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ORLANDO, Fla. — As a familiar face on TVs all around the sports realm, no one could deny the raw talent of reporter Angela Jacobs.
She fought hard and strong against metastatic breast cancer — a battle that came to an end Tuesday evening, WFTV Channel 9 explains.
Jacobs, who was a reporter at 10 Tampa Bay for eight years, was private about her most recent battle with cancer. Back in 2020, she was initially diagnosed with cancer but after treatments and radiation, she beat cancer and went into remission for almost two years, the media outlet says.
It wasn't until earlier this year that cancer made its way back. Jacobs once again put up a good fight, undergoing chemotherapy and experimental treatments.
"She fought a valiant, dignified fight against breast cancer often masking difficult moments behind her brave, radiant smile," former WFTV anchor Nancy Alvarez said in a Facebook post. "Angela was a sports anchor at heart but made a flawless transition to news.
"She cared deeply about her stories and the people in them."
Jacobs worked for 10 Tampa Bay as an anchor and reported from July 2003 all the way up until June 2011. She was able to settle down and call WFTV in Orlando her home for almost 10 years before her passing.
She's remembered as a lover of "sports, photography, beach trips and spending quality time with her family and beloved dog Minka." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/reporter-angela-jacobs-dies-metastatic-breast-cancer-battle/67-53274674-ac86-4305-a552-37dc0a0440f2 | 2022-07-21T04:34:09 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/reporter-angela-jacobs-dies-metastatic-breast-cancer-battle/67-53274674-ac86-4305-a552-37dc0a0440f2 |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Southwest and Central Virginia are in the midst of a heat wave.
And looking at the forecast, there seems to be no relief in sight.
Which is why health professionals like Dr. Tara Stone with LewisGale is encouraging people to stay cool and hydrated.
“Of course hydration is big, staying in the shade or wearing very light clothing, not a lot of layers. Staying next to somewhere cool if you’re going to be outside,” she said.
If you start to sweat excessively, feel dizzy or get a headache that can be a sign of heat exhaustion.
Whereas a heat stroke is much more serious.
According to Brian Clingenpeel with Roanoke County Fire and Rescue, a heat stroke needs emergency attention.
“Heat stroke involves not sweating. That’s one of the key differences is the not sweating, also going to be dizzy but there is also going to be confusion and possible loss of consciousness with the heat stroke. If any of those things happen than that’s an immediate call to 911,” he said.
Along with protecting your health, there are also ways to protect your wallet during this heat wave.
Appalachian Power Spokesperson, George Porter shared ways to avoid overloading your area’s electrical grid.
“Energy efficient is the best way to say it. Obviously during day time, these are peak hours and now even more peak hours that the majority of us are still working from home, that’s changed. Whenever you can run washing machines and dishwashers later in the evening, earlier in the morning that does help with individual load,” he said.
The heat is expected to subside after this weekend. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/21/how-to-stay-cool-safe-and-save-money-during-this-weeks-heat-wave/ | 2022-07-21T04:36:58 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/21/how-to-stay-cool-safe-and-save-money-during-this-weeks-heat-wave/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department and Austin Councilmember Mackenzie Kelly are pushing to get license plate camera readers back on patrol vehicles, but there are some privacy concerns.
Right now, Austin police are down about 260 officers, according to the head of the police union. They hope these cameras will help solve crime.
The City had the Motorola LPR vigilant system from 2016 to 2020, but they were removed when Austin restructured the police department.
"From what I could tell, there are individuals in the community who didn't fully understand what the purpose of the software was and the technology," said Kelly. "There were concerns about privacy that unfortunately were not able to be addressed in time for the budget at that time."
Those concerns still loom for some. LPRs take photos of license plates as cars drive by. The make, model and color of the vehicle, time and location are stored on a database for a year, according to Assistant Chief Jason Staniszewski. During Tuesday's town hall, he said the department is looking into shortening the storage time.
"This technology would allow officers to locate stolen vehicles quicker," said Kelly. "It would allow for victims of trafficking or Amber Alerts or Silver Alerts to possibly be identified of their location sooner."
APD said the LPRs would go on patrol vehicles and trailers, using equipment they already have. Kelly said they wouldn't go on poles around town, unlike other cities. When activated for those four years, police said the cameras were helpful.
"In 2017, we were able to locate a kidnapped 2-year-old child from San Antonio," said Staniszewski.
While they've aided police in the past, there are still privacy concerns.
"If my cars are not stolen, why do they have to maintain data about where it was and when?" asked ACLU senior policy analyst Jay Stanley.
Stanley analyzed cameras like these and said he found privacy and discrimination concerns.
"The communities that tend to feel the brunt of them the most are vulnerable communities, communities of color, low-income communities," said Stanley.
Kelly said if police misuse the information, they could face criminal charges.
If reinstated, the cameras would be subject to quarterly audits and presented to the Public Safety Committee and Office of Police Oversight.
"But when the department did have this technology several years ago, each audit showed 100% compliance," said Kelly. "I will tell you that after speaking with the police chief, he is determined to ensure they are as transparent as possible."
The City could use $114,000 to reinstate these cameras as part of next year's budget.
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SAN MARCOS, Texas — On July 20, 2018, someone set fire to the Iconic Village Apartments, killing five people.
Twenty-year-old Dru Estes of San Antonio, 21-year-old Belinda Moats of Big Wells, 19-year-old Haley Michele Frizzell of San Angelo, 21-year-old David Angel Ortiz of Pasadena and 23-year-old James Phillip Miranda of Mount Pleasant lost their lives.
"I met with one of the families for breakfast first thing this morning, and that's something that we've done every year since then," San Marcos Fire Chief Les Stephens said. "Some years we've had almost all of the families affected have come. This year, it was just one that was able to make it. We've got that as a standing thing. And so we keep in touch with them throughout the year."
Chief Stephens was fire chief in 2018 when the fire broke out. He calls it one of those career fires he will never forget because of how devastating it was.
"I don't know that I've ever been to an event that claimed five lives and injured someone to the extent that [Zachary Sutterfield] was injured in any one event in a 34-year career," Stephens said. "Just the magnitude of it and, you know, the harm that was done to those families, the survivors of it, is probably the thing that gets me the most."
Today, a chain-link fence surrounds the property where the building burned. Investigators determined it was set on purpose and spread so quickly due to accelerant. There were no sprinklers or smoke alarms in the building because the owners were not required to retrofit it to modern standards. It was built in the 1970s.
Stephens emphasized they're still looking for who may have set the fire and are offering a $110,000 reward for legitimate leads to determine who started the blaze.
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DUNMORE, Pa. — An intense day of training for officers with the Dunmore Police Department preparing for an active shooter situation.
"This community knows as well as any, that we can have this happen here, we had a plan last year to blow up the school and kill me and the principal. It was thwarted because someone gave us the information," said Bill Springer, Dunmore Police Captain.
"It's incredibly unfortunate that we have to have this training but unfortunately with the lack of federal response to these school shootings it's kind of every small municipality for themselves," said Max Conway, Dunmore mayor.
With shootings around the country at the forefront of their minds, the halls of Dunmore High School became the backdrop for various scenarios officers could face.
"I have things built into the drills that will get their adrenaline flowing and cause them to get an accelerated heart rate and then they will have to make a decision," said Conway.
"Calling out commands, walking you through it, telling you what to do it gets very loud and distracting," said Madison Cruser, role player.
The Dunmore Police captain says their officers would be first on the scene in the event of an emergency so their first course of action is to get inside to neutralize the threat.
"We want to make sure we are providing the best possible service to the community and the kids that are inside this building and the families that are dependent on keeping them safe," said Springer.
Other police departments in the area go through similar training to work together if called to the same incident.
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CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — A sweet competition was held Wednesday in Lackawanna County.
Hundreds gathered at Constantino's Catering in Clarks Summit to sample a variety of pastries as part of the Great Chef's Dessert Edition.
More than a dozen bakeries donated their sweet treats to help raise money for the Women's Resource Center.
All of the proceeds will help survivors of domestic violence and abuse.
"We've been sort of stalled with our fundraising, but we sold out tonight. The energy and the guest's willingness to support our cause is just overwhelming to me," said Peg Ruddy, Women's Resource Center Executive Director.
Home and Backyard's Jackie Lewandowski severed as emcee for the bake-off in Lackawanna County.
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EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Firefighters battled flames and the heat at a business in Monroe County Wednesday night.
The fire sparked at Shop at Home Cabinets along King Street in East Stroudsburg just before 7:30 p.m.
Crews had to cut holes in the roof of the building to stop the fire from spreading to a neighboring business which only suffered minor damage.
Three alarms were struck in an effort to put out the fire.
The shop was closed at the time.
No one was hurt.
Officials believe an electric malfunction is to blame for the fire in Monroe County.
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TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. — On a hot July day in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania, some golfers refused to hang up their clubs.
The greens at Shadowbrook Resort in Tunkhannock are still looking lush, watered almost around the clock.
That means it's on to the next round.
"I always hope they call and say it's too hot to golf, but they never do," said Sonny Green, Tunkhannock.
Green has been golfing here for years, participating in a weekly league. He has beaten the heat down to a science.
"Keep cool? You gotta have a cool towel," said Green. "Holes have water jugs on them, just soak them down, keep it on your neck you'll be alright. Stay hydrated. Plenty of water, Gatorade."
Golf partners Howard Greggs and Phil Steir said they might look for the shade a little more, but they still manage to find their stroke in the heat.
"There's a nice breeze here today and we have carts that are air-conditioned as you notice," said Greggs.
"I don't think the heat does anything to our game," said Steir. "Our game couldn't be any worse."
So if a day in the 90s doesn't scare golfers away, how hot does it have to be to empty out the greens?
"That's a good question," said Steir. "It would take triple digits to do us in, I think. If you're a die-hard golfer, you're gonna be out here."
As they put it, it's better than snow.
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YUMA, Ariz. — The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help locating the owner of a stray pig found Sunday night.
Officials said the pig was found in the roadway of Avenue 2E and County 18th Street around 9 p.m.
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office Livestock Unit and residents in the area were able to secure the stray pig.
Sheriff's officials said the pig has remained unclaimed. The pig is described as a black and white pot belly hog and is currently in foster care.
If the pig remains unclaimed, it will be turned over to the Arizona Department of Agriculture in seven days.
The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information regarding this pig to contact the Yuma County Sheriff's Office at 928-783-4427.
You can also visit the website at www.yumacountysheriff.org to submit an anonymous tip.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — In a vote of 4-3, the Wichita Animal Control Advisory Board motioned to recommend that the Wichita Police Department draft an ordinance banning the commercial sale of cats and dogs within the city.
At the meeting, members of the public, including local pet store owners and rescues, were able to speak on the topic.
Hannah Spelts, the founder and owner and operator of Big Hearts 4 Little Paws Foundation, spoke in favor of the ban, saying that she actually had a Siamese kitten from one of the local Petland’s end up in her shelter.
“I understand that unless you’ve been the person holding a kitten while it takes its last breath, after you’ve spent every penny you have to fix her, that you might understand the darker side of pet care,” Spelts said. “But I, for a fact, know that these stores need to be banned immediately.”
Petland West Wichita owner Troy Hertel says he is hearing a lot of opinions and that people need “hard physical evidence” to back it up.
“If they start saying these opinions, ask them to provide the hard physical evidence to back it up,” said Hertel. “If they start saying these opinions, ask them to provide the hard physical evidence to back it up. Not by the Humane Society or the activists; you are part of the police department. I’m pretty sure we can find great investigators, detectives, that know how to investigate things. I’m pretty sure they can punch holes in whatever things they come up with.”
Members of the board also spoke on the topic. Some had strong opinions on the ban.
Patrick Atkins, who stated he has been a licensed private detective for 27 years now, says he is not impressed with any of the data or evidence that he has seen.
“It’s not done in a professional manner. It’s not done in a normal investigative documentation style or manner,” said Atkins. “I’m not here on this board to be in the business of putting people out of business.”
Other members of the board were longing for more answers.
“Do we even know if this is working in other cities,” asked Elaine Stephen.
According to Title 6 — Animals, the Wichita Animal Control Advisory Board must meet quarterly. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-animal-control-advisory-board-to-recommend-banning-commercial-sale-of-cats-and-dogs/ | 2022-07-21T05:23:52 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-animal-control-advisory-board-to-recommend-banning-commercial-sale-of-cats-and-dogs/ |
HAMMOND, Ind. — Police have issued a statewide Silver Alert in the search for a woman reported missing from Hammond.
The Hammond Police Department is investigating the disappearance of Michelle Delane, 52.
Delane is 4 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds and has blonde hair with blue eyes.
She was last seen wearing a white t-shirt with “Levi’s” on the front, blue sweatpants and black and white sneakers.
Delane is missing from Hammond and was last seen on Monday, July 18, 2022 at 5:58 p.m.
She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
If you have information, call the Hammond Police Department at 219-660-0000 or 911.
AMBER vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an AMBER Alert or a Silver Alert.
AMBER Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an AMBER Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police.
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Byron Douglas “Barney” Ruiter
FOREST CITY-Byron Douglas “Barney” Ruiter, 72 of Forest City, IA, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022, at MercyOne Medical Center North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa.
A memorial mass will be held at 10:30AM on Friday, July 22, 2022, at St. James Catholic Church, 906 West O St., Forest City, with Father Andrew Marr officiating.
A public visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00P.M., Thursday, July 21, 2022 at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City. A rosary service will be held at 3:30P.M. at the church on Thursday.
Burial of cremains will be held in St. James Catholic Cemetery.
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Dorothy “Dotti” Carmany Smith
September 13, 1927-July 18, 2022
MASON CITY-Dorothy “Dotti” Carmany Smith, 94, of Mason City, Iowa passed peacefully from this life on Monday, July 18, 2022, at Prairie Hills of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 22, 10:30 a.m., at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories: 4200 1st Ave NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, beginning at 09:30, at the chapel. Burial will follow 2:00 p.m. at the Oakwood Cemetery in Plymouth, Iowa.
Dotti was born September 13, 1927, in Plymouth, Iowa, to Dewey and Tena (Bartes) Carmany, the fourth of six children. She graduated from Plymouth High School, the class of 1946, then moved to Mason City, Iowa. She married Delmar Smith in 1954 and to this union, two daughters were born. Dotti worked for many years as a cashier at Fareway Stores in Mason City. She was an avid Iowa Hawkeyes fan and insisted on listening to Gary Dolphin's play-by-play on the radio, as the rest of the family watched each game on TV.
Dotti is survived by her daughters, Danielle Frein (Mark) of Cedar Rapids, IA; DeAnna Moore of Fort Collins, CO; her grandchildren, Lindsay Shedek (Brian), Jordan Frein (Katie), Karlee Peters (Sam), and Kelsey Moore; her greatgrandchildren, Gavin, Steele, Crew, Blaire, Georgia, Frankie, Jackson, Navy, and August.
Dotti was preceded in death by her parents and all her siblings and their spouses: Earnest Carmany, Larry Carmany (Suzy), Nellie Prindle (Don), Evelyn Walsh (Danny), and Don Carmany (Bernice).
Memorials may be directed to the family.
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A well-known Central Park restaurant is closing its doors for good, after its reopening following a prolonged pandemic closure.
The Loeb Boathouse, which sits along the easternmost edge of the Central Park Lake, will permanently close come October. The restaurant reopened in March 2021 after temporarily shutting down in Oct. 2020 during the pandemic.
The operator blamed rising costs of labor and goods. All 163 employees at the restaurant will be laid off, according to the notice filed to the state by the owner.
The New York City Parks Department is looking for a new business to takeover the space, and said they were working with the owner to make accommodations for those who already have events scheduled there. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/central-parks-loeb-boathouse-to-close-for-good/3783732/ | 2022-07-21T05:41:17 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/central-parks-loeb-boathouse-to-close-for-good/3783732/ |
A national jewelry retailer that allegedly tricked active-duty servicemembers into buying overpriced, poor quality jewelry at high interest rates has agreed to reimburse thousands of customers and cease operating under terms of a settlement filed Wednesday in a lawsuit by 18 states and the Federal Trade Commission.
Harris Jewelry agreed to stop collecting more than $21 million in outstanding debt from more than 13,000 servicemembers nationwide, and to refund more than $12 million to more than 46,000 servicemembers who paid for lifetime protection plans, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James, the lead plaintiff among the state attorneys general.
The company also agreed to pay a total of $1 million to the 18 states.
“Today’s action will help thousands of servicemembers get back on their feet after falling victim to Harris Jewelry’s schemes,” James said in a statement.
The retailer, based in Hauppauge, New York, operated stores on or near military bases around the country. The company allegedly used predatory lending practices and charged as much as 10 times the wholesale cost for jewelry.
At times, the company charged as much as $349 for a protection plan for the jewelry without disclosing it, according to James. Customers reported stones falling out, chains breaking and the finish on the jewelry fading.
Harris also allegedly lured customers by asserting the lending contracts would improve their credit scores, when in actuality the credit offered was based on how much time was left on a servicemember's enlistment and what type of merchandise they purchased.
In a statement Wednesday, the company noted it had neither admitted nor denied these allegations and had resolved the matter in the best interests of its stakeholders. It touted its 60-plus years of serving military personnel and their families and said it “had been an honor to enable members of the military community to recognize the important people in their lives, as well as to help them celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, and other special occasions.”
The states joining New York in the lawsuit were: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ny-based-jeweler-that-allegedly-scammed-u-s-servicemembers-will-reimburse-customers/3783711/ | 2022-07-21T05:41:24 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ny-based-jeweler-that-allegedly-scammed-u-s-servicemembers-will-reimburse-customers/3783711/ |
The trial of R. Kelly’s manager opened Tuesday on charges that he forced the cancellation of a screening of a documentary about the singer's sexual abuse of women and girls by calling in a threat to the crowded Manhattan theater.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz told jurors that Donnell Russell made a terrifying brief phone call in December 2018 from his Chicago home to the theater, claiming that someone with a gun was planning to fire on the crowd watching Lifetime’s “Surviving R. Kelly” series.
“He knew his words would sabotage the event,” she said.
The phone call prompted an emergency call to police, who ordered an evacuation that forced the cancellation of the premiere, including a live panel discussion that was to include several women featured in the documentary.
“The defendant wanted to keep the women quiet,” Pomerantz said in Manhattan federal court. She added that Russell was motivated by a desire to protect the lucrative career of the Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter.
Kelly, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison last month, was convicted last year of racketeering and sex trafficking.
Defense attorney Michael Freedman told jurors that they would exonerate Russell if they study the evidence.
Freedman said there were a lot of phone calls to the theater on the day of the screening and jurors will “have to decide what it all means and what, if anything, it proves about my client.”
He said there was no recording of the phone threat so jurors cannot hear the voice that made it. But he added that there was not enough evidence to prove Russell committed a crime.
Adrian Krasniqi, who worked at the 25th Street venue, testified that he received the threatening call less than an hour after a man claiming to be part of Kelly's legal team called and said the documentary was violating Kelly's copyright to his name and should not be shown. He said the caller had a low, professional sounding voice.
Krasniqi said the later call consisted of a deep voiced man with a “slang tone, like a thug,” saying in a very serious and very blunt manner that “someone had a gun and they were going to shoot up the place.”
On cross examination, Krasniqi said he believed the caller had a Brooklyn accent, which he was familiar with because he lived in Brooklyn. He said he also thought the caller was outdoors when he made the threat.
Pomerantz said Russell demonstrated his guilt in part through his communications with a female co-conspirator who was at the theater at the time.
She said Russell sent the woman a text to say the police may be coming to the theater shortly before they did. And then he later asked her to delete the text, though she never did, the prosecutor said.
Pomerantz said phone records to be introduced as evidence will show that Russell called the theater nine times on the day of the screening.
In a separate Kelly-related case, a fan of the performer pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court to charges he made threats against prosecutors in Kelly's sex abuse trial. Court papers cite a video of defendant Christopher Gunn saying, “If Kellz goes down, everybody’s going down.”
A message was left with Gunn’s lawyer seeking comment. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/r-kelly-manager-faces-trial-for-gun-threat-at-nyc-theater-showing-surviving-r-kelly/3783712/ | 2022-07-21T05:41:31 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/r-kelly-manager-faces-trial-for-gun-threat-at-nyc-theater-showing-surviving-r-kelly/3783712/ |
It was a moment nine months in the making, and one that a New Jersey family thought might never come.
It was quite the homecoming for Rob Alongi. Family, friends and neighbors lined Samantha Way in Spotswood, holding signs and wiping away tears as he came back home for the first time in nearly a year.
The 51-year-old Alongi is now a COVID survivor, and for the first time in months was able to hug his sons — which was the first thing he did when he got home. Alongi hadn't even seen his boys since before his lung transplant.
"It's been hard, very hard," said his 13-year-old son, Lucas.
Alongi, who wasn't vaccinated at the time, didn't smoke and had no prior health problems when he tested positive for COVID in October, as did the rest of the family. But he was the one struck hardest.
"It was really horrible. The day he was intubated, I begged them to let me come in," said his wife, Cynthia Alongi.
She became his advocate, remaining by his side the entire time, even when they were told his lungs were failing.
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"We were told many times he wasn’t going to make it. I was called a couple of nights…'Just to let you know, you’ll probably get a call from us at 2 a.m. that he passed,'" she said.
Alongi was placed in a medically induced coma for five months. Then in February, Cynthia saw a Tik Tok of a man who had received a double lung transplant at the University of Florida’s Shands Hospital.
Alongi later got on a plane down to Gainesville, with Cynthia not far behind.
"I became the mother I never wanted to be: an absentee mother. I’m a stay-at-home mom, this is the first time I've ever been away from my children," said Cynthia.
Of his wife, Alongi said simply: "She’s amazing, she’s the reason I’m still here."
He underwent a successful lung transplant in April, and spent the next three months in recovery and rehab. On Wednesday, he was grateful to be alive — and grateful to the donor who gave him the chance to come home.
"I don’t know how I can convey thank you for the second chance I've been given," Alongi said, adding that he has since been vaccinated.
The couple said they’re also grateful to their neighbors for welcoming them home, and to their family who took leaves of absence from work to stay with their sons. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-covid-patient-told-he-may-not-live-returns-home-9-months-later-after-lung-transplant/3783686/ | 2022-07-21T05:41:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-covid-patient-told-he-may-not-live-returns-home-9-months-later-after-lung-transplant/3783686/ |
LYTLE, Texas — Fake ‘cops’ are pulling people over, according to two separate incidents reported in a matter of weeks.
This week, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office arrested one man for impersonating an officer. He is accused of trying to pull a woman over. KENS 5 tracked her down.
Charlie Swadley reported the incident on I35 South and Luckey road in southwest Bexar county. However, weeks ago and just miles away there was a separate incident in Lytle.
On July 7, police say five men dressed as officers, zip-tied two people and stole their stuff. Police believe those zip-tie suspects were wearing stolen police gear.
Lytle Police Chief Richard Priest doesn’t believe the two incidents are connected. He along with the Texas Rangers are still looking for the five suspects in his case. He said it is strange how close these two incidents happened from one another.
“It was kind of scary,” Swadley said.
After a late shift, Swadley was heading home from work, when investigators said Proenza-Perez was pretending to be a cop and tried to pull her over.
“They kind of followed me for a long time,” she said.
She remembers the Mustang and said he followed her for nearly 10 minutes.
“He was still behind me with the lights on trying to get me to stop,” she said. “I wouldn’t stop so he flew around me real fast. Then he started slowing down in front of me.”
Swadely called 9-1-1. She knew something was wrong because the flashing red and blue lights were only on the dashboard, the car had paper license plates, and a headlight was out.
“I just couldn’t see myself pulling over for a cop with a broken headlight,” she said. “Out here in the middle of nowhere and not looking like a cop car at all.”
She said he eventually turned around. BCSO arrested him shortly after and believes there could be other victims. The mother wonders what if she did stop.
“I could have been dead right, if anything,” she said.
She is speaking up because she wants others to be careful.
“If you are in doubt call 911,” she said. Go somewhere where there are other people.”
There are police cars that are unmarked. BCSO offers the following tips.
- Our deputies are trained to understand people may keep driving to a more populated area
- Drivers should activate their flashers and should wave to the officer to let them know they see them, then they should reduce speed to show the officer they are not running
- Continue to drive to a well-lit/populated area
- Lastly, if you do find yourself in a suspicious situation similar to this female victim's incident, you can call the BCSO at 210-335-6000 to report it.
In regard to the incident in Lytle, Chief Priest said they have good leads in the case. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/a-phony-officer-tried-to-pull-over-a-local-woman-heres-how-she-knew-to-call-911-instead/273-065646ed-406c-4463-ba6b-71a548edde3a | 2022-07-21T05:42:28 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/a-phony-officer-tried-to-pull-over-a-local-woman-heres-how-she-knew-to-call-911-instead/273-065646ed-406c-4463-ba6b-71a548edde3a |
SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Juan Antonio Reyes Wednesday evening on charges involving capital murder, according to a press release.
The release says Reyes, 24, was wanted by SAPD after a warrant was issued for his arrest Tuesday. Reyes allegedly shot and killed two people in their home and then set their house on fire, according to a report.
The release says Reyes was discovered at a motel at the 1400 block of Culebra Road where he was arrested.
“Our deputies and task force officers executed the search for Reyes without delay and wasted no time tracking him down,” said U.S. Marshal Susan Pamerleau. “A heinous crime such as this requires immediate action and apprehension is essential to prevent additional losses.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/wanted-man-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-two-people-and-setting-their-home-on-fire/273-ec42ceeb-9f0f-45cb-8864-a4ff4300fb63 | 2022-07-21T05:42:34 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/wanted-man-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-two-people-and-setting-their-home-on-fire/273-ec42ceeb-9f0f-45cb-8864-a4ff4300fb63 |
EAGLE — Gary Simmons longtime Eagle, Idaho resident passed away June 19, 2022. Join the family for a Celebration of Life on Saturday, July 23, 2022, 4:00 p.m. at Banbury Golf Course Clubhouse. Any questions call Janet at 831-240-7100. Arrangements made by The Bella Vida Funeral Home Boise, Idaho.
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TWIN FALLS—Mary Jane Calhoun, 87, of Twin Falls died on July 12, 2022 at a local care facility. Graveside services will be on Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:00 am at Twin Falls Cemetery located at 4350 4th Avenue E. Services are under the direction of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home. Those wishing to share memories and condolences may do so on Mary Jane’s memorial webpage at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.
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COPPERAS COVE, Texas — A close friend of the victims in a deadly wrong-way crash last Saturday on Interstate 14 is asking for the public's help.
Ashley Ball started a GoFundMe page to help one of the surviving victims, Autumn Lynch, pay for medical bills. She told 6 News, if possible, she hopes the fund could help the families of Joshua Smith and Aaliya Peinado, the two who died in the crash.
On Saturday, July 16, Matthew Fernandez, 22, was reportedly driving eastbound on the westbound side of I-14 and struck their vehicle, Texas DPS said.
Smith and Peinado died at the scene, but Lynch survived with critical injuries. She was transported to the hospital, DPS said.
"I don't know how much money this GoFundMe will make," Ball said. "If we make enough, I would love, and I talked about it with Autumn, to share it with everybody who was involved."
The page has raised over $2,400 since the weekend with a goal of $10,000 to hopefully cover medical expenses for Lynch.
Ball says this tragedy is unfair.
"When I first saw Autumn in the hospital, I cried," Ball said. "It's just really sad to see such a good person go through something that she wasn't even in the wrong for."
But she insists that anything will help. Money, condolences, love will all go a long way, she said.
"If you can't pay for it, totally understandable; hard times for everybody. If you could just share it or tell people about it, give your condolences and just what any kind person would do in a situation like this as if they were your own people."
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SEATTLE — The State Route 99 tunnel in Seattle is seeing a significant drop in revenue.
"We're seeing a permanent reduction in revenues that ranges from 16 percent on up to over 30 percent," Jason Richter, deputy treasurer for debt management with the Office of the State Treasurer, told the state's Transportation Commission on Wednesday.
Richter said there has been a "permanent shift" in the use of the corridor, which have "substantial effect" on the state's revenues.
There have been insufficient revenues every year during the projection period, according to Richter. According to a report, presented to the Commission, net revenue will be down $1.2 million. It only continues to decline into the future.
"As you can see we have a sea of red," he said.
Richter said this could mean additional toll increases. However, he said he's "suspicious" that even toll increases won't be sufficient to cover the entirety of the revenue decline, considering the shortfall in many of the years is roughly one-third of the revenue coming in.
"I just don't think a 30 percent toll increase is realistic in any scenario," Richter said, adding there is likely going to be a need for some legislative assistance, some toll increases, "basically all of the potential actions will be needed to remedy this particular problem."
The project that replaced the Seattle viaduct cost more than $3 billion, following years of delays and cost overruns.
When tolling went into effect, rates ranged from $1 to $2.25 for those with a Good to Go! pass. Rates increased, now ranging from $1.50 to $2.70 for drivers with a Good to Go! pass. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/state-route-99-tunnel-seattle-revenue/281-3e3c901e-c1b8-4ed9-82ba-50fab497e59f | 2022-07-21T05:46:15 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/state-route-99-tunnel-seattle-revenue/281-3e3c901e-c1b8-4ed9-82ba-50fab497e59f |
Berrien Co. roads worker hit, killed by suspected drunk driver, police say
A road department worker in southwest Michigan died Wednesday after being struck by a suspected drunk driver, police reported.
An employee of the Berrien County Road Department was cutting a tree that had fallen across Red Bud Trail near Glendora Road, north of Buchanan, around 3 p.m., Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township police said in a statement.
A southbound vehicle then hit both the tree and the employee, according to the release.
Emergency personnel pronounced the worker dead at the scene. The victim's name was not released.
The driver, identified as a 34-year-old Buchanan man, sustained minor injuries from the crash. He was arrested on an initial charge of operating while intoxicated causing death, police said.
Meanwhile, county officials said all of its road department facilities would be closed for the rest of the week. The Board of Commissioners meetings scheduled for Thursday also are canceled. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/21/berrien-county-roads-worker-hit-killed-suspected-drunk-driver/10114542002/ | 2022-07-21T05:52:07 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/21/berrien-county-roads-worker-hit-killed-suspected-drunk-driver/10114542002/ |
Child dead, another hurt in crash on Southfield Freeway, state police say
One child was killed and another seriously injured Wednesday night in a crash on the Southfield Freeway in Detroit, Michigan State Police said.
A preliminary investigation found a car heading north on the freeway (M-39) near Outer Drive around 8:50 p.m. was speeding when it struck another vehicle then crossed all lanes and collided with the median barrier, MSP reported on Twitter.
A 7-year-old sitting behind the 30-year-old female driver in the speeding car was not wearing a seat belt and died, according to MSP.
A young child who had been "sitting in a car seat with only a lap belt over the seat was thrown from the seat and sustained serious injuries," authorities said.
"Troopers are still working to identify the children as their mother is extremely distraught and also may be impaired."
The driver in the vehicle struck did not report injuries, state police said. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/20/child-dead-one-injured-crash-southfield-freeway-michigan-state-police/10114365002/ | 2022-07-21T05:52:13 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/07/20/child-dead-one-injured-crash-southfield-freeway-michigan-state-police/10114365002/ |
A Fort Wayne man was arrested in Grant County after state troopers investigating a dispute with a Lyft driver allegedly found fentanyl, Promethazine and a loaded handgun.
No charges are listed for Zavion Davis, 20, in online court records. However, a press released from the Indiana State Police, Peru District, said Davis was taken to Grant County Jail on initial charges of dealing in a narcotic drug with enhancing circumstances, possession of marijuana, possession of a handgun by a dangerous person, possession of a legend drug, and resisting law enforcement.
Davis’ conflict with the hired driver happened about 8:15 p.m. Monday. Troopers became involved when the Lyft driver activated his vehicle’s panic button during the incident. When an officer located the car in the 5400 block of North Grant County Road 500 East, the driver said he had a dispute with Davis, who left the car when the driver told him to get out.
Indiana State Trooper Edward Titus found Davis at Indiana 18 near Grant County Road 500 East. According to the trooper, Davis smelled of marijuana. While searching Davis, Titus found marijuana on him, according to a news release.
The search also turned up about 12 ounces of fentanyl pills, seven bottles of Promethazine and $11,866 of U.S. currency. Davis also had a loaded handgun, and because Davis has a pending felony case for resisting law enforcement, he isn’t allowed to possess a handgun, the state police’s news release stated. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/conflict-with-lyft-driver-in-grant-county-leads-to-drug-charges-for-fort-wayne-man/article_77793a82-0883-11ed-b919-07bb12869df9.html | 2022-07-21T05:53:45 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/conflict-with-lyft-driver-in-grant-county-leads-to-drug-charges-for-fort-wayne-man/article_77793a82-0883-11ed-b919-07bb12869df9.html |
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Senate Republicans broke with Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday on inflation relief.
Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, proposed an alternative to the governor’s plan to send additional $225 payments to Hoosier taxpayers.
State Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, authored Senate Bill 3, which would suspend the state’s 7% sales tax on residential utilities for six months. Electricity, water, gas, internet and phone bills are all currently taxed at that rate.
“We have had ongoing discussions about what the best way is to provide relief to Hoosiers in this environment of high inflation,” Holdman said in a statement. “By suspending the 7% sales tax on residential utilities, we can provide relief to nearly every Hoosier, with an estimated statewide savings of $260 million. This concept would benefit more people than the proposed taxpayer refund, and all of the savings would go to Indiana households.”
The bill also addresses gas prices, capping Indiana’s gas tax until July of next year – preventing the tax from rising above 29.5 cents per gallon. It would suspend the increased gas and special fuels tax that took effect this month until next July as well. According to a news release from Senate Republicans, that would result in a 1 cent reduction per gallon on gas taxes and a 2 cent reduction on special fuels taxes.
In addition to those inflation-related proposals, Senate Bill 3 – a package which, like Holcomb’s plan, rings in at $1 billion from the state’s reserves – includes $400 to pay down the pre-1996 Teacher’s Retirement Fund and $215 to fund projects affected by increased construction costs.
This proposal could come into conflict with legislation supported by House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers. According to a tentative schedule provided by Huston’s office, the House will convene Monday for the legislature’s special session.
Huston indicated he’ll support House Bill 1001, an omnibus bill that contains the $225 payment plan – a plan Huston said House Republicans will “prioritize” during the first week of the session.
The multi-purpose House bill also includes funding for women and families, Huston said in a news release.
“Our proposal includes more than $20 million in tax exemptions and appropriates more than $58 million to boost proven programs,” Huston said, “including helping more mothers in crisis, increasing availability and affordability of child care, supporting community-based programs focused on healthy babies and families, and encouraging more people to consider adoption.”
Despite the differences between GOP caucuses in each chamber, Huston said he’s “confident we’ll find a thoughtful way forward.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/statehouse/senate-house-republicans-introduce-inflation-relief-bills/article_b8b85d02-087e-11ed-9bb4-7745baf4d032.html | 2022-07-21T05:53:51 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/statehouse/senate-house-republicans-introduce-inflation-relief-bills/article_b8b85d02-087e-11ed-9bb4-7745baf4d032.html |
Parkview Health said Wednesday it received more than $1.2 million from the state to address community health issues.
The six grants from the Indiana Department of Health were part of a $35 million initial round of funding through the state’s Health Issues and Challenges program. It was established by the state General Assembly in 2021 with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
“These funds enable us to create or enhance several programs that go beyond traditional levels of care,” Dena Jacquay, Parkview Health’s chief administrative officer, said in the statement.
Parkview Health is one of more than 150 groups to receive funding for the Health Issues and Challenges program. Parkview’s grants are:
• $643,381 to create the FAST (Food Assistance and Support Team) program. FAST will connect patients and healthcare providers with community/government-based food assistance programs to improve the health of individuals identified as food insecure.
• $150,000 for an Asthma Education and Management Program that will include education, in-home environmental visits and an emergency department call-back program.
• $148,344 for Parkview’s Neuroscience Outreach Network. Patients with elevated blood pressure or chronic hypertension will be referred to this program for additional services focused on preventing and reducing the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and associated risk of stroke.
• $97,980 for a diabetes prevention program that will use the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program curriculum to identify individuals with pre-diabetes and put them on a path to prevention of diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
• $149,986 for a Pediatric Medical Complexity Community Health Worker program, which will help families build their own capacity to provide and care for their medically complex children. As a frontline change agent, the community health worker will help reduce health disparities for some of the most vulnerable children in underserved communities.
• $94,000 for its Oncology Patient Navigators, a team of social workers with degrees in sociology, psychology and the arts. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/parkview-receives-1-2-million-to-help-improve-community-health-issues/article_29cce5e2-0840-11ed-89ab-f36a43a03835.html | 2022-07-21T05:53:57 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/parkview-receives-1-2-million-to-help-improve-community-health-issues/article_29cce5e2-0840-11ed-89ab-f36a43a03835.html |
A man found dead in his home Tuesday took his own life after shooting his wife and barricading himself, authorities said Wednesday.
Than Zaw Oo, 42, was involved in a domestic dispute with his wife before shooting her. She fled to a neighbor who called police at 8:13 a.m. Tuesday, the Allen County coroner’s office said.
Than Zaw Oo then barricaded himself in his home on Willshire Estates Drive, near Maplecrest and Trier roads.
Fort Wayne police officers unsuccessfully tried to contact Than Zaw Oo. They entered the home and found him dead on the floor with a rifle nearby. Paramedics pronounced him dead just before 11 a.m., the coroner’s office said.
Than Zaw Oo died from a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a suicide, the coroner said.
His wife, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital in life-threatening condition. Her condition was not available Wednesday.
The case remains under investigation by city police, the Allen County prosecutor’s office and the coroner’s office. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/man-who-barricaded-himself-took-his-own-life-after-shooting-wife/article_44d9fb66-0856-11ed-be97-ef8c8a349e66.html | 2022-07-21T05:54:03 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/man-who-barricaded-himself-took-his-own-life-after-shooting-wife/article_44d9fb66-0856-11ed-be97-ef8c8a349e66.html |
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Students in the Twin Falls School District will be protected by private security guards next year. On Wednesday evening, the Twin Falls School Board approved expanding the use of armed security within their school buildings.
The district still has to sign a contract with whomever is going to provide the security, but the plan to do so is moving forward following Wednesday's board meeting.
Currently, Twin Falls elementary schools share school resource officers (SROs) with high schools and middle schools, their focus primarily being the latter. Elementary schools get checks from SROs from time to time and visit the campuses upon administration request.
This proposal will put armed security guards in each of the nine elementary schools in the district.
The decision was made in the wake of multiple mass shootings around the United States, including in Uvalde, Texas, where an elementary school shooting killed 19 students and two teachers.
The school board was presented with a proposal earlier in July for the district administration to expand armed security within their school buildings.
In a July 11 interview, Twin Falls School District Director of Operations, Ryan Bowman, told KTVB the move would increase the district's safety.
"It's to make sure that all of our schools are covered all of the time with somebody who is trained in the skills to be able to do something if a situation may occur," Bowman said. "Hopefully, we never see that around here, but it's one of those things that we have to be prepared for."
The school district's current six SROs come from the Twin Falls Police Department, but Bowman said they're going to look in a different direction when it comes to new armed security in schools.
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SCHERERVILLE - Bob "Rico" Warieka, age 74, of Schererville, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022. He is survived by his son, John Warieka; daughter, Jody (Bill) Schaaf; granddaughters: Anna and Lily; sister, Joyce (Jim) Barker; brother, Steve (Kay) Grabek; companion, Sharon Shamel; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other family members. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anne Nuzzo Warieka; parents: John and Ann Warieka; and mother-in-law, Anna Nuzzo Anton.
Funeral services will begin with prayers at the Fagen-Miller Funeral Home, 8580 Wicker Ave in St. John, on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. with mass to follow at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael Church. Burial St. Michael Church Cemetery. Friends may meet with the family on Friday, at the funeral home, from 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Growing up in the good ole days in Gary, Bob spent his days in Junedale Little League and on any basketball court he could find. He was quite the athlete. It was there he found the love of his life, Anne, both graduates of Lew Wallace High School. As a serial entrepreneur, he owned Radio Shacks, as well as Rico's Restaurant and M&R Diner. He enjoyed his bowling league days, playing poker with his buddies, and watching his granddaughters grow. He was a kind, patient and devoted dad who we will miss beyond measure. www.fagenmiller.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bob-rico-warieka/article_8d71bc8a-1d3c-5a6f-9420-43b4d011b88b.html | 2022-07-21T06:10:21 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bob-rico-warieka/article_8d71bc8a-1d3c-5a6f-9420-43b4d011b88b.html |
HOBART - James Carl Briney, age 93, passed away peacefully on July 9th at home surrounded by his family. Born in 1929 to Carl and Hedwig (nee Rosenbaum), formerly of Hobart, he will be remembered as a devoted family man, and his 73 year marriage to his sweetheart Loraine served as the foundation of the strong family they built together.
Jim was a lifelong member of the Trinity Lutheran Church and school, and served as a former Church trustee. He was nearing his 75th year as a Union Carpenter and co-partnered Kingsridge Development Co. in Valparaiso. He also contributed to many important projects such as the Revelli Bandshell in Hobart and the Henry Crown Space Center at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. As a pillar of the community, Jim never lived more than a mile from where he was born, but he saw and accomplished so much throughout his life.
Jim is survived by his wife, Loraine; children, Dawn Krull of Hobart, Tim Briney of Homosassa, Florida and Scott (Krista) Briney of Roselle, Illinois; grandchildren: Erika Briney, Gina (Narin) Clouse, Greg Krull (Tasha Meachum), Jenna, Andrew, and Logan Briney; his great-grandchildren: Collin VanNoort, Sydnee and Lillie Krull, Brinley Clouse, Ayla and Kannon Briney; as well as several loving nieces. Jim was preceded in death by his brother, Russell; sister, Thelma Loggie; son-in-law, Mike Krull; grandson, Ryan Briney. Through his health struggles late in life, his family gives thanks to his three special caregivers: Jessica, Kathy and Florence.
Memorial visitation for Jim will be Saturday, July 23, 2022, from 10:00 a.m., until time of memorial service at 11:00 a.m., DIRECTLY AT TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, 900 Luther Drive, Hobart, IN., Pastor Nathan Kramer officiating. In lieu of flowers, monetary donations may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church. Burns Funeral Home (Hobart) entrusted with arrangements. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-carl-briney/article_3a99ba63-57ca-5f63-9e57-6679b74fbb75.html | 2022-07-21T06:10:27 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-carl-briney/article_3a99ba63-57ca-5f63-9e57-6679b74fbb75.html |
CALUMET CITY, IL - Jane Marie Mecha, age 70, of Calumet City, Illinois passed away July 16, 2022. She is survived by her longtime friends: Tony, Margaret (John), Casimira (Ray) Bilinski and Dave; Godmother, Dorothy Polus; cousins and other friends. Jane was preceded in death by her beloved parents: Adam and Jeanette (nee Pinkowski) Mecha; brother, Raymond; and sister, Leonette.
Funeral Services are Friday, July 22, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. from Castle Hill Funeral Home: 248 155th Place, Calumet City, Illinois 60409 to Jesus, Shepherd of Souls (St. Andrew the Apostle Church) for a 10:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial followed by Interment Services at Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation Thursday, 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Friday morning from 8:30 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home.
Jane was an active member of St. Andrew the Apostle Church Ladies Rosary Confraternity and St. Rita's Altar Guild, Carmelite Guild and Calumet City Historical Society. She attended St. Andrew Catholic School, Bishop Noll High School and Thornton Community College.
For service information call (708) 862-4480 or visit castlehillfuneralhome.com for online guestbook. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jane-marie-mecha/article_290ae8b1-f0e9-5d76-a7ec-11b8143c76e7.html | 2022-07-21T06:10:33 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jane-marie-mecha/article_290ae8b1-f0e9-5d76-a7ec-11b8143c76e7.html |
Two former educators are going toe to toe for the Florida House District 109 seat.
Attorney Ashley Gantt, 37, wants to unseat incumbent James Bush III, 67. She leads campaign fundraising efforts with more than $66,000 raised since entering the race in March, while Bush trails nearly $16,000 behind, according to the state’s department of elections.
Both are Democrats.
“I decided it was time to stand up and fight for what is right and just,” Gantt said when she announced that she would be challenging Bush, who has run unopposed for years.
Bush, a husband and father of two adult children, first joined the Florida Legislature in 1992 and has served three separate stints since to represent the district that spans across parts of North Dade, Miami Lakes, Opa-locka, Liberty City and Brownsville.
“My work [in the community] did not start just yesterday [nor] did I just pop up and say, ‘I want to run,’” Bush told The Miami Times in an interview for his reelection campaign. “I put in sweat equity, I labored and did what was necessary. In my upbringing, we were taught how to honor those who have laid the foundation for us.”
Growing up in Liberty City and Brownsville, Bush recalls attending a segregated elementary school during a time when Black Miamians openly faced racism. He was surrounded by the likes of former Miami-Dade County Commissioners Neal Adams and Barbara Carey-Shuler, community activists Eufaula Frazier and Georgia Jones-Ayers, and the late Congresswoman Carrie Meek.
“I came up in a community that was politically involved,” said Bush, crediting his environment and faith for kick-starting his career in politics. “I was surrounded by political figures and community leaders.”
Bush, who is currently an associate minister at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Brownsville, unsuccessfully ran for Florida Commissioner of Education in 2000 following his first term in the Florida Legislature. In 2010, he lost a bid for Congressional District 17 to Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson.
He also served as a board member for the Community Action Agency for 15 years.
Bush said he is running for reelection because there’s more work to be done, particularly when it comes to bringing more resources and funding to his constituents.
“The Black community needs resources,” he said. “My community has been neglected because we get caught up in the party fight and we don’t sit down at the table and try to reach across the aisle to do what is necessary and in the interest of our citizens … [so] we don’t get the results that we need.”
Politicians must be willing to do what it takes to get legislation passed, he said, including working with people with differing ideologies.
“You have to get the votes on both sides,” he explained, responding to a backlash of voting against his party and working with Republican lawmakers. “That means you have to work with whatever governor is in office … I make decisions that are best for my people.”
That mentality, Bush said, is how he secured more than $5 million in appropriations funding for local nonprofits in his district this year.
When asked what are the two most pressing issues in the district he plans on tackling, Bush said there are too many issues that require attention.
“I don’t rank them,” he said. “My campaign focuses on a combination of things. I care about my seniors who are facing increased rent, single mothers who need resources, children that look like me picking up guns and killing each other because they don’t have opportunities.”
“I think that a lot of times people who’ve been in office [assume] that they know what the community needs,” said Gantt. “[But] they don’t take the time to sit and listen so I definitely want to take the opportunity to listen so that my solutions can be effective when I get to office.”
Gantt’s decision to run stems from the belief that her community does not have the right person advocating on behalf of residents. Her background, she says, affords her the skills and qualifications to be that person.
Gantt, who grew up in West Little River, taught at Carol City Senior High School and Allapattah Middle School before becoming an attorney.
She began her legal career at the Broward County Public Defender’s Office as an assistant public defender then went on to practice immigration and litigation law. She founded her own law firm, Gantt Legacy Law in 2019, for criminal defense, estate planning, probate and personal injury cases.
In her spare time, Gantt volunteers with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Gwen Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association and the T.J Reddick Bar Association.
Her résumé also includes cheering for the Miami Dolphins football team and serving at the county’s Citizen’s Independent Transportation Trust as a representative for District 2.
“I’m running to make sure that in 20 years my community will be better off,” she said. “I understand that everything that’s happening now will definitely impact future generations and I want them to have the opportunity to have a different experience than what we see.”
If elected, Gantt will prioritize public education and affordable housing as her top two issues, followed by transportation, criminal justice reform, supporting the local economy and creating a clean environment.
“We saw the HUD secretary come down here and say that Miami is the epicenter of a [housing] affordability crisis,” said Gantt, who attended Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s Building Blocks Housing Summit last month. “There are community organizations that are doing the work and I believe that elected officials can work with them to help people that are in need ... Some people have to make the sacrifice to pay rent over buying groceries.”
For public education, she will join dozens of legislators demanding higher pay for educators, in addition to pushing back against censorship in classrooms. Gantt wants to see more trade and vocational school opportunities created, too.
“I think that education is how our country has progressed and will continue to progress, and we can’t go backward with limiting thoughts and ideas and expression,” she explained.
Gantt has received endorsements from FLIC Votes, District 38 State Sen. Jason Pizzo, the SEIU and Run for Something.
Bush is confident he will receive the most important endorsement – votes from the people.
“I’m doing what I’m doing because I have been appointed and anointed to operate in the space that I’m operating in,” he said, certain that his track record will show how he has kept the community’s interest during his tenure. “No one can do what I’m doing, because my assignment is only prescribed by God for me.”
He is endorsed by the Brownsville Homeowner’s Association, Historic Hampton House founding president Enid Pinkney, former Miami Heat basketball star Alonzo Mourning and dozens of local faith leaders. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/ashley-gantt-challenges-james-bush-in-district-109-race/article_e0b7b6e8-07b3-11ed-b9af-57ede877e842.html | 2022-07-21T06:48:15 | 0 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/ashley-gantt-challenges-james-bush-in-district-109-race/article_e0b7b6e8-07b3-11ed-b9af-57ede877e842.html |
Formula One’s partnership with Miami Gardens to bring the international auto racing sport to the city over the next 10 years has led to a $500,000 commitment to support small businesses in the area.
Last week, F1 announced that it will partner with the Community Fund of North Miami Dade (CFNMD), a subsidiary of the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (OLCDC), to distribute loans for businesses located in Miami Gardens and business owners who are residents of the city.
In support of the program, the Truist Foundation will add an additional $100,000 to the pot, while the OLCDC will match F1’s commitment with an additional $500,000, meaning more than $1 million will be up for grabs for the local business community.
“I am absolutely convinced that if we spend this $500,000 from Formula One by the end of this year, we’ll see probably another $500,000 from them in January,” said Willie Logan, president and CEO of the OLCDC. “They’re giving us a chance and allowing us to demonstrate that the community is not only ready to embrace this [and] take advantage of it, but also will succeed in doing it.”
The partnership was months in the making, according to Logan. After a rigorous vetting process that included at least five organizations, CFNMD was finally selected by the F1 team for the small-business loan program.
Miami Gardens Mayor Rodney Harris said he was pleased F1 remains committed in investing in his city.
“This will help them to be more prosperous,” Harris told The Miami Times about local businesses able to take advantage of the partnership. “The pandemic has brought us to a point where people are in need of money, and small businesses here in Miami Gardens are in need of those funds as well. So this is another avenue that we put in place so that small businesses can have an opportunity to prosper.”
Last year, many residents fought back against hosting the Miami Grand Prix in their backyard, citing noise pollution and health risks as major concerns. The Miami Gardens City Council had also voiced its opposition in a unanimous vote against F1 in 2020 but that vote was overruled by the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, as previously reported in The Miami Times.
A $5 million community benefits package promised by F1 organizers helped seal the deal, bringing the first of many championship races to Miami Gardens.
Nearly three months after the big sporting event, the city's leaders want to see small-business owners get a piece of the pie.
“We said at the time of securing this race that we wanted to ensure that we left a positive, lasting impact on this community,” said Courtnee Chun, chief portfolio officer for the company that acquired F1, at a press conference last Thursday. “And this is an important step.”
Harris, surrounded by councilmembers Robert Stephens III, Katrina Wilson and Shannon Campbell at the press conference, shared his gratitude for having this initiative help jumpstart the local economy.
Logan estimates that 20-25 businesses will be supported by the $500,000. So far, three loans have already been approved for some of that funding.
“Our hope is to do this within one year,” he said. “But I am confident we’ll do it sooner.”
The local business community welcomes the opportunity.
“I think that this will be the resuscitation of dreams for a lot of people,” said Sherronda Daye, owner of Defense Tea and Sweet Jalane’s.
Daye, who had to pivot from a salaried government job to baking professionally after losing her job, said she knows firsthand how important it is to have loan opportunities available to Black-owned small businesses.
As a former recipient of a CFNMD loan, she was able to purchase commercial ovens, stand mixers and uniforms, and hire staff to work out of a shared kitchen space. Now, after getting a boost, she’s planning to open her first brick-and-mortar shop.
“Those funds allowed us to dress the part, be the part and bake the part, and it’s been great,” she said, sharing the excitement that CFNMD will receive more funding to continue supporting businesses like hers through loan opportunities.
F1 will be assessing how long it takes for those dollars to be distributed via loans before deciding on whether the commitment will be renewed for additional loan funding.
“As far as the city is concerned, we will be putting something together to assist our residents,” said Harris when asked about additional benefits from the partnership outside of the business loan program. “And that’ll come in the near future.” | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/f1-commits-500-000-toward-small-business-loan-program-in-miami-gardens/article_7d894ca8-0777-11ed-ae05-0bc7acc1d34a.html | 2022-07-21T06:48:21 | 1 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/f1-commits-500-000-toward-small-business-loan-program-in-miami-gardens/article_7d894ca8-0777-11ed-ae05-0bc7acc1d34a.html |
U.S. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson raised more than $140,000 in the second quarter of 2022 to defend her seat representing Florida’s 24th Congressional District. That sum is more than the combined gains of all other candidates in the race.
Wilson also spent $65,000 in Q2, bringing her total holdings to $615,000 just over a month from the Aug. 23 primary.
Her spending went mostly to two consulting companies: Plantation, Fla.-based MDW Communications, which received more than $20,000, and Advanced Network Strategies, which got $15,600.
Wilson’s other expenditures included a $10,440 qualifying fee paid to the Florida Department of State, $1,500 for advertisement with the Florida Democratic Party, and donations of $250 and $1,000, respectively, to the Trayvon Martin Foundation and United Way of Miami.
More than 80 people gave to Wilson’s campaign in Q2. The largest personal check received was for $5,800 – equivalent to the maximum allowable $2,900 per election, with the primary and general elections counting as separate races – from Dr. Rudolph Moise, a two-time congressional candidate and the immediate past president of the Dade County Medical Association.
Wilson also received $4,700 from Andrew Yap, president of local manufacturing company Leasa Industries; $2,700 from former U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek; $2,500 from Elaine Wood, chief financial officer of U.S. Sugar Corp.; and $1,000 apiece from North Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Joseph and Willie Logan, a former state representative now serving as president and CEO of the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation.
The winner of the primary race between Wilson and Kevin Harris – a Miami-Dade County police officer who has raised $21,000 since entering the race and has $3,000 remaining – will face the victor of a Republican primary between Lavern Spicer, Patricia Gonzalez and Jesus Navarro.
Spicer, the only GOP candidate to report any fundraising so far, raised nearly twice the sum she did between January and March 31 with more than $65,000 added to her campaign coffers in Q2.
All of Spicer’s gains came through grassroots donations, with the majority of her donors listing their addresses as being outside Florida and their occupation as “retired.” More than 60 people gave to Spicer’s campaign last quarter. That includes Spicer herself, who loaned her campaign $3,500. She’s given her campaign nearly $17,000 this election cycle.
Spicer spent $66,000 in Q2. Her largest expenditure was the $10,440 qualifying fee. The overwhelming remainder covered fundraising fees, with some money going to consulting costs and fundraising commissions.
Wilson is seeking a seventh term in CD 24, which has historically been a fairly compact and safe district for Democrats. Based on analyses by MCI Maps and Florida Politics, it will remain so if the new congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by the Legislature stands beyond this cycle. It’s already locked in for the 2022 election.
The district primarily covers a north-central portion of Miami-Dade, including Miami, Miami Gardens, North Miami Beach, North Miami, Opa-locka, Miami Beach, North Bay Village, Bay Harbor Islands, Sunny Isles Beach and Aventura, as well as parts of Hialeah and Miami Lakes. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/frederica-s-wilson-brings-in-campaign-haul/article_a14bede6-0789-11ed-a64e-6fce79142ac3.html | 2022-07-21T06:48:28 | 0 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/frederica-s-wilson-brings-in-campaign-haul/article_a14bede6-0789-11ed-a64e-6fce79142ac3.html |
Significant investments in housing relief are a big focus of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s 2023 proposed budget released Friday, but a growing battle over the property tax rate is overtaking the narrative.
Due to wildly rising property values, property taxes are expected to rise 3% – the maximum increase allowed for resident homeowners in one year, according to state law. To offset that during this current inflationary period while residents are struggling with higher prices on everything from cars and gasoline to groceries, county commissioners are pushing for a historic 4% rate cut. Levine Cava is only offering a 1% reduction.
A 4% cut would keep residential tax bills level with this year’s amounts.
Miami-Dade County already has one of the highest median property taxes in the United States, and is ranked 210th of its 3,143 counties in order of median property taxes.
Known as “millage,” the countywide tax rate is currently $467 for every $100,000 of taxable value; that would drop to $462 under the Levine Cava budget.
The average yearly property tax paid by Miami-Dade County residents amounts to about 4.67% of their yearly income.
On Tuesday, Miami-Dade County commissioners were set to vote on the maximum property tax rate for 2023, but had failed to even take up the matter by press time. The figure is subject to change during September budget hearings.
Even with a 1% millage rate cut, Levine Cava’s budget has significantly more property tax revenue than the government is spending this year. Under her proposal, about $2 billion in property taxes would be spent on day-to-day government expenses, up 11% from this year.
Overall, the new budget proposal increases spending 15% over the previous year’s $9.3 billion budget. The county workforce would also grow by about 600 jobs.
With extra revenue, the budget erases some long-term deficits present in prior budgets and creates a $164 million that Levine Cava believes is necessary to offset a predicted, future recession.
She pointed to the housing crash of 2009 that sent tax revenue plunging after a rate cut during the boom years, setting off years of austerity budgets and service cuts.
“This cannot and will not happen again,” Levine Cava said on Friday. “It would be very short-sighted to make deeper cuts when we’re facing a potential cliff in an upcoming downturn in the economy and loss of property values.”
Meanwhile, the 2023 budget would invest $40 million for new housing programs, including subsidies for landlords. The proposed “Building Blocks Workforce Housing Initiative” would pay landlords up to $18 million in the first year for charging rents that match the county guidelines -- prices deemed affordable for middle-class incomes.
That would mean a family of four earning less than $137,000 or a single tenant earning up to $96,000. Landlords would get $2,000 a year for every unit rented to someone in that income level. Existing affordability guidelines say a two-bedroom apartment priced at up to $3,000 a month would be considered affordable for those income ranges.
Using federal dollars, Miami-Dade would loosen income requirements for its original COVID-19 rental assistance program. Miami-Dade has already distributed more than $100 million through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, known as ERAP, with another $30 million available.
The 2023 budget proposal also has an increase of more than $100 million in funds the county can allocate to developers for housing projects, for a total of roughly $390 million. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/housing-and-taxes-highlights-of-county-budget/article_fcec6778-07e0-11ed-a1a9-b3412def2cd0.html | 2022-07-21T06:48:34 | 0 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/housing-and-taxes-highlights-of-county-budget/article_fcec6778-07e0-11ed-a1a9-b3412def2cd0.html |
Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago.
The video, compiled from 13 security cameras inside the building, was not shown to the gallery, where parents of many of the victims sat. Prosecutors say it shows Cruz shooting many of his victims at point-blank range, going back to some as they lay wounded on the floor to kill them with a second volley of shots.
The 12 jurors and 10 alternates stared intently at their video screens. Many held hands to their faces as they viewed the 15-minute recording, which has no sound.
Some started squirming. One juror looked at the screen, looked up at Cruz with his eyes wide and then returned to the video.
Cruz looked down while the video played and did not appear to watch it. He sometimes looked up to exchange whispers with one of his attorneys.
The video was played over the objection of Cruz’s attorneys, who argued that any evidentiary value it has is outweighed by the emotions it would raise in the jurors. They argued that witness statements of what happened would be sufficient.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer dismissed the objection, saying a video that accurately reflects Cruz’s crimes does not unfairly prejudice his case. Prosecutors are using the video to prove several aggravating factors, including that Cruz acted in a cold, calculated and cruel manner.
Cruz, 23, pled guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder, and 17 more counts of attempted murder for those he wounded. The jury must decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole for the nation’s deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/jurors-see-gruesome-video-of-parkland-school-shooting/article_19fe6c72-07e5-11ed-941c-83153ddcaefd.html | 2022-07-21T06:48:40 | 0 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/jurors-see-gruesome-video-of-parkland-school-shooting/article_19fe6c72-07e5-11ed-941c-83153ddcaefd.html |
‘Little Bahamas’ designation
The historic West Grove is under pressure from gentrification that is displacing longtime residents, but that didn’t stop Miami City Commissioners from formally designating it “Little Bahamas of Coconut Grove.” The designation recognizes the historically Black enclave settled by Bahamians in the 19th century even before Miami was incorporated as a city. It’s one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. This is only the second time the commission has formally named a neighborhood with boundaries by resolution. In 2016, the city formally designated boundaries for Little Haiti. The item was introduced by Commissioner Ken Russell and wholeheartedly endorsed by U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, herself a Bahamian descendant. “Today we’re taking a big step towards ensuring the contributions and accomplishments of the Bahamian people are rightfully memorialized,” Wilson said. Wilson also helped secure $2.2 million in federal funds for an arts and culture museum to be built in “Little Bahamas.”
Meek Foundation windfall
Miami-Dade County Commissioners approved an $8.8 million funding allocation on Tuesday for the Carrie Meek Foundation. The vote was preceded by a long line of speakers who came to express their support of the allocation. The Carrie Meek Foundation’s mission is to advance the late Congresswoman Carrie Meek’s vision for civically engaged, well-resourced and resilient communities. The organization works to improve the lives of residents in Miami-Dade County and the larger South Florida community through Education, Housing, Health, and Economic Development. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/news-briefs-historic-name-change-and-foundation-funding/article_a7b99618-07e5-11ed-9c9f-d74f07df6bea.html | 2022-07-21T06:48:46 | 0 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/news-briefs-historic-name-change-and-foundation-funding/article_a7b99618-07e5-11ed-9c9f-d74f07df6bea.html |
In 2020 the Miami-Dade County Commission approved legislation to launch a task force to look into the problem of drivers behind the wheel with suspended licenses. The Task Force was charged with determining the number of suspended drivers in Miami-Dade County, understanding the adverse outcomes related to fines and fees, identifying the root causes of these adverse outcomes and developing recommendations to remedy the problems.
Its findings were presented in a final report delivered Monday. Among its findings: the use of driver’s license suspensions to compel debt repayment has created a series of unintended and compounding consequences that jeopardize the livelihoods of countless Miami-Dade residents and their families. The task force also found that license suspensions often lead to a debt spiral for those impacted.
Other findings conclude that non-safety-related driver’s license suspensions increase car insurance rates for licensed drivers, disproportionately affect low-income residents and communities of color, drain government resources and harm the economy.
The recommendations for how to fix the identified issues include clearing the backlog of suspended licenses – which includes contacting the estimated 45,000 drivers in Miami-Dade County that are eligible for reinstatement – and creating a compliance court that will work with drivers who would otherwise have their licenses if not for the inability to pay fines or fees.
Reducing arrests for driving without a license was also recommended, along with the creation of a diversion process that would send these drivers to compliance court to work on getting their licenses reinstated.
In addition, there are several recommendations for streamlining the process for drivers dealing with fines, fees and being able to access contactless services. This also involves improved communication from the court to the public, making the payment process easier to access and lowering the number of cases being turned over to collection agencies.
The final recommendation is for the Miami-Dade County Mayor’s office to track and have oversight of the implementation of these recommendations. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/reducing-drivers-license-suspensions-in-miami-dade/article_0d2cf376-07e3-11ed-a292-0344a816c072.html | 2022-07-21T06:48:52 | 1 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/reducing-drivers-license-suspensions-in-miami-dade/article_0d2cf376-07e3-11ed-a292-0344a816c072.html |
PHOENIX — We all feel the triple-digit heat, but it can have serious consequences for those who spend hours working in it, like delivery drivers.
This viral video of a Scottsdale UPS driver collapsing from the heat shows how dangerous the job can be. For one Phoenix woman, it was too hard to watch.
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"Just seeing his hands cramp up trying to ring the doorbell, then watching my husband in the hospital with his hands and feet cramping up," she said emotionally.
Her husband, also a UPS driver, faced a similar situation in May after working for hours in intense heat.
"He started throwing up, and he messaged into them he was throwing up, and they did not respond to him," she said.
She initially didn't want to speak out for fear her husband would be fired. But after seeing what happened in Scottsdale and again near Los Angeles, enough was enough, and she's now calling on UPS to change.
"Unfortunately, in California, there was a 24-year-old driver who passed out in the cargo and died," she said. "They're out there all day, typically working 12 hours. They can stop harassing these drivers; they can hire more drivers. This company makes money, and these drivers are well paid, but it should not be at the cost of their livelihood. Families shouldn't worry if they're going to come home or not."
Teamsters, the union for UPS drivers, is demanding action. It posted steps it feels the company should take on its Facebook page to protect drivers.
"You know a lot of these drivers they do the work to provide for families, but they shouldn't have to go through this," the Phoenix woman said.
And while she knows change won't happen overnight, she is begging something be done, so situations like this don't happen again.
12News reached out to UPS, who sent us the following statement:
"The health and safety of our employees is our top priority. We never want our employees to continue working to the point that they risk their health or work in an unsafe manner. If an employee ever feels ill for any reason, they are instructed to stop what they are doing and notify their delivery center management. If they need assistance, local UPS personnel will respond by coming to their location to help them return to their delivery center or arrange immediate medical assistance at their location. We also offer our employees multiple ways to share their concerns with us without fear of retaliation, and we promptly address issues when they are brought to our attention. An example is our Comprehensive Health and Safety Process (CHSP), a collaboration between UPS’s hourly employees and management that meets regularly throughout our operation to discuss health and safety.
UPS drivers are trained to work outdoors and for the effects of hot weather. Drivers do not spend prolonged periods of time inside the truck, as they are making a stop on average every 2-3 minutes. With each stop, the engine is shut off and the doors are secured. The A/C system would be shut off with each stop.
We have a dedicated team of more than 600 health and safety professionals who review work practices and ensure health awareness. We believe that preparation, rest, hydration and maintaining good health practices are key to working outdoors. Our “Cool Solutions” program was developed with both Federal and State OSHA personnel and focuses on educating employees about hydration, along with nutrition and proper sleep before working in hotter temperatures. We have morning meetings with drivers all year round, reminding them of forecast temperatures and encouraging them to be aware of their own health conditions. In the summer, in addition to providing water and ice for employees, we provide regular heat illness and injury prevention training to all operations managers and drivers."
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IOWA FALLS – Ellsworth Community College has announced its Dean’s List: Breck Angstman, Dumont; Fischer Ohrt, Gilbertville; Brandan Maine, Hampton; Jayda Nehl, Emma Rosonke, New Hampton; Clary Bodden, Parkersburg; Dannica Dams, Waterloo; and John Steffen, Waverly.
To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must have earned a minimum of 12 credit hours during the semester (a full-time class load) and had at least a 3.5 grade point average for the Spring 2022 semester. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/ellsworth-community-college-announces-spring-term-deans-list/article_b616b515-08d0-5f14-9d71-ecab9f3b43e1.html | 2022-07-21T06:56:10 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/ellsworth-community-college-announces-spring-term-deans-list/article_b616b515-08d0-5f14-9d71-ecab9f3b43e1.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The City withdrew its conditional offer to hire Tom Datro as the new Civilian Training Dean for Portland Police Wednesday.
The about face comes just five days after PPB announced the 20-year LAPD veteran had been selected for the role – pending a background check.
Amid the announcement Friday, Chief Chuck Lovell said, “I was deeply impressed with Dr. Datro and believe adding him into this new position is an integral part of continuing our innovative reform work.”
A sentiment echoed by Mayor Ted Wheeler, who stated, “Dr. Datro’s experience in the field of law enforcement training and his commitment to community engagement will enhance our ongoing efforts to reform the system by increasing accountability and transparency in community safety.”
However, the praise was short lived, as the PPB issued a release to announce the City had “withdrawn the conditional offer of employment for Tom Datro as the Academic Training Director,” Wednesday afternoon.
When asked about the about-face decision, Mayor Ted Wheeler’s Office issued a statement which read, “This is a personnel matter, and as a result of the background check, the City withdrew the conditional offer of employment. We intend to restart the process and move forward as quickly as possible.”
But for many community leaders, the decision to hire Datro as the Civilian Training Dean was controversial from the start, with several activists and legal experts taking to social media to point out Datro (who was still working as an LAPD sergeant at the time of the hiring announcement), was not what many would qualify as a civilian.
“This is not what the role was meant to be, and this is not what the community asked for,” said Community Activist, Jake Dockter. “From my awareness of the settlement agreement and the DOJ requests, they wanted to have a civilian who could provide a civilian perspective next to the police perspective. So, bringing in another police officer seems totally counter to that.”
Datro, who runs “Policing In America Podcast,” has been outspoken about his dislike for police reform and ideas surrounding implicit bias training.
“The Mayor’s office and the Chief of Police put out a statement saying this person is all about reform,” Dockter told KOIN 6 News. “And then all of a sudden there were threads and information coming out about this person who says that he doesn’t believe in reform, and doesn’t believe in unconscious bias. How does this jive with that progressive reform that you’re talking about?”
The creation of the Civilian Training Role was one of several requirements PPB agreed to take on to come back into compliance with a settlement agreement with the Justice Department – after a Federal investigation found officers used excessive force towards people with mental illness.
Juan Chavez, Director of the Civil Rights Project at the Oregon Justice Resource Center and an attorney who represented the Mental Health Alliance in that suit said the Friday’s announcement came as a shock.
“The news of the hire (or potential hire) hit the community like a ton of bricks,” Chavez stated. “The creation of the Civilian Dean position is for accountability. It is for curing the problems within the Police Bureaus’ inadequate training and clear bias, that we’ve seen both in practice and in the training materials that are given.”
He continued, “So, hiring a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, a department that has a long history of bias and excessive force itself, was very concerning.”
The Mental Health Alliance (MHA) told KOIN 6 News they reached out to PPB and offered to be a part of the screening and hiring process — but were turned away.
“We were told there were already too many people on the hiring panel,” Jason Renaud with MHA said. “If we had been there, we would have objected to a career officer – regardless of who the person is or their academic credentials – being the first civilian head of training.”
Renaud continued, “The purpose of a civilian being the head of training was to gain – at a high and powerful level – a non-police person to push back against how things have always been done, to bring research and experience outside of police departments, to change and transform the PPB. That purpose is undermined when the PPB selects a career officer in this position.”
According to the City, screening and hiring for the Civilian Training Dean will resume as quickly as possible. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/city-of-portland-withdraws-offer-to-hire-new-ppb-training-dean/ | 2022-07-21T07:16:21 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/city-of-portland-withdraws-offer-to-hire-new-ppb-training-dean/ |
Lisabeth Troxell, 78, of Twin Falls died July 19, 2022, at a local nursing home. Arrangements are under the care of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home.
Raymond McNabb, 61, of Buhl died Thursday, July 14, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are under the care of Farmer Funeral Chapel, Buhl.
Michael Toledo, 64 of Buhl, died Wednesday July 20, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are under the care of Rosenau Funeral Home. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_c90177da-0882-11ed-b3db-b346fb7d6c45.html | 2022-07-21T07:25:56 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_c90177da-0882-11ed-b3db-b346fb7d6c45.html |
Kenosha County’s top political leader will now have the power to remove division heads “at will.” A split majority of County Board supervisors repealed a decades old policy that previously conferred greater job security to the non-represented administrators.
The County Board voted 13-10 Tuesday night amending Resolution 12, a measure that had been in place since 1996 and which, at the time, created a new class of non-represented employees, namely the division heads. At the time the policy was enacted, both the administration and County Board had approved it in an effort to hire and retain “experienced” and “high caliber” division leaders that supported their ideas, directions and plans, according to the resolution. The latest policy will cover future as well as current division leaders.
Termination without causeThe policy now gives current County Executive Samantha Kerkman the authority to terminate division heads without cause.
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During deliberations, some supervisors questioned the need to repeal Resolution 12 offering that County Board be able to vote on whether a department or division head is fired, despite a decision by the county executive. In the current practice, the county executive recommends appointment of division leaders, who must then undergo vetting in the committee process and are ultimately voted on by the County Board.
Supervisor Laura Belsky said the issue wasn’t Kerkman, rather the power the executive position wields. She said she was concerned about the “checks and balances” and the risk posed by the “centralization” of power to a single office. Belsky proposed that the resolution be changed to allow the board to approve terminations. Vice Chair Erin Decker, however, challenged Belsky’s amendment seeking clarification as to whether state statutes allow for board approval where department heads are involved.
“If we’re talking about the department heads, I believe that, yes, the statute indicates that department heads appointed by a county executive may be removed at the pleasure of the county executive,” said Joseph Cardamone, the county’s corporation counsel. “The caveat is unless they are appointed for some services and competitive examination.” Belsky then withdrew her motion.
Supervisor Zach Rodriguez said that county executives have the right to have an executive team around them that they trust.
“What we saw in the last election was a change in the guard. Voters selected a county executive that’s not endorsed by the out-going county executive,” he said. “They bucked the system. They said they were not satisfied with what we have … what we have right now, at least. We want a change.”
Recently retired County Executive Jim Kreuser had endorsed Clerk of Courts Rebecca Matoska-Mentink, who lost to Kerkman in the spring election.
Amendment fails
Supervisor Andy Berg later proposed a motion similar to Belsky’s but one that called for the County Board to be able to decide on whether division heads should be terminated in the event the county executive should decide to fire them. The motion was further clarified by Supervisor Terry Rose, who co-sponsored the repeal of resolution 12, stating “except the division heads’ removal shall be approved or disapproved by the County Board.” Supervisor William Grady offered that the vote to approve such an action be by simple majority.
Decker questioned what would happen if the county executive removed a division head and the board voted against the removal. Cardamone said that if that occurred to a division head and did not have the approval of the board, “arguably that person could continue in that position.” She objected to the proposed change contending that it would cause confusion.
“The county executive would be forced to work with someone that can now, because they know they can’t be fired because the County Board … disapproved their letting go, they can do whatever they want,” she said. “They pretty much have carte blanche to do whatever they want, which is not a good thing for any job position.”
Grady said the amendment, however, would give supervisors who were worried about “the concentration of power” some comfort. Supervisor Brian Bashaw said the amendment would create an imbalance in power and it was “suborning” the county executive’s authority to perform the duties put forth for the office.
Supervisor Ed Kubicki said he could neither support the amendment nor the proposal to repeal the resolution.
“I feel it’s not broken. We don’t need to fix it …the executive can put people around her that will support her,” he said. “Let’s keep moving this county forward and let’s not sit there and put up these roadblocks and whatever else is going on here.”
The amendment failed 15-8.
Residents oppose repeal
During public comments, more than a dozen people who spoke opposed the change that would expand the county executive’s firing power.
Marieta Huff of Kenosha urged supervisors to amend the resolution to allow the human resources officials to vet any department head recommended for hire by the county executive.
Russ Hahn of Kenosha said that when Resolution 12 was established, it coincided with the state’s long history of civil service laws “that enhanced the functioning of our democracy.”
“When a county employee has to worry more about personal loyalty to the county executive rather than the diligent performance of his or her job, the quality of governmental service in the community suffers and so do the residents of Kenosha County,” he said.
Hahn said he was particularly concerned at the politicization of the county’s Division of Health and its director Jen Freiheit, who he believes is being targeted for dismissal by conservatives amid restrictive recommendations for masking and other public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Richard Christiansen of Kenosha said the new policy contradicts the goal of attracting and retaining “high caliber” division heads.
“When communicating with the county executive, a division head should not be intimidated because they need to keep their jobs,” he said.
Nonpartisan, not targeting
Rose said, however, that the resolution before the board was nonpartisan and was not aimed at a specific department or division head.
“It’s not an attempt to have someone fired or aimed at a sort of mass firing tomorrow or next week or the following week,” he said. Rose said he’d never put his name on a resolution with that aim.
He said, however, that it focuses on preventing the lack of transparency that had occurred in the past with policies that protected department heads, including a human services director accused of using work time to gamble at the Potawatomi casino in Milwaukee.
Rose said he was not suggesting that non-represented administrators don’t do their jobs.
“I think they do it well. But I think there can be improvements and I don’t think that we should be afraid to make the improvements and make changes and have transparency,” he said. “And that’s what this resolution does … the proposition that I offer you tonight here is not … a perfect system. No system is perfect. But I think this system is better than the system that we’re currently operating under.” | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-county-board-approves-policy-expanding-county-executives-firing-power-to-include-division-heads/article_f270db94-080d-11ed-87fe-ebc536c5c877.html | 2022-07-21T07:32:31 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-county-board-approves-policy-expanding-county-executives-firing-power-to-include-division-heads/article_f270db94-080d-11ed-87fe-ebc536c5c877.html |
PORTLAND, Oregon — Thousands of college athletes around the country know the name Brenda Tracy. The gang rape survivor, who lives outside of Portland, has spent much of the last decade visiting college campuses, sharing her experience in-person.
“Sharing my story and seeing the effect it had on people was really powerful for me,” said Tracy. “It made me feel like what I went through was not in vain.”
In the last seven years, Tracy estimates she’s shared her story publicly more than 200 times. She's spoken at more than a hundred college campuses, businesses and nonprofits. She's worked with 50,000 young men — each time asking them to set the expectation that sexual assault and violence are never OK. And every time she does it, Tracy said she returns to the Corvallis night 23 years ago that will haunt her forever.
“I was being assaulted by all four men,” Tracy shared with a group of Portland State University students in 2017. “And as they were taking turns, they were high-fiving each other on their performance.”
As first reported by the Oregonian, two of Tracy's alleged rapists were Oregon State University football players. Each received a one-game suspension. It took Tracy years to share her story publicly, but then she just kept going until 2020.
“I think when the pandemic hit and I had to stop and just had to sit with myself, I realized that I wasn't taking care of myself the way that I should,” shared Tracy. “Living this close to my trauma every day, over and over and over ... and not just my trauma but other people's trauma, too. I just felt like the world just started to fall on me.”
This week, Tracy posted on social media that she's paying more attention to her mental health. She's resumed trauma therapy and the way she shares her story is changing. Her nonprofit, Set the Expectation, created an hour-long video of Tracy’s presentation so she'll no longer have to share the most difficult parts of her story in person. Schools and other groups can now purchase the video to share.
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Tracy said she will continue visiting schools on location or remotely for expanded education. Next week she’ll visit Michigan State University for her first post-lockdown speaking engagement and she plans to visit a high school in Dallas later this month. Tracy hopes to reach more high schools as a part of prevention she believes needs more attention.
“We see the grown men that are having issues with domestic violence or sexual violence or whatever and I always tell people, ‘That doesn't just happen,’” said Tracy. “These attitudes and beliefs and behaviors are cultivated and they start at a younger age … we got to intervene sooner.”
Every day, Brenda Tracy finds new strength to keep going and new hope that others will stand with her, wherever they are.
“We all have the ability to help or harm and actively ask, ‘What are we doing every day in our lives?’ Are we helping or harming?” asked Tracy. “Are we part of the problem or the solution?” | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/brenda-tracy-rape-survivor-story-public-speaking/283-fe2653a6-e9d0-48f3-bfc9-e35a2f95ad83 | 2022-07-21T07:35:05 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/brenda-tracy-rape-survivor-story-public-speaking/283-fe2653a6-e9d0-48f3-bfc9-e35a2f95ad83 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Crews from the City of Portland were responding to two pretty crappy situations Wednesday afternoon — a pair of seemingly "unrelated" sewage overflows in different areas of the city.
Shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (PBES) sent out a statement regarding a report of sewage flowing onto a parking lot at 1555 North Tomahawk Island Drive in the Jantzen Beach Center.
City officials said that the overflow came from a private sewer line, and was still going on when the statement went out.
Less than an hour later, PBES sent out a second statement regarding a sewage overflow on Adventist Health Medical Center property near Southeast Market Street and I-205. Again, the overflow came from a private sewer line and was still going on as of shortly before 8:45 p.m.
"As a precaution, the public is advised to follow posted signage and stay away from the immediate overflow area, which crosses a publicly accessible pathway," the agency said. "The cause of the overflow is unknown at this time, and resolution is pending actions taken by the property owner."
Despite the timing, PBES said that the two overflows were totally unrelated. It wasn't immediately clear when they would be resolved.
Sewage overflows are often preventable, the agency said. Pipes can become clogged with grease, tree roots and debris, causing a backup and overflow. PBES offered a short list of tips that can help to prevent them:
- Place grease in a container and then in the trash, not down kitchen drains. Food establishments are required to take additional measures to prevent grease from entering sewer lines.
- Avoid flushing rags, wipes, or anything other than toilet paper and human waste.
- Outside the home, avoid pouring anything down storm drains, which are intended for rainfall only.
If you detect an odor of sewage, which can indicate a release, you can call the city's maintenance hotline at 503-823-1700. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-sewer-overflows-jantzen-beach-adventist/283-5b838305-7a0b-4382-b710-3f8d1cac0f46 | 2022-07-21T07:35:11 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-sewer-overflows-jantzen-beach-adventist/283-5b838305-7a0b-4382-b710-3f8d1cac0f46 |
BOISE — To celebrate their new music hall, Duck Club held a groundbreaking ceremony and tour of the venue and office space Wednesday afternoon.
The Treefort Music Hall is set to open in early 2023 and will feature two bar areas, one of which will be on the roof. It will also have state-of-the-art audio and visual systems, and two artist green rooms with a lounge area, kitchen, full bathroom and laundry.
“I think the thing that strikes me and that has driven me most all of these years is the relationships that I’ve made,” said Lori Shandro, co-founder of Duck Club. “Then those relationships make other relationships. We’ve all worked together. We’ve all been friends. We all come together to solve problems day after day.”
After Shandro and co-founder Eric Gilbert thanked the crowd of around 100 people for their support over the years, they started the groundbreaking ceremony. Some of the floor was broken open so people could shovel dirt with “golden shovels.”
The venue, located at 722 W Broad St., will be 20,020 square feet and will hold 1,049 people. The space will be used for Treefort and throughout the year.
“Boise is lacking in venues that have very artistic-forward space,” said Marissa Lovell, publicist for Duck Club. “What do artists need when they’re on the road? We want this to be a super comfortable space where artists can wash their clothes and take a shower before they just jump back on the bus.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/duck-club-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-treefort-music-hall/article_e8de512c-e520-5e11-a4df-7754ac43ee34.html | 2022-07-21T08:31:44 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/duck-club-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-treefort-music-hall/article_e8de512c-e520-5e11-a4df-7754ac43ee34.html |
WATERLOO — Children were given the chance to laugh, cry, grieve and celebrate the ones they loved and lost on Wednesday as they took part in the Cedar Valley Hospice grief camp.
At the UAW Hall, 32 children attended the day camp, which had a carnival theme. While there, children were treated to games, music, balloon animals, a magic show and other activities.
But according to Jennifer Siech, the hospice’s marketing director, it also served an important purpose of helping children to process their grief. Each of them had lost a family member or a loved one, and many of the activities involved were built around remembering them and celebrating their lives.
“We figured a day camp would be something that mixed the fun with remembering and healing of their loved one and gives them the chance to talk about the people they love, as well as letting them know their feelings are OK,” Siech said. “And giving them positive ways to deal with those feelings and work through them, as well as be with other kids who are in the same boat.”
Grief team leader Heather Peiffer said it can often be difficult for children to express or process their grief. In addition, the process can be isolating for them and they don’t want to open up – even among their peers who are dealing with similar issues.
“Events like this allow them to share those experiences – those difficult experiences – and know that they are not alone,” she said.
Kylie Moore is one child who’s been positively impacted. Moore, 10, lost her grandmother to cancer in 2020. But through events like these day camps – and the help of counsellors like Mikaela Hines – she’s learned to process her loss and be comforted by her grandmother’s memory.
“I like to wake up in the morning and think of her and I want to be there for her,” Moore said. “I want to keep going to live the life she didn’t get to live forever. And I want to live the rest of my life for her.”
Moore shared her grandmother’s story with her peers while hearing their stories, as well.
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Quincy Koala poses for a photo with children Wednesday at the Cedar Valley Hospice grief camp. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-valley-hospice-grief-camp-combines-fun-with-healing/article_88737316-31ec-57e2-99db-8b0a18c3dec3.html | 2022-07-21T09:05:50 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-valley-hospice-grief-camp-combines-fun-with-healing/article_88737316-31ec-57e2-99db-8b0a18c3dec3.html |
WATERLOO — Waterloo Community Schools is changing it’s trash pickup after the Board of Education last week agreed to outsource waste collection.
A three-year contract was approved by the board with an annual savings of about $38,000-$46,000, depending on the year.
The district has used in-house pick-up in the past. But interim director of operations Zach Kelly said, at 20 years old, the garbage truck has little gas left in its tank. He noted that the average lifespan of the trucks is 15-20 years.
It would take 10 to 12 months before the truck was delivered, which would have left Waterloo Schools with unreliable service until arrival.
The original proposal was to outsource trash collection for one year. However, Kelly came to the table with a three-year proposal, noting it would be less expensive.
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In-house trash pickup was roughly $115,000 per year. The upside to in-house collection, Kelly said, is convenience and having service whenever the district needed it.
The downside, he said, is that with such an old truck, Waterloo Schools would be “at the mercy of the service company” working on it in the case of breakdowns. That could affect the time garbage sat out in the heat or was picked at by birds – making a mess. Kelly noted the garbage truck operator could hand-pick trash, but there’s only so much they could pick up without physically touching the waste.
He also said work on the current garbage truck would be an investment of around $30,000 for only one year.
The first suggestion for a one-year outsourcing contract was estimated at $87,000, from Republic Services. Republic also provided an option of a three-year contract, which the board ultimately went with. Each year would have an increase of 5% a year.
The first year will cost the school an estimated $69,000. The second year would be $73,000 and the third year would be $77,000. Republic is also providing all the dumpsters at no additional cost.
As for the 52 current dumpsters, Kelly said 25% of them will go to a metal salvage yard, due to their condition. The other dumpsters will be housed at a location until the school goes back to in-house collection.
School board members expressed concern about additional pick-ups, which would have normally been at no extra charge with in-house collection. Additional pick-ups are needed when the school has special events like a football game or musical that attracts extra visitors.
Kelly agreed that additional pick-ups will come at a cost. For the first year, the district will pay $3 per yard. The majority of the dumpsters are four yards. The second year the price will increase to $3.15 per yard, and the third year will increase to $3.31 per yard.
Kelly said the change will not affect taxpayers, and the school can terminate the contract without any cost if it is not up to their standards. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/waterloo-schools-to-outsource-trash-collection/article_cb596863-adc6-5fd5-bced-0954f4ce6662.html | 2022-07-21T09:05:56 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/waterloo-schools-to-outsource-trash-collection/article_cb596863-adc6-5fd5-bced-0954f4ce6662.html |
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Jasmine Ator, Seth Benschoter, Steven Franke, Carter Froelich, Riley Gage, Gaston Gonnerman, Wesley Grapp, Emma Hoins, Cassandra Krull, Madysen Leyen, Madalyn Menuey
Desiree Perez, Tiffany Sterba, Erinn Studer, Jayden Umthum, Brady Wheeler, all of Waverly.
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Cedar Fall's Trey Campbell crosses the finish line in the 4x100 meter relay during the Iowa High School track and field championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Saturday.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell lands in the sand pit for the long jump during the Iowa High School track and field championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Friday.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell takes a 3 against Cedar Rapids Prairie during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell is guarded by Cedar Rapids Prairie's Everett Koch during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell takes a 3 against Cedar Rapids Prairie during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell is guarded by Cedar Rapids Prairie's Everett Koch during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal this year at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls receiver Trey Campbell eludes a tackle on a kick return against Pleasant Valley in a Class 5A first round playoff game Friday at Spartan Stadium.
Cedar Falls receiver Trey Campbell runs past Pleasant Valley linebacker Caden McDermott in a Class 5A first round playoff game Friday at Spartan Stadium.
Johnston's Reid Grant (10) attempts a shot against Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) during the Class 4A semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) drives to the basket against Johnston during the Class 4A semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) goes up for a shot against Dubuque Senior during the Class 4A quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) attempts a 3-pointer against Dubuque Senior's Tyler Schuster (12) during the Class 4A quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Des Moines.
Prairie's Nick Fetters (30) comes in to tackle Cedar Falls wide receiver Trey Campbell (4) at a high school football game with Cedar Falls at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday.
Cedar Falls wide receiver Trey Campbell looks to make a move on Waterloo West defensive back Depree Banks during the first quarter Friday at Memorial Stadium.
Cedar Falls sophomore Trey Campbell puts up the ball for two points during Thursday's IHSAA Class 4A game against Ankeny at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls sophomore Trey Campbell looks to pass the ball inside during Thursday's IHSAA Class 4A game against Ankeny at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell defends against Dowling Catholic's Matt Riedl during a Class 4A state tournament game at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Campbell returns to the point guard position for the Tigers this season.
The 2022 Courier Male Athlete of the Year, Trey Campbell, his story in pictures.
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Cedar Fall's Trey Campbell crosses the finish line in the 4x100 meter relay during the Iowa High School track and field championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Saturday.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell lands in the sand pit for the long jump during the Iowa High School track and field championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines on Friday.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell takes a 3 against Cedar Rapids Prairie during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell is guarded by Cedar Rapids Prairie's Everett Koch during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell takes a 3 against Cedar Rapids Prairie during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell is guarded by Cedar Rapids Prairie's Everett Koch during an Iowa Class 4A state quarterfinal this year at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls senior Trey Campbell takes a jump shot over Marshalltown defenders during the Class 4A substate game at Cedar Falls on Friday.
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Cedar Falls senior Trey Campbell leaps to make a rebound against Iowa City High on Friday at Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls senior Trey Campbell looks to make a pass against Iowa City High on Friday at Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls receiver Trey Campbell eludes a tackle on a kick return against Pleasant Valley in a Class 5A first round playoff game Friday at Spartan Stadium.
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Cedar Falls receiver Trey Campbell runs past Pleasant Valley linebacker Caden McDermott in a Class 5A first round playoff game Friday at Spartan Stadium.
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Cedar Falls wide receiver Trey Campbell fires a pass downfield during the Tigers' game with Dubuque Hempstead Friday at the UNI-Dome.
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Cedar Falls punt returner Trey Campbell avoids Waterloo West's Aidan Perez en route to a 57-yard punt return for touchdown Friday at the UNI-Dome.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell makes an attempt in the long jump on Thursday during the Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
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Johnston's Reid Grant (10) attempts a shot against Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) during the Class 4A semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) drives to the basket against Johnston during the Class 4A semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena last season in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) drives to the basket against Johnston during the Class 4A semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) goes up for a shot against Dubuque Senior during the Class 4A quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell (4) attempts a 3-pointer against Dubuque Senior's Tyler Schuster (12) during the Class 4A quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls junior Trey Campbell takes a shot from beyond the arc against Waterloo East on Friday at Waterloo.
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Cedar Falls guard Trey Campbell bowls over a Waterloo East defender in a metro boys' basketball game last December at Cedar Falls
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell breaks a tackle by Cedar Rapids Washington's KeAndre China to score a touchdown at the UNI-Dome Friday in Cedar Falls.
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Prairie's Nick Fetters (30) comes in to tackle Cedar Falls wide receiver Trey Campbell (4) at a high school football game with Cedar Falls at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday.
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Cedar Falls wide receiver Trey Campbell looks to make a move on Waterloo West defensive back Depree Banks during the first quarter Friday at Memorial Stadium.
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Cedar Falls sophomore Trey Campbell puts up the ball for two points during Thursday's IHSAA Class 4A game against Ankeny at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls sophomore Trey Campbell looks to pass the ball inside during Thursday's IHSAA Class 4A game against Ankeny at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls' Trey Campbell defends against Dowling Catholic's Matt Riedl during a Class 4A state tournament game at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Campbell returns to the point guard position for the Tigers this season.
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PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Sam Yexley of Jesup was named to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Chancellor’s List of students with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for spring 2022. Yexley also was listed on the Dean’s List. Myah Swanson of Waverly made the Dean’s List, as well.
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FRANKLIN CO., Va. – An exciting update to a story we covered earlier this month.
We first introduced you to the ‘Moo Crew,’ a group of volunteers from the Rocky Mount Rotary Club who buys and delivers milk to a food bank in Franklin County. The Rotarians said they will continue the deliveries until the money runs out.
That food bank is His Cupboard, a spot that gives food to families every week, no questions asked. In a time when we’re facing inflation, many families are also facing food insecurity.
“It hurts. I mean, just hard for me to believe that in this area that’s going on and I worry about it. I mean, I really do. Doing what we do, as far as delivering the milk, it makes you feel good, but still, you know, it’s still in the back of your mind that there are people you know that don’t have,” said Jay Prillaman, a Rotary Club member.
After our story aired, both organizations each got donations to continue their missions. One thousand dollars was donated to Moo Crew and $1,000 to His Cupboard. This will buy a lot of milk and food to help families in our community.
This is in addition to the money Kroger donated to help both organizations too.
The Moo Crew has now delivered more than 400 gallons of milk in the last year and plans to keep going until the money runs out. To donate, you can make a check payable to the Rotary Club of Rocky Mount and send it to the Rotary Club of Rocky Mount, PO Box 224, Rocky Mount, VA 24151.
His Cupboard runs entirely on donations and there are several ways to donate:
- Paypal at His Cupboard
- Mail to: His Cupboard, P.O. Box 230, Boones Mill, VA 24065
- In-person on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the building behind the Old Boones Mill Train Station.
They don’t turn anyone away, no matter where you are from.
“It means a lot. It shows that our community cares about their people,” said Edith Miller, a His Cupboard client. “It helps to not to have to struggle so much. They always try to give you at least meat. There are things down here that I normally wouldn’t buy because I can’t afford some of it.”
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We tackle one topic at a time, highlighting problems many of us are dealing with and the solutions that are out there. The solution could be in our backyard or something else that’s working across the country.
You can check out our story on fighting inflation with creative ways to keep food costs down from March here and urban heat islands in Virginia and their deadly effects from February here.
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BLAND COUNTY, Va. – A vehicle fire is causing delays on I-77S in Bland County, according to VDOT.
Authorities say the incident happened at the 53.9 mile marker.
At this time the south left shoulder, left lane, and right lane are closed.
We’re told traffic is backed up for about one mile.
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Jorden Daniel, from left, chats with Bubba Franks and Rudy Dossett III as Daniel completes an internship with Dossett Big 4 House of Honda in Tupelo as part of an internship through the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services. The internship is Daniel's second through the statewide program.
Jorden Daniel fills out a service form for a vehicle as he gets closer to completing a four week internship with Dossett Big 4 House of Honda through the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services.
Jorden Daniel is finishing up a four-week internship with Dossett Big 4 House of Honda that was provided by the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services.
Jorden Daniel, from left, chats with Bubba Franks and Rudy Dossett III as Daniel completes an internship with Dossett Big 4 House of Honda in Tupelo as part of an internship through the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services. The internship is Daniel's second through the statewide program.
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Jorden Daniel fills out a service form for a vehicle as he gets closer to completing a four week internship with Dossett Big 4 House of Honda through the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services.
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Jorden Daniel is finishing up a four-week internship with Dossett Big 4 House of Honda that was provided by the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services.
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TUPELO • A recent Tupelo High School graduate spent the last month learning job skills at Dossett Big 4 through a Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services (MDRS) program.
Jorden Daniel, 18, has used a wheelchair for as long as he can remember. He was diagnosed with cancer, which damaged his spinal cord, at 4 months old.
The Tupelo native graduated from THS, where he was a member of the school’s fishing team, in May 2022.
Daniel still isn't entirely sure what he wants his career to be, but this internship, along with a previous MDRS internship at Midway Marine in Fulton last summer, has helped him develop skills and discover his strengths.
MDRS is a state agency that provides resources to help Mississippians with disabilities find new careers, live more independently, overcome obstacles and face new challenges. The agency's Office of Business Development seeks to support employers like Dossett Big 4 in sourcing, hiring and retaining qualified candidates with disabilities.
"We are so thankful that Jorden is a great fit as an intern at Dossett," MDRS executive director Chris Howard said. "Our Office of Business Development works hard to give employers quality job candidates, and Jorden is a really great example of what we do."
Daniel is currently wrapping up his final week as an intern at the car dealership, where he works with customers from start to finish, getting their vehicles the repairs they need. The teen writes repair orders for customers, enters them into the company's computer system, sends them to technicians and closes the order once the work is complete.
Bubba Franks, service manager for Dossett Big 4 House of Honda has worked closely with Daniel throughout the internship.
"Jorden's got great computer skills, a great personality and works with customers well," Franks said.
It's amazing, Franks said, how many times he's heard "Hey Jorden!" as people who know him have stopped by to have their car serviced.
"He's well known in Tupelo for sure," Franks said.
And Daniel's aptitude for working with computers surprised even himself.
"He's run through this program pretty quick," Franks added. "Within a day's time, he was running the entire program from start to finish."
At the conclusion of the MDRS program, Daniel plans to seek full-time employment. He hopes to find work similar to what he's done at Dossett Big 4.
Without it, Daniel said, it would've been much more difficult to find work that suited him.
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Saturday was all fun and games at LaVerne Park as kids and adults participated in a chess tournament at the park. Between rounds was badminton, Frisbee, squirt guns and fun in the river. And with any outdoor event, there were hot dogs.
In the advanced division, Frank Morse and Nancy Keller tied for first place with an outdoor toy as the prize, the large squirt guns as the ultimate prize.
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SOMERS – Five people were injured including one person who was seriously hurt following a two-vehicle crash in the 1400 block of Highway H in the village.
The crash occurred shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday and all required transport to a local hospital, according to Somers Fire Department Chief Ben Andersen. Andersen said one person was seriously injured in the crash and four had moderate injuries. Their conditions were not immediately known.
According to Andersen, there were four people in one vehicle, while the second vehicle had single occupant, the driver. Highway H at the scene was closed to traffic for about an hour, he said.
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The crash occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. on I-65 southbound just north of I-865.
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Food fight: Why are Providence restaurant owners steamed about a new waterfront pavilion?
PROVIDENCE — Plans for a $4-million pavilion adjacent to the pedestrian bridge that would include year-round food and drink service have some nearby restaurant owners crying foul. They say taxpayer money is being used to help private operators undercut their business.
The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission proposed the pavilion as part of upgrades to the 7-acre Innovation District Park along the Providence River. Armed with a consultant’s report that says the model has proven successful in cities around the country, the district leaders counter that providing food and beverages will help attract visitors and benefit the outlying restaurants.
“I think this will be transformative,” Caroline Skuncik, executive director of the I-195 Commission, told The Hummel Report in an interview earlier this month. “I think overall it will be very positive for the community.”
John Elkhay, who has operated a multitude of restaurants in Providence since 1986, responded: “It’s going to steal parking spots. And we’re already saturated. There’s everything you’d want to buy within a 10-block area.”
The restaurant owners also take issue with how the pavilion is being financed: with a $4-million “open space” bond that voters passed in a special election 16 months ago, part of a $74-million request for environmental and recreational projects across Rhode Island. Some of the restaurant owners say they voted for the bond, unaware of the specifics of what the I-195 District Commission planned to use it for. There was no mention of the word restaurant — and, they say, very little public discussion about the project until several months ago.
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“You say ‘open space,’ I say build out a park, not build on a park,” said Sharon Steele, the longtime president of the Jewelry District Association, who has attended every I-195 Commission meeting over the last decade. Steele has been an aggressive watchdog, and frequent critic, of the commission.
“There simply is not enough parking for an additional ‘pavilion’ restaurant, without perilously compromising existing businesses that did not get free land,” said Kim Anderson, owner of Plant City on South Water Street. “Our leaders are telling entrepreneurs like us who came and invested millions creating jobs and revitalizing blighted areas that the thanks we get is to make our business continuation nearly impossible.”
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Julianna Fonseca, owner of Geoff’s Superlative Sandwiches on South Main Street, a block away from the park, said she heard about the pavilion from another business owner, with no direct contact from the I-195 Commission. “You’re going to impact us directly, and do you understand what that means? And do you care?” she said.
The New York-based restaurant consultant hired by the commission did not speak with Elkhay, Anderson or Fonseca; all are within a five-minute walk of the park.
What kind of food and beverage service is envisioned?
What exactly will be built — and where — is still a work in progress. The only certainty is that it will be located on the west side of the pedestrian bridge.
Skuncik said it will not be a $4-million restaurant with hundreds of seats, an option floated in early discussions of the project. And with rising costs she’s not sure what the $4 million will buy when construction is scheduled to get underway next year. The I-195 Commission hired a consultant in 2018 to come up with a plan for operating and maintaining a park.
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“One of their key recommendations was that the commission should invest in some infrastructure for the park,” Skuncik said. “One of the recommendations was a freestanding pavilion that would include public bathrooms, that would include support space for park operations and would include some permanent food and beverage service.”
More permanent, she added, than food trucks. She envisions two or three vendors, offering a combination of sit down and grab-and-go food. Ideally, Skuncik said, there may be an anchor vendor that has indoor seating and takeout windows.
“They will be expected to [pay for] some of that fit-out themselves,” Skuncik said. “We will provide a shell, a little bit of funding for the interior, but they will also have to make an investment. It’s not the state delivering something turnkey.”
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Skuncik said she expects the food operators to generate revenues for the district, just as The Guild does now from a mobile setup that serves the brewing company’s beer, just west of the pedestrian bridge. On a recent Sunday, tables set up in a cordoned-off grassy area were filled, and a line of people waited for service. The district receives licensing fees: 10% of beer sales and 5% of food sales that The Guild makes. Last summer, that totaled more than $13,648. The revenue is used to help fund the district’s operating expenses.
I-195 Commission: Pavilion will have spill-over benefit for area restaurants
Skuncik said she has heard from restaurant owners who are interested in being vendors for the new pavilion. “A lot of the conversations that we’ve had, people say, ‘It sounds great. How can I be considered as an operator’?
“There are restaurants that recognize that adding infrastructure like this and investment like this will bring more people to the surrounding area, which will be good for their business, too. And that’s what experience has shown happens in other locations. Not every business has this view, but there are businesses that we talked to who see this as something that will benefit them as well,” Skuncik said.
Last summer, the I-195 Commission awarded a $71,000 contract to Agora Partners of Los Angeles and New York to advise district leaders on the pavilion. Skuncik said Agora and representatives from the I-195 District have spoken with 19 local businesses owners and stakeholders close to the park, on both sides of the river, and contacted nine more that did not respond to the outreach.
Agora said the model Providence is proposing has worked in other cities: It cites Madison Square Park in Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge Park, and parks in Detroit, Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey, as places where a public investment in food and beverage service has benefited the area.
Robert Burke, who has owned the 50-year-old Pot Au Feu restaurant in downtown Providence since 1986, rejects the comparison.
“Those are absolute fallacies. They’re not apt comparisons, because of the number of people in those cities that do not rely on cars. Rhode Islanders drive to restaurants, it’s that simple,” he said, adding that the first question people ask when they call his restaurant is: Where they can park?
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“Any restaurant consultant in America would immediately calculate that the market was already oversaturated, and that there are already dozens of restaurants … all through the downtown district, all within easy walking distance of this site.”
Cliff Wood, executive director of The Providence Foundation, said he supports the concept of investment in the park, pointing
“I don’t have an official position on what it should be [in Providence]. Places should be flexible," Wood said. "You could do a sit-down restaurant, but you could also do grab and go.”
And, Wood said, parking shouldn’t be a make-or-break issue for developing amenities in the park.
“Parking has always been a conversation, even when the city was virtually dead,” Wood said. “If those are questions that surrounding businesses have about the development, now is the time to raise them. Hopefully those concerns will be incorporated in the process and we’ll come out with a product that makes the most sense, for the park itself, for park visitors and for businesses around the park, because they’re all constituents.”
How did the project go from a budget request to a $4-million bond?
So how did a $4-million request for a capital improvement included in the governor’s budget several years ago morph into a bond issue asking for open-space funds? Skuncik said the I-195 District’s plan was finalized in 2019, and a request for funding was made through the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation. Although the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission is a quasi-public agency, it has asked for capital improvement and operational funding from the state, requests that are passed through Commerce and ultimately wind up in the Office of Management and Budget.
Gov. Gina Raimondo, in her budget draft for fiscal year 2021, proposed funding the $4-million pavilion request from the Rhode Island Capital Plan Fund, a pay-as-you-go funding stream used for capital projects throughout state government. Her administration changed course in July and asked the General Assembly to put the request on the ballot in the form of a bond. The reason: The legislature needed to use rainy-day funds to close the previous year’s budget gap, and that interrupted the flow of excess funds in the capital plan fund, lowering resources for capital projects.
Because the state is borrowing money to pay for the project, taxpayers will be on the hook for an additional $400,000 in interest costs, assuming a 5% interest rate and 20-year term.
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The governor’s fiscal staff described the project this way: “…physical infrastructure at the District’s parks, including an event stage, concessions, expanded utility services, restrooms and trash receptacles, and capital projects in conjunction with adjacent properties. The parks’ development plan does assume the ability to generate additional revenue after these amenities are in place; however, the assumptions behind those revenues are not entirely clear.”
There is no mention of a restaurant or food pavilion.
Question No. 2 appeared on the March 2021 special election ballot. The question asked for $4 million for the park infrastructure described by the governor’s office at the 7-acre Innovation District Park. “Funds will be used to construct park infrastructure to enhance utilities, support park operations and programming, and enable food and beverage service,” the wording said.
There was no description of year-round, indoor, sit-down dining service, which became part of the early discussion after the bond passed March 2 with 78% of the vote.
Senate president: Hearing process was 'transparent'
The Hummel Report asked Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, who at times has been critical of the I-195 District Commission, if he thought building a restaurant with open-space money was appropriate.
Through a spokesman, Ruggerio responded: “The Senate hearing process was transparent and the intent of the bond was clear when voters approved it. The food services component of the planned infrastructure was discussed during the public, televised Finance Committee hearings. While I defer to the I-195 Commission relative to the specifics of the project, the voter guide sent to the voters, who approved the bond in March 2021, clearly articulated that the bond was to provide for infrastructure including food and beverage services.”
Skuncik said district leaders have held 10 public presentations about the pavilion — either at community meetings or monthly commission meetings — going back more than a year. Steele, who attends all the meetings, said calling it “outreach” is a stretch.
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Steele said the presentations to the commission consisted of Skuncik putting up some slides with updates on architect selection and general information about the project — with few details and no questions or discussion from commission members. Those updates came in May and August 2021 and this year’s January meeting.
“There was no outreach to the restaurant owners, to the entrepreneurs, to the business owners. Didn’t happen,” Steele said. “Absolutely did not happen.”
Steele said the I-195 District publicized a 2½-hour community event in the park on June 16. Leaders asked those who attended to “help us plan the future permanent food and beverage pavilion in the park.” They promised free ice cream for those who attended.
Steele said she and others arrived, ready for a question-and-answer session. “They said, ‘We’d like you to go on your phone and fill out this survey.’ So you’ve asked us to come to the park at this time to participate in a listening session and this is what we get?”
Restaurateurs critical of 'insider deal'
Elkhay, who owns 10 Prime Steak and Sushi and four other restaurants in downtown Providence, said no one has contacted him. “I wasn’t called. There’s five restaurants within one block of me. No one has heard of this. No one was asked.”
He added: “If another restaurateur put up $4 million to build a restaurant, I would applaud them. But the government putting up the money, to put us out of business, or make us struggle more, it’s insanity.”
Burke is incredulous that a $4-million bond for open space made it onto the ballot in a special off-year election.
“No one would put their private money into this. This is only an insider deal, that if the state will pay for the building … and somebody gets to come in and fail with the state’s money, it’s other people’s money,” he said. “And they’re more than happy to take the money and take the gamble, because it’s not really a gamble is it?”
Anderson, the owner of Plant City, and Brian Kingsford, the owner of nearby Bacaro, said they have emerged from the struggles of operating during a pandemic, only to have dozens of parking spaces eliminated along South Water Street by the installation of a dedicated bike lane. It’s part of Mayor Jorge Elorza’s Great Streets Initiative.
Critical issue: Where will customers park?
Kingsford, who has owned Bacaro for 15 years, said that with continued development by the I-195 District on both sides of the pedestrian bridge, the commission needs to address the parking issue before it can move forward with plans for the pavilion.
“They’re basically building a model where they say, we don’t have cars, we don’t want cars, there’s not going to be cars,” Kingsford said. “And you can hear that in the commission’s conversations when you’re at these meetings. You can hear that there’s a very large group saying, ‘We want to be a car-less city.’”
He added that 90% of his business comes from out of state. “They can’t bike here,” Kingsford said.
“For our tax money to be used to strain the parking condition beyond viability, adding further competition to post-COVID struggling businesses, in a city that has more restaurants per capita than any other, is inane,” Anderson said.
Asked if she agreed that parking was a major issue, Skuncik said: “We are doing a parking study right now on the whole area. I don’t want to answer that right now, because we’re going to have results of the parking study shortly on the East Side, then we’ll be starting a parking study on the west side.”
Burke noted that construction of the 46-story Fane Tower is still in the mix, now that the Rhode Island Supreme Court has cleared the way for the largest building in Providence to be constructed, with additional food and beverage service. Early plans called for the pavilion to be in close proximity to the Fane building, and Fane planned to have a sitdown restaurant and a café.
The I-195 District Commission hopes to break ground on the pavilion next year, with a completion date of 2024.
“I think it’s going to be what’s best for the park,” Skuncik said. “Food service is offered in other public parks around the state, and it’s something we’re focused on: the long-term best interest of this asset.”
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LUTZ, Fla. — When you're done doing your grocery shopping, do you make sure to put your cart back where it belongs?
A high school football team in Lutz is using that simple test of character to build their own team culture.
“When you’re done with your groceries, you have a choice,” Andres Perez-Reinaldo, head football coach at Steinbrenner High School said.
“You're either going to take that shopping cart back and do the right thing. Or you're going leave it there and let it ding other cars, or you're going to basically pop it up on a curb, and you're kind of halfway there,” he added.
“Do the right thing,” that idea, in recent weeks, has become a mantra for the Warriors football team.
“Ever since COVID, we feel like we haven't been able to bring back this culture that we had. And that's when I got with Coach Austin [Dacanay], our running backs coach and I said we got to do something”
Coach Austin’s idea was to focus on the little things, like putting shopping carts back where they belong.
“It's am I doing the right thing when nobody's watching? And can I do that consistently? Can I do it intentionally?” Dacanay explained.
The student-athletes have fully bought in, putting back carts — sometimes not even their own — and sharing videos with each other via group text and social media.
“It just started with our coaches retweeting stuff like that to remind us you know, while we're at home not forget to always do the right thing so just funny things like that keeps you know kids engaged so our coaches do a good job with stuff like that,” senior Eddie Davis said.
It’s paying dividends, not only in the parking lot but in the locker room and soon on the gridiron.
“I think it's really simple. It's easy to do your part, so it's a really easy thing to get people on board to do,” senior Nathan Staggs said.
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Tea lovers, it’s your time to shine! McAlister’s is giving away free tea for Free Tea Day.
The deal will be available on July 21 and limited to one tea per guest and four free teas per order through the McAlister’s Deli website or app.
You can get your hands on whatever tickles your fancy, whether that’s sweet tea, unsweet tea, tea/lemonade or LTO Blackberry Tea and flavor shots.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living is stepping in to help people in Lynchburg and surrounding areas beat the heat.
As temperatures soar in Southwest Virginia, some residents may qualify for a free fan or window air conditioner or portable air conditioner from CVACL.
Fans and AC units will be available while supplies last to the following individuals:
- Those 60 and older
- Those who live in the City of Lynchburg, Amherst, Campbell, Bedford or Appomattox Counties
- Those who have an income below $1,600/month with a household of 1 or $2,289/month with a household old
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WATERLOO — At least two Waterloo men have been arrested on felony money laundering charges after allegedly assisting a Mexican drug trafficking operation.
Richard Louis Mohorne, 46, and Mark Anthony Sayles, 31, were charged last week in connection with transferring the drug proceeds from Black Hawk County to the “Manjarrez Drug Trafficking Organization” in Mexico.
According to the criminal affidavit, detectives identified one of the “main operators” in Mexico who was supplying Black Hawk County individuals with large amounts of methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl.
According to unofficial results, he received 72.70% of the votes
The operator was supplying “another defendant” with pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of pills containing fentanyl.
Sayles and Mohorne then were obtaining the methamphetamine and assisting in its distribution.
On different days last year, the two men each transferred some $900 in methamphetamine sale proceeds from Black Hawk County to Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, where “the main operator” was or is believed to be living.
The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Task Force is working with other agencies to investigate the activities of this organization.
PHOTOS: Final Round of the 89th Waterloo Open
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Brady Calkins of Chehalis, Wash. chips onto the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course. Calkins entered the final day as the 36-hole leader.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Will Dickson of Atlanta, Ga. hits an approach shot to the second green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Jonathan Yoshihiro of Yorba Linda, Calif. sinks a short put on the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Carson Schaake of Omaha, Neb. lines up a put on the fifth green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Will Dickson of Atlanta, Ga. hits an approach shot to the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Carson Schaake of Omaha, Neb. hits from under a tree on the fifth hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Annual Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Amateur Jack Moody hits an approach shot to the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Cedar Falls native Jack Moody tries to coax his put on the fifth hole to go in Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course. Moody started the day two-strokes back of the leader in the amateur division.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Zack Wax of Downers Grove, Ill. sinks a birdie putt on the fifth hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Joe Weiler of Bloomington, Ind. sinks a short birdie putt on the fifth hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Beau Breault of Howell, Mich. follows through on an approach shot Sunday to the first green during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Amateur JD Pollard of Marshalltown chips onto the first green during Sunday's final round at the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Connor Peck of Ankeny, the leader of the amateur division after 36 holes, chips onto the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Carson Schaake of Omaha, Neb. blasts his tee shot off the 18th tee box Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Will Dickson acknowledges the gallery after sinking a birdie putt on the 11th hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Amateur Connor Peck of Ankeny chips onto the 10th green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Brady Calkins of Chehalis, Wash. chips onto the 10th green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Will Dickson of Atlanta, Ga. chips onto the 10th green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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WATERLOO — A Waterloo man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly using a ladder to break into a woman’s apartment to steal from her, and for making her feel uncomfortable and frightened.
Joseph Jack Roster, 38, was charged with second degree burglary and a first-offense stalking and placed in the Black Hawk County Jail.
According to the criminal affidavit, Waterloo police officers were dispatched Monday at 6:44 p.m. to an apartment in the 600 block of West Second Street.
The complainant told officers Roster recently moved into the unit underneath her and was “behaving strangely toward her.”
He allegedly brought her new locks for her apartment door that would have given him access to her living quarters because they would have used the same key as the common front door. The locks were not approved by the landlord.
On Wednesday at 12:16 a.m., officers were summoned to the same address for a burglary, and found the same victim “crying and visibly in fear of the offender.”
The city's municipal advisor said its “Aaa” bond rating from New York-based Moody’s Investors Service led to a lower bond cost for the city.
Roster appeared to have entered the apartment when the woman was in her bedroom.
The front door was opened after it had been locked and from her bedroom she heard someone moving around in the living room.
A ladder was found on the side of the apartment, leading up to her living room window. Items were knocked over, and blood was found. Some of her possessions were believed to have been stolen.
Police verified items had been taken from the woman after executing a search warrant on Roster’s apartment.
According to unofficial results, he received 72.70% of the votes
“The offender admitted to having borrowed the ladder from a neighbor and using it to access the victim’s window,” said the criminal affidavit. “The offender admitted to entering the victim’s apartment through the window, taking an item, and placing it in his apartment. The neighbor, who the ladder belonged to, told officers the offender had taken and used his ladder in a similar manner recently, to gain access to the victim’s apartment.”
A preliminary hearing has been set for July 29. Roster has not posted the $25,000 bond.
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.
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ORANGE CITY – Audrey Leyen of Waterloo and Emmersyn Wedgbury of Cedar Falls, students at Northwestern College in Orange City, earned a spot on the Academic Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester.
The Dean’s List is comprised of students who have achieved a semester grade point average of 3.50 or above while carrying a minimum of 12 graded hours.
PHOTOS: Final Round of the 89th Waterloo Open
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Brady Calkins of Chehalis, Wash. chips onto the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course. Calkins entered the final day as the 36-hole leader.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Will Dickson of Atlanta, Ga. hits an approach shot to the second green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Jonathan Yoshihiro of Yorba Linda, Calif. sinks a short put on the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Carson Schaake of Omaha, Neb. lines up a put on the fifth green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
071722-spt-wat-open-sunday-8-Will Dickson
Will Dickson of Atlanta, Ga. hits an approach shot to the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Carson Schaake of Omaha, Neb. hits from under a tree on the fifth hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Annual Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Amateur Jack Moody hits an approach shot to the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Cedar Falls native Jack Moody tries to coax his put on the fifth hole to go in Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course. Moody started the day two-strokes back of the leader in the amateur division.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Zack Wax of Downers Grove, Ill. sinks a birdie putt on the fifth hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Joe Weiler of Bloomington, Ind. sinks a short birdie putt on the fifth hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
071722-spt-wat-open-sunday-2-beau breault
Beau Breault of Howell, Mich. follows through on an approach shot Sunday to the first green during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Amateur JD Pollard of Marshalltown chips onto the first green during Sunday's final round at the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Connor Peck of Ankeny, the leader of the amateur division after 36 holes, chips onto the first green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Carson Schaake of Omaha, Neb. blasts his tee shot off the 18th tee box Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Will Dickson acknowledges the gallery after sinking a birdie putt on the 11th hole Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Amateur Connor Peck of Ankeny chips onto the 10th green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Brady Calkins of Chehalis, Wash. chips onto the 10th green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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Will Dickson of Atlanta, Ga. chips onto the 10th green Sunday during the final round of the 89th Waterloo Open at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course.
JIM NELSON, Regional Sports Editor
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DUBUQUE -- Loras College has named the following students to the Dean’s List: Abigail Balong, Cedar Falls; Dallas Blackburn, Kolten Crawford and Isabelle Werner, all of Dysart; Wyatt Kelly, Hudson; Nicholas Reiter, Independence; Dawson Charley, Janesville; Alexus Jensen, Jesup; Isabella Douglas, Erin Rankin, Emily Surma, all of Waverloo; Celina Feldhake, Maxwell Rutledge, both of Waverly. A student must earn a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours to be recognized.
Photos: 2022 Sturgis Falls Celebration and Parade
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The AMVETS American carries a large American flag at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Audri Hicks of Cedar Falls, 5, smiles as she walks out of the fun house at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The Cedar Falls Lions Club at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Riders circle around in the Zipper ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The Union Baptist Crusaders drumline performs at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Ruby Gymnastics Academy float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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SlideShow Bob performs at the Gateway Park Stage at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Kids enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Kids dance as SlideShow Bob performs at the Gateway Park Stage at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Kids enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Riders circle around in the Ferris Wheel at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Kids play a water race game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The Cedar Falls High School Marching Band at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Tommy Hawk of the Waterloo Black Hawks waves to the crowd at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Cedar Falls Municipal Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Kids play a carnival game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The crowd watches as Cedar Falls Fire Department Engine 501 rolls through the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The UnityPoint Health float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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A child covers his ears as a large truck rolls through the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The North Star Community Services float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Cedar Falls High School robotics team float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The University of Northern Iowa New Horizons Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Kids jump on trampolines during the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Plenty of people marched in the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Kids ride bumper cars at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Kids ride bumper cars at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The Nazareth Lutheran Church float at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Mayor Rob Green waves to the crowds at The Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Kids play a carnival game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The Second Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Riders circle around in the Ferris Wheel at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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A girl in the UnityPoint Health float blows bubbles at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Ruby Gymnastics Academy float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Taylor Veterinary Hospital float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Cedar Falls Dance Team at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Kids pile out of the fun house at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The AMVETS Post 49 color guard at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Peet Junior High cheerleading performs at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The UnityPoint Health float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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The Philadelphia 76ers plan to build a privately funded arena in Center City at the current site of Fashion District Philadelphia.
Sixers managing partners Josh Harris and David Blitzer made the announcement in a press release Thursday morning, saying a new development company, 76 Devcorp, will develop the $1.3 billion arena. The sports and entertainment venue would be located on a “portion” of the Fashion District.
“The Philadelphia 76ers are a storied Philadelphia institution with a proven track record of investing in their community. That’s why we’re committed to building a world-class home in the heart of the City and creating a privately-funded arena that strengthens ties within the local community through investments that prioritize equity, inclusivity and accessibility,” Harris said in a statement.
The project would provide well-paying jobs and economic opportunities to locals, he said. The team pledged a “robust” community engagement process as it pursues the development. It also committed to investing in under-resourced communities.
The team assessed various locations for a new arena but chose the Fashion District due to its proximity to mass transit and the opportunity to redevelop existing commercial space and to “play a role in the continued revitalization of Center City,” the team said.
The arena would generate $1.9 billion in overall economic output during construction and $400 million annually upon opening, the Sixers said.
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Tom O’Hern, CEO of the Macerich real estate company that controls operations at the Fashion District, said in the same press release that repurposing part of the site for the arena is a “natural evolution of the site and a unique and once in a lifetime opportunity for our company.”
The Sixers currently play at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia.
NBC10 reached out to the City of Philadelphia for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Charges have been filed after a deadly stabbing last month near Scranton High School.
Sixteen-year-old Amir Williams is charged with criminal homicide.
Police charged 16-year-old Nahsyeis Williams and 17-year-old Sheldon Datilus with aggravated assault.
In June, authorities say a fight broke out in a parking lot off West Olive Street.
The coroner says 18-year-old Tyler McKenna died after being stabbed.
All three suspects are being charged as adults.
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100 years ago
July 21, 1922: Workers began yesterday to tear down the cupola of the St. Mary's school building at the corner of Locust and Center streets. This building was erected about 30 years ago and the cupola was built of wood. Time and the weather had caused the superstructure to rot to a certain extent, and it was thought to be dangerous, especially if a heavy wind should come.
75 years ago
July 21, 1947: William Spahn, who quit his longtime job at American Foundry four years ago because of illness, has been unable to do his own chores, including the new paint job his house needed. Six of his former coworkers and another molder on Saturday arrived at his home on East Front Street and began to apply the fresh paint.
50 years ago
July 21, 1972: A combination of fixed routes and at-the-door service was presented as a possibility for a new public bus system in Bloomington-Normal. Consultant Barry Lundberg of W.C. Gilman & Co. also recommended future expansion of bus routes to pick up areas not now served, particularly the far east side of Bloomington and southwest Normal.
25 years ago
July 21, 1997: Jack Snyder of Bloomington has been chosen as the first recipient of the Distinguished Citizen award by the Executive Board of Central Illinois' W.D. Boyce Council, Boy Scouts of America. Snyder is a Twin City developer and was chosen because of his community service, said council finance director Larry Crouch.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A 17-year-old girl was accidentally shot by a family member early Thursday at an Orange County condo complex, deputies said.
The shooting was reported at 12:15 a.m. at the Las Palmas at Sand Lake condos on Sky Lake Circle near the Florida Mall.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said several family members were inside a condo when one of them accidentally fired a shot while mishandling a gun.
The bullet struck the girl, who was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to deputies.
No other details have been released.
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There are few San Franciscans more beloved than the late comedian Robin Williams.
The comic spent much of his life in San Francisco and Marin County. From a meadow in Golden Gate Park to a tunnel in Sausalito, there are many Bay Area landmarks named in his honor. But a legacy isn't sustained by landmarks, it's the stories that keep his spirit alive.
Had Williams not died by suicide in 2014 following a battle with Lewy body dementia, today would've been in 71st birthday. So to mark the occasion, we've compiled our best articles about the comedian's movies, favorite SF spots and his continued influence on the Bay Area.
The last toy shop in San Francisco, where Robin Williams was a regular
"These days, most of the buyers at the Heroes Club on Clement Street are collectors from other countries, but there was one particular San Francisco local who was a big fan: the late Robin Williams." — Dan Gentile, read more
Babushka, Barbra, Euphegenia: An oral history of the iconic 'Mrs. Doubtfire' makeover
"Robin Williams was a very kind man.
"Ve Neill doesn’t remember every detail of the days spent shooting 1993’s 'Mrs. Doubtfire' in San Francisco, but she does recall that fact clearly. And she’d know — over the course of filming, Neill, the makeup artist who worked on Williams, spent hundreds of hours with the star." — Alyssa Pereira, read more
Revisiting Robin Williams' 'The Birdcage' 25 years later
"'The Birdcage,' that surprisingly durable screwball comedy from 1996, is a mistaken-identity caper about the proprietors of a Miami Beach drag club. It gave Robin Williams the opportunity to swish it up a little and Nathan Lane the chance to shriek in self-pity, with some hilarious zingers and a bunch of wooden jokes about Newt Gingrich-era conservatism. It’s an artifact of its era, to be sure. And from our know-it-all vantage point 25 years in the future, your interpretation of 'The Birdcage' probably depends on how charitable you are toward its concept." — Peter-Astrid Kane, read more
Robin Williams once perfectly captured how earthquakes feel in the Bay Area
"In his 2009 special 'Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction,' the comedian spends just one minute tackling the subject of earthquakes. In true Williams fashion, he absolutely nails it.
"'I live on God's Etch A Sketch, it's crazy,' he says in the short clip. 'We have earthquakes every other day and you get kind of blase, like oh f—k, 2.5 not bad. Oh s—t, 5.8. Maybe we should have drinks outside, let's go!'" — Michelle Robertson, read more
'Mrs. Doubtfire' director comes clean about R-rated cut of classic Robin Williams film
"What would a rated R version of 'Mrs. Doubtfire' look like?
"The internet pleaded for an answer late last week when a viral tweet addressed the late Robin Williams’ knack for improvisation, particularly as he filmed scenes for the iconic role, which allegedly resulted in so many takes that numerous cuts of the 1993 film now exist in PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 forms, never to be seen by the public." — Amanda Bartlett, read more
Robin Williams impersonation by Jamie Costa goes viral, Zelda Williams responds
"The internet went wild for a viral video showing actor Jamie Costa impersonating a young Robin Williams. The five-minute video entitled 'ROBIN Test Footage Scene' shows Costa as Williams circa 1982 on the set of 'Mork & Mindy.' Although there is some comic charm, it's largely a dramatic scene revolving around Williams receiving the news of the death of his friend John Belushi. The resemblance to Williams is uncanny, from his general appearance to mischievous wink to poignant self-reflection. The impression had fans online calling for Costa to play Williams in a biopic." — Dan Gentile, read more
'Mrs. Doubtfire' director shares Robin Williams stories, SF connections and sequel details
"In a brief interview with SFGATE, director [Chris] Columbus — who lives part-time in San Francisco — shared a few juicy details of the production of 'Mrs. Doubtfire' and its once-proposed sequel." — Michelle Robertson, read more
John Mulaney honors Robin Williams in Netflix special
"Netflix's new streaming comedy special 'The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up' features an A-list lineup of comedians inducting a group of legendary comedians into a new comedy hall of fame at the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York.
"The comics on the receiving end of the short tribute sets included George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Richard Pryor and Robin Williams, who was inducted by John Mulaney. Other comedians doing the inducting included Jon Stewart, Chelsea Handler and Dave Chappelle. Mulaney began his set by declaring what sets the beloved San Francisco comic apart from his peers." — Dan Gentile, read more
Robin Williams once rapped at San Francisco's Punch Line with Dave Chappelle and Mos Def
"The first episode of Dave Chappelle's podcast, titled 'How to Inspire (Side A),' feels more like a mixtape, with short segments of conversation strung together by jazzy gospel interludes. The show begins with a discussion of Amy Winehouse, then transitions into an appreciation of Roots emcees Black Thought and Malik B. To close the show, Chappelle and his co-hosts recount their experiences with beloved Bay Area comedian Robin Williams, complete with archival audio of Williams speaking candidly about life, addiction and ego." — Dan Gentile, read more
Robin Williams was almost cast in 'Harry Potter.' Here's why he wasn't.
"In a 20th anniversary retrospective on the 'Harry Potter' film series, Total Film magazine interviewed director Chris Columbus about the casting of the film. He revealed that Robin Williams was very interested in one of the biggest roles in the 'Harry Potter' franchise: that of Remus Lupin, a wizard who was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts (and a werewolf)." — Dan Gentile, read more
Striking Robin Williams mural pops up in Bay Area
"Artist KeeneVisions, who most recently created the mural of viral TikTok star 420doggface208 on Haight Street, has paid homage to Robin Williams with new artwork at the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville commissioned by Oakland Chinatown nonprofit 333 Arts (formerly Dragon School)." — Dan Gentile, read more
These two deleted scenes would have made 'Mrs. Doubtfire' a much sadder film
"It turns out 'Mrs. Doubtfire,' the famed 1993 classic comedy starring Sally Field and the late Robin Williams, was almost a much more depressing film.
"In a video posted to YouTube by Matthew Keys, we get a look at how two deleted scenes would have drastically altered the tone of the movie, changing the scope into a grim story of the tragic effects of divorce on children." — Alyssa Pereira, read more
What I learned from the new Robin Williams doc 'Robin's Wish'
"If there’s one takeaway from the new documentary 'Robin’s Wish,' it’s that the cause of the death of legendary San Francisco resident Robin Williams wasn’t really suicide. He did take his own life, the specific details of which are never shared in the film, but a coroner’s report presented in the first few minutes makes clear that the reason for his passing was an undiagnosed and incurable disease called diffuse Lewy body dementia." — Dan Gentile, read more
Robin Williams' former Bay Area home finally sells for under asking
"The former Marin County home of late actor and comedian Robin Williams has finally sold for $5.35 million.
"The property first came on the market in November of 2019 for an asking price of $7.25 million. It later received a big price cut in August 2020 to $5.995 million." —Tessa McLean, read more
Robin Williams completely ad-libbed his 'Friends' cameo
"During the original run of the series from 1994 to 2004, 'Friends' was known for a host of celebrity cameos. Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and many more made appearances, but perhaps the biggest surprise guests — at least to the producers of the show — were Billy Crystal and Robin Williams." — Dan Gentile, read more
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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Members of the public did not oppose the township creating new requirements for short-term rentals, exactly.
But several had questions at the public hearing Monday on an ordinance setting a tax on rental units using Airbnb, VRBO and other online platforms.
The Township Committee unanimously approved the change when it came time for a final vote at the evening meeting. It creates a 3% tax on the cost of renting the units and sets an annual license fee of $250 per unit.
Mayor Tim Donohue said the township needs to better understand how many units there are in the community being rented for weeks or weekends, and that those units ought to undergo a safety inspection if people will be sleeping there.
The industry is evolving quickly, he said.
“It’s something that five years ago we wouldn’t even be talking about. It changes a lot every day,” Donohue said. “We’re just trying to grapple with getting something into place.”
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The ordinance could be amended in the future, Donohue said.
Owners will be required to carry liability insurance and post the name and contact information of the owner inside the unit. The ordinance also includes parking restrictions and other requirements.
One of the speakers at the public hearing was Dan Lockwood, a former township mayor who has a short-term rental unit. He had questions about the definition of a “dwelling unit” in the ordinance and whether hotels and motels that rent units through online systems like Airbnb would be subject to the additional tax.
“The purpose of this would not be a double taxation,” said township attorney Marcus Karavan. “It they’re going to be taxed under the hotel portion, then no.”
Township Administrator Kim Osmundsen said hotels already pay an occupancy tax and a registration fee of $1,000.
Online booking services such as Airbnb, VRBO and others have grown over the past decade into a multibillion-dollar force in vacation rentals, moving the industry beyond hotels, motels and investment properties rented through Realtors. According to Diane Wieland, who leads the Cape May County tourism department, rentals are now about even with hotel and motel stays in the county, driven in part by the increase in online booking services. The system makes it easier for people to rent their properties, she said when contacted after the meeting, and can offer more flexibility to renters, for instance allowing for a long weekend rental instead of the Saturday-to-Saturday booking of most summer rental units in the beach towns.
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The direct-to-owner connections of the online options have opened new territory for booking visits to the area.
Sometimes, that can be a concern. On Monday, Lockwood brought up one instance in which an owner rented sheds on a pond in the township for overnight stays.
Debbie Mooers, who owns a marina in the township, supported the proposal Monday but sees a discrepancy. Middle Township is one of the few communities that does not require businesses to obtain a mercantile license.
“I’m curious as to why my business doesn’t have a license and doesn’t have to register, but my Airbnb will,” she said at the meeting.
Some kind of mercantile license may be a good idea, Donohue said, adding the township is discussing the possibility with the Chamber of Commerce. But there is opposition, he said.
“Middle Township has a long history of not having a mercantile license. It’s a discussion that’s been ongoing for literally decades,” Donohue said Monday. “I’ve always been in favor of some sort of business registration at minimum.”
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He said that would protect legitimate businesses and head off some problems, citing an instance in which someone was running a business out of a storage unit.
Many business owners are concerned that a license could start at $50 a year and then a few years later it would be up to $1,000 a year.
With regard to the short-term rental units, Donohue said a fear that has kept him up at night is a family renting a unit that has not been maintained and there is a fire.
“What liability does that place on the taxpayers of Middle Township if we don’t know it’s there, we’re not regulating it and we’re not making sure that it’s safe?” Donohue said. “To do all that takes money.”
The approved ordinance would require units to meet the standards of the uniform construction code and allow for inspections by the local fire districts, Osmundsen said.
The question of short-term rentals has also been raised in neighboring Upper Township this year, but in that case neighbors have asked the Township Committee to place limits out of concern for sites becoming party houses or otherwise disrupting residential neighborhoods unused to a steady turnover of visitors.
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Also Monday, the Middle Township Committee approved an ordinance dissolving the Municipal Ethics Board, which means future ethics complaints would be handled at the state level. Donohue said it’s been about a decade since the local board met or had a complaint to consider.
A listing of local ethics boards from 2019 kept by the state Department of Community Affairs shows only North Wildwood still has a local ethics board in Cape May County.
The committee also unanimously approved a settlement agreement with the Fair Share Housing Center on the township’s affordable housing requirements, finalizing an agreement reached in January. The vote came without discussion. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/middle-township-moves-to-tax-inspect-short-term-rentals/article_e783e8f6-0845-11ed-8ada-db6583018433.html | 2022-07-21T11:42:54 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/middle-township-moves-to-tax-inspect-short-term-rentals/article_e783e8f6-0845-11ed-8ada-db6583018433.html |
For 62 years, Steer-In restaurant has been an east-side Indy tradition
For the past 62 years, Steer-In restaurant has been a staple on the east side of Indianapolis.
The restaurant at 10th Street and Emerson Avenue has been serving classic diner fare since 1960.
The establishment first opened in the 1950s as Northway Drive-in, later became Laughner's Steer-In in 1960, then Harold's Steer-In from 1964 to 2007, and finally, Charlie and Barbara Kehrer coined it Indy's Historic Steer-In when their family took over in 2007.
The restaurant did away with curb service in 1985 in order to expand the building for more dine-in space, but the drive-in awning on the building's east side remains and the interior is still reminiscent of a 60s diner.
"That's what people come here for, they remember the nostalgia of coming here when we were little kids," said Casey Kehrer, Barbara's son who co-owns and operates the restaurant with her now.
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"A lot of people don't live around here anymore and they come back, they want to come back to the same thing."
The restaurants serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and often features home-cooked specials.
The coleslaw, coconut cream pie and Twin Steer burger, stacked with two patties, lettuce, pickles, cheese, steer-in sauce and a double decker bun, have been made with the same recipes since the 1960s.
Barbara says when her family bought the restaurant from Harold Phillips, he told them that the secret to the coleslaw is the machine the restaurant used to chop up fresh heads of cabbage.
She said Steer-In still uses the original machine despite it being nearly impossible to maintain and repair since the model was discontinued long ago.
"I bought shredded cabbage once and people threw a fit," Barbara said, laughing.
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The Kehrer family is made up of lifelong east-siders.
One wall at Steer-In displays Scecina Memorial High School memorabilia, a nod to their three generations of Crusader graduates, and another wall features Howell and Arsenal Technical relics.
"I've been coming here since I was a little kid so it was kind of surreal buying it," Casey said. "It was quite an experience for the first couple years, quite a learning experience."
Diners have run the gamut, from everyday regulars to politicians and professional athletes, but Casey says business really spiked after Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" featured Steer-In in 2011.
"The first week after that aired was crazy," Casey said. "There's not a day that goes by that someone doesn't come in from that show."
Located a mile and a half south of I-70, Steer-In often draws out-of-town visitors––conventions-goers, Indianapolis 500 fans, cross-country travelers––and there's a United States map clustered with pushpins and sticky notes to show for it.
Barbara says the Steer-In staff is like family and they keep business running smoothly no matter what challenges arise.
"That's what keeps us going, they're our rocks," Barbara said. "We couldn't do it with 'em, that's for sure." | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/07/21/steer-in-restaurant-indianapolis-has-been-an-east-side-tradition-for-62-years/65374653007/ | 2022-07-21T11:45:15 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/07/21/steer-in-restaurant-indianapolis-has-been-an-east-side-tradition-for-62-years/65374653007/ |
Muncie works to keep its promises to new neighbors from Afghanistan
MUNCIE, Ind. — On a hot Tuesday morning in early July, women and children gathered amid tables of clothing and folded fabric in a cool church basement.
The occasion was a sewing circle meeting for women whose families have moved to Muncie in the past year or so after fleeing Afghanistan — but in reality this gathering was more than just that.
The Afghan Ladies Sewing Circle began around the start of 2022, meeting weekly (or, across the summer, monthly), initially providing about 15-20 women who were adjusting to life in their new home with sewing supplies — including a donated sewing machine for each household — and a chance to socialize. Nancy Carlson, chairman of the sewing circle, noted that many of the women are isolated at home much of the time and might not speak much English, so the chance to gather with others who share a common language, as well as with friendly volunteers, is a welcome opportunity.
During the summer break from school, teenage girls were invited to join the circle. Smaller children played nearby or joined in a game of Candyland on this July morning. Rather than sewing during this meeting, women chatted as they sorted through donated clothing laid out on rows of tables, collecting bags of items that could be altered as needed.
The regular gathering of women is just one of many efforts coordinated through the Muncie Afghan Refugee Resettlement Committee (MARRC), a volunteer effort established in 2021 to welcome Muncie's new neighbors from Afghanistan.
New homes, jobs and babies
Refugees from Afghanistan, who left their homes — and often family members — behind as the Taliban took control of the country in 2021, began relocating from Camp Atterbury and other military bases to Muncie in October 2021. Months before that, MARRC had been created as a branch of the nonprofit AWAKEN (Afghan Women's and Kids' Education and Necessities), which in turn was founded nearly 20 years ago by local resident Bibi Bahrami.
A total of 115 people — including 35 families ― ultimately resettled in Muncie, and MARRC's initial goals of providing all the new neighbors with safe, quality housing, furnishings and employment for the head of each household have been achieved, according to MARRC member Ari Hurwitz.
MARRC's commitment is to support each family or individual for six months so they can get established, Hurwitz said in a recent interview. He noted continuing support from the community such as local factories and health care organizations that have employed significant numbers of new neighbors, and Muncie Community Schools' work to serve the needs of the students enrolling in the district.
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About 40 children from the families involved are enrolled in Muncie schools now, and this past school year saw the first graduate from Muncie Central High School, he said. Another 10 or 15 children are preschool age or younger, and four babies have been born here since the new neighbors arrived in Muncie, he added.
In addition to continuing with English as Second Language training for those who need it, getting drivers licensed and ultimately finding them cars, a significant next step is trying to transition those who still need benefits like health care to jobs that will provide those before the state's guarantee of Medicaid for nine months runs out, Hurwitz said.
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With immediate needs like food, shelter and employment met, the next phase will focus on helping with the legalities of the immigration process, Hurwitz said. "Permanent status is on everyone's mind."
While Muncie's new neighbors learn more about the culture, expectations and government in their new home, it's also important to realize that the trauma of what they have left behind is ongoing, including concern for family members still in Afghanistan. "They're going through that, and then trying to navigate a completely different system," Hurwitz noted.
Want to help? Here's what's needed now
With all the new neighbors from Afghanistan settled in homes and largely outfitted with household necessities by now, the main need for donations is funds to help MARRC fulfill its promise of supporting them through the first six months, Hurwitz said. "We really really need to meet our fundraising goals to meet the programs we promised," he said. For links and information about how to donate, go to awakeninc.org/marrc.
Another ongoing need is for volunteer drivers to help with transportation, whether retirees with ample time to offer or someone available just once a week. Volunteers can join the drivers list by emailing Heather Hunt at hunt@bsu.edu.
While many individuals have volunteered for roles such as drivers or "welcome families," and that work is still needed, Hurwitz said the need now is also for community organizations, churches and civic groups to provide their own established resources. MARRC wasn't intended to exist forever, he said, so the need longer-term is "to connect them to things already in place … that can provide services and can be a bridge."
For information about MARRC or to donate, go to awakeninc.org/marrc or the MARRC Facebook page.
Contact content coach Robin Gibson at ragibson@gannett.com or 765-213-5855. Follow her on Twitter @RobinGibsonTSP. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/07/21/muncie-works-to-keep-its-promises-to-new-neighbors-from-afghanistan/7812000001/ | 2022-07-21T11:46:08 | 1 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/07/21/muncie-works-to-keep-its-promises-to-new-neighbors-from-afghanistan/7812000001/ |
American Airlines earned $476 million in the second quarter on record revenue from summer travelers and said it expects to remain profitable in the third quarter.
It was American's first quarterly profit without government pandemic aid in the COVID-19 era.
CEO Robert Isom said Thursday that American is "encouraged by the trends we're seeing across the business," and is well-positioned for a continued recovery in travel.
The Fort Worth, Texas, airline said it expects a profitable third quarter, based on travel demand and the forecast for fuel prices. It said revenue will be 10% to 12% higher than the same period in 2019 even as it cuts passenger-carrying capacity by 8% to 10%.
In the second quarter, American's adjusted profit was 76 cents per share, a penny below the forecast of analysts surveyed by FactSet.
Revenue was $13.42 billion, up 12% from the same period in 2019 despite nearly 9% less flying. Analysts expected $13.33 billion. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/record-revenue-from-summer-travelers-lifts-american-airlines-to-476m-in-2q-earnings/3020185/ | 2022-07-21T11:54:45 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/record-revenue-from-summer-travelers-lifts-american-airlines-to-476m-in-2q-earnings/3020185/ |
Escaping the heat wave at the Delaware beaches? What to know ahead of your weekend trip
When the weather is sizzling hot, there's no better excuse to get to the beach and cool off in the salty seawater.
If you're heading to the Delaware beaches this hot, humid weekend and hopefully finding some reprieve on the coast, then there are probably a few things you should know before you go.
For anyone looking to visit the beaches during the weekend of July 22, this guide will help answer questions ranging from the weather to parking and traffic tips and the latest on local restaurants.
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A hot and humid weekend ahead
It's no secret: this weekend is going to be a scorcher.
The National Weather Service is predicting high temperatures in the mid-90s all weekend for the Rehoboth Beach area, and the heat indices are expected to be even higher due to the humidity.
If you're planning to hit the beach and spend some time cooling off in the water, then make sure to bring the beach umbrellas for shade, wear light and loose-fitting clothing, and drink lots of water.
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While the weather is always changing quickly at the Delaware beaches, here's a breakdown of what you can expect:
On Friday, the skies should be staying clear and sunny throughout the day with a high of 93. There will be a slight wind coming from the west during the day, according to the weather service. At night, the heat will let off a little with a low of 75.
The sun is staying out for the rest of the weekend, too. Saturday is bringing a high temperature of 94 and a low of 75 in the evening. Because the clouds are staying away at night, too, those walks to get dinner or ice cream should be clear from rain.
Inching ever-so warmer, the heat will reach a toasty 95 degrees on Sunday with mostly sunny skies, and then only dropping down to 77 at night.
Beach parking and transportation
When driving to the beach on a hot day, it's also important to remember that you can't get anywhere until you park. So, it should help to be prepared: Bring your water bottles with you in the car and know the basics of where parking is available at the beach.
All resort towns from Lewes to Fenwick Island have their seasonal parking rules in place this summer.
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Both Rehoboth and Lewes increased some parking rates this year. It is now a universal $3 per hour rate in Rehoboth, and Lewes is charging $1.50 downtown and $2.50 at the beaches.
Lewes has several free non-metered parking lots listed on its website, as well as metered lots and spaces on side streets.
When visiting Delaware State Parks like Cape Henlopen, parking is included in the entrance fee. However, it's wise to check the parks' Facebook pages where staff will post whether the park is closed due to full parking. This might happen at some of the lots this weekend with many people looking to escape the heat.
In Dewey Beach, parking is free in all permit-only and metered spaces Monday through Wednesday from 5 to 11 p.m. only. All other days and times, you must pay to park on public streets.
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(These free parking times coincide with family-friendly movie nights and bonfires in Dewey, events that continue throughout the summer).
Fenwick Island and South Bethany mostly require permits to park, but Fenwick offers free parking on its side streets after 4 p.m.
In Bethany Beach, all spaces are either metered or require a permit through Sept. 15.
Many of these towns and cities offer payment through the ParkMobile app.
For more about parking (or State Park fees), visit each beach town's website:
Consider taking the Beach Bus
Want to forget about parking or paying for gas? Take a bus to the beach. Parking is free at the park and rides in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach.
The Beach Bus has already started its routes and will continue seven days a week until Sept. 11. The stops include Rehoboth Beach and the Boardwalk, Lewes, Long Neck, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach, South Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island, Ocean City in Maryland, Millsboro and Georgetown.
The cost to ride the bus is $2 per trip, $4 for a daily pass, $16 for a seven-day pass or $60 for a 30-day pass.
Traveling from northern Delaware or Kent County? The 305 Beach Connection from Wilmington to Rehoboth Beach started last weekend. It runs Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Sept. 5.
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Riders taking this bus will pay $6 for one-way trips from Wilmington, Christiana Mall and Odessa and $4 from Dover and South Frederica. A daily pass is $10 from New Castle County and $8 from Kent County.
If traveling around Bethany Beach, the town also offers a trolley with a single route that runs from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and costs 25 cents per trip.
In Lewes, the new seasonal transit option Lewes Line cost $1 per ride. Stops include the two municipal beaches, downtown locations, the library and more. To learn more, visit www.ci.lewes.de.us/363/Lewes-Line.
Public health guidelines, COVID cases
Unfortunately, COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in Delaware.
The average of tests coming back positive as of July 19 was just over 18%, according to DPH data, which does not include at-home testing that is not reported to the state. The state reported that 139 people were hospitalized with COVID at that point.
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This is the latest advice from DPH to stay vigilant, especially while people travel:
- Get vaccinated and boosted when you’re eligible. And don't wait until the fall when the updated vaccines are expected to be available. You will likely still be eligible for those boosters then.
- Stay home if sick and get tested if you have symptoms or were exposed to someone with COVID-19.
- There are no mask mandates, but DPH advises masking up in crowded indoor places or if you are at higher risk for illness.
- Stay informed and turn to reliable sources for data, information, and treatment options like de.gov/coronavirus.
Want to know where to receive booster shots? Visit coronavirus.delaware.gov/vaccine/where-can-i-get-my-vaccine/#publichealth.
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What to expect at restaurants, beach businesses
Delaware’s beach towns are preparing for a summer that’s as busy – if not busier – than last year. Multiple hotel managers said they're on track to beat last year's records, and more visitors are spontaneously planning trips to the beach this year, rather than planning a long way out.
With these crowds comes the same but ever-important advice: Have patience, folks.
Many restaurants, bars, and others in the service industry are still facing staffing shortages. While some businesses are getting more help from international students than in the past two years when COVID-19 restrictions limited that workforce, several other factors are impacting the seasonal labor shortage this year – especially a lack of affordable housing.
This means diners could expect limited hours or longer wait times this summer.
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It may be wise to make early reservations, follow your favorite spots on social media or call ahead to stay updated on any changes.
As far as outdoor dining, many beach towns found ways to continue that in the 2022 season, but that popularity may mean you have to wait longer for those coveted patio seats, too.
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/2022/07/21/delaware-beaches-what-to-know-hot-july-weekend-rehoboth/65378119007/ | 2022-07-21T12:21:12 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/21/delaware-beaches-what-to-know-hot-july-weekend-rehoboth/65378119007/ |
SAN ANTONIO — Efforts to keep his CPS Energy bill low is leaving one southside man to wonder why his payments are on the rise.
Jess Torres showed KENS 5 his last three bills and said he is paying more than he use to power his one bedroom home of seven years.
Torres said he is very conservative of his energy use inside his home by unplugging appliances and leaving his thermostat at a warm temperature of 84 degrees.
Torres said he usually spends about $70 a month on his CPS Energy bill. His July bill is $225.93, which is up $74.36 from June's bill and up $131.97 from May's bill.
"I'm just worried for next month's bill," he said.
A spokesperson for CPS Energy said summer is a common time for bill spikes. Especially this year as we have seen numerous days of record breaking heat in Texas. High temperatures affect how AC systems operate often making units work harder to cool living spaces. This drives bills up.
The war in Europe is also having an impact on natural gas prices.
Torres said his sister has paid some of his recent bills to help him get by. However, CPS Energy can provide financial assistance. They have several links on their website.
To date, CPS Energy said they have connected customers with over $60 million dollars in assistance since June 2020.
Torres said he would consider looking into their resources if the bill's don't improve. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-southside-man-cps-energy-bills-rising-conserving-energy-home/273-04669c1e-b467-4640-b705-28c2050ae5e8 | 2022-07-21T12:22:52 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-southside-man-cps-energy-bills-rising-conserving-energy-home/273-04669c1e-b467-4640-b705-28c2050ae5e8 |
A school bus flipped over on the Hutchinson River Parkway early Thursday, injuring three dozen people as the peak morning rush got underway, authorities say.
Three of the 36 adults hurt in the 6 a.m. accident on the Hutch, north of the Cross Bronx Expressway, near exit 1a were said to be in serious condition, while the injuries to the other victims were said to be minor.
A preliminary investigation indicates the school bus driver tried to exit the highway from the middle lane, which caused the flip. Further investigation is ongoing, though.
It wasn't clear where the bus was headed. A message was left with the operator, Consolidated Bus Transit.
No other details were immediately available. Chopper 4 showed a number of people milling about on the ground, some standing, some setting, as authorities tended to the injured.
Traffic was heavily impacted in the area. Check real-time transit updates from all your key commute sources here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/hutchinson-river-parkway-crash-hurts-36/3783880/ | 2022-07-21T12:34:38 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/hutchinson-river-parkway-crash-hurts-36/3783880/ |
A man caught fire after falling onto the subway tracks at Port Authority Bus Terminal and contacting the electrified third rail Thursday, police say. They thought he was dead but were able to revive him, they said.
According to police, the man somehow fell onto the southbound A line track at the 42nd Street hub around 8 a.m., at the height of the morning rush at one of the city's busiest transit centers.
It's not clear how he fell. The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
No criminality is suspected, police say.
Subway service is affected in the area. Get real-time transit updates from all your key commute sources here.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-on-fire-after-port-authority-subway-track-fall-puts-him-on-3rd-rail-cops/3783992/ | 2022-07-21T12:34:44 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-on-fire-after-port-authority-subway-track-fall-puts-him-on-3rd-rail-cops/3783992/ |
MYAKKA CITY, Fla. — Editor's note: The video above is from a previous story.
A Sarasota man is being treated at the hospital after an alligator bit him in Myakka City, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The FWC, along with the Manatee County Sheriff's Office and Manatee County EMS, was called to the scene after 43-year-old Eric Merda of Sarasota was reportedly bitten by an alligator near Lake Manatee Fish Camp.
Merda was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries to his arm.
Following the reported bite, a nuisance alligator trapper was called to the area. There is no word yet if the accused alligator has been found.
The FWC is continuing to investigate what happened.
Last week, an 80-year-old woman who fell into a pond at a country club in Englewood was killed by two alligators, a Sarasota County medical examiner confirmed. Those alligators were humanely euthanized.
Back in June, a man in Sarasota County was bitten late at night by an alligator he mistook for a dog, authorities said.
Wildlife experts are reminding people about how to safely deal with alligators if they are nearby.
"If you're going to interact in any type of water system in Florida, if you don't see any alligators, be very wary. Just because you don't see him doesn't mean he doesn't see you," said Flavio Morrissiey with Sarasota Jungle Gardens.
Morrissiey said people need to educate themselves and to be extremely careful around ponds.
"They're really sneaky and they're all around the edges," he said. "Most of the time they're not necessarily in the middle of the lake, they are going to be near the edges and that's where they can do damage. So be cautious around the edge of a lake."
If you're concerned about an alligator, you can call the FWC's toll-free Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-392-4286. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/alligator-bite-lake-manatee-fish-camp-myakka-city/67-66922ca6-b6ec-4247-b6e4-8fa5dad4da2e | 2022-07-21T12:44:19 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/alligator-bite-lake-manatee-fish-camp-myakka-city/67-66922ca6-b6ec-4247-b6e4-8fa5dad4da2e |
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AURORA, Colo. — Ten years ago, a shooter walked into a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others.
Lasamoa Lanier, then Lasamoa Cross, went to the "Dark Knight Rises" premiere with her fiancé, AJ Boik. They sat near the front of the movie theater. Not long after the opening scene, Lasamoa remembers seeing the emergency exit door open.
“I could see this black silhouette of a guy standing there and I could see a gun strapped,” she said.
After a canister flies several rows behind her and AJ, she hears a hissing noise and then people start to scream.
“I turn around and look and there were people just jumping out of the rows to get out of the theater,” she said. “It was insane.”
AJ grabbed her hand and told her they needed to leave. She could feel AJ fall backwards, and her reaction was to cover him.
AJ was shot twice. He was 18 when he was killed.
“I think that is what is hard, too. I didn’t even get to say bye, you know,” she said.
When words were hard to speak, Lasamoa found comfort in writing.
“Journaling helps me get it all out. Helps me say the things I can’t say out loud,” Lasamoa said.
She started writing to AJ. She still has all of the journals, along with the hat she wore to the movies that night and the last photo she and AJ took in the theater.
During the trial after the shooting, she heard the testimony of police officers who shared just as much trauma as she did on July 20, 2012.
She decided to write letters to Aurora police officers to thank them.
“Having lost someone doing something innocent like watching a movie – what are they doing? Where are they at? Are they OK?” she thought about the officers.
Officer Cody Lanier got one of those letters. He was Lasamoa’s former school resource officer at Gateway High. Cody responded to the theater before heading to the school, where families were gathering.
Lasamoa saw him the night of the shooting helping families find loved ones.
“I told him to help me find AJ,” she said.
“I had this person in front of me, approaching me, 'where is my boyfriend?'” said Cody.
AJ’s mom came to the school. Cody went up to her to tell her AJ was not on any of the hospital lists.
Cody felt like he had failed the family and Lasamoa. She didn’t see it that way, so Lasamoa showed Cody why his work that night mattered by writing him a letter.
“I have always thought of you as a headstrong determined and courageous person for having the amount of strive to serve and protect Gateway, Aurora and your family. Every single day,” said the letter. “And that alone has changed my life all together.”
“I don’t think I made it through three sentences in that thing and I’m tearing up,” Cody said.
Her note to Cody also included a photo that Lasamoa says was taken by a newspaper photographer. When Cody saw it, he knew it was taken right after he’d told AJ’s mom her son probably didn’t survive.
“And I didn’t know that when I found this photo,” Lasamoa said. “I was just like, oh yeah, that’s Cody. I remember him.”
Cody said he remembers standing in the doorway of his car right after telling AJ’s mom the worst news.
“This is absolutely the worst singular event I could imagine as a cop,” he said.
Even with the bad, came something good. That night sparked a new friendship.
After dropping off the letter at Gateway High School, Cody and Lasamoa went to lunch at Chipotle. What was supposed to be an hour lunch turned into four hours.
Their connection helped them heal as Lasamoa continued to lean on photography. She picked up a camera after the shooting so she could capture happy moments. She loves to be the person that helps others recognize the life they live is a great one.
“Photography was my way of grounding myself and remembering things,” she said. “Taking time to hear what is going on around me. Take a deep breath. Go slower. Relax.”
Cody picked up weights to work through his trauma.
“Mental health stuff is huge, right?” he said.
As the years went by, the friends relied on each other more and became stronger together.
“In a way, La kind of filled this gap,” Cody said. “Beyond that it was just this connection. Every day since she turned into my best friend.”
Lasamoa said Cody was always the buddy. And then she felt something more.
On October 3, 2021, they got married. Even they can’t believe it.
A letter and a lunch at Chipotle turned into something beautiful.
Nine years after that lunch, they got married in October 2021. They served Chipotle at their wedding rehearsal dinner.
“Oh yeah, it’s crazy. Who knew. I didn’t,” Lasamoa said.
“Beauty from ashes, man. I don’t know what I would do without her,” Cody said.
The family Lasamoa and Cody have created shows how far they have come.
They know their life hasn’t been picture perfect, but it led to beautiful moments together.
SUGGESTED VIDEOS: Aurora theater shooting, 10 years later | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/aurora-theater-shooting-survivor-marries-officer-who-responded/73-a59b4e65-5f48-4217-bcda-c19dbfe7b71e | 2022-07-21T12:57:40 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/aurora-theater-shooting-survivor-marries-officer-who-responded/73-a59b4e65-5f48-4217-bcda-c19dbfe7b71e |
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Police are trying to figure out who shot a man on the city’s northeast side.
It happened just before 12:30 a.m. on Goldfield Dr. near Loop 410.
Police say the victim, 19, was found with a gunshot wound in his arm, but they don’t know where or how it happened.
SAPD says the victim parked his car on Goldfield Dr. and ran to a security guard for help, telling them he’d been shot.
When police got to the scene, they say the teen became uncooperative. He wouldn’t tell officers what happened.
Police noticed damage to the victim’s car, saying the front tire of the car was damaged and nearly coming off, amongst other damage they noticed.
For that reason, police think the man may have been shot while inside his car, but they couldn’t confirm.
Police have also detained another person who may have been with the victim when the shooting happened, but neither men are answering police’s questions.
The teen was taken to the BAMC, and is expected to be okay.
No other details were provided.
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SAN ANTONIO — Police are searching for a suspect who shot a man in the hip while he was walking in San Pedro Springs Park near downtown.
SAPD officers were dispatched around 12:29 a.m. to the 100 block of Blanco for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a young man in his 20s with a single gunshot wound to the hip.
The victim told police that he was shot at San Pedro Springs Park located at 2200 N Flores, then walked to the intersection of Blanco and W. Ashby and asked a passerby for help. Police say the victim was not able to provide a description of the shooter, who he claims fled in an unknown type vehicle.
The victim was taken to University Hospital in stable condition.
This incident is under investigation.
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SAN ANTONIO — Since it first went on bloom watch, the San Antonio Zoo's corpse flower has drawn a lot of attention. Now, dreams of a full bloom have wilted, but the story of La Llorona is far from over.
Despite its sagging appearance and its name, the San Antonio Zoo's corpse flower is not dead.
"The plant here is underground, it's a large tuber-looking structure, kind of like an oddly-shaped large potato. The plant is fine," said Dante Fenolio, the San Antonio Zoo's Vice-President of Conservation and Research.
He said if there's a chance of a bloom, they put the plant on display before it gets too big to move.
"Sometimes failure to bloom happens," he said. "And again, it's just a flower, it's not the plant."
The Titan Arum plant earned the name “corpse lilly” thanks to its imposing odor.
"You might describe it as a wet garbage can filled with garbage. You might describe it as the rotting corpse of something on the side of the road."
As unpleasant as that sounds, Fenolio said there is a particular reason for it.
"It doesn't use butterflies and birds as pollinators, it uses beetles and flies,” Fenolio said. “To get beetles and flies to come into its flowers, it has to produce a smell that would draw in beetles and flies."
Fenolio believes there are fewer than a thousand of these plants left in the wild thanks to loss of habitat and poaching. He stresses that it is a benefit to everyone on the planet to preserve even obscure plants like this because the biodiversity of the planet will be helpful to the development of new medicines in the future.
"We don't get to pick and choose which species might provide us with tomorrow's medications,” he said. “It might be a corpse flower lilly, it might be a little blind salamander living in an aquifer 200 feet below us, it may be some strange snake off in the corner of a rainforest."
Named after the famous ghost story, La Llorona is the first corpse lilly to come to the San Antonio Zoo, but not the last. Fenolio says more are on the way and though they can go up to a decade before blooming, Fenolio is confident San Antonians will not have to wait that long.
"Sooner or later, before too long one of these other plants or even this one is going to decide to go into bloom again and we will make that available to the San Antonio public," he said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-corpse-flower-lives-to-bloom-another-day/273-a04737af-06dd-40d3-b610-53e699ef96a9 | 2022-07-21T12:57:58 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-corpse-flower-lives-to-bloom-another-day/273-a04737af-06dd-40d3-b610-53e699ef96a9 |
CEDAR FALLS — Debate continued among elected officials this week as to whether Planning and Zoning Commission review of new downtown buildings is necessary.
In response to a City Council petition, the commission unanimously recommended it review site plans for all new buildings proposed in the Urban General, Urban General 2 and Storefront areas in the Downtown Character District.
The council on Monday countered the recommendation from the commission by voting 4-3 in favor of Councilor Daryl Kruse’s motion that any floor expansion or residential addition plans for existing buildings there also be reviewed as part of a future amendment to the new downtown code.
Councilors Simon Harding, Kelly Dunn and Gil Schultz voted against the motion.
One example, for which Kruse felt the commission review would be necessary, was a non-residential building being expanded to include residential units, which he said would trigger different “parking (requirement) scenarios.”
The city's municipal advisor said its “Aaa” bond rating from New York-based Moody’s Investors Service led to a lower bond cost for the city.
Monday’s discussion marked a continuation of the year-long debate surrounding the new downtown zoning code and amendments to it.
The commission had considered a recommendation, when initially looking at the council’s petition, similar to what Kruse put forth: “Require all site plans (including all new buildings, all changes to existing buildings, projecting signs, site changes) to be reviewed by the commission and approved by City Council.”
The $7,908 agreement with the university was approved unanimously by the City Council on Monday night.
“Are we going to kick stuff back just because we don’t get the answer that we are seeking? I feel like that’s what’s happening,” said Dunn. “We’re not getting what we want, so we constantly kick it back. (The Planning and Zoning Commission) has already had (Kruse’s proposal) in front of them.”
The new zoning regulations are described as being more “black and white” and leaving little to no wiggle room to be debated. That’s one main reason why there was deemed no need for site plans to be reviewed by the commission at a meeting in which the public is allowed to weigh in.
Even if a project is denied by the commission and City Council, it can proceed if a court of law says it legally abides by the new zoning rules set by the governing body.
“The Planning and Zoning Commission very specifically said that they didn’t need to see the site plans for expansions of buildings, these were just for very new projects or brand new buildings,” said Planning and Community Services Manager Karen Howard. “I think they felt like the rules in the zoning ordinance in the character district were specific enough to guide that project for expansions or remodels of existing buildings.”
The council adopted the new code in November in order to bring to life a vision for the downtown that had been crafted after multiple public input sessions.
Instead of a Planning and Zoning Commission review for new buildings and significant remodels, the new code dictates that a staff “Zoning Review Committee” looks at the site plans to determine whether or not a plan complies with the approved regulations.
The Urban General, Urban General 2 and Storefront designations primarily cover the downtown areas involving State, Main, Washington and Clay streets, as well as First to Seventh streets.
Other areas like the highway and mixed use districts, outside of the downtown, require site plans to come before the commission.
“There’s always intangibles,” said Kruse. “You cannot black and white, and write down every scenario. That’s why the law books continue to expand and expand and expand and you have court cases and court cases. There’s a lot of gray areas, a lot of things that may be detrimental to downtown that we have to look at, that would cause us not to approve a 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.
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.
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.
Voters in Waterloo can head to the polls Sept. 13 to weigh in on whether the city should borrow $20 million to develop a municipal communications utility. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-council-debates-whether-planning-zoning-commission-review-is-necessary-in-downtown/article_af2f89a4-e6d0-5354-854b-1a7b519a027e.html | 2022-07-21T13:01:14 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-council-debates-whether-planning-zoning-commission-review-is-necessary-in-downtown/article_af2f89a4-e6d0-5354-854b-1a7b519a027e.html |
Police take naked, dancing man with gun on Mich. highway into protective custody
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
A northern Michigan man who was dancing naked with a gun in his hand on a highway Tuesday is in protective custody, Michigan State Police said.
Police received multiple 911 calls about the naked man who was dancing, doing pushups and had a 9mm handgun with him on southbound US-131 near mile marker 187 in Wexford County, they said.
Witnesses told dispatchers the man eventually emptied the ammunition from the gun.
A state police sergeant and a county sheriff's deputy took the man into custody, officials said. He was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
An investigation revealed the man has a valid license to carry a gun. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/21/police-take-naked-dancing-man-gun-mich-highway-into-protective-custody/10115071002/ | 2022-07-21T13:02:47 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/21/police-take-naked-dancing-man-gun-mich-highway-into-protective-custody/10115071002/ |
AURORA, Colo. — Ten years ago, a shooter walked into a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others.
Lasamoa Lanier, then Lasamoa Cross, went to the "Dark Knight Rises" premiere with her fiancé, AJ Boik. They sat near the front of the movie theater. Not long after the opening scene, Lasamoa remembers seeing the emergency exit door open.
“I could see this black silhouette of a guy standing there and I could see a gun strapped,” she said.
After a canister flies several rows behind her and AJ, she hears a hissing noise and then people start to scream.
“I turn around and look and there were people just jumping out of the rows to get out of the theater,” she said. “It was insane.”
AJ grabbed her hand and told her they needed to leave. She could feel AJ fall backwards, and her reaction was to cover him.
AJ was shot twice. He was 18 when he was killed.
“I think that is what is hard, too. I didn’t even get to say bye, you know,” she said.
When words were hard to speak, Lasamoa found comfort in writing.
“Journaling helps me get it all out. Helps me say the things I can’t say out loud,” Lasamoa said.
She started writing to AJ. She still has all of the journals, along with the hat she wore to the movies that night and the last photo she and AJ took in the theater.
During the trial after the shooting, she heard the testimony of police officers who shared just as much trauma as she did on July 20, 2012.
She decided to write letters to Aurora police officers to thank them.
“Having lost someone doing something innocent like watching a movie – what are they doing? Where are they at? Are they OK?” she thought about the officers.
Officer Cody Lanier got one of those letters. He was Lasamoa’s former school resource officer at Gateway High. Cody responded to the theater before heading to the school, where families were gathering.
Lasamoa saw him the night of the shooting helping families find loved ones.
“I told him to help me find AJ,” she said.
“I had this person in front of me, approaching me, 'where is my boyfriend?'” said Cody.
AJ’s mom came to the school. Cody went up to her to tell her AJ was not on any of the hospital lists.
Cody felt like he had failed the family and Lasamoa. She didn’t see it that way, so Lasamoa showed Cody why his work that night mattered by writing him a letter.
“I have always thought of you as a headstrong determined and courageous person for having the amount of strive to serve and protect Gateway, Aurora and your family. Every single day,” said the letter. “And that alone has changed my life all together.”
“I don’t think I made it through three sentences in that thing and I’m tearing up,” Cody said.
Her note to Cody also included a photo that Lasamoa says was taken by a newspaper photographer. When Cody saw it, he knew it was taken right after he’d told AJ’s mom her son probably didn’t survive.
“And I didn’t know that when I found this photo,” Lasamoa said. “I was just like, oh yeah, that’s Cody. I remember him.”
Cody said he remembers standing in the doorway of his car right after telling AJ’s mom the worst news.
“This is absolutely the worst singular event I could imagine as a cop,” he said.
Even with the bad, came something good. That night sparked a new friendship.
After dropping off the letter at Gateway High School, Cody and Lasamoa went to lunch at Chipotle. What was supposed to be an hour lunch turned into four hours.
Their connection helped them heal as Lasamoa continued to lean on photography. She picked up a camera after the shooting so she could capture happy moments. She loves to be the person that helps others recognize the life they live is a great one.
“Photography was my way of grounding myself and remembering things,” she said. “Taking time to hear what is going on around me. Take a deep breath. Go slower. Relax.”
Cody picked up weights to work through his trauma.
“Mental health stuff is huge, right?” he said.
As the years went by, the friends relied on each other more and became stronger together.
“In a way, La kind of filled this gap,” Cody said. “Beyond that it was just this connection. Every day since she turned into my best friend.”
Lasamoa said Cody was always the buddy. And then she felt something more.
On October 3, 2021, they got married. Even they can’t believe it.
A letter and a lunch at Chipotle turned into something beautiful.
Nine years after that lunch, they got married in October 2021. They served Chipotle at their wedding rehearsal dinner.
“Oh yeah, it’s crazy. Who knew. I didn’t,” Lasamoa said.
“Beauty from ashes, man. I don’t know what I would do without her,” Cody said.
The family Lasamoa and Cody have created shows how far they have come.
They know their life hasn’t been picture perfect, but it led to beautiful moments together.
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DAVENPORT, Fla. – An investigation is underway in Osceola County after a person was found unresponsive and later died, deputies said.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called Thursday morning to Westside Boulevard and Ronald Reagan Parkway Boulevard in Davenport for a report of an unresponsive male.
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The victim, whose age has not been released, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, deputies said.
Sheriff’s officials said the death appears to be an isolated incident, but no other details have been released.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office at 407-348-2222. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/21/death-investigation-underway-in-davenport/ | 2022-07-21T13:11:55 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/21/death-investigation-underway-in-davenport/ |
Some Florida families are getting checks in the mail from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
On July 15, First Lady Casey DeSantis announced that nearly 59,000 Florida families will receive a one-time payment of $450 per child. This one-time payment assists families who are being affected by rising inflation and preparing to send their children back to school.
News4JAX received information from the Florida Department of Children and Families, the agency administering the program, on Wednesday.
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Here are some answers to frequently asked questions:
Who is eligible to receive the check?
In order to receive a check, Floridians must fall into one of the eligible categories below at the time enrolled populations were captured for this payment on July 1, 2022.
Eligible recipients include:
- Foster parents
- Relative caregivers
- Non-relative caregivers
- Families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance (Note: Eligibility is based on federal TANF requirements and the state’s TANF Plan.)
- Guardianship Assistance Program participants
Do you have to apply to receive a check?
No. You don’t have to apply for this one-time payment and the checks are mailed directly to the recipients.
News4JAX was told those eligible would receive a check within the next seven days.
Who may I contact if I am eligible and feel like I should have received a check?
DCF is setting up a hotline specifically for the payment where Floridians can call and ask about their eligibility if they feel they should be included, or if they were supposed to receive a check but didn’t, Vanessa Brito, Director and Owner of Myami Marketing Inc., a Miami based full- service Political Consulting firm, told News4JAX.
How is the money from the governor’s budget broken up to help these families?
It will support nearly 59,000 Florida families and that includes foster families. First Lady Casey DeSantis held a roundtable discussion in Tampa on Friday and said that foster families, adoptive families, and single mothers are eligible for the checks.
“... You know, the governor signed his budget, and obviously we’re putting a lot into that,” she said. “Making sure that we’re doing everything we can on behalf of Florida families. ... So $35 million within that budget will then go to support our foster and adoptive families -- our single moms across the state -- so they will get a one-time payment of $450. "
We asked DCF why single mothers and fathers weren’t mentioned in the news release and how the agency chooses the family. We’re still waiting to hear back.
The American Rescue Plan Act created a $1 billion fund to assist needy families affected by the pandemic within the TANF program, according to the release. The one-time payments ensured that $35.5 million would be received by Florida families. Had these awards not been made, the funding would have otherwise reverted back to the federal government.
(Note: Eligibility is based on federal TANF requirements and the state’s TANF Plan.)
Is this the only effort the governor’s office has made to help foster families?
No. The Freedom First Budget gives $133.9 million for services for those in the child welfare system. It also has an increase of $300 per month to the child care subsidy for foster parents which covers the cost of early education and childcare.
We are still waiting to have a few questions answered by DCF. We will update this article with that information when it becomes available.
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Seafood, once enjoyed only by Americans living on the coasts, is now available everywhere thanks to greatly improved transportation and storing technology. And Americans love seafood: Red Lobster, the casual dining chain, has hundreds of locations in 44 states and brought in $2.5 billion in sales in 2019. But Americans who love seafood seek it out in historic establishments and fine-dining restaurants as well as chains. Cooking styles and techniques vary across regions, many of which have their own specialized and beloved takes on seafood preparation, from boils to bakes to bisques.
To celebrate all things that travel from sea to dinner plates, Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated seafood restaurants in Orlando on Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. Some restaurants on the list may have recently closed.
Tripadvisor
#30. Hot N Juicy Crawfish
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (142 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 7572 W Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819-5110
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#29. Boston Lobster Feast
- Rating: 3.5 / 5 (1,744 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (3.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (3.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 8731 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819-9318
- Read more on Tripadvisor
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#28. Joe's Crab Shack
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (1,181 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Bar
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 8400 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819
- Read more on Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor
#27. Lombard’s Seafood Grille
- Rating: 3.5 / 5 (1,046 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (3.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 6000 Universal Blvd Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, FL 32819-7640
- Read more on Tripadvisor
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#26. Happy Snapper Seafood Market
- Rating: 5.0 / 5 (41 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (5.0/5), Service (5.0/5), Value (5.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 6327 S Orange Ave # 104, Orlando, FL 32809-5109
- Read more on Tripadvisor
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Tripadvisor
#25. Cape May Cafe
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (2,712 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 1180 Seven Seas Drive Epcot Resort Area, Disney's Beach Club Resort, Orlando, FL 32830
- Read more on Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor
#24. Reel Fish Coastal Kitchen & Bar
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (177 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 1234 North Orange Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789-4910
- Read more on Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor
#23. Narcoossee's
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (1,781 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 4401 Grand Floridian, Orlando, FL 32830
- Read more on Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor
#22. Bar Harbor Seafood
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (183 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (3.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: Specialty Food Market, American
- Price: $
- Address: 2000 Premier Row, Orlando, FL 32809-6208
- Read more on Tripadvisor
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#21. Red Lobster
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (950 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 5936 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819
- Read more on Tripadvisor
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#20. Paddlefish
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (1,443 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 1670 Buena Vista Drive Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, FL 32830
- Read more on Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor
#19. Landry's Seafood House
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (1,488 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 8800 Vineland Ave, Orlando, FL 32821
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#18. Fish on Fire
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (575 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Bar
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 7937 Daetwyler Dr Belle Isle, Orlando, FL 32812-4809
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#17. The Oceanaire Seafood Room
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (798 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 9101 International Blvd Suite 1002, Orlando, FL 32819
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#16. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (6,092 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 6000 Universal Blvd Suite 735, Orlando, FL 32819-7640
- Read more on Tripadvisor
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#15. Lee & Rick's Oyster Bar
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (433 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Bar
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 5621 Old Winter Garden Rd, Orlando, FL 32811-1526
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Tripadvisor
#14. High Tide Harry's
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (607 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Bar
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 4645 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822-2409
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Tripadvisor
#13. Bonefish Grill
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (625 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 5463 Gateway Village Cir, Orlando, FL 32812-4008
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#12. Bonefish Grill
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (1,297 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 6730 Central Florida Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32821-6025
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#11. Big Fin Seafood Kitchen
- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (946 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: Steakhouse, American
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 8046 Via Dellagio Way in the Dellagio Town Center, Orlando, FL 32819-5422
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#10. Todd English's bluezoo
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (1,588 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 1500 Epcot Resorts Blvd, Orlando, FL 32830-8428
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#9. Red Lobster
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (3,718 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 9892 International dr, Orlando, FL 32819-8103
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#8. Boston's Fish House
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (394 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: Quick Bites, American
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 6860 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792-6802
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#7. FishBones
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (2,518 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: Steakhouse, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 6707 W Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819-8241
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#6. Ocean Prime
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (606 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 7339 W Sand Lake Rd Ste 400, Orlando, FL 32819
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#5. The Boathouse
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (4,914 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (5.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: Steakhouse, Southwestern
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 1620 E Buena Vista Drive Disney Springs, Orlando, FL 32830
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#4. Deep Blu Seafood Grille
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (860 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 14651 Chelonia Pkwy Wyndham Grand Orland Resort Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL 32821-4017
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#3. Winter Park Fish Company
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (498 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$ - $$$
- Address: 761 Orange Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789-4703
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#2. Sear + Sea
- Rating: 5.0 / 5 (133 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5)
- Type of cuisine: Steakhouse, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 14900 Chelonia Parkway JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL 32821
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#1. Eddie V's Prime Seafood
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (1,199 reviews)
- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)
- Type of cuisine: American, Seafood
- Price: $$$$
- Address: 7488 W Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819
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CLERMONT, Fla. – UPDATE: Clermont police said a missing woman has been “recovered,” but no other details have been released.
ORIGINAL STORY: Clermont police are looking for a missing woman who was last seen July 14 leaving an apartment complex.
Police announced Wednesday that they were looking for Deborah Ladeira Soares, 30, of Clermont.
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According to police, Soares was last seen walking away from the Advenir at Castle Hill apartments on Hartle Groves Place.
Soares was described as a white woman with blonde hair, although the photo released by police showed her with red hair. She’s 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds, and she has a large butterfly tattoo on her neck.
Police said Soares is known to frequent the Orlando and Cocoa Beach areas.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/21/police-search-for-missing-clermont-woman/ | 2022-07-21T13:12:09 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/21/police-search-for-missing-clermont-woman/ |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – Graduate of Cabell Midland and former star athlete for the Knights football team, Jakob Caudill is known for his talent on the gridiron. Now, he’s facing an entirely different battle.
Over the July 4th weekend, he took a fall causing him to suffer a brain injury. We spoke with his dad, Will Caudill who recalls the moment it happened as being a scary situation.
“He was unresponsive. My initial reaction, I didn’t really know; I knew it was bad,” Caudill says.
Jakob was taken to Cabell-Huntington Hospital where he was soon placed on a ventilator. His parents say they weren’t sure what to think at that point.
However, on July 17th, the hospital staff shared some good news.
Jakob’s father says they were told he could go off of the vent and start physical therapy where so far, he’s making progress. His parents say they are also celebrating every small victory along the way.
“He pointed at a water bottle and said ‘water.’ We didn’t know what was going to come out if he was going to be able to talk. That initial peace when they took him off the vent, it was just overwhelming as a father and as parents,” Jakob’s father recalls as Jakob starts to talk after being on the ventilator.
Jakob’s speech has improved significantly, but his father says doctors are now focusing on his gross motor skills, in the hopes he will be able to walk again on his own.
His father also says while he is back on his feet, he still has a long journey ahead of him but one thing he knows for certain “He’s a tough kid, he’s a fighter. I said he’s walking out of here and he’s going to.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/jakob-caudill-continues-to-improve-after-brain-injury-father-says/ | 2022-07-21T13:16:05 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/jakob-caudill-continues-to-improve-after-brain-injury-father-says/ |
Considering what people are dealing with these days—the ongoing pandemic, worldwide inflation, rising economic uncertainty, and tension among countries—being happy may seem like it takes more effort than it used to. Although some people may think of happiness as living a luxurious lifestyle or achieving fame, research shows that happiness actually comes down to a few, much more basic things including clean drinking water, affordable health care, and a healthy work-life balance.
Every year since 2012, the United Nations has published its World Happiness Report, ranking over 150 countries from the happiest to least happy. The score is based on responses from adults representing all walks of life to the “Cantril Ladder” question, a prompt that asks participants to evaluate the quality of their lives on a scale from 0 to 10 with 0 representing the worst possible life (or bottom rung,) and 10 representing the best (or top rung).
Besides revealing the quality of lives of its participants, the report factors in six key variables including gross domestic product per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption; it also explores the connection between government and happiness, the effects of prosocial behavior, and how information technology has transformed how we communicate with each other and become informed.
Using data from the 2022 World Happiness Report, Stacker compiled the top 50 happiest countries across the globe, from least happy (#50) to happiest (#1). This research includes the impact the pandemic has had on each country. Read on to see which countries are home to some of the happiest people on the planet.
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The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
My wife and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary, enjoying festivities with our adult daughter and extended family. But, there is a damper on the occasion because our family is under threat.
Our wedding ceremony was performed by a rabbi on July 4, 1997. The Rabbi signed our ketubah (Jewish marriage contract). But, we were unable to obtain a civil marriage license or certificate. After our wedding, we were still considered legal strangers; we had no marriage rights.
We were later able to register as domestic partners with the city of Tucson, gaining the right to visit one another in a hospital, but we were deprived of more than 1,000 additional legal rights conferred upon married couples.
In 2000, following Vermont’s establishment of civil unions, we traveled there to have a civil union ceremony performed by a county clerk, whereupon we became legal spouses. But Arizona refused to recognize our legal status as spouses; at home, we remained legal strangers.
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Then, in 2008, we traveled to California where we obtained a marriage license, had a civil marriage ceremony performed by a county clerk, and obtained a marriage certificate. But, the State of Arizona still wouldn’t recognize us as spouses.
Once, while I was on a business trip in Washington, D.C., I was considered to be legally married to my wife, while at the same time — because she remained home in Tucson — my wife was not considered to be married to me. That was tough to wrap our heads around.
Finally, in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Obergefell decision requiring the State of Arizona to recognize us as married. We were finally able to file a joint tax return, share a health savings account, became eligible for one another’s Social Security benefits, and were able to enjoy all of the other myriad civil rights and responsibilities associated with state-recognized marriage.
Alas, now our marriage rights have come under question once again with the Supreme Court’s decision, especially Justice Thomas’ concurrence, in the Dobbs case.
I am encouraged that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to pass the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act to preserve legal recognition of our marriage. All Arizona Democrats voted in favor, but all Arizona Republicans voted against.
I am grateful to Arizona’s Democrats in Congress. Meanwhile, I am hurt and angered by the hostility demonstrated toward our family by Arizona’s Republican delegation.
I ask my fellow Arizonans to respect our marriage and our family and to vote for candidates who will ensure it remains legally recognized. We and our family deserve to be treated equally and to share in liberty and justice for all.
Amelia Craig Cramer is retired chief deputy Pima County Attorney and former president of the State Bar of Arizona. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-please-respect-our-marriage/article_634ce858-084a-11ed-b528-57a8c7141060.html | 2022-07-21T13:25:15 | 0 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-please-respect-our-marriage/article_634ce858-084a-11ed-b528-57a8c7141060.html |
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — A teenager suffered burns when he reportedly started a fire using gasoline to ignite materials in the backyard of a Carol Beach home Wednesday night.
Police and fire and rescue personnel responded to the home at 6:55 p.m., to a call for a fire in the neighborhood between Sheridan Road and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, according to Sgt. Derek Andrews of the Pleasant Prairie Police Department.
"It turned out that a teenage juvenile was injured by a fire that he started with gasoline. Thankful that his injuries were not worse," he said. "It was at a house in somebody's backyard. They were trying to burn some extra stuff that they had."
It was not immediately known what type of materials were being burned when the incident occurred. The materials, Andrews said, had been ignited in "spot in the backyard." At the time of the fire, authorities fielded multiple complaints from neighbors about an explosion in the area. The ignited flames reached about six feet in height, according to Andrews.
"(It was) to the point that somebody thought a tree fell on their house," he said.
Andrews said the Kenosha Fire Department responded to the call and transported the teen to Froedtert Kenosha Hospital for treatment of his injuries. He said the teen suffered burns but that his injuries were not life threatening.
The boy was issued a $124 citation for the burning violation. Andrews said that he did not have a permit to conduct the burn.
An initial open burn permit in the village costs $25 with the intended burn site subject to fire department inspection; a $10 fee is charged for a re-issued permit. The use of gasoline to ignite materials is a violation and in order to conduct a permitted open burn an individual must be at least 16 years of age, according to village ordinance.
"This is one of the reasons that the village has these different ordinances and requires permits for burning so that these kind of mistakes ... lapses in judgement, hopefully, don't happen too often," Andrews said.
The fire did not cause damage to the home.
Andrews said that when it comes to what can and cannot be burned or used to start a fire, "our officers, as well as, the firefighters will gladly answer questions before (people) start a fire."
"Call in our non-emergency line and our fire department, our officers are able to talk with people, let them know what the rules are and help explain things," he said. "And, if we don't know the answer, we'll find the answer for them. We're always happy to do that."
Authorities can be reached on the non-emergency phone line at (262) 694-7353.
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Here’s a sampling of things we love this week:
Simple pleasures
We enjoy gourmet ice cream — with flavors with cool names like "Triple Mocha Salted Caramel" and "Goat Cheese Marionberry Habanero" — as much as the next glutton, but sometimes it's refreshing to enjoy a good, old-fashioned scoop of comfort. We celebrate Vanilla Ice Cream Day on July 23 and look forward to sitting on the front porch, savoring a few moments with our old friend, vanilla ice cream. Doesn't that feel good?
Bobblehead!
It's always fun to catch a Kenosha Kingfish game at historic Simmons Field, but on Saturday, July 23, the team is hosting its first Bobblehead Game of the 2022 season! "Scuba Diver Elvis" -- featuring the team's mascot, King Elvis, dressed in scuba gear -- is the giveaway at the July 23 game. The game itself starts at 6:05 p.m. Stick around for post-game fireworks, too. The team is also home for games on July 21-22 and 24. For tickets, call 262-653-0900 or go to kingfishbaseball.com.
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Coming home
This is what we know about cars: You should make sure the oil is changed regularly, and air conditioning is a huge plus. We also know enough to be excited about the Kenosha Homecoming Car Show, with events from July 26-31. This huge event is open to vehicles that were manufactured in Kenosha, including AMC cars (of course) and other makes and models with names like Rambler and Nash. Even for non-car folks like us, it's cool to see rows and rows of locally manufactured vehicles lined up along the lakefront during the event's big car show/swap meet. For details about the daily events, all hosted by the Kenosha History Center, go to kenoshahistorycenter.org.
A classical evening
The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Ill., welcomes "Hamilton" star Leslie Odom Jr. Sunday evening on the Pavilion. The Tony and Grammy Award-winning vocalist is making his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will be singing Broadway and film favorites, along with some of his original music. Gates open at 4 p.m.; the concert starts at 6 p.m. on July 24. Reserved seats in the Pavilion are $35-$125 (plus fees); a spot on the lawn starts at $49 (plus fees). Find more details at ravinia.org.
Beating the heat
The forecasts are calling for hot and steamy weather through this weekend. There are plenty of shady parks in this area to visit, and you can enjoy a day at a beach, too, either on Lake Michigan or one of our inland lakes. It's also a great time to head inside for a movie or a live stage production (see: "Into the Woods," pages 10-11). Whatever you do, BE CAREFUL. Water is dangerous, and we've already lost people this summer. Also, stay hydrated, use sunscreen if you're outside and take breaks when necessary. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/hot-takes-what-we-love-this-week-july-21-28-2022/article_197f1dc2-085e-11ed-8507-a3e733b4cabe.html | 2022-07-21T13:32:52 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/hot-takes-what-we-love-this-week-july-21-28-2022/article_197f1dc2-085e-11ed-8507-a3e733b4cabe.html |
What: Kenosha Pops Concert Band program
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 27
Where: Pennoyer Park on Kenosha's lakefront, at Seventh Avenue and 35th Street
Admission: Free
Free cookout!
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KENOSHA — The Kenosha Pops Concert Band heads to the Wild West for its July 27 performance.
The free Wednesday night concert continues the band's landmark 100th season and starts at 7 p.m. on the band shell in Pennoyer Park.
Audience members will also hear music from the "the 1990s and beyond" as the band continues its “through the decades” theme this summer.
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The band’s Wednesday night outdoor concerts are celebrating the band’s first 100 years by highlighting tunes from the band's first century.
The season opening June 15 program featured songs from the 1920s, June 22 visited the 1930s, June 29 focused on the 1940s, July 13 rocked out with the '50s and '60s, July 20 featured the 1970s and '80s to shine -- and now the band has moved on to the 1990s.
The July 27 program also includes Wild West-related tunes, including selections from the Broadway musical "Paint Your Wagon."
The piece was new to the Pops Band's music library in 2016, though it’s from 1951.
“It took us several years to find a long out-of-print edition of this piece,” said Craig Gall, the band's musical director. (The version the Pops has is from the University of North Dakota’s music department.)
The 1951 Lerner and Loewe musical — adapted into a 1969 film starring Clint Eastwood in his only musical role to date — contains the songs “Wand’rin Star,” “I Still See Elisa,” “I Talk to the Trees” and “They Call the Wind Maria.”
The Wild West portion of the program also includes Leroy Anderson’s “Horse and Buggy” and "Home Stretch," John Philip Sousa's "Black Horse Troop" march and Elmer Bernstein's familiar theme to the 1960 film "The Magnificent Seven."
Pieces representing the 1990s include music from the 1992 Disney animated film "Aladdin" (the score, written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, won an Academy Award), Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me" (the theme song from the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film "Toy Story") and a medley of ABBA songs from the smash hit musical "Mamma Mia!" that opened on Broadway in 2001.
Note: Bench seating is provided at the band shell. Audience members may also bring lawn chairs and/or blankets. Because the weather can change rapidly, dressing in layers is recommended. Pennoyer Park is located at 35th Street and Seventh Avenue at Kenosha’s lakefront. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-pops-band-heads-to-the-wild-west-on-july-27/article_4eaccfae-06d7-11ed-a4d2-9fede0301ec9.html | 2022-07-21T13:32:58 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-pops-band-heads-to-the-wild-west-on-july-27/article_4eaccfae-06d7-11ed-a4d2-9fede0301ec9.html |
Can we take a moment to marvel at what a great asset the Kenosha Creative Space is to the area, please?
The venue hosts wonderfully diverse entertainment and programming year-round, including the new Creative Space Fest on Saturday.
The purpose of the event is "to bring creativity, passion, art, food and music to the community" while raising money for Kenosha’s nonprofit music and art space.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. are family activities, including painting, a community mural, lawn games, a photo booth, face painting, flash mobs, tie-dyes, art demonstrations and more. (A lot of that continues through the day so don’t worry if you can’t arrive early.)
Live music starts at 12:30 p.m. and goes until 10 p.m.. There is a full band stage, as well as solo acts during set changes on the acoustic stage.
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Main stage acts, in order, are Mykal Baas and the Delivery Men, Indigo Canyon, Miles Over Mountains, Spare Change Trio, Bodhicitta and Earthmother. Over on the acoustic stage, you can hear Brent Mitchell, Billy Farmer and Kyle Young.
The festival will also offer up the arts and crafts of 15 artist vendors. Check out Kenosha Creative Space’s Facebook page or website for the vendor list.
Since it's an all-day festival, you’ll need sustenance. Food vendors include Pedro’s (tacos), Big Head Tacos, Hydn Cheese (gourmet grilled cheese) and BLAK Coffee. Public Craft Brewing has donated some beer, and there will be other beers, seltzers, soda and water available as well as a full service bar across the street at The Vault.
Creative Space Fest 2.0 is 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at Kenosha Creative Space, 624 57th St. in Downtown Kenosha. Admission is $15 at the entrance or $10 in advance at paypal.com/instantcommerce/checkout/YTXTNXH8JK34E. Note: Admission is free to people under age 18.
Fair music
There’s never a bad time during the summer for live music, and you can start to fill up -- literally -- at the Racine County Fair.
Of course, there is all of the usual fair stuff, but this column is about music. The Cheryl McCrary Band will perform the group's mix of jazz, standards, love songs, holiday favorites, patriotic medleys, covers, country, soulful gospel, contemporary church songs, hymns and more starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
McCrary performs regularly throughout the area, including for charities, a main one being Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention.
Northcape Express is also on the opening day bill, performing hits from throughout the decades starting at 7 p.m.
All "fair" things can be found at racinecountyfair.org.
The Racine County Fair opens Wednesday, July 27, with music by Cheryl McCrary Band at 4 p.m. and Northcape Express at 7 p.m. at the Racine County Fair Grounds, 19805 Durand Ave. in Union Grove.
Lincoln Park Live!
Lincoln Park Live! offers an incredible backdrop for live music every summer in Kenosha.
Set next to the beautiful flower garden in Lincoln Park, the four-concert summer series’ proceeds support a mentoring program for young people, focused on academic achievement, college readiness, career success and being of service to others.
The Tropics Reggae Band will be the draw next Wednesday.
Mike Dangeroux and his band are a high-tempo group that blends reggae with rock, R&B, jazz, calypso and Afro-Latin tunes.
Dangeroux and his bands have performed with a who’s who of musicians, including The Wailers, Yellowman, Third World, Buddy Guy, The Commodores, Regina Belle, Luther Allison, Betty Lavette, Edgar Winter, Lonnie Brooks and many more.
This won’t be your average reggae show; Dangeroux has been hailed for his guitar playing and versatility. Food and drinks will be provided by Fry Daddys and Rockitacos.
The Tropics Reggae Band performs at 6 p.m. (gates open at 5 p.m.) Wednesday, July 27. at Lincoln Park Live, 7010 22nd Ave in Kenosha. Admission is free. Audience members should being lawn chairs and/or blankets.
Pike River concert series
The Pike River Benefit Concert Series is back Friday night with a performance by Violet Wilder at the 50-plus acre Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum.
Violet Wilder is often dumped into the "indie folk category" -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- but in truth, with three-part harmony and three multi-instrumentalists performing, the group is more of a lush sonic quilt of ethereal, dreamy introspective pop. Take the time to listen closely.
Violet Wilder performs starting at 6 p.m. (gates open at 5 p.m.) Friday, July 22, at the Pike River Benefit Concert Series at Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum, 880 Green Bay Road in Somers. Tickets are $10 at the entrance for CASH ONLY. Food and beverages are available for purchase. Don’t bring in your own. All proceeds benefit Hawthorn Hollow.
Animal Crackers show
Racine’s long running jazz concert series, Animal Crackers, has another show Wednesday, this one featuring Marion Meadows.
The smooth jazz soprano saxophonist standout has been a regular on the charts and jazz radio since his 1990 debut. Before that, he was a sought after sideman for the likes of Eartha Kitt, The Temptations, Michael Bolton, Chuck Loeb and many more.
Tickets are $35 at the gate or $30 online at racinezoo.org. Make sure you have everything you need, e.g. bag chairs, blankets, knick knacks and paddy whacks, etc., as there are No Pass Outs. Picnic dinners are allowed, and there are plenty of food options on site, too. DO NOT bring in alcoholic beverages as they will be confiscated during bag checks at the entrance. All that said, this is a very pleasant place to catch a show with a lovely stage backdrop less than a hundred yards from Lake Michigan.
Marion Meadows performs starting at 7 p.m. (gates open at 5:30 p.m.) Wednesday, July 27, at Racine Zoo’s Animal Crackers, 2131 N. Main St. in Racine.
Even more shows ...
There is so much live music to mention this week and not enough space. I just want to also recommend From Any Angle Saturday, July 23, at George’s Tavern in Racine, R’ Noggins Brewing Co's R’Rock Fest Sunday, July 24, in Kenosha and Vinyl Remix, performing Saturday, July 23, at Kenosha Brewing Co. in Kenosha.
That’s it for this week. Bands, artists and venues, please send me your gig listings, event posts, bios, Facebook event invites or anything else you think might be useful to me to write you up. Email me at pjfineran@gmail.com. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-music-columnist-paddy-fineran-reports-on-upcoming-live-shows/article_2a12b090-06d3-11ed-82bd-83e43ef333b3.html | 2022-07-21T13:33:04 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-music-columnist-paddy-fineran-reports-on-upcoming-live-shows/article_2a12b090-06d3-11ed-82bd-83e43ef333b3.html |
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