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PHOENIX — A two-year-old girl is in critical condition after being found unresponsive in north Phoenix Saturday evening, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
Firefighters said when they arrived on the scene, the girl was receiving CPR from her family at a home near 19th and Dunlap avenues.
Crews began life support measures and transported her to the hospital in "extremely critical condition," Phoenix fire said.
It is unknown how long the girl was in the water.
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Drowning Prevention Tips:
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children between ages 1-4 aside from birth defects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three children die every day as a result of drowning. Here are some tips from the CDC on how to protect children around water:
Learn life-saving skills.
Everyone should know the basics of swimming (floating, moving through the water) and CPR.
Fence it off.
Install a four-sided isolation fence, with self–closing and self–latching gates, around backyard swimming pools. This can help keep children away from the area when they aren’t supposed to be swimming. Pool fences should completely separate the house and play area from the pool.
Life jackets are a must.
Make sure kids wear life jackets in and around natural bodies of water, such as lakes or the ocean, even if they know how to swim. Life jackets can be used in and around pools for weaker swimmers too.
Keep a close watch
When kids are in or near water (including bathtubs), closely supervise them at all times. Because drowning happens quickly and quietly, adults watching kids in or near water should avoid distracting activities like reading books, talking on the phone, or using alcohol and drugs. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/2-year-old-girl-critical-condition-after-drowning-incident--north-phoenix/75-67e335ce-d930-4f44-9787-905f4b30ce86 | 2022-08-28T03:20:16 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/2-year-old-girl-critical-condition-after-drowning-incident--north-phoenix/75-67e335ce-d930-4f44-9787-905f4b30ce86 |
PHOENIX — Phoenix police are searching for a 16-year-old girl that has been missing since Wednesday.
Beatriz Esmeralda Velazquez was last seen in the area of 51st and Southern avenues with her adult boyfriend, Horacio Figueroa Cigarroa.
Velazquez is five-foot-four, 140 pounds with dark brown hair with brown eyes, according to police.
Authorities say they are traveling in a white 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Arizona license plate DADIMAC.
The two left with their newborn son, Lionel, and her family is concerned for their welfare.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Phoenix Police Department Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit at 602-534-2121.
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Silent Witness:
Arizona's Silent Witness program allows people to send in tips and share information about crimes happening within their local communities.
The program shares unsolved felony case information in multiple ways, including TV, radio and social media.
Anyone who has information on a crime or recognizes a suspect described by the program is asked to call 480-948-6377, go to the program's website online or download the Silent Witness app to provide a tip. The identity of anyone who submits a tip is kept anonymous.
Calls to Silent Witness are answered 24/7 by a live person and submitted tips are accepted at all times. Submitted tips are then sent to the detective(s) in charge of the specific case.
Individuals who submit tips that lead to an arrest or indictment in the case can get a reward of up to $1,000. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/missing-16-year-old-last-seen-boyfriend-newborn-laveen/75-3511b7c9-06eb-4df4-aa8b-5361aa358ff2 | 2022-08-28T03:20:22 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/missing-16-year-old-last-seen-boyfriend-newborn-laveen/75-3511b7c9-06eb-4df4-aa8b-5361aa358ff2 |
AMES, Iowa — "Back to school" has a new meaning at Ames High School. The students might've gotten an early look during the first few days of the school year, but on Saturday, community members got to see their new high school brought to life.
In 2018, Ames voters passed a $137 million referendum to fund construction of the new facility by a margin of more than 80%. Four years later, as administrators officially cut the ribbon on the new high school, all the hard work seemed worth it.
"While the structure itself is something to marvel at, what I find the most exciting is the power of the learning environments that created that were created on the inside," said Dr. Julius Lawson, superintendent of the Ames Community School District.
The new high school, located on Ridgewood Avenue, is built to fit 1,600 students, and there's room to add additional classrooms that could increase that to as many as 1,800. The district is currently just shy of 1,500.
One big theme for all the changes—safety. Classroom pods can be locked off to limit movement, and there's a lot less ways for someone to get inside. The previous high school had more than 177 entrances.
"There's less than a quarter of the doors in this building than there was in the other building," said Gerry Peters, director of facilities for the district. "So that's a good accomplishment that helps with safety and security."
There's still a little bit of work left to be done as the school year goes on. Things such as a greenhouse and an additional parking lot need to be added. But for the most part, everything is ready, and district officials had plenty of thanks to give to the voters who made the upgrade possible.
"You made it happen. You provided them right here with was one of the most outstanding learning environments ever," said former superintendent Dr. Tim Taylor.
The former Ames High School building will be empty for a little while. According to the district, it will eventually be torn down sometime in the fall and replaced with extra practice fields next spring. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/ames-high-school-reopens-grand-opening-celebration/524-66c47d2d-0bd2-454b-841a-2784aa56af33 | 2022-08-28T03:30:40 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/ames-high-school-reopens-grand-opening-celebration/524-66c47d2d-0bd2-454b-841a-2784aa56af33 |
ATLANTA — Emergency crews were called to the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta Saturday night after a helicopter had a rough landing.
DeKalb County Fire Rescue said a helicopter fell 3 to 4 feet as it had technical issues. Several emergency vehicles were on the runway tending to the aircraft, video shows.
Federal Aviation Authority officials said the Bell 505 helicopter landed safely after experiencing a tail strike around 9:15 p.m.
The two people inside were having issues landing but were able to get out, authorities said. No one was hurt, according to the FAA.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Kids in Scranton got a chance to learn more about possible careers on Saturday.
The Outreach Center for Community Resources held a children's career fair to help kids get interested in their futures.
The fair on North 7th Avenue hosted firefighters, police officers, nurses, and others teaching kids about what they do.
"Seeing their personalities come out asking them what they want to be one wants to be a zoologist we don't have a stand like that here today maybe because of the raptors and then one wanted to be an astronomer so that was cool. A lot of vets, a lot of teachers, a lot of cops, a lot of firefighters, but I think we're broadening their horizons a here today and we're definitely here to represent the trades," said Lexie Langan, Business Development Leader, Milnes Engineering Construction Surveying.
The fair had more than just career listings kids could get also get free hair cuts, back to school supplies, and vaccines in Scranton.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/childrens-career-fair-held-in-scranton-lackawanna-county-outreach-center-for-community-resources-lexie-langan/523-e13935a1-f2ea-4327-932e-ab337996c573 | 2022-08-28T03:32:11 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/childrens-career-fair-held-in-scranton-lackawanna-county-outreach-center-for-community-resources-lexie-langan/523-e13935a1-f2ea-4327-932e-ab337996c573 |
SCRANTON, Pa. — The class of 2026 has more than a thousand students which is one of largest in the school's history.
Many of those students will be living on campus and hundreds of volunteer movers helped with getting them settled in the dorms.
Many were excited that this will be a more normal school year without a lot of problems from COVID-19.
"It feels awesome, especially to see that we have such a big class coming in. We have a ton of first years everyone seems super excited to be here. It's really exciting to see everyone smile because last year we all had masks on," said Sam Durante, Fall Move-In Zone Captain.
All of the fun of move-in weekend continues Sunday at the University of Scranton.
The university will also display a special tribute to returning students on its Class of 2020 Gateway.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/move-in-day-at-the-university-of-scranton-lackawanna-county-sam-durante-class-of-2026-2020/523-0d8d907e-7117-4188-ba50-e3663ae97285 | 2022-08-28T03:32:17 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/move-in-day-at-the-university-of-scranton-lackawanna-county-sam-durante-class-of-2026-2020/523-0d8d907e-7117-4188-ba50-e3663ae97285 |
THROOP, Pa. — A softball tournament in Lackawanna County wasn't just about bases and hits.
The tournament at the Little League Fields in Throop benefits the Strong and Coura'Jess Foundation, which helps terminally ill cancer patients to be more comfortable.
The foundation was started by Jessica Rutkowski, who passed away from breast cancer in June of 2021.
So many teams entered the softball tournament they had to use several fields.
Jessica's friends and family members say she loved life and wanted to help others with cancer enjoy life too.
If you want to learn more about the Strong and Coura'Jess Foundation, visit their FaceBook page by clicking here.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/softball-tournament-helps-cancer-foundation-jessica-rutkowsky-abbie-mills-lackawanna-county/523-99906ce3-05bf-4f65-b072-3a01d37dc57c | 2022-08-28T03:32:24 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/softball-tournament-helps-cancer-foundation-jessica-rutkowsky-abbie-mills-lackawanna-county/523-99906ce3-05bf-4f65-b072-3a01d37dc57c |
PITTSTON, Pa. — Habitat for Humanity volunteers were working on a house in Pittston on Saturday and they got some help from another source.
A union of carpenters came to lend a hand.
The carpenters partner up to help Habitat for Humanity at least once year in order to support the people who need them the most.
"Right now we have the carpenters union; these guys have been coming out for the past three to four years helping us out at least once a year sometimes twice a year and for us it's huge to have some professional people come out and give us a hand so we really appreciate it," said Bob Sherlinski, site supervisor for Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat for Humanity does have a family in mind for the house in Pittston and they are excited to move in soon.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/carpenters-team-up-with-habitat-for-humanity-in-luzerne-county-bob-sherlinski-union-carpenters-wyoming-valley-habitat-for-humanity/523-2c549120-317e-48c4-85bc-dc7152778304 | 2022-08-28T03:32:30 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/carpenters-team-up-with-habitat-for-humanity-in-luzerne-county-bob-sherlinski-union-carpenters-wyoming-valley-habitat-for-humanity/523-2c549120-317e-48c4-85bc-dc7152778304 |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — When you play some catchy tunes and serve some local libations it draws a large crowd in Luzerne County.
The Moonlite Drive-In in West Wyoming was the backdrop for the Rhythm & Wine Fundraiser on Saturday.
There were drink samples, live entertainment, and food trucks.
This event benefits Big Brother, Big Sisters of Northeastern Pennsylvania an organization that connects kids and mentors.
"It makes such a difference for those littles who are seeking out some extra support. We know that a lot of times through the pandemic there was less and less adult interaction and engagement because things have been cozied down in schools so we know that for example that's just the current state of affairs and it's just great because they get to have some support from a Big," said Michelle Hamilton, Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of NEPA.
This was the Second Annual Rhythm and Wine Festival and organizers hope to continue it next year in Luzerne County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/rhythm-and-wine-fundraiser-in-luzerne-county-moonlite-drive-in-west-wyoming-michelle-hamilton-big-brother-big-sisters-of-northeastern/523-123f0ab2-8c04-4d9c-a9dd-174360797ee8 | 2022-08-28T03:32:36 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/rhythm-and-wine-fundraiser-in-luzerne-county-moonlite-drive-in-west-wyoming-michelle-hamilton-big-brother-big-sisters-of-northeastern/523-123f0ab2-8c04-4d9c-a9dd-174360797ee8 |
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A 17-year-old girl has died after being shot in the head and a 17-year-old-boy is accused of the crime.
State police say the shooting happened on Sand Hollow Drive in Butler Township near Drums.
Authorities say 17-year-old Alan Meyers shot a 17-year-old girl in the head just after 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
The girl was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital where she died from her injuries.
Meyers, who's from Black Creek Township, is being held at the Luzerne County Jail and is being charged as an adult.
Authorities have not released the name of the girl who was killed.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/teen-girl-shot-and-killed-in-luzerne-county-butler-township-near-drums-alan-meyers-black-creek-township/523-991d680f-6f0d-42be-8bac-08822c6aaf0a | 2022-08-28T03:32:42 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/teen-girl-shot-and-killed-in-luzerne-county-butler-township-near-drums-alan-meyers-black-creek-township/523-991d680f-6f0d-42be-8bac-08822c6aaf0a |
The wondrous panda cub may get most of the attention at the National Zoo these days, and he just had his birthday celebrated. But on Saturday in a sort of spirit of panda parity, one of his parents, the zoo’s papa panda had his own party.
Exactly what the panda may have made of the goings on may not be easily determined. Pandas do not seem a particularly confiding species and seem to share their inmost thoughts and feelings with few,
But from the outward signs Tian Tian appreciated the zoo’s thoughtfulness. Footage made available of the event showed that thef creature’s quarters harbored a specially concocted cake, a leafy confection of staples and delicacies apparently designed to appeal to an older panda
Fron the video it appeared that the vertically structured birthday treat was toppled almost as soon as it was noticed.
If we ventured to suggest that animals possesss philosophies of their own, we might assign Tian Tian to the supposed school of mammalian decostructionism. His motto we might infer was something along the lines of destroy and devour.
Quickly decomposing the item Tian Tian seemed to prove an adept desconstructionist whose mottro perhaps might have been destroy and devour,
Animals may have few methods of expressing enthusiasm, but Tian Tian did seem to demonstrate energy in consuming the cake components.
As he leaned back, in a sort of cross-legged posture, and chewed away at items in his paw, he did seem to suggest satisfaction and a sense of well-being
Tian tian has devoted the best years of his life to entertaining visitors to the zoo, and his many and admiring followers on the long runniung video feeds fro the zoo
It may be, then, his woerkmanlike confrontation with the cake represented only his conviction that his efforts did deserve occasional recognition in the form of something out of the ordinary.
But for followers of the zoo and its inhabitants, the calendar made last week an unusual, Panda followers could observe two panda birthday parties in the same week. On Aug. 2 the zoo presented a birthday cake to the so called miracle cub, to celebrate his...xxx birthday.
For the event , zoo keepers Keepers in the Department of Nutrition Sciences created a special panda cake ,
Ingrediantes included frozen diluted apple and pineapple juiceand embellishents and decorations were conjured from sweet potato apple, carrot, pear, sugar cae banana and bamboo
Pandas show great fondness for bambood, and consume vast quantities.
For the little one, the zoo provided a special personal touch.
It was a large numeral “2”
Perhaps paradoxically a sign of the cub’s response might have showed up in the apparently brief time he spent admiring the celebratory item.
A couple of exploratory applications of the youngster’s paws, and over it went, The better it seemed for a close examination of the treats embodied within | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/two-panda-birthdays-in-a-week-at-the-zoo-meant-two-panda-cakes/2022/08/27/c2a53fca-265a-11ed-ba29-39afcd3965a2_story.html | 2022-08-28T03:36:33 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/two-panda-birthdays-in-a-week-at-the-zoo-meant-two-panda-cakes/2022/08/27/c2a53fca-265a-11ed-ba29-39afcd3965a2_story.html |
INDIANAPOLIS – Three Dutch soldiers were shot and wounded early Saturday in a shooting in downtown Indianapolis after what local police believe was a disturbance outside the hotel where they were staying, authorities said.
The shooting occurred about 3:30 a.m. in Indianapolis’ entertainment district. Indianapolis police said officers found three men with gunshot wounds and they were taken to hospitals.
The Dutch defense ministry said one soldier was in critical condition and the two others were conscious, while Indianapolis police said two of the soldiers were in critical condition and the third was stable.
The ministry said the three soldiers were from the Commando Corps and were in Indiana for training when the shooting occurred during their free time in front of the Hampton Inn hotel where they were staying.
Indianapolis police said they believe some sort of altercation between the three victims and another person or people led to the shooting.
No arrests have been made.
The Indiana National Guard said the soldiers had been training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a 1,000-acre complex about 40 miles southeast of Indianapolis. The Guard said in a statement that the center is used for training by the Department of Defense “as well as other allies.”
“The Dutch soldiers visited Indianapolis at the end of their duty day. Our thoughts and prayers are with the soldiers and families during this difficult time,” the Guard said, WXIN-TV reported.
Incident cuts short Khalifa concert
Rapper Wiz Khalifa cut short a concert in Noblesville as people began fleeing the outdoor venue, leaving three with minor injuries, after a disturbance, police said.
People started exiting Ruoff Music Center about 10:30 p.m. Friday after a reported disturbance on part of the amphitheater’s lawn, with some of them shouting about a possible shooting, the Indianapolis Star reported.
Police said in a news release early Saturday that no weapon was found after a sweep of the area at the venue about 20 miles north of Indianapolis.
The disturbance happened about 45 minutes into Wiz Khalifa’s show that was part of the Vinyl Verse co-headlining tour with fellow rapper Logic, according to the Star. The music stopped, and Wiz Khalifa and his band left the stage immediately.
Three people reported minor injuries and were taken to hospitals for treatment after concertgoers “self-evacuated” the amphitheater, where all exits were opened in accordance with the venue’s emergency procedures, police said.
In a parking lot outside, some audience members were making cellphone calls as others wept and held each other, the newspaper reported.
Whitmer lifts limits on fuel supplies
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Saturday lifting some rules on fuel supply transportation in response to an Indiana oil refinery fire that could affect supply and prices in some Midwestern states.
Whitmer’s order lifts caps and limits on the hours that motor carriers and drivers can drive if they are carrying gas and diesel.
It also suspends some rules that will allow the state to access its fall gasoline supply early, although that order is contingent on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency making similar allowances, the Detroit News reported.
BP said its refinery in Whiting, Indiana, along Lake Michigan’s shoreline about 15 miles southeast of Chicago, experienced an electrical fire Wednesday.
No one was hurt, and the fire was put out, but it forced at least part of the refinery to shut down, according to the company. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/3-dutch-soldiers-wounded-in-downtown-indianapolis/article_575e11ea-2657-11ed-b59d-2701f7885e95.html | 2022-08-28T03:39:22 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/3-dutch-soldiers-wounded-in-downtown-indianapolis/article_575e11ea-2657-11ed-b59d-2701f7885e95.html |
City police are investigating a crash at Lakeside Middle School that left a man dead Saturday morning.
Officers said they arrived about 6 a.m. and found the victim critically hurt inside a tan Hyundai after hitting a tree at the school, 2100 Lake Ave.
Police believe the man was traveling south on Randallia Drive when the vehicle crossed Lake before smashing into the tree, a news release stated.
Paramedics took the victim to a hospital where he died a short time later.
No additional information was provided.
Building damaged in southwest blaze
The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a Friday evening fire in a commercial building on the city’s southwest side, according to a news release.
The police department received an alarm alert about 8:30 p.m. and found smoke coming from the building at 4335 Earth Drive. Officers contacted the fire department, which responded minutes later.
Firefighters found a burning vehicle and fire in a storage area. E&R Contracting Inc. is listed online as the building’s occupant.
No one was on-site when firefighters responded. It took about 20 minutes to extinguish the fire. The building received moderate fire, water and smoke damage, officials said. No cause was determined. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/man-dies-in-early-saturday-crash-at-lakeside-school/article_7cfe78ec-2655-11ed-b676-4fc71c061620.html | 2022-08-28T03:39:28 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/man-dies-in-early-saturday-crash-at-lakeside-school/article_7cfe78ec-2655-11ed-b676-4fc71c061620.html |
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A man and a woman are in critical condition after they were shot by a gunman who later barricaded himself in North Philadelphia Saturday night.
According to police, the shooting happened on the 2200 block of W. Lehigh Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m.
When officers arrived on the scene, they observed a 22-year-old woman shot in the cheek, arm and leg and a 66-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his right arm. Both were transported to Temple University Hospital where they were listed in critical condition.
Investigators said officers later observed the suspect run into a building on the 2800 block of 22nd Street and barricade himself.
Police later said a third woman was grazed by a bullet although her injuries were superficial.
This story is developing. Check back for updates. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gunman-barricades-himself-after-critically-shooting-2-people/3347114/ | 2022-08-28T03:45:21 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gunman-barricades-himself-after-critically-shooting-2-people/3347114/ |
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OCEAN CITY — The St. Augustine Prep football team showed flashes of excellence Saturday, but overall the Hermits were outdone by the bigger stars of St. Peter's Prep at Carey Stadium.
St. Peter's scored touchdowns on its first three possessions and withstood a brief St. Augustine comeback attempt to win 41-7 in a Battle at the Beach game at Carey Stadium.
Marauders quarterback Robert "Champ" Long lived up to his nickname as he threw four touchdown passes, including two to wide receiver Kenyon Massey. Explosive running back Jalen Cline ran for TDs of 5 and 60 yards.
The season-opening win put St. Peter's, of Jersey City, at 1-0. The Hermits fell to 0-1.
St. Augustine was 9-2 last year but many of its starters graduated, including 10 who are now at NCAA Division I programs. St. Augustine was drawn offsides three times by Long's count, and the Hermits also committed two false starts. St. Augustine moved the ball pretty well at times, especially with the air game. But some opportunities were missed.
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"I'm proud of the team," St. Augustine coach Pete Lancetta said. "We'll get better. There were some positives today. We moved the ball pretty well. It's true that we graduated a lot of players, but the team has to get it together. Guys have to fill in and step up. I have to do a better job coaching and they have to receive it.
"We jumped offsides a lot, and you can't do that ever. We got turnovers but we didn't capitalize. They recovered an on-sides kick and capitalized (scoring on a 52-yard pass play two plays later). I've seen the films of them and I was hoping this wouldn't happen."
St. Augustine trailed 20-0 at halftime but the Hermits seemed to settle down in the second quarter and Tristan McLeer and Jack Gounaris intercepted passes and stopped St. Peter's momentum.
St. Peter's got the second-half kickoff, but the Hermits forced a three-and-out, and then struck back quickly. St. Augustine quarterback Ryan Gambill hit wide receiver Na'Cire Christmas with a 75-yard TD pass. Christmas was all alone on the left side and caught the ball around midfield. No one ever got near him as he raced to the goal line.
"My quarterback saw I was open and got me the ball, and the safety gave me some run," said Christmas, an 18-year-old senior from the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township. "We were coming back well but we let it slip out of our hands. I'm still proud of my boys, we work hard. I'm not too down. We have the whole rest of the season left. We just got to keep working."
Long, a University of Maryland recruit, looked poised and confident as he passed for a score to wide receiver Zion Fowler for 56 yards on St. Peter's first play from scrimmage. Fowler beat a defender and broke a tackle on his way to an easy score.
Isaiah Giles caught Long's next TD aerial when the Marauders got the ball back, this time for six yards to complete a four-play, 43-yard drive. St. Peter's scored its third touchdown as Long tossed to Massey over the middle for an 8-yard score. Kicker Nico Duarte, who made five of six PATs, missed the extra point, and it was 20-0 at the half.
The St. Augustine TD made it 20-7 after Antonio Freund's extra point, but the Marauders took the momentum back with a seven-play, 73-yard drive. Cline went 5 yards for the score, and the PAT put the Marauders up 27-7. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/st-augustine-doesnt-have-the-answers-for-powerful-st-peters/article_124ca07e-2645-11ed-afa4-133ce2dc3888.html | 2022-08-28T03:53:54 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/st-augustine-doesnt-have-the-answers-for-powerful-st-peters/article_124ca07e-2645-11ed-afa4-133ce2dc3888.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — Downtown Indianapolis was packed just hours after three men were shot outside a hotel in the city.
The shooting comes as city leaders work to bring more people back downtown.
On Saturday afternoon, people were eating and drinking at restaurants near the Hampton Inn. But, several hours earlier, it was a much different scene.
Three off-duty Dutch soldiers were taken to the hospital after being shot outside the hotel, located near Meridian and Maryland streets, at around 3:30 a.m.
Police said they believed the shooting stemmed from an earlier fight at another location between the men and potential suspects, and that there is no immediate threat to the public.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett called it an unfortunate situation.
"This sounds to me, at least preliminarily, this is yet another example of people coming together who cannot resolve conflict," Hogsett said.
When Saturday afternoon rolled around, the sea of police lights was traded for a sea of blue, white, red and orange. Thousands of Colts and Buccaneers fans took over downtown to cheer for their teams as they went head to head at Lucas Oil Stadium.
One of the fans, Jason Duncan, said the shooting wasn't going to deter him from cheering on his team.
Bob and Kevin, two Colts fans from Wisconsin, said they similarly weren't discouraged by the news of the shootings.
"Unfortunately, it's in most of the cities now. I just wish we could make a concerted effort to get along and respect one another," said Bob.
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They love Indianapolis and don't believe what happened will impact them enjoying their time here.
"Life is full of risk. You can't live in a bubble and you have to live your life" said Bob.
Hogsett believes IMPD is more than prepared to handle any kind of disturbance downtown.
"Downtown is as safe a neighborhood as any neighborhood in the city of Indianapolis. There is more police downtown than in any other neighborhood in the city of Indianapolis. When these unfortunate incidents occur, our law enforcement will take prompt and appropriate action to try and stop them from occurring in the first place," said Hogsett.
That's why Duncan believes the city is on the right track.
"I think Indianapolis is a great city and it's growing and it's getting cleaned up," said Duncan. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-colts-tampa-bay-buccaneers-fans-downtown-overnight-shootings/531-9aa2fbc7-408f-4f15-96a4-14c70480c2e3 | 2022-08-28T04:00:14 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-colts-tampa-bay-buccaneers-fans-downtown-overnight-shootings/531-9aa2fbc7-408f-4f15-96a4-14c70480c2e3 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A family of 6 lost their home Saturday when fire swept through the residence in rural Clark County, officials said.
Fire crews from Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue rushed to the home in the 5700 block of 246th Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. The house was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived and 16 personnel were used to extinguish the blaze.
The family was not at home at the time, but the home off NE 50th is a total loss, authorities said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/family-of-6-loses-home-in-clark-county-blaze/ | 2022-08-28T04:01:08 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/family-of-6-loses-home-in-clark-county-blaze/ |
Heinz Bachman, one of just two remaining Pearl Harbor veterans in the San Antonio area, died Saturday. He was 100.
Bachman, an Army Air Corps enlistee, was at Hickam Field, adjacent to the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, when Japanese warplanes bombed and strafed the airfield on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
Many years later, he recalled that the Japanese pilots flew so low, he could see their faces.
“They were close enough, yes, definitely. It was a shock,” Bachman said in an interview with the Express-News in 2021. “I knew who they were when they came. I recognized it right away. It’s just something you have to experience in the flesh, you might say.
After World War II ended, Bachman interviewed German civilians as part of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, a massive effort to assess the effectiveness of the Allied bombing of Nazi Germany. He later settled in San Antonio with his wife and son.
His next-door neighbor and longtime friend, Linda Arce, said Bachman complained of feeling weak a week ago and was taken to Methodist Hospital. There, he suffered multiple strokes and entered hospice care on Wednesday.
“His family was with him when he passed,” Arce said.
Bachman, a widower, would have celebrated his 101st birthday on Oct. 22. Apart from his neighbors, few people were aware he was a veteran of the battle that catapulted the United States into World War II. He was unknown even to the dwindling band of Pearl Harbor survivors who gathered at a local restaurant every Dec. 7 to mark the anniversary.
Bachman’s death leaves just one Pearl Harbor veteran in the San Antonio area: retired Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Meyer, who turned 99 last month.
Only a few weeks ago, there were three: Bachman, Meyer and retired Air Force Tech Sgt. Kenneth Platt, 101. Platt died Aug. 3 and was buried eight days later at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
In the interview with the Express-News last year, Bachman said he wasn’t much for socializing and rarely left home, except for trips to the grocery store and the doctor’s office. At home, he liked to watch science, travel and car shows on cable TV, as well as golf tournaments, classic movies and reruns of “The Lawrence Welk Show.”
“I’m not a social animal, so I never have been one to mingle with people anyway,” Bachman said. “All my friends have passed on, man! That’s the sad part.”
When he did leave the house, he got around in a 1998 Mercury Sable, but stayed off the freeway and never went out of town.
“The four wheels still roll and, what the heck, that’s all I need. It’ll keep going,” he said. “I’ll push that machine until it quits.”
Bachman was born in Mülhausen, Germany. He was 3 when he arrived at Ellis Island with his mother in 1924.
He joined the Army at Fort Dix, N.J., in 1939 and was stationed at Hickam Field, the main Army airfield and bomber base in Hawaii. Unlike many Americans, he was wide awake on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. An early riser who would never miss breakfast, Bachman said he was on a work detail when the first Japanese planes shattered the tranquil tropical morning.
Two waves of carrier-based attacks would soon leave the Navy’s Pacific Fleet in ruins.
The Japanese also attacked nearby airfields to prevent a U.S. counterattack.
“The Navy got the worst of it. Then they came by and started shooting up Wheeler Field, where the fighters were stationed, and then they came by and started shooting up Hickam Field, and shooting up all the planes there, and did some bombing on the buildings and then did a lot of strafing,” he said.
Nearly half the aircraft at Hickam were destroyed or severely damaged, and 121 U.S. service members were killed on the base — 35 of them when a bomb hit a mess hall during breakfast.
Bachman escaped the worst of it. “I was fortunate enough not to be in the main building that morning,” he recalled. “I was on detached service on another part of the field, and the main building got hit, right in the middle of the building.”
“It happened so suddenly, and the realization came finally after it was all over: Boy, we really could have had a disaster there — a bigger one. They could have invaded us.”
It was Bachman’s only taste of combat in his military career.
He applied for pilot training, gaining admission through a program that allowed enlisted sergeants to become aviators. Things went well — until the very last check flight.
“I learned to fly, I soloed and I was real happy about it and thought, well, maybe I got it made,” he recalled. “And then on the last check flight, they said, ‘I’m sorry, but you’re not qualified for being a fighter pilot, and your choice is to turn into bombardier or the heavy bombing,’ and I said, ‘No, thanks, I don’t care to be in any of that.’”
Bachman remained in the United States until the war in Europe ended, when he was assigned to help with the Strategic Bombing Survey.
He considered staying in the Army but decided that with a wife, Virginia, and a son, Lawrence, he needed to make better money.
Back at Fort Dix, N.J., he became a civilian again and went into business with his father, farming and doing electrical work. Bachman was shocked that winter when four feet of snow fell. The contrast with Hawaii didn’t sit well with him, so he kept moving, to Kansas at first.
“I worked for the railroad a couple of weeks and did a little wheat farming, and then from there I got into contact with a fellow I was in the service with, a friend who had moved to San Antonio. And we corresponded and he said, ‘Why don’t you come down here and take up residence? We’ll find you a job.’ And I’ve been here ever since.”
Bachman worked for a series of car dealerships as an electrical mechanic who did tune-ups and sales.
In his final years, the COVID-19 pandemic compounded Bachman’s isolation, but it didn’t stop him from becoming a naturalized citizen when he was 99. He’d gotten fully vaccinated and wore a mask at a citizenship ceremony he attended Feb. 14, 2021, in San Antonio.
Bachman became a U.S. citizen when his father was naturalized in 1934, but he didn’t have proof of citizenship. That became an issue nearly 90 years later, when he tried to renew his driver’s license. The problem prompted a visit to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office, where he was sworn in.
“This is a wonderful thing,” he said after taking the oath of citizenship. “You know when you come this long in life, you wonder why, why did it take so long?”
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The Northern Arizona men's and women's cross country teams were both unanimously voted as the favorites in the Big Sky Conference for the 2022 season.
The men's team enters this season as the defending NCAA national champions, winning for the fifth time in the past six years. The women's team is coming off a successful season that saw them place 23rd at the NCAA national meet. Both teams are defending Big Sky Champions.
The men's team will return Nico Young, who had an outstanding freshman season during which he placed second at the Mountain Regionals and 11th at the NCAA title meet. The women will be led by senior Taryn O'Neill, who finished last season with a win at the Mountain Regionals and went on to place 42nd at the national meet.
Mike Smith, director of cross country and track and field for Northern Arizona, will look to continue to build upon the success of his squads. He was named National Cross Country Coach of the Year after last season, also taking home the men's and women's Big Sky Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year honors.
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The Lumberjacks will compete in their only home meet this season on Saturday at Buffalo Park in the 42nd annual George Kyte Classic.
2022 Big Sky Men's Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll
Northern Arizona (10) – 100
Montana State – 90
Weber State – 77
Idaho – 67
Portland State – 61
Eastern Washington – 47
Montana – 41
Idaho State – 35
Sacramento State – 21
Northern Colorado – 11
2022 Big Sky Women's Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll
Northern Arizona (10) – 100
Idaho – 81
Weber State – 81
Montana State – 71
Portland State – 61
Idaho State – 48
Montana – 33
Sacramento State – 28
Eastern Washington – 27
Northern Colorado – 20
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The Lumberjacks recorded a win Saturday afternoon to finish their season-opening Lumberjack Classic tournament 1-2, beating Old Dominion in Rolle Activity Center in straight sets.
Lumberjacks setter Kate Hatch tallied 29 assists and 11 digs for a double-double, and outside hitter Taylor Jacobsen continued to lead the attack, totaling 16 kills.
Northern Arizona, which won 25-18, 26-24, 25-12, collected nine of its 11 blocks in the first two sets and ultimately forced Old Dominion into 30 attack errors opposed to 35 kills. Junior middle Jordan Elder posted a team-high six blocks, while senior Neche Newton had four blocks. Juniors Savannah Hasson, and Hatch and Taylor Jacobsen each chipped in three blocks in the win.
On Friday night, Northern Arizona held late leads in the first and third sets versus Michigan, but could not close them out in an eventual 25-21, 25-14, 28-26 sweep at the hands of the Wolverines to conclude the first day of the Lumberjack Classic.
The Lumberjacks hit just .068 in the first set against the Wolverines and offense was harder to come by in the second set as they hit -.032 in the most lopsided game of the evening.
While Northern Arizona struggled to score points against a tough Michigan defense that recorded 66 digs to the host's 46, the Lumberjacks did record more aces than their opponent for the second straight match, 7-4.
Millie O'Ketter, who tallied a career-high five aces in Friday's season opener, pressured the Wolverines from the line and forced a trio of Michigan errors.
Despite holding advantages in hitting, blocks and aces in Friday's first match, Northern Arizona could not pull out a win in their 2022 season opener. Utah Tech claimed the Lumberjack Classic opener 25-22, 11-25, 25-22, 27-25, defeating Northern Arizona in the teams' first-ever meeting. Jacobsen led the Lumberjacks with 21 kills -- her third straight 20-kill match dating back to last season -- and just missed out on a double-double finishing with nine in the four-set loss. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-cross-country-named-favorites-in-big-sky-conference/article_744c3990-2642-11ed-b60d-eb521f189714.html | 2022-08-28T04:10:07 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-cross-country-named-favorites-in-big-sky-conference/article_744c3990-2642-11ed-b60d-eb521f189714.html |
DALLAS — A North Texas youth football coach shot and killed earlier this month was laid to rest on Saturday.
Mike Hickmon was killed during an altercation at a youth football game in Lancaster on Aug. 14. Police named Yaqub Talib, the brother of former NFL cornerback Aqib Talib, as a suspect on Sunday. Aug. 15. Yaqub Talib turned himself into police on that following Monday.
Since the shooting, Hickmon's family have also called for Aqib Talib to be arrested. Video obtained by WFAA show the brawl that led to the shooting, and witnesses have told WFAA that Aqib Talib started the fight.
WFAA has learned this video has been turned over to police and more witnesses were being interviewed. Aqib Talib’s lawyer told WFAA last week he is distraught over the shooting and sends condolences to the family. On Sunday, Aug. 21, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Aqib Talib was stepping away from his gig with Amazon's "Thursday Night Football" broadcast. According to Rapoport, Talib said he's stepping away "to spend time with family."
Meanwhile, Hickmon's death has led to community leaders demanding more safety measures at youth sporting events.
Community advocates and Hickmon’s family and friends say his life won’t be in vain and that they will demand justice but also changes that will make it safer for kids who just want to play ball.
Hickmon's funeral service was held at Concord Church.
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PLANO, Texas — The Prosper community is now circling support for a 15-year-old high school student in intensive care after a sudden cheer accident earlier this week.
Per her family, Haylee Alexander was rushed to Medical City Plano after an accident in her competitive cheer gym Monday night.
Alexander's family told WFAA the teen suffered a traumatic brain injury.
On Friday night--friends, family, and the cheer community in North Texas held a prayer vigil outside Alexander's hospital room.
Many were wearing Alexander's favorite colors: pink and turquoise.
The family has embraced the hashtag #HayleeStrong and encourages anyone supporting their daughter's recovery to use it.
In just a few days, more than $25,000 has been raised for the family through T-shirt sales that read #HayleeStrong on the front.
The proceeds will go to helping the family pay for medical expenses.
If you'd like to purchase one, you can go here.
Mallory Roberts came to the vigil with her daughter Reagan.
The Roberts family lives a few houses down from Haylee and her family.
Roberts is close friends with Alexander's mother--while Reagan is close with Haylee herself.
"I take her to school every morning," Reagan Roberts said. "We're really close, and she's always there for you no matter what. This is all really shocking, and I almost don't believe it."
The two described Alexander as a 'cheerlebrity'--saying the teen achieved 2021 World Champion and Grand National Champion of Worlds with Cheer Athletics.
"This is every parent's nightmare," Mallory Roberts said. "To receive a phone call that your child has been hurt in a sport they're so passionate about -- it's difficult. This has been really difficult for us, and I know for her family as well."
"If you're in a room and it's dark -- she walks in, and it just lights up. She's so full of life," Roberts continued.
For much of the Prosper cheer community, Alexander's injury feels like Deja Vu.
In September last year, Makayla Noble became paralyzed in a tumbling accident.
She's overcome so many obstacles, though, and has regained function in her upper body.
Noble made sure to be at the vigil Friday night.
Family friend Tatum Curry said that it's emotional gathering outside of Alexander's hospital room. The teen's 16th birthday is coming up too.
But--she added that it's the right thing to do as her family faces a tough road ahead.
"Being so close to her tonight--and to her parents is the right thing to do," Curry said.
"We ask everyone--if you think about her, then pray. When you go to sleep? Pray. Say a prayer when you wake up. Say a prayer because prayers work." | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/prosper-community-rallying-behind-teen-icu-accident-cheer-practice/287-c51498b8-14fc-49e9-8135-ee3fd877444f | 2022-08-28T04:16:01 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/prosper-community-rallying-behind-teen-icu-accident-cheer-practice/287-c51498b8-14fc-49e9-8135-ee3fd877444f |
ROUND ROCK, Texas — Editor's Note: The video above is about security measures RRISD is taking this school year. It aired on Aug. 26.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is now investigating after a Round Rock ISD trustee and two others reported receiving inappropriate packages in the mail.
According to a report by KVUE's news partners at the Austin American-Statesman, Trustee Tiffanie Harrison and the others received biohazardous packages that included items like used tampons and sex toys.
The Statesman reported that the others who received packages included a supporter of Harrison and someone with no connection to her.
The incidents were reported to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office and the county attorney's office. According to the Statesman, the sheriff's office told Harrison the items in the packages did not rise to the level of a criminal offense.
Harrison said this was not the first time she has been harassed while in office, but added that she would not back down.
Read the full report by the Austin American-Statesman here.
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NORMAL — Dozens dressed in white gathered at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center on Saturday night to celebrate Jelani Day's life and launch the foundation that bears his name.
"He'd want the music blasting," said his mother, Carmen Bolden Day. "He'd want everybody dancing."
Day, a 25-year-old graduate student from Danville who was studying speech pathology at ISU, went missing Aug. 25, 2021. His car was found the next day in Peru, nearly an hour north of Bloomington-Normal, and his body was found along the Illinois River there Sept. 4.
Day was part of a dance troupe called House Arrest II Championship Dance Team Inc., and members of his chapter performed an original piece as part of the opening ceremony for the Jelani Day All White Affair.
Wesley Williams said Day was the one who brought him into the dance group.
Williams, who goes by the stage name N.UC.lear meltd.OWn No. 99, said the group has "families," and Day, who wore No. 33, was part of the Dynamite family. "He was my father," Williams said.
"It means so much to be here, to dance in his honor. I know it's what he would have wanted," Williams added.
Williams said the Jelani Day Foundation will help "to keep his story alive."
The evening proceeded with other music and dance performances, dinner, and a number of speakers. Near the end of the evening, Bolden Day stepped up to the stage to address the crowd, saying the past year has been surreal.
"Sometimes, I wake up and feel like I need to look for Jelani," she said, surrounded by her remaining four children.
"For me, it's hard to say the words that he's dead," she continued. "That's hard for me to say."
The Jelani Day Foundation's mission is "Supporting Families of Missing Minorities."
According to its website, "The JDF will be at the forefront of the fight for change and equity to ensure families of color have the help and momentum needed during the search for their missing loved ones."
"Jelani’s life meant something," Bolden Day said. "Jelani’s life had a purpose. And I’m going to make sure that his life is purposeful in his absence."
She said that, in the future, the foundation will be offering scholarships for Black men studying speech pathology, the same discipline her son was studying at ISU.
"We are standing behind them and we are going to offer them scholarships," Bolden Day said.
Among those in attendance Saturday night was Illinois State Sen. Elgie Sims Jr., D-Chicago. Sims, an ISU graduate, championed a bill named for Day and signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in May.
"He didn't know me from a can of paint," she said, "and this man went forward and pushed a bill that would've made a difference in my son's life ... when I was looking for him."
The "Jelani Day" bill amends the Missing Persons Identification Act to require a medical examiner or coroner with human remains to notify the FBI for assistance if the remains cannot be identified within 72 hours.
While Day's body was found in the Illinois River Sept. 4, it was not publicly identified by the LaSalle County coroner until Sept. 23. The coroner determined Day's cause of death as drowning, but noted "the manner in which" Day entered the water was unknown.
Bolden Day on Saturday accused the Peru Police Department of improper handling of evidence. She said that, in a visit to Peru two weeks ago, she saw the evidence in her son's car had not been "bagged, tagged, labeled or put in an evidence record."
She said her investigation will continue regardless. "Jelani was important to me," Bolden Day said. "Jelani mattered to me. And just because he didn't matter to them — I'm going to make sure he matters to them."
Ceneta Brooks attended the affair because as a mother, she said, she wanted to support Day's family. Brooks, a mother of five, said she could see Day as "being my own son."
"I hear all about the situation," Brooks said. "It's a feeling I don't want to feel."
Jonathan Jackson — a son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a U.S. congressional candidate, and a spokesperson for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition — said accountability is needed. "This need not be delayed or denied any longer," he said.
"As we look at what's going on in Peru ... right now, why must we call out names? Because people have to be held accountable and responsible."
Donations for the the Jelani Day Foundation were accepted during Saturday's event. Those who could not attend but would like to donate may do so at www.thejelanidayfoundation.org/donate.
Photos: Jelani Day Foundation launched with an All White Affair
As part of the 32nd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Carmen Bolden Day received the Profile in Courage Award during the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s virtual presentation.
"There is a killer out there on the loose of this young Black man and we need to find him," attorney Ben Crump said at a news conference with Jelani Day's family on Friday.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and hundreds marched from Bloomington to Normal on Friday for Jelani Day, the Illinois State student whose death remains a mystery.
The FBI field office in Chicago and the Behavioral Analysis Unit from Washington, D.C., is assisting with the Jelani Day investigation, but the agency has declined to take the lead. We asked FBI agents what it would take.
Among the attendees is the Rev. Jesse Jackson. This burial comes 10 days after the family held a funeral service at Danville High School to honor the Illinois State University grad student.
House Arrest II Championship Dance Team Inc., with whom the late Jelani Day danced, performed at the Jelani Day Foundation's All White Affair on Saturday at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center.
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DALLAS — As students are beginning to go back to school across the North Texas area, parents and police are both seeing a rise in drivers speeding where many of these kids are walking outside. And some local parents are noticing this trend as well.
The Dallas Police Department posted a Tweet Friday, saying that the officers have focused on back-to-school enforcement during the past two school weeks. During that time, the department handed out 244 tickets to drivers in school zones.
The Department also mentioned the increase in foot and vehicle traffic around these local schools as a reason for the increased enforcement as well.
Seven years ago, Hillary Taylor and her husband moved into a home near Mockingbird Elementary School. It's in a neighborhood near Mockingbird Lane and Skillman Street.
"We know the area well," Taylor said. "Love the area. Love the neighborhood."
However, similar to the Dallas Police Department, Taylor has started to see a rise in people speeding down her road the past few weeks. For Taylor, she said her road is in a unique situation because it's the first street drivers can cut through to avoid school zones.
This is worrisome for her because she said there are a lot of families with young children oftentimes playing outside, whether it's during the school year or not.
"It's not great," Taylor said. "Especially when you have littles. I mean, we're out in the front yard and cars are just whipping through."
Taylor said there are also many students walking to and from school during the day.
"It really just comes down to people being aware and courteous," Taylor said. "I mean, these are kids. People just totally miss school zones." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-police-hand-out-244-citations-schools-zones-during-first-2-weeks-classes/287-dc2ba44e-334b-434e-96f6-9f442a3391d3 | 2022-08-28T04:24:33 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-police-hand-out-244-citations-schools-zones-during-first-2-weeks-classes/287-dc2ba44e-334b-434e-96f6-9f442a3391d3 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Firefighters work long shifts, away from home, helping keep the community safe. It's a tough job, but when morale is low, it makes it even harder.
"Our department faced some issues with our staffing," said Ken Bailey, Travis County Fire Rescue chief. "It was about the group dynamics and how we were dealing with our employees."
That's when Chief Bailey reached out to the Psychology Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin.
"They gave us a sense of direction that gave us a sense of weight to the problems we were facing," said Bailey.
Alissa Mrazek, a UT Psychology department research assistant, sat down with Bailey to find out what was happening and what needed to change.
"One of the biggest ones was a lack of trust among crews," said Mrazek. "Some crew members were pretty disappointed in the communication style about big organizational changes."
Many people were leaving, some looking for a career change and better pay.
"One of the biggest reasons for why they even show up to work in the morning is because of that crew integrity," she added. That bonding is just so important. But then once again, if you have an organization that's expanding, and has so much turnover, you're constantly getting new people and that crew integrity is just not there."
Being able to rely on your team is something that you need. Especially, in this line of work.
"We're running calls on people on the worst day of their life," said Luke King, Travis County Fire Rescue No.11 lieutenant.
Since then, leadership has changed the way they do things.
"They started having more... friendly competition in the organization," said Mrazek. "Where the results for various skill assessments were known to everybody in the organization."
Knowing others' skills helped increase trust among the team. In an anonymous survey conducted by Mrazek, she discovered that over 90% of the team felt work conditions improved.
"I can see some light at the end of the tunnel," said King.
Communication between the staff has also improved. While there are still things to be addressed, they're headed in the right direction.
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Bracamonte, Dora R., 87, homemaker, Aug. 18, Carrillo’s.
Braden, Patricia, 88, teacher, Aug. 10, East Lawn.
Brashears, Electra, 88, self-employed, June 30, Evergreen.
Buelna, Irene L., 58, Aug. 18, Carrillo’s.
Callahan, Terence Sean, 73, Aug. 12, Adair Dodge Chapel.
Crow, Ted, 96, copper miner, Aug. 6, East Lawn.
Curt, Alfonsina, 41, massage therapist, June 24, Evergreen.
Diaz, Maria De La Luz, 80, housekeeper, Aug. 15, Carrillo’s.
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Do, Hien, 94, assembler, June 13, Evergreen.
Elias, Arnold R., 89, postmaster, Aug. 14, Carrillo’s.
Esham, Kenneth, 91, Federal Aviation Administration, Aug. 16, East Lawn.
Foraker, Margery, 91, homemaker, Aug. 13, East Lawn.
Guidero, Rosemary, 81, real estate agent, July 31, East Lawn.
Guha, Chitralekha, 83, teacher, Aug. 1, East Lawn.
Jamison, Sharon, 76, homemaker, Aug. 13, East Lawn.
Jan, George, 97, professor, Aug. 10, East Lawn.
Johnson, Phyllis Mary, 62, pharmacy technician, Aug. 8, Oasis Cremation.
Kaneen, Beryle, 91, floral designer, Aug. 2, East Lawn.
Kin, Arnold M., 66, airline dispatcher, Aug. 14, Carrillo’s.
Kirk, Jessica, 68, sales, Aug. 13, East Lawn.
Kucera, G Donald, 89, optical engineer, June 17, Evergreen.
Linhart, Jonette K., 68, of Marana, homemaker, July 11, Evergreen.
McGlamery, Joan, 95, homemaker, July 25, East Lawn.
Mullen, Marianne, 79, registered nurse, Aug. 3, East Lawn.
Murphy, Patricia, 69, July 24, East Lawn.
Nelson-Duckery, Marian, 85, supervisor, July 26, East Lawn.
Olson Jr., John, 65, custodian, July 19, East Lawn.
Overton, Norma Madero, 85, assistant manager, Aug. 17, Carrillo’s.
Pavlik, Sharon M., 71, registered nurse, July 13, Evergreen.
Roach, Lorie, 66, title officer, Aug. 4, East Lawn.
Sampson, William, 73, coach, July 20, Evergreen.
Smoot, Carrie, 94, homemaker, July 30, East Lawn.
Spina, Joseph Michael, 77, restaurant owner, Aug. 14, Carrillo’s.
Tapia, D’Herrera, 65, senior engineer, Aug. 17, Carrillo’s.
Taylor, Patricia, 78, configuration management, Aug. 5, East Lawn.
Tooley Sr., James, 94, business owner, Aug. 16, East Lawn.
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ARDEN-ARCADE, Calif. — A 33-year-old male was injured and taken to the hospital with critical injures after a car accident Saturday afternoon.
The driver, in a beige Chevrolet Malibu, was traveling at a "high rate of speed" down Arden Way when it hit a power pole and ripped in half, according to police.
The back half of the car ran into a commercial building while the front stayed in the lanes of traffic.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fire started between two homes and spread to the structures Saturday night, according to the Sacramento Fire Department.
The homes on the 2300 Block of Beaumont Street were evacuated and no one was injured. The fire has been put out but damages to the structures are currently unknown.
Officials are investigating the cause of the fire.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — In the face of a major public backlash and internal questions over the decision to award Matt Araiza the punting job, the Buffalo Bills reversed course by cutting the rookie on Saturday, two days after a lawsuit was filed alleging the player and two college teammates gang-raped a teenager last fall.
The decision to cut ties with their sixth-round draft pick out of San Diego State comes after Buffalo cleared the way for Araiza to take over the punting duties by releasing returning veteran Matt Haack on Monday.
The Bills opted then to keep Araiza even while being aware of the allegations made against him since late July. The team then stood by the player by announcing it "conducted a thorough examination" into the matter a day after the lawsuit was filed.
Araiza's release begins to ease a crisis which has shaken the team as reflected by coach Sean McDermott having difficulty containing his emotions while discussing the situation following a 21-0 preseason loss at Carolina on Friday night.
Without being specific, McDermott said he was unaware of some of the revelations that came out once the lawsuit was filed a day earlier, and repeatedly said the team has work to do to get to the truth.
"It's not a situation we take lightly. I'm hurt, I understand they're hurt," McDermott said referring to Buffalo's fanbase. "It's not easy to hear about some of the things that I've heard about over the last several hours say. Haven't slept a lot to be honest with you."
McDermott made the call to hold out Araiza from playing against Carolina. The player watched the game from an undisclosed location while also issuing a statement through his agent, Joe Linta, which read: "The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look forward to quickly setting the record straight."
Without another punter on the roster, third-string quarterback Matt Barkley handled the punting duties.
A lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court accused Araiza and two teammates of raping a then-17-year-old girl at a Halloween party at an off-campus home where Araiza had been living. A San Diego police investigation has been turned over to the district attorney's office to determine whether to pursue charges. DA spokeswoman Tanya Sierra said Friday there was no timeline as to how long a decision will take.
In Buffalo, the focus shifts to why the Bills weren't aware of the allegations against Araiza when selecting the San Diego State player in the sixth round of the draft in April. Though he was college football's top punter last year, and earned the nickname "Punt God" because of a booming left leg, Araiza was the third punter selected in the draft.
It's unclear whether Araiza informed the NFL about the allegations in the months leading up to the draft.
Executives from two different teams told The Associated Press they became aware of Araiza's involvement in an incident during the draft process, but neither person knew the extent of the allegations. Executives from three other teams said they had no knowledge of the allegations against Araiza before the draft and only learned of the incident Thursday. All the people spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Though it's unclear when the Bills first became aware of the allegations, they knew by the end of July when Dan Gilleon, the lawyer representing the alleged victim identified in the lawsuit as "Jane Doe," contacted the team's legal counsel, Kathryn D'Angelo, by email.
"She seemed like she was concerned. She says she'll get back to me, and then she never did," Gilleon said. "I even followed up and said, `Hey, you guys haven't talked to me and called me back like you said you would.' And they just ignored that, too."
Without saying when, Araiza's lawyer, Kerry Armstrong, said he also informed his client to be upfront and inform the Bills about the allegations. Armstrong said he also kept in regular contact with the Bills over the past month to provide details of his own investigation into what happened.
"I 100% do not believe that he ever forcibly raped this girl or had sex with her while she was passed out or drunk or anything like that," Armstrong said.
The Bills also conducted what they called a "thorough examination," which eventually led to their decision to cut Haack.
The Bills also informed the NFL of the incident once they were made aware of it, a person familiar with the situation told The AP. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter, wasn't certain of the timeline.
The NFL declined to comment except to say it was aware of the matter.
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Associated Press writer Julie Watson and AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi contributed to this report.
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MODESTO, Calif. — The California Straight Pride Coalition held its fourth annual 'Straight Pride' event in Modesto Saturday. The event took place outside of Planned Parenthood.
Several groups of counter protesters showed up to the event, saying the Straight Pride Coalition calls on "homophobes, white supremacists and Christian extremists to gather for a hate rally."
ABC10's crew attempted to get closer to the protest to speak with people from both the protest and the counter protest, but were met with push back from law enforcement.
The Modesto 'Straight Pride' event started in 2019.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There is a heavy police presence on Plaza Ave and Del Paso Blvd after an officer-involved shooting.
The situation is developing and updates are to follow.
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Around 5 p.m. along Highway 183, Irving Police responded to a serious crash near Beltline Road.
"That victim is probably going to have a broken back,” said Officer Robert Reeves.
Reeves said the driver responsible is suspected of drinking and driving with an open bottle of liquor recovered from the vehicle. It signaled an early start for the department’s DWI unit as they kicked off “Saturation Saturday.”
“If you're driving down a highway tonight, you're probably going to see an Irving police officer on that highway,” said Reeves.
Along with 23 other North Texas departments, Irving increased patrols Saturday as part of an annual campaign sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, aimed at raising awareness for a problem that continues to increase.
“We want people to think before they get behind that wheel. We don't want their laziness or their arrogance to cause them to get arrested for DWI, to hurt somebody or worse yet kill themselves or someone else,” he said.
“My daughter, she was a beautiful person,” said Leticia Alanis.
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Alanis lost her daughter Pricilla in 2014 when she said the young mother was hit and killed by a drunk driver.
“I can't see her anymore. I can't hug her anymore, so I use my voice to say stop,” said Alanis.
Alanis hopes campaigns like “Saturation Saturday” can save other mothers from suffering her heartbreak.
Year to date, Irving police have made 585 DWI arrests. They've investigated 38 major crashes caused by drunk driving, including 11 deaths. It’s a steep consequence for a split-second decision police hope they can encourage drivers never to make.
“If you hurt somebody, you're going to have to live with that for the rest of your life,” said Reeves.
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BIRMINGHAM Ala. (WIAT) — Celebrities and philanthropists are in Birmingham tonight to support acceptance of sensory inclusion. KultureCity hosted its ninth ball to promote more acceptance of those with sensory needs and invisible disabilities.
The KultureBALL 2022 is a celebration of inclusion. KultureCity says its goal is to be more inclusive to those struggling with PTSD, autism, dementia and down syndrome. Everyone at tonight’s event is supporting KultureCity by raising funds for programs that will help those in need.
NBA hall of famer, Dominique Wilkins says sensory needs often get overlooked. As the father of a sensory needs daughter, he says it’s important to continue educating others on the subject.
He says the KultureBALL 2022 is a way to showcase the work being done to help those with sensory needs and to further educate others on how they can lend a hand.
“This is a movement that has to be talked about and has to be made and we have to have people, hopefully have people to join our fight and really making people understand how important this is that their lives matter too,” said Wilkins.
Athlete and award recipient, Zion Clark, has been recognized for his ability to persevere and achieve greatness through extreme adversity. Clark wants to prove to the world that greatness can be achieved no matter who you are or where you come from.
“It’s like, just being here and me being here is a statement of truth to show that it doesn’t matter if you’re disabled or if you’re not disabled. You can still be an elite,” said Clark.
AEW wrestler, Ricky Starks, partnered with KultureCity to create sensory rooms for guests to utilize while attending live wrestling events.
Starks says the progress he has made with the nonprofit to positively impact those in need is held near and dear to his heart.
“It’s just because of the impact that I can see on people that I can hear in their voice when they tell me their stories about when they come to the shows, the wrestling shows and they say ‘Thank you so much for having something that I can go into and still watch wrestling and love it,” said Starks.
Starks along with other partners of KultureCity say they hope to see their mission grow and impact others for many years to come. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/celebrities-and-philanthropists-gather-in-birmingham-to-celebrate-inclusion-at-the-kultureball-2022/ | 2022-08-28T04:56:02 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/celebrities-and-philanthropists-gather-in-birmingham-to-celebrate-inclusion-at-the-kultureball-2022/ |
March 4, 1931—Aug. 24, 2022
BURLEY — Dixie (Gardner) Dixon was born March 4, 1931, in Provo, Utah, to Bert and Edna Gardner. She passed away in Burley, Idaho, at the age of 91, on August 24, 2022.
Dixie graduated from Burley High School in 1949 and attended Ricks College on a journalism scholarship. While there, she met Ken Dixon, and they were married on September 12, 1950, in the Idaho Falls Temple. They raised their family in Gooding, Richfield, and Hunt, Idaho and later lived in Jerome and Twin Falls.
A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dixie served faithfully in the church and blessed many people with her goodness. She and her husband Ken served missions in Manila, Philippines, and Cyprus, Greece.
Dixie was an accomplished seamstress, quilter, oil painter and floral designer. Her pride and joy were her seven children, 32 grandchildren, and 66 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ken; her parents; brother, Mac Gardner; sister, Carol Judd; daughter, DeAnn Romer; grandson, Luke Dixon; granddaughter, Sarah Dixon; and great-grandson, TyErin Maxwell. Dixie is survived by her brothers: Kent (Lauralee) Gardner and Bryce (Eileen) Gardner; children: Dusty (Bill) Phillips, Mark (Claudia) Dixon, Del Romer, Janeen (Jeffrey) Redd, Chad (Becky) Dixon, Bret (Ginger) Dixon, and Jill (Mark) Wareham.
A viewing will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2022 at Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 South Lincoln, Jerome. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 2, 2022, with a viewing to begin one hour prior, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jerome Stake Center, 26 North Tiger Drive, Jerome, Idaho. Graveside will conclude at Jerome Cemetery.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on Dixie’s memorial webpage at www.farnsworthmortuary.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/dixie-gardner-dixon/article_907b1435-df70-5d7b-b191-4e176921345d.html | 2022-08-28T05:09:04 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/dixie-gardner-dixon/article_907b1435-df70-5d7b-b191-4e176921345d.html |
Feb. 28, 1963—July 24, 2022
TWIN FALLS — The world lost a brilliant, handsome, funny man on July 24, 2022.
Ross Crane was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on February 28, 1963.
He is survived by his wife, Teri; brother, Bill; nephews: Clint and Johnathan; and his niece, Katelyn.
Ross lived a full life with many wonderful friends and family by his side. He was a brilliant businessman, and an adventurous and very much beloved partner for Teri.
Everyone who knew him well would certainly say... “once a friend of Ross’, always a friend”. He was generous and was happy to include us all in his ride of life! He will be forever missed and loved.
As Ross was not a fan of funeral services, we had a wonderful celebration of his life on August 20, 2022.
Thanks to all who attended to celebrate in his honor and for those who could not make the trip but had us in their thoughts.
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Westbound lanes closed on Interstate 10 in Tucson after crash
Haleigh Kochanski
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The westbound lanes of Interstate 10 in Tucson are closed due to a crash Saturday night approaching 22nd Street, near the Interstate 19 interchange, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The Interstate 10 westbound transition ramp from the Interstate 19 northbound lanes is also closed due to the crash.
Travelers are advised to expect delays and to seek an alternate route. There is no estimated time as to when the westbound lanes will reopen.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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Firefighters respond to near-drowning of 2-year-old in Phoenix
Phoenix firefighters rushed to the area of 19th and Dunlap avenues on Saturday evening in response to the near-drowning of a 2-year-old girl, authorities said.
Capt. Scott Douglas, a spokesperson for the Phoenix Fire Department, said firefighters arrived at the scene of the unresponsive child, who was receiving CPR from her family.
They immediately began advanced life support measures and took the child into an ambulance, where she was transported to a local pediatric hospital in extremely critical condition, Douglas said.
Douglas said the child had been transferred to the emergency room's physicians and staff. He noted that it is currently unknown how long the child was in the water.
This is a developing story; return to azcentral for updates. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/08/27/2-year-old-critical-condition-after-near-drowning-phoenix/7923711001/ | 2022-08-28T05:15:15 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/08/27/2-year-old-critical-condition-after-near-drowning-phoenix/7923711001/ |
1 man dead, another man injured after car crash in Phoenix
Haleigh Kochanski
Arizona Republic
One man is dead and another man has been taken to a local hospital in critical condition after a car crash in the area of Central Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix on Saturday night.
Phoenix firefighters responded to the scene after reports of a vehicle rollover. When they arrived, fire crews found one sedan rolled over on its side with a motorcycle involved in the collision.
The Phoenix Police Department said the intersection will be closed for an investigation.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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Gun confiscated from 4th grade student at Queen Creek charter school
A gun was confiscated on Thursday from a fourth grade student attending Legacy Traditional School in Queen Creek, police said.
Sonu Wasu, a spokesperson for the Queen Creek Police Department, said another student at the school reported to his parents after he returned home from school on Wednesday that they had seen a live round of ammunition with the child. The parents contacted the school, but school officials were unable to get hold of the child's parents, Wasu said.
According to Wasu, school staff approached the student the next morning and discovered the gun in the child's backpack, which was quickly confiscated and handed over to police, who arrived shortly after being contacted at 8:22 a.m.
School officials noted that the child never pulled out the gun. The Queen Creek Police Department also said that although the gun had a magazine with bullets in it, the gun was not chambered and would have been unable to fire.
Police determined the gun belonged to one of the child's parents, though some details remain unclear and there is an ongoing investigation. Wasu said she anticipates the Police Department will recommend charges to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office sometime in the following week, which could include multiple weapons violations.
Legacy Traditional School officials released a statement on Saturday announcing that its principal, Megan Alvarado, had been placed on leave as a result of the incident:
“The wellbeing of Legacy students, teachers and staff members is our highest priority, and that includes supporting a safe, inclusive and welcoming learning environment. We are investigating the circumstances around Thursday’s discovery of an armed student on campus, and this inquiry includes making certain the administration at all times followed Legacy security protocols. Principal Alvarado has been placed on administrative leave pending completion of this review. We look forward to continued conversations with our students, parents, teachers and staff members to ensure our school lives up to Legacy’s high standards.”
Randy Brice, Queen Creek police chief, commended the actions of the student who reported the firearm and encouraged parents to have conversations with their children that could inspire more to do the same.
"We would also like to commend the student who saw something suspicious and reported it to the proper adults in this case," Brice said. "Every parent should have that conversation with their children — if you see something, say something. That's what a student did in this case and that is what led to a quick and peaceful resolution to this tense situation." | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/pinal/2022/08/27/gun-confiscated-4th-grade-student-queen-creek-charter-school/7921427001/ | 2022-08-28T05:15:27 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/pinal/2022/08/27/gun-confiscated-4th-grade-student-queen-creek-charter-school/7921427001/ |
ATLANTA — Atlanta Police are investigating after the department said a child was shot Saturday night.
Police said the child was shot along Jackson Street in northeast Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. The scene isn't far from the Jackson Street bridge, just off John Lewis Freedom Parkway.
11Alive's crew at the scene saw several police vehicles by Camden Vantage apartments with a crowd outside of the complex. An ambulance was at the scene.
Authorities said it is early in the investigation and did not share any details about the condition of the child or who fired the shot.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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Tallahassee, Florida, retiree Beverly Williams has been visiting the Summit City for 50 years and says it’s getting better with age.
“My husband is from Fort Wayne, and we’re here for a family event. We’re at The Bradley hotel, but this is my first time staying downtown,” said Williams, walking along The Landing during the Taste of the Arts Festival on Saturday.
“There’s so much happening down here. They’ve done a lot to really bring it up to the 21st century.”
Thousands of people enjoyed sunny skies Saturday during the free festival, jockeying between The Landing, the Arts United campus, Freimann Square and Promenade Park. The celebration annually highlights the Fort Wayne arts community with music, dancing, food and numerous activities, including more than 60 live performances this year.
The Lee family girls, however, had to see Elsa from Disney’s “Frozen” first.
“That’s what they wanted,” said mom, Allison, as she and her husband, Jonathan, stood in a line outside the Promenade Park entrance with their daughters, ages 5, 3 and 1.
“We were looking forward to eating some food and listening to some bands.”
By the way, when the Lee girls finally met Elsa, they were a little shy, with one them hiding behind Mommy as she tried to coax them to say hello.
Two-year-old Sophia Wright wasn’t so sheepish.
The toddler got hugs from costumed Disney characters and bounced around barefoot, decked out in a princess dress.
“I want to go,” Sophia told her mother as she left a Promenade Park splash area and headed to play a giant-sized Connect Four game.
“This is our first time (at Promenade), and it’s really nice,” said Kayla Wright, 27, of Albion. “It’s nice there are festivals like this that are free.”
Given inflation, Arts United officials hoped the event would be a hit with families, said Rachelle Reinking, director of communications for the organization. Inflation eased a bit last month, but the Fed is expected to impose more interest rate hikes in coming months as it tries to tame the cost of living.
“Pre-pandemic, I’d say we had 30,000 people or so, but it’s around 23,000 now,” Reinking said. “We were only at the Arts United campus, but since the pandemic we expanded our footprint for social distancing. It seems to be working out.”
Jodie Thomas thinks so.
She and her 12-year-old son, Alan, shopped at the YLNI Farmers Market.
“Just enjoying the day,” Jodie Thomas said. “He got some chocolate-covered Oreos, and now I’m off to Utopian Coffee at The Landing. Hey, gotta shop local, right?” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/festival-goers-eat-up-taste-of-the-arts/article_46545972-2625-11ed-8c7b-578636ab12a2.html | 2022-08-28T05:41:57 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/festival-goers-eat-up-taste-of-the-arts/article_46545972-2625-11ed-8c7b-578636ab12a2.html |
Residents might not have noticed, but New Haven has gotten substantially bigger.
In the last 30 months, Allen County’s second-largest city has expanded from 7,081 acres to 7,800, Mayor Steve McMichael told city council this month.
That increase likely will go hand-in-hand with an eventual population increase of 1,500 new residents, said Craig Dellinger, District 3 city councilman. That would be about a 10% increase in the city’s population, he said.
The city had just under 16,000 residents in 2020, according to the federal census.
The growth comes because of an increase in voluntary annexations of property into the city limits. Voluntary annexations happen when landowners or a developer asks to join the city. The city does not force itself on the outlying areas.
Voluntary annexations can happen if, for example, a majority of property owners in a residential development ask for one. But the recent annexations have occurred before development – largely because it is simpler. Undeveloped property usually has a single owner or just a few owners. The owners, typically the developer, are the only ones who need to agree and make the request.
At the last two City Council meetings, six annexations, some of them small and others for potential commercial purposes, have been requested or approved, and more are expected, Dellinger said.
The annexations have not been creating controversy, said Pone Vongphachanh, New Haven’s community and economic development director. “They’re all super-voluntary,” she said.
But they’re part of a plan, Dellinger said.
“It’s tough to keep up with everything, but it’s exactly what we’ve been working for,” he said.
New Haven officials have been aggressively seeking to attract new businesses and jobs, and the mayor and other city officials have been letting businesses and developers know that voluntary annexations are encouraged.
Jamie Lancia, vice president of Lancia Homes in Fort Wayne, said voluntary annexations are attractive to developers. Being part of the city allows them to market properties with city water, sewers, emergency medical services, fire, police, street maintenance and snowplowing.
Developers also can add density to projects that wouldn’t be possible if, for example, individual wells and sewage treatment were required.
In January, Granite Ridge Builders, Fort Wayne, sought a voluntary annexation of 40 vacant acres along the south side of the Park Ridge subdivision in Warsaw.
“I don’t know if it’s a trend,” Lancia said of preconstruction voluntary annexations. But Granite Ridge is not the only builder to seek them.
Lancia Homes sought and received voluntary annexation for a New Haven development last year, but the New Haven Plan Commission did not approve the kind of development being sought. The annexed area is now being developed by another home builder.
Annexations are one way for municipalities to grow as vacant land dwindles. In New Haven, development after a voluntary annexation means the project will be heard by the city’s plan commission and not the Allen County Plan Commission because the city has no agreement to use the county’s services and rules can be different.
New Haven ultimately benefits from more taxpayers and higher assessments on developed lots than on vacant land. In the case of annexations for commercial purposes, new jobs and services are typically involved.
New Haven annexations and proposals range in size from single-family rental homes from Next Chapter Neighborhoods, which builds homes with an old-time feel with front porches and shallow front yards, to a proposal from Adams Memorial Hospital for a long-term-care facility.
Grace Gathering, a church, also recently asked for property to be annexed into New Haven for possible future development. And another annexation is placing park land that was in Adams Township within city limits, said Mike Clendenen, superintendent of parks.
The change makes little difference because the New Haven-Adams Township Parks and Recreation Department oversees both the city and the township parks, he said.
Some of the recently annexed land has come from Adams Township, but Denita Washington, township trustee, was not available for comment last week.
Typically, annexations require a financial analysis of the impact on the municipality being joined. But some recent annexations have not submitted one because the properties are agricultural and expected to remain that way until they are developed, Vongphachanh said.
One of the more unusual annexations came when council voted to voluntarily annex property that held a New Haven utility building for years. Council was told the property wasn’t in the city.
“We’re making it right,” Dellinger said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-haven-deals-with-a-spurt-of-voluntary-annexations/article_90b6b5b4-255d-11ed-be11-2fdaeb9e8546.html | 2022-08-28T05:42:03 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-haven-deals-with-a-spurt-of-voluntary-annexations/article_90b6b5b4-255d-11ed-be11-2fdaeb9e8546.html |
The chart lists crimes through Aug. 22 investigated by the Fort Wayne Police Department including burglaries, robberies and thefts from vehicles. Because of the department’s reporting policies, an attempted robbery or burglary is classified as an actual robbery or burglary, respectively. The listed addresses are those where crimes were reported and are not necessarily where the crimes occurred.
Sector 3B
8/12/22 8 a.m. Theft from vehicle 500 W. Wayne St.
Sector 4B
8/13/22 3:46 p.m. Theft from vehicle 100 E. Washington Blvd.
8/15/22 8:19 a.m. Theft from vehicle 500 E. Three Rivers
8/19/22 12:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1200 S. Barr St.
8/22/22 9:50 a.m. Theft from vehicle 400 W. Berry St.
8/22/22 8 Noon Theft from vehicle 100 E. Wayne St.
Sector 11
8/12/22 7:08 p.m. Burglary 600 Florence Ave.
8/18/22 8 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3300 Garland Ave.
Sector 12
8/10/22 8:50 p.m. Robbery 1300 Spring St.
8/10/22 10:30 p.m. Robbery 1800 High St.
8/22/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 1600 High St.
Sector 13
8/16/22 2:30 a.m. Theft from vehicle 2500 Emerson Ave.
8/16/22 8:30 a.m. Theft from vehicle 2500 Emerson Ave.
8/18/22 5 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3300 Congressional Parkway
Sector 14
8/12/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 2200 Bellevue Drive
Sector 16
8/9/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 6000 Blackstone Drive
Sector 17
8/13/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 9200 Lima Road
8/15/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 1400 W. Dupont Road
8/15/22 8:47 p.m. Robbery 9100 Lima Road
Sector 18
8/15/22 9:31 p.m Robbery 900 Woodland Plaza Run
Sector 21
8/10/22 4:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2500 Curdes Ave.
8/10/22 8 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2000 Dodge Ave.
8/10/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2000 Kentucky Ave.
8/11/22 4:39 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2300 Lynn Ave.
8/11/22 6 p.m. Burglary 1700 Hobson Road
8/16/22 6:04 p.m. Robbery 1400 St. Joseph Blvd.
Sector 22
8/15/22 1:27 a.m. Robbery 1600 Reed Road
8/17/22 1:34 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3400 Glencairn Drive
8/20/22 6 p.m. Theft from vehicle 1500 Bayview Drive
Sector 23
8/11/22 11:54 a.m. Theft from vehicle 7200 Mowhawa Drive
Sector 24
8/9/22 6 a.m. Burglary 4700 Stellhorn Road
8/12/22 10:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 5600 N. Brookwood Drive
8/16/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 5500 Old Dover Blvd.
8/17/22 10:13 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2400 Abbey Drive
8/19/22 9:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 5600 Old Dover Blvd.
Sector 25
8/20/22 9 a.m. Theft from vehicle 6500 Pine Meadows Lane
8/20/22 11:22 a.m. Theft from vehicle 7600 Hope Drive
Sector 26
8/13/22 9:30 a.m. Theft from vehicle 6500 St. Joe Road
8/14/22 6 a.m. Theft from vehicle 6200 St. Joe Road
Sector 28
8/16/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 9900 Acorn Lane
Sector 32
8/9/22 2 a.m. Theft from vehicle 900 Kinnaird Ave.
8/12/22 6:30 p.m. Burglary 300 Brandriff St.
8/12/22 8:13 p.m. Burglary 600 Walnut St.
8/15/22 Midnight Burglary 600 Walnut St.
8/19/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 800 Walnut St.
8/19/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 3300 Broadway
Sector 33
8/13/22 4:15 a.m. Burglary 3100 Brooklyn Ave.
8/17/22 6:40 a.m. Theft from vehicle 1800 Bluffton Road
8/19/22 4:30 a.m. Burglary 3500 Miami Lane
Sector 34
8/17/22 10:05 p.m. Burglary 3900 Taylor St.
Sector 35
8/9/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 900 Nuttman Ave.
8/15/22 3:58 p.m. Theft from vehicle 6300 S. Harrison St.
8/16/22 6:45 a.m. Burglary 6300 S. Harrison St.
8/16/22 8 p.m. Burglary 6300 S. Harrison St.
8/16/22 11 p.m. Theft from vehicle 600 Candlelite Court
Sector 42
8/9/22 7 a.m. Burglary 1000 Buchanan St.
Sector 43
8/15/22 2 p.m. Burglary 2700 Manford St.
8/16/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 2800 Central Drive
8/16/22 8 a.m. Burglary 1800 E. Pontiac St.
8/16/22 9:17 a.m. Burglary 3100 New Haven Ave.
8/16/22 11 a.m. Burglary 3200 S. Anthony Blvd.
8/17/22 7:49 p.m. Burglary 2600 Drexel Ave.
8/22/22 9 p.m. Burglary 2300 McKee St.
Sector 44
8/9/22 10 p.m. Burglary 600 Oxford St.
8/13/22 1:09 p.m. Theft from vehicle 2900 Weisser Park Ave.
8/16/22 8:30 p.m. Theft from vehicle 100 E. Leith St.
8/19/22 1 p.m. Burglary 2800 S. Barr St.
8/20/22 2 p.m. Burglary 4100 S. Clinton St.
8/22/22 3:59 a.m. Burglary 600 Oxford St.
Sector 45
8/10/22 6 p.m. Burglary 200 Lexington Court
8/11/22 Midnight Burglary 4400 Bowser Ave.
8/11/22 9:41 p.m. Theft from vehicle 4500 Reed St.
8/20/22 8 p.m. Burglary 5100 Holton Ave.
Sector 46
8/12/22 5:30 p.m. Burglary 2100 E. Rudisill Blvd.
8/13/22 10 p.m. Theft from vehicle 3800 E. Rudisill Blvd.
Sector 61
8/15/22 5 p.m. Burglary 7800 Winston Lane
Sector 62
8/11/22 Midnight Theft from vehicle 1600 Silver Linden Court | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/crime-reports/crime-reports/article_761bab5e-240b-11ed-97ef-ff8efe50f3ac.html | 2022-08-28T05:42:09 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/crime-reports/crime-reports/article_761bab5e-240b-11ed-97ef-ff8efe50f3ac.html |
Christina Wonderly’s heartache is still fresh.
She watched Saturday’s Overdose Awareness Day rally downtown through tears while being comforted by boyfriend Christian Foster.
Her son, Peyton Wonderly, died July 16 from fentanyl poisoning, 13 days before his 18th birthday.
“(I’m) just trying to do anything I can to honor his memory and pray that I don’t go to any more of these funerals,” Wonderly said.
She wanted the rally to get out the information she wished she’d known, and she feels most parents are as uneducated abut fentanyl as she was.
Parents should know how easy it is to get it, how to test and check their children for use, she said, “and not to worry about being hated by your child.”
Her story and tears were similar to many on the Allen County Courthouse lawn. Some recently lost a loved one, others lost a loved one years ago and others were recovering from their own addictions.
Many of the overdose stories included fentanyl, and survivors wanted to make sure others won’t be affected by it.
Fort Wayne Police Detective Sgt. Mark Gerardot told the crowd that fentanyl is the worst epidemic he’s seen in 25 years with the department. It affects young, old, rich, poor and all ethnicities, he said, “and it is in all parts of our community.”
Fort Wayne Fire Capt. Chad Bauer spoke to the crowd about the loss of his son, Logan Bauer, the morning they were scheduled to usher at church together. Logan had been an athlete and active in the church
Jamie Bickel said her son, Josey James Bickel, became addicted to OxyContin after tearing his ACL in high school football. He had five surgeries in three years and was prescribed bottles of 1,000 pills after each, and after three times in rehab, he died from a fentanyl overdose April 3, just before his birthday.
“I just want to get it out that it could happen to anyone,” she said.
Gerardot said Allen County saw 173 overdose deaths in 2021 and 1,224 nonfatal overdoses, an average of three to four daily. Of those who don’t survive, “ours are almost all fentanyl deaths,” he said.
There’s no quality control on fentanyl, usually made to look like Percocet pills, he said. Opiate abusers know exactly how much of a drug they need for a high, but they don’t know what they’re taking when pills aren’t consistent in dosage.
Crystal meth is the second worst drug in Allen County and seems to always be around with fentanyl, Gerardot told the crowd. THC cartridges, which provide users with the psychoactive substance from marijuana, are the third most dangerous drug, he said.
The cartridges give 80% or more THC than marijuana, and THC psychosis is a new problem, he said. It causes something similar to dementia in people as young as 30.
“It’s different from the marijuana that was going around when I was in high school,” Gerardot added.
National Overdose Awareness Day is Aug. 31. Andrea Schroeder started Allen County’s Overdose Awareness rally in 2017 with The Lutheran Foundation. Schroeder’s daughter Miriah Herport died from a heroin overdose in October 2016 after a week on life support. It’s possible the heroin was laced with fentanyl, Schroeder said.
Now the rally is co-sponsored by the organizations Miriah’s Journey, The Mom of an Addict, Fort Wayne Recovery, Allendale Treatment, Bare Knuckle Recovery, Avenues Recovery and JAVA, which stands for Justice, Accountability & Victims Advocacy, and the band Two Eight Ministries, which played again this year.
“I know a lot of us are grieving, are in pain,” Schroeder said to the crowd. But she reminded them the rally was also a celebration of the lives lost.
Theresa Juillerat, a co-founder of JAVA, lost her son, 23-year-old Christopher Juillerat, to fentanyl on May 12, 2020. She estimated Saturday’s crowd reached 150 – more than previous local rallies dealing with overdoses and fentanyl.
Juillerat considered that a positive sign.
That meant, she said, more local people are learning about the problem. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/rally-recognizes-allen-countys-losses-to-overdoses-and-threats-from-drugs/article_001d01cc-264b-11ed-b73a-43704036dac3.html | 2022-08-28T05:42:15 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/rally-recognizes-allen-countys-losses-to-overdoses-and-threats-from-drugs/article_001d01cc-264b-11ed-b73a-43704036dac3.html |
Indiana has the least restrictive campaign finance laws in the country, a new study shows.
The Coalition for Integrity, a nonprofit organization that focuses on corruption and transparency, released its first-ever State Campaign Finance Index this summer. The index examines laws from all 50 states and the District of Columbia – including regulations on campaign coordination and limits on expenditures.
On a scale of zero to 100, the top-ranking state – Washington – scored an 83.99. Indiana was dead last at 38.33 – almost seven points behind 50th-ranked South Dakota.
Neighboring states Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois all finished in the middle of the pack, with respective rankings of 20, 28, 29 and 37.
Shruti Shah, president and CEO of the Coalition for Integrity, said she was surprised Indiana scored so poorly. Shah said the organization first started working on state-level issues in 2018, the same year she started as president and CEO.
The coalition released the study results June 21. Previous indices focused on state ethics, including the SWAMP Index: States with Anti-Corruption Measures for Public officials.
Much of the discussion on campaign finance is focused on federal law, Shah said, but the organization wanted to shine a light on how that money is regulated at the state level.
“With the most recent Supreme Court decisions, states have more power,” she said. “They can affect our lives more intimately now than ever before. State elected officials play a vital role in creating public policy.”
Multiple elected Hoosiers either declined or did not respond to requests for comment on the study. One who did respond, state Rep. Tim Wesco, said he had concerns about the research.
“I look forward to reviewing the complete findings of the report, but it’s clear they overlooked several oversight measures in our election laws,” the Osceola Republican said in a statement. “I’ve asked my staff to point this out to them and have them reconsider our score in light of their error.”
Wesco added that he believes the state’s campaign finance laws are “clear and transparent.”
“The campaign finance database is an accurate representation of the reports filed with the Indiana Election Division,” Wesco said in a statement. “Campaign finance data is collected by the Indiana Secretary of State, and detailed records are posted online. By law, campaign committees must disclose all contribution, expense, in-kind and loan transactions.”
Shah responded to Wesco’s comments in a statement Thursday.
“I have not received emails from Rep. Wesco or his staff,” Shah said in a statement. “As you know, as part of our methodology, we sent all state reports to the State Election Offices for their review and comment before finalizing the report and also before release. We incorporated the comments we received. In total, we received comments from 29 states.”
She added that the Coalition for Integrity did its “best to incorporate all relevant comments” before finishing the index, and that the organization reached out to the Indiana Election Division before releasing the study.
One notable area of Indiana law Shah views as insufficient is the state’s lack of a cap on individual contributions. The state does, however, have caps on contributions from corporations and unions directly to candidates.
Conservative lawyer Jim Bopp Jr. has an opposing view on the issue. The Terre Haute attorney sees that lack of individual contribution regulation as one of the best parts of Indiana’s campaign finance laws.
“We have reporting by candidates and by political parties, … but we have no contribution limits, so any individual can give an unlimited amount to any particular candidate,” Bopp said. “That is reported, then the voters can decide.”
He criticized federal contribution limits, which he argued drove funding to noncandidate expenditure campaigns such as super PACs – or political action committees.
“The result is that rich people are funding super PACs and getting around disclosure, because the candidate doesn’t report the super PAC spending as part of their campaign – because it isn’t,” Bopp said. “They’re over here on the side doing all sorts of ads.”
Bopp has represented numerous high-profile Republican officials and conservative causes, including serving as legal counsel for the anti-abortion National Right to Life Committee.
He has brought more than 100 lawsuits challenging federal and state campaign finance laws, some of which have been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The most notable of those was Bopp’s victory in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
In the landmark 2010 case, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of conservative nonprofit Citizens United – represented by Bopp. The narrow 5-4 ruling overturned restrictions on independent expenditure campaigns on free speech grounds.
Bopp said the First Amendment offers “critical protections in order to permit citizens, the average citizen, to be involved in our democratic government.”
A lawsuit filed by Bopp on behalf of the Indiana Right to Life Victory Fund – the group’s PAC – is challenging Indiana’s limits on contributions to independent expenditure campaigns.
A news release from Bopp’s law firm after the lawsuit was filed last fall argues currency sections of the code “act as a complete prohibition against contributions from corporations to PACs for independent expenditures.”
Bopp said he’d like to see the state “explicitly recognize” the legality of super PACs in state elections.
Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington, has served in Indiana’s House since 2002. He serves on the Elections and Apportionment Committee, a body he chaired when his party held the House.
Fifteen years ago Pierce attempted to address the state’s campaign finance laws, he said, but there “wasn’t much interest” from the GOP-controlled Senate. He said the current laws were put in place “probably during the time of Watergate” and haven’t been looked at much since.
“During our interim study committee,” Pierce said, “I actually had hearings on the campaign finance system and brought in people from Arizona and Maine who were on the cutting edge of trying to figure out a way to get the campaign finance system away from the big donors and get it more into small donors.”
Then came Citizens United, which opened the door to more spending from independent expenditure campaigns. Pierce said subsequent court decisions have “complicated efforts” to address money in politics.
He argued Indiana’s Republicans aren’t looking to change the system because they’re the party in power.
“I think because the system is serving them well – when you’re in the majority, more donors will contribute to you because you control the fate of their bills,” Pierce said. “There’s a clear return on your investment when you give to the majority party.”
Pierce said he believes the path to campaign finance reform involves educating voters on the issue, and for voters to make it a “top tier” issue come election day. But that can be difficult when there are other hot-button issues at the top of voters’ minds.
“The public has to become aware of the issue, and they have to make it a priority, so the party in control begins to see that if they don’t do something, there’s going to be a backlash in the next election,” Pierce said. “You have to show that the issue has political power.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/study-indiana-ranks-last-in-campaign-finance-laws/article_9bc75a20-24c8-11ed-a784-3306e660682f.html | 2022-08-28T05:42:21 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/study-indiana-ranks-last-in-campaign-finance-laws/article_9bc75a20-24c8-11ed-a784-3306e660682f.html |
PHOENIX — One person is dead after a rollover crash in north Phoenix Saturday evening, the Phoenix Police Department said.
When crews arrived on the scene at the intersection of Central Avenue and Bell Road they found a truck and a motorcycle involved in the crash.
One man did not survive his injuries. Another man was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Phoenix police will be on the scene for the next few hours. The intersection is closed until further notice.
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Deaths on Arizona roads
Data from the Arizona Department of Transportation shows that roadway fatalities have been gradually rising in Arizona over the last decade:
2011: 825 deaths
2012: 821 deaths
2013: 844 deaths
2014: 774 deaths
2015: 895 deaths
2016: 952 deaths
2017: 1,000 deaths
2018: 1,010 deaths
2019: 982 deaths
2020: 1,057 deaths
ADOT offers driving tips on its website to help keep people safe on the road.
"There’s always room for improvement when it comes to road safety," the department said on its website.
ADOT's suggestions include:
Don’t speed or drive aggressively
Never drive while under the influence of substances
Avoid distractions while driving
Wear your seatbelt and make sure all passengers are doing the same
When an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, move over
Stay extra aware in work zones
Be prepared for weather conditions that make driving dangerous
"Real-time highway conditions are available on ADOT’s Arizona Traveler Information site at az511.gov, by calling 511, downloading the AZ 511 app and through ADOT’s Twitter feed, @ArizonaDOT," the department said. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/1-dead-another-injured-rollover-crash-involving-motorcycle-north-phoenix/75-93c286b0-41f7-443a-a9a0-e3098bcfc373 | 2022-08-28T05:59:44 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/1-dead-another-injured-rollover-crash-involving-motorcycle-north-phoenix/75-93c286b0-41f7-443a-a9a0-e3098bcfc373 |
PHOENIX — Tense moments between two drivers were caught on camera near a busy Phoenix intersection earlier this month.
The incident happened on August 16 near 40th Street and Broadway Road. A couple involved still can't believe what happened.
"Oh my God, did you see that?" Vanessa Lemus yelled."The police are right there!"
The video lasts about a minute. However, for Lemus and Justin Pringle, the memories of that day will last a lifetime.
"I couldn't believe that was actually happening," Pringle said.
"At that point, he's still yelling at my husband all these racial slurs, talking all this nonsense," Lemus said.
While waiting for a red light at the intersection a truck approached and the driver began to act aggressively, the couple recalled.
"This truck behind us, he came at us like he was going to hit us and slams on his horn and doesn't stop," Lemus said.
"I wave my hand like we can't go on anywhere," Pringle said. "Then he hits his gas like he's going to rear-end us and comes within inches."
"So my husband he stands up out of the car, to tell him we can't go anywhere," recalled Lemus. "He's yelling out of his window and he starts yelling at my husband, 'Get back in your car [expletive], or pull over and do something about it.'"
This is where the couple began recording the video.
"I was shaking because I was afraid this person was going to do something," Lemus said.
In it, you see the truck driver almost hit Pringle, then turn off the road.
"When he passed the first time, he tried to hit me, he could've kept going if he was really scared out the parking lot," said Pringle. "But he reversed and continued to try to run me and my wife over."
The Phoenix Police Department confirmed with 12News that officers responded to a similar call in the area that day, however, specifics of what happened were unavailable.
"I've never encountered anything like this through everything I've been through," said Pringle.
The situation is scary and shows a growing problem on the roadways.
AAA estimates about eight out of ten drivers show aggressive behavior when driving. When someone experiences it, it's best to not engage, pull over or let them go around you and to try to ignore it. If someone follows you, you should drive to the nearest police station.
Pringle though said, just be kind.
"Respect," he said. "If you can't find it to love another person, respect that person like you would your family."
As Lemus and Pringle continue to move forward after what happened, they're focusing on what's most important right now, each other.
12News also reached out to the company the driver was with but so far we have not received a response.
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Sept. 13, 1926 - Aug. 24, 2022
It is with great sadness that the son and family members of Bessie Economou Musteikis Krigel, age 95, announce her death on August 24, 2022 after a short illness. Bessie was buried in St. Casimir's Cemetery, Chicago IL, with her son, Douglas Mustiekis, and close family and friends in attendance.
Bessie was born on September 13, 1926, the eldest child of Paul and Emily Economou of Hammond, IN. She grew up in Hammond with five sister and four brothers. She graduated from George Rogers Clark High School in 1945 and Chicago State Teachers College in 1959.
Bessie lived and worked all her adult life in Chicago. She was a dedicated English high school teacher for 32 years. She first taught at Tinley Park High School, Tinley Park, II., for two years, and then moved to the Chicago public school district where she first taught at Hyde Park High School until 1967, and later at Calumet and Dunbar Vocational High Schools until her retirement in 1991.
With the assistance of her son, Douglas, Bessie owned and developed several rental properties in and around the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, until her retirement. She lived for the last 45 years of her life in the East Marquette Park neighborhood. Bessie was creative and intelligent and with a strong attraction to matters of the soul and mind. She expressed her spiritual talents by giving psychic readings on the radio. She was co-host with well-known area psychic medium Warren Freiberg from 1966 through 1969 on station WWCA, Gary IN and in Evanston, IL in the early 1970's. Bessie was an avid reader and book collector. She loved to explore new ideas and to share them. Her stories and anecdotes amused and entertained her family and many friends. She had a lifelong interest in space travel and extra-terrestrial matters. In addition to reading science fiction, she followed all the developments of the UFO cultural phenomena throughout her life. Bessie was surrounded by her beloved cats and many dogs all of her life.
Bessie had two sons: Douglas Musteikis of Chicago, IL, and Lawrence Musteikis, who is deceased. Her husbands, Bronislaw "Bill" Musteikis and Meyer Krigel also predeceased her. She leaves brothers: Dr. Theodore Economou, Munster, IN and Dr. Richard Economou, Greenwood IN, formerly of Munster IN; and two sisters: Pauline Kovich, Munster IN and Illse (Heacox) Goldfarb, Penninton, NJ; as well as 29 nieces and nephews who knew and delighted in her company. A private memorial gathering of remembrance will be held by her family at a later date. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bessie-economou-musteikis-krigel/article_828a184e-d2ea-5b3a-bd89-a8b9f03240ae.html | 2022-08-28T06:02:32 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bessie-economou-musteikis-krigel/article_828a184e-d2ea-5b3a-bd89-a8b9f03240ae.html |
MUNSTER, IN - Connie A. Gonzales, age 80 of Munster, IN passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022. She leaves behind her loving sister, Grace (nee Barker) Bickert and Tom Bickert; mother to son-in-law, William (late Corie) Szesny and step-son, Joel (Peg) Gonzales; grandmother to William, Karl, Vince, Christopher, Maggie, Elizabeth, Kathleen and Erin; and great-grandmother to 12. Connie was preceded on death by her husband, Sesinando A. Gonzales; daughters, Krista Esposito and Corie Szesny; and parents, Robert and Olive (nee Staley) Barker.
As per Connie's request all service were private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Connie's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Pl. Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
Connie was a R.N. for over 40 years and 30 plus at Community Hospital in Munster. She was a member of the Eastern Star. Connie was an avid golfer and gambler. www.kishfuneralhome.net | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/connie-a-gonzales/article_c92af0f9-fb66-568b-a8b4-4c04204cc6e5.html | 2022-08-28T06:02:38 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/connie-a-gonzales/article_c92af0f9-fb66-568b-a8b4-4c04204cc6e5.html |
MUNSTER, IN - Elaine M. Burbich (nee Tresnowski) age 83, of Munster, IN passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. Elaine is survived by her children: Julie Burbich, Tim (Lori) Burbich and Tracy Burbich; precious grandchildren: Matthew (Ashton) Burbich and Emily Burbich; dearest great-granddaughter; Linlee Dickey and sister: Sally (Robert) Szot. Preceded in death by her beloved husband: Nicholas Burbich.
Elaine retired from the School Town of Munster and was a devoted member of St. Nicholas Byzantine Church.
A Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2022 from 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM at SOLAN PRUZIN FUNERAL HOME, 14 Kennedy Ave., Schererville, IN 46375 with a Parastas at 6:00 PM. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, August 29, 2022 DIRECTLY at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, 8103 Columbia Ave., Munster, IN with Fr. Steven Koplinka officiating. Burial to follow at St. Nicholas Cemetery, Hammond, IN. www.solanpruzinfuneralhome.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/elaine-m-burbich-nee-tresnowski/article_cbd916ee-7380-5d2c-aa16-310e9a67e3db.html | 2022-08-28T06:02:44 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/elaine-m-burbich-nee-tresnowski/article_cbd916ee-7380-5d2c-aa16-310e9a67e3db.html |
Aug. 19, 2022 - Oct. 14, 1927
VALPARAISO, IN - Erma Brown, age 94, passed away on August 19, 2022. Born on October 14, 1927 in Jasper County to the late Richard and Estella (nee Heil) Gulbransen.
She was a retired nurse and member of the Wheeler United Methodist Church.
Survived by children, Richard Haring and Estelle Griggs; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by husbands, Richard L. Haring and Neal L. Brown; son-in-law, Bill Griggs; three sisters.
Visitation with family will be on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 from 10:00 to 11:00 am at the DYKES FUNERAL HOME, 2305 N. Campbell St., Valparaiso IN. A memorial service will immediately follow at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Tara Keehn officiating. Interment of Cremains, Wheatfield Cemetery, Wheatfield IN.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wheeler United Methodist Church, 307 North St., Wheeler IN 46393.
Arrangements made by DYKES FUNERAL HOME, INC., Valparaiso IN, (219) 462-3125. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/erma-a-brown-nee-gulbransen/article_8a429553-1e9c-519c-bdc0-5fa6aebb06e8.html | 2022-08-28T06:02:50 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/erma-a-brown-nee-gulbransen/article_8a429553-1e9c-519c-bdc0-5fa6aebb06e8.html |
Oct. 19, 1952 - Aug. 18, 2022
IRON RIVER, MI - Fred L. Stover, age 69, of Iron River, Michigan, passed away August 18, 2022 after a short illness. He was born in Hammond, IN, the son of the late Fred D. and Lorraine (Muha) Stover.
Fred married Mary Casagranda in Bates Township, MI in 1980. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in August 2020. Mary preceded him in death in October 2020.
Fred is survived by his son, Fred Stover of Marquette, MI; daughter, Amber (fiance Kelly Taetsch) Stover of Iron River, MI; sisters, Laura (Pat) Wodzinski of Sturgeon Bay, WI and Dawn (Bruce) Alexander of Hammond, IN; faithful dog, Sophia and extended family and friends.
Fred graduated from Morton High School, Class of 1971. He later earned an associate degree in Forestry and was employed as surveyor from Maine to Kansas on pipelines. He was a member of the Sons of the American Legion Reino Squadron 21. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, cooking and watching the Kansas City Chiefs football.
A Celebration of Life will be held in Iron River, MI on September 17, 2022 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at The American Legion Post #21. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/fred-l-stover/article_bf23e647-7053-5eb8-897b-b5e99571180b.html | 2022-08-28T06:02:56 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/fred-l-stover/article_bf23e647-7053-5eb8-897b-b5e99571180b.html |
WHITING - Helen L. Stribiak (nee Frastak), 87, of Whiting, passed away peacefully on the early morning of Thursday, August 25, 2022 at St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago. She was the beloved wife for 53 years of the late Michael I. Stribiak who passed away January 17, 2015; loving mother of Michael R. (Christine) Stribiak and Debbie Stribiak; cherished grandmother of Maegan and Julianne Stribiak and Ashley Sudar; special nieces and nephews, Rosemary Payne, Sonny O'Drobinak, Jerry O'Drobinak and Barbara Kalina and many more dear nieces and nephews; her devoted caregiver, Dawn and nurse, Tracy. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Mary O'Drobinak and brother, Peter Frastak.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 9:30am at the Baran Funeral Home, 1235-119th St., Whiting; a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:00 at St. Adalbert Church, Whiting, with the Rev. Charles W. Niblick, officiating; interment, Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville; visitation at the funeral home on Monday from 4:00 to 8:00pm.
Helen Stribiak was born on November 2, 1934 in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada to Paul and Julia (Matis) Frastak. At the age of 16 she immigrated to the United States and settled in Whiting. She became a member of the former Immaculate Conception Church, Whiting, currently a member of St. Adalbert Church, Whiting and the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Assoc., BR. 452. She was a retiree of Indiana Bell Telephone (AT&T) with over 40 years of service and was a former employee of Boulevard Sales, Whiting with a service of 17 years. Helen loved her canine companions and enjoyed bingo, trips to the casino and was an avid bowler, participating in many leagues through the years. Devoted to her family, Helen will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Whiting Food Pantry or to the Whiting "Gimmer Shelter" (for pets) would be appreciated. (219) 659-4400. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/helen-l-stribiak-nee-frastak/article_d10536a3-7251-542b-bc5a-6332cf4a956f.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:02 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/helen-l-stribiak-nee-frastak/article_d10536a3-7251-542b-bc5a-6332cf4a956f.html |
MUNSTER, IN - Kathleen L. Reynolds, age 80, resident of Munster, Indiana, formally of Lansing, Illinois, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, August 24.
She is survived by her loving partner; George Swallow, two children: Kenneth (Sally) and Michael, three grandchildren: Cori, Louis and Mikey, and numerous loving nieces and nephews. Kathy was preceded in death by her parents; Kenneth and June Cramer, sister: (Diane), niece; (Chris), and by former husbands Louis W. Reynolds and Ben J. Lisek.
After losing her first husband, Louis, at a tragically young age, this strong and resilient woman shifted her life and family back to her native Midwest upbringing and diligently worked to become a successful businesswoman, while continuing to be a supportive role model to both of her sons. She remarried and was influential in raising two stepchildren after marrying Ben.
For the last 25 years, she found a special soulmate in George, with whom she shared an affection for travel, time with friends, laughter, workplace competition and delicious food. Their relationship was one of true companionship, love, and enjoyment of each other. George's devotion to Kathy in the difficult latter stages of her life was unwavering and a source of inspiration for all.
Kathy's loves and interests were vast, but a few always stood out. First and foremost was her family. The love she demonstrated for her children and grandchildren was unparalleled, as they were always held in a special and unique place in her heart. Other things she loved intensely were the Chicago Cubs, Frank Sinatra, holidays, dogs, traveling the world, and White Zinfandel (with just a couple of ice cubes).
To say she will be missed is an understatement; to see how many loved her, however, is simply the greatest tribute one can ever receive.
In honor of Kathy's spirit and love, a celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at SCHROEDER-LAUER FUNERAL HOME, 3227 Ridge Road, Lansing, Illinois. Visitation with the family will be from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM, with a 7:00 PM service open to all, which will include a sharing of stories to honor Kathy's wonderful life and legacy.
In lieu of flowers, and in honor of Kathy's treasured dog, Daisy, the family asks that any charitable donations be made to Humane Indiana in Munster, Indiana. www.schroederlauer.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/kathleen-l-reynolds/article_14bb6ee6-03db-5573-8b9c-be4ee6fd69fe.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:09 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/kathleen-l-reynolds/article_14bb6ee6-03db-5573-8b9c-be4ee6fd69fe.html |
CROWN POINT, IN - Lorraine A. Townes, age 66, of Crown Point, IN, passed away on August 25, 2022. She was formerly of Hammond, IN.
Lori was a 1974 graduate of Hammond Gavit High School, where she was a cheerleader and a key boost to the successful Gladiator spirit. It was there that she met her husband, James.
She passed away on August 25th exactly 48 years from the date of their marriage. Lori is survived by her husband: James and her son: Nicholas. She is preceded in death by her father and mother; Don and Patricia Mahns, her sister: Kim Mahns, brother: Richard Mahns, nephew: Craig Mahns, brother-in-law: Allen Mazie.
Lori's favorite activities were watching her son Nicholas play baseball and hockey. She was a devoted member of Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church in Merrillville. She is dearly remembered by her many friends who participated with her in Bunco girls, scrapbooking, ceramics and church activities. She most enjoyed leading her husband and son on adventures, traveling to casino buffets and other international locations – most often watching her son in the hockey rink.
A visitation will be held on Monday, August 29, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until time of funeral at 4:00 p.m. at BURNS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 10101 Broadway, Crown Point, IN. Deacon Ralph Huber officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society, www.donate3.cancer.org. www.burnsfuneral.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lorraine-a-townes/article_7b4176a7-bd67-5cf2-ac50-3313867c86af.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:15 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lorraine-a-townes/article_7b4176a7-bd67-5cf2-ac50-3313867c86af.html |
VALPARAISO, IN - Lynne Zygmunt, 81, of Valparaiso, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2022. She was born November 5, 1940, in Muncie, IN to James and Eva Beatrice (Bayless) McCarroll. Lynne graduated from Muncie Central High School and Ball State Teacher's College. She made her career as a High School Art Teacher for 23 years at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City, IL. Lynne was always active in the communities where she lived and was awarded the Lake County Junior Women's Club Woman of the Year in 1967. She also volunteered at the White County Food Pantry, where she was a founder of "Women to Women" – a program that addressed issues unique to women in need. Lynne additionally volunteered at the First United Methodist Church Resale Shop in Valparaiso. Lynne was also an avid quilter and enjoyed golfing. Lynne will be remembered for her kind heart, caring nature, and generosity. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who will be dearly missed by all who loved her.
On August 26, 1961, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Muncie, Lynne married Dennis Zygmunt, who survives, along with their children: Stan (Melizza) Zygmunt of Valparaiso, IN, Eva Zygmunt of Muncie, IN, Tony (Jennifer) Zygmunt of Racine, WI; grandchildren: Hannah (Daniel) Matthews, Jonathan Zygmunt, Lily Fillwalk, Albert (Julianne) Zygmunt, and Jacob Zygmunt; and great-grandson, Franklin Zygmunt. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her sister, Ann DeBord Copeland.
A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., with a service beginning at 11:00 a.m., at MOELLER FUNERAL HOME, 104 Roosevelt Rd., Valparaiso, IN. Memorial donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church Resale Shop, 7 E. Chicago St., Valparaiso, IN 46383. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lynne-zygmunt/article_7b8ea8b2-3c21-51b7-93bd-31623460b3c6.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:21 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/lynne-zygmunt/article_7b8ea8b2-3c21-51b7-93bd-31623460b3c6.html |
Marshall Redin Barber
HOBART, IN - Marshall Redin Barber, age 56, of Hobart, passed away, surrounded by family, on October 8th, 2020. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana and moved to Hobart at the age of 11. Marshall graduated from Hobart High School in 1982. He was employed by the Linde gas company (formerly AGA) for over 30 years. Marshall had a passion for music with seeing live bands perform including the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. He loved playing guitar and performing himself in local bands, most recently The MOB.
He will be remembered by many as a great friend and will be deeply missed.
Marshall was preceded in death by his daughter; Sarah (Justin) Paris: parents-William and Norma Barber.
He is survived by his children: Brian (Angie) Barber of Valparaiso, Chelsea (Matt) Schnabel of Hobart, and Katie Stewart of Avon; biological mother Patricia Crosby of New Smyrna Beach, FL.: sisters-Diana (John) Zeitz of Louisville, KY., Charlotte (Sergio) Barber of Hobart, Caroline Cosby of Alexandria, VA., Adrianne (Bob) Sofge of Honolulu, HI: four grandchildren.
Visitation for Marshall will be Monday, October 12, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. until the time of service at 6:00 p.m., at Burns Funeral Home, 701 East 7th Street, Hobart, Pastor John Starr officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Les Turner ALS Foundation at donations@alsa-national.org. www.burnsfuneral.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/marshall-redin-barber/article_f90c9d30-b274-5658-bed8-d0851550c407.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:27 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/marshall-redin-barber/article_f90c9d30-b274-5658-bed8-d0851550c407.html |
LOWELL, IN - Mary Louise (Giles) Stuart,94 of Lowell, Indiana, passed away on August 23, 2022, at St. Anthony's Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation facility, Crown Point.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas I. Stuart, and her parents.
She is survived by her children Susan, James, Kenneth, Donald and Kathryn, their spouses, her eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and by her sister, Dorothy, and her family.
Mary was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Naomi (Neal) and Isaac V. Giles. Her family moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, when she was very young, and she spent her formative years there, graduating from Shortridge High School. She then continued her education at DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana), where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, earning her B.A. degree in psychology.
Mary earned her teacher certification and Masters Degree from Valparaiso University in 1963, and was widely known in the Lowell community as a dedicated educator, teaching elementary grades in the Tri-Creek School System for 26 years.
A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she was an active member of the Lowell First United Methodist Church, teaching Sunday school and Bible School, and participated in several of its committees and circles, including as clerk and staffer at the church resale shop. An avid reader her entire life, she also volunteered on numerous committees and projects for the Lowell Public Library.
The family wishes to express its profound thanks to Beth Duda of Southerncare Hospice and longtime friend Patrice Martin, for giving so unselfishly of their time and tenderness in Mom's final years.
Private Cremation through Sheets Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Lowell, with Services to be announced at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church or Friends of the Library, both in Lowell, or to the charity of the giver's choice. sheetsfuneral.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-louise-giles-stuart/article_be21165e-e762-58d4-986c-8c7b054b6cb8.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:33 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mary-louise-giles-stuart/article_be21165e-e762-58d4-986c-8c7b054b6cb8.html |
LAKE STATION, IN - Nick J. Plesha Jr. age 66 of Lake Station, passed away on Wednesday August 24, 2022, with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Ramona; children; Benjamin (Suzanna) Plesha and Bianca Plesha-Hamara (former Shanon); grandchildren Hannah, Lia, Isaiah, Gage, and Zola; sisters Susie (Ray) Figueroa, Dolly Plesha; loving in-laws Tom Kocon, Tina (John) Gregory, John (Jeannette) Kocon, Stan (Madelyn) Kocon, and also by his nieces and nephews.
Nick was preceded in death by his parents Nick Sr. and Sylvia Plesha, and by his brothers Mike and Jim.
Memorial services will be held on Monday, August 29, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. at WHITE FUNERAL HOME located at 921 W. 45th (Glen Park) Avenue in Griffith, with Fr. Kime officiating.
Friends may meet with the family on Monday, August 29, 2022, from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at White Funeral Home.
Nick was a retired electrician from Inland Steel after 30 years, and a former electrician at ASF Keystone in Hammond after retiring from Inland. He was a member of the USW local 1010. He completed his 4-year electrical apprenticeship through Coyne Institute and earned and Associate in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.
Nick loved fishing, hunting, flying planes (Piper's and Cessna's), watching NFL (Go Bears), watching classic movies, visits from his grandchildren, chocolate candy bars, steak and potatoes, red soup, and of course pozole. He enjoyed making sure the whole family had a perfectly maintained pool to swim in for 40 years. Nick was a master-camper, and knew how to keep tents up through tornadoes. His son was never able to beat him in arm wrestling. He was a hard worker and had a witty sense of humor, and will be missed by all who knew him.
"But they that wait upon the Lord Shall renew their strength. They Shall mount up with wings as eagles. They Shall run and not be weary; And they Shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
For more information, please contact WHITE FUNEAL HOME 219-924-4100 or visit us at www.whitefuneralhomeofgriffith.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/nick-j-plesha-jr/article_583b7e0d-b61d-51ef-b63c-42678ea3f0e4.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:40 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/nick-j-plesha-jr/article_583b7e0d-b61d-51ef-b63c-42678ea3f0e4.html |
MUNSTER, IN - Phyllis A. Spanier, age 80, of Munster, IN, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2022. She is survived by her loving husband of fifty years, David Spanier. Phyllis was preceded in death by her mother, Louise Pecoraro, and her brother, William "Bill" Pecoraro.
As per her wishes, Phyllis has been cremated and private services have been held.
Phyllis was described as a dear friend, and kind and loyal neighbor. She was always willing to go above and beyond for anyone in need, often times putting others before herself.
Phyllis will be remembered for her selflessness, compassion, and loving nature. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. www.fagenmiller.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/phyllis-a-spanier/article_e404639f-5bcc-56cd-963e-af118eca7851.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:46 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/phyllis-a-spanier/article_e404639f-5bcc-56cd-963e-af118eca7851.html |
VALPARAISO, IN - Raymond E. Kroll, 86, of Valparaiso passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. He was born December 24, 1935 in Buffalo, NY to Arthur & Gertrude (MacKinder) Kroll, graduated from South Park High School, and served proudly with the U.S. Army with assignments in South Korea and Japan. Ray made his career for 46 years with Bethlehem Steel, beginning as a Roll Turner in New York and retiring as a Foreman at Burns Harbor in 2001.
Ray was a loving husband and father, greatly cherished by friends and family. An avid golfer and passionate football fan, he was an equally fierce supporter of both his hometown team, the Buffalo Bills, as well as the Chicago Bears. His joy in sports and devotion to his family coalesced most evidently in his unbounded support for his grandchildren's soccer careers.
On June 21, 1958 in Lackawanna, NY he married Patricia DelGatto who survives along with their daughter, Wendy (Dr. Thomas) Devine of Valparaiso; grandchildren: Connor, Jacob, Brendan & Colin Devine, Maxwell, Zachary & Kayla Kirchner; and his siblings: Arlene Kroll & Daniel (Geraldine) Kroll of New York, and Carol (Joseph) Mullins of Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Gordon "Buster" Kroll.
A visitation will be held Monday from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at MOELLER FUNERAL HOME, Valparaiso with Rosary service at 4:00 p.m. and Wake service to follow. The funeral mass will begin at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday directly at St. Paul Catholic Church, 1855 Harrison Blvd., Valparaiso with burial to follow at St. Paul Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/raymond-e-kroll/article_e0f8db59-fa20-5e8a-86a8-075e69f52d46.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:52 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/raymond-e-kroll/article_e0f8db59-fa20-5e8a-86a8-075e69f52d46.html |
Three years have now passed since I last sat alongside you, held your hand, and kissed you "goodbye". The house remains a lonely place without you and, despite the lapsed time, I miss you as much today as I have every day since.
Happy the day when we can be together once more in the world beyond this one.
May God grant you peace and tranquility and keep you safe until then.
All your girls love you and miss you dearly (as does Cindy).
Always in my heart and memory, Your friend, your wife, and love of your life. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/warren-sarge-reiter/article_6d3cc814-b7c8-5118-a3f5-07a640a07e4e.html | 2022-08-28T06:03:58 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/warren-sarge-reiter/article_6d3cc814-b7c8-5118-a3f5-07a640a07e4e.html |
BOISE, Idaho — The viral Tik Toker from Idaho will now be moving to television screens as he makes his acting debut in Reservation Dogs.
Nathan Apodaca, also known as Doggface208, became an overnight sensation in Sept. of 2020, after he posted a video of him skateboarding to work while drinking Ocean Spray and lipsyncing to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams".
After skateboarding into America's hearts on Tik Tok, Apodaca is taking the next step: being featured in a Hulu television series.
The Idaho native is making his acting debut on the show "Reservation Dogs", something Nathan never thought would happen.
"It was just cool and so surreal. Sitting here, seeing myself on TV," Apodaca said. "That was beyond dreams coming true."
While Apodaca made many television appearances after going viral, this was Nathan's first time acting on a television show. It was a bit more nerve-wracking of an experience for the star, but he did not let that get to him.
"In this business, you can't let that show," Apodaca said, "and when it's time to go, you gotta go."
Despite the busier schedule hosting gigs, making content, working on music and all the traveling, Nathan said Idaho will always be his home.
"Everybody always asked me, 'What are you doing in Idaho still, you should be in Cali, you should be somewhere else' and I'm like, 'you know, Idaho is home to me'," Apodaca said. "This is where I've always been and you know, as soon as I could, I bought my house here."
Nathan also bought a house for his parents, which he said is still the highlight of all he's been able to accomplish since the first video went viral.
"That's been the most beautiful, uplifting thing is being able to help my mom and dad out," he said. "If I do plan on moving, it's still gonna be in Idaho. I just don't see myself moving out of Idaho. You know what I mean, it's just too beautiful."
All the fame and national attention has not gotten to Nathan, however, who still lives by this message: "Do you and just be happy, and live life the way you want to live it."
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Betty Jo McClellan Morgan, 90, of Rupert died Friday, August 26, 2022, at Countryside Care & Rehabilitation in Rupert. Arrangements are under the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home, Burley.
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SEATTLE — There have been many stories over the past couple years of businesses shutting down during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's not the case everywhere, however, with one employee of a Seattle shop helping keep the doors open.
"If you rerolled the tape, I don't think it would necessarily play out the same way again," said Doug Lyon, the owner of Two Kick Coffee.
Lyon became the owner of this north Queen Anne café off Nickerson Street back in 2020.
"I put the money that I had saved away, bought out all the equipment and try and restart this guy and give the café and this neighborhood another chance," said Lyon.
Lyon considers this café a staple for the community. He should know, as he worked at the café for a couple years, before the owners sold it to him in March 2020.
"Honestly I had no idea, what was coming down the pipe and I think when I first bought it no business was allowed to be open," said Lyon.
The café could keep coffee brewing due to open air capabilities, which allowed it to operate throughout most of the pandemic.
"People who are way smarter than me, and even more prepared than me still lost their businesses out of this whole thing and just by honestly a fluke, I was able to pull this off," said Lyon.
Lyon said he wouldn't be able to pull this off without his six hardworking employees and the numerous regulars that come in every day. As for what's next, he said he’s taking it day by day, with hopes of expanding the café.
"You never know when the next thing is going to happen, but I feel like at this point if something does come along, well figure out a way through it won't be the end of the world," said Lyon. "Unless it is." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-coffee-shop-employee-kept-business-open-during-covid-pandemic-peak/281-19209bbf-7c43-4129-ac06-179d0ed8595e | 2022-08-28T07:51:32 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-coffee-shop-employee-kept-business-open-during-covid-pandemic-peak/281-19209bbf-7c43-4129-ac06-179d0ed8595e |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One woman is dead and another in custody after an alleged assault Saturday night.
The incident took place at the 7700 block of La Mancha Way after 3 p.m., according to the Sacramento Police Department.
Two individuals were involved, one was pronounced dead at the hospital and the other was detained by officers at the scene.
Detectives have taken over and are investigating.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Police are calling it an explosion of the ghost guns. A ghost gun is a weapon that is illegal to possess. It’s an untraceable gun because it doesn’t have a serial number and isn’t registered. Sergeant Zachary Eaton explains the recent uptick is due to online accessibility.
“They’ll come 80% finished and it really doesn’t take much to finish a certain portion of the gun to actually make it a gun and for the pieces to be put together very quickly,” said Eaton.
Sergeant Eaton says they main way they are taking these illegal guns off the street is through car stops and proactive interactions with the community.
“We don’t know that they exist like I said it is very concerning to us that these guns are ending up in the hands of people prohibited from possessing them,” said Eaton.
Sergeant Eaton says new legislation is one solution. A new California law requires gun parts to have serial numbers.
Californians have until January 1, 2024, to register them and add the numbers.
Sac PD also has a detective with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) task force in Sacramento specifically dealing with ghost guns.
“This year we’ve assigned two additional detectives to the ATF task force to step up our efforts to get these illegal guns of the streets and address people who are actually manufacturing these firearms and trafficking these firearms into our community,” said Eaton.
Sacramento Police says ghost guns are directly contributing to the rise in gun violence in the community.
Just one example of ghost guns in our community is less than two weeks ago in Stockton a loaded hand gun was taken from a student at Lincoln High School, that was a ghost gun.
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Officers responded to the 1900 block of Sikh Temple Street after a report of a shooting. All three victims were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Stockton Police Department.
Both the suspects and victims are Sikhs, according to police. Officials are investigating the shooting.
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The increase in homicide cases in Stockton during the early months of 2022 came on the heels of a decline in 2021, where police reported fewer homicides ending the year with a total of 38 cases.
While that’s not the lowest number the department has dealt with in the past 12 years, it is below the annual average of 40 homicide cases per year since 1995.
In response to the rise in homicides, community groups held prayer vigils and outreach events meant to unite Stockton residents against violence.
Activists have called on the community to show up to such events and work with local organizations such as Advance Peace, Faith in the Valley, Lighthouse of the Valley and the Office of Violence Prevention to discourage crime and help impacted communities heal.
Click here for a map of crime statistics.
In an interview with ABC10 in March, Stockton City Manager Harry Black said the Stockton Police Department is trying to prevent more deaths by working more on intelligence gathering and cooperating with federal partners such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshall's Service.
The city is also working to improve its crime prevention, intervention and fighting strategy, Black said. Representatives with the city's Office of Violence Prevention are working to be more present in communities impacted by crime. The office's 'peacekeepers program' places mediators and mentors in high crime areas.
Watch the full interview: Stockton City Manager Harry Black talks recent crime in the city | Extended Interview | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/3-injured-stockton-sikh-temple-shooting/103-1e2acd93-eb4b-4752-a7f8-94c2fa084384 | 2022-08-28T07:56:14 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/3-injured-stockton-sikh-temple-shooting/103-1e2acd93-eb4b-4752-a7f8-94c2fa084384 |
David Barrett
August 25, 2022
MASON CITY-David Barrett, 74, of Mason City, died Thursday, August 25, 2022, from complications of esophageal cancer. He left this life at home surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N Pennsylvania Ave. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at Major Erickson Funeral Home. Memorials can be directed to the family of David Barrett. Online condolences maybe left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/david-barrett/article_d1906e9b-3e0c-5b89-b023-73fe04791377.html | 2022-08-28T08:10:23 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/david-barrett/article_d1906e9b-3e0c-5b89-b023-73fe04791377.html |
Stanly M. Hansen, 63, of Belmond died, Aug. 26, 2022, at his home. Arrangements: Andrews Funeral Home, Belmond.
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Stanly M. Hansen, 63, of Belmond died, Aug. 26, 2022, at his home. Arrangements: Andrews Funeral Home, Belmond.
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Don E. Caldwell
December 6, 1933-August 24, 2022
MASON CITY-Don E. Caldwell, 88, of Mason City, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
A Funeral service will be held 11:00 am on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with Rev. Dan Gerrietts officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, where military honors will be provided by the United States Navy and the Mason City Veterans.
Visitation will be held Monday evening, August 29, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St NE, Mason City and will resume one hour prior to Don's service at the church on Tuesday.
Don was born on December 6, 1933 in Mason City, the son of George and Louise (Ross) Caldwell. He was a lifelong resident of Mason City, graduating from Mason City High School in 1951. Following high school Don enlisted in the United States Navy where he honorably served his country during the Korean War as a Gunner's Mate on the USS Bremerton.
On September 16, 1956 Don was united in marriage to Maggie Matson in Mason City after the two met while attending a dance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. Together they were blessed with three children, Rick, Jean, and Ron.
Don's career was spent in printing; for 30 years he worked at the Globe Gazette in Mason City. He also worked for The Printing Office in Thornton before spending his final ten years of employment at Stoyles prior to his retirement in 1996. Don was always one to keep busy, and retirement for him was no different. Many weekday mornings were spent enjoying a cup of coffee with his friends at HyVee East or Hardees. He loved golfing, especially with his family, and participated in many Father Son tournaments over the years.
He was a dedicated family man and loved taking his kids to the bowling alley in their childhood years and was a devoted Little League coach. As their family grew to include grandchildren Don took every available opportunity to support them with their athletic and academic endeavors. Don will be remembered by many for his kindness, quick wit, and sense of humor.
He was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the Mason City VFW.
Don is survived by his wife, Maggie; children, Rick Caldwell, Garner, Jean (Rainer) Entenmann, Germany, and Ron Caldwell, Clinton; six grandchildren, Chad Caldwell, Cory Caldwell, Alex Caldwell, Dustin Caldwell, Laura Sperl, and Nicole Entenmann; two great grandchildren, Carver and Charley Caldwell; and his sister, Colleen Dyre, Clear Lake.
He is preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Shirley Alitz.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City. (641)423-2372. ColonialChapels.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/don-e-caldwell/article_4b3b83ca-a791-5d8b-ab5d-d4750b9bf827.html | 2022-08-28T08:10:35 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/don-e-caldwell/article_4b3b83ca-a791-5d8b-ab5d-d4750b9bf827.html |
Janet “Jan” LaMae Candee Wilder
July 21, 1934-August 24, 2022
Janet “Jan” LaMae Candee Wilder, age 88, of Northwood, Iowa passed away in her home, Wednesday, August 24th, surrounded by her three daughters.
A funeral service to honor her life will be held at 1st Lutheran Church, Northwood, Iowa on August 31, 2022 at 1:30pm with visitation 2 hours prior to the service. Inurnment will follow the service at Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to MercyOne Hospice, Northwood Congregate Meals or to Peace and Power, 1st Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, MN.
Jan is survived by her three daughters, JoAnn, Marcie, and Amy; eight grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren, and a brother, Roger Candee. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/janet-jan-lamae-candee-wilder/article_0e283c15-484f-522b-b751-68eb06ee6d52.html | 2022-08-28T08:10:42 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/janet-jan-lamae-candee-wilder/article_0e283c15-484f-522b-b751-68eb06ee6d52.html |
Leo N. Durant
December 10, 1944-August 11th, 202
Leo N. Durant passed away peacefully in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 11th, 2022. He was born December 10th, 1944, to Donald and Rexine Durant in Mason City, Iowa. He graduated from Forest City High School class of 62, and continued his education at Waldorf College class of 64 and finished his education at Iowa State University class of 67. Leo served his country as a 2nd Lt in the United States Marine Corp. He is a decorated Vietnam Veteran, receiving a Purple Heart and other Unit Commendations Awards.
Leo moved to Las Vegas from Iowa in 1970 and founded LND Construction in 1978. Leo was an avid golfer. He was a loving, generous, and fun man to be with, and he will be missed immensely.
Leo was preceded in death by his mother, Rexine J. Durant; father, Donald R. Durant; and his beloved younger sister, LeDonna R. Durant. He is survived by his wife, Jenny Durant and his "Little White Dog", LULU.
Military Service will be held at The Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery, Thursday September 15th, 2022, 2:00pm, located at 1900 Veterans Memorial Drive, Boulder City, NV. A Celebration of Life will to follow, at the Las Vegas Country Club, 4:00pm to 7:00pm, located at 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas, NV. In lieu of flowers we ask donations to be made to Fishers House Foundation, Inc P O Box 79159 Baltimore, MD 21279.
Additional Memorial Service will be held Friday October 21st at 10:00am visitation, 11:00am service at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 246 S. Clark St. Forest City, Iowa, with Celebration of Life to follow service at the church. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/leo-n-durant/article_050b9ca1-2a9d-5e3a-9a1b-b3664e3e07b2.html | 2022-08-28T08:10:48 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/leo-n-durant/article_050b9ca1-2a9d-5e3a-9a1b-b3664e3e07b2.html |
Marjorie Sturges
August 11, 2022
Marjorie Sturges, 91, of Leander, TX, formerly of Clear Lake/Mason City, was welcomed home into the arms of her Lord and Savior August 11, 2022.
She spent the past 10 years in Texas with her daughter Sandy, who faithfully and lovingly provided her care.
Marjorie was predeceased by husband Mick (2008) and daughter Linda (2021).
Survivors include daughter Sandy and her family, son Dennis/Denise and their family and the family of Linda Paulsen.
A family celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Cards of remembrance may be sent to Dennis Sturges, 402 Bell Court, St. Ansgar, Iowa 50472. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/marjorie-sturges/article_04e987d5-5a3c-53cc-a8cd-b022d6df8524.html | 2022-08-28T08:10:54 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/marjorie-sturges/article_04e987d5-5a3c-53cc-a8cd-b022d6df8524.html |
Shirley Heginger
Aug. 24, 2022
BELMOND-Shirley Heginger, 85, Belmond, IA, died, Aug. 24, 2022, at the Villa Health Care Center, Ft. Dodge. Public funeral service 1030 AM, Tues. Klemme United Methodist Church, Klemme, IA.
Burial will be Ell Township Cemetery-Klemme next to her husband LuVerne Heginger. Public visitation Monday at Andrews Funeral Home, Klemme from 5-7 PM and will continue one hour prior to the funeral at the church Tuesday. The funeral service will be livestreamed on the Andrews Funeral Homes Facebook page at 1030 AM Tuesday, Just LIKE the page to view. Andrews Funeral Home, Klemme, IA. www.andrewsfuneralhomeandfloral.com 641-587-2510 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/shirley-heginger/article_0ea2a5be-aa4f-5c99-9e2e-4f921c00f895.html | 2022-08-28T08:11:00 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/shirley-heginger/article_0ea2a5be-aa4f-5c99-9e2e-4f921c00f895.html |
Meet cartoonist Jerry King, who finds his inspiration in everyday life
Jerry King considers himself a cartoonist who does it all.
He recently became an editorial cartoonist for the Canton Repository. Readers can find his work in the Sunday edition each week.
King, who graduated from Lake High School and then earned a bachelor's degree in English from The Ohio State University, started illustrating professionally while he was a teen and was published before going off to college.
"I started illustrating children's books for a publisher while still in high school. I could already draw, but to be a successful cartoonist, writing is vital," King said King. "Then I worked for newspapers, magazines, greeting card companies and more. Now my cartoons are published worldwide."
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He is also an author, having written cartoon books along with books on golf and general humor. King said that people usually react with disbelief, or they think it’s just a hobby when they find out he is a cartoonist.
He was recognized as the No. 2 Army cartoonist while serving in the military. He was also recognized as the top college editorial cartoonist in America. Then, after graduating, the National Cartoonists Society named him one of the top cartoonists in America. His cartoons have been recognized by two presidents.
King drew cartoons for Playboy magazine for over 20 years. During that same time, he also drew cartoons for Disney, American Greetings and others.
He knows the people of Stark County and can relate to the local challenges and the positives in the county because he lives in Jackson Township with his wife Annie; their two daughters, Giana and Sienna; three cats, Jasper, Moji and Zoey; two dogs, Miles and Coco; and a gerbil named Pepper.
Would you detail what your cartoons are about?
I like sticking to issues that all people can relate to. Not Biden or Trump stuff.
My characters are everyone, like a composite character of all of us.
Sometimes, I will get frustrated with something like telemarketers, traffic, porch pirates … and then I take out my frustration in a cartoon. Most people can relate.
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Where do you get your inspiration?
Everyday life. This crazy world hands me ideas on a silver platter. Even at the local level.
Who have been some of your favorite cartoonists and artists and why?
I’ve never really been inspired by other cartoonists, but there is one cartoonist who makes me look at myself and say, 'I suck,' compared to him.
His name is Robert Weber, and he was a cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine. I only wish I would have met him before he passed.
How do you find the humor in today’s political environment and is it difficult to find what’s funny in a particular topic?
I find humor in just about everything. I'm never short of ideas. I like concentrating on topics that affect us all. I love hearing people tell me that they can relate to the cartoon I drew.
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What would you say are the topics most talked about or seem most concerning here in Stark County, political or otherwise?
Small things that affect our lives, like taxes, road construction, gas prices … and fun stuff, like the Pro Football Hall of Fame, local fairs. … It’s a great community!
Editor's note: Five questions with ... is a Sunday feature that showcases a member of the Stark County community. If you'd like to recommend someone to participate, send an email to newsroom@cantonrep.com. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/28/five-questions-with-cartoonist-jerry-king/65407273007/ | 2022-08-28T09:28:10 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/28/five-questions-with-cartoonist-jerry-king/65407273007/ |
Canton unveils new utility payment options
CANTON − The city has new online payment options and a new automated phone system for paying utility bills.
"We recognize that customers want flexibility, accessibility, convenience and a user-friendly experience without sacrificing security," Canton Water Superintendent Tyler Converse said in a prepared statement. "We believe those are all delivered with the new system."
How to use the new automated payment system
Customers who visit cantonutilities.com can click "pay your bill or view your account" to reach the customer portal, where they can make a one-time payment by entering their account number ― without registering a username or password. Registered users will be able to view and pay multiple accounts at once and view consumption, billing and payment history.
"The system also has the ability to securely save your payment information; allow you to sign up for paperless billing; and the opportunity to schedule automatic payments from your checking account or credit card," according to a city news release.
Accepted payments include major credit cards, Venmo, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Google Pay and Apple Pay, but those will incur a $2.25 convenience fee. Electronic check payments will not have a convenience fee.
Calling the automated phone system at 330-649-8100 will provide options to review your account balance and make payments by credit, debit or electronic check.
The new system is provided by Paymentus Corporation, which has a five-year contract approved by City Council in March. According to a memo from Public Service Director John Highman, a "crucial part of this system" is automatic email, voice and text bill reminders to customers.
"The cost for the system will be twofold, split between the customer and city," he stated.
The $2.25 customer convenience fee and a $0.40 per transaction charge to Canton will cover processing fees. The city's portion is estimated to cost $55,000 a year and will be paid from utility funds.
Reach Kelly at 330-580-8323 or kelly.byer@cantonrep.comOn Twitter: @kbyerREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/28/canton-online-payment-options-automated-phone-system-utility-bills/65457278007/ | 2022-08-28T09:28:16 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/08/28/canton-online-payment-options-automated-phone-system-utility-bills/65457278007/ |
Schools across the country are facing severe teacher and staffing shortages just as children are set to return to the classroom — and the nationwide issue is raising alarms in South Jersey.
Multiple South Jersey school districts are working to fill an extraordinary number of vacancies heading into the 2022-2023 school year. The districts have different levels and kinds of needs, with some needing to fill teaching positions and others in search of support staff.
Pleasantville acting Superintendent Karin Farkas spoke about the shortage her district was facing at a Board of Education meeting this month. She said the district was actively recruiting and interviewing applicants as soon as they apply to try to meet the need.
There were 309 total teaching positions at Pleasantville Public Schools as of Aug. 9, and 21 were still vacant. The need was most acute for teaching positions in certain subjects, including biology, business, history, JROTC, world language and English as a second language, mathematics and special education. The district also needs teacher aides, bus drivers and aides, a transportation dispatcher and substitute teachers.
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“I don’t know if the community in general is aware that there is a nationwide, statewide teacher shortage, bus-driver shortage, paraprofessional shortage,” Farkas said. “Our goal is to be 100% filled for the first day of the school year.”
Upper Deerfield Township School District is also receiving fewer teacher applicants. Superintendent Peter Koza said in an Aug. 17 email that the district, which typically receives more than 50 resumes for job vacancies, is now receiving fewer than 10. The district only had two vacancies remaining at the time of Koza’s email, but it has had to be more proactive in recruitment. Koza compared the district’s struggle to find teachers to broader national economic conditions.
“The process of filling vacancies is more extensive than it has been in the past due to the shortage of candidates, and that is cause for concern for the current year and future,” Koza said. “We are in a similar pattern as our nation’s supply chain and have to wait until the shelves can be stocked with more candidates. Until then, we have to persevere and do our best to comb through colleges, networks and other avenues to fill our positions.”
It could be worse
Egg Harbor Township School District has been able to draw teachers and staff, having hired more than 100 new employees for the coming school year — although the district still had openings for 12 teachers and 30 support staff as of Aug. 18. Superintendent Kim Gruccio said the district was in a good position and would continue to try to fill staffing shortages. She said the situation could be far worse, citing instances in places like Texas where some schools will only be open four days per week due to their struggle to attract teachers.
“We are also very fortunate that we are filling positions with teachers,” Gruccio said at an Egg Harbor Township Board of Education meeting Aug. 16. “We have a whole lot more to go. However, when you see these news reports from other states … there’s a shortage of teachers throughout the United States.”
There is a particularly acute need in the district, however, for bus drivers. EHT needed to hire for 13 positions as of Aug. 18. Because of its driver deficit, the district has had to make adjustments to its schedule and triage the transportation services it has traditionally provided. It has had to improvise some staffing to bus township students to the Atlantic County Institute of Technology.
The board also discussed at its Aug. 16 meeting how the district would have to stop providing transportation to students attending the private Atlantic Christian School.
Atlantic Christian Director of Admissions Jessica Martin spoke about the lack of district transportation at the meeting. She said Atlantic Christian families now had to find a new way to school and that the roads by Atlantic Christian were not sufficiently passable for pedestrians, especially young ones. While some Atlantic Christian households receive aid-in-lieu-of-transportation, others do not. Many families “are trying to rearrange their lives and try to figure out how they’re going to continue going to (Atlantic Christian),” Martin said.
Gruccio said in an Aug. 18 email that the district had offered Atlantic Christian bus service if it would change its schedule to accommodate the lack of drivers, as the district has done. Martin told The Press on Aug. 18 that Atlantic Christian had denied the offer because the earlier start times would not have been conducive to the school’s young student body.
Job advertisements for a fourth-grade teacher and a full-time bus driver were posted on the Atlantic Christian Facebook page Thursday.
School board members and district officials were broadly sympathetic to the families whose schedules had been disrupted and said they were seeking to improve the bussing situation.
“As a school district, we’re going through some struggles right now, us as well as nationally, and there’s a national bus driver shortage,” Gruccio said. “We’re passing the word to the community that we need bus drivers.”
It’s not just teachers
Integrity Transportation, a busing company that contracts with schools throughout Atlantic County, can attest to the drop in interested drivers.
Integrity owner Joe Duncan said that the company typically has a workforce of between 150 and 170 but has been running about 10 drivers short over the last year. He said the company has raised pay significantly but was still receiving far fewer than two applicants for every job advertisement it purchases. Another contractor Duncan knew received zero applicants from a billboard purchase.
“There’s a national shortage of drivers,” Duncan said. “It’s very difficult to find them right now.”
Duncan emphasized the importance of bus drivers to the school system and students.
“A school bus driver has the opportunity to affect the rest of a kid’s day every morning and to some extent they have a role in making the kids have a good day or a bad day. They’re the first ones they see in the school system,” Duncan said. “You really get a chance to do something meaningful and important.”
Teacher shortages have beleaguered schools at several points over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the winter, a surge in cases among students and staff caused by the omicron variant led several South Jersey schools to temporarily stop in-person instruction or move to half days. Three schools in Millville were on half-day schedules for almost the entire month of February due to staff shortages.
Even before the omicron wave, the pandemic had ostensibly driven many teachers to resign or retire. The National Education Association warned of a teacher shortage in February and said it conducted a survey showing that many teachers were burnt out and considering leaving the profession. A January NEA survey indicated 55% of its members intended to the leave the profession sooner than they had anticipated due the pandemic, an increase from 37% in August 2021. Eighty-six percent of NEA members surveyed said they have seen colleagues leave teaching or retire early since the pandemic began.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics also has recorded a decrease in local public education employment. About 7.7 million people were working in local public education as of July, according to BLS seasonally adjusted statistics — down 300,000 from the approximately 8 million people working in the field in February 2020 before the start of the pandemic. That number had increased slightly over the last year from 7.6 million in July 2021 and had increased 27,400 over the last month.
The struggle to hire teachers also comes amid a general labor shortage, with some employers struggling to find new hires in recent months and workers able to command higher wages and find better job opportunities.
Addressing the problem
President Joe Biden has encouraged states and school districts to use funds from the American Rescue Plan to help bring in new teachers and reduce coronavirus infection.
There have been efforts in Trenton to bring more teachers into the classroom.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law in January allowing for retired teachers to re-enter the public-education workforce without having to re-enroll in their pension funds during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years. The retired teachers are then able to receive both a salary and a retirement allowance from their pensions. The position that a retired teacher fills must be one of “critical need,” as determined by the state Commissioner of Education.
The state has relaxed teacher certification standards to help address staffing shortages, and applicants can now go through a process by which the state will temporarily waive either the Praxis testing requirement or the minimum-GPA requirement, said Farkas, the acting superintendent in Pleasantville. She encouraged those interested in applying to Pleasantville schools to consider these new programs.
“We have a lot of open applications, job opportunities on the website,” Farkas said. “Please encourage everybody to apply.”
Some have taken their appeals for more teachers to the broader community. Pleasantville Board of Education member Augustus Harmon spoke at an Aug. 15 City Council meeting about the national teacher shortage and its impact on the district. He urged the community to join teachers’ ranks and rally to support its schools.
“I’m here tonight to make an all-out appeal for employees for our school system,” Harmon said. “If you have relatives and friends, get on the phone and call them and tell them that we have jobs.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/south-jersey-schools-respond-to-national-teacher-bus-driver-shortage/article_ef1f1ca8-1f32-11ed-83f4-f3c7b805f89f.html | 2022-08-28T09:49:05 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/south-jersey-schools-respond-to-national-teacher-bus-driver-shortage/article_ef1f1ca8-1f32-11ed-83f4-f3c7b805f89f.html |
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The police chief at North East Independent School District has never seen a shortage of officers quite like this — 21 vacancies out of 70 positions, with the new school year in full swing.
So the district has created a hiring incentive, a first of its kind locally, offering to fully reimburse tuition and fees paid by graduates of police academies who agree to join its force for three years.
“This is my ninth year as chief at NEISD, and it’s the first time we’ve really seen a shortage like this,” said Wally McCampbell, who runs the department. “Every time a new cadet class starts, we’re there to speak with them within the first week or two to give them the information about the program.”
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Other jobs in education are going unfilled, particularly teachers of math, science and special needs kids, school districts in Bexar County have reported. But the demand for police officers, increasing at some districts in response to security reviews in the wake of the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, has collided with a smaller supply of applicants.
Fewer people have chosen policing as a career in the past couple of years, said Rolando Barrientez, the director of San Antonio College’s First Responder Academy.
The coronavirus pandemic had the largest impact on shrinking the pipeline of new officers, and it also led to more resignations of police veterans, he said. The sustained national attention on police misconduct and accountability stemming from the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 may have also played a part, Barrientez said.
But that might be changing, he said, noting a significant increase in applicants to the academy in recent months, especially after the Uvalde tragedy. The SAC academy’s current class has 25 cadets and all of them are applying for jobs, five of them with area school districts. The next class will have 45.
“After Uvalde, we were getting more phone calls requesting applications — those that are in their early 20s, out of the military and want to connect with law enforcement. Or they’re in their late 40s and 50s and want a career change, so they can go back and serve their communities,” Barrientez said. “Many even want to volunteer as law enforcement officials in the support reserve.”
School districts, however, won’t be able to tap into a bigger applicant pool for another year or more, given the time it takes to get certified and vetted for positions after graduation. McCampbell also recruits from the Alamo Area Council of Governments police academy and academies outside the area. The San Antonio Police Department has its own academy.
With other opportunities opening for the cadets, school districts might not be their first choice. Even with NEISD’s signing bonus, other police agencies can offer greater financial incentives, McCampbell said.
“Our biggest drawback is that we don’t have the funds coming in for salaries. Money is needed for teachers and staff to educate kids, so we can’t compete with municipalities or sheriff’s offices,” he said.
But McCampbell said some officers find educational environments attractive compared to other areas of policing, and he’s confident that those who want to work in schools can do so.
“We can’t provide the most competitive hourly rate, but what we can provide is influencing young minds,” he said. “The officers have to reach out to students, celebrate with them for accomplishments. Mistakes become teaching moments, and officers help educate students through it.”
NEISD Communications Director Aubrey Chancellor agreed, stressing the value of having community-oriented officers in schools.
“There’s a focus on relationship-building,” she said. “If students do overhear something, they’ll feel comfortable giving the officer a tip. And if the officer is more familiar with the students, they will be able to identify if a student isn’t doing well or if something is off.”
After Uvalde, the district did not increase the size of its police force, as several other area school systems have. It did create two new administrative positions to help coordinate police responses to problems as they arise, Chancellor said. The tragedy also has produced a surge of support from the community, including offers of help with security, she said.
And the hiring incentive has had an effect. McCampbell has received interest in recent days from prospective applicants, even from outside Texas. Two are being processed, one set to graduate in December, the other in January.
In the meantime, McCampbell will be putting together new promotional materials for the program, and when new cadet classes begin next month, the NEISD Police Department wants to be the first in the door.
elizabeth.sander@hearst.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/NEISD-hiring-police-pay-tuition-17400754.php | 2022-08-28T10:01:42 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/NEISD-hiring-police-pay-tuition-17400754.php |
“The system let me down.”
That’s the prevailing theme of a new analysis of domestic violence in San Antonio and how well police, prosecutors, courts and nonprofit agencies support the victims of abuse.
The analysis was conducted by Lily Casura, a social worker and doctoral student in applied demography at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has studied domestic violence, and she co-wrote a 2019 city-commissioned report on how women in San Antonio fare in terms of health, employment, income, housing, safety and other indicators.
In 2020-21, Casura and two other UTSA researchers conducted a community-wide survey on domestic violence and COVID-19 for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.
For her domestic violence analysis, Casura examined a subset of the survey results.
Of 1,435 respondents, two-thirds had personally experienced domestic violence. Casura focused on a portion of the survey where participants could provide open-ended comments.
Many talked about how childhood exposure to domestic violence made them feel as though they were “set up” to suffer abuse as adults. Others talked about “breaking the cycle.”
But one of the most common themes was that victims felt let down by the system, Casura said.
“I called the police on my abuser 4 times before I finally left,” one respondent wrote. “No charges were ever filed, including after he raped and beat me. Every time he claimed my injuries were from consensual, rough sex.
“The (first three) times the police interrogated me with my abuser present,” the respondent wrote. “I was too scared to say the injuries were nonconsensual with my abuser present. The last time, I insisted that I didn’t consent to be beaten and raped and the police said they didn’t have enough evidence to prosecute because the judge would believe that I consented to be abused.”
Casura embarked on the analysis earlier this year after the San Antonio Express-News editorial board criticized the city-county Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence for not providing enough details or measurable outcomes in its two-year progress report.
The commission, created in July 2019 to propose ways to curb domestic violence, includes judges, prosecutors, policymakers and leaders in health care, law enforcement and the nonprofit sector.
The Bexar County Domestic Violence Task Force, a separate group with many of the same members, met to discuss what could be done. Casura volunteered to conduct a review of the 2020-21 survey results. She presented her findings to the task force this month.
“We’ve done a lot, but there’s clearly so much work left to be done,” Bexar County District Court Judge Monique Diaz said after reviewing Casura’s findings.
“I don’t have the answer for how we do it better. It’s an institutional problem,” Diaz said. “But until we stop hearing these type of stories, we need to keep doing the work.”
Casura said her analysis gives stakeholders — including police, prosecutors, court officials, nonprofit agencies and victim advocates — an opportunity to reflect on how they could improve their services.
“It’s wonderful to honor the voices of victims … but we need to act upon what they’re saying as well,” Casura said. “I feel very strongly that we need to do something with what people have said.”
A 2021 Express-News series, “Nowhere to Hide,” documented a surge in family violence killings in San Antonio and documented the institutional breakdowns that put women at risk and allowed abusers to escape accountability.
Responding to the paper’s findings, Bexar County leaders in December approved $3.3 million in new funding to hire 14 more family violence prosecutors, investigators and victim advocates and create two temporary courts to handle a flood of misdemeanor family violence cases.
The Express-News investigation found that at one point in 2019, it took as long as six weeks after a domestic violence incident for Bexar County prosecutors to reach out to the victim.
At a recent meeting of the county task force, District Attorney Joe Gonzales said the response time is much shorter now as a result of the added staff. Experts say quick outreach is essential to gain victims’ trust and their cooperation in prosecuting abusers.
San Antonio Police Capt. Rene Gallegos, who oversees the Special Victims Unit, said city officials in recent years have bolstered staffing for domestic violence programs, improved training for police officers and begun focusing on so-called victim-informed interviewing techniques, which are designed to empower victims and avoid re-traumatizing them.
“We’ve made significant improvements,” Gallegos said during the task force meeting. “I’d like to think we’ve evolved a little bit.”
But Patricia Castillo, co-founder of the P.E.A.C.E Initiative, a nonprofit that helps victims of family violence, said the survey results indicate that although progress has been made, it’s not enough.
She encouraged officials to stop focusing on past improvements and zero in on where their services continue to fall short.
“What else can we do to improve the response to victims of domestic violence so they get services, they get healed and the violence stops?” Castillo said. “That’s what we need to do.”
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ELK RUN HEIGHTS — Negotiations are underway for the former Elk Run Preschool that will decide its future use.
The Board of Education approved the negotiation process for the potential sale of the property in a 5-1 vote recently. Stacie Mills was the lone dissenter.
Mills said she voted against the item after a community member voiced her concerns about the potential sale to one of the proposed buyers – Tyson Foods. Both Tyson and the city of Elk Run Heights showed interest in the property at 316 McCoy Road in July during a Waterloo Community Schools’ facilities meeting.
Tyson is proposing to use the building as a preschool for employees of the company, which has a meatpacking plant three miles away in Waterloo. Elk Run Heights Mayor Lisa Smock said the city would use the land for housing.
The action taken by the board Monday didn’t result in the sale of the land or property to any buyers. Rather, it was a “procedural” step to begin negotiations with interested parties, according to Michael Coughlin, board treasurer and the district’s chief financial officer. He said no offers have been made.
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Laura Benson of Evansdale spoke against selling the property to Tyson.
She noted residents pay taxes to the district, “and you’re taking things away from us. We want to see you replace that building just like you did for Jewett, Poyner and Bunger.” Jewett was actually replaced by Poyner Elementary School, and Bunger Middle School is still in use.
The Elk Run building is being replaced by a new 12-classroom preschool wing at Lowell Elementary School that students will begin attending Monday.
Benson also said she’s concerned for small communities near Waterloo such as Raymond, Gilbertville, Elk Run Heights and Evansdale because of a lack of schools in those areas. She noted Elk Run Heights and Evansdale no longer have a preschool or a Head Start program.
“If our kids are being shipped into Waterloo … that excommunicates a lot of parents from their school activities,” Benson said. “Driving into Waterloo is a hindrance, and if you don’t have transportation, what do you do?”
She noted she isn’t against Tyson’s proposal, but said creating a preschool is “something our school district should be doing.”
With Benson’s comments, board member Mills’ interest was piqued and she wanted more information.
“I didn’t know some of the things that had been brought up with the community member,” Mills said. “There wasn’t time for me to ask questions and (voting no) was my only recourse to pump the brakes.”
Mills said she is going to look at Poyner Elementary and gather more information.
There is no formal offer on the table and no dollar amount has been discussed. The city of Elk Run Heights has asked Waterloo Schools to transfer ownership to it, which is possible because both are entities that levy local property taxes, Coughlin said.
Elk Run Heights also voiced a preference that the district demolish the building before giving it to the city, due to the cost of demolition and asbestos abatement.
Superintendent Jared Smith was appointed to be the agent to talk to interested parties. The discussions will take place in closed session so offers will not be made public – similar to putting offers on a house, Coughlin said. Once Smith makes his decision, it will go to the full board, which will make the final decision in an open session.
Coughlin said there are no deadlines for the sale process, so other interested parties could join negotiations at any time.
“The board is not bound to the highest bidder – it’s for best use,” Coughlin said. Rather, it’s based on “what the party wants to do with the facility and (the committee would) determine from that what they would recommend to the full board.”
The first public hearing to gather input on how people view the sale and disposal occurred in April. Community members have the option of making public comments at every board meeting, Coughlin noted, and people can express their feelings on any issue. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/concerns-voiced-over-future-of-former-preschool/article_5f24d942-d8c3-5ad9-88d9-cae5e6eb7407.html | 2022-08-28T10:14:51 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/concerns-voiced-over-future-of-former-preschool/article_5f24d942-d8c3-5ad9-88d9-cae5e6eb7407.html |
Upcoming Hub City events
SUNDAY
Danny Cadra | Brunch @ Overton Hotel and Conference Center | Pecan Grill Lounge @ 11am
Heather Baker | Brunch @ Claraboya Scratch Kitchen+Bar | DoubleTree @ 11am
One Year Anniversary Party @ Auld Brewing Company @ 12pm
Sunday Funday @ Cotton Court Hotel @ 1pm
2021 Wedding Expo | West Texas Bridal @ Texas Tech Frazier Alumni Pavilion @ 1pm
502 Jam Open Mic Night | Brian Findley @ Two Docs Brewing Company @ 6pm
A Salute to Conway & Loretta @ The Cactus Theater @ 7pm
MONDAY
Danny Cadra @ Claraboya Scratch Kitchen+Bar | DoubleTree @ 5pm
Singer/Songwriter Night | Jerry Serrano @ Blue Light Live @ 9pm
TUESDAY
Storytime @ Mahon Library @ 10:30am
Robert Lopez @ Claraboya Scratch Kitchen+Bar | DoubleTree @ 5pm
WEDNESDAY
Micah Burns @ Claraboya Scratch Kitchen+Bar | DoubleTree @ 5pm
Lubbock Tango @ LHUCA @ 6pm
Jenni Dale Lord @ Triple J Chophouse and Brew Company @ 6:30pm
Hub City Drifters @ Blue Light Live @ 9pm
THURSDAY
Trolley Tours at National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 4th St.; Thursdays through October; 10:30–11am. Tickets are $5 per person and are available in the Gift Shop.
KFMX 39th Annual Birthday Bash, This Moment at Lonestar Amphitheater, 602 E 19th St.; 6:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm
Jacob Armitage Band and Don Stalling and The Divided, The Blue Light Live, 1806 Buddy Holly Ave., 9pm – 2am
FRIDAY
First Friday Art Trail, various locations, 6 p.m.
Shea Abshier & the Nighthowlers, The Blue Light Live, 1806 Buddy Holly Ave., 8pm – 2am
SATURDAY
Lubbock Downtown Farmers Market, Buddy Holly Avenue and 19th Street; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Living History Saturdays at National Ranching Heritage Center, 3121 4th St., 10am – 1pm
Open Studio Saturday at Museum of Texas Tech University, 3301 4th St., 1 – 4pm; come and go
Labor Day Weekend Street Concert, The Blue Light Live, 1806 Buddy Holly Ave.; Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sunday, Sept. 4,6pm-2am | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2022/08/28/upcoming-hub-city-events/65419130007/ | 2022-08-28T10:35:59 | 0 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2022/08/28/upcoming-hub-city-events/65419130007/ |
Central Springs High School marching band members were back in formation for the first time on Wednesday.
As the rain poured down outside, the first notes of the season were being played inside. Students were quick to recognize which measures they were a little shaky on and made a note on their sheet music.
Director Cole Younger told the 28 musicians several times to not be too hard on themselves, especially freshmen. They just needed to get through their first performance from the stands on Friday.
From there, the performance would be fine tuned and movements on the field would be added.
"Sophomores through seniors, we might play it a little slower than we usually do so bare with me," Younger said to the band.
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Several North Iowa high school bands are preparing for their first marching band performances of the seasons. Many of them are back together for the first time this week and some were putting on first performances on Friday.
A key objective the first week for directors is building up the confidence in the new band members. The other priority is focusing on fundamental musical concepts and playing in tune.
"(Upperclassmen) play an incredible role in getting the freshmen welcomed into, not just the band, but high school itself," said Younger. "They're kind of like big brothers and sisters in a way."
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura (GHV) High School band lost a lot of key members to graduation according to senior Nolan Balk. Along with the new faces, GHV band is being led by first time director Andrew Piper.
"I think (this season) will be a new experience and a new direction," said Balk. "It will be interesting to see how this season goes."
The 44 GHV band members will be performing a collection of Beatles tunes at halftime on Sept. 2. Piper said whatever the students learn before the first game is what they will put on display.
"We're going to have something ready to go. I am hoping to have a good chunk of the drill of the first song down," Piper said.
"A Knight Across the Pond" is Newman Catholic's marching band theme for this year, which will be on display during homecoming. This performance date will be North Iowa's one and only time to see the show.
"All the music is from people over in Europe, across the 'pond,'" said New Catholic band director Mary Kate Hines.
50 band members will be playing the pop tunes of ABBA and Coldplay. Hines said they will be shaking off some of the dust and getting back in the rhythm of practicing again. She added her upperclassmen take active roles in guiding the underclassmen.
"The first couple days outside, its about learning the fundamentals of marching. Its what foot do you start with, are we all starting on the same foot, are we staying together," said Hines.
All of the bands had two goals for themselves this season: coming together to succeed and achieve division one ratings.
"It's good to be back," said GHV senior Jenna Gerdes.
"I love music and it's always fun," said Central Springs sophomore Gavin Ryner. "Playing band is really fun, especially being with the band kids and having a good time."
"Its a little bit of a difference, playing less over the summer but it is fun to get right back into it," said Newman Catholic senior Andrew Arthur.
Returning band members understand their role to help freshmen learn the ropes. Some of the musicians are already holding the newbies accountable to learn the music and movements.
"Since I'm a drum major, it kind of gives me a big role to try and help the kids with their music and help them understand what they're reading," said Central Springs senior Abby Pate.
"(Freshman) are going to have to step up," said Balk.
All of the directors encouraged communities to come to football games not only to support the athletes, but to support the band as well.
"We feed off of the energy that (fans) bring to the game. The more energy that is out there in the crowd, you can hear that in the band," said Younger.
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/north-iowa-marching-bands-prep-for-halftime-performances/article_af080889-1fac-5151-b0f2-f9d7ecac0c3e.html | 2022-08-28T10:46:53 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/north-iowa-marching-bands-prep-for-halftime-performances/article_af080889-1fac-5151-b0f2-f9d7ecac0c3e.html |
Stark County roundup: News from around the Canton region
Oddmall event Saturday
BETHLEHEM TWP. – Oddmall Uncensored will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday atMcAlpine Meadery 10035 Johnsford Road SW.
Admission is free, but a $5 donation is appreciated. Oddmall is a celebration of art, oddity and freedom of expression. There will be dozens of vendors, artists, outdoor games, live entertainment and mead.
For more information, visit www.oddmall.info.
Day for veterans at Stark County Fair
CANTON – All veterans will be admitted free to the Stark County Fair on Sept. 5.
There will be special recognition and giveaways for veterans who served during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. A veterans parade will form at noon and begin at 12:30 p.m. The program will begin at 1 p.m. Keynote speaker will be Maj. Gen. U.S. Army (retired) Deborah Ashenhurst. Guest speaker will be Lt. Col. U.S. Army (retired) Christopher Hills. Musical performances will be by The Heritage Band and Jill Burke, a Nashville recording artist.
Veterans planning to attend should call Cheryl Roach with the Stark County Veterans Service Commission at 330-451-7467 to sign up for giveaways.
Step show Friday
CANTON – The Black Fall Classic Step Show will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Umstattd Performing Arts Auditorium, 2323 17th St. NW.
Guest host is Sherman Golden. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available at tix.com, RobertBankston.com or by calling 800-595-4849.
Food drive at Stark County Fair
CANTON – Farm Credit Mid-America, Rural 1st and several area county fairs have partnered to raise food donations to benefit local food banks as part of a statewide food drive contest.
Carroll, Jefferson, Portage and Stark counties are participating in the contest. Local community members may bring nonperishable food items to the Stark County Fair from Tuesday through Sept. 5; signs and banners at the fair will direct fair-goers to the food-donation area.
Fight Hunger, Stock the Trailer is a friendly competition that helps junior fairs raise food donations for local food banks across Ohio. The total weight of all donations will be calculated at the end of the fair, with first, second, third place and cash prizes awarded to the county fairs that raise the most food at the end of the summer.
Prizes include a $500 award for each county fair that contributes, followed by a $5,000 donation to the fair that raises the most food, followed by $3,500 for second place and $1,500 for third place. All prize money awarded will support local junior fair activities. The Fight Hunger, Stock the Trailer contest is being hosted on a regional basis.
YMCA offers Camp on the Fly
CANTON − The YMCA of Central Stark County's fall programs for the Y on the Fly initiative run from Monday through Oct. 28.
The fall programs will be in Alliance, Canal Fulton, Canton, Canton Township and Massillon/Perry. Y on the Fly will make stops at Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority properties and parks to provide structured after school times for the children in the area. This is a free program designed for children in grades 3-8.
For program and registration information, visit your local YMCA or https://www.ymcastark.org/y-on-the-fly. For more information on the Y on the Fly initiative, contact the Eric Snow Family YMCA front desk at 330-458-2403 or Tony Richards at arichards@ymcastark.org.
Black College Football Hall of Fame founders at free Palace event
CANTON – The Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave. N, will host a Stark Library Speaking of Books Author Series event in partnership with the Pro Football Hall of Fame from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
Black College Football Hall of Fame founders James Harris and Doug Williams, along with historian Joe Horrigan, will discuss their contributions to the game. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the free event. Reservations are required, available through the Stark County District Library at https://events.starklibrary.org/event/6884423.
Country bands to perform
CANTON − The Kenny Falls Band will play Sept. 4, and Pat Massie & PM Country Band will play Sept. 11 at the Polish American Club, 1605 Henry Ave. SW. Music is from 2 to 5 p.m. Food, a 50-50 drawing and a lottery tree are available. Admission is $3 at the door. The public is welcome.
Ladybug Garden free concert
JACKSON TWP. – Off The Record band will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday as part of the Fall Concert Series at the Ladybug Garden Center, 8361 Portage St. NW. All are welcome.
Patriot Fest is Sept 10-11
LOUISVILLE – Patriot Fest will be held Sept. 10-11 at Metzger Park, 1420 Nickel Plate Ave. S.
The festival will feature carnival rides and inflatables at $18 a day with a pre-event purchase cost of $15. The event opens at 2 p.m. Sept. 10 and will feature food vendors, military vehicles, carnival rides and inflatables, craft vendors, midway and other games, a bell ceremony, touch-a-truck, 9/11 firetruck, a beer garden, live music at 6 p.m. by the John Hampu Band and a fireworks show at dusk.
On Sept. 11, the event runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will feature the Louisville Community Choir at 1 p.m., followed by a remembrance ceremony, including first responders, military, police and area speakers. Little Rock Country Band will perform at 4 p.m.
For more information and tickets, visit https://www.louisvilleohchamber.org/schedule/2022-patriot-fest.
Great Trail Festival ongoing
MALVERN − The 41st annual Great Trail Festival continues today, and Sept. 3, 4 and 5 at the Great Trail Festival Grounds, 6331 Canton Road (state Route 43). Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is adults, $7; youth (12-18) $5; children younger than 12, free. Parking is free.
The festival is a French and Indian-era re-creation featuring artisans and craftspeople, folk music, dancing, a buffalo herd, frontier foods, demonstrations of frontier skills such as soap making, candle making, and woodworking, as well as cannon firing and tomahawk throwing. The Ohio Tomahawk Throwing Championship will be at 1 pm. Sept. 5.
For more information, call 330-794-9100, email greattrail@outlook.com or visit greattrailfestival.com.
'Paddle For Pink' is Sept. 6
MALVERN − The third annual "Paddle For Pink" charity event at Lake Mohawk will be Sept. 6.
Participants will gather sponsors, then paddleboard or kayak around the lake to raise money to fight breast cancer. The $50 entry fee includes breakfast, lunch, champagne toast and a goodie bag. All donations go to help breast cancer patients. Top collectors will receive a gift basket.For registration, information or to donate, contact Kim at 330-323-8863. Participants check in at 9 a.m., and launch their watercraft at the boat launch at 9:30 a.m. Lunch is 11 a.m. to noon at Main Beach and the After Paddle Party is from 1 to 2 p.m., when top sponsor prizes will be awarded.
Music at Quail Hollow
MARLBORO TWP. – Quail Hollow Park, 13480 Congress Lake Ave. NE, will host Traditional Music Night from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday inside the Manor House.
Musicians play traditional, bluegrass and Celtic music at each session. Bring an instrument and join in or sit back and enjoy the music. No reservations are required. Admission is $2. The Quail Hollow Volunteer Association will sell beverages and snacks.
Gaming and jazz at the library
MASSILLON – Massillon Public Library will hold a free Gaming Extravaganza from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Adults will gather in the main library auditorium to learn new board games or play old favorites. Registration is required. For more information, contact the reference desk at 330-832-9831, ext. 312.
A free Jazz Night will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the main library auditorium. No registration is needed. For more information, contact Sherie Brown at 330-832-9831, ext. 314.
Stargazing at Spring Hill
MASSILLON – Spring Hill Historic Home, 1401 Spring Hill Lane NE, will host a free, public stargazing session from dusk (approximately 8:30-9 p.m.) to 10 p.m. Thursday.
Educators will help visitors learn how to identify constellations (integrating the mobile app Star Walk 2) and discuss how runaway slaves used the sky to navigate northward to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Two telescopes are available for visitors to use.
Participants should bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. In case of rain or dense cloud cover, the event will be rescheduled to Friday. For more information, visit http://springhillhistorichome.org, call 330-833-6749 or email info@springhillhistorichome.org.
Orchestra at Beech Creek today
WASHINGTON TWP. – The Canton Symphony Orchestra will perform at Beech Creek Botanical Garden, 11929 Beech St. NE, from 2 to 4 p.m. today.
The Music in the Garden event is included with general admission. For more information, call Beech Creek at 330-829-7050 or visit beechcreekgardens.org. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/28/stark-county-roundup-news-from-around-the-canton-region/65411330007/ | 2022-08-28T11:21:15 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/28/stark-county-roundup-news-from-around-the-canton-region/65411330007/ |
'We needed to do something.' Stark sheriff looks to reduce violent crime with task force
CANTON – Law enforcement officials in Stark County hope a new task force will help prevent and reduce violent crime.
Stark County Sheriff George Maier said his office wants to take a new approach to addressing violent crimes, such as drive-by shootings, youth-involved shootings and gang violence.
"We found there was a vacuum for law enforcement. We needed to do something. And not just do things the way we've always done things because we're trying to get to different results," he said.
The Sheriff's Office found out in July that it would receive more than $2 million through the Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program to create the Stark County Violent Crime Task Force.
Maier said the office applied for the grant last year, but did not receive it. The Sheriff's Office spent time reworking the grant application and continuing to build partnerships with other agencies in the county.
What is the Stark County Violent Crime Task Force?
The multi-jurisdictional task force will be a collaboration between the Sheriff's Office and the Canton, Massillon, Alliance, Perry Township and Jackson Township police departments. Maier said the initiative is part of a larger effort to improve collaboration among the Sheriff's Office and Stark's other law enforcement agencies.
Michaela Madison, community engagement director for the Stark County Sheriff's Office, said communication and collaboration are important parts of many of the agency's initiatives, such as the OVI Task Force, the countywide Multi-Agency Radio Communication System and the law enforcement training center in Massillon.
"There's a lot of working together towards the same goal, which is to keep Stark County safe," she said.
Each of the agencies participating in the task force will assign a full-time and part-time officer to help with hot-spot policing, community-oriented policing and engagement at community events. Maier estimated that the task force will be assembled over the next three to four months. The Sheriff's Office has already set up meetings with some of the partners to discuss the first steps.
The grant runs on a two-year cycle.
"The grant will be a combination of education, certainly enforcement and probably information. We're going to make sure we gather the right information to conduct proper investigations and certainly use that information to make arrests if arrests are necessary," he said.
Maier said the task force aims to knock down barriers and allow law enforcement agencies across Stark County to work together to reduce violent crime. Stark County is a safe community overall and does not experience the same level of violent crime as some major cities, he said. Police in Canton told the Repository in May the city is seeing a rise in gun-related violence involving teenagers.
"There are no boundaries to a violent crime. Some of these things happen in multiple communities from some of the same perpetrators. So we're hoping our intelligence, our education and our task force will be able to utilize the information we garner to address the violence that we're seeing," Maier said.
This may include enhancing camera systems in different communities and using data from them to address violent crime. Maier said the task force will work to identify areas where crimes occur so they can devote their resources to them. It's possible other Stark law enforcement agencies may become involved with the task force in the future.
Maier said the agency plans to be open with the public about the work of the task force and will report quarterly to the community.
"While we can't speak specifically to law enforcement techniques, we're going to be able to talk in generalities to say 'Look, this is what we've been able to do,'" he said.
The Sheriff's Office may also ask for community feedback on social media and through its mobile app. Maier said this is part of the agency's goal to build trust with the community through transparency.
Madison said anyone has the ability to submit comments, ideas and concerns to through the mobile app or social media. They can also send feedback through the sheriff's MCTV program, "On Our Watch," at onourwatchstark@gmail.com.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/28/stark-county-sheriff-hopes-new-task-force-will-reduce-violent-crime/65397348007/ | 2022-08-28T11:21:21 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/08/28/stark-county-sheriff-hopes-new-task-force-will-reduce-violent-crime/65397348007/ |
100 years ago
Aug. 28, 1922: Clark E. Stewart, the Bloomington musician who presented the Miller Park bandstand to the city 11 years ago, plans to present a new bandstand to the city of LeRoy. After Stewart was approached by LeRoy band leader Bernard Strongman, he took up the matter with material men and contractors and agreed to the task. The new building will be octagonal in shape, 22 feet in diameter, and the floor will stand 5 feet above the present level of the park. Read the story.
75 years ago
Aug. 28, 1947: In spite of the fact that there are nearly 100 big draft horses on the 480-farm of Robert E. Jones in Farmer City, the farm is completely mechanized. The Jones horses don't "work" in the usual sense of the word. They're purebred percherons and they earn their keep (and their owner's) by winning show prizes and producing estrone for a Chicago laboratory. Estrone is a pharmaceutical byproduct of the urine of purebred mares during pregnancy. Read the story.
50 years ago
Aug. 28, 1972: Two of three escaped inmates from Pontiac Correctional Center were captured at 12:06 a.m. on a gravel road two miles south and a mile west of the state police headquarters on U.S. 66 south of Pontiac. The two 24-year-old men, one of Decatur and one of Rock Island, gave themselves up to State Trooper James Kennedy, saying they were "tired and hungry." They had been gone from the prison farm since about 10:30 a.m. the previous day. A third man, 24, from El Paso, is still being sought. Read the story.
25 years ago
Aug. 28, 1997: Although more parents are buying portable phones or pagers to keep in contact with their children, state law bars the devices from being carried on school property. Bloomington-Normal principals say few students have been caught violating the law, and the penalties are stiff: Suspensions are automatic in most cases. The law, passed in 1990, was enacted to prevent drug sales on school property. (It was later rolled back in 2002.) Read the story.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-leroy-to-get-new-bandstand/article_bfeaa8e0-259e-11ed-bb2e-27524fd846eb.html | 2022-08-28T11:48:44 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-leroy-to-get-new-bandstand/article_bfeaa8e0-259e-11ed-bb2e-27524fd846eb.html |
CAPE MAY — Throughout Cape May, tall tangles of bamboo and dense growth of English ivy thrive along property lines, on fences and close to homes.
The city is looking at ways to cut back that growth, along with other fast-spreading plants, under an invasive species ordinance under consideration.
A proposal could be ready for introduction at the Sept. 6 meeting. If council moves it forward, the ordinance would still face a public hearing and a second, final vote before taking effect.
Council member Michael Yeager, the liaison to the city’s Environmental Commission, brought the proposal to a recent council meeting, where there was some cautious support. But council members did want changes.
Among them, several on council wanted to make sure the city’s code enforcement office would not be involved in looking for plants or removing them.
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“I don’t want to see any city employees on anybody’s property,” said Council member Shane Meier at a meeting this month.
It sounds like there remain several issues to be ironed out, including which species of plants would be singled out as invasive.
Specified in the discussion were bamboo and English ivy, both non-native plants that grow quickly and have been known to damage property as well as out-competing native plants. Council members wanted the proposed ordinance to include a list of plants that can let property owners and landscapers know what is not allowed, with perhaps 10 examples.
“There may have to be more than 10. We’ll have to negotiate that,” Yeager said.
“We’ll weed them out,” cut in Mayor Zack Mullock. He said owners should not be planting any invasive species at this point. But even bamboo, often seen as particularly troublesome and the subject of ordinances in several towns, saw some sympathy.
Council member Stacy Sheehan said many property owners use it as a barrier, citing bamboo planted right next to City Hall.
“At some point, the natural barrier is a lot nicer than a vinyl fence,” she said. Meier added that there is a lot of city property that has bamboo growing.
“This is not demanding that people even remove an invasive species from their yard if they have it,” Yeager said. “All we’re saying is that we need you to control it. If you want to have it in your yard, then you need to make sure it stays in your yard.”
City attorney Christopher Gillin-Schwartz said it could be difficult to determine who planted something. Leaving it up to city employees would not work.
“The code enforcement officer’s head’s going to explode, because they just have so many other things to do,” he said. “There’s bamboo all over this town. There’s English ivy all over this town. It’s going to be an enforcement issue.”
Naturalists have often complained about decorative plants from Europe or Asia being used in landscaping, which often offer little for migrating and local wildlife like birds and butterflies. Some advocate for more native species to be used instead.
At an August meeting, council members questioned if a property owner now has any recourse if a neighbor’s plants are causing a problem, whether they are invasive or not, such as a tree growing into a fence. He said it would now be something to work out between neighbors.
“If it’s coming onto your property, maybe you just take care of it,” he said.
Previous proposals for an invasive species ordinance have fallen short when they have gotten to City Council. Yeager indicated this one may be ready to move forward, if it includes a short list of species.
“That’s what I’ll discuss with the commission; if we’re reasonable, we’re going to get this passed,” Yeager said. “I’ll come back with a proposed ordinance.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cape-may-considers-ordinance-on-invasive-plant-species/article_774e107c-23ff-11ed-979e-1f3e4f135bb0.html | 2022-08-28T11:50:47 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cape-may-considers-ordinance-on-invasive-plant-species/article_774e107c-23ff-11ed-979e-1f3e4f135bb0.html |
Chase Petty has continued to pitch well this month in High A.
The right-handed pitcher and 2021 Mainland Regional High School graduate has allowed one run over his last three starts (13¹/³ innings) with 20 strikeouts for the Dayton Dragons in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He had allowed just seven hits and three walks. His ERA in that span was 0.66, and opponents were hitting .146.
In his latest start Wednesday, he pitched five shutout innings, allowing just two hits and a walk, striking out seven.
The former first-round draft pick was 0-6 with a 3.43 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 22 games (17 starts) and 86²/³ innings in Single-A and High-A combined. He started the year with the Daytona Tortugas in Florida.
Petty, who turned 19 in April, is the youngest pitcher to throw a pitch in the Midwest League this year, the team said.
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Petty was selected 26th overall in the 2021 MLB draft by the Minnesota Twins and traded in the offseason to the Reds, for whom he is the No. 6 prospect in the organization, according to MLB.com. In 24 career games (18 starts), Petty was 0-6 with a 3.53 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 91²/³ innings.
Here are updates on local players making their journeys through the minors, with their stats through Thursday:
Triple-A
3B Buddy Kennedy (Millville), 23, playing for the Reno Aces (Arizona Diamondbacks), was hitting .275 (69 for 251) with 10 doubles, three triples, five homers, 31 RBIs, 44 runs and 39 walks in 69 games.
Kennedy hit .225 (18 for 80) with a homer and 12 RBIs in 29 major league games before his return to Reno on Aug. 2.
Through 373 career minor league games, Kennedy was hitting .283 with 65 doubles, 18 triples, 38 homers and 192 RBIs. Kennedy was chosen in the fifth round of the 2017 draft.
LHP Jay Groome (Barnegat), 24, pitching for the El Paso Chihuahuas (San Diego Padres) after being traded by the Boston Red Sox at the end of July, was 4-6 with a 3.55 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 23 games (21 starts) and 114 innings between Double-A and Triple-A.
In 64 career games (62 starts), Groome was 12-23 with a 4.38 ERA and 334 strikeouts in 277¹/³ innings. He was drafted with the 12th overall pick by the Red Sox in 2016.
LHP Zach Warren (St. Augustine Prep), 26, was placed on the Development List by the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) on Thursday, meaning he doesn’t count toward the minor league roster but remains in the organization to develop. He was 1-0 with a 6.35 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 31 appearances and 28¹/³ innings in Double-A and Triple-A combined.
In 165 career games, Warren was 6-10 with a 3.50 ERA and 321 strikeouts in 223²/³ innings. Warren was selected in the 14th round by the Phillies in the 2017 draft.
Double-A
RHP Mike Adams (Holy Spirit), 27, pitching for the Reading Fightin Phils (Phillies), was 6-0 with an 6.40 ERA, 50 strikeouts and one save in 33 games (four starts) and 52 innings. Adams was placed on the Development List on Aug. 17 and was reactivated Thursday. He made his fourth start of the season Thursday, allowing two runs and striking out two in three innings. He got a no-decision.
Adams, from Egg Harbor Township, was signed by the Phillies in January 2021 after he impressed scouts with his 98 mph fastball during a tryout. He is a co-owner of the Baseball Performance Center in Pleasantville. He was 8-2 with a 5.51 ERA, 92 strikeouts and two saves in 76 career minor-league games (four starts) and 99²/³ innings.
RHP Brett Kennedy (Atlantic City), 28, pitching for the Portland Sea Dogs (Boston Red Sox), is 3-5 with a 4.21 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 17 games (12 starts) and 66¹/³ innings. The starter-turned-reliever struck out the side in his only inning Wednesday.
Kennedy made six starts for the San Diego Padres in 2018, going 1-2 with a 6.75 ERA. He started this season with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League before his contract was purchased by the Red Sox on May 24. In six starts with the Ducks, he was 2-1 with a 3.03 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 32²/³ innings.
The Brigantine resident was selected by the Padres in the 11th round of the 2015 draft. In 117 career minor league games (106 starts) with MLB-affiliated organizations, he was 35-33 with a 4.04 ERA and 506 strikeouts in 523¹/³ innings.
High-A
RHP Sean Mooney (Ocean City), 24, has been on the seven-day injured list since July 27. He was 2-2 with a 2.45 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 14 games (12 starts) and 55 innings for the Cedar Rapids Kernels (Minnesota Twins).
Mooney was selected in the 12th round of the 2019 draft by the Twins. He didn’t pitch in 2019 as he recovered from Tommy John surgery after a season-ending injury at St. John’s University. In 27 career games (24 starts), he was 2-4 with a 2.60 ERA and 146 strikeouts in 97 innings.
Rookie League
LHP Noah Dean (Pinelands Regional), 21, was recently assigned to the FCL Red Sox, a Florida Complex League affiliate of Boston, but hadn’t pitched yet. The Old Dominion University relief pitcher was selected in the fifth round of this year’s draft.
SS Josh Hood (St. Augustine Prep), 22, playing for the ACL Mariners, an Arizona Complex League affiliate of Seattle, is hitting .150 (3 for 20) with one run, two RBIs and two stolen bases in eight games.
Hood, from Vineland, was selected in the sixth round of the MLB draft in June by the Mariners and signed his pro contract at the end of July. He played 2019 and 2020 at the University of Pennsylvania, took 2021 off and played this past spring at North Carolina State.
LHP Jake McKenna (Ocean City), 20, is listed on the roster of the FCL Phillies, a Florida Complex League affiliate of Philadelphia. He made his first appearance July 7, allowing one run on three walks in one-third of an inning. He was placed on the team’s restricted list July 12 and hasn’t pitched since.
The Cape May Court House resident signed a minor-league deal out of high school in June 2020. In six career games (one start), he was 0-0 with a 15.63 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 6¹/³ innings.
RHP Joe Joe Rodriguez (Vineland), 22, pitching with the FCL Mets, a Florida Complex League affiliate of New York, was 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA and six strikeouts in 6¹/³ innings. He had last pitched Aug. 18.
The Mets purchased Rodriguez’s contract from the Trenton Thunder of the MLB Draft League at the end of July. The Draft League consists of college players and serves as a showcase for draft-eligible prospects and undrafted players who are out of college eligibility.
The Vineland resident pitched two years at Cumberland County College (now Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland) and then three years at St. John’s University. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/chase-petty-has-allowed-1-run-over-13-innings-local-minor-league-update/article_989c5130-2594-11ed-84c8-9bcc5947960b.html | 2022-08-28T11:50:53 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/chase-petty-has-allowed-1-run-over-13-innings-local-minor-league-update/article_989c5130-2594-11ed-84c8-9bcc5947960b.html |
After the city of Kuna announced in February that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, would build its newest data center in the small town, the city’s public officials were flooded with angry emails from upset residents.
Among more than 50 pages of emails to the city, residents gave myriad reasons why they opposed the idea. And the consolations of a new water treatment facility and funding for public services from Meta were not enough to sway those who felt ire toward the project.
“People are more passionate now than they used to be, so to speak,” Kuna Mayor Joe Stear said. “So people that really don’t like something, you hear from them rapidly and pretty intensely.”
One person who wrote in vowed to campaign against Stear in “every way possible” to ensure he never holds office in Idaho again, also calling Stear a “sell out” who should resign.
Perceived politics
For the citizens of Kuna, Meta’s presumed politics play a significant role in community opposition to the project, according to emails obtained by the Idaho Press.
Many people who wrote to public officials called the private company a “socialist” organization with unconstitutional censorship policies. Private companies are not under the same obligations as the U.S. government when it comes to constitutional rights like free speech.
Some accused the company of looking to bring in “their horrible views and ways of thinking” or “shift the voting demographic” to represent the company’s “progressive ideology.” One person decried Meta’s presence in the state calling them “an enemy to Idaho and our views.”
But William Marks, community development manager for Meta’s west region, said the factors that drew the company to Idaho and to Kuna were more about infrastructure, namely, proximity to an airport, a strong power grid and access to renewable energy and water.
Water worries
Marks said all of Meta’s data centers are powered by 100% renewable energy. The centers are at net zero. The one in Kuna will have a LEED Gold rating. LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement, according to the LEED website.
“We actually give back more energy into the grid than we use,” Marks said.
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But power usage is not the biggest criticism of data centers. Water usage is.
“What is that going to do to the water that we need for crops and for animals and for local landscaping? You know, these are all the things that get swept under the rug of, well, the big, big green dollar bills,” Kuna resident Mychal Wilson said in an interview.
The past couple years have been anxiety-inducing when it comes to water levels in the state. Drought conditions brought on questions about early irrigation shut offs and increased use on water reserves this year. Due to an unusually wet start to the summer, Idaho farmers didn’t end up having to face that. But drought and water use concerns haven’t been fully alleviated as most of the Treasure Valley is still classified as being “abnormally dry,” according to data from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. And data centers are notorious for their water usage, according to NBC News.
But Meta says its data centers use 80% less water than an average data center.
“That’s something we’re really proud of,” Marks said.
The data center being built in Kuna did not have to purchase any additional water rights, according to Marks. They will operate off the ones already established for the location.
According to Meta spokeswoman Melanie Roe, the facility has set a goal to “restore more water than they consume” by 2030. Roe said the company plans on achieving this by “restoring 100% of the water our data center will consume into local watersheds” through water restoration projects. The company hasn’t announced what projects it will be involved with in the Treasure Valley. Roe said the Meta is currently looking for them. Additionally, the data center will use outdoor air only to cool its data halls. Roe said this should “significantly” reduce the amount of water used by the center.
Competing for local workforce
Wilson moved to Kuna from Nampa to get away from the big commercial projects going in like Amazon and GoGo squeeZ. She said it was hard for her to see land that could be used for farming sold to large, out-of-state companies that “don’t have the same affinity for our local customs, traditions, morals and values.”
In another vein, she also worries about what it will do to local businesses.
“I struggle with major corporations in any kind of context, because they don’t care about local people. And because my husband is a local business owner, and he’s working with locals and we — I’ve seen firsthand, big corporations like this phase out small business owners,” Wilson said.
Wilson said her husband has had a hard time keeping up with larger companies who can afford to pay higher wages. He had a job listed at $20 an hour and it took him six months to fill.
Stear said Wilson’s assumptions that the Meta data center will create a similar strain are “probably correct” to an extent.
“It’ll certainly affect the workforce,” Stear said.
The construction of the Meta site will create approximately 1,200 jobs, and once the first phase of the project is complete there will be about 100 permanent jobs to fill, according to Marks.
“What does that take from other businesses and other projects in the valley that might be more important long-term as opposed to a social media network that really is just poison. That’s ripping America apart, that has us at our neighbors’ throats and our family’s throats? Why is that a priority over our community?” Wilson said.
Stear said if he had initially known the amount of jobs it would take to fill during construction he would have been a little more concerned about it.
“I guess it’s one of those things where you just kind of gotta hope for the best and I think everything will work out just fine,” Stear said.
But Marks said the presence of Meta in the community, along with the amount it has invested into it, will be beneficial to local businesses and their workforces.
According to a study by RTI International in 2020, for every $1 million spent by Meta in capital investment, 14 additional jobs were created in the economy. And for every $1 million dollars spent in operational expenses, 18 jobs were created in the economy. Marks said Meta’s initial investment in Idaho totaled at about $800 million.
He said the company is also committed to using local vendors and suppliers.
Taken off guard
The most common complaint people wrote city officials about was being blindsided by the deal. Many wondered why the announcement of the center was the first time they heard about it. They thought there should be a period for public comment.
But for public comment to happen, there has to be a need for rezoning the property’s designated use or a decision of whether or not to annex it into the city. Stear said the land was already designated for industrial use and was annexed into the city, so public comment was not part of the procedure.
“We don’t get to discriminate on ... where people come from, who can locate here and who can’t and it’s the same with businesses,” Stear said.
The mayor added that while citizens don’t get to pick and choose which companies can come to their town, he would hope any companies coming into the city would consider if it was a good fit, value-wise, for both parties.
“If they’re far enough away from aligning with the values of the community, they’re never going to be welcome there and it’s going to just create a constant disturbance,” Stear said. “And I would hope that they would sense that enough to not want to locate there but I don’t know then you just kind of start getting to discriminating and I don’t know where you draw the line on that.”
Stear has also said that for a big part of the negotiation and planning process, the city didn’t even know which company it was dealing with.
The procedure for big commercial projects coming into the state starts at the Idaho Department of Commerce. The department grants the companies anonymity by issuing the projects code names. The data center’s code name was “Project Peregrine.”
“Companies want to protect their strategic information and planned decisions from their direct market competition, maintain confidentiality during real estate negotiations, and minimize rumors that could affect relationships with investors, suppliers, employees, and other stakeholders. Until the company is certain its project will move forward, they do not want its confidential business strategies made public,” Matt Borud, marketing and innovation administrator for Idaho Department of Commerce, said.
This anonymity doesn’t sit right with Wilson.
“I think there should be public disclosure prior to the deal being done. I don’t think that all of the hoops and dots and lines are signed and it’s a done deal and then you go ‘Oh, by the way,’” Wilson said. “Things done in shadow usually are done because they’re shameful. Or they’re immoral.”
The cities working with these companies normally do not learn their identities until late in the game. In an email to a constituent, Stear said that when working on the project he thought it would be a great deal for Kuna, but when Meta revealed its identity it “took some wind out of that sail.” Still, the project pressed onward.
And Stear has hope that everything will work out well.
“Meta has been pretty good to work with,” Stear said. “This data center, that’s one of the biggest projects in the state. So for little Kuna to bring a project like that in is a big deal.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/controversy-in-kuna-metas-new-data-center-draws-mixed-response/article_7635c83e-2575-11ed-b68d-5f47f7451ac5.html | 2022-08-28T11:55:35 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/controversy-in-kuna-metas-new-data-center-draws-mixed-response/article_7635c83e-2575-11ed-b68d-5f47f7451ac5.html |
When Annette Marchioli first adopted Gracie, a 4-year-old beagle rescued from the Envigo breeding facility, she was so timid and frightened that she was shaking and losing fistfuls of hair.
“She looked so pitiful and puny,” Marchioli said of the first time she saw Gracie. “Tommy DeSanto from the Richmond SPCA was carrying her in his arms. She was so tiny and timid. Her tail wouldn’t come out from between her legs.”
But after just a few days at her new family’s home in Henrico County’s Lakeside neighborhood, along with the help of new beagle brother Rocky, Gracie has grown “leaps and bounds,” Marchioli said.
“I thought it would take years for her to adjust, but in a matter of days, we saw her tail come out from between her legs. She wags her tail. She’s so loving and cozy. She’s the best cuddler,” Marchioli said.
Gracie is one of 4,000 beagles rescued in July from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding facility in Cumberland County.
Described as a “house of horrors,” Envigo housed thousands of beagles in inhumane conditions. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, authorities said they were kept in filthy conditions, fed moldy food and suffered from untreated medical issues. The dogs spent their lives in cages, never setting their paws on grass. Some beagles were euthanized without pain relief, and others were left for dead.
But last month, in an “unprecedented case,” Envigo agreed to release 4,000 beagles from the plant and shut down operations. The U.S. government worked swiftly to transfer the dogs to the Humane Society of the United States, which has been working with shelters and organizations across the nation to place dogs and puppies for adoption.
At least 639 beagles have been placed with Virginia rescue organizations to date, with an expected 56 more beagles to be placed this week, according to the HSUS.
In the Richmond area, Envigo beagles have arrived at the Richmond SPCA, Richmond Animal Care and Control, Powhatan County Animal Control, the Fredericksburg Regional SPCA and Green Dogs Unleashed, just to name a few.
Richmond Animal Care and Control has received 84 beagles to date, and the shelter has 41 dogs left. Moms and puppies are currently in foster care, with the puppies waiting to be old enough to be put up for adoption, which is typically around eight weeks.
“A lot of the puppies we received in July were literally just a day old,” said Robin Young, a spokesperson for RACC. Once the puppies hit eight weeks, they’re ready to be weaned, get vaccinated and be scheduled to be spayed or neutered, Young said.
Homeward Trails, a rescue based in Alexandria, was one of the first Virginia shelters to receive roughly 500 beagles from the Envigo facility.
“The first night after we announced we’d have some of the beagles, I woke up to over 1,000 emails. And that continued every day for three weeks. I was getting emails from people as far away as Australia and Puerto Rico wanting to adopt these dogs,” said Sue Bell, executive director for the shelter.
Bell said that like the experience of Annette Marchioli and her husband, Ron Stilwell, with Gracie, the adult beagles are often shy and timid at first, but they quickly adapt.
“The most rewarding thing is to watch them put their feet on grass for the first time — watching their little brains start to process, put their noses to the ground and run. They were running and leaping like deer. They had never done it before,” Bell said.
Homeward Trails gave the dogs a “spa day” and their first baths. That was followed by a Netflix night, where they called in volunteers to sit and watch “Homeward Bound,” and snuggle with the beagles in their new beds.
“I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and it was absolutely one of the best nights of my life,” Bell said.
She estimates that the shelter has spent $1,000 per beagle from Envigo to prepare the dogs for adoption. Those costs go to vaccines, spay/neuter, heartworm and medical treatment, and dental care.
“The dogs came to us with horrific teeth. Every dog required dental cleaning or extraction, which runs $300 to $800,” Bell said. All of those beagles have since been placed for adoption.
Some of the adult beagles have problems with house training, walking on a leash or going up and down stairs. But shelters are encouraging new homeowners to be patient.
“We still have some issues with Gracie. She seems to be really worried about food: getting it and protecting it,” Marchioli said. “She still has accidents in the house, but we’ve only had her for two weeks. The positives so outweigh anything else.”
Christi Hast and her husband, Justin, adopted a 3-year-old beagle named Dita from the Richmond SPCA to join their “pack” of three other rescue beagles and hound dogs.
“She’s an amazing dog, very happy and fun, so easygoing, really sweet and snuggly. She’s super confident, not shy at all,” Christi Hast said. Like many of the adult dogs from Envigo, Dita has a green, six-letter serial number tattooed inside one of her ears.
“I know a lot of people want the puppies, but I think it’s important not to forget the mama dogs. They’re really wonderful, sweet pets,” Christi Hast said.
She and her husband live in Gum Spring in Goochland County with plenty of property for the dogs to roam and play. “I think having the other dogs around has helped her blossom,” she said.
“This is truly an unprecedented case and one of the largest dog rescue efforts ever coordinated,” Bell said. “To know that these dogs will get to have the lives they deserve and not languish in cages for the rest of their lives is just so rewarding.”
Another positive is that the public is learning more about how beagles are used in medical research. Envigo is the second-largest producer of dogs for medical research, and breeds roughly 25% of the beagles used in medical and drug research in the U.S., according to the Los Angeles Times.
“I’ve had so many people tell me they didn’t know that beagles were used for medical research,” Bell said. “We’re hoping to harness this momentum and educate the public.”
And while interest in the Envigo beagles remains high, Richmond shelters — and rescue dog owners like Hast — urge future pet owners to consider adopting one of the thousands of dogs available at area shelters.
“Many thousands more dogs find themselves homeless for any other number of unrelated reasons but are nevertheless in need of good homes,” said Tamsen Kingry, CEO of the Richmond SPCA. “Visiting a shelter or rescue in search of your next pet is always the best decision you can make.”
Rescued Beagles Arrive at the Richmond SPCA
PHOTOS: Beagles rescued from Envigo arrive at CASPCA
Stoney tweeted that "firing Superintendent Kamras less than a week before the start of the academic year would be catastrophic for our kids and this community."
Superintendent Jason Kamras said such a "tectonic" change would cause upheaval for the city's public schools as students prepare to head back to class next week.
The counselor flew under the radar and continued his employment with the state’s largest school division for 20 months after his first solicitation arrest. The Virginia Department of Corrections is opening an investigation regarding the incident, an official said. | https://richmond.com/news/local/adopting-an-envigo-beagle-in-virginia-shes-just-the-best-dog/article_bee709e2-63f0-5784-bd57-e1e59d28aa86.html | 2022-08-28T12:00:33 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/adopting-an-envigo-beagle-in-virginia-shes-just-the-best-dog/article_bee709e2-63f0-5784-bd57-e1e59d28aa86.html |
HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A deadly motorcycle crash in a construction zone shut down eastbound lanes of I-70 in Hancock County early Sunday morning.
According to State Police investigating the crash, the motorcycle hit a trailer that a pickup was pulling east of Mt. Comfort Road just before midnight. Police said the truck and trailer were broken down in the construction zone, where there are no emergency shoulders.
The cycle was then hit by a car, then a semi, and the semi caught fire as a result of the secondary crash.
The motorcyclist who died in the crash was identified as 47-year-old Mark Webster of Richmond, Indiana.
No other injuries were reported and the crash is still under investigation.
At 6:30 a.m. the backup stretched west into Marion County past Cumberland Road.
Westbound lanes were also shut down overnight for emergency crews, but have since reopened.
The accident scene was cleared shortly after 7 a.m. and eastbound traffic started to clear.
Motorcyclist killed on I-465 Saturday
Another motorcycle rider died on I-465 near East Street on the south side of Indianapolis Saturday night.
Police said 40-year-old John Byers of Indianapolis died at the scene.
Emergency crews were called to investigate at approximately 7:15 p.m. and found Byers unconscious and unresponsive after the crash.
Investigators determined Byers drove off the road and struck a construction sign on the left side of the highway near the 3.2 mile marker of I-465. It is not clear what caused Byers to run off the road and there were no other vehicles involved.
The left two lanes of I-465 were closed in the area for approximately two hours while the crash was investigated. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/deadly-crash-and-fire-shuts-down-i-70-in-hancock-county/531-3740d09b-f463-4884-8dec-7e257daddc42 | 2022-08-28T12:05:30 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/deadly-crash-and-fire-shuts-down-i-70-in-hancock-county/531-3740d09b-f463-4884-8dec-7e257daddc42 |
INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD missing persons detectives are asking for the public's help in locating a 73-year-old man who went missing Saturday night on the southeast side of Indianapolis.
Earnest Green was last seen in the area of the Speedrome at 800 South Kitley Avenue.
Police describe Green as 5’7" tall, weighing 163 lbs. with brown hair and blue eyes. He was driving a blue 2013 Chevy Silverado with a silver toolbox bearing Indiana plate MB2267.
Green was last seen wearing a blue shirt, gray pants and a black and yellow military hat.
If you see him or know where he might be located, call 911 or the IMPD missing persons unit at 317-327-6160. You can also call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS).
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-searches-for-missing-man/531-2abb2634-5d36-424c-ac21-c8f5441016b7 | 2022-08-28T12:05:36 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-searches-for-missing-man/531-2abb2634-5d36-424c-ac21-c8f5441016b7 |
More than a hundred northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo are hopping back into the wild this month, thanks to a collaborative effort to save one of the last remaining Northwest populations of this endangered species.
The froglets, which hatched from eggs collected by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife earlier this year, spent six months growing big and strong in a protected area at the zoo before being released into the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge earlier this month.
“We keep the eggs safe and healthy until they’re ready to hatch,” said Sara Morgan, who oversees the zoo’s frog-rearing efforts. “Froglets have a much better chance at surviving in the wild on their own than eggs or tadpoles.”
The recovery effort is made possible by a partnership with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington State University and Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.
Once abundant throughout North America, northern leopard frogs are rapidly disappearing from their native ranges in Washington, Oregon and western Canada. In Washington, where the zoo-reared froglets were released, the species has been listed as endangered since 1999 and only one known population remains.
“Every tiny frog counts,” Morgan said.
Biologists attribute the frogs’ decline to a combination of threats, including habitat loss, disease, predation by bullfrogs, pollution and climate change. By head-starting them, the zoo and its conservation partners are hoping to replenish the northern leopard frog population in the region.
Helping the frogs — and the wetland habitat they depend on — will benefit other species as well, conservationists say.
“Northern leopard frogs are an important indicator of water quality,” said Emily Grabowsky, WDFW biologist. “If we can improve and conserve wetland habitat that is good for frogs, we will also benefit other species ranging from other amphibians to waterfowl and deer."
Funding for the northern leopard frog reintroduction is being provided through a competitive state wildlife grant awarded to WDFW from USFWS’s Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/zoo-reared-leopard-frogs-hop-back-into-wild/article_581bd6a0-23fd-11ed-b0f3-b3af4014983a.html | 2022-08-28T12:13:20 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/zoo-reared-leopard-frogs-hop-back-into-wild/article_581bd6a0-23fd-11ed-b0f3-b3af4014983a.html |
WATERLOO — At least 16 food trucks from throughout the region will be lined up for customers at the second annual Food Truck Festival on Saturday.
Gates open at 11 a.m. and the event runs until 8 p.m. at the RiverLoop Expo Plaza, located at Park Avenue and Jefferson Street, as well as along Jefferson Street. The event is presented by Main Street Waterloo and Community Bank & Trust. It will take place rain or shine.
“We are expanding our footprint this year,” said Jessica Rucker, Main Street Waterloo executive director. Food trucks will be parked along a portion of Jefferson Street near the RiverLoop that will be closed to traffic.
“We had 7,000 show up for the first festival last year, more than we anticipated. We’re expecting at least that many people to attend this year, maybe more. Food trucks are very popular, and people love going to festivals where they can enjoy a lot of different foods,” she said.
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“The community asked for events like this, and they came out to support it. We were blown away by the feedback from attendees and participants and are excited to bring this amazing foodie experience back for year two,” said Amy Miller, festival chairperson.
In addition to eating, festivalgoers can enjoy DJ entertainment from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and watch three football games being televised on a bank of TVs set up at the festival.
“We know there are football games on Saturday, and last year we noticed some people leaving early so they could go home and watch their game. We wanted to find a way to encourage them to stay at the festival, so we partnered with Mediacom to have the TVs,” Rucker explained.
Family-friendly activities will take place in the Family Fun Area, presented by Community United Child Care. There will be a whipped cream pie contest, an inflatable slide, decorating aprons, making macaroni necklaces, a selfie-station, kids’ cars and more. Capri College will be face painting from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Due to road construction in downtown Waterloo, the Foodie Fun Run has been cancelled. Rucker expects it to be back for the 2023 Food Truck Festival.
Vendors will compete for awards, certificates, trophies and prizes. Each vendor will offer one of its menu items in sample size. The public can purchase the samples for $5 and vote for foodie favorite and flavorsome winners. Secret judges will score the menu items as well, and the Yummo Award will be given to the vendor with the highest score. An additional award will be selected by the committee.
The Downtown Urban Farmers Market will move to a different location near the RiverLoop Plaza for Saturday’s weekly market.
Admission to the Food Truck Festival is $5 for adults; children 12 and under are admitted free but must be accompanied by an adult 18 or older. VIP tickets are available for $50 and include admission to the festival, “fast food” lines to shorten wait times and samples from each of the food vendors. There will also be access to a shade tent, tables and chairs, additional food and beverage samples and TVs for viewing football games.
General admission and VIP tickets can be purchased online at www.mainstreetwaterloo.org, and at the Main Street Waterloo office at 212 E. Fourth St. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/food-trucks-to-roll-into-waterloos-riverloop-plaza-for-second-annual-festival/article_c2c24571-67d0-51c2-ab3c-a925b96cfa00.html | 2022-08-28T12:22:39 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/food-trucks-to-roll-into-waterloos-riverloop-plaza-for-second-annual-festival/article_c2c24571-67d0-51c2-ab3c-a925b96cfa00.html |
If you are a military veteran with a story to share, we want to hear from you.
The News & Record is again publishing a special “Honoring Our Veterans” section for Veterans Day.
We’re asking veterans to submit information and photos about their service. All submissions will be included in an online gallery featuring local veterans. Some will be chosen to be profiled in stories and photos in the special section.
The project will focus on living veterans who served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East and other conflicts ranging from the Cold War to military interventions in places like Grenada and Panama.
The intent is to archive the stories of those who served, and who often go unrecognized for their sacrifices and service. This is not a telling of war stories. It’s a tribute.
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Submissions will be accepted through Oct. 21.
Please include the veteran’s name, military branch, years of service, rank, hometown at time of service, current city or town of residence, and a short summary of their service up to 150 words. Please also include contact information so we can reach out with any questions or to set up an interview. Contact information will not be published.
For any photos, please indicate if you own the rights to the photo and give the News & Record permission to publish them.
Send information to jennifer.fernandez@greensboro.com with “Honoring Our Veterans” in the subject line. Or mail to Jennifer Fernandez, c/o News & Record, 3001 S. Elm-Eugene St., Greensboro NC 27406 with “Honoring our Veterans” on the envelope. For any photos, please include information identifying who is in the photo and when and where it was taken.
Here's a look at our 2020 section, which won first place in the N.C. Press Association awards: | https://greensboro.com/news/local/military-veterans-asked-to-share-their-stories-with-n-r-readers/article_b1f8c672-255d-11ed-a7ee-77bb0c703ddc.html | 2022-08-28T12:31:02 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/military-veterans-asked-to-share-their-stories-with-n-r-readers/article_b1f8c672-255d-11ed-a7ee-77bb0c703ddc.html |
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