“On a house fire or any type or any type of building fire, if it’s a barn or whatever, our first go to is to do an offensive interior attack and save what we can,” Whitmeyer said. “If we get to the point or if we show up and it’s past that point, then we go into defensive operations and try to protect any structure or valuables surrounding it.”
Once the training exercises were completed, the firefighters let the home burn to the ground and continued carefully observing the fire to ensure it remained contained.
“This is as close to the real thing as we’re going to get,” Kroenig said.
Prior to its demolition by fire, fire department crews prepared the property for the rehearsal. The property went through an asbestos abatement process and surrounding brush was cleared away.
“We go in and we tear out all the carpet, all the fixtures, and we board everything up with plywood and sheetrock,” Whitmeyer said. “The plumbing gets taken care of; electricity gets disconnected. Basically it’s a standalone wooden shell that we’re able to train in. … We do remove all the windows and all the glass for our safety and for just general cleanup. We put windows on the outside that we can open super easy and ventilate and get access to.”
Most often, the department trains for live fires in shipping containers using propane and pieces of plywood in a 55 gallon barrel.
“This training is crucial. We don’t get construction very often, and so when we do they’re invaluable,” Whitmeyer said. “… (You) actually get to see the roof, the members, the walls and the floors igniting and catching on fire. In this training, we’re able to simulate what a house fire is going to be like when we arrive on scene.”
The department is always looking for additional buildings that can be utilized as training opportunities for its firefighters.
“If you have a structure that needs to be torn down and you’re willing to donate it to us for a short time, please let us know,” Whitmeyer said.
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Twelve eastern Idaho residents ages 55-plus were honored at the annual Silver Stars awards luncheon Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn.
The event recognizes honorees for “their personal and professional accomplishments, talents and positive contributions to our community,” said Donna Nims, Post Register advertising director.
This year’s recipients include John Baldus, Michelle Ball, Alfred DeCoria, Todd DeVries, Dorothy Gamble, Daris Howard, Vern Johnson, Rusty Landon, Nancy Makey, Amy Schmutz, Debbie Timm and Eric McGuire Wenstrom.
“(They are) strong people who are seasoned in their respective fields and who make the Idaho Falls area a strong and vibrant community,” Nims said. “They are people who mentor upcoming leaders and our youth, and they volunteer because they know the greater benefit.”
John Baldus worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Genesee, Idaho, giving 35 years as a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician. He consistently volunteers at the Community Food Basket and served many years at St. Vincent de Paul’s food pantry.
Michelle Ball worked as a teacher in Idaho Falls for more than 40 years. She founded Alturas International Academy. Prior to her work at Alturas, she instructed in a multi-age classroom for 22 years.
Alfred DeCoria was a teacher in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii who coached basketball, football, track and wrestling for more than 40 years. He also served in the U.S. Army.
Todd DeVries is a Licensed Master Social Worker mental health counselor at Autumn Leaves Psychiatry. He serves on the board of DWI and is the chair of the Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen. He is blind and has worked for more than 30 years with people with disabilities.
Dorothy Gamble is a retired teacher who loves teaching math. She serves as a guide, teacher and mentor to young and old. According to her nomination, she “speaks, serves, teaches and shows up.”
Daris Howard performs actively in local theater productions. He operated the Roxy Theater in St. Anthony for eight years with his family, providing original productions he’d written. He manages a website for a Rexburg YSA stake and gives away mounds of produce from his garden.
Vern Johnson, an Idaho Falls native, currently resides in Ashton where he helped construct a Habitat for Humanity home. He served as president of the Shelley Idaho Posse, which helps with search and rescue operations and participates in horsemanship competitions.
Rusty Landon is CEO of Entrusted, which owns and operates 20 hotels in the region. According to his nomination, “his team truly focuses on mentorship by providing entrusted employees with the tools they need along with support, training and educational opportunities.” He actively promotes the region as a business and leisure destination, creating local jobs in east Idaho.
Nancy Makey worked as the first female fire marshal at Idaho National Laboratory. She has lived in Idaho Falls for more than 60 years and helped organize the Northwest Living History Association, providing “living history portrayals,” according to her nomination. She also founded the Battelle Energy Alliance Toastmasters group.
Amy Schmutz volunteers at the Teton Cancer Institute. As a cancer survivor, she also serves in the Snake River Cancer Alliance Support group. She helps inform others about the importance of receiving mammograms. She organizes for speakers to address the group, talks to patients and provides comfort bags.
Debbie Timm worked for many years as Jefferson Joint School District 251’s child nutrition director. She organized summer meal programs and worked with businesses to support the lunch program. She has been president of the Idaho School Nutrition Association. She has traveled to Washington, D.C., to speak to legislators about changes schools need in their nutrition programs.
Eric Wenstrom created the Idaho Falls Youth Symphony in 1989. “He also cofounded the Idaho Falls Youth Arts Center, teaches orchestra and founded the Teton Chamber Orchestra,” his nomination said.
A selection committee reviewed each nomination and determined the final award recipients.
Each honoree received a trophy. The event was sponsored by Lincoln Court, Club Apple and Prime Time Auctions and organized by the Post Register.
A special section recognizing each recipient and his or her contributions will be included in Saturday’s paper.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — There have been multiple drownings along Brevard County’s beaches this year and one county commissioner told Channel 9 that he won’t sleep until the county’s beaches are safer.
Brevard County Ocean Rescue reported more than 390 rip current rescues between Nov. 2022 and March 2023.
During that same time, there were no drownings at lifeguard-protected beaches; however, there were eight drownings in unincorporated areas with no lifeguard stations.
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County Commissioner Jason Steele is asking the county to explore the possibilities of using tourist development tax dollars to add lifeguard stations in unincorporated areas of Brevard County
“So, there’s been an ongoing study that started back in May in regards to lifeguards and what we needed to do to protect the beach and protect the people and specifically protect our tourists,” Steele said.
Steele said he is also looking to the community for solutions to make Brevard’s beaches safer.
Read: Fishermen have rare encounter with killer whales in Florida Keys
“I plan on going outside the normal level of government and asking private enterprises and specifically Ron Jon’s Foundation which has a program called Drown Zero to help us with a donation and implementation to provide some additional safety for the people on our beaches,” Steele added.
Drown Zero stations contain flotation devices that are accessible to the public. They are already in use around Cocoa Beach due to partnerships between the Cocoa Beach Rotary Club, the City of Cocoa Beach and area businesses.
Read: Here’s who is behind Florida’s new Black history education standards
Back in March, the county added lifeguard stations in Indialantic and Spessard Holland South Beach Park as well as adding rolling lifeguard patrols.
“Families come down in the summer, a lot of family’s vacations down here. Typically, the ocean is pretty calm but if you’re very inexperienced, you can get into trouble,” said beach visitor Wade Gillespie.
Photos: Sinead O’Connor through the years
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Defense Department insiders gave explosive testimony on Wednesday about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), which are commonly known as UFOs.
“The U.S. government is operating with secrecy above Congressional oversight with regards to UAPs,” said David Grusch, a former intelligence officer.
“UAPs are in our air space, but they are grossly underreported,” said former Navy Pilot Ryan Graves. “These sightings are not rare or isolated. They are routine.”
“What concerns me is that there’s no oversight from our elected officials on anything associated with our government possessing or working on craft that we believe are not from this world,” said CDR David Fravor, U.S. Navy (Ret).
The three witnesses testified before a House subcommittee where lawmakers of both parties were critical of the lack of transparency.
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“We need to tell the folks at the Pentagon, they work for us,” said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.). “We’re going to uncover the cover-up.”
“For decades, many Americans have been fascinated by objects mysterious and unexplained and it’s long past time that they got some answers,” said Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.).
The lawmakers questioned the witnesses about the extent of the U.S. government’s involvement with UAPs.
“Do you believe our government is in possession of UAPs?” asked Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.)
“Absolutely, based on reviewing over 40 witnesses over four years,” responded Grusch.
Lawmakers on the subcommittee heard a first-hand account from Fravor, who said he personally encountered a UAP in 2004.
“Saw a white tic tac object with a longitude axis pointing north-south and moving very abruptly over the water,” said Fravor.
But Fravor said nothing was done about it.
“What is shocking to us is the incident was never investigated,” said Fravor. “My crew was never questioned.”
The witnesses warned they have faced retaliation for speaking up about UAPs.
Read: Volusia County girl, 11, facing felony charges, accused of making hoax 911 kidnapping report
Grusch said he officially became a whistleblower in May of 2022.
“I am driven by a commitment to both truth and transparency,” said Grusch. “I’ve suffered retaliation for my decision, but I am hopeful that my actions will ultimately lead to a positive outcome of increased transparency.”
“The American people deserve to know what is happening in our skies,” said Graves. “It is long overdue.”
The witnesses called for a system for pilots to report UAPs.
“We need a system where pilots can report without fear of losing their jobs,” said Graves. “There is a fear that the stigma associated with this topic is going to lead to professional repercussions.”
Read: Here’s who is behind Florida’s new Black history education standards
The public interest in the topic was clear by the long line of people waiting to get into the hearing room Wednesday morning.
Our Washington News Bureau spoke with Randall Nickerson, who was first in line after arriving Tuesday night.
“We don’t have to know everything, but if there’s other life forms out there, I think they should tell us,” said Nickerson.
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‘Terrifying ’: Allegiant plane avoids near-collision at 23,000 feetFishermen have rare encounter with killer whales in Florida KeysUFO hearing: Whistleblower testifies government 'absolutely' has possession of 'non-human' craftSinead O’Connor dies at 56Now-former Winter Park detective accused of driving drunk, crashing city SUV, but not taken to jail
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WINTER PARK, Fla. — Nancy Jerome remembers a time when the road outside her parents’ home had only two lanes, and was lined with beautiful oak trees in between.
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It was a perfect setting to raise a family, she remembered. It was walking distance to downtown Winter Park and lake views in the rear.
The peace is long gone these days, as are the oak trees. State Road 426, informally known to most as Aloma or Fairbanks Avenue or Brewers Curve, is the site of frequent traffic crashes, speeding and the occasional veering car into the door of Jerome’s neighbor’s garage.
“If somebody’s on their phone or it’s late at night, and they’re not paying attention for whatever reason, they’re likely to not even realize this curve until they’re on top of it,” she said.
READ: Police say drugs found during raid of community leader’s home, threaten nuisance crackdown
That reason, plus the narrow, unprotected sidewalks, is why she won’t walk on the sidewalks while traffic is flowing.
SR 426 is owned and maintained by FDOT, but after years of petitioning by citizens, Winter Park is exploring possible upgrades to the segment by Jerome’s house – and possibly taking over the road completely.
The city held two meetings in late June and early July to explore its options, which include reconfiguring the road and sidewalks to add more room for pedestrians and a planned bike path. Discussions included raised crosswalks, additional medians and a barrier between the sidewalk and the road, especially around the notorious bend in the road.
READ: No water, homes torn apart: residents around mobile home park feel abandoned
“We have had a significant speeding and safety problem,” Winter Park Mayor Phil Anderson said.
Staff members are still in the first steps of the takeover process. They plan to meet with FDOT soon, which will walk the city through how it’s done and provide recent examples. Both sides will then negotiate to ensure traffic won’t be restricted after the road segment is handed over.
READ: Florida lawmakers to focus on health care next year, House speaker says
Although it will be years before any work happens, property owners are thrilled at the prospect.
“Winter Park is such a lovely town and they really do take care of all of their citizens,” Jerome said. “I’m just delighted that they’re finally figuring out a way to leverage that into working with the state and getting something done here.”
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SARASOTA, Fla. — The abuse of opioids continues to heavily impact families across the Tampa Bay area and extend resources.
But now, some local responders have become empowered with more tools thanks to help from the state.
They'll be able to put life-saving drugs in the hands of regular people to help if someone nearby happens to overdose.
In a bid to get ahead of people who are at a high risk of repeat overdose, firefighters and first responders now have extra supplies of Naloxone, also known as Narcan, to give to family, friends and neighbors in places where they respond to an overdose call. This allows loved ones to jump into action before help eventually arrives.
"The hope is that if a friend or a loved one is seen to have an overdose, they are on the ground, not breathing and the friend recognizes an opioid overdose, they administer the Narcan," Dr. Marshall Frank, medical director for Sarasota County Fire Department, said.
Under the Florida Health Department's Helping Emergency Responders Obtain Support (HEROS) Program, Sarasota County first responders will leave behind at least one box of Naloxone.
This come after first responders went to nearly 850 drug overdose calls and administered more than 1,000 doses of Naloxone in 2022. That number is at around 400 calls for this year so far.
Naloxone is a nasal spray that helps reverse the effects of an opioid overdose within two to three minutes, even in cases where breathing slows or stops.
Officials say they continue seeing the use of various dangerous cocktails which eventually lead to overdoses, especially with fentanyl.
"Unfortunately, we see it put in other drugs, people are smoking with what they think may be marijuana or something like this and they end up having an overdose," Frank said.
While it has only recently begun to be made available to the public, Naloxone's been in the hands of sheriff's deputies and police for several years in Sarasota County.
Former Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight played a key role in making that happen several years ago and said first responders must have this additional tool in the fight.
"It's extremely important because first responders sign up to protect and save people," Knight said. "They don't care the background of the person, they care about the opportunity to do something good, to protect them and save them so it's really important for them emotionally and give them a tool in the toolbox to save somebody's life and hopefully that person becomes a better person and gets into a recovery program."
First responders will also leave pamphlets with information on local resources to help individuals beat addiction before it's too late.
"We get there very fast. The EMS technicians, they get there very fast, within four, five or six minutes. But if somebody can have their opioid overdose reversed in a matter of one or two minutes, that's obviously more beneficial," Frank said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's the fair's last week in town, which means it's one of the last few days to enjoy everything from award-winning concert performers to corndogs and carnival rides at the 2023 California State Fair.
The state fair is close the end of its 17-day run on July 30, and this year, the fair has brought some big names for its annual concert series. Still to come are performances by Gin Blossoms, Kool & the Gang and Trace Adkins.
If you're already set on going to the fair and just need a beeline to the ticket information page, you can click HERE.
For everyone else, here's a schedule for what's happening Thursday. Remember, the hours are subject to change.
Hours of operation: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Carnival hours: 2 – 11 p.m.
Kids Park Hours: 1 - 11 p.m.
Military, Veteran & First Responder Day
Free admission to the fair for military, veterans and first responder personnel at vettix.org
$4 Taste of the Fair
Every Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Dinner 911! Cooking Challenge
Military, Veterans, and First Responders face off in a live cooking challenge at the Save Mart California’s Kitchen. Teams of two Military, Veterans, Firefighters, Police Officers, and Emergency Medical Technicians will use a mystery ingredient to prepare a 3-course meal in front of a live fair audience and a panel of qualified judges.
- Round 1: Noon
- Round 2: 3 p.m.
- Round 3: 6 p.m.
Fair food
Food vendors are open daily, click here for the full list.
The California State Fair and Food Festival has a pass that gives out four tickets for $34 that can be redeemed at vendors who are part of the food festival. Look for the purple flags to find participating vendors.
- 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Sampling of Raw California Honey from Sola Bee Farms of Woodland @ Taster's Row
- 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Sampling of Caramel Corn from Carmazzi Caramel Corn @ Taster's Row
- 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Sampling of Seasoning & Spice Rub by Pawpa Flavor of Roseville @ Taster's Row
- 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Olive Oil Sampling from Olive Truck (2023 California State Fair Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition Best of Show Winner) @ Taster's Row
Fun for the Family
- 11 a.m. to noon: Cavalcade of Horses - Kids Play Center @ Rodeo Arena
- 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.: Tree Circus Stage Show
- 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.: Jack Spareribs @ Building D
- 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m.: JUMP! The Ultimate Dog Show
- 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m.: Camp Smokey Puppet Show
- 4 p.m.: VT916fam @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m.: Tanzanite African acrobats @ PG&E Center Stage
- 5 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.: Master hypnotist Tina Marie
- 7 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses - Mane Event: A Night At The Movies @ Rodeo Arena
Concerts
- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Jimmy Ashley @ Save Mart Wine Garden
- 11:30-11:45 a.m.: Journey Revisited @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 1-1:45 p.m.: Journey Revisited @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 3-3:30 p.m.: John'nay Lasha @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 4-7 p.m.: Dave Badilla @ Lagunitas Craft Beer Stage
- 5-5:30 p.m.: J Kent @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 7-10 p.m.: The Dave Russell Band @ Jack Daniel's Honky Tonk Saloon
- 8-10 p.m.: George Thorogood & The Destroyers @ Golden 1 Stage
- 8:30-10 p.m.: White Widow XOX @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
Maps
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — One week after ABC10 published our special investigation into an underwater junkyard in the San Joaquin River, three cars were removed from the Sacramento River.
The cars were pulled from the water Wednesday in a 100 yard stretch between Twin Cities and River roads near Walnut Grove in Sacramento County. A total of 12 cars were found in the river and marked by divers.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office Boat Patrol Unit worked together to clear the waterway of the cars.
Some of the cars dumped in the river were by accident. The first car officials pulled from the water was a white SUV that crashed July 13 around 5 a.m.
According to California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Leavitt, the driver is cooperating.
“A gentleman called 911 and said he drove off the road and into the Sacramento River but was able to swim out,” said Leavitt. “He had just driven off. He was not intoxicated or under the impairment of drugs or alcohol.”
This is an ongoing issue as Twin Cities Road is pitch dark when the sun is down. The speed limit is 55 mph with many straightaways, but the uneven road also has many twists and turns that are not visible to drivers unfamiliar with it.
Officials say the longer the car sits in water, the heavier it can get. This can pose problems to not only recovering the car from the water, but also how much the water damages the car.
The damage to the car could lead to cracked or ruptured gas tanks which could pollute the water and other things.
“They can cause serious consequences for fish and other critters if the concentrations are high enough they can actually kill them,” said UC Davis Toxocologist Ronald Tjeerdema.
All three cars removed from the water were connected to car accidents, according to officials. It's unclear what will come of the remaining nine cars in the river.
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PITTSBURGH — A car that was reportedly stolen from Sandcastle slammed into a house in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
According to Allegheny County 911, crews were called to the 2900 block of Beechwood Boulevard at 6:50 p.m.
Channel 11 learned at the scene that the car was driven by a juvenile and that it was reported stolen from Sandcastle.
Officials said the juvenile was driving when they hit a big stone in front of the house, making the car go airborne before hitting the house.
The juvenile was injured in the crash and is in stable condition, officials told Channel 11.
The house sustained damage mainly to the porch. It’s unclear if the home itself was damaged in the crash.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – A woman’s body was found in New Smyrna Beach on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the body of a woman in her late 20s was found on Lake Ashby Road near South State Road 415.
According to the sheriff’s office, the death doesn’t appear to be a homicide.
An autopsy is expected to be performed tomorrow. No additional information is available at this time.
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Bye-bye, July! School supply giveaway and more to do in Bloomington this weekend
The last days of summer break are dwindling. July is nearing its end, and K-12 students are headed back to school. Make the most of this final week by watching a comedy show, celebrating Queen Bey or browsing free school supplies just in time for back to school.
Adults can have fun, too! Field day at Switchyard Park
On Friday, July 28, adults 21+ are invited to a field day event from 6-9 p.m. at Bloomington's Switchyard Park. Admission is $8, and that gets you access to outdoor fun: dodgeball, musical chairs, giant lawn games and the IU Outdoor Adventures rock wall. If you aren't feeling competitive, get a drink and groove to '80s, '90s and 2000s music. There will also be a photo booth available.
All of this takes place at Switchyard Park's Main Stage Lawn at 1601 S. Rogers St. For more information, contact Crystal Ritter at ritterc@bloomington.in.gov.
'Show up' Friday night for dramedy film
Cicada Cinema is putting on a showing of the 2022 drama/comedy "Showing Up," starring Michelle Williams. The film plays Friday night at 8 at Hopscotch Coffee & Kitchen. Tickets are $8.
"Showing Up" is about a sculptor's journey through drama, love and creativity. It's an hour and 48 minutes long and is rated R. Hopscotch Coffee & Kitchen is at 235 W. Dodds St.
Queen Bey's Renaissance: Beyoncé night at The Back Door
Friday night, you'll be feeling flawless and crazy in love at The Back Door's Club Renaissance Beyoncé dance party. It'll be an irreplaceable night. You'll run the world. Get it?
The bar opens at 7 Friday night, but the dance party starts at 10. Be prepared for drag performances, Bey's top songs and a whole lot of singing. The drag queens will perform 10 p.m.-midnight, but the dancing continues until the bar closes at 3 a.m.
California comedian Ron Funches coming to Comedy Attic
Ron Funches is coming to Bloomington this weekend to perform Friday and Saturday nights at The Comedy Attic. It isn't the comedian's first time in town, and you've got four chances to see him this time. Both nights of the weekend will have 7 and 9:15 p.m. shows. Students get in for $16, and it's $20 admission for everyone else.
Funches is also an actor, starring in "Get Hard" and "The Goldbergs" and voice acting in "Trolls," among other movies and TV series. He has a one-hour special on Comedy Central called "Ron Funches: Giggle Fit."
Free school supplies and more at Switchyard Park
School will start before you know it. A Back to School Outreach event is scheduled for Saturday, July 29, to make school preparations easier for the whole family. If you swing by Switchyard Park at 2 p.m., you can shop backpacks, school supplies, clothing and shoes for free.
The event is hosted by City Church for All Nations. There'll be food, refreshments and even free haircuts. And, most exciting, anyone 18+ with an Indiana Driver's License is eligible to win a free car. Come to Switchyard Park from 2-4 p.m. Saturday and stress less about school prep.
Back to school:Monroe County students get a 'jump start' on school ahead of first day
Bringing "Iron Chef" to you: Chef's Challenge
Saturday evening at 7, Community Kitchen will present Chef's Challenge, Bloomington's premier culinary event. Three local chefs will take the stage at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in a competition similar to "Iron Chef." They'll use a secret ingredient to craft a dish in an hour. Local judges (including the H-T's Carol Kugler) will choose the winner.
On the Menu:Watch local top chefs create dishes at Bloomington Chefs' Challenge July 29
During the event, you can also indulge in a live auction, restaurant trivia and local hors d’oeuvres. The event will last 2.5 hours, and doors open at 6. Buy tickets now for $30. If you're industry staff, admission is only $10. All proceeds help Community Kitchen fight hunger in Monroe County.
Feeling nostalgic? Get out those old dresses and tuxes.
You've been missing the 80s. Back to school has you reminiscing on your teenage years, and your old prom dress is still in the closet covered in cobwebs. Dust it off, find a date and go to retro prom at The Fairfax Bar and Grill at 8660 S. Fairfax Road on Saturday night.
From 8-11 p.m. on the July 29, the Pam Thrash Retro Prom is a place to let loose while supporting a good cause. It's a benefit for Hoosier Hills Food Bank. There are two ticket options. One is $10, half of which goes toward the food bank. Or, bring two canned goods to the event and get in for $5.
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It'll feel like 109 degrees later this week. What to know about the approaching heat dome
As a heat dome travels north this week, Indiana residents will face temperatures in the high 90s and are advised to take measures to protect themselves, according to the Indianapolis office of the National Weather Service.
Temperatures in Bloomington this summer have been typical, NWS meteorologist Alexander McGinnis said. The area has reached 90 degrees only three times — once in June and twice in July so far. But later this week, temperatures will approach 100 degrees, reaching 97 on Friday.
It'll feel a lot hotter, though, because of humidity coming up from the Gulf of Mexico. The relative humidity combined with air temperature this Thursday will mean heat indexes of up to 109 degrees, McGinnis said.
Next week should return to normal, with temperatures of mid to upper 80s as a cool front comes down from the north.
What is a heat dome?
Southern U.S. states experience high temperatures each summer because of their relationship to the subtropical ridge, a belt of high pressure that can cause extreme heat, McGinnis said. These heat waves can build northward, reaching midwestern states like Indiana.
Heat domes are often associated with heat waves. High atmospheric pressure can trap heat, creating a dome that lingers over certain areas. When extreme temperatures persist for more than two days, it's considered a heat wave, according to the National Weather Service website.
Phoenix is one U.S. city experiencing extreme heat lately. On July 19, the high was 119 degrees. That day marked the city's highest ever average temperature, at 108 degrees, according to The Arizona Republic. Maricopa County — which includes Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale, among other cities — confirmed 18 heat-related deaths in three weeks.
How can I stay safe amid extreme heat in Bloomington?
The city released a list of cooling stations in Monroe County for July 27 and 28 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., when temperatures are expected to be the highest. There is also a map, so you can find the closest location near you in an emergency.
The Monroe County Emergency Management Agency has a system in place to automatically notify the public when temperatures reach extremes, said Chief Jason Moore with the Bloomington Fire Department.
If you can't be indoors during the high temperatures, it is crucial to stay hydrated, Moore said. Drinking water consistently throughout the day is key. Keep an eye out for signs of heat stroke, which include heat exhaustion, confusion, vomiting, red skin and muscle cramps.
If you're still in the heat but you stop sweating, you might be experiencing heat stroke. It can be fatal and should be taken seriously, Moore said.
Head here if you need to cool down in an emergency
- Bloomington Fire Station 1 (Headquarters): 226 S. College Ave.
- Bloomington Fire Station 2: 209 S. Fairfield Drive
- Ellettsville Fire Department Headquarters: 5080 W. State Road 46
- Monroe Fire Protection District Station 22 (Perry): 3953 S. Kennedy Dr.
- Monroe Fire Protection District Station 21 (Clear Creek): 9094 S. Strain Ridge Road
- Monroe Fire Protection District Station 23 (Indian Creek): 8019 S. Rockport Road
- Monroe Fire Protection District Station 25 (Bloomington): 5081 N. Old State Road 37
- Monroe Fire Protection District Station 29 (Van Buren): 2130 S. Kirby Road
- Monroe Fire Protection District Station 24 (Benton): 7606 E. State Road 45
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Ellettsville water customers can share input on 33% increase
Ellettsville's water utility is seeking to increase water rates by 33% to cover increases in operating and maintenance costs as well as planned infrastructure investments. The town filed its rate case with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on May 31.
The Indiana Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor, a state agency representing consumer interests, is gathering public comments until Aug. 22. A public field hearing is scheduled for Aug. 10 in Ellettsville.
Here's what you need to know.
Why is Ellettsville seeking a water rate increase?
Ellettsville's current base rate was approved by the IURC in 2016. Rates have been adjusted for wholesale water cost increases since, according to the filing. Ellettsville purchases its water from Bloomington. The city contracted with Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors to do a water utility rate study and passed an ordinance in May to seek an increase.
From May:Ellettsville council approves water rate hike and pause in new businesses
Town manager Mike Farmer said previously the town's 10-year infrastructure plan includes replacing 50- to 70-year-old water pipes. The utility also is seeking funds to build a new building for the utilities department.
How much will water cost if the rate increase is approved?
The charge for 3,000 gallons will increase from $6.24 to $8.33. Households using an average of 5,000 gallons a month will see their monthly bill increase from $31.92 to $42.60.
Has anyone commented on the proposed rate increase?
Numerous Ellettsville residents have submitted comments opposing the increase. Many said the increase is too large and most are requesting the IURC conduct a formal hearing.
How can I submit comments in person?
The IURC will have a public field hearing at 6 p.m. on Aug. 10 at Ellettsville Town Hall, 1150 W. Guy McCown Drive, in the meeting room. Comments made at the field hearing hold the same weight as comments made in other ways, but the utility will not make a presentation or answer questions and members of the commission are not allowed to answer questions at this public input session. Comments become part of the public record.
How can I submit a written comment?
Consumers who wish to submit written comments for the case record may do so via the OUCC’s website at www.in.gov/oucc/2361.htm, by email at uccinfo@oucc.IN.gov, or by mail at:
Public CommentsIndiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC)115 W. Washington St., Suite 1500 SOUTHIndianapolis, IN 46204
The deadline to submit comments is Aug. 22. Comments should include the consumer’s name, mailing address, and a reference to either “IURC Cause No. 45900-U” or Ellettsville Water. Consumers with questions about submitting written comments can contact the OUCC’s consumer services staff toll-free at 1-888-441-2494.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — An investigation is underway into the death of a teenager Wednesday morning in Oktibbeha County.
The homicide investigation is taking place in the Sunset community on Finley Drive. That’s where deputies responded at approximately 10:00.
Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt identified the victim as Tristianiz Calmes, 17.
The coroner said Calmes died at the local hospital; however, a cause of death has not been released.
The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office is expected to release more information soon.
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PORTLAND, Oregon — Just north of the Steele Bridge, Aaliyah Mays lives in a condo she hoped would bring her peace. What she didn’t know was the homeless camp across the street under the bridge would come with it. She’s been threatened by those living at the camp, causing her to fear leaving her house alone.
“I feel like a prisoner. I feel like a prisoner in my home,” Mays said.
She’s referring to the large, long-time homeless camp off Northwest Naito Parkway under the Steele Bridge commonly known as The Pit. She doesn't drive and relies on the MAX train. She has to walk by the camp to get there, which she says isn't always safe.
“I was threatened by a man with a large hunting knife… I’ve never been that scared in my life,” Mays said.
She's not alone. Her neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, was attacked while passing the camps. She identifies as transgender and moved to Portland to find community. “They started punching me and telling me that people like me weren't welcome here and if they saw me here again, they would make me sorry…I ended up with a fractured eye socket, a broken nose, a couple of broken ribs. I was bleeding everywhere and when they were done, they threw me off the bank there about ten feet,” she said.
These neighbors have reported the camps to the city more than 100 times over two years. “I’ve taken as many videos, pictures, everything I’ve now taken to posting them on social media,” said Mays.
Camps that block city sidewalks break the rules of a settlement the city agreed to earlier this summer. The settlement came from a lawsuit filed against the city by a group of ten Portlanders with mobility disabilities claiming encampments blocking sidewalks make it impossible for them to safely get around the city. As part of that settlement starting on July 1st camps were no longer allowed to block city sidewalks and the city was required to prioritize removing them among other things. The city said the camps blocking sidewalks in Old Town by Northwest Glisan and 2nd Avenue have been removed five times in the past eight weeks. The city says they cannot prevent people from occupying that space without creating structural barriers that would also block ADA access.
John DiLorenzo is the attorney behind the lawsuit that spurred the settlement with the city of Portland.
“It's a $20 million deal the city is supposed to be allocating $8 million this year to prioritize removals,” said DiLorenzo. He’s optimistic the city will take it seriously.
“I get around on this scooter, this is my only means of getting around because I can't walk,” said Sandra who travels through Old Town daily.
“I have to cross the street because I can't get past the tents…I have to roll over blankets and clothes and just trash,” Sandra said.
In two months, the city has removed roughly 200 to 400 campsites that block sidewalks. As part of the settlement people with a qualifying disability under ADA can file an accommodation request in tandem with submitting a campsite report to the Portland Bureau of Transportation, which will make it a priority assessment. As of July 26, there have been 24 of those requests made since May 31, according to city data.
“Mayor Wheeler strongly believes that everyone should have access to sidewalks to navigate the City safely, and this is especially true for Portlanders with mobility challenges. The settlement helps prioritize our efforts to ensure accessibility to sidewalks which we are working to preserve using every resource we have available," stated Cody Bowman, a spokesperson for Mayor Ted Wheeler.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Think of the fabric of the universe like a blob of really firm of Jell-O. If something hits Jell-O, it's going to jiggle — and if something big enough meets space-time, the so-called fabric of the universe? Same deal.
At least, that's how the theory of gravitational waves goes, according to Jeffrey Hazboun, an astrophysicist at Oregon State University.
"Gravitational waves are vibrations in the Jell-O," he said.
Hazboun and his students are part of a huge recent discovery: low-frequency gravitational waves are a ubiquitous feature of the universe.
Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space-time, and Einstein predicted them more than a century ago as part of his theory of relativity.
Hazboun and another OSU professor, Xavier Siemens, are part of an international collaboration of hundreds of scientists called Nanograv — the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves — which hunts for evidence of gravitational waves, especially at low-frequencies.
The hunters search by looking at pulsars, which are what's left behind when massive stars die. They spin through space at regular intervals and emit radio pulses that can be picked up by radio telescopes here on Earth, so scientists peering out into the universe can treat them as giant ticking clocks.
To try to find gravitational waves, the researchers have to keep an eye on the pulses and how often they arrive to see if there are any anomalies.
"If they arrive a little bit earlier or a little bit later, that can be evidence of a gravitational wave passing by, because the length between us is either extended or contracted a little bit," Hazboun said.
It sounds simple, but it was a very long-term project. Gravitational waves were first detected in 2015, but the waves are huge, with a frequency measured in lightyears, so spotting them takes time, especially for low-frequency waves.
"To really see the wave, you need to see from one peak to the next of the waves, and from peak to peak they could be 15 years apart," he said. "So you could see one peak and have to wait 15 years to see the next peak."
And that's exactly what the team did. After analyzing 15 years' worth of data from the radio telescopes, the team was able to detect a whole symphony of gravitational waves — some with high frequencies and others with low frequencies — a whole chorus of cosmic waves reverberating through the universe.
So where exactly are all these waves coming from? That's the next big question scientists will be looking to answer — but they do have some ideas.
"The objects that we think we're seeing are supermassive black hole binaries at the centers of galaxies that are billions of times the mass of the sun," Hazboun said.
The gravitational wave discovery is just the beginning of what scientists could someday learn, he said, and it could tell us a lot about what's going on in the universe and where we all came from.
"You can have predictions of things like dark energy or dark matter, big open questions that have ramifications for gravitational waves early in the universe," he said. "So these could be reverberations of the big bang."
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A Lincoln man found himself facing sentencing Wednesday not for having sex with a 16-year-old girl, which is the age of consent under Nebraska law, but for recording a video of it, which qualified as making child pornography.
Davonte Hazel's attorney, Greg Nelson, argued it seemed "somewhat unfair" to punish him for recording the sex because she was old enough by law to consent to it and consented to him recording it, to the extent that she could.
"I think my client would acknowledge ... that this is probably not a moral and ethical thing to do, judge," said Nelson, an Omaha attorney. "But I also think it's arguable that it wasn't potentially illegal."
Hazel, who initially balked at entering a plea saying he didn't know her age (which isn't a legal defense), pleaded no contest to felony child abuse, attempted generation of child pornography and possession of it.
In court records, Lincoln Police say the 16-year-old girl had been on the run in September 2021 when she and another teen runaway went to the Lincoln apartment where then 28-year-old Hazel and his girlfriend lived.
Soon after, the 16-year-old had sex with the couple.
The girl later told police Hazel and his girlfriend, co-defendant Roseanne Salomon, had been "selling" her and that she had had sex with Hazel so he could "test her out" before trying to set up "plays" to charge for sex acts with her.
Nelson said what they had was a 28-year-old who had sex twice with a 16-year-old, who consented.
"It was the age disparity that made the video recording of the sex act illegal," he said.
Nelson said taking video of a sex act is not terribly uncommon these days.
"It probably happens thousands of times throughout the state of Nebraska. Good or bad, probably bad, but it happens," he said.
Hazel, now 30, apologized for how he had put himself "in a pickle."
"I'm sorry for my actions," he said.
Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Julie Mruz said Hazel had taken zero responsibility and claimed to have no knowledge of the trafficking of the teen, despite numerous texts on his phone that talked about prices for sex acts.
She said Hazel skirted around any and all culpability by denying he knew the victim's age and minimizing the fact that he broke the law by recording the sexual acts.
"That's the law in Nebraska, that's how the Legislature has created the law in Nebraska, and that's how Mr. Hazel broke the law here in Nebraska," Mruz said.
She said the victim of the case wants to see justice and asked the judge for a significant sentence "for the protection of our community."
Retired Lancaster County District Judge John Colborn said he couldn't ignore the serious nature of each of the crimes Hazel was convicted of and his criminal history. And he sentenced Hazel to 24 to 36 years in prison.
Hazel also will have to register as a sex offender.
Salomon is set for sentencing next month for felony child abuse.
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More evacuations ordered as Diamond Fire burns inside Tonto National Forest
Evacuations were ordered Wednesday afternoon for residents living near the Diamond Fire as the wildfire continued to rage on inside the Tonto National Forest.
In a tweet from the Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management residents of the areas of Cross F Ranch and Diamond Ranch were placed in GO and told to evacuate immediately.
These are the places that are currently under GO evacuation orders:
- Area of Sunflower.
- Cross F Ranch.
- Diamond Ranch.
Arizona wildfire updates:White Horse Ranch evacuated for Grapevine Fire
Residents of the area of Sunflower were asked on Sunday to evacuate to the old bingo hall at the We-Ko-Pa Casino at 10424 N. Fort McDowell Road.
The fire which could be seen from Highway 87 inside the park also caused sections of the park to be closed in order for crews to fight the fire.
The Diamond Fire had already burnt more than 1,000 acres as of Tuesday morning.
Although named the same as another fire near Scottsdale earlier this month, this fire is unconnected to the Diamond Fire from early July.
This is a developing story.
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Heat deaths in Maricopa County jump to 25 within a week; hundreds still under investigation
As temperatures keep breaking daily records, at least seven more deaths have been reported in the Valley, according to the weekly Maricopa County Heat report released Wednesday morning.
The seven heat-associated deaths — defined as deaths both directly and indirectly caused by heat — confirmed by the county increased the number of such deaths from 18 to 25 so far in 2023. In addition to that number, at least 249 deaths remained under investigation by authorities.
By this time last year, 38 deaths had been confirmed, with 256 deaths under investigation.
Of the deaths this year, 80% happened outdoors with the rest happening indoors. The age group most affected by the heat is 75 years and older, as they make up 32% of deaths.
Non-unhoused persons still make up the majority of deaths, with 64% coming from that group, or 16 deaths to be exact. With the current heat wave hitting the area, heat-related hospital visits are on the rise with almost 2% of all hospital visits relating to the heat, the report outlined.
Of the five indoor deaths reported by the county, four came from places without functioning air conditioning.
Temperatures were slated to hit 117 degrees in Phoenix on Wednesday.
More:It's hot, are you drinking enough water? Here is how to avoid dehydration
Heat-related deaths set record in 2022
In 2022, a record 425 people died of heat-related causes — death indirectly caused by heat — in Maricopa County. A decade ago, the county reported just 75 heat deaths. Researchers have said the growing number of lives lost underlines an urgent need to scale up efforts to protect those who are most vulnerable.
In Phoenix, the urban heat-island effect contributes to hotter temperatures.
The vast areas of concrete and asphalt soak up heat from the sun during the day and radiate it at night, pushing temperatures higher than in other undeveloped areas.
Since 2009, more than 2,000 people have died from exposure to excessive natural heat. Heat deaths of people experiencing homelessness more than doubled between 2019 and 2020, according to Maricopa County data.
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Man sentenced to 19.5 years in 2020 killing of 15-year-old at Desert Sky Mall
A man who pleaded guilty to killing 15-year-old Anthony Castillo at the Desert Sky Mall in 2020 was sentenced Wednesday to 19.5 years in prison.
The killer, 30-year-old Daymond Deray Hayes, was handed down the sentence on one count of second-degree murder by Judge Justin Beresky.
Because he has been imprisoned for three years, that time will be reduced from his sentencing.
What happened at Desert Sky Mall?
According to court documents, on March 3, 2020, a verbal argument occurred between Castillo and Hayes at the Desert Sky Mall, near 75th Avenue and Thomas Road in Maryvale.
According to surveillance video obtained by police, Hayes is seen walking away from Castillo with a group of people. Moments after, Hayes approaches Castillo, hits him and then fires his gun, striking him in the head and then leaving the scene, court documents state.
Castillo was pronounced dead a day later, according to court documents.
Hayes was arrested that same day by Phoenix Police officers in the area of Central Avenue and Broadway Road.
Hayes claimed that he shot Castillo in self-defense as he thought the victim was armed at the time of the shooting. Witnesses did not see a gun on Castillo at the time of the altercation.
'He was loving, he was happy'
During the hearing at the Maricopa County Superior Court in downtown Phoenix, both Castillo’s and Haye’s families spoke.
Castillo’s father had to be escorted out of the courtroom as he yelled obscenities at Hayes.
In an interview with The Arizona Republic, his mother Roxanne Flores talked about her memories of her son.
“He was loving, he was happy, he helped so many people, he was into sports. He walked inside the room, he brightened the whole room.,” Flores said.
Castillo’s family believes the sentencing term was not enough to make up for the immense loss that came with Castillo's death.
“(Hayes) still gets to see his kids, he still gets to become a grandpa,” Flores said. “He was a coward, he took something so beautiful from me and my family."
Hayes' family pled to the judge for mercy and for a shorter sentence and described him as someone who loved his family and his community. His family said that he was on a path to becoming a better person after being imprisoned.
Hayes addressed the victim's family directly during the sentencing, asking for their forgiveness and expressing his regret. He told the victim's family that he prayed for them every day as a way to look for forgiveness from them.
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INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana state trooper faces allegations he provided false information during a criminal court proceeding.
According to an ISP spokesperson, Master Trooper Jeremy Basso was accused of perjury and official misconduct, both felonies.
(Note: The attached video is a June 2021 report on the crash involving Trooper Jeremy Bosso's squad car)
Basso, an 18-year veteran of the department, is alleged to have conveyed false information during a March 18 sentencing hearing in a Shelby County court, ISP said. The hearing was for a person who had been found guilty of driving while intoxicated and crashing into Basso's squad car as it was parked in an Interstate 74 construction zone on June 18, 2021.
Basso was taken into custody Wednesday and booked at the Shelby County Jail.
Ripley County Prosecutor Richard Hertel was selected as special prosecutor in the case.
Basso has been placed on administrative leave without pay, according to ISP.
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DAMARISCOTTA, Maine — The old BMW looks shiny and new, despite its 47 years. And as Keith Warren stepped on the accelerator, the car jumped to life.
"Does it drive better than it did when the car ran on gas?" I asked.
“100 percent,” he replied with a smile.
Keith Warren is an engineer who loves old, classic cars, but he also really likes modern electric vehicle technology. So, he decided to start a business, called Nomad Motors, to convert old cars from gas to electric. He quit his job as manager of a boat-building company and started work. The BMW, which he already owned, was the first project and, after a lot of design work and research, he began rebuilding that car.
We first visited in March when the BMW was still waiting for one more component to arrive. It finally came but needed rebuilding, which Keith did himself. Finally, by late June, the car was, at last, running and on the road, and Keith took us for a test drive.
“When you first headed out the driveway,” I asked, "was there a part of you that thought, 'My God, it works?'”
Keith laughed and said that he waited until he was about 500 feet farther down the road THEN thought to himself, “It works”.
Then, he said, he turned around and drove it back home to his garage.
“I didn’t want to press my luck,” he explained.
Now the BMW is bring driven often, its old-style round headlights very noticeable on the town’s busy Main Street. Keith kept the original manual transmission—not something you normally see in EVs—because, he admits, it's fun to drive. The car can operate with no difficulty in just second gear and never shift, but Keith said he enjoys working the gears. He also believes it helps reduce the load on the battery when driving at highway speed.
Because of that, and road noise and the hum of the engine, the BMW is not silent. It is, however, much quieter than a gasoline-powered version would be.
Battery range, he estimates, will be about 140 miles on a change. The small car has the battery pack in the trunk, leaving, as Keith describes it, “about enough space for a set of golf clubs.”
His next projects will have more space.
A 1969 Land Rover is already down to the framer and will soon have a used Tesla motor installed. The British-made battery package, weighing more than 700 pounds, had just arrived and was sitting in a big shipping crate in the back of Keith's wife Shannon’s old Chevy pickup.
But Keith admits a real test for the new company may come with vehicle number three: a red, 1967 Camaro convertible. A classic American muscle car.
“My parents bought me this car when I was 17,” Warren said.
It used to have a powerful V8 engine. But now, when he opens the hood, there is only the car’s frame. Engine, transmission, radiator, exhaust—all of it is gone. That wide open space is waiting for an electric motor and the other components to make the Camaro all-electric.
Warren admits some other classic car lovers recoil at the thought of removing the V8 powerplant that makes a muscle car what it has always been. But he believes the smooth and powerful electric motors now on the market will actually make the car better to drive.
This one will be a chance to prove his theory, he says, and potentially open the door to other owners of Camaros and Mustangs to make the conversion as well.
As for the BMW, it appears to be headed for life as a summertime daily driver. Keith Warren said if this first conversion is any indicator—and he thinks it is—the next two should make him just as happy behind the wheel.
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PORTLAND, Maine — It was about 10 years ago when Neil King first had the idea of heading out the door of his home near the U.S. Capitol and walking 330 miles to Central Park in Manhattan. It’s a corridor not known as a walker’s paradise, but it’s packed with history and with landscapes that range from the bucolic farmlands of southeastern Pennsylvania to the massive landfills of New Jersey.
“The more I started to look at it—the routes I could choose, which way I could go, the stories I would find along the way—I realized so much of our nation’s history is to be found between Washington and New York,” King says. “I really wanted to go out and look at it up close and see what came my way in terms of serendipitous encounters.”
The first of those encounters came a day or two into the trip. A guy named Ted was out at the end of his driveway bringing in a trash can when King came along, and the two started talking.
“You’re going on this walk, brother, and it’s a holy walk, a walk of worship,” Ted soon declared as he heard details of the trip. The more they talked, the more Ted became convinced that King was going to heal both himself and others as he made his way to New York City.
That sounded like a lot of weight to King.
“You can carry it,” Ted replied. “And it will only get lighter as you go.”
King, who is now retired after a career in journalism, recounts the journey in “American Ramble,” a blend of memoir, history and travelogue. Although he had traveled extensively, including a trip around the world when he was in his 20s, this relatively simple pilgrimage was, he says, one of the best things he’s ever done in his life. Not surprisingly, his book has touched a chord with readers, and in many cases elicited an I-wish-I-could-do-that sensation.
King said he understands the feeling.
“It just paid off in such an amazing way,” he said of the walk. “I urge people to do their own ramble.”
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PORTLAND, Maine — Before starting any workout is always important to warm up your muscles so you don’t pull something, but you should also be loosening other parts of your body.
Coach Craig Peugh from The Form Lab in Portland shows us the importance of Kinstretch and how it can enhance your body control, flexibility, and usage range.
When preparing to do squats you’ll want to loosen your hips, knees, and ankles to allow for a more fluid motion with more range of motion.
For Coach Craig’s tips just watch our segment.
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PORTLAND, Maine — "Project Home" is making waves in the community.
This nonprofit organization has joined hands with the City of Portland to address the pressing issue of homelessness and provide shelter to asylum seekers.
Project Home is on a mission to match people in need of housing with compassionate landlords and homeowners willing to offer their space.
The impact of this initiative has been significant, as more than 600 families have already found a place to call their own through the program.
Among the many success stories, Joamimha Marisa Vemba's journey stands out.
In May of 2022, Joamimha, along with her 18-year-old daughter, made the courageous move from Angola to Portland in search of a better life.
Despite the challenges of adapting to a new country and culture, she was determined to forge ahead with the support of general assistance.
Initially, Joamimha and her daughter stayed at a shelter, but they were shortly placed in a motel in South Portland before connecting with Project Home.
Project Home follows a comprehensive application process for individuals and families in need of housing.
Joamimha learned about the program from other asylum seekers and didn't waste any time applying. Her dream was to have a place she could call her own, where she could cook and lead an independent life.
The organization initially found Joamimha a house in Westbrook, but unfortunately, the rent was unexpectedly raised above the general assistance limit at the last moment.
However, hope was not lost as a compassionate landlord in Portland reached out with an opening, providing Joamimha and her daughter the opportunity to get back on their feet.
With a roof over her head, Joamimha now has a renewed sense of optimism. She is currently waiting for her work permit and dreams of pursuing a career in nursing after excelling in finance back in her home country.
Despite the language barrier, Joamimha is eager to learn English, which she believes will open doors to various opportunities.
"Currently, the organization has 300 families housed, but an applicant pool of over 2000 individuals is still waiting for assistance," Lucas Schrage, Project Home Program Manager said.
The demand for safe and stable housing remains high, and Project Home is committed to fulfilling this vital need as the temporary shelter for asylum seekers at the Portland Expo prepares to close its doors next month.
Project Home guarantees year-long housing for tenants and offers a year's worth of rent to supportive landlords.
The program's reach extends beyond Portland, encompassing home seekers, landlords, and homeshare providers throughout Maine.
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AUBURN, Maine — Flash flooding ripped through the Lewiston-Auburn area Tuesday evening, leaving roads and homes flooded and damaged.
While the rain event lasted just a couple of hours, the damage will take days to repair, according to Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque.
"There's really no prep that could have been done," Levesque said. "This is a first for me, this is a one-in-a-hundred-year storm event, a biblical deluge of rain in a short amount of time, and hopefully we never see it again."
Pieces of asphalt were seen jutting out of the ground Wednesday morning on the River Walk along the Androscoggin River. Trash and pieces of wood were seen along the river's bank, and all of the afternoon construction crews were seen digging up the asphalt. City officials told NEWS CENTER Maine they hope to have it paved over within the next week.
"It's been a very busy day," Scott Holland said, who is the deputy public works director in Auburn. "Obviously we have a lot of work we need to accomplish and on top of this, we have a lot of other projects going on."
The estimated cost of the repairs in Auburn could be around a few million dollars, according to the city.
Meantime in Lewiston, tenants at 37 Union St. said their home is condemned after the roof collapsed, sending gallons of rainwater into the units.
"It was hectic, everyone grabbed what they could," Derek Sluhocki, who lived at the building, said. "There was a lot of things going through my head if I'm being honest, it was just shocking."
Another tenant, Amy Reed, said she came home from work to see the flooding and said most of the people at the building had to sleep outside.
"I was baffled, I was not expecting to have the entire outdoors inside my apartment building," Reed said.
Tenants said the building owners won't allow people to go back inside, and told them they need to find another place to live.
NEWS CENTER Maine called the property management, Central Maine Property Management, but did not hear back.
American Red Cross workers were outside the apartment building Wednesday trying to set up tenants with temporary living arrangements.
For Sluhocki, he plans to stay in a hotel Wednesday night but said he may be looking at homelessness.
"We don't know, we just got to stick together, me and my wife," Sluhocki said.
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SOUTHPORT, Maine — A 39-year-old man has been reported missing after he was last seen on July 1.
Brian McNamee of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, and Skagway, Alaska, was reportedly last seen at his workplace at Southport General Store.
According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, McNamee was seen that day with abrasions on his face from an alleged assault that took place June 30, which he reported to his boss, but that incident was not reported to law enforcement.
The sheriff's office stated that McNamee "took his chef knives and cleaned his other belongings from work" on July 1, and reportedly told his boss he lost his cellphone on June 24.
McNamee was reportedly staying at a campsite at Penny Lake Preserve, where deputies later found some of his belongings.
"Brian's family reports he is known to wander and work in seasonal resort towns, and it's not uncommon for him not to communicate with his family," the release stated.
His family reported him missing on July 21.
The sheriff's office asks that anyone with information about McNamee or his whereabouts to contact Detective Jared Mitkus at 207-882-7332 or jmitkus@lincolnso.me or Deputy Kasey Doyle at kdoyle@lincolnso.me.
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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — After around a year of discussion, the City of South Portland is moving towards a four-day work week for the majority of its city employees starting August 7.
City officials say the discussion was sparked after the pandemic when many were transitioning back to a traditional work week after working remotely.
"I think the pandemic made everybody more conscious about work/life balance," Human Resources Director Stephanie Weaver said.
With the new schedule, the city hall will be open Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The City Clerk and Finance Officers will remain open until 6 p.m. only on Tuesdays.
To better serve its employers, the city worked with a consulting firm that took a close look at its operations to see what—if any—changes would be the best fit.
It didn't take long for a pattern to emerge: Out of its non-union members, around 89 percent of employees mentioned a four-day work week, flexible schedules, or both.
To compensate for the lost hours, the city also hopes the new schedule will help residents looking to head into the city hall either before or after work.
"What we've done is we've built hours on either end of the day where we used to have the sort of traditional business hours," Weaver said. "You hear someone who is waiting in line say something like 'I had to take Friday off in order to come register my new car' because they couldn't get here before eight and four-thirty. Well now they'll be able to come earlier or later."
Weaver also says it's the switch to offering online city services which made the change in the schedule possible as well.
This isn't the first time a city in Maine shifted their hours; Biddeford started a four-day work week around a year ago. They say since then, they've received hundreds of applicants for city jobs.
"I absolutely loved it, it was a very quick adjustment!" City Clerk Donna Richard said, who started in January. "I have plenty of time to do things that I don't have time to do otherwise."
So far, city employees in South Portland are excited as well. Communications Director Shara Dee says with Friday free, she can now celebrate her son's birthday.
"Now that I have my dream job and I'll also be able to work four days which is just, for the work-life balance for me, it's really great," Dee said.
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WINDHAM, Maine — A woman has died after she was reportedly hit by a truck Sunday while she was walking.
Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash at about 11 a.m. Sunday on Swett Road near Cartland Road.
Deborah Livengood, 74, of Windham was reportedly walking northbound on Swett Road when she was hit by a truck traveling southbound driven by a 16-year-old boy, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the Windham Police Department.
Livengood was brought by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where she died Tuesday evening, Capt. Jason Andrews told NEWS CENTER Maine.
Driver inattention may be a contributing factor, according to law enforcement.
No criminal charges have been filed or arrests made, and the crash remains under investigation.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — On Wednesday, family, friends, firefighters and community members honored and remembered the life of Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton at his funeral service.
City, county and state leaders remembered Melton as a person who had a caring heart and a big smile.
“When I saw his smile, I saw hope and a future for the fire department,” Birmingham Fire Chief Cory Moon said.
“There is no room where you didn’t know he was there,” Godbrother Larry Williams Jr. said.
While remembering Jordan, some speakers pleaded with those in the community to stop the violence.
Melton and firefighter Jamal Jones were shot at Birmingham Fire Station 9 in the Norwood neighborhood on July 12. Melton died one week ago at 29 years old.
“Put the guns down!” State representative Juandalynn Givan exclaimed.
“We have to find better ways to resolve conflict,” Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway said.
Jordan Melton’s mother Rochelle Gaston Malone, says the best way people can remember her son is to continue to pursue their dreams and goals as he had done in life.
“There’s hundreds of ways to get it out here. You just to open eyes, listen and grind!” Gaston said.
Birmingham police tell us no arrests have been made for the shooting. The award money to help find a suspect has been raised to $45,000.
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LaPORTE CITY — A La Porte City man has been arrested for allegedly having sexual contact with a child.
Faron Robert Good, 39, was arrested July 19. He was released pending trial and a restraining order was filed in the case.
Authorities allege Good inappropriately touched a girl between late 2019 and 2021. Police were notified July 19, 2023.
What you missed this week in notable Waterloo and Cedar Falls crimes and court cases
This week's local crime and court updates from The Courier.
Officers found marijuana and a loaded 9 mm Glock 17 handgun with an extended magazine under the front seat.
Paramedics with Waterloo Fire Rescue took him to a local hospital for treatment, and he is expected to survive, according to police.
The girl is currently charged as a juvenile for trying to kill her mother and her mother’s boyfriend in a Feb. 15 shooting at a Leavitt Street apartment in Waterloo.
The victim suffered cuts and other injuries and was treated at a hospital emergency room.
A former fast-food employee who allegedly stole a bank bag full of cash in November has been arrested.
A Van Horne woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing two vehicles and breaking into a camper in rural Buchanan County
The man reportedly led officers on a chase last year before crashing his vehicle into a tree in the 1900 block of Sycamore Street.
The court entered a judgment awarding $55,750, which includes $5,359 in attorney fees and $1,876 in interest.
Police and crews with Waterloo Fire Rescue responded to the call and found the vehicle was empty.
Annually, about one-third of all traffic fatalities are alcohol/impaired related. In Iowa last year, 57% of the July 4th holiday weekend traffic fatalities were alcohol related.
Doctors discovered head injuries and retinal hemorrhaging, and suspected possible abuse.
When he was being taken into custody, he allegedly struggled with officers while a carrying a loaded handgun in his pocket, which netted him additional charges.
'That man is a killer, and he’s walking free,' the father of the victim said at the sentencing.
Officers later stopped his vehicle and found BB gun designed to look like a Glock 17 pistol in the glove box,
He sold meth out of his home and worked with others who helped him get ice meth from various sources of supply in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and California.
He was also sentenced to community service for burning a wooden park sign and 60 days in jail for violating his probation in an earlier case where he killed his sister’s bunny.
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WATERLOO — Bob Fencl is always active.
Earlier this month, he represented Iowa and medaled in three categories at the 42nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Portland, Oregon. The Vietnam veteran won bronze in softball, silver in weightlifting, and gold in nine-ball. The event is sponsored by Paralyzed Veterans of America and held in a different city every year.
News accounts say the games, which took place July 4-9, included about 400 athletes.
“The thing that was good for me was I got a gold medal, first place in nine-ball. I don’t practice shooting pool,” Fencl said. “The last time I shot pool was a year ago at the event, and I beat a guy that I don’t think he’s ever been beaten. He’s always come back with a gold medal.”
Last year, he also took silver in the bench press when the games were held in Tempe, Arizona. In 2021, he competed in New York City, winning gold in the same category.
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Eighteen years ago, Fencl was hit by a car driven by a Waterloo police lieutenant at Ridgeway Avenue and U.S. Highway 63 while riding his bike to work. The Aug. 5, 2005, accident left him with severe damage to his spinal cord. While he can move a short way with the help of two canes, he uses a wheelchair for longer distances.
Ann Meyer, the police officer who hit him, was on her way to work. She was issued a traffic citation, according to Courier archives.
Before his accident, Fencl was an avid weightlifter and bicyclist, riding his bike 8.5 miles to and from work every day. The people caring for him after the accident encouraged maintaining his active lifestyle, and with some persuasion he took them up on the annual games.
“They didn’t want me to be at home by myself and not do anything. They wanted me to have different activities to get involved in to look forward to,” Fencl said. “So I put it off for a long time and then five years ago I decided to go the Wheelchair Games, so I’ve been going the last five years.”
Fencl served onboard the USS Midway during the Vietnam War, and was part of the evacuation when South Vietnam fell in 1975. After getting out of the Navy, he worked as a martial arts instructor and scuba diving instructor before the accident.
According to Fencl, the medals are more than a source of bragging rights. The most important thing for him is setting a positive example for other veterans with disabilities.
Whether injuries were sustained in combat or in veterans’ civilian lives or they simply lost mobility with age, Fencl says staying active is crucial. He hopes that by continuing to compete and remaining active, others will be encouraged to do so as well.
“It means a lot to me because I’m being a witness to people that it’s important to get out and stuff and not give up,” Fencl said. “There’s things out there to do and especially with the battle veterans. The veterans need to reach out and get help – that they’re not all alone – that there’s help out there and things for them to do.”
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CEDAR FALLS — High school students have numerous ways to explore college options today.
They can talk with school counselors, visit campuses or even watch a new video series called the “The College Tour” to do a deeper dive into colleges across the country. But how about actually living on campus for an extended period of time to get a taste of what it’s like to be away from home and attend classes there?
UNI has answered that call with its Upward Bound college preparatory programming. The state university gave close to 100 Waterloo high school students the chance to live in dorms for five weeks this summer and go to classes.
It is the first year of the residential opportunity since the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We look at their four-year plans for what classes they would take next school year, and then we put them in classes during the summer to prepare them for what they’re going to see in the coming year,” said Sarah Cohen, director of Upward Bound Math and Science.
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Their lives as college students include the everyday rigors outside the classroom, too. That means lots of walking around campus to get to the buildings where classes are being taught. They eat meals with students they’ve never met, an experience similar to that of a first-year college student.
“This program is a great opportunity to expand the circle of people you hang out with,” said Orton Fredrick, who will be an 11th-grader at West High School in the fall. “I feel this program really helped me open up a bit more.”
They pick up soft skills, too. Many of the students agreed time management is a skill they had to learn while in the program.
“I was impressed with how college students manage their time well. It gets stressful at times, because you realize you got all these things to do,” said Kayden Moore, who will be a ninth-grader at East High School in the fall.
Students took classes like algebra, biology and reading comprehension, and experienced a changing schedule every day.
“I had Algebra II for math, and I’m going into Algebra II. My teacher would explain the basic concepts and we would just practice them over and over. It really gave me the instruction I needed so I wouldn’t fall behind in math classes,” said Rana Teke, a West High student heading into 10th grade.
“You don’t have to get warmed up to learn a subject like math, and you can go straight into it next year,” she added.
Specifically, Fredrick, Moore and Teke are part of the Upward Bound Math and Science program, which helps students each week recognize and develop their potential to excel in different careers.
“They are actually our very first cohort of students to be in Upward Bound Math Science and then to be on campus,” said Cohen. “A lot of students had their minds set on careers, but they learned a lot about other ones throughout the summer as they were exposed to STEM careers on campus and went to other colleges.
“The activities were really great as introductions. In the future, I’d really like the older students to dive a bit deeper into the careers that they’re most interested and work more hands on with the professors in those careers at the university.”
The careers range from health care and accounting to engineering. What they learned each week wasn’t just about what these professionals do on a regular basis. It introduced the students to what’s needed to enter the fields.
“I’d like to go to UNI to get my physics degree,” said Fredrick. “That’s what engineers typically have to get.”
Moore described her experience as “positive learning and like a summer camp for STEM” enthusiasts. Teke reflected on her experience with metal working while in the program.
“Casting metal and controlling the excavator was really fun,” Teke said.
Additionally, the students had other fun experiences outside the classroom and went on a one-week road trip, “Classroom on the Road,” as part of the program. They visited St. Louis to learn about what St. Louis University and the University of Missouri–St. Louis offer.
“There are scholarships, and I learned about how colleges offer a lot of help along the way,” said Tine Capelle, who will be an 11th-grader at West High.
Upward Bound has a goal of expanding educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities and supports students in many ways. Other services include tutoring, student application assistance, scholarship support and ACT preparation.
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CEDAR FALLS — Connection was key for the second year of the University of Northern Iowa’s Meskwaki Summer Camp, a weeklong college and career readiness program for Meskwaki students entering grades seven to 10.
The 22 participating students gathered on campus from July 17 to 21 for a week of exploring academic programs, hearing from UNI faculty and summer fun.
The students participated in large group activities in the mornings, including highlighting some academic majors by touring the athletic training labs, seeing the alligators and syndavers – or synthetic cadavers – in McCollum Science Hall and visiting the planetarium. They also stayed overnight in the dorms and ate meals in the dining halls, giving them a first taste of the college experience.
“One of the greatest things that it means is that you’re having middle and high school students who, at a pretty young age, are developing a comfort level at a college campus, which is something a lot of people don’t have,” said Travis Mullen, a higher education adviser with the Meskwaki Higher Education Program, which works to connect high school students and adults with college resources.
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“To remove that fear factor of a big, new environment, especially when you’re from a small town, is huge,” he said.
Mullen noted that this year several of the student counselors were from the Meskwaki Nation. “Not only is it seeing other Meskwaki here, it’s saying if they can do this, I can do this,” he said.
“Everything is connected,” was the main theme of the environmental science program, one of the three tracks students could participate in during the week. Students learned about water and food sovereignty, did some fishing and explored nature.
The other track options were in physics, where they learned about patterns and fractals, or entrepreneurship, where they came up with their own products to solve problems in the world around them.
Lindi Roelofse is the academic program manager at the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at UNI and led the entrepreneurship track. She was also one of the founders of Meskwaki Inc., an economic diversification strategy for the tribe, making this camp extra special for her.
“Now I’m also getting the opportunity now that I’m with UNI to work with the students who can innovate and create new things, jobs for themselves, jobs for other tribal members, and solve the problems that they care about most,” she said.
Lesli Garcia, assistant director for diversity recruitment in UNI’s Office of Admissions, served as co-program director for the camp. She emphasized the connections created between students and staff over the course of the week.
“Getting to know them was probably my highlight,” she said.
“It was nice getting to know them throughout the week, especially with our programming. They would come back and tell us everything that they learned. It was nice also seeing the ones that were more shy than others come out of their shell. Within the first days everyone was super comfortable,” she said.
According to Mullen, these relationships can be lasting and can have quite a payoff.
“Because of UNI’s investment in the Meskwaki community, the result has been that there are more Meskwaki students attending the University of Northern Iowa than the other two state schools combined, which in our program’s past it has been the exact opposite,” he said.
Twelve Meskwaki students will attend UNI this fall, which is approximately the number who will attend the University of Iowa and Iowa State combined.
“The investment is paying off for UNI big time, and it’s paying off for the Meskwaki community as well, because it’s making college-ready students,” Mullen said.
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PHOENIX — The principal, athletic director and head football coach of Cesar Chavez High School have been placed on paid administrative leave while authorities investigate the death of a 15-year-old student-athlete at Show Low Lake, according to the Phoenix Union High School District.
Officials said Christopher Hampton was up north with his football team for an athletic camp when he was first reported missing on July 17 after a visit to Show Low Lake.
Multiple agencies searched for Hampton before he was found dead in the lake the next day.
There is an ongoing investigation into Hampton’s death. The district said it is cooperating with law enforcement.
"The district continues to investigate the events that took place before, during, and immediately following the summer football camp that Cesar Chavez High School attended. It is protocol during such investigations to make immediate personnel changes. These changes are in place while staff are on administrative leave. The social and emotional well-being of our students, staff, and families continues to be the highest priority during this difficult time," said district spokesperson Richard Franco.
The following statement was posted on the district's website Wednesday.
Dear Chavez Families,
We write this email to inform you about a change in leadership at Cesar Chavez High School. Until further notice, Ms. Shakira Simmons, who currently serves as PXU Principal Coach, will be Acting Principal. Dr. Samantha Middagh, who currently serves as PXU Administrator in Residence, will be Acting Assistant Principal for Student Connectedness.
If you have any questions related to your student’s educational or athletic needs, please email ssimmons@PhoenixUnion.org or middagh@PhoenixUnion.org respectively.
We look forward to the start of a successful school year on Monday, August 7.
Hampton's family created a GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral expenses.
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PHOENIX — Beginning next year, American Airlines is adding two new destinations from Sky Harbor.
Travelers using the airline can book flights to Tijuana, Mexico, and Pasco, Washington, starting in February.
The airline said that flights will land at Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco and Tijuana International Airport in Tijuana.
Representatives with Sky Harbor said the expansion is a welcome one.
“The local team here at Sky Harbor is excited about the local growth and opportunities to connect customers to new places and experiences across our network,” said the Vice President of Airport Hub Operations, Sophia Philis-Ortiz.
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said the new destinations benefit the city's economy.
“The addition of a direct, non-stop flight to Tijuana, Mexico, builds on Phoenix’s status as a major hub and one of Mexico’s largest air travel markets. This new connection will ultimately strengthen our tourism industry, support business, and create more job opportunities for Phoenicians,” said Gallego.
American said in addition to the new destinations, the airline will expand its service between Phoenix and Guadalajara with two daily flights beginning on Feb. 15.
With all the new additions to its service at Sky Harbor, American will offer more than 260 daily flights to 100 destinations, according to the airline.
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ARIZONA, USA — The House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security heard from three military veterans Wednesday who said unidentified flying objects are underreported and urged more transparency from the federal government.
The committee heard testimony from two pilots who said they'd witnessed what is now called "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" or UAPs.
“I’m not a UFO fanatic; it’s not me," former Navy Commander David Fravor said. "But I’m telling you what we saw with four sets of eyes over a five-minute period. We have nothing close to it.”
Fravor was one of the witnesses to the so-called "Tic-Tac Video" showing a rectangular object from the camera of a fighter jet.
“The [air traffic] controller said these objects had been coming down from 80,000 feet, hanging around a few hours and then going back up.," Fravor testified. "For those who don’t realize, 80,000 feet is space.”
The committee also heard from David Grusch, a former intelligence analyst with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
“I was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program," Grusch said.
He claimed he reported it to his superiors and was retaliated against. He's currently claiming whistleblower status.
He also testified that "non-human biologics" were found with the crashed UAPs, but never specified what that meant.
Watching the hearing closely from his home in Tucson was a man who knows more about government UFO investigations than almost anyone.
Nick Pope ran the UK Ministry of Defence's UFO investigation during the early 1990s.
"When somebody on the floor of Congress uses the phrase 'non-human intelligence,' you do a double take," Pope said.
The official UK government line was that UFOs posed no national security threat. Pope spent four years investigating sightings.
“I never got my hands on a smoking gun," he said. "David Grusch testified to Congress that smoking gun exists."
Arizona Representative Andy Biggs, who sits on the subcommittee, asked Grusch about the famous Phoenix Lights sighting in 1997.
“The explanation was military training from Luke [Air Force Base] and the Barry Goldwater Training range," Biggs said. "Do you know anything different than the official explanation of those lights?"
Grusch replied he did not but could point committee members to places where those files if they existed, might be.
The subcommittee members said they wanted more transparency from the US military, citing occasions when they asked for intelligence. They said they were cleared to see but were denied.
More questions were raised over pilot and aircraft safety, as former pilot Ryan Graves told the committee pilots now plan for UAP sightings as part of their pre-flight safety briefing.
"UAPs are in our airspace, but they are underreported," Graves said. "These sightings are not rare or isolated. They are routine."
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CALDWELL, Idaho — Home values in Caldwell have risen dramatically over the last few years making it difficult for young families and first-time buyers to buy an affordable home. The average price of a home in Caldwell ranges from $380,000 to upwards of $400,000, but one house stands out from the rest.
"I don't know how people afford over $300,000 for a house, not with the interest rates over 5 percent," said Paula Sayles, a homeowner from Canyon County.
Sayles may not be in the market for a home anymore but definitely knows what the struggle of finding one is.
"The market is really tough because I have a son and him and his family do not have a home," Sayles said. "Their rent is really high."
Not only is there a mortgage to think about when buying a home, there are other factors as well.
"I don't know how you have a mortgage of $1,500 to $2,000 and then grocery prices and gas prices up so high.," Sayles said. "How do you raise a family of two, that's tough."
So, that is where the Caldwell Housing Authority steps in, this particular house, called the college house, located near the College of Idaho in Caldwell was abandoned and later owned by Canyon County.
The county then transferred it over to the housing authority and they completely remodeled this 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home from top to bottom with new wood flooring, a brand new kitchen and a new electrical system.
Now you may be asking what is the house worth?
"This is the first time that the housing authority has taken a house of this quality and of this nature, and have offered it at 55% of the market value,"
said Mike Dittenber, the Executive Director for the Caldwell Housing Authority.
Once the housing authority spruced it up, the appraisal report says that house is now worth $380,000, but the price it is being sold at is $170,500.
"Our goal as a housing authority is not to make profits on selling houses, our goal as a housing authority is to put people in affordable housing," Dittenber said. "In order to apply you go online and fill out the initial application which shows that you are interested," Dittenber said.
He furthered that to be eligible people must have worked in Caldwell for the last five years and have an income of less than $85,000 a year.
The housing authority says they want to make sure that this house goes to someone who has decided to make Caldwell their home fulfilling their motto of strengthening families and building a community by providing affordable housing.
The organization says this is the sixth property it has listed for sale and they're hoping to have more in the future, but there is a catch when you buy a home from them you have to stay in the house for 10 years.
If the new owner decides to sell the house or move out before those 10 years, they'll have to reimburse the housing authority the difference in equity, which in this case is more than $140,000.
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