text string | url string | crawl_date timestamp[ms] | label int64 | id string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The story of how Megan Connealy came to open up a plant and home decor store across the street from the Nebraska State Penitentiary revolves heavily around two events in February.
First, her husband, Devan, was completing remodeling work on a space in the former Burger King location at 14th Street and Pioneers Boulevard for a coffee shop. He told her he had always had the feeling that they should open some kind of business in the other side.
The second event was a trip to Texas after her husband finished the job in which they visited Magnolia, the company formed by Chip and Joanna Gaines of "Fixer Upper" fame.
One of the things Connealy saw at Magnolia was a propagation wall, where plants were growing. The plants were just for decoration, but she thought it would be cool to have a wall like that with plants people could buy.
"I thought that would be really fun to create," she said. "It's an experience."
A propagation wall is one of the main features of Connealy's new store, Earth & Home.
The store, which opened Saturday, offers houseplants and plant accessories, home decor, candles and soaps.
Connealy, who doesn't have any formal background or experience in botany, said she comes from a family of green thumbs and has always had an interest in plants, something that really "bloomed" during the pandemic.
"Because of COVID, I took the time to really learn about them," she said.
Connealy also said she has lots of friends who are intimidated by houseplants, and she wanted to find a way to help them.
The store's "pot your own plant" feature, which allows customers to choose a cutting from the propagation wall that Connealy and her staff will put into a pot along with soil and nutrients, is perfect for those who want a plant, but don't really know how to go about buying one.
Earth & Home will be open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Husker attire now at SouthPointe
Alumni Hall Stores, the company that bought Husker Headquarters, has opened up a location at SouthPointe Pavilions.
The location that opened June 29 in a space next to Barnes & Noble is technically a relocation of the store that was in the Edgewood shopping center at 56th Street and Nebraska 2.
Alumni Hall, which is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, specializes in selling college athletic apparel. It bought Husker Headquarters a year ago. In addition to the SouthPointe store, it has a store downtown at 1120 P St.
New store at Gateway
A women's clothing store called Daily Thread opened last month at Gateway Mall.
Minnesota-based Daily Thread describes itself as offering "affordable fashion everyday" for women in sizes ranging from extra small to 3X.
The company, which has stores almost exclusively in the Midwest, has been expanding rapidly, with the Lincoln store one of more than a dozen that's opened just in the past couple of months.
The local HobbyTown franchise was one of two Nebraska retailers to be named America's Retail Champions. The other one is Master's Hand, a candle and gift shop in Tekamah.
The owners of the former Sears building at Gateway Mall have filed a $4.5 million building permit for work to transform it into a mixed-use, multiple-tenant building. | https://journalstar.com/business/local/retail-roundup-new-lincoln-store-offers-pot-your-own-plant-experience/article_91ab88cb-c7e1-5356-9d67-b2e45063b4ae.html | 2022-07-09T18:29:20 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/business/local/retail-roundup-new-lincoln-store-offers-pot-your-own-plant-experience/article_91ab88cb-c7e1-5356-9d67-b2e45063b4ae.html |
The 1995 murders of Tony Rodriguez and Danielle Wessels were a cold case until a trial and conviction changed that in 2007.
Now they're a cold case again.
The Pima County Attorney's Office, which won the conviction of Gary Skaggs for the killings, agreed to dismiss that conviction and re-open his case this year, returning it to the Tucson Police Department.
There, the cold case unit is piecing together the remaining evidence against Skaggs, Police Chief Chad Kasmar told me. But now, it's almost 27 years after the crime and 15 years after the trial. Once Pima County prosecutors have the evidence in hand, they will decide whether to again try this once-solved case, or dismiss it altogether and free Skaggs.
It's the effect of having a strengthened "conviction and sentencing integrity unit" that looks back at some old cases and reconsiders whether the outcomes were just. These units are increasingly common in prosecutors' office around the United States, especially in the places where criminal-justice reform candidates, such as Pima County Attorney Laura Conover, have won elections.
People are also reading…
The argument for them is straightforward — not every injustice can be cleared up in court, and a prosecutor's office should be willing to fix its own mistakes in the service of justice. These may well apply in the Skaggs case.
What worries me is twofold: It takes a lot of time and effort for police and prosecutors to reconsider years-old cases while murders are piling up again at a record pace in Tucson. Also, I'm not sure this county attorney's office is adversarial enough in questioning defense claims of injustice.
Kasmar said he supports the idea of conviction integrity units but worries about their impact on his shrinking department's workload.
"It’s a massive heavy lift for us in a time when every major city in the country, almost without exception, is experiencing record high homicide numbers," Kasmar said. "As the chief, protecting my staff, I want to be sure that she (Conover) is recognizing how her unit’s decision-making will impact not just my department but any department."
Charges took 11 years
Somebody beat and slashed Wessels and Rodriguez to death in the early morning hours of August 25, 1995. Their six-month-old baby, Alexis, was in the house with them at the time and survived. They were in the home they shared, in the 2100 block of North Columbus Blvd.
Police attention quickly turned to Skaggs, who, though more than a decade older, was in the same circle of neighbors and friends, some of them drug users. But they were unable to gather enough evidence to arrest him.
At the time, Det. Joe Godoy was TPD's lead investigator in the case, which became an issue later, when he was repeatedly charged with perjury and accused of lying during a murder trial. Those charges never stuck, but Godoy's work was tainted.
In 2006, Tucson's cold case detectives finally decided they had enough evidence. People he knew said Skaggs had admitted committing the murder, because he was angry that his girlfriend had an affair with Rodriguez. Also, a machete in his house was a possible match to the murder weapon.
But there was no DNA, no clear physical evidence, no eyewitness to the crime.
Jurors deliberated for only 90 minutes before arriving at the verdict, and Skaggs was sentenced to two life sentences. He always denied his guilt, though.
Could have been a hung jury
Ralph Raub was on that jury. He recalled to me Tuesday that he and other jurors were swayed by the testimony of Dr. Cynthia Porterfield, the forensic pathologist from the Pima County Medical Examiner's office called by prosecutors to testify.
Porterfield was not the pathologist who had conducted the autopsy, and she testified that the machete was not necessarily the murder weapon but could have been. Raub told me that jurors thought "the probability of that was high", although there was no DNA evidence or other direct link between the murders and the blade.
"What turned the corner for me was when the defendant presented his witnesses, it made him sound even more guilty," Raub said. "If the defendant had not said a thing and had not called any witnesses, it probably would have been a hung jury."
This comment piqued my interest, because the basic reason prosecutors gave for setting aside Skaggs' convictions in March was "ineffective assistance of counsel." Gabriel "Jack" Chin, who heads the conviction and sentencing integrity unit, said trial attorney Michael Lange failed to adequately question Porterfield's testimony, interview the pathologist who actually conducted the autopsy, and bring up the credibility issues surrounding Godoy, who testified at the trial, though he was no longer with TPD.
"It was not presented to the jury as this or millions of other things could be the murder weapon," Chin said during a March 25 court hearing. "Instead the deputy county attorney carefully went through each wound on both victims and asked if the wounds were consisted with this weapon. It created the impression that Dr. Porterfield was matching the weapon to the wounds."
If Godoy's credibility had been questioned, Chin said, jurors "might well have thought that all of the evidence in the case that he had a hand in was suspect, and he had a hand in almost all the evidence in the case."
'You can’t just accept what a defense attorney tells you'
Skaggs' attorneys, Amy Armstrong of the Arizona Capital Representation Project and Ralph Ellinwood, have brought up all these arguments in court before. There was a four-day evidentiary hearing in 2016, for example. After that, Pima County Superior Court Judge Javier Chon-Lopez ruled Lange was "reasonably competent," which is the legal standard for sufficient representation.
But Armstrong and Ellinwood have not given up. They've gone up and down the court system arguing not just that Skaggs was poorly represented but also that he is actually innocent, and another man is guilty. About a year ago, they sent their case to the conviction and sentencing integrity unit.
Chin did not accept their whole argument, saying in March, "He might be innocent, but we believe there is some evidence of guilt." Skaggs was released from prison and put in the Pima County jail as investigators dig into the evidence. At first, the prosecution was given 90 days to decide whether to retry Skaggs, but now they have until Aug. 29.
By email I asked the head of Pima County's first conviction-integrity unit, retired prosecutor Rick Unklesbay, what he thought of the office's logic in its filings and statements in the Skaggs case. Unklesbay, who left the office in early 2021 after a conflict with Conover, was unimpressed.
"It is imperative for the prosecutor to have the witness describe the wounds in detail in a murder case," said Unklesbay, who has tried many murder cases. "Any connection to the potential murder weapon, even if not known for sure, allows the jury to fully consider the evidence. I’ve done the same many times, and it is admissible and relevant."
He went on, "We know statistically there are innocent people in prison. A good CIU (conviction integrity unit) should work to resolve those cases. But it takes some prosecutorial experience to do that. You can’t just accept what a defense attorney tells you."
A natural focus for Conover
Of course, Chin and his staff aren't simply accepting the defense's word, but his office is probably more inclined to consider and accept cases from defendants who say they've been unjustly sentenced or convicted than Unklesbay was.
In a written statement, office spokesman C.T. Revere said under former County Attorney Barbara LaWall, the unit was formed but barely staffed.
"This administration’s new unit continues to grow what is now the Conviction and Sentencing Integrity Unit from there as a direct result of community demand, with two full time attorneys and a full-time paralegal with consultation from our Detective’s Unit," he said.
They've considered and closed more than 20 cases in a year and a half, and have another 50-plus open, Revere said in the statement. This is a natural focus for Conover, a career defense attorney before she became county attorney, and for Chin, a steadfast supporter of criminal-justice reform policies.
The Skaggs case doesn't strike me as a misuse of the office, because his attorneys have made a good argument. But it still brings up the dangers in these offices — reviving closed cases and asking them to be rebuilt demands a lot from investigators and witnesses.
And a prosecutor who is either inexperienced or not adversarial enough may be vulnerable to accepting cases better left resolved.
Contact columnist Tim Steller at tsteller@tucson.com or 520-807-7789. On Twitter: @senyorreporter | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tim-stellers-column-double-murder-unsolved-anew-as-prosecutors-review-cases/article_150579e4-f8dc-11ec-aeaa-bf3691e95f46.html | 2022-07-09T18:29:39 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tim-stellers-column-double-murder-unsolved-anew-as-prosecutors-review-cases/article_150579e4-f8dc-11ec-aeaa-bf3691e95f46.html |
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate
I was reading an old (Aug. 22, 2020) column on the origin of the Alamo table. If the mystery of the table has not been solved, I have a postcard showing the table, its location and the table’s name.
The postcard I have of the Alamo Table is the front cover of an accordion style booklet that does not have the typical back sides that separate postcards normally have. It contains 10 postcards printed on each side of the other for a total of 20 postcards. The back of the Alamo table (card) was a postcard showing a herd of elk in Brackenridge Park.
I am enclosing the entire front cover of the booklet, which shows the Alamo table with a place for a 2-cent stamp. Also enclosed is a copy of the postcard flap, which shows the publisher but no date.
— Tim Palomera III
The caption on your postcard — “Bridal Breakfast Table at Otto Koehler Park” — cracked the case of the Alamo-motif picnic table mystery, first investigated here in 2020 when a reader sent a family photograph of it. Experts on San Antonio city parks, the Alamo and concrete sculpture drew a blank while admiring the table’s folk-arty distinctiveness. Thanks to the postcard’s identification with Otto Koehler Park, we now know when it was created, where it was located, who ordered it, who made it and why it came to be … just not what happened to erase it so thoroughly from municipal memory.
Back when this city had at least two daily newspapers and a much smaller population, very little got past its reporters, including the origins of the Alamo table. This “rustic seat and table with a replica of the Alamo at either end,” as described by the San Antonio Light, Sept. 19, 1916, was “a new feature provided for Otto Koehler Park,” then pretty new itself, donated the previous year by Emma Koehler in memory of her husband, Otto, a wealthy brewer who was shot dead in 1914 under murky circumstances. Her gift of just under 11 acres of land stipulated that beer could be sold there on every day but Sunday — the opposite of the adjacent teetotaling Brackenridge Park at the time.
Park visitors may have quaffed some Pearl beer — the Koehlers’ products — at the table in question while it lasted. Based on a few available photos, its top and backrests were made of wood. According to the Light, “the supports of the table and the two seats facing it are of concrete, and those (supports) beneath it are the ones fashioned like the front of the Alamo.”
The artisan credited was Joseph Wilkens, a city employee. As such, he went back a long way; the San Antonio Freie Presse für Texas, a German-language newspaper, Sept. 5, 1883, notes that Wilkens had been put forward and announced as a new police officer. In city directories, he’s listed as a laborer for the city; and in the 1910 U.S. census, he’s a custodian at Cassiano Park. If he was a sculptor, it was as a hobby or side hustle.
The Alamo table was ordered and probably imagineered by Ray Lambert. He was a former stonemason who became San Antonio’s parks commissioner in 1915 and developed a vision for Brackenridge Park — an aggregation of donated and purchased land that included a disused quarry — that took advantage of its natural, unspoiled qualities and developed it as the location for a municipal zoo. The Light says that Lambert considered the new table to be “one of the most attractive features of the park” and that he “plan(ned) to have others constructed.” The others — who knows if any were built? — might have depicted other Spanish colonial missions. “They are older than the missions in California and are finer examples of architecture,” Lambert said. “It has always seemed to me that we don’t make enough display of (them), and I’ll venture to say there are thousands of visitors who come here every year and never see any of the missions save the Alamo.”
OK, but why was the first of (maybe) many a “Bridal Breakfast Table”? The benches look as if they might seat six comfortably. No offense to Wilkens’ skills, but it doesn’t look like a particularly accommodating spot for a morning wedding reception or a honeymoon breakfast. So “bridal” — wedding-related — might have been a typo or misspelling of “bridle” — as in “bridle path,” a trail for horseback riding.
Part of Lambert’s vision for Brackenridge Park included 9 miles winding through the “almost primeval beauty” of the park’s rocky setting, which were “drawing an ever-increasing number of early-morning riders,” as reported by the Light, July 6, 1925. “To ride along quietly on horseback and to regard nature at close hand … is giving restful divertissement to many business men before they start for the office.”
Some prominent names are mentioned — Chittim, Gage, Halff, Kampmann, Negley and others — and maybe some of the regular riders were sent off by wives or servants with a packed breakfast to enjoy at trail’s end. Maybe Luther Bynum “L.B.” Clegg, head of the San Antonio Printing Co., or some of his associates or customers were among them, which could be why the Alamo table would be thought of as significant enough to make the cover of the “Park Scenes in San Antonio” booklet.
From the turn of the last century through the mid-1920s, this growing business was known by the name on the postcard booklet, changing to the Clegg Co. and branching out from lithography, printing and engraving into office furniture and supplies. (It was later the Marshall Clegg Co., until it was sold in 2000.) As printers, the firm produced brochures, calendars, checks and stock certificates, and business and social stationary. According to Southwest Texans, a biographical reference published in 1952 and provided by the Conservation Society of San Antonio library, the Clegg Co. eventually printed telephone books for more than 85 South Texas cities.
The San Antonio Printing Co. name indicates that the postcard booklet was published not later than 1927, based on city directory references and company advertising. The firm was producing booklets before that, on the evidence of its 1924 publication of “The Romance of San Antonio’s Water Supply and Distribution,” by Bert J. McLean, a 24-page paperback with some park-scene illustrations of its own, as noted by Gregg Eckhardt, environmental scientist and curator of the Edwards Aquifer website, www.edwardsaquifer.net.
If San Antonio Printing was like most postcard publishers, it based its products on existing photos as much or more than new ones commissioned for the project. The tinted Alamo table image on the cover appears to have derived from a more detailed photograph in the collection of the Witte Museum, said Lewis Fisher, author of the forthcoming “Brackenridge Park: San Antonio’s Acclaimed Urban Park” and “San Antonio’s Historic Plazas, Parks and River Walk.”
He confirms the photo’s location in Koehler Park, suggesting that “the row of rocks along one side of the roadway about upper-right center could be bordering the river, which curves back sharply to the left at what looks like a bridge.” The original Koehler Pavilion could be “hidden by the dense trees toward the upper right. So the table may have stood on the site of the present (miniature) train station and also on the northeast corner of the tourist camp Lambert opened in Koehler Park in 1919, which could have used some picnic tables.”
The elk postcard on the reverse of the Alamo table card fits the timing.
Along with a buffalo herd and other animals, the elk were a project of Lambert’s predecessor, Ludwig Mahncke, who started a menagerie in Brackenridge Park that became the foundation for a municipal zoo. The elk and buffalo herds were procured from the Goodnight Ranch in the Panhandle and arrived in 1902. The elk did almost too well here; thanks to their successful breeding and the cost of their feed, the city began selling them off in the 1910s, and the remainder were moved to an enclosure in the San Antonio Zoo by the late 1920s.
Since the Alamo table appears a bit dilapidated in the photo and postcard images, in which the main supports appear to be leaning, its construction may have been faulty, and the table may have been removed by the end of the 1920s, which would explain the relative scarcity of photos. Anyone with more information about this table or any similar ones may contact this column.
historycolumn@yahoo.com | Twitter: @sahistorycolumn | Facebook: SanAntoniohistorycolumn | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Postcard-image-brings-mystery-Alamo-table-into-17294474.php | 2022-07-09T18:33:39 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Postcard-image-brings-mystery-Alamo-table-into-17294474.php |
If you think it’s warm now, brace for even hotter temperatures in the coming days.
Today’s high in San Antonio is expected to be about 102 degrees with heat index values as high as 106, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday and Monday temperatures are expected to rise to 106 in San Antonio with Sunday’s heat index values as high as 110.
The agency’s heat advisory for San Antonio and the surrounding region runs through Sunday evening, but the agency said it likely will to be expanded in area for Sunday and extended in time through Monday.
South Texas could see temperatures as high as 109 degrees in the next couple of days.
The heat could be dangerous, the weather service warns, so the agency encourages people to drink lots of water; wear loose-fitting, light-colored clothing; and take frequent breaks out of the sun, preferably in air conditioning. People should check on relatives and neighbors to ensure they are safe.
Strenuous activities should be limited to early morning or evening.
Children and pets must not be left unattended in vehicles.
People experiencing heat exhaustion may notice dizziness, thirst, heavy sweating, nausea and weakness. They should move to a cool area, loosen clothing, sip on cool water and try to find medical assistance if the symptoms do not improve because heat exhaustion can lead to heat stroke.
Someone who is having a heat stroke will notice confusion, dizziness and can become unconscious. Call 911 if a person is having a heat stroke. The person also needs to be moved to a cooler area; clothing should be loosened and extra layers removed; and the individual should be cooled down with water or ice.
Heat strokes can cause death or permanent disability.
megan.rodriguez@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-dangerous-triple-digit-heat-17294534.php | 2022-07-09T18:33:45 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-dangerous-triple-digit-heat-17294534.php |
This dashboard tracks the spread of monkeypox in Texas and across the country.
Both graphics are based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data are updated on a daily basis.
The CDC says that monkeypox can spread in different ways. The virus can hop from one person to the next through:
- Direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids.
- Respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as kissing, cuddling, or sex.
- Touching items (such as clothing or linens) that previously touched the infectious rash or body fluids.
- Pregnant people can spread the virus to their fetus through the placenta.
Symptoms stemming from monkeypox can include, fever, swoellen lymph nodes, headaches chills and a rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appear on the face, inside the mouth and other parts of the body, according to the CDC.
If you experience these symptoms, the CDC recommends you see your healthcare provider or a public health clinic near you and avoid sex or being intimate with anyone until you have been checked out. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/texas-monkeypox-tracker-17293053.php | 2022-07-09T18:33:51 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/texas-monkeypox-tracker-17293053.php |
Many times a patient’s discharge from a hospital/acute care or a skilled nursing facility or a rehab facility requires a ‘transitional period’ to ensure a safe discharge -both clinically/nursing and rehab focused. Enter Home Health. Original and traditional Medicare’s benefit is different than other insurance plans but the overall program is similar.
How it works:
Original/Traditional Medicare’s benefit is based on a defining event: The patient must be homebound. In the “Medicare and You 2022 Handbook,’ this is defined as a) significant trouble leaving your home without help (like using a cane, walker, or crutches; special transportation; or help from another person) because of an injury or illness; b) leaving your home isn’t recommended because of your condition and c) you’re normally unable to leave your home because it’s a major effort. The scope of the in-home benefit covers part-time or intermittent skilled nursing care, and/or physical therapy, speech-language pathology services or continued occupational therapy. The care is a ‘visit’, not prolonged in-home care. A doctor must order home health after assessing your unique needs. If all the above are met, the Original/Traditional Medicare patient will have no out-of-pocket cost. The program is intended as a short-term intervention to safely maintain the patient at home.
People are also reading…
Examples of what the home health staff could do:
Joint replacement. After an inpatient or outpatient procedure, rather than be transferred to a skilled nursing facility for post-procedure care, the patient’s progress and in-home support /family may allow for home health as an alternative. The nursing visit could check on your adherence to new medication/adverse reactions/questions, check on diet and possible nutrition concerns and communicate with the physical therapist and your doctor to ensure everyone is coordinating the care package. Physical therapy will assess the safety in the home-loose rugs, fall risk areas like the bathroom and outline an ongoing home therapy plan – all approved by your physician. Goal: Maintain at home with a safe, coordinated post -discharge plan. Any concerns are addressed thru the intermittent visits with all the care team, the patient and support team/family involved.
Medicare Advantage is not Traditional/Original Medicare. Therefore, each plan can have different home health benefits. Important to ask your plan to ensure everyone understands the benefit and any out -of-pocket costs that may occur. Remember, there is no ability to have/purchase a Medigap or Medicare supplemental insurance for Medicare Advantage to help with any patient portion. Medicare supplemental insurance is tied to Traditional/Original Medicare.
Other insurance plans (ex: VA, commercial plans, worker’s compensation, liability, Medicaid) may follow the basic outline of Original/Traditional Medicare, but they may not require the patient to be homebound. The intermittent visits are usually part of all insurance plans but when exploring the home health option, it is important to have an excellent understanding of the home health benefit and what it will cost. Still an excellent benefit, but usually involves an out-of-pocket expense and prior authorization for these plans.
Hint: Hand-offs between the acute setting/hospital, skilled nursing facility and/or the rehab facility and the home health agency can become a bit cumbersome. As much as the case manager/discharge planner can coordinate a referral to your choice of home health agencies,(remember to stay in your network), it is extremely important to a) have a contact name and number for the agency and b) contact the agency on the day of discharge or as soon as the discharge is known. The referral is made but the post-discharge coordination with the family is usually the family’s responsibility. Darn, sometimes the patient/family thinks the home health agency will be coming immediately upon discharge but that can easily be misinterpreted. Call and create a date/time outline for the initial visit. This will be critical to ensure the clinical home health team is ready to assess and begin in-home care immediately post discharge. Gaps can lead to anxious patients, misconceptions of the services and lapse in oversight of the patient at home. Communication – and lots of it- will help maximize this excellent benefit.
Day Egusquiza is the president and founder of the Patient Financial Navigator Foundation Inc. — an Idaho-based family foundation. For more information, call 208-423-9036 or go to pfnfinc.com. Do you have a topic for Health Care Buzz? Please share at daylee1@mindspring.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/health-care-buzz-what-does-a-home-health-benefit-look-like/article_f78f3980-fe18-11ec-a3ee-5f1561c1ba02.html | 2022-07-09T18:34:00 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/health-care-buzz-what-does-a-home-health-benefit-look-like/article_f78f3980-fe18-11ec-a3ee-5f1561c1ba02.html |
Detroit block club gathers 118-year-old brick pavers
Detroit — Nearly 20,000 bricks headed for the dump were rerouted this week by a Detroit block club who plan to use the paving material to preserve the historic integrity of Virginia Park Street, one of the last remaining brick-paved roads in the city.
Jeff Cowin, president of the Virginia Park block club and leader of the restoration project, rallied volunteers over three days to move the donated bricks for transport to Virginia Park Street, where after 115 years of wear and tear, the original brick pavers are full of cracks, potholes and suspension-destroying ruts.
The 10-pound bricks, which date back to 1904, were removed from a street near Vernor and Charlevoix to make way for a new substation going in on the city’s east side in a joint venture between ITC Holdings and DTE Energy.
Once the bricks have been gathered and transported to the Virginia Park neighborhood, residents hope to raise additional funding to complete the restoration efforts, Cowin said.
"This was a wild card. Where do you even find bricks that are worthy?" Cowin said on Saturday as volunteers dug out bricks from piles of dirt around him. "The root of this project is preserving the value that’s already there in the road. There are no modern substitutes for these materials...We don’t want to lose the value in this neighborhood. People moved into houses that are just as old as these bricks"
Cowin said the city's Department of Public Works and Midtown Detroit Inc. are working on estimates for engineering and contractor work.
Volunteer Tim Soboleski, a Virginia Park resident, said the three blocks of brick road outside his home are in bad shape for several reasons.
"One block — the block between third and the Lodge during the Riots — a M-60 tank and armored personnel carrier rolled down the street. You can see the damage now and see the tracks," Sobileski said. "When GM was redoing the neighborhoods they diverted traffic through there. It got way more traffic and there are massive ruts there now. People use it as a cut through."
Soboleski says Virginia Park is the farthest north brick street in Detroit.
"These brick streets were put in before cars were. One thing that pushed it was bicyclists. Before there were cars, bicycling was a big thing in Detroit. They wanted smoother more navigable roads. To improve roads they laid brick. It's been there for years," he said.
The donated bricks, 8-inches wide by 4-inches deep, are high-end salt-glazed Nelsonville bricks, fired in individual salt kilns, Soboleski said.
"Very labor intensive, more durable. A modern brick won't last," Soboleski said.
Soboleski estimates to repair all three blocks in Virginia Park the group will need more than the 20,000 bricks they hope to recover.
"The thing is it shows the effort on the part of the people that are there who want the street fixed. They are going out. They found the brick. They are bringing it back over there. No one is paying us for this," he said.
Volunteers like Cathy Fitzpatrick spent Saturday morning hand-digging through a piles of dirt for bricks. Fitzpatrick, 33 of Sterling Heights, wore work gloves and jeans and kneeled in the dirt to search by hand for her next brick to examine.
"I saw this on Facebook and I saw a need. I love history and saw someone with a dream and a passion and I'm glad I can help," she said.
Volunteers are still needed to move bricks and can find information via Facebook, Cowin said.
jchambers@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/09/detroit-brick-pavers-virginia-park-street-preservation/10010286002/ | 2022-07-09T18:35:28 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/07/09/detroit-brick-pavers-virginia-park-street-preservation/10010286002/ |
Eric Tardif, a fourth grade teacher, summer camp director and head of the Atlantic Christian School Garden Club, points to some of the plants and vegetables grown in the school's garden that were for sale Saturday at the Community Farmers Market. His 10-year-old son, Dylan, helped out Saturday.
JOHN RUSSO, Staff Writer
Staci Steinbrecher, front, purchases a Philadelphia Eagles apron from Kathy Rosie, right, of Somers Point, on Saturday at the market.
Most farmers markets don't have the luxury of moving indoors when bad weather looms. For the Community Farmers Market, it was fortunate enough to move inside for the day Saturday.
The market, which debuted last month, is held every Saturday morning on the campus of Atlantic Christian School. On Saturday, more than a dozen tables and vendors were inside the school's gym.
The farmers market debuted June 18 and has run every Saturday, with the exception of July 2, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. There are other community farmers markets around Atlantic and Cape May counties, including longtime markets in Ocean City on Wednesdays, Margate on Thursdays, Ventnor on Fridays and Brigantine on Saturdays.
"Our main goal is to offer this to our community and do something in Egg Harbor Township," said Arzum Sanchez, who works at Atlantic Christian and was there Saturday at least two hours before the start of the market to help set up. "Ocean City, we can't compete, but that's on Wednesday. We can't compete with the Friday market in Ventnor. But I think this could possibly become something if more people knew about it."
Elaine Carroll, who practices law in Northfield with her husband, Michael, and lives in EHT, noticed her town never really had a regular farmers market. She reached out to her friend Carole Karabashian, who is the director of development and communications at Atlantic Christian, to see whether the school was interested in hosting a farmers market.
MARGATE — It was a recent Thursday morning, and Alissa Mierzwinski was at the Margate Commun…
Carroll called this year the learning year. They had all the permits ready by late spring, and she is hopeful that now with the infrastructure in place, they can start reaching out to vendors in January for the 2023 season.
There were just five vendors at the soft opening June 18. The next week, there were more than 15 in the school's parking lot, where the market is normally held. Several more were planned for this Saturday — including a Williamstown poultry farm signed up for all 10 weeks that sells fresh eggs and other goods — but many backed out because of the weather.
"Each week we've grown. We had not only more vendors but more foot traffic every single week and have been getting positive feedback from the community as well as the vendors," Carroll said.
Still, there was plenty to choose from this weekend, from Root Cellar Tavern in Dorothy to Kathy's Handmade Crafts in Somers Point. Market goers could purchase children's books, homemade candles and organic fruits, vegetables and even candy.
Staci Steinbrecher, a South Jersey homeowner from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, stopped by Saturday to see what the market had to offer. She visited Kathy's Handmade Crafts' table and bought a Philadelphia Eagles patterned apron.
"I like coming down and doing this. It's right up my alley. There was an outdoor (market) that got canceled, so it was great to be able to come here," Steinbrecher said.
Kathy Rosie was running her table with sister Barbara Bohs. This was her second week this summer vending at the Community Farmers Market.
"(The organizers) are very helpful," Rosie said. "I like the variety here, and it's not always the same group of vendors. Sometimes it's different."
The Atlantic Christian Garden Club, run by fourth grade teacher and summer camp director Eric Tardif, was selling fresh cucumbers, zucchini, squash and beets among the produce. He said next week they will have zucchini bread made from the produce in the school's garden as well as purple beans and tomatoes in the coming weeks.
Tardif was there with his son, Dylan, who turns 10 on Sunday. Dylan is a student at the school and is involved in the Garden Club, which starts up in May with about 30 students and is then maintained throughout the summer by campers.
"This is a good opportunity to reach out to the community, bring vendors in, whether it's rain or shine, and still have these local small businesses be able to reach out and promote their businesses as well, which is very important to the community," Tardif said.
1 of 26
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8799.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8803.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8805.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8813.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8817.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8820.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8822.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8824.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8825.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8827.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8830.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8834.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8836.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8838.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8840.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8842.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8844.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8847.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8848.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8852.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8854.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8856.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8808.JPG
Eric Tardif, a fourth grade teacher, summer camp director and head of the Atlantic Christian School Garden Club, points to some of the plants and vegetables grown in the school's garden that were for sale Saturday at the Community Farmers Market. His 10-year-old son, Dylan, helped out Saturday.
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8828.JPG
The new Community Farmers Market, usually held in the parking lot of Atlantic Christian School in Egg Harbor Township, was brought into the school's gym Saturday due to inclement weather. Still, more than a dozen vendors were on hand.
GALLERY: Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School
1 of 26
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8799.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8803.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8805.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8813.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8817.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8820.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8822.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8824.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8825.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8827.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8830.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8834.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8836.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8838.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8840.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8842.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8844.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8847.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8848.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8852.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8854.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8856.JPG
The Community Farmers Market was held in the Atlantic Christian School's gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The farmers market in Egg Harbor Township runs every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon until Aug. 27 at the Egg Harbor Township school. (JOHN RUSSO / Staff Writer)
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8808.JPG
Eric Tardif, a fourth grade teacher, summer camp director and head of the Atlantic Christian School Garden Club, points to some of the plants and vegetables grown in the school's garden that were for sale Saturday at the Community Farmers Market. His 10-year-old son, Dylan, helped out Saturday.
JOHN RUSSO, Staff Writer
Elaine Carroll
Carroll
JOHN RUSSO, Staff Writer
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8828.JPG
The new Community Farmers Market, usually held in the parking lot of Atlantic Christian School in Egg Harbor Township, was brought into the school's gym Saturday due to inclement weather. Still, more than a dozen vendors were on hand.
JOHN RUSSO, Staff Writer
Community Farmers Market at Atlantic Christian School_8833.JPG
Staci Steinbrecher, front, purchases a Philadelphia Eagles apron from Kathy Rosie, right, of Somers Point, on Saturday at the market.
I graduated from Rowan University in 2011 where I studied journalism. I covered local high school and college sports at the South Jersey Times and Vineland Daily Journal. I have been a sports reporter with The Press since July 2013
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism
that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness
accounts, the history behind an article.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Soon we will no longer integrate with Facebook for story comments. The commenting option is not going away, however, readers will need to register for a FREE site account to continue sharing their thoughts and feedback on stories. If you already have an account (i.e. current subscribers, posting in obituary guestbooks, for submitting community events), you may use that login, otherwise, you will be prompted to create a new account.
1 of 3
Eric Tardif, a fourth grade teacher, summer camp director and head of the Atlantic Christian School Garden Club, points to some of the plants and vegetables grown in the school's garden that were for sale Saturday at the Community Farmers Market. His 10-year-old son, Dylan, helped out Saturday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-farmers-market-looking-to-bring-something-new-to-egg-harbor-township/article_b21bc5ec-ffa0-11ec-aa09-5ba7f98e6d78.html | 2022-07-09T18:36:04 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-farmers-market-looking-to-bring-something-new-to-egg-harbor-township/article_b21bc5ec-ffa0-11ec-aa09-5ba7f98e6d78.html |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state:
New positive cases: 2,986
New deaths: 8
Total positive cases: 2,151,415
Total number of deaths: 31,019
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,097,244
Rate of transmission: 1.04
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 60,564 cases, 955 deaths, 379,786 doses administered
Cape May: 11,970 cases, 262 deaths, 134,166 doses administered
Cumberland: 35,581 cases, 573 deaths, 186,329 doses administered
Ocean: 148,182 cases, 2,863 deaths, 702,471 doses administered
People are also reading…
Figures as of 1 p.m. July 9
Source: N.J. Department of Health | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-nearly-3-000-new-covid-19-cases-8-new-deaths/article_80f1b82e-ffa9-11ec-859b-f791e05715c7.html | 2022-07-09T18:36:10 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-nearly-3-000-new-covid-19-cases-8-new-deaths/article_80f1b82e-ffa9-11ec-859b-f791e05715c7.html |
2-year-old girl in critical condition after being pulled from house pool in Phoenix
A 2-year-old girl is hospitalized in critical condition after she had been pulled out from a pool in a Phoenix home on Saturday morning, the Phoenix Fire Department said.
Firefighters said when they arrived they found the girl unconscious and not breathing.
CPR was performed on the girl before crews arrived, the department said. It was unclear whether family members were performing life-saving measures.
"Tragedies can be prevented":Phoenix officials speak out about drowning dangers
Firefighters took over CPR and took the girl to a hospital in critical condition.
Firefighters said it was unknown how long the child was in the pool.
No further information was provided.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
Support local journalism.Subscribe to azcentral.com today. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/07/09/first-responders-pulled-toddler-house-pool-after-near-drowning/10020791002/ | 2022-07-09T18:37:27 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/07/09/first-responders-pulled-toddler-house-pool-after-near-drowning/10020791002/ |
CROWN POINT — A Gary man admitted Friday to serving as a lookout during an attempted robbery and fatal shooting in 2015 in Gary.
Daidreon Sparks, 25, was 18 years old when he helped several co-defendants during the April 12, 2015, homicide of 21-year-old Donald Fuzzell at a gas station in the 2300 block of Broadway in Gary, according to his plea agreement.
Sparks, who was represented by attorney Joshua Malher, admitted to one count of assisting a criminal, a level 5 felony.
If Judge Salvador Vasquez accepts his plea agreement, Sparks could face a sentence of one to six years. If Sparks receives any time behind bars, he'll be ordered to serve it in the Lake County Community Corrections alternative placement program.
Sparks; Dontrall J. Phillips, 27, of Davenport, Iowa; Jimmie Caldwell, 23, of Gary; and Walter A. Rondo III, 24, of Gary, each were charged in 2018 with murder and attempted armed robbery.
According to Sparks' plea agreement, he and Rondo watched for police while Phillips and Caldwell attempted to rob Fuzzell.
People are also reading…
When Fuzzell didn't give up his property, Phillips and Caldwell both shot their guns at Fuzzell, records state.
Phillips pleaded guilty but mentally ill in February 2021 to murder. He was sentenced in March 2021 to 45 years in prison.
Rondo pleaded guilty in December 2018. He and Sparks each agreed they won't be sentenced until Caldwell's case is resolved.
Caldwell has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to face a jury in November. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-pleads-guilty-in-connection-with-fatal-shooting-during-attempted-robbery-in-2015/article_8adfb975-f2fb-51fc-b5fc-6218e038a98c.html | 2022-07-09T18:37:46 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-pleads-guilty-in-connection-with-fatal-shooting-during-attempted-robbery-in-2015/article_8adfb975-f2fb-51fc-b5fc-6218e038a98c.html |
ARIZONA, USA — Arizona's governor has signed a law that restricts how the public can video police at a time when there’s growing pressure across the U.S. for greater law enforcement transparency.
Civil rights and media groups opposed the measure that Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed Thursday. The law makes it illegal in Arizona to knowingly video police officers 8 feet or closer without an officer’s permission.
Someone on private property with the owner’s consent can also be ordered to stop recording if a police officer finds they are interfering or the area is not safe. The penalty is a misdemeanor that would likely incur a fine without jail time.
There needs to be a law that protects officers from people who “either have very poor judgment or sinister motives,” said Republican Rep. John Kavanagh, the bill’s sponsor.
“I’m pleased that a very reasonable law that promotes the safety of police officers and those involved in police stops and bystanders has been signed into law,” Kavanagh said Friday. “It promotes everybody’s safety yet still allows people to reasonably videotape police activity as is their right.”
The move comes nearly a year after the U.S. Department of Justice launched a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been using excessive force and abusing people experiencing homelessness. It’s similar to other investigations opened in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.
The Phoenix Police Department, which oversees the nation’s fifth-largest city, has been criticized in recent years for its use of force, which disproportionately affects Black and Native American residents.
The law has left opponents like K.M. Bell, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, incredulous.
Federal appellate courts already have ruled that recording police is “a clearly established right," according to Bell.
The law won’t work in real-life scenarios.
“We’re talking about people being in public and a place they have a right to be. We’re not talking about, like somebody breaking into the (National Security Agency),” Bell said.
Kavanagh, who was a police officer for 20 years, amended the legislation so it applies to certain types of police actions, including the questioning of suspects and encounters involving mental or behavioral health issues.
The law also makes exceptions for people who are the direct subject of police interaction. They can film as long as they are not being arrested or searched. Someone who is in a car stopped by police or is being questioned can also film the encounter.
“Those exceptions were based upon input from all sorts of people, including the ACLU,” he said.
Rumblings two years ago about anti-police groups who deliberately approach officers while filming inspired draft legislation. There was a risk of an officer being injured or a suspect escaping or ditching evidence, Kavanagh said.
The Rev. Jarret Maupin, a Phoenix activist, has represented victims of excessive force by police. Some of the cases received more publicity because video captured by bystanders was posted online.
In one case, a Black couple had police officers point guns at them in front of their children in May 2019 after their young daughter took a doll from a store without their knowledge. They received a $475,000 settlement from the city.
Maupin believes the law is a tactic to help police avoid responsibility.
“Proximity is not a luxury in terms of documenting the actions of officers who engage in acts of brutality,” Maupin said. Sometimes the victims and the bystanders have no choice but to be within the proximity that the bill now prohibits."
Bell said it's unlikely that other states might follow suit to limit police recording directly given questions about constitutionality.
The new law doesn't make exceptions for the press.
Media groups including The Associated Press said the measure raises serious constitutional issues. They signed a letter from the National Press Photographers Association, or NPPA, in opposition to the bill.
Setting one-size-fits-all conditions like "arbitrary distances” of 8 feet (2.5 meters) for filming police just doesn't work, said Mickey Osterreicher, attorney for the NPPA. It's also unclear if someone is breaking the law if an officer approaches them within a few feet.
“What happens when you’re in situations like we saw during all of the protests for the past couple of years, where you have multiple people with cameras? We’re not just talking about journalists,” Osterreicher said. “And you’ve got multiple police officers. Is everybody going to be running around with a ruler?”
Cellphone cameras have transformed policing with one of the biggest examples being the 2020 killing of George Floyd, but Kavanagh said a law like Arizona's wouldn't have made an impact since the video, in that case, was taken from a greater distance away.
Osterreicher argued a police officer could invoke the law even if the person filming is far enough away.
But that didn't happen in the Floyd case.
“Fortunately, those officers out of all the wrong things that they did, the one thing they didn’t do was tell her to turn off the camera or try to interfere with her recording,” Osterreicher said.
Up to Speed
Catch up on the latest news and stories on the 12 News YouTube channel. Subscribe today. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/arizona-law-limits-filming-police/75-60222d42-34aa-4b55-bdfe-c2e3017d4abd | 2022-07-09T18:38:16 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/arizona-law-limits-filming-police/75-60222d42-34aa-4b55-bdfe-c2e3017d4abd |
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho native Aaron Paul is selling his $1.3 million Boise home, the first home the television star ever purchased in the City of Trees.
The over two-thousand square foot home features two bedrooms and two bathrooms, an indoor thermal swimming pool and 54 french windows and doors, all in a mid-century modern design.
The home, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and designed by world-renowned architect Art Troutner, is located in the East End area of Boise, on Warm Springs Avenue.
According to the listing, "'The Klein House' is one of Troutner's most acclaimed and sought after homes." The home sits on a 1/3 acre lot with a sprawling back yard.
In a tweet posted yesterday, the celebrity said while it kills him to say goodbye to the house, "it's time."
We have had some incredible years inside of this place and it kills me to say goodbye but it’s time. Take a look inside of the first home I purchased in my hometown of Boise Idaho. Listing courtesy of Piers Lamb - Boise Property Hunter / ReMax Capitalhttps://t.co/dU3q2JpPyi
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) July 7, 2022
The three-time Emmy winner from Emmett, best known for his roles in "Breaking Bad" and "El Camino", is currently starring in season four of "Westworld" on HBO.
While the star is selling his Boise home, Paul and his wife will still have their massive home in McCall which was featured in Architectural Digest in 2020.
Aaron Paul's Boise house
Watch more Local News:
See the latest news from around the Treasure Valley and the Gem State in our YouTube playlist: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/idaho-native-aaron-paul-selling-13-million-boise-home/277-d0802099-1df3-48a2-ae1f-a6420e3e313b | 2022-07-09T18:38:22 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/idaho-native-aaron-paul-selling-13-million-boise-home/277-d0802099-1df3-48a2-ae1f-a6420e3e313b |
YOSEMITE, Calif. — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest to threaten the world’s largest trees.
A team was being sent to the Mariposa Grove to wrap some of the massive trunks in fire-resistant foil to protect them as the blaze burned out of control, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson. More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The cause of the fire was under investigation and the rest of the park remained open, though park cameras showed thick smoke hanging in the air around some of the park's most iconic views.
The fire grew overnight but didn't threaten any new areas, Phillipe said. It was proving difficult to contain, with firefighters throwing “every tactic imaginable" at it, she said. That included air drops of fire retardant as well as the planned use of bulldozers to create fire lines, a tactic that's rarely used in a wilderness setting like Yosemite, Phillipe said.
The bulldozers would primarily be used to put in fire lines to protect the community of Wawona, which is surrounded by the park and home to several hundred people, she said. Evacuation orders were issued Friday for the community as well as the Wawona Campground, where about 600 to 700 people were staying in a campground, cabins and an historic hotel.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
The grove, which is inside the park’s southern entrance, was evacuated and no one was injured.
The fire had grown to about 1.1 square miles (2.8 square kilometers) by Saturday morning.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove a year-and-a-half ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
“When the unwanted fires hit those areas, it tends to slow the rate of spread and helps us gain some control,” Phillipe said.
In the Sierra foothills, 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, some evacuation orders were lifted as containment grew to 72% on the Electra Fire, which broke out near Jackson on Monday. It temporarily forced about 100 people celebrating the July 4th holiday along a river to seek shelter in a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility.
STAY INFORMED:
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/washburn-fire-yosemite-national-park/103-20b8c0ab-1442-4ca1-867c-204c2a52dc70 | 2022-07-09T18:38:28 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/washburn-fire-yosemite-national-park/103-20b8c0ab-1442-4ca1-867c-204c2a52dc70 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Moriah “Mo” Wilson was a rising gravel and mountain biking racer who grew up in Vermont. The 25-year-old won a number of races.
"Strong engine, strongest climber I have witnessed racing against. If it came down to a pure climb, she could just ride away from me, no problem," said professional cyclist Rose Grant.
Grant is a 10-year veteran, a professional cyclist who competes in mountain biking and gravel racing. She was very impressed with Wilson's skills and the way she carried herself in cycling. The two got to know each other well during the 2021 race season.
"She was always a contender for the win. She was an up-and-coming athlete, super strong," said Grant.
While the two were competitors during races, they were also friends. Grant said Wilson had a great personality.
"She had a quiet confidence that attracted people. People just liked her, I liked her. She was humble," said Grant.
Grant said the cycling community is tight-knit, and Wilson will be greatly missed.
"Moriah’s loss is certainly a huge tragedy," said Grant
She said Wilson will always be remembered.
"She had a respectable integrity, and I want that to be associated with her name," she said.
Wilson was found shot to death in an East Austin home on May 11. Her alleged murderer, Kaitlin Armstrong, was arrested in Costa Rica on June 29 and brought back to Travis County a few days later.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/professional-cyclist-remembers-austin-murder-victim-moriah-mo-wilson/269-97804659-411c-4615-8d7f-18d4ac191831 | 2022-07-09T18:47:16 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/professional-cyclist-remembers-austin-murder-victim-moriah-mo-wilson/269-97804659-411c-4615-8d7f-18d4ac191831 |
Allentown’s mayor and the Democratic nominee for governor of Pennsylvania have taken issue on social media with a story that aired Friday morning on CBS, a story that used the city as the centerpiece concerning the roots of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
CBS reporter Tony Dokoupil, as part of a series called “The Changing Face of America,” visited Allentown over the winter for his story. In his piece, he interviewed two people: city resident Ed Frack and Gary Iacocca, owner of Yocco’s Hot Dogs.
In their interviews, both men lamented days gone by and what Allentown once was. The story cited University of Chicago researchers, who found that 93% of those who were arrested for roles in the Jan. 6 events were white and came from parts of the country where the white population dropped dramatically.
Allentown’s white population dropped from 97% in the 1970s to 31% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Mayor Matt Tuerk tweeted that he was “really disappointed” with CBS for making no effort to contact his office for the story, which he claimed “missed the mark.”
Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is running for governor, responded to Tuerk’s tweet by saying that Allentown is “a diverse city full of hardworking folks raising their families and building community.”
Meanwhile, a tweet attributed to Luis A. Miranda Jr., an activist and father of “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, also took issue with the comments in the report. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-allentown-cbs-reaction-20220709-xn2zxuzgtjerlmw67dho6fpvra-story.html | 2022-07-09T18:47:17 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-allentown-cbs-reaction-20220709-xn2zxuzgtjerlmw67dho6fpvra-story.html |
TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — On Friday, a Travis County judge granted a second injunction against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).
The injunction bars the department from implementing the agency's rule investigating families that provide gender-affirming care to their children as child abuse. Friday's ruling halts the agency from investigating two additional families with transgender children.
The court is still considering a request for additional relief to protect Texas PFLAG members with transgender children. It's all part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of PFLAG, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, by several legal groups including Lambda Legal, the ACLU and several others.
"We are gratified that the Court reiterated that the DFPS rule is unlawful and changed the status quo for Texas transgender youth and their families. The Court recognized yet again that being subjected to an unlawful and unwarranted investigation causes irreparable harm for these families who are doing nothing more than caring for and affirming their children and seeking the best course of care for them in consultation with their medical providers. We are confident that the Court will continue to recognize those harms as it considers the injunction we have requested for PFLAG families, including the Briggles," a statement from the legal groups read.
This ruling is just the latest in a series of lawsuits seeking to end investigations into families providing gender-affirming care to transgender children after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the DFPS to investigate these families for child abuse back in February.
In June, a Travis County judge issued a temporary restraining order that stopped the state from investigating parents as part of another lawsuit.
The Briggle family has been at the front of the lawsuits filed and was previously under investigation by DFPS for providing gender-affirming healthcare to their 14-year-old transgender son.
The ACLU and Lambda Legal have been working to block investigations into all parents of transgender children who are part of PFLAG.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-court-blocks-state-from-investigating-2-families-with-transgender-children/269-6f7bcf86-09ce-457a-b073-cd34f200a1cc | 2022-07-09T18:47:22 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-court-blocks-state-from-investigating-2-families-with-transgender-children/269-6f7bcf86-09ce-457a-b073-cd34f200a1cc |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Juvenile Justice Department on Friday announced that it is offering a 15% permanent pay raise for direct-care staff effective on July 1 as it works to address high staff turnover and employee shortages.
The raise will apply to the following positions:
- Youth Development Coaches (Juvenile Correctional Officers)
- Team Leaders (Dorm Supervisors)
- Case Managers and Case Manager Supervisors
- Cooks
- Food Service Managers
- Youth Safety Managers
- Parole Officers and Parole Supervisors
According to the TJJD, the raise also makes permanent a temporary pay raise that was instituted as an emergency measure in April. Additionally, the raise increases the starting annual pay for Youth Development Coaches (JCO IIIs) from $36,238 to $41,700.
The funding for these pay hikes comes through cost savings from vacant positions and de-prioritizing other planned spending. The TJJD said it will also shift funds from certain contract services that are not currently being used from planned re-entry enrichment programs that will now be postponed.
The department said that, based on projections, it will be able to absorb the cost of raising salaries this biennium through appropriated general revenue.
"TJJD leadership recognizes that this is not the only solution but believes that making pay more competitive will address the immediate crisis of high turnover and begin to stabilize the agency’s workforce," said Interim Executive Director Shandra Carter. "The conversion of the 15% bonus to a permanent salary ladder increase is the first step in stabilizing the agency. Recruiting and retaining qualified staff is a critical component necessary to meet our responsibilities. We are steadfastly committed to helping keep our communities safe and rehabilitating the youth in our care and custody. We will continue to problem solve and seek creative and innovative solutions to the secure facility staffing and county detention bed crisis."
Friday's news comes after the department previously announced it was pausing intakes due to safety concerns caused by the staffing shortage.
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/tjjd-offering-15-percent-pay-raise-amid-turnover-staffing-issues/269-ad328ad4-d8d2-4073-a3d4-d6208412dcb4 | 2022-07-09T18:47:28 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/tjjd-offering-15-percent-pay-raise-amid-turnover-staffing-issues/269-ad328ad4-d8d2-4073-a3d4-d6208412dcb4 |
The evening grosbeak, a noisy and charismatic songbird, once arrived at Oregon State University in springtime flocks so vast an OSU statistics professor estimated there were up to a quarter million of the birds on campus daily.
Gone is the era, however, when the birds were so numerous that students, staff and faculty felt the need to take cover from grosbeak droppings.
An Oregon State study published in the journal Diversity shows the number of evening grosbeaks using the campus as a migration stop-over site has gone down an average of 2.6% per year over the last four decades. The bird has been experiencing decades of decline throughout its range, which includes most of the United States, said Douglas Robinson of the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences.
It’s not yet known, Robinson said, why there are fewer evening grosbeaks than there used to be. It could be related to disease, climate change or shifts in land use, or some combination of those, or a different factor that scientists have yet to uncover.
“Planned surveys designed to take advantage of opportunities presented by spring stop-over sites will improve our understanding of population fluctuations over time,” Robinson said. “Our observations suggest that further attention should be directed toward risk analyses and hypothesized explanations for the decline of this charismatic bird species.”
Research led by Robinson produced a single-day high count of 1,442 birds during 117 surveys that took place on the Oregon State campus from 2013 to 2015. In total, the researchers counted 8,407 grosbeaks.
“The numbers that used to appear here each spring were in the hundreds of thousands,” said Robinson, who was the Mace Watchable Wildlife Endowed Chair at OSU during the study. “Now we are down to a few thousand at most, sometimes just a few hundred. We went from newspaper reports of students during the 1970s carrying umbrellas on sunny days to keep the bird droppings off their heads to people scarcely noticing that the birds are around.”
The evening grosbeak, a black, white and bright yellow member of the finch family, is an irruptive species – if food is scarce in winter, it moves south. But it also migrates on predictable schedules, especially during springtime, enabling populations to be monitored at stop-over locations like OSU’s Corvallis campus.
“They eat elm seeds here before moving off to their forest breeding grounds in June,” Robinson said. “They’re usually here for a few weeks in April and May.”
Impressed by their huge numbers, Fred Ramsey, an OSU statistics professor from 1966 to 2003, used a randomized sampling strategy to count birds in selected elm trees. Ramsey, who over the course of his career made major contributions in the field of wildlife population estimation, calculated that on one spring day in the mid-1970s there were 150,000 to 250,000 birds foraging on campus.
Ramsey produced multiple papers on estimating wildlife abundance and participated in surveys of bird populations on numerous Pacific Islands, though his evening grosbeak estimate was not part of a scientific article.
“But Ramsey was a professional statistician, and even in the unlikely event he was off by an order of magnitude, it seems safe to conclude that evening grosbeak numbers are substantially lower than they were 45 years ago at our study site,” Robinson said. “When we compare the lower value from Ramsey’s estimate – 150,000 – with our maximum daily count of 1,442, that’s an average annual decline of 2.6%. Meanwhile, declines across the entire range of evening grosbeaks as quantified by North American Breeding Bird Survey data show a decline of 2.5%.”
The number of elm trees on campus has also gone down since Ramsey’s day, though the tree decline’s connection to the grosbeak population is uncertain.
Elms were planted across campus beginning with 35 in 1913 and eventually were the dominant canopy tree on campus, numbering more than 330 mature trees, Robinson said.
“In 1978, Dutch elm disease was spreading across North America, and there were concerns that arrival of the disease would cause widespread death of the elms, leaving the campus without shade trees,” he said. “That led to the removal of elms to ensure that root connections between infected trees would not allow the disease to spread too quickly.”
Over 10 years, all of the at-risk elms were cut down and replaced with disease-resistant elm varieties or other tree species; today the campus features 143 mature elms. Robinson doesn’t know of any evidence that disease resistant elms produce food that is less plentiful or desirable to grosbeaks but notes that could be a possibility.
It’s unlikely, however, that grosbeaks have simply shifted their foraging sites to other parts of Corvallis or the Willamette Valley, he said. Data from eBird from 2004 to 2021 showed a few higher counts from around Corvallis than what was observed on campus, but the highest single day count was fewer than 2,000 birds, he said.
Most high counts were between 90 and 500 birds, with similarly small tallies reported across the whole Willamette Valley.
Four Oregon State University students, now all at other research institutions following their graduation, took part in the study: Jessica Greer (University of California Davis), Juliana Masseloux (Zoological Society of London), Tyler Hallman (Swiss Ornithological Institute) and Jenna Curtis (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Greer and Masseloux were undergraduates, and Curtis and Hallman were doctoral students. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/oregon-state-survey-suggests-charismatic-songbird-s-numbers-have-dramatically-declined/article_3f4888ae-fd6e-11ec-b899-c797b882f27e.html | 2022-07-09T18:50:30 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/oregon-state-survey-suggests-charismatic-songbird-s-numbers-have-dramatically-declined/article_3f4888ae-fd6e-11ec-b899-c797b882f27e.html |
A cyclist approaches the Eighth Street tunnel along the greenbelt in downtown Boise, Friday, July 8, 2022. The site has been chosen by the Boise City Department of Arts & History as the location of a Human Rights mural.
A cyclist approaches the Eighth Street tunnel along the greenbelt in downtown Boise, Friday, July 8, 2022. The site has been chosen by the Boise City Department of Arts & History as the location of a Human Rights mural.
A cyclist approaches the Eighth Street tunnel along the greenbelt in downtown Boise, Friday, July 8, 2022. The site has been chosen by the Boise City Department of Arts & History as the location of a Human Rights mural.
A cyclist approaches the Eighth Street tunnel along the greenbelt in downtown Boise, Friday, July 8, 2022. The site has been chosen by the Boise City Department of Arts & History as the location of a Human Rights mural.
BOISE — A human rights mural at the site where antisemitic graffiti was spray painted last December is in the works.
The Boise City Department of Arts & History is taking the lead on the mural project, Director of Parks and Recreation Doug Holloway said. The Department of Parks and Recreation maintains the mural location, the Eighth Street tunnel adjacent to the Anne Frank Memorial.
“Any time you see antisemiticor racially related slurs that pop up anywhere they have a tendency to pop up a lot of times in locations in parks,” Holloway said. “It is pretty infrequent but when it does pop up, it is very disturbing and it is not the experience we want our citizens to see in Boise or visitors to see in Boise.”
The project received a budget allocation of $35,000 from the city's general fund, Holloway said.
The Arts & History team has a list of around 35 artists to call on and will work with stakeholders to pick three or four artists. In the next two to three weeks, the city hopes to narrow down the number of artists.
“The goal is to have it done by sometime in September,” Holloway said. “It would be a pretty tight turnaround but murals, they can be done fairly quick.”
There may be some detours on the greenbelt while the mural is in process.
“We’ll have to protect what the artist is doing,” Holloway said.
Over the past few years, antisemitic incidents have kept happening in Boise. The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial was defaced with antisemitic graffiti in 2017 and 2020. In the past two years, other graffiti appeared in downtown Boise on the Idaho Building, in the Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park and on tunnels of the Greenbelt.
Stakeholders previously told the Idaho Press that Idaho has “weak” hate crime laws and that they were looking for non-legal ways to respond to such incidents.
But the issue continues.
A white nationalist concert is scheduled for Saturday, July 9, according to the Idaho Statesman. The event is called “Hills of Hate Camp.” The event was also held in Boise in 2012 and 2017, the Statesman reported, though previously the event took place near Melba on private property.
Carolyn Komatsoulis covers Boise, Meridian and Ada County. Contact her at 208-465-8107 and follow her on Twitter @CKomatsoulis. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/human-rights-mural-planned-for-site-of-antisemitic-graffiti/article_05da6c7c-0874-5283-8ffb-3d8ed7ed5002.html | 2022-07-09T18:51:24 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/human-rights-mural-planned-for-site-of-antisemitic-graffiti/article_05da6c7c-0874-5283-8ffb-3d8ed7ed5002.html |
Priya Kurszewski was crowned 2022 Miss Bristol at the 53rd annual Bristol Progress Days coronation banquet Friday evening at the Parkway Chateau.
Kurszewski, 17, said she was shocked and honored to be named Miss Bristol. She was chosen for her volunteering efforts, outstanding academic performance, and impressive community involvement.
“I really didn’t expect this, I just heard about Miss Bristol for the first time this year,” she said. “We have such an incredible batch of contestants here that did such an amazing job.”
During the contestant questioning portion of the event, Kurszewski shared her passion for mental health awareness and healthcare.
“Mental health is a subject that hasn’t really been talked about much,” she said. “We need to make sure we are checking up on the mental health of everyone that we can.”
Kurszewski plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Parkside this fall in hopes to one day be a therapist.
People are also reading…
Her goal as Miss Bristol is to go to Bristol Elementary School and spread the importance of mental health awareness.
“I’m really looking forward to going back to the school I once attended and talking to the students about things I am really passionate about,” said Kurszewski.
Other members of the 2022 Miss Bristol court include:
- First Runner Up: Shannon Wiebers, 16, who will be a junior at Westosha Central High School and hopes to become an emergency veterinary nurse.
- Second Runner Up and Miss Congeniality Award winner: Amanda Gorsuch, 19, who will be a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and has been on the Dean’s List every semester she has attended.
- Third Runner Up: Janae Bayles, 17, who will be a senior at Westosha Central High School this year and hopes to become an EMT and firefighter.
Outstanding Citizen
Cathy Beach was named 2022 Outstanding Citizen, who who was nominated by a friend.
“This person is genuine, humble, and kind,” her nomination stated. “Although she may be uncomfortable with this recognition, I’m sure she’d welcome it as an opportunity to give God the glory.” Beach has lived in Bristol for 15 years, and serves as a Deacon at Crossway Community Church. She has used her gift of sewing to provide quilts to multiple charity organizations, and donated thousands of hand sewn masks to hospitals and first responders during the pandemic.
Although Beach was unable to attend the banquet Friday night, attendees were thrilled to hear her name announced, cheering as her accomplishments were recognized. Beach was to be presented her award and sash at Bristol Progress Days on Saturday.
Junior Outstanding Citizens
This year’s Junior Outstanding Citizens, Haley Aiken and Gavin Stewart, were recognized and presented with trophies. They were nominated for their achievements at school and within their communities.
Gavin Stewart was recognized for his creative, helpful spirit. “You can always count on him to be the leader of the pack,” said those who nominated Stewart.
Haley Aiken was recognized for her compassionate heart and love for school. “She is an amazing big sister, helping her special needs sister by assisting with therapies and playing with her,” said those who nominated Aiken. “She absolutely loves school and is a straight A student.”
Bristol Progress Days continued on Saturday and concludes on Sunday in Hansen Park in Bristol. Sunday's schedule includes:
- Fastpitch tournament continues all day
- 12:30 p.m. — The Candy Parade through Bristol begins, starting at Highway 45 and 82nd Street and ending at the park
- 2:30 p.m. — Live Auction in West Pavilion
- 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. — Big Balloon Tycoon. Balloon artists will make balloon art for children
- 5:30 p.m. — TRIP performs in the beer tent
- 7:00 p.m. — Raffle for Air Hockey table
- 8:30 p.m. — Raffle ticket drawing
- Fireworks at Dusk
IN PHOTOS: BRISTOL PROGRESS DAYS PARADE 2021
Bristol Progress Days, an annual community celebration for more than 50 years, culminated Sunday, July 11, with the “2021 – Looking Forward” parade, daytime activities at Hansen Park and fireworks at dusk.
Organizers billed the festival as “the biggest small village celebration in Wisconsin. For three days in July, Bristol in western Kenosha County Wisconsin, becomes the site of good old family fun.”
The parade, with more than 100 units, began at 12:30 p.m. Sunday and traveled along 199th Avenue and ended at Hansen Park.
The parade is “famous for the candy raining down on its spectators.”
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
Adam Scheele, left, advisor to the Westosha Central High School marching band, walks alongside members as they march through the street in Dow…
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
Hundreds line the streets at and near the Village of Bristol offices and Fire Department Sunday for the Candy Parade during Bristol Progress D…
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
Rachael Petroski, left, with 9-month-old daughter Britta, of Kenosha, and mother-in-law Debbie Petroski (background) at the Bristol Progress D…
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
A participant in the Bristol Progress Days Candy Parade tosses goodies to people along the parade route Sunday afternoon.
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
Parade-goers wave as participants riding in the Bristol Fire Department aerial truck greet them at the Bristol Progress Days Candy Parade Sund…
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
Priscilla and Ben Kopczynski, Bristol Progress Days "outstanding citizens" greet hundreds of people during the Candy Parade on Sunday.
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
Newly crowned Miss Bristol, Amanda Palmen, sits atop a Ford Mustang, as she waves to the crowd at the Bristol Progress Days Candy Parade in 2021.
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
Bristol School PTO member Stephanie Muscha and son Arthur, 1, prepare to toss candy to the crowd during Bristol Progress Days Parade on Sunday.
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE
A member of the Lake County Mounted Posse, northern Illinois horse club, hoists the colors, while riding in Sunday's Bristol Progress Days Pa…
BRISTOL CANDY PARADE 2021
Meghan Lynn of Kenosha, gives daughter Peyton Arndt-Lynn, 11 months, a ride on her shoulders as she reacts to the horses going by at the Brist…
Hi-o Bristol!
A member of the Lake County Mounted Posse horse club waves to the crowd during Bristol Progress Days’ Candy Parade on Sunday in Downtown Brist… | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/bristol-progress-days-kicks-off-with-crowning-of-miss-bristol-and-recognition-of-citizens-of/article_796efb9a-ff3e-11ec-8f12-6f5d483494e9.html | 2022-07-09T19:19:39 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/bristol-progress-days-kicks-off-with-crowning-of-miss-bristol-and-recognition-of-citizens-of/article_796efb9a-ff3e-11ec-8f12-6f5d483494e9.html |
PLEASANT PRAIRIE -- Buffalo Wild Wings GO, a new takeout and delivery-focused model for Buffalo Wild Wings, has opened in Pleasant Prairie, 4623 75th St., marking the first Go location in Wisconsin.
The new business opened on Friday.
Through August 14 customers who place an order in-store at the new location will receive a 20% discount.
The Pleasant Prairie GO location features a walk-up counter, digital menu boards and limited seating, and offer traditional and boneless wings, hand-breaded tenders, chicken sandwiches, burgers, sides, and all 26 Buffalo Wild Wings sauces and dry rubs.
Guests who order ahead will be able to pick up their meal from individual takeout lockers.
“I am thrilled to introduce the new Buffalo Wild Wings GO model in Pleasant Prairie,” said Buffalo Wild Wings President Lyle Tick. “Our takeout and delivery business grew significantly over the past two years as guests across America enjoyed our award-winning wings, sauces and other menu items at home. With great deals every day of the week on wings and bundles at GO, customers have one more way to enjoy our wings for any occasion, from game day lunch to family dinner.”
People are also reading…
The new restaurant is open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until midnight Friday and Saturday.
More information can be found at www.buffalowildwings.com/en/bwww-go. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/pleasant-prairie-gets-buffalo-wild-wings-go-first-in-wisconsin/article_eaa4f39a-fecc-11ec-bf33-e36bd1077e35.html | 2022-07-09T19:19:45 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/pleasant-prairie-gets-buffalo-wild-wings-go-first-in-wisconsin/article_eaa4f39a-fecc-11ec-bf33-e36bd1077e35.html |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — The coroner has been called to the scene of a crash on Route 222 northbound in Lancaster County.
First responders were dispatched to the scene of the crash located at mile marker 36 around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
According to a supervisor from Lancaster County-Wide Communications, there are several injuries reported and at least one person has been taken to the hospital.
One lane is closed between the exits to 272 and 772 while police investigate. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/coroner-called-crash-route-222-lancaster-county-west-earl-township/521-9c18a7bc-c6d3-4e21-bcd2-630c7930e138 | 2022-07-09T19:25:58 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/coroner-called-crash-route-222-lancaster-county-west-earl-township/521-9c18a7bc-c6d3-4e21-bcd2-630c7930e138 |
LEWISTOWN, Pa. — One person is dead following an early morning fire at an apartment complex in Mifflin County.
On Saturday morning, around 6:30 a.m., fire crews were called to a fire at the Kish Apartments on the 100 block of South Main Street in Lewistown.
One person died and several others were injured in the large fire, according to fire officials.
The identity of the deceased has not yet been released.
No word on the cause or origin of the fire.
More information to follow. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/mifflin-county/lewistown-fire-kills-one-mifflin-county-kish-apartments-fatal/521-e882b118-ca79-4a18-869f-3289e256af81 | 2022-07-09T19:26:04 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/mifflin-county/lewistown-fire-kills-one-mifflin-county-kish-apartments-fatal/521-e882b118-ca79-4a18-869f-3289e256af81 |
GIBSON CITY — A group of residents have taken it upon themselves to revitalize the once-cherished Burwell Building, 107 N. Sangamon Ave., in downtown Gibson City.
“A lot of downtowns are dying because they’re not saving their downtown structures and tearing them down,” said Dawn Klintworth, secretary of the Gibson City Restoration Association. “I don’t want to see that happen here.”
Established in 2019, the Gibson City Restoration Association is a local nonprofit seeking to repair and restore historical buildings.
Recently, the group purchased the Burwell Building, which has been deteriorating since its last occupant, a business called The Store, closed in 2018. Now they are looking to renovate and make repairs to return the building to its former glory.
Klintworth said the building will require a new roof and gutters, tuckpointing around the outside brick, new windows and doors, plumbing and electrical systems, an all-new HVAC system, mold and lead paint remediation, replacement flooring in areas, accessibility upgrades and other repairs to remain structurally sound.
Origins
The building, named for past owner Moses Thorp Burwell, was actually rebuilt after a fire on Jan. 30, 1883, that destroyed most wooden structures on the west side of Sangamon Avenue between 8th and 9th streets, Klintworth said.
Burwell, a local banker, started to rebuild this part of downtown, using brick so that it would be more resistant to fire.
Klintworth said the early occupants of the first floor were furniture dealers who also made wooden coffins; later, they added an undertaking business. Evidence of the former occupants remains on the front facade of the building, where "FURNITURE" is painted in large, fading white letters.
Businesses during the early years included S.L. Harnit and Wood (1884), S.L. Harnit (until 1887) and W.W. Lamb & Co. (1887 till 1937), Klintworth said.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wachs of Galesburg moved the Wachs' Ben Franklin store to the building in 1942. They lived above the store and were sometimes visited by the famous poet Carl Sandburg, who was Mrs. Wachs’ brother, Klintworth said.
“I retired from the local library last year and I always saw all the old photos of the downtown area, the carnival, and everything,” said Sharon Heavilin, president of the Gibson City Restoration Association. “Even all the furniture that was here was in each one of those pictures, so I thought, 'We got to save this sucker.'”
The Wachs sold the business around 1958 to W. Phillip Loy, who started a variety store called Loy's Store until 1986. The store then changed to KAS Variety Store (1988-1990) and Dollar General (1992-1994) before becoming specialty stores including The Silver Lion (1996-2001), Avalon Tea Garden (2001), Shirley Duncan Real Estate (2002-2004) and The Store (2016-2018).
“When I was in school, I took home economics and this was where I got my patterns and fabrics, down near the middle of the first floor, and there were even candy jars where you could pick out whatever you wanted,” said Martha Heavilin, board member of the Gibson City Restoration Association. “I mean, if you needed something in Gibson City, this is where you came.”
Gathering place
Klintworth said the second floor was also home to the Burwell Opera House, which hosted many events, local shows, and even high school commencement ceremonies.
“At one time, Burwell had part of his business in this building and would look for speakers and entertainers to bring in,” said Denis Fisher, vice president of the Gibson City Restoration Association. “When times were a little slow, he would then open it up for roller-skating and community kids, probably parents too, would come in and skate in the huge room upstairs.”
Unfortunately, over the years, the building has been underused and is in need of all repairs to resume its place as the community's entertainment center.
In the end, Klintworth said, they hope to restore the structure and add an elevator so that anyone in the community can use it for meetings, concerts or even family reunions.
As part of its fundraising efforts, the group has regularly hosted a Queen of Hearts drawing at 7 p.m. each Wednesday at Jay’s Bar and Grill, 117 N. Sangamon Ave.
Additionally, it hosted a garage sale Saturday, and another is planned from 9 a.m. to noon July 16 to sell whatever was left behind in the building. If they do not sell everything by the end of July 16, they will open the doors on July 23 and give the rest away for free. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/watch-now-residents-rally-to-save-historic-gibson-city-building/article_1f95b0e4-ff18-11ec-9523-3bbb987e3ac6.html | 2022-07-09T19:28:00 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/watch-now-residents-rally-to-save-historic-gibson-city-building/article_1f95b0e4-ff18-11ec-9523-3bbb987e3ac6.html |
BALTIMORE — A total of $16,000 in reward money is being offered to anyone with information about a recent deadly encounter between a man and people cleaning windshields for cash at a downtown Baltimore intersection.
Metro CrimeStoppers is also offering an $8,000 reward, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Reynolds, of Baltimore, was driving through an intersection near the city’s Inner Harbor on Thursday afternoon when he had a heated interaction with so-called squeegee workers, parked his car and came back with a baseball bat, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said earlier this week.
He “swung the bat at one or more of those squeegee workers. In return, one of the squeegee workers pulled out a gun and fired,” striking Reynolds, the commissioner said.
The workers ran away after the shooting.
Squeegee workers, also known as squeegee kids, consist mostly of teens from low-income neighborhoods who clean drivers’ windshields at intersections in exchange for money.
City officials have said there would be increased police patrols at intersections the workers frequent. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/reward-offered-in-case-of-man-killed-in-squeegee-fight/2022/07/09/c094da9c-ffb8-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | 2022-07-09T19:40:52 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/reward-offered-in-case-of-man-killed-in-squeegee-fight/2022/07/09/c094da9c-ffb8-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html |
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — The Hernando County Sheriff's Office in Brooksville now has $16,000 worth of estimated damage to fix after a 16-year-old allegedly drove into the side of the building Friday night.
The teen and his father were at New Beginnings Youth Shelter before the teen returned to the black Toyota RAV4 the pair had arrived in and left,
the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Reportedly, a deputy saw the RAV4 traveling eastbound on Sheriff Mylander Way in Brooksville without its headlights on.
According to the report, a traffic stop was attempted in the area of Cortez Boulevard and Horse Lake Road, but as the deputy approached the vehicle the teen drove off.
Teen crashes into Hernando County Sheriff's Office
Less than an hour later around 11:27 p.m., a crash occurred near the west side of the building by a rear entrance, the sheriff's office explained in a statement.
"The driver exited the vehicle and then made a statement about wanting to commit self-harm," deputies explained in a statement.
After the crash, deputies were able to contact the teen's father. He reportedly told deputies he never called the police because he thought the teen was planning on returning home.
The teen was taken into protective custody under the Baker Act and will later face charges of fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer, criminal mischief, battery on a law enforcement officer and trespassing.
No additional information is available at this time. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernando-county-crash-teen-baker-act/67-d67a226d-2ed1-4d15-92a0-4347e14274d5 | 2022-07-09T19:59:15 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernando-county-crash-teen-baker-act/67-d67a226d-2ed1-4d15-92a0-4347e14274d5 |
TAMPA, Fla. — Mayor Jane Castor christened Tampa's newest addition Saturday morning with the ceremonial breaking of a champagne bottle across the boat's bow.
“This is a personal passion of mine, ensuring that our community is clean each and every day.” Said Castor.
The boat is called the Litter Skimmer, which works as a conveyor system with two wings that collect garbage and debris on and just beneath the surface of the water.
“The good thing about this vessel is will be able to pick up all the floating organic materials, as well the logs and boating hazards that coming from the storms." Said Walt Townsend, the boat's operator.
The boat will serve Sparkman Channel all the way up to Ybor Turning Basin, all the way up the Hillsborough river as far as Armature Works. It will also skim around Bayshore Boulevard.
The city also announced they are receiving a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for $500,000 to study where the trash is coming from.
"This grant is an important part of stopping this trash [from] getting in the waterway in the first place." Said Whit Remer the sustainability and resilience officer for the city of Tampa.
Mayor Castor says this is an important step in an ongoing effort to keep the city clean.
“We’re not stopping we’re going to skim the litter that makes it to the water the next step is stopping it from ever getting into our water.” | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tampa-skimming-boat-new-jane-castor-trash-litter/67-6c1ba29a-c704-41b6-be0f-0a4c3fb2d8d4 | 2022-07-09T19:59:16 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tampa-skimming-boat-new-jane-castor-trash-litter/67-6c1ba29a-c704-41b6-be0f-0a4c3fb2d8d4 |
Jack McGowan pitched a six-inning complete game with four strikeouts to lead the Linwood/Somers Point 12-and-under baseball team to a 6-4 victory over Middle Township on Friday.
McGowan's performance was all the more notable because he suffered a thumb injury during the game. He finished the game, but his injury required professional treatment afterward.
Linwood/Somers Point advanced to the Little League District 16 championship game. The team will play Stafford Township at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Middle Township Little League fields.
District 16 consists of teams in Atlantic, Cape and Ocean counties.
In Friday's game, Noah Gillespie went 3 for 3 with two RBIs for the winners. Bryce Dickerson hit an RBI triple in the fifth inning and scored twice.
Nathan Stocker had two hits and two RBIs for Middle Township. Bryce Ziegler added two hits.
District 16 10U
People are also reading…
Northfield 9, Stafford Township 3: Gavin Sutley, Carter Graves and Dominic Buccafurni combined for 11 strikeouts for Northfield.
Dominc Tortu and Brian Mooney each had two RBIs. For Stafford, Vince Venuto had two hits.
Stafford was set to play Linwood/Somers Point on Saturday with the winner meeting Northfield in the title game Monday.
Softball
District 16 10U
Northfield 8, Wildwood/Lower Cape May 5: Lila Clifford pitched five innings and struck out 12 to earn the win. She did not allow a hit. Clifford also went 2 for with a homer, two runs an RBI and five stolen bases. Addison Keena also had five stolen bases and scored twice. Payton Boyd went 1 for 2 with an RBI and a stolen base. Chloe Brandt struck out one in one inning.
Northfield will play for the district championship at 7 p.m. Sunday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/jack-mcgowan-fights-through-injury-helps-linwood-somers-points-reach-district-16-title-game-little/article_2b241770-ffa9-11ec-9687-736f30a27af9.html | 2022-07-09T20:03:39 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/jack-mcgowan-fights-through-injury-helps-linwood-somers-points-reach-district-16-title-game-little/article_2b241770-ffa9-11ec-9687-736f30a27af9.html |
Two students killed in Thursday morning crash in Foster
Foster police refuse to say anything, even to confirm the two deaths
FOSTER — Two Foster-Glocester Regional School District students died in a car crash on Thursday morning on Salisbury Road, according to the schools superintendent, but Foster police have released no information on the crash.
Foster-Glocester Regional School District Superintendent Renee Palazzo said in a statement that the community is mourning the loss of two students who died in the crash.
"Our sympathy goes out to the families affected by this loss," Palazzo wrote in the statement.
More:New allegations of 'creepy' behavior leveled against two North Kingstown coaches
A Foster police dispatcher on Saturday would not confirm the fatalities or give any information on the crash, saying only that it's "still under investigation." Police Chief David Breit did not immediately respond to a request for information on Saturday.
More:His ruse exposed, Nick Alahverdian's victims react with joy – and lingering worry
More:3 men sentenced to prison in Providence shooting that wounded 8
Palazzo wrote that counseling will be available starting Monday for students affected by the deaths.
Thanks to our subscribers, who help make this coverage possible. If you are not a subscriber, please consider supporting quality local journalism with a Providence Journal subscription. Here's our latest offer.
Reach reporter Wheeler Cowperthwaite at wcowperthwaite@providencejournal.com or follow him on Twitter @WheelerReporter. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/09/rhode-island-students-killed-foster-car-accident/10020710002/ | 2022-07-09T20:05:56 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/09/rhode-island-students-killed-foster-car-accident/10020710002/ |
KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — A recent inspection by the Idaho Sheriff’s Association showed that the Kootenai County Jail is overcrowded and out of compliance with state standards, as reported by our news partners, the Coeur d'Alene Press.
If the issues aren’t resolved, it could mean higher insurance costs, county officials said.
The 450-bed jail was frequently overcapacity between September 2021 and April 2022, according to a letter from the Idaho Sheriff’s Association obtained by The Press.
Though the jail reportedly met all other state standards, noncompliance in any area could mean increased insurance costs. Jails certified by the Sheriff’s Association reportedly receive a discount on insurance through the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program.
“We’ve been shipping inmates out again,” said Capt. Andy Deak. “We don’t have the staff to monitor them in our jail.”
Some inmates are housed in Nez Perce County, as well as in Ferris County, Washington. But that hasn’t been enough to alleviate the crowded conditions.
When fully staffed, the jail’s functional capacity is around 380 inmates — about 80% of its total capacity. Deak said the jail has operated “well over” that ideal number for a long period.
“We’ve been at 90 or 95 percent for the last year and a half,” he said.
To address overcrowding, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris wants to complete two pods at the jail that could house another 108 people.
“That would help us out significantly,” Norris said.
The “shells” of these pods were built during the last jail expansion in 2018 but remain unfinished.
The sheriff’s office requested $6 million — out of the county’s $32 million share of American Rescue Plan Act funds — to complete the jail expansion.
But rules set by the U.S. Treasury specifically prohibit using the COVID-19 rescue funds to expand jail capacity in response to an increased crime rate or a need for physical distancing.
Norris said he believes the pods can be completed in a cheaper fashion if they’re turned into “dorm-style” living spaces, rather than individual cells. The pods could then house low-risk inmates.
County leaders have considered letting the sheriff’s office ask voters for additional funding in the form of a permanent override levy, which could appear on the ballot in November.
Though Norris initially said he was open to a levy, he has since moved away from the idea.
“To put an additional burden on taxpayers is not something I’m interested in,” he said.
The inspection showed that while the jail is out of compliance with overcrowding, staffing is in compliance with state standards, with a minimum of 10 to 15 detention deputies on each shift.
Still, Norris maintained that staffing shortages at the jail have exacerbated issues with overcrowding. The ratio of inmates to detention deputies is too high, he said, and hiring remains a challenge.
“The commissioners have made efforts to try to improve pay and attract people,” Deak said. “But we’re having a hard time even getting people to apply.”
County commissioners recently raised the starting wage for detention deputies to $22.87 per hour.
To attract and retain staff, Norris said he wants to see that wage go as high as $26 an hour.
“In Kootenai County, $26 is barely a livable wage,” he said.
Norris said one option to address staffing shortages is to fill vacancies with former detention deputies, who have already been through the lengthy background check and training process and can begin working faster.
“We’re not taking anything off the table,” Norris said.
The Coeur d'Alene Press is a KREM 2 news partner. For more from our partners, click here. | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho/kootenai-county-jail-fails-inspection-due-to-overcrowding/293-05e7aea8-3995-42e7-b569-f6c7aeff95cc | 2022-07-09T20:11:17 | 1 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho/kootenai-county-jail-fails-inspection-due-to-overcrowding/293-05e7aea8-3995-42e7-b569-f6c7aeff95cc |
CALIFORNIA, USA — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.
A team was being sent to the Mariposa Grove to wrap some of the massive trunks in fire-resistant foil to protect them as the blaze burned out of control, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The cause of the fire was under investigation and the rest of the park remained open as nearly 300 firefighters tried to control the flames with the help of two water-dropping helicopters and an air tanker dumping flame retardant, Phillipe said.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park's Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
The grove, which is inside the park's southern entrance, was evacuated and no one was injured.
The fire had grown to 466 acres (188 hectares) by Friday evening, authorities said.
Evacuation orders were issued Friday for the grove along with the nearby community of Wawona — which is surrounded by the park — and the Wawona Campground, where about 600 to 700 people were staying in a campground, cabins and an historic hotel.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove a year-and-a-half ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames, but winds Friday were calm and the fire was not spreading rapidly.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
"When the unwanted fires hit those areas, it tends to slow the rate of spread and helps us gain some control,” Phillipe said.
In the Sierra foothills, 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, some evacuation orders were lifted as containment grew to 70% on the Electra Fire that had burned 7 square miles (18 square kilometers).
The fire broke out near Jackson on Monday and temporarily forced about 100 people celebrating the July 4th holiday along a river to seek shelter in a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility.
The National Weather Service Sacramento says parts of the foothills and the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe, will be impacted by smoke from the Washburn Fire and the Electra Fire in Amador County.
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
Watch more from ABC10: Amid recent drownings this summer, here's some water safety tips | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/wildfire/washburn-fire-yosemite-mariposa-grove-maps-updates/103-7ab7a4f3-d93a-44e4-b5d6-2e6bf7728764 | 2022-07-09T20:11:23 | 0 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/wildfire/washburn-fire-yosemite-mariposa-grove-maps-updates/103-7ab7a4f3-d93a-44e4-b5d6-2e6bf7728764 |
Man found dead in Detroit after wife's death at Southfield home
Southfield police are investigating the death of a 63-year-old woman whose husband was later found dead in Detroit.
About 1 p.m. on Thursday, police were called to the 21000 block of Avon Lane for a death investigation. Initially, the lead on-scene investigator believed the deceased Southfield woman had passed from natural causes.
The next day, Southfield detectives were contacted by the Medical Examiner’s Office and told bullet fragments were located in the woman's skull during an examination.
Later in the day, Southfield detectives were told the woman's husband, a 65-year-old male and Southfield resident, was found dead in Detroit from an apparent gunshot wound, possibly self-inflicted.
Southfield detectives are investigating a possible connection between the two incidents.
jchambers@detroitnews.co | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/07/09/southfield-couple-found-dead-separate-incidents/10021691002/ | 2022-07-09T20:19:57 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/07/09/southfield-couple-found-dead-separate-incidents/10021691002/ |
Police released their first look at a man wanted in connection to Tuesday morning's fatal stabbing of a 34-year-old victim lying on a park bench in Manhattan.
The suspect was caught on video riding a Citi Bike moments after allegedly stabbing the man in the abdomen, police said.
He approached his victim around 3 a.m. along the Hudson River Park walkway near West 11th Street.
The victim was only stabbed once, but it proved to be a fatal blow. The NYPD said the 34-year-old was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.
Police obtained surveillance images of the alleged suspect and released them to the public Friday in hopes of gathering tips that could lead to an arrest.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/suspect-rides-off-on-bike-after-allegedly-stabbing-nyc-man-on-park-bench-nypd/3767565/ | 2022-07-09T20:19:59 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/suspect-rides-off-on-bike-after-allegedly-stabbing-nyc-man-on-park-bench-nypd/3767565/ |
The City of Dallas is warning water customers that they could be targeted in a phone scam.
According to a report by KRLD, the perpetrators are calling customers, pretending to be with Dallas Water Utilities, claiming the victim's bill is overdue, and threatening to shut off service unless it's paid right away.
The victims are told to make a payment over the phone or through a text message payment link.
The scammers use spoofing technology to make the victim's caller ID appear as if the call comes from the actual Dallas Water Utilities phone number, KRLD reported.
Dallas Water Utilities sends notices about a possible disconnection are sent through the mail. Customers are not contacted by phone about delinquent accounts. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-warns-public-about-scam-targeting-water-customers/3010390/ | 2022-07-09T20:26:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-warns-public-about-scam-targeting-water-customers/3010390/ |
Denton County Public Health has reported the first presumptive positive case of monkeypox virus in the county on Saturday.
According to DCPH, the test result is considered "presumptive positive" until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms it.
The patient is symptomatic and reported that they had contact with another individual who was confirmed positive with monkeypox, DCPH said.
DCPH said the department is working to investigate the case and identify individuals who may have had direct contact with the patient.
"While there is minimal known risk to the general public at this time, we are working with our partners at the local, state, and federal level to respond to the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the US," Dr. Matt Richardson, Director of Public Health, said. "It is important that healthcare providers recognize potential infection and contact DCPH immediately for lab testing assistance."
According to DCPH, any person can contract monkeypox regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. Transmission occurs through close physical contact with someone who has the virus, including contact with objects contaminated with the virus from contact with an infected person.
DCPH said monkeypox is primarily spread through contact with infectious sores, scabs, or bodily fluids. The virus can also spread by respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact.
Local
The latest news from around North Texas.
Monkeypox often begins with fever, intense headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, and swollen lymph nodes, DCPH said.
According to DCPH, the time from infection to developing symptoms is usually seven to 14 days, but individuals may develop symptoms five to 21 days after exposure.
Anyone with a rash that looks like monkeypox should avoid gatherings, sex, or being intimate with anyone until they consult with their healthcare provider, DCPH said.
Click here for more information about monkeypox symptoms and prevention. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/denton-county-reports-first-case-of-monkeypox-in-2022/3010381/ | 2022-07-09T20:26:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/denton-county-reports-first-case-of-monkeypox-in-2022/3010381/ |
Purdue University Northwest's Sinai Forum will be headlined by writer Elizabeth Gilbert, "Mythbusters" co-host Adam Savage and Gen. David H. Petraeus this year.
Tickets for the 69th season go on sale Tuesday. For nearly seven decades, the Sinai Forum has brought prominent speakers to Northwest Indiana and given people the chance to ask them questions during town-hall forums.
“Sharing perspectives on the most prominent issues we face is what Sinai Forum does best,” said Leslie Plesac, executive director of the Sinai Forum. “More than ever, it’s important that we come together to listen and learn from great leaders, creators and from one another.”
Savage will give a talk entitled “Every Tool’s a Hammer: Life is What You Make It” at 4 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Stardust Event Center at Blue Chip Casino, Hotel & Spa at 777 Blue Chip Drive in Michigan City.
He was one of the hosts of the long-running "Mythbusters" show on the Discovery Channel. Savage will share his ideas about problem solving, creativity and curiosity.
Will Hurd will give a talk entitled “American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done” at Purdue Northwest's Westville campus on Oct. 23. He's a former member of Congress, CIA officer and cybersecurity executive.
Gen. David H. Petraeus will give a talk entitled “Exploring the Geopolitical Landscape with General Petraeus” at Purdue Northwest on Nov. 13.
Petraeus is a four-star general with a 37-year military career who led five combat commands and who became a public figure while leading "The Surge" during the Iraq War.
Rachel Barton Pine will headline “An Afternoon with Rachel Barton Pine” on Dec. 4. She's performed solos with orchestras around the world, including the Chicago Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Pine has released 40 albums and appeared on “The Today Show,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and NPR’s “Tiny Desk.”
All of the talks will take place at 4 p.m., mostly at the James B. Dworkin Student Services and Activities Complex at PNW’s Westville campus at 1401 S. U.S. 421 in Westville. Doors open at 3 p.m.
Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times since 2013 and blogs about craft beer, culture and the military. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/purdue-northwest-sinai-forum-to-feature-elizabeth-gilbert-adam-savage-and-gen-david-petraeus/article_ef7310ff-c099-5993-9a27-4eef4256698b.html | 2022-07-09T20:40:03 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/purdue-northwest-sinai-forum-to-feature-elizabeth-gilbert-adam-savage-and-gen-david-petraeus/article_ef7310ff-c099-5993-9a27-4eef4256698b.html |
Country
United States of America US Virgin Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands Canada Mexico, United Mexican States Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Cuba, Republic of Dominican Republic Haiti, Republic of Jamaica Afghanistan Albania, People's Socialist Republic of Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of American Samoa Andorra, Principality of Angola, Republic of Anguilla Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S) Antigua and Barbuda Argentina, Argentine Republic Armenia Aruba Australia, Commonwealth of Austria, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bangladesh, People's Republic of Barbados Belarus Belgium, Kingdom of Belize Benin, People's Republic of Bermuda Bhutan, Kingdom of Bolivia, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana, Republic of Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya) Brazil, Federative Republic of British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria, People's Republic of Burkina Faso Burundi, Republic of Cambodia, Kingdom of Cameroon, United Republic of Cape Verde, Republic of Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad, Republic of Chile, Republic of China, People's Republic of Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia, Republic of Comoros, Union of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, People's Republic of Cook Islands Costa Rica, Republic of Cote D'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Republic of the Cyprus, Republic of Czech Republic Denmark, Kingdom of Djibouti, Republic of Dominica, Commonwealth of Ecuador, Republic of Egypt, Arab Republic of El Salvador, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faeroe Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Fiji, Republic of the Fiji Islands Finland, Republic of France, French Republic French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon, Gabonese Republic Gambia, Republic of the Georgia Germany Ghana, Republic of Gibraltar Greece, Hellenic Republic Greenland Grenada Guadaloupe Guam Guatemala, Republic of Guinea, Revolutionary
People's Rep'c of Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guyana, Republic of Heard and McDonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras, Republic of Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China Hrvatska (Croatia) Hungary, Hungarian People's Republic Iceland, Republic of India, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq, Republic of Ireland Israel, State of Italy, Italian Republic Japan Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Kazakhstan, Republic of Kenya, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait, State of Kyrgyz Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon, Lebanese Republic Lesotho, Kingdom of Liberia, Republic of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein, Principality of Lithuania Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Macao, Special Administrative Region of China Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar, Republic of Malawi, Republic of Malaysia Maldives, Republic of Mali, Republic of Malta, Republic of Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco, Principality of Mongolia, Mongolian People's Republic Montserrat Morocco, Kingdom of Mozambique, People's Republic of Myanmar Namibia Nauru, Republic of Nepal, Kingdom of Netherlands Antilles Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua, Republic of Niger, Republic of the Nigeria, Federal Republic of Niue, Republic of Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway, Kingdom of Oman, Sultanate of Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Palau Palestinian Territory, Occupied Panama, Republic of Papua New Guinea Paraguay, Republic of Peru, Republic of Philippines, Republic of the Pitcairn Island Poland, Polish People's Republic Portugal, Portuguese Republic Puerto Rico Qatar, State of Reunion Romania, Socialist Republic of Russian Federation Rwanda, Rwandese Republic Samoa, Independent State of San Marino, Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal, Republic of Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles, Republic of Sierra Leone, Republic of Singapore, Republic of Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia, Somali Republic South Africa, Republic of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain, Spanish State Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of St. Helena St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Suriname, Republic of Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland, Kingdom of Sweden, Kingdom of Switzerland, Swiss Confederation Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, Province of China Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand, Kingdom of Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of Togo, Togolese Republic Tokelau (Tokelau Islands) Tonga, Kingdom of Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Tunisia, Republic of Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda, Republic of Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland Uruguay, Eastern Republic of Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia, Republic of Zimbabwe | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/driggs-man-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-state-highway-33/article_476fd889-fae6-5019-b074-b858e1c8a28d.html | 2022-07-09T20:53:15 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/driggs-man-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-state-highway-33/article_476fd889-fae6-5019-b074-b858e1c8a28d.html |
ALBANY — While discussing Albany State University, there are alumni and supporters who will gladly tell you all the memorable events that have elevated the historically black university’s rich history.
They’ll talk about the chimney on the lower campus, the impact of the Flood of ‘94, of founder Joseph Winthrop Holley’s brave efforts to offer a higher education to a population that had no such options, of the Jones brothers and their basketball prowess, of the post-flood move to the “upper campus,” of the consolidation with Darton State College, of students’ involvement in the civil rights movement, of alumni who have gone on to bigger and better things.
But the people who know the ins and outs of the university well will, to a person, tell you there’s a behind-the-scenes face of ASU that for the last 30 years has been just as vital and memorable a part of the institution as some of those more heralded personnel, landmarks and events.
Anyone who has ever attended an event at the university, be it on-campus, an athletic competition, a community happening, will, if they’re paying attention, have noticed the same gentleman at all things ASU, taking photographs to record the university’s history. That man, Reginald Christian, is the keeper — the chronicler — of Albany State’s history, an individual whose passion for the college runs as deep and as fully as the Flint River that flows along the university’s eastern campus.
“I cannot imagine Albany State University without Reggie Christian,” a university alumnus said. “I’ve never seen a man more passionate about his work. That he is so personable and professional makes him perhaps one of the brightest gems in ASU’s long history.”
An Albany born-and-raised native, Christian started working at ASU after a 13-year career as a production assistant at local television station WALB. Shortly after earning a business administration degree at — where else? — Albany State, Christian answered a “help wanted” ad at the TV station.
“I had absolutely no experience, but they told me they’d give me 90 days to learn,” Christian said while he prepared for a recent photo shoot on campus. “I took to it and really enjoyed it. I had no plans of leaving the TV station, but one day I was doing a story on campus and (then-ASU president) Dr. (Billy) Black told me I ought to come to work over here. I told them I was happy with my job.
“I came back again three or four months later, and Dr. Black and (former educator) Brenda Tiller told me again I would be welcome at Albany State. We talked a little more, and even though I was happy at the TV station, money does talk. So I decided to make the change.”
Christian came to ASU two weeks after the worst of the Great Flood, and working to preserve and restore photographs and documents that had received water damage was one of his first chores. He set up and often operated equipment in classrooms and, since he had a photography background, he was called on to take pictures at certain events.
As new presidents came — Black, Shields, Freeman, Fedrick — Christian’s duties evolved. He obtained a CDL license and was often called on to take university officials from place to place. And somewhere along the way the administration realized how valuable Christian’s photography background would be in chronicling the university’s history.
“It kind of started out that I was the only person on campus who could do these things,” Christian said. “But it soon became an important part of my job. I think it really hit me that ‘this is what I do’ when I started meeting and photographing the celebrities that were on campus or at university-sponsored events.
“When you get an opportunity to take just one shot of Ray Charles — and you know you have to get it right — and it ends up in Jet magazine, you realize this is a pretty cool thing to do. Then taking pictures in a hotel room for a private event for Ray Charles with Usher and Janet Jackson in the room, and walking onstage with Patti LaBelle ... You realize, first, that you can do this and, second, that these folks are really ordinary people like everyone else.”
Christian has shot easily millions of photographs for ASU, but he says the experience is never mundane.
“Being around all these students keeps you young,” he said. “And it’s pretty cool — and humbling — to go to a homecoming event and have alumni come up and say, ‘Are you still here? You were here when I was a student.’ Or have students say, ‘Mr. Christian, you were here when my momma or daddy came to Albany State.’”
With 30 years under his belt, there is inevitable talk about maybe leaving the college behind and engaging more in his passions: fishing and riding his Harley-Davidson. But even a recent knee replacement surgery hasn’t slowed Christian down or cooled his ardor for ASU.
“People start talking about retirement, but that’s not something I think about,” he said. “I love coming to work today as much as I did 30 years ago. There’s something new and different going on every day.
“When I look back over my 30 years here, I know in my heart I gave it my all every day. And every time I see something — out in the community or somewhere outside Albany — that has Albany State on it, I say to myself, ‘I had something to do with that.’ That’s a good feeling.” | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/reggie-christian-one-of-the-faces-of-albany-state-university/article_2597a426-ff99-11ec-b1d7-37ef31ad97ea.html | 2022-07-09T20:53:57 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/reggie-christian-one-of-the-faces-of-albany-state-university/article_2597a426-ff99-11ec-b1d7-37ef31ad97ea.html |
PHOENIX — A 2-year-old girl died Saturday afternoon after being pulled from a backyard pool in West Phoenix, officials said.
Firefighters with the Phoenix Fire Department responded to a drowning call at a home near West Roma Avenue & North 101st Avenue just before 9 a.m. on Saturday.
According to early reports, crews found that the girl was unconscious and not breathing after being pulled from the pool. Firefighters took over CPR and advanced lifesaving measures.
Officials said it is unknown how long the little girl was in the pool.
The little girl was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition, but sadly did not survive.
The details of how the child got into the pool and the circumstances around her drowning are still under investigation.
>> Live, local, breaking. Download the 12 News app
Up to Speed
Catch up on the latest news and stories on our 12 News YouTube playlist here.
Drowning Prevention Tips:
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children between ages 1-4 aside from birth defects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three children die every day as a result of drowning. Here are some tips from the CDC on how to protect children around water:
Learn life-saving skills.
Everyone should know the basics of swimming (floating, moving through the water) and CPR.
Fence it off.
Install a four–sided isolation fence, with self–closing and self–latching gates, around backyard swimming pools. This can help keep children away from the area when they aren’t supposed to be swimming. Pool fences should be completely separate the house and play area from the pool.
Life jackets are a must.
Make sure kids wear life jackets in and around natural bodies of water, such as lakes or the ocean, even if they know how to swim. Life jackets can be used in and around pools for weaker swimmers too.
Keep a close watch.
When kids are in or near water (including bathtubs), closely supervise them at all times. Because drowning happens quickly and quietly, adults watching kids in or near water should avoid distracting activities like reading books, talking on the phone, or using alcohol and drugs. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/2-year-old-girl-near-drowning-in-phoenix-pool/75-e6949b04-9722-4b12-926f-394d4294573e | 2022-07-09T20:55:17 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/2-year-old-girl-near-drowning-in-phoenix-pool/75-e6949b04-9722-4b12-926f-394d4294573e |
CHANDLER, Ariz. — A fire at the 99 Ranch Market in Chandler aroused the suspicion of police and fire officials, who have launched a criminal investigation into the event.
Around 6 a.m. on Saturday, fire crews with the Chandler, Tempe, and Mesa Fire Departments responded to a commercial fire at the crossroad of Dobson Road and Chandler Boulevard.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, there wasn't smoke or flames coming out of the building, but they did spot white smoke inside, officials said.
Inside, crews found a small fire in the middle of the store. According to reports, the store was closed and empty at the time, and first responders found the fire to be suspicious.
>> Live, local, breaking. Download the 12 News app
"We're not sure if it's criminal at this time," Sergent Jason McClimans told 12 News, "But what we're asking for, is if anybody saw anything suspicious before 6 a.m. this morning here in this parking lot to please contact the Chandler Police Department."
Three departments including the Tempe and Mesa Fire Departments responded to the scene, mostly because of the potential for the fire to spread in a building as large as the 99 Ranch Market, officials said.
There were no reports of extensive fire damage to the store, but some water damage was found.
If you have information on this incident or potential suspects, you can contact the Chandler Police Department at 480-782-4130.
Up to Speed
Catch up on the latest news and stories on our 12 News YouTube playlist here. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/fire-at-99-ranch-market-chandler-suspected-to-be-criminal-in-nature/75-6328ec33-551c-4889-be94-c34c57901562 | 2022-07-09T20:55:23 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/fire-at-99-ranch-market-chandler-suspected-to-be-criminal-in-nature/75-6328ec33-551c-4889-be94-c34c57901562 |
MESA, Ariz. — Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding 22-year-old Brooke Salerno. She was last seen near Ellsworth Road and Dennis Street in Mesa, Arizona.
According to a report from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Brooke was last seen leaving a home in the area on foot at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jul. 9. She was heading northbound on Ellsworth Road.
>> Live, local, breaking. Download the 12 News app
Officials said that Brooke has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and did not take her medication prior to leaving.
Brooke, a Tucson native, does not have friends or family in the Mesa area and left her phone, identification, and credit cards at the home, officials said.
The MCSO is asking for anyone who has information on Brooke's whereabouts to contact them at 602-876-1011.
This is a developing story, so stay with us as we continue to update you on the situation.
Up to Speed
Catch up on the latest news and stories on our 12 News YouTube playlist here. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/missing-person-brooke-salerno-mesa-arizona/75-4958be17-2e38-4ccf-9447-666c01bd688e | 2022-07-09T20:55:29 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/missing-person-brooke-salerno-mesa-arizona/75-4958be17-2e38-4ccf-9447-666c01bd688e |
NORMAL — Saturday was the day to ditch your electronic devices and tune in to the great outdoors.
The Town of Normal Department of Parks and Recreation encouraged folks to do just that with several "Unplug Normal" events on Saturday. They were planned as part of a statewide effort, held annually on the second Saturday of July, to push people to plug into outside play, activity and creativity.
Around 20 people perked up and showed up for a birdwatching tour at 7:30 a.m. Saturday through Normal’s Maxwell Park. Other Unplugged Normal events that day included a yoga class at the Community Activity Center and "superhero day" at Fairview Aquatic Center.
Illinois Wesleyan University Biology Professor Given Harper said he was asked to host the guided "birding" tour. He added that Unplugged Normal is “a marvelous endeavor,” and noted that we live in an electronic world.
“Most of us are quite divorced from the natural world,” said Harper. “Getting out into nature, in particular watching birds, is a wonderful way to reconnect and recharge.”
Harper said Maxwell Park is an amazing birdwatching site because one section hosts a lot of native shrubs. The professor alluded to how birds feed on young insects, which have evolved to feed on native plants.
And that makes Maxwell Park quite nice, Harper said. He guided the group to areas of the park that held native gray dogwoods, viburnums and milkweed plants.
Harper also hopes that through the Parks and Recreation Department’s efforts, people will get out and experience nature by looking at the entirety of the natural world, including all bugs and flowers.
Matthew Winks was one attendee, but he wasn’t just looking at birds. Dusty wing butterflies, dragonflies and other insects were all catching the Bloomington man’s attention.
Winks said he normally prefers to go out by himself or with just one or two other people. But on Saturday, he said he figured he’d join up with a group and share the “love of nature with other nature lovers.”
Another avid birdwatcher there was Ann Anderson, of Clinton. She said the most interesting thing she learned was that blue jays are among intelligent bird species like crows.
Harper had explained to the group that crows have used sticks to dig up worms out of mud.
After all, Anderson said the reason she came to the event was to learn something new.
Normal’s Daniel Goldberg got up for the birdwatching, too. He said he appreciated finding where blue grosbeaks have repeatedly nested through the years at the park, and how armadillos have been spotted there as well.
Goldberg, who is part of Normal’s John Wesley Powell Audubon Society with Harper, finished his Ph.D. in December at Illinois State University’s School of Biological Sciences. He said he’s gone on birding walks with the Audubon Society for several years.
Goldberg enjoys these group walks because there are “many different eyes,” he said. And that means more birds can be spotted.
Plus, he said the leader can usually identify birds before anyone else, ”so then you can just look for them.”
The ISU graduate is also excited for bird studies that his former ISU professor, Angelo Capparella, and Harper have collaborated on.
One study that included Maxwell Park and other parts of the Twin Cities surveyed urban breeding, Harper said. Conducted from 2019-20, the professor said they found Bell’s vireos were repopulating in the park, adding they’re an uncommon species.
Although there weren’t any of those observed to have nested this year, Harper said, he was able to point Saturday to some gray catbirds, which are named for their "mewing" calls.
Harper said male catbirds also sing a bubbly, "water-like" call and display to females.
In total, Harper said they’ve documented 79 species that breed in Bloomington-Normal, plus another five found outside of town. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/group-shares-love-of-nature-during-unplug-normal-bird-tour/article_fa6cc308-ffb1-11ec-afbd-83d9e5af8b75.html | 2022-07-09T20:59:17 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/group-shares-love-of-nature-during-unplug-normal-bird-tour/article_fa6cc308-ffb1-11ec-afbd-83d9e5af8b75.html |
COEBURN, Va. (WJHL) – The Town of Coeburn issued a boil water advisory for residents until further notice.
The Virginia Department of Health, the Wise County Health Department and the Town of Coeburn are advising residents to use boiled tap water or bottled water as a safety precaution.
According to the notice posted on Facebook, boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, food preparation and making ice until further notice. It’s advised to bring all tap water to a rolling boil, boiling for a minute and letting the water cool before use.
The precaution is issued because of to a temporary loss of water service or low pressure due to maintenance.
The notice states residents will be informed when the advisory is lifted.
For more information call 276-395-3323. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-coeburn/ | 2022-07-09T21:02:45 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-coeburn/ |
FLAG POND, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Ranger Station and Gift Shop at Rocky Fork State Park are closed until further notice.
The closure of the station and shop comes after several large trees have fallen across the road on power lines nearby, according to a Facebook post.
The post states that the area is near the footbridge and is too dangerous to walk under. The power company has been contacted and will work to remove the fallen trees as soon as possible. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/fallen-trees-close-ranger-station-gift-shop-at-rocky-fork-state-park/ | 2022-07-09T21:02:51 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/fallen-trees-close-ranger-station-gift-shop-at-rocky-fork-state-park/ |
Dozens of people gathered at the state Capitol in Bismarck during a rainstorm Saturday morning to rally for abortion rights in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that took away the constitutional protection for abortion.
The crowd -- made up of women, men, young and old -- met on the North Dakota State Library steps to make signs and listen to speakers, including Dina Butcher of the BadAss Grandmas activist group, Dr. Ana Tobiasz, teen activist Olivia Data and Christina Severson, who talked about her experience getting an abortion last year.
Severson said she and her husband decided to terminate the pregnancy after learning the baby would not be born healthy. She said it is important to share stories like hers so that other women in similar situations do not feel isolated.
"I never thought that I would have an abortion, especially not at 35 years old, happily married and willing to take care of a baby. But here I am," Severson said. "It was the worst experience of my life, but I would do it again. It was the right decision for me and my family."
People are also reading…
The rally followed the June 24 U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights rendered in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. That triggered a 15-year-old North Dakota law banning the procedure. It takes effect at the end of the month.
Rallies also were held in Minot and Fargo on Saturday. Groups involved included ACLU North Dakota, ERA Now, North Dakota WIN Fund, North Dakota Women’s Network, Planned Parenthood North Central States, Prairie Action ND and the Fargo clinic.
The rain started as Bismarck's rally kicked off. Rallygoers shared umbrellas and hid under their signs in an attempt to keep dry, and the speakers were interrupted by loud thunderclaps. As the event went on, a few more people joined the crowd despite the growing wind and rain.
"I don’t believe things are hopeless," Data said. "When I look at all of you who are here today, who aren’t afraid to stand up for our beliefs even in a rainstorm like the one we just had, I know that we are more than our anger and our fear. We will stand together in solidarity and in hope for a better, kinder and more loving future."
A small group of counter-protesters also was at the Capitol. Students from the University of Mary said they believe in the sanctity of human life and wanted to show their support of the Supreme Court ruling. Members of the group said they stayed near Boulevard Avenue and did not interact with the rallygoers because they wanted to protest in a peaceful and respectful way.
"Our intention wasn’t to disrupt anything," Nathan DesMarais said. "We just wanted to show our support for the Supreme Court decision and to show that we believe life is a blessing that should be protected."
Jacob Kerzman said he came to the Capitol to pray the rosary and later joined the group.
North Dakota's law is set to go into effect July 28, though the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo -- the only abortion provider in the state -- sued over the matter on Thursday, arguing the ban violates the state constitution's guaranteed rights of life, liberty, safety and happiness.
The law makes it a felony to perform an abortion unless necessary to prevent the woman’s death, or in cases of rape or incest. Violations would be punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. It's not clear how the ban will be enforced. North Dakota's abortion laws specifically exclude females seeking abortions from being prosecuted, according to Attorney General Drew Wrigley.
Even though the trigger law has exceptions for victims of rape or incest, there will be no access to abortion services in North Dakota. Those victims will need to travel to Moorhead, Minnesota -- where the Fargo clinic plans to move because abortion is still legal in Minnesota -- or to another out-of-state provider for access. North Dakota already has restrictions on medication abortion via telehealth. A law approved in 2011 requires an abortion-inducing drug to be administered in the physical presence of the doctor who prescribed it.
The abortion ban is popular among many people and groups in North Dakota, but many others have denounced it. Abortion rights advocates held a smaller rally during the Fourth of July Symphony Spectacular event on the state Capitol grounds Monday.
People also have contributed nearly $950,000 to a GoFundMe account set up to aid the Fargo clinic's move across the river.
North Dakota recorded 1,171 abortions in 2020, according to the latest figures available from the state Health Department. The total includes 833 North Dakota residents and 338 women from other states, particularly Minnesota and South Dakota, who came to North Dakota for the procedure. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/abortion-rights-rally-at-capitol-draws-crowd-despite-downpour/article_acf5c04e-fd58-11ec-80aa-e7b467a4101f.html | 2022-07-09T21:07:26 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/abortion-rights-rally-at-capitol-draws-crowd-despite-downpour/article_acf5c04e-fd58-11ec-80aa-e7b467a4101f.html |
SPRINGDALE, Ark — Northwest Health is hosting three blood drives in the month of July.
The bloodmobile will be parked at the Bentonville, Siloam Springs, and Springdale hospital locations for the community to stop by and donate.
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) is the only non-profit blood, platelet, and plasma provider for all hospitals in the Northwest Health system and of over 40 other hospitals in the Ozarks.
“We are in the time of year where we lose the opportunity to work with schools and colleges, so we have to count on other groups, like our hospital partners, to help support the blood supply during the summer,” said Anthony Roberts, executive director of CBCO.
Blood drive dates:
• July 12 – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville’s parking lot inside the Bloodmobile.
• July 15 – 12 p.m.-5 p.m. at Siloam Springs Regional Hospital’s parking lot inside the Bloodmobile. This annual blood drive is in memory of Cody Pickering.
• July 28 – 12 p.m.-5 p.m. at Northwest Medical Center – Springdale’s north parking lot inside the Bloodmobile.
CBCO says a decrease in donations not only has to do with the time of year but also because of some changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’ve also started seeing many businesses calling employees back from working at home but not yet allowing blood drives at their facilities,” Roberts said. “That is having quite an impact on donations since most people are willing to donate when there’s a convenient opportunity whether at work, church or school, but those opportunities aren’t as plentiful now.”
You can find a nearby location by visiting www.cbco.org. Donors will receive a free t-shirt and a chance to win weekly mystery prizes and a $5,000 mystery grand prize.
Blood donation requirements:
- Weigh 110 pounds
- Be in good health
- Present a valid photo ID
Donors are asked to take the following steps to make sure donations operate smoothly on the day of the drive:
1. Drink plenty of water or juice the night and morning before you donate.
2. Eat a well-balanced meal around 2-3 hours before giving.
3. Bring your photo identification: This is now required for all donors.
For more information, call (800) 280-5337 or click here.
DOWNLOAD THE 5NEWS APP
DOWNLOAD FOR IPHONE HERE | DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROID HERE
HOW TO ADD THE 5NEWS APP TO YOUR STREAMING DEVICE
ROKU: add the channel from the ROKU store or by searching for KFSM in the Channel Store.
For Fire TV, search for "KFSM" to find the free app to add to your account. Another option for Fire TV is to have the app delivered directly to your Fire TV through Amazon.
To report a typo or grammatical error, please email KFSMDigitalTeam@tegna.com. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/northwest-health-host-three-blood-drives-july-siloam-springs-bentonville-springdale-bloodmobile-donate/527-d665995d-85d9-453c-a35f-230456d845c6 | 2022-07-09T21:09:05 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/northwest-health-host-three-blood-drives-july-siloam-springs-bentonville-springdale-bloodmobile-donate/527-d665995d-85d9-453c-a35f-230456d845c6 |
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods will expand its global footprint with an investment in a Saudi Arabia-based meat company. Tyson will acquire a 15% equity stake in Tanmiah subsidiary Agriculture Development Company (ADC) and a 60% equity stake in Supreme Foods Processing Company.
The transaction is still subject to approval by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regulators. Springdale-based Tyson did not disclose the amount of the investment but it is within the company’s planned capital spending of $2 billion this fiscal year.
“This investment will enable us to access poultry supplies in Saudi Arabia to meet the growing demand for protein in the Middle East and other markets,” said Chris Langholz, president of International for Tyson Foods. “Expansion into international markets is a key part of our strategic growth plan and we’re pleased to better serve customers in this region.”
To read more about this story please visit our content partner, Talk Business & Politics.
DOWNLOAD THE 5NEWS APP
DOWNLOAD FOR IPHONE HERE | DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROID HERE
HOW TO ADD THE 5NEWS APP TO YOUR STREAMING DEVICE
ROKU: add the channel from the ROKU store or by searching for KFSM in the Channel Store.
For Fire TV, search for "KFSM" to find the free app to add to your account. Another option for Fire TV is to have the app delivered directly to your Fire TV through Amazon.
To report a typo or grammatical error, please email KFSMDigitalTeam@tegna.com. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/tyson-foods-acquire-stake-in-saudi-meat-business-springdale-based-poultry-chicken/527-fe1ccdcf-1d4c-48a4-9727-979689905fbc | 2022-07-09T21:09:11 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/tyson-foods-acquire-stake-in-saudi-meat-business-springdale-based-poultry-chicken/527-fe1ccdcf-1d4c-48a4-9727-979689905fbc |
BALTIMORE — Ridership for Maryland Transit Administration bus and rail lines has yet to rebound to pre-pandemic levels.
The agency has, however, seen increased ridership since the beginning of the year.
Pierre Filion, professor emeritus at Waterloo University’s School of Planning and a mass transit expert, told the newspaper transit systems face a challenge because of the trend of businesses to allow employees to work remotely.
The agency is also facing a shortage of operators, like other transit systems around the country.
The MTA temporarily changed light rail schedules due to the shortage and has increased efforts to fill vacant positions, spokeswoman Veronica Battisti told the newspaper. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-transit-ridership-below-pre-pandemic-mark/2022/07/09/a35c86bc-ffc9-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | 2022-07-09T21:12:18 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-transit-ridership-below-pre-pandemic-mark/2022/07/09/a35c86bc-ffc9-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html |
100 YEARS — 1922
North Bend to have hospital
Will be erected by doctors Phil J. and Russell Keizer
Purchase lot and will put up a concrete structure, to be started just as soon as is possible
Dr. Phil J. Keizer and his brother, Dr. Russel Keizer, of North Bend, have purchased from the city the corner property on McPherson and Virginia street, diagonally across from the home of Fred Hollister. They plan to erect upon this site a two-story concrete building with full basement, which will be equipped for a first-class hospital. The Keizer brothers and Dr. H.E. Burmeister will have offices in the building.
The grading contract has been let to Ira Padrick, who will at once commence work. Plans have been submitted for the structure itself, and are under consideration.
It is hoped to have the building roofed before the rainy season begins, and ready for occupancy some time in the fall.
North Bend has large crowd for the celebration
Fete opens this morning with an entertainment by the Coos Bay band
Races and other sports are held on streets
City is brightly decorated for occasion and will entertain many visitors
Good time is promised for tomorrow also — parade and other attractions are on program — prizes awarded today
Large crowds were gathered on the North Bend streets at an early hour this morning in readiness for the big celebration. With flags flying everywhere, bunting and evergreens decorating store fronts, and concession stands lining the streets where hawkers cried their wares, a general air of festivity permeated the atmosphere.
A concert by the newly organized Coos Bay concert band, directed by C.S. Kaiser, opened the day’s program at 9:00 a.m. The band played from the specially erected platform at the corner of Virginia and Sherman, next to the First National Bank.
At 9:30 the street sports were started.Forest fires in Coquille valley
Pall of smoke enshrouds Coos county seat now
No particular damage reported
COQUILLE — A pall of smoke overhangs the Coquille valley as a result of forest fires along the river. The fire which started over a month ago in the Fat Elk camp is still burning. It is burning through logged off land and is doing no damage.
A new fire has sprung up back of the Joe Collier ranch and is making a lot of headway across recent logged off lands, but as of yet it does not threaten any valuable lumber, though the changing of the wind at any time may send it through the heavy belt of timber to the northwest.
As a result of the fires a clear view of the mountains surrounding the valley has not been had for several days and the smoke, combined with the heat, makes the air very warm and oppressive.
50 YEARS — 1972
Rainfall off in SWO during June
Old Sol shone brightly as he waved farewell to the month of June which had many “what is so rare as a bad day in June?” hours for the Bay Area.
Temperatures were about normal for the month, although rainfall was only about half the average amount and sunny days predominated.
Daytime temperatures ranged from a high of 70 degrees, registered June 27, down to 56 degrees on June 9, the only tie the thermometer dipped below 60.
The nighttime readings dropped to a moderate low of 43 degrees on June 3, while the highest was a balmy 57 on June 14.
Unofficial figures are taken from the files of The World, kept from official figures recorded at the FAA Flight Service Station at the North Bend Airport.
The all-time temperature extremes here, according to the Portland office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau, include a scoring 100 degrees recorded June 24, 1925, and a low of 34 degrees on June 4, 1911.
Rainfall was a mere .87 inch, while the average for the same period over the last 70 years is 1.66 inches. Last year’s rainfall for the same 30 days measured 2.82 inches and the record rainfall, 5.72, was recorded in 1947.
Prefontaine ‘felt great’ in winning 5,000 meter run
EUGENE (UPI) — Thursday, after winning his heat in the 5,000 meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, Steve Prefontaine said things such as:
“I felt just great. I hope I feel the same way Sunday. I needed this race for a lot of reasons. Mostly it was the psychological factor. When you have rested for four or five days, you wonder if you still have it.”
Then, after going over his 5,000 victory, and a qualifying fifth-place finish by George Young in the other section of the metric mile, Prefontaine started to worry. “He (Young) must be in good shape or he wouldn’t be here.”
Prefontaine isn’t happy and probably never will be until he has beaten Young, third in the steeplechase and 16th in the marathon at the 1968 Olympics. Sunday, he gets his first crack at the veteran shooting for his fourth Olympic berth..
20 YEARS — 2002
County honors deputies’ innovative ideas, academics
COQUILLE — Two Coos County Sheriff’s Office deputies received awards for excellence recently at a meeting of the Coos County Board of Commissioners.
Deputies Adam Slater and Eric Zanni were awarded department and police academy honors by Sheriff Andy Jackson and Lt. Ron Setelia, jail commander.
Slater earned the prestigious Victor G. Atiyea Award for being the top overall student in his class at the Basic Corrections Academy at Oregon Police Academy in Monmouth.
“This award is probably one of the highest awards a person can receive at the academy,” said Jackson, who also has a Victor G. Atiyea Award. “It’s based on academic achievement, leadership skills and they’re chosen by the staff and student body up there.”
Slater indicated enjoying the academy made it easier to excel.
“I think it was really neat,” he said of the monthlong experience. “I had a really good time at the academy and I learned a lot of stuff.”
Slater, 23, who has worked for the Sheriff’s Office six months, graduated from the Police Academy in early April.
He also was named the Outstanding Defense Tactics Student.
Zanni, 32, was recognized at the departmental level with the Sheriff’s Medal of Merit.
Zanni, who has bene employed at the jail full time for nearly a year, suggested putting small pass-through doors on the holding cell doors in the jail’s booking area. That way, food and other items could be passed to inmates more safely without opening the door.
“That way we didn’t have to contact people who were mentally ill or violent,” said Jackson. “it reduced injuries to the officers, so it was kind of a risk management issue.”
Port wants more than talk on diversity
Cargo potential: Agency sets aside $150,000 for study on modern terminal
Two candidates are in the running to serve as consultant to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay in its progress in establishing a modern marine cargo facility on the Bayfront.
Port of Coos Bay commissioners will hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday to interview representatives from each of the companies interested in the job. Among the firms that responded to a request for proposals issued by the port include the engineering consultants Peratrovich, Nottingham & Drage, Inc., which has offices in the Northwest, Alaska and California; and PB Ports and Marine, a division of the Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global company with headquarters in New York City.
The port hopes to revive the downtrodden maritime industry, once a major player in the local economy, potentially by establishing a modern dock facility capable of handling various forms of cargo.
A $50,000 port-funded report delivered in March suggested the port needs to diversify from its traditional forest products base into other forms of cargo. While the report stated that competing with other ports will be difficult, it indicated a modern terminal preferably located on the North Spit would be necessary to improve commerce.
These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield High School. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/this-week-in-coos-county-history-july-8---july-12/article_0c633264-fd72-11ec-adaa-23aec5ddbe99.html | 2022-07-09T21:13:59 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/this-week-in-coos-county-history-july-8---july-12/article_0c633264-fd72-11ec-adaa-23aec5ddbe99.html |
FRISCO, Texas — Ernie Williams has 24 years of military experience which includes a stint with the SEALs.
He also spent nearly two decades in counter-terrorism, which has prepared him for his next big project -- a technology called Go-to-Green.
Williams tells WFAA that the technology has the potential to save lives in the event of a mass shooting.
"What we're trying to do is show a pathway to safety immediately," said Williams.
There are acoustic sensors set up to detect the sound of gunfire and cameras to capture the movement of the shooter. Depending on the proximity of the gunfire a directional lighting system is set up around the sensors indicating safe and unsafe places to go.
"The lights away from [the shooter] will light a pathway to safety. They will be flashing green," he said.
The sensors closest to the gunfire will have lights that show red and blue which is an indicator to first responders on the active threat. Then, there are red and green lights for innocent bystanders drawing them away from the gunfire and telling them where and where not to exit the area.
It is something Williams and engineers have been working on for months. They are set up on the inside of Collin Creek Mall in Plano which is mostly an empty shell because of major renovations.
But the building does allow for Williams and his team to space out sensors similar to the layout of a school or office building.
"So to me the important thing is give people a direction. Give them a chance. Right now the bad guys are betting that you don't have a chance," he said.
Go-to-Green also comes with an operations center fit with monitors to visualize the lights and the movements of the shooter along the mapping of the property.
Williams tells WFAA the ops center will be manned by someone trained and says in the case of multiple shooters, it may require manual tracking of the subjects.
"It takes seven minutes for a first responder to get there. It takes about ten seconds to clear a 30-round magazine," he told WFAA.
Several churches in Florida have the Go-to-Green technology. Anna City Hall is having one installed and two North Texas school districts are seriously considering it. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/frisco-man-unveils-active-threat-tech-help-public-safety/287-42c096ec-f599-402a-95fd-3e5074d97f61 | 2022-07-09T21:18:21 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/frisco-man-unveils-active-threat-tech-help-public-safety/287-42c096ec-f599-402a-95fd-3e5074d97f61 |
In the stuffy fourth-floor attic of a Baltimore academic building, amid discarded furniture and dusty filing cabinets, Larry Pitrof discovered treasure.
Then, years after his death, author W.P. Kinsella included Graham in his 1982 novel “Shoeless Joe,” which became the inspiration for the 1989 film “Field of Dreams.” The film that immortalized the phrase “If you build it, he will come,” and which is beloved by American fathers and sons, launched Graham into folk hero status.
But Graham is no tall tale. He spent most of his life as a doctor and attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore in the early 1900s.
Pitrof is the medical school alumni association’s executive director. He’s also a baseball fanatic who has long been intrigued by Graham.
Every few months, for one reason or another, he’s visited the fourth floor of the school’s Gray Hall, a 182-year-old building less than three blocks from Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Each time, he’d pass a few cabinets, and each time, for 28 years, he’d half-pause and half-wonder if anything from Graham’s past was inside.
After Major League Baseball played its first “Field of Dreams” game on Aug. 12 next to the filming location in Iowa, Pitrof — on a hunch there might be some trace of Graham — decided to peek in the cabinets. There, within a stack of documents dating from 1812 to 1916, he found a dozen letters between the school’s dean and one Archie Graham, one of baseball history’s most unassuming legends.
“There was that tingling feeling,” Pitrof said.
The Graham documents span 1903 to 1905, the years Graham attended medical school in Baltimore while continuing his baseball career in the summers. They include Graham’s matriculation cards and correspondence with the school.
Writing from Scranton, Pa. — where he played in the minor leagues after his MLB appearance with the New York Giants — Graham noted he was enclosing $30, which he owed to the institution. In one letter, he sought a recommendation. In another, he asked whether there was “any chance for me to get into Bay View” in a training position, probably referencing the current Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center east of the city.
Before this discovery, there were only a handful — as few as five or six — known Graham signatures. In the letters, Pitrof found four more.
Graham went on to become an adored doctor, as depicted in the movie. He also made essential contributions to medical research. It was his 1945 study that prompted pediatricians to begin regularly monitoring blood pressure in children.
There’s a bounce in Pitrof’s step and a thrill in his voice when he discusses Graham, who some categorize as a “cult figure.”
“No,” Pitrof protests. “He was a role model.”
'Everybody had that chance that got away'
Jonathan Algard created an eBay account in 2000 in pursuit of a historic needle in a haystack.
A baseball autograph collector who works in a foundry in Pennsylvania, Algard had the remote goal of landing a Graham signature. He took a meticulous approach, purchasing yearbooks from a high school in Chisholm, Minn., where Graham lived as an adult. He hoped Graham, a school physician, might have signed one for a student.
Dozens of yearbooks and 17 years into his search, Algard found it: a 1943 yearbook Graham signed for a graduate before the young man headed to World War II.
Algard, 52, has been collecting autographs since he was 5, and his collection numbers in the thousands. He estimates he has six Hank Aaron autographs. But the Graham autograph is the one he went the greatest lengths to get.
“The character itself in the movie, I don’t know, I think everybody can relate to, in a way,” he said, trying to explain his and others’ fascination with Graham. “Everybody had that chance that got away.”
It’s unknown why Graham’s moniker was “Moonlight.” His medical school yearbook notes he enjoyed “midnight” walks and it has also been suggested it’s because he “moonlighted” as a doctor. But articles at the time dubbed him “Deerfoot” for his supreme speed and “Dr. Graham,” because of his medical background. He was an exceptional minor league player and a fan favorite.
And yet, he had only the solitary MLB appearance — 117 years ago — stepping into the on-deck circle once, but never batting. He later served as a doctor for more than half a century, until his death at 88.
“Field of Dreams,” a reflection on the relationship between a father and son, stars Kevin Costner as an Iowa farmer who plows over his corn to build a diamond for ghosts of baseball’s past. Graham is depicted both as a young ballplayer and, later in life, as a cherished pediatrician. When Costner’s character calls it a “tragedy” that Graham never realized his dream of batting in the big leagues, the fictionalized Graham replied: “Son, if I’d only gotten to be a doctor for five minutes, now that would have been a tragedy.”
The movie takes artistic liberties, such as portraying Graham as living his whole life in Chisholm, making no mention of his origins in North Carolina nor of him attending medical school in Baltimore.
But, as in the movie, Graham’s legacy is celebrated in real life. The high school in Chisholm awarded a scholarship in his honor for 20 years after the film’s release. The baseball field in the town is named for him, as is a festival held each August.
Graham’s pioneering research into blood pressure in children was “seminal,” Pitrof says. And after the doctor died in 1965, a U.S. representative from Minnesota inserted his obituary — which called Graham a “champion of the oppressed” for his generosity to children — into the Congressional Record.
“They did not embellish this man’s character,” Pitrof said of the movie.
Four signatures with a niche value
Letters between Graham and the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s dean sat in the cabinet, probably for decades. Despite not being preserved until recently, they remain in good condition. They are easy to read and detail practical matters: Graham sending a certification from a former school (the University of North Carolina), Graham requesting an academic catalogue for a friend, and the dean writing that he is “very glad to see that you have done so well” academically.
“It’s a real glimpse into his life,” said Tara Wink, the school’s historical collections librarian and archivist.
One letter is signed “Your friend, Archie W. Graham,” while another has a squeezed-in “A.W. Graham.” Two matriculation cards are signed “Archibald Wright Graham.”
A 1963 check signed by Graham sold for $3,000 in 2008, but signatures from the most germane period in a historical figure’s life are more valuable, making it possible the recently discovered letters are worth more. Still, their value is, like Graham’s story itself, niche.
“You could credibly make the argument that the signatures are a few thousands of dollars, and you could certainly make the argument that they’re tens of thousands of dollars,” said David Hunt, president of Hunt Auctions in Exton, Pa., which specializes in vintage sports memorabilia.
'This is history'
Pitrof said the letters will probably stay in an archive at the school’s Historical Collections Department; the storied system boasts one of the oldest medical schools in the country, as well as the world’s first dental school.
But he said if other organizations — the Baseball Hall of Fame or the Smithsonian Institution, for example — sought to display the correspondence, the alumni association would consider such a request.
“This is history,” Pitrof said. “This is a big deal that this was uncovered, and it’s bigger than us.”
If the correspondence is exhibited, it’s likely to attract visitors. People will come.
“If they ever put them on display,” said Algard, who still flips through his Graham-signed yearbook on occasion, “I will probably go see them.”
— Baltimore Sun | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/finding-of-dreams/2022/07/09/389bc908-fe6d-11ec-a7eb-d66bb98bbf0f_story.html | 2022-07-09T21:25:35 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/finding-of-dreams/2022/07/09/389bc908-fe6d-11ec-a7eb-d66bb98bbf0f_story.html |
Local formal Jewish gatherings are being suspended until further notice after the FBI identified a potential threat to an “unconfirmed Jewish community facility” in the San Antonio area, according to an announcement on the Jewish Federation of San Antonio Facebook page.
The Saturday morning post said security personnel at area synagogues and agencies are aware of the situation and are on “the highest alert.”
“We continue to work closely with law enforcement to ensure the safety of our community,” the post reads.
The Jewish Federation recommends that people be aware of their surroundings and to call 911 if they see something unusual.
Temple Beth-El San Antonio announced on its Facebook page that it is canceling in-person and online Shabbat services scheduled for Saturday.
“We have received information from our experts that the safety situation for the Jewish synagogues in San Antonio today is not optimal for us to conduct our regularly scheduled Shabbat Services,” the post reads.
megan.rodriguez@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-Jewish-gatherings-suspended-17294657.php | 2022-07-09T21:31:52 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-Jewish-gatherings-suspended-17294657.php |
As a kid in Tucson in the 1990s, Henry Barajas would pick up the Arizona Daily Star, read the front page and skip to the comics section.
“I was obsessed, there was just nothing better I could do than look at comics,” said Barajas, who eventually worked for the Arizona Daily Star as a clerk and occasional writer.
Barajas grew up on Tucson's south side and graduated in 2006 from Canyon Rose Academic.
He left Tucson in 2015 to pursue a career in the comics industry. His big break came in 2021 when he wrote "Helm Greycastle", a Latinx fantasy series and comic book set in a fictional Mesoamerica world.
He has been working since then in Los Angeles as a graphic novelist.
Starting today Barajas is writing a new chapter as author of the long-time comic strip, Gil Thorp. He is the fourth writer of the classic comic, which has been around for 64 years. It begins running today in the Star's Sports section.
People are also reading…
“This is definitely a dream come true,” Barajas said.
Comics are usually made for kids, they have fewer words and more pictures, he said.
“Every picture is a giant word,” Barajas said. “When someone is running you can see them running so your mind automatically reads that.”
Gil Thorp is the story of a high school coach and academic director at Milford High School. Thorp has inspired generations of kids to do what is right to win with dignity and respect in a competitive environment. The comic strip addresses real-life situations including race matters, teen pregnancy, girlsʼ athletics, dating woes, drug abuse and parental and teacher conflicts.
Under Barajas’ pen, he plans to go back to the beginning of the comic strip and bring back characters that haven't been on the strip for a while. He plans to introduce characters of color and with different sexual orientations and gun violence.
“I hope (readers) see this character, Gil, try to do the right thing despite what others might be saying is wrong or indecent or unamerican or not religious,” Barajas said.
In Gil Thorp, characters struggle with real-life issues, he said. The Latinx author based in Los Angeles is excited to put characters through the worst time of their lives and see them dealing with it.
Barajas will also use his personal experiences about having hard talks, bad days and stress with friends and family. Additionally, he wants to meet with high school coaches and go to high school games to emerge himself in the athletics world and the challenges that come with it.
Barajas started making comics when he was 18 years old. He is best known for his graphic novels published by Top Cow & Image Comics: “La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo” which tells the story of Barajas’ great-grandfather, Ramon Jaurigue, a.k.a. Tata Rambo, a Tucson native and World War II veteran who co-founded the Mexican, American, Yaqui and Others (M.A.Y.O.) organization that successfully lobbied for the Pascua Yaqui’s federal tribal recognition. It is Barajas' love letter to Tucson.
Barajas also wrote the Marvel Comics & SOMOS Healthcare “Avengers #1” and a short story for DC Comics’ “Batman: Urban Legends.”
Barajas is proud to represent Tucson in comics and he always wears a Tucson hat or shirt, he said.
“All my life experience is combined to this moment,” Barajas said. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tucson-man-now-author-of-long-time-comic-strip/article_bfac77c2-fe58-11ec-8bf9-9b9979814e95.html | 2022-07-09T21:32:09 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/tucson-man-now-author-of-long-time-comic-strip/article_bfac77c2-fe58-11ec-8bf9-9b9979814e95.html |
WEATHER AWARE THROUGH 11 PM
SEVERE WEATHER: Storms are ongoing across Alabama now ahead of a slow moving cold front. These storms are capable of damaging winds greater than 60 mph, heavy rain, and frequent lightning.
A *SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH* is in effect for the following counties in Central Alabama:
- Marion
- Winston
- Blount
- Lamar
- Fayette
- Walker
- Jefferson
- St. Clair
- Pickens
- Tuscaloosa
- Shelby
- Talladega
- Sumter
- Greene
- Hale
- Bibb
- Chilton
- Coosa
- Marengo
- Perry
- Autauga
- Dallas
- Lowndes
TONIGHT: The worst of the storms dips south of the area by 11 pm, but some lingering rain is possible past midnight. Lows in the low to mid 70s.
SUNDAY: Scattered storms possible from late morning through to early evening, particularly south of Highway 278. Highs in the upper 80s and low 90s.
NEXT WEEK: After a relatively dry Monday, things get rainy as we head through the middle of this week, with some occasionally heavy thunderstorms likely Tuesday through Thursday. The additional rain and cloud cover will lead to lower temperatures and heat index values, with highs in the low 90s and the heat index generally in the upper 90s through mid-week. Rain chances trend down and the heat trends up by the end of the week.
Storm Team 7 Day
Be sure to follow the CBS 42 Storm Team:
Follow Us on Facebook: Chief Meteorologist Ashley Gann, Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum, Meteorologist Michael Haynes and Meteorologist Alex Puckett | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/severe-thunderstorm-watch-until-10-pm/ | 2022-07-09T21:33:57 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/severe-thunderstorm-watch-until-10-pm/ |
BOISE, Idaho — A missing Caldwell mother and her daughter were found deceased in Grant County, Oregon, according to Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram.
Ingram says, "preliminary information shows it appears to be a murder suicide by gunshot."
In a statement posted to Facebook Friday, police said, "Gabby and Dawna have been located and their family notified."
The Grant County Sheriff's Office confirmed Dawna and Gabrielle Roe were located northwest of Drewsey, Oregon in Dawna's 2004 Toyota van.
Deputies with Grant County and Harney County responded to a report of a van with deceased individuals in it Thursday afternoon. The vehicle was located in a remote location on public land.
Employees with Silvies Ranch located the van while working. Oregon State troopers, Oregon State Police Forensic personnel and the Major Crimes Team responded to the scene with deputies from Grant and Harney counties.
Personnel stayed on the scene through Thursday night and did not leave until 9 a.m. Friday.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office said, "no other individuals are being sought at this time."
Dawna and Gabrielle Roe were last seen on June 30 before heading out for a camping trip.
A GoFundMe has been set up to cover funeral costs for the victims.
If you or someone you know needs help, call the Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline at 800-273-8255, text 208-398-4357, or go to the hotline website.
Watch more crime news:
See the latest Treasure Valley crime news in our YouTube playlist: | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/missing-caldwell-woman-and-her-daughter-found-dead/277-88bd59b5-7550-41df-8d40-5b1a5c8a15c5 | 2022-07-09T21:34:24 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/missing-caldwell-woman-and-her-daughter-found-dead/277-88bd59b5-7550-41df-8d40-5b1a5c8a15c5 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police are investigating yet another alleged anti-Asian bias crime incident after an apparent incident of road rage in the Southwest area of the city on Friday afternoon.
Police first became aware of the incident as it unfolded right in front of the Portland Police Bureau's downtown precinct on Southwest 2nd Avenue. A sergeant from the Central Precinct reported being outside when two drivers pulled up, one yelling at the other.
The sergeant reportedly called in more officers and tried to de-escalate the situation by separating the two drivers. After some discussion, the sergeant determined that one of the drivers was the victim of a bias crime, and had been menaced by the other driver with "what he thought was a gun."
Officers arrested the other driver but did not locate a gun. Meanwhile, detectives from PPB's Bias Crime Unit responded to help with the investigation.
According to PPB, the suspect was identified as Neal Hollis Walker, 54. The incident started around South Macadam Avenue and South Taylors Ferry Road, when Walker allegedly pulled up next to the victim and began harassing him about being of Asian descent "and the belief he was from China."
During the confrontation, Walker allegedly pointed a black object at the victim that made him believe it was a gun. Walker then drove off, but the victim tailed him and called 911. Both drivers ended up at PPB's Central Precinct.
Investigators later determined that the black "gun" object that Walker had used was a black plastic air hose of the kind used to inflate an air mattress. Police seized it as evidence.
Walker was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of second-degree bias crime and menacing.
Under Oregon law, bias crimes are defined as any criminal act that targets a victim based on the suspect's perception of the victim's race, color, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or national origin. PPB said that it investigates all bias crime reports and encourages victims to contact police.
In another bias crime incident that happened last Saturday, a man identified as 34-year-old Dylan Kesterson allegedly harassed a family of Japanese descent as they were biking on Portland's Eastbank Esplanade before he physically attacked them.
Kesterson was initially released from jail shortly after booking, but was later taken back into custody after failing to appear for a court hearing.
While Kesterson had no criminal history in Oregon to speak of — contributing to his early release — Walker is somewhat of a different story. He has a litany of traffic offenses going back to 1987, with several more recent charges for driving under the influence of intoxicants. In 2015, Walker entered a no contest plea for DUII and reckless endangering in Clatsop County, and he's awaiting trial in another DUII case stemming from a charge in 2020 in Yamhill County. He's entered an initial plea of not guilty. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-southwest-bias-crime-anti-asian-black-hose/283-e3e96334-0547-4fb0-9a45-908d2d934838 | 2022-07-09T21:34:30 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-southwest-bias-crime-anti-asian-black-hose/283-e3e96334-0547-4fb0-9a45-908d2d934838 |
DJ Germann launches a shot for the Penn Warriors, out of Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, during the three-day Hoop Group Jam Fest at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Germann is a rising senior point guard for Egg Harbor Township High School.
MATTHEW STRABUK PHOTOS, FOR THE PRESS
Coach Clinton Counts huddles with his players from the Neptune-based Team Shore Shots. Teams paid $849 to participate in the three-day event. “It's an investment, but it's worth it. ... I think every kid out here deserves a shot to be seen by some schools.”
MATTHEW STRABUK, FOR THE PRESS
High school age players from more than 15 states participated in the three-day Hoop Group Jam Fest in Atlantic City.
MATTHEW STRABUK PHOTOS, FOR THE PRESS
Hoop Group holds showcases, camps and tournaments up and down the East Coast. “We have a track record of getting kids scholarships and getting them to the next level,” said Jordan Tillotson, the company's vice president of operations. “They come in and play a few good games and get scholarship offers they couldn’t even imagine.”
MATTHEW STRABUK, FOR THE PRESS
The event featured 26 basketball courts at the Atlantic City Convention Center, plus four at Stockton University's Galloway Township campus and two at a club in Berlin Township.
ATLANTIC CITY — DJ Germann was appreciative for many reasons.
The Hoop Group Boys Jam Fest was held this past week at the Atlantic City Convention Center. About 4,500 Amateur Athletic Union athletes (about 450 teams from 14-and-under to 17-and-under or those in high school) participated in the showcase. College coaches and scouts from the three NCAA divisions were there to take notes and prepare to recruit.
The exposure and experience were there for Germann and many other athletes.
But the recognition did not come cheaply.
“I really appreciate my parents" for signing him up, said Germann, a rising senior point guard at Egg Harbor Township High School. “They work all day for me. They come out and support me all the time. It's fun. I really enjoy it. I love my parents for that.”
Each team paid $849 to participate in the three-day event, according to the Hoop Group’s website. Teams from more than 15 states competed, so some paid even more for hotels and meals.
“It's an investment, but it's worth it,” said Clinton Counts, who coaches the 16U and 17U ShoreShots, a program based in Neptune, Monmouth County. “These kids will appreciate it. A lot of colleges and talent. It is all about getting the kids seen. I think every kid out here deserves a shot to be seen by some schools.”
Many teams raise funds for showcase events to ease the burden on players and their families. One such team: the DI Sports and Athletic Spartans from Leesburg, Virginia. The Spartans also have donors and sponsors to eliminate most expenses, coach Greg Prince said.
“We have the money," Prince said. “We go find it if we have to.”
“We try to make up the money,” added Prince, who noted his 16U team registered to compete in seven to eight tournaments or showcases this summer. "It would be expensive for them. We try to take care of them.”
Team Beyond, from Baltimore, also does a lot of fundraising, including raffling off items. There also is a lot of parental support, coach Brian Smith said. Most parents “are phenomenal and actually buy-in to their kids' dreams and aspirations and give them the ability to play basketball,” Smith said.
Most families just have to pay for their hotels, not the registration, Smith said.
“It’s actually pretty expensive,” Smith said. “But we take care of that. We know how costly that can be. We try to make sure that doesn’t hinder our players from participating and getting opportunities.”
For Counts’ Neptune County-based teams, parents had the option to stay in a hotel or travel back and forth to Jam Fest each day. But that was not the case for many other teams, like Smith’s or Prince’s. The added expense of a hotel and food can add up, especially in the summertime.
“They get the exposure and opportunity to be seen,” Smith said. “It pays off because college tuition is pretty high. All you can ask for is giving them the opportunity.”
Hoop Group Vice President of Operations Jordan Tillotson said last week’s showcase was the biggest event the organization has had in the resort. A record 26 courts were set up in the Convention Center. There were also four courts at Stockton University's Galloway Township campus and two at the Peak Skills Basketball Club in West Berlin, Berlin Township, to accommodate the numbers.
The Atlantic City Sports Commission, which hosts and operates athletic events in the resort, estimates 10,000 total attendees and 3,702 room nights were contracted during the three-day Jam Fest that ended Friday. The event made more than $3.9 million for the resort, the A.C. Sports Commission said.
Tillotson declined to comment the amount Hoop Group would make off this showcase, but he noted that the price to attend is worth it for athletes.
Players' families also get to enjoy the resort in the summer, like going to the beach or the famous Boardwalk and the many restaurants. More importantly, the money they spend on Jam Fest represents the possibility of a college scholarship or even just player improvement that could help in the recruiting process in the future.
“We give kids a platform to come and be seen and potentially reach their dream of getting a college scholarship and playing college basketball,” said Tillotson, who noted this showcase was during the NCAA Division I live period, which allows coaches to scout talent in person. “It’s really cool for everyone.”
More than 160 colleges attended the showcase. Each game was livestreamed, Tillotson said, so coaches who didn't come to Atlantic City could still watch.
These events really do pay off, he added.
And many coaches agreed.
"It's great for these kids," Counts said.
The Hoop Group holds showcases, tournaments and summer camps from New England to Virginia Beach and other sites on the East Coast. Many former participants are either in college or playing professionally, including Brooklyn Nets players Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. Other NBA players who played with Hoop Group include James Harden (Philadelphia 76ers), Jonathan Kuminga (Golden State Warriors), Immanuel Quickley (New York Knicks) and Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves).
“We have a track record of getting kids scholarships and getting them to the next level,” Tillotson said. “They come in and play a few good games and get scholarship offers they couldn’t even imagine.”
The Spartans’ Prince has been involved with AAU for 12 years. He noted one of his former players, Jordan Miller, now plays for the University of Miami because of these events. ShoreShots’ Counts has been coaching AAU for 25 years and has had players compete overseas.
Germann, the rising EHT senior who also plays for the Penn Warriors out of Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, has not received an offer yet, but he is hoping the showcase will help make the hefty registration cost worth it, as it has for others.
“For their future, (the cost is) worth it,” Prince said. “If we can get a few to go to school, we’ve done our job.”
PHOTOS Hoop Group Boys Jam Fest at Atlantic City Convention Center
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism
that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness
accounts, the history behind an article.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Soon we will no longer integrate with Facebook for story comments. The commenting option is not going away, however, readers will need to register for a FREE site account to continue sharing their thoughts and feedback on stories. If you already have an account (i.e. current subscribers, posting in obituary guestbooks, for submitting community events), you may use that login, otherwise, you will be prompted to create a new account.
1 of 6
DJ Germann launches a shot for the Penn Warriors, out of Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, during the three-day Hoop Group Jam Fest at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Germann is a rising senior point guard for Egg Harbor Township High School.
Coach Clinton Counts huddles with his players from the Neptune-based Team Shore Shots. Teams paid $849 to participate in the three-day event. “It's an investment, but it's worth it. ... I think every kid out here deserves a shot to be seen by some schools.”
Hoop Group holds showcases, camps and tournaments up and down the East Coast. “We have a track record of getting kids scholarships and getting them to the next level,” said Jordan Tillotson, the company's vice president of operations. “They come in and play a few good games and get scholarship offers they couldn’t even imagine.”
The event featured 26 basketball courts at the Atlantic City Convention Center, plus four at Stockton University's Galloway Township campus and two at a club in Berlin Township. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/hoop-group-jam-fest-in-atlantic-city-costs-a-lot-for-those-hoping-for-an/article_d5983bcc-fe2e-11ec-ad19-636454a08fb4.html | 2022-07-09T21:38:39 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/hoop-group-jam-fest-in-atlantic-city-costs-a-lot-for-those-hoping-for-an/article_d5983bcc-fe2e-11ec-ad19-636454a08fb4.html |
Tribute and celebration planned as local legend Barbara ‘Mother’ Hubbard turns 95
LAS CRUCES - A woman whose impact and legacy in Las Cruces and at New Mexico State University is measured in countless lives changed for the better, Barbara “Mother” Hubbard will be celebrating 95 years of life this month and plans to keep giving back — whether it’s mentoring or providing scholarship funds to hundreds of students through her American Collegiate Talent Showcase program.
A press conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, in her namesake room inside the Pan American Center to announce a special tribute and celebration for Hubbard, where she will also be speaking and taking questions about her extensive career.
Over the years, the ACTS program has generated more than $750,000 in scholarship funds for NMSU students. Hubbard is known for being an entertainment industry icon, and every penny she’s raised through all the concerts she’s promoted has gone to support various scholarships through the ACTS Scholarship Program.
“Barbara has also generated thousands more in scholarship funds for other universities around the country. She has mentored scores of students who are now entertainment agents, set designers, tour accountants, and tour managers,” said Rick Nezzer, event spokesperson. “She has also mentored ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, comedian Sinbad, and actor and singer Brennin Hunt, who starred in FOX’s ‘Rent Live’ and on Broadway in ‘Pretty Woman.’”
Hubbard, former NMSU director of special events, has helped put Las Cruces on the map as a destination for people to see great concerts, which boosted the economy and made it more robust, Nezzer said. Each show boosted hotel occupancy and restaurant sales and added to the overall quality of life for the community. During the 1980s and ’90s, NMSU had an exceptionally active calendar of events. It attracted students and became a training ground for those wanting to enter the entertainment field, whether it be on stage or behind the scenes.
Having a deep passion for NMSU, Hubbard is known for freely sharing what she knows and doing everything in her power to help others. At nearly 95, she is still mentoring students and teaching a class in venue management as part of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.
"I just love to see the lights go on in the students’ eyes when they realize the opportunity that’s available to them,” Hubbard said. “Their excitement excites me, and I am thrilled that ACTS scholarships and my mentoring can make a difference.”
Nezzer said although her concert career and industry connections are impressive, it’s her commitment to students that inspires the most.
“She has brought in guest lecturers who are set designers for Aerosmith, a tour manager for Kanye West, vice president of guest services of the Miami Dolphins, and the general manager of American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Cowboys. These are the resources Barbara Hubbard brings to her students. She has also developed a complete curriculum on venue management that some consider to be the industry standard,” Nezzer said. “If you ask Barbara, she will tell you that her biggest accomplishment is her students. Everything she has done is for her students.”
Next week, Hubbard will receive the Charles A. McElravy Award from the International Association of Venue Managers, in honor of her extraordinary contributions to the association and the profession of facility management over the years. The association represents stadiums, arenas, casinos and theaters from around the world.
Tatiana Favela writes for New Mexico State University Marketing and Communications and can be reached at 575-646-3221 ext. 7953, or by email at tfavela5@nmsu.edu.
Others are reading:
- Landscaper with history of fraud allegations charged with scamming 78-year-old woman
- Visitor found dead at White Sands National Park over 4th of July weekend
- A Louisiana highway now honors Sheriff Pat Garrett. A similar effort in Las Cruces failed.
- New Mexico and Texas feud over Rio Grande on cusp of 'historic settlement' | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/celebration-planned-as-local-legend-barbara-mother-hubbard-turns-95/65369551007/ | 2022-07-09T21:48:55 | 0 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/celebration-planned-as-local-legend-barbara-mother-hubbard-turns-95/65369551007/ |
Las Cruces Utilities Board of Commissioners and meetings explained
At Las Cruces Utilities, oversight of its projects and policies are guided by the Board of Commissioners for the City of Las Cruces Utilities. Public input and observation from citizens are encouraged, and for those who have never been to a board meeting before, what follows should give attendees a better idea of what to expect.
How is the LCU Board organized?
The Board, established in December 2006, consists of seven Commissioners, two of whom are seated Las Cruces City Councilors, and five of whom are unpaid members of the public. The Commissioners represent all ratepayers and are selected to serve by having backgrounds in banking or finance, business, economics, or engineering.
City Manager Ifo Pili serves as Director of the Board, while the LCU Director Delilah Walsh serves as Secretary. Both Pili and Walsh serve as ex-officio nonvoting members of the Board, except when a quorum is needed, then Pili becomes a voting member.
What happens during a monthly board meeting?
The Board meetings are held every second Thursday at 3 p.m. at the LCU Administration 680 N. Motel Blvd. LCU deputy directors, staff, and consultants report on ongoing projects and the financial status of the utilities. Resolutions are presented to the board for approval, ranging from purchasing specific equipment, hiring contractors for specialized work, to rate review proposals sent to City Council for approval, among other items.
On certain months, a work session will precede the regular session that goes into depth on an topic that will come before the board. Those work sessions are announced via the agenda, and those and meeting minutes for review are found here: https://publicrecords.las-cruces.org/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=1085033&dbid=0&repo=Live&cr=1
If citizens cannot make the meeting in person and would still like to give input on an item on the agenda, public comments or questions can also be emailed to: UtilitiesCustomerComments@las-cruces.org. The email will be read into the official meeting record.
Who is on the LCU Board?
Commissioner William M. Little (Current Chair)
William Little began serving on the Board in 2008 after a 40-year career in environmental consulting. A hydrologist by background and training, much of his career was spent dealing with the environmental consequences of past hazardous waste disposal.
Commissioner Edmund Archuleta (Current Vice-Chair)
Edmund Archuleta has over 50 years in water resources management, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering with an emphasis in water resource management. He has managed the water utilities in both Albuquerque and El Paso and worked for three different consulting engineering companies while working part-time for two universities. Archuleta was appointed to the board July 2017.
Commissioner Tessa Abeyta (City Councilor District 2)
Tessa Abeyta is a native New Mexican who was raised in Los Alamos. She was drawn to Las Cruces via New Mexico State University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Government in 2009. In 2020, Abeyta began her first term in office for Las Cruces City Council and was appointed to the board January 2022.
Commissioner Johana Bencomo (City Councilor District 4)
Bencomo currently serves as the City Councilor for District 4, where she has focused on ensuring the city prioritizes anti-poverty efforts to improve the quality of life for all Las Crucens. She most recently served as the Executive Director for the faith-based organizing non-profit in Southern NM, NM CAFé. She was first appointed to the board January 2020.
Commissioner Dr. Harry Hardee, PE ret.
Dr. Hardee spent nearly 30 years working at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hardee worked on nuclear weapons for about 10 years and geophysics programs dealing with advanced geothermal drilling and energy extraction. He also has over 100 peer-reviewed technical publications and several dozen patents. Hardee was appointed to the board June 2020.
Commissioner Raymond Hickman
Hickman’s varied career in engineering — from working with NASA’s wind tunnels to mixing rocket fuel in California — has prepared him to understand the utility needs of Las Cruces residents and businesses. He is the newest board member appointed October 2021.
Commissioner Dr. Harry Johnson
Commissioner Dr. Harry Johnson, a New Mexico State University Aggie with all three degrees in chemistry, spent 36 years at the NASA White Sands Test Facility. He started in the chemistry laboratory and progressed to the managerial and financial side. He explained that the test facility operated like its own city, with its own sewage and water wells. Johnson was first appointed to the board in June 2016.
LCU – Your Utility Connection. Customer Central can be reached at 575-541-2111 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. LCU provides clean, safe, and reliable services to Las Cruces residents and businesses. Learn more at las-cruces.org/180/Utilities. For emergencies, call Dispatch at 575-526-0500.
Others are reading:
- Landscaper with history of fraud allegations charged with scamming 78-year-old woman
- Visitor found dead at White Sands National Park over 4th of July weekend
- A Louisiana highway now honors Sheriff Pat Garrett. A similar effort in Las Cruces failed.
- New Mexico and Texas feud over Rio Grande on cusp of 'historic settlement' | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/las-cruces-utilities-board-of-commissioners-and-meetings-explained/65369546007/ | 2022-07-09T21:49:01 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/las-cruces-utilities-board-of-commissioners-and-meetings-explained/65369546007/ |
NMSU alumnus publishes second book in series
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University alumnus George Mendoza released his book “Vision of the Spirit Man,” this spring. It is the second in the "Journey Man" series he is writing with the help of NMSU students. “I'm really excited about “Journey of the Spirit Man” and “Vision of the Spirit Man” coming out” Mendoza said, “I've been really lucky to work with New Mexico State’s creative writing department.” Mendoza works with graduate students who help him edit and bring his stories to life. A third-year master of fine arts candidate in fiction, Shane Inman has worked with Mendoza frequently on the Spirit Man series. “Working with George is great,” Inman said, “He gives me a huge amount of creative freedom and we had frequent conversations about where to take his characters as I worked on editing his novels. I never feel constrained when working with George on these books.” Mendoza, 66, has been legally blind since he was 15 years old. His vision is limited but he sees colors, which he paints. Mendoza graduated from New Mexico School for the Blind in Alamogordo before attending NMSU. A 1978 graduate in interdisciplinary studies, he started painting full-time in the early 1990s.
As an author, Mendoza has published more than 30 books and manuscripts, including six children's books, which also focused on the "Spirit Man." He says the main character is based on his son Michael and his own serious accident while running in Organ Mountains.
“I've created a superhero that’s a lot like Dorothy, in 'The Wizard of Oz.'” Mendoza said, “Dorothy gets twisted in a tornado, winds up in Oz and Michael has his accident in the Oregon mountains and winds up going through an ancient gate and winds up in many different worlds and has to learn lessons about love, peace war.” Mendoza’s artwork has been shown in galleries around the world and hangs in many private collections. His exhibition “Colors of the Wind” was a national Smithsonian traveling art exhibit. “I think the mistake writers and artists make is they want to become famous and make a lot of money and I looked at it the other way.” Mendoza said “I looked at it as therapy, painting and writing, but I think the blindness put me in a sort of tunnel vision.” Mendoza gives lectures about his experience. He also founded the Wise Tree Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes arts for the community in Las Cruces. Learn more about Mendoza by visiting his website, https://www.georgemendoza.com/.
Minerva Baumann and Isabel Darancou write for New Mexico State University Marketing and Communications. They can be reached at mbauma46@nmsu.edu or idaran@nmsu.edu.
Others are reading:
- Landscaper with history of fraud allegations charged with scamming 78-year-old woman
- Visitor found dead at White Sands National Park over 4th of July weekend
- A Louisiana highway now honors Sheriff Pat Garrett. A similar effort in Las Cruces failed.
- New Mexico and Texas feud over Rio Grande on cusp of 'historic settlement' | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/nmsu-alumnus-publishes-second-book-in-series/65369541007/ | 2022-07-09T21:49:07 | 0 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/nmsu-alumnus-publishes-second-book-in-series/65369541007/ |
Teen Connection provides youth opportunities for growth and development
Founded as an extension of our Weed and Seed Out-of-School-Time Program, the Teen Connection Program offers FREE afterschool and summer programming for middle school and high school-aged youth grades 6-12.
Our educational and recreational programming is centered around five program areas:
- Fitness and Outdoor Fun — Providing opportunities to move and exercise through team sports, cooperative games, and outdoor adventure activities.
- Education and Technology — Supporting students in their educational goals through homework support, nutrition education, and introduction to computers, gaming, and technology.
- Service and Civic Engagement — Involving teens in service opportunities that benefit their community; helping youth to find and use their voice through community involvement and fostering leadership.
- Prevention and Life Skills — Facilitating teen discussions and educational presentations with guest speakers to promote prevention, teach life skills, and develop communication skills and healthy social behaviors.
- Arts & Culture — Incorporating arts, music, and cultural programming to encourage new experiences through multiple media forms and understanding through exposure to different cultural perspectives.
Registration
The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department Teen Connection program will begin its After School registration on Monday, July 11. The program is free. Limited spaces are available and will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. The program's start date is Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The program is at the Frank O'Brien Papen Community Center, 304 W. Bell Ave. Register online at https://www.las-cruces.org/31/Play (click on the online registration link), or visit the following locations during regular business hours:
- Parks and Recreation Administration Office, 1501 E. Hadley Ave., Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Frank O'Brien Papen Community Center, 304 W. Bell Ave., Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- A. Fielder Memorial Safe Haven, 906 N. Tornillo St., Monday – Friday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Program hours of operation will be Monday – Friday, 3:30 - 7:30 p.m., and will follow the LCPS calendar, with some special events for teens. A notice will be given so participants can be prepared ahead of time. Programming will consist of homework assistance, mealtime provided in partnership with FYI, recreation, art activities, guest speakers, and age-appropriate enrichment opportunities in a safe & constructive environment.
Transportation to the Teen Connection program will be provided from the following locations:
- Middle Schools: Sierra, Zia, Picacho, and Vista
- High Schools: Las Cruces, Centennial Mayfield, Arrowhead
The Teen Connection offers multiple opportunities for teens to participate in various community service projects throughout the year. Volunteering for these projects helps teens gain skills necessary for the job market, such as leadership, communication skills, dependability, time management, and decision making. Teens who volunteer perform better at school and build stronger resumes for college and scholarship applications. These benefits correspond directly to the Success Partnership's newly-launched Kinder-Career Coalition, which aims to lift and support the work this community is already doing to improve outcomes in education and identify areas of overlap and opportunity for collaboration.
For additional information, call the Parks & Recreation Department at 575-541-2550 or Teen Connection at 575-528-4235 or visit us online at https://www.las-cruces.org/178/Parks-Recreation.
Michael Cichuniec is the recreation services supervisor for the City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department.
Others are reading:
- Landscaper with history of fraud allegations charged with scamming 78-year-old woman
- Visitor found dead at White Sands National Park over 4th of July weekend
- A Louisiana highway now honors Sheriff Pat Garrett. A similar effort in Las Cruces failed.
- New Mexico and Texas feud over Rio Grande on cusp of 'historic settlement' | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/teen-connection-provides-youth-opportunities-for-growth-and-development/65369570007/ | 2022-07-09T21:49:13 | 0 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/07/09/teen-connection-provides-youth-opportunities-for-growth-and-development/65369570007/ |
A 14-year-old is dead after he was stabbed Saturday afternoon on a train platform in Manhattan, police said.
The teen and suspect were arguing around 3 p.m. when the latter pulled out a knife and stabbed the 14-year-old in the abdomen, according to the NYPD.
Police believe the stabbing happened on the northbound 1 line platform at the 137 St-City College station in Hamilton Heights.
The teen did not survive his injuries and was pronounced dead at St. Luke's Hospital.
Police said the suspect, possibly 18 or 19 years old, was last seen wearing an orange shirt and black pants.
Officers closed off the entrance to the subway station due to the investigation, and northbound trains were temporarily bypassing the stop.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/14-year-old-boy-killed-in-nyc-subway-stabbing-nypd-ny-only/3767601/ | 2022-07-09T21:50:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/14-year-old-boy-killed-in-nyc-subway-stabbing-nypd-ny-only/3767601/ |
The vision of a new center to support local veteran was unveiled in Kenosha Saturday as The Bunker Coffee House opened its doors during a community open house.
Owner Jo Wynn, CEO of the non-profit organization Walkin’ in My Shoes, opened the site at 2211 50th St., welcoming veterans, members of the community, and guests including Gov. Tony Evers, who greeted and spoke with veterans in attendance.
Wynn gave Evers a tour of the new nonprofit business and showed him aspects such as its pantry area and a tree painted on the wall for veterans and their families to write their names.
Evers, who did not make a formal address, told Wynn he wanted to help her with the new cafe.
Local veterans turned out and were pleased with what they saw.
“It’s good to have veterans of any area be able to come to a place and receive services and have a place to hang out,” said Michael Hellquist, a local Army veteran who served from 2007 to 2016.
People are also reading…
Hellquist added there are other resources in the community for veterans to use as well, such as the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Hero’s Cafe.
“This is a place where you can come and have breakfast,” Hellquist said. “You can’t do that at the American Legion Post (and) you can’t do that at the VFW.”
Some attendees, such as Shaunta Barker, said she has struggled to get veteran’s assistance and benefits.
“I don’t know what resources are out here for the veterans,” Barker said.
Barker, who is an Army National Guard veteran originally from Arkansas, could not find information at job centers about what type of benefits she qualified for.
“I went to the job center and the guy looked it up on the computer and he put the little veteran logo sticker on my driver’s license,” Barker said. “But he didn’t tell me what I qualified for.”
Among its services of providing free coffee, breakfast and lunch, Bunker’s Coffeehouse will provide assistance to veterans looking to apply for Veteran’s Affairs benefits.
Christine Gursky and Jimmie Rosko of the Good Old Boys and Girls, which consists of American Legion members, visited the cafe to see Wynn’s vision and how the Legion post could possibly help.
“We’re always looking for ways that we can help the community maybe do fundraisers (and) maybe contribute in some way,” Gursky said. “We heard about this and wanted to come find her and see what she’s got going on, what she’s hoping to build, what her vision is for it and how we can possibly help.”
Gursky and Rosko are both veterans; Gursky served in the Army from 1997 to 2006 and Rosko served in the Marines from 1967 to 1971.
Wynn said she knows there are other resources for veterans in the area, but God was telling her to continue to pursue her vision for a safe space for vets. Wynn emphasized the importance of listening to the needs of people who need help from their communities.
Also among those attending Saturday’s open house was state Rep. Tod Ohnstad, D-Kenosha, who toured the facility for its grand opening, and greeted people who came to support Wynn. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/bunkers-coffeehouse-for-vets-holds-grand-opening-saturday/article_826248ee-ffaf-11ec-894c-9b75fe6b3cc3.html | 2022-07-09T22:00:58 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/bunkers-coffeehouse-for-vets-holds-grand-opening-saturday/article_826248ee-ffaf-11ec-894c-9b75fe6b3cc3.html |
Two men were arrested after allegedly fleeing from Kenosha Police in a vehicle, crashing into a porch and then running away from law enforcement officials on the city’s north side Saturday morning.
Area resident Mary Kubicki witnessed the incident around 9 a.m. as she was hosting a tour of her garden.
Kubicki said a northbound car traveling at a very high rate of speed on 22nd Avenue turned left and hit the porch of a residential home just north of Girl Scout Lane on 36th Street.
Kubicki said the vehicle hit the north corner of the front porch and then “flipped around” so that when it came to a stop it looked like it was traveling southbound on 22nd Avenue when it crashed.
“Two males then jumped out and ran between the houses across the street near the Girl Scouts campus,” she said. The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Woodhaven Service and Resource Center is located on a dead-end street off Girl Scout Lane.
“Thank God there were no other cars coming from the other direction and they didn’t crash into our yard,” Kubicki said. “There were squad cars everywhere and a ton of police after the crash.”
The area was filled with participants of the Four Seasons Garden Club “Secret Garden Walk” and about a dozen were gathered across the street from the accident in Kubicki’s front yard when the accident occurred.
Sgt. Daniel Bandi said the suspects were apprehended shortly after the crash and suffered minor injuries. Bandi said the vehicle was not stolen and it’s not yet clear why they fled from officers.
Bandi said no one else was injured.
The Kenosha Sheriff’s Department assisted in the search.
No additional details were immediately available.
1 of 23
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
People gather and sit as they listen to a period musical performance at the Bristol Renaissance Faire on July 10th, 2021.
Lynx performs his final trick by swallowing a sword and slicing pieces of bread that hang from his sword at Bristol Renaissance Faire on July 10th, 2021.
Dii Grady, Ksenia McAllister, and Camiella Mears show off their costumes at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, WI on July 10th, 2021. We did not know that Wonder Woman hailed from that era.
Hack Ptui welcomes people to The Strudy Beggers Mud Show by blowing his horn at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol. The fair is open Sept. 4-6 for its final weekend this year.
IN PHOTOS: Bristol Renaissance Faire is open for 2022; check out images of past faires
The Bristol Renaissance Faire is open for another season of making merry while wearing chain mail. The Faire celebrates the day in 1574 when Queen Elizabeth visited Bristol, England. If you see the queen, remember to use your best royal wave to greet her majesty. The Faire is open weekends through Sept. 5, located just west of I-94 at the Wisconsin/Illinois border. For more details, go to renfair.com/bristol/
1 of 23
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
People gather and sit as they listen to a period musical performance at the Bristol Renaissance Faire on July 10th, 2021.
Jasmine Wills, For the Kenosha News
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
People wait in line to buy different retro renaissance items at the Bristol Renaissance Faire on July 10th, 2021.
Jasmine Wills
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Lynx performs his final trick by swallowing a sword and slicing pieces of bread that hang from his sword at Bristol Renaissance Faire on July 10th, 2021.
Jasmine Wills
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Two workers come together in the Trasers Cove to play music at the Bristol Renaissance Faire on July 10th, 2021.
Jasmine Wills, For The Kenosha News
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Jacob Rounnels makes and sells catapults to people at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, WI on July 10th, 2021.
Jasmine Wills, For The Kenosha News
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Dii Grady, Ksenia McAllister, and Camiella Mears show off their costumes at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, WI on July 10th, 2021. We did not know that Wonder Woman hailed from that era.
Jasmine Wills
RENAISSANCE FAIRE 2021
Mimi Moore sells handmade items at her booth at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, WI on July 10th, 2021.
Jasmine Wills, for the Kenosha News
RENAISSANCE FAIRE 2021
Hack Ptui welcomes people to The Strudy Beggers Mud Show by blowing his horn at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol. The fair is open Sept. 4-6 for its final weekend this year.
Jasmine Willis, for The Kenosha News
RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Jacob Rounnels makes and sells catapults to people at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, WI on July 10th, 2021.
Jasmine Wills, For The Kenosha News
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Children play with large bubbles made by Nikolai Popper, played by Nick Stahl.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Adam Crack performs his whip show.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Philip Earl Johnson has performed for more than 30 years as MooNiE the Magnif’Cent at the Bristol Renaissance Faire.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
The Lynx swallows a sword during a performance at the Bristol Renaissance Faire.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Adam Crack lights his whip on fire during a performance at the Bristol Renaissance Faire.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Adam Crack lights his whip on fire during his performance.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Jamis Kovalski, left, and Maria Daniels enjoy the Renaissance Faire together on Saturday.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Several people dance around the maypole at the Bristol Renaissance Faire on Saturday.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Philip Earl Johnson performs as MooNiE the Magnif’Cent, juggling flaming batons
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Renaissance Faire favorite MooNiE the Magnificent gets a leg up on the tightrope from audience member Marius Keith during the 2019 faire.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Philip Earl Johnson performs as MooNiE the Magnif’Cent, trying to blow out of his flaming juggling batons.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Hans Pfrang, right, performing as Gilderoy, weaves around the maypole as he and other performers enlist help from children in the crowd.
Brian Passino
BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Dancing around the maypole at the Bristol Renaissance Faire.
In an opinion delivered Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled in favor of Chrystul Kizer, who in 2018 was accused of killing the man who had been sex trafficking her and other girls.
The state of Wisconsin has revoked the wholesale dealer license for Elkhorn car dealer, Car Rangers LLC, after the dealership was found rolling back odometers and altering titles to reflect lower mileage, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
DEVELOPING: A critical incident in Waterford forced a business district west of Highway 36 (Milwaukee Avenue) to be locked down for several hours Tuesday afternoon.
UNION GROVE — Three mobile homes were to have suffered damage, and may have been completely destroyed, in a fire that was extinguished after firefighters from more than a dozen agencies responded to the Hickory Haven mobile home park on Schoen Road Saturday afternoon.
Two men were arrested after fleeing from Kenosha Police in a vehicle, shown atop a tow truck after it crashed into a porch. The men reportedly ran from the crash site, but were apprehended by law enforcement officials on the city’s north side Saturday morning. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-arrested-after-fleeing-kenosha-police-crashing-into-porch-and-running-from-scene-saturday-morning/article_b471ad88-ffba-11ec-a7a9-f31e9c5b6d14.html | 2022-07-09T22:01:04 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-arrested-after-fleeing-kenosha-police-crashing-into-porch-and-running-from-scene-saturday-morning/article_b471ad88-ffba-11ec-a7a9-f31e9c5b6d14.html |
CJ Harris leads the inaugural Kenosha Pride March in 2013. The 10th local Pride march is Sunday.
Kenosha News File Photo
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration as participants march along Sheridan Road. This year’s parade is Sunday.
Kenosha News File Photo
Molly Clark claps as she listen to a speaker during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Kenosha News File Photo
Participants march during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration. This year's parade is Sunday, starting in Library Park.
Kenosha News File Photo
Marchers carry the rainbow flag during the Kenosha Pride 2015 march.
The festival starts at 12:30 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Park, with two entertainment stages, a beer tent, a Sober Bar, a pet comfort area (with pet specific vendors), a children’s area with crafts and activities and a marketplace “filled with food and awesome items,” organizers said.
At the Information Tent, Kenosha Pride merchandise, including Pride flags, are available for purchase.
Festival entertainment
Entertainment will include the local band Would You Kindly?
Also performing are the Diva Drag Show, Fresh Faces Drag Show and Next Generatiopn Grad SHow.
Fans can sign up at the Kenosha Pride website for “meet and greet” opportunities with two of the entertainers: Ada Vox and/or Steven Andrade as Cher.
Vox is “the first drag queen to make the Top 10 on ‘American Idol’ and was runner-up on RuPaul’s singing competition ‘Queen of the Universe,’” Kenosha Pride officials said. The meet-and-greet with Fox is 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Andrade is known as “one of the best Cher impersonators in the United States,” event organizers said. The meet-and-greet with Andrade is 6:45 p.m. Sunday.
The meet-and-greet pass “will get you a meet and greet along with photo” with the entertainer.
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration as participants march along Sheridan Road. This year’s parade is Sunday.
Dan Seaver, President of Kenosha Pride, speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration before they march from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Tanya McLean of Leaders of Kenosha, leads a cheer as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march long Sheridan Road Sunday as the parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Robin Neeson, left, her daughter, Kennedy Nelson, and Karen Wilbanks chant Sunday as the march with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road.
IN PHOTOS: Check out the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration and march
Kenosha Pride 2021 was observed on Sunday, Aug. 22, starting with the annual Pride March in Library Park, 711 59th Place, in Downtown Kenosha.
The Kenosha Pride event grounds in Veterans Memorial Park, featured both the Stonewall Stage and Pulse Stage. The festival also featured a marketplace, a Health and Wellness/Non-Profit area and a Beer Tent. There was also a Children’s area and a Pet Area.
1 of 12
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration as participants march along Sheridan Road. This year’s parade is Sunday.
Kenosha News File Photo
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Ben Dominquez makes a sketch as he waits for the start of the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade Sunday in Library Park
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Dan Seaver, President of Kenosha Pride, speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration before they march from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Molly Clark claps as she listen to a speaker during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Kenosha News File Photo
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Tanya McLean of Leaders of Kenosha, leads a cheer as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march long Sheridan Road Sunday as the parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Volunteers from Spirit Alive Church hands out water Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Robin Neeson, left, her daughter, Kennedy Nelson, and Karen Wilbanks chant Sunday as the march with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
A couple holds hands Sunday in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Devynn Johnson raises her hand as horns are honked as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march along Sheridan Road.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Kayla Bacewicz cheers while participating in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road;
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Participants march during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration. This year's parade is Sunday, starting in Library Park.
In an opinion delivered Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled in favor of Chrystul Kizer, who in 2018 was accused of killing the man who had been sex trafficking her and other girls.
The City of Burlington's July 4 fireworks have been "postponed to a later date," the city said Monday afternoon, due to safety concerns related to expected storms.
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer during the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration as participants march along Sheridan Road. This year’s parade is Sunday. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-pride-festival-to-be-held-on-sunday/article_c9eec2c2-fede-11ec-ab40-b7463f97012c.html | 2022-07-09T22:01:10 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-pride-festival-to-be-held-on-sunday/article_c9eec2c2-fede-11ec-ab40-b7463f97012c.html |
The Explorium Children’s Museum partnered with The Helm ABA to give children a chance to play in a relaxed environment during Saturday’s sensory-friendly morning session.
The museum was darkened with low-sensitive lights, and parents brought their children with autism spectrum disorder, many with sensory differences, to play for an hour before the ECM opened to the public.
THABA owner Dr. Sara Feldman greeted families during check-in, giving them goodie bags and communicating with children.
ASD is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain and can vary significantly between people. People with ASD may behave, communicate, interact and learn in ways that are different from others.
“It is really helpful for our kids with autism who may not be able to enjoy some of these really fun activities, with the noise and the level of sensory input that they may have during the regular hours of the day,” Feldman said.
THABA was founded in 2015 to empower families and schools to use behavioral therapy rooted in the principles of behavior analysis to increase safety, independence and quality for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families across the North Texas area.
Feldman said the lights were turned down, with no loud music and adaptive activities to ensure the children could navigate the area without unexpected events that may affect children with ASD.
Dinora Padilla, executive director of ECM, said this was the first sensory-friendly morning of the year. The ECM hosts the session every second Saturday of the month.
Padilla said the ECM has hosted the session since 2019 but had to either postpone or cancel the session due to the pandemic.
The ECM charges $5 for families for services. Padilla said she was able to partner with THABA to provide free admission for families for the session.
“We wanted to remove the financial barrier for families that already have a lot of medical or therapy expenses,” Padilla said.
Padilla hopes to have more community partners invest with the ECM, allowing her to extend the session hours.
“I hope that it grows enough so that we can extend the time or even like do it every Saturday,” Padilla said. “I would love that.”
Padilla said families who can’t make the Saturday session have the option to visit the ECM Tuesday through Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. due to low traffic flow. This will allow children with autism or any other disability to play in a moderately quiet environment.
Feldman said THABA provides free initial consultations and is happy to talk to families for additional consultation.
ECM will have a free sensory-friendly morning every second Saturday of the month for the rest of the year.
“It’s a great turnout,” Feldman said. “It’s a really good opportunity for children to have some quiet inside play.” | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/explorium-museum-offers-a-relaxed-environment-for-children-with-sensory-differences/article_7765f62c-1b73-5ad8-89cc-60b925762268.html | 2022-07-09T22:09:17 | 1 | https://dentonrc.com/news/local/explorium-museum-offers-a-relaxed-environment-for-children-with-sensory-differences/article_7765f62c-1b73-5ad8-89cc-60b925762268.html |
The Virginia State Bar has indefinitely suspended the law license of Dinwiddie County Commonwealth's Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill due to an undisclosed impairment, after Baskervill notified the 11th Judicial District's chief judge that her condition requires up to three months of treatment.
"I am currently unable to perform the duties of Commonwealth's Attorney for Dinwiddie County," Baskervill wrote in a letter dated June 30 to Chief Judge Paul W. Cella.
Colonial Heights Senior Commonwealth's Attorney Erin Barr was appointed by the court July 1 to serve as Dinwiddie's acting commonwealth's attorney for 90 days, ending Sept. 30.
Baskervill and her attorney, Jeffrey Geiger, consented to the impairment suspension order issued by the State Bar on Wednesday. The order reads that the Bar's disciplinary board finds that Baskervill "suffers from an impairment" as defined in the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and "that the underlying condition materially impairs Ms. Baskervill's fitness to practice law."
People are also reading…
The suspension order remains in effect "until it is established that she no longer suffers from impairment," the order states.
In addition, the order requires Baskervill to notify, by certified mail, "all clients for whom she is currently handling matters and to all opposing attorneys and presiding judges in pending litigation" of the suspension of her license to practice.
The order and Baskervill's letter to the court appears to leave open the possibility that she will seek to have her law license reinstated and return to her duties as Dinwiddie's chief prosecutor upon her recovery. She would be required to petition the Bar to have her license reinstated.
"My physician ... has stated that he feels my condition may take up to three months to treat," Baskervill wrote in her letter to the court. Her physician practices as a psychiatrist and neurologist.
Baskervill could not be immediately reached for comment. A message sent Friday to her work email address at the Dinwiddie Commonwealth's Attorney's Office was not returned, but she may not have received it since she's temporarily relinquished her position.
Geiger, reached Friday, declined to comment, citing confidentiality concerns with the State Bar's order. A reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch asked Geiger on Friday to advise Baskervill of the newspaper's interest in speaking with her about the recent developments, but received no response.
In the order appointing Barr as acting Dinwiddie commonwealth's attorney, Judge Cella found that the three-month leave that Baskervill sought was not a "temporary period" as outlined by Virginia law, "but rather a prolonged period of time" that required the appointment of an acting commonwealth's attorney.
Consequently, Cella appointed Barr, who is "highly qualified to act in Ms. Baskervill's place." Barr has been a prosecutor since 2010, serving 10 years in Chesterfield County where she rose to the position of deputy commonwealth's attorney. She joined the Colonial Heights Commonwealth's Attorney's Office in 2020.
"Our thoughts and support are with Ann as she and her family navigate this tough time," Barr said Saturday in a statement. "Our office will be working with the Bar and the Court to ensure the administration of justice and service to the citizens of Dinwiddie is not interrupted in any way. I am honored the court has appointed and entrusted me in this role."
The transfer of power comes at a critical time in Dinwiddie courts, which has eight pending homicide cases that are at various stages in the judicial process. Two area commonwealth's attorneys have agreed to help prosecute those cases.
Colonial Heights Commonwealth's Attorney Gray Collins has assigned his staff to handle three of the cases, and Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor has assigned one of her prosecutors to assist with three others.
Baskervill, a former Richmond prosecutor who has held the job as Dinwiddie commonwealth's attorney since 2015, co-prosecuted one of the region's biggest cases in 2016 - persuading a jury to convict Russell E. Brown III of capital murder in the slaying of veteran Virginia State Police trooper Junius A. Walker, 63, who was set to retire.
Brown fatally shot Walker four times in his police cruiser on March 7, 2013, after the officer pulled alongside Brown’s disabled vehicle on Interstate 85 to see if he needed assistance. Brown's defense counsel argued that he was psychotic and insane at the time of the killings. The jury opted not to sentence Brown to death but that he serve the rest of his life behind bars. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/state-bar-suspends-license-of-dinwiddies-elected-chief-prosecutor-for-impairment-after-she-seeks-medical/article_a68c00c7-a7a0-54d4-ba3d-776a036f7d16.html | 2022-07-09T22:16:38 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/state-bar-suspends-license-of-dinwiddies-elected-chief-prosecutor-for-impairment-after-she-seeks-medical/article_a68c00c7-a7a0-54d4-ba3d-776a036f7d16.html |
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, Ind — Law enforcement in Bartholomew County said they're grateful that a deputy was able to walk away after his patrol car was hit by a drunk driver early Saturday morning.
Deputy Billy Bryant pulled over a vehicle for an equipment violation just before 3:30 a.m., according to Caitlyn Gross, a spokeswoman for the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office.
The vehicle pulled over on U.S. 31 near Lowell Road and the deputy parked his patrol car behind it.
The deputy has his emergency lights on and began to get out of his car when a vehicle hit it from behind.
Gross said the impact was severe enough to cause the suspect vehicle's airbags to deploy. It also pushed Bryant's patrol car into the vehicle that was originally pulled over.
Bryant got out of his car and checked both drivers, who were the sole occupants of their respective vehicles.
Bryant was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for evaluation and was released.
“We are all thankful that Deputy Bryant was able to walk away from this collision without serious injuries,” said Chief Deputy Chris Lane.
Dai Von Terees Coram, 26, of Columbus, was the driver who authorities say hit Bryant's car. Coram was arrested for operating while intoxicated.
Lane said this crash stands as a stark reminder to never get behind the wheel if you're under the influence.
“This is another reminder of how driving under the influence can be dangerous for all members of the community including law enforcement," Lane said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/bartholomew-county-deputy-patrol-car-hit-intoxicated-driver-us-31/531-a4bcf72f-1f0e-4e39-a019-957fa2b9850c | 2022-07-09T22:17:07 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/bartholomew-county-deputy-patrol-car-hit-intoxicated-driver-us-31/531-a4bcf72f-1f0e-4e39-a019-957fa2b9850c |
“School’s out forever.”
— Alice Cooper
A lot of it has to do — as he’ll readily tell you — with the perception of former Phoebe Putney Health System President Joel Wernick. When hired, Wernick was tasked with taking the hospital system in a dynamic new direction, and he did that to the chagrin of many in the community.
Wernick, you see, was a tough cookie when it came to the hospital system; he ran it like a business.
There are, as anyone who has lived here long enough will tell you, other personal issues involved — some well-known, others not so much — but the love-hate relationship many in this community have with the hospital system is actually quite confounding. There are those whose lives were saved by physicians at the facility, and they still curse Phoebe anytime it’s mentioned in conversation.
And so, it’s become a “thing” for many people to “hate” Phoebe, despite its impact on the economy and the health care of southwest Georgia.
Which is, if you think about it, ridiculous.
Phoebe CEO/President Scott Steiner, who has more than ably filled the big shoes left empty when Wernick retired, came with foreknowledge of the enmity many have developed with the hospital system, but he’s now getting a first-hand taste of the depths to which some would sink to sabotage the health care facility's moving forward.
A story on Page 1A details the visionary concept Phoebe officials and late Albany Technical College President Anthony Parker developed to address the nationwide nursing shortage that has hit southwest Georgia just as it has every other health care facility in the nation. A side product of the “Living & Learning Community” planned at the former Albany High School building purchased by Phoebe long ago and now in disrepair would bring hundreds of nursing students to Phoebe, creating an economic development project that would have a huge positive impact on the neighborhood surrounding Phoebe and Albany’s downtown.
Led by member Bruce Capps, though, members of the Albany Historical Preservation Commission — and, reportedly, others in the city hierarchy — are pushing against the project, trying — and perhaps on the verge of succeeding — to force Phoebe to alter it’s plan to repurpose the building because it’s in the city’s Historic District. Capps, with no basis for making the statement, has said it would cost the same to restore the building as it would to repurpose it.
As a matter of fact, it would cost more. A whole lot more. Architects who helped design Phoebe’s planned facility say the difference is striking: in the millions.
Renovating the old Albany High/Albany Middle School building — and to what end, no one has explained other than the fact it is an old building — would leave Phoebe/ATC with 45,000 square feet of usable space. The repurposing project would provide 47,000 square feet of space for education, and 70,000 square feet of living space for 80 single apartments.
I’m sure there exists a certain level of sentimental attachment to the Albany High building, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But as the building has deteriorated into disuse, how does anyone even have an inkling that renovating this structure to look like it did many years ago serves any purpose? People love their old schools, sure, but demanding that a falling-apart building be restored in such a way that it costs its owner millions and millions of dollars to make it useful once again is well beyond the pale.
It doesn’t matter if you love Phoebe or hate it ... or anyone or any incident related to the hospital. It is a crucial part of this community. Using petty differences or supposed influence to block a project that has the capacity to transform a large portion of Albany is more than inane, it’s the epitome of insanity. And if city officials allow this to happen, they are complicit in the insanity. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-attempt-to-stop-phoebe-albany-tech-project-beyond-ridiculous/article_e192ceae-ffb1-11ec-aa91-9f9d17796423.html | 2022-07-09T22:24:24 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-attempt-to-stop-phoebe-albany-tech-project-beyond-ridiculous/article_e192ceae-ffb1-11ec-aa91-9f9d17796423.html |
NORMAL — Saturday was the day to ditch your electronic devices and tune in to the great outdoors.
The Town of Normal Department of Parks and Recreation encouraged folks to do just that with several "Unplug Normal" events on Saturday. They were planned as part of a statewide effort, held annually on the second Saturday of July, to push people to plug into outside play, activity and creativity.
Around 20 people perked up and showed up for a birdwatching tour at 7:30 a.m. Saturday through Normal’s Maxwell Park. Other Unplugged Normal events that day included a yoga class at the Community Activity Center and "superhero day" at Fairview Aquatic Center.
Illinois Wesleyan University Biology Professor Given Harper said he was asked to host the guided "birding" tour. He added that Unplugged Normal is “a marvelous endeavor,” and noted that we live in an electronic world.
“Most of us are quite divorced from the natural world,” said Harper. “Getting out into nature, in particular watching birds, is a wonderful way to reconnect and recharge.”
Harper said Maxwell Park is an amazing birdwatching site because one section hosts a lot of native shrubs. The professor alluded to how birds feed on young insects, which have evolved to feed on native plants.
And that makes Maxwell Park quite nice, Harper said. He guided the group to areas of the park that held native gray dogwoods, viburnums and milkweed plants.
Harper also hopes that through the Parks and Recreation Department’s efforts, people will get out and experience nature by looking at the entirety of the natural world, including all bugs and flowers.
Matthew Winks was one attendee, but he wasn’t just looking at birds. Dusty wing butterflies, dragonflies and other insects were all catching the Bloomington man’s attention.
Winks said he normally prefers to go out by himself or with just one or two other people. But on Saturday, he said he figured he’d join up with a group and share the “love of nature with other nature lovers.”
Another avid birdwatcher there was Ann Anderson, of Clinton. She said the most interesting thing she learned was that blue jays are among intelligent bird species like crows.
Harper had explained to the group that crows have used sticks to dig up worms out of mud.
After all, Anderson said the reason she came to the event was to learn something new.
Normal’s Daniel Goldberg got up for the birdwatching, too. He said he appreciated finding where blue grosbeaks have repeatedly nested through the years at the park, and how armadillos have been spotted there as well.
Goldberg, who is part of Normal’s John Wesley Powell Audubon Society with Harper, finished his Ph.D. in December at Illinois State University’s School of Biological Sciences. He said he’s gone on birding walks with the Audubon Society for several years.
Goldberg enjoys these group walks because there are “many different eyes,” he said. And that means more birds can be spotted.
Plus, he said the leader can usually identify birds before anyone else, ”so then you can just look for them.”
The ISU graduate is also excited for bird studies that his former ISU professor, Angelo Capparella, and Harper have collaborated on.
One study that included Maxwell Park and other parts of the Twin Cities surveyed urban breeding, Harper said. Conducted from 2019-20, the professor said they found Bell’s vireos were repopulating in the park, adding they’re an uncommon species.
Although there weren’t any of those observed to have nested this year, Harper said, he was able to point Saturday to some gray catbirds, which are named for their "mewing" calls.
Harper said male catbirds also sing a bubbly, "water-like" call and display to females.
In total, Harper said they’ve documented 79 species that breed in Bloomington-Normal, plus another five found outside of town. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-group-shares-love-of-nature-during-unplug-normal-bird-tour/article_fa6cc308-ffb1-11ec-afbd-83d9e5af8b75.html | 2022-07-09T22:40:57 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-group-shares-love-of-nature-during-unplug-normal-bird-tour/article_fa6cc308-ffb1-11ec-afbd-83d9e5af8b75.html |
FREDERICK, Md. — The U.S. Army says it is making progress in the long-running effort to address groundwater contamination at part of Fort Detrick that was used as a test site for the Army’s biological warfare program.
It will likely take another year or two beyond that for officials to finish a report summarizing what they’ve learned, the newspaper reported. Then the Army would move to the “feasibility study” phase of the cleanup. That would involve evaluating potential methods of addressing the contamination.
The cleanup process for the site’s groundwater has been in the “remedial investigation” phase since 2010, the newspaper reported.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated the Area B groundwater as a Superfund site. Most drinking water wells near Fort Detrick have been closed, according to the newspaper. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/army-sees-progress-on-fort-detrick-groundwater-contamination/2022/07/09/7b87e6ee-ffcf-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | 2022-07-09T22:43:50 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/army-sees-progress-on-fort-detrick-groundwater-contamination/2022/07/09/7b87e6ee-ffcf-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html |
Hawaiian Airlines has announced it has planned to suspend service between Honolulu and Orlando starting Sept. 7.
Carolyn Fennel, senior director of public affairs for Orlando International Airport, said the airline cited staffing issues and current fuel prices as reasons for the suspensions.
Refunds are expected to be issued for any flights booked after Sept. 7. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/09/hawaiian-airlines-suspending-service-between-orlando-and-honolulu-starting-sept-7/ | 2022-07-09T22:44:18 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/09/hawaiian-airlines-suspending-service-between-orlando-and-honolulu-starting-sept-7/ |
SEATTLE — Legendary Martial artist Bruce Lee only lived in Seattle for five years but the impact and influence is remarkable.
Lee moved to Seattle in 1959 to finish school. He taught martial arts to earn money to help pay tuition at the University of Washington, where he studied drama and philosophy.
Much of Lee’s personal philosophy is on display in Seattle at a new exhibit at the Wing Luke Museum.
"Bruce Lee Exhibit: Be Water My Friend" is an interactive exhibit that invites viewers to step into the mind, body, and spirit of Bruce Lee to see how his unquenchable pursuit of knowledge informed his philosophy and life. Lee was known for his martial arts and spent a substantial amount of his time training his mind though reading.
The exhibit features a personal library with more than 2,000 books that Bruce Lee’s daughter said is very revealing and highly personal. Shannon Lee said packing up her dad’s book library to send to Seattle was a reminder that her fathers famous quotes and philosophies came from his thirst for knowledge and consistent consumption of books.
“I knew he was an avid reader because we had all these books around the house but packing them up reminded me of how much work he put in to bettering himself,” Shannon Lee said.
Titles ranging from “The Wisdom of Insecurity” to “Integral Yoga” surround an exhibit featuring personal items and interactive water themed displays. Shannon Lee said her dads massive book library is even more impressive when you consider he only lived to be 32 years old.
“I think that’s why this collection is so intimate and personal feeling,” she said.
The museum also features images and information on the years Lee lived in Seattle and how he fought against oppression and complicated social issues by focusing on better preparing himself. His phrases like “Be Water, my friend” are well-known and symbolize Bruce Lee’s vision for mental strength.
Joël Barraquiel Tan took over as executive director of The Wing Luke Museum in April and said the exhibit will be a part of the museum as a whole.
“What’s really exciting is that our latest exhibit coincides with the announcement of the Bruce Lee Foundation's permanent home here in one of our gallery spaces.”
The exhibit opens to the public on July 9. The opening celebration includes a short program featuring a dragon and lion dance blessing. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/bruce-lee-exhibit-seattle/281-5ba14529-29ba-413f-ab58-7294afebbf49 | 2022-07-09T22:47:28 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/bruce-lee-exhibit-seattle/281-5ba14529-29ba-413f-ab58-7294afebbf49 |
NATIONAL CITY, Calif. — Four men were charged Friday with federal drug trafficking counts in connection with what the U.S. Attorney's Office said was one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in San Diego County.
The defendants, all of whom are Tijuana residents, were allegedly spotted unloading dozens of boxes from a truck on Thursday in National City, which turned out to contain more than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine. Police trailed the truck as it traveled to Hoover Avenue and 30th Street and arrested the men after allegedly seeing them move the cardboard boxes from the truck into a van.
The boxes contained 148 bundles that contained a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
"This is a significant accomplishment by our law enforcement partners," said U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman. "Due to stellar work by law enforcement agents, the government stopped more than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine from being distributed on our streets."
WATCH RELATED: Second drug tunnel found connecting Tijuana to U.S. in less than a month | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/one-of-the-largest-meth-seizures-in-san-diego/509-b5e19b82-c6e0-4b10-8667-67136c1f37c8 | 2022-07-09T22:47:34 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/one-of-the-largest-meth-seizures-in-san-diego/509-b5e19b82-c6e0-4b10-8667-67136c1f37c8 |
COLORADO, USA — The Adams Park trailhead in Routt National Forest is usually signified by a brown and yellow sign similar to those seen on public lands throughout the United States.
Other brown and white markers inform would-be trail users about allowable methods of travel: dirt bikes, four-wheelers, horses and by foot.
But on the Fourth of July, the trail snaking uphill through well established aspens and towering fur trees on the way to the 50th annual Rainbow Family Gathering of Light was dotted with signs every hundred feet or so.
Some placards posed deep questions about life and the meaning of it all. Others gave directions to various camps or advertised community meals, hours of group meditation and even twice-daily 12-step program meetings. Some said almost nothing of substance at all, with one simply declaring, "This is a good sign."
One scrap of paper tied around a tree trunk with a shoelace asked those passing by the same question on the minds of many in local communities since the self-proclaimed non-organization of non-members announced they were headed to Routt County.
"Why did you come here?" it read.
In the Main Meadow of the gathering on Independence Day, a shirtless man with long silver hair sat in the grass with his partner, watching the celebration of dancing and drumbeats unfolding before them. He said his name was Kadag, giving an alternative moniker that many at the gathering refer to as their "Rainbow name."
Kadag traveled to Northwest Colorado from Chico, California, where he is a father and business owner. After attending his first gathering in 1992, he tries to get to the event every year, "if life makes it possible."
"It's a declaration of interdependence," Kadag said. "Living on the land, you know how to care for one another. You get into an environment like this and you see love, you see random acts of kindness all the time, everywhere, from folks you wouldn't expect it from."
"That renews my faith," he continued. "Coming out here to pray for peace in the cathedral of Mother Nature."
— Gathering's peak
At the center of the gathering was the distinct aroma of body odor mixed with marijuana and burning sage. The U.S. Forest Service estimated there were about 10,000 people camping in the woods near Adams Park on Monday, the day the annual gathering of hippies was expected to hit its peak.
It's a far cry from the 30,000 some had predicted for the groups' return to Colorado 50 years after the first meet-up near Grand County's Strawberry Lake in 1972. Still, many that frequent the yearly event say it is the largest they have attended.
The Forest Service reacted by mobilizing a National Incident Management Team to work with the so-called Rainbows, with many of the officials having worked previous renditions of the rendezvous. While maintaining it is an unauthorized, illegal gathering, Forest Service officials devised a detailed plan for how the group will minimize the impacts to the resource rich area of the forest.
The Rainbow Family contends the group has no leaders and there is no broad organization. Instead, people "plug in" where they can offer help, as much or as little as they choose.
Some Rainbows have been in the area for weeks building makeshift water and sewer infrastructure, backwoods kitchens and small spaces of community that offer tea, small trinkets to trade and a sense of open-mindedness that strives to make people from all walks of life feel welcome.
Another group of Rainbows planned to stay well after the gathering ended on Thursday, July 7, to tear down these structures, rehabilitate muddy trails and spread native seeds over various paths created by thousands traipsing through the Main Meadow — the central hub of the gathering.
While the Rainbows' track record over 50 years is mixed, Russ Bacon, forest supervisor for the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, said they have generally been "very good at rehabilitation."
The Adams Creek Trail — an already established route connecting multiple trailheads on Routt County Road 80 — showed visible signs of the increased wear. Hundreds of tents were strewn throughout the forest and meadow, some clumped in colorfully named campsites and others off on their own among the trees.
One attendee, who gave her Rainbow name Sunflower, said in a country with so many divisions among its citizens, it was crazy more people didn't descend on the forest to pray for peace.
"Everything's free," Sunflower said. " If you need anything, someone will get it to you. Everyone says, 'I love you.' People walk by and say, 'You're my brother.' People are just incredibly kind."
"Currency is money, but what if the currency was kindness? What if we could all just be kind to everyone," she continued. "That's what I think Rainbow is about."
— Calm or chaos
Angst over the gathering has been building since June 14 when the group announced it would come to Routt County. Still, many of the rumors cycling through social media locally have lacked evidence.
So far, this year's gathering has led to less law enforcement involvement than 2021's gathering in New Mexico, which saw more than 600 enforcement actions.
As of July 3, Forest Service Law Enforcement have issued about 450 citations related to vehicles, damage to natural resources and narcotic possession in addition to a wide variety of other actions.
Alcohol isn't allowed in the gathering outside of an area referred to as A Camp near where most attendees park. Attendees say there is a faction of gatherers that are more about partying than peace, but they largely stay in this area, away from the center of the action.
Gatherers claim most drug use in the main gathering involves marijuana — which is illegal in the national forest despite it being legal in Colorado — and psychedelics like acid and mushrooms. Still, law enforcement reports other drug use like methamphetamines, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.
In the days ahead of the Fourth of July, attendees say the Forest Service has had a stronger presence both on roads to the gathering and in parking areas. These infractions have been processed in a makeshift court in the woods presided over by a judge from Denver.
But on the Fourth, law enforcement was more relaxed as some Rainbows joked they were "grilling out" for the holiday. Still, a pair of federal officers came through in the afternoon to ticket vehicles improperly parked in an area reserved for the Forest Service.
When law enforcement is on the trail, gatherers shout "six" to notify others of their presence. Still, a gatherer from South Dakota who identified herself as Kersten said she hasn't seen many officers during the week she has been in Adams Park.
"They know this is our peace day," she said, referencing the Fourth of July. "We've been here the whole time and there hasn't been one hiccup."
— Prayer for Peace
The central part of the Rainbow Family Gathering happens on the Fourth of July, when thousands of attendees start the day in silence. They greet each other with smiles and largely communicate with hand signals, though many still talk in hushed tones.
Kadag said this is an attempt to replicate the solitude and peace nature provides.
As noon approached, attendees dressed in a range of attire — from colorful costumes to nothing at all — started to gather in an area referred to as the prayer circle on the north end of the Main Meadow.
As more and more people encircled a sawed-off aspen trunk that had been stood up in a clearing and scribed with various messages for peace, a soft "Om" chant rose above the sound of the breeze through the meadow.
This continued for about a half-hour, with the occasional cheer from an "anxious hippie," as the ritual waited for children at the gathering to march into the center of the circle.
While people continued to "Om," a bearded man walked around slipping small pieces of frankincense into people's pockets. A naked man with a purple eye drawn on his forehead sifted through the crowd, occasionally locking hands with fellow Rainbows.
When the "Om" faded, a chorus of "All we are saying is give peace a chance," crescendoed — lyrics borrowed from John Lennon's 1969 anti-war protest song. Then suddenly, the grouping of several thousand people erupted in celebration. Some formed smaller circles with people singing songs, banging drums and dancing.
The entire ritual is a callback to the first gathering in 1972. Gathering attendee Harold Bustamante said he is working on a book about the first people that prayed for peace at the top of Table Mountain above Strawberry Lake.
The gathering included diverse groups of people then and now, said Bustamante, emphasizing that military veterans like him have always been part of the gathering. Inclusivity is key, he said.
"Everyone is welcome. Whatever race, whatever culture, whatever political party they are a part of," he said. "Interdependence is what we call it. Everyone is a sovereign human being coming together to create a village, a community the way native people have done it for thousands of years."
Amid the celebration, one older attendee turns to a younger one to welcome his "brother."
"We've been waiting for you," the man said. "We're happy you made it."
SUGGESTED VIDEOS: Latest from 9NEWS | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/rainbow-familys-50th-annual-gathering/73-4316dce8-8cf3-4f94-b3a8-4c2491ee909e | 2022-07-09T22:47:40 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/rainbow-familys-50th-annual-gathering/73-4316dce8-8cf3-4f94-b3a8-4c2491ee909e |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California State Parks says the body of a man who drowned in Folsom Lake over the Fourth of July weekend was found Friday.
According to officials, around 12:44 p.m. the man fell off a jet ski last Saturday in the Granite Bay area of Folsom Lake.
He was not wearing a life jacket, according to authorities.
The name of the man has not been released.
Authorities are warning people to always wear a life jacket as water-related accidents can happen suddenly and rapidly. Several places have life jackets available to the public. See all locations here. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/body-of-a-man-who-drowned-in-folsom-lake-over-the-fourth-of-july-weekend-found/103-e035871c-4589-4027-9f79-ef03718cadb3 | 2022-07-09T22:47:47 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/body-of-a-man-who-drowned-in-folsom-lake-over-the-fourth-of-july-weekend-found/103-e035871c-4589-4027-9f79-ef03718cadb3 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One person was killed and four were hurt in a downtown Sacramento shooting early Monday morning near 16th and L Streets. Days after the shooting, popular venues in the area M!X Downtown and The Park Ultra Lounge announced they will close for the weekend.
According to the Sacramento Police Department, the shooting happened just before 2 a.m. as people were leaving a nightclub on the 1500 block of L Street.
Police say when they arrived on the scene, they found five men who were wounded. One of those men was pronounced dead at the hospital. The man killed was identified by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office as 31-year-old Gregory Grimes.
The other four wounded men are being treated at local hospitals and were last reported to be in stable condition, according to the sheriff's office.
In a post on their respective Facebook pages, the venues wrote "both M!X Downtown and The Park Ultra Lounge will be closed from Friday, July 8 through Sunday, July 10 out of respect for those impacted by the tragedy and to provide our team and our downtown community time to heal and recover."
Both venues are expected to be back open on July 14.
Police are also asking for the community's help and are looking for any video evidence that might have been captured during the shooting.
Any evidence can be uploaded to the Sacramento Police Department Evidence Submission Portal HERE or can be given to the Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at (916) 443-4357. Sacramento Police are offering a reward of up to $1,000 to any witnesses who have information regarding this investigation. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/mix-downtown-park-ultra-lounge-sacramento-shooting/103-9f8e8072-8eb3-4655-a8a4-20fd15401ec4 | 2022-07-09T22:47:53 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/mix-downtown-park-ultra-lounge-sacramento-shooting/103-9f8e8072-8eb3-4655-a8a4-20fd15401ec4 |
JACKSON, Calif. — In the Sierra foothills, 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, some evacuation orders were lifted as containment grew to 72% on the Electra Fire, which broke out near Jackson on Monday. It temporarily forced about 100 people celebrating the July 4th holiday along a river to seek shelter in a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility.
Cal Fire says there was "minimal fire activity" recently with the fire.
Accounts to follow:
Evacuation Maps
Amador County:
For a full list of evacuation warnings in Amador County, click HERE.
Calaveras County:
- For a full list of evacuation warnings in Calaveras County, click HERE.
Gas Stations
Click HERE for a map of open gas stations in the area.
Evacuation Center
Amador County
The Amador County Sheriff's Office said the Italian Picnic Grounds in Sutter Creek will be serving as a shelter. The Red Cross will be there to help people who need it. People who have been displaced that have recreational vehicles or trailers can stay at Lake Pardee, according to the sheriff's office.
Calaveras County
- The evacuation shelter is moving to the Calaveras County Mountain Oaks School in San Andreas.
Fire Map
This wildfire map was created using data from NASA, NGA, USGS and FEMA.
WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/electra-fire-amador-county/103-9ae12d11-8a4d-4d54-ae94-8d562234e530 | 2022-07-09T22:47:59 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/electra-fire-amador-county/103-9ae12d11-8a4d-4d54-ae94-8d562234e530 |
BOISE — A missing Caldwell mother and her daughter were found deceased in Grant County, Oregon, according to Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram.
Ingram said, "preliminary information shows it appears to be a murder suicide by gunshot."
In a statement posted to Facebook Friday, police said, "Gabby and Dawna have been located and their family notified."
The Grant County Sheriff's Office confirmed Dawna and Gabrielle Roe were located northwest of Drewsey, Oregon, in Dawna Roe's 2004 Toyota van.
Gabrielle Roe was 17 years old, according to an email from a family member. Dawna Roe was 52, KTVB previously reported.
Deputies with Grant County and Harney County responded to a report of a van with deceased individuals in it Thursday afternoon. The vehicle was located in a remote location on public land.
Employees with Silvies Ranch located the van while working. Oregon State troopers, Oregon State Police Forensic personnel and the Major Crimes Team responded to the scene with deputies from Grant and Harney counties.
Personnel stayed on the scene through Thursday night and did not leave until 9 a.m. Friday.
The Grant County Sheriff's Office said, "no other individuals are being sought at this time."
Dawna and Gabrielle Roe were last seen on June 30 before heading out for a camping trip.
A GoFundMe has been set up to cover funeral costs for the victims.
If you or someone you know needs help, call the Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline at 800-273-8255, text 208-398-4357, or go to the hotline website. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/missing-caldwell-woman-and-her-daughter-found-dead-in-oregon/article_cad1a0bd-a965-54a4-bd12-7520bf26c360.html | 2022-07-09T22:54:59 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/missing-caldwell-woman-and-her-daughter-found-dead-in-oregon/article_cad1a0bd-a965-54a4-bd12-7520bf26c360.html |
Skip to content
Main Navigation
Search
Search for:
Weather
Local
Sports
Entertainment
Investigators
Videos
Newsletters
Live TV
Share
Close
Trending
LX News
Wawa Welcome America
Watch NBC10 24/7 on Roku
Decision 2022
Helping Our Heroes
Phillies
Expand
Local
Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/so-evil-family-of-man-beaten-to-death-by-teens-with-traffic-cone-speaks-out/3294891/ | 2022-07-09T23:09:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/so-evil-family-of-man-beaten-to-death-by-teens-with-traffic-cone-speaks-out/3294891/ |
Skip to content
Main Navigation
Search
Search for:
Weather
Local
Sports
Entertainment
Investigators
Videos
Newsletters
Live TV
Share
Close
Trending
LX News
Wawa Welcome America
Watch NBC10 24/7 on Roku
Decision 2022
Helping Our Heroes
Phillies
Expand
Local
Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/the-fight-to-maintain-womens-rights-is-stronger-than-ever/3294877/ | 2022-07-09T23:09:58 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/the-fight-to-maintain-womens-rights-is-stronger-than-ever/3294877/ |
SAN ANTONIO — FBI officials say they're investigating a potential threat against "an unidentified synagogue in Texas," and formal Jewish gatherings were canceled in San Antonio on Saturday.
The Jewish Federation of San Antonio said that after the FBI warned them about a threat to an unconfirmed Jewish community facility in the San Antonio area, they spoke with all local synagogues and organizations and recommended suspending all formal Jewish gatherings.
Jewish leaders provided an update later on Saturday afternoon urging vigilance, but saying that the latest update from the FBI is that there is no "known imminent threat to the local Jewish community at this time."
"Although we recommend staying vigilant and aware of your surroundings at all times, we are pleased to share that the urgency of concern has been lowered," they said.
The FBI said that they're working on determining the credibility of the threat, and asked anyone with information to submit a tip.
"We would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious or have information about potential threats to report it to law enforcement immediately, call their local FBI field office, or submit a tip to tips.fbi.gov."
This comes just days after San Antonio City Councilmember John Courage denounced anti-Semitic messages found around District 9 neighborhoods.
"These agitators are hiding behind the first amendment to bring fear to our Jewish community and transgender individuals. Bigotry and hate-filled messages should gain no traction here. We should refuse to give this fanatical messaging more exposure than it deserves. We are working with local law enforcement and neighborhoods to identify and expose those responsible," he said in a statement earlier in the week.
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt released the following statement:
"ADL, working closely with the San Antonio Jewish Federation, which is responsible for its community's security, continues to monitor a threat to Jewish communities in Texas.
"ADL has been in close contact with federal, state, and local law enforcement in Texas for more than 72 hours around a series of threats targeting a Texas synagogue. In the past 24 hours, we received notice of a more specific and credible threat. We will continue to closely monitor and share relevant updates with all our Jewish communal partners.
"In this heightened threat environment and in the wake of the horrific act of domestic terror in Highland Park, IL we urge all communities to maintain a heightened sense of awareness and immediately report any suspicious activity to law enforcement. We are grateful to the FBI, state and local law enforcement for their proactive work investigating these potential threats." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fbi-investigating-threats-against-san-antonio-synagogue-jewish-leaders-say-urgency-is-now-low/273-ba84c648-0cdf-4f99-9740-fb30034e20ec | 2022-07-09T23:14:30 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fbi-investigating-threats-against-san-antonio-synagogue-jewish-leaders-say-urgency-is-now-low/273-ba84c648-0cdf-4f99-9740-fb30034e20ec |
Coast Guard rescues sinking pontoon, tows to Charlevoix
CHARLEVOIX — A sinking pontoon boat was rescued by the Coast Guard on Saturday, July 9.
The U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes tweeted that the Charlevoix Coast Guard station had assisted in the rescue of a 27' pontoon boat with six people on board that was taking on water in Lake Michigan. It was reported the boat was able to progress at a higher speed, however occupants were concerned slower speeds would increase flooding.
The Coast Guard escorted and towed the pontoon through Charlevoix's Pine River channel and it was moored at the Charlevoix marina.
Neither the Charlevoix Coast Guard or the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes responded to inquiries for more details.
The area surrounding the channel was particularly congested with boat traffic on Saturday, as the Boyne Thunder Poker Run event brought dozens of power boats through the channel into Lake Michigan along with dozens of spectator boats crowded around the area.
More:Subscribe to get latest updates
Contact reporter Annie Doyle at adoyle@charlevoixcourier.com | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/07/09/coast-guard-rescues-sinking-pontoon-tows-charlevoix/10022314002/ | 2022-07-09T23:18:39 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/07/09/coast-guard-rescues-sinking-pontoon-tows-charlevoix/10022314002/ |
Josiah Davenport loves the Three Rivers Festival Parade – so much that he began camping out for a spot at 1 a.m. Saturday.
“I remember it always being busy, and we could never find seats,” he said. “And I remembered people getting there early.”
Davenport attended the Saturday parade with his mother, Deborah Smallback, and his son, Caleb Davenport, 16. The three were sitting on Berry Street until about 3 a.m. Then they moved in front of the library to get a better view of the parade, which wouldn’t start for another seven hours.
“I enjoyed just sitting downtown … it was about 68 degrees, so it was nice,” Davenport said of the overnight temperature. “But my favorite part of the parade was seeing everyone and stuff we haven’t been able to do.”
Although not everyone waited outside for as long as Davenport, members of the Fort Wayne community shared his enthusiasm as the Three Rivers Festival parade returned. The event had been canceled the last two years over COVID-19 concerns.
The 53rd annual parade’s theme was “Better Together.” Justin Shurley, the festival’s executive director, said there were about 80 participants. He expected about 30,000 viewers along the route.
“We’re all really excited,” he said before the event. “I know the community is, too … I think everyone is just excited to get together and be together again.”
Erik Felts grew up in Fort Wayne, and Saturday he made the trip from Indianapolis – where he now lives – for the event.
“I’ve come to the parade since I was a newborn all the way (to now), and I’m 39,” he said. “So, I’ve been coming almost every year.”
Felts attended this year’s parade with his two children and his parents, arriving downtown around 9 a.m. Even with a large crowd, he said it wasn’t difficult to watch.
“It feels awesome to be back in-person and getting some sort of normalcy with everything in life,” Felts said, “especially the parade and just being around people and celebrating.”
Tiffany Archer attended the event with her two sons, Noah, 11, and Elijah, 7. Archer said this was Elijah’s first year at the parade, and Noah’s second time.
“It was great,” she said. “I like to see all the crowds, and we were actually able to find a seat.”
The family arrived about 40 minutes before the parade began, and Archer said it was a little difficult to find parking, but they didn’t struggle to find a seat.
Elijah’s favorite part was getting candy from the marchers, and Noah really liked seeing performers from “Hairspray: The Musical,” which is put on by the Fort Wayne Summer Music Theatre.
Vanessa Rubio said the last time she remembers going to the parade was when she was a child.
“I guess I came a few years ago, but I was so tired that I don’t remember coming,” she said.
That wasn’t the case for Rubio this year. She said thought the parade was “really cool.”
Rubio liked seeing the veterans groups because she briefly served in the Navy. But her favorite parade participants were the local high school marching bands.
She particularly liked “getting to see who was better and how big they were compared to previous years.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/crowds-enthusiastic-as-trf-parade-returns-after-hiatus/article_32c1b7d6-ffb2-11ec-bd9e-53b0a0f45626.html | 2022-07-09T23:20:07 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/crowds-enthusiastic-as-trf-parade-returns-after-hiatus/article_32c1b7d6-ffb2-11ec-bd9e-53b0a0f45626.html |
ATLANTA — Former Georgia state senator Mike Crotts has passed away, according to Gov. Brian Kemp. He was 75.
His death was announced Saturday. Crotts, from the Covington area, served in Georgia's senate from 1992 to 2004.
"A former state senator, successful businessman, Coast Guard veteran, man of faith, & devoted husband & father, he served the people of our state well. We're praying for his family," Kemp said.
Following Crotts' political career, he became a public speaker along with his wife, Phyllis. They authored the book "Dead for 34 Minutes" surrounding their experience in faith and love. It's described to be "a first-hand account of how God and a wife's faith can do the impossible" and speaks of his sudden heart block in October 1990 and his "out-of-body experience" that describes his brief stint with death.
According to the book's biography of Crotts, he was the youngest real estate broker in the State of Georgia, a feat that was established when he earned his broker's license as a senior in high school. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/covington/senator-mike-crotts-dead-at-75/85-92cd4383-7beb-4c8f-85c7-2874d10dc96d | 2022-07-09T23:20:09 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/covington/senator-mike-crotts-dead-at-75/85-92cd4383-7beb-4c8f-85c7-2874d10dc96d |
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County public school educators are getting a small salary boost.
Superintendent Dr. Calvin Watts asked the school board to adjust pay after the county updated its property tax digest, which showed a cost-of-living increase.
"Recently, the district received information that the county-wide digest would be increasing close to 25%. Our district would like to earmark some of these funds to review the teacher salary schedule to remain competitive with other districts by increasing the cost-of-living adjustment from $2,000 to $3,000," he said in a statement.
For non-teaching staff, he recommended the board consider the increasing cost-of-living adjustment from 4% to 6% for the 2023 fiscal year.
RELATED: Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year explains why he's quitting in viral speech to school board
Gwinnett County's school board unanimously approved the changes on July 6, with the suggested salary increases to be reflected in the 2023 fiscal year schedules "to attract and maintain superior educators and support staff," the district said.
The move brings the salary for a new teacher in the school district to $51,646, if they have a bachelor's degree. This is a $2,000 increase from last year's salary for new teachers.
District officials said the salary adjustments are for all teachers, including veteran Gwinnett educators, which will be by $3,000 over what they earned last year. Eligible teachers will also earn a step increase. All classified staff positions will now start at a minimum of $13.77 per hour, with paraprofessionals’ starting pay increasing to $15.24 per hour, per the district. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/gwinnett-county-public-school-teachers-to-get-salary-bump/85-e8ca2453-a25a-4a2e-a142-c4f57935ed06 | 2022-07-09T23:20:15 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/gwinnett-county-public-school-teachers-to-get-salary-bump/85-e8ca2453-a25a-4a2e-a142-c4f57935ed06 |
A new location for The Deep End
The Deep End arcade opened in October 2015 and occupied a mobile home off Old Jacksboro Highway.
The business recently relocated to the Dollar Tree shopping center at 5120 Greenbrier, across from Walmart. With more space, a friendlier storefront and food, co-owner Jason Hester is excited to welcome gamers of all ages.
Hester co-owns the business with Michael Hitt and the arcade, bar and music venue is open for all ages until 9 p.m. and then it is 18 and up.
"They can expect all the fun you can have for five dollars on the weekdays and seven dollars on the weekend. Karaoke, live music, bands and all the games you can play," said Hester.
The Deep End arcade games include racing, fighting, shooting, sports, old school, new, dance and pinball machines. Even high-end games like Star Wars and The Walking Dead are available.
For one low price, patrons can play all day, open to close. Hester says, "No quarters, no tokens, no nothing, just free play, go press Start." | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/09/the-deep-end-arcade-moves-to-larger-space/65369935007/ | 2022-07-09T23:20:32 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/09/the-deep-end-arcade-moves-to-larger-space/65369935007/ |
Wichita County deputies make another human smuggling arrest
The Wichita County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man Friday and charged him with smuggling of persons.
According to allegations made in a press release:
Just before 11 a.m. a Wichita County Sheriff’s Interdiction Sergeant made a traffic stop on U.S 287 near Midway Church Road. The alleged suspect, Jeeffry Josue Martinez-Rodriquez, was arrested and charged with Smuggling of Persons. Two people were arrested on Border Immigration Detainers.
This is the second human smuggling arrest made by the sheriff’s department in July. The Texas Department of Public Safety has made three human smuggling arrests in the county since the beginning of the month.
Martinez-Rodriquez’s bond was not set as of Friday.
According to previous Times Record News reports:
On Tuesday July 5, Wichita County deputies arrested a man for human smuggling in Electra Tuesday during a traffic stop. The deputy stopped a Toyota SUV for a traffic violation stop on U.S 287 in Electra. The driver, William Rene Carlos-Baran was arrested and transported to jail on Human Smuggling charges.
Man arrested on human smuggling charges in Electra
On Friday July 1, DPS conducted a traffic stop on U.S 287. The driver, Emerzon Francisco Manzano, was arrested and charged with human smuggling. Manzano was taken to the hospital for medical problems where he admitted smuggling people to help his mother. Five people were booked into the jail on ICE detainers.
Man arrested in Wichita County on human-smuggling suspicion
On Sunday July 3, DPS troopers arrested Samuel Cazun Cruz. He was charged with human smuggling. Cruz admitted he was getting paid $150 per person and said told the trooper it wasn’t enough. Four people were placed on Federal Detainers and a juvenile was released to a family member.
Man admits to smuggling migrants for pay
On Monday July 4, DPS arrested Brandon Ismael Hernandez-Jimenez. He told the trooper the passengers in the car were his friends and they had all been partying at his house in Colorado. He said he was driving them back to Dallas. He later admitted he did not know the names of his passengers and said they were all from Mexico. He said he is from Mexico and they entered the U.S. illegally. He also said his passengers gave him $300 for gas money. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/09/wichita-county-deputies-make-another-human-smuggling-arrest/65370003007/ | 2022-07-09T23:20:38 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/09/wichita-county-deputies-make-another-human-smuggling-arrest/65370003007/ |
A person shot by police in Queens is in grave condition, two senior NYPD officials tell News 4.
The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. off 116th Avenue in St. Albans.
It wasn't immediately clear what led up to the shooting or how many officers may have fired at the individual.
This story is developing.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/person-shot-by-police-in-queens-gravely-wounded-sources/3767693/ | 2022-07-09T23:21:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/person-shot-by-police-in-queens-gravely-wounded-sources/3767693/ |
Anglers fishing for salmon in some coastal rivers this fall will face closures or reduced bag limits for wild fall Chinook, but more opportunity for wild coho.
ODFW has adopted regulations for wild fall Chinook seasons based on the sliding scale in the 2014 Coastal Multi-species Conservation and Management Plan (CMP) and the Rogue Fall Chinook Salmon Plan Conservation Plan, two plans developed through rigorous public processes to sustain coastal salmon populations. Poor returns in 2021 and low forecasts for 2022 trigger conservation concerns in both plans, resulting in reduced or closed retention for wild fall Chinook in several basins.
For more information about the plans and wild fall Chinook returns and forecasts in each basin, please see the June 7 webinar and presentation (PDF) at https://myodfw.com/articles/fall-coastal-salmon-management
In contrast to wild Chinook, which have a different life cycle than coho, the outlook for wild coho for the Oregon coast is similar to last year’s strong return. In 2021 there were wild coho retention seasons in four coastal rivers for the first time in five years. ODFW anticipates nine basins will have wild coho retention this year (Alsea, Beaver Creek, Coos, Nehalem, Nestucca, Siletz, Tillamook, Umpqua, Yaquina).
Fall coho regulations will be set later in the summer after consideration by NOAA Fisheries since Oregon Coast Natural coho remain listed as Threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Below is a summary of 2022 regulations for wild fall Chinook. Go to the Recreation Report for your angling zone and click Regulation Updates tab to see more details.
CLOSED TO ALL SALMON ANGLING
Siuslaw, Coquille, and Floras Creek/New River
RESTRICTIONS ON WILD CHINOOK HARVEST AND/OR OPEN FOR HATCHERY CHINOOK
Coos, Sixes, Hunter Creek, Pistol, Chetco, and Winchuck rivers will be open for some wild Chinook harvest with a reduced bag limit.
Tillamook Bay basin (including the Tillamook, Wilson, Trask, Kilchis and Miami rivers) will be open for retention of hatchery salmon but be closed to wild Chinook retention.
Elk River will be open for retention of hatchery Chinook but closed to wild Chinook retention, as in recent years.
OPEN UNDER PERMANENT CHINOOK REGULATIONS
Alsea, Necanicum, Nehalem, Nestucca, Rogue, Salmon, Siletz, Umpqua (mainstem, Smith River and North Fork Smith River) and Yaquina rivers.
Creel survey programs will be in place in several basins to monitor fisheries. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/some-restrictions-closures-for-wild-chinook-but-more-wild-coho-retention-seasons-expected/article_26e26c46-fd71-11ec-a3ff-4707fcf7289f.html | 2022-07-09T23:28:47 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/some-restrictions-closures-for-wild-chinook-but-more-wild-coho-retention-seasons-expected/article_26e26c46-fd71-11ec-a3ff-4707fcf7289f.html |
SAN ANTONIO — FBI officials say they're investigating a potential threat against "an unidentified synagogue in Texas," and formal Jewish gatherings were canceled in San Antonio on Saturday.
The Jewish Federation of San Antonio said that after the FBI warned them about a threat to an unconfirmed Jewish community facility in the San Antonio area, they spoke with all local synagogues and organizations and recommended suspending all formal Jewish gatherings.
Jewish leaders provided an update later on Saturday afternoon urging vigilance, but saying that the latest update from the FBI is that there is no "known imminent threat to the local Jewish community at this time."
"Although we recommend staying vigilant and aware of your surroundings at all times, we are pleased to share that the urgency of concern has been lowered," they said.
The FBI said that they're working on determining the credibility of the threat, and asked anyone with information to submit a tip.
"We would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious or have information about potential threats to report it to law enforcement immediately, call their local FBI field office, or submit a tip to tips.fbi.gov."
This comes just days after San Antonio City Councilmember John Courage denounced anti-Semitic messages found around District 9 neighborhoods.
"These agitators are hiding behind the first amendment to bring fear to our Jewish community and transgender individuals. Bigotry and hate-filled messages should gain no traction here. We should refuse to give this fanatical messaging more exposure than it deserves. We are working with local law enforcement and neighborhoods to identify and expose those responsible," he said in a statement earlier in the week.
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt released the following statement:
"ADL, working closely with the San Antonio Jewish Federation, which is responsible for its community's security, continues to monitor a threat to Jewish communities in Texas.
"ADL has been in close contact with federal, state, and local law enforcement in Texas for more than 72 hours around a series of threats targeting a Texas synagogue. In the past 24 hours, we received notice of a more specific and credible threat. We will continue to closely monitor and share relevant updates with all our Jewish communal partners.
"In this heightened threat environment and in the wake of the horrific act of domestic terror in Highland Park, IL we urge all communities to maintain a heightened sense of awareness and immediately report any suspicious activity to law enforcement. We are grateful to the FBI, state and local law enforcement for their proactive work investigating these potential threats." | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/fbi-investigating-threats-against-san-antonio-synagogue-jewish-leaders-say-urgency-is-now-low/273-ba84c648-0cdf-4f99-9740-fb30034e20ec | 2022-07-09T23:33:44 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/fbi-investigating-threats-against-san-antonio-synagogue-jewish-leaders-say-urgency-is-now-low/273-ba84c648-0cdf-4f99-9740-fb30034e20ec |
Skaters perform during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
A skater performs during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Matthew Pfeffer of Houston crosses his fingers as results are announced during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Melena Mejias, of Spring, Texas, put on her skates during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Skaters wait for results of the creative solo competition Saturday at the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships at Speedway Sports Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
A skater performs during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
A skater performs during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
Speedway Sports Complex was filled with a burst of colored feathers and sequined dresses Saturday. Kids looped and spun to the beat of their favorite songs.
Competitors as young as 5 looked like tiny, twirling figures on ice, except they wore skates. Instead of a frozen rink, their stage was polished hardwood.
The USA Roller Sports National Championships feature figure skating, speed skating and inline hockey and run through the end of the month.
Although competitors range in age from 5 to their 80s, most are young, hoping to be roller skating's next star.
Ed Harney, meet director of the figure skating events, said there’s often crossover between ice and roller skating, but plenty of kids only compete in roller sports. And, Harney said, they keep participating.
“Longevity is pretty good,” he said. “Some kids come and go … but many just keep returning every year.”
From one season to the next, kids lace up skates and perform routines, sometimes dressed as zoo animals, celebrities or cowboys.
Erin Jackson, a 2022 U.S. Olympian and the first Black woman to win a gold medal in long-track speed skating, will compete in the speed skating competition July 16.
Roller skating is not an Olympic sport, unlike ice skating, but qualifying competitors will move onto the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.
This year, 19-year-old Madison Kellis and 16-year-old Raphael Amador from Spring, Texas, won the team dance competition and will skate in Birmingham next week for Team USA.
It's both exciting and nerve-wracking, they said.
The skating partners hope to become world champions. Roller skating has been a pivotal part of both of their lives.
“The sport has taught me so many life lessons that you can’t learn from just school,” Kellis said. “That’s why I love it.”
The championships have drawn people from all over the country to Lincoln. Ricci Porter-Kmetz, sports and directions operator at USA Roller Sports (USARS), said the competition brings in nearly 5,000 spectators, coaches and athletes.
The influx of visitors is good for the city's hotels and restaurants, Porter-Kmetz said.
Lincoln has hosted the national championships more than any other city. And USARS is based in Lincoln.
Porter-Kmetz grew up performing her skate routines at Pershing Center in Lincoln, long before the competition moved to Speedway Sports Complex. Coming to Nebraska’s capital city always was exciting, almost like visiting her second home.
Today, she helps organize the event while living in Lincoln and working at the USARS headquarters. It’s something she never thought she’d be doing “in a million years,” she said, but she loves it.
“I can't say enough about how much I appreciate the city of Lincoln,” Porter-Kmetz said. “They (residents) are super-welcoming and super-accommodating all the time. Really great people, really great atmosphere.”
Team dance champion Kellis also thinks of Lincoln as the perfect home for the roller skating championships.
“I always get excited when I hear it’s in Lincoln,” she said. “It’s my favorite nationals.”
Back on the floor, the background music cuts out as the announcer calls out an event winner. A young girl skates her way through the crowd and up to the medal stand. She hops up to the first-place spot, wiping away tears.
Harney is there to present her medal. Moments like those are his favorite part of his job.
“This is why I do this,” he said.
1 of 28
LincolnRink
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROLLER SKATING
The LincolnRink at 19th & O streets was the first roller skating rink in Lincoln.
Sean Klein, 16, was among dozens of LPS students who spent a day off school skating -- including doing the limbo -- at Holiday Skateworld on Jan. 25, 1988.
John "Jack" Schubert has been roller skating since the 1940s, and he met his wife while skating. Schubert wrote a book about his roller skating experiences in Lincoln.
One of the final adult night skates at Skate Zone drew a crowd April 20. The rink near 48th and O streets has been sold and will be razed to make way for a development.
Photo timeline: History of roller skating in Lincoln
Lincoln has a long history of roller skating, with USA Roller Sports getting its start in the city, and the National Museum of Roller Skating located here. LincolnRink was the first rink, then Arena, which became Holiday North, which then became Skate Zone. Other rinks cropped up around the city through the years. But as of Sunday, there are no rinks left, as Skate Zone has been sold and the land will be developed.
1 of 28
LincolnRink
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROLLER SKATING
The LincolnRink at 19th & O streets was the first roller skating rink in Lincoln.
LincolnRink at Fairgrounds
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROLLER SKATING
There once was a skating rink at the State Fairgrounds.
LincolnRink newsletter
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROLLER SKATING
The LincolnRink even had its own newsletter in 1944.
1950s costume party
COURTESY PHOTO
Halloween parties have already been favorites at skating rinks, including this 1950s one at LincolnRink.
Skate Zone
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROLLER SKATING
The National Museum of Roller Skating has an exhibit highlighting skating in Lincoln.
Trampolines
COURTESY PHOTO
There once was a trampoline park in front of the Arena rink.
Old Arena
COURTESY PHOTO
Arena Skate Rink before renovations, which moved the entrance, skate counter, snack bar and other amenities to the east end.
Rink managers
COURTESY PHOTO
Rink owner Seth Scott (left) and manager Dennis Runyan at Holiday South.
Arena exterior
COURTESY PHOTO
The Arena before renovation moved the entrance to the east side.
Arena ticket counter
COURTESY PHOTO
Working the ticket counter at the old Arena skating rink.
Arena snack bar
COURTESY PHOTO
The snack bar at the old Arena.
Pinball machines
COURTESY PHOTO
Skaters also loved playing pinball.
Limbo
JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO
Sean Klein, 16, was among dozens of LPS students who spent a day off school skating -- including doing the limbo -- at Holiday Skateworld on Jan. 25, 1988.
Push races
COURTESY PHOTO
Push races were a popular event.
Costume
COURTESY PHOTO
Costume parties were popular at Holiday Skate World.
Busy
COURTESY PHOTO
The Arena skating rink was a busy place, holding school, Girl Scout and birthday parties.
South rink exterior
JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO
Holiday Skate Center South opened at 56th Street and Nebraska 2 in the late 1960s.
South rink overview
COURTESY PHOTO
Looking over the South rink.
South rink skaters
COURTESY PHOTO
Skating at Holiday South.
South skates
COURTESY PHOTO
Skates await to be rented at Holiday South.
South rink snack bar
COURTESY PHOTO
The snack bar at Holiday South.
John "Jack" Schubert
Journal Star file photo
John "Jack" Schubert has been roller skating since the 1940s, and he met his wife while skating. Schubert wrote a book about his roller skating experiences in Lincoln.
Skate Zone
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Skate Zone, Lincoln's last roller-skating rink, was purchased by a developer and will close April 30.
Skate Zone
JULIE KOCH, Lincoln Journal Star
Skaters young and old have signed a wall at Skate Zone. The rink, Lincoln's only public roller skating facility, will close April 30.
Skate Zone
JULIE KOCH, Lincoln Journal Star
Rental skates show wear and tear at the Skate Zone.
Skate Zone
Julie Koch
Gary Brakhage (in tie-dye shirt) chats with friends in the snack bar at Skate Zone on the next-to-last adult skate on April 20.
Skate Zone
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star file photo
Roller skates amid the reflections of colored lights at Skate Zone.
Goodbye, Skate Zone
Julie Koch
One of the final adult night skates at Skate Zone drew a crowd April 20. The rink near 48th and O streets has been sold and will be razed to make way for a development.
Jenna Thompson is a news intern who has previous writing and editing experience with her college paper and several literary journals. She is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pursuing degrees in English and journalism.
Steven A. Alexander was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of first-degree assault, manslaughter and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony in connection with the fatal stabbing of 26-year-old Austin Gress on Friday.
19-year-old Alexandor Eskra was driving a Subaru east in the inside lane of O Street near 37th Street around 9:30 p.m. Saturday when a westbound Ford Focus crossed the raised median and collided with Eskra's vehicle, according to police.
The 21-year-old initially told police he was confident everyone at the rural Fillmore County party was of legal age to drink. But investigators later found at least 50 attendees were under 21, according to court filings.
The 41-year-old has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault for her alleged role in the stabbing, which happened at 5654 Fremont St. on May 13, police said in court records.
Matthew Pfeffer of Houston crosses his fingers as results are announced during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
Melena Mejias, of Spring, Texas, put on her skates during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
Skaters wait for results of the creative solo competition Saturday at the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships at Speedway Sports Complex. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/thousands-flock-to-lincoln-for-roller-skating-national-championships/article_61668dcd-8133-52cb-af7a-73a782cca576.html | 2022-07-09T23:33:59 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/thousands-flock-to-lincoln-for-roller-skating-national-championships/article_61668dcd-8133-52cb-af7a-73a782cca576.html |
WATERLOO — The annual Fiesta! celebration was held Thursday through Saturday in downtown Waterloo featuring a showcase of Latino culture on display at the Riverloop Amphitheatre.
Hundreds gathered to partake in the festivities, presented by the Waterloo Center for the Arts, including live music, traditional dance performances, exhibitors, crafts, pinatas, food and children's activities. WCA also features many Mexican and other Latino folk artworks within its collection.
On Friday, David Pratt gave a lesson in Capoeria, a Brazilian martial art combining dance, acrobatics and musical elements, which he normally teaches at the Royal Legacy Christian Academy in Waterloo.
After that, kids lined up by age groups to each take a turn whacking the piñata to release the treats stuffed inside.
As the sun began to set, the crowd gathered at the amphitheater for the "Cinema on the Cedar" featured movie, Disney's animated "Encanto," projected onto a large inflatable screen.
People are also reading…
The family-friendly festival concluded Saturday with a performance by Tropicante Latin Combo headlining the RiverLoop Rhythms concert, featuring Iowa musicians Ed East of Waterloo and Karin Stein of Grinnell. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/fiesta-celebrates-cedar-valleys-latino-heritage/article_552adb92-0725-5f8b-89a2-532c6d58d4a0.html | 2022-07-09T23:46:49 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/fiesta-celebrates-cedar-valleys-latino-heritage/article_552adb92-0725-5f8b-89a2-532c6d58d4a0.html |
QUESTION: As my company grows, I’m thinking about adding some benefits for my employees. I’d like to know what you think about sick leave policies.
ANSWER: We are unalterably opposed to sick leave. The reason is very simple. Such policies punish honest employees and reward dishonest employees. Sick leave policies may not be abused when a company is small, say fewer than 25 or 30 employees. If smaller companies have a positive culture, employees may feel an esprit de corps that will cause them to be accountable to each other and prevent abuse. However, as a company grows beyond these numbers, there will inevitably be people who will take advantage of the sick leave policy.
We worked with a company that had about 100 employees that had a generous leave policy. New employees received two weeks of vacation and five days of sick leave. Further, there were eight holidays and two personal days that employees could use whenever they wished. By almost any standard, the company’s leave policy was generous.
We suspected that some of the employees were abusing the sick leave policy by using sick days as additional vacation. We analyzed five years of data and discovered some interesting findings. Many employees had taken no sick leave at all. Fully 80% of employees had used fewer than the maximum five sick days in at least four of the five years studied. On average, this group used fewer than two sick days per year.
People are also reading…
Conversely, about 20% of the employees had used all five sick days in each of the five years studied. Further, for the group that had used all of their sick leave, 90 percent of the sick days taken were adjacent to weekends or holidays.
We certainly do not want to suggest that every employee who had used all of his/her sick leave was abusing the policy. Some employees may have had unique circumstances that routinely forced them to use all of their sick leave and even some of their vacation time to help them battle chronic illness. That notwithstanding, the statistics around when sick days were taken strongly suggested that there was abuse.
Further, a manager in the HR department, who was trusted by the employees, interviewed several of the suspected abusers promising them anonymity and immunity from punishment. When presented with the evidence of their sick day usage patterns, more than one confessed to using the days as additional vacation. One employee said, “Of course, I use all of my sick time. Why wouldn’t I?”
So, how can employers provide their employees with time off to recuperate from illness while not rewarding dishonest employees who abuse the system? The company described above decided to eliminate both vacation and sick leave. Instead, it implemented a system of paid time off.
Employees could have this time off with pay for any reason. Of course, the company did request that PTO be scheduled whenever possible and most employees complied. The company gave new employees 13 days of PTO, two fewer than the 15 combined days they were previously offered.
Eighty percent of the employees received more time off than they had previously taken. Twenty percent of the employees received less time off, but the company believed that this group contained many people who had been abusing the policy. Further, the company also allowed employees to carry up to five days of PTO into a subsequent year. This enabled people to protect themselves against an illness in the last few days of the year.
Eliminating sick leave in favor of PTO does have one drawback. Some employees will choose to come to work when they are sick rather than use a PTO day that might otherwise be used as a vacation day. Of course, when employees come to work when they are sick, they risk infecting their colleagues. We’ve seen companies deal with this by creating a culture that discourages people from coming to work when they are contagious.
Unfortunately, sick leave rewards dishonest employees who abuse the system. PTO is an alternative that eliminates this problem and rewards honest employees with more time off. | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-why-paid-time-off-is-better-for-small-businesses-than-sick-leave/article_653d3ff8-5137-50ee-8b5e-b9aad82ef96f.html | 2022-07-09T23:51:12 | 0 | https://richmond.com/business/local/ask-doug-polly-why-paid-time-off-is-better-for-small-businesses-than-sick-leave/article_653d3ff8-5137-50ee-8b5e-b9aad82ef96f.html |
There’s an unprecedented skill level on the USA Athletics Arizona Fockler softball team, playing a busy summer schedule.
The squad is made up of high school players from Coconino, Flagstaff, Northland Preparatory Academy and a couple others around northern Arizona, but mainly Flagstaff-area girls. Notably, in manager John Fockler’s decades of coaching, there was not a group with as much talent as this squad.
“It’s amazing, because I’ve been around long enough that we’ve had bits and pieces. There have been some great athletes coming out of Flagstaff, but this is undoubtedly the best overall team I’ve had in 35 years,” he said.
Most of the girls on the team have played together for many years, with six of the current squad representing Flagstaff and Arizona as a whole at the Little League World Series in 2018 as 11 and 12-year-olds and growing up to this point as solid high school players.
“It’s been so much fun to have this community for so many years, and be on the same team forever. We’ve all grown and gotten better, and this summer has kind of been the peak of it all, to see how much we’ve done,” said Alyssa Fockler, an incoming junior for Coconino.
People are also reading…
They’ve won numerous tournaments and club competitions, but a recent pinnacle came as the group went undefeated and won the American Fastpitch Association (AFA) 2022 National Tournament June 19, in St. George, Utah.
The group had played in the competition in previous summers, but had underperformed and been eliminated early. To get over the hump at a national level felt special.
“We were kind of a little engine that could. I know how good they are, but for eight games they played as good as I’ve ever seen them play, everything was on a high level,” John Fockler said.
“It was kind of surreal to finally win it after playing and not doing well there for so long,” Alyssa Fockler added.
Formerly known as the Scrappers, pairing up with USA Athletics three years ago has given the team a national platform. It’s the only USA Athletics softball team in Arizona, exposing it uniquely to certain national tournaments.
Competing in the USA A-State Championship in Flagstaff on Saturday and Sunday, the group is preparing for future competitions at an even higher level of play. They’ll take on the Triple Crown World Series in Reno, Nevada, beginning July 16. Soon after that will be the Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) National Championships -- John Fockler calls it the best club softball competition of the summer -- in San Diego, beginning July 23.
The goal, mostly, is to improve and showcase the players’ skills against top opponents. Winning even more would be nice, too. But whatever success they have will be even more meaningful as a team with as much chemistry as possible.
“For the team to be all from here, I couldn’t be prouder of these girls,” John Fockler said. “We don’t have the millions of people around to draw from like Phoenix or some of the other big cities, and these girls have been together for all these years.”
“Other teams may have random girls picked up every weekend. We’ve never done that, it’s been this strong group for the whole time, and it just is so cool to be part of this,” Alyssa Fockler added.
For more information, visit the team’s Facebook Page USA Athletics AZ Fockler. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/local-club-softball-team-impressing-at-national-level/article_f3af4e00-ffc0-11ec-9643-337cbb52e8ba.html | 2022-07-09T23:55:45 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/local-club-softball-team-impressing-at-national-level/article_f3af4e00-ffc0-11ec-9643-337cbb52e8ba.html |
BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho — The Bonneville County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help locating a 40-year-old woman from Roberts, Idaho in Jefferson County.
Genevette Garner was last seen July 5 at her parents residence in Iona. She left her vehicle at their residence and was communicating with her family until around noon last Tuesday.
Garner has not been seen and her family has been unable to make contact with her since then, according to Bonneville County deputies.
Anyone with information on Garner's whereabouts is asked to call Bonneville County Dispatch at 208-529-1200.
Watch more Local News:
See the latest news from around the Treasure Valley and the Gem State in our YouTube playlist: | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/bonneville-county-deputies-looking-for-missing-woman/277-7ba1fce2-a825-4ff2-9bba-763b585bc3d7 | 2022-07-09T23:55:56 | 0 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/bonneville-county-deputies-looking-for-missing-woman/277-7ba1fce2-a825-4ff2-9bba-763b585bc3d7 |
TETON COUNTY, IDAHO, Idaho — A Driggs man was killed Friday following a head-on collision on State Highway 33 in Teton County, Idaho State Police (ISP) reported.
The 38-year-old driver in an Acura MDX crossed over the center of the roadway while traveling northbound and collided head on with a Ford pickup pulling a camp trailer.
A 33-year-old man from Gainesville, Florida was traveling southbound in the Ford with a passenger, a 43-year-old woman, also from Gainesville.
The collision occurred around 7:21 p.m. Friday near milepost 138.
The Driggs man died at the scene of the crash. He was not wearing a seat belt.
According to Idaho State Police, the driver of the Ford was taken to a local hospital by air ambulance. Ground ambulance transported the passenger to a hospital.
Both of the occupants of the Ford were wearing their seat belts.
ISP said the collision blocked both the northbound and southbound lanes of State Highway 33 for around four hours.
The Teton County Sheriff's Office and Teton County Fire and Rescue assisted ISP Friday. The collision is under investigation by Idaho State Police.
Watch more Local News:
See the latest news from around the Treasure Valley and the Gem State in our YouTube playlist: | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/driggs-man-killed-in-collision-in-teton-county-idaho/277-30ff6ccd-e123-4150-898d-8579db042b05 | 2022-07-09T23:56:02 | 0 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/driggs-man-killed-in-collision-in-teton-county-idaho/277-30ff6ccd-e123-4150-898d-8579db042b05 |
BOISE, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
Where the Idaho Supreme Court had planned to hear arguments on the merits of a lawsuit challenging the state’s new Texas-styled abortion law on Aug. 3, that’s now been vacated, and the court instead will hear a single hour of arguments that day on three key points in two separate lawsuits over abortion in Idaho.
Both lawsuits were filed by Planned Parenthood. The first challenges SB 1309, which the court has put on hold while the lawsuit is pending and which allows relatives of a fetus aborted after six weeks gestation to sue doctors for minimum $20,000 damages. The second challenges Idaho’s “trigger law,” which will make all abortion a felony in Idaho, with just three narrow exceptions, starting in late August, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. That second lawsuit claims the trigger law violates the Idaho Constitution and the Idaho Human Rights Act.
The three key questions the court wants explored:
• Should the court put both laws on hold while the two cases are pending?
• Should the two cases be consolidated into a single one?
• Should either or both of the cases be transferred down to the district court level for trial before being taken up by the high court?
All sides in the two cases have been given until July 20 to submit written arguments on those points in advance of the Aug. 3 court proceeding. Briefs already have been submitted on the merits of the first case, but won’t be considered on Aug. 3.
“I’m very fascinated to see what happens,” said McKay Cunningham, a law professor who teaches at the College of Idaho. “I think the Idaho Supreme Court has a lot of different considerations to make.”
The toughest of the three questions – and the most politically fraught – likely is whether to put the trigger law on hold, Cunningham said. Idaho’s anti-abortion trigger law, passed in 2020, takes effect 30 days after a judgment overturning Roe v. Wade. The nation’s highest court overturned that landmark 1973 case, which established a constitutional right to abortion, on June 24. But it has yet to issue its judgment formalizing the ruling. The 30-day clock starts ticking after that judgment issues.
Under the trigger law, the only exceptions would be to prevent the death, though not the disability, of the mother; or for cases of rape or incest documented with a police report. All other abortions, at any stage of pregnancy, would become crimes, punishable by prison time and loss of medical licenses.
The Idaho Attorney General’s office, in filings with the court on behalf of the state, government officials and the state boards of medicine, nursing and pharmacy, argued that the trigger law isn’t yet “ripe” for consideration by the high court, because there’s not anyone who can claim specifically to be injured by a law that hasn’t yet taken effect. Once someone can make that claim, they argued, the proper venue would be local district court, where any decision could then be appealed to the higher court. They also argued against putting the law on hold.
The Attorney General’s office also argued against putting SB 1309 on hold while it’s challenged in court, and filed a motion in April asking the court to reconsider that move. Among the arguments was that the court can’t enjoin SB 1309 because its only enforcement mechanism is for private parties to file lawsuits, not for government to take action, and courts can’t block private parties from filing lawsuits.
Attorneys for Planned Parenthood, in their arguments against lifting the stay, wrote, “The state of Idaho is the proper respondent to be enjoined in this case because Idaho law provides that the state can be directly sued for violations of the Idaho Constitution.” Their lawsuit, among other arguments, argues that the private lawsuit enforcement mechanism itself violates the state Constitution.
After reviewing written arguments for and against the state’s motion to vacate the stay of SB 1309, the Supreme Court denied the motion on May 20. The order said it was issued “after due consideration,” but offered no explanation.
However, in its orders issued in advance of the Aug. 3 hearing, the court asked for arguments on “whether this court should continue to stay the enforcement of SB 1309 pending the outcome of this litigation.”
The court order also noted that after the Idaho court had initially set arguments on the merits of the first lawsuit for Aug. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning both Roe v. Wade and a subsequent 1992 case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
“While petitioners grounded their petition on Idaho’s Constitution, their arguments were premised, in part, on the contention that the Idaho Constitution should be interpreted consistently with those provisions of the United States Constitution that formed the basis for the decisions in Roe and Casey,” the Idaho court said in its order. “The Dobbs decision has altered the landscape of the longstanding federal constitutional law upon which petitioners relied and which recognized a fundamental right to privacy, as it applies to abortion laws.”
An identical paragraph was included in the court order in the second Idaho lawsuit that set it for arguments Aug. 3 on the three points.
On that day, according to yet another order, this one issued by the court Thursday, each side will be allowed 30 minutes for arguments, for a total of one hour.
This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press, read more on IdahoPress.com.
Watch more Local News:
See the latest news from around the Treasure Valley and the Gem State in our YouTube playlist: | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-press/two-idaho-abortion-lawsuits-set-for-joint-arguments-august-3/277-e7a3fb8f-828f-4ea4-8d9c-e58d6fa65f2d | 2022-07-09T23:56:08 | 1 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-press/two-idaho-abortion-lawsuits-set-for-joint-arguments-august-3/277-e7a3fb8f-828f-4ea4-8d9c-e58d6fa65f2d |
The future of Highway 122 is being looked at through a feasibility study in Mason City.
The study, done through the partnership of WHKS and IDOT, was developed to protect the ability to use federal funding for future construction.
A community meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 13, at 5:30 p.m. at Mason City Public Library for residents to see a presentation of the study and to ask questions.
IDOT Field Services Coordinator for District Two Pete Hjelmstad said the study is being done for two reasons: paving conditions and the availability of grants.
"We'll get the city in a position to possibly apply for grants as they become available. This is kind of getting the legwork done so if some federal grants do become available, this much of it is done and they've got that process started," said Hjelmstad.
People are also reading…
Infrastructure improvements are a clear goal for the Mason City Council heading into 2022.
"They're doing things that are end-of-life (remedies) for pavement to try and get a few more years out of it. With knowing that, and understanding the timing, the planning horizon for a project of that scope is five-plus years, possibly, to get everything put together. We wanted to be involved in that conversation," said City Administrator Aaron Burnett.
There are six major intersections with traffic signals from Lark Avenue to Winnebago Way. According to a presentation given during Mason City Council's work session on June 21, the average daily traffic in 2017 consisted of 13,700 to 18,100 vehicles per day with 5% of the vehicles being trucks in.
The stretch of road is a large commercial district for Mason City with a lot of development in the area, according Burnett. He added the city wants to look for ways to support the businesses, improve operations, and address the aesthetics of the joint jurisdiction highway.
"It would be silly of us not to try and capture some of that funding for Mason City and for these types of improvements on such a significant stretch of road," said Burnett.
The different options being looked at in the study are simple overlay or rehabilitation, and major reconstruction.
"Doing nothing isn't really an option. There will always be some reconstruction and rehabilitation that has has to happen in that corridor," said Burnett. "Do nothing really involves still doing a significant amount of maintenance."
Rehabilitation would be grinding off the worst parts of the pavements and putting in a new layer. It would be a smoother ride but the road still suffer issues such as soft shoulders and retaining the same drainage system, according to Burnett.
The major reconstruction option has a couple different routes that can be taken. Hjelmstad explained they would be looking at moving the lanes in, making improvements with turn lanes, and installing a storm sewer for drainage. Frontage roads are also being looked at for improvements, according to Burnett.
"One of the things we're looking at is moving the lanes in and getting rid of that grass ditch, then having a paved median through the area or some other type of smaller median with a curb and gutter," said Hjelmstad.
Another area being studied is whether to keep traffic signals in place or to install five roundabouts. According Hjelmstad, roundabouts cut fatal crashes by 90% and reduce injury crashes by 76%.
Roundabouts also lower the number of points of conflict compared to a regular traffic stop.
"You look at the intersections out there and anywhere there's traffic signals, it's a stop and go condition. You are going to be stopping," said Hjelmstad. "With a roundabout, it is very possible you will drive that whole length without stopping once."
Hjelmstad said he understands people's possible negative reaction to roundabouts, but he has seen them become popular within other Iowa communities. Burnett says he also understands the knee-jerk response to the idea of roundabouts but he doesn't want to discount the option.
"When you look at the data, the reason that this being forwarded is that I consider it that: one of those fatalities could be a friend of mine or it could a family member. It could be somebody within the community, and it's my job as somebody that works for the city to try and produce the best outcomes, both for efficient traffic movement and safety," said Burnett.
Work on the project would most likely take three to four construction seasons, with a cost of approximately $50 million. Hjelmstad said a project like this is years out and that it is not yet funded.
Burnett said the large price tag is worth with the years of work addressing the issues and making Highway 122 more functional for businesses.
"I think that we've got a great opportunity to have the cost share on that include a large portion of federal funding," said Burnett.
The final feasibility study report will be presented to the Mason City Council at the Sept. 20 meeting. Hjelmstad said it will be a joint decision between the city and IDOT on what option to go with.
Both Burnett and Hjelmstad encourage people to come to the community meeting to see a presentation and to bring questions they have about the feasibility study.
"That's why they're having a meeting. This is a public input meeting. We want people's input and we want to know what they're feeling," Hjelmstad said.
"I encourage people to reach out to us because we've though about it. I would be surprised if there's a group of folks out there that we haven't thought about that we've tried to consider their concerns," said Burnett. "I'd love to relay why we work through these things."
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/feasibility-study-looks-at-the-future-of-highway-122-stretch/article_fb2e0fa6-521f-5d36-8e00-dfec0b75d8c3.html | 2022-07-10T00:03:39 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/feasibility-study-looks-at-the-future-of-highway-122-stretch/article_fb2e0fa6-521f-5d36-8e00-dfec0b75d8c3.html |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.