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Beginning Wednesday, Vine Street stretching between 66th and 70th streets will be closed for asphalt repairs.
The recommended detour sends Vine Street traffic south to O Street.
The repair project is anticipated to be completed by Aug. 12, Lincoln Transportation and Utilities said in a news release.
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Teri King (left) and Tom Dorshorst dance during The Zoo Bar's ZooFest music festival July 8.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Dominic Silva (left) lifts up Dertha Williams with help as he pushes her on a tire swing during Lincoln's annual Uncle Sam Jam at Oak Lake Park on Sunday.
KENNETH FERRIERA,, Journal Star
Women display signs to passing cars during an abortion rights rally held in front of the Nebraska State Capitol on Monday.
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Nebraska state Sen. Julie Slama hugs a campaign volunteer after a press conference hosted by Citizens for Voter ID at the Capitol on Thursday. Citizens for Voter ID submitted petitions to the secretary of state to add a voter ID requirement to the state constitution.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Skaters perform during the USA Roller Sports Roller Figure Skating Indoor National Championships on Saturday at Speedway Sports Complex.
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Carpet Land's Owen Laessig's hat flies off his head as he throws to first base to retire a JC Brager batter on June 29, 2022, at Den Hartog Field.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Cathy Smith (from left), Rick Boucher and Shelly Horton ride horses in Pioneers Park on Monday. The city has approved restoring 1.9 miles of horse trails in the park.
NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
Charity Reeves is shown Friday in her kitchen in Nebraska City. Reeves said her brain fog persists after recovering from the initial symptoms of COVID-19, and she has to rely on note cards to remind her of daily tasks such as turning off the stove.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Ravi Singh demonstrates a drone during a news conference on Thursday at Nebraska State Patrol headquarters.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Konni Anderson (left) talks with Becca Monroe of West Mill Flowers Friday.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Customers carry out fireworks from Black Dragon Fireworks in Hickman on Friday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Ashley Peterson, a special-education teacher at Lincoln Northwest who suffers from prosopagnosia, also known as facial blindness, was recently featured in a National Geographic story talking about the condition.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Dana Davenport, Josie Kinsinger and Dee Bronson (from left) set up a phone so they can film a reel for Instagram at Aria Rose Bath Co. on Thursday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Andie Trimble (left) and Nicole Polivka wear paint-stained dresses while protesting the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade during an abortion rights rally held in front of the Nebraska State Capitol on Monday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
LINCOLN, NEB. - 07/06/2022 - Buster the dog looks on as supporters of medical marijuana sign petitions, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 07/10/2022 - Protesters march around Lincoln Station during a rally in support of union rail workers, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Union rail workers in Nebraska are negotiating a new contract under the Railway Labor Act, after the previous contract expired in 2019. NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
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Lincoln's catcher Skyler Weber reacts after scoring a run against Kansas City during Saturday's game at Haymarket Park.
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SAN ANTONIO — Veterans living at a northwest side apartment complex are faced with the challenge of finding a new place to live after management announced its no longer accepting housing choice vouchers.
The federal assistance program helps low-income families, the elderly and disabled people afford housing. Among the impacted tenants is Army veteran Rick Stover, who has lived at the Cue at Medical Center for the past four years.
“You would think you would try and take care of the vets that put their selves on the line so everyone can sleep at night,” Stover said. “The years up until now have been pretty well, pretty good actually.”
Stover noted not everyone has family or friends to support them financially, especially during unexpected times like this prompted by Austin-based property management.
He emphasizes with his neighbors who might end up homeless.
“I’ve been on the streets before and I assure you it’s nothing pretty,” Stover said.
The San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA) provided KENS 5 a statement addressing Stover’s situation and a call to action.
“The new Austin-based property owner, Arbor Properties, has elected to not accept Housing Choice Vouchers, which is affecting Mr. Stover’s voucher as well as other families. Unfortunately, there is no municipal or state policy that requires private landlords to accept Housing Choice Vouchers. SAHA issued a new voucher to Mr. Stover on June 17, and his VA caseworker has become aware and involved to help him find a new home. Given the housing crisis San Antonio is facing, we call on policymakers to address this source of income discrimination to prevent further displacement from out of town, for-profit housing corporations.”
The City of Austin passed an ordinance in 2014 that prohibits source of income discrimination. But the state legislature in response passed a bill banning local municipalities from enacting such policies.
“We’re seeing that this has become a big problem. There are no guardrails to prevent landlords fro0m refusing a tenant based on their source of income,” Hahn said.
Erin Hahn works as a research analyst with Texas Housers, a non-profit advocating on behalf of low-income tenants and government housing programs. She noted there’s an exception in the bill passed by lawmakers aimed at military veterans.
“Cities can pass ordinances that apply specifically to veterans so in the case of veterans there is an avenue through which cities like San Antonio who have large populations of military families to protect voucher holders,” Hahn said.
In July 2021, the City of San Antonio adopted the Housing Voucher Incentive Policy (HVIP), which applies only to city-incentivized developments that received funding after the ordinance became effective, said Siboney Díaz-Sánchez, who works within community engagement at the city's Neighborhood and Housing Services Department.
"Developments that received funding after HVIP was adopted will be available to veterans and anyone else who qualifies for affordable housing, including if they use a voucher to pay rent. However, properties that are not city funded can continue to opt in or out of participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, Díaz-Sánchez said.
Meanwhile, Stover is working alongside SAHA and Department of Veteran Affairs to secure a new place to call home ideally by the end of the week.
“We’re at other people’s mercy and it’s really sad.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-veteran-fears-homeless-apartment-owner-federal-housing-voucher/273-0a15e3b2-405c-4b1e-b63b-a15c3a3c19c2 | 2022-07-26T22:46:56 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-veteran-fears-homeless-apartment-owner-federal-housing-voucher/273-0a15e3b2-405c-4b1e-b63b-a15c3a3c19c2 |
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — If you have home insurance here in Florida, you could soon be facing costlier rates or even have to find a new insurance carrier altogether.
The company that rates insurance companies in Florida on their ability to fulfill loans, Demotech, was expected to release its new ratings on Tuesday. For insurance companies to be federally backed, they must have an "A" rating. 27 of the Sunshine State's 40 insurance companies are expected to receive a downgraded rate, leaving millions of Floridians scrambling to find a new policy with a federally backed company.
That release was delayed, leaving insurance brokers and homeowners in a lurch.
So why are these companies facing a downgraded rating in the first place? Florida leads the nation in insurance litigation.
"Florida has about eight percent of all the claims in the country," William Trump, president and CEO of Trump Insurance, said. "When you think about that, ahh that's kind of average. [Florida has] 75 percent of all the insurance litigation... It doesn't take long until that erodes the entire market."
Trump said he's often having bleak conversations with clients, worried about where that leaves them.
"Obviously Demotech delayed the downgrading — these companies already received letters of the downgrading," Trump said. "It's not as though this isn't going to happen or if it's going to happen. It's definitely when."
Trump's insurance companies have clients in Largo and St. Petersburg. He says right now 92 percent of the policies his company writes are to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.
Citizens is considered a last-resort company for homeowners who could not obtain insurance elsewhere.
"There are not a lot of new carriers dipping their toes into the market because they know it's a broken system right now," Trump said. "In my opinion, until we get this fixed, there's not a lot of good solutions other than citizens. From that standpoint, my agency has written more policy into Citizens in the last six months than the last six years."
Trump worries if a massive storm were to come through Florida, a lot of companies would not have the funds to fulfill the claims they'd receive.
We're in the middle of Florida's hurricane season. With that in mind, Trump said elected officials are hoping new ratings aren't released until the season ends. If that were to be the case, the companies that currently have "A" ratings would keep those ratings and remain federally backed, ensuring homeowners would be paid out for their claims.
"I think there's a lot of pressure from the state of Florida saying 'please withhold this information,' because it's essentially a nuclear bomb for our market," Trump said.
If Demotech releases its ratings, millions of Floridians would be in the market for a new home insurance policy. But would there be room?
"No. Absolutely not," Trump said.
While Citizens is a last-resort option, if it becomes everyone's option, they'll have to turn away new policies. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/floridas-home-insurance-crisis/67-b9bec373-b896-4ec8-9ac3-9898e63a2ad5 | 2022-07-26T22:51:42 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/floridas-home-insurance-crisis/67-b9bec373-b896-4ec8-9ac3-9898e63a2ad5 |
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — A man near a river in Weeki Wachee said on a dock behind his home on Sunday when he saw a kayak paddle float by in the water and heard a commotion.
John Prout said he then ran towards the boat attached to his dock and saw a young woman floating by and her body wasn't moving.
Another boater passing by jumped into the water to help.
“I ran over there and had him bring her to the boat and we pulled her in the boat and started CPR," Prout said.
He also said the woman was going in and out of consciousness.
"She was lifeless and not breathing," Prout explained.
Prout said he continued CPR unit help arrived and the woman eventually coughed up water.
“The paramedics got here and she was fine. She was able to talk and they took care of everything," he said.
Prout said this is not the first time he has seen someone nearly drown in the river behind his home as he had previously helped two people get out of the water.
“The last person I helped to bring out the water, I never heard anything back so I’ve always been curious if he made it out alive," he said.
Prout and the other man who helped with the rescue said they were worried about how the woman was doing.
The woman's family members were able to let the pair know through social media that she was doing well and also thanked them for saving her life. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernandocounty/woman-saved-drowning-weeki-wachee-springs/67-554246af-2563-4b18-8e7b-7ec962b9b5e4 | 2022-07-26T22:51:43 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hernandocounty/woman-saved-drowning-weeki-wachee-springs/67-554246af-2563-4b18-8e7b-7ec962b9b5e4 |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — The invasive giant African land snail continues to be a problem in Pasco County. As the Florida Department of Agriculture continues to work to eradicate them, in some cases, there have been new hurdles in addressing the issue.
Jay Pasqua runs East Richey Lawnmower and Equipment next to an empty lot that's been a hot spot for the snails.
Part of the reason could be the land behind it. Pasqua says FDACS hasn’t been able to get in touch with the owner to get access to the property, and eradicate the possible snail population.
"They have not been in contact with the person that owns the property," Pasqua said. "They're still diligently working at it, because they want to get in there, and based upon the ones that they've been finding just today alone, they're very eager to get in there.”
FDACS says it’s not a widespread issue, but it does cause problems.
"Some of the properties within the area are owned under either business names, or other entities that we have had a little bit of a harder time contacting owners, or the owner has not either been home or reachable by any phone email, or other means," Christina Chitty, the Public Information Director for the Division of Plant Industry for FDACS said.
In certain situations some of the properties that officials have been unable to gain access to are so overgrown, that it might be difficult to track down and eradicate the snails. The property near Pasqua's shop is so overgrown some of the weeds and greenery are over 6 feet tall.
“Typically we would mitigate that in some way," Chitty said. "In the past, in the Miami eradication, we have done debris removal and even, helped to acquire landscaping for the properties in order to make the effort effective."
In certain cases, if the property owner can’t be contacted, they eventually can turn to other avenues.
"At some point, we do have legal means to go through the warrant process to actually treat those properties, and go through other channels to find the owners of the properties," Chitty said. "But yes, we would not be able to declare eradication if a property that is required for treatment is not treated within a timely manner." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/no-contact-properties-pasco-county-invasive-snail-treatment-efforts/67-bb4d7276-9142-4947-b104-c8fd9df1a2e7 | 2022-07-26T22:51:48 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/no-contact-properties-pasco-county-invasive-snail-treatment-efforts/67-bb4d7276-9142-4947-b104-c8fd9df1a2e7 |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Emergency crews shut down Ridge Road, just east of Little Road, due to flooding Tuesday in the Jasmine Estates area of Pasco County.
Pasco County Fire Rescue said two vehicles became stuck in rising floodwaters.
Emergency management and public works crews were notified of the situation, according to firefighters.
All lanes of both roads were temporarily closed in the area. And, first responders urged drivers to find alternate routes.
There were no immediate reports of any injuries. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-flooding-cars-stuck/67-021fb00a-2ab7-4a78-9388-cb3c94514a07 | 2022-07-26T22:51:49 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-flooding-cars-stuck/67-021fb00a-2ab7-4a78-9388-cb3c94514a07 |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Staff and patients at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital celebrated a friendly pet's birthday on Tuesday.
Brea, a yellow Labrador retriever, celebrated her fourth birthday at the hospital and was treated with "pup-cakes" and dog-themed activities, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital wrote in a news release.
Staff created a photo booth for the dog and also sang happy birthday to Brea.
The Labrador retriever is the hospital's first dog specifically stationed at the facility and helps motivate and inspire patients and staff. Brea also works with hospitalized children and patients with special needs as they go through their medical journey, the news release stated.
The dog is trained by Canine Companions, and the hospital says it receives philanthropic donations to support the Facility Dog program. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/johns-hopkins-all-childrens-dog-birthday/67-9152fa78-cada-4ec3-b384-d6a9f274083d | 2022-07-26T22:51:49 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/johns-hopkins-all-childrens-dog-birthday/67-9152fa78-cada-4ec3-b384-d6a9f274083d |
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HOOD RIVER — Bridge engineers and inspection crews from ODOT contractor David Evans & Associates will be on the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate bridge Tuesday through Thursday, July 26-28 to conduct the ODOT-required bridge inspections.
Due to severe heat in the forecast, bridge inspections will begin at 5 a.m., 90 minutes earlier than previously announced. Minimal delays are expected, but flaggers will be on the bridge directing traffic around the moving work zone. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/bridge-inspections-scheduled-for-july-26-28/article_52b2e256-0d0c-11ed-83de-d7bdbb83f343.html | 2022-07-26T22:53:08 | 0 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/bridge-inspections-scheduled-for-july-26-28/article_52b2e256-0d0c-11ed-83de-d7bdbb83f343.html |
HOOD RIVER — Bridge engineers and inspection crews from ODOT contractor David Evans & Associates will be on the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate bridge Tuesday through Thursday, July 26-28 to conduct the ODOT-required bridge inspections.
Due to severe heat in the forecast, bridge inspections will begin at 5 a.m., 90 minutes earlier than previously announced. Minimal delays are expected, but flaggers will be on the bridge directing traffic around the moving work zone. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/bridge-inspections-scheduled-for-july-26-28/article_e55402de-0d0c-11ed-945e-b76ab32ccd80.html | 2022-07-26T22:53:14 | 0 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/bridge-inspections-scheduled-for-july-26-28/article_e55402de-0d0c-11ed-945e-b76ab32ccd80.html |
SALEM — A bill passed by the Oregon legislature that would dedicate a highway in honor of Oregon Japanese American World War II veterans was signed by Gov. Kate Brown in March. With Brown’s signature on Senate Bill 1509, State Highway 35 will be dedicated on Aug. 13 as the Oregon Nisei Veterans World War II Memorial Highway.
A highway dedication ceremony is slated for Saturday, Aug. 13 at Wy’east Middle School’s new performing arts center in Odell at 1 p.m. Nisei dignitaries, former Gov. Ted Kulongoski, local legislators and Linda Tamura will participate. A sign reveal will be held at the Highway 35 viewpoint located just two miles south of Hood River tentatively at 3 p.m.
SB 1509 proposed the dedication of the 41-mile highway that runs between I-84 in Hood River and Highway 26 near Government Camp. It was later passed unanimously by the Senate and House.
A proponent of the legislation, author and emerita professor, Tamura said her father and uncle fought two battles during World War II — one for equality and justice at home and one against the enemy overseas. This was after they and other Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) were forced from their homes in the Hood River valley.
“This highway will be a memorial to our Nisei veteran’s valiant service. These brave steadfast veterans paved the way so Highway 35 can become a highway of gratitude and remembrance,” Tamura said.
During World War II and the post-war recovery, more than 33,000 Nisei served with honor and distinction in the United States military, of which 432 were reportedly from Oregon, and 58 specifically from Hood River County. Their collective service came despite federal Executive Order 9066 issued in February 1942 that directed that Japanese Americans be removed to government-built camps.
Nevertheless, Nisei men and women wanted to prove their loyalty to their country and were later allowed to serve in the U.S. military. Many Nisei Americans served in the Army’s famed 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) in Europe, which remains the most decorated unit in U.S. military history for its size and length of service. Nisei also served in the Army’s Military Intelligence Service (MIS) as linguists in the war with Japan in the Pacific Theater. Female Nisei served in the Army Nurse Corps and Women’s Army Corps.
Tamura and the bill’s co-sponsors, State Sen. Chuck Thomsen (R-Hood River), Rep. Anna Williams (D-Hood River), former Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Eric Ballinger of Bend, and retired Army Lt. Col. Dick Tobiason of the Bend Heroes Foundation will participate in the ceremonial bill signing in early August. Nisei veteran Yoshiro Tokiwa will join them. Drafted at age 18 from the camp in Poston, Ariz., Tokiwa served with the 442nd RCT Service Company in Europe.
Currently there are eight Oregon highways named for veterans. Organizations have raised more than $100,000 to pay the Oregon Department of Transportation and others to install and maintain more than 90 signs along 2,900 miles of highway.
Tax-deductible donations are being accepted to support this project online at pdxjacl.org/niseivetshwy, or by mailing a designated check payment made out to American Legion Post 22 to: American Legion Post 22, Cdr. Carl Casey, PO Box 1803, Hood River, OR 97031. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/nisei-veterans-wwii-memorial-highway-to-be-dedicated-in-hood-river/article_754204b2-0d27-11ed-9d71-173606bd31dd.html | 2022-07-26T22:53:20 | 0 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/hoodriver/news/local/nisei-veterans-wwii-memorial-highway-to-be-dedicated-in-hood-river/article_754204b2-0d27-11ed-9d71-173606bd31dd.html |
Dufur grad Maddie Dollarhide will head to Oklahoma State University to study agribusiness and animal science — but there’s a big, year-long job she has to do first.
This spring, she was named one of six statewide officers for Oregon FFA — Dufur’s first ever such honoree — and for the next school year, she’ll be touring the state, talking up FFA and meeting with students and doing business tours.
Dollarhide was named the state secretary. “We are super lucky that we get to be out here and do this and representing. They say it’s the best year of your life and you never want to do it again. It’s intense.”
She said, “They say you grow from 18 to 30 overnight in all the experience.”
The state officers are on the road for 300 days, traveling in pairs, spending most of their time in classrooms talking to students about leadership, team development, and what FFA has to offer.
Perhaps surprisingly, Dollarhide said, some students in FFA have nothing to do with animals, but are instead pursuing leadership skills and attending career development events. “There really is a place for everyone.”
For the summer, activities include heading to Washington, D.C., for training with other statewide officers from around the country, and spending 21 days at the state fair. “For 21 good days in trailers with no water. What could go wrong?” she quipped, then added, “It’ll be fun, we’re excited. We have a good team.”
On their state tours, they’ll meet with school-level FFA officers. Oregon FFA has more than 14,000 members and is significantly growing, she said.
They’ll also go to the national FFA convention, which Dufur’s FFA group attended for the first time last year.
The six state officers pair up and travel the state. “I think we will see every corner of the state, so there’s nothing quite like it. It’s an adventure, definitely a good one. We get to see all sort of things, and all sorts of members.
“It’s so weird coming from a small town where everyone knows everyone and you’ve been in small schools all your life, and we’re going to be out here going to huge schools, it’s going to be an experience.”
Dollarhide graduated with a 4.0 GPA and spoke at her graduation. She was prepared for public speaking, since she spoke in front of 200 people during the state nominating process.
She also went through three full days of interviews for the state position — including getting 10 minutes to prepare for a five-minute speech — so any future job interviews should be a snap. “We were really put through the wringer with those interviews, which is good for us.”
The students have a “team mom,” the state FFA staff secretary, who orders supplies and manages their calendars.
Dollarhide’s tentative plan is to study agribusiness and animal science since that would allow her to go into either of her current interests, which are helping on the family orchard or becoming a veterinarian.
Dollarhide is made of tough stuff. Since a concussion in middle school, she’s had migraines all day, every day. “You just adapt or die and I chose adapt. Some days or worse than others but for the most part you get through it and take it all in stride.”
She said, “I can wallow and say, ‘Oh poor me.’ I may as well do something and still have the same migraine.”
It’s a good reminder for her that others have invisible injuries. “You don’t see what others are going through so it’s a reminder to be compassionate.”
She credits her mindset to her grandmother, Marge Smith, who has battled cancer. “Her grace and caring for everyone and making the most of every opportunity and not letting the huge negatives bring you down, that’s been super impactful for me.”
It’s also key that her fellow state office holders are an upbeat group. “That big positive mindset is the big game changer there,” she said. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/dufur-grad-wins-state-ffa-office/article_f495ac4e-0d10-11ed-acf5-4f71d26086ff.html | 2022-07-26T22:54:25 | 0 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/dufur-grad-wins-state-ffa-office/article_f495ac4e-0d10-11ed-acf5-4f71d26086ff.html |
Representatives of Home At Last (HAL) animal shelter in The Dalles will be meeting with county staff and commissioners to discuss funding options as the shelter addresses inflationary costs and a decline in dog adoptions and donations.
Paul Viemeister, board president for HAL, addressed the Wasco County Board of Commissioners during the public comment portion of their July 20 meeting with HAL Development Director Erin Foote Mogan.
Viemeister said the board was seeking greater collaboration from the county and the City of The Dalles to support the animal management services HAL provides, which include accepting strays, partnering with law, rescuing animals, conducting adoptions and leading on the spaying and neutering of animals to keep the pet population under control.
“We are proud to provide these services to the residents of Wasco County and we’ve worked our tails off to try to make the shelter run, with very little support from the county or the city,” Viemeister said. Only 5% of the HAL funding comes from public sources, he added, including licensing fees and a small amount of funding from the City of The Dalles.
More than half the animals housed at HAL are brought to the shelter by law enforcement and the general public, he said, but less than 5% of the funding HAL receives is from public funding.
It costs $29 a day to house a dog, but public funding amounts to only $1.49, Viemeister told the commissioners. “This is unsustainable for Home at Last. It is unsustainable even in a good year,” he said, and the COVID pandemic and recent inflation has deepened the funding crisis.
“Our costs had increased by more than 25% in the last 18 months, and adoption rates have declined dramatically. The pandemic puppy thing ended in 2020, and we have to turn away walk-ins for a long time to ensure safety of staff and the public at the shelter,” he said.
“The shelter provides major community services. We’re asking you to join us in figuring out how we can provide more sustainable revenue to home at last to account for this community benefit,” he said.
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Mogan, who has worked with the revenues and expenses of the shelter since June 2021, told the board that HAL has seen an increase in donations and community partnerships, added new fundraising events and received $15,000 in grants so far this year. “We really are doing everything we can to fund this shelter with very little money from public sources,” Mogan said.
Citing a survey this spring of 246 residents, Mogan suggested HAL had community support for funding HAL as a special taxing district, and asked the county for support in seeking a county-wide operating levy of 10 cents per thousand.
“Would you be willing to work with us, to collaborate together to solve this problem?” Mogan asked the commissioners. “We really hope we can find a long-term solution.”
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Following the public comment period, Commissioner Steve Kramer said he believed a conversation on the shelter was warranted. “I think what we heard today had a little bit of misinformation, and if we’re going to move forward in a truthful manner with our public, we need to clear that stuff up,” he said. He noted that a survey of 256 people represented only 1% of the counties population, and questioned the 50% rate of usage by law enforcement. “I think that number would go down significantly” if fact checked. Kramer added that in terms of support, Wasco County provided the building HAL uses as a shelter.
“I understand the predicament, but there’s a lot to have chats about,” he said. He noted that creating a special district, with its own operating levy, would impact every district in the county because the amount of tax dollars available is capped, so adding a new district would reduce the funding of existing districts.
Wasco County Administrative Officer Tyler Stone clarified his conversation with Mogan as well, stating, “The conversation we had was, if Home At Last fails, then we would maintain that shelter as a law-enforcement-only hold shelter.
“I don’t recall ever saying that you should close the shelter down,” he said.
Responding to a question from Commissioner Kathy Schwartz regarding the history of animal control services in the county, Sheriff Lane Magill said animal control services and equipment were transferred to the City of The Dalles about a decade ago, following injury of the animal control deputy.
“We started researching the data on those calls for service for animals at that time, and 77% of the calls for service came from the City of The Dalles,” Magill said. “We did a transition from county over to the city because they benefited much more from animal control services.”
Stone added that around that time, the shelter building was transitioned over to HAL, with $50,000 provided by the city and county to get the new operations running. Dog licensing authority and income was transitioned to HAL as well, as was the shelter property, to support HAL fundraising efforts.
Schwartz, who chairs the board of commissioners, then asked that a meeting be scheduled with herself, Stone, Morgan and Viemeister.
Mogan readily agreed, saying, “We’d be very grateful. It sounds like we do have lots of miscommunications or misinformation on both sides of the conversation. Let’s get some facts together and then discuss how we can collaborate further.” | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/hal-seeks-public-funding/article_3e8cd51e-0d22-11ed-81e2-7f427dec9a3d.html | 2022-07-26T22:54:31 | 0 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/hal-seeks-public-funding/article_3e8cd51e-0d22-11ed-81e2-7f427dec9a3d.html |
After more than 25 years of planning and preparation, replacement of the 109-year-old Dog River pipeline is underway. Contractors are clearing timber from the site while the new pipe sits ready for installation.
The old pipe, which is made of milled Douglas fir and heavy galvanized wire sealed with tar, leaks an estimated 1 million gallons per day during the spring flood, according to Dave Anderson, The Dalles Public Works director. “It has served its useful life, and it’s time to replace it,” Anderson said during the groundbreaking ceremony high in the Mt. Hood National Forest Monday, July 18.
Construction will continue for two summers, skipping winters when the snow is too deep to work. Completion is expected by December 2023. The city has contracted Bounds Excavating to remove timber from the site and K&E Excavating to install the new pipeline, following a design completed this spring by Jacob’s Engineering Group. The city’s timber management consultant was Wy’east Timber Services.
The Dog River pipeline is the city’s highest-elevation water source, highly dependent on snowpack. The pipe transfers over half the city’s water supply from the Dog River into South Fork Mill Creek. The combined waters are impounded behind Crow Creek Dam, then slowly released to Wick’s Water Treatment plant. The treated water is piped to The Dalles.
The new pipe will provide a more “robust and reliable” water supply. It is made of high density polyethylene plastic, and is designed to last another 100 years. It will be 30 inches in diameter and will carry 17 million gallons of water per day, compared to 8 million gallons per day carried by the old, 20 inch pipe, according to Anderson. “This is a really important water source and piece of infrastructure for the city,” Anderson admitted.
To save time, pipe has been pre-purchased and stored on land leased from Port of The Dalles. “Projects can be just really delayed if you can’t get that raw material on the ground,” said Andrea Klaas, executive director of Port of The Dalles.
The project will cost about $13.5 million. The city netted significant outside funding for the project. A $1,000,000 grant was received from the Oregon Water Resources Department. About $8,030,000 was acquired through a combination of low-interest and forgivable loans from the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority. The balance is provided by city water utility revenues. Mid-Columbia Economic Development District helped the city administer these funds.
More than a dozen permits and authorizations were needed, said Anderson. The pipeline is on Forest Service property, and approval was needed from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At the state and local level, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Division of State Lands, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife all had to issue authorizations. The State Historical Preservation Office approved a report on a deteriorating historical cabin at the construction site.
The city is also voluntarily partnering with the Department of Fish and Wildlife create improved fish passage at the intake on Dog River, according to Barlow District Ranger Kameron C. Sam.
The current intake has no fish ladder, and a drop of several inches at the outlet blocks fish passage upriver when water level is low. Dog River’s cutthroat trout travel upriver to spawn in spring and fall, when more water is released over the falls. The rest of the year they are stuck, Sam explained,pointing out a small brown cutthroat circling slowly in the foam below a waterfall too high for it to jump. Fish also become trapped in front of the current fish screen and have to be netted out by Fish and Wildlife inspectors.
The new pipeline will feature an updated fish screen and a fish ladder.
A four-sided culvert will also be installed where the pipeline crosses Brooks Meadow Creek, where an old Forest Service culvert has failed, forcing traffic through the stream bed. The new culvert will improve fish passage and water quality.
Other partners include 44 Trails Association, which oversees the Surveyor’s Ridge Trail, a popular mountain biking trail that approaches one part of the construction site. Outreach and relocation of some nearby trails was undertaken to reduce potential conflicts during construction.
“We’re in a place where there’s so many natural resources. So, so sensitive, that in order to balance this, you have to have the right analysis, the right public outreach, you have to understand the social side of things,” said Sam. He was standing on a streambank crowded with officials, several large earth-moving machines waiting in the wings, while the cutthroat continued slowly circling. “This has always been a number one on my list to get this done… Big excavator sitting right here. Yes. Ready to go.” | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/long-time-coming/article_3f43a47a-0d0d-11ed-bc71-c3c111842148.html | 2022-07-26T22:54:37 | 1 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/long-time-coming/article_3f43a47a-0d0d-11ed-bc71-c3c111842148.html |
THE DALLES — The Dalles Chamber has Transient Room Tax (TRT) grants available to help local organizations and businesses with marketing and promotion of local programs and events.
TRT Grants are available to any local organization or business that is holding an event that can be proven to generate overnight lodging in the city of The Dalles, according to a chamber press release. The maximum allocation for any single event is $2,000. The Dalles Chamber has $30,000 in their tourism contract that will be invested in the community.
Grants are based on specific criteria: Grants will be given to events that benefit the greatest number of people; first-time applicants will be given priority; priority will be given to applications with a budget showing partial funding from other sources; applications without budget information will be returned without review and will need to be resubmitted; and all recipients must use the Explore The Dalles logo in the promotion of their event.
“A big economic driver for the City of The Dalles is our tourism industry, but not just for our history and outdoor adventures. We also have many great events that are of interest to people outside our local area,” said City Councilor Darcy Long. “The TRT grants are an investment by the city to help market local events, which is a win-win situation because not only does the event have higher attendance, but outside money is being pumped into the economy and that benefits other businesses and the city as a whole. I appreciate the willingness of the chamber to distribute these funds on behalf of the city.”
“I had a great experience working with The Dalles Chamber team to receive tourism dollars for the Columbia River Music Fest,” said Nikki Lucas of Hyper Vision. “The process of the application was easy and they were so helpful in giving suggestions on how to help my event be even more successful. I highly suggest contacting them if you are looking to bring people into our community for an event.” | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/tourism-grants-available-through-td-area-chamber/article_5515178c-0d28-11ed-9fed-a3db57882971.html | 2022-07-26T22:54:43 | 1 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/local/tourism-grants-available-through-td-area-chamber/article_5515178c-0d28-11ed-9fed-a3db57882971.html |
LOS ANGELES — The parents of a 14-year-old girl killed by Los Angeles police in a clothing store last year have filed a lawsuit against the department and the officer whose rifle round pierced a dressing room wall.
Valentina Orellana Peralta and her mother were shopping for Christmas clothes on Dec. 23 at a Burlington store in the San Fernando Valley’s North Hollywood neighborhood. They were inside a dressing room when they heard screams and Orellana Peralta locked the door.
Elsewhere in the store, 24-year-old Daniel Elena Lopez was behaving erratically and wielding a bike lock. He brutally attacked two women, including one who fell to the floor before he dragged her by her feet through the store’s aisles as she tried to crawl away.
Following 911 calls, Los Angeles police walked through the store in a formation, body-camera video shows. Officer William Dorsey Jones Jr., wielding a rifle, pushed to the front of the pack even as other officers repeatedly said “slow down” and “slow it down.”
The officers saw a woman crawling on the blood-stained floor and Lopez on the other side of the aisle, according to the video footage. “Hold up! Hold up!” another officer screamed just before Jones fired three shots.
One of the bullets went through the dressing room wall and fatally struck Orellana Peralta as her mother, Soledad Peralta, held her. Peralta “felt her daughter’s body go limp and watched helplessly as her daughter died while still in her arms,” the lawsuit states.
Police ordered Peralta to leave the dressing room and wait for “what seemed like an eternity," according to the lawsuit. She was not told that her daughter had died.
Her family, who had left Chile to get away from violence and injustice in search of a better life in the U.S., remembered Orellana Peralta as a happy teen with many friends who loved sports, adored animals and excelled in school.
Her father, Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas, and Peralta allege that LAPD failed to adequately train and supervise the responding officers and "fostered an environment that allowed and permitted this shooting to occur,” the lawsuit states.
“Filing this lawsuit is the first step for Soledad and Juan Pablo in seeking the transparency and justice promised to them by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti following the fatal shooting of their daughter, Valentina," the family's attorney, Rahul Ravipudi, said in a statement Tuesday.
Ravipudi added: "It is their deepest hope that those responsible for her death will be held accountable and that changes will be made to LAPD policies, practices, and standards for using deadly force that will prevent yet another senseless tragedy at the hands of law enforcement.”
Lopez was also shot and killed by police. An autopsy report showed he was on methamphetamine at the time of his death.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 14, alleges wrongful death and negligence, as well as negligent infliction of emotional distress, and seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages. In addition to the LAPD and Jones, the lawsuit also names the city of Los Angeles and Burlington Stores Inc. as defendants.
The LAPD declined to comment Tuesday and it was not immediately clear whether Jones had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. The city attorney's office said it was reviewing the complaint and Burlington Stores Inc. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The California Department of Justice is investigating the shooting, as is the LAPD.
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LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Education will investigate the University of Southern California after a Jewish student claimed she resigned from student government because she endured harassment over her pro-Israel views.
The probe by the department's Office for Civil Rights stems from a complaint by the Jewish advocacy nonprofit Louis D. Brandeis Center alleging the university in Los Angeles “allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus,” the center said in a statement Tuesday.
The complaint was filed on behalf of Rose Ritch, who stepped down as student body vice president in August 2020. Ritch said she resigned following a campaign to remove her over her alleged lack of commitment to racial justice amid the national outcry over George Floyd’s killing and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Ritch said she faced hateful comments on social media over her support for Israel. The complaint alleges USC failed to protect Ritch from harassment.
USC said in a statement Tuesday that it has “made a number of commitments” to combat anti-Semitism, including developing partnerships with national organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Federation and the American Jewish Committee.
“We are continuing to take these steps to further build on the welcoming environment we have created for our Jewish community. We look forward to addressing any concerns or questions by the U.S. Department of Education regarding this matter,” the university statement said.
Ritch wrote in a 2020 Newsweek op-ed that some of her fellow students launched an impeachment campaign because she was “a Jew who supports Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state — i.e., a Zionist.”
“I was told my support for Israel made me complicit in racism, and that by association, I am racist,” Ritch wrote.
USC failed to speak out publicly in support of Ritch and did not condemn or even acknowledge the harassment that she faced, the Brandeis Center said in its complaint.
"Through its silence and inaction, the University tolerated the discriminatory harassment directed at Ms. Ritch, thus emboldening it and leaving Ms. Ritch vulnerable to the negative effects of the hostile environment that the harassment created at USC,” the complaint said.
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PHOENIX — Arizona taxpayers will pick up the tab for attorneys hired by Republican lawmakers who successfully killed a 2020 voter-approved plan to tax the state's wealthiest residents to fund education.
In a new ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah said Arizona law entitles the lawyers hired by Senate President Karen Fann, House Speaker Rusty Bowers and others to some compensation for their work in blocking Proposition 208 from taking effect.
But Hannah rejected as unwarranted the claims by 11 attorneys working at four separate firms that they should get nearly $1 million. And he chided them for also seeking to recoup the costs of routine online legal research and photocopies.
Potentially more significant, the judge said none of the $250,000 he is awarding in legal fees will have to come from Invest in Arizona, the group that put the measure on the 2020 ballot, even though its lawyers did most of the legal work in defending the initiative.
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Hannah said giving the firms hired by the legislative leaders what they want — and taking the money from the initiative supporters — "would conflict with the fundamental right of the people to legislative by initiative.''
"Such an award would have an unacceptably chilling effect on the ability and willingness of Arizona citizens to propose, advocate for and defend the initiatives that the executive and legislative branches of the state might oppose,'' the judge wrote. "This is especially true when, as in this case, the citizens who support the initiative have no direct financial stake in its enactment.''
That leaves taxpayers to pick up the tab for the successful challenge to Proposition 208, even though a majority of 2020 voters approved the measure.
Bowers: "Poke in the eye at us''
Hannah's ruling drew derision from Bowers, who said Republican legislative leaders and others sued because they believed Proposition 208 was unconstitutional.
Only thing is, they could not sue Invest in Arizona. Instead, they had to sue the Department of Revenue to block the agency from collecting the voter-approved tax.
But Bowers said the blame lies with — and the legal fees should come from —Invest in Arizona for proposing a measure that the Supreme Court eventually found to be unconstitutional.
"We went after them because of what it was doing to us,'' Bowers said, saying the plan to tax only the most wealthy to raise more money for K-12 education was a bad idea for Arizona. He called it "disappointing'' that Hannah decided the state and its taxpayers must pay the bill.
"This particular judge is kind of a free spirit,'' Bowers said, adding that other judges might have reached a different conclusion. "It's kind of a poke in the eye at us.''
Hannah, however, said there's a good reason to make the state liable for the legal fees.
He said it was the state's responsibility, as the named defendant, to make the best legal arguments defending Proposition 208 once it was approved by voters. In fact, Hannah said, the private attorney hired by the Attorney General's Office focused only on narrow technical legal issues and never addressed the key constitutional question on which the case eventually was decided.
"Had Invest in Arizona not intervened, Prop. 208 would have effectively gone undefended on its merits,'' the judge said. He said it was the organization's attorneys who did "most of the heavy lifting in defense of Proposition 208.''
Fann: "Taxpayers truly won"
The fight over the legal fees is all that's left of Proposition 208.
It would have imposed a 3.5% tax surcharge on the incomes of those making more than $250,000 — double that for married couples filing jointly — to raise about $900 million for K-12 education.
After foes were unsuccessful in knocking it off the ballot, voters approved the plan by a margin of 51.7%. That resulted in the lawsuit by several Republican lawmakers along with individuals who said their incomes were high enough that the proposal affected them.
Hannah initially upheld the measure. But he was overruled by the Arizona Supreme Court, which said there was no legal way to spend the money Proposition 208 would have raised because it bumped up against a constitutional aggregate expenditure limit on education.
That left it up to Hannah to decide whether it was appropriate to award legal fees to the challengers.
Fann said the lawsuit was justified, regardless of who picks up the tab for the attorneys she and Bowers hired.
"The taxpayers truly won because of the millions of dollars we save them in taxes,'' she said.
Fann rejected the idea that really the only ones who are saving money by killing Proposition 208 are the richest, as the measure did not affect anyone with taxable income of less than $250,000 a year.
"All taxpayers win,'' she said.
Invest in Arizona is not entirely off the financial hook. The judge said the organization is jointly liable with the state for about $3,300 in costs.
That may be about all it can afford: The most recent financial disclosure statements showed Invest in Arizona has less than $1,800 in available cash.
Andrew Gaona, who has been representing Invest in Arizona, said he could not comment on who has been paying the legal bills and other expenses incurred by his law firm.
Separately, Hannah said the state — and only the state — is liable for $30,700 that the challengers spent on hiring a school finance expert.
But he said there is no justification for the challengers' attorneys to recoup expenses for online legal research and routine photocopy charges. "Big law firms almost certainly pay bulk rates for those services, as opposed to the premium prices that they charge their clients,'' Hannah said. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/arizona-taxpayers-must-pay-lawyers-who-killed-a-voter-approved-plan/article_d2fa587e-0d0a-11ed-ba8d-ff021da78f1e.html | 2022-07-26T23:01:12 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/arizona-taxpayers-must-pay-lawyers-who-killed-a-voter-approved-plan/article_d2fa587e-0d0a-11ed-ba8d-ff021da78f1e.html |
An apprentice school for electricians has purchased a nearly 13,000-square-foot building for its tuition-free program.
Tucson Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Program bought the building at 4630 N. Highway Drive, near Ruthrauff Road and Interstate 10, for $485,000.
The school hopes to increase its current enrollment of 160 apprentices to train for jobs in commercial and residential construction.
Students pay $1,000 per year for textbooks but no tuition.
Rick Borane, with Volk Co., represented the seller, 4650 N Highway Drive LLC.
After upgrades, the school is expected to open in the early part of 2023.
The apprenticeships involve four years of classroom training and 8,000 hours on the job.
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Classes are held two nights a week for three hours.
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Other local commercial transactions include:
- MF Asset Management bought the 301-unit Peaks at Redington complex, 7700 E. Speedway, for $53.9 million. Clint Wadlund, Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David, with Institutional Property Advisors, handled the sale.
- Walling Brothers LLC bought a 28,170-square-foot industrial site at 4265-4285 S. Santa Rita Ave. from CJR Properties Inc. for $3.3 million for a Re-Bath of Tucson showroom and operations center. Joey Castillo, with Volk Co., represented the seller.
- IXL Learning bought a 10,500-square-foot office complex at 1630 E. River Road for $2 million to expand its Tucson office. Dave Volk, with Volk Co., represented the buyer and Jon O'Shea, with Vast Commercial, represented the seller.
- Four Walls Real Estate LLC bought a 4,952-square-foot office building in Jacinto Plaza, 2583 N. First Ave., to be used for an attorney's office, yoga studio and musical entertainment. Craig Finfrock, of Commercial Retail Advisors LLC, represented the seller, Family Equity Fund LLC, in the $450,000 sale.
- Fire Fitness Tucson LLC leased 2,903 square feet on the ground floor of the AC Marriott Hotel, 151 E. Broadway, for an F45 fitness and training facility. Debbie Heslop, with Volk Co., represented the landlord, Tucson 5C Hotel LLC.
- EZBACHI LLC leased 2,800 square feet at 63 E. Congress St. from EQ Scott and Congress LLC to open a Thai restaurant. Rick Borane, with Volk Co., represented the landlord.
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Tucson residents could soon see their trash used in local construction projects as part of a pilot program through City Councilman Steve Kozachik’s office.
Kozachik is collecting plastic products that can’t be recycled in the city’s blue bins — such as plastic bags, plastic utensils and bubble wrap — in a roll-off container behind his ward office at 3202 E. First St. He plans to turn that plastic into construction-grade blocks for local projects.
The councilman has long advocated for the city to partner with the start-up company ByFusion, which creates blocks from unrecyclable plastics. The company places plastics into a patented machine that uses steam and compression to churn out 22-pound blocks that fit together with interlocking pegs.
Kozachik said plastics should be bagged to simplify the baling process, and items like cardboard, cans and recyclable plastics should still be recycled with the city. The Ward 6 office has bags available for people to collect their nonrecyclable plastics.
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The materials will be sent to local sustainable landscape company Tank’s Green Stuff for baling, shipped to ByFusion’s facility in Gardena, California, to be compressed into blocks, then shipped back to Tucson for local use. Kozachik estimates the city will receive about 1,500 blocks per ton of plastic.
The councilmember spearheaded Arizona’s first construction project using the recycled blocks for a bench in the San Gabriel neighborhood and hopes to use them in future projects under Proposition 407. He said the blocks could be used to build ramadas, benches and trash bin enclosures as part of the $225-million bond package voters approved in 2018 for city park amenities.
According to Kozachik, “back of the napkin” estimates put the plastic collection pilot project at about $40,000, which he’ll pay for with dollars from his ward-specific budget. The councilman paid about $10,000 for the San Gabriel bench.
ByFusion’s future in Tucson
Now, Kozachik plans to run the plastic collection project through his ward office until the end of the year to see “how much the community has bought into this.” The effort will not only further the city’s sustainability goals, Kozachik said, but could save the city money.
Of all the materials Tucson residents put in their recycling bins, about 30% aren’t recycled due to contamination, according to the city’s Environmental and General Services Department. Tucson paid the Republic Services Material Recover Facility, which processes Tucson’s recyclables, $314,085 for contaminated waste in fiscal year 2021, and $278,295 in contamination fees last fiscal year.
“It'll number one, help divert contamination from the (material recover facility). Secondly, it will not impact our contract with Republic Services,” Kozachik said. “We're already going out and buying masonry block. We don't need to buy masonry blocks anymore. We can use these plastic blocks and do the same thing, and just save money and be environmentally responsible.”
Carlos De La Torre, director of Tucson’s Environmental and General Services Department, said his department will be looking closely at the pilot project but is skeptical of its impact on furthering Tucson’s zero waste goals.
He said nonrecyclable plastics make up a small percentage of the waste the city generates, and the majority of contamination found in recycling bins is from other trash like diapers and food waste.
“In terms of the overall waste composition, it's not a significant amount of waste by ton of what we're trying to do,” he said. “So I'm not saying that's not important, I'm just saying if our goal is really to maximize and really divert as much waste as possible, those types of products or utensils, straws and stuff like that, really don't represent a significant percentage of the waste diversion goal."
De La Torre said the environmental department studied the city’s potential use of ByFusion blocks last summer. Based on “limited information,” the department found the blocks can be used for smaller projects, but not “traditional building material.” As far as officially implementing the blocks into a city program, De La Torre said “we’re not there yet.”
It’s not the first time Kozachik has taken a sustainability effort into his own hands with hopes the city will follow suit. The councilman started his own glass crushing pilot program in 2019 and asked people to drop off their glass bottles to be turned into a sand-like material.
The city stopped collecting glass in its recycling program in February 2021, instead directing residents to drop glass products off at collection bins across the city for local reuse.
“It's my hope that the city will, in the same way that they agreed to expand the glass program citywide, that they'll put multiple distribution points for the plastics citywide as well,” Kozachik said.
De La Torre said the environmental department will take a close look at the program’s success at the end of the year.
“There's gonna be a full evaluation of that pilot program. And then probably we will provide that information to the council to be able to say, is that something that the city should move forward and deploy that citywide?” he said.
The Tucson City Council approved a new special exception process allowing utilities to avoid undergrounding transmission lines in certain conditions.
About 190 households among the 1,500 housing units the city owns are behind in rent and risk eviction. Notices are expected to go out in September.
The internet access points went up on June 27 with 50 more hot spots planned for mid-July as part of the county's digital expansion initiative.
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Tucson Medical Center has been recognized as a 2022-2023 Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, ranking first in the Tucson metro area for the second consecutive year.
The hospital also ranked fourth best in Arizona, moving up one spot from 2021-2022. Northwest Medical Center was ranked second in Tucson and eighth overall in the state. No other Tucson hospital received a ranking from U.S. News but several were recognized for being high performing in certain procedures and/or treatments.
Statewide, U.S. News ranked the Mayo Clinic-Phoenix as its top hospital; in the United States, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, garnered the top national ranking followed by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
“For nearly 80 years, Tucsonans have put their trust in Tucson Medical Center, from the birth of their children to their most difficult health-care challenges,” said Mimi Coomler, CEO of Tucson Medical Center, in a news release from the hospital. “We are proud to be a part of that legacy caring for this community and I am thankful for how this honor highlights the hard work and dedication of the TMC staff to delivering exceptional patient care.”
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The annual Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, now in its 33rd year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive quality care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.
For the 2022-2023 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. TMC also ranked as a high performing in nine categories of care: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, heart attack, hip replacement, kidney failure, knee replacement, and stroke.
U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using a variety of measures such as survival rates, complication rates, patient experience and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals methodology factors in data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations and medical specialists.
The list of ranked hospitals is available at health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-medical-center-ranked-as-top-local-hospital-by-us-news-world-report/article_3849e5d0-0c81-11ed-bf38-479e22b12a50.html | 2022-07-26T23:01:31 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-medical-center-ranked-as-top-local-hospital-by-us-news-world-report/article_3849e5d0-0c81-11ed-bf38-479e22b12a50.html |
A University of Arizona scientist was part of an international research team that has concluded the COVID-19 virus originated with live animals sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China.
Michael Worobey, who is a virus evolution expert at the UA, co-authored two peer-reviewed scientific papers published Tuesday in the journal Science that explain these findings.
The first paper focuses on the geographic patterns of the virus in its earliest known period of human transmission: December 2019. Using data gathered by Chinese researchers for the World Health Organization, the authors found that nearly all of the 174 cases (155) from that time originated in Wuhan, and specifically near the Huanan Market.
According to Worobey and his colleagues’ findings, many of those early COVID-19 patients had no known interactions with the market, but lived nearby.
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That’s consistent with the idea that the virus originated in that specific market. Vendors got infected at the market, and as they brought goods to the surrounding community, it spread.
“In this 8,000-square-kilometer city, there was this very small area — about a one-third of a kilometer square — smack dab in the middle,” Worobey said at a virtual news conference Tuesday. “If you understand that, you understand that there’s a very, very strong case that the Huanan market was the epicenter.”
Later cases, however, were more concentrated around the highest population centers in the city of 11 million people. That change in trend suggests that by that point, the highly transmissible virus had spread from its epicenter at the market to the most densely populated areas across the city.
“You really need a big city for a virus like this to take hold and become a pandemic,” said Worobey, who explained that an area with a small population wouldn’t have been conducive to the COVID-19 virus’ rapid spread. “This is a virus you should expect to emerge in a big city, not a rural place.”
A second paper published Tuesday found that the virus’s spread from animals to humans likely occurred in two separate instances, from two separate viral lineages, in late November 2019.
Both of those independent events are believed to have happened at the Huanan market, possibly originating from two different species of animals sold there.
What about the lab-leak theory?
To date, the COVID-19 virus has killed 6.4 million people across the globe, including more than 1 million Americans and 29,000 Arizonans.
In the nearly three years since the pandemic took hold, pundits, politicians and social media personalities have offered their speculation about where the virus originated.
One popular, but unsubstantiated, theory is that the pandemic happened after the virus leaked from a Chinese lab.
In May 2021, Worobey and 17 other scientists published a letter, also in the journal Science, calling on the scientific community to “take hypotheses about both natural and laboratory spillovers seriously until we have sufficient data.”
More than a year later, Worobey is more confident than ever that the so-called lab leak theory is a dead end.
“At that point, we didn’t have a lot of the evidence we do now,” Worobey said Tuesday. “It has moved me to the point where I also think it’s just not plausible that this virus was introduced any other way than through the wildlife trade at the Huanan market.”
His co-author, Kristian Andersen, a professor at Scripps Research in San Diego, California, agreed.
“Have we disproven the lab leak theory? No, we have not. Will we ever be able to? No,” he said. Andersen added that formal, definitive proofs as they exist in mathematics rarely exist in biology.
But Andersen also cleared up another misconception about what scientists do know about the COVID-19 virus.
“There is this general sense that there’s no data whatsoever that can tell us anything about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is just untrue,” Andersen said. “These two papers in particular say we do have a lot of evidence — importantly, unfiltered early evidence — that tells us a lot about the origin of this particular pandemic.
“All of that evidence tells us the same thing. It points right to the market in the middle of Wuhan.”
Moving forward, Worobey, Andersen and the many other scientists who are working to further understand the origins and behavior of this pandemic still have unanswered questions.
But to find those answers, Andersen said, the global community will need to stay focused on its end goal.
“Importantly, all of this is only possible if we focus on the collaborative aspect of this,” Andersen said. “If we are trying to place blame for a pandemic, none of this work is ever going to happen.”
Kathryn Palmer covers higher education for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her at kpalmer@tucson.com or 520-496-9010. | https://tucson.com/news/local/u-of-a-scientist-wuhan-market-was-epicenter-of-covid-19/article_d938d7e8-0d09-11ed-b89d-cf239825d143.html | 2022-07-26T23:01:37 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/u-of-a-scientist-wuhan-market-was-epicenter-of-covid-19/article_d938d7e8-0d09-11ed-b89d-cf239825d143.html |
NEW HAVEN, Ind. — Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing from Allen County.
A Silver Alert was issued Tuesday, July 26 for Lillian Englehart, who was last seen in New Haven, Indiana, at 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 24.
Englehart is described as a 5-foot tall white female, who weighs 110 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing rimmed glasses a hooded sweatshirt and pants.
She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
New Haven is an eastern suburb of Fort Wayne, about 130 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
Anyone with information about Englehart or her location is asked to contact the New Haven Police Department at 260-748-7080 or call 911.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-14-year-old-allen-county-girl-lillian-englehart/531-537d1680-d3aa-4387-ae83-99710abe8792 | 2022-07-26T23:04:50 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/silver-alert-issued-for-missing-14-year-old-allen-county-girl-lillian-englehart/531-537d1680-d3aa-4387-ae83-99710abe8792 |
ROME, N.Y. – It’s swarming season for honey bees and a group of them settled at the Fort Stanwix Monument in Rome over the weekend.
According to the Fort Stanwix Facebook page, the monument had to close temporarily due to the swarm of bees but has since reopened. However, the Fort may have inaccessible sections or modified hours occasionally until the bees find a new home.
Fort Stanwix officials say they will allow the bees to swarm until they find a new home, then a beekeeper will assist with relocation.
Updates will be regularly posted to the Fort Stanwix Facebook page. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/swarm-of-bees-take-up-residence-at-fort-stanwix-national-monument-in-rome/article_87753028-0d2c-11ed-a850-b74efb0578ef.html | 2022-07-26T23:05:03 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/swarm-of-bees-take-up-residence-at-fort-stanwix-national-monument-in-rome/article_87753028-0d2c-11ed-a850-b74efb0578ef.html |
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- A New Jersey family was laying their 93-year-old mother to rest, when they say they were told the body of the woman in the casket was not their mother.
- The family is now suing Central Funeral Home of New Jersey and Blackley Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. of Ridgefield for $50 million.
- The lawsuit claims loss of right to interment, negligent infliction of emotional distress, intentional infliction of emotional distress, battery (for mishandling the body of the deceased) and breach of contract.
A tragic mix-up came at the most unexpected and ill-timed moment: during a funeral.
A New Jersey family was laying their 93-year-old mother to rest, when they say they were told the body of the woman in the casket was not their mother.
The family is now suing Central Funeral Home of New Jersey and Blackley Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. of Ridgefield for $50 million.
News 4 New York met with the family who had one question: how could this happen?
The family said the entire ordeal has been a nightmare.
It was back in November 2021 that their loved one -- 93-year-old Kyung Ja Kim -- died in Englewood Cliffs and funeral service was planned for New York.
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News 4 New York obtained a photo of the graveside service. Moments after the photo was taken, the casket was lowered in the ground only for it to come back up shortly thereafter. Allegedly, it was at that point that the director of the funeral home in New Jersey admitted to a big mistake -- the wrong person was in the casket.
The revelation solidified what several family members thought throughout the emotional day since the funeral was open casket at the church. They said they even told the funeral director earlier that the person in the casket did not resemble their loved one at all.
The woman in the casket turned out to be 20 years younger than Kim, according to the lawsuit. Not only that, but the woman in the casket also had her own teeth, while Kim wore dentures. The lawsuit alleges that "to add to the shock and disgust over the mishandling of the decedent's body" the funeral home employees placed the dentures under the pillow of the coffin with the wrong body inside it.
The family decided to file a lawsuit for $50 million. They said that those who work at Central Funeral Home of New Jersey and Blackley Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc. failed to follow their own policies to make sure bodies are properly identified.
Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that the funeral home never told the other family about the mix-up.
In the end, Kim was buried a day later without the church service the family hoped for.
"I feel very sad and angry that we couldn't accomplish her final wish, that she wanted to say bye to us at the church," Kummi Kim, Kyung Ja Kim's daughter, told News 4 New York.
Although News 4 New York reached out to the owners of the funeral homes several times, they have not responded to our requests for comments.
The Kim family also said that the funeral home offered to refund their $9,000 check. While the family did receive a verbal apology from the funeral homes, they say that is not enough and that is why they filed their lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims loss of right to interment, negligent infliction of emotional distress, intentional infliction of emotional distress, battery (for mishandling the body of the deceased) and breach of contract. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/family-sues-nj-funeral-home-for-50-million-over-mix-up-that-ended-with-wrong-body-in-casket/3795619/ | 2022-07-26T23:08:22 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/family-sues-nj-funeral-home-for-50-million-over-mix-up-that-ended-with-wrong-body-in-casket/3795619/ |
DALLAS — Police on Tuesday released surveillance video of the shooting at Dallas Love Field airport, showing a chaotic, tense scene as a woman fired a gun, travelers took cover and a officer returned fire.
Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia walked media through the footage, which was edited by police and did not include audio.
The video showed a woman in a hoodie and a mask walk to an area near the Southwest ticket counter.
Several dozen people were standing in the area with their suitcases at ticket kiosks. The area is adjacent to the security checkpoint at Love Field.
The video highlighted the suspect - identified by police as Portia Odufuwa - and a Dallas police officer.
The suspect then raised a gun into the air and fired three shots in the air, according to Garcia. The travelers in the area scattered and took cover; the officer took a position behind a ticket kiosk.
The suspect then pointed toward the officer; police said in an affidavit that she fired toward the officer, according to evidence of rounds collected at the scene.
The officer returned fire and the suspect went down and began to crawl, before coming to a stop.
The suspect was shot in an area between two ticket counters; a Southwest employee to the suspect's left can be seen running away behind the counter.
At least one traveler could be seen huddling behind a kiosk between the officer and the suspect.
The suspect appeared to keep moving her legs on the ground but she was staying in the same area. Other travelers in the area continued to retreat and try to take cover.
A second officer then approached where the first officer was standing, both of them pointing their weapons at the suspect. More officers arrived at the scene.
The suspect was then taken into custody and taken to a hospital for treatment.
About 14 seconds elapsed from the time the suspect raised her arm in the air to the time the officer returned fire and put her down, shooting her in the lower part of her body.
No other injuries were reported during the incident, which unfolded around 11 a.m. Monday.
An affidavit released Tuesday shed more light on the incident, saying Odufuwa threatened to blow up the airport before firing two shots into the ceiling. Police also later found a round "with a trajectory that was located in the kiosk near where" the officer was taking cover, "confirming that she was shooting at the officer during the encounter," the affidavit said.
Shortly after the woman fired her weapon, the officer, who was not injured, returned several shots, causing the woman to fall to the ground as she was shot in the lower body.
It was not initially clear where the woman was aiming with her shots, or what her motive might have been, Garcia said Monday, noting that the woman's shots did not strike anyone else in the airport.
The shooting forced airport security officials to evacuate the entire airport and re-screen everyone. The incident led to hundreds of delays of Southwest flights, impacting more than 30,000 passengers, as Love Field operations were halted for hours.
Dallas police on Tuesday asked the public for anyone else who might have cell phone video of the shooting. Police gave a link to where people can upload their videos here. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/dallas-love-field-airport-shooting-video-shows-chaos-woman-opened-fire-inside-airport/287-67428dd9-0b9d-45e5-9d3e-1b6f9456e342 | 2022-07-26T23:09:04 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/dallas-love-field-airport-shooting-video-shows-chaos-woman-opened-fire-inside-airport/287-67428dd9-0b9d-45e5-9d3e-1b6f9456e342 |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Little Rock Police Department has asked for the public's help in locating a runaway juvenile.
17-year-old Tacarra Shaw ran away from her home on July 10, 2022, and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a red hoodie.
According to reports, they believe she could possibly be somewhere in the North Little Rock Area.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of Ms. Shaw, you are encouraged to contact Detective Yetmar at (501) 404- 3037 or Detective Dearing at (501) 404- 3014. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/little-rock-police-runaway-teen/91-fbd4ed01-1a99-4c07-aa5b-66fc6d527e50 | 2022-07-26T23:09:10 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/little-rock-police-runaway-teen/91-fbd4ed01-1a99-4c07-aa5b-66fc6d527e50 |
A 24-year-old man was found fatally shot at an Old East Dallas club early Tuesday, police say.
About 1:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to Blum at The Sporting Club in the 2500 block of Florence Street, near North Good Latimer Expressway just north of Deep Ellum, where they found Xavier Yvanez with multiple gunshot wounds.
Dallas Fire-Rescue pronounced him dead, police said.
The circumstances surrounding Yvanez's death are under investigation, according to police.
The Dallas Police Department is asking anyone with information regarding this investigation to contact Homicide Detective Yahir Perez at 214-671-4735 or by email at yahir.perez@dallascityhall.com. Please reference case number 134460-2022.
Click here to read more on this report from our partners at the Dallas Morning News. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/24-year-old-man-fatally-shot-at-club-near-deep-ellum-dallas-police-say/3032053/ | 2022-07-26T23:14:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/24-year-old-man-fatally-shot-at-club-near-deep-ellum-dallas-police-say/3032053/ |
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — It's been five days since the tragic shooting at Maquoketa Caves State Park that killed three members of a Cedar Falls family: Sarah, Tyler and Lula Schmidt.
As the Cedar Falls community reels from the tragedy, however, residents feel no closer to finding answers.
As they continue to process the grief, they are finding new ways to memorialize the victims. At the Cedar Falls Public Library, where Sarah worked, there's a painted memorial to her and her lost family members on one of the building's windows.
One resident who spoke to Local 5 today said she just recently moved into town, and hearing about the tragedy came as a shock.
"I never in a million years would've thought that within two months, I would hear a story like this," said Karen Sego. "It's just so shocking and so random. It just seems extra wrong because of that.".
A GoFundMe has been set up for the family's surviving 9-year-old son, Arlo. So far, the online fundraiser has raised more than $200,000.
According to Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green, a celebration of life for the Schmidt family is scheduled for the evening of Aug. 2 at Overman Park. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/maquoketa-caves-state-park-shooting-memorial-cedar-falls-reaction/524-a6f4adff-c13e-4197-815a-cd0a36530fd1 | 2022-07-26T23:14:41 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/maquoketa-caves-state-park-shooting-memorial-cedar-falls-reaction/524-a6f4adff-c13e-4197-815a-cd0a36530fd1 |
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A disabled veteran received keys Tuesday to a brand new home in Irving courtesy of the nonprofit group Operation Finally Home.
Volunteers responsible for building the home said soaring inflation and current supply chain shortages make the job more challenging now.
“All the effort that they put in is amazing to me,” said Velez. “I couldn’t have asked for anything better."
She and her son, Spencer, got their first look inside the new home in Irving Tuesday morning.
Velez returned from two tours of duty in Iraq with 90% disability from the trauma she witnessed. She and her son have been living in her mom’s house in Duncanville.
Spencer was excited after seeing his room in the new house. He will also have his own bathroom.
“We've been sharing the same room for a couple years, with the pandemic and everything,” she said.
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News cameras followed the mom and son around as they toured their new house for the first time, but she welcomed the publicity for Operation Finally Home because she said there are many more veterans in need.
“This organization is volunteers, their time, their energy, their money. The more people that know about the program, the more people will give to it,” she said.
There was an Irving Police motorcycle escort as they arrived to tour the new home on South Britain Road in the oldest part of Irving. Other new construction is happening nearby.
They received a personal greeting from Irving Mayor Rick Stopfer. The City of Irving donated the lot and has several more lots lined up for additional veteran homes.
“This something we really want to do. We really want to be able to do something for the soldiers who have gotten the challenges in their life, for everything they’ve done,” Stopfer said.
And there was a big celebration and ribbon cutting because this was the 200th home completed by Operation Finally Home.
The group’s North Texas leader Ronnie Lyles spoke about Velez’s service in Iraq at the ceremony.
“She worked at both a mobile unit and a fixed hospital unit and I just can’t imagine what you saw and what you went through,” he said. “Please know this is not a free home. This is something you’ve earned.”
The Dallas Homebuilders Association is a partner in the nonprofit effort.
Matt Walls with Winston Custom Homes oversaw this home construction. He cited soaring material prices and uncertainty for contractors.
“Every day is a new day. We never know what we're not going to get. We never know which contractor is not going to show up,” Walls said. “Some of them have gone out of business because of the whole stress and strain of the building industry right now.”
But the job was completed for Velez and her son.
“When people do stuff like this from their heart, it shows, and they've been really great,” she said.
To help put her post-traumatic stress disorder from combat medicine behind her, Velez said she has given up on a career in nursing and switched to a new career, helping people in a different way.
“I found my happy place again. I’m in the beauty industry. I was able to start my own business. I take care of people, just making them pretty, nails, waxing, lashes, whatever they need to feel better about themselves. And that has put me in a better head state than I could have ever imagined. If I was still in the medical field I would still be in the darker place,” she said.
And she and Spencer are starting a new life in Irving.
Nebraska Furniture Mart supplied furniture for her house.
Leaders of Operation Finally Home said they have nearly 200 more projects in the works. Some are remodeling to help disabled veterans live in existing homes.
ONLINE: Read more about Operation Finally Home and see how to help. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/disabled-north-texas-veteran-gets-new-home/3032119/ | 2022-07-26T23:14:59 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/disabled-north-texas-veteran-gets-new-home/3032119/ |
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The Fort Worth Botanic Garden will now close at 3 p.m. until further notice due to the extreme heat, the City of Fort Worth announced Tuesday.
The hours are being shortened to avoid the afternoon heat. The last admission to the garden will be at 2 p.m. and the last photography passes will be sold at 1 p.m.
The city encourages visitors to keep safe by staying hydrated and pacing themselves while enjoying the outdoor gardens.
The gardens open to the public at 8 a.m., though Fort Worth Botanical Garden/BRIT members receive early admission at 7 a.m. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-botanic-garden-closing-early-due-to-heat/3031945/ | 2022-07-26T23:15:13 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-botanic-garden-closing-early-due-to-heat/3031945/ |
The Parker County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since Saturday night.
Carmalita Jene "Carman" Peters was last seen at Shady Grove Park in Azle at about 11:30 p.m. with friends, the sheriff's office said Monday.
At about 8 p.m. Saturday, she texted her father that she was walking to Dollar General on Highway 51 in Parker County.
Investigators believe Peters was picked up from Dollar General and given a ride to Shady Grove Park.
Peters is classified as a runaway due to reports from her family that she may have run off with friends.
She was last known to be wearing a black shirt, black shorts and black running shoes. She has brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair with purple tint. She is around 6 feet tall and 160 pounds.
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Anyone with information is urged to call the Parker County Sheriff's Office at 817-599-5555. Crime Stoppers will pay up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to the safe recovery of Carman. Anonymous tips may also be left online by logging onto www.parkercountysheriff.net under the tip411 link. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/girl-14-reported-missing-in-parker-county/3031866/ | 2022-07-26T23:15:19 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/girl-14-reported-missing-in-parker-county/3031866/ |
As flames spread shock and sorrow through a Balch Springs neighborhood on Monday, the day after brought overwhelming worries.
“Mentally we’re exhausted, but it could have been worse, so we’re blessed,” said Alona Elliott.
The Elliott family moved into their home on Bell Manor Court two months ago. On Monday, they fled as flames quickly surrounded the property. The house remains standing but was left with extensive smoke damage. Heat from the fire blew out the windows.
“We’re going to take it step by step. We’re still blessed to be alive, to still have a home, something standing,” said Elliott.
On Tuesday the Elliot family and others turned to the Red Cross and Sharing Life Community Outreach to talk about immediate and long-term needs.
“Every family is different and every need is different,” said Kimberly Onofre, Housing Services coordinator with Sharing Life Community Outreach. “I think it just means that we have to be a little more flexible.”
Those who need help or want to help are being directed to the Opal J. Smith Food Pantry at 2919 Balch Springs Road. Donations of clothes, food and toiletries are being accepted and distributed from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week.
Karen Davis drove from Lewisville with a trunk full of donations. She lost her home in a fire four years ago.
“I know what it’s like to start all over,” said Davis. “When you lose everything, you lose everything. There’s a void and there’s a hurt.”
Others were moved to give after watching the devastation unfold on television.
“It brought tears to my eyes, it really did,” said Patricia Mitchell of Lancaster. “I’m just praying for the people.”
The city of Balch Springs is requesting monetary donations be made through an account they’ve established for the victims.
“We don’t know what the end result of this is going to be,” said Onofre. “We have some homeowners who have insurance and some that don’t have insurance so the need is going to be great.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/how-to-help-people-affected-by-the-balch-springs-fire/3032212/ | 2022-07-26T23:15:25 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/how-to-help-people-affected-by-the-balch-springs-fire/3032212/ |
Neighbors of an open field from which a grass fire spread into their suburban Dallas subdivision, destroying nine homes, had complained that the field’s owner wouldn’t mow the grass, officials said Tuesday.
The owner had the area in Balch Springs cut Monday after inaction following two city requests prompted a citation for a code violation, said city Fire Marshal Sean Davis.
That was when Davis said a spark from the mower ignited the tinder-dry grass, and a fire sped into the adjacent subdivision, damaging 26 homes and destroying nine of them.
Damage estimates topped $6 million, according to a city statement.
Field-mowing crews had been urged to have a spotter watch for sparks and ignitions, Davis said.
North Texas has been vulnerable to explosive wildfires for at least two weeks with temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) with 20-mph (32-kph) wind gusts and 20% humidity.
Fire crews working a 10 1/2-square-mile (27-square-kilometer) wildfire that destroyed 16 homes and damaged five others turned their attention Tuesday toward hot spots inside the fire footprint, officials said.
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In a statement, the Southern Area Blue, Type-I Incident Management Team said “significant hotspots” throughout the Chalk Mountain Fire involved unburned and partially burned fuels.
Fire crews are performing grid searches throughout the fire zone 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Fort Worth, with particular emphasis given near homes within the fire zone.
With the fire 20% contained, crews also are working to secure fire lines around the fire zone.
And fire crews are standing down on the western shore of Possum Kingdom Lake after a fire that destroyed five homes was declared 100% contained.
This year has been plagued by wildfires fostered by severe to extreme drought throughout the West.
In California, firefighters were making progress Tuesday against a huge wildfire that spread to a forest near Yosemite National Park, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate mountain communities. The fire is the second to strike the area. Another fire that broke out in the area earlier this month burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias.
In New Mexico, a prescribed burn in early April got out of control and grew to the biggest wildfire in the state’s history, blackening more than 500 square miles (1295.00 square kilometers) in the north of the state. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/neighbors-complained-about-grass-before-balch-springs-fire/3032270/ | 2022-07-26T23:15:31 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/neighbors-complained-about-grass-before-balch-springs-fire/3032270/ |
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White Settlement Police are looking for a motorcyclist who escaped a pursuit on Sunday afternoon, the department says.
On Sunday afternoon White Settlement Police attempted to stop a motorcyclist at about 3:20 p.m. for not having a license plate or registration. The motorcycle rider refused to pull over and police began chasing him around the 8300 block of White Settlement Road, police said.
Police pursued the man for several minutes but ended their chase out of caution for the public when he entered the eastbound lanes of Interstate 30.
According to police, the motorcycle rider was a Black man last seen wearing a black helmet, shirt and shorts with a white and red backpack with a drawing of a woman on the back. WSPD said they have not ruled out the possibility that the motorcycle was stolen.
The department said anyone with information about the man's identity should contact Sgt. Michelle LeNoir at mlenoir@wspd.us or by calling 817-246-7070. You can also provide tips with the chance for a reward by calling Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-467-TIPS. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/police-looking-for-motorcyclist-who-escaped-during-a-chase-in-white-settlement/3030744/ | 2022-07-26T23:15:44 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/police-looking-for-motorcyclist-who-escaped-during-a-chase-in-white-settlement/3030744/ |
Most graduation ceremonies take hours. The one at B.H. Carroll Theological Institute on Tuesday morning took just minutes. It was for one Ph.D. student, Veaceslav Ghersimciuc.
"We have a war going on. Today is the 152nd day of the war," Ghersimciuc said. "People are dying there every day, and most of my colleagues are right now dispersed all over Ukraine and some were forced to leave the country."
Ghersimciuc teaches at Odessa Theological Seminary in Ukraine. After war broke out, his school evacuated staff and cleared out valuable documents. Ghersimciuc fled to his native Moldova with his family, where he's been teaching remotely and finishing his Doctorate in Philosophy from B.H. Carroll Theological Institute in Irving.
"I have this deep love for the persecuted church and Slava represents that for us," B.H. Carroll Theological Institute Ph.D. Program Director Karen O'Dell Bullock said. "We want him to know he's not forgotten."
"Right now having all these robes on me is just fantastic," Ghersimciuc said after the short hooding ceremony. "My hope, my prayer is this whole war experience will help us to focus on the most important things. Focus on God." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/special-ceremony-held-for-ph-d-student-who-fled-ukraine/3032220/ | 2022-07-26T23:15:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/special-ceremony-held-for-ph-d-student-who-fled-ukraine/3032220/ |
Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order that forbids school districts from imposing mask mandates on schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has been upheld by a divided federal appeals court panel.
The ruling from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended a lower federal court injunction allowing such mandates.
Families of seven children with disabilities -- the court record listed Down syndrome, asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity, epilepsy, heart defects and cerebral palsy, among others -- had sued, saying the children were vulnerable and that the lack of a masking requirement at their schools endangered their health.
Writing for the majority in a 2-1 ruling Monday, Judge Andrew Oldham said there are other options for schools to accommodate the children's health concerns. He specifically mentioned vaccines, plexiglass barriers, use of hand sanitizer and social distancing.
"It is plainly within the State's power to remove one possible accommodation from consideration, so long as other reasonable options remain," Oldham wrote in the opinion issued Monday, rejecting arguments that the prohibition on mask mandates violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal law. Judge Don Willett concurred in the judgment.
Judge W. Eugene Davis dissented. Davis agreed that the lower court injunction was "overbroad." But, he said, the courts should allow the school districts to impose mask mandates at the schools attended by the seven students.
"Because of their disabilities and based on the testimony of their personal physicians, the district court found that because of their heightened susceptibility of contracting COVID-19 and, if contracted, a heightened risk of severe illness or death from it, the children could not safely attend school where they would be in close proximity to unmasked students or staff members," Davis wrote.
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The 5th Circuit handles appeals of federal decisions in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Oldham and Willett were appointed to the court by former President Donald Trump; Davis, by former President Ronald Reagan. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/court-upholds-abbotts-block-on-school-mask-mandates/3031889/ | 2022-07-26T23:15:57 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/court-upholds-abbotts-block-on-school-mask-mandates/3031889/ |
A corrections officer with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department was arrested Friday and charged with official oppression.
According to a statement from the TJJD, officer Jorge Hernandez surrendered at the Brown County Jail and was arrested after being accused of using excessive force on a juvenile in his custody.
The incident reportedly took place at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correction Complex in Brownwood on June 14.
If found guilty of the Class A misdemeanor, Hernandez faces a fine of $4,000 and up to a year in jail.
This case is being referred to the Texas Special Prosecution Unit.
Anyone can report allegations of misconduct to the Incident Reporting Center by emailing a complaint to TJJD.IRC@tjjd.texas.gov, or by calling a 24-hour-a-day toll free hotline 1-866-477-8354. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/juvenile-corrections-officer-arrested-accused-of-using-excessive-force/3031781/ | 2022-07-26T23:16:03 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/juvenile-corrections-officer-arrested-accused-of-using-excessive-force/3031781/ |
More than 20 Republican attorneys general including Texas' Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden's administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The challenge, led by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, claims that the federal government is attempting to force states and schools to follow anti-discrimination requirements that "misconstrue the law."
The coalition of attorneys general are hoping for a similar result to a separate challenge from earlier this month when a Tennessee judge temporarily barred two federal agencies from enforcing directives issued by Biden's administration that extended protections for LGBTQ people in schools and workplaces.
The judge sided with the attorneys general, ruling that the directives infringed on states' right to enact laws, such as banning students from participating in sports based on their gender identity or requiring schools and businesses to provide bathrooms and showers to accommodate transgender people.
"This case is, yet again, about a federal agency trying to change law, which is Congress' exclusive prerogative," Slatery said in a statement. "The USDA simply does not have that authority. We have successfully challenged the Biden Administration's other attempts to rewrite law and we will challenge this as well."
In May, the USDA announced that it would include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity as a violation of Title IX, the sweeping 1972 law that guarantees equity between the sexes in "any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." The directive requires states to review allegations of discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as update their policies and signage.
The agency warned that states and schools that receive federal funds, which include the national school lunch program overseen by the USDA, have agreed to follow civil rights laws. Although the agency says it wants voluntary compliance, it also has promised to refer violations to the Department of Justice. It is not clear whether the federal government would hold back funding for school meal programs as part of its enforcement.
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The directive followed a landmark civil rights decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020 that, under a provision called Title VII, protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in the workplace.
According to the lawsuit, the attorneys general allege that the USDA's new directive is based on a "misreading" of the Supreme Court's ruling and did not provide states and other groups the opportunity to provide public comment.
The attorneys general involved in the lawsuit filed Tuesday are from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
A spokesperson for the USDA did not immediately return a request for comment. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/ken-paxton-among-ags-suing-usda-over-lgbtq-school-meal-directive/3032288/ | 2022-07-26T23:16:09 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/ken-paxton-among-ags-suing-usda-over-lgbtq-school-meal-directive/3032288/ |
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Detroit offers to pay Black Lives Matter protesters nearly $1.3 million
Detroit — The city is moving to offer nearly $1.3 million to protesters in five pending lawsuits, the vast majority going to Detroit Will Breathe which has alleged Detroit officers used excessive force during the George Floyd protests in 2020.
The Detroit City Council in its last seven-hour session Tuesday before recessing through September, unanimously approved a package totaling $1,265,000.
In the proposed settlement, $1,035,000 would go to Detroit Will Breathe and 14 plaintiffs. Another $150,000 would go to Nadia Rohr, while $60,000 would be paid to Emma Howland-Bolton and four plaintiffs. Another $10,000 each would go to Marlon Frazier and Timothy Hall.
During the May 2020 protests in Detroit, one man was killed and dozens arrested as peaceful daytime protests in the city gave way to violence on a Friday night. Demonstrators displayed anger over police brutality in America, clashing with city police who fought back with tear gas. Over that summer, dozens were arrested during protests held at the sites where Detroiters had died at the hands of police-involved shootings.
Deputy Corporation Counsel Chuck Raimi told The Detroit News in a statement Tuesday: "The overwhelming majority of Detroit Police Department officers conducted themselves with courage and honor during the George Floyd protests, despite innumerable violent attacks and other shameful conduct by protestors.”
He continued: “The City’s law department’s offers of judgment reflect the unfortunate reality that in our litigious society, and particularly in cases of this sort where plaintiffs’ lawyers (but not the City’s lawyers) have the opportunity to recover enormous attorney fees payable by the City, the City’s financial interests may be best served by seeking a settlement."
Detroit Will Breathe's offer lists 14 plaintiffs with various settlement amounts including, $45,000 each to leaders Tristan Taylor, Jazten Bass, Margaret Henige; $90,000 each to Nakia Wallace and Iman Saleh; $75,000 Lauryn Brennan; $120,000 to Amy Nahabedian; $150,0000 to Caylee Arnold; and $250,000 to Alexander Anest.
The offers do not include attorney fees, but should the protesters accept the offers, their attorney fees would be liable by the city, according to an offer signed off on by Detroit Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett Jr.
Taylor, co-founder of Detroit Will Breathe, told The Detroit News they are discussing the issue with their attorneys and did not comment further.
Council members did not comment on the settlements. President Mary Sheffield said she would not comment.
A coalition whose members include the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, the Michigan Chapter of the National Lawyer's Guild and Detroit Will Breathe renewed calls earlier this summer to defund the Detroit police.
DPD has a "continuing pattern and practice of police violence and killing," the Coalition for Police Transparency said in a 17-page letter to the U.S. Department of Justice that was released in May.
At the time, Detroit Police 2nd Deputy Chief Rudy Harper said in a statement that Chief James White's administration is committed to transparency and accountability.
"This is why the Detroit Police Department is firmly committed to its mission to encourage thoughtful decision-making and a strong sense of community responsibility," Harper previously said. "To this end, the Department recently hired a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professional with experience in the Michigan Department of Civil Rights."
Detroit police were under federal oversight from 2000 to 2014. The city entered into the consent judgments to avoid lawsuits alleging excessive force by officers, mistreatment of witnesses and unconstitutional conditions of confinement.
U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn ended the federal oversight in August 2014 when he ruled the police department had sufficiently overhauled its practices and training.
► More: Has George Floyd's death led to police reforms in Michigan?
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Man accused of buying gun used to kill Detroit officer will stay in jail, judge rules
Detroit — The man accused of buying the gun that would later be used to kill a Detroit police officer will stay in jail ahead of his trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Sheldon Avery Thomas is accused of "straw purchasing," or claiming a gun he was buying was for himself when it was intended for someone else who could not purchase it. Prosecutors allege that Thomas bought the gun not for himself but for Ehmani Davis, who officials say used the gun three weeks ago to kill Detroit Police Officer Loren Courts.
The federal charge is punishable by a maximum of $250,000 and 10 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain said Tuesday that he didn't see any reason to change a magistrate judge's initial decision to detain Thomas before trial after a hearing in which a defense attorney argued that Thomas could instead live at home.
While the judge acknowledged that Thomas appeared to have a family willing to support him, Drain said the history and nature of the crime and the seriousness of the danger posed indicated that he should stay in jail.
Thomas' attorney, Leon Parker, had suggested that some sort of house arrest might be more appropriate, given that Thomas has a child on the way and that his small vide game-related business is the primary source of income for his family. While Thomas has been held, that business had been "flailing," Parker said.
Drain said he considered that, but given the length of a trial, he decided against it.
"There are many reasons a person may leave their home during home confinement for different things, such as to see their attorney or go to a doctor," Drain said. "That does provide some access for the defendant to get more guns."
Prosecutors allege Thomas bought the pistol — which comes with a high-capacity 30-round magazine — from dealer Action Impact in Eastpointe in June and later met Davis in a parking lot to sell it. Assistant U.S. Attorney Barbara Lanning argued during a previous detention hearing that Thomas has made multiple efforts to supply Davis with a firearm in the past, pointing out an instance from February that was unsuccessful. She also brought up an alleged incident in which Davis stole one of Thomas’ guns.
Lanning made similar arguments Tuesday, laying out a specific timeline for the court that she alleged indicated Thomas had repeatedly served as a buyer for Davis and potentially for others. She also brought up an incident in which Thomas shot and killed a girlfriend's mother's boyfriend after the boyfriend had allegedly been attacking Thomas' brother.
"He clearly understands the impact of a gun," Lanning argued.
Drain's decision matches the initial decision of Magistrate Judge Jonathan Grey, who also said Thomas' potential danger to the community was too high.
Police say Davis, 19, opened fire in an ambush on police July 6 through the closed window of his apartment unit above the shuttered Desire Unisex Salon on Joy Road near Marlowe on Detroit's west side. Courts and his partner, Amanda Hudgens, both five-year Detroit police veterans from the 2nd Precinct, were responding to a 911 call reporting that a man was firing shots out the window of the apartment. A bullet struck Courts in the neck as he sat in his police cruiser.
Davis was killed by officers responding to reports of shots fired.
Staff writer Robert Snell contributed to this story.
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Second Avenue bridge placement almost complete, I-94 could reopen Friday
Detroit – The move of the skeleton for the new Second Avenue bridge over Interstate 94 is almost complete after crews began working on the project last week, and the freeway should reopen to Friday morning commuters if luck holds.
"The goal is to safely open I-94 on Friday morning, however, opening is dependent upon structural engineers giving their approval," said Rob Morosi, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Transportation.
“We have moved the bridge across the freeway but we still have at least a day and a half to two days of setting it into place on the structure that supports the bridge, and then we need to do extensive cleanup on the freeway to get it back open to traffic."
The bridge will be the first of its kind in Michigan, with a network of cables that cross from the top of the arch to the bottom of the driving surface on both sides of the structure.
“I think anytime you're doing something for the first time there's always going to be some challenges ...," Morosi said.
Civil engineering students at Western Michigan University have worked with MDOT to provide structural monitoring of the bridge, said Rebecca Curtis, chief bridge engineer. Using sensors installed during construction, they will evaluate structural performance during construction, conduct load testing to establish an operational baseline for the structure once it is open to traffic, and evaluate the performance of the structure over time and during seasonal changes, she said.
The bridge will have 9-foot-wide sidewalks, 8-foot-wide bike lanes and one car lane in each direction.
Projects like the Second Avenue bridge are made possible through the Rebuilding Michigan plan, a five-year, $3.5 billion investment and the bipartisan Building Michigan Together Plan, which is the largest one-time investment in Michigan's infrastructure in state history according to the state.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A man riding a lawn mower died following a collision between himself and a car on the 6000 block of the South Interstate 35 service road Monday morning.
Austin Police Department officers reported to the scene around 8:44 a.m. The man on the lawn mower had been riding in a grassy area on the service road's right shoulder.
The man died at the scene, and the car's driver was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
The APD said the investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to call the Highway Investigation Tip Line at 512-974-8111 or the Crime Stoppers tip line at 512-472-8477.
No other information is available at this time.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Lottery fever is sweeping through the Commonwealth today as the Mega Millions jackpot jumps to a whopping $830 million.
“It’s been a while since we’ve seen excitement like this across Virginia,” John Hagerty, Virginia Lottery spokesperson said. “And of course, now that that jackpot has gone up to $830 million, that’s translating into very strong Mega Million sales.”
Ticket sales soar when the lottery prize does, and proceeds from the ticket sales go to Virginia schools.
“That’s why the Virginia Lottery exists, is to help generate funds for K-12 education,” Hagerty said.
With excitement in the air, smaller stores like the Gobble Stop in Blacksburg are seeing their fair share of ticket sales – Both regular players and new faces have been popping in for their shot at the money.
“When the jackpot gets really high and exciting like this, we do see a lot of players who might not normally play,” Hagerty said. “They see this exciting jackpot number and say, ‘it’s time to get in the game.”
The Mega Millions drawing will be at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, and the Virginia Lottery said that if there’s no winner, there’s a good chance that the jackpot will rise to a billion dollars. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/26/are-you-feeling-lucky-mega-millions-jackpot-soars-to-830-million/ | 2022-07-26T23:30:03 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/07/26/are-you-feeling-lucky-mega-millions-jackpot-soars-to-830-million/ |
AUSTELL, Ga. — The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is asking the public for help in finding a missing 8-year-old girl who has made her way from New York to Georgia.
On June 23, 2020, Kushiyah Yehudah disappeared from the city of Cohoes, New York. She was 6 years old at the time and was believed to be with her non-custodial mother.
The family member was located and arrested, however, NCMEC said Yehudah was not with her.
Investigators believe girl, who is now 8 years old, could be in Austell, Georgia or the surrounding Cobb County area. Currently, the Austell Police Department is following the case but told 11Alive they have no new details at this time.
Yehudah has black hair and brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance, she was 4-foot 6-inches tall and weighed 75 pounds.
Anyone with information on Yehudah or her whereabouts is asked to call the Austell Police Department at 1-770-944-4331 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/missing-8-year-old-kushiyah-yehudah-new-york-georgia-case/85-ec3c6f22-50d5-4025-b97e-0efe43fc0d6f | 2022-07-26T23:32:03 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/missing-8-year-old-kushiyah-yehudah-new-york-georgia-case/85-ec3c6f22-50d5-4025-b97e-0efe43fc0d6f |
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — After a series of Molotov cocktails have ignited flames in different incidents, Gwinnett County Fire investigators are now trying to find the culprits behind the sparks.
At least five incidents have been reported and are currently under investigation, according to Gwinnett Fire. Each of these calls has involved "an improvised incendiary device," commonly known as Molotov cocktails, firefighters said. They've mapped out the incidents, adding they've been reported in the areas from Sugarloaf Parkway and Five Forks Trickum Road to Oak Road SW in an unincorporated part of the county.
Such incidents have involved grass and pine straw beds near the roadway or a parking lot, fire officials said.
"So far, there has not been any damage to buildings or vehicles and no injuries have been reported," the agency said in a news release.
Firefighters aren't revealing much more information about the separate incidents as they are still investigating, they said. However, anyone with information about a familiar incident is asked to call Gwinnett Fire at 678-518-4890 or the Georgia Arson Control Hotline at 1-800-282-5804. Georgia Arson Control, Inc. offers a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/lawrenceville/gwinnett-molotov-cocktail-incidents/85-a8bb51eb-96bf-467c-bbf8-3610af6bd6f3 | 2022-07-26T23:32:09 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/lawrenceville/gwinnett-molotov-cocktail-incidents/85-a8bb51eb-96bf-467c-bbf8-3610af6bd6f3 |
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A Boise man was sentenced to decades in prison for an attack that left one man dead and another man injured.
Lance Garver, 52, of Boise, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery; he will serve 20 years before he's eligible for parole, according to a press release from the Ada County prosecutor's office.
Garver hospitalized two men in December 2020, the release said. One victim, Cameron Bilbrey, was treated at the hospital and released. The second victim, Steven Ochoa, died from his injuries suffered during the attack in January 2021.
“These were senseless crimes, and I extend my thoughts to all those who were impacted,” Ada County Prosecutor Jan Bennetts said in the release. “Thank you to the Boise Police detectives for their hard work on this investigation.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-man-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-in-deadly-attack/article_7ccbe8f7-6db5-5e09-a788-e87f29f9f7b3.html | 2022-07-26T23:33:13 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-man-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-in-deadly-attack/article_7ccbe8f7-6db5-5e09-a788-e87f29f9f7b3.html |
A former football star is visiting the Treasure Valley this weekend.
But it's not to host a camp or speak on his playing days.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ WEDNESDAY TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ SATURDAY... * WHAT...High temperatures of 100 to 107 expected. * WHERE...Southeast Oregon and portions of southwest Idaho. * WHEN...From noon MDT /11 AM PDT/ Wednesday to 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. &&
A former football star is visiting the Treasure Valley this weekend.
But it's not to host a camp or speak on his playing days.
Ricky Williams, who won the 1998 Heisman Trophy and played 11 seasons in the NFL, is hosting a promotional event for his cannabis lifestyle brand, "Highsman," on Saturday and Sunday in Ontario, Oregon. The event, hosted by Top Crop dispensary, will include a meet and greet, autograph signing, catered barbecue, giveaways, and the debut of a new strain of Highsman cannabis.
Williams will be at Top Crop from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday and noon-2 p.m. on Sunday.
The 45-year-old was a standout running back at the University of Texas and later for the New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens. He was in and out of the NFL during his playing career because of violations of the league's substance abuse policy that led to suspensions, subsequent retirements and reinstatements.
Along with winning the Heisman Trophy, given annually to college football's most outstanding player, Williams was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
Williams launched Highsman, "a cannabis lifestyle brand created to empower professional and everyday athletes as well as sports enthusiasts alike," in October 2021. Williams has long been a medical cannabis advocate.
“It is time we change the way we talk about cannabis,” Williams said in a press release. “Highsman is about an appreciation for greatness. There is a passionate and dedicated team behind the brand, and together we want to help all people inspire greatness in themselves.”
Highsman offers premium quality cannabis as well as a collection of apparel and accessories designed to complement an active lifestyle on and off the field, the release said.
Top Crop is located at 297 SE 10th St. in Ontario.
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...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ WEDNESDAY TO
9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ SATURDAY...
* WHAT...High temperatures of 100 to 107 expected.
* WHERE...Southeast Oregon and portions of southwest Idaho.
* WHEN...From noon MDT /11 AM PDT/ Wednesday to 9 PM MDT /8 PM
PDT/ Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
The site of an existing antimony mine along the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River east of the town of Yellow Pine.
BOISE — The Nez Perce Tribe and environmental groups are appealing the construction permit granted to Perpetua Resources, a mining company with plans to operate a new open pit antimony and gold mine east of McCall.
The proposed project would allow open-pit mining for those metals in an area that was once proposed as a Superfund site, as previously reported. The appeal claims that large quantities of dust would be generated by the project, and could cause health issues to mine workers as well as nearby recreationists, according to press release from Idaho Conservation League, one of the environmental groups appealing the permit. Environmental nonprofit Save the South Fork Salmon is also appealing the permit.
Health problems could include “aggravated asthma,” heart attacks, and premature death, the release said.
“People who work or recreate near the mine area could be exposed to dangerous levels of particulate and arsenic pollution,” said Bryan Hurlbutt, an attorney with Advocates of the West, in the release. That organization is representing the Nez Perce Tribe and Idaho Conservation League in the appeal, the release said. “Relying on assurances from a mining company, as (the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality) did here, without setting important permit conditions fails to protect the public and fails to comply with the law,” Hurlbutt said in the release.
Josh Johnson, a senior conservation associate with the Idaho Conservation League said that “despite going through three rounds of public comment, this air quality permit still fails to address all of the health concerns the public raised, leading (Idaho Conservation League) and our partners to appeal the decision.”
The permit is one of several the company will need to begin work at the site, the release said. The groups appealing would like the current permit invalidated, and “for any future permit to require additional safeguards for public health, and real-time monitoring processes, to ensure these safeguards are effective,” the release said.
Mckinsey Lyon, spokesperson for Perpetua Resources, disagreed with the claims in the appeal, saying in an emailed statement that the permit was issued following a three-year analysis by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, which found that the project "meets or exceeds the strict state and federal requirements, including the Clean Air Act and the National Air Quality Standards, and is protective of human health and the environment."
In response to public comments, the department of environmental quality also "required additional layers of study and modifications to the proposed plan that decreased dust emissions by 27% and arsenic emissions by 56% before granting the permit," Lyon said. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-indigenous-and-environmental-groups-appeal-mine-permit/article_cb9bbbea-2a0b-5176-bcb1-b117109fb6bc.html | 2022-07-26T23:33:15 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-indigenous-and-environmental-groups-appeal-mine-permit/article_cb9bbbea-2a0b-5176-bcb1-b117109fb6bc.html |
Speed cameras in Shreveport school zones? New partnership aims to slow drivers down
Soon, the city of Shreveport will be able to issue tickets for those caught speeding in a school zone without an officer being present.
With school starting in less than two weeks several Shreveport schools will be taking part in the debut school zone camera installation. These cameras are in partnership with the City of Shreveport and Blue Line Solutions, a traffic safety company founded by veteran police officers who blended their 106 years of total expertise to create a way to save lives.
"The owner of the company was in law enforcement and he had a tragic incident, watching a 10-year-old boy die in a car accident," said Blue Line Solutions Communications Specialist Jena Sullivan. "his goal after that was to slow people down and to make children safer."
This company uses photo speed enforcement through cameras that are set up in school zones. These cameras are part of an effort to reduce speeding and streamline the ticketing and collection process.
How do the new speed cameras work?
If a vehicle is traveling at high speeds in a school zone the camera will take a photo of the license plate and a ticket will be sent to the address of the vehicle.
"It is a single-lane LIDAR. So, it is 100% accurate as far as identifying what vehicle that is pointed at," said Sullivan. "The citations show you exactly where on your vehicle instruct your vehicle where it bounced off of and what your speed was."
These cameras will roll out on August 3, which is the first day of school for elementary in Caddo Parish. Sullivan said there is a 30-day warning period after every school goes online.
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What school zones will these cameras be in?
Phase 1:
- Southwood
- Captain Shreve
- Caddo Heights
- Southern Hills
- Westwood Elementary
- Creswell Elementary (Highland Avenue side)
- Greenoaks
- Atkins Elementary
- Caddo Magnet High School
- Woodlawn High School
These schools were chosen for the first phase because during research Blue Line Solutions discovered that over 74,000 people were speeding during school zone times. Speeding is considered 11 miles an hour or over.
Phase 2:
- Linwood Elementary School
- Calvary Baptist Academy
- Creswell Elementary (Creswell Avenue side)
- Summerfield Elementary
- Caddo Career and Technology Center
- AMI Kids Lakeshore Middle School
- Fairfield Elementary
- Riverside Elementary
- Claiborne Fundamental Elementary
- Booker T. Washington High
After Phase 1 is completed the installation of the remaining schools in Phase 2 will receive cameras.
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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/07/26/where-speed-cameras-shreveport-school-zones/10152778002/ | 2022-07-26T23:34:21 | 1 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/07/26/where-speed-cameras-shreveport-school-zones/10152778002/ |
RUPERT — A local man was sworn into office Monday as the newest Minidoka County commissioner.
Jared Orton, 42, replaces District 3 Commissioner Sheryl Koyle, who retired June 30, Minidoka County Clerk Tonya Page said.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little made the appointment for the mid-season replacement.
Orton will then be up for election in November, Page said.
He will serve a two-year term.
Koyle served as commissioner for 11 years.
The Minidoka County Republican Central Committee provided Orton’s name to the governor’s office for appointment after he won the May Primary Election as an unopposed candidate, Page said.
Orton is a Minidoka County native and currently lives in rural Minidoka. He and his wife have three children, ages 15, 13 and 11.
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Orton works for a construction company.
He served on the Minidoka County Planning and Zoning board for nearly three years and recently stepped aside from that role as he was sworn in as a commission.
Orton said during his term he’d like to work with state legislators “to return more decision-making authority to the counties.”
Sometimes, he said, some laws work well for areas like Boise but not so well in Minidoka County.
Orton also said as the county’s comprehensive plan is revisited and revised he’d like to see more community involvement, instead of just hiring an engineer who makes recommendations. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/appointed-minidoka-county-commissioner-takes-office/article_36ce19d4-0d20-11ed-80c6-ffe72f753c3e.html | 2022-07-26T23:38:59 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/appointed-minidoka-county-commissioner-takes-office/article_36ce19d4-0d20-11ed-80c6-ffe72f753c3e.html |
With summer on its way out, Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo has kicked off the season of fairs last week.
The fair, which started on July 23, will run until July 31 in Shoshone and the rodeo will start at 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.
The fair will have plenty to offer for the whole family with some of the biggest events such as the ATV/motorcycle rodeo on Wednesday, a parade on Thursday, and a truck and tractor pull on Saturday.
Along with its main events, the fair will have an FFA show, laser tag, and community involvement with photography, art and produce.
Admission for the fair is $20 for adults, $10 for children ages 6-12 and free for children ages 5 and under.
Admission for the rodeo is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for children ages 6-12 and free for children ages 5 and under. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/lincoln-county-fair-and-rodeo-kicks-off/article_8386fb64-0d21-11ed-aa69-97d019f67e46.html | 2022-07-26T23:39:05 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/lincoln-county-fair-and-rodeo-kicks-off/article_8386fb64-0d21-11ed-aa69-97d019f67e46.html |
LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. — This week, more than a dozen kids are attending a special camp in Lebanon County.
Camp Lion Heart is specifically for children battling heart disease. Attendees range anywhere between 12 and 18.
The camp takes place on the grounds of Camp Kirchenwald. Campers can participate in all kinds of activities, ranging from rock climbing, zip lining, swimming, mountain biking, boating, and cookouts.
Organizers say that the camp is all about allowing kids to recognize their potential.
"Every kid out here has had cardiac surgery and problems like that, so it gives them an opportunity to come out in the camp environment," said Saulius Elertas, Camp Lion Heart's Director.
"We challenge them a little bit but within norms, we look at what their abilities and disabilities are," said Elertas.
The camp started seven years ago as a combined effort between Penn State Children's Heart Group and Ellie's Heart Foundation.
The camp is free of cost to all the attending kids. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/special-lebanon-county-camp-offers-a-unique-experience-for-kids-battling-heart-disease-kirchenwald/521-099a90f1-9cd1-4c02-a2d2-c36c796a4396 | 2022-07-26T23:41:15 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/special-lebanon-county-camp-offers-a-unique-experience-for-kids-battling-heart-disease-kirchenwald/521-099a90f1-9cd1-4c02-a2d2-c36c796a4396 |
The Hanover NAACP is urging the county board of supervisors to reconsider some of its appointments to the School Board, "especially" newly-appointed Mechanicsville representative Johnny Redd.
An open letter from the NAACP this week said the organization is increasingly concerned about changes in the Hanover County School Board over the past few years. Members of the School Board have failed to show respect and understanding of history as it relates to a diverse population, especially Black and brown students, the letter said.
Mechanicsville Supervisor Canova Peterson’s appointment of Redd “continues this disturbing pattern,” says the letter signed by Hanover NAACP President Patricia Hunter-Jordan.
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In a statement to the Times-Dispatch, Redd wrote, "Have you done any research on the source of this letter? Does this letter represent the views of the Hanover NAACP or the views of an angry African American lady who holds the title of president of that organization? Check it out -- do a little research on Pat Hunter-Jordan -- that could result in an interesting story for a truth-seeking investigative reporter. I will not be making any further comment."
In a historic vote, the Richmond City Council on Monday approved a code amendment that gives municipal workers the right to unionize and have collective bargaining. City workers filled council chambers as the affirmative vote was cast.
Redd, who previously served on the School Board from 1980 to 1984, was appointed in May to replace incumbent Sterling Daniel, who was appointed in March 2020 after the sudden departure of Roger Bourassa in December 2019. Redd’s term took effect July 1.
The Hanover NAACP letter continued on to say that Redd is unqualified to serve on the board.
Hanover County is one of 16 Virginia localities that appoints school board members instead of electing them. Each member is appointed by the Hanover County Board of Supervisors for staggered four-year terms.
Hanover residents have tried for years to change the process, but have not yet collected enough signatures on a petition to begin the process.
The NAACP’s letter cites a Times-Dispatch article published before Redd’s appointment in which Redd said that he would use a biblical worldview as the lens through which to analyze policies and curriculum.
“There is a shift of attention away from core educational objectives with attention being diverted to social issues like CRT, transgender bathrooms or 'rights' of one group versus the 'rights' of another group,” Redd said in the interview published in May ahead of his appointment. “My attention will be focused on returning to the primary purpose of the public schools in Hanover County — education of the students, not indoctrination of the students, not promoting social change that is illogical, immoral and/or ungodly.”
The NAACP letter also calls out School Board chairman John Axselle, who previously referred to Black people as “colored people,” according to the letter.
“A new direction is needed,” states the letter signed by Hunter-Jordan. “Hanover County’s future will be brighter and more successful with a school division whose board exemplifies and prioritizes diversity, inclusion and equity.”
The Hanover County School Board comprises seven members – six of whom are white men.
Peterson and Axselle did not immediately return calls from the Times-Dispatch on Tuesday. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/hanover-naacp-urges-reconsideration-of-some-school-board-appointments/article_19c7d732-adf8-543e-8fa1-f088ca06ddf3.html | 2022-07-26T23:41:15 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/hanover-naacp-urges-reconsideration-of-some-school-board-appointments/article_19c7d732-adf8-543e-8fa1-f088ca06ddf3.html |
Eleven Confederate statues have been removed or toppled throughout Richmond since 2020, but a statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill remains upright in the city's Northside. Though the city would like to disassemble it and hand it over to the Black History Museum with the others, a legal fight is blocking the statue's removal.
A group claiming to be descendants of Hill says the statue belongs to them. It filed a motion in Richmond Circuit Court this month asking for the monument, which it hopes to relocate.
The city, however, argues the group has no right to the monument that also contains Hill's human remains. It says the city should be free to continue with its plan to reinter Hill in a Culpeper cemetery and give away the monument.
Following his death in 1865 - a Union soldier shot him outside Petersburg - Ambrose Powell Hill was buried in a cemetery in Chesterfield County. Two years later, his body was moved to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, where it remained for four more years.
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In 1891, his body was reinterred at its current site at the intersection of Hermitage Road and West Laburnum Avenue. When workers moved his body, the coffin had fallen to pieces, and all that was left was his crumbling skeleton and fragments of his uniform, according to the Richmond Dispatch newspaper. The insignia of rank on his sleeve and collar was still preserved.
Hill was placed in a "strong oaken case lined with white" and interred inside the pedestal. The monument was unveiled May 30, 1892.
While the city has made an effort to pull down city owned Confederate statues within its borders, it also claims the Hill statue is a traffic hazard. Cars navigate a tight traffic circle around the statue. The city completed the work of removing other Confederate pedestals in the city earlier this year.
City officials have worked for more than a year to arrange for the statue's removal, to consult with Hill's descendants and to rebury his body.
In May, the city filed a petition in court, asking a judge to allow the city to transfer the human remains to a plot at Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper that the city of purchased for $1,000. The move has gained the approval of the descendants, the city said.
Richmond officials arranged with Bennett funeral home to transfer the remains and for Team Henry to remove the statue and plinth.
The city plans to send the monument and its pedestal to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, the same organization set to receive the other Confederate statues. The Black History Museum has said it will consult with the public before deciding on a final destination. Most of the statues are being stored at a water treatment facility in Richmond's Southside.
One statue, of Jefferson Davis, was placed lying down, splattered in pink graffiti, in The Valentine museum downtown.
This month, a group of people claiming to be indirect descendants of Hill objected to the city's decision to give away the statue. Hill has no direct descendants – his children had no children of their own. This group claims the descendants are the rightful owners of the monument, because the monument itself is a cemetery neglected by the city.
The group consents to the city's plan of reinterring Hill's remains in Culpeper. A lawyer who filed their petition did not respond to a request for comment.
Last week, the city's lawyers responded to the counterclaim, denying that the monument has been abandoned or that the group has any right to the monument. To the city's point, workers have often cleaned the monument when it was marred by protesters' graffiti.
A hearing hasn't been scheduled, and a spokesperson for Mayor Levar Stoney did not respond to a request for comment. | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-wants-to-remove-the-a-p-hill-statue-but-its-fate-is-held-up/article_fe2dda9b-81b5-5a9c-8434-38c367f2466f.html | 2022-07-26T23:41:21 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-wants-to-remove-the-a-p-hill-statue-but-its-fate-is-held-up/article_fe2dda9b-81b5-5a9c-8434-38c367f2466f.html |
UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing has received a $4 million, four-year Health Resources and Services Administration grant to expand health care services to foster care youth and their families.
The grant will fund access to community-based health care in 28 counties in Central Texas and the Hill Country.
“We developed our grant application with Texas’ new community-based model of foster care in mind,” Karen Walker Schwab said in a news release Tuesday.
Schwab is the grant’s principal investigator and directs pediatric services for the nursing school’s Wellness 360 health care practice that offers primary and pediatric care to the public.
In Texas’ traditional foster care model, children could be placed in homes anywhere in the state. The state’s new model gives local communities more flexibility in meeting the needs of foster youth. For example, priorities include keeping foster children in their own communities, placing siblings together in the same home and having children attend their same schools to promote stability and maintain each child’s support system.
Officials said this new health care program will improve access in underserved areas by developing four community hubs in the region for foster care children and their families and working to familiarize nursing students with providing care to this vulnerable population through the development of specialized curriculum.
This curriculum incorporates telehealth services, social determinants of health, health literacy, community outreach and mobile medical events while offering clinical learning experiences for graduate and undergraduate students.
“Nurse-led practices also provide these services more economically, stretching taxpayer dollars,” Schwab said. “We anticipate opening our first hub in the fall in Bulverde. The plan is to open the three other hubs within 12 to 18 months.”
laura.garcia@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/UT-Health-nursing-school-awarded-4-million-17330827.php | 2022-07-26T23:48:20 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/UT-Health-nursing-school-awarded-4-million-17330827.php |
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District board voted to encourage Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special legislative session to increase the minimum age for firearms purchases in Texas from 18 to 21.
The board adopted the resolution Monday night by a unanimous vote, a day before the Uvalde City Council was to consider a similar measure and more than two months after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at the district’s Robb Elementary School.
“There was a tragedy that occurred in our community … with a rifle that an 18-year-old can walk in and purchase,” Hal Harrell, the school superintendent, said. “There’s no reason for an 18-year-old to have something like that.”
The board also discussed campus safety, programs to provide social-emotional help to students and staff and costs for the coming school year. It delayed the start of the fall semester until Sept. 6 to prepare campuses for extra students from Robb Elementary, which will be demolished.
But some parents didn’t stay past the meeting’s 15-minute public comment section, after repeating their demands for accountability and transparency in what has become an angry ritual in Uvalde.
Brett Cross, a guardian of one of the students who died, questioned the board about how school resource officers are assigned to school campuses.
“You expect us to trust you to keep our kids safe,” Cross said. “I see more officers here than have ever been at our schools. What are y’all worried about? Our kids are dead! What are y’all worried about?”
The second to last speaker was a woman who faced the audience to say she grew up in the district and valued the education it provided her.
“That is one of the reasons that I support the district greatly, because I know just from experience that you can’t get very far in this life without an education, at all. I’m speaking to everybody.”
Audience members began screaming, “No!” and “No justice, no peace!” About two dozen of them left the auditorium while the woman was speaking.
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“The district serves the majority of Uvalde children,” she continued. “I know that when we are completely involved in grief and we are mad and we are angry … we can say things, we can do things that are completely out of character.”
Hope Sanchez, a member of Fierce Madres, a group of mothers in the community advocating for justice for the children who died, was among those who walked out.
“To hear her speaking about herself living in a community where a massacre occurred in the school district is upsetting and a slap in the face, just like everything else these families are getting,” Sanchez said. “I don’t know what her point was in order to waste the minutes that you know deserving families actually need in order to get these answers.”
claire.bryan@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Uvalde-school-board-Abbott-guns-17330688.php | 2022-07-26T23:48:26 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Uvalde-school-board-Abbott-guns-17330688.php |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A new scam affecting restaurants nationwide has made its way to Kansas. The Monarch in Wichita’s Delano district is the first known restaurant in the sunflower state to be affected by scammers saying they will leave bad reviews unless they are compensated. Jennifer Ray, the Monarch’s owner, said she was concerned when she got two threatening emails last week.
“This is the first time that I’ve had to deal with something like this. So it was it’s scary,” said Ray.
Scammers are sending threatening emails to restaurants demanding payment in the form of gift cards or crypto in return for not bombarding the establishments’ social accounts with dozens of 1-star reviews.
“Everything that anyone says about us online is super impactful. Obviously, we’ve worked really hard to maintain a really great reputation here in town and to see that get threatened really it really is worrisome,” added Ray.
Bill Ramsay is a technology expert. He says it’s only a matter of time before this starts happening to other businesses.
“They’ve got a multitude of hacked accounts that they’re using to go in and create these reviews,” mentioned Ramsay.
So what defense do local establishments have?
“If these crooks are fulfilling their promises, and it looks like they actually have in several cases, you’re gonna have to combat the report the reviews, and then send a copy of what you’re getting showing that ‘hey, I was threatened and with one-star reviews and now this is what’s going on,'” continued Ramsay.
Ray said the swindlers have given her until Aug. 1 to pay up, but she says that won’t do any good.
“I think, at this point, we’re just going to have to wait and see,” mentioned Ray.
She has hired a local reputation management company to monitor reviews around the clock.
“I am confident that while this may be a hassle in the short term, overall, we’ll get it taken care of,” concluded Ray.
The Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association said it has warned its members of this scam and is working to see if anyone else in Kansas has been affected. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/nationwide-restaurant-scam-targets-a-popular-wichita-eatery/ | 2022-07-26T23:50:57 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/nationwide-restaurant-scam-targets-a-popular-wichita-eatery/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Planning to float down the Clackamas River soon? Keep an eye out for some construction being done along the shoreline that officials hope will help save the salmon.
The Clackamas River Basin Council is in the process of restoring habitat for young salmon at the confluence of Sieben Creek and the Clackamas River, between Carver Park and Riverside Park.
The project, called the Sieben-Riverbend Side Channel Enhancement Project, will reconnect a 1,750-foot side channel off the Clackamas River, creating a quieter environment where young salmon and steelhead can mature before entering the main river.
“It’s sort of like the equivalent of being in the coffee shop rather than being in the freeway,” explained Isaac Sanders, restoration program manager for the Clackamas River Basin Council.
He said the softer water in channels protects young salmonids, allowing them to get food easier.
These channels are important for the growth of young salmon, but over the last century, many Clackamas River channels have disappeared as the river undergoes changes.
The Mill Dam upstream on the Clackamas River has affected how much sediment flows downstream naturally and humans have removed large trees from the water over the years, which usually help channels form. Scientists predict these changes could be factors impacting salmon populations.
“The fish really like that. They really like these large wood structures with a bunch of little wood and root wads and things like that in it in that deep pool. It’s basically like a luxury condo,” Sanders said.
He said large pieces of wood are an essential material the Clackamas River Basin Council is using to create its channel.
Crews will scrape away soil to deepen the channel, lowering it closer to the river bottom level, so it can fill with more water during the rainy months. They’re also digging a hole and laying logs and boulders in it, forming a stable base so it won’t wash away during a high-flow event.
Sanders compared it to an iceberg, saying what people see above the water will only be a small part of the full structure. He said it’s meant to mimic how a natural log structure is formed and will help guide water from the river into the channel.
During the summer months, the channel might remain dry, but Sanders hopes it will connect to the river from October to May, when the water level is higher. He said these months are an important time of year to allow young fish access to channels.
The construction began July 15 and is taking place in an area where boaters and floaters frequently pass by.
Sanders said anyone on the water shouldn’t be affected by the habitat work. It’s happening in a shallow area and anyone on an innertube or in a boat would float by in deeper water on the other side.
The construction work is about halfway done and should be completed by the end of August. The Clackamas River Basin Council will return to plant native plants near the channel in the winter.
Sanders said the council thanks the private landowners who own the riverside property for allowing them to do the habitat restoration work. He said they’ve been enthusiastic about the project and are glad to know it will benefit wildlife in the area.
“Fundraising and support for this kind of work is really important,” Sanders said, “so that we can work on this and hopefully restore these iconic species.”
The project is funded by the Oregon Water Enhancement Board. | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/a-new-channel-may-protect-young-clackamas-river-salmon/ | 2022-07-26T23:54:58 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/a-new-channel-may-protect-young-clackamas-river-salmon/ |
PORTLAND, Maine — Molly Ritzo is the owner of The Barn at Smith Farm, as well as Jones Landing on Peaks Island. She joined us in the 207 kitchen to share her recipe for a lemon blueberry mascarpone tart.
Crust ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cup buckwheat flour or flour of choice.
- 1 stick cold unsalted butter.
- 1 tsp salt.
- 1/8 cup granulated sugar.
- 8 tbsp cold water.
- Lemon zest.
Filling ingredients:
- 8 oz. mascarpone room temp.
- 8 oz. cream cheese room temp.
- 1/2 cup sugar.
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract.
- Lemon zest.
Blueberry sauce ingredients:
- 1 cup frozen blueberries.
- 1 cup water.
- 1/2 cup sugar.
- 1/4 cornstarch.
Dough preparation:
- Cut dough just like pie dough and press into a tart pan.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden.
Blueberry sauce preparation:
- Heat berries and water until at a slow boil in a medium saucepan.
- Sift together sugar and cornstarch and slowly add to blueberries whisking in between to avoid clumps.
- Stir over medium heat until thick.
- Put in a cool pan or bowl and into the freezer for a quick cool down.
- In a mixer or by hand, whisk mascarpone, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and lemon zest.
- Let the tart shell cool completely.
- Fill with mascarpone mixture.
- Top with blueberry sauce.
- Garnish with toasted almonds. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-recipe-lemon-blueberry-mascarpone-tart-food/97-89e38fae-58c4-46fc-b34f-c89569a40cbf | 2022-07-26T23:55:30 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-recipe-lemon-blueberry-mascarpone-tart-food/97-89e38fae-58c4-46fc-b34f-c89569a40cbf |
PORTLAND, Maine — Ten minutes after I had finished our 207 interview with Jonathan Boyd and Mark Delavan, two singers in Opera Maine’s production of “The Flying Dutchman,” I bumped into them in the lobby of our building.
Gordon Walsh, a friend and colleague who works in our production department and helps get 207 on the air, entered the lobby at the same time and immediately spoke to Mark.
“I would love to hear you sing ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,’” he said.
“I did it last year!” Mark replied with great enthusiasm.
We all cracked up because it was perfect: Mark, even for a professional opera singer, has an extraordinarily deep and resonant voice. It sounds like something that rumbles up from the depths of the ocean.
Someone putting on some kind of production of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” had the good sense to reach out to Mark, and he happily said yes.
Standing in our lobby, Mark took a step back and cleared his throat a couple of times. He adjusted his feet slightly apart to get a firm stance, tucked his chin against his chest, lowered his already deep voice, and began to sing.
“You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch...”
Suffice it to say, he crushed it.
Delavan will be part of Opera Maine’s production of “The Flying Dutchman” on July 27 and 29 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland.
A nice touch: the story has been altered so that it takes place not off the coast of Europe, as originally written, but off the coast of Maine. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/hes-a-professional-opera-singer-but-thats-not-all-he-can-perform-maine-the-flying-dutchman-mr-grinch/97-06c1cc94-f990-4e5a-9975-2ff7422fc2f7 | 2022-07-26T23:55:36 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/hes-a-professional-opera-singer-but-thats-not-all-he-can-perform-maine-the-flying-dutchman-mr-grinch/97-06c1cc94-f990-4e5a-9975-2ff7422fc2f7 |
SOLON, Maine — Modern technology can do some pretty amazing things, but what if something as simple as a smartwatch could actually save your life? One woman from Solon found that to be the case.
In late May, Kim Durkee said she woke up in the middle of the night to vibrations from her Apple Watch. But it wasn't a typical message notification, this was different.
"The message basically said something to the effect of, 'You are in a resting state but we noticed AFib,'" Durkee said.
Atrial fibrillation is an irregular, rapid heartbeat that increases the risk of stroke or heart failure, among other heart complications. The message on the watch suggested Durkee go to an emergency room or contact her doctor.
"At first, you know, I didn't feel anything, so I'm like that's a fluke thing. Then it did it two more times about an hour apart. I didn't think much of it because I don't have any illnesses so I didn't feel anything," Durkee said.
Durkee said the notification popped up four times the following night, and again the next night. So, she decided to go to the emergency room.
"When I walked in the doctor said, 'Oh, what brings you in here?' You know, because I looked pretty healthy like I do now. And I go, 'My watch told me I have AFib,'" Durkee said.
Durkee said after a number of tests, an echocardiogram led doctors to the discovery of a myxoma tumor in her heart. She said doctors told her it's rare, serious, and grows quickly.
Within a month of that first ER visit, Durkee had open heart surgery to remove the tumor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Now, she is recovering at home, still wondering what if.
"I asked Dr. Osho in Boston who did the surgery and I also asked my doctor up here when I went for a check-up ... They both said the same thing, [that] I probably would've had a massive stroke, and they would've just said she died and they never would've known I had the myxoma," Durkee said.
Durkee's family and friends have rallied together to take care of things around the house as she recovers.
Durkee's brother, Dana Durkee, said the family was scared to death, but so thankful for the outcome, acknowledging how easy it is to brush off a seemingly insignificant sign of concern.
"She would do the same thing I would've done, she would've put it off just saying it's old age, it's this, it's that, and within three months they're saying something deadly was probably going to happen," Dana Durkee said.
"If your body talks to you or your watch talks to you, listen to it," Durkee said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/apple-watch-alert-leads-doctors-to-life-saving-discovery-for-a-solon-woman-health/97-542f7d4e-7dd7-458b-a557-f0018d1cc272 | 2022-07-26T23:55:42 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/apple-watch-alert-leads-doctors-to-life-saving-discovery-for-a-solon-woman-health/97-542f7d4e-7dd7-458b-a557-f0018d1cc272 |
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Following a lawsuit by historic preservation groups, state officials said Tuesday that the construction of a new bridge between Brunswick and Topsham could begin later this year.
Officials from the Maine Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that a new Federal Highway Administration draft found that the cost of rehabilitating the Frank J. Wood Bridge over the Androscoggin River would be "much greater" than replacing the bridge.
MDOT said the finding was not publicly available on Tuesday but would be posted on its website Wednesday afternoon.
Unless unanticipated new issues arise, the MDOT said it plans to advertise this summer or early fall for construction bids for replacing the bridge, with work to begin later this year.
The finding is in response to a federal court order following a lawsuit by historic preservation groups seeking to restore the original bridge.
Groups including Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge said state and federal officials circumvented the legal process before making the decision.
U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker found in favor of the federal and state departments of transportation, and a federal appeals court earlier this year ordered the Federal Highway Administration to further analyze the cost difference between replacing and restoring the bridge.
MDOT says the analysis found the cost to restore would be "much greater" than to replace the bridge, and that specific information will be available Wednesday.
"For MaineDOT, this project has always been about ensuring a safe and reliable connection between these two communities," MDOT Commissioner Bruce Van Note said in the release. "The Federal Highway Administration has again confirmed what we have long known to be true: that the safety, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of our new bridge plan is the best solution. State and federal agencies with the responsibility for this bridge crossing, as well as local officials, have determined that our new bridge plan is solid. Now is the time to move forward and serve the broader public interest to better connect these two villages."
According to the department, the bridge is "fracture critical" and in poor condition. In November of 2021, MDOT prohibited all commercial vehicles, including fire trucks and school buses, from using it.
The total cost of the replacement project is expected to be $33.5 million. In 2019, the estimated replacement cost was $13 million. By September of 2020, MDOT estimated the replacement cost at nearly $20 million.
Comments on the finding can be made online through Aug. 26. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bath-brunswick/mdot-says-it-will-move-forward-with-replacing-historic-frank-j-wood-bridge-brunswick-topsham-lawsuit-appeal-maine-department-of-transportation/97-7465b903-fb41-4c54-bdde-7a6a89f604c7 | 2022-07-26T23:55:48 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bath-brunswick/mdot-says-it-will-move-forward-with-replacing-historic-frank-j-wood-bridge-brunswick-topsham-lawsuit-appeal-maine-department-of-transportation/97-7465b903-fb41-4c54-bdde-7a6a89f604c7 |
POLAND, MAINE, Maine — On Tuesday, members of the Poland community celebrated the life of Hallie Oldham with both a funeral service and an event at the Poland Community School, where she was an incoming fourth grader.
Hallie died on Thursday during a thunderstorm in Standish when a tree fell on the truck she was in.
"She was a go-getter, and she really, I'll never forget her," Abby Rhines, a counselor at Poland Community School, said.
"She could get along with anybody. She got along with the kid that maybe not everyone got along with," Brandi Comeau, Poland Community School principal, said.
As the Poland community remembers Hallie, they are also providing support to students, families, and staff.
"Anytime a family comes through the door, we meet them right where they are," Rhines added.
Danielle Higinbotham and Abby Rhines are school counselors in Poland. They have been in contact with the Center for Grieving Children to help parents best support their kids at this time.
Even though they were off enjoying summer vacation, the pair jumped into action. They now have things set up in a conference room in the school, including books that explain death, coloring, stuffed animals, a memory bracelets station, and a memory jar where students can write down a favorite memory of Hallie and put it in a jar that school staff hopes to give to her family.
School leaders said there is no right or wrong feeling to have right now.
"Our two school counselors are amazing, and they just validate what the child is feeling," Comeau said.
Counselors said if a child isn't talking about their feelings, it's important to notice the signs.
These include no appetite, anger, nervousness, needing more parent time, not sleeping at night, and being really active or really still.
"Some students are really thinking about, what does this mean, what does this look like?" Rhines said.
Grief counselors will be at Poland Community School again on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., but they said the work won't stop there, and they are expecting to be supporting students and families well into the school year.
Anyone who wants to support the Oldham family can do so by donating to Hallie's GoFundMe memorial. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/community-celebrating-9-year-old-standish-victim-and-supporting-each-other-in-poland-maine/97-6c9b1683-a863-49c1-864e-955be48c849b | 2022-07-26T23:55:54 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/community-celebrating-9-year-old-standish-victim-and-supporting-each-other-in-poland-maine/97-6c9b1683-a863-49c1-864e-955be48c849b |
MAINE, USA — According to the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, a domestic violence assault is reported to law enforcement in Maine every two hours and 22 minutes.
But advocates say more Mainers are speaking out thanks to a campaign working to help break the silence of domestic violence.
For more than two years, Finding Our Voices have put up more than 5,000 posters of survivors, from business storefronts to high schools across the state.
Now, the nonprofit is expanding with posters going up in bathrooms and fitting rooms of restaurants and boutiques to help survivors break away from abusive relationships.
Jennifer Greensmith is the owner of Green Gnome Holistics, which provides services for medical cannabis caregivers.
She is also putting up these posters, letting customers know that she is also a survivor of domestic abuse.
"I wanted to help out and do something, [to] spread awareness," Greensmith said.
The posters feature portraits and quotes of 43 Maine survivors of domestic violence ranging from ages 18 through 82. The posters adorn the windows and halls of businesses, high schools, and vocational schools across the state. Greensmith is featured along with "Michelle," another survivor of the same abuser.
"He was not able to break the bond, we shared the experiences between us that what was happening was not okay," Greensmith said.
Riley Kennedy, Miss Cumberland County 2022, plans to be on a poster soon. She says a violent past with her father made it difficult to make healthy decisions when it came to a former boyfriend, who was also abusive.
"I did not know what a good relationship was, when I went into that relationship, that was what I thought was real love and it wasn't," Kennedy explained.
Besides the two-by-four posters, volunteers along with Finding Our Voices Founder Patrisha McLean are putting up smaller ones in businesses that may not have a storefront. McLean, a photojournalist and a survivor, started Finding Our Voices as a small photo exhibit three years ago.
McLean, along with volunteers, has a goal of placing the posters in the bathrooms of every restaurant and in fitting rooms in every boutique in Maine.
"They are going to see them in the privacy of the bathrooms and changing rooms, to really be able to take in the message," McLean said.
All of the posters have a domestic abuse helpline, including a QR code that links the Finding Our Voices website, with resources and stories from other survivors. The posters are also going up in medical clinics and hospitals, with translated versions for migrant workers being placed in mobile medical vans. More exposure to the message of breaking the cycle is the ultimate goal.
"They are in danger, but they have never said anything to anybody, and this is causing women to say something," McLean explained.
The Maine Statewide Crisis Hotline number is 1-888-568-1112.
For more information on domestic violence resources and programs, click here. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/finding-our-voices-is-expanding-to-end-domestic-violence-nonprofit-maine/97-f9aba483-5860-4257-a1ae-c166708cba1f | 2022-07-26T23:56:00 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/finding-our-voices-is-expanding-to-end-domestic-violence-nonprofit-maine/97-f9aba483-5860-4257-a1ae-c166708cba1f |
MAINE, USA — Rural Maine is struggling with a first responder shortage, and it's not a new issue.
For towns like Dover-Foxcroft and Greenville, the fire departments are almost entirely volunteer-based. Fewer crew members can make responses more difficult.
“The general interest in being a volunteer firefighter in rural America has been on the decline for a while. We are seeing it here. We are seeing it in some of our local communities," Benjamin Fagan, a firefighter with the Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department, said.
One way the departments have fought against the shortage is by using their junior firefighter programs to try to help increase staff.
“Over half of the Greenville Fire Department members now have been junior firefighters at one point," Sawyer Murray, the Greenville fire chief, said. “So the fire department, at least up here, tries to push that program to ensure that we gain members in the future and hold onto those members in the future.”
The same goes for Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department. According to Fagan, half of their volunteer staff went through the Junior Firefighter Program.
High schoolers who attend Foxcroft Academy and Greenville High School can train with the fire departments in exchange for school credits.
The training provided also earns the students their interior firefighter certification and can join the ranks as a crew member once they graduate and turn 18 years old.
One student who graduated Dover-Foxcroft’s program has already tested to become a nationally certified EMT and will start as a full-time firefighter in the coming weeks. He also just graduated high school this past spring.
“I took the basic fire academy as soon as I could when I turned 16. It really opened my eyes to what the fire service is about. Really, it made me realize that this is what I want to do for a career honestly,” Carter Merrill, a recent graduate of the Junior Firefighter Program, said.
In July, Junior Firefighter Devin Lauritsen turned 18, making him an official member of the Greenville Fire Department. He plans to use the skills he learned in the Junior Firefighter Program to become a full-time firefighter.
“It’s eye opening for kids that haven’t seen stuff like this before or are interested in what we actually do,” Lauritsen said.
Lauritsen was also the last junior firefighter for the Greenville Fire Department. If anyone ages 14 to 18 in the Greenville area is interested in the Junior Firefighter Program or just volunteering, you can reach out to the Greenville Fire Department at 207-695-2570. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-junior-firefighters-to-be-trained-to-help-dwindling-volunteer-numbers-community/97-4e3f1644-d059-4838-9b1a-425e26f7ce11 | 2022-07-26T23:56:06 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-junior-firefighters-to-be-trained-to-help-dwindling-volunteer-numbers-community/97-4e3f1644-d059-4838-9b1a-425e26f7ce11 |
WINDHAM, Maine — It is often the simplest acts of kindness that mean the most — and that was exactly the case for one woman in Windham this week.
Theresa Parker Rhoades caught the moment a UPS driver made his way up her driveway with more than just a package.
With her doorbell camera, she watched the man take the extra step to bring in her empty trash can from the road.
"I want to thank him," Rhoades told NEWS CENTER Maine. "With the heat and as busy as they are, to take the time to do this made my whole week."
Rhoades posted the video to the Windham Maine Community Board Facebook group and it quickly got a lot of attention, with dozens of community members praising the act.
"Wow! That's awesome!" one person commented. "As a local UPS driver, this makes me proud," another wrote.
Within hours people were trying to track down just who the delivery driver was. Soon, Sean Witte came forward on Facebook to identify himself as the man behind the gesture.
"Hey y'all, I'm Sean and that's me in the video. I really cant thank y'all enough for the kind words," he wrote in a comment. "I really enjoy doing deliveries in Windham, such a nice town." | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-ups-driver-praised-for-act-of-kindness-bringing-in-trash-can-life/97-fb58711f-98a3-4214-9161-21e8b09616ee | 2022-07-26T23:56:12 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-ups-driver-praised-for-act-of-kindness-bringing-in-trash-can-life/97-fb58711f-98a3-4214-9161-21e8b09616ee |
ORONO, Maine — Researchers at the University of Maine are creating a technology that will make getting a ride more accessible.
The VEMI Lab at UMaine has created a technology that will make the process inclusive for people who are blind, visually impaired, or seniors.
The smartphone software provides navigational assistance for those who want to use self-driving cars for ridesharing services.
The software will help people request a ride, find, enter and exit the car, and travel to their destination.
VEMI’s Autonomous Vehicle Assistant (AVA) software earned third place in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inclusive Design Challenge, earning the lab a $300,000 prize and its researchers an invite to the White House.
On Tuesday, VEMI Lab Director Richard Corey, Chief Research Scientist Nicholas Giudice, and students virtually attended the White House ceremony from Carnegie Hall in Orono.
"As we move forward and we start to look at accessible communities and how we can make all sorts of riding inclusive to everyone, this [AVA] is really, really important,” Corey said. “The first step is how can we get everyone to their destination without any hitches.”
The VEMI Lab was co-founded by Corey and Giudice in 2008 with a mission to create innovative solutions to challenge technology. The pair started 14 years ago with an interest in how people navigate space using different senses. In 2018, the pair was interested in studying autonomous vehicles.
Giudice has a unique connection to this project, as he is congenitally blind.
“Normally, if I’m there with the dog, I’m like, 'Alright,’ you know we go out and talk to the driver and they say, ‘Hey we’re over here,’ and we know where to go,'" Giudice said. “If that’s no longer possible, how do we do that? AVA is this kind of the first end-to-end travel solution that’s really out there.”
Giudice also said the pair’s focus is to make an inclusive design that will work for other types of disabilities as well.
More NEWS CENTER Maine stories | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/umaine-researchers-create-software-that-will-make-rideshare-inclusive-community/97-e429cc64-8983-4bf5-9ab3-603b0fb6f44b | 2022-07-26T23:56:18 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/umaine-researchers-create-software-that-will-make-rideshare-inclusive-community/97-e429cc64-8983-4bf5-9ab3-603b0fb6f44b |
HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – In documents filed with the U.S. District Courthouse located in Greeneville, Tennessee, Hawkins County Board of Education (BOE) officials confirmed that several racially-motivated bullying incidents did occur within the system during 2021.
The filing was part of ongoing litigation between the system and the mother of a child who attended Church Hill Middle School (CHMS).
The mother alleged in her lawsuit that the system “tolerated, condoned, and were deliberately indifferent to the pattern of racial harassment” within the school based on several incidents between her son – identified only as “K.R.” – and other students.
In its response to the lawsuit, the school board denied those allegations, saying that it had “appropriate policies and procedures in place to discourage student on student racial harassment or discrimination.” In addition, the BOE claims that after the concerns were brought up, the school system worked with STARS of Nashville to address problems with students, met with a representative from the NAACP to create a plan for combatting racial harassment and put other strategies in place at CHMS.
“K.R.”, who the lawsuit describes as “dark complected, and of mixed African-American and Caucasian
race”, was a student at CHMS and was one of less than five students identified as African-American in the school at the time, which the BOE agreed was accurate in its response.
At the center of the lawsuit is a fight on September 8, 2021 between “K.R.” and “J.S.”, a white student that the mother alleges called her son a “monkey” and other racial slurs prior to the exchange. In both accounts of the incident, “J.S.” allegedly slapped “K.R.” before the two began fighting.
In the suit, it’s alleged that the white student received no punishment while “K.R.” received two days of in-school suspension and fifty points on his disciplinary record. The Hawkins County BOE stated in its response that “J.S.” actually received the same punishment as “K.R.”
The filings also detail several other incidents, which the mother alleges were ignored by administration officials.
In March 2022, the mother alleged that a drawing of a Ku Klux Klan member holding a torch and noose with the words “Monkey Island” was circulated throughout the cafeteria by students, and the school system replied that while they could not confirm the exact contents of the drawing, they could state that a drawing was passed that contained images that could be seen as “racially derogatory.”
In addition, the school system claims that there was video of the cafeteria that day showing “K.R.” being handed a drawing, before he turned it into a paper airplane and threw it toward other students. The system reported that he showed no “emotional response” and also was seen speaking with a faculty member shortly afterward but did not report the drawing.
As a result of the incident, two students received a single day of in-school suspension and 75 points on their disciplinary records alongside meetings with their parents, the BOE claims.
According to the lawsuit, several students also allegedly recorded a video that showed five white students chasing “K.R.” with a stuffed toy monkey with the caption “Monkey Chasing Monkey” attached. In their response, Hawkins County BOE stated that an investigation into the event was completed but did not report their findings or actions in the document. The system did confirm an incident involving a stuffed monkey did occur, but it was not reported to school officials.
Another student called “P.S.” allegedly began promoting a “Monkey of the Month” campaign on March 15, 2022, which the lawsuit said was a competition to determine which student “acted the most n—-r” throughout the month. Board officials stated that while they could not confirm the exact details of the allegations, they did investigate and discipline a student for the campaign.
A student was also disciplined in connection to an “auction” held in the boys bathroom one day after the campaign incident, where K.R.’s mother said the same “P.S.” pretended to sell “K.R.” to the highest bidder.
The school system also confirmed that three swastikas were painted on the wall of the boys’ bathroom on March 31 and that a child had been disciplined in connection to the event.
An investigation was launched into another incident where a student allegedly referred to a Black student with special needs as a “r——d n—-r,” but the school system said no students had been disciplined as the results were “inconclusive.”
At the end of the lawsuit, “K.R.’s” mother alleges that the system violated its own discrimination and harassment policies by failing to discipline students, and the system violated “K.R.”‘s civil rights by failing to address harassment in his educational environment.
The Hawkins County Board of Education requested the lawsuit be dismissed or alternatively that the process continues to a jury trial. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hawkins-co-boe-denies-several-racial-harassment-lawsuit-allegations-confirms-some-incidents/ | 2022-07-26T23:57:02 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/hawkins-co-boe-denies-several-racial-harassment-lawsuit-allegations-confirms-some-incidents/ |
APOPKA, Fla. – Firefighters in Orange County are battling a building fire south of the Apopka area and will likely be there through out the night dousing hot spots, according to a public information officer.
The fire is at 3D Tire Company on JMT Industrial Drive, just south of State Road 414 near Orange Blossom Trail, in an industrial area.
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Thick black smoke from the fire could be seen for miles around.
Crews said the burning tires made it significantly harder to douse the flames. The cause is now under investigation.
Crews are still actively working the fire. PIO en route. Standby for media staging. https://t.co/qcFMvHQWE1 pic.twitter.com/j61Ymfr9xS
— OCFire Rescue (@OCFireRescue) July 26, 2022
No one has been hurt.
No other information is available at this time. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/26/firefighters-battle-fully-involved-building-fire-in-north-orange-county/ | 2022-07-26T23:57:20 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/07/26/firefighters-battle-fully-involved-building-fire-in-north-orange-county/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Opera Orlando is set to kick off its summer concert series with a new program focusing on women in theatre.
According to the theatre, (DIS)REPUTABLE: the good, bad and questionable women of the stage is a summer program “that runs the gamut of formidable women with varying degrees of respectability and rectitude: from nuns and nobility to harlots and hags with selections from Carmen to The Little Mermaid.”
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Opera Orlando said the performance will be headlined by soprano singer Emily Pulley and pianist Ammon Perry Bratt.
In addition, the theatre announced a special season preview presentation will be given by the theatre’s directors.
“This season is very much a homecoming for us, as we are finally able to produce our Main Stage operas in Steinmetz Hall,” Artistic Director Grant Preisser said. “And we have decided to continue that theme of ‘home’ through our concert series by inviting back artists who have become a part of our opera family.”
Pulley has approximately 30 years’ worth of experience performing with opera companies and orchestras both nationally and globally, according to Opera Orlando. The theatre told News 6 Pulley has performed in nearly 200 productions, such as Faust, Die Walküre and The Merry Widow.
Furthermore, Opera Orlando noted Bratt is an award-winning pianist, touring internationally and performing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Palais Montcalm and Assembly Hall.
Performances in the concert series are scheduled for at 2 p.m. on Aug. 14, 21 and 28 at University Club of Winter Park.
Admission includes artist receptions following each concert and light hors d’oeuvres with wine. Tickets cost $45 for each individual concert or $108 for the entire series.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit Opera Orlando’s website here.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Commissioners in Orange County approved a new ordinance Tuesday that requires landlords to give written notice for rent hikes over a certain amount.
The commission voted unanimously to approve the ordinance, which will apply throughout the county, even in the towns and cities.
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Under the ordinance, landlords must give their tenants written notice of any rent hikes over 5%, and they must do it at least 60 days before the increase takes effect.
Residents and landlords who don’t have written lease agreements and pay rent on a quarterly or monthly basis will also have similar protections.
The ordinance also allows renters to file a complaint if a landlord or property owner raises rents by more than 5% without giving the 60-day written notice. They just have to call 311.
The new policy will take effect in the next 10 days.
Still on the table is a possible ordinance that would cap rent increases. Commissioners are still discussing this.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Drumroll please!
The holidays will be here faster than you know it and with them come a cacophony of concerts, including “A Drummer Boy Christmas.”
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Multi-Grammy award-winning pop artist for King & Country are putting the country in Christmas during their festive-themed tour. The band, made up of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, will be stopping at the Amway Center in Orlando on Saturday, December 10.
“Yes, we might very well be in the heat of summer - but the holidays will be here before we know it, and with them, we’ll be bringing you A Drummer Boy Christmas | The 2022 Tour Experience,’” Joel and Luke Smallbone said in a news release. “Our most elaborate, meaningful, joy-filled - and of course - rhythmic tour of the year, all while celebrating the greatest news the world has ever known!”
Tickets for the nationwide tour go on sale to the general public starting this Friday at 10 a.m. Prices range from $24.99 to $200.
To purchase tickets, visit the Amway Center website or click here.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – At the Kirkman road exit Tuesday afternoon, patrol cars were still parked at the end of the I-4 Express lane direct-connect off ramps with lights flashing, very visible to any drivers who might inadvertently try and get onto the off-ramp going the wrong way.
When the I-4 Express lanes first opened five months ago, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) started paying local law enforcement to stand guard at all direct-connect off-ramps.
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News 6 learned how much it’s been costing taxpayers.
FDOT told News 6 it has paid $804,000 for safety enforcement since the Express lanes opened at the end of February.
News 6 was first to report that FDOT collected $1.4 million in tolls from the Express lanes for the month of March.
“Staging officers when major changes occur on a project is a common practice that has been done not only throughout the construction of I-4 Ultimate but on other major projects as well,” said Peyten Maki, FDOT spokesperson.
“While designs and construction are thoroughly thought out and executed precisely, a huge component of new infrastructure is user behavior,” Maki said. “Drivers sometimes depend on other vehicles being present for visual cues on where to travel. Law enforcement offers an additional visual aid for motorists, but they are also making observations to report back to FDOT. This information is very valuable for the Department to make any necessary enhancements such as additional signage as well as evaluating how motorists are adapting to the new conditions.”
News 6 first noticed the patrol cars positioned at Express lane direct-connect off-ramps after the first wrong-way wreck in May.
The driver who caused the first wreck told News 6 he believes he inadvertently entered the I-4 Express lanes going the wrong way using a direct-connect exit.
Direct-connect ramps deliver drivers directly from the Express lanes in the center of the highway to local roads.
Since that crash, with patrol cars stationed at exit ramps, there have been no further wrong-way crashes in the Express lanes.
After News 6′s reporting on the crash and the potential for future wrong-way crashes, FDOT began installing wrong-way vehicle detection systems (WWVDS), with cameras and flashing lights, at all I-4 direct connect off-ramps a year earlier than planned.
Maki said all ramps should have the detection system in place by summer of next year.
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ST. CLOUD, Fla – A man in the St. Cloud area was found on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
Matthew Travis Morgan, 55, was previously last seen in the 1400 block of Maryland Ave. wearing a striped T-Shirt and khaki shorts.
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Police said Morgan has been located and is no longer considered missing and endangered.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When a car plowed through a beach toll booth heading straight for the crowds and water in Daytona Beach on Sunday, lifeguard Damien Curry was sitting in his tower chair.
“I was standing my water and happened to look behind my tower and I see the car smack into the tollbooth. Tollbooth exploded. I was like ‘Oh my gosh!’ I’m looking at it and the car’s coming at me,” Curry said.
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Curry, who’s been lifeguarding in Volusia County for four years, recounted the moment from Sunday afternoon.
Surveillance video from nearby hotels showed the white car barrel through the toll booth and head straight for his chair.
“Glass was shattered, it’s smoking, it’s coming at me and I’m like (flailing) and it just barely misses me. I mean it was within a couple feet of hitting my tower,” he said.
Beach Patrol officers said the driver had some sort of medical emergency after crossing the International Speedway bridge. They said he went through the tollbooth, that luckily no one was in, before he crashed into the ocean, hitting a 5-year-old child playing in the water.
“I throw my radio down, throw my flag down, I just sprint out there and I’m like I have never dealt with anything like this before,” he said.
Curry was first to the car followed by a group of Good Samaritans.
“A mob of people are trying to bring it back so it’s not going out deep,” he said.
Curry got the two children in the back out and their mother in the passenger front seat then went to help the driver.
“I’m unbuckling this guy, the driver and I’m getting buzzed, like the car’s like short-circuiting,” he said.
Beach Patrol said the driver was taken to the hospital for testing and the passengers were taken as a precaution.
The 5-year-old’s father told News 6 he was released from the hospital Monday night after getting a multitude of stitches.
As for Curry, the accident left a lasting impression but said it shows the wide range of situations a lifeguard may have to respond to at any point.
“Anything goes in that water, I’m going to go after it,” he said.
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Federal charges pressed against Las Cruces man accused of murder
LAS CRUCES – Federal prosecutors leveled federal charges against a Las Cruces man accused of murder.
Rudy Garcia, 34, is charged with first-degree murder after police said he shot and killed Anthony Juarez on Jan 29. Police arrested Garcia on Jan 31. According to an affidavit written by Las Cruces Police Department Det. Joseph Campa, Garcia and Juarez drove to a house on Wolf Trail in the Desert Garden Mobile Home Park on Jan 24.
In the early morning hours, video surveillance camera footage from a nearby residence showed Garcia and Juarez leave in a Chrysler 200 and walk to a trailer, according to Campa. Meanwhile, Campa said that two other people sat in the car waiting for Garcia and Juarez to return.
The two men returned to the Chrysler a few minutes later, Campa said. As they get back into the car, a few moments pass before Juarez gets out of the car and begins to flee. Campa noted that the surveillance camera footage shows Garcia shooting at Juarez four times as Juarez runs.
Juarez, who was shot at least once, was taken to a Las Cruces hospital before he died.
After police arrested Garcia, Campa testified in a hearing that Garcia admitted to the shooting but said he shot in self-defense. According to Campa, Garcia alleged that Juarez had tried to rob him with a gun. Campa said investigators discovered an unloaded gun where they found Juarez.
In June, a federal grand jury indicted Garcia with conspiracy, distribution of fentanyl, using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and in furtherance of such a crime, discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime resulting in death, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The federal indictment added that police believed Garcia and the other occupants in the Chrysler were involved in a fentanyl deal at the time of the shooting.
While a state district court already ordered Garcia detained until a court resolves the case, a federal court followed suit on July 17.
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Man convicted of sexually assaulting family member sentenced to 24 years
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LAS CRUCES – A man convicted of sexually assaulting a family member was sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday.
Rafael Arias, 43, was convicted by a jury in November 2021 on two counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child and four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child. The jury also found Arias not guilty on two additional counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor. Sunland Park police said in an affidavit that Arias raped and molested a family member between the ages of 6 and 9. Police said that Arias also abused another school-age family member before his arrest in 2019.
Several family members, including the alleged victims, were called to testify by prosecutors during the three-day trial.
Arias was indicted on four counts of criminal sexual penetration, two counts of criminal sexual contact, two counts of child abuse and two counts of incest. According to court documents, jurors did not consider the charges of child abuse and incest during the process.
“This was a difficult case, in the face of adversity, two motions for a new trial were issued in court today, including an issue brought up by our defense team that dealt with the mother of the child pressuring her to say she had lied,” 3rd Judicial District Deputy Attorney Heather Consentino Chavez said in a news release issued Tuesday, the day of the sentencing.
Ultimately, 3rd Judicial District Judge Douglas Driggers ruled that no new trial was necessary.
According to statistics collected by the U.S. Department of Justice, children experience sexual abuse at a much higher rate than adults. About 90% of children who experience sexual assault in the U.S. know their abuser, according to a study conducted at the University of New Hamshire's Crimes against Children Research Center.
No more than 8 percent of sexual assault claims are fabricated, according to research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. According to the same research, most fabricated reports of sexual assaults are made by adults involved in custody disputes.
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New Mexico breaks ground on new facilities at troubled state veterans' home
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES – Tuesday's event had the conventional props and format of a groundbreaking ceremony. There were brief speeches followed by officials lining up behind a row of spotless shovels used to fling some dirt and ceremonially begin construction of a new project. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham jokingly asked, as she took her shovel, why she was the only one wearing high-heeled shoes.
At the New Mexico State Veterans' Home, Lujan Grisham and her Democratic colleague, state Rep. Harry Garcia of Grants, celebrated the beginning of a $60 million project that will build six modern residential homes, with 72 private living spaces and ADA-accessible bathrooms, powered with renewable energy. The new campus will be built on an open yard to the right of the driveway leading into the facility from South Broadway Street.
This groundbreaking, however, had a somber backdrop.
Behind the speakers stood the Roosevelt-era main building of the New Mexico State Veterans' Home, which housed the Carrie Tingley Hospital from 1937 until it moved to Albuquerque in 1981.
For the 40 years since, the 12-acre campus has served as a home and skilled nursing facility for honorably discharged veterans and their spouses, Gold Star families and certain reservists; but the governor said Tuesday, "These old buildings do not serve the men and women served us and stood up for their countries very effectively."
This celebration was rife with promises that this time the state would make things right for approximately 70 service members in residence here. When the project is complete, between the new houses and an existing annex building, there facility will have just over 130 beds. Its current capacity is listed at 135.
Between 2015 and 2020, the veterans' home racked up over $180 million in penalties from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which currently shows the facility at its lowest overall rating on its website. The facility was extensively criticized in a September 2021 state legislative committee report detailing numerous deficiencies, many of them attributable to the physical facilities and layout including shared living spaces.
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The crowded conditions and poor ventilation proved deadly in the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the deaths of 37 residents as the novel coronavirus quickly spread throughout the center.
Lawmakers who toured the facilities, including Garcia, spoke of poor plumbing and other poor living conditions. The reports led to changes in the administration of the veterans' home, which is currently managed under the state Department of Health.
Complaints were not restricted to older buildings, either: An annex building erected in 2017, which also houses patients, included a swimming pool that has never been functional, and a promised bowling alley has yet to be built.
Even so, the veterans on hand, many in wheelchairs, were cheered to see that work was beginning on new quarters for them, as Lujan Grisham — a former New Mexico cabinet official heading the departments of health as well as aging and long-term services — promised the first of them were a year away, or less, from more independent and dignified living conditions.
Lawmakers included $40 million for the project in the 2022 general appropriations bill, while an additional $20 million is funded through bonds. The governor's office said as much as 65 percent of the cost of the upgrades could be reimbursed by a grant from the federal Veterans Affairs department, for which the state has applied.
"We want this to be a campus that is highlighted by our respect for veterans and their families and provides the best support and care in the country," Lujan Grisham said.
The residents' lead advocate, 78-year-old Air Force veteran James Nielsen, said seeing work begin "brings to us veterans a reality of our hope for a new way of living, with honor and dignity."
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Garcia, the House chair of the joint legislative committee on military and veterans' affairs, sought to turn the page, calling this project "a huge step for veterans" with more improvements to come for medical facilities, heating and cooling systems and other amenities.
"We can't worry about what happened yesterday," he said, "but this gives you a better tomorrow."
The first three homes are scheduled for completion next fall, with the remaining three expected in 2024.
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ORLANDO, Fla – Since back-to-school season is returning, here is a list of events happening around Central Florida that would help kids prepare to go back to the classrooms.
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Some of the events begin on Wednesday, July 27, and run through August.
Brevard County
Melbourne
Back to School Drive
This event is a back-to-school supply giveaway for school-aged children. Supplies are limited to a first come, first served basis.
It will also offer free haircuts and food trucks.
The event will be held on July 29 at Joseph N. Davis Community Center from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Carnival
Kids are going to be able to enjoy classic games like ring toss, obstacle course, dunk tank, sack race, bounce house, and other games.
The event will also be having free face painting, hotdogs, a truck display, and refreshments.
The activity will be held on July 27 at Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. Community Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back 2 School Bash
The event will have a live DJ, balloon artist, tie-dye booth, face painter, and food trucks.
The activity will be held on Aug. 6 at Addison Village Club from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Avenue Viera Back to School Bash
This event is having a DJ dance party, face painting, family activities, and vendors.
The back-to-school event will be on Aug. 6 at the Avenue Viera from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Titusville
Back to School Bash: River Lanes
River Lanes Family Entertainment Center will be hosting its annual back-to-school event on July 30.
The event will be a drive-thru format where they will be supplying more than 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies for K-12 students.
This will be happening at River Lanes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Merritt Island
YBE Back to School Pop-Up Shop
This event will be offering food trucks, free haircuts for kids, a school supply giveaway, and more.
The back-to-school activity will be on July 30 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 880 N Banana River Drive, Merritt Island, Florida, 32952.
For more information, visit.
Palm Bay
Brevard’s 2nd Annual Back to School Skin Fair
This event is offering free back-to-school facials for teens.
The free therapeutic face treatment is for ages 13-18.
This activity will be offering the service by appointment only.
8Esthethics will be having this offer from Aug. 1-15 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 6050 Babcock Street SE, Palm Bay, FL, 32909.
For more information, visit.
Cocoa
School Supply Giveaway
This event will be distributing school supplies with food, drinks, and fun for the whole family.
The event will be held at Provost Park from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Aug. 5.
For more information, visit.
The Supply Zone’s Back to School Blast-Off
This event will be providing free backpacks, school supplies, books, dental kids, eye screenings, diabetes tests, hygiene products, and other necessities to the first 2,000 students in attendance.
The back-to-school activity is on July 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Supply Zone for Teachers Clearlake Education Center.
In order to participate students must be enrolled in Brevard Public Schools and be enrolled in the free or reduced lunch program.
For more information, visit.
Flagler County
Palm Coast
Back to School Bash
Church on the Rock will be having a backpack giveaway with school supplies and raffle prizes.
The event will also be offering local vendors and a bouncy house.
This will be happening on Aug. 6 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Church on the Rock.
For more information, visit.
Lake County
Clermont
LCSO Project Kid Connect
This project offers a backpack and school supply giveaway, food, drinks, dunk-a-deputy, activities, and more.
The event will be held on July 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at South Lake District Office.
For more information, visit.
Eustis
Back to School Bash in the City of Eustis
The event will have free school supplies, children’s haircuts, free food, a bounce house, and more.
The back-to-school activity will be held on July 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 250 Ferran Park Dr, Eustis, FL, 32726.
Back to School Bash at Hibbett Sports Eustis
This event will be having food, giveaways, games, raffles, gift cards, and school supplies.
The event will be held on July 30 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 2708 E. Burleigh Blvd, Eustis, FL, 32726.
For more information, call (352) 253-0077.
Leesburg
Citadel of Hope Leesburg Back to School Bash
This event will be having a dunk tank, bounce house, pizza, music, face painting, slip & slide obstacle course, and school supplies.
The activity will be held on July 30 at 1 p.m. at Citadel of Hope Ministries.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Bash
There will be a school supplies giveaway for the first 100 kids in line.
In order to receive a bag students must be 12 and under.
The event will be held at Lake Square Mall on Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Summer’s Over Block Party
This event will be having a waterslide, dunk tank, the Bassville Park Band, food, snow cones, and games.
The activity will be at GraceWay Family Ministry on Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Mount Dora
Last Call End of Summer Fireworks and Concert in Mount Dora
This is the 2nd annual end-of-summer concert and fireworks.
It will be happening on July 30 from 6 p.m. tp 10 p.m. at Sunset Park.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Bash Mount Dora
This will be a fun afternoon filled with activities, school supply giveaways, haircuts, food, music, and more.
The event will be at Mount Dora High School Gymnasium on Aug. 7 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Water Bash Real Life Mount Dora
This event will be having inflatable water slides, free cream for kids, and more.
The activity will be happening at Real Life Church on Aug. 7 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Whimsy Market’s Back to School Market in Mount Dora
This is a small business market that would be offering all the back-to-school supplies needed for the classroom.
It will be having 30 local vendors, including food trucks and sweet treats.
People can enter to win a free upgraded massage or facial when they donate a back-to-school item.
The event will be held at 1518 N. Donnelly Street, Mount Dora, Florida, 32757 on Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Orange County
Apopka
Back to School Bash w/ Dream Alive
This is a free event that will be offering hot dogs, chips, drinks, backpacks, pencils, crayons, binders, notebooks, and pencil cases.
The activity will be at the Northwest Recreation Complex on July 31 at 11 a.m.
For more information, visit.
Back 2 School Backpacks Giveaway
This event is for Elementary school children only.
It will be offering backpacks full with free school supplies, activities, face painting, free kids yoga season, music, food, and more.
The event will be happening at 1412 Clarcona Road Apopka, FL 32703 on Aug. 6 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Avalon Park
Back to School Bash
The Avalon Park Foundation will be collecting school supplies to hand out to students in the community.
The items will be dropped off at Encore or the Avalon Park YMCA before July 29.
The school supplies will be given out on July 30 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Encore at Avalon Park.
For more information, visit.
Orlando
Back to School - Orlando
This event will be having free backpacks with school supplies, electronic device raffles, Star 94.5 Broadcasting Live on Campus, a food truck, video game tournaments, program demonstrations, and campus tours available.
The activity will be happening at Florida Technical College - Orlando Campus on July 30 from 11 a.m. tp 1 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Back Pack Giveaway
It will be offering giveaways of backpacks with supplies. face painting and they will be selling food.
The event is first come, first served.
This is happening at Iglesia Nueva Vida de Orlando on July 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Orlando Back-to-School Event
The event will be having a free book bag, supplies, tennis shoes, underwear, socks, free food, entertainment, and educational resources.
This will be happening at Lake Lorna Doone Park on July 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Backpack and School Supply Drive
This event is for people to drop off school supplies for students in need.
The supplies can be dropped off at Grace Alive on July 31 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Celebration
It will be offering free haircuts, music, games, prizes, swim tests, swimming, an education resource fair, and more.
The event will be held at South Orlando YMCA on July 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School/Client Appreciation Event
It will be offering free backpacks and school supplies.
The event will also have a live DJ, face painting, food, and refreshments on July 30 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at 10783 Narcoossee Road
Orlando, FL 32832.
For more information, visit.
Winter Garden
Back to School Bash
New Day Christian Center will be having its annual back-to-school bash on July 30 at 9 a.m.
It will be offering backpacks with school supplies until supplies last.
For more information, visit.
Osceola County
Kissimmee
Back to School - Kissimmee
The event is offering free backpacks with school supplies, electronic device raffles, free back-to-school haircuts, ice cream, family activities, and more.
It will be happening at the Florida Technical College - Kissimmee Campus on July 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Bash 2022
This event will be having free school supplies, backpacks, and fun.
This will be happening at 1514 Brack St., Kissimmee, FL 34744-3416 on July 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back2School Block Party School Supply Stroll
This back-to-school event will be happening at the Broadway Downtown Kissimmee,
It will be on Aug. 6 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. free of charge.
For more information, visit.
JTB Hope Foundation Annual Back to School Bash
This event will be having free school supplies, free haircuts, fun and more.
It will be at Kissimmee Lodge #68 on July 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, visit.
St. Cloud
Back-2-School Bash
This event will be offering free backpacks filled with school supplies on Aug. 6.
It will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hopkins Park.
For more information, visit.
4th Annual Back2School Celebration
This celebration will be offering free backpacks with school supplies.
The event will be happening on Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Staples Plaza on 13th Street.
For more information, visit.
Seminole County
Altamonte Springs
12th Annual Back to School Expo
The event will be having tax-free clothing and school supplies.
This will be happening on Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Altamonte Mall.
For more information, visit.
Longwood
3rd Annual Back to School Event
This event will be offering free backpacks with school supplies, a gift card from Shoe Carnival, free haircuts, and more.
It will also be offering free food and snacks.
The event will be happening on July 31 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Longwood Community Building.
For more information, visit.
Oviedo
Oviedo Jeep Club Back-To-School Drive
This event will be a drop-off of school supplies for children in need.
The event will be happening on July 31 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Oviedo Brewing Company.
For more information, visit.
Back 2 School Dillard’s Fashion Show
Dillards will be having a back-to-school fashion show with animals, popcorn, and community fun.
The event is free at the Dillard’s at the Oviedo Mall on July 30 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Sanford
Back to School Bash
Students will be able to receive a $30 physical and free backpack on Aug. 1.
The event is at 4930 East Lake Mary Boulevard Sanford, 32771 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Backpack Giveaway
This event will be a giving away supplies, resources, food, and fun.
The activity will be held at Bookertown Park on July 30 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Winter Springs
Back to School Bash
This event will be giving out free school supplies to Seminole County students and teachers who register in advance.
It will also be having free haircuts and fun activities.
The event will be held at Trotwood Park on Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Volusia County
Edgewater
EDGEfest Back to School Party
This event will be having a backpack & school supply giveaway.
The event will be held at Whistle Stop Park on Aug.6 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information, visit.
Back to School Giveaway
Creative Change Counseling is hosting a skating party where they will be giving a free backpack.
The event organizer encourages people to register in advance.
This will be happening on Aug. 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Rink.
For more information, visit.
DeBary
Back to School Bash
This event is a back-to-school party encouraging people to bring drinks and snacks.
It will also be offering pool and yard games.
The event is on Aug. 3 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 305 Glen Club Dr, DeBary, FL 32713-2348.
For more information, visit.
Deltona
Back to School Safety Fair
The Deltona Fire Rescue will be offering free supplies and resources to prepare for the upcoming school year.
The event will be happening on Aug. 7 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at The Center at Deltona.
For more information, visit.
Orange City
Back-to-School Supply Drive
This event will be happening on July 28 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
It will be at Riverwalk Plaza.
For more information, visit.
Ormond Beach
Back to School Sunday
The event will be offering haircuts for kids and backpacks.
This will be happening on Aug. 7 at Calvary Christian Center - Kids Center from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
For more information, visit.
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COCOA, Fla – Scammers are using city of Cocoa phone numbers to call customers and tell them they owe money on their account, according to the city.
The city said even though the calls are coming from City of Cocoa phone numbers, those calls are false.
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They said customers can always go online or call the city of Cocoa to verify balances owed for utilities.
The city of Cocoa said people should be careful when a caller tries to obtain personal information or tries to sell them a product.
They also recommended to always verify the identity of the person they are speaking with and the organization before providing personal information.
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – A 13-year-old Florida boy is fighting a rare brain-eating amoeba after a trip to Port Charlotte Beach, according to NBC2.
The boy, Caleb Ziegelbauer, traveled to the beach with his family on July 1 and one week later, he began experiencing headaches and hallucinations. The teen’s family said doctors diagnosed him with Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba, that went through his nose and infected his brain.
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Port Charlotte Beach is bordered by Alligator Bay and Peace River. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Naegleria fowleri is found in bodies of warm freshwater, such as lakes and rivers, and not found in salt water, like the ocean.
“It destroys brain cells, I mean that’s really what it does,” said Dr. Todd Husty, an emergency medical specialist in Seminole County. “You can’t get this from drinking water, OK? You can get other things from drinking bad water, but you’re not gonna get this from drinking water. This is water up your nose.”
Husty told News 6 the probabilities of recovery are minimal unless the disease is caught early. According to Husty, symptoms start to show somewhere between 3-5 days but once the disease hits the spinal canal, it’s difficult to recover.
“If you have been swimming in freshwater lakes and there’s a new set of symptoms, you know, the headache, the fever, nausea and vomiting, if you get the stiff neck, it’s pretty late, it’s getting pretty late so the stiff neck is the next thing that shows up you really need to get to the emergency department,” he said.
The family said inflammation in the boy’s brain has grown since he arrived to the hospital but as of Saturday, he was still breathing on his own.
“He is fighting his little heart out on the inside,” Elizabeth Ziegelbaur, the boy’s aunt, told NBC2.
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TAVARES, Fla. – A confrontation between two men ended with one of them losing a finger and the other landing in jail, according to Tavares police.
Police arrested Daniel Campbell, 37, at his home on Sunday.
Investigators said they were called to Summerall Park for reports of a man losing his finger. The victim was taken to the hospital, where police were able to interview him.
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The man claimed Campbell came up to him in the park and got in his face, according to the arrest affidavit. The victim said he shoved Campbell, police said.
As he was being shoved, Campbell bit the man’s index finger, taking off an inch of the digit above the victim’s first knuckle, records show.
Police found Campbell at his home and placed him in handcuffs.
As he was being arrested, officers said Campbell said, “He punched me first” and “I bit his finger off because he put it in my mouth.”
Police said they were able to find the finger and place it into evidence.
Campbell faces a charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with First Step Shelter to address homelessness in east Volusia County.
The partnership will include an outreach program for those experiencing homelessness and deploy a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. public hotline for county businesses and residents to request services for people they believe are in need.
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First Step Shelter’s “Eastern Volusia Homeless Outreach Team” is slated to start on Aug. 1 with a deputy accompanying an outreach worker in visiting people who may be candidates for the shelter or other resources, the sheriff’s office said.
“Our goal is to meet people where they are and give them a chance to access the services they might need,” Dr. Victoria Fahlberg, First Step’s executive director, said in a news release. “For those who are looking for a new path, we can be that first step to starting a new life in stable housing.”
The goal of the program is able to expand its outreach to Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, Holly Hill, Daytona Beach Shores and Ponce Inlet to help more candidates.
First Step Shelter said it will invite people to the “safe zone” where it provides beds, bathrooms, food and water. For those who accept the invitation, the shelter will arrange transportation and a deputy will begin a background check process for formal admission to the shelter program.
The shelter, which opened in Daytona Beach in 2019, said its current capacity is 60 single adult residents, but they expect to expand that number to 70 with additional staffing.
First Step Shelter said it also offers other resources like counseling services and helps those in need find employment and housing.
“There’s no quick fix to end homelessness anywhere in America, but we can make a difference in our own community by working together,” said Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry, who serves as chairman of First Step Shelter’s board of directors. “With the outreach and collaboration this project brings to bear, I believe the public is going to see what’s possible for those who take advantage of everything the First Step Shelter has to offer.”
The new hotline for those who need services or wish to request services on behalf of someone else in need is 386-999-HELP.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Ballet S.T.E.P.S. program is now in its 30th year of providing free dance classes to children who might not otherwise have access to quality dance education.
S.T.E.P.S. stands for Scholarship for the enrichment of Primary Students Program.
“It’s modeled after the outreach program that was created by Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dancing Through Barriers. So a lot of our programs shadow what it is that Dance Theatre of Harlem, originally created for the community. We go into public schools, community centers and churches, and we bring the art of dance to those that would normally not have access to quality dance training. So we’re basically introducing something that they would not even consider a career path. Because dance cannot just be just dance, it can be so many other things that give you the discipline to be able to embark on anything that you choose,” said Charmaine Hunter, Director of Community Enrichment.
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The program is for students in 2nd through 5th grade and is a 13-week program. All costs, including leotards, tights and shoes are covered.
“And so we grow with them. So we, you know, we hand over the slippers that are their size, but it’s a cost. The way we do it, it’s very cost-effective for the parent, and we’re still giving so much. And it’s so much more than just the dance class. It gives life. It provides life lessons,” Hunter said.
Hunter said her love of dance began in an elementary school gym and led to a career that took her around the world.
“A lot of our students are Hispanic, African American and they have to see themselves on the stage. I saw the Dance Theatre of Harlem and I knew that I could have a life in this. And so I went to the school. I eventually got into the company, I eventually became the ballet mistress, and then became a director, and now a director of Community Enrichment, where I’m actually going back and sharing what it is that I’ve learned, but had I not had the experiences that I’ve had, I would not have known had I not seen Dance Theatre of Harlem that I could have a career in the arts,” she said. “I have the opportunity to meet the Queen of England, Princess Diana traveled to South Africa and met Nelson Mandela, went to his house and had dinner with him and his wife. We’ve met all the presidents because we performed at the White House on many occasions. So we had the opportunity to meet all the world leaders, performed at different summits around the world. So we had a chance to meet different world leaders. So it was it’s been totally life-changing.”
The S.T.E.P.S. program is in 60 locations and is expanding in the fall.
The first three classes assess the students, and then after that, each class is weekly for an hour and a half. Some students from S.T.E.P.S. are selected each year to attend the Orlando Ballet Spring or Summer Camp on scholarship, and all students receive complimentary tickets to selected Orlando Ballet performances.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The city of Orlando swore in its latest fire chief Tuesday, formally filling the position left open by the abrupt and sordid departure of his predecessor.
Mayor Buddy Dyer officiated the swearing-in ceremony for Chief Charlie Salazar.
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Salazar comes to the city from Dallas, where he served for nearly 29 years. Salazar was most recently the executive deputy chief of Dallas Fire Rescue.
Dyer announced Salazar as the new chief in May.
“I’m confident that with his professional background, strong leadership and organizational skills, he’ll ensure that OFD continues to work diligently in protecting our community,” the mayor said in a tweet following the ceremony.
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“Outstanding service delivery will be a high priority and it will be the guiding force behind everything that we do,” Salazar said in remarks delivered after his swearing in.
Salazar succeeds Benjamin Barksdale.
Barksdale resigned in October following his arrest in North Carolina on assault charges. Investigators there said Barksdale punched a woman in the face.
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ORLANDO, Fla – A teenage girl was reported missing from her home in Orlando Thursday, according to police.
Mya Brisbane, a 16-year-old, was reported missing by her concerned mom, according to a news release. Police said the missing teen also goes by the name “Shugpo.”
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Police said Brisbane went missing July 21 from her home on Williamsburg Court.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – Texas-based taco chain Torchy’s Tacos had planned to open its first Florida locations this summer, but those plans are getting pushed back.
“Due to some unexpected delays, our first two Florida locations are now tentatively scheduled to open this winter in Altamonte Springs and St. Petersburg, respectively,” the company said in an email to News 6.
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Torchy’s Tacos did not say what is causing the delay. It also did not give an exact opening date.
The company added that it planned to open its first Orlando location in the summer of 2023. This location was originally slated to open this winter.
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The Altamonte Springs location will be located at 999 N. State Road 434. The Orlando location is planned for the Vineland Pointe shopping complex, 11513 Regency Village Drive.
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Torchy’s first announced it was coming to Florida in December 2021.
According to the company, Torchy’s Tacos was founded in Austin, Texas, in 2006 and it now has 95 locations across 11 states, mostly in the South and Midwest.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A wild video captures the moment Sunday when a speeding car barreled down the street, smashed into a toll booth and landed in the ocean on a Volusia County beach.
Five people, including a 5-year-old boy, were injured when the driver, suffering from a medical episode, approached the Daytona International Speedway around 5 p.m. Sunday, Volusia County Beach Safety said.
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Surveillance video from a beachside hotel shows the car plowing through the toll booth before coming to a stop at the water’s edge on the sand.
In videos released by Volusia County Beach Safety on Tuesday, people in the parking lot and pool area by the beach can be seen running closer and shouting to find out what happened.
According to an incident report, a woman in the car tried to remove the driver’s foot from the accelerator, but she was only able to steer through traffic during the incident.
Tamra Malphurs, Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Deputy Chief, said all four people in the vehicle and the 5-year-old boy on the beach were transported to the hospital.
While the other victims were taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons, Malphurs said the boy struck by the car, identified by his father as David Alamos, sustained major cuts to his arm and chest.
“I saw him coming up again (after the crash), but he was crying and he had a big cut (on) his chest,” Hugo Alamos told News 6 from the hospital where his son is being treated and is in stable condition. “It was really bad. There was blood coming out. I saw a policeman in the red truck, and I told him, ‘Help me, please, my son is hurt.’”
The Alamos’ were visiting from Nashville, Tennessee, where they plan to return once David is discharged from the hospital.
“We’re very fortunate that no one else was injured. That is a very busy beach access ramp. It’s usually in that time of day we usually have a lot of people in that area,” Malphurs said.
Drone video surveys the aftermath of the crash, showing the debris strewn where the vehicle made a path and the damaged car on the shoreline.
The driver was cited for careless driving and an investigation is ongoing, beach officials said.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A woman who admitted to driving drunk in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Brevard County will be moved from jail to a treatment center next week.
A judge found Suzanna Norris, 50, guilty in June and sentenced her to six months but allowed her to serve half the sentence in a treatment program. After serving about two months in jail, court documents show Norris will be released on Aug. 1 to go to a treatment program.
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Police said Norris was driving the car that hit and killed Passion Lucas, 37, on June 20, 2021.
Judge Judy Atkin said Norris received the sentencing due to her blood alcohol level and the death of Lucas.
Investigators said Lucas was hit while she was walking north along Industry Road, just north of the State Road 528 overpass. According to police, Norris hit Lucas with her 2009 Chevrolet Impala around 2:20 a.m. and drove off. First responders got to the scene a short time later and tried to help Lucas. The woman was flown to the hospital where she was pronounced deceased.
Investigators said her blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when she struck Lucas.
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ATLANTIC CITY — A part of the city's beach in front of Bally's Atlantic City and Caesars Atlantic City began its transformation Monday into a concert venue for tens of thousands of fans.
The crew placed flooring down in front of where the main stage will be for next month's Phish and TidalWave Music Festival concerts. Photos posted to their Facebook page showed sections of the floor being hauled on a freighter before several crew members laid each piece out on the sand.
Phish returns to the city's beach Aug. 5-7.
The TidalWave Music Festival, featuring country performers such as Luke Bryan, Morgan Wallen and Dirks Bentley, will be held Aug. 12-14.
GALLERY: Take a look back at Phish's three days of 2021 Atlantic City beach concerts
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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Phish performs on the Atlantic City beach in August 2021.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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Phish performed a three-day stretch of concerts this past summer on the Atlantic City beach.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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Phish performed three days of shows in August on the Atlantic City beach.
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Phish drew about 30,000 people per night when they performed last summer on the Atlantic City beach.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. Jax Juckett, 16 months old, and dad Tom, both of Mays Landing, are on their way to their spots on the beach. Later, as the sun dips, Jax's wagon will light up.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. (l-r) Rowan Kamman and friend Taran, both of Vermont, make their way to the check-in.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. (center) Anthony Eramo of Long Beach, New York, walks to the check in tent with friends.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. (l-r) Alex Slater, Lauren Siegel, and Jerry Slater, from Miami Florida and Austin Texas, make their way to the check-in tent.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. Maggie Reynolds of Belmar
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. (l-r) Tuker Landis and Rebecca Sweny, both of Pennsylvania.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. Trey Anastasio, lead singer and guitarist, during the first song "Cars Trucks Buses."
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. Trey Anastasio, lead singer and guitarist, during the first song "Cars Trucks Buses."
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. Trey Anastasio, lead singer and guitarist, during the first song "Cars Trucks Buses."
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd. Maggie Reynolds of Belmar dancing to the music..
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Fans enjoy the first of Phish’s three weekend shows Friday on the Atlantic City beach.
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Shay Dougall, 28, of Madison, Wisconsin, left, and Anthony Wright, 34, of Pittsburgh, are in Atlantic City for all three Phish concerts on the beach this weekend.
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Phish fans mix in with the regular August crowd on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City by midafternoon Friday.
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The McCauleys, Dan, 36, and Michelle, 34, of Philadelphia, are in Atlantic City all three nights for the Phish concerts on the beach.
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Evan Burstein, 34, of Washington D.C., will be attending his 100th Phish concert on Sunday. He is in Atlantic City for all three shows on the beach this weekend.
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Fans of the jam band Phish added to the summer crowds on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Sunday. Local businesses report a noticeable bump from the three-day beachfront concert, which drew people from multiple states.
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Abdul Hakim did not see much of a boost for his Boardwalk rolling chair business from the Phish visit, but other businesses indicated the crowds drawn to the three nights of shows were ready to spend money at local shops.
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Hannan Kaleem decided to give Phish a chance while working at a Boardwalk store this weekend. He didn’t have much of a choice – the music from a three-day beachfront concert filled the area. He said it was not his usual musical choice but he understands the appeal.
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Fans of the jam band Phish added to the summer crowds on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Sunday. Local businesses report a noticeable bump from the tree-day beachfront concert, which drew people multiple states.
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Fans of the jam band Phish added to the summer crowds on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Sunday. Local businesses report a noticeable bump from the three-day beachfront concert, which drew people from multiple states.
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A group of fans, often described as Phish Heads, came to Atlantic City from throughout the East Coast, ready to bask in the jams all three nights. On Sunday afternoon, they said the first two nights were fantastic and were eager for more.
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Harriet Nucci, left, and Melissa Oliver, sat together to people watch on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Sunday afternoon. They said the Phish fans crowding the boardwalk seemed to be having a great time.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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On August 13 2021, in Atlantic City, the band Phish performs a beach concert for a large crowd.
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The 14th Cape May Point Women's Lifeguard Challenge, a sprint triathlon, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Pete's beach in Cape May Point.
The race consists of a 1.3-mile beach run, a 1-mile paddleboard and a half-mile swim for female lifeguards. Thirty-five South Jersey guards are set to compete.
The event also has a team competition in which two guards enter as a team. It's scored like cross country. Sixteen teams have entered, including two each from the beach patrols of Avalon, Brigantine, Cape May, North Wildwood, Sea Isle City, Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.
Jenna Parker of Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol, the 2021 individual winner of the race and a five-time champion, won't be able to compete due to a work obligation in New York.
Note: The Long Beach Township Women's Lifeguard Invitational, scheduled for Wednesday morning, was postponed due to the low ocean water temperatures. The event will be rescheduled to a date to be determined. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/cape-may-point-womens-lifeguard-challenge-set-for-wednesday/article_b3863bca-0d23-11ed-b0ef-ffa8fca754ea.html | 2022-07-27T00:04:51 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/cape-may-point-womens-lifeguard-challenge-set-for-wednesday/article_b3863bca-0d23-11ed-b0ef-ffa8fca754ea.html |
CEDAR FALLS — The University of Northern Iowa is rolling out a new online program for what it says are the “numerous students” who have completed an associate’s degree and face certain barriers getting a bachelor’s degree.
The program, UNI@IACC, is open to those who have earned their associate's degree at an Iowa community college.
As part of the new initiative, the institution also is creating the Future Ready Scholarship Program to financially eligible participants and making available on-site student success specialists at four of those community college campuses in support of them.
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The new program is being launched with $4.17 million in assistance from the federal American Rescue Plan.
“There are three barriers that these students are facing,” said President Mark Nook in an interview. “One of them is oftentimes that the students coming out of a two-year degree program have jobs or they’ve started families, making relocation to one of the regent institution communities just not possible. It’s a barrier of location.
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“One of the other barriers that they run into is cost. They’re used to paying sort of the cost of a community college education and the step to the tuition at one of the regent institutions is often too much for them," he noted. "And the other barrier in a truly online program is not having the resources, that direct support that they are used to.”
Beginning with the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters, UNI@IACC will offer a pathway for these Iowans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in several areas: Managing Business and Organizations, Management: Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Elementary Education, Human Services, Technology Management, and Bachelor of Liberal Studies.
The UNI@IACC initiative is an expansion of the UNI@DMACC partnership with Des Moines Area Community College. That began in 2020 and received the support of Gov. Kim Reynolds, who authorized the federal funding to support the initiative.
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The Future Ready Scholarship comes with two years of eligibility. Nook said it helps bring “our price down to their price” and lowers the difference between UNI and community college tuition.
“We started UNI@DMACC a few years ago and it’s been going really, really well,” said Nook. "The growth of that program’s been about twice as fast as we expected. We were expecting last year to have about 30 students in it. We had just short of 70. And we know these scholarships will help a lot ... especially at these four campuses in the western and southern side of the state.”
The university said the on-site student support personnel will help “prepare learners for academic and career success through advising and career navigation programs, resources, and services.”
They’ll first be located at DMACC and Western Iowa Technical Community College in Sioux City beginning in the fall.
In the spring, student support specialists will be placed at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, and Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa. The expectation is growing the support to other community colleges.
“What we know is that for a lot of our adult students, they get into an online class and they have questions, they’re used to (having answered) at a community colleges and having people around them. This will allow us to get people around them to answer questions like where’s my financial aid, how do I get that set up, and what do I need to do to get a hold of a professor or a tutor, those sort of things,” Nook said.
UNI chose those institutions, he added, because the university knows many students in that part of the state are leaving the state to get their four-year degree and not coming back to Iowa to join the workforce. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/new-university-of-northern-iowa-online-program-to-break-down-travel-financial-barriers/article_e03d5adc-f708-5ede-9721-9dc990bf147b.html | 2022-07-27T00:12:26 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/new-university-of-northern-iowa-online-program-to-break-down-travel-financial-barriers/article_e03d5adc-f708-5ede-9721-9dc990bf147b.html |
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