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The Friends of the Bismarck Public Library will be selling used books outdoors on the library plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m July 30.
Books will cost $1 per pound, with other items priced separately. Proceeds will benefit the programs and services of the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-library-to-hold-used-book-sale/article_bcdd1bde-06a8-11ed-92b0-bf0e33749976.html | 2022-07-22T07:09:12 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-library-to-hold-used-book-sale/article_bcdd1bde-06a8-11ed-92b0-bf0e33749976.html |
Annabell Ottley, 91, of Burley died Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at her home. Arrangements will be announced by Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.
Melissa Lynn Hicks, 70, of Filer died July 19, 2022, at home, surrounded by family. Arrangements are under the care of White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel in Twin Falls.
Henry George Sievers, 95, of Kimberly died July 17, 2022, at home, surrounded by family. Arrangements are under the care of White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel in Twin Falls.
James G. Nix, 79, of Heyburn died Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at Countryside Care Center in Rupert. Arrangements are under the care of Morrison Funeral Home in Rupert. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_d19c27be-095e-11ed-83ec-0b33d62f24eb.html | 2022-07-22T07:42:32 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_d19c27be-095e-11ed-83ec-0b33d62f24eb.html |
The Grout Museum District, in partnership with the NAACP and Experience Waterloo, established the community-based Black Stories Collective committee to collect and preserve Black oral histories and memorabilia.
MARSHALLTOWN -- Meleah Sadler of Hudson has been named to the spring 2022 Dean’s List at Marshalltown Community College.
To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must have taken 12 or more credit hours during the semester (a full-time class load) and have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average while attending MCC classes in Marshalltown, at Iowa Valley Community College Grinnell, or online. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/hudson-student-named-to-marshalltown-community-college-dean-s-list/article_b4c9d990-a51a-5f80-b459-9b43aee51337.html | 2022-07-22T07:47:42 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/hudson-student-named-to-marshalltown-community-college-dean-s-list/article_b4c9d990-a51a-5f80-b459-9b43aee51337.html |
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to 30 months in prison Thursday by a federal judge for his role in the killing of George Floyd.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson recommended Lane serve his sentence in Duluth, and also sentenced the ex-officer to two years of supervised release. Lane was ordered to surrender by Oct. 4, 2022 and can have no contact with Floyd's family without prior consent of a probation officer.
Lane will also have to pay mandatory restitution.
Before Judge Magnuson handed down his sentence, several members of George Floyd's family delivered victim impact statements to the courtroom, including Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother and Brandon Williams, Floyd's nephew.
Speaking directly to Lane, Floyd's girlfriend Courteney Ross said, "I don't think you're a bad guy. I think you are one man in a system that perpetuates ideologies that are based in supremacy and hate. Neither you or I started it, but we must be the ones to stop it."
Outside the federal courthouse following the sentencing George Floyd's brother Philonise and his nephew Brandon Williams both expressed frustration at the length of the sentence, saying Lane should have been given the statutory maximum.
"I just don’t understand how can you just give somebody the minimum of time that YOU want to give them, and you seen on the video, he did not try to reposition my brother, he did not try to administer CPR to my brother, they basically all of them together just stood there and gave my brother no option but to die," Philonise Floyd fumed. "No option but for the world to see a video of a man being murdered in broad daylight."
"We’re pissed off, we’re fed up, it’s happening time and time again," added Williams. "These guys are murderers. These guys didn’t go and accidentally push somebody on the ground, they murdered a man in broad daylight, and yet at his discretion he chooses to give lighter sentences then his guidelines. It’s ridiculous…. It’s a slap in the face."
U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew Luger also reacted to the sentencing, saying Lane understood the seriousness of the situation that day and yet decided not to intervene in the "critical last moments" of Floyd's life. “He knew that Mr. Floyd was in grave need of medical care, but he chose passivity rather than action," Luger said in a released statement. "As a sworn law enforcement officer, he failed to uphold his duty to step in and save a man’s life.”
Lane is one of three former Minneapolis officers who were convicted by a federal jury in February of violating Floyd's civil rights by depriving him of medical care. He faces a separate sentencing Sept. 21 in state court after changing his plea to guilty to a reduced charge of aiding and abetting manslaughter.
Lane's attorney Earl Gray had argued that the rookie was the least culpable of the four officers involved in Floyd’s death under Officer Derek Chauvin's knee in May 2020. The killing sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the world, and launched a national reckoning on race. In the federal courthouse in St. Paul Thursday, Gray asked the judge for a 27 month sentence, while prosecutors reiterated their request for 63-78 months.
Lane and fellow rookie J. Alexander Kueng helped restrain Floyd while Chauvin, who is white and was the most senior officer on the scene, killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 1/2 minutes despite the handcuffed and unarmed Black man’s fading pleas that he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin’s partner, Tou Thao, helped hold back an increasingly concerned group of onlookers outside a Minneapolis convenience store where Floyd tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill.
Gray argued during the trial that Lane "did everything he could possibly do to help George Floyd.” He pointed out that Lane suggested rolling Floyd on his side so he could breathe, but was rebuffed twice by Chauvin. He also noted that Lane performed CPR to try to revive Floyd after the ambulance arrived.
"Any reasonable person should just be disgusted, should be infuriated” that Lane was ever charged, Gray told jurors in his closing argument.
Lane testified he didn’t realize how dire Floyd’s condition was until paramedics turned him over. Prosecutor Manda Sertich countered that his expressions of concern showed he knew Floyd was in distress but “did nothing to give Mr. Floyd the medical aid he knew Mr. Floyd so desperately needed.”
When Lane pleaded guilty in state court in May, Gray said Lane hoped to avoid a long sentence. “He has a newborn baby and did not want to risk not being part of the child’s life,” he said.
Chauvin pleaded guilty to separate federal civil rights charges in December in Floyd's killing and in an unrelated case involving a Black teenager. The former Field Training Officer received a 21-year sentence when he appeared before Magnuson two weeks ago, toward the low end of the range of 20 to 25 years both sides agreed to under his plea deal.
Chauvin was already serving a 22 1/2-year state court sentence for second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. His federal and state sentences are running concurrently. While his plea agreement meant accepting nearly three more years behind bars than his state sentence alone, he's expected to be safer and have more freedom in the long run. Minnesota corrections officials have kept Chauvin in solitary confinement in the state's maximum security prison for his own safety, given his notoriety. He has not yet been transferred to the federal prison system.
Magnuson has not set sentencing dates for Thao and Kueng, but he has scheduled a hearing for Friday on objections by their attorneys to how their sentences should be calculated under the complicated federal guidelines. Prosecutors are seeking unspecified sentences for them that would be lower than Chauvin's but "substantially higher” than Lane's.
Thao and Kueng, who have turned down plea deals, are scheduled to go on trial Oct. 24 on state charges of aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Watch the latest coverage on the death of George Floyd and the trial of Derek Chauvin in our YouTube playlists: | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/minneapolis-police-thomas-lane-federal-charges-sentencing-george-floyd/89-2d095128-bdfa-436c-baad-e70bd25bedec | 2022-07-22T07:54:01 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/minneapolis-police-thomas-lane-federal-charges-sentencing-george-floyd/89-2d095128-bdfa-436c-baad-e70bd25bedec |
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What to Know
- The Empire State Development Corporation’s members voted unanimously to approve the $7 billion dollar plan that calls for New York, New Jersey and the federal government to cover the overhaul costs.
- New York City will play a roll too, as to get the deal done, they will allow developers to tear down existing buildings near the transit hub and construct 10 state of the art skyscrapers.
- The reconstruction of the station and the first phase of the improvements to public spaces is expected to cost roughly $8 billion.
A multi-billion dollar transformation of Penn Station and the area around it took a big step forward on Thursday, but those who opposed the change are vowing to fight on, saying the deal puts developers interests ahead of everyday New Yorkers.
The Empire State Development Corporation’s members voted unanimously to approve the $7 billion dollar plan that calls for New York, New Jersey and the federal government to cover the overhaul costs. New York City will play a roll too, as to get the deal done, they will allow developers to tear down existing buildings near the transit hub and construct 10 state-of-the-art skyscrapers.
"This is not only good for the city of New York but the entire metro area," one board member said.
The deal gives developers an estimated $1.2 billion in tax breaks. In turn, the agreement outlines those developers will cover part of the station renovation costs — paying with revenue generated by 18 million square feet of office space leases, retail sales, rent from nearly $2,000 apartments and a hotel.
The entire deal is part of a complex finance notion called "payments in lieu of taxes" or "PILOTS."
Those who oppose the development are in the second year of their fight, calling the financing risky and questioning what happens if there is a recession — something a large number of economists believe the U.S. may be heading for this fall.
“We think it’s anti-urban from the start, it’s corrupt. It favors one developer over the upside of the entire region for years to come," said Sam Turvey, who lives in the area.
Opponents worry the plan won’t fix all the issues in around Penn Station, like rush hour traffic. They also said it doesn’t offer enough affordable housing and will ultimately mean some residents will lose their homes.
"I just don’t even know what’s going to happen to us," said Eugene Sinigalliano.
Others think it’s misguided to bet on office space when the pandemic has shown many want to work from home.
Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams support the plan, which was first introduced by former Governor Andrew Cuomo. They also like the outdoor portions of the plan that require: Wide sidewalks and elevated landscaping with ample seating.
Officials said this the right moment for a massive shift at Penn Station because they think they have the necessary support in Washington, D.C. Holly Leicht, the Executive Vice President of Real Estate Development & Planning at Empire State Development, said that the federal government will foot half the bill, as the railroads want them to pay more.
The financing for this project is exactly like what happened for the Hudson Yards development years ago. The plans still have to get federal approval, with the idea being to get it in front of decision makers by the fall or early next year.
PENN STATION RENOVATION PLANS
Last fall, Hochul announced a plan to transform the crowded, dingy 54-year-old station that sits underneath the Madison Square Garden arena into a modern, traveler-friendly facility. In pre-pandemic times, Penn Station served roughly 600,000 passengers per day on regional rail lines from New Jersey and Long Island, Amtrak and the New York subway system.
The plan calls for a large, single-level train hall with higher ceilings and a 450-foot-long skylight to replace the current cramped, windowless interior; more escalators, stairs and elevators to platforms, and more street entrances to reduce sidewalk crowding.
Hochul’s vision, a scaled-down version of earlier plans announced by her predecessor, would create new residential and office space around the station and has provoked criticism from neighborhood groups who contend it will destroy a vibrant area and displace residents and businesses.
While the expansion of the station to add tracks is years away, the memorandum of agreement released Monday sounded a potentially ominous note: A study is underway to determine whether two additional tunnels would need to be built to connect the Hudson River tunnels to an expanded Penn Station, it said.
The commuters who use Penn Station have been asking for improvements for decades. Hochul initially announced last month that her plan for the revamp includes a lot of natural light. While the overall plan seems to be moving forward, a lot of neighbors in the community say they are not sure they are getting a fair deal.
The dark labyrinth inside Penn Station is famous for commuter complaints, including those from Dorothea Simmons, who calls the transit hub "chaotic and dirty."
Meanwhile, the sunlight inside the new Moynihan Train Hall across the street is a glimpse of the future.
That same glass-ceilinged look a key part of the new Penn Station plan, with Hochul describing the plan with a unique word choice.
“A skylight that reminds you 'yes, the heavens are out there still -- despite the feeling you may be living in hell," she said.
Hochul's plan calls for revamping Penn Station and changing it into a modern, light-filled facility easy to navigate, while also revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood to prioritize the public realm, invest in affordable housing, increase transit access, and create a pedestrian-friendly streetscape, among other points.
The surrounding neighborhood would be rebuilt by 2044.
Adams has said on multiple occasions that the transformation will be a positive change for the Big Apple.
“We are going to turn an embarrassment into a symbol of what’s great about our city," Adams said last month when Hochul announced her initial plans.
However, critics — including the local community board -- are not happy with the plan that allows real estate giant Vornado to build up to 10 new skyscrapers around penn station without paying property taxes.
"It would destroy six city blocks and cause displacement of hundreds of residents and thousands of businesses," Maki Livesay, of Community Board 5, previously said.
"The simple math of this plan, does not add up," Sam Turvey, another protestor, said.
Samuel Turvey, chairperson of RethinkNYC, a transportation and land use advocacy group, said the plan is misguided because it fails to turn Penn Station into a through-running facility where trains would pass through to other areas of the city, rather than turning around and returning to their origin or sitting in rail yards.
Turvey called the plan “a very ugly replacement theory where local residents, small businesses and historic structures are being cast to the winds with the help of the state and city.”
When News 4 New York previously asked Hochul if she could demand that Vornado and other private entities pay property taxes, the governor said the state has listened to concerns and have made changes.
"They've already had to deal with major adjustments that I put in place after hearing the public about their dissatisfaction. We brought down the height. We cut off 1.4 million square feet. We require more public space," Hochul said.
There is also political pressure from New Jersey as the long awaited Gateway Tunnel across the Hudson creeps forward.
“Having a brand new Penn Station doesn’t mean much if we can’t ensure that the trains heading here can get here on time," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy previously said. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/7-billion-plan-to-revamp-penn-station-clears-major-hurdle-but-not-all-are-happy/3785685/ | 2022-07-22T08:04:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/7-billion-plan-to-revamp-penn-station-clears-major-hurdle-but-not-all-are-happy/3785685/ |
An 85-year-old Iowa woman says she has been getting letters from the New York City Department of Finance claiming that she owes $225 — for speeding while driving in the city.
While it sounds like a potential scam, it's not. She says she's the victim of a different crime.
Barbara Brown denies driving around the city with a lead foot. She says someone apparently stole the Iowa license plates she turned in to her county treasurer ten years ago and put them on a car she does not own.
Within the past few weeks, those plates have apparently been photographed by speed cameras here in the city. But Brown's were not the only old Iowa plates seen speeding around NYC lately, however. An investigation by the NBC affiliate in Omaha found that there were two separate cases of it.
When contacted, the Department of Finance said that Brown would be released from any judgments related to un-deserved traffic tickets — but only if she can prove that she did in fact turn in her plates years ago.
Brown is now working with local officials in her county to prove it wasn't her behind the wheel. She also wants the NYPD to track down the driver that is using her old plates and having the fines undeservedly sent to her. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/85-year-old-iowa-woman-has-225-in-nyc-speeding-tickets-due-to-stolen-license-plates/3785686/ | 2022-07-22T08:04:19 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/85-year-old-iowa-woman-has-225-in-nyc-speeding-tickets-due-to-stolen-license-plates/3785686/ |
A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.
Katelyn McClure was also ordered to make restitution and serve three years' supervised release. The 32-year-old Bordentown, New Jersey resident is scheduled to be sentenced on state charges next month and could receive more prison time.
A message was left Thursday with an attorney representing McClure.
McClure and her then-boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, fabricated the story about homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr. giving McClure $20 when she ran out of gas on a Philadelphia highway in 2017.
In truth, state and federal prosecutors said, the group had met near a Philadelphia casino in October 2017 shortly before they told their story.
They publicized the story through local and national media interviews and created a GoFundMe account that more than 14,000 people donated to, thinking the money was to help Bobbitt, according to prosecutors. Law enforcement began investigating after Bobbitt sued the couple, accusing them of not giving him the money.
The federal criminal complaint alleged all of the money raised in the campaign was spent by March 2018, with large chunks spent by McClure and D’Amico on a recreational vehicle, a BMW and trips to casinos in Las Vegas and New Jersey.
D'Amico, described as the group's ringleader, pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced in April to 27 months in prison. He was also ordered to make restitution and is scheduled for sentencing on separate state charges next month.
Bobbitt was sentenced to five years’ probation on state charges in 2019 and faces sentencing next month on federal charges. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/woman-in-400k-gofundme-scam-with-boyfriend-homeless-man-gets-1-year-in-federal-case/3785678/ | 2022-07-22T08:04:25 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/woman-in-400k-gofundme-scam-with-boyfriend-homeless-man-gets-1-year-in-federal-case/3785678/ |
Water testing at one of the most popular summer lakes in New Jersey has once again found found a high concentration of harmful algae blooms.
Swimming is now off limits at Lake Hopatcong because of the blooms, but local officials are hoping to reopen the beaches soon.
If ingested, the bacteria can cause headaches, abdominal pain, and nausea. The state will retest the water once follow-up samples show lower concentrations of the algae.
The algae bloom at the 4-square-mile lake which straddles the border of Sussex and Morris counties comes after it was previously closed in 2019 for another harmful bloom. The lake was shut down for all activities in June and stayed closed through the July 4th holiday, as officials at that time warning the closure could last weeks, or even longer.
In that instance, several people got mild skin rashes from touching the water. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/harmful-algae-once-again-blooms-at-njs-popular-lake-hopatcong/3785671/ | 2022-07-22T08:04:31 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/harmful-algae-once-again-blooms-at-njs-popular-lake-hopatcong/3785671/ |
What to Know
- New York City’s next monkeypox vaccine allocation will be 25,693 doses, as the city continues to grapple with an increase in cases.
- New appointments will go online for these new doses starting on Friday at 6 p.m.
- New York City's health commissioner says the city is battling dueling pandemics after a low vaccine supply and slow testing apparatus haven't been able to contain one of the largest-ever outbreaks of monkeypox.
New York City says its next monkeypox vaccine allocation, which includes nearly 26,000 doses, will become available starting next week, with appointments being made available starting Friday evening.
The appointments will be available through the city's vaccine portal starting at 6 p.m. (Click here to open.) Those seeking one of the shots can book an appointment from July 24 through Aug. 13.
The NYC Department of Health said that 17,000 of the nearly 26,000 doses will be open for public appointments starting in the evening. The appointments will be for vaccinations at the Chelsea, East Harlem and Corona sexual health clinics, which are operated by the department.
Appointments will also open two locations operated by NYC Health + Hospitals: Gotham Health, Vanderbilt on Staten Island and Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. Of the 17,000 appointments being made available, the health department said that 10,600 will be for doses given out over three days at mass vacciantion sites across the city.
Those mass inoculation sites will be open on July 24, July 30 and July 31, at the following locations:
- Brooklyn: Science Skills Center High School, 49 Flatbush Ave Ext.
- Queens: IS 125, 46-02 47 Ave.
- Bronx: Bronx High School of Science, 75 W 205th St
Other additional doses will be kept for referrals from community-based organizations that serve higher-risk residents, the health department said. The remaining doses will be held for provider administered vaccinations and contacts of known cases identified through contact tracing.
The appointments, which the city didn't make available until it got the doses in hand earlier this week, are for first doses only. The city decided that it would prioritize first doses for as many as possible.
Just a week ago, when the city got its last shipment, the 9,000 appointments it made available were scooped up within 10 minutes."The Health Department is moving quickly to distribute as many vaccine doses as we can in the most equitable way possible," said Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. "With cases rising, it’s clear that there is a great need for more vaccine in New York City, and we are working with our federal partners to obtain more doses."
This most recent allocation adds to the 21,500 doses already given to New York City. The city’s new allocation includes 23,963 doses directly from the federal government and 2,000 from New York state.
However, the state has said there still may not be enough vials to accommodate everyone who is eligible to receive a shot.
More resources are incoming but slowly as New York City battles what its health commissioner has called dueling pandemics, low vaccine supplies and slow testing systems as it battles its largest-ever monkeypox outbreak.
The latest effort to maximize vaccine distribution comes as the city announced 778 people tested positive for orthopoxvirus/monkeypox.
MONKEYPOX IN NYC
New Yorkers can sign up for text notifications to receive alerts about monkeypox in NYC, including appointment releases, by texting MONKEYPOX to 692692 or MONKEYPOXESP for alerts in Spanish.
Officials are scrambling to contain monkeypox in New York City, which finds itself the epicenter of another major public health crisis as the latest batch of reported cases keeps the Big Apple out ahead of all other state counts.
Elected leaders and health officials across the city have decried the lack of vaccine supply (the city reportedly gets 10% of the country's supply but accounts for at least a quarter of all cases) and inequity in its distribution. A single clinic opened in Chelsea during the first rounds of vaccine slots before more followed in Harlem, Queens and Staten Island.
“We are beginning to see a repeat of almost every challenge we faced in the early days of COVID — lack of testing capacity, lack of vaccine, lack of treatment. We learned these lessons the hard way during the last pandemic and should have been ready for this,” said Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.
Levine published a seven-point "action plan" on Monday he hopes will turnaround the early hiccups, which have included significant technological errors in obtaining vaccine appointments. Here are Levine's seven steps:
- Give NYC its fair share of the vaccine
- Create a pre-registration appointment portal
- Increase access to testing
- Increase access to treatment
- Re-open the city's sexual health clinics
- Better educate clinicians and healthcare providers
- Focus on equity
Suffolk County Executive said that the county will be getting another 1,800 vaccines from the state, and will be administering the vaccines both on the mainland and on Fire Island over the next two weeks.
On Friday, about 525 vaccines will be available in the Cherry Grove neighborhood of Fire Island, with appointments available through the county's website. Appoints will also be made available on July 25 for another 400 vaccines that will be administered next week on Fire Island, and the county will offer 250 vaccines at the Northwell Health Community Center in the Westfield Mall.
In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that eligibility to get a monkeypox vaccine is being expanded, beyond just those who had a known exposure. The state said that, in accordance with CDC guidelines, the vaccine will also be available to individuals who identify as gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men, and/or transgender, gender non-conforming, or non-binary and who have a history of multiple or anonymous sex partners within the past 14 days.
"New Jersey has been given a very limited number of doses at this time, and the Department continues to press the CDC on timely delivery of additional necessary doses to meet the needs of our at-risk populations,” said Health Commissioner Persichilli. “At the same time, residents should be aware of the signs and symptoms of the orthopoxvirus and take precautions to prevent the spread.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-to-make-17k-monkeypox-vaccine-doses-available-for-appointments-starting-6pm-friday/3785711/ | 2022-07-22T09:35:23 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-to-make-17k-monkeypox-vaccine-doses-available-for-appointments-starting-6pm-friday/3785711/ |
CEDAR FALLS — Longtime volunteer Mary Taylor and country blues guitarist Eddie Bowles have been named 2022 Melendy Spirit Award winners.
It is the first time two recipients have been recognized posthumously for the award in the same year, said Sally Kleiss Timmer, executive director of the Cedar Falls Community Foundation.
The award recognizes individuals, families, groups or organizations, both living and deceased, who have made outstanding contributions to Cedar Falls that impact the quality of life. It is named for Peter Melendy, who at 36 became a Cedar Falls resident in 1859 and contributed to the city’s cultural life and economic development.
“Usually we recognize one posthumous award per year. We thought both of these individuals were very worthy of receiving the Melendy Spirit Award. Mary passed away recently and left our community too soon, but she was very impactful and involved. We also had a resurgence of interest in Eddie Bowles and realized his impact on the community through his music and his kindness,” Timmer said.
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Interest in Eddie Bowles was revived earlier this year when an exhibition of his life and music was featured at the Hearst Center for the Arts. The display was produced by 14 University of Northern Iowa students as a class project and included several musical performances by Cedar Valley musicians influenced by Bowles.
Bowles died in 1984 at age 100. One of Cedar Falls’ first Black residents, his name and music is well-remembered by many area musicians and residents. Born in 1884 in Lafayette, La., he learned to play blues and jazz on homemade instruments before his parents bought him instruments to play. He played in several orchestras, including with Louis Armstrong.
He married Sarah Blanche in 1911 and came north to find work. In 1914, he worked as a street paver laying Cedar Falls’ first brick streets. He also was employed by local railroads, worked at the John Deere foundry for 22 years and as a tree trimmer. Cedar Falls poet James Hearst wrote a poem about Bowles, published in Hearst’s 1981 book, “Time Like a Furrow.”
In the 1960s, Bowles returned to his musical roots, playing for family and friends. He also was sought out by young musicians wanting to learn his unique picking style of guitar playing. He continued playing into his 90s.
Beyond music, Bowles had a generous, kind spirit, and the Bowles home was always a safe place for children who needed an escape from time to time. He also made sure each child had a new pair of shoes for the school year.
Bowles is the first African American to receive the Melendy Spirit Award.
“It’s important that we recognize the diversity that we have in the Cedar Valley and the efforts of people of all races and backgrounds to make our community a better place to live,” Timmer explained.
Mary Taylor, who died Oct. 13, 2020, was a Waterloo native whose family valued volunteer work, a trait she carried throughout her life. Her impact has been profound and notable, said Timmer, although she didn’t draw a lot of attention to her volunteer and leadership efforts.
“Some people are unsung heroes and the public doesn’t know all the different projects and organizations they’re involved in. It’s important to recognize their efforts and shows other people what a difference they can make in their communities,” Timmer explained.
Taylor graduated from the University of Northern Iowa and began her career in community involvement at the Cedar Falls Tourism Bureau before becoming director of marketing at the University of Northern Iowa. She later joined Western Home Communities as director of development.
She was actively involved in cultivating an award-winning Cedar Falls Main Street and provided leadership on such historic preservation projects as the Old Post Office. She helped create the Cedar Falls Authors Festival and volunteered for Cedar Trails Partnership, Friends of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and more than 25 other community organizations.
In addition, she raised funds for Western Home staff scholarships. The Mary Taylor Health Sciences Scholarship was established in her name with the Western Home Foundation.
Taylor was posthumously inducted into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame and received the Representative Citizen Award from the city of Cedar Falls and Cedar Falls Utilities. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/blues-guitarist-community-volunteer-are-posthumous-winners-of-melendy-spirit-awards/article_1ac7907a-1a10-5099-907c-0c46762bf172.html | 2022-07-22T09:54:51 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/blues-guitarist-community-volunteer-are-posthumous-winners-of-melendy-spirit-awards/article_1ac7907a-1a10-5099-907c-0c46762bf172.html |
According to the criminal affidavit, police were responding to the residence in the 600 block of West First Street at 7:33 p.m for an assault when officers found the victim out in front of the building with the “severe” injury to his right forearm.
Blood was “splattered” all around the apartment and down the stairs on the outside of the building. And ambulance crew members said they could see his “bone and tendon,” the affidavit stated.
Bond has been set at $10,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 29.
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.
Waterloo Police announced Thursday a third person had been arrested last week on felony money laundering charges related to the two-year investigation. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/argument-leads-waterloo-woman-to-bite-a-large-piece-of-flesh-off-mans-forearm/article_6c1ec527-f167-5271-ab7a-108550f0bf24.html | 2022-07-22T09:54:57 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/argument-leads-waterloo-woman-to-bite-a-large-piece-of-flesh-off-mans-forearm/article_6c1ec527-f167-5271-ab7a-108550f0bf24.html |
CEDAR FALLS – When the Mega Millions grand prize hits $660 million — the nation’s ninth-largest jackpot ever — people who don’t normally play come out of the woodwork to buy a $2 ticket.
There have been 27 consecutive drawings in which no one matched all six numbers, and that’s allowed the jackpot to grow from its $20 million starting point in April.
On Thursday afternoon at Casey’s on Nordic Drive, cashier Jamie Worrell said every three or “fourish” people who walked inside was hoping to get lucky in tonight’s drawing.
Jim Clements of Waterloo was one of them.
He and a dozen co-workers at Echo Electric Supply each put $5 into a pool to buy tickets whenever the prize climbs above $500 million.
If he wins, he says, he won’t be going to work tomorrow.
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“I don’t think anyone would,” he said.
Kris Bolhuis of Wellsburg, who won $1,000 on a scratch ticket a few months ago, agrees that the jackpot has to grow well beyond the baseline prize before he decides to play Mega Millions.
“Twenty million (dollars) would do me nothing,” he said. “That’s a bad trip to Vegas and maybe two trips to Cabela’s before the money is gone.”
But in all seriousness, if he won he’d pay off student loan debt and buy some McDonald’s, specifically a Big Mac and fries.
Like Clements, Arik Estus from Hudson waits until the jackpot is over $500 million to buy a ticket, when he feels the odds to win are “crazy” high.
“Maybe the stars will line up right,” Estus said.
“My father-in-law always says the lottery is like an idiot tax,” he added. “But eventually the funds go to good things.”
He would give half the winnings to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital because the people there saved his child’s life.
Additionally, he’d give some to his parents and younger brother so that they’d be debt-free. And the rest of it he would spend on “rest and play.”
Cathy Schmitz of Cedar Falls has bought a ticket the last three times the prize has grown. Her father enjoyed playing, and in honor of him she’d been using his go-to numbers.
“I’ll share the winnings with friends and do what I can to make the world a better place,” she said.
Mega Millions drawings are held at 11 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday.
Even as the big prize has increased, the odds of winning all that money have remained the same — one in 302.5 million.
The highlighted pre-tax $660 million prize is for a winner who takes an annuity option, paid out in 30 annual installments. Most players choose the cash option, which for Friday’s drawing would be $376.9 million.
On Tuesday, the numbers were 2, 31, 32, 37, 70 plus the gold Mega Ball 25, according to the lottery’s website.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The game is overseen by state lottery officials. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/locals-get-excited-about-mega-millions-historic-660m-jackpot/article_4ebe20b1-c4b0-5bee-b9ef-960d9904ed95.html | 2022-07-22T09:55:03 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/locals-get-excited-about-mega-millions-historic-660m-jackpot/article_4ebe20b1-c4b0-5bee-b9ef-960d9904ed95.html |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A tractor-trailer crash has closed a portion of Interstate 80 in Luzerne County.
PA 511 shows that Interstate 80 eastbound is closed between the Mountain Top and Freeland exits.
Multiple vehicles are involved.
There are no reports of any injuries.
See news happening? Call our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/interstate-80-shut-down-in-luzerne-county-tractor-trailer-crash/523-81124cb6-3522-41e2-b5b6-7d16fd6dcbb1 | 2022-07-22T09:55:44 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/interstate-80-shut-down-in-luzerne-county-tractor-trailer-crash/523-81124cb6-3522-41e2-b5b6-7d16fd6dcbb1 |
TUPELO • Tupelo officials and advocates are evaluating their options as panhandling increases citywide, causing local businesses and residents to speak out.
Panhandling is a form of solicitation in which an individual begs for assistance, usually money, from another individual. In Mississippi, as well as the city of Tupelo, it is not illegal, but many residents and business owners have expressed concerns over the perceived nuisance, leading local advocates to look for solutions.
“(Panhandling) is something we’ve been talking to the police department and the mayor’s office about,” Hannah Maharrey, director of Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care, said. “We have a couple of serial panhandlers downtown that ask everybody, every day, all day for money, so what we are trying to work on is, ‘how do we try to deter panhandling as much as possible through community education.'”
Though the Tupelo Police Department does not keep panhandling statistics, both Police Chief John Quaka and TPD spokesperson Major Chuck McDougald said the department had received increased reports about people soliciting.
“From the emails, radio calls and community meeting feedback, I have seen personally complaints of panhandling have definitely been rising,” McDougald said.
Maharrey said the problem is that people often connect homelessness to panhandling. That is a misconception, she said at the July 21 Tupelo Homelessness Task Force meeting.
“Nine out of 10 panhandlers are not homeless,” she said. “Every time a person sees a panhandler, they automatically assume that person is homeless, so it gives the population of Tupelo the idea that homelessness is way more of a crisis than it is. It over-inflates our ideas and numbers.”
According to data provided by Mississippi United to End Homelessness, a homelessness outreach organization that partners with the city, there are currently 12 individuals living in places not fit for human habitation in the city. The organization is working with another 11 individuals who are staying at the Salvation Army’s shelter, which holds upwards of 50 people.
Panhandling not illegal but still an issue, officials say
Maharrey said panhandling is not and should not be a police issue, noting there is no ordinance or law in the city against panhandling. Quaka agreed and said there wasn’t much to be done about the issue unless it rose to the level of aggressive soliciting or trespassing.
“Someone asking you for money is not illegal. They can do it all day long,” he said. “Aggressive panhandling becomes something different.”
Quaka said one issue the department has run into is that businesses often do not want to press trespassing charges on serial panhandlers, which often leaves the department with few options.
“They want them removed from their property, but they don’t want to press charges," Quaka said. "All we can do is ask them to move.”
What are the city’s options?
Maharrey said she doesn't believe a panhandling ordinance is needed unless all other options are eventually exhausted. Among the options was a community education program to focus on techniques to deal with and help panhandlers. She said the task force planned to hold such a program next month, but none of the details were solid as of Thursday.
One thing she said was most important when interacting with panhandlers is that money is often not the answer. Instead, Maharrey said, ask what their specific needs are and move from there. She also said one could point the person to the Salvation Army, which provides lunch, dinner and shelter for those in need.
“Ask ‘what are you needing?’ … Offer to help them with that, and if they refuse, you know they just wanted the cash,” she said. “Whatever they need, try to send them to a resource instead of giving them a dollar. At the end of the day, we have enough resources in the city of Tupelo that they don't need to panhandle for their basic needs.”
Homeless creates friction for business
Meanwhile, the city noted some tension between the homeless population that congregates on Carnation Street due to the Salvation Army and the Neighborhood Walmart, which fronts Gloster Street but has an entrance on Carnation.
Store Manager Len Moore said representatives from the business and the Salvation Army met Tuesday to air concerns with each other, but he declined to provide details about the conversations. He did note, however, that there has been some vandalism to the store as well as panhandling he connected to homeless individuals staying at the shelter.
Salvation Army Captain Heather Dolby said the Thursday morning meeting was her first time hearing Walmart had been having issues, adding the business often called the organization when someone was on security cameras vandalizing or stealing shopping carts, and they always worked together.
“It was good to hear their concerns,” she said, adding that the meeting was also a great chance to educate their neighbors about homelessness and the difference between sheltered and unsheltered individuals, which she said often get lumped together. “What makes Tupelo great is that we can have those difficult conversations in a professional way. … We want to make sure everyone’s voices are heard.”
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What to Know
- A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man has been sentenced in federal court.
- A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced Katelyn McClure Thursday to a prison term of one year and one day.
- McClure and her then-boyfriend Mark D’Amico fabricated the story that homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt, Jr., rescued her from the side of a Philadelphia highway in 2017.
A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.
Katelyn McClure was also ordered to make restitution and serve three years' supervised release. The 32-year-old Bordentown, New Jersey resident is scheduled to be sentenced on state charges next month and could receive more prison time.
A message was left Thursday with an attorney representing McClure.
McClure and her then-boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, fabricated the story about homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr. giving McClure $20 when she ran out of gas on a Philadelphia highway in 2017.
In truth, state and federal prosecutors said, the group had met near a Philadelphia casino in October 2017 shortly before they told their story.
They publicized the story through local and national media interviews and created a GoFundMe account that more than 14,000 people donated to, thinking the money was to help Bobbitt, according to prosecutors. Law enforcement began investigating after Bobbitt sued the couple, accusing them of not giving him the money.
The federal criminal complaint alleged all of the money raised in the campaign was spent by March 2018, with large chunks spent by McClure and D’Amico on a recreational vehicle, a BMW and trips to casinos in Las Vegas and New Jersey.
D'Amico, described as the group's ringleader, pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced in April to 27 months in prison. He was also ordered to make restitution and is scheduled for sentencing on separate state charges next month.
Bobbitt was sentenced to five years’ probation on state charges in 2019 and faces sentencing next month on federal charges. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-woman-in-400k-gofundme-scheme-gets-1-year-in-federal-case/3306914/ | 2022-07-22T10:04:26 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-woman-in-400k-gofundme-scheme-gets-1-year-in-federal-case/3306914/ |
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YORK, Pa. — A group of local high school students is preparing to perform the show of a lifetime.
The Eagle Singers with Bermudian Spring High School in Adams County earned the opportunity to open for legendary rock band Foreigner at the York State Fair this Saturday.
The group won a radio contest for the opportunity.
At rehearsals for the event, the choir director revealed they're still in shock.
"I just can't wait to hear how the crowd is going to shower them with praise and cheers because they so deserve it," said Choir Director Matt Carlson.
"These kids have been through so much over the past two years with our pandemic. They've had live performance taken away from them. So, coming out of that to have one that's going to be one of the biggest of their lives it's just going to be incredibly special for everyone," said Carlson.
The show will begin at 8 p.m. on July 23.
A full list of performances at the state fair can be found here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/foreigner-york-state-fair-bermudian-spring-high-school/521-4ad1501f-898b-4845-aa95-e12615ba0f2c | 2022-07-22T10:06:20 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/foreigner-york-state-fair-bermudian-spring-high-school/521-4ad1501f-898b-4845-aa95-e12615ba0f2c |
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police officers said they are currently investigating a shooting.
It happened around 4:45 a.m. in the area of 17th Street and Sitka Street. There is no word yet if anyone was injured or if police have identified or arrested the suspected shooter.
Officers say the shooting doesn't appear to be random and there is no threat to the public.
Police say detectives are heading to the scene now.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/tampa-shooting-investigation/67-1ff1e6c2-67d8-4959-b8e0-d9e5fa857e49 | 2022-07-22T10:19:17 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/tampa-shooting-investigation/67-1ff1e6c2-67d8-4959-b8e0-d9e5fa857e49 |
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Now through January 2023, IMS Museum guests of the basement tour collection will be able to see the Ferrari 125S on loan from the Peterson Automotive Museum in Beverly Hills. It's the first-ever car to be given the Ferrari nameplate, and only two were ever built.
"It's also the first to carry the legendary one and a half liter V12 engine which is known by Ferrari fans across the world," said IMS Museum VP of Curation & Education Jason Vansickle.
The 125S sits alongside another classic Ferrari which was the last to win Le Mans, a 24-hour endurance-based race held annually in France that's won by the car that travels the farthest distance in 24 hours.
"Any time you bring the first of anything to the state, it always gets a draw," Vansickle said. "It is a pretty stunning vehicle, especially when we pair it with the 1964 250 LM which is last Ferrari to win outright in Le Mans. Just two very historic cars next to each other."
The basement tour is a 30-minute experience that features about 140 vehicles from Indy Cars, pace cars, sports cars, pre-war motorcycles and Indiana-built automobiles.
For tickets, visit the IMS Museum website. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/ims-museum-displaying-the-first-ferrari-in-basement-collection-speedway-indiana/531-7324a42f-40c8-4c2f-b518-debacb6df1df | 2022-07-22T10:27:32 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/ims-museum-displaying-the-first-ferrari-in-basement-collection-speedway-indiana/531-7324a42f-40c8-4c2f-b518-debacb6df1df |
INDIANAPOLIS — So far this year, there have been 118 homicides in the city of Indianapolis. At least eight of those have been young people under the age of 18. Those statistics now have one local faith leader hoping to curb the violence.
"It's very important we talk to our youth, to find out what's going on," Rev. James Black said.
Black has been helping grieving families in central Indiana for the last 12 years, offering prayer and support during times of crisis.
"I normally help parents who don't have insurance or funding for their kids, I normally help raise money to bury their kids," Black said.
On Saturday, he'll be hosting a 'Stop the Violence' fundraising picnic, hoping to help keep the peace in the streets. Each meal bought will go towards helping those families bury their kids lost to gun violence.
More than 40 young people under 18 have been shot in Indianapolis this year, according to IMPD.
Black hopes this event can help curb those numbers and give young people a different outlet.
"This is very important to get this together and work with these children," Black said. "School is about to start back. We want to be able to get with the children, talk with them and let them know we have things for them if they don't have nothing to do."
The picnic will also feature guest speakers and resources for families to sign up for their own insurance.
It will take place Saturday, July 23, at American Legion Post 249, located at 2523 Doctor M.L.K. Jr St., from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. A dance will follow from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
All donations and proceeds will go towards 'Stop The Violence' campaigns in Indianapolis. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indy-faith-leader-to-hold-stop-the-violence-picnic-indianapolis/531-bd7e7aa6-8b7e-4195-81af-1c173f85256e | 2022-07-22T10:27:38 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indy-faith-leader-to-hold-stop-the-violence-picnic-indianapolis/531-bd7e7aa6-8b7e-4195-81af-1c173f85256e |
CARMEL, Ind. — After two years of lockdown, weight gain, and job change during the pandemic, some things are back to normal...but not everything.
As Americans try to get healthier, along with exercise, many people are giving up alcohol.
It's a trend two Indiana sisters are betting on, as they open the first full-time alcohol-free bottle shop in Hamilton County.
Kristin Patrick and her sister Andrea Marley are putting the last touches on the store, Loren's AF Beverages. It will open at the end of the summer in a strip mall along Hazel Dell Parkway and East Main Street in Carmel.
"We're looking for sort of a boutique gallery style. We're going to have a big Instagram wall where people can take pictures or something so you can buy what you're going to buy and then get your picture taken," Marley said.
After both giving up alcohol last year, and a lot of research, the sisters decided to capitalize on an emerging market: alcohol-free beverages.
"In January of this year, we stumbled across this article in a magazine, about these alcohol-free bottle shops that are popping up across the country. And we knew it right away. That's what we wanted to do," Patrick said.
The sisters said the idea behind the store is not to shame drinkers, or stand up against alcohol use, but to give everyone an option.
"Our concept is we're trying to not be so focused on sobriety, we're focusing on being a host, because you don't need to ask everybody, 'Why are you not drinking tonight?' That's none of their business. What we want is to make sure that you've got wine and non-alcoholic wine and you've got something for everybody at the table" Patrick said.
Globally, the non-alcohol trend is a $10 billion per year business, with non-alcohol bottle and bar shops popping up all over the country.
Part of the success is because companies are perfecting the taste in everything, from beer to spirits and wine.
One of the most successful parts of the market is in the development of good tasting non-alcoholic beer.
"We will have a wide variety of alcohol-free beers of all different types," Marley said. "We're going to have alcohol free wines. We've got the whiskeys, the tequilas, the gins, the rums. We've also got a lot of botanical blends that you couldn't really fit in their own category."
It's a niche for people who don't drink, want to drink less, or if hosting an event, just want to have something for everyone.
"A lot of people are making new fitness goals around eating better and drinking better. And what we love about so many of these products is they're vegan, they're low calorie, they're gluten-free, and so truly making healthy choices," Patrick said.
The sisters hope to open Loren's AF Beverages by the end of the summer. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/sisters-opening-alcohol-free-bottle-shop-carmel-indiana/531-6616003d-f2d6-4fba-afa5-abc15d53aa18 | 2022-07-22T10:27:44 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/sisters-opening-alcohol-free-bottle-shop-carmel-indiana/531-6616003d-f2d6-4fba-afa5-abc15d53aa18 |
100 years ago
July 22, 1922: Neighbors in the vicinity of the O'Neill dance hall, which is just outside the city limits and police jurisdiction, are again up in arms, urging the city to cut off water and sewer services to the owner, M.J. O'Neill. Disturbed over an occurrence early yesterday when a young lady who attended a dance was found intoxicated in O'Neill park, the neighbors are seeking some remedy to the dance hall.
75 years ago
July 22, 1947: A training school for carpenters and masons, believed to be the only one of its kind in the U.S., is holding theory classes and doing practical building at 411 N. Center St. The Midwest School of Building Trades, operated by George Spence and William Marc, expects to draw students from all over the country. Spence said the 100-hour courses are designed to give men what they need to know about the two fields.
50 years ago
July 22, 1972: The Housing Authority of McLean County has received its first federal funds and will use the $10,000 loan to plan for 40 public housing units in LeRoy and 32 in Chenoa. The funds are the first to have come from the federal level. The county housing authority had applied for planning and survey grants for 12 communities outside Bloomington, but federal officials found money enough only for two.
25 years ago
July 22, 1997: Someday, Twin City residents will be able to use a computer to find a digital map of the area, click on a house and retrieve information about its assessed value and sales history. Bloomington, Normal, McLean County and Regional Planning Commission officials are working on Geographic Information Systems, a clearinghouse of information joining property, zoning, utility, road and other data.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-oneill-dance-hall-neighbors-up-in-arms/article_8d466e14-091b-11ed-b4ce-2ba3ed22ccf2.html | 2022-07-22T10:36:03 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-oneill-dance-hall-neighbors-up-in-arms/article_8d466e14-091b-11ed-b4ce-2ba3ed22ccf2.html |
Former Easley pastor facing criminal sexual conduct charges involving minor
A former pastor of an Easley church is facing criminal sexual conduct charges involving a 13-year-old child, according to arrest warrants and court records.
The charges against Tracy Darin Turner, former pastor of Trinity Point Church, were made months before the Southern Baptist Convention released a list of abusers and suspected abusers in its affiliated churches.
More:Southern Baptist Convention abuse list includes dozens of South Carolina pastors, others
Turner, of Easley, was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, third degree, in November 2021, according to warrants from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.
The Greenville News was unable to reach Turner by phone and text message.
Turner's name is not included in the list compiled by the Southern Baptist Convention and released in May 2022.
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That list includes 29 people with a known connection to South Carolina. One of those listed includes only redacted information and a redacted name, The Greenville News reported.
The incidents citing Turner occurred between Jan. 1, 2021 and April 22, 2021 at a residence in Anderson County, warrants and an incident report state.
According to an incident report, a man made the complaint about Turner to a deputy working at a desk in the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.
The man, who refused to identify himself or give any contact information, told the deputy that Turner had inappropriate contact with a juvenile but did not elaborate, the incident report said.
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The deputy, in the report, said due what the allegations could potentially mean, he called and spoke with a sergeant who was going to do a well-being check at the location.
Turner was arrested Nov. 23, 2021 and released on bond that day.
Trinity Point Church, which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention, began in 2007, according to the church's website.
Turner marked his fifth year at the church on Oct. 11, 2020, according to a Twitter post from Trinity Point.
He resigned from his position at Trinity Point on April 18, 2021, Chad Hall, worship/executive pastor at Trinity, said in an email to The News.
"After that, we were made aware of a situation in their home that would require an investigation," Hall said. "Although this doesn’t involve families here at Trinity Point Church directly, we continue to pray for all parties involved."
Turner's case is still pending, according to Anderson County's Tenth Judicial Circuit public court records. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/former-easley-pastor-facing-child-sex-abuse-charges/10049555002/ | 2022-07-22T10:47:26 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/former-easley-pastor-facing-child-sex-abuse-charges/10049555002/ |
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL)- News Channel 11’s Kelly Grosfield sat down with Elizabethton Mayor Curt Alexander to discuss his leadership background and ongoing projects throughout the city.
Have a question for the Mayor who represents the city or county where you live in Northeast Tennessee or Southwest Virginia? Email them to KGrosfield@WJHL.com. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/meet-the-mayor-elizabethton-mayor-curt-alexander/ | 2022-07-22T10:57:27 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/meet-the-mayor-elizabethton-mayor-curt-alexander/ |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Justin Young and Thomas Young organized a 2022 GolfTok Southern Invitational Golf Tournament.
The co-organizers, who are also brothers, were playing golf when they brainstormed the idea and made it happen.
“The purpose of this is just a creator event, we want to get people together, to come together to create content and raise small businesses,” said Justin.
“We anticipate this being an annual event; we will have locations in other parts of the country as we start to throw more tournaments, but we want to keep one here locally,” said Thomas.
The two have been working with Visit Kingsport to make this an annual event and fun for guests and participants.
The tournament is set to kick off from Cattails at Meadowview Golf Course on Friday, Aug. 5 at 1 p.m. The next day, Saturday Scramble will take place starting at 8 a.m. at the Graysburg Hills Golf Course in Chuckey. The group will then move on to golf AMPLIFIED in Kingsport for an event dubbed GolfTok Mixer at the Sim with more competitions, including closest to the pin, long drive and putting.
The three-day event will see its finale on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 8 a.m. at the Tri-Cities Golf Club in Blountville for a Blind Draw Championship. Teams will be randomly established at the event.
All participants will receive a custom wedge, and one sponsor will provide two tickets to the Presidents Cup. More prizes will be up for grabs. All proceeds from the tournament will go toward golf, food and prizes.
Click the links to view their Instagram and TikTok. For more information and to purchase your ticket, click here. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tri-cities-hosts-first-southern-invitational-golf-tournament/ | 2022-07-22T11:00:48 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tri-cities-hosts-first-southern-invitational-golf-tournament/ |
Supervisors reject Beverly Hills developer's controversial 166-home project east of Redding
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected the Tierra Robles planned development, a controversial 166-lot subdivision east of Redding.
The decision at a special meeting Thursday evening came after more than five hours of testimony from the developer, his team of consultants, and opponents of the project.
Nobody who lives in the area of the proposed project came forward to endorse it.
Thursday's decision also bucked the recommendation of the county Planning Commission, which in April unanimously voted for the development.
In the end, though, the water situation, fire risk, and traffic concerns, especially in the event of an evacuation due to wildfire, convinced supervisors to vote no.
“It makes it difficult to approve a project like this due to the current water crisis we are in and the uncertainty of what’s going to happen” Supervisor Patrick Jones said.
“As a representative of the people we need to listen to the people, and to me it’s pretty clear this project is not wanted in this area,” he added.
Developer Shasta Red LLC of Beverly Hills wanted to build the homes on rolling hills west of Deschutes Road, south and east of Old Alturas Road and north of Boyle Road in the Palo Cedro area.
Supervisor Mary Rickert, whose district encompasses the property where the project was planned, said the subdivision was not compatible with the Palo Cedro area.
“This is a district I represent. … I support their opposition to this project,” Rickert said.
Opponents urged supervisors to reject the project, saying it will cause urban sprawl, stress an already over-taxed water supply in the area and in the event of wildfire, put neighbors' lives in danger due to poorly planned fire evacuation routes.
Robert Geringer of Shasta Red told supervisors that his project will take 10 to 15 years to build out. Geringer has owned the property since 2005.
“We are concerned about sustainability, to enhance the community around us. … We view nature as a positive. Our goal is to create a rural development that enhances the local beauty,” Geringer said.
Geringer attempted to address what he called misconceptions about this project, including that his subdivision would present a fire hazard. Instead, he said, Tierra Robles would turn what it is now unmanaged acreage into a planned development with homes built of fire-resistant materials.
“We have a strict maintenance provision that requires grass to be cut, the trees to be limbed,” Geringer said.
Check back Friday for more on this story.
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A man riding a mountain bike died after being struck by a heavy-duty pickup truck in West Philadelphia so hard that the crash knocked the man's sneakers off, Philadelphia police said. The truck driver fled the scene.
Philadelphia police said that the 1 a.m. Friday hit-and-run crash happened at 52nd Street and Wyalusing Avenue, which is a short distance from the victim's home.
Medics and police responded to the scene to find the man semi-conscious with what appeared to be injuries to head, torso and legs, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
"He was hit with such force that he was knocked out of his sneakers, even while riding a bicycle," Small said.
The man died later in the morning at the hospital, police said.
It was possible the man was dragged after he and his bike were struck by a heavy-duty style pickup truck with four tires in the back and two in the front, that was going south on 52nd Street, Small said.
After striking the man, the pickup truck could be seen pulling a U-turn, witnesses told police. The truck driver then drove off north on 52nd Street and down Thompson Street.
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Truck parts and debris from the crash, including the victim's mountain bike, were found on the scene, Small said. Those clues could help police track down the driver.
The man who died lived about two blocks from the scene of the crash, Small said. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pickup-truck-driver-knocks-biker-out-of-sneakers-in-deadly-hit-run-crash-police-say/3307329/ | 2022-07-22T11:35:48 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pickup-truck-driver-knocks-biker-out-of-sneakers-in-deadly-hit-run-crash-police-say/3307329/ |
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'I was born and raised on the land': Beloit woman sells flower shop after 40 years
BELOIT – For nearly 40 years, Joy Whaley-Trummer has owned a flower shop in a dark-green building on South 12th Street.
But the property is special to her in more ways than one.
"I was born and raised on the land where the flower shop is," the Beloit native said.
Multiple generations of Whaley-Trummer's family have owned the property, along with the house next to it. After four decades, Whaley-Trummer has sold Joy's Flower Shop.
"I'm just not physically able to do it anymore," she said. "So I was just praying that the right people would come along, and I believe they did."
How did Joy's Flower Shop get started?
Whaley-Trummer developed a passion for flowers at a young age. Her grandparents liked to garden and sold their flowers at community events. Whaley-Trummer would frequently go with them to these sales.
She went to school to study floral design and opened Joy's Flower Shop in September 1983. It is located across from Highland Memorial Park. Whaley-Trummer said some people were concerned when she initially launched her business that she would have a difficult time finding customers because of the flower shop's location.
"They were worried I would not succeed being out in the country, away from town," she said.
But Whaley-Trummer managed to find success. Joy's Flower Shop offers a variety of flowers for occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and funerals. Whaley-Trummer attributed the shop's longevity to her authentic style of business.
"We always tried to be fair and honest with everyone. We tried to make the nicest flowers we could," she said.
After many years, Whaley-Trummer felt it was time to retire from the flower shop and started searching for potential buyers. She wanted to find a new owner who would be the right fit and also keep on the shop's employees.
She decided to sell Joy's Flower Shop to Jim and Tracy Mayhew and Desirae Sanor. Tracy Mayhew said they bought the business because her cousin, Sanor, has always dreamed of owning a flower shop.
"My husband and I, we were just at the point where we decided we would go in with her so she could fulfill her dreams," Tracy Mayhew said.
She said they plan to make several renovations to the shop. This includes putting in new windows and vinyl siding, moving things around inside and brightening it up with new lighting.
Tracy and Jim Mayhew owned an electrical business in Mississippi for 14 years. Tracy Mayhew is a Beloit native. The couple moved back to the area about two years ago, she said.
Although they have business experience, Tracy Mayhew said the couple has learned a lot in the short time they have owned the shop.
"It's exciting because it's something different, and I like learning new things," Tracy Mayhew said.
Whaley-Trummer said she will miss the shop and interacting with customers. She hasn't decided what she will do next, she said, but she wants to continue working in some capacity.
"(I loved) the fact that I was able to help people that needed something. I was able to help be a friend for a lot of those people," she said.
Joy's Flower Shop is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/07/22/joys-flower-shop-sold-after-40-years/7570957001/ | 2022-07-22T11:48:00 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/07/22/joys-flower-shop-sold-after-40-years/7570957001/ |
Canton Fire Department to host bicentennial celebration
CANTON – The Canton Fire Department will host its bicentennial celebration Sunday.
Festivities will begin after the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival's Community Parade at 2:30 p.m., which travels along Market Avenue in downtown Canton. Division Chief Steve Henderson said it'll be the largest anniversary celebration in recent history.
"We had a small celebration, not as big as this, at our 175th," he said.
There will be fire demonstrations and activities for children and adults, T-shirt giveaways, and antique firetrucks at Centennial Plaza and the surrounding streets. Jerzee's Cafe will provide music and Muskellunge Brewery will have fire-themed beer brewed for the bicentennial.
Love the Children Ministries also will collect school supplies during the event. JT from WHBC will be the emcee for the celebration.
The event will conclude about 9:30 p.m. with fireworks.
"Fireworks will be launched from the parking lot next to the Renkert Building, right across from Centennial Plaza," Henderson said.
The department was established on July 22, 1822, according to cantonohio.gov. The earliest fire vehicles were horse-drawn and equipment included 30-foot wood ladders and leather firehoses. Today, ladders extend more than 100 feet and hoses are a lightweight, synthetic material.
"A handkerchief used to help filter smoke, was replaced by a self-contained breathing apparatus," according to the website, and "total darkness inside a burning building was replaced by thermal imaging equipment, which makes objects visible inside that darkness." | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/07/22/canton-fire-department-host-bicentennial-celebration/10087807002/ | 2022-07-22T11:48:06 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/07/22/canton-fire-department-host-bicentennial-celebration/10087807002/ |
Prestwick County Club to host 2022 Stark County Amateur Golf Tournament this weekend
The Stark County Amateur Golf Hall of Fame will conduct the 88th Stark County Amateur Golf Tournament on Saturday and Sunday at Prestwick Country Club in Uniontown.
Past champions and Stark County Hall of Fame members will compete against younger generations for the title of "Stark Golfer of the Year." Maxwell Moldovan, the 2019 and 2020 champion, will try to reclaim the title from Vaughn Snyder, last year's winner.
Other past champions set to compete include Aaron Crewse, Dave Oates, Nick Lambos, Dan Belder and Tim Hepner. Six-time champion Don Nist will be the honorary starter.
The tournament will be paying out over $14,000 in merchandise awards. The field has been capped at 120 golfers.
Spectators are welcome to attend. Action begins Saturday at 8:15 a.m.
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Saturday's first round tee times
8:15: Lambos, Barr, Laubacher
8:23: Sovak, Strang, Hanzel
8:30: Steinhilber, Champagne, Dottavio
8:38: Smart, Brady, D. Snyder
8:45: Schneider, Crewse, Clay
8:53: Allton, Hawkins, Stearn
9:08: Cea, Crider, Lahnan
9:15: Semple, Mendoza, Crawford
9:23: Charles, Hochschwender, Martin
9:30: Miller, Heavner, LaGrotteria
9:38: Young, VanNostran, Merrow
9:45: Peterson, Huntley, Pariano
9:53: Beebe, Chapman, Sutter
10:08: Chirumbolo, D. Freudeman, Thomas
10:15: Burge, Cutlip, Campbell
10:23: Barbas, Wilson, Troyer
10:30: Adcock, Conjerti, Drukenbrod
10:38: K. Freudeman, Filo, Hood
10:45: Shultz, Ochs, Lieser
10:53: Knapp, Terlesky, Anderson
11:08: V. Snyder, Simpson, Oates
11:15: Moldovan, Smith, Scarbrough
11:23: Jones, Wild, Frey
11:30: Trier, DeCheco, Toth
11:38: Stack, Peck, Wadsworth
11:45: Micale, McCollins, Loudon
11:53: Spino, Kovach, Freeman
12:08: Bryson, Wamack, Minear
12:15: Albrecht, Crone, Eurick
12:23: Hodges, Isla, Prok
12:30: Skripac, Testa, Wilcox
12:38: Tracy, Mastcko, Lowder
12:45: Bowman, Wickham, Stephan
12:53: Ritter, Milavickas, Huscusson
1:08: Belden, Tomak, Ellison
1:15: Moran, Hewitt, Buehler
1:23: Dillon, Gardner, Hatch
1:30: Grayson, Ellis, Delillo
1:38: Horning, B. Jatich, N. Jatich
1:45: Stefanski, Trzebuckowski, Hepner | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/local/2022/07/22/prestwick-host-2022-stark-amateur-golf-tournament-weekend/10113213002/ | 2022-07-22T11:48:30 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/local/2022/07/22/prestwick-host-2022-stark-amateur-golf-tournament-weekend/10113213002/ |
CEDAR VALLEY — An Illinois driver in a stolen vehicle led police on a chase early Thursday morning through Waterloo, Cedar Falls and eventually into Jesup.
John Thomas Veysey, 28, of Elizabeth, Illinois, allegedly reached speeds of 125 miles per hour, went through multiple red lights, and was arrested after hitting spike strips.
He was charged with second degree burglary and a first-offense stalking.
He was charged with multiple traffic violations, reckless driving, and eluding.
The pursuit started at about midnight Thursday near the corner of Franklin and East Second streets when Waterloo police attempted a traffic stop on the stolen 2017 white Ford Fusion.
Veysey initially stopped, but then fled and led police close to city limits, at which point the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office took the lead in the chase.
The car traveled in excess of 110 mph on Broadway Street in a posted 55 mph zone and ran the red light at the off ramp for U.S. Highway 218 prior to Airport Boulevard.
The vehicle traveled in excess of 110 mph on U.S. Highway 218 into Cedar Falls, a posted 65 mph zone.
The vehicle traveled at speeds in excess of 110 mph on First Street in Cedar Falls in posted 45 and 35 mph zones, running a red light at First and Main streets.
The vehicle continued at more than 110 mph in a 30 mph zone on First Street before turning onto Hudson Road, where the vehicle entered the wrong lane of traffic and traveled in excess of 70 mph in a posted 35 mph zone and construction area.
The vehicle continued at speeds in excess of 110 mph through Cedar Falls and onto U.S. Highway 20, where it headed eastbound until reaching the Jesup exit in Buchanan County.
At that point it was traveling at speeds in excess of 125 mph in a posted 65 mph zone.
After entering Buchanan County, Veysey continued to elude before he hit spike strips. The sheriff’s vehicle also hit the strips.
Veysey’s vehicle later became disabled. Veysey was taken into custody about three miles from where the sheriff’s vehicle was disabled.
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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.
Waterloo Police announced Thursday a third person had been arrested last week on felony money laundering charges related to the two-year investigation. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/stolen-vehicle-chase-leads-law-enforcement-through-black-hawk-buchanan-counties/article_c12ca3c9-3b9f-5181-b52a-bce7fdf0a10f.html | 2022-07-22T11:50:13 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/stolen-vehicle-chase-leads-law-enforcement-through-black-hawk-buchanan-counties/article_c12ca3c9-3b9f-5181-b52a-bce7fdf0a10f.html |
CEDAR FALLS – University of Northern Iowa education student Hannah Bustamante is experimenting with ways to get children excited about science, and she’s recruited her friend Taco as her lab assistant.
Taco, a turtle that’s found a home at Hartman Nature Reserve, was presented to a group of children from Denver and Waverly on Thursday. She quickly caught their interest and was able to help Bustamante start their lesson on nature, wildlife and conservation.
“We have a lot of kids come through here during the summer for camps, and we’re here to help them learn about nature, learn about different science things to teach them about things that maybe they don’t see in their normal lives,” Bustamante said.
Bustamante is one of 80 externs attached to a program set up by Gov. Kim Reynolds’ STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Advisory Council that pairs 80 teachers with local STEM workplaces.
“What I want to do here is be able to learn how to incorporate different outside-world things into my future classroom to have more effective teaching,” Bustamante said.
Science often is a subject that’s best learned hands-on, a lesson she has learned quickly. It’s one thing to talk about nature and animals, and another to show them the animals and when possible interact. She’s already found ways to apply this technique outside of her externship.
Bustamente is studying to teach chemistry. She applied her knowledge at a Harry Potter-themed camp in which she taught “potion making” in the form of at-home experiments. She’s also done lessons on the chemistry of starting fires. She says there’s always gets a more positive response when children see things “pop” and “fizz,” and she looks forward to incorporating applied science in the classroom when she has one of her own.
“I think there’s a lot of things that I’ve realized that kids are really interested in and not so interested in that have kind of shown me what I can and can’t bring into the classroom to help them be a little bit more interested.”
“What I want to do here is be able to learn how to incorporate different outside-world things into my future classroom to have more effective teaching.”
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Quincy Koala poses for a photo with children Wednesday at the Cedar Valley Hospice grief camp.
On Monday, the Board of Education voted in favor of the plans and specifications, which include the 'shell' of the building without the 'actual pools.' | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/local-educators-apply-stem-knowledge-in-externship-program/article_ba7fe787-1a14-5175-b4eb-78f02d404022.html | 2022-07-22T11:50:20 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/local-educators-apply-stem-knowledge-in-externship-program/article_ba7fe787-1a14-5175-b4eb-78f02d404022.html |
TOMBALL, Texas — Sitting on some 60 acres in Tomball, Ranch Manager William "Bill" Roenfanz has been bailing hay and steering cattle at Cedar Brook Farms for nearly 40 years.
“Since about 84," Bill said.
But just last weekend, he said an ordinary situation turned life-threatening in an instant.
“Saturday, at about nine o'clock, we started working this pen of calves over here. They're 11 calves in here.”
He says he was performing minor surgery on a calf like he’d done numerous times using a razor-sharp scalpel, except this time, it didn't go as planned.
“While I was working from the back here, the calf moved his leg and hit my arm and my arm come over and slit right across here," Bill said.
A gash on his wrist.
“About that long, just like I was trying to cut my thumb off," Bill said.
He thought some paper towels might help but quickly realized paper towels couldn't stop the bleeding.
“It didn't take 30 or 40 seconds and I realized my towels are already soaked through and as I went to get another set of towels, took my hand off and then it sprayed like that,” Bill said.
But luckily for Bill, he had a helping hand, specifically his new ranch hand, high school junior Shane Stevens, who realized Bill was in trouble.
“If you're squirting blood six inches, you have cut the major artery," Shane said.
So Shane – who trains with Special Forces – grabbed a first aid kit from his truck and quickly applied a tourniquet.
“Don't panic – panic creates chaos," Shane said.
After Shane drove him to a nearby Memorial Hermann satellite, Bill was transported by ambulance to the hospital’s Woodlands location where he says a hand surgeon stitched his artery back together.
But without Shane’s quick thinking, Bill says it could have been a much different story.
“The doctor said you know it only takes three to five minutes and you're bleeding out," Bill said.
It was Shane’s first time using the tourniquet that he had had in his truck in case of emergencies.
“You’ve got to be prepared," Shane said.
And now, for Bill, luckily it won't be his last steer. It's a heroic act that he says shows the future is in good hands.
“This kid here saved my life," Bill said. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/tomball-ranch-hand-saves-manager/285-e20df98e-431d-49ea-9010-ba2e003d2ee7 | 2022-07-22T11:51:53 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/tomball-ranch-hand-saves-manager/285-e20df98e-431d-49ea-9010-ba2e003d2ee7 |
We've all heard of a message in a bottle. This Dighton woman found a message in a balloon.
DIGHTON — It’s not the most efficient mode of human communication in the year 2022, but a brief correspondence out of Rockland County, New York, sent via balloon touched down on the front lawn at Dighton Town Hall last Friday morning.
Around 10:30 a.m., Karin Brady, executive assistant to the Board of Selectmen and town administrator, saw what she thought was a random bit of trash on the lawn and went outside to pick it up.
That’s when she saw a note, attached to a deflated balloon.
“I thought it was just some trash," Brady said. "So I went out to pick it up, to clean up Town Hall, but then I saw ‘Hi, my name is Tara. I am 6 years old…’ and we just thought it was so cute, a great idea. And we were surprised that it traveled that far in one night.”
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Where the balloon came from
The balloon and message, it turns out, originated from a summer camp in Rockland County, part of the camp’s annual Balloon Derby.
The balloon and hand-written message card, according to a camp spokesperson, took flight at 3 p.m. the day before, Thursday, July 14. A fleet of 250 balloons left the camp that afternoon, all with a note explaining the Balloon Derby and asking anyone who found a balloon to take a photo and respond to the camp via an anonymous email address. As of this Wednesday, the camp says it has received seven responses, including Karin Brady’s response from Dighton Town Hall.
“We thought it was a fun little thing to post on Facebook, and then it kind of went a little viral," Brady said. "It was on the news, and I had friends texting me that they saw my picture on TV and Google news searches.”
Brady was surprised to hear just seven of 250 balloons got responses, but chose to look on the bright side in hopes the campers’ correspondence would not go unanswered.
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“Hopefully that means some of them are still traveling, and maybe someone will find them and respond. I hope they get a few more responses. It’s exciting for the kids.
“We do this balloon derby annually as a fun and educational experience for the children,” the camp spokesperson said in the email. On Thursday, they said, “the entire camp joined together outside our building with balloons in hand. We counted down 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF! and the 250 balloons were launched.
“So far we got seven responses, from Plymouth, MA, Warwick, RI, Bridgewater, MA, Milford, CT, Old Lyme, CT, Dighton, MA, plus another one from somewhere else in Rhode Island. A 5-year-old boy went out to water his garden and found the balloon hanging over one of his sunflowers! Two girls were surfing and found the note and the balloon on their surfboard!”
The longest traveling balloon, according to the camp, landed in Plymouth, a journey of more than 200 miles.
Taunton Daily Gazette staff writer Jon Haglof can be reached at jhaglof@tauntongazette.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Taunton Daily Gazette today. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/balloon-message-ny-summer-camp-lands-dighton-ma/10090121002/ | 2022-07-22T11:54:39 | 0 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/balloon-message-ny-summer-camp-lands-dighton-ma/10090121002/ |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — The dress stuck with judges: Grace Vaughn won the Duck brand's Stuck at Prom 2022 Scholarship Contest!
She will be awarded a $10,000 cash scholarship to fund her future path, according to a news release Wednesday. So, too, will Chidinma Onwuliri of Mississauga, Ontario, for winning Best Tux.
"Each of our contestants had a special story to tell this year, from hoping to empower others with their designs to pushing their artistic abilities to the limit, and they should all be very proud of their Duck Tape® looks," said Ashley Luke, the senior product manager at Shurtape Technologies, LLC, the company that markets the Duck brand in a statement.
"We congratulate Grace, Chidinma and all of our participants for making masterpieces that show the world what can be achieved with some creativity and originality."
The previous version of this story is below.
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It took 45 rolls of duct tape and 143 hours for Grace Vaughn to construct a floor-length ball gown for the Duck brand Stuck at Prom 2022 National Scholarship Contest.
The Duck brand holds this competition yearly. The winner is offered a $10,000 scholarship prize, and the top five finalists receive $500.
The 17-year-old Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School rising senior began her dress in late March. This is her second year participating in the contest.
"Last year, I made my dress, and I submitted it," Vaughn said. "Even though I didn't win, it was so much fun. So, I decided to do it this year."
She began by sketching out different designs.
"I started making the dress, and my dress and idea completely shifted," Vaughn said. "Sometimes that's how the creative process works. It just completely changes and definitely in a good way."
At a table in her family's living room, Vaughn would spend hours after school and track practice working on the dress.
Yin and Yang inspires Pasco teen's dress made out of duct tape
Three months and several store trips for more duct tape later, her dress was finished, weighing in at 13 pounds.
Her visual inspiration for the design was based on the Yin and Yang theory, which she said represents balance in one's routine. She layered black and white tape to create a fitted bodice and a skirt that resembles layers of petals.
Despite the dress' beauty, Vaughn didn't get to wear it to prom.
"It would be pretty cool, but it's very hard to maneuver in because it's duct tape," she said.
Vaughn enjoyed playing around with fabrics and sewing when she was younger, but the two duct tape dresses she created were her first finished pieces.
However, she hopes to increase her design skills and study fashion at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Winning the contest's scholarship money would be a huge help.
"It definitely means a lot because I want to go into fashion, and getting some money for the school that I want to go to really helps out," Vaughn said.
She finds out the results of the competition on Wednesday, but until then, she's happy with her finalist position.
"I was really excited, and I felt like I was finally getting the recognition that I deserved from the last dress," Vaughn said. "Even if I wouldn't win, I know that my family and friends are really proud of me." | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/grace-vaughn-pasco-county-duct-tape-dress/67-360e025b-920e-456f-8570-2b7d274da5b4 | 2022-07-22T11:55:55 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/grace-vaughn-pasco-county-duct-tape-dress/67-360e025b-920e-456f-8570-2b7d274da5b4 |
A study published last week evaluating strategies for reducing traffic congestion and improving safety on Interstate 80/94 presents several methods for achieving those goals, including modifications to interchanges and implementation of ramp metering, shoulder running and other measures.
The Planning and Environmental Linkages study serves as an entry point to a full study of the costs, benefits and environmental and social impacts for the 80/94 FlexRoad project.
“We’re hoping to increase mobility and safety out there,” Indiana Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner Matt Deitchley told members of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission at their Thursday meeting. “We’re very excited about it.”
The corridor studied in the I-80/94 Borman Expressway PEL Study runs from the Interstate 65 interchange in Lake County on the east to Illinois 394 in Cook County on the west. The stretch includes 10 interchanges and averages 204,000 vehicles daily at the state line and 158,000 at I-65, according to the study.
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Trucks comprise up to 31% of the daily traffic and up to 25% of peak-hour traffic. Sixty percent of westbound and 44% of eastbound traffic in the afternoon peak-period constitutes “through trips,” passing along the entire length of the corridor. Traffic volumes throughout the corridor are forecast to increase by up to 18% during peak periods by 2040, according to the study.
And more than half of the corridor fall into the "high crash frequency" or "high crash severity" categories.
Indiana and Illinois are studying strategies to improve traffic flow along this stretch of Interstate 80/94.
Strategies
The study discusses eight strategies it says would meet the “purpose and needs” of congestion relief and improved safety. It groups the following strategies into four alternatives, ranging from a base package adopting the first four strategies to an “all options” alternative encompassing all eight. The four alternatives’ estimated costs range from $82.4 million to $139.3 million.
Interchange modifications
The study identifies a traffic bottleneck especially familiar to evening eastbound commuters – the short stretch that includes the exits to southbound Broadway and to Interstate 65.
That bottleneck would limit the effectiveness of any of the other strategies that might be pursued, the study says, and it proposes modification to ramp and shoulder use and addition of an inside lane near the I-65 exit.
This graphic shows the current eastbound Interstate 80/94 interchanges at Broadway and Interstate 65, top, and potential changes to help allev…
Sign enhancements
The study suggests addition of warning signs on the approach to the left lane merge at the eastern end of the study area at I-65. Cantilever overhead signs at one mile, one-half mile and at the taper point would make the traffic merger more efficient than the current small, roadside signage, it argues.
The study also argues for the use of “interchange sequence signs” along the corridor. They “could improve traffic operations in both directions by potentially reducing lane changing as well as achieving better lane utilization.”
Eight signs in each direction of travel would “provide advance notice to drivers of the next three or four cross streets/interchanges, including their distance.”
Dynamic shoulder lanes
Use of shoulders as traffic lanes, or hard shoulder running, could be used to alleviate congestion during peak periods on weekdays and potentially on Sundays, the study says, and also could be used in response to accidents or other incidents during non-peak periods.
Electronic overhead signs would indicate when shoulders are open to traffic. The inside shoulder would have a 45 mph speed limit, the study recommends.
Signs indicate a highway shoulder is open to traffic.
Event management
The event management strategy involves employing strategies to make maintenance and operational activities more efficient. They potentially include providing an incentive to towing operators to arrive on scenes within a specific amount of time, enhancing the Hoosier Helper program and various technology-related information sharing and traffic management systems.
Ramp metering
Ramp meters are traffic signals on entrance ramps that regulate the entry of vehicles to the highway. “Vehicles traveling from an adjacent arterial roadway would access the on-ramp and stop at the ramp meter traffic signal and then be individually released onto the freeway mainline,” the study explains.
Use of adaptive ramp metering would control the traffic lights according to actual traffic or an adaptive algorithm, as opposed to a fixed time rate.
The PEL study recommends ramp meters at Calumet Avenue, Indianapolis Boulevard, Kennedy Avenue, Cline Avenue, Burr Street, Grant Street and Broadway.
Traffic lights regulate entry to an interstate highway.
Variable speed limits
“This strategy would adjust speed limits based on real-time traffic, roadway incidents, events, work zones, and/or weather conditions,” the study says.
The speed limits can be enforceable or advisory. The goal is to reduce speed limits in or before areas of congestion in an effort to smooth out traffic flow and reduce the risk of collisions.
The speed limits would be announced on overhead gantry signs.
Signs indicate a reduced speed limit as traffic approaches a congested area.
Dynamic lane control
Dynamic lane control involves closing or opening individual traffic lanes “to support needed maintenance and incident management.” Lane closures and openings would be announced by overhead gantry lane control signals in an effort to promote safety.
Dynamic lane control signs are shown.
Queue warnings
Signs would alert motorists that queues or significant slowdowns have developed ahead, “thus improving traffic safety by reducing the potential for rear-end crashes or other secondary incidents.”
The study anticipates at least one sign between each interchange. The warning signs could be located at the edge of overhead gantry signs that would be used in other strategies.
Signs warn traffic to slow.
Next steps
The PEL Study Report was approved by the Federal Highway Administration In April and was published by INDOT last week. The next step for the transportation agencies will be selecting a preferred option from among the alternatives.
This graphic details alternatives a new study proposes to alleviate congestion and improve safety on Interstate 80/94.
Beyond those alternatives, the PEL study also includes preliminary reviews of social and environmental impacts. Further study in those areas would be part of the National Environmental Protection Act process required of major projects accepting federal funding.
With completion of the PEL process, “it is anticipated that INDOT and IDOT will initiate the NEPA and preliminary engineering processes to continue the evaluation of the build alternatives,” according to the study.
The NEPA process could be completed this year, with construction beginning in 2023 and lasting one to two years, the study concludes.
For more information on the project, visit www.indianaflexroad.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/study-details-strategies-for-borman-congestion-relief/article_b48b9ba3-addc-5010-894e-f823ecfc752f.html | 2022-07-22T12:12:46 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/study-details-strategies-for-borman-congestion-relief/article_b48b9ba3-addc-5010-894e-f823ecfc752f.html |
GARY − Following a press conference held by Mayor Jerome Prince in Gary Wednesday concerning Gary's partnership with Indiana State Police, common council members expressed their concern about not being invited.
"The Public Safety Committee is chaired by Councilman Ron Brewer Sr. and includes 4th District Council member Tai Adkins and myself," Gary Common Council president William Godwin said in a statement. "Not only were we not invited, but not one single member of the Council. If this is how the Mayor and the Indiana State Police intend to conduct business, then this partnership is dead on arrival from my perspective."
Godwin said the common council will focus on real and meaningful results to improve public safety, with community input and inclusive representation.
"Shame on Mayor Prince’s administration for yet another slap in the face to the City’s legislative body, which will be absolutely essential for the types of reforms proposed by the Indiana State Police,” Godwin said.
Michael Gonzalez, communications director for the city of Gary, said he was sorry he did not inform the Common Council of the event in a timely manner.
"Mayor Prince's top priority is public safety. As the head of the executive branch, he'll continue to focus the city's resources on making Gary a great place to live, work and play. The Mayor also respects the Council members' rights to their own opinions," Gonzalez said in a statement.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Kyra Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206110
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Thien
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206094
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEH AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206098
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Silaj
Age : 34
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206096
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Moore III
Age : 47
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206095
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Arionn Parent
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206108
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Philbin
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206105
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Germon Jones
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206101
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole McGregor
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206078
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Courtney Johnson
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206112
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeff Henderson Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206090
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Dukes
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206083
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Edwards Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206082
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Clayton
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206079
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ballard
Age : 58
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206092
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dawn Burton
Age : 56
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206091
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tre'Vion Carlisle
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206086
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Asfall
Age : 33
Residence: Sacramento, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206106
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguero Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206081
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Suckey
Age : 36
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206045
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Simona Trajceski
Age : 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206050
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrew Stover
Age : 35
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206068
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Storey Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206047
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jason Sivak
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206067
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Annette Roberts
Age : 48
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206060
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph McLeroy
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206066
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kewon Price
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206073
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jonathan Huemmer
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206041
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206054
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tamika Graves
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206058
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Gross
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206059
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jamey Goin
Age : 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206051
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Collins
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206071
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brigida Fortoso Gomez Rodriguez
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206056
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - STRANGULATION - AGAINST A PREGNANT WOMAN
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Missy Buhrmester
Age : 30
Residence: Linden, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206049
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Geno Carta
Age : 29
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206075
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glorivette Bonilla
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206063
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Seramur
Age : 31
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206013
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vashon Sherman
Age : 33
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206020
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Wagner
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206039
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Whitlow
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206015
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Santiago Reyes
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206018
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Schulten
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206029
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Plucinski
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206021
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Popa
Age : 40
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206009
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alan Hughes
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206010
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Johnson
Age : 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206011
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melissa Johnston
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206031
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stafford Henderson
Age : 64
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206016
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Banks
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206019
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bowersox
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206023
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Flores
Age : 32
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206035
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stewart Foley IV
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206037
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Kryda
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205991
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Hanaway
Age : 30
Residence: Medaryville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205988
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derek Johnson
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205999
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Favian Juarez
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206005
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Haddock
Age : 42
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206000
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Dobos
Age : 29
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205998
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mary Granter
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205986
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Barber
Age : 42
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206003
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Warren
Age : 62
Residence: Beecher, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205965
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jereyl Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205977
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zeondre Shenault
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205978
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Stovall Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205973
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tasha Barnes
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205982
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eugene Golston
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205980
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charlene Sandoval
Age : 60
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205974
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamarr Thompson
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205959
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dyron Wash
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205963
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Zurawski
Age : 35
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205956
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Lucio
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205955
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angelee Luick
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205947
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Gilbert Ortiz
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205951
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Perez Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205946
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carmella Lawrence
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205948
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Gilliam
Age : 47
Residence: Grant Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205957
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Guerra
Age : 47
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205954
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rondell Johnson
Age : 23
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205950
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Bennett
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205943
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Bermingham
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205952
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Veronica Quijano
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205913
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alantae Thornton
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205908
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205927
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert McKenzie Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205920
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharita Parks
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205911
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205918
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Lambert
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205898
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Larkin Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Park Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205915
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kemetka Leftridge
Age : 44
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205894
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deauntre Lester
Age : 34
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205919
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Kaufman
Age : 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205897
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordarryl Jones
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205914
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Olivia Justice
Age : 18
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205904
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Pamela Jenkins Reynolds
Age : 51
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205901
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Irvin
Age : 44
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205909
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nedal Hamed
Age : 40
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205895
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY; ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Quinton Hicks
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205910
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortney Dixon
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205923
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Agee
Age : 26
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205912
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paul Brown Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205902
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Buczek
Age : 32
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205903
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Walls
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205861
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rickey Washington
Age : 31
Residence: Danville, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205862
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Sanchez
Age : 24
Residence: Cicero, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205878
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Smoot
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205874
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Davion Torry
Age : 21
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205854
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Kirkland
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205853
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amber Mackey
Age : 23
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205855
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel McGraw
Age : 36
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205875
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205871
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205869
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Nyia Hunter
Age : 22
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205881
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacy Gorgas
Age : 44
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205856
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrei Guta
Age : 19
Residence: Baltimore, MD
Booking Number(s): 2205872
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Garcia
Age : 25
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205852
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dustin Freely
Age : 54
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205868
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Matthew Creekbaum
Age : 39
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205873
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Saya Dhiman
Age : 22
Residence: Palatine, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205891
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andrea Brown
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205867
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Clark
Age : 44
Residence: Grffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205860
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Bonner
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205850
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION REFERENCE SAME PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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SAN ANTONIO — A family is cleaning up the mess after a driver crashed into their southwest-side home, the San Antonio Police Department said.
The incident happened around 6 a.m. on Friday in the 800 block of Kirk Place.
When police and the San Antonio Fire Department arrived, they found the vehicle had crashed into the home, and the front-end was stuck inside the living room.
The driver somehow lost control and crashed into the home, police said. They will be evaluated for Driving While Intoxicated.
A woman in her 20s and a child were inside the home when the crash happened. The woman was in the living room at the time and taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. The child was treated at the scene.
More on KENS 5: | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/car-crashes-into-living-room-woman-child-inside-home-san-antonio-police-department-fire-department/273-90f11b91-2dbf-4b22-a578-6c3becdbd021 | 2022-07-22T12:20:34 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/car-crashes-into-living-room-woman-child-inside-home-san-antonio-police-department-fire-department/273-90f11b91-2dbf-4b22-a578-6c3becdbd021 |
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Police Department is searching for the person they believe shot a 2-year-old and a woman in a drive-by on the east side.
The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday on Timilo Drive off of Gembler Road.
Police said the two victims were shot in the legs and taken to local hospitals in stable condition.
Authorities said the family was having a get-together in the front yard when a black SUV, possibly a Jeep Cherokee, drove to the intersection and fired several rounds toward the home.
But, it didn't stop there.
SAPD said the car drove off, but then made a U-turn and fired even more shots.
The child and the woman who was shot are related, but the woman is not the child's mother, police said. Police searched for the suspect, but were unable to find them.
The family was celebrating the life of a loved one who recently died when the shooting took place. Their funeral was supposed to take place on Friday.
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From the Colts' stadium to the Statehouse, Indianapolis has a rich Arab American history
There’s history at Lucas Oil Stadium that has nothing to do with Jim Irsay, Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck.
More than a century ago, the first Arab American immigrants in Indianapolis settled on land currently covered by the Indianapolis Colts’ stadium, according to new research spearheaded by IUPUI professor Edward Curtis.
The area was known as “Willard Street,” filled with “narrow, wood-framed houses." There were families of African American, Italian, Polish, Greek, Hungarian heritage, yet Willard Street was described as a “Syrian Colony” since Syrian Americans began settling there in the 1890s. A majority of those residents, men, worked as peddlers, Curtis learned. And you could often find women “rising early and working late,” the Indianapolis Journal reported.
This exciting finding from the past — hidden beneath today’s Colts’ stadium — was just the tip of the iceberg for Curtis, who himself is a descendant of Arab immigrants.
“That was one of the things that confirmed to me just how important a story this is,” Curtis said. “It makes you think, ‘Hey, wait a minute, where else has our history been buried and forgotten?’”
He zoomed out from Lucas Oil Stadium and traversed other parts of Indianapolis, from the Statehouse to Indiana University. From food, medicine, politics, religion and sports, he found traces of Arab American contributions everywhere.
But that history has been largely unknown, Curtis said. Until now.
“People like me have been part of this place for so long,” Curtis said. “By imagining us, by writing us into the history of this place, it certainly makes me feel more at home here.”
Arab American history in Indianapolis
In 1900, there were at least 208 Arabic-speaking immigrants in Indiana, Curtis’ project “Arab Indianapolis” found. By 1910, the population grew to about 1,000 people. They worked at factories and as peddlers. They owned grocery stores and retail shops. By 1935, there were at least 43 Syrian and Lebanese grocers in Indianapolis, according to Curtis.
His own ancestors, from Syria and Lebanon, settled in Illinois, but he’s called Indianapolis home for more than 15 years. The parallels in both states are similar, Curtis said, as people assume that Midwest history is largely homogeneous and white.
“Arab Indianapolis” makes the case otherwise, through a website, book and documentary.
St. George Orthodox Church, in Fishers today, was originally founded in 1925 as the “first and only” Syrian church in Indianapolis. About 15,000 Arab Americans from Indianapolis served in WWII, according to Curtis’ research.
In 1964, Helen Corey became Indiana’s first Arab American to hold elected office, as a reporter of the Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts. Around the same time, she also published “The Art of Syrian Cookery,” “one of the most influential cookbooks on Syrian food ever written in English,” Curtis wrote in his own book.
Decades later, Jeff George, the great-grandson of Syrian immigrants, cemented his legacy as a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Mitch Daniels, the grandson of Syrian immigrants, took office as governor of Indiana.
In his documentary, when Curtis asks, "Why is it important that people know that Arab Americans have contributed to building this town?"
Dr. Shadia Jalal, a Jordanian American doctor in Indianapolis, sums it all up: "I guess it means we're Hoosiers."
This history is important not just on an academic level, but on a personal level for Arab American Hoosiers, too.
Growing up, when the other kids asked, “What are you?” Curtis’ grandmother always had an answer ready, telling him: You’re Arab. You’re Syrian. You’re Lebanese.
In that assurance, he found a sense of belonging.
“She was the one who gave me my Arab American identity as a way of belonging not just to historic pasts in a land far away, but also belonging to America,” Curtis said. “It was really important to assure a little brown-skinned boy in rural Southern Illinois of his value, of his worth.”
Uncovering family history, through "Arab Indianapolis" and Ancestry.com
That’s a feeling not too different from what Sierra Martin, 25, is seeking today.
The IUPUI student assisted with sharing Curtis' project, in his "Intro to Arab American Studies" class, where she learned about her own family’s history in Indianapolis. Martin always knew about her heritage, that her great-grandfather immigrated from Syria. She ate falafel and grape leaves growing up, but she didn’t know much more than that. She asked questions but didn’t get many answers.
Her grandmother, who was the subject of racist taunts growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, pushed a lot of her heritage away, Martin explained, so it never passed down to the younger generations.
But with this uncovering of history, the family found a new sense of belonging.
“It kind of felt therapeutic," Martin said, "to learn about a culture that I come from that wasn't shared with me."
She learned, for instance, that her great-grandfather owned two bars in the city, Mousetrap on Keystone Avenue and Pink Elephant on Virginia Avenue, which today is a parking garage.
As part of a class assignment, Martin took her family on a “heritage tour” around Indianapolis, including major spots like the Syrian-owned Freije's Market. They enjoyed lunch afterward at the Canal Bistro in Broad Ripple, eating kibby, falafel, tabbouleh, and discussing their roots.
“I was asking (my grandmother) some questions and for the first time ever,” Martin said, “she wasn't ashamed of speaking openly being Arab… she just was talking about it openly at lunch and smiling, and I don't know, something… just changed. And it was just a good feeling.”
Her IUPUI class is complete, but Martin still has more to uncover in her personal journey.
With the help of her grandmother and Ancestry.com, she’s started mapping out their family history, adding new names to a growing family tree. She’s learning Arabic, though it’s a difficult second language to learn.
“Sometimes I question myself,” Martin said, “‘Are you really that Syrian? Do I have a right to look into this? Do I have a right to try to pick back up some of the culture that was dropped?’”
Those questions also arise as she tries to pass on her family heritage to her 4-year-old son.
“Sometimes when I'm trying to teach him, while I'm teaching myself about our culture, it seems like it's not my place,” Martin said. “I feel like I'm always on the outside of my own culture.”
But she’s not alone in her journey.
One day, she randomly received a message from a stranger in Michigan. They both had family ties to someone named Jerome Shami, Martin’s great-grandfather “Jim.”
“Oh, we’re related,” she recalled they soon realized.
Most of her distant relatives live in Dearborn, Michigan, Martin learned, which is where her great-great-grandparents originally settled in the U.S.
“We're actually Facebook friends now and trying to get together,” Martin said. “I'd like to be able to go to Dearborn and meet the rest of them because apparently, they have more stories and recipes and things of (my great-great grandparents)... And I've never seen a picture of (them)…
"I feel like I'm just trying to learn so much about their lives. I just want to see pictures of them.”
Though there are a lot of uncertainties and a lot of questions still to be answered, Martin knows a few things for sure. Her great-grandfather’s business ventures. Her great-great grandmother’s recipes, passed down by her grandmother.
Some of her family history got lost between generations, but she’s learning to embrace the fact-finding journey and her family’s unique backstory.
The kitchen is where she feels most confident with her heritage, especially with the unique family recipe for dolmas, or stuffed grape leaves, Martin said. (They make it without mint).
“When other people eat my version of grape leaves, they're like, ‘This is very strange,’” Martin said. “I'm like, ‘Yes, I know. Probably.’”
To buy the "Arab Indianapolis" book, visit Belt Publishing.
To view the "Arab Indianapolis" documentary, visit the website.
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New 5-story hotel planned at Carmel's Clay Terrace, would be 1st of its brand in Indiana
A new hotel is planned at Clay Terrace mall in Carmel.
The hotel, a Tempo by Hilton, will be five stories with 150 rooms and additional amenities, according to a news release. It will open in spring 2024 and will be located behind Kona Grill.
Once constructed, the Tempo by Hilton hotel will be the first of its brand in Indiana and will be managed by Vince Dora of Dora Hospitality, the release stated.
Plans for the project have been submitted to the Carmel Plan Commission.
More:The company that owns Clay Terrace files for bankruptcy. What that means for the mall.
The hotel is one of many redevelopment projects planned for the future of Clay Terrace.
Washington Prime Group, the company that owns Clay Terrace, presented redevelopment plans for the outdoor mall to the city of Carmel in 2020. The Carmel City Council approved an ordinance in December 2020 to allow for redevelopment of the property, which would include apartments, retail and restaurants.
Washington Prime Group filed for bankruptcy in 2021 but a city spokesperson at the time said operations at Clay Terrace in Carmel should not be impacted. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/carmel/2022/07/22/carmel-clay-terrace-tempo-by-hilton-hotel/65379661007/ | 2022-07-22T12:21:32 | 1 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/carmel/2022/07/22/carmel-clay-terrace-tempo-by-hilton-hotel/65379661007/ |
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two police officers were shot Thursday night in the city of Rochester.
Authorities say both officers were hospitalized. However, the severity of their wounds and the circumstances of the shooting weren't immediately clear.
According to our sister station WHEC in Rochester, one of the officers has died.
"This is a tragedy for our community. I'm asking Rochester to pray for these officers and their families," Mayor Malik Evans told reporters near the scene of the shooting.
The officers were wounded at around 9:15 p.m., according to Rochester Police Lt. Gregory Bello, a department spokesman.
"They were doing their jobs as police officers, and at least one male approached them and opened fire on them," Bello said.
Bello said he didn't know if the gunman was in police custody or still being sought. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/2-police-officers-shot-in-rochester-1-killed/71-93813ed2-2480-484e-bd38-4a9174be0248 | 2022-07-22T12:21:52 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/2-police-officers-shot-in-rochester-1-killed/71-93813ed2-2480-484e-bd38-4a9174be0248 |
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A home in Pinellas Park is now uninhabitable after a stolen van crashed into it Friday morning, according to Pinellas Park police.
It happened around 5:34 a.m. A white Kia van was driving recklessly down 70th Avenue heading east, officers said.
It then crashed into a home at the intersection of 70th Avenue and 61st Street.
Police said the van was stolen and everyone inside it left the crash site and haven't been found.
Three people were the home sleeping at the time of the crash, officers said. No one was injured, police added.
The single-family home is now considered uninhabitable because of the damage it sustained during the crash. Police said the family doesn't need assistance and will stay with relatives. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/stolen-car-pinellas-park-house-crash/67-88e99f82-d1f7-49d7-81a0-7e11a58a485b | 2022-07-22T12:21:58 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/stolen-car-pinellas-park-house-crash/67-88e99f82-d1f7-49d7-81a0-7e11a58a485b |
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – A two-day dinosaur extravaganza is returning to Martinsville this weekend.
The Virginia Museum of Natural History is hosting its dinosaur festival on July 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is the first time in three years that the festival is being held due to the pandemic.
The event will feature life-size cast skeletons and a large variety of dinosaur fossils. There will also be expert paleontologists available to teach you about the fossils and answer any questions you might have.
You and your family can also beat the heat by spending the day doing dino-themed activities and crafts.
“Dino Fest is definitely our most popular event we host at the museum,” said Zach Ryder, the marketing manager for the museum. “Not being able to have it for the past three years was kind of a sad thing. We are really happy to be bringing it back this year and hopefully, we will get a lot of new folks to come see it, but also people who have seen it in the past because it is going to be a little bit different than before. There are a lot of cool things to see.”
In addition to cast skeletons and skulls, the festival will have a large variety of actual dinosaur fossils, including the only fossil evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops engaged in battle. You can also see never-before-exhibited fossils of a sauropod.
During the festival, there will be plenty of food trucks and refreshments available.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for ages 3 to 17. Admission is free for children under three, museum members and members of museums and science centers that participate in the ASTC Passport program. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/22/dino-festival-returns-to-virginia-museum-of-natural-history-with-life-size-cast-skeletons-and-more/ | 2022-07-22T12:34:40 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/22/dino-festival-returns-to-virginia-museum-of-natural-history-with-life-size-cast-skeletons-and-more/ |
From July 14 though July 17, Sturdivant Park went to the dogs. 460 dogs converged to compete in the Coos Kennel Club’s 53rd Annual All-Breed Dog Show.
The American Kennel Club only recognizes 195 breeds and over 100 breed were represented at the Sturdivant event. First, the dogs compete in Best in Breed, then Best in Group and eventually Best in Show. There are seven groups: Toy, Sporting, Non-Sporting, Terrier, Herding, Working and Hound. Dogs are judged on 14 qualities which include size and shape of the dog’s head, general structure of their tail, texture and length of their coat and even length and thickness of whiskers are judged. Then the owner or handler is required to run with the dog to demonstrate their gait. Poodles are expected to run proudly while Doberman dogs are to look fierce and intimidating. Breeds are judged on how close they meet all the characteristics that make up their breed standards.
Throughout the competition dogs were brushed and in some cases their hair braided and plenty of hair spray was used. The dogs were obviously loved and deeply adored demonstrated by all the petting, words of encouragement and plenty of cuddles from their owners/handlers. Fans and canopies were set up to keep their dogs comfortable during the initial hot days of the event. Owners and judges made sure to keep the dogs in the shade as much as possible.
Dog showing is not a cheap hobby as dogs can cost up to $50,00. There is also the cost of training, grooming and the dog’s high quality diet. Nearly all the humans at this event had a huge motor home and plenty of kennels, many on wheels with a grooming station on top.
At this show there were ribbons and additional prizes of brightly colored towels, dog mugs, wind chimes and a folding chair decorated with a dog. At the Best in Show level, $100 cash prizes were given out. Not enough to compensate for the cost of preparing for the show, but there were plenty of smiles and bragging.
The participants, both canine and human, certainly enjoyed the location. Appropriately, there was a hot dog concession truck getting plenty of business.
The largest dog show is the Westminster Dog Club Show which is the second longest continuous sports event in the nation. Only the Kentucky Derby is older. It is a sport that combines the science of genetics with athletics, style and psychology. Smaller shows allow dogs to collect points and eventually compete at a national level. Even at this “smaller” dog show, there were several dogs ranked in the top ten in the nation for their breed.
The dogs were definitely cute and enjoying the attention, especially the divas. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/who-let-the-dogs-out/article_168f94c0-085e-11ed-8d23-7349fefe82cd.html | 2022-07-22T12:35:02 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/who-let-the-dogs-out/article_168f94c0-085e-11ed-8d23-7349fefe82cd.html |
New preschool opening highlights child care shortage in Sarasota-Manatee
Amid a local and national crisis in child care, a bit of good news recently greeted families in eastern Sarasota and Manatee counties.
Baby Fox Academy, a lauded Sarasota preschool, opened a second center – this one in Lakewood Ranch.
And different from its Sarasota site – which is not open to children younger than 2 – this new location’s 91 slots will include spaces for infants and toddlers, an age group for whom a shortage of care is particularly tight.
The expansion comes as preschool centers around the region have closed or combined classrooms due to a shortage of teachers – a crisis worsened during the pandemic and now exacerbated by soaring housing costs that are pricing them out of the industry and the area. The shortage in child care, in turn, wreaks havoc in local communities and the economy – forcing parents to miss work or endure treacherous commutes to centers with openings.
“I really wanted to be available for families who need to get back to work and are struggling,” said Laurie McCracken, owner and executive director of Baby Fox Academy, an independent, family-run business.
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Officially open to the kids the last week of June, the center is already at 50% capacity.
For parents in the area, the news was almost too good to be true.
'What just happened?'
Irma Scherer and her husband were spending more than $3,000 a month to have their 3-year-old son in a center 20 minutes away in Sarasota and their baby daughter with a nanny. The goal was to place their 8-month-old daughter into a child care center as she approached her first birthday, which would save money. But they couldn’t find anything open.
“There is absolutely no place available for the young babies under 1,” Scherer said. “They just don’t have placements. They just don’t have teachers. They are all full.”
As soon as a friend told Scherer about Baby Fox, she jumped on the lead – touring the site, falling in love with McCracken and the school, its sense of safety and quality care. She enrolled her their son and held her breath, waiting to hear word about their daughter.
Not only would the family save hundreds of dollars a month having both kids in the same school, the drive is only nine minutes from their home. Most importantly, Scherer felt a great comfort when her son – who clung to her the first week at his last center – took to the school immediately, bolting into his classroom to sit down, waving to her: “’Bye, Mom!”
“Oh, my God,” Scherer said she thought to herself. “What just happened?”
The day that McCracken told Scherer that she just hired another teacher, opening up a classroom for infants and toddlers, and that she could enroll her baby daughter, too, Scherer started to cry.
“I literally hugged her,” Scherer said.
A broken model
While a godsend for local parents, the way McCracken’s expansion came about highlights what experts note as underlying problems in the national model for early childhood learning and care.
Instead of McCracken being able to tap into a broad-based infrastructure of governmental, business and private support for preschools and early learning centers, much of it came down to luck, she said.
Luck and local help – including a small grant through the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County and a major assist from friends, teachers and parents who joined McCracken and her husband in a massive rehab of the 5,200-square-foot space, all done in seven weeks, she said.
The luck part came in that her new landlord gave her a great deal to take over the lease of the site, which had been vacated by a closed preschool. What’s more, the site already had specific types of plumbing in place that would allow for cleaning and diaper-changing stations – expensive equipment required of centers before they can accept infants and toddlers.
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These kinds of brick-and-mortar costs – along with regulated staff-child ratios, especially high for infants – contribute to daunting expenses carried by even the best prepared center owners like McCracken, with three decades of experience as an educator who pays her teachers more than most.
Still, even she can’t afford to offer them health insurance in an industry with barriers to affordable group insurance. (Her own family is covered through her husband’s job as a commercial airline pilot.)
“The lack of grants and small business loans is a huge obstacle and lack of affordable health care is another huge obstacle,” she said of the challenges hindering center owners from expanding or paying their staffs more.
“We don’t have deep pockets,” she said of her family business.
Failing system
Numerous reports have shown that the current predominant national business model for early child care – with its low wages for workers, high prices for families and heavy overhead for centers – fails everyone involved: owners, teachers, parents and children. And this is despite copious research demonstrating the critical role of a child’s first five years in cognitive and emotional development.
While federal block grants can help subsidize some child care for low-income families, the program recently only had enough funding for 11 % of qualifying children, according to a report in Time.
The magazine also cited numerous polls that demonstrate broad popular support among voters across party lines for greater access to affordable child care and preschool as well as the use of taxpayer money to help fund it.
Local foundations are also seeking a major overhaul of the early child care and learning model.
In the spring the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation announced the launching of an Early Learning Initiative in partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County – highlighting Baby Fox as the type of quality early learning and leadership they hope to help foster throughout the region.
The initiative, developed out of research commissioned by Barancik along with United Way Suncoast and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, will focus on leadership development for centers; recruitment and retention of teachers; behavioral health support in the classrooms; and public policy.
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In one month alone this spring, $475,000 had been distributed in teacher bonuses in the area.
McCracken said the bonuses helped one of her teachers put new tires on her car and another catch up with a phone bill. McCracken poured her share into her centers.
Already she has been approached about opening up a third site – this one in the fast-growing and underserved region of North Port and Venice.
While interested, she has a lot on her plate at the moment, McCracken said laughing.
“I’m like, ‘Can I please finish this center first?’”
This story comes from a partnership between the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Saundra Amrhein covers the Season of Sharing campaign, along with issues surrounding housing, utilities, child care and transportation in the area. She can be reached at samrhein@gannett.com. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/22/baby-fox-academy-opens-lakewood-ranch-fl-child-care-shortage-sarasota/10015922002/ | 2022-07-22T12:36:41 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/07/22/baby-fox-academy-opens-lakewood-ranch-fl-child-care-shortage-sarasota/10015922002/ |
North Port plans to keep tax rate steady as property tax revenues soar
NORTH PORT – Planning to build up a cushion against the potential for an economic downturn, the North Port City Commission set the stage for a budget based on the current property tax rate, which, because of soaring property values will bring in millions more in revenue next year.
The proposed budget for 2022-23 may include $2 million for the city to buy 10 acres so the Economic Development Department can create developable commercial land to entice businesses and a $150,000 discretionary fund for City Manager Jerome Fletcher to use on potential projects as he sees fit. It also calls for pay increases for employees.
Two public hearings on the final budget are set for 5:01 p.m., Sept. 8 and Sept. 22.
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The commission could opt to trim the budget and reduce the property tax rate at either public hearing.
Based on July figures from the Sarasota County Property Appraiser's office, the taxable value of property in North Port increased 26.2%, based on both new construction and increased values of existing businesses and homes. That would generate an additional $5.4 million in tax revenue for the general fund at the existing tax rate of 3.7667 mills, which is about $3.77 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
As a result, many property owners, especially those without homestead exemptions, would pay more in property taxes.
In total, the city is projected to collect about $26.5 million in property taxes next year.
The tax rate that would allow for the city to collect the same property tax revenue as this year given the increased values -- called the rolled back rate -- would be 3.1990 mills, or $3.19 per $1,000 of taxable value.
The overall proposed budget is about $214.4 million, which includes a $63.7 million general fund budget, as well as special district funds for roads and drainage, solid waste, and fire and rescue services.
The bulk of the revenue raised by the increased property values is being earmarked for the reserve fund, in part to guard against a possible decrease in property values, similar to what happened during the Great Recession.
Fletcher noted that the city has the ability to build up that fund, so “we’re putting money aside for the leaner years.”
The current adopted general fund budget is roughly $55.3 million, though to maintain the same level of services, for the 2022-23 fiscal year, it would have to spend $58.9 million because of increased costs, so only about 7% of the budget involves new proposals.
The largest portion of that $4.7 million general fund increase involves the police and fire rescue departments. About $1.2 million of that is slated to go to police and $792,960 to the fire rescue.
That increase also includes as much as $250,000 for “non departmental,” which is the city manager discretionary fund.
That amount was cut to $150,000 after discussion among the commissioners. Though the board didn’t vote, four of the five supported creation of that fund. Commissioner Debbie McDowell opposed it, noting that the city manager could already repurpose funds saved during the annual spending process for special projects.
This year, that exercise resulted in a salary survey that found that North Port has been underpaying its employees compared to other municipalities.
The commission opted to pump $1.7 million into the overall salary structure – which essentially came out to a 5% pay increase for most non-contract employees. Police and Fire Rescue aren’t part of that overall bump, because of their respective union contracts. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are eligible, because of the way that contract is written.
Vice Mayor Barbara Langdon acknowledged that she heard rumblings that many city employees were earning more than many residents.
“I think there is some truth to that but I think its because our workers are overly reliant on the hospitality industry and the retail industry, which we all know does not pay as well,” Langdon said.
Rather than penalize city staff and lost people to municipal governments, she said the city must attract businesses with higher-paying jobs.
“We need to calibrate our salary and our benefits to the municipalities that we compete with and not so much what our residents are making,” Langdon said. “That problem gets solved through our economic development initiatives.”
Accumulating land for development projects
One of those initiatives involves the city taking on the role of creating commercial properties by assembling land now zoned residential and cut into 80-foot by 120-foot lots originally laid out by General Development Corp.
The commission earmarked $2 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds to purchase land and another $250,000 to change the entitlements and establish about 10 acres of developable commercial land.
Economic Development Manager Mel Thomas noted that it may not be one 10-acre parcel but several smaller parcels that could accommodate businesses that have approached the city about relocation but can’t find a suitable site.
She added that the $2.3 million “investment” by the city could result in a return of as much as $15 million in return, just because land was developed.
Luke noted that the businesses would purchase the land, so that $2 million would come back to the city.
While some real estate enterprises specialize in aggregating parcels – for example Eastern Meridian Property Group is doing that for a 14.45-acre parcel in the northwest quadrant of the Interstate 75 /Jacaranda Boulevard interchange – it is easier for the city to shepherd that process through.
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The commissioners also agreed to absorb an 8.3% increase in employee health care premium costs.
McDowelll wanted to split the cost with employees but the other commissioners balked at the idea, since it would have resulted in a 20% increase in employee premiums.
Luke said that the city could absorb that increase this year, before adding that in future years that may not be the case, especially if the economy slowed.
Commissioner Alice White said that the 20% increase would reduce take-home pay, which would counteract the 5% pay increase.
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The 2022 Association of Volleyball Professionals Pro Tour will make its seventh of 16 stops this weekend in Atlantic City.
Over 200 athletes are scheduled to compete in the AVP Tour Series at the Albany Avenue beach Saturday and Sunday.
The tour began May 6 to 8 in Austin, Texas, and ends Nov. 19 to 20 in Clearwater, Florida.
The traveling event consists of three series — Gold, Pro and Tour. All are different levels, or tiers, but each features some former Olympians and professionals. The tour will have three Gold Series events, five Pro Series events and seven Tour Series events.
The resort will also have a Pro Series event Sept. 16 to 18.
Last summer, the Gold Series hit the sands of Atlantic City. The AVP also had an event in the resort in 2020.
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“To have large-scale and high-level beach volleyball on the East Coast is always a great feeling,” said AVP Program Director Carly Gant, who noted the organization became a member of the Bally’s Corporation in August 2021. “So, coming to A.C. is like coming home for a lot of us.”
This weekend’s event will feature women’s and men’s professional divisions. AVP Tour events are open to anyone, but the divisions are all pro, Gant said. Fourteen teams in each division will earn an automatic bid to the main draw Saturday and Sunday. A 48-team, single-elimination qualifier will be Friday with the top eight teams advancing to the main draw.
The remaining 24 teams (two players on each) will play a double-elimination format. Each match will be two sets to 21 points. If necessary, there will be a third set to 15 points.
The event has a prize purse of $50,000 ($25,000 for each division split between the top nine places).
“We love working with the Atlantic City Sports Commission (such as Director of Sports and Sales Dan Gallagher and the rest of the team),” Gant said. “They are always so supportive and make our stay here always fantastic.”
Among the many teams set to compete are Sean Casiao (Little Egg Harbor) and Owen O’Connell (Cherry Hill) and Jameel Epps (Absecon) and Rafael Ortiz (Pleasantville) and Boyu Ma (Birmingham) and Kevion Luo (Egg Harbor Township). The three teams are on the men’s side as qualifiers and need to be one of the eight teams to win their matches Friday to reach the main draw Saturday.
Unlike the Pro or Gold series, the Tour Series offers more games and more teams in the main draw, which means more competition. The tour makes stops all around the country, such as Texas, California, Chicago, Louisiana, Florida, Michigan, Virgina, Wisconsin and more.
“The competition is stacked for this event,” Gant said. “The crowds in New Jersey are always so much fun. We have a huge beach volleyball community here and we love seeing it when we come to town.”
AVP Junior Nationals took place Wednesday through Friday. Girls and boys teams from 12-and-under to 18-and-under participated. There were over 300 athletes for that event, Gant said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/avp-pro-tour-stops-in-atlantic-city-this-weekend/article_672023d8-090c-11ed-a141-b3571e2f6813.html | 2022-07-22T12:47:49 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/avp-pro-tour-stops-in-atlantic-city-this-weekend/article_672023d8-090c-11ed-a141-b3571e2f6813.html |
The lines at local food banks and pantries are getting longer lately, as inflation and rising costs of just about everything put a strain on people’s wallets.
That’s why organizations are ramping up efforts to help families in need.
In fact, Tarrant Area Food Bank said since April, the lines have been getting worse than they were at the height of the pandemic.
"When I talked to folks in the cars, they are working but their paycheck is not going as far because the basic necessities like food are more expensive,” said Julie Butner, CEO of Tarrant Area Food Bank.
Their data shows the cost of food has risen by 9%. That – combined with higher gas prices, rent and increase in just about everything else – is putting a big strain on family budgets.
TAFB said it is also seeing more retirees in the lines as well because they're on a fixed income as prices rise.
Food banks are trying to keep up with demand. So far this year, TAFB has spent $1.5 million more a month on food than what they had budgeted.
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"It's kind of the perfect storm because all of the grants and federal support that we received during the pandemic has discontinued. And because of supply chain issues, our food industry donations are down by about 24%,” said Butner. "So it's coming at us from multiple angles and we're really having to dip into our reserves to cover the cost of food purchases that we're making to help our neighbors who need to eat."
North Texas Food Bank is also working with partner agencies to distribute food to more people this summer. On Friday, three mobile pantry distributions will be taking place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. All food will be distributed on a first-come, first serve basis.
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Meantime, Tarrant Area Food Bank is also holding a mobile food distribution on Friday morning in Haltom City.
Both TAFB and NTFB are in need of volunteers and monetary donations.
Click here for more information on donating to or volunteering with Tarrant Area Food Bank. Click here for information on getting involved with North Texas Food Bank.
Economic forecasts are showing this need for food to possibly continue for another two years. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/food-banks-are-seeing-longer-lines-because-of-inflation/3021344/ | 2022-07-22T12:52:12 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/food-banks-are-seeing-longer-lines-because-of-inflation/3021344/ |
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It’s Hammock Day, and if we had a hammock, we’d lie in it all day long. Instead, we can at least take this opportunity to be lazy, right? Because we really want to finish that novel we’re reading before it’s due back at the library!
Start your morning outside with the Kenosha Library System on the lawn of Fire Station No. 6, 2615 14th Place (across 27th Avenue from the Northside Library parking lot). An outdoor Preschool Storytime starts at 10:30 a.m. The half-hour program, with rhymes and songs, takes place in the park on the north side of the library parking lot. Admission is free. The program is aimed at 3- to 5-year-old children; bring a blanket or towel to sit on. Note: Do NOT park at the fire station. Park at the library, across the street.
The Kenosha Public Library also hosts another outdoor program: Messy Art is 11 a.m. to noon outside the Uptown Library, 2419 63rd St. Participants will be using messy media like puffy paint, squirt guns and spinning art tops to make abstract art masterpieces. Be sure to wear clothes that you don’t mind getting messy! Admission is free.
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Play ball! The Kenosha Kingfish return to Simmons Field tonight, for a 6:35 p.m. game against the Wausau Woodchucks. It’s also Irish Heritage Night (check out a ticket/food package on the team’s Facebook page). For tickets and more information, go to Kingfishbaseball.com, call 262-653-0900, or go to the ticket office at Simmons Field, 7817 Sheridan Road.
The “Movie Night in the Park” series continues tonight in Petrifying Springs Park next to the Biergarten, on the south end of the park, 5555 Seventh St. Tonight’s film is “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” Admission is free. The movie starts at dusk, and bug spray is always recommended! | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-friday-july-22/article_090f5b3a-086f-11ed-b752-6f2c3691a537.html | 2022-07-22T13:35:54 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-friday-july-22/article_090f5b3a-086f-11ed-b752-6f2c3691a537.html |
Man vs. fish usually doesn’t end well for the fish.
That holds especially true when the fish in question is our own King Elvis and the man is Packers running back AJ Dillon, whose quads are so big, they each have their own nickname.
Luckily, both parties are just fine after their brief, jolting encounter.
Even luckier for our local team is that the video of Dillon tackling King Elvis has gone viral, with 7 million views and counting.
“We knew it would go viral when it happened,” said Kingfish General Manager Ryne Goralski, “but we didn’t know it would go global.”
That moment, which occurred during Saturday’s Celebrity Softball Game at Simmons Field as part of the between-innings hijinks, “even aired on German television,” said team co-owner Bill Fanning.
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The clip shows Dillon rushing at King Elvis during an “Oklahoma drill” (in which two players try to tackle each other) and ends with the startling sight of the fuzzy mascot’s head popping off.
“It was a last-minute idea to have Dillon do this with Elvis,” Fanning said.
The Packers star immediately agreed “and he said ‘I’ll make you famous,’” Goralski added.
Famous, indeed.
The Kingfish employee inside the Elvis costume — sorry to break the mascot code here, but once you lose your head, the jig is up — was Kenosha’s own Trey Meier, an Indian Trail graduate and cross-country runner.
His first thought was to quickly pop the Elvis costume head back on.
He even kept up the mascot code of silence by not screaming “and then he came inside here and caught his breath,” Fanning said of Meier, who has been interviewed on TV and radio shows.
“He’s handled all this attention really well,” Goralski said of Meier, who is now a student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and is in his second season with the Kingfish.
“He wants to be in the sports world, and this is it,” Fanning joked about the mascot moment.
Meier is interested in sports marketing, Goralski added with a laugh, “and this just boosts his resume.”
For now, the Kingfish marketing team has been having fun with the whole episode, which has boosted King Elvis’ Twitter profile.
This weekend, the team is even offering a “28 special” in honor of Dillon, No. 28. The $28 ticket package includes two tickets, two beers or sodas, two hot dogs and two cheese curd baskets. It’s good for home games through Sunday, July 24. (For more about the deal and other specials, go to the team’s Facebook page.)
Ending strong
The Kingfish have just 11 home games left in the 2022 season.
“We’re heading toward third base,” said Fanning, who purchased the team with Mike Zoellner in April.
Fanning came to the Kingfish with decades of experience in baseball, but he’s never had something go this big, this fast.
“Years ago, we would get TV exposure but nothing like this — of course, there was no internet then,” he said.
The Celebrity Softball Game itself “drew a good crowd, with people having fun,” Fanning said. “We can build on it and get better. We’re always looking at ways to improve.”
With his newfound global celebrity status, Elvis will preside over the team’s “Mascot Mania Night” coming up Sunday (July 24), with local mascots invited to join the King.
The team is also looking to finish the season with more fun promotions, including three bobblehead games (July23 and 31 and Aug. 6), the final “Bark in the Park” game (Aug. 10), Italian Heritage Night (Aug. 5) and the Halloween-themed “Summerween” game (Aug. 9).
But what they’re most excited about is having two games — Aug. 9 and 10 — broadcast on ESPN+.
“We’ve been begging this entire season to get on TV,” Fanning said, after the Northwoods League signed a deal with ESPN+ to show games. “We did some work to upgrade the lighting system here and are working to really fill the stands for those games.”
No buyer’s remorse
Overall, Fanning said, his inaugural season with the Kingfish “has gone really well. We’ve had great crowds, and people are having fun here. I’ve been here all season, watching to see where we can improve and, when we see problems, we’ll fix them.”
“We’re hoping to really go over the top, attendance-wise, for these last games this season. It will really be a blast.” | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-kingfish-mascot-goes-global-after-head-popping-tackle/article_9f71eba4-0907-11ed-b48d-0391faf12799.html | 2022-07-22T13:36:01 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-kingfish-mascot-goes-global-after-head-popping-tackle/article_9f71eba4-0907-11ed-b48d-0391faf12799.html |
Bartow to score two new soccer fields despite opposition to plans over number of trees affected
At a recent Bartow commission meeting, soccer parents cried foul over some residents' complaints that plans for new sports fields would take out too many trees.
A contractor has been selected for two new soccer fields and the project at Mosaic Park is set to start in a couple weeks. The work, however, would mean land clearing that some residents wanted the commission to stop.
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James Clements, a former city commissioner, said while the “horse might be out of the barn” in terms of plans to move forward with the project, he asked that the funding be held back for the project.
“I believe it is a mistake to cut down as many trees as the proposed project will do,” he said, adding other viable sites were examined more than a year ago with less trees.
“I think you are going to create a lot of irate citizens when they see the chainsaws running out there,” said Clements.
Soccer parent Richard Saunders diagrees.
"I'm for the kids and the families that are in this town," Saunders said. "I think soccer fields, lacrosse fields, football fields, all the different uses that they'll be used for there is gonna serve a lot more people in this town than a couple of trees.”
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Saunders said the current three soccer fields at Mary Holland Park are too often flooded to play a full season of soccer.
“Around the beginning of soccer season, it goes underwater,” he said. “So we have three fields and two of them go underwater and then the city can't mow it and then they're unusable for pretty much the entire season.”
Originally, the Mary Holland Park fields were developed on mined land and plans were to improve drainage there. But that was going to be more expensive by about $1 million than it is to build two new fields at Mosaic Park, donated to the city by the former phosphate mining company, International Minerals and Corp.
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The project bids were due in April and on May 25 the city issued a notice of intent to select Semco Construction Inc of Bartow for their bid of $1.61 million to develop two fields and a grassed parking area, city records show.
City officials anticipated a signed agreement by Tuesday from Semco to proceed with the construction contract. Another bidder had protested the awarding of the bid to Semco but that process had been resolved by Monday’s commission meeting.
Bartow Soccer Club officials said it would mitigate the loss of trees for the fields and only the trees where the fields would be developed would be cut down, a phase of the project the city will handle internally.
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In November, Leisure Services director Catherince Vorassi said via a Facebook Watch posting that the plans are for designated parking on the northeast corner of Mosiac Park and an existing sidewalk is going to be shifted to the east to connect the parking area to the amphitheater.
The two soccer fields will be installed to the south in a position as appropriately close to the existing baseball fields as possible, she said. One soccer field will be on the east side and one will be on the west side of the park. The project also includes fencing and backdrop netting behind the soccer goals.
“Every effort has been made at this project to impact the least amount of trees as possible and I think you'll see the site plan does show minimal impact to trees” Vorassi said. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/new-soccer-fields-in-bartow-florida-face-opposition-over-tree-removal/10097089002/ | 2022-07-22T13:36:22 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/new-soccer-fields-in-bartow-florida-face-opposition-over-tree-removal/10097089002/ |
Pulitzer winner returns for FSC lecture series
The lineup for the Florida Lecture Series at Florida Southern College includes a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and speakers covering such subjects as Florida’s banking crash in the 1920s and the Beatles’ 1964 excursion into the state.
The college announced the six speakers who will appear in the 2022-2023 series, produced by the Lawton Chiles Center for Florida History.
The series opens Sept. 15 with a return visit by Jack E. Davis, a professor of history at the University of Florida. Davis will speak about his recently published book, “The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird.” He will explore the history and significance of the raptor, sharing stories of the founding fathers, rapacious hunters and rescuers of the bird that serves as America's national symbol.
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Davis won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2018 book, “The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea.” He is also the author of “An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century.” Davis’ work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes and Atlantic Magazine.
Raymond Vickers will deliver a lecture Oct. 5 titled “Panic in Paradise: The Florida Banking Crash of 1926.”
Vickers, an attorney and a professor at Florida State University, will discuss the banking collapse, a pivotal national catastrophe connected to the Florida land boom of the 1920s that contributed to the New York Stock Market Crash of 1929, according to a news release from FSC.
The lecture will draw from Vickers’ 1994 book, “Panic in Paradise,” the product of long-term research and successful lawsuits designed to force the disclosure of sealed records. Vickers is also the author of “Panic in the Loop: Chicago’s Banking Crisis of 1932.”
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David L. Powell, a Tallahassee writer, will appear Nov. 17 for a lecture titled “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles.”
Powell, a former Associated Press reporter, has practiced law for 30 years. In his work and through civic organizations, he met many Cuban Americans and was moved by the stories of their lives, according to the news release.
Powell began recording interviews with Cuban Americans in 2016, first in Florida and then elsewhere. His book, published this year, explores the history of the 600,000 Cubans who came to this country in the 15 years after Fidel Castro assumed power in 1959.
Claire Strom, a professor at Rollins College in Winter Park, will deliver a lecture titled “Violence in the Rural South: Murder, Ticks and Cows,” on Jan. 26.
A specialist in agricultural history, the American South, the Progressive Era and public health, Strom is the Rapetti-Trunzo Chair of History at Rollins College. Her lecture will cover the period when mandatory tick eradication treatment of cattle provoked resistance and sometimes violence in remote rural sections of the South.
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Many cattle farmers perceived a double threat in the mandates — additional costs and the imposition of government expertise that conflicted with their notions of liberty. Strom examines this vexing history while uncovering the human drama in the story.
Strom is the winner of the Gladys L. Baker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Agricultural History Society. She is the author of many books and essays, including “Making Catfish Bait out of Government Boys: The Fight Against Cattle Ticks and the Transformation of the Yeoman South.”
Rick Norcross, a musician and journalist based in Vermont, will provide a lecture on Feb. 16 titled “From Florida Southern College to London to Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Elton John and Mick Jagger: An Evening of Songs, Stories and Up Close Rock & Roll Photographs.”
Norcross arrived at Florida Southern as a student nearly 60 years ago. He soon won the “Hootenanny Contest” at the Polk Theater, and within a year he opened The Other Room, a Greenwich Village-style coffeehouse just off the Florida Southern campus.
After playing the folk clubs of England in 1965, Norcross returned to Florida to study journalism at the University of South Florida and covered the music scene for The Tampa Times from 1969 to 1974. Norcross interviewed and photographed such stars as Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, the Byrds, Leon Russell, Merle Haggard, Elton John, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.
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Norcross now works out of Burlington, Vermont, where he fronts his award-winning, seven-piece Western swing band, Rick & The All-Star Ramblers.
Music again will be the motif as the series concludes March 16 with a return appearance by Bob Kealing, an Orlando-based author.
Kealing will discuss material from his forthcoming book, “Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida.” The author uncovered a little-known nexus between the Beatles, Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activism in Northeast Florida, according to the release.
Kealing’s book draws upon dozens of new interviews and access to rare, primary-source documents and letters from the Beatles and their entourage. The Beatles spent nearly two weeks in Florida during their landmark tour of 1964, which included a concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville.
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Kealing is the author of five books on Florida culture and history, including “Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock.” He is a former TV news reporter for an Orlando station.
All lectures are free and open to the public. The events will be held in Branscomb Auditorium and begin at 7 p.m. except for the Strom lecture, which will take place in the Hollis Room. For more information, call 863-680-3001
Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518. Follow on Twitter @garywhite13. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/pulitzer-winning-author-returns-florida-southern-lecture-series/10115311002/ | 2022-07-22T13:36:28 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/pulitzer-winning-author-returns-florida-southern-lecture-series/10115311002/ |
Tom Shaw, Lakeland commissioner for 20 years and tireless city promoter, dies at 97
LAKELAND — Tom Shaw, a Lakeland commissioner of 20 years and its cultural ambassador, died at his home at age 97 on Monday, a family member said.
Shaw was born in Columbus, Ohio. His family moved into a home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Lakeland briefly in 1925, but their stay lasted just over a year and a half. He wouldn't become a city resident again until 1974, but it became his "adopted home."
His daughter, Kate Shaw, said Lakeland always held a special place in her father's heart.
"He loved it, he loved absolutely everything about the city," she said. "He was always, always promoting Lakeland."
Shaw graduated from Ohio State University in 1949 and was a lifelong Buckeyes fan. His education was interrupted for two years as he entered service with the U.S. Army Air Corps training as a pilot during World War II.
He taught school for a year before going to work selling insurance for Prudential, later managing insurance offices. His career took his family to Jacksonville in 1958; Cincinnati in 1963; Lexington, Kentucky, in 1969; and Lakeland in 1974. The family moved into a house on Edgewater Beach Drive overlooking Lake Parker.
In 1980, the Shaws and their daugther, Martha, launched the family's business, The Flower Cart, on Lakeland Hills Boulevard. Martha left the business in 1983 and Shaw took it over, retiring from his 32-year career working for Prudential in the insurance industry.
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Shaw ran for City Commission in 1982 beating incumbent Curtis Walker with 58% of the vote. It began his tenure representing the northwest section of the city. Shortly afterward, he served as mayor in 1985.
"What a great guy he was, what a great city commissioner," said Gene Strickland, who served as city manager alongside him. "Shaw was very fair minded, a very independent thinker."
While on the City Commission, Shaw faced many difficult issues, including the decision of whether to renovate or tear down the Regency — the former New Florida Hotel building purchased by the city then sold to a developer. He initially took a stance against renovating the 1920s era hotel overlooking Lake Mirror. But when came it to the final vote, Shaw decided to vote in favor and made it unanimous.
Shaw was a "father of Lakeland's Sister Cities" program and one of its greatest supporters, according to its current president, Tom Palmer.
"[Shaw] was definitely instrumental in setting the program up with sister cities, wonderful in promoting it and travel," he said. "He was a fantastic gentleman."
When the program began in 1990, Palmer said the internet and emails weren't so commonly used or widespread. Shaw built the relationships with Lakeland's sister cities through the mail, first with Richmond Hill, Canada; followed by Imbari, Japan in 1995; Balti, Moldova in 1997; Chongming, China in 2007; and Portmore, Jamaica in 2009.
Palmer said Shaw stayed active in the program through 2015 when he took a trip with his granddaughter.
Shaw purchased a roughly 100-year-old home on East Orange Street in downtown Lakeland. He gutted and rebuilt it as Shaw House Bed & Breakfast, which operated for nearly 20 years.
Strickland said he remembered going to visit Shaw, sitting out on the house's front porch discussing issues of the day. The bed and breakfast was sold off in 2018 but retains the Shaw's family name to this day.
Late into his 80s, Shaw could be found playing tennis on Lakeland's courts. Strickland recalled "he was an excellent player." He was also an artist, a gardener and a brick mason.
A funeral mass for Shaw will be held July 27 at 10:30 a.m. in the St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, 210 W. Lemon St. Donations may be made in his memory to The St. Joseph’s Foundation, 118 W. Lemon Street, Lakeland, or Lakeland Sister Cities International, c/o City Hall, 228 S. Massachusetts.
Sara-Megan Walsh can be reached at swalsh@theledger.com or 863-802-7545. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/tom-shaw-lakeland-commissioner-sister-cities-program-dies/10119851002/ | 2022-07-22T13:36:34 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/07/22/tom-shaw-lakeland-commissioner-sister-cities-program-dies/10119851002/ |
MISSOURI CITY, Texas — An AMBER Alert has been issued for an 11-year-old girl who police say was abducted early Friday morning, according to the Missouri City Police Department.
Police said Imani Stephens was last seen at about 1:45 a.m. Friday in the 3700 block of Dry Creek Drive in Missouri City. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 111 pounds. She was last seen wearing glasses, a black and gray shirt with black striped red letters, multicolored sweatpants and Crocs.
She has scars on both of her wrists.
Police are looking for Daniel Diaz, 28, in connection with her alleged abduction. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
The suspect is driving a gray new model pickup truck with unknown license plate number. The suspect was last heard from in Missouri City.
Law enforcement officials said they believe this child to be in grave or immediate danger.
If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Missouri City Police Department at 281-403-8700.
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The Texas Center for the Missing is an organization with Houston roots that works to educate loved ones and authorities on finding the lost.
From resources that deal with missing children to endangered adults, the non-profit organization has compiled a wealth of resources to help.
There is no 24-hour waiting period required to report a person missing, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-for-girl-abducted-in-missouri-city-texas/285-517aa1ad-2fdd-418d-9d7f-0c597f609b94 | 2022-07-22T13:44:00 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-for-girl-abducted-in-missouri-city-texas/285-517aa1ad-2fdd-418d-9d7f-0c597f609b94 |
TOMBALL, Texas — Sitting on some 60 acres in Tomball, Ranch Manager William "Bill" Roenfanz has been bailing hay and steering cattle at Cedar Brook Farms for nearly 40 years.
“Since about 84," Bill said.
But just last weekend, he said an ordinary situation turned life-threatening in an instant.
“Saturday, at about nine o'clock, we started working this pen of calves over here. They're 11 calves in here.”
He says he was performing minor surgery on a calf like he’d done numerous times using a razor-sharp scalpel, except this time, it didn't go as planned.
“While I was working from the back here, the calf moved his leg and hit my arm and my arm come over and slit right across here," Bill said.
A gash on his wrist.
“About that long, just like I was trying to cut my thumb off," Bill said.
He thought some paper towels might help but quickly realized paper towels couldn't stop the bleeding.
“It didn't take 30 or 40 seconds and I realized my towels are already soaked through and as I went to get another set of towels, took my hand off and then it sprayed like that,” Bill said.
But luckily for Bill, he had a helping hand, specifically his new ranch hand, high school junior Shane Stevens, who realized Bill was in trouble.
“If you're squirting blood six inches, you have cut the major artery," Shane said.
So Shane – who trains with Special Forces – grabbed a first aid kit from his truck and quickly applied a tourniquet.
“Don't panic – panic creates chaos," Shane said.
After Shane drove him to a nearby Memorial Hermann satellite, Bill was transported by ambulance to the hospital’s Woodlands location where he says a hand surgeon stitched his artery back together.
But without Shane’s quick thinking, Bill says it could have been a much different story.
“The doctor said you know it only takes three to five minutes and you're bleeding out," Bill said.
It was Shane’s first time using the tourniquet that he had had in his truck in case of emergencies.
“You’ve got to be prepared," Shane said.
And now, for Bill, luckily it won't be his last steer. It's a heroic act that he says shows the future is in good hands.
“This kid here saved my life," Bill said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tomball-ranch-hand-saves-manager/285-e20df98e-431d-49ea-9010-ba2e003d2ee7 | 2022-07-22T13:44:07 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tomball-ranch-hand-saves-manager/285-e20df98e-431d-49ea-9010-ba2e003d2ee7 |
If passed, the $23.6 million bond would go toward upgrades on HVAC systems, a gym expansion at the junior/senior high school, classroom additions at the elementary school and secured entries at both buildings. There are also plans to make all restrooms handicap accessible.
“After many months of planning and the engagement of our community, we are pleased that the board has decided to move forward with a sound solution to our district’s facility needs,” said Erik Smith, superintendent. “The tremendous work of our task force and the input provided by residents through our survey have allowed us to move forward in a thoughtful and comprehensive way.”
An approved bond would have a property tax impact of $199.58 annually ($16.63 per month) on a home assessed at $100,000. For agricultural land, the impact would be anywhere from $5.36 to $6.62 per acre annually, depending on the location in Tama, Black Hawk, Grundy, or Marshall County. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/gladbrook-reinbeck-receives-petition-for-ballot-measure/article_1b7f207b-b98e-5631-8a12-5d6ebe7613a1.html | 2022-07-22T13:46:56 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/gladbrook-reinbeck-receives-petition-for-ballot-measure/article_1b7f207b-b98e-5631-8a12-5d6ebe7613a1.html |
WATERLOO — Waterloo’s solid waste system is almost finished adding a game-changing technology update and is asking residents to follow new rules.
Waterloo Public Works is almost done installing radio frequency identification tags on all its trash carts. The tags help solid waste technicians identify which cans they’ve picked up along their route. However, some residents are tampering with the tags, which causes problems with pickups.
The tags are blue and about four inches long. If a trash can was made after 2017, the bin will have the tracker inside. If it was made before 2017, the tag is on the outside.
Randy Bennett, the city’s public works director, says a small percentage of residents move their carts, damage tags or cover them, use the wrong cart, or use the wrong size cart.
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After Aug. 17, first-time offenders will receive a fine of $250. Any subsequent offenses will incur a $500 fine. Bennett said if someone returns an unregistered cart before Aug. 17, there will be no fine. The carts can be returned to Waterloo Public Works, 625 Glenwood St.
There is also a $20 “go back fee” charged to residents who request drivers to return to dump a cart that was not out on time, overloaded, or blocked.
“This doesn’t affect most residents,” Bennett said. “It’s for the people who know what they’re doing is wrong.”
The reasons people tamper with the tags is to hide the fact they are using the wrong type of can, Bennett said. This includes using a larger can than the customer is paying for or using more than one cart without paying for it.
The tags aren’t just for keeping residents, landlords or management companies accountable, sanitation director Scott Brunson said. The program also keeps workers in line.
When the drivers pick up a can, they check it off on a screen inside the truck. That information goes back to the public works office, where people like Bennett and Brunson can keep track of the driver’s route.
The program the office uses shows where all the drivers are on a map. They can then click on an individual driver and see what address they’re at, as well as times and dates of previous pickups. It also shows how many stops the driver has left and their efficiency rate.
Along with the RFID program, the public works department installed four cameras on each truck. The driver can take a snapshot that shows an issue, such as a bin not being curbside or one that is overflowing. The photo is sent back to public works.
If someone calls about an issue, the public works office can verify why their trash was not picked up with photographic evidence.
Despite the addition of the technology on the trucks, Bennett said, those improvements have not increased property owners’ taxes. The implementation brought in $10,000 in revenue by requiring people to pay for the correct cart. Bennett said the added revenue will delay fee increases.
Currently, a 32-gallon can costs $10 per month, a 65-gallon container is $11.75 per month and a 96-gallon bin is $17.75 per month.
Residents who are unsure of the size of their cart are asked to contact the public works office at (319) 291-4455 to confirm it is correctly registered. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-waterloo-utilizes-new-technology-for-trash-pick-up/article_1ad65a77-2a85-598e-a7d0-0896d75b6460.html | 2022-07-22T13:47:02 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-waterloo-utilizes-new-technology-for-trash-pick-up/article_1ad65a77-2a85-598e-a7d0-0896d75b6460.html |
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The scoreboard at Union Bank Stadium — the official name for the new field at Lincoln Northwest — will be ready to go this fall thanks to a Husker football legend.
It's former Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch's company, Crouch Recreation, that's erecting the roughly 25-by-30-foot combined scoreboard and videoboard, according to a building permit filed July 8.
Lincoln Public Schools has worked with Crouch's company in the past — mainly in supplying playground equipment, said Director of Operations Scott Wieskamp. Crouch Recreation was also responsible for new bleachers at Lincoln Southeast's track.
Crouch's company secured the roughly $500,000 bid for the project last year. Cheever Construction, the general contractor for the football stadium, was expected to pour footings for the scoreboard this week.
The scoreboard will be very similar to the one at Seacrest Field, Wieskamp said, featuring a roughly 16-foot-tall videoboard and the Union Bank name.
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In addition to Union Bank Stadium, which will initially be able to seat about 2,800 to 3,000 people, Northwest's athletic complex — shared between city schools — will also have a baseball field along with tennis courts, softball and soccer fields for teams to practice.
Work to place the stadium's artificial turf and pour the track's asphalt is also expected to begin soon, Wieskamp said.
The days are numbered to complete it. The Falcons host their first football game against Ralston on Aug. 26.
A commendable grading change?
A+ for consistency.
LPS is doing away with the commendable-satisfactory-needs improvement grading scale still used in some LPS middle school classes.
Academic Connection courses in LPS middle schools — classes like music, PE and art — will this fall move to the A-F scale that all other classes use.
The grading change ensures more consistency for parents and students, Director of Curriculum Takako Olson said during a student learning committee meeting earlier this year. The consistent grading scale also dispels any perceived value difference between courses, Olson said.
The board does not have to approve the change since it's a regulation, as opposed to a policy, so it will go into effect this school year, officials said. The district consulted with teachers, who were overwhelmingly in favor of the move.
Math- and reading-intervention courses would still use the CSN scale in middle schools, which is also the case at the high school level. Elementary schools use a 1-4 value system for grading.
Kudos to speech kids
Talk about well spoken.
Three Lincoln students were crowned champions at the 2022 National Speech and Debate Association Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, last month.
Lincoln Southwest senior Amani Al-Hamedi placed first in expository speaking; Lincoln East junior Rachel Laws was first in prose reading; and East junior Celeste Cruz Rivera was the champion in the online poetry contest.
Senior Loc Nguyen, who overcame a battle with cancer to win a state debate title in public forum, was named a national student of the year finalist.
East was named a school of excellence in speech — given to the top 20 schools — and Southwest was a school of honor in debate (top 40 schools). East's Jess Nguyen was also honored as the NSDA assistant debate coach of the year.
You can find the full results at lps.org/post/detail.cfm?id=14742.
Reminder about school meals
LPS is encouraging families to fill out an application for the federal free- and reduced-lunch program as soon as possible with universal free meals set to sunset this summer.
Families can apply for the program at www.myschoolapps.com/Home/PickDistrict. Applications can also be filled out at your student's school office.
Some low-income families — like those on SNAP benefits — are automatically certified for the program and do not need to fill out an application.
During the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's school nutrition program made breakfasts and lunches free for all students, but Congress failed to extend the waivers for the next school year.
That means school districts across the country will once again have to rely on the three-tiered federal lunch program in which families pay full price, a reduced cost or nothing at all.
Families must reapply each year and households must submit a new application within the first 30 days of school to avoid losing benefits.
At LPS, full-price meals will increase by a nickel to $2.45 at the elementary school level, $2.70 for middle school students and $2.80 in high school. The cost of reduced-priced lunch will stay at 40 cents and breakfast prices will not change. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/from-the-classroom-husker-football-legends-company-erecting-lincoln-northwest-videoboard/article_4f234941-9b5c-55bc-9edf-c7231534bd69.html | 2022-07-22T13:51:17 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/from-the-classroom-husker-football-legends-company-erecting-lincoln-northwest-videoboard/article_4f234941-9b5c-55bc-9edf-c7231534bd69.html |
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MERRILLVILLE — Four adults and two juveniles were arrested following a brawl in Deep River Waterpark Wednesday.
Skarlet Cooper, 38, Jermani Keys, 20, Torrey Allen Jr., 20, and Christopher Walden, 52, all face multiple charges, police said.
Keys was charged with two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, battery on a juvenile, two counts of resisting law enforcement, two counts of disorderly conduct, battery and provocation.
Allen was charged with an attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, intimidation on a law enforcement officer, battery on a juvenile, two counts of resisting law enforcement, criminal mischief, two counts of disorderly conduct, battery and provocation.
Cooper was charged with two counts of battery on law enforcement, two counts of intimidation on law enforcement, two counts of neglect of dependent, two counts of resisting law enforcement, obstruction of justice, two counts of disorderly conduct, trespassing, public intoxication and provocation.
Walden was charged with five active warrants, battery on law enforcement, resisting law enforcement, two counts of disorderly conduct, trespassing, criminal mischief and provocation.
Officers attempted to arrest two individuals for engaging with a lifeguard, leading to the individuals fleeing, police said. When officers tried to stop them, they were surrounded by a large crowd and a ruckus ensued.
"A mob-like situation developed with civilians assaulting our officers physically and with bodily fluid, forcing officers to call for backup. This resulted in multiple arrests," Sheriff Oscar Martinez said in a news release.
Martinez said videos on social media do not depict the entire situation.
Merrillville Police Department and Hobart Police Department assisted with the incident, helping disperse the crowd.
The sheriff's department is reviewing all aspects of the incident.
"This incident placed the public at risk of serious injury and showed a lack of respect for our officers, who were doing their jobs. The Lake County Sheriff’s Department will not hesitate to take appropriate law enforcement action against anyone who puts the lives of citizens or police officers at risk," Martinez said. "As part of our policy we are reviewing all aspects of the incident."
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Kyra Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206110
Arrest Date: July 15, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Thien
Age : 38
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206094
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEH AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Rodriguez
Age : 36
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206098
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Silaj
Age : 34
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206096
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Moore III
Age : 47
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206095
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Arionn Parent
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206108
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Philbin
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206105
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Germon Jones
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206101
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole McGregor
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206078
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Courtney Johnson
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206112
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeff Henderson Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206090
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Dukes
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206083
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Edwards Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206082
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Clayton
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206079
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ballard
Age : 58
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206092
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dawn Burton
Age : 56
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206091
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tre'Vion Carlisle
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206086
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Asfall
Age : 33
Residence: Sacramento, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206106
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguero Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206081
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Suckey
Age : 36
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206045
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Simona Trajceski
Age : 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206050
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrew Stover
Age : 35
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206068
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Storey Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206047
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jason Sivak
Age : 43
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206067
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Annette Roberts
Age : 48
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206060
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph McLeroy
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206066
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kewon Price
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206073
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jonathan Huemmer
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206041
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206054
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tamika Graves
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206058
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Gross
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206059
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jamey Goin
Age : 44
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206051
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Collins
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206071
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brigida Fortoso Gomez Rodriguez
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206056
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - STRANGULATION - AGAINST A PREGNANT WOMAN
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Missy Buhrmester
Age : 30
Residence: Linden, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206049
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Geno Carta
Age : 29
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206075
Arrest Date: July 14, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glorivette Bonilla
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206063
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Seramur
Age : 31
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206013
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vashon Sherman
Age : 33
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206020
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Wagner
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206039
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Whitlow
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206015
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Santiago Reyes
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206018
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Schulten
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206029
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Plucinski
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206021
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Popa
Age : 40
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206009
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alan Hughes
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206010
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Johnson
Age : 41
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206011
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melissa Johnston
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206031
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stafford Henderson
Age : 64
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206016
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vincent Banks
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206019
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bowersox
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206023
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Flores
Age : 32
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206035
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stewart Foley IV
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206037
Arrest Date: July 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Kryda
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205991
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Hanaway
Age : 30
Residence: Medaryville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205988
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Derek Johnson
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205999
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Favian Juarez
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206005
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Haddock
Age : 42
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206000
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Dobos
Age : 29
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205998
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mary Granter
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205986
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Barber
Age : 42
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206003
Arrest Date: July 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Warren
Age : 62
Residence: Beecher, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205965
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jereyl Willis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205977
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zeondre Shenault
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205978
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Stovall Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205973
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tasha Barnes
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205982
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Eugene Golston
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205980
Arrest Date: July 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charlene Sandoval
Age : 60
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205974
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamarr Thompson
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205959
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dyron Wash
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205963
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Zurawski
Age : 35
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205956
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Lucio
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205955
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angelee Luick
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205947
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Gilbert Ortiz
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205951
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Perez Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205946
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carmella Lawrence
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205948
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Gilliam
Age : 47
Residence: Grant Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205957
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Guerra
Age : 47
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205954
Arrest Date: July 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rondell Johnson
Age : 23
Residence: Rockford, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205950
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Bennett
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205943
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Bermingham
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205952
Arrest Date: July 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Veronica Quijano
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205913
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alantae Thornton
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205908
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205927
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert McKenzie Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205920
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharita Parks
Age : 38
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205911
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205918
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Lambert
Age : 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205898
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paris Larkin Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Park Forest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205915
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kemetka Leftridge
Age : 44
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205894
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deauntre Lester
Age : 34
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205919
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Kaufman
Age : 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205897
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordarryl Jones
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205914
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Olivia Justice
Age : 18
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205904
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Pamela Jenkins Reynolds
Age : 51
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205901
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Irvin
Age : 44
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205909
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nedal Hamed
Age : 40
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205895
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY; ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Quinton Hicks
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205910
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortney Dixon
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205923
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Agee
Age : 26
Residence: Ford Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205912
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Paul Brown Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205902
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Buczek
Age : 32
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205903
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Walls
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205861
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rickey Washington
Age : 31
Residence: Danville, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205862
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Sanchez
Age : 24
Residence: Cicero, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205878
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Monique Smoot
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205874
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Davion Torry
Age : 21
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205854
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Kirkland
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205853
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amber Mackey
Age : 23
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205855
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel McGraw
Age : 36
Residence: Rensselaer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205875
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205871
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205869
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Nyia Hunter
Age : 22
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205881
Arrest Date: July 8, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacy Gorgas
Age : 44
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205856
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrei Guta
Age : 19
Residence: Baltimore, MD
Booking Number(s): 2205872
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Garcia
Age : 25
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205852
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dustin Freely
Age : 54
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205868
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Matthew Creekbaum
Age : 39
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205873
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Saya Dhiman
Age : 22
Residence: Palatine, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205891
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andrea Brown
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205867
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Clark
Age : 44
Residence: Grffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205860
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Bonner
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205850
Arrest Date: July 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION REFERENCE SAME PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Spinning rides, funnel cakes, carnival games and more will be packed at the fairgrounds in Hillsboro.
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MISSOURI CITY, Texas — An AMBER Alert has been issued for an 11-year-old girl who police say was abducted early Friday morning, according to the Missouri City Police Department.
Police said Imani Stephens was last seen at about 1:45 a.m. Friday in the 3700 block of Dry Creek Drive in Missouri City. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 111 pounds. She was last seen wearing glasses, a black and gray shirt with black striped red letters, multicolored sweatpants and Crocs.
She has scars on both of her wrists.
Police are looking for Daniel Diaz, 28, in connection with her alleged abduction. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
The suspect is driving a gray new model pickup truck with unknown license plate number. The suspect was last heard from in Missouri City.
Law enforcement officials said they believe this child to be in grave or immediate danger.
If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Missouri City Police Department at 281-403-8700.
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What to do when someone goes missing
Thousands of people go missing every year across the United States, and there are organizations and law enforcement agencies that work to bring them home to loved ones.
The Texas Center for the Missing is an organization with Houston roots that works to educate loved ones and authorities on finding the lost.
From resources that deal with missing children to endangered adults, the non-profit organization has compiled a wealth of resources to help.
There is no 24-hour waiting period required to report a person missing, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-for-girl-abducted-in-missouri-city-texas/285-517aa1ad-2fdd-418d-9d7f-0c597f609b94 | 2022-07-22T13:58:27 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-for-girl-abducted-in-missouri-city-texas/285-517aa1ad-2fdd-418d-9d7f-0c597f609b94 |
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Fire Department is working to extinguish flames coming out of a south-side home.
SAFD was called to the home on Pamela Drive around 6:15 a.m. on Friday.
Our KENS 5 crews at the scene are working to obtain more information. However, we did speak to a neighbor who said two people were house-sitting for the homeowners while they are on vacation.
The neighbor said the two people woke up to water being doused on them. It's unclear how the fire started, but, no injuries were reported.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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TOMBALL, Texas — Sitting on some 60 acres in Tomball, Ranch Manager William "Bill" Roenfanz has been bailing hay and steering cattle at Cedar Brook Farms for nearly 40 years.
“Since about 84," Bill said.
But just last weekend, he said an ordinary situation turned life-threatening in an instant.
“Saturday, at about nine o'clock, we started working this pen of calves over here. They're 11 calves in here.”
He says he was performing minor surgery on a calf like he’d done numerous times using a razor-sharp scalpel, except this time, it didn't go as planned.
“While I was working from the back here, the calf moved his leg and hit my arm and my arm come over and slit right across here," Bill said.
A gash on his wrist.
“About that long, just like I was trying to cut my thumb off," Bill said.
He thought some paper towels might help but quickly realized paper towels couldn't stop the bleeding.
“It didn't take 30 or 40 seconds and I realized my towels are already soaked through and as I went to get another set of towels, took my hand off and then it sprayed like that,” Bill said.
But luckily for Bill, he had a helping hand, specifically his new ranch hand, high school junior Shane Stevens, who realized Bill was in trouble.
“If you're squirting blood six inches, you have cut the major artery," Shane said.
So Shane – who trains with Special Forces – grabbed a first aid kit from his truck and quickly applied a tourniquet.
“Don't panic – panic creates chaos," Shane said.
After Shane drove him to a nearby Memorial Hermann satellite, Bill was transported by ambulance to the hospital’s Woodlands location where he says a hand surgeon stitched his artery back together.
But without Shane’s quick thinking, Bill says it could have been a much different story.
“The doctor said you know it only takes three to five minutes and you're bleeding out," Bill said.
It was Shane’s first time using the tourniquet that he had had in his truck in case of emergencies.
“You’ve got to be prepared," Shane said.
And now, for Bill, luckily it won't be his last steer. It's a heroic act that he says shows the future is in good hands.
“This kid here saved my life," Bill said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tomball-ranch-hand-saves-manager/285-e20df98e-431d-49ea-9010-ba2e003d2ee7 | 2022-07-22T13:58:39 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tomball-ranch-hand-saves-manager/285-e20df98e-431d-49ea-9010-ba2e003d2ee7 |
DALLAS — For Benjamin Kocurek, there are 50,000 reasons why his latest Fortnite win was a bigger deal than most.
The University of Texas at Arlington student was a big winner on Sunday, taking home the top $50,000 prize in a Fortnite tournament in Frisco in front of both a large in-person crowd and tens of thousands more online.
Kocurek, who goes by Benk_live online, told WFAA he didn't expect to win that weekend and that he had recently stepped away from competing in esports events. But, his experience helped.
"My competitive experience kicked in and I was able to pull out a win," he said.
The event was known as the TimTheTatman's Hoedown Tournament and was part of the overall TimTheTatman Tailgate that was hosted by the popular YouTube streamer and esports organization Complexity at The Star in Frisco.
With a $100,000 prize pool, there was a lot on the line for participants. But for Kocurek, he just wanted to have a good time.
"I had no expectations going into it, which is why it was kind of wild that I was able to do so well… I just wanted to have fun and try my absolute best," Kocurek said.
The mechanical engineering major described the event as a unique experience for him as he played on the big stage with a roaring crowd just behind him.
"I’ve never been able to compete on a stage like that, that’s so big. It was really cool having people cheering you on. I was really crazy, definitely nerve-wracking," Kocurek said.
He wasn't the only UTA student to have success that weekend. A student known as Pfluger online got third place in the same tournament and took home $10,000 himself.
Although Kocurek pulled out a $50,000 win, he told WFAA he still wants to step away from competing and focus on commentating for esports broadcasts, specifically for collegiate Fortnite events. He continues to be involved with the UTA Esports Club, as well.
"Collegiate esports is awesome. There’s no reason that anybody who cheers for their college football team shouldn’t be cheering for their college’s esports team," Kocurek said.
As for what Kocurek plans to do with $50,000, he offered a simple answer.
"I have absolutely no idea."
"I think most 20-year-olds would have no idea what to do with $50,000. I didn’t think I would see those kinds of numbers for a long time in my bank account," he said as he laughed. "I'm probably going to stick it into an account with compound interest and forget about it for 30 years and see what happens." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/uta-student-wins-50000-prize-fortnite-timthetatman-tailgate-frisco/287-ae49f141-f253-40af-8e3b-4816ac83c117 | 2022-07-22T13:58:45 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/uta-student-wins-50000-prize-fortnite-timthetatman-tailgate-frisco/287-ae49f141-f253-40af-8e3b-4816ac83c117 |
ROANOKE, Va. – A body was found at a park in Roanoke, according to the Roanoke Police Department.
We’re told the body was found at Belmont Park, which was formerly known as Jackson Park.
10 News currently has a crew on scene working for you to learn more.
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Mackinac Bridge Authority urges lawmakers to increase penalties for bridge trespassing
The authority that runs the Mackinac Bridge is urging state lawmakers to classify the bridge as a key facility so penalties for trespassing can be more severe.
In a resolution approved at its Thursday meeting, the Mackinac Bridge Authority voted to support House bill 5315, which would give the bridge, and others like it, a "key facility" desgination, and trespassing would become a felony punishable by up to four years in prison and a $2,500 fine.
"The Mackinac Bridge is certainly a public facility, given that millions have traveled across it in the past 65 years, but it's also a key facility that joins Michigan's peninsulas for tourism and commerce," MBA Chairman Patrick Gleason said. "Trespassing on the areas closed to the public — the towers, the cables, and the structure beneath the bridge deck — presents a security risk to our employees and travelers."
The bill would specifically alter the definition of a key facility in the state penal code, which currently comprises chemical manufacturing, refinery, electric utilities, water intake or water treatment, natural gas, fuel storage, pulp and paper manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, hazardous waste and telecommunication facilities. The modified definition would include major bridges and international crossings. The state House approved the bill in a 99-6 vote in February.
The Mackinac Bridge runs for five miles and has connected the upper and lower peninsulas of the state since 1957. In the last several years, trespassers have climbed off-limits parts of the bridge to take photographs.
Isaac Kendall Wright, 25, of Cincinnati was charged with felonious trespassing after photos he took from the Mackinac bridge's towers went viral on Instagram. Wright had previously scaled the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit to capture similarly dizzying photographs. The charges against Wright in Michigan have since been dropped.
Trespassing on the Mackinac Bridge and others is currently a misdemeanor and the penalty is 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $250. Gleason said this bill will help deter those who would trespass
The Zilwaukee, Rouge River, MacArthur, Ambassador, Blue Water, International, and Gordie Howe International bridges would all become key facilities if the legislation is passed, in addition to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
hmackay@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/22/mackinac-bridge-authority-urges-lawmakers-increase-penalties-bridge-trespassing/10125432002/ | 2022-07-22T14:12:51 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/22/mackinac-bridge-authority-urges-lawmakers-increase-penalties-bridge-trespassing/10125432002/ |
Judge keeps accused Oxford shooter housed at Oakland County Jail
Pontiac – Oxford High School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley was back in court virtually Friday for a placement hearing as required by law every 30 days.
Crumbley, 16, of Oxford is charged with 24 felony offenses, including killing four fellow students at the school and wounding six others and a teacher. He is facing possible life in prison if convicted of crimes.
More:Accused Oxford shooter could be called to testify in his parents' manslaughter trial
Crumbley, his attorneys and assistant prosecutors all appeared in a Zoom hearing before Oakland Circuit Judge Kwame Rowe. Rowe continued Crumbley's stay in the jail after all parties involved advised there was nothing new to report regarding the case.
Defense attorneys had once argued it would be more appropriate for Crumbley, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, to be transferred to the county Children’s Village juvenile detention facility rather than be housed at the county jail. Others, including operators of the Children’s Village, have expressed the adult jail is the safest place and that Crumbley is isolated from adult inmates in his own cell.
Crumbley's trial is slated for Jan. 17 after defense attorney Paulette Loftin told Rowe last month she and other attorneys needed time to review volumes of evidence for Crumbley’s defense. They have indicated in a court filing they plan an insanity defense for the teen.
Rowe set Crumbley’s next monthly pretrial hearing for 9 a.m. Aug. 25.
Crumbley’s parents are also in the Oakland County Jail, each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter related to the four deaths. The parents, who have pleaded not guilty, have an Oct. 24 trial date and face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of crimes.
More:Legal experts: Accused Oxford school shooter's parents can get fair trial in Oakland County
Their defense attorneys have filed appeals claiming charges should be dismissed because judges abused their discretion in accepting testimony the couple were grossly negligent in their care and supervision of their son who exhibited emotional problems in and outside school.
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On a December day in 2021, Loving County Judge Skeet Jones, 71, climbed atop an oilfield tank surrounded by wide-open Texas desert dressed in a business suit and toting a pair of binoculars, hoping to spot an elusive black bull.
What Jones most likely didn’t realize from his steel perch as he scanned the horizon: He, too, was being watched as part of a cattle-rustling sting operation devised by special rangers with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
The backstory of what led to the arrests of Jones, a former sheriff’s deputy and two ranch hands in May is chronicled in a stack of warrants obtained by NBC News. The documents detail a yearlong investigation, replete with confidential informants and a sting operation involving a reddish-brown cow, her calf and the black yearling bull — all equipped by the special rangers with microchips.
The warrants allege that Jones and the ranch hands rounded up stray livestock in Loving and Pecos counties and sold them at auctions in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico without first notifying the Sheriff’s Office to find their rightful owners — a violation of a state law.
Read the full story at NBCNews.com. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/inside-the-yearlong-investigation-that-led-to-cattle-theft-charges-for-loving-countys-top-elected-official/3021478/ | 2022-07-22T14:23:37 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/inside-the-yearlong-investigation-that-led-to-cattle-theft-charges-for-loving-countys-top-elected-official/3021478/ |
CHANNING, Texas (Nexstar) — School districts across Texas have come up with a new plan to deal with their teacher shortage: cutting the school week down to four days.
This is a major help to some but could be challenging for parents.
Channing ISD, in West Texas, has only one school for all its students, K-12.
“I was a coach too,” Karlton Graves, a nine-year veteran of the district, said, “and the burnout was major.”
Graves is now the principal of Channing. He said four-day school weeks will take a load off.
“That’s one of our major selling points—it’s one less day. We’re only going to bring the teachers in maybe a couple of times throughout the year on a Friday,” Graves said.
Channing ISD is now one of several rural districts in the state that has made the switch.
District Superintendent Dr. Misty Heiskell said it’s hard to compete with other, bigger districts that pay teachers about $7,000 more.
“When inflation hits and things go up, we need to be able to find ways to compensate our teachers or offer benefit packages that will draw them back to the school setting,” Heiskell said.
The move is also meant to attract more students.
“We’re in a small town,” Heiskell said. “Majority of our students are transfer students.”
Parents in the districts that have made the change are now preparing to figure out childcare on Fridays. According to Heiskell, Channing ISD is working on addressing that.
“We did lose a couple of students because parents working five days,” Heiskell said. “So, one of the things we want to look at…is have some type of activity or be able to open our building on those Fridays for kids who don’t have a place to go.”
Graves thinks this will help re-invent the district, making it one that families want their kids to be a part of.
“It’s going to save a lot a lot of people’s energy,” Graves said.
Olfen ISD in West Texas became the state’s first district to switch to a four-day week in 2016.
The Texas Education Agency doesn’t currently track how many districts do this. However, it said as long a district meets the threshold for 75,600 in-person operational minutes for the school year, they do have the flexibility to do what’s best for their communities. | https://cw33.com/news/local/more-texas-school-districts-switch-to-4-day-weeks-addressing-teacher-shortages/ | 2022-07-22T14:33:33 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/more-texas-school-districts-switch-to-4-day-weeks-addressing-teacher-shortages/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve noticed the cost of living – including gas, food, rent and everything else – has gone way up. There is a sliver of hope for residents of certain U.S. cities, where wages are also going up.
MoneyGeek analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the country’s 75 largest metro areas to determine where wages are going up and where they’re going down.
According to data shared with Nexstar, wages grew fastest over the past year in cities across the South. Florida has three cities among the top 10.
Wages grew slower in coastal cities – where pay tends to be highest. San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and San Diego all saw growth between 2% and 5% in 2022.
The 20 cities with the fastest-growing hourly wages, according to MoneyGeek’s analysis, are:
The bad news is that even as wages rise across some U.S. cities, most aren’t rising fast enough to keep up with inflation. Year-over-year inflation was at 9.1% in June, and only a handful of cities saw salaries grow equal to or faster than that.
Despite rising costs, five cities actually saw hourly wages drop in 2022.
The national average wage went up 5.11% to $32.08 per hour. | https://cw33.com/news/local/the-us-cities-where-wages-are-growing-fastest-and-where-theyre-shrinking/ | 2022-07-22T14:33:39 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/the-us-cities-where-wages-are-growing-fastest-and-where-theyre-shrinking/ |
Average daily flows
Snake River at Heise 12,356 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 3,242 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 11,083 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 262 cfs
Jackson Lake is 45% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 65% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 32% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 48% of capacity.
As of July 21. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_f1e0f79e-0917-11ed-9bc1-53f48c859242.html | 2022-07-22T14:36:49 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_f1e0f79e-0917-11ed-9bc1-53f48c859242.html |
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — In June of 2016, 18-year-old Stef’An Strawder turned heads in the first basketball showcase. Then a month later, he was tragically killed.
The Lehigh Acres Student, along with 14-year-old Sean Archilles, who also enjoyed basketball, were both murdered in the Club Blu shooting.
But since then, Lieutenant Sylvester Smalls with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office has made it a priority to honor Stef’An & his love for basketball through the basketball showcase.
“Stef’An participated in the first one in 2015. He was the MVP in June that year, and in July, he was murdered. So we got together with his parents & named it in his honor,” said Lieutenant Smalls.
The showcase allows players from all over Southwest Florida to display their skills in front of college scouts.
Lieutenant Smalls said Stef’An’s legacy has opened the door for many after him.
“The tournament was actually started for Stef’An & a couple of other kids back in 2015. They weren’t getting too much college exposure, and then we got together with some schools, and they came and watched them play,” said Smalls.
“His legacy has created the opportunity for many kids locally in the area. I think the participation list is about 50 that have gone on to earn college scholarships, and out of that 50, I would say about 40 have graduated,” Smalls stated.
If you would like to support, you can head to the showcase Friday night. The Middle School ball players will start the action at 5 P.M.
The event is free & will be held at the new Gateway High School. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/22/fifth-annual-youth-basketball-showcase-honors-stefan-strawder-killed-in-club-blu-shooting/ | 2022-07-22T14:39:19 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/22/fifth-annual-youth-basketball-showcase-honors-stefan-strawder-killed-in-club-blu-shooting/ |
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A massive 11′ 2″ alligator was found underneath a Jeep in Charlotte County in some wild footage.
Earlier this week, around 1 a.m., Charlotte County deputies responded to the home on Oakland Hills Place after the homeowner found the gator under the Jeep.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission assisted with the removal, and it even took out the homeowner’s light pole.
As you can see (and hear) in the video above, the gator didn’t seem too fond of being removed! | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/22/massive-gator-found-underneath-jeep-in-charlotte-county/ | 2022-07-22T14:39:25 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/07/22/massive-gator-found-underneath-jeep-in-charlotte-county/ |
The Arizona Department of Child Safety (AZDCS) hosted an annual conference in Flagstaff earlier this month designed to help youth navigate transitioning out of the foster care system.
Sixty-four teenagers in foster care spent three days at the Little America Hotel participating in a series of workshops and activities meant to provide them with the tools and resources necessary to succeeded in adulthood.
Anyone in AZDCS’s young adult program between the ages of 14 and 21 can attend the conference, which is now in its 30th year. There are currently about 4,000 people in the particular age range in Arizona’s foster system.
AZDCS’s Youth Empowerment Council helped plan the event, including selecting topics for the workshops. Topics this year included information about health advocacy, crimes of opportunity, substance abuse, mindfulness, LGBTQIA+, family communications and cultural awareness.
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“I selected a lot of these topics because they sounded most interesting to me and stuff I could work on,” said Alexis Ochoa, a 17-year-old in foster care who has served on the Youth Empowerment Council since last August. “ ... These are very real-life scenarios that we’re going to have to deal with eventually, so I think these workshops helped us in a way to get these embedded in our brains -- like this is how you would go about this.”
One of this year’s new workshops focused on relationships, taking place in a group support format. Sessions were led by a licensed master of social work, with Youth Empowerment Council advocates sharing their own experiences with foster care.
The conference also included a resource fair, with tables featuring places like the U.S. Forest Service, East Valley Institute of Technology, Arizona State University, Grand Canyon University and the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Another new activity was called the fishbowl, where AZDCS leaders sat in the center of a circle with four conference attendees. Those in the middle could ask each other questions, with the young people in the audience swapping in as they had things to say.
“I think that's always a really powerful part of the conference, because it's a free forum for young people to say, 'This is what’s really happening out there,” said Megan Conrad, MAS-MFT, DCS’s Permanency and Youth Services supervisor and statewide independent living coordinator.
“Without being scared that somebody will say you're wrong, that didn't happen," Ochoa added.
“I think the really great thing about the conference is that it just connects everybody,” Conrad said. “ ... Not all young people enjoy their time with the department, and I think what it shows them is, wow, there are other people at the department too, besides just my worker that I see every month that care about us and want to listen to us and that I can go to if I have questions.”
Ochoa serves as the Youth Empowerment Council’s youth outreach coordinator, speaking with other conference attendees and helping them get involved in the council. She started after attending the conference for the first time last year.
For her, the highlights of the conference are “engaging with other people and building those relationships” as well as the workshops and activities.
“I’m a people person. So to me, that’s just like what life is about,” she said, “meeting new people and talking, learning new things. So it was just getting all of those things but at once ... I was never bored.”
At one of the workshop sessions, Ochoa said, she was able to apply to her own life was one on parental communications. She lives with her 19-year-old sister and was trying to navigate the relationship.
“I was just trying to figure out how that would work, because we’re both the same age and she’s trying to parent me,” she said. " ... It helped me realize that, yes, even though we’re the same age, she's my legal guardian, she does have responsibility to me. It helped me figure communications, on how to talk to her, on how to adjust to a certain situation."
The conference is in addition to AZDCS programs meant to help youth transition successfully into adult life. While the department's main goal is to place children in permanent homes before they age out of care at 18, around 700 young adults each year turn 18 before finding permanency.
“I think a lot of people need support, whether it’s financially [or] emotional support, and I would say they need a lot of help transitioning on how to be adults,” Ochoa said. “Because after you turn 18, they help you prepare, but a lot of people are just not ready. They’re not ready because it’s not fair. It’s like, yes, somebody helped you out, but for one month, two months. ... How could two months measure up to a lifetime of what somebody’s parents have been teaching them?”
Changes in federal government mean that support services now begin at 14 instead of 16, Conrad said. She mentioned school stability and a family-like structure as being especially important.
In-between step
"I'm hoping that's going to help get those young people into the right living arrangements, make sure that they have all the supports," she said.
Among services provided by DCS are materials covered in monthly specialist visits and the Successful Transition to Adulthood Service. In the second, professionals at two regional providers (Arizona's Children Association and Intermountain Centers for Human Development) meet with youth 14 and older to help them achieve their goals.
“If it's conflict at where they’re living, if it’s educational success, if it’s trying to work out housing plans, they really can help with any of those areas,” Conrad said.
The service also works with caregivers to provide education on skills like laundry, dishes and grocery shopping and supports young people in finding family-like settings.
Conrad said one of Arizona’s issues has been “a lack of options" for people in foster care. In group homes, Ochoa said, there’s an expectation to leave as soon as someone turns 18, regardless of circumstance.
“I think that’s completely unfair because a lot of these kids are unprepared and they have nowhere else to go,” she said. "… Even with transitioning, I’d say it’s getting expensive, like a lot more expensive. It’s hard for these kids because sometimes we're all we have. I know girls trying to live with each other just so they can afford a one-bedroom apartment and it’s sad because there's not enough help out there."
“What we really knew we needed is an in-between step,” Conrad said.
In September, DCS is planning to create new unlicensed group housing for 18- to 21-year-olds to serve as a step between other foster settings and living on their own.
Overall, Ochoa said she hopes the conference “encourages people to speak up and be more comfortable with approaching certain situations they may not have been comfortable with before.”
“Just being able to tell somebody, without the fear of retaliation, 'This is what’s going on and this is what I need,'” she said. “Not everybody can do that, and I think that’s what keeps a lot of people down. They’re scared to ask for their help or they’re scared to say this happened to me because they’ll think that it’s their fault. ... It’s just letting these kids know that they have that support and there are resources out there.”
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A popular fishing spot in Flagstaff saw a “significant” die-off of fish early this week due to downstream effects of rain falling on the Pipeline Fire scar.
The Frances Short Pond, a man-made pond on the Rio de Flag that is stocked and monitored by the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), is estimated to have lost a majority of its fish due to the event. While AZGFD continues to monitor conditions in the pond, it likely will not be restocked with fish until spring 2023.
While die-offs like the one this week are not uncommon at Frances Short Pond, the latest was clearly precipitated by runoff from the Pipeline Fire scar, said Matt Rinker, AZGFD aquatic specialist for the region.
Ultimately, the cause for fish mortality is declining oxygen levels in the pond, a condition exacerbated by ash and debris from the Pipeline Fire scar making its way through the Rio De Flag water system.
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Debris of this nature affects aquatic ecosystems in two ways, Rinker explained.
The first is by simply muddying the waters and making it more difficult for light to shine through.
“The aquatic plants in the pond would normally have light penetrating through the water column, and allowing them to go through their natural processes and create oxygen,” Rinker said. “When the water’s really dirty, they can't do that.”
The second effect has to do with the fact that fire ash and debris is “devoid of oxygen” to begin with.
“So you're reducing oxygen by the sediment, ash and debris coming in as well,” Rinker said. “It was a double-edged sword there.”
Even without the added impacts of debris from the Pipeline Fire scar, this time of year is usually characterized by “water quality issues,” Rinker said.
“During the monsoon season, we get a lot of quasi-cloudy days that hide the sun from those plants and don’t allow them to photosynthesize as well as they would normally,” he said. “So that can reduce the oxygen and our water temperatures are elevated -- which is also stressful to fish. Then also our pH levels are varying greatly. Oftentimes, they're high. All of that adds stress to the fish.”
These stressful conditions add up to a time of year where “fish don’t always make it.” This is a known pattern among AZGFD, and the reason behind the solar-powered aerators that help retain oxygen levels in Frances Short Pond. But even with these aerators, conditions in the pond don’t always stay compatible with aquatic life.
With the added stressor of debris from the Pipeline Fire scar, a die-off in the pond was expected, Rinker said.
“We had monitored water quality on Monday right before the fish kill happened,” he said. “We knew it was going to happen. We contacted the City of Flagstaff and coordinated delivery of a mobile dumpster, and went out the next morning and started cleaning up the fish kill.”
Las year, a similar die-off attracted volunteers from across the Flagstaff community to help with the cleanup.
This time, that wasn’t necessary.
“The city was great to work with,” Rinker said. “And at least we're not leaving behind a stinky mess.”
While the total extent of the die-off is unclear, Rinker expects a majority of fish did not survive the lower oxygen levels.
“I’d be surprised if there were many fish left swimming around,” he said.
Of all the species in the pond, he added that the catfish are most likely to have survived. There are also potential impacts for wildlife that have grown accustomed to the presence of fish in the pond.
“Osprey and eagles are present at places like Frances Short Pond because we put fish there,” Rinker said. “It's hard to say specifically what the fate of those other water obligate species or fish obligate species will be. But it’s not ideal, for sure.”
When it comes to restocking fish into the pond, “It all depends on how quickly it recovers,” he said. “Conditions have to be suitable for fish to survive.”
An exact timeline is difficult to pin down, but Rinker thinks it’s reasonable to expect that restocking won’t occur until spring of 2023.
For Joseph Regan, a Flagstaff fisherman who has been casting his line at Frances Short Pond for 15 years, restocking the pond is not an immediate concern.
He said he comes out to fish at the pond at least once a week, and fish or no fish, he’s content to “get what he gets.”
“I usually just catch and release, but it's just fun to come out and get away from everything and get away from everybody,” he said.
Regan was surprised to learn that the Pipeline Fire could have such an impact on the pond, but this was not the first time he’s seen fish die at Frances Short Pond.
“Almost every year here, when the monsoons come, they bring in all of the stuff off the roads, the salts and all that stuff,” he said. “So there's always some that die. And usually it's the trout, the sun fish, blue gills and stuff like that. Usually the bass and catfish are all right.” | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/runoff-from-pipeline-fire-scar-kills-fish-in-flagstaff-pond/article_c7072354-0949-11ed-971c-bb25ff839307.html | 2022-07-22T14:46:54 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/runoff-from-pipeline-fire-scar-kills-fish-in-flagstaff-pond/article_c7072354-0949-11ed-971c-bb25ff839307.html |
NAZ Elite coach Alan Culpepper isn't sure if there is a healthy rookie rivalry going on between Alex Masai and Wesley Kiptoo, but he does know they "train beautifully together."
The two rookies have competed together twice now, producing mixed results, and on Sunday both will try to come away from a popular course feeling good about their outcomes.
Their upcoming race, the Wharf to Wharf 6-mile race in California that stretches from the Santa Cruz Wharf to Capitola Wharf, has always drawn a stout field of runners from around the world looking to show off skill and speed. Celebrating its 50th running, Wharf to Wharf is expected to be big race this year.
It's a road race at which NAZ Elite has had success in the past, particularly from retired runner Scott Smith. Smith set the record Wharf to Wharf team time at 27:40, placing sixth in the 2015 edition of the event. He ran under 28 minutes twice during his career at the race, and his best overall finish was when he took third in 28 minutes flat in 2018. In 2018, winner Silas Kipruto broke the tape at 27:52, pacing at a 4:38 mile.
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With the blinkers coming off his rookies Sunday, Culpepper suggested Smith's 27:40 could be in danger of being beaten, especially if Kiptoo and Masai execute their race plans well and make the right moves.
“I know results will come because of the type of fitness they are in,” Culpepper said Wednesday.
Nearing the end of his rookie campaign come August, Masai in his most recent race effort placed seventh at the BAA 10K with a time of 28:29 -- his best performance yet on the road. In April he ran 28:53 at the Cooper River Bridge Run, and in mid-June went 28:38.53 on the track in Portland during heavy rainfall.
It's been tough going for Masai at the distance. He got tripped up in one race and experienced a schedule change in another, for instance. But Culpepper said the hot and humid BAA was the 10K Masai needed to gain confidence moving forward with the longer efforts.
And as is the case with rookies, Masai -- who ran a gutsy BAA 10K -- is learning each time he goes out.
“He also learned maybe to have a little more patience in the middle of the race so that the last 2K he can feel a little bit stronger," Culpepper said.
Kiptoo, meanwhile, is coming off a BAA 10K that left him wanting more after placing 13th with a time of 28:58. Culpepper suspects the Boston weather conditions got to him that day, providing Kiptoo a learning experience about how his body deals with humidity and hydration.
Kiptoo, Culpepper said, wanted "to race the next day" after the disappointing Boston 10K experience. Wanting to race, though, has been Kiptoo's normal since joining the roster in the spring. He started his career in mid-April with NAZ Elite running the Mt. SAC Relays, at which he placed third in 13:34.93 at 5,000 meters. Just a few weeks after his debut, he set team record by clocking 1:01:25 to win the Pittsburgh Half Marathon.
He also ran in rainy Portland with Masai in the 10,000m, winning the race with a time of 28:19.87.
Head-to-head, Kiptoo and Masai are 1-1 entering Sunday.
No matter who comes out on top between the two at Wharf to Wharf, the race could be the first time training really translates to great racing for the two on the same day.
Culpepper said Kiptoo and Masai have different approaches to their training, but added that those differences are what makes them such a good pair.
“I think it’s been extremely beneficial to both of them to have each other, absolutely," Culpepper said.
Racing together also helps.
Culpepper said Kiptoo and Masai -- both natives of Kenya -- overall just feel comfortable getting to the start line together, making the entire experience of racing -- from hotel rooms to travel to competing -- easier.
“I think it’s a good combination. That’s the hope," Culpepper said, "because with training partners you find people who compliment you in some ways but also challenge you in some ways, so I feel like they have a nice blend for each other.”
Mike Hartman can be reached at 556-2255 or at mhartman@azdailysun.com. Follow him on Twitter @AZDS_Hartman. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/naz-elite-this-week-kiptoo-masai-together-again-for-wharf-to-wharf/article_e1326ffa-0925-11ed-ae5c-c704384f4bca.html | 2022-07-22T14:47:01 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/naz-elite-this-week-kiptoo-masai-together-again-for-wharf-to-wharf/article_e1326ffa-0925-11ed-ae5c-c704384f4bca.html |
The Northland Prep Academy volleyball team took a significant leap in the 2021 season, and is looking to do so again as it prepares for the upcoming campaign during summer open gyms.
Last fall, the Spartans went 12-6 (9-3 Central Region) and beat St. John Paul II in the play-in round to reach the 2A Conference playoffs after finishing the year prior with a record of 3-8 (3-7 Central) and placing second-to-last in the region standings.
“We were region runner-ups, even though before that a lot of people doubted us. So it was fun to prove it to them that we could be a good team,” senior Bella Moseng said.
“You could see it surprised other teams,” junior Caroline Jameson added. “They’d come in and be like, ‘We beat them easy last year,’ and then we’d demolish them and they’d be like, ‘What happened?’”
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Spartans coach Corie Murphy credits the players’ overall improvement in both their mental and physical game for the substantial increase in victories.
“I think it was a two-year process of teaching these kids the sport and how to think on the court. The skill level definitely increased as well,” she said. “I think two years ago they didn’t really know how to win, and once you click, you figure it out. So last year was more about gelling as a team and learning what to do in different situations.”
Now the goal, as the team holds regular open gym practices at the school, is to keep the momentum going.
Official practices are not scheduled until early August, ahead of the season opener later in the month. For now, Murphy is focused on letting the girls -- both veterans and newcomers -- practice fundamentals and get to know each other more. There is often music playing at the summer open gyms, while the players smile and increase both their skills and overall bond.
That’s part of the formula that has already shown dividends.
“We’re having fun in practice, coach has tried to make it really fun so that we’re not in our heads during games and we’re enjoying it instead of being stressed,” Moseng said.
The Spartans expect to boast a solid offense. They graduated Maggie Auza from last season’s team, who led the team in kills (263), but have other experienced hitters working to make up for that production.
The veteran girls also believe there are incoming varsity players who could make for a stout defense.
“I have thought about it, and even though I don’t know all of the new girls who will make the team, I think we will have some good passers who can get the ball to Caroline so she can get a good set to our hitters and they can put the ball down,” Moseng said.
Murphy is attempting to put the skill into real-life use now. There are a few new faces that could see a lot of playing time, so she is using the summer to teach standard movement and how to work in the Spartans’ regular scheme.
“I think we work a lot on out-of-system play; there’s a lot of that in volleyball. The more we practice that, the less surprises there can be if we’re good at it. So the more we know what to do in unexpected situations, the more they can handle everything,” Murphy said.
There is a newfound belief that, despite a bit of a roster overhaul, that success can be a permanent feature for the Spartans.
“We’re out a lot of players from last year, so we want to have that close bond like we did before. I think if we can do that, we can go even further,” Jameson said.
Northland Prep begins its regular season with a region match against Highland Prep on Aug. 24. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/spartans-motivated-by-past-volleyball-success/article_69a109cc-0927-11ed-bf77-4f486050d43a.html | 2022-07-22T14:47:07 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/spartans-motivated-by-past-volleyball-success/article_69a109cc-0927-11ed-bf77-4f486050d43a.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — We've all heard the warnings about excessive heat and how high temperatures can be dangerous for you. But it's not only you that can suffer the consequences of extreme heat: Your medicine cabinet isn't safe either.
The CDC says drugs stored at high temperatures can quickly lose strength and effectiveness. This includes supplements, over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs.
"All medications are going to have an ideal storage temperature set by the manufacturer, and most oral tablets are going to be standard room temperature," said Dr. Jennnifer Bourgeois, PharmD and SingleCare's Best Pharmacist Award Winner. "That's going to be 68 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit."
While that might not be a big deal for a daily vitamin, taking less-than-effective heart medication or using an asthma inhaler that's compromised could potentially be fatal.
"I don't ever, ever want to err on the side of caution," Bourgeois said. "I want to go ahead and recommend to the patient that this is a situation where we need to replace the medication. We don't want to take a chance."
Bourgeois said if you need to take medicine throughout the day, make sure you don't leave it in the car.
"You would want to take it in a way that you could carry it alongside you," she said. "If you're going into work, you want to bring it maybe in your purse or your lunch if you have a lunch box, some way to get it inside that air-conditioned building."
If you work outside, Bourgeois recommends you plan your day accordingly. If it's a once-a-day medication, take it before or after work. If you have to take it twice or three times throughout the day, try making your schedule around having access to it.
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The Tucson region led a rebound in Arizona’s hospitality industry in 2021, posting the biggest increase in travel spending statewide as the industry recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
But direct travel spending in Pima County and across the state still lagged pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from the Arizona Office of Tourism.
The agency’s data shows that Pima County led the state in percentage gained for direct travel spending by visitors, posting a 77.3% year-over-year increase from $1.3 billion in 2020 to $2.4 billion in 2021, and a 43.7% increase in local and state tax revenue from $135 million in 2020 to $194 million in 2021.
Sectors posting year-over-year revenue increases in Pima County included accommodations and food services; arts, entertainment and recreation; retail; and ground transportation.
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Felipe Garcia, president and CEO of Visit Tucson, said the results reflect the pent-up demand for travel to Pima County in 2021.
“Tucson is fortunate to be a destination that captivates the imaginations of so many,” Garcia said. “The myriad outdoor recreational activities, distinct hotels and resorts and thriving food scene positioned us well for a significant rebound when people began to feel comfortable enough to travel again.”
Despite the overall results, some sectors continued to suffer, with revenue falling 14.8% from 2020 to 2021, Visit Tucson noted.
And direct travel spending by visitors in Pima County in 2021 still fell short of 2019, when it reached an all-time high of $2.6 billion.
Statewide, meanwhile, direct travel spending rose more than 58% in 2021 from 2020, to $23.6 billion, but that was still about 8% below spending of $25.6 billion in 2019, the Office of Tourism report showed.
“Tucson and Pima County still have some ground to make up before we reach our pre-pandemic direct travel spending by visitors levels,” said Garcia. “But these numbers are very promising, and they’ve spurred a lot of optimism.”
Among the bright spots, Pima County’s hospitality industry posted an overall gain in jobs of 4.9% in 2021, with year-over-year gains of 7% in accommodations and food services and 8.5% in arts, entertainment and recreation, while retail jobs grew about 5%.
But many local hospitality-related companies say they are still short-staffed amid a nationwide labor shortage in the industry, and high inflation also threatens the tourism recovery, Visit Tucson said.
The local tourism industry may see further advances in 2022, judging from improvement in hotel results for the winter tourism season.
Hotel occupancy in the Tucson market averaged 71% from January through April, up 28% from the same period in 2021 but still short of the 77% occupancy posted in 2019, according to the global hospitality data and analytics company STR.
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Contact senior reporter David Wichner at dwichner@tucson.com or 520-573-4181. On Twitter: @dwichner. On Facebook: Facebook.com/DailyStarBiz | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/tucson-region-led-arizona-tourism-spending-rebound-in-2021/article_853832c6-0861-11ed-a3fc-ab2f0e3de2c9.html | 2022-07-22T14:54:38 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/tucson-region-led-arizona-tourism-spending-rebound-in-2021/article_853832c6-0861-11ed-a3fc-ab2f0e3de2c9.html |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer. Flagg is a candidate for South Tucson City Council:
“Rental prices up 57% from 2021,” was the headline in Sunday’s Star. The article then said that this was a cause for concern among tenants, which may be the understatement of the year. Tenants are terrified.
Can you imagine the stress and anxiety that comes with worrying about how a 57% rent increase might force you and your family to be evicted?
The 57% increase screams out for the need for rent control. Roughly half of city of Tucson households are renters. In the city of South Tucson, even more are renters. Both are notoriously low-wage cities, and their wages are not going up. Meanwhile, all other living expenses, including gasoline and food prices, keep increasing.
This housing crisis has combined with gentrification to wreak havoc on housing affordability and all the human suffering that goes with it. Lower-income communities get hurt first and worst. Huge rent increases have led to many more people living undignified lives on the streets of Tucson and South Tucson.
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There is an urgent need for some form of rent control even though the state government has prohibited local jurisdictions from implementing rent control. Also needed is a massive outlay of public funds to create and preserve the housing units needed to adequately address this extreme crisis. The problem with developers, with a few exceptions, such as the David Wohl projects and Maryann Beerling with Compass Affordable Housing, is that they build houses to make maximum profit, so they do not build truly affordable housing. They make more money developing luxury housing and market-rate housing. The issue of developers not building affordable units because they face pushback from residents opposed to density, congestion and noise is more of a collective excuse for allowing this massive social problem to exist.
Many people say that gentrification is inevitable and that these nearly impossible to pay rent hikes are the product of free market forces.
This is not true.
Gentrification, which has morphed into the housing crisis, happens because developers are supported and enabled by layers of decisions and votes by elected officials and bureaucrats in local jurisdictions. The situation is neither inevitable nor hopeless because we the people can vote these officials in or out of office.
That is why after 39 years of living and working at the Casa Maria Catholic Worker Soup Kitchen, I am running on a slate, with Roxanna Valenzuela and Cesar Aguirre, for the South Tucson City Council.
In the 1.2-square-mile city of South Tucson, we have our own City Council, courts, zoning laws, and police and fire. The challenge is how to use these unique opportunities in a creative way to defend our city, aka Barrio Libre, from monied interests poised to displace current residents and transform South Tucson into something that looks more like downtown Tucson than South Tucson.
Brian Flagg has lived and worked at the Casa Maria Catholic Worker Soup Kitchen for 39 years. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-housing-crisis-gentrification-wreak-havoc-in-south-tucson/article_46526ee6-084d-11ed-a60c-97a825e89f7c.html | 2022-07-22T14:54:51 | 0 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-housing-crisis-gentrification-wreak-havoc-in-south-tucson/article_46526ee6-084d-11ed-a60c-97a825e89f7c.html |
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My name is Caitlin Shanks and I was born and raised in Tucson.
I was that girl in high school who became pregnant at the age of 17. I had three options: adoption, abortion or keeping my child. I recall going to Planned Parenthood, taking a test, and being given pamphlets about my options by a nurse and a social worker. At the age of 17, I remember crying and feeling completely overwhelmed. Whatever decision I made would forever change my life and the life of my child.
I was 5½ weeks pregnant when I discovered I was pregnant. It was my choice at the time, and I had the right to make it. I knew in my heart and soul that keeping my baby was the best decision for me. That isn’t to say I didn’t consider other options, including abortion. Planned Parenthood educated me on my options and provided me with the respect that every woman deserves when making medical decisions about her body and life. They didn’t pass judgment on me; instead, they encouraged me to make the best adult decision I could at the age of 17. Nobody else could have given me the support and privacy I needed at the time like Planned Parenthood.
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I’m sitting here at the age of 26 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, thinking about how different that first appointment at 17 would have been. I had more rights when I was still a minor than I do now, and my children do not.
I’ve always been open about being a teen mom to my kids, so hopefully they don’t make the same mistakes I did. I have six beautiful children, three boys and three girls. My oldest step-daughter is 12 years old, and I had to have an adult conversation with her yesterday about how this ruling will affect her life. I had to tell her that, even though it was her body, there were no longer three options when you became unexpectedly pregnant. I told my story and explained why I chose to keep my pregnancy, and just because I didn’t choose abortion doesn’t mean I’m against it. I told her that if I decided to have an abortion, I would be alone in the process, with no support, because of how society views abortions and how it treats women who exercise that right.
I had to tell her that if she became pregnant despite all of the safe sex talks, contraception, and preaching about the difficulties of being a teen mom, she would have to carry the pregnancy to term because abortion is becoming criminalized in America.
That is the distinction between pro-choice and pro-life. I couldn’t justify ending someone’s life because I was only a teenager, so I didn’t. Despite having the option of abortion, I chose to keep and raise my child. True, there are those who abuse their position of power. There are a million different scenarios that could lead to an abortion decision. We are not to pass judgment on those who make that decision. We have no idea what prompted them to make that difficult choice, but that is between them and whatever higher power they believe in.
It appears to be a simple solution to a complex problem. This would be a good plan if the world were black and white, but there is a lot of gray area that the law ignores, which is the problem.
Because the government made that decision for us, I can only hope for the best. What I do know is that prohibiting abortions will have far-reaching consequences.
In this case, prohibiting abortion will result in unsafe abortions, women carrying a healthy baby to term, and killing the baby in crueler ways than I can imagine. I believe it is everyone’s goal to protect the innocent and give those who don’t have a voice a voice. It is so contradictory to protect the innocent and give babies a voice while also depriving the women who give birth to those children of their right to speak and make a decision that best suits their life.
When I first became a parent, I knew exactly what I would do if one of my children became pregnant unexpectedly. I grew up and vowed to be that person for my kids in ways I never had as a teen mom.
I promised to educate my children on all of their options in the event of an unplanned pregnancy, to give them the ability to make a choice without judgment, and to provide them with unconditional love and support to help them navigate life’s difficult decisions, but the government took that away the day Roe v. Wade was overturned. Do better, America.
Caitlin Shanks is a mother of six children and lives in Tucson. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-my-daughters-should-have-same-choices-i-did/article_756449b8-f8c4-11ec-80dc-ffa97ce05f37.html | 2022-07-22T14:54:57 | 0 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-my-daughters-should-have-same-choices-i-did/article_756449b8-f8c4-11ec-80dc-ffa97ce05f37.html |
Charlevoix County's prosecuting attorney comments on Roe v. Wade decision
CHARLEVOIX — Charlevoix County’s prosecuting attorney has weighed in on the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that reversed the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which had guaranteed the right to abortion for almost 50 years.
Despite a state injunction on the Supreme Court decision, Michigan's county prosecuting attorneys have found themselves at the intersection of law and action.
Telgenhof said he waited before making a comment.
“I wanted to have time to review the decision and let it sink in before responding,” he wrote in a community release on June 21.
“The oath that I took as prosecuting attorney was to support the constitution of the United States and the Michigan constitutions. As I understand these constitutions, it is for the legislature to pass laws, for the judiciary to interpret laws, and it is for the prosecuting attorneys to enforce those laws that are adjudged to be constitutional. It is not my place to substitute my judgment for that of the legislature, or of the judiciary,” wrote Telgenhof.
“I did not agree with counties that proclaimed that they would not enforce lawful COVID restrictions due to political disagreement. Similarly, at this time I will not issue a blanket statement that I will not enforce laws that have been passed by the legislature. I do not believe that it is my place to override the decisions of duly elected members of the legislature.”
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In an interview, Telgenhof said a prosecutor has discretion based on the unique circumstances of each case and to make a general pre-emptive announcement undermines the process. When asked hypothetically if the injunction was lifted, would he consider prosecuting a woman who had an abortion, he noted the several legal circumstances mitigating such a decision. The first one being that the 1931 Michigan law only specifically applies to physicians.
“Every prosecutor has the right, and I believe, the duty, to take into account the specific circumstances of each case when deciding when to charge a crime or in deciding how to proceed in a case after a crime is charged. For example, we do not treat the teenager who assaults their parent because of an untreated mental health issue the same as we treat the spouse who batters their spouse, even though both crimes constitute domestic violence. I believe, however, that this exercise of discretion is different than announcing that a certain law will not be enforced in a county,” wrote Telgenhof.
He described his role as one consisting of daily discretion, common sense and mercy and remarked that currently the point of enforcement is moot.
“It should be noted that in the case of Planned Parenthood of Michigan v. Attorney General of the State of Michigan, the Court of Claims has issued a preliminary injunction preventing prosecutors across the state from enforcing MCL 750.14, the state law that bans abortion. Thus, we all await further instruction from the courts on how to proceed. It is certainly possible, if not likely, that the Michigan Supreme Court will weigh in and find that there is a right to privacy, which includes the right to an abortion, implicit in the Michigan Constitution,” Telgenhof wrote in his statement.
Similarly, he said to the Charlevoix Courier, “We will just have to wait and see."
Telgenhof urged those in Charlevoix County to use their vote to make a change.
“If you want to be involved, move it to the ballot,” he said. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/07/22/how-does-overturning-roe-v-wade-impact-you-charlevoix-prosecuting-attorney-allen-telgenhof-gives-som/7817073001/ | 2022-07-22T14:57:15 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/charlevoix/2022/07/22/how-does-overturning-roe-v-wade-impact-you-charlevoix-prosecuting-attorney-allen-telgenhof-gives-som/7817073001/ |
Looking Back: The best laid plans of mice and men
On July 20, 1872, 150 years ago, the Charlevoix Sentinel added content filler to a column that read, “A Montana lover bought out his rival for $200.” That’s one way to end a love affair. At least he didn’t shoot him.
Fifty years later, the July 20, 1922 Sentinel printed a letter, on the front page, signed by George VanPelt, millionaire Chicago entrepreneur and inventor who had a summer home in Norwood. VanPelt is addressing the recent hospital financial/temporary closing crisis that was looked at last week.
“Mr. Ira Adams, Treasurer Charlevoix Hospital (Adams was also the editor of the Sentinel, son-in-law of the legendary founder of the newspaper Willard A. Smith): My Dear Sir: I can assure you that it affords me great pleasure to hand you my check for the customary One Hundred Dollars and now that there has been a ‘Killin’ an’ a clearin’ I trust that this Hospital will be carried on in an honest and business like manner as I truly believe that it will be. Let it be ‘100% American’ in all its governmental affairs, and with Miss Caroline Geiken as Supt. and our old reliable Dr. R. B. Armstrong as medical director even such an old sinner as I am supposed to be will feel safe and happy there in, should just a few of the wild drivers of automobiles and reckless bicycles take a chance in getting smashed into smithereens by trying hard as they may in running me down. Yours truly, Uncle George H. VanPelt.
George VanPelt had his hand in many Charlevoix nooks and crannies. His use of the word “Uncle” indicates the avuncular interest he had in Charlevoix and his deeply felt concern for its continual wellbeing. VanPelt purchased the big brick Harsha Building downtown in 1910, stripped off its façade, put up a new one still standing, and affixed his own name at top — “VanPelt 1910.” The building is now known as Cherry Republic.
Fifty years ago, the July 19, 1972 Charlevoix Courier reported that a second Round Lake condominium was in the works. The first, “The Wharf” on Belvedere Avenue near Ward Bros. at the southwest corner of Round Lake, had just been completed. Le Havre, as the new one would be called, designed by local architect Jack Begrow, would take the place of the Ray Hamilton family’s longtime boatyard on Belvedere at Alice Street. But LeHavre would come nowhere near the total grand design intended for the property. Alice Street would be extended north all the way to Round Lake to bisect the lot. As the photo and architect’s drawing captions said: “A full boatyard operation will be maintained in front of the dwelling units, planned for both sides of Alice Street. The boatyard will be operated by Joel Arvilla and Brian Seymour of Charlevoix.”
Twenty-six condo units were originally planned. However, the four stories of units to the west of Alice Street were not built, nor did a boatyard come into being.
Regarding the planned, updated boatyard, “In addition to dockage, boat utilities and boat service, new facilities will include complete marine supplies, a ship’s store, dockside showers, Gulf Oil products and commodities such as ice, beer and wine. Also planned are classes in sailing, daily sail boat rentals, big boat charters and dockside catering by Grey Gables restaurant. One, two, and three-bedroom units will be available, with prices ranging from $32,500 to $65,000. They will be built around a swimming pool, with each unit commanding a view of Round Lake and adjoining waterways.”
Phase one of the condos was constructed, the long line from Belvedere Avenue to the waterfront. Phase two has yet to appear, if ever.
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Growing pains for Alpenfest as attendance topped last year's record
GAYLORD — Attendance for the 2022 Alpenfest in Gaylord was very strong and organizers must now look for ways to expand the event to accommodate larger crowds.
Ken Mattei of the Alpenfest board said last year over 80,000 people — a record —attended the four-day event.
"This year we will exceed that big time," Mattei said. "We had a Tuesday that is typically quiet for us and the crowds that came in were mind blowing. The streets and rides were packed and we had long lines. We didn't expect it because statewide for most festivals the attendance and revenue is declining. In our case everything went up."
More:Gaylord's Alpenfest is 'back in full strength' for this year's festival
Mattei said a most of the vendors and crafters did well "and the majority want to come back for next year."
Mattei said the concerts were well attended with over 1,000 people a night for the shows. Two new events — cornhole tournaments on the lawn of the county building and a classic car show at the Sportsplex — also did well.
"The cornhole event drew a lot of people, including many who watched the competition. We will bring it back next year. The car show was at the Sportsplex for the first time and 97 vehicles were on display," Mattei said.
Another change is the number of visitors who are coming to Gaylord for Alpenfest.
"We had a lot of people who came from outside of Gaylord. In 2018 a survey found most attendees were from the Gaylord area. Our vendors noticed a lot of people from downstate and even outside of Michigan, including some from as far away as Florida. So it looks like we have changed the dynamic now to include people from all over," noted Mattei.
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Mattei said the increased attendance means the biggest problem confronting Alpenfest officials is the need for more room.
"We have growing pains," he said.
There was some concern with this year's Alpenfest coming six weeks after a tornado ravaged the area and how it might affect the turnout.
"I think people wanted to get out and there was some pent-up demand from folks who wanted to do something outdoors," said Mattei. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/07/22/growing-pains-alpenfest-attendance-topped-last-years-record/10105639002/ | 2022-07-22T14:57:27 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/07/22/growing-pains-alpenfest-attendance-topped-last-years-record/10105639002/ |
PHOENIX — A two-car collision has resulted in the death of three people in Phoenix near Arizona State University's West Campus, the Phoenix Police Department said.
Six other people, including four teenagers, have been transported to the hospital in varying states of condition, the city's fire department said. Officials do not know the ages and sexes of those who died.
Investigators believe one vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed when it collided with another vehicle trying to make a left-hand turn, police said. It's unknown which vehicle those who were transported to the hospital were in.
This is a developing story. Tune in to 12News for the latest information.
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The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) offers driving tips to help keep people safe on the road.
"There’s always room for improvement when it comes to road safety," the department said on its website.
ADOT's suggestions include:
- Don’t speed or drive aggressively
- Never drive while under the influence of substances
- Avoid distractions while driving
- Wear your seatbelt and make sure all passengers are doing the same
- When an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, move over
- Stay extra aware in work zones
- Be prepared for weather conditions that make driving dangerous
"Real-time highway conditions are available on ADOT’s Arizona Traveler Information site at az511.gov, by calling 511, downloading the AZ 511 app and through ADOT’s Twitter feed, @ArizonaDOT," the department said. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/fatal-car-crash-asu-west-campus-phoenix/75-2b19dbf1-dbed-4f8a-bf43-a73bd909dd7f | 2022-07-22T15:10:45 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/fatal-car-crash-asu-west-campus-phoenix/75-2b19dbf1-dbed-4f8a-bf43-a73bd909dd7f |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters found a person dead inside a duplex in Northeast Portland following a fire Thursday night.
Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) told KGW that arson investigators determined the person's death was not related to the fire. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said the person appears to have died from natural causes before the fire broke out, and the fire never reached them. The medical examiner will investigate the cause of death.
The fire started at 11:16 p.m. at the building near Northeast Halsey Street and Northeast 6th Avenue in the Lloyd District neighborhood. Crews found fire burning on two sides of the two-story building and on multiple floors. The back stairwell was destroyed, so firefighters had to use a ladder to access the upper floors. Crews had a difficult time moving through the apartment due to "excessive clutter," according to a news release from PF&R.
Firefighters received reports that someone was trapped inside, but they were able to escape.
Crews were able to get the fire under control around 12:31 a.m. and it's under investigation.
This is a developing story and it may be updated as more information becomes available.
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EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon football program and the family of Spencer Webb held a public memorial service on Thursday to celebrate his life.
The 22-year-old Ducks tight end died last week from a head injury after an accidental fall near Triangle Lake, west of Eugene.
Many attended the public tribute at Autzen Stadium for the Oregon football player, who is remembered just as much for what he brought to the gridiron as his compassion and kindness.
After Webb's death, Ducks football coach Dan Lanning tweeted about Webb, saying how much he would be missed. At the memorial service, he shared how easy it was for Webb to connect with everyone.
"He could talk to you for three minutes and by the end of the conversation, he would know where you're from and what makes you tick, and maybe your social security number," said Lanning.
Teammates Cam McCormick and Isaah Crocker said getting to know him was a gift.
"Although I have tremendous pain in my heart and I miss my brother everyday, I will treasure all our moments together and remember him always and forever," McCormick said.
"He was the rose that grew from concrete. Coming from nothing, he learned to turn tragedy into beautiful triumph," said Crocker. "And that's where me and Spence connected the most."
Webb's brother, Cody, and sister-in-law, Alicia, described him as a young man who overcame many challenges in life. The couple raised him through his high school years. Webb got his grades up and earned a scholarship at Oregon.
"A lot of what I was in his life was tough love," Cody said, "That's how I coached him, that's how I loved him ... but, hey, he was able to take those talents and get to where he's at."
"He said, 'Age is just a number. It's a number that counts how many years you've been on this earth to bless people,'" Alicia said, recalling a birthday card from Webb. "Spencer considered himself forever blessed, and had 22 years to bless people, and did exactly that." | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/spencer-webb-university-oregon-football-memorial/283-51538dcf-1705-48c5-95ae-ebfc754b4003 | 2022-07-22T15:15:06 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/spencer-webb-university-oregon-football-memorial/283-51538dcf-1705-48c5-95ae-ebfc754b4003 |
(WJHL) — Storm Team 11 predicts a sunny and scorching-hot weekend. News Channel 11 compiled a list of events to enjoy with the entire family.
Saturday, July 23
What: Lynyrd Skynyrd at Fun Fest
Where: J. Fred Johnson Stadium on the Cardinal Glass Industries Stage
When: 7 p.m.
More: For tickets, click here.
What: Summer Supper on Spring Street
Where: Spring Street in Jonesborough
When: 6 p.m.
More: Tickets are available here.
What: Eastman Fireworks Spectacular
Where: J. Fred Johnson Park
When: 9:30-10 p.m
What: Food Trucks & Flicks Festival
Where: Persimmon Ridge Park in Jonesborough
When: 5-11 p.m.
More: Over 10 food truck options with corn hole, kids games and music. A family-friendly movie will start at 8:45 p.m. at Persimmon Ridge ballfields
What: Bristol Rhythm Volunteer Expo
Where: Anderson Park in downtown Bristol
When: 11 a.m. through 2 p.m.
More: Organizers are seeking volunteers for the 21st annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival.
What: Believer’s Church Back to School Bash
Where: 104 Jax Drive in Johnson City
When: 2-5 p.m.
More: Free event with backpack and supplies giveaway, face paintings, inflatables, snacks and games.
Sunday, July 24
What: 80 Years of Movie Music
Where: Allandale Mansion at 4444 W. Stone Drive in Kingsport
When: 7-9 p.m.
More: Bring a picnic and enjoy music from eight decades of movies.
What: Brews & Tunes
Where: International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough
When: 4 p.m.
More: Beer and music.
What: Yoga in the Park
Where: Storytelling Park
When: 4 p.m.
What: Jason Lovins Band
Where: First Baptist Church in Blountville
When: 6 p.m.
What: Phillips & Banks
Where: Oak Grove Baptist Church
When: 6 p.m.
What: Elizabethton River Riders vs. Burlington Sock Puppets
Where: Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark
When: 2:30 p.m. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/list-weekend-events-in-tri-cities/ | 2022-07-22T15:15:16 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/list-weekend-events-in-tri-cities/ |
Alliance falls short in All-America City bid; Barberton wins honor
ALLIANCE – The city's bid to be named an All-America City fell short.
While it was not the outcome they wanted, city and community leaders expressed gratitude Thursday for being one of 20 finalists for the coveted awards from the National Civic League.
"We were disappointed," said Mayor Alan Andreani, "but everyone did a great job."
Ten cities — including Barberton — received the designation during an awards show streamed live on Facebook.
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"I felt like everyone who came together put their best foot forward," said Liz Hibbs, director of Early Childhood Education Alliance. "I'm grateful for the work we do and the collaboration we have."
Barberton gets the nod
About 35 miles away, Barberton officials celebrated after their community was named a winner; the city was a finalist for the second consecutive year.
Since 1949, the National Civic League has awarded more than 500 communities with the prestigious designation; now, in collaboration with The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
This year's theme focused on "Housing as a Platform to Promote Early School Success and Equitable Learning Recovery," and each finalist made a presentation to a panel of judges.
The judges said of Barberton: "This community offers a continuum of childhood services. This community is empowering parents. This community is driving with data to support its youngest learners."
An elated Mayor William Judge, during the live show, accepted the designation.
"I would like to thank the All-America City panel for this award. I want to thank the partnerships we have," he said. "We do a lot here in the community to benefit the community, the families and the kids."
Introspective look into Alliance
Hibbs and other Alliance officials made their case Thursday afternoon, showcasing collaborative efforts to help low-income families and their children be ready for kindergarten.
They streamed their presentation from a studio in Alliance High School with city, school and community officials participating in the event.
"Losing this competition taught us how valuable our community really is and gained national recognition that may cause us to win in another year," said Shirene Starn-Tapyrik, director of the Alliance for Children & Families.
"Therefore, losing this national competition should be viewed as a credential, not an impediment. We were able to take a moment to do an introspective look at just how civic minded our entire community is."
Hibbs added: "We did everything we could do and there's always next year."
Reach Benjamin Duer at 330-580-8567 or ben.duer@cantonrep.com
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Who won All-America City honors?
Here's the complete list of the 10 award winners:
- New Haven, Connecticut
- San Antonio, Texas
- Portland, Maine
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Barberton, Ohio
- Sacramento, California
- Palacios, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- Suncoast Region, Florida | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/07/22/national-civic-league-america-award-alliance-barberton-ohio-2022/10105199002/ | 2022-07-22T15:29:20 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/07/22/national-civic-league-america-award-alliance-barberton-ohio-2022/10105199002/ |
Stark courthouse eyed as location for renovated McKinley statue
CANTON – The Timken Foundation has chosen the Stark County Courthouse as the best location for a statue of President William McKinley — the one that came from Arcata, California, more than three years ago.
Foundation representatives this week presented their plan to the Stark County commissioners, who were asked to accept the statue as a donation for the corner of Tuscarawas Street and Market Avenue. The courthouse property in downtown Canton is owned by the county.
"It's an exciting project for the city and the county," Commissioner Janet Weir Creighton said. "It's a way to honor William McKinley and have a statue of him downtown."
The commissioners still have to vote on the measure but expressed their support. Creighton, who thanked the Timken Foundation for undertaking the project and associated costs, said there's no set date for when the vote will occur.
"We know about the statue, but we don't know about the base, and we don't know how big it's going to be," she said. "So we're waiting on more information from them."
Robert R. "Bob" Timken, president of the foundation, and his parents, Ward J. "Jack" and Joy Timken, told the commissioners that the six-person board of trustees favored the courthouse because of its proximity to the Saxton House, McKinley's law offices in the First National Bank building and the president's Methodist church. They also consulted with Mayor Thomas Bernabei and Dwaine Hemphill, the court administrator.
"It just seemed to be such a natural place to locate him downtown," Joy Timken said.
According to their presentation, the Timken Foundation will cover the design and installation costs for a statue base. The bronze statue is about 8 feet tall and was sculpted by Haig Patigian, whose work is displayed in the White House and Congress.
California rancher George Zehnder, who met the president following one of his speeches in California, commissioned the statue after McKinley's assassination and gifted it to the city of Arcata. It stood in the city's plaza for more than 100 years before City Council decided to remove it in 2018 after decades of dispute surrounding the statue and McKinley's imperialist reputation.
After the news spread, the Timken Foundation and Bernabei made a case for its relocation to Canton. The foundation purchased the statue for $15,000 in February 2019 and transported it to McKay Lodge in Oberlin, where damage from environmental deterioration and vandalism was repaired.
The courthouse was among the locations considered early on and one of Bernabei's favorites, he said in an email.
"I hope this moves forward," he said. "My special thanks to the Timken Foundation for the purchase, restoration and proposed donation of this extraordinary statue and what will be a beautiful addition to downtown Canton." | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/07/22/stark-courthouse-eyed-location-renovated-mckinley-statue-william-president-arcata/10108276002/ | 2022-07-22T15:29:26 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/07/22/stark-courthouse-eyed-location-renovated-mckinley-statue-william-president-arcata/10108276002/ |
The Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed southbound from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday between the Lehigh Valley and Quakertown interchanges, PennDOT said.
Crews will be erecting beams for the Cassel Road bridge that crosses the turnpike in Lehigh County.
Pennsylvania state police and turnpike personnel will be positioned at the affected areas to assist drivers. Changeable message signs will also provide information on closures and detours.
Work schedules are subject to change based on weather conditions, and motorists are encouraged to plan travel accordingly, PennDOT said.
Southbound Detour
Exit at the Lehigh Valley Interchange (Exit 56). Take Route 22 east to Route 309 south to Interstate 78 east. Follow to State Route 309 south to State Route 663 south. Re-enter the turnpike at the Quakertown Interchange (Exit 44). | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-turnpike-closure-20220722-3kpmbnnqdbephbtmgofx4xiv74-story.html | 2022-07-22T15:31:17 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-turnpike-closure-20220722-3kpmbnnqdbephbtmgofx4xiv74-story.html |
CALIFORNIA, USA — California has become the first state to allow citizens to sue people who sell or spread illegal guns. The law will be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom Friday and was modeled after a Texas lawsuit deterring abortions.
The law allows people to sue anyone making, selling, transporting or distributing illegal guns and so-called "ghost guns," or guns made at home to avoid tracing.
Under the law, people can sue for damages of at least $10,000 per weapon involved. Some damages are also available against gun dealers who illegally sell guns to people under 21.
“Our message to the criminals spreading illegal weapons in California is simple: you have no safe harbor here in the Golden State. While the Supreme Court rolls back reasonable gun safety measures, California continues adding new ways to protect the lives of our kids. California will use every tool at its disposal to save lives, especially in the face of an increasingly extreme Supreme Court,” Gov. Newsom said.
Newsom called on legislators to pass a bill similar to a Texas law allowing citizens to sue anyone who provides or assists in providing an abortion. The Supreme Court declined to block the Texas law last fall.
“If Texas is going to use this legal framework to essentially outlaw abortion and harm women, all with the Supreme Court’s blessing, California is going to use it to save lives and take AR-15s off our streets,” said state Senator Bob Hertzberg (D-San Fernando Valley), who authored the bill.
A UC Davis study, published this year, said California's "red flag" law - known as a gun violence restraining order - was used to prevent 58 mass shootings. According to the governor's office, the new law is meant to bolster California's gun safety "toolkit."
“With these new laws, California is protecting life, safety, and freedom," said Attorney General Rob Bonta, in part, in a news release. "We have the strongest gun safety laws in the nation, and one of the lowest firearm mortality rates. This is not a coincidence. More guns do not make us safer — laws like these do. Period. I am committed to enforcing our commonsense gun safety laws, and keeping weapons of war off our streets and out of the hands of dangerous individuals.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/newsom-signs-texas-style-law-sue-illegal-guns/103-5aca3c8d-0928-44a8-a92b-fcc01b767fcc | 2022-07-22T15:32:11 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/newsom-signs-texas-style-law-sue-illegal-guns/103-5aca3c8d-0928-44a8-a92b-fcc01b767fcc |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped an Alabama man from bringing a loaded handgun onto a flight at Lynchburg Regional Airport.
On Thursday, a TSA officer detected a weapon in the man’s carry-on bag as it entered the checkpoint X-ray machine and immediately alerted the police.
At this time, the man also faces a federal financial civil citation.
“It’s the second firearm that our TSA officers have detected at the airport so far this year,” said Robin “Chuck” Burke, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport. “Passengers are permitted to travel with firearms only in checked baggage if they are properly packaged and declared at their airline ticket counter. Guns on their person or accessible in their carry-on property are illegal and when detected at the screening checkpoint will result in a significant fine and potential criminal charges filed on the passenger. Security checkpoints and weapons don’t mix.”
In addition to being cited, the man also faces a federal financial civil citation.
The fine for having a loaded firearm at an airport ranges from $3,000 $10,000 and a criminal referral, according to the TSA website.
The TSA says a gun can be transported; however, it must be unloaded and stored in a hard-sided locked case, packed separately from ammunition. The locked case will then need to be brought to the airline check-in counter to be declared. For more information, click here.
Last year TSA officers detected 5,972 guns at security checkpoints nationwide and 86% of them were loaded. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/22/man-cited-after-tsa-officers-stop-him-with-loaded-handgun-at-lynchburg-regional-airport/ | 2022-07-22T15:37:03 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/22/man-cited-after-tsa-officers-stop-him-with-loaded-handgun-at-lynchburg-regional-airport/ |
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