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HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Most of us would likely assume that Hagerstown grew outward from an original group of lots around the Square that were first plotted by Jonathan Hager when he founded the town in the 1760s.
After nearly two years in the hands of an expert document conservator, the plat and other documents — including a rare copy of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s proclamation to Marylanders in the days preceding the Battle of Antietam — are finally home with the Washington County Historical Society.
Plans are to keep the delicate originals stored and preserved, but display copies for everyone to see.
“My best guess is the plat plan was generated in the early 1800s,” said society President Bill Maharay. “It descended through the Hager family; it’s on vellum, and it shows the development of Hagerstown through various growth patterns.
“The original layout of the town was basically the first east and west blocks of Washington Street, Potomac Street and Franklin, that was it,” he said.
This plat shows where the town was expanding as it developed.
“And it’s not done in an orderly fashion,” Maharay said. “What I find most interesting is the water source for the town was the stream that starts up over by where the post office is. It’s now all underground, but it shows that stream pattern. And then the area on North Potomac where it rises up past Franklin was called the ‘healthy’ part of town because of sanitation.”
Various notations on the plat show where early churches and businesses were, and one details the coming railroad.
But the plat clearly predates Hagerstown’s “Hub City” status.
Society officials aren’t sure how it became part of its collection, but knew this piece of Hagerstown history had to be preserved.
And there were some other documents that needed to be restored and preserved as well — including correspondence with former Gov. William Paca, who also was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of a handful of known copies of the document Lee used to ingratiate Confederate troops with Marylanders during his northern campaign in 1862.
It came from what Maharay calls the “Seibert collection,” saved over the years by the Seibert family of Clear Spring.
When a family member who had inherited the collection asked if the society were interested in the materials, “needless to say, I said, ‘Absolutely!’” Maharay recalled. “And among the items that the family had saved was the Lee proclamation.
“As best as I can determine, the Museum of the Confederacy (in Richmond) has a copy; the Maryland Historical Society has a copy,” Maharay said.
He believes there probably is at least one more.
A former curator at the society recommended Janice Ellis, who had worked with her husband at the Smithsonian, to do the preservation work.
“Janice came and saw all the items and explained the very intense process that she does, and we were so impressed with her,” said historical society Executive Director Robyn Sumner.
But conserving the documents has been an expensive — and lengthy — proposition, Maharay and Sumner said. Sumner said the society had a $10,000 contract with Ellis for the work, but hadn’t seen the final bill.
They plan to cover much of the cost with grant money, but the society also is accepting donations.
Ellis has had a long career in conserving historical books and documents, including for the New York Public Library, and a lengthy association with the Smithsonian after she completed graduate work at Columbia University. She works independently now from a lab in her Silver Spring, Md., home.
It’s filled with work tables, computers, some pretty serious high-tech magnifiers and a huge antique paper trimmer that she uses to cut materials for protective coverings. Shelves along the walls are filled with materials to preserve various kinds of papers without harming them.
It’s meticulous work. She’s had the Hagerstown plat, for example, for nearly two years.
When Maharay and Sumner arrived recently to pick up the documents, Ellis explained how to handle and store them — and why. It can be a bit technical, but the bottom line is clean hands, a gentle touch and protective folders.
Different adhesives are used for repairs and preservation, depending on the type of paper and ink of the document.
Along with the documents, Ellis returned a little packet of debris she had removed from the surface of the plat.
“Everything that you take off has potential for DNA analysis,” she said. “It’s a new technology that they’re just starting to use now.”
So all that … stuff … could tell who in Hagerstown’s early history had handled the plat?
“All of this surface dirt that just looks like dirt not only is really valuable to people who are doing research on animal husbandry (the vellum is likely made from sheepskin), … but also, it’s gotten so sophisticated now that they can pick up the DNA of the users,” Ellis said.
So, yes.
Ellis told The Herald-Mail she’d always had a love of art, and interests in craft and sciences. Her career has allowed her to combine all of that while salvaging valuable historical items.
“You have to know a little about the history of the object, obviously, a little about the material science — what made it fail in the first place? And you want your repairs to be sympathetic with the original, but you don’t want it to set it up for a second failure,” she said.
“So you don’t do it the same way the original craftsman did it, because that failed … it’s a lot of problem-solving, but with the eye of an artist and the hand of an artist, and hopefully the mind of a historian and scientist.”
And when she’s working on one of these documents, does she ever want to just go research the story behind it?
“YES! Oh yes, oh yes. Yeah. I mean, that’s part of the joy of it,” Ellis said. “And sometimes we find things that the curators didn’t even know, which is really lovely.”
A project that particularly affected her, she said, was a request from a woman who brought her documents so tightly folded the owner couldn’t tell open them to find out what they were.
As Ellis worked with the documents, she discovered they were the manumission papers — documents granting legal freedom — for the owner’s enslaved ancestor.
“When you see how much information they can find in this beaten-up original thing, it makes you think three and four times about what you change (in order to preserve them). And sometimes, clients want it to look new. And it’s like, you don’t want it to look new, you know, you don’t want to dress your grandmother to look like Lady Gaga. You want your grandmother to look like your grandmother.”
One of the items conserved for the Washington County Historical Society is a rare copy of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s proclamation to the residents of Maryland at the beginning of the Maryland Campaign in September 1862, which culminated in the Battle of Antietam. Here’s what Lee told them:
It is right that you should know the purpose that brought the Army under my command within the limits of your State, so far as that purpose concerns yourselves.
The People of the Confederate States have long watched with the deepest sympathy the wrongs and outrages that have been inflicted upon the citizens of a Commonwealth, allied to the States of the South by the strongest social, political and commercial ties.
They have seen with profound indignation their sister State deprived of every right, and reduced to the condition of a conquered Province.
Under the pretense of supporting the Constitution, but in violation of its most valuable provisions, your citizens have been arrested and imprisoned upon no charge, and contrary to all forms of law; the faithful and manly protest against this outrage made by the venerable and illustrious Marylanders to whom in better days, no citizens appealed for right vain, was treated with scorn and contempt; the government of your chief city has been usurped by armed strangers; your legislature has been dissolved by the unlawful arrest of its members; freedom of the press and of speech, of the Federal Executive, and citizens ordered to be tried by a military commission for what they may dare to speak.
Believing that the People of Maryland possessed a spirit too lofty to submit to such a government, the people of the south have long wished to aid you in throwing off this foreign yoke, to enable you to again enjoy the inalienable rights of free men, and restore independence and sovereignty to your State.
In obedience to this wish, our Army has come among you, and is prepared to assist you with the power of its arms in regaining the rights of which you have been despoiled.
This, Citizens of Maryland, is our mission, so far as you are concerned.
No constraint upon your free will is intended, no intimidation is allowed.
Within the limits of this Army, at least, Marylanders shall once more enjoy their ancient freedom of thought and speech.
We know no enemies among you, and will protect all of every opinion.
It is for you to decide your destiny, freely and without constraint.
This army will respect your choice whatever it may be, and while the Southern people will rejoice to welcome you to your natural position among them, they will only welcome you when you come of your own free will.
R. E. Lee, General Commanding.
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — When the Fredericksburg City Council voted in 2020 to relocate the slave auction block that stood on the corner of William and Charles streets for 176 years, it jumpstarted a conversation about the way history is told in the city.
City Council made telling a more inclusive story of Fredericksburg an official priority in 2020 and is helping the museum hire a Black history curator.
The responsiveness of City Council gave Paula Royster confidence that the door was open for community members to freely express themselves to leaders including Mayor Mary Katherine Greenlaw.
“It let me know that the city was ready,” Royster said. “Mayor Greenlaw is a very progressive mayor. She understands how the disconnect between history that’s being told and reality impacts the community. It drives apathy. It drives cynicism. It drives mistrust. I don’t think she and the council members want to live in a divided city.”
Royster is the founder and CEO of the Center for African-American Genealogical Research. She’s also a published author who teaches coursework in humanities and social sciences.
City Council donated $5,000 to Royster’s “Reclaiming Our Time” project, which will identify the 10 oldest Black families in Fredericksburg’s history.
A male member of those families will undergo extensive DNA testing to determine if their ancestors hail from one of the 12 African nations that had slave ships arrive at the Fredericksburg dock centuries ago.
“This project is to reclaim our time by way of whatever records are available and substantiated by the DNA,” Royster said. “So that when we talk about the history of Fredericksburg, we are talking about its true history and the contributions that our African ancestors made.”
In addition to funds from City Council, St. George’s Episcopal Church has donated $5,500 to Royster’s project. Trinity Episcopal Church has pledged support. Mayfield Civic Association President Trudy Smith and Fredericksburg native and U.S. Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater have also given donations.
Royster has identified eight of the 10 families and hopes to finalize the complete list by next week. The project is expected to take seven months. She’s hopeful the final outcome is that the city will support an African-American Cultural Heritage Center, where Black people can conduct research on their lineage, watch documentaries on the places where they originated and cultivate a community garden.
“It just gives us African-Americans validation,” Smith said of why she supports the project. “You just didn’t drop here from nowhere. You have a history. You have people before you who made contributions to civilization other than picking cotton, cleaning the kitchen for somebody else and cooking the food.”
Royster said that certain architectural structures in Fredericksburg lead her to believe that people from multiple African nations inhabited the city.
She noted the use of cowry shells that are native to Ghana in some buildings and grounds around the area. She believes the Bakongo tribe was present because of the way graves were decorated at Shiloh cemetery.
She said she’s discovered evidence of the slave ships’ arrival and now she has to sort through a particular time period to identify the nations from which they came. She said there are two ships that came from Anomabo, Ghana, and that the cowry shells and the ship’s manifest substantiate that people in Fredericksburg have ancestors from Anomabo and do not know it.
“My hope is that out of this, these families can have some closure,” Royster said. “I hope that they can build off the research that I’ve done to continue looking at other areas, to identify those (traditions) in the past that have been retained through the generations without knowing what they were.”
Royster observed census records from 1810–60 and made a list of every Black family. She then determined who had been there the longest by who appeared first. Only free Blacks were counted on the census, Royster said.
Royster is not prepared to release the eight names she’s come up with so far, but said they’re familiar names with many descendants still in the area.
“It just does my soul good to know that Dr. Royster is taking the time to connect the dots,” Smith said. “It has fueled the fire for me to connect the dots in my family and I’m sure it’s going to do the same thing for other people.”
Royster said she hopes white families will assist her by providing historical journals, notes, wills and other documents that kept record of when Black slaves were born, who their parents were and the cost of their purchase or sale.
Greenlaw said she’s eager to see the results of Royster’s work. She noted that Fredericksburg started a relationship with its sister city in Ghana, Prince’s Town. She and others planned a trip there to visit officials but it was called off because of the pandemic.
Greenlaw said Royster’s project “is one of the most exciting things I’ve seen as far as our community is concerned.”
“This follows along with our telling the whole story,” Greenlaw said. “It’s absolutely part of what we want to do—to identify our roots and the real history of this city.”
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As a senior in high school, Eric Alvarez signed up for a radio engineering class to work at a radio station. Instead, he was assigned to help a boy who was learning to read. After six weeks, the boy was reading, and Alvarez had his first taste of teaching.
“I initially didn't go towards teaching, teaching kept finding me in small ways,” Alvarez said. He obtained his bachelor’s in elementary education from the New Mexico State University and while the plan was to attend graduate school, a practice interview at the Cartwright Elementary School District would land him his first job at a school in the district.
Seventeen years later, Alvarez continues to teach at the Glenn L. Downs Social Sciences Academy in Maryvale.
In March, Alvarez was selected as one of the four winners of the Chicanos Por La Causa 2022 Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards in Arizona, which, according to CPLS's website, recognizes the impact Latino/a/x teachers have on their students.
School principal Vivian Nash, who has worked with him for eight years, said Alvarez has built a connection with his students and was deserving of the award.
Once he knew he wanted to teach, Alvarez said doing it in a community where he would make an impact, where kids could look up to him and see themselves reflected in their education was important.
“I've always liked history and I've always noticed how I don't see myself in history that we were learning, in American history or anything,” Alvarez said. “So I wanted to make sure there was kids that looked like me, that I could teach them about our history or give them the missing pieces that aren't in the history class that I got.”
Although teaching wasn’t always in Eric Alvarez’s plans, his mother, Martha Alvarez, who was also a teacher, said he is a natural and believes he couldn’t do a job as well as he does this one.
“He's a great storyteller, he's always got a story to weave in so he brings the engagement, that brings the interest into what he's teaching. And he is just genuine, and the kids know if he is being sincere, or just going through the motions … they know that he really cares about them," she said.
‘I want them to see things’
Eric Alvarez was surrounded by children from all over the world, having grown up in a military base in Germany for 11 years due to his father’s job. Because of that, he said as a child he didn’t have many conversations about being Mexican-American.
Before returning to the United States, Jaime Alvarez, his father, said he wanted to speak with Eric Alvarez and his two brothers about how being Hispanic could be perceived in a different way by some people.
“When it was time for him to come to college, I called him and his brothers. ‘Look, you guys have been in an environment where diversity is very common. Exposure to other cultures was routine ... When you go back you've got my color and other people will see you and not like you just because of your color,’” Jaime Alvarez said
Eric Alvarez realized how important that conversation on identity was once he arrived in the U.S. He said that as a teacher, he wants to impart that to the children.
“Discussing identity, thinking about identity, grappling with identity became important to me. And I help kids understand that,” he said.
Alvarez is the social sciences, equity and global readiness specialist and a coach at the school. His roles allow him to connect more with the kids and introduce them to history he feels he should have been exposed to, he said.
“We're going to make sure that the school is focused on Hispanic Heritage Month or Women's History Month or Black History Month, or really focused on getting these histories embedded into what we're doing instead of just a lot of stuff that I missed out on," Alvarez said.
His Hispanic roots also help him connect with the parents of his students, Alvarez said, as sometimes they reach out to him when they need help with things such as immigration processes. Even if he doesn’t know the answer, he said he helps them find the resources they need.
“So I know my Spanish isn't perfect, but the parents know — you're going to talk to me in Spanish and I'm going to say back to you in English, but we're going to communicate and I'm going to help you get what you need,” Alvarez said. “And in fact, that means a lot to them.”
Besides classes and coaching, he also works with the Youth and Government Club to help students understand the legislative process. In December, he took children to the Arizona House floor and Senate floor and had them debate and vote on bills that they came up with.
Activities like this one are important for Alvarez, he said, since he wants the children to be proud of growing up in Maryvale, but he also wants them to know they can reach possibilities outside of their community.
“Even if they don't say ‘I want to do government,’ they know that ‘oh, I know now I can use my voice.’ Or ‘now I know that I can just have a certain power,’” he said.
Lasting impact on his students
Reflecting on Alvarez’ award and what he has achieved in the community, his parents said they are proud of him, and during school fundraisers they have witnessed the impact he has had, watching current students and even former students get a chance to speak with him.
His mother said that speaks to the kind of teacher he is.
“That says a lot about him because, you know, how many kids want to go back to their teacher? ... They make it a point to come and just to visit with him," Martha Alvarez said.
The impact that Eric Alvarez has had on students throughout the years is also reflected in how he has instilled in them that they can be successful in whatever they decide to do in the future, according to Nash, the school principal.
“He’s that positive adult in their life that champions for them, like a cheerleader for them,” Nash said. “So when someone you feel that was really in your corner and that supports you unconditionally, of course, you want to keep in touch and you want them to know how you’re doing.”
After almost 20 years teaching, Alvarez said he feels he has learned how to be more than just a teacher who gets students to do what he wants and instead has become a coach who helps them understand the benefits of the education they are getting.
During the pandemic Alvarez reached out to students and asked them to share positive news to balance the negative ones. He said he was flooded with stories of success and even if he played a small part in those achievements, he said he believes he made some of those things possible.
“Kids were saying, ‘I started my own business’ or ‘I'm in college’ ... all these stories, and it was so amazing. I wasn't responsible for all that, but I know I'm responsible for some of that,” Alvarez said. “And so, I think that when you give kids opportunities and you help them find their voice, they can take care of themselves.”
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Arizona nonprofits can begin applying for Community Thrives grants on June 1
Starting June 1, nonprofits working to help struggling Arizonans can apply for grants up to $100,000 through this year’s A Community Thrives initiative.
The 6-year-old giving-back program is organized by the Gannett Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Gannett Co., Inc., which owns The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. Nationally, $2 million is expected to be awarded.
Last year, 16 Arizona nonprofits shared more than $330,000 in A Community Thrives grants. Among them, The Be Kind People Project, which received a $10,000 grant to teach students valuable life-skills through music, urban dance and spoken word performances.
"The Be Kind People Project used every dollar of the grant funding from A Community Thrives to provide social, academic, health, emotional wellness, and character education for Arizona youth," founder Marcia Meyer said.
"Kids have needed extra support – from academics, to interpersonal relationship skills, to coping and personal wellness, to maintaining healthy habits – during the pandemic changes in education and even post-pandemic transitions."
The largest grant, $25,000, went to Tempe-based Lily's Pad, which received $20,000 to help build a hyperclean play facility for children with autoimmune disorders, cancer and heart defects.
Generally, grants are broken into two categories:
- National grants of $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 are awarded for specific projects themed around community building. These are decided by the Gannett Foundation's national board of directors.
- Local operating grants can be used for specific projects or for operational costs In Phoenix, local operating grant applications will be considered by some of the same dedicated Republic employees who review Season for Sharing grant applications each year. One distinction between the two grant-making programs: crowdfunding. For final consideration, A Community Thrives asks nonprofits to do some independent crowdfunding.
A Community Thrives 2022
Timeline:
- June 1-30 -- Application period.
- July 18-Aug. 12 -- Crowdfunding by qualified nonprofits.
- Grants will be announced on Oct. 5.
Nonprofits can find more details about A Community Thrives and, beginning June 1, apply at: gannettfoundation.org/act.
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Snapping turtles, an invasive species in Oregon, are nesting this time of year and are more likely to be encountered on land which is an opportunity for the public to help out.
Please report sightings of snapping turtles to ODFW by visiting https://oregonturtles.org.
Snapping turtles can harm native turtle populations as well as amphibians, mammals, birds and fish. ODFW wildlife biologists have seen an uptick in reports, and some snapping turtles have been captured recently by members of the public. If you find a snapping turtle on land and can safely do so, contain the turtle and immediately contact ODFW. For example, put a large sturdy container such as a plastic storage tote over the turtle and place a heavy object on top to prevent the turtle from escaping. Stay away from the snapping turtle’s head – they have a long neck and a powerful bite.
The common snapping turtle, indigenous to the eastern United States but invasive in Oregon, can reach up to 18 inches in length. Its top shell is strongly serrated and varies from tan/brown to olive to almost black. Its long tail has three rows of saw-tooth keels.
Invasive turtles can be delivered to your local ODFW office when they are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call ahead to arrange your delivery.
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I recently read an article in the New York Times entitled, “One Million Deaths, 13 Last Messages.” It was a powerful piece where the rapidly rising death numbers scrolled across the page as a time sequence, while final text exchanges between COVID victims and loved ones were superimposed. What struck me here was that, these weren’t sick people to begin with. Most people who died from COVID weren’t languishing in nursing homes. They were active, thriving individuals with jobs and families, many in the prime of their lives. All cases started out with what they thought was a simple cold, which then had an unexpected fatal escalation. Not one of them thought they were going to die. Neither did their families. But they all did. Each posted thread contained a final text message originating from some ICU bed…… then nothing.
The major headliner all last month was the surpassing of the one million mark. It’s really hard to fathom that number unless you relate it to something familiar. I grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In the fall, every other Saturday was game day at Michigan stadium. That stadium is labeled “The Big House” since, at a capacity of 110,000, it seats more fans than any other college football stadium in the country. Each game day, the city police spend countless hours re-routing the streets to allow for the crush of traffic entering and eventually exiting the city. Freeways would be backed up for miles. Parking was a nightmare, with every local homeowner offering their yards to make an extra buck. Our high school sports fields would fill with the motorhomes of those pulling in the night before. Tailgate parties went on seemingly forever. The season usually included 8-9 home games, or about one million people. Given our current COVID death toll, all of those people could be gone. Another sobering image is that of 5,500 commercial flights crashing during a 2-year period.
It saddens me when I think about how much better we could have done. United States citizens failed in so many ways. Lack of direction from the top set the tone early on and we never recovered. Personal freedoms, governmental and big business mistrust clouded decisions throughout the pandemic leading to our astronomical death toll. Alternatively, Australia, with a population make-up very similar to ours, has lost only 7,500 people with a death rate only 1/10th that of the U.S. This result came through some hard decisions by their government early in the pandemic, policies which clearly worked. Still, it seems the Australian people also don’t like being told how to behave. The Aussie government which led to that great save has now been replaced. Clearly, humanity will always be its own worst enemy.
Worldwide, the death toll stands at an estimated 15 million, yet this number, directly or indirectly, may represent barely half of the true total. Over the past 2 years, most countries have experienced enormous increases to their death rates, yet in many, only a small fraction of this increase has been attributed to COVID. This is either due to inadequate testing, poor record keeping or perhaps just governmental denial. Pakistan and Egypt are good examples where only 1/8th and 1/12th of the increased deaths were attributed directly to COVID. Record keeping in China, India and Russia have been equally abysmal.
As the next variant catapults us into yet another wave (currently losing 350 people a day) our behavior indicates we’ve already forgotten the horror behind us, or have just chosen to do so. COVID has erased an enormous swath of our society. This non-selective virus has taken so many from us, altering our lives forever. Four of ten of us will know someone who has died of COVID, one of seven has lost a family member. I understand that to move on we need to forget, but to survive we still need to remember. I lost my father to COVID, witnessing first-hand how horrifically this virus affects its victims and their families. I now have a brother dealing with long COVID. Previously a robust healthy guy, he now feels his life may never be the same. He’s nine months out from what was a “mild,” stay-at-home infection at the time. The damage seen in his current cardiac and pulmonary studies would make us reconsider our definition of mild. Interestingly, 76% of people with long COVID were never hospitalized, so it’s not just a disease of those who were severely afflicted. Long COVID has already affected 20 million Americans having variable effects on their lives. For some, this syndrome has been life altering.
Are we better prepared this time around? Yes, we are, at least somewhat. Vaccinations are helping by tremendously keeping down hospitalization and mortality numbers. Where we are falling short is we are lifting masking mandates far too soon in high-risk situations such as crowded events and public transportation.
I completely understand our desire to return to normalcy, but at what cost? Are another 100,000 deaths acceptable? Will we even notice that small addition to our current tally? The answer sadly is probably not, at least not until one of the statistics becomes a close family member.
Omicron continues to mutate at a frightening rate and current vaccines are unable to keep up. Also, there is also nothing keeping the older Delta, or the more dangerous strain, from mutating and creating its own new wave leading to an escalation of hospitalizations. Regardless of this risk, the public continues to push for less restrictive mandates from our government. Here’s what the scientists are thinking: Without any mandates what-so-ever, living life as we did pre-COVID, experts estimate that the average person will acquire some new strain of COVID on the average of twice per year. Now when you consider that long COVID symptoms often lasting over 6 months you have to ask yourself; will I ever feel well again? The only solution will be to not get infected in the first place. By now everyone knows how this works. How they wish to live/feel is their choice.
I’m frequently asked, “should I get the booster?” Newer studies have shown that a larger interval between inoculations may actually offer stronger immunity than a shorter one. Additionally, vaccines are continuing to evolve. Regarding the current booster, if you are immunocompromised or part of a higher risk group (over 65) and it’s been over 3 months, get the booster. Otherwise, it may be better to wait until later in the summer when an Omicron covering vaccine is out. Regardless, you probably don’t want to delay beyond 6 months.
I guess the question here is, what is a return to “normalcy” anyway? Will we ever return to life as it was pre-pandemic? Probably not. The world is constantly changing. As a species (or an individual) we need to adjust to new realities all the time. Do you ever think the glaciers are coming back? Nope. If you lose a limb due to trauma you’ll need to adapt to your new situation but life goes on. When a person is diagnosed with diabetes will they ever be able to stop taking insulin? This is probably most like COVID. They might actually be able to stop insulin if they can change what might have caused diabetes in the first place such as excess weight or a bad diet. When it comes to COVID however, history has proven we are clearly unable to control our causative factors, either individually or cumulatively. So no, we won’t ever get off our insulin. Our new lives from this point forward will be different. They’ll need to be if we want to remain well. We’ll need to be mindful of any public gathering and mask when it seems appropriate. This does not mean our lives will be any less fulfilling than they were, just at times a bit less convenient. As a species we must to adapt to doing some things differently, and we will. It’ll be worth it.
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Republican legislative leaders aren't saying what new abortion policies they plan to implement in Indiana if the U.S. Supreme Court in coming weeks gives states the green light to further restrict, or outright ban, abortion access.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, and Senate President Rod Bray, R-Martinsville, both said they need to see what the nation's high court rules before deciding how the Indiana General Assembly will respond.
"We're a pro-life state, and we'd like to take a look at that. But we really have to wait and see what that opinion says when it comes down," Bray said. "There is a discussion about a range of things that we might do."
Earlier this month, a leaked draft ruling in a Mississippi abortion case, written by Justice Samuel Alito, suggested the Supreme Court is preparing to rescind the right to abortion established by the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, setting the stage for each of the 50 states to set its own policy concerning abortion access.
Bray said the leaked opinion is not official and the high court potentially could scale back its ruling to merely upholding the Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with limited exceptions for medical emergencies or severe fetal abnormalities.
Implementing the Mississippi law in Indiana would have little impact on the number of abortions performed annually in the Hoosier State because 99.1% of Indiana's 7,756 abortions in 2020 occurred prior to 13 weeks gestation, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
At the same time, Bray acknowledged lawmakers are informally talking about what steps Indiana might take if the preliminary Supreme Court ruling authorizing states to impose a total abortion ban becomes the final decision of the court.
Bray insisted no decisions have been made and no proposed legislation has been drafted. He said potential abortion exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest, or pregnancies that impair the life of the mother, still remain to be decided.
He also did not address how an Oklahoma-style abortion ban that begins at "fertilization" might impact the availability of birth control products that prevent uterine implantation of a fertilized embryo or access to in-vitro fertilization treatments in Indiana.
"There's going to be a lot of conversations about that in the weeks and months ahead," Bray said. "We're going to have a full vetting of that issue, we're going to have hearings, we're going to give people the opportunity to come and weigh in and talk about their perspective on it."
"We're going to take all those things into consideration to see where we land."
Huston declined to speculate on whether Indiana has the ability to take care of more than 7,000 potentially unwanted children who may be born each year if the state completely bans abortion.
He said the state has allocated a great deal of money in recent years to reducing maternal and infant mortality, and those investments will continue regardless of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling.
"We are committed to helping women," Huston said.
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb so far has refused to say whether he will call the General Assembly into special session this summer to address abortion access following the Supreme Court decision, as requested in March by 100 Republican state legislators.
"I'm waiting to see what the court submits in their final decision," Holcomb said.
Hoosier Democrats said rather than a special legislative session to impair women's rights, Holcomb should call lawmakers back to the Statehouse to temporarily suspend the 56 cents in state taxes imposed on each gallon of gasoline sold in Indiana.
"Saving money for people during a period of global inflation should be a no-brainer for any public servant, but it’s clear the Indiana GOP gets their orders from Washington, D.C. — not Indiana," said Mike Schmuhl, chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party.
"Rather than wasting even more taxpayer dollars on a total abortion ban, something only 17% of Hoosiers want, we should be focusing on saving money for everyone by rolling back some of the Indiana GOP's tax hikes on everyday Hoosiers."
Abortion access already is strictly limited in Indiana. There is no "abortion on demand."
To obtain a surgical or pill-induced abortion in Indiana, a woman must first visit an abortion clinic, or an affiliated health clinic, at least 18 hours prior to her abortion appointment to receive state-mandated, in-person counseling intended to deter the woman from getting an abortion.
The woman also must undergo an ultrasound at her pre-abortion visit and be offered the opportunity to view the ultrasound imaging and listen to the fetal heart tone — unless she declines in writing.
Either way, the woman must, by law, be provided a printed copy of her ultrasound image at no cost.
Abortion-inducing medication only may be administered up to eight weeks post-fertilization and the first of the two doses must be taken in the presence of the physician.
Telemedicine may not be used to obtain abortion-inducing pills in Indiana, even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized telemedicine prescription and mail delivery of abortion pills at up to 10 weeks gestation.
An Indiana woman undergoing a surgical abortion is required to decide whether she will take responsibility for burying or cremating the abortion remains, or allow the abortion provider to handle disposal, which must be either by burial or cremation.
State law imposes additional, significant restrictions for abortions after 13 weeks gestation, even more barriers after 20 weeks, and mandates, in nearly all circumstances, parental consent for an abortion performed on a person less than 18 years old.
A state statute set to take effect July 1 creates a new crime of "coerced abortion" that will punish anyone "who knowingly or intentionally coerces a pregnant woman to have an abortion" with up to 2 1/2 years in prison.
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Transgender girls in Indiana, regardless of their physical characteristics or gender identity, are prohibited by law from participating in girls sports teams at all K-12 schools beginning July 1.
Gov. Eric Holcomb answered questions about abortion, state revenue, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. and Sonic during a visit Monday to Northwest Indiana.
In 2020, 7,756 women had an abortion in Indiana, up from 7,637 one year prior, a total of 119 more abortions, or a 1.6% increase, following a 5% decline in 2019.
Jennifer-Ruth Green has secured endorsements from two leading anti-abortion organizations that could prove decisive in the Republican primary for Northwest Indiana's U.S. House seat.
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun would welcome the U.S. Supreme Court rescinding its 1967 ruling that legalized interracial marriage nationwide in favor of allowing each state to decide such issues on its own.
Republican state legislators are urging Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb to call the Indiana General Assembly into special session if the U.S. Supreme Court limits or rescinds the right to abortion.
Coercing a woman into having an abortion already is a crime under Indiana's intimidation statute. Nevertheless, the Legislature agreed Tuesday to create a new crime of "coerced abortion."
"As we stand here today, we may well be on the verge of an era where the Supreme Court sends Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history — where it belongs," said former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
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CROWN POINT — It wasn’t the Indy 500, but gentlemen were still starting their engines.
The Regional Streeters Car Club of Indiana hosted the 112th running of the Cobe Cup Cruise on Saturday. Starting from the Lake County Fairgrounds, drivers cruised through Crown Point, Cedar Lake and Lowell before returning to the fairgrounds for awards.
Regional Streeter Ray Miranda was anticipating 160 entries.
“They want to be a part of history,” Miranda said. "There’s no cruise like this. People can go to car shows and sit, but here you can drive on the roads they used 100 years ago.”
The race-turned-cruise dates back to 1909, when Louis Chevrolet stood on the east steps of the Crown Point Courthouse after winning the Cobe Trophy Race, a 25-mile automotive road race that was a predecessor to the Indianapolis 500.
The Cobe Cup Race only lasted for two years as a competitive race but continues today as a Memorial Day weekend tradition through the Regional Streeters, a car enthusiast club that promotes street-rodding and good citizenship. It featured historic cars, including Marktown resident Paul Meyers’ 1929 Model A Ford sedan.
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Driving the lead vehicle, Meyers said he’s owned his classic car for three years, or 14,000 miles.
“This is a great chance to meet new people," Meyers said of the cruise.
As for his vehicle, “The car turns heads,” he said. “I’ll be driving, and people will pass me and take pictures. People just like these cars — unless you’re behind this car.”
Named after car enthusiast and Chicago Automobile Club President Ira M. Cobe, the race has been described as "the first major auto race in the United States," though it was modeled after New York's Vanderbilt Cup Race. It ran at the Crown Point Road Race Circuit in Northwest Indiana in 1909 and then was moved to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the next year.
The auto club intended to return the race to the Chicago area in 1911, but that never happened after the race lost $25,000 the first year and was displaced by the Indianapolis 500 the next year.
Anthony Traicoff, of Lowell, brought his grandson and his 1951 Buick Roadmaster. “This car is absolutely original, with nothing done to it,” he said. “All original parts.”
Traicoff and others cited the camaraderie among drivers and passersby. “The people are fantastic,” he said, “If you have a breakdown along the route, others will pull over to help.”
Traicoff also owns 1938 and 1958 Chevys.
“Every time I get in the car, it brings back memories when I was a child,” he said.
One thing car enthusiasts share is a love for talking about their vehicles. Visitors have only to ask and they’ll hear a story.
Carl Rudzinski, of St. John, drove his 1939 Chevy, which he describes as “a little classy and pretty reliable.”
He added that the classic Chevy is all factory-made. “There’s no computer chips, and I’m able to work on it, and I’m no mechanic,” Rudzinski said.
Rudzinski cited several unique features with the car. One is side doors locking on only one side. This is due to parallel parking, with entry only available on the sidewalk side.
Another feature is a variety of car horns. Country horns sound louder, while city horns are not as loud. Still another feature is radiator overflow. In case the radiator overheats, the fluid travels to another container in the engine.
Another driver with stories is Dan Dieck, of Hebron, who honored family ancestry with his 1931 Ford Model A Roadster pickup. On one side of the wooden truck is the company logo for his grandfather’s Sinclair station, John’s Garage and Service Station in South Holland, Ill. Lettering includes the Sinclair dinosaur logo and his grandfather’s shop phone number, ED1-9518.
On the other side of the truck is the logo for the florist shop run by his wife’s grandfather, G.C. Milhahn Florist of Dolton, Ill. Opened in 1929, the shop was in business for 86 years, and its phone number, Dolton-938, is also posted.
“I run into people all the time at these car shows,” Dieck said. “Plus, I love to talk cars.”
Mike Ceiga’s 1961 Studebaker Hawk had its share of admirers. The Cedar Lake resident said his car has a 4-speed manual transmission and bucket seats, which is very rare. “They made less than 200 of these, and these features were only available in the ’61 models,” he explained. “I get a lot of thumbs-up with this car, and it’s a lot of fun to drive.”
The cruise, Ceiga said, “is the element I like to be in.”
Lest anyone think the cruise is men only, women also participate. Heather Panczuk, of Lowell, rode with husband, Paul, in their 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, similar to the vehicle in “Smokey and the Bandit.”
“We drive this car everywhere,” Panczuk said. “We go to a lot of car shows and enjoy talking to people. You see people you’ll only see at these shows.”
The cruise is unique, she noted. “You’re doing something,” she said, “and you get to cruise the course.”
Melissa Schlueter, of Lake Village, rode with husband, Heath, in “Betty,” their 1938 Chevy. “We enjoy seeing all the cars and people,” she said.
While Bill Zeller, of Hammond, has a 1974 Datsun 260Z that “gets a lot of compliments,” he asks other drivers about lead additives, as his car takes leaded fuel.
Mark Stancy, of Hammond, thinks yesterday’s cars have a style and classiness that today’s vehicles lack. “It’s interesting to see what manufacturers used to do to sell cars,” he said.
Brian Ensign, of Valparaiso, was relaxing beside his 40th anniversary 1993 Corvette, with its unique ruby red color and interior.
“I love that this is just a cruise. I have a wall full of trophies; I don’t need any more,” he said. “This is about seeing people, talking to people.”
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ATLANTA — A person was struck and killed on the MARTA tracks Sunday morning forcing a shutdown at the East Point station.
At around 6:30 a.m., a person on the northbound trackway was struck and killed by a train that was approaching East Point Station, a spokesperson for the agency said.
The medical examiner was on the scene as of 9 a.m. They said "once the scene is cleared, rail service through the area will resume."
A bus bridge has been established from College Park to Lakewood. Northbound trains are stopping at College Park and southbound trains are stopping at Lakewood.
Riders can also get a $15 Lyft credit by way of MARTAConnect.
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ATLANTA — There are several events taking place on Memorial Day across metro Atlanta as communities come together to remember the brave men and women who served our country and are no longer with us.
Here is a list of some of the Memorial Day services and parades:
ALPHARETTA MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE: The event will take place at City Hall starting at 10 a.m. and include a keynote from Retired Lt. Col. Jeff Davis with the United States Marine Corps. It is put on by the city and the Rotary Club.
DACULA MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: In its 29th year, the theme for this year's parade in Dacula is "Our Fallen, Your Freedom." The route will run from the Hebron Church parking lot exit to Dacula Road, turn right onto Wilson Street off Dacula Road, turn right onto Second Avenue, cross Broad Street to Hebron Church Road (in front of Dacula High School) and continue back to Hebron Baptist Church. It starts at 10 a.m. on Monday. Organizers said the parade routinely draws 10,000+ people, so get there early if you want a spot.
CITY OF DUNWOODY: The city of Dunwoody Parks and Recreation Department will hold its annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Brook Run Park Veterans Memorial. The event includes patriotic music, guest speakers and an invocation. It takes place Monday at the Brook Run Park Veterans Memorial at 10 a.m.
CITY OF KENNESAW: The American Legion Post 304 will gather on Monday as they "honor those who have fallen in combat" at the Kennesaw City Cemetery at 7 p.m.
CITY OF MARIETTA: The National Memorial Day Association of Georgia is hosting the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Marietta National Cemetery at Noon on Monday. The ceremony will feature patriotic music, posting of the colors, prayers, a gun salute, as well as inspiring speakers.
CITY OF NORCROSS: From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Thrasher Park in downtown Norcross, the community will gather for a Memorial Day ceremony. According to its website, there will be "a collection of special guests will be hosting and entertaining throughout the day.
CITY OF WOODSTOCK: The event will kick off on Monday at 9:30 a.m. with special musical performances by The Cobb New Horizons Symphonic Band with the ceremony starting at 10 a.m. at The Park at City Center.
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It’s becoming increasingly harder to say what tomorrow brings for the Colorado River.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, via the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Program, made the unprecedented emergency decision on May 3 to hold back hundreds of billions of gallons of water in Lake Powell to slow the reservoir’s rapid shrinking amid prolonged drought and climate change. The water held back — enough to provide for about 1.5 million homes annually — is being retained to preserve hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, which produces electricity for about 5 million customers across seven states.
The decision represents a complicated juggling of priorities that has been rationalized through bizarre water “crediting” to downstream reservoirs.
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Tanya Trujillo, the bureau's assistant secretary of water and science, told the Associated Press that in order to avoid triggering water allocation cuts based on reservoir elevations in Lake Mead, “We are going to account for the water as if it had been released.”
In other words, water managers are effectively pretending that there is more water in Lake Mead than there actually is, specifically to avoid immediate impacts on water allocation. While these maneuvers and emergency hold backs may allow business-as-usual to go on for a period of time, those close to the Colorado River say that change, one way or another, is going to come. In some places change is already happening.
“The beaches are not in good shape,” said Ben Reeder, third-generation boatman and river guide with the Grand Canyon River Guides Association.
Beaches on the Colorado River are a key resource in the river guiding industry, Reeder said, as they provide a place for river trips to camp. Historically, beaches below Glen Canyon Dam have been maintained through high-flow experiments (HFEs) -- where large releases of water from the dam carry sediment downstream so it can be deposited high on the banks and rebuild the beaches. But currently, Colorado River beaches are eroding more quickly than they can be rebuilt.
“They’re in their worse condition since we started doing these experiments 26 years ago,” Reeder said.
Low water levels in Lake Powell are discouraging HFEs, said Matt Kaplinski, senior research scientist and geomorphologist at Northern Arizona University. Kaplinski has been studying the dynamics of sediment deposition — the kind that builds beaches on the Colorado River — for more than 30 years. He said that as Lake Powell continues to shrink, the “optics” of releasing large amounts of water for HFEs is unappealing to water managers.
Normally, an HFE would be triggered when large amounts of sediment flow into the Colorado River from the Pariah tributary.
“[U.S. Bureau of Reclamation] chucked that out the window last year because of the low reservoir levels,” Kaplinski said. Even though HFEs represent “a drop in the bucket” of annual flow from the dam, Kaplinski said “they didn’t think it would look good if they released water for a high flow from Glen Canyon Dam.”
Beach erosion is not the only concern for river runners. Water levels in the river are “totally doable” for now, but if hold-backs become more extreme or go on for a long time, it could create complications for river navigation.
A low river means “more opportunities to hit rocks,” Reeder said. “For the rowing trips and for the motor trips, it’s going to be slower.
According to Reeder, among the “thousands” of guides who are making a living running commercial trips on the Colorado River, there is looming concern about the long-term future of the industry.
“It's more and more of a reality that there may come a time when running commercial trips [in the Colorado River] are no longer feasible,” he said. “That's a real possibility. I can see it possibly even happening in the next five years.”
The current uncertainty makes for a tense situation, said river guide Josh Nelson.
“For a lot of us, that’s our livelihood,” he said. “We're just kind of at the mercy of all these government entities, and people in charge of the water and the power trying to save a giant reservoir that should have never been built in the first place.”
River ecology could also be impacted by long-term low levels in Lake Powell and decreased downstream flow, said Scott Vanderkooi, supervisory biologist and chief of the US Geological Survey (USGS) Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Though he said he doesn’t expect “big changes,” he noted that the stage is set for the Colorado River ecology to be impacted by rising water temperatures.
Lower levels in Lake Powell means that the water being let through the dam is nearer the lake surface and more thoroughly warmed by the sun.
“It's reservoir elevation, it's a slightly reduced volume, and we're experiencing warmer temperatures,” Vanderkooi said. “All that relates to a warmer river.”
For aquatic organisms, water temperature is a “primary driver” of basic life functions, such as an organism’s metabolism, Vanderkooi said. He said that the USGS will continue to monitor the impact of rising water temperature.
“Having that warmer water can affect all of those organisms,” he said. “That’s something we're going to be watching for and monitoring to see what impact that might have.”
We’re already seeing impacts, and some of them are good, said USGS ecologist Anya Metcalfe, who has been researching the Grand Canyon river bottom for 10 years.
She recently returned from a research trip in May.
“Water temperatures are already rapidly increasing throughout the whole river and especially in the western canyon,” Metcalfe said.
She was excited to report “huge, huge” populations of caddisflies that she suspects were related to warmer river temperatures and lower flows -- which create good breeding conditions for the aquatic insects.
Caddisflies serve as prey for a variety of species and are an integral part of the Grand Canyon food web.
“I've never seen [caddisfly] densities like that before,” Metcalfe said of her recent trip. She also said that her research trip encountered large populations of the endangered native fish known as humpback chub.
“It's hard balancing emotions as an ecologist in this changing river,” Metcalfe said. “Water and energy are really important to our populations as humans out West. But I was also floored to see thriving populations of large bodied insects and native fish.”
The mixed bag of impacts being witnessed on the river is characteristic of the “conflicting goals” within the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Program, said Kaplinski. He described how when Lake Powell is at more stable levels, the program would variably adjust flows to benefit multiple interests — high flows for beach building, low flows for bug breeding, etc. — but at the end of the day, hydropower is the primary goal.
“Most of the funding for this program comes from hydropower revenue,” Kaplinksi said.
But as the climate continues to warm, drought persists with no end in sight and Lake Powell continues to drop, he recognized that current measures of holding back water for hydropower production may not have viability for the long term.
“It's kind of a mind-boggling task to figure out something that's going to be sustainable,” Kaplinksi said. “What could happen in the future? There’s a lot of people above my paygrade scrambling right now to try and figure that out.”
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After a three-year hiatus, Flagstaff will host the Chris Ball Football Camps in June.
The Northern Arizona football staff -- including head coach Ball -- will work with hundreds of high school football players in a variety of camp formats throughout the month. There are 7-on-7 passing tournaments, lineman big man challenges, individual skill camps and the Northern Arizona Mega Camp -- with several college programs set to watch prospects in a variety of drills and activities.
There are several team and individual camps on dates throughout the month.
COVID-19 forced the Lumberjacks to cancel activities in the summer of 2020 and were able to have a few skill camps in the Phoenix area last year. But since 2019, there hasn’t been a camp slate to capitalize on the times Arizona high school programs train in June.
“It’s pretty exciting this year because obviously Flagstaff is beautiful this time of year. People down in Phoenix or Tucson or even from other states can get out of the heat for the weekend and compete in a great tournament,” Chaz Davis, Northern Arizona’s director of football operations and player personnel said.
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Especially with the Mega Camp, a recruiting event that will host coaches and recruiting staff of the West Coast’s top college football programs, the high school athletes will compete and work out in an attempt to take a step in securing a spot on a college team. Many of the players on Northern Arizona’s current roster graduated from Arizona high schools, and undoubtedly a few came through the Lumberjacks camps on their recruiting journeys.
However, the Northern Arizona staff is also excited to be able to give back to the kids in attendance, teaching them some skills and drills they can use for the future.
The summer is also a great time to host the teams, as Northern Arizona can boast its 77,000-square-foot, $47 million Student-Athlete High Performance Center, one of the best training areas of any in the FCS.
“It’s a fun opportunity because the coaches get to coach a bunch of kids, enhance their games and make them better. But also it’s a chance to see some kids move around in-person. But mostly it’s just a great time for everyone, and we get to show off Flagstaff and our facilities,” Davis said.
There will be high-level high school players from programs all around Arizona and the Southwest looking to improve their recruiting stock and skills for the upcoming seasons.
But Davis mentioned that the camp is meant to include all high school athletes, regardless of age and talent.
“You can be entering ninth grade, not just the juniors or seniors. We want the chance to have our coaches help kids get better and garner some interest in what’s going on here. And hopefully that means the kids will help their own teams get better during their high school seasons in the fall,” he said.
More information and camp schedules can be found at chrisballfootballcamps.totalcamps.com.
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A pediatric nurse with Albany Area Primary Health Care evaluates a young patient. AAPHC will hold a groundbreaking June 7 for its new facility in Dawson.
A pediatric nurse with Albany Area Primary Health Care evaluates a young patient. AAPHC will hold a groundbreaking June 7 for its new facility in Dawson.
DAWSON — Albany Area Primary Health Care for will host a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of its Dawson Medical Center on June 7.
The ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. at 505 Forrester Drive Southeast in Dawson.
Once constructed, the medical center will be the new home of Albany Area Primary Health Care’s Dawson providers and care teams. The new space will allow AAPHC to further expand patient care services and access to health care providers.
Albany Area Primary Health Care is one of the largest Community Health Centers in Georgia and one of the largest medical groups in southwest Georgia. The center’s No. 1 priority, according to AAPHC officials, is providing high-quality health care for all, regardless of an individual’s ability to pay or a lack of health insurance. The new space in Dawson will help Albany Area Primary Health Care serve even more residents in Terrell County.
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Crowds packed into Barclays Center for a high-profile boxing match ran for safety after rumors spread of a gunman in the area.
Thousands were in attendance at the Brooklyn complex for a showdown between Geranto Davis and Rolando Romero.
Chaos erupted when reports of a shooting came to those in attendance, prompting a stampede of people running for cover. Police confirmed injuries to a handful of people -- some reports suggesting as many as 10 were hurt in the commotion.
Tennis star Naomi Osaka was at the boxing match and tweeted about sheltering in place after hearing shouts of an active shooter.
"I was just in the Barclays center and suddenly I heard shouting and saw people running, then we were being yelled at that there was an active shooter and we had to huddle in a room and close the doors," she tweeted.
Other posts to social media showed the aftermath of Saturday's stampede. Broken glass, tables and left behind personal belongings littered parts of Barclays.
NYPD officials said an investigation of the incident determined that no shots were fired.
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TUPELO • Elliot Johnston, co-owner of Hempsters in Tupelo, said he got into the hemp business because he enjoys helping people with pain relief.
People from all walks of life, he said, step through the door of his shop, which sells hemp-based products that contain less than 3% THC.
“I get doctors, teachers and a lot of people over 50 that come in here all the time,” he said. “Most are looking for some form of (pain) relief or looking to relax.”
Johnston is eager to jump into the medical cannabis business for the same reason. He was one of about 15 people who has officially filed paperwork with the city of Tupelo to begin the process of opening a medical marijuana facility.
For Johnston, these early steps in opening a medical marijuana dispensary have been a long time coming. He’s closely followed the state’s process of legalizing medical cannabis since 2020 and has attended every city meeting about the industry. He’s even voiced his opinions on the process during some of these meetings.
As soon as he was able, Johnston sent the city of Tupelo his letter of intent to sell medical cannabis.
It’s a process Johnston expects to be difficult and costly. Those looking to open a cannabis facility have a maze of state and local regulations and restrictions to navigate, along with all the other challenges facing any small business owner.
Johnston said the start-up costs for his business alone could easily top $40,000.
“I can only do as much as I can do,” Johnston said of preparing his business.
Early adopters and promising starts
Tupelo City Planner Jenny Savely began taking letters of intent, official statements from potential medical cannabis business owners, the day after city officials approved their guidelines for growing and selling the legalized drug in early April.
“The process has gone really well,” Savely said. “The day after (the council) approved the amendments, I got two emails before I walked into my office.”
Along with those looking to open dispensaries, Savely said there have been four letters of intent submitted for cultivation facilities and five letters for processing facilities. One individual also approached the city to move forward with a research and disposal facility.
According to Savely, these letters help city officials better plan for just how many medical cannabis growers and retailers to expect, and to allow them to guide potential business owners through adhering to the city’s and state’s strict guidelines for these facilities.
Finding homes for these potential businesses — which are relegated to a limited number of locations — can be especially challenging, Savely said.
“These letters of intent serve to prepare the city for the future siting of establishments and allow us to keep up with dispensaries that require 1,500 feet distance between,” she said.
The city’s ordinance, which follows the state’s base regulations, prohibits facilities from locating within 1,000 feet of “protected places,” including churches, schools and childcare centers. Dispensaries also cannot locate within 1,500 feet of other dispensaries.
Savely said once a potential business owner submits a letter of intent, she meets with them to verify they can set up their facility in the location listed. Once the owner’s location is approved, they can go to the state to work on licensing and other requirements.
Before opening, facilities will also have to obtain privilege licenses and building permits within the city.
Johnston said he’s already facing challenges because of the strict guidelines for where dispensaries can open. Located on West Main Street, Hempsters is within the 1,000-foot range of multiple protected places, which led the city to disqualify it as a viable lot for a dispensary.
He said he and his business partner have been eyeing another property in town that would allow them to open a dispensary and move into cultivation later.
Savely said residents could expect the first dispensaries to be up and running by the end of the year. Once they are, she expects the city to receive more letters of intent for would-be medical cannabis business owners who want to see how the market plays out before jumping in.
City officials expect half-million in revenue annually
Based on the city’s and state’s restrictions, City Attorney Ben Logan estimates Tupelo could support a maximum of 30 to 35 marijuana facilities.
He only expects between 15 to 25 to open.
Still, Logan said an economic impact study conducted by the city placed the potential financial gain from medical cannabis facilities at more than a half-million dollars annually. It’s a number with which city officials are happy.
“(The estimated revenue) is not insignificant,” he said.
Using the national average of cardholders within states with programs, city officials estimated that roughly 5% of Tupelo’s population would be eligible to purchase medical cannabis. They estimated the cost per ounce at $200 using metrics from other states and the street value of cannabis.
With the maximum estimated population of patients and assuming those patients got prescribed the maximum 3-ounce dose, Logan said the city stands to add about $650,000 in annual revenue.
Logan said the estimates were “fairly conservative” in that it did not account for the given commuter population of the city or ad valorem taxes.
Logan said the city generates roughly $21 million in revenue each year.
“It is not going to balance any budgets,” he said of medical cannabis, “but it will bring in extra revenue for projects.”
When asked what his and similar businesses might charge for medical cannabis, Johnston said he expects prices to be high, at least at first. State regulations require dispensaries like the one he plans to open to buy their product exclusively from Mississippi growers, limiting competition.
Johnston believes this will lead to an inflated market, at least early on until more people begin growing medical cannabis.
Once supply balances with demand, Johnston believes medical marijuana prices will regulate themselves.
“The market will set the prices,” he said. “At first, it will be higher. Cultivators will be able to set the prices at first.”
For Johnston, who said he got into the hemp business to help ease people’s pain, the hope is to see medical cannabis be available to as many people as possible.
“I’m hoping it will be affordable,” he said. “This can help a lot of people with medical issues.”
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is dead after an altercation outside of a hookah bar, the San Antonio Police Department said.
The shooting happened Sunday morning in the 3900 block of Eisenhauer Road on the city's northeast side.
Police said a group was in the parking lot when the altercation began. At some point, multiple people pulled out guns and started firing.
Officers found several different shell casings at the scene. A man in his 20s or 30s was killed, SAPD said.
Authorities said details remain limited as the investigation continues. It's unclear if the man killed was involved in the altercation, or if he was an innocent bystander.
Police are working with witnesses to make an arrest.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is in critical condition after he shot at San Antonio police officers, and officers returned fire, the department said.
The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday in the 1200 block of Ada Street on the city's southeast side.
Police Chief William McManus said the officers were called to the area for shots fired. When they arrived, they found the 30-year-old man with a gun on the corner of Ada Street.
Officers reportedly backed off and set up a perimeter. Authorities tried to talk to the man to resolve the situation, but at some point, the man pointed the gun at officers and fired, McManus said.
That's when the officers fired back. It's unclear how many officers shot at the man and how many times he was shot.
McManus said officers began administering first aid until Emergency Medical Services arrived.
The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
McManus said the incident is under investigation and more information will be provided at a later time.
No other injuries were reported.
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BLOOMINGTON — Jerome Maddox looked up to his son, Anthony, especially the last time he saw him. The elder Maddox noticed how much Anthony had changed and grown up before his eyes.
It was December 2012 when U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Maddox had visited home in Bloomington for Christmas while stationed at Fort Drum in New York.
Anthony Maddox died at age 22 on July 22, 2013, two days after he was burned in a fuel explosion in Andar, Afghanistan. He had served as a heavy weld vehicle operator and petroleum fuel operator.
“He had changed from a boy to a man. We just really saw all the potential that he had as a leader; he was respected by a lot of his friends in the service,” Jerome Maddox said. “I said the last time he was home that I pretty much could release him and say, ‘Hey, you’ve got it, go ahead,’ and that was actually our last major talk that we had in person prior to the incident in Afghanistan.”
The Maddoxes are an American Gold Star Family, which are parents, spouses, children, siblings and other close family members whose loved one died in service.
A Gold Star banner hangs from the Maddox home in Bloomington, and a front room of their house is filled with Anthony's medals, pictures and a portrait of him painted by a former high school student.
The family said they have viewed Memorial Day much differently since 2013.
“We want everyone to remember his name and his sacrifice,” said Anthony’s mother, Frances Maddox. “It’s just so meaningful, especially around Memorial Day, because a lot of people don’t really understand what Memorial Day is, and I would say that we’re just as guilty before these events happened in our life — that you think of it as the first holiday of the summer and you have a barbecue and so forth, but we hope that people remember the true meaning of Memorial Day.”
The Maddoxes, the Bloomington-Normal community, Anthony Maddox’s friends, and Fort Drum continue to honor his legacy in many ways.
Most recently, Anthony Maddox was named McLean County’s 2022 Hero of Habitat. Facilitated by Habitat for Humanity of McLean County, the Hero of Habitat program builds a house each year dedicated to a local fallen service member.
“Certainly, Anthony served, he made a sacrifice and he gave, and so he still, in his honor, is continuing to be able to give back to others in a very special way through this project,” Frances Maddox said.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Saturday morning for the Hero of Habitat home at 811 W. Grove St. in Bloomington.
The City of Bloomington and the Town of Normal also have displayed banners this past week across the Twin Cities under the inaugural Hometown Heroes Banner Program recognizing local military members who died or went missing in action. Anthony Maddox's banner hangs at the corner of Washington and East Streets in Bloomington.
The “Maddox Mile” is a stretch on Interstate 55 that was dedicated in Anthony Maddox’s honor in 2018.
Fellow soldier and first responder to Maddox's accident in Afghanistan, Kyle Bigue, rode his bicycle along that stretch earlier this month during a coast-to-coast journey known as the Warrior Ride as part of The Ultimate Sacrifice Foundation.
Additionally, the gymnasium at Fort Drum was re-named “Mad Dog Gym” in Maddox's honor because he was the go-to guy for weightlifting advice, and “Mad Dog” was his nickname while playing football at Normal Community High School, his parents said.
He played running back, linebacker and safety for the Ironmen, but at home he was a “quiet young man” who always loved playing around with his four siblings — two younger sisters, Patrice and Kaelyn, and an older brother, Jerome, and sister, Tenessa.
“He was always the one trying to play with them and trick them,” Jerome Maddox said. “Overall, he was very quiet but he was also one of the kindest kids around.”
Frances Maddox described a “message in a bottle” moment last year when their younger daughter, Patrice, moved into a new apartment. She needed a dresser, so her parents gave her Anthony’s old dresser that had been kept in a closet as extra storage.
“She got it to her apartment and was packing clothes in it and she found on the bottom dresser drawer he sketched in ‘Anthony loves Kaelyn and Patrice,'" Frances Maddox said.
"Just because he's gone doesn't mean he's not a part of your life," Frances Maddox said. "You have memories that you will just continue to focus upon, and it's those memories that are your treasures now, so you keep those close at heart."
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One is smaller and flat-edged and native to the Sonoran Desert. The other is larger, rounder and invasive, with the potential to wreck Arizonan agriculture and wildlife.
The former is a javelina (Pecari tajacu) and the latter is the invasive feral hog. Although sometimes confused for one another, they are two entirely separate animals. Javelinas are technically not pigs, as they are classified as peccary.
Feral hogs were brought to North America centuries ago by Spanish missionaries as a source of food. Some escaped. In some cases, Spanish explorers placed hogs on islands with the idea of finding them later.
They have since become invasive, threatening wildlife and livestock alike. They choose areas near water sources due to their lack of sweat glands.
In Arizona, they can be found in locations including the San Pedro River, Willcox and the Arizona Strip. The most concerning population is in Navajo County and is getting larger. The population on the Colorado River in Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is close to being eradicated. David Bergman, Arizona state director of USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, estimates there are fewer than 10 hogs left at Havasu.
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“As for Arizona, our goal is eradication,” Bergman says. “And we’re doing this in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Arizona Department of Agriculture as well as a number of other land management entities.”
The invasion has been costly, yet difficult to quantify. A 2007 study by David Pimentel of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, put estimated total damages at roughly $1.5 billion.
Sophie McKee, a research economist at the National Wildlife Research Center and Colorado State University, emphasizes how rough this number is. Much research still needs to be done, she said.
Disease spreaders
One danger of invasive feral hogs is the spread of diseases.
“If you look at it as a health issue, feral swine carry around 30 viral and bacterial diseases, around 40 different parasites,” says Bergman, state director of USDA Wildlife Services.
Some of these diseases have the potential to be zoonotic, meaning they can infect both animals and people.
One disease called Aujeszkys, or “pseudo-rabies,” can cause respiratory and reproductive issues in pigs. It has been eradicated from commercial herds but persists among the feral hogs. Although not a threat to humans, it is a cause of concern if pets or livestock contract it through contact with a hog carcass.
It can be deadly for horses, cattle and pets, dogs especially, says Dr. Alex Ramirez, senior associate dean for academic programs and faculty affairs at the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine.
The threat of these diseases necessitates the added expense of vaccinating animals, McKee says.
Rooting up plants
Another danger presented by feral hogs is a habit of theirs known as rooting. This can damage both properties and ecosystems. According to Bergman, feral hogs will root around on a golf course or dig up native plants, hurting a habitat that isn’t evolved to handle their presence.
What makes this phenomenon even more difficult is that it’s a team activity.
“The challenge with that is where you find one, you find many,” Ramirez says. “So it’s not like just one pig that rooted things up in your backyard or the area, it’s a whole group of them together will do that, and can be very devastating to that environment.”
Rooting can cause habitat destruction for some wildlife species by changing the water quality in riparian areas. Feral hogs have also been known to eat snakes in these areas. Riparian damage is a concern for endangered frogs, native fish and a number of bird species, Bergman says.
Unexpected costs
Invasive feral hogs create many predictable expenses such as replacing hay that’s been eaten, fixing damaged fences and enacting surveillance measures – either detection systems or hired dog handlers. And, in their quest for water, hogs can destroy irrigation systems.
But hog-induced expenses can pop up in some more unexpected ways as well.
“We’re discovering every day new items that they can damage,” McKee says.
In a situation known as opportunity cost, farmers are forced to restructure their business models to avoid the hogs’ wrath. They select their agricultural commodities based on what the hogs do or don’t like to eat, rather than on profit.
The feral hogs also wallow in fields, causing farming equipment to get damaged by running on soil that isn’t flat, according to McKee.
Yet another way that these pigs drain the human bank is by causing car crashes.
Hog heaven
There is hope for Arizona to be relieved of its feral hog invasion, as it is a category one state. In comparison, Texas is a category five state, meaning feral hogs will most likely never be fully wiped out there. South Dakota is one of close to 16 “zero states,” which have no feral hogs at all, Bergman says.
Methods for removing feral hogs include shooting and trapping. Aerial hunting is one of the best options currently available. For the future of hog eradication, experts have their eye on toxicants such as Hoggone. Additionally, sodium nitrate is used in Australia, and experts hope to add it to the mix here at some point. Immuno-contraceptives are another item on the wish list for future eradication tools.
“We want to ensure that we’re protecting the natural resources here as well as economic viability for the agriculture industry,” Bergman says. “And, in addition, protect human health and safety.”
In 2014, Congress allocated $20 million for the creation of the National Feral Swine Damage Management program. But since the goal is to not only control the current invasion, but also prevent its spread to zero states, McKee says more funding is needed.
“When you have a fire, you’re like ‘Oh, yeah, we need a lot of money to put the fire down,’ McKee says. "But maybe it would be good also to put money to prevent the fire from spreading.”
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This week, the community of Uvalde, Texas, was devastated when a young man shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in an elementary school classroom.
This shooting — the 212th mass shooting and 27th school shooting in the U.S. this year — has reignited debates about the issue of gun rights and regulations. For those of us who work in or send our children to American schools, however, the topic of guns is always on our minds.
For as long as I’ve been an educator, guns have been a presence in my classroom. Sometimes I would hear that a student had brought an actual gun onto campus, and while this never resulted in the student using the firearm, the news always left me shaken.
More often than not, however, the impact of gun violence is what would seep into my classroom. It showed up for students who witnessed gun violence in their communities, but felt powerless to speak up for fear of retaliation. It hung heavy in the air when students shared stories of friends or relatives who had been injured or imprisoned for their involvement with firearms. Whole families could be shattered by a single encounter with a gun. Even though these events took place off campus, students carried the trauma responses of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and mood changes with them everywhere, including into school.
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Today, as the U.S. faces a 97% increase in active shooter events since 2017, even folks who have never personally experienced gun violence are feeling its effects. According to the American Psychological Association, 75% of adolescents cite mass shootings as a major source of stress. Among parents, 74% cite school shootings specifically as a significant cause of anxiety. Teachers, 27% of whom reported symptoms of clinical depression last May, are now being pushed to their breaking point by this newest, heartbreaking attack.
The bottom line is this: Gun violence has taken a toll on our children, teachers, and parents, and we must do something to address it. Luckily, we don’t have to agree on one solution in order to make a change. We just have to do something, and there are a variety of actions to choose from.
If you are one of the 88% of Americans who supports universal background checks for gun ownership, contact your state representatives to share your opinion on this issue. There is momentum behind this bipartisan effort, and you can help carry it over the finish line.
If you believe that students need better mental health support, ask your representatives to vote to fully fund our schools. Arizona’s counselor-to-student ratio is the worst in the nation at 1-to-905, and we have only half the recommended number of school psychologists. With appropriate funding, we can hire professionals who are trained to identify students at risk for violent behavior before it’s too late.
If you think the misguided values of today’s youth contribute to mass shootings, search right now for a community organization that supports young men. Find a school, church, or sports program where you can be a mentor. It takes a village, and we need you to step up.
Finally, if you believe that arming teachers with guns is the only answer, there is a specific action I want you to take. Stop and listen. Really listen. Listen to the 88% of educators who oppose legislation aimed at arming teachers. Listen to the children having panic attacks during active shooter drills. Listen to the parents who drop their kids off each morning praying that they just survive the day. Because if you can really, truly hear their pleas for peace and safety, you will not dream of offering them a solution of more guns.
Guns have taken up enough space in our classrooms. Now what are you going to do about it?
Heather Mace is a contributor to the Arizona Daily Star and a teacher mentor in Tucson.
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The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer. Rex Scott is a Pima County supervisor:
United States Sen. Edward Markey once said that “education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” He could have been talking about the Pima Early Education Program scholarships (PEEPs) when he made that statement. This essential program is celebrating the end of its first year.
My colleagues on the Board of Supervisors and I created this program last spring to help families who wanted their daughters and sons to have the benefits of preschool, but struggled with the cost. The average monthly cost for preschool in Pima County is $800 per child. If you are parents whose budgets are already stretched thin by paying for housing, food in your kitchen, gas in your car and all the other expenses families confront, putting your child in preschool may seem like a luxury.
If your family income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, your child can qualify for a scholarship that will get them into the preschool of your choice. For a family of four, that is an annual income of roughly $53,000 per year. Next year, we will pilot an initiative for parents in the Tucson Unified School District that will allow families whose income is at or below 300% of the federal poverty level to qualify for assistance.
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In this first year, PEEPs helped close to 700 children who might have missed out on preschool otherwise. Think of what that opportunity means for these kids and their futures! For their families and their peace of mind! For our community and its future! In the years to come, even more children will be served. One superintendent told me recently that the preschools in his district will be able to accommodate almost half a kindergarten cohort next year.
During this last year and for the next two, Pima County is using funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to fund our portion of the program. We also receive financial support from the City of Tucson, the Town of Marana, the Town of Oro Valley and all participating school districts. Donations to the United Way from individuals and businesses also provide necessary support.
When pandemic relief funds are exhausted, we will use a small portion of the secondary property tax that funds the library district to pay the county’s share of the program. A law passed by the Arizona Legislature last spring gave all counties this authority. With this assurance of annual funding, our school district partners and their counterparts in the private sector can move forward with confidence to ensure that we have the capacity to enroll any child in preschool whose parent wants that for them.
The support from United Way mostly assists PEEPs through a program known as Accelerate Quality, which is designed to help preschools meet the State of Arizona’s standards for high-quality early childhood education. Thanks in part to this program, there are now 208 preschool providers in our county that meet the state’s expectations.
Please visit the Pima County website to learn more about PEEPs, the Accelerate Quality endeavor and to read the progress reports from this first year. If you live in one of the participating school districts, are a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, or the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, find out what is being done in your area. If you are interested in any private-sector preschool provider, find out if they are part of the program.
John F. Kennedy reminded us that “our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.” We should never allow any of our children to be denied the benefits of education. The investments we make in our children are always worthwhile. I hope that everyone in Pima County will see the potential inherent in knocking down barriers to access to quality early childhood education.
Rex Scott is a retired public school educator and a Pima County Supervisor.
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The story all goes back to a man named Louis Powell. Powell was a successful Virginia lawyer who served honorably for 16 years on the Supreme Court, between 1971 and 1987. But Powell was an appointee of Richard Nixon, who was always driven more by the promise of political advantage than scruples. Perhaps it was the initially secret, but ultimately famous, Powell Memo that moved Nixon to back him.
Published in 1971, the Powell Memorandum began life as an internal document commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and ended up as the brilliant blueprint for the GOP resurgence following the Goldwater debacle of 1964 and decades of Democratic control of Congress. Powell wrote that business had to become active in politics and build its own Washington think tanks; that they must buy media, especially television and radio, to sell the free enterprise philosophy, monitor textbooks and libraries. Powell served up a long list of ideas, and their tactical and technocratic contours proved visionary and transformational. The modern GOP is indeed a redoubt of massive corporate underwriting and a powerful and influential media complex, just as Powell advised.
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Powell’s memo provided one piece of the formula for Republican dominance, but it was Nixon himself who put the puzzle together with his so-called Southern Strategy. Recognizing that Powell’s army of influential executives and media shills would not produce electoral majorities on their own, Republican strategists resorted to exploiting America’s great secret: Neither the Civil Rights Act nor the Emancipation Proclamation had truly ended the Civil War. Sensing opportunity, Nixon’s narrowly coded “law and order” agenda tore with abandon at the narrowly healing wound of America’s original sin.
How else does a minority party gin up enough energy to win elections? Welcome to the so-called Culture Wars, a ceaseless barrage of white grievance with a special emphasis on dog whistle appeals to naked prejudice. Time and again, the GOP has sourced new boogiemen out of the reprehensible tendency to demonize those at the cultural margins. Think Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queens,” Willie Horton and the racial ugliness of George H. W. Bush’s 1988 campaign, or Donald Trump and his army of thugs and rapists invading America from its southern border. As the stakes become higher, the rhetoric is more outlandish and the outcomes more lethal: risible conspiracy theories based in white grievance caused 10 innocent souls in Buffalo to lose their life just two weeks ago.
When Trump descended from Trump Tower to run in the Republican primaries, no Republican leader (I can’t find one) gave him a chance. But ”the Donald”, as he was so derisively called then, knew better. While influential establishment Republicans thought the new fringe groups would eventually go along with party orthodoxy, Trump heard the rumbles of rebellion and became the thunder.
What is left of the GOP establishment has fallen in line with Trump, and not vice-versa. Many of those one-time holdouts met last week in Hungary, where authoritarian hero Viktor Orban has kept the peace at the expense of democratic freedoms. This is the brand of governance the right-wing populist movement led by Trump is aggressively marketing these days. They genuinely seem to believe that the imagined autocratic efficacy of a strong man in power would be preferable to the built-in inefficiencies of a functioning democracy. This is the full flowering of their vision for minority rule.
This can work well until a benevolent dictator has a toothache and executes his dentist. Or a non-benevolent one like Stalin, Hitler, or Mao wipe out millions “for the good of the country.”
Typically, the first Congressional election after a presidential victory punishes the party in control. Votes are issued like complaints, and we all have something that gets our goat. This year is different. The air is polluted with conspiracies and lies and false charges which in sum are an attack on truth. Gay Americans in many states are once again threatened and headed to the closet. Abortion providers are headed to jail. How did things go this crazy, and how can we bring it to a stop? There is only one piece of advice — circle Nov. 8 your calendars and vote.
Vote like your life depends on it because it does!
Terry Bracy, a regular Star contributor, has served as a political adviser, campaign manager, congressional aide, sub-Cabinet official, board member and as an adviser to presidents.
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Bullets flying in broad daylight Saturday afternoon nearly struck two NYPD officers on patrol at a Queens corner not far from a community park.
Surveillance video shows the officers at the corner of Beach 66th Street and Beach Channel Drive, just south of Rockaway Beach, jumping into action after realizing they've been caught in the crossfire.
A female officer is seen running for cover, while her partner draws his gun and nearly trips over the fire hydrant.
Another angle of the video shows two figures walking up Beach 66th Street, walk out of the camera’s view and then run away after the shots are fired.
Law enforcement on scene said they believe those two individuals were shooting diagonally at another group that was hanging outside of a deli and were not targeting police.
Anthony Henderson confused the gunfire for firecrackers until he saw police officers close off the street.
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"They ain’t do nothing but try and look out for us, put their lives on the line every day," Henderson said.
An innocent bystander walking on the block is seen on video ducking for cover as he realizes he's also caught in the crossfire.
The NYPD said one of the officers was transported to a hospital for ringing in their ear, but no one was struck by the gunfire.
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SAN DIEGO — Memorial Day weekend might mean a long holiday weekend. But for some locals they made sure to remind everyone that the holiday is actually to pay respect to the brave men and women who have died while serving the United States armed forces.
“It’s about honoring the brave men and women. Also to know why these tombstones are here,” said Tamara Layton, who took her grandchildren to volunteer.
Men, women and children all said the names of our heroes out loud.
They also followed by saluting them and placing an American flag on 66,000 graves within the cemetery walls of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma.
It's a tradition that the Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts of San Diego have been waiting to do, to commemorate the bravery, courage, and honor of our troops.
Like 8-year-old Josiah Aragon who has been a cub scout for several months now and expressed his gratitude by making sure every grave had some red white and blue.
“I think this is so important, it's the best way to honor them,” said Aragon.
For him it wasn’t just paying respect to those who have sacrificed their lives to protect our country, but also to show respect to his father who once served in the navy.
Meanwhile volunteers walked throughout the cemetery ensuring flags were properly placed.
“We were looking at the graves and we were just thinking, gosh they wouldn’t recognize our country. We have so much to be thankful about,” said Steve Warren who because of the pandemic wasn’t able to help for the last two years.
Warren also added that even though Memorial Day is a time to celebrate the freedom we have in America, we should never forget that that very freedom came at the expense of the brave heroes who lost their lives fighting to protect it.
WATCH RELATED: San Diego police and lifeguards urge safety this Memorial Day weekend (May 2022).
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SAN DIEGO — The House of Ukraine is speaking out and standing up against the rape of women and children in Ukraine. Many gathered in Balboa Park on Saturday to stand up against these crimes.
With Ukrainian flags raised high, friends are embracing one another as part of a global protest against the Russian war crimes.
Today’s demonstration is what organizers describe as visual inspiration.
Inna Kanevsky was at the protest. She’s a Ukrainian refugee who is horrified at the thought of innocent men women and children being violated.
"My heart breaks, my heart was breaking," said Kanevsky.
Women dressed in white clothes that were covered in red paint and wore flower wreaths as a symbol.
It follows a protest that originated in Latvia and Estonia, where women stood partially naked in front of the Russian embassy with their hands tied behind their backs, with white shirts and flower wreaths on their heads as well.
"Children as young as 8 months old the youngest victim as 8 months old are being raped," said an organizer on stage.
The war now going on for three months and doesn’t seem to be coming to an end anytime soon. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said 50 to 100 Ukrainians die everyday on the war’s eastern front.
The House of Ukraine has set up several avenues for you to help both financially and non-financially. You can donate to help people in Ukraine by visiting the House of Ukraine website.
WATCH RELATED: New 'Uniting for Ukraine' program begins for those seeking asylum at U.S.-Mexico border (April 2022).
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s going to be a rainy Memorial Day weekend, but for those brave enough to not let the weather get in the way of a hike, the trails await!
A winter weather advisory is in effect over the weekend in the Cascades, so hiking at lower elevations might be a better bet. Thankfully, in the Pacific Northwest, there are plenty of options – like the Columbia River Gorge.
Between the coast and The Dalles, there are plenty of places along the river to take a nice walk or reach an incredible view.
Here are some hiking recommendations not far from the Portland metro area:
Sandy River Delta Park: Whether you’re looking for a short walk to stretch your legs or a longer loop, you can find a wide variety of trail lengths at the Sandy River Delta Park. The park is located where the Sandy River joins the Columbia River. Some of the trails include the Sandy River Delta Boundary and the Confluence Trail. These park trails are considered “easy” and are relatively flat.
Gibbons Creek Wildlife Art Trail: This trail traverses the recently reopened Steigerwald Lake Wildlife Refuge near Washougal. It loops around Redtail Lake. The trail is flat and less than 3 miles long. The Steigerwald Lake Wildlife Refuge underwent habitat restoration and reopened on May 1. The trail features scenic views and opportunities for bird watching.
Latourell Falls Loop Trail: Take a 3-mile, moderate hike in the Gorge and check out a gorgeous waterfall on the Latourell Falls Loop Trail. This trail is in Guy W. Talbot State Park, near Corbett. On average, it takes just over an hour and a half for people to complete this trail. This part of the Gorge is popular for hiking and sightseeing. A Waterfall Corridor timed access pass is not required to reach this trailhead.
Angel’s Rest: The view at the top might be gray and stormy this weekend, but it’s always satisfying to reach the end of the Angel’s Rest trail. This in-and-out hike is 4.5 miles and has an elevation gain of nearly 1,500 feet. The top of the trail features a stunning view over the Columbia River. This path is considered moderately challenging. Hikers are allowed to bring their dogs, but dogs should be on leashes. A Waterfall Corridor timed access pass is not required for this trail either.
Archer Mountain Trail: For hikers looking for more of a challenge, check out Archer Mountain Trail in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This 4.1-mile trail is considered hard. It’s steep, sometimes slippery, and has a lot of switchbacks. This time of year, hikers can enjoy plenty of wildflowers along the trail’s edge and should be able to catch some great views.
Beacon Rock Doetsch Walking Path: Travel farther east on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge and you’ll reach the Beacon Rock Doetsch Walking Path, near the Beacon Rock Moorage Camp. This 1.2-mile path is easy and very flat. It’s paved and features views of the Columbia River. Visitors have reported seeing birds, rabbits and even a black bear near the trail this spring.
Memaloose Overlook Trail: This easy trail near The Dalles leads people to the Memaloose Overlook, where they can take in views of rolling hills and the Columbia River. The trail is located in Memaloose State Park. In late spring, visitors can expect to see blooming wildflowers.
Tom McCall Point Trail: This trail runs through the Tom McCall Reserve. It’s nearly 5 miles long and is considered a moderately challenging trail. This path is fairly popular in the spring, as people visit to take wildflower photos. The trail also features stunning views of the Columbia River. Dog owners should leave their pets at home. Dogs are not allowed on this trail.
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Mary Spikes, right, of Tifton received the Clinical Excellence Award from Southwell Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Tonia Garrett at the ABAC Nursing Pinning Ceremony.
TIFTON — The nursing program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College recently honored its top graduates at the 2022 spring semester pinning ceremony.
Alexis Martin from Lakeland received the South Georgia Medical Center Dedication to Nursing Award, and Mary Spikes from Tifton received the Clinical Excellence Award presented by Tift Regional Medical Center. Hannah Ritter from Nashville received the Academic Excellence Award, presented by Colquitt Regional Medical Center.
Kambria Blakely from Moultrie, Amber Doss from Bonaire, and Haven Hollingsworth from Pitts received the Lisa Purvis Allison Spirit of Nursing Award, Blakely for the A.S.N. traditional track, Doss for the A.S.N. bridge track, and Hollingsworth for the B.S.N. track.
The Dedication to Nursing Award is given in honor of the nurses both past and present for their hard work and dedication to excellence at South Georgia Medical Center. The Clinical Excellence Award recognizes a student who demonstrated excellence in evidence-based clinical practice and patient-centered care. The Academic Excellence Award goes to the graduate with the highest cumulative grade-point average.
The Spirit of Nursing Award honors the memory of Lisa Purvis Allison, who began the nursing program at ABAC as a single parent of two children following the accidental death of her husband.
Despite being diagnosed with colon cancer during her final year in the nursing program, Allison completed her degree, passed her state board exam, and became a Registered Nurse. She passed away soon after accomplishing her goal. A scholarship fund in her honor was developed to assist students in fulfilling their dreams of becoming nurses.
A total of 53 students received associate’s degrees, and 20 students received bachelor’s degrees during the spring term. The 2022 fall semester begins at ABAC on Aug. 15.
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Florintina Shanell Ellis of Albany was among the 73 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates to receive doctor of pharmacy degrees at a recent ceremony at the Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta.
SUWANEE — Florintina Shanell Ellis of Albany was among the 73 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates to receive doctor of pharmacy degrees at a recent ceremony at the Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta.
Ellis is the mother of Joseph Ingram Jr., the daughter of Alesia Williams and M.C. Ellis, and the granddaughter of Pastor Florine W. Thomas, all of Albany.
Florintina Ellis earned a bachelor of science degree in Biology from Albany State University in 2008.
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ALBANY — As not-for-profit hospitals, each of Phoebe’s hospitals undertake a community health needs assessment every three years to identify needs Phoebe should take an active leadership role in trying to solve. To help identify health needs important to the community, Phoebe is encouraging citizens to take the newly launched community health needs survey.
“This is a very important step in our process that helps us determine what our community health focus will be over the next three years in the primary areas served by out hospitals,” Phoebe Putney Health System Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dianna Grant said. “The survey takes about 5 to10 minutes to complete and gives everyone in our service area the opportunity to weigh in on important health topics.”
The anonymous survey includes questions about health services, housing, transportation and personal well-being. The results from the survey will give the community information on health status, needs and issues. Some of the other benefits include:
♦ Improved organizational and community coordination and collaboration;
♦ Increased knowledge about public health and the interconnectedness of activities;
♦ Stronger partnerships;
♦ Better health in the community.
Counties included in the survey are Dougherty, Lee, Macon, Marion, Mitchell, Schley, Sumter, Terrell and Worth.
“Working alongside our community partners, we will use the survey data to evaluate and develop programs that meet the needs of the communities we serve,” Grant added.
To take the survey, go to phoebehealth.com. A link to the survey is located on Phoebe’s homepage.
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'We were raised to stick together': People pitch in to help young man raise 5 siblings
A typical school morning in the Acosta household is, on the surface, not extraordinarily unlike any other family: Kids wake up, eat breakfast, clean any messes, and get ready for school.
But as the head of the house, 26-year-old Raul Acosta, plays the role of a sole legal guardian for his five younger siblings that live with him. The siblings range in age from 8 to 16.
Acosta had taken on a parental role since the death of his mother when he was 18 years old, alongside his mother's boyfriend, who also was the father of Acosta's seven siblings. The then-18-year-old Acosta worked to help pay the mortgage as well as to provide clothing and supplies for the children.
After the death of his mother's boyfriend when Acosta was 21, he took it upon himself to become the legal guardian of all seven of the children, a job most 21-year-olds never could imagine.
"I had to essentially put my plans and life on hold and do what I needed to do to keep them together," Acosta said.
Various family members had offered to take in one or two of the children, but that would leave others to the foster care system, which Acosta was adamantly against.
"I didn't want to have to try to go later on and try to find all of them, find out they're in different states or that something might have happened to one of them," Acosta said. "It helps me sleep at night, knowing that we're all here, we're all together, we're all safe and they've got a roof over their head."
It was a big responsibility, but for Acosta, there was never any other option in his mind.
"We were we were raised to stick together and support each other," Acosta said.
The early days were "hectic," he said. Friends, family members and neighbors helped out immediately after the children's father's death by sending money and food, but "money only lasts so long," Acosta said, and he still had a huge responsibility on his plate.
And over the past two years, the already difficult feat of taking care of all of his siblings at such a young age himself was compounded by the pandemic.
Acosta was balancing multiple jobs at a car wash, McDonald's and a tow truck company to support his family. But when the COVID-19 virus swept through his household, Acosta found himself unable to go to work for weeks, which resulted in him losing his job at the car wash and missing essential hours from his main job as a tow truck driver.
The family was able to heal from the virus, but it was too late. Acosta's reduced work hours resulted in him falling behind on mortgage payments. Sandra Creta, the attorney who had helped Acosta get custody of his siblings five years ago, discovered that the house would soon be foreclosed.
After hearing Acosta's story from Creta, Andrea Angulo Gutierrez, another attorney based in Avondale, created a GoFundMe for the family.
"I can't believe what this young man has been able to do. His fortitude is just immense," Angulo Gutierrez said. "So I had to jump in and help."
The GoFundMe was created with an initial goal of $20,000, to pay off the nearly $14,000 arrearage and put the extra funds toward some minor home repairs. But when the fundraiser stalled at only 25% of the goal, Angulo Gutierrez started reaching out to local media outlets for help.
Coverage from several TV stations brought Acosta's story enough attention for the fundraiser to exceed its goal, garnering more than $134,000 for the family. Acosta said he and his siblings were very emotional when they saw how many people had donated to the cause.
"All the kids asked for the link, of course, and they all have their computers and were hitting refresh, refresh," Acosta said. "I expected the older ones to be more excited about it, but it was the two younger ones, Phoenix and Mahayla. They were all in the bathroom saying, 'We can fix this shower, we can fix the tub, we can do this, we're gonna paint it this color.' So it was definitely exciting, but emotional as well."
The extra money earned from the GoFundMe will help with repairs for the west Phoenix home as well as whatever other clothes or supplies the kids need, Acosta said. Additionally, he is interested in investing in more reliable transportation, since he said his car "has lasted so far, but has seen better days."
Angulo Gutierrez hopes the generous community support could make it possible for Acosta to completely pay off their mortgage so that the home can go to the children.
"It goes without saying, but I know Raul is extremely relieved," Angulo Gutierrez said. "He's able to sleep for more than an hour or two a night."
Reach the reporter at endia.fontanez@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @EndiaRain.
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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A 20-year-old Fort Myers man has been pronounced dead in the aftermath of a single-vehicle crash in Charlotte County.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), a pickup truck carrying two passengers was heading south on Williams Drive Saturday night when it swerved off the roadway and flipped into a ditch.
One of the passengers was in critical condition and sent to a hospital where they were pronounced dead, according to FHP.
This is an active investigation.
Further information is unknown at this time.
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A 20-year-old man has died on Rikers Island, the sixth inmate to die in custody since the start of the year and third this month, according to New York City.
The alleged killer was being detained at the troubled jail complex on charges of murder and robbery in connection with the home invasion murder of Tamer Shaarawy.
Emanuel Sullivan was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon at the Robert N. Davoren Center, a Department of Correction release said hours later.
"Mr. Sullivan's passing fills our hearts with grief, as we understand everyone entrusted to our care is someone's loved one. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with his family and loves ones at this difficult time," head of the DOC, Louis Molina, said in a statement.
A correction officer found the 20-year-old in his bed shortly before 4:30 p.m., according to the DOC. An official cause of death has not been released.
"The housing area was staffed and all tours were conducted throughout the day," the statement continued.
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His death will be investigated by the State Attorney General's Office and the NYC Department of Investigation.
Sullivan had been accused, alongside three others, of killing Shaarawy during a home invasion in late 2021.
The Staten Island suspect was the third inmate at Rikers Island to die this month, after Mary Yehudah died on May 18 and Dashawn Carter died on May 7.
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When George Perrin Davis was a freckle-faced lad, he rode the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit with Abraham Lincoln in a horse-drawn buggy. Long after his death, people remembered George’s buggy ride, but the rest of his legacy was largely forgotten. Although George lived in the shadow of two great men —President Abraham Lincoln and Judge David Davis — his own accomplishments were considerable.
The David Davis Mansion and McLean County Museum of History share a historic connection via the life of George P. Davis, who moved into the home of his parents, Sarah and David Davis, after his father’s death in 1886. The museum was originally named the McLean County Historical Society when it was founded in 1892 by local historians George P. Davis, Ezra M. Prince, and John H. Burnham, among others.
George became the society’s chief financial supporter and a valuable volunteer, serving as its treasurer in 1892 and as president for 19 years until his death in 1917. As “founders,” George and his friends participated in one of the great waves of museum development in the United States.
European governments established their first national museums (housed in grandiose architectural “palaces”) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. But most American museums developed differently due to the nation’s unique history.
After the Civil War, prosperous middle-class Americans began developing a greater interest in their heritage, especially when encouraged to write community histories for display at the 1876 World’s Fair. In the next decade, amateur historians were gradually superseded by professionally educated university professors, but the two groups collaborated in 1884 to create the American Historical Association.
Academic historians were so focused on national issues, however, that they overlooked the history of America’s small towns. Thus, the interest in collecting and exhibiting unusual objects happened mainly at the local level in the United States, and this desire intensified when hundreds of privately supported historical societies were founded during the Gilded Age (1870-1915).
Their initial goals were to preserve local records and document the oral histories of “old-timers,” reminiscing about their community’s past.
George was the epitome of the dedicated amateur historian in the late 19th century. He joined the American Historical Association, ordered hundreds of volumes for his personal library (expanding his father’s already enormous collection), and worked to preserve the county’s history.
At the outset, most historical societies limited themselves to creating libraries, research projects and publications. Davis, Prince, and Burnham formed a “Committee on Publication,” which compiled and published three volumes of reports (transactions) about McLean County’s history: war records (1899); school records (1900); and proceedings of the meeting on May 29, 1900, commemorating the founding of the Illinois Republican Party (May 29, 1856). George was so proud of the first volume that he sent copies to relatives around the United States.
As they began collecting artifacts, the newly founded historical societies opened museums. In 1876, for example, there were 78 historical societies in the United States, mostly in the East, and approximately half of them had museums.
The society operated in that small museum until it moved in 1922 to the McBarnes Memorial Building on East Grove Street. Today, the museum comprises the entire courthouse building.
Although he had retired from the board of supervisors a few years earlier, George’s 20-year tenure on the board undoubtedly helped guide their decision.
George developed an especially keen interest in the history of Native Americans, perhaps during his trip to the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair where Smithsonian-designed exhibits of indigenous peoples were displayed. Six months afterward, he purchased copies of three 1829 treaties signed with native American tribes: the Winnebago; the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawattamie; and the Delaware).
Historical societies often increased their museums’ collections by sponsoring expeditions to regions west of the Mississippi. In October 1906, Milo Custer (later named curator in 1909) traveled to Brown County, Kansas, to collect artifacts and to photograph members of the Kickapoo who had settled there after their forced removal from Illinois. George paid for Custer’s expedition.
In an “Omnibus Resolution” approved at the meeting on Dec. 1, 1906, where Custer presented the results of his expedition, the society also commended George for providing “copies of five Indian portraits, originals of which were printed in 1831.”
As late as 1931, George was still remembered by the society’s retiring president for that contribution: “we have portraits of many Indian chiefs, exact replicas of the originals in Washington [D.C.], obtained by George Davis.” One of the portraits is documented in the museum’s current collections, with the notation “Kannekuk portrait, circa 1906. By Florence Harris, based on the George Catlin portrait painted circa 1831. Donated by: George Perrin Davis.”
The influence of Davis, Prince, and Burnham extended beyond McLean County. They were among the founders of the Illinois State Historical Society in 1899, and a special relationship subsequently developed between the two institutions. In an article in their 1915 Journal, the state’s historical society commended the McLean County Historical Society as “one of our largest and oldest county historical societies.”
The same Journal article described the society’s museum collections, which included “implements illustrating spinning, weaving, and pioneer household handicraft, together with the earliest farming tools and agricultural implements, etc. The walls are wholly covered with portraits of the pioneers and soldiers of the Mexican and civil wars, while there are nearly a dozen cases filled with Indian and archaeological specimens, miniatures, portraits, old letters and other valuables too numerous to mention.”
A testimonial given by a mutual friend at Burnham’s 1917 funeral extolled the contributions that Burnham and Davis had made to the society: “It is very largely because of their unflagging zeal and unremitting labors in its behalf ... that it has grown and developed until it has become an institution of which ... all the people of McLean county have good reason to be proud.”
Pieces From Our Past is a weekly column by the McLean County Museum of History. Contributor Marcia Young is a retired site manager of the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site in Bloomington.
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Editor's note: The above video is from Feb. 2022.
At least 8 people were sent to the hospital after two crashes on Interstate 81 Saturday afternoon.
According to Cumberland County 911 Dispatch, a motorcycle crash just before 4 p.m. on May 28. on the northbound lane at mile-marker 49 left one person injured.
Officials say around 4:15 p.m., another crash occurred on the southbound lane, across from the first crash.
The second crash, which involved a van, left at least seven people injured, according to dispatchers.
Officials say I-81 southbound was closed between Exit 52: Middlesex and Exit 49: High St for several hours.
The extent of the injuries suffered is unknown at this time.
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LEWISBERRY, Pa. — Thousands of Pennsylvanians kicked off their Memorial Day weekends on Saturday with hundreds flocking to Gifford Pinchot Park.
People from all over the commonwealth headed over to the campground, pitched their tents, and began settling in for the holiday weekend.
“My favorite part of camping is being away from the normal grind of everyday life and getting out to the state parks," said Megan Monteleone of Pittsburgh.
“It’s a beautiful weekend, so we took a little walk, they did some hiking, so we did all kinds of stuff," said Carol Hoover of Lancaster.
As campfires and cookouts started throughout the park, many families like the Hoover's were rekindling long holiday traditions.
“We have been doing this at least 20 years," explained Hoover. "First at French Creek, and now at Pinchot.”
Outside of the traditional barbequing, many people took to the water with their paddles and fishing rods. With so many activities in store, even the kids could barely contain their excitement heading over to Pinchot.
“I was looking forward to this really much because we had to cancel our other camping trip before, because it was raining so hard this year," explained Logan, son of Megan Monteleone. "It wouldn’t be that fun sitting in the camper every day.”
The campers were thankful not only for being able to gather with friends and family, but for the sacrifices of America’s soldiers.
“That’s the most important thing! Thank you to our veterans," said Brittney Anderson.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Traffic deaths across Pennsylvania are on the rise.
In 2020, there was a total of 1,129 traffic deaths. Last year, that number increased to 1,230.
"It's hard to compare numbers to last year or even the year before simply because of COVID and everyone staying home," said Fritzi Schreffler, the Spokesperson for PennDOT.
According to the Governor's Highway Safety Association, pedestrian deaths are also spiking.
In 2020, there was 146 pedestrian deaths. Last year, it increased to 186.
"People are out more, they've got more active with the outdoors they aren't driving places," Schreffler said.
Schreffler says there are multiple reasons why these numbers are rising, "We look at everything that we can first from an ingenious standpoint. Are there an issue with the roads? Is there something that we can do to fix it?"
She says educating pedestrians and drivers also plays a role.
"Even though it says you have the right away to go ahead and cross, I wouldn't do it until your 100% sure that that vehicle is going to stop."
Despite the rise in gas prices, Schreffler expects drivers to be on the road traveling for the holiday.
She encourages you to be safe and aware.
"That increases the chances that there are impaired drivers out there and the more impaired you are, the less likely you are to wear that seatbelt," Schreffler said.
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The salesman Erin Rodell spoke to at the door sounded very convincing.
He spun quite the yarn: His solar energy company was endorsed by Lincoln Electric System and was collaborating with Creighton University. Rodell said he even had a Creighton logo on his shirt.
The salesman also spouted all kinds of claims about the benefits of installing solar panels. Rodell said he told her that once the panels were paid off, she'd never see another electric bill.
It all sounded so good that Rodell was hooked, and she signed a contract for a solar array.
"He had me very, very convinced," the Lincoln woman said.
But it turns out it was all too good to be true.
A couple of days after signing the contract, Rodell said she wanted to learn more about the benefits of solar and started doing some research.
On the LES website, she learned that the utility has a list of authorized solar companies that it works with, almost all of them based locally. The company she signed a contract with, Everlight Solar, wasn't on the list.
Rodell has since canceled her contract, filed a police report because the person who came to her home did not have a peddler's permit and contacted the Nebraska Attorney General's Office.
"Just incredibly blatant lies" is how she described her experience with the salesman.
Everlight Solar, which is based in Wisconsin, did not comment specifically about Rodell's allegations. But it did say in a statement that its representatives do not use high-pressure sales tactics "because those tactics do not work, sully our name and would result in high cancellation rates."
"We want our customers to be happy, to be excited that they are going solar, and excited to work with our company," the statement said.
Whether Rodell's experience with Everlight is an outlier for the company, the problem of solar companies misrepresenting the benefits of residential solar programs appears to be widespread.
Omaha Public Power District has had similar issues with solar companies using aggressive and often misleading sales tactics.
"OPPD has experienced several customer complaints about business practices and false claims by solar companies," said Kirk Estee, the utility's customer alternative energy solutions manager.
He suggested that customers check out the list of solar and customer-owned generation trade allies on OPPD's website before signing a contract.
In Minnesota, the state's attorney general filed a lawsuit last month against four solar companies that allegedly scammed homeowners by using deceptive sales tactics.
Marc Shkolnick, manager of energy services at LES, said none of the companies named in the Minnesota complaint appear to be operating locally, but he has heard plenty of concerns about other companies using similar tactics in Lincoln.
He said one company, which he declined to name, has sold more than $1.5 million worth of solar panels to local customers.
"I think it's a fairly significant problem," Shkolnick said.
According to LES, deceptive tactics local customers have encountered include quoting inflated electric rates and unreasonable electric rate increase projections that overstate cost savings and payback of initial investments, pressuring customers to sign a purchase agreement, suggesting that they will no longer receive an electric bill and providing misleading information about incentives or signing bonuses.
People who choose to install a solar array qualify for a federal tax credit that as of this year is 26%. LES also provides a per-kilowatt credit of $375 for south-facing solar panels and $475 credit for west-facing ones, but only to customers who work with an approved solar installer.
Kevin O'Neill didn't find out until after he'd signed a contract with ADT Solar that the company wasn't on the approved list.
O'Neill said the company had accurately represented the benefits in its sales pitch, but afterward, he couldn't get ahold of anybody for weeks.
He said he eventually found out that the company was still trying to negotiate with LES to qualify for solar panel credits.
O'Neill said he eventually got LES to agree to give him the credits, but he ultimately wound up canceling his contract and going with another company, which will save him $10,000.
"It worked out better for us," he said.
ADT Solar could not be reached for comment.
Shkolnick said he believes the situation is "a combination of willful deception and rampant ignorance."
Most companies know what they are doing, he said, but in some cases, poorly trained sales reps may be giving out bad information.
"It certainly puts a black eye on the whole solar business, which is unfortunate, because there are some very reputable dealers in the space that operate in good faith," Shkolnick said.
LES now only works with companies that go through training it offers and sign an agreement attesting that they will accurately represent the benefits of solar installations.
"It's not 100% due diligence and vetting for the customer," Shkolnick said, "but at least they're going on record saying they will actually represent facts."
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The Lincoln-based student finance company cut jobs in multiple states, with a “small number in Nebraska." A spokesman for the company attributed the layoffs to the student loan payment moratorium.
Sentinel Fertigation said it will use the seed money from Invest Nebraska, the Nebraska Angels and others for software development and hiring additional staff.
Officials from the Lincoln company also said they expect President Joe Biden to issue an executive order soon forgiving up to $10,000 of student debt per person.
Erin Rodell signed a contract with a solar company but later found out the company was not authorized by Lincoln Electric System. Rodell has since canceled the contract, filed a police report and contacted the Nebraska Attorney General's Office.
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The story of Lincoln High's 150-year history was originally told in just six minutes.
A group of students had interviewed staff, students and alumni and combed archives for a short film to be shown at an open house celebrating the school's sesquicentennial on a Sunday in April.
Senior Riek Bol had spent the entire Saturday before editing the footage to six minutes, but he walked away feeling as if the project could be something more.
"Riek really saw something special there and was like, 'We should expand this,'" said Jordyne Vanselow, his digital art teacher.
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So he borrowed some camera equipment from the school district and began firing off emails. He wanted a wide array of voices to tell the story of the city's oldest high school.
From former principal Mike Wortman to Antwan Wilson, a Lincoln High graduate and former superintendent in California and Washington, D.C. Even a World War II veteran from the Class of 1937.
Diverse voices.
"When you walk into the school, you see flags all around, you see all these people covering all these countries, speaking all these languages," Bol said. "The Lincoln High community, even though you're from classes from decades apart, there is still something keeping us connected."
The history of the school is unparalleled by any other in the city, boasting such alumni as JFK speechwriter Ted Sorensen and talk-show host Dick Cavett.
It's the only high school in Lincoln to maintain its own archive, too. A fellow student, Alanis Roldan, helped Bol sort through the old letters and newspaper clippings, photos and programs from different events, such as Joy Night, the school's long-running talent show.
"I'm not doing this for a grade or for any sort of compensation," he said. "I'm doing this because being at Lincoln High and creating this video is important to me, and I want to share that with other people, how significant it is and how rich its history is."
That history began in the basement of an unused church at 12th and K streets, where the first classes were held in 1871. Two years later, the school moved to a building where Pershing Center now stands.
Then in 1915, it moved to its current location at 22nd and J streets, a neo-classic palace of brick, limestone, terracotta and marble.
With a drone supplied by the district, Bol took bird's-eye shots of the building — which slowly expanded to the south over the years — capturing things that he'd never noticed before, like the terracotta lions that line the roof.
"The architecture, it's insane," he said. "It's crazy how well-maintained the building is."
Some classmates have pitched in on the project, but Bol has done the bulk of the work filming interviews and editing footage.
His teacher, Vanselow, has been key in helping him see the project through, Bol said, coming in on her own time just so he can continue to make progress.
"He is just so dedicated and willing to see something through and making sure it can be the best it can be," she said.
Last summer, Bol worked as a communications intern with Lincoln Transportation and Utilities through the mayor's youth employment program, where he crafted social media posts and produced videos.
"That's where I really learned and where I really sparked my interest," he said.
In addition to being a documentarian, Bol emerged as a leader on the Lincoln Public Schools' Scholar Equity Cadre, a diverse group of students who work to advocate for their underrepresented classmates.
Pete Ferguson recruited him to the group following the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
He quickly emerged as one of the group's leaders, taking part in town halls with the mayor and LPS Superintendent Steve Joel. But this year, he's stepped back, Ferguson said, to help push others forward.
"He's an individual who's committed to making sure that his voice is elevated, but he makes space for others, too," Ferguson said.
Bol is also a member of Lincoln High's student equity team, which works directly with administrators and staff on advancing educational equity.
"Riek is just an amazing kid," said Principal Mark Larson. "As a principal, it's really cool when you have one of your biggest leaders as a student who is so proud of where they went to school, and they're willing to go above and beyond to tell the story."
Even though he graduated this weekend, Bol is still putting the finishing touches on the documentary, which will be about a half-hour long. It already has a title: "Life at the High: 150 years of Lincoln High School."
He plans to hold a screening in the school's Ted Sorensen Theater on June 6 at 7 p.m. Admission will be free.
The hardest part, Bol says, is cutting down the hours of footage into a concise piece, one that tells a compelling story about a school that has graduated thousands of students, including a budding documentarian.
"It's a lot of work," he said, "but I think it will be worth it."
Meet more graduates who are 'Voices of Change' within LPS
Voices of change: Q&A with Lincoln Northeast senior Armon'e Dean
This weekend, seniors across the city will walk across the graduation stage and receive their diplomas. Earlier this month, the Journal Star sat down with six seniors who have worked to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in their schools (Interviews have been edited for length and clarity).
Armon'e Dean, Lincoln Northeast
What are your plans after graduation?
Going to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to study mechanical engineering.
Three words you want to leave the Class of 2022.
We did it.
What is a moment from your time at LPS that you will look back on with pride?
I wasn't the best kid in elementary school. So going into middle, it was a whole change of everything. And it was in my sixth grade math class (at Culler) and my teacher, she told me and my mom that she thought I should be transferred to a (differentiated) class. I thought it was really cool, because I've never really been recognized or anything like that before. And it definitely kick-started my schooling.
What is one piece of advice you would give to students — especially students of color — who feel like their voices aren't heard?
It's to engage in a conversation and to gain confidence in your own opinion. ... It's just simply having a conversation with people who you don't necessarily feel comfortable around, instead of expecting them to.
You were sophomores when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. What kind of impact did that have on you and your classmates?
Genuinely, I think that the place where we are now could have been reached way sooner if we weren't as held back as we were by the pandemic. That completely just kind of paused everything for everybody.
What would you like to see improved upon at LPS under a new superintendent in terms of educational equity?
I think one of the biggest strategies for me is making the student voice more heard ... but I feel like to a more personal level, for schools more specifically, not necessarily the district as a whole. What Northeast has done is they have surveyed the whole school and kind of left a drop box where if you ever have any issues, this is what we're going to do to address them. We would grab those issues, we would sort through the reoccurring ones, and then we would have discussions where we would have students come and they would be able to offer their input and be part of the change they want to see.
Voices of change: Q&A with Lincoln Southeast senior Kayla Treat
This weekend, seniors across the city will walk across the graduation stage and receive their diplomas. Earlier this month, the Journal Star sat down with six seniors who have worked to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in their schools (Interviews have been edited for length and clarity).
Kayla Treat (Ojibwe: aabawaate), Lincoln Southeast
What are your plans after graduation?
I'm going to UNL to study pre-law, with plans to transfer to another school for law school.
Three words you want to leave the Class of 2022.
Be yourself, unapologetically.
What is a moment from your time at LPS that you will look back on with pride?
I was able to handle both my numerous activities I do as well as keeping academic integrity. I did archery, volleyball, basketball, StepChain, piano. I read and write. I do art, drawing sketchbook stuff. I'm on the leadership team at my church. I'm also a part of the Indigenous Food Sovereignty project.
What is one piece of advice you would give to students — especially students of color — who feel like their voices aren't heard?
Sometimes people will not reach out to you. It's a harsh reality that sometimes, if you stay to yourself, you will be left to yourself, and that's how it was for me. ... But sometimes reaching out is what you need to do.
You were sophomores when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. What kind of impact did that have on you and your classmates?
I think the pandemic was a time for thinking and growing as a person and also noticing the outside world. ... Everything was hyper-focused, and then we had the Black Lives Matter movement with the death of George Floyd and the outcry with that. I've always been somebody who's invested in world events; I've always been somebody who's wanted to be educated. But that was really my diving board for kind of going off the deep end with knowing that this is what I need to do. ... and it even spurred my passion to go to law school.
What would you like to see improved upon at LPS under a new superintendent in terms of educational equity?
Early education curriculum on issues like race, as well as support for teachers.
Voices of change: Q&A with Lincoln Southwest senior Eiman Nour
This weekend, seniors across the city will walk across the graduation stage and receive their diplomas. Earlier this month, the Journal Star sat down with six seniors who have worked to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in their schools (Interviews have been edited for length and clarity).
Eiman Nour, Lincoln Southwest
What are your plans after graduation?
I'm planning on going to the University of Nebraska at Omaha to study neuroscience.
Three words you want to leave the Class of 2022.
Speak your truth.
What is a moment from your time at LPS that you will look back on with pride?
My parents came to Lincoln (from Sudan) because they thought that it was very safe and it was a good city to raise a family. So I've been here my whole life. One thing that I would look back on with pride is being part of the LPS Scholar Equity Cadre. I think we have done a lot of things that have shaped LPS and its future.
What is one piece of advice you would give to students — especially students of color — who feel like their voices aren't heard?
There is one quote that was plastered all over my middle school and it's always stuck with me. It was, "Be the change in the world that you want to see." Meaning if you want something, you have to chase it. Nobody's just going to hand it to you. ... I think that when I was a child, I always felt like I wasn't represented. I've only had one (teacher of color) throughout my whole life.
You were sophomores when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. What kind of impact did that have on you and your classmates?
COVID was not a good thing, but for some things it was a blessing in disguise. ... For me (the Black Lives Matter movement) was definitely an awakening. I've definitely understood myself more after that. It's allowed me a space to kind of just live and facilitate my racial identity and where I stand in America.
What would you like to see improved upon at LPS under a new superintendent in terms of educational equity?
The prioritization of student voice and equitable teaching practices.
Voices of change: Q&A with Lincoln East senior Guor Chuol
This weekend, seniors across the city will walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. Earlier this month, the Journal Star sat down with six seniors who have worked to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in their schools (Interviews have been edited for length and clarity).
Guor Chuol, Lincoln East
What are your plans after graduation?
Studying sports media and broadcasting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Three words you want to leave the Class of 2022.
Be the difference.
What is a moment from your time at LPS that you will look back on with pride?
Just moving from middle school to high school, going through that phase. I was like 'OK, I'm doing well in these classes, so why don't I take the next step?' I had a conversation with my teachers and they said, 'Oh, you probably should take that next step,' and then I took that next step in high school.
What is one piece of advice you would give to students — especially students of color — who feel like their voices aren't heard?
I would say to have no fear and persevere, because something that comes along with feeling that you're not heard is feeling you have no one with you. As soon as you find those people that you can rely on, people that are going to be with you, there's nobody against you. Because you just have that support system.
You were sophomores when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. What kind of impact did that have on you and your classmates?
In terms of equity, I think it definitely held us back from our fullest potential because we're having the conversations ... and then all of sudden, we'd shut down. And then there was no physical interaction. I think the physical interaction is a really big part, because you couldn't see the people who look like you and feel the way you do in-person.
What would you like to see improved upon at LPS under a new superintendent in terms of educational equity?
I just want them to pursue this mission of equity with the same burning passion that we have the last three years. ... I think we've grown so much, not only us scholars, but educators and district professionals. And even community members, honestly. I think the community sees our work and they just want to learn more.
Voices of change: Q&A with Lincoln High senior Marisol Barron-Perez
This weekend, seniors across the city will walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. Earlier this month, the Journal Star sat down with six seniors who have worked to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in their schools (Interviews have been edited for length and clarity).
Marisol Barron-Perez, Lincoln High
What are your plans after graduation?
Planning on attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I'm going in undecided, currently between dentistry and secondary math education.
Three words you want to leave the Class of 2022.
Thankful for everything.
What is a moment from your time at LPS that you will look back on with pride?
I've always been in higher-up classes ... but as soon as I entered middle school and high school, I realized I wasn't that special compared to everyone else. So I had to give myself that uniqueness. And so I joined the music programs at my schools. Rather than just have that narrowed mind, I have widened my view of things. ... I've never been open with my own thoughts until very recently.
What is one piece of advice you would give to students — especially students of color — who feel like their voices aren't heard?
I would say just look for people like you, try to find that support system young rather than having to learn how to find it in the future. That way you just have that upper hand in those classroom settings where you're not going to be alone. If you raise your hand, you're able to speak out.
You were sophomores when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. What kind of impact did that have on you and your classmates?
Just the way teachers were forced to figure things out as they went, because, previously, teachers had that backup of being like, 'I know how to teach' ... they're right there for me and I can control a classroom. Instead, a teacher would focus only on Zoom kids while the in-class kids did whatever. Even now I don't remember some of the things I learned my sophomore year.
What would you like to see improved upon at LPS under a new superintendent in terms of educational equity?
I honestly just want to see students be able to go to their upper admins and their counselors and their superintendent. I want everything to be open and honest. I just want students to have that voice and continue to fight for what they believe in.
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Contact the writer at zhammack@journalstar.com or 402-473-7225. On Twitter @HammackLJS
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MICHIGAN CITY — Come July, Veronica Adams will have worked in the steel mills for 25 years. Though she enjoys her job as senior clerical technician at Cleveland-Cliffs, Adams wanted to add another skill to her arsenal — solar panel installation.
Three days a week, for two weeks, Adams would wake up at 4:30 a.m., go to work at the mill, come home and rest for an hour, then pick up her son before they both headed to Ivy Tech Valparaiso for a solar installation class.
“I am always about continuing education and learning because industry is always evolving. ... When there is an opportunity to learn, I am going to take it," Adams said, adding that "it always helps when it's free.”
Adams and her son Anthony Cook Jr. were two of the students the NAACP LaPorte County sponsored as part of its Soul Power Project. At the end of the class, both Adams and Cook received solar helper certifications, an in-demand position that starts at $15.75 an hour and jumps to $31 an hour after 12 months of experience.
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Cook is using his new skills to pursue a career in solar. For Adams, the only "seasoned mom" in the class, the course was a source of inspiration.
"It was an opportunity to bond and learn and build with my son as well as with the other young men in the class,” Adams said. “It was very impactful for me just to see them so eager to learn."
Because solar "is the wave of the future," those graduates will also be able to find work across the county, Adams said.
Starting in January 2022, the Soul Power Project sponsors students taking solar helper certification classes. Soul Power pays for students' Uber rides to the class, and all graduates receive a $200 stipend.
So far Soul Power has sponsored 12 students throughout three classes. Before the end of the year, the organization plans on sponsoring 24 more, Soul Power Project Manager Donnita Scully said. Classes are held at night to make the program accessible to students who also work full-time.
Soul Power works closely with WorkOne Northern Indiana and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 531 to make sure students find high-paying union jobs that offer full benefits upon graduation.
"This program automatically enters graduates into the middle class," Scully said.
A just transition
While classes are open to anyone over 18, Scully said Soul Power is especially focused on working with low-income communities of color — those most impacted by decades of heavy industry. She specifically promotes Soul Power in Michigan City and Gary, both lakeshore cities defined by early industrialization.
Since 1931, a coal-fired generating station has sat on the edge of the Michigan City shoreline. Owned by the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., the station is often recognized by its notable hyperboloid cooling tower.
In 2018, NIPSCO announced it would be retiring the station as part of the company's greater efforts to decarbonize electric generation. The Merrillville-based utility currently plans on retiring the station between 2026 and 2028. At the same time, NIPSCO will be shifting to wind, battery and solar-powered energy sources.
However, some local organizations fear NIPSCO's retirement will leave the area vulnerable to more contamination. To comply with federal regulations, NIPSCO must clean up its five coal ash ponds by next year.
Coal ash, a material left over after coal is burned to generate electricity, contains contaminants like mercury, cadmium and arsenic that pose a potential threat to the air and water, including sources of drinking water, if not properly managed. NIPSCO has said they will remove the ash filling the ponds. However, the legacy ash that was disposed of at the site as "fill" between 1932 and 1972, will not be touched.
The only barrier between the fill and Lake Michigan is a steel seawall.
Just Transition Northwest Indiana, a nonprofit established in 2020, says the seawall is aging and could give way to a massive spill any day. Just Transition has launched a "Protect Lake Michigan Campaign," demanding NIPSCO cleanup the estimated 2 million tons of fill.
A 2021 study published by Earth Justice states that a "clean closure," which would include cleaning up the fill, would create more jobs as well.
Susan Thomas, director of legislation at Just Transition, said part of the organization's mission is to dispel “the false narrative that it is either jobs or the environment.” Just Transition has been working with Soul Power, promoting education around the green economy.
Green jobs
NIPSCO's plans to decarbonize show that Northwest Indiana is on the verge of an economic shift, Scully said, adding that the transition cannot be just and equitable if workers are not brought to the table.
Northwest Indiana has long been known for heavy industry, but as the green economy continues to grow, workers may need to adapt and learn new skills.
A 5,000-acre solar project is currently underway in Jasper County. Called Dunns Bridge, NIPSCO plans on buying the solar array once it is completed.
Several of Soul Power's graduates are currently working on the Dunns Bridge project. Scully said it is important that the individuals who have been disproportionately impacted by heavy industry are included in the renewable energy job market.
"If you look at the (NIPSCO) tower that's here in Michigan City, the neighborhood surrounding it is predominantly black. They are the ones that are most impacted by the coal ash." Scully said. "We want to look at these impacted low-income communities of color ... and help these residents access employment that improves their quality of life."
Soul Power also focuses on finding jobs for individuals who have been incarcerated in an effort to reduce recidivism.
Right now, Scully is going after more grant funding in the hopes that Soul Power will be able to buy or lease a van to get graduates to job sites. She would also like to launch a solar panel installer certification program, a position that requires more training than a solar panel helper.
Despite the long hours Adams and her son had to put in — working and taking care of their families while taking the Soul Power class — both felt it was worth it.
“You can take that certification anywhere because solar is the future," Adams said, adding that her son's certificate is now proudly displayed on his wall.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In 1922, Sarah Helmick donated a nearly 5.5-acre plot of land along the Luckiamute River to the state of Oregon — the first of nearly 200 state parks that would form in the next 100 years.
Now, as Oregon celebrates the centennial of its state parks in 2022, Oregon Parks and Recreation spokesperson Chris Havel said this year serves as an opportunity to truly appreciate these public spaces.
“It’s a reminder of how wonderful it is to have places like this to go to for rest and recovery and a reminder of what’s really important in our lives,” he said.
OPRD is looking back on how far its state parks have come, and how it can continue to make the parks more accessible and welcoming to people in the future.
Oregon’s state parks have been works in progress over the last century. The Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site started out as a simple picnic area along the river. Now, some Oregon state parks include features like yurt camping, mountain bike trails, and frisbee golf courses — things you’d never find in a state park decades ago.
While these features are new, the purpose of state parks has remained the same over the years. They’re still places people can visit to enjoy the land and nature where they live. They’re places to connect with the nearby community, to rest and unwind and to have new experiences.
Havel said the main thing that’s changed over the last century has been making the parks more accessible and welcoming to everyone.
“It has not always been true that everybody has felt welcomed in public places,” Havel said.
He said in the past, Native Americans and people of color have been excluded from state parks. The recreational opportunities also haven’t been accessible to people of all abilities. More recently, OPRD has been focusing on how to change that.
“The sort of ‘Who is welcome?’ and ‘What are parks for?’ and ‘Where are they going?’ at the foundation, it really hasn’t ever changed. But our understanding of how to be a better servant to the entire community, that’s undergone change even in the last five years,” Havel said.
He said ORPD has had to ask itself tough questions about which populations it’s unintentionally excluded over the years and has been looking for ways to be more welcoming.
An example he gave was how Oregon state parks are working to involve more Native American history and educational resources, to inform people of how the land was used long before it was ever designated as an Oregon state park.
“The lands that you visit, as part of the state park system, will often help you sort of get in contact with that story of the people who were here before settlement by Western governments, and who are still here,” Havel said.
He said connecting with Oregon’s history and informing people of how settlers treated Native people in the past are things the state park system can offer. OPRD is working to update its signage at parks to offer more natural and cultural perspectives. He said the process of updating these signs has been slow, but he wants people to know it’s in progress.
These photos from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department show Oregon’s state parks through the decades:
KOIN 6 News asked Havel if he thinks there will be more Oregon state parks created in the next 100 years. He said, “without a doubt, there will be new state parks.”
He said there aren’t any on the cusp of opening now, but he feels certain there are more to come. He said the state’s newest park, Sitka Sedge State Natural Area north of Pacific City, is a park that’s lesser-known, and likely less crowded, than some other parks on the Oregon coast.
Brian Booth State Park, also on the coast, is another work in progress. It will soon be expanded to include a camping area.
For anyone looking for an opportunity to explore more state parks, Havel recommends participating in one of the dozens of volunteer events coming up in 2022. OPRD planned 100 volunteer days for the 100-year anniversary, and Havel said many events are taking place in the summer.
June 4 is also State Parks Day and OPRD plans to hold a centennial celebration at Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site starting at 10 a.m. Oregon Historical Society is commemorating the centennial with a photo exhibition called “A Century of Wonder: 100 Years of Oregon State Parks.”
To find a list of volunteer opportunities or more upcoming centennial events, visit the Oregon State Parks website.
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GRANITE SHOALS, Texas — Officials are on the scene of a deadly plane crash in Granite Shoals on Sunday morning.
The Granite Shoals Police Department said the “aircraft emergency” happened just off the Granite Shoals airfield. The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office, Texas DPS and Granite Shoals Fire Rescue are also on the scene.
Residents are asked to avoid the area off Forest Hills Drive.
Police said no photos of the incident will be released until next-of-kin can be notified.
This is a developing story. No other information is available at this time.
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MANOR, Texas — Five people are injured, including three children, after a crash near Manor on Sunday morning.
The incident happened when a vehicle hit a tree at 12241 Parsons Road, near the intersection with Littig Road, around 10:15 a.m.
Austin-Travis County EMS said one unconscious adult was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries.
Three children were declared trauma alerts and taken to Dell Children's Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, ATCEMS said. Another adult was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Motorists are asked to expect traffic closures and to avoid the area if possible.
No other information is available at this time.
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BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — A Memorial Day weekend outing on Allatoona Lake turned deadly for a family after a 5-year-old died.
Just after 2:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources game wardens responded to a drowning in Clear Creek on Allatoona Lake in Bartow County.
According to witnesses, the boy was playing on a float in the lake and a few minutes later he was missing, a DNR spokesperson said.
The game wardens located the victim with side scan sonar in approximately six feet of water and the Bartow County Dive Team recovered the victim’s body at 4:35 p.m., they said
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending complete notification of family.
Return to 11Alive.com for updates on this developing story.
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DECATUR, Ga. — One person died in a fire at a DeKalb County apartment Sunday morning, authorities said.
The DeKalb County Fire department responded to 3560 Clubhouse Circle at the Oaktree Villas Apartments in Decatur.
Cpt. Jaeson Daniels said one person died, but was not able to provide further details at the moment.
Return to 11Alive.com for updates on this developing story.
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ATLANTA — A man was taken to the hospital after sustaining injuries after his house caught fire Sunday morning. Two pets were killed, fire officials said.
Around 9 a.m., Atlanta firefighters were called to a home at 774 Lynn Circle SW. A neighbor called 911 and said the home next door was on fire and heard screams for help.
Crews arrived within five minutes to a three-story home with "heavy fire showing."
Firefighters were forced into a defensive attack due to "deteriorating conditions," they said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Thieves behind a brazen robbery have made off with a religious artifact valued at over $2 million after cutting it out of a catholic church in Brooklyn.
A pure 18-karat gold jeweled tabernacle has gone missing from St. Augustine Catholic Church in Park Slope. The tabernacle is more than 100 years old and dates back to when the church was built in the 1800s.
Investigators believe the suspects forced their way into the church, currently under construction, sometime between Thursday and Saturday evening.
The thieves cut their way through a metal protective casing to remove the tabernacle.
Church officials were horrified to find statues of angels decapitated and destroyed, in addition to the Holy Eucharist that was kept in the tabernacle scattered across the altar.
“This is devastating, as the Tabernacle is the central focus of our church outside of worship, holding the Body of Christ, the Eucharist, which is delivered to the sick and homebound,” said Father Frank Tumino, pastor of St. Augustine.
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Police released photos of the damage done by the thieves, but so far no surveillance video has turned up any images of the suspects.
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God bless the historian, for it is history to which we must turn when we attempt to grasp the full meaning of Memorial Day.
On my second deployment to the western Pacific Ocean, I served aboard a guided missile destroyer, USS Waddell, DDG 24. She was sleek, fast, rode low in the water and was armed to the teeth. While the aircraft carrier we accompanied made turns like a manatee with a shopping cart, The Waddell moved with grace and speed.
We were on our way from San Diego to Subic Bay in the Philippines.
As we approached the Philippine Islands, we made preparations to navigate the San Bernadino Strait between the islands of Luzon and Samar. My duty station was in the Combat Information Center, where we used radar to assist the bridge officers in navigation while detecting and taking surface contacts that might pose a hazard.
The captain entered the CIC, which was located directly behind the bridge, to discuss something with the operations officer.
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Like everyone else, I wore a sound-powered phone headset, with one ear uncovered to better hear normal conversations. The captain explained how he wanted information to be communicated to the bridge. I kept my eye on a contact on my scope until it was no longer an issue.
That’s when I heard the captain say “Taffy 3” to the lieutenant. The captain was a mustang — an enlisted sailor who became a naval officer — and originally a radarman. He had soft spot for CIC sailors.
I said, “Excuse me, sir. What is ‘Taffy 3?’”
The captain looked around at all of us and this is what he told us:
On Oct. 25, 1944, a naval battle was fought off Samar Island between Japanese battleships and heavy cruisers against a U.S. Navy escort carrier group, Taffy 3, with screening support from three destroyers and four destroyer escorts. To protect the carriers, the much-smaller destroyers and destroyer escorts attacked the Japanese battleships.
The fierce fighting was over in two hours. The Japanese fleet was forced to retreat, but not before they sank two destroyers, USS Johnston and USS Hoel, and one destroyer escort, USS Samuel B. Roberts. The Japanese lost three heavy cruisers. Their battleships suffered heavy damage.
The captain told us we were passing over hallowed waters. Below us, in the Philippines Trench, maximum depth 23,000 feet, rested those ships and more than 1,500 American sailors who died in the battle. In two hours.
With that the captain returned to the bridge. The straits were busy, so we turned to our duties.
Later, after my watch, sitting near the fantail and eating an orange, it wasn't hard to imagine I was aboard the Johnston and listening to what Captain Earnest E. Evans is reported to have said over the intercom:
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”
Only 141 of the 327 sailors on the Johnston survived the battle. Captain Evans was not among them. His widow received his Congressional Medal of Honor.
Memorial Day. Lest we forget.
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100 years ago
1922: The nations and our own soldier dead where reverently remembered in appropriate exercises on Tuesday, first at the Orpheum theater, where every seat was filled. Then at the cemeteries where further exercises were held, the graves decorated with flowers and flags by the school children and veterans, and a salute fired from the French 75s Battery D -- which it turned out in full uniform with horses, guns and caissons. The procession formed first at the courtyard, under Howard Marine, marshal of the day. Veterans of the Civil War, of the Spanish- American and the last war, with the American Legion, Battery D, the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion, The Women’s Relief Corps of the American Legion, and the children of Emerson, Brannnen and Saint Anthony’s schools, marched to the Orpheum.
A local, reporting on the roundup of cattle on Dry Creek the other day, said that cowboys came across the carcasses of a bull and monster bear that evidently had put up a thrilling fight to the end. The bodies of both contestants were badly mangled. It was thought the big fight must have taken place a couple of months before since the bodies were badly decomposed. There has been a monster bear killing cattle in that section of Coconino for several years, and the old bull that put him out of the way at the cost of his own life is entitled to a Medal of Honor from the cattlemen.
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75 years ago
1947: Navajo rain birds flew over Wupatki recently and deposited .99 of an inch of rain. This is the heaviest rainfall ever recorded and will add to the month of May. It’s also three times as much as the entire precipitation from November through April. The prolonged drought had been a subject for a much conjecture among the local Navajos. Their general consensus was that rain was being withheld from the area because of the imprisonment in Florence of the local medicine man.
Good news for boys and girls of school age was contained in an announcement this morning as the head of the city council parks and recreational committee said the city will sponsor a program of summer recreational activities. The program will get underway Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock with baseball and softball as the principal features scheduled. Several college students interested in recreational program work will assist in managing the programs. The schedule calls for five days of fun each week, Monday through Friday, with the possibility of Saturday being added if there is a demand. The program will operate 2-5 p.m.
50 years ago
1972: Memorial Day weekend accidents have claimed 10 lives, including a Page youth who drowned at Lake Powell. Full closure of Tinder Dry National Forest was blamed for capacity crowd at the Grand Canyon, where a park Ranger said 20,000 people had entered in a 24-hour period. The collision of a cabin cruiser and a small fishing boat on the Colorado River Saturday night claimed the life of a young boy from Huntington Beach, California.
Armed with search warrants signed by the Justice of the Peace, Department of Public Safety officers made two separate arrests over the weekend, starting with the arrest of three Northern Arizona University students and the sister of one student. DPS officers raided a Flagstaff house at 11 p.m. Friday night and seized 1 pound of marijuana, plus a sports car, which officers said contained a small amount of marijuana. Again, acting with a search warrant, officers staked out Interstate 17, just South of Flagstaff, and at 8:20 p.m. Saturday arrested four Flagstaff residents and seized 3 kilograms of marijuana. To date this year, DPS officers have arrested 50 persons for possession, possession for sale and sale of narcotics.
25 years ago
1997: The jail district board once more narrowed the field of potential jail sites to two candidates Wednesday night. The final pick should be in about two weeks. The old stone forest industries site on Butler Avenue remains high on the list of possible places to build a voter approved jail. A relative newcomer to the field, a privately owned parcel on Flagstaff ranch Road, West of Flagstaff, is the other favored location to build the 350-bed jail. However, city of Flagstaff officials say they need more time and information before deciding what their top jail site choices are.
Flagstaff may not have existed without America's Main Street, and the community is ready to show its appreciation. The 1997 Route 66 Flagstaff celebration will begin at noon Friday and continue until 6 p.m. Sunday in Wheeler Park on the corner of Aspen Avenue and Humphreys Street. It will be produced and directed by the Mainstream Flagstaff Foundation. Among the highlights are arts and crafts booths, carnival rides, commercial merchandising booths, a children's entertainment area with a petting zoo, international food booths, horse-drawn carriage rides, a sponsor tent, an outdoor bar and beer garden, continuous local and international entertainment, and an antique hot rod car show.
All events were taken from issues of the Arizona Daily Sun and its predecessors, the Coconino Weekly Sun and the Coconino Sun.
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MALABAR, Fla. – Four teens between the ages of 15 and 18 years old were injured Saturday night after an altercation between two people at a house party in Malabar led to gunfire, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a reported disturbance at 11:55 p.m., arriving to a residence on Billie Lane where a large, open house party was in progress. The preliminary investigation found that “a disturbance occurred between two male subjects,” one of whom proceeded to brandish a firearm and shoot at the other, deputies said.
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The person who the gunman targeted was shot, along with three other people who deputies said were struck because they were close by. The four victims, whose identities have not been made public, were taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, according to a news release.
An investigation is ongoing and no arrests have yet been made, deputies said. It is believed the shooting was targeted and thus presents no danger to the public, the release stated.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Agent Kris Matthews with the BCSO South Precinct General Crimes Unit via the Communications Center at 321-633-7162, or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477) to remain anonymous.
This is a developing story. Check back with News 6 for the latest updates.
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The Team Run Flagstaff youth running team is back, but with a new name and a slightly new format. It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the Mogollon Monsters Track Club.
Vince Sherry, the owner of Run Flagstaff, and I met this spring to discuss bringing back the youth component of Team Run Flagstaff, and it was a pretty short meeting. We were both on board right away.
Working with runners of all ages and abilities is a core part of what Vince has done for so many years through his store and more recently through Team Run Flagstaff.
And for me as executive director of the HOKA Northern Arizona Elite professional team, working with kids is a great way to give back to the Flagstaff community.
I will serve as the team’s head coach, with a cast of characters from the Flagstaff running world helping out all season long. Our goal will be to introduce team members to the fun of running.
We hope that by the time they “graduate” from our program as 14-year-olds, Mogollon Monsters will be excited about running in high school and will be a couple steps ahead in terms of knowing what to expect.
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On a personal level, I’m thrilled to be back at the helm of a youth running team.
Way back in 2004 and 2005, I coached the Van Hoosen Middle School track team in Rochester, Michigan. From 2006 through 2012, I coached the St. Louis Blazers Track Club in Saint Louis, Missouri, and from 2012 through 2014 I coached the Mount Elden Middle School cross country team here in Flagstaff.
Introducing kids to the sport of running is a passion of mine. As long as I am involved in this sport, I want to be working with young people in some capacity.
But if you are reading this and thinking that maybe the coach of an Olympic marathoner can turn your child into an Olympian, I have bad news for you. That’s not our goal. We just want to instill the joy of running in these kids.
Yes, we will do workouts — you could think of them as mini versions of workouts they will do in high school.
Yes, we will teach them how to compete. All Monsters will receive a complimentary entry into the Fourth of July Flagstaff Downtown Mile, and we’ll have an intra-squad track meet, as well as a 2-mile cross country race, the final week of practice.
But we will leave the more serious stuff to the great coaches at all the awesome high schools here in town, when the time comes. For the Monsters, it’s all in the name of learning and getting excited about the sport.
Ben Rosario is the executive director of the HOKA Northern Arizona Elite professional team.
Julie Hammonds is the coordinating editor of High Country Running. Send your running stories and news to runner@juliehammonds.com.
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Q. Many people wonder if they file for bankruptcy, what will they get to “keep?” Will they get to keep a house, a car, or an investment property?
A. First, it depends on the type of bankruptcy the individual files, and secondly, it depends on whether the individual timely claims a valid exemption on the item.
Type of bankruptcy. The vast majority of individual bankruptcies are what are known as Chapter 7 bankruptcies. Chapter 7 is a traditional liquidation bankruptcy where the trustee “gathers and sells the debtor’s nonexempt assets and uses the proceeds of such assets to pay holders of claims (creditors) in accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.” The other types of bankruptcy involve a Chapter 11 business reorganization, a Chapter 12 family farmer bankruptcy and a Chapter 13 individual debt adjustment or “wage earner’s plan.” Under these other types of bankruptcies, a debtor may be eligible to keep additional property by paying the value of that item into a repayment plan, which is an option not available to them in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Exemptions. In all types of bankruptcies, there are exemptions (provided that the debtor meets certain statutory requirements). These exemptions allow the debtor to keep certain property. Idaho has opted out of the federal exemptions and has its own list of exemptions. Some of these exemptions are equity in a personal home or homestead up to $175,000, a vehicle up to $10,000, personal property up to $7,500 and a “wildcard” exemption in tangible, personal property of up to $1,500. It is important to remember that these are equity exemptions. So, a person cannot claim an exemption against his mortgage lender for example. Additional equity exemptions are provided in Idaho for jewelry, a firearm, tools of the trade, certain insurance benefits, pension and retirement benefits, public benefits, child support, burial plots and health aids. This list is not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time. Additionally, if the debtor is married and filing jointly with a spouse, except for the homestead exemption, each spouse may claim an exemption — in other words, those exemptions with capped amounts might be doubled.
Conclusion. Even in a liquidation bankruptcy, the debtor will get to exempt a significant amount of property. Given the complexities of any specific situation, a discussion with a bankruptcy attorney is always a great idea.
Mark V. Cornelison an attorney practicing in Idaho Falls. This column is provided by the 7th District Bar Association as a public service. Submit question to “It’s the Law,” P.O. Box 50130, Idaho Falls, ID 83405, or by email to rfarnam@holdenlegal.com. This column is for general information. Readers with specific legal questions should consult an attorney. A lawyer referral service is provided by calling the Idaho State Bar Association in Boise at (208) 334-4500.
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has postponed for a trial for a Maryland man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and breaking a window to enter the building during last year’s riot.
Rodean waived his right to a jury trial. The judge will hear testimony without a jury before deciding the case.
McFadden already has presided over two bench trials for Capitol riot defendants, acquitting one and partially acquitting another.
Five other Capitol riot defendants have had jury trials. Jurors unanimously convicted all five of them of all charges.
A former U.S. Army reservist described by prosecutors as a Nazi sympathizer was the latest to be convicted after a jury trial. On Friday, jurors convicted Timothy Hale-Cusanelli of storming the Capitol to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Rodean, of Frederick, Maryland, was carrying a large red flag reading “Trump is My President” when he entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to the FBI.
Widely distributed photographs captured him standing next to Jacob Chansley, a shirtless Arizona man who called himself “QAnon Shaman” and wore a furry hat with horns.
Rodean was arrested less than a week after the riot. He is charged with seven counts, including engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds and destruction of government property.
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The public is invited to three Memorial Day ceremonies in Lincoln Monday. The events are organized by the Lincoln Memorial Day Observance Association with assistance from the Veterans Memorial Garden Advisory Council. The ceremonies are:
* 8:30 a.m., Wyuka Funeral Home & Cemetery, 3600 O St. – The ceremony will include wreath casting from the historic bridge and a parade beginning at the Historic Stables and Bridge; the Lincoln Fire and Rescue/Lincoln Police Department Color Honor Guard; and remarks by Greg Osborn and Bob Fitzsimmons.
* 11:30 a.m., Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, 6800 S. 14th St. – The ceremony will include the American Legion, VFW and SVR/SUVCW Color Guard, as well as remarks by Brendan Moore and Amber Griffin. Attendees may enter the cemetery at gates one or three.
Both morning ceremonies will also include guest speaker Maj. Gen. Daryl L. Bohac, the adjutant general for the Nebraska National Guard; the National Anthem by Whitley Ensz and Chanuncey Loutsch; an acknowledgement of veterans; Gen. John A. Logan’s General Order No. 11; Taps by Parker Averill and Kevin Murray; and an invocation and benediction by Gary Fuller, with Gentle Shepherd and the Lincoln Lancaster Chaplaincy Corps.
* 8 p.m., Veterans Memorial Garden, Antelope Park, 3200 Veterans Memorial Drive – The candlelit ceremony will include the reading of the names of Nebraska veterans who have died in the past year; posting of the colors by VFW posts 131, 3606 and 7722; invocation and benediction by Daniel K. Schroeder, Ph.D., Lincoln-Lancaster Chaplaincy Corps; remarks by City Councilwoman Sändra Washington and Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Johnson; and musical selections by Catherine Bobst, Emily Chapman, Bryson Cole, Parker Averill and Kevin Murray. In the case of inclement weather, the ceremony will move to Auld Pavilion, just west of the garden.
For more information, visit lincoln.ne.gov/memorialday2022 . Attendees are encouraged to bring seating to the events.
The Veterans Memorial Garden in Antelope Park is open year-round from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Memorial Day: Remembering Nebraskans loved and lost
Gaylord L. Blanc
Gaylord L. Blanc, 17th Airborne, 82nd Airborne, WWII European Theater. Passed 12-16-1996.
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Edward E. Kimm
GySgt. Edward E. Kimm died alongside of 241 fellow brothers in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 23, 1983.
Shelly Kulhanek
William E. Phalen
William E. Phalen served in World War II. He passed away in 2001.
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Kenneth H. Carnicle
Kenneth H. Carnicle served in World War II. He was killed in action on May 4, 1945.
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Richard L. Monnier
Richard L. Monnier served in the Korean War. He passed away on June 28, 2017.
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Veteran
Victoria Ayotte Brown
PFC Franklin W. Ritter
PFC Franklin W. Ritter, U.S. Army, Neligh, NE. KIA Luzon, Philippines, January 26, 1945. Buried in Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.
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Pvt. James Svec
Pvt. James Svec, U.S. Army, Milligan, NE. KIA France September 29, 1918. Buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France. Pictured in 2005 with his niece, then 100-year old Marie Sysel.
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Fritz Grant Minder
Fritz Grant Minder
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William G. Rockel
William G. Rockel fought in World War II. He passed away on April 16, 2017.
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Leslie Clymer and Milton Clymer
Leslie Clymer of Lincoln served in World War I and Milton Clymer of Lincoln served in World War II.
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Lt. James Edwin Kelley
Lt. James Edwin Kelley, Beatrice, graduated from Marianna Army Air Field in Florida. On April 14, 1944, he was the co-pilot on a B-25C (S/N: 42-64559) on a mission to the Viterbo Airdrome in Italy. The plane was hit by flak and went into a steep dive, then leveled off, then flew inverted and finally crashed. He was killed.
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Jeffrey Alan Alexander
Jeffrey Alan Alexander, who served two tours in Iraq.
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Robert Schenaman
Robert Schenaman of the 143rd 155th fighter, bomber wing. Member of the Hustlin Huskers. Photo was taken at Dow AFB in Bangor Maine.
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E.W. Stevens
World War II pic of E.W. Stevens CAG-80 ARM 2nd Class USN - Round Trip
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Cory R. Mracek
KIA Iskandaryiah, Iraq 1/27/04
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Frank Stuart Lomax
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Harry Perkinton
SSGT Henry C. Perkinton, Nebraska 134th, WWII veteran
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Claude A. Fiedler
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Mike Doheny
This is (former) Marine Staff Sgt Michael Doheny of Broken Bow. He was killed by an IED in Iraq in December 2007. He was a civilian security contractor at the time of his death.
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Lawrence Wilcox
Lawrence Wilcox, KIA
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Wilfred M. Schutz
Wilfred M. Schutz served in Korea in the Special Category Army with the Air Force (SCARWAF), a unit of the 934th Engineering Aviation Group attached to the 8th Air Force Fighter Bomber Wing in 1952-1953.
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E.W. Stevens
E.W. Stevens ARM 2nd Class CAG-80 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga CV-14 WWII, 1944–1945.
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Joseph A. Gilmore
Joseph A Gilmore was born and raised in Omaha. He retired as a sergeant major after serving in Korea, Vietnam and Europe primarily in Airborne Infantry units. He retired after more than 20 years of service. He passed away on Oct. 22, 2014.
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Melvin Leroy Fertig
Melvin Leroy Fertig, U.S. Air Force 1952 Korean War veteran.
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Jay Dana Morse
Jay Dana Morse served in the Civil War as a Private in the 2nd Vermont Light Artillery Battery. He saw action at the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana. He was discharged in 1865 for injuries received in that battle. He settled in Holbrooke and passed away in 1925.
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Harvey Hubka
Harvey Hubka
Hank Krass
Hank Krass, left, served as a technical sergeant in the 445th Bomb Squadron in the U.S. Army.
Clair Geiger
Clair Geiger died while serving on the USS De Haven, which was sunk on February 1, 1943.
Sgt. Jed Marsh
Sgt. Jed Marsh served in Afghanistan in 2010 with the Air Force and Marine Corps. Marsh is a 1993 Lincoln High School graduate.
Chuck van Rossum
Charles F. van Rossum, captain, U.S. Air Force (retired).
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Kenneth W. Wright
Kenneth W. Wright was a first sergeant in the 110th Field Signal Battalion, 35th Infantry Division, in France in World War 1.
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Miguel Beltran
Miguel Beltran, U.S. Marine.
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Dean Wright
Dean Wright served as a sergeant in the 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, during the Cold War in Germany.
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Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger
Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger with his daughter, Payton. Hamburger was killed in action on Aug. 6, 2011.
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Sgt. Jason T. Palmerton
Sgt. Jason T. Palmerton
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Pauley, Betty J.
Betty J. Pauley
Thompson, William Bill
William Bill Thompson
Rollin Fritch
Rollin Fritch
Wittrock, Raymond R. "Red" "Woody"
Raymond R. Red Woody Wittrock
Bopp, Walter D.
Walter D. Bopp
Blum, Harry J.
Harry J. Blum
Benjamin G. Prange
Staff Sgt. Benjamin G. Prange
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Robert Woody
Myron Woody carries this portrait, a photo of a painting of his father, Robert Woody, in his wallet.
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Donald K Schwab
1st Lt. Donald K. Schwab.
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Wachtel, C.L. "Vern"
C.L. Vern Wachtel
Rex Fuller
Rex Fuller, a veteran airman of World War II and the Korean War, poses beside a Boeing Stearman he flew. Fuller died in 2013.
Kevin Abourezk
Jess Hartsell
Jess Hartsell flew his first combat mission in November 1943, then 68 more with the 449th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group, nicknamed the “Annihilators.” This picture was taken when he was in Myrtle Beach, S.C., for armament training before the war.
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Martin, Eugene R.
Eugene R. Martin
Gayle Eyler
Omaha contractor and World World II veteran Gayle Eyler may have been the reason Nebraska's largest city had a D-Day invasion beach named after it.
Mark Andersen
Sage brothers
Sage brothers of Niobrara who lost their lives during the Vietnam War when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was struck and cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in a 1969 training exercise in the South China Sea.
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Hoppe, Frank Henry
Frank Henry Hoppe
Doran, Ivan E.
Ivan E. Doran
Jack Allsman
Karen Allsman is reflected in the glass frame of a portrait of her husband Jack, who was a combat soldier in the European theater during World War II.
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Hunter Hogan
Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan died June 23 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (United States Marine Corps photo)
'Searching for Stanley'
Stanley Dwyer's B-17 was shot down on May 10, 1944, in a forest near Vostenhof, near Neunkirchen, Austria. (Courtesy Kay Hughes)
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Linda Tarango-Griess
Sgt. 1st Class Linda Tarango-Griess.
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Staff Sgt. Lillian Clamens
This undated handout provided by the family shows Army Staff Sgt. Lillian Clamens, 35, of Lawton, Okla. Clamens died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, in wounds suffered from rockets fired on Camp Victory in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Family)
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Special Agent Nathan J. Schuldheiss
Special Agent Nathan J. Schuldheiss, 27, of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations died Nov. 1, 2007, of wounds from an improvised explosive near Balad Air Base. He was assigned to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and and was a civilian counterintelligence specialist from Newport, R.I
Todd Henrichs
Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell
Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell, 27, of Omaha, was killed May 21, 2003, when his vehicle rolled over in Baghdad. He was a tank mechanic assigned to the Army's 404th Air Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. Caldwell was born in Germany but had made his home in Nebraska. He got married just six months before his death and had a son and a daughter.
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Pfc. Eric Paul Woods
U.S. Army Pfc. Eric Paul Woods, 26, of Omaha was killed by an explosion on July 9, 2005, in Iraq when he stopped to help a wounded soldier on the side of a road. Woods was a medic assigned to G Troop, 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based out of Fort Carson, Colo. Woods graduated from Urbandale (Iowa) High School in 1997 and had a 3-year-old son.
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Staff Sgt. Jason Fegler
Army Staff Sgt. Jason Fegler, 24, of Harrison, was killed Nov. 4, 2005, while serving with the 101st Airborne out of Fort Campbell, Ky. He was a 1999 graduate of Banner County High School, where he excelled in basketball and was remembered an amazing soldier who loved to make people laugh.
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Spc. Dustin L. Workman II
Spc. Dustin L. Workman II, 19, of Greenwood, was one of five soldiers from his unit killed by improvised explosive devices in Baghdad on June 28, 2007. He man was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based at Fort Carson, Colo. Workman graduated from Ashland-Greenwood High in 2005 and was described as creative and a rebel with a zest for life.
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Capt. Matthew Nielson
Army Capt. Matthew Nielson, 27, of Jefferson, Iowa, died June 29, 2011, in Badrah, Iraq, during a fire attack by insurgents. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, Texas. Nielson was born in Omaha and lived in Lincoln before moving with his family to Iowa. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa and was one of seven children.
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Capt. Travis A. Ford
Marine Capt. Travis A. Ford
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Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno
Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno, 26, of Gering, formerly of Lincoln, died July 17, 2003, in Al Hamishiyah, Iraq, from an accidental gunshot wound. He was a Navy medic assigned to the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, 4th Marine Division Detachment. Moreno went by the nickname D.J. and was a 1995 graduate of Lincoln Southeast High School.
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Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher
Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher, 26, of Lincoln, was one of two soldiers killed when their patrol was ambushed and hit by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades on Oct. 9, 2003, in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, based in Fort Polk, La. Swisher graduated from Lincoln Northeast High School in 1995 and loved the military so much he dressed in camouflage most of his senior year.
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Staff Sgt. Daniel Bader
Staff Sgt. Daniel Bader, 28, of York, was one of 15 U.S. soldiers killed Nov. 2, 2003, in a missile attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to Tiger Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Carson. Bader joined grew up in York and had one daughter. He was remembered as an All-American good kid.
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Spc. James R. Wolf
Spc. James R. Wolf, 21, of Scottsbluff, was killed Nov. 6, 2003, when a homemade bomb exploded near his convoy in Mosul, Iraq. He was an engineer assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 52nd Engineer Battalion of the 43rd Area Support Group, based in Fort Carson. Wolf had already committed himself to serving his country when he graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 2000.
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Sgt. Dennis A. Corral
Sgt. Dennis A. Corral, 33, of Kearney, died Jan. 1, 2004, when the his vehicle traveling in a convoy to Baghdad International Airport rolled over. He was assigned to Company C, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley. Born in San Diego, Corral moved to Kearney in 1994 and joined the Army for the second time in 1997.
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Sgt. Cory Mracek
Sgt. Cory R. Mracek, 26, of Hay Springs, was killed Jan. 27, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded near Iskandariyah, Iraq. He was a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery, Fort Bragg. Mracek was born in Chadron and grew up in Hay Springs. He had been in Iraq just eight days.
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Pvt. Noah Lee Boye
Pvt. Noah Lee Boye, 21, of Grand Island, was killed April 13, 2004, when his Marine unit came under fire near Fallujah, Iraq. He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton. A graduate of Grand Island Senior High School, Boye was remembered as the life of the party.
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Spc. Dennis Morgan
Spc. Dennis Morgan, 22, of Valentine, was killed April 17, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded south of Baghdad. He was a member of the 153rd Engineer Battalion of Winner, S.D. Morgan was a 2000 graduate of Winner High School and was the first casualty of he war involving the South Dakota National Guard.
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Matthew Henderson
Marine Cpl. Matthew Henderson
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Lance Cpl. Kyle Codner
Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Codner, 19, of Shelton, was killed along with two other Marines in Iraq's Al Anbar province on May 26, 2004, while conducting security and stability operations. He was in the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton. Codner graduated from Shelton High School in 2003 and was remembered for his smile, humor and selflessness.
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Sgt. Jeremy Fischer
Sgt. Jeremy Fischer, 26, of Lincoln, was killed July 11, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded in Iraq. He was a mechanic with the Nebraska National Guard's 267th Ordnance Company based in Lincoln. Fischer was a 1996 graduate of Harvard High School, joined the guard in 1999 and was remembered as a great soldier.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric L. Knott
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric L. Knott, 21, Grand Island, died Sept. 4, 2004, in an attack in Iraq. He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, Port Hueneme, Calif. He was on the Navy's construction force and was building a gate at the time of the attack. Friends remembered Knott as a bright spot in sometimes dark times. He was a 2001 graduate of Grand Island Senior High School.
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1st Lt. Edward Iwan
Army 1st Lt. Edward D. Iwan, 28, Albion, died Nov. 12, 2004, in Fallujah when a grenade hit his vehicle. He was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany. Iwan joined the Army after graduating from high school in 1994 and served three years as an enlisted man and then studied criminal justice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He rejoined the Army in December 2001 as a second lieutenant.
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Lance Cpl. Shane E. Kielion
Marine Lance Cpl. Shane E. Kielion, 23, of La Vista, died Nov. 15, 2004, in action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division based in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Kielion was the starting quarterback at Omaha South High School and attended Peru State College for a short time on a football scholarship. He died not knowing that his son had been born just hours before.
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Sgt. Nicholas Nolte
Marine Sgt. Nick Nolte, 25, a native of Falls City, died Nov. 24, 2004, at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from injuries received when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad on Nov. 9. He served with the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, under Marine Air Control Group 28, part of the 2nd Marine Air Wing. Nolte enlisted in the Marines after graduating from Falls City Sacred Heart in 1998 and re-enlisted following his original four-year commitment. He had a 3-year-old daughter.
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Staff Sgt. Tricia L. Jameson
Staff Sgt. Tricia L. Jameson, 34, of Omaha was killed July 14, 2005, near Trebil, Iraq, when a roadside bomb exploded near her ambulance as it approached wounded Marines. Jameson, a member of the 313th Medical Company of Lincoln, had been in Iraq for just three weeks. She was a 1989 graduate of Millard South High School and attended Central Community College in Columbus.
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Spc. Darren Howe
Army Spc. Darren Howe, 21, of Beatrice died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Nov. 3, 2005, from injuries he suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Iraq on Oct. 17. Howe joined the Army Reserve during his junior year of high school, days before the Sept. 11 attacks, and wanted to make a career of the military. He graduated from Beatrice High School in May 2003 and had two small children.
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Capt. Joel Cahill
Army Capt. Joel Cahill, 34, of La Vista, was serving his third stint in Iraq when he was killed by a roadside bomb Nov. 6, 2005. He was a member of the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry from Fort Benning, Ga., and a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Creighton University and Papillion-La Vista High School. He was the father of two daughters.
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1st Lt. Garrison Avery
Army 1st Lt. Garrison Avery, 23, of Lincoln was killed in Iraq on Feb. 1, 2006, when a roadside bomb exploded. He was stationed with the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., deployed in October and stationed south of Baghdad. Avery was a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and a 2000 graduate of Lincoln High School. He was remembered as a person with an analytical mind who was devoted to the military but sometimes frustrated by its procedures.
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Sgt. Lonnie Calvin Allen Jr.
Army Sgt. Lonnie Calvin Allen, 26, of Bellevue was killed May 16, 2006, when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad. The 1998 Bellevue East graduate was serving with the Army's 10th Mountain Division. He was remembered as a compassionate and courageous person who was lovable and gentle.
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Lance Cpl. Brent Zoucha
Marine Lance Cpl. Brent Zoucha, 19, of Clarks, died June 9, 2006, after an explosion in Anbar province. He was an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, and worked with mortars. Zoucha graduated from High Plains Community High School in 2005; his brother Dyrek was serving with the same unit when the land mine exploded.
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Pfc. Benjamin Slaven
Army Reserve Pfc. Benjamin Slaven, 22, of Plymouth was killed by a roadside bomb June 9, 2006, near Kirkuk. He was serving with the 308th Transportation Company of Lincoln and had been with the Reserves for 17 months. He had earned his GED and worked at a lawn mower factory in Beatrice. Slaven was remembered as a jokester who was generous and caring.
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Spc. Jeremy Jones
Army Spc. Jeremy Jones, 25, of Omaha was killed in Iraq on June 27, 2006, by a roadside bomb. He was serving in Iskandariyah with the 1st Battalion of the 67th Armor Regiment based in Fort Hood, Texas, and had been in Iraq since November after re-enlisting in April. Jones graduated from Millard West High School in 1999 and was the father of two.
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Spc. Joshua Ford
Spc. Joshua Ford, 20, of Pender died July 31, 2006, near An Numaniyah in south-central Iraq. He was a member of Nebraska Army National Guard's 189th Transportation Company. Ford graduated in 2004 from Pender High School, joined the Nebraska National Guard as a heavy-vehicle driver while still in high school and finished basic training between his junior and senior years.
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey J. Hansen
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey J. Hansen, 31, of Cairo, died Aug. 27, 2006, from wounds suffered during a Humvee accident near Balad, Iraq, on Aug. 21, 2006. He was a member of the Fremont-based portion of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment. Hansen graduated from high school in 1993, earned a bachelor's degree in athletic training from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1997 and was an an officer in the Kearney Police Department, 2001-03.
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Spc. Germaine Debro
Army National Guard Spc. Germaine Debro, 33, of Omaha, was killed in a roadside bombing near Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. He was serving with the 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry. Debro attended Benson High School for a year and graduated from high school in Arkansas in 1991. He joined the Army in 1994.
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Staff Sgt. Scott E. Nisely
Staff Sgt. Scott E. Nisely, 48, of Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Syracuse, was killed Sept. 30, 2006, in a firefight while providing convoy security west of Baghdad. Nisely was a 1976 graduate of Syracuse High School and a former U.S. Postal Service employee. He was in the Marines for 22 years before joining the Iowa National Guard and was a member of the Iowa Falls-based Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry.
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Lance Cpl. Michael Scholl
Marine Lance Cpl. Mike Scholl, 21, of Lincoln, died Nov. 14, 2006, from injuries he suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Al Anbar province in Iraq. Scholl was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii. He was a 2002 graduate of Lincoln High School and had a lifetime goal of becoming a Marine. He had an infant daughter.
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Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Mulhair
Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Mulhair, 35, of Omaha, died Nov. 30, 2006, when a roadside bomb hit his vehicle in Taji, Iraq. He was a member of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood. Mulhair was born in Michigan but raised through high school in northwest Omaha. He had three children.
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1st Lt. Jacob Fritz
Army 1st Lt. Jacob Fritz, 25, of Verdon, died Jan. 20, 2007, in combat operations in Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Fritz was a 2000 graduate of Dawson-Verdon High School and a 2005 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. In high school, he was a three-sport athlete, baritone player in the honor band and active in anti-drug-abuse organizations.
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Sgt. Randy Matheny
Army National Guard Sgt. Randy J. Matheny, 20, of McCook died Feb. 4, 2007, from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device was detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1074th Transportation Company based out of Sidney. Matheny graduated from high school in 2004 and was known as a mischievous, but trustworthy, friend.
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Sgt. Wayne R. Cornell
Army Sgt. Wayne Cornell, 26, formerly of Holstein, died in Baghdad on March 19, 2007. He was based at Fort Riley, Kan., and was a member of the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Cornell graduated from Silver Lake High School in Roseland in 1999 and was the father of two children.
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Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Adam McSween
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Adam McSween, 26, of Valdosta, Ga., died April 6, 2007, near Kirkuk in northern Iraq when a rocket hit his vehicle. He was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 11 based at Whidbey Island. McSween graduated in 2001 from York College, where he met his wife. He was buried in York.
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1st Lt. Kevin Gaspers
Army 1st Lt. Kevin Gaspers, 26, of Hastings, died in Iraq on April 23, 2007. He served with the 82nd Airborne Division and was stationed at Fort Bragg. He graduated from St. Cecilia Catholic High School in Hastings in 2000, and later attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was remembered as a humble man who had a great love for his country and the Army.
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Sgt. Kenneth E. Locker Jr.
Army Staff Sgt. Ken Locker Jr., 28, of Burwell, died in Iraq on April 23, 2007. He was with the 82nd Airborne Division and was stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C. He graduated from Burwell High School and enlisted in the Army while still in high school. He was injured by a land mine several months before his death and was awarded a Purple Heart.
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Cpl. Matthew Alexander
Cpl. Matthew Alexander, 21, of Gretna, died in Iraq on May 6, 2007, with five other soldiers. He had been serving with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division, based in Fort Lewis, Wash. Alexander enlisted in the Army after graduating in 2004 from Gretna High School, where he a percussion section leader in the band. His family said he was proud of his military service.
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Spc. William Bailey III
Spc. William Bailey III, 29, of Bellevue, died May 25, 2007, near Taji, Iraq. He had been serving with the 755th Chemical Company based in O'Neill and was providing security for a military convoy when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle. Bailey was a former firefighter who loved being a soldier and was a family man, with five children.
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Spc. Adam G. Herold
Army Spc. Adam Herold, 23, of Omaha, died in Iraq on June 10, 2007, in an explosion. Herold enlisted in the Army in 2005. He attended Roncalli High School and was in the Job Corps in Utah learning a construction trade before enlisting in the Army in February 2005. Friends and family said he was known as a peacemaker.
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Spc. Val John Borm
Spc. Val John Borm, 21, of Sidney, died in an explosion in Iraq during the week of June 10, 2007. Borm was serving as an infantryman in the Army's B Company, 2nd Battalion with the 35th Infantry based at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Borm graduated from Sidney High in 2005 and enlisted in the Army a few months later. His father said Borm enjoyed his Army service.
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Spc. Josiah W. Hollopeter
Spc. Josiah W. Hollopeter, 27, formerly of rural Valentine, died June 14, 2007, in Balad, Iraq, after his four-man sniper team was attacked in Al Muqdidiyah. He was part of the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division based in Fort Hood, Texas. Hollopeter graduated from Valentine Rural High School in 1998 and was described as a rebel with a willingness to mix it up but very loyal to his friends.
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Sgt. Jacob Schmuecker
Sgt. Jacob Schmuecker, 27, of Norfolk, died July 21, 2007, in a roadside bomb explosion in Balad, Iraq. He was 10 months into his first tour of duty with the National Guard's 755th Chemical Company based in O'Neill and graduated from West Holt High School in Atkinson in 1999. The father of three enjoyed hunting and fishing and was called an inspiration to others.
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Sgt. Justin Duffy
Sgt. Justin Duffy, 31, of Cozad, died June 2, 2009, in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near the Humvee in which he was riding. He was serving with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army based in Fort Bragg, N.C. Family members said Duffy was "full of blarney" but kind and gentle. He was a Moline, Ill., native and his family moved to Cozad when he was in sixth grade.
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Pfc. Michael Jarrett
Pfc. Michael Jarrett, 20, of North Platte, died Jan. 6, 2010, in Balad, Iraq, as a result of injuries suffered in a noncombat incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, based in Illesheim, Germany. Jarrett joined the Army in 2008 and repaired helicopters. He received posthumous awards including the Army Commendation medal and Good Conduct medal, as well as an Army Service Ribbon and the Basic Aviation Badge.
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John Douangdara
Master at Arms, Class 1 John Douangdara, 26, of South Sioux City was among 30 American soldiers killed when a military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011. Douangdara, a 2003 graduate of South Sioux City High School, was a Navy SEAL and was known back home as a jokester who was always laughing and always put his family and friends first.
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Jeffrey Chaney
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey L. Chaney, 35, of Bellevue was killed by a roadside bomb July 17, 2007, in Iraq's Salah Ad Din Province.
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Three people were injured when a drive-by shooter opened fire on a home in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia early Sunday morning, police said.
Two teenagers were sitting on the steps of a home on the 4900 block of North 16th Street when a red-colored SUV drove by and shot at them just before 2:30 a.m., police said.
One of the boys was struck once in the lower back and the other was struck three times in his legs. Captain Ginaldi told NBC10 the two teenagers are 16 and 17-years-old.
A 63-year-old man was also hit by the gunfire while he was inside of the home, police said. He was struck in his hand.
Police said at least 17 shots were fired.
The man and two teens were driven to the hospital where they’re in stable condition, police said.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
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| 2022-05-29T18:21:34
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three people were injured in two shootings a half mile away and 24 minutes apart from each other in South Oak Park Sunday morning, officials with the Sacramento Police Department say.
Around 12:12 a.m., police officers were called to the 3400 block of 22nd Avenue on reports of a shooting. Officers say they found two men, each suffering from at least one non-life threatening gunshot wound.
The two were taken to an area hospital in stable condition, police say.
Less than a half hour later, around 12:36 a.m., officers received reports of another shooting at 34th Street and 14th Avenue in South Oak Park, blocks away from the first shooting.
On scene, responding officers say they found a woman who had been shot. She was also taken to an area hospital and was listed in stable condition.
According to police, the shooter or shooters are still at large. Officials would not say whether they believe the two shootings were related but said that looking into the relation, if any, will be part of the investigation which is still active.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Kanawha County deputies seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana on Saturday.
Deputies say that on May 28, Corporal Lyons and K9 D’Jambo assisted Deputy Barbagallo on a traffic stop.
During the traffic stop and roadside interview, Cpl. Lyons discovered that the driver, 51-year-old Flint, Michigan resident Keith Maupin had 49lbs of marijuana packaged in 48 separate bags.
They say the street value of the marijuana seized is $122,500.
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MONTGOMERY, WV (WOWK) — A woman was arrested for allegedly chasing a man with a meat cleaver in Montgomery.
According to the Montgomery Police Department Chief Paris Workman, this happened around 6:30 a.m. on May 28.
Workman says 27-year-old Ericka Hobbs allegedly chased the man with a meat cleaver from 1st Avenue to the Montgomery Fire Department area on Jackson Street.
He says Hobbs threw the cleaver down the road and the man picked it up and put it in a box he had with him.
Hobbs is currently being charged with domestic battery and brandishing.
The West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority website says Hobbs is being held at the South Central Regional Jail on a $5,000, 10% cash bond.
This incident is under investigation.
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Two Coos Bay-area Banner Bank employees have been selected to receive the Banner’s Best award. This award represents the highest level of recognition within the company and the recipients are truly Banner’s best.
The following employees received the Banner’s Best award for surpassing their individual professional goals last year, as well as providing exceptional customer service to the Bank’s clients and their fellow colleagues:
Dana Webber, Vice President, Branch Manager, Coos Bay Branch
Arthur Welborn, Mortgage Loan Officer
“We are fortunate to have employees of this caliber who choose Banner Bank as the place to share their talents,” said Mark Grescovich, Banner Bank President and CEO. “This level of excellence is a key reason Banner was again selected by Forbes as one of the 100 Best Banks in America.”
Less than five percent of all Banner employees receive this award. Recipients are selected by members of executive leadership.
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While Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan were fighting for the political lives during the recent primary elections, another former state lawmaker was waiting her turn.
With the primaries now over and the two major parties haven chosen candidates, Betsy Johnson hopes it is now her turn to shine.
Johnson, who served for decades as a moderate Democrat in the state House and Senate, is running for governor as an independent. Johnson said her run is serious, and one she only decided to do after both parties moved to the extreme.
"I think my candidacy meets the moment right now," Johnson said. "People are angry and frustrated. There really are two choices. The far left, which would be Kate Brown 2.0, or the far right, where Christine’s views on abortion are out of touch with most Oregonians. I think it's a unique moment in time to select an independent leader."
Johnson was born and grew up in Bend. After college, she started a helicopter company that she ran for 20 years. In 2000, she ventured into politics for the first time.
"The seat in the House was open in 2000," she said. "I just finished serving on a board that didn't allow you to run for office, so it was perfect timing."
Johnson won the race for the House and eventually won three terms before she was unanimously chosen to fill an open seat in the Senate. She served in that role until last year, when she resigned to focus on her run for governor. She said in the current field, she stands out.
"I'm pro-choice, pro jobs and very supportive of responsible law enforcement," she said. "I think I could be characterized as a maverick, independent lawmaker who is willing to buck my own party to get the job done. The last few years, the D's have moved more to the left and the R's more to the right."
She said in Oregon, there is no longer one state, with most lawmakers paying no attention to the rural areas.
"We have an urban/rural divide," she said. "I know because I have represented rural Oregon for many years. I think most Oregonians are feeling disrespected, not heard and totally misunderstood. At least the governor knows there's Oregon south of Eugene and east of Bend."
Johnson said she has paid close attention to Coos Bay and the South Coast through the years and is the right choice to help the region recover from poor state leadership in recent years.
Johnson has served with Kotek and Drazan for years in the legislature, but she said her decision to run was not personal against either woman.
In Coos Bay, Johnson said she is unique in her understanding of the International Port of Coos Bay and it's work to bring a intermodal shipping facility to the community.
"I've been down on the ground a number of times," she said. "I've flown in and out of your airport. I know your community, and I am well aware how devastated your community was from the downturn in the economy."
As fas as the shipping facility, Drazan said there are many ways the state, with the right leader, can help make the idea a reality.
"That state has got to make it easier to get permits," she said. "Coos Bay needs a governor that is a cheerleader for economic development. I very much want to be a cheerleader for the unrealized potential in Coos Bay."
"I think an independent governor drawing the best ideas from both parties is what our campaign is selling," she said. "I want the best ideas."
And if she's elected, Johnson said she will be in Curry County and will make sure the community knows the state is behind it.
"If I'm governor, you can damn sure count on me to come down and talk about opportunities," she said. "There's enough assets on the South Coast, and we need to develop it."
While Johnson believes she can win, she does not expect anything to be easy.
"It is a challenge," she said. "I will not have the machine or the money the established parties have. I'm not relying on the established parties."
Johnson said she has organizations in every county that will begin circulating petitions to get her name on the ballot in June. She said once she collects the signatures, she will work through November for every single vote.
"We're in it to win it," she said. "We're aggressively out in the field. We're about to start a tour to meet Oregonians where they live and work. In a three-way race, I offer an alternative, and I would represent my candidacy is the best way to lead."
While there is a lot of work to do, Johnson said she hopes the state is prepared to live up to its motto. In English, Alis volat propriis means "She flies with her own wings." As a former pilot, Johnson said it could be her motto, too.
"I hope Oregonians elect someone who lives up to the motto," she said.
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PLANO, Texas (KDAF) — It’s Memorial Day and today is a day of rest and remembrance for the servicemen and women who lost their lives in the line of duty.
It goes without saying that plenty of things are going to be closed today, so if you’re in the Plano area, here are the services you can expect to see closed for the holiday, according to city officials:
- Plano Animal Shelter
- Day Labor Center
- Household Chemical Reuse Center
- Interurban Railway Museum
- NTMWD Transfer Station & 121 Regional Disposal Facility
- Oak Point Nature and Retreat Center
- Plano Aquatic Center, Carpenter Park Recreation Center
- Plano Municipal Offices
- Plano Public Library
- Sam Johnson Recreation Center for Adults 50+
- Texas Pure Products Regional Composting Site & Custer Road Facility
However, not everything is closed. Here is what is expected to be open today:
- Oak Point, Liberty & Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Centers: 1 – 6 p.m.
- High Point Tennis Center: 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Jack Carter Pool: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
For more information, click here.
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There wasn't any snow on the ground Saturday, but that didn't stop Newark from tying its record for daily snowfall set back in 2004.
That's right. New Jersey's largest city tied its "snowfall record" during the latest round of storms to strike the tri-state over Memorial Day weekend.
No, it didn't really snow. But it did hail, and hail counts as snow according to climate records.
Wind and rain lashed the metro area Friday and Saturday in a series of off-and-on storms before the skies cleared to look more like the unofficial start to summer the holiday weekend is known to be.
Temperatures on Monday return to the mid-80s, with climbing humidity. But Tuesday will be the scorcher as temps soar to the low 90s to wrap up May.
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HOBART — There hasn’t been a final decision, but residents could soon learn if the City Council will support Becknell Industrial’s zone change request for a light industrial complex proposed for 61st Avenue and Colorado Street.
The matter is scheduled to go before the council during its regular meeting Wednesday. The council on May 4 tabled the ordinance for additional discussion, which took place during a Thursday work session.
Councilmen have differing views of the proposed project that would include multiple speculative buildings and offer about 2 million square feet of space in total on about 156 acres of land.
Councilman Dan Waldrop said that Hobart’s ongoing financial struggles need to be addressed and that “structured growth” is one step to generate funding to adequately serve the community.
“If we don’t start doing things now to try and turn the tide to try and make things better, if we just sit back and keep doing nothing, then we’re just going to hand strap any people ahead of us trying to make a balanced budget in the city and provide the services we need to do,” Waldrop said.
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Paul Thurston, of Becknell, said about $220 million will be invested in the development. When fully assessed, the tax bill for the site would be about $3.2 million each year. That funding doesn’t include other fees Becknell would pay to the city such as building permit fees, Thurston said.
Because the site of the proposed project is in a tax increment financing district, taxes collected would be captured by Hobart’s Redevelopment Commission. Council President Matt Claussen said those dollars would be available for infrastructure work and other authorized uses.
Councilman Josh Huddlestun said Hobart’s already experienced growth through the development of the NorthWind Crossings business park and the ongoing expansion at Albanese. He questioned how much industrial growth is necessary.
He said that if Hobart becomes too industrialized, it could lead to residents leaving the community.
“This project's the first domino in that, and what that looks like looking forward,” he said.
Councilman Dave Vinzant said funding generated from existing development in Hobart hasn’t kept up with increasing operating costs and a decrease in assessed value in the city, so more growth is necessary.
“It’s like a shark. It’s swim or die,” Vinzant said.
Becknell’s development has received strong opposition from residents during recent public hearings about the zone change request.
Many have expressed concerns about traffic, the environment, crime, health and property values.
It’s been estimated the development could have 200 to 300 semitrailers visit it each day when it’s completed, and many residents are worried about the congestion that could create on city roads.
“The traffic flow on 61st Avenue is over 12,000 a day, 12,000 vehicles a day, so to add 200 to 300 in a 24-hour period, I don’t think you’d even notice it,” Claussen said.
Councilman Mark Kopil said each semi would represent about four to five cars, and he believes the 61st Avenue and Colorado Street property isn’t the right location for the proposed development.
“You’re going to notice that difference, absolutely,” he said of the added vehicles.
Although Mayor Brian Snedecor isn’t a voting member on the council, he weighed in on the situation during the May 4 session.
Snedecor said he’s been a supporter of Becknell and development in the city, but he has “become troubled about this project” following the two public hearings for the zone change.
“My concern moving forward on this project, at this point, at this time and at this location. I don’t think we’re ready from an infrastructure standpoint. ... I think that we still got work ahead of us,” Snedecor said at that time.
The council is expected to continue reviewing the first reading of the proposed zone change ordinance at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The ordinance requires approval on two readings to become effective.
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YAKIMA, Wash. — The 1-year-old girl at the center of an AMBER Alert Sunday morning was found, according to the Yakima Police Department.
According to the AMBER Alert, a gold 2014 GMC Acadia was stolen from a post office parking lot with the 1-year-old still inside.
Yakima police tweeted the vehicle was found without the girl in Sunnyside after a resident reported seeing it. Police tweeted a short time later that the girl had been located.
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Belen Krabbe, of Investment Advisor Representative at Franklin Financial Services in Hampton, Iowa, completed her semiannual training with America’s IRA Experts at Ed Slott and Company, LLC by participating in a workshop that took place May 12-14, 2022.
According to a press release, he invite-only workshop provided in-depth technical training on advanced retirement account planning strategies, tax law changes and estate planning techniques.
The workshop also featured a detailed look at the regulations recently released by the IRS in 2022 that provide guidance on many parts of the SECURE Act, which was signed into law December 2019.
Krabbe is a member of Ed Slott's Master Elite IRA Advisor Group.
Rae Burnette is a GA and Crime & Courts Reporter at the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by phone at 641.421.0523 or at Rae.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com
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Police say 80-year-old man fatally shot his wife, 2 dogs and himself
Angela Cordoba Perez
Arizona Republic
Police are investigating a murder-suicide that left a man and a woman dead early Saturday near 40th Street and Cholla Street.
A man believed to be William Potts, 80, called 911 around 3:50 a.m. and said he had just shot his wife Susan Potts, 80, according to Phoenix police. When operators were trying to get more information from him, they heard another gunshot.
Officers arrived at the scene and found the couple with gunshot wounds. Susan Potts died on scene and William Potts was taken to a hospital where he died.
Two dead dogs were also found, according to police.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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Get your cameras ready, Manhattanhenge is back.
Memorial Day weekend marks the return of the New York City spectacle when the setting sun aligns with the city's east and west numbered streets.
Storm Team 4 says Sunday night will be gorgeous and the perfect opportunity to catch the first night of the event. It's also only a "half" Manhattanhenge.
The full show arrives Monday evening around 8:20 p.m.
If you’re wondering what exactly Manhattanhenge is, it is a solar phenomenon that happens twice a year when the sun aligns perfectly with the midtown Manhattan street grid.
The infrequent event prompts New Yorkers to flood the streets to catch a glimpse and photograph the one-of-a-kind Big Apple sunset.
The best area to witness Manhattanhenge is along wide and clear cross streets in Manhattan, including:
- 14th Street
- 23rd Street
- 34th Street
- 42nd Street
- 57th Street
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Can't make this weekend's viewing? No worries, the next chance to catch Manhattanhenge will be July 11 and 12.
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TUPELO • Of the 16 counties in Northeast Mississippi, only four — Calhoun, Pontotoc, Tippah and Union — took advantage of the state’s provision allowing municipalities to opt out of permitting medical cannabis facilities to operate within their borders.
Statewide, officials in 19 counties voted to opt out of allowing medicinal pot facilities within their borders by the May 3 deadline.
Union County Administrator Terry Johnson said the board of supervisors voted to opt out of medical cannabis because it believed the state’s regulations were lacking. He noted that during the county’s public hearing on the program, county officials received nothing but opposition to the industry.
“They opted out mainly because they didn’t know the rules,” Johnson said of Union County officials. “You can always opt back in, but if you missed the deadline, you could never opt out. Another board could come in and change that in the future.
“They weren’t against medical marijuana; they wanted it to be more regulated,” he added.
Municipalities in Northeast Mississippi were more divided on the issue. Fulton Mayor Emily Quinn said her city’s board of aldermen was undecided when the discussion began, but it ultimately believed permitting medical marijuana facilities to operate within the city would benefit the community.
“We decided that, as regulated as it is going to be, it was not going to be that bad of a thing,” Quinn said.
Quinn said that, as of Thursday, two individuals have approached the city about potentially starting a medical marijuana business. She also said the town was working on additional regulations for medical marijuana businesses, not unlike those adopted by the city of Tupelo, noting that they would be based closely on the city’s current rules for alcohol. She said hours of operation for these businesses would likely follow those of pharmacies.
If implemented based on the city’s alcohol guidelines, Fulton would prohibit facilities from establishing within 1,000 feet of churches, daycares and schools. Quinn said businesses separated by a public road from protected places could establish within the buffer zone.
“Fulton is pretty small,” she said. “We have a church on every corner.”
Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill said none of the city’s board of aldermen entertained the idea of disallowing medical marijuana facilities. Like Tupelo and Fulton, officials in Oxford have been working on specific ordinances to further regulate the industry, in addition to the state-provided rules.
“There are a lot of moving parts,” Tannehill said. “It is new, and we are going to make the best decisions we can with what information we have. I believe more than 70% of Lafayette voted to support (medical cannabis). Our community clearly wants it.”
The Fulton City Council and the Oxford board of Aldermen are both scheduled to vote on the regulations during its next meeting on June 7.
Meanwhile, a host of cities moved to reject dispensaries, cultivation and processing within their limits, including Amory, Ashland, Booneville, Ecru, Falkner, New Albany, Pontotoc, Sherman and Walnut.
Pontotoc’s board of Aldermen opted out in a split 3-2 vote in April. Aldermen against the industry said state lawmakers had not done enough to flesh out their guidelines for the program.
“The thing we were most concerned about is that the final regulations had not been written, and we were very concerned how those were going to turn,” Pontotoc Mayor Bob Peeples said. “There are a lot of variables. They thought it was in the best interest of the city to opt out. ”
Peeples said the board was open to bringing up the issue again once the state’s program was off the ground.
Residents of any county or municipality that opted out of the industry may trigger a referendum vote by petition. The number of signatures needed is dependent on the size of the county or city in question.
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ATLANTA — The infamous “Casanova Scammer” admitted under oath Thursday that he conned his way into the lives and bank accounts of dozens of women he met online, and then ran off with more than a million dollars of their money before he was caught.
His name is Brian Wedgeworth, and he duped all those women during a four-and-a-half-month period immediately after he was released from a Georgia prison where he had served time for victimizing a DeKalb County woman the same way.
Prosecutors say Wedgeworth began scamming women online more than 20 years ago, and has been in and out of prisons during that time, but continued to victimize countless women.
So, for years, women across the country have been going online, trying to warn everyone to stay away from Wedgeworth whenever he was popping up on dating apps.
Tekesia Johnson had not seen those warnings when she met Wedgeworth on her dating app five years ago.
“He gave me his phone number,” Johnson told 11Alive’s sister station in Jacksonville, Florida, First Coast News, in 2017. “He was, like, ‘Well, can you call me or can we FaceTime, so I can see that you’re not catfishing me?’ And that’s the funny part.”
Johnson would later find out that at the time Wedgeworth approached her online, he had just been released from a Georgia prison where he served time after pleading guilty to defrauding a DeKalb County woman out of thousands of dollars.
Wedgeworth’s scam was always the same—look for women on dating apps, tell them he was a wealthy surgeon, and begin to gain their confidence.
He conned Johnson the same way. She said he quickly wanted to talk with her about finances.
“When he asked me about my financial situation, it alarmed me,” Johnson said. “I told him I was broke, to throw him off, and if I was broke and he was looking for money, that would run him away. But he said that, ‘It’s okay, I’ll pay off your debts.’”
And he did pay them—the balance on her student loan, all her credit card bills, and other debts--or so she thought.
And then he was able to scam her out of thousands of dollars of her own money, and he talked marriage, in Las Vegas, before she found out his deposits to her accounts had bounced.
Thursday in a federal courtroom in Florida, Wedgeworth admitted to his latest crimes; he confessed he took more than $1 million from 40 women across the country he found on dating apps between October 2016 and March 2021.
The FBI says in 2021 alone, online romance scammers victimized tens of thousands of women out of more than $1 billion.
Johnson died last year, just before the feds indicted Wedgeworth in the case that resulted in his guilty plea on Thursday. She devoted what turned out to be the last years of her life to warning others to stay away from Wedgeworth.
“I know it sounds crazy,” Johnson said in that 2017 interview, “but I have to walk the walk of shame, because I did it to myself.”
Wedgeworth remains in federal custody, facing, potentially, decades in prison when he is sentenced in August.
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FRUITLAND, Wash. — A 9-year old girl was attacked by a cougar Saturday morning at a kids camp near Fruitland, according to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The attack happened around 11 a.m. this morning. The girl's condition is unknown, but WDFW said the cougar has been killed.
Officials say they're beginning their investigation into what caused the attack. The animal has been taken for testing.
According to WDFW, this is the first cougar attack in Washington state this year.
WDFW says cougar attacks are extremely rare in Washington. In the past 100 years, there have only 20 cougar attacks in the state. Cougar attacks have only resulted in two know deaths in that same period of time.
If you do encounter a cougar here are some important tips to prevent an attack:
- Don't run. Face the cougar. Talk to it firmly while slowly backing away.
- Do not take your eyes off the cougar or turn your back. Do not crouch down or try to hide.
- Try to appear larger than the cougar. Get above it. If wearing a jacket, hold it open to further increase your apparent size.
- If the cougar does not flee, be more assertive. Shout, wave your arms and throw anything you have available.
- If the cougar attacks, fight back. Be aggressive and try to stay on your feet. Cougars have been driven away by people who have fought back.
This is a developing story. KREM 2 is continuing to confirm details on the attack and will update with the latest information.
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GARDEN CITY, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
When Dr. David Peterman, longtime CEO of Primary Health Medical Group, announced his retirement, he found himself getting stopped in the grocery store.
He got emails and Facebook messages. People were thanking him for being a trusted voice during the COVID-19 pandemic, Peterman said.
“That was surprising to me, and I’m glad that I was helpful,” Peterman said. “Really, what I tried to do was to just give plain, straightforward facts about coronavirus and separate it from the politics.”
Primary Health’s size — not too large or too small — makes it nimble enough to pivot and act quickly, said Tracy Morris, president of the company. For example, as different vaccines were approved for different age groups, Peterman would arrive to work that day asking how to prepare facilities to vaccinate newly eligible children, she said. If they had vaccines available, they would be ready by the afternoon to start vaccinations, including creating appointment slots and mobilizing nurses, she said.
“I don’t think we would have done that as quickly as we did without him insisting that we be first and that we do what’s right for the community,” she said.
Peterman, who has acted as CEO since 2004, worked his last day on May 13. Prior to that, and during those 18 years, he has worked to realize a vision of more accessible health care in the Treasure Valley.
Primary Health Medical Group has now grown to 23 clinics, over 120 providers, and 650 employees, Peterman said.
Though navigating the pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges, Peterman said he is proud of his company’s accomplishments.
“While coronavirus had so much tragedy, and so much disruption to our community, to us on personal levels, I am so incredibly grateful and privileged to be the CEO, the leader of Primary Health Medical Group, and to have this incredible team that was able to meet so many of the needs of the community,” he said.
Dr. Dan Reed, who most recently worked as the group’s director of family medicine, is the group’s new CEO.
PRIMARY HEALTH: “CONTINUITY WITH PATIENTS OVER TIME”
Peterman moved to Boise in 1980 with his wife, Mary, from Denver, Colorado. Initially, he worked for a four-person pediatric group called Pediatric Associates. But he grew curious about making health care more efficient, accessible, “and frankly, higher quality,” he said.
In 1994, when the opportunity arose for his medical group to become part of Primary Health Inc., a combined insurance company and medical group, Peterman went for it. He began taking on leadership positions within the group.
The relationship between medical groups and insurance companies was different back then, Peterman said. The health care side was seen as the provider, while the insurance side was seen as needing to pay for everything, Peterman said. The medical group did not have as much say in the structure it was part of, and the relationship was not as collaborative, which led to tension, he said.
“It became clear to me that the conflict of an insurance company owning a medical group was just challenging,” Peterman said. “I thought it was very important that we separate and become independent.”
In 2004, the medical side bought itself out and became Primary Health Medical Group. Peterman became its CEO, he said. In that role, he collaborated with those in the group to eke out his vision for better health care.
One of the big goals for primary care health providers is to create continuity with patients over time, Peterman said.
“You are the medical home for that patient, and you want to work closely with that patient to decide what’s best for them and their family, and in my case as a pediatrician, what’s best for them and their children,” Peterman said.
In the 2000s, urgent care clinics were springing up across the country, Peterman said. Peterman saw the integration of urgent care centers as an important pillar of creating continuity with patients, he said.
Urgent care centers improve health care experiences because patients and parents of patients have quick access to medical care without having to make an appointment, Peterman said.
He began thinking about how to create a health care system that combined urgent care services and preventive services, he said. For example, if a patient came in for urgent care and it turned out they had high blood pressure, they could be treated for whatever ailed them in the moment and referred to the primary care clinic for evaluation on other treatments they might need, he said. This model addresses both acute illnesses and encourages preventative care, he said.
“Around the country, there were primary care clinics or hospitals that said, ‘just add on urgent care,’ and that was not us,” Peterman said. “Ours was a combination clinic; we worked synergistically,” he said, adding that leadership spent a lot of time discussing which services to offer through urgent care versus family practice.
The company also adopted electronic health records early, all in striving for better continuity for patients, Peterman said.
SEEING GENERATIONS OF PATIENTS
In addition to his work as CEO, Peterman has continued seeing pediatric patients, he said. It has been a gratifying experience to have patients that he used to see choose to bring their own children in for care, he said. He has even seen grandchildren of some of his patients.
Just talking with patients for 15 to 20 minutes periodically has allowed Peterman to share in the stories of his patients, including joys, sadness, and the “normal stuff,” like a child getting a B+ on their math test, he said.
“The parents take their kids and leave my office and I’m left with these wonderful memories, and then I see them again a year later,” Peterman said.
COVID-19 BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES
The marketing team at Primary Health noticed a phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic: ahead of cases spiking, visits to the website “skyrocketed,” Peterman said.
The public understood that they could get information from Primary Health, he said. Though hospitals could also provide such information, they needed to focus on caring for the very sick, he said.
Peterman worked with local hospitals such as Saint Alphonsus and St. Luke’s to better care for the large swath of patients needing COVID testing and information, he said. They held weekly phone calls to coordinate care and try to keep patients from becoming severely ill and needing emergency care, preserving space in hospitals for patients who would need that care, he said.
This involved improving outreach and communication to the public through social media and other channels, creating clinics where COVID-19 testing could happen, and increasing their capacity for taking patient phone calls and answering questions, he said.
The clinic’s response illustrated its proof of concept, Peterman said.
“With a pandemic, it doesn’t matter whether it’s influenza, or Ebola … it has to be confronted at the clinic … at the village level,” Peterman said.
In addition to collaboration with hospitals, Peterman also credited Gov. Brad Little with recognizing the role played by Primary Health, supporting clinics by ensuring they received adequate protective equipment, and deploying National Guardsmen to assist with care efforts, he said.
COLLEAGUES: PETERMAN IS A “CHEERLEADER;” DRAWS ON OTHERS’ EXPERTISE
Morris, the president of Primary Health, has worked with Peterman for 28 years, since before he became CEO, she said. During that time, she has admired Peterman’s advocacy for the potential of the company and its services in the local community, she said.
“He is just absolutely Primary Health’s biggest cheerleader,” Morris said. This translated to a steadfast commitment to contribute to the local health care landscape, in tandem with big players such as St. Luke’s and Saint Al’s, she said.
“He wasn’t afraid to talk to them about how Primary Health could be part of that picture, how we could partner with them and improve the quality of health care in our market,” Morris said.
When coronavirus vaccines first became available for wide distribution in early January 2021, local hospitals were inundated with patients, Morris said. Peterman saw an opportunity to position Primary Health’s clinics to vaccinate people quickly, she said. They let the hospitals know they were increasing vaccination capacity, hired student nurses to help, and opened more vaccination sites, including some that exclusively focused on vaccination on weekends, she said.
Chryssa Rich, the company’s marketing director, has worked in that role for the past eight years and noted Peterman’s skill at leaning on employees with the right skillset to get things done. Peterman, and the company at large, operated with a philosophy of drawing on those closest to the problem to help solve it, she said.
“He’s very good at recognizing and respecting other people’s area of expertise, and he didn’t try to override our recommendations just because he’s the CEO,” she said.
Peterman said the best advice he has gotten about retirement so far is to not commit to any new endeavors too soon. He plans to enjoy activities like mountain biking, fly fishing, visiting his two sons who live out of state more often, and, eventually, finding a niche where he can give back to the community.
Erin Banks Rusby is a reporter with the Idaho Press. She covers Canyon County, including agriculture, education, and government.
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The interior of the Columbia High School library, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The Nampa School Board voted May 11 to remove 22 books permanently from the district’s libraries.
Originally published May 26 onKTVB.COM.A Nampa teacher is raising frustrations over the Nampa School Board’s decision to remove 22 books from district libraries.
“There should be more dialog not less,” said Brian Coffey, an English teacher at Nampa High School.
Some of the well-known books include but are not limited to The Kite Runner, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Coffey has been an English teacher for over six years and is also president of the Nampa Education Association. He spoke to KTVB on behalf of Nampa, Caldwell, Vallivue, Kuna, and Mountain Home Education Associations about their response to the school board’s decision on banning books.
“The biggest problem is the process itself and that it was a unilateral decision that was made and didn’t involve much of a due process,” Coffey said. “Education is really about exposing people to new ideas, and that’s a vital core mission that we have.”
Coffey added, that when it comes to exposing kids to sensitive or controversial topics, he believes educators are able to manage that.
“We have restricted sections, restricted policies, and teachers send out permission slips all the time to parents, to make sure that information is being vetted, that parents have a say,” he said. “There are options for kids who maybe don’t want to be exposed to certain material and so all of that has really been squashed and stomped on by the board.”
According to Coffey the general feeling among educators in the Nampa school district is that the board’s decision was not the appropriate way to address controversial issues.
“Our kids come from incredibly challenging circumstances and environments and normalize incredibly difficult life topics, and so the idea that we can’t talk about books is incredibly disheartening,” Coffey said. “Students have their own first amendment right so in a state like Idaho where there’s this huge push for enforcing freedom and individual rights, students have rights too.”
Coffey said there needs to be more discussion about controversial topics, that is what education is about.
“The idea that the problem in this day and age is books and that teenagers are running to the library to get information is approaching the absurd when they mostly have cell phones that give them access to all of the human knowledge in all of history, at an instant,” Coffey said.
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HANCOCK, Md. — A woman was killed and three other people were injured when three motorcycles crashed on a Maryland highway on Sunday, police said.
Two other people riding motorcycles with Wetzel crashed when they tried to stop after the initial crash, police said.
A man riding a 2022 Yamaha and a person riding a 2003 Harley-Davidson were taken by to a hospital to be treated for their injuries. A 14-year-old girl who was a passenger on the Harley-Davidson was flown by helicopter to Johns Hopkins Children’s Medical Center.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Police closed part of the interstate for more than three hours.
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SAN ANTONIO — On Saturday night, a phone call was intercepted from an inmate who was overheard speaking in code, making arrangements to bring drugs into the detention center, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
He held a press conference on Sunday afternoon to provide details about the incident.
Sheriff Salazar said the Organized Crime group was able to identify a Bexar County probation deputy who was suspected of being involved in this exchange: 21-year-old Kolbe Counts-Ramirez.
When Counts-Ramirez came into work on Sunday morning, his vehicle was searched, and officials found drugs. Sheriff Salazar said the deputy admitted to making arrangements to bring in marijuana and synthetic weed to a male inmate.
Counts-Ramirez is facing three charges:
1. Felony charge: Criminal conspiracy to bring in a prohibited substance in correctional facility
2. Possession of controlled penalty group two
3. Possession of marijuana
Officials are in the process of identifying another person who may have been involved on the outside. Ramirez was booked around 3 a.m. Sunday.
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A swath of grassland that connects the Santa Rita Mountains and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area near Sonoita will be protected through a conservation easement obtained by the Arizona Land and Water Trust.
The easement covers 5,000 acres of the historic, family-owned Vera Earl Ranch and will help preserve an important wildlife corridor from “incompatible development,” the trust announced Thursday.
The ranch about 50 miles southeast of Tucson will continue to operate on the land as it has for decades, but the easement will ensure “permanent connectivity and improved genetic viability” for the resident pronghorn antelope population that occupies both sides of state Highway 83 just north of Sonoita, the trust said in the written statement.
Funds to establish the conservation easement came from the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the National Fish and Wildlife foundation through Walmart’s “Acres for America” program.
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The Defense Department is interested in preserving the ranch because it will help maintain an area of low electromagnetic interference in the airspace surrounding Fort Huachuca.
The Vera Earl Ranch also provides habitat for threatened Chiricahua leopard frog and other sensitive and at-risk species.
The Arizona Land and Water Trust entered into a similar deal with another Sonoita-area ranch in November, this one along state Highway 82 east of the Santa Cruz County community.
The trust now holds conservation easements on 3,800 acres of the historic Rain Valley Ranch to protect habitat for endangered species and a wildlife corridor that links the Huachuca, Mustang and Whetstone mountains.
The nonprofit has also been active elsewhere in Southern Arizona, recently announcing the purchase of another 281 acres of ranchland in Amado.
The trust is now halfway to its goal of acquiring the entire 1,310-acre Sopori Creek and Farm by 2024.
The property west of Interstate 19 includes more than a mile of the farm’s namesake, ephemeral creek, as well as 300 acres of irrigated farmland and the groundwater rights to sustain it.
The land 40 miles south of Tucson was once targeted for residential development.
The trust hopes to turn it into a grass bank for local ranchers and an agricultural apprentice program, where farmers can perfect sustainable growing techniques for arid climates — all while preserving an important riparian area and wildlife corridor.
The group needs to raise $1.5 million to buy the rest of the farm and another $2 million for restoration and the development of the onsite apprentice program, according to a fundraising email the trust sent out on Thursday.
Since 1978, the group has used purchases, donations and conservation easements to preserve more than 67,000 acres in Southern Arizona as part of its mission to protect what it calls “vanishing western landscapes,” namely farms, ranches, wildlife habitat and the water that sustains them.
The trust already owns about 2,550 acres along Sopori Creek, which it bought in 2018 from a developer that once hoped to build a 6,800-home master-planned development straddling the line between Pima and Santa Cruz counties.
Contact reporter Henry Brean at hbrean@tucson.com or 573-4283. On Twitter: @RefriedBrean
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A shooting at a popular Sacramento beach has left one man with serious injuries, according to rangers with Sacramento County Regional Parks.
Around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Park Rangers say they received calls reporting a shooting at Sutter's Landing Beach. Rangers, accompanied by officers from the Sacramento Police Department responded to the scene and say they found a man who had been shot in the beach's parking lot.
During their investigation, authorities say they learned that the shooting began as an argument between two groups on Sutter's Landing Beach, where shots were allegedly fired.
After initial shots were fired, the group went to the beach's parking lot where officials say more gunshots were fired.
The victim was taken to UC Davis Medical Center with injuries that rangers described as serious. Authorities did not have an update on the victim's condition Sunday morning.
While police say they obtained a description of the shooter involved in the situation, they have not made any arrests and the investigation is now being handled by the Sacramento Police Department.
With Memorial Day weekend bringing out more people to local parks and waterways, Sacramento County Regional Parks rangers say they will continue increased patrols and stay vigilant in highly populated areas.
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CLINTON — When Marine Veteran Darvin Volker died a year and a half ago, Jeff Morlock promised him at his "battle cross" that he would do something to honor his service in the Korean War.
Through organizing the Battle Cross Crusaders, a group of about 90 Vietnam War and Korean War veterans, plus veteran supporters, Morlock is fulfilling his promise with their first “Veteran to Veteran Tribute.”
The group, which takes up the name of a fallen soldier’s makeshift memorial marker made from a rifle posted into the ground with a helmet and boots, debuted the Sunday afternoon event at Woodlawn Cemetery as a preface to weekend Memorial Day activities. Over 50 attended, and were transported about the cemetery grounds.
One was Keith Volker, a Crusader himself and a Marine who served from 1986 to 1990. He said his father, Darvin Volker, wasn’t killed in action, but he did do a lot for veterans. Volker said his dad went out to the Veterans Affairs facility in Danville a lot, and he helped set up the AMVETS group in Clinton.
Volker has two sons in the military: Kaleb in the Air Force, and Andrew in the Marines, just like his father and grandfather.
The Crusaders honored veterans buried at the Clinton cemetery by reciting names of all who died in battle or while serving from World War I and onward. Wreaths were placed by the gravesides and a bell was rung in their memory. Afterward, they continued those same efforts at the cemetery in Kenney.
U.S. Army veterans Kent Matthews and Gary Reynolds, both killed in action in the Vietnam War, were among those honored, as well as U.S. Naval Officer Henry Kleeman, who has a road named after him in Clinton.
Karen Reynolds placed a memorial for her brother Gary at the cemetery. She told The Pantagraph that when her ride to the event arrived, she told her cousin she forgot how she doesn’t like Memorial Day.
“It’s always a hard day for me,” she said. “And I was sorry I did this, but now that we’ve done it, I'm glad I did it.”
Reynolds said her brother served in Vietnam for only 36 days. Gary Reynolds also served in the Peace Corps in Tunisia, she added.
World War II veterans commemorated were U.S. Marine James Hiter and Army soldier Merle Hiter. Morlock said they were brothers who died months apart — one in the European front and the other in Asia.
Marty Hiter was there to memorialize her brothers-in-law. She said the Sunday tribute was wonderful.
“They need to be recognized and remembered,” she said. “These boys died in 1944 and they need to be recognized, and of course all of our veterans — living and dead — need to be recognized and remembered by everyone.”
Morlock believes every city in the country should do something to honor each and every veteran killed in battle. And for Memorial Day, he said it’s especially important to personally recognize them.
“Everybody needs recognition,” he said of veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
The Battle Cross Crusaders also aim to give final respects to veterans by staffing their funeral routes, holding military branch flags, and providing service flag cases.
Morlock said his grandfather, U.S. Armory Staff Sgt. Wavren Hill, served as a medic in WWII. He’s read letters stating Hill ran into machine gun fire and artillery fire. And, he was married on Pearl Harbor Day.
Although Hill died in 1981 when Morlock was 10 years old, he said his grandfather instilled a lot of things in him.
“One was giving back to the community and the other was taking care of our veterans,” said Morlock.
Morlock invites anyone wishing to organize their own veterans’ tribute to contact him at the "Battle Cross Crusaders" Facebook page.
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Find dog parks or other places your dog can stretch their legs along your route.
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Before you go, practice driving your dog around especially if they're not used to it.
Buy a few things for your dog that'll make life on the road easier.
Bring the comforts of home with you too.
Overpack if you're able.
Look into apps to download ahead of time because you may lose service.
Make a backup plan for everything, especially if you're going somewhere with bad weather.
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A boat that caught fire Saturday afternoon, injuring 14 occupants and one marina worker, remains in the Illinois River in Seneca, Illinois State Police said.
Steve Schaefer, left, helps Marty Hiter, right, place a memorial wreath for her two brothers-in-law who were killed months apart in 1944 in World War II. A veterans tribute was held Sunday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Clinton by the Battle Cross Crusaders.
Jeff Morlock, left, of the Battle Cross Crusaders embraces Karen Reynolds, right, after a wreath is placed for her brother, who died after serving 36 days in the Vietnam War. About 50 attended a veterans tribute Sunday in Clinton.
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LAPORTE — The city of LaPorte is challenging Norfolk Southern Railroad over its decision to take back a historic downtown train depot restored with $3.6 million in tax dollars.
Mayor Tom Dermody is leading an effort reaching as high as Washington to try to force the major carrier of freight to return it to the community.
“We’re going every angle possible to protect these depot buildings for our community and sending a message that you can’t push the little guy around. We’re not going to stand for it,” he said.
Using local, state and federal money, the city completed restoration of the two historic depot buildings in 2009.
The dilapidated buildings were slated for demolition when the city acquired rights to the property then owned by Conrail for $1 annually under a 20-year lease. That agreement was made with the railroad before the restoration, said Bert Cook, executive director of the LaPorte Economic Advancement Partnership.
The lease remained in effect after Norfolk Southern later acquired the railroad.
Norfolk Southern decided not to extend the lease though, and reclaimed ownership of the property once the agreement expired Dec. 31.
“We’re just incredibly disappointed. They ought to be ashamed of themselves,” Cook said.
Dermody said the original intent was for ownership of the depot to transfer to the city at the end of the lease.
The depot was occupied by LEAP and several nonprofit organizations when they were evicted by Norfolk Southern.
The once-bustling structures when the rail line had passenger service decades ago were a source of pride in a community deeply involved in historic preservation.
“I think those depot buildings were a major asset for everyone in the city. They were kind of a shining star of what historic restoration can do for your community,” Cook said.
LEAP is now located in a nearby building it acquired for $250,000 at 605 Michigan Ave.
Cook also said the appraised value of the depot has risen from $89,000 prior to the restoration to $500,000 currently.
He said LEAP offered the railroad as much as $300,000 for the structures during 18 months of negotiations prior to the lease expiring.
Dermody said talks have already occurred with U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Elkhart, and members of the National Transportation Safety Board about use of the facility being returned to the city.
He said contact has also been made with former Indiana governor and current Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, who’s a member of the board of directors for Norfolk Southern Corp.
Cook said it’s a bit unsettling not knowing what the future holds for the old depot, which sits empty.
“As I understand it, they’re going to try and sell the buildings at some point,” he said.
Dermody said the depot will be discussed with local, state and federal officials next month.
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Dermody pointed to the construction of 200 resort-type apartments at NewPorte Landing and the renovation of the Monroe Street Apartments as examples of what’s happening to draw more people to the city.
The city of LaPorte is challenging Norfolk Southern Railroad over its decision to take back this historic downtown train depot restored with $3.6 million in tax money
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Thousands of boaters took to Boone Lake to enjoy the Memorial Day weekend, one of the busiest boating holidays of the year.
From fishing, to swimming, to jet skiing and everything in between, all of the water activities you can think of were happening on the lake Sunday.
The newly reopened Boone Lake Recreation Center is one of the most popular destinations this year.
“We came out today to spend time on Boone Lake with my family and friends,” Boater Jim Stout said. “We’re going to get together, just have some fun ride around the lake.”
Also out on the waters were TWRA boating officers making sure people enjoy their time, but also stay safe and wear their life jackets.
“In 2022 we’ve had ten boating fatalities,” TWRA Boating Officer John Ripley said. “Of those ten, nine individuals were not wearing life jackets in those fatalities.”
People out on the water also took time to remember the reason for the holiday weekend, and those who aren’t here anymore because they made the ultimate sacrifice.
“I had a father that was at Pearl Harbor,” boater Charles Mayberry said. “I had an uncle who was part of the Battle of the Bulge, and they all gave something.”
Mayberry said that’s why he’s spending his day with family and those he still has close.
“My grandson is driving us crazy, he loves to go boat riding every weekend,” Mayberry said.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) responded to a mental crisis call at Olive Garden Saturday, May 28 at 2:23 p.m.
According to police, an individual in distress entered Olive Garden expressing his fears of being followed and saying someone was coming in to "shoot up the place." This caused the people at the restaurant to flee in fear. Police were able to determine there was no threat and took the individual to the Crisis Stabilization Unit.
Officials say this was an isolated incident and the Crisis Intervention Team will follow up to ensure the individual receives the help that he needs.
FSPD says if you have a friend, acquaintance, or family member, that you believe is experiencing a mental health crisis or mental health issues call 479-709-5100 or 911 for emergencies.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — As Memorial Day fast approaches, one Gaithersburg man will be celebrating another momentous occasion: his 100th birthday.
Mel Ketchel served in the Army during World War II. He says he was part of the Army Specialized Training Program and attended college when he was drafted as a line soldier.
Ketchel said he was later sent to Purdue University for about a year before he trained at Temple Army Air Field and eventually shipped out to Cherbourg, France.
Ketchel's family collected stories of his time on battlefields to put in a book. They shared the stories with WUSA9. In one chapter, Ketchel described being very cold in fox holes, with artillery firing all around.
"While I lay there cold and wet, I got really angry at a God that could allow this war to go on," he said. "The old saying that there are 'no atheists in fox holes,' was not true for me."
After receiving what was likely a concussion and some hearing loss, Ketchel was sent to a replacement depot. He said with the war dying down he was given a job helping to process service records for people heading to the front. Eventually, he was given a new job managing writers for the Army Times newspaper in Paris. He says that post, after the time he spent on the battlefields, was heaven.
"We lived in hotels, had no daily formations, with 9-5 jobs and lots of free time," Ketchel said. "I had a nice crowd of friends (mostly lovely girls) who wanted to learn English and I dated many of them."
After Ketchel was discharged from the Army, he returned to college and finished his degree. He later completed his Master's degree at the University of Cleveland before attending Harvard, where he received his doctorate and met his wife.
Ketchel was later hired by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He and his wife at the time, Liesia, had kids but later divorced. However, while working for NIH he made friends with a study nurse who suggested he call her friend, Georgene. He said he was smitten and described his second wife as a "beautiful, intelligent, well-read woman."
Decades later, Ketchel's family is coming together in honor of the veteran's 100th birthday in Gaithersburg. They plan to present him with the book of his life while celebrating the patriarch of their family.
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CAVE SPRINGS, Ark. — The Cave Springs Police and Fire Departments put together a water fight on Saturday.
Keith Lawson, Lieutenant with the Cave Springs police department, explained that the idea for the event had been inspired by an officer’s previous patrol a few years ago. Cave Springs police officer, Madeline Green, said she was on a patrol in a local neighborhood when she came across nearly 15 kids playing with nerf guns.
“The moms and everything came out and were like ‘is everything OK’. I said ‘well I got a complaint and they said ‘oh no’. I jumped out of the car and I grabbed the Nerf gun and I started shooting them and I said ‘that y'all weren't having enough fun’,” said Green. “they just all came after me you know and I told them I said I'll be back tomorrow. So, I called all the guys and we all came back the next day, lights and sirens, blocked the roads off. It was great we had a great time.”
At the event, the first responders gave food to the community provided by local donations. They expressed their appreciation saying the community would always support the fire and police departments.
Parent Tommy Sisemore said he knew some of the officers in the department from his time in law enforcement.
“I have a 7-year-old and a 15-year-old. The 15-year-old said that she wasn't going to participate then when she got here, she participated,” said Sisemore. “I think something about a water gun brings out the kid in all of us.”
With the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, officials said events like this water fight were crucial to connecting with the community.
“We really feel it important to re-establish that trust and do things like this with the community,” said Lawson “Just getting out having a good time having a good old fashion water gunfight is a good way of doing that”
“I know we're not out of the woods yet on the COVID thing,” said Sisemore. “But it's just so good to see kids out playing again.”
Officials hope that the water fight could become an annual event, even inviting neighboring towns to join in next year’s fun.
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WASHINGTON — Each year when Ami Neiberger arrives at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) on Memorial Day weekend to help organize the Memorial Day Flowers program, she’s coming to a place where she gets deeply familiar over the past years.
She visits the ANC regularly ever since her brother, Army Specialist Christopher Neiberger, was buried in Section 60, after he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2007. She now knows the families of those buried near him as well.
"For me, it’s about connecting with other families," Neiberger said. "Many of them, I've shared long hours with at the cemetery. The first year after my brother died, I actually came here on a weekly basis. And so, I've shared a lot of time with those people. Special time, important time that was part of my journey."
The Memorial Day Flowers Foundation has been laying flowers at the gravesites since 2011. The practice now takes place nationwide. All the flowers - this year more than 180,000 - are donated.
"Many of [those donating] are from outside the US or are Americans who live overseas who work in the flower industry and for them this is about their patriotism, their love of their country, their love of our military and the freedoms it represents and ensures," said Neiberger.
Between 2,000-3,000 volunteers come out to help. The foundation also lays flowers on gravesites that are specially requested by families who don't get to visit the cemetery.
For Neiberger, the years since her brother's death have magnified his absence and given her new aspects to mourn and miss.
"He would’ve been a really fun uncle," she said. "And that’s one thing I think we’re missing a bit. We’ll never see him grow old, get married, have a family, become a father. All those things come back on Memorial Day too. The realization of not only what he was, which was wonderful, but also what he gave... He really cared about the soldiers he served with, he cared about the people in Iraq. He thought the work he was doing was meaningful and worthwhile and made a difference in the world."
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Man drowns at Tempe Town Lake after attempting to evade police
The body of a man was recovered at Tempe Town Lake Saturday after he jumped into the lake while escaping from police, officials said.
Tempe Police Department responded to reports of a verbal domestic confrontation at the Tempe Center for the Arts located at 700 W Rio Salado Parkway around 5 a.m.
Police found a man and a woman whom they interviewed separately. During a records check, police found out the man had three outstanding warrants.
Police said the man then started running and jumped over a fence and into Tempe Lake just east of the pedestrian bridge.
Police got on a boat and units with Tempe Fire Medical and Rescue were dispatched, the police department said.
Officers maintained communication with the man and tried to get him to the bridge, police said.
According to police, the man "was uncooperative" with rescue efforts.
Just before 11:30 a.m., the Tempe Fire Rescue Team pulled the body out of the water, near the Tempe City of the Arts.
He was pronounced dead, police said.
The identity of the man was not released.
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49-year-old man shot, killed near 39th and Grovers Avenue
A man who was allegedly threatening with a knife was shot and killed Saturday afternoon near 39th Avenue and Grovers Avenue, according to Phoenix police.
Officers were called to the area around 6 p.m. and found 49-year-old David Standley with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he died.
Detectives detained and interviewed a man on scene who made a claim of self-defense. Sgt. Vincent Cole, a spokesperson with Phoenix police, said Standley was allegedly threatening with a knife.
The man was released based on evidence and witness statements.
The investigation will be submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, according to police.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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ESTERO, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) is investigating after they say someone plastered anti-Semitic flyers on cars at Coconut Point Mall and Miromar Outlets Friday night. Eric Koche spoke Saturday morning about what he found on his car.
“It’s quite unsettling, terrifying honestly,” Koche said. “I couldn’t believe it, what it was. It was just staggering. I didn’t even read the whole thing. It was disgusting quite frankly.”
The flyer was filled with swastikas, racial slurs and other hate speech towards prominent leaders.
“It’s full of antisemitic, racist, bigoted promotion with QR codes which I do not want to promote at all,” Koche said.
Koche said he was leaving the movies at Coconut Point Mall late Friday night when he noticed the flyer. He returned back to the mall Saturday in hopes of speaking with someone at the Lee County Sheriff’s Outreach Center about the matter, but it was closed.
Among the many racial slurs, the person who made this flyer wrote “this flyer is to be spread randomly and without malicious intent by concerned citizens united for a Jew free Florida.”
LCSO said this is an active investigation.
Count on NBC 2 for updates as we receive them.
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Unidas: Unidas, the award-winning after-school teen program run by the Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona, has awarded $5,000 in funding to One Hundred Angels Foundation. Unidas is a philanthropy and leadership program that supports teens ranging in age from 14-18 as they navigate a selection process that includes community dialogue and interviews to guide their philanthropic decision. This semester’s grant award was sponsored by Buffalo Exchange. One Hundred Angels Foundation is a local nonprofit that works to promote peace amid human suffering, providing support for people seeking asylum to essential medical assistance in underserved communities.
Phi Beta Kappa Association of Greater Tucson: The nonprofit Phi Beta Kappa Association of Greater Tucson awarded 12 $2,000 scholarships to outstanding University of Arizona undergraduates. The purpose is to assist them in continuing their education through the upcoming academic year. Over the past 20 years, the Association has awarded over $100,000 in scholarships. Phi Beta Kappa Association of Greater Tucson also awarded five $2,000 scholarships to deserving University High students this year. The awards are intended to help these students pursue higher education.
Submit items about charitable donations by businesses or nonprofits to business@tucson.com.
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SEATTLE — Get ready for the possibility of a spectacular showing in the night sky on Memorial Day as the Tau-Herculids Meteor Shower could put on a cosmic show of a lifetime.
The possible Tau-Herculids Meteor Shower stems from an event that took place back in the 1990s. Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 broke apart into four large pieces with several smaller, fragmented pieces surrounding the four parent pieces in 1995. Over time the comet has continued to break apart, creating a large debris field of meteoroids.
These meteoroids are often referred to as "space rocks" composed of ice and dust becoming meteors once they've entered the Earth's atmosphere, burning, often leaving a bright tail visible to the naked eye.
Earth will pass through the debris field Monday night creating the potential for the epic meteor shower. It's possible this meteor shower could become a meteor storm with a large number of meteors. A meteor storm occurs when there are at least 1,000 meteors per hour.
There are high hopes for the meteor shower but it is not set in stone. No pun intended. Everything must come together perfectly for this cosmic display.
The fragments in the debris field must be large enough and moving fast enough to create one of the best meteor events in recent times. The last meteor storm, the Leonid meteor storm, was back in 1966.
A New Moon is forecast for Monday night, so moonlight will not obscure the meteor viewing. And the current forecast suggests clouds will not obscure the viewing either for parts of western Washington.
Clear to partly clear skies are currently expected. The areas with the least amount of cloud coverage in the forecast is Puget Sound, Kitsap Peninsula, and the Southwest Interior.
The best time to see the Tau-Herculids Meteor Shower is Monday night into the pre-dawn hours Tuesday with peak intensity around 10 p.m. Monday, Pacific Daylight Time. Seattle will observe the sunset at 8:57 p.m. on Monday.
For the most vivid viewing of the potential meteor storm, go to a rural area away from city light pollution and enjoy.
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A bronze sculpture of a young girl drawing in a sketchbook was installed at Sunken Gardens Saturday as a tribute to the late Beatrice "Mike" Seacrest, an avid supporter of both the arts and city parks.
A few years ago, members of the Seacrest family reached out to the city saying they’d like to commission a sculpture in honor of their mother, who was involved in many civic activities during her lifetime, including being president of the Nebraska Art Association and a member of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation advisory board.
Seacrest also played an active role in the construction of Sheldon Museum of Art on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus and development of public art in the city.
Family members reached out to the Parks and Recreation Department about creating a memorial to Seacrest in Sunken Gardens a couple of years ago.
Director Lynn Johnson said the department didn’t hear much until March, when the family called to say it had commissioned San Diego artist Mary Buckman to create the sculpture.
Margaret Reist is a recovering education reporter now writing about local and county government and the people who live in the city where she was born and raised.
A few years back, a curious woman in Lincoln set out to find out more about the old house she loved. Elle Stecher found answers and something better: She found Jack.
Police said 45-year-old Rodney Badberg punched the man three times and kicked him once before fleeing the area on foot, leaving the man bleeding on the sidewalk.
Keilan Schultz, 17, of Wymore, was pronounced dead at the scene of Saturday's crash. Billy O'Keefe Jr., 18, also of Wymore, was taken to Bryan Campus West in serious condition.
The 15-year-old shot into a car outside the stadium, causing a grazing gunshot wound to the left side of the 17-year-old victim's face, police said in court records. The feud stemmed from a stolen vape cartridge.
The charge stems from April 14, when the 22-year-old reported he heard sawing noises in his driveway and saw three men underneath his car, according to police.
After nearly 40 years, The Bridge Behavioral Health will not renew its contracts with Lincoln police and other law enforcement agencies to house intoxicated people in a locked unit for up to 24 hours.
Following infamous dangerous driving and hazardous road conditions on Memorial Day weekend, the Nebraska State Patrol and Lincoln Police Department will strengthen their forces Friday through Sunday.
Chris Escoto puts the finishing touches on the bronze casting of the sculpture “Inspiration,” created by artist Mary Buckman in honor of longtime Lincoln arts patron Beatrice “Mike” Seacrest. The sculpture was placed in Sunken Gardens on Saturday.
Spectators watch as Chris Escoto puts the finishing touches on the bronze casting of the sculpture “Inspiration” Saturday, created by artist Mary Buckman in honor of Beatrice “Mike” Seacrest.
Chris Escoto puts the finishing touches on the bronze casting of the sculpture “Inspiration” Saturday, created by artist Mary Buckman in honor of Beatrice “Mike” Seacrest.
Chris Escoto puts the finishing touches on the bronze casting of the sculpture “Inspiration” Saturday, created by artist Mary Buckman in honor of Beatrice “Mike” Seacrest.
Chris Escoto puts the finishing touches on the bronze casting of the sculpture “Inspiration” Saturday, created by artist Mary Buckman in honor of Beatrice “Mike” Seacrest.
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Union Bank and Trust's Andy Kafka, never thought his daily endeavors would bring him to Warsaw, where thousands of Ukrainians have sought refuge.
Then again, the bank's vice president HAS always preached to his children that community boundaries extend far beyond Lincoln.
Kafka, along with 10 other Union Bank and Trust bankers and President Angie Muhleisen, recently traveled to Warsaw to figure out the needs of Ukrainian refugees there.
On the morning of Feb. 24, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Several cities were destroyed by Russian troops as peaceful residential areas were bombed, leaving several children orphaned.
Although Kafka and his wife have always lived in Lincoln, they've tried to teach their children to be engaged in global issues because not everyone is as fortunate as they are.
Aside from making a donation to help the people of Ukraine, there wasn't much else he thought he could do.
However, once Muhleisen heard of Steve Glenn's Operation Safe Harbor -- a project that is raising money and sending volunteers to help Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw -- an opportunity opened up for Kafka.
While Muhleisen always wanted to make a big donation to help refugees, she wanted the donation to go toward a specific need.
After two weeks in Warsaw, talking with countless refugees, they kept coming back to a need that is sometimes overlooked: the mental health care of those displaced people.
From the beginning, Muhleisen partnered with Operation Safe Harbor to provide additional funding for their efforts of helping Ukrainian refugees, but she wanted to help them on the volunteer front as well.
Through conversations at work, she knew how much her employee's also cared about the cause.
On April 12, Muhleisen announced to her team that she was going to Warsaw to volunteer and intended to take some employees with her.
Although, dozens of employees were eager to be a part of this effort, only a few would be chosen to go.
All bank employees that wanted to join Muhleisen were instructed to write a one-page essay stating why they wanted to volunteer and why they should be selected.
Kafka wrote that he wanted to set an example for his children to do more. Although he knew this meant being away from his family for some time, he felt a responsibility to help those in need.
Three days later, after reading through more than 50 essays, Muhleisen made her decision. She sent out an email with a list of those bank employees selected for the trip.
"She stated that this was a big commitment and that if anybody changed their mind, she'd understand. But nobody changed their mind -- we all wanted to help," Kalfka said.
After meeting with Glenn and getting all the logistics of the trip sorted out, Muhleisen along with seven employees, left for Warsaw on May 13.
To ensure they left enough rooms for refugees, the bankers were split into two groups of volunteers. Seven left with Muhleisen, and the other four left for Warsaw on May 17.
During their two weeks, Muhleisen and her team helped refugees with medical needs, groceries, paperwork and organized activities for the children to do.
Some of the activities organized for the children were trips to the park, waterpark and zoo.
Through building relationships with the refugees, the need for more mental health resources for them became more apparent to Muhleisen and her team.
One worried mother spoke with Kafka about her concern for her 10-year-old daughter's mental health.
"After being close to the bombings and having to leave her father behind who had to stay to fight, the daughter became very withdrawn," Kafka observed.
While some UBT volunteers spent time entertaining the children, others partnered with adults to help them find more permanent housing and figure out the finances of it all.
“Despite what these families have gone through, they’re positive for the most part and they’re appreciative of what we’re doing here through operation safe harbor," said Jason McCowen, who also made the trip for Union Bank and Trust.
In the aftermath of their trip, Muhleisen said Union Bank and Trust's donation will go toward mental health care and subsidizing more permanent housing for refugees.
She also said she'll continue to work with Operation Safe Harbor.
Evelyn Mejia is a news intern and current sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She covers breaking news and writes feature stories about her community.
A few years back, a curious woman in Lincoln set out to find out more about the old house she loved. Elle Stecher found answers and something better: She found Jack.
Police said 45-year-old Rodney Badberg punched the man three times and kicked him once before fleeing the area on foot, leaving the man bleeding on the sidewalk.
Keilan Schultz, 17, of Wymore, was pronounced dead at the scene of Saturday's crash. Billy O'Keefe Jr., 18, also of Wymore, was taken to Bryan Campus West in serious condition.
The 15-year-old shot into a car outside the stadium, causing a grazing gunshot wound to the left side of the 17-year-old victim's face, police said in court records. The feud stemmed from a stolen vape cartridge.
The charge stems from April 14, when the 22-year-old reported he heard sawing noises in his driveway and saw three men underneath his car, according to police.
After nearly 40 years, The Bridge Behavioral Health will not renew its contracts with Lincoln police and other law enforcement agencies to house intoxicated people in a locked unit for up to 24 hours.
Following infamous dangerous driving and hazardous road conditions on Memorial Day weekend, the Nebraska State Patrol and Lincoln Police Department will strengthen their forces Friday through Sunday.
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AUSTIN, Texas — It's Memorial Day weekend, and more people heading out to lakes and rivers to cool down on the water.
Shawn Smith, the owner of Austin Rental Boats, said it's a busy weekend for his business.
"The three biggest weekends of the year: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. Those are our big weekends. And luckily, the weather turned out to be really good."
With more boats in the water, Texas Parks and Wildlife is reminding people to clean, drain and dry their boats.
"We are dealing with a lot of different invasive species," said TPWD Inland Fisheries Regional Director Brian Van Zee. "One of the primary ways that those invasive species are moved, not only into the state but also from one lake to the next within Texas, is by the movement and transportation of those invasive species in boats and trailers."
Giant Salvinia is one highly invasive species currently present on 23 East Texas lakes and numerous rivers.
"It forms really thick, dense mats of vegetation that'll... cover up entire coves and areas of the reservoir," said Van Zee. "It'll be so thick you can't get a boat through it, and it completely blocks out all sunlight."
Zebra muscles are another invasive species. The species has quickly spread through many lakes due to its microscopic larvae that are easily transported by boats and other watercraft without one knowing.
"They tend they attach to a lot of the hard surfaces within a reservoir," added Van Zee. "Whether that be boats, trailers, docks, but also, these water intake structures or the control the gates on the dams of the reservoirs and that kind of thing."
TPWD urges boaters to remove all plants, mud and debris from boats. Also, drain bait buckets and other receptacles inside the boat.
Van Zee said if you can't dry your boat for at least a week before entering another body of water, then rinse it off to stop the spread of these invasive species.
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FRUITLAND, Wash. — A 9-year old girl was attacked by a cougar Saturday morning at a kids camp near Fruitland, according to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The attack happened around 11 a.m. this morning. The girl's condition is unknown, but WDFW said the cougar has been killed.
Officials say they're beginning their investigation into what caused the attack. The animal has been taken for testing.
According to WDFW, this is the first cougar attack in Washington state this year.
WDFW says cougar attacks are extremely rare in Washington. In the past 100 years, there have only 20 cougar attacks in the state. Cougar attacks have only resulted in two know deaths in that same period of time.
If you do encounter a cougar here are some important tips to prevent an attack:
- Don't run. Face the cougar. Talk to it firmly while slowly backing away.
- Do not take your eyes off the cougar or turn your back. Do not crouch down or try to hide.
- Try to appear larger than the cougar. Get above it. If wearing a jacket, hold it open to further increase your apparent size.
- If the cougar does not flee, be more assertive. Shout, wave your arms and throw anything you have available.
- If the cougar attacks, fight back. Be aggressive and try to stay on your feet. Cougars have been driven away by people who have fought back.
This is a developing story. KREM 2 is continuing to confirm details on the attack and will update with the latest information.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — As Memorial Day fast approaches, one Gaithersburg man will be celebrating another momentous occasion: his 100th birthday.
Mel Ketchel served in the Army during World War II. He says he was part of the Army Specialized Training Program and attended college when he was drafted as a line soldier.
Ketchel said he was later sent to Purdue University for about a year before he trained at Temple Army Air Field and eventually shipped out to Cherbourg, France.
Ketchel's family collected stories of his time on battlefields to put in a book. They shared the stories with WUSA9. In one chapter, Ketchel described being very cold in fox holes, with artillery firing all around.
"While I lay there cold and wet, I got really angry at a God that could allow this war to go on," he said. "The old saying that there are 'no atheists in fox holes,' was not true for me."
After receiving what was likely a concussion and some hearing loss, Ketchel was sent to a replacement depot. He said with the war dying down he was given a job helping to process service records for people heading to the front. Eventually, he was given a new job managing writers for the Army Times newspaper in Paris. He says that post, after the time he spent on the battlefields, was heaven.
"We lived in hotels, had no daily formations, with 9-5 jobs and lots of free time," Ketchel said. "I had a nice crowd of friends (mostly lovely girls) who wanted to learn English and I dated many of them."
After Ketchel was discharged from the Army, he returned to college and finished his degree. He later completed his Master's degree at the University of Cleveland before attending Harvard, where he received his doctorate and met his wife.
Ketchel was later hired by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He and his wife at the time, Liesia, had kids but later divorced. However, while working for NIH he made friends with a study nurse who suggested he call her friend, Georgene. He said he was smitten and described his second wife as a "beautiful, intelligent, well-read woman."
Decades later, Ketchel's family is coming together in honor of the veteran's 100th birthday in Gaithersburg. They plan to present him with the book of his life while celebrating the patriarch of their family.
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Emergency medical crews are on the scene of a private home in Bethel Twp. after responding to reports of a capsized boat at the property off of Schiller Road.
Initial reports are that a child was pulled from the water and transported by medic to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A responding Clark County sheriff’s deputy was also transported after suffering exhaustion from diving to save the child.
CareFlight was called to the scene and departed without transporting anyone.
This newspaper is also at the scene and will update this story when more information is available.
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DALLAS — This week, people of faith are crying out.
“Why didn’t God do anything,” Reverend Dr. Lucretia Facen asked her congregation at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Dallas.
After what happened in Buffalo, how could God let it happen again?
“Can I tell you what the question is for me,” Facen asked. “Why did we let this happen?”
“We’re waiting on God, but God’s waiting on us,” she said. “God empowers us to act.”
After every mass shooting, Facen is at a loss, just like Rabbi Andrew Paley of Temple Shalom in Dallas.
“Sometimes there are no words,” Paley said.
Imam Omar Suleiman, founder of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, says things like this are often unfathomable and unexplainable.
“Sometimes it’s ok for us to not have those answers,” Suleiman said.
Leaders of all faiths question say, while we can’t answer why God allows this to happen, followers can question their response.
Thoughts and prayers didn’t stop this mass shooting, and they likely won’t stop the next one.
At least, not alone.
“Thoughts and prayers are fine, but they will not solve this problem alone,” Facen said.
“We believe that prayer is insufficient without action,” Suleiman said.
“I think God is crying at this moment, wanting God’s creatures to do right and to do good,” Paley said.
Unless we do something to end this vicious cycle, faith leaders say we will continue crying out in desperation, wondering why.
“I lean back on a quote that said something to the effect of, ‘I wanted to ask God why he allows murder and tyranny and hunger and poverty,’” Suleiman said. “’But I was afraid he might ask me the same question.’”
For people of faith, it’s clear: God is listening.
Are we?
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TEXAS, USA — A group of U.S. state legislators from Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina toured Mexico and said this week they are impressed by efforts to expand abortion access south of the border.
The legislators visited the country's three largest cities, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey to meet with activists and Mexican legislators.
They praised the efforts of Mexican activists to guarantee access for women who want an abortion, even those from U.S. states like Texas.
"It is incredibly touching to see people opening their homes, opening their hearts, spending time and effort helping American women, Texas women predominantly for now, access care," said Texas state Rep. Erin Zwiener.
There is anecdotal evidence that women from Texas are crossing into Mexico to obtain abortion pills, and some Mexican activists want to help them.
Under a 2021 law, abortions in Texas are prohibited once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before some women know they’re pregnant. Enforcement is left up to private citizens who are deputized to file civil lawsuits against abortion providers, as well as others who help a woman obtain an abortion in Texas.
Zwiener said about 45% of Texas women who obtained abortion outside the state between September and December went to neighboring Oklahoma.
But last week, Oklahoma lawmakers passed legislation banning abortion at conception, the strictest in the nation.
Zwiener said she expects that might send Texas women to New Mexico or Louisiana.
Rebeca Ramos, director of the Mexican rights group Gire, said: “One of the priorities in both countries is to guarantee safe access to abortion for those who need them, in places with legal restrictions.”
Mexico's Supreme Court ruled last year that it was unconstitutional to punish abortion. As Mexico’s highest court, its ruling bars all jurisdictions from charging a woman with a crime for terminating a pregnancy.
Statutes outlawing abortion are still on the books in most of Mexico’s 32 states, however, and nongovernmental organizations that have long pushed for decriminalization are pressing state legislatures to reform them. Abortion was already readily available in Mexico City and some states.
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MEMORIAL DAY: Plenty of sunshine. Humid air returns north from the Gulf of Mexico. That moisture return might trigger an isolated downpour, but the chance any one spot sees measurable rain will remain under 10%, so there won’t be a rain chance on the 7 day forecast. It will be hot, with the Wet Bulb temperature in the upper 80s. In this range, we recommend taking a 5 minute break in the shade with water for every 20 minutes of exercise to avoid heat exhaustion. Highs in the upper 80s and low 90s.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: Temperatures climb into the low 90s both Tuesday and Wednesday as the summer pattern continues. Like on Monday, the rain chance is slim, but not entirely zero either day. We’ve got a 10% chance of rain in the forecast for Wednesday, which will also likely be the hottest day of the week.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: A weak cold front pushes across the state Thursday into Friday, bringing a few scattered storms and dropping our temperatures just a bit on Friday, but the cool-down wont last long as temps climb back into the 90s for the weekend.
NEXT WEEKEND: Expect hot and mostly dry conditions, with highs in the low 90s and lots of sunshine.
GULF COAST: Mostly dry weather for the next few days, with highs in the 80s. Rip current risk remains at moderate, so use caution when swimming in the Gulf, and always swim near lifeguards whenever possible.
TROPICS UPDATE: Hurricane Agatha has developed in the Eastern Pacific off the Mexican coast and will make landfall as a strong hurricane in Mexico. It’s possible that the remnants of Agatha could re-develop late this week in the Northwest Caribbean or Southwestern Gulf near the Yucatan Peninsula, but for now it remains a low possibility and just something to keep an eye on this week.
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