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UKIAH, Calif — A man who was babysitting two young children was arrested on suspicion of murder after the 1-year-old was found dead near railroad tracks in Northern California, authorities said Friday.
Edward "Two Feathers" Steele, 32, of Ukiah was taken into custody Thursday, a day after the 1-year-old and his 2-year-old brother were reported missing, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
It wasn't immediately clear whether Steele had an attorney to speak for him.
A report of domestic violence sent deputies to a parking lot in Ukiah, a rural area north of San Francisco, before dawn on Wednesday, authorities said.
They found Steele and a woman he'd been dating, who was later arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence battery, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The woman told authorities that her two children were with a babysitter at a nearby motel. They then learned that Steele had assumed care of the children after the arrest.
However, he left the boys unattended near some railroad tracks.
Wednesday afternoon, the 2-year-old was spotted by the tracks. He was hospitalized for an apparently heat-related "life-threatening medical emergency," according to the Sheriff's Office.
The child was taken to a hospital but there was no immediate word on his condition.
The area was searched and the body of the 1-year-old boy was found about a half-hour later, authorities said.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the child's death, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Watch more from ABC10: Stockton Police concerned about homicide count after double shooting | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/man-held-death-of-1-year-old-left-near-tracks/103-f48475d2-650a-4eb7-adc7-771df1fe978f | 2022-08-07T02:00:19 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/man-held-death-of-1-year-old-left-near-tracks/103-f48475d2-650a-4eb7-adc7-771df1fe978f |
Families turn out for school supply giveaway Saturday
MUNCIE, Ind. — The annual Tools for School school supply giveaway on Saturday morning drew so many people, the initial line stretched the equivalent length of half the Delaware County Fairgrounds midway, according to organizers.
After a couple of years of lower turnout amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual event organized by nonprofit Hearts and Hands United saw a significant jump in the number of local families attending to get free shoes, backpacks and school supplies for kids from preschool through high school, Center Township Trustee Kay Walker said on Saturday.
Earlier in the week, public concerns arose about having the school supply giveaway and a gun show scheduled in adjoining buildings at the fairgrounds on the same day. Officials responded by removing the gun show from the fairgrounds sign (though other signs and banners promoting it were still posted nearby), adding workers to direct cars to separate parking for the two events and promising the two would not be scheduled together in future years.
Walker said late Saturday morning that everything was going well despite the controversy earlier in the week.
Earlier:Shared date for Indiana gun show, school supply giveaway at fairgrounds sparks outrage
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TWIN FALLS — Those attending Saturday's Magic Valley Beer Festival enjoyed warm weather, good music and cold beer.
With 120 beers by 48 brewers to choose from, "I think a lot of people who come here have a strategy," said Jennifer Moss of the Blue Lakes Rotary Club, which sponsored the annual event., in its 11th year.
Some people might stick to porters, others to IPAs, Moss said. No matter what beer they chose, they got something good.
It was common to hear those attending encouraging others on what beers to select with their allotted tickets.
Marshall Bolen, visiting from Boise, enjoyed himself.
"This is great," Bolen said, taking notice of the setting and the unique City Park bandshell where Front Porch Flavor was playing, belting out tunes from the likes of Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty. The Heath Clark Band and Shenanigans were also scheduled to perform.
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The Blue Lakes Rotary Club raised $58,000 last year that went toward various local charities and Moss hoped for a similar amount this year. A good chunk of this year's money will go toward the planned Children's Museum of the Magic Valley. A silent auction was held, and raffle items included a grill and kayak.
Some 900 tickets were sold prior to the festival and tickets were available at the gate, along with $10 tickets for designated drivers.
The Magic Valley Beer Festival is returning to Twin Falls City Park for its 10th year with even more brewers. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/blue-lakes-rotary-club-hosts-beer-festival/article_a5d27dca-15cc-11ed-978d-1fa1bb5d9f95.html | 2022-08-07T02:05:12 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/blue-lakes-rotary-club-hosts-beer-festival/article_a5d27dca-15cc-11ed-978d-1fa1bb5d9f95.html |
Police responded to a fatal crash near the I-95 in northeast Philadelphia with at least one dead and multiple injuries Saturday.
Authorities said the crash happened around 6:30 p.m. on the southbound lanes on Academy Road, just off the I-95 ramp.
The crash left six people injured and one dead, police said. The Academy Road exit has been shut down for the investigation. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/one-dead-multiple-injured-in-multi-vehicle-crash-near-i-95/3328205/ | 2022-08-07T02:06:48 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/one-dead-multiple-injured-in-multi-vehicle-crash-near-i-95/3328205/ |
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after two small planes crashed against each other in Bucks County Saturday afternoon.
According to the FAA, the crash happened around 1:45 p.m., when a Pitts-15 biplane and Waco biplane collided on the runway at Van Sant Airport in the Erwinna section of Tinicum Township.
The two pilots were the only people on board on both planes. No injuries were reported. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/two-small-planes-collide-on-runway-of-bucks-county-airport/3328223/ | 2022-08-07T02:06:54 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/two-small-planes-collide-on-runway-of-bucks-county-airport/3328223/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The body of a climber who died on Mount Hood in March was recovered Saturday once rescuers saw there was adequate melt in the area to complete the mission.
Pradnya Mohite and Lei Wang were trying to summit Mt. Hood on March 9, 2022 when both fell near the Leuthold Couloir, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. Wang, 50, was critically injured in the fall that killed the 34-year-old Mohite.
The area where they fell is, officials said, “a long steep avalanche chute” that created extremely difficult conditions that prevented the recovery of Mohite’s body until now.
On Thursday, rescuers saw conditions were improved enough to try the recovery. On Saturday, a helicopter crew from JL Aviation placed 3 rescuers from Portland Mountain Rescue and Volcano Mountain Rescue at the exact spot where the fallen hiker’s body was.
The rescuers first put her body on the helicopter, which then took her body to the White River Snow Park. The helicopter then went back to get the rescue crew, while the backup crews descended on their own. | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/body-of-mt-hood-climber-recovered-in-dangerous-mission/ | 2022-08-07T02:13:00 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/body-of-mt-hood-climber-recovered-in-dangerous-mission/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The town of Clendenin has a new stage downtown!
On Saturday morning, Kent Carper, Kanawha County Commission President, and Commissioner Ben Salango attended the ribbon cutting for the new stage.
Construction of the stage was funded by contributions from the Harper Family Foundation.
Photos from Saturday’s event are below: | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/clendenin-gets-a-new-downtown-stage/ | 2022-08-07T02:16:39 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/clendenin-gets-a-new-downtown-stage/ |
RIPLEY, WV (WOWK) — The Ripley Volunteer Fire Department is making it clear they are not selling T-shirts. Residents have gotten texts and calls from scammers claiming to be the fire department selling shirts.
Ripley VFD says there are multiple other volunteer fire departments experiencing identical scams.
Comments on the Ripley VFD’s Facebook post show that many people have received these texts or calls.
If you receive one of these texts, do not respond, click a link in the message, or send money. Hang up the phone if called by a scammer. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/people-receiving-scam-texts-claiming-to-be-fire-department-selling-shirts/ | 2022-08-07T02:16:45 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/people-receiving-scam-texts-claiming-to-be-fire-department-selling-shirts/ |
After a Saturday evening shooting, one man was taken to the hospital in threatening condition, a 19-year-old was arrested for attempted murder, a woman was arrested on outstanding warrants and a 16-year-old was arrested for possession of narcotics.
The situation started about 4:35 p.m. when Fort Wayne Police received a call about shots fired and a man laying in the yard in the 2300 block of South Hanna Street.
The situation formally ended about 9:30 p.m.
Police arrived and found the man in the yard and took him to the hospital, Fort Wayne Police Public Information Officer Paul Meitz said.
Special police task forces were called out, and officers thought the 19-year-old was still in the house, Meitz said. Officer “loud hailed” for all residents to come out, and a woman with her children came out.
Officers presumed the shooter was still inside and called inside and loud hailed more, then entered the house.
About that time, the officers found out the suspect was arrested in another part of the city, Meitz said.
Meitz didn’t have information on where he was arrested or his name.
The incident apparently started as domestic violence, and the woman is also being charged with domestic violence to the shooting victim. Names and ages of the woman and man aren’t available yet.
During the situation, officers found narcotics on the 16-year-old boy. Police haven’t publicly identified what they were or how much he had.
More will come as information is released. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/three-arrested-one-hospitalized-after-shooting/article_ab43e16c-15f5-11ed-876e-1b32f9b4cd2e.html | 2022-08-07T02:26:50 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/three-arrested-one-hospitalized-after-shooting/article_ab43e16c-15f5-11ed-876e-1b32f9b4cd2e.html |
BOISE — Two longtime Idaho leaders died in recent weeks, and both were women whose lengthy political careers left a mark on their home state.
Donna Jones, former Idaho state controller, House Revenue & Taxation chair, legislator from Payette, businesswoman, Realtor and director of the Idaho Real Estate Commission, died July 8 at age 83.
Ann Rydalch, former state senator and representative, three-decade employee of the Idaho National Laboratory, regional GOP official, high school journalism teacher, energy and education advocate and prolific community activist, died July 18 at age 86.
Both women were longtime Idaho Republican Party activists and volunteers who broke new ground for women in Idaho politics.
Jones, who served 12 years in the Idaho Legislature, became the first woman to chair the powerful House Revenue & Taxation Committee, when then-House Speaker Mike Simpson tapped her for the role in 1997. In 2006, she became the first woman to be elected Idaho state controller, and won reelection in 2010.
She stepped down after suffering injuries in a severe car crash in 2012, and her deputy, Brandon Woolf, was appointed state controller; he has served in that role ever since, winning election in 2014 and reelection in 2018.
Woolf, who is seeking reelection this year, said Jones was his mentor. “Donna looked beyond glass ceilings, shattering through them,” he wrote in a remembrance he sent out last week. He described her as “honest, steady, loyal, true to principles.”
A celebration of her life will be held at the Elks Lodge in Ontario on Aug. 13 at 3 p.m. Jones is survived by three children, six grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Memorials in her memory may be made to VFW Post 2738, the Idaho Humane Society, or Alzheimer’s Idaho Inc., c/o Shaffer/Jensen Memory Chapel, PO Box 730, Payette ID 83661.
Rydalch was long a force in eastern Idaho politics. The former Ricks College homecoming queen taught journalism at Bonneville High School, then worked for the Idaho National Laboratory from 1979 to her retirement in 2010, starting as a procurement analyst and small and disadvantaged business specialist. She became heavily involved in energy and economic development issues across the region, and served in the Idaho Senate from 1983 to 1990 and in the Idaho House from 2002 to 2008.
Rydalch, who lived in Ammon, was named Ammon Citizen of the Year in 2019. She served as the Region 7 chair for the Idaho Republican Party; was active with the Idaho Federation of Republican Women and National Federation for Republican Women; held leadership roles with the National Conference of State Legislatures and the National Foundation for Women Legislators; helped get the Vietnam Memorial established in Freeman Park in Idaho Falls; and chaired the July 4th Celebration for many years. Recently, she served as president of the Bonneville County Heritage Association.
Ammon Mayor Sean Coletti described Rydalch as “a relentless force for the community and our region” in a recent Post Register article. “She cares deeply about the community, and has always been involved in city, regional and county matters,” he said.
Rydalch is survived by six children; 16 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Ammon on July 23, and interment was in the Ammon Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to coltrinmortuary.com.
RoseMarie Peterson Doxey, vice president of the Heritage Association, told the Post Register she was heavily inspired by Rydalch throughout her life. The two first met when Doxey was Rydalch’s student at Bonneville High School. Doxey said Rydalch set an example for her she hopes others will follow too: “Don’t just sit there. Volunteer, take action and do something.”
A SHORTENED PRESIDENTIAL TERM
Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke was named president of the National Conference of State Legislatures last week, but he won’t be able to serve out his full term there. That’s because Bedke, R-Oakley, will become ineligible to serve as soon as he’s no longer a state legislator, and his term as a state representative ends Nov. 30; state legislators elected in November take office the following Dec. 1.
“It is a one-year term,” Bedke told the Idaho Press. “I am now the president for NCSL, right up until the time I finish my legislative term. So then that will start a process within NCSL where someone will have to fill my vacancy.”
Bedke said he was selected five years ago to “go up through the chairs” toward becoming NCSL’s president, serving first as vice-president, then president-elect, then president, and then past-president. “I gave ‘em, I guess, a four-year commitment five years ago,” he said. But then came the pandemic, and everything got delayed. “So I should’ve just been leaving office rather than going in.”
“But it’s been a very rewarding experience,” he said. “The organization is absolutely dedicated to the legislative branch, and keeping it strong. It’s an organization of the 50 states and territories, wherever there’s legislative bodies. And it’s all about three separate but equal branches, and our job is to keep the legislative branch equal.” Lawmakers and legislative staffers exchange ideas and learn about best practices; NCSL’s conference in Denver last week drew 5,000 participants.
Of his shortened term as the group’s president, Bedke said, “It’s unfortunate, but COVID happened, and here we are.”
He is stepping down from the Legislature to run for lieutenant governor. He’ll face Democrat Terri Pickens Manweiler and Constitution Party candidate “Pro-Life,” formerly Marvin Richardson, in the November election. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eye-on-boise-two-longtime-idaho-leaders-left-mark-on-state/article_8be23f78-9241-5510-b99a-134704336e86.html | 2022-08-07T02:30:12 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/eye-on-boise-two-longtime-idaho-leaders-left-mark-on-state/article_8be23f78-9241-5510-b99a-134704336e86.html |
The Idaho Transportation Department building along State Street in Boise. ITD has declared the department’s entire 44.5-acre headquarters site as surplus property, clearing the way for it to be sold for development.
The main entrance to the Idaho Transportation Department building along State Street in Boise. ITD has declared the department’s entire 44.5-acre headquarters site as surplus property, clearing the way for it to be sold for development.
The Idaho Transportation Department building along State Street in Boise. ITD has declared the department’s entire 44.5-acre headquarters site as surplus property, clearing the way for it to be sold for development.
The main entrance to the Idaho Transportation Department building along State Street in Boise. ITD has declared the department’s entire 44.5-acre headquarters site as surplus property, clearing the way for it to be sold for development.
BOISE – The Idaho Transportation Board has declared the state Transportation Department’s entire 44.5-acre headquarters site along State Street as surplus property, clearing the way for it to be sold for development.
The board’s unanimous decision, which came with little discussion at a special meeting on Friday morning, means the ITD headquarters will move to the state’s Chinden campus in West Boise. The former site, which is smack in the middle of the city of Boise’s State Street Corridor that’s targeted for redevelopment, and also abuts Crane Creek and the Esther Simplot Park ponds will see entirely new uses.
“We understand that that is prime real estate, as you go down the State Street corridor,” said John Tomlinson, ITD communications manager. “That’s one of the remaining areas that hasn’t been developed. It’s had that building there since 1961.”
“That’s probably going to be a popular place that some developer will want to purchase, and who knows what they’re going to do with it,” he said.
The city of Boise has a vision for the area, which is part of its State Street Urban Renewal District. That includes mixed uses, such as housing, office and commercial space, with an orientation toward a transit-friendly and bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly layout.
The property is currently zoned for open space and institutional uses, but the city has indicated that in its zoning code rewrite, a mixed-use zoning is likely for the area.
How much is the property worth? “That’s, like, the $100 million question, literally,” said state Department of Administration Director Keith Reynolds. “There have been sales and offers for property downtown at just astronomical values, and how that’s going to translate to a property that’s five minutes from downtown and then the size that this one is, is just a big question mark. … There’s no doubt that it’s a very valuable property.”
Most ITD administrative offices already moved to the Chinden campus after a catastrophic water break in an HVAC pipe in January caused extensive damage and contaminated much of the main headquarters office building with asbestos. Several other ITD functions moved into one of three other structures on the site, but then moved to the Chinden campus on June 16.
There are still a few ITD functions on the State Street site, including a materials testing laboratory; warehouse; and other industrial uses. Tomlinson said the lab will move to a different site once the State Street property is sold; its heavy industrial nature isn’t appropriate for location next to residential uses at the Chinden campus.
“We do not have an answer for where it’s going,” Tomlinson said. “We’re still looking into all options.”
The current headquarters building was constructed by the state in 1961, and in 2013, it was named the Philip E. Batt Building in honor of former Idaho Gov. Phil Batt.
Reynolds said, “My desire is that the building they move into on the Chinden campus will be the Philip E. Batt Transportation Building. I don’t have an official blessing on that, but I don’t see why that wouldn’t be the case.”
Reynolds said that’s a much better name than the building’s current name, “Building 3.”
At the Chinden campus, “We are thrilled to have ITD joining us there,” Reynolds said. “They will be a great anchor tenant. Building 3 is one of the prominent buildings you see as you come in, and they are very welcome to be there.”
Currently ITD operations are in temporary quarters in Building 8 on the Chinden campus. “Building 3 will be able to accommodate all their office needs in one building,” Reynolds said. “We’ll probably have some of the ancillary functions, printing, those kinds of things, in separate buildings.”
That fits in with the state’s vision for the Chinden campus, Reynolds said, that state agencies can share functions like that in central locations, creating efficiencies.
The State Street site currently has about 180,000 square feet of space between four buildings. Building 3 at the Chinden campus contains 162,000 square feet.
The ITD board’s vote Friday declaring the property as surplus clears the way for the state Board of Examiners to transfer it to the Department of Administration for disposal. That likely will occur at the board’s next meeting Aug. 16, Reynolds said; he said it’s a “formality.”
“Then we send out a notice to all the state agencies that there’s a property available, and if there is some use for it by another state agency, they can put their hands in the air. Obviously, with this property, that’s going to be very unlikely,” he said, because the agency would be required to buy or lease the pricey property.
A state real estate study group on which Reynolds serves recommended two years ago that if the property is sold, it be marketed with the help of a broker or real estate consultant, he said. The state will issue a request for proposals for brokerage services, likely soon after the Board of Examiners officially transfers the property to the Department of Administration. The broker would then do a call for offers. “That is the procedure we’re going to follow,” Reynolds said. “It could be up to 12 months before it closes.”
“We’re going to attract national attention with this,” Reynolds said.
“It could be a lot of things,” he said. “But I think it will be a mixed-use development that’ll include commercial, office, retail, multi-family residential and single residential. And it’s large enough to accommodate all of it. It is quite a property.”
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/state-declares-itd-headquarters-property-surplus-itd-will-move-to-chinden/article_5352b0e6-ad92-5c12-95dc-9f38814ca6d6.html | 2022-08-07T02:30:19 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/state-declares-itd-headquarters-property-surplus-itd-will-move-to-chinden/article_5352b0e6-ad92-5c12-95dc-9f38814ca6d6.html |
Dixon targets pandemic policies, inflation burden during CPAC address
Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon urged conservatives on Saturday to support her campaign in a speech that criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's pandemic policies and linked the Democratic governor to the Biden administration's struggles to rein in inflation.
Dixon made the comments at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas ahead of comments from conservative radio host Glenn Beck, Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and former President Donald Trump.
Dixon, a Norton Shores businesswoman and conservative commentator, linked Whitmer to high inflation and gas prices under Biden's administration and warned that, if she wasn't voted out, she may continue on to run for federal office.
"It's been a long four years under Gretchen Whitmer's tyrannical rein," Dixon said. "She's been ridin' with Biden and they've been driving our state off a cliff."
Dixon criticized Whitmer's policies during the pandemic, specifically those related to nursing homes and schools.
"Gretchen Whitmer ruled by fear when courage was what we needed," Dixon said.
Michigan Democratic Party spokeswoman Rodericka Applewhaite described Dixon's Texas address as an effort to court special interests for contributions in exchange for "pushing their agenda to gut public education, return to decades of disinvestment in Michigan’s infrastructure, and ban abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest, or health of the mother.”
Dixon has said she supports an exception to the state's abortion ban if made to save the life of the mother.
Acknowledging Trump's expected address to cap the convention, which was running behind schedule, Dixon noted she also had to wait on the president — a reference to former president's endorsement of Dixon just four days before Michigan's Tuesday primary.
Trump, in his Saturday address, said he hoped Dixon could "straighten the state out" and offered condolences to Dixon on the passing of her father, who died in June.
"Your father's looking down on you right now and he's so proud," he said.
Trump called Whitmer the "lockdown queen" and criticized her husband, Marc Mallory, who in May 2020 tried to speed up the placement of his boat in the water before the Memorial Day weekend as Whitmer urged residents not to rush to the region. Whitmer called Mallory's request, which included mention of his connection to the governor, a "failed attempt at humor."
"Everybody was shut down but her husband," Trump said.
Trump also acknowledged Republican attorney general nominee Matt DePerno, who was in the Texas audience Saturday.
"He is so tough," Trump said of DePerno. "People are afraid to be in the same room as him."
Whitmer's campaign spokesman Joseph Costello defended Whitmer's record by noting her efforts to offer car insurance refunds, tuition free higher education options and record K-12 investments to Michigan residents.
"Tudor Dixon’s backwards agenda would dismantle public education in Michigan, ban abortion without exceptions, and risk Michigan’s economic progress," Costello said.
Dixon won the state's Tuesday primary with 41% of the vote in a five-candidate race, taking 80 of Michigan's 83 counties.
In Whitmer, Dixon faces an opponent with a significant national profile, a huge fundraising lead, and a 49% job approval rating as of May. Biden, on the other hand, had a job approval rating of about 36% among 600 likely Michigan voters surveyed in a May 9-13 poll.
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Northern Arizona University sprinter Alyssa Colbert placed second with Team USA's 4x100-meter relay team at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, on Friday.
The U.S. team finished with a final time of 43.28, following only the Jamaican team by .69 seconds. Colbert, who was an alternate for the squad, competed in the qualifying round and ran the anchor leg. In the qualifying round, Team USA won its heat by more than a second, with a season-best time of 43.66.
Colbert will return as a sophomore in the spring for the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. She is coming off a strong freshman campaign during which she won the Big Sky freshman of the year awards in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, as well as the conference's women's co-most valuable athlete during indoor. Colbert set the school and conference records in both the indoor 60m dash and the outdoor 100m dash.
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The Lumberjacks will face the Arizona Wildcats in a Sunday exhibition match.
Northern Arizona will start its seven-game homestand in Lumberjack Stadium, with the match set to start at 1 p.m.
"We are looking forward to continuing to evolve our team; this week is another step forward towards that," Lumberjacks coach Kylie Louw said. "Our players are enjoying the freedom to implement their styles into our playing principles, and it's exciting to see our team chemistry build day by day."
Northern Arizona is returning 19 players from last season and welcomes 15 newcomers to the 2022 roster. The Lumberjacks returning stat leaders are junior Maddie Shafer, graduate student Mikhail Johnson and sophomore Natalie Manzo.
Shafer sits at the top of the Big Sky Conference's returning point leaders, tied for second with 12 points.
She started in 14 of 18 matches last season, scoring four goals and tallying four assists, while recording 36 shots and logging 976 minutes total.
As Johnson enters her final year of eligibility, she looks to continue the offensive success she found last season with the Lumberjacks. After transferring from North Carolina State University, Johnson started in 16 matches for the Lumberjacks, scoring three goals, including one to send the game to overtime at Sacramento State and a game-winner at Portland State.
Manzo found herself in the starting goalkeeper position as a freshman, quickly proving her abilities in the net. She was in 16 starts and played in all 19 matches, making a total of 89 saves and recording four shutouts.
The Lumberjacks and Wildcats last met on the pitch on Aug. 27, 2021, in Tucson. Arizona won, 2-1. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-colbert-earns-silver-in-colombia/article_bc84b152-15b6-11ed-b7b2-4f9cffa0085c.html | 2022-08-07T02:43:15 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-colbert-earns-silver-in-colombia/article_bc84b152-15b6-11ed-b7b2-4f9cffa0085c.html |
GARY — Two Indiana State Police troopers were hit by an apparent drunk driver on Interstate 80 early Saturday morning, according to ISP.
Just after 12:52 a.m., two troopers from the Lowell Post were hit by a silver 2013 Subaru Legacy while conducting a traffic stop on the westbound side of I-80 near the Grant Street exit.
Troopers Kay Galvan and Dennis Griffin were both inside their car with their emergency lights activated when they were hit. They were taken to a local hospital and have been released, according to ISP.
Kyle Dickson, of Hobart, was driving the Subaru.
Dickson, 27, refused medical treatment and was taken to the Lake County Jail with a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated while endangering a person, according to ISP.
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Jenell Echols
Age : 36
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206430
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Elijah Joshua
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206376
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Ogden
Age : 23
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206429
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Taylor Ecsy
Age : 25
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206457
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
DeAndre Tillotson
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206423
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyronn Jones Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206393
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamel Kennedy
Age : 22
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206474
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyon Phelps
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206449
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yesenia Calderon
Age : 42
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206505
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Petrassi
Age : 45
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206428
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alexandra Rojo
Age : 19
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206489
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth McCammon
Age : 42
Residence: Schneider, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206362
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kurt Van Nugtren
Age : 51
Residence: Winfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206433
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Ferguson
Age : 42
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206418
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bobbie Fields
Age : 44
Residence: Whitesburg, KY
Booking Number(s): 2206444
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Randolph
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206441
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shane Camp
Age : 32
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206499
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keith Lasenby
Age : 58
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206493
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ayanna Williams
Age : 31
Residence: Oak Lawn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206422
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Logan Atkins
Age : 23
Residence: Bloomington, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206372
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Mathison
Age : 42
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206409
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Green Jr.
Age : 68
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206455
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kristy Gibson-Miller
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206424
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tony Clark
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206487
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristin Mobus
Age : 32
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206385
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adan Reyes
Age : 19
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206453
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Losano
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206472
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Zlatanovski
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206419
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Brooks
Age : 40
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206395
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Markale Bolden
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206380
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ky Pryor
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206397
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shavesz Johnson
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206421
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mayra Reyes
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206458
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnnie Cobb Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206486
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Meeks
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206466
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darren Stocky Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206504
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ernest Howard III
Age : 31
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206459
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Cabrera
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206361
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erin Baldwin
Age : 38
Residence: Saline, MI
Booking Number(s): 2206442
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Jimenez
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206476
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Brown Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206470
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Shaw Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206448
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Frank Pfeifer
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206482
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terrence Thomas Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206500
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cardia Combs
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206375
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrew Hudson
Age : 28
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206460
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Hexadore Randall
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206477
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED); BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Kimus Williams Jr.
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206440
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Scorcese Steveson
Age : 30
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206398
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anh Tuan Phung
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206484
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kolin Burgess
Age : 23
Residence: Kouts, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206439
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: - DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE; NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tabitha Kirk
Age : 37
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206432
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Camron Gill
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206394
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Hanas
Age : 40
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206373
Arrest Date: July 22, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Sitarski
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206426
Arrest Date: July 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristy Meyers
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206447
Arrest Date: July 25, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lawrence Tobel
Age : 40
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206401
Arrest Date: July 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Brown Jr.
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206485
Arrest Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
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TAMPA, Fla. — Cannabis took over the Tampa Convention Center on Saturday.
Industry distributors, buyers and consumers gathered for KushCon. Organizers stated the two-day event features more than 150 booths from leading hemp brands and is aimed, along with Kush.com, to inform people about the industry.
While recreational marijuana in Florida isn't legal, medical marijuana is already a billion dollar industry in the state and it's only expected to grow, Kush.com CEO John Lynch said.
"Florida, even though, it is a very structured medical state, if it was a country, it would be the third largest country of revenue for cannabis in the world," he said.
Kush.com recently moved its headquarters from Seattle, Washington to Tampa, according to Lynch.
"This is sort of the epicenter, cannabis and technology coming together. This is our future," he said.
Speakers held several panels, including the future of cannabis and hemp in Florida. Convention attendees spoke about the need for recreational marijuana to be legal and diverse.
"We need to make sure we're bringing more minorities involved in the program," Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried said.
Fried, who is also running for Florida governor this year, said there is currently no minority-owned representation in the state's 22 medical marijuana treatment centers' license holders.
"We've got so many of our dispensaries that are not in a lot of our minority communities and so, that is meaning that those communities don't see jobs, and they don't see quick and easy access for their patients," Fried said.
Convention attendees said they believe the marijuana consumer base should be as diverse as the people who consume the product.
During the pandemic, medical marijuana prescriptions in Florida ballooned from just below 300,000 to 700,000, according to a Physician Certification Pattern Review report.
KushCon concludes on Sunday, Aug. 7. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/cannabis-industry-medical-marijuana-florida-recreational-tampa-kushcon/67-09064c7f-85b4-4b8b-8695-e191afda9f14 | 2022-08-07T02:54:16 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/cannabis-industry-medical-marijuana-florida-recreational-tampa-kushcon/67-09064c7f-85b4-4b8b-8695-e191afda9f14 |
HAMMOND — A Griffith man was killed after hitting a semi-truck while driving the wrong way on Indiana Toll Road on Friday evening, according to Indiana State Police.
Officers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Indiana Toll Road near the Calumet Avenue exit at about 9:35 p.m. Friday. ISP said a preliminary investigation revealed that Mattew Pulido was driving a black 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee westbound in the eastbound lane of Indiana Toll Road when he hit a red 2004 Freightliner semi-tractor pulling a trailer head-on.
Pulido, 25, was ejected from the car and was declared dead at the scene by the Lake County coroner. The crash caused both vehicles to catch fire and become fully engulfed; however ISP said the driver of the semi-truck was not injured.
"While this specific project may have been a one-day event, traffic safety remains a top priority of the Sheriff’s Office, especially along US 20," Captain Derek J. Allen said.
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No new COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in Northwest Indiana in the past two weeks.
Connor Burge, file, The Times
No new COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in Northwest Indiana in the past two weeks, and the number of overall reported cases is on the decline.
In Lake County the seven-day average is 130 COVID-19 cases, down from 152 the week before, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
In Porter County the seven-day average is 45, down from 57; in LaPorte County it is 35, up from 31; in Newton County it is 4, down from 6; and in Jasper County it is 12, down from 16.
The decline in the Region mirrors what is happening statewide. The seven-day average for Indiana is 2,027, down from 2,179 the week before.
However, the number of monkeypox cases in Indiana is on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , as of Aug. 5, 68 cases have been confirmed in the Hoosier state, up from 45 the week before. The first case of monkeypox was confirmed in Indiana on June 18.
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On Aug. 4, the U.S. declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.
The illness is rarely fatal and typically begins with fever, headache, chills, muscle aches and exhaustion about five to 21 days after exposure, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
Within one to three days (sometimes longer) after the appearance of fever, the patient develops a rash. The rash may start in the mouth or any part of the body before spreading. Some people may only develop the rash. The illness typically lasts for two to four weeks.
People are considered infectious until all scabs from the rash have fallen off and a fresh layer of skin has formed.
Person-to-person transmission is possible either through skin-to-skin contact with body fluids, monkeypox sores or contaminated items, such as bedding or clothing or through exposure to respiratory droplets during prolonged face-to-face contact, the state health agency said.
Gallery: The Times Photos of the Week
Buscia cooking show
The buscias sample their "libation" at the Buscia Cooking Show on Saturday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Buscia cooking show
Buscias Carolyn Kruzynski, Jean Lovasko and Theresa Meyer prepare an alcohol "libation" for their Buscia Cooking Show.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Buscia cooking show
Flanked by Sue Betustak, left, and Jean Lovasko, right, Carolyn Kruzynski demonstrates how to make a proper pierogi during the Buscia Cooking Show on Saturday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
St. Sava's SerbFest
At St. Cava Church's SerbFest, Riste Talev, left, and Miladin Latinovic get a batch of cevaps, Serbian sausages, ready for hungry fest goers at the St. Sava Church's SerbFest in Merrillville.
John J. Watkins, The Times
St. Sava's SerbFest
Leland Clark, 10, of Lake Station, gets a tiger face from face painting artist Ashley Cunningham at the St. Sava Church's SerbFest in Merrillville.
John J. Watkins, The Times
St. Sava's SerbFest
Annette Hose, of Crown Point, buys palacinkes from Jennifer Rudman at the St. Sava Church's SerbFest in Merrillville. Palacinkes are crepes with cheese filling.
John J. Watkins, The Times
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Ahead of Friday's induction ceremony for the newest members of the Gary Sports Hall of Fame, former NBA Champion and Gary-native Dick Barnett, right, speaks to guests at IUN.
Joe Ruffalo, The Times
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Earl H. Smith, Jr. addresses attendees at the Gary Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Indiana University Northwest on Friday evening.
Joe Ruffalo, The Times
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Gary Sports Hall of Fame board member Al Hamnik shares words about late 2022 inductee Hank Stram at Friday night's induction ceremony.
Joe Ruffalo, The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Pierogi Fest 2022
John J. Watkins The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Pierogi Fest 2022
John J. Watkins The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Mr. Pierogi poses for pictures for the last time.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Beatrix Powell, 6, of Munster chases bubbles at the Polka Parade.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pierogi Fest Parade
Ryan Rodriguez prepares pierogies for Dan's Pierogis at Pierogi Fest.
John J. Watkins, The Times
4-Hers display hoofed critters at fair sale
Easton Egolf, 9, of Morgan Township waits to exhibit his lamb at the Porter County Fair 4-H livestock auction.
John J. Watkins, The Times
4-Hers display hoofed critters at fair sale
Jonah Hasse looks up at the auctioneer as he exhibits his lamb at the Porter County Fair 4-H livestock auction.
John J. Watkins, The Times
4-H livestock auction
Makenzie Duttlinger, 10, of Valparaiso washes her pig "Piggley" before the start of the Porter County Fair 4-H livestock auction.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Veteran tells of leading Marines in Afghanistan
Valparaiso American Legion members salute the U.S. flag during the national anthem Wednesday at the veterans recognition program at the Porter County Fair.
Doug Ross, The Times
Veteran tells of leading Marines in Afghanistan
Wes Barnes, who led a platoon of 40 Marines during his deployment in Afghanistan a decade ago, tells of his experiences there and while training to become a second lieutenant. He later became a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.
Doug Ross, The Times
Frank Calabrese Jr.
Frank Calabrese Jr. speaks to the public at the Karma Cigar Lounge in Merrillville.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Frank Calabrese Jr.
Frank Calabrese Jr. got this Chi-Town tattoo after leaving prison.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
Organizer Katelin Sears leads chants at an abortion rights rally at Wicker Memorial Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
Betsy Hunt, of Schererville, carries a banner that she has carried to protests since 1986.
John J. Watkins The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
Alexia Hamilton, of Gary, joins in the chants at an abortion rally at Wicker Memorial Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Pro-choice rally at Wicker Park
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, speaks to an abortion rights crowd at Wicker Memorial Park on Sunday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
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SCRANTON, Pa. — It was a great day to stop and smell the roses at the first-ever Electric City Flower Show.
The free show at Nay Aug Park featured gardening contests, plant sales, and a variety of vendors.
There were also competitions for blooms, floral designs, arrangements, and more.
Organizers say the flower show offers people something different in Scranton, and the people Newswatch 16 spoke with agree.
"It's been a great experience. The weather cooperated, little hot, but the turnout was great, the people were wonderful, absolutely wonderful," said Michele Geiser, Tea Time Cookies, LLC.
Those involved tell Newswatch 16 they hope this is the first of many flower shows in Lackawanna County.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A brewing business in Luzerne County is left with a lot of damage after a car crashed into its building in Plymouth.
According to Bearded Barrel Brewing's Facebook page, a car crashed into its building and into a fermentation room on West Main Street after a can release party.
The business says it has some pretty serious structural damage as well as beer and equipment loss due to the crash.
It is under investigation in Plymouth.
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A toddler died Friday afternoon after a concrete truck went over an overpass on Beltway 8, landing on a vehicle, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
Gonzalez said there were four people — a 54-year-old woman, a 24-year-old woman and two 22-month-old twins — in the vehicle when the concrete truck landed on it.
Three of the passengers were able to get out, but the sheriff's office said one of the toddlers couldn't.
The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Woodforest and Beltway 8, according to Gonzalez. A deputy with HCSO said the driver of the concrete truck was a 36-year-old woman who did not show any signs of intoxication.
The deputy said a preliminary investigation shows that the driver attempted to slow the vehicle down before it went over the overpass. He said the slick roadways may have caused the crash.
HCSO said at around 4:40 p.m. that the intersection would be closed until the Texas Department of Transportation determines it is safe to reopen. Officials ask that you avoid the area at this time.
An investigation into the crash is underway. The Harris County District Attorney's Office was on the scene to review the facts and determine whether any charges will be filed, according to HCSO.
You can watch the update HCSO gave at the scene below:
One witness told KHOU 11's Zack Tawatari the crash unfolded right in front of her eyes.
"When somebody slams their brakes and you hear that screeching," said Imelda Quintero, who witnessed the crash. "All the sudden something’s falling out of the sky basically and falling on another truck. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/cement-truck-lands-on-vehicle-houston-texas-child-dead/285-140af224-0813-4395-a975-c3bb88dd0d01 | 2022-08-07T02:54:56 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/cement-truck-lands-on-vehicle-houston-texas-child-dead/285-140af224-0813-4395-a975-c3bb88dd0d01 |
All westbound lanes of Interstate 30 in Arlington will be closed from 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 p.m. Sunday, TXDOT officials confirmed.
The lanes between Six Flags Drive and AT&T Way/Baird Farm Road will be closed due to bridge construction. Traffic will be moved to exit Six Flags Drive, continue on the frontage road and re-enter from the AT&T Way/Baird Farm Road entrance ramp.
TXDOT officials said delays are expected. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/part-of-westbound-interstate-30-in-arlington-to-close-saturday-night/3042147/ | 2022-08-07T03:01:17 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/part-of-westbound-interstate-30-in-arlington-to-close-saturday-night/3042147/ |
OCEAN CITY — Hundreds of people enjoyed the art, local artists and the positive atmosphere present at the 59th annual Boardwalk Art Show presented by the Ocean City Arts Center on Saturday.
The free art show, which began Friday and ends Sunday, had 60 artists from the tri-state area, representing different niches in acrylic, oil, pastel, photography and abstract art on a variety of medium. The show spanned from 7th to 10th streets on the Boardwalk.
The show was slightly smaller than last year’s (10 fewer vendors) since the Ocean City Arts Center is trying to focus more exclusively on fine arts and photography.
“We’re reasserting our integrity,” said Jack Devine, president of the board of trustees for the Ocean City Arts Center. He noted the original purpose of the Boardwalk Art Show was to feature imaginative, aesthetically pleasing, intellectually stimulating content that is considered fine art. “Crafts are wonderful, but we want to focus exclusively on fine arts and photography.”
There were a handful of jewelry vendors, but the arts center hopes to move jewelry outside the art show by next year so it can have another show specifically for jewelry, Devine said.
“We’re compelled to fulfill the original mission of the art show by emphasizing fine arts,” said Chase Jackson, executive director of the Ocean City Arts Center.
Devine said the Ocean City Arts Center was founded because of the Boardwalk Art Show. The show also adds a cultural aspect to the city, due to the diverse artists, their experiences and different artistic perspectives that onlookers who come to the city get to witness.
“The show allows you to stretch your mind and stretch your legs,” said Devine, noting the beach, Boardwalk and friendly atmosphere were also draws to the show. “It gives you a new way to look at things.”
Jim and Ruth Cottingham, both retired, are artists from Pitman, Gloucester County, who came to Ocean City on Saturday morning to check out the show for the first time, having missed last year’s show due to COVID-19 worries.
“We actually came to scope out the show and see if we should enter next year,” said Jim Cottingham, a retired high school art teacher who taught for more than 23 years and now gets commissioned to do oil paintings of classic cars.
Ruth Cottingham paints watercolors on papers and has even illustrated a few children’s books. She said the show brings people and artists from all over just for the show.
It was Heather Lynn Gibson’s 10th time being featured in the Boardwalk show.
“Nothing makes an artist happier than when somebody falls in love with your work,” she said of her repeat customers. “The painting picks the person. The person never picks the art.”
Gibson is an “alla prima” oil painter, which means she doesn’t layer her pigments on canvas. She mixes her pigments on her palette to achieve the color she wants and applies them to canvas with a single layer, unlike other oil painters who create their art with multiple layers of paint.
This year, her oil painting “Sunhat & Sunglasses” won the Arlene Fisher Best of Show award, which came with a $500 cash prize.
“The Ocean City art show is great,” said Gibson, who lives in Berlin, Camden County, and spent many of her summers in Ocean City while visiting her grandmother. “It’s on the Boardwalk, everything I can possibly eat is right here, and the people are great.”
Gibson also said the show was great for new artists because of the amount of people that attend, the energy of the crowd, and how smoothly the event runs due to the Ocean City Arts Center running it.
Molly Goehring, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was one of the many artists who decided to participate in the Ocean City Boardwalk Art Show for the first time.
Goehring and her family spend every summer in Ocean City, so her first time participating in the show was “a happy accident in planning,” since the art show coincided with her family’s first day of vacation.
“I’ve been really excited being here,” said Goehring, who she nabbed an honorable mention for her abstract “Sewing Machine Art,” which featured paint on canvas and sewing thread scribbles.
Goehring primarily does mixed media art and two-dimensional paintings that mix classical art with abstract characteristics. Although she said she felt like an outlier at a show where many artists have beach-inspired art and photography, the other artists and people made her feel at home.
“There’s a strong sense of community here. The artists have been super helpful, and everyone’s been super supportive,” said Goehring.
Sandi Gelona comes to the show every year for the art and camaraderie.
“I love meeting the artists and interacting with them,” said Gelona, a show visitor who also is an artist. “The artists are friendly and willing to share. It’s much different than looking at their work on a wall of art.”
Gelona has participated in numerous art classes, including ones at the Ocean City Arts Center. She likes to paint still-life art and photos she takes.
Although Gelona only does art as a hobby, she said Ocean City was one of the best places for photos and inspiration. She said always leaves with a full camera.
“The art show not only draws people the Ocean City, but it also enlightens people to multi-talented people in our area that are willing to share their work,” said Gelona.
The 59th annual Ocean City Arts Center Boardwalk Arts Show ends Sunday at 8 p.m. For more information about the event, visit Ocean City Arts Center.
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On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Denise Suarez of Voorhees, at her table of decorated shells at the Music Pier.
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Northfield resident Sandi Gelona standing in front of work by Photographer Michael Heayn
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. (l-r) Painter Heather Lynn Gibson watches as Pittman residents Ruth and Jim Cottingham look over her work.
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Northfield resident Sandi Gelona looks over work by Photographer Michael Heayn
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Pittman resident Jim Cottingham, a painter himself, enjoys experiencing the artwork and artists at the show.
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Painter Heather Lynn Gibson, from placed Best in Show for her painting Sunhat and Sunglasses.
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Denise Suarez of Voorhees, at her table of decorated shells at the Music Pier.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Northfield resident Sandi Gelona standing in front of work by Photographer Michael Heayn
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
Visitors to the 59th annual Boardwalk Art Show had plenty of creations to take in Saturday in Ocean City.
MATTHEW STRABUK PHOTOS, FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
Molly Goehring, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was among the artists who participated in the show for the first time.
MATTHEW STRABUK, FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. (l-r) Painter Heather Lynn Gibson watches as Pittman residents Ruth and Jim Cottingham look over her work.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Northfield resident Sandi Gelona looks over work by Photographer Michael Heayn
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Pittman resident Jim Cottingham, a painter himself, enjoys experiencing the artwork and artists at the show.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky.
MATTHEW STRABUK FOR THE PRESS
Jack Devine and Chase Jackson of the Ocean City Arts Center helped organize the annual show.
MATTHEW STRABUK, FOR THE PRESS
On August 6 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, the Ocean City Arts Center holds it's annual Art Show with a packed boardwalk and a clear sky. Painter Heather Lynn Gibson, from placed Best in Show for her painting Sunhat and Sunglasses.
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Visitors to the 59th annual Boardwalk Art Show had plenty of creations to take in Saturday in Ocean City. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-gets-artsy-for-the-59th-annual-boardwalk-art-show/article_314e1752-15ae-11ed-b19a-67944e7235c6.html | 2022-08-07T03:08:00 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-gets-artsy-for-the-59th-annual-boardwalk-art-show/article_314e1752-15ae-11ed-b19a-67944e7235c6.html |
A U.S. District judge sentenced a Lincoln man Friday to 20 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine while carrying a firearm, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
In April 2021, Matthew Borden was taken into custody after investigators witnessed another party contact the 33-year-old outside his residence.
Officers found the other individual in possession of less than an ounce of meth, so they searched the car Borden was in and found a quarter-ounce of meth, a loaded .38 caliber revolver, ammunition and $6,286 in cash. A search of Borden's bedroom produced another half-ounce of meth and $76.
Law enforcement believes Borden delivered at least 1.5 kilograms of meth in the Lincoln area from June 2020 to April 2021.
Borden was given 15 years for conspiracy to deliver more than 500 milligrams of meth, with a prior conviction, and an additional five years for possessing a firearm during or in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense.
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I-80 bust turned up $100K, led to 1,830 pounds of drugs, sheriff’s captain says
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says it found $103,194 in suspected drug money and arrested a 25-year-old North Carolina man in a traffic stop on Interstate 80 west of Lincoln shortly before 10 a.m. Friday.
Capt. Ben Houchin said Brandon Montoya, of Charlotte, was stopped in a westbound Toyota Tundra for following too closely and driving on the shoulder. During the stop, Houchin said, the deputy developed suspicions Montoya was involved in illegal activity. A search turned up the money, which was sealed and in a suitcase, and a ledger.
Houchin said deputies reached out to law enforcement in Charlotte, where Montoya lives and rents a storage unit, believing that there was a strong possibility they would find a large amount of narcotics there.
He said the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department took the information, got search warrants and found 1,290 pounds of marijuana and THC edibles in Montoya's storage unit and at his home, tens of thousands of empty and loaded bottles of THC oil, marijuana cigar tubes and THC vape cartridges, 10 pounds of THC wax, 40 pounds of marijuana, packing materials, a 9mm Glock handgun and $90,000 in cash.
Houchin said the drugs added up to 1,831 pounds.
Pair accused of hauling 645 pounds of pot on I-80 through Lincoln area
Two men remained at the Lancaster County jail Thursday, a day after prosecutors charged them in connection with 645 pounds of marijuana found in their rental truck.
Brandon Arrington, 30, of McDonough, Georgia, and Edward Babb of Houston both are facing four felonies: two counts of possession with intent to deliver and two counts of no drug tax stamp.
In an affidavit for their arrests, a Lancaster County Sheriff's deputy said he stopped a GMC Penske rental truck with Virginia plates Tuesday after seeing its passenger side tires cross onto the shoulder of Interstate 80 near the Lincoln Airport exit.
During the traffic stop, the deputy became suspicious the men were involved in criminal activity.
They both denied a request to search the truck, but the deputy deployed his police dog around it after seeing what he believed to be marijuana residue on the floorboard.
The search turned up 645 pounds of marijuana and 4.74 pounds of THC vapor pens in the truck's cargo area inside cardboard boxes wrapped in plastic wrap, according to court records.
On Wednesday, at their first court appearances on the charges, Lancaster County Judge Matt Acton set their bonds at $250,000.
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A California woman was arrested Friday morning after Lancaster County sheriff's deputies found more 100 pounds of marijuana in her vehicle during a traffic stop.
At about 9:30 a.m., Pakou J. Yang, 37, of Oroville, was pulled over on Interstate 80 about three miles east of the Pleasant Dale interchange for following another vehicle too closely.
During the stop, a deputy determined the 2018 Nissan that Yang was driving was a one-way rental, which the deputy described in court records as a common sign of drug trafficking. She also became "extremely nervous" while being questioned by the deputy.
Deputies searched the vehicle after a drug-sniffing dog indicated the presence of drugs. They found 109.5 pounds of vacuum-sealed marijuana in the trunk, according to court records.
Yang was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and no drug tax stamp. She remained in jail Friday on $50,000 bail.
Lincoln drug bust nets an estimated $125K in pills, pot, LSD and mushrooms
Investigators with the Lincoln/Lancaster Narcotics Task Force carried a search warrant into a home on the 2800 block of North Third Street on Friday, and they carried out a lot more.
They found more than 4 pounds of marijuana, nearly 3 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, 3,604 oxycodone pills, 1,281 Alprazolam pills, 855 hits of LSD, 209 THC syringes, nearly $2,300 in cash and four firearms.
The drugs had an estimated street value of about $125,000, Lincoln Police Officer Erin Spilker said Tuesday.
The seizure started just before 9 a.m., when investigators visited the home on a tip that someone was selling drugs out of it, she said.
They contacted three men: 22-year-old Gustav Rockey, his roommate and a 20-year-old visitor.
The visitor had an outstanding warrant — and THC wax in his wallet — and was arrested. Rockey and his roommate each turned over a glass pipe and bags of marijuana and were allowed to leave.
Investigators then applied for the search warrant and found the drugs, guns and cash in the home.
They found Rockey three days later near First Street and Cornhusker Highway and arrested him on three counts of suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to deliver, possession of money while violating a drug law and possession of a firearm with a drug law violation.
They’re still searching for others who live in the house, Spilker said.
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Father and son arrested in cocaine bust, Lincoln police say
A father and son were arrested Thursday by the Lancaster County Narcotics Unit after investigators found 6.8 pounds of cocaine, a pound of marijuana and almost $4,000 in cash at an apartment complex near Capitol Beach.
Police arrested Russell Rucks Sr., 50, and Russell Rucks Jr., 28, on suspicion of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and money during a drug violation.
Officer Erin Spilker said the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at the apartment where both live at 500 Surfside Drive as part of an ongoing drug investigation.
Investigators had been looking for the elder Rucks and ended up arresting both men prior to the warrant being served. Spilker said Rucks Sr. had 8.9 grams of cocaine and over $1,600 cash in his pocket.
She said the search at the apartment turned up drugs throughout the apartment they shared. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-receives-20-year-sentence-for-drug-gun-charges/article_7225f9ab-d17d-533b-99a3-b9fffff4ab75.html | 2022-08-07T03:26:23 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-receives-20-year-sentence-for-drug-gun-charges/article_7225f9ab-d17d-533b-99a3-b9fffff4ab75.html |
A Lincoln woman was hospitalized in serious condition after a multi-vehicle accident Saturday at First Street and Cornhusker Highway.
The Lincoln Police Department and Lincoln Fire and Rescue were called to the scene at 12:07 p.m.
LPD said this 3 vehicle accident occurred right around 12 p.m. It’s unclear how many individuals were in each vehicle. LPD has said that at least one individual involved was in serious condition and transported to Bryan West. @JournalStarNews https://t.co/aAmBLYTXpW pic.twitter.com/0KfQ1VPWNn
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Police said a red SUV heading south on First Street ran a red light and was struck a blue pickup heading east. The SUV rolled into a black SUV that was stopped at the intersection.
The red SUV came to rest on its roof with its driver trapped inside. The 47-year-old woman was transported to Bryan West Campus, Lincoln Police Cpt. Jake Dilsaver said.
No one else required hospitalization.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-woman-in-serious-condition-after-rollover-wreck-at-first-and-cornhusker/article_6895bd86-94c0-5768-ac7b-146e7c0311c2.html | 2022-08-07T03:26:30 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/lincoln-woman-in-serious-condition-after-rollover-wreck-at-first-and-cornhusker/article_6895bd86-94c0-5768-ac7b-146e7c0311c2.html |
Arizona lottery numbers, August 6
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Saturday:
Pick 3
5-7-7
The Pick
03-18-19-21-29-34
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $52 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $20 million
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Saturday:
Pick 3
5-7-7
The Pick
03-18-19-21-29-34
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $52 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $20 million | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/08/06/arizona-lottery-numbers-august-6/10259692002/ | 2022-08-07T03:40:47 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/08/06/arizona-lottery-numbers-august-6/10259692002/ |
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KUNA, Idaho — Hundreds of community members took to Bernie Fisher City Park Friday afternoon as the annual Kuna Days celebration kicked off.
Friday's opening-night entertainment included live music, a Reptile Adventures exhibit, vendor and food booths and a beer garden. The Kuna Chamber of Commerce said this year's theme is "Tailgating Party," with events scheduled through Saturday night.
For the second time in the celebration's history, the "Mullet Catwalk" took center stage in Kuna Saturday afternoon. Contestants competed to prove who had the longest, thickest, most spirited and best overall mullets.
Competitors took a walk before the crowd gathered on Main Street in front of the Community Hall to show off their locks.
Prior to the mullet contest in Kuna, Saturday began with a pancake breakfast at the basketball parks and the Kuna Days Fun Run. The annual Kuna Days Parade down Main Street kicked off at 10 a.m., followed by a youth mud obstacle course.
The second annual "Mullet Catwalk" wasn't the only unique competition in front of the Community Hall Saturday. For the first time, Kuna residents showcased their animals with the inaugural "All Pets Welcomed Costume Contest."
Kuna Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karri Keller told KTVB a total of roughly 25,000 to 30,000 people attend Kuna Days Friday and Saturday.
"This has happened for over 60 years," Keller said. "It's just a community event that originated from, basically farmers getting together and doing like a farm to table food and it's evolved into this."
Kuna Days conclude Saturday with a fireworks show in the park at 10 p.m.
More information can be found on the Kuna Days and Kuna Chamber of Commerce Facebook pages.
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Marcus Arbery, the father of Ahmaud Arbery, has been vocal in his quest for justice for his son.
"I don't care if it was a white kid, if that were to happen to a white kid, I'd have some emotion. If you got a heart and care about children, you'll have some kind of emotion," Marcus Arbery said earlier this year.
A jury convicted the three men on federal hate crimes charges in Arbery's murder in February. Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and a neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, will be sentenced on those charges Monday.
All three are currently serving life sentences on state charges tied to the case.
Arbery told 11Alive News in an exclusive interview it's still hard not getting daily phone calls from his son, but he hopes Ahmaud's killers being held accountable sends a clear message behavior like theirs won't be tolerated.
First, the Arbery family had victory in state court, and then history was made during the first federal hate crimes conviction in the state of Georgia.
"They always felt Iike they could get away with that kind of stuff," Marcus Arbery said. “It's a new day, a new time now."
“It just makes Black people feel a little more calm because we went through so much to try to get equal justice," Arbery said.
A federal jury convicted the men, who are white, of killing Ahmaud, who was Black because of the color of his skin.
“They both should be ashamed of themselves," Arbery said.
That's Arberys' reaction to the McMichaels asking not to go to state prison. Their lawyer said the men are afraid they'll be killed.
“They didn’t give him any chance, so why should they get any privilege? If you gave Ahmaud any privilege, Ahmaud would be living today," Arbery said. "I don’t want to hear that. You’re so bigger than bad? Take your medicine like a man.”
Ahmaud Arbery's aunt echoed similar statements.
“To be honest, we don't care what Travis wants," Theawanza Brooks said.
Brooks said she also wants to see the men transferred from federal to state prison.
“We don't have any leniency on what should happen to you when you go to jail, so you should go to state prison," Brooks said. "You should do your state time. Whatever happens, happens. Karma is just what it is.”
Ahmaud's family misses his big smile and huge heart as they pray for justice next week.
“I know forgiveness is for all, but at the end of the day, there's no mercy when you take the life of someone else," Brooks said. “We have high hopes the judge will do exactly what she’s supposed to do. We know things can change, but so far she’s been very fair. Just recently, she’s denied the motions for them to be acquitted.”
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DALLAS — As North Texas residents continue to deal with scorching hot temperatures, a local medical agency and state energy organization are also dealing with an increase in their respective workloads.
The administrative governmental organization MedStar Mobile Healthcare said the agency took 325 heat-related calls from May 1 to Aug. 5 of last year. During that same time frame this year, they've taken 682, a 109.8% increase.
Of the calls from 2022, 119 have been considered serious and 28 have been critical.
Brian White is the assistant operations manager for MedStar, mainly dealing with day-to-day operations. He said he can't emphasize enough the need to drink water before going outside.
"That way your body is well hydrated," White said. "You're ahead of the game, already. And then while you're out there, it really behooves you to listen to your body."
As of Friday, the North Texas area had seen 41 100-degree days, with many more triple-digit days left in August.
"A lot of people say, 'Let's push through it,'" White said. "Not a good idea. That's your body telling you, 'Hey, I'm getting overheated here.'"
He said the best thing to do when you start to get a headache or aches in your muscles while outside is to calm down, get out of the heat and get some water.
"Whenever you're working outside, it's really easy to get sidetracked and not drink enough water, especially if you're sweating it all off," White said.
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Two men were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after separate weekend shootings, the Fort Wayne Police Department said.
One man was taken to a hospital shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday after police responded to a 911 call and found him suffering from gunshot wounds and lying in a yard in the 2300 block of South Hanna Street.
The situation formally ended about 9:30 p.m. when a 19-year-old was arrested on a charge of attempted murder, a woman arrested on outstanding warrants and a 16-year-old arrested on a charge of possession of narcotics.
The 19-year-old, who wasn’t identified, was arrested in another part of the city, but police spokesman Paul Meitz didn’t say where.
The woman and the 16-year-old were in the house but came out when police ordered them to exit.
The incident apparently started as domestic violence, and the woman is also being charged with domestic violence to the shooting victim. Names and ages of the woman and man weren’t available Saturday evening.
During the situation, officers found narcotics on the 16-year-old boy. Police haven’t publicly identified what the drugs were or in what quantity.
In a separate incident, a man with multiple gunshot wounds was in life-threatening condition Friday night when he was taken to a hospital, according to a news release.
The Fort Wayne Police Department responded about 11:45 p.m. Friday to the city’s near north side after a report of a shooting in the 500 block of Charlotte Avenue.
When they arrived, officers found a man down, the release said. Officials did not release the victim’s name.
A white SUV was in the area when gunshots were fired, witnesses said.
Investigators spoke with people in the area and gathered video footage from surveillance cameras on homes and business near the site.
The Fort Wayne Homicide Team and Aerial Support Unit were called to the scene.
The Allen County Prosecutors Office is assisting with the investigation. They’re asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact the police department at 260-427-1201 or Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867, or to report the information using the P3 Tip app. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-respond-to-two-weekend-shooting-scenes-in-fort-wayne/article_6ad0a0fe-15f3-11ed-8a5c-f77ff07a771d.html | 2022-08-07T04:11:15 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-respond-to-two-weekend-shooting-scenes-in-fort-wayne/article_6ad0a0fe-15f3-11ed-8a5c-f77ff07a771d.html |
A woman was shot with an arrow in the lower back Saturday afternoon, the Kendallville Police Department said in a news release.
Officers were called to a home on Glory Avenue in Kendallville about 1:40 p.m. on a report that a woman had been shot with an arrow. When they arrived, they found the woman in the home's garage, suffering from an arrow wound. She was transported to a hospital in stable condition.
Police, who didn't release the woman's name, described the incident as being "still a very active investigation."
Officials plan to forward the same to the Noble County Prosecutor's Office, the release said.
Spencerville man injured
A Spencerville man suffered a head injury when his vehicle left the road and hit a telephone pole, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
David Schmidt, 36, was driving north in the 6800 block of County Road 71 about 6:20 p.m. Saturday when he drove through the intersection with County Road 68 then veered off the west side of the road.
The Dodge Ram 1500 first struck a stop sign before hitting the telephone pole, snapping it in half, the release said. The vehicle, which was deemed a total loss, finally came to rest in a field, law enforcement officials said.
No information was provided about the potential cause of the crash. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-roundup/article_f4cb7012-15f9-11ed-ab1c-93c26964f4c2.html | 2022-08-07T04:11:21 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-roundup/article_f4cb7012-15f9-11ed-ab1c-93c26964f4c2.html |
The man suspected of gunning down four people in their Butler Twp. homes was arrested in Lawrence, Kansas late Saturday night, police said.
Butler Twp. Police Chief John Porter said Stephen Marlow, 39, who is accused of killing four people Friday in two different homes on Hardwicke Place in the same neighborhood where he lived with his parents, will be extradited to Ohio to face charges.
Butler Twp. police, assisted in the investigation by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said they believe Marlow fled Ohio on Interstate 70 West following the shootings. He was arrested around 10 p.m., Porter said.
“I want to extend my deepest sympathies to the families who lost loved ones yesterday. This has been a difficult time for all of us in the Butler Twp. community and surrounding areas. All of us here at the Butler Twp. Police Department, as well as all of our local state and federal partners here today are working continuously to provide justice for all of the victims and their families,” Porter said at a Saturday evening press conference. before the arrest.
Killed in the shooting were Clyde Knox, 82, Eva Knox, 78, Sarah Anderson, 41, and Kayla Anderson, 15, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. The Knox couple was killed in their home and the Andersons were killed in a separate home on Hardwick Place near the home owned by Marlow’s parents on Haverstraw Avenue, Porter said.
Police have not said what they believe the motive was or what type of weapon was used in the shooting.
Porter said police are aware that Marlow released a video on the internet some time after the shooting where he discussed why he shot the four people. He said dozens have been interviewed about Marlow.
“We understand the ideas and languages in the video are startling. And that is why our investigators are working around the clock to ensure Mr. Marlow is brought into custody,” Porter said.
Talking to Marlow directly, Porter said he wanted the suspect to know they were there to help him. “You have the ability to end this peacefully. We want to end this peacefully. Please call 911 and turn yourself in.”
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Meanwhile neighbors, who described their neighborhood as quiet and with little crime, struggled to comprehend the shooting.
“People don’t even run stop signs in this neighborhood,” Wanda Pence said on Saturday. “You hear all the time on the news, ‘Oh this is a really quiet neighborhood, nothing ever happens here.’ But it’s the truth; nothing ever happens here. I’m just shocked.”
Pence has lived in her Hardwicke home, located directly across the street from where two of the shootings took place, since the 1970s. She told the Dayton Daily News Saturday she’s always felt safe in her neighborhood.
“It’s just very disheartening that this happened here,” she said. “We’ll just have to process this. It’s certainly going to affect the neighborhood and give it a different feel.”
The Butler Twp. neighborhood sits about a mile west of the Miller Lane development and Interstate 75, just south of Little York Road.
Neighborhood erupts on Friday
Chief Porter said officers were dispatched to the area of Hardwicke Place and Haverstraw Avenue around 11:45 a.m. Friday and located “multiple crime scenes” and four victims with gunshot wounds.
Two homes were surrounded by crime scene tape near the intersection of Hardwicke and Haverstraw. The Knox’s home in the 7200 block of Hardwicke, shares part of a back fence with a house in the 2600 block of Haverstraw that has been owned by Marlow’s parents since 1999, according to county property records.
Porter said Marlow left the neighborhood driving a white 2007 Ford Edge SUV with Ohio license plate JES-9806.
Details emerge about suspect
Marlow graduated from Butler High School in 2001 and graduated from the University of Kentucky in Lexington in 2005, according to a background check obtained by the Dayton Daily News.
Following college graduation he lived and worked in Chicago as a trader from 2006 to 2018, according to his LinkedIn profile. He worked at several companies during this time.
In July 2019, police said he broke into a Damian Street home in Vandalia and threatened harm to a person there with a weapon. Marlow was convicted of aggravated burglary and aggravated menacing in February 2020.
He was sentenced to five years of community control but that probation was terminated Feb. 9, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records.
During the first part of his probation, he was ordered to have a mental health evaluation and was under intense supervision until December 2020, according to court records.
Marlow, described as 5′11″, 160 pounds with short brown hair and last seen wearing shorts and a yellow t-shirt, lived with his parents on Haverstraw Avenue across from where one of the shootings happen during part of his probation.
Credit: Marshall Gorby
Credit: Marshall Gorby
Community help others
Vandalia school superintendent Robert O’Leary said the district has provided counselors and therapists for students and their families and will continue this through next week.
“Yesterday we tragically lost a member of the aviator family and our hearts prayers and supports are with the Anderson family. Kayla’s friends, her classmates and all of our students. In the words of those who knew her best Kayla was a friend to many. She was kind and as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. She was a ray of light,” he said.
“Our priority right now is for that light to live through all of us. And we will focus our efforts in bringing that beauty, that joy and love to all of our students and our staff and the entire community. Yesterday I was able to make a phone call to the leaders of our faith community. Our staff was able to reach out to Samaritan behavior. And we had pastors, youth ministers and therapists available in about 30 minutes time sort of go out to provide supports for students who were very close to Kayla.”
On Saturday, students and parents gathered at the high school to remember Kayla, who was described as a “special student who made others smile.”
A neighbor to the shooting who declined to give his name said he has lived in the neighborhood for over three decades.
Visibly upset, the man said he and his wife had offered up their home as an area for victim’s families to gather in the immediate aftermath of the shootings.
The man said he did not know the alleged shooter but that he’d recently heard there were what seemed to be minor issues with Marlow and other neighbors, including residents on Hardwicke Place.
“He’d holler at them and say, ‘Keep the noise down, you’re too noisy in this neighborhood,’” the man said, noting that he didn’t personally witness Marlow yelling, but had heard this from others in the neighborhood. “They said he did that all the time, he’d holler at you if you were outside.”
Wendy Chapman lives next door to one of the Hardwicke Place houses wrapped with crime scene tape.
“I don’t know how to feel. I’m still stunned,” she said, describing the neighborhood as “so quiet.”
“At this point, I’m pissed,” she said. “I feel violated. My question is why. I can’t even imagine.”
Police presence on Saturday
Police cruisers and a trailer with cameras remained in the neighborhood Saturday around Hardwicke Place and Haverstraw Avenue as Marlow was being sought.
The city of Vandalia closed a number of public areas Saturday and Mayor Richard Herbst said his city’s police department increased the number of officers on patrol as a precaution. The Recreation Center and all outdoor activities, as well as Cassel Hills Golf Course, Cassel Hills Pool and the Vandalia Senior Citizens Center were closed Saturday.
The city said those public areas will open today.
A prayer event has been organized in the community and will be held at 5 p.m. Monday in the Butler High School parking lot. The event is meant to show a message of hope, strength, love and support amid the recent tragedy, according to a Facebook post by the City of Vandalia.
Police seek help
People with information about Stephen Marlow are asked to call 937-233-2080, 1-800-Call-FBI or leave a tip http://tips.fbi.gov.
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NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A local gluten-free bakery is now available nationwide through the click of a button.
Jennifer Wiese lives with her husband and four sons in Noblesville.
Her son, August, was diagnosed with autism when he was younger. That's when Jennifer learned a gluten-free diet could help August.
"We first spent several years in our kitchen really just learning about gluten-free, and learning how to make really good, delicious food with simple ingredients that just happened to be gluten-free," Jennifer said.
"I can't choose to not be gluten-free," August said. "For me, it really does help my mood. It has really helped me focus more."
After a few years of testing recipes and navigating gaps in the gluten-free food market, Jennifer and her family started their small business called BeeFree Gluten Free Bakery.
When the business launched in 2010, Jennifer said taste was just as important as nutrition. Her products quickly gained the approval of her four young sons, and it expanded to family and friends.
"People were really paying closer attention to reading labels and looking at the food that they were eating, and how it impacted their body and the functionality of their body," Jennifer said.
Once the business gained traction, Jennifer's husband helped expand BeeFree out of the Noblesville community.
"Let's get this thing across state lines," Jennifer said. "Let's get it to different regions. Let's get it coast to coast."
Because BeeFree products can easily be transported without refrigeration, those goals quickly became a reality.
"Today, we are in about 3,000 retailers across the country, and every state in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii," Jennifer said.
The newest retailer on the list is Walmart.com, after the company's largest open call event ever.
BeeFree prides itself on its Warrior Mix, which is similar to a trail mix and granola combination.
August works as a team lead, where he helps package Warrior Mix samples.
"There are five different flavors," August said. "There is berry, chocolate, original, salted caramel and apple pie."
Each flavor is named after a member of the Wiese family, with the original flavor named after August.
"We were the ones making it," August said. "So Mom was like, 'Alright, why don't we name one after each person, since it was kind of a team effort?'"
Selling nutritious and tasty gluten-free products is only part of BeeFree's mission. Creating more jobs for people with autism is also part of the company's purpose.
"We realize that 85% of people that are diagnosed with autism are un-or-underemployed," Jennifer said. "It's massive. It affects every community all over the country. No one is immune to that. We feel like having a company and being able to employ people, that is one thing that we can do to help make a change."
August is one of five BeeFree employees, working with his fellow teammates on Tuesdays.
"I'm blessed enough that I can be part of that small 15% that can be employed," August said.
"Tuesday is my favorite day," Jennifer said, "because that's the day I get to work with our team. They are so joyful and happy. They are so happy to have the opportunity to have a job in a place that is friendly, that is uplifting, that allows them to earn a paycheck."
Jennifer said the Noblesville team primarily focuses on small projects, like making bite-size samples to send to retailers and events.
Mass production of BeeFree products is then done at facilities across the Midwest, according to Jennifer.
"It is really kind of hard to put it into words, because it has been 12 years, and there has been a lot of blood, sweat and tears along the way," Jennifer said.
Jennifer said BeeFree is available through retailers like Kroger, Whole Foods, Target and Earth Fare.
Walmart.com is the newest on the list, with some products available now and the rest of the lineup coming online by Sept. 1.
"It's momentum — a big part of it is momentum. Some of the biggest retailers in the world have their eyes on us," Jennifer said.
Jennifer said BeeFree has nearly doubled sales every year since 2010, thanks to the support of family and friends.
"It's kind of like a tumbleweed effect, but it's super fun," Jennifer said.
Now, August and Jennifer say BeeFree will reach even more communities nationwide through its new partnership with Walmart.com.
"Things are not always easy, but with determination and hard work and persistence, you can make your dreams come true," Jennifer said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/inspiring-indiana/noblesville-indiana-bakery-picked-up-by-walmartcom/531-d59d5c90-579c-4072-a373-3e7c1e203a6d | 2022-08-07T04:33:45 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/inspiring-indiana/noblesville-indiana-bakery-picked-up-by-walmartcom/531-d59d5c90-579c-4072-a373-3e7c1e203a6d |
INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a person was injured in a shooting early Saturday morning.
At around 1:40 a.m., officers were called to the area of Lafayette Road and Cold Spring Road on a report of a person shot. Police found a person with an apparent gunshot wound(s).
Metro Police said the victim was unresponsive but a department spokesperson could not provide additional information.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as additional information becomes available. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-investigate-shooting-northwest-of-downtown-indianapolis-guns-crime-indy/531-43f25f6a-c4dc-403d-899d-b58545d4f985 | 2022-08-07T04:33:52 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-investigate-shooting-northwest-of-downtown-indianapolis-guns-crime-indy/531-43f25f6a-c4dc-403d-899d-b58545d4f985 |
ELWOOD, Ind. — Before Officer Noah Shahnavaz was laid to rest Saturday afternoon, he took one last trip to Elwood—to the community he served.
"He went too soon," said Lindy Walker, an Elwood resident.
Officer Shahnavaz and his funeral procession were welcomed to town by a crowd waiting to say goodbye.
"It's amazing when you see this kind of support," said Jon Diebold, a Bainbridge resident.
It was that kind of "amazing" support that Walker, and the many others lining the streets, were hoping to provide.
"For the family, and give them my support and respect," Walker said, explaining why she was in attendance.
GALLERY: Fallen Elwood Officer Noah Shahnavaz laid to rest
Many gathered around town were drawn in as the funeral procession passed through, ready to support the family as the community grieves the loss of Officer Shahnavaz.
"My heart aches for her so bad and their family right now," said Kim Barker, an Elwood resident.
"I've got a son that's in law enforcement, works in Avon and it's just tragic when something like this happens. So I just wanted to be here to show my support for the family and for all first responders. They've got a difficult job," Diebold said.
RELATED: 'He will be missed more than words can express': Fallen Elwood Officer Noah Shahnavaz laid to rest
Many here are devastated at the loss now ripping through this small town.
“Noah was a young gentleman who served his country," Barker said, "And to come back and serve our community was a great thing. And for this senseless act to happen, we wanted to come and pay our final respects for a great gentleman who did something for this community. And we wanted our children to understand all of that."
Police units from across Indiana escorted the 24-year-old officer and Army veteran back to Elwood, stopping in front of the police department where he served, one last time.
In that spot, the sound of Shahnavaz's final 10-42 call of service could be heard echoing through the streets.
"Elwood 39. Elwood 39," the call through Madison County dispatch said. "Officer 39, Officer Noah Shahnavaz. On July 31, 2022, Elwood Police Department Officer Noah Jacob Shahnavaz answered his final call. There is no greater love than a man that would lay down his life for another. Elwood Police Department Noah Shahnavaz, Elwood Officer 39 is 10-42. He has gone home for the final time."
As Shahnavaz's watch comes to an end, those gathered around town reflected on his service to their community. It's a sacrifice many in this community will never forget.
"We will always have Noah a part of our hearts and a part of our community. And he will not ever be forgotten," Barker said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/procession-guides-officer-noah-shahnavaz-back-to-elwood-indiana-for-final-10-42-call-of-service/531-be4faeb4-1a5e-4921-ae2e-182054d66982 | 2022-08-07T04:33:58 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/procession-guides-officer-noah-shahnavaz-back-to-elwood-indiana-for-final-10-42-call-of-service/531-be4faeb4-1a5e-4921-ae2e-182054d66982 |
INDIANAPOLIS — The FBI warned a man wanted for a quadruple homicide in an Ohio neighborhood could be in Indianapolis, Chicago or Lexington, all of which he has ties to.
A manhunt is underway for 39-year-old Stephen Marlow, who was identified as a person of interest after four people — including a mother and her 15-year-old daughter — were killed.
Marlow is described as being 5-foot-11 and weighs 160 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing shorts and a yellow T-shirt.
Police warned anyone seeing him or the vehicle to call 911 "and not approach him as he is still likely to be armed and dangerous."
Police in Montgomery County's Butler Township said officers were called to the 7200 block of Hardwicke Place, near Dayton, shortly before noon Friday on a report of shots fired.
Police Chief John Porter said four victims with gunshot wounds were found at "multiple crime scenes." All were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Montgomery County coroner's office on Saturday identified the victims as 82-year-old Clyde Knox, 78-year-old Eva Knox, 41-year-old Sarah Anderson and a 15-year-old girl whose name wasn't released.
Marlow was charged would four counts of aggravated murder on Friday and, on Saturday, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Marlow after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Police believe Marlow fled the area in his SUV and are asking the public to be on the lookout for it. The SUV that Marlow is likely driving is a white 2007 Ford Edge with plate JES-9806.
The FBI field office in Cincinnati said it was part of the investigation and noted that Marlow had ties to Indianapolis, Chicago and Lexington, Kentucky, "and could be in one of these cities."
His last known address was in Dayton, Ohio, according to the FBI.
Porter said police don't believe there is any ongoing threat to the neighborhood but officers would remain in the area in case he returns. He said it wasn't immediately clear what led to the shooting. The Dayton Daily News reported that the four victims lived in separate homes near the home owned by Marlow's parents.
"We are working to determine if there is any motive to this horrible tragedy or if mental illness played any role," Porter said. He called the shooting "the first violent crime in this neighborhood in recent memory."
The Dayton Daily News reported that Marlow had gotten off probation in February on aggravated burglary and aggravated menacing charges stemming from a July 2019 incident in the Dayton suburb of Vandalia, according to Montgomery County court records.
Vandalia closed a number of public areas Saturday as a precaution following the shooting, including the recreation center, Cassel Hills golf course and pool and the city's senior citizens center, the newspaper reported.
Court documents don't list an attorney representing Marlow; a message seeking comment was left Saturday at a number listed in his name.
The FBI says anyone with information about this case is being urged to contact the FBI's Toll-Free Tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).
You may also contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or you can submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/quadruple-homicide-ohio-wanted-man-ties-to-indianapolis/531-c98f2587-eb7b-4e4d-aadb-9686bbddbf6c | 2022-08-07T04:34:04 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/quadruple-homicide-ohio-wanted-man-ties-to-indianapolis/531-c98f2587-eb7b-4e4d-aadb-9686bbddbf6c |
The City of Desoto is calling for residents to reduce outdoor watering. The city has moved to “stage two” restrictions.
The restrictions include limited times for customers using automatic irrigations or hose-end sprinklers outdoors to water once every five days early in the morning, 5 to 9 a.m.. or late evening, 7 to 11 p.m.
The watering schedule, sent by the city, shows which days watering will be allowed and is depended on the last digit of a resident’s street address.
WATERING SCHEDULE
Last Digit of Address Allowed Watering Dates
0 and 5 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th
1 and 6 1st, 6th,11th, 16th, 21st, 26th
2 and 7 2nd, 7th, 12th, 17th, 22nd, 27th
3 and 8 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th, 23rd, 28th
4 and 9 4th, 9th, 14th, 19th, 24th, 29th
The city is also prohibiting all restaurants from serving water to customers except by request. Residential hand-washing of cars or other vehicles is prohibited except on designated days. Adding water or refilling pools is also prohibited except on those days.
The City of DeSoto has the ability to monitor usage and will be addressing excessive usage to violators and can place fines. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/desoto-announces-stage-2-water-restrictions/3042179/ | 2022-08-07T04:37:02 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/desoto-announces-stage-2-water-restrictions/3042179/ |
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Fort Worth Water set a new daily record for the third consecutive week, officials confirmed to NBC 5.
The city's water use was 388.74 million gallons, breaking the previous record of 386.91 million gallons on July 27. These records are expected to break before the end of summer.
These high uses could put stress on city water plants, pumps and pipelines, officials said in a press release. Dry soil and increased pressure and flow rates are also contributing to more main breaks and leaks. In July, there were 232 main breaks, the most in a month since August 2011. The city brought in contractors to quickly address those issues.
Customers are urged to follow city rules that include watering on designated days out of the week. Residential addresses ending in an even number can water their yards on Wednesday and Saturday. Those with odd numbers can water Thursdays and Sundays. Businesses can irrigate on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Without making an official declaration for the 2024 presidential race, former president Donald Trump capped a day of CPAC events Saturday addressing issues like the economy, crime, and education, while maintaining that he won the 2020 election.
“What we do in the next few months and the next few years will determine whether American civilization will collapse and fail or whether it will thrive, frankly like never before,” said Trump.
Still, there's uncertainty about whether Trump will be the party's nominee.
“Trump certainly goes into 2024 as the favorite for the Republican nomination if he seeks it, but I don't think that he is a shoo-in. I think there are some others, particularly Ron DeSantis, who might be able to give him a run for his money,” said SMU associate professor of political science Matthew Wilson.
Wilson said Trump's position has grown weaker with time out of office along with the testimony from the January 6th hearings.
“Normally, parties shy away from nominees who have been tainted by defeat. And so typically, that would be something that would mitigate against Trump. That said, a large portion of the Republican base, including quite clearly Trump himself, does not believe that he really lost in 2020, and so you've got that weird dynamic to deal with as well,” said Wilson.
In addition to DeSantis, Wilson said names like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem have all been floated. For Trump to take the race, Wilson said he believes looking ahead is key.
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“For Trump to launch successful candidacy, he will have to start to turn the page and look at the issues that we face now and look ahead to the future rather than nursing grievances about the 2020 campaign,” he said.
Still, just hours before Trump took the stage Saturday, a pollster announced the former president overwhelmingly won a straw poll as the preferred 2024 nominee. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/trump-delivers-cpac-keynote-2024-chances-uncertain/3042161/ | 2022-08-07T04:37:29 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/trump-delivers-cpac-keynote-2024-chances-uncertain/3042161/ |
Symponia Farms aims to stand out in Battle Creek's crowded weed market by catering to veterans
Jon Benson of Delton is a regular customer of Symponia Farms.
A medical marijuana card holder, he said he buys from the vertically integrated cannabis operation at 1140 Harmonia Road in Battle Creek because of its discounts for veterans. He served seven years in the U.S. Navy.
“I’ve been a smoker for a long time; 50 years I’ve been smoking weed," Benson said. "Of course, it all started off as a recreational type thing. After the military and during the military, it was helpful for things military members deal with and see that nobody should ever have to see. You deal with ghosts all the rest of your life. Pot helps me maintain an even keel, helps me relax and keeps my stress and anxiety at a minimum."
Symponia Farms opened as a medical marijuana grow and retail business in 2020, later adding adult use (recreational) and processing. It is owned by three veterans — Scott Hershberger and two silent partners — whose military photos hang in the showroom of the building they constructed on a former junkyard.
Marketing itself as disabled veteran owned, the craft cannabis business is aiming to stand out in a saturated cannabis market in Battle Creek through its "farm to table" model while touting what it believes are the benefits of the drug for disabled veterans.
“Our entire model was based on the idea that veterans can have a lot of relief from this product," Hershberger said. "There’s so many ways to take it now, you don’t have to smoke it if you don’t want to. You can eat it, take a pill, rub it on your sore muscles. We have a 20% veterans discount because we’re about helping people."
Can veterans use cannabis?
Michigan legalized recreational marijuana in 2018. While recreational cannabis use is legal in 19 states, it is illegal on a federal level, still classified as a schedule one controlled substance. Its use is prohibited by the United States military.
For military veterans, participation in state cannabis programs does not effect eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs care and services under VHA Directive 1315.
Veterans are encouraged to discuss cannabis use with their VA provider, who is not allowed to recommend or prescribe marijuana for medical purposes. The VA provider will document use of cannabis in medical records, but all clinical information is confidential and protected. The VA will not complete paperwork or forms for veterans to participate in state-approved marijuana programs, and VA pharmacies cannot fill prescriptions for and will not pay for marijuana for medical purposes.
Due to its federal status, there remains little in the way of research and clinical trials about the effect of cannabis on military veterans. The belief that cannabis can be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder is primarily based on anecdotal evidence.
On July 21, the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced it was recommending $20 million in grants to Wayne State University and the University of Michigan through the 2022 Veteran Marijuana Research Grant Program. The grants are for clinical trials that are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration researching the efficacy of marijuana in treating the medical conditions of United States armed services veterans and preventing veteran suicide.
Former Marine turned pot farmer, business owner
Hershberger was born in Canada and holds dual citizenship, enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserves after graduating from Okemos High School. He was activated for duty following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, spending the next 10 years in the military while earning his bachelor's degree.
After getting out of the service, Hershberger said he worked in security for the government, attained a master's degree from Western Michigan and was working at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center when he and two fellow veterans decided to enter the newly formed Michigan medical marijuana industry. They named their startup farm and dispensary Symponia, which means compassion in ancient Greek.
The trio attempted to open their business in two other municipalities that had opted in to medical marijuana before finding the "green zone" location in Battle Creek. The city does not cap the number of retail dispensaries, instead opting to limit cannabis businesses to select commercial districts.
"We found this place, an old junkyard," Hershberger said. "Our first step was clearing this space of over 10,000 tires and getting it ready to build on."
Differentiating in a crowded field
Calhoun County has one of the most competitive cannabis markets in the state for both wholesale and retail. The greater Battle Creek area has 24 adult use retail licenses, behind only Ann Arbor and Bay City, each with 25.
The increased competition is good for consumers, driving down prices, but has created a challenging market for cannabis growers, processors and retailers to navigate.
Bloom City in Emmett Township closed July 25 while announcing it was opening another location in Ypsilanti. Common Citizen, headquartered in Marshall where it has a 70-acre greenhouse farm, announced July 27 its intention to sell its Battle Creek retail location, LIV Cannabis.
Still, the cannabis industry has been a lucrative one statewide. In June alone, the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency showed nearly $21.5 million in medical marijuana sales, and approximately $166 million in adult use sales.
For Hershberger and his partners, being vertically integrated has meant they could avoid some of the issues other retailers are facing, such as supply chain disruption. The majority of the farm's business is wholesale.
“It’s an industry there is no manual for," Hershberger said. "The whole market continues to shift. The only thing constant is change.. (It takes) a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck."
Contact reporter Nick Buckley at nbuckley@battlecreekenquirer.com or 269-966-0652. Follow him on Twitter:@NickJBuckley | https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2022/08/07/marijuana-market-battle-creek-crowded-symponia-farms-disabled-veterans/10237685002/ | 2022-08-07T04:53:56 | 0 | https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2022/08/07/marijuana-market-battle-creek-crowded-symponia-farms-disabled-veterans/10237685002/ |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police Department responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash on Saturday, Aug. 6.
It took place at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Albert Pike and Rogers Avenue.
All eastbound lanes were impacted for about 40 minutes before reopening.
The accident reconstruction team was on the scene, but no further information has been released at this time.
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WILBER — Sixty-one years ago, Doris Ourecky brought her young children to what her 1,400-person town believed would be a small celebration of Czech heritage.
Things didn’t go according to plan.
When 10,000 people arrived, festival organizers were overwhelmed. Ourecky said they were in a frenzy to make more food for the unexpected crowd, roasting duck after duck in neighborhood kitchens.
“It was a nightmare,” Ourecky said Saturday, laughing.
The town decided to give it another go the following year, this time with enough concessions for everyone. The Nebraska Czech Society, formed for the purpose of hosting the event, found the second festival to be a success.
This weekend, the town is continuing the tradition by holding the 61st annual Wilber Czech Festival.
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The Czech capital of the U.S. kicked off the festivities Friday afternoon with an art show, children’s parade and music from several local bands.
Saturday morning, the fun continued with traditional Czech dancing and the annual Duck and Dumpling Run.
By afternoon, the hot sun beat down on thousands of festival-goers as they watched the parade and listened to the trill of the Wilber-Clatonia Alumni Band. Gov. Pete Ricketts, Secretary of State Bob Evnen and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Carol Blood rode floats or walked in the parade.
Another parade will be held Sunday afternoon.
Saturday evening, competition in the Miss Czech-Slovak pageant began. It featured candidates from Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Kansas. The winner will be announced Sunday evening.
Cecilia Minchow of Lincoln is representing Nebraska this weekend.
Ourecky remembers the first Miss Czech-Slovak pageant. She used to be much more involved in its planning process, but the now-87-year-old has had to relinquish a few of her duties.
Even though her role has shifted, Ourecky hasn’t missed a Czech Festival.
Today, she's president of the Wilber Czech Museum. She sits in the air-conditioned space as hundreds filter in.
“They come from all over,” she said. “You just never know where they’re going to be from.”
The festival has even welcomed several visitors from the Czech Republic.
She recommends visitors try an authentic Czech beer from the Fox Hole Tavern or stop by the historic Hotel Wilber for a lookaround. She’s sure all will be impressed with the festival’s selection of Czech food.
Ourecky’s granddaughter, Brandi Burkett, sits next to the museum guest book, encouraging her Czech brothers and sisters to sign.
They wear dresses with frilly collars and vests with red stitching. Visitors with flower crowns stop to read the plaques next to a costume display.
Burkett hasn’t missed a Czech festival either. The family has a passion for celebrating its heritage, and she shares that enthusiasm.
“We’re all from somewhere,” she said. “I think it's important for people to know and understand where they came from, and carry on those values into the next generation to come.”
For Ourecky, attending the Czech Festival is a no-brainer no matter the weather.
She was there when Robert F. Kennedy dedicated Wilber’s Czech Village in 1968, and she’ll continue to come as long as she can.
“I just enjoy visiting with the people and getting to know more about it every year,” she said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/wilber-residents-celebrate-61st-czech-festival-remember-beginnings/article_1aa3a8ce-f47b-59c3-9b3f-ce70699d52e9.html | 2022-08-07T05:11:08 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/wilber-residents-celebrate-61st-czech-festival-remember-beginnings/article_1aa3a8ce-f47b-59c3-9b3f-ce70699d52e9.html |
Small Oregon towns inspire Courtney Gould's ghost-hunter novel
Courtney Gould’s award-winning first novel involves ghost hunters, queer romance and a tiny town called Snakebite.
Her young adult thriller, "The Dead and the Dark," was partially inspired by an unlikely place: the Oregon Employment Department.
Several years ago, Gould, 28, was helping Oregonians in rural areas through her job at the state agency. And then she saw the documentary “Wild Wild Country,” about a cult moving onto property in rural Oregon in the 1980s.
That was enough to inspire her to take a road trip to Eastern Oregon.
She’d grown up in Salem and had relatives in Silverton, but was fascinated by very small, remote towns like Fossil and Vale.
“People obviously feel very loyal to each other, and there's a really strong sense of community,” Gould said, “But also, they're very wary of people coming in from outside.”
“The Dead and the Dark” explores that insider-outsider tension.
Gould, a lesbian, was also curious about what it would have been like to grow up queer in a very small town.
“I don't know what my relationship would be like to myself,” Gould said. “And this idea of, you can pretend to be somebody, and keep that sense of community and solidarity with your town, or you can be yourself and immediately isolate yourself as well.”
A rural thriller
One of the book’s main characters is teenager Logan Ortiz-Woodley, whose parents host a ghost hunting television show.
Her dads, Alejo and Brandon, grew up in the tiny, rural — and fictional — town of Snakebite, Oregon, but Logan hasn’t visited until she and Alejo join Brandon there one summer.
Meanwhile, Ashley Barton, daughter of a Snakebite ranching family, has lost her boyfriend Tristan. Her fellow Snakebiters are starting to give up the search, but she’s sure he’s not dead – just disappeared.
Logan and Ashley forge an unlikely alliance to try to find Tristan.
This spring, “The Dead and the Dark” won the Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature at the Oregon Book Awards.
The book came out in August 2021, and the awards ceremony this spring was Gould’s first in-person book event.
“I was so overwhelmed because I had not done anything in person,” Gould said. “So then I was up in front of the crowd and everybody's staring at me and I was just shaking, because I was so excited.”
Just before she wrote "The Dead and the Dark," Gould had been working on another book for a while, about a girl who sells her soul to Satan, but there were too many characters and she was struggling to fill plot holes.
Then she decided to shelve it in favor of this "new, shiny" idea she had about rural ghost hunters.
"Because it had sort of been in the back of my mind for so long when I was working on the other book, I feel like when I finally started working on it, it just sort of exploded," she said.
Gould said she wrote the book quickly, in just a few months toward the end of 2018.
She entered a Twitter contest to pitch her book in one tweet. It was popular, and she got agents and sold "The Dead and the Dark" to Wednesday Books, a Macmillan imprint, in 2019.
A love of writing since childhood
Gould’s always liked writing.
Her dad gave her a typewriter when she was a little kid, and she started writing books, asking her artistic friends to design the covers. In middle school, she took some creative writing classes, and by the end of high school she knew she wanted to focus on writing seriously.
Gould attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, to study writing and graduated in 2016. She worked for employment department, then moved up to Tacoma again and worked as a paralegal.
She lost her job there at the start of the pandemic and came back to Salem.
Right now, she works for a real estate company during the day and likes to write after work. She often posts up at a coffee shop and stays until she meets her goal for the number of words she wants to write.
“I will just write until I have those words done,” Gould said. “I try not to write at home because I feel like mixing where I relax and where I work is really difficult for me.”
She likes to take road trips and to garden, but writing takes center stage.
“I feel like writing is sort of my main thing because whenever I'm not writing, I'm thinking about the fact that I probably should be writing,” she said, laughing. “The guilt just crushes me.”
Growing up, the books she read with queer characters for kids and teens were often “about their queerness,” Gould said.
“That was the very sort of rigid narrative of what a queer person experienced,” Gould said. “And I really wanted genre fiction and I wanted sci-fi about queer people and fantasy about queer people.”
More books in the works
Gould has already written a second and third book.
Her second book, about two sisters trying to understand their late mother’s obsession with a small town in Arizona, is likely going to be published next summer.
Her third book, which is still in the editing and publishing process, is about two women living in a haunted house in Kansas. That will likely be her first book primarily geared toward an adult audience.
And now she’s started working on her third young adult novel, which she thinks will be focused on a group of kids sent on a wilderness therapy trip being attacked by “something in the woods.”
“It's a critique of the idea that parents send off their kid and want somebody else when they come back,” Gould said, “And it's like, well, you could get somebody else, but might not be a good thing.”
She stays motivated by connecting with other writers locally, who help each other stay accountable to themselves, their goals and deadlines.
And when she does write by herself, she thinks about the people who loved “The Dead and the Dark” and the messages she’s gotten from young people who have enjoyed the book.
“It’s just been super encouraging,” Gould said. “I don’t think authors are celebrities by any means because I definitely feel like a normal person who works a 9-to-5 job, and then just goes and writes after work. But then sometimes I'll go home and get a message like that. OK, it means something to someone, that’s really cool.”
Claire Withycombe covers state government for the Statesman Journal. You can reach her at 503-910-3821 or cwithycombe@statesmanjournal.com. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/06/meet-courtney-gould-an-award-winning-salem-novelist-oregon-book-award-winner/65390275007/ | 2022-08-07T05:16:37 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/06/meet-courtney-gould-an-award-winning-salem-novelist-oregon-book-award-winner/65390275007/ |
Salem to discuss post-demolition plans for former UGM site
Not much will be up for a vote during Monday's Salem City Council meeting, but several plans will be presented to the council as information-only reports.
The new city flag will debut at the meeting.
The council adopted the new design, which features a pink cherry blossom, in its July 11 meeting. It will be presented at the Salem Civic Center's 50th-anniversary celebration Aug. 18.
The selected design came out on top in a poll by the Statesman Journal. It will replace the previous design adopted in the 1970s.
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The council is also set to hear tentative plans to consolidate several properties at the former Union Gospel Mission site at 345 Commercial St. NE for redevelopment. The city now owns the property and plans to demolish the building, opening it for redevelopment, including affordable housing and mixed-use.
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Other agenda items include:
- Appointment of Eleanor Beatty as municipal judge pro tempore.
- A public hearing regarding three easements adjacent to Reed Road SE at its intersections with Strong Road SE and Lindburg Road SE in connection with street improvements.
- An economic development quarterly report.
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The meeting is at 6 p.m. It is virtual and can be watched on Comcast Cable CCTV Channel 21 or on the Salem YouTube channel in English/American Sign Language and Spanish.
Written public comments on agenda items can be emailed by 5 p.m. Monday to cityrecorder@cityofsalem.net. Or pre-register between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday at cityofsalem.net/Pages/Public-Comment-at-Salem-City-Council-Meeting.aspx to speak during the meeting via Zoom.
For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-910-6616 or follow on Twitter @wmwoodworth | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/06/salem-council-talks-union-gospel-mission-demolition-plan/65393551007/ | 2022-08-07T05:16:43 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/06/salem-council-talks-union-gospel-mission-demolition-plan/65393551007/ |
Oregon State Fair gears up with hundreds of temporary hires
Hundreds of people lined up Saturday for the chance at a job at the Oregon State Fair.
The fair, which runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 5, requires about 400 temporary workers in admissions, concessions, the carnival, security, parking, administration and more.
People sought jobs for all sorts of reasons.
Marcie Garza and Tyrone Henderson, both 39, are engaged and hoping to earn enough money to marry and get a place together.
Garza, of Salem, has been unemployed for about three months. Henderson, who is from Chicago, was laid off at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethan Risby, 23, is trying to earn money for a trip to Texas. The Silverton resident, who is a student at University of Oregon, said the trip is “for a girl.”
North Salem High School students Caitlen Fernandez, 17, Marisela Basilio, 17, and Nikolas Kammerer, 16, said they were hoping to gain work experience as well as earning money.
“It seems like a good opportunity,” Fernandez said.
Romondo Loveless, 40, has been operating rides at the fair since he was 16.
Loveless, of Salem, said it’s a nice break from his other job as an appliance installer.
“I really enjoy seeing the fair,” he said. “There’s nothing like a state fair to bring people together, especially families, for a good time.”
People started lining up early in the morning, said Kim Grewe-Powell, the fair’s chief executive officer, with about 50 waiting when the doors opened at 9 a.m.
“We’ve had a great turnout,” she said.
The hiring event was scheduled to continue Saturday until all jobs were filled.
Tracy Loew is a reporter at the Statesman Journal. She can be reached at tloew@statesmanjournal.com, 503-399-6779 or on Twitter at@Tracy_Loew. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2022/08/06/oregon-state-fair-hiring-fair-temporary-hires/65392354007/ | 2022-08-07T05:16:49 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2022/08/06/oregon-state-fair-hiring-fair-temporary-hires/65392354007/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin first responders found the body of an adult Saturday evening while responding to a rescue call at Mt. Bonnell.
Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) tweeted shortly after 8:30 p.m. that paramedics, along with the Austin Fire Department, the Austin Police Department and STAR Flight were responding after a person fell from a cliff. They responded to the scene at Mt. Bonnell around 7:30 p.m.
The person was found, treated and taken to Dell Seton Medical Center.
While searching for the fall patient, crews discovered an "obviously deceased" adult patient, according to ATCEMS. The body had "been there for some time" officials told KVUE. Recovery operations are underway.
No other information was immediately available.
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SPRING, Texas — The family of the man killed in a horrific accident on the North Freeway this week held a vigil Saturday at the location where the father of five died.
Lee Simmons, Jr., 32, was killed Thursday night when a tire flew off a big rig on I-45 near the Louetta exit.
His family says they want justice.
In the stifling afternoon heat, they walked, halting traffic and through tall grass to a narrow strip of sidewalk beneath a noisy overpass.
When they got to the spot, they stopped and prayed.
"I can feel his spirit," Lee Simmons' widow, Christina, said.
Lee was killed when a tire flew off a large truck, bouncing off the hood of his car, then smashing into his windshield.
The force of the impact sheared off part of the car’s roof.
His 11-year-old son was riding in the back seat.
Recently released from the hospital, the boy returned to be alongside his mother Saturday, to the place where he saw his father die.
“He’s not doing ok," Christina said. "He's not. This is very hard for him. But I’m glad he made it out alive.”
Lee was father to a total of five children. Christina's arms were full with the couple’s two youngest at the vigil on Saturday.
“He was a very good husband, a very great dad, a church-going man," Christina said. “I can’t believe that we lost him.”
She says her family has been destroyed.
“We’re lost without him," said Christina Simmons. "We’re going to miss him, and I want justice for him and all his family.”
The driver of the big rig remained at the crash site until deputies arrived.
Investigators say the truck’s maintenance records are being reviewed.
No criminal charges have been filed.
Although the family is nowhere near a sense of closure, they say they’re grateful for the support they’ve been shown so far.
They admit they’ll need it in the tough days ahead, for the wife who lost her partner, the babies that will never know him, and the son who didn’t get to tell his dad goodbye.
The family has set up a GoFundMe page to help them bury Lee and support themself. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/i-45-big-rig-tire-crash-calls-for-justice/285-ec52943a-8d98-41d7-8f97-2cab4c12fc35 | 2022-08-07T05:30:43 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/i-45-big-rig-tire-crash-calls-for-justice/285-ec52943a-8d98-41d7-8f97-2cab4c12fc35 |
DALLAS — As North Texas residents continue to deal with scorching hot temperatures, a local medical agency and state energy organization are also dealing with an increase in their respective workloads.
The administrative governmental organization MedStar Mobile Healthcare said the agency took 325 heat-related calls from May 1 to Aug. 5 of last year. During that same time frame this year, they've taken 682, a 109.8% increase.
Of the calls from 2022, 119 have been considered serious and 28 have been critical.
Brian White is the assistant operations manager for MedStar, mainly dealing with day-to-day operations. He said he can't emphasize enough the need to drink water before going outside.
"That way your body is well hydrated," White said. "You're ahead of the game, already. And then while you're out there, it really behooves you to listen to your body."
As of Friday, the North Texas area had seen 41 100-degree days, with many more triple-digit days left in August.
"A lot of people say, 'Let's push through it,'" White said. "Not a good idea. That's your body telling you, 'Hey, I'm getting overheated here.'"
He said the best thing to do when you start to get a headache or aches in your muscles while outside is to calm down, get out of the heat and get some water.
"Whenever you're working outside, it's really easy to get sidetracked and not drink enough water, especially if you're sweating it all off," White said.
ERCOT allows you to monitor real-time grid conditions. To check that out, you can click here. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/medstar-heat-related-calls-up-100-percent-this-summer/287-6e9109ea-7435-4f04-bd98-b42baa25df60 | 2022-08-07T05:30:49 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/medstar-heat-related-calls-up-100-percent-this-summer/287-6e9109ea-7435-4f04-bd98-b42baa25df60 |
WATERLOO – A 2011 black Nissan Juke “crashed completely into” the Harmony House Health Care Center, 2950 W. Shaulis Road, shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday, confirmed Sgt. Jordan Ehlers.
Waterloo Fire Rescue transported one injured person to UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital. Another person also checked into a medical facility for possible injuries.
I've covered city government for The Courier since August 2021. I'm a Chatham, NJ native who graduated from Gettysburg College in 2018 and previously worked for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Investigators have released information on one of the weapons a Nebraska man used to kill three members of a Cedar Falls family in July at Maquoketa Caves State Park.
A couple of hundred people attended an hour-long celebration of life ceremony for Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their six-year-old daughter, Lula. The Cedar Falls family members were found shot to death July 22 in their tent at Maquoketa Caves State Park. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/police-nissan-juke-crashed-completely-into-waterloo-harmony-house-on-saturday/article_b0766ef1-b3ae-5807-a102-9e47ee00299f.html | 2022-08-07T05:35:10 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/police-nissan-juke-crashed-completely-into-waterloo-harmony-house-on-saturday/article_b0766ef1-b3ae-5807-a102-9e47ee00299f.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department said officers were at a SWAT situation late Saturday night.
APD tweeted shortly after 11 p.m. that officers were responding to the 9600 block of Middle Fiskville Road. That's in North Austin right off of Interstate 35 near Rundberg Lane.
The public is asked to avoid the area as the scene remains active, APD said.
The department is expected to provide details on the incident at a news conference.
No other information was immediately available.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Workforce Commission is projecting that areas surrounding Austin are expected to outpace the City of Austin's job market.
From 2020 to 2030, jobs in the Austin metro are expected to grow by 26%, while the City of Austin is expected to see a 23% increase. While the numbers indicate Austin will add nearly 180,000 jobs by 2030 and neighboring cities will add a combined 97,500, the percent change in the surrounding cities outpaces Austin.
These projections are for jobs across every occupation in Central Texas.
The latest jobs report from the TWC, showing data from May to June, shows that employment numbers grew in Texas. According to the June report, released in July, Texas added more than 82,000 jobs. That makes the Lone Star State the top state in the nation for new jobs added in June.
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Texas has seen 778,700 jobs added since last June 2021. The growth in June also marked the eighth consecutive month that Texas has set a new employment record for total jobs.
The Austin metro saw 13,000 jobs added from May to June and an additional 75,000 jobs since June 2021, making for a 6.4% annual growth rate.
However, the commission reported that in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area, the unemployment rate increased to 3.1% in June. At the state level, the unemployment rate sits at 4.4%.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A new social media trend is bringing back an older way of managing money. What was formerly known as the "envelope system" has now become viral as "cash stuffing."
It has grown in popularity by Gen Z to help combat inflation.
Nathan Fort, the founder and president of Vital Retirement Planners in Cedar Park, said all you need is some envelopes and cash.
"The principle of cash stuffing is actually very old. It was created long before hashtags were around. It's a simple concept of dividing your income into expenses," Fort said.
The way it works is you divide your income into envelopes labeled with different expense categories and stuff them with money.
When you pair rising costs along with credit card and student loan debt, Fort said it's easy to understand why this has become so popular recently, especially among younger generations.
"They're having to be really forced to be much more careful with how they spend their money and they can't afford miscellaneous, impulsive spending," Fort said.
The "cash stuffing" method is a strategy to get out of debt and keep your finances on track.
"You can really be caught off guard and even be shocked and surprised by your spending habits when you finally get into your statement and see where your money's going," Fort said.
That's why he said it's important to review your finances at least once a month.
While the "cash stuffing" method works, Fort said it's more of a short-term solution to manage spending. One drawback is you're not building credit.
"If you're not using credit in your spending, then you're not building that credit. That could be useful later down the road if you need to buy a house or qualify for a car," Fort said.
Compulsive spending can be a difficult habit to break, but Fort said it's possible if you take a few steps to prioritize your expenses.
"The practice and the principle in and of itself are excellent and I think it can just graduate into a more professional electronic format at some point when people are ready," Fort said.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin first responders found the body of an adult Saturday evening while responding to a rescue call at Mt. Bonnell.
Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) tweeted shortly after 8:30 p.m. that paramedics, along with the Austin Fire Department, the Austin Police Department and STAR Flight were responding after a person fell from a cliff. They responded to the scene at Mt. Bonnell around 7:30 p.m.
The person was found, treated and taken to Dell Seton Medical Center.
While searching for the fall patient, crews discovered an "obviously deceased" adult patient, according to ATCEMS. The body had "been there for some time" officials told KVUE. Recovery operations are underway.
No other information was immediately available.
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HOUSTON — Houston police are still investigating an apparent case of road rage that happened near Tidwell and the Hardy Toll Road on Sunday.
A driver, who asked us not to use her name or show her face, says she was stopped at the intersection of Irvington and Tidwell near Sam Houston High School when she was rear-ended by a fast-moving vehicle.
She says the man in the SUV that hit her made a motion, which she took to mean they would pull over and exchange insurance information.
She claims she pulled over and watched as the other driver turned around and drove in the opposite direction.
The driver said she then followed the vehicle to get his license plate. The SUV eventually pulled over on a street near Veteran’s Memorial Park.
The woman says no words or gestures were exchanged before the driver got out of the SUV and kicked in her headlight.
As he returned to his vehicle, she pulled out her cell phone, and said he then came back.
The video she recorded on her phone shows what happened after that.
The man is seen exiting from the driver-side door of his SUV, opening the back door and retrieving what appears to be a dumbbell, which he then hurled at her windshield.
The woman’s windshield was smashed as it broke through the glass. She can be heard screaming in the video while the man returns to his SUV and drives off.
The woman says she’s concerned that almost a week has passed and the suspect, whose face can clearly be seen in the video, still hasn’t been caught.
Police say they are still investigating.
The driver says she is traumatized by the experience and in pain from the crash. She says more than $3,000 in damage was done to her car.
Now, she’s hoping someone will come forward with information that leads to the suspect’s arrest. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/houston-road-rage-dumbbell-through-window/285-fdd9896c-7bbe-4a50-abaf-0a8408ce901f | 2022-08-07T05:47:10 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/houston-road-rage-dumbbell-through-window/285-fdd9896c-7bbe-4a50-abaf-0a8408ce901f |
HOUSTON — Five children lost their father Thursday night in a horrific accident on the North Freeway in Spring.
A tire flew off a large truck on I-45 north near Louetta, bounced off the hood of the victim's car and crashed through his windshield. The force of the impact sheared off part of the vehicle's roof.
The driver, later identified as 32-year-old Lee Simmons Jr., died in front of his 11-year-old son who was riding in the backseat.
His family says the little boy is currently in the hospital after being treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Christina Simmons said on Lee's GoFundMe page that she and her husband also have a 22-month-old and an 8-month-old. Lee was also the father of two other children, a 12-year-old and a 9-year-old.
"We are in need of prayers and support of our family, friends and kind individuals to help us bury Lee and care for the kids," Christina said. "Five children will be without a father!"
Lee's family described him as a hardworking father.
"All my niece could say yesterday was how much she was going to miss him because of what a great father and great husband that he was," said Dr. Anjanette Wyatt, Lee's aunt-in-law. "We're heartbroken as a family, we're heartbroken."
Authorities said the big rig driver stayed on the scene until officers arrived. It's unclear right now if charges will be filed.
Christina said their family will be taking action to ensure there's justice for Lee.
If you would like to donate to help Lee's family pay for his funeral services, you can visit their GoFundMe page here.
Meanwhile, deputies say the truck's maintenance is being reviewed to determine if it was an accident or if someone was at fault. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/tired-kills-father-of-five/285-61a2d0d9-f959-4e7e-9369-3e10f0bc0ccf | 2022-08-07T05:47:16 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/tired-kills-father-of-five/285-61a2d0d9-f959-4e7e-9369-3e10f0bc0ccf |
That Northland Prep Academy’s girls soccer team had the players consider a down year in 2021 says much about the quality of the program.
The Spartans went 12-2 (5-0 Central Region) and did not lose to an Arizona-based team all regular season last fall. They earned the No. 1 seed and reached the state championship game -- it’s almost become a formality to see Northland Prep battle for a 2A Conference title -- and lost a close contest to rival Chino Valley, 1-0.
After four consecutive state titles, even an objectively strong season felt like a letdown. The team began preseason practices for the fall season in late July.
The goal for the returning players is to make sure the Spartans don’t feel the same way again.
“It really brought out the passion in a lot of us. The older players that experienced what that was like, they really want to win it this year,” said senior Kyra Taylor.
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“That really showed us that what we expect isn’t always going to happen. We need to put in the work to actually get there, because it’s not easy to keep doing that,” added senior Hannah Petrucci.
There is a new look to the Spartans, who graduated some key seniors from last year’s team. Many of them were pivotal in the past run of titles.
Those still on the roster must incorporate the talented young girls that will make their own attempts at playing on the varsity squad. From the first few practices, though, some of the new Spartans have given the team some promise.
“We have a lot of new players and a lot of new potential. We have a lot of experienced players, but a lot of freshmen, too, who are trying to build up their skill and experience, and they look good,” Taylor said.
Another new look will be the team’s formation and style of play. At times, co-coaches Michael Blair and Keith Hovis have said, the offense looked stagnant in tough matches last year.
There were some quality players in many positions. But, especially in the title game, there were not enough creative plays made that would have made for real opportunities on goal.
The Spartans will continue to attack, as they always have been an aggressive offensive group. Now, though, the emphasis will be on quality passes and more short, quick ball movement instead of the same sort of simply long, vertical balls to strikers. Northland Prep will also empower the outside defenders to make runs up into the attack.
“We’re going to work on keeping it close to us instead of just playing the same ball in. We want to switch it a lot, draw the defense up and play it in behind them,” Petrucci said.
Blair knows, in order to succeed with the new plan, that the team’s older, veteran players must step up and implement the system well. From what he’s seen so far, the captains and experienced varsity leaders have done so.
“We just didn’t have that last year. It could have been because of COVID, but, whatever it was, they’ve gotten through it and I’ve seen a lot of growth,” he said. “They know what it takes this year, and I’ve kind of seen the difference of them being able to not just do what we tell them and what we want, but breaking down the other team’s defense and making those decisions based on what they’re reading.”
To do that, there is still plenty to learn.
“It’s a lot of getting in and playing. We’re going to have to work a lot at this formation, but I think we can do it,” Petrucci said.
The offseason is shorter than normal, so the work must be done quickly. Northland Prep plays its first match of the season against St. Johns on Aug. 25. The Spartans did not play their first game of 2021 until Sept. 7. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/spartans-look-to-rebound-in-2022-soccer-season/article_d8b71336-15b8-11ed-ab60-b378c3d03c06.html | 2022-08-07T05:50:43 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/spartans-look-to-rebound-in-2022-soccer-season/article_d8b71336-15b8-11ed-ab60-b378c3d03c06.html |
Saturday was a hot day to be on the St. Marys River, but eight teams of dragon boat paddlers proved they didn’t mind breaking a sweat.
A drummer set the pace as 20 participants in each boat lowered their paddles in unison and moved them swiftly through the water as they raced from west of the Wells Street Bridge to the South Harrison Street Bridge.
Dragon boat races were the featured event Saturday at the River, Set, Go! festival. But the event offered numerous other activities, including a spicy ramen eating contest, a drummers dance-off, voting for the best team names and floating yoga.
After the races, 10 yoga instructors on docks floating in the river led people on shore in poses, said Andi Douthitt, special events coordinator for Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation.
The bands Caledonia and We Are Checkmark were scheduled to perform in the evening.
The day-long festival began with Fort Wayne’s Chinese Families and Friends Association dancing in traditional costumes during the dragon boat race’s opening ceremony at 9:15 a.m. at Old National Bank Plaza in the park.
“We have put a lot of effort into it,” said Xiao Yuan, the organization’s president. The group tries to involve all ages of area residents of Chinese extraction in this and other events, such as the Three Rivers Festival and Taste of the Arts, where they can share their heritage.
Shouchen Dun, who helped with the organization’s boat team, said, “It’s a great way to highlight our culture and legacy and get involved in the community.”
It’s also a great way for those in the Chinese Families and Friends Association to work together regularly and to support each other, he added.
The organization has been part of the races each year since the festival was launched in 2015. Races were canceled twice – in 2020 for social distancing and in 2018 because the river water was too high.
“We got better every year,” Dun said.
The previous two years they finished in second place. They continued that streak this year, losing to the Steel Dynamics Inc. Red Team. Steel Dynamics’ Grey Team took eighth place, sandwiching all the other teams between them.
The company has always had two teams in the races, said Rick Pointsatte, the company’s vice president and treasurer. “We love the rivers. We love the community,” he said.
There’s some competition between who gets on which team each year, he said.
Third place went to Don Hall’s Restaurant team called Buster Astor’s, and they were followed by the Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana Blazing Paddles. Fifth was the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation’s Park Paddlers; sixth was Paddles of Justice, a team of Barnes and Thornburg and Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana.
Seventh place was Lincoln Financial Group’s 42 Arms of Steel. Casey Kiern, assistant vice president of communications for Lincoln, said the company has competed six years now, and this year’s festival marks Lincoln’s return to community events since the pandemic.
The insurance and investments provider is looking at other ways it can resume sponsoring events that help the community, he said.
The races began at Riverpalooza at Headwaters Park as a way of helping the community, raising money for Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana.
The Mayor’s Youth Engagement Council, the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department and Riverfront Fort Wayne took over the races, and eventually the parks department relocated them to Promenade Park.
Eden Lamb, who acted as steerswoman for the parks team, said it’s easier to watch the whole race, start to finish, from Promenade Park. And organizers were able to build a whole program around the competition.
The evening’s scheduled finale was five floating fire pits traveling down the river. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/dragon-down-the-river/article_45c2c63c-15dc-11ed-8f80-93f337a05b3e.html | 2022-08-07T05:56:06 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/dragon-down-the-river/article_45c2c63c-15dc-11ed-8f80-93f337a05b3e.html |
Schools across Allen County will begin the academic year this week in a way they haven’t since 2019 – with regular operations in place.
Boards for districts including East Allen County Schools and Southwest Allen County Schools have approved plans confirming as much. The COVID-19 policies and procedures that affected the last two years are largely gone, including mask mandates and social distancing.
“It’s not as much a focus on COVID,” EACS Superintendent Marilyn Hissong said while summarizing changes to the Return to School Plan for school board members last month.
Rather, she continued, the protocols are good to fight any disease, such as the flu: “You know, taking the normal precautions, cleaning and disinfecting.”
Mark Daniel of Fort Wayne Community Schools told his school board in July that he looks forward to being “as much back to normal as possible” and seeing the gains students will be able to attain.
“I think this is a pivotal year,” Daniel told The Journal Gazette last week. “We have to reenergize, which means we have to be able to focus on the things we do well, and we’re truly trying to be intentional in our literacy, our numeracy and our well-being.”
Reducing learning gaps in literacy and numeracy – another term for math – is a priority at the nearly 30,000-student district, Daniel said. One student achievement measure – the state’s standardized test, ILEARN – showed less than 18% of FWCS students in grades three through eight performed this past spring at or above proficiency standards for both English/language arts and math.
“We’ve got to move these metrics because our teachers have to see that they are – they’re impactful,” Daniel said, explaining low test scores can also affect teacher morale. “We get in education because we want to make a difference.”
Daniel said the past 2 1/2 years have been draining, both emotionally and physically. “And now it’s like, let’s get back to our purpose and our focus.”
Statewide, foundational learning in English and math is stabilizing or recovering for most students, Katie Jenner, the Indiana secretary of education, said upon the July release of ILEARN scores.
“At the same time,” she said in a statement, “we must continue to aggressively pursue innovative solutions to best support all of our students, especially our students who are still overcoming the challenges posed by the pandemic, as well as students who were underperforming prior to the pandemic.”
Daniel said the work isn’t just on FWCS educators.
“We need community support to make that happen,” he said, suggesting businesses could provide employees a few hours a week to help as instructional assistants or substitute teachers.
In a back-to-school video for SACS families, Superintendent Park Ginder encourages parents to have conversations with their children about proper behavior in the school setting, including on the bus, in class, in hallways and in the cafeteria.
“I hope there’s a rebound in positive behaviors and academic approaches that we definitely saw across the state, influenced by a large number of our students being home,” Ginder told The Journal Gazette.
This academic year also marks the return of a school supply that’s been shelved in recent years – lunch money, Ginder said.
A federal waiver has allowed schools nationwide to feed every student for free since the 2020-21 year, but that ended last academic year.
“Families that think they might qualify for free and reduced lunch and textbooks need to make sure they work with their schools to get registered,” Ginder said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-community-schools-leader-prepares-for-pivotal-year/article_b247156c-133c-11ed-bbc8-dfc4df6d3da5.html | 2022-08-07T05:56:12 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-community-schools-leader-prepares-for-pivotal-year/article_b247156c-133c-11ed-bbc8-dfc4df6d3da5.html |
The Journal Gazette Foundation’s board approved 24 grants totaling $221,200 for the first and second quarters of this year. The recipients were:
United Way of Allen County – $45,000
Community Transportation Network – $29,000
Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo – $25,000
Stillwater Hospice – $25,000
Fort Wayne Sister Cities International – $10,000
LC Nature Park – $10,000
Vera Bradley Foundation – $10,000
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne – $7,500
Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana – $6,000
Turnstone – $6,000
Blue Jacket – $5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana – $5,000
CASS Housing – $5,000
Friends of the Rivers – $5,000
Matthew 25 – $5,000
Super Shot – $4,000
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre – $3,500
YLNI Foundation – $3,500
The History Center – $3,000
Planned Parenthood of Indiana – $3,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne – $2,500
Allen County Bar Foundation – $2,000
F.A.M.E. – $1,200
Friends of the Eckhart Public Library – $500 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/journal-gazette-foundation-awards-24-grants/article_fd8a3460-0fa8-11ed-aaa2-7742945cbff2.html | 2022-08-07T05:56:18 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/journal-gazette-foundation-awards-24-grants/article_fd8a3460-0fa8-11ed-aaa2-7742945cbff2.html |
The chart lists crimes through Aug. 1 investigated by the Fort Wayne Police Department including burglaries, robberies and thefts from vehicles. Because of the department’s reporting policies, an attempted robbery or burglary is classified as an actual robbery or burglary, respectively. The listed addresses are those where crimes were reported and are not necessarily where the crimes occurred.
Sector 3B
7/28/22 Midnight Burglary 600 W. Washington Blvd.
Sector 4B
7/31/22 8 a.m. Theft from vehicle W. Douglas Ave.
and S. Harrison St.
Sector 12
7/26/22 11:34 p.m. Burglary 1600 Sinclair St.
Sector 13
7/29/22 6 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2200 Goshen Road
Sector 15
8/1/22 8:30 p.m. Robbery 5300 Coldwater Road
Sector 16
7/26/22 5:01 p.m. Robbery W. Coliseum Blvd.
and Hatfield Road
Sector 17
7/26/22 9 a.m. Theft from vehicle 1600 W. Dupont Road
7/26/22 6:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 10000 Dawsons Creek Blvd.
7/28/22 11:56 p.m. Theft from vehicle 7600 Cold Springs Blvd.
Sector 21
7/26/22 11 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1100 Lake Ave.
7/28/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 1900 Hillside Ave.
7/29/22 11 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2800 Rupp Drive
Sector 22
7/31/22 4 a.m. Theft from vehicle 3300 Kirkfield Drive
8/1/22 10:28 a.m. Burglary 1700 Maplecrest Road
Sector 24
7/30/22 3 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3300 Timberhill Drive
Sector 26
7/26/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 6900 St. Joe Road
7/26/22 9:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 6900 St. Joe Road
7/27/22 5 a.m. Theft from vehicle 7700 Brookfield Drive
7/30/22 Noon Theft from vehicle 7800 Sunderland Drive
8/1/22 4:28 a.m. Theft from vehicle 5300 Sunnybrook Drive
Sector 32
7/27/22 8 a.m. Burglary 600 Walnut St.
7/28/22 9:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 900 Cottage Ave.
7/29/22 1 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1400 Park Ave.
Sector 34
7/26/22 7:34 p.m. Theft from vehicle 5900 Illinois Road
Sector 35
7/28/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 400 Arcadia Court
Sector 36
7/26/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 6900 Blue Mist Road
7/26/22 12:29 a.m. Robbery 7300 Springhill Drive
7/27/22 9 p.m. Burglary 1800 St. Louis Ave.
Sector 42
7/29/22 6:30 a.m. Theft from vehicle 900 Buchanan St.
7/30/22 3 p.m. Robbery 2300 Bowser Ave.
Sector 43
7/31/22 9:40 p.m. Burglary 3100 Trentman Ave.
8/1/22 7:15 a.m. Burglary 2200 Shady Brook Drive
Sector 44
7/26/22 8 a.m. Theft from vehicle 1100 Hamilton Ave.
7/28/22 1 a.m. Theft from vehicle 3700 Weisser Park Ave. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/crime-reports/crime-reports/article_c979d3f4-1397-11ed-a360-6b518b103ce5.html | 2022-08-07T05:56:24 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/crime-reports/crime-reports/article_c979d3f4-1397-11ed-a360-6b518b103ce5.html |
A woman was shot with an arrow in the lower back Saturday afternoon, the Kendallville Police Department said in a news release.
Officers were called to a home on Glory Avenue in Kendallville about 1:40 p.m. on a report that a woman had been shot with an arrow. When they arrived, they found the woman in the home's garage, suffering from an arrow wound. She was transported to a hospital in stable condition.
Police, who didn't release the woman's name, described the incident as being "still a very active investigation."
Officials plan to forward the same to the Noble County Prosecutor's Office, the release said.
Spencerville man injured
A Spencerville man suffered a head injury when his vehicle left the road and hit a telephone pole, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
David Schmidt, 36, was driving north in the 6800 block of County Road 71 about 6:20 p.m. Saturday when he drove through the intersection with County Road 68 then veered off the west side of the road.
The Dodge Ram 1500 first struck a stop sign before hitting the telephone pole, snapping it in half, the release said. The vehicle, which was deemed a total loss, finally came to rest in a field, law enforcement officials said.
No information was provided about the potential cause of the crash. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-roundup-woman-in-kendallville-shot-with-arrow-dekalb-accident/article_f4cb7012-15f9-11ed-ab1c-93c26964f4c2.html | 2022-08-07T05:56:30 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/police-roundup-woman-in-kendallville-shot-with-arrow-dekalb-accident/article_f4cb7012-15f9-11ed-ab1c-93c26964f4c2.html |
The Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority has approved its first six READI grants, totaling $17.9 million.
That’s more than 35% of the total $50 million the region was allocated last December in state Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative – or READI – money.
It’s anyone’s guess what the five-member board will run out of first: money or time.
Indiana Economic Development Corp. officials have said they want regional decisions made by the end of next year. But, more recently, Gov. Eric Holcomb said he’d like to see the total $500 million in grants promised to specific projects by the end of this year.
That’s a tall challenge for the board, which next meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday. It takes time to disburse $50 million while following strict state and federal rules, according to members of the board’s support staff.
Jeff Turner, the Regional Development Authority’s board chairman, is game to shoot for the earlier deadline, however.
“It’s our goal to get this money out there and working in the region as fast as we can,” he said Friday. “It does feel doable, and it’s what we want to do, too.”
A crucial step
Numerous communities are jostling for a place on the Regional Development Authority’s agenda. Even so, no projects are included on Tuesday’s agenda, and Mike Galbraith, who supports the Regional Development Authority as a consultant, said Friday he doubts any applicants will be fully ready to make a pitch by then.
Making an official pitch to the board is a crucial step in the race for project approval. But it can’t happen until after Ryan Twiss, vice president of regional initiatives for the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, and Galbraith determine the project meets a laundry list of requirements.
READI money can’t account for more than 20% of the total project cost. Local money should total an additional 20% to demonstrate community support, according to the IEDC’s guidelines. The remaining 60% can come from private and federal sources.
Developers are also evaluated to ensure they have sufficient experience and financial resources to successfully fulfill their vision.
After the Regional Development Authority grants conditional approval, IEDC officials review and approve each funding decision before it becomes official. Although the state agency can overturn a grant, it didn’t reject any of those advanced by the Regional Development Authority for Regional Cities Initiative funding.
That doesn’t mean all the money would be paid out at that point. Projects have to meet certain completion benchmarks before funding is released, a process the IEDC recommends and the Regional Development Authority practiced seven years ago when it distributed about $42 million in Regional Cities Initiative grants.
Projects that receive READI grants must be completed by the end of 2026, Galbraith said late last month during a sit-down interview with The Journal Gazette and Twiss at the Regional Partnership’s downtown office.
Green-light projects
The six projects already approved are in four counties: Allen, Huntington, Noble and Wabash. Four of them were included in the Growing with Vision Plan submitted to state officials when northeast Indiana competed with other regions in the state for READI money.
The projects, which have received conditional approval for READI money, are:
• Gateway West, an expansion at Fort Wayne International Airport that will add square footage in the terminal, increase access to larger aircraft and upgrade the mechanical system including air filtration – a $3 million grant toward a $62.7 million project;
• Riverfront Phase II, will extend public space from Promenade Park along the St. Marys River west to Ewing Street and east to Clinton Street in downtown Fort Wayne, including extension of the tree canopy trail and the addition of boat docks, a bouldering mound, walking trails and a hammock grove – a $6 million grant toward a $94.9 million project;
• Village Premier, a mixed-income, mixed-use development in southeast Fort Wayne that would create “a vibrant, walkable neighborhood” – a $6 million grant toward a $59.3 million project;
• Legacy Heights, a 52- unit workforce housing development in Wabash on the former site of Parkview Wabash Hospital – a $2.44 million grant toward a $14.3 million project;
• Industry 4.0/iSmart Factory Lab, a robotics/smart factory lab that will train manufacturing sector workers at the Community Learning Center in Kendallville – a $198,450 grant toward a $2.6 million project;
• Rivergreen Housing, a 48-unit apartment complex renovation project in Huntington by Biggs Development – a $249,000 grant toward a $6.1 million project.
Bracing for impact
Turner also chaired the Regional Development Authority’s board when the five-man group first grappled with how to distribute Regional Cities Initiative money, which was awarded to the region in 2015.
At that time, John Sampson, the Regional Partnership’s former president and CEO, cautioned the board against running out of money by quickly approving the first applicants to qualify. Sampson, who had helped the region petition the IEDC for Regional Cities money, argued that only projects that would have a significant impact on the region’s quality-of-place should be funded.
Turner learned some lessons while distributing those grants and believes READI grant applicants learned some, too, including the types of projects that can qualify and what documentation is needed to be considered. Developers and communities pitching projects now are more savvy about this process, he said.
And board members can worry a bit less about choosing the most effective economic development projects, Turner said, after seeing the significant effect Regional Cities-funded projects have had across northeast Indiana.
“Every (READI) project that gets approved is going to be a quality project that’s going to be impactful,” he said.
That doesn’t mean the board and its support staff aren’t playing traffic cop with the flow of projects coming up for consideration. Three of the six projects approved so far are in Fort Wayne, and the city has more projects ready to taxi down the runway.
“We could give it all away tomorrow,” Turner said of the remaining $32.1 million – minus modest administrative costs.
But the board has asked Fort Wayne officials to hang back for the time being.
“They understand that this money has to be impactful regionwide,” Turner said, adding that additional city projects could receive funding if alternatives don’t quickly emerge from surrounding counties. Northeast Indiana comprises Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley counties.
Turner said some area communities were relatively slow in assembling projects that could qualify for Regional Cities funding. But this time around, he said, they’ve been quicker to meet with the board’s support staff for guidance about navigating the process.
“It’s a much greater variety of projects,” he said. “Not everyone understood, essentially, that this was free money to get projects over the finish line.”
‘Hard decisions’
Kevan Biggs, one of three partners in RTM Ventures, the Electric Works developer, is participating in the Rivergreen Housing and Legacy Heights projects.
The experienced builder has worked on numerous funding packages. He said the information required for READI grant applications is the type any prepared developer should gather before embarking on a project.
“It was thorough, but it wasn’t overly onerous or terribly rigorous,” Biggs said the READI process.
In fact, he said, the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority required “about 50 times that amount” of information when Biggs Development applied for rental housing tax credit for the Huntington apartments renovation project referred to as Rivergreen Housing.
Officials who oversee the highly competitive tax credit program provided developers an incentive to apply for READI money, Biggs said. Being approved for the grant improves his chances of being approved for rental housing tax credit. He will find out in November whether that request was approved.
The application was due July 25.
“They were incredibly cooperative in helping us move along to meet that deadline,” Biggs said of the Regional Development Authority’s board and support staff.
One of the board’s priorities is to support housing projects. Because of the region’s housing shortage, some employers can’t expand and create new jobs as quickly as they’d like, which limits economic development, Galbraith said.
“Frankly, we could spend every single cent of this ($50 million) on housing, and people would think we’ve done a good job,” he said, adding that the majority of READI funding committed so far is going toward housing projects.
Even so, the board is also committed to supporting downtown vibrancy and entrepreneurship/innovation. And it hopes to provide an economic boost to the entire region.
“Our job,” Galbraith said, “is to present the board with great projects, forcing them to make hard decisions.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/six-projects-to-receive-readi-grants-more-in-pipeline/article_1d0e141e-0dfb-11ed-9f9f-836e95ccd26c.html | 2022-08-07T05:56:36 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/six-projects-to-receive-readi-grants-more-in-pipeline/article_1d0e141e-0dfb-11ed-9f9f-836e95ccd26c.html |
Allen County officials say they have made progress on what has anecdotally been called a $100 million problem – expanding broadband to unserved and underserved areas.
Broadband inefficiencies have been on county officials’ radar for years, but work started in late 2019, County Commissioner Nelson Peters said. He once thought most of the local broadband issues were in the rural, east side of the county.
Peters has now seen inadequate broadband service touch areas throughout the county.
The Allen County Broadband Task Force plans to get every local internet user speeds of at least 100 megabits per second for downloads and 25 megabits per second for uploads but needs help.
Residents are encouraged to take an online speed test to help officials compile a map that creates a clear picture of broadband inefficiencies in Allen County. That test can be found online at www.allencountybroadband.com/.
The Federal Communications Commission has defined broadband as internet with speeds of 25 megabits per second for downloads and 3 megabits per second for uploads since 2015. But Peters isn’t alone in thinking the 25/3-megabits-per-second broadband standard isn’t fast enough to meet the community’s needs.
About three weeks ago, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed a new minimum for broadband speeds – 100/20 megabits per second. She said the needs of internet users surpassed 25/3 megabits per second years ago and the COVID-19 pandemic moved more everyday functions online.
Four times the current standard for downloads might seem like a dramatic increase, but Peters said 25/3 megabits per second simply is not sufficient for local households and businesses.
“That just isn’t enough, we believe, for some of the people who want to work from home, school from home, game from home and do some of the other things that they want to,” Peters said. “The goal ultimately is to get every home, every business set up with at least 100/25 (megabits per second) speeds.”
A search for funds
The Allen County Broadband Task Force has secured grants that have put a small dent – less than 5% – in what Peters said experts have called a $100 million problem.
One of the first uses the commissioners mentioned for the county’s $73 million in federal American Rescue Act Plan funding was broadband, but expanding high-speed internet is only one of four categories the money is intended for.
The task force is working on creating more partnerships with local internet providers with a distinct target in mind – securing some of the $1.1 billion Indiana will likely get for high-speed internet access. The funding will come from the $65 billion set aside for broadband deployment and affordability.
Peters said he’s interested to see how the funding will be divided by lawmakers among Hoosier communities.
“But I would be happy if they just bid it on a per capita basis where we, in Allen County, represent roughly 8% of the state’s population,” he said. “An 8% allocation of $1 billion-plus gets us close to that $100 million figure that I’m talking about.”
The commissioners will wait to hear about broadband-specific funding before committing American Rescue Act Plan money to the project. They want COVID-19 pandemic relief dollars to be used most effectively, Peters said.
In the fall, legislators are expected roll out maps that show the need. Peters said he and experts, including county-hired consultant Zack Sand of Sand Strategies, are not confident the maps will identify Allen County’s true need, however.
The task force is now making its own map. Allen County residents are encouraged to take the online Indiana Farm Bureau Speed Test to examine the speed and reliability of their internet connection.
The test will inform officials of where the needs for broadband expansion and affordability are. It will also help officials identify and secure funding.
“We got to have valuable data that really helps us better identify those holes. When we submit those, it is pretty much proving, ‘Hey, this is the need,’ ” Peters said. “If we don’t have data to back it up, it doesn’t help our case that much.”
Focused task force
The task force of local leaders in business, education, government and internet providers was formed not long before the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many people worked.
Sand, who previously was the county’s director of government affairs, said his interest stems from the economic development aspect of high-speed internet access.
“It’s a quality-of-place thing for young people like me if they don’t want to live in Indy or in the big city, wherever, they can come here to Allen County and call it home and do remote work,” Sand said. “But they’ve got to have good internet service, right?”
Chris Himsel, former superintendent of Northwest Allen County Schools, was not the first person to voice concerns about rural internet access to the commissioners, but Peters said he was perhaps the loudest.
Himsel realized when his wife couldn’t work from home that students in his district would have a hard time doing school from home, Peters said.
Many schools used eLearning for inclement weather and other school cancellations initially but later relied on it for safe instruction at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
If residents in northwest Allen County couldn’t rely on their home internet connections for work, many students would face the same problem on eLearning days. Himsel, a former member of the task force, declined to comment for this story.
At the time, Peters thought the issues primarily affected the east side of Allen County. He’s now seen that every quadrant of the county has areas that can’t access high-speed internet.
Unreliable and inaccessible broadband isn’t only a rural issue either, Peters said. He was surprised when Allen County Councilwoman Sheila Curry-Campbell came to him with concerns of broadband access within city limits on the southeast side.
“While I think there is pretty good coverage throughout the city of Fort Wayne, the question becomes, is there good and affordable coverage in the city of Fort Wayne?” Peters said. “I would put that in the underserved category as well.”
A path forward
The task force put out a request for quotes from local broadband providers who want to work with the county on a Middle Mile partnership, which focuses on the fiber optic infrastructure needed to enable internet connectivity in rural areas.
The in-depth application process requires many partners, including broadband technology companies, electric utilities, public utility districts and telecommunications companies.
Sand said the task force wasn’t sure how much response to expect but was relieved to receive interest from more than a dozen local companies.
Residents who have inefficient or unaffordable high-speed internet service can do a few things before the $100 million problem is addressed.
The task force has created a website that connects people to the speed test and a portal that connects residents with all possible providers that service their area.
Residents are also encouraged to apply for the revolving Indiana Connectivity Program, which has awarded $72,000 to local residents and businesses to expand broadband. The task force will continue to post updates to the website.
“I do believe,” Peters said, “there will be a point in time when we actually get to that promised land that I described.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/task-force-works-to-solve-100-million-broadband-problem/article_cf28c55a-141c-11ed-8415-d7b573e4e7f7.html | 2022-08-07T05:56:43 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/task-force-works-to-solve-100-million-broadband-problem/article_cf28c55a-141c-11ed-8415-d7b573e4e7f7.html |
May 22, 1983—July 23, 2022
BOISE—Amanda Francis Howes, 39, of Boise, Idaho passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on May 22, 1983.
Amanda attended Wendell and Buhl Schools. In high school, she excelled in Track and Volleyball, and was president of her senior class. Amanda later graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and a minor in Spanish. She was a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority and a loyal Vandal. She later went on to get a master’s degree in Government Affairs.
Amanda was working for the City of Boise in the Public Works Division at the time of her death. She loved her job and the people she worked with were so very caring and kind to her,
especially her boss, Toni.
Amanda married Joel Howes in October of 2010 and they were later divorced. To this union, Easton, the love of her life was born. She loved being his mother more than anything. Easton was the light of her life.
She was so loved by her son, Easton; mother, Caryn (Frank) Kelley; brother, Craig (Gail) Kelley; sister, Katharyn (Kurt) Prescott; niece, Ryleigh Prescott; nephew, Cole Kelley; and her favorite, Aunt Mary (Tom) Heida; along with her many cousins.
Amanda is preceded in death by her stepdad, Richard Kelley; and her maternal grandparents, Doc and Cornelia Aardema.
A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2022, at West End Cemetery, 1574 East 4150 North, Buhl.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Easton P. Howes College Fund, 2836 Sunray Loop Twin Falls, ID 83301 or at Idaho Central Credit Union in care of Craig and Gail Kelley/Easton.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on Amanda’s memorial webpage at www.farmerfuneralchapel.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/amanda-francis-howes/article_062f87be-71a1-520b-90ad-4e69463d7f04.html | 2022-08-07T06:09:15 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/amanda-francis-howes/article_062f87be-71a1-520b-90ad-4e69463d7f04.html |
Oct. 14, 1939—July 21, 2022
R. LaMar Box, 82, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022 at Grace Assisted Living, Memory Care.
Lamar was born the second of two children. He grew up in Jerome as part of the “Alley Gang”, the group of neighborhood kids who literally played in the alley. He had many life-long friends. As a child, LaMar contracted polio and spent six months at the Shriner’s Hospital in Utah.
LaMar graduated from Jerome High School in 1959. He met and married the love of his life, Carolyn Ann Clark Box on December 11, 1960. They celebrated 61 years of marriage in 2022. Together they raised three children: Shellie, Todd and Kim.
LaMar got his first “grown up” job at Intermountain Gas in Twin Falls where he worked from 1959-1972. He then decided to make a go at being a business owner and started Box Heating from 1972-1977.
With the help of some very good friends, LaMar and Carolyn were able to expand on their entrepreneurial dreams and purchased the Wrangler Drive Inn in 1977. There was never a person who entered the door who didn’t become a friend. Over the 20 years, they employed many members of the community, including High School friends of their children. It was like a rite of passage to be part of the “Wrangler Crew”. There are many memories of double bourbons, Boston milkshakes, and homemade onion rings which were hand cut by LaMar. Remember the car-hop days??? This lifestyle made for a happy and memorable childhood for their children. When they finally decided to give up their 24/7 work lifestyle and retire, they were able to do some traveling and spend some winters in Arizona.
LaMar was an avid fisherman and tied literally thousands of dry flies over the years. We will have enough flies to share with the next five generations, thankfully, as he passed along his love of fishing to his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Lamar has left an amazing legacy in his three children, Shellie (Kevin) Coats, Todd (Kristin) Box, and Kimberli (Brian) Gessford; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
LaMar was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Opal Box; as well as his only sister, Charolette (Joe) Klimes, formerly of Wendell; and a niece, Pam (Jerry) Crawford, also from Wendell.
The family would like to thank the many people who have supported them over the years and especially over the last couple of very difficult years, including wonderful friends, amazing neighbors, Grace Assisted Living Memory Care, and Auburn Crest Home Health/Hospice. Carolyn, Shellie and Kim are forever grateful for your support and kindness during these difficult times.
The family requests no flowers, however, they would love to hear from you in cards, texts, emails, and of course in person.
A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 3, 2022, at the Jerome Senior Center, 520 North Lincoln Ave. Jerome.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on LaMar’s memorial webpage at www.farnsworthmortuary.com | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/r-lamar-box/article_117282c5-a201-5240-892c-fd59568a4cdb.html | 2022-08-07T06:09:21 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/r-lamar-box/article_117282c5-a201-5240-892c-fd59568a4cdb.html |
July 15, 1928—June 12, 2022
BOISE — Wm. “Bill” McClung, formerly of Paul, passed away in Boise, ID on June 12, 2022. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2022 beginning at 1pm at El Korah Shrine, 1118 W. Idaho St., Boise, Idaho. For full obituary and details go to summersfuneral.com | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/wm-bill-mcclung/article_749cc084-9cb9-5f4e-a642-9027442136ed.html | 2022-08-07T06:09:27 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/wm-bill-mcclung/article_749cc084-9cb9-5f4e-a642-9027442136ed.html |
EVERETT, Wash. — Everett police are looking for a suspect who they say scammed a young boy running a lemonade stand by giving him a fake $100 bill.
Jeremy Ryzhonkov is a young entrepreneur. He just turned 12 this week and already has a vending machine business, lawn mowing business, and snack stand.
“I think there's nothing in the world that is free,” said Jeremy.
Three weeks ago, Jeremy was in his usual spot on Beverly Boulevard selling lemonade and snacks. He said two men bought 20 bucks worth of drinks and food and asked if he could break a 100-dollar bill.
Jeremy used all the money he had to give them change. After they left he noticed the money looked weird.
“The numbers looked different on each color and the hundred dollar bill was smaller and the color was kind of different,” said Jeremy.
Jeremy then ran to a nearby gas station for help.
“I asked is it real or fake and he said it’s not real.”
The gas station worker called the police who are now looking for the suspect accused of giving Jeremy bogus bucks.
“Very exhausted from working all day on a sunny day and felt very sad and disappointed,” said Jeremy.
Jeremy was using half the money to help fund some of his businesses and for spending money. The other half was to help other families like his still in war-torn Ukraine.
“I felt really bad that they have to suffer through this,” said Jeremy.
The bad guys didn't deter him. Jeremy was back out Friday selling food and drinks.
Neighbors were looking out for him, giving him a marker to detect counterfeit bills and buying snacks to help him get his money back.
A neighbor has set up a GoFundMe to help Jeremy, and it brought in thousands of dollars in the first 24 hours.
Everett Police said this case struck a particular chord. Police are currently going through tips and asking anyone who recognizes the suspect to come forward with information. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/everett-police-looking-for-suspect-scammed-boy-lemonade-stand/281-475d00fa-051e-43cd-a155-cf0a0a39774f | 2022-08-07T06:10:10 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/everett-police-looking-for-suspect-scammed-boy-lemonade-stand/281-475d00fa-051e-43cd-a155-cf0a0a39774f |
MANTECA, Calif. — A rising rapper from Stockton, Disean 'Young Slo-Be' Victor died Friday in a shooting, according to Manteca Police.
A news release from the police department says officers were sent to the 100-block of Trevino Avenue around 8 a.m. Friday after a report of shots fired.
At the scene, they found a man — later identified as Victor — with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Police say the shooting doesn't appear to be random.
Victor, 29, was a Manteca native who was popular as a rapper in Stockton.
"It was an honor to work with Slo-Be the last couple of years and we’re heartbroken to say goodbye. Our condolences go out to his family & loved ones," said Thizzler On The Roof, Victor's record label, in a statement.
Other artists expressed their grief about the news via Twitter.
"Terrible news... RIP so many slaps on those Slo-be Bryant albums," said Sacramento native and actor Blake Anderson.
Watch more from ABC10: 1 man dead in Stockton double shooting | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton-rapper-young-slo-be-killed-in-shooting/103-d191cb93-1ea3-4634-8e15-bae5a5e9a231 | 2022-08-07T06:12:23 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton-rapper-young-slo-be-killed-in-shooting/103-d191cb93-1ea3-4634-8e15-bae5a5e9a231 |
GILBERT, Ariz. — The start of a new school year can be daunting for any student. However, a Gilbert mom is using it as an opportunity to teach others about kindness.
Lucy Cook has a heart of gold.
"Nobody in this entire world loves harder and better than Lucy," her mom Stephanie Cook said.
Born at 23 weeks, the 15-year-old has always faced challenges.
"She was a teeny tiny preemie, she was one pound, six ounces, so really little and had a pretty severe brain hemorrhage," Stephanie said. "She's done amazingly well, but she has Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, and some other vision things."
Lucy's biggest obstacle though has been getting people to see past all that. This is why she was dreading her first day of high school last week.
"Do you want them to know you're like everyone else?" asked her mom.
"I'm like everyone else," Lucy said. "I'm nice and kind."
"She was really stressed about it," said her mom. "She was expressing concern, what if the kids don't like me? What if the kids make fun of me? What if the teachers don't know how to help me if I have a problem?
So her mom took to Facebook and began writing some thoughts, where she could share a message of kindness.
The Facebook post read in part:
"This is Lucy. Today she started her first day of high school. It's also her first day back at a district school after spending 6 years at a school for kids with special needs. She has been a nervous wreck all summer. She's scared that kids will make fun of her because she has cerebral palsy. She's worried they will make fun of her smaller right hand that doesn't open all the way, the way that she walks, that her body isn't shaped like she thinks it should be, that she can't do all the things that other kids can do. She's worried that they won't like her. She's worried she won't make any friends. She's worried that her classes will be hard and she won't know where to go. She's worried she will have a seizure and her new teachers won't know what to do. She's worried she will miss me while she's gone. She's worried she will be lonely. These fears are in some ways unique to Lucy, but pretty similar to the fears and worries most kids and teens have. My experience has been that when people understand, they always step up. Please consider taking the time to teach your kids about other kids like Lucy. Teach them that Lucy has challenges every day that seem almost insurmountable, but the one thing she wants the most is to be loved and valued and accepted—just like everyone else. Teach them that they have the incredible power to build people up or tear them down, and they make choices with those effects every day. Be brave and reach out to those who look lonely. Teach them not to be so eager to climb the social ladder and relieved when they do that they forget what it felt like to be at the bottom. We don’t lose any of our goodness by offering some of it to others—magic! Teach them that everyone is fighting hard, unseen battles and that a smile or wave or kind word costs them nothing, but has the potential to change the trajectory of someone’s day. Teach them to be open to trying to understand people’s different viewpoints and backgrounds—that they don’t have to agree with someone on everything to love them and appreciate what they have to offer. Please teach them not to use the R-word. Teach them that—while likely not their intention—it’s hateful and hurtful to people with intellectual disabilities..."
"I hope people will take the time to think about it," she said. "And educate people around them. We're all in this together and we all do better if we teach our kids these things."
The post, gained a lot of attention, mostly from supportive strangers. When Stephanie read Lucy some of the comments, Lucy cried because she was touched by all the warm words and messages.
The support also turned Lucy's stress into excitement and gave her some confidence this school year will be one of the best.
"It reaffirmed that all this goodness is out there," said Stephanie.
"[My first day] was great, amazing, awesome," said Lucy.
And she said those who took the time to send positivity her way, meant the world to her.
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DYBERRY, Pa. — It's game time in Dyberry Township on Route 191 as the Wayne County Fair is up and running for the 160th season.
"Thrilled to be back in action. We were back in action last year. We've had great crowds our first two nights," said Jeff Firmstone, Fair Vice President.
"I think last year was the best because, you know, everybody was coming out here, but this year is kind of alright so far," said Michael Hobannes, attendee.
But organizers believe there are a few things working in the fair's favor that will make this the best one yet.
"It has not rained here at the Wayne County Fairgrounds this year. I know rain has been all around but we've been completely dry so far," said Firmstone.
Plus, in a time where many are watching their wallet, the fair is full of affordable fun and entertainment with 12-dollar day passes that include, "Most of our entertainment, and you get a wristband to ride the rides all day. We're very proud of what we put on the midway. We have many ground acts that are part of that, and most of all, the grandstand entertainment is also part of our pay-one-price admission here," said Firmstone.
The rides are a fan favorite, "The one that one spinny one, the one that spins," said Hobannes.
"I've been on rides, and I have so much fun over here," said Brittany Barnes.
And on Wednesday, all this fun will be half price to some attendees.
"If you're 62 and over or your military or past military, you get a half-price admission next Wednesday," said Firmstone.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/wayne-county-fair-underway-160-dyberry-township-honesdale-jeff-firmstone-michael-hobannes-brittany-barnes/523-c402e68f-0e56-4d39-b154-0b535ed2eb5e | 2022-08-07T06:14:53 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wayne-county/wayne-county-fair-underway-160-dyberry-township-honesdale-jeff-firmstone-michael-hobannes-brittany-barnes/523-c402e68f-0e56-4d39-b154-0b535ed2eb5e |
April 21, 1931 - July 16, 2022
Adela Castaneda (nee Aguirre Lopez), age 91, formerly Gary, IN, died in Ellenton, FL, on July 16, 2022, and is now home with Jesus. Adela is survived by her sister, Guadalupe Buitron; and her children: Sergio (Charlotte) Castaneda, Athur (Carol) Castaneda, Rene (Theresa) Castaneda, Luis (Cheryl) Castaneda and Eva (Peter) Schrum; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded by her sister, Sonia Hernandez; her parents: Antonio and Celestina Aguirre; husband, Sergio Castaneda; and son, Anthony (India) Castaneda.
She attended Washington High School, East Chicago, IN, and retired from Van Til's Hammond, IN. Adela was a loving person that will be cherished by all who knew her. A memorial service will be held at the chapel, St. John-St. Joseph Cemetery 1547 167th St Hammond, IN, at 10:30 AM. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/adela-castaneda/article_170e87a8-c596-5259-b7c8-98a4a045da35.html | 2022-08-07T06:18:39 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/adela-castaneda/article_170e87a8-c596-5259-b7c8-98a4a045da35.html |
August 8, 2022
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON AND BROTHER "ARTIE," ON HIS 3rd ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN.
Artie, not a day goes by that we don't think of you. You will never be forgotten.
We love and miss you vary much.
Love, Mom, Dad, Sister and Brother.
August 8, 2022
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON AND BROTHER "ARTIE," ON HIS 3rd ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN.
Artie, not a day goes by that we don't think of you. You will never be forgotten.
We love and miss you vary much.
Love, Mom, Dad, Sister and Brother.
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MUNSTER, IN - Bertha Mallalieu, age 97, of Munster, IN, passed away on August 3, 2022.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Howard; sister, Mary Hageman and her husband, Martin Hageman; and loving friend, Scott Lovatt.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at BURNS-KISH FUNERAL HOME, 8415 Calumet Ave. Munster, IN, with a service at 12:00 p.m. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond, IN.
She will be dearly missed by her loving friends and all who knew her. Please leave condolences at www.burnskish.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bertha-mallalieu/article_3c616320-fc6b-5b67-a065-292670f1a450.html | 2022-08-07T06:18:51 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bertha-mallalieu/article_3c616320-fc6b-5b67-a065-292670f1a450.html |
June 26, 1939 – August 1, 2022
HAMMOND, IN - Irene M. Monberg (nee Misch), age 83, of Hammond, IN, passed away on August 1, 2022.
She is survived by her seven children: John (Terese) Monberg of East Lansing, MI; Cindy (Ed) Morris of Dyer, IN; Michael (Nadina) Monberg of Arlington, VA; Greg Monberg of Michigan City, IN; Jeff (Julie) Monberg of Chicago, IN; Brian (Myra) Monberg of Portland, OR; and Matthew (Jennifer) Monberg of Philadelphia, PA; ten grandchildren: Maria, Nicholas, Jessica, Emilia, Nathan, Timothy, Ava, Ethan, Silas, and Colette; four siblings: Thomas Misch, Dorothy (Robert) Mangus, Robert (Late Linda) Misch, and Edward (Late Kathy) Misch; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Fred; her parents Peter and Cora Misch (nee Kosinski); and her brother, Paul.
Beautiful, smart, hardworking, fiercely loyal to her family, Irene passed on the morning of August 1, 2022, after sunrise just as a rainbow peeked out from the clouds while one of her favorite songs played: the theme from "A Summer Place," while surrounded by family. Always an optimist, Mom recently reflected on how fortunate she was to have a fulfilling career, long marriage to someone she deeply loved, and a big family of children and grandchildren.
Her happy childhood was filled with friends and extended family centered around home and her family's business, Misch Brothers Food Store. Her siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles were foundational to her life and development as a person. She walked to school in the second grade with people who remained close friends as adults in later life. She was forever grateful for the support her community showed in rallying around her as she fought a nearly fatal tetanus infection when she was a girl.
In that same neighborhood, she met the love of her life, Fred, at an American Legion dance. Irene saw in Fred kindness, empathy, and honesty; a man who shared her values and someone she believed would be a good partner in life. Together, they identified and developed the special talents of each of their children, and together, they were proud of their roots in the Calumet Region. She found time to volunteer as a playground monitor and attend her children's activities. She loved big family reunions and traveling to destinations from Yellowstone and Hawaii to Rome and Istanbul.
Irene was extremely proud of graduating from DePaul University after having three children at home during a time when few women pursued science degrees. She then worked for more than 40 years helping to diagnose disease in medical laboratories, showing great care for patients, and often arriving home at midnight following regular late shifts.
Visitation will be on August 12, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at BURNS-KISH FUNERAL HOME at 8415 Calumet Ave, Munster, IN. Following a funeral Mass Saturday August 13, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at St. John Bosco Church, 7113 Columbia Ave. Hammond, IN, Irene will be laid to rest next to Fred at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Calumet City, IL, on August 13, 2022, followed by a luncheon at Teibel's Restaurant in Schererville, IN. Nothing would bring her more joy than to know her family and friends gathered to create new memories in her honor.
In lieu of flowers, the greatest gift you could give would be to show kindness to those around you, including your family, friends, co-workers, and strangers. Please leave condolences at www.burnskish.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/irene-marie-monberg/article_5880f8cc-59c1-5e17-a71b-7cbc7804402d.html | 2022-08-07T06:18:58 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/irene-marie-monberg/article_5880f8cc-59c1-5e17-a71b-7cbc7804402d.html |
Sept. 9, 1931 - July 31, 2022
OLYMPIA FIELDS - Janell Wenzel O'Barski age 90, born September 9, 1931, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022. Janell ("Jan") lived in Lansing (1940-1959), Oak Park (1964-1987), and Homewood (1987-2011), and spent her final years in Olympia Fields.
She married Harry O'Barski in 1999. They spent summers in a lake home in Longville, MN and winters in Naples, FL. She was preceded in death by her parents Nick and Eva Wenzel, her brother Duane (Dewey) Wenzel and his wife Marjorie, and her husband Harry O'Barski.
She is survived by her nephews Nick (Vicky), Mike (Marilyn), Otto (Debbie) and Matt Wenzel; niece Traci (Jim) Ciarelli; and 13 grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Church, 1131 Douglas Ave, Flossmoor, IL 60422. Janell will lie in state at the church from 10:15 AM until time of service. Friends may call on the family on Monday, August 8, 2022, from 4:00-8:00 PM at the TEWS-RYAN FUNERAL HOME, 18230 S. Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL 60430. A prayer service will take place at 7:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. John's College in Collegeville, MN, or to a charity of your choice in her name. For full obituary, go to Tews-Ryanfh.com (708)-798-5300. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/janelle-wenzel-obarski/article_d0745f3a-99ee-50e0-b1b1-21dc2a30e1fe.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:04 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/janelle-wenzel-obarski/article_d0745f3a-99ee-50e0-b1b1-21dc2a30e1fe.html |
Jan. 14, 1942 - July 28, 2022
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - John Foster Flynn was born January 14, 1942, in Chicago, IL. He grew up fifty miles from downtown Chicago in Valparaiso, IN. John's father left the family early in his life, so John financed his education by himself. Fortunately, he was awarded an athletic scholarship for basketball and golf at Valparaiso University.
After graduating from Valparaiso University, he passed the Indiana Bar exam, and, later, the Arizona exam. He served one year as a Juvenile Probation officer on the south side of Chicago.
He then obtained a position of Assistant United States Attorney in Hammond, IN. He prosecuted general crimes, including bank robberies and theft from Interstate transport. He became a specialist in environmental law, trying cases against United States Steel, Mobil Oil, and DuPont. He then transferred to Phoenix, AZ in the same position, handling litigation involving construction of the Central Arizona Project. This ultimately resulted in the expansion of Phoenix and Tucson.
John retired and lived in Scottsdale, AZ after practicing law in Phoenix and Scottsdale. He passed away July 28, 2022, in Scottsdale. He is survived by his niece, Ivy; nephew, Bart; and great-nieces: Audrey, Katy and Amity; and great-nephew, Nathaniel. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-foster-flynn/article_8e0dc6f9-576c-55d5-b1ca-c1d232655033.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:10 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-foster-flynn/article_8e0dc6f9-576c-55d5-b1ca-c1d232655033.html |
LOWELL, IN - John M. Leone, 70, of Lowell, passed away on June 25, 2022, following a brief battle with lung cancer.
John was a 1969 graduate of Munster High School. He loved collecting coins and cans. John was a very talented woodwright, carving and making many beautiful pieces. He loved Michigan, especially Little Bear Lake. He and his wife bred and raised Welsh Terriers and Airedales for many years. John retired from D&L Wood Products after 18 years of service.
John is survived by his wife of 40 years, Carol. Sister, Melinda (Steve) Banchich; brother-in-law, Donny (Judy) Chandler; nieces: Tracy (Ken) Tatge and Christine (Ken) Renken; nephews, Pete (Patti) Leone Jr. and Danny (Ashley) Banchich; several great-nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, Martin and Joyce Leone; and his brother, Peter W Leone Sr.
John was a sweet and wonderful man who will be missed by all who knew him.
Special thank you to neighbors Ike and Jackie Rench, and Steve Echterling for being great helpful neighbors.
Cremation by South Shore Cremation. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-m-leone/article_0e66bb96-813e-5cf9-9f9c-22fe877e7034.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:16 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/john-m-leone/article_0e66bb96-813e-5cf9-9f9c-22fe877e7034.html |
Oct. 8, 1946 - Aug. 3, 2022
Johnny Dean Deel, was born on October 8, 1946, to Carl and Daphne Deel, in Dante, Virginia. He lost his 10 year battle with cancer at his home, surrounded by his loving family, on August 3, 2022.
Johnny is survived by his loving wife Kathleen, of 54 years; his three children, daughter Brenda (Greg) Capps; sons, Daniel Deel, and John (Amanda) Deel; his seven grandchildren, Patrick (Kristie) Capps, Laura (John) Ohmberger, Moira Deel, Ryan Capps, Caleb Deel, Christian Deel, and Maegan Deel; his only great-grandchild, Levi Capps; his twin sister, Jean Aldrich; brothers, Jack Deel, Jim Deel, and Jerry (Pat) Deel. Preceded in death by his parents, and his sister Judy.
Johnny served in the United States Navy early in life. He went on to work his entire life and retire from LTV Steel. Johnny was an avid hunter and fisherman. He always had a garden, made sure that the birds were fed, and the cat was in the house.
Arrangements by the ANTHONY & DZIADOWICZ FUNERAL HOME, Hammond, Indiana 219-931-2800. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/johnny-dean-deel/article_3a9c3899-50a8-5a7f-ae77-ab7127850c00.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:22 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/johnny-dean-deel/article_3a9c3899-50a8-5a7f-ae77-ab7127850c00.html |
Norma Jean McFarland
March 15, 1934 - July 7, 2022
SARASOTA, FL - Norma Jean, aged 88, passed away peacefully July 9, 2022. Jean's loving husband Melvin James McFarland formerly of Griffith, IN passed in 2007. They operated Wholesale Kitchens, enjoyed riding their motorcycles with their many friends, living their Christian faith. They moved to Sarasota, FL in 1984 to be near their children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her son, Michael; daughters: Michalene (Pat) Patacsil, Marsha (Michael) Nash, all living in the Sarasota area and Michele (William) Webb of Louisiana. She has nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; a sister, Patricia Woods in IN; and a brother, Carl Cooper in IL; and a sister-in-law, Sharon (Charles) Woods of Crown Point, IN. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/norma-jean-mcfarland/article_995be47b-e9b3-56e8-9198-245d770e70e9.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:28 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/norma-jean-mcfarland/article_995be47b-e9b3-56e8-9198-245d770e70e9.html |
Pauline Lebeter (nee Cappello), age 90. Lifelong of the East Side. Passed away August 4, 2022.
Beloved wife of the late, William Lebeter. Loving mother of William (JoAnn) Lebeter, Tom (Gabe) Lebeter, and Judy (Ron) Gruszecki. Cherished grandmother of Nikki, Billy, Michael (Angela), Jill, Gina (Vince), and Danny (Nicole). Dearest great-grandmother of Dalton, Nixon, Addison, Thomas, Alex, Anthony, Mikey, Giuliana, and Mia. Dearest sister of Emily (late James) Joy.
Pauline was a former employee of Larry's Pastries and Giappo's Pizzeria.
Services were held privately for the family. Inurnment Holy Cross Cemetery.
Arrangements entrusted to Elmwood Funeral Chapel and Crematory. For more information 773-731-2749. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/pauline-lebeter/article_9b7c7f53-ece0-5243-8ef1-14689fb95ebf.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:35 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/pauline-lebeter/article_9b7c7f53-ece0-5243-8ef1-14689fb95ebf.html |
DYER, IN - Ralph A. Grau, age 88, a lifelong resident of Dyer, passed away, Wednesday, August 3, 2022. He was married to the most wonderful, loving wife, Audrey (Blaskovich) for 63 years. Ralph said he was lucky to have two precious daughters, Rachelle Schmidt and Ranae Gourley, son-in-law Darren Gourley, two grandsons, Benjamin and David Gourley, and granddaughter Madeline Schmidt.
Funeral services will be held at the Fagen-Miller Funeral Home, 8580 Wicker Ave in St. John, on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 with visitation from 10 am until the time of service at 1 pm. Burial Chapel Lawn Cemetery.
Ralph worked on the railroad and for ocean container vessels. He was in sales throughout the United States and traveled to Europe, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Ralph always enjoyed time with his family and always made sure they knew how much he loved them. He loved all and any dogs that came into his life from the time he was a child. During the Korean War, Ralph was stationed at the NIKE missile site at Wolf Lake in Hammond, Indiana where they guarded the Midwest during the war.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Calumet Humane Society in Munster, would be appreciated. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ralph-a-grau/article_a5c615fc-4773-59df-953e-b38f3c96a4f7.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:41 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ralph-a-grau/article_a5c615fc-4773-59df-953e-b38f3c96a4f7.html |
MUNSTER - Robert B. Coyle, age 71, of Munster, IN, formerly of Matthews, IN, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022. He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Katherine Coyle; loving children: Douglas (Natalie) Coyle and Alex Coyle; siblings: William Coyle, Barry Coyle, Brenda (Danny) Hipskind, Betty (David) Larson, Rebecca Lynn, Bonnie (late, Tim) Marley, and Barbara Morgan; and numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins. Preceded in death by his parents: Charles and Ella Louise Coyle; and brother, Bruce (late, Jean Anne) Coyle.
Robert was a United States Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam. He graduated with a PhD from Ball State University and worked as a psychologist privately as well as in schools. Robert was active with the Red Cross and served on the committees of the Indiana Psychological Association.
Services were private and entrusted to SOLAN PRUZIN FUNERAL HOME, 219-322-7766. Robert was laid to rest at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Red Cross or Disabled American Veterans. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-b-coyle/article_79bcacb9-5491-5cae-87e6-3e244a6bb1f7.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:47 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-b-coyle/article_79bcacb9-5491-5cae-87e6-3e244a6bb1f7.html |
May 15, 1920 - Aug. 4, 2022
HIGHLAND, IN - Ruby "Jo" Kolanko, age 102, passed away quietly in her home in Highland, IN.
She is survived by her sister, Barbara (Roland) Ruble; nieces and nephews: Kevin, Tod (Angela), Susan (Michael), Burt, Kathleen Grannon, Thomas (Barbara) Carto, Mary Denise (Terry) Heuel, Leona Florkiewicz, Noreen Adams-Raney, Joseph (Patricia) Kolanko, Andrew (Marlene) Marek, Gloria Tosiou, Carolyn Mickey, and Adlai Kolanko; special friends: Deborah Cage, Annie Bolanowski, and Donna Pisowicz; and very special care giver: Grace "Mamma" Muyunda.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon A. Kolanko M.D.; parents, Chester and Ethel Royal; stepfather, Thomas Kendall; and Walter (Josephine) Kolanko, Raymond (Virginia) Kolanko, Stanley Kolanko, Franklin (Mary Jane) Kolanko, Virginia (Edward) Sankowski, Rose (James) Carto, and Mary (Andrew) Marek.
She was an attentive assistant to her husband Leon in his medical practice. She was known for her gentle touch when administering injections. She loved animals of all breeds. She loved her furry and feathered friends. Ruby and Leon contributed to all local and nationwide pet rescue organizations. They also established a scholarship fund for future veterinarians at the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine; and they were very generous to family and friends as well. One prophetic thought she left us with was "don't touch your eyes, nose, or mouth," and that was 20 years ago.
A special thanks to all those who assisted in her care in her latter years.
Visitation with the family will be on Wednesday August 10, 2022, from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, 525 N Broad St. Griffith, IN, with a Mass following at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, IL. She will be missed by all that knew her. BURNS-KISH FUNERAL HOME has been entrusted with the arrangements (219-836-5000). Please leave condolences at www.burnskish.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ruby-jo-kolanko/article_b1cef77c-42b9-5eb6-9df5-5a2b11b4d68e.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:53 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ruby-jo-kolanko/article_b1cef77c-42b9-5eb6-9df5-5a2b11b4d68e.html |
Oct. 9, 1945 - July 21, 2022
LAS CRUCES, NM - Susan Joy Sandersen, age 76, of Las Cruces, NM, formerly of Portage, IN, died on July 21, 2022 following a complication during heart surgery. Susan was born on October 9, 1945 in Gary, IN to Ethel Blair Sandersen and Leif Sandersen.
Susan is survived by her husband, Joe San Filippo of Las Cruces, NM; brother, Kyle (Kate) Sandersen of Denver, CO; sister, Jill Sandersen (Harry Spears), of Gainesville, FL; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Scott Sandersen; and Scott's wife, Judy.
A private celebration of life will be held. Please make a donation in Susan's name to your favorite charity. An informational stone will be placed adjacent to her parents' burial site for genealogical purposes. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/susan-joy-sandersen/article_72e0ab5d-dd07-5401-802c-6efa9aa62ab4.html | 2022-08-07T06:19:59 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/susan-joy-sandersen/article_72e0ab5d-dd07-5401-802c-6efa9aa62ab4.html |
Feb. 14, 1937 - Aug. 4, 2022
VALPARAISO, IN - Vincent "Vince" Valentino Micchia, 85, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022.
Vincent was born on February 14, 1937, at home in Gary, IN. He was the only surviving child of Dominco and Marietta (Lucera) Micchia.
Vince loved his family, learning new things and all things mechanical, but especially boats. He was a graduate of Lew Wallace High School, where he played football, basketball, and participated in the music program. Vince was a talented violinist. Music brought Vince to IU Bloomington for a short amount of time. He then enlisted in the United States Air Force and served in the Korean War. Vince came home and attended Coyne College and studied Electrical Technology. Vince was an electrician at US Steel for 43 years.
Vince met the love of his life Kathy (Clarke) and they married in 1979. Six years later, Vince and Kathy welcomed a son Vincent 'Michael' into their lives. Vince was an extremely loving, supportive and involved father, attending every event and was involved in Boy Scouts. Later in life, Vince became known as 'Grandpa' to Alina, Enzo and Talia. He loved to teach them how things worked, draw or make new things from what was found in nature. Vince lived a rich life and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Vincent is survived by his wife, Kathy; son, Mike (Renae); and grandchildren: Alina, Enzo and Talia.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Graceland Cemetery Chapel, 1505 Morthland Dr., Valparaiso, IN, with Rev. Douglas Mayer officiating. Entombment, Graceland Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.
Arrangements made by DYKES FUNERAL HOME, Inc., Valparaiso, IN, (219) 462-3125. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/vincent-valentino-micchia/article_1be77283-642c-5339-a5be-bea99d6121d4.html | 2022-08-07T06:20:06 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/vincent-valentino-micchia/article_1be77283-642c-5339-a5be-bea99d6121d4.html |
AuG 24, 1941 - Aug. 4, 2022
MUNSTER - Virginia (Jean) Bados (nee Lareau) of Munster, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 4, 2022, after a brief illness.
She was born on August 24, 1941, to Delphine (Regnier) and Logan Lareau in Hammond. Although her legal name was Virginia, family and friends called her Jeannie/Jean.
She is survived by her loving husband of 59 years Ronald Bados; her daughters: Michelle (Patrick) Nailos of Canton, MI, and Melissa B. Gay of Munster; her grandchildren: Katherine Nailos of Canton, Conor Nailos of Austin, TX, and Hunter Gay of New York City; and numerous nieces and nephews, who affectionately knew her as Aunt Jeannie.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and siblings: Junella Legg, Albert Lareau and Shirley Hellickson.
Jean attended St. Joseph Church and School in Hammond, graduated from Bishop Noll High School class of 1959, and attended East Chicago Business College. She was employed by Blums-Vogue in Chicago, Inland Steel and Tri-Electronics - both in Hammond. She retired in 2002, from Tri-E after 21 years. She was a volunteer and officer in the St. Margaret Hospital Guild as well as a member of their Junior Association. She also served her community as a Munster Jayette. While her daughters were students at St. Thomas More School, she was Home & School chairperson as well as an assistant Girl Scout leader. In later years, she joined the STM funeral choir and the Environment & Art Ministry which was responsible for decorating for the church holidays. She was a member of E&A for over 26 years—serving as ministry chair for ten. She was also a member of The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem for nine years.
And while she was not a professional baker, family and friends know that she would always show up to any gathering with a platter of fresh baked goodies. Jean and Ron were blessed to take pilgrimages to Germany, the Holy Land and Italy. They visited Japan, Hawaii and the Caribbean islands many times. In addition to baking, she enjoyed gardening, crafting and reading Kindle books on her iPad.
Visitation will be on Monday, August 8, 2022, from 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 3:30 p.m. at KISH FUNERAL HOME, 10000 Calumet Ave. Munster, IN, and on Tuesday from 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. at the church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church, 8501 Calumet Ave. Munster, IN. Private Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. Donations to the SHARE Foundation in her memory would be appreciated. www.kishfuneralhome.net | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/virginia-jean-bados/article_ec74145e-3af0-5949-96d3-8496f40981d4.html | 2022-08-07T06:20:12 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/virginia-jean-bados/article_ec74145e-3af0-5949-96d3-8496f40981d4.html |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police Department responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash on Saturday, Aug. 6.
It took place at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Albert Pike and Rogers Avenue.
All eastbound lanes were impacted for about 40 minutes before reopening.
The accident reconstruction team was on the scene, but no further information has been released at this time.
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ARKANSAS, USA — It’s tax-free weekend and families are looking to save money. The National Retail Federation says families with children in elementary to high school plan to spend an average of $864 on school supplies.
“I probably will spend between $200-$300 in total,” said Shelley Reisinger, a local shopper.
Amanda Nauden has 3 kids who did virtual learning the past 2 school years. As they head back to the classroom, she has to prioritize back-to-school spending.
“With 3 kids, I would like to spend only $350 but it’ll probably be a little bit more than that. But I’m hoping that because of tax-free weekend I might save $100 or so,” said Nauden.
“Last year I kept them home. We did Fayetteville Virtual Academy, so I didn’t have to do school clothes shopping because they were home,” Nauden recalled.
With inflation still on the rise, Nauden had to cut back on spending in other areas to buy school supplies.
“Actually this is my birthday weekend and I got some money from my birthday and instead of spending it on me, I’m spending it on my kids,” Nauden said.
She still has more shopping to do. But overall, she feels positive about the school year because her kids will have a sense of normalcy.
“And communicating with other kids because like I said they’ve been home so he’ll be in first grade and because his first year of kindergarten was at home and he wasn’t really around a lot of kids,” said Nauden.
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BOISE, Idaho — If your adventure takes a turn for the worse, there is a team of Gem State volunteers at Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue ready to help.
Local sheriff offices deploy Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue whenever they need extra support. On Saturday, the team ran a mock mission just south of Arrowrock Reservoir.
There are two full-blown mock missions each year, one in the summer and another in the winter. EMT Rob Shelton said mock missions not only help develop search and rescue skills, but also builds team spirit.
“We can work in a dynamic environment and apply every one of our teams and specialties and trainings,” Shelton said.
Saturday’s mission started at 7 a.m. and involved three people whose unicorn float popped on the Boise River. Before the whole crew started searching, they sent out a few hasty teams, which tech specialist Mark Sullivan said helps improve response time.
Everyone at Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue is a volunteer. Sullivan said there are over 100 people on the roster. The organization is also grant and volunteer funded.
Shelton joined the team two years ago. He said taking care of others in the backcountry is in his blood.
“To have that opportunity to be on with them at any given point, to help those in their worst moment, is an honor,” Shelton said.
Retired athlete Trish Deim agrees. She joined the team one year ago and has never looked back. As an outdoor enthusiast herself, Deim said she loves helping others.
“I’ve raised my family in the outdoors,” Deim said. “[With] how much I play in the outdoors, it was part of me to fulfill this for the next generation so they can have the same outlook and safety that I’ve enjoyed."
In Saturday’s mock scenario, all three people floating down the river separated, trying to get help. Splitting up is something Sullivan said is a fairly common mistake.
He recommends staying put.
“If you had a plan and you communicated that plan before you left on your adventure, then somebody’s gonna to figure out sooner or later that you’re missing and take the appropriate steps, including alerting search and rescue,” Sullivan said.
In September, Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue will celebrate its 60th year in operation. Details on getting involved are listed online.
Sullivan said once someone signs up and completes a three-day program, they are put on a probationary period for one year. This is where members receive the majority of their training.
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BOISE, Idaho — Warning: The video in this article could be disturbing to some viewers.
As an engine with the Boise Fire Department patrolled from the Bank of the Boise River Saturday afternoon, its crew was forced into action after a bridge jumper landed on a raft full of people in the water.
The jumper backflipped off the Baybrook Bridge, according to a Boise Police Department spokesperson.
Following the incident, a Boise firefighter used a rescue throw bag to bring one of the victims to the shore from the raft.
The spokesperson said two people from the raft were taken to a local hospital Saturday afternoon. Their conditions are unknown at this time.
In the City of Boise, it is legal to jump off the bridge as long as you land at least 50 feet away from rafters.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Donna Henricksen
March 12, 1942-August 4, 2022
Donna Henricksen, 80, of Rockwell, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2022, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 9 at Counsell Woodley Funeral Home in Thornton. A public visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of Thornton is caring for Donna and her family.
Donna was born March 12, 1942, in Alden, Iowa, to parents Lawrence and Beatrice (Jacobson) Nachazel. After graduating from high school Donna was united in marriage with John Henricksen on November 19, 1961, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Rockwell. They made their home in Rockwell where they raised their four children.
Everyone who had the pleasure of meeting Donna liked her and appreciated her sweet, caring nature. Her strength shown though in how she raised her family. Donna enjoyed sewing, gardening, bowling and golfing with her husband. Her passion was quilting. She loved her family dearly, including her dogs Tessie and Trina.
Left to cherish Donna's memory include her children Kathy Platts, Jim (Jill) Henricksen, and Sherie Smith; grandchildren Greg (Katie) Platts, Mathew (Liz) Platts, Laura (Cyle) Calhoun, Patrick (Ashley) Platts, Nathan Henricksen, Samuel Henricksen, Thomas (Emma) Culbert, and Jacquelyn (Matt) Eckholm; and 8 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband John; daughter Jeanette Culbert; brothers Neil Nachazel and Dale Nachazel; great-grandson Bennet Calhoun; and by her sister-in-law Sue Fowler. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/donna-henricksen/article_16dfbdc0-06bb-560c-bced-125aec30348b.html | 2022-08-07T07:39:48 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/donna-henricksen/article_16dfbdc0-06bb-560c-bced-125aec30348b.html |
Egon E. Weaver
October 26, 1937-April 8, 2022
Egon E. Weaver, 84, of Boone, died Friday, April 8, 2022, at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.
A memorial visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. 4th St., Garner. Burial will follow at Concord Township Cemetery in Garner with military rites by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit. Arrangements: Cataldo Funeral Home www.cataldofuneralhome.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/egon-e-weaver/article_7782a06f-11a6-5701-a30e-cd6e2ff7052f.html | 2022-08-07T07:39:54 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/egon-e-weaver/article_7782a06f-11a6-5701-a30e-cd6e2ff7052f.html |
Elva May Magnuson
November 6, 1941-August 2, 2022
Elva May Magnuson, 80, of Mason City, IA, passed away August 2, 2022, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.
A memorial service will be held 10:30AM Saturday, August 13th, 2022, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. Ne, Mason City, IA.
Inurnment will take place following the service at Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery in Mason City.
Visitation will be held from 6:00PM-8:00PM, Friday, August 12th, 2022, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel.
Elva was born November 6, 1941, in Mason City, daughter of Norman and Margaret (Harrington) Olsen. She was a life-long resident of Mason City and Plymouth. She was a part of the last graduating class of Plymouth High School in 1959. In 1961, she was married and had four children with Arden Magnuson. Over her lifetime she worked as an aide at Good Shepherd and IOOF Homes, a homecare CNA, bartender, and a cook at the Cerro Gordo County Jail where she was known for her great cooking.
Elva was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church as well as the Women of the Moose. She enjoyed playing cards, especially cribbage, 500 and 31. She was also in many bowling leagues and traveled to different states for tournaments. She always loved telling stories and jokes. She had many friends and enjoyed talking about the grandkids and great-grandkids. She was an avid collector of Mickey Mouse items. On her 80th birthday, she celebrated with many cards from family and friends. Elva also loved telling her friends and family how much she had won at the casino; although she'd never say how much she spent.
Elva is survived by her sons, Jeff (Debbie) Magnuson of Hudson WI, Jerry (Anne) Magnuson of Hanlontown, IA, and Jim (Ricky) Magnuson of Beaver Dam, WI; daughter, Julie (Terry) Andersen Thornton, CO; grandchildren, Stephanie, Amber, Brian, Scott, Magnus, Niels, Hedy, Julie Ann, and Megan; great-grandchildren, Tate, Teagan, Wesley and one on the way in November and one in December; many beloved nieces and nephews.
Elva was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Margaret; brother, Michael; and sisters, Norma Jean, Judy, and Ann.
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Lucille J. Hultman
April 15, 1922-August 3, 2022
OSAGE-Lucille Julia Hultman. 100, of Osage passed away peacefully, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.
A Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 8, 2022, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage with Father Raymond Burkle officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Monday at the church.
Lucille was born April 15, 1922, in Osage, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Christina (Braun) Mandler. Her siblings were Frank, Stella, Rose, Leona and Marie. She attended Osage Schools. On September 16, 1939, Lucille married Lawrence Hultman at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage. They began their married life farming south of Little Cedar until retiring and moving to Osage in 1982. Lucille was a lifelong, member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was a member of the Guild. She sang with the Covenant Singers alongside her sister, Leona, Sister Mille and friends. Lucille enjoyed friends and shared many memories with them. She enjoyed being with people wherever and whenever the occasion. She helped people with Bingo at the Nursing home and loved to take bananas and sweet treats to people there. Lucille moved to Evergreen Senior Living in 2006. She enjoyed playing 500 there. Lucille had many friends, and the family held many Mandler Reunions there. Lucille loved the fun of Casinos, winning and losing. She loved going over to the Faith Home to have coffee with friends. Lucille moved there in September of 2020, as Covid 19 arrived. She was blessed by all the nurses and staff there it became her home. Now God has taken her to her everlasting Heavenly home. There are many friends and relatives to Thank.
Thanks to Dr. Nasstrom, Dr.Sarik, Dr. Roggensack and others. Also, Thanks to Father Burkle and the Sacred Heart Parish
Lucille is survived by her children a daughter, Janice Mauer of Oskaloosa; a son, Roger (Mary) Hultman of Austin, Minnesota; seven grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lawrence in 2006; son-in-law, Gary Mauer; brother, Frank Mandler; and sisters, Rose Spurgeon, Estella Neuerburg, Marie Kobernusz and Leona Rogers.
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Margaret J. Morris
March 15, 1921-July 30, 2022
Margaret J. Morris, 101 years, 4 months, 15 days, passed away July 30, 2022, at the Davenport Lutheran Home.
Margaret was born March 15, 1921, the daughter of Jim and Glee (Nichols) Hutzell in rural Ventura, Iowa.
Margaret is survived by daughters, Susie (Buzz) Davis, Linda (Tom) Gaarder, Bonnie Stephens; daughter-in-law, Susanne Morris Prindle; six grandchildren, several great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Murl; son, Larry Morris; grandson-in-law, Marty Eckhardt; two sisters and five brothers.
Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/margaret-j-morris/article_81298c17-ee6e-599f-ae06-d3ce87fb00fa.html | 2022-08-07T07:40:13 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/margaret-j-morris/article_81298c17-ee6e-599f-ae06-d3ce87fb00fa.html |
Nette Fern Mammaro
November 13, 1944-August 4, 2022
Nette Fern Mammaro entered heaven's gates on Thursday, August 4, 2022 with her loving husband by her side. She was born November 13, 1944 in Iowa City, IA to Wilbur and Virgie Hardy Phelps. Nette grew up on a farm until about the age of ten, when her family moved into the city. She was a 1963 graduate of Mason City High School. She met the love of her life in a pizza parlor. She and that love, Bill Mammaro, were married November 27, 1965 in Mason City, IA.
They moved to Crosbyton in 1981 where Bill was employed as Lab manager at Crosbyton Clinic Hospital until his retirement in 2016. They were very active in the community. Nette joined the Crosbyton Chamber of Commerce in 2009 and served on the board until her retirement in 2022, at which time she was honored at the 2022 banquet for her years of tireless service and commitment. She was the church secretary and ministry assistant at First Baptist Church for eight years and willingly served in several other capacities during her time there as well. Nette was a faithful servant of the Lord, her church, and the community. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband, Bill; two sons, Douglas Mammaro, and Steven Mammaro both of Lubbock; two daughters, Dawn Binder of Idalou, and Christa Lemon of Kyle, TX; one brother, Gene Phelps of Arizona; four grandsons, Royce Binder and wife Iris Burrola, Dillon Binder, Christopher Lemon and Brandon Binder; and one great-granddaughter, Daisy Grace Binder.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Leslie Ann Mammaro; two sisters and two brothers.
Visitation will be from 6-8 PM, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at Adams Funeral Home in Crosbyton.
Funeral service will be 11 AM, Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Crosbyton with Rev. Les Griffin officiating. Interment will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/nette-fern-mammaro/article_17782344-87f3-5123-9dc3-8456070c7994.html | 2022-08-07T07:40:19 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/nette-fern-mammaro/article_17782344-87f3-5123-9dc3-8456070c7994.html |
Regina M. Nack
January 27, 1963-August 2, 2022
OSAGE-Regina “Gina” Nack, age 59, of Grafton, died Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at MercyOne North Iowa in Mason City.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton with Pastor Paul Weeg officiating. Interment will be in the Grafton Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Gina was born January 27, 1963, in Mason City, the daughter of Ernset Martzahl and Catherine Cresswell. Gina was adopted and raised by Dorothy Cullen. She graduated from Newman Catholic High School and then attended NIACC for a technical trade. Gina was united in marriage to Brian Nack on May 22, 1987, in Mason City. She worked at MercyOne North Iowa as a hospital assistant. Gina was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Mothers Club. She enjoyed spending time with her dogs, cats, crafting and Interior design. Most of all she loved spending time with her friends and loved ones.
Gina is survived by her brother, Carlos Cresswell of Grafton; brother-in-law, Blair (Michelle) Nack of Square Butte, Montana; sister-in-law, Beth (Larry) Davidson of Des Moines; and four nieces, Makae, Coya, Cassie and Kylynn Nack; siblings, Stephen (Jane) Martzahl, Ronald Martzahl, James Martzahl, Peggy Larkin and Loretta Martzhahl
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Brian in 2018; sister, Carla Draheim.
In lieu of flowers Family suggests memorials be made to Humane Society of North Iowa 2700 S Birch Dr, Mason City, IA 50401.
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