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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Northsong Bird Rehabilitation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing medical care to injured wildlife while educating the community on conserving the environment.
"You know when you have a pet or a child that is sick. You have…..you advocate for that pet or that child and you take them to the doctor or urgent care…you have these opportunities that these wildlife just don't have so that's the goal. We advocate to the community so that we as a whole can advocate for them," said Board member Kaylei Goings.
The Red-Tailed hawk released today was brought to them in June after being attacked. The organization saved the hawk by helping it make a full recovery.
"For 14 days it was kind of kept in the isolation ward and then once its wounds started to heal up and it was taken off antibiotics, we moved it into smaller outside avid areas for strengthening," said Dr. Emily Warman.
Community members brought their kids out, not only to see the hawk but to understand wildlife animals.
"It's important that my kids understand the health of nature and the animals that live in it and to make sure we understand we don't do anything to ruin their habitat," said a local resident.
As of now, the nonprofit does not have a facility to care for the animals, but they hope in the near future they will.
"Rose veterinarian management group generously allows us to use their facilities after hours. They're small animal independently owned veterinary practices so we'll often do most of our medical care out of their practices in the evenings," Dr.Warman explained.
Moving forward, the organization's goal is to have a long-term rehab center and to increase community involvement through education.
"It’s important to sustain it long term so, it'll be great to have a facility for field trips or opportunities at that to partner with local schools or groups in stuff so we're really excited," said Goings.
The organization says they have two patients right now that are ready to be released and one of them will be released at the botanical garden of the Ozarks In Fayetteville, next month.
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CEDAR FALLS — Police are seeking information about a Satuday shooting near an apartment complex on College Hill.
According to a press release from the Cedar Falls Police Department, officers were called to a report of shots fired near Hidden Valley Apartments in the 2100 block of College Street at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday. They reportedly discovered damage and evidence indicating shots were fired in the area. No injuries were reported.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Cedar Falls Police, Black Hawk County Dispatch, or Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers.
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Veterans are honored during the grand entry of the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki Nation hand drummers perform during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Visitors watch as Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Swan Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Swan Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Swan Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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On Thursday, water mains will be flushed in the area from Kimball Avenue to Hammond Avenue, between East Ridgeway Avenue and East San Marnan Avenue.
Water may be a brownish color during and after the flushing but the water is bacterially safe. Waterloo Water Works urges customers within the area and several blocks of it to not plan clothes washing on Thursday.
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AMES – An Iowa State University student found dead last week in Ames was from Waterloo, according to an obituary released by the family.
On Wednesday morning, officers with the Ames Police Department were dispatched to an apartment complex after a resident of apartment 203 found a woman who appeared to be deceased on the balcony. Officers found the woman and confirmed she was dead, later identifying her as 20-year-old Emma Elizabeth Timmer, who lived in apartment 303.
Timmer was born in Waterloo and graduated from Columbus Catholic High School in 2020. She had worked at the Cedar Valley SportsPlex and as a lifeguard. After the news broke of her death, condolences on social media came quickly from those who knew her.
“What a loss – she was truly a beautiful person inside and out,” one user on Facebook, Christa Guetterman wrote. “Heaven is lucky. Rest in peace, Emma!”
Investigators are awaiting results from the autopsy conducted by the State Medical Examiner’s Office. Ames Police believe there is no threat to the community, but the case remains an active investigation.
Photos: Annual Meskwaki Powwow
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Veterans are honored during the grand entry of the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki Nation hand drummers perform during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Visitors watch as Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Swan Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Friendship Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Swan Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Meskwaki tribe members perform the Swan Dance during the annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Powwow grounds near Tama on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As a wave of triple-digit heat begins to impact northern California, officials in local counties have begun opening centers to help people stay cool.
Sacramento County's Department of Human Assistance has responded to the upcoming heat wave by opening cooling centers Sunday, expected to stay open through Friday.
Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties also operate cooling centers during the summer.
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Sacramento County cooling locations
In Sacramento County, those who go to cooling centers will be required to wear a protective facial covering which will be provided to all visitors, the county said.
Pets are allowed at cooling centers in Sacramento County but they must remain on a leash or be put in an animal carrier at all times.
Click here for more on Sacramento County's cooling centers.
- 1725 28th Street, Sacramento, CA
Sunday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- 5747 Watt Avenue, North Highlands, CA
Sunday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- 3615 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento, CA
Sunday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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San Joaquin County cooling locations
Click here for more on San Joaquin County cooling centers recognized by the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services.
- 533 S. Los Angeles Street, Stockton, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 607 Bird Avenue, Stockton, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 445 S. San Joaquin Street, Stockton, CA
Daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- 2800 S D Street, Stockton, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 2885 E Harding Way, Stockton, CA
Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 389 W. Downing Avenue, Stockton, CA
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 26675 N Sacramento Boulevard, Thornton, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 11157 W. Larch Road, Tracy, CA
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 20 E. Eaton Avenue, Tracy, CA
Monday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- 375 E. 9th Street, Tracy, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- 3200 N. Naglee Road, Tracy, CA
Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- 220 Moffat Boulevard, Manteca, CA
Tuesday through Saturday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Stanislaus County cooling locations
While some cooling centers in Stanislaus County charge a fee for use, below are the free cooling centers open to the public. Click here for a full list of Stanislaus County cooling center locations.
- 2701 4th Street, Ceres, CA
Tuesday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
- 2250 Magnolia Street, Ceres, CA
Monday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 4801 Kersey Road, Denair, CA
Monday through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- 98 I Street, Empire, CA
Tuesday through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 2307 Fourth Street, Hughson, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 2412 3rd Street, STE A, Hughson, CA
Tuesday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 4420 Maud Avenue, Keyes, CA
Monday through Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- 1500 I Street, Modesto, CA
Monday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 1305 Kern Street, Newman, CA
Monday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 1300 Patchett Drive, Newman, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Closed for lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
- 151 S. 1st Avenue, Oakdale, CA
Monday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 1 Plaza Circle, Patterson, CA
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 46 N. Salado Avenue, Patterson, CA
Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- 6727 3rd Street, Riverbank, CA
Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- 3442 Santa Fe Street, Riverbank, CA
Monday through Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 4835 Sisk Road, Salida, CA
Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 550 Minaret Avenue, Turlock, CA
Monday through Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 101 E Street, Waterford, CA
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 324 E Street, Waterford, CA
Monday through Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A local nonprofit has put together a truckload of donations for Kentucky flood victims.
The Greeneville based nonprofit, Gifts for Kids – with the help of local businesses and the public – were able to send a trailer of essential items to victims of the devasting floods in Kentucky on Friday.
Gifts for Kids is originally organized to provide Christmas gifts to children ages 12 and under in the Greeneville and Greene County areas.
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The Albany State University Summer Success Academy is a six-week residential comprehensive program designed to help incoming freshmen gain a head start on their education as they prepare to bridge the gap between high school and college.
After attending summer classes throughout the day, ASU Summer Success Academy students participated in academic support and enrichment activities in the evening such as Study Table and Vision Board parties.
The Albany State University Summer Success Academy is a six-week residential comprehensive program designed to help incoming freshmen gain a head start on their education as they prepare to bridge the gap between high school and college.
Special Photo: Reginald Christian/ASU
After attending summer classes throughout the day, ASU Summer Success Academy students participated in academic support and enrichment activities in the evening such as Study Table and Vision Board parties.
Special Photo: Reginald Christian/ASU
Albany State University welcomed 40 freshmen on campus as part of the fourth Summer Success Academy cohort, a 30% increase from the previous year.
ALBANY – This summer, Albany State University welcomed 40 freshmen on campus as part of the fourth Summer Success Academy cohort, a 30% increase from the previous year. The program has also seen a nearly 1,000% increase in male participation over the last two years, from two participants in 2020 to 19 participants this summer.
Additionally, 78% of the SSA students completed the semester with a 3.0 grade-point average or above.
“Every student that takes advantage of this program is another new Ram well-positioned for success,” Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success Kenyatta Johnson said of the year-to-year progression.
The Summer Success Academy is a six-week residential comprehensive program designed to help incoming freshmen gain a head start on their education as they prepare to bridge the gap between high school and college. By the end of the summer, participants will have seven to eight credit hours completed.
“Summer Success Academy is a fabulous way for incoming freshmen to get acclimated to the ASU experience," Kimberly Burgess, Albany State's executive director of student success, said. "The close contacts they make with young alumni, student leaders, campus resources, and University administrators provide the right momentum for their freshman year."
This summer, the students participated in experiential field trips including a visit to the Civil Rights Museum in Montgomery, Ala. The students also visited local businesses and landmarks to discover what Albany has to offer during their time enrolled. Prominent alumni such as Clarence Washington (Class of ‘14) and Dr. Alex Perryman (Class of ‘13) gave students advice on how to thrive and prosper at ASU.
“Dr. Perryman told us his life story and how he overcame a tough beginning," Justin Johnson, a business major from Pine Bluff, Ark., said. "It spoke to my own situation and encouraged me to set a great example for my family.”
Summer Success Academy students began each day with a freshmen year experience course or a speaker relevant to the week’s topic. Upper classmen student leaders worked with students throughout the program as mentors.
“The student leaders made the greatest impact on me during my experience,” Y’Keyla Johnson, a psychology major from Atlanta, said. “I loved how hard they worked to make sure we knew how to be Golden Rams.”
After attending summer classes throughout the day, the students participated in academic support and enrichment activities in the evening such as Study Table and Vision Board parties. This summer, business administration and health sciences were the top majors among the cohort.
Applications for the 2023 Summer Success Academy for incoming freshmen will open on Jan. 1. Interested potential students may email successacademy@asurams.edu for additional information.
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To help safeguard the health of its communities and relieve inflationary pressures on customers’ wallets, Southeastern Grocers Inc., the parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, is offering up to $20 in free groceries as vaccine incentives in all its in-store pharmacies.
ALBANY -- To help safeguard the health of its communities and relieve inflationary pressures on customers’ wallets, Southeastern Grocers Inc., the parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, is offering up to $20 in free groceries as vaccine incentives in all in-store pharmacies to further encourage customers and their families (ages 3 and older) to get vaccinated ahead of flu season.
To receive the free grocery offer, customers can walk into any SEG in-store pharmacy or make an appointment online to get a flu vaccine (free with most insurances) to receive a voucher for $10 in free groceries. Additionally, customers who receive a second vaccine of their choice on the same day will receive an additional $10 in free groceries. These include more than 15 vaccine options such as COVID-19, shingles, pneumonia, meningitis and Tdap. State and age restrictions apply.
This offer is available now in all Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie in-store pharmacies.
In accordance with updated CDC and FDA guidelines, Southeastern Grocers recently began to administer Novavax COVID-19 vaccines to individuals ages 18 and older in nearly 100 select Fresco y Más, Harveys and Winn-Dixie pharmacies on Thursdays and Saturdays. Vaccines are available (while supplies last) as a two-dose primary series, administered three to eight weeks apart, and are recommended for all adults, including those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised.
The grocer remains committed to caring for and supporting the communities it serves while following local, state and federal guidelines, SEG officials said in a news release. SEG appreciates the flexibility, kindness and respect for other shoppers and associates shown by its customers and asks for their continued cooperation to keep communities safe and healthy.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A motorcyclist is seriously injured after being rescued from underneath a vehicle following a crash in South Austin on Sunday morning.
Austin-Travis County EMS said the incident happened around 11:10 a.m. at the intersection of South Congress Avenue and Crockett Street.
The motorcyclist was declared a trauma alert and taken to St. David's South Austin Medical Center, ATCEMS said.
Motorists are asked to expect delays and avoid the area if possible.
No other information is available at this time.
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MINERAL WELLS, Texas — As the vibrant crossing guard helped children along the street at Mineral Well ISD’s Houston Elementary School, she wished students a good weekend.
It was Thursday.
Weekends at Mineral Wells ISD schools begin early after the district implemented a four-day school week for the new school year.
Students and teachers have school Monday through Thursday, and their three-day weekend begins on Friday.
A majority of parents of Houston Elementary students told WFAA they support the switch to a shorter school week.
Sheena Dow was among those who are celebrating.
“I love it,” Dow said. “I love every moment I get with my kids. An extra day with them makes me happy. Everyone needs more balance.”
Another parent, Gabriela Gonzalez, told WFAA she had to switch her work schedule to adjust to the new change.
“It’s something new, it’s different,” Gonzalez said.
Mineral Wells ISD Superintendent John Kuhn said during the last year multiple teachers in his district left, opting to teach at neighboring schools where districts offered a four-day week.
The loss of teachers led Kuhn and school leaders to re-evaluate how they would retain teachers, and it would take more than offering more pay.
“We found that [a four-day week] was a more popular option than we would’ve thought,” Kuhn said.
Of the district’s teachers, 87% supported a four-day week, Kuhn said.
“It’s really imperative for school districts to think outside the box,” Kuhn said.
That’s what he did, and the four-day school week became reality.
His district’s decision to switch comes as schools across North Texas and beyond are struggling to fill teacher vacancies.
This school year, Mineral Wells ISD is welcoming students back with zero teacher vacancies. It’s unclear if the four-day week can be directly attributed for attracting teachers, Kuhn said.
“I think it’s worth it,” Kuhn said. “My staff is really excited.”
He hopes the extra day off will help teachers manage their take-home workload. On Fridays, the district will also offer professional development opportunities for teachers.
To make up the school days lost, the district started the school year earlier and extended the year by a week. Additionally, school days are now around 30 minutes longer than they were before.
After some parents raised concern about finding child care when school is closed on Fridays, Kuhn and his district came up with a potential solution.
The district is offering an optional remediation day, or a catch-up day, on Fridays for students in fourth grade and under.
The district will provide students with meals at the Friday remediation. All students will go home with meals for the three-day weekend thanks to the Backpack Buddy program.
Parents who can’t find child care on Fridays have the option to sign their children up to attend school on Friday, Kuhn said.
“Ultimately, whatever we do, the goal is to do what’s best for kids ,” Kuhn said.
Kuhn said if the district’s STAAR test results improve at the end of the school year, the four-day week will stick around for good. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/mineral-wells-isd-launches-four-day-school-week-to-retain-teachers/287-4f7e700c-7761-4f00-8638-a1dda699ae1e | 2022-08-14T19:34:31 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/mineral-wells-isd-launches-four-day-school-week-to-retain-teachers/287-4f7e700c-7761-4f00-8638-a1dda699ae1e |
AUSTIN, Texas — Two people are dead after a three-vehicle crash in eastern Travis County on Sunday afternoon.
The crash happened just before 1 p.m. on State Highway 130 northbound, north of FM 969 and east of Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park.
Austin-Travis County EMS said two adults were pronounced dead on the scene after being pinned in their vehicles.
A third person involved in the crash was uninjured, ATCEMS said.
Northbound SH 130 between FM 969 and FM 973 is shut down due to the crash and traffic is being diverted, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office said.
No other information is available at this time.
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AUSTIN, Texas — An accidental kitchen fire at a South Austin taqueria is now under control.
The Austin Fire Department responded to Taquerias Arandinas at 700 W. William Cannon Dr. around 6 a.m. on Sunday.
Firefighters said the fire extended to the roof and caused heavy smoke damage throughout the building.
No other information is available at this time.
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STONINGTON, Maine — Fire officials are battling a house fire in Stonington on Sunday morning.
Emergency crews have been trying to contain the fire located on Fifield Point Road for approximately two-and-a-half hours as of noon, confirmed a Hancock County Regional Communications Center dispatcher.
Officials said the house is located on a dead-end road, and no other residents needed to evacuate. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/fire-crews-battle-house-fire-in-on-fifield-point-road-stonington-maine/97-d3657bf7-ad11-44bf-a3cc-b562eff8844a | 2022-08-14T19:38:34 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/fire-crews-battle-house-fire-in-on-fifield-point-road-stonington-maine/97-d3657bf7-ad11-44bf-a3cc-b562eff8844a |
MUSKEGON, Mich. — A former captain of the S.S. Milwaukee Clipper celebrated a very special birthday this weekend.
Robert Priefer turned 100 years old Saturday! He's been a part of the Clipper for over 80 years.
The birthday celebration was aboard the ship and was open to the public. Cake was, of course, provided.
While we may think 100 years old is impressive, Priefer says he's ready still for more.
"Wonderful turnout. I just can't fathom what a great day this turned out to be," he laughed, "I'm shootin' for a 110, what the heck."
When Priefer got a job working aboard the Clipper in 1941, he didn't truly get off the historic vessel for nearly 30 years.
"It's been part of my family," said Priefer. "The ship is like a step-child to me."
Priefer's assent during his sailing career as quite unique, and in many ways, impossible. His first job aboard the Clipper was as a dishwasher.
"I was a Pearl Diver," Priefer joked. "That's what the ship's dishwashers were called back then."
Every single year Priefer came back to work on the Clipper, he got a promotion.
"I never wanted to be a sailor, but my father and brothers were in the shipping industry so it became my calling, too."
Priefer worked his way up the ranks, obtained his pilot's license, and 19 years after first stepping foot on the Clipper, he became its skipper.
"It was a big deal," Priefer said. "Back in those days, a trip from Muskegon to Milwaukee was like going from Muskegon to the Caribbean.
"It was a long distance for a lot of people."
Priefer was the ship's captain during its last decade of operation. As one might imagine, he has many memorable stories to share.
"There were times when bad weather arose," Priefer recalled. "I remember one time there was something coming out of the northeast, the sea was getting rougher, and [the Clipper] dug her nose into a big swell and we took on a couple tons of water.
"When you have that much water coming down a confined space, it's a problem. It poured into the portholes and flooded the club lounge."
With a smirk, Captain Priefer then said, "You don't want to be a heavy weatherman; they're all on the bottom of the lake."
The captain also remembers a couple times when he had to get on the Clipper's speaker system and yell, "Overboard."
"We had a gal onboard who jumped over the side," Priefer recalls. "I remember turning the Clipper around and having crewmembers have to go fish her out of the water."
Priefer adds that they managed to rescue her with a lifeboat, got her back onboard, then got back underway to the destination.
Another anecdotal story Captain Priefer likes to share is about when the Clipper's owner's dog jumped over the side and into the lake.
"One of my crew notified me that something went overboard," Priefer said. "We didn't know what it was, but protocol requires us to turn around and check it out."
They'd eventually see something splashing in the water and realized it was a dog.
"Here's this dog paddling for Michigan," Priefer joked. "I didn't think he'd make it."
Once again, Captain Priefer had to deploy crewmembers aboard a lifeboat.
"The lifeboat was so high out of the water, they couldn't reach the dog to get him into the boat, so the third mate had to jump into the water, and that allowed the dog to climb right up his back and into the lifeboat.
"So, we saved the dog but almost drowned the third mate."
Watch Priefer recall memories aboard the Clipper below. Happy birthday, Captain!
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A 60-year-old man was arrested Saturday evening after police say he stabbed his 55-year-old friend in the face during an argument.
The two men were drinking around 7:30 p.m. at the victim’s trailer in the 1000 block of Gembler Road on the East Side when the two got in a verbal argument, police said.
The victim told his friend to leave, police said. The suspect walked out of the trailer but did not leave the lot.
The victim approached the suspect and they got in a fist fight, at which point the suspect pulled out a fixed blade knife and stabbed his friend in the face, police said.
The suspect was walking away from the property when officers detained him. They searched him and found a fixed blade knife with blood on it, according to a preliminary police report.
The victim, who sustained “minor injuries to his mouth,” was transported to a local hospital for treatment, police said.
The suspect, who police did not identify, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/East-Side-argument-leads-to-suspect-stabbing-17372704.php | 2022-08-14T19:38:43 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/East-Side-argument-leads-to-suspect-stabbing-17372704.php |
PORTLAND, Cumberland County — One person was found dead in a cell Sunday at Cumberland County Jail. The death has prompted an investigation.
A corrections officer was making rounds at the jail in Portland when he found a person unresponsive in their cell, Cumberland County Sheriff's Corrections Department Executive Assistant William Prout said Sunday in an email.
The officer called for help and tried to revive the victim along with the help of jail medical staff and Portland MEDCU, but they were unable to revive them, Prout said.
The person's identity has not been released at this time.
The Chief Medical Examiner's Office is working to determine the cause of death. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/inmate-death-at-cumberland-county-jail-prompts-investigation-portland-maine/97-a7732c92-5318-4528-833d-204efbc828e0 | 2022-08-14T19:38:46 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/inmate-death-at-cumberland-county-jail-prompts-investigation-portland-maine/97-a7732c92-5318-4528-833d-204efbc828e0 |
A 25-year-old man was injured Saturday after police say a 50-year-old coworker shot him several times in the back while the two were laying carpet at a strip center on the North Side.
The two men were laying carpet, along with two other coworkers, around 12:30 p.m. Saturday at a store in the 15600 block of Huebner Road when the suspect “inexplicably fired multiple rounds into the victim’s back,” police said.
The suspect and another coworker fled the store and drove away in a work truck, according to a preliminary police report. The remaining coworker ran to a next-door shop to call police.
After officers arrived, they identified two places where the suspect and coworker could have fled. The police department’s Blue Eagle helicopter checked the locations “without success,” police said.
The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he underwent extensive surgery. His condition was not known Sunday morning.
The investigation remains open, police said. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Suspect-shoots-seriously-injures-coworker-on-17372690.php | 2022-08-14T19:38:49 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Suspect-shoots-seriously-injures-coworker-on-17372690.php |
MINERAL WELLS, Texas — As the vibrant crossing guard helped children along the street at Mineral Well ISD’s Houston Elementary School, she wished students a good weekend.
It was Thursday.
Weekends at Mineral Wells ISD schools begin early after the district implemented a four-day school week for the new school year.
Students and teachers have school Monday through Thursday, and their three-day weekend begins on Friday.
A majority of parents of Houston Elementary students told WFAA they support the switch to a shorter school week.
Sheena Dow was among those who are celebrating.
“I love it,” Dow said. “I love every moment I get with my kids. An extra day with them makes me happy. Everyone needs more balance.”
Another parent, Gabriela Gonzalez, told WFAA she had to switch her work schedule to adjust to the new change.
“It’s something new, it’s different,” Gonzalez said.
Mineral Wells ISD Superintendent John Kuhn said during the last year multiple teachers in his district left, opting to teach at neighboring schools where districts offered a four-day week.
The loss of teachers led Kuhn and school leaders to re-evaluate how they would retain teachers, and it would take more than offering more pay.
“We found that [a four-day week] was a more popular option than we would’ve thought,” Kuhn said.
Of the district’s teachers, 87% supported a four-day week, Kuhn said.
“It’s really imperative for school districts to think outside the box,” Kuhn said.
That’s what he did, and the four-day school week became reality.
His district’s decision to switch comes as schools across North Texas and beyond are struggling to fill teacher vacancies.
This school year, Mineral Wells ISD is welcoming students back with zero teacher vacancies. It’s unclear if the four-day week can be directly attributed for attracting teachers, Kuhn said.
“I think it’s worth it,” Kuhn said. “My staff is really excited.”
He hopes the extra day off will help teachers manage their take-home workload. On Fridays, the district will also offer professional development opportunities for teachers.
To make up the school days lost, the district started the school year earlier and extended the year by a week. Additionally, school days are now around 30 minutes longer than they were before.
After some parents raised concern about finding child care when school is closed on Fridays, Kuhn and his district came up with a potential solution.
The district is offering an optional remediation day, or a catch-up day, on Fridays for students in fourth grade and under.
The district will provide students with meals at the Friday remediation. All students will go home with meals for the three-day weekend thanks to the Backpack Buddy program.
Parents who can’t find child care on Fridays have the option to sign their children up to attend school on Friday, Kuhn said.
“Ultimately, whatever we do, the goal is to do what’s best for kids ,” Kuhn said.
Kuhn said if the district’s STAAR test results improve at the end of the school year, the four-day week will stick around for good. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/mineral-wells-isd-launches-four-day-school-week-to-retain-teachers/287-4f7e700c-7761-4f00-8638-a1dda699ae1e | 2022-08-14T19:38:52 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/mineral-wells-isd-launches-four-day-school-week-to-retain-teachers/287-4f7e700c-7761-4f00-8638-a1dda699ae1e |
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros hosted 'Uvalde Strong Day' Sunday, inviting families from Uvalde to the ballpark to help bring healing to the community through baseball.
The Astros welcomed ten busses full of Uvalde residents, along with thousands of others from the southwest Texas town.
The related video above was originally published July 8, 2022.
"We welcomed the community of Uvalde to Minute Maid Park for Uvalde Strong Day Sunday. We are committed to the continued healing of the Uvalde community through the game of baseball. During the game, fans can purchase Uvalde Strong t-shirts, with all proceeds going to Uvalde Strong efforts. Fans can also donate online www.astros.com/donate," the team said on their Facebook page.
Houston Astros host Uvalde Strong Day
Families were able to meet their favorite players, take photos, and sit right up front to enjoy the game as they play the Oakland A's on the last day of this homestand.
"The Houston Astros are committed to the continued healing of the community of Uvalde through the game of baseball," said the team in a press release.
Around 500 folks from Uvalde enjoyed the unique gameday experience.
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KNOX COUNTY, Ohio — A family is forever changed in an instant after Samantha O'Rourke, a wife and mother, lost her life in a crash.
Troopers tell us on Aug. 1 the family was hit head-on by a truck on State Route 661 in Knox County. They say the driver was driving drunk.
Her husband, Levi O'Rourke, and two of her children were also seriously injured in the crash.
“She had a beautiful eyes and a smile that would just draw you in,” said Levi O’Rourke.
Levi was in the passenger seat last Monday night coming home from work and two of his four stepchildren were in the backseat. Samantha was driving, when they were hit head on by a drunk driver.
“I keep seeing my wife in that damn car slumped over the wheel and I keep wanting to get her, get up and get to her, and they would not let me,” he said.
Levi says his stepchildrens' injuries range from bleeding in the brain, to a broken collar bone and a broken back.
He said he's at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and is unable to leave and get to his stepchildren because of his own injuries. But he says he'd get hurt 100 times over to have his Samantha back.
“Life's not going to be as bright as it once was,” he said.
Police say 36-year-old Vince Arthur is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in the case.
A Mount Vernon bartender is charged with a violation of furnishing beer and intoxicating liquor to an intoxicated person.
A local church has set up an account to help the family. If you would like to donate to the family, you can click here. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-remembers-wife-killed-in-knox-county-drunk-driving-crash/530-8d5a4559-e9f7-4e3f-9a4f-c15fb4606c10 | 2022-08-14T19:39:29 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-remembers-wife-killed-in-knox-county-drunk-driving-crash/530-8d5a4559-e9f7-4e3f-9a4f-c15fb4606c10 |
SAN ANTONIO — A party with friends ended in violence after one man pulled out a fixed blade knife and cut another man in the face Saturday night.
It happened around 7:30 p.m. on the 1000 block of Gembler Rd. just east of downtown, near North W.W. White Road.
Officers were dispatched to the location for reports of a cutting in progress. When they arrived, they found a 55-year-old man with minor injuries to his mouth. EMS treated the victim at the scene, then took him to the hospital.
The victim told police that he and the suspect are friends and had been drinking together at his trailer, when they got into a fight. He told the 60-year-old suspect to leave. Police say the suspect walked out of the trailer but did not leave the lot. That's when a fist fight broke out, and the suspect pulled a fixed blade knife out from a belt sheath and stabbed the victim in the face.
The suspect was trying to leave the location when police arrived. They took him into custody after finding the knife with blood on it in his possession.
The suspect was placed under arrest for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
This is a developing story.
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UVALDE, Texas — UVALDE, Texas—A Uvalde native has launched a campaign to help Uvalde CISD employees start the new school year while the community is still mourning the tragedy at Robb Elementary School.
Kylee Gilles, now a teacher in Boerne ISD, said she got the idea to start the campaign, Uvalde CISD Ally, after a similar program was organized for Boerne ISD teachers during the pandemic.
“After spending a lot of time in Uvalde this summer and reflecting on how I as an educator could help because that is the cause that I am so passionate about, I decided that the best way that I could help was to organize something similar,” said Gilles.
Gilles said the campaign involves volunteers signing up to sponsor a Uvalde CISD employee throughout the school year, sending at least four gifts of $20 each to the employee throughout the school year.
“This campaign is really just geared toward letting teachers know that we love them and we support them year round and just a simple piece of joy for them to have,” said Gilles.
Gilles said the campaign is geared toward every employee in the district, around 720 employees.
Gilles said at least 550 volunteers have signed up and she’s hoping to sign on more in time for the first day of school in September.
“I just need a few more volunteers. anybody who's willing to help to sign up. I just need somebody who wants to continue giving to the community of teachers and employees there in the district,” said Gilles. “Whatever you can do just to let them know that you're thinking about them and appreciate and respect what they're doing and the emotional toll that it's taking on them.”
If you’d like to help, follow this link to register: Uvalde CISD Ally (Employee Adoption Campaign) | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/uvalde-native-launches-campaign-to-support-uvalde-cisd-employees/273-f3fc3e58-d588-4a66-ac12-861d1356ad5e | 2022-08-14T19:39:41 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/uvalde-native-launches-campaign-to-support-uvalde-cisd-employees/273-f3fc3e58-d588-4a66-ac12-861d1356ad5e |
TAMPA, Fla. —
It’s basketball, but not the kind you're used to watching on TV.
“It's what you grew up playing and it is physical, it's fast, and it's only up to 50, so you've got to be ready to go. Can't miss anything in this,” said Reggie Theus, former NBA player and coach and the current head coach of the BIG3 team "3 Headed Monsters."
Rapper and actor Ice Cube co-founded BIG3 five years ago, and it’s gained a steady fanbase ever since.
"Fans want more access. Fans want to be a part of the thought process. Fans want to have voting rights and things like that," said Ice Cube.
The game is three-on-three and the first team to 50 points, wins.
“I've coached in the NBA and the WNBA. This is a very exciting brand of basketball. Quite frankly, Ice Cube beat the NBA, FIBA and the NCAA, to three-on-three basketball. It's just taken the world by storm," said Nancy Lieberman, former WNBA player and coach and the head coach of "Power."
The league has attracted both former NBA stars, and players from across the globe.
“So it's not just the names you know, it's the names you don't know. With the games you love,” said Ice Cube.
12 teams compete in an 8-week regular season. The four teams with the best record move on to the playoffs.
"We move the ball. We play physical and we play together,” said Theus.
Ice cube says he hopes to continue to grow the league for years to come
"This is not an Ice Cube project. This is a league for everybody to enjoy, and we're putting it on. We have some of the best athletes planning a great game, and the way we present it is as professional as any other league that you can see," he said.
Tip-off at Amalie Arena is set for 4 p.m. You can buy tickets at BIG3.com. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/big3-playoffs-amalie-arena/67-53e907f7-c973-4814-919c-873c8d173a08 | 2022-08-14T19:42:30 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/big3-playoffs-amalie-arena/67-53e907f7-c973-4814-919c-873c8d173a08 |
TAMPA, Fla — A man was found dead in a running vehicle early Sunday morning in Tampa, according to a news release.
Tampa police say they were called to the area of Lazy River Drive and East Regnas Avenue after a report of a suspicious vehicle was made.
"When officers arrived they located a vehicle running in the roadway with the lights off. Due to the dark tint they were unable to see into the vehicle," police wrote in a statement.
Police stated when they opened the car door, they located a deceased black male with "upper body trauma."
Detectives will investigate this incident as a homicide and are working to develop leads in the case.
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HOUSTON — The Houston Astros hosted 'Uvalde Strong Day' Sunday, inviting families from Uvalde to the ballpark to help bring healing to the community through baseball.
The Astros welcomed ten busses full of Uvalde residents, along with thousands of others from the southwest Texas town.
The related video above was originally published July 8, 2022.
"We welcomed the community of Uvalde to Minute Maid Park for Uvalde Strong Day Sunday. We are committed to the continued healing of the Uvalde community through the game of baseball. During the game, fans can purchase Uvalde Strong t-shirts, with all proceeds going to Uvalde Strong efforts. Fans can also donate online www.astros.com/donate," the team said on their Facebook page.
Houston Astros host Uvalde Strong Day
Families were able to meet their favorite players, take photos, and sit right up front to enjoy the game as they play the Oakland A's on the last day of this homestand.
"The Houston Astros are committed to the continued healing of the community of Uvalde through the game of baseball," said the team in a press release.
Around 500 folks from Uvalde enjoyed the unique gameday experience.
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BOISE, Idaho — The 33rd Albertsons Boise Open tees off later this week. It runs from Thursday to Sunday, August 18-21 at Hillcrest Country Club as part of the Korn Ferry Tour.
150 golfers will compete for a total purse of $1 million. The winner's share is $180,000.
Thousands of fans will follow these highly-skilled players along the fairways and around the greens.
But the tournament is about more than golf. Over the last three decades it has become part of the summer fabric of Boise. Besides being a long weekend of sports entertainment for fans and families, it's also become known for three nights of post-golf concerts by well-known performers. This year country band Midland, Billy Idol and Train will take the stage on the 18th fairway.
In terms of charity, the Open has had a long-lasting impact on the community. Since its first year in 1990, the tournament has given more than $30 million dollars in donations to area nonprofits. Last year alone the donation was $2.9 million. Tournament organizers hope to top that this year.
They say the tournament also would not be possible without an army of 750 volunteers.
This edition of Viewpoint focuses on the past, present and future of the Albertsons Boise Open.
Below is an excerpt with tournament Executive Director Jeff Sanders about the earliest days of the Boise Open.
Doug Petcash: "What was the prize money purse in 1990?"
Jeff Sanders: "In 1990 the Ben Hogan Boise Open presented by Albertsons was $100,000. First place was 18%, so $18,000, and we gave $25,000 to charity and thought we hit a grand slam home run."
Doug Petcash: "What were the accommodations for the players?"
Jeff Sanders: "Well, most of them slept in their car. The guys drove the tour back then. They didn't fly. They didn't have the money to fly. So they drove the tour."
Sanders said many of the players would also shower in the clubhouse to save money.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando church is leading efforts to make sure voters head to the polls to cast their ballots during the 2022 primary election.
Voters participated in “Impact Sunday” at the Experience Christian Center in Orlando. Senior pastor Bishop Derrick McRae said a hearse lead dozens of vehicles from the church to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office.
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“And this is very impactful to the Black community especially as we know how we come together for funerals and processions such as this,” McRae said.
Impactful was the key message during Sunday’s service. McRae said the caravan was part of “Impact Sunday,” which is an effort to get parishioners to the polls to cast their vote.
“A lot of times we’re really focused on registering people to vote, but we’re not as focused all the time on making sure that they actually vote. Today we’re going to make sure that they actually vote,” McRae said.
McRae said in the past this has been known as Souls to the Polls. He said the African American community is underrepresented at the voting booth, so this is making sure their voices are heard.
“That they understand that people are living here, that we have needs as well and that we also understand the power of our vote,” he said.
The Experience Christian Center partnered with 10 other churches. They all came together to make sure people voted.
McRae said this is an important election.
“A lot of times we get distracted by looking at the national elections with the presidential that we forget that it’s really the local elections that impact us the most,” McRae said. “Voting is important and our community has to show up.”
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A residential structure fire in Rosewood in northwest Champaign County resulted in three people being sent to the hospital Saturday afternoon.
The Rosewood Volunteer Fire Department was called out to a residential structure fire in the 6400 block of Kiser Lake Road at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a statement from the department.
The family escaped their burning house, but one family member was stuck on the roof after fleeing from the smoke and heat, the Rosewood Volunteer Fire Department said. A neighbor saw the man on the roof and brought a ladder over to rescue him, the fire department said.
Three people were injured at the fire, including one person who sustained serious burns and a firefighter who sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
They were all treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation and released, the department said.
Crews from Johnson Saint Paris Fire District (JSP), Christiansburg Fire, Quincy Fire and West Liberty Fire departments also assisted on scene.
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The Henrico County Public Schools division is facing nearly 190 teacher vacancies at its traditional schools, and the majority of those vacancies - nearly 70% - are at schools in the Fairfield and Varina districts.
With two weeks until school begins, about 128 teacher vacancies remain in Fairfield and Varina - two districts that have majority-Black populations and serve more than half of Henrico's economically disadvantaged students. Numbers include traditional schools, and do not include alternative schools like Virginia Randolph or the two Advanced Career Education Centers.
In an effort to fill those vacancies, some class sizes have been adjusted, and western Henrico teachers have been transferred to schools in Fairfield and Varina. All class sizes remain under the state-mandated cap of 30 to 35 students per class depending on grade level, according to HCPS spokeswoman Eileen Cox.
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“The common denominator is that this is not new,” said Henrico School Board member Alicia Atkins, who represents the Varina District. “What makes this, I believe, more interesting to some is that it's affecting others that are not within this district.”
The three schools with the highest number of vacancies - Varina High, Rolfe Middle and Achievable Dream Academy at Highland Springs - are all in the Varina District. More than 70% of the students at each school are Black, and at least 60% are economically disadvantaged, as defined by the state.
Teachers who have worked in hard-to-staff schools say they need more support when teaching in areas that are high poverty, or schools that are designated as Title I, a federal program that provides funds to schools with high percentages of children from low-income families.
Across the U.S., teacher shortages are reaching a level of crisis. The neighboring Richmond Public Schools division is facing a similar situation. In order to remedy the shortage, RPS is offering financial incentives in an attempt to close the gap before the new school year begins.
Emily Williams-Fritz, like many other Henrico teachers, began her first job out of college at a Title I school in Varina, then later transferred to a school in the western part of the county.
“Kids in Title I schools are just as smart, they are just as capable as children in other schools, but we have to acknowledge that there are other factors at play,” Williams-Fritz said. “I think there's this expectation that teaching third grade in [eastern Henrico] is the same as teaching third grade in [western Henrico]. ... It's not unrealistic for those children to succeed - they can and they will. But not under the same conditions as other schools.”
Young, perky teachers who begin their careers at hard-to-staff schools can burn out quickly.
“You're working with more kids who may have experienced trauma and are just not getting their basic needs met at home,” Williams-Fritz said. “From my experience, I feel like families are doing the best they can with what they have. But what that does mean for teachers is that it takes more patience and understanding and active communication with families to bridge this gap and make sure that their students are successful. It also means that you're having to fill these basic needs that are missing at home.”
'So out of touch'
When Williams-Fritz left the elementary school in Varina where she worked for five years, she cried because she would miss the students whom she loved working with. But what drove her out was the lack of support from HCPS’ central office, which houses high-level division employees.
“The people who made decisions about my job were so out of touch with what it was like to be inside of a classroom every day,” she said.
Atkins, who was elected to the School Board in 2019, said the Varina District has always been resilient and will continue to be this school year.
“We are wonderfully well made as a community because we continue to strengthen what we have versus focusing on what we don’t. That has helped us continue to produce doctors, lawyers and individuals moving into fields that don't even have titles yet,” Atkins said. “We’re going to have to really wrap our arms around our schools. ... I feel really positive about where we are. Some of the complexities that we had the past few years aren't as complex going into this school year.”
Other tactics that HCPS administration is employing to remedy the teacher shortage include temporary reassignments. Twelve innovation learning coaches and four school quality coaches have been temporarily reassigned as classroom teachers, according to the HR department.
HCPS’ central office will continue to deploy administrators as substitutes to fill in where they are needed, according to Cox.
This year, HCPS will begin to use Proximity Learning, an online learning program in which students are taught virtually by teachers who are licensed to teach in Virginia. It will be used for classes that are typically electives and have a small number of students enrolled. Some of the classes include advanced foreign languages and advanced math classes. The program will not be used for any required courses.
Using Proximity “is not necessarily because of the teacher shortages,” Cox said. “Is it beneficial during staffing shortages? Absolutely. But that's not the driving force. ... It’s also our desire to offer as many classes to as many students as possible.”
'We do have vacancies'
The Brookland District on Henrico’s northern end accounts for about 25 teacher vacancies. The Three Chopt and Tuckahoe districts each account for about 17 teacher vacancies - five times less than the number of unfilled teaching positions in Varina.
Atkins said it is harder to recruit in areas with more need and more trauma. But she also wants to point out that there is trauma across the county, vacancies across the county - and vacancies in Varina affect the whole school system.
Meghan Hyatt, who grew up in eastern Henrico and worked at a Title I school in the area for a number of years before moving to western Henrico school, said that while each part of the county has children who have experienced trauma, it tends to be more concentrated in high-poverty areas, which can require more time from teachers.
“I think that the narrative gets shifted to the idea that these kids are just harder and people don't want to work with hard kids, which isn't the case. It's just that you're working with more challenging kids, which takes additional time outside of the normal school hours,” Hyatt said. “It's not just indicative of Title I. But the types of behavior you're seeing might be more associated with trauma, and those are much deeper behaviors than a kid who just doesn't want to do their homework.”
At a School Board work session on Thursday, Henrico Superintendent Amy Cashwell said 400 new teachers will be welcomed to the new teacher academy next week.
“We’re really proud of our human resources and school-based administrative teams who are actively recruiting,” Cashwell said Thursday. “We do have vacancies. We've looked at making some shifts. We've got some permanent substitutes lined up, board subs lined up and looking at making sure we're leveraging talent within the division to make sure that every student reports to school on the first day with a qualified teacher in the classroom.” | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/teacher-vacancies-in-varina-fairfield-put-strain-on-henrico-county-schools/article_26d99546-ff4f-5c35-8188-aac4292b8986.html | 2022-08-14T20:21:51 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/teacher-vacancies-in-varina-fairfield-put-strain-on-henrico-county-schools/article_26d99546-ff4f-5c35-8188-aac4292b8986.html |
The Chesterfield team representing the region at the Little League Softball World Series will play for third place on Monday.
The game, which will start at 4 p.m., will be nationally televised by ESPN. Their opponent will be determined late Sunday evening.
The Chesterfield All-Stars are making their second consecutive appearance at the event, which is held in Greenville, N.C.
Chesterfield is representing the U.S. Southeast region, as the event returns to its traditional global format after a two-year COVID pause.
On Sunday afternoon, the Chesterfield team fell 5-1 to the Southwest team, a day after playing two games to stay alive in the tournament.
Kammie Walter led the team at the plate on Sunday with three hits. Kaylee Milner scored the team's run.
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Candidates for Pierson Council Seat 2: L. James Anderson, Kelly Green and Brandy Peterson
Three candidates are vying to win in the race for Pierson Town Council Seat 2.
Council members serve four-year terms and receive an annual salary of $3,798.
The late Thomas R. Larrivee held the seat from 2014 until his death in April.
The primary takes place Aug. 23.
The candidates are L. James Anderson, Kelly A. Green and Brandy Peterson.
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Seat 2 candidates
L. James Anderson, 74, has lived in Pierson for more than 50 years.
"Although I have no political background, I have an enormous amount of experience with what this town needs," Anderson said via email.
He said he ran the town's public works department for 24 years before retiring, but he returned eight years ago on a part-time basis.
His top priorities include:
- Growth management: Maintaining our rural character is important to me. We need to work to preserve our farmlands and strengthen our small businesses. We live in and love this town because of its small-town setting.
- Taxation: With times as hard as they are, it's as important as ever to work to keep the cost of living down while effectively running this town. We must maintain the survival of our community members and small businesses.
- Farm labor: Our community couldn't survive or run effectively without our hard-working farmers and laborers. We are the Fern Capitol of the World and they are our backbones.
Kelly A. Green, 59, is a retired paralegal; this is her first time running for elected office.
Her top priorities include:
- Create a mechanism to implement the existing rules and regulations by potentially forming an interlocal agreement with Volusia County that will make Pierson a more inviting town.
- Establish growth management plans enabling the town to keep its unique charm, including reliable internet for the Pierson area. A grocery store would be beneficial, for Pierson, and our sister towns: Barberville Astor, and Seville. Look into the historical preservation of the Town Center and other historic buildings.
- Find additional grant money to complete the update of our parks, get the parks ADA compliant, and seek federal, state or local funds to create affordable rental housing for our citizens while preserving the country feel that is intrinsic to the town.
Peterson didn't respond to multiple requests to participate in the candidate questionnaire.
Candidates comment
The following questions were posed to each candidate with a request to limit responses to 100 words. Answers are presented as they were submitted, save for minor corrections to punctuation.
In your opinion, what is Pierson's most pressing issue, and what efforts would you make to address it?
Anderson: Protecting our agricultural lands. This is our backbone, and we cannot let our small town overgrow. If allowed in, large stores would take over without a doubt. This way of life would be gone.
Green: Pierson is a friendly town but isn’t inviting right now. Lacking application of the ordinances has created urban blight in town. We need to implement the rules and regulations and clean up the town. I would make an effort to push for an interlocal agreement with Volusia County to administer our ordinances, move for citizen groups to get involved in the beautification of our town and encourage our citizens to take an active role in proposed improvements to the town. Council needs to hear from more citizens so that the actions taken reflect their voice.
In your opinion, what is Pierson's best feature, and how can it be expanded on?
Anderson: Pierson is very diverse, and I value how integrated it has become. From our farmers and field workers to our restaurant servers, we value everyone's dedication. It's important for our community to come together as a whole. It takes all of us to make it succeed.
Green: Pierson is predominantly an agricultural town. We have nearly 150 years of experience in agriculture, and we are billed as the Fern Capital of the World. An interactive learning center displaying the expertise of our fern companies may well create agritourism. Pierson has fisheries, a crab factory, a cattle company and an active saddle club that draws youth from many surrounding areas. Additionally, there are other cottage industries in town that could take part in sharing their crafts. Many of these activities and niche markets will quickly be lost to future generations if not passed down.
Why should someone choose you over your opponent(s)?
Anderson: I am honest and loyal. I will work hard for every member of my community and be your voice for any issues you have. I will never turn a blind eye from things that shouldn't be, and I will never back down from what is right.
Green: Pierson is a very diverse community. I believe as a retired paralegal and veteran of the U.S. Navy, who has been exposed to many cultures, I have the unique qualifications to ensure equal representation for all. Council members have an ethical obligation to all citizens to be responsive to their opinions, suggestions and their vision of what Pierson should be. It is the council’s duty to represent each and every citizen in an unbiased manner. The council needs to ensure all decisions are fiscally responsible as it is the people’s money used to run the town. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/14/election-2022-pierson-town-council-seat-2-candidates/10289804002/ | 2022-08-14T20:33:29 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/14/election-2022-pierson-town-council-seat-2-candidates/10289804002/ |
(WOWK) — An overnight stay in a tent in the wilderness may seem like the perfect getaway for some people, but to others, it’s not so ideal. That’s why there is a whole industry that thrives on glamping, where campers stay the night in luxury treehouses, tent cottages, yurts and more!
In the Mountain State, there are plenty of glamping options to choose from, including glass cabins, transformed train cabooses, glam camping domes, houseboats and more.
Here are 10 places to go glamping in wild, wonderful West Virginia!
1. WV Glamping Domes
WV Glamping Domes is a 65-acre waterfront property. “Mythic” dragonstone fossils, also known as septarian nodules, can be found in the property’s stream, vineyard and meadows.
Amenities:
- Glam camping domes with:
- Air conditioner and heater
- Kitchen with a Keurig
- Bathroom with a shower
- Hot tub (except for the “Firelight” dome, which has the twin soaking tub upgrade)
- Solo smokeless fire pit with complimentary wood
- WiFi
- Stargazing sky window
- Kayaking and stand-up paddle boards
- Nature walks
- Limited, seasonal farm-to-table meals
Location: 669 Rookstool Road, Alderson, West Virginia (Greenbrier County)
Nearby attractions: Lewisburg, West Virginia | Alderson, West Virginia | Greenbrier River
Book online or by texting (304) 969-4303!
2. WV Houseboat Vacations
These roomy houseboats will sleep eight people comfortably on Sutton Lake, a 1500-acre body of water with 44 miles of shoreline.
Amenities:
- 59-foot-long, 14-foot-wide deluxe houseboats with:
- Central heat and air conditioning
- Four queen-sized beds
- One bathroom and one half bathroom
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Cooktop with four burners (no oven)
- Two refrigerators (gas and electric)
- Coffee maker, toaster, blender and microwave
- Large dinette seating
- Bar/breakfast counter
- Gas grill (propane provided)
- 500-square-foot sun deck
- Water slide
- Upper and lower helm (steering) stations
- Two built-in ice chests (up to 100 pounds of ice included in rental)
- 21-inch color monitor with DVD player
Location: Sutton Lake Marina, 1734 Bee Run Road, Sutton, West Virginia (Braxton County)
Nearby attractions: Sutton Lake | Bee Run Recreation Area | Flatwoods Shopping Center
Book online or by calling/texting (304) 644-7051!
3. Loves Way Village
Loves Way Village is a 13-acre mountain retreat located in the Potomac Highlands region of West Virginia. The luxury “glamping” tents at Loves Way provide the perfect space for rest, rejuvenation, and spiritual guidance.
Amenities:
- Luxury glamping tents with:
- Electricity and WiFi
- Air conditioner and heater
- Bed linens and towels
- Fridge, microwave and coffee pot
- Disinfectant
- Hot tub (only certain tents)
- Communal shower, grilling area, cornhole, volleyball court and fire pit
- Breakfast with coffee and cinnamon buns
- Purchasable Love Boxes: Easy-to-prepare meals for two
- On-site 10 a.m. Sunday morning church service
Location: 200 Loves Way, Moorefield, West Virginia (Hardy County)
Nearby attractions: South Branch Potomac River | Smoke Hole Caverns | Wellton Park
Book online or by calling (304) 538-7997!
4. Yokum’s Vacationland
Yokum’s Vacationland is a lodging site at the base of Seneca Rocks with beautiful views of the mountains and surrounding nature. The property offers a wide array of accommodations, including cabins, campgrounds, teepees, bunkhouses and a motel.
Amenities:
- Pet-friendly cabins with:
- Electricity (no WiFi) and central air
- Living and dining area
- One or more bedrooms and a loft
- Fully-equipped kitchen
- Fireplace
- Deck or balcony
- Gas grill
- Hot tub
- Towels and linens
- Five, 12-foot-diameter tepees with:
- A light
- A fan
- Space for four people
- Nearby picnic tables, fire rings, bathhouse and pavilion
(NOTE: There are no towels or bed linens, and the floor is concrete. Bring your own towels, air mattress, or sleeping bag or mat.)
- Bunkhouses with:
- Woodstove, refrigerator and television
- Sitting area
- 11-17 bunks
- Nearby picnic tables, fire rings, bathhouse and pavilion
(NOTE: There are no towels or bed linens provided. Bring your own towels and blankets.)
- On-site dumping station
- On-site swimming hole
- On-site horse riding and stables
- On-site general store
Location: 24570 Mountaineer Drive, Seneca Rocks, West Virginia (Pendleton County)
Nearby attractions: Seneca Rocks | Seneca Caverns | Potomac River swimming hole
Book online or by calling 1-800-772-8342 or (304) 567-2351!
5. Castaway Caboose
Two Wabash Railroad cabooses transformed into cozy efficiency suites on rails!
In this overnight roundtrip package, the Durbin Rocket steam train pulls your caboose car to a secluded wilderness location. You are then “cast away” overnight in the caboose along the Greenbrier River, spending the evening listening to rushing waters. At the end of your stay, the train returns to pull the caboose back to Durbin where you will once again see civilization!
Amenities:
- Two Castaway Cabooses with:
- Refrigerator, range, heating, restroom and full-size shower
- Blackstone griddle
- Space for six people
- Six folding chairs
- Bed Linens, blankets and pillows
- Toilet paper, tissues, paper towels and dish towels
- Plates, bowls, glasses, cups, utensils, pots and pans
- Bottled water, sugar, artificial sweetener, flour, tea bags, hot cocoa, and regular or decaf coffee (perk and instant)
- Laundry bag, soap and first aid kit
- TV/DVD Player and USB Port
(NOTE: There is no cell phone service, as the caboose stops are located in the National Quiet Zone. Pets, smoking and alcoholic beverages are not allowed.)
Location: Train boarding is at the Rail & Trail Store, 4759 Staunton Parkersburg Turnpike, Durbin, West Virginia (Pocahontas County)
Nearby attractions: Cass Scenic Railroad | Greenbank Telescope | Monongahela National Forest
Book online! (2022 dates are sold out. If a cancelation occurs, the booking calendar will show an opening.)
6. Buffalo Trail Cabins, Cottages and Campground
Buffalo Trail Cabins, Cottage and Campground is a peaceful wooded setting that is designed to meet the needs of ATV riders and their families. The property is conveniently located right off Route 52 and only 3.5 miles from the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System.
Amenities:
- Ultimate treehouses with:
- Two queen beds (sleeps up to four people)
- Full kitchen with amenities and bathroom
- Linens and towels provided
- Tankless hot water heater
- Firepit and charcoal grill
- WiFi and cable TV
- Heat and air conditioning
- Cabins with:
- Room for between two and 22 people (numbers differ for each cabin)
- Kitchen or kitchenette with amenities and bathroom
- Linens and towels provided
- WiFi and cable TV
- Firepit and charcoal grill (some cabins only)
- Old Bank Lodge with:
- 7 private bedrooms (sleeps up to 14 people)
- Large kitchen and living room
- Arcade games, pool table and poker table
- Fire pit and propane grill
- RV sites and rustic treehouses
- On-site restaurant with full bar
- On-site bathhouse
Location: 190 Buffalo Trail, Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Nearby attractions: Hatfield-McCoy Trail System | Pinnacle Rock State Park | Woodlawn Memorial Park
Book online, by emailing reservations@buffalotrailcabins.com, or by calling (304) 324-3204!
7. Country Road Cabins
Deluxe log cabins, treehouses and yurts in the New River Gorge area, just minutes from the bridge. There are many recreational activities to do in the area such as ziplining, whitewater rafting, hiking, fishing, and more!
Amenities:
- Luxury glamping tents with:
- Hot tub
- Air conditioning
- WiFi and TV
- Kitchenette with fridge, hot plate, coffee maker, coffee, creamer and paper products
- Bed and futon couch
- Bed linens and towels
- Table and chairs
- Deluxe cabins, treehouses and yurts with:
- Fully-equipped kitchen
- Bedroom(s) and bathroom(s)
- Sleeper sofa
- Satellite TV, DVD player, WiFi and telephone
- Large deck, hot tub and gas grill
- Washer and dryer
- Central heating and cooling
Location: 1508 Sunday Road, Hico, West Virginia (Fayette County)
Nearby attractions: New River Gorge National Park and Preserve | Summersville Lake | Babcock State Park
Book online or call 1-888-712-2246!
8. Three Otters Eco Retreat
Three Otters Eco Retreat offers several cozy lodging options such as cottages, yurts, treehouses and vintage trailers. The 14-acre property is in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle tucked in a forest river valley along the Potomac.
Amenities:
- Riverfront tent cottages with:
- Beds with linens and blankets
- Roomy porch with rain flies
- Electricity and fans
- Area rugs
- Side tables and shelving
- Yurts with:
- Queen bed and sofa bed
- Linens and blankets
- Electricity and fans
- Side tables, chairs, area rugs and lamps
- Riverfront vintage trailers with:
- Fully restored interior
- Sleeping area
- Dining area
- Bathroom
- Air conditioning and heat
- Kitchen area with mini fridge, microwave, sink and stovetop
- Access to the Grill Pavilion, Bathhouse, Overlook Deck, and grounds (trails, ball fields and riverfront).
- Access to the communal River Kitchen with restaurant-grade equipment such as a fridge, freezer, ice maker, double oven, microwave, coffee pot, seating for 20, a riverfront deck, and a full bath.
Location: 8497 Low Line Road, Great Cacapon, West Virginia (Morgan County)
Nearby attractions: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal | Green Ridge State Forest | Potomac River
Book by calling Office (304) 258-4406 or emailing rich@threeotters.com!
9. Hemlock Haven Luxury Cabins
Hemlock Haven is located in Southern West Virginia near the New River Gorge and Summersville Lake. The property offers fine accommodations all year round.
Amenities:
- Pet-friendly cabins with:
- Multiple beds and sofa bed
- Private outdoor hot tubs
- Free WiFi
- Fully equipped kitchens
- DirecTV
- Washer and dryer
- Gas grills
- Central heat and air conditioning
- Propane fireplace
- Fenced yard
- Fire pit
- Several acres of property for privacy
- Items provided:
- Bedding, linens and towels
- Cookware, bakeware, dinnerware, glasses, cups and utensils
- Liquid hand soap
- Paper towels and toilet paper
- Laundry detergent and dryer sheets
- Trash bags
- Coffee/tea with sweeteners and powdered creamer
- Large crockpot
- Blender
- Blowdryer
- Firewood available (for a fee)
Location: 924 Mallard Road, Hico, West Virginia
Nearby attractions: Hawks Nest State Park | New River Gorge National Park and Preserve | Babcock State Park
Book by texting or calling (304) 575-1260 or emailing hemlockhaven@yahoo.com!
10. Four Fillies Lodge
Four Fillies Lodge has a variety of lodging options, including glamping pods, glass cabins, African-themed lodging and more. Each lodging option was inspired by the owners’ family trips in the U.S. and around the world.
Amenities:
- Antique Appalachian log cabins, Scandanavian glamping pods, modern glass cabins, African-themed lodging, Gypsy Vardo Wagons, and treehouses with:
- Linens (sheets, blankets, pillowcases) and towels
- Hairdryer
- Iron and ironing board
- TV with DVD and Blu-Ray player, collection of DVDs, and a Firestick for Netflix, Hulu, etc.
- Cookware, bakeware, dishes, glassware, utensils, cutlery and BBQ utensils
- Microwave, crockpot, toaster, mixer, coffee maker
- Hand soap and dish soap
- AC and heat
- WiFi in certain cabins
- On-site creek and pond
- On-site hiking trails and walking paths
Location: 219 Clyde Rule St., Peterstown, West Virginia (Monroe County)
Nearby attractions: New River | Appalachian Trail | Allegheny Trail | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/10-places-to-go-glamping-in-west-virginia/ | 2022-08-14T20:35:38 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/10-places-to-go-glamping-in-west-virginia/ |
FRANKFORT, KY (WOWK) — Renters affected by Eastern Kentucky flooding can apply for assistance for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The assistance applies to people whose property was damaged in Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Whitley counties.
FEMA Individual Assistance is for renters, students and homeowners. Federal grants can help pay for temporary housing for a 1-month or 2-month period and can be reviewed for further assistance.
Renters may also be eligible for a grant under FEMA’s Other Needs Assistance program for uninsured essential personal property losses or other disaster-related costs. These include:
- Replacement or repair of essential personal property, such as furniture, appliances, clothing, textbooks or other school supplies;
- Replacement or repair of tools or other job-related equipment for self-employment;
- Primary vehicles; and
- Uninsured or out-of-pocket medical, dental, childcare, and moving or storage expenses.
SBA disaster loans
Flood victims who apply for disaster assistance may be referred to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for a loan. Businesses, nonprofits, and homeowners may be eligible for a low-interest disaster loan to repair or replace damages not covered by insurance, such as private road repair.
Loan applications must be submitted as soon as possible. If your application is approved, you do not have to accept the loan, but a failure to return the application could disqualify you from other possible FEMA funds.
Businesses can apply directly on SBA’s website. Homeowners and renters should first register with FEMA.
For more information, call the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, dial 7-1-1 to contact telecommunications relay services. SBA’s customer service can also be emailed.
The latest information on the Kentucky flood relief can be found on the websites for FEMA and Gov. Andy Beshear. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kentucky-renters-are-eligible-for-fema-assistance/ | 2022-08-14T20:35:44 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kentucky-renters-are-eligible-for-fema-assistance/ |
The sandy, reddish-brown soils of Scotland weren’t the dark, clay-heavy soils of Nebraska and the Great Plains Kennadi Griffis and her colleagues on Team USA were used to.
But the outcome for the best collegiate soil judgers in the U.S. on the world stage was the same.
Griffis, a soon-to-be junior environmental science major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her three teammates won top honors at the International Soil Judging Competition in Scotland July 26-31.
It’s the fourth time Team USA has won the international competition hosted by the World Congress of Soil Science, but the first time a Husker has competed.
“It was kind of expected, but still exciting,” said Griffis, a native of Lincoln. “Being able to come home and say I was part of the team that got first in the world is pretty special.”
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But, the competition wasn’t easy for Griffis and teammates Ben Atkins and Clare Tallamy of Virginia Tech, and Isaac Nollen of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
As a member of UNL’s Soil Judging Team, Griffis said she gets to work with others to maximize each’s strengths, whether it be assessing the landscape, describing the color, or determining the composition of the soil in a shallow pit.
When Team USA arrived in Scotland the week of the competition, they had to quickly determine who would be tackling what task during the hour-long team contest.
“It ended up working very well,” Griffis said. “When we got to the competition, everyone got serious all of a sudden and realized we have to work together.”
Griffis was assigned to judge the texture and color of the soils during the competition, which saw the U.S. square off against a team from Mexico, alternating time spent in the pit and outside it as the college students try to craft a complete profile.
The Spodosols and Histosols, reddish brown and sandy and full of organic matter, were vastly different than the soils in the Great Plains due in part to the more frequent precipitation, which Griffis said was something she had little experience with before arriving in Scotland.
Her teammates from Virginia Tech, where the soils are sandier and more organic, helped Griffis calibrate her judging by breaking down a sample in her hand to look for decomposed material.
“I really had to lean on my teammates and was asking them for a lot of help throughout the week,” she said.
One of the pits for the individual competition was entirely organic; something Griffis had never attempted to judge before, she said.
“That day I had to, there was no other choice,” she said. “I used everything I learned that week.”
The work over the last year in pits in Nebraska and beyond, as well as the lessons shared with her Team USA colleagues, paid off.
The Americans beat out Australia, Spain, South Korea and Italy in the overall competition.
Griffis, meanwhile, finished 12th in the individual contest out of 37 competitors.
When the school year starts again next week, so will UNL’s Soil Judging Team in preparation for the 2022-23 season.
Griffis said she plans to continue competing and build upon her experience at the international competition.
“There is so much more to see and so many more places to travel,” she said. “It gave me an itch to keep exploring.” | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-student-part-of-winning-team-at-international-soil-judging-contest/article_019e9717-fceb-5179-a8c7-d2c43faa399e.html | 2022-08-14T20:38:38 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-student-part-of-winning-team-at-international-soil-judging-contest/article_019e9717-fceb-5179-a8c7-d2c43faa399e.html |
Kenosha County voters may be asked this fall whether legal gun owners, other than law enforcement officials, should be allowed to carry their weapons in county buildings.
A proposed advisory referendum on the issue is on the agenda for the Kenosha County Board's Legislative Committee to discuss at its 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday night, prior to the full County Board meeting. The resolution is not on County Board agenda.
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The proposal from Supervisor Jeff Gentz is in response to residents’ opposition to a County Board vote to repeal county policy barring anyone, with the exception of law enforcement officers, from bringing firearms into its buildings. That restriction had been in effect since 2011.
Gentz's resolution notes the importance for “elected representatives to have the input of their constituents, particularly when considering changing such a long-standing policy,” even if the county board has taken action to repeal the weapons ban.
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His proposed advisory referendum would ask voters: “Should the Kenosha County Board allow firearms and electronic weapons legally possessed and carried per Wis. Stat. 175.60 to be allowed in any building or any grounds owned, leased, or controlled by Kenosha County, per Wis. State 175.60(16) (a) excluding the Kenosha County courthouse, public safety building, jail, detention center, pre-trial building and Molinaro Building?”
If approved by county committee and passed by the full County Board, the advisory referendum would appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.
On July 5, the County Board voted 14-7 repealing the weapons ban in county buildings except for the courthouse; the public safety building, which houses both the Kenosha Police Department and the sheriff’s department; jail, pretrial building and the Molinaro building, all of which are part of an interconnected campus west of Sheridan Road between 54th and 56th streets; and the detention center at 4777 88th Ave.
While County Executive Samantha Kerkman has already formally signed the documents repealing the old policy, the change doesn't into effect immediately. She has said there will be a transition period as county administration begins implementation of the new rules, including changes to the employee handbook and any updates would still go before the County Board.
According to the resolution for the repeal, the new weapons policy would be expected to take effect within six months of board approval. Signs prohibiting weapons still remain on doors and windows of county buildings.
Kenosha County voters will already have the opportunity to let state legislators know whether to declare Kenosha County a Second Amendment Sanctuary State come November.
Earlier this month, the board voted 13-7 approving a resolution to place the following advisory referendum question on the Nov. 8 ballot: “Should the Wisconsin State Legislature declare the State of Wisconsin be a Second Amendment Sanctuary State?”
The board has already declared the county’s status as a Second Amendment Sanctuary County for gun owners. On July 5, the same day it approved lifting gun restrictions, the County Board voted 15-6 in favor of the sanctuary measure, which opposes any state or federal legislation enacted that would infringe on residents’ right to bear arms. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/legislative-committee-to-consider-proposed-referendum-asking-voters-whether-guns-should-be-allowed-in-kenosha/article_d46359a6-1bfe-11ed-9578-df0bd294db12.html | 2022-08-14T20:53:35 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/legislative-committee-to-consider-proposed-referendum-asking-voters-whether-guns-should-be-allowed-in-kenosha/article_d46359a6-1bfe-11ed-9578-df0bd294db12.html |
United Way of Kenosha County, in partnership with The Mary Lou & Arthur F. Mahone Fund, Herzing University, and Snap-on Incorporated, has announced its next sessions in its equity, diversity, and inclusion workshop series "Building Unity in CommUNITY."
The series focuses on providing small businesses and nonprofits in Kenosha County with a resource to aid in increasing individual awareness and understanding of equity, diversity, inclusion, and ultimately, more inclusive workplaces for customers, clients, and employees.
The next workshop will by held at Herzing University, 5800 Seventh Ave. from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 8, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 9. The cost to attend is $50 and includes lunch both days. Registration is open on UWKC’s website until Aug. 26.
“United Way of Kenosha County is proud to continue to partner with The Mary Lou & Arthur F. Mahone Fund, Herzing University and Snap-on Incorporated to provide small businesses, nonprofits, and community members with this important and needed resource,” said Carolynn Friesch, chief executive officer at UWKC. “We are grateful to Tamarra Coleman, executive director of the Shalom Center, for identifying this community need and bringing her vision to United Way.”
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“I’m extremely grateful to United Way, the Mahone Fund CEO Mentoring program, Herzing University, and Snap-on for making my vision of this training a reality,” Coleman said.
The two-day workshop will focus on understanding your own biases related to diversity and inclusion, understanding the differences between diversity and inclusion, and creating a plan to incorporate diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
The workshop facilitator, Marvin Bembry, has more than 25 years of experience as a coach, trainer, and speaker. He communicates difficult subjects, helping organizations focus on inclusivity and diversity in positive and necessary ways.
To register, participants can visit www.kenoshaunitedway.org/edi, or for more information and questions contact Carolynn Friesch at cfriesch@kenoshaunitedway.org or 262-658-4104. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/speaker-named-for-next-building-unity-in-community-series-workshops/article_b296f776-1724-11ed-ae93-a38951aff452.html | 2022-08-14T20:53:41 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/speaker-named-for-next-building-unity-in-community-series-workshops/article_b296f776-1724-11ed-ae93-a38951aff452.html |
The Southern Wisconsin All Airborne Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association sponsored Fec’s Second Annual Memorial Pig Roast at Kemper Center at Saturday, raising money for wounded warriors.
The chapter presented funds Saturday to Master Chief Raina Hockenberry, the event’s sponsored wounded warrior, at the event Saturday afternoon. Hockenberry was injured serving in Afghanistan, and is currently stationed in San Diego.
“(This) is what our organization does, we raise this money to go ahead and turn it over to severely wounded veterans,” Chapter Chairman Jack Gibbons said. “That's our function.”
The event featured live music, food, games and raffles, and all proceeds went toward wounded warriors. The event was also sponsored by the Marine Corps League, who cooked and donated the pigs; Jerry Smith Farm, who donated corn; and the Legion Riders, Gibbons said.
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While not originally from Kenosha, Hockenberry lived here for many years when she was stationed at Great Lakes Navel Base, she said, adding Kenosha has one of the best communities she has ever seen.
“I still have family and friends here,” Hockenberry said. “There’s no place like Kenosha … This is a great area, a great town. They support the military, even if they don't always understand us.”
Both Hockenberry and Gibbons said events like the pig roast give the community an opportunity to support veterans and current military members.
“(The community can) give back to the veterans who have really given so much for this country,” Gibbons said. “The government does take care of them, but there are some odds and ends that are definitely not taken care of.”
Hockenberry said extra funds raised from events like the pig roast can help out wounded service members if the military does not cover the entire cost.
“Fundraising is always important, because there's things that come up after you get hurt that you don't think about, and that the military doesn't necessarily cover,” Hockenberry said at the event.
An even bigger piece of the event, Hockenberry said, is building a bridge between civilians and military members.
“Kenosha's on this cusp of where you're close enough to military, but it doesn't impact our lives every day like if they were living in San Diego, where they will see people coming and going," Hockenberry said. "So this builds that support and that understanding of military and the civilian life, because there's different aspects to each life that are difficult." | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-fecs-annual-memorial-pig-roast-raises-funds-to-help-wounded-warriors/article_e21072ee-1b51-11ed-9fba-9b6f083c24f5.html | 2022-08-14T20:53:47 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-fecs-annual-memorial-pig-roast-raises-funds-to-help-wounded-warriors/article_e21072ee-1b51-11ed-9fba-9b6f083c24f5.html |
BEAVERTON, Ore. — The city of Beaverton got a $2 million federal grant to help with plans to enhance the city's downtown roads and sidewalks.
The Beaverton Downtown Loop Project will focus on improving safety along Hall Boulevard and Watson Avenue from the new Patricia Reser Center to the Beaverton Library.
“This project is going to be generational changing for our city," said Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty. "Beaverton has done all this work bringing in restaurants and people to our core. Now we're going to invest in the road to make sure the sidewalks are wide, that it's well lit, that bikers have protected bike lanes so their experience is prioritized."
Mayor Beaty said the next two years will be mostly planning. The entire project could take five to 10 years to complete and cost $20-30 million dollars in total. The $2 million grant will go toward that cost.
"Through that loop, it has two state highways, it has a MAX line on top of all the major transportation happening around it," said Beaty.
She said the project will bring in "tons of jobs," adding "we're really going to reimagine what downtown looks like."
There were only three planning grants awarded by the federal government to the state, all funded by the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, or RAISE. Landing the grant was a big deal for the city of Beaverton, Beaty said.
Federal money was also awarded to the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project and the McGilchrist Complete Streets Project in Salem.
Back in Beaverton, people at the Beaverton Night Market said they liked the idea of making it easier to walk around the city.
“It's nice to be able to explore the city more on foot. It will be safer here," one visitor said. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/beaverton-federal-grant-road-safety/283-81b221cb-bcaf-414d-a2d6-3153108eb7b4 | 2022-08-14T20:54:42 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/beaverton-federal-grant-road-safety/283-81b221cb-bcaf-414d-a2d6-3153108eb7b4 |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 1,774
New deaths: 2
Total positive cases: 2,247,983
Total number of deaths: 31,304
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,175,758
Rate of transmission: 0.91
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 63,293 cases, 969 deaths, 381,392 doses administered
Cape May: 12,586 cases, 269 deaths, 134,663 doses administered
Cumberland: 37,574 cases, 582 deaths, 187,315 doses administered
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Ocean: 153,002 cases, 2,893 deaths, 704,426 doses administered
Source: N.J. Department of Health
Figures as of 2:45 p.m. Aug. 14
Source: NJ Department of Health | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-700-new-covid-19-cases-2-new-deaths/article_558da6c2-1bdb-11ed-8fa0-e363db7af434.html | 2022-08-14T20:54:48 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-700-new-covid-19-cases-2-new-deaths/article_558da6c2-1bdb-11ed-8fa0-e363db7af434.html |
Massachusetts man killed in motorcycle crash Saturday on Route 95 in Providence.
Mark Reynolds
The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE — A 58-year-old Massachusetts motorcyclist was killed when he hit a jersey barrier on Route 95, the state police said Sunday.
More:New Bedford woman, 22, killed in motorcycle crash on Route 95 in Providence
Michael Morrisey, of Sharon, lost control of his motorcycle in the high speed lane as he rode south at about 2:36 p.m. Saturday, hitting a barrier just before an overpass for Route 195, according to a news release.
He was thrown from the motorcycle and fatally injured, it says. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
More:Providence police captain charged with simple assault of handcuffed suspect | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/14/michael-morrisey-sharon-massachusetts-killed-route-95-crash/10323514002/ | 2022-08-14T20:54:57 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/14/michael-morrisey-sharon-massachusetts-killed-route-95-crash/10323514002/ |
The seventh annual South Jersey Paddleboard Championships will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the 16th Street beach in Brigantine.
There are six races. The first two events are the women's and men's 12-foot-board 600-meter races. The paddle rescue relay is the third race. The next two events are the women's and men's 10-foot-6-inch-board middle distance races. The four-person paddle relay is the sixth race.
Each beach patrol can have up to six guards on its team, and two will be women.
Brigantine won its home event last year with 24 points. Scoring will be 5-4-3-2-1 for the first five places.
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Brigantine’s Will Hoffman comes ashore on his way to victory in a 600-meter race. A photo gallery from the event is attached to this story at PressofAC.com .
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather. (l-r) Brigantine's Will Hoffman and Grace Emig lead in the first leg of the rescue paddle relay.
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The Brigantine Beach Patrol’s Will Hoffman and Grace Emig cheer for teammates Sean O’Neil and Sarah Azegezau during a race Monday night at the South Jersey Paddle Board Championships on Monday night in Brigantine. A photo gallery from the event is attached to this story at PressofAC.com .
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather. (l-r) Brigantine's Sean O'Neil and Sarah Azegezau place first in the final leg of the paddle rescue relay.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather. Brigantine's Jack Savell earned the title of King of the Beach in the men's final.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather.
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On August 2 2021, in Brigantine, the annual South Jersey Paddle Board Championships were held with near perfect weather. Brigantine's Jack Savell earned the title of King of the Beach in the men's final.
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Georgia Southwestern State University officials, including President Neal Weaver, announced the university will launch an Executive Master of Business Administration in spring 2023.
AMERICUS -- Georgia Southwestern State University will launch an Executive Master of Business Administration in spring 2023.
The 12-month, cohort-based program is designed specifically to prepare mid- to upper-level executives for increasingly advanced management roles within their current or future organizations, leading to career advancement, personal growth and salary increase, school officials said.
Approval for the new program was recently granted by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia at the board's August meeting. Business and community leaders in the region expressed a high level of interest and need for an EMBA program in southwest Georgia during GSW’s Academic Planning in 2019.
“I am so proud of the work our dedicated faculty has put into providing this unique experience for executives in our region that will support them in their career endeavors,” Gaynor Cheokas, dean of the GSW College of Business and Computing, said in a news release. “GSW’s EMBA program will reinvigorate our existing curriculum and is part of the institution’s overall effort to modernize course offerings to meet market needs.”
GSW’s EMBA will consist of 10 courses carefully designed and delivered in a convenient hybrid format to fit the needs of the university's busy organizational leaders and move these professionals through the program in cohorts with maximum time efficiency and minimum distraction from their important duties, school officials said.
By focusing on emerging trends, participants in the program will enhance their current skillset and broaden their industry knowledge propelling them in their careers. GSW’s EMBA includes the following advanced courses: Accounting for Executives, Strategic Marketing, Global Economics, the Analytical Edge, Organizational Strategy and Change, Strategic Financial Management, Global Enterprise Management, New Product Development and Innovation, Enterprise Value Chain, and Executive Perspectives in Leadership.
EMBA Program Director Jim Aller said the courses are “carefully designed to maximize exposure to current best practices and philosophy from the world of business.”
GSW’s EMBA will be offered through the College of Business and Computing, accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, which represents the top 5% of business programs worldwide.
There are only four other EMBA programs within the University System of Georgia – all located in north Georgia. Their two-year programs are more than twice the cost compared to GSW’s one-year program. The new EMBA will meet the needs of southwest Georgia business leaders by offering an aggressive curriculum at a more affordable cost and in a format suited for a diverse group of executives with demanding schedules.
Organizations in GSW’s service area reported difficulty filling upper management positions, indicating a tight labor market and a need to increase training and education for future leadership roles.
In addition to these discussions with regional employers, GSW also looked at employment outlook calculations over the next 10 years when considering implementing an EMBA. Projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested an increasing demand for managers and top executive occupations. The Bureau projected 1,600 new positions will be created in the next decade in GSW’s region, all requiring a master’s degree.
The EMBA is a complementary program rather than a competing program when compared to GSW’s traditional MBA program. Differences include time of completion, mode of delivery, type of student targeted and content of the curriculum.
Admittance into GSW’s EMBA program will focus primarily on job-related skills and accomplishments, with two entry points during the year in January and August. No pre-requisite courses, undergraduate business degree, or entrance exams are required.
Those interested in learning more and applying to GSW’s EMBA may visit www.gsw.edu/EMBA.
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WENONA — A St. Louis man is dead following a Friday afternoon four-vehicle crash near a construction zone on Interstate 39 outside of Wenona.
A press release from Illinois State Police said troopers were called to the crash at 4:15 p.m. Friday on I-39 near the exit to Illinois Route 17, which is just south of Wenona.
The statement said a white 2008 Peterbilt semi-truck and a white 2017 Cadillac XTS were stopped in the southbound lanes because of a traffic delay and lane closure before a construction zone.
The release said a 22-year-old St. Louis man was driving a white 2022 Mercedes Sprinter van south on the highway when it crashed into the rear of the semi-truck.
Troopers said a blue 2018 Chevrolet Volt was also heading south when it crashed into both the Mercedes and the semi-truck. They added the collision caused the semi-truck to strike the back of the Cadillac XTS, which was carrying two Mt. Zion residents: Peter L. Paulson, 69, and Julia A. Paulson, 68.
The St. Louis man and the driver of the Chevrolet Volt, 53-year-old Donna E. Parker, of Whitewater, Wisconsin, were both airlifted to a hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, the report stated. The driver of semi-truck, 49-year-old Goran Kurtuma, of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, was also flown to a hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.
The release said the 22-year-old St. Louis man who was driving the Mercedes later died from his injuries.
Peter Paulson and Julia Paulson were not injured in the crash.
Parker has been cited for failure to slow down to avoid a crash, the statement said.
ISP continues to investigate the collision.
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Photo altered to include judge who approved Mar-a-Lago warrant
CLAIM : A photo shows Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein who was convicted of sex trafficking, with U.S. Magistrate Bruce Reinhart, the judge who approved the FBI search warrant for Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
THE FACTS : This image has been manipulated by combining two separate, unrelated photos. Social media users are sharing the manipulated image that puts Reinhart and Maxwell together, making it appear she is rubbing his foot as he holds a bottle of bourbon and package of Oreos.
“Ghislaine Maxwell and Judge Bruce Reinhart… looking awful cozy!” read one tweet of the image shared by hundreds. But reverse image searches show that the original photo of Maxwell was with Epstein, not Reinhart. That photo was released in 2021 as evidence in her trial and published by various news outlets. Maxwell was sentenced in June to 20 years in prison for helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
The AP identified the photo of Reinhart on a Facebook profile under his name. The caption indicates he was watching a football game. The manufactured image is circulating amid attention on Reinhart for approving the FBI search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Reinhart is a former federal prosecutor and has served as a magistrate in West Palm Beach, Florida, since March 2018. Reinhart did at one point represent associates of Epstein. For example, court records reviewed by the AP show he was an attorney for Sarah Kellen, Epstein’s personal assistant.
The search at Mar-a-Lago was part of an investigation into whether Trump took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, according to people familiar with the matter, the AP reported.
— Associated Press writer Angelo Fichera in Philadelphia contributed this report.
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Monkeypox wasn’t found in Georgia drinking water
CLAIM : A news report shows that monkeypox has been detected in drinking water.
THE FACTS : The clip comes from an Atlanta-area news broadcast explaining how wastewater — not drinking water — can be tested for evidence of monkeypox’s spread. But the July 26 broadcast is being mischaracterized online to push the false claim that monkeypox has been found in residents’ tap water.
The video shows a reporter explaining that the public works department in Fulton County, which encompasses Atlanta, is launching new efforts to try to detect monkeypox in the community. While the news report is playing in the video, a viewer filming their TV screen can be heard in the background saying “there’s monkeypox in the water.”
TikTok and Twitter users are sharing the clip out of context to suggest it means that drinking water is contaminated or being intentionally tampered with. But the county’s tests have nothing to do with drinking water, nor did they reveal that the virus had been found in that supply.
“The testing that we’re doing in wastewater for monkeypox DNA is completely separate from drinking water,” said Marlene Wolfe, an environmental microbiologist and epidemiologist at Atlanta’s Emory University, who is involved in the testing initiative. “We have not tested drinking water, we are not planning to test drinking water, we don’t have any expectations or concerns about monkeypox spreading through drinking water.” Experts say monkeypox is primarily spread through skin-to-skin contact such as sexual activity, or contact with items that previously touched an infected person’s rash or body fluids. Dr. Mark Slifka, a microbiology and immunology expert and professor at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, confirmed that “there is really no way” that monkeypox can be transmitted through drinking water. “Historically, there has been no evidence of monkeypox spread through drinking water and currently during this global outbreak, there is absolutely no evidence for monkeypox being spread through drinking water,” Slifka wrote in an email. Wolfe said that people infected with monkeypox excrete virus DNA through skin lesions, saliva, feces and urine, which, much like COVID-19, can enter wastewater through sewage that is produced after showering, flushing toilets and more. That water can be tested using PCR technology to determine whether certain viruses are being spread. This method has also been widely used for earlier detection of new COVID-19 waves. Data released after the news report found that wastewater samples from two areas in Fulton County have tested positive for monkeypox. Meanwhile, drinking water comes from separate reservoirs that go through different quality and treatment processes to make it drinkable. “That’s a totally different department. We only handle wastewater,” said Patrick Person, a Fulton County water quality manager. He added that wastewater is also eventually sanitized before being returned to the environment.
— Associated Press writer Sophia Tulp in New York contributed this report.
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Tweet misrepresents Kenyan president’s speech
CLAIM : Video shows outgoing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta publicly admitting that his deputy president, William Ruto, will win the presidential elections on Aug. 9.
THE FACTS : A tweet in English gave an incorrect description of the video, where Kenyatta speaks his mother tongue, Kikuyu.
Kenyans headed to the polls on Tuesday to select a successor to Kenyatta, who has spent a decade in power. One candidate in the race is Raila Odinga, an opposition leader, who is backed by Kenyatta, his former rival. The other candidate is Ruto, Kenyatta’s deputy who fell out with the president. While Kenyatta was commissioning a dam project last week in Gatundu, a town in Kiambu County, he addressed the crowd from a car’s sunroof on Aug. 1. A Twitter user shared a video of Kenyatta’s speech and provided a false description in English: “President Uhuru Kenyatta publicly admits that DP@WilliamsRuto will WIN the August 9, Elections,” the tweet states.
The AP translated the video, confirming that Kenyatta does not mention that Ruto will win. Instead, Kenyatta cautioned people against voting for Ruto. Kenyatta encouraged residents to vote for leaders allied with Odinga, a tweet from Kenya’s State House notes. “You are told to refuse us because they claim they are hustlers and they will bring you this and that,” Kenyatta said in the video. “Ask yourself what you are given. And when someone enters that house they look at you with a mean eye,” he continued, referring to the State House, the official residence of Kenya’s president. Ruto often refers to himself as a “hustler” who rose from humble beginnings, compared to Kenyatta and Odinga, who have elite backgrounds, the AP has reported. Multiple media outlets in Kenya also reported on the speech and made no mention of Kenyatta telling residents Ruto will win.
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WHO chief is vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to false claim
CLAIM : Video shows World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saying he isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19.
THE FACTS : The clip is from a documentary and shows part of an interview, filmed weeks after Ghebreyesus was vaccinated, in which he says at one point that he waited for better global vaccine equity before receiving his own shot. But the clip is circulating on social media without context to falsely claim that it shows the WHO leader expressing that he had not been vaccinated against COVID-19. “Tedros not jabbed?” reads one tweet, which garnered more than 8,000 likes.
The 35-second clip shows a portion of a 2021 interview of Tedros by Jon Cohen, a writer for the publication Science. The interview was included in a documentary, “ How to Survive a Pandemic,” which runs more than 100 minutes. The clip shows Cohen asking Ghebreyesus when he was vaccinated, and then cuts to the WHO director-general responding: “You know, still I feel like I know where I belong: in a poor country called Ethiopia, in a poor continent called Africa, and wanted to wait until Africa and other countries, in other regions, low-income countries, start vaccination. So I was protesting, in other words, because we’re failing.” But the documentary never claimed Ghebreyesus was not vaccinated, nor did Ghebreyesus’ response indicate as much.
In the full June 12, 2021, interview — which was edited for the documentary — Ghebreyesus in fact did reply that he was vaccinated on May 12, according to the Science article by Cohen that followed. Ghebreyesus also publicly posted a photo on Twitter showing him receiving his vaccine that day, which he followed with a post about vaccine equity. The date was not included in the portion of the response shown in the documentary, Cohen confirmed to the AP. Cohen responded to the erroneous claim about Ghebreyesus’ vaccination status on Twitter, calling it a “lie,” and pointing to his written interview. The filmmaker, David France, said in an interview with the AP that the important part of Ghebreyesus’ answer was his explanation that he had waited for better vaccine equity before getting his own shot. But, he said, Ghebreyesus’ explanation that he had waited was clearly in the past tense. “In the context of the film, it was the wait — and the reason for the wait — that was the core part of his answer, and that’s what we included,” France said.
— Angelo Fichera
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Earth spinning faster is no cause for concern, scientists say
CLAIM : The Earth is spinning faster and days are getting shorter, a change that is noticeable and cause for immediate concern.
THE FACTS : While the Earth on June 29 did indeed record its shortest-ever day since the adoption of the atomic clock standard in 1970 — at 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours — scientists say this is a normal fluctuation.
Still, news of the faster rotation led to misleading posts on social media about the significance of the measurement, leading some to express concern about its implications. “They broke news of earth spinning faster which seems like it should be bigger news,” claimed one tweet that was shared nearly 35,000 times. “We so desensitized to catastrophe at this point it’s like well what’s next.” Some Twitter users responded to these tweets with jokes, as well as skepticism about the magnitude of the measurement. Others, however, voiced worries about how it would affect them.
But scientists told the AP that the Earth’s rotational speed fluctuates constantly and that the record-setting measurement is nothing to panic over. “It’s a completely normal thing,” said Stephen Merkowitz, a scientist and project manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “There’s nothing magical or special about this. It’s not such an extreme data point that all the scientists are going to wake up and go, what’s going on?” Andrew Ingersoll, an emeritus professor of planetary science at the California Institute of Technology, agreed with this assessment. “The Earth’s rotation varies by milliseconds for many reasons,” he wrote in an email to the AP. “None of them are cause for concern.” The slight increase in rotational speed also does not mean that days are going by noticeably faster. Merkowitz explained that standardized time was once determined by how long it takes the Earth to rotate once on its axis — widely understood to be 24 hours. But because that speed fluctuates slightly, that number can vary by milliseconds. Scientists in the 1960s began working with atomic clocks to measure time more accurately. The official length of a day, scientifically speaking, now compares the speed of one full rotation of the Earth to time taken by atomic clocks, Merkowitz said. If those measurements get too out of sync, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, an organization that maintains global time, may fix the discrepancy by adding a leap second. And despite recent decreases in the length of a day over the last few years, days have actually been getting longer over the course of several centuries, according to Judah Levine, a physicist in the Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He added that the current trend was not predicted, but agreed it’s nothing to worry about. Many variables impact the Earth’s rotation, such as influences from other planets or the moon, as well as how Earth’s mass redistributes itself. For example, ice sheets melting or weather events that create a denser atmosphere, according to Merkowitz. But the kind of event that would move enough mass to affect the Earth’s rotation in a way that is perceptible to humans would be something dire like the planet being hit by a giant meteor, Merkowitz said.
— Associated Press writer Melissa Goldin in New York contributed this report.
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NORMAL — Dave Jones, of Downs, brought both of his 1967 Dodge Chargers to the Saturday afternoon Mid-State Cruisers’ Cruisin' Uptown Normal event.
One is a light blue color. He said he bought it in 1994 in New Orleans with 48,000 miles on it, eventually saving it from Hurricane Katrina and damage from 30 inches of floodwaters. Its previous owner was one of only two who drove that 440 4-speed model directly from the factory in Detroit.
His other ’67 Charger is silver. Jones, who will celebrate his 75th birthday on Monday, recalled the exact day he purchased that Charger: Sept. 30, 1966.
“My dad drove (us) over to Farmer City to look at new cars,” Jones said. At 19 years old, he said he wheeled that Charger back home that day, “smiling ear to ear.”
While his blue Charger is worth more because it’s rare and all original, he said, the silver one is attached to decades of memories documented in a photo book. Those include visiting the Alabama Gulf Shore with his brother, and parking in front of Illinois State University's Watterson Towers while they were still under construction.
After going to a cruise night in the Twin Cities last summer, Jones said he drove his car by a former Steak 'n Shake at Oakland Avenue and Morrissey Drive and a motorcyclist screamed to him: “I remember that car from the 1970s!”
Encounters like that made him feel good. Jones said the passerby also remembered hanging out at that same restaurant back in the '70s.
“We drove around all night long on $2 worth of gas,” Jones recalled.
His three Chargers, all parked in a row on East Beaufort Street, were among about 300 cars that cruised in to uptown that day, according to event co-organizer Don Kopack.
“Everybody has a car that they really liked or wanted when they were young,” he said, noting their club is open to all kinds of cars.
Automobiles present ranged from the 1930s to current. Kopack said they had a nice combination of old classics and new muscle cars.
The vehicular gathering also marked the return of the cruise-in to uptown Normal after a three-year hiatus, and to a venue Kopack believes only added to the event’s appeal. The crowds returned as well, in sunny and comfortable weather. An attendance estimate was not available.
Entertainment was also provided, including a street DJ, the band Almost Live and acoustic rock by Jim and Tommy.
One visitor who was drawn to Jones’ Chargers was Dave Kopsell, who describes himself as more of a 1968-1970s “Mopar guy.”
He also commented that the weather was nice, and he appreciated the turnout.
“You just don’t see these driving on the road much,” he said, adding that he had a 4-speed 1970 Dodge Coronet, but it only got seven miles to the gallon.
Kopack agreed that maintaining older vehicles is a labor of love for these collectors.
He said: “They drive them. They work on them and they love them. A lot of times, it becomes a husband-and-wife thing.”
That includes married couple Chris and Jake Bauman, who rode out from Goodfield with their 1971 Oldsmobile 442 W-30. They had placed a wooden sign in the backseat that stated they took the car on their honeymoon in 1973.
Jake Bauman said he bought it when he was in high school because he liked how it looked. His wife, Chris Bauman, said her husband traded it off in 1977 — but they recently bought it back after spotting it on Facebook.
“We didn’t know where it was,” she said. “It was 20 miles from our house. We hadn’t seen it because they kept it in a shed.”
Nearby the two was Bernie Miller, 78, of Pontiac, with his 1955 Crown Victoria, which was sporting a glass roof, white-walled radial tires and a white-blue paint job. He said it’s from his era, and the vehicle was really popular when he was a teenager.
“The lucky ones had these cars,” Miller chuckled. He added that he loved talking to people at Saturday’s cruise in.
“It's a wonderful community,” he said.
There was also Cecil Jones, 77, of Bloomington, who said his 1947 Ford De Luxe “goes back in time.”
“Just makes you feel good to drive it,” he said, noting it has a Ford flathead V-8 engine that was popular back in the day. Although it was an unusual build, he said it was just what he wanted.
“Flatheads are forever,” Jones said, adding that the engine block is cast into one piece.
Stephen Stewart, of Carlock, was shining the rims on his 1986 Buick Grand National at the start of the cruise-in. He said all of his friends had a Buick Regal, and his dream at around 19 years old was to get the special version of that vehicle.
“This was the ‘Holy Grail’ back in the day,” Stewart said, as it was the fastest production car you could buy then.
“They beat the Corvette handily,” he said, as well as the Ferrari Testarossa.
Stewart said he’s taken it to about four other cruise events, including a small car show in Danvers. He said it won one of the show’s divisions.
He said there were fantastic cars to see on Saturday in Normal.
“People keep this stuff hidden until it’s the right time to bring it out,” Stewart said. ”There are some treasures here that people don't know or think about being in Bloomington-Normal.” | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/hundreds-of-hot-wheels-cruise-in-to-uptown-normal-saturday/article_b3458d24-1bf0-11ed-a465-cb75f1437af3.html | 2022-08-14T21:01:27 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/hundreds-of-hot-wheels-cruise-in-to-uptown-normal-saturday/article_b3458d24-1bf0-11ed-a465-cb75f1437af3.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Three people were injured after a reported shooting outside of a Vancouver home early Sunday morning, according to Vancouver Police Department.
Officers responded to the shooting just before 4:30 a.m. on Carolina Lane where several people were in a backyard when “an unknown person” walked up to the group and opened fire, VPD said.
Officials said the three shooting victims all sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
No arrests have been made and police noted there is no suspect description at this time.
Vancouver police said the investigation is ongoing. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/police-3-hurt-after-unknown-person-opens-fire-in-vancouver-backyard/ | 2022-08-14T21:04:16 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/police-3-hurt-after-unknown-person-opens-fire-in-vancouver-backyard/ |
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill just opened its first Indiana location in Crown Point.
The fast-casual eatery at 146 E. 109th Ave. in the new Beacon Hill development in Crown Point specializes in healthy, authentic Mediterranean cuisine.
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill started in 2011. It was founded by two third-generation culinary trained restaurateurs who collectively had more than 30 years of experience in the restaurant industry.
Nick A. Della Penna and Trent Jones launched the first Great Greek Mediterranean Grill in Henderson, Nevada. They opened two more locations in Las Vegas and then started franchising the concept through the United Franchise Group.
“The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill’s entry into Northwest Indiana is a symbol of the phenomenal growth that our brand is experiencing,” said Bob Andersen, president of The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. “We’re proud to further expand our footprint in Chicagoland and share our unparalleled, fine fast-casual Mediterranean dining experience with Lake County residents.”
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The rapidly expanding concept is part of the United Franchise Group, which operates more than 1,600 franchises in more than 60 countries, including Accurate Franchising Inc, Exit Facto, FranchiseMart, Fully Promoted, Signarama, Transworld Business Advisors, Coworks, Franchise Real Estate, Network Lead Exchange, Office Evolution, Venture X and Graze Craze. Over the past three decades, the company's consultants have helped turn more than 350 brands into franchises with more than 2,500 franchisees in more than 80 countries.
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill's newly opened Lake County location is owned by Crown Point natives. They plan to support local charities like the St. Jude House.
The restaurant serves a menu of Greek favorites like gyros, feta fries and lamb, steak and chicken souvlaki platters. Its housemade dips include hummus, tzatziki, melitzanosalata and tirokafteri.
Many of the menu items are customizable. The Classic Greek Salad, for instance, can be topped with the customer's choice of gyro meat, chicken souvlaki, salmon or other proteins.
All of the food is made "in-house with fresh ingredients that bring traditional flavors from recipes passed down generation after generation."
The new Crown Point restaurant will be open for dinner and lunch. It will offer dine-in, delivery and pickup.
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday
For more information, visit www.thegreatgreekgrill.com or www.thegreatgreekfranchise.com.
Coming soon
Anticipation is mounting over the Portillo's coming to Schererville.
The chain known for its Chicago dogs, Maxwell Street Polishes, Italian beefs and other Chicagoland favorites has put several signs out saying Portillo's coming soon around the construction site on Indianapolis Boulevard between Napleton Autowerks of Indiana and the Crossroads of America shopping center anchored by Strack & Van Til and Walmart.
Construction on the wood frame of the new fast-casual restaurant is nearly complete.
The 7,780-square-foot restaurant will seat 175 people inside and another 48 outside. It will have a 1950 diner-themed interior and will be just the third-ever Portillo's with a triple-lane drive-thru.
It's expected to open for business later this year.
Coming soon
A combination Buona Beef/Rainbow Cone is coming to the corner of Silhavy Road and John Howell Drive just north of the roundabout in Valparaiso, Building Commissioner Vicki Thrasher said.
Buona Beef is known for its Italian Beef — slow roasted and thinly sliced beef with Italian seasoning served in its own juices. It also has Chicago dogs, burgers, pasta, salads and plant-based items.
Rainbow Cone is a Beverly icon, serving colorful ice cream cones for 95 years. Its signature namesake Rainbow Cone stacks orange sherbet, pistachio, Palmer House, strawberry and chocolate high in a bright rainbow of colors. It also has shakes, sundaes, banana splits, donuts, cakes, cake rolls and other sweets.
The two brands have been franchising as co-branded restaurants similar to the combination Pizza Huts and Taco Bells that were once the subject of a popular rap song by the hipster hip hop group Das Racist.
Coming soon
Twisted Sugar is coming soon to Crown Point.
Founded seven years ago, the chain has locations across the United States, mostly out west.
It has cookies, craft sodas, flavored waters, energy drinks, hot chocolates, whoopie pies, peanut butter brownies and twisters like raspberry, mango, orange, lemonade and pina colada Dole Whips similar to the ones found at Walt Disney World.
For more information, visit twistedsugar.com or find the business on Facebook.
Open
Michael Adams opened a new Shelter Insurance office in Crown Point.
Adams, long known as The Hog Dog Guy hot dog vendor in downtown Crown Point, opened the new insurance office at 1119 Merrillville Road. It offers life, auto and home insurance, including for new home construction.
"We have really good rates, including junior life insurance policies for kids," he said. "In October we'll have a reduction in auto rates."
It's located next to Revolution Fitness.
"There's a lot of traffic," Adams said. "Not as much as on Main Street, but I was surprised by the amount of traffic."
Adams also said his benefited from his reputation from his last business, which made him a well-known fixture on the Historic Old Courthouse Square before he sold it off a few years ago.
"The people of Crown Point have been supportive of me and the business," he said. "It's been overwhelming throughout the city. People have been wishing me good luck, getting quotes and coming in. There's been heavy support of the community.
Anyone can call to request a quote.
"We have personal protection reviews if people had an event in their lives or something they may not be insured for," he said. "With the housing market, a lot of people recalculated the replacement cost of their home. It might be at the 2020 cost and now be cost $100,000 more to replace from a fire than it did two or three years ago."
Adams said he's passionate about the insurance business.
"I want to make sure people are protected," he said. "All the different items out there can be confusing with life insurance. It boils down to letting the life insurance company take the financial burden off the client."
Shelter Insurance underwrites all the policies.
"Shelter is so family-oriented," he said. "They take good care of me, supporting me, calling me or sending me emails throughout the week to see if they can help out."
The business is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment on Saturday.
"I just want to meet a lot of people, sell some insurance and hopefully retire doing this," he said.
For more information, call 219-763-7072 or email MichaelAdams@ShelterInsurance.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/nwi-business-ins-and-outs-great-greek-mediterranean-grill-buona-beef-rainbow-cone-portillos-and/article_36727151-f470-5434-bbd1-01a8a5b4f34b.html | 2022-08-14T21:08:56 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/nwi-business-ins-and-outs-great-greek-mediterranean-grill-buona-beef-rainbow-cone-portillos-and/article_36727151-f470-5434-bbd1-01a8a5b4f34b.html |
VALPARAISO — The northeast corner of Lincolnway and Morgan Boulevard will soon be ready for the Lincoln Highway Garage.
The four-story structure will be located across the street from the planned Linc apartment complex, a project that will ultimately consist of 121 units distributed among three separate four-story buildings.
The Lincoln Highway Garage is intended to accommodate existing downtown parking needs while creating sports for Linc residents. The city finalized the size of the 354-spot garage after completing a $19,700 downtown parking study.
The garage will be built in conjunction with the first phase of the Linc. Construction will begin this fall and will likely be completed by spring 2024.
During a Thursday afternoon Redevelopment Commission meeting, Valparaiso Director of Engineering Michael Jabo gave an update on the garage construction. The city has approved a demolition bid for the existing structures at 302, 304, 306, 307 and 309 Lincolnway as well as 58 Jefferson. Awarded to C. Lee Construction, the bid was $180,146.
Some of the demolition will start at the beginning of September, though some will have to hold until the start of October.
One hundred and twenty one spaces in the garage will be reserved for Linc residents. Another 79 will be "flex" spots, meaning Linc residents will use the spots in the evening only. Hageman, the Linc developer, will pay for the maintenance and upkeep of spots specifically set aside for tenants.
Though the design of the garage has not been finalized, Jabo said the goal is to make the facade of the building look like storefronts. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/valparaiso-readying-lincolnway-for-parking-garage/article_929a37c7-9ee6-5976-ab7e-297b848c77d1.html | 2022-08-14T21:09:08 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/valparaiso-readying-lincolnway-for-parking-garage/article_929a37c7-9ee6-5976-ab7e-297b848c77d1.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metro Police are investigating after a 15-year-old boy was shot Sunday afternoon.
It happened around 2:15 p.m. in the 4200 block of East Washington Street.
Officers sent to the area on a report of a person shot found the youth inside a home with apparent gunshot wound(s). He was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
Police are looking into whether the shooting actually happened at another location.
There's no word on a suspect or possible motive.
This is a developing story. It will be updated as additional information becomes available. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/metro-police-east-side-shooting-leaves-teen-seriously-injured/531-94c50d94-65a0-45d5-b6dc-04d89e7c88bf | 2022-08-14T21:29:05 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/metro-police-east-side-shooting-leaves-teen-seriously-injured/531-94c50d94-65a0-45d5-b6dc-04d89e7c88bf |
A New York City police officer was recovering Sunday from a bloody slashing attack in Brooklyn.
The police department said officers were responding to calls of a person needing help at the Myrtle-Willoughby Avenues subway station in Bed-Stuy around 11:15 a.m. when the cop was assaulted.
NYPD officials said the individual reportedly needing assistance slashed the officer on the ear, leaving him with a laceration requiring a number of stitches.
The suspect, whose identity was not released as of Sunday afternoon, was taken into custody.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cop-slashed-in-face-responding-to-distress-call-at-nyc-subway-station/3824026/ | 2022-08-14T21:32:47 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cop-slashed-in-face-responding-to-distress-call-at-nyc-subway-station/3824026/ |
When artist Amy Westover was paired with The Herrett Center for the Arts and Sciences as a venue to show her Art & Soul of the Magic Valley entry, she had no idea just how much wall space she was being given.
Joey Heck, the center's director, offered to let her display more of her work, even giving her another nearby wall to create more of a mini-gallery vibe. With Heck's blessing, Westover went to work adding several more of her art pieces and on Friday evening held an impromptu gallery showing for the public.
Westover has stayed involved with the art community over the years and is currently on the Twin Falls Public Arts Commission. She has been dabbling in kiln-formed glass work since 2003.
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Planetarium Upgrades on the Way
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald pauses for a portrait in the Faulkner Planetarium at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald changes out slide trays for the next show at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls. The Faulkner Planetarium will be upgrading its video, sounds and control integration systems.
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald changes out Laser Discs for the next show at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald holds out a sleeve to the once popular Laser Disc platform at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald changes out Laser Discs for the next show at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald prepares for the next show at the Faulkner Planetarium in the Herrett Center. Read the full story Saturday in the Times-News and Magicvalley.com
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Planetarium Upgrades on the Way
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald pauses for a portrait in the Faulkner Planetarium at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
Planetarium Upgrades on the Way
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald changes out slide trays for the next show at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls. The Faulkner Planetarium will be upgrading its video, sounds and control integration systems.
Planetarium Upgrades on the Way
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald changes out Laser Discs for the next show at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
Planetarium Upgrades on the Way
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald holds out a sleeve to the once popular Laser Disc platform at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
Planetarium Upgrades on the Way
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald changes out Laser Discs for the next show at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
Planetarium Upgrades on the Way
DREW NASH • TIMES-NEWS Planetarium Manager Rick Greenawald prepares for the next show at the Herrett Center Friday, July 12, 2013 in Twin Falls.
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Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, collections manager, illuminates a Clovis artifact Wednesday at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
Joey Heck, display and collections manager, talks Wednesday about the Simon Clovis Cache and how it was discovered 55 years ago, at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls.
Joey Heck, collections manager, describes a rare Clovis bifaced artifact made of quartzite Wednesday at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls.
Joey Heck, display and collections manager, talks Wednesday about how Clovis points are commonly fluted at one end, at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls.
Joey Heck, collections manager, not shown, talks about Clovis artifacts and their replicas Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
Joey Heck, collections manager, talks about Clovis artifacts Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
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Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, collections manager, illuminates a Clovis artifact Wednesday at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH photos, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, display and collections manager, talks Wednesday about the Simon Clovis Cache and how it was discovered 55 years ago, at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls.
Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, collections manager, describes a rare Clovis bifaced artifact made of quartzite Wednesday at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls.
Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, display and collections manager, talks Wednesday about how Clovis points are commonly fluted at one end, at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls.
Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Clovis artifacts that were found over 40 years ago are seen Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, collections manager, talks about Clovis artifacts Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, collections manager, talks about Clovis artifacts Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
Clovis artifacts at Herrett Center
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS
Joey Heck, collections manager, not shown, talks about Clovis artifacts and their replicas Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at the Herrett Center for Arts & Science in Twin Falls.
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Opinion: The sentencing this week of a Greenleaf man who was arrested with bullets labeled with threats against Boise Mayor Lauren McLean, among others, shows how dangerous, hyperbolic rhetoric is causing some on the far right to become “radicalized extremists.”
Afeaki was charged in July 2021 for having sexual contact with an adult female inmate who was incarcerated from March 9 – May 20 2021, according to court records.
Opinion: Imagine you are new to Idaho. You’ve left your trusted longtime physician behind, and now you need a new primary care doctor. How are you supposed to judge whether a new doctor is qualified, gives good advice and will take good care of you? So you pick one off of your insurer’s website and hope she’s a good one.
Artist Amy Westover, left, talks to guests during an impromptu gallery showing Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at The Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls. Westover is also a member of the Twin Falls Public Arts Commission.
Artist Amy Westover (not shown) holds a small gallery showing Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at The Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls. Westover entered 'Slide Specimens: Mars Dust', second from left, into the Art & Soul of the Magic Valley contest.
'Slide Specimens: Supernova Photons' is a kiln-formed glass piece seen during an impromptu gallery showing for artist Amy Westover, from Buhl, on Friday evening, Aug. 12, 2022, at The Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/making-space-for-art/article_328b6612-1a9d-11ed-922c-a39c4c86c510.html | 2022-08-14T21:34:45 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/making-space-for-art/article_328b6612-1a9d-11ed-922c-a39c4c86c510.html |
Oscar winner Troy Kotsur awarded key to Arizona hometown
Troy Kotsur, who made history as the first deaf man to win an Academy Award, has been honored with a key to his Arizona hometown.
Kotsur, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in March, was given the key Thursday in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa, the city said in a statement.
"It is such a special honor to receive the key to the City of Mesa, the place where I was born and raised, and will always consider home," Kotsur said during a ceremony.
Mesa Mayor John Giles called Kotsur a "remarkable example of dedication and commitment."
Kotsur won just about every major acting prize for his role as a father and fisherman in "CODA." He still resides in Mesa and gave a shoutout to the city in his Oscars acceptance speech.
Kotsur's family has deep roots in the city. His father was the police chief. One of his two brothers is a deputy fire chief. His grandfather was also a police officer.
For his next project, the actor will play the coach of a football team from the California School for the Deaf for a Disney+ series. Kotsur will be an executive producer. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2022/08/14/oscar-winner-troy-kotsur-coda-awarded-key-city-mesa/10323984002/ | 2022-08-14T21:35:59 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2022/08/14/oscar-winner-troy-kotsur-coda-awarded-key-city-mesa/10323984002/ |
Beatles tribute band off to Liverpool; sports betting in Raynham: Top Taunton stories
Before we begin the new week in earnest, we're taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers.
Top stories this past week included:
Lots of business buzz this past week! First up, a proposed FedEx facility where the Silver City Galleria mall used to be. The proposed facility would cost $165 million and create 150 new jobs for the local economy, and we took a look at what the plan is for the space. Then, it looks as if the former Reed & Barton building could soon be bustling once more: The Taunton City Council unanimously approved a special permit for Medicine Man Solutions to operate a marijuana manufacturing and delivery service in a section of the former sprawling facility. Take a look here at what comes next.
We also celebrated some excellence in local sports, with more of the Taunton Daily Gazette's All-Scholastics picks. With one local team being crowned state champions, it certainly was an eventful baseball season: meet the 2022 Taunton Daily Gazette Baseball All-Scholastics, right here. Likewise, local softball also enjoyed a championship season, with Taunton earning its second straight Division I state title. Meet the 2022 Taunton Daily Gazette Softball All-Scholastics, right here.
These were the Top 5 stories of the past week, according to Gazette readers:
Local Beatles tribute band invited to perform at Liverpool Beatleweek
The Star Club, a local Beatles tribute band, has got a ticket to ride, straight to the 36th annual International Beatlesweek Festival.
They'll be playing a "sendoff" show at the District Center for the Arts on Aug. 20 before heading across the pond to Liverpool. For the band, which formed in 2020, the chance to play at the festival is "a dream come true."
'A dream come true':Local Beatles tribute band invited to perform at Liverpool Beatleweek
See where they'll fit into the line-up for the festival, and check out their catalog, right here.
How sports betting will bring 'new life' to Raynham Park
With state lawmakers approving sports betting legislation, Raynham Park co-owner Chris Carney said the move "means new life" for the former dog track.
Carney said a new retail and simulcasting center would be constructed at Raynham Park for people to cast bets.
Making plans:MA lawmakers OK'd sports betting. Here's how it will bring 'new life' to Raynham Park.
Rehoboth voters shoot down move to withdraw K-8 from D-R
Rehoboth town voters overwhelmingly defeated a move to withdraw Rehoboth's kindergarten through eighth grade students from the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District.
'I'm elated':Rehoboth voters shoot down move to withdraw K-8 from D-R
Taunton could be getting 36-unit condo building with gym and roof lounge
A single-family home on Winter Street could be replaced with a condominium complex, under a proposal by Joseph Peixoto of North Dighton, principal owner of JLJ, LLC.
Peixoto’s attorney Joseph DeSousa said the four-story complex would consist of 36 units.
Plans for the complex include a gym, a gaming room, and a roof lounge. Take a look.
In the works:Taunton could be getting 36-unit condo building with gym and roof lounge
Taunton Then and Now: City's industrial heyday and a history of Winthrop St. Baptist Church
In the latest Taunton Then and Now, we took a look at the intersection of home and work, with how some mills from around the city have transformed since Taunton's 19th-century industrial heyday.
We also explored some of the history of the Winthrop Street Baptist Church, whose roots can be traced all the way back to the 18th-century.
Join us on a journey through local history, as we explore Taunton, then and now.
Taunton Then and Now:City's industrial heyday and a history of Winthrop St. Baptist Church
Taunton Daily Gazette/Herald News copy editor and digital producer Kristina Fontes can be reached at kfontes@heraldnews.com. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette today. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/08/14/taunton-top-stories-star-club-beatles-sports-betting-d-r-vote/10310653002/ | 2022-08-14T21:38:39 | 0 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2022/08/14/taunton-top-stories-star-club-beatles-sports-betting-d-r-vote/10310653002/ |
'Unconscionable to ask them to leave': Raynham seniors get their center back, voting moved
RAYNHAM — Two weeks after moving early voting for the general election out of the senior center in the face of pushback from seniors — Raynham Selectmen did the same thing for early voting in the upcoming primary.
Complaints and concerns expressed by the senior community that the prolonged early voting displaced them from the senior center led Selectmen to change the venue for early voting for the general election, which runs from Oct. 22 - Nov. 4.
But at that time Selectmen said the town was locked in to the senior center location for early voting for the primary, which runs from Aug. 27 – Sept. 2.
But now selectmen decided it is feasible and not too last minute to move early voting for the primary out of the senior center, as well.
The decision was spurred by Selectman Patricia Riley, who deemed it unfair to displace seniors and have their activities canceled for early voting.
“It’s not just for senior activities. It’s a place for them to go. It’s unconscionable to ask them to leave,” she said at the August 9 Selectmen meeting.
Deadline has not passed
Riley explained that after correspondence with the Secretary of State's office, she learned a venue change can occur up to 14 days before early voting begins.
She previously believed the deadline to relocate early voting for the primary had already passed.
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She also said the state does not require written notification via mailers to registered voters of the location change.
The requirements for notifying the public regarding early voting, according to Riley’s correspondence with the Secretary of State’s Election Division, are written notice published in the local newspaper, conspicuous notification of location, date and hours posted on the principal bulletin board of Town Hall and notice posted on the town’s website.
Furthermore, a municipality’s city or town hall is, by default, registered as the early voting site, said Riley. Her correspondence with the Elections Division determined the senior center was allowed as an alternate location during the pandemic because mandated social distancing protocols required the town to relocate early voting to a more spacious setting.
Despite objections raised on July 26 over having early voting at Town Hall, due to space constraints, Riley’s logic for having it at Town Hall was that primaries generally have low turnout and the option of mail-in voting will reduce the in-person voting substantially as well.
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Selectman Richard Schiavo agreed with Riley that “mail-in voting adds a dimension of uncertainty” with how many people will end up coming out for early in-person voting.
He also agreed with Riley that early voting in August at Town Hall will help the board gauge whether early voting for the general election can happen there as well.
“Let’s see what transpires in August, and then we can judge with that going forward,” Schiavo said.
Town Clerk Marsha Silvia, who had booked the senior center for early voting, was happy the Board had taken so much interest in voting.
She “was on the same page” with Riley over not wanting to displace seniors, but acknowledged the negative feedback she received from residents over having voting at Town Hall back in 2016.
Silvia also expressed gratitude for Riley getting more accurate information than she had received previously when contacting the Elections Division.
Riley made the motion to move the remaining early voting, scheduled for late August, to Town Hall. This would mean all early voting would be officially gone from the Senior Center.
Selectman Joseph Pacheco, citing the hot summer heat, said he would vote for the change of venue only if the town provided proper air conditioning, via a window or standing AC unit, in the polling room designated at Town Hall.
“We owe it to the workers,” he said.
The rest of the board agreed, but voted for AC as a separate motion.
The board unanimously voted to move early voting to Town Hall for August, with October early voting still having no location. | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/14/raynham-election-early-voting-moved-out-senior-center-primary/10298624002/ | 2022-08-14T21:38:45 | 1 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/14/raynham-election-early-voting-moved-out-senior-center-primary/10298624002/ |
DALLAS — Two security guards shot a 22-year-old man who police say was driving his vehicle toward the guards outside of a men's club in Dallas early Sunday, officials said.
The shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. outside of the Pandora's Men's Club at 10649 Harry Hines Boulevard in Northwest Dallas, near Interstate 35E and Lombardy Lane.
Police responded and found Arturo Calvillo-Guzman, 22, suffering from a gunshot wound, according to a news release.
Police said officers learned that Calvillo-Guzman and other people were involved in a fight with club employees, and the employees asked them to leave. The group then "became involved in a physical fight with bouncers as they were being escorted" out of the club, the release said.
Security guards took Calvillo-Guzman and others to their vehicles. Police said Calvillo-Guzman left the club and then returned about 15 minutes later, "driving his vehicle directly at the involved security guards near the entrance of the business."
Both security guards fired their weapons at Calvillo-Guzman, striking him. A passenger in Calvillo-Guzman's car was not injured.
Calvillo-Guzman was taken to a hospital for treatment, but his condition was unknown later Sunday.
Neither security guard has been taken into custody. Police and the Dallas County District Attorney's Office were investigating the shooting.
The shooting wasn't the first incident this year involving a club security guard and a customer.
In June, a woman died after being shot by a security guard outside of a Dallas strip club, police said.
The shooting happened at the XTC Cabaret Dallas on North Stemmons Freeway.
The woman who died was identified as 32-year-old Shalonda Anderson. The security guard who shot her, Sterlin Hammett, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Outside the same club in April, a security guard was shot by someone after getting into an argument with a group of people leaving the club.
The recent incidents at city nightclubs have been the subject of a proposed ordinance limiting the hours of sexually oriented businesses.
The Dallas city council earlier this year unanimously passed an ordinance that would require sexually-oriented businesses, such as men's clubs and cabarets, to be closed from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.
City leaders claimed the late hours of such businesses led to more crime.
Business owners pushed back on the ordinance, filing a complaint in federal court. U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Lynn sided with the businesses, calling the city ordinance unconstitutional. Lynn in May granted the businesses a preliminary injunction against the ordinance. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-pandora-shooting-arturo-calvillo-guzman-security-guards-shoot-man-outside-dallas-nightclub-police-says/287-8d68066e-f965-414e-8999-b00b6a87098c | 2022-08-14T21:43:17 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-pandora-shooting-arturo-calvillo-guzman-security-guards-shoot-man-outside-dallas-nightclub-police-says/287-8d68066e-f965-414e-8999-b00b6a87098c |
LANCASTER, Texas — A man was fatally shot during an argument at a youth football game Saturday evening in Lancaster, south of Dallas, police said in a news release.
Police identified the suspect as Yaqub Salik Talib, who remained wanted by authorities on Sunday afternoon.
The shooting at the football game happened about 8:50 p.m. at the Lancaster Community Park at 1749 Jefferson Street in Lancaster, which is in southeast Dallas County.
Police said responding officers were told of a "disagreement among coaching staff and the officiating crew," according to a news release.
While the disagreement unfolded, the coaches got into a physical altercation, and one of the people involved in the fight fired a gun. One man was shot, police said.
He was taken to a hospital, where he later died, according to the news release.
While authorities haven't officially released an identification, coaches with the youth team DEA Dragons said the victim was Mike Hickmon.
Police named Yaqub Talib as the suspect, but more information about his involvement in the shooting was not released.
Talib is the brother of former NFL cornerback Aqib Talib. Witnesses say Aqib Talib was at the game when the incident occurred.
Police were asking anyone with information about Talib's whereabouts to call detective Senad Deranjic at 972-218-2756. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/yaqub-talib-lancaster-football-shooting-man-wanted-in-killing-of-another-man-at-a-lancaster-youth-football-game-police-say/287-146f7389-c53d-4f04-9b7b-7e976d01de85 | 2022-08-14T21:43:23 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/yaqub-talib-lancaster-football-shooting-man-wanted-in-killing-of-another-man-at-a-lancaster-youth-football-game-police-say/287-146f7389-c53d-4f04-9b7b-7e976d01de85 |
A man is dead after a shooting in the 900 block of St. Paul Street in Richmond on Saturday.
The Richmond Police Department has not released the identity of the victim, but it said officers found him and a woman at around 9:37 p.m.; the woman suffered a non-life-threatening injury while the man died later at a hospital.
Authorities said the official cause and manner of the death will be determined later by the state medical examiner. No suspects have been named.
Police have requested that anyone with information about the information to call Detective N. Reese at (804) 646-4105 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The P3 Tips Crime Stopper may also be used to anonymously report information. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-hit-one-dead-in-richmond-shooting-saturday-night/article_88b15557-9684-541c-b9c9-47c8bcc4080a.html | 2022-08-14T21:50:02 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-hit-one-dead-in-richmond-shooting-saturday-night/article_88b15557-9684-541c-b9c9-47c8bcc4080a.html |
The football stadium at Atlee High School will remain closed this week after authorities found a dead body near the field.
The Hanover County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday that the decreased is Efeoghene Oluwatosin Obrimah, 18, of Mechanicsville.
The Sheriff's Office said in a news release that authorities found the body near the stadium's press box at approximately 1:24 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports from a citizen who saw it. Lt. James Cooper, the office's spokesman, said authorities do not suspect foul play and are not seeking any suspects.
"Investigators continue to look into the circumstances surrounding Obrimah’s death and are working closely with the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the actual cause of death," the Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The Hanover school division announced later Sunday that it has temporarily closed the stadium.
"We are shocked and saddened by this tragic news. We send our deepest and sincerest condolences to the Obrimah family for their devastating and unimaginable loss," the school division said through its social media accounts. "While the Sheriff’s Office has deemed the football stadium safe to reopen, the stadium will remain closed for a period of one week out of respect for Efe and the Obrimah family."
The school division did not say whether Obrimah was a graduate of Hanover schools, but has been previously mentioned as an Atlee track and field athlete in local high school athletics news coverage.
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Zhykierra Guy was found fatally shot in an SUV not far from North Airport Drive in the early morning of Aug. 5. Guy lived in the area where she died, police said.
In June, the General Assembly allocated $100 million of the state budget toward seed funding for the establishment of lab schools, an alternative form of public K-12 education that's allowed greater autonomy and is funded through a separate budget.
The case, which had been watched nationally, tested the constitutionality of a "geofence" warrant that allowed Chesterfield County police to obtain Google location records of 19 cellphones near the bank at the time of the heist.
The overall number of people experiencing homelessness in the Richmond area has decreased since last summer, but more people are living on the street than ever before, according to the region's shelter and homeless services coordinator. | https://richmond.com/news/local/hanover-schools-closes-atlee-football-stadium-after-dead-body-found-near-press-box/article_4b3076f5-1a93-55a3-ad09-93084b6e74c2.html | 2022-08-14T21:50:08 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/hanover-schools-closes-atlee-football-stadium-after-dead-body-found-near-press-box/article_4b3076f5-1a93-55a3-ad09-93084b6e74c2.html |
Virginia State Police announced Sunday that a 19-year-old Blackstone man has died after a single-vehicle crash in Nottoway County five days earlier.
Authorities said Daniel Morgan Smith lost control of his Chevrolet Trailblazer at a curve on Wednesday night while traveling east on Hungarytown Road about a quarter-mile west of The Grove Road.
The state police news release says Smith was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. Emergency personnel transported him to VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, where he “succumbed to his injuries.”
State police are continuing to investigate, according to the release.
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Zhykierra Guy was found fatally shot in an SUV not far from North Airport Drive in the early morning of Aug. 5. Guy lived in the area where she died, police said.
In June, the General Assembly allocated $100 million of the state budget toward seed funding for the establishment of lab schools, an alternative form of public K-12 education that's allowed greater autonomy and is funded through a separate budget.
The case, which had been watched nationally, tested the constitutionality of a "geofence" warrant that allowed Chesterfield County police to obtain Google location records of 19 cellphones near the bank at the time of the heist.
The overall number of people experiencing homelessness in the Richmond area has decreased since last summer, but more people are living on the street than ever before, according to the region's shelter and homeless services coordinator. | https://richmond.com/news/local/state-police-investigating-fatal-vehicle-crash-involving-blackstone-teenager/article_0f560f73-fde2-5af3-8c0e-1dd1c9ad4c16.html | 2022-08-14T21:50:14 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/state-police-investigating-fatal-vehicle-crash-involving-blackstone-teenager/article_0f560f73-fde2-5af3-8c0e-1dd1c9ad4c16.html |
Wash. Quarter. Slice. Cut. Serve.
Every year it's the same process for the Shiners selling $1 cups and bowls of juicy red watermelon to thousands of people streaming through Carytown. It's a Richmond tradition that many look forward to every summer.
"It's been busy since the whole festival started at 10 a.m. And I'm assuming it's going to be busy until we close," Ken McSpadden said after helping distribute two 25-pound pallets of watermelon by noon at the 40th annual Carytown Watermelon Festival on Sunday.
"We love it. We've been coming for a couple of years," Jerra Williams said as she waited in line with her 1-year-old daughter Jaci and her husband Justin. "It's fun and family friendly. There's great people and great food. It's why we're here every year."
With the aroma of funnel cake and music from bands and artists performing along the commercial district, visitors and merchants enjoyed the pleasant, low-humidity weather Sunday, especially after a stretch of hot and muggy days in recent weeks.
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McSpadden, a director with Richmond's Acca Shriners, said he was pleased with the turnout, predicting there would be close to 140,000 visitors Sunday after the event returned last year with about half that number.
Organized by the Carytown Merchants Association, the free event Sunday was presented by Publix, which provided the watermelon. Proceeds from the watermelon sales, McSpadden said, go to support the Acca Shriners temple and Shriners Hospitals.
Randolph Pervall, an employee with the city's Department of Public Works, said he was enjoying introducing people to the city's new bicycle lane sweeper, MF BROOM, which was put on display at the event just two weeks after it received its name in a pubic naming contest sponsored by Venture Richmond.
"It's a nice day. Not too hot. I've got a bit of shade so the sun won't beat me down. The watermelon is pretty sweet out here, so I'm just having a good time," he said. "I'm waiting for my work to get started up so that people can see what the MF BROOM can do."
(The name is a play on the name of MF DOOM, a masked underground hip-hop artist who died in 2020. The “MF” stands for Metal Face.)
Standing in a vendor's tent outside of his recently opened store, the Toy Lair, Cody Jones also said he was having fun as he was meeting people and selling toys, movies and collectives on the closed street, along with a friend who was selling prints inspired by the the movie Mac and Me, a cult-favorite 1980s sci-fi movie with a plot that's conspicuously similar to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Jones said he liked seeing the business community and city's personality on display.
"I love being part of Carytown. I love my neighbors. People are very supportive," he said. "It's really a community of workers, rallying behind the same cause of making Carytown fun and keeping Richmond weird." | https://richmond.com/news/local/thousands-fill-carytown-for-40th-annual-watermelon-festival/article_5708e74e-a1f7-50b9-b8a8-3444a697b27d.html | 2022-08-14T21:50:20 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/thousands-fill-carytown-for-40th-annual-watermelon-festival/article_5708e74e-a1f7-50b9-b8a8-3444a697b27d.html |
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The Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation (SARSEF) is launching a new rural high school program throughout Arizona to connect students with support and resources for scientific research.
High school teachers have been paired with research fellows from the University of Arizona to work together on elevating student research and help them learn more about authentic scientific projects.
The program aims to help students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems.
The following four high schools across Arizona are participating in the new program:
- CAS High School in Douglas, with teacher Sharon Christie and research follow Ciara Garcia, who has a PhD in plant sciences at the UA.
- Safford High School, with teacher Kami Downing and research fellow Jay Goldberg, who is a postdoctoral researcher in ecology and evolutionary biology at the UA.
- Sahuarita High School, with teacher Gavin Lehr and research fellow Katherine Hovanes, a postdoctoral researcher in the UA’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment.
- Willcox High School, with teacher Ty White and research fellow Savannah Fuqua, a master's candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology at the UA.
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Teachers and research fellows will be awarded with $2,000 stipends.
Classroom research project topics were chosen based on concern and relevancy to the community.
School encourages applications for lunch program
Students at Alta Vista High School, a public charter school at 5040 S. Campbell Ave. in Tucson, can apply to receive free or reduced lunch prices to help cover their meal costs on campus.
Under the School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs, students who meet one of the following criteria may be eligible for the free or reduced meal prices:
- From a household whose income is at or below the federal income eligibility guidelines
- From a household that receives public assistance
- The student is homeless, migrant, runaway or foster
- Participates in a Head Start or Even Start pre-kindergarten program
Households can fill out the application and return it to the school. Application forms can be found at the school’s front office or online at family.titank12.com.
Only one application is required for each household, and families can apply for the lunch benefits at any time.
For more information about eligibility or how to apply for the free or reduced lunch benefits, families may contact Elsa Rodriguez by calling (520) 294-4922 or emailing her at Elsa.Rodriguez@leonaschools.com.
Have any questions or news tips about K-12 education in Southern Arizona? Contact reporter Genesis Lara at glara@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/university-science-researchers-work-with-rural-arizona-high-schools/article_5c8926b4-19af-11ed-97c1-8b4cfb88efab.html | 2022-08-14T22:07:17 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/university-science-researchers-work-with-rural-arizona-high-schools/article_5c8926b4-19af-11ed-97c1-8b4cfb88efab.html |
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WATERLOO — VGM Group Inc. has named Jeremy Stolz president of VGM & Associates. He has served as interim president since June.
He will also continue his role as president of VGM Fulfillment and as a member of the VGM senior leadership team.
“I am thrilled to have Jeremy Stolz step into this important role at VGM. He is an exceptional leader with impeccable integrity – the right leader for VGM & Associates,” VGM Group CEO Mike Mallaro said in a news release. “Under Jeremy’s leadership, VGM Fulfillment has grown significantly, serving even more customers and expanding the scope of services offered.
“His ability to build an outstanding team and find innovative and collaborative solutions, and his penchant to find win-win outcomes, have made VGM one of the nation’s fastest-growing distributors of health care products direct to the home,” added Mallaro. “At VGM & Associates, he will apply these skills and his experience to lead these communities and further evolve our offerings to meet the needs of the home medical equipment (HME) industry members and partners we serve.”
Stolz began his VGM career in 2003 at VGM & Associates. In 2009, he was tapped to lead VGM’s venture to help HME companies enhance their CPAP resupply business. That venture became VGM Fulfillment and later expanded beyond CPAP interfaces to provide an array of specialized healthcare products directly to user homes.
Stolz was promoted to president of VGM Fulfillment in 2017. VGM Fulfillment’s tremendous growth has been driven by leveraging the company’s traditional group purchasing concept to resupply. After starting in 2009 with a small warehouse space and manual processes, VGM Fulfillment now operates four warehouses across the nation using state-of-the-art technology, and has 250 employee owners.
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Deion and Vance McShane pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Theo Day poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Teammates egg on linebacker Spencer Cuvelierposes as he posees for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterbacks Theo Day and Matt Morrissey pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp III and his father Benny Sapp Jr. pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Spencer Cuvelier poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Head Coach Mark Farley speaks during a press conference during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Tristan Roper poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Players pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Players goof around and pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Tristan Roper poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Teammates egg on linebacker Spencer Cuvelierposes as he posees for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Bryce Flater poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Quarterback Matt Morrissey poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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The new University of Northern Iowa football team meeting room overlooking the UNI-Dome.
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Defensive lineman Devin Rice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Matthew Vanderslice poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Offensive lineman Nick Ellis poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Korby Sander poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive lineman Caden Houghtelling poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Linebacker Spencer Cuvelier poses for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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Defensive back Benny Sapp III and his father Benny Sapp Jr. pose for a photo during University of Northern Iowa football media day at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls on Wednesday.
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The new University of Northern Iowa football team meeting room overlooking the UNI-Dome.
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When Megan Degenfelder was a kid, she used to tell her mother, “Mom, I love my country, I love my state.”
“And she was serious,” her mother, Cheryl Degenfelder, said on Wednesday morning around the dining room table at their family home in Casper. Degenfelder and her intern, Shannon VanReeth, had stopped over for a night while on the campaign trail.
To people who have known Degenfelder, it’s probably not surprising that she’s running for state superintendent of public instruction, one of Wyoming’s five statewide elected positions.
She started volunteering as a page at the Republican state conventions in junior high. She was the student body president at the University of Wyoming, where she got degrees in political science and business economics. She also worked for Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ campaign, and later interned in her Washington, D.C. office during her first year in Congress. After graduating, Degenfelder moved to Beijing, China to get her master’s degree in economics at the University of International Business and Economics. Since finishing school, she’s worked in various positions in the private oil, gas and coal industries, and as a chief policy officer with the Wyoming Department of Education.
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U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming has endorsed Megan Degenfelder's Republican candidacy for superintendent of public instruction.
Like other state superintendent candidates, Degenfelder has been on the road all summer, traveling to communities and visiting constituents across the state. She came in around 11 p.m. after attending a forum in Lusk the previous evening. During the campaign, she’s tried to make it back home to Laramie, where she lives with her husband, every Sunday.
“Even if I was in Newcastle, I’d wake up at like, 4 a.m., drive all the way back, go to church with my husband and go to lunch,” she said. “That was usually my plan to get home once a week.”
That’s been harder to do with the finish line for the primaries coming up on Tuesday.
6:30 a.m.
Degenfelder came to the door of her parents’ house wearing a black shirt, black heels, a blue pencil skirt and silver jewelry. Her makeup was already done. Her long blond hair hung down in arranged curls. She had her chihuahua, Loretta, tucked under one arm. A couple other dogs sauntered to the foyer to see what was going on.
“It’s kind of crazy around here,” she said. “Hopefully you all like dogs.”
Landscape paintings hung in the living room. An upright piano with family photos on top of it stood by the wall (Degenfelder plays). A chandelier descended above the dining room table. Sunlight came in from the back garden.
Her mother, father and VanReeth sat at the dining table drinking coffee. Two laptops were propped open in front of Degenfelder; she was trying to do her regular job as the government and regulatory affairs manager for Morningstar Partners Oil & Gas before going out for the day. She has continued to work while on the campaign trail.
“We’ve pulled over to parks before, and I’ve been on a conference call, pulled up a hotspot, you know, just doing it that way.”
That morning, she was sifting through hundreds of pages of the federal Inflation Reduction Act, trying to figure out what impact it would have on the company she works for. Degenfelder promotes herself as someone who has “fought back against the Obama and Biden Administrations” and “worked to lessen regulatory burdens” on Wyoming’s oil, gas and coal industries. Some of the revenue from those industries goes to funding Wyoming’s public education.
She had another laptop opened to look at candidates’ finance reports. The incumbent state superintendent candidate, Brian Schroeder, hadn’t yet filed his. “Not sure what the deal is with that,” she said. (His report came in later that day.)
Schroeder, who was appointed to the state superintendent position in January, is Degenfelder’s main opponent. Degenfelder applied for the position when former superintendent Jillian Balow, whom Degenfelder worked for, left the post to take a similar job in Virginia. But the Wyoming GOP didn’t choose her as one of the top three candidates, opting instead for Schroeder, former lawmaker Marti Halverson and American Military University political and military science department chair Thomas Kelly. Of the three, Gov. Mark Gordon then chose Schroeder to take the position.
A former top official at the Wyoming Department of Education announced Thursday she will run for superintendent of public instruction.
Schroeder and Degenfelder overlap quite a bit in their platforms; they emphasize more parental involvement in schools, they want to improve literacy rates, they support charter schools. Both have said they oppose teaching critical race theory (which isn’t currently taught in Wyoming public schools).
But Degenfelder said she wants to focus more on industry partnerships in education. And, as she makes a point to emphasize when talking to the public, she’s a sixth-generation Wyomingite who has lived in the state for most of her life. While some people see that as an advantage and others prefer to change things up with an outsider’s perspective, Degenfelder frequently points out her connections with Wyoming; one of her brochures has lines with red checkmarks next to them.
Sixth-generation Wyomingite, check.
Attended Wyoming public schools, check.
Graduate of the University of Wyoming, check.
“Sen. [Bill] Landen, I went to prom with his son. [Former Speaker of the House] Steve Harshman, conditioning ed coach when I was in high school,” she said. “I mean, it could be a double edged sword, right? Like, if I wanted to fake anything, they’d see right through me.”
9 a.m.
Degenfelder sat around a table at Metro Coffee with a group of local teachers. Some had kids with them. One bounced an infant on her lap. A stroller was parked next to the sofa. Iced drinks in plastic cups sat on the table. Everyone shuffled around to make more space every time another person arrived. As she talked with the teachers, Degenfelder intermittently scooted a bottle of apple juice with a straw in it away from the edge of the coffee table, where a toddler was attempting to grab it.
They talked about literacy.
“Early intervention is so important as a kindergarten-first grade teacher,” one teacher said.
“If we would work on just getting those kids to be proficient readers, then it’s smooth sailing.”
VanReeth smiled and made faces at one of the kids.
The teachers said they’ve been experiencing a lot of behavioral problems too, some of which they said are exacerbated by a lack of involvement and concern on the part of parents. But at the same time, some were concerned with parents becoming overly involved in the classroom.
“I think it’s a fine line with overstepping,” a teacher said. “It’s your child, but it’s also my classroom. We don’t want to be micromanaged by parents.”
Degenfelder looked at her and nodded.
“That’s where the communication is so huge,” she said.
“I’ve talked to parents that were kind of scarred from COVID, they were told they couldn’t enter the school. That leads to some distrust, and it falls in on teachers who had no control over masks, over any of those policies or anything. It’s made some parents skeptical or maybe fearful. So how do we open up those lines of communication again?”
One of Degenfelder’s first priorities as state superintendent, she has said, would be to “empower parents as the number one voice in their children’s education.” She was a proponent of the 2022 Civics Transparency Act, a bill that would have required teachers to list learning materials used in the classroom on a public platform. Educators said this would burden their time while proponents said parents have a right to more transparency in their kids’ education. The act failed to make it into law.
Degenfelder part listened, part promoted, part bounced her ideas, part answered questions. She talked fast. She raised her voice above the sound of blenders and coffee makers. Toward the end of the meeting, former superintendent Judy Catchpole joined (she endorsed Degenfelder along with big names like Sen. Cynthia Lummis and former Sen. Al Simpson, who recently received the Presidential Medal of Freedom). Some of the teachers started to leave. One of the kids, a girl who had complimented Degenfelder on her shoes, came and perched on her lap.
“Do you want to come to my election party?” Degenfelder asked the girl. “That’s when we’ll find out whether or not I won. I’m so nervous!”
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10:30 a.m.
At the Casper Senior Center. VanReeth carried a basket filled with Degenfelder stickers and pamphlets and a Degenfelder tablecloth to the dining hall. The room was nearly empty. They spread the tablecloth and set out the pamphlets.
“What’s that say,” one man sitting at a table, eating his lunch, asked, looking at the tablecloth. He wore a camo-printed cap, a green shirt and jeans.
Degenfelder walked over to him, “It says Megan Degenfelder, state superintendent of public instruction.”
“Oh, tell me how you’re going to fix these problems,” the man said, and after she told him how she was going to fix some problems, he said: “Well now I’m gonna vote for you!”
“Well, I was going to vote for you anyway, but I wanted to make you feel good.” Then he turned to the near-empty room and raised his arms: “I met a real-life politician! She’s gonna be famous!”
1 p.m.
The space filled with the whir of drones. Kids flew them in adjacent rooms, in the hallway illuminated with colored paper lanterns. 3D printed objects – dragons, a dinosaur skull, a shark – decorated the front desk.
Degenfelder and VanReeth were taking a tour of Code Ninjas, a center where kids learn to code. One of the center’s owners, Sarah Romer, led Degenfelder and VanReeth to a room where three students were practicing with a drone. Degenfelder crossed her arms and fixed her eyes on the hovering aircraft. It lazed through the air then bumped against a wall and fell to the ground.
“That happens all the time,” Romer said. “That’s why we’ve got extra propellers.”
Degenfelder pushed for computer science education while she was chief policy officer at the Wyoming Department of Education. She helped add the subject to the Wyoming education “Basket of Goods” in 2018. That means all public schools in Wyoming have to offer some kind of computer science curriculum.
Out in the hallway, Degenfelder said, “My next question is, can I sign up for any of these classes?”
“I’ve pushed computer science really hard because I know that’s what industry wants, but I need to learn how to code too.”
Romer led Degenfelder and VanReeth to the back parking lot where the other owner, Thea True-Wells, was showing three kids how to fly a slightly bigger drone. True-Wells asked Degenfelder if she wanted to try and gave her a brief lesson: Hover. Pitch forward. Pitch backward. Pitch to the sides. Then she handed off the controller. Degenfelder took it a little reluctantly. The three students stood in a group to the side, assessing her skill.
“I’m not very smooth,” she said.
“Yeah …” one of the kids responded.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed State Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder in his bid for election to the post.
5:30 p.m.
Degenfelder changed into black jeans, a blue shirt and cowboy boots for Casper’s Politics in the Park forum. A small crowd gathered in the sliver of shade near the bandshell, right up against all the campaign signs. Degenfelder put one hand in her jean pocket as she talked on stage.
She has a polished demeanor. Some people have criticized her for being a politician or a bureaucrat because of that and her past involvement in government spheres, although she’s tried to brand herself as someone who isn’t a politician.
“I am not a politician,” she wrote in her January cover letter for the state superintendent position. “I have never held public office, nor have I run for various other positions or seats. But this is exactly what I believe we need in leadership of our education and government systems — outside industry knowledge and experience.”
“I’m anything but a bureaucrat, I’ve spent most of my time in the private industry,” Degenfelder told the Star-Tribune the day after Lummis endorsed her. “There’s nothing further from the truth.”
The three candidates at the forum — Degenfelder, Schroeder, and Casper-based substitute teacher Jennifer Zerba — had two minutes each to answer a slew of questions from the moderator.
Degenfelder said on charter schools: “I’m a huge supporter of school choice.” On future mask mandates: “The decision of whether or not to mask a child lies one place and in one place only. That’s with parents.” On religion in the classroom: It’s “important to realize” a “balance” and make sure “we’re not discriminating on anyone’s religious freedom.” On teacher recruitment and retention: Add incentives and mentorship, reduce assessments, figure out why people don’t want to go into teaching. On teaching gender identity and pronouns: Discussions around these topics belong “within the home between a parent and a child.” On critical race theory and other “radical political ideologies”: They belong “nowhere near our classrooms.” On leaving federal lunch programs: “As someone who fights against the federal government for a living, I am always looking for ways that we can reduce our reliance on federal funds and federal programs.”
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VanReeth said earlier at the senior center that most of the questions they get from the public on the campaign trail are about critical race theory and U.S. Department of Agriculture funding for school nutrition programs.
Critical race theory is an academic framework for examining how racism is embedded in U.S. institutions and society. In May, the USDA announced a new requirement to include protections against discrimination based of sexual orientation and gender identity in nondiscrimination policies and signage. That impacts Wyoming schools that get money through the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service for meal programs.
A lot of those discussions, VanReeth said, are about clearing up some misconceptions about these two topics. People are worried that critical race theory is taught in classrooms, but it isn’t taught in Wyoming’s public schools.
“I’m 100% against critical race theory,” Degenfelder said. “But I also realize there’s a lot of other issues that matter, and so we’re going to take care of that and we’re not gonna focus on issues that aren’t as prevalent in Wyoming.”
As for the USDA funding, some people think that it will impact who can use what bathrooms, who can enter what locker rooms. But it doesn’t. It’s meant to give LGBTQ students an avenue for filing a complaint if, say, they’re denied a meal within a Food and Nutrition Service program.
Wyoming's schools leader suggested a federal nondiscrimination update on gender and sexual orientation would impact pronouns and locker rooms, when the guidance he received behind-the-scenes indicated otherwise.
“There’s nothing in there that has anything to do with sharing showers or locker rooms,” Degenfelder said. “There’s nobody in this state that would allow for that. So I’m not going to create fear in communities where it doesn’t exist. I know how to fight the federal government and I know how to do it effectively. I will do that when the time comes.”
“And I don’t like people who move into the state and bring those issues with them,” Degenfelder added. “You come into my state, and you try to bring these issues and make them real in Wyoming, and we know how to do things better here. We’ve been doing it for a long time.”
The sun sat low. The crowd dispersed. Candidates picked up their signs.
Degenfelder and VanReeth got in the car and drove home. | https://trib.com/news/local/education/on-the-campaign-trail-with-schools-superintendent-candidate-megan-degenfelder/article_075f247c-1a45-11ed-a3d5-93fdbf28e6ed.html | 2022-08-14T22:10:55 | 0 | https://trib.com/news/local/education/on-the-campaign-trail-with-schools-superintendent-candidate-megan-degenfelder/article_075f247c-1a45-11ed-a3d5-93fdbf28e6ed.html |
Back-to-school activities are beginning once again, and that means lots of preparation for children and pets alike.
In addition to picking up a few school supplies and packing lunches, the SPCA of Texas urges families to remember a few back-to-school tips for pets too.
According to the SPCA, pet owners shouldn't forget to keep pets happy and healthy by making sure they are up-to-date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed or neutered.
Pets need a little extra attention during back-to-school season, so make sure they have plenty of toys and games while they are left to entertain themselves at home.
The SPCA said separation anxiety can affect pets during periods of change to the family schedule.
Parents who accompany children to school or the bus stop can take the dog on a leashed walk for a little family bonding, the SPCA said. Make sure pets are safely kept inside the home or a fenced in back yard while leaving and entering the house to ensure they don't follow and wander out to the street.
According to the SPCA, pet owners can also plan fun, family activities like going to the dog park, early morning and late afternoon walks and play dates with doggie friends.
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Give your pets plenty of fresh water, food and shelter if they're outside, and bring them inside when the temperature soars.
Always make sure pets have a collar with rabies and license tags with the correct contact information in case a pet is lost, SPCA said. Microchip pets in the event that a pet loses his or her collar.
For more information, visit www.spca.org or call the SPCA of Texas at 214-742-7722. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/back-to-school-tips-for-four-legged-friends/3047960/ | 2022-08-14T22:15:15 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/back-to-school-tips-for-four-legged-friends/3047960/ |
Rescue efforts were underway after a suspected thief led police on a chase and ended up stuck in a drainage culvert in Delaware County, sources with knowledge of the situation told NBC10.
The man stole something from a CVS and fled from Lower Merion police officers into Radnor Township Sunday afternoon, the sources said. That’s where he allegedly ditched his vehicle and ran before getting stuck in the culvert.
The man was trapped under Conestoga Road at Locust Grove Terrace, the Radnor Township Police Department tweeted.
Rescuers were digging up ground to try and free the man, one source said. It was unclear if he was alive, according to the source. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/recue-efforts-underway-as-theft-suspect-gets-stuck-in-culvert/3335126/ | 2022-08-14T22:18:50 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/recue-efforts-underway-as-theft-suspect-gets-stuck-in-culvert/3335126/ |
When Shetu Akter arrived at a crowded Omaha airport July 27, it was her first time in the U.S.
In her 29 years, she’d never left Bangladesh.
Stepping out of the terminal, Akter entered a new world. The crowd around her spoke English instead of Bengali. The women wore their hair down or fastened in hair ties, not tucked under a hijab like Akter’s.
She and her husband were overwhelmed with the scene that felt so different from their home city of Sylhet. The skyline, the streets; it was all new and intriguing.
But Akter said she made pleasant discoveries, too. The travelers she passed in the airport seemed more like old friends. It’s not Bangladeshi custom to be so friendly with strangers, she said, but the passing smiles and waves made her feel welcome.
“I was so surprised,” she said. “Whenever we made eye contact with anyone, they would greet us or say hello.”
Today, Akter is settling into her new Lincoln apartment, close enough to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus for her to zip to class in a few minutes.
She’s one of more than 1,800 international students at UNL. Many are arriving in the U.S. for the first time.
Akter is a first-year Ph.D. student who’s come to study natural resources science. She’s passionate about climate change issues, and hopes to conduct research with the college’s best scientists.
So far, Akter has been able to meet plenty of new faces on campus. She praised UNL for its efforts to connect international students.
“It’s becoming very easy to make new friends,” she said.
When Akter and her husband stepped off the plane, they were greeted by a university volunteer who was eager to help them adjust. He took the couple to buy groceries and showed them how to set up internet access in their apartment.
She’s been hesitant to try any American restaurants yet. Her Muslim faith only permits her to eat foods that are halal, or permissible according to the Quran. Haram, or unacceptable, foods include pork, alcohol or meat prepared a certain way.
In Bangladesh, a majority of the country stops for five daily prayers called the salat. Akter said you can hear the recitations in the street.
“It’s actually a sweet sound for us,” she said.
But here, there are churches instead of mosques. Worshippers pray quietly, separately.
Akter also said she still hasn’t adjusted to the heat. The weather is much more mild where she's from, rarely soaring above 90 degrees or dipping below 50.
But the most difficult adjustment Akter has had to make is settling into the new time zone. The 11-hour time difference makes it challenging to chat with her parents, who are often getting ready for bed when Akter is waking up.
“I feel very homesick,” she said. “It’s very tough leaving my parents behind.”
* * *
On campus, Yongjie Xue stands on the sidewalk and watches a squirrel. He points and watches in amazement as it picks up a nut under a tree.
“A squirrel!” Xue shouts. “I’ve never seen a wild squirrel before. Only in a zoo.”
In Shanghai, life is busier, more active. To Xue, Nebraska seems much more peaceful.
“There are lots of cornfields,” he said.
But the downside to the quiet, spacious town is a lack of public transportation, he said. Xue said he’s used to taking a subway everywhere, and he finds the bus system in Lincoln less efficient. Right now, he’s looking into finding a reliable way to get to campus every day.
Xue is 26, a first-year Ph.D. student studying computer science with hopes of engineering automatic vehicles. He’s excited for his classes to start so he can continue doing what he loves — coding.
Like Akter, he finds Americans to be much more open. He said Chinese culture is much more reserved, but here, people he doesn’t know smile and say hello. He likes that.
“In my hometown, everybody is too busy with their business,” he said.
Some of his friends had visited the U.S. and told him about the mix of different cultures he’d experience. He’s enjoyed making friends from different countries.
But he was shocked to find nobody carried an umbrella in the sun. He thinks it’s a good idea, but he feels bashful to pull out his portable shade in front of other students.
“If I did, people might think I was a bit strange,” he said.
* * *
Dinelka Thilakarathne is a 32-year-old lecturer at the University of Ruhuna in Matara, Sri Lanka, but this semester she’s a student again. Thilakarathne is pursuing a Ph.D. in biology, hoping to become an expert zoologist.
She loves hiking and being in nature. Since her arrival, she’s visited Indian Cave State Park.
“I really enjoyed that place,” Thilakarathne said.
She was proud to share that she'd tried an American staple — Burger King. She’s sampled potatoes a few different ways since coming here: mashed, fried and baked.
Other than the food and more technological advancements, Thilakarathne said life in Sri Lanka is fairly similar in the U.S. Except, like Akter and Xue, she finds American people to be a little more friendly to strangers.
“They always greet me. ‘Hi, how are you? How is your day?’ I like it,” she said.
She and her husband, natural resource sciences Ph.D. student Tithira Lakkana, live next door to Akter and her husband. Both couples have enjoyed being foreigners together, swapping stories and tips.
Akter said the U.S. is quickly becoming a second home, but she often thinks of her parents’ village, Moulvibazar.
It’s unusual for girls to pursue this level of education, especially in a foreign country, she said. In Moulvibazar, it’s much more common for the women to marry young and start a family right away. She said she’s the first one from the small community to earn a Ph.D. overseas.
Her parents speak highly of her to others.
“They’re very proud that I’ve come so far,” she said.
Jenna Thompson is a news intern who has previous writing and editing experience with her college paper and several literary journals. She is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pursuing degrees in English and journalism.
Kennadi Griffis, a junior environmental science major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was part of Team USA's win at the International Soil Judging Competition in Scotland July 26-31.
Shetu Akter is a first-year Ph.D. student from Bangladesh who’s come to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to study natural resource sciences. She’s one of more than 1,800 international students at UNL.
Dinelka Thilakarathne is a 32-year-old lecturer at the University of Ruhuna in Matara, Sri Lanka, but this semester she’s a student again. Thilakarathne is pursuing a Ph.D. in biology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She hopes to become an expert zoologist.
Shetu Akter is a first-year Ph.D. student from Bangladesh who’s come to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to study natural resource sciences. She’s one of more than international 1,800 students at UNL. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/watch-now-start-of-school-year-brings-hundreds-of-international-students-to-lincoln/article_e9a8fdc1-4133-50fc-88e5-35e790de63c7.html | 2022-08-14T22:19:02 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/watch-now-start-of-school-year-brings-hundreds-of-international-students-to-lincoln/article_e9a8fdc1-4133-50fc-88e5-35e790de63c7.html |
SEATTLE — A woman died Sunday after she became trapped between the light rail and the Mount Baker station platform, according to the Seattle Police Department.
Seattle Fire Department crews were called to the station to extricate the trapped woman at around 1:30 p.m. Crews were able to extricate the woman but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Delays to traffic and the light rail are expected as the incident is investigated.
Sound Transit tweeted that the Link shuttle buses are replacing the 1 Line between Beacon Hill Station and Columbia City Station until further notice.
More information can be found at soundtransit.org/alerts.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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SEATTLE — U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects on Thursday, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in scores of communities across the country.
The competitive grants are more than double the amount awarded the previous year under the same program. The influx comes from a $1 trillion infrastructure law backed by President Joe Biden, which provided an additional $7.5 billion over five years for the grants.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the projects would help modernize America's transportation systems.
"This is a program that recognizes many of the most interesting and compelling ideas and designs and plans aren't going to come from Washington, but more of the funding should," Buttigieg said. "That's what we're delivering here."
Buttigieg said the U.S. Department of Transportation received about $13 billion in grant applications.
A total of 166 projects across the country are getting a slice of the $2.2 billion.
Here are the Washington state projects set to receive more than $97 million in total.
Washington State Department of Transportation
The Washington State Department of Transportation will receive $6 million for two planning projects.
The first planning project will fund studies in Seattle and Spokane with the goal to help reconnect communities divided by Interstate 90 across Washington state. The project will eventually reconnect underserved communities by creating safe and accessible transportation options.
The second project will also complete a study on how to better connect residents from nearby communities to Yakima, including services and jobs. The study will explore street improvements to connect bicycle and pedestrian paths in Toppenish, Wapato and Union Gap. Overall, the project seeks to create safe pedestrian bicycle crossings at US 97 and SR 22.
Whatcom County
Whatcom County will receive $25 million to replace the Lummi Island ferry and modernize its systems.
The project will replace the 60-year-old ferry with an electric-battery hybrid ferry. The project also includes adjusting the terminal structures to accommodate the new ferry and installing electrical charging infrastructure.
City of Lynnwood
The city will receive $25 million to construct a new multi-lane bridge over I-5 in between the intersections of 196th Street SW (SR 524)/Poplar Way and 33rd Avenue W/Alderwood Mall Boulevard.
The project seeks to relieve traffic congestion and to allow improved access to development in downtown Lynnwood. The project will also add a protected shared use path for pedestrians and bicyclists.
City of Bothell
The $19 million project in Bothell will widen Bothell Way NE from Reder Way to 191st St NE to five lanes.
The project will make room for dedicated turn lanes and signals at high-volume intersections and construct protected bike and pedestrian lanes. It will also include fish habitat enhancement and crossings, and wetland mitigation.
City of Spokane Valley
The $21.7 million project will replace the highway-rail crossing of State Route 27 and the BNSF Railway tracks with a new Pines Road underpass.
The project will replace the intersection of two state highways, SR 27 and SR 290 with a multi-lane roundabout, and construct a separated shared use path under the railroad crossing.
The project seeks to improve supply chain movement while creating a safer environment for vehicle, bike and pedestrian traffic. The project also includes a new trailhead facility with restrooms, electric vehicle charging and non-motorized access to the Centennial Trail and Spokane River.
City of Pullman
Pullman will receive $1 million to finalize planning for the reconstruction of Airport Road.
The reconstruction includes a wider roadway section, shared use bike path, intersection roundabout and pedestrian sidewalk accessing the Pullman- Moscow Airport. The project will also provide a bus stop that will connect the airport to the regional bus system.
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The funding marks a significant increase from the $983 million distributed among 90 projects in 2021. The allotment is the largest dating to 2009 for a program that has undergone multiple name and emphasis changes during the presidential administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
Though still substantial, the funding doesn't have quite the buying power as anticipated when the infrastructure legislation passed Congress last year. That's because inflation has driven up the cost of key transportation construction materials, such as steel plates for bridges and asphalt for paving roads. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-state-97-million-transportation-projects/281-2df88c7f-923f-484a-aa0d-5ca950b932ce | 2022-08-14T22:31:04 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-state-97-million-transportation-projects/281-2df88c7f-923f-484a-aa0d-5ca950b932ce |
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Once spoken throughout the region, the Lenape language can be heard again in a back room of the Lower Township branch of the Cape May County library every Friday.
On Friday, five people gathered around the folding tables for a class in conversational Lenape, sharing stories and hearing about the culture of the Jersey cape before the first people of European descent arrived centuries ago.
The teacher, Teri Hislop, is a resident of the Villas section of the township and an enrolled member of the Lenape nation of Pennsylvania.
“Kulamàlsi hàch?” she asks the students in turn, that is, do you feel well? She said it is a common Lenape greeting. Some needed a little coaching on the correct response.
Hislop did not grow up speaking Lenape — at this point, it appears that no one alive did — and as a child in Indiana she did not know she had any Native American ancestry at all.
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That came later. As a child, she said, her family did not tell her about her Native American ancestor. She said it was common for families to hide their ancestry, at first to avoid forced displacement, later out of fear of discrimination.
She learned of her family ties to the Lenape years later and sought more information about her past and her people.
Part of that is learning the language.
The last known person for whom the southern Unami dialect of Lenape was a first language was Edward Thompson, who died in 2002. His sister, Nora Thompson Dean, died in 1984, worked to keep the language alive. She was also known as Touching Leaves Woman. Born in Oklahoma, she taught Lenape traditions, ceremonies and arts, as well as working to keep the language alive.
There are recordings of her speaking the language, and today there are books and resources for those seeking to learn the language, including an online dictionary that includes her recordings of multiple words.
Hislop, and other Lenape tribal members, have been using Zoom classes to learn the language. The lessons at the library are far less formal, with participants adding their own stories in English. Hislop occasionally reminds them to try some Lenape, suggesting a word or phrase to include in the story.
“It’s a class, but it’s become more like a conversation group,” she said.
In an interview before the class, Hislop said she and other Lenape members have progressed in their studies to the point that they can hold conversations in Lenape, relying in part on what Touching Leaves Woman left behind, along with other resources.
“We’re getting to the point now where we can actually tell jokes,” she said.
Reviving the language is part of a broader effort to keep the culture alive. On Saturday, members of the Lenape nation will hold a celebration of native culture at Rea’s Farm in West Cape May, the culmination of weeks of effort paddling the length of the Delaware River from New York state to the mouth of the bay.
The paddlers are set to arrive at Sunset Beach on Friday, Aug. 19, as part of the Rising Nation River Journey, a tradition that began in 2002. The journey has two goals, to raise the commitment to preserving the waterway, and to support Lenape culture.
Saturday’s event begins at 11 a.m., with music, storytelling and more. Individuals and organizations are invited to sign a treaty of renewed friendship.
There will be no Lenape class at the library, Hislop told the students, encouraging them to attend the weekend’s events instead.
Those attending the class said they do not have any Lenape ancestors, but they do feel a connection to the language and the culture.
Bernard Sypniewski, of Woodbine, brought along a Lenape cookbook and plans to try some of the recipes. He said the combinations of consonants in Lenape challenge even someone familiar with Polish. Pary Tell, of the Erma section of Lower Township, said she wanted to challenge her mind.
Denise Jones, of Villas, has been working on Lenape for a while, before Hislop began the class at the library in the spring.
“I want to learn more,” she said.
The fourth student, Mike Hislop, is married to the teacher.
The class included a reading of a Lenape story about four crows, which Hislop described as a prophesy, in Lenape and in English. There was another lesson, which Hislop illustrated with images worked in beads, with seven grandfathers representing positive attributes. Each grandfather was represented by an animal.
Unami is an Algonquin language, spoken on either side of the Delaware into the 18th century. Lenape have remained in New Jersey, but more now live in Oklahoma, as well as Wisconsin and Ontario. The Indian Removal Act meant thousands of Native Americans were relocated from the East. Those that remained, Hislop said, either hid their ancestry or otherwise avoided detection. Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw and other Native Americans were forcibly removed west of the Mississippi, in what has become known as the Trail of Tears.
Lenape leaders have worked with Shelley DePaul of Swarthmore College to create Lenape language classes. Material from DePaul is used in the library classes, and the work has increased the number of people fluent in Lenape.
Hislop says it was no accident that the Lenape language, culture and ceremonies were nearly lost. She cites what were called Indian schools, efforts to teach Native American children the English language and American culture.
Members of tribes throughout the country were taken to the schools, and many were punished for speaking their own language.
The boarding schools also disconnected children from the elders in their families, Hislop said.
“If you want to destroy a language, the best way to do it is to disconnect the children from their grandparents,” she said.
Today, on social media, through Zoom and in the back room of a library branch, the language is making a comeback.
“Kulamàlsi hàch?”
“Nulamàlsi.”
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MARGATE — Although it is still a new event, the Margate community is taking to it like ducks to water.
The Margate Business Association hosted its second annual Duck Derby on Sunday. Scores of families flocked to Ray Scott’s Deck for dancing, corn hole and an array of duck-themed activities while cheering on their rubber ducks during the climatic derby race.
MBA President Ed Berger said he was encouraged by the energy at the derby.
“It was a great event,” Berger said just after the derby concluded. “We raised a lot of money for the MBA.”
About 300 people gathered at Ray Scott’s Deck, and the MBA had sold 1,499 derby tickets, each one with a number corresponding to a rubber duck in the derby. (Berger, who helped drop the rubber ducks into the water, said he declined to buy a ticket so there would be no appearances of “fowl play.”) The tickets sold for $5 each, with a person getting every fifth ticket they bought for free. There was also duck-themed merchandise on sale, including duck hats for $10 and duck-beak whistles for $2.
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Julie Montagino, of Broomall, Pennsylvania, came to the derby with her family, including her children, Henry and Madelyn. Henry, 5, said he liked watching the boats on the water as they dropped off the rubber ducks. Although his family did not buy any tickets, he was immersed in one of the duck-themed games to the side, where you fished a rubber duck off a track. Madelyn, 3, indicated she was having fun, too.
“It’s something to do, and it’s not really a beach day,” Julie Montagino said, referring to the overcast weather. “Perfect outing for the family.”
The inaugural Margate Duck Derby had a considerably smaller turnout than Sunday's. Berger said last year’s event had participation depressed by heavy rain — fine weather for a duck, but apparently not for a duck derby.
“We got a real break this year, nice light breeze, right tide,” Berger said.
Christian Varalli and Vernoica Varalli, of Voorhees, Camden County, were there with their children, Harper, 5; Alessia, 3; and Mila, 2. Harper said she liked ducks and liked to feed them, and all the children were enthusiastic about the race.
“It’s feeling involved in the community, it’s coming out to something different,” Vernoica Varalli said.
The family came with a competitive spirit. Each family member bought a duck ticket, and they were all confident about their chances.
“Our ducks are going to make all the other ducks sink,” Christian Varalli said, laughing. “I’m here to win, no doubt.”
The rubber ducks were taken by boat into the bay between Ray Scott’s Deck and the Washington Avenue pier and dropped onto a track in the water. They bobbed along the water and were kept in their lane by kayakers to the side. The person who bought a ticket for the first-place duck was set to win $1,000, with those who had tickets on the second and third-place finishers wining $500 and $250, respectively.
After the duck derby concluded, there was a children’s chicken-dance competition organized by USA DJ. The radio station 95.1 WAYV was also on hand playing music during the derby and letting attendees try their hand in its DJ for a Day tent.
Beth and Rob Grimes, of Potomac, Maryland, were there with their grandson Lane Selman, 4, and his mother, Laruen. Lane said he enjoyed the race and thought the ducks were fast, while his family reflected on the welcoming atmosphere of the derby.
“I love the way it brings the whole community together,” Beth Grimes said.
The community draw of the event was apparent. Angela Costello, of Sewell, Gloucester County, said she was passing by with her daughters when she saw the derby.
“It’s amazing to be out near the water to enjoy family time on a beautiful day in August,” Costello said.
“I wanted to see what was happening,” added daughter Ciana Costello, 7, while standing alongside her 8-year-old sister, Cecilia.
Sherrie Savett, who is from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, also appreciated the family atmosphere, having come out to the derby with her family. She had nine children and grandchildren staying with her in her beach house in Longport.
“We enjoy the beauty of the ocean, the bay, the small towns, all the outdoor activities,” Savett said. “It’s just a sheer pleasure to be here.”
“The whole year we look forward to it,” added her 11-year-old granddaughter Ariel Borer, of Miami.
Berger thanked the city for its support of the MBA. He also credited MBA staff, MBA associate Wendy Sotera and Ray Scott's Deck, which hosted the event and provided some of the boats used for the launch.
“We absolutely couldn’t have done it without them,” Berger said.
Berger said the proceeds would benefit the other community functions of the MBA, including its scholarship funds.
“We do a lot of great events here in the city,” Berger said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/second-annual-duck-derby-makes-big-splash-in-margate/article_030b6dee-1c0d-11ed-a71c-9353a79c9489.html | 2022-08-14T22:31:25 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/second-annual-duck-derby-makes-big-splash-in-margate/article_030b6dee-1c0d-11ed-a71c-9353a79c9489.html |
YOSEMITE, Calif. — Jan van Wagtendonk, a longtime federal scientist at Yosemite National Park who is credited with advocating use of prescribed fire in managing forests, died last month, the park and the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Van Wagtendonk, a fire ecologist, died July 15 at his home in Winters, California, the agencies said in online posts. Age and cause of death were not included.
Van Wagtendonk was one of the authors of the first federal fire policy in 1995, Yosemite’s Facebook page said Friday.
His death came as firefighters battled the Washburn Fire, which began near Yosemite’s famous Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. The fire scorched more than 7 square miles (18 square kilometers) before being contained but the grove survived thanks to decades of intentionally burning undergrowth beneath the towering trees.
“Jan was a strong advocate for returning fire to the Sierra landscape. His pioneering use of prescribed fire in the early 1970s in and around the Mariposa Grove started us on the path to reestablishing an ecological balance lost in over 100 years of fire suppression,” the park service said.
“There is poetry, in the words of Jan’s son Kent, that in Jan’s final days the fruits of those efforts had a direct and dramatic effect in saving the Mariposa Grove from the Washburn fire,” the park service said.
Van Wagtendonk graduated from Oregon State University and then studied fire ecology at the University of California, Berkeley, according to a profile by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center.
He conducted research at Yosemite for his doctoral dissertation in the late 1960s and then was hired by the park. In the 1990s he moved from the National Park Service to the USGS as one of the original scientists of the western center while maintaining his base at Yosemite.
Van Wagtendonk also studied the impact of increasing backcountry hiking at the park, including effects on vegetation and trail erosion. Yosemite credited him with coming up with the trailhead quota system still in use today.
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Darlene Venci, right, along with her grandson, Cory McHallfey, center, make Italian beef sandwiches at the Holy Rosary Festival on Saturday.
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Lizs McHallfey, right, serves up a meatball bomber at the Holy Rosary Festival.
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Mary Ellen Larkin, of Mount Pleasant, holds a dollar bill up in the air indicating she wants to get in on the next round of the meat raffle at the Holy Rosary Festival on Saturday.
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Rocco LaMacchia, right, announces a number pulled from a jar by his wife, MaryJo, center, for the meat raffle at the Holy Rosary Festival.
Thousands descended upon the grounds of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Pompeii Parish over the weekend for its annual festival.
The event, first established in 1937 and held at 2224 45th St., included live music, a wildly popular meat raffle, food vendors, a cash raffle and plenty of children’s games. A spaghetti dinner was served Sunday.
Festival Chairman Ron Caronti said organizers and volunteers try to “carry on the tradition of the homemade food.”
“We’re known for our food and fried dough, and the prizes and games,” Caronti said, adding this is the church’s largest fundraiser.
Among the multitude of food offerings were Italian beef sandwiches, empanadas, homemade meatballs, cheese curds and fried green beans.
Liz McHalffey volunteers every year. She helped prepare more than 500 pounds of sliced and seasoned beef for sandwiches.
“The meatballs are fresh, the hot beef is fresh, the bread is from Paielli’s,” she said. “We’ll probably sell out before the festival ends.”
McHalffey, a longtime church member, said she’s happy to volunteer her time.
“I grew up in this parish. I went to this school. My kids went to this school,” she said. “We have a lot of fun making the food and everybody is having a good time here.”
Longtime parish member and Kenosha County Board Chairman Gabe Nudo joined the crowd on Saturday.
“I come pretty much every year, and this year is going great,” he said. “I like to see the people pretty happy and everybody getting along. It’s great.”
City Ald. Rocco LaMacchia helped lead the meat raffle on Saturday, something he does every year.
Mary Ellen Larkin, of Mount Pleasant, holds a dollar bill up in the air indicating she wants to get in on the next round of the meat raffle at the Holy Rosary Festival on Saturday. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-holy-rosary-catholic-church-draws-thousands/article_965ea2b2-1c05-11ed-8e19-1300ec1fbd40.html | 2022-08-14T22:33:34 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-holy-rosary-catholic-church-draws-thousands/article_965ea2b2-1c05-11ed-8e19-1300ec1fbd40.html |
BALTIMORE — Two Maryland filmmakers known for helping expand commercial advertising and the film and television industry in the Baltimore-Washington area have died in a car accident in Delaware, according to authorities and an associate.
Andrew Geraci, a filmmaker and friend of the men, said that Whittier and Brubaker were returning Thursday to Maryland from a production in Philadelphia.
Brubaker, of Halethorpe, was considered a pioneer in virtual production filming, and created the first large-scale LED wall in the Baltimore and Washington region, Geraci said. Whittier, of Havre de Grace, started and owned camera equipment companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Alexandria, Virginia, before selling his company recently, the newspaper reported. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2-maryland-filmmakers-die-in-delaware-interstate-crash/2022/08/14/1504553c-1c1d-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-14T22:49:24 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2-maryland-filmmakers-die-in-delaware-interstate-crash/2022/08/14/1504553c-1c1d-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html |
Huntington County officials are investigating a single-vehicle crash Sunday that left one person dead.
The driver of a 2016 black Chevrolet Silverado was found deceased inside the vehicle in a ravine near 4553 West, County Road 600 North, State Road 16, a news release from Chief Deputy Coroner Philip S. Zahm said. The identity of the deceased has not been released, pending notification of next of kin.
Passersby spotted the vehicle and notified emergency personnel. Upon arrival, a deputy with the Huntington County Sheriff's Office discovered an individual in the driver's seat, restrained.
Evidence suggests for unknown reasons the driver left the roadway while entering a curve and struck a tree with the right front of the truck, the news release said. The truck continued forward, coming to a rest with the tree inside the vehicle.
Alcohol is considered to be a factor in the crash, the release said. The accident, around 7:30 a.m., occurred in Clear Creek Township.
Along with the sheriff's department and coroner's office, Huntington Police, Bippus Volunteer Fire Department and Parkview Huntington Hospital EMS responded to the accident. The investigation continues. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/single-vehicle-crash-in-huntington-kills-one/article_f1bf4372-1c01-11ed-ad27-7fdc281a8445.html | 2022-08-14T22:59:01 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/single-vehicle-crash-in-huntington-kills-one/article_f1bf4372-1c01-11ed-ad27-7fdc281a8445.html |
A fire in an apartment on East Washington Boulevard caused minor damage Sunday, but no injuries.
The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded within two minutes to an 8:56 a.m. alarm regarding a five-story apartment building at 905 E. Washington Blvd. One adult was inside the unit where a stove-top fire occurred and self-evacuated, a news release said.
Firefighters observed black smoke from a rear window of an apartment and saw residents evacuating with the building fire alarm sounding. Crews found the fire in a second-floor unit and extinguished the remaining flames. A dry chemical extinguisher hanging above the stove-top extinguished the bulk of the fire, which was under control by 9:16 a.m., the release said.
The occupant complained of smoke inhalation and was evaluated by a medic, but not transported to the hospital.
"There was some damage to nearby cabinets, and the second floor and a stairwell was filled with heavy smoke conditions," Battalion Chief Thomas Helmkamp said in news release said. Crews ventilated the structure of the smoke with blowers, however, and allowed residents to re-enter. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/stove-top-fire-causes-minor-damage/article_c09a697c-1c04-11ed-b323-a32719f1727b.html | 2022-08-14T22:59:07 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/stove-top-fire-causes-minor-damage/article_c09a697c-1c04-11ed-b323-a32719f1727b.html |
Walkers celebrate unity in Alliance
ALLIANCE - Once again, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s image overlooks the downtown in this city.
The unveiling of the repaired portrait of the Civil Rights era leader was the highlight of the YWCA Unity Walk. The Sunday afternoon march started in the 300 block of E. Market Street and concluded about a quarter of a mile east at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Viaduct on the eastern edge of downtown.
This the second year for the Unity Walk which was assembled in response to ethnic vandalism crimes which occurred in Alliance last year. The portrait of King was vandalized and the YWCA building was defaced with an antisemitic drawing.
"The Unity Walk was our response to the hate crimes," said Stacie Weimer, executive director of the YWCA Alliance. "It was a counter movement against racism. We plan on making it an annual thing."
The event drew more than 100 participants including Mayor Alan Andreani who traveled the march route while riding in a motorized wheelchair.
"I don't have a choice," said Andreani, who is in his third term as mayor. "I am going to be motoring around."
Prayers and Bible scripture reading were part of the event.
"It is about not separating or dividing," said the Rev. Jon Coventry of Trinity Episcopal Church. "Alliance is made up of a variety of people. The world now is so divided."
A ceremony on the viaduct marked the unveiling of the repaired portrait of King which is a photograph of him at the 1963 March on Washington when he delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech.
"I am esthetic that it got repaired," said city Councilwoman Sheila Cherry, D-1. "That is a community building. It unites us from one side of town to another."
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Viaduct serves as an elevated bridge for motorists and pedestrians linking the northeast corner of Alliance with the downtown. Prior to becoming a member of City Council, Cherry was instrumental in creating the memorial portrait of King.
"This is great for the city," said participant Esther Hatcher after the march. "That is what we came for, to come together."
The YWCA Unity Walk also served as the final event of this year's Alliance Carnation Festival which started Aug. 4. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/08/14/alliance-hosts-unity-walk-to-combat-racism-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-alliance-ywca/65403149007/ | 2022-08-14T23:07:23 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/08/14/alliance-hosts-unity-walk-to-combat-racism-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-alliance-ywca/65403149007/ |
Wallaby on the loose in Brewster area
BREWSTER – A wallaby has been hopping around the Brewster area this weekend, after first being spotted Thursday.
"We have confirmed there is one," village Police Chief Nathan Taylor said Sunday. "What I have heard from people who know a lot more about kangaroos than me, it is a wallaby. We have all seen it. He was out running around at about 3:30 (a.m. Sunday). He was on the north side of town in a wooded area."
The animal was first misidentified as a kangaroo. While the two animals are related, a wallaby is smaller than a kangaroo. It is native to Australia.
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Some people with expertise in rounding up stray animals were scheduled to come to Brewster to assist with capturing the wallaby.
"We heard about it last night (Saturday)," Sugar Creek Township Trustee Robert Wentling said. "As far I know it supposedly came from a property near Stanwood (Street SW). That would be in Tuscarawas Township."
Sugar Creek Township surrounds Brewster in the southwest corner of Stark County.
It's unclear who owns the wayward wallaby.
"We have had no one come forward at this time and say they lost their kangaroo (wallaby)," Taylor said Sunday afternoon. "The main thing we are telling people is don't approach it. We don't know how they would act if cornered. We have a team that is coming in and said they would help capture it. I contacted them. We want to do this as humanely as possible." | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/14/wallaby-on-the-loose-in-brewster/65403072007/ | 2022-08-14T23:07:29 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/14/wallaby-on-the-loose-in-brewster/65403072007/ |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — The communities of Nescopeck and now Berwick are mourning after another tragedy hits the area.
A benefit for the family affected by the deadly fire that killed ten in Nescopeck over a week ago was left in chaos and destruction Saturday evening.
As Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes swerved into the crowded parking lot. Leaving one person dead and injuring 17 others.
George Augustine of Nescopeck was shocked when he heard the news.
"This is really something, it’s a shame that it had to happen, said George Augustine. I feel so sorry for the people."
George went to a vigil held by the local Salvation Army Sunday morning in Berwick.
The ceremony remembers those lost in both the fire and the deadly hit and run.
The Lieutenant Colonel for the Salvation Army, Larry Ashcraft, came from Philadelphia to speak at the vigil, expressing feelings of sincerity for the small community that has had its world turned upside down.
"I was present for 9/11, and although the scope and scale is not as large, said Ashcraft, It brought back memories."
The Salvation Army has been working with community members affected by the fire and now plans to continue helping the victims of the recent tragedy.
"It doesn’t only happen in big cities. It happens in little towns too. Evil has no boundaries," said Ashcraft.
Following the ceremony, a funeral procession for one of the victims of the fire in Nescopeck halted traffic along the Route 93 bridge connecting Nescopeck and Berwick. Two small towns that will forever be connected by these three life-altering events.
"Pray for one thing, trust in God, help the people that are having the problems, help support them and just keep on living," said George Augustine.
Members from both Nescopeck and Berwick say that right now, time is what is needed to heal after tragedies like this. And that coming together as a community will help with the grieving process.
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OLYPHANT, Pa. — A benefit was held Saturday in Lackawanna County for a young girl battling brain cancer.
3-year-old Bridget Hudack of Lackawanna County was diagnosed with may wwith optic nerve glioma, a rare form of brain cancer.
On Saturday, a benefit for Bridget and her family was held at the Olyphant Hose Co. #2 on the Burke Bypass in Olyphant.
Bridget and her family have to travel to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for chemotherapy treatments, and proceeds from the event will go toward expenses associated with that travel.
"It was kind of a shock, I never thought that anything like this would happen to my family. But I'm pretty overwhelmed by the outcome of today. It means a lot that the community can come together and be there for my daughter. It just comes to show how so many people can come together when something like this happens for such a good cause," said Courtney Gambucci, Bridget Hudak's mother.
This event featured a pasta dinner by Fratelli's Pizza and Pasta House for a $15 donation, live music, a 50/50, and more than 100 basket raffles in Lackawanna County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/benefit-for-3-year-old-battling-brain-cancer-bridget-hudak-olyphant-hose-co-2-courtney-gambucci-optic-nerve-glioma-childrens-hospital-of-philadelphia/523-61aa4e1c-efc0-4998-a172-b18d8a5c815d | 2022-08-14T23:11:10 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/benefit-for-3-year-old-battling-brain-cancer-bridget-hudak-olyphant-hose-co-2-courtney-gambucci-optic-nerve-glioma-childrens-hospital-of-philadelphia/523-61aa4e1c-efc0-4998-a172-b18d8a5c815d |
SHAMOKIN, Pa. — A school district in Northumberland County is relaxing its dress code as the school year starts due to a lack of air conditioning.
According to a statement from the superintendent on the school's Facebook page, students in the Shamokin Area School District will be allowed to wear things like t-shirts and gym shirts to school but only for the first two weeks.
The short-term change is aimed at making students as comfortable as possible with the lack of air conditioning in the elementary school and partial air conditioning in the high school.
Students will also be allowed to bring water bottles to school for hydration.
The Shamokin Area School District plans on beginning the school year on August 22.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/northumberland-county/lack-of-air-conditioning-leads-school-to-relax-dress-code-shamokin-area-school-district-northumberland-county-ac/523-02ae9ee8-2f3b-4180-a6ae-6ac5ef39ef2d | 2022-08-14T23:11:16 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/northumberland-county/lack-of-air-conditioning-leads-school-to-relax-dress-code-shamokin-area-school-district-northumberland-county-ac/523-02ae9ee8-2f3b-4180-a6ae-6ac5ef39ef2d |
ORWIGSBURG, Pa. — Investigators believe a Saturday afternoon fire in Schuylkill County is not suspicious.
The alarm on West Market Street in Orwigsburg came in just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Fire crews quickly called in a second alarm, and about 50 firefighters from the Orwigsburg area helped battle the flames.
A fire marshal was called in to investigate the cause of the fire, which appeared to have originated near trash cans at the rear of the building. No foul play is suspected.
No one was hurt however three people are displaced as a result of that fire in Schuylkill County.
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New York's fight against the Spotted Lanternfly is well underway but is in serious need of extra funding to protect the state from the already invading bug.
Sen. Chuck Schumer laid out a plan on Sunday of pushing for an extra $22 million in the upcoming budget to target the invasive species.
"This is a multi-million-dollar threat to New York’s economy -- both tourism and agriculture are now at risk if the Spotted Lanternfly goes unchecked," the Senate majority leader said.
The flies distinctive red body, black and white wings are spreading all over the five boroughs, much of New Jersey, and now parts of Long Island and Rockland County. The flying foe was first spotted in the United States in 2011, and closer to home two years ago on Staten Island.
Although the bug doesn't bite or sting, it can kill crops, parks and forests. The state's Department of Agriculture said the troublesome bug munches on more than 70 plant species, including grapevine, apple trees and hops.
The newest message from the department? If you see it, kill it. Stomp or smack them with whatever you have laying around.
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"The Spotted Lanternfly is no longer just a threat to New York, it’s here and it’s ready for its closeup,” the senator said. "But the good news here is that we have federal funds already in place, that I secured, to help New York contain the bug, and that we will be pushing for more.”
New York has already issued a quarantine of goods shipped in from neighboring states also combatting the critter crisis, in addition to conducting trapping surveys to monitor populations.
Schumer is pushing for the added $22 million to help bug battling efforts in addition to $200 million already in the hands of the federal Department of Agriculture secured in the recent appropriations bill. Now, he says, the money needs to reach New York while there's still a fighting chance. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/schumer-wants-to-pump-extra-22m-into-spotted-lanternfly-fight/3824032/ | 2022-08-14T23:19:34 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/schumer-wants-to-pump-extra-22m-into-spotted-lanternfly-fight/3824032/ |
Lancaster police are looking for a man who they say shot a football coach after a disagreement between coaching staff Saturday evening.
According to police, at approximately 8:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to multiple calls for service at 1749 Jefferson St. in Lancaster, commonly known as Lancaster Community Park. During the disagreement, the opposing coaching staff was involved in a physical altercation, and one of the individuals involved discharged a firearm, striking an adult male, Lancaster police said.
Officers have identified a suspect involved in the altercation as Yaqub Salik Talib. There is an active warrant for his arrest.
Police said the victim, identified as Coach Mike Hickmon, was transported to a local hospital for treatment where he was later pronounced dead.
Anyone with information containing the whereabouts of Talib should contact Detective Senad Deranjic at 972-218-2756.
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LEASES
Porter Realty Co. Inc. reports the following leases:
- Camille Rudney leased 1,240 square feet of office space at 4807 Hermitage Road in Richmond.
- 3 Stars Vape Inc. leased 3,600 square feet of retail space at 3710 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Henrico.
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Taylor Long reports the following leases:
- We Think in Ink leased 1,183 square feet at 278 N. Washington Highway, Suite E, in Ashland.
- Braids by Kiana leased 1,215 square feet at 5700 Brook Road, Unit 5664, in Richmond.
- Nhale Smoke & Vape LLC leased 1,480 square feet at 13541 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite T, in Chesterfield.
- Pagano Wellness Clinic LLC leased 4,480 square feet at 300 Arboretum Place, Unit 310, in Chesterfield.
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Joyner Commercial Real Estate reports the following sale:
- Gibran LLC purchased an 11,474-square-foot multifamily investment at 11 E. Broad St. in Richmond for $1.35 million. Susan Haas represented the landlord.
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Porter Realty Co. Inc. reports the following sale:
- Open Industrial Acquisitions LLC purchased 5.91 acres of land at 11223-11231 Washington Highway/10438 Dellwood Road in Hanover County from Charles S. and Belinda N. Flournoy for $1,200,000. Kevin Cox represented the seller. | https://richmond.com/business/local/commercial-real-estate-highlights-11-e-broad-st-sells-for-1-35-million/article_ca65b2c6-e3cc-5a85-8752-818b2cddf7b1.html | 2022-08-14T23:23:25 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/commercial-real-estate-highlights-11-e-broad-st-sells-for-1-35-million/article_ca65b2c6-e3cc-5a85-8752-818b2cddf7b1.html |
The football stadium at Atlee High School will remain closed this week after authorities found a dead body near the field.
The Hanover County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday that the deceased is Efeoghene Oluwatosin Obrimah, 18, of Mechanicsville.
The Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that authorities found the body near the stadium’s press box at approximately 1:24 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports from a citizen who saw it.
Lt. James Cooper, the office’s spokesman, said authorities do not suspect foul play and are not seeking any suspects.
“Investigators continue to look into the circumstances surrounding Obrimah’s death and are working closely with the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the actual cause of death,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The Hanover school division announced later Sunday that it has temporarily closed the stadium.
“We are shocked and saddened by this tragic news. We send our deepest and sincerest condolences to the Obrimah family for their devastating and unimaginable loss,” the school division said through its social media accounts. “While the Sheriff’s Office has deemed the football stadium safe to reopen, the stadium will remain closed for a period of one week out of respect for Efe and the Obrimah family.”
The school division did not say whether Obrimah was a graduate of Hanover schools, but he has been previously mentioned as an Atlee track and field athlete in local high school athletics news coverage.
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Zhykierra Guy was found fatally shot in an SUV not far from North Airport Drive in the early morning of Aug. 5. Guy lived in the area where she died, police said.
In June, the General Assembly allocated $100 million of the state budget toward seed funding for the establishment of lab schools, an alternative form of public K-12 education that's allowed greater autonomy and is funded through a separate budget.
The case, which had been watched nationally, tested the constitutionality of a "geofence" warrant that allowed Chesterfield County police to obtain Google location records of 19 cellphones near the bank at the time of the heist.
The overall number of people experiencing homelessness in the Richmond area has decreased since last summer, but more people are living on the street than ever before, according to the region's shelter and homeless services coordinator.
Efe Obrimah’s body was found near the press box of the stadium at Atlee High School (above). He has been mentioned in prior coverage as an Atlee track and field athlete. | https://richmond.com/news/local/hanover-closes-atlee-stadium-after-18-year-olds-body-found-near-press-box/article_4b3076f5-1a93-55a3-ad09-93084b6e74c2.html | 2022-08-14T23:23:31 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/hanover-closes-atlee-stadium-after-18-year-olds-body-found-near-press-box/article_4b3076f5-1a93-55a3-ad09-93084b6e74c2.html |
The San Antonio region could see continued rain and thunderstorms throughout the week as light storms continue to move over the Gulf of Mexico.
The National Weather Service said there’s a 30 to 40 percent chance of thunderstorms throughout the region Sunday afternoon, including in San Antonio, Boerne, New Braunfels and Bulverde.
In some areas south of Bexar County, the chances of continued rain and thunderstorms are even higher — there’s a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms in Pleasanton, Floresville and Pearsall Sunday afternoon, the weather service said.
The weather developments come as light storms continue to move over the Gulf of Mexico. While the National Hurricane Center said the storms have a very low potential to develop into a tropical cyclone, The National Weather Service said that some areas in South Texas could see four to six inches of rain.
Central Texas, however, will remain relatively dry, with 0.1 to 0.5 inches of rainfall expected.
Gov. Greg Abbott, in a news release Saturday evening, said state agencies are closely monitoring the weather conditions and are prepared to deploy if the situation in South Texas worsens.
In San Antonio, there’s a 40 percent chance of showers overnight into Monday morning. By Monday evening, the weather should clear up.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the weather is expected to be partly sunny and hot, with highs around 99 degrees and lows around 77 degrees.
The high temperatures will likely continue Thursday and Friday — though there is a 30 to 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms returning both days, forecasters say. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Keep-umbrellas-handy-Rain-thunderstorms-on-the-17372929.php | 2022-08-14T23:24:58 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Keep-umbrellas-handy-Rain-thunderstorms-on-the-17372929.php |
EAST CHICAGO — A man was killed and another is in critical condition after a shooting in East Chicago on Saturday evening, according to police.
Officers responded to reports of shots fired and a crash near the intersection of 140th and Alder Streets about 6 p.m. Saturday. East Chicago Police Chief Jose Rivera said officers found a crashed vehicle with a man who had been shot inside. Rafael A. Anaya, 18, of Hobart, had been shot in the neck and was taken to St. Catherine Hospital. Rivera said that "due to the severity of his injuries," Rafael Anaya was later taken to a Chicago-area hospital.
Officers found a second gunshot victim about a block away at the Mobil gas station on Columbus Drive. Josue Anaya, 27, of East Chicago, had been shot in his left armpit area. He was also taken to St. Catherine Hospital where he died from his wound.
Rivera said Rafael Anaya and Josue Anaya are related. Rafael Anaya is in critical condition.
Josue Anaya was currently out on bond for a 2020 murder and was set to go to trial in October. He was accused of shooting 39-year-old Julio "Diablo" Salinas to death in the 3800 block of Elm Street in East Chicago's Harbor section. Josue Anaya pleaded not guilty.
Rivera said, "It is unknown at this time if there is any links between his 2020 case and this homicide."
Anyone with information on the incident can contact Detective Miguel Pena at
mpena@eastchicago.com or at 219-391-8318. Tips can be left anonymously at 219-391-8500.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Samuel Hill
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206626
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanors
Armaun McKenzie
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206525
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Ciserella
Age : 34
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206650
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyon McNeil
Age : 47
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206687
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dale Rollins
Age : 61
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206707
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Andre Ruff
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206664
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Aubuchon
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206592
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Colin Westbrooks
Age : 32
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206624
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Swiontek II
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206590
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mitchell Pritchard
Age : 42
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206747
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dakar Brown
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206741
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Louise Dagnillo
Age : 59
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206669
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Fandl
Age : 33
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206539
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alijah Williams
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206562
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maurishia Brown
Age : 28
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206521
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leroy Blackwell
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206619
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devon Dunbar
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206714
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Fair
Age : 57
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206657
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Allen Pick II
Age : 47
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206673
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javyon George-Boatman
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206595
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH MINOR/FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Hollis
Age : 46
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206713
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Nichols II
Age : 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206545
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE IV
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brooke Elrod
Age : 29
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2206654
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angelos Lujano
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206731
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - STALKING VIOLATIONS; RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT; ROBBERY; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Renee Rodriguez
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206556
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Laron Hudson
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206608
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Gawlinski
Age : 53
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206512
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devante Winters
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206614
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Frederic Dellenbach
Age : 64
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206686
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amador Santos
Age : 49
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206696
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jose Rios
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206752
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jerry Boyd
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206570
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lilia Hernandez-Cervantes Beltran
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206695
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Freeman
Age : 47
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206710
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Duane Jackson
Age : 53
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206698
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR - LIFETIME
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyata Williams
Age : 32
Residence: Fort Wayne, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206247
Arrest Date: July 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Aguilar-Tapia
Age : 26
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206573
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michal Skrzyniarz
Age : 37
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206685
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Aaron Collins
Age : 28
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206629
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Francesca Brown
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206746
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Steven Galecki
Age : 52
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206653
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Russell III
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206661
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESSION - COUNTERFEITED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Raynold Gore
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206551
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ivan Torres
Age : 35
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206723
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Genardo Diaz
Age : 35
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206667
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POSSESSION - STOLEN PROPERTY; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Christopher Swan
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206697
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandt Guzman
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206706
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON; CONFINEMENT; CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Charles Roy Sr.
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206563
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Denise Johnson
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206582
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 32
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206625
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Juan Gutierrez Delgado
Age : 30
Residence: Greenfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206655
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Austin Click
Age : 23
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206568
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Otis Marshall
Age : 34
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Booking Number(s): 2206745
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Kirincic
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206630
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Deidra Merritt
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206726
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melissa Carraway
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206724
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Guzman
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206538
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakeisha Walker
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206754
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tony Vitaniemi Jr.
Age : 29
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206712
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - MAINTAINING - LEGEND DRUGS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Alexander
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206577
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jack Fiorio
Age : 19
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206670
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Murphy Jr.
Age : 63
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206579
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darlene King
Age : 49
Residence: Country Club Hills, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206704
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Leonard Johnson
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206578
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gloria Blue
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206709
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206609
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dana Stevens
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206507
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Coleman
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206569
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Andres
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206662
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Veela Morris
Age : 52
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206611
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Famous McKenny
Age : 45
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206647
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Emmett Williams Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206739
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Safa Alrub
Age : 36
Residence: Orland Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206564
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Darrick Royal
Age : 47
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206601
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Demarco Gillis
Age : 25
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206622
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Goodpaster Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206721
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jourdan Castellanos
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206529
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Junice Stewart
Age : 64
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206516
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Igras
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206543
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ulysses Perry
Age : 41
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206627
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cedric Higdon Jr.
Age : 25
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206692
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Cruz-Lopez
Age : 31
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206580
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luis Rangel Sanchez
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206693
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rodney Youngblood
Age : 32
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206742
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Badovinac
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206640
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kamari Stephens
Age : 29
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206591
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Stoddard
Age : 38
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206523
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Bogard
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206555
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnny Peluyera
Age : 41
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206524
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS (AGGRESSIVE DRIVING/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hailee Newell
Age : 29
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206588
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donald Collins Jr.
Age : 55
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206520
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Porter Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206638
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Idubis Nash
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206743
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tywoun Nixon
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206530
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyrone Dabney
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206576
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vernell Hemphill Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206631
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marta Rodriguez
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206711
Arrest Date: Aug. 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Rodriguez
Age : 75
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206641
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Wardell Sanders
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206651
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
William Lipsey
Age : 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206535
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carl Hopkins Jr.
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206668
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sade Boyd
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206644
Arrest Date: July 30, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacob Stewart
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206602
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shaun Brame
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206561
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kori Arguelles
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206603
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jimmie Lee
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206733
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ria Swelfer
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206617
Arrest Date: July 29, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Duque
Age : 29
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206506
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rick Thang Ngo
Age : 26
Residence: Key Largo, FL
Booking Number(s): 2206722
Arrest Date: Aug. 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keith Price
Age : 51
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206552
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leobardo Costilla
Age : 22
Residence: Shelby, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206674
Arrest Date: July 31, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Vasquez
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206528
Arrest Date: July 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Leon Elliott Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206575
Arrest Date: July 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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In response, Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. has instructed the Hammond parks department to shut down all three basketball courts at MLK Park indefinitely.
Hammond police responded to reports of a shooting in the 900 block of Lyons Street at about 7 p.m. Saturday. At the scene, officers found a 38-year-old man lying on the ground and discovered he had been shot, police Lt. Steven Kellogg said. The man was taken to Franciscan Health Hammond where he died from his wounds.
Kellogg said that a person of interest has been taken into custody and that charges are expected to be presented to the Lake County prosecutor's office Monday morning.
At about 7:55 p.m., police responded to reports of shooting in the 1000 block of Lyons Street. An unidentified person had been shot multiple times and was taken to a Chicago-area hospital. Later that night, another victim who was involved in the Lyons Street incident arrived at the hospital, Kellogg said.
Police were unable to provide an update on the two victim's current conditions as of Sunday afternoon.
In response to the "recent spate of violence in MLK Park," McDermott announced all of the park's basketball courts would be closed as of Sunday. McDermott said that he does not currently have a timeline for reopening the courts and that he is "waiting for the situation to cool down."
"This park is named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a champion of peace. I cannot sit by and watch this beautiful park be a haven for violence. The stupid acts of a few, if left unchecked, will ruin this park for the vast majority of law abiding and peaceful families, residents and users of the park," McDermott wrote in a statement to The Times.
"When events happen and people disrespect our parks, I believe that action must be taken to remind everyone of the privilege we have in Hammond of having such nice parks. If people think bringing guns to a park is a good idea, then we have a problem, both as a city and a society," McDermott wrote. "We love our parks in Hammond. This is not the decision I want to make, but a decision I have to make at this time."
Anyone with information on either incident is asked to contact authorities at 219-852-2906.
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.
In response to the shooting Saturday night, Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. has instructed the Hammond parks department to shut down all three basketball courts at MLK Park indefinitely. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/1-shot-to-death-in-hammond-mayor-shuts-down-basketball-courts-at-mlk-park-after/article_1c9a2399-6f96-5883-809a-c9302459676c.html | 2022-08-14T23:25:44 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/1-shot-to-death-in-hammond-mayor-shuts-down-basketball-courts-at-mlk-park-after/article_1c9a2399-6f96-5883-809a-c9302459676c.html |
CROWN POINT — For a bunch of 4-H members, all their efforts came down to this. The large livestock auction at the Lake County Fair on Saturday marked the culmination of years of work, learning and personal growth.
Up for auction were meat and milk goats, sheep, beef, dairy steers and swine, all raised and prepared by young people in 4-H.
That included sisters Elysia and Josephine Laub, of Lowell and the Prime Beefmakers 4-H Club, who auctioned swine.
Elysia Laub, 15, brought two swine, Steve and Robin. Having also raised beef cattle, she said she has learned patience and responsibility from “being responsible for the animals’ well-being.”
She said potential pork shoppers are looking for an animal that is not too big, maybe 275 pounds. Attractive swine, she added, have good muscle definition for pork loin and a long belly for ribs.
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Shoulders and butt are also important, Elysia Laub said, because that’s where some of the best meat, including ham, is found. Animals that can move around well are also sought after, as that means the meat is leaner and the buyer gets more meat.
Josephine Laub’s swine, Max, is her baby, now tipping the scales at 254 pounds. She said auction buyers may look for the same 4-H member of farm family that provided previous livestock.
Agriculture is just one aspect of 4-H, but it may be the most recognizable part of an organization whose mission is “engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development.”
The organization today focuses on citizenship, healthy living, science, engineering and technology.
Deanne Nagel, who chaired the auction, is also Lake County 4-H Committee president, having been in 4-H for 35 years.
With sheep, Nagel said, buyers look for signs of more meat. If an animal is too fat, she noted, that fat will be in the meat. If an animal, such as swine, cannot walk well, it cannot get to its food.
A Rensselaer resident, Nagel praised 4-Hers for working much of the year to raise a small animal into a meaty piece for market.
“We hope they learn time management, responsibility, citizenship and giving back to the community,” Nagel said of 4-H youth.
The 4-H organization has more than 6 million active participants and 25 million alumni. Its adult advisors are among 540,000 volunteers.
Mackenzie Bult, 14, of Hebron and the Up & At ‘Em 4-H Club, brought three steers and two swine, but was only auctioning the cattle. Their weights ranged from 1,280 to 1,440 pounds.
"The more the weight, that determines how much meat you get per pound,” said Bult, whose carcass beef had already won grand champion. That’s meat that is measured after the animal is butchered.
Bult’s mother, Tracy Bult, explained that 4-Hers acquire an animal in September then raise it in preparation for the fair the following August.
As to butchering an animal she’d raised, Mackenzie Bult noted, “At first, it’s sad, but that’s part of the process. That’s part of farm life.”
Blake Marshall, 16, of Crown Point, earned reserve grand champion for his beef carcass. The Shelby Ag 4-Her entered two crossbred Angus beef cattle, Vegas and Blackjack, weighing 1,300-1,330 pounds. That, said his father, Paul Marshall, is the “perfect size” for cattle.
Key areas of the cattle, Paul Marshall said, include the butt for steaks and the animal’s thickness for tenderloins.
“It’s a long journey,” the father said of the everyday task of raising cattle. “If you do well at the fair, that’s a big accomplishment.”
Blake Marshall commented, “You go from an animal that weighs 450 pounds to more than 1,300. Other kids should do this because it’s fun and they can learn something new.”
In the sheep category, Hadley Donovan, 14, of Hebron and the Seekers club raised a grand champion. The incoming freshman at Hebron High School has been auctioning animals since she entered 4-H.
“I’ve learned a lot of responsibility and leadership,” Donovan said. “With sheep, it’s about learning what they have to do, especially in shows.”
At 18, Makayla Neal, of Hebron and the St. John Spitfires, is concluding her time in 4-H. She brought three sheep to auction.
Soon to enter Grace College, this 10-year 4-Her cited leadership and discipline skills gained. “Stay calm and confident, and don’t get frustrated,” she learned.
As bidding began, Candace Ziese, of Crown Point, owner-director of Children First Learning Center Foundation, successfully bid on the grand champion beef steer. Her bid was $3.75 per pound for the 1,490-pound steer owned by Ethon Bult, 11, of Hebron and the Eagle Creek Up & At ‘Ems.
“This meat is going to the learning center,” said Ziese, who regularly attends these auctions. “I can’t remember the price being that low.”
Having raised two grand champions, Bult said it takes patience.
“You’ve got to put in the time,” he added. “Otherwise, things might not work out that well.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/watch-now-lessons-learned-dollars-earned-at-livestock-auction/article_4b33a07d-a888-591c-b2e0-68a8cadf8fca.html | 2022-08-14T23:25:50 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/watch-now-lessons-learned-dollars-earned-at-livestock-auction/article_4b33a07d-a888-591c-b2e0-68a8cadf8fca.html |
It's never too late to carry out old passions. Just ask Jim Reynolds of Fishers.
Jim, who turns 100 later this year, was called to active duty in February 1943 as a navigation cadet for the United States Air Force.
He quickly become what he called a "very happy military pilot."
"The day I made 2nd Lieutenant, August 4, 1944 was the best day of my life," he said. "I didn't have to go back and milk cows at the farm anymore."
During his nearly 23 in the Air Force, Jim logged more than 10,000 flying hours.
"I don't know how many different airplanes I flew," Jim said. "My biggest assignment was flying transports at the end after World War II."
Jim's family in Fishers decided there was no better way to celebrate his upcoming 100th birthday than in the air.
Jim's brother, Jon, was in Noblesville Saturday when his brother took to the skies in a plane similar to the one he flew in the 1940s.
"I am really glad they are recognizing my brother," said Jon. "He has had quite a life, including being a World War II veteran and the greatest generation. These kinds of things are just really inspiring to see it done for him, and all of us are glad to not only see it, but to participate in it."
Jon, 84, also served in the military during the Vietnam era.
"Although if I were still in active duty, I would be in the space force, because I was not an aviator. I worked primarily in the space side of the Air Force and logistics," John said.
The brothers are the only two remaining of nine siblings. Jim said having his family together to celebrate the big day means the world.
That's coming from a man who has seen 51 countries.
"It's nice to have this recognition," said Jim.
Jim retired from the Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/air-force-veteran-from-fishers-celebrates-100th-birthday-in-the-air-noblesville-pilot-military/531-67dea18c-5a1b-455b-b472-813441f445bd | 2022-08-14T23:28:44 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/air-force-veteran-from-fishers-celebrates-100th-birthday-in-the-air-noblesville-pilot-military/531-67dea18c-5a1b-455b-b472-813441f445bd |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, Little Rock Police Department officers responded to the 5300 block of S. University Ave on a call of a pedestrian-involved collision.
According to reports, the initial callers said a male was hit by a vehicle heading north on S. University and added that a black sedan that was possibly involved had left the scene.
When officers arrived they found 41-year-old Jamaal Lewis, and later medical personnel were able to confirm that Mr. Lewis died due to his injuries.
Police are urging anyone who might have information to please contact the Reconstruction Officers at (501) 371- 4653.
The information into this accident remains ongoing and we will update with more information as soon as it becomes available. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/investigation-underway-fatal-hit-and-run-little-rock/91-bd8a9d2a-0b16-4fea-a539-cdcb2906317f | 2022-08-14T23:28:50 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/investigation-underway-fatal-hit-and-run-little-rock/91-bd8a9d2a-0b16-4fea-a539-cdcb2906317f |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Northsong Bird Rehabilitation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing medical care to injured wildlife while educating the community on conserving the environment.
"You know when you have a pet or a child that is sick. You have…..you advocate for that pet or that child and you take them to the doctor or urgent care…you have these opportunities that these wildlife just don't have so that's the goal. We advocate to the community so that we as a whole can advocate for them," said Board member Kaylei Goings.
The Red-Tailed hawk released today was brought to them in June after being attacked. The organization saved the hawk by helping it make a full recovery.
"For 14 days it was kind of kept in the isolation ward and then once its wounds started to heal up and it was taken off antibiotics, we moved it into smaller outside avid areas for strengthening," said Dr. Emily Warman.
Community members brought their kids out, not only to see the hawk but to understand wildlife animals.
"It's important that my kids understand the health of nature and the animals that live in it and to make sure we understand we don't do anything to ruin their habitat," said a local resident.
As of now, the nonprofit does not have a facility to care for the animals, but they hope in the near future they will.
"Rose veterinarian management group generously allows us to use their facilities after hours. They're small animal independently owned veterinary practices so we'll often do most of our medical care out of their practices in the evenings," Dr.Warman explained.
Moving forward, the organization's goal is to have a long-term rehab center and to increase community involvement through education.
"It’s important to sustain it long term so, it'll be great to have a facility for field trips or opportunities at that to partner with local schools or groups in stuff so we're really excited," said Goings.
The organization says they have two patients right now that are ready to be released and one of them will be released at the botanical garden of the Ozarks In Fayetteville, next month.
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Detroit names new leaders of contracting, procurement department
Detroit — Mayor Mike Duggan announced that general services department executive Sandra Yu Stahl has been promoted to deputy chief financial officer and chief procurement officer to manage purchasing and contracting for the city's government.
Stahl replaces Boysie Jackson, who has served as director since 2013 and is retiring.
Detroit's Chief Financial Officer Jay Rising appointed Stahl to the new position, per the City Charter, which takes effect Aug. 29. Her annual salary is $169,042.
Stahl previously led operations for Detroit's facilities, vehicle fleet, parks, recreation, blight remediation and animal control. She oversaw 800 employees and a $150 million budget for city services. Last year, she was responsible for the rollout of $200 million of American Rescue Plan Act -funded projects, including expanding recreation centers, implementing the Skills for Life workforce development and beautification projects.
Stahl hasdegrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a bachelor's in urban studies and planning, and a master's in city planning. She and her husband are raising four young children in the Pingree Park neighborhood on Detroit’s east side. In filling the Cabinet-level position, Stahl becomes the highest ranking Asian American in city government.
“My goals are to continue Boysie Jackson’s leadership in running this department on the principles of integrity and inclusion,” Stahl said. “As Detroit continues our recovery, I’m committed that the city’s procurement department does everything possible to make sure Detroiters get every opportunity to succeed in our purchases.”
Duggan praised Jackson, who retired this month, saying Jackson took over a "completely dysfunctional department in the midst of bankruptcy and built it into a model of integrity."
“He reached out to small and minority businesses who had long been left out of city procurement and made great strides in building a culture of inclusion," Duggan said. "The entire city owes him an enormous debt of gratitude.”
Stahl named Toni Stewart Limmitt, an executive within the contracting department as her deputy.
Limmitt stated, "I will continue to provide outreach efforts to ensure the inclusion of Detroit small and micro businesses on ARPA projects and other programs."
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'Yin Night' brings yoga to Spirit of Detroit Plaza
Detroit — On Wednesday nights throughout the summer, dozens have sprawled out across Spirit of Detroit Plaza for relaxing sessions focused on routines aimed at boosting health.
Through next month, city-based Trap Yoga and Massage Studio hosts "Yin Night" at the downtown spot.
Touted as a "sunset yogic experience," the free weekly event now attracts hundreds of people from all walks of life, the organizer said.
They include those like India Respress, 19, who attended her first session on a recent evening.
Now the Redford Township resident believes everyone should experience the outing at least once.
“I got to meet so many wonderful people and just let loose. As a college student, and even just being a young adult trying to figure out life, this session helped put my mind at ease, even if it was just for an hour," said Respress, who attends Henry Ford College. "Life right now is just crazy, so the hour of relaxation and being able to tap into my inner peace was well needed."
The gatherings started after city officials contacted Jamel Randall, owner of the Trap Yoga & Massage Studio, in December about hosting yoga sessions at the Spirit of Detroit Plaza during the warmer months.
“They reached out to me about activating the space," he said. “They kind of gave me free rein to do whatever I wanted to do, which I love.”
The event is free and participants are encouraged to bring their own yoga mat and water.
"Yin Night is an opportunity for people to come together as a community," Randall said. "I want people to feel more open and able to flow. The concept of yin is surrendering to the moment and the now, not so much tied into what you look like, what you feel or your thoughts, you can let all of those things go."
Alexus Johnson, 22, of Detroit loved attending for the first time recently.
"The atmosphere and vibes were amazing," she said. "I went to the event because I’ve basically been looking for a hobby and this was perfect. I felt relaxed and more productive after leaving. Great experience and great event. Glad we have it here in our city.”
Randall said he plans to continue "until the weather breaks."
Those interested in participating are asked to register online.
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All-female skydiving team takes plunge at Oakland Co. airport
For those who don't make it a habit of jumping out of planes, those who do are a bit of an enigma.
"'Why would you jump out of a perfectly good plane,' people always ask us," said Stacey Roberts, a member of the Misty Blues All-Woman Skydiving Team, on Sunday after jumping out of what was apparently a perfectly good plane.
But for skydivers like Stacey and other Mistys, it's all about the thrill. It's what leads them to regularly jump from a plane at 3,000 feet, as they did Sunday during the Oakland County International Airport's Open House and Air Show.
Even among thrill-seekers, though, the Mistys are a bit of an anomaly. They are an all-female team of skydivers, one of the only teams across the U.S. to feature only women. Of the nearly 41,000 skydivers across the U.S., the United States Parachute Association estimated in 2021 that roughly 14% are women.
For members of their team, it's a point of pride.
"It's really great to be able to show young girls and kids in the audience that, hey, girls can do flying and exciting things too," said Amanda Scheffler, owner of the Misty Blues and leader of the team, to the media after her team's jumps. Scheffler was the only member of her team to jump twice, once to kick off the festivities with a 60-foot American flag, and a second time with three members of her team to mark the end of the air show.
Scheffler said she loves being on an all-women's team because it's "low-drama" and she is surrounded by a group of women she admires. Members of the Mistys speaking Sunday said they didn't know why skydiving was so especially tilted toward men but noted they were glad they had each other to lean on and learn from.
Skydiving is a source of fun — Scheffler noted that that the fear was the most fun part — but the all-women's team also serves as a way to connect with audiences about women in science, technology, mathematics and engineering, often known as STEM. Women are often underrepresented in those fields, said team member Sloan Kanat, and teams like the Misty Blues "show that there is a community for them, they can do this and there are resources for it."
Kanat, who jokes that her weekend job is skydiving while her weekday job is completing her Ph.D. in biomechanics at Michigan State University, said that meeting the crowd afterward was on of her favorite parts.
"We've done some events where I get to present to kids about my research and talk to them about getting involved not only in skydiving and aviation but also STEM in general," she said.
Even the youngest audience members can appreciate how cool it is when women jump out of planes. Lily Callahan, 4, said that she wanted to fly a plane after watching Scheffler's first jump.
Her grandmother, Sue Callahan of Royal Oak, said it was interesting to see women doing stunts. She likes to attend shows like the one on Sunday but often felt like it was geared only toward young boys and not of young girls.
"Having girls involved in this, too, is a good thing ... A lot of time it's a man announcing at the air shows and you don't really see the people flying the planes, so if there's stunts that may be the only person you see," Sue Callahan said. "It's important that we have good role models for the girls as well as the boys. A woman coming in with a big American flag? That's pretty cool."
Getting to talk to children and adults about what skydiving is like helps to show people that not only is the sport interesting, it is also safe, the skydivers said. The teams get to dispel common myths — skydivers actually have two parachutes carefully packed by licensed people in case one fails, for instance — and also address questions like Callahan's about bugs in their mouth (rare; skydivers often wear helmets similar to motorcycle helmets, Kanat said) and whether skydivers take naps on their way down (there is unfortunately too much going on for naps, Scheffler said, although some members of the Mistys will sometimes nap in the plane while they wait to jump).
To become a part of a team like the Misty Blues, people usually have at least a few years of experience. The most experienced members of their team have jumped thousands of times over decades.
People like Kanat skydive with their whole family after growing up around the sport, while many others met their partners while involved in it.
"Non-skydivers don't always understand why we do what we do," Scheffler said. "Even when we're not performing on the weekends, we're at the drop zone (a place where team members practice) working on skydiving and jumps and rehearsing. It's important to have somebody in your life understand why you love it." | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/08/14/misty-blues-all-female-skydiving-team-performs-oakland-county-air-show/10270937002/ | 2022-08-14T23:33:08 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/08/14/misty-blues-all-female-skydiving-team-performs-oakland-county-air-show/10270937002/ |
'There is nothing God can't do': Relentless Church pastor John Gray returns to his church
When Relentless Church pastor John Gray was hospitalized with a severe pulmonary embolism, he says he got a glimpse of heaven.
Gray told his congregation Sunday that while he was ill, he saw a "matte silver arena" where everything was made of light. He saw the shapes of people, but not their faces.
But as he stepped forward to go inside, something "pulled him back and closed the door," he said.
"Heaven is real," Gray told his congregation Sunday. "I said, 'God, let me live to finish my course.'"
Sunday marked the first time in two months that Gray took the stage to preach at the church's campus on Haywood Road. He was released from the hospital in late July when he posted a picture of an empty hospital bed on Facebook.
Rare embolism
He'd suffered from a saddle pulmonary embolism, a rare type of blockage of an artery in the lungs that can be life-threatening, according to his wife, Aventer Gray. Aventer said John's situation was "life or death," and that if the embolism had moved to the left of John's body, it would have affected his heart, and if it moved to right, it would have affected his lungs and blood flow.
When John returned to church Sunday, he was greeted with rejoicing and thunderous applause from his congregation and staff.
His first words from the stage: "there is nothing God can't do."
John preached a sermon titled "I thought you were dead," a play on a comment that his friend made when John first left the hospital, he said. John also thanked his wife, his church and his doctors for helping him with a speedy recovery.
Despite returning to his church, John is no longer interested in "business as usual," he said.
"My goals have become very small," he said. "Love God. Love my wife. Love my kids. Serve this church."
Worshippers and staff were visibly emotional during the service. Congregants shouted, clapped and danced to the worship music. At one point, Aventer wiped tears from her eyes as she was seated on the front row.
"Wherever you are in your life and you feel like it's over, I need you to understand, it's not," she told the church during her welcome.
Fresh perspective on life
John said his time in the hospital gave him fresh perspective on life and faith. He preached his sermon on the brokenness of the church establishment and "spiritual blood clots" like bitterness, unforgiveness and envy that block spiritual efforts.
"The hamster wheel of organized religion has done more damage than the person of Jesus," John told The Greenville News after the service. "We have politicized the cross. We have commoditized Scripture. We have sensationalized the worship experience. And the only thing that matters is a cross, an empty tomb and a changed life."
Along with a renewed pastoral perspective, more changes will come to Relentless Church with John's return, particularly at the Atlanta location, he hinted.
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While John typically flies from Greenville to Atlanta to preach at the later service at 11:30 a.m., he is not able to fly now due to his health, he said. He also plans to step back from working long hours to prioritize his and his family's health.
While he did not offer specifics Sunday, any changes will be well-documented, John said.
Despite the rush of emotions from coming home, John felt at peace, he said.
"I feel settled in my soul," he said. "I know that heaven is a real place. It's one thing to have a theoretical construct of what you believe; it's another to have a strong internal compass that says it's real; it's another to see it with your own consciousness, your own eyes. It solidifies, for me, that what I've given my life to is the real thing."
Macon Atkinson is the city watchdog reporter for The Greenville News. She's powered by long runs and strong coffee. Follow her on Twitter @maconatkinson. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2022/08/14/pastor-john-gray-returns-after-rare-embolism-relentless-church-greenville-sc/10309232002/ | 2022-08-14T23:34:49 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2022/08/14/pastor-john-gray-returns-after-rare-embolism-relentless-church-greenville-sc/10309232002/ |
ST. ALBANS, WV (WOWK) — Metro 911 says a person was hit by a car near the Go Mart on West Main Street in St. Albans.
One person was transported for injuries, dispatchers say.
Responders included Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, West Side Volunteer Fire Department, and Kanawha County Ambulance.
Dispatchers say that Kanawha County deputies will further investigate this incident. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/deputies-investigating-after-car-hits-pedestrian-st-albans/ | 2022-08-14T23:34:54 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/deputies-investigating-after-car-hits-pedestrian-st-albans/ |
JACKSON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — The Ripley Volunteer Fire Department encourages those affected by the recent Jackson County flooding to fill out an assistance survey from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The survey will help the State of West Virginia and FEMA analyze the needs of Jackson County residents after the flooding.
Individuals can scan the QR code by opening their camera and hitting the link that appears. The form can also be accessed by clicking this link to the WV Emergency Management Division (WVEMD) website.
How to submit an application:
- Open the camera application on a cellphone and place it directly over the QR Code.
- Once the image focuses, click the link that appears. It will direct you to a website to fill out a survey.
- Once the survey is submitted, the information will go to the WVEMD database.
- Submit only one survey per household.
- WVEMD will reach out if any additional information is needed.
The form applies to all Jackson County residents.
The City of Ripley is providing computers to anyone who needs to fill out the survey and does not have online access. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/fema-flood-assistance-survey-open-for-ripley-residents/ | 2022-08-14T23:35:00 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/fema-flood-assistance-survey-open-for-ripley-residents/ |
Last year, former Arizona Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai sponsored a bill to recognize National Navajo Code Talkers Day, Aug. 14, as a state holiday. Gov. Doug Ducey signed the bill into law.
This year, on Monday, Peshlakai, an alum of Coconino Community College and NAU and currently with the U.S. Department of the Interior, will offer a presentation on the Importance of Navajo Code Talkers Day during an event held at CCC’s Lone Tree Campus, 4 to 5:30 p.m., 2800 S. Lone Tree Road, in Flagstaff.
Derik Yellowhair, Student Life Coordinator at CCC, said the event is meant to honor veterans, specifically Navajo Code Talkers.
“Former President Colleen Smith wanted CCC to give Navajo Code Talkers Day recognition,” Yellowhair said, adding that one in five of CCC’s students is Native American, many of whom are Navajo.
The three living Navajo Code Talkers – Tomas H. Begay, John Kinsel Jr. and former Chairman of the Navajo Nation Peter McDonald – will not be present, but they will be recognized during the event.
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According to the Navajo Code Talkers Day website, 400 young Navajo men served in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, and it was their use of their sacred language to create a code the Japanese forces couldn’t break that became critical to the Allied war effort.
During Monday’s event, there will be an opening prayer before a presentation on the Cultural History of the Navajo Language. The Standing Horse Singers will be dedicating a Flag Song and a Victory Song on behalf of all Navajo Code Talkers. Peshlakai will then make her presentation on the Importance of the Navajo Code Talker, followed by recognition of the living Code Talkers. Acknowledgements and a closing prayer will follow.
National Navajo Code Talkers Day was created in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan. For more information about National Navajo Code Talkers Day, visit www.nationalnavajocodetalkersday.com. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ccc-hosts-navajo-code-talker-day-event-monday-aug-15/article_eeb7fe16-1abd-11ed-8dcb-7b2b5a90e094.html | 2022-08-14T23:41:01 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ccc-hosts-navajo-code-talker-day-event-monday-aug-15/article_eeb7fe16-1abd-11ed-8dcb-7b2b5a90e094.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The victim has been identified in a deadly Old Town shooting, and two suspects have been arrested.
According to the Wichita Police Department (WPD), the victim has been identified as 22-year-old Deandre Greenley, of Wichita.
Wichita police say each suspect, 21-year-old Christopher Dyas and 24-year-old Saquorea Sweeney, both of Wichita, have been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder.
According to the WPD, on Sunday, August 14, at 1:35 a.m., officers working part-time in the Old Town area heard several gunshots just north of 126 N Mosely St.
Moments later, officers say they heard gunshots near 100 N Washington.
According to the WPD, the officers began running in the direction of the second round of shots.
When officers arrived on the scene, they said they found Greenley with several gunshot wounds to his upper body, unconscious and not breathing. Officers began lifesaving efforts, but EMS pronounced him dead on the scene.
An investigation by the WPD revealed that Sweeney and Dyas arrived in a 2008 Ford Edge, walked right up to Greenley and shot him several times, hitting him in the upper body. They then fled the scene.
Wichita police say officers quickly determined the suspect’s car from witnesses, cameras in Old Town and utilizing FLOCK, license plate reading cameras.
A short time after the fatal shooting, according to Wichita police, Sweeney and Dyas were taken into custody, in different areas of town, without incident.
KSN will provide more information as it becomes available. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/victim-identified-2-arrested-in-deadly-old-town-shooting/ | 2022-08-14T23:43:27 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/victim-identified-2-arrested-in-deadly-old-town-shooting/ |
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