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TEMPLE, Texas — Cassie Walton, a mother from Oklahoma, went viral on Tiktok for recording a video of her son practicing for an active shooter situation.
The video has more than seven million views and 40,000 comments, with mixed public reaction. Most of the reactions say the mother is inappropriate for exposing her son to such violent ideas at a young age.
Those in support, however, are praising the mother for starting the always important conversation about safety at home. Temple Police Officer Undrea Mitchell feels the same.
"We should all take this very seriously. Fortunately, we're in a day in time where we have to expose our kids to things that normally they wouldn't be exposed to years ago," Mitchell, a School Resource Officer said. "So taking that time out to educate them and tell them hey, this is what you need to do. These are the things you need do, you need to listen to the instruction from adults. I think that's great."
Walton says she even purchased a bulletproof backpack for her son, and based on the video, it seems she's already been over escape tactics with her son plenty of times.
"A teacher calls over the intercom says it's not a drill everybody go in the corner and be really quiet and still what do you do?" Walton asked her son.
After a series of drills and scenarios, her biggest piece of advice to her son was to run far, far away from the school if he were to escape.
"Show me okay, you get out of the building where do you go? Where do you run outside?" Walton says. "You run as far away from the school as you can go. Mommy will find you."
Officer Mitchell says police everywhere are training diligently and children's safety is at the forefront of their goals ahead of this school year.
Most importantly, he wants to make sure every kid can feel safe at school.
"I just want to make sure that everybody understands that your police departments are taking this seriously and we're here for your kids. We're here for the campuses and we're going to be doing our jobs and make sure that our kids are inside of a building that they can consider safe." | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/temple-police-appreciate-video-of-mother-on-tiktok-teaching-son-active-shooter-safety/500-7b3fd51c-dfe2-47e5-865e-c078d5f5ec72 | 2022-08-19T04:32:18 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/temple-police-appreciate-video-of-mother-on-tiktok-teaching-son-active-shooter-safety/500-7b3fd51c-dfe2-47e5-865e-c078d5f5ec72 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Law enforcement agencies in Texas can now apply for Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) travel assistance, according to a Wednesday press release from Gov. Greg Abbott's office.
Agencies can also apply for the state's Bullet-Resistance Shield Grant Program for the fiscal year 2023.
In June, Texas transferred $105.5 million to support school safety and metals health initiatives. Included in that amount was $3 million for local law enforcement agencies to offset travel expenses for ALERRT training and $50 million for bullet-resistant shields.
"These new funds will give law enforcement officers expanded access to training for active shooter scenarios, as well as critical protective equipment. I encourage all eligible law enforcement agencies and local government entities to apply for this additional funding as we work together to keep all Texans safe," Abbott said in a statement.
ALERRT training aims to teach first responders effective strategies to respond to attacks, including school shootings. The training is provided by veteran first responders and has served more than 200,000 first responders across the U.S., according to Abbott's office.
In the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Abbott instructed the ALERRT programs to provide training to all school districts across Texas, prioritizing school-based law enforcement. Abbott's office said throughout the summer, ALERRT has trained more than 3,000 officers, delivered dozens of classes and is currently scheduling more than 100 classes in the coming months.
Abbott's office said that applications for ALERRT travel assistance are open to independent school districts, units of local government, institutions of higher education and other education institutions that operate law enforcement agencies. Applications for assistance may only be submitted after receiving confirmation of registration for an ALERRT course.
The deadline to submit and certify an application is Aug. 31, 2023.
Independent school districts, units of local government, the Texas Department of Public Safety and other education institutions that operate law enforcement agencies can also apply for grant funding to equip officers with bullet-resistant shields. The deadline to submit and certify an application for priority consideration is Sept. 16, 2022. Additional application periods may be opened as funding permits, according to the governor's office.
All officers provided with a grant-funded bullet-resistant shield must have either attended 16 hours of ALERRT training within the past 24 months or be committed to participate within the next 24 months.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — A documentary celebrating Scranton's time in the spotlight premiered at the Circle Drive-In.
"Scranton's Championship Season" takes a look back at Scranton native Jason Miller's 1982 film, "That Championship Season."
Now, 40 years later, filmmakers Bob Savakinus and Luz Cabrales are taking a look back in the documentary that features the stories of those who were involved in the original film.
"Now that you see it 40 years later and those people are still excited to talk about their experience, it really is priceless. We wanted to tell the story really of the community that's in the area," said Cabrales.
Proceeds from the showing will benefit the Lackawanna Historical Society.
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BERWICK, Pa. — A community in Columbia County is continuing to fight to keep its only hospital.
Residents of the Berwick area and employees of Berwick Hospital Center met to discuss efforts to stop the closure of the facility.
Hospital staff want to find a solution to maintain the facility as an acute medical care center.
Employees say the importance of the hospital was highlighted this weekend when a man drove through a crowd outside of a bar in Berwick, killing one and injuring 17 others.
"Caregivers here were ready to drop everything to come and help. That's who we are. That's what we're in danger of losing," said Cathy Curtin, employee.
Priyam Sharma, who owns the hospital, announced plans last month to turn the place into a psychiatric hospital.
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This Knoxville woman will be among first Peace Corps volunteers deployed since COVID
Natalie Eilerman began to cry when she read the letter. But these were happy tears.
The Knoxville native who graduated from Knoxville Catholic High School in 2018 will be among the first wave of Peace Corps volunteers to serve abroad since March 2020 when more than 7,000 volunteers were evacuated from 60 countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It's crazy, honestly,” Eilerman told Knox News. “It just meant a lot to me that this could happen because it just wasn't really looking like it was gonna happen.”
Eilerman, 23, felt her odds were slim to join the competitive program because volunteers who were evacuated and volunteers whose applications were postponed due to COVID were prioritized in returning to service.
But at the end of August, she will head to the Dominican Republic for the next two years, live with a host family and work with 10- to 24-year-olds as a youth development facilitator.
She says this is her dream position and the experience will help with her future goals of helping immigrants at the border as a social worker.
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She will serve the youth in her assigned area on life skills, boosting their employability skills and mentoring them through open and honest conversations. She especially wants to help address the limited access to sex and reproductive education in the Dominican Republic.
“I hope that I can just be real with the youth,” she said. “Even about sexual reproductive health, I feel like so much of education on that is blurred or omitted because people don't really want to talk about it. But (they) should be given this education because it's biological; they should know about their body.”
But Eilerman is not trying to save anyone. She just wants to provide a little bit of help when people say they need it. In fact, she wants to avoid the “savior complex,” something she says has historically been a problem in volunteer work.
“I'm a white person with a ton of privileges going into a space where it's mostly people of color in the Dominican Republic and I want to acknowledge my privileges and help in ways that people express they need because I don't want to come in and think that my way of doing things is great. Like, no, everybody does things differently and it works for everybody.”
Eilerman, who speaks Spanish, and the other volunteers will have three months of in-country training that will cover Dominican Republic culture, cultural values, language and linguistics, as well as health and safety tips and protocols. A host family helps volunteers acclimate and integrate with the community during this training period.
Eilerman – whose parents live in Knoxville – says helping people is her passion. She volunteered regularly at the Love Kitchen and delivered meals to people who couldn’t leave their homes. She’s helped with the Special Olympics and worked with an aquatics program for people with multiple sclerosis.
And through a summer program while attending the University of Dayton in Ohio, she lived with a family in rural Kentucky and was able to lead camps for children and teens, volunteer at a home for elders, and other service work within the community.
A volunteer fair her freshman year in college sparked her initial interest in the Peace Corps. She remained in touch with the recruiter and regularly attended virtual meetings to learn more about the program until she finally applied before graduating in 2022. She was even preparing to log onto a Peace Corps Zoom call when she learned that she’d be one of its newest volunteers.
“I hope that, first and foremost, I make good relationships and good ties with the people of the community there, and (with) my fellow Peace Corps volunteers and the Peace Corps staff,” Eilerman said, ready to embrace the immersive service experience abroad.
The Peace Corps is recruiting volunteers to serve in 48 countries around the world.
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MUNCIE, Ind. — Another central Indiana police department is looking into license plate reader technology to help cut down on crime.
The city of Muncie is getting ready to roll out Flock Safety cameras on local streets, hoping to help police to more quickly solve crimes.
Getting crime under control is a big priority for Muncie Police Chief Nathan Sloan.
"The increase in crime, both locally and nationally, is what we're talking about trying to reduce, particularly violent crime. Gun crime is a huge concern for me, and I've got to get that shut down. I've got to get that stopped," Sloan said.
Thursday evening, city and police leaders came together during the Dream with Dan Forum to discuss plans to install 22 Flock Safety cameras around the city.
The cameras will take images of cars coming and going on main arteries around town, getting license plate and unique car information. Then, if a crime is reported, like a hit-and-run, police can use their evidence and information gathered to then search the images from the Flock system, solving crimes faster.
"Now we can go back to this system in real-time quickly and look for this car, see if it was in the area, in fact, what direction it might have been traveling, what time it was there, perhaps if it was traveling with another vehicle and be able to solve it that much further. Because normally, we would put out a BOL, look for this car and through human error, that might be missed," Sloan said. "These aren't going to miss that."
If you run a light, Sloan said, there's no need to worry about a ticket coming in the mail. These cameras are not intended for - and will not be used in - traffic enforcement. Instead, they'll be used to solve crimes, like burglaries or construction theft, allowing detectives to work faster and more efficiently.
A $2,500-per camera per year, the Flock Safety cameras aren't cheap, so the city is easing into the new system with a 60-day free trial, expecting to get Flock's cameras up and running in September while making sure the system works well for Muncie before investing city funds.
But with dozens of other Indiana and federal agencies already using the devices to solve crime, city leaders say they're expecting them to make a big difference here, too.
"We feel like it's worth the investment of time, and ultimately will be worth the investment in the equipment in order to improve the efficiency of our officers and improve the safety of our citizens. It's very important for us," said Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour.
Several police departments across Indiana have already invested in license plate reader technology, including IMPD, Hancock County Sheriff's Department, and departments in Zionsville, McCordsville, Noblesville and Cumberland.
Some school districts have even jumped on board, like Clark-Pleasant, who installed theirs last year. Police departments locally say they're already making a big difference.
Just a few months ago, cameras helped catch an Indianapolis man wanted for attempted murder. Before that, they helped ID a theft suspect's car on Indy's north side after landscaping gear was stolen from the Pickwick Commons neighborhood.
"(It) told us, you know, what the car looked like, the color and the make and the time, and we were able to go to the footage and, you know, get the car with the license plate. It was at the same time, and we forwarded it onto the landscaper," said Jayson Parker, president of the Pickwick Commons HOA.
The city currently has upwards of 70 cameras with plans to add more than 100 others.
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Gregory L. Butts, 66, of North Bend died August 12, 2022 in North Bend. Cremation rites are under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel 685 Anderson Ave. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Marileen D. Rodgers, 64, of Grants Pass and North Bend, passed away August 2, 2022 in Coos Bay. Cremation Rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216
Pat L. Hakes, 82, of North Bend, passed away August 6, 2022 in Coos Bay. Cremation Rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216
Jaque Roby, 73, of Coos Bay, passed away August 7, 2022 in Springfield. Cremation Rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216
Ronald B. Elbert, 63, of Coos Bay, passed away August 10, 2022 in Coos Bay. Cremation Rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216
Charles D. Ault, 87, of Coquille, passed away August 12, 2022 in Coquille. Cremation Rites are under the direction of Nelson's Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216
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SAN ANTONIO — Migrants bused from the border to New York City are more likely to secure permanent residence in the United States than they would if they remained in Texas, according to KENS 5's review of federal data compiled by Syracuse University.
From October 2021 through July 2022, New York City judges approved 3,926 of 4,832 requests for asylum. They granted the protection in 81 percent of cases.
During the same period, Texas's 11 immigration courts granted asylum in 827 of 3,844 cases. Texas judges approved 22 percent of requests.
Houston judges handle the bulk of Texas's immigration work. They have so far granted asylum in just 17 percent of cases this fiscal year.
San Antonio's immigration bench has so far approved more asylum requests than any other Texas court, granting asylum in 170 of 251 opportunities.
Gov. Greg Abbott began sending migrants out of state in April. Texas has already bused more 6,500 migrants to Washington, D.C. and New York City.
Mayors in each city have decried the move as 'inhumane,' calling the practice a political stunt. It's not clear whether the asylum-seekers know what will happen or what to do when they exit the buses.
Some have called the journey tiring and stressful.
Abbott contends the federal government hasn't done enough to curb illegal immigration or manage an influx of asylum-seekers. He says the move is designed to draw attention to Texas's border. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/migrants-bused-to-nyc-are-more-likely-to-secure-asylum/273-e4711def-da91-4a91-8566-0de6d59c8f1f | 2022-08-19T05:07:17 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/migrants-bused-to-nyc-are-more-likely-to-secure-asylum/273-e4711def-da91-4a91-8566-0de6d59c8f1f |
FRESNO, Calif. — California's health care sector could be set to grow with an additional 40,000 mental health workers under Governor Gavin Newsom's $4.7 million "Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health."
The plan unveiled Thursday aims to address the historic rise in reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and thoughts of suicide in children between the ages 10 and 18, according to Newsom.
“We’re investing billions of dollars to ensure every California child has better access to comprehensive mental health and substance use services," he said. “The Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health is premised on a very simple belief, every single kid deserves to have their mental health supported.”
The governor's office describes the plan as part of its "historic overhaul of the state’s mental health system," over the past three years.
Providing social emotional support services for students with staff made up of psychologists, social workers and welfare specialists is the plan's end goal.
Newsom announced his plan at McLane High School in the Fresno Unified School District, which he noted increased its mental health staffing from around 50 to now more than 200 professionals.
Existing mental health care resources in California include the Children's Mental Health Resource Hub, which provides:
- Several support hotlines
- CalHOPE
- Informational guides on suicide and depression warning signs
Click here to check out the full Master Plan For Kids' Mental Health.
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ROME, Ga. — Three fights in three days at Rome High School have resulted in 16 students being arrested and charged, so far, with misdemeanors.
Rome Police said more arrests are possible as investigators look through all the videos that have been recorded by students and by the school’s security cameras.
What’s going on?
“We wish we knew,” Assistant Police Chief Debbie Burnett said Thursday. “We've got a lot of students that, for whatever reason this week, have decided that fighting in school and videoing it, is the right thing to do. It seems to be attention-getting, school-disrupting, or to see who can post things on social media.”
After police caught two students with loaded handguns in Rome High School at the beginning of the school year, they’ve increased security at the school.
Due to the fights, they’re assigning more police officers to Rome High School– and making sure students get the message that they’ll be arrested if they take part in any fights.
Charges against the 11 boys and five girls arrested for fighting on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday include battery, obstruction, and terroristic threats.
“Right now, we are taking a zero-tolerance approach,” Burnett said, “Because if we don't, then there's going to be more violence. And somebody is going to end up getting seriously injured, which we actually do not want. But bottom line is, it is not fair to the students who are going there for the right reasons.”
Amber Dupont said her daughter and special needs son, who are among Rome High School’s 2,000 students, are scared, now, to go to school because of the relative few who are fighting.
“She’s terrified,” Dupont said, “She’s terrified. She’s like, ‘Mom, please get me out of this school.’ My special needs son, he’s terrified. They’re like, ‘Mama, just please get me out of this school.’”
“We’re getting an outcry from parents, as we should,” Burnett said. “We have started assigning extra officers... We’re trying to identify all the students that are causing the problems so that the other students can go to school and learn in a productive environment. We do not want to charge these juveniles. We don’t want them to end up starting their young adult life with something on their record. So we’re going to ask for compliance, mentor them and help them as far as we can. But the ones that just refuse to comply, we won’t have a choice but to make the criminal charges.”
The acting superintendent of the Rome school district, and the school board chair, are both not commenting on the status of the students arrested, or on what the administrators need to do to secure the school. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rome-high-school-brawls-students-arrested/85-93d54505-8963-4ceb-b665-a94db65b1aeb | 2022-08-19T05:22:08 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rome-high-school-brawls-students-arrested/85-93d54505-8963-4ceb-b665-a94db65b1aeb |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Local 5 and CW Iowa 23 are bringing exciting 2022 Iowa State Fair experiences to you, from live newscasts to an interactive Local 5 Weather Lab experience. Come see us in front of the Administration Building (Grand Concourse) each day between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Nearly four decades ago, Cattlemen's Beef Quarters first started serving up steaks, burgers and everything bovine at the Iowa State Fair.
"1985, when we started it. Here from day one to day whatever this is," said John Mortimer, the general manager and longtime leader of the restaurant.
Mortimer has watched Cattlemen's Beef Quarters from the ground up — much like returning fairgoers.
"We were on gravel in a tent. Very rudimentary. Equipment was just some stuff that we kind of cobbled together and had some counties come in and do some drilling for us," he said. "And we got by but we didn't serve more than a day now and we started the whole year back then so."
According to the restaurant's website, the mission of the Cattlemen's Beef Quarters is "enabling Iowa beef producers the opportunity to showcase their product at the Iowa State Fair."
And showcase they do.
"Beef in Iowa is huge. And it's we're here to help promote it. And if we're not here, I don't know who would promote beef any better than we're doing it so we're, that's our job," Mortimer said.
Over the years, Mortimer and the menu have grown together.
"Oh, we've added a lot, taken away a lot. You know, we had kabobs the first year and sirloin steaks, and we don't have any of those now, we've upgraded and we think, 'Oh, we know we have got prime rib.' One of the best prime ribs you're ever going to eat is gonna be right here. I guarantee it," he said.
So what's kept Mortimer coming back to the fair and to the restaurant year after year? The answer is simple: community.
"The thing I keep coming back for is the people, you know, you just get to know people and they all become friends for a day, a year," ___ said. "And a lot of them and that's just the fun part of it. And people more people probably know me than I know them."
But, after 38 years of fair food and good times, he decided its time to hang up his apron.
"Best manager we ever had here. He's the only one we've had 'til the new one," said Greg Bailey, a Union County cattleman.
A fellow worker said he was sad to see Mortimer go.
"Wish he was staying on but it's sometimes it's time just to call her quits. And he's — this place is all about him," Gary Goldsmith, an Adams County cattleman added.
As the Iowa State Fair nears its final weekend of 2022, Mortimer is saying goodbye to longtime friends and a lifetime of food.
"Well, I wasn't looking forward to it. It's here and I can't keep going. I know that. My mind says 'You keep going and going and going,' [but] my body says 'Yeah, don't do that to us,'" Mortimer said. "So it's it's time. And it was nothing when we started and now it's something." | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/cattlemans-beef-quarters-john-mortimer-retires-iowa-state-fair-food/524-c29c5da5-c61a-4fec-8231-9cfa608872c1 | 2022-08-19T05:26:29 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/cattlemans-beef-quarters-john-mortimer-retires-iowa-state-fair-food/524-c29c5da5-c61a-4fec-8231-9cfa608872c1 |
What to Know
- WalletHub released this year’s list for the best and worst states to have a baby. The tri-state area delivered great scores.
- According to WalletHub, Connecticut ranks No. 6, New York ranks No. 12 and New Jersey ranks No. 15 overall for the best states to have a baby.
- The rankings were determined based on cost, health care, baby-friendliness, and family-friendliness. Connecticut ranked among the top five for cost, with New York and New Jersey ranking in the top 20.
Deciding where to raise a family is an important decision, but with a pandemic to worry about, stress could be added to that.
With this in mind, WalletHub released this year’s list for the best and worst states to have a baby. The tri-state area delivered great scores.
According to WalletHub, Connecticut came in sixth and New York ranked No. 12 overall for the best states to have a baby. New Jersey wasn’t too far behind, ranking at No. 15.
The rankings were determined based on cost, health care, baby-friendliness and family-friendliness. Connecticut ranked among the top five for cost, with New York and New Jersey ranking in the top 20.
When it comes to family-friendliness, each part of the tri-state ranked in the top 10, with New York coming in second. Connecticut came in at No. 7, and New Jersey came in at No. 10.
The tri-state area also showed up in other categories. New York came in fourth and New Jersey fifth, for states with the lowest infant mortality rate. New York and New Jersey also tied with California, Florida, and Nevada, at No. 33 for states with the highest Hospital Conventional-Delivery Charges.
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Connecticut comes in at No. 4 for states with the most Midwives & OB-GYN’s per capita.
So which state was named the best and which state was named the worst, according to WalletHub?
Massachusetts came in at No. 1 overall, with high scores for health-care and family friendliness. Meanwhile, Alabama came in as the worst state to have a baby, with high costs, and low scores for baby and family friendliness.
To see the complete list, or learn about the methodology used, click here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/which-states-are-the-best-and-worst-to-have-a-baby-check-your-state-here/3830867/ | 2022-08-19T05:31:00 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/which-states-are-the-best-and-worst-to-have-a-baby-check-your-state-here/3830867/ |
A young couple was found dead in their Long Island home after shots were fired inside, Suffolk County police said.
Detectives are investigating after a 911 call from a home on Park Circle in Shirley led officers to find two people dead inside the residence just before 5 p.m. Thursday. Police said that 20-year-old Destiny Leinfus and 19-year-old Gavin Bifalco were found dead, both with gunshot wounds.
It was not immediately clear who fired the shots, or who called police. Investigators said that one or both of the pair died from self-inflicted injuries.
The boyfriend and girlfriend lived with Leinfus' parents, Suffolk County police said. The county's medical examiner will perform an autopsy for both Leinfus and Bifalco.
An investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/young-couple-found-dead-in-their-long-island-home-after-shots-fired-police/3831062/ | 2022-08-19T05:31:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/young-couple-found-dead-in-their-long-island-home-after-shots-fired-police/3831062/ |
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A closed Sullivan County school building could re-open for community use if the county commission gets its way.
Thursday night, the Sullivan County Commission approved a resolution to pursue purchasing the former Sullivan Middle School in the Sullivan Gardens community.
The resolution says the goal is to “ensure that such grounds and buildings be used for the enjoyment and interest of the citizenry of Sullivan County while continuing to support the community of Sullivan Gardens and surrounding areas.”
Sullivan Middle closed in May 2021 as part of a county-wide school consolidation project.
There was talk of demolishing the building, according to previous reports.
“The community of Sullivan Gardens does not want the building demolished, but prefers it to be
used for the community,” according to the resolution sponsored by Commissioner Alicia Starnes. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/county-wants-to-acquire-former-sullivan-middle-school/ | 2022-08-19T05:31:27 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/county-wants-to-acquire-former-sullivan-middle-school/ |
Birmingham, Ala.(WIAT)–A Shelby County has been named a GoFundMe Hero. The fundraising platform named Jeff Rease as one of their heroes for Portraits of Honor, his portraiture of World War Two Veterans.
He’s been featured on the GoFundMe podcast celebrating the project. Jeff started Portraits of Honor in 2019. Ari Romio with GoFundMe says the company started it’s Heroes program in 2017 to help support the community of people reaching out to their surrounding communties to fundraise.
Jeff Rease said, he got into this type of photography following his passion. It didn’t take long before he figured out meeting these World War Two Veterans, taking their portraits and sharing their stories was more like a calling for him.
He’s hearing stories from Veterans like B5-1 fighter pilot Earl Miller. His portrait is on the wall of Rease’s home office. Miller, dons a black leather jacket in the photo.
Rease said, “it’s just a simple leather jacket. Before he put that on he just looked like anybody else, but when he put that on he looked like that B-51 fighter pilot you could see in the picture and on the table next to him. It just brought it out.”
Rease not only photographs the Veterans for Portraits of Honor. He interviews these heroes and shares their stories on his YouTube Channel.
GoFundMe’s Ari Romio said his updates and stories about these Veterans is one of the reasons they chose him as a GoFundme Hero. Romio said, “we found out that he had self funded the project for about a year. And, we were just honored that he chose GoFundMe just to be a small part of his story and just really rallying people together. Rallying strangers to believe in his cause and he does just such a good job of updating his fundraiser taking us all along his journey.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/local-gofundme-hero-is-documenting-history/ | 2022-08-19T05:34:16 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/local-gofundme-hero-is-documenting-history/ |
VINCENT, Ala. (WIAT) — The City of Vincent no longer has a police department after the city council voted unanimously to disband the squad Thursday night.
Vincent City Council voted to temporarily disband the police department after allegations of racist texts between officers on the force emerged last week. Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will be taking over patrol for the city.
Two officers were put on leave earlier this month following the allegation of the racist text messages. The third and only officer left on the force resigned after the situation came to light.
Over a dozen citizens spoke during a public hearing Thursday, including Tina Franklin who said she moved to Vincent from Memphis, Tennessee back in 2013.
“We need to rebuild our community, the hurt is there,” Franklin said. “How do I tell my grandson that the place I moved him to, to protect him that there are people in power that don’t like or made the statements about a pregnant woman and a buy one get one free?”
Many other citizens echoed her concerns and said they appreciate having a police department for the city, but said it needs to be rebuilt with officers who respect and care for everyone they serve.
“Please do not take our local law enforcement away from us,” Vincent resident Rick Crowder said. “I have an elderly mother-in-law who I love dearly that would have a difficult time keeping an intruder at bay for five minutes, much less 25 minutes.”
Vincent Mayor James Latimer said they cannot fire officers unless they receive two write-ups and a verbal warning as per the city law. He said there were no verbal complaints of misconduct against the officers prior.
Latimer said it’s been tough to figure out a compromise to please everyone.
“I think what we did tonight was the best thing for everybody,” Latimer said. “I wish it could be a more satisfactory resolution for everybody, but I think we did the only thing we really could do at this point.”
The two officers who were placed on leave will be laid off five days from Friday when the ordinance passed unanimously on Thursday is rewritten. Council voted to change the wording of the ordinance to temporarily disband the department instead of abolishing it altogether.
Latimer said the city is committed to rebuilding a new police department and hopes to have it complete by October 2023 when the contract Vincent enters into with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office would be up.
“I understand people are upset,” Latimer said. “We’re always transparent about everything as much as we can be. There are some things we are required to keep confidential by law, and we have to follow those laws, or else we open the city up to liability.”
A formal ethics complaint will be sent Tuesday morning for further investigation into the department.
Latimer said the officers will be laid off and unable to return to the department. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/vincent-city-council-temporarily-disbands-police-department-due-to-racist-texts/ | 2022-08-19T05:34:22 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/vincent-city-council-temporarily-disbands-police-department-due-to-racist-texts/ |
VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO, Idaho — Mark and Daniel Harro crashed in an airplane just outside the Johnson Creek Airport in Valley County the morning of Aug. 15.
The twin brothers were 38 years old.
From an early age, John Harro - their father - watched his boys slowly build a reputation as a package deal.
"Their friend would call and say, 'can I speak with Mark and Daniel?' Like they we're the same person," John said. "It didn't matter to their friend which one they were speaking to. They just wanted to speak with Mark and Daniel, and it could be Mark or Daniel."
The two were avid outdoorsmen - they enjoyed skiing, backpacking, and biking. Mark showed off more of a creative edge, while Daniel seemed to be more adventurous, John said.
The pair split after high school. Mark pursued a degree at Montana State University; Daniel went on to become a firefighter.
"They had been apart for many years, and then came back together here in Bend [Oregon] just about 5 years ago," John said.
Daniel earned his pilot's license in 2021, according to John. Over the past few weeks, Daniel took several trips to the Johnson Creek Airport in Valley County.
To make use of this newfound time together, Daniel invited his brother Mark.
"The first, maybe, 5-day period they could be together since high school," John said. "Daniel always alerted us when he was taking off and alerted us when he was landing."
John did not receive a landing text the day his boys were returning home.
The plane crashed just outside the airstrip. Mark and Daniel passed away in the wreck.
"It seemed, and still seems really, unthinkable. Unbelievable. Like a - like a bad dream," John said.
From the crash site in Valley County, to the autopsy in Boise, to the trip back home to Bend - firefighters from numerous departments stood watch over the twins' bodies every step of the way. This is a sign of respect between firefighters to honor a fallen brother.
"What meant so much to us was that the honor was bestowed on both Mark and Daniel," John said. "Daniel was the firefighter, but Mark has been treated with equal respect."
Daniel texted John they were taking off at 6:28 a.m. The Valley County Sherriff’s Office (VCSO) didn't receive a call about the crash until 11:20 a.m., according to a press release from VCSO.
However, Mark and Daniel weren't alone for even a second. Their dog Cinder survived the crash.
"Cinder was on first watch," John said.
Mark and Daniel's bodies have been returned back home to Bend. They are both survived by their wives.
"Mark and Daniel are humble people who liked to help other people," John said. "They would go out of their way to help other people. I think, ultimately, that's how I would want them to be remembered."
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin City Council voted to adopt the fiscal year 2022-2023 budget during a meeting on Thursday night.
The $5 billion budget aims to halt an emerging crisis in staff recruitment and retention and sustain public services for the community.
The adopted budget incorporates proposals made by Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk and added investments for rental assistance, fire and EMS stations, police cadets and lifeguards for City pools.
“The budget adopted by Council today puts the City in a strong position to recruit and retain the people we need to sustain the high quality of services our residents have come to expect,” said Cronk.
“It does this while reducing the City’s portion of the annual property tax bill for the typical homeowner and investing in public safety, disaster response, and actions to address climate change. We look forward to implementing Council’s priorities in the coming fiscal year.”
In addition to the previously proposed items, amendments included by council members also made it into the final budget. Those additions include:
- $7 million General Fund increase to raise the City’s minimum wage beyond the City Manager’s proposal of $18 per hour, to $20 per hour.
- $17.8 million in capital funding to complete construction of the Goodnight Ranch Fire/EMS station in southeast Austin.
- An additional $3 million in one-time funding, added to the $5 million proposed by the City Manager, to help prevent displacement and homelessness as rents rise.
- A further increase in the number of full-time lifeguards, from the four proposed by the City Manager to 13, to help address staff shortages and keep the City’s pools open and safe.
- $1.2 million to expand a life-saving program providing whole blood transfusions to patients before they reach the hospital.
- Option to run additional police academies customized for candidates with prior law enforcement experience.
- $350,000 to provide education and services focused on sexual and reproductive health and wellness, and contraception, following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade.
What does the approved budget mean for taxpayers? The approved property tax rate of 46.27 cents per $100 of taxable value is 3.5% above the projected "no-new-revenue operations and maintenance tax rate," which is the measure used by the state to determine compliance with its revenue cap.
The City tax bill for the average homeowner, defined as the owner of a home valued at $453,727, will be $1,679.52 per year or about $140 per month. The annual bill for typical senior or disabled homeowners will be about $1,104, which is down about $9 from last year, the City said.
The tax impact paired with rate and fee changes amounts to an increase for the typical taxpayer of 3.8%, equivalent to an additional $170 per year.
The budget was passed with a 10-1 vote, with District 6 Councilmember Mackenzie Kelly being the lone vote against the budget.
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Aug. 9, 1944—Aug. 5 , 2022
WENDELL — Lillian Banfill loved and survived by her husband Ed, sister Sharon, daughter Dana, sons Ed and Ken, grandkids Brooke, Karisa, Paige, Edward IV, Jessica, Sara, Chloe and great-grandchildren Weston and Blake.
Lil passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her beloved family. Lil was 77 years old and enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, camping, fishing, her cats, and spending time with her family.
She was our bright and shining star and will remain shining brightly in our hearts and heaven. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/lillian-banfill/article_e7152089-0d38-5351-aef2-6f04dca65c1c.html | 2022-08-19T06:00:33 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/lillian-banfill/article_e7152089-0d38-5351-aef2-6f04dca65c1c.html |
Aug. 20, 1941—Aug. 14, 2022
BOISE — Mary “Helen” Armijo Almanza, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, returned to her heavenly home on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. She passed away peacefully at her home in Boise, Idaho, surrounded by her family. She was 80 years old.
Helen was born Aug. 20, 1941, to Malaquais and Maria Consuelo Gonzales Armijo in Billings, Montana. She later moved with her family to Toppenish, Washington, where she attended elementary and high school. It was in Toppenish where she met her future husband, John F. Almanza. They moved to Burley, Idaho, to be with John’s family and were married there in 1961, for all time and eternity. They made their home in Burley, raised their four children there, and enjoyed nearly 61 years together.
Helen was a lifelong and an active member of the Catholic Church and her community. She was a parishioner at St. Therese the Little Flower Catholic Church for 50 years, where she enjoyed serving in the Altar Society and as Eucharistic Minister. She was honored and named Catholic Woman of the Year for the State of Idaho in 1976.
She dedicated her free time to volunteer work in the Burley community and received many accolades and awards. Helen loved caring for and improving the lives of children; spending many years as a Literacy Advocate, elementary school aide, Daycare Owner, and foster parent. Helen was a beautiful person inside and out and was very loved by her family and friends. She will be forever missed.
Helen is survived by her husband, John; all four of her children, Linda Almanza Kresl (Steve), Connie Almanza Mitchell (Mike Decker), Tina Almanza Rose (Dexter), and John Almanza (Kelley); one brother, Edward Armijo (Juanita); nine grandchildren, Kiley Mitchell, Chelsea Mitchell, Brionna Rose, Magdalena Kresl, Taylor Mitchell (Maddie), Augustine Almanza, Juanito Kresl, Giovanna Almanza, Asher Almanza, and Westin Rose; two great-grandsons, Simon Mitchell and Porter Mitchell; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Malaquais and Mary; and a brother, Nieves Armijo Lopez, all of which are now surely enjoying a family reunion.
The funeral Mass will be offered for the repose of her soul at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 at St. Therese the Little Flower Catholic Church, located at 1601 Oakley Ave., in Burley, with the Rev. Father Eladio Vieyra as Celebrant. Right of committal and burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley. A reception will follow immediately at St. Therese the Little Flower Parish Hall.
Friends and family will be received from 5 until 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, 2022 at St. Therese the Little Flower Catholic Church in Burley, with the recitation of the holy rosary beginning at 6 p.m.
A webcast of the service will be available and maintained at rasmussenwilson.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-helen-almanza/article_eaacbe4c-5cfe-58b2-9efe-b5f60e4f779c.html | 2022-08-19T06:00:39 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-helen-almanza/article_eaacbe4c-5cfe-58b2-9efe-b5f60e4f779c.html |
Originally published Aug. 17 on KTVB.COM.
Nearly 60 people gathered in a Canyon County courtroom Wednesday to see Wyatt Cunningham, a man who pleaded guilty to aggravated battery for stabbing a young woman, sentenced to 15 years in prison.
“Every time I close my eyes, I see his face,” the victim, Bailey Fanopoulos, told the court. She said she never imagined her life to look like a horror film.
Canyon County Judge Davis VanderVelde told Cunningham he would violate an agreement to sentence him to two years, and chose a unified sentence of 15 years in total because what he did was “quite frankly the most terrifying type of crime we have.” Cunningham will be eligible for parole after eight years.
Cunningham stabbed 18-year-old Fanopoulos in his then unborn child’s nursery after he invited her over for a shopping trip on Nov. 22, 2021, at his house in Middleton. He stabbed her in her shoulder, the top of her head and in her knee so hard it bent the knife, she said, and also attempted to stab her in the stomach and slash her throat.
Fanopoulos locked herself in the bathroom to get away from her attacker.
“He kept asking me if I was alive,” Fanopoulos said, and cries rang out in the courtroom. “I stayed quiet on the bathroom floor praying I would see my family again.”
Cunningham also took to her phone and asked what she would tell law enforcement when they arrived on scene.
When Cunningham’s wife came home and found out what happened, she began arguing with him, Fanopoulos said in her statement. He told his wife to stay out of the bathroom. His wife was then able to render aid to Fanopoulos.
“He stabbed me in the head, which the knife bent, and if the tip of the knife did not break off in my knee, it would have killed me,” Fanopoulos told KTVB.
However, she first called Cunningham’s mother, who showed up to the house, but took him to the bathroom to “bandage him up” from the injuries he received during the altercation, according to an affidavit — while Fanopoulos was still in the house bleeding, waiting for EMS to arrive.
“After fighting for my life and being left to bleed out in the bathroom, I do believe I am here today to for a reason and hope my words are heard,” Fanopoulos said.
The state said that Cunningham has a history of violent urges, which was documented in the pre-sentence investigation, and that he finally acted on those urges the day of the stabbing. Cunningham admitted in his statement to the court that he “overestimated” his self control and should have gotten help.
Fanopoulos’ mother, Danielle, collected letters and testimony from other women who have had uncomfortable or dangerous experiences with Cunningham. Judge VanderVelde told the court he read these letters.
“Each time a new girl reached out later in his life, it increased. Up to a point of actually having a gun pulled out with two minors at a high school,” Danielle said.
In an affidavit, Middleton Police officer Erica Robbins said that when she interviewed Cunningham that day and asked why he stabbed Fanopoulos, he said, “I had no reason to be mad at her or stab her or anything. It was just like an impulse. It was weird, it didn’t feel real.”
Cunningham’s defense pleaded with the judge for rehabilitation rather than imprisonment because they claimed he has four untreated mental illnesses.
His defense said that this case has no credible evidence that Cunningham has a propensity for violence, which was met by laughs in the audience.
Danielle Fanopoulos told KTVB after the sentencing that she hopes this case will receive enough awareness to reach other victims, and that her family will continue to keep moving even after such a horrible tragedy.
“I hope he gets the help he needs,” Danielle Fanopoulos told KTVB. “I hope he never does this to another female — or anybody — again.”
Cunningham will be eligible for parole in 2030.
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Originally published Aug. 17 on KTVB.COM.
Six law enforcement officers were awarded the Idaho Medal of Honor on Wednesday for demonstrating bravery and courage while on the job.
Originally published Aug. 17 on KTVB.COM.
Six law enforcement officers were awarded the Idaho Medal of Honor on Wednesday for demonstrating bravery and courage while on the job.
The medal ceremony was held in the Lincoln Auditorium of the Idaho Capital building at 2:30 p.m.
“Today we talk about the state’s highest honor for law enforcement officers, firefighting professionals and emergency medical service providers: the Idaho Medal of Honor,” Idaho Governor Brad Little said at the ceremony. “There are many types of public service, but our police, firefighters and first responders are the public servants who put their lives at risk every single day to respond to emergencies and keep our community safe.”
The Idaho Medal of Honor was created in 2004 by the Idaho Legislature as a way of recognizing Idaho first responders and law enforcement statewide that go above and beyond while in the field. Award recipients exemplify what it means to be a hero.
“Every day they put on their uniform to go to work and they don’t know what they will encounter,” Gov. Little said. “Our first responders, firefighters and men and women in law enforcement do what most of us aren’t capable of doing, and they deserve the utmost respect and support.”
In 2005, emergency medical service (EMS) providers became eligible for the award.
This year’s medal recipients:
- Officer Steve Bonas, Boise Police Department;
- Sergeant Chris Davis, Boise Police Department;
-Sergeant Kevin Holtry, Boise Police Department;
-Deputy Camron Killmar, Idaho County Sheriff’s Office;
-Officer Samuel Lang, Nampa Police Department; and
-Officer Matthew Rappatoni, Caldwell Police Department.
This year’s nominations, which were all made by Idaho law enforcement agencies, were decided on March 2 by the Medal of Honor Commission.
To be eligible for the award, recipients must be a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or EMS provider that has been “killed or seriously injured or who distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of duty”, according to the State of Idaho website.
“As I read about your heroic acts, I stand here in awe of you today,” Gov. Little said. “You have demonstrated fearless dedication every single day so the rest of us can live our lives safely. Thank you for your courage and sacrifice.”
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Originally published Aug. 18 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar, a Boise native, will speak twice in Idaho during a pair of public appearances in connection with an upcoming University of Idaho lecture series.
Originally published Aug. 18 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar, a Boise native, will speak twice in Idaho during a pair of public appearances in connection with an upcoming University of Idaho lecture series.
First, at 5 p.m. MDT on Sept. 6, Prelogar will present at JUMP Boise’s Pioneer Room, 1000 W. Myrtle St., in her hometown of Boise. Then, at 3:30 p.m. PDT on Sept. 7, Prelogar will deliver her lecture, “When justice is done, representing the United States in the Supreme Court,” in the University of Idaho’s Bruce M. Pitman Center, 709 Deakin Ave., in Moscow.
University of Idaho officials announced Prelogar’s presentation and lecture in a press release issued Tuesday. The University of Idaho’s College of Law, the Idaho Supreme Court and Idaho State Bar Association are hosting her for the 2022 Sherman J. Bellwood Memorial Lecture, according to the news release.
Both events are free and open to the public. Prelogar’s Moscow lecture will be streamed at www.uidaho.edu/live.
Prelogar is the 48th U.S. solicitor general, which is the fourth-highest position in the Department of Justice, according to a bio released by the University of Idaho. In her position, Prelogar supervises all of the federal government’s litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prelogar previously served as an assistant to the solicitor general and as an assistant special counsel to former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s investigation into interference in the 2016 presidential election.
University of Idaho officials said the Sherman J. Bellwood Memorial Lecture is the largest endowed lecture series at the university. The series has brought several prominent state and national leaders and officials to speak in Idaho, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, who visited and spoke in 2009.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police are investigating after a shooting just after midnight Friday sent one person to a hospital.
A Metro Police spokesperson said officers were called to the 5400 block of E 19th Street on reports that a person had been shot.
Officers found an adult male with an apparent gunshot wound(s) and applied a tourniquet before medics arrived.
The victim told police he was walking north on Ritter Avenue when the shooting happened. He said he didn't see the shooter or a vehicle.
He was taken to a hospital and was last said to be in critical condition, according to police.
Police ask anyone who may have heard or seen anything or who have cameras that may have captured clues about the shooting to contact Det. Matt Cook at 317-327-3475, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 317-262-TIPS.
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Jacob "Jack" Esala
Nov. 22, 1949 - Aug. 15, 2022
CROWN POINT, IN - Jacob "Jack" Esala, age 72, of Crown Point, IN, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2022.
Jack is survived by his wife, Carole Esala; children: Christopher and David (Erika) Esala; granddaughter, Eleanor; brothers: Darrell (Rosemary), Keith (Beverly), and Greg (Adele) Esala; sister, Marsha (Scott) Maki; and many nieces and nephews.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents; Rev. Toivo and Ardis Esala.
Jack worked as a Commercial Loan Officer at Centier Bank for 34 years. He was a member of the Crown Point Rotary, Trinity Lutheran Church in Crown Point, the American Cancer Society and the Crown Point Community Foundation. Jack enjoyed being a part of the Crown Point Friday Night Chain Gang, golf, bowling, coin collecting, and traveling with friends and family. He served in the U.S. Army and was a Vietnam Veteran.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, August 21, 2022 at Geisen Funeral, Cremation & Reception Centre, 606 E. 113th Ave., Crown Point, IN 46307 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Additional visitation will take place on Monday, August 22, 2022 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 250 South Indiana Ave., Crown Point, IN 46307, from 10:00 AM until the time of the Funeral Service at 11:00 AM.
Interment to follow at City of Crown Point Historic Maplewood Cemetery in Crown Point, IN.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in Jack's name to Trinity Lutheran Church and School or the Crown Point Community Foundation.
Visit Jack's online guestbook at www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jacob-jack-esala/article_bd7807b2-f653-5802-9caa-60a9edf9345a.html | 2022-08-19T06:31:30 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jacob-jack-esala/article_bd7807b2-f653-5802-9caa-60a9edf9345a.html |
Jason E. Mantel
June 27, 1978 - August 19, 2018
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JASON E. MANTEL ON HIS FOURTH ANNIVERSARY IN HEAVEN. It's been four years since we were shocked and forever saddened by your passing. Our hearts still ache, the tears still flow. You're missed more than you can ever know! No words can describe the void you left. You were so special and meant the world to each of us. Forever loved and deeply missed, Your Loving Family. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jason-e-mantel/article_132ccbc6-2d08-50ac-809e-c9002cbb46b8.html | 2022-08-19T06:31:30 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jason-e-mantel/article_132ccbc6-2d08-50ac-809e-c9002cbb46b8.html |
Jerome "Jerry" J. Kozlowski, Jr.
GRIFFITH, IN - Jerome "Jerry" J. Kozlowski Jr. age 75 of Griffith, passed away on Thursday August 11, 2022. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Nancy (nee Novosel); brother Thomas (Jean) Kozlowski; sisters Jerie Anne (Eric) Schwehm and Jill Pierce; sisters and brother in-laws Pat Perhach and Janis (David) Frysztak; several nieces, nephews, cousins, his best friend Jack Miller, and by his feathered friends Tricky and George.
Jerry is preceded in death by his parents Jerome Sr. and Ann Marie (nee Dehetre) Kozlowski.
Friends may meet with the family on Friday August 19, 2022, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at WHITE FUNERAL HOME located at 921 W. 45th (Glen Park) Avenue in Griffith. Funeral services will be held on Friday evening at 7:00pm at White Funeral Home with Fr. Theodore Mens officiating. Cremation will follow the services.
Jerry was a 1965 graduate of Bishop Noll High School and a 1972 and 1973 graduate of Purdue Calumet where he received two associates degrees in Computer Science. Jerry was a Navy Vietnam Veteran, and member of the American Legion Post 66 in Griffith. Jerry retired from Heist in Whiting and Veolia in Joliet. He enjoyed fixing and building computers and watching military documentaries. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the family for a charity of their choice.
For more information, please call White Funeral Home at 219-924-4100 or visit us at www.whitefuneralhomeofgriffith.com
For more information, please call WHITE FUNERAL HOME at 219-924-4100 or visit us at www.whitefuneralhomeofgriffith.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jerome-jerry-j-kozlowski-jr/article_c8f4aca5-65dd-5433-b45e-e69ffc5ec151.html | 2022-08-19T06:31:31 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jerome-jerry-j-kozlowski-jr/article_c8f4aca5-65dd-5433-b45e-e69ffc5ec151.html |
Jullius Javonte Brooks "JuJu"
HAMMOND, IN - Jullius Javonte Brooks "JuJu", age 39 of Hammond, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Franciscan Health in Hammond.
Survivors: mother, Angela (Kenneth) Brooks- Gay; father, Johnny Jones; three sisters, Diamond (fiance- Jeremy) Brooks, Cierra Johnson and Aureanna Scott; three nieces, Jasmond Moore, Brianna Johnson and Skylar Scott; one nephew, Mason Johnson; maternal grandmother, Bertha Brooks; five aunts, Hope (Charles) Comer, Alice, Valerie and Lesia Jones, Dorthia Battle; two uncles, Reginald Brooks and Aaron Jones and a host of other relatives and special friends.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 20, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 305 E. 68th Place Merrillville with visitation from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. prior to the funeral service. Rev. T. Brian Hill, officiating. Interment Concordia Cemetery Hammond.
HINTON & WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME is honored to be of service to the Brooks family during their time of loss. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jullius-javonte-juju-brooks/article_01e7c941-707f-539e-a241-3bbf2d3ce9ac.html | 2022-08-19T06:31:37 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/jullius-javonte-juju-brooks/article_01e7c941-707f-539e-a241-3bbf2d3ce9ac.html |
Lois Hawkins
LAKE DALE - Lois Hawkins, 85, of Lake Dale, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022.
She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jack; children, Anne (Shawn Deedrick) Hawkins, David (Nicole) Hawkins and Thomas (Ann) Hawkins; grandchildren, Melissa, Kayte, Adam, Kyle, Morgan and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Rau.
Lois had been a member of St. Edward Catholic Church, Lowell. She loved children and spent many years as a lunch lady with Solan Robinson School where she made an impact on many of the kids lives.
Visitation Sunday, August 21 from 2:00-5:00 PM concluding with Funeral Services at 5:00 PM, all at SHEETS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, Lowell. Cremation will follow with Private Burial in Sanders Cemetery. sheetsfuneral.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lois-hawkins/article_bfb2d16e-70bc-5ab9-8675-9c128b2e459c.html | 2022-08-19T06:31:49 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lois-hawkins/article_bfb2d16e-70bc-5ab9-8675-9c128b2e459c.html |
Stephan W. Szakacs
HAMMOND, IN -
Stephan W. Szakacs, age 88, of Hammond, IN passed away peacefully after a 2-year battle with cancer on Sunday, August 14, 2022. He is survived by his brothers, Robert (late Judith) Szakacs and John (late Mary Ann) Szakacs; and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Rose Szakacs; siblings: Joseph (Eleanor) Szakacs, Andrew (Barbara) Szakacs, Helen Szakacs, Rose (John) Kocur, Margaret (Edward) Mytych, and Anna (Jack) Bray.
Stephen was a proud US Air Force veteran and was a member of the American Legion Post 369. He retired from LTV Youngstown Steel and enjoyed swimming at the YMCA. Stephan was an avid bowler and was extremely proud that he had accomplished a perfect score of 300.
A Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, August 22, 2022 DIRECTLY AT St. John/St. Joseph Cemetery 1547 167th St, Hammond, IN 46320. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lake County Honor Guard, care of SOLAN PRUZIN FUNERAL HOME. www.solanpruzinfuneralhome.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/stephan-w-szakacs/article_726f79cc-8c30-5aa4-ab5c-9dae985e8a89.html | 2022-08-19T06:31:55 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/stephan-w-szakacs/article_726f79cc-8c30-5aa4-ab5c-9dae985e8a89.html |
Theodore "Ted" Matovina
HIGHLAND, IN - Theodore "Ted" Matovina, 85 of Highland, IN passed away at home with his wife and daughter by his side on Thursday, August 18, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Patricia (nee Nisevich) Matovina; daughter, Laura (late Jeff) Keever; grandchildren, Luke and MaKenzie; brother, Mike Matovina. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Mary, Helen, Pete, Joe and Tom.
Funeral service will be Monday, August 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at KISH FUNERAL HOME, 10000 Calumet Ave. Munster, IN. Interment will be at Memory Lane Memorial Park, Crown Point, IN. Visitation will be on Sunday, August 21, 2022 from 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Ted was a graduate of Bishop Noll Institute Class of 1955. He served with the U.S. Army and retired from Bethlehem Steel after 36 years of service. Ted is a current member of the Croatian Fraternal Union. He enjoyed watching his grandchildren play baseball and softball. Ted spent his afternoons visiting his friends to talk politics, vitamins, and the stock market. They called him "The Preacher". He enjoyed baking his famous Croatian Cheesecake and nut rolls to give to family and friends. As he baked, he listened to Croatian Tambura music. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Humane Indiana or The Hobart Humane Society in his memory would be appreciated. www.kishfuneralhome.net | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/theodore-ted-matovina/article_2f93ae89-0f1b-5bd3-b991-ef504cb3ffbb.html | 2022-08-19T06:32:01 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/theodore-ted-matovina/article_2f93ae89-0f1b-5bd3-b991-ef504cb3ffbb.html |
Thomas Anthony Richard Polito
Sept. 2, 1935 - Aug. 17, 2022
HAMMOND, IN - Thomas Anthony Richard Polito, 86, of Hammond, IN, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
Thomas was born in Hammond, IN, on September 2, 1935, to Joseph and Agnes (Modjeski) Polito.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Agnes (Modjeski) Polito; brothers, Donald (Sheila) Polito and Edward Polito; first wife, Patricia (Freeman) Polito; twin sons, Patrick and Anthony Polito; son, Joseph "Joey" Polito; and daughter, Mikki Adamczyk.
Surviving are his children, Laura (Dave Pearson) Panayi, Reverend Sam (Cindy) Polito, Carolyn Polito, Toni (Joseph) Valente, and Theresa (Craig) Williams; son in- law, Rick Adamczyk; 10 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; one great, great grandchild; sister-in-law, Maryann Polito; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Tom grew up in a devout Roman Catholic home. Out of high school, he served two years with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, stationed in Austria, where he was an Ammunition Depot Operator. After returning home, he met and married his first wife Patricia (Freeman) Polito and they were blessed with nine children. He worked at Huhmataki (Van Leer/Keyes Fiber Packaging) for 35 years and retired in 1993. Tom married his second wife Nancy (Walker) Polito. The marriage ended late in his life.
Tom was a caring and creative soul. He had a way of taking ordinary things and putting his own personal design on them. Tom was quick to give a gift and was always teaching life-lessons. He was intelligent, sometimes to a fault, and enjoyed going to the casino, bingo, and Menards. Tom supported many causes, and his Catholic faith was evident in his home and life.
During his free time, he enjoyed completing home improvements and craft projects. His lifelong joy was fishing with his brother Eddie and visiting with his brother Don when he could. He found great joy watching his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren grow up.
A private, family gathering is planned for Sunday, August 21, 2022.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital in memory of Tom.
Condolences may be shared with the family on www.cutlercares.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-anthony-richard-polito/article_0e1a0332-af11-515d-a32c-c946e8979a10.html | 2022-08-19T06:32:08 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-anthony-richard-polito/article_0e1a0332-af11-515d-a32c-c946e8979a10.html |
William "Little Billy" Gnerlich, Jr.
Happy 33rd Birthday Billy. We miss you and think of you every day.
We close our eyes and see your face, smiling at us from a beautiful place. You tell us you are never far away, and that we will meet again some day. We ask if you could stay awhile, we miss your laughter, we miss your smile. Then you whisper sweetly into our ear, I never left you, I'm always here... Love, Mom, Dad, Amanda, & Felix X O | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/william-little-billy-gnerlich-jr/article_45a8189e-8561-5634-b659-993e356f7d3f.html | 2022-08-19T06:32:14 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/william-little-billy-gnerlich-jr/article_45a8189e-8561-5634-b659-993e356f7d3f.html |
GILBERT, Ariz. — Gilbert police said Thursday they’re investigating a viral video of a man confronting a group of skateboarders at a local church and pulling a handgun on them.
The video, which was published on TikTok, shows a group of skateboarders at Compassion Church in Gilbert. A man parks in front of them in a Tesla and walks toward them. He pulls a handgun from his pocket before telling them to leave.
The skateboarders leave without further confrontation, and the man puts the gun back in his pocket.
A spokesperson for the church said they recognize the man as living nearby but said he does not go to the church.
There is also a school on the grounds of the church, the spokesperson said, and the incident happened in front of the church’s kids club.
The spokesperson said the church is cooperating with police and hopes the man is charged.
Gilbert police said Thursday they’re still investigating the incident and have found and taken the gun as evidence. But a police spokesperson said the man has not yet been arrested.
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Ask the Candidates: Six contenders running to succeed longtime incumbent in District 6
Six candidates, more than in any other district, are vying for the District 6 seat on the Gadsden City Council.
The district will have a new representative this year, as Johnny Cannon opted not to seek re-election after four terms on the council.
The contenders are Ricky Leath, Benji Mashburn, Dixie Minatra, Phillip Morgan, Josh Partee and Renay Stokes Reeves.
Candidates were asked to submit their short-term goals and long-term objectives should they be elected. Their responses are published as submitted, subject to minor editing.
Ricky Leath
I favor a law that if you’re caught in a neighborhood between the hours of midnight and 4 in the morning and you can show a valid address for that neighborhood, the first offense is a warning, the second is a fine and the third you’re barred from that neighborhood, and anything after that will be jail time, no questions asked. That’s the only way to stop stealing in these neighborhoods.
We’re 25 police officers short, and we have to pay our police department better so they can stop these back packers walking all hours of the night.
The low-head dam at the old pump station, that the city has received federal grants for removal ... remove the middle section that does away with the undertow and creates a wave, and people will come from miles around to kayak. You could then build a small building to rent out tubes for rafting. Let’s start using our waterways to bring in revenue.
I also would like to add a skateboard park with all this city-owned property in Walnut Park, and build back mom and pop stores for the kids instead of them playing in the streets. We need sidewalks on every street for children to stay safe from the traffic, because drivers in Walnut Park and the mill village act like it’s a race track.
Benji Mashburn
Short-Term Goals:
To get our police, fire and public works departments' pay rates up to compete with other cities so we can improve our city services and properly pay those who take care of us on a daily basis.
Long-Term Objectives:
Help improve our recruitment process for industry and economic development as well as see that our city is financially proficient in all areas. Our local leaders must become proactive instead of reactive with all issues.
Dixie Minatra
Short-Term Goals:
First, I want to get to know the concerns of the people in District 6. I would schedule monthly “town halls” to invite our community to meet and discuss issues and ways to answer their concerns. Second, focus on our children and their education and safety. I recently spoke with United Way and they have a program (formally known as Success by 6) called Student Success that has been expanded to include kids from birth to high school graduation (Success by 6 only included ages birth to age 6). This program provides books to children to aid those that are not meeting their reading benchmarks by third grade. As for safety in our schools, I also met with one of our school Resource Officers, and we can work together to improve our relationships and partner to focus on more ways to make our children safe. Third, I believe that we have much to do in our neighborhoods, opportunities for Crime Watch systems, property maintenance and our first responder communication.
Long-Term Objectives:
My long-term goal is to be a trusted advocate and advisor to my district and to my fellow City Council members by making educated and wise decisions for both. I want to recognize priorities, because they are ever changing and work towards resolution within the capabilities of our city’s budget and my role. Some tangible needs within the district are crime control, infrastructure, homelessness and property management. District 6 feels forgotten, and many of my constituents tell me they have felt hopeless over the lack of attention. I want to change the mindset to one of action and do my best to get people involved in decision making. There is a paradigm shift in attitudes when people feel valued and hopeful.
Phillip Morgan
District 6 working together to achieve a common goal as a district.
Prosperity, jobs infrastructure — a place we are all proud to call home.
Support for all city employees to include wages, benefits and working conditions.
Working to ensure maximum support from city services to protect our schools, children, teachers and staff.
I care deeply about everyone in District 6 and want to be the voice of the people.
Josh Partee
Short-Team Goals:
My short-term goals when elected include working with the police dept. to get more patrols in our district. These patrols should be focused on the wandering foot traffic to attempt to eliminate the thefts and other problems we’ve had in the past.
It should also address the homeless issue of people hanging out at service stations and other stores panhandling. This in turn should make the community feel more comfortable shopping at our local stores.
The next thing I will address is the pets in the neighborhood who have either been turned loose or that keep getting out of their owners’ property. People should be able to walk through the neighborhoods without being afraid of getting attacked by aggressive dogs.
On that same subject, get animal control to address the issue of other pets roaming freely without leashes. The leash law covers cats as well as dogs.
Long-Term Objectives:
Long term, I plan on working with the other council members to help change some of the problems which are stopping the city from hiring the type of people who will protect the citizens and make them feel safe and secure, instead of feeling harassed with citations for tag lights.
I will push for better benefits for the police and fire departments, including better insurance and other benefits that have slowly been taken through “negotiations“ with the mayor in the past.
Other long-term goals include sidewalks in the neighborhoods where there are none; road repair; and working on changing some of our city ordinances that hinder and harass the community.
When elected I will understand that one council member can't do many things on their own without the votes of the other members, but it will take one person who will speak up and fight for the needs of our district.
Renay Stokes Reeves
Short-Term Goals:
If elected I would first address the issue of animal control in the community and also work with Public Works on a plan for weekly trash pickup.
Long-Term Objectives:
Work on infrastructure development by paving streets in the community.
Restore our neighborhood parks by making them safe and usable for the community.
Address other concerns that the community has need of. | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/19/gadsden-district-6-city-council-2022-meet-candidates-q-a/10074880002/ | 2022-08-19T06:47:40 | 1 | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/19/gadsden-district-6-city-council-2022-meet-candidates-q-a/10074880002/ |
TRACY, Calif. — After four days in the hospital and multiple surgeries, a motorcyclist died after an accident in Tracy.
The crash happened around 12:52 p.m. on Aug. 13 at North Corral Hollow Road and Tennis Lane. Tracy Police Department said a car and a motorcycle collided with one another at the intersection.
Police said the motorcyclist was found with traumatic wounds and was taken to the hospital. A description of the motorcyclist was not released by Tracy police.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information can call Officer Ventling of the Traffic Safety Unit at (209) 831-6657 or David.Ventling@TracyPD.com.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/motorcyclist-dies-after-accident-tracy/103-65c7d577-6065-4af0-b870-9681a9cf37a5 | 2022-08-19T06:53:08 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/motorcyclist-dies-after-accident-tracy/103-65c7d577-6065-4af0-b870-9681a9cf37a5 |
A high-end Manhattan store was ransacked by a group of robbers who swiped tens of thousands of dollars worth of apparel in seconds — and then walked right out the front door, seemingly right by a security guard.
The NYPD released video of the incident that happened Tuesday around noon at the Lululemon store on 14th Street near Ninth Avenue in the Meatpacking District. Police said that the group of seven people walked into the shop one after the other, and proceeded to fill their arms, bags and carts with items from inside.
One man could be seen on video filling what looks to be a shopping cart of sorts with clothing, while a couple of others are seen use large sacks. The video shows one of the alleged robbers with arms full with a heaping pile of clothes, almost looking like laundry, walking right out the front door.
Perhaps even more mind-boggling: Each one of the robbers walked right in front of what appeared to be a security guard standing by the entrance, who didn't seem to make much effort to stop them.
In all, police said that the seven thieves made off with $28,780 worth of stolen goods. It was not known where they went afterward.
No injuries were reported in the blatant broad daylight robbery, according to police. Officers are now looking for the four men and three women seen conducting the robbery on camera.
An investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information in regard to the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/video-shows-group-stroll-out-of-nyc-lululemon-store-with-28k-in-stolen-goods/3831068/ | 2022-08-19T07:00:43 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/video-shows-group-stroll-out-of-nyc-lululemon-store-with-28k-in-stolen-goods/3831068/ |
Sara Burleson will run for the District 6 seat on the Midland ISD school board.
Burleson is a retired “teacher of the year” at both Fannin Elementary and Carver Center.
“I have been involved with education from the day I arrived in Midland, teaching special education, regular education and the gifted and talented throughout my career,” Burleson wrote in a release provided to the Reporter-Telegram.
Burleson filed to be on the Nov. 8 ballot this week. She and Carie McNeil are the only two people to have filed for the seat currently held by Rick Davis, who has stated he will not seek reelection. Monday is the last day a person can file to be on the November ballot.
Burleson, a “district designated service provider,” wrote that she wants to continue the focus on improving student outcomes, to equip teachers with the tools they need to do their job at the highest level and to bring community support back into the schools.
“I am running because we need an educator on the board who knows firsthand what it is like to be in the classroom everyday with children at all levels of learning,” Burleson wrote. “I understand the responsibility educators bear, the pressures they face and the resources they need to effectively teach our community’s students, helping them — alongside their parents — grow to be our citizens of tomorrow.”
Burleson states in her bio she has been honored as the MISD Teacher of the Year and Region 18 Teacher of the Year and that she has been involved in all aspects of PTA, from committee chairs to president.
She also stated the board also will be a “good steward of your tax dollars while at the same time providing for the future of Midland.”
She has lived in Midland for 41 years and has raised four children in the public schools, she wrote.
“I am running because I believe we can be an A district,” Burleson wrote. “The momentum to succeed is already in place, and as long as we focus on the future together, our community can grow to be proud of all of our public schools — confident that each student in Midland has the educational opportunities and support they need to succeed.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Retired-teacher-to-run-for-MISD-school-board-17383143.php | 2022-08-19T07:08:31 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Retired-teacher-to-run-for-MISD-school-board-17383143.php |
John Nichols
August 18, 2022
John Nichols 86, died Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa, Mason City, Iowa.
A visitation will be held Sunday August 21 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 310 1st Ave. North, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428.
A Graveside service will take place 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 22nd, 2022, at Clear Lake Cemetery, N 20th Street, Clear Lake, IA 50428 with Rev. Sylvester Holima officiating.
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Muriel Giesman Langerud
January 25, 1934-August 6, 2022
Muriel Giesman Langerud was born on January 25, 1934, to Harry and Jeanette Ver Hoeven in Middleburg, Iowa. The family then moved to the family farm outside of Orange City, Iowa. Muriel attended Newkirk Consolidated School and then attended Orange City High School and Northwestern College there.
Muriel was baptized and confirmed in The Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa. She was deep in her faith of The Lord and lived as she often quoted Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, and who have been called according to His purpose.”
Muriel taught third grade elementary in Arnold's Park, Iowa and Royal, Iowa and eventually in Clear Lake, Iowa. She married Richard “Lew” Mays in 1955. They had two children, Lance Alan Mays and Linda Lu Mays. In 1980 she married Hank Giesman of Mason City, Iowa.
Reflecting she said she loved growing up on the farm, teaching children, and going to NIACC and IOWA football and basketball games. She loved riding on the back of their motorcycle, camping, and hiking in the Arizona Mountains, a good card game, and a lively Happy Hour with friends and family.
Muriel and Hank toured every state in the US and all of the Provinces in Canada on their motorcycle. Then toured the most of the same again in their motor home and finally settled in Mesa, Arizona after Hanks retirement in 1996. Hank passed away in May of 1998 after 18 years of marriage together.
In Mesa, she was blessed to find love again with Calmer Langerud after they met in their retirement village of SUNLAND VILLAGE EAST in Mesa playing cards. Cal and Muriel married in January 2001. They had the best of both of both worlds spending their winters in Arizona, and summers in Clear Lake, Iowa on the lake they love. They enjoyed all the activities each place had to offer.
Muriel was active and served on many boards and committees. President of Mason City Woman's Club, and Trinity Lutheran Women's Club. She was passionate and very active in both her churches in Iowa and Arizona.
She loved playing cards and board games with all, but especially her grandchildren. She also loved baking cookies and muffins for them.
Muriel was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Lenora and her husband Mike Van Peursem, her younger brother Rodger Ver Hoeven, and her previous husband Hank Giesman. Survived by her children Lance Mays and Kim Mays of Delray Beach FL, and Linda Nuehring of Waterloo IA. Muriel's stepchildren with Hank are Mary and Marion Heintz of Marengo IA and Paul Dennis Giesman and his wife Kristi of Seattle WA. There are 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren from them all. Also step children of Cal include Deb and Darrell Swanson of Rochester NY, Dennis and Deb Langerud of North Carolina, and Dodi and Brent Rastetter of Ames IA. Nine grandchildren and one great grandson from the step children. Further survived by sister-in-law Janal Ver Hoeven of Longmont, CO.
Muriel loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and is now “touring” her Heavenly Home with old friends and loved ones.
Celebration of life services to be held in MESA VERDE ROOM in SUNLAND VILLAGE EAST – 3 p.m. Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Refreshments to follow service. Additional Services to be held in Clear Lake, Iowa on FRIDAY - AUGUST 26, 2022 at ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH at 1 p.m. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/muriel-giesman-langerud/article_1073c46b-0627-55bb-8c96-de056c23f8d3.html | 2022-08-19T07:31:18 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/muriel-giesman-langerud/article_1073c46b-0627-55bb-8c96-de056c23f8d3.html |
Robert Howard Arndt
October 7, 1933-June 20, 2022
Robert Howard Arndt, 88, passed away on June 20, 2022, at Good Shepherd Healthcare Center.
A Memorial Service will be held 11:00am, Monday August 22, 2022, at Faith Baptist Church, 1807 Kentucky Ave Mason City, IA, with Pastor Tim Moore officiating. Innichment will take place in Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City.
Visitation will be from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St NE Mason City, IA.
In lieu of flowers and customary remembrances, memorials may be left in Robert's honor to IAFF Local 41, 350 5th St SW, Mason City, IA 50401, or Humane Society of North Iowa.
Robert was born on October 7, 1933, the son of Howard and Helen (Stoltenberg) Arndt. He was born and raised in Mason City and graduated from Mason City High School.
After high school, Robert joined the Navy during the Korean War. He completed his training in Hutchinson, Kansas, and then went to Japan, and then finally to Alameda, California. He met and married Marguerite (Siegrist) and two daughters, Pam and Sandi, were born to this union. They divorced in 1978.
After his service, Robert worked at State Brand Creamery before joining the Mason City Fire Department. He studied and rose through the ranks to lieutenant and finally Fire Inspector/Arson Investigator in his 28 years with the department. While at the fire department he helped start the rescue unit, he was the co-chair of the fire department's annual Jerry Lewis Telethon fundraiser every Labor Day, and he was part of the Fire Department's collective bargaining unit.
In 1979 he married Darlene (Shepherd), the love of his life. When he retired from the Fire Department, he drove a school bus for the Mason City school district. With a smile on his face and a soft spot in his heart, he became a beloved driver of “his kids.”
Robert loved carpentry and woodwork and his family has been gifted with many beautiful pieces of his artwork through the years. Robert loved animals and adopted a stray cocker spaniel, Blackie, for his daughters when they were young. In his later years he loved spending time with his niece's dogs, Bella and Molly.
Robert had a kind heart and a zest for life. His basement bar parties for his fellow firemen were legendary. And he loved to travel - first with his children to Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, the East Coast and numerous Minnesota fishing trips, and later with Darlene as they traveled to 49 states in the continental U.S.
Left to cherish his memory are his daughters, Pam (Richard) Olson, Kensett, Iowa, and Sandi (Chris) Arndt-Kohlway, Mount Airy, Maryland, his grandsons, Nathan and Brett Olson, and Nicholas Arndt-Kohlway. He is survived by his sisters-in-law Charlene Francis and Gail (Jim) Schroeder, Mary Shepherd and Sandy Myers; his special niece, Connie Pederson, who was a loving companion and caretaker during Robert's Alzheimer's journey. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Robert was predeceased by his wife Darlene, his parents, his grandson Alexander Arndt-Kohlway, his brothers, Donald and Charles Arndt, his first wife Marguerite, his sisters-in-law, Lois Arndt, Kay Arndt, and his in-laws: Wes & Sharlene Beenken, Violet & Buford Christensen, Foster “Bing” Myers, Kenneth Shepherd, Dalton Francis, and his nephew, Donald Arndt, Jr.
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CANBY, Ore. — A state lawmaker was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of disorderly conduct and interfering with a peace officer at the Clackamas County Fair in Canby, Oregon.
Republican Rep. James Hieb, of Canby, was arrested Wednesday night and told The Oregonian/OregonLive the incident happened after the rodeo when he had four beers and then lit a cigarette. A woman asked him to put it out.
“I was kind of caught off guard,” he said.
Hieb said the woman summoned officers. He didn't say exactly how he responded to her request.
Hieb said he told law enforcement he was carrying a permitted concealed weapon. Officers, he said, put him in handcuffs and disarmed him. Hieb, who was wearing a campaign shirt with his name on it, was then arrested and issued an exclusion from the fair, he said.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said Hieb was arrested and released.
Hieb was appointed to represent Oregon House District 39 by Clackamas and Marion County commissioners — replacing House Minority Leader Christine Drazan, who stepped down to run for governor.
He said he’s not sure whether he can continue to campaign for House District 51.
House Republican leaders on Thursday issued a statement: “Leadership team is disappointed by the events that led to his arrest and do not condone them. Leadership encourages him to focus on his family and to get the assistance he needs.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gop-lawmaker-arrested-disorderly-conduct-clackamas-county-fair/283-a87aa38a-e717-49f8-94f7-4397871eaa98 | 2022-08-19T07:40:14 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gop-lawmaker-arrested-disorderly-conduct-clackamas-county-fair/283-a87aa38a-e717-49f8-94f7-4397871eaa98 |
Richard “Gene” Anthis, 96, of Buhl died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are under the care of Farmer Funeral Chapel, Buhl.
Charles Edward Scott, 62, of Jerome died Aug. 17, 2022. Arrangements are under the care of Farnsworth Mortuary & Crematory, Jerome.
Melody Kay Rose, 73, of Twin Falls died Aug. 17, 2022, at her home. Arrangements are under the care of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home in Twin Falls. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_014a7bfc-1f24-11ed-91d4-9fb1d3f87c6f.html | 2022-08-19T07:46:13 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/death-notices/article_014a7bfc-1f24-11ed-91d4-9fb1d3f87c6f.html |
“Nothing short of wild” has defined a visitor’s experience at the Florence area’s Sea Lion Caves for 90 years.
Since 1932, visitors to the area have been able to descend, first by wooden stairway, nowadays by elevator, about 200 feet from the clifftop above America’s largest sea cave down into the cavernous environs of multiplied hundreds of frolicking pinnipeds including Stellar’s and California sea lions. The entire site is designated as a national wildlife refuge for the animals and birds that live there.
To mark the momentous occasion of their 90th anniversary, Sea Lion Cave’s owners are inviting the public to celebrate on August 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum, 278 Maple Street in Florence.
“We thank the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum for their support in hosting historic exhibits, not just of Sea Lion Caves but of the entire region’s history from first-nations people through the settlers’ and into fairly modern times. They have a true community treasure that everyone should see,” said Steve Saubert, co-owner of Sea Lion Caves. “And, we hope the whole community will come out for the Sea Lion Caves’ anniversary party at the museum.”
“The festivities begin at 5 p.m. with champagne and wine for those of age, juice, cookies, and other party snacks,” said museum board president Del Phelps. “We’ll have a special historic exhibit dedicated to Sea Lion Caves and presentations by local dignitaries. It will be a grand occasion for all.”
Saubert and Phelps also said that attendees who contribute a financial gift to the museum’s operations will receive a family admission pass to Sea Lion Caves, good for one use during the next 12 months.
To learn more about Sea Lion Caves, its hours, admission, and more, visit SeaLionCaves.com or call 541-547-3111. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/museum-to-celebrate-sea-lion-caves-90th-birthday/article_80cf7a78-1e5f-11ed-baf5-af2b47bf1e9d.html | 2022-08-19T09:12:51 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/museum-to-celebrate-sea-lion-caves-90th-birthday/article_80cf7a78-1e5f-11ed-baf5-af2b47bf1e9d.html |
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Kendall County, one of the nation’s fastest-growing counties, is running out of room to house its inmates.
The Hill Country lifestyle and quaint, tight-knit communities drive much of the growth in the area, but infrastructure often lags behind development booms, leaving some necessary institutions like jails struggling to keep pace.
Kendall County Sheriff Al Auxier said the $22 million, 102-bed detention center, which opened three years ago, has operated at capacity “since the day we moved in.” The old jail had 60 beds.
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Auxier said the arrest rate and jail population figures used in the jail’s planning were much lower than the rates under his office. That has left the detention center ill-equipped to handle a general rise in population and the increased arrests Auxier says his department makes.
Having 102 beds does not necessarily mean 102 inmates always are housed there, Auxier said, as the jail needs a 10 percent “buffer” in order to accommodate inmates who cannot be housed together.
A “Band-Aid” solution is incoming for the detention center in the form of a 51-bed expansion on the jail’s property, bringing the total up to 153 beds. Auxier said the jail, while built with some expansion in mind, eventually will need to expand even further to accommodate the county’s needs in the future. He said the current expansion should be 96 beds as opposed to 51 to match the area’s projected growth.
The imminent expansion only kicks the can further down the road, he said.
“How long is that going to last before we’re housing out (inmates) again?” Auxier said. There’s no “crystal ball to tell you that, but I would say probably within a few years we’re going to be overpopulated.”
A 3-acre lot purchased by Kendall County bordering the detention center eventually can serve as a large expansion should the county use it as such. That likely would provide all the capacity the county will need for the foreseeable future, he said.
The current expansion is set to break ground as soon as next month. Construction is projected to take 10 to 14 months, depending on possible delays due to unforeseen circumstances.
To accommodate the inmate overflow, Kendall County has working agreements with Kerr, Atascosa, Bernet and Blanco county detention centers to host those whom Kendall cannot. Kerr holds the majority of transferred inmates. From fiscal year 2018 through fiscal 2021, the county spent $443,941.25 a year on average to house inmates at other jails.
Auxier said Kendall County is not the only area wrestling with inadequate accommodations, as many jails in booming areas transfer inmates nearby to control overpopulation.
“Long-term-stayers” are generally the inmates relocated to other jails, allowing the jail to host briefer stays.
“We didn’t want to take that person that’s only been arrested that may bond out in a few days or a week or whatever, and then ship them off, ” Auxier said.
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“We will have to start talking about a future, much more major expansion to look ahead 10, 20, 30 years,” Auxier said. “So that’s going to have to happen probably soon after this expansion is done.”
Despite the burgeoning jail shipping away inmates and housing inmates in holding cells, Auxier said everything is done by the book.
“We have been well over 102 people, many, many times, where we are allowed to keep people in holding cell for up to 48 hours,” Auxier said. “We’re always in compliance and doing what we do.”
Lt. Robert Green, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office’s jail administrator, said the jail also faces constraints on its female inmate population. As of Aug. 5, only 26 of the current 102 beds were for female inmates. The other 76, as well as all of the 51 in the expansion, are for male inmates. Green said there could be some “repurposing” of the housing scheme once the expansion is complete.
Another source of overcrowding is inmates awaiting transfers to the state prison system, Green said. Twenty-four were waiting as of Aug. 5.
Auxier said Kerr County and its detention center are comparable to Kendall County’s needs for the future. Its detention center, after an expansion in 2016, holds up to 328 inmates.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Kendall County’s population shot up 32.53 percent between 2010 and 2020, from 33,410 to 44,279. Kerr County, by comparison, grew 5.99 percent during the same time period, from 49,625 to 52,598.
Auxier estimates Kendall County will surpass Kerr’s population before the end of the decade, so a bigger jail is a necessity to properly accompany the county’s growth.
“It’s a necessary evil if you want to call it that, that you have to have within your community, to place people that are not behaving appropriately and doing what they're supposed to do,” Auxier said.
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Judson Independent School District will ask voters Nov. 8 to approve a $345 million bond package that would build two new schools and pay for security upgrades at existing campuses.
The board voted 6-1 late Thursday to call the election, signaling a willingness to try again a year after the defeat of bond proposals totalling $302.5 million last November.
If approved, the new bond debt would raise the school district’s property tax rate by an estimated one cent per $100 assessed value of taxable property, officials said.
“I'm super excited because not everyone gets a second chance and we have one here. Now we need to make sure that we work smarter and get the information to the community,” said Superintendent Jeanette Ball.
The proposal will be offered in two ballot propositions. A collection of security upgrades costing $172 million was reduced from a larger proposal that officials said formed a new priority in the wake of the May 24 massacre of 19 students and two teachers in a Uvalde elementary school.
The Judson board last month approved hiring more police officers.
“There’s been a heightened sense of urgency since Uvalde,” said Nicole Taguinod, the district’s director of communications. “And with inflation, we needed to take action immediately.”
The board debated the need for 17 gymnasium air conditioning units, at a cost $9.7 million, as a security item. Many gyms in the district must keep their large doors open to cool off the inside space, and “there is absolutely no way those old gymnasium doors would close in time of an emergency,” board member Suzanne Kromyer said.
“But it’s also a matter of equity,” she said. “Why should our kids be melting when others are not?”
The security proposal also included $3 million for new radio towers whose range could better connect district police with surrounding cities.
“If we have an active shooter situation, God forbid, they will be able to see that we are in the middle of a crisis and start sending reinforcements,” Chief of Police Teresa Ramon told the board.
The second proposition would provide $173.2 million to fund construction of a new middle school and elementary school and to expand the district’s bus fleet. It’s a response to rapid enrollment growth that was among the proposals defeated last year.
Trustees struggled with the proposal presented by district staff, arguing over what would be palatable to voters. They penciled in various changes but later emerged from an executive session to approve the original package with one big change: dropping $51 million for bulletproof glass from the security proposition.
Board member Renee Paschall cast the lone dissenting vote on the final package.
“I am a total supporter of the bond but we need more time, especially if we want to be fair to our voters to make sure we answer all the questions. We need to make sure they know what we’re asking them for. But I’m going to bust my butt to get this passed,” Paschall said.
Voters in November rejected bond proposals in Judson, East Central and Southside ISDs, though bond proposals were approved in Northside and Harlandale ISDs in April.
Judson last year had divided its proposed bond debt into three ballot propositions. All were defeated, with a proposal to improve high school athletic facilities losing by the widest margin, with 60 percent of voters opposed. A proposal for classroom technology upgrades had the narrowest loss, by 52 percent.
“There were needs identified in the last bond that are still needs,” Taguinod said. “When it didn’t pass last year, we took a step back and said, what could be done differently?”
Some members of the 200-person growth and planning committee that drafted the proposal thought that the ballot language describing bond proposals as a property tax increase — language required by state law — might have helped defeat it, Taguinod said.
“We learned last year that we did not reach everybody,” especially people who are not directly involved in the schools, Taguinod said. This time the district will try to communicate its needs more clearly and to “everyone in the community,” she said.
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Mark Andrade arrives an hour early for his shift at the San Antonio Zoo’s giraffe deck for the favorite part of his day — hearing the lions roar.
After work, he posts clips with the growls from Big Cat Valley on Facebook. Andrade has loved animals since he was a toddler — his first words were “come back,” to Shamu, the killer whale at SeaWorld.
His fascination with wildlife continued to grow after doctors diagnosed him with autism when he was 2 years old. It prompted Andrade to share his passion with others. It soothed disappointments and slights. It led him to supporters who helped him achieve a long, sought-after goal of working at the zoo.
“It’s been a dream to be part of the team,” Andrade, 26, said. “You have to have a commitment. I just love it.”
Andrade is one of several employees across nine different departments at the zoo with physical disabilities, on the autism spectrum or facing other challenges.
Tim Morrow, president and CEO of the San Antonio Zoo, said the zoo’s human resource department led the drive to find positions for people with a passion to work at their skill level. He said plans include an increased focus on accessibility, learning from and building a better facility for guests with disabilities. For example, the zoo is working on a more accessible entrance at the front gate, a universal changing station for guests, securing a certification for autism and a sensory garden area.
“We’re really reaching out to the entire community across the spectrum to get a better grasp on what we should be doing to make a better and equally accessible experience for all of our visitors,” Morrow said.
Morrow said every staff member plays a part in the organization’s success.
“We proactively want employees with challenges to be working at the zoo and give them the opportunity to grow and be a part of what we’re doing,” Morrow said. “These employees are directly working with guests and having an impact on the experience when people visit us.”
Every morning, Andrade sets up the cash register before guests buy tickets to feed giraffes at the deck that overlooks the African Savannah habitat. He educates guests about the long-necked mammals — a role he hopes to expand. For several summers, Andrade has helped the nonprofit Eagles Flight Advocacy & Outreach’s animal play program in Boerne for abused, foster and special needs children.
“We knew animals would be a big reinforcer for him,” said Pam Allen, Andrade’s mother and Eagles Flight founder. “The zoo was a natural path for him and gave him that opportunity as well. There’s a community of adults with special needs there who look after one another.”
Allen credits her son’s job at the zoo to Abby Hughes, a special education transition specialist with the Northside Independent School District. Hughes worked at the Nellie M. Reddix Center, where Andrade was a student from 2016 to 2018. The center helps young adults, from 18 to 22, seek independence through life-skills classes, transportation, volunteering and work. Hughes went through the job search and interview process with Andrade advocating on his behalf when others doubted him.
The zoo also works with advocacy groups to encourage applications from their constituents and job coaches, Morrow said.
Cyle Perez, public relations and integrated marketing director, said to further their efforts, zoo leadership hired Alex Rodriguez as diversity equity inclusion coordinator. In June, Rodriguez organized the weeklong PRIDE event at Night Out At The Zoo, celebrating the LGBTQ community.
“It was so important for these communities to feel seen, included and welcome,” Perez said. “We’re a zoo for all.”
Jennifer Soules, 27, has thrived in her role as an actor educator. Soules’ parents raised her to love animals and the environment, passions she brought to roles such as a pirate, a whooping crane and a butterfly princess. Using her skill-set to help guests with challenges has been a plus of her job for the past three years. She was 12 when doctors diagnosed her as being on the spectrum. Ballet and theater classes gave her focus.
“The fact that a place is trying to make it accessible to people on the spectrum was unheard of,” Soules said. “We definitely need more of it, and that means the world to me. I want to be a role model to other people on the spectrum, especially kids.”
A diversity committee member, Soules recalled the thrill of attending the recent PRIDE event and seeing the first sensory zone for people who are autistic or have a sensory-processing disorder.
“It’s a very emotional thing for me,” Soules said. “It makes a huge difference. It’s a way of saying, ‘We see you, and we’re going to work to do that.’”
Revenue associate Jorge Rodriguez, 28, wore a wristband his father gave him with the words, “Don’t Stop” as he steered his black wheelchair around the newly reopened Nanyuki Market, straightening stuffed animals, gifts, and clothing.
He applied for and was hired at the zoo in December. Rodriguez was born with a tumor on his spine, a condition that prevented him from walking and required surgeries.
Rodriguez credited family and co-workers for his keep-pushing philosophy. He greets each guest as if they’re the first visitor of the day, a customer service tenet he learned working in his uncle’s home store in Monterrey, Mexico.
He also works the cash register that rests on a new counter that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and stocks items on ADA shelves that are more accessible for him and children. Rodriguez finds motivation in a saying written on his therapy center’s wall.
“It says, ‘Don’t limit your challenges, challenge your limits,’” he said. “That’s what I try to live by every day.”
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NSB officials listen to concerns regarding proposed noise regulation ordinance
NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The New Smyrna Beach City Commission will soon vote on a proposed ordinance that would help lessen noise from industrial sites in the city.
Officials invited the public to a meeting on Tuesday night to inform, take questions and listen to feedback on the initiative.
Assistant City Manager Ronald Neibert and Assistant City Attorney Shey McCurdy facilitated the meeting, which began with a presentation reviewing key points of the ordinance.
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The City Commission held a public hearing on the ordinance last month but instead of voting, commissioners instructed staff to reach out to the community members and business owners to inform them on how they would be affected by the measure.
The purpose of the city code's new noise regulation section “is to regulate noise and to ensure the peaceful enjoyment of the environment for the benefit of the citizens’ health, safety and welfare,” and “to address unreasonably loud, excessive, unnecessary or unusual noises.”
However, the ordinance will only have a significant impact on residents, businesses and other establishments that are close to an industrial site in the city.
Sound level standard serves as biggest change
The main change to the noise regulation will be the adoption of a sound level standard for “sound or noise projecting from one use occupancy into a differing use occupancy.”
In other words, the city would establish a limit on the number of decibels residential, commercial, industrial sites and “noise-sensitive zones” (hospitals, schools, library, churches) can project on each other.
Residential sites, for instance, could only receive up to 60 decibels between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., and up to 50 decibels between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. The limit for commercial areas between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. would be 65 decibels; and 75 for industrial sites and 55 for noise-sensitive zones at any time in the day.
The current code does not include standards for noises from industrial sites that disrupt other residential and commercial areas.
The city code permits only police officers to decide whether a sound coming from a location 25 feet or more away is “plainly audible” when responding to a complaint.
Some residents asked how the big business districts in the city (like Flagler Avenue and Canal Street, where restaurants and bars often have outside seating areas and music playing) would be affected.
Neibert said that the new decibel standards would not apply to these areas. Excessively loud noises emanating from “radios, televisions, phonographs,” or music-playing devices, which restaurants often use, will continue to be dealt with using the responding officer's assessment.
Other sounds exempted from the proposed decibel standards are “animals, birds, peddlers, hawkers, engine mufflers, shouting,” and others.
Setting standards ‘we can rely on’
McCurdy said that the point of the new ordinance is to have a procedure in place for when an industrial site produces an excessively loud noise on surrounding residential, commercial, or even other industrial sites.
“What was occurring on Flagler Avenue, with bars operating after hours and getting citations, is still going to occur if the proposal goes through,” McCurdy said. “The point of the ordinance was to clarify some of the standards that were not there regarding the sound decibels that needed to be enforced in those industrial, commercial, residential zones.”
Clarifying the code will mean that the city will have a standard to “rely on” when and if the time comes to enforce it.
“Currently, the way it’s drafted it’s very confusing and not very clear about how we can enforce it,” McCurdy said. “So now this (new ordinance) clarifies it; it makes it very clear what the standard is and what mechanisms (the city) will use to enforce it.”
Previously, the industrial noise standard in the city code relied on measuring wave lengths from a particular site, “which resulted in a decibel level at this certain time, and it wasn’t really clear if it was in the middle of the night.”
“(The new ordinance) is to clarify all of that so that in the case there is a violation in this area, we have measurable standards able to enforce the code that is now being proposed,” she added. “That’s the goal.”
Whenever such situations arise, the police or code enforcement officers responding to the scene would use a decibel level meter to determine the noise level being projected on a certain property. The officer would then issue a citation or a notice of violation to the individual responsible for that property.
City commissioners, some of whom attended the meeting on Tuesday, will read and vote on the ordinance during its Aug. 23 meeting. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/19/new-smyrna-beach-noise-ordinance-move-forward/10343497002/ | 2022-08-19T09:21:58 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/19/new-smyrna-beach-noise-ordinance-move-forward/10343497002/ |
WATERLOO — Be bold – that’s what educators were asked to do at Waterloo Community Schools’ opening day event.
For some people gathered at West High School, that meant doing backflips or crowd surfing – bold moves for a staff kick-off meeting.
Just over 3,000 employees of Waterloo and Cedar Falls public schools met for their first day back at work in their respective districts on Thursday.
More than 10,000 students are expected to be attending Waterloo Community Schools this year. The district has about 1,700 teachers, administrators and support staff. The number of employees makes the school district the third largest employer in Waterloo, after John Deere and Tyson.
During the district event, staff at each school participated in a dance-off. Every staff member at the winning school, decided by judges, won $10 Try Pie coupons. Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence’s staff won through backflips, crowd-surfing and “making it rain.”
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Akwi Nji, Waterloo Schools’ director of school and community relations, unveiled a new messaging initiative for the district – “Be Bold.”
She noted a similar idea was considered before the current motto “Unfolding Futures” began. That will remain the district’s motto and the logo won’t change, due to the prohibitive cost.
“It won’t replace the (current) version,” Nji said. “But we’ll be downplaying it and up-playing the ‘Be Bold’ initiative.”
Jared Smith, the district’s new superintendent, honed in on the phrase that “school is hard enough” in his keynote address. He called on staff to remain positive throughout the school year and especially on the first day of school, which is Aug. 23 or 24, depending on a child’s grade level.
“Our goal is to make kids feel comfortable and show (school) is not a bad thing,” Smith said, remarking on the importance of the first day. “We’ll work with every kid. We’ll make it happen.”
Smith started with the district on July 1, replacing Jane Lindaman, who retired. Before Waterloo Schools, he was the superintendent of South Tama County Community Schools. Previously, he served as an assistant principal at Waterloo’s East High School.
Smith grew up in Waterloo and attended Kingsley Elementary, Hoover Middle and West High schools.
During the event, the school district recognized its five 2022 Gold Star Teachers: Dawn Boone, Jane Castings, Andy Hansen, Kyle Kuhlers and Andrew Scruggs. Skip Abbas was also recognized for 46 years of working in the district.
Cedar Falls Community Schools’ teachers and staff met at multiple district buildings to kick off the year in a much more low-key event. The district has 1,340 teachers and other staff. Officials expect to enroll around 5,900 students this fall.
Superintendent Andy Pattee said staffing is fully covered for the year but schools are still in need of paraeducators. He explained that there is “little they can control” when it comes to some aspects of education, citing COVID-19. Still, he is positive the school year will be a greater success than last year.
“I’m excited to be back to kick this off and springboard this into the rest of the year,” Pattee said.
Waterloo Schools is in a similar situation with staffing. At a recent Board of Education meeting, officials noted that the district is almost fully staffed but it’s still in need of special education, math and science teachers.
A new concern for Iowa educators is the possibility that more families will switch school districts.
In June, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation that eliminated the previous March 1 deadline for open enrollment requests, allowing parents to enroll their children in any school at any time. In the previous legislative session, lawmakers banned districts from having diversity plans that limited the ability of students to open enroll into or out of their schools. Before the ban, Waterloo Schools had a diversity plan.
In Cedar Falls, Pattee said certain grades and programs will not be available for kids to open enroll because the district is currently at capacity. He didn’t mention any worries of losing students from the district through open enrollment.
Smith said Waterloo Schools will be monitoring the situation but he is “optimistic” changes in the law won’t affect the district. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/educators-told-to-be-bold-crowd-surf-do-backflips-during-kick-off-event-for-new/article_cbb45f0a-1644-54cc-8592-3b2aa47af86c.html | 2022-08-19T09:49:49 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/educators-told-to-be-bold-crowd-surf-do-backflips-during-kick-off-event-for-new/article_cbb45f0a-1644-54cc-8592-3b2aa47af86c.html |
Two people are dead after their illegal ATV ride in Queens -- in the wrong lane with no helmets -- ended in a gruesome collision with a tractor-trailer.
The accident happened just before 2 a.m. at Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue. Cops say the two men in their 30s were on an ATV, which is illegal to ride in New York City, when they hit the side of the truck.
One died at the scene, and the other died a short time later at a local hospital.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-dead-after-illegal-atv-ride-ends-in-collision-with-18-wheeler-in-queens/3831186/ | 2022-08-19T10:05:19 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-dead-after-illegal-atv-ride-ends-in-collision-with-18-wheeler-in-queens/3831186/ |
TAMPA, Fla — A motorcyclist died in a crash Thursday night near Tampa International Airport, the police department said in a news release.
Tampa police officers responded to the crash just after 8 p.m. in the area of West Boy Scout Boulevard and North Manhattan Avenue.
The identity of the person riding the motorcycle was also not immediately released.
Eastbound and westbound lanes of Boy Scout Boulevard were closed Thursday night between North Lois Avenue and North Manhattan Avenue. Drivers were asked to seek alternate routes while police canvassed the area.
The investigation is ongoing, police say. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/motorcycle-crash-killed-tpa-tampa/67-cc9d9de5-0a2f-40d1-84f6-7f0c86e7666d | 2022-08-19T10:05:21 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/motorcycle-crash-killed-tpa-tampa/67-cc9d9de5-0a2f-40d1-84f6-7f0c86e7666d |
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Editor's note: The above video is from Jan. 26, 2021.
A summer of legal wrangling continues for accused U.S. Capitol rioter and suspected laptop thief Riley Williams.
The Mechanicsburg woman's request to have the terms of her house arrest lifted so that she could attend the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire was granted by a U.S. District judge in Washington D.C., court records show.
Williams will be allowed to attend the Manheim, Lancaster County event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled.
It was a rare pre-trial victory for Williams, who has been on house arrest since last year while awaiting trial for her alleged role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Earlier this week, Jackson denied Williams' request to have her trial moved from Washington D.C. to Harrisburg. Williams' attorney, Lori Ulrich, argued unsuccessfully that a Harrisburg-area jury would be less likely to be biased against Williams.
In July, Ulrich petitioned the court to have the house arrest and ankle monitoring requirements for Williams lifted, calling them "unduly burdensome."
Jackson also denied that motion, stating Williams was a flight risk and noting that she had previously not fully complied with the terms of her house arrest conditions.
Williams, 25, was charged in January with entering the U.S. Capitol as part of the riot and, once inside, stealing a laptop belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Williams is charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, theft of government property, entering and remaining inside a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building for her alleged conduct on Jan. 6. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/capitol-rioter-riley-williams-pennsylvania-renaissance-faire-house-arrest-request-granted/521-4723adf4-2ab0-456f-812a-8a9b54aa3ea7 | 2022-08-19T10:08:50 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/capitol-rioter-riley-williams-pennsylvania-renaissance-faire-house-arrest-request-granted/521-4723adf4-2ab0-456f-812a-8a9b54aa3ea7 |
100 years ago
Aug. 19, 1922: A serious fire threatened the Delavan business district. It originated from an unknown cause in the rear of J.E. Barnes' cash grocery store, a two-story brick building. Mr. Barnes and wife live in the flat above the store. They were compelled to leave the building on a ladder. Losses are estimated at $2,000 to $4,000 for the stock and $1,000 to $3,000 for the building.
75 years ago
Aug. 19, 1947: Groundbreaking for the new $140,000 Christian church building in Clinton will be held Sunday, said the Rev. H.B. Wheaton, pastor of the church. The estimated cost does not include furnishings and organ, he said. The site of the new building is at the corner of North Jackson and West Main Street, two blocks west of the public square.
50 years ago
Aug. 19, 1972: An eastern McLean County widow was bilked of more than $10,000 this month by a confidence man authorities believe has fled the country. The woman was the victim of a fraudulent building and remodeling contract, which called for payment of $10,700. She told a reporter she had learned of the fraud too late to stop the payments.
25 years ago
Aug. 19, 1997: A greater police presence at closing time could alleviate noise and vandalism associated with downtown Bloomington bar patrons, residents and business owners said during a public hearing. Residents vented frustration at late-night disturbances that trouble the area. Such complaints this spring led the city to consider a temporary ban on new liquor licenses downtown.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-fire-strikes-delavan-business-district/article_243b5cf0-1e64-11ed-bc54-8b8a54af25e9.html | 2022-08-19T10:45:53 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-fire-strikes-delavan-business-district/article_243b5cf0-1e64-11ed-bc54-8b8a54af25e9.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a man was found injured in a shooting at a near south side gas station early Friday morning.
Officers responded to the BP gas station near the intersection of East Raymond and South Shelby streets around 4:30 a.m. Aug. 19 for a report of a person shot. There they located a man who was shot in the leg.
The man was transported to a local hospital in stable condition, police at the scene told 13News.
Detectives were working to obtain surveillance video from the gas station in their investigation and did not have suspect information to share as of early Friday. They had also not determined a motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information on the incident can contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-man-shot-at-near-south-side-gas-station-indianapolis/531-68ed127b-fd10-4815-92eb-fe21de4599b1 | 2022-08-19T11:03:01 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-man-shot-at-near-south-side-gas-station-indianapolis/531-68ed127b-fd10-4815-92eb-fe21de4599b1 |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The stepfather of an 11-year-old boy rescued by an Orlando restaurant manager who noticed the child had bruises is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
Timothy Lee Wilson, 36, was convicted in June on false imprisonment, aggravated child abuse with a weapon, aggravated child abuse and child neglect charges.
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The boy’s mother, Kristen Swann, is also facing abuse charges and has a plea and sentence hearing scheduled for Friday.
According to the Orlando Police Department, Flavaine Carvalho was working on New Year’s Day in 2021 at Mrs. Potato restaurant on South Kirkman Road when a family of four sat down at a table.
Police said Wilson did not let an 11-year-old boy order any food and Carvalho noticed bruises on the child’s face and arms.
Carvalho wrote a note that said, “Do you need help? OK” and held it up to the boy while standing behind the man so he couldn’t see it, police said.
“I wrote another sign, asking him if he needs help. And this is when he nodded, yes,” Carvalho said.
Carvalho then called the owner of the restaurant, who agreed that she should call police.
In an interview with Orlando police detectives, the boy recounted incidents of mistreatment, saying he had ratchet straps tied around his ankles and neck and was hung upside down from a door, officials said. According to police, the boy also said he had been struck with a wooden broom and handcuffed and tied to a large moving dolly.
“You saved the boy’s life,” the business owner told Carvalho. “It brings us to tears to think that someone can do that to a child.”
Wilson and Swann were arrested by authorities.
“She rescued a boy from some dangerous abuse,” Orlando police said in a news release after the arrest. “By saying something when she saw something, Ms. Carvalho displayed courage and care for a child she had never even met before, and we’re proud someone like Ms. Carvalho lives and works in our community.”
Police said the boy’s mother admitted to knowing about the abuse. She was arrested on two counts of child neglect.
“He had all sorts of different stages of bruising so it wasn’t like it was just one incident,” Detective Erin Lawler said. “It was ongoing abuse and torture.”
Wilson’s sentencing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/19/couple-to-be-sentenced-after-orlando-restaurant-manager-used-note-to-rescue-boy/ | 2022-08-19T11:16:22 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/19/couple-to-be-sentenced-after-orlando-restaurant-manager-used-note-to-rescue-boy/ |
ATLANTIC CITY — The 2022 Meet AC Atlantic City Airshow will take to the skies next week, with a full lineup of military and civilian aerial acts sure to amaze the crowds that have traditionally pack the beaches for this summer-ending event.
The aerial acts will hit the beach officially Wednesday, Aug. 24, although the skies will also be busy Tuesday, the traditional practice day.
This year’s lineup of performers is second to none,” said Greater Atlantic City Chamber President Michael Chait, organizer for this year’s Airshow. “You have both military and civilian acts that are among the best in the country soaring to our beaches right here in the Garden State — we promise that this will be our best show to date!”
This year’s lineup is headlined by the U.S Army Golden Knights and U.S.A.F Thunderbirds. The U.S. Navy also will have a big presence as their F/A-18 Super Hornet East Coast Demo Team is making a highly anticipated return to the show.
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This year's event includes a new sponsor: Meet AC, whose name has been added to the show as a result of their support.
Larry Sieg, Meet AC’s president and CEO, said the organization was thrilled to step in and sponsor this year's airshow, themed as a “A Salute to Those Who Serve.”
“Visitors flock to our destination for this iconic event every year, and they look forward to cheering as the planes dip and dive over the Atlantic Ocean. We couldn’t be more honored to power the Atlantic City Airshow this year and are excited to work alongside the Greater Atlantic City Chamber to put on a fantastic show, Sieg said
Civilian acts include Chris Thomas Airshows, Paul Dougherty Airshows, Full Throttle Formation Team and Jim Beasley.
This is the 18th year for the show. The first took place in 2003 and was held for 16 straight years until 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to cancel the event for the first time in its history.
Meet AC is expecting about 400,000 spectators for this year’s show.
People in attendance will get to see the various acts soar as high as 15,000 feet and fly as low as 50 feet over the ocean.
The airspace around the show will be closed off at 11 a.m. Wednesday, and the U.S. Army Golden Knights will kick everything off at 11:30 a.m. with their flag jump during the playing of the National Anthem. The Thunderbirds will conclude the show with a performance at 3 p.m. and the airspace will reopen at 5 p.m., according to an official lineup.
If you go
The show is free for the general public to view from the beaches and Boardwalk. If you aren’t able to make the show, or if you're there and want to know what's happening, commentary can be heard on WPG Talk Radio 95.5 FM and 1450 AM.
Here is the schedule:
- 11 a.m. — Airspace Closes for Airshow, Temporary Flight Restrictions Begin, Boats in Place
- 11:30 a.m. — US Army Golden Knights Flag Jump w/National Anthem
- 11:38 a.m. — US Army Golden Knights Mass Exit Show
- 11:44 a.m. — NJ Air National Guard 177th FW F-16 Flyby
- 11:45 a.m. — NJ Air National Guard 108th WG KC-135 Flyby
- 11:47 a.m. — NBC 10 Helicopter Flybys
- 11:50 a.m. — NJ Air National Guard Composite Wing Flyby (KC-135 & (2) F-16s)
- 11:52 a.m. — Chris Thomas SNJ-2 Aerobatics
- 12:03 p.m. — USN MH-53 Super Stallions Flyover
- 12:09 p.m. — USAF C-17A Globemaster III Demonstration
- 12:23 p.m. — Medical Helicopter Flybys
- 12:25 p.m. — State Police Flybys
- 12:33 p.m. — 552 nd ACW E-3C Sentry Flyby
- 12:35 p.m. — NJ-ArNG/NJ-ANG UH-60 SPIES/FRIES Demonstration
- 12:43 p.m. — 552 nd ACW E-3C Sentry Flyby
- 12:45 p.m. — 1st Helicopter Squadron, UH-1N Twin Huey (2-ship) Flyby
- 12:49 p.m. — FAA William J Hughes Aircraft Flybys (2-passes)
- 12:54 p.m. — Jim Beasley Jr./Ed Shipley Ti-6 (2-ship) Demo
- 1:06 p.m. — US Coast Guard Search & Rescue Demonstration
- 1:16 p.m. — Paul Dougherty Eagle Aerobatics
- 1:34 p.m. — Full Throttle Formation Team
- 1:49 p.m. — Army Golden Knights Parachute Demonstration
- 2:09 p.m. — Jim Beasley Jr. P-51 Mustang Demonstration
- 2:19 p.m. — USN F/A-18 Super Hornet Demonstration
- 2:34 p.m. — USN Legacy Flight F/A-18 & FG-1D Corsair
- 2:49 p.m. — USAF Thunderbirds Enlistment Ceremony
- 3 p.m. — USAF Thunderbirds
- 5 p.m. — Airspace Re-opens; Temporary Flight Restrictions End
Please check back for continuing coverage. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/star-studded-lineup-set-to-take-center-stage-at-atlantic-city-airshow/article_bbd92762-1e56-11ed-bd84-8f49d44eb402.html | 2022-08-19T11:29:37 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/star-studded-lineup-set-to-take-center-stage-at-atlantic-city-airshow/article_bbd92762-1e56-11ed-bd84-8f49d44eb402.html |
Gadsden has seen a decline in voter turnout for municipal elections. Here's what's at stake
Gadsden will soon have its first new mayor since George W. Bush was president of the United States.
There will be a guaranteed 43% turnover on the City Council.
The bitterness and ramifications from a legal, political and public relations battle over the doomed proposal by Pilgrim’s Pride to place an animal parts rendering plant on Northeast Alabama Regional Airport property continue to percolate as that battle’s second anniversary pulls within sight.
Will those factors bring more people to the polls on Tuesday for Gadsden’s 2022 municipal election? That’s the operative question for candidates and voters — and if it happens, it will reverse a 16-year trend in city voting.
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Using the mayor’s election — the only race that’s on every city ballot — as a point of reference, with numbers from the official canvasses:
- 8,788 people cast ballots in 2006, when Sherman Guyton won his first of four terms as mayor;
- 7,355 people cast ballots in 2010;
- 6,789 people cast ballots in 2014;
- 6,364 people cast ballots in the initial 2018 election, and 6,611 took part in the mayoral runoff.
According to City Clerk Iva Nelson, there are 20,309 active and 2,847 inactive voters on the rolls in Gadsden. (Inactive voters are those who have not voted in a while, who have had mail from the Etowah County Board of Registrars returned or who the board believes don’t live here anymore, but can’t be legally removed from the rolls yet. Inactive voters can update their status at the polls.)
One indicator, absentee balloting, hasn’t shown an appreciable surge. Nelson said 204 absentee ballots had been issued as of Thursday. In the most recent elections, 268 were issued in 2006, 190 in 2010, 128 in 2014, 164 in the 2018 main election and 214 in the runoff.
Those seeking change in the city are hoping the turnout picks up.
Advance Etowah, an organization launched in the wake of the rendering plant fight that has continued its efforts to, according to its Facebook page, “encourage a more unified vision and effort in the development of Etowah County,” said in an email to The Times, “This is a generational election that is not just a vote on different politicians, it is a vote for the soul of who Gadsden and Etowah County want to be.”
Gadsden mayor up for grabs
City Council member Thomas Worthy, a mayoral candidate, urged people to vote on Tuesday instead of waiting for the runoff, as he indicated some people have told him they’re planning to do.
Guyton chose not to seek re-election and seven candidates are seeking to replace him, which makes a runoff likely in that race just from sheer numbers.
The contenders are former City Council member and past mayoral contender Robert Avery; Ron “Bunchie” Barnard; former state legislator Craig Ford; Dr. John Jacobs; Heather Brothers New, former president and CEO of The Chamber of Gadsden & Etowah County; Michael Shell; and Worthy.
Gadsden mayor Q&A:Seven candidates seek city's top office
Gadsden City Council races
Worthy, who has served two terms in District 3, is one of three incumbents who are leaving the council; the others are Deverick Williams, after three terms in District 2, and Johnny Cannon, after four terms in District 6.
Vying to succeed them are David Devine Sr., Amy Lipscomb, Ashton Gray, Steve Smith and David Woodard in District 2; Bill Avery, Larry Avery and Denecia Getaw in District 3; and Ricky Leath, Benji Mashburn, Dixie Minatra, Phillip Morgan, Josh Partee and Renay Stokes Reeves in District 6.
- Council District 2:Five seek to succeed Williams in District 2 seat on City Council
- Council District 3:Three seek District 3 seat on Gadsden City Council
- Council District 6: Six contenders running to succeed longtime incumbent in District 6
The other incumbents are seeking re-election: Cynthia Toles, to a third term in District 1; Kent Back, to a second term in District 4; Jason Wilson, to a second term in District 5; and Ben Reed, to a seventh term in District 7.
Toles is opposed by Chari Bostick and Tonya Latham; Back by Luther Abel and Carrie Machen; Wilson by Billy Billingsley Sr., who he defeated in 2018; and Reed by Singn Horn, James “Jimmy” Kelton and Chris Robinson (who lost a close race to Reed in 2018).
- Council District 1:Incumbent Toles faces two challengers in Council District 1
- Council District 4:Back faces two challengers for District 4 council seat
- Council District 5:Past two incumbents, newcomer seek District 5 council seat
- Council District 7:Three challenge incumbent Reed for District 7 council seat
School Board District 3, 5 races
School board races will be on the ballot for the first time in a quadrennial municipal election on Tuesday; the board was filled in a special election in 2019.
Only two incumbents drew opposition. Z. André Huff faces Fred Zackery in District 3, and Mark Dayton faces Bonnie Yarnell in District 5.
Adrienne Reed in District 1, Nate Carter in District 2, Mike Haney in District 4, Nancy Stewart in District 6 and Allen Millican in District 7 had no opposition and were automatically re-elected.
School Board District 3:Ask the candidates: Incumbent Huff faces Zackery in District 3 Board of Education race
School Board District 5:Ask the candidates: Incumbent Dayton, challenger Yarnell seek District 5 school board seat
How to vote in Gadsden's municipal election
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the city’s voting sites:
- District 1: Antioch Baptist Church Family Life Center, 2103 E. Broad St; East Gadsden Community Center, 921 Wilson Ave.;
- District 2: East Gadsden Community Center, 921 Wilson Ave.; Thompson Community Center, 236 Goldenrod Ave.;
- District 3: Former Gadsden High School Lunchroom, 607 S. 12th St.; Carver Community Center, 1030 Tuscaloosa Ave.; Thompson Community Center, 236 Goldenrod Ave.;
- District 4: The Venue at Coosa Landing, 201 George Wallace Drive; Meadowbrook Baptist Church Family Life Center, 2525 Rainbow Drive; Downtown Civic Center, 623 Broad St.;
- District 5: Downtown Civic Center, 623 Broad St.; The Tabernacle (gym), 1301 S. 11th St.;
- District 6: Downtown Civic Center, 623 Broad St.; Walnut Park Community Center, 3200 Walnut St.;
- District 7: Dwight Baptist Church, 520 N. 29th St.; Kiwanis Pavilion, 1500 Noccalula Road.
Find your polling place:Some polling places have changed, voters urged to check voting records
City officials say one election night tradition — vote totals being posted in real time in the council chambers at City Hall — is being discontinued because few people have shown up in recent elections. Results will be available at the city’s website, https://www.cityofgadsden.com. | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/19/gadsden-municipal-election-2022-voting-mayor-city-council-school-board-candidates/10342692002/ | 2022-08-19T11:35:00 | 0 | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/19/gadsden-municipal-election-2022-voting-mayor-city-council-school-board-candidates/10342692002/ |
Dallas designer Steven Goudeau's dream is finally coming true.
"I get to do my own show and showcase my designs at New York Fashion Week," he said. "It's like something I have waited for so long. Now, it's happening."
Goudeau, who is the mastermind behind Stephen Goudeau designs, debuted some pieces ten years ago. In that show, he wasn't the focal point. He didn't get the main spotlight. That all changes on September 11.
"I'm just so blessed. It's incredible that this is happening like this," Goudeau said.
He said he wants to be remembered for pieces that will never go out of style.
"I always create timeless. I don't believe in trends. I always create something where 10 years from now people know it's a Stephen Goudeau dress," Goudeau said.
The spelling of his name in his clothing line is no accident. He wanted it to be spelled differently but said the same.
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"It's kind of like my alter-ego. My name is spelled with a 'v', but the line is spelled with a 'ph'. I just thought that would be cool and memorable for people," Goudeau said.
While he is proud of where he is in his career, he said the sky is the limit at this point.
"I literally just prayed about it. I keep praying about it and I keep working," Goudeau said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/dallas-designer-fulfills-nyc-fashion-week-dream-10-years-in-the-making/3051470/ | 2022-08-19T11:35:00 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/dallas-designer-fulfills-nyc-fashion-week-dream-10-years-in-the-making/3051470/ |
A man convicted of killing four people in Houston more than 30 years ago is set to be executed next year.
State District Judge Natalia Cornelio in Houston on Wednesday signed an order scheduling the execution of Arthur Brown Jr. for March 9. Cornelio's order came the same day Texas executed Kosoul Chanthakoummane in another case.
Authorities have said Brown was part of a ring shuttling drugs from Texas to Alabama and that the June 1992 shootings, which also injured two others, were intended to eliminate a Houston couple who were middlemen in the deals.
One of Brown's companions in the shootings, Marion Dudley, was executed in 2006. A third partner was sentenced to life in prison.
Brown had been scheduled for execution in 2013, but that was delayed to allow for the review of ballistics evidence in the case.
In 2017, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Brown's request for a new trial or a chance at a new sentence over testimony by an expert who overstated proof that guns tied to Brown were connected to the fatal shootings.
In May, Cornelio delayed signing the execution order so Brown could find a new attorney to investigate if he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for execution. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/man-convicted-in-killing-4-in-houston-gets-date-with-death/3052390/ | 2022-08-19T11:35:08 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/man-convicted-in-killing-4-in-houston-gets-date-with-death/3052390/ |
A Texas man who admitted driving drunk in a speeding sports car that killed a Las Vegas man on a motorized street scooter has been sentenced to six to 20 years in Nevada state prison.
Andrew James Rodriguez, 34, of New Braunfels, Texas, apologized in court Wednesday to the family of Walter "Jay" Anderson, the 58-year-old man killed in the June 2021 crash on a boulevard southwest of the Las Vegas Strip.
"It was an accident, and I never meant to hurt anybody, and I'm sorry for your loss," Rodriguez said, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Rodriguez pleaded guilty in March to driving under the influence causing death in a plea deal that avoided trial and included his agreed-upon sentence. He was led from the courtroom in handcuffs.
His attorney, Richard Schonfeld, on Thursday called the crash a tragic circumstance and said his client expressed sincere remorse to Anderson's family.
Anderson was riding a moped, and police said computer data from the 2017 Lamborghini Huracan showed Rodriguez reached 141 mph before decreasing to 127 mph when airbags deployed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-man-who-admitted-to-drunk-driving-crash-in-vegas-sentenced/3052400/ | 2022-08-19T11:35:14 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-man-who-admitted-to-drunk-driving-crash-in-vegas-sentenced/3052400/ |
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A man playing basketball with some friends at a Philadelphia basketball court wound up being shot and fighting for his life.
The man in his 20s was shot in the head and torso as someone fired at least 16 shots at the Pleasant Playground at Pleasant and Boyer Streets in the East Mt. Airy neighborhood around 10:30 Thursday night, police said. He was listed in critical condition at the hospital after being rushed there by officers.
He was playing basketball with about 10 other people when the gunman -- with his face masked -- came up a staircase and began firing, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.
Investigators found a large amount of blood near a basketball on the court, Small said.
A friend's and/or family member's Chevy Malibu sedan was seen quickly driving away from the scene. It turned up at the hospital with three bullet holes in the car.
Police found evidence that another three bullets were fired from another gun at the corner of Pleasant and Boyer.
Police believe one shooter opened fire at the court, while the other targeted the car.
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"We believe those two shooters were together," Small said.
Police hoped that surveillance video would help them track down the shooters.
This shooting came just hours after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that the City of Philadelphia would begin offering $10,000 rewards for tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of anyone who fires a gun and wounds others near schools, recreation centers and libraries.
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Philadelphia police are looking for a driver who fled the scene of a crash that killed a female passenger after trying to pry the license plate of the wrecked vehicle Friday morning.
The single-vehicle crash involving a Toyota Cayenne occurred around 2:50 a.m. on Roosevelt Boulevard and Devereaux Avenue in the Oxford Circle neighborhood, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told NBC10.
Witnesses saw a man exit one of the windows of the car, pull a female out from the sunroof and lay her next to the vehicle, Small said, adding that the driver also tried to rip off the Toyota’s license plate.
When unsuccessful, he fled on foot, crossed over the northbound lanes and ran off eastbound, witnesses told police.
Police later found the Toyota’s license plate bent, as well as blood and fingerprints on it, Small said.
Witnesses told police that the Toyota was traveling southbound on the inner lanes on U.S. Route 1 from Devereaux Avenue “at a high rate of speed” and traveling recklessly, as well as “swerving all over the road,” Small said.
Witnesses added that the vehicle jumped the median, knocked into a streetlight pole, tore off the streetlight’s base, flipped and landed on the drivers’ side, Small said.
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When police officers arrived on location, they found the Toyota on its side on the median strip. Next to the vehicle was a 33-year-old woman on her back with severe head trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Identification for both the man and woman were found inside the crashed car, Small said.
Speed cameras along Roosevelt Boulevard could help police verify the identity of the driver, the chief inspector added.
“We do know there’s some speed cameras in the area along Roosevelt Boulevard, so hopefully these cameras and other cameras -- as well as witness accounts -- can help us identify who was driving this vehicle," Small said.
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Alliance to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Aug. 27
ALLIANCE − The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration returns Aug. 27 after a few lost years due to COVID.
The event is a community reunion, fellowship and a tribute wrapped into a good time. A parade starts at noon (lineup begins at 11 a.m.) and leads into more fun at Maple Beach Park.
The two-mile parade steps off at East College Street and South Liberty Avenue, moves north on Liberty and across the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Viaduct. It turns right onto East Patterson Street and ends in the park.
Yvonne Young, a member of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Steering Committee, which runs the event, said the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the last two parades and celebrations. "So it's exciting" to bring the event back, she said.
"The Dr. Martin Luther King Parade has always been about fellowship, about our community combining north, east, west and south," she said. "It is the only parade on the north side of town."
The parade marshall for this year's event is Robert L. Fountain IV, owner and stylist at RL Xperience, Young said.
She said this year's queen is 18-year-old Kan'Jionah Hawkins, and her attendant is La'Kasja Edwards, 17, who both live in Alliance. Kenneth W. Avery Jr., 20, also of Alliance, was named king.
Food, music at Maple Beach
After the parade, there will be live entertainment, food, drinks and other activities. Young said the event has drawn several hundred in pre-COVID years.
"This is a time for everyone to fellowship as a community," said Councilwoman Sheila Cherry, a member of the separate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Viaduct Improvement Advisory Commission.
Cherry said the commission partnered with the parade committee this year, and said she hopes they can make the annual celebration even bigger in the future.
"It is a great end to the summer," said Alliance Mayor Alan Andreani.
Andreani described the MLK event as a "mainstay in our community" organized by a dedicated group of volunteers, "that has as its focus a venue for fun with the parade and activities."
Why in the summer?
Most communities commemorate the civil rights leader in January, or around the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.
Young said the city's celebration takes place in the summer for the warmer weather to draw more people to it. "They come out on their porches and see people, people they recognize or their grandchildren in the parade," she said.
Now in its 25th year, the event used to happen in June. It was later moved to late August so schools and students could be involved, Young said.
"In June, we never had any of the football players or band members because everyone was out of school,"she said. "Now the schools can get involved."
She estimated at least 30 units in the parade but organizers still are accepting participants. Those interested in being part of the procession can call 330-581-5128 or email alliancemlksc@gmail.com.
Reach Benjamin Duer at 330-580-8567 or ben.duer@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @bduerREP. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/alliance-mlk-parade-celebration-2022-ohio/65395817007/ | 2022-08-19T11:41:17 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/alliance-mlk-parade-celebration-2022-ohio/65395817007/ |
'We 100% need more affordable housing.' Stark County sees uptick in homeless households
CANTON – Michele Abbott fields many phone calls from Stark County residents in need of housing.
She works for ICAN Housing in Canton. The agency helps people dealing with homelessness in Stark County — many who struggle with mental illness and substance use disorders. Abbott runs a permanent supportive housing program that receives referrals through the Stark County Homeless Hotline. She helps people obtain housing vouchers they can use to find a place to live.
But even with a voucher, finding housing is difficult. The rising rate of rent and lack of available housing have left many struggling with homelessness unable to find affordable housing.
"Being homeless is so traumatic to begin with," Abbott said. "And then they get the light that they're going to get housing ... they get referred, and they're so excited about it. And then for it to be so hard for them to find something that meets the program requirements, it's just another (obstacle) pulling them back down again."
Homelessness on the rise in Stark County
The number of homeless households in Stark County is up by 30% compared to last year. The Homeless Continuum of Care of Stark County estimates that 260 households are homeless and looking for a place to live in Stark.
That's 80 households more than the previous year. Stark had 180 homeless households on July 29, 2021 and 171 on July 29, 2020.
Of the 260 households in need of housing, 98 have received referrals to programs that will help them rent from an independent landlord, but the majority have nowhere to go.
"They can go to a landlord and say 'I have this subsidy. I can pay you rent with this subsidy.' But 90 of the 98 can't find the landlords to house them, even though they have the funding behind them to do that," said Marcie Bragg, executive director of the Stark Housing Network.
This comes shortly after the release of the 2022 Out of Reach report, an annual study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio. The report found that full-time workers living in Stark County must make nearly $15 an hour to afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment.
Bragg said high demand has limited the housing supply, making it difficult for those in need to find a place to live. The problem has enabled landlords to charge more, she said, and be more selective about who they rent to.
The 2022 Out of Reach report showed a growing gap between renters' income and the cost of rent.
In Ohio, the fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $887. That means an Ohio worker needs to make $17.05 an hour to pay rent and utilities at this rate without spending more than 30% of their income on housing.
Stark County's average is lower than the state average at $14.77 an hour.
Still, Bragg said: "We 100% need more affordable housing within our community.
"When you look at (Stark County) and across the United States, our cost of living and our cost of housing is not near what you're seeing in some other communities," she said. "But at the end of the day, we still do not have options for that affordability of housing."
Abbott said it's challenging for Stark County residents searching for affordable housing to find anything at this time because most programs are bound by the fair market rate. That means people who receive vouchers for housing can only look at places that are at the fair market rate or lower.
"Finding something that's in that price range has become extremely difficult," she said.
The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio has submitted a report to Gov. Mike DeWine and other legislators asking for the state to use some of its American Rescue Plan funds to create affordable housing for low-income families, seniors, people with disabilities and others.
Bragg said Stark County would benefit from the proposal.
How are homeless shelters faring?
Julie Sparks, executive director of ICAN Housing, said the housing crisis has made it more difficult for those with housing vouchers to find affordable places to live.
"There is an increased number of people who have subsidies and still can't get an apartment or a place to live," Sparks said. "So their value is limited in that it's wonderful to have, but if you can't find a home, then what good does it to have it, so to speak."
Kristie Woods of Refuge of Hope Ministries in Canton said the shelter saw low numbers in the early stages of the pandemic when the federal moratorium on evictions was in place.
Now, Refuge of Hope Ministries averages between 38 to 40 men each night.
"That's been pretty typical for the last few months, so that's not an increase yet," she said. "But we are naïve, I think, if we don't expect to see that number climb toward the end of the year and when we get into next year."
After men leave the shelter, Refuge of Hope Ministries helps them find apartments. Woods said the agency has already moved about 80 men this year. In 2021, the agency assisted 127 men, and in 2020 Refuge of Hope helped a record number of 140 men.
"I think we'll surpass that by the end of 2022," Woods said.
She also said the organization has noticed an increase in the number of patrons at its lunch and dinner services.
"We've had more dinner guests in the past two weeks than we've had for the past two years. ... We've seen numbers back to what we remember them being in the normal days, and even surpassing them sometimes during the week," Woods said.
'The problem is so bad ...'
Shirene Starn-Tapyrik, CEO and executive director of the Alliance for Children and Families, said in an email that Stark County entered the pandemic with a deficit in affordable housing units. The agency discovered that some residents were living in housing units where their rent cost between 75% and 80% of their monthly income, she said.
A common standard is that one's rent should not exceed 30% of their monthly income. Consequently, many people are at risk of losing their housing.
"The problem is so bad currently, we have vouchers and financial assistance for low-income families and individuals, but no HUD acceptable market rate units available to lease. Therefore, persons/families remain in shelters, on the streets and backlogged," Starn-Tapyrik said.
Alliance for Children and Families created a COVID shelter in March 2020. It has continued to operate since the start of the pandemic, she said.
Starn-Tapyrik said the need for affordable housing will continue to grow unless a strategic plan is put in place for developing new units across the county.
She said many communities across the U.S. that have been able to reduce homelessness and establish affordable housing units have utilized techniques such as community housing trust funds. This mean that as a community develops any housing, business or shopping district, it also includes an additional percentage set aside for the development of affordable housing units.
It's important for communities to consider low- to moderate income households in any type of development, she said.
Those struggling with homelessness can call the Stark County Homeless Hotline at 330-452-4363.
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YORK, Pa. — Editor's note: The above video is from Aug. 18.
The Dallastown Area School District and the Dallastown Area Education Association reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract late Thursday night, according to a press release.
This news comes just days after members of the association voted to authorize a strike. The union demanded salary raises as well as increased health care benefits.
At the monthly school board meeting, hundreds of people came out in support of the teachers union. Many were arguing teachers deserve more financial support in order to better help students.
For now, it seems, strides are being made to at least partially meet these demands.
Details of the agreement will be released after both parties have had the chance to review the contract, which will also need to be ratified. The ratification will most likely happen in September, the release states.
School officials say that they are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement that is representative of the needs of their teachers, students, and the community.
“Now we look forward to continuing to move forward together with our teachers this school year to create the best education environment possible for the students of our district," School Board President Anthony Pantano said in a statement.
The union seems to agree.
"We are very pleased to reach this tentative agreement, and we recognize the good faith and commitment of the board in coming to the table last night and reaching this deal," Ellen Connelly, president of the Dallastown Area Education Association said in a statement.
The Dallastown Area Education Association is made up of 415 members, including teachers, counselors, nurses, psychologists, athletic trainers, and education specialists. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dallastown-area-education-association-reaches-tentative-agreement/521-e37b2b32-2d68-40c8-bfa3-7c877edc1fa8 | 2022-08-19T11:42:58 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dallastown-area-education-association-reaches-tentative-agreement/521-e37b2b32-2d68-40c8-bfa3-7c877edc1fa8 |
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — An overturned tractor trailer has closed part of Route 283 East in Dauphin County between the Toll House Road exit and the Hershey/Elizabethtown (Route 743) exit, according to dispatchers.
Crews responded shortly after 5 a.m., also according to dispatchers.
At this time, all lanes are closed.
There is no word yet on the extent of any injuries.
This is a developing story. FOX43 will provide updates as they become available. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/overturned-tractor-trailer-closes-part-of-route-283-east-dauphin-county/521-6314c62d-13b7-4ee4-9ad9-6a3258ff1b8f | 2022-08-19T11:43:04 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/overturned-tractor-trailer-closes-part-of-route-283-east-dauphin-county/521-6314c62d-13b7-4ee4-9ad9-6a3258ff1b8f |
The story behind the downtown mural at My Sports Locker
Adam Long misses his father, J.D. Long, but found a way to honor not only his dad but a lot of other people in the Bloomington area and beyond with a mural on the side of My Sports Locker, at 106 N. Rogers St. near the corner with Kirkwood Avenue.
Long's father, holding up a 1-year-old version of Long, is painted at the left of the mural, with the hands and arms of other people who have been touched by cancer to the right.
Long's father and mother, Claudia, live in Florida and the last time Long visited his dad there, he said he knew it was probably his last visit. Long's father died July 24.
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"My whole body could tell," Long said. "The last thing I said before I left the room was I was the happiest man that I could be, that I was following my dream. The next step was to make it a reality to put art in front of (people touched by cancer) to give them comfort when they are in need of healing and hope."
The first mural, and the second
The mural was the idea of Long's college friend Eric Richards, now president and CEO of Cancer Support Community South Central Indiana, which has a Bloomington office. The two attended Franklin College in the late 1990s.
Richards kept in touch and followed Long's Facebook page, where, four years ago, he saw his friend's venture into painting murals begin. In fact, Richards' first request was that Long create a mural inside the cancer center's Bloomington office.
"I wanted a mural that kind of hit you in the face when you walked in," Richards said of the office mural.
Richards requested local scenes and he's happy with Long's creation, which depicts the falls at McCormick's Creek State Park. Long began painting the mural in January and completed it in March.
While Long was working on the office mural, Richards said he was thinking of how to have another mural in a more public location to highlight local people who have dealt with cancer and let them know about Cancer Support Community.
"The idea that popped into my head was I wanted it to be a hope mural," Richards said. "Adam came up with the idea to use real people and their arms to spell the word 'hope.'"
Long posted the idea of the hope mural on his Facebook page and the owners of My Sports Locker were among the first to respond.
Once he had a location for the mural, Long reached out again on social media to find people who have been affected by cancer. He gave specific instructions on how to submit photos and their information. Twenty-seven of those people now have their hands and forearms painted on the white exterior of the cement block building. Some of the people are local and were part of a ribbon-cutting celebration on Aug. 5 at the site. Others aren't from the area and may not realize their hands are on the wall. While not every person represented on the wall is still living, Long said the three children he painted are all alive.
Even with the celebration, the mural isn't yet complete. Long estimates he has another 40 hours of painting to do; he's already put 40-60 hours of work into the piece. The arms and hands of each person represented will remain in black and white. But the rings, sleeves, necklaces and other objects they're holding or wearing that mean something special to them are in color. Long wants to have the mural completed by November.
"The hope is that people learn about the free service in their community for people who have cancer and their families and friends," Richards said. "We want people to know it's all about serving the people." The Cancer Support Community sunburst logo is part of the mural to help spread that message.
Future murals
Not everyone who submitted a photo and a personal story will be depicted on the My Sports Locker mural. Long hopes to include others in similar murals he hopes to paint on buildings in the area and possibly across the state.
"I would like for this to be the main focus of my living," Long said recently, while painting a sunrise mural at a Bloomington residence. The other painting Long does supports his venture into continuing the murals.
"It was overwhelming the number of stories I received," Long said, adding they were pouring in at the same time he was dealing with the fact his father's cancer was terminal. With all he was dealing with, Long said he couldn't handle it. "My heart couldn't handle it. I asked Cancer Support Community to help. That made a massive difference to me. I just couldn't hold all those feelings."
Richards is eager to continue working with Long on murals, both because of his talent and his understanding. "He knows what it's like first-hand to be a caregiver," he said of Long. "He's just an inspiring guy and we're fortunate to be working with him."
Anyone who wants more information about Cancer Support Community South Central Indiana, at 514 W. Second St., can all 812-323-1535.
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How do you start the school year? Sunny side up, served with a side of community support.
Clear Lake teachers and staff were the guests of honor at an educators appreciation breakfast Wednesday morning. Thrown by the chamber of commerce, 28 area sponsors helped with the event and provided gift baskets.
"From janitors, administration, support staff, paras, teachers, everybody gets something in addition to a huge hot breakfast," said Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Stacy Doughan.
The chamber has hosted the breakfast for nine years. Each year the event has grown and sponsors have gone a little bigger with their gifts.
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People gathered at Clear Lake Middle School at 6:45 a.m. to set up tables and to put the gifts on display. Baskets contained a variety of items for teachers' classrooms or to help educators relax. A big breakfast menu was brought in, from fruit salad to biscuits and gravy.
"I think you can see that businesses are important to making teachers feel valued and feel really connected within the community," said Atura business developer Austin Pehl.
"The community and school relationship is really big in any community, and I think it's really big here. I love that the businesses support the teachers, and we love to do that," said The Funky Zebras owner Carisa Danielson.
Wednesday was also the first day back for all Clear Lake teachers and staff. Over 200 district employees greeted each other with hugs then examined all of the displayed gift baskets. Some moved aside tissue paper to peak inside bags.
Doughan said while some people may have a negative attitude about education, public schools are essential for tomorrow's workforce.
"We as a business community can rally around our teachers, our educators, and let them know their job is important and that they're appreciated," Doughan said.
Both Pehl and Danielson hoped the event creates a sense of enthusiasm for Clear Lake teachers and staff.
"It's an exciting way to come back to the school year, to have a little gift and to be thought about at the beginning of the year," Danielson said. "I think it just shows everybody's excited for them and for the kids."
Superintendent Doug Gee appreciates the support the chamber and area businesses show the district through the event. He said it was a great way to get back together.
"I tell the staff this every year: I've been in seven different school districts and never have I had anything like this provided for staff," said Gee.
Gee's message to staff this year was dedicated to his appreciation of them and all the accomplishments made at Clear Lake. He mentioned "their unselfishness to want to do what's best for kids is more than what anybody could ask for."
"I'm just really excited to be back and to have the kids back in school," Gee said.
"I think this is just a great event to kick off the school year and hopefully sets things off in the right direction," said Doughan.
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WATERLOO — A Waterloo man who shot and killed a would-be robber during a 2021 drug rip off has been sentenced to prison on drug charges.
Authorities allege Cedrick Ondrell Smith, 26, shot Dayton Sanders during a rain storm outside the Kwik Stop at West Ninth and Washington streets. Another person was beating Smith in his vehicle and Sanders ran up carrying a pistol at what was supposed to be a synthetic marijuana deal.
After being shot, Sanders collapsed in the median and died.
Because it was considered self-defense, Smith wasn’t charged in the shooting. But on Thursday he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of K2 with intent to deliver as part of a deal that removed sentencing enhancements.
He was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutor Jeremy Westendorf said the shooting underscores the seriousness of drug crimes.
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“This case does highlight the danger that is attached to illegal conduct, especially the sale and distribution of narcotics,” Westendorf said.
Authorities allege Smith was lured to the convenience store under the pretense of a K2 deal on Aug. 24, 2021. When Smith pulled up, Smith’s cousin, Daijon Jarell Stokes, ran up and began punching him while Alvonni Stone climbed into the passenger’s side of Smith’s vehicle and began grabbing for a bag of drugs and $15 in cash.
Smith started pulling away, and Sanders ran toward the car with what was later found to be an empty handgun. Smith’s gun was loaded, and he fired. Stone allegedly fired a shot as Smith sped out of the parking lot.
Stokes was convicted of a lesser assault charge. Stone was found guilty of robbery during a trial. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-involved-in-fatal-shooting-pleads-to-drug-charges/article_b1edb04d-ae40-5de1-b71b-0af9a21ae22c.html | 2022-08-19T11:59:32 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-involved-in-fatal-shooting-pleads-to-drug-charges/article_b1edb04d-ae40-5de1-b71b-0af9a21ae22c.html |
CEDAR FALLS — Pickleball Club representatives met with city officials last week to discuss doubling the size of the courts at Orchard Hill Park, said officials from the Community Development Department.
In a recent survey of club members found the number one priority is increasing the number of courts, said Charles Blair-Broeker, a former president and club spokesperson.
City Council was informed a 'pedestrian bridge' was constructed on private property, near where Eden Way and Andy Avenue merge, as 'a short cut' to get to school.
The sport has grown in popularity throughout the United States, including Cedar Falls.
“The city’s response has been supportive, but we don’t yet have a firm plan or cost estimates,” Blair-Broeker said in an email Wednesday. “The city has taken no action and we don’t yet know where we sit in terms of their timeline for capital projects. So far there are exactly zero dollars allocated to or raised for new courts.”
Four of the eight courts were recently resurfaced. The other four are scheduled to be redone sometime this fall, said Brian Heath, operations and maintenance division manager, at a Parks and Recreation Commission meeting last week.
“The Cedar Falls Pickleball Club is very appreciative of the collaboration that we have with the city of Cedar Falls, and we’re eager to get going,” said Commissioner Clare Struck. “In fact, part of the eagerness is – once the timeline and plan get established – is to roll out the fundraising on the club’s part to support the project and to look at the possible grants, like we did with the other courts.”
The courts at Orchard Hill, off Primrose Drive, are reportedly full every morning from about 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Driver visibility concerns at Sixth and State streets are pushing the city to help protect pedestrians using the crosswalk at the intersection.
But they’re also popular many evenings.
“They are getting used not just by the old folks that go early in the morning,” Struck quipped.
The first set of courts opened in 2018.
In the city’s capital improvement program, $125,000 for lighting has been allotted in fiscal year 2025. Funds for replacing the acrylic surface also have been set aside.
I've covered city government for The Courier since August 2021. I'm a Chatham, NJ native who graduated from Gettysburg College in 2018 and previously worked for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
City Council was informed a 'pedestrian bridge' was constructed on private property, near where Eden Way and Andy Avenue merge, as 'a short cut' to get to school.
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. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-pickleball-club-begins-conversations-about-court-expansion/article_55ace2ed-3352-537b-9eab-c6065ec8e8ef.html | 2022-08-19T11:59:38 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-pickleball-club-begins-conversations-about-court-expansion/article_55ace2ed-3352-537b-9eab-c6065ec8e8ef.html |
WAVERLY — New public parking restrictions will be in place north of Waverly-Shell Rock High School come the first day of classes Tuesday.
Principal David Fox welcomes the “safety compromise.” It’s one his school will gladly accommodate.
The restrictions – involving Sunset Street, Iowa Street, Third Avenue Southwest and Fourth Avenue Southwest – were unanimously adopted by the Waverly City Council on Monday.
They may come at the expense of students who find it “more convenient” to park on those streets to be closer to a school entrance, although they will still have the option on one side of the roads.
The ordinance eliminates instances where cars can be parked on both sides.
The restrictions come in response to neighbor complaints. Officials argue they are being put in place out of safety and to alleviate traffic congestion.
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Fox termed the changes a “compromise” because he preferred parking not be permitted at all. But he recognizes that it’s difficult to advocate for taking away parking in front of someone’s house or to enforce a ban just on non-residents.
“I don’t think it will pose an obstacle,” said Fox. “We have the spots in our school parking lot.”
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.
The new ordinance enacts a complete parking ban on the east side of Sunset Street between Second and Fourth avenues southwest; on the west side of Iowa Street between Second and Fourth avenues southwest; and on the north side of Third Avenue Southwest between Sunset and Iowa streets.
Additionally, it will be unlawful to leave a vehicle unattended for more than two hours, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, while school is in session on Fourth Avenue Southwest.
Before the new legislation was introduced, the old restrictions included both sides of Sunset and Iowa streets, but a person was allowed to leave a car there, as long as it did not span more than two hours between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday while school was in session.
The former restrictions on Sunset and Iowa streets only applied to the blocks between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue Southwest, not all the way up to Second Avenue Southwest. There also weren’t any restrictions along Third Avenue Southwest.
The new Fourth Avenue Southwest restrictions are essentially the same as the old.
Whenever two cars were on both sides of the roads in those areas, Fox said it was not conducive to two lanes of traffic – which got “tense” when students arrived or left for school by foot or by vehicle, in addition to other bus and parent traffic.
An informational meeting has been scheduled for Monday from 5 to 6:30 pm at Waverly City Hall, 200 First St. Northeast.
“It’s our expectation they park in the school parking lot,” said Fox, acknowledging the school can’t force students to park there if it’s legal to have their vehicles on public streets.
School administration will make students aware of the new restrictions during an opening week slide show, he said.
“I think our students will willingly comply,” Fox said. “ … I think it’s a case of something we should have put in place before.”
Eleven new permanent signs will be posted between Sunset and Iowa streets as well as Third Avenue Southwest by the first day of school, said Justin McGlaun, public works director.
And Police Chief Richard Pursell said there will be “red flags” initially attached to them to bring them to people’s attention.
Along with school administrators reaching out to students and the legal notice of the ordinance change in the local newspaper, Pursell said the department will post a reminder on its Facebook page.
Because of all the outreach, he said the department will begin issuing parking tickets right away. City code indicates parking fines start at $10 but rise to $20 if not paid within 30 days and to $30 if not paid within 60 days.
Earlier this month, the council slightly modified the now-adopted ordinance detailing restrictions on Iowa and Sunset streets as well as Third Avenue Southwest to make them year-round rather than just during the school months. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/parking-restrictions-to-be-in-full-effect-north-of-waverly-shell-rock-high-school/article_dfbf1d5d-5610-5f18-8732-0f8f005cafce.html | 2022-08-19T11:59:45 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/parking-restrictions-to-be-in-full-effect-north-of-waverly-shell-rock-high-school/article_dfbf1d5d-5610-5f18-8732-0f8f005cafce.html |
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DICKSON CITY, Pa. — There are new details about Thursday night's shocking stabbing at the Viewmont Mall in Lackawanna County.
Dickson City police now saying the victim worked at the eyebrow threading kiosk toward the Macy's end of the mall.
Authorities say the suspect ran away but didn't get far.
Officers picked him up at a traffic stop outside of Dick's Sporting Goods, which is right in the mall parking lot.
We are waiting for an update from police about what led to the stabbing and any relationship between the suspect and victim.
Investigators haven't released the victim's name or given an update on her condition.
Dickson City police also haven't released that suspect's name.
Want to see what was in news in 1983? Head on over to WNEP's YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/one-person-hurt-after-stabbing-at-viewmont-mall-dickson-city-wnep/523-ca875f6c-a5dd-4bc8-b7cf-7e1f59753901 | 2022-08-19T12:06:05 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/one-person-hurt-after-stabbing-at-viewmont-mall-dickson-city-wnep/523-ca875f6c-a5dd-4bc8-b7cf-7e1f59753901 |
I’ve been at the Kenosha News so long, it seems like I’ve never worked anywhere else.
But on Saturday in a Kenosha parking lot, I gathered with a hundred or so former associates to celebrate my “secret past” at Paielli’s Bakery.
It’s actually not a secret, but it was a long time ago. (So long ago, that when I talked with Dave Paielli last week, he was shocked to discover I had worked at his family business during high school, 1979-’81, when he was working there, too.)
The occasion for the gathering was to take photos and video for the bakery’s 100th anniversary, coming up on Jan. 14.
It was much like a high school class reunion, except with more doughnuts and a wide range of ages.
Gloria Peterson worked at Paielli’s from 1956 to ‘59 “when this building opened,” referring to the bakery’s present location at 6020 39th Ave.
“I learned a lot from Mrs. Paielli about working with people and taking pride in our work,” Peterson said.
That Mrs. Paielli was Matilda, who started the bakery in 1923 with her husband, Santé. It’s still operated by the Paielli family, stretching into the third and fourth generations.
Luigina Wasilevich worked at the bakery even earlier, from 1948 to ‘50.
“We were good friends with the Paielli family,” she said, explaining how she came to work at the business. She remembers “selling pies and breads on 52nd Street” where the bakery was then located.
Wasilevich was at the reunion Saturday with her daughters, Anne Wasilevich and Kathy Tirabassi — who also worked at Paielli’s during high school.
Tirabassi, who worked there 1975-’79, recalls “the camaraderie among everyone at the bakery, the happy customers and the food.”
Her sister, Anne, worked the front counter from 1975 to ‘77 and enjoyed “waiting on the people and helping them pick out their favorite doughnut.”
She also claims that “our group of workers invented the Cyclops doughnut,” which continues to reign supreme at Paielli’s.
The doughnut — named for the one-eyed giant Cyclops in Greek mythology — comes covered in chocolate and packed with a rich creamy filling (the “eye”) in the middle.
“We had a big tub of white frosting,” Anne said, “and we put it into the center of the doughnut to enjoy in the breakroom.”
While this origin story can’t be independently verified — apparently, no one keeps official stats on doughnuts — it’s also not being challenged. So think of those Paielli’s employees from the mid-1970s the next time you bite into that creamy Cyclops filling.
Family tradition Families working at Paielli’s is a trend that continues: Hannah St. Louis has been there since 2019 and her mother, Michelle, did a stint for a few years, too, starting at age 15 in 1989.
While a lot of the young workers passed through the bakery during their teen years, Dave Boyd started during high school and — 43 years later — he’s still there.
His long stint earned him the title of “an honorary Paielli” from co-workers on Saturday.
At the center of all this is Dino Paielli, who was born almost 90 years ago above his parents’ bakery and still comes to work.
“I’ve been here my whole life,” he said, while people came up to hug him and reminisce.
As a young adult, Dino “was given a few options about where I could work,” he recalled, “and I chose to stay and work with my dad.”
The same goes for Dino’s sons, Mark and Dave, who have both been at the bakery for close to half a century.
The anniversary celebration preparations continue — with plans for a collage of historic photos on a wall inside the bakery — and Dave Paielli expects to be “really busy on Jan. 14.”
So busy, in fact, he suggested I come back “and have a throwback day, working at the front counter.”
That offer might have been in jest, but I warned him I will take him up on it.
Nothing smells better than a bakery on a cold Saturday in January, and it could be fun to relive — at least for one day — the sweetest job I ever had.
So get that Cyclops ready. I will work for food.
Vintage photos that show the beauty of America's national parks
Vintage photos that show the beauty of America's national parks
America’s national parks have a storied history that rivals their stunning beauty. The formations in these lands range from windswept caves and river-forged valleys, to savage coastlines and some of the world’s highest peaks. There are glaciers and deserts, and a myriad of flora and fauna that thrive amidst these wild expanses of Earth.
Stacker compiled a list of 50 vintage photographs that show the magic of these areas and the wonders which greeted early American explorers. Stretching from sea to shining sea, America’s national parks have been protected through a series of laws, which ensure they will be available for all future generations to enjoy. Though easily accessible in the modern age of fast-paced transport, many of these wild lands were only accessible by foot when early explorers discovered their natural wonders.
Beginning with the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, signed by Abraham Lincoln on June 30, 1864, the Yosemite Valley and surrounding lands became the first federally protected area. Yellowstone became the first national park in 1872, although the National Park Service was not officially created to manage and care for this slowly growing series of vast land tracts until 1916.
Due to the work done by early conservationists, the need to protect these natural areas was emphasized as a priority throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s. Legendary naturalists and explorers, such as John Muir and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were influential in keeping the resources contained within these parks from being consumed by the growth of America’s industrial age.
Today these parks are located throughout the country in 25 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The land encompassing them was either purchased or donated, though much of it had been inhabited by native people for thousands of years before the founding of the United States. These areas are protected and revered as educational resources about the natural world, and as spaces for exploration.
Continue scrolling for 50 vintage photos that show the beauty of America's national parks.
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Washington Column
Benjamin West Kilburn enjoys a tranquil scene in the Yosemite Valley circa 1870. This was 20 years before the valley and surrounding lands became the nation’s third national park.
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First boat on Yellowstone Lake
Two men set out on Yellowstone Lake in a boat named The Annie. The image was captured in 1871, just a year before Yellowstone became America’s first national park.
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Travel views of Yosemite National Park
A young woman ties her horse up for a rest with Yosemite’s iconic, snowcapped, mountainscape in the background in the early 1900s.
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Grand Canyon, Arizona
Around the start of the century, this image shows a man gazing over the Grand Canyon before the park went from being a national monument to an established national park in 1919.
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Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona is home to fossilized trees made up of almost solid quartz. This natural process of turning trees into stone occurred over millions of years.
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Genthe, Arnold // Library of Congress
Grinnell Glacier
George Grinnell and his wife, Elizabeth, on a glacier named after them. Mr. Grinnell was an influential historian, conservationist, and naturalist, who helped map the West while working to advocate for native people.
Underwood & Underwood // New York Public Library
Lake Nanita
Located in Rocky Mountain National Park, Lake Nanita is the largest body of water in the park. It’s situated between Longs Peak and Grand Lake.
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Saint Mary Lake
Jagged mountains surround Saint Mary Lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park. Pictured across the lake is Goat Mountain.
Kiser, Fred H. // New York Public Library
Mark Twain log
Known as the “Mark Twain Tree,” this giant sequoia was cut down in 1891 in what later became Kings Canyon National Park. The trunk was sent to New York and London to be displayed in museums.
Curtis, C. C. (Charles Clifford) // New York Public Library
Photographing falls
William Henry Jackson photographs Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point in California. Yosemite Falls is one of the world’s largest waterfalls, dropping a total of 2,425 feet.
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Driving through a tree
A group travels by horse-drawn carriage through a giant sequoia tree. Sequoias are some of the largest trees in the world and can live over 3,000 years.
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Steamer queen
Glacier Bay National Park of Alaska contains 3.3 million acres, and includes fjords, glaciers, and temperate rainforests. It is one of the most vast conservation areas on the globe.
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Muir Glacier
John Muir became one of Glacier Bay National Park’s earliest advocates during his travels there to study glaciology. He noted early on that Yosemite may have been created by these same massive ice sheets.
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President Roosevelt at Yosemite
On a three-day exploration led by Muir, President Theodore Roosevelt explored the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. Roosevelt was instrumental in early projects to conserve land for national parks.
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Tourists in Yellowstone National Park
Two visitors drive along a raging river in Yellowstone National Park. Humans have been exploring this area from as far back as 11,000 years ago.
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Roosevelt and Muir
A group of explorers, including conservationist John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt hiked among Yosemite Valley’s redwood trees. On the valley and trees, President Roosevelt remarked, "There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods…”
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In the Bad Lands
Pictured amidst the Pine Ridge Reservation, Native Americans ride on horseback through the Badlands in South Dakota. The area has been inhabited by tribes including the Lakota and Arikara for nearly 11,000 years .
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Yellowstone River through the Grand Canyon
The Yellowstone River flows through the Grand Canyon. European explorers first set eyes on the canyon in 1540, long before it was part of the landscape of America.
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward) // New York Public Library
Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Falls is the largest of numerous waterfalls in the park. The falls all experience increased flow during the spring and early summer when snowmelt is at its peak.
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Grand Falls of Yellowstone River from Point Lookout, 360 feet high
The Grand Falls of Yellowstone flows into the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Geologists believe the park was formed some 140,000 to 160,000 years ago after a volcanic eruption about 640,000 years before.
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward) // New York Public Library
Sea waves crashing against rocks
Waves crash into Thunder Hole on Mount Desert Island in Maine’s Acadia National Park. Acadia was the first designated national park east of the Mississippi River.
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Old Faithful Geyser Cone, steaming
A lone explorer stands beside Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park in the late 1800s. Today, the regular eruptions can be viewed from anywhere on the park’s live stream .
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward) // New York Public Library
Tourists at cliff dwellings
A group of tourists explores Pueblo homes built into the cliffs at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The park was created in 1906 in order to preserve the homes of the ancestral people who lived there for 700 years.
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Fern Lake
Located in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Fern Lake is one of many stops on the Fern Lake Trail. Shown here is an early explorer’s boat tied up lakeside dating between the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
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Franklin Lane with group at Mount Rainier
Franklin Lane, secretary of the interior, was also a conservationist and influential political adviser. Here he travels with a group to explore the sites around Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State.
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Photographing canyon wall
With one hanging from the rope and the other holding it, brothers Emery and Ellsworth Kolb precariously photograph a section of the Grand Canyon wall. The duo started a successful photography business based in the region, which allowed them to continue exploring.
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Ice skaters at Yosemite National Park
Visitors to Yosemite National Park enjoy skating on a frozen lake in the early 1900s. The vast, protected park has a land mass comparable to the size of Rhode Island.
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Ranger driving car on railroad
Affixed with railroad wheels, this specially designed Ford carried rangers like C.K. Jordan, shown here on a forest fire watch in the Northern California wilderness.
Corbis Historical
Continental Divide over Shoshone Lake
This westward view shows Shoshone Lake and from the Continental Divide. The Continental Divide Trail, which traverses the lands from Mexico to Canada, was first forged by Indigenous peoples long before the land became a protected section of the American West.
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
An early modern explorer is shown here in Shenandoah National Park located in Virginia. The park was first inhabited some 8,000 years ago by Native Americans who used the land to hunt and gather food, and create tools for consumption and trade.
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General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park, California
Located in California’s Sequoia National Park, the General Sherman tree is the world’s largest tree at 275 feet tall. The base of the tree is over 36 feet in diameter.
Unknown // New York Public Library
Sandstone Cliffs in Zion National Park, Utah
Once utilized by native tribes 8,000 years ago to track giant sloths and mammoths, Zion Canyon was later settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1860s. Due to flash floods, early settlers faced great difficulty in the park as the sudden onslaught of raging waters could wash away entire towns.
Ewing Galloway // New York Public Library
Corbin Hollow boy
This boy was one of many who were considered the “Hollow Folk” who lived in the Shenandoah National Park, seemingly cut off from modern society. They lived in cabins built of mud and logs, and were a fascination of anthropologists due to their alleged lack of religion, government, and social structure.
Rothstein, Arthur // New York Public Library
Formations at Bryce Canyon
Consisting of 35,835 acres, Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park contains some of the most wild and jagged rock formations in the western United States. The land was home to various native tribes for thousands of years prior to it becoming part of the national park system.
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Lee, Russell // New York Public Library
Grand Canyon
Visitors to the Grand Canyon bask in the sun at the canyon’s edge in 1939. The park went from national monument to official national park status 20 years prior in 1919.
Unknown // New York Public Library
Sequoia giganteum
A traveler stands inside the hollowed out trunk of a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. Giant sequoias like this one survive even the hottest of forest fires, which are a necessary part of the tree’s propagation. The heat allows their cones to open and release their seeds.
Dove, Adam // New York Public Library
Glacier National Park, Montana
Peaks rise in the distance over an alpine lake in Glacier National Park. The park straddles the Continental Divide, which explains its extreme weather patterns.
Hileman, T. J. // New York Public Library
Gate to government reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas
The natural geological features of this area inspired the United States to protect the land in 1832. In 1921, five years after the formation of the National Park Service, the land was officially included as a national park.
Detroit Publishing Co. // Library of Congress
Estes National Park, Colorado
Towering rock formations dot the landscape in Estes, Colorado, an area which borders Rocky Mountain National Park. The protection of these lands were due in large part to the Estes Park Protective and Improvement Association, which worked to keep industry from disrupting this area of natural wonder.
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National Photo Company Collection // Library of Congress
Cowlitz Glacier
A team of workers bands together to rescue a victim who has fallen into a crevasse in Rainier National Park on the Cowlitz Glacier. Flowing southeasterly off of Mount Rainier, the glacier consists of two parallel ice streams.
Photographs Division Washington, D.C. // Library of Congress
Mount McKinley
Dog sled teams rest in front of Mount McKinley, now called Denali, in Denali National Park in Alaska. It is the tallest mountain in North America, rising to over 20,000 feet.
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Mountaineer sketching on rope swing
An early mountaineer sketches from a rope swing in Utah’s Zion National Park. The sport of mountaineering began to take hold in the United States in the early 1900s and advanced after World War II as new equipment began to be used to climb cracks in mountain facades.
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Death Valley Rock
An early visitor sits atop a unique stone formation in California’s Death Valley in 1930. Shortly after this time, President Roosevelt’s newly created Civilian Conservation Corps worked to develop the park infrastructure by building roads in order to make the land more accessible to visitors.
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Utah
Rock formations in the desert area known as Arches National Park. The park began as a national monument, designated by President Herbert Hoover in 1929, and was established by Congress as a national park in 1971.
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Vehicle and Badlands geological formations
A car drives through the Badlands of South Dakota in August 1934. The land was once home to saber-toothed cats and rhinos.
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Seminole woman canoeing in the Everglades
A Seminole woman paddles with a child through the vast expanse of watery terrain now known as Everglades National Park. The Seminole tribe fought to keep its land out of the hands of American settlers during a series of wars in the 1800s.
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Summer vacation in the 1950s
Beside a rock formation is a Plymouth, shown in 1953, in California’s Joshua Tree National Park. The park is home to unique plant species and rock formations created by the harsh conditions of the desert winds and seasonal rains.
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Arizona
A person stands beside a saguaro cactus in 1962. Saguaro National Park was formed in part to protect this species of cactus, which is the largest in the country, growing upwards of 50 feet into the air.
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Crater Lake
Crater Lake is the deepest lake in North America, going down 1,943 feet below its surface. The surrounding park named after the lake was created in 1902.
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Vintage photos that show the beauty of America's national parks
America's national parks have a storied history that rivals their stunning beauty. The formations in these lands range from windswept caves and river-forged valleys, to savage coastlines and some of the world's highest peaks. There are glaciers and deserts, and a myriad of flora and fauna that thrive amidst these wild expanses of Earth.
Stacker compiled a list of 50 vintage photographs that show the magic of these areas and the wonders which greeted early American explorers. Stretching from sea to shining sea, America's national parks have been protected through a series of laws, which ensure they will be available for all future generations to enjoy. Though easily accessible in the modern age of fast-paced transport, many of these wild lands were only accessible by foot when early explorers discovered their natural wonders.
Beginning with the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, signed by Abraham Lincoln on June 30, 1864, the Yosemite Valley and surrounding lands became the first federally protected area. Yellowstone became the first national park in 1872, although the National Park Service was not officially created to manage and care for this slowly growing series of vast land tracts until 1916.
Due to the work done by early conservationists, the need to protect these natural areas was emphasized as a priority throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s. Legendary naturalists and explorers, such as John Muir and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were influential in keeping the resources contained within these parks from being consumed by the growth of America's industrial age.
Today these parks are located throughout the country in 25 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The land encompassing them was either purchased or donated, though much of it had been inhabited by native people for thousands of years before the founding of the United States. These areas are protected and revered as educational resources about the natural world, and as spaces for exploration.
Continue scrolling for 50 vintage photos that show the beauty of America's national parks.
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Benjamin West Kilburn enjoys a tranquil scene in the Yosemite Valley circa 1870. This was 20 years before the valley and surrounding lands became the nation's third national park.
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First boat on Yellowstone Lake
Two men set out on Yellowstone Lake in a boat named The Annie. The image was captured in 1871, just a year before Yellowstone became America's first national park.
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Travel views of Yosemite National Park
A young woman ties her horse up for a rest with Yosemite's iconic, snowcapped, mountainscape in the background in the early 1900s.
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Grand Canyon, Arizona
Around the start of the century, this image shows a man gazing over the Grand Canyon before the park went from being a national monument to an established national park in 1919.
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Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona is home to fossilized trees made up of almost solid quartz. This natural process of turning trees into stone occurred over millions of years.
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Grinnell Glacier
George Grinnell and his wife, Elizabeth, on a glacier named after them. Mr. Grinnell was an influential historian, conservationist, and naturalist, who helped map the West while working to advocate for Indigenous people.
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Lake Nanita
Located in Rocky Mountain National Park, Lake Nanita is the largest body of water in the park. It's situated between Longs Peak and Grand Lake.
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Saint Mary Lake
Jagged mountains surround Saint Mary Lake in Montana's Glacier National Park. Pictured across the lake is Goat Mountain.
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Mark Twain log
Known as the "Mark Twain Tree," this giant sequoia was cut down in 1891 in what later became Kings Canyon National Park. The trunk was sent to New York and London to be displayed in museums.
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Photographing falls
William Henry Jackson photographs Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point in California. Yosemite Falls is one of the world's largest waterfalls, dropping a total of 2,425 feet.
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Driving through a tree
A group travels by horse-drawn carriage through a giant sequoia tree. Sequoias are some of the largest trees in the world and can live for over 3,000 years.
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Steamer queen
Glacier Bay National Park of Alaska contains 3.3 million acres and includes fjords, glaciers, and temperate rainforests. It is one of the vastest conservation areas on the globe.
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Muir Glacier
John Muir became one of Glacier Bay National Park's earliest advocates during his travels there to study glaciology. He noted early on that Yosemite may have been created by these same massive ice sheets.
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President Roosevelt at Yosemite
On a three-day exploration led by Muir, President Theodore Roosevelt explored the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. Roosevelt was instrumental in early projects to conserve land for national parks.
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Tourists in Yellowstone National Park
Two visitors drive along a raging river in Yellowstone National Park. Humans have been exploring this area from as far back as 11,000 years ago.
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Roosevelt and Muir
A group of explorers, including conservationist John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt, hiked among Yosemite Valley's redwood trees. On the valley and trees, President Roosevelt remarked, "There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods…"
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In the Badlands
Pictured amidst the Pine Ridge Reservation, Native Americans ride on horseback through the Badlands in South Dakota. The area has been inhabited by tribes including the Lakota and Arikara for nearly 11,000 years .
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Yellowstone River through the Grand Canyon
The Yellowstone River flows through the Grand Canyon. European explorers first set eyes on the canyon in 1540.
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Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Falls is the largest of numerous waterfalls in the park. The falls all experience increased flow during the spring and early summer when snowmelt is at its peak.
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Grand Falls of Yellowstone River from Point Lookout, 360 feet high
The Grand Falls of Yellowstone flows into the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Geologists believe the park was formed some 140,000 to 160,000 years ago after a volcanic eruption about 640,000 years before.
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Sea waves crashing against rocks
Waves crash into Thunder Hole on Mount Desert Island in Maine's Acadia National Park. Acadia was the first designated national park east of the Mississippi River.
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Old Faithful Geyser Cone, steaming
A lone explorer stands beside Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park in the late 1800s. Today, the regular eruptions can be viewed from anywhere on the park's live stream .
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Tourists at cliff dwellings
A group of tourists explores Pueblo homes built into the cliffs at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The park was created in 1906 in order to preserve the homes of the ancestral people who lived there for 700 years.
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Fern Lake
Located in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Fern Lake is one of many stops on the Fern Lake Trail. Shown here is an early explorer's boat tied up lakeside dating between the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
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Franklin Lane with group at Mount Rainier
Franklin Lane, secretary of the interior, was also a conservationist and influential political adviser. Here he travels with a group to explore the sites around Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State.
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Photographing canyon wall
With one hanging from the rope and the other holding it, brothers Emery and Ellsworth Kolb precariously photograph a section of the Grand Canyon wall. The duo started a successful photography business based in the region, which allowed them to continue exploring.
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Ice skaters at Yosemite National Park
Visitors to Yosemite National Park enjoy skating on a frozen lake in the early 1900s. The vast, protected park has a land mass comparable to the size of Rhode Island.
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Ranger driving car on railroad
Affixed with railroad wheels, this specially designed Ford carried rangers like C.K. Jordan, shown here on a forest fire watch in the Northern California wilderness.
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Continental Divide over Shoshone Lake
This westward view shows Shoshone Lake from the Continental Divide. The Continental Divide Trail, which traverses the lands from Mexico to Canada, was first forged by Indigenous peoples long before the land became a protected section of the American West.
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
An early modern explorer is shown here in Shenandoah National Park located in Virginia. The park was first inhabited some 8,000 years ago by Native Americans who used the land to hunt and gather food, and create tools for consumption and trade.
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General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park, California
Located in California's Sequoia National Park, the General Sherman tree is the world's largest tree (by volume) and is 275 feet tall. The base of the giant sequoia is over 36 feet in diameter. It was estimated that General Sherman was 2,000 years old in 2002.
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Sandstone Cliffs in Zion National Park, Utah
Once utilized by native tribes 8,000 years ago to track giant sloths and mammoths, Zion Canyon was later settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1860s. Due to flash floods, early settlers faced great difficulty in the park as the sudden onslaught of raging waters could wash away entire towns.
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Corbin Hollow boy
This boy was one of many who were considered the "Hollow Folk" who lived in the Shenandoah National Park, seemingly cut off from modern society. They lived in cabins built of mud and logs, and were a fascination of anthropologists due to their alleged lack of religion, government, and social structure.
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Formations at Bryce Canyon
Consisting of 35,835 acres, Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park contains some of the wildest and most jagged rock formations in the western United States. The land was home to various native tribes for thousands of years prior to it becoming part of the national park system.
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Grand Canyon
Visitors to the Grand Canyon bask in the sun at the canyon's edge in 1939. The park went from national monument to official national park status 20 years prior in 1919.
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Sequoia giganteum
A traveler stands inside the hollowed out trunk of a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove of Yosemite National Park. Giant sequoias like this one survive even the hottest of forest fires, which are a necessary part of the tree's propagation. The heat allows their cones to open and release their seeds.
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Glacier National Park, Montana
Peaks rise in the distance over an alpine lake in Glacier National Park. The park straddles the Continental Divide, which explains its extreme weather patterns.
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Gate to government reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas
The natural geological features of this area inspired the United States to protect the land in 1832. In 1921, five years after the formation of the National Park Service, the land was officially included as a national park.
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Estes National Park, Colorado
Towering rock formations dot the landscape in Estes, Colorado, an area that borders Rocky Mountain National Park. The protection of these lands were due in large part to the Estes Park Protective and Improvement Association, which worked to keep industry from disrupting this area of natural wonder.
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Cowlitz Glacier
A team of workers bands together to rescue a victim who has fallen into a crevasse in Rainier National Park on the Cowlitz Glacier. Flowing southeasterly off of Mount Rainier, the glacier consists of two parallel ice streams.
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Mount McKinley
Dog sled teams rest in front of Mount McKinley, now called Denali, in Denali National Park in Alaska. It is the tallest mountain in North America, rising to over 20,000 feet.
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Mountaineer sketching on rope swing
An early mountaineer sketches from a rope swing in Utah's Zion National Park. The sport of mountaineering began to take hold in the United States in the early 1900s and advanced after World War II as new equipment began to be used to climb cracks in mountain facades.
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Death Valley Rock
An early visitor sits atop a unique stone formation in California's Death Valley in 1930. Shortly after this time, President Roosevelt's newly created Civilian Conservation Corps worked to develop the park infrastructure by building roads in order to make the land more accessible to visitors.
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Arches National Park in Utah
Rock formations in the desert area known as Arches National Park. The park began as a national monument, designated by President Herbert Hoover in 1929, and was established by Congress as a national park in 1971.
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Vehicle and Badlands geological formations
A car drives through the Badlands of South Dakota in August 1934. The land was once home to saber-toothed cats and rhinos.
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Seminole woman canoeing in the Everglades
A Seminole woman paddles with a child through the vast expanse of watery terrain now known as Everglades National Park. The Seminole tribe fought to keep its land out of the hands of American settlers during a series of wars in the 1800s.
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Summer vacation in the 1950s
Beside a rock formation is a Plymouth, shown in 1953, in California's Joshua Tree National Park. The park is home to unique plant species and rock formations created by the harsh conditions of the desert winds and seasonal rains.
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Arizona
A person stands beside a saguaro cactus in 1962. Saguaro National Park was formed in part to protect this species of cactus, which is the largest in the country, growing upwards of 50 feet into the air.
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Crater Lake
Crater Lake is the deepest lake in North America, going down 1,943 feet below its surface. The surrounding park named after the lake was created in 1902.
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Happy Potato Day! Now go forth and feast on French fries all day.
The Kenosha County Fair continues today. Entertainment today includes the rock/blues group Stone Theory (1 p.m.) and the rock band The Now (8:30 p.m.). The Grandstand features the T&C Rodeo, starting at 7 p.m. The fairgrounds in Wilmot are open 8 a.m. to midnight today through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Daily admission is $10 for adults (ages 12 and older), $7 for senior citizens (ages 65 and up), $5 for children ages 7-11 and free for children 6 and under. Retired or active military members (ID required) are admitted for $7. General parking is free. For more details, go to kenoshacofair.com.
The Pike River Benefit Concert Series wraps up its 2022 season tonight with Cosmic Railroad, a Kenosha-based American roots and psychedelic jam band. The music starts at 6 p.m. at the Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum, 880 Green Bay Road in Somers. Admission is $10 CASH ONLY at the gate. No carry-ins. Food and beverages are available for purchase.
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When she was a Bethlehem police patrol officer, Michelle Kott would get frustrated by how often she had to deal with the same people over and over.
“You would do a referral down to the county for the Department of Aging or Mental Health, but we were just dealing with the same folks again and again and again,” said Kott, who is now Bethlehem’s chief of police.
But because of Community Connections, a collaboration between social workers in the Bethlehem Health Bureau and the Bethlehem Police Department, the city is having some success decreasing these repeat calls by helping connect people to treatment or resources.
The program’s goal is to identify social services needs in the community that are going unaddressed, and connect people to local resources that can help them. Needs may include addiction treatment, mental health services, housing, child care, food or others, and these interventions can prevent a situation or ongoing problem from ending in incarceration or other legal consequences.
“A lot of the time, we as agencies put a band-aid over things, but when a social worker is able to go in and really evaluate the situation, we’re able to look at it from a holistic approach,” said Jordan Westerman, a social worker with the Bethlehem Health Bureau. “We may get a call for domestic violence, but when we’re in there, we realize there’s a major substance abuse issue or the kids are not being taken care of properly.”
Westerman noted that an officer could miss some of these other problems, might not know how to help or they could be in a rush to respond to their next call. But bringing in a social worker, who is trained to see these problems, could help address the root causes behind why the officer was called out.
Though social workers have seen a need for all kinds of services, the most common need is for mental health services; these make up about 40% of all requests.
About of those with whom the social workers make contact agree to seek treatment or access services, but once people are accessing services or receiving needed treatment, there is a very high chance they will continue, about . As time has gone by on these numbers have been improving, with more people seeking help and then continuing to get the help they need.
Sometimes social workers will receive referrals from officers and reach out to people after the officer has left, but other times they accompany officers on calls. Kott said this has become increasingly common, with officers actively requesting social workers to come with them.
Representatives from relevant organizations also sometimes participate in “warm hand-offs,” connecting directly to people to services that can help them. Brian Sabo, program director of Northampton County’s HOPE Center, participates in a lot of these “warm hand-offs.”
Sabo is a former police officer and recovering alcoholic, so he has no problem approaching people in difficult situations. He also knows what it’s like to struggle with addiction. He’s perfectly suited to help connect people with the substance abuse recovery support services the HOPE Center provides.
“At one point, I was homeless. I had money, I was just homeless. I didn’t give a s---. I didn’t know if I wanted to live or wanted to die,” Sabo said. “So when people who are actively using talk to somebody like me, or somebody else in long-term recovery, we can relate — nothing shocks us. And that’s where that special moments are — we treat them with connections. We treat everybody with love and respect.”
Sabo said sometimes the person won’t agree to seek help right away, but will call later that day after they have had time to think. Other times, it may take repeated contact and outreach before they are finally willing to seek services. He said the most important thing is getting out there and letting people know there are resources that can help them.
Community Connections is based on programs that have been tried successfully in some other cities across the country and that more cities and police forces are considering, especially the protests against police violence that occurred in 2020. Kott said Community Connections was, in part, a natural result of both departments working toward the same goals.
“We were in talks, to start the program and it was right around the time that the murder of George Floyd occurred,” Kott said. “There was an outcry for more involvement from social services, social workers, mental health workers.”
The pilot version of the program launched at the beginning of 2021, with one platoon of the Bethlehem Police Department. Kott said some officers were open to bringing in the social workers from the beginning, while others were initially skeptical because they didn’t quite understand what they would be doing. But over time, those reluctant officers started to buy into the program and now officers requesting a social worker to accompany them is a common occurrence.
The pilot ended in July 2021 and the program was implemented department-wide in October 2021.
Westerman said more than anything, the goal is to connect people with an agency that will help them. But the support social workers provide doesn’t just stop there; the health bureau social workers also make a point to follow up 30 days, 60 days and 90 days after the referral was made.
Kott said there has been a noticeable difference for officers; repeat calls are reduced when people agree to seek treatment or services. She added the program has been especially helpful in connecting members of the city’s unhoused population to services, resources and treatment.
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“You can’t arrest your way out of the social problems that we have in this country,” Kott said.
Benay Berger, director of nursing for the Bethlehem Health Bureau, said Community Connections is also creating a stronger network among social service organizations that work with the bureau, such as New Bethany Ministries and the HOPE Center. She added the health bureau is working to expand the program by bringing in even more community partners, including local hospitals, housing services and others.
With more partners and improved options for data collection, Community Connections can also find gaps in resources and then the city can look for ways to fill in those cracks.
One group of people who have significant unmet needs are people experiencing mental health crises in which they are a potential danger to themselves or others, Berger said. An involuntary commitment to an emergency room is the only local option but, in many cases, both the health bureau and the hospital know this isn’t the best place for these people. So Berger said they are working with local hospitals to implement a better model for helping people in mental health crises.
The health bureau is looking for grant funds so it can bring on more social workers. The current goal is to add at least one more full-time social worker and one part-time social worker to the roster. Berger said with more social workers, it would be possible to start bringing other city departments into Community Connections.
“We have other departments in the city, like EMS and Bethlehem Housing Authority, who desperately want to make referrals to us as well,” Berger said. “We’re having to grow our staff, but it’s really made a big difference in what we can do in terms of providing services to the community.”
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BROWNSBURG, Ind. — While most 8-year-olds are busy playing with friends, Lincoln Klepper of Brownsburg is busy running his own business.
It all started in 2021 with a simple drawing by the now third-grader.
"I knew that everyone was cool, and I wanted to put it on a T-shirt," Lincoln said. "I begged for eight months, and it finally gave in."
By "it," he means his mother and father. Later that year, "You're Cool" became an official small business with Lincoln at the helm.
"It just kind of blew up from there, so to speak," said Rob Klepper, Lincoln's father. "Everyone wanted to get a 'You're Cool' shirt, because everyone is cool, if you ask Lincoln."
"We have T-shirts, stickers, thank you cards, pillows and a flag," Lincoln said.
With business booming, Lincoln even recruited his 6-year-old brother to help.
"Kash is an assistant of mine," Lincoln said, "and he's my brother. I love him so much. He kind of helps me with the customers buying the T-shirts."
If you ask Kash, the stickers are the best purchase.
"They stick on you," Kash said, "and if they don't have a 'You're Cool' shirt, but they have a white shirt, you can just put it right in the middle."
Each item up for sale is marked with a couple of small letters.
"'By LK,'" Lincoln said, "which stands for Lincoln Klepper."
A year into the business, Lincoln now gives back to the community that helped "You're Cool" get off the ground. Lincoln donates to his school, Cardinal Elementary, and is even sponsoring an upcoming fundraiser.
"He just wants to help out his teachers and some of the kids at his school," Rob said.
Rob and his wife, Nicole, use "You're Cool" to help teach the boys practical skills, like profit and cost.
"You sell a shirt for $10, you don't necessarily get the $10," Rob said. "He understands that there's a profit in that, and that there are expenses and costs."
Rob said Lincoln is part of all business aspects, from designing to packaging and shipping.
"For him to be engaged and wanting to do this at such a young age is pretty neat," Rob said.
Lincoln said his favorite part of the business is helping customers pick out their shirts, especially the "little kids."
"Sometimes for the little kids," Lincoln said, "I always give stickers out."
The Kleppers said the best way to snag "You're Cool" merchandise is to check out the website or social media.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is dead after he was hit by a train while standing on the tracks trying to get the conductor's attention, police say.
San Antonio Police and the San Antonio Fire Department responded to the 1500 block of W Hutchins Place for reports of the collision.
When they arrived, fire crews found a man said to be in his 20s dead. Police said the train conductor told them that the man was on the track waving his arms as the train approached. The conductor tried to stop, but he wasn't able to.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is in the hospital after he was hit by a driver who said she didn't see him, police say.
It happened in the 11700 block of Blanco Road Thursday night. San Antonio Police and the San Antonio Fire Department responded to the scene and found a man in the middle of the road. That man was taken to North Central Baptist in stable condition.
Officials say the driver told them she didn't see the pedestrian because he had on all dark clothing. Police are calling this an accident and no charges are expected to be filed at this time. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/one-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-news/273-c0ed5dd3-9f65-4d1e-950f-160720afb30b | 2022-08-19T12:35:07 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/one-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-news/273-c0ed5dd3-9f65-4d1e-950f-160720afb30b |
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Two people have died – including a man reportedly from Dallas – of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters in Florida, according to the Associated Press.
Both cases involved oysters from Louisiana.
The Pensacola News Journal identified the Dallas man as Rodney Jackson, who was the director of business engagement at Studer Community Institute.
Jackson was well known in North Texas. He spent a lifetime in banking and continued to help minority-business owners when he moved to Pensacola.
"Difference makers are hard to find, and people without agendas are even rarer to find," said Pastor James Hutchins, of New Life Community Church in Frisco.
The Jacksons had attended the Frisco church before leaving for Jackson's home-state of Florida.
"We don't know how we're going to do it without Rodney. It's going to be very hard. But we have to do it because it's important work, and and we have to do it to honor his memory," said Rachael Gillette, executive director at Studer.
Friends told WFAA that Jackson was a self-described "foodie."
Gillette told WFAA that Jackson was in his element if he was grilling in his backyard while smoking a cigar.
"He could tell you about food on any scale. He was an expert in food," said Hutchins.
But the pastor said Jackson's real impact was helping minority-business owners navigate the banking and business world.
"Rodney was about giving insight beyond spending. Losing the good ones always hurts more," he said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Vibrio bacteria doesn’t make an oyster look, smell, or taste any different. The agency added that about 80,000 people get vibriosis in the U.S. each year, and about 100 people die from it.
The Florida Department of Health told the Associated Press that, in 2022, 26 people have become infected with the bacteria and six of them later died after eating raw shellfish, including oysters. In 2021, 34 people became sick and 10 of those died. In 2020, there were seven deaths among the 36 who became ill.
According to the Pensacola News Journal, Jackson was in Pensacola on Aug. 3 and purchased oysters Maria's Fresh Seafood Market. The newspaper also reported that Jackson's family does not blame the seafood market for his illness.
Jackson originally suffered mild symptoms, but he did not go to the hospital until Sunday, Aug. 7 after he started having trouble breathing, the newspaper reported.
Jackson's obituary says he died on Tuesday, Aug. 9, and his service was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
For more about the restaurant's response and the Florida's procedures on preparing oysters, read the Pensacola News Journal here.
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ST. JOHN — A 16-year-old boy faces a criminal charge after allegedly taking a handgun from his mother and giving it to his father, who was also taken into custody on a failure to appear warrant, St. John Police Public Information Officer Roger Patz said.
St. John police responded at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a missing firearm at a residence in the 10400 Block of Douglas Drive, Patz said.
"The complainant reported to officers that she believed that her 16 year old son found and took a handgun that had been given to her for her safety, by her boyfriend," he said.
Officers determined the youth had taken the gun and given it to his father who lives in Gary.
The owner of the gun wanted to report it stolen, at which time the youth was taken into custody at the Lake County Juvenile Detention Center and faces a charge of theft of a firearm, Patz said.
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St. John Police then joined the Northwest Regional SWAT Team Thursday to execute a search warrant of the father's residence in the 600 Block of Martin Luther King Drive in Gary.
The father, Patrick B. Hollins, 55, was taken into custody on the warrant and taken to the Lake County Jail.
The stolen handgun has not yet been recovered, police said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/16-year-old-stole-moms-gun-gave-it-to-dad-and-now-its-missing-st/article_41fcd224-9013-5496-a682-3f2231ec289d.html | 2022-08-19T12:41:04 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/16-year-old-stole-moms-gun-gave-it-to-dad-and-now-its-missing-st/article_41fcd224-9013-5496-a682-3f2231ec289d.html |
GARY — Some of the top military air show planes roared over the Region Thursday and landed at Gary/Chicago International Airport in anticipation of this weekend's scheduled Chicago Air and Water Show.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels, U.S. Army Golden Knights and others will take off from the Gary airport Saturday and Sunday on their way to the show's performance area on the Chicago lakefront between Fullerton Avenue and Oak Street.
"After the absence of the show in 2020 and a scaled down version in 2021, this summer we are honored to be able to bring back in full force Chicago’s storied tradition — the Air and Water Show," said Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Erin Harkey.
The acrobatic planes and pilots will center their free performances at North Avenue Beach, but Region residents also have the opportunity to see them depart and return to the Gary airport. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with an admission fee of $20 per vehicle. Several food trucks plan to be at the airport, located at 6001 Airport Road.
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The U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights are dedicating their performances to the memory of Rudy Malnati Jr., a long-time air show organizer who managed the former South Shore Air Show along Northwest Indiana's shoreline.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will fly their brand-new F/A–18E Super Hornets. The Golden Knights will jump from an aircraft at an altitude of 12,000 feet and perform a target landing on North Avenue Beach.
The lakefront event, first run in 1959, features a variety of military and civilian performers and aerial demonstration teams.
Featured military performers, in addition to the Blue Angels and Golden Knights, include a USN F-35C Lightening II, USAF F-22 Raptor, USAF C-17 Globemaster III, ANG A-10 Thunderbolt II (“Warthog”), ANG KC-135 Stratotanker, USMC V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor and USCG Search and Rescue Helicopter demonstration.
For the first time, the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight and U.S. Navy Legacy Flights will participate in the same air and water show, with an additional F-35C Legacy II in the Navy Legacy Flight incorporating a "Missing Man" dedication to Malnati.
Civilian performers are scheduled to include Susan Dacy, Bill Stein, Kevin Coleman, Rob Holland, Triple Time Team, the Chicago Fire Department Air/Sea Rescue and the Chicago Police Department helicopter.
For more information, visit chicagoairandwatershow.us. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/air-show-flies-into-chicago-this-weekend-with-an-assist-from-gary/article_05c60eb6-d18a-590d-bc9d-c870590b7af1.html | 2022-08-19T12:41:05 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/air-show-flies-into-chicago-this-weekend-with-an-assist-from-gary/article_05c60eb6-d18a-590d-bc9d-c870590b7af1.html |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County family woke up to a surprising guest in their pool.
Orange County deputies posted Thursday on social media that deputies responded to an east Orange County home and met with the homeowner, who said she woke up, opened the blinds and saw an alligator in her swimming pool
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“It’s swimming in the pool and I’m assuming it’s not going to find its way back out on its own,” the woman told deputies.
Deputies made their way around the home to the screened-in pool and found the gator “just chilling” in the water. One deputy exclaimed, “Oh, it’s a baby,” when they first caught sight of it.
“They didn’t go over this in the academy,” one deputy said.
The alligator was captured and relocated to the St. Johns River, according to the sheriff’s office.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s Friday, August 19, and here’s the latest edition of Your Florida Daily.
Man With Machete Shot By Deputies
A man who broke into a homeowner’s apartment was shot by law enforcement after slicing a deputies’ hand with a machete, the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office says.
The Fruitland-area homeowner told 911 dispatchers he woke up to the suspect using a baseball bat to sharpen a large machete. According to the sheriff’s office, the suspect advanced at responding deputies and sliced the hand of one deputy with the machete.
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The unidentified suspect was shot and died at the scene.
The deputy suffered critical injuries to his hand and was sent to the hospital to have emergency surgery.
I Messed Up ‘Real Bad’
A lawyer’s group text message leads to a mistrial in a South Florida murder case.
According to a report by the South Florida SunSentinel, the prosecutor complained about the judge refusing to allow a 911 call into evidence against Corey Gorden, who is accused of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 2015.
Assistant State Attorney Katya Palmiotto sent the text to a group chat containing current and former prosecutors — including the judge.
Defense lawyer Michael Gottlieb filed for mistrial on Wednesday, saying in a summary that the 15-year veteran prosecutor had been overheard saying she messed up “real bad.”
The judge was furious and declared a mistrial.
The Calm Before The Storm?
We’re heading into the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, but so far the tropics have been eerily quiet.
In 2022 we’ve had only three named storms and no hurricanes. Even with active seasons in recent history researchers say they’ve actually seen a decline in storms since 1900.
A study published this summer by leading climate scientists found the warming Earth is actually causing fewer tropical systems.
Although climate change may be spawning fewer storms, researchers say the storms that do form have a better chance of becoming destructive major hurricanes.
A Completely Random Florida Fact
Here’s a Florida connection to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.
Amelia Earhart left for her second attempt at an around-the-world flight from Miami’s municipal airport in 1937. This was the last time she was seen on American soil.
An elementary school in Hialeah is named in her honor.
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SANDSTONE, Minn. — The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota is the new forever home for four big cats that formerly resided at the now-infamous Tiger King Park in rural Oklahoma.
According to the sanctuary, Alyssa the liliger, lions Alana and Aurora and white tiger Thor Jr. were all part of their animal Witness Protection Program over the past year while their legal cases moved through court.
Leaders from the sanctuary said in a Facebook post that they're happy the case is finally over so they can share the stories of all four animals. On their website, the Wildcat Sanctuary explains they they can't share photos, details or information about animals in their Witness Protection program until legal or court proceedings around cruelty, neglect and seizures are complete. Throughout the case, the animals are considered evidence, and are subject to protection.
Back in May 2021, the Wildlife Sanctuary confirmed it had accepted several cats from the Tiger King Park following a seizure by the U.S. Justice Department, but did not specify how many animals or their species.
The sanctuary says they plan to highlight the uniqueness of each animal's personality and illustrate how support from their contributors helped make this relocation possible.
The previous owner of Tiger King Park, Joe Exotic, was resentenced to 21-years in prison back in January, 2022 despite pleas of a lesser sentence due to a pro-longed medical condition. Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, played a starring role in Netflix's reality documentary “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.”
Exotic was originally convicted in July, 2021 of conspiring a murder-to-hire "hit" of his Netflix co-star, Carole Baskin.
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Fort Wayne police are seeking the public's help in locating a 21-year-old woman missing since early today.
Officers said Abigail Madisen Swager is 5 feet 5, weighs 100 pounds, has blue eyes and long blonde hair with brown highlights.
She was last seen in the downtown area about 1:45 a.m.
Anyone with information is asked to call 260-427-1201, Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867 or use the free “P3 Tips” app. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-woman-21-missing/article_ae411a5a-1fb0-11ed-a6b3-2be6df43759e.html | 2022-08-19T12:54:53 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-woman-21-missing/article_ae411a5a-1fb0-11ed-a6b3-2be6df43759e.html |
As part of North Bend’s K-12 summer lineup of activities, the city hosted the Big Rig Bash last weekend. Children were invited to get a close-up look at rigs that work for the city and work in the city. In addition, there were games, free food and face and hand paintings offers, all for free. Above, Kayla Quillin keeps watch as children climb in her log truck that was carrying 90,000 pounds of logs. Middle, a guest smiles as her dad takes a photo of her in the North Bend Fire Department engine. Below, children dig for prizes at one of the indoor activities.
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ATLANTA — An Atlanta Police officer was involved in a car accident early Friday morning, the department said, avoiding any serious injury.
He was described as "shaken up."
The accident happened on Piedmont Ave. in the Lindbergh neighborhood.
Police reported that there were no serious injuries in the incident, and no one was taken to the hospital.
Photos from the scene showed the other car appeared to be a black sedan.
Police did not have any further details about how the accident occurred. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-officer-minor-injuries-acciden/85-f8b2d7a9-3fa6-4034-8f53-2b000e2d9c49 | 2022-08-19T12:55:23 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-officer-minor-injuries-acciden/85-f8b2d7a9-3fa6-4034-8f53-2b000e2d9c49 |
SPRINGFIELD — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will welcome new volunteers at an orientation session Wednesday, Sept. 14.
The event will spell out how to join the team that greets visitors, assists at events, helps researchers and more, according to a news release from the museum.
The one-hour session begins at 5:30 p.m. in the ALPLM’s library building, 112 N. Sixth St., Springfield. Attendees will learn about the volunteer opportunities available and what they need to know about the library and museum.
Volunteers will be asked to attend three additional two-hour training sessions: Wednesday, Sept. 28; Tuesday, Oct. 4; and Wednesday, Oct. 12.
Volunteers contribute an average of 35,000 hours of service each year to the ALPLM, adding to the experience for those who visit the popular institution, the news release stated.
To register, contact Jeremy Carrell, director of volunteer services, at 217-558-8872.
Illinois Republicans gathered for their annual day at the State Fair on Thursday to showcase their candidates in the Nov. 8 election, vowing that the party will “restore Illinois.”
This year’s gathering of the Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association had 19 speakers, including congressional and statewide candidates and the Democratic leaders of the General Assembly. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/lincoln-presidential-library-and-museum-plans-volunteer-training/article_c35372f8-1f4c-11ed-ace0-ffcac296dcff.html | 2022-08-19T13:08:03 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/lincoln-presidential-library-and-museum-plans-volunteer-training/article_c35372f8-1f4c-11ed-ace0-ffcac296dcff.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Two of the cutest animals at the Sedgwick County Zoo might be the red pandas. This week, the zoo shared a couple of pictures of them on its Facebook page.
The post included this message: “Hanging out with Sunsari & Ravi today, these red pandas love to relax!”
If you want to see Sunsari and Ravi in person, the Sedgwick County Zoo is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Click here for the zoo’s website and to find pricing information.
The zoo is also preparing for Zoobilee, its biggest fundraising event. The zoo will be closed on Sept. 9 and 10 to prepare for Zoobilee. The event is on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 6 p.m. until midnight.
The evening includes live music, drinks, and food. Tickets are $150. Click here to buy tickets. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/cuteness-alert-sedgwick-county-zoos-red-pandas/ | 2022-08-19T13:12:54 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/cuteness-alert-sedgwick-county-zoos-red-pandas/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Community members in northeast Wichita are expected to share their concerns about power pole upgrades in their neighborhood on Thursday night.
A few years ago, some Wichitans were outraged after Evergy put up massive power poles in Riverside and A. Price Woodard/Murdock neighborhoods. The power company is hoping to avoid that happening again and is getting residents involved.
“I don’t think the community still wants Phase 2 to go through the neighborhoods,” District 1 councilman Brandon Johnson said. “They have a chance tonight to vocalize whether that current route or the Red Bud path is the right one.”
Phase 2 of Evergy’s transmission line upgrade starts with a community meeting, and this time around, the goal is for community members to play a more active role.
“We’ve definitely taken lessons learned from the first phase of the project into our processes and communications,” Kaley Bohlen, Evergy communications manager, said.
The first option in the newest phase will follow the existing 60-year-old route near Wichita State University and will use a combination of steel and wooden poles. Johnson said community members hope to get the power poles and lines moved out of their yards. The second option will move the transmission line from running through the neighborhood to lining the Redbud Trail.
“Evergy did come to the district advisory board,” Johnson said. “They did go to the A. Price Woodard/Murdock Neighborhood Association, but there were no pictures.”
Johnson believes this information will give people an opportunity to make better-informed decisions.
“Folks knew an upgrade was coming,” Johnson said, “but that could just be a new cable that could be taken out this old, splintered pole, putting in a new skinny one.”
The goal of the meeting is to give community members a full range of options to make informed decisions. Evergy hopes to make positive changes.
“We’re looking at our design and construction standards and urban areas,” Bohlen said. We’re also looking at what options we can do to help minimize our impact while still maintaining reliable and safe power for the community.”
For community members who are unable to attend tonight’s meeting, there is a survey on Evergy’s website for people to give their opinions. The survey will close on Sept. 1. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/evergy-hosts-community-meeting-for-17th-street-transmission-upgrades/ | 2022-08-19T13:13:00 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/evergy-hosts-community-meeting-for-17th-street-transmission-upgrades/ |
NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) — A Newton man was hospitalized with suspected serious injuries after falling off a homemade golf cart on Wednesday afternoon.
The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) Crash Log says the 22-year-old man was driving the homemade golf cart eastbound on James Court in Newton when he fell off.
The vehicle left the roadway to the left, overturned, and came to rest in a driveway.
KHP also notes that the man was not wearing a helmet or seatbelt.
The man was taken to a local hospital. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/newton-man-seriously-injured-after-falling-off-homemade-golf-cart/ | 2022-08-19T13:13:06 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/newton-man-seriously-injured-after-falling-off-homemade-golf-cart/ |
ANDOVER, Kan. (KSNW) — Nearly four months after a devastating EF-3 tornado swept through Andover and surrounding areas, many survivors are struggling with their insurance to rebuild.
“Everything was destroyed,” Anderson resident Gary Dickerson said. “Garage was gone. The cars were destroyed.”
Dickerson says while his insurance covered temporary housing and rental cars, his now-destroyed home is a different story.
He says he bought the house for $190,000 a few years ago. However, the cost to rebuild now is $387,000.
“[Insurance] said that’s the maximum they’d pay out is $307K, so we’re short approximately $80,000,” Dickerson said.
It’s a shortfall the Long-term Recovery Committee seeks to remedy, dividing funds to help cover what insurance won’t.
“Housewares, your auto insurance deductible claims, home insurance deductible claims. We’ve reimbursed for that,” Homer Henry, the Executive Chair of the Long-term Recovery Committee, said.
Henry says funds will be divvied out on a case-by-case basis each month.
“Once we make the determinations in the meeting, the United Way has, I believe, twice a month where they cut checks,” Henry said.
While the committee does not have a set finish date, Henry anticipates the committee will be hard at work dispersing funds over the next 18 months.
That 18-month tentative timeline has been put in place to allow for insurance claims to be settled. However, several survivors, like Dickerson, feel the stipulation a survivor’s insurance claims must be final before any committee funds can be given to them is holding up help they cannot wait much longer for in the coming months.
“I think there’s a lot of people that would like to have the money now,” Dickerson said. “I mean, they have to pay for apartments, eating out, they don’t have a stove, you know, living in a hotel, rental cars, and there’s expenses to all of that.”
If you have been affected by the Andover tornado, Henry says to call 211. That way, the United Way of the Plains can help connect you with a case manager. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/recovery-committee-hits-800000-mark-for-tornado-survivors-disperses-25000-so-far/ | 2022-08-19T13:13:12 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/recovery-committee-hits-800000-mark-for-tornado-survivors-disperses-25000-so-far/ |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writers:
This community has an opportunity to save lives and make our city safer by improving and modernizing a three-mile section of First Avenue between Grant and River roads.
That was the recent determination by the 20 members on the Complete Streets Coordinating Council, which reviews projects for accessibility, inclusivity, sustainability and a number of other priorities that are key to the quality of life and economic health of our community, as outlined in the City of Tucson’s 2019 Complete Streets Policy.
It is no accident that the first of our guiding principles ensures that we consider projects that provide a safe travel experience to all.
When evaluated through that prism, the City of Tucson cannot wait any longer to make improvements to this very dangerous corridor, which has significant pedestrian and cycling activity, in part because of its function as a high-demand transit route.
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In just a four-year period, between 2013-17, there were almost 800 crashes along that stretch, half of which resulted in an injury. Eight people died. More recently, from 2016-20, there were 779 crashes, with 12 fatalities.
In fact, this corridor has been identified in the top 10% of roadways where pedestrian crashes are occurring in the city. Safety improvements on First Avenue are long overdue.
Traffic projections indicate that a four-lane modernization project performs as well or better than the original 2006 RTA six-lane widening project at a 20 percent estimated cost reduction. The four-lane plan would also require less taking of private property and would be better for pedestrians.
It is the Coordinating Council’s position that we do not agree with the Technical Management Committee Project Review Task Force recommendation to move the First Avenue project to RTA Next. We urge the RTA Board to approve the four-lane scope change and allow the city to immediately begin design and construction planning for this project.
The TMC Project Review Task Force determined that the six-lane upgrade would likely result in an unnecessarily overbuilt corridor and that the modernized project would fulfill all of the performance goals and functionality of the original project. The task force, however, suggested the project should go back to voters, given the change in scope.
The Complete Streets Coordinating Council disagrees. Voters expect safer travel with the passage of the RTA. They expect more effective traffic signals, better bicycle and pedestrian facilities, more functional transit stops and improved intersections.
The four-lane modernization project delivers all of those priorities — which was why the Complete Streets Coordinating Council voted unanimously in support of it.
We respectfully disagree as well with the RTA TMC recommendation for additional public outreach.
A significant effort to solicit public opinion has already taken place. Over a four-month period, more than 1,200 surveys were collected from residents county wide. It would be a senseless delay to duplicate that effort.
While we recognize there is a funding shortfall, the solution cannot be to push critical projects into RTA Next as a means of closing that gap. That places the project at risk, given that we can’t foretell what the voter mood or economic conditions may be in that election cycle. We also do not feel reassured by assertions that Transportation Improvement Program dollars would be available to complete the project, should the election fail.
This project is the essence of good government. It protects our community. It’s grounded in data. It was developed thoughtfully and with buy-in from those who live and work in the corridor. It’s fiscally prudent. And despite that, it’s at risk.
The answer cannot be to dismiss current realities and proceed with a plan that was appropriate for 2006, no matter the cost.
We have a foundational obligation — and a humanitarian one — to proceed with this project. This corridor can’t be fixed soon enough.
The Complete Streets Coordinating Council is a 20-member public committee that provides oversight and guidance to the implementation of the City of Tucson’s Complete Streets program. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-keep-first-avenue-improvements-in-the-current-rta-plan/article_d8c7e2a2-1f08-11ed-be83-a381d6f3c470.html | 2022-08-19T13:25:09 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-keep-first-avenue-improvements-in-the-current-rta-plan/article_d8c7e2a2-1f08-11ed-be83-a381d6f3c470.html |
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