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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — It's back. Thousands filled downtown Williamsport for the first Grand Slam parade in three years.
"We come out here every year to it. Haven't seen it the past two because of the covid, but it's wonderful seeing all these players," said Kathryn Schon, Lycoming County.
Cheerleaders, bands, and horses helped welcome teams from all ten Little League World Series divisions.
Kids lined up on the parade route for a sweet treat.
"Probably like thirty minutes," said Zyair Henderson, Williamsport.
Some of them, catching a toss from Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Mariano Rivera.
We asked Rivera what he thought of the event so far.
"Amazing, amazing. So far, great," said Rivera.
Fans and parents from all over the world are there to watch the next generation of superstars float by and fight for a title.
"Our first round is against Canada. We met a few of the Canadian parents and they're very nice, but it's going to be a tough game. Hopefully we come out with a win, but either way, as long as the kids have fun, that's all that matters," said Graham Honsa, Austrailia.
Closing out the parade, little leaguers from the Mid-Atlantic squad, made just a two-hour drive from Hollidaysburg, PA.
The team signed autographs for eager fans as they prepare to take on the world.
Check out WNEP on YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/grand-slam-parade-williamsport/523-81f8590e-c0c7-4cfe-bba9-6ec62847e17c | 2022-08-16T02:58:08 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/grand-slam-parade-williamsport/523-81f8590e-c0c7-4cfe-bba9-6ec62847e17c |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Ector County Utility District is warning customers in an area near Tripp Avenue they are under a boil water notice Monday.
This notice is due to a water outage caused by construction at Tripp and Dunn Street.
Only a section of ECUD is impacted, namely the area between Swan and Tripp as well as the truck stop in the area.
The TCEQ requires systems to notify customers when issues like this occur to help protect the public, particularly children, seniors and those with weakened immune systems.
Until the notice is lifted, customers should boil water for any form of consumption including brushing teeth or cooking to ensure harmful bacteria is destroyed. You can also use bottled water.
ECUD will release a statement when the boil water notice has been lifted.
Anyone with questions is asked to call ECUD at 432-381-5525. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecud-boil-water-notice-tripp-avenue/513-5b7e6bcb-e3f5-415c-87d5-85f74f63ca88 | 2022-08-16T02:59:20 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecud-boil-water-notice-tripp-avenue/513-5b7e6bcb-e3f5-415c-87d5-85f74f63ca88 |
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of three-part series on the impact of Title IX, which marked its 50th anniversary this summer.
In 1970, two years before Title IX was signed into law, women made up 8% of the STEM field, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Forty-nine years later, the Census Bureau found that number approached 27%. While Title IX is best known for its impact on athletic programs, it also broke open the gate for women to pursue careers outside of classrooms and into laboratories.
Because the law specifically prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, women were given equal opportunity to participate in science, technology, engineering and math programs and work in those fields professionally. However, Title IX can’t prohibit recurring stereotypes from looming in STEM spaces.
Three women from the Idaho National Laboratory spoke to the Post Register about their experiences working in STEM.
Andrea Jokisaari, Ph.D., has worked as a Computational Materials Scientist at INL since January 2018. Jokisaari attended Clemson University for her undergraduate degree and the University of Michigan for her doctorate. Even though she majored in ceramic materials engineering, Jokisaari didn’t always think engineering was a path she could take.
“I am a first-generation Ph.D. student in my family. Lots of things were things that other people did, not necessarily something I could do,” Jokisaari said.
Jokisaari dabbled in art, writing and science as an adolescent but truly only found science to be a hobby she wanted to monetize.
“I thought ‘Well, you know I could do science all day every day. I really enjoy that,’” Jokisaari said.
She said as a freshman at Clemson she was called to the front of the lecture hall in a general engineering course.
“They needed a volunteer for a demonstration so I stuck my hand up in the air, and they picked me, because I’m a girl” Jokisaari laughed.
Gender disparities followed Jokisaari out of her freshman year survey course into her professional field.
“It started out feeling like a red fish in a sea of blue fish. I was the only woman in a room full of 10 men. It can be a little bit scary, physically scary. I have to trust all of you to be professional.”
“Sometimes people make jokes where they’re like ‘They wanted you to talk because you’re a woman. They hired you for this position or you got this because you’re a woman.’ And that really is awful when people say that.”
“You feel it. I don’t look like other people. I don’t act like other people. I have to have a work persona sometimes. I’m always thinking about ‘What did I say? How did I act? Did I touch my hair too much? Did I laugh in a way that makes me seem weak? How do I act with authority that is accepted and not get labeled a bitch?” Jokisaari said of the difficulties working in a male dominated field.
“Some good things, though, include finding really great mentors who care. Building community and camaraderie with other women,” she added.
Jokisaari said that, specifically in her department at INL, she has found great female colleagues. She still works to break stereotypes, but also recognizes the impact Title IX has had in her life.
“There isn’t anything I could point to and say that is Title IX. I think that is actually a good thing. That means that it is doing what it is supposed to be doing. Our interactions are getting normalized,” Jokisaari said. “I am 100% positive I have been a significant recipient of Title IX in a silent way.”
Donna O’Kelly, Ph.D., has worked at INL since February 2015 as the analytical research laboratories director. Unlike Jokisaari, O’Kelly knew since childhood that she wanted to pursue a STEM career.
“Growing up I was unlike most of the other girls. They wanted to be teachers, and I wanted to be an astronaut. I grew up in the Deep South, so it wasn’t exactly kosher,” O’Kelly said.
Even though O’Kelly had an early dream to follow in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong, her career path diverged to an office job for seven years. She worked as a secretary where her boss encouraged her to pursue a higher education.
“Other than him, I didn’t have anyone that was really pushing me to further my education. I came from a family where you got married and that’s what you did. Even my father would say, ‘You better keep that job. It’s hard to get those jobs.’”
“If I had followed my dad’s advice, I would still be living in Charleston, South Carolina, working at a shipyard that’s been closed for 40 years now,” O’Kelly said.
She attended Idaho State University where she majored in chemistry.
“My chemistry class was about 50/50 men and women. Most of my electives were math classes and those had a lot of men in them. I always thought of myself as a bit of a tomboy, and I had a bit of a middle finger to everybody,” O’Kelly said about her undergraduate experience.
Even though her undergraduate chemistry course offered gender parity, O’Kelly found her doctorate path to be the exact opposite.
“The year I graduated from Texas A&M (with a doctorate in nuclear chemistry), there were no other women in nuclear that year in the entire world. That’s what I’ve been told,” O’Kelly said.
O’Kelly said even though Title IX granted her the opportunity to study nuclear chemistry, it didn’t erase the bad behavior she dealt with on a day to day basis.
“We would have experiments in grad school that would last 24 hours a day for six weeks. I was the only female in the group and my classmates said, ‘Oh let’s have Donna make the coffee since she’s a woman,’” O’Kelly said. “I didn’t make the coffee and to this day I still don’t make coffee. I won’t even make coffee for my husband. I drew that line.”
O’Kelly said she was further stereotyped when she had her children during graduate school.
“When I had my first kid, I can clearly remember this professor congratulated my husband, and then he came up to me at the other end of the hall and said ‘Don’t have any more babies. You can’t be serious about science if you have any more babies.’ OK Kevin, thank you. It was the same professor that was screwing a graduate student, which he later married. But still, a great role model here,” O’Kelly said.
Even though O’Kelly fought to be respected as a woman in the workplace, she always felt like she deserved a seat at the table.
“I hope this doesn’t come across as arrogance, but I’ve never felt like I don’t have the right to belong. I have a right to go anywhere I want to go.”
“Everybody wants to look at these as a male-female thing, and I guess I think we’re all in this together. As women, we’re not ever going to get this fixed. Men are the majority. We have to bring men along,” O’Kelly said.
Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Ph.D., a director for the Integrated Energy and Storage Systems Division, has worked at INL for 12 years. She worked in the STEM field for the first time when she was in high school.
“My first job when I was 16 was a little bit different. I worked for an Air Force research lab in Albuquerque on a project for space nuclear power and propulsion systems,” Bragg-Sitton said.
On this project, Bragg-Sitton was the only high school student and one of two women in the room. She had to break many barriers, some being language barriers.
“I worked with 16 folks from Russia. So, I learned a lot of those basic engineering skills like welding and soldering from people who didn’t speak English. I was working through a translator or truly through demonstration,” Bragg-Sitton said.
Bragg-Sitton’s goal from the beginning was to attend college to pursue nuclear engineering. Neither of her parents had a college education while she was in high school. After her father retired from the Air Force, he began to attend night school. It took him years to obtain a degree, Bragg-Sitton said.
“I watched him for years and years try to recover from that decision. I just knew (attending college was) what I wanted to do from the very start,” Bragg-Sitton said.
Bragg-Sitton received a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University in nuclear engineering. She went on to get a master’s degree in medical physics from the University of Texas at Houston. She later returned to nuclear engineering when she got her master’s and doctorate in the subject at the University of Michigan.
With ample university experience, Bragg-Sitton had few struggles being a woman in a STEM major.
“There was one other woman in my degree program in my year (for her bachelor’s), and she was equally as driven as me. We were the top two in the class. Those of us that were really, really driven, that wasn’t really a problem. But when I was at Michigan, there were a few girls that maybe felt overlooked,” Bragg-Sitton said. “I am not saying those challenges don’t exist, but I tended to push them to the side.”
Bragg-Sitton found herself in a different situation her first week in the professional world. She was sent to a meeting at a naval reactors facility days after graduating with her doctorate.
“Everything in their facility requires an escort. During the meeting they said ‘All right, let’s take a break. The bathrooms are down the hall.’ The room starts clearing out and I say ‘I need an escort, and there’s not another woman in this room.’ Was I respected? Yes. Did I have a voice at the table? Yes. But those little details get overlooked,” Bragg-Sitton said.
As a woman in a STEM field, and as a senior staff member at INL, Bragg-Sitton said she takes responsibility for helping those in situations like she experienced.
All three women shared similar experiences in their careers. When asked what they would say to girls pursuing a career in STEM, Bragg-Sitton, O’ Kelly and Jokisaari all said, “Do it.”
“Don’t worry what other people think,” Jokisaari said.
“Don’t stop. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t,” O’Kelly said.
“Don’t let voices around you hold you back. Don’t let anybody box you in,” Bragg-Sitton said.
All three agreed that more women need to enter these fields and pursue their passions, regardless of what the stereotypes may be. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/50-years-of-title-ix-in-stem/article_9cac6ea8-4e89-5cd2-85ea-22e6176de90e.html | 2022-08-16T02:59:42 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/50-years-of-title-ix-in-stem/article_9cac6ea8-4e89-5cd2-85ea-22e6176de90e.html |
The Moose fire, located within the Salmon-Challis National Forest, had burned 78,729 acres or 123 square milesas of Monday morning.
Though the acreage continues to grow, containment has risen to 34%, up 5% from Sunday. The human-caused fire began near Moose Creek and the Salmon River about 17 miles north of Salmon on July 17. Its cause is still under investigation.
The Salmon-Challis National Forest has had five new fires in the last week due to high temperatures and dry weather. The projected 100% containment date for the Moose fire is now Sept. 15.
An isolated thunderstorm brought temporary relief Sunday but after an hour the clouds had passed and temperatures over 100 degrees followed. Dry weather and hot temperatures are expected to continue for the next few days with humidity levels dropping into the low teens, according to a Salmon-Challis National Forest Facebook post.
Lack of strong winds in the forecast leads to expectations of low fire growth in the area, helping with containment.
"The areas around Pine Creek and Beaver Creek are currently the most active, with the fire that crested the ridge over the Salmon Breaks now backing down the steep slope towards the river, as reported in the National Forest daily update," according to a U.S. Forest Service news release.
In the release, the Forest Service also shared information regarding containment and new fires in the area.
"The Pretty Fire that started two days ago near the intersection of Panther Creek Road and Salmon River Road was contained yesterday and has not grown in the past 24 hours," the release said. "Moose Fire ground and aviation resources assisted with initial attack on a new lightning-caused fire, Petes Fire, yesterday near Moyer that is currently estimated at about 5 acres in size."
Stage 1 Fire restrictions are currently in effect in the Salmon-Challis National Forest as well as a temporary flight restriction over the area.
There are currently 1,013 personal, 19 hand crews, 56 engines and 6 helicopters working to contain the fires. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/moose-fire-burns-nearly-79-000-acres-34-contained/article_2e0cd773-152d-5af3-b4db-821d41fe8c83.html | 2022-08-16T02:59:48 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/moose-fire-burns-nearly-79-000-acres-34-contained/article_2e0cd773-152d-5af3-b4db-821d41fe8c83.html |
As housing demand continues to decline following the uptick in mortgage rates, realtors and lenders are seeing signs of hope for people who have struggled in the competitive homebuying market.
"We've never seen a market like this in Collin County over the last 18 months," said Amy Zambrano, a realtor with The Daniel Team at Keller Williams Realty.
Zambrano helps families find their dream home in Collin County, which is the hottest housing market in North Texas and the least affordable according to a recent report from the Texas Real Estate Research Center. She says, after interest rates jumped roughly three points at the beginning of 2022, demand dropped and realtors started to feel the shift.
"It is a little bit more friendly so to speak," said Zambrano.
Zambrano isn't ready to call it a buyers market yet. Instead, she's describing the market's current climate as "buyer-friendly."
Crystal Parkinson, Area Manager for Cardinal Financial, said explained several emerging trends that are more favorable for families searching for a home.
"It is nice to be able to make a call to somebody and tell them the market is softening, hold on you're going to have a chance. One thing we are seeing now is more contingent offers are accepted. So, if a buyer has to sell their home before they can close those, are finally getting accepted," said Parkinson.
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Parkinson also says homes are also staying on the market longer, going from an average of four to 18 days and more sellers are dropping prices.
Zambrano says builder incentives are making a comeback.
"A year ago a lot of them wouldn't return phone calls because they were just too busy and they didn't need the business," said Zambrano.
But things are changing.
"They are offering savings and cost concessions for buyers to come back," said Zambrano.
Parkinson says another buyer-friendly strategy that's gaining popularity is for sellers to buy down the buyer's mortgage rate.
"Instead of reducing the price, the seller would give that money as a seller credit to the buyer so they could buy the rate down. It actually makes more of an impact with the buyer's payment and it will also open up a pool of more buyers to qualify for that house at the list price," said Parkinson.
Parkinson says the practice of buying down rates could become popular as we watch for more potential rate hikes.
"We expect them to keep going, so the average of what's predicted is 8%," she said.
But both Parkinson and Zambrano say that shouldn't deter people from searching for a home.
"We can always change the rate, if the rates go down you can always refinance again but at this time they're predicting house prices are still going to go up," said Parkinson.
"Inventory is definitely increasing and it is not a hopeless cause," said Zambrano.
The mortgage rate hikes have had the biggest impact on many first-time home buyers. There are several programs designed to help prospective buyers with down payments and other resources.
Find information about grants and other forms of assistance available in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex from the Texas State Affordable Housing Cooperation, here.
Click here to learn more about Fort Worth's program designed to help first-time homebuyers.
To learn more about the Upfront Cost Assistance Program(UPCAP) in Dallas County, check out this story. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/as-housing-market-cools-realtors-see-more-buyer-friendly-trends-emerge/3049079/ | 2022-08-16T03:03:33 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/as-housing-market-cools-realtors-see-more-buyer-friendly-trends-emerge/3049079/ |
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Four people accused of stealing from a high-end retail store in Bellevue faced a King County judge on Monday for charges ranging from organized retail theft to trafficking stolen property.
Surveillance video captured in June of this year shows the moment three people helped themselves to tens of thousands of dollars in designer bags at a Louis Vuitton store.
“One of the things that got our attention is that they are so brazen and so organized that it’s really risen to a higher level at least in the last couple of months,” said Capt. Shelby Shearer of the Bellevue Police Department.
Investigators identified the three as Billy Chambers, Memory Yearby, and Earnetra Turner. They’re accused of running an organized retail theft ring and hitting the same designer store twice in less than a week knocking off more than $54,000 dollars in merchandise.
Monday morning Billy Chambers pleaded not guilty and as of Monday afternoon remained in jail held on $25,000 bail. Court documents show that Chambers, as a teenager, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the 2009 death of a beloved street musician known as Tuba Man.
All four suspects who faced a judge bring with them a criminal history.
Two of the suspects, Memory Yearby and Earnetra Turner were already under investigation for organized retail theft. Items they’re accused of stealing and listing on the website OfferUp – an undercover officer spotted this listing and arranged for an in-person buy inside a Bellevue hotel.
That's where the fourth suspect, Trey Kendall, was arrested. Kendall pleaded not guilty to trafficking stolen goods. Court records show Kendall was convicted of second-degree murder in 1997. A judge decided Kendall could be released under the promise of returning to court.
Just this summer the Washington State Attorney General launched the Organized Retail Crime Theft Taskforce in response to the almost 70 billion dollars in losses they say retailers suffer due to theft across the country every year. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bellevue/suspects-accused-theft-bellevue-organized-retail-crime/281-95b3ee36-a6e9-4125-b3df-6e3588bb9d27 | 2022-08-16T03:04:51 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bellevue/suspects-accused-theft-bellevue-organized-retail-crime/281-95b3ee36-a6e9-4125-b3df-6e3588bb9d27 |
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Rigo Berto said he first moved into his mobile home in 2019 on 27th Avenue SE in Puyallup, hoping to get a fresh start for his new family, but was shocked to learn that the land his home sits on would be sold just a few years later.
“When we first bought the mobile home … we were never given any notice that the property was intended to be sold,” he said.
Now, Berto has until September 30 to find another place for his family to live.
That stress is being felt by dozens of other families who are being displaced to make room for a project to build apartments on the land. According to the City of Puyallup, 31 families are still living in the community.
Timberlane Partners, who bought the land in December 2021, began notifying residents in September 2021.
In a written statement, the firm said it’s working with the City of Puyallup to help provide grants and financial assistance to residents.
Eric Johnson said being displaced is stressful, especially in today’s housing market.
“The costs of housing is going up and is becoming more expensive and a lot harder to find affordable housing not only in Puyallup, but in Pierce County,” he explained.
Berto said he and many of his neighbors are struggling to find a place to go next.
“Almost everywhere that I’ve tried to go look and apply somewhere else, it’s always, no answer, no reply,” he said. “A lot of the people that live here, some of them are retired, and low income, so it’s hard for them to get out of here.”
Johnson also points to a bigger trend: mobile home parks are on the decline across the country.
“A lot of times, folks will buy a mobile home, and it’ll be a single wide or a double wide, even though they own the structure, they don’t own the land or the property the structure is on,” he explained. “That becomes very problematic because say the landlord wanted to sell that property, then you’d need to relocate. So that’s one of the things we’ve been seeing, mobile home parks are not too much of a thing that you see too much anymore because it’s not economically viable for both the person living on the property and also the land owner.”
Johnson reported that more than 90% of the households have applied for and received grant assistance from the City of Puyallup, and encourages those who are still in need of financial assistance to go to the City’s website for more information. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mobile-home-community-puyallup-closing/281-bdc39045-a5cb-43d7-83b5-13ccffb97b52 | 2022-08-16T03:04:57 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mobile-home-community-puyallup-closing/281-bdc39045-a5cb-43d7-83b5-13ccffb97b52 |
A new storage facility near U.S. 24 and Homestead Road is one step closer to becoming a reality after getting approval Monday from the Fort Wayne Plan Commission.
Southwest Storage has proposed putting a seven-building storage facility on 5.7 acres of land near the intersection of U.S. 24 and Homestead Road. The proposal requires rezoning the lot from agricultural low intensity to business, technology and industrial park, and the developer included a written agreement that would restrict all uses except for a storage facility.
Three of the buildings will have heated storage and 60 parking spaces close by. No parking will be placed near the four buildings with unheated units.
Several nearby residents opposed the proposal at a public hearing last week. Many of the concerns were about safety issues regarding increased traffic and lack of security at the facility that can be accessed at all hours.
Some of the concerns were about the plan itself, such as the effect it would have on adjacent properties. It is surrounded by a mix of uses and zonings including residential, commercial and industrial.
Michelle Wood, senior planner, shared some ways the developer tried to address questions posed at the public hearing and a site committee meeting. Beers Mallers, the law firm working with Southwest Storage, submitted drawings and documentation to show that trucks with trailers will be able to safely access the storage units, Wood said.
The commission’s site committee wondered what the façade of the building would look like to nearby residents and to passing motorists. The approval includes that Southwest Storage will use more decorative façade on the sides that are visible from the road or nearby residences.
The members didn’t discuss the development before voting unanimously to approve the primary development plan and the required rezoning. Fort Wayne City Council has the final say on rezoning requests.
The members also approved the primary development plan for 322 apartments in southwest Fort Wayne.
Flats of Walnut Hills has been proposed for 38 acres in the 2000 block of Getz Road, south of Constitution Drive. The development will have 12 three-story buildings with a clubhouse, heated pool and walking trails. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/storage-facility-gets-commission-approval-after-opposition/article_77daf340-1cfa-11ed-b00e-f357b9966a2f.html | 2022-08-16T03:07:42 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/storage-facility-gets-commission-approval-after-opposition/article_77daf340-1cfa-11ed-b00e-f357b9966a2f.html |
BRANDON, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office needs your help to find a man responsible for a bank robbery in Brandon at about 3 p.m. Monday.
The man entered a Truist Bank on Causeway Boulevard and handed the bank teller a note demanding cash, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
The teller then reportedly gave a certain amount of cash to the man and then he ran out of the bank.
The accused bank robber was wearing a red, white and blue Columbia hat, dark-colored shirt, white or light-colored shorts and white shoes, deputies say. He also had on gold-rimmed, Aviator style sunglasses.
“I am urging everyone to take a good look at these images," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. "Anyone who recognizes this man, or may have seen anything suspicious in that area, please contact us immediately.”
Anyone with information regarding the bank robbery is asked to contact the sheriff's office at 813-247-8200. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/brandon-bank-robbery-hillsborough/67-c02bb210-8de5-4163-a664-9fc24f9c3418 | 2022-08-16T03:10:17 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/brandon-bank-robbery-hillsborough/67-c02bb210-8de5-4163-a664-9fc24f9c3418 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Animal Care Services says their shelter is at capacity and they are in desperate need of people to adopt animals.
If you aren't able to take in a new pet, IACS wants you to know there are many other ways to help.
(Note: The video in the media player is a previous 13News report about efforts to assist Indianapolis Animal Care Services.)
Volunteering and making a donation both go a long way in helping these animals find a happy home.
All of the facility's available animals can be seen here, and you'll also find a pre-adoption form. Completing the form in advance can speed the adoption process when you visit the shelter.
IACS also encourages people to share their story on your social media pages.
"All it takes is the right person to see an animals story (and adorable face) and that animal is adopted! Sharing our story helps is reach so many people that can help our shelter, animals and community," the shelter wrote in a Facebook post.
Are you interested in employment at Indianapolis Animal Care Services? Click here for a listing of open positions at the shelter, an application and even testimonials from employees.
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INDIANAPOLIS — A motorcycle crash south of downtown Indianapolis left one person critically injured Monday evening.
The collision on South Madison Avenue at Terrace Avenue was reported around 7 p.m.
An IMPD spokesperson was still gathering information about the accident late Monday evening, but said the driver of the motorcycle was listed in critical condition at a hospital.
The spokesperson didn't know if other vehicles were involved, nor the circumstances which led to the crash.
This is a developing story. We will update it as additional information becomes available.
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Blue Smoke wins Belden Village Mall's Taste for the Space competition; to open this fall
JACKSON TWP. — Blue Smoke is the winner of the Taste for the Space culinary competition hosted Belden Village Mall.
Guests gathered Monday afternoon in the food court in front of the space Blue Smoke soon will occupy to hear the highly anticipated results of the June event.
“Amazing! Just amazing," Blue Smoke owner Jamie Moore said when asked how it feels to be the winner.
The crowd of about 30 people cheered when mall workers unveiled the space, showing Blue Smoke would be the new tenant.
“I’m super grateful, not just to Belden Village (Mall), but to the community because they believed in my food and my mission. They wanted Blue Smoke, and now they have it, so I’m super thankful to them,” Moore said.
The coveted prize was worth $140,000 — including a $50,000 investment and six months’ free rent at the eatery space in the mall. Blue Smoke will be the first restaurant on the left when entering the mall's food court from outside.
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"It literally has given me the opportunity to start my dream almost effortlessly. That's amazing. That never happens,” Moore said of this opportunity. This will be Blue Smoke's first brick-and-mortar location.
What is Taste for the Space?
Blue Smoke competed against eight other restaurants: Big A#$ Salads, The Cheesecake Bar LLC, Daisy Pops, iRiE Jamaican Kitchen, Merrybrook Baking Co., Poagies BBQ, SOL Pie Pizza and Taco Buddy. Each restaurant shared a signature dish, or dishes, with the sold-out crowd of more than 850 people at the June event.
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The crowd at the Taste for the Space event voted for their favorite restaurant through text message after tasting the dishes. A panel of judges also scored the competing restaurants and shared their thoughts.
The mall tallied votes, reviewed the restaurants’ business plans and met with its leasing team to see which restaurant would be the best fit long term.
Blue Smoke fit all the criteria.
At the event in June, Blue Smoke shared its pulled pork sliders and armadillo eggs with guests. The crowd loved them. Moore is planning for the menu to offer smoked brisket, smoked mac and cheese, watermelon chunks and baked potatoes.
“It’s going to be a limited menu, but we’re going to do what we do best,” Moore said. “And we do it very well.”
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CROWN POINT — A defense attorney asked jurors Monday not to let "prejudice and bias get in the way" of their efforts to get to the truth in a triple murder case.
Reginald J. Carter, 33, is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and two of her relatives Oct. 25, 2019, and setting a fire at the home he shared with them in the 3500 block of West 20th Avenue in Gary.
Reginald Carter's girlfriend, Yoasha Carter, 26, her cousin Dwayne Jones, 33, and aunt Nefretiri Jones, 51, were killed before the fire started, doused in gasoline and set ablaze, prosecutors said. Reginald and Yoasha Carter shared the same last name but were not related.
Reginald Carter has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of arson. Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez is presiding over his trial this week.
His attorney, John Cantrell, told jurors they would hear testimony about an argument between Reginald and Yoasha Carter before the house fire started, but he urged the jury to look for convincing proof.
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"There is no proof — period — that he did this," Cantrell said. "They want you to jump to conclusions."
Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Tara Villarreal said the case was about vengeance.
Reginald and Yoasha Carter had a toxic relationship that became so bad they would each rush to grab Yoasha Carter's handgun during arguments, Villarreal said.
"They would fight, and they would argue, and they would run to the gun," she said. "That's how they handled things."
They also had a 1-month-old baby together and lived in a house with multiple adult family members and several children, she said.
Yoasha Carter's mother, Yolanda Mitchell, testified her daughter told her Reginald Carter strangled her until she became unconscious two times about a week before the homicides.
Mitchell accused Reginald Carter of saying, "At least I brought her back," when confronted about the alleged domestic abuse.
Mitchell said Reginald Carter also announced to multiple family members two to three days before the homicides that the next time Yoasha Carter pulled a gun on him, he would use it on her.
She testified that she talked to her daughter about leaving Reginald Carter, but Yoasha Carter said he didn't have anywhere to go.
Under cross-examination by Cantrell, Mitchell appeared to become frustrated at times, telling the defense attorney he'd have to ask questions of other witnesses.
When Cantrell said he wanted to make sure testimony in the case wasn't "foggy," Mitchell replied, "You're making it foggy."
Mitchell said she was scheduled to work in Hammond as a home health aid the day of the homicides but agreed to allow Yoasha Carter to use her van to drive for Uber.
Yoasha Carter wasn't ready when it was time for Mitchell to leave, so Reginald Carter drove Mitchell to work, Mitchell testified.
Mitchell said she asked Reginald Carter to pick up another one of her daughters, who was in Chicago and needed a ride to a doctor's office.
Villarreal said testimony would show Reginald Carter later learned Yoasha Carter's sister no longer needed a ride and returned to the Gary home.
Mitchell said she received a call later that day from a family member, who said their house was on fire.
She attempted to call Yoasha Carter, Nefretiri Jones and Dwayne Jones, but none of them answered. Since Reginald Carter still had her van, she got a ride from her client's mother back to her residence, she said.
Reginald Carter was not at the residence when she arrived, but he pulled up a short time later in her van. He was driving so fast that the tires were "smoking," she said.
Reginald Carter told her he'd taken the 1-month-old child to his mother's home in Chicago, Mitchell said. She told Cantrell she was currently fighting for custody of the boy.
As Mitchell recounted events the days of the homicides, she said she approached her van after Reginald Carter arrived and noticed an overwhelming bleach smell.
Mitchell said she kept a bottle of bleach on the floor of the van, just behind the console, in case she needed it for work. The bottle remained upright while driving and didn't roll around while the van was in motion, she said.
Mitchell said she found Reginald Carter's backpack in her van and opened it. Inside the bag, she found a towel, pulled back part of it and noticed an impression of a gun, she said.
Cantrell asked her if photos of the towel introduced into evidence by Villarreal and Supervisory Deputy Prosecutor Michelle Jatkiewicz showed the impression in the towel. Mitchell said they didn't, because she refolded the towel after looking inside the bag.
Mitchell also looked at photos of a garbage bag containing used latex gloves. She said the gloves likely came from a box she kept in her van for work, but the garbage bag wasn't in her van when Reginald Carter dropped her off at work and she didn't use the gloves inside of it.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Daniel Cooper
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206874
Arrest Date: Aug. 6, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE D
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darrion Robinson
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206829
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Bell
Age : 48
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206828
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roberto Ruiz
Age : 42
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206861
Arrest Date: Aug. 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dominique Bentley-Hannah
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206918
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Crawford
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206975
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeff Henderson Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206947
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Charles Messer Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206926
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Raymond Johnson II
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206972
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER (ATTEMPTED)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Smith
Age : 28
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206915
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eva Salazar
Age : 29
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206844
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nautica Wilkins
Age : 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206988
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samer Owaynat
Age : 22
Residence: Lincolnwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206954
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Damarcus Fisher
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206867
Arrest Date: Aug. 6, 2022
Offense Description: POINTING A FIREARM; CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON (SOCIETY IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Skylar Boyd
Age : 18
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206826
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Econyers Dunlap
Age : 26
Residence: Calumet Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206956
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rashad Hickman
Age : 21
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206951
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alfonso Nieto
Age : 58
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206944
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tommy Talley Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206934
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dakwon Johnson
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206989
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - MACHINE GUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kadin Wilkins
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206839
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POSSESSION - STOLEN PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melissa Legacy
Age : 38
Residence: Waukegan, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206980
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tracy Stevens Jr.
Age : 38
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206873
Arrest Date: Aug. 6, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jimmy Johnson
Age : 64
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206812
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Aaron Witt
Age : 39
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206990
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Taylor Brown
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206838
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - VISITING - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortez Dunlap
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206920
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Janosz
Age : 31
Residence: Glenwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206929
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Walter Givens
Age : 57
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206876
Arrest Date: Aug. 6, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eric Gamblin
Age : 28
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206974
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Phillips
Age : 49
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206921
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Oiler
Age : 35
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206916
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerardo Bahena
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206877
Arrest Date: Aug. 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
June Chew
Age : 58
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206827
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maron Counce
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207009
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnny Hamilton
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206955
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Johnston
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206928
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Manley
Age : 59
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206963
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Rebenack
Age : 44
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206941
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR - LIFETIME
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alejandro Flores
Age : 25
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206948
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Larry Hocking
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206841
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD F6 ($750 - $50,000)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tomecko Johnson
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206998
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Green
Age : 38
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206869
Arrest Date: Aug. 6, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alfred Benavidez
Age : 61
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206881
Arrest Date: Aug. 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacob Herron
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206971
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Albert Cook II
Age : 40
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207011
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cruz
Age : 20
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2207006
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: ANIMAL OFFENSE- CRUELTY INTENTIONALLY BEATING AN ANIMAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keon Reeves
Age : 21
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206957
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Jervis
Age : 36
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206960
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION; POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Daniel Sanchez
Age : 35
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206936
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Deiago Cain
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206976
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Benavidez Jr.
Age : 65
Residence: St. Charles, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206880
Arrest Date: Aug. 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Daniels
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207004
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lawrence Keilman
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206843
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Jones
Age : 61
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206878
Arrest Date: Aug. 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Charles Roy Sr.
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207010
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Abrams
Age : 36
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206922
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Klemoff
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206919
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - INSTITUTION - BANK/FINANCIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darrick Gill
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206953
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Samantha Campbell
Age : 36
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206961
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Adams
Age : 44
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206848
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Thompson
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206978
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Collins
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206872
Arrest Date: Aug. 6, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Virgil Powell III
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206832
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isabel Sellers
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206952
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Grace Goggin
Age : 21
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207001
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Mendez
Age : 39
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206879
Arrest Date: Aug. 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kriston Barbee
Age : 36
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206939
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Austin Merrick
Age : 22
Residence: Knox, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206923
Arrest Date: Aug. 8, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Demontay Cohns Jr.
Age : 30
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206983
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: POINTING A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Vargo
Age : 38
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2207007
Arrest Date: Aug. 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Wippo
Age : 28
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206973
Arrest Date: Aug. 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cheri Terranova
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206786
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Savanna Swiatkowski
Age : 28
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206756
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louis Upshaw
Age : 30
Residence: Columbus, OH
Booking Number(s): 2206789
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
DeShawn Wilson
Age : 18
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206777
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armani Anderson
Age : 18
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206807
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tracy Bachelder
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206813
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; ASSISTING A CRIMINAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Anguiano
Age : 44
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206814
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jeffrey Barnes
Age : 60
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206810
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jeffrey Broadway
Age : 55
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206798
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jakhari Brown
Age : 22
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206800
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chazmon Carney
Age : 32
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206819
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arthur Erb Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206811
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Justin Heaviland
Age : 29
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206816
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: RECKLESS DRIVING IN HIGHWAY WORK ZONE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
E'Mon Ferguson
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206817
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alex Pierce
Age : 29
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206818
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronell King
Age : 26
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206797
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sharrond Powell
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206796
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tiffany Watkins
Age : 41
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206823
Arrest Date: Aug. 5, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Xavier Schlueb
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206808
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Trajkovich
Age : 47
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206809
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stephen Thomas
Age : 56
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206759
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melvin Sykes
Age : 42
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206769
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arthur Smith
Age : 45
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206787
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daquan Steele
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206778
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Murphy
Age : 51
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206762
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffrey Nelson
Age : 33
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206780
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Merrill
Age : 36
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206765
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tkayla Mobley
Age : 18
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206784
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Marin
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206775
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua King
Age : 31
Residence: Flossmoor, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206764
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David David III
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206774
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chamachia Dixon
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206788
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Feliciano
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206781
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gregory Harrison Jr.
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206767
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Antonio Avila
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2206763
Arrest Date: Aug. 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Bray
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2206790
Arrest Date: Aug. 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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PORTLAND, Ore. — For sale signs line what were once sought-after neighborhoods in North Portland. Many families are selling their homes due to an increase in violence and homeless camps in that area.
“It makes you not feel that great about living here,” said Greg Dilkes, who has lived in North Portland for 30 years. “It makes living in the neighborhood harder, not as congenial as it could be.”
Dilkes said the homeless camps along the Peninsula Crossing Trail near his home have changed the area.
"It’s the first time in a long time that we’ve actually seriously thought about moving," he said.
"Mental health, drug addiction and just not having access to housing,” added Mark Smith, who shares a backyard with the camp.
Smith said he and his partner often don’t feel safe walking alone or tending to their gardens. “Every day if you go from one end of the street to the other, you’re confronting some very difficult situations, people in really dire straits."
“It’s a little scary because I know there is mental illness and that concerns me,” said Smith’s partner Maria Inocencio.
“We are the most harmless people you’ll ever meet,” said TT Sanchez who lives in one of the camps along the Peninsula Crossing Trail. “They shouldn’t be scared of us for what because we live outside? That’s the only reason you should be scared of us because we live outside so if we lived in four walls and a house and stuff would you still be scared of us?”
North Portland neighbors told KGW at least three families along McKenna Avenue are leaving due to nearby homeless camps. Real estate broker Lauren Iaquinta sees it first hand.
“I would say the migration to the suburbs, I’ve seen quite a bit in the last two years,” she said. “Most people don’t want to have to worry about if they can leave their car parked in their driveway overnight without maybe having it broken into. It’s a pretty testy subject.”
When working with clients, Iaquinta now vets the areas to see if there are nearby homeless camps.
“It’s neighborhood by neighborhood. You can be driving through North Portland and you’re in this lovely area where there’s no issues, and then you can make a turn around the corner and have homeless camps there. It’s kind of sad. I’ve been doing this for 10 years here in Portland and it’s changed quite a bit.”
The city is planning to build a Safe Rest Village along Peninsula Crossing Trail where many homeless campers in the area could go, but there's no timeline for when that project will be completed. And when it is completed, it will be a temporary village that will only be there for about three years. After that, there are plans for a permanent affordable housing development to take its place.
As for the people currently camping along the trail, the city's Safe Rest Village team said Portland's Impact Reduction Program outreach workers and navigation teams have visited weekly, since before the Safe Rest Village was announced, to offer them services, shelter options and other resources to meet their immediate needs. Additionally, the Safe Rest Village team has met with some of the campers, and many have expressed interest in the outdoor shelter model. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/north-portland-families-sell-homes-to-escape-crime/283-7057c2ec-980d-42ac-90ae-80e00ab7ed8f | 2022-08-16T03:19:50 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/north-portland-families-sell-homes-to-escape-crime/283-7057c2ec-980d-42ac-90ae-80e00ab7ed8f |
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon's chief justice fired all the members of the Public Defense Services Commission on Monday, frustrated that hundreds of defendants charged with crimes and who cannot afford an attorney have been unable to obtain public defenders to represent them.
The unprecedented action comes as Oregon's unique public defender system has come under such strain that it is at the breaking point. Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation due to a shortage of public defenders filed a lawsuit in May that alleges the state is violating their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial.
In a letter to the commission members, Chief Justice Martha Walters pointed out that their duty is to “ensure that Oregon provides public defense services consistent with the Oregon Constitution, the United States Constitution, and Oregon and national standards of justice.”
“Unfortunately, it is now clear that it is time to reconstitute the current commission,” she said.
Oregon’s public defender system is the only one in the nation that relies entirely on contractors: Large nonprofit defense firms, smaller cooperating groups of private defense attorneys that contract for cases and independent attorneys who can take cases at will.
But some firms and private attorneys are periodically refusing to take new cases because of the workload. Poor pay rates and late payments from the state are also a disincentive. The American Bar Association found that Oregon has only 31% of the public defenders it needs.
Walters said “systemic change” is called for and that the commission must collaborate with Oregon’s executive and legislative branches and the public defense community “to create a better system for public defense providers.”
The Public Defense Services Commission currently has nine members, in addition to Walters who as chief justice serves as ex-officio permanent member. Walters made the dismissals effective on Tuesday and said that if any members want to serve on a reconstituted commission, they should apply by noon Tuesday.
The commission is an independent body that governs the Office of Public Defense Services and appoints its executive director. Walters told the commission last week that Executive Director Stephen Singer failed to lead the agency out of crisis, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The commission considered firing Singer but didn't.
Commission member Thomas Christ told the newspaper that Walters wants Singer removed and that he believes she "decided to just fill the commission with people who’ll vote the way she wants on that issue.”
Commission member Steven Wax, who was the U.S. Public Defender for the Oregon district for 31 years and is currently legal director of the Oregon Innocence Project, said he is unhappy about the chief justice’s action.
“The commission has been working tirelessly on difficult issues and reforms,” Wax said. “Disagreement is inevitable. I was sorely disappointed to receive the chief justice’s letter.”
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The chief justice appoints the commission members and can remove them, according to Oregon law.
“I never anticipated exercising this authority, but this issue is too important, and the need for change is too urgent, to delay,” Walters said.
Todd Sprague, spokesman for the Oregon Judicial Department, said that to his knowledge, the entire commission has never been dismissed before.
Oregon's backlog has led to the dismissal of dozens of cases.
Jesse Merrithew, an attorney representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said being deprived of a lawyer right after an arrest causes problems that are almost impossible to overcome later on, for example in obtaining surveillance video before it is erased that could back up a defendant’s case.
Oregon’s system was underfunded and understaffed before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the backlog grew amid a slowdown in court activity because of safety protocols. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-justice-fires-panel-lack-public-defenders/283-54b92975-036c-4b12-824e-fa4efc8e8023 | 2022-08-16T03:19:56 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-justice-fires-panel-lack-public-defenders/283-54b92975-036c-4b12-824e-fa4efc8e8023 |
BLOOMINGTON — A $750,000 streetscape plan to improve the look of downtown Bloomington is anticipated to take about 12 months to develop and could see its first revitalization project roll out by spring 2024.
During a City Council committee of the whole meeting on Monday, representatives of Springfield-based Crawford, Murphy and Tilly outlined their plans to make a more desirable downtown. The firm would be seek to identify a steering committee, host a series of public engagement events and perform data collection, they said.
Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe said Monday's presentation was an attempt to address larger, complex issues facing the downtown area, which will begin with a communitywide conversation. Ultimately, it's up to the council and community representatives to determine what should be done and how much to pay.
"I know this council to be thoughtful and very inquisitive in their quest to make the best decision for the community," Mwilambwe said. "My hope is that when it's all said and done, we'll have moved the needle forward in a much more significant way."
A streetscape master plan has been in the works for decades.
According to a draft downtown streetscape lighting master plan from 2014, addition of bus stops can provide unique opportunities to reinforce the downtown brand. A sophisticated public art program could complement tourism and branding efforts, the report added.
Recently, Connect Transit has shown interest in the downtown parking deck at 202 W. Market St. as a transportation center. It also is hoping to open a new bus route connecting the west side of Bloomington-Normal with the city core soon.
Other suggestions from this draft plan included enough street trees to complement the proposed street lights and existing architecture of downtown and an adequate amount of bicycle racks.
However, some of the issues previous plans failed to address include the identities of the downtown area, various grant opportunities and future initiatives to improve internet connectivity.
Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason said infrastructure is the top priority of the City Council but the degree of investment is yet to be determined.
In total, Gleason had said between $25 million and $30 million in revitalization projects are anticipated.
"I believe there are sources of funding that will not take away from the other priorities council has," Gleason said.
One of the funding mechanisms Gleason has proposed would be the creation of a tax increment financing district that would encompass downtown Bloomington.
If the City Council were to accept this new TIF district, any property tax revenue collected up a capped value would go into the city's general fund to be disbursed among the affected local governments. Any revenue above the capped value would be reserved for economic development purposes.
The lifespan of a TIF district is 23 years. However, the state Legislature can vote to extend the life of a district another 12 years.
Former Alderman Jamie Mathy said a previous downtown TIF district that expired in 2011 outpaced inflation each year until its expiration. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/downtown-bloomington-streetscape-plan-may-take-year-to-write-work-may-start-in-2024/article_7d6386e0-1ce3-11ed-971e-975b3ee89e75.html | 2022-08-16T03:23:37 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/downtown-bloomington-streetscape-plan-may-take-year-to-write-work-may-start-in-2024/article_7d6386e0-1ce3-11ed-971e-975b3ee89e75.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — Fourteen people are without a place to stay after a third-alarm fire at an apartment complex in northwest Austin on Monday night.
The Austin Fire Department said the fire at the Balcones Woods apartments at 11215 Research Blvd. originated on a second-floor balcony and extended to the attic of the building.
Medics took two firefighters to the hospital to be checked out. A search was conducted before firefighters shifted to fighting the fire from a defensive approach.
As of 8:30 p.m., the majority of the fire was knocked down, AFD said.
Crews had moved from a second-alarm response to third-alarm for additional relief crews.
Firefighters will stay at the apartment complex overnight to keep an eye on the fire.
No other information is available at this time.
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NORMAL — More grant money for the long-awaited underpass project at Uptown Station was approved by the Town Council on Monday night.
Trustees approved a modified grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation of over $3 million to help provide extra funding for the project, which is intended to provide a safe passageway for pedestrians beneath the Union Pacific Railroad in uptown.
Following a similar grant agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) that was approved by the council on Aug. 1, this grant agreement is part of the 2019 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program budget.
This was previously approved by the council on July 19, 2021.
City Manager Pamela Reece said the modified agreement will add another $3,157,375 in federal funding for the project, increasing the BUILD fund to $16,157,375 and the overall project funding to $27,099,495.
Council members in support of the agreement noted the importance of securing extra grant money to help cover any additional expenses that could be caused by inflation.
“I want to say thank you to staff for the hard work you’ve done in order for us to continue to bring back dollars to our community because if they didn’t come back here, they’d go somewhere else,” said Trustee Chemberly Harris. “It’s better for us to have more and need less than be in a position where we can’t afford it and then we have a halfway done project.”
Trustee Stan Nord was the sole dissenting vote (Trustee Scott Preston was absent) and questioned the cost estimate of the project, comparing it to the previous $23.9 million estimate given to IDOT and asking if town staff was “telling a story” to the federal government without notifying local taxpayers.
“It just seems like there’s too many truths,” Nord said. “If we’re going to adjust the budget we should vote as a whole just to give everybody the same story.”
Reece said the town’s story has stayed the same throughout each agreement and that the council has not formally modified the budget for planning purposes.
The initial $23.9 million estimate is reflected in the town’s adopted budget and the $27 million estimate made to the Federal Railroad Administration was forecasted by town staff to take into account for any inflationary pressures that could increase the project cost, Reece said.
“Instead of the number you saw two weeks ago, we’re now able to say we’ve got enough funds, in terms of a source revenue allocation, that can support the $27 million project and we will continue to move forward with that because we don’t have any additional asks out right now,” Reece said. “We’ve heard from everyone.”
In response, Nord then asked if the town would be able to give taxpayers a break since they have received these additional funds.
Trustee Karyn Smith said that when the initial estimate was made, taxpayers would have had to pay 7.7% of the total project cost. Now with the additional funds awarded, taxpayers will be paying just 6% but those costs sit unchanged at $1,692,120.
“So in essence, we are getting more of a project with proportionately less local citizen direct input into that cost … but we are still waiting on the final plans that will then go out to bid and before we know what the project costs are,” Smith said.
Reece also highlighted that in the course of two weeks, the town staff has secured an additional $5 million for the underpass project.
“I just wanted to again bring us back to the issue at hand, which is really potentially wrapping up the actual funding sources for the project,” Reece said. “And it’s at least from my perspective, years and years of staff work to get us to this point and I just wanted to extend my appreciation.”
Wintergreen subdivision
In other business, the council did not vote on the rezoning of property and a preliminary development plan for the 26-acre Wintergreen subdivision north of Raab Road and west of Towanda Avenue.
According to an email to the mayor and Town Council, Champaign-based developer Fairlawn Capital has requested that the two line items be pulled from the council's agenda.
Prior to the meeting, state Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Bloomington, who is a partner with Fairlawn Capital, said they asked the council to pull the two line items after concerns were raised by neighboring residents.
These concerns included questions about creating a natural buffer to the east of the subdivision, traffic access to the subdivision itself, the sizes of the lots on the eastern side of the proposed plan, possible plans for a mix of housing styles and the incorporation of certain restrictions, including limits on basketball equipment and secondary structures like above-ground pools.
Another concern raised by residents was that the properties being planned were going to be available for rent only, which actually is not the case.
Barickman said that as the development — which is estimated to take two years — moves along and as homes are completed, this will result in those homes either being available for sale or for rent.
"We we're a bit surprised by the opposition that exists," Barickman said. "These are, I believe, concerns that maybe any neighboring community may have and what we wanted to do is pull this from tonight's council agenda so that we could work through some of the details of these concessions when we bring it back to council final approval."
In addition, Barickman said they are focused on areas in the community that are partially built up or have unused plots and potentially address the lack of housing seen in the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council's analysis on the area's housing shortage.
"We've prioritized doing an infill development," he said. "That always raises concerns from neighbors but really allows the town and town's taxpayers to avoid the additional infrastructure and services that might be required on a development outside of town."
"That infill for us was a priority and it's part of why we selected this location," he added."
Currently they are working with homebuilder Portico Homes and buying the land to develop and take the risk of an "unfinished subdivision off the table."
Other items passed included:
Approving an annexation agreement for the trails on Sunset Lake subdivision, which is on the northeast corner of Airport Road and Fort Jesse Road.
Approving a preliminary subdivision plan for a portion of trails on Sunset Lake subdivision.
Authorizing the purchase of a 1-ton pickup truck from Runde Chevrolet for $63,269.
Authorizing a contract with McLean County Asphalt Co. Inc. for tennis and pickleball court improvements at Anderson and Underwood parks for $560,788.27.
Authorizing a contract with Rowe Construction, a division of United Contractors Midwest Inc., for the East Raab Road project from Hershey Road to Northpointe Drive for $313,260.65.
Authorizing the city manager to solicit bids through the town’s energy broker for town-owned electricity accounts and execute an energy service agreement with the lowest responsible bidder. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/normal-oks-more-underpass-grant-money-delays-wintergreen-plans/article_0072813c-1d0a-11ed-9ec4-f3c377cf311a.html | 2022-08-16T03:32:18 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/normal-oks-more-underpass-grant-money-delays-wintergreen-plans/article_0072813c-1d0a-11ed-9ec4-f3c377cf311a.html |
Man charged with arson in Eastpointe apartment complex blaze
A man has been charged in connection with a fire last weekend that damaged an Eastpointe apartment complex, officials announced Monday.
Brian Austin Harvey, 31, was arraigned Monday in 38th District Court and charged with arson.
Bond was set at $100,000. The Eastpointe resident has been ordered to wear a tether if released, investigators said in a statement.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at 10 Mile and Dodge around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the release.
"Upon their arrival, one of the upper units was engulfed in flames," authorities said. "Our firefighters went to work making sure everyone was safe and aggressively attacked the fire."
Firefighters from Roseville, St. Clair Shores and Warren assisted.
No injuries were reported at the complex, but three families have had to temporarily relocate until repairs are completed, city officials said.
"All in all, our firefighters did a great job containing the fire without significant damage to the other units," officials said.
An investigation led to Harvey, police reported. The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office authorized the arson charge.
Other details on his involvement were not released. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/15/man-charged-arson-eastpointe-apartment-complex-blaze/10335012002/ | 2022-08-16T03:41:57 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/08/15/man-charged-arson-eastpointe-apartment-complex-blaze/10335012002/ |
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies investigate death of a man at the Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave., in the town of Paris Monday night. Authorities said they believe the man's death was not from natural causes. No suspects were in custody.
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Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies investigate death of a man at the Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave., in the town of Paris Monday night. Authorities said they believe the man's death was not from natural causes. No suspects were in custody.
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Kenosha County Sheriff's squad cars at the scene investigating the death of a man at the Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave., in the town of Paris Monday night. Authorities said they believe the man's death was not from natural causes. No suspects were in custody
Terry Flores
Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave., is in the Town of Paris.
PARIS — Authorities continued an investigation into the death of a local man at a motel in the town Monday night.
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies and fire and rescue personnel were initially called to the scene just after 6 p.m. at the Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave. Police radio traffic initially indicated that a man had been stabbed, however, sheriff's officials could not confirm the report. Despite the name of the motel, the property is in the Town of Paris, according to county property information records.
Multiple deputies were at the motel questioning people in the parking lot and outside several rooms.
"We're investigating a death. We don't have any suspects ... it's a death, but it's not a natural death," said Lt. Tom Gilley of the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department. "It's an active investigation. One male deceased subject."
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies investigate death of a man at the Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave., in the town of Paris Monday night. Authorities said they believe the man's death was not from natural causes. No suspects were in custody.
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies investigate death of a man at the Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave., in the town of Paris Monday night. Authorities said they believe the man's death was not from natural causes. No suspects were in custody.
Kenosha County Sheriff's squad cars at the scene investigating the death of a man at the Bristol Motel, 4510 200th Ave., in the town of Paris Monday night. Authorities said they believe the man's death was not from natural causes. No suspects were in custody | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/watch-now-kenosha-county-sheriffs-department-continues-investigation-at-paris-motel-where-man-found-dead/article_2312b6e4-1cfb-11ed-9490-6f449254c016.html | 2022-08-16T03:45:43 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/watch-now-kenosha-county-sheriffs-department-continues-investigation-at-paris-motel-where-man-found-dead/article_2312b6e4-1cfb-11ed-9490-6f449254c016.html |
With the fall semester starting Monday, Aug. 22, University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins is encouraging students, staff and faculty to continue to get tested, vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.
In addition, Richard Carmona, a UA distinguished laureate professor of public health, says individuals should get tested for monkeypox if they develop any symptoms.
COVID-19 testing kits will be available throughout the main campus through the Cats TakeAway Testing program, as they were last year, Robbins said. Pre-registration is required prior to picking up a test.
He said individuals should get tested if they develop any symptoms or had contact with a positive case.
Tests for monkeypox are available through Campus Health, he said.
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“We’re still within this pandemic. It has not ended yet, so we can’t put down our guard and, of course, flu season is coming upon us and monkeypox, as well,” Carmona said during a media briefing he and Robbins held on Monday.
“So the challenges are increasing, but I would be remiss if I did not say we’re up to the challenge,” added Carmona, a former U.S. surgeon general.
He said that nearly 71% of Pima County residents have been fully vaccinated. The number of new positive cases in the county is currently about 27 per day, slightly lower than the national average of 31 new daily cases.
Robbins said it will be up to the campus community to make the best decisions for their own well-being, including that of using a face covering.
“Given the varying levels of personal risks from COVID-19, I encourage members of the university community to have compassion for one another and be respectful of each other’s personal choice about mask uses,” Robbins said.
While COVID-19 mitigation efforts have helped keep flu numbers low, Robbins said, he encourages people to get the flu shot.
“This is a proven vaccination and an important tool in our public health response to the annual flu season,” he said.
Monkeypox
Robbins said the university has received messages of concern regarding the spread of monkeypox, which was declared a national public health emergency this month.
“The disease, while significantly unpleasant or painful in many cases, does not commonly lead to hospitalization or death,” Robbins said.
Monkeypox can be transmitted through everyday activities such as sharing utensils and linens, or being in close proximity to respiratory droplets, he said.
“The good news is the same public health precautions we talk about for flu and we talk about for COVID, work with this disease of monkeypox, as well,” Carmona said, referring to frequent hand-washing and limited contact with others if there are symptoms present.
As of last week, Carmona said, there were 14 known monkeypox cases in Pima County and a total of 170 throughout Arizona.
Robbins said that while resources are limited nationally, the university is working with Pima County to explore treatment and vaccination options for monkeypox.
To find more information about the university’s COVID-19 and monkeypox resources, visit health.arizona.edu.
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Nevada’s top Colorado River negotiator came out swinging Monday with a pointed letter urging the federal government to take a long list of actions soon to bring water uses on the depleted river in line with its supply.
The letter from Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager John Entsminger expressed frustration that the seven river basin states haven’t done anything in 62 days of talks to carry out a federal order to drastically cut river water use.
Saying “absolutely nothing” has been accomplished in the past two months of interstate negotiations over the river, despite a federal directive and a deadline of Aug. 16, Entsminger wrote that it’s time for U.S. officials to order specific cuts in water use.
His letter went to three top U.S. Interior Department officials, led by Interior Secretary Deborah Haaland.
Numbering a dozen, his solutions run the gamut from creating regional turf removal programs, to improving farms’ water use efficiency, to cracking down on how water users can justify their use of river water as beneficial in order to be eligible to take the water.
He called for eliminating “wasteful municipal watering of non-functional turf” and requiring seasonal irrigation schedules in cities to save water.
He also said water users in the Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada should have to include evaporation and other water losses in the Lower Basin in determining their total supplies. That action by itself could knock out well over one-third of the 2 million acre-feet minimum that the feds want the states to save.
If such efforts don’t get accomplished, his Las Vegas-based water authority is ready to work with other parties on “common sense federal legislation” to bring river water use in line with supply, Entsminger wrote.
He didn’t elaborate, but a source said that at a seven-state river meeting Thursday in Denver, Entsminger suggested legislation that would reduce the river water supply of California, which has by far the river’s largest share of 4.4 million acre-feet a year.
Entsminger declined to comment on that report, saying, “As a rule of decorum in these negotiations, we do not comment on specific matters that occur in these negotiations.”
“We are at the stage where basin-wide, every drop counts, and every single drop we are short of achieving 2 to 4 million acre-feet in permanent reductions draws us a step closer to the catastrophic collapse of the system, as well as draconian water management practices to protect health and human safety that we have successfully staved off in the past through cooperation,” Entsminger wrote. “Each temporary action must be a bridge to permanent reductions and must be implemented posthaste.”
On Tuesday, Aug. 16, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is scheduled to announce how it will respond to the seven states’ failure so far to reach agreement on a plan to cut water use next year by 2 million to 4 million acre-feet a year. Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton directed the states in mid-June to come up with a firm plan to carry out such cuts by mid-August or face federal intervention.
The seven states’ water officials couldn’t reach agreement, due in part to uncertainty among Lower Basin officials as to how much to cut water use, and in part to the Lower Basin’s unwillingness to accept the Upper Basin’s position that it won’t do any conservation immediately but would wait for several studies and congressional action before launching conservation actions. The Upper Basin states are Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
The letter also comes as various water experts offered a wide range of outlooks for whether and how soon Reclamation will act. Several experts say they believe Reclamation will create a plan eventually but will delay that into next year to give states more time to come up with a plan, while other experts are dubious about Reclamation’s willingness to take any politically or legally controversial actions.
Entsminger noted that back in mid-June, he and Touton “sat side by side in the United States Senate and conveyed to the world that the Colorado River is on the brink of crisis.”
But, “despite the obvious urgency of the situation, the last 62 days produced exactly nothing in terms of meaningful collective action to help forestall the looming crisis,” Entsminger wrote. “The unreasonable expectations of water users, including the prices and drought profiteering proposals, only further divide common goals and interests. Through our collective inaction, the federal government, the basin states and every water user on the Colorado River is complicit in allowing the situation to reach this point.”
By “drought profiteering proposals,” Entsminger said later, he was referring to a request from Yuma-area farmers for $1,500 an acre-foot compensation for cutting water use. The farmers say such payments are needed to match the economic losses the farmers would incur from giving up that much water.
“To the broader river community, I say this: The Colorado River cannot provide enough water for the current level of use. The magnitude of the problem is so large that every single water user in every single sector must contribute solutions to this problem regardless of the priority system,” Entsminger wrote, adding, “the bulk of the responsibility to reduce use falls upon water users downstream of Hoover Dam, because that is where the bulk of the water is used.”
Colorado environmental activist Jennifer Pitt and New Mexico water researcher/author John Fleck praised Entsminger’s letter, with Pitt calling it “pretty spot on.”
“We have to figure out how to use less water. That part is not negotiable. It’s not great that there’s less water to use. But it does seem like collaborative decision-making is a path toward a socially economically viable strategy, rather than letting it be dictated by a century-old law, and letting people interpreting century-old laws and agreements that did not anticipate these conditions,” she said. She was referring to the 1922 Colorado River Compact that divided the river’s water between the Lower and Upper basins.
“His list of actions is a really good list of actions. Somebody should figure out how to get them done. If it’s the states, great. If the states can’t do it, then somebody better have a plan. It there is no plan announced (Tuesday), it would be irresponsible for the feds to not start working on a plan,” said Pitt, the National Audubon Society’s Colorado River programs manager.
The water users’ inability to come up with a plan responding to the scale of the crisis adds much risk to the river systems and its Lakes Mead and Powell, Fleck said.
He added, “It’s not enough just to reduce water use to its current supply to stabilize the reservoirs, we need to cut even more to refill the reservoirs to provide conditions that protect against the next dry period.”
“By missing the deadline we’ve done a disservice to everyone in the basin who depends on this river,” Fleck said.
Upper Colorado River Commission executive director Chuck Cullom said he agreed with several of Entsminger’s proposals and noted that many cities in the Upper Basin states already have or are embarking on some, including turf removal programs. Unlike the Lower Basin, the Upper Basin already counts water losses from evaporation against the water supplies that it has the right to use, he said.
He also supported more efficient water use for irrigated agriculture. He added that the federal government should carry out its existing authority to save more water in the Lower Basin rather than pursuing legislative changes.
But Sarah Porter, director of an Arizona State University water research center, said that while she liked many of Entsminger’s proposals, it’s easy for Nevada to make them because it only has a small amount of river water rights and only one major user — Las Vegas-area municipalities.
Also, Nevada has already dug pipes deep enough into Lake Mead that it can extract water from it even when the lake drops to “dead pool,” at 895-foot elevation, at which nobody else can get water from it, she noted.
“It’s good that they’re in that position to provide moral leadership to the rest of the states. But other states have harder problems to solve. They have cities, agriculture, tribes, a lot of different interests to balance,” said Porter, of ASU’s Kyl Center for Water Policy.
Photos: Construction of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the 1930s
Tony graduated from Northwestern University and started at the Star in 1997. He has mostly covered environmental stories since 2005, focusing on water supplies, climate change, the Rosemont Mine and the endangered jaguar.
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For Star subscribers: Although officials describe the situation as "fluid" with discussions likely continuing to the last minute, it appears the Upper and Lower Basin states remain far apart on what their relative cuts in water use should be. Here's the latest on the negotiations.
For Star subscribers: Fourteen tribal governments, including eight in Arizona, say the U.S. has wrongly left them out of negotiations over major future cuts of Colorado River water use.
For Star subscribers: Farmers along the river in Southern Arizona and Southern California are bracing for water cuts next year they say could lead to lost crop production, major economic dislocation and, possibly, food shortages.
For Star subscribers: As concerns mount across the West about dwindling Colorado River water supplies, a series of new water conservation requirements may be imposed on residential and business development in Tucson starting next year. Here are the details.
For Star subscribers: "The water resource for agriculture, cities, industry, tribes and the ecosystem is no longer stable due to climate change," said Assistant Interior Secretary Tanya Trujillo. "We're going to have to have guts," she said, to do what's needed.
For Star subscribers: "Because of the dire conditions in Lake Mead and Lake Powell, any degree of reductions may be possible" in CAP deliveries, Tucson Water Director John Kmiec says. At some point, the cuts could be large enough that the city will have to pump more native groundwater than it has in years.
The largest single batch of water-use cuts ever carried out on the Colorado River is needed in 2023 to keep Lakes Mead and Powell from falling to critically low levels, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation commissioner told a congressional hearing Tuesday.
In this May 16 photo, the entrance to the pedestrian access ramp of Antelope Point Marina is taped off after the water in Lake Powell receded. The white line on the rocks shows the previous water level.
Visitors walk around the Hoover Dam, where severe and prolonged drought conditions have exposed the rocky sides of Black Canyon and the intake towers that feed the dam’s power generators. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/nevada-official-urges-federal-intervention-in-colorado-river-crisis/article_f25440ec-1cd0-11ed-a0f6-a37710092cfc.html | 2022-08-16T03:48:11 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/nevada-official-urges-federal-intervention-in-colorado-river-crisis/article_f25440ec-1cd0-11ed-a0f6-a37710092cfc.html |
GROVELAND, Fla. – The Groveland City Council unanimously voted Monday night to approve the first reading of an ordinance that would annex Oak Tree Union Colored Cemetery of Taylorville.
The ordinance will be up for a second vote at the council’s next meeting, but for now, it is one of the first steps toward restoring the abandoned gravesite and preserving history.
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“It’s been a long time coming, but change is going to come,” District 3 city councilwoman Barbara Gaines said.
Council members said this project is long overdue.
The Oak Tree Union Colored Cemetery of Taylorville is also known as the old Groveland cemetery. It was established between the years of 1895 and 1900, and it is now on the road to restoration.
The site is about one-and-a-quarter acres of land, which is covered by trees and overgrown bushes.
The City of Groveland was to bring the land into city limits so that the city can gain access to restore the area.
Groveland Vice Mayor Randolph Waite said the cemetery is extremely dilapidated.
He said that after the restoration, the site will be accessible to the community.
“What that would look like is, now, someone like me or you would be able to walk that cemetery and look and see some of the ancestors, some of the World War [veterans] that served our country and all those types of things and be able to honor them,” Waite said.
Tim Loucks, former mayor of Groveland, said he does not like the cemetery’s current name. He said it symbolizes segregation in the Jim Crow era.
Nonetheless, he said he believes the project is necessary.
“I think it’s going to recognize a time in history that we can learn from,” Loucks said.
Earlier this year, the city received $499,000 from the African American Cultural and Historical Grant Program to save the cemetery. The council said that is their budget for the restoration project.
Groveland Fire Chief Kevin Carroll has been taking the lead on the project. He said historians believe the site was donated by a local businessman to the Black community so they could bury their loved ones.
“I want to thank Chief Carroll for taking on the project. I believe there is a lot more history that’s going to be coming out from this,” Groveland Mayor Evelyn Wilson said.
City Manager Mike Hein said they plan to complete the initial phase of the project within the next 12 months. The council said they are enlisting volunteer support from city employees to help clear debris and shrubs.
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Flagstaff police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who went missing Friday while walking home from school.
Isaiah Miller walked off campus as he left Thomas Elementary at 3 p.m. on the afternoon of August 15. According to police, he didn't make it home.
Miller is 4'10" tall with a medium build and dark curly hair. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, dark pants, and black sneakers.
Police ask anyone who might have seen Miller to call them immediately at 928-774-1414. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/police-searching-for-missing-thomas-elementary-school-student/article_921ee03c-1cf9-11ed-8f0a-43ac0a15c85c.html | 2022-08-16T03:54:44 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/police-searching-for-missing-thomas-elementary-school-student/article_921ee03c-1cf9-11ed-8f0a-43ac0a15c85c.html |
LANCASTER, Texas — Sometimes, running on a football field didn't always come easy for former University of North Texas fullback Mike Hickmon.
His ex-teammate and quarterback Scott Hall confirmed that Monday afternoon to WFAA.
"At the end of the summers, we always had a run test, and if you passed, we didn't have to run during two-a-days," Hall said. "Mike was struggling towards the end of it, and I started running backward to motivate him to catch up, and I failed the run test because of that."
Hall laughed; it was the only time he failed a test like that during his entire collegiate career at UNT. But he didn't mind because Hickmon was a teammate he considered a great friend.
When Hall spoke with WFAA on Monday, that memory is nothing but bittersweet, considering Hickmon was gunned down Saturday evening while coaching a youth football game in Lancaster.
"To find out he was killed, someone who was part of your life and part of a team you were on, it's still kind of shocking and hasn't quite sunk in all the way," Hall said.
"It's just a horrible thing."
Per Lancaster PD, opposing coaching staff during the game got into a physical altercation which led to gunfire.
Hickmon, 43, was shot and killed as a result.
The sole suspect, 39-year-old Yaqub Talib, was charged with murder in connection to the event.
Talib booked himself into the Dallas County Jail on Monday afternoon.
He's the brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib. Both men were present at the game when the shooting happened.
Hall couldn't believe the news when he heard it.
When the two played, Hickmon was older than him and said he was a leader for younger players tackling starting roles.
"He was a gentle giant and had a lot of great perspectives. He was an outstanding leader to a lot of us younger guys on and off the field," Hall said.
"He always had the right words at the right time to keep everyone on an even keel. He never got too high, and he never got too low when things were going good, or they were going bad."
Former voice of the Mean Green, George Dunham, told WFAA that Hickmon had his day in the sun in November of 2002.
UNT played New Mexico State for the Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Hickmon played fullback that game but caught two touchdowns and ran one in too.
Dunham called the game on the radio and said Hickmon was always a standup player and person.
"He was just a huge part of that day, and I remember being so happy for him, but I also remember how happy his teammates were for him. He really got to shine that day," Dunham said.
"What happened to him was just senseless. When you're around a football team, those relationships really do live on forever. I was on the periphery but still part of the Mean Green family. I feel terrible for his family and have been so sad about it for the past couple of days."
What hurts Hall the most: Hickmon died teaching the sport he loved.
"For his family and kids, it's such a horrible thing," Hall said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/former-unt-quarterback-remembers-slain-youth-football-coach-mike-hickmon/287-fc46df65-66d4-41f0-936f-e227b2bfbc88 | 2022-08-16T03:59:01 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/former-unt-quarterback-remembers-slain-youth-football-coach-mike-hickmon/287-fc46df65-66d4-41f0-936f-e227b2bfbc88 |
ATLANTA — Fire officials are working to recover a body along the Chattahoochee River Monday night.
11Alive has a crew at the scene where several Atlanta Fire Rescue trucks were spotted just before 10 p.m. at the 2200-block of West Wesley Road NW in Atlanta's Paces neighborhood.
Cobb County Fire said it has provided a boat team to help with the search.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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Two redevelopment agreements would use a total of nearly $10 million in tax-increment financing — one for apartments where the Bishop Heights shopping center is and another for an apartment building near 48th and Holdrege streets.
Plans for redeveloping the Bishop Heights shopping center include three phases — and three different developers — that will ultimately include building about 230 luxury apartments, turning the old Shopko that anchored the shopping center for years into new commercial space, possibly with a 150-room hotel, adding new office space and making significant trail enhancements along bike trails that run along the east and north portions of the property.
On Monday, the Lincoln City Council considered a redevelopment agreement for the first phase — the apartments and some of the trail improvements, which will cost about $48 million and would use $6.5 million in tax-increment financing.
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Tax-increment financing, or TIF, allows developers to use future property taxes generated by projects to pay for certain upfront costs.
The entire project will cost nearly $90 million, and will redevelop the shopping center, which has remained nearly vacant since Shopko closed in 2019 and the retailer declared bankruptcy. A Wells Fargo bank branch and an Arby’s remain there, and the fast-food restaurant is interested in updating its building.
Dan Marvin, director of the city's urban development department, said discussions about the project began before the pandemic.
"These things don't magically get put together," he said, especially a project like this that includes more than one developer.
EPC Real Estate Group, an Overland Park, Kansas-based company, plans to build a five-story, 230-unit luxury apartment complex.
RED Development, which owns the building that used to house Shopko and other businesses, plans to demolish it and develop either 70,000 square feet of commercial space with retail shops, restaurants and offices, or 50,000 square feet of commercial space and a hotel.
White Development Co. owns the former U.S. Bank branch building on the northwest part of the site, which it plans to demolish and develop into one larger office building or two smaller ones, with a maximum of 45,000 square feet of space.
During a public hearing on the redevelopment agreement for the apartments, Marvin said that instead of including affordable units in what will be a high-end development, the developer agreed to contribute $2,500 per unit — what will be about $500,000 — for the city to use for affordable housing. It could be used to rehab existing apartments or for new development.
Two bike trails run adjacent to the land, and developers plan to make significant trail upgrades, including adding three new sidewalk connections to both the Helen Boosalis and Rock Island trails from the apartments and commercial areas, additional landscaping and building shared trailhead parking stalls and installing bike racks along the south side of the property, where the Rock Island Trail runs along Nebraska 2.
TIF dollars will be used for those trail enhancements, including additional connections to the trail that will encourage people to come into the commercial parts of the development, Marvin said.
Some neighbors have expressed concerns about the potential for increased traffic, but a traffic study submitted with the plans shows that while traffic would increase in the morning, it would drop by 28% in the evening and by 18% overall.
The council also considered a redevelopment agreement for 115 market-rate apartments at 48th and Aylesworth streets, the second phase of a project that includes another apartment building just to the south at 48th and Holdrege streets.
The redevelopment agreement includes using $3.2 million in tax-increment financing for the second phase of the project, which includes the apartment building that will be bounded by 48th, 49th, Aylesworth and Martin streets.
It will include 23 studio apartments, 19 alcove apartments (with more separation for beds), 45 one-bedroom and 28 two-bedroom apartments. There also will be 122 surface parking stalls and nine single-stall garages.
The apartment building will look similar to the apartment building just to the south, but will have apartments, not commercial space, on the first floor, because there’s more demand for apartments than commercial space.
TIF dollars will be used for energy efficiencies, including solar panels, charging stations for electric cars and more bike storage, Marvin said. The developer also will work with StarTran to make improvements to the nearby bus stop, to encourage alternative modes of transportation.
The second phase will expand the planned unit development approved in 2016 for the first apartment building by a little more than 2 acres. The land now has a number of old commercial buildings on it and they will be removed.
The council will vote on both agreements Aug. 22. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nearly-10m-in-tif-planned-bishop-heights-redevelopment-northeast-lincoln-apartments/article_74f9a126-5a19-565e-9b12-c104ffe11b36.html | 2022-08-16T04:03:08 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nearly-10m-in-tif-planned-bishop-heights-redevelopment-northeast-lincoln-apartments/article_74f9a126-5a19-565e-9b12-c104ffe11b36.html |
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KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — For more than four decades, Stephen and Patty Edens have lived in the Campbells Creek area of Kanawha County.
“We’ve never had anything close to this before,” Stephen Edens said.
On Monday, they awoke panicked as floodwaters rushed through their yards, destroying everything in sight.
“Of course, we thought everything was gone,” Stephen Edens said. “We even thought the house would be gone.”
He said things in the garage were not spared, and their home was salvaged from flood waters, but only by inches.
“Matter of fact, it was probably the hardest rain I’ve ever seen,” Stephen Edens said.
As he recalled the events, he said the only bridge to their home was covered in so much debris that not even rescue crews could get to them.
“Like I said, they were in panic mode because my mom and dad are elderly, and of course there’s only one way out, and that’s across this bridge, and it was completely covered with debris and things,” said Anita Carfagna, daughter of Stephen and Patty Edens.
Just as fast as the floodwaters came, so did the people rushing in to help, once they could reach the home on Point Lick drive.
“It started going down, and all these wonderful people showed up,” Stephen Edens said. “So, it’s great to have neighbors like this. I mean it’s just amazing actually.”
One of their neighbors, Terena Bryant-Ratliff, has lived there for 18 years. She said she was among 30 other people who helped the elderly couple.
“We emptied out their garage, had to take everything out,” Bryant-Ratliff said. “I think it’s amazing we’re not only cleaning it up and making it look a little better, we’re cleaning it up and making it look like it used to.”
Carfagna was overwhelmed by the community’s response. She said, “A lot of this is our family, but then the neighbors, you know, we don’t even have to make a phone call, they just come out and they just help.”
Knowing that what was lost can be replaced, the Edens are grateful, but most of all humbled.
“Even though it’s a bad situation, it’s also very humbling as well because of all the support and help that we have,” Carfagna said. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/campbells-creek-community-comes-together-to-help-elderly-couple/ | 2022-08-16T04:28:28 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/campbells-creek-community-comes-together-to-help-elderly-couple/ |
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Fayette County was hit hard by flooding on Monday.
13 News reporter Lane Ball went to the area to talk with residents about what they experienced.
Community members in the Fayette County town of Smithers have rushed to support each other during this time.
Locals say the water came up higher than usual, and several people had to be water rescued.
The West Virginia Division of Highways says this area suffered significant shoulder washouts and two partial road washouts.
The water also damaged a small bridge, making it difficult for neighbors to get across.
While the cleanup efforts continue, volunteers at a local temporary shelter tried to get supplies out as soon as possible. Supplies were available for pickup until 8 p.m. on Monday.
Crews are working to remove debris and open drainage systems, and this could take days, according to Smithers Mayor Anne Cavalier. City and county officials are assessing damages and what they will cost to repair. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cleanup-begins-after-flooding-in-fayette-county/ | 2022-08-16T04:28:34 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cleanup-begins-after-flooding-in-fayette-county/ |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — To promote the adoption of puppies and kittens, the City of Fayetteville passed an ordinance in July banning the retail sale of them.
"Concerned with a pet store being opened up in Fayetteville," said City of Fayetteville Attorney, Kit Williams.
Petland recently opened its doors off Joyce Blvd. in Fayetteville and is selling puppies.
"Which is their legal right to do so now," Williams said. "The ordinance will not be effective until this weekend."
In a statement to 5NEWS, Petland franchise owners Ryan and Samantha Boyle wrote in part: "Petland Fayetteville is an open Retail Pet Store, registered with the Arkansas Department of Health, and fully compliant with Arkansas law."
Williams says he is now suggesting the city council postpone when the ordinance goes into effect.
"We discovered a new state law that was passed last year," said Williams said. "That is ambiguous but gives me a little bit of concern."
HB1883, also known as the 'Working Animal Protection Act,' states "An ordinance or resolution shall not be enacted by a 33 municipality that terminates, bans, effectively bans, or creates an undue 34 hardship relating to the job or use of a working animal or animal enterprise 35 in commerce, service, legal hunting, agriculture, husbandry, transportation, 36 ranching, entertainment, education, or exhibition.'
Williams says that gives the city two options.
"Maybe we ought to postpone the effective date of this while I can negotiate with Petland a little bit about that and the other thing that could happen is at Petland has threatened to sue us and they could file suit and then ask for a temporary training or a preliminary injunction,” said Williams
Petland says in its statement said:
"Its focus will always be ensuring the health and safety of its animals and it hopes to continue working with Fayetteville toward that end. While that happens, any comment on prospective litigation is premature."
"As city attorney, I want to do what the city council wants to do and the mayor wants to do," Williams said. "But I also want to make sure we follow state law."
Williams says as of now, the decision to postpone the ordinance from taking effect is up to the Fayetteville City Council. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/fayettevilles-banning-retail-sale-puppies-s-take-effect-this-week-could-be-postponed/527-9be51ec4-5f75-4f25-add2-b2dca70ab3fe | 2022-08-16T04:29:06 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/fayettevilles-banning-retail-sale-puppies-s-take-effect-this-week-could-be-postponed/527-9be51ec4-5f75-4f25-add2-b2dca70ab3fe |
RIVERVIEW, Fla. — August 15, 2021, will forever be engrained in every Afghan's life.
One year later, the Taliban declared the day a national holiday after re-claiming power there. It's a day marked by trauma, anger and fear for those who call the country home.
"We call this day the black day. The 15th of Aug. is the black day for the people of Afghanistan," Zainab Shayan said.
She and her husband remember it like it was yesterday. They were still in the country, prepared to fight the Taliban.
"I get a call from my commander and he told me there's nothing to fight with them. Just save your life," Ruhullah Shayan said.
Both he and his wife served in the Afghan army and had contact with top U.S. officials. They knew they would be killed and had to take their two kids out of the country.
"It is clear, if we were now in Afghanistan, me and my husband would not be alive. My daughter and my son will be without us, alone, no education, no family, not anything. I don't want to think about those days," Zainab said.
Like thousands of other Afghans, the family rushed to the airport in Kabul, trying to catch a flight out. They documented each moment in case they were killed.
"We already was so scared and afraid. We hid our kids to just save their life," Ruhullah said.
After close encounters with death, the family was finally able to catch a flight and land in the U.S.
"I just shouted and said 'yes, there is a U.S. soldier and now we are safe,'" Zainab said.
In December 2021, the family finally found their new home in the Tampa Bay area. A home in Riverview is their peace and safe haven. The host family that helped them get here is a photograph on the wall and Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services is helping them all adapt.
"We feel the peace. We want to use the peace and we wish this for our country too," Ruhullah said.
As they look back at their memories, the Shayan's know they're blessed to both be working and have their kids in school. Ruhullah wants to serve again, but this time in the U.S. military.
"The Taliban, they are terrorists. Everywhere we were in Afghanistan we didn't know what would happen to us," Ruhullah said.
They risked their lives to get their family to safety. With thousands still in the country suffering, including the family they left behind, they have hope that one day, things will get better.
"Day by day our people, they are dying. The Taliban are killing our people. Some of them are just dying because they don't have any food. My heart feels the pain of my people and I cannot do anything. I just hope that the peace comes again in my country. It is my big wish for my country," Zainab said.
The Shayan's aren't the only family from Afghanistan being helped by Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services. There are several dozen more from the country and now Ukrainians are coming to the Tampa Bay region for assistance. If you'd like to help them, you can here. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/afghan-family-tampa-bay-area-home-taliban-takeover/67-d8e16fed-b742-4dd3-a98c-fa822e59cf60 | 2022-08-16T04:39:31 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/afghan-family-tampa-bay-area-home-taliban-takeover/67-d8e16fed-b742-4dd3-a98c-fa822e59cf60 |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the first time in months, the national average price for a gallon of unleaded gas is below $4.
The Biden administration is celebrating the progress, but is every claim in the administration's statements about the drop true?
THE QUESTION
Is the drop in the national average gas price over the last two and a half months the biggest in 10 years?
OUR SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, this drop in the national average gas price over the last two and a half months is the biggest in 10 years.
WHAT WE FOUND
Data from the EIA and GasBuddy shows gas prices have been steadily falling for nine straight weeks.
De Haan said it's important to look at how high prices were back then: $5 per gallon the week of June 11.
"In terms of rate of decline, I mean, obviously, that's a feat that's a little bit easier to accomplish when prices had gone up so much," De Haan said. "Now we see the market unwinding some of those gains."
De Haan said over the course of the summer, gas prices fell about two to three cents a day, which is an uncharacteristically high daily decline.
"That might sound pretty mundane, but that's actually one of the more significant decreases that we've seen, because it's an average of 150,000 stations declining several cents a day," De Haan said.
The sharpest and most sustained decline in the U.S. for gas was back in 2008.
"Prices in mid-summer 2008 were $4.10 a gallon," De Haan said. "They ended the year under $2 a gallon. So really, you know, nothing is going to compare."
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A sinkhole opened Thursday evening on a street in east Casper.
The sinkhole developed near the intersection of Eighth Street and Long Lane, police said. It was likely caused by the recent heavy rains.
Public works crews closed streets in the area and were working Thursday night to assess the damage, police said. No other service were being affected.
Authorities asked people to stay out of the area as crews worked. People who live in the area were asked to take alternative routes home.
Because the sinkhole was likely caused by the recent spate of heavy rains, police asked the public to be aware of damage to area roads and to report anything concerning to the city dispatch center at 307-235-8278. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/sinkhole-opens-in-east-casper/article_b47bdb2e-1d0a-11ed-8d51-ffa7c57a320d.html | 2022-08-16T04:47:54 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/sinkhole-opens-in-east-casper/article_b47bdb2e-1d0a-11ed-8d51-ffa7c57a320d.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — Crawling around a two-bedroom apartment on the south side of Indianapolis, 14-month-old Suliaman Sherzad is too young to remember the chaos that was all around him one year ago today.
His mother, Halima, will never forget it.
“It was a black day for all Afghan people,” Halima said through a translator, sitting on a couch, Suliaman at her feet.
A year ago, Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul fell under the control of the Taliban.
“No one can forget those days,” Halima said.
Least of all the 25-year-old mother, who had just given birth four weeks earlier to Suliaman, her first child.
Suliaman had been born with heart issues, and Halima and her husband, Sohail, had a choice to make: Stay and have Halima give up any rights she had as a woman under the Taliban, or leave, saying goodbye to their families and the only home they’d ever known - and with only the clothes on their backs.
The couple chose the latter.
“They will not let us go to school or to work,” Halima said of the Taliban. “We can’t live now in Afghanistan, we have to go somewhere."
Reaching their destination safely, though, was not guaranteed, as the family fought to even get to the airport in Kabul that week. Halima says they were stopped and questioned several times by the Taliban.
“The Taliban, they pushed me, and they pushed Suliaman, and Suliaman was falling down, and I hold him from his feet,” Halima recalled, breaking into tears at the memory.
She also thinks about another moment she said she’ll never forget, and what she says a Taliban member said to her when she asked for water because she was thirsty.
“Womans are destroying the world,” Halima said he told her, before refusing to give her anything to drink.
That day, Halima said, it felt like the world where she had counted on raising her son was being destroyed before her eyes, and the only way out was on a crowded plane, then a refugee camp for several weeks in Qatar before finally making it to Indiana last September.
Nearly a year later, the infant from that journey is standing up, almost ready to walk on his own. Halima watches her son growing every day in his new home and wonders about her own parents, who she said are hiding from the Taliban.
“I’m trying to make good memories for Suliaman here, and I’m really worried about my family, my dad. I miss my mom,” she said.
This new mother knows, though, that this is home now, even if it doesn’t always feel like it.
“We have to accept it," she said. "We have to accept here is our home.”
Indiana is where her Suliaman will grow up, knowing of Afghanistan only from his parents’ stories.
“He has to know about his country,” Halima said, adding she wants her son to know this country, too.
“He should help people like the American people help us, so in this point, I want Suliaman to be as an American,” she said. “The future is here."
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Preliminary autopsy results released Monday for the three victims of a house explosion in a southern Indiana neighborhood show they died of blunt force trauma and compression asphyxia.
A married couple who lived at the center of the Wednesday explosion in Evansville, 43-year-old Charles Hite and 37-year-old Martina Hite, both died of blunt force trauma to their chests, and 29-year-old neighbor Jessica Teague died of compression asphyxia, the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office said in a news release.
Final autopsy reports and toxicology are pending, Chief Deputy Coroner David Anson said in the news release.
The explosion injured a fourth person and damaged 39 homes, leaving 11 uninhabitable, authorities have said.
A statement Monday by the Evansville Fire Department said the investigation is still in its early stages and likely will be lengthy.
“The very slow methodical process of the investigation started this morning,” EFD Division Chief Mike Larson said in the release. “The Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office is leading this investigation and the Evansville Fire Department is assisting. Several Insurance investigators have been in town and the Evansville Police Department is assisting with interviews as they are needed, along with site security,”
Suzanne Dabkowski, a spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said last week thast the agency can’t speak to any possible causes of the explosion. Dabkowski said the ATF has explosive specialists and firearms investigators on-site in Evansville who were helping with the investigation.
Evansville authorities have declined to speculate whether natural gas or another issue is responsible for the explosion.
Evansville is along Indiana’s border with Kentucky. The blast left debris that included wooden boards, window glass and insulation strewn over a 100-foot radius.
CenterPoint Energy, the local gas utility, has said it was working with fire officials and other agencies as the investigation continues. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/evansville-house-explosion-victims-cause-of-death-trauma-asphyxia/531-2e470bef-16ca-4816-b25c-cc21b2e2dcb9 | 2022-08-16T04:49:45 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/evansville-house-explosion-victims-cause-of-death-trauma-asphyxia/531-2e470bef-16ca-4816-b25c-cc21b2e2dcb9 |
LANCASTER, Texas — Sometimes, running on a football field didn't always come easy for former University of North Texas fullback Mike Hickmon.
His ex-teammate and quarterback Scott Hall confirmed that Monday afternoon to WFAA.
"At the end of the summers, we always had a run test, and if you passed, we didn't have to run during two-a-days," Hall said. "Mike was struggling towards the end of it, and I started running backward to motivate him to catch up, and I failed the run test because of that."
Hall laughed; it was the only time he failed a test like that during his entire collegiate career at UNT. But he didn't mind because Hickmon was a teammate he considered a great friend.
When Hall spoke with WFAA on Monday, that memory is nothing but bittersweet, considering Hickmon was gunned down Saturday evening while coaching a youth football game in Lancaster.
"To find out he was killed, someone who was part of your life and part of a team you were on, it's still kind of shocking and hasn't quite sunk in all the way," Hall said.
"It's just a horrible thing."
Per Lancaster PD, opposing coaching staff during the game got into a physical altercation which led to gunfire.
Hickmon, 43, was shot and killed as a result.
The sole suspect, 39-year-old Yaqub Talib, was charged with murder in connection to the event.
Talib booked himself into the Dallas County Jail on Monday afternoon.
He's the brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib. Both men were present at the game when the shooting happened.
Hall couldn't believe the news when he heard it.
When the two played, Hickmon was older than him and said he was a leader for younger players tackling starting roles.
"He was a gentle giant and had a lot of great perspectives. He was an outstanding leader to a lot of us younger guys on and off the field," Hall said.
"He always had the right words at the right time to keep everyone on an even keel. He never got too high, and he never got too low when things were going good, or they were going bad."
Former voice of the Mean Green, George Dunham, told WFAA that Hickmon had his day in the sun in November of 2002.
UNT played New Mexico State for the Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Hickmon played fullback that game but caught two touchdowns and ran one in too.
Dunham called the game on the radio and said Hickmon was always a standup player and person.
"He was just a huge part of that day, and I remember being so happy for him, but I also remember how happy his teammates were for him. He really got to shine that day," Dunham said.
"What happened to him was just senseless. When you're around a football team, those relationships really do live on forever. I was on the periphery but still part of the Mean Green family. I feel terrible for his family and have been so sad about it for the past couple of days."
What hurts Hall the most: Hickmon died teaching the sport he loved.
"For his family and kids, it's such a horrible thing," Hall said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/former-unt-quarterback-remembers-slain-youth-football-coach-mike-hickmon/287-fc46df65-66d4-41f0-936f-e227b2bfbc88 | 2022-08-16T04:53:37 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/former-unt-quarterback-remembers-slain-youth-football-coach-mike-hickmon/287-fc46df65-66d4-41f0-936f-e227b2bfbc88 |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A Tri-Cities business has announced that it will be closing its doors for good.
The Columbian Coffee Exchange posted to Facebook to say that due to rising costs, and the inability to find staff, they will be closing.
The company says that many small businesses are struggling to survive in the current economy.
“Colombian Coffee has brought us many friendships that we will take with us. Our customers became family, and we will miss each one of you all,” the company writes in the post.
The post adds that their truck will still make appearances in local festivals, and concludes by thanking customers for their business over the last three years. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/columbian-coffee-exchange-closing-permanently/ | 2022-08-16T05:02:53 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/columbian-coffee-exchange-closing-permanently/ |
Wendy's employee charged with murder after customer was struck in the head
Antoine Kendrick is being charged with second degree murder after a man was struck in the head in a Prescott Valley fast food restaurant on July 26. The man died on Aug. 5.
According to the Prescott Valley Police Department, around 4:45 p.m. an altercation occurred in Prescott Valley near North Glassford Hill Road involving a Wendy's employee and a customer.
Officials said a customer complained about his food order when Kendrick, a Wendy's employee, came from behind the service counter and struck the customer in the head.
This caused the customer to fall to the floor and lose consciousness, according to officials.
The customer, a 67-year-old Dewey resident, was air-lifted to a Valley hospital where he was in critical condition until Aug. 5, officials said.
Kendrick was arrested and booked under the charge of aggravated assault.
Reach Breaking News Reporter Jodicee Arianna at Jodicee.Harris@gannett.com. Support local journalism, subscribe to https://www.azcentral.com/. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/08/15/wendys-employee-charged-second-degree-murder/10334964002/ | 2022-08-16T05:09:33 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/08/15/wendys-employee-charged-second-degree-murder/10334964002/ |
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BOISE — Many Idahoans watched with shock last August as the Taliban swiftly took over Afghanistan. The year since has been hard for some Afghan people in the Treasure Valley whose families still aren’t out of the region.
Boise resident Homeyra Shams last year told the Idaho Press her older sister and niece were still in Afghanistan. On Friday, Shams said her relatives were now in Pakistan but their immigration case had been denied.
“We are trying to help as much as we could help people in Afghanistan. But also we are so helpless that we cannot help our own family in there,” Shams said. “...We don’t have an answer for the future. We don’t know what’s going on.”
Shams fled Kabul when she was a toddler after the Taliban first took over.
Under Taliban rule, women were almost entirely banned from education and couldn’t leave their homes without a man, as previously reported. The Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, according to Congress.
The United States invaded Afghanistan in fall 2001 after Congress almost unanimously authorized military force in response to 9/11.
Former President George W. Bush launched attacks against al-Qaida and the Taliban after al-Qaida planned the 9/11 attack from bases within Afghanistan. The Taliban declined to turn over al-Qaida leaders.
The United States started nation building, University of Idaho Emeritus Professor of History Rick Spence told the Idaho Press last year.
Then, the Taliban quickly surged last summer and took the country in just over a week.
Tens of thousands of Afghan people who helped the United States were left behind, NBC News reported. A suicide bomber attacked at the airport, killing 13 U.S. service members. The chaotic American departure was a disaster for the Biden administration.
Multiple news outlets have reported on the restrictions since August 2021. In the year since, women again have been sent home from some jobs and barred from education past a certain level. The Taliban banned music. Beards are mandatory for government workers, and last September the Taliban told certain hairdressers they are not allowed to trim beards.
Women can no longer play sports. And 95% of Afghan people are not getting enough to eat, according to the United Nations. However, the New York Times reported that Afghanistan is largely at peace.
Shams said she has heard through family about the emotional impact of the situation in Afghanistan. She’s heard stories of young women and men who die by suicide because of what is going on and what they lost.
“Before they had hope, they were going to college and they lost all that,” Shams said. “A lot of younger people are committing suicides because of what their hope was. They were believing that they are going to college and they will have a better life….All of a sudden, everything has stopped for them.”
Her family in Pakistan is struggling as well. Without a visa, Shams and her family cannot send money. The family in Pakistan has one room they live in. They don’t know anybody. They don’t speak the language. Shams’ niece used to be in college and Shams’ sister lost her job as a doctor at a hospital. Shams’ sister also has diabetes.
Meridian resident Ramin Amini told the Idaho Press last August that his parents were still in Afghanistan.
On Friday, he said he was still working on their documents and that he was told his parents need to go through another country first. His parents are doing good, he said, but his dad mostly stays home and doesn’t go outside.
“They’re really in a bad situation,” Amini said. “The problem right now in Afghanistan is there is no U.S. Embassy. It’s very hard to get a passport for them.”
In the past year, Idaho has welcomed around 500 refugees from Afghanistan, according to Holly Beech, Idaho Office for Refugees communications manager.
Those who evacuated went through a “pretty arduous journey,” she said. Although many are grateful there’s also broken hearts from leaving family behind.
“It’s like in the moment of crisis and danger, you do what you do to get out and you’re operating off adrenaline and then comes the journey of adjusting to this new reality and building a new life,” Beech said.
Many who came were granted humanitarian parole, she said. However, humanitarian parole does not come with a pathway to permanent residency which is creating more anxiety.
There is federal funding available to help refugees from Afghanistan, said Chris Christensen, an immigration attorney and owner of Christensen Legal. Many of it goes to basic necessities but there are funds to help with immigration status.
Once refugees arrive, they are screened to determine the best immigration option, including family-based, asylum, temporary protected status or permanent residence.
The process is not without its challenges. Christensen said he needs an interpreter which adds time to meetings. Plus, many have been traumatized.
“There are very real mental health challenges. There are very real communication challenges,” Christensen said. “There are very, very real concerns about the family members who are still abroad.”
If humanitarian parole is approved, that is not a ticket safely out of Afghanistan, Christensen said.
“That’s a ticket into the U.S.,” Christensen said. “You may have a piece of paper that gives your family permission to enter the United States but unless they can make it safely out of Afghanistan, unfortunately, all that is a piece of paper.”
On Aug. 15, 2021, Afghanistan’s government collapsed. The Taliban entered Kabul as President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
A year later, Shams and Amini are still trying to help their relatives.
“I don’t know how to explain this feeling,” Shams said. “But it’s really hard.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/one-year-after-kabul-fell-local-afghans-reflect/article_b3b931a5-cc3e-5475-9000-857094b30d82.html | 2022-08-16T05:17:27 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/one-year-after-kabul-fell-local-afghans-reflect/article_b3b931a5-cc3e-5475-9000-857094b30d82.html |
MERIDIAN — Meridian has already laid a strong trail system within its community, Christine Richman of the Urban Land Institute said, but there’s more that could be done to improve on existing segments instead of focusing solely on connecting the system.
Three panelists from the institute, which is a nonprofit research and education organization focused on planning for development and land use, presented findings and recommendations to city staff Thursday morning on the city’s Pathways Master Plan.
The institute’s Advisory Services Group will create a report based on the presentation that will include more specific implementation plans, a Meridian Parks and Recreation spokesperson said. This report is expected to be completed and released in the fall, a spokesperson from ULI said.
“Meridian has been quite successful in creating critical mass of pathways along your irrigation system,” Richman, who is also an economic analyst and planner, said during the presentation. “You’re an example for the region in how to do that, and so this is taking things to the next level. These recommendations are focused on building on those successes that you’ve already had.”
To develop the recommendations, the panelists used the city’s established goals with its Pathways Master Plan, which is a guide for long-term trail development to create a “comprehensive network of future pathways that will connect residents to schools, parks, businesses, neighborhoods, and various recreational and entertainment destinations,” the department’s website says.
Equity was a priority, the panelists said, which includes equitable access to the network of the paths. To address this, the city should start with identifying underserved neighborhoods and populations and working to ensure comparable access to the system, said Dan Slone, a panelist with the institute and an attorney.
Shifting the city’s focus from connectivity of paths to more equitable access will open up more opportunities for more grants and funds, Slone said.
As the city goes forward with planning and improving its trail system, the panelists also strongly recommended a further emphasis on its “storytelling.” As the system grows and requires easements on private property to connect different segments, he said, a shared understanding of the system and its purpose and benefit to the community will help pave the way for better partnerships.
“Every resident should be able to understand the system as an entirety,” Slone said. “We have the impression that not everyone does.”
He told city staff that community members need to understand the challenges and the importance of maintenance and beautification of the system.
Panelists heard about “frictions in the system,” he said.
“The future will hold interactions with HOAs for you as they sort of deal with, ‘well, this is on our property but the public is coming through’ … you need to make sure that the story is a shared story of shared expectations,” Slone said.
The panelists recommended implementing a “neighborhood tool kit,” to provide residents with information about the pathway system and get connected with other neighborhoods that may already have a trail on or adjacent to their properties. The tool kit would also serve as an avenue for residents to provide input into the design of potential nearby trails.
Before official connections are made to the trail network, there are temporary solutions that can be made, such as utilizing the Ada County Highway District bike trail system and wayfinding to ensure people can get to destinations throughout the city, the panelists said.
Additionally, the group emphasized the path users’ experience as another priority. Planning should include mindful decisions about signage, stops along the way, hubs to access the trail, and pathway destinations.
Panelist Dan Anderton, who is a planner and architect, said as they looked at the city’s master plan, they noticed that it’s missing a city center. He suggested that a location outside City Hall could become some sort of town square or park, where people could gather and it could act as a central hub for the trail system.
Along existing trails, he recommended city staff look at including more “breakways,” or areas where people could rest alongside the trail. These could include a small shelter for shade, benches, or areas for children to play such as a tricycle track.
The designs for these breakways should involve significant neighborhood and community input, Anderton said. He provided examples of the community hand-painting benches, local artists’ work being displayed or installing small kiosks with local vendors.
“The really important part is that you come up with a way that is memorable, whether it’s a breakway, whether it’s a different nomenclature, but tie everything together so that the story is complete from one end to the other,” Anderton said, “that everybody is aware of what they’re getting into, what they’re looking for, what’s possible.”
As the city moves forward with these plans, the panelists also recommended that policies support the potential for economic development with pathways. Richman said that connecting Meridian’s destinations such as downtown, the Village, and Ten Mile will provide opportunities. She also recommended the city create zoning and other tools to encourage development along the trails.
The final report will include long-term and short-term goals and actions the city can take to implement the recommendations.
Parks Director Steve Siddoway said his department was provided with an opportunity to work with the institute about a year ago and he appreciated the outside expert perspective. He also acknowledged the challenges his limited staff will have when it comes to implementing the ideas in a timely manner.
“We are committed to pathways,” Siddoway told the panelists. “We do want to move forward, and that’s the reason why we accepted the opportunity and invited ULI to come and give us some advice, because we do value outside opinions. We do want to take that feedback and make what we do better.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/uli-presents-pathway-recommendations-for-meridian-trail-system/article_00896fab-298f-5f73-a36e-503e1e7247be.html | 2022-08-16T05:17:33 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/uli-presents-pathway-recommendations-for-meridian-trail-system/article_00896fab-298f-5f73-a36e-503e1e7247be.html |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Classes have resumed for most of Arkansas, and as students head back to school, some parents have been taking on a bigger role in keeping track of their children.
They've been doing so with wearable tracking technology.
Jade Culp, mom of 2nd grader Zeke Culp at E-Stem Elementary in Little Rock made the decision to buy a T-Mobile smartwatch for kids. The watch has allowed her to track Zeke's location, and it has also allowed him the ability to call and text a few select numbers.
She explained that the smartwatch came in handy during the first week of school this year after Zeke left through the wrong door.
"I'm at work, panicking. And then he's like crying...and I texted him. I was like, stay where you are, and he read the watch, and he stayed where he was...We were able to get him because I could see him on the watch on the app," Culp said.
Ron Self, the Safety and Security Director for Little Rock School District explained that this type of limited communication technology isn't new, but has gained popularity in recent years. Specifically in devices like watches and AirTags, as well as apps like Life360.
"Anything that parents can do to do their part to keep their kids safe, I think it's a great thing," Self said.
But he added that parents should still feel secure with the safety measures the district already has in place.
"The Little Rock School District... is fortunate enough to not only have a large security department, but a very great partnership with LRPD, as well," Self explained.
Culp did admit she had some hesitation with the use of the smartwatch at first but said that she stands by her decision. "At first, it made me feel like that overbearing helicopter mom... but it helped so much..." Culp also said, "What if it was like a situation where he was kidnapped or school shooting... I want him to be able to text me call me tell me what's going on."
Self explained that communication devices such as the kids smartwatch are a personal family choice he also expressed some caution, "...remember that, that may not always work, you know, during an emergency situation, and to trust that the district is keeping their best interest in mind."
There are still some technology-free ways to help keep kids safe in school this year and every year.
"Little things like making sure kids know their phone numbers and addresses...If they see something don't be scared to tell an adult and let us know what's going on," Self explained.
Whether you have made the choice to track your children via technology or not, the top priority for everyone will still be to make sure they are kept safe.
"It's nice to have that extra security. And I don't care how much that watch would have cost. I'm super glad we have it," Culp said. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/parents-safety-tech-track-kids-in-school/91-9a97f049-bcaa-405d-ac63-7de79f4d4d53 | 2022-08-16T05:23:27 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/parents-safety-tech-track-kids-in-school/91-9a97f049-bcaa-405d-ac63-7de79f4d4d53 |
WATERLOO — A pilot program to return roaming cats to the outdoors after they're captured will not go forward.
In a 5-2 vote, the City Council opposed a trial run of the proposed community cat program. Councilors Rob Nichols and Ray Feuss voted in favor.
It would have been run through the Cedar Bend Humane Society and Animal Control Services. Free-roaming cats taken into the shelter would’ve been spayed or neutered and given shots before being released back into the wild. The idea was to decrease the number of cats who go through the shelter, and to lower the number of euthanizations.
The trial would have reduced the cost the city pays for every cat brought in the shelter from $55.62 down to $52.
Once in the shelter, the cats would’ve been eartipped to show they had been spayed and neutered and vaccinated against rabies. The ear tip would’ve also signified the cat does not need to be brought back to the shelter.
Councilor Dave Boesen brought up an Iowa law that states a person cannot release domestic animals into the wild. Sandie Greco, traffic operations director, said city staff looked at the state code and thought it wouldn’t be a problem to enforce the trial. If people in a neighborhood did not want a roaming cat back in their area, Greco said the shelter would keep it.
Boesen also noted he is worried about the number of birds that cats kill.
Resident Forest Dillavou spoke up about the issue, saying outdoor cats have been a nuisance in his experience.
Such cats defecated and urinated in his children’s sand boxes when they were growing up as well as in his wife’s garden beds – which could potentially give her health issues, he said.
“If I trap them again, I’ll probably take them somewhere else,” Dillavou said.
Landing fees are now waived for American Airlines’ planes that have more than 65 seats at the Waterloo Regional Airport. Airport director, Keith Kaspari said this would encourage the airline to bring in larger airplanes. Currently, Waterloo only has 50-seat planes that come through the facility.
A public hearing will be set for Sept. 6 to discuss amending the city’s current sewer revenue capital loan program with a note to authorize a project through a state revolving fund. Mayor Quentin Hart said the fund is a low interest type of loan to help with projects.
The city approved an agreement with Honeywell International, Inc. for developing its Smart City Strategic Plan. Hart said Honeywell will help officials find one or two strategies that the community is passionate about and then help the city find grants and money to fund additional projects.
That conversation is scheduled to happen during a Finance & Business Operations Committee meeting at about 5:45 p.m. Monday inside the Community Center, 528 Main St.
The request was for Parks & Rec commissioners to “work with the group to encourage the City Council to approve spending by the city of $8 million,” a hike from the original $5.1 million.
He’ll be the lead speaker Aug. 20 at the second annual Bremer County Republican Party’s “Summer Grill and Chill” at the Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School, 501 Heritage Way. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/community-cat-program-voted-down-by-waterloo-council/article_f8063c49-636a-5518-9129-262d773a0421.html | 2022-08-16T05:23:51 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/community-cat-program-voted-down-by-waterloo-council/article_f8063c49-636a-5518-9129-262d773a0421.html |
Expanding existing jail one option for new Shasta County rehabilitation center
Shasta County might not have to look far to build a new jail.
Acting County Executive Officer Patrick Minturn has mapped out an alternative that would expand the existing jail by incorporating the current Shasta County Courthouse, which will be vacated early next year when the new courthouse across the street opens.
An expansion could save the county on the cost to build a new jail and rehabilitation center that Minturn says could cost up to $400 million for an 800-bed facility, which he characterizes as realistically meeting the county’s future needs.
“One advantage of the existing site is we might be able to add the already 480 (jail) beds in service. So, when you add 200 to 300 beds to the existing location, now you get more in the ballpark, something more affordable,” Minturn said. “These are the kinds of numbers (to consider). We need to go in with our eyes wide open to what we are looking at here.”
Minturn, though, emphasized that Shasta County supervisors will have the final word on an appropriate site for a new jail.
He will give supervisors an update on the new jail during Tuesday’s board meeting, which starts at 9 a.m.
In May, supervisors voted unanimously to allocate $25 million of the $35 million from the American Recovery Plan Act money the county is receiving toward the construction of a jail.
Supervisors have been told that it would cost $100 million to $125 million for a new jail and rehabilitation center. Former county executive officer Matt Pontes had said the new jail facility could be built with a combination of county general fund dollars, state and federal funds and possibly bond funds.
Minturn said the state budget has a surplus “and part of the plan would be to work with our state elected officials (Assemblywoman Megan Dahle and Senator Brian Dahle) to pursue potential funding for nice things that could be in a new facility, (such as) the more rehabilitative elements."
He added that the state “takes a hard line funding new jail cells. But more progressive elements, they might participate.”
In a report to Shasta County supervisors, Minturn maps out a complex that would stretch from the existing jail to the current courthouse on the west side of Court Street in downtown Redding.
The county owns the properties east of the jail where probation, the public defender and county fleet maintenance operate.
“These facilities serve their present purpose but could readily be replaced nearby. Yuba Street and the alley can be vacated. Taken together, the county owns a large block of land,” Minturn states in his report.
What’s more, all the utilities are in place and there are few apparent environmental obstacles there, Minturn said.
New jails built in California in recent years have cost about $300,000 per bed, but Minturn said those projects were done before the COVID-19 pandemic. Minturn estimates the cost now would be $500,000 per bed.
Talk of a new jail comes at a time when the county can’t keep the current jail fully staffed. Sheriff Michael Johnson in late July had to close one floor of the jail due to critical staffing shortages.
When news of the closure broke, the Record Searchlight asked Johnson how the county would be able to get more workers for a bigger jail if it can’t staff the smaller jail it has. He said it depends on whether the new jail is constructed using a new linear design or uses a vertical design, like the one operating now.
Johnson explained a bigger jail with a linear design might need less staff.
“You can design them to supervise more beds and more inmates with less staffing because of how they’re set up, with the pods and the separation and the indirect supervision vs. direct supervision. So, we would be able to do it,” he said.
Johnson added: “Now, if you’re talking about adding on to the current jail, like another proposal that’s coming up — um, good question. I don’t know how. Because you’d still be operating the current jail we have and then an addition to that, which would be more staffing and that would be problematic.”
In early 2017, Shasta County supervisors pulled the plug on a 64-bed jail expansion after concerns were raised that the county did not have the money to operate the facility. That decision was made three months before ground was to be broken on the project.
Reporter Michele Chandler contributed to this story.
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ODESSA, Texas — Stuffed animals, balloons and flowers, all left on a fence to honor Azaria Williams. The 11-year-old was tragically killed on Saturday when her family's mobile home burned down.
"We ask for all the prayers and thoughts to be with this family at this time," said Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis. "What a tragedy, it’s certainly sad."
Now ECSO is doing what they can to help.
"We’re on a mission to raise some funds for this family," said Griffis. "They lost everything, and the house was lost, along with the loved one, and there’s gonna be expenses moving forward for those folks, so we’re gonna try to raise money for them to make it as easy as we can going forward for those people."
This incident has an especially personal connection to the department.
"We’ve known these people 30 to 40 years," said Griffis.
Williams' grandfather served the department for 40 years. Her aunt, Lt. Perkins, is still on the force and was one of the first on the scene.
"I was actually at the bank this morning with Lt. Perkins, and getting this account established," said Griffis.
The Sheriff said they're doing this because to them it is about family.
"They’re very grateful and they’re part of our family here, so when they tell us thank you, I tell them no thanks needed," said Griffis. "That’s what family does."
With the donations from the public, the hope is that just a little kindness will help a family who needs it now more than ever.
"Their house was lost, their clothes, everything they own is gone, and there’s no limit, we’re gonna try to help them as much we can," said Griffis. "Reestablish them somewhere and get them going again."
Accounts have been set up at Southwest Heritage Credit Union for the family of Misty Perkins Williams.
Both savings and checking accounts have been established in Misty Perkins Williams' name. The Saving account number is 15136907 and the checking account number is 10178523.
A monetary donation box has also been placed in the Ector County Sheriff’s Office main lobby.
There will be a car wash on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the parking lot of La Playa. All donations will go to Williams' family. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/monetary-donations-being-collected-for-odessa-family-affected-by-mobile-home-fire/513-2fc7cb93-9e64-452a-b00f-365147d2fd93 | 2022-08-16T05:41:28 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/monetary-donations-being-collected-for-odessa-family-affected-by-mobile-home-fire/513-2fc7cb93-9e64-452a-b00f-365147d2fd93 |
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Safety concerns in one of Georgia's biggest school districts are causing a switch-up in the schedule for the first football games of the season. Instead of Friday night lights, the highly-anticipated rivalry games for the Clayton County school district will be played under the sun Saturday afternoon.
For some parents, students, and employees, this is a sigh of relief. Catherine Ornelas works at Mundy's Mill High School as a Behavior Intervention Specialist.
"It can be exciting, but behavior change… the new world is very different after COVID. So certain social, emotional skills, some students are delayed on or even the parents," she said.
Ornelas also has a son who attends a high school in the county.
"I'm not just speaking for Clayton County, but through schools, when you have rivalries, it can be crazy. All it takes is one person to kind of show out and you have a disaster waiting to happen," she said.
The game between Lovejoy High School and Mundy's Mill High School was rescheduled from Friday at 7 p.m. to Saturday at 1 p.m.
Saturday's North Clayton and Riverdale High School game was rescheduled from 7 p.m. to noon.
"I'm aware of things that are occurring even in the news with surrounding counties. There's an uptick, even in violence at youth football games. So I feel like they are taking the necessary precautions to make sure that our students and the community are safe," Ornelas added.
Betty Pattilo agrees. She said times have changed, and districts should be adapting. Her two kids graduated from Clayton County schools about 20 years ago and her grandson is currently in high school there.
"When I pick him up, he always says they have fights every day, that he don't even want to go to school. He wants to go back to virtual. It's not safe at no time of day now. Not even in the day nor night. But I think the day would be safer," she said.
Ornelas said her students understand why this is being done.
"It's now becoming the norm. For them, just seeing the news, the TikToks and all of that, they pretty much understand the notion of why we're heading in that direction. And that's really just to make sure that we seen for their safety," Ornelas added.
The district adds that school police, school resource officers, and campus resource officers will also provide security at every athletic event and that everyone attending games will only be able to bring one small, clear plastic bag.
Both moms said anything for safety and that they're already used to doing that for sporting events and concerts in Atlanta.
"I'm used to going into the game at State Farm Arena with a clear bag," Pattilo added. "So that's not a problem with me. I'm used to a clear bag." | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clayton-county-high-school-football-games-time-change/85-87dbcf40-6154-4281-94d6-644bab02f307 | 2022-08-16T05:44:22 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clayton-county-high-school-football-games-time-change/85-87dbcf40-6154-4281-94d6-644bab02f307 |
Happy companions Aug 16, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Dani and her dog Jack spend Monday afternoon playing at Shoaff Park. Lilly Fitch | For The Journal Gazette Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Happy companions Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Most Popular Large-scale 'solar farm' in southeast Allen County draws ire Roster unveiled for Komets Alumni Game to support Braydin Lewis Delta to suspend flights from Fort Wayne to Detroit Large-scale solar installation proposal roils east Allen County Fort Wayne City Council revokes company's tax abatement Stocks Market Data by TradingView | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/happy-companions/article_f284a886-1cda-11ed-ba16-9767c22ab27c.html | 2022-08-16T05:48:44 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/happy-companions/article_f284a886-1cda-11ed-ba16-9767c22ab27c.html |
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After Katrina Priest left her abusive then-husband, her youngest daughter withdrew and barely spoke.
Her daughter, Lexi, eventually began to find her voice, through counseling and family support – and a connection with animals.
In 2017, Priest founded an organization to help other children heal from trauma. This year, that organization – Lexi’s Voice – is the Fort Wayne Rotary Club’s nonprofit partner for its Big Easy Fall Fest.
Priest spoke to the Rotary Club meeting at Parkview Field, the same venue that will house the fundraiser from 4:30 until 8 p.m. on Sept. 27. She told the Rotarians about the nonprofit’s work in the community, often through animal-centric therapies.
About 75 children receive packets and lesson plans from Lexi’s Voice, Priest said, and around 35 children actively attend events.held by the organization.
She said the group’s greatest need is volunteers to help with events, which are held throughout the Fort Wayne area. Some of the animal-related outings are held at Blackstone Ranch in southwest Allen County and Hooley horseback riding center.
Lexi’s Voice makes sure to schedule backup plans as well, Priest said, as participants have “had enough disappointment.”
Priest said the program allows children to meet the animals and spend time with the ones they feel most comfortable with.
She spoke to the importance of animals in helping heal from trauma.
“We don’t always have the words,” Priest said. “We do our best, and we use words, but that’s not always what gets through.”
It’s different for every child in the program, Priest said, and Lexi’s Voice is flexible according to each participant’s needs.
“Our lesson plans and our agendas sometimes just get crumpled up, because we didn’t stick to any of it … ,” Priest said. “It’s just about what they need and what they’re going through and how they’re processing it. It’s just being there for them.”
The Rotary’s Big Easy Fall Fest will be at Parkview Field, and tickets cost $50. Proceeds will go to Lexi’s Voice and toward scholarships for Interact students at New Tech High School and Homestead High School. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/lexis-voice-founder-speaks-to-rotary/article_7e0c61d2-1ce0-11ed-95fc-9bdd597dcb9a.html | 2022-08-16T05:48:46 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/lexis-voice-founder-speaks-to-rotary/article_7e0c61d2-1ce0-11ed-95fc-9bdd597dcb9a.html |
Claude Howard Olson
September 22, 1944-August 10, 2022
ST. ANSGAR-Claude Howard Olson, age 77, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, died on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.
Born on September 22, 1944, in Mason City, Iowa to Claude and Ruth (Moen) Olson. He grew up on a farm near Carpenter. He received his education in Carpenter and later graduated from Northwood Kensett High School in 1964. Throughout his life, Claude worked several jobs in Northern Iowa. He enjoyed watching TV and feeding his cats.
Claude is survived by his son, Monty Olson; siblings: Zona (Jim) Cassem, Betty (Kevin) Cichy-Anderson, Mick Belle (Steve), Clara (Doug) Helgeland, Linda (Ron) Klecknor, and Richard Nemiela; close friend and helper, Bruce Loverink; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Preceded in death by his parents.
Graveside service will be 10:00 AM on Monday, August 22, 2022 at Kensett Cemetery in Kensett, Iowa. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/claude-howard-olson/article_9dddefa1-4363-5676-8765-d57a0c6a5263.html | 2022-08-16T05:48:50 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/claude-howard-olson/article_9dddefa1-4363-5676-8765-d57a0c6a5263.html |
David Allen Cahalan
September 30, 1942-August 12, 2022
David Allen Cahalan “Pops” passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. David was born at the Park Hospital in Mason City on September 30, 1942, along with his twin brother Donald, to Marian (Gaard) and Bob Cahalan. Visitation will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion. Celebration of life will be held from 12 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at the Red Cedar Lodge at Wanatee Park.
David grew up in Manly, IA and went to elementary school there. He had a paper route for spending money. His best friend, Dick Stromley, and he were free to ride their bikes or roam the town from one end to the other. One of his favorite spots was a creek about a mile east of town.
In 7th grade the Cahalan clan moved to Mason City where Dave and Don went to Monroe Junior High, then Mason City High School where he become a MoHawk. He helped set two school track records and was the captain of the football team. He received a scholarship to play football and run track at the State College of Iowa (UNI). On June 6, 1964, he married Linda Warner, and they had two sons John (Chris) and Mike Cahalan. They later divorced.
After graduation, he taught two years in Fort Dodge before getting a job and moving to Marion. He taught junior high Industrial Arts, physical education, health, math and Quest at Vernon Middle School. He also coached football, wrestling, boys track, and started the girls track program. He retired in January 1999.
On December 27, 1985, he married Jodi Schoop and became a dad to her three daughters Alison Graham, Vicki Pitstick, and Natalie (Chad) Williams. He has eleven grandkids: Mallorie Kaut, McKenna (Manny) Ochoa, Taylor Cahalan, Sydney Pitstick, Cecilia Pitstick, Cade Williams, Lily Cahalan, Brody Williams, Brady, Asher, and Eli Graham who all called him Pops.
Pops loved to build things, discuss things (the more controversial the better) and to take his kids or anyone on grand adventures. David believed in taking life one day at a time and that tomorrow would be better than today. He was a simple man who loved to do simple things and will be missed by all that knew him.
He is also survived by his siblings Dick (Jeanette), Janan (John) Prohaski, Charlie, John (Ginny), Mick (Debbie), Tom (Sue) Cahalan. He was proceeded in death by his parents, his twin brother Donald, and sons-in-law Russell Pitstick and Steve Graham.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial scholarship will be established through the Marion High School Foundation or donations can be made to Hall Perrine Cancer Center. In his honor you should take your kids, grandkids, or anyone of your choice for a walk in the woods; listen to the birds, skip some rocks on the water and maybe shoot a slingshot.
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Betty Lou Thompson, 91, of Clarion, died Sunday, August 14, 2022. Arrangements: Ewing Funeral Home in Clarion.
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Betty Lou Thompson, 91, of Clarion, died Sunday, August 14, 2022. Arrangements: Ewing Funeral Home in Clarion.
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Elsie Lillian Wilson
August 14, 2022
VENTURA-Elsie Lillian Wilson 100, died Sunday August 14th, 2022 at the Westview Care Center, Britt, Iowa surrounded by her loving family.
A funeral service will be held 1:30 p.m., Sunday August 21st, 2022 at Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 310 1st Ave. North, Clear Lake, IA, 50428; with Pastor Dennis Ganz officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.
Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel 310 1st Ave North, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428. 641-357-2193 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/elsie-lillian-wilson/article_2f07f748-b6dd-5927-9ad9-6282fd6fd918.html | 2022-08-16T05:49:08 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/elsie-lillian-wilson/article_2f07f748-b6dd-5927-9ad9-6282fd6fd918.html |
Harlan Lucas
October 21, 1931-August 1, 2022
Harlan Lucas, 90, passed away Monday, August 1, 2022. Heavenly Grace Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements.
A detailed obituary will be available at www.heavenlygracergv.com.
Harlan Lucas
October 21, 1931-August 1, 2022
Harlan Lucas, 90, passed away Monday, August 1, 2022. Heavenly Grace Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements.
A detailed obituary will be available at www.heavenlygracergv.com.
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Penny L. Claypool
February 1, 1959-, August 13, 2022
MASON CITY-Penny L. Claypool, 63, of Mason City passed away peacefully with family at her side on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the MercyOne North Iowa Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
A Celebration of her life will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 17 at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City, with Rev. Sean Smith of Bethlehem Lutheran Church officiating. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to the service. Penny will be laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, IA. Following the services the family will gather and continue celebrating her life at the Moose Lodge.
Per the family's wishes, please wear casual attire.
Penny Lee Carlson was born February 1, 1959 in Mason City, the daughter of Roger Delano and Shirley Mae (Niles) Carlson. She attended Mason City High School, graduating in 1978. On August 25, 1984 she married Jimmie Lee Claypool; the couple had three sons, Cory, Brock and Zach. Penny was a caretaker. She worked at many care centers around the area, cooking, cleaning and serving as a CNA for many years. Her dedication to her residents was unmatched. She took pride in her work and cared for each one as if they were her own family. This compassion and care was passed down to her children.
Penny was not afraid to show others her true, authentic self. She was confident in herself and never afraid to speak her mind. The love Penny showed for her friends and family was overwhelmingly pure. Her children and grandchildren brought her great joy. She never passed up an opportunity to spend time with her many friends and just spend the afternoon talking. With her two dogs, Tucker and AJ, they enjoyed walks around the neighborhood and local parks. Penny's spark and vibrant personality will be remembered by all who loved her. Her story does not end here.
Those grateful in sharing in Penny's life are her children, Cory (Billie Jo) Claypool of Stephenson, VA, Brock (Angie) Claypool of Des Moines and Zach Claypool of Mason City; grandchildren, Jimmie, Leila and Maya; mother, Shirley Carlson; siblings, Cindy (Chuck) Paulus and Randy (Hong) Carlson; brother-in-law, Steve Harper; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
Preceding Penny in death are her husband, Jim; father, Roger Carlson; a sister, Heidi Harper; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Eileen Carlson; and maternal grandparents, Carrie and Carl Niles.
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel. 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City, IA 50401. 641-423-2372. ColonialChapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/penny-l-claypool/article_65c762e1-1ab6-5684-8c0d-a7ed17a928a7.html | 2022-08-16T05:49:21 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/penny-l-claypool/article_65c762e1-1ab6-5684-8c0d-a7ed17a928a7.html |
Thomas J. Brown
April 1, 1963-August 12, 2022
Thomas J. Brown died doing what he loved, riding his Harley, Friday, August 12, 2022 near Lusk, Wyoming after an unforgettable week-long trip to Sturgis.
A Celebration of his life will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Georgia Handford Park, 2215 S Jersey Ave, Mason City, IA with Mark Doebel officiating.
The family will greet friends and relatives beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the park.
In lieu of customary remembrances, memorials may be directed in care of Tom's family to be given in his honor.
Please come in your favorite riding or Harley gear.
Thomas John Brown was born April 1, 1963 in Wessington Springs, SD, the son of James Simon and Wilma Elaine (Adolphson) Brown. The family soon moved to North Iowa where Tom graduated from Mason City High School in 1981 and continued his education at NIACC in the building trades. On December 31, 1985 Tom married Joy Scofield and the couple had four children, Christopher, Jamie, Daniel and Kayla. They made their home in Mason City where he began his 33 year tenure at Curries.
Tom loved the open road. Whether he was taking a drive alone, or surrounded by family and friends, he found peace on his bike. He was a lifetime member of ABATE and HOG and made countless friends along the ride. Tom truly never met a stranger and could always find something to connect to this new friend. In his younger years, Tom enjoyed tinkering on his Chevy Camaro, Nova and any other car he could get his hands on. Music brought him great joy, and he was a trivia master - a true Rock Music encyclopedia. But, most of all, Tom loved his family. He fiercely guarded them when necessary, always making sure they were taken care of. Friends became family and Tom's life was full of love. Though he is gone, he will not be forgotten.
Those left to carry on his story are his wife, Joy; children, Christopher, Jamie Simon II, Daniel and Kayla Brown; sister, Janine (Peter Weinbach) Brown of Connecticut; Joy's sisters, Jolene (Russ) Godbey of Charles City, Jayne Hall of Hayward, MN, and Lori (Paul) Wood of Clear Lake; a chosen brother, Doug Lunning of Mason City; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, countless friends and extended family members.
Preceding him in death are his parents, James and Elaine; brothers-in-law, John Scofield Jr. and Chuck Hall; and parents-in-law, John Scofield and Helen Van Horn.
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel. 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City, IA 50401. 641-423-2372. ColonialChapels.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-j-brown/article_444a17a3-8187-5707-8852-d86881b2cc56.html | 2022-08-16T05:49:27 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-j-brown/article_444a17a3-8187-5707-8852-d86881b2cc56.html |
Timothy Glenn Ingersoll
August 11, 2022
BROOKLYN-Timothy Glenn Ingersoll, age 64 of Brooklyn, died Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Celebration of Life Service: 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 19, 2022 at New Beginnings Church, Brooklyn, Iowa with Pastor Josh Gerard officiating. Military honors will be conducted at the church. The family will receive friends from 9 to 11:00 A.M. on Friday at the church. Inurnment will be at a later date. A memorial fund has been established. Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences: klosterfuneralhome.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/timothy-glenn-ingersoll/article_e33cb915-5ac0-5e10-aecd-640e810bb99f.html | 2022-08-16T05:49:33 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/timothy-glenn-ingersoll/article_e33cb915-5ac0-5e10-aecd-640e810bb99f.html |
The Lincoln City Council on Monday delayed a vote on a controversial “sober living” house in the Near South neighborhood that pitted proponents that say it provides helpful, needed housing for recovering alcoholics and addicts, against opponents who argue it skirts zoning rules designed to control the population density of their neighborhood.
Oxford House, a national organization that helps people recovering from substance abuse, runs the house and is seeking a reasonable accommodation under the federal Fair Housing Act from a city ordinance governing how many unrelated people can live in one housing unit.
The Oxford House at 1923 B St. allows up to 14 men to live in the house, which runs afoul of city ordinances that generally do not allow more than three unrelated people to live together unless they are in some sort of licensed care setting.
But the Fair Housing Act requires that cities grant accommodations to people with disabilities, and federal courts have consistently ruled that those recovering from substance abuse qualify as disabled.
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During a public hearing that lasted nearly three hours Monday, supporters included both Near South homeowners and those who lived in other Oxford Houses.
Scott Sexton, a recovering alcoholic, said his time in an Oxford House was key to his recovery, allowing him to relearn general life skills he’d lost because of his addiction, and offered him the friendship and support of others going through the same thing.
“I think I’m doing OK now and none of that would have been possible without the Oxford House,” he said.
Sexton talked about the successes of others he met at the house, and said residents either have to work full time or volunteer up to 20 hours a week and any money not needed for rent or utilities goes into improving the home.
“We are contributing members of society,” he said. “We’re just a group of guys living in a house trying to take that next step in our journey.”
Several neighborhood residents spoke in favor of Oxford House, saying they support those living in the home and working on their recovery, know there’s a great need and that the residents living there cause no problems.
College students had lived in the home previously, residents said, and they had loud parties and created more traffic problems.
Scott Moore, the attorney representing the company that has thousands of Oxford Houses around the country, said a core principle is that the house is run like a family, with residents responsible for paying their own rent, doing household chores and holding each other accountable. They run the house themselves and can kick fellow residents out if they relapse.
Opponents said they had no problem with the residents of Oxford House, but with the company seeking the “reasonable accommodation.”
There are five other Oxford Houses in the Near South neighborhood, opponents said, and neighborhood opposition is the only reason the company is seeking a reasonable accommodation at the 1923 B St. house.
In essence, Oxford House is a group home and it should be required to comply with spacing regulations for licensed group homes or transitional housing, they said.
“This is not anything against the residents,” said Greg Newport, a Near South resident. “It’s about density and a zoning change being thrust on the neighborhood.”
They raised safety concerns for residents, noted that Oxford House has been involved in several lawsuits around the nation for similar requests and said allowing organizations to skirt zoning regulations will mean more and more such homes in the area, leading to more density and related infrastructure and parking issues.
“This will be a burden to the city as we see more and more of these coming along,” said Mark Brohman.
The council recently approved reasonable accommodations for two houses — at 315 N. 35th St. and 5203 Walker Ave. — owned by Michael House, an Omaha company that operates on a similar model to Oxford House.
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LAS VEGAS — A Carmichael man jailed in Las Vegas on suspicion of causing a loud noise that sparked panic and travel delays Sunday at Harry Reid International Airport had been arrested at the airport less than 24 hours earlier for allegedly causing a disturbance near a ticket counter, a police official said Monday.
The sharp sound of a door closing or a trash can toppling — apparently mistaken for gunfire — caused passengers to abandon security lines about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. More loud noises reverberated through the airport's busy Terminal 1 as metal posts were knocked over in the chaos, Las Vegas police Officer Larry Hadfield said.
Stefan Mathias Hutchison's alleged role causing the sound was not immediately described.
"The initial sound was a door or trash can falling," Hadfield said. "That triggered patrons to leave lines, which caused stanchions to fall, causing a succession of loud sounds."
No serious injuries were reported by airport officials, but social media posts showed people running and, later, crowded in concourses of the terminal that serves most domestic flights.
Dozens of commercial flights in and out of Las Vegas were canceled or delayed throughout the day, and thousands of people were affected. Passengers who had been screened by Transportation Security Administration were required to re-screen at security checkpoints before boarding their flights.
Hutchison, 33, of Carmichael, California, was taken into custody at the airport on a felony burglary charge and held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas pending a court appearance, records showed. Hutchison was not armed, Hadfield said.
On Saturday, Hutchison had been arrested about 8:30 a.m. on misdemeanor misconduct and resisting an officer charges, and freed from jail without bail later that day. The initial police call in that case was about a possible airport security breach, Hadfield said.
On Monday, Hutchison refused to be taken from the jail to appear before a judge. Court records showed he was rescheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning. A deputy public defender who was appointed temporarily to represent him did not immediately respond to messages.
Airport spokesman Joe Rajchel said Monday he had no information about people injured in the chaos. He said operations had returned to normal. Reid airport is one of the 10 busiest airports in the world, according to the trade group Airports Council International.
"While Sunday's incident was a false alarm, the response to any given situation is unique and will be informed by the confirmed details available in real time," the airport said in a statement.
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May 30, 1926 - Aug. 13, 2022
VALPARAISO - Betty M. Nelson, 96, of Valparaiso, passed away on August 13, 2022. She was born on May 30, 1926, in Valparaiso, to Walter "Jerry" and Edna (Spencer) Meadows, who both preceded her in death. On December 24, 1946, in Valparaiso, she married Robert L. Nelson, who preceded her in death. She worked several years at Porter Memorial Hospital in medical records. Betty enjoyed many activities including crocheting, working puzzle books, feeding all her birds, and in her younger days square dancing and bowling with her husband. She was also a blood donor and volunteer of the American Red Cross.
She is survived by her daughter: Janet (Dave) Sanford of Valparaiso, and daughter-in-law Judy Nelson of Valparaiso. She is also survived by grandchildren: Brian and Eric (Nicole) and great-grandchildren: Colton, Marshall, Henry, and Elizabeth. Betty is preceded in death by her son Thomas and sister Charlene Asher.
A private family funeral will be held with Pastor Tom Clark officiating. Burial will take place at Graceland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Red Cross in Betty's memory. To sign an online guestbook, www.bartholomewnewhard.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/betty-m-nelson/article_62a849e4-451f-5370-8598-1440b41928fa.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:06 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/betty-m-nelson/article_62a849e4-451f-5370-8598-1440b41928fa.html |
Feb. 7, 1955 - Aug. 11, 2022
MUNSTER - David R. Puvogel, age 67, passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 11, 2022. David was a long time Munster, IN resident. For the past five years he was a resident of Lake Isabella, MI. He was born February 7, 1955, to John (Ed) and Betty Puvogel who preceded him in death. Dave was a loving and caring husband and father to his wife Melissa and daughter Julie.
Dave graduated from Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1973. He then graduated from Michigan Tech in 1977 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He started his career as a Mechanical Foreman at Inland Steel Company working in many different mills. As he progressed through the organization his later assignments were No. 3 Cold Strip Mill as a Section Manager of Maintenance and retired from the 80# Hot Strip Mill as Lead Engineer on June 30, 2017, after forty years of service.
He and Melissa started their next chapter by moving to Lake Isabella, Michigan. He finally had his lake house and was enjoying retirement golfing, boating, and fishing.
Dave is survived by his wife, Melissa of 33.5 years and daughter Julie (fiance Dan Steigerwald) all of Michigan; sister Kris (Charlie) Munson; brothers Doug (Retha) Puvogel and Jim (Debbie) Puvogel; nieces Becky Allgauer (Steve Greiff) and Kristyn Puvogel; and brothers-in-law Don Johnson and Johnathan Johnson. Dave was preceded in death by his parents and nephew Michael Munson.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. central time at Fagen-Miller Funeral Home 2828 Highway Avenue in Highland, IN. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17, at the funeral home. Burial at Chapel Lawn Cemetery will follow. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/david-r-puvogel/article_1c35a890-8c25-59c0-b107-162b15c9ada8.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:12 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/david-r-puvogel/article_1c35a890-8c25-59c0-b107-162b15c9ada8.html |
July 16, 1936 - Aug. 13, 2022
SCHERERVILLE - Donald Richard Meyer Sr., age 86, of Schererville, IN, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022. Donald was born in Chicago, IL on July 16, 1936, to Mary and Walter Meyer; older sister Barbara Hawkins, all deceased.
He married his high school sweetheart Joyce Cogswell. They celebrated 64 years of love, special friendship, laughs and tears. Loving father of Donald Jr. (Susan), Robert (Cynthia), Michelle Ruhnke, Laureen (James) Jones, and Keith. Dear grandpa to Bradley Meyer, Kaitlin Burns, Amanda (Derek) Lanxon, Elizabeth Ruhnke, Jillian (Nicholas) Canete, Brian Meyer, Anne (Phillip) Werner, Kayla, Kyle and Colleen Meyer. Proud GiGiPa to eight great-grandchildren. They made him so happy enjoying his last years with their sweetness. Survived by his sister-in-law Phyllis Cook and three generations of nieces and nephews.
Don served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1954 to 1961 in active duty and the reserves. He was very proud that he served our country. He was a State Farm Insurance agent in Dolton, IL and retired after 41 years.
A special thank you to all the wonderful angels on earth that made our lives so much easier: The staff from the Wound Care Clinic at Munster Community Hospital. Donna, his home care nurse for almost 2 years from Community Home Health Care and the entire staff from Hospice of the Calumet Area. We appreciate each and everyone of you.
Visitation Wednesday, August 17, 2022 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Smits Funeral Home, 2121 Pleasant Springs Lane (Rt.30/Pleasant Springs Ln.) Dyer, IN. Prayer service Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. from the funeral home to St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, One Wilhelm Dr. Schererville, IN for a 10:30 a.m. funeral Mass with Rev. Martin J. Dobrzynski officiating.
Memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society or Hospice of the Calumet Area. For further information, please contact 219-322-7300 or visit our online obituary and guest book at www.SMITSFH.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/donald-r-meyer-sr/article_abeec0bc-6b95-52f2-98e5-17cf2883806f.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:18 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/donald-r-meyer-sr/article_abeec0bc-6b95-52f2-98e5-17cf2883806f.html |
Georgina Carija
Dec. 27, 1957 - Aug. 4, 2022
Georgina Carija, 64, passed away unexpectantly on Aug 4, 2022. She will be deeply missed by her family. Per her request, private family burial.
Georgina Carija
Dec. 27, 1957 - Aug. 4, 2022
Georgina Carija, 64, passed away unexpectantly on Aug 4, 2022. She will be deeply missed by her family. Per her request, private family burial.
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July 6, 1952 - Aug. 13, 2022
PORTAGE - James Dwight Weldon, age 70 of Portage, IN passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family and friends on Saturday, August 13, 2022. He was born on July 6, 1952 in Marion, KY to James and Mary (Hughes) Weldon.
James was a proud Steelworker with Union 6103. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dunes Hospice and his angels, Amber and Teresa. Donations in James' honor may be made to Dunes Hospice, 4711 Evans Ave., Valparaiso, IN 46383. James will be truly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Arrangements entrusted to EDMONDS & EVANS FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.ee-fh.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-dwight-weldon/article_198710ec-5160-527d-aecb-0a80ff059bb0.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:28 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/james-dwight-weldon/article_198710ec-5160-527d-aecb-0a80ff059bb0.html |
CHESTERTON - Keith Dwayne Lakin, 95 of Chesterton and formerly of Rensselaer, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022. He was born in Chicago Heights, IL to the late Homer Aaron and Rhoda Vista (Snow) Lakin. Keith worked in various occupations over his career. He was a real estate broker/owner of Countryside Realtors, co-owned Meri-Keith Landscaping with his wife, worked for his brother at L & P Body Shop, and even did some farming. Keith was a board member for the Porter County Farm Bureau and loyal supporter of community theater and the arts. When he was relaxing, you could find him hunting and fishing.
On August 19, 1950 Keith married the love of his life, Mary Ellen Gereau who preceded him in death on April 25, 2020. He is survived by their children, Mark (Nancy) Lakin of Chesterton, Cathy (John Johnson) Connaway of Chesterton, Eric (Teresa) Lakin of North Carolina, Jane (Thomas) Leyden of Highland; sister, Donna Mauch; sister-in-law, Helen Ninke; grandchildren, Seth (Kristin) Lakin, Erin (Josh) Hurst, Kerry (Carrie Ann) Lakin, Ryan (Natalie) Connaway and Nicole (Joseph) DeMeo; great-grandchildren, Michael, Brooke, Masun, Gavin, Joey and Lia; and a host of friends. Keith was also preceded in death by his siblings, Harold (Margaret) Lakin and Alice (Gerald) Jarrett and son-in-law, Roger Connaway.
A graveside service will be held August 30, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Rensselaer followed by a Celebration of Life at 12:30 PM at Pestos in Valparaiso. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the VNA Hospice of NWI. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/keith-dwayne-lakin/article_dd27d7e3-25c6-5059-804a-e871c20beefb.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:34 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/keith-dwayne-lakin/article_dd27d7e3-25c6-5059-804a-e871c20beefb.html |
March 29, 1950 - Aug. 15, 2022
VALPARAISO, IN - On Friday, August 12, 2022, Myra Ruth Schafer (nee Weeks), loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away in Valparaiso, IN at the age of 72. Myra was born in Gadsden, AL, on March 29, 1950. Professionally, she excelled as one of the first female real estate appraisers in the State of Indiana. In her 45-year career, Myra was known as an expert who was as loving and funny as she was ornery. In her later years, Myra flourished as a prolific painter and craft aficionado. As owner of La Beada Loca, Myra fused her artistic passion with her entrepreneurial spirit.
Myra was preceded in death by her father, Joe; her mother, Vera; and her brother, Brian.
She is survived by her husband, Mark; her son, Derek (Keith); and her daughters: April, Tara, and Lauren (Israel); and her sister, Rhonda (John). She was tremendously beloved by her grandchildren: Austin, Korinne, Asher, Elijah, Nicholas, Cali, Theo, and Adrian.
Myra lived by her favorite quote: :Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."
A memorial service for Myra will be Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. with Pastor Shawn Evans officiating at REES FUNERAL HOME 600 W Old Ridge Rd, Hobart, IN 46342. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2022, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Rees Funeral Homes, Hobart Chapel (219) 942-2109 or online condolences can be shared with the family at www.reesfuneralhomes.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/myra-ruth-schafer-nee-weeks/article_d91f1703-6340-53c3-8e6f-d7642e47c4c5.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:40 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/myra-ruth-schafer-nee-weeks/article_d91f1703-6340-53c3-8e6f-d7642e47c4c5.html |
PORTAGE - Nicholas A. Kaminski, age 31, of Portage, IN passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2022.
Nick is survived by his daughters: Charley and Dory; parents: Debbie and Larry Lee; brothers: Alex (Rachel) Lee and David (Katie) Lee; uncle: Stan "Uncle" Rummell; and many extended family members and friends.
Family and friends may gather at REES FUNERAL HOME, Olson Chapel, (5341 Central Ave, Portage), on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 from 4:00-8:00 P.M. A funeral service will take place on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Rees Olson Chapel beginning at 11:00 A.M. At rest, Calvary Cemetery.
To view full obituary and share condolences, please visit www.reesfuneralhomes.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/nicholas-a-kaminski/article_28bcb90c-e5bd-55df-a13a-78fc5ff561c6.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:46 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/nicholas-a-kaminski/article_28bcb90c-e5bd-55df-a13a-78fc5ff561c6.html |
LOWELL - Orville E. Corns, 88, of Lowell, passed away Sunday August 14, 2022. He is survived by his children Michael (Debra) Corns, Suzanne (James) Burge, Leon (Marcia) Corns; grandchildren, Brice, Connor and Devin Burge, Blake and Morgan Corns; brother, Edgar (Darlene). He was preceded in death by siblings, Frank and Marshall, Lorene Cloninger, Dele Hatler, Mildred Holtz and Alma Corns.
Orville was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lowell. He retired from Ford Motor Company as a Salvage Repair and Cleaner in January of 2000. A 1954 graduate of Lowell High School, he served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War and was a member of Lowell's American Legion, VFW and Cedar Lake's AmVets.
Visitation, Thursday from 4-8 with Funeral and VFW Services Friday, 11 AM, all at SHEETS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, Lowell. Burial and Military Honors will follow in West Creek Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be given to Toys for Tots. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/orville-e-corns/article_d9d39cfe-19a9-50ea-acc9-271842a36400.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:48 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/orville-e-corns/article_d9d39cfe-19a9-50ea-acc9-271842a36400.html |
July 4, 1932 - Aug. 13, 2022
VALPARAISO - Richard D. Stombaugh 90, of Valparaiso, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022. He was born July 4, 1932 (something he was always proud of) in Oak Glen, Illinois to George and Ida Mae (Worthington) Stombaugh. On September 4, 1954 he married Joan D. Hartig who survives. Richard is also survived by his daughter Christine (Len) Guzek, daughter-in-law Julie Stombaugh, his grandson Daniel and sister Shirley Costello of LaPorte. He was preceded in death by his two sons Brian and Bruce.
Richard was a retired assistant fire chief serving the community for 20 years and was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church. He did custodial work for St. Paul Catholic School in Valparaiso and at Valparaiso High School including taking care of the athletic fields and sports complex there. After retiring he loved camping, boating and fishing.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on Friday, August 19th at Bartholomew Funeral Home, 102 Monroe St. with visitation from 9:00 AM until the time of services. Rev. Roque Meraz will officiate. Private burial will be in St. Paul Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Valparaiso High School Athletic Fund. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/richard-d-stombaugh/article_61e83ade-b4fd-59b4-beaf-961921ed1f8a.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:54 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/richard-d-stombaugh/article_61e83ade-b4fd-59b4-beaf-961921ed1f8a.html |
April 16,1935-Aug. 14, 2022
HAMMOND - Wilmer E. Neyhart, age 87, of Hammond was welcomed into the presence of his Lord and Savior on Sunday, August 14, 2022.
He is survived by three children: Robert (Amy) Neyhart, Cindy (Brian) Smith and Dennis (Angela) Neyhart; thirteen grandchildren; five great grandchildren; brothers, Gene and John; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of dear friends.
Preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Jean Alice Neyhart; son, Jeffrey A. Neyhart; parents, Harry Ernest and Bessie Lavina Pearl Neyhart; brothers: Ordie, Gerald, Ralph, Russell and sister-in laws.
Visitation for friends and family will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at BOCKEN FUNERAL HOME 7042 Kennedy Avenue, Hammond IN from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. directly at the First Christian Church of Hessville, 6733 Alabama Avenue, Hammond (Hessville) with Dan Nichols minister officiating. Viewing at church from 9:30 a.m. until the service. Burial will follow at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens in Schererville.
Wilmer was a lifelong resident of the Calumet Region, graduated from Dyer High School in 1953, He worked over 20 years for Simmons Co. in Munster, retired from Crown Point Christian Village, Winfield, IN in 2000. He was a longtime faithful member of the First Christian Church of Hessville for over 70 years, where he served as treasure, teacher and Elder. Wilmer was a veteran of the U.S. Army, 395th Mobil Army Surgical Hospital Unit out of Gary, IN, called to active duty during the Cuban missile crisis in 1961-62.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Christian Church of Hessville. For more information you may call Bocken Funeral Home at (219)-844-1600 or visit us at www.bockenfunerals.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/wilmer-edgar-neyhart/article_67d0fc0c-c9ea-5dae-b406-2cfd642ec9e0.html | 2022-08-16T06:38:00 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/wilmer-edgar-neyhart/article_67d0fc0c-c9ea-5dae-b406-2cfd642ec9e0.html |
EDMONDS, Wash. — Snohomish County announced Monday it is purchasing a second hotel to help house people transitioning out of homelessness.
The building is currently America's Best Value Inn off Highway 99 in Edmonds. The county said there are 55 units that will be converted to time-limited bridge housing.
"Mountlake Terrace, Lynwood, Edmonds, we don't have any facilities in south county so this gives us all an opportunity to support people," said Edmonds Deputy Parks, Recreation and Human Services Director Shannon Burley.
Burley said Edmonds has been asking the county for a facility like this for "quite some time."
The county purchased the hotel with funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Last week, the county announced it was using those same funds to purchase a hotel in Everett. The county said between the two hotel purchases and a new shelter partnership program it's increased its system capacity by 26 percent this year, creating 165 new beds.
Burley said the city estimates there are at least 450 people without a permanent address in Edmonds. They were already using the America's Best Value Inn to temporarily house people while they worked to find a more permanent solution, which Burley said is difficult to find in South Snohomish County.
"Really our only option was to transfer them up to Everett and hope to find space, but there really isn't space. There just isn't shelter available for people," said Burley, "So in order for us to help people recover [this purchase] is really essential."
While the facility will be owned by the county, Burley expects it to significantly help people unhoused in the greater Edmonds community.
The bridge housing facility will allow Edmonds to enforce an ordinance it passed in May, which made it unlawful to stay on public property overnight. Burley said the law was considered unconstitutional without the ability to offer shelter considered equal or better than the current living situation.
"So this gives us an opportunity to offer something that we feel provides dignity and really has an opportunity to help people along their path to recovery with the amount of services the county wants to provide," said Burley.
The county plans to provide wraparound services, which include legal, behavioral, and mental health. The facilities will also have 24-hour staffing. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/snohomish-county-purchases-housing-homeless/281-5540fd57-63f7-4c69-8248-362e62f6ae03 | 2022-08-16T06:49:50 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/snohomish-county-purchases-housing-homeless/281-5540fd57-63f7-4c69-8248-362e62f6ae03 |
Dillan Smith homered and drove in two runs, and the visiting Roswell Invaders kept the Tucson Saguaros from a third consecutive Pecos League championship with a 5-2 win on Monday night at Kino Stadium.
The teams were playing a winner-take-all Game 3 after splitting the first two games in the Pecos League finals. The Invaders racked up four runs, all earned, against Tucson starter Tyler Rumbaugh. John Kea allowed one run on one hit in two innings of relief.
Roswell put up one run in the first inning, one in the third and two in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead. Tucson clawed back with two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Chris Caffrey singled, the moved to second when Kendon Strachan reached on an error. Chris Iazzetta singled and Caden Ledbetter reached on an error, and Tucson trailed by two. Brandon Bradshaw then grounded out, ending the inning. Iazzetta went 2 for 3 with an RBI, and was the only Saguaro with multiple hits.
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Roswell added one run in the sixth.
Monday's loss ended an otherwise-dominant postseason run for the Saguaros, who swept Bakersfield in the first round and San Rafael in the second round to win the Pacific Division championship. Roswell took Saturday’s best-of-three opener, and Tucson had a walk-off win in Sunday’s Game 2. | https://tucson.com/sports/local/invaders-top-saguaros-in-winner-take-all-game-capture-pecos-league-title/article_84752788-1cd7-11ed-8de5-673de8229a41.html | 2022-08-16T06:53:34 | 1 | https://tucson.com/sports/local/invaders-top-saguaros-in-winner-take-all-game-capture-pecos-league-title/article_84752788-1cd7-11ed-8de5-673de8229a41.html |
SAN ANTONIO — A woman was seriously injured in a head-on collision with an off-duty BCSO deputy on Monday, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said.
BCSO said the patrol deputy was on his way to work in his personal vehicle, headed to the east patrol substation when the crash happened near the intersection of FM 1346 and Loop 1604.
They said that the driver of the other vehicle was found unconscious and taken to SAMCC sustained serious injuries.
"Preliminarily, it is being reported the female driver was on the wrong side of the road at the time of the accident," they said.
The deputy sustained minor injuries. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/law-enforcement/woman-seriously-injured-in-head-on-crash-with-off-duty-bcso-deputy/273-47ead67c-16b1-4df6-ab1e-993828d517dc | 2022-08-16T06:57:36 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/law-enforcement/woman-seriously-injured-in-head-on-crash-with-off-duty-bcso-deputy/273-47ead67c-16b1-4df6-ab1e-993828d517dc |
SAN ANTONIO — Big changes are coming to Culebra Road on the west side. City leaders rolled out some of the changes they're making through vision zero to cut down on accidents and fatalities.
"Within a block or so of where you're standing right now, we've had about a hundred crashes last year," San Antonio Transportation spokesman Joe Conger said at the city’s Vision Zero press conference today
Not far from where the, there are two lonely crosses watching traffic zip by on Culebra Road.
"There are too many white crosses, too many wreathes with flowers along that street," District 7 councilwoman Ana Sandoval said.
After taking a survey of residents, city leaders are rolling out the measures they believe will cut down on crashes and loss of life along Culebra.
"Taken from our residents’ comments, they speak of a lack of lighting, bumpy roads, hazardous turns, trash on the road,” said District 6 Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda. “But most of all, they speak of speeding drivers and risky behaviors by pedestrians.”
The 13-mile stretch of road saw 600 accidents in 2021. The survey took place over three months, more than a thousand people responded. They said a common complaint was speeding and distracted drivers.
"What we're doing in partnership with law enforcement is enforcing what the laws are,” said Tomika Monterville, San Antonio Director of Transportation. “What we've learned in less than three months is that most people don't know what the posted speed limit is."
Some elements of the plan are already in plain view, like the billboards and bus ads reminding drivers and pedestrians alike how to be safe on the roads. A map of crosswalks along the road has been mailed to residents. Sandoval says more crosswalks are on the way.
"If you're walking and you have to walk a quarter of a mile or half a mile, almost half a mile to get to a crosswalk, you may not do that, especially if it's sunny and the cars are whizzing past you."
Other improvements in the works:
- clearing sidewalks and bike lanes,
- A review of lighting conditions and signal timing, and
- adding crosswalk medians for slower pedestrians.
As you can see, it's seven lanes wide. And they're not little lanes right there,” Sandoval said. “And what does that mean when you try to cross it? It's pretty far, you may not make it with that signal.
The effort is being rolled out in other thoroughfares in the city with the goal of having zero fatalities on San Antonio roadways.
"Some say that's unattainable, that we need to modify that number,” Conger said. “But then I ask the question: ‘Do you want your father, you son, your mother, your daughter? Who do you want me to say is not worth that effort?" | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/changes-coming-culebra-road-to-make-it-safer/273-0cfa0e41-9a12-4d1a-85da-afef628ace92 | 2022-08-16T06:57:42 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/changes-coming-culebra-road-to-make-it-safer/273-0cfa0e41-9a12-4d1a-85da-afef628ace92 |
PORTLAND, Ore — A fire damaged a barbecue restaurant in Northeast Portland's Hollywood District on Saturday for the third time in the past five years.
The fire started near the side door at Reo's Ribs on Northeast 42nd Avenue and Sandy Boulevard. Fire crews quickly put the fire out and no one was hurt, but the building sustained significant smoke damage. Portland Fire & Rescue is investigating the cause.
This has been a familiar problem for the restaurant in recent years.
Back in 2017, a fire gutted the restaurant, forcing it to close for repairs for about a year and a half. It reopened in the fall of 2018.
Then in 2020, it caught fire again. That time, a transient woman was caught on camera starting the fire. Fire investigators ruled it as arson.
Now employees say it's likely the same scenario this time around.
Lashaun Caver, a repairman for the restaurant, was on the scene assessing the damage Monday morning. He said the building will need extensive cleaning and paint to get out the smoke residue and smell.
"I don't know what happened, but basically we're thinking transients were trying to get themselves warm," said Caver.
The restaurant had just reopened a few months earlier, following repairs from the previous fire, before this latest blow.
Reo's Ribs lost its insurance coverage after the last two fires. The company has a new insurance provider but is waiting to hear back.
"You're already having a hard time staying opened as it is, let alone a fire every six months or year. We don't know if they're still covered or not," said Caver. "It's not so much insurance we're depending on. We're depending on ourselves."
The restaurant hopes to reopen within the next two to six months. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/fire-damages-reos-ribs-3rd-time-in-5-years/283-62e74fcb-67a9-40cb-8143-1c24c8a6b2e9 | 2022-08-16T07:14:45 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/fire-damages-reos-ribs-3rd-time-in-5-years/283-62e74fcb-67a9-40cb-8143-1c24c8a6b2e9 |
PORTLAND, Oregon — State land officials are trying to make part of North Portland’s Hayden Island safer and better for the environment. They’re focusing on a 500-yard stretch of riverbank along the Columbia River just west of the I-5 bridge, between river mile 106 and 107.
The land is somewhat of an anomaly in that the only legal way for the public to access it is from the water. But lately, state land officials say there has been more illegal activity there than recreation.
“We want the public to be able to pull up from the waterway and use and enjoy the banks over there,” said Liane O'Neill, communications officer with the Oregon Department of State Lands (ODSL). The department oversees use of state-owned waterways including the Columbia. “Our hope is to insure that we can reduce impacts on the waterway.”
For that reason, ODSL is exploring a permanent rule that would ban camp fires, camping and overnight use along that stretch. The move comes after multiple complaints from law enforcement, emergency responders and the Portland Harbor Master about illegal activity impacting the health and safety of the waterways.
In May, the state approved a six-month-long emergency restriction banning fires, camping and overnight use. It's a short-term solution to the influx of litter which included trash, drug paraphernalia and dozens of abandoned shopping carts.
O'Neill said there was also an increase in threats of violence and uncontrolled fires.
“Some of the environmental impacts we consider are erosion, when you're having things that go into the waterway that introduces more sediment,” said O'Neill. “We’re also thinking about contaminants entering the waterway.”
Hayden Island is struggling in other areas, too. On Aug. 9, the Hayden Island Cracker Barrel restaurant abruptly closed its doors for good. Employees told KGW the restaurant's management called an emergency meeting to announce the closure, telling staff it was due to security issues.
As far as Hayden Island's north bank is concerned, O'Neill said it seems their temporary camping ban has made things a little better.
“It has helped reduce impacts on the waterway. For this reason, we're looking at enacting permanent rule making.”
The Oregon Department of State Lands will accept written public comment through the month of August. Those interested in providing a public comment can email it to landboard.testimony@dsl.oregon.gov. O'Neill said the soonest any permanent rule would take effect would be in October. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/officials-explore-permanent-camping-ban-hayden-island/283-7fd7772b-b771-43e7-89f1-747124fccf5f | 2022-08-16T07:14:48 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/officials-explore-permanent-camping-ban-hayden-island/283-7fd7772b-b771-43e7-89f1-747124fccf5f |
YELLOW PINE, Idaho — An off-duty Bend firefighter and his twin brother died in a small plane crash Monday morning in Idaho, according to Bend Fire & Rescue.
Daniel Harro and his brother Mark, both 38, were returning to Bend from a camping trip near McCall, Idaho when the crash happened. The cause remains under investigation.
According to fire and rescue officials, Dan was an "avid flight enthusiast" who was piloting the plane at the time. He is survived by his wife Elisif.
Daniel started his career as a firefighter and paramedic with the Scappoose Fire District, located northwest of Portland. He was there for several years before moving to Bend in 2014.
“This is a devastating loss for our family," said Bend Fire Chief Todd Riley. “Daniel was well-loved and well-respected by everyone who worked with him. We will miss his presence every day.”
"This is an absolutely devastating loss to our fire family," said Scappoose Fire spokeswoman Jennifer Motherway. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-firefighter-brother-die-plane-crash/283-6ee5343d-747a-4b35-9a55-a6b974343d61 | 2022-08-16T07:14:49 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-firefighter-brother-die-plane-crash/283-6ee5343d-747a-4b35-9a55-a6b974343d61 |
Daughters of the Confederacy withdraw restraining order request over Hattiesburg's Cameron Field. What's next?
An attorney for the Nathan Bedford Forrest chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on Friday withdrew the group's motion for a temporary restraining order to halt the demolition of Cameron Field at Kamper Park.
The city of Hattiesburg and Hattiesburg Convention Commission announced plans to build a water park at Cameron Park and move the ballfield to Jaycee Park, across from Hattiesburg High School.
Part of the Daughters' argument that Cameron Field should have a historic landmark designation is "no longer viable" unless overturned on appeal, attorney Michael Barefield wrote in his withdrawal of the motion.
"(On) further analysis of the legal issues, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History would be the proper venue for asserting landmark status," Barefield wrote.
Barefield canceled a hearing for the motion, which was scheduled for Tuesday morning.
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On Sunday, Barefield filed another motion, this time asking Forrest County Chancery Judge Chad Smith to reconsider his order granting summary judgment to the city of Hattiesburg and Hattiesburg Convention Commission.
In the motion for reconsideration, the Daughters outline several reasons Smith should give the case another look since the Daughters believe the judge may have made errors in his decision, including who actually is in charge of Kamper Park.
"In ruling against Plaintiff on the defense of laches/equitable estoppel, the Court
erroneously finds that, '[t]he Commission has been managing the Park since 2009,'" Barefield wrote in the motion. "To the contrary, the Commission is merely under contract to manage the zoo contained within Kamper Park."
Cameron Field:Can the Daughters of the Confederacy stop demolition at Hattiesburg's Kamper Park?
The UDC filed a lawsuit against the city and the convention commission in 2020, when the city notified the Daughters of its intent to take over the Confederate Memorial Building, where the group holds its meetings.
UDC members filed a petition with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History seeking landmark status for the building. In July the Daughters also applied for landmark status for Cameron Field.
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The lawsuit claimed the Hattiesburg-based chapter of the UDC had equal representation with the city over control of the park under a 1908 agreement that formed the Kamper Park Commission Board of Trustees.
"At that time, there was a board that actually had decision-making authority over Kamper Park," attorney Carey Varnado, speaking on behalf of the Convention Commission and the city, said in an earlier story.
But once the city changed to a mayor-council from a mayor-commission form of government, the Kamper Park commission was no longer a governing body. Instead, the commissioners were relegated to an advisory capacity, according to an opinion issued in 1982 by former city attorney Wayne Easterling.
Smith's ruling granting summary judgment points out that for nearly 40 years the UDC had not done anything to try to assert any authority over the park.
In the city's response to the motion for a temporary restraining order, attorney Clark Hicks suggested MDAH already rejected the idea of giving Cameron Field landmark status.
"As stated by other parties, the MDAH years ago declined to bestow the baseball field with Mississippi Landmark status," he wrote. "A review of the list of Mississippi Landmarks reveals that there are no baseball fields or stadiums with landmark status in Mississippi, the only "fields" with such status being civil war battlefields."
Click here to see a list of sites given landmark status by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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ASK THE CANDIDATES: Three challenge incumbent Reed for District 7 council seat
Incumbent Ben Reed faces three challengers in a bid for his seventh term as the District 7 representative on the Gadsden City Council.
Reed is opposed by Singn Horn and local businessmen James "Jimmy" Kelton and Chris Robinson.
Robinson lost a close race to Reed in 2018, with the incumbent prevailing by just 49 votes out of 1,261 cast.
The Times asked the candidates to provide their short-term goals and long-term objectives should they be elected. Their responses are presented as submitted, subject to minor editing.
Singn Horn
Short-Term Goals:
I like to use the K.I.S.S. (Keep it Simple Singn) principle when it comes to short-term goals. As they say, before you can do any good, you must get elected first. I am standing up for the folks who can’t stand. I am speaking for the unspoken.
My campaign is grass roots, boots on the ground; as I knock on doors and speak with our citizens, I let them know their concerns are heard and will be addressed. I will keep this energy going throughout my term in office. Since I am the only candidate running for District 7 that lives in the Mill Village, Alabama City, it has been said we are the “forgotten folks, sometimes the slums.” I want to change that mindset and let them know we have a voice, and it will be heard.
Within the first 10 days, I want to meet with the mayor and each council person separately to understand their focus and to ensure we know how the Mayor/council form of government works. I am committed to communicating effectively, openly, and honestly. We often use the word transparent loosely. You can lie, deceive, steal and kill, yet still be transparent while doing so. Let’s just focus on the issues within our district and city to work them without any personal interest or gain, but the pure satisfaction that we are moving forward together.
Within the first 30 days, it is my hope to meet with every department head, city attorney, fire and police chief, some city employees, etc., to better understand their challenges and develop a plan that supports the way ahead for our city.
Long-Term Objectives:
To put my good military leadership, decision making and training experience to use in tackling some of our city’s problems. Continue my boots on the ground approach throughout the district and talking to our citizens for continuous improvement for our city. My slogan is, “Let’s Grow Gadsden Together.” We can achieve this through collaboration, communication, and commitment with our business leaders, citizens and elected leaders.
To continue looking a person in the face, understanding right or wrong, finding better ways to provide the best solution to the problem. Work with our other elected officials, (mayor, council and school board) to help this city achieve high marks within our education system. In order to grow our system in any way, we must grow through educating our youth as well as our older adults.
We must grow thru better community and economic development, infrastructure, revitalization and expansion, recruitment and retention, and innovative thinking. We can achieve all this through maximum terms limits by training our successors with the necessary skill set to continue moving our city forward. The generation behind us is smart, educated, creative and dedicated. We must leave the best road map possible so they can pick it up and continue the journey.
Someone once said, “We grow from mistakes and birth maturity. Humility will always defeat arrogance. We grow as we go!”
James 'Jimmy' Kelton
Short-Term Goals:
• Work on cleaning up areas of the city.
• Fight crime and drugs in the city.
• Police presence on the streets.
• Full audit of funds in the city budget.
• The cemetery on South Fifth Street, clean it up, it is rich in history.
Long-Term Objectives:
• Bring more business to the city.
• Our city has less than half the population we had in 1970, we need to change that.
• Help homeowners with minor repairs and yard work, don’t just take property and tear homes down.
• Need to sell any surplus property we have at auction.
Ben Reed
Short-Term Goals:
My goal is to finish the employee compensation plan for all employees, with emphasis on police, fire and all other first responders.
To be a positive influence input into the hiring, training and retention of all entering employees as well as management positions which supervise and train new hires.
These people are sometimes topped out and they need increases for their services and experience in their fields.
We need to revisit our agreement with the Humane Society for a better working plan with co-operation between the Humane Society, the city, animal control and the City Council.
I will be suggesting a full-time grant writer to stay on top of funding for various projects. These grants can cover local senior citizen needs as well as paving, drainage, public works and engineering projects. Grants for employee compensation will be investigated.
Long-Term Objectives:
My long-term objectives are to cooperate with the new council and Mayor. This will assure a smooth transition.
Workforce and education will be a top priority because through these two areas and our recruitment agency, we can prepare for a very lucrative future in new industry recruitment. Industry wants many things from a community, but the first things are a good education system and a workforce ready for employment or training. Our IDA has and will have a step ahead on these two saleable objectives.
Along with these objectives, new industry and our local citizens desire a recreational atmosphere as in our Moragne Park, Noccalula Falls, our new city Venue and the Gadsden Sports Park located behind Gadsden Community College down to the river. This project was done by the city and Gadsden State Community College, and is a state-of the-art park for local citizens and bringing in outside competition.
To see through to the finish of our new rebuilding of Elliott Community Center, which will be an asset to the people of Alabama City as well as all our citizens.
Another objective is to give incentives to local business who either start a new business or expand their existing business.
I will stand by all legal and city ordinances concerning zoning. We must protect our communities as the laws were designed to do.
Last but not least I will continue to answer all calls, return and follow up on all calls.
Chris Robinson
Short-Term Goals:
Work with mayor, City Council and finance director to get needed pay increases for our first responders.
Long-Term Objectives:
Will advocate for initiation of the Noccalula Corridor Project, which includes adding sidewalks, street lamps, pedestrian crossings and creating a more appealing and pedestrian friendly road frontage at Mitchell Elementary School. | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/16/gadsden-district-7-city-council-2022-candidate-profiles/10219530002/ | 2022-08-16T07:46:25 | 0 | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/16/gadsden-district-7-city-council-2022-candidate-profiles/10219530002/ |
Opening a 1972 time capsule in Hutchinson creates some surprises
People who gathered Monday to open a Centennial time capsule outside Hutchinson City Hall and bury its sesquicentennial replacement were a mix of city and chamber officials, curious residents, and several children whose parents were involved in the placement of the capsule 50 years ago.
About 40 people attended the event outside City Hall, gathering in chairs on the lawn or in the available shade as temperatures had already begun to climb.
Remarks by Hutchinson Director of Public Information Rebekah Starkey Keasling, who helped organize the placement of a new capsule, were followed by Mayor Jade Piros de Carvalho and Reno County Museum Chief Curator David Reed.
City parks workers then finished unearthing and removing the buried steel capsule, dusted it off, opened it and carried it contents inside.
There, staff removed items from cellophane wrappings and laid them out on a pair of tables as the event was broadcast live on the city’s TV channel and Facebook page.
What was in Hutchinson's Time Capsule?
The contents, some of which suffered water damage, included expected items – a 1972 telephone book and Polk City Directory – and a few surprises, including a Hutchinson Centennial whiskey bottle, a banner created for the centennial year and a license plate.
There was a Time Magazine, with a cover about the upcoming Olympics, asking “Can they be fixed by 1976?” a Life magazine, and a Sears catalog.
An Aug. 15, 1972, edition of The Hutchinson News included a centerpiece photo of a student moving into the Hutchinson Community College dorm, a story on KU’s chancellor leaving, and national stories about Chess Champion Bobby Fisher, a plane crash in Germany and the Vietnam War.
More:Buildings that shaped Hutchinson's future, business, housing and transportation
One envelope was marked “Key to American Inn,” and museum staff unfolded a Hudson Mill flour sack, likely produced at Hutchinson Bag Company.
There were also about a dozen sealed envelopes, including ones addressed to the current city council, First National Bank and The Hutchinson News.
There were also envelopes for descendants of Hutchinson residents, which were written before the capsule was buried.
Don and Joann Hutchinson were at City Hall with their granddaughter, Kalia McDonald, 13, for the event.
Joann Hutchinson’s mother, Andrea Epperson, submitted a letter to her children for the centennial capsule. She also clipped a photo from the front page of The Hutchinson News, showing the capsule ceremony and scribbled a note to her children, reminding them to attend the opening in 2022. Epperson-Hutchinson carried the clipping with her on Monday.
Joann Hutchinson, in turn, submitted a letter for the sesquicentennial capsule addressed to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
“I’m excited to see it in 50 years,” Kalia said. “Hopefully, I’ll be here.”
Rob Mackey’s father, David, was on the Hutchinson City Commission in 1972. A teen, Mackey wasn’t interested at the time, but he showed up Monday to represent the family and find out if his dad, who died three years after the event at age 57, might have left a letter for the family.
“I remember when he was mayor, the phone ringing off the hook,” Mackey said. “It was a challenging time. He was involved in the creation of the Hutchinson Human Relations Commission. We’re proud of him and his legacy.”
Reed said they will take the individual letters to the museum to dry out and then try to find the descendants. The staff hopes family members will open them at the museum and allow the contents to be photocopied, or the originals left for a future time capsule display. But the family may also take the letters to open and keep privately.
John Pohl, a construction and maintenance foreman for the city who helped dig up the capsule, recalled the city’s centennial, though he didn’t attend that capsule's placement.
He still has a horseshoe nail from Colladay Hardware that he purchased from a gift shop set up on Main Street for a couple of months during the city’s centennial year. The temporary shop just sold souvenirs to mark that year, he said.
He was glad to be part of the excavation, though the capsule was at least a foot deeper than expected. Most of the work to uncover it, he said, was done last week.
More:Hutchinson residents can be part of the city's 150th birthday photo in downtown this month
“It’s easy to forget as we move through our daily lives that each of our experiences is woven into a rich tapestry that makes up a greater story,” Mayor Piros de Carvalho said in remarks before the capsule raising. “A story to be read by future generations.”
“The Hutchinson of 1972 is both alike and different than the Hutch of 2022,” she said.
“We have experienced both triumphs and setbacks in the last 50 years. I won’t get into all the changes--those are best left for the historians.”
“Instead, I want to impart a vision for the future of our town. We're here because of the work of those who came before us. And we have a responsibility to create a community that paves the way for the success of those who come after us.
It is my sincere hope that when the capsule we’re burying is opened in 50 years, Hutchinson will be an even healthier, thriving community where each resident feels connected and valued. Where everyone is heard and has the opportunity to work, learn, and recreate in ways that are meaningful to them.
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I hope we can put aside our differences, resist the urge to judge others and divide ourselves and instead work together to solve our biggest challenges. That we can right historical inequities and provide an opportunity for all. This is my vision for our beloved city. We have made progress, but there is still much work to be done.”
Piros de Carvalho challenged those present and others in the community to consider how they can make the community better for themselves and others.
Four current city council members attended and took a group selfie after the event in front of City Hall. Councilwoman Sara Bagwell had a conflict, Starkey Keasling reported.
Besides her remarks, Piros de Carvalho read the brief letter addressed to the current council.
“Greetings from 1972,” it began, then noted the event also marked the opening of the new City Hall. The letter pointed out the design of the building included no internal office doors “to make manifest to the public that our business is conducted in public.” It wished that Hutchinson “remains free and open” and that the current council rededicate itself to “transitioning to a better community.”
The new capsule, similar in size to the one removed, though made from a plastic composite, is filled to the top, Reed said.
He declined to list its contents in detail, wishing it to remain a surprise for future generations. He did say the contents included several books referencing pop culture and many photos of buildings and individuals.
More:Celebrate Hutchinson's 150th birthday at the mile-long block party downtown on Aug. 18
It also contains information about businesses, the chamber, and “city growth.”
“There are some surprises that, I hope in 50 years they’ll still get the joke,” he said.
Reed said the current museum staff did an excellent job preparing items going into the new capsule, so when opened it will be nearly museum ready.
There are close to 100 photos, he said, around another 100 items of printed material, some other non-paper items, and at least one electronic USB drive. About half the capsule is non-paper, he said.
It also includes a letter he wrote to his descendants. | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/hutchinson-opens-its-1972-time-capsule/10330959002/ | 2022-08-16T07:47:19 | 1 | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/15/hutchinson-opens-its-1972-time-capsule/10330959002/ |
Shane Jeffery West, 52, of Buhl died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center. Arrangements are under the care of Serenity Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services of Idaho, Twin Falls.
Leroy Weigle, 89, of Jerome died Aug. 14, 2022. Arrangements are under the care of Farnsworth Mortuary & Crematory, Jerome.
Brenda Oliver, 54, of Jerome and Weiser died Aug. 9, 2022. Arrangements are under the care of Farnsworth Mortuary & Crematory, Jerome. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_c931cb64-1cba-11ed-b946-cbd3b41bdbdd.html | 2022-08-16T07:47:25 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_c931cb64-1cba-11ed-b946-cbd3b41bdbdd.html |
Reno County primary election results unchanged after canvass, Randy Parks wins race by 2 votes
No outcomes were changed within Reno County from the Aug. 2 primary election following Monday’s vote canvass, though the election for a county commission seat finished closer while the contested Secretary of State race was farther apart.
Candidate Randy Parks won the race for District 1 to replace outgoing commissioner Ron Sellers, defeating Cris Corey by just two votes.
The final tally was 1,508 votes for Parks and 1,506 for Corey.
Out of more than 430 provisional ballots taken up by the County Board of Canvassers, just 22 of those counted included the District 1 race.
Corey captured 13 of them and Parks nine, but it wasn’t enough to alter the six-vote lead that Parks had going into the canvass.
Corey has until 5 p.m. Friday to ask for a recount if he desires one, but he previously told The News he would accept the outcome, and he could not be reached Monday afternoon.
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Parks attended the canvass, as did Rep. Paul Waggoner and several other Republican party representatives.
Randy Parks says he's satisfied with the process
“Whew,” Parks said after the canvass. “It’s over finally. It’s been a long two weeks. I wasn’t sure which way it was going to go. A lot of people thought it would be farther apart, but I always thought it would be fairly close. It was about 50/50 going back and forth on election night.”
Parks said watching the canvass and seeing the work done by the election staff gives him more confidence in the election process.
“A lot of people have been feeling since the 2020 election there are issues. But they did a tremendous job,” Parks said. “Kudos to the department. I’ve never been involved in it, and watching them do their duty and the process they go through was a learning session for me. They did a tremendous job.”
Previously:Discrepancy leads to hand recount of early walk-in ballots cast in Reno County
There are still five months until the new commissioners assume their seats, but Parks said he plans to get with County Administrator Randy Partington to learn about county issues and bring himself up to speed.
County Commission Chairman Daniel Friesen, Commissioner Ron Hirst, and County Register of Deeds Michelle Updegrove made up the canvassing board. Updegrove filled in for Commission Ron Sellers, who recused himself after campaigning for one of the candidates on the ballot.
Deputy Election Clerk Jenna Fager started the canvass by recommending which ballots be counted and which discarded, citing the law behind each recommendation.
The board agreed with all her recommendations, though they did question a couple of items.
Other issues
Fager began by explaining a letter of concern received from a Republican Committeeperson, who Fager did not name, who raised questions about an “election tape,” which is run on every counting machine before they start county ballots to ensure they are clean.
Workers are supposed to press a button that zeros out machines and then print a tape showing a zero count in every race. One poll worker, however, pushed “status,” rather than zero. It printed a tape that showed zero votes counted in the precinct, but with blank spaces behind each candidate’s name rather than a zero.
Since it showed zero votes, the board of canvassers accepted that result.
Fager also noted five ballots that were supposed to be cast provisionally and returned to the poll workers after being filled out instead were fed into the counting machine by the voter. There was no way, Fager said, to get those votes back.
“Once in the machine, we can’t undo them,” she said.
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Why some provisional ballots were discarded
The provisional ballots Fager recommended not be counted included:
– 92 people that were not registered voters. They filled out a registration to cast the ballot so they'll be eligible to vote in the next election, but the Aug. 2 votes don’t count;
– 15 people registered for the wrong party;
– 39 people who are registered to vote in Kansas, but not Reno County;
– One person failed to provide identification at the polling place. That voter is allowed to cast a provisional ballot and then show proof of ID at the clerk’s office, but they did not follow up;
– Two voters asked for a second ballot after failing to turn it over and vote on the Constitutional question on the back. Since they’d already fed the first ballot into the counting machine, the second ballot was not counted;
– Two voters cast ballots who have felony convictions that they have not received a “final discharge” on, meaning they are ineligible to vote;
– Eight ballots were cast by voters who are registered in Kansas, but not in Reno County, who voted because they were in the county that day.
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Why some provisional ballots were accepted
Of the 275 votes the board agreed to accept:
– 133 voters had moved within the county and could show proof of residency but had not reregistered at their new address. Those ballots legally can be counted, Fager said, since they filled out new registration cards;
– 38 people cast provisional ballots due to a clerical poll worker error. Those voters should not have had to cast a provisional ballot, but the poll worker was unable to find them in poll books at the election site;
– 26 people had name changes. They did fill out new registrations under their current name;
– 23 people had requested advance ballots, but rather than mail them back or drop them at the clerk’s office, they went to the polling place to vote;
– Six voters fell into two categories, having moved within the county and changed their name. They voted at the correct polling place for where they now live and filled out a new registration;
– 39 voters had moved within the county and voted at the wrong precinct. The law requires a partial count of those ballots, Fager said, counting only the races that would be in the precinct where they should have voted;
– One advance ballot that came in without a signature, but that the voter came in and signed after being contacted; and
– Nine ballots were cast by members of the military through email. The law allows the military to vote this way because mailing and receiving back a ballot by mail may take too long to enable them to vote.
They verify the voter is registered and that the ballot coming back is from the same email address where it was sent. The voter is required to fill out an affidavit attesting they are the person.
Friesen questioned the last category of ballots.
“If it can be electronically emailed, that’s something that can easily be fabricated,” he said.
County Counselor Patrick Hoffman, however, noted that they know the individuals are legally registered, that they “do exist,” and they sign a legal affidavit. State law authorizes the process.
After voting on which ballots to accept, the board recessed from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. to give a counting board time to process the ballots.
The election results were declared final at 4:08 p.m. | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/15/reno-county-kansas-primary-election-results-2022-finalized/10327318002/ | 2022-08-16T07:47:25 | 1 | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/15/reno-county-kansas-primary-election-results-2022-finalized/10327318002/ |
Dec. 20, 1945—July 24, 2022
TWIN FALLS — Adonna Rene Hobbs passed away July 24, 2022, in the comfort of her home in Twin Falls, Idaho at the age of 76.
Adonna was born to Vernon and Mary Centner on December 20, 1945, in Hartley, Iowa.
Adonna knew right after high school that she wanted to join the medical field and that is where she became a Laboratory Technician and got the nickname, “The vampire”. In her past times she enjoyed racing stock cars with her ex-husband, Eldon Hobbs and the kids. Adonna also loved playing darts and pool where she was on a few leagues. Her love for crafting was a major joy to her which included too many hobbies to list, as well as baking all the holiday goodies and sending them to family afar.
Adonna is survived by her two daughters, Teresa Daniel and Lisa McDaniel; daughter-in-law, Edna Hobbs; grandchildren: Melissa Lowden (Emma), Aftin Hobbs Wilson (Riley, Kaya), Michelle Hobbs (Madelynn), Jamie Dye (Mikey), Lara( Anthony) Fiscus (Oliver and Amethyst), Bree (Josiah) DeMack, Tristan (Bailey) Daniel (Bryntley, Rhowyne, and Kopelyne), Kyle Petersen, Christopher (Jennel) Daniel (Bodie, Bradyen, Audrina, and Alexander), Kassim (Valle) Valle (Damarcus), Jason (Katelyn) Stohler (Claire and Hank); two brothers, Lynn and Harland (Wendy); her sister, Mavis (Chuck), and many nephews, great nephews and nieces.
Adonna was preceded in death by both her parents her son Rodney Hobbs and daughter Kimberly Holt.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at Rock Creek Celebration Center, 320 Main Ave. North, Twin Falls.
Arrangements are under the care of Serenity Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services of Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho. For tributes and condolences go to www.serenityfuneralchapel.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/adonna-rene-hobbs/article_32e2d659-53b9-59cd-b719-9d9be070073a.html | 2022-08-16T07:47:31 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/adonna-rene-hobbs/article_32e2d659-53b9-59cd-b719-9d9be070073a.html |
Feb. 19, 1938—Aug. 13, 2022
HIDDEN VALLEY — Afton Richards Van Tassell, an 84-year-old resident of Hidden Valley, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, August 13, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born February 19, 1938, in Coalville, Utah, the daughter of Ralph Ashton Richards and Ida Naoma Laney Richards. She graduated from South Summit High School in Kamas, Utah, in 1956. She married her 7th grade love, Gail C. Van Tassell, and they were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. She was a loving and dedicated mother to the eight children they had together.
Afton was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and fulfilled many church callings during her lifetime. She loved being a Primary teacher and was the church Librarian for 20 years. Afton was very dedicated to serving in the Twin Falls Temple. Her absolute highlight was outside doing the landscaping ever since it was dedicated.
Gail and Afton moved from their family dairy farm in Kamas to Hidden Valley in Idaho, in the summer of 1975 to grow and expand their dairy farm. Gail sadly passed away on June 24, 1984.
Afton was pioneer strong and continued to raise her children and keep the dairy farm going. She never remarried as she always said that her children were enough to fill her life full of happiness.
Survivors include her children, Debby (Kirk) Carpenter of Burley, Cory (Marla) Van Tassell of Jerome, Perry (Gina) Van Tassell of Hidden Valley, Sharlynn Van Tassell of Meridian, Marty (Tonya) Van Tassell of Paul, Christie (Brian) May of Kaysville, Utah, and Lisa (Dan) Smith of Oakley; many grandchildren; and great-grandchildren; three sisters, Raona Hall of Yuba City, CA, Ruth Baham of Kaysville, Utah, and Glenda Excell of Preston.
In addition to her husband, Gail, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Keri Jo; brothers, Sterling and Arnold; a sister, Carol; and her parents.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 18, 2022 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 181 S. 650 E., of Dietrich, with Bishop Ryan Robertson officiating. Burial will follow at 4:30 p.m. at the Francis Cemetery in Kamas, Utah.
Family and friends will be received from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 8:30 until 9:40 a.m. Thursday, preceding the funeral, at the church.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Afton’s memory to either the Missionary Fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Ronald McDonald House, or the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
A webcast will be available and maintained at rasmussenwilson.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/afton-richards-van-tassell/article_9ac0995e-01b2-5fa7-80a2-bf4c3e74b9c2.html | 2022-08-16T07:47:37 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/afton-richards-van-tassell/article_9ac0995e-01b2-5fa7-80a2-bf4c3e74b9c2.html |
Shane Jeffery West, 52, of Buhl, Idaho, passed away, Sunday, August 14, 2022, at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center. Arrangements are pending and under the care of Serenity Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services of Idaho, 502 2nd Ave. N., Twin Falls, Idaho. For tributes and condolences go to www.serenityfuneralchapel.com
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TWIN FALLS — Jadyn Annalise McFarling, 14, of Twin Falls passed away August 10, 2022.
A viewing will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Friday, August 19, 2022 at Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 S Lincoln Ave., Jerome. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Life Church of Magic Valley, 425 E. Nez Perce Ave., Jerome.
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JEROME — Judy Ona Urrutia, 76, of Jerome passed away August 14, 2022. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Friday, August 19, 2022 at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 216 2nd Ave. E, Jerome. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on Judy’s memorial webpage at www.farnsworthmortuary.com.
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May 13, 1949—Aug. 12, 2022
EDEN—Russell “Rusty” Louis Schwarz was born May 13, 1949, in Jerome, Idaho to Paul and Mary (Bodensteiner) Schwarz. Rusty entered into eternal rest on August 12, 2022.
Rusty was born and raised in Eden, where he attended school – beginning with grade school at Trinity Lutheran and graduating from Valley High School in 1967. Rusty was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Eden, and it is where his life will be celebrated on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 11 a.m.
Rusty always said he was an electrician by trade, a farmer by choice and a mechanic out of necessity – and his career path demonstrated just that. Following high school, Rusty attended CSI where he earned his electrical license, eventually becoming a master electrician. However, Rusty’s first love was farming. Rusty and his dad (Paul) farmed for several years in the Eden area. Rusty eventually ended his working career with CH2MHill as the Regional Maintenance Coordinator.
Rusty married Nina Myers, and through that union he had three daughters – Xavria, Mandy, and Lindi. Rusty and Nina later divorced.
Rusty was an avid outdoorsman, teaching his girls to love the outdoors. Rusty spent many falls in the mountains hunting big game and on the Salmon River fishing for steelhead. In his later years he a spent time fishing the Gulf of Mexico for red fish and speckled trout and Table Rock Lake for bass. Rusty loved to hike and ride motorcycles, he has summitted Mt. Borah (Idaho’s highest peak) and Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa’s highest peak). Rusty also loved a good white water rafting trip, including an 18-day trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Rusty was a great girl dad. He taught his daughters to drive, farm, explore the outdoors, love sports, play gin, and drink beer. Above all he taught his girls to be tough, forgive, grant grace, celebrate redemption, and love Jesus.
Rusty will be missed for many reasons, but more importantly his life will be remembered for myriad reasons. Rusty was quiet, smart, kind, and fair. He lived well, loved big, and was extremely generous.
Rusty is survived by his mom, Mary Schwarz of Eden; his daughters: Xavria Schwarz (Keith Yost) of San Diego, CA, Mandy (Dan) Woodward of Branson, MO and Lindi (Paul) Bird of Ridgedale, MO. He is also survived by his two amazing sisters: Cindy (Rich) Morrison of Twin Falls and Toni (Rob) Champlin of Kimberly. Babu, as he was called, is also survived by five grandchildren: Leah and Jonah Yost and James, Kaz, and Stone Woodward; and three great-grandchildren. Rusty was preceded in death by his dad, Paul Schwarz.
Rusty’s life will be celebrated at Trinity Lutheran Church in Eden, ID on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 11 a.m. A visitation will be at Rosenau Funeral Home on Thursday, August 18, 2022 from 5-7 p.m.
Rusty would certainly want to thank his primary care provider Dr. Kohtz and his incredible oncology team Dr. Manning and Susie Doedyns, NP. Rusty lived several years with a chronic cancer – multiple myeloma. Dr. Manning and Susie were diligent to make sure Rusty not only lived, but enjoyed life. He was grateful for their amazing care, and so were we.
In lieu of flowers, please consider giving to Christ Lutheran School at 7921 LaMesa Blvd., LaMesa, CA 91942 or Immanuel Lutheran School at 2055 Filer Ave. E, Twin Falls, ID 83301. Rusty valued a Christ centered education and knew the importance of developing dynamic disciples for Christ. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/russell-rusty-louis-schwarz/article_b2eac190-df1a-5064-9d5d-5c1f48697936.html | 2022-08-16T07:48:02 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/russell-rusty-louis-schwarz/article_b2eac190-df1a-5064-9d5d-5c1f48697936.html |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Rats are taking over Cape Coral but exterminators explain how you can keep a lookout to protect your house and the property surrounding it.
“There’s a bad rat problem in Cape Coral,” Anna Wallace from Truly Nolen Pest Control said.
She blames Cape Coral’s canals and many fruit trees for the rat infestations.
“They are huge, almost like you can ride them,” resident Dave Lindley said.
At first, Lindley confused them for squirrels but quickly learned they are called palm rats and they can jump about six feet.
“Palm rats can get to be 12 to 14 inches,” Wallace said. “I have a little fake one right here obviously it’s a dead one it won’t get this fat but they can get this long.”
Cape Coral residents said that rats are infesting their trees, climbing along the power lines and then getting onto their roofs.
“Some people I’ve heard have rats in their attics,” Lindley said.
One woman said rats got stuck in her walls and died, leaving behind a disgusting smell.
Unfortunately, Wallace said that is common.
“We pulled 93 rats out of somebody’s attic over about a three month period of time,” she said.
Her biggest tips are to trim trees around your house and limit food sources outside, even from fruit trees. But also listen for strange noises.
“Sometimes if you have cable problems when your cable starts going wonky, you may not even may not even know you have rats in your attic chewing through those wires,” Wallace said.
It is also important to schedule a yearly inspection to make sure there are not any entry points for these rodents or others. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/15/rats-infestations-running-rampant-in-cape-coral/ | 2022-08-16T08:21:26 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/08/15/rats-infestations-running-rampant-in-cape-coral/ |
Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission Monday approved a zone change that will lead to a new housing development at north Fairgrounds and east Mockingbird Road.
Maverick Engineering requested the zone change from SF-3, Single Family Dwelling District, in part, TH, Townhouse Dwelling District in part, SF2, Single Family Dwelling District, in part, MF-16, Multiple Family Dwelling District, in part, SF1, Single Family Dwelling District, in part, 2F, Two Family Dwelling District, in part, and RR, Regional Retail District, in part, to PD, Planned District for Housing Development out of a 317.56-acre tract of land.
Representatives of Betenbough Homes offered a presentation of what is being called Mockingbird Ridge. They told commissioners it will consist of 924 residential lots, one 6.235-acre retail lot and approximately 72.91 acres of greenspace comprised of parks, walking trails, common areas and drainage ponds.
They said it would be developed in nine phases and include a new housing prototype called Cottages. The residences will include 687 core – SF3 lots, 112 reserve – SF-3 lots, 26 townhomes and 99 cottages.
Commissioners unanimously approved the zone change.
Commissioners also unanimously approved a request by LCA for a zone change from SF1, Single Family Dwelling District in part, and 2F-Two Family Dwelling District in part to PD, Planned Development District for a Civic Center and Community Center. The zone change request was made for development of the expansion of the Museum of the Southwest and Haley Memorial Library. The new site plan shows a design of approximately 9,600 square feet for an archives building, which will be used for storage and research workspace.
El Capitan Mexican Restaurant Marisco’s and Bar, which just opened in the former Tampico location at 2411 W. Wall St., unanimously received approval of its request for a Specific Use Designation with Term for the sale of all alcoholic beverages, for onpremises consumption, in a restaurant.
The restaurant currently has the designation but made the request in order to extend its hours of business and update the new ownership information. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following day on Friday and Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. The restaurant is proposing alcohol service during those same hours. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/New-924-home-development-proposed-for-NE-Midland-17375438.php | 2022-08-16T09:13:57 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/New-924-home-development-proposed-for-NE-Midland-17375438.php |
WATERLOO — A Waterloo man was hit by gunfire in one of two shootings in Waterloo over the weekend.
According to police, Antrell Jackson, 32, suffered a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen around 3:40 a.m. Sunday. Jackson was in the area of 722 Water St. when he was shot, and two parked vehicles also were struck by gunfire.
Jackson was taken to UnityPoint-Health Allen Hospital for treatment, and his injuries aren’t considered life threatening, police said.
The following day, around 12:35 a.m. Monday, residents reported hearing gunshots on Logan Avenue. A home at 1017 Logan was hit while people were inside, but no injuries were reported.
Officers found 10 spent shell casings in the yard behind the home.
No arrests have been made in the shootings. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/waterloo-man-injured-in-shooting/article_e0e83aa9-e5cc-5018-8ca1-d9259d2b23b6.html | 2022-08-16T09:43:40 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/waterloo-man-injured-in-shooting/article_e0e83aa9-e5cc-5018-8ca1-d9259d2b23b6.html |
DIKE — Students will be returning to a better learning environment at Dike-New Hartford Community Schools as much of the renovation and expansion work at the district’s two campuses nears completion.
Peters Construction of Waterloo has overseen the project under a $16.03 million contract.
After almost 17 months, much has been done with more to be completed. But Superintendent Justin Stockdale was proud to show off the progress made.
He recently provided a tour of the high school and New Hartford Elementary, highlighting the updated and expanded facilities. These include a new 15,000-square-foot gymnasium and new safe rooms, as well as classrooms that will be ready when students return on Aug. 23. Air conditioning has also been installed in all parts of the buildings.
“Those things, I think, will create better learning environments for the kids, better comfort in the classrooms,” Stockdale said. “And no longer will we have to see a kindergartener with a sweat bead rolling down his forehead, dripping on his work.”
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Voters in the Dike-New Hartford district approved a $9.4 million general obligation bond issue in March 2020 just before the pandemic hit. The renovations they paid for were focused on four areas: Improving safety, expanding parking, improving classroom space and the heating, ventilating, air conditioning systems.
All three buildings in the district received some of the same renovations, with safe rooms, new front offices and better lighting. Meanwhile, the new gym at the high school was added because of community demand. An additional $9.2 million in 1% sales tax bonds are also being used.
According to Stockdale, many of the renovations being made to the facilities are long overdue. Much of what’s in the high school and two elementary schools are outdated, including a cast iron boiler that Stockdale said had to be cut out with a blowtorch.
“And It’s really, I think, forward-thinking when we think about what’s to come potentially,” he said. “Some of these buildings and some of the things we replaced were originals – like put in in 1950. So I think it’s a combination of a renovation project and a new construction that you can see.”
Stockdale showed particular pride not only in the gym, but also in the improved science wing and new special education classrooms at the high school. While Dike-New Hartford has long been known for its athletic achievements, the superintendent said it’s of equal importance that the school maintains a strong reputation for its academics.
Stockdale also expressed his gratitude in the community’s support for the bond, with around 70% of voters in favor.
“I think there’s a ‘thanks’ that we’ve got to throw out in these situations. Our communities have been behind this, for the most part the entire way,” Stockdale said. “And I think we always just have to thank them for their support and trust in us that we’re going to put a facility out there – a quality learning environment out there for our kids that is going to yield top results.”
Stockdale says that construction will likely keep going throughout the upcoming school year, while the new gym will likely be ready for basketball season. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/dike-new-hartford-students-returning-this-fall-to-better-learning-environment/article_9ca1329d-4af1-5657-9b96-ea0d3f34d8f0.html | 2022-08-16T09:43:46 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/dike-new-hartford-students-returning-this-fall-to-better-learning-environment/article_9ca1329d-4af1-5657-9b96-ea0d3f34d8f0.html |
MAYS LANDING — Atlantic County Clerk Joe Giralo has been prepping for the Nov. 8 General Election almost since taking office in January, focused mainly on educating people about their rights and responsibilities as voters.
You may have seen Giralo in television commercials on a variety of cable networks, telling people how to remove their names from automatic vote-by-mail lists if they don't want to vote that way going forward.
"A lot of people have been opting out, and a lot opting in. It works both ways," Giralo said. "The message is getting out to people. We want you to vote. We don't care if you vote by machine, early, or by mail."
But don't stay on the mail-in list if you no longer want to vote that way, he said.
Vote-by-mail ballots cost more than $7 each to print and mail, Giralo stressed, and the vast majority are sent out but never returned.
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Many who get them show up at their polling place on Election Day, and then have to vote by provisional paper ballot.
"That's labor intensive," Giralo said of counting provisional ballots.
They will only be counted once officials verify that no mail-in ballot came back for the same voter.
"In the general election, we will send about 30,000 out," Giralo said of mail-in ballots. "On average less than 15% come back. That's a lot of money that's wasted."
If only 4,500 come back, 25,500 with a value of $178,500 are thrown away, he said.
And with inflation, the cost is going up to almost $10 each this year, Giralo estimated.
Voters who are on the automatic vote-by-mail list and no longer want to vote by mail should opt out by Aug. 31, to be sure to be off of it by the time the mail-in ballots are printed.
Links to forms to either opt out of the automatic vote-by-mail list, and forms to join the list, are available on the clerk's 2022 General Election page at: atlanticcountyclerk.org/elections-2/2022-general-election/.
You can also stop in at the Atlantic County Clerk’s Office at 5901 Main St., Mays Landing.
The television commercials Giralo has been featured in are regularly run through Comcast for about 75% of the county, he said. The Hammonton area, where he lives, is in a different Comcast service wheel that also includes Camden County, so it isn't running there.
"My kids say, 'Dad, I went to put on a movie and I saw your commercial'," Giralo said.
The clerk's job is to prepare the ballots for the voting machines and the vote-by-mail and provisional paper ballots.
The office also provides one-time vote-by-mail ballots to those who come in and request them for themselves or another. But the proper paperwork must accompany a request to pick up one for someone else.
The completed ballots are sent to the Board of Elections for counting.
A third office, the Superintendent of Elections, is also involved in elections.
That office keeps all the voter registration lists and updates them. It investigates all provisional ballots cast. (Provisional ballots are the paper ballots that must be used if someone gets to a polling site and his/her name is not on the voting rolls, or if the person had also been sent a vote-by-mail ballot. Only if the mail-in ballot was never returned will the provisional ballot be counted.)
It's a complex system, but a good one, Giralo said, with lots of checks and balances.
Since taking office in January, Giralo has also been making a lot of changes in the offices of the County Clerk.
The historic entrance to the Atlantic County Clerk's Office, which had been closed for decades, has reopened.
He has also revamped the office's organization and security — particularly in the area that handles applications for and pick-up of mail-in ballots — revved up wedding services, and organized historical archives. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lets-stop-wasting-175-000-on-unused-mail-in-ballots-atlantic-county-clerk-says/article_c0cf71a6-136e-11ed-9c17-b7963e491d4b.html | 2022-08-16T09:55:15 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lets-stop-wasting-175-000-on-unused-mail-in-ballots-atlantic-county-clerk-says/article_c0cf71a6-136e-11ed-9c17-b7963e491d4b.html |
ATLANTA — Community activists lost round one Monday night in a long-running, contentious battle over what to do with the old—and mostly unused--Atlanta City Detention Center, downtown.
The city council voted to let the Fulton County Sheriff put county inmates in the old city jail to ease overcrowding at the county jail.
But opponents, instead, want the city to convert the old jail into a social-services center that the city badly needs.
Next is round two on Wednesday, when the Fulton County Commission is scheduled to take up the deal and vote on it.
After hours of debate Monday, the city council voted 10-4 to let the county house about 700 county inmates at the city jail facility for four years.
“We are ashamed that the city voted this legislation up,” said Devin Barrington-Ward Monday night.
Barrington-Ward was speaking for the group called Communities Over Cages ATL, which supports a different plan to relieve overcrowding at the Fulton County jail, and a different plan for the old city jail--a plan once endorsed by Mayor Andre Dickens. They want the city to convert the city jail, which is mostly empty, to a community center that would offer badly-needed social services to people struggling for help that jails can’t give them.
Mayor Dickens told the council on Aug. 8 that plan will have to wait for about four years so the county can use the facility, first, for its inmates.
“In four years, once we cut off this process of having inmates in ACDC (Atlanta Community Detention Center), then we turn ourselves into what the next future is, which is not with us being in the jailing business,” Dickens said.
However, activists on Monday did help convince the City Council to approve six amendments to the deal.
One of the amendments puts the final say in the hands of a special city-county panel that would have 90 days to review the deal and collect data, and then decide if it is a good deal for the city, the county and the inmates. In addition, they'll decide f any details of the deal need to be changed--or if it’s a bad deal, which would kill it.
“So that way.” Barrington-Ward said, “we can make sure that our people are not being harmed in the haste to try and solve this problem that has been going on for far too long.”
But there can be no deal at all unless the Fulton County Commission approves some version of a plan, and that vote, again, is scheduled for Wednesday. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-city-council-detention-center-overcrowding/85-a8c87b84-2b7b-4b8e-85f1-22719852b4bd | 2022-08-16T09:56:54 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-city-council-detention-center-overcrowding/85-a8c87b84-2b7b-4b8e-85f1-22719852b4bd |
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