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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A two-year-old girl is in the hospital after she was hit with a vehicle in North Sacramento, police said.
The Sacramento Police Department said the collision happened just after 4 p.m. in the area of Rio Linda Boulevard and Phillipi Way.
Police said the girl was hospitalized with serious injuries.
The involved driver was contacted on scene, however, the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Police said impairment isn't believed to be a factor at this time.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/girl-injured-collision-vehicle/103-14bc8e4a-dee2-486b-a551-2524458c368d | 2022-07-20T04:33:51 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/girl-injured-collision-vehicle/103-14bc8e4a-dee2-486b-a551-2524458c368d |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento City Councilmembers passed a ballot measure that would let voters decide on a new youth funding measure after similar proposals failed in 2016 and 2020.
The proposal is called the Sacramento Children Health and Safety Act.
It aims to use money from the General Fund "equivalent" of 40% of the cannabis business tax revenues to create long-term sustainable funding for youth development and violence prevention programs.
Youth services across the city like afterschool programs, crime prevention and substance abuse treatment would stand to gain $10 million per year if Sacramento voters pass the proposal, according to a city council report.
District 5 Councilmember Jay Schenirer said there is a link between youth needs and the negative impacts of cannabis use among young people. He said the city has been rewarded in its investments in the cannabis industry, but when it comes to using those funds for youth programming, there's opposition.
The key word is "equivalent." The two sources run parallel but don't actually intersect.
"We all know that it’s been a very difficult time these last two years. We have learning loss, we have a tremendous amount of violence in our communities, and... we know what works with young people," Schenirer said.
Schenirer said the proposal won't result in any tax increase, only increased revenue for the youth and child services in Sacramento.
City staff said an oversight committee would give recommendations on how to spend the money, things like mental health counseling and after-school activities. After passing city council, the measure will appear on the ballot for Sacramento voters to consider.
What's in the proposed ballot measure?
If the ballot measure passes, city officials can pull money from the General Fund equivalent to 40% of the city's cannabis tax revenue for use toward youth-centered programs and services in Sacramento, including:
- Mental health counseling and wellness services
- Substance abuse prevention services
- Street outreach and violence intervention
- Youth workforce development including career pathways to jobs that advance the City’s climate action goals (“green jobs”)
- Summer and after-school programs
- Early childhood education and family support services
Only nonprofit organizations and public agencies would be eligible to receive funding. Public agencies are required to demonstrate they can match, dollar-for-dollar cash, the equivalent of the total funds received.
A nine-member Sacramento Children’s Fund Planning and Oversight Commission will be created to work with the Sacramento Youth Commission on a five-year investment plan.
"You know, we have we have a city council that has been much more youth friendly over the last few years," Schenirer told ABC10. "This is really ultra (crime) prevention to make sure we have a good, safe community."
Other details include:
- City councilmember must approve of the investment plan
- The mayor and city councilmembers will appoint people to the commission
- The first Five-Year Strategic Investment Plan covers between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2029;
The ballot measure will land in front of Sacramento voters during the election on November 8, 2022. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-city-officials-want-cannabis-taxes-to-go-fund-youth-services/103-af12e4b6-af2e-4653-a227-ff7f29f27473 | 2022-07-20T04:33:57 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-city-officials-want-cannabis-taxes-to-go-fund-youth-services/103-af12e4b6-af2e-4653-a227-ff7f29f27473 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Smoky skies are moving into the Sacramento area due to a fire burning near the Bay Area, officials said.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality District said the delta breeze is blowing smoke into the county due to a fire burning near Fairfield in Solano County.
"Delta winds off the ocean are moving toward the northeast, pushing a high volume of smoke from the Fairfield area, into Sacramento and surrounding foothill spots," said ABC10 meteorologist Carley Gomez. "Air quality is expected to be unhealthy tonight and pollution may sit in the foothills, especially since we’re still dealing with hot temperatures and calmer winds tonight."
Cosumnes Fire Department in Elk Grove added that the smoke appears to be drifting into the area. They said there is no active fire in Elk Grove.
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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.
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WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/smoky-skies-sacramento/103-044b06bf-7ba9-4eb8-b404-9017f8d3cd73 | 2022-07-20T04:34:03 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/smoky-skies-sacramento/103-044b06bf-7ba9-4eb8-b404-9017f8d3cd73 |
STOCKTON, Calif. — It's been over six years since 63-year-old Anwar Machiwalla was shot and killed after being robbed at his own grocery store just east of Stockton.
"My family has been devastated by this over and over again," said Alia Machiwalla, Anwar's daughter.
Anwar Machiwalla was shot to death at the Three Palms Grocery Store at 6732 E. Highway 88.
"For you to rob from the store and steal my father away, please just do the right thing. Forgiveness will come," Alia said.
It happened on Monday, July 11, 2016 close to 5 p.m.
According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, the man entered the store demanding money and then shot Machiwalla as he left.
RELATED: San Joaquin Sheriff's Office asking public's help finding shooter in 2016 death of Anwar Machiwalla
CPR was started, but sadly and tragically, Machiwalla died near the entrance to the store he loved.
"I'm not sure if my dad chased him out or what had happened because my dad was quite fearless," Alia said.
Machiwalla emigrated from Pakistan to the U.S. in 1990 in the hopes of making a better life for himself and his family. He and his brother co-owned the store.
Alia said her father was a giver and the store was his pride and joy.
"Those that would come that maybe didn't have enough money or were maybe just starting their life here in the valley, my dad would give them free food, free milk and eggs for their family. And, he would keep a running note of people that would do those things, and then they would be able to repay him back once they had the money to do so," Alia said. "His customers always came first. So, yeah, that store gave us everything that we needed and most of what we wanted."
What the family wants now is justice for the husband, father and grandfather. Speaking emotionally and through tears, Alia has this message for his killer.
"Please come forward. Please. Do the right thing."
The suspect is described as a light skinned male wearing a bandana covering his face. He was seen running to a waiting large, black SUV parked near the store on East Fairfield Lane.
There is a Crime Stoppers reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest. Call 209-946-0600 to submit an anonymous tip.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/family-seeks-justice-stockton-grocery-store-killing/103-c43ea643-854f-4834-9aeb-a13923473621 | 2022-07-20T04:34:09 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/family-seeks-justice-stockton-grocery-store-killing/103-c43ea643-854f-4834-9aeb-a13923473621 |
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GREENSBORO — A few more details emerged from two private meetings involving local officials and neighbors of a planned facility to house and educate unaccompanied immigrant minors on Tuesday.
Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services met with two groups separately to answer questions about the plan for the Greensboro Piedmont Academy Influx Care Facility for UC (unaccompanied minors).
The media was not allowed in the meetings, but interviews with those who attended said DHHS told them the following:
- The opening date for the facility has not been confirmed, but may not occur until Jan. 1. When first announced in June, DHHS anticipated opening this summer.
- Up to 800 children ages 13 to 17 could be housed and educated at the facility, formerly operated as the American Hebrew Academy.
- The average stay at the facility likely would be between 15 and 40 days, Mayor Nancy Vaughan said. “They don’t go right from the border to us,” she said. “They actually go to an intermediate facility, and then they come to Greensboro. At that point they’re already working with the U.S. sponsor, whether it’s a family member or a family friend.”
- The ratio of direct care will be one staff member for eight children.
- The facility will hold female and male children, but they will be kept separated.
- A background check is conducted on potential residents. Guilford County Commissioner Justin Conrad, who attended the meeting, said there was confusion regarding how those background checks impacted admittance to the facility.
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“Homeland Security does the pre-vetting for us and lets us know if there’s anything we needed to know prior to a child coming to the facility,” Conrad said.
However, Guilford County commissioners Chairman Melvin “Skip” Alston said he heard that “if they had any criminal background they would not be located in this academy. … They will go to another location which would be a little bit stricter.”
- Access into and out of the facility will be secured. “People will not be allowed in, and the children under their care will not be allowed out,” Greensboro Councilwoman Nancy Hoffmann said. If a child needed to go off-site, such as for a medical emergency, Hoffman said she was told a staff member would accompany the child.
- Potential residents will be screened for health issues before going to the facility. “They go through an intensive medical examination and will be fully vaccinated,” Hoffmann said.
- Up to 1,500 people would be employed by the facility, which would operate in three daily shifts, Alston said.
- The residents will not be children who were separated from their parents at the border. “These are kids that came on their own, without parents,” Alston said.
- Employees would not be parking on neighborhood streets.
According to Alston, DHHS officials said they have taken in 122,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide. Sixteen of those were placed with sponsors in Greensboro.
“This is something they have kind of mastered as far as putting into place,” he said.
However, Conrad was unimpressed with many of the answers.
“I left with a lot of questions,” he said. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/private-meetings-shed-light-on-new-greensboro-facility-for-immigrant-children/article_9a74b112-0773-11ed-a140-73fada7592e8.html | 2022-07-20T04:49:20 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/private-meetings-shed-light-on-new-greensboro-facility-for-immigrant-children/article_9a74b112-0773-11ed-a140-73fada7592e8.html |
WASHINGTON (WJHL) — Reps. Diana Harshbarger and Morgan Griffith voted against a bill to protect marriage equality.
Forty-seven Republicans joined Democrats to pass the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday. Harshbarger and Griffith were among the 157 who did not.
The measure calls for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which former President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1996 that recognized marriage as being between a man and a woman. The Supreme Court found DOMA unconstitutional in 2013, but there are new concerns about the future of that ruling following Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion in last month’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. In his opinion, Thomas called on the court to reconsider other landmark cases.
The offices of Harshbarger and Griffith both sent News Channel 11 the following statements regarding their vote on the Respect for Marriage Act:
“Tonight, I voted no on repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. American families are struggling to put food on the table with inflation constantly rising, our National Security is under threat with our border wide open to drugs and crime, and the White House has been intent on circumventing the rights of business owners, parents, health care professionals, and service members- THOSE are the issues Americans want fixed in Congress. Our government can equally respect the liberties of all citizens without redefining marriage.”
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
“The status of marriage in our country was not changed by the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. This bill is unnecessary, did not go through the committee process as it was rushed to the floor, and was written without Republican input. It is an attempt at distraction by Speaker Pelosi from the burdens carried by families thanks to one-party Democrat rule.”
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
The bill now heads to the Senate. Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, both Democrats, say they will vote in favor of the bill. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/harshbarger-griffith-vote-against-bill-protecting-same-sex-marriage/ | 2022-07-20T04:49:25 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/harshbarger-griffith-vote-against-bill-protecting-same-sex-marriage/ |
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – A Sullivan County Commission measure to apply daily cost of living fees for inmates at the county jail is a cause for concern for many court officials.
The commission is set to vote for the “pay to stay” program on second reading at its meeting Thursday.
Under the program, inmates at the county jail would pay $35 per day during their stay.
The measure’s sponsor, Commissioner Herschel Glover, said the measure is intended to save taxpayers money on the construction of the addition to the Sullivan County Jail.
“This resolution is to try and get some money back in for the inmates that we house and incarcerate every day,” Glover said.
Sullivan County Mayor Richard Venable said the projected cost for the jail is $93 million. Under the proposal, 90% of the pay-to-stay revenue would go toward paying off bonds used to finance the jail’s construction. The remaining 10% would go to the sheriff’s office.
But the proposal has been criticized by Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy in the past.
At a commission work session last, week multiple county judges voiced their concerns.
Andrew Gibbons, Sullivan County’s public defender, said the program seems good on paper for saving taxpayer money, but has far-reaching consequences. Gibbons said the program could backfire on the county if passed.
“It’s going to cost more to try to collect these fees than they’re actually going to collect,” Gibbons said.
District Attorney Barry Staubus agreed. He said costs could go up if inmates are unable to pay the fees.
“If they don’t pay, how do you collect? Do you have to file a lawsuit? We have to have an attorney? We have to use the sheriff’s department to serve process for those people?” Staubus said.
Gibbons also said the program would also put more cases on the dockets in a county court system that is already bogged down.
“The court system as a whole right now, we are just really overburdened right now. This would be just one more thing to take up time and money and resources,” Gibbons said.
Staubus said any additional pay-to-stay cases would likely go to the county attorney’s office.
The added financial burden on inmates could also have an adverse effect on crime victims due to receiving restitution, Staubus said. He said the additional fees could slow down an inmate’s ability to pay court and parole fees, slowing down restitution payment.
“We want to do our best to make sure victims get their monies, and any additional funding cost may prevent that from happening,” Staubus said.
Gibbons also had concern that the program would cause more harm to poor inmates. He said poor inmates unable to post bond would be stuck with more fees than individuals with the means to post bond.
“What you’ve done in a sense is penalize a person even further simply because they’re poor,” Gibbons said.
The resolution states inmates can complete community service at minimum wage to pay for some of their daily costs. However, Gibbons worried the program would keep people in the justice system.
“Because they can’t pay, they’ll quit going to their probation officer, their probation is violated and they’ll end up back in jail,” Gibbons said.
The resolution requires two-thirds support to pass the County Commission. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sullivan-county-court-officials-concerned-with-pay-to-stay-at-jail/ | 2022-07-20T04:49:31 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sullivan-county-court-officials-concerned-with-pay-to-stay-at-jail/ |
Every Fort Wayne City Council member – regardless of political affiliation – shared how Dr. John Crawford affected their lives and improved the community Tuesday.
The local oncologist and former City Council member of 20 years died unexpectedly Sunday from a heart attack while playing tennis. Crawford, 73 and a Republican, was known for his work on the city’s public smoking ban and his support for Parkview Field and Harrison Square.
A celebration of life ceremony is scheduled from 2-5 p.m. Friday at the Memorial Coliseum. Parking will be free.
Fort Wayne City Council members spent about half of Tuesday’s meeting talking about Crawford. Councilman Glynn Hines, D-at large, asked his fellow members to first think of the thousands of lives Crawford saved as an oncologist, and then to consider how many lives he positively impacted by his antismoking advocacy and legislation.
Councilman Jason Arp, R-4th, said Crawford was always eager to mentor new council members and was easy to work with.
“We didn’t always agree on everything, but he was someone you could have a conversation with regardless of whether he supported what you were doing or not,” Arp said. “He was always cordial.”
City Clerk Lana Keesling, whom Crawford also mentored, said he was “a mega public servant like no other.”
Crawford ran for mayor in 2019 and lost the Republican nomination. Crawford planned on running for City Council one more time, “which his family discouraged at every turn,” his obituary noted.
The windows of the Allen County Republican Headquarters are usually filled with signs of current or recent campaigns. This week, the glass was cleared – except for an old Crawford campaign sign neatly placed in each window.
But Crawford wasn’t afraid to cross party lines, Councilwoman Sharon Tucker, D-6th, said. She considered Crawford to be “the GOAT – greatest of all time” after seeing him at a Democratic fundraiser to support a friend.
Tucker said she called Crawford multiple times to seek his advice.
“It wasn’t just members of the Republican party,” Tucker said. “It was members of good government who he was willing to support.”
City Council Attorney Joe Bonahoom said he respected Crawford on multiple levels. Crawford’s care as an oncologist of a relative raised Bonahoom’s expectations for bedside manner.
Bonahoom also noted Crawford’s graciousness when he lost, such as when he was voted out of office in 2007. He regained his at-large seat four years later.
“He’s not just worried about a win,” Bonahoom said. “He’s more concerned about doing what’s right.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/city-council-grieves-former-member-and-oncologist/article_af290ab8-07c8-11ed-b1b1-472bd8f90997.html | 2022-07-20T04:52:38 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/city-council-grieves-former-member-and-oncologist/article_af290ab8-07c8-11ed-b1b1-472bd8f90997.html |
Fort Wayne City Council members gave initial approval Tuesday to another concrete segment of the Hanna Street Trail.
Dawn Ritchie, greenways manager, asked for approval of a $566,825 contract for Malott Contracting Inc. of Kendallville to construct the concrete trail along the west side of Hanna Street from Pettit Avenue south to Decatur Road. The segment will be almost a half mile long and up to 10 feet wide.
The trail from Pettit to Decatur is expected to be completed July 7, 2023.
Ritchie said crews are more than halfway done with the trail from Pettit to Rudisill Boulevard. The work includes pedestrian crosswalks, new concrete curbs, and new storm structures and pipes.
The existing trail stretches from Wallace Street and will eventually extend to Berry Street.
Councilwoman Sharon Tucker, D-6th, said she is happy to see a pedestrian trail in an area of the southeast quadrant that doesn’t have sidewalks.
“Being able to see walking sidewalks move into that area not only benefits the community but also gives an element of health and exercise for those of us who live around there,” she said.
The council members gave preliminary approval to the contract. Councilman Russ Jehl, R-2nd, was absent.
Preliminary votes rarely change before final decisions are made. The council members are expected to take a final vote at the next weekly meeting. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hanna-street-trail-to-decatur-road-approved/article_b6d59c34-07bb-11ed-a520-7b8320c92251.html | 2022-07-20T04:52:45 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/hanna-street-trail-to-decatur-road-approved/article_b6d59c34-07bb-11ed-a520-7b8320c92251.html |
A Michigan man died in a crash early Monday on Interstate 469 near the Tillman Road exit, the Allen County coroner’s office said Tuesday.
John Thomas Xirafakis Jr., 36, of Adrian, Michigan, died accidentally from multiple blunt-force injuries because of the crash, and his death is the 25th in motor vehicle crashes in the county so far this year, the coroner’s office said in a statement following an autopsy.
Xirafakis was the front-seat passenger in a vehicle that collided about 1:35 a.m. with the rear of a stopped semi on the right shoulder of Interstate 469, the coroner said. He died at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, the county prosecutor’s office and the coroner’s office. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/michigan-man-dies-in-i-469-crash/article_c59062d8-076e-11ed-b3c8-ef2a7a99fa17.html | 2022-07-20T04:52:51 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/michigan-man-dies-in-i-469-crash/article_c59062d8-076e-11ed-b3c8-ef2a7a99fa17.html |
The East Allen County Schools board didn’t debate the value Tuesday of spending $7,500 on safety training next week.
The board unanimously approved the contract with the I Love U Guys Foundation – a nonprofit organization created by people who experienced loss from a school shooting. Todd Buckmaster, board president, was absent.
Doug Goeglein, the district’s safety manager, said the July 29 training will involve administrators and school resource officers, including those serving other school systems.
“We’ve got the opportunity to bring these folks in and train not just our staff but our local first responders so everybody is on the same page in the event that – hopefully we’ll never have to use them – but if we do, we would all be speaking the same language and understand each other,” Goeglein said.
The session comes on the heels of another effort to improve school safety. Superintendent Marilyn Hissong said she and Goeglein attended an active shooter drill that was held last week at a Southwest Allen County middle school.
Southwest Allen County Schools alerted families that police officers and other groups would be rotating through work sessions and drills on multiple days, including Thursday, Friday and Monday.
School safety requires constant evaluation, Goeglein said.
“It’s a very high priority right now, given what happened in the spring,” he said, presumably referring to the May school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
“We’ve put a lot of emphasis on getting our folks trained in safety assessments, myself included,” he added. “It’s not completed. It’s hard to do with 15 buildings.”
In other business, the board awarded a $2.2 million bid to Project Design & Piping for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning project at New Haven Primary School and new ionization filters at that school and four others – Woodlan Elementary, Heritage Elementary, New Haven Intermediate and New Haven High. The upgrades will be supported by federal coronavirus relief dollars. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/east-allen-county-schools-plans-safety-training/article_b21a573a-07c4-11ed-b074-cbf347442db8.html | 2022-07-20T04:52:57 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/east-allen-county-schools-plans-safety-training/article_b21a573a-07c4-11ed-b074-cbf347442db8.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — "It's really contact with those vesicles, those pustules, that's where you get that exposure," said Mary Kay Foster, a nurse & special pathogens program manager at IU Health.
As monkeypox continues to spread across the country and here in the Hoosier state, Foster said Indiana is well-prepared for potential cases.
"We have very set guidelines for testing," Foster said. "In fact, we test about anybody if a physician says I think this lesion or this rash or this pox could be monkeypox, they can now go in and send them for testing and within 48-72 hours we'll have a test result."
To get monkeypox, Foster said you have to have skin-to-skin contact with the pox themselves and they're highly infectious. And usually within 2-21 days of exposure, Foster said small pustules from the monkeypox will start to develop.
Some people also experience flu-like symptoms, enlarged lymph nodes and fever.
"About the time when their fever starts to peak, that's when these pustules will start developing on their face, going down their shoulders to their trunk, could be on the palms of your hands and your feet. And they're very itchy and very painful," Foster said.
If you've been exposed, Foster said it's important to call your doctor's office first or schedule a telehealth visit with a physician to help mitigate further spread.
“Most of the time, they might send you to an emergency department, where we’re ready and able to get you tested. Again, we like to do that when we’re in the know so we greet you, bring you in, get you tested and get you right back home where you need to stay,” Foster said.
If you're positive, Foster stressed that you must quarantine until every pox or lesion is fully healed.
"It's until the scab is dry, it falls off and there's fresh new skin over the area, then it's no longer infectious," Foster said. "So you're talking 2-4 weeks, possibly longer."
As of Tuesday, the CDC reports more than 2,100 cases of monkeypox nationwide. 11 cases have been reported in Indiana, including 2 cases in Marion County.
Nationwide, a shortage of monkeypox vaccinations have made the shots hard to get in some spots where cases are much higher. Foster said Indiana has vaccine supply but stressed that only those who've been exposed really need it.
"Should the general population get vaccinated? No. Really, we just need to focus on those key individuals who have the high risk exposure," Foster said of the monkeypox vaccine.
So far, many of the positive cases in the US have been in gay men. And already, many in the LGBTQ community are facing stigma over the spread of the virus. But doctors are quick to clarify, monkeypox is something anyone can get if they come into direct contact with the pox.
"Yes, there's that concern and that's why we've put out very strongly that this is not a disease within that population, anybody can get it. It's that up close personal contact where there's that spread," Foster said.
And while cases are continuing to climb nationally, Foster said for people in central Indiana, the risk of getting monkeypox remains low.
"The chances of you and I developing monkeypox is incredibly rare. You're more likely to get infected with the COVID BA 5.5 than we are with monkeypox," Foster said.
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When Hogan Park is transformed, it won’t be just for sports tourism.
Officials with the project said this week it is very important that Midlanders know that Hogan Park’s transformation is for the entire community.
“We want this to be an asset for average Midlanders,” said Lori Blong, a member of the conservancy overseeing the Hogan Park project, “including those who live in that area. We want neighborhood kids walking over to play. We want parents taking their children.”
Blong said there will be more to the Hogan Park project than sports parks meant for tournaments or league play. The park, when completed, will likely get more use from its public spaces and common areas, including the dog park and splash pad. It is hoped that Hogan’s transformation will do for regional parks in Midland like Centennial Park did for congregating downtown.
Park officials held a “Quality of Place Conservancy” event Tuesday night to show off the latest renderings. The conservancy reported $36.5 million of the $55 million for the park’s transformation has been raised. Larger donors include Pioneer Natural Resources and Diamondback Energy.
Blong noted the renderings show off design elements that are similar to other projects across Midland in recent years, including open-air concepts and shade structures. Renderings on display provided a glimpse at the entry area of the park, the Pioneer and Tall City pavilions and the dog park.
“They have brought in elements that look like Midland, but still have a high level of quality design,” Blong said.
The pavilion spaces will provide opportunities for families and the community, in general, to hold events and gather, Blong said, and the park is connected to trails in the neighboring Sibley Nature Center and elsewhere in northeast Midland.
Groundbreaking on the transformation is scheduled for the first quarter of 2023, Blong said, and during that time, park officials will talk with groups using the park. Blong said conservancy director Jamie Richardson is scheduled to meet with sports groups and general community members to gather input about processes and park programming.
“Jamie has been a benefit to the board and the volunteer group that has been working on this for years,” Blong said. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/A-Hogan-Park-for-the-entire-community-17315652.php | 2022-07-20T05:01:20 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/A-Hogan-Park-for-the-entire-community-17315652.php |
Midland went through another hot day on Tuesday – 105 degrees, which was tied for the hottest day of the summer, according to the National Weather Service.
The 105-degree high temperature marked the 10th time that temperatures topped the 100-degree mark in Midland this month and the 28th time in 2022. The NWS is calling for another hot day Wednesday with a high temperature of 105 again expected at Midland International Airport. Temperatures then are expected to drop below 100 for the rest of the week.
The typical high temperature for this time of year is 96 degrees, according to the NWS.
As hot as it has felt to many in and around Midland, the temperatures haven’t been as heated as the NWS is reporting to the east. The average high temperature in Midland this month – heading into Tuesday – had been 99.4 degrees. The average high temperatures in Abilene and San Angelo had been 103.8 and 103.7 degrees, respectively.
In Abilene, the high temperature reached 110 degrees for the second straight day. The NWS also reported that high temperatures have topped 100 degrees on 17 of 19 days this month and eclipsed 105 nine times.
In San Angelo, the high reached 108 on Tuesday. The NWS also reported that high temperatures have topped 100 degrees on 17 of 19 days in July and eclipsed 105 on 10 different days this month.
The NWS also reported a high temperature of 107 in Lubbock on Tuesday. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/NWS-Temps-around-region-range-from-105-110-17315868.php | 2022-07-20T05:01:26 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/NWS-Temps-around-region-range-from-105-110-17315868.php |
A woman died as a result of a shooting Friday in Midland, according to the Midland Police Department.
MPD reported Tuesday that officers responded Friday to a home in Midland regarding shots fired. TV station KWES has reported that location to be St. Andrews Court, which is located between Midland Drive and Midkiff Road, adjacent to Trinity Park.
MPD also reported that a male was transported to the hospital and released and that the woman died at the scene. The shooter has not been identified, according to MPD.
“An autopsy by the Dallas County Medical Examiner was requested,” MPD reported. “The investigation is ongoing.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Woman-dies-after-shots-fired-in-NW-Midland-17315692.php | 2022-07-20T05:01:32 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Woman-dies-after-shots-fired-in-NW-Midland-17315692.php |
SAN ANTONIO — A home near downtown was engulfed in heavy flames on Tuesday night.
Fire officials said there were no injuries to report, and the fire was under control after 30 minutes of work. Neighbors said that the home was vacant, and we're working to confirm that.
The single family home was on the 700 block of Marshall Street, and fire spread a little bit to a home next door. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/home-near-downtown-san-antonio-engulfed-flames/273-d6d69d30-8547-4b19-bcac-181c7cbce292 | 2022-07-20T05:13:07 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/home-near-downtown-san-antonio-engulfed-flames/273-d6d69d30-8547-4b19-bcac-181c7cbce292 |
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio officials are lobbying to make Election Day a statewide teacher work day so students are not in class while strangers vote on their campuses.
Almost 70 percent of Bexar County polling places are in school buildings, including libraries and gymnasiums.
"Every other day, we make it to where you can't get into a school without showing your ID or having a little background check," said Sen. Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio. "All of a sudden, on Election Day, people can just walk through? We can do better."
"In light of Uvalde, do we want to go about it acting as if there's nothing different?" he continued.
After a gunman murdered 21 people at Robb Elementary, school districts are hurrying to fortify facilities and bolster security. Bexar County elections officials have expressed concern that districts may be unwilling to open their doors to voters on Election Day.
"Since Uvalde was so recent, it's absolutely fresh in everybody's minds," said Bexar County sheriff Javier Salazar.
Many school districts, including NISD, have already designated Nov. 8 as a teacher work day and excused students from class. Menendez, Salazar, and Bexar County elections administrator Jacque Callanen say they want all Texas schools to follow suit.
"If we remove kiddos from the equation, it gives us a bit less to worry about," Salazar said.
Other Bexar county officials have floated the idea of consolidating polling places away from schools to ease educators' concerns. Menendez says this strategy should be a last resort.
He warns that some residents may not vote on Election Day if their preferred polling place closes.
It's not clear which, if any, districts have asked the county to keep ballot booths out of their facilities on Nov. 8. NISD, NEISD, and Edgewood ISD told KENS 5 Tuesday they've made no such request.
Under state law, Bexar County could force unwilling school districts to host voters. Officials are trying to avoid that scenario.
"We want to work with school districts," Menendez said. "We're not trying to force people into a situation that doesn't feel comfortable."
Authorities have roughly three months to address any concerns and form a new plan. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/officials-propose-making-election-day-a-teacher-work-day/273-3e29d541-0655-4b27-9a7b-29549d2b923d | 2022-07-20T05:13:13 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/officials-propose-making-election-day-a-teacher-work-day/273-3e29d541-0655-4b27-9a7b-29549d2b923d |
The wife and son of a prominent former Manhattan judge were found dead inside their luxury building on the Upper East Side in an apparent murder-suicide, according to a police official.
Doug Solomon and his mother, 65-year-old Diane Gallagher, were in the family's home on East 79th Street on Tuesday when things turned ugly. Solomon bludgeoned his own mother to death with a piece of furniture, according to a senior police official.
After striking his mother in the head, the 26-year-old then jumped — reportedly while naked — to his death from the 16th-floor apartment.
Gallagher was the wife of Charles Solomon, who former served on the Manhattan Supreme Court. The prominent judge retired in 2018 after serving three decades on the bench, during which time he oversaw headline-making cases such as Sean "P-Diddy" Combs' 2001 nightclub shooting trial, as well as a case involving former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer and one of his mistresses.
Law enforcement sources said there were no domestic violence records from the Solomons' co-op home prior to Tuesday's tragic and shocking events. He could not immediately be reached for comment, and police have not said if he was at the home at the time of the incident.
Solomon also has a daughter, who is reportedly set to get married soon. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/wife-son-of-prominent-former-manhattan-judge-dead-in-murder-suicide-police-official/3781764/ | 2022-07-20T05:20:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/wife-son-of-prominent-former-manhattan-judge-dead-in-murder-suicide-police-official/3781764/ |
RENTON, Wash. — One person is dead after a fire reportedly broke out at an apartment complex for seniors in Renton, according to the Renton Firefighters Union.
The fire broke out at the Spencer Court Apartments on 334 Wells Ave. A fire crew reported smoke coming from the third floor of the building.
Medics were administering CPR to one person who was then pronounced dead at the scene, according to the union.
Crews reported the fire is out and was contained to one unit.
The Renton Regional Fire Authority is asking people to avoid the area for the rest of the evening. A fire investigation team is on the scene.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Download our free KING 5 app to stay up-to-date on news stories from across western Washington. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/renton/fire-senior-apartments-renton/281-7b62ac06-fe3d-4243-995e-a42438569e82 | 2022-07-20T05:28:41 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/renton/fire-senior-apartments-renton/281-7b62ac06-fe3d-4243-995e-a42438569e82 |
TACOMA, Wash. — “I got so tired of hearing no…”
Michael Preston’s story is a common one in Tacoma: He needs a place to stay, but can’t find one he can afford.
After falling on hard times, Michael has spent the last 15 years enduring housing insecurity, forcing him from couch to couch just to keep a roof over his head.
“I got so tired of hearing no. When you get turned down so many times, you just kind of give up,” Preston recalls. “My mind was so stressed out from going from couch to couch, and having to live by other people’s rules, I just got real tired as I got older.”
Preston also said the requirements to qualify for an apartment are hard for Preston to overcome.
“I done gave up so many times when trying to get my own place, just because I can’t afford to get three times the rent … but I can afford to pay the rent once I get in,” Preston explains.
Michael’s situation highlights an ongoing issue for Tacoma: more people need access to low income housing, and there isn’t enough to go around.
Numbers from Housing Urban Development show that an annual income of around $35,000 is considered very low income in Tacoma.
April Black of the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) said she’s seen just how high the demand is for people needing help to secure housing. THA opened its waiting list for people to apply for assistance back in 2018, and got 12,000 applications in just ten days.
“We were only able to put 1,500 people on our waiting list because we wanted to make sure we were setting reasonable expectations to be able to serve everyone on our waiting list within two years,” Black says. “But we still haven’t been able to serve all of those households, and they’ve been waiting since 2018.”
Recently, Preston got a lucky break: he found a room in a house owned by Shiloh Baptist Church.
He pays $500 a month to rent the room. It may not be much, but Michael said he appreciates the space.
“If I want to lay here all day, I can,” Preston said. “When I was on other people’s couch, you know, I had to go by their rules, here, I’m going by my rules.”
He’s also excited about the hope Shiloh is building with a $25 million apartment development that will provide 60 total units of low-income housing for the city. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024.
Deacon Russell Jackson says the need for the project is obvious.
“All you got to do is go down the street and look to the left and the right, and maybe we’re not targeting the people in the tents, but the people that but for the grace of God, may be in those tents,” he said.
The development won’t just be apartments, as wraparound services will also be available to tenants to help them stay housed, a unique feature in Tacoma.
“We want this to be their first step for them to go beyond and go back to a place where they’re comfortable, what they’re accustomed to, and where they can even reach back and help somebody else,” Jackson said.
Pierce County Affordable Housing Supervisor Brian Schmid said affordable housing units can cost up to $400,000 per unit, so projects like this help that expense.
“The county doesn’t have those kinds of dollars, so we need resources to be pulled in from other places,” he said.
After years of planning, Shiloh broke ground on Sunday.
Lawmakers from the local, state, and federal level came out to pledge their support for the project, and encourage others to follow Shiloh’s example. Pastor Gregory Christopher said he’s simply following the vision given to him.
“It’s not about what this community can do for us, but what can we do for the community,” Christopher said. "That’s the philosophy of the late Dr. Brazill and was instilled in myself….we just want to serve the community.”
Preston also claims he’ll be watching, hoping for a chance to get back on his feet.
“I just have to go from Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, and maybe I’ll have my own place,” he added. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-church-builds-low-income-housing-hilltop/281-52509a3b-b152-4a72-931f-a0b06c7ddc7e | 2022-07-20T05:28:47 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-church-builds-low-income-housing-hilltop/281-52509a3b-b152-4a72-931f-a0b06c7ddc7e |
SEA ISLE CITY — Three Pennsylvania men have been arrested over an alleged domestic violence incident that escalated into a physical confrontation with police and sent three officers to the hospital.
Police responded to a report of domestic violence on Central Avenue at 8:56 p.m. Monday, according to a news release from the city.
The three suspects in the incident are alleged to have locked police out of the residence while victims were requesting help. Police forced entry, at which point they were allegedly assaulted by the three suspects.
Three officers were injured, the release said, including one who broke his fibula. They were treated at Cape Regional Medical Center and have since been released from the hospital. Two additional officers received minor injuries.
The suspects, Colin Watmuff, Robert Watmuff Sr. and Robert Watmuff Jr., were arrested after the incident.
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Robert Watmuff Sr., 64, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was charged with five counts of aggravated assault on police, resisting arrest, obstruction, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, domestic violence strangulation, domestic violence aggravated assault, domestic violence criminal restraint, domestic violence terroristic threats and domestic violence simple assault.
Robert Watmuff Jr., 42, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, was charged with five counts of aggravated assault on police, resisting arrest, obstruction, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and two counts of domestic violence aggravated assault.
Colin Watmuff, 23 and also of West Chester, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault on police.
The three suspects, who police said are related, refused medical treatment.
Police are investigating. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sea-isle-city-police-assaulted-during-response-to-domestic-violence-incident/article_5bab341a-07aa-11ed-b974-f3716a55950e.html | 2022-07-20T05:34:22 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sea-isle-city-police-assaulted-during-response-to-domestic-violence-incident/article_5bab341a-07aa-11ed-b974-f3716a55950e.html |
MSP troopers swoop up owl injured in traffic
The Detroit News
Michigan State Police do more than rescue stranded motorists on the state's highways. They also do owl assists.
Troopers in the Tri-City Post in the Bay County region rescued the nocturnal bird after it was struck by a car on U.S.-10 near M-47 Monday night. The owl had a broken wing.
"Troopers connected him with local wildlife rehabilitation specialists," said a Twitter post from the MSP Bay Region.
No word on how the creature was doing early Wednesday. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/19/msp-troopers-swoop-up-owl-injured-traffic/10103998002/ | 2022-07-20T05:34:56 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/19/msp-troopers-swoop-up-owl-injured-traffic/10103998002/ |
Mega Millions jackpot worth $555 million for Tuesday drawing
The winning numbers for the fifth largest Mega Millions jackpot, estimated at $555 million, were drawn Tuesday.
The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing were: 02-31-32-37-70, Mega Ball: 25, Megaplier: 3, according to the Associated Press.
The cash payout is $316.9 million.
The jackpot had been building since $20 million was won in Tennessee on April 15, megamillions.com said.
Other top jackpots were:
►$1.537 billion on Oct. 23, 2018, with one winning ticket from South Carolina
►$1.050 billion on Jan. 22, 2021, with one ticket in Michigan
►$656 million on March 30, 2012, which went to three tickets from Illinois, Kansas and Maryland
►$648 million on Dec. 17, 2013, with two winning tickets from California and Georgia, according to megamillions.com. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/20/mega-millions-jackpot-worth-555-million-tuesday-drawing/10104066002/ | 2022-07-20T05:35:02 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/20/mega-millions-jackpot-worth-555-million-tuesday-drawing/10104066002/ |
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (WBBH) – The man known best for his favorable franks and smile that spreads contagiously is back working his hot dog stand in Lehigh Acres.
Kelvis Maiguel was shot while working his roadside setup at the corner of Milwaukee Boulevard and Homestead Road South on May 31.
After more than a month away from doing what he loves most, Maiguel returned to his corner on July 19, one day before his 28th birthday.
Maiguel spent two and a half weeks in the hospital recovering from injuries to his chest, colon and liver.
Once released from the hospital, Maiguel and his mother started the kitchen back up fulfilling orders for pickup and delivery only.
Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 25-year-old James Gonzalez and charged him with the shooting. He’s facing charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and resisting arrest with violence. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/19/lehigh-acres-hot-dog-guy-is-back-at-his-stand-after-being-shot/ | 2022-07-20T05:53:32 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/19/lehigh-acres-hot-dog-guy-is-back-at-his-stand-after-being-shot/ |
NAMPA — It was growing tiresome to empty the water-filled garbage bags used to catch pinhole leaks in the building’s roof. When the roof partially caved in, Musical Theater of Idaho staff knew it was time to find a new space.
The Nampa-based, nonprofit theater organization had occupied its former building for 20 years, said Jean Andrews, the organization’s artistic director. And its props, costumes, and other equipment were split between seven storage units, said CEO Mac Fishman. For the first time since the organization’s debut in 1997, it has a new space that maximizes storage, set construction, and rehearsal space.
The organization just moved into the space, located at 8626 Birch Lane in Nampa, the last week of June, and its leaders are pleased to have expanded their storage and rehearsal footprint.
Phil Horton, the builder who constructed the space, said he first witnessed the quality of the productions offered by the group when he saw a performance of “Matilda the Musical,” which utilized wire work to fly characters above the stage. Since the group has moved into the new space, he has gotten a behind-the-scenes look at the organization.
“A lot of effort goes into this by volunteers,” Horton said, “so it’s really cool to see.”
Each year, the organization produces six to eight musicals, performing at the Nampa Civic Center, Andrews said. As a nonprofit, the organization has always relied on community support to produce its shows. Being in a brand-new space comes with increased costs, and the organization is expanding its offerings and ways the community can get involved and contribute, Fishman said.
A LARGE AND TALL SPACE
At the new building Tuesday morning, Andrews pointed to rows of clothing racks full of colorful shirts, and towering stacks of plastic storage bins stuffed with costumes from past productions in the building’s costume room. The evening before, actors playing nuns in the organization’s upcoming production of “The Sound of Music” were fitted for their costumes, floor-length black habits occupying a portion of a rack.
In the building’s airy rehearsal space, storage bins filled with additional costumes and props reach most of the way to the ceiling. The old building had rehearsal space, but many set pieces had to be constructed outside because they could not fit through its doorways, Fishman said.
“So for 25 years, it was build it outside, move it inside in pieces, move it over to the civic center, paint it, and maybe it fits, you know, because it’s never been put together,” Fishman said.
Actors typically only had the week leading up to the performance to rehearse with the set pieces, he said. Having a large space with a tall ceiling and large door openings is a boon to the organization, he said.
“Here we’ve got a fully enclosed scene shop that they can do all kinds of things in,” he said.
Erick Pew has acted in several productions, directed the orchestra and worked on the organization’s website. He called the new space a “game-changer.”
“It has been a long time coming,” Pew said.
EXPANDED CLASS OFFERINGS, AND A REVAMPED PATREON
To help pay for the cost of the new space, the organization is offering more classes and private lessons, Fishman said. In addition to summer acting camps for children, the organization will be expanding year-round, with weekend offerings, and acting and improvisation classes for adults, Fishman said.
A new music educator is also joining the staff, and will be offering private lessons in piano, voice, guitar, and other specialties, Fishman said.
“We’re trying to get that going because it’s good, steady income for us, because when you take lessons, it’s normally an ongoing experience,” he said. He is interested in hiring someone who could teach lessons in costuming and sewing, he said.
The organization is also updating its Patreon page, which is a platform that allows the community to donate on a monthly basis, with donors getting access to behind-the-scenes content, Fishman said. Proceeds support the new facility, he said.
A SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY
Music Theater of Idaho has always been largely volunteer-driven. Actors help with set building and costuming, and other roles, Pew said. Lead actors might be seasoned, brand-new to the group’s stage, or have acted for a few years in ensemble roles, learning the ropes of the theater, Andrews said.
“There’s something here if you have an interest and passion in theater,” Andrews said. “Everyone starts from scratch every year.”
For Pew, whose favorite role has been playing Tevya in “Fiddler on the Roof,” being an active participant has provided an activity he can enjoy with his wife and his daughters, who also act, as well as a chance to build connections with people.
“It’s just fun to have a group of people that you feel like you can work together and put together a good quality production that brings a lot of joy and happiness to the community,” he said.
Erin Banks Rusby is a reporter with the Idaho Press. She covers Canyon County, including agriculture, education, and government. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/a-long-time-coming-music-theater-of-idaho-has-a-new-digs/article_6cb19bbf-d86f-5e49-be95-4719fa36cee6.html | 2022-07-20T06:07:18 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/a-long-time-coming-music-theater-of-idaho-has-a-new-digs/article_6cb19bbf-d86f-5e49-be95-4719fa36cee6.html |
Nov. 12, 1932 - July 10, 2022
Joan Hardy Whittle passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 10, 2022 at the age of 89. Joan was born in Oakley Idaho on November 12, 1932 to Emily Althera Severe and Herbert Josiah Hardy. She is the second of five children. Joan lived in Oakley her whole life and it is here where she met the love of her life, Robert Dack Whittle. Robert and Joan dated for two years before he proposed to her on the night of her high school graduation. They married on December 15, 1950 in the Salt Lake temple. The young married couple settled in Oakley, ID, where they raised their five children.
Joan's greatest desire in life was to get married and raise a family. She lived a long life as a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandma and great grandma. Joan was a huge supporter of her kids, grandkids, and even great grandkids, attending sporting events, plays, parades, music recitals, and anything else her family was participating in. Her Christlike virtues of love, service, and compassion were an amazing example to all she came in contact with.
Joan was an avid, talented and passionate quilter. She has made countless quilts for family members, humanitarian efforts, and members of her church and community. If there was anything Joan loved more than quilting, it was doing genealogy work. Up until the time her health wouldn't allow it, she was always working on genealogy. One of the highlights of her life was being able to serve a genealogical Mission alongside her husband in Tennessee in 1997 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Joan is survived by her sons: Mike (Sherryl), Jim (Pam), and Rick (Colleen); her daughters: Myralyn (Kelvin) and Ondra (Gary); in addition to a brother, Byron (Beth) and sister, Irene (Leon); plus 24 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren with one more due next week. She was preceded in death by her eternal companion, Robert Whittle; her brother, Allen; and sister, Lorraine.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at the Oakley Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 355 North Center in Oakley. Burial will follow in the Oakley Cemetery. A viewing for friends and family will be held Friday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 at the church and from 10:00 until 10:45 at the church prior to the funeral services on Saturday. Arrangements are under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home, 188 South Hwy 24 in Rupert. A live webcast of the Funeral Service will be available and maintained at the following link: https://youtu.be/STABdKk5a5A | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/joan-hardy-whittle/article_d58289e6-9e51-530d-816f-200fd19bf7db.html | 2022-07-20T06:09:19 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/joan-hardy-whittle/article_d58289e6-9e51-530d-816f-200fd19bf7db.html |
February 7, 1954 - February 9, 2022
A celebration of life for Katina Monica Dickson will be held for family and friends from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the Dickson residence located at 2425 River Road in Heyburn.
February 7, 1954 - February 9, 2022
A celebration of life for Katina Monica Dickson will be held for family and friends from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the Dickson residence located at 2425 River Road in Heyburn.
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Sep. 4, 1926 - July 10, 2022
Louise Marie Gransbury Parker born September 4, 1926, to Blanche Marie Cole and Orval Howard Gransbury, died July 10, 2022. She was the oldest of the four surviving children of Blanche and Orval. Two brothers, Donald and Howard died as infants after she was born. Her parents moved their young family to a farm south of Declo, Idaho. There the family grew to include two brothers, Jack and Keith and a sister Dorothy.
Shortly after the birth of Dorothy, their father died of kidney problems at 34 years of age. Louise was 9 years old. Her widowed mother and four small children moved into a tiny house near Louise's maternal grandparents, HM and Sarah Marie Cole, just outside of Rupert, Idaho.
After graduating from Rupert High School, she attended Albion State Teachers College. Once she completed five terms at Albion, she started teaching. Her first teaching job was a class of 44 fourth graders in Richfield, Idaho. At the time Louise was not quite 20 years old. To be closer to home she soon took a teaching position in the fourth grade at Lincoln Elementary School in Rupert.
After moving back to Rupert, she was asked to be the Stake Dance Director, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Richard (Dick) Parker, who recently returned from the Navy was also a Stake Dance Director. They were married on November 27, 1947, at the home of HM and Sarah Marie Cole, by Dick's father, David Fay Parker, who at the time was bishop of the Acequia Ward.
Dick and Louise lived in an apartment in Rupert for a few months before moving into a remodeled farmhouse east of Acequia and along the Snake River. On January 19, 1949, they welcomed a son, Richard (Rick) Orval, into their family. Then on November 1, 1952, a daughter, Jayne Louise, was born.
Until Rick was old enough to help on the farm, Louise, helped by raking hay. While raking hay she would write poetry in her mind, putting it on paper later.
When Jayne entered the first grade at Acequia School, Louise renewed her teaching certificate and taught half days for the Acequia sixth grade. She also worked as the secretary for the Acequia School. After this she accepted a full-time secretarial position at Memorial School where she remained until her retirement, May 1992.
They lived on the farm east of Acequia until Rick and Jayne were raised. Then they moved to a house in Rupert.
Her son, Rick, wife, Marilyn, moved their family back to Rupert in 1984. Their children have many fond memories of time with Grandma and Grandpa Parker, including camping at Stanley Basin, Christmases, Thanksgiving dinners, trick-or-treating at Halloween, or just going to the house after school.
Her husband, Dick, died in 2006. They were married for almost 59 years. After Dick died, her daughter, Jayne, watched over her daily.
Louise was also preceded in death by her mother, Blanche; her brothers: Donald, Howard, Jack, Keith Gransbury; her sister, Dorothy Gransbury Wall and a grandson, Justus Moroni Parker.
She is survived by her son, Rick, his wife, Marilyn; daughter, Jayne; seven grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren.
She will always be remembered as Grandma Parker. The grandmother who could mend jeans, garden, write poetry, camp, fix hurts, quilt and enjoyed reading.
The family appreciates the kind and gentle care provided by the nurses and doctors at Minidoka Memorial Hospital, the last few days of her life.
Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2022, at the Rupert Cemetery 450 N. Meridian Rd. Services are under the direction of Joel Heward Hansen Mortuary. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/louise-marie-gransbury-parker/article_f0f47a50-9076-5b86-96ef-e62579995cdf.html | 2022-07-20T06:09:31 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/louise-marie-gransbury-parker/article_f0f47a50-9076-5b86-96ef-e62579995cdf.html |
BURLEY – Marlene Esther Smith, an 87 year-old Burley resident and formerly of Rupert, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Rosetta Assisted Living, in Burley, of natural causes.
Marlene was born in Cascade, Idaho, to Lyle and Esther Coleman Prindle. She was the oldest daughter, and took on many family responsibilities while both of her parents worked. She was wise beyond her years and graduated a year early from high school.
She met the love of her life, Jack Merritt Smith, while working at the V.O. Dude Ranch near Yellow Pine, Idaho. They were married on August 21, 1952, in San Diego, California, where Jack was stationed in the Navy. Marlene often cooked meals for half the flight-deck crew when Jack was in port. During her life, Jack and Marlene lived in the Idaho communities of Yellow Pine, Riggins and Rupert; as well as Lakeview, Oregon; Ford and Springdale, Washington; Elko, Nevada; and Whitehall, Montana.
Marlene was a wonderful wife and mother. Mom was an outstanding cook, she loved canning, and she enjoyed sewing. Marlene was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Rupert, she was also an active member of the PTO, Booster Club, Girl Scouts, and was a 4H leader.
She is survived by her son, Mike (Tammy) Smith of Richfield, Idaho; two daughters: Julie (Steve) Cole of Duluth, Minnesota, and Lori Smith and her fiance, Shawn Woodworth, of Boise, Idaho; five grandchildren: Ryan Swalling, Kelsey Swalling and her partner, Josef Moore, Jimmy (Bobbi Jo) O'Dell, Tucker Smith, and Tawni Smith; three great-grandchildren, Ian O'Dell, Mykie O'Dell, and Amira Moore; her two sisters: Sandra Thompson, and Verna Rowley; sisters-in-law, Myrna Prindle, and Myrna Smith; and her brother-in-law, Gary Smith; as well as many nieces and nephews who are too many list, but she loved each and everyone of them dearly.
Marlene was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jack Merritt Smith; and her three brothers: Stan Prindle, Bruce Prindle, and Charles Prindle.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2022, at the Rupert Cemetery, located at 450 N. Meridian, in Rupert, Idaho.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/marlene-esther-smith/article_d26aa0c1-81f4-5f37-b196-13a5c41f9104.html | 2022-07-20T06:09:37 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/marlene-esther-smith/article_d26aa0c1-81f4-5f37-b196-13a5c41f9104.html |
Stetson Lee Walls
Sept. 16, 1994 - July 16, 2022
BURLEY – Our beloved son, Stetson Lee Walls, passed away at home in his mother and father's arms on Saturday afternoon, July 16, 2022, due to kidney failure, surrounded by his family.
He was born September 16, 1994, to Trent Lee and Jenny Michelle (Loughmiller) Walls in Pocatello, Idaho. Stetson came into this world a fighter, weighing in at 2 lbs. 15 oz., and three months early. We were told multiple times that he would not walk or talk, but he showed them; he could walk and talk using his mom, dad, brother, and sister as interpreters. His smile and laugh were infectious. He approached life with bravery, had a no excuse attitude, and an overabundance of excitement. He was our example of how to live.
Stetson loved his family more than anything. During family gatherings you could count on Stetson telling you he loved you, holding your hand, or tapping on your shoulder saying hey, hey.
You could count on him talking about his vacuum and your vacuum; he would often talk others into letting him use their vacuum. He was a big tease and his sense of humor was hilarious. Stetson loved to joke and make people laugh and smile.
When his brother, sister or cousins would get into trouble he would immediately start to giggle. He had a special way of making you feel loved. He told the best stories and secrets and had a special way of conveying what he was feeling. Stetson's best friends were Hunter and Andrea, his baby brother and sister. When his brother and sister got married Sadie and Pete were accepted right into the best friend circle. His love for Cooper, Paxton, Olivia, and Morgan is incomparable. These four nephews and nieces made him so proud. He loved them with everything he had and was always concerned with their milk intake. He looked forward when they came to our home. He would do his little run to them to hug and kiss them. He would watch videos of them over and over and over again.
Stetson had a zest for life and adventure. He was a very social individual. He loved attending school and church and when we saw his peers out in the community they would always stop Stetson to say hello. His favorite activities included visiting his dad at the tire store, camping, swimming, shopping, mowing the lawn, using his sander, and especially vacuuming.
Stetson is survived by his father and mother, Trent and Jenny Walls; his baby brother, Hunter and his wife, Sadie "Bug", and their children, Cooper and Morgan Walls of West Jordan, Utah; his baby sister, Andrea and her husband, Pete, and their daughter, Olivia, of Rexburg; his grandparents, Terry and Dolores Walls and Andy and Debie Loughmiller all of Twin Falls; and his aunts and uncles, Julie and Dan Koyle of Twin Falls, Kenneth and Chelsey Loughmiller of Elba, and Justin Walls of Twin Falls. His cousins include, Sierra and A J Walters, Sydney and
Ryan Frost, Chance Koyle, Quinton and Reta Ward, Bailey Loughmiller, Thaine Loughmiller, and Kai, Gemma, Sophie, and Mia Ward.
He was preceded in death by his nephew, Paxton Walls; an aunt, Marty Walls; along with great-grandparents, Lawrence and Eleanor Walls, Bill and Elaine Rash, Don and Utahna Smith and Thaine and Isabelle Loughmillers.
The funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 2022 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Burley West Stake Center, located at 2420 Parke Ave., in Burley, with Bishop Jeremy B. Haymore officiating. Burial will follow at Rupert Cemetery.
Family and friends will be received from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2022 at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10:00 until 10:45 a.m. Saturday, preceding the funeral, at the church.
A webcast will be available and maintained at rasmussenwilson.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/stetson-lee-walls/article_beeb1616-537b-5ec1-b984-5b140ee7c064.html | 2022-07-20T06:09:43 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/stetson-lee-walls/article_beeb1616-537b-5ec1-b984-5b140ee7c064.html |
TWIN FALLS — Susan “Sue” (Hood) Van Zante passed unexpectedly on July 14 in Twin Falls, ID.
Born to Ray and Phyllis (Lamon) Hood in Longview, WA she was a graduate of Castle Rock High School. She spent her early adulthood in Issaquah, WA and Long Beach, WA with her children Michelle (Jason) Harte and Tony Calabrese, before moving to Arizona with husband James Van Zante, Sr. They had recently moved to Twin Falls.
She loved her family and friends dearly. Susan found joy in everything she did and was always making new friends. She was a joy to everyone who loved her.
Sue is survived by her husband, children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings.
A memorial service in honor of Sue is scheduled for Friday, July 22, 2022, starting at 2:00 PM at White- Reynolds Funeral Chapel in Twin Falls. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/susan-sue-hood-van-zante/article_377ddd19-b5cd-5c23-b3e3-8a0b69130b97.html | 2022-07-20T06:09:50 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/susan-sue-hood-van-zante/article_377ddd19-b5cd-5c23-b3e3-8a0b69130b97.html |
March 18, 1944 - May 26, 2022
OAKLEY — William "Gary" Lloyd, beloved husband, father, and grandfather returned to his heavenly home on Thursday, May 26th, 2022.
Gary was born in Oakley, Idaho on March 18, 1944, the son of Delbert and Vera Martin Lloyd. He was raised in the Oakley Basin with his two older brothers and a band of Martin cousins. He delighted his children with fun stories of his wild childhood in the Basin. His father, Delbert, passed away when Gary was a young child, so Grandpa Moses and Grandma Sara "Edith" Martin stepped in to help Vera in raising her young boys. It was under the tutelage of these three individuals Gary learned his work ethic which served him well throughout his life. As he grew up on the Martin place he learned to ride a horse, milk and work cattle, put up hay and much more. But most importantly, he learned to never make excuses, honor your name, and work hard. These are values he later instilled in each of his children.
Gary attended schools in Oakley, graduating proudly with the OHS class of 1962. While in high school, Gary played football and worked many odd jobs throughout the Oakley valley. Upon graduation, Gary attended Utah State University for several years. He was a proud Aggie. In 1965, Gary enlisted in the United States Navy. He proudly served his country while stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California. Upon an honorable discharge, Gary returned home to Oakley.
Upon his return to Oakley, Gary resumed work using the carpentry skills he'd learned in his youth. He began working as a carpenter in the Oakley area. In 1971, he met the love of his life, Susan Harrison Lloyd. Susan had come to Oakley to teach school "for a year" and she never left. She and Gary were married in the Salt Lake City Temple on March 31, 1972. They celebrated 50 beautiful years of marriage this year. Gary and Susan were blessed with seven children: John (Jaime) Lloyd, Tar (Heidi) Lloyd, Erin (Justin) Tarter, Heather (Kirk) Craner, Jaclyn (Jeff) Preston, Jed Lloyd, and Brian Lloyd. They were blessed even further with 14 wonderful grandchildren: Ryan, Quincy, Tristynn, Kyra, Logan, Addison, Bo, Jade, CeCe, Mallory, Kylie, Will, Luke, and Jaxon.
In 1976, after working for several years building homes, Gary took a leap of faith with his brother Max. The two of them purchased their first set of aluminum forms and never looked back. They successfully worked side by side in the concrete business partnership of Lloyd Brothers Construction for over 40 years. Together with their boys they've poured millions of yards of concrete all over southern Idaho. This business is still thriving today under the direction of the Lloyd sons due no doubt to the strong determination and work ethic Gary learned in his youth and instilled in his children.
Gary was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served faithfully in various church and civic positions, including: Oakley City Councilman, Elders Quorum President, Ward Mission Leader, Temple Preparation Teacher, Bishop's Counselor, Bishop, Twin Falls Temple Ordinance worker, and various auxiliary/group teachers. In his spare time (of which he had little) Gary enjoyed woodworking, gardening, riding horses, and supporting the various activities of his beloved children and grandchildren.
Gary was preceded in death by his paternal and maternal grandparents, his mother Vera, his father Delbert, his brother Kay, his son Brian, his granddaughter Kylie, his father and mother-in-law Berry and Wanda Harrison and his nephew Delbert.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 2, 2022 at the Oakley Stake Center in Oakley with Bishop Ryan Hawker officiating. Burial followed in the Basin Cemetery with Military Rites provided by the Mini-Cassia Veterans. A viewing was held Wednesday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 at Morrison Funeral Home, 188 South Hwy 24 in Rupert and from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 at the church on Thursday prior to the Funeral. Arrangements are under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home 188 South Hwy 24 in Rupert. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/william-gary-lloyd/article_2a1ae613-4957-5a4e-bcbc-a2944ae09deb.html | 2022-07-20T06:09:56 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/william-gary-lloyd/article_2a1ae613-4957-5a4e-bcbc-a2944ae09deb.html |
April 22, 1933 - July 16, 2022
CROWN POINT - Allyne Wisniewski, 89, of Crown Point passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022. She was born April 22, 1933 to Walter and Margaret Woodke.
She was happily married to Ray Wisniewski for 68 years, until he passed in 2021. Surviving are daughters: Diane (Terry) Stratton of Crown Point, and Brenda Luttrell of Benton, KY; granddaughters: Kelly (Joey) Dublin, and Liberty (fiance: Dylan Claywell) Stratton; great-grandchildren: Avery and Nyles Ray Dublin.
Allyne worked as a telephone operator in the era of connecting cords to switchboard, and made lifelong friends there. She loved her flower garden at their historic 1860 yellow house on the corner of Court and South Streets where they resided for over 60 years and she decorated with antiques , lace curtains and doilies. She and Ray enjoyed garage sales for unique treasures. Her joy was their days spent together journeying out on rural peaceful farmground with woods and water with a history of Native Americans having lived there. Her greatest happiness was her family and she was lovingly devoted to them, as well as having special friends and neighbors.
Visitation will be held Friday, July 22, 2022, from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. at Geisen Funeral, Cremation & Reception Centre, 606 E. 113th Ave, Crown Point, IN, with Funeral Mass to follow at 1:00 P.M. Friday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Crown Point, IN, with Fr. Kevin Huber officiating. Interment to follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Crown Point, IN.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in Allyne's name to a charity of your choice.
Visit Allyne's online guestbook at www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/allyne-wisniewski/article_7cd54d74-4b8a-56b4-ad50-49cd87f19e3c.html | 2022-07-20T06:13:47 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/allyne-wisniewski/article_7cd54d74-4b8a-56b4-ad50-49cd87f19e3c.html |
Jan. 15, 1949 - June 30, 2022
HIGHLAND - Bryan M Pierce, age 73, of Highland, IN passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022. He was born on January 15, 1949, to Earl and Mary Kathryn (McMurray) Pierce. He graduated from Merrillville High School in 1967 and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1967-1971. He graduated from Purdue University, School of Engineering, Management, and Technology, with two Associate Degrees in Applied Science in 1978 and 1980, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1982. In 2015 he retired after being employed for 41 years at ArcelorMittal, where he was nicknamed "Bear" by his co-workers.
Bryan is survived by his devoted wife of 47 years, Elizabeth Ann (Nagel) Pierce; loving sons: Brennan Joseph Pierce and Brett James Pierce; sweet daughter-in-law, Hannah Pearl Smock; and dear family friend, Helen Porvaznik. Bryan was preceded in death by father, Earl Pierce; mother, Mary Kathryn Pierce; sister, Cheryl (Pierce) Whittingham-Rose; brother, Earl Eugene Pierce; and in-laws: Harold Joseph and Elizabeth Catherine Nagel.
Bryan was loving, generous, and always ready and willing to lend a hand whenever needed. He was an avid reader, enjoyed crosswords, and sudoku puzzles, coin collecting, and was a keen history buff. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him!
Funeral services are July 22, 2022 from 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. at Calumet Park Funeral Chapel, 7535 Taft Street, Merrillville, Indiana with a prayer service at noon with Reverend David Smith officiating, followed by entombment with military honors at Calumet Park Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cancer Research Institute (www.cancerresearch.org) or a charity of your choice in Bryan's memory. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bryan-m-pierce/article_65fbddde-d012-594a-ab98-bbd6276db4db.html | 2022-07-20T06:13:48 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bryan-m-pierce/article_65fbddde-d012-594a-ab98-bbd6276db4db.html |
HAMMOND - Charles "Chuck" Anguiano, 91, of Hammond, IN, entered into eternal life and passed peacefully on July 12, 2022, with family at his side.
Charles served in the Marine Corp and the Reserves. He was a union electrician at Inland Steel for 38 years. He raised, bred, and showed pigeons for decades. Of which he received countless ribbons, trophies, and plaques of excellence. While continuing his passion for pigeons, in his retirement, he went on to earn an Advanced Master Gardener Certificate and was an accredited Indiana Certified Horticulturist. He worked 17 years at Allen Landscaping; was a Morton Senior High School grounds keeper, and Purdue University Calumet greens keeper. He volunteered thousands of hours of his time to public and government facilities for community beautification. Over the years, he had donated his own home-grown daylilies and hostas to the Master Gardener stand at the Lake County Fair. He loved his vegetable garden and enjoyed sharing the fruits of his labor, especially his delicious tomatoes. He took much pride in his lawn, flowers, and plants, but was particularly fond of his daylilies.
Charles was a member of the International Pigeon Club, Moose Lodge, Lake County Agricultural Society and Purdue Master Gardener Association.
Charles had a contagious smile, kind heart, and loved sharing his horticulture knowledge with all that would ask of him. He enjoyed sharing and hearing funny and individual life stories with all. He is often remembered as the man who loved to "cut a rug" on the dance floor at receptions. He loved life and sharing the beauty and joys of it. The family takes solace in the fact that he was doing what he loved, shortly before passing; tending to his gardens and waiting for the hummingbirds to visit while he watered.
Preceded in death by his son, Andrew Anguiano; sisters: Clara and Rebecca. Survivors: his wife, Frances (Santos) Anguiano; children: Linda Anguiano, Carolyn Schneider, Pamela Wicker (Brad), Charles R. Anguiano, Michael (Denise) Anguiano, Angela (Mark) Szymaszek; grandchildren: Lisa Schneider-(Marvel) De La Cruz, Ashely (Eric) Brown, Charles M. Anguiano, Sarah Wicker, Lisa Beth (Dustin) Cotner: great-grandchildren: Xzavier, Jayla, Adalyn, Genesis, Leah, Isaiah, Noah, Hunter, and Nova; and many beloved cousins, friends, neighbors and colleagues. Charles will be significantly missed by all.
Visitation will be held 3:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M., Friday, July 22, 2022 including Military Honors, and service at 6:30 P.M. at KISH FUNERAL HOME, 10000 Calumet Ave, Munster IN (219) 924-3333. Family and friends are welcome.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations to be made in Charles's honor to the Lake County Master Gardener Association Inc. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/charles-chuck-anguiano/article_bbdea1ca-fae6-56b1-b5aa-43a52e387954.html | 2022-07-20T06:13:48 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/charles-chuck-anguiano/article_bbdea1ca-fae6-56b1-b5aa-43a52e387954.html |
MERRILLVILLE - Daniel Jasinski, 73, of Merrillville, IN passed away July 18, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; son, Jon (Amy); grandchildren: Adam and Roselaina; sister, Kathleen Yonker; sister-in-law, Dolores (Roger) Roy; brother-in-law, Stan (Dorothy) Bennett; aunt, Loretta Kujawa; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and a great-nephew. He is preceded by parents: Walter and Delphine Jasinski; daughter, Jennifer; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Born and raised in East Chicago, IN, he attended Bishop Noll High School in East Chicago and Calumet College of St. Joseph. He was a volunteer chaplain at Methodist Southlake, member of the Knights of Columbus 3rd degree with the Holy Trinity Knights Council 4047, and 4th degree with the Abraham Lincoln Assembly #235. An avid Chicago White Sox, Green Bay Packers fan, and family jokester, he most of all loved his grandchildren.
Friends are invited to visit with the family on Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 3:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at Calumet Park Funeral Chapel, 7535 Taft St, Merrillville, IN 46410. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at Holy Martyrs Parish, 801 W. 73rd Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/daniel-jasinski/article_8c5450ad-9f39-555d-b497-4ed2cbfdd9f8.html | 2022-07-20T06:13:49 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/daniel-jasinski/article_8c5450ad-9f39-555d-b497-4ed2cbfdd9f8.html |
MUNSTER - Elizabeth C. "Betty" Gualandi, age 84, of Munster, IN, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2022. Betty is survived by her husband of 65 years, Clifford Gene Gualandi; four children: Regina (Joseph) Kirincic, Tina (Darrell) Paymaster, Laura (late, Alan) Greathouse, and Juanita Gualandi; grandchildren: Christopher Kirincic, Amanda (Jeremy) Steffey, Nicole Kirincic, and Kavan Gualandi; great-granddaughter, Lilah Christine Kirincic; brother, John Street; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her son, Ernest Eugene Gualandi; brother, William Street; and sister, Jeanette Benetich.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022 at 9:00 am at FIFE FUNERAL HOME, 4201 Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago, IN with burial at Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond, IN. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home and on Friday from 8:00 a.m. until the time of the services at 9:00 a.m.
Betty was a 1956 graduate of East Chicago Roosevelt and 1979 from Calumet College of St. Joseph; she was previously employed by Indiana Unemployment Agency, Combustion Engineering, and St. Catherine Hospital where she worked in security and quality assurance. Betty loved, antiquing, going to book sales, an avid book reader (mainly on the President's), and enjoyed working at book sales and volunteering for the Humane Society in Hammond. She was a long-time member of Good Shepard Episcopal Church in East Chicago. To send and online condolence, logon to: www.fifefuneralhome.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/elizabeth-c-betty-gualandi/article_0c46afe1-c760-50bb-be2e-000b89609353.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:07 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/elizabeth-c-betty-gualandi/article_0c46afe1-c760-50bb-be2e-000b89609353.html |
In Loving Memory of Our Dear Friend, Janice Coulson on her 30th Anniversary in Heaven. Remembering you always, Nancy Kendra and Jackie Jerecki
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In Loving Memory of Our Dear Friend, Janice Coulson on her 30th Anniversary in Heaven. Remembering you always, Nancy Kendra and Jackie Jerecki
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HAMMOND - Keith A. Michelin, age 63 of Hammond, IN, passed away at his home with his family by his side. He is survived by his beloved wife, Jane (nee Zuzich); son, Alex (Sarah Wachowski) Michelin; and daughter, Amy (Carlos) Michelin. Also surviving are his siblings: Mark (Chris) Michelin, Brian Michelin, Renee (Bob) Bush, John (Jodie) Michelin, and Jim (Tracey) Michelin; brother-in-law, Bob Muschelewicz, and his devoted puppies: Tux, Bane, and Auggie. Keith was preceded in death by his parents: George and Kathleen Michelin; and his sister, Michelle Muschelewicz.
Keith was a truck driver for HT Aluminum. He was a die-hard Chicago Bears fan, an avid fisherman, and he enjoyed camping. Schroeder-Lauer Funeral home in Lansing, IL has been entrusted with Keith's care and condolences may be left at www.schroederlauer.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/keith-a-michelin/article_0167f83e-b67b-5275-9c96-736c33f77186.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:20 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/keith-a-michelin/article_0167f83e-b67b-5275-9c96-736c33f77186.html |
HAMMOND - Lynn A. Almy (nee Riechers), age 64 of Hammond, formerly of Highland, passed away July 14, 2022. She is survived by her husband, Robert Almy; nieces: Monica and Kristen; and great-nieces and nephews: Nicole, Hailey, Jacob, and Joshua.
Lynn is a graduate of the Highland High School class of 1976 and of Indiana University, class of 1980. She was employed at Gouveia & Associates in Merrillville. Lynn enjoyed pontooning on Lake Freeman, painting/drawing, gardening, gourmet cooking, and her friends and family.
Visitation will be held Friday, July 22, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The prayer service will also be held at 4:30 P.M. at Burns-Kish Funeral Home, 8415 Calumet Ave., Munster, IN 46321. Please visit us at www.burnskish.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lynn-a-almy-nee-riechers/article_31f6b077-0d82-5bf4-8722-a97c959e2921.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:26 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lynn-a-almy-nee-riechers/article_31f6b077-0d82-5bf4-8722-a97c959e2921.html |
May 31, 1947 - July 14, 2022
BURNHAM, IL - Marlene J. Nordengreen (formerly Przybyla) of Burnham, Illinois sadly passed away at the age of 75, on Thursday, July 14, 2022. She was a wonderful wife, mother, sister and friend who was always there when we needed her. A diehard Chicago Blackhawks fan who was proud to work at the United Center for over 30 years. A truly kind woman who will be missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by Wayne, her beloved husband for 60 years; loving mother to their two children: Paul Nordengreen and Sharon Novak (Anthony); adored grandchildren: Robert Teumer (Erika), Danielle Nordengreen and Sam Novak; and great-grandchildren: Anthony, Oliver and Owen Teumer. Beloved daughter of the late Harry and Estelle Przybyla. Sister of the late Bernadine Nordengreen (Donald) and Ted Przybyla. Remembered fondly by many in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
A Catholic Mass and Luncheon will held on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Mass at 10:00am - St. Florian Church, 13145 S. Houston Avenue, Chicago, IL 60633.
Luncheon at 11:00am - Steve's Lounge, 13200 S. Baltimore, Chicago, IL 60633. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/marlene-j-nordengreen/article_47d1f9cd-f000-5200-be34-1f818c1b26ba.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:32 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/marlene-j-nordengreen/article_47d1f9cd-f000-5200-be34-1f818c1b26ba.html |
June 8, 1930 - July 16, 2022
PORTAGE - Paul P. Barlas, age 92, of Portage, IN, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
Paul is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Barbara Barlas (nee Bugay); children: James (Marjorie) Barlas, Victor (Theresa) Barlas, Anthony (Kathy) Barlas, Annette (Michael) Gallo; grandchildren: Emily (Eric), Julie (Chase), Josh, Ben, Chris, Nicole, Mikey; great-grandchildren: Grayson, Elliot, Cooper, Natalie; many nieces, nephews and friends.
Paul was preceded in death by his parents: John and Mary Barlas; and siblings: John, Mary, Ann.
Paul was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. Graduated from Froebel High School. He served his country in the United States Air Force. After honorable discharge, Paul worked for and retired from US Steel after 45 years of service. During retirement he enjoyed many hobbies including playing golf, wood working and tinkering with cars.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, July 22, 2022 DIRECTLY at St. Francis Xavier Church, 2447 Putnam St., Lake Station, IN 46405 from 10:00 A.M. until the Mass of Catholic Burial at 11:00 A.M.
Interment to follow at Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville, IN.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in to the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Visit Paul's online guestbook at www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/paul-p-barlas/article_c9bb3283-f90d-5d0a-a468-1ac11cf79697.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:38 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/paul-p-barlas/article_c9bb3283-f90d-5d0a-a468-1ac11cf79697.html |
Feb. 5, 1933 - July 14, 2022
LOWELL - Phyllis M. Schroeder, age 89, of Lowell, IN, passed away July 14, 2022, at Cedar Creek Health Campus in Lowell, IN. She was born in Mount Carmel, IL on February 5, 1933, the daughter of Jesse and Thelma (Doan) Lansdown.
Phyllis attended Griffith High School and graduated from Merrillville Beauty College. She was a longtime employee of Strack & Van Til in Highland, IN. She also worked as a beautician at Hair Benders in Highland, IN.
On September 23, 1950, Phyllis married the love of her life, Jack E. Schroeder, Sr., who passed away on April 13, 1994.
Phyllis was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Rensselaer. She enjoyed making ceramics and dry brushing. She also was an avid fisherman and loved crocheting blankets, which she made for all her grandchildren.
She is survived by her children: Jack (Laurie) Schroeder of Wheatfield, IN, Jeff (Patsy) Schroeder of LaPorte, IN, Jayne Peterson of Morocco, IN; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Nancy (Chris) Mihas of Highland, IN.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one brother, Bob Lansdown; one sister, Shirley DuVall; and one grandson, Jeff Schroeder, Jr.
Friends may call at Jackson Funeral Chapel of Rensselaer from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. CT on Friday, July 22, 2022. A Funeral Service will follow immediately at Jackson Funeral Chapel at 11:00 A.M. CT, with Pastor Marc Cohen officiating. Interment will follow at Murphy Cemetery in Morocco, IN.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Rensselaer.
To share memories and/or condolences with the family, please visit www.jacksonfuneral.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/phyllis-m-schroeder/article_64cd5f1b-21fb-55aa-a742-23c304c07502.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:44 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/phyllis-m-schroeder/article_64cd5f1b-21fb-55aa-a742-23c304c07502.html |
HAMMOND - Rexford "Rex" Thompson, age 85, of Highland, formerly Hammond, IN, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, July 16, 2022. Beloved husband of Joan (nee Magda) for 63 years; loving father of Rex (Laura), Debbie (Dave) Hamm, Bob (Beth), Kathy (Mike) Prendergast and Tom (Kim Otero); cherished grandfather of Chris (Sam), Bill, Ryan (Robert), Kyle, Ben (Matt), Chloe, Morgan, Kirk, Matthew (MacKenzie), Nick and Olivia; loving great-grandfather of Mason and Barrett; dear brother to Pat (late, Jim) Jones, Phil (Penny), and Sandy (Lynn Anderson). Preceded in death by his parents: Robert and Edith Thompson.
Rex was born in Hammond and a graduate of Hammond High School. He was past president of the Gavit Booster Club and Hammond Lions Club. Rex retired from Nipsco after 37 years of service. He was a master gardener who took great pride in his roses and perennials and was passionate about doing crossword puzzles. Rex was a true character who found humor in everything and was always ready with a quick joke or funny phrase. Rex recently discovered zen meditation as a way to enrich his life.
A Visitation will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022 from 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Solan Pruzin Funeral Home, 14 Kennedy Avenue, Schererville, IN. A Funeral Mass will be Celebrated at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 23, 2022 DIRECTLY AT Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 7132 Arizona Ave, Hammond, IN 46323. Rex will lie-in-state from 9:30 A.M. until time of service. Burial will follow at St. John, St. Joseph Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice. Solanpruzinfuneralhome.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/rexford-rex-thompson/article_8b56f8b0-8cbf-557a-a891-a4957f37d361.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:50 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/rexford-rex-thompson/article_8b56f8b0-8cbf-557a-a891-a4957f37d361.html |
Aug. 22, 1926 - July 13, 2022
VALPARAISO - Ruth Becker, age 95, of Valparaiso, IN passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Ruth was born August 22, 1926 to the late Helmer and Lillian (Pernier) Christiansen in Hammond, IN.
She leaves behind her wonderful family; two daughters: Cheryl (Joe) Davis of Valparaiso, IN, Valerie Jakelski and her significant other, Ken Bruce of Valparaiso, IN; grandchildren: Jennifer (James) Soper, Alyssa (Rob) Stephen, Kathleen (John) Lynn, Merrick Jakelski; great-grandchildren: Joshua McCarty, Zachary Flores, Jeffery Soper, Isabel Flores, Lily Farmer, Justin Soper, Cassidy Farmer, Chevelle Stephen, and many nieces and nephews.
Ruth is welcomed in to eternity by her husband, Ralph G. Becker; parents: Helmer and Lillian Christiansen; five sisters; and two brothers.
Ruth was a loving and devoted wife and mother. For her, family was first. She loved to travel, dance, and could be ready to go on an adventure in a moments notice. She had that zest for life until the day God called her home. She will be truly missed.
A Pubic Visitation for Ruth will be held Saturday, July 23, 2022 from 11:00 A.M. until the time of the funeral service beginning at 1:00 P.M. at Chapel Lawn Funeral Home, 8178 Cline Avenue, Crown Point, IN 46307.
Chaplain Chris Williams will be officiating. Burial to follow at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, kindly make all donations in honor of Ruth to VNA Hospice - 501 Marquette St, Valparaiso, IN 46383.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.ChapelLawnFunerals.com for the Becker family. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ruth-becker/article_16e7b7e4-e4f8-5b94-8271-db864671cf1b.html | 2022-07-20T06:14:57 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ruth-becker/article_16e7b7e4-e4f8-5b94-8271-db864671cf1b.html |
April 20, 1970 - July 14, 2022
VALPARAISO - Our son, brother, uncle, and friend, Scott Bruce Bogan, passed away at home on July 14, 2022 at the age of 52. He was a 1989 Valparaiso High School graduate. Scott then attended Montana State University for architecture. After finishing college, he was employed at Fanning-Howey Associates. Scott enjoyed being outdoors and traveling, especially out west. One of his greatest adventures was going white-water rafting.
Scott is survived by his father, Bruce Bogan; sister, Mrs. Sherri Anderson; nephew, Joshua Nibbe; and brothers-in-law: Vic Anderson and Jim Nibbe, all of Valparaiso. He was preceded in death by his mother, Joanne (Batzka) Bogan in 2003; and his grandparents: George K. and Esther (Edwards) Bogan and Walt and Dora (Werner) Batzka.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022 from 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. at Moeller Funeral Home, 104 Roosevelt Rd., Valparaiso, with a Funeral Service beginning at 1:00 P.M. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Valparaiso.
Our family may seem small, but we're filled with love and wonderful memories. We take comfort in knowing that Scott is once again with Mom, Joanne, in Heaven. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/scott-bruce-bogan/article_2b14e87b-7b36-57b7-9ae1-b99bd328af0a.html | 2022-07-20T06:15:03 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/scott-bruce-bogan/article_2b14e87b-7b36-57b7-9ae1-b99bd328af0a.html |
PORTAGE - Tim D. Larson, 63, passed peacefully on July 8, 2022 at home in Portage, IN.
Tim is survived by his wife of 40 years, Lori (Aydelotte), his high school sweetheart; and their son, Travis; mother, Julie Bannon; and sister, Julie "Juge" Prentice.
Tim, your wings were ready, but our hearts were not... until we're together again.
A Celebration of Life for Tim will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022 at Rees Funeral Home, Olson Chapel (5341 Central Ave, Portage) from 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. A Memorial Service will take place at 12:00 P.M. with Chaplain Ben Polhemus officiating. Luncheon will follow.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Tim's honor may be made to Turkey Run State Park (8121 Park Rd, Marshall, IN 47859). In the memo line, please write "Tim Larson Memorial". | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/tim-d-larson/article_cd9ab418-617f-5f87-aa12-ae3a4fc638a9.html | 2022-07-20T06:15:09 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/tim-d-larson/article_cd9ab418-617f-5f87-aa12-ae3a4fc638a9.html |
April 23, 1960 - July 7, 2022
BEDFORD, TX - Tonya R. Joy-Soules passed away on July 7, 2022 in Bedford, TX at the age of 62.
She was survived by her mother, Marjorie Pettway; and father, William Joy; children: Alexis (James) Rouse and Logan Ivey; grandchildren: Baylee and Dax; sister, Becky (Allen) Bogue; nieces: Nichole Williams and Jennifer Williams; nephews: Zachary Bogue and Travis Bogue; fiance: George Waddell; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her grandparents: John and Florence Schaefer and William and Blanche Kunz.
Tonya graduated from Chesterton High School In 1978. She became a nurse in 1987 and then in 2011 also became a vet tech. She loved her family and dogs immensely. She was a wonderful and fun Nannie to her grandchildren. We are grateful she is no longer suffering from the years of illnesses she had to endure, but she will be greatly missed, loved and remembered always.
At this time no public services are planned.
In lieu of flowers, please donate in her name to a local humane society or animal rescue. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/tonya-r-joy-soules/article_99c8912e-5d03-506e-a415-03fdad2b4f9e.html | 2022-07-20T06:15:15 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/tonya-r-joy-soules/article_99c8912e-5d03-506e-a415-03fdad2b4f9e.html |
Andrew Nixt, 90, of Greene, died Sunday, July 17, 2022, at the Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City. Arrangements: Counsell Woodley Funeral Home and Monument Company, Greene.
Gerald Nuehring (Mumbles), 78, of Sheffield, died July 17, 2022, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City. Arrangements: Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_56a5c881-3cf5-5f20-9457-af65919420c6.html | 2022-07-20T06:36:44 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/death-notices/globe-death-notices/article_56a5c881-3cf5-5f20-9457-af65919420c6.html |
Gene M. Kuehn
April 10, 1934-July 17, 2022
MASON CITY-Gene Kuehn, 88, of Mason City, passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at Mercy One North Iowa in Mason City.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 22, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church, 100 S. Pierce Ave, Mason City, with his grandson-in-law the Rev. Caleb Suydam officiating. Inurnment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.
Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St NE Mason City.
The fifth of six children, Gene was born on April 10, 1934 in East St. Louis, Illinois to Emil G. and Edna (Spencer) Kuehn. He graduated from East St. Louis High School, Washington University in St. Louis (in three years), and the University of Illinois, Chicago Medical School.
He married Nancy Ann Bucknell and just recently had a family gathering celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. To this union three children were born, Michael, Elizabeth, and David.
Gene served in the Army at Ft. Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas where he was an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Beech Army Hospital. The family moved to Mason City, Iowa in 1965. Dr. Kuehn worked at Park Clinic before opening his private practice in 1972. He soon formed Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology and brought many cutting edge medical technologies to his practice and Mercy Hospital. He even held sex education classes in the late 1960s where each night in Mason City, they expected a small group of 10 to show up and over 200 people gathered. He continued these classes around the state of Iowa. He retired in 2000 after delivering nearly 12,000 babies over his career.
Gene had a love of music and the outdoors and enjoyed gardening, canoeing in the boundary waters, camping with family and friends, and sailing with good friend John Lundberg.
Gene was an Eagle Scout and served as a scout master. Over the years, he was active in Kiwanis, Men's Garden Club, Una Vocis, County Medical Society, State Medical groups, and a long time member of First Presbyterian Church in Mason City where he served as an elder and sang in the choir.
Left to share his memory and legacy are his wife, Nancy, and his children Mike (Karen Chrystal) Kuehn Granger, Iowa, Beth (Steve) Ehlers Mason City Iowa, and David (Teresa) Kuehn Lenexa, Kansas. Grandchildren Rev. Jennifer (Rev. Caleb) Ehlers Suydam, Kristen Ehlers, Stephanie (Brady) Ehlers Swenson, Nick Kuehn, Alec Kuehn, Samantha (Adrian) Ludwig, Andrew (Lauren) Phillips. Great Grandchildren Evelyn and Harper Ludwig, Sawyer Swenson and James Suydam and Baby Swenson coming soon. Sister Marilyn Barr, Salinas, California and brother Don Kuehn, Monte Sereno, California, sister-in-law Betty Bucknell, Belleville, Illinois, and many nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Emil and Edna Kuehn, his father and mother-in-law Roger and Irma Bucknell, siblings Bill (Lois) Kuehn, Anne (Sterling) Campbell, Nancy (Ross) Koepnick, Marilyn's husband George and Don's wife Sandy, and Betty's husband, Roger.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to First Presbyterian Church, Mason City, Instrumental Music Boosters of Mason City High School, The Choral Music Guild of Mason City High School, Una Vocis or to a charity of the giver's choice.
For those unable to attend the service will be live streamed off the Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel Facebook page.
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel 126 3rd St NE Mason City 641-423-2372 ColonialChapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/gene-m-kuehn/article_529160be-6391-582f-b3f0-91bf7ba595a7.html | 2022-07-20T06:36:51 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/gene-m-kuehn/article_529160be-6391-582f-b3f0-91bf7ba595a7.html |
PHOENIX — A young woman's family speaking out, hoping someone will come forward with information about who killed her.
Nineteen-year-old Destiny Hernandez was shot and killed last Thursday in a home invasion near 83rd Avenue and Broadway Road. The gunman is still on the run.
"We just want to find justice; my baby girl didn't deserve to die," said her sister, Marlene Estrada.
Surrounded by candles, photographs, and flowers, Estrada wept as she spoke about the shooting death of her teenage sister.
"She just turned 19 years old last May," she said. "Nobody deserves it; she did not deserve it."
Another person inside the home was shot and taken to a local hospital.
Officers aren't sure what led to the shooting but say it's being treated as a "home invasion."
"My sister didn't deserve this," said Estrada. "I don't know if her boyfriend might've been into something; she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. She's not into any kind of trouble; she was just starting her life."
Despite the heartache and pain, Estrada finds strength in the memories.
"She loved to dance; she loved music," she said.
And she said her sister, who also went by the name "Tiny," was the light of everyone's life.
"She would invite me over to do facials and pedicures and just try to help everyone she can," explained Estrada.
Phoenix police tell 12News there are no new updates in the case. Estrada, though, still hangs onto the hope someone will come forward.
"She did not deserve to be killed; that's what's killing the family the most," she said.
Her family said a funeral is planned for next week; her family said they just can't picture life without her.
If you have any information in this case, please call Silent Witness at 480-witness. You can remain anonymous.
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A former chief at a New York hospital was sentenced after he sexually abused a patient he had been treating at the hospital.
Dr. Woojin Cho, the former chief of orthopedic surgery at Montefiore Hospital, was sentenced to nine months in prison after he was convicted in May of forcible touching, sexual abuse and harassment.
An investigation found that a 22-year-old patient went to an appointment with Cho on September 4, 2020, at the Montefiore Spine Center Hutchinson Campus in the Bronx. While he was seeing the patient, Cho grabbed her chest area and kissed her on the neck and cheek. The 48-year-old Cho also touched her inappropriately under her clothes and put the victim's hand on his groin, according to the investigation.
The doctor saved his personal cellphone number in the victim's phone, and asked her to be his "sugar baby." The woman told her mother about the incident, and then they called the police. The investigation found that authorities conducted a controlled call, during which time Cho explained what a "sugar baby" and "sugar daddy" relationship entailed.
He also admitted to touching her, but said it was part of the exam. Cho added that the woman should keep what happened a secret — and if she did, she would get "a lot."
The doctor was arrested on Sept. 15. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-ny-hospital-chief-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-woman-while-she-was-a-patient/3781868/ | 2022-07-20T06:43:31 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-ny-hospital-chief-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-woman-while-she-was-a-patient/3781868/ |
CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE
Chocolate Cookie Crumb Crust
• 16 Oreo cookies (with filling), broken into rough pieces, about 2 1/2 cups
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
Chocolate Cream Filling
• 2 1/2 cups half-and-half
• pinch table salt
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 6 large egg yolks at room temperature
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (cold), cut into 6 pieces
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whipped Cream Topping
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream (cold)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the crust: Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 F. In bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade, process cookies with 15 one-second pulses, then let machine run until crumbs are uniformly fine, about 15 seconds. (Alternatively, place cookies in large zipper-lock plastic bag and crush with rolling pin.) Transfer crumbs to 9-inch pie plate, drizzle with butter, and use fingers to combine until butter is evenly distributed.
Press crumbs evenly onto bottom and up sides of pie plate. Refrigerate 20 minutes to firm crumbs, then bake until crumbs are fragrant and set, about 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack while preparing filling.
For the filling: Bring half-and-half, salt and about 3 tablespoons sugar to simmer in medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally with wooden spoon to dissolve sugar. Whisk yolks thoroughly in medium bowl until slightly thickened, about 30 seconds. Stir together remaining sugar and cornstarch in small bowl, then sprinkle over yolks and whisk, scraping down sides of bowl, if necessary, until mixture is glossy and sugar has begun to dissolve, about 1 minute. When half-and-half reaches full simmer, drizzle about 1/2 cup hot half-and-half over yolks, whisking constantly to temper; then whisk egg yolk mixture into simmering half-and-half (mixture should thicken in about 30 seconds). Return to simmer, whisking constantly, until 3 or 4 bubbles burst on the surface and mixture is thickened and glossy, about 15 seconds longer.
Off heat, whisk in butter until incorporated; add chocolates and whisk until melted, scraping pan bottom with rubber spatula. Stir in vanilla, then immediately pour filling into baked and cooled crust. Press plastic wrap directly on surface of filling and refrigerate pie until filling is cold and firm, about 3 hours.
For the topping: Just before serving, beat cream, sugar and vanilla in bowl of standing mixer on low speed until small bubbles form, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium; continue beating until beaters leave a trail, about 30 seconds more. Increase speed to high; continue beating until cream is smooth, thick, and nearly doubled in volume and forms soft peaks, about 20 seconds. Spread or pipe whipped cream over chilled pie filling. Cut pie into wedges and serve.
Chef’s notes: Do not combine the yolks and sugar in advance of making the filling; the sugar will begin to denature the yolks, and the finished cream will be pitted. Even a pie made with bittersweet chocolate is fairly sweet — the colossal cloud of whipped cream will see to that — so I suggest starting there and moving to semisweet if desired.
Source: America’s Test Kitchen | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/hunter-pesek-graduates-from-bismarck-state-college/article_a6c56570-57f0-5555-b2db-e10f5ca1531b.html | 2022-07-20T07:02:58 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/hunter-pesek-graduates-from-bismarck-state-college/article_a6c56570-57f0-5555-b2db-e10f5ca1531b.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – As Fourth of July cookouts commence, do you have what it takes to become a grill master for your guest?
Texas Roadhouse shares tips and tricks for grilling out this holiday.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – As Fourth of July cookouts commence, do you have what it takes to become a grill master for your guest?
Texas Roadhouse shares tips and tricks for grilling out this holiday. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/grilling-tips-from-texas-roadhouse/ | 2022-07-20T07:10:09 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/grilling-tips-from-texas-roadhouse/ |
POWERS LAKE — An 8-year-old girl has died following a reported drowning that occurred Tuesday night at Powers Lake.
Authorities were called to the scene at 5:46 p.m. to 99018 Lake Park Drive at the beach where rescue personnel attempted life-saving measures, according to Lt. Keith Fonk of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department. According to Sheriff David Beth, authorities on scene said an 8-year-old girl was pulled from the water at Powers Lake.
Fonk said the call initially went to Walworth County, with fire and rescue from nearby Richmond, Ill., arriving first at the scene. Local paramedics also arrived on scene and performed CPR later transporting the child to a local hospital. She was later pronounced dead. Fonk said an investigation continues.
The latest reported drowning is the second Kenosha County has experienced in a week.
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On July 12, rescue personnel pulled a 5-year-old boy from Lake Michigan after he went missing near the mouth of the Pike River at Pennoyer Park in Kenosha. The boy, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, was reported missing at 6:17 p.m. that day, minutes after a "near drowning" had been reported of an older child who was with him, according to officials with the Kenosha Fire Department. He was found about 45 minutes later with the help of a beachgoer who volunteered the use of his drone to assist in finding the boy. The boy was located submerged in the water 50 feet from the shoreline. Emergency medical personnel performed “cold water resuscitative measures” prior to transporting him to a local hospital; however, he died a day later.
The investigation into the boy's death continues with the police department and no additional details have yet been disclosed. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/sheriffs-department-confirms-girl-8-dies-in-apparent-drowning-at-powers-lake-tuesday-night/article_c9cc5890-07e4-11ed-9b2f-330792dddf85.html | 2022-07-20T07:20:24 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/sheriffs-department-confirms-girl-8-dies-in-apparent-drowning-at-powers-lake-tuesday-night/article_c9cc5890-07e4-11ed-9b2f-330792dddf85.html |
SEATTLE — Wednesday morning, leaders of community groups will meet with the King County Council to discuss gun violence prevention.
Data from the county shows in the first quarter of 2022, shots-fired incidents are up around 16 percent and the number of shooting victims is up around four percent.
"I think it's important to just try different methods. Continue to reach out to communities and see what is needed." said Lynniah Grayson. She started a non-profit called Resilient In Sustaining Empowerment (RISE).
The eight people invited to speak Wednesday have been impacted by gun violence. Many are now working in the community to interrupt what can be a cycle of violence.
Tuesday night, RISE brought 16 kids to DEFY trampoline park in Tukwila. The kids all lost their fathers to gun violence, and are part of an eight-week program, which helps families process grief and heal. Tuesday night was about having fun.
"We just exercise the power of play. We bring everyone together and just have a good time together," said Grayson.
Wednesday, Grayson will speak before the council about how to care for communities impacted by gun violence.
"What RISE focuses on is a holistic approach that intersects with public health in an effort to heal and restore families. That's looking at an individual's mind, body and spirit as a whole and not just focus on the data," said Grayson.
The meeting is the second of three meetings hosted by the Council. Committee Chair Jeanne Kohl-Welles said the council is looking for tangible ideas that can make a difference.
"We're trying to do this very thoughtfully, reasonably, and realistically, to stem the loss of lives," said Kohl-Welles.
"I think [the] community needs to have a better understanding of what's happening and that's part of why I'm participating in this conversation [Wednesday]," said Sean Goode, the executive director of Choose 180, a non-profit that works with youth and the justice system.
Goode said when it comes to curbing gun violence, a key part of the conversation needs to be about changing the narrative. He said much of the rise in gun violence has been fueled by road rage and domestic violence.
"If you factor in just youth who are involved in gun violence, those numbers haven't gone up at the same rate, but it wouldn't feel as though that's the case when you hear about incidents of violence in the community," said Goode, "Also, it's important to us that young people are viewed as possibilities to be developed and not problems to be solved."
He said data shows young people impacted by gun violence are more likely to pick up a gun in the future, which is why both Goode and Grayson hope the council understands the need to protect those who've already suffered.
"You can't lock away gun violence. You can't hide away gun violence. You can't criminalize gun violence and make it disappear. What you can do is make sure young people who live in communities that are too often suffering from this disease of violence have the supports the need to thrive," said Goode.
The county council meeting will begin at 9 a.m.. Wednesday. It will be streamed on KCTV or can be attended in-person at the King County Courthouse. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/community-groups-discuss-gun-violence-prevention-king-county-leaders/281-4b59eafa-ecf5-4ca9-835a-6641e1e8d697 | 2022-07-20T07:37:44 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/community-groups-discuss-gun-violence-prevention-king-county-leaders/281-4b59eafa-ecf5-4ca9-835a-6641e1e8d697 |
ODESSA, Texas — It's not an incident anyone wants to experience, but an active shooter or mass shooting situation can happen anywhere at any time.
"The shooting in the Uvalde school was close to my heart, I have family in the Uvalde area," said Mikala Reznik an attendee of an active shooter training in Odessa Tuesday. "Just being close to home, I said it's time for us to be more informed, more involved, and that's what made this happen."
This is why West Texans gathered for a civilian response to active shooter class.
"Basically what you have is an active shooter represents X, police response is Y," said Danny Brookshire with ECHPD. "What we try to do is train people on how to react when the shooting starts and when law enforcement actually arrives."
In the class, they went over very important things to keep in mind if you are ever in an active shooter event.
"I hope that people will be able to come into a building, assess every building or room they ever enter into and be able to come up with a plan just in case the inevitable happens, because nobody is exempt from being involved in a disaster," said Brookshire.
Always make sure you know where the exits are in any building you're in.
"This really elevated my awareness and so now I have more that I need to be prepared for, and that makes me feel less victimized and more as an advocate for helping not only myself, my family, but others if needed," said Reznik.
After the class there was also a stop the bleed course, which taught those in attendance how to use a tourniquet and gauze to stop bleeding.
"If an incident was to occur, then it's usually your bystanders, it's our community, those are the people that are going to the scene first, you know before the police, before the EMS," said Sirena Watts with MCH. "And so that's why I really want to reach out to the communities is because they're going to be the ones on the scene first. So if I can teach them how to stop the life-threatening bleeding, if I can teach them to stop it, then you could potentially save a life." | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hospital-police-provide-active-shooter-response-class/513-dfd5655c-ca78-4c50-9140-0e57958dd296 | 2022-07-20T07:44:46 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hospital-police-provide-active-shooter-response-class/513-dfd5655c-ca78-4c50-9140-0e57958dd296 |
Recovery grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 will be awarded to 485 artists representing the diversity of Oregon through the Oregon Arts Commission’s Artist Resilience Program, a partnership with Oregon Community Foundation and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation. The partnership, which began with 2020’s Artist Relief Program, invests an additional $1.5 million in support for artists’ recovery from the pandemic, bringing the total investment to $2.75 million. The average award is $2,500.
“We are incredibly grateful to Oregon Community Foundation and the Miller Foundation for their dedication to helping us sustain our artists through these difficult times,” said Brian Rogers, executive director of the Oregon Arts Commission. “In reaching Oregon’s artists, we know we are not only supporting these individuals financially, but also enabling them to continue their creative careers and enliven the cultural environments of Oregon.”
The purpose of the Artist Resilience Program is to provide funding to Oregon artists who have experienced financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic due to loss of income, loss of opportunity or other unanticipated impacts to their artistic practice. The funding is intended to help sustain the artistic practice of professional artists.
A total of 600 eligible applications reporting close to $9.1 million in revenue loss were received. A double review process engaged 47 peer reviewers representing the diversity and geographic regions of the state who reviewed and evaluated applications based on published review criteria: professional artistic practice; impact of cancellations and loss of revenue on artistic practice; and need and access to other resources. A geographic distribution model ensured artists were funded in every region of the state. Artists from all but five Oregon counties applied; at least one award went to every county from which there were applications. An average of 80% of applications was funded from each of the state’s counties.
“In times of crisis, artists help us make sense of our world and stay connected to one another,” said Martha Richards, executive director of the Miller Foundation. “The Miller Foundation stands with Oregon artists in this difficult time because we recognize the critical roles they play in our communities and our lives – they are the foundation of our state’s arts ecosystem.”
“Oregon Community Foundation is thrilled to partner in this second wave of support for artists,” added Jerry Tischleder, Oregon Community Foundation’s program officer for arts and culture. “We recognize that independent and freelance artists are vital to the recovery of our communities, bringing hope and inspiration to the world while using their creativity to help process the collective trauma, grief and loss we’ve all experienced over the last two years.”
The awarded artists represent a wide array of artistic disciplines including: literature (creative non-fiction, fiction, play writing and poetry); dance (including choreography); music (composition and music performance); theatre and performance art; visual arts (crafts, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media and new media); design arts; folk & traditional arts; and media arts.
Coos County artists awarded were:
Kricket Caffery, Lakeside, Theater, $3,300
Lisa Hawthorne, Coquille, Design Arts, $1,100
Sierra Kuntz, BANDON, Design Arts, $3,700
Allen Mautner, Coquille, Music, $3,500
Katherine Moody, Bandon, Music, $1,100
Myrna Paige, Coos Bay, Visual Arts, $1,100
Andrea Pellicani, COOS BAY, Visual Arts, $1,100
Randall Tooth, COQUILLE, Folklife/Traditional Arts, $3,800 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/artist-resilience-program-awards-announced/article_6724c2a2-06c4-11ed-b6ac-7baddc965635.html | 2022-07-20T07:55:14 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/artist-resilience-program-awards-announced/article_6724c2a2-06c4-11ed-b6ac-7baddc965635.html |
Robert Gregory Schutte, 63, of Twin Falls died Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lynn Larson, 87, of Gooding died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding. Arrangements are under the care of Demaray Funeral Service—Gooding Chapel.
Kendall Ryan Morgan, 47, of Hailey died Saturday, July 16, 2022, in rural Camas County. Arrangements are under the care of Demaray Funeral Service—Gooding Chapel.
Richard Lee Rhodes, 34, of Buhl died Friday, July 15, 2022, in an automobile accident in Power County. Arrangements are under the care of Farmer Funeral Chapel, Buhl.
Jim Stewart, 84, of Buhl died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at his home. Services are under the care of Farmer Funeral Chapel, Buhl.
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Billy Ray Spencer, 86, formerly of Burley, died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at his daughter’s home in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Arrangements will be announced by Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.
Homer Dean Giles, 84, of Burley died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at his home. Arrangements will be announced by Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.
Mary Ann Davis, 86, of Wendell died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at her home in Wendell. Arrangements are under the care of Demaray Funeral Service—Wendell Chapel.
Ricky Lee Troxell, 65, of Twin Falls died July 19, 2022, at Bridgeview Estates in Twin Falls. Arrangements will be announced by Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_7cc88228-0571-11ed-b9e1-1b44c6dd27c0.html | 2022-07-20T08:21:02 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_7cc88228-0571-11ed-b9e1-1b44c6dd27c0.html |
The 14-year-old boy who was shot in the head outside an East Harlem deli while saying goodbye to his old neighborhood has died, police said, while another teen is recovering from injuries he suffered as well.
The shooting occurred just before 4:30 p.m. on East 128th Street between Lexington Avenue and Park Avenue, as the teens went to a deli for a few moments to buy snacks, police said. As they were leaving, the gunman was at the street corner and fired at them.
The 14-year-old, identified as Justin Streeter, was shot in the head, and cellphone video showed police desperately trying to save him as he laid on the ground. The teen was taken to Harlem Hospital where he later died, police said early Wednesday morning.
A 15-year-old boy was also shot, struck in the leg by a bullet as he ran away. He was expected to recover, police said, after a good Samaritan helped with his injuries.
Seven shell casings were recovered at the scene, according to three police officials. The suspect, who was said to be wearing a grey sweatshirt and blue jeans who fled west on 128th Street.
There was no information regarding a potential motive in the shooting, which is believed to have been targeted. A witness told police that they knew Streeter, and that the family had just moved to New Jersey. The witness, who did not want to be identified for fear of his safety, said the teen had stopped back in the neighborhood to say final goodbyes.
"They supposedly had moved out to New Jersey to create a new life and get out of the ghetto, and they came to say goodbye to their loved ones and friends. And sure enough it was the last goodbye," the witness said.
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An investigation is ongoing. Police are canvassing for ballistic and video evidence from the area. Anyone with information regarding the shooting is urged to come forward. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/14-year-old-dies-after-shot-in-head-in-east-harlem-another-teen-hurt-police/3781910/ | 2022-07-20T08:23:23 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/14-year-old-dies-after-shot-in-head-in-east-harlem-another-teen-hurt-police/3781910/ |
CEDAR FALLS — A newly adopted contract will allow the city to gain a deeper understanding of the work culture and climate within the Public Safety Department, said Human Resources Manager Bailey Schindel.
The $7,908 agreement with the University of Northern Iowa was approved unanimously by the City Council on Monday night.
The public safety employees will have an additional subset of questions as part of the anonymous and voluntary personnel surveys crafted by the university and distributed to all city personnel.
The public's involvement in the hiring process will be 'very similar' to the last time a police chief was chosen in 2020.
UNI is expected to begin the project this summer. It would take approximately 11 weeks for a final report to be developed.
In response to a query during discussion on a possible contract amendment before the council, Schindel made clear that under this contract all other employees will be given surveys, but they’ll be without some public safety specific questions.
The contract does not mention the Public Safety Department specific questions. But the mission of “gaining a better understanding of its culture and climate” as “a part” of the surveys was highlighted in Schindel’s brief memo to the council.
The city has some 200 permanent full-time and part-time employees. But during a given year, the city sees some 600 W-2 forms because of seasonal staff and other temporary employees like recreation coaches, according to Administrator Ron Gaines.
After the City Council meeting, Schindel said the Public Safety Department will be the only department of the four in the city with a handful of unique questions to answer.
They were included because of past council discussions, she said.
Crews spent about two and a half hours Saturday afternoon putting out two fires there.
Past council conversations also highlighted the desire for surveys to be administered to all employees.
“It will be used to establish a satisfaction benchmark for future comparison, but the primary goal will be to provide the city of Cedar Falls with information targeted at improving and fostering the relationship between leadership and employees, as well as between employee groups,” said the project overview provided to the council.
The proposed amendment came from Councilor Dave Sires who requested that the scope be expanded to include former full-time employees of the last two years.
Council members approved the contract and then voted 6-1 in favor of discussing the possible addendum with the University of Northern Iowa. The institution will recommend whether it believes including those additional participants has value.
There were some concerns voiced about Sires’ proposal, one being that former employees’ responses will “skew” the results of the current employees.
They had fears of a low participation rate, and only employees with negative experiences filling out the survey.
“The people that are happy and carrying on with their life, they’re probably going to throw that right in the garbage,” said Councilor Kelly Dunn, the lone vote against seeking the future addendum.
Councilor Simon Harding wasn’t against the idea, but suggested the results from the former employees’ surveys be calculated separately and not included with those of the current employees.
Schindel noted that the city already conducts “exit interviews, if you will.”
“Staff reviews that information and makes any changes and addresses situations should they arise,” she said. “And that is a voluntary confidential survey.”
She later added that there is not enough data from these past employees to generate a narrative around it and include it within the survey project.
I've covered city government for The Courier since August 2021. I'm a Chatham, NJ native who graduated from Gettysburg College in 2018 and previously worked for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A proposal to develop a taxpayer-backed municipal broadband communications system will be put to voters if the City Council on Monday sets a Sept. 13 special election.
The employee climate surveys will be administered if an agreement with UNI, for up to $7,908 in related services, is approved Monday night at the 7 p.m. meeting.
The city would apply for a grant to conduct the survey that would allow it to “get a better idea” as to what “pockets” of historic properties are there. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-public-safety-departments-work-culture-to-be-given-closer-look/article_bf705832-c68e-5ccb-ae55-849033c8c8ed.html | 2022-07-20T08:34:14 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-public-safety-departments-work-culture-to-be-given-closer-look/article_bf705832-c68e-5ccb-ae55-849033c8c8ed.html |
BROOKINGS, S.D. -- The following students graduated after the spring 2022 semester at South Dakota State University: Bailey Christine Miculinich of Decorah, and Judd Paul Grover of Cresco, both earning bachelor of science degrees from SDSU's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.
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DES MOINES — The Iowa Dental Board has restricted the practice of two Iowa dentists, citing concerns with their competency.
WATERLOO — A Waterloo woman has been arrested for allegedly taking thousands of dollars from the pest control business where she worked.
CEDAR FALLS — A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing pet medication from a veterinary office.
Police attempted to stop the driver at 11:53 p.m. Friday before the ensuing chase through the areas of 21st, 22nd, College, Main and Walnut streets.
WATERLOO — Two robbers fled with cash after holding up a Waterloo grocery store on Thursday.
Five police cars were on the scene responding to a call from the 900 block of Martin Road, which ended up being for a 'non-life threatening cut to an extremity,' an official said.
Tyson Foods is eyeing the former Elk Run Heights preschool as their own day care facility.
Two men were shot in late Sunday and early Monday incidents, sustaining non-life threatening injuries.
Michelle Weidner, the city of Waterloo's longtime chief financial officer, is retiring Sept. 1, officials told The Courier Thursday. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/south-dakota-state-graduates-and-honors-listed/article_f038d0e4-35e1-534e-8c5b-af4d6ae7988c.html | 2022-07-20T08:34:20 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/south-dakota-state-graduates-and-honors-listed/article_f038d0e4-35e1-534e-8c5b-af4d6ae7988c.html |
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa State Fair is kicking off soon and, of course, the food is getting much-deserved attention. It’s constantly one of the reasons many Iowans enjoy the fair.
This year, some of us from the "Good Morning Iowa" team got to judge 10 new fair foods. It’s my first year, so I’ll likely try more than these 10. But, since I was lucky enough to be one of the many judges, here are my favorites for 2022:
- Pork Picnic in a Cup, Iowa Pork Producers Association, $10
This is comfort in a cup! Think of a summer picnic of your favorite foods layered nicely in a cup, great for walking around the fair. The bottom is layered with baked beans and BBQ pulled pork, then topped with sweet, creamy coleslaw with a touch of BBQ sauce. The best part: the perfectly cooked piece of brown sugar pork belly on top.
Egg-O-Fuego, The Cluckin’ Coop, $8
A creative, hearty, Iowa spin to a classic egg sandwich. You get a classic fried egg, but then it’s only up from there. It’s loaded with pepper jack cheese, guacamole, a great spicy jalapeno relish and my favorite part… Iowa’s own Beeler’s chorizo. This has just enough of a spicy kick yet is still friendly for all. The brioche bun is a nice touch. Also a good price point for a hearty sandwich!
Pork Belly Bao Buns, Saigonais Cuisine, $6
The texture of this bao bun was phenomenal. It was soft, slightly sweet and holds everything inside without getting messy. The braised pork belly is the star of the show, in my opinion. But, the supporting cast holds its own. The daikon, a mild and tangy radish, is an elegant touch and the cilantro adds flavor but isn’t overbearing. The first bite packed a lot of flavor. This is a great combination of sweet, fluffy and savory.
The Finisher, The Rib Shack, $10
Whew… where do I start? If you’re hungry, look no further. The Rib Shack really did not come to play when they cooked up The Finisher. It was named this because it’s a dare for fairgoers to…finish it. Let’s start from the bottom. It’s an extra large russet potato, topped with chopped brisket, smoked pulled pork, then add The Rib Shack’s famous Bacon Brisket Mack and Cheese. That’s not all. Top it off with a *generous* amount of BBQ sour cream and garlic rub butter. It’s a big, beautiful hodgepodge of fair foods on one plate. As much as I love the dish, I also love the price of it… running for only $10! That’s a whole lotta food for the price. It’s definitely enough to share with your friends.
Dawghouse Reuben Sandwich, Dawghouse Concessions/Pickledawgs, $10
I’m a sucker for a good reuben. This sandwich packs a more than generous amount of sliced pastrami paired with the Dawghouse Concessions’ signature reuben sauce, a mix of sauerkraut, Thousand Island dressing and cream cheese. It’s all stuffed into a brat-sized bun and paired with a pickle. That sauce compliments the pastrami perfectly.
Minty Moo Parfait, Dairy Barn, $9
Oh, don’t worry! I didn’t forget about dessert. The Minty Moo Parfait is perfect for a hot August day at the fair. The classic vanilla ice cream with a Thin Mint and the cookie crumbles is an instant hit with me. There’s also chocolate syrup to really boost the sweetness. If you have a sweet tooth like me, this is a must! Fun fact: this is the only place you’ll be able to get a Thin Mint at the Iowa State Fair.
Chuckie’s Tenderloin Wrap, Chuckie’s, $11
You can’t come to the Iowa State Fair and not get pork tenderloin. Chuckie’s famous hand-breaded pork tenderloin comes wrapped in a soft tortilla with sweet coleslaw and smothered in a sweet and spicy sauce. The tenderloin is cooked to perfection with a nice crunch, although I’d imagine it may get less crunchy the longer the sauce soaks the pork. But, I wouldn’t know for sure. I ate it too fast! If you’re on the go at the fair, this is very easy to take around. After all, portability is important!
Puff Sundae, Bauder’s, $7
For what you’re getting and the size of this dessert, $7 is a steal. Bauder’s, an Iowa State Fair staple, comes through with their new “Puff Sundae”. It’s two scoops of fresh vanilla ice cream, graham cracker crumbs, marshmallows (A LOT OF MARSHMALLOWS), hot fudge and, my personal favorite touch, a vanilla wafer. I loved the warm, toasted, giant marshmallow on top of the fresh ice cream. This dessert has all the makings of what I remember enjoying as a treat growing up. I can see this being a big hit with kiddos at the fair.
"OMG" Chicken Sandwich, Chicken City, $12
This sandwich is flavor overload. To some, that’s a great thing. To others, it may take some time to process. The "OMG" Chicken Sandwich is bringing the extreme of sweet and savory. You have a chicken breast lightly battered and covered in a sugar coated corn flakes fried to a golden brown, topped with bacon and syrup, then served between a sliced Krispy Kreme glazed donut. Whew! I’d recommend sharing this.
Blue Ribbon Cobbler, Iowa Fruit & Vegetables Growers, $9.95
You can never have too much dessert at the fair! The Blue Ribbon Cobbler has a wonderful base consisting of a classic, made from scratch biscuit that’s so good I could almost eat just that. Then, it’s topped with all-natural blueberry preserves, hand-dipped ice cream, whipped cream and fresh blueberries. For the fruit lovers, this is a great balance of fruit and a sweet dessert. The biscuit is a must-try.
After all of the judges tried the new foods, the scores ranked these the top three which are going to be up for a “People’s Choice” vote at the fair:
- "OMG" Chicken Sandwich
- Pork Picnic in a Cup
- The Finisher
Any thoughts on the new foods? Send us your thoughts.
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POLK COUNTY, Iowa — Two people are dead, including a child, after a chain reaction crash during the afternoon rush in the metro-
The Iowa State Patrol said it happened on I-80/35 near the East 14th St. exit Tuesday just after 5:30 p.m., where traffic was slow because of a different crash.
They said a tractor-trailer rear-ended an s-u-v, which in turn hit another vehicle.
The people inside that SUV, including the driver and 11-year-old, later died. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/two-dead-including-an-11-year-old-child-in-chain-reaction-crash-tuesday-afternoon-interstate-80-35-east-14th-street/524-59dc9f2b-76f8-4f5f-8c21-903e05ae8ac3 | 2022-07-20T08:51:52 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/two-dead-including-an-11-year-old-child-in-chain-reaction-crash-tuesday-afternoon-interstate-80-35-east-14th-street/524-59dc9f2b-76f8-4f5f-8c21-903e05ae8ac3 |
TAMPA, Fla. — No more waiting to catch the perfect wave, an adventurous man-made surf park has plans to come to the Tampa Bay area as soon as 2025.
Peak Surf Park released new photos, renderings and more details about the exhilarating park for beginners, experts and everyone in between who wants a taste of the surf life.
According to a news release, the property will provide a 30-acre surf destination packed with beaches, concert and event venues, bars and restaurants, retailers, education and business facilities, fitness and wellness amenities and more. The surf park is also built to support and implement resources that benefit local waterways and ecosystems, the company says.
"Beyond tapping into the widespread surf culture and introducing a destination to the Tampa Bay area that will draw interest from all over the world, we’re creating a shared experience that every single member of this community will benefit from in some way," Peak Surf Park’s Founder and visionary Tony Miller said in a statement. "Surfing is truly just the start of what we’re hoping to build here."
The company said following a preliminary survey conducted by Hotel & Leisure Advisors, the surf park concept in the Tampa Bay area "was met with unprecedented enthusiasm."
"Amenities that garnered the most interest include the full-service restaurant, rooftop bar, simulated surf machine and surf lessons," leaders from Peak Surf Park say.
In addition, the park is supposed to generate more than $50 million in both surfing and non-surfing revenue in its first year, an economic impact study shows. And by its second year of operation, Peak Surf Park expects to attract more than 800,000 visitors annually. Over time, it's predicted to create more than $1.3 billion in annual business and provide about 700 jobs per year.
The park's patented wave automation derives from an Australia-based leader in pool technology, Surf Lakes.
"The company is revolutionary in its design with the ability to simulate consistent, ocean-quality waves for varying skill levels in a controlled setting," according to the news release.
A site for this wavy park is in the early stages and a number of locations are being scouted. So far, certain factors — feasibility and economic impact — have led the company leaders to two locations in Pinellas and Pasco Counties. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tampa-peak-surf-water-park/67-cd1b16b4-ef32-4106-99bc-d6d5c5d7e3a6 | 2022-07-20T08:52:41 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/tampa-peak-surf-water-park/67-cd1b16b4-ef32-4106-99bc-d6d5c5d7e3a6 |
A 27-year-old Xenia woman was killed Friday in a crash with a semi in Clinton County.
The crash was reported at approximately 7:45 p.m. on state Route 380 north of Katys Lane in Chester Twp., according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Wilmington Post.
Heather Cole was driving 2012 Ford Focus south on state Route 380 when she drove left of center and was struck by a 2021 Freightliner driven by Jeffrey Thompson, 51, of Urbana. Both vehicles traveled off the west side of the road, the patrol said.
Cole was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thompson suffered injuries that were not serious and was taken to Kettering Health Greene Memorial.
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, Chester Twp. Fire and EMS, Wilmington Fire Department, Clinton County Coroner’s Office and Ohio Department of Transportation assisted at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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INDIANAPOLIS — One of Eagle Creek Park Foundation's largest fundraisers of the year, Iron Eagle Paddle & Run, is happening this Saturday. It's a two-and-a-half mile trail run followed by a one-and-a-half mile kayak or canoe paddle capped off with another two-and-a-half mile trail run.
"Anybody can do this," said Eagle Creek Park foundation board member Greg Grossart. "I mean, it's a total of five miles on the trails and a quick paddle out here on the reservoir, so it's as much fun as it is athletic, but you can make it as hard or as easy as you want."
All proceeds from the event go towards the park, which typically raises anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 each year.
You can still sign up for Saturday's event by clicking here. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/eagle-creek-park-hosting-9th-paddle-run-this-weekend-indianapolis/531-2b93462c-1c94-488d-894d-f053dc6ac6e0 | 2022-07-20T09:36:41 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/eagle-creek-park-hosting-9th-paddle-run-this-weekend-indianapolis/531-2b93462c-1c94-488d-894d-f053dc6ac6e0 |
INDIANAPOLIS — On the campus of Arsenal Technical High School sits the main urban farm of Growing Places Indy.
It is an organization dedicated to empowering people through hands-on experience and agricultural education, while also giving them access to fresh, local produce.
NOTE: The above video is from a previous report on Growing Places Indy.
In 2022, Growing Places Indy launched its first-ever Indy Summer Farmers Market.
Shalise Lee serves as the community impact director for Growing Places Indy.
"We implemented a summer market because we saw the need in the community, first of all," Lee said. "Also, with our partnership with SNAP and offering that triple match, it just made sense to offer produce through our farm all summer long."
The Indy Summer Farmers Market is the only market in the state to offer a Triple-SNAP program, also known as food stamps or EBT. This program allows SNAP recipients to triple their dollars at the market.
"There are a lot of families that don't have access to that fresh, local produce," Lee said. "We are in a food desert in this area, and so we want to make produce accessible to all families."
The main urban farm on the city's east side grows all kinds of produce and herbs. Some of the items include peppers, tomatoes, corn, squash, green beans, okra, cucumbers, and basil.
Within the one-acre farm, organizers utilize every inch to maximize the space.
"Back here, we've got our Three Sisters area, which is a traditional method of planting corn, squash and green beans," Lee said. "The green beans will wrap around the corn as it grows up. That's an old, traditional way of growing food and getting the most for your square footage."
Growing Places Indy also has chickens on its main farm.
"Our chickens, they are actually in the coop until 8:00 a.m.," Lee said. "We've got an automatic release."
Lee said Growing Places Indy also has a second farm at White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis.
Of all the produce grown at Growing Places Indy, Lee said 50% of it is donated back to the community.
The other 50% is used for its educational programs, teaching people how to farm from seed to harvest.
Then, the produce is sold at the Indy Summer Farmers Market every Wednesday of the summer.
The market is at 727 N. Oriental St., on the campus of Arsenal Tech High School.
The event runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., with hopes of operating through October, according to Lee.
"Obviously you are going to get that fresh, local produce," said Lee, "but then, you may also find a candle vendor. You could also find a bread vendor, meats, eggs. We try to have an all-encompassing market, so it's like a one-stop shop." | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/growing-places-indy-one-of-a-kind-farmers-market-open-wednesdays-indianapolis/531-97239907-3663-4e6d-8270-cef00cb9b764 | 2022-07-20T09:36:47 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/growing-places-indy-one-of-a-kind-farmers-market-open-wednesdays-indianapolis/531-97239907-3663-4e6d-8270-cef00cb9b764 |
PAXTANG, Pa. — The room was heated at Tuesday night’s borough meeting in Paxtang.
After 18 months of discussions, the borough's council unanimously voted to repeal its fire services and move coverage responsibilities to Swatara Township.
“I’m very confident it’s the correct decision, but I am very sad at this moment," said Jack Thomas, Paxtang Borough Council Member.
In a statement posted to its website, the borough says the move is due to a lack of recruitment and retention by the Paxtang Fire Company.
“It’s really about making sure we as an elected body fulfill our obligation to the residents of the borough," says Paxtang's mayor, Nathan Martin.
Paxtang firefighters say they understand the need to outsource services but don’t get why the borough chose Swatara Township, rather than the city of Harrisburg.
“Even though financially they both cost the same, Harrisburg would be able to guarantee a much more reliable level of service," said Matthew Lemmon, Captain of the Paxtang Fire Company.
The borough says an agreement was on the table with the City, but fell through earlier this year.
It also claims the Paxtang chief, who resigned earlier this month, was involved in discussions.
Lemmon says there was no communication.
“One of the reasons stated for his resignation was the failure of the borough to keep him informed or take his opinion into regard," said Lemmon.
The council insists the community will see no change in service, only in the paint on the trucks responding.
But firefighters, and many residents, believe the opposite.
“I think it’s going to potentially negatively affect response times because the Swatara Township fire house is farther away," said Lemmon.
Residents of Swatara Township also attended Tuesday's meeting to voice their concerns about how the move will affect them.
“We could potentially be losing fire service closest down the street to my front door, my neighbor’s front door," said Gavin Ford, a Swatara Township resident.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — Family members of victims of DUI incidents joined Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in saluting officers from across the region for their heroic actions throughout the year.
“My sister was killed by a drunk driver in 1981, and the last person to have any interaction with her while she was still alive was a first responder, an officer,” said Rhonda Campbell, with Sacramento MADD.
Campbell's sister Irene was just 12 years old when her life was taken in an instant. Rhonda said she looks forward to the annual law enforcement recognition ceremony.
“To them it’s a job, to me it’s a lifechanging thing that we can never pay back," Campbell said. "Somebody was there with my sister. They're removing people who cause stuff like what happened to my sister.”
For example, California Highway Patrol Officer Alfredo Lopez, in the Stockton division, received an award for making the most arrests in the last year, taking 124 DUI drivers off the streets.
“With each impaired driver that is removed from the road, that’s a countless amount of lives saved," said Officer Lopez.
Officer Lopez said it’s the families of victims that he’s most touched by each year at this ceremony.
“It’s always an honor, especially after hearing the impact statements from the victims. It keeps me motivated to go out there and just do my job on a daily basis,” Officer Lopez said.
MADD also acknowledged Deputy John Canepa as the top arresting officer for boating DUIs in the last year.
“All these officers and deputies and highway patrol have worked very hard to hopefully prevent someone from losing their life in an accident because of drinking and driving,” said Deputy Canepa, with the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.
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TURLOCK, Calif. —
Someone who bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Turlock is about to get a whole lot richer!
The California Lottery announced that a winning ticket worth nearly $630,000 was sold in Turlock. The winning ticket was sold at Circle D Liquor on Geer Road.
The winning numbers were: 2-31-32-37-70 and Gold Mega Ball 25. The lucky ticket in Turlock matched five numbers on the Mega Millions drawing, but missed the Mega number. It'll payout $629,182.
The Mega Millions jackpot has steadily grown since someone last won in mid-April.
While the prize money is certainly life changing, it's far from breaking lottery records. Last year, a Mega Millions jackpot cracked the $1 billion mark for just the second time. A four-member suburban Detroit lottery club won that $1.05 billion jackpot and chose the lump sump, receiving $557 million after taxes.
What are the top 10 biggest Mega Millions jackpots?
1. $1.537 billion - 10/23/2018
2. $1.050 billion - 1/22/2021
3. $656 million - 3/30/2012
4. $648 million - 12/17/2013
5. $555 million - - (est.) 7/19/2022
6. $543 million - 7/24/2018
7. $536 million - 7/8/2016
8. $533 million - 3/30/2018
9. $522 million -6/7/2019
10. $516 million - 5/21//2021
Mega Millions is played on Tuesdays and Fridays in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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WATERLOO — Mayor Quentin Hart is one of 40 mayors from across the globe chosen to participate in a leadership and management initiative.
Hart is attending classes hosted by the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative in New York City for four days. The classes are taught by faculty from Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, as well as experts from the Bloomberg Philanthropies network.
Over the course of a year, the faculty and experts work with the mayors in the classroom, online and in the field.
A news release states topics covered in the program include equitable growth, jobs and economic development, poverty reduction, affordable housing and homelessness, transportation and infrastructure, climate, resiliency, and resource management.
The initiative, started in 2017, has worked with 428 mayors, 1,400 senior city officials and 494 cities.
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“I’m looking forward to joining this year’s class of mayors to exchange ideas and discuss how to best approach the concerns we share,” Hart said in the news release. “When it comes to tackling priority issues for Waterloo like housing, equity, and public safety, my team is invested in using data to diagnose problems, collaborating across sectors, and engaging our citizens to address these challenges in a way that makes the most sense for our community.”
He also said the program will help connect him to other mayors and learn about innovative approaches to social and economic recovery. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/waterloo-mayor-selected-for-global-leadership-program/article_5083c4bc-025f-5f5e-9510-1283450c3eb7.html | 2022-07-20T10:04:50 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/waterloo-mayor-selected-for-global-leadership-program/article_5083c4bc-025f-5f5e-9510-1283450c3eb7.html |
ROMEOVILLE, IL. -- Isaac Birgen of Waverly was among the more than 1,400 students honored on the Lewis University Dean's List for the 2022 Spring Semester. Birgen is studying computer science in the College of Aviation Science Technology at Lewis University.
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DES MOINES — The Iowa Dental Board has restricted the practice of two Iowa dentists, citing concerns with their competency.
WATERLOO — A Waterloo woman has been arrested for allegedly taking thousands of dollars from the pest control business where she worked.
CEDAR FALLS — A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing pet medication from a veterinary office.
Police attempted to stop the driver at 11:53 p.m. Friday before the ensuing chase through the areas of 21st, 22nd, College, Main and Walnut streets.
WATERLOO — Two robbers fled with cash after holding up a Waterloo grocery store on Thursday.
Five police cars were on the scene responding to a call from the 900 block of Martin Road, which ended up being for a 'non-life threatening cut to an extremity,' an official said.
Tyson Foods is eyeing the former Elk Run Heights preschool as their own day care facility.
Two men were shot in late Sunday and early Monday incidents, sustaining non-life threatening injuries.
Michelle Weidner, the city of Waterloo's longtime chief financial officer, is retiring Sept. 1, officials told The Courier Thursday. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waverly-resident-makes-lewis-university-dean-s-list/article_332df509-2ce2-5bae-a0c4-f9f8aa4b4801.html | 2022-07-20T10:04:56 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waverly-resident-makes-lewis-university-dean-s-list/article_332df509-2ce2-5bae-a0c4-f9f8aa4b4801.html |
BALDWYN • Saturday Night Live producer and "The Nutty Professor" writer David Sheffield made his way to Baldwyn on Saturday, July 16 to attend a rehearsal of "The Heartbreak Henry," another of Sheffield's creations, and serve as the special guest at an evening reception in his honor.
A Laurel, Mississippi native and "Coming to America" writer, Sheffield has penned many Hollywood screenplays for his lifelong friend Eddie Murphy.
Sheffield is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi but began his education at the University of Mississippi. While a student at Ole Miss in 1967, Sheffield worked at Oxford's Henry Hotel which was as his inspiration for the play's premise.
For the well-known Hollywood writer, this play has been 50 years in the making that he intended to write sooner before Hollywood distracted him for some 40 years.
"It's based on experiences I had as a freshman at Ole Miss. I took a job as a manager of the Henry Hotel which was a flophouse," said the comedy wordsmith. "I met a bunch of bizarre characters there which I couldn't get out of my head," he said.
"The Heartbreak Henry" has been performed in select theaters throughout the United States, each one individually selected by Sheffield.
Baldwyn will see the fourth production of "The Heartbreak Henry," which was originally performed in Biloxi. Oxford and Slidell, Louisiana were the most recent locations for the play's debut.
Sheffield's friendship with play director Christy McBrayer dates back to her time as an actress in Los Angeles.
"I'm excited about this production because I know Christy well," Sheffield said. "She's not only directing it, but she's playing one of the characters who was a waitress that lived at the hotel and worked across the Square at Leslie's Drugs," said the "The Boomerang" writer.
The Claude Gentry Theatre in Baldwyn will serve as the backdrop for "The Heartbreak Henry," premiering Thursday, August 11 through Saturday, August 13. Each evening's show will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Cast members for the production include Gavin Lane of Tupelo, Brad Locke of Tupelo, Alex Wright of Houston, Will Senf of Corinth, Laura Leigh Johnson of Fulton, Carolyn Parson of Aberdeen, Kelan Traylor of Tupelo, John McCustion of Tupelo, Dan Marsh of Corinth, Belinda McKinion of Saltillo, Clark Richey of Baldwyn, Mel Hart of Kossuth, Missie Cochran of Tupelo, Barbara Fleishhacker of Tupelo, Kinzie Mackey of Saltillo, Micah Nieminen of New Albany and Christy McBrayer of Saltillo.
Attendees can purchase tickets for the upcoming August performances online.
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IUKA • Every third Friday for the past 20 years, volunteers have gathered at The Food Depot of Tishomingo County in Iuka to pack cardboard boxes full of food and household essentials.
The boxes are filled with 30 to 35 items, including everything from cereal and vegetable oil to soap and Tide PODS.
The next morning, the back door of the warehouse will be opened as vehicles pull through the parking lot and line the east side of the building, waiting for boxes to be loaded into their cars.
Maxey South, 60, oversees the operation as president of the Food Depot. The Iuka native has been involved for the entire two decades the food distribution service has been active.
Fewer than 15 boxes were assembled for the first Food Depot distribution organized by Harmony United Methodist Church in Iuka. They now produce around 250 boxes per month.
"We just all knew that there was a need," South said. "We didn't realize how much of a need."
At times, volunteers have put together as many as 650 to 700 boxes per month prior to a food pantry opening in Belmont.
South reckons the nonprofit has distributed enough food over the years to feed every person in Tishomingo County four or five times.
And plenty of volunteers, from all walks of life, have helped pack and distribute boxes — doctors, lawyers, judges, farmers, teachers, truck drivers, factory workers, homemakers, retirees. Their ages have ranged from 2 to 90 years old.
"Everybody that you can think of has come and helped with the Food Depot," South said.
In all its years, the Food Depot has only missed a single month of distribution. In 2020, the organization briefly paused its distribution because of the pandemic. Knowing how dire the need can be for recipients, South called volunteers and told them to be there the next month with face masks and gloves on because "these folks need groceries."
Through the years, the Food Depot has hosted fundraisers like pancake breakfasts, 5K runs and consignment sales, but most of its support comes from money donated by organizations and individuals.
"Everything is done on donated money," South said.
Although plenty of young locals already volunteer to help sort and distribute the collected goods, South said he hopes to see the next generation take the reins and oversee the Food Depot in the future.
But most importantly, he wants to see the organization's good work continue another 20 years.
"When people put their name on that sheet of paper that says that they need help, they need somebody on the other end of it to help them," South said.
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TUPELO • Nearly 50 Colonial Estates subdivision homeowners packed the Tupelo City Council boardroom to vehemently oppose the approval of a proposed complex, while developers accused a former mayor of fighting the project to protect his own future development plans.
While no new arguments were presented, the City Council ultimately postponed a decision on Flowerdale Commons to give them more time to study the issue, which has been an ongoing controversy for months.
Oxford-based developers Britton Jones, who owns the property, and Stewart Rutledge want to build a townhouse-style affordable housing development on Colonial Estate Road near McCullough Boulevard. The complex would have 46 units and 107 parking spaces and would cater to renters making up to $60,000.
Former Mayor Glenn McCullough, a developer of Colonial Estates subdivision, and District 3 Supervisor Wesley Webb were among 17 residents who addressed the Council. Both opposed the development.
"Tonight we are placed in the really uncomfortable position of doing what is right for our city and saying no because the code says 'no,'" McCullough said. "My respectful request … listen to the people. These people have invested their money, their lives and their future in the city of Tupelo, and I pray their voices will be heard."
McCullough said the city's development code prioritizes job-creation over residential projects in mixed-use zones. He brought multiple letters from state officials and engineers that he said supported the rejection of the project.
Rutledge, however, pointed out that the same code lists apartments as acceptable as use-by-right in mixed-used zoning.
"The city of Tupelo has provided us two letters confirming the zoning is appropriate for the intended use," Rutledge said. "Our community will be an asset to Tupelo for years to come."
Rutledge also noted that McCullough's sister and business partner in Colonial Estates, Mary Conner Adcock, said during her comments to the Council that the two planned to expand their subdivision by "many more" homes.
"The only reason (Flowerdale Commons) hasn't gone through is because of Glenn McCullough," Rutledge said. "McCullough told us many months ago that he did not want this development and he would do what he must to protect his investments.
"Glenn has tried a variety of tactics — from attacking Tupelo's plainly written development code to questioning the very street in which he has done development — and now has more developments planned, all to use as a pretext for his clearly stated true intent."
Traffic concerns voiced despite required studies
Paula Farnese, an attorney representing McCullough and Adcock, said the planning committee was within its rights to reject the project due to road safety concerns.
"Just because the developer has a different view does not mean that it rises to the level of being arbitrary and capricious," she said. "The Supreme Court has found that administrative actions should not be disturbed unless they are arbitrary or capricious."
The Tupelo Planning Committee last week recommended to reject the complex’s site plans in a split 4-2 vote. Committee member Leslie Mart, who made the motion to recommend the rejection, said it was because Colonial Estates Road could not support the increased traffic.
Most of the speakers at Tuesday's City Council meeting echoed Mart's fears about traffic.
Rutledge, however, presented three independent traffic studies saying the road could handle the expected increase traffic. The traffic studies were conducted after the Planning Committee asked for them prior to the July 11 meeting where they recommended the City Council reject the development.
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The city’s development code states the city “shall” approve any project that meets requirements. The city theoretically cannot reject the developer's site plans because it does not go beyond the code's restrictions.
The Council had planned to take up a vote during the Tuesday night meeting but agreed to place the items pertaining to both the Flowerdale Commons and Tulip Creek, another apartment complex being built in town, to the study agenda to allow for a work session and special called meeting on the topic on July 26.
Not everyone on the Council was convinced the extra discussion was needed.
“On those two items, I’m personally ready to vote,” Ward 5 Councilman Buddy Palmer said during the Monday night pre-council meeting. “I see no reason to do that.”
Ward 7 Councilwoman Rosie Jones agreed, but Board President and Ward 2 Councilman Lynn Bryan said it was important to move forward with the work session and special called meeting.
“We need to talk about potential litigation involved so everyone knows what the ramifications will be,” he told the Council on Monday.
After last week's Planning Committee meeting, McCullough went to the Mississippi Home Corporation Board meeting in Jackson. He requested the board pull the tax incentives for the project.
“In every capacity, I’ve been sued,” McCullough said during the Home Corporation meeting. “I haven’t lost yet. And we’re not going to lose this.”
Rutledge repeatedly has declined to comment on the possibility of litigation.
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This landlord did not pay $1.7M in water bills. Residents at 1,400 homes may lose water.
When Ruth Stoner, 33, saw a water disconnection notice hanging on her front door Monday morning, she thought, “Not again.” The Capital Place apartment resident had already lost water for almost a day in February when her absentee landlord failed to pay $1.3 million in utility bills.
Like Stoner, residents at 1,400 Indianapolis apartments received notice this week from Indianapolis utility provider Citizens Energy Group that their water and utilities will be shut off on Sept. 30, because their landlord JPC Affordable Housing Foundation has failed to pay $1.7 million in utility bills, according to Citizens Energy Group.
"It is aggravating," said Stoner.
The city and residents fear that if the water is eventually shut off, it could lead to mass displacement on a scale “unheard of outside of a natural disaster,” Indianapolis Mayor's chief of staff Taylor Schaffer told IndyStar.
City officials saythey are exploring all options, including legal action, to prevent a utility shut-off.
Without water at the homes, the health department could step in, find the apartments in violation of health code, and seek emergency evictions. Residents told IndyStar they already looking for other places to live but are struggling to find homes within their price range.
The landlord, apartment giant JPC Affordable Housing and its affiliate Berkley Commons LLC, is part of a national web of companies that are collectively responsible for over 8,300 housing violations in Indianapolis during a six-year period from 2015 to Aug 2021, IndyStar previously found. They previously owned the beleaguered Lakeside Pointe at Nora complex that IndyStar found in a previous investigation was left to fall into disrepair over several years.
Citizens Energy Group say they have to cut off the water to protect other customers from the cost of JPC's unpaid bills.
“We are reluctant to do this,” Citizens Energy Group spokesperson Dan Considine said. “In the 11 years we’ve owned the water utility, we’ve never had to do this before but we’ve never seen behavior like this before from an apartment owner.”
The four apartment complexes affected by the most recent water disconnection notice are Woods At Oak Crossing and Covington Square Apartments on the westside, and Capital Place Apartments andBerkley Commons on the southside.
The water disconnection threat is the latest development in a year-long saga that has plagued the city, state and public utility company. The three filed a coordinated legal action against JPC in April to attempt to pressure the group into addressing mismanagement or selling the apartment complexes to new owners altogether.
Citizens Energy Group had sued JPC to secure repayment for what was then $1.3 million in unpaid utility bills. The landlord didn’t respond within the allotted time, so the court ruled in Citizens’ favor by default on May 17 and ordered JPC to pay $1.5 million in damages, plus treble damages of about $3 million and attorney fees to Citizens.
But JPC has continued to refuse to pay Citizens Energy Group, Considine told IndyStar.
The President of JPC, Oron Zarum, and his lawyers did not respond to an IndyStar request for comment. But the apartment owners have filed a motion to set aside the default judgment, disputing the amount that Citizens alleges to be owed.
Zarum claimed in a May 20 affidavit that the company did not receive rental payments from the “overwhelming majority” of tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent eviction moratorium, which “made it impossible” for the company to pay Citizens Energy Group for any services.
The company provided no evidence to support this claim beyond Zarum’s affidavit.
Residents aren’t buying it. Stoner and four other residents interviewed by IndyStar said they always pay their rent on time. Stoner said she pays $50 each month for utilities in her monthly rental payments. At all these properties, water costs are included in the rent.
This means that even if residents make rental and utility payments each month, there is no guarantee any money will go to Citizens Energy Group.
Considine said Citizens is moving ahead with shutting off the water because JPC’s unpaid bills have grownabout $100,000 a month since April.
The unpaid bills owed for each apartment complex, totaling $1.7 million, are:
- Berkley Commons: $461,083
- Capital Place: $761,215
- Woods at Oak Crossing: $455,832
- Covington Square: $54,409
City calls water disconnection notice premature and counterproductive
Mayor Joe Hogsett said in a statement that the best way to protect residents and ensure repayment of bills is through the city's coordinated legal strategy launched in April with Citizens Energy Group and the Indiana Attorney General, not by threatening to disconnect the water.
City deputy corporation counsel Matt Giffin called Citizens’ actions “premature.” He said that the notice could potentially alarm residents, lead them to make other housing arrangements or make them worry about the stability of their housing.
City officials said they were “disappointed” and “surprised” by Citizens Energy Group’s decision to threaten to shut off thewater because, Schaffer said, they have seen some “measure of progress” in the three lawsuits.
JPC and its affiliates had, until August of last year, owned eight apartment complexes in Indianapolis. They sold four, two in August last year and two in March this year.
Many residents at the four properties are low-income. JPC advertises itself as a non-profit organization providing affordable housing to low-income tenants, and receives tax exemptions, based on their most recent IRS non-profit tax filing in 2019.
Residents distraught, angry, but many have nowhere else to go
Single mom Brianna Bible, 37, said almost every neighbor she has talked to has started looking for a new place to live, expecting that come the end of September, they will have to move out. She said she has no faith that the landlord or property management will resolve the situation when they have never addressed tenants’ basic needs in the past.
Her Woods at Oak Crossing ground floor apartment has had a broken window since she moved in in January, but nothing has been done despite her reporting the problem to maintenance staff.
“They have no history of taking care of this,” Bible said. “I feel completely distraught. I have no trust in the management.
She said she feels completely ignored by the management staff in the leasing office.
“It’s like our voices don’t matter.”
Now, Bible, who pays $679 in rent, is afraid she will be unable to find an apartment she can afford in her children’s school district.
Jose Carillo, 22, grew up at Capital Place apartments. He's moved out but his parents still live there. It is a close-knit community, many of whom are low-income Hispanic immigrants. But the living conditions have declined in the eight years since his family moved in and he said it is only getting worse.
“I don’t think anyone wants to be here,” Carillo said. “They are here out of necessity."
Many residents, who are on fixed-income or low-income, can’t afford to move anywhere else, said Woods at Oak Crossing resident Robin Young, 40, who has lived there for 12 years but who has been looking for apartments since April.
"A one-bedroom apartment starts at $1,089," she said. "It's becoming apparent that tenants have no voice and they have to just take whatever treatment their landlords offered."
What’s next?
Not only does threatening to disconnect the water run counter to protecting residents, City deputy corporation counsel Giffin said, it may not work.
“We don’t think the apartment owners are responsive to that kind of threat because it doesn’t affect them,” he told IndyStar. “It affects the residents.”
The city said their plan is to move forward with the city’s lawsuit against JPC and its affiliates, put pressure on the landlords, and pursue a “global resolution to this case.”
One possibility, Schaffer said, could be pressuring the apartment owners to sell the property, which proved to be a solution for Lakeside Pointe, which was bought by new owners in March who have since improved conditions.
The last time a water disconnection at a large apartment complex happened, Schaffer said, was in 2014 at the long-troubled Oaktree Apartments. Then, it only affected 46 residents.
Schaffer said the Office of Public Health and Safety is beginning to work with service providers to begin coordinated outreach to residents at the four properties threatened with water disconnection.
When Berkley Commons and Capital Place apartments lost water in February for almost a day, the city stepped in and paid $850,000 of JPC’s bill to Citizens Energy Group to restore water service.
They said they won’t do it again.
“In addition to not having funding sources that would allow us to make this large of a payment on behalf of one property owner, we do not currently have confidence that Citizens shares our priorities in ensuring that the residents of these buildings do not lose their utility service,” city spokesperson Mark Bode told IndyStar. “Without that confidence, we cannot be sure that additional money addressing past-due bills would be well spent.”
Citizens said that should the utility disconnections proceed on Sept. 30, it will work closely with agencies assisting customers with relocation and, whenever possible, will waive utility connection fees associated with new service accounts.
Caught in the cross-fire, residents are desperate for a solution.
“I hope they just hurry up and pay it,” Stoner said. “We’re in the dark about everything going on.”
Contact IndyStar reporter Ko Lyn Cheang at kcheang@indystar.com or 317-903-7071. Follow her on Twitter: @kolyn_cheang. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/marion-county/2022/07/20/indianapolis-landlord-jpc-apartments-get-water-disconnection-notices-affordable-housing/65376402007/ | 2022-07-20T10:15:46 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/marion-county/2022/07/20/indianapolis-landlord-jpc-apartments-get-water-disconnection-notices-affordable-housing/65376402007/ |
Authorities say North Texas wildfires continue to grow amid sweltering temperatures and dry conditions after burning at least 12 structures.
The Texas A&M Forest Service says the Chalk Mountain Fire about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth is the largest active Texas wildfire after growing by 2,000 acres Tuesday to 6,000 acres.
The Red Cross has already mobilized to the wildfire zone with supplies and volunteers to help people in need.
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TURLOCK, Calif. —
Someone who bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Turlock is about to get a whole lot richer!
The California Lottery announced that a winning ticket worth nearly $630,000 was sold in Turlock. The winning ticket was sold at Circle D Liquor on Geer Road.
The winning numbers were: 2-31-32-37-70 and Gold Mega Ball 25. The lucky ticket in Turlock matched five numbers on the Mega Millions drawing, but missed the Mega number. It'll payout $629,182.
The Mega Millions jackpot has steadily grown since someone last won in mid-April.
While the prize money is certainly life changing, it's far from breaking lottery records. Last year, a Mega Millions jackpot cracked the $1 billion mark for just the second time. A four-member suburban Detroit lottery club won that $1.05 billion jackpot and chose the lump sump, receiving $557 million after taxes.
What are the top 10 biggest Mega Millions jackpots?
1. $1.537 billion - 10/23/2018
2. $1.050 billion - 1/22/2021
3. $656 million - 3/30/2012
4. $648 million - 12/17/2013
5. $555 million - - (est.) 7/19/2022
6. $543 million - 7/24/2018
7. $536 million - 7/8/2016
8. $533 million - 3/30/2018
9. $522 million -6/7/2019
10. $516 million - 5/21//2021
Mega Millions is played on Tuesdays and Fridays in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Feeling the heat: Stark pools reduce swim lessons, hours amid lifeguard shortage
Brian Ohm expected summer to bring a much-needed reprieve to short-staffed pools of the YMCA of Western Stark County as high school and college students looked for jobs.
"I was very excited coming into summer to finally kind of get that fixed and be ready to go," said Ohm, the program director of aquatics and youth sports at the Y. He served as a lifeguard between 20 and 25 hours a week in the fall of 2021 to help fill the gaps left by a shrunken workforce.
But that hasn't happened.
"We're getting by, but we're looking like we're going to be back to square one here soon," he said.
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The agency is not alone in its struggle to find lifeguards. Pools across the U.S. and in Stark County have struggled amid a national lifeguard shortage. Not only has this issue forced pools to adjust their hours, but it's also affected their swimming lessons.
Many pools have reduced the number of swim classes typically offered in response to the problem — and in some cases stopped providing them altogether.
Lifeguard shortage hits Stark County pools
The lack of lifeguards appears to affect nearly every part of the county.
"I think all of our branches, especially our Dogwood outside pool that is a partnership with the city of North Canton, we've been low all year," said Brandon Bussey, director of marketing and communications for the YMCA of Central Stark County.
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The YMCA increased pay rates this year in an effort to attract workers, Bussey said, but it has not made a significant difference.
"Some of our pools have had to adjust hours. So we have some pools that are closed during the middle of the day, some pools that are closed a little bit earlier or opening a little bit later," he said.
In western Stark, the Massillon Family and Towpath Trial YMCAs have also struggled to fill their rosters. Ohm said they have about 10 to 12 lifeguards on staff compared to 15 to 20 during a normal summer season.
"It's been very up and down," he said. "So we came into the summer looking pretty good for the first time in a while. What ends up happening, it seems that the kids we bring on, they don't enjoy it, they get bored of it, they leave or they find a job that pays more than we offer."
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Many communities across the U.S. are struggling to hire lifeguards to watch over their pools and beaches. New York City's parks department canceled its free outdoor swim lesson program this summer because of the shortage, and many public pools have reduced their normal hours.
One of the biggest challenges in attracting lifeguards is that they must receive certification and pass a swim test. This adds a layer of complication to the hiring process, Ohm said, because other job opportunities don't require employees to go through this type of training for an entry-level position.
To become a Red Cross certified lifeguard, a prospective employee must be able to swim 300 yards nonstop with a front crawl or a breaststroke, tread water for two minutes without the use of their arms and retrieve a 10-pound dive weight from a seven-foot-deep pool, swim 20 yards with the weight using only their legs and get out of the pool without the use of a ladder within 100 seconds.
Lifeguard certification classes can cost anywhere between $100 and $500.
"We're offering to pay for training and cover that, but it's still hard to get people in the door," Ohm said.
Swim lessons limited by lifeguard shortage
Fewer lifeguards has meant fewer swim classes.
Ohm estimated that staffing shortages have reduced lessons at the YMCA by about one-fourth this summer.
The Massillon Family YMCA and Towpath Trail YMCA previously held swim classes at both facilities, but is holding them in Navarre only this year.
Susan Scheetz, swim lesson coordinator and lead instructor at the Towpath Trail YMCA, said some swim instructors also work as lifeguards, which can create challenges when they are pulled to cover lifeguard shifts.
"I've been lucky to recruit some parent volunteers, so I stay within our ratios with an extra body with hands and eyes on the kids. ... We make it work. It's not an ideal situation, but it's better than not offering any swim classes," she said.
Scheetz said she has seen an increase in the demand for swim classes.
"I'm busy with private lessons. People that couldn't get into classes or the days or the times that we offer our group classes didn't work for them. ... I have several other people plus myself teaching private one-on-one or buddy lessons," she said.
Bussey said several YMCA branches have reduced the number of classes they offer and have larger class waitlists this year than in previous ones. The agency tries to recruit workers in a variety of ways, he said, including through social media and online job listing platforms like Handshake.
Still, it has been difficult finding people who are interested in getting certified to teach swim lessons.
"We're definitely down in that area as well, and we've tried to recruit people of all ages to come be involved with that," Bussey said.
Minerva's municipal swimming pool is not offering swimming lesson this season.
The village's Service Director James Williams said in an email that Minerva has 13 lifeguards on its roster, including a manager and assistant manager and two lifeguards who work only if they are needed and available at the time.
This is four fewer lifeguards than ideal, Williams said.
Pool operations have not been affected by the shortage, he said, but Minerva's pool is not having swim classes because there is no longer a certified swimming instructor on the roster.
Not every pool in Stark County is struggling amid the shortage.
The Robertson Community Center pool in Alliance hasn't had problems with staffing lifeguards or swimming instructors, Parks Director Kim Cox said.
"We have been very fortunate to have enough guards for our pool. Honestly, it has been a problem in the past at times. ... As of right now, we have a really good core base of kids in the community that have been making sure the shifts all get filled," she said.
Cox said the pool has been working with the Y to offer lifeguard certification. She said the agencies share the lifeguards, and the partnership has been a "win" for both parties.
Alliance's pool has eight lifeguards on staff, she said.
"I have a smaller pool in regards to a lot of communities, so that might be (why) because I know there's a lot of waterpark-type pools that require a lot more coverage area, so staffing I can see would be an issue," Cox said.
How will the lifeguard shortage affect pools long-term?
Ohm said one of his concerns is how the lifeguard shortage will continue heading into the fall. Several lifeguards on the Y's staff are high school and college students. They won't be available to work again until winter break.
This is also a concern for Joan Rehfus, who works as the bookkeeper at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. Her responsibilities include scheduling swim meets and lifeguards.
Rehfus said the natatorium was undergoing renovations in March 2020 when the pandemic hit, and the facility is only now starting to get back to its normal staffing levels.
"We were good for the spring and summer, but I think come the fall and winter again, we're going to be hurting because a lot of our kids, a lot of our lifeguards are high school swimmers," she said.
The natatorium wanted to offer swimming lessons last fall, she said, but was unable to because of a lack of instructors.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to do our fall lessons again in the evenings when we start back up," Rehfus said.
Ohm said he worries how the shortage will affect swimming operations nationwide in the long term. Lifeguarding may not always be the most exciting job, he said, but it can save lives.
"It's a super important job, and I'd rather have somebody in a chair than have signs posted saying 'swim at your own risk,'" he said.
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5 Delaware organizations seek grant money to impact local communities. Here's how to help.
Delaware has five organizations applying for grants through the Gannett Foundation’s A Community Thrives program. Whether or not they make it to the next step depends on how much they can raise through crowdfunding in the next few weeks.
Organizations in the program are in the running for 16 project grants — including three $100,000 grants, seven $50,000 grants and six $25,000 grants — as well as community operating grants that start at $2,500 each.
To qualify for final consideration, nonprofits must first raise either $3,000 or $6,000 in matching funds, depending on their size.
The crowdfunding program began July 18 and continues through Aug. 12.
Here are Delaware's applicants and how they plan to use the money. Click on the heading of each organization to reach their donating pages.
ChristianaCare Health Services Inc., Wilmington
ChristianaCare serves residents of all ages in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and centers on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs.
The organization includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals, a freestanding emergency department, and more.
ChristianaCare partners with communities to increase access to care, remove administrative burden and barriers for patients and caregivers and optimize care models to reduce out-of-pocket expenses for patients.
As part of their Community Thrives application, they plan to enhance adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology care in the mid-Atlantic through a collaboration with Nemours Children’s Health.
This collaborative effort will create a standard to identify, track and manage newly diagnosed AYA oncology patients across the continuum of care, integrate new and existing services, identify and address unique AYA psychosocial issues and enroll new patients into the AYA program.
With current data indicating approximately 3,300 AYA oncology patients in Delaware over the last 5 years, ChristianaCare believes this new collaboration could impact the majority of patients in their program while recognizing possible unmet needs.
Funding from the Community Thrives program would contribute to virtual or hybrid AYA oncology patient networking and focus groups, help implement a mentoring program for younger patients, train dedicated staff to help inform those in inpatient and outpatient settings, develop an AYA oncology consult service to improve treatment and management for patients and more.
Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Wilmington
The Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council (DCRAC) works to ensure every Delawarean has equal access to equitable resources and high-quality services needed to participate in mainstream banking and legal systems, build financial stability and accrue generational wealth.
They hold Delaware’s big banks accountable for the Community Reinvestment Act commitments and ensure state residents have equitable access to legal and financial systems, and advocate for and operate the Money School, DCRAC Law and Stepping Stones Community Federal Credit Union.
Serving about 3,500 low-income, largely minority Delawareans annually, DCRAC wants to raise money to increase property ownership among minorities. Their project application, titled “advancing minority property ownership through titling heirs’ property and estate planning,” details a plan for resolving tangled land titles for clients and helping them restore their assets.
Based on every $10,000 raised, the organization can take on one new client to bring each property back into its highest and best use and improve the community’s economic well-being.
The DCRAC ensures each client has barriers removed, is economically mobile and is on a path to build wealth, including creating a savings account, guaranteeing sustainable home ownership and taking steps to maintain and preserve their wealth.
Delaware Manufactured Homeowners Association, Millsboro
The Delaware Manufactured Homeowners Association (DMHOA) promotes, represents, preserves and enhances the interests and rights of manufactured homeowners on leased land throughout the state.
The organization works with homeowners, and entire developments, to form new homeowners' associations or protect existing ones and holds training sessions around Delaware.
They also aid homeowners in learning about their rights and obligations, help with rent arbitrations, decrease evictions and remedy issues brought on by the latest economic problems that adversely impact residents such as the pandemic and inflation.
The DMHOA applied for a Community Thrives grant to help enhance their state-wide communications.
Mondy raised from the program would contribute to increasing the group’s communications in the form of mailing material, travel, advertising and media, one-on-one meetings and continued training sessions.
Ingleside Homes Inc., Wilmington
Ingleside Homes Inc.’s mission is to provide affordable housing, healthcare and supportive social services to low- to moderate-income seniors, and has been doing so since 1954.
Some of their services include the Ingleside Retirement Homes since 1971, Ingleside Home Healthcare since 2005 and Ingleside Assisted Living since 2006, which provide independent living spaces to seniors, daily meals, transportation and a variety of other home health activities or supportive social services.
The organization is crowdfunding for their “benevolence” project, a program that provided “gap” funding for critically needed services for the very low-income elderly, which is the difference between government subsidies and the actual cost of the services.
Each year, Ingleside distributes approximately $160,000 to support the program and covers subsidies for three hot meals per day, clothing, transportation, personal care services and items and “gap insurance” to pay for medications.
Ingleside aims to provide shelter, assistance and related living needs for at least 45 frail and low-income elderly citizens, mostly Black, who have been victimized by family through abuse, neglect, theft of their social security or senior benefits and more.
NERDiT Foundation, Wilmington
NERDiT CARES is dedicated to closing the digital divide within communities, while teaching digital literacy, through education, entrepreneurship and social good.
Their efforts exist to advance opportunities in education, careers and entrepreneurship, with wealth consisting of business owners within the communities who continue their mission.
They offer pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship and device donation and primarily serve low-income populations, minority communities, justice involved and TANF eligible individuals. So far, they have graduated 45 pre-apprentices, with 68% of them men, 32% women and 65% being persons of color.
NERDiT also recycles or donates all devices and equipment used in its programs and assists with record expungement, literacy and language barriers and connecting to post-secondary education.
The organization is seeking a Community Thrives grant for their “NERDiT CARES Workforce Initiative,” a workforce development program targeting communities lacking digital literacy and access. At the end of the program, students graduate with three certifications and hands-on tech repair experience, allowing them to enter the workforce at an entry level IT position or work toward an entrepreneurship opportunity with the NERDiT Ecosystem.
Funding would help the team continue serving a cohort per quarter and allow then to eventually supply even more individuals with their offerings, while expanding their program to other parts of the tech field. Currently, they seek to serve 25 individuals from the ages of 17 to 50. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/20/delaware-nonprofits-are-in-the-running-for-thousands-in-grant-money/65376881007/ | 2022-07-20T11:24:03 | 0 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/20/delaware-nonprofits-are-in-the-running-for-thousands-in-grant-money/65376881007/ |
This hot and muggy weather is here to stay. How to stay cool, safe while out in the sun
It’s never a good feeling when the words "oppressive heat" slide into the National Weather Service’s forecast.
Heat indices are expected to rise above 100 degrees throughout Delaware this week, but the weather service is reporting especially widespread and hazardous heat in southern Delaware and at the beaches.
Meteorologists report that the highest temperatures and dew points will arrive on Wednesday and Thursday, and this hot weather is bringing a risk of heat exhaustion throughout the weekend and into Monday.
The Rehoboth Beach area is expected to see a high temperature near 87 on Wednesday and 91 on Thursday, but it will likely feel much warmer with rising humidity levels. While the weather service is predicting a slight chance of thunderstorms on Thursday, the clouds and rain are expected to stay away for most of the week and weekend.
This heat wave isn’t completely out of the norm when compared to the previous two summers as mid-July included multiple days above 90 degrees. Still, meteorologists warn that the combined high temperatures and dew points could make for dangerous conditions.
The good news is it is almost always a little cooler on the coast – that’s why everyone flocks to the beach when it’s scorching hot, right? But even though people can cool off in the ocean, lifeguards and medical professionals remind beachgoers that they are still at risk of heat-related health concerns.
Jeff Giles, Rehoboth Beach Patrol Captain, said the lifeguards are already stocking up on ice and preparing for the hot weekend ahead.
“The hotter it is, it seems like the more medical calls we get,” Giles said, adding that heat-related illnesses can sneak up on people fast, often making them feel dizzy or faint.
The National Weather Service recommends using sunscreen, wearing loose-fitting and light-colored clothing, drinking lots of water (even if people don’t feel thirsty) and having access to shade and air conditioning if possible.
People who are especially vulnerable to heat-related illnesses – like pregnant people, newborns, children, the elderly or those who have chronic illnesses – should take extra care to find respite from the heat, according to the weather service.
If headed to the beaches to cool off this week or weekend, here are some more tips to stay safe.
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Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate
It’s likely you’ve heard this over and over already this week, but many experts agree that staying hydrated is the first step in avoiding heat-related illnesses.
So, when you head to the beach, make sure to throw lots of water bottles into your cooler.
Dr. Nick Perchiniak, an emergency department physician and the associate medical director for emergency services at Beebe Healthcare, said in a previous interview that this is an especially important reminder for those drinking alcohol.
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“Especially in hot weather, the effects of alcohol can be amplified, so we want people to make sure that they are drinking plenty of water, that they’re staying hydrated, and that they’re being mindful if they develop any nausea, vomiting, headache or cramps,” he said.
If anyone notices these symptoms, he said they should try to find shade or an air-conditioned space.
Don’t forget sun protection
Hey, that big floppy beach hat isn’t just a fashion statement. Especially with these high heat indices, it’s important that people cover up or stay under the shade to protect themselves from the sun.
This also includes sunscreen, of course.
Sunburn can range from a mild nuisance to a more serious problem, so Perchiniak said it’s best to avoid it altogether and use a broad spectrum sunscreen of at least SPF 30.
Especially for the elderly or other vulnerable populations, Giles added that it may not be wise to spend long hours sitting in the sun.
It’s also important for everyone – from younger families to older folks – to remember that it can be a process getting onto the beach. From finding a parking spot to scoping out the best spot on a crowded beach, it’s likely people will break a sweat before even laying out on the sand.
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Giles reminds beachgoers to be prepared, bring water and expect to spend some time in the heat. A lot of people who have mobility concerns have also found it more difficult to navigate the beach entrances – some of which remain considerably steep since the May nor’easter.
Beware of hot sand
If the beach is your happy place then you’re probably familiar with the ridiculous dance people do as they race across the unexpectedly hot sand to find refuge on a beach towel. It’s not a great look, and it’s an even worse feeling.
It’s likely that the sand will once again be scalding this week after absorbing all the heat from multiple days in the high 80s or low 90s. Because we don’t seem to be getting a break from this heat, the material that makes up the sand on Delaware’s beaches will not have time to release the heat that it so expertly absorbs.
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When the summer brings these hot temperatures, lifeguard captains often advise parents to put shoes on their kids’ feet when walking across the scorching sand. This holds true for beachgoers of all ages, too.
Beyond wearing shoes, though, experts have said that people can avoid the extra hot areas of sand by staying away from darker areas of the sand where heavier minerals may be absorbing more heat and trying to stick to lighter areas where more shells may keep the surface cooler.
When taking walks along the beach, it may also feel better to walk through or near the surf where the sand is wet and cooler.
What to do if not feeling well
Many of the beach patrols have EMTs on staff and can intervene during medical emergencies related to the heat.
The first thing someone should do if they start to feel unwell is drink water, find shade and wet some towels to cool off, Giles said.
People should monitor how they’re feeling and seek attention if they start to feel dizzy, dizzy, faint, fatigued, nauseous or if they stop sweating after previously sweating profusely.
Lifeguards can help people find their way off the beach and into air conditioning if necessary.
Emily Lytle covers Sussex County from the inland towns to the beaches. Got a story she should tell? Contact her at elytle@delmarvanow.com or 302-332-0370. Follow her on Twitter at @emily3lytle. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/20/oppressive-heat-delaware-beaches-how-to-stay-cool/65376855007/ | 2022-07-20T11:24:28 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/20/oppressive-heat-delaware-beaches-how-to-stay-cool/65376855007/ |
ATLANTIC CITY — The NAACP hosted a workshop during its national convention Tuesday that shed some light on communities that are still heavily affected by police brutality and violence two years after the death of George Floyd.
The workshop, titled “After the Protestors Go Home — Communities in Crisis Post George Floyd,” highlighted communities where violence against Black people has increased not only at the hands of law enforcement but at the hands of people fueled by racial hate.
“We need to have a conversation and to figure out how to come up with a strategic plan to alleviate this violence,” said Scot X. Esdaile, president of Connecticut’s NAACP branch and a member of the organization’s National Board of Directors.
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The aftermath of Floyd’s death sparked protests all over the world against the use of excessive force by police officers and a perceived lack of police accountability.
The goal of the workshop was to pick apart what happens when the people who protest police brutality and violence go home to the communities that are left vulnerable in the aftermath.
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Another goal of the workshop was to come up with ways to alleviate the violence between law enforcement and Black people.
The hourlong discussion panel was moderated by Judith Browne Dianis, an attorney from Queens, New York, and executive director of the Advancement Project, a multiracial civil rights organization whose stated goal is to fulfill America’s promise of democracy.
Members of the NAACP who took part in the panel included Robert Rooks of the REFORM Alliance, Pastor Michael McBride from Oakland, California, and Rick Robinson, co-chair of the NAACP’s Criminal Justice Committee.
The discussion opened up with a four-minute video presentation titled “How Cops Get Off,” which broke down the laws that keep police officers from being held accountable.
The first question that was posed to the panel highlighted how the Black community has long been affected by an unforgiving criminal justice system.
Rooks said that over three decades, 2.4 million Black people were incarcerated and 4.5 million were in community supervision. The number of Black people behind bars has declined over the past few years, and Rooks said he was proud of the progress that has been made as many pieces of legislation have been passed to address the issue.
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“We’ve been working for decades trying to reduce mass incarceration,” Rooks said. “In New York, we’ve seen a 30% decrease in the prison population, and when I first moved to California in 2012, there were 188,000 people in prison and now there is 96,000.”
Robinson, who is also the chairman of the NAACP New Jersey State Conference, then talked about what New Jersey has experimented with to keep people safe without relying solely on the criminal justice system.
He cited the importance of strong partnerships with community members who have the same vision.
“I have willing partnerships with the mayor of Newark, the FBI and the Attorney General’s Office. With that, you start to enhance your vision when it comes to fairness,” Robinson said.
McBride discussed how he has worked to mitigate gun violence in Oakland. He said police get so much funding because they are the only institutionalized anti-violence department in many cities. If you can build other institutions, he said, then cities can have a non-law enforcement-centered approach to crime in communities.
“We don’t need to use law enforcement as a blunt instrument or as a collective punishment organism when we can use community violence interventions,” McBride said. “We could use credible messengers such as violence interrupters and public health-oriented individuals with this approach.”
Rooks added that a better understanding of mental health can help with the fight against violence.
“A lot of people have emotional trauma and don’t know where to go to get help for it,” he said. “Most police officers also aren’t trained to handle individuals going through a mental health crisis, so I think police need to have a better understanding of those situations.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/naacp-convention-workshop-seeks-answers-to-questions-of-police-community-violence/article_e06d3ee4-0798-11ed-b415-af8d1c27361e.html | 2022-07-20T11:30:55 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/naacp-convention-workshop-seeks-answers-to-questions-of-police-community-violence/article_e06d3ee4-0798-11ed-b415-af8d1c27361e.html |
UPPER TOWNSHIP — In the large barn at Misty Meadows Sheep Dairy, most of the 10 lambs walk to the fence as Bill Simmerman approaches.
A few remain in the shade, but most come up and begin to snack on feed pellets, reaching their heads between the slats. These lambs, born in March and rapidly maturing, are kept separate from the rest of the herd nearby.
Blasting fans help disperse the dense clouds of black flies gathering on a summer morning. That is also why the sheep have not been sheared, Simmerman said, with the thick wool adding some protection.
Through the spring, the lambs have each been under the care of members of a 4-H club. Simmerman said he donated the animals to 10 young people in Cape May County in exchange for work on the dairy. The lambs stayed on the farm at 100 Dennisville-Petersburg Road in the Petersburg section of Upper Township, where the young people have cared for them as they grew.
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In the process, Simmerman said Friday, the kids get a better understanding of life on a farm, and what it takes to care for animals. He describes the process as strengthening the connection to the community, something he sees as lacking in today’s world, but still vitally important.
All the work is leading to Thursday night and the livestock auction at the Cape May County 4-H Fair at the fairgrounds at 355 Court House-South Dennis Road in Middle Township.
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The event did not take place in 2020 or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is set to return this weekend with music, the traditional chicken barbecue and a theme of Christmas in July. That will include a Santa visit at the free event.
There are multiple local 4-H clubs participating in the fair, including several equestrian clubs, art and theater clubs, a shooting club and others focused on science and agriculture.
In previous years, Robert Walker, 14, and Jonathan Walker, 11, of Middle Township, participated in the robotics club, their mom, Stefanie Walker, said Friday. This year, they decided to participate in the dairy sheep club Simmerman organized.
Both of her boys have been deeply involved in scouting, she said, which helped lead to their participation in 4-H.
They’ve been working hard and learning a lot, Stefanie Walker said.
“It’s been incredible. Bill has taught them so much,” she said.
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That’s why he decided to begin the club, Simmerman said, and it’s also a big motivation for the farm, which he started about six years ago. He said his grandfather farmed, and he remembers learning about the life as a child.
But his career was in heavy marine construction. He started Misty Meadows after he retired, and said he had his grandchildren in mind when he did so.
“If we don’t start passing these skills on to a new generation, we’re going to lose them,” Simmerman said.
This is the first year for the club, Simmerman said. Two of the lambs are dairy lambs, the same Friesian breed he uses for the sheep milk yogurt, cheese and other products produced at the farm. Eight others are Tunis and are bred for meat.
The animals will sell for between $5 and $10 per pound, Simmerman said, and they could be getting close to 100 pounds each. He said the money will likely go toward the club members’ education savings.
“They can do whatever they want with it,” he said.
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It’s been hard work for the club participants so far, and for their families, Simmerman said, crediting the parents of participants with getting the kids to the farm and making sure they get their work done.
It’s hard for anyone running a small farm, he said. He relies on special events, such as lamb camps, a petting barn and a sunflower festival planned on Saturday, to break even. Without agritourism, he said, the numbers just wouldn’t work.
There are farm stands and a pick-your-own sunflower stand dotting the roads in Petersburg. There is a small shop at the farm, which is open daily, but that’s an expense to operate and makes in weeks what the farm’s refrigerated truck makes in a day at one of the area’s many farm markets.
For years, the 4-H Fair has been a major event in Cape May County, a rare summertime staple that drew far more locals than beach vacationers. Organizers say they are happy to be able to hold it again.
“After a two-year hiatus … the Cape May County 4-H Fair is back, and we are working hard to make it a fair to remember,” said Craig DeGenova, president of the Cape May County 4-H Foundation. “We are very excited about this year’s theme, Christmas in July, which means Santa is coming to the 4-H Fair in addition to all the fun, fair activities that you expect to see at the 4-H Fair.”
There will be livestock and horse shows and several musical acts. Jordyn Mulligan, 18, is set to open the event with “The Star Spangled Banner” on Thursday and perform on the main stage at 5:30 p.m. Folk and pop music is planned, along with a performance by Mainland Regional High School graduate John Wood, who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and released a single this year, “Here She Comes.”
Also planned are rides and games, along with ax throwing.
The 4-H Youth Development program is part of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and Rutgers Cooperative Extension. For more information, call 609-465-5115, ext. 3605, or visit cmc4h.com. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-sheep-dairy-club-joins-extensive-4-h-lineup-as-fair-returns-after-covid-hiatus/article_ff62f8e8-0487-11ed-b327-33da178e5353.html | 2022-07-20T11:31:01 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-sheep-dairy-club-joins-extensive-4-h-lineup-as-fair-returns-after-covid-hiatus/article_ff62f8e8-0487-11ed-b327-33da178e5353.html |
CEDAR FALLS — The city will sell $3.86 million in general obligation loan notes to Robert W. Baird & Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin at an interest rate of 2.83%.
The City Council authorized they be sold to the lowest bidder in a 6-1 vote Monday night.
Councilor Dave Sires dissented.
The general obligation notes partially finance large infrastructure projects, like the reconstruction of Main and West 27th streets, as well as other upgrades like a new financial accounting system and surveillance cameras.
The city would apply for a grant to conduct the survey that would allow it to “get a better idea” as to what “pockets” of historic properties are there.
The debt also covers some cost of the city’s massive recreation project along the Cedar River from the Main Street bridge to the downstream side of the West First Street bridge.
The city begins making payments on the notes in 2024 and has until 2035 to pay them off.
The public's involvement in the hiring process will be 'very similar' to the last time a police chief was chosen in 2020.
Jon Burmeister, the city’s municipal advisor with PFM Financial Advisors, said Cedar Falls “Aaa” bond rating from New York-based Moody’s Investors Service led to a lower bond cost.
Aaa “is the gold standard of ratings. There’s a lot of cities out there as you can imagine that are trying to strive to get to triple ‘A’ but probably will never get there,” Burmeister said.
He said only two other cities in the state of Iowa, West Des Moines and Iowa City with the Aaa rating, and there are only several hundred in the United States.
“Achieving that Aaa is a reflection of your management and the staff here,” he said.
He also noted the rating outlook provided by Moody’s: “The city’s financial position will remain strong given its conservative management and significant financial flexibility.”
The city may increase or reduce the bonds sold in increments of $5,000, but the total amount to be issued will not exceed $4.5 million.
I've covered city government for The Courier since August 2021. I'm a Chatham, NJ native who graduated from Gettysburg College in 2018 and previously worked for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A proposal to develop a taxpayer-backed municipal broadband communications system will be put to voters if the City Council on Monday sets a Sept. 13 special election.
The employee climate surveys will be administered if an agreement with UNI, for up to $7,908 in related services, is approved Monday night at the 7 p.m. meeting.
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CARROLL COUNTY, Va. – Heads up! VDOT says a tractor-trailer crash on Route 620N in Carroll County is causing delays.
We’re told the crash happened near the ramp to and from I-77.
At this time, all north and south lanes are closed.
No word yet on any injuries.
10 News will update this article once the crash is cleared | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/20/tractor-trailer-crash-causing-delays-on-route-620n-in-carroll-county/ | 2022-07-20T11:52:34 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/20/tractor-trailer-crash-causing-delays-on-route-620n-in-carroll-county/ |
Due to sustained dry weather in the region, Fire Chief Mitchell Allen has ordered that all outdoor burning within Powers city limits is prohibited. This includes all campfires, burn barrels, and open burn piles. As a reminder, previously issued permits for burn barrels and open burns have been suspended and remain invalid for the duration of fire season.
Campfires are permitted only in the Coos County Park in Powers, as there is a designated camp host on staff to monitor the area. To report a prohibited fire within city limits, call dispatch at (541) 396-2106. If there is an emergency or the fire appears out of control, call 911 immediately.
As a reminder, it is always illegal to burn these items: household garbage; plastic; asbestos; wire insulation; automobile parts; asphalt; petroleum treated materials; painted wood and wood treated with creosote or pentachlorophenol; rubber products including tires; animal remains; animal or vegetable matter resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or service of food; insulation, roofing paper/tiles; padded furniture and mattresses; any other material that emits dense smoke or noxious odors. To report illegal burning to Oregon DEQ, call (888) 997-7888 or (541) 269-2721. To report illegal burning, call dispatch at (541) 396-2106.
Residents outside city limits and those using Orchard Park day use area must follow regulations from Coos Forest Protection Association. For more information on fire regulations outside city limits, visit https://www.coosFPA.net or by calling CFPA at (541) 267-3161.
Fire Chief Allen recommends citizens sign up to receive emergency alerts for Coos County. You can sign up with the Coos County Emergency Mass Notification System. Your safety is our top concern—Coos County wants to make sure you know about emergencies and incidents as they happen.
Go to Coos County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Management website: http://www.co.coos.or.us/Departments/SheriffsOffice/EmergencyManagement.aspx
Click on the Coos County Emergency Mass Notification System Everbridge signup link or type this URL into the address bar of your web browser: https://member.everbridge.net/892807736724057/login
Click on the “SIGN UP HERE” button to create your account in the notification system.
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Two teens are injured in DeKalb County after police said they accidently fired a weapon.
This all happened off Waldrop Hills Drive in Decatur around 11 p.m. Tuesday night.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old, one with a gunshot wound to his hand and the other with a wound to his leg.
Both were taken to the hospital.
At this point, police said the teens simply found a gun and accidently shot it.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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YORK COUNTY, Maine — Peggy Turner drove from Aroostook County to York County Jail on Sunday demanding clarity after the mysterious death of her niece, Nicole Turner.
Turner, 34, was found dead in her jail cell on July 3. Maine State Police are investigating her death as a suspected overdose.
"She was a mother, she was a daughter, she was a granddaughter, she was a niece," Peggy Turner said at a vigil outside York County Jail Saturday.
There, she said she confronted Sheriff Bill King about why the investigation is taking so long. King told NEWS CENTER Maine the department is waiting on Turner's toxicology reports to finalize the investigation.
He said the investigation is expected to wrap up soon, but gave no specific date as to when it would be released to the public.
"Did they just lock her up in a room and look at them like a docket number and a criminal instead as someone with trauma... or just a human?" Peggy Turner said.
Turner added that Nicole had a traumatic youth and was placed into foster care after being raped at the age of 14.
"I still have no answers, so it leaves you questioning everything. She is gone but never forgotten," Peggy Turner said.
Marion Anderson works with the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and has been in Maine's correctional system previously.
They argued drug addiction resources are not strong in Maine jails.
"There is just a lack of adequate healthcare for people in jails. There are some jails and prisons that offer medication-assisted treatment, but those services are a case-by-case basis," Anderson said.
In York County Jail's case, County Manager Gregory Zinser said that people who were being treated for drug abuse with Subuxone before their arrest would be able to continue that.
He also wrote, in an email, that some individuals can access medication-assisted treatment in jails even if they didn't have treatment before.
"Programs under the above items are served by an intensive case manager who works with external partners in hopes that they will continue their MAT treatment upon release. MAT programming is also backed up by counseling," Zinser wrote in an email.
King did not sit down for an interview with NEWS CENTER Maine, but he said the details of Nicole Turner's suspected overdose would be released shortly. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/family-seeking-answers-for-nicole-turners-york-county-jail-death-maine-state-police-investigation/97-3bea8027-7a43-4dbe-bd4f-899a6f1c4d9f | 2022-07-20T12:03:29 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/family-seeking-answers-for-nicole-turners-york-county-jail-death-maine-state-police-investigation/97-3bea8027-7a43-4dbe-bd4f-899a6f1c4d9f |
NOBLEBORO, Maine — On the hilltop field that farmer Bob Spear says is the highest point in Lincoln County, the vegetables are lush and growing. Acres of tomatoes, cucumbers, and summer squash are ripening or being harvested, despite the fact this part of Maine is listed as being in moderate drought.
In these fields, drip irrigation has replaced the natural rain.
“[Irrigation] is essential nowadays if you want a quality crop,” Spear said.
He has been farming this land most of his life.
The farm employs more than 40 people this year, growing a wide range of vegetables for their own stands and area grocers, as well as the Good Shepherd Food Bank. Spear’s farm also produces beef and hay.
The current drought affecting the most populated parts of Maine hasn't hurt the vegetables much, Spear says. That’s primarily because of the irrigation.
Crops that take up more space, primarily sweet corn, beans, and squash, are not being irrigated, because there is a limit to what the farm system can handle. Despite that, Spear says those crops appear to be doing all right, but he is thankful for the rain those crops got on Monday.
“They were at the point where they really needed some water, and last night, according to our gauge here, we got 1.2 inches which is a big help.”
As for the corn, Spear says it likes hot, humid weather, which has now come to midcoast Maine. He predicts the first planting should be ready to pick very soon.
But the drought is still having an effect.
The farm produces hay for its own use and for sale, and this year looks like only a fair year for hay.
“As it stands now, you drive around the countryside see all these fields [are] brown. It's very doubtful there will be a second crop.”
And 1.2 inches of rain would normally be a decent rainstorm, but in a drought, it won’t go far.
Nick Stasulis of the U.S. Geological Survey, who is also co-chair of the Maine Drought Task Force, says the state received one to three inches of rain in Monday’s storm. But he also pointed out that with such a significant rainfall deficit, getting out of drought will require many such storms.
“I’m guessing that water didn’t make it down far in the topsoil," Stasulis said. "It will provide a watering event for a few days, but that’s not going to get us through the next week or two, or even the next few days, based on the temperatures we're going to see.”
He says Maine will need multiple storms with steady, soaking rains to truly relieve the drought.
Meanwhile, gardeners, homeowners, businesses, and of course, farmers, will do the best they can with watering and waiting for the next storm.
“Farming is a risk and you have to go with the hand your dealt,” Spear said. “We try to work around the problems we face.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/rain-did-fall-but-much-more-is-needed-nobleboro-maine-drought-lincoln-county-agriculture-farming/97-f69f7612-2be0-4119-962a-6beff6ec166f | 2022-07-20T12:03:35 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/rain-did-fall-but-much-more-is-needed-nobleboro-maine-drought-lincoln-county-agriculture-farming/97-f69f7612-2be0-4119-962a-6beff6ec166f |
100 years ago
July 20, 1922: Search for a hidden will believed to have been secreted in the isolated old Harris homestead near Mackinaw has been disclosed as a possible motive for the brutal murder of Sue Harris, 62, who was clubbed to death by four masked men in her home. Investigators have learned that the will — a strange document apparently written as the climax to an extended family feud — is missing. It is no longer believed that the robbers were in quest of hidden gold.
75 years ago
July 20, 1947: H.L. Dyar, county superintendent of schools, reports that 30 of the 97 rural schools in Woodford County will be closed this school year. School districts that close their schools will pay to the neighboring school that their former pupils attend the tuition and transportation of those children. The high cost of operating a rural school in a sparsely populated district plus additional advantages possible in larger schools were reasons given for the closures.
50 years ago
July 20, 1972: Cakes will be judged Aug. 7 for a "bake off" at 8 a.m. Aug. 9 during the Logan County Fair. A range will go to the grand prize winner; each bake-off contestant will receive a cake stand. Those who make it to the bake-off will be eligible to compete in only one class. The classes include German sweet chocolate, devil's food, white butter with white icing, spice with white frosting, Waldorf Astoria or red velvet, angel food and Chiffon cake.
25 years ago
July 20, 1997: Everyone is a winner. That's the theme of the Western Avenue Community Center's first Ms. WACC pageant Aug. 2 at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center. While there is only one Ms. Western Avenue Community Center, each of the five contestants will walk away with a prize and a boost to her self-esteem, pageant coordinator Felicia Goodman said. Another goal of the pageant is to help community children interact with each other.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-hidden-will-believed-motive-for-mackinaw-homestead-murder/article_c853d278-0702-11ed-ad47-173b76cf57f2.html | 2022-07-20T12:07:34 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-hidden-will-believed-motive-for-mackinaw-homestead-murder/article_c853d278-0702-11ed-ad47-173b76cf57f2.html |
Students at the University of Texas at Dallas want action taken against a faculty member who is defending his comments calling for “a cure for homosexuality.”
Timothy Farage, a computer science professor, tweeted on Friday a story stating that the majority of monkeypox cases in New York are men.
LGBT student organizations quickly denounced Farage’s comments as homophobic and dangerous to the campus community.
On Saturday, the university posted on social media that school officials were aware of recent tweets by a faculty member and stressed that the person’s views don’t represent the campus. University officials noted that they are reviewing and investigating complaints about the statement.
Read more from our media partners at The Dallas Morning News
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The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation is doing something good in North Texas. It's awarding its latest round of Project Innovation grants to a few local nonprofits.
Kids Who Care was awarded the largest grant of $75,000.
"We don't take this lightly. It's a huge grant and a huge vote for what we're trying to do with our children," said founder and executive director Deborah Jung.
For 35 years, the nonprofit in Fort Worth has produced original musicals to empower kids, grow leaders and change thinking.
Jung prides herself on a company that cherishes the child, reflects diversity and is willing to speak out on current issues.
"Our kids still look like kids. They look like they just hopped off a bicycle or ran in. So you get real kids speaking to real issues and because we're artists, it has a punch that people will listen to because it's dramatic and beautiful," Jung said.
Forty percent of the performers received the needs-based Hope Scholarship which is named after Jung's grandmother. The grant money will equal the playing field and support opportunities for all children.
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"So, when we go to New York or Italy or L.A. or Houston with our tour, our hopes need to be undergirded to go with us. So 40% of our kids need that to go out into the world," Jung said.
The next performance for Kids Who Care is an original music called 'Look Up.' It challenges audiences to put down devices, look up and examine the impact the digital world has on our lives, good and bad.
Tickets are on sale now for performances July 29 through July 31.
Presented by the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation in partnership with NBC and Telemundo stations in 11 markets, Project Innovation is strengthening our communities by providing funding to local nonprofit organizations that are solving everyday problems. In 2022, this station will award $315,000 to exceptional nonprofit programs that are addressing local community issues in an innovative way. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/musical-theater-group-awarded-a-75k-project-innovation-grant/3019048/ | 2022-07-20T12:07:47 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/musical-theater-group-awarded-a-75k-project-innovation-grant/3019048/ |
PORTLAND, Oregon — An Oregon wine company is celebrating it's second birthday this summer. Chosen Family Wines was created by retired NBA player and former Portland Trailblazer Channing Frye. Another co-owner is his best friend Kevin Love, playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and a Lake Oswego native. And they're getting their wines out there with some wildly fun 3 and 6-course winemaker chef dinners you can attend in Portland through August.
"Oregon wine country, I think, is making the best chardonnay in America, it's a bold statement I know, but I find it very true," laughs Channing Frye as he pops open a bottle of his Chosen Family Chardonnay. I sat down with him at Cafe Rowan on SE Cesar Chavez Blvd. and Holgate where he's been holding wine dinners since October.
It's a good, intentioned life he's living. Frye met his wife Lauren the first day he moved to Portland to play for the Blazers in 2007. Five NBA moves later, they returned here to her hometown and put down roots.
"I choose to live here because of the people, because of the culture, because of what I've seen go on and where it's going and where I think it's going go. And I live here through the summer and yes, through the rain," he laughs.
The couple now has 4 kids together. Retiring at 36, the smiley, 7-foot tall Phoenix native with an infectious laugh, has several jobs. First is a basketball podcast called Road Trippin', he live tweets for the NBA and several other media gigs. But when he was deciding what else he was going to do in "retirement", he kept coming back to wine.
"My wife loves wine country. So we started going to wine country. No one in my 15 years of living here in Oregon has ever gone wine tasting and had a bad experience. I'm interested in terroir, or when do you pick the grapes, harvest time, and for me the story of how the winemakers got into wine is interesting."
He started small, learning about Oregon wines, the soil and climate and harvest, then branched out to other regions in California and other countries. He says there were countless flights home from NBA games, where guys would bring wine to share on the plane. Frye's were always from the Willamette Valley, and it was when best friend and Cavs teammate Kevin Love took notice, that the two hatched a plan. "We started writing down in a book, what was important to us? What are some of the names who we would want to work with? What is important about how we're going to be different and how we're going do this for a long run."
Together with CEO Jacob Gray, and Director of Wine, Chase Renton, owner of L'Ongolo Estate winery, the friends started having dinners and tasting and trying more wine with friends and family, and that's how Chosen Family wines got its name. "And we were literally like, this is it. You're our family that we choose to spend time with and we choose to listen to, we choose to be real with. Time is the one thing you can't buy. And so to have the opportunity to share things with someone else, regardless if they are your brother or sister, cousin, if there are people that you want in your life, they're going to become your family. It's all about spending time with the people that are important to you and sharing things and being unselfish and listening and learning."
Chosen Family has no vineyard. No tasting room. It's the group of four friends, sipping, talking, saying 'a little more of this', 'less of that' to grapes from across the Willamette Valley to create their perfect blend and bottle it.
How do you do that with a current NBA player like Kevin Love's schedule? "His involvement is exactly what it needs to be," Frye explained. "He's done some amazing things across the country with us when he has the opportunity. I'm really excited, but I want him to focus on this opportunity now because he's on a really good team in Cleveland. They are really, really good. And I tried to get him to come to Portland, you know! Please fans, I'm trying! But he has a great thing going there with some really good young talent, that can make some moves in the league this year."
Under the signature Chosen Family line to start, there is a Rose, Syrah, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir ranging from $24 to $35 per bottle. Then there are exclusive collaborations with specific wineries.
Enter chef Spencer Ivankoe, who literally 'slid into the DM's' on Instagram, sending Frye a private message. "I said to bring the family by, I've been a big fan over the years, I love what you guys are doing right now with your wines," said Ivankoe.
Frye did come by Cafe Rowan near Reed College. And in the months since, has declared Ivankoe one of Portland's best chefs, pairing Chosen Family wines with his menus for over 30 ticketed dinners since October.
The current 6 course menu includes: albacore with grilled watermelon and black truffle, scallop with apple, wasabi and dill, summer peas with sesame, tahini and mint, croquette with morel mushrooms, sweet corn purée and truffles, ribeye with summer squash and various desserts, all paired with Chosen Family wines.
"So many new friendships are made at these dinners," said Chef Ivankoe. "People are talking again, it's a beautiful thing to watch and see. You can meet new people. I can't tell you how many people come into these dinners and say hey don't you live on my street, or haven't I seen you before? I think getting to have those type of moments with these wines and in this setting has been really cool."
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You can find Chosen Family Wines at Zupan's, coming soon to New Seasons markets, and various restaurants. Or simply order from chosenfamilywines.com or join their wine club at various levels.
Wine dinners:
3-course dinners are $105 per person and run 8/10, 8/11, 8/17, 8/18, 8/24, 8/25, 8/31.
6-course dinners are $155 per person and run 7/20, 7/21, 7/27, 7/28, 8/3 , 8/4
Email info@caferowan.com for reservation information. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-dinner-series-with-wines-from-nba-champions-and-oregonians-channing-frye-kevin-love/283-a70b11ab-e5fc-46fb-80d0-1b0acf03bf5a | 2022-07-20T12:14:18 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-dinner-series-with-wines-from-nba-champions-and-oregonians-channing-frye-kevin-love/283-a70b11ab-e5fc-46fb-80d0-1b0acf03bf5a |
MIDLAND, Texas — Hogan Park has released its new renderings for its upcoming renovation project.
The new renderings highlight potential common spaces. These common space areas were created after feedback from the community wanted more public access to the park and not just areas that need to be reserved or rented out.
"We wanted to highlight those areas where you can come with your family, and enjoy the park on a Saturday," said Lori Blong who represents Midland City Council District 4. "Spend the day at the dog park, or the splash pad, or pavilion area with great shade, and places to gather with your family for a picnic or just a fun afternoon."
There are also neat oil industry touches throughout the renderings. They hope to break ground early next year. $36 million has been raised so far. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hogan-park-releases-new-renderings-for-its-park-renovation-project/513-9c155a71-b9ad-4432-bdc3-63291a92a5fe | 2022-07-20T12:14:18 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/hogan-park-releases-new-renderings-for-its-park-renovation-project/513-9c155a71-b9ad-4432-bdc3-63291a92a5fe |
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