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Dec. 13, 1954 - May 25, 2022
EAST CHICAGO, IN - Adelmira Martinez (nee Anguiano) from East Chicago, IN was called to heaven on May 25, 2022, at Community Hospital Munster, IN at the age of 67 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on December 13, 1954, in Tepames, Colima, Mexico to Cleotilde and Onofre Anguiano Sr.
She is survived by her loving husband of 43 years, Marciano R. Martinez; Brothers: Ruben (Angelina) Anguiano, Juvenal (Josefina) Anguiano Sr., Onofre (Maria) Anguiano Jr., Mario (Engracia) Anguiano; Sisters: Ana Maria (Patricio) Farias, Simona Anguiano; Daughters: Sandra (Jeremy) Cash, Sonia A. Martinez, and Daniela Martinez. Adelmira was a very devoted grandmother and caregiver to Mireya I. Felix, Erica Felix, Andrea Felix, Michael Villagomez Jr., and Christian M. Villagomez. She will also be missed by many cousins, nieces, and nephews of which she was very fond.
Adelmira joins both of her parents, Cleotilde and Onofre Anguiano Sr.; brothers: Ernesto Anguiano and Juan Jose Anguiano; sisters: Maria Guadalupe Farias and Leonor George; and granddaughter, Oliva Felix in Heaven.
Adelmira was a devoted mother and grandmother. She is most known for love language of food. As a guest in her home, you never left without a belly full of love and great food. Adelmira loved birds, plants, and flowers. She always wore bright cheerful colors with yellow and pink being her favorites. Just like the colors she wore, Adelmira loved to joke with everyone and had a great sense of humor. Most of her life was dedicated to raising her daughters and grandchildren. Near the end of her life, she retired from the School City of East Chicago as a bus aide.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Adelmira's name to the Northwest Indiana Community Action or the Alzheimer's Association, as these organizations help the caregivers of loved ones who have dementia.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2022, 4:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. at KUIPER FUNERAL HOME 9039 Kleinman Rd. Highland, IN 46322.
Services will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 3510 Deodar St. East Chicago, IN 46312 on Friday, June 3, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. with procession and burial to follow at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, located at 8178 Cline Ave Crown Point, IN 46307. There will be a final visitation with the family prior to the mass 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at the church.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.KuiperFH.com for the MARTINEZ family.
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Sept. 22, 1930 - May 19, 2022
GEORGE, UT. - Betty Becker, age 91, passed May 19, 2022, quietly in St. George Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth; four children; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Her home town was Valparaiso. A memorial will be held in St. George, UT and Valpariso at a later date in June.
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CROWN POINT, IN - Donald D. (Don) Reynolds, age 79, of Crown Point, IN, formerly of Lansing, IL, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2022, with his loving family by his side. He is survived by his beloved wife of 36 years, Judy Reynolds; sister, Linda (Joseph) Reynolds-Flynn; and sister-in-law, Connie Reynolds. Also surviving are his nieces and nephews: Tracey (Brian) Frankland and their children, Alison and Ian Frankland; and niece, Tricia (Paul) Barone and their children, Matthew and Danielle Barone. Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by his parents: Frank and Helen Reynolds; and his brother, Robert Reynolds.
Friends are invited to visit with Don's family on Wednesday, June 1 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the SCHROEDER-LAUER FUNERAL HOME, 3227 Ridge Rd., Lansing, IL. The funeral service will begin at 6:30 PM in the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in Don's name to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This may be done online at givenow.lls.org
Don was a loyal and dedicated employee for 40 years at NCR Corporation as a Field Engineer. Don was a long-time Lake Michigan boater. He was a member of the Crown Point, IN Corvette Club and owned a crystal red corvette. He was an avid swimmer and snow skier; and his hobbies were building model trains and boats. Don was a loving husband, brother, uncle, and friend. He will be in our hearts forever. www.schroederlauer.com
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GARY, IN - Gwendolyn F. Sims, age 77 of Gary, Indiana passed away on May 20, 2022. She was a graduate of Roosevelt High School Class of 1963. Following graduation, she attended Oakwood College before completing a nursing degree at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. She was a registered nurse for nearly 40 years in Gary, working at Methodist Hospital, Gary Community School Corporation, and Robinson Adult Daycare. Services will be held on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022, at Calumet Park Funeral Chapel (7535 Taft St, Merrillville). Viewing 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM with funeral services immediately following at 12:00 PM. She will be laid to rest at Calumet Park Cemetery.
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Marjorie A. Varner
Sept. 9, 1927 - April 4, 2022
HAMMOND - Marjorie A. Varner, age 94, of Hammond, passed away on April 4, 2022. She was born September 9, 1927.
Her mother, Lillie Varner; stepfather, John Varner; sister, Joanne Varner; brother, John Varner; and nephew, Michael Varner, have preceded her in death.
Marjorie attended Indiana University in Bloomington and received a bachelor of arts degree. She also attended the business school at Northwestern University in Chicago and received an MBA with a concentration in finance. She retired from Chase bank in Chicago where she was a corporate banker.
She was a member of First United Lutheran Church in Hammond and American Association of University Women. Marjorie was a subscriber to the Lyric Order in Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She enjoyed local theater as well. She also enjoyed swimming and skiing; but her greatest hobby was owning and riding her horse.
It was a good life, good family, good health, and good friends. Thank you, Jesus.
Burns-Kish Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements (219-836-5000). Please leave condolences at www.burnskish.com.
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HEGEWISCH - Mary Lou affectionately known as "Tootsie", late of Hegewisch, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022, at the age of 82.
Mary Lou is survived by her spouse of 62 years, Charles "Chuck"; children: Carole (Rob) and Kevin (Karen). She loved her family and spending time with her grandchildren: Cassie, Cammy, Keller and Charlie. She was the aunt of many nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by parents: Peter and Mary Bugajski; and siblings: Peter Bugajski and Carol A. (Ronald) Bochenek.
Mary Lou was a member of St. Florian Parish in Chicago. She had a generous heart of gold, never hesitating to volunteer for a committee, event or help out. She was always willing to assist anyone who needed her. She loved to take pictures, scrapbooking, seeing plays and musicals, the color blue, the Hallmark channel, shopping, laughing, spending time with her family and friends. She always brought life to any party. People gravitated to her and loved spending time with her. Her selflessness and generosity were just a few of her many traits she had. She was happiest when she was helping others. She never knew a stranger and would always make anyone feel welcomed.
Mary Lou was a Librarian at Bishop Noll Institute for many years where Carole and Kevin attended high school. She was always the first to volunteer and here are just a few examples of how she gave back to her church and community: she was a Rosary Lady, taught Religious Education, sang with the Choir, Church Greeter, Eucharistic Minister, Cheerleading Sponsor, President of Mother's Club, and a School Board Member.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Mary Lou can be made to the: Northwest Cancer Center - Dyer Clinic, 1001 Calumet Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311.
Funeral Services at 9:00 a.m., Friday, June 3, 2022, at Opyt Funeral Home 13350 S. Baltimore Ave., Chicago, IL 60633 to St. Florian Church for 10:00 a.m. Mass. Interment Private. Visitation 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, June 2, 2022. 773.646.1133 or www.opytfh.com
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Jan. 26, 1971 - May 9, 2022
TUCSON, AZ - Stephanie Ann McNary Bankemper, 51, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Tucson, AZ, on May 9th, her grandmother's birthday. Stephanie is survived by her husband, John Bankemper; mother, Nancy (Canady) Schultz; father, Joe McNary; half-sister, Megan; step-sisters: Nancy (Schultz) Steiner and Susan (Schultz) Shingler; step-brother, Clayton Schultz; and sister-in-law, Diana McNary. She was predeceased by her brother, Eric McNary; and step-father, James Schultz.
Stephanie was born in Chicago Heights, January 26, 1971. She attended St. Paul Lutheran School, graduating eighth grade, and then moved to Indiana to attend and graduate from Munster High School.
She attended Iowa State University, and graduated from Purdue University, Calumet. After several years working in the music industry in Chicago, she moved to Arizona. In Phoenix she worked in real estate, returning eventually to the Calumet area and attaining another degree, this one in Education. After moving to Dallas, TX, and teaching there, she moved back to Arizona and continued her passion for teaching until her passing. She left behind several sad hearts, including those of her third-grade students.
A lover of music, hiking, animals, children, and life, Stephanie will be remembered as a caring, helpful, loving daughter, sister, wife, and friend.
A memorial/celebration of life will be held on August 5th, at Wicker Park, Highland, IN.
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YUBA CITY, Calif. — This Memorial day, hundreds from across the country gathered at a church in Yuba City that is home to an outdoor memorial for fallen servicemembers since 9/11.
"A Grateful Nation Remembers,' an annual event hosted by Calvary Christian Center, brings comfort to loved ones marking the somber holiday. 21 panels list the names of over 7,000 fallen servicemembers who have served the country since September 11, 2001.
New this year are the 13 names of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice during the U.S.'s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, including Marine Sergeant Nicole Gee of Roseville.
“Each one of these men and women named on this wall... we’ll never see them again, and this is how we remember them," said BethAnn Dively, a Gold Star Wife.
From Connecticut, Dively has been coming to this memorial service for the better part of 15 years, finding kinship from an extended family who share in her pain. It is also where her husband, Major Duane Dively, is memorialized.
“22 June, 2005, his plane went down and crashed, and he never came home," she said.
Dively was 43 years old and stationed at Beale Air Force Base. He could have retired from the Air Force, but he carried a love for flying since childhood.
His U2 spy plane crashed while returning to its base in the United Arab Emirates. His wife said she was informed his mission was successful before the fatal crash.
“That just pleases me to know he made a huge contribution towards our freedoms," she said.
Around her neck, she wears the necklace that he flew up over 70,000 feet during his qualifying solo fight as a U2 pilot. It was a gift to her for her support and sacrifice as a military wife.
Dively said she hopes people take a moment during Memorial Day to remember men and women, like her husband and the families they leave behind.
“After the ultimate sacrifice, we carry the pain of grief and loss and also a sense of proudness for what they did,” she said.
The church opened its memorial for the public this week and held its powerful “A Grateful Nation Remembers” ceremonies Monday, which included a full-scale replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, reenactments of moments from the Afghanistan and Vietnam wars, and a flyover by Beale AFB.
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BOISE, Idaho — Popular Greek eatery Meraki, in Downtown Boise, will move from its current location on May 31st.
According to restaurant owners, Farrah and Aki Kalatzakis, their property owners raised the rent and decided to go with a tenant who had bigger sales projections.
“We put so much money and everything into just making it exactly how we wanted it,” said Farrah. “We are in the process of moving everything out, it looks chaotic and crazy.”
The family-owned and operated restaurant has been in Boise for five and a half years. The owners had planned on renewing their lease because business was booming.
“Five months ago, when we started the negotiations, no way did I think we would be here, that we would be right here packing and leaving,” Aki said.
“It’s something that’s happening across the board, across the Treasure Valley, business owners especially are dealing with the rents going up high,” Farrah said.
The couple said their landlord presented them with a new lease that had a thirty percent monthly increase in rent from $6,300 a month to $8,190.
“We did not want to leave, so we found a way that we could make that work, they accepted our offer for the rent but we needed to make some concept changes to our front and our backline, and at that time they said they had another interested party,” Aki said.
According to Aki, after two weeks of letting the landlord know they would deal with the rent increase, he was notified by Hendricks Commercial Properties that they were going with a different tenant.
Hendricks Commercial Properties is based out of Wisconsin and owns property across the street from Meraki, which they plan to turn into a food hall, showcasing over 20 local restaurants and retailers. According to the Kalatzakis, they were unable to secure a spot in that building.
“We tried to negotiate, there wasn't really any budging on it, it was just this is what it is,” Farrah said.
Kendrick commercial properties denied an interview with KTVB but sent a statement on the matter.
“The notification period for the Tenant to exercise their renewal option lapsed and subsequently the Tenant did not accept the renewal terms offered by our leasing team. We wish Meraki the best in their future endeavors - they are a great asset to the Boise community," Hendricks Commercial Properties said in the statement.
“I came here for the small family business feel you know passion,” said Butch Reichard, a manager at Meraki who’s been there for five years. “The small businesses are being pushed out and the bigger businesses are being brought in.”
Employees say they will stand by the couple's side and stick it out for a few months to before looking for a new job.
“To us, we are not done, we love what we do and the food that we bring the customers, the community, so we will find a new home,” Aki said.
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Nineteenth Street between 43rd Avenue and North Valley Loop/Hay Creek Court in north Bismarck will be closed to through traffic beginning at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
Contractors will begin work on the reconstruction of 19th Street. Forty-third Avenue from State Street to 26th Street will remain closed.
Access to the River of Hope facility will be maintained from 19th Street north of 43rd Avenue only. Access to the Schilling building will be maintained from State Street.
The detour route will remain as State Street to Century Avenue to Centennial Road. Access to businesses along 43rd Avenue North will be maintained.
Drivers are asked to modify their travel routes and avoid the area until the project is completed in the fall.
Separately, Front Avenue between the Seventh Street and Ninth Street one-ways downtown will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, as workers install a water main. The closure is expected to be in place for two weeks. No detour will be in place.
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Calvin Robert Bruggeman
April 16, 1950-May 27, 2022
KLEMME-Calvin Robert Bruggeman, 72, of Klemme, IA, died on May 27, 2022, at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt, IA, with family by his side following a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Public funeral service will be held at 1:30 PM, Wednesday at the Klemme United Methodist Church. Public visitation and viewing will be from 4-7 PM, Tuesday at the Klemme United Methodist Church. There will be no viewing at the church on Wednesday. Burial will be at the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial in Calvin's name may wish to consider to the Klemme United Methodist Church, North Iowa Hospice, the family, or the donor's choice. The service will be live streamed on the Andrews Funeral Home Facebook page at 1:30 PM on Wednesday for those who may not be able to attend in person. Just Like the page to view.
Calvin Bruggeman, the son of Mercer and Christinia Bruggeman, was born April 16, 1950, in Blooming Prairie, MN. In 1951, he moved with his family to a farm east of Klemme. Where he attended Klemme School and graduated from Klemme High School in the class of 1968. During his high school years, he played basketball, baseball (catcher), and football (quarterback). He attended Iowa State University then enlisted in the Army Reserve and joined his father in his love of farming.
Calvin married Joan Schoenwetter on December 18, 1971, at the Klemme United Methodist Church. They were blessed with three sons; Andrew, Brian, and Brandon.
Calvin was very active in his community; he was a member of the United Methodist Church where he served on various boards. He served on the Klemme School Board, Hancock County Fair Board and Extension Council, Klemme Cooperation Grain Board, Hancock County Mutual Insurance Board, and Klemme Centennial Celebration Committee. He enjoyed working with many individuals and the relationships that were made.
Farming was truly his passion. Tilling, planting, and hoping Mother Nature would do her part in bringing in a "good" crop. You would see him regularly at Maxyield for coffee checking markets and catching up on local news.
In later years, finding him with a fishing pole was a hobby he certainly enjoyed. The time he spent with family and friends on the lake were the best, especially the trips to Gull Rock, Canada.
His family was very important to him. He was so proud of his sons and their families especially his grandkids. He looked forward to spending time with them whenever he could, picking strawberries with them, taking road trips for farm parts, and going to school activities.
He leaves after 50 years of marriage his wife Joan, son Andrew, wife Bobbi, their daughters Maddie and Charlie; son Brian, wife Lynn, their son Kaleb (Sydney); son Brandon, wife Nickie, their son Reece and daughter Kenadie. Siblings Dorothy Butler, Wayne (Jennifer) Bruggeman, Barbara (Alan) Bredlow, Norman (Angene Connin) Bruggeman. Mother-in-law Ethel Schoenwetter. Brother-in-law David Schoenwetter. His faithful companions Hope and Frosty. Many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents Mercer and Christinia Bruggeman. Father-in-law Milvern Schoenwetter. Brothers-in-law Ed Butler and Rob Schoenwetter.
Special thank you to everyone who showed their kindness, encouragement, and prayers on his cancer journey, Mercy Cancer Center of North Iowa and the Mayo Clinic. He developed a friendship that was very special.
Andrews Funeral Homes, Klemme, IA. www.andrewsfuneralhomeandfloral.com. 641-587-2510
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says drivers are increasingly refusing to stop for troopers - and other law enforcement agencies also say this is becoming a common occurrence.
The Northwest News Network reports that from January 1 to May 17 of this year, the agency logged 934 failure-to-yield incidents. While the patrol didn’t track this in the past, veteran troopers say there’s been a dramatic uptick in drivers fleeing traffic stops.
“Something’s changed. People are not stopping right now,” said Sgt. Darren Wright, a WSP spokesperson with 31 years on the job. “It’s happening three to five times a shift on some nights and then a couple times a week on day shift.”
Local police departments are also seeing this behavior. The Puyallup Police Department logged 148 instances of drivers fleeing from officers from July 26, 2021 to May 18, 2022.
Asked if that represents a significant increase, Chief Scott Engle wrote in an email, “I could 1,000,000% say this is completely absolutely emphatically totally unusual.”
In Lakewood, another small city in Pierce County, Chief Mike Zaro said drivers are refusing to stop for his officers on average once a day.
“A lot of times they’re stolen cars; sometimes we don’t know what the deal is,” Zaro said.
Steve Strachan, the executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, and others in law enforcement connect the increase in failures-to-yield to passage last year of House Bill 1054, a sweeping police tactics law that, among other things, barred high-speed pursuits except in very limited circumstances.
The law was part of a package of police reforms majority Democrats passed in response to the murder by police of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other high-profile police killings — reforms aimed at addressing racial disproportionality in policing.
Minority Republicans in the Legislature criticized many of the changes, including the pursuit law, and said they jeopardized public safety.
Strachan said he doesn’t dispute the need for statewide rules governing police pursuits, but thinks the new law went too far.
Under the new law, police officers can’t give chase unless there’s reasonable suspicion to believe the driver is impaired or the higher standard of probable cause to believe they’re an escaped felon or have committed a violent crime or a sex crime.
Even then there are restrictions on when officers can pursue. Officers must balance whether the person poses an “imminent threat” and whether the safety risks of the person getting away outweigh the danger of engaging in a high-speed chase.
This year both the Washington House and Senate passed a bill with bipartisan votes that would have amended the new pursuit law in response to concerns from police that it was too restrictive. But a final version of the measure died in the state Senate. Advocates for police reform opposed the change.
“Why is it we are so concerned about hot pursuits,” asked Martina Morris with the group Next Steps Washington at a February rally at the Capitol. “Because they are dangerous. They are the number two cause of deaths during encounters with police.”
The prime sponsor of House Bill 1054, Democratic state Rep. Jesse Johnson, also opposed lowering the threshold for pursuits.
“I just do not believe pursuits in a 21st century policing system are needed,” Johnson said in a March interview on TVW’s “Inside Olympia” program.
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Every Saturday in June, from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m., the North Bend Public Library is teaming up with Rebecca Loughman to offer workshops on Laughter Yoga!
Laughter Yoga is a unique technique, devised by a doctor from India, that combines laughter exercises with yogic breathing. It increases the amount of oxygen in your body, making you feeling more energized, and actually changes the physiology of your body so you start to feel happier. Experts tell us to “Fake it, till you make it” because our bodies don’t know the difference between fake and real laughter. As long as you laugh, you experience the same health benefits.
The events will be held in person, with limited space available at the library.
Please sign up by going to https://tinyurl.com/NorthBendLaughterYoga or call Tammy at 541-808-7244. When registering for these events, it is suggested that you register for as many events as you can commit to, to receive the maximum benefit of Laughter Yoga. (June 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th)
For more information, please go to the North Bend Public Library website http://northbendoregon.us/library.
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For more information about this event and other library programs, please contact the North Bend Public Library at 541-756-0400, email tammy.aley@chw.coos.or.us or see our website at http://northbendoregon.us/library.
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YORK, Pa. — The Central York community came together on Monday night to remember the life of Erin Walker, a high school teacher who was shot and killed over a week ago.
On Memorial Day, students gathered to honor Walker's legacy and celebrate what would have been her 37th birthday.
Her life ended tragically on May 22, after she was shot and killed by her next-door neighbor, 59-year-old Danny Berry.
“I was in there for the first time since graduating and it’s a completely different feeling knowing that she’s not there," Nick Basile, a 2020 Central York graduate said. "Knowing that I’m not going to get a thank you text back for saying happy birthday or getting any more pictures of her beautiful baby Charlie.”
Basile says Walker was a fun-loving teacher, who was heavily involved with organizing school activities. Kayla Sneidenstricker says she left a lasting impact on students' lives.
“I felt like I was special for getting to know her personally, but then I see she impacted so many lives and that she’s absolutely incredible," Sneidenstricker said.
James Jackson says he spent many days having lunch with Walker, and says she was viewed like another parent to many students.
“My dad passed away my sophomore year, and she was the one I talked to about it," he said. "She helped me through that, so she’s important to me."
Organizers of the memorial sold t-shirts with Walker's name on them. The proceeds will go towards a scholarship fund in her honor. Members of the community also started a GoFundMe to raise money for the Walker family.
As of Monday night, the GoFundMe has raised over $63,000.
"The Go-Fund Me has been going crazy," Sneidenstricker said. "And all the money we raise with the t-shirts will go towards scholarships in her memory, which I think is a great way to keep her living on.”
A link to Erin Walker's GoFundMe can be found here.
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New program aims to help Venice and Nokomis residents with affordable housing crisis
Amid an affordable housing crisis, residents with ties to Venice and Nokomis could receive new help with evictions, foreclosures and steep security deposits.
The help is part of a new “transition assistance program” made possible by a recent $60,000 gift from an anonymous donor to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Venice, Epiphany Cathedral and Our Lady of Lourdes, said client advocate Pat Shehorn.
Given the dire state of housing, organizers decided to devote the entire donation to helping residents caught up in the crisis and calling them for help, Shehorn added.
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“It’s unbelievable,” she said. “People are desperate. They’ve never been in this situation before.”
The program’s goal is to help families stay in their current homes and avoid eviction or foreclosure by getting caught up on overdue payments that stacked up from lost work or illnesses during the pandemic, said Shehorn.
Also, with rents spiking so dramatically and leases not being renewed, many families are finding it impossible to meet the high costs of security deposits and first and last months’ rents – if and when they find an affordable place to live, she said.
Applicants must be those who live or work in Venice or Nokomis or have other sustainable sources of income, such as Social Security.
Annual incomes for families can’t exceed $45,000 and those of individuals can’t go over $35,000.
Other requirements include a pending eviction or foreclosure due to such things as a temporary loss of income or from an illness and an inability to meet the cost of a security deposit and first- and last-month's rent at new housing.
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Applicants to the program, which is considered a “financial bridge to shelter sustainability,” must be able to show they can continue to support themselves after receiving the assistance.
The application process, she said, will be straightforward. Shehorn said she expects the program will be able to help about 100 families.
For more information, call St. Vincent de Paul at 941-493-2027.
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Louisville temporarily closes downtown street to expand dining options
LOUISVILLE – The city is working to make its downtown more welcoming this summer.
Concrete barricades now block off a 60-yard stretch of the 100 block of South Mill Street in the downtown. This permits a safe zone for 16 dining tables just outside UnHitched Brewing Co. at 115 S. Mill St.
These barricades, which went up in early May, are expected to remain in place through October.
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The city already has a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area, or DORA, which allows patrons of downtown taverns and restaurants to consume alcoholic beverages outside within a specified area.
Patrons can be served on downtown Louisville street
But this goes beyond the DORA in that it allows the staff at UnHitched Brewing to serve patrons seated at tables set up on Mill Street.
"It will be a seasonal thing," city Councilman Corey Street said. "I am always open to public response. If it is going to help bring people downtown and support those businesses that are there, I am in favor of it."
The closed-off stretch of South Mill Street is divided. One eight-table area is under a tent. This is where the UnHitched Brewing patrons can sit.
To the north is another area with eight picnic tables not under a tent. City officials refer to that section as the "community" area where patrons of other downtown taverns can sit and consume drinks purchased in the DORA.
"I think the perception was that when you shut it (Mill Street) down, it only benefited UnHitched," city Manager Tom Pukys said. "I wanted to eliminate that perception. We are going to decorate it, put some flowers in. We want to make it welcoming. This is a small alley that is not heavily trafficked. It is not much of an inconvenience."
One component city officials are looking to add to the outdoor dining and drinking area are signs with QR codes. These will allow patrons to access restaurant menus on their phones while seated on South Mill.
"They will be mounted on tables and mounted on signs," Pukys said. "Some of those restaurants will deliver. This is all new. We are going to learn from this."
When the city closed off this portion of South Mill last year, there was not a community area. It was strictly to accommodate UnHitched Brewing.
"Personally, I wanted to do it with more of a community feel," Pukys said. "Not only would UnHitched benefit from it, we wanted the alley to benefit the whole community."
Road closure work well for UnHitched
Having a portion of the street closed "worked out pretty well for the first week," said Adam Longacre, owner of UnHitched Brewing Co. "This year we worked with the city to expand it to make it a community space. The whole purpose is anybody can use it; that community space."
While there are other liquor establishments in the downtown, city officials could not close the streets to accommodate them. That is because the other taverns and restaurants, for the most part, sit on Main Street, which also is state Route 153.
The concept of temporarily closing South Mill goes back to when the state imposed limitations on taverns as to how many patrons could be inside due to coronavirus concerns.
Operators of UnHitched Brewing approached city officials with the notion of an outdoor serving area.
"They couldn't seat everybody," said Mayor Pat Fallot. "They were limited on what they could do. ... We didn't see any problem if the other (downtown) businesses didn't have a problem with it."
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The city of Coos Bay is seeking volunteers to fill openings on the Library Board. Applications are available from the City Manager’s Office during the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, by calling 541-269-8912, or on the City’s website at www.coos.bay.org or sending an email to Carrie Toebbe at ctoebbe@coosbay.org.
Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Applicants will be contacted for interviews, and appointments will be made by the City Council at the June 21 regular council meeting.
The Library Board, Coos Bay Municipal Code 2.25, was established by Ordinance No. 57 and consists of seven members. The term of office is four years. Up to three board members may at any one time reside in Coos County within the boundaries of School District 9 but outside the city limits of Coos Bay. Members shall be limited to serving no more than two full consecutive terms; however, any person may be reappointed after an interval of one year. There are currently two openings on the board.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Fleet Farm teamed up with taps across America Monday afternoon, providing their third annual Memorial Day Ceremony. The event is put on with hopes to help the community take time to remember those we've lost while protecting our country.
Caleb Classen is 13 years old, and his other fellow boy scout troops spent their summer day honoring those that risk it all for our safety
"I put the folded flag on the stand. It was an honor to be here, because I know that represents all fallen veterans who gave their lives for this country," Caleb said.
Caleb said it's a moment he will cherish for a long time
"It felt pretty momentous, and I just really felt like honored that I got to honor all these people in like, a pretty large way." he said.
Like Caleb, Dr. John Littler is also proud to representing our nations fallen heroes. Something he and his family have been doing for generations
"My father played taps for the local VFW when he was a teenager too. So it's been kind of a tradition in our family. we stopped playing for a while but again in the last few years it my brother started playing again. and it just means a lot to us," Littler said.
Although Littler never served in the military he's worked closely alongside servicemen and women, giving him a deeper application and understanding of the sacrifices involved with serving the country.
"I served as part of the medical staff for the Korean War Honor Flight that flew from Des Moines to Washington, D.C. I was one of the doctors that flew with that, and just really impressed me how grateful those veterans were just to have someone, you know, pay attention to their stories," Littler said.
Troop leader Timothy Micheal York said leading the memorial service is something he's done before, but you never know what the turnout will be like. He was happy to see everyone taking the time to express gratitude
"I was expecting four boys to show up — we had 11. So, it's always a mild surprise when that happens. It's a holiday weekend and the fact that people show up to do this makes me very happy." York said
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RICHMOND, Va. — Two women are missing after a group of people in rafts and on paddleboards went over the Bosher Dam on the James River.
One of them managed to reach a nearby house for help. Assistant Fire Chief Jeffrey Segal said kayakers in the area helped rescue nine more. But Segal said two women, believed to be in their 20s, were unaccounted for despite a very thorough search.
They planned to keep looking after daylight Tuesday morning. Segal said “we’re very hopeful.”
Local resident Finn Gardner told WWBT that someone banged on their window saying that their group went over the dam.
“So, we ran out there, and we were trying to help get people out of the water and make sure that everyone was accounted for ... Unfortunately, we couldn’t find two of them,” Gardner said. “I’m hoping that they’re in someone’s house somewhere trying to find a way to contact their group. You got to hope for the best.”
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The pandemic continues to cause issues across multiple industries, but agriculture has faced several unique challenges — from crops rotting on the vine during shutdowns to having to find new ways to sell their produce.
Dr. Christa Court, director of the Economic Impact Analysis Program at the University of Florida, is an expert in regional economics and works in the school’s Food and Resource Economics Department. Court has been studying the impacts of the pandemic on the state’s growers and farmers.
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“One of the things that we did early on — we have some a rapid assessment process that we go through for hurricanes and we retooled that survey that we use to be specific to the pandemic early on in the shutdown stages,” Court said. “So we released that in March to mid-May of 2020. It happened to be peak harvest season for a lot of producers — especially in that Southwest Florida area that were producing fruits and vegetables — and we estimated at the time — again, just in that one period of March to mid-May of 2020 — $895 million of losses for producers.”
Court explained that the full impact since the start of the pandemic is still being calculated.
“We don’t have a specific value beyond doing that first estimate,” she said. “You have several other projects underway though that looked at what happened throughout 2021.”
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Court pointed out that different parts of the country had different rules for reopening, impacting how farmers sold their produce. She also said that consumers changed their buying and eating habits.
“We consumed food differently during the shutdown and that might have affected what we go back to permanently,” Court said. “Do we go back to behaving exactly like we did before the pandemic or are we still eating at home more often than we did before? And that’s going to affect the overall impact of the pandemic.”
Court called the pandemic a “demand-side disaster” for the state’s growers, meaning there was plenty of supply but the demand dried or changed. She pointed out that changes in the way restaurants function are also causing issues for the agricultural industry.
“I think you have to consider, again, some of the infrastructure changes that took place when we had the same experience,” Court said. “We go to a restaurant and it seems like it’s packed, but maybe they’re not seating all of the tables that they would have said before, right? If they’re spacing things out a little bit more, where they’re making adjustments for having fewer servers on staff, or to try to accommodate a carryout order line. It’s a lot more detailed, to look into how much food the kitchen is putting out the window versus what we’re seeing being served at the tables there. But it does seem to be — a not going to see a permanent shift — but we haven’t seen it go all the way back to eating as much away from home as we were pre-pandemic.”
On the latest episode of Florida Foodie, Court details more of her research into the pandemic’s impacts on Florida’s agriculture. She also shares thoughts on how the state might prepare for another disaster like the pandemic and other issues, like the war in Ukraine, that are hurting growers in Florida.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A girl fatally shot a woman who was arguing with another woman late Monday in Orlando, according to police.
The fatal shooting happened around 11:45 p.m. at the Jernigan Gardens Apartments, formerly known as the Windsor Cove Apartments, on Mercy Drive.
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Orlando police said there was an altercation between the woman, and a “juvenile female” grabbed a gun and shot one of them. The girl’s age has not been released.
The woman was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center but was later pronounced dead, police said.
Police said the girl and the other woman were taken into custody. It’s not known if they face charges.
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It’s not known what prompted the altercation, and the names and ages of everyone involved have not been released.
Crime scene investigators spent hours at the scene and had a portion of the apartment complex blocked off early Tuesday.
An investigation is ongoing.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A man suffering from a gunshot wound showed up late Monday at an Orange County business, deputies said.
The shooting was reported around 11:25 p.m. in the 6900 block of Silver Star Road near Hiawassee Road.
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Orange County sheriff’s officials said the shooting victim told deputies he had been shot by an acquaintance before going to the nearby business. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, deputies said.
No other details, including information about the suspected shooter, have been released.
An investigation is ongoing.
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St. Johns River Water Management District funding 25 water resource protection projects
Here's what made the list in Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns counties
The St. Johns River Water Management District is pouring $20.5 million into regional water projects, and more than half of the funding is going to projects throughout Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns counties.
The district's governing board this month heard from multiple officials in the region about what the projects would mean for their respective communities.
"We've been working together on this stuff for well over 10 years because no one individual utility can do it on its own, but all of us doing something makes a significant difference," Mike Ulrich, director of water resources and utilities for Volusia County, said.
All but two of the 25 cost-share projects support Gov. Ron DeSantis' Executive Order 19-12, specifically in regard to "nutrient load reductions and the development of alternative water supply, which also includes water conservation," Lou Donnangelo, the district's project management bureau chief, said.
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DeSantis signed the aforementioned order, also known as "Achieving More Now for Florida's Environment," in January 2019.
Projects in Volusia
The Orange City Volusia Blue Spring Septic-to-Sewer Program scored the highest with district staff, which also submitted the project for consideration for additional funding through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Outstanding Florida Springs.
The district will cover $447,000 of the cost estimated at $1.79 million.
The project involves building two lift stations with collection systems and connecting 27 septic tanks located in the springshed, the area of land that contributes groundwater to a spring, and the priority focus area.
The Department of Environmental Protection defines priority focus areas as "vulnerable areas where pollution sources pose the highest risk due to proximity to a spring and permeable (sandy) soil conditions."
Once completed, the project should reduce the total nitrogen load by just under 200 pounds per year.
"We take very seriously the environmental concerns there," Orange City Councilmember Martin Harper told the district's governing board during the May 10 meeting.
He said the city made the septic-to-sewer conversion program a priority with nearly $7.5 million already spent on sewer expansion in the Community Redevelopment Agency corridor.
Migdalia Hernandez, the city's public works director, expressed her appreciation for the help of the water district's staff, adding that removing nutrients will benefit not just the groundwater but area wildlife, especially manatees.
The district also approved funding for the Volusia County Southwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility Expansion, a multi-part project that will benefit both Blue and Gemini springs and reduce the total nitrogen load by an estimated 364 pounds per year.
The district is contributing $2,348,663 to the cost, which Ulrich estimates could be a few million more than the earlier estimate of $33.8 million.
"I think if there weren’t as many good projects out there, we would’ve gotten the full $3 million we requested," Ulrich said recently in a phone interview.
In addition to nearly doubling the DeBary-based facility's treatment capacity, the project includes upgraded biosolids management facilities and a new 10-million gallon tank for storing reclaimed water.
Ulrich said it's harder to maintain a reliable supply of reclaimed water year-round because "sometimes nobody’s using it, sometimes everybody’s using it."
And having a greater supply is especially important as more and more homes are being built in the region.
"When you can reduce people’s reliance on drinking water for irrigation purposes, that’s a good thing," Ulrich said.
Plans call for finishing the storage tank first and by the end of next year.
Another project on the west side of Volusia County receiving funding from the district is the fifth phase of DeLand's reclaimed water main extension.
The district, which recommended the project for additional funding through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Outstanding Florida Springs, is covering $756,124 of the estimated cost of $3,024,495.
The project includes installing 4,700 linear feet of reclaimed water main and 13,500 linear feet of reclaimed distribution main to serve the Cross Creek neighborhood and community park.
On the east side of the county, the district is providing $58,206 to the Corinthian Villas Association for a new lift station to connect the 36-unit condominium to Ormond Beach's sewer system.
The project, estimated to cost $232,825, will benefit the Halifax River, reducing both the total nitrogen load and the total phosphorus load by an estimated 250 pounds per year.
Projects in Flagler
The district is spending nearly $2 million to assist with water quality projects in cities in Flagler County.
The Palm Coast London Waterway Expansion project includes creating an 11-acre stormwater lake that will reduce the total nitrogen load and the total phosphorus load in the Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve by an estimated 884 pounds per year and 130 pounds per year, respectively.
"It will also provide some flood protection for the community and a nice habitat for wildlife," Mike Peel, Palm Coast's engineer, told the district's board.
The district is covering $904,500 of the cost estimated at about $3.62 million.
The other two projects with which the district is assisting in Flagler County are both considered "Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) communities or innovative projects." As such, the projects were eligible for a maximum contribution of $500,000, which each received.
In Bunnell, the city's current wastewater treatment plant will go from an alternating anaerobic double filtration process to an advanced wastewater treatment process that will reduce the total nitrogen load and the total phosphorus load by an estimated 19,057 pounds per year and 3,232 pounds per year, respectively.
The estimated cost is $14,841,777.
In Flagler Beach, the district's contribution is going toward the third phase of rehabbing the sewer infrastructure's lining.
The $750,000 project includes slip-lining about 200 leaking sewer laterals and two wet wells in the wastewater collection system that were originally built about 50 years ago.
The improvements will reduce the total nitrogen load and the total phosphorus load in the Matanzas River by an estimated 1,880 pounds per year and 824 pounds per year, respectively.
Projects in St. Johns County
The district is spending nearly $6 million to help with water quality and supply projects in St. Johns County.
The district recommends the Florida Department of Environmental Protection consider the projects for additional funding through the alternative water supply program.
A project by JEA — a nonprofit, community-owned utility — will stretch from the Greenland Water Reclamation Facility in Jacksonville to the Nocatee and Twin Creeks areas in northern St. Johns County.
The $19.6 million project, which is receiving $3 million from the district, the most funding a project can receive, includes installing a reclaimed water main along U.S. 1 to County Road 210.
It's estimated the project will reduce the total nitrogen load and the total phosphorus load in the lower St. Johns River by an estimated 57,595 pounds per year and 18,419 pounds per year, respectively.
The other project the district is helping fund includes upsizing an existing reclaimed water main in St. Augustine from the State Road 16 Wastewater Treatment Facility to World Golf Village.
The district is contributing $2,858,900 to the project estimated to cost more than $11.4 million.
It's estimated the project will reduce the total nitrogen load and the total phosphorus load in Cowan Creek by an estimated 18,569 pounds per year and 5,479 pounds per year, respectively.
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YORK COUNTY, Pa. — A man was found dead on May 30 after drowning in the Susquehanna River, according to the York County Coroner's Office.
The coroner's office was dispatched to the Goldsboro Marina in the first block of North River Street on Monday evening around 6 p.m. for a reported drowning-related fatality.
Occupants of a passing boat had attempted to resuscitate the man and EMS was also dispatched, however, the man was not able to be resuscitated and was pronounced dead at 5:57 p.m., also according to the coroner's office.
The man has been identified, but his name will not be released until after his family is informed of his death.
His autopsy is scheduled for 10 a.m. on June 1 at Lehigh Valley Hospital; the man's cause and manner of death will be released following it.
Pennsylvania State Police Harrisburg are investigating.
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A Fargo company says the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is wrong to classify its rifle trigger as a machine gun and wants a judge to overturn the bureau’s order to stop sales.
Rare Breed Triggers in federal court documents filed May 16 names U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, the U.S. Department of Justice, ATF and its Acting Director Marvin Richardson as defendants in the suit. Attorneys representing them aren’t listed in court documents, and the agencies did not immediately file a response to the lawsuit.
ATF "is unable to comment on matters in litigation," spokesman Erik Longnecker told the Tribune. Garland's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kevin Maxwell, Rare Breed owner and attorney, said ATF officials arranged a July 2021 meeting with him but did not inform him of the topic. They handed him a cease-and-desist letter at the meeting.
“ATF has concluded the Rare Breed Triggers, model FRT-15, is a combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun,” the letter states, adding that the trigger allows a firearm to expel more than one shot with a single, continuous pull of the trigger.
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The bureau after an examination of the trigger classified it as a machine gun under the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act. The letter ordered Rare Breed to halt the manufacture and transfer of the triggers or face criminal prosecution, according to Maxwell’s complaint.
Maxwell in an interview with the Tribune said he believes the ATF's examination of the trigger occurred after "one of their internet gnomes saw it on YouTube." He disagrees with the bureau's classification.
“I know that’s not true because I know how the trigger works,” he said.
Maxwell claims the trigger resets -- readies for another shot -- faster than any trigger in the world. A semi-automatic AR-15 rifle equipped with one could easily fire at a rate of 500 rounds a minute, but rate of fire is not a criteria for determining if a weapon is a machine gun, Maxwell said.
The ATF definition of a machine gun states, in part, that it is any weapon that shoots "automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger."
The FRT-15 requires the shooter to pull the trigger a second time to fire another round. A gun equipped with an FRT-15 would malfunction if the shooter forced the trigger to stay in the fire position, Maxwell said.
Maxwell in his complaint says ATF agents in emails exchanged among themselves before their test stated that the FRT-15 was expected to be classified as a machine gun.
“They made their mind up it’s a machine gun before they even got it to examine,” Maxwell said.
In one test, an ATF agent allegedly zip-tied the trigger and pulled the bolt to chamber a round. The video shows the weapon firing until the magazine is empty, the document states.
Maxwell said it’s not possible to tell from the video if the trigger is an FRT-15. The zip-tie could also act as a spring with enough play to trip the trigger when it resets, and by adding the zip-tie the ATF modified the trigger by adding an extra part, the complaint states.
Maxwell also claims the exam report was altered twice and officials wouldn’t give him a report for more than two weeks after telling him to stop selling the triggers.
“We think we’ve got grounds to bring this litigation,” he said.
Maxwell asks the court to vacate ATF’s cease-and-desist order and its classification of the trigger as a machine gun, among other relief including attorney fees and costs.
Reach Travis Svihovec at 701-250-8260 or Travis.Svihovec@bismarcktribune.com
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Crews will begin inspecting the Interstate 94 Grant Marsh Bridge between Bismarck and Mandan on Wednesday.
The inspections will take place on the eastbound and westbound lanes from mile marker 156 to 157. They'll continue through June 7, according to the state Transportation Department.
Inspections will occur during the following times:
- Wednesday, June 1, to Friday, June 3: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Saturday, June 4, to Sunday, June 5: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Monday, June 6, to Tuesday, June 7: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The department's online travel map will provide daily information on width restrictions, speed reductions and lane closures during the inspection. The map is at https://travel.dot.nd.gov/. Motorists also can call 511 to get more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota.
Motorists are asked to slow down and use caution throughout the work zone.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – 11 servicemen were forever honored with their names engraved at the Washington County/Johnson City Veterans’ Memorial in time for the Memorial Day ceremony Monday.
The 11 men either died during their service or were taken as prisoners of war. They served in World War I & 2 and Vietnam.
It is the largest addition the memorial has made since it opened in 2011. Only two names have been added before, the most recent being in 2019.
The fallen servicemen were found through extensive research by the memorial’s historian Allen Jackson.
Jackson, an Air Force veteran from 1980 to 2006, has made it his mission since 2008 to find the records of fallen Washington County, Tennessee veterans forgotten over time.
“There’s an old saying with it there too, that a veteran dies twice,” Jackson said. “The first time is the physical death, and the second death is when no one says their name, no one remembers them, then that’s a complete death.”
Of the 11 men, six died during their service:
- Jack Lee Cousins (1892-1918), raised in Johnson City, died in California of Spanish Flu during World War I
- Thomas Edward Treadway (1889-1918), born in Chuckey, died off the coast of Scotland onboard the HMS Otranto after it was struck by another ship in a storm during World War I
- Roll Hodge (1897-1916), born in Bristol, Tenn., raised in Washington College, died in Battle of Albert in France during World War I at age 18.
- Raymond Lester Broyles (1921-1945), born in Chuckey, died in Germany during World War II
- Wallace Herbert Dunbar (1925-1944) born in Chuckey, died in Normandy, France on June 19, just days after he landed on the beach
- Henry Roy Black Jr. (1921-1944) raised in Johnson City, died in the sinking of the U.S.S. Shark off the coast of Taiwan
Additionally, five prisoners of war were added to the backside of the memorial.
- Allen Stephens Alford – WWII
- Edd C. Hunter – WWII
- William Thomas Miller – WWII
- James Neal Tomblin – WWII
- Jon David Black – Vietnam, brother of Henry Roy Black Jr.
Jackson worked to track down and verify these fallen servicemen to have them honored at the memorial.
He has collaborated with other researchers to write books about East Tennessee veteran history and contributed to veteran gravesite databases.
“Lot of it’s just dogged research really and then plain luck on others,” Jackson said. “Lot of times I’ll find gravemarkers in the cemeteries and they’ll show a certain date or something will look peculiar.”
One of those “plain luck” finds was Roll Hodge.
Hodge was originally born in Bristol, Tennessee but raised in rural Washington County. Hodge enlisted with the British Army before the United States got involved in World War I.
At the time, it was illegal for an American to do so. Jackson said Hodge likely told British officers he was Canadian.
He found Hodge’s grave while looking at headstones at Salem Cemetery near Washington College, but noticed an odd marking on the grave.
“I run across a gravemarker that had Roll Hodge. What caught my eye was what they actually call a dead man’s penny,” Jackson said. “It was actually a little medallion that was sent by the King of England for all the men who had died in the British service.”
Jackson then found Hodge’s British service record and confirmed he died in battle in France at age 18.
Another name tracked down by Jackson: Raymond Lester Broyles, who died in Germany in World War II.
Broyles’ nieces and nephews were at the ceremony, honored to see their uncle forever remembered.
“It means a lot. Dad died two years ago and I know he’d appreciated this today,” said Rick Broyles, nephew of Raymond Broyles. “I’d like to have met him, but I didn’t. We’re just real thankful to have his name up here and that’s he’s being recognized.”
Jackson also tracked down Henry Roy Black Jr. of Johnson City, who died on the USS Shark – a Navy submarine sunk by the Japanese near Taiwan.
Coincidentally, Jackson found a connection to another fallen Johnson City serviceman already known to the memorial.
In the same battle it was sunk, the USS Shark sunk the Arisan Maru, a Japanese freighter. Almost 1800 American POWs were onboard the Arisan Maru, but the ship was not marked as carrying prisoners of war.
Only nine Americans survived. Among the dead, was Johnson City native Herman Richard Bouton.
Jackson found another connection to Black – his brother. Jon David Black was a graduate of the first-ever class at the Air Force Academy. His plane was shot down in Vietnam, and he was captured as a POW.
Black and his brother now both have their names on the memorial.
“As long as we can do all the research and put it together and pass that name on to the next generation and they have it, then the veterans will never be lost,” Jackson said.
Jackson started his work compiling names of fallen Washington County veterans in 2008. He has helped add over 350 names to the memorial, an overwhelming majority of which were added at the memorial’s opening in 2011.
He said he will continue his work, hoping to find all the fallen Washington County veterans lost to time.
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Tuesday 5/24:
North Bend
• 9:47 am, Tremont, wood in the roadway creating a traffic hazard.
• 11:01 am, 1000 block of Clark Street, civil problem. Stolen vehicle.
• 12:51 pm, 500 Delaware Street, someone hacking into phone/internet.
• 5:30 pm, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue, shoplifter. A 27 year old male was cited for theft III and probation violation.
• 7:08 pm, 1900 block of Sheridan, domestic harassment/dispute. A 34 year old male was charged with domestic harassment, reckless endangering, and probation violation detainer. Subject transported to Coos County jail.
Coos Bay
• 6:35 am, 1900 block of Thompson Road, criminal trespass. A 45 year old female was arrested on state wide felony warrant.
• 8:06 am, 1000 block of S 1st Street, criminal trespass. A 47 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II.
• 11:27 am, 1300 block of Anderson Avenue, burglary. Shop entered and items taken.
• 11:48 am, 700 block of S Empire Boulevard, fraud. Husband’s stolen credit card was used.
• 4:06 pm, S 7th and Kruse Avenue, possible broken water main.
• 4:31 pm, 1100 block of Hemlock Avenue, stolen vehicle.
• 5:24 pm, 200 block of S Wasson Street, theft of firearm.
• 8:28 pm, Elrod and 12th, fight/warrant service. A 23 year old male was cited in lieu of custody on Tillamook County warrant. A 35 year old male was cited in lieu of custody on two Coquille Police department warrants and received additional cite for fail to register as sex offender and unlawful possession of meth.
• 9:49 pm, 1200 block of Ocean Boulevard, possible theft of keys/warrant service. A 53 year old male was cited in lieu of custody and released.
• 10:47 pm, S 7th and Johnson, warrant service. A 29 year old male was cited in lieu of custody on two warrants.
Coquille
• 10:43 am, 400 block of N Central Boulevard, illegal dumping. Subject dumped personal trash in store’s dumpsters.
• 11:32 am, 800 block of SE 1st Avenue, domestic assault/dispute. A 25 year old female was charged with assault IV domestic felony and transported to Coos County jail.
• 4:20 pm, 400 block of N Central Boulevard, check fraud.
Reedsport
• 5:11 am, 1900 block of Cedar Avenue, trespassing.
• 2:11 pm, 1800 Greenwood Avenue, animal problem.
• 3:24 pm, 900 block of Rowe Street, animal problem.
• 11:11 pm, 1900 block of Cedar Avenue, disturbance.
Wednesday 5/25:
North Bend
• 12:16 am, Sheridan and Ohio, traffic stop/warrant service. A 22 year old male was cited in lieu of custody.
• 2:56 am, 3200 block of Tremont Avenue, criminal trespass. A 26 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II.
• 9:56 am, 2300 block of Lombard Street, theft. A 24 year old male was cited for theft III.
• 10:26 am, 2100 block of Lewis Street, theft. Camp trailer entered and theft of items.
• 1:38 pm, 1700 block of Sheridan, theft from vehicle/warrant service. A 47 year old male was cited on Lane County warrant.
• 5:55 pm, 1800 block of Steelhead, theft of mail.
Coos Bay
• 1:44 pm, 1800 block of Thomas Avenue, criminal trespass. A 51 year old male was charged with criminal trespass II.
• 9:58 pm, 3200 block of Ocean Boulevard, vehicle vs building accident.
• 11:56 pm, 100 Student Way, minor in possession of marijuana. A 20 year old male was cited for minor in possession of marijuana.
Coquille
• 5:45 pm, 400 block of E 8th Street, assault.
Reedsport
• 7:07 am, 1900 block of Elm Ave, domestic disturbance.
• 7:54 pm, crab dock, animal problem.
• 8:00 pm, 500 block of Elm Avenue, animal problem.
Thursday 5/26:
North Bend
• 1:52 am, 3200 block of Tremont, criminal trespass. A 38 year old female was cited for criminal trespass II.
• 10:54 am, 2000 block of Inland Drive, theft of bike.
• 12:01 pm, 2700 block of Broadway Avenue, vehicle window broken and purse taken.
• 5:04 pm, 1100 block of Virginia Avenue, arson. Subject lit gas can on fire. A 33 year old male was charged with arson I, reckless endangering, and reckless burning. Subject transported to Coos County jail.
Coos Bay
• 10:26 am, 800 block of S 5th St, theft of bike.
• 10:39 am, 1000 block of S 1st Street, criminal trespass. A 31 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II.
• 10:43 am, 800 block of N Bayshore Drive, accident. Asist with information exchange only.
• 11:16 am, 100 block of S 7th Street, criminal trespass. A 31 year old male was charged with disorderly conduct II and criminal trespass II. Subject transported to Coos County jail.
• 11:48 am, Ingersoll Avenue and S 2nd Street, traffic stop. 33 year old male cited for cell phone and driving uninsured.
• 2:29 pm, Kruse Avenue and Evans Boulevard, violation of restraining order. A 36 year old male was charged with violation of restraining order and transported to Coos County jail.
• 5:54 pm, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue, criminal trespass/warrant service. A 41 year old male was cited on Coos County Sheriff Office warrant and Jackson County warrants.
• 5:58 pm, 900 block of Chickses Drive, theft from boat.
• 8:42 pm, 1000 block of Newmark Avenue, criminal trespass. A 58 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II and drinking in public.
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As communities in Uvalde, Texas and in Buffalo, New York mourn the lives lost in the recent mass shootings, mayors from across New York state will be joining forces in an effort to put a stop to gun violence.
The seven mayors who are going to be coming together later Tuesday morning are joining forces in the aftermath of what has been a heavy, heartbreaking time for many people across the country due to the Texas school shooting a week ago and the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting more than two weeks ago.
New York City has also seen its fair share of gun violence with the mass subway shooting in Brooklyn last month, incidents of multiple kids getting shot, and even a deadly random subway shooting last week.
With all these horrible incidents in the not-so-distant past, Mayor Eric Adams along with those six other mayors from around the state will meet later Tuesday morning to launch a four-year coordinated plan around gun violence.
Although the details of that plan are not known yet, what we do know is that down in Washington, D.C., once again, a raw and urgent conversation about what we are doing about guns in our country has been taking place by lawmakers.
A bipartisan group of senators are at the table trying to come up with an agreed upon proposal.
"I may end up being heart broken. I am at the table in a more significant way right now with Republicans and Democrats than ever before," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said.
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In particular, members of Congress are looking at proposals to expand background checks, red flag laws which would keep guns from those who are deemed a danger, and also raising the age to buy a gun to 21 years old.
"You just can’t go take somebody’s gun, but i think most Americans believe that all these shooters have one thing in common, right? They’re disturbed.They’re talking about violence. They’re acting out. And we do nothing about it until it’s too late," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
This latest development comes the day before the start of Gun Violence Awareness Month, which is set to start June 1.
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Authorities have released the identity of a woman who was killed in a boating accident Monday evening.
According to a press release from the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency, a deck boat carrying three people collided with a personal watercraft carrying two passengers around 6 p.m. on Memorial Day.
The operator of the personal craft was airlifted from the scene and a female passenger identified as Samantha Jo Hess, 23, of Kingsport was pronounced dead at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
According to the release, both were wearing flotation devices at the time of the collision. No one on board the deck boat was reported as injured.
The incident is still under investigation, according to the release.
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It is a clear and muggy start this morning across Central Alabama with temperatures in the 60s and 70s.
A summer weather pattern will continue today. The Birmingham area will be mostly sunny, humid, and hot as the area of high pressure stays east of Alabama. A weak upper-level wave/disturbance will help set off a few showers or storms in the afternoon with daytime heating, but most of you will be dry. High temperatures will be in the lower 90s.
Tonight, will be mostly clear and muggy. Lows will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Wednesday will be partly cloudy and hot. The upper-level wave/disturbance will help set off a few stray showers or storms across Central Alabama again. High temperatures will remain in the lower 90s.
A weak cold front will move into Alabama on Thursday. This will tap in to the warm and humid air, and that will set off scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some downpours and gusty winds are possible. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
The front will push through on Friday with a few showers. High temperatures will be in the mid 80s.
Weekend Outlook: High pressure will build back over the Eastern U.S. but stay north of Alabama this weekend. We will dry out on Saturday with a little less humid air and a mostly sunny sky. Do not expect a cool-down behind the cold front. We will have high temperatures in the upper 80s. Saturday evening will be mostly clear and mild for the Garth Brooks concert with temperatures falling into the 70s. Sunday will be hot and a little more humid with a slight chance for a pop-up shower as a weak upper-level wave/disturbance moves across the state. High temperatures will be back in the lower 90s.
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A small storefront on Grant Avenue is bringing a taste of Amsterdam — and ancient Egypt — to San Francisco. Professor Seagull’s Smartshop, which opened in North Beach this April, is a cross between an art gallery, a witchy herb shop and a modern cannabis dispensary (except you can touch the products).
Psychedelic art covers the walls and sleek Scandinavian-inspired shelves hold a tightly curated selection of loosely controlled herbs. But instead of the typical variations of cannabis, the shop is devoted to lesser known psychoactive and psychedelic sacred plants from all over the world.
While the first of its kind in San Francisco — and according to the owners, the entire country — “smart shops” are ubiquitous in Europe, especially Amsterdam, and refer to stores that sell herbal remedies, hangover cures, botanical samples and “nootropics,” or brain-enhancing substances. Although there are other stores selling herbal supplements such as kratom, owner Benjamin Manton says his store is different since the focus is solely on the use of plants and products with psychoactive properties.
The chalkboard sign in the shop window advertises items such as San Pedro and Peruvian torch cacti, which you might be familiar with if you’ve ever embarked on a vision quest in the desert. But the first product to catch my eye is a bag of brilliant blue and yellow petals, which I’d soon try myself, in addition to experimenting with damiana, wild dagga and Mexican dream herb tea.
Manton, who owns the shop with his wife and looks a tad like a younger version of the store’s namesake/logo (if you squint and are on psychedelics), tells me the petals are from an Egyptian blue lotus.
“The ancient Egyptians would steep it in wine and drink it during religious ceremonies and parties,” Manton says. “But you can also make it into a relaxing tea.”
The flower, which some call the sacred blue lily of the Nile, is depicted in countless ancient temples and writings throughout Egypt, Greece and parts of Asia. Its ubiquitous depictions suggest that the lotus helped the ancients connect with the divine through its hallucinatory effects and was an important part of ceremonies around sexuality. Given that it increases circulation, the petals are thought to be powerful aphrodisiacs. It also has reported health and psychological benefits, thanks primarily to the apomorphine compound found in the plant that stimulates the body’s dopamine receptors. Historians believe the ancient Egyptians used the flower as traditional medicine, and in more modern times, its active compounds have been utilized to treat anxiety and even Parkinson’s disease.
Plant medicine for the psychedelic-curious
In the U.S., blue lotus has not received FDA approval, but it’s also not a controlled substance, so it is legal to grow and sell. The same goes for the rest of Professor Seagull’s inventory: Everything is legal in California and most other states — at least in the form it’s displayed and sold in the store and online shop.
The mescaline that can be extracted from San Pedro and Peruvian torch cacti is illegal, but in their cactus form, they’re just attractive house plants. There’s also Mimosa Hostilis root bark, a major ingredient of ayahuasca, which doubles as a popular natural dye for soaps and fabric.
“We are providing these products in the form they are legally allowed to be presented,” Manton tells me over email. “Some items we can talk openly about in terms of historical use and dosage. And some things are sold explicitly for growth as a houseplant or for arts and crafts supply.”
Of course, what you choose to do with your house plants and art supplies is your own business.
“It is our hope that the city or the state will decriminalize psychedelic plants soon so that we can begin to have more open and honest discussions with our clients about the history and potentials of these plants,” Manton writes.
Manton sees potential in the store to serve as part of the solution to San Francisco’s (and the country’s) mental health and addiction crises.
“In the future we hope to be a place where therapists can send their clients for information and access, and where practitioners can come for local access to sustainably sourced plant medicine.”
For now, the Mantons are focused on providing transformational experience through plant medicine and art, as well as being a resource for harm reduction. In addition to providing safer alternatives to party drugs, such as Kanna, which Manton says is being used in place of cocaine and MDMA, the shop offers test kits from DanceSafe to test recreational drugs for adulterants, such as fentanyl.
Manton gave me a tour of the shop with a matter-of-fact, professorial air that is so knowledgeable and nonjudgmental, and I end up leaving with four bags (and more than 100 grams) of various teas and smokeables that promise to ease anxiety, aid sleep and dream recall and invoke euphoria. At just $40, a similar haul at a cannabis dispensary would cost at least three times that, yet many of the items I purchased boast similar effects and benefits.
My week of plant discovery
Back at home, I begin a week of plant- and self-discovery. The first order of business is making blue lotus wine, which just requires adding 15 to 20 grams of petals to a bottle of wine (after you pour a little out or have a glass to make room), setting it in the refrigerator and giving it a shake every day until you’re ready to drink it (anywhere between two days and two weeks). I used half a bottle of grocery store cabernet that I had lying around, but any kind will work. Manton suggests not using anything special, since the lotus will alter the taste.
Then I roll up joints of damiana, which is native to parts of the U.S., Mexico and Central America, and wild dagga, which grows abundantly in southern Africa. Both are said to produce a light, cannabis-like high. Wild dagga can enhance color perception, so tonight I turn to these while I paint instead of my usual sativa.
As I prep the canvas and the light floral-smelling smoke fills the space, I feel a familiar buoyancy, like I’ve taken a baby hit of weed. The taste is reminiscent of black tea and the psychoactive effects are decidedly subtle. It’s really all I need though — just a slight nudge into flow state. It’s nice to avoid some of the side effects of cannabis, such as misplacing the paintbrush I’m holding or randomly obsessing over something embarrassing that happened seven years ago.
Next I light up the wild dagga. The bright orange dried petals don’t grind that well, so it makes for a looser joint. The spicy smoke burns the back of my throat slightly, but I’m too lost in mixing satisfying globs of paint to care much. I’m a little bit more excited by the way the paint drips down the canvas and my strokes seem a bit bolder and more confident. The day’s worries wash off my brush in vibrant swirls.
Then it’s time for a cup of Mexican dream herb tea and bed. The mixture is unpleasantly bitter on the back of my tongue, so I add honey. A few minutes later I feel deeply relaxed, like I’m hovering at the doorway of sleep with none of my usual effort to get there. Soon I easily drift off into a land of chaotic dreams.
I drank the tea before bed a few more nights this week, and each time my sleep was filled with cinematic dreams, some of which took on the quality of “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. Dreaming of surfing atop trash cans and other oddities was an interesting journey, but I was ready for a vibe change. And a glass of wine. So on the sixth day, I decide the blue lotus wine is ready. Internet searches tell me two weeks produce the most potent effects, but I figure one week is the correct level for a Thursday evening of horoscope writing (and my personal emotional state).
I’ve done enough plant medicine to know that set and setting are major components. So as I run the seductive purple liquid through a strainer, I regret not making plans to take the concoction to a party, or at least share it with a close friend.
But Mercury is retrograding hard, I’m riding a grief wave, and deadlines are looming, so the best I can do is spend a night in with a blank Google doc and my feelings.
Taking cues from the ancient Egyptians, I say a meditative prayer to the blue flower, asking it to lift my spirits enough to let me write what I need to, or at least just enjoy my own company, achy heart and all.
The wine tastes extra floral, but I don’t mind it. With a few summer fruits added in, it’d make a good sangria.
Half a glass and 20 minutes later, I’m crying over nothing and everything. The ancient Egyptians used this concoction for sex rituals, and crying is its own kind of release, so maybe it’s working. Then for a reason I can’t pinpoint, my tears just as quickly turn to belly laughs.
Maybe it’s the moon, the wine or the lotus, but suddenly I’m buzzy with phrases and so many nonlinear thoughts that I write rough drafts for two separate articles almost simultaneously. Something like euphoria, or just momentary relief from heartache, moves me to dance. Alone in my home studio, I’m filled with love for myself and the plants that are there for us through all of life’s chapters.
Amy Copperman is a writer and artist based in Oakland, Calif. Find her on Instagram.
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Police said a hail of bullets on a West Philadelphia street corner Monday night killed one man, hurt another, and critically injured a woman blocks away.
According to investigators, the woman was in a pickup truck driving near 41st and Parrish streets around 11 p.m. when she was hit in the face by a stray bullet. Officers said they took the woman, 29, to the hospital where she’s in critical condition.
A man in his 30s was struck multiple times in the body and head, Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Face said. He died at the hospital.
A short time later, police said they found a third victim blocks away. He had tried to run from the gunfire after being shot twice in the legs. Officers said he was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The two men were likely the targets of the violence, Pace said. At least 34 shots were fired.
The deadly triple shooting comes on the heels of a violent Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia.
As of Tuesday morning, there have been at least 209 homicides so far this year in Philadelphia – at least 14 of those victims dying over the holiday weekend. That number is down 1% from the same time last year, which wound up being the deadliest on record in Philadelphia.
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DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department announced Tuesday that one of its officers was arrested over the Memorial Day weekend on suspicion on driving while intoxicated.
Dallas police said senior corporal Daniel Jamieson was arrested by the McKinney Police Department on Monday and was taken to the Collin County Jail.
Police did not say where the arrest happened or release more details about the incident.
Jamieson has been with Dallas police since February 2018 and is assigned to the Tactical Operations Division, according to the department. Police said Jamieson has been placed on administrative leave while an Internal Affairs administrative investigation is conducted.
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TEXAS, USA — Homeland Security Investigations announced on May 25 it had completed a three week long operation along with several other agencies.
"Operation Lost Souls" located and recovered 70 missing children in Midland, Ector, El Paso and Tom Green counties. This operation ran from the end of April to mid-May.
These children, many of whom were runaways, were aged 10 to 17 and included victims of physical and sexual abuse as well as sex trafficking.
HSI says the operation has also produced numerous other leads the agency will be investigating.
Agencies assisting HSI include the Midland and Ector County Sheriff's Office, Harmony Home Children's Advocacy Center, Texas DPS, U.S. Marshals and the FBI.
“Operation Lost Souls exemplifies Homeland Security Investigations’ commitment to protecting the public from crimes of victimization. In this case, we are looking out for our children - our community’s most precious resource,” said HSI El Paso Deputy Special Agent in Charge Taekuk Cho in a press release.
Due to the nature of the investigation and it involving minors, HSI has not released any further information on the investigation at this time.
Anyone with information about a human trafficking victim or information about this type of criminal activity, you are asked to call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The Springdale School District added four honorary graduates to the 2022 graduating class.
The four “super seniors” missed their own graduation in 1956 because they joined the armed forces.
Air Force Veteran Carl Stults, Army Veteran Bobby Burke, Air Force Veteran Charles Leroy Moon and Air Force Veteran Bob Self, joined the 484 graduating seniors from Springdale High School.
“I took a GED test when I went into the Air Force and at the time, Springdale didn't recognize the GED test,” Self said. “I got a diploma from Little Rock Central.”
Self expressed his gratitude for his time in the service, traveling to Hong Kong and the Philippines.
“I don't want people telling me what to do and I'm like okay, I joined the Air Force,” Self said about his thoughts before joining the Air Force. “But about two days after I got there, they were really telling me what to do”
Springdale educators say they found out about the four seniors missing their graduations while meeting them at the Wagon Wheel Café in Springdale.
“These guys that whole class they meet I think once a month for lunch,” said Jason Jones. “They are true Springdale Bulldogs, they are all about Springdale.”
The Springdale School District Administration explained that the addition of the “super seniors” was a surprise for students. During the ceremony, educators listed the many accomplishments the four had completed, such as owning successful businesses, working in the poultry industry and even raising racehorses.
Educators hoped to honor the four seniors and use the moment to educate students.
“They're gonna learn honor, they're gonna learn respect, it's just gonna be a special moment for them,” said Jones about the 2022 graduating class.
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A constitutional amendment to change the rules for setting bail will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Both houses recently passed joint resolutions by more than the required three-fifths margin to put an amendment on the fall ballot. House Joint Resolution 2 passed 63-33, while its companion Senate Joint Resolution 5 passed 24-6. If a majority of voters approve the amendment in the fall, it will be added to the Ohio Constitution.
A closely related bill, House Bill 607, was “informally passed” by the House for a second time – meaning it did not receive a vote, but remains on the legislature’s calendar for further work.
A bipartisan bail reform effort has been underway in the legislature for more than a year as House Bill 315 and its companion Senate Bill 182. But in reaction to a January decision by the Ohio Supreme Court, DuBose v. McGuffey, Republicans introduced HB 607 and the joint resolutions in March and pushed them through hearings while the bipartisan effort remains in committee.
The resolutions call for a constitutional amendment to change the requirements for setting bail.
The Ohio Constitution currently says anyone can be bailed by “sufficient sureties,” unless they’re charged with a capital offense or felony when “proof is evident or the presumption great,” and if their release poses a risk to the community.
The proposed amendment would remove that language, instead saying only that in setting bail courts must consider public safety, the person’s criminal record, the likelihood they’d flee, and seriousness of their offense. The House resolution has been amended to add “any factor that the General Assembly may describe” to those conditions.
House Bill 607 echoes the language of the proposed constitutional amendment.
“In all cases, bail must be fixed with consideration of the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of the defendant appearing at the trial of the case,” says an analysis from the state Legislative Research Commission. “The bill expands these factors to require that bail must be fixed with consideration of all relevant information, including the risk to public safety.”
State Sen. Theresa Gavarone, R-Huron, sponsors SJR 5. State Reps. Jeff LaRe, R-Violet Twp., and D.J. Swearingen, R-Huron, are the sponsors of HJR 2. LaRe and Swearingen are also the sponsors of HB 607.
The Dubose decision upheld an appeals court ruling that public safety cannot be considered when determining the level of cash bond for a criminal suspect.
Gavarone called DuBose a “reckless decision” which poses a “direct threat to public safety.”
But according to opponents including state Sen. Cecil Thomas, D-Cincinnati, the amendment is unnecessary because Ohio already has a law allowing a hearing for pretrial detention, in which judges can hold someone in custody if they’re deemed dangerous. That’s separate from the bail process, he said during SJR 5′s Senate hearing.
“Financial conditions are meant solely to induce a defendant to return to court for their trial date,” Thomas said.
In the House and Senate hearings, several Democrats denounced the proposed amendment as a political ploy to boost Republican voter turnout in the fall. It wouldn’t improve public safety, they said, but would disproportionately impact minorities who are often lower-income, they said.
According to the ACLU of Ohio, about 12,000 people on any given day are behind bars in Ohio without having been sentenced. That’s about 60% of the people in jail; the ACLU says those people are held primarily because they can’t afford bail.
Following the May 25 vote, the ACLU of Ohio reiterated its support for HB 315 and SB 182. Patrick Higgins, the group’s policy counsel, described HJR 2 and SJR 5 as “distracting from proactive, bipartisan bail reform efforts that have been brewing for years.”
“Simply put, the DuBose decision does not need fixing,” he said in a news release. “DuBose underscores the longstanding constitutional principle that bail is excessive when it exceeds the amount necessary to guarantee the appearance of the accused person. Since its inception, cash bail’s purpose has been – and continues to be – ensuring court appearance for individuals accused of crimes. Cash bail does not promote public safety, is just allows people with money to purchase their freedom.”
State Reps. David Leland, D-Columbus, and Brett Hillyer, R-Uhrichsville, introduced House Bill 315. Their bill would set a $200 “floor” for bail, and set the maximum at 25% of someone’s monthly income, after deduction of some costs such as education and work expenses, Leland said.
It would also greatly expand rules for pretrial detention, adding more than 50 crimes to the list of those for which a judge would need to determine the risk releasing a prisoner would pose to others, he said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Firefighters with the Sacramento Fire Department responded to a fire in a commercial building Tuesday morning.
In a tweet, the department said it is near 65th Street and Folsom Boulevard.
The area is close to Sacramento State University and Phoebe Hearst Elementary School. It's about two blocks from Highway 50.
Crews from at least two fire stations have responded to the scene.
This is a developing story. ABC10 has a crew on the way. Check back for details.
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GARY — The new pig caster building built at Gary Works should make the steel mill more sustainable over the long term, officials said.
Last week, U.S. Steel heralded its $60 million investment in a new pig machine that will supply 500,000 tons a year of pig iron to its mini mills, diversifying the product mix at Gary Works. Pig iron is solidified iron usually shaped like a brick that's made by casting hot metal from a blast furnace into a mold.
Gary Works will send it via rail and barge down to the new Big River Steel mini mill in Arkansas. The new pig machine will add 25 more full-time jobs to the sprawling steel mill that employs 4,000 steelworkers on the South Shore of Lake Michigan.
"I'm a third-generation steelworker. My family started here in 1917," United Steelworkers Local 1014 President Gus Atsas said. "I've been around. I've seen the good. I've seen the bad. I've seen the ugly. We're headed in the right direction."
Gary Works will now supply about half the metallics needed to run U.S. Steel's new mini mills.
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"At Gary Primary, we know the future of this plant depends upon our success," Atsas said. "Our families, the union and management depend on us. Our communities depend on us and this facility. It's been here a long time. Every steelworker affects seven to 10 in the community. We buy houses. We buy cars. We pay taxes. If we fail, the whole community fails. And we don't fail."
The steel mill at 1 N. Broadway in Gary will be able to supply its sister plants and extends the life of its blast furnaces.
"Our efficiency goes up, our quality goes up," he said. "We extend our blast furnace life, which is huge."
The hope is to have it online by January.
"We will succeed. We will not fail," Atsas said. "I would like to thank all who made the decision to put the pig machine in Gary and trusting us, management and steelworkers. We won't fail. We can't fail. Or it all fails."
The aim is integration and self-sufficiency, U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt said.
"This helps us exploit a competitive advantage," he said. "As long as there's fair trade, we can compete with anybody. Having a facility in a place like this where we're growing and adding jobs and making a difference, I couldn't be more pumped up about the future."
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, said U.S. Steel and Gary Works would benefit from diversification.
"We have to understand the value of shortening the supply chains," he said. "When you shorten the supply chains and you protect the steel industry in the United States of America, you protect hundreds of thousands of jobs in the industry and in downstream industries that are here every single day. United States Steel is investing in this facility to transform its mission, to make sure it is environmentally safe, to make sure it is utilizing all resources for the end result of productivity, efficient productivity that produces steel as a matter of economic security. Our workforce is working every day so we're not dependent on other nations."
The steel industry remains vital to the Region, Mrvan said.
"It advances the steel industry, the city of Gary, Main Street, Broadway Cafe, small businesses, the investment in Gary, Indiana," he said. "It all comes together. It's not about the dollar figure. It's about the belief and confidence in this industry, in our community and what we are going to do in the future not just in the steel industry but to make sure we utilize the best workforce in the world, the American domestic manufacturing workforce."
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One resident died and four residents and three firefighters were injured in a fire Monday night in a 312-unit condominium building at 200 Park Ave. in the Park of River Oaks complex.
The Calumet City Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at the high-rise residential building at 7:01 p.m., according Fire Chief Glen Bachart.
"First-in companies reported heavy fire of a second-floor unit at the rear of the building extending to the seventh floor and roof line area," Bachart said in a statement issued Tuesday morning.
He said an adult female resident on the seventh floor died.
"Four residents and three firefighters were transported to local hospitals with non-life threating injuries," Bachart added. "The building sustained heavy fire and smoke damage throughout."
Calumet City was assisted by 24 agencies, both fire and EMS, and the Red Cross assisted with temporary housing for displaced residents.
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Bachart said the fire is currently under investigation with MABAS 24 — the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System division representing 21 south Cook County departments — and state fire marshal investigators.
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Over here on the banks of Turkey Creek, at the base of the Chiricahua mountains and on land that’s borne witness to epic stories of cowboys and miners, gold rushes and gunslingers, military skirmishes and Apache warriors, is our small vineyard Sonoran Wines.
But these days, we are thinking less about the epic history of the area, and like many of our neighboring vineyards, small farmers, and family-owned businesses who share such a dependence on water, we are questioning what the future of running a business in Cochise County will look like without leadership to address groundwater security for rural Arizonans.
Sonoran Wines is located in a rural part of Arizona that has the potential to become a great American wine region. In recent years, business has been booming in rural Arizona wine country with rural wine tourism alone having a statewide economic impact of more than $56 million and generating nearly $4 million annually in state and local taxes.
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But, like others in the agricultural community, wine growers are at risk of losing our businesses due to drought and water insecurity. In fact, I often ask myself to what extent I should be investing in my farming operation if the groundwater I depend on is completely unprotected.
The state Legislature has thus far avoided passing legislation that would ensure businesses like mine have a reliable water supply for years to come — but that could change. There is currently an opportunity before the Arizona Legislature to act on water policy and support small farms and businesses like mine in rural areas.
The proposed Arizona Water Authority currently being negotiated could improve Arizona’s water situation by creating a new mechanism for investing in various water projects in our state. However, the Arizona Water Authority must be paired with legislation to allow rural Arizona communities to opt in to locally-driven programs to protect groundwater where there are currently few tools to do so. What good is replenishing water supplies, through a groundwater recharge project for example, if someone can just pump that out from under you?
There are six of us partners that make up Sonoran Wines, and we all come from diverse political backgrounds. While politics can be divisive, it’s easy to share common ground when it comes to tools that are essential to all small farms and businesses in rural Arizona. Groundwater reliability is essential for rural economies, small businesses, vineyards, family farms, and everyone in the state.
Since the 1980s, groundwater in Arizona’s Active Management Areas or AMAs has been managed to ensure groundwater stability. That stability has since ensured economic vitality and water availability for Arizona’s residents, businesses, and agriculture in central Arizona.
The state has long prided itself on being a leader and innovator in water management, yet many of our leaders have stopped thinking about our future here in rural Arizona and the future of rural businesses and family farms.
Rural Arizona has been overlooked when it comes to water by the Legislature for too long. Rural communities desperately need protection for our groundwater. We need legislation that will give rural communities like mine the tools we need to responsibly manage our water supplies, and we need the ability to choose which tools work best for us.
Groundwater in rural Arizona must be managed, and many residents and locally-based farmers like me here in Cochise County want to see that happen. How many family farms and businesses in rural Arizona will fail because our wells run dry before the state takes action? How much investment will rural Arizona lose due to water insecurity and the inability to protect the water we do have?
Now’s the time to lead and innovate on water once again, for the whole state. The Legislature must empower rural communities to protect our groundwater. Without groundwater, small farms and local businesses like mine will fail.
Give us the tools to ensure water stability, so that we can invest in our local businesses and farms, and build thriving rural communities for generations to come.
Demion Clinco is a managing member of Sonoran Wines.
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PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Two local organizations, Bethany Christian Services and Little Springs Farm, have partnered to provide equine therapy services for children in foster care.
On June 4 at 7 p.m., the two organizations will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new equine therapy building.
Mark Unger, regional director of Bethany Christian Services of Pennsylvania, joined FOX43 on May 31 to discuss the event.
"This building is so special because now, children in foster care will be able to continue equine therapy year-round," he said. "Before, they were limited to this kind of therapy for only half the year. We are thrilled because we’ve seen that this kind of therapy works and that it’s so helpful for children and youth."
Grammy-award winning artist Steven Curtis Chapman will be joining the event as well, and will give a concert after the keynote address, according to Unger.
The event will take place at Little Springs Farm located at 1690 Reading Road in Mohnton, Pa.
Tickets are $65 each and include parking. You can purchase tickets and learn more about the event by clicking here or by calling 1-800-BETHANY.
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Marcel Austin stands for a photo in front of County-City Building where he was shot by a rubber bullet on May 31, 2020.
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Marcel Austin (in front of Phillips 66 sign) said he had backed away from the skirmish between law enforcement and Black Lives Matter protesters before he was shot in the head with a rubber bullet on May 31.
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A screenshot from a 1400 KLIN live stream shows Marcel Austin walking away from the scene shortly after he was shot with a rubber bullet in the back of the head by law enforcement on May 31.
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Marcel Austin shows the hole where he was hit with a rubber bullet.
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Marcel Austin shows the rubber bullet wound at the back of his head on June 10. He was shot on May 31, 2020, when a Black Lives Matter demonstration turned into a riot near the County-City Building.
A third person is suing the city of Lincoln, Lancaster County and the state of Nebraska after he was shot in the back of the head during protests two years ago.
Marcel Austin, 20, and his mother, Brenda Austin, filed the lawsuit in Lancaster County District Court on Friday, after withdrawing a tort claim against the governmental entities.
His lawsuit, filed by Lincoln attorney Kathleen Neary, is the third alleging law enforcement used excessive force and acted with negligence in responding to the protests that followed George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020.
Austin joined the demonstration at the County-City Building on May 31, 2020, the night after a peaceful protest turned into hours of vandalism and arson along Lincoln Mall, leading Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird to impose a curfew.
As Lincoln Police, Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies, and troopers from the Nebraska State Patrol began to enforce the curfew after 8 p.m. that night, Austin, a 2019 Lincoln High School graduate, started to leave.
“Once (police) started walking up, I was like, ‘Nope, I don’t want to get shot,’” Austin told the Journal Star during an interview weeks after the protest.
Cellphone videos taken by several other people at the protest corroborate much of Austin’s account.
He can be seen in the parking lot of the Phillips 66 gas station across the street from the County-City Building as law enforcement dressed in riot gear begin to arrest protesters and push others east across 10th Street.
Moments later, as he was walking away from the protest, Austin was struck in the back of the head by what he believed to be a baseball. It was instead a munition his lawsuit alleges was fired by law enforcement.
“The projectile ripped a hole in Mr. Austin’s head,” the lawsuit states.
Other protesters came to Austin’s aid, pouring water into the quarter-sized hole bleeding profusely behind his left ear, and driving him to Bryan West where doctors stitched up his wound and diagnosed him with a concussion.
To date, his medical bills have cost more than $20,000, according to the complaint, and he anticipates further costs in the future.
Weeks after he was struck by the projectile, Austin said he continued to suffer dizzy spells, trouble sleeping, and difficulty hearing in his left ear.
According to the complaint, Austin “has suffered extreme physical and psychological injuries, some or all of which are permanent in nature, due to the negligence” of the law enforcement officers responding to the protests.
“One or more of defendants’ employees, agents, personnel, officials, and/or officers approved, authorized, and/or used unnecessary, excessive and unreasonable force, including, but not limited to shooting Marcel Austin in the back of the head while he was on private property and as he was leaving the peaceful protest,” the lawsuit states.
It also accuses the city, county, and state of allowing law enforcement to use weapons against protesters, bystanders or others in the area of the protests; failing to properly train, supervise or monitor the use of those weapons; and failing to use “less extreme measures of force” to disperse the crowd.
The lawsuit also alleges law enforcement failed “to exercise reasonable care in ensuring that innocent citizens were not injured,” or to give Austin warning he “would be shot or otherwise assaulted by law enforcement.”
Austin is seeking unspecified damages to cover medical and hospital expenses, lost past and future income, inconvenience, humiliation, suffering, scarring and disfigurement.
The City of Lincoln has agreed to pay $497,500 to settle a lawsuit with a 20-year-old Lincoln woman who was injured less than two hours after Austin during the 2020 protests.
Elise Poole sued in federal court, alleging the city and county violated her civil rights when she was shot with a drag-stabilized beanbag, which nearly severed her nose from her face.
The county was later dropped from the lawsuit; the city settled with Poole in April.
Another man, Kevin Scott, 45, is also suing the city and county after he was struck in the face by a projectile while he was attempting to go to the gas station on the same night Austin and Poole were injured.
According to Scott’s lawsuit, filed by Lincoln attorney Vince Powers, the 45-year-old was not taking part in the demonstrations and had no warning before he was struck.
The projectile fractured and cut his left jaw, knocking out two of his teeth. His medical bills have totaled more than $95,000.
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From Central Park to Rudge, Irvingdale and Stransky.
Britney and Tripp Green moved from New York City to a home on Harrison Avenue with a view overlooking Rudge Park in 2020 — which gave them a taste of the life they left behind in Brooklyn.
“It just felt like there was a little piece of New York right here for us," Britney Green said.
Now, they are just one family living in the neighborhood looking forward to renovations starting this fall to three contiguous Lincoln parks in an area between 14th and 20th from Lake to Van Dorn streets.
Updates are proposed for all three parks, but will start with Irvingdale and Rudge parks due to budget limitations, according to J.J. Yost, planning and facilities manager for Lincoln Parks and Recreation.
However, a paved walking trail along the outer edges connecting all three parks will replace a makeshift trail that already exists.
The project is funded through a state grant that allowed for a majority of the original plans crafted in 2016 to come to fruition.
Both Irvingdale and Rudge will get new playground equipment, picnic facilities and drinking fountains for people and pets. Irvingdale will also gain half of a basketball court and a new, reconfigured parking lot.
Britney Green believes these small changes will make a big difference in the quality of the parks.
“It doesn’t have to be grand, it doesn’t have to be crazy, but the littlest bit of love goes such a long way," she said. “Landscaping and just making it look a little nicer will have such a big impact on all of these homes along here.”
Preliminary plans also include expansions to Irvingdale Pool to make room for extra shady areas within the fence line.
Additionally, a viewing berm will be built in Rudge Park overlooking Stransky to provide more seating during the Stransky Park Summer Concert Series — which kicked off on Thursday.
Final plans are being reviewed, but Yost hopes to begin construction in the fall — which is behind the original start date of July.
"I just ask for people's patience as we go through this review process. There's nothing we can do to speed it up. We're pushing our plans along as fast as we can, but it is a slow process," Yost said.
If things go as planned, construction should be completed by summer 2023.
Many residents voiced their opinions on the plans at an open house in April. While comments were generally positive, some had concerns on the style of playground equipment chosen, Geri Cotter, president of Irvingdale Neighborhood Association, said.
Stransky Park has equipment geared toward younger children, so the plans for playgrounds in both Rudge and Irvingdale are meant to appeal to older children. Some felt that it should include options for all age groups.
Irvingdale has a few pieces of old equipment which will be replaced.
Cotter — who has lived in the neighborhood for nearly 40 years — said the more advanced equipment will be most suitable in Irvingdale because of its proximity to Irving Middle School.
“I love this neighborhood, but I do see other parks in other parts of town that would appeal more to kids because of the types of equipment and other things available," she said. "Overall, I think these updates will help a lot."
In order to ensure children’s safety, the city plans to permanently close and convert to grass a segment of 16th Street between Harrison and Lake streets running through Rudge Park.
In addition to the new playgrounds, Cotter is also looking forward to the new pillars that will mark the entrances to each park. These will not only help clarify which park is which, but hone in on the vast history behind them.
The parks are used by a wide range of people from dog walkers, children, pickleball players and so on. Several people have volunteered their time to plant flower beds and keep the courts clean, according to Cotter.
"You can see the commitment to these parks from the number of people that volunteer and do things throughout them," Cotter said.
Closest national parks to Lincoln
Closest national parks to Lincoln
Approximately 237 million people visited American national parks in 2020, representing a 28% year-over-year decrease attributed to the coronavirus pandemic. Many parks were forced to close to combat the spread of the virus, but that’s not the whole story—when the parks were open, many of them saw record crowds as throngs of people desperate to safely enjoy nature descended onto parks when they reopened.
President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 signed the act creating the National Park Service to leave natural and historic phenomenons “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Since then, our national parks have welcomed visitors from around the world to experience some of the best the country has to offer and showcase the country’s natural beauty and cultural heritage. Today, the country's 63 national parks contain at least 247 species of endangered or threatened plants and animals , more than 75,000 archaeological sites, and 18,000 miles of trails.
Stacker compiled a list of the closest national parks to Lincoln. National parks are ranked by closest straight line distance, measured from representative points in Lincoln, NE Metro Area and each national park. Estimated driving times are from Here and are only available within the lower 48 states. All featured distances and driving times are estimated using representative locations from the center of each metro and national park—for some places within the metro area, the actual distance may be slightly shorter or longer to reach the closest entryway to a park.
Be sure to check with individual parks before you visit to find out about ongoing, pandemic-related safety precautions at www.nps.gov/coronavirus .
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#1. Badlands National Park (South Dakota)
- Distance: 352 miles
- Driving time: 7.6 hours
- Date founded: November 10, 1978
- 2020 visitors: 916,932 (#21 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 242,755.94 acres
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#2. Gateway Arch National Park (Missouri)
- Distance: 386 miles
- Driving time: 6.8 hours
- Date founded: February 22, 2018[47]
- 2020 visitors: 486,021 (#31 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 192.83 acres
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#3. Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota)
- Distance: 389 miles
- Driving time: 7.7 hours
- Date founded: January 9, 1903
- 2020 visitors: 448,405 (#33 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 33,970.84 acres
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#4. Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)
- Distance: 459 miles
- Driving time: 7.5 hours
- Date founded: January 26, 1915
- 2020 visitors: 3,305,199 (#4 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 265,807.25 acres
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#5. Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas)
- Distance: 483 miles
- Driving time: 9.9 hours
- Date founded: March 4, 1921
- 2020 visitors: 1,348,215 (#16 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 5,554.15 acres
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#6. Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado)
- Distance: 510 miles
- Driving time: 10.2 hours
- Date founded: September 24, 2004
- 2020 visitors: 461,532 (#32 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 107,341.87 acres
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#7. Indiana Dunes National Park (Indiana)
- Distance: 514 miles
- Driving time: 8.3 hours
- Date founded: February 15, 2019
- 2020 visitors: 2,293,106 (#11 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 15,349.08 acres
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#8. Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)
- Distance: 537 miles
- Driving time: 11.5 hours
- Date founded: November 10, 1978
- 2020 visitors: 551,303 (#28 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 70,446.89 acres
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#9. Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota)
- Distance: 566 miles
- Driving time: 10.8 hours
- Date founded: April 8, 1975
- 2020 visitors: 263,091 (#44 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 218,222.35 acres
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#10. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colorado)
- Distance: 598 miles
- Driving time: 11.5 hours
- Date founded: October 21, 1999
- 2020 visitors: 341,620 (#39 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 30,779.83 acres
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#11. Mammoth Cave National Park (Kentucky)
- Distance: 631 miles
- Driving time: 11.8 hours
- Date founded: July 1, 1941
- 2020 visitors: 290,392 (#41 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 54,011.91 acres
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#12. Isle Royale National Park (Michigan)
- Distance: 649 miles
- Driving time: 13.7 hours
- Date founded: April 3, 1940
- 2020 visitors: 6,493 (#59 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 571,790.30 acres
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#13. Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado)
- Distance: 673 miles
- Driving time: 13.8 hours
- Date founded: June 29, 1906
- 2020 visitors: 287,477 (#42 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 52,485.17 acres
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#14. Arches National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 692 miles
- Driving time: 12.1 hours
- Date founded: November 12, 1971
- 2020 visitors: 1,238,083 (#17 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 76,678.98 acres
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#15. Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 720 miles
- Driving time: 19.2 hours
- Date founded: September 12, 1964
- 2020 visitors: 493,914 (#30 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 337,597.83 acres
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#16. Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico)
- Distance: 730 miles
- Driving time: 14.4 hours
- Date founded: May 14, 1930
- 2020 visitors: 183,835 (#45 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 46,766.45 acres
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#17. Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho)
- Distance: 740 miles
- Driving time: 13.7 hours
- Date founded: March 1, 1872
- 2020 visitors: 3,806,306 (#2 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 2,219,790.71 acres
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#18. Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)
- Distance: 741 miles
- Driving time: 12.7 hours
- Date founded: February 26, 1929
- 2020 visitors: 3,289,638 (#5 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 310,044.36 acres
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#19. White Sands National Park (New Mexico)
- Distance: 756 miles
- Driving time: 14.3 hours
- Date founded: December 20, 2019[111]
- 2020 visitors: 415,383 (#34 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 146,344.31 acres
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#20. Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Texas)
- Distance: 758 miles
- Driving time: 15.5 hours
- Date founded: October 15, 1966
- 2020 visitors: 151,256 (#49 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 86,367.10 acres
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#21. Capitol Reef National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 784 miles
- Driving time: 13.6 hours
- Date founded: December 18, 1971
- 2020 visitors: 981,038 (#20 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 241,904.50 acres
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#22. Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio)
- Distance: 800 miles
- Driving time: 13.0 hours
- Date founded: October 11, 2000
- 2020 visitors: 2,755,628 (#7 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 32,571.88 acres
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#23. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina, Tennessee)
- Distance: 806 miles
- Driving time: 15.2 hours
- Date founded: June 15, 1934
- 2020 visitors: 12,095,720 (#1 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 522,426.88 acres
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#24. Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)
- Distance: 808 miles
- Driving time: 16.0 hours
- Date founded: December 9, 1962
- 2020 visitors: 384,483 (#38 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 221,390.21 acres
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#25. Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 851 miles
- Driving time: 15.8 hours
- Date founded: February 25, 1928
- 2020 visitors: 1,464,655 (#15 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 35,835.08 acres
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#26. New River Gorge National Park (West Virginia)
- Distance: 864 miles
- Driving time: 15.5 hours
- Date founded: December 27, 2020
- 2020 visitors: 1,054,374 (#19 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 7,021 acres
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#27. Big Bend National Park (Texas)
- Distance: 875 miles
- Driving time: 17.3 hours
- Date founded: June 12, 1944
- 2020 visitors: 393,907 (#37 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 801,163.21 acres
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#28. Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)
- Distance: 890 miles
- Driving time: 17.5 hours
- Date founded: February 26, 1919
- 2020 visitors: 2,897,098 (#6 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,201,647.03 acres
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#29. Zion National Park (Utah)
- Distance: 902 miles
- Driving time: 16.2 hours
- Date founded: November 19, 1919
- 2020 visitors: 3,591,254 (#3 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 147,242.66 acres
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#30. Great Basin National Park (Nevada)
- Distance: 933 miles
- Driving time: 16.2 hours
- Date founded: October 27, 1986
- 2020 visitors: 120,248 (#50 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 77,180.00 acres
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#31. Saguaro National Park (Arizona)
- Distance: 959 miles
- Driving time: 19.4 hours
- Date founded: October 14, 1994
- 2020 visitors: 762,226 (#24 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 92,867.42 acres
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#32. Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)
- Distance: 998 miles
- Driving time: 19.1 hours
- Date founded: December 26, 1935
- 2020 visitors: 1,666,265 (#14 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 199,223.77 acres
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#33. Glacier National Park (Montana)
- Distance: 1,003 miles
- Date founded: May 11, 1910
- 2020 visitors: 1,698,864 (#13 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,013,125.99 acres
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#34. Congaree National Park (South Carolina)
- Distance: 1,008 miles
- Driving time: 19.0 hours
- Date founded: November 10, 2003
- 2020 visitors: 119,306 (#51 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 26,476.47 acres
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#35. Death Valley National Park (California, Nevada)
- Distance: 1,123 miles
- Driving time: 19.5 hours
- Date founded: October 31, 1994
- 2020 visitors: 820,023 (#22 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 3,408,406.73 acres
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#36. Joshua Tree National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,152 miles
- Driving time: 21.8 hours
- Date founded: October 31, 1994
- 2020 visitors: 2,399,542 (#10 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 795,155.85 acres
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#37. Kings Canyon National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,199 miles
- Driving time: 27.4 hours
- Date founded: March 4, 1940
- 2020 visitors: 415,077 (#35 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 461,901.20 acres
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#38. Sequoia National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,215 miles
- Driving time: 26.2 hours
- Date founded: September 25, 1890
- 2020 visitors: 796,086 (#23 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 404,062.63 acres
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#39. Yosemite National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,226 miles
- Driving time: 25.4 hours
- Date founded: October 1, 1890
- 2020 visitors: 2,268,313 (#12 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 761,747.50 acres
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#40. Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,291 miles
- Driving time: 22.3 hours
- Date founded: August 9, 1916
- 2020 visitors: 542,274 (#29 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 106,589.02 acres
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#41. Crater Lake National Park (Oregon)
- Distance: 1,305 miles
- Driving time: 23.5 hours
- Date founded: May 22, 1902
- 2020 visitors: 670,500 (#26 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 183,224.05 acres
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#42. Mount Rainier National Park (Washington)
- Distance: 1,305 miles
- Driving time: 23.4 hours
- Date founded: March 2, 1899
- 2020 visitors: 1,160,754 (#18 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 236,381.64 acres
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#43. North Cascades National Park (Washington)
- Distance: 1,307 miles
- Driving time: 26.1 hours
- Date founded: October 2, 1968
- 2020 visitors: 30,885 (#56 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 504,780.94 acres
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#44. Channel Islands National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,322 miles
- Date founded: March 5, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 167,290 (#47 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 249,561.00 acres
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#45. Pinnacles National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,343 miles
- Driving time: 24.7 hours
- Date founded: January 10, 2013
- 2020 visitors: 165,740 (#48 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 26,685.73 acres
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#46. Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida)
- Distance: 1,378 miles
- Driving time: 28.4 hours
- Date founded: October 26, 1992
- 2020 visitors: 48,543 (#55 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 64,701.22 acres
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#47. Olympic National Park (Washington)
- Distance: 1,399 miles
- Driving time: 26.5 hours
- Date founded: June 29, 1938
- 2020 visitors: 2,499,177 (#9 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 922,649.41 acres
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#48. Everglades National Park (Florida)
- Distance: 1,408 miles
- Driving time: 26.6 hours
- Date founded: May 30, 1934
- 2020 visitors: 702,319 (#25 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,508,938.57 acres
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#49. Redwood National Park (California)
- Distance: 1,412 miles
- Driving time: 27.0 hours
- Date founded: October 2, 1968
- 2020 visitors: 265,177 (#43 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 138,999.37 acres
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#50. Biscayne National Park (Florida)
- Distance: 1,422 miles
- Driving time: 25.5 hours
- Date founded: June 28, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 402,770 (#36 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 172,971.11 acres
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#51. Acadia National Park (Maine)
- Distance: 1,474 miles
- Driving time: 27.4 hours
- Date founded: February 26, 1919
- 2020 visitors: 2,669,034 (#8 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 49,076.63 acres
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#52. Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,127 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 5,748 (#60 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 3,223,383.43 acres
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#53. Wrangell–St. Elias National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,344 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 16,655 (#57 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 8,323,146.48 acres
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#54. Virgin Islands National Park (U.S. Virgin Islands)
- Distance: 2,454 miles
- Date founded: August 2, 1956
- 2020 visitors: 167,540 (#46 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 15,052.53 acres
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#55. Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,586 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 115,882 (#52 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 669,650.05 acres
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#56. Denali National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,647 miles
- Date founded: February 26, 1917
- 2020 visitors: 54,850 (#53 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 4,740,911.16 acres
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#57. Lake Clark National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,721 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 4,948 (#61 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 2,619,816.49 acres
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#58. Katmai National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,770 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 51,511 (#54 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 3,674,529.33 acres
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#59. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,786 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 2,872 (#63 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 7,523,897.45 acres
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#60. Kobuk Valley National Park (Alaska)
- Distance: 2,939 miles
- Date founded: December 2, 1980
- 2020 visitors: 11,185 (#58 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 1,750,716.16 acres
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#61. Haleakalā National Park (Hawaii)
- Distance: 3,712 miles
- Date founded: July 1, 1961
- 2020 visitors: 319,147 (#40 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 33,264.62 acres
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#62. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii)
- Distance: 3,716 miles
- Date founded: August 1, 1916
- 2020 visitors: 589,775 (#27 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 325,605.28 acres
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#63. National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa)
- Distance: 6,041 miles
- Date founded: October 31, 1988
- 2020 visitors: 4,819 (#62 highest among all national parks)
- Park area: 8,256.67 acres
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Three teenagers came within feet of being run over by a speeding train in Canada.
Transit officials posted video of the incident, which happened in Toronto earlier this month.
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The video shows the train approaching a bridge when the teens appear on the tracks.
The train engineer applied the brakes and blew the horn, but officials said there was no way of stopping the train in time.
Luckily, the teens managed to get out of the way with just moments to spare.
The Metrolink Transit Agency says it posted the video to appeal to parents and show the dangers of walking on railway tracks.
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DeLAND, Fla. – A DeLand-area man was killed in an apparent explosion early Monday during an outdoor party with a bonfire, deputies said.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Michael D. Riedinger, 51, died around 4 a.m. at a home in the 2900 block of 3rd Court near DeLand.
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Sheriff’s officials said Riedinger suffered severe injuries that appeared to have been caused by an explosion.
According to the sheriff’s office, witnesses told deputies that Riedinger had gone from the patio area to tend to the bonfire around 3:30 a.m.
One of the witnesses said he heard a loud hissing sound for several seconds, according to officials. Another witness reported hearing a loud noise, like something hitting the ground, the sheriff’s office said.
When the witnesses went to check on Riedinger, they found him lying unresponsive with extensive injuries near the fire, sheriff’s officials said.
An initial investigation did not identify any source of the apparent explosion, the sheriff’s office said.
The state Fire Marshal’s Office will conduct an investigation into the cause of the fire.
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Fans of Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza were elated when the company brought the beloved item back to the menu earlier this month.
In fact, the excitement over the fan favorite reached such a fever pitch that the chain now says it’s running out.
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According to Taco Bell’s website, locations across the country have been selling out of Mexican Pizzas and supplying more is taking longer than expected.
But the company said it’s working double-time to get the item back on the menu permanently this time.
Taco Bell is also postponing the debut of “Mexican Pizza: The Musical.”
Yes, the food item has its own musical, which was supposed to debut on TikTok last Thursday.
It’s not clear when it will come out, but Taco Bell said to stay tuned.
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Flagstaff’s animal shelters are home to countless animals looking for a second chance. Many of them, however, would have very slim odds of ever experiencing a forever home without the care of foster families.
High Country Humane and Coconino Humane Association both rely heavily on their foster programs to aid animals in becoming adoptable as well as to keep the shelters at a functioning capacity.
Ali Young, the foster coordinator at High Country Humane, explained how vital fostering is for improving the adoption possibilities of certain dogs.
“We don’t know much about these dogs until they go into a foster home,” Young said. “That’s where we are able to work with them. Being in the shelter there’s a lot of stimulation, there’s a lot of smells, there’s a lot of sounds, and that’s just not really conducive to any dog’s progression.”
Jennifer Mott has been volunteering as a foster parent with High Country Humane for nearly a year and has fostered a total of 22 dogs. Mott said her favorite part about fostering is being able to help provide a second chance for dogs that may have been stuck at a shelter for the rest of their lives.
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By bringing the dogs into her home and allowing them to experience that type of environment, Mott said she often sees an entirely different personality emerge from her foster dogs. She said her current foster dog, Angelina, is a prime example.
“She was a stray on the reservation and when we picked her up, she was very shy,” Mott said. “When I got her out of the car, she basically hid under my car for about half an hour and I had to pick her up and carry her inside. She was super skittish, afraid of people, afraid of everything. I’ve had her for a month now and she greets people at the door, she’ll come up [to people] for pets. So just a 180 out of her. That’s kind of cool, because if I walked into a shelter, I don’t know that I would have ever picked her – she would have been cowering in the back. But once she’s in a home, she’s great with other dogs and just awesome.”
Once her foster dogs become comfortable and show the other facets of their personalities, Mott said she is able to better advocate for them and eventually help them find a forever home.
Charlotte Peterson, administrative assistant at Coconino Humane Association, aids in coordinating the foster program at the shelter and stressed the importance of foster homes.
“Our foster program services the animals that are not yet available for adoption,” Peterson said. “So those animals that are possibly injured or recovering from an injury, animals that are too young and occasionally animals that are elderly … Basically the foster program is set up to get animals healthy and available for adoption.”
A good way to look at fostering, Peterson said, is to view it as a virtual expansion of the shelter itself.
Both Peterson and Young explained how foster homes are especially important during the spring and summer seasons, due to the imminent arrival of new litters.
“It’s mating season, it’s puppy season and kitten season,” Young said. “We’re seeing a lot more numbers than we were last year and the year before. We’re already seeing close to peak numbers and it’s only the beginning of the season. We need more help.”
During these seasons, the shelters are constantly receiving extremely young animals into their care. Some of these animals are simply too young to even be considered for adoption yet, Peterson explained. Therefore, foster care is often the only solution, in order to provide them with the close care they require during that stage of life.
High Country Humane also offers weekly “Bottle Baby” sessions for any foster families interested in learning how to care for puppies that still need to be in an environment reminiscent of their mothers.
“We go over how to feed them, to not feed them on their back like a baby, feed them like a mother would feed them, laying on their belly,” Young said. “We go over how to help them if they’re struggling and how to also stimulate them to go to the bathroom because that’s what the mother does. We go over pretty much everything and once you have taken that class, we enter you in our system as a trained ‘Bottle Baby’ foster. And we really need those, especially with the season coming up.”
The shelter provides all the necessary resources for young “Bottle Babies,” including formula and a stuffed animal with a heartbeat to mimic the feeling of their mother next to them, Young said.
“We try to really recreate the experience of having a mother,” Young said.
Oftentimes, fostering is beneficial to not only the animals but the foster families as well. Fostering can be an excellent way to teach children how to care for animals or simply acclimate them to animals if a family is not quite ready to take on a pet of their own, Peterson said.
“My kids were helping take care of foster kittens and puppies and even small critters from the time they were little,” Peterson said. “We always had fosters. So it’s a good way — if you don’t want to commit to the 10- or 15-year lifespan of a dog or cat — to teach them animal husbandry and humane ways of handling animals. It also is a good way to teach kids why neutering is so important because they realize at a young age that these animals are homeless and we’re providing a temporary home, but there are always more litters coming in … Fostering is a great way to introduce your kids to critters.”
The recent Tunnel Fire presented an emergency situation for the shelters and required heightened fostering responsibilities. High Country Humane, located on Highway 89, was forced to evacuate due to the Tunnel Fire’s rapid spread in the region.
When the situation presented itself, Young said everyone showed up to support the shelter and its residents.
“We got all of those animals — guinea pigs, parakeets, rabbits, all the dogs that don’t like other dogs or hate cats — we moved them all out in a cloud of smoke and debris in 45 minutes,” Young said. “We got everybody out of the building. We went to Fort Tuthill and got everybody fostered in three to four hours.”
Coconino Humane Association and the Humane Society of Sedona also greatly aided in High Country Humane’s evacuation efforts. Both shelters opened their doors and welcomed all the animals that had nowhere to go, Young explained.
Foster families also stepped up to the plate and took in countless animals, Young added.
At the time of the Tunnel Fire, Mott said she was fostering one adult dog. During the evacuation, however, Mott said she took in nine more dogs in order to help the situation as much as she possibly could.
Mott said she highly recommends that people try out fostering because of the difference they can make when it comes to the lives of the animals in shelters.
“I would encourage people to consider [fostering],” Mott said. “It makes such a huge difference to these dogs and it’s fun for the people too.”
Peterson said she encourages those interested in fostering or volunteering to start close to home.
“Go to your local shelters and see what they need,” Peterson said. “Even if you can’t foster or bring animals into your home, you can always come and help the staff because shelters got hit pretty hard [by the pandemic]. Staffing is limited and the animals are never-ending.”
Young echoed Peterson regarding the importance of foster volunteers at the shelters.
“Foster [families] are so important to us and we are so grateful to them because this whole ship would sink without foster homes,” Young said. “It would not work without foster homes. At the end of the day, foster homes save the lives of these dogs.”
Those interested in becoming foster parents can sign up online for High Country Humane’s program or visit Coconino Humane Association in-person to sign up.
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UPDATE: Carter County 911 told News Channel 11 that Milligan Highway is now back open.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – A single-vehicle crash involving a power line has an area of the Milligan Highway closed until further notice.
Captain Matt Sexton with the Elizabethton Police Department told News Channel 11 they received a call about a single-vehicle crash involving a powerline around 12:10 a.m. Tuesday morning in the 1300 block of Milligan Highway.
Captain Sexton said two people were injured in the crash, and the extent of their injuries are unknown.
Elizabethton Police say Milligan Highway between Park Hill Road and Grandview Road is closed while utility crews repair the damaged pole, and officials encourage drivers to find an alternate route to work Tuesday morning.
News Channel 11 will update this story once the road reopens.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – A Jonesborough boy who spent three-quarters of his life battling Stage IV cancer died Monday, two days after his eighth birthday and 10 days after his family opted to discontinue treatment.
“We are heartbroken,” Katie Hicks, Charlie “Cash” Hicks’s mother wrote in a Facebook post. “But so very grateful he is no longer in pain.”
According to Hicks’ family, Cash passed away shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday. After disappointing test results, the family announced that Cash would no longer be continuing treatment after May 20 and care would focus on managing pain and making him as comfortable as possible.
Throughout his battle with neuroblastoma, support flooded in for the Jonesborough boy and his family in the form of letters, opportunities and direct financial support. In 2016, local musicians visited Cash and performed his personal fight song — Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”
In 2017, the community rallied behind Charlie for a Benefit Bash that raised funds for his care.
On Cash’s birthday, May 28, he and the Hicks family received an outpouring of support on the CashStrong Facebook group as well as visits from some of his favorite characters.
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RI driver, three passengers killed when car slams into tree in Connecticut
Four people, at least three of them from Rhode Island, died in a crash in Connecticut Monday, the Connecticut State Police said.
A fifth person, also from Rhode Island, was critically injured, the police said.
The one-car crash happened at about 5:05 p.m. on Quaddick Town Farm Road in Thompson, which borders Burrillville.
The driver and three passengers died after the car they were traveling in crashed into a tree, according to the police.
The 2017 Honda Civic was traveling south on Quaddick Town Farm Road when the driver tried to pass another car but lost control of the vehicle, ran off the right side of the road and hit a tree, the Connecticut State Police said in a report.
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The driver, Johan Santana, 18, of 19 Miner Street, Providence, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Passenger Jaslin Perez, 21, of 57 Phebe Street, Providence, was flown to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, but died of her injuries, the police said.
Passenger Erika Perez, 21, with no address listed, was also taken to UMASS Memorial Medical Center, but died of her injuries, the police said.
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Passenger Lixandria Terrero Almonte, 21, of 30 Carlisle Street, Providence, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the police.
Passenger Reyniel Alfonso Lopez, 110 Evergreen Drive, Apt. 7, East Providence, 21, was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, the police said.
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Woonsocket high schooler wins $1 million for plan to invest in communities of color
WOONSOCKET – High school student Mariam Kaba just won big bucks for a big idea.
The 15-year-old Career and Technical Center sophomore and daughter of West African immigrants was one of 97 teenagers who tried to answer a tough question: What would you do with $1 million to transform the state's communities of color?
That's what the Papitto Opportunity Connection's Transform Rhode Island Scholarship wondered, and in Kaba's proposal, it received its answer, rewarding it with a $1-million investment.
Kaba floated a dynamic plan to engage Rhode Islanders of color in job fairs, career preparation, financial literacy, mental health wellness and a community cleanup initiative.
When Barbara Papitto, who founded the private nonprofit, saw the idea, she asked herself, "Why aren’t we doing this already?"
But picking a winner wasn't easy, and nor were the judges pushovers; among them sat Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, state Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and POC Managing Trustee John Tarantino, who spearheaded the scholarship, which is in its first year.
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Tarantino came up with the concept after realizing POC had focused its outreach primarily on adults, from business owners to local leaders, instead of youth.
"I think young people are energized and they want to be heard, but oftentimes we don’t give them a voice," Tarantino said. "They’re too young or they’re inexperienced, or whatever it may be."
But as Tarantino put it, youth "are really the pulse of what’s going on" in their communities.
That's how Kaba developed her idea – with firsthand experience seeing what was lacking in her Woonsocket school.
"I feel like a lot of the BIPOC [Black, Indigenous and people of color] community don’t really know how to apply for jobs, how to prepare for a job interview … and it also helps with practical education. Half of my class doesn’t even know what interest is."
Now Kaba will create a way to teach her peers and others across the state those crucial skills, sitting in on POC's team meetings to iron out the details of her program and how to implement it.
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In addition, Kaba scored a $25,000 scholarship, which POC hopes may be used for future schooling or living expenses.
As the scholarship program approaches its second year, Papitto is confident it has allowed "young people to understand that they can effect change, that they can be a part of their community and make their community better."
"I think the big word that we have is hope, that they see hope in their future."
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SAN ANTONIO — Bullets flied through a west-side home while a family, including a child, were asleep inside.
The shooting happened around 3 a.m. on Tuesday at the home on Waverly Avenue.
The San Antonio Police Department said someone walked up to the house and opened fire. One woman was sleeping on the couch and grazed by a bullet.
Authorities said no one else was hurt. One person was detained for questioning. Police believe the shooting may have been retaliation for a deadly stabbing. Details are limited on that incident.
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HOWARD LAKE, Minn. — Cleanup is underway at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake after a fire on Saturday night.
According to the Wright County Sheriff's Office, crews responded to the scene off Highway 12 around 10 p.m.
Sgt. Troy Wachter told KARE 11 the fire destroyed a poultry building with an estimated 200,000 chickens inside.
Forsman Farms spokesperson Jon Austin said they do not have a firm number yet but they're estimating at least tens of thousands of chickens were killed, up to a couple hundreds of thousands. Some chickens in adjacent buildings were also affected, mostly from smoke inhalation.
Eddie Olson was having a bonfire in his backyard, about six miles away in Cokato, when he started hearing sirens.
"I'm a SKYWARN spotter so I do a lot of radio communications and stuff and this is one of maybe 50 radios I have. I just grabbed one and heard that they were dispatching other departments. So I knew it was big," Olson said.
Olson filmed video at the scene of the fire.
"It's a lot of chickens. It's a hit to the egg market, it's people's jobs, it's a local community. So any time anything big like that happens, it's not good," Olson said.
Officials say no injuries were reported, but there was extensive damage to property.
In a statement, Austin said, “Overnight, a fire destroyed one of our barns at our Howard Lake farm. No one was injured and we are grateful that first responders were quickly on scene to put out the fire. Unfortunately, chickens were lost because of the fire. We are evaluating the extent of the damage – which appears to be confined to a single structure – as well as investigating the cause of the fire.”
The Wright County Sheriff's Office said the farm fire is believed to have been accidental but the state fire marshal is investigating the cause.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man was shot and killed inside an apartment on the city's northwest side, the San Antonio Police Department said.
The shooting happened Tuesday morning at the complex in the 4000 block of Sherril Brook Road.
Police said a man in his 20s was found with a gunshot wound to the head. A suspect, also in his 20s, was detained.
Authorities initially received a call about an argument. The caller said they also heard a gunshot.
Witnesses reportedly saw the suspect walking away. He was detained away from the complex.
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SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Police Department is investigating who shot a man in his front yard northwest of downtown.
The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday in front of the home on Cincinnati Avenue.
Police said the victim, a man in his 40s, was found with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Authorities said the shooter drove off, but they didn't provide a description of the car. The victim's home and vehicle also had damage from the gunfire.
Police believe the man and the shooter knew each other. Officers began pulling video from home security cameras to figure out exactly what happened.
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SAN DIEGO — A California woman who punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant in the face during a flight, breaking her teeth, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
Vyvianna Quinonez was also ordered Tuesday by the federal judge in San Diego to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution and a $7,500 fine for the assault on a May 23, 2021, Southwest flight between Sacramento and San Diego.
The 29-year-old Sacramento woman is prohibited from flying for three years while she is on supervised release and must participate in anger management classes or counseling.
Quinonez last year pleaded guilty to one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants, admitting she punched the flight attendant in the face and head with a closed fist and grabbed her hair. Neither she nor her attorney could be reached for comment Tuesday.
During the flight's final descent, the attendant had asked Quinonez to buckle her seat belt, stow her tray table, and put on her facemask properly.
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Instead, Quinonez began recording the attendant on her cellphone, pushed her, then stood up and punched the woman in the face and grabbed her hair before other passengers intervened, authorities said.
The assault was recorded on another passenger's cellphone.
The plea agreement said that the flight attendant suffered three chipped teeth, two of which needed crowns, along with bruises and a cut under her left eye that needed stitches.
"Attacks on flight crew members, who perform vital jobs to ensure passenger safety, will not be tolerated," U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman said in a statement after the sentencing.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy said the sentence should "send a very strong message to air travelers — the FBI will vigorously pursue anyone who assaults or interferes with flight crews."
The incident was part of an escalation in unruly behavior by airline passengers amid the coronavirus pandemic and led the president of the flight attendants' union to ask for more federal air marshals on planes.
Airlines in 2021 reported more than 5,000 incidents of unruly passengers to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Most were passengers refusing to follow the federal requirement for passengers to wear face masks while on planes, but nearly 300 involved intoxicated passengers, the FAA said.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — A Stockton veteran says he has just completed an important mission to support troops fighting against Russia in Ukraine.
ABC10 first introduced you to 70-year-old Richard Campos earlier this year as he was collecting donations.
"Today's the day that they're actually going to be delivered," Campos said in a video on his Facebook page.
Nearly three months after first visiting Ukraine, collecting as many medical kits as he could fit into three suitcases, Stockton Marine Corps veteran Richard Campos recently returned for his second trip to Ukraine.
"All of my friends in America, I've finally made it here, making my delivery to the brave Ukrainian soldiers here," Campos said in a video on his Facebook page.
Campos hand-delivered life-saving tourniquets to Ukrainian soldiers. It was a request they made during his first visit back in March.
"The first thing they said to me was,' we need tourniquets because our front-line soldiers were bleeding out in the field'," Campos said.
Campos was able to donate around 100 kits to troops on the front lines. It was the least he could do, he said.
"It was definitely heartfelt that we did this mission, being a soldier and helping other soldiers, especially soldiers of Ukraine, because we know what they're going through, their tremendous battle, tremendous willingness to win," Campos said. "If we're able to help one or a couple, then we completed our mission."
He documented his journey through videos on social media, including meeting Ukrainian children, helping soldiers with unorthodox projects like making camo nets out of recycled t-shirts and making warm meals with his Ukrainian host family.
"As a Ukrainian, I want to say thank you, all Ukrainians appreciate help from Americans and we are very grateful for you," Dr. Olha Vyshynska, a member of Campos' host family, said.
Still, he says his humanitarian work doesn't end there and he's already planning another mission.
"Let's help, let's keep going, ok, this is not the finish," Campos said.
In addition to these two trips to Ukraine, he has also made more than 35 humanitarian trips to help in Iraq since 2003.
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Daytona clinic works to remove stigma surrounding mental illness
From an early age, Lavonda West battled mental illness.
“I have struggled with my mental health probably since my mid-to-late-teens,” said the 42-year-old West. “I come from one of those families that feel that God is your savior and he will save you from whatever. I'm originally from Miami. When I came up here (Daytona) I was still heavily in church. I was 22 when the onset of bipolar II hit me.”
That struggle became progressively worse as she got older.
“I started losing control in all areas of my life. I couldn’t master things anymore like I could when I was younger. Everything started crumbling at that point," said West.
She said she went so far as to contemplate taking her own life.
“I was 24 when I decided to write a suicide note,” said West. “I still remember the day like it was yesterday. It was in April of 2004. I was having lunch at a friend’s house. I wrote the note the night prior. I had it in my pocket while at my friend’s house. My plan was to leave the note so that someone could find it and know why I did it. I left the note on (my friend's) bed."
It was at that moment that West's friends knew something was very wrong. They took her to a mental health facility where she was detained under the state's Florida Mental Health Act of 1971, more commonly known as the Baker Act.
"That's what led me to get into treatment,” West said.
'Huge taboo'
According to the American Psychiatric Association, minorities often suffer from poor mental health outcomes due to inaccessibility of quality mental health care services, cultural stigma surrounding mental health care, discrimination and overall lack of awareness about mental health.
But attitudes in the community are changing.
“I've been in the field for 25 years and I feel that there’s a greater acceptance of mental health in the Black community from when I first started out. There used to be this huge taboo,” said Nadine Heusner, licensed clinical social worker at Outreach Community Care Network in Daytona Beach. “One of the great barriers that I see in my private practice is that many people of color don’t have health insurance.
“What I see is not that people don’t want it (mental health care). People reach out to the group that I practice with looking specifically for a therapist of color. A therapist that they feel is reflective of their experiences and when they're in the therapy session, they don't have to qualify or quantify why they feel the way they feel.”
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Heusner believes that religion and therapy go hand in hand.
“I absolutely believe that whatever your religious journey or your spiritual journey is, it does help,” said Heusner. “Religion teaches us that there's hope. It teaches us that things can get better if you believe things will get better. But therapy gives you the tools. When I meet with people who tell me ‘My family doesn't believe in this and they think I need to pray more.’ And if nothing is happening that could create some guilt, leading them to believe that they’re not doing enough work.”
'I felt ok'
It was during her time at the mental health facility when West was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder. She was 22.
“I was seeing a psychiatrist and on meds during that time and for three or four years I felt OK,” said West.
"Then my grandfather passed away and I broke down. I decided to see a therapist regularly. (When I was ) 34 my grandmother passed and I went through another spiral. My grandparents were always there to soothe me. During this period I isolated myself. At this point, I realized I really needed help.”
Bipolar II disorder is characterized by depressive and hypomanic episodes. Depressive symptoms include sadness or hopelessness. Hypomanic symptoms include a persistently elevated or irritable mood. Treatment includes counseling and medications, such as mood stabilizers.
West admits that tending to your mental health is a long road that can eventually lead to healing.
“The therapist that I have now is the best therapist I’ve ever had,” said West. “She challenges me. The main benefit to therapy is having that person that truly understands you and helps you process different things. A therapist can help you return to some sense of normalcy after experiencing a loss."
West is also a proponent that mental health issues should be treated like any other medical condition.
“When someone is diagnosed with having diabetes or high blood pressure they see a doctor and are prescribed medication,” said West. “Someone dealing with mental illness needs the attention of a qualified professional the same as any other illness.”
Destigmatizing therapy
May is Mental Health Month and was established in 1949 by the Mental Health America organization (then known as the National Association for Mental Health) to increase awareness about the importance of health and wellness and to celebrate recovery from mental illness.
Kristin Crumbley, director of the mental health and substance use services program at Outreach Community Network said education is key to destigmatizing what therapy means.
“I think that the work to destigmatize mental health and therapy as a whole has a lot to do with the language we use around it,” said Crumbley. “As long as therapy has been around there have been depictions of it on TV. Some people think it's like laying on the couch and spilling your guts. I’ve found that education has been really effective. Some people think you get diagnosed and then prescribed medication.
“There's a difference between psychiatry and mental health counseling. Mental health counselors can’t prescribe any medications. We work on the holistic aspect of the person, you know, like how are your thoughts affecting your behaviors?”
'Honesty is key'
Both Crumbley and Heusner agree that in order for therapy to be beneficial the individual must be open and honest about why they decided to get help.
“Honesty is key,” said Heusner. “If you hold back I'm treating a lie. I'm only solving part of the problem. I remind them that this is a safe space, free from judgment.”
“I think that’s one of the most important things (safe space) about the therapeutic relationship,” said Crumbley. “ And that's what makes it so unique from ‘Oh, I tell my friends there or I told my parents or I go to church and I do this that the other.’ Your therapist should have no stake in your life. That's what makes it unique from any other relationship in your life. I'm a neutral, third party outside of all these things going on in your life. So I can be neutral.”
'It's a self-care thing'
Mental health awareness doesn’t have to be dedicated to one month out of the year, said Heusner.
“I feel like therapy should be treated like your annual medical,” said Heusner. “You should have at least a once-a-year check-in. It’s a self-care thing. Also check in if you notice you're a bit more irritable than normal or your level of motivation has changed. You may not want to be with friends. Significant changes that are affecting your day-to-day. This is when you need to get in as soon as possible.”
Mental health checkups don’t have to happen only when something negative happens in your life, said Crumbley.
“Any major life event needs attention,” said Crumbley. “You're about to get married. Go see somebody. You're about to have a child, go to see someone. You're about to move, go talk to somebody. You should be getting prepped if you're about to encounter some stress. Even if it's good stress like buying a house, that's stressful. That's a good thing, but it's stressful. Go talk to someone and get your mind right.”
Tiffany Toussaint, a multicultural mental health counselor at Stetson University said therapy leads to clarity and insight into behavior patterns, which will ultimately lead to healthier patterns and communication skills.
“Healing from trauma that we may not label as trauma because we haven't examined it thoroughly enough with a professional is a benefit to therapy,” said Toussaint. “Healing from trauma will lead to new generations being formed that are healthier. Mental health goes hand in hand with physical health. So when you ignore mental health long enough it will show up physically. Unhealed trauma can shorten the year off your life.”
Toussaint said having conversations about therapy and mental illness is key.
“I think there's power in testimonials,” said Toussaint. “People talking about how therapy has truly transformed their life so that people can really get an idea of what it's like. And understanding that one therapist isn't one size fits all. Shopping around and finding the person that you connect with is equally as important if you want a certain level of results.”
Erica Van Buren covers general assignment and Ormond Beach government for The Daytona Beach News-Journal and USA TODAY Network. Connect with her at EVanBuren@News-Jrnl.com or on Twitter: @EricaVanBuren32
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GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Greeneville High School officials are on the hunt for a new principal after a short-term resignation left the position open.
According to a press release and Greeneville City Schools (GCS) officials, Martin McDonald resigned from his position Tuesday morning “effective immediately.”
“We thank Mr. McDonald for his service,” the release stated. “And wish him well in his next position.”
In the meantime, Jeff Townsley is slated to act as interim principal until the selection process is completed. Aside from Townsley’s move, no other principals changed positions.
GCS officials said selection begins this week, and interested applicants can find the position on the system’s website.
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A New Path: Cocoa police chief talks transforming agency with outreach after year at helm
In the first few weeks after taking on his new role as Cocoa’s top law enforcement officer in April 2021, Police Chief Evander Collier IV quickly moved to take the agency’s longstanding challenges head-on.
Within the 70-officer agency, the Jacksonville native observed that some inside the agency were mistrustful of outsiders and nervous about pending changes.
Out in the community, Collier found that trust issues ran even deeper.
Like other cities in the wake of George Floyd’s in-custody death in May 2020, Collier found residents rattled by an uncomfortable history of sometimes negative interactions with its officers.
“When I got here, there were policies and procedures that were not up to date, not a lot of accountability, with hard rules in place but not being followed,” Collier said, sharing his insight with FLORIDA TODAY at his office.
He met with the staff, including commanders, passing out books on transformative leadership. He also shares a redemptive vision of a 21st century law enforcement agency embracing a stewardship and community engagement model.
Turning attention toward the residents, the chief brought to Cocoa and its vibrant riverside downtown mecca an even more novel idea he had implemented in Jacksonville: he decided to take a walk.
Several walks, in fact.
Setting goals
Nearly two months after settling in, Collier would step out of his police vehicle, hitting the pavement beneath towering green oaks. Black shades tucked over his brow, the chief could be seen smiling broadly as he chatted with residents about everything from burglaries to a chicken named Clucky.
Collier considers the walks to be one of the major accomplishments of his first year.
“Some said they had never met a police chief before,” he recalled. "We have to break that mold of 'us versus them.'"
He's carried out more than a half dozen such walks through the city's communities.
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Since being named chief, Collier has also navigated a number of issues, balancing the demands of ranking officers, the police union, the City Council, the community, and interactions with other law enforcement agencies.
He admits there was internal resistance from some officers. He crafted a leadership training program to give officers more opportunities to advance.
“Cocoa has a lot of potential,” Collier said, at times leaning forward to emphasize his points about goal-setting shaping policing efforts for the city.
“My role as police chief, however, is to make sure crime is down,” he said.
Observers said the chief has made inroads into the community, with several ringing accomplishments, from tackling crime to implementing a community engagement policy and improving the agency’s crime analysis.
“There was an outcry from different people in the community who wanted to have more accountability from the police department because in the past we did have accusations of things like racial profiling, even excessive force and things like that,” said Alton Edmond, an attorney and community advocate who heads up the city’s Police Advisory Board.
“I’ve had really good interactions with (Collier). He’s showed up and he’s done community walks. I’d give him a solid B- for his first year, but that’s still a good grade.”
Edmond said he'd like to see the chief attend more of the Police Advisory Board meetings to answer questions and get assessments from the members about community issues.
'The Outsider'
The choice of Collier as police chief — an outsider from a large metropolitan area — came as city officials sought change.
The city itself has a much smaller population than other Space Coast cities, with about 21,000 residents in comparison to Melbourne, for example, with its 82,000 population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
However, city officials see growth and development on the horizon for the long term, bringing the promise of an expanding tax base and job growth.
The Police Department, which physically sits along State Road 520 not far from a WaWa gas station where area youth film the occasional Tik Tok videos, is also relatively small, with an allotment of 70 sworn officers and an $11 million budget.
The agency had struggled over the decades with scandal, including a federal gambling probe of officers in the mid-90s and complaints about invasive, sometimes public searches of young men for drugs, and worries over gun violence.
Building trust, transparency
In recent years, the department worked to improve community outreach, carrying out gun buybacks, meeting with faith leaders, and taking neighborhood children out for Christmas shopping.
Even with that, Cocoa's youth and young adults took to the streets at State Road 520 and U.S. 1 to protest the Nov. 13, 2020 shooting deaths of 16-year-old Angelo Croom and 18-year-old Sincere Pierce during a traffic stop by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
Collier, who is also the first Black to take on the mantle of chief for a major Space Coast city, was selected for his 32-year experience with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. His father, a U.S. postal worker, was a volunteer with the Sheriff's Office.
Collier said he remembers being inspired by visits by 'Officer Friendly' to his school as part of a community outreach program. And he loved sitting in front of the television and soaking in old police shows like "Adam 12."
He rose through the ranks, from road sergeant to homicide supervisor to leading dozens of officers as a patrol commander.
He keeps a firm but accessible demeanor, breaking away from talking about policy to chat about his love of Kenny G and modern gospel music.
But he readily shifts back to talking about the struggles of modern policing, including reaching out to youth.
Collier, who was named to a term as head of the Brevard Police Chief's Association, conversed about what seems at times an endless cycle of bodycam footage showing controversial officer-related shootings nationwide. To combat that, the chief meets with officers quarterly and attends roll calls.
“I address the issues, anything that comes up...to not be that person,” that ends up in the news cycle for questionable actions, he said.
That means keeping the community informed of issues when they arrive, he said.
"It's all about establishing trust and transparency. When the people know that the chief is involved, they can trust that we're going to do the right thing," he said.
One of the more controversial cases Collier dealt with directly was the June 2021 DUI-related traffic death of Passion Lucas, a 37-year-old mother of six. Lucas was walking home along a darkened road when she was struck and killed.
Makita Lucas, Passion Lucas' sister, said the case languished until she took her concern to social media with disturbing claims that Cocoa police filed improper paperwork and missed several cues to gather evidence.
"When I was briefed about the case, I wasn't happy. I told the supervisors to call the family and I met with (Makita Lucas)," the chief said.
He noted a lack of communication in the case that fueled the family's public dismay.
"There were some things we could have done better," Collier said.
Makita Lucas agreed, sensing empathy from him and a willingness to hear what she had to say.
"I will say this, the chief did listen, but I did feel later as if his hands were tied," said Lucas' sister, who continues to pursue the case and has hired an attorney.
Cocoa police arrested Suzanna Norris, then a prominent owner of a horse charity, in December and charged her with DUI manslaughter in connection with Lucas’ death, leaving the scene of a crash involving death and DUI.
Prosecutors decided not to charge Norris, who admitted drinking and driving, with manslaughter. Instead, Norris, whose blood alcohol tested at twice the legal limit of 0.08, is charged with a second-degree misdemeanor. A trial date has not been set in the case.
Delivering Change
Collier remains on a course to change the agency's culture. Internally, the chief implemented an acronym, CPD, that stands for putting community first, promoting partnerships, and demonstrating excellence among the ranks.
He also monitors information involving the recent spate of mass shootings nationwide, including the May 14 targeted grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 dead and the May 24 Uvalde, Texas school shooting in which 19 elementary school children died.
Collier said his agency is constantly evaluating the potential for soft targets in Cocoa and implementing training to deal with incidents where officers might confront shooters in body armor.
“We have to prepare our people. You look at things and how things happen so quickly,” he said. “I’m big on training. We have to be prepared for instances like (Buffalo),” he said.
Former New York City police officer and community advocate John Verdi has met with Collier three times and watched him walk the neighborhood.
“I watched him engage people positively. That’s not something you see around here,” said Verdi, founder of the Hey! Blue initiative, a nationwide organization that facilitates building connections between police officers and residents.
“People need to see that you’re more than just talk, that you are here to have an impact and build trust. You can see that here,” Verdi said.
Collier, meantime, continues to focus on the agency's path to the future. Only hours before talking with FLORIDA TODAY, he chatted it up with residents over coffee at the WaWa convenience store down the street.
"I'm just here doing a job," the chief said. "I'm not trying to get any recognition. I love policing."
J.D. Gallop is a Criminal Justice/Breaking News Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Gallop at 321-917-4641 or jgallop@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @JDGallop.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Local cooks and foodies will have the chance to learn with the best this summer.
According to a release from the City of Kingsport, “Saturdays with the Chef” is set to begin June 4 at the Kingsport Farmers Market with free demonstrations and tips from experts in the Tri-Cities food scene.
Starting at 9 a.m. each Saturday in June and July (aside from July 2), attendees can watch local chefs work with seasonal produce either in person or online. Copies of each recipe will be available for those who want to try it at home, and samples will be given out to those that attend in person.
“Come sample cooking from featured chefs from local businesses, then buy the ingredients to make it at home while you’re at the market,” the release said. “Purchasing from local farmers not only boosts the local economy, but also is a great way to provide healthy and fresh food for you and your family.”
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At least a quarter of Floridians would ignore orders to evacuate in the event of a hurricane, according to a new survey from AAA.
The survey also found that of those who would leave their homes, about two-in-five said they would only do so for a Category 3 storm or stronger.
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The people who would not leave their homes listed a variety of reasons, according to AAA. Those include:
- Can’t bring pets/don’t have a safe option for them (30%)
- Don’t know where to go (28%)
- In case there’s damage to my home/property that I can fix (25%)
- Financial reasons (e.g. can’t afford a hotel – 23%)
Some also pointed to inflation as a reason to stay home during a dangerous storm. About two-in-five people said high gas prices would make them less willing to evacuate. As of this report, the state average for a gallon of gasoline is $4.57, according to AAA.
The survey also shows that 27% of Floridians are more concerned about this hurricane season than the last one. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an “above normal” season and forecasting 14-21 named storms in 2022. Of those, six to 10 could be hurricanes, including three to six possible major hurricanes, meaning category 3 or higher.
Nearly a third of Floridians, 29%, do not do any storm preps and nearly half, 44%, do not have an evacuation plan, according to AAA.
Join News 6 Wednesday at 7 p.m. for an hour-long Hurricane special aimed at helping you get prepared of any storms.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Chelsea Handler, celebrated comedian and former host of E!’s “Chelsea Lately,” is bringing her “Vaccinated & Horny” tour to Daytona Beach.
The multi-hyphenate comedian, television host, best-selling author and advocate will perform at the Peabody Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19.
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Tickets can be purchased online starting 10 a.m. Friday at ticketmaster.com or at the Peabody Box Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Prices range from $39.50 to $125 with additional surcharges and those interested can purchase preferred seating or a meet-and-greet with Handler online for an extra fee.
This comes after Handler released her first stand-up special in years—“Chelsea Handler: Evolution”— on HBO Max and recently launched her “Dear Chelsea” advice podcast on iHeart Radio.
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LARGO, Fla. – A man possibly searching for a frisbee at a Florida park was attacked and killed by an alligator, according to WTSP-TV.
The fatal attack happened Tuesday morning at John S. Taylor Park in Largo.
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According to WTSP-TV, Largo police and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the man entered a lake and was bitten by a gator. The man later died, officials said.
An investigation is ongoing.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of physicians and nurses in the United States has been a concern.
During Asian American Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) month a physician in Orlando talked about his commitment to recruiting future healthcare heroes to the area.
“I feel like I’ve seen it grow and been a part of that growth,” Dr. Josef Thundiyil, Emergency Physician and Residency Program Director for emergency medicine.
Thundiyil moved to Orlando 24 years ago and has practiced emergency medicine with Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center.
During that time, he said, diversity in the area has exploded.
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“My mom specifically was a physician trained in India, but came over at a time when there was a need for physicians, there was a physician shortage,” Thundiyil said.
Thundiyil was born in Chicago, but his parents came to the United States to help patients during a physician shortage.
“We’re very proud that that was a way that we as a family got a foothold in the United States,” Thundiyil said.
He said watching his mom’s work with patients in underserved, rural communities instilled a sense of dedication and sacrifice during his childhood.
“I think I was the only Asian American in my elementary school, middle school, and maybe there was one other in my high school, but it also provided an opportunity for myself and for my family to teach others about Asian American heritage,” Thundiyil said.
Thundiyil’s work with patients has spanned many states and countries.
“One of the things I’ve really found to be true is how people understand their health, how they understand their diagnosis, their treatment, even pain and fear is all really shaped by their cultural upbringing, and I think being an Asian American helped me understand that a little bit more,” Thundiyil said.
As a Residency Program director with Orlando Health, he said he has tried to pass what he has learned forward when he is recruiting residents and young physicians.
“I’ve learned from other providers who maybe have come from other religious backgrounds or even different parts of the country about nuances in their cultures that have helped me become a better physician,” Thundiyil said.
During this AANHPI month, Thundiyil said he welcomes conversations about his heritage with patients.
“I think it provides an opportunity for us both to learn about each other and for me — at the very least it gives me an opportunity to talk about food, if not the healthcare side of things,” Thundiyil said.
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Imagine if you entered a restaurant and the manager asked you to sign a contract blocking you from suing the business if everyone falls ill, and barring you from writing a bad online review. The agreement might even spell out what happens if zombies invade.
You might dine elsewhere or just go back home.
Fortunately, restaurants don’t try to impose demands like that (well, not usually). Yet we routinely agree to similar restrictions by clicking “yes” to long and tangled agreements on websites or simply by using software and gadgets. And yes, one tech powerhouse even includes a clause about reanimated corpses.
Even if you’re distrustful of all that turgid legal prose, you may still be surprised by some of the clauses in terms of service and end-user license agreements, including the ones spelled out below. A number of them are odd but relatively harmless. In other cases, these agreements try to take away important consumer rights.
That Thing You Bought? We Still Own It.
Sometimes the terms of service tell you that a manufacturer effectively still owns the product you just carried home and unpacked. That’s because the company says you bought a license to use its technology, not the object itself.
“It’s simple: If you buy a product, you should own it—and these licensing arrangements interfere with consumers’ ownership rights,” says Maureen Mahoney, a senior policy analyst at CR who works on ownership and right-to-repair issues. “This can hurt competition, which stifles innovation and could cause consumers to face higher prices in the marketplace.”
In many cases, consumers don’t realize they’re actually buying a license to use something. “From the consumer perspective, it feels underhanded and deceptive,” says Leslie John, a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School.
Such licensing arrangements are common with software—including the software that runs our phones, computers, and even our cars. But sometimes they exist for physical goods as well, such as for cartridges for the SodaStream sparkling water makers that sit on millions of kitchen counters worldwide.
“SodaStream or its content providers grants you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, non-sublicensable license to access and make personal and noncommercial use of the SodaStream Services,” the company says in its legal terms. “The Cylinders will remain at all times the sole and exclusive property of SodaStream.”
What exactly does that mean? “You don’t buy the SodaStream device, you actually license it from a company,” says Daniel Kahn Gillmor, senior staff technologist at the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.
The company strongly discourages you from using another company’s gas cylinders in your device. And you don’t, it seems, have the right to refill SodaStream’s own containers on your own, though many YouTube videos purport to tell you how. Refilling the bottles yourself takes some know-how; you have to use the right hardware and make sure to use beverage-grade carbon dioxide.
Safety might be a reason for the legal language. Or it could simply be aimed at maintaining the company’s profits. SodaStream appears to make more money from refills than selling the core device, according to financial statements from before PepsiCo bought the company in 2018 in a $3.3 billion deal.
You see that same kind of “razor-and-blades” approach to business in printers, where you can buy a cheap one for under $100 but then spend that much every year on ink cartridges.
SodaStream’s CEO, Eyal Shohat, who formerly served as the company’s chief legal officer, didn’t respond to requests for information on why SodaStream imposes those legal restrictions on its customers, nor did other company officials.
One company that failed to turn a restrictive razor-and-blades business strategy into financial success was Juicero, a Silicon Valley startup that made a $700 internet-connected juicing machine. The machine worked only with Juicero’s proprietary fruit and vegetable packets, which sold for $5 to $8 apiece. Juicero went out of business in 2017 not long after the Bloomberg news agency posted a video showing that a user could easily squeeze juice out of the packets without the expensive machine.
“That company folded because it was a ludicrous proposition, like the whole point of juicing is to use actual fruit, not a repackaged thing,” Kahn Gillmor of the ACLU says. But silly products aside, the proliferation of licensing agreements can harm consumers. “The point of the licensing agreement is to make sure that the proprietor of the system is the one in control, not the user.”
Courts have sometimes made judgments against companies with restrictive licensing models. For example, in 2017 the Supreme Court ruled that outside companies had the right to refill Lexmark printer cartridges despite the company declaring otherwise.
“Generally, courts are hesitant to treat a transaction like a license when it looks like a sale to the consumer,” says Aaron Perzanowski, a Case Western Reserve law professor and co-author of a book on how companies are trying to change traditional models of ownership. “One important exception is software, where some courts, unfortunately, have been convinced a particular copy of a program can be licensed but not sold.”
We Have Rights to Your Photos
Companies such as Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram) and Twitter claim the right to reuse what you post on their social media sites.
“You grant us a nonexclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content,” Facebook posts in its terms of service. “This means, for example, that if you share a photo on Facebook, you give us permission to store, copy, and share it with others (again, consistent with your settings).”
Instagram has nearly identical terms.
It makes sense that Facebook or Instagram can share your photos with other users; after all, that’s pretty much what the platforms are for. But does the language also mean that Facebook could hand out copies of your photos on a street corner if the company wanted to? You might think Meta would provide a straightforward, reassuring “no” when asked about that. But instead, a spokeswoman, Dina El-Kassaby, pointed us to other sections in the terms of service:
“You own the intellectual property rights (things like copyright or trademarks) in any such content that you create and share on Facebook and other Meta Company Products you use. Nothing in these Terms takes away the rights you have to your own content. You are free to share your content with anyone else, wherever you want.
“However, to provide our services we need you to give us some legal permissions (known as a ‘license’) to use this content. This is solely for the purposes of providing and improving our Products and services as described in Section 1 above.”
That covers a lot of ground. The TOS makes it clear that “improving” its products includes using anything you post to help the company develop “artificial intelligence, machine learning systems, and augmented reality,” among other new technologies. You might not mind that, but then again, a cute story you post about your toddler is probably intended for family and friends, not for a team of engineers working on a new metaverse project for Facebook.
Twitter’s terms of service say the company can freely reuse content you post: “By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed.” The company didn’t respond to requests for comment. (Like many websites that welcome reader comments on articles, Consumer Reports retains the right to use anything you post on our site in our own user agreement.)
These companies may have benign intentions when it comes to your photos and posts, but consumer advocates and many researchers still object to language in the terms of service. “More broadly, these companies know they are in a position to dictate terms that most users will never read and have no power to resist,” Perzanowski says. “So even if they have no immediate need for these licenses to user content, there is very little risk in demanding them.”
Don’t Compare Us to Our Competitors
You might object to the claim that you don’t own the technology in a computer you bought. But how about a clause saying people can’t evaluate it and let others know what they think? Yet that’s not uncommon in the tech industry.
“You must not, and must not allow any third party to … publish or provide any Software benchmark or comparison test results,” the computer chip maker Intel says in its software terms of use. “Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.”
William Moss, an Intel spokesperson, says that the language is to protect the company from inaccurate reviews of the company—and that the company hasn’t enforced it recently. “We typically work with people, such as reviewers, who run benchmarks to ensure that they are following appropriate procedures and parameters for benchmarking Intel products so that the results are accurate,” he says. “This is a standard practice in the industry.” (Consumer Reports buys and tests computers and other products with Intel processors throughout the year. We do not coordinate our testing with Intel or any other chip or device maker.)
Many other tech companies have similar language.
Some lawyers think that these clauses—which have been around since the 1980s—may now be illegal, thanks to a 2016 consumer rights law. The language is mostly about discouraging tough reviews, according to Steve Shillingford, a consumer privacy advocate and CEO of DeepSee, which applies machine learning to automate business practices.
“They want to look big, they want to look ominous. They want to scare people away from doing that,” he says.
We Know You Won’t Read Our TOS, But the Zombie Clause Still Applies
The terms of service for Lumberyard, an Amazon game engine now being run largely by the Linux Foundation, says that certain developer restrictions will be lifted in case of “a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.”
One can imagine company lawyers having a good laugh devising this zombie clause, which has been in the terms of service for years, generating occasional headlines and lots of chuckles on Reddit. Most people probably never notice the language—good evidence that they rarely wade through any of the documents they agree to online.
“I think that if they have something important to say, they should say it in a way that is accessible to people, and putting in the joke clauses isn’t really the way to do it,” says Lorrie Faith Cranor, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and former chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission who sits on CR’s Digital Lab advisory council. And that goes for all sorts of joking in these documents, she says. (Of course, it’s all fun and games until something eats your brain—and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once ran a disaster-prep campaign in case of a zombie apocalypse.)
One other clause you’ll see from tech companies might seem far-fetched, but it’s actually deadly serious. Apple is one of a number of tech companies whose terms bar “the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons.” Such language doesn’t seem to make much sense in the iTunes end-user agreement, unless perhaps would-be bomb makers have iTunes playing in the lab as they work. But Apple also uses the language for many other products and services, including its macOS Monterey (PDF) and macOS Server (PDF) operating systems.
An Apple spokesman declined to comment on the record about that clause. But you can find essentially the same language elsewhere in tech industry agreements, including from VMware, which provides cloud computing services to businesses. The clauses are serious, says VMware spokesman Michael Thacker, and are aimed at complying with U.S. government rules on exporting certain items. “Our Terms of Service include this to ensure that our end users are aware of this contractual obligation to comply with the prohibitions outlined within the Export Administration Regulations,” he says.
A spokesman for the Bureau of Industry and Security, which oversees export controls at the Department of Commerce, said the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) generally don’t specify such wording, instead leaving it up to individual companies to determine the best way to comply with the rules.
You Can’t Ever Sue Us
Legalese about zombies and nuclear weapons are unlikely to affect you personally, but other language you agree to could have serious implications. Many terms of service agreements say you can’t sue the company if there’s ever a dispute, but instead have to bring the disagreement before an arbitrator. They may also bar you from joining others in a class-action lawsuit.
A 2019 study found that of the largest 100 U.S. companies, 81 had imposed arbitration agreements on customers, and 78 include language barring class-action lawsuits. The study calculated that at least 826 million consumer arbitration agreements were in force as of 2018, and probably many more.
Companies often prefer arbitration because they hope for more favorable treatment than they’d receive in court, says Perzanowski, who is also associate director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts. They especially seek to avoid class-action suits.
“State and federal courts allow for class-action suits, where claims from hundreds, thousands, or even millions of consumers can be resolved in a single case,” he says. “That changes the economics of litigation by making it much more efficient for consumers to assert their rights and by opening firms up to massive damage awards for their wrongdoing. Arbitration typically avoids that by making each consumer pursue their case individually.”
AT&T includes a fairly typical clause in legal language: “You agree that, by entering into this Agreement, you and AT&T are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action.” An AT&T spokesman declined to address why the company sought to eliminate the possibility of class-action lawsuits but maintains that arbitration is actually good for consumers. “Arbitration is a faster, less expensive, and more efficient way of resolving disputes than traditional lawsuits in court,” he says.
Arbitration clauses steer disputes outside the court system on their own, but adding an anti-class-action clause may provide companies with additional legal cover. “I can’t say for sure, but I think the strategy here is to add another layer of protection from class actions. So if a court were to invalidate the arbitration clause, as sometimes happens, there’d be an independent restriction on class actions,” Perzanowski says.
Consumer Reports has lobbied for an end to forced arbitration clauses.
One company moving away from these restrictions is Amazon, which last year removed its arbitration clause and now says that any disputes should be settled in courts in King County, Washington. Other companies include a tiny bit of wiggle room in their terms. Sony PlayStation says you agree to arbitration for any dispute beyond small-claims court and forgo participation in class-action lawsuits—unless you write a snail mail letter to Sony to opt out within 30 days of buying the gaming device.
Yes, We’re Serious About the Rules
Making sense of all these rules is obviously complicated. One chart comparing how long it would take to read terms of service agreements back in 2020 found it would require more than an hour to make it through Microsoft’s documents and more than half an hour for Apple’s or Zoom’s.
“They’re designed not to be read by being super-long and super-small, fine print, and structurally disorganized with important terms buried in fine print,” says Adam Schwartz, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “And people just click yes, because they want to get to what they want to do, whether it’s communicating with friends on social media, or searching for a car rental, or e-commerce.”
Because user agreements are so complicated, it makes little sense to read them, says Matthew Zeidenberg, a clinical associate professor of computer science at New York University. “It’s not rational for the consumer to read all of those rules,” he says. “They’re long, and since the probability of being involved in litigation or arbitration is so small, it doesn’t make economic sense to spend time reading those rules.”
“It makes economic sense for the vendor to spend money to pay lawyers to develop those rules, because they have thousands of customers,” he says. “But you know, for one customer, it doesn’t make any economic sense for them to use that mental energy.”
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UTICA, N.Y. – Personnel at the Utica Fire Academy on Bleecker Street spotted a fire at a vacant building just down the block Tuesday morning, taking quick action to search the building while waiting for fire crews to arrive.
The UFA team reported the fire at 1306 Bleecker St. around 7:45 a.m.
The first floor of the building is the former East Utica Laundromat, with 10 apartments on the two upper floors. The fire chief says the water to the building has been shut off for some time, but it appears people may have been illegally living in two of the apartments.
The chief says the fire started on the second floor and extended to the third floor.
No injuries were reported and the cause is still under investigation.
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A fire Sunday afternoon at an apartment complex near North 14th and Superior streets caused $150,000 damage, according to Lincoln Fire and Rescue.
Capt. Nancy Crist said just after 3:30 p.m. they were called to 1503 Superior St. about a fire on a third-floor apartment balcony and arrived to find an active fire.
The fire had gotten into the walls and up into the roof of the apartment, causing an estimated $150,000 damage. It started from an improperly discarded cigarette, she said.
All of the residents in the building had to be relocated.
Crist credited a resident for calling right away and firefighters for quickly stopping the fire, which easily could've gotten out of hand given the high winds.
Photos: Firefighters in action
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A firefighter backs off from the heat of the flames Sunday coming from the roof of Romantix, 921 O St. Fire crews responded to the adult novelty store blaze at about 9 a.m. and needed most of the afternoon to extinguish the flames. The building is described as a total loss, but no one was injured.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A massive plume of fire erupts in front of Lincoln firefighters Nick Thill (left) and Mark Sullivan moments after Sullivan ventilated the roof with the blade of his chainsaw at a working fire at 1717 A Street in Lincoln on Wednesday evening, April 6, 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
With a fire hose at the ready, Lincoln firefighters look over the underside of a pickup truck which rolled over at the intersection of 16th and L Streets Monday afternoon, April 11, 2011. The scanner call mentioned there was leaking gasoline. One person was taken away on a stretcher to an ambulance.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Marie Yost (left) and Nancy Harter (right) watch from the median on O Street as Lincoln firefighters pour water on the smouldering remains of the Lincoln Public Schools adminstration building on Tuesday morning, May 31, 2011. Harter, who worked in the building for 11 years, said a supervisor contacted staff at 6 a.m. to let them know of the fire.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Heavy smoke envelopes the house fire at 236 S. 27th Street as Lincoln firefighters apply water to the attic fire on Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Lincoln Firefighter Nancy Engelbrecht (right) attempts to comfort Shari Elder as Elder watches smoke pour from the apartment building where she lives on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 27th and Randolph streets.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Protected against the 1600 degree temperatures emanating from the fire pit, Dorchester Vol. Fire Dept. firefighter Brant Pracheil tosses the Stars and Stripes into the flames on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, during a flag retirement ceremony at the Dorchester American Legion Post 264. A total of 1957 unserviceable flags from the communities of Dorchester, York, Fairmont, Lincoln, Wilber, Fairbury and Crete were retired from life during the ceremony.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
The Stars and Strips opens to the swirling wind from the ladder of Lincoln Fire & Rescue Truck 1 on Friday, March 31, 2017, during the bridge dedication ceremony for Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger at the Spirit of '76 Armory.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Surrounded by black smoke, a Lincoln Fire Department firefighter uses a pike pole to open the porch ceiling at the scene of a house fire on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at 1800 Euclid Avenue.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Matt Barnard, with Beatrice Rural Fire District, uses a torch to spread flames during a prescribed burn of 45 acres of the prairie at Homestead National Monument of America on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Lincoln Fire and Rescue teams help Alex Lekai and his mother, not pictured, evacuate from her south bottoms home on Thursday, May 7, 2015.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
Cuddling her grandson's dog Milo, homeowner Deborah Ganz is consoled by a neighbor as she watches her garage burn on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in west Lincoln.
KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star
Photos: Firefighters in Action
A Lincoln firefighter directs his hose on the roof of La Mexicana Market & Restaurant, 17th and P Streets, on Monday, April 13, 2015.
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Lincoln police picked up three boys after being called about a group of teens walking in an alley carrying firearms shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday near North 28th and S streets.
Sgt. Chris Vollmer said police found a .44-caliber revolver, an AR-15 style rifle, a Hopkins & Allen forehand model 1901 revolver and a Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm semi-automatic handgun concealed on three of the boys, a 12-, 14- and 16-year-old.
Three of the guns had been reported stolen Monday morning from a home a mile away near North 33rd and Dudley streets. Vollmer said the resident reported returning home to find a break-in over the weekend and two handguns and a rifle missing.
He said the boys were referred to the Lancaster County Attorney's Office for possession of stolen firearms, carrying a concealed weapon and unlawful possession of a handgun. Police took the two older boys to the Youth Services Center and took the 12-year-old home.
Top Journal Star photos for May
Yuliia Iziumova (left) hugs her mother Oksana Iziumova Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Lincoln Airport. It was the first time they'd been together in more than three years. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln High's Javon Leuty celebrates his win in the Class A boys 110-meter hurdles Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Fans run to catch a foul ball during a baseball game between Nebraska and Michigan State on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Haymarket Park. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln High's Landon Kruse competes in the wheelchair Class A boys 800-meter race at the state track and field meet Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Elkhorn North celebrates on the field after defeating Waverly in the Class B baseball championship game Friday, May 20, 2022, at Tal Anderson Field in Omaha. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Autumn LaDeaux-Baxter (left) ties poles together while saying a prayer as leaders of the Niskíthe prayer group work to assemble a tipi during a protest outside City Hall on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. The group wants legal protections of a Native sweat lodge, which is on about 2 acres of private land surrounded by Wilderness Park and across the street from the planned Wilderness Crossing development near First Street and Pioneers Boulevard. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Fremont's Braden Taylor celebrates winning the Class A boys 3,200-meter relay at the state track and field meet Wednesday, May 18, 202, at Omaha Burke Stadium. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent Steve Joel plays a game of spike ball with eighth graders Hayden Tenopir (left) and Drew Van Dyke on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Mickle Middle School. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Nebraska’s Jackson Brockett pitches against a Michigan State batter Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Haymarket Park. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Josh Vinson Jr. runs with a pool noodle during the second annual Josh Fight Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Bowling Lake Park. Vinson Jr. remains the reigning champion, winning the crown for a second year. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln Southwest's Jaida Rowe carries the team trophy after Southwest won the Class A girls team race at the state track and field meet Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Millard West's Dylan Driessen collides into Millard South's Camden Kozeal while stealing second base in the first inning during the Class A championship, Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Tal Anderson Field in Omaha. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Bloomfield's Alexandra Eisenhauer (left) reacts after finishing ahead of North Platte's Hayley Miles in the Class D girls 100-meter dash at the state track and field meet on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Teacher Maria Ramos pours milk as children aged 18 months to 3 years eat lunch at The Children's Place child care center Tuesday, May 17, 2022. According to a report from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, 87% of providers received some kind of COVID-19 relief funding in the last year. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Lincoln East's Garrett Springer celebrates after hitting a double against Millard West during a Class A state baseball game Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Tal Anderson Field in Omaha. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Photographer Michael Farrell gets ready to take a group photo as members prepare to tear down the Niskíthe Prayer Camp on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Lincoln East's Belinda Rademacher reacts after defeating Lincoln Southeast's Camilla Ibrahimova (not pictured) in the No. 1 singles championship at the Class A girls state tennis meet Friday, May 20, 2022, at Koch Tennis Center in Omaha. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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The boys Class B 3,200-meter race enters its third lap at the state track and field meet Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Bishop Neumann's Kamdyn Swartz reacts after winning the Class C boys 300-meter hurdles during the state track and field meet, Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. Journal Star
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Axtell's Calvin Johnson (left) looks as he passes Falls City Sacred Heart's Jakob Jordan to win the Class D boys 3,200-meter relay at the state track and field meet Friday, May 20, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Part of Reception and Treatment Center's expansion project includes 384 new beds seen on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Lincoln Southeast’s Corynne Olsen (2) (from left) Maggie Hayes (0) and Sidney Wettlaufer (21) hold each other after placing second in the girls Class A state championship game Monday, May 16, 2022, between Lincoln Southeast and Gretna at Morrison Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Omaha Skutt Catholic celebrates their state championship win over Norris in the girls class B state championship game on Monday, May 16, 2022, at Morrison Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Nebraska softball players take a selfie during the Nebraska women’s softball watch party of the NCAA tournament selection show on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at Bowlin Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln’s Hunter Clanin (14) misses the diving catch during a game on Sunday, May 15, 2022, between Sioux Falls and Lincoln Saltdogs at Haymarket Park. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Omaha Skutt Catholic's Dylan Toth (right) reacts to a Skutt goal as Waverly’s Austin Neddenriep watches the ball hit the back of the net during the Class B boys state soccer semifinals game on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Morrison Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Waverly's Eli Russell (second right) and Wyatt Fanning (second right) leap on to pitcher Payton Engle (first left) as they celebrate with their team after an upset win over Norris during a boys Class B first-round game at Warner Park on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Papillion. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Norris base runner Kale Fountain celebrates as he reaches home plate to score in the fourth inning against Waverly during a boys Class B first-round game at Warner Park on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Papillion. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Soon-to-be graduates walk through Creighton's campus outside of a girls class A semifinal game at Morrison Stadium on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Omaha. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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A bicyclist rides toward downtown on the 13th Street bike lane on Friday, May 13, 2022. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Goldenrod Pastries owner Angela Garbacz (left) talks with Molly Ebbers of Lincoln on Thursday, May 12, 2022. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Dee and Ronald Baddorf (from left) scratch Lucy, their mini-pig, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The Baddorfs are hoping the Lincoln City Council will approve a waiver so they can keep Lucy at their Lincoln home. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Lincoln Southwest’s Alex Kosmicki (23) dribbles to the goal as Papillion-La Vista South’s Jenasy Schultz (1) goes for the save during the girls A-4 district championship game Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Seacrest Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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The Husker dugout erupts in cheers as Sydney Gray (bottom) reaches home plate after scoring the second solo home run of the fifth inning against Indiana, Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Bowlin Stadium. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Exterior of a Ford TRIPI-Motor 5-AT, seen on Thursday, May 5, 2022. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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The Omaha Bryan boys soccer team celebrates its District A-7 boys championship win over Lincoln Southeast, Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Omaha Bryan High School. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Runners make their way through the final stretch of the 2022 Lincoln Marathon Sunday, May 1, 2022. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln Southwest players celebrate the goal by Jillian Lane (third from left) with Lincoln East's Page Monson reacting in the background during the second half of a Class A girls state soccer first-round match, Monday, May 9, 2022, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Lincoln East's Jesse Chartier (left) embraces with teammate Kayma Carpenter after losing to Lincoln Southwest in a Class A girls state soccer first-round match, Monday, May 9, 2022, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.
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Supporters of Donald Trump blow kisses, give cheers and vie for position as Trump takes the stage during a Trump rally for Charles Herbster at the I-80 Speedway on Sunday, May 1, 2022, near Greenwood. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Lincoln Southeast's Lilly Talley (left) and doubles partner Lily Rippeteau celebrate a point in the No. 2 doubles finals of the Heartland Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Woods Tennis Center. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Lincoln East's Elijah Jobst (8) blocks a shot by Lincoln Southwest's Lane Kruse (16) during a Class A boys state soccer first-round match Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Juju Tyner (center, in green) holds a sign in support of Roe vs. Wade as she joined others in a pro-abortion rights rally on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, on the north steps of the Capitol. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Midland’s Matt Ross dives but misses the ball hit by a Doane hitter during a GPAC Tournament game Friday, May 6, 2022, in Crete. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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A crowd of supporters cheer on Jim Pillen as he takes the stage during an election night party at the Embassy Suites, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Lincoln. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Tim Brox fills out his voting ballot at the Redeemer Lutheran Church offices, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Lincoln. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Lincoln East players celebrate as they see the district championship plaque after defeating Omaha Westside during the District A-4 baseball final at Den Hartog Field, Saturday, May 7, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Lincoln East’s Paige Poppe (13) and Columbus’ Liberty Larsen battle to head the ball during the girls A-5 district championship game, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Seacrest Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Crete players celebrate after a goal in the 20th minute by Osvin Garcia Velasquez (second from left) during the B-5 district championship Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Waverly. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Legalizing hemp on the Navajo Nation could be good for business, but would marijuana follow?
Ira Vandever recognizes benefits of hemp cultivation. He wants to mix wool from the churro sheep with hemp to weave into beautiful Navajo rugs. He has plans to make hemp into paper. And he sees it as a viable tool to help clean up the over 500 abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation, starting at his community of Haystack, New Mexico, where uranium mining on Navajo began.
There is one huge obstacle: Hemp, like cannabis and alcohol, is illegal on the Navajo Nation.
But Vandever says he won’t let that stop him from attempting to use hemp in ways he sees as advantageous for the Navajo people, while also working toward changing the law on the Navajo Nation to allow hemp cultivation.
“It’s a whole economy they rejected and criminalized,” said Vandever of Navajo leadership. “So we teamed up with some people to write the code to say this is how hemp should be decriminalized.”
Vandever has dabbled in different careers, working with Tsehootsoi Medical Center, owning a restaurant in Ramah, N.M., and at one point opening a small coffee shop inside the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock. Now his efforts are going toward hemp cultivation and production.
"I started because on our side is the uranium mines," said Vandever. "Almost 500 abandoned mines. The hemp pulls out all the toxins from the ground naturally. We started that and it was the first pilot project."
The uranium mines, abandoned by the mining companies and federal agencies for decades, left behind a deadly legacy for people, animals and the land.
Family, community and culture are also priorities for Vandever and he saw opportunities that could come with the hemp cultivation.
"We combined the fiber with wool and teamed up and made a Navajo rug," said Vandever.
Master rug weaver Roy Kady sold the rug for thousands of dollars more than he normally does because the buyer saw the value of the hemp used along with the wool. Vandever's own anti-hemp aunt, who is also a weaver, jumped on board after weaving her own rug with hemp and wool and selling it for a lot more than normal.
"The lady who bought it said 'I know the value of this because the hemp will last 500 years more than what we have now,'" said Vandever of Kady's rug.
But Vandever's vision for hemp is larger. He plans to name the property after its former owner. It will be an incubation hub called the Federico Armijo Arts and Cultural Center. There, they will eventually teach anyone who wants to learn how to build items like weaving tools and looms with hemp, among other things.
"We are going to build stuff, innovate stuff," said Vandever. "Make cool things. We are trying to teach people how to do things with the best materials and best techniques by hand."
Although the Navajo Nation has shown interest in hemp cultivation and production on its tribal lands, an illegal operation in northwest New Mexico led Navajo leaders to tighten laws that prevent anyone other than a public university to plant and study hemp.
Vandever is only advocating for hemp to be legalized, but some people believe not only hemp should be legalized, but marijuana as well, a move they say would offer the Nation a new business opportunity.
A hemp farm leads to laws
The history of hemp on the Navajo Nation took a turn about three years ago. In 2019, New Mexico State University persuaded the Navajo Nation Council to give the school authority to conduct a pilot project growing hemp at Navajo Agricultural Products Inc., a Navajo enterprise located on tribal lands close to the border town of Farmington, N.M. The aim of the project was to determine the ultimate viability of future hemp production on Navajo.
After clearing obstacles from local communities and Navajo leaders, NMSU won approval to cultivate hemp for one project, which started out on 200 square feet, and expanded in 2020 to 5 acres.
Meanwhile, in 2020, a massive hemp and marijuana farm sprouted up near the community of Shiprock, N.M., first in the backyard of current Navajo Nation presidential candidate Dineh Benally. Authorities said he was growing marijuana along with the hemp and moved to shut down the operation.
After the incident, at least 32 land-use permits were canceled by the San Juan River Farm Board, a board that Benally served on as president during the hemp cultivation. The shutdown affected 32 Navajo farmers who were a part of the operation, growing hemp and marijuana.
“The way it was done wasn't good,” said Council Delegate Mark Freeland. “There’s a right way to do things and there’s a wrong way. And that was the wrong way. It would’ve been a possible avenue of a revenue source.”
Eventually, because of the illegal cultivation, Freeland and the rest of his 23 council colleagues amended Title 17 of the Navajo Nation Criminal Code.
Under the definitions of “controlled substances,” marijuana is now defined as all parts of cannabis containing any amount of THC. Because hemp is a strain of cannabis with at least 0.3% or less of THC content, it was criminalized on Navajo, except for certain researchers. The report on the NMSU pilot project isn't completed, but Freeland said he wants to request a presentation on it.
“Hemp is an industrial product that had previously been treated differently from marijuana under federal and Navajo Nation law,” Attorney General Doreen McPaul said in an email to The Republic. “Marijuana has always been a prohibited substance on the Navajo Nation, this remains true regardless of any changes to state marijuana laws in Arizona, New Mexico or Utah.”
Within the three states the Navajo Nation spans, marijuana laws vary. Medical and recreational marijuana is now legal in both Arizona and New Mexico. In Utah, recreational is illegal and medical marijuana is legal with stipulations. Colorado, a close neighboring state, has legalized both medical and recreational marijuana.
Hemp operations:Navajo Nation moves to shut down farms amid claims of marijuana growing
'We are doing this for our kids'
The actions of the Navajo Nation Council in 2019 and 2020 excluded any entity other than Navajo Agricultural Products Inc. from conducting a pilot program to grow hemp and specifically clarified that all other hemp production remained prohibited on Navajo. The council amended the Navajo Controlled Substance Act to specifically ban all hemp production, with the exception of NAPI, McPaul said.
Vandever, his sister Shaylee Vandever and others are working to legalize hemp by developing new language for a bill they hope Navajo leaders will consider. To avoid breaking any Navajo Nation laws regarding hemp, Ira Vandever has bought a piece of land in Cubero, New Mexico, where hemp cultivation is legal, to work on their vision. The hemp growing hasn't started yet, and for now Vandever is processing hemp sent to him from Minnesota.
“It’s really a collaborative effort,” said Shaylee Vandever. “A lot of us came together and we are really getting innovative with hemp. We aren't doing this for us, we are doing this for our kids. We don't want them suffering seven generations in the future.”
Not far from Haystack, Vandever purchased an old home along with a piece of land where the house and other structures sit to help build his hemp cultivation operations.
Vandever credits a workshop he attended held by Winona LaDuke, an environmental activist and hemp grower who has worked with tribes. The annual Indigenious Hemp Conference is held on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, where hemp cultivation is legal.
“They brought all these Indigenous people together in this small area in Minnesota and it was like a think tank,” said Vandever.
Navajo officials stand firm on policies
As Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado have legalized both recreational and medicinal marijuana, Navajo officials have stood firm with the decision not to legalize marijuana or hemp.
“You have to look at it from all angles,” said Freeland, the council delegate. “You have to look at the social impacts. Look at the traditional view, what do the elders think? Everything needs to be taken into consideration.”
Freeland, who represents Navajo chapters in New Mexico, said he told New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that New Mexico never consulted with the tribes on the legalization of marijuana.
“The state has a law that if anything like this happens, the states have to consult with tribes and we never received that consultation,” said Freeland. “My situation is there could be dispensaries close by liquor stores. There could be a black market situation, and it could become territorial. Those are the realities that I was thinking about.”
Even if Vandever is only interested in legalizing hemp, the possibility of tribes legalizing medical or recreational marijuana and operating dispensaries in Arizona has raised questions.
Verrin Kewenvoyouma, attorney at Kewenvoyouma Law, a Tempe-based firm focused on the practice of Indian law, said with over 530 tribes in the country, the discussion of decriminalizing medical marijuana to operating dispensaries for recreational use on tribal lands is well under way.
“It varies significantly,” said Kewenvoyouma. “There are a lot of things, besides legal consideration, that is being put into these decisions like mostly and mainly what tribes' values are with respect to their perception on marijuana.”
Kewenvoyouma said when it comes to the business side, figuring out what the market for marijuana would look like for tribes who want to pursue it is another factor.
“A rough comparison is that you can look at casino gaming in various places,” said Kewenvoyouma. “There are places where you have 1,100 machines and there are places where you have none because there is no market for it. So even if tribes want to do it, can they do it? Do they have the market for it?"
The benefits for tribes could not only bring more dollars into the economy, it could also drive down high costs in dispensaries that are seen throughout Phoenix.
Marijuana sales:Despite state legalization, marijuana is still illegal on Navajo, Gila River nations
Jonathan Udell, political director of the group Arizona NORML and co-chair of the cannabis department at Rose Law Group, said he’s surprised tribes in Arizona aren’t taking the initiative to get into the marijuana business, as opposed to other tribes in the country that have welcomed it.
“It could provide a nice revenue for tribes,” said Udell. “And for tribes in Arizona, I think it's an even more appealing proposition because there are so few dispensary licenses here. It’s one dispensary for every 10 pharmacies in the state and as a result of that there are very high prices in Arizona.”
Arizona dispensaries are competing with the black market and, as a result, prices are high and dispensaries are reaping massive profits because of how much they can charge, Udell said. The monopoly in place now is in need of competition and he believes tribes that sit outside of the city limits could be that competition.
Some tribes in California currently own recreational dispensaries, such as Mountain Source Dispensary that opened east of San Diego in 2019, operated by the lipay Nation of Santa Ysabel on their tribal lands. All products meet the California and San Ysabel Tribal Cannabis Regulatory Agency regulations and standards.
Currently, the Pojoaque and Picuris Pueblos of northern New Mexico, are inching closer to recreational marijuana involvement. The tribes signed an agreement with New Mexico recognizing the tribe's authority to collect taxes on sales of cannabis products.
Questions remain about legalization
In South Dakota, a referendum with the Oglala Sioux Tribe to legalize medical and recreational marijuana on the Pine Ridge Reservation passed and allowed for the tribe to take control of how it will cultivate and operate its own cannabis business.
Jenny Big Crow, a citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, said it's imperative to only have enrolled tribal members participate in the business because she has seen non-tribal members profit from their lands in various ways. She said getting a lawyer to help with developing laws and language that will only benefit tribal members is a must, and she has offered to consult with other tribes.
"We also made sure that you have to be 100 percent enrolled member," said Big Crow. "We needed to make sure that guys don't just come in, we know they're already stealing from us in different areas on our reservation like with ranching, using our land, they are finding ways around our laws. It usually follows back to white people who have no ties to the Native community except wanting money."
On the Navajo Nation, nothing is in place regarding economy of marijuana. JT Willie, director of the Navajo Department of Economic Development, said the tribe does not have any estimated fees or taxes related to the production or sale of recreational marijuana. It would need to develop a strategy that recognizes the growing of marijuana on particular parcels, which would involve exporting fees for goods, taxation on those goods being sold for distribution, and wholesale waivers.
The Navajo Nation would also need to amend taxing jurisdictions on the sale of marijuana goods in retail store settings. If there is a regulation in place for retail on the Navajo Nation, the tribe would need to develop that taxing law on public marijuana sales on Navajo Nation land.
Also, sales of marijuana are only acceptable on a cash basis because of governmental restrictions on banks. The tribe would need to develop a risk factor for cash floating around Navajo Nation for this type of sale, which means the business insurance rate would be another factor, said Willie.
“Navajo Nation in comparison to other tribal lands is unique because of the government structure and local chapter governance jurisdiction, therefore it would be difficult to compare 110 chapters to another tribal nation on the stance of marijuana,” said Willie.
With the presidential elections under way, some people are surprised that no one is mentioning the Shiprock hemp and marijuana farms. McPaul, the attorney general, hasn't responded to questions on the status of the situation in regard to the farmers and Benally.
Ira Vandever and Shaylee Vandever agree that there were mistakes in the way the illegal marijuana farms were cultivated in Shiprock, because they see it as a medicine and the way it was grown takes away from the plant medicinally. Vandever's approach to cultivation of hemp is to leave as little carbon footprint as possible, and do it by hand.
The siblings believe the Navajo Nation government used scare tactics around hemp and set the tribe back 10 years. They also see an attempt to later capitalize on hemp and monopolize it to keep citizens from trying to grow it themselves.
"It's a disservice to the people, a lack of thorough research on what separates hemp from cannabis," said Shaylee. "If there were experts who are employed with the legal, criminal system, If there were people there to say what is cannabis and hemp, then that would've been helpful. But what has grown from that situation is propaganda."
Arlyssa D. Becenti covers Indigenous affairs for The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Send ideas and tips to arlyssa.becenti@arizonarepublic.com. Follow on Twitter @abecenti.
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WISE, Va. (WJHL) – A total of $1 million has been awarded to Wise County to construct a new sewer line for area residents.
According to a release from Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), another $500,000 was awarded to the county by the Appalachian Regional Commission in order to build the Glamorgan sewer line. The funds follow another 2020 grant of $500,000 for the same project.
“The Glamorgan sewer line project will benefit the health and quality of life for Wise County residents and improve potential for economic development,” Congressman Griffith stated in the release. “ARC’s award of $500,000 is a welcome investment toward completing the project.”
Across the entire project, more than 13,500 feet of sewer line is planned for construction. According to the release, 44 households and 13 businesses will be impacted by the expanded access.
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A new history exhibit at the Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery will explain how the Duneland town of Beverly Shores came to be.
In June, the museum will host the 75th town anniversary exhibit. It looks back at how the town on Lake Michigan blossomed from one developer's vision.
"What makes a community, and how do communities transform? What causes these changes, and how do individuals experience the transformation of their communities? In 1929, Frederick Bartlett, one of Chicago’s largest real estate developers, purchased 1,400 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan to create a lakeside resort community," the museum said in a press release. "Borrowing styles popular in Florida resort communities, he attracted tourists to his planned town via the newly constructed South Shore Line. During the heyday of Bartlett’s community, the town had an inn, stables, golf course and clubhouse, a church, casino, art colony, tavern, theater, post office, fire department, school and several recreation areas."
The local history exhibit opens June 10. An opening reception for the public to attend will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. that night.
People can learn more about the lakefront town's history, including the historic World's Fair homes that look out over the Lake Michigan lakeshore and are now part of the Indiana Dunes National Park.
"The community experienced its first transformation with the onset of the Great Depression. In an attempt to continue the expansion of Beverly Shore despite financial pressures, Robert Bartlett, Frederick’s brother, capitalized on the success of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair," the museum said in a press release. "Bartlett moved futuristic model homes, such as House of Tomorrow, along with replicas of the nation’s most famous historical structures, for instance, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, to the beaches and wetlands of Beverly Shores. What emerged from Bartlett’s planning is one of the most architecturally diverse communities in Porter County."
Beverly Shores eventually become a largely residential town that pulls in tourists to a few different National Park sites, including the Great Marsh Trail and the Dunewood Campground. It was incorporated as a town in Porter County 75 years ago.
"When Bartlett left Beverly Shores behind, selling his lands, the town was forced to incorporate in 1947 to provide services to residents of the community. The 1950s marked a period of stability with a mix of full and part-time residents," the museum is a press release. "However, another transformation was on the horizon. In 1966 the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore was created. The town faced new pressures as two-thirds of the town became parkland. This year we celebrate 75 years of our incorporation."
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"This building will once again illuminate with light on the southernmost shores of Lake Michigan, not with the fire and fury of the open hearth but with the amber glow and hypnotic flow of iron ore."
"I just want to continue to make things that taste good, give people good jobs and caffeinate the Region. I want to keep it weird, continue to push the boundaries of what we do, not get complacent and come out with cool stuff for people to come drink."
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The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority has readied seven Transit Development Districts for a June 9 public hearing, the first step in an approval process that includes a second hearing, a vote of the RDA Board of Directors and approval by the State Budget Committee.
The first hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. June 9 at the Purdue Tech Center at 9800 Connecticut Drive, Crown Point.
Transit Development Districts are one-half square-mile areas anchored by commuter railroad stations. They're being created in conjunction with the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District's Double Track project along the South Shore Line and the West Lake Corridor extension through Hammond and Munster.
The TDD boundaries included in the June 9 hearing are proposed for the Munster/Dyer Main Street and Munster Ridge Road stations along the West Lake Corridor; the Hammond Gateway Station, where the West Lake and South Shore Line will meet; and the East Chicago, Gary Miller, Portage/Ogden Dunes and Michigan City 11th Street stations along the South Shore.
The TDDs' main purpose is to support development within their boundaries by leveraging any increase in property and local income taxes after their creation. The half-mile area of each TDD includes the train station and territory around it deemed most suitable for supporting residential, retail and business development in the area.
Some projects have already been announced for land within a proposed TDD — notably in Michigan City, with the 11th Street Central plan for the station block itself, and another multi-use development at Eighth Street and Michigan Boulevard.
The RDA board will accept public comment on each boundary during the hearing, which will be streamed on Zoom to allow comments from persons not in attendance.
Virtual participants may register online. A link to the registration form can be found at in.gov/rda/documents. Registrants will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the hearing.
Comments may also be submitted via email to dwellman@rda.in.gov, or mailed to the RDA at the address above. Comments will be accepted through the second public hearing on July 14.
The draft resolutions establishing the boundaries of each TDD and maps of those boundaries will be available for examination at the RDA’s offices at the Purdue Tech Center and online at in.gov/rda/documents.
For more detailed information on the Transit Development Districts, visit nwitdd.com.
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Cobe Cup Car Cruise
Cars head North on State Road 55 toward Crown Point during the Cobe Cup Car Cruise on Saturday morning celebrating the 112th anniversary of the Cobe Cup Car Race.
Larry and Cheryl Morrone, of Crown Point, look over a 1931 Ford before the start of the Cobe Cup Car Cruise at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Saturday morning.
Paul Myers, of East Chicago, closes the hood on his 1929 Ford Model A before the start of the Cobe Cup Car Cruise on Saturday morning at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point.
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Lake Central's Owen Williams, center, reacts after hitting a triple and scoring when the throw to third went astray against Munster on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Lake Central's Garrett Weber, right, reacts with teammate Joey Carra after a home run against Munster on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Lake Central's Owen Williams, left, reacts with teammate Griffin Tobias after Williams tripled and scored on a throwing error against Munster on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
David Rorex, son of fallen Gary police officer Dorian Rorex, holds his one-year-old son Kylo as he taps the memorial wreath at the Gary Police Department Fallen Officers Memorial Friday.
Lake Central players celebrate their win after Mackenzie Calinski (14) scored in the bottom of the sixth inning to make it 12-2 over Hammond Morton during the championship game of the 4A Sectional at Lake Central High School in St. John Friday.
Lake Central players raise the sectional championship trophy after beating Hammond Morton 12-2 in six inning in the championship game of 4A Sectional at Lake Central High School in St. John Friday.
Hammond Morton’s Ariana Figueroa (28) reacts after she and Analise Campos (14) both scored in the fourth inning during the 4A sectional championship game against Lake Central at Lake Central High School in St. John Friday.
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch lets Opportunity Enterprises client David Barnes, along with client Ethan Ruiz, enjoy the spotlight during Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony for a new 16,000-square-foot respite center in Lake Eliza.
Lake Central’s Ryan Mauder takes the hand-off from Josh Berry for the final lap of the 4x400-meter relay final during the Boys Track Regional at Valparaiso High School Thursday evening.
Jason Janek's mother, Camellia Janek, and his goddaughter, Cassidy Janek-Mansfield, reflect by a tree that was planted in his memory at Whiting Lakefront Park.
Merrillville’s Taylor Jackson clears the next to last hurdle during the 100 Meter Hurdles during the Portage Girls Track Regional at Portage High School Tuesday evening.
Cars are lined up on Superior Drive as customers try out the Sonic Drive-In. One customer said he was in line for an hour to order a footlong chili/cheese dog but said it was worth wait.
Dedication ceremony for Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion
Bishop Robert J. McClory blesses images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego on Sunday during the dedication of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion in St. John.
Dedication ceremony for Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion
Bishop Robert J. McClory of the Catholic Diocese of Gary meets with Eve Figueroa, of Chicago, Sunday following the dedication of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza.
Check out the Times' picks for the best images from the past week.
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Cobe Cup Car Cruise
Cars head North on State Road 55 toward Crown Point during the Cobe Cup Car Cruise on Saturday morning celebrating the 112th anniversary of the Cobe Cup Car Race.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Cobe Cup Car Cruise
Larry and Cheryl Morrone, of Crown Point, look over a 1931 Ford before the start of the Cobe Cup Car Cruise at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Saturday morning.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Cobe Cup Car Cruise
Paul Myers, of East Chicago, closes the hood on his 1929 Ford Model A before the start of the Cobe Cup Car Cruise on Saturday morning at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Cobe Cup Car Cruise
A worn American flag blows in the breeze on the antenna of a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 before the start of the Cobe Cup Car Cruise.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Final graduation in historic LaCrosse High School
Veteran radio sportscaster Harold Welter addresses the graduating class of Lacrosse High School on Friday.
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Final graduation in historic LaCrosse High School
Kyle Gorski, an honors graduate of LaCrosse High School, stands with his diploma during commencement Friday.
Steve Euvino
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Lake Central's Owen Williams, center, reacts after hitting a triple and scoring when the throw to third went astray against Munster on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
Kale Wilk, The Times
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Munster's Kevin Hall reacts after a single on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
Kale Wilk, The Times
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Lake Central's Garrett Weber, right, reacts with teammate Joey Carra after a home run against Munster on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
Kale Wilk, The Times
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Munster's dugout reacts after a home run by Jake Thometz on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
Kale Wilk, The Times
4A baseball sectional semifinal: Lake Central vs. Munster
Lake Central's Owen Williams, left, reacts with teammate Griffin Tobias after Williams tripled and scored on a throwing error against Munster on Saturday during a 4A sectional semifinal at Highland High School.
Kale Wilk, The Times
Gary police memorial service
K-9 officers join the Gary Police Department Fallen Officers Memorial Friday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Gary police memorial service
Gary police department officers were joined by officers from other departments at the Gary Police Department Fallen Officers Memorial on Friday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Gary police memorial service
David Rorex, son of fallen Gary police officer Dorian Rorex, holds his one-year-old son Kylo as he taps the memorial wreath at the Gary Police Department Fallen Officers Memorial Friday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
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Lake Central players celebrate their win after Mackenzie Calinski (14) scored in the bottom of the sixth inning to make it 12-2 over Hammond Morton during the championship game of the 4A Sectional at Lake Central High School in St. John Friday.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
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Lake Central players raise the sectional championship trophy after beating Hammond Morton 12-2 in six inning in the championship game of 4A Sectional at Lake Central High School in St. John Friday.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
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Hammond Morton’s Ariana Figueroa (28) reacts after she and Analise Campos (14) both scored in the fourth inning during the 4A sectional championship game against Lake Central at Lake Central High School in St. John Friday.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Neighborhood park seen as 'catalyst' for future growth
Kaiden Ballard, 5, uses the slide on the playground Thursday at Windrich Park at Jacobs Square in Hammond.
Steve Euvino, The Times
Lake Central High School commencement
Gabriel Bellar waves to family at the Lake Central High School commencement.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Lake Central High School commencement
Kaitlyn O'Drobinak wipes a tear away as she watches a Class of 2022 tribute video at the Lake Central High School commencement.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Lake Central High School commencement
Elizabeth Solis and Kyle Kennedy watch a Class of 2022 tribute video at the Lake Central High School commencement.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Lake Central High School commencement
Lake Central junior Lexi Crenshaw takes a selfie with graduating seniors.
John J. Watkins, The Times
OE breaks ground on respite facility
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch lets Opportunity Enterprises client David Barnes, along with client Ethan Ruiz, enjoy the spotlight during Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony for a new 16,000-square-foot respite center in Lake Eliza.
Doug Ross, The Times
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Boone Grove’s Jarrod Benkovich competes in the high jump during the Boys Track Regional at Valparaiso High School Thursday evening.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
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Lake Central’s Ryan Mauder takes the hand-off from Josh Berry for the final lap of the 4x400-meter relay final during the Boys Track Regional at Valparaiso High School Thursday evening.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Family memorializes Jason Janek
Jason Janek's mother, Camellia Janek, and his goddaughter, Cassidy Janek-Mansfield, reflect by a tree that was planted in his memory at Whiting Lakefront Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Family memorializes Jason Janek
Jason Janek's name adorns a tree planted in his memory at Whiting Lakefront Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
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Kankakee Valley’s Emily Nannenga competes in the high jump Tuesday at the Portage Girls Track Regional at Portage High School.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls
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Merrillville’s Taylor Jackson clears the next to last hurdle during the 100 Meter Hurdles during the Portage Girls Track Regional at Portage High School Tuesday evening.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls
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Valparaiso’s Ayla Rice competes in the shot put during the Portage Girls Track Regional at Portage High School Tuesday evening.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls
Sonic Drive-In has its long-awaited opening Monday
Jessica Townsend delivers food to a customer at the new Sonic Drive-In on it's first day open.
John J. Watkins The Times
Sonic opening makes big boom in Crown Point
Cars are lined up on Superior Drive as customers try out the Sonic Drive-In. One customer said he was in line for an hour to order a footlong chili/cheese dog but said it was worth wait.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Dedication ceremony for Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion
Bishop Robert J. McClory blesses images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego on Sunday during the dedication of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion in St. John.
Steve Euvino
Dedication ceremony for Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion
Bishop Robert J. McClory of the Catholic Diocese of Gary meets with Eve Figueroa, of Chicago, Sunday following the dedication of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza.
Steve Euvino
Dedication ceremony for Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion
Members of the Xel-Ha Escuela de Danza process as Aztec dancers Sunday for the dedication of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Plaza.
"This building will once again illuminate with light on the southernmost shores of Lake Michigan, not with the fire and fury of the open hearth but with the amber glow and hypnotic flow of iron ore."
"I just want to continue to make things that taste good, give people good jobs and caffeinate the Region. I want to keep it weird, continue to push the boundaries of what we do, not get complacent and come out with cool stuff for people to come drink."
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One resident died and four residents and three firefighters were injured in a fire Monday night in a 312-unit condominium building at 200 Park Ave. in the Park of River Oaks complex.
The Calumet City Fire Department responded about 7 p.m. to a report of a fire at the high-rise residential building, Fire Chief Glen Bachart said.
"First-in companies reported heavy fire of a second-floor unit at the rear of the building extending to the seventh floor and roof-line area," Bachart said in a statement issued Tuesday morning.
He said an adult female resident on the seventh floor died.
"Four residents and three firefighters were transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries," Bachart said. "The building sustained heavy fire and smoke damage throughout."
Calumet City was assisted by 24 agencies, both fire and EMS, and the American Red Cross assisted with temporary housing for displaced residents.
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Bachart said the fire is currently under investigation with MABAS 24 — the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System division representing 21 south Cook County departments — and state fire marshal investigators.
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Northwest Indiana Community Action is launching a “Those Who Serve, Gratitude They Deserve” campaign to help homeless veterans.
The nonprofit group seeks to collect daily necessities from the general public to help veterans who are homeless or experiencing other hardships.
"NWICA is proud to announce their latest campaign in benefit of unhoused veterans called 'Those Who Serve, Gratitude They Deserve,'" NWICA Communications Manager Claudia Pena said. “Our goal is to give our unhoused heroes daily necessities and community resources to help rebuild their lives.”
People can visit Northwest Indiana Community Action's WIC office locations in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Jasper and Newton during the month of June to drop off donations.
“We are in need of new socks, gloves, scarves, soap, flashlights, razors and similar items that we might take for granted but are essential for our veterans' personal hygiene and well-being," Pena said.
Hobart officer charged with fraud in Merrillville investigation; placed on leave, courts say
Portage police release photos of suspect in counterfeit scheme
Porter County dad accused of punching juveniles said he was coming to aid of sons, cops report
Woman draws pistol, kills man who was firing AR-15-style rifle into crowd, police say
Crown Point man dies in U.S. 231, I-65 crash, police say
Corsicana Mattress closing LaPorte plant meant to employ up to 350 just months after opening
Coroner identifes Crown Point man killed in crash at intersection of US 231, I-65
Serious crash in Crown Point causes closures
Man sentenced to 12 years for brutally beating wife, pouring boiling water down her throat
1 shot at Washington Park Beach in Michigan City, police say
Portage man bored with adult pornography turned to children, police say
SWAT, officers arrest 4 in Cedar Lake narcotics investigation, search, police say
UPDATE: Man sought in wake of knife attack at Methodist Southlake Hospital, police say
WATCH NOW: Driver unable to see bicyclist before crash, Cedar Lake police say
Man arrested after large juvenile fight breaks out in Chesterton park
The nonprofit also will gather donations of household, hygiene and other necessities for homeless veterans at Stand Down events throughout the year. It's a nationwide initiative to help the more than 100,000 homeless veterans across the country.
For more information, visit nwi-ca.com .
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Culver's, Cosmix Cereal + Ice Cream Mashup and Vita del Lago coming soon; It's My Party under new ownership
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Culver's is going to serve up its famous butter burgers, cheese curds and custards in south Hammond soon.
The Terpstra family plans to open its sixth Culver's burger restaurant at 7905 Cabela’s Drive in Hammond on June 6. The fast food eatery, which emerged from Wisconsin and has been exploding in popularity, is located just off Indianapolis Boulevard just south of the Borman Expressway by the Cabela's and Walmart Supercenter.
Culver's founder Craig Culver will visit for an official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 22.
"Our new restaurant will have 65 team members," franchise owner Fred Terpstra said. "It should draw from Hessville, south Hammond, Munster and people on the west side of Hammond. It should be a good restaurant."
The new Culver's also is expected to draw traffic from the busy interstate highway.
"We're going to have billboards on the interstate to attract traffic to get off the interstate," he said. "It should be a plus for south Hammond. There's also lots of traffic on Indianapolis Boulevard there — about 35,000 cars north and south a day. We've got a sign that's tall enough for people to see."
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Opening June 6
Culver's is known for the slogan "Welcome to Delicious" and an Upper Midwestern menu that includes a lot of Wisconsin cheese and butter as well as a North American cod sandwich, a pork loin sandwich, a beef pot roast sandwich and a grilled Reuben melt.
The 4,200-square-foot restaurant will seat about 120 indoors and another 40 on the outdoor patio.
"That's required for all Culver's. They're popular in June, July and August," Terpstra said. "People come with their families, sit out there on the patio and enjoy their dinners."
The south Hammond location will have two drive-thrus to handle all the traffic.
"At first Culver's only really had a single drive-thru, but they changed their mind a little bit," he said. "The double drive-through capability will be helpful because it's situated in an area where 105,000 people live within five miles of that restaurant. We've been training staff for six months already so team members are ready when we open and it's nothing new."
Joseph S. Pete
Six Northwest Indiana locations
Culver's makes all its food fresh to order. When customers order, they're given a number and told to drive-up and wait for their food to be brought out to them to keep the line moving.
"Usually, from start to finish, when a guest comes in through the drive-thru it takes four or five minutes," Terpstra said. "Usually, it takes two minutes and 55 seconds to get their food."
Top sellers include butter burgers, cheeseburgers, cheese curds, onion rings and custards.
"About 22% of our business is just custard," Terpstra said. "We make it fresh eight or nine times a day. It tastes great. We get our dairy from Wisconsin, our burgers from Wisconsin and our buns from Wisconsin. The buns are delivered five times a week. They're always fresh and soft. You'll never get a bad bun from us. Our food is always fresh to order."
Joseph S. Pete
Butter burgers and cheese curds
The chain has been taking off in popularity, especially in the Midwest.
"It started in Wisconsin and now the state of Indiana has just about as many Culver's locations," Terpstra said. "It's a really good brand. Like the Terpstra name, it's associated with good service and honest. We believe in being honest and taking care of team members."
He opened his first Culver's franchise in 2006. Now he has six locations across the Calumet Region.
"The brand is really big. They now have 865 locations," he said. "I was just trying to do one to bring in a little bit of money. Never in my dreams did I think it would grow like this. Now I have family members from the next generation coming in to help run it. I don't have to work as much. It's a nice situation. The next generation is coming on and working hard."
He's looking to open another location in about a year.
"We're just really blessed," Terpstra said. "We're still busy. We're doing fine with good-volume restaurants because of God up above. It's a strong belief of our family that we owe it all to him."
The Hammond Culver's will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
Joseph S. Pete
Coming soon
Cosmix Cereal + Ice Cream Mashup will cater to the public's sweet tooth in downtown Griffith.
The new business will share the old Twincade space at 106 N. Broad St. with True BBQ, which also has locations in Munster and Crown Point.
It's an ice cream shop and cereal bar where one will be able to customize a mix or order a specialty mix.
For more information, find the business on Facebook.
Joseph S. Pete
New ownership
It's My Party, a long-running balloon store on U.S. 30 in Dyer, has new owners.
"Our family recently sold our beloved 13-year-old balloon shop in Dyer to two lovely couples," previous owner Amy Cullen said. "It’s My Party was the first balloon business in the Region. We opened in the fall of 2008. Many balloon shops have followed, but we are truly an original."
The business at 1514 Joliet St. offers balloon bouquets, balloon columns, balloon arches, balloon garlands and balloon art for all kinds of parties and special occasions.
Joseph S. Pete
'Staple in the community'
"Our mission has been to provide the best possible balloon experience and our business has grown leaps and bounds year after year," Cullen said. "Half of our customers on any given day are repeat clients and we have hundreds of people that we have served year after year for 13 years. It’s an amazing success story. It’s My Party serves many of the local businesses in the region like Hard Rock Casino, Albert's and Purdue University Northwest, and I believe we are a staple in the community."
Cullen is turning the business over to new owners Alicia Garrett and Michelle Bean Jabczynski.
Garrett was a customer for 12 years who went there last year to get a graduation gift for her daughter. Cullen asked her if she'd like to help out at the shop.
Joseph S. Pete
'You deliver one balloon cactus'
"You deliver one balloon cactus and then you become an owner at the store," she joked.
She worked with Jabczynski for 12 years at the Disney Store.
"My family knows and most of my friends know that celebrating life is my passion," Garrett said. "So I'm super-excited to be able to share that with everybody in the Region."
For more information, visit orderballoonsonline.com , call 219-322-7777 or find the business on Facebook.
Joseph S. Pete
Relocated
Revolution Valparaiso moved to a new location at 5410 N. Calumet Ave. in Valparaiso.
It's an alternative merchandise store that sells vinyl records, clothes, smoking accessories, local art, blown glass art, incense, used books, home decor and detox products. It caters to "eccentric tastes."
It's the kind of place where one can find turntables, tie-dye scrunchies, hemp backpacks, gemstones and exotic oils.
For more information, call 219-464-2814 or find the business on Facebook.
Joseph S. Pete
Coming soon
Che bello! One Italian restaurant leaves, another springs up to take its place.
The Taverna Tonelli space at 521 Franklin St. in downtown Michigan City won't stay vacant for long after the owners couldn't come to terms with the new building owners over a new lease.
A new Italian eatery, Vita del Lago, is moving in and planning to open soon not far from Michigan City's bustling Lake Michigan lakefront. The name translates in English to "Life of the Lake."
If you would like your business to be included in a future column, email joseph.pete@nwi.com .
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TIFTON – A new Chest Pain Unit will open Wednesday at Tift Regional Medical Center on the first floor of the new patient tower.
This new unit will be a seven-bed observational unit that will specialize in evaluating and caring for patients who present to ER with acute chest pain and are considered at a low- to intermediate-risk of a heart attack. While in the CPU, patients will receive ECG monitoring, cardiac biomarker testing and other diagnostic tests. This new unit will work closely with the Emergency Department and the Heart and Vascular Center to provide a streamlined system of care to reduce inpatient admissions, decrease length of stay, decrease health care costs and improve patient satisfaction.
“We are excited about this new unit and the possibilities it offers for an improved patient experience,” CPU Nurse Manager RN Eric Morris said in a news release. “This will help take some of the burden off our emergency department and may improve ER wait times. This can also help lower the amount of people we have to admit as inpatients, which will in turn decrease length of stay. This unit will help to streamline our overall patient care and is just another way Southwell is making innovative changes to continue providing quality and compassionate care.”
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HOWARD LAKE, Minn. — Cleanup is underway at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake after a fire on Saturday night.
According to the Wright County Sheriff's Office, crews responded to the scene off Highway 12 around 10 p.m.
Sgt. Troy Wachter told KARE 11 the fire destroyed a poultry building with an estimated 200,000 chickens inside.
Forsman Farms spokesperson Jon Austin said they do not have a firm number yet but they're estimating at least tens of thousands of chickens were killed, up to a couple hundreds of thousands. Some chickens in adjacent buildings were also affected, mostly from smoke inhalation.
Eddie Olson was having a bonfire in his backyard, about six miles away in Cokato, when he started hearing sirens.
"I'm a SKYWARN spotter so I do a lot of radio communications and stuff and this is one of maybe 50 radios I have. I just grabbed one and heard that they were dispatching other departments. So I knew it was big," Olson said.
Olson filmed video at the scene of the fire.
"It's a lot of chickens. It's a hit to the egg market, it's people's jobs, it's a local community. So any time anything big like that happens, it's not good," Olson said.
Officials say no injuries were reported, but there was extensive damage to property.
In a statement, Austin said, “Overnight, a fire destroyed one of our barns at our Howard Lake farm. No one was injured and we are grateful that first responders were quickly on scene to put out the fire. Unfortunately, chickens were lost because of the fire. We are evaluating the extent of the damage – which appears to be confined to a single structure – as well as investigating the cause of the fire.”
The Wright County Sheriff's Office said the farm fire is believed to have been accidental but the state fire marshal is investigating the cause.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A driver died in a single vehicle crash in Northeast Portland Tuesday morning, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said.
Around 5:32 a.m., officers responded to a report of a crash at the intersection of Northeast 102nd Avenue and Northeast Prescott Street. The vehicle appeared to have left the road and crashed into a power pole, PPB said in a news release.
Police did not explain why the vehicle left the road and the driver has not been identified.
PPB’s Major Crash Team is investigating the crash. During the investigation, police closed Northeast 102nd Avenue, just south of Northeast Prescott Street.
In 2015 the Portland Bureau of Transportation started a Vision Zero program aiming to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries in the city by 2025. Last year alone 63 people died in traffic crashes, the highest number in about three decades.
Anyone with information about the crash in Northeast Portland is asked to contact the Traffic Investigations Unit at crimetips@portlandoregon.gov and reference case number 22-144599, or call (503)823-2103.
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ATLANTA — Mayor Andre Dickens announced Tuesday that Darin Schierbaum would be the interim chief of the Atlanta Police Department.
Dickens made the announcement at a press conference laying out the city's summer plan for managing crime. Chief Rodney Bryant announced in April that he would be retiring - his second retirement from the force, after former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms asked him to return to lead the force following the resignation of Erika Shields amid the tumult of the summer of 2020.
Schierbaum is currently the APD assistant chief of police. He's been with the department since 2002.
Mayor Dickens said Schierbaum has "the credentials and the experience, but perhaps most importantly he has the trust of his peers and the trust throughout the community of Atlanta, and he has a deep love for our city."
Schierbaum has served in several roles advancing through the department, including as a training commander who oversaw APD efforts to implement the Obama administration's 21st Century Policing reform recommendations.
Dickens also highlighted Schierbaum's roles as a community liaison while with the Community Oriented Policing Section - specifically, as an LGBTQ community liaison and Hispanic community liaison.
Schierbaum thanked Dickens for his trust and said it was "an honor and humbling to be serving the men and women of this great police department."
He also thanked Bryant, saying he "stepped in at a most uncertain time in our profession, when we saw events transpiring across the country we've never seen before."
"Stepping in at a rocky time, he not once allowed an excuse to form for collaborative policing, smart policing and taking care of our officers," the interim chief said of Bryant.
The current chief is set to step away some time in June.
Schierbaum is a Midtown resident with a master's in public safety administration from Columbus State University, according to his APD bio.
A search is underway for a permanent chief.
"I'm looking for a chief that knows Atlanta, that loves Atlanta, that understands the police force that’s here but is also looking for any new innovative solutions to get ahead of this crime, and to get out there and do this 21st century (community) policing that we want to do," Dickens said in April.
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Byrenda Hatcher-Wilson will become the first Black woman to be postmaster in Allentown when she takes the job in a ceremony June 10.
The ceremony, which will take place at 9 a.m. at the Allentown Post Office, 1000 Postal Road, will make Hatcher-Wilson the city’s 37th postmaster, according to a news release.
She will manage 258 employees.
“It’s still a very, very surreal feeling,” Hatcher-Wilson said. “I still can’t believe it.”
She started working for the U.S. Postal Service 18 years ago in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey, joining multiple members of her family who have worked in the mail industry, including her foster mother. Hatcher-Wilson said she went into this line of work to provide for her 1-year-old son, Jaylin Whitaker.
Whitaker and Hatcher-Wilson’s husband, Darnell Wilson, also work in the Postal Service as a mail handler and customer services supervisor, respectively.
Before becoming Allentown postmaster, Hatcher-Wilson held the same title in Northampton. She previously worked in Allentown as a city carrier and supervisor, learning the ins and outs of the operation, she said.
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“I always like a challenge, and I’m a hard worker, so I’m always looking for ways to reinvent myself, to learn more,” she said. “I knew that Allentown was the place to be.”
In terms of becoming the first Black woman to hold the title in Allentown, she said it comes with pressure but that it’s important to her that she is the first.
“It’s very special and dear to me that I am the one that actually broke the mold, that people who look like me can actually look and see that they can do that same thing that I did,” Hatcher-Wilson said. “I think it’s very important to have that representation and that diversity in any job. And to also be a woman. A lot of these jobs in the past were held by men.”
Looking forward, the new postmaster said her main goals are to bring the Allentown Post Office back to the standard set before the coronavirus pandemic by bringing more employees in and helping relieve current workers in their workload.
“You know the phrase, ‘be the change you want to see,’ ” she said. “I’ve always felt like I’ve had a positive impact in any office I’m in. If there’s something I can change, if there’s something I can fix, whether it’s the culture or the morale. ... My decision to apply for the Allentown Post Office, at the end of the day, came down to it feels like home for me. I’ve held almost every role in this building.”
Post Office Operations Manager Christina Balliro, who couldn’t be reached for comment, selected Hatcher-Wilson for the position.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has again extended the deadline to apply for the Emergency Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP). Eligible West Virginia residents will now have until June 17, or until funds are exhausted, to apply for
The LIEAP program is designed to help West Virginia residents who are eligible pay their home heating bills. To be eligible, the DHHR says residents whose main source of heat is either gas or electricity must provide a shut-off notice or past due utility bill when applying for the program.
The DHHR also says those who use other primary heating sources or bulk fuel may qualify if their heating fuel is at a low level during the application period.
To apply, residents will need to contact their local DHHR office.
According to the DHHR, households that receive direct payments of the regular LIEAP benefits must verify that those payments were used for home heating by submitting a current receipt when they apply for the Emergency LIEAP. Failing to submit verification of payment could result in the application being denied.
The DHHR says eligibility for the LIEAP benefits is based on income, household size and if the household is responsible for paying its own heating bill. The income limit for eligibility is 60% of the state median income, according to the DHHR. In cases where there is a heating emergency, applicants must be seen by a DHHR worker.
Households must meet all program guidelines and be in an emergency that will disrupt their primary heating source if the issue is not addressed in order to qualify, the DHHR says.
The following chart shows the maximum allowable gross income levels for Emergency LIEAP FY 2022:
The DHHR says for each additional household, add $567. Households who exceed the maximum income amount are not eligible, however, some income, such as Social Security and Veterans incomes, types may be excluded from LIEAP.
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UPDATE (10:44 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31): According to the US Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia’s Office, a motion to schedule a guilty plea hearing has been filed in the case of Todd Roatsey.
Roatsey, a former counselor at Pinch Elementary School, was indicted on multiple child pornography charges in February of 2022.
There is no word yet on when the hearing will take place.
UPDATE (3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 3): A man indicted for multiple child pornography charges was in court again on Thursday.
Former Pinch Elementary counselor, Todd Roatsey, pleaded not guilty to two additional charges added to his indictment last week.
The judge did not change his trial date, and he will be back in court on April 19.
Original story from Feb. 27, 2022
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – A federal grand jury has indicted a former Kanawha elementary school counselor, Todd Roatsey, on two new charges in connection to the child pornography case against him.
Roatsey, who was the guidance counselor at Pinch Elementary, now faces 13 charges.
Prosecutors planned to use videos and Snapchat conversations found on Roatsey’s devices. They say he used Snapchat, pretending to be an 18-year-old boy to get images and videos of underage girls for sexual gratification
In the last indictment, investigators alleged Roatsey deleted a Snapchat account to prevent it from being used in court.
Documents say Todd Roatsey, of Elkview, may have victims from as far back as 20 years ago.
He is expected to be arraigned on the new charges on March 3rd.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Governor Justice announced in a press conference on Tuesday that a tick was the cause of his recent health issues.
“I can’t imagine the magnitude of a small little tick that can get on you, which could cause many issues,” said Justice.
Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness. There are nearly 400,000 cases in the United States each year, with West Virginia being one of the top five states.
He said in a press release that he started feeling “extremely sick” after the WV GameChanger events on Monday, May 23 and that he was being treated for Lyme disease.
Justice shared this statement in the email on Monday:
I immediately got tested for COVID-19 and was negative, but I am still having symptoms and nowhere near 100%. As of now, I am being treated for possible Lyme disease.
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The Governor urges everyone to take tick bites seriously and check themselves and family members often.
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A Bismarck woman who told police she wanted to speak with the governor was taken into custody Sunday near the North Dakota Governor’s Residence on the state Capitol grounds.
Dakota Bee, 32, who has a criminal history, was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to the state Highway Patrol, which provides security on the Capitol grounds. Bee allegedly said she wanted to speak with the governor and give him paperwork regarding what Patrol Sgt. Jenna Clawson Huibregtse said was "a personal matter." The sergeant did not elaborate.
Bee was seen near the Governor’s Residence about 9:45 p.m. but left when she was asked to do so by Bismarck police. Officers and state troopers responded about 10:10 p.m. when Capitol security saw her near the residence again. She entered the grounds when a gate opened to let a vehicle in, the Patrol said.
It took the efforts of multiple officers to take Bee into custody as she was under the influence and combative, the Patrol said.
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Gov. Doug Burgum and first lady Kathryn Burgum were home at the time of the incident, the Patrol said. Bee did not enter the residence or have contact with anyone inside.
Bee was in custody at the Burleigh Morton Detention Center. Formal charges were pending. It wasn't immediately clear if she had an attorney.
Bee has a criminal history in North Dakota dating to 2008. Her record includes felony drug and child neglect convictions, and a number of misdemeanor convictions for drugs, theft, simple assault, domestic violence and criminal trespass, court records show.
Reach Travis Svihovec at 701-250-8260 or Travis.Svihovec@bismarcktribune.com
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Delaware Auditor Kathy McGuiness' trial delayed over debate about where it should be held
The scheduled start of trial testimony in the criminal public corruption trial of Delaware Auditor Kathy McGuiness was delayed Tuesday on a technicality.
The delay could mean the trial starts Wednesday or potentially weeks in the future, depending on how prosecutors decide to proceed. The parties are due back in court Wednesday to discuss their path forward with the judge.
The delay is due to a motion made by Steve Wood, McGuiness' attorney, ahead of Tuesday's scheduled start to testimony in the criminal trial, the first for a statewide elected official in Delaware's history.
Wood moved to dismiss the charges, arguing that McGuiness' offices are in Dover, so court rules and precedent demand she should be tried in Kent County and not the New Castle County courtroom where members of the public and press had gathered.
In October, a Grand Jury in New Castle County found probable cause to indict McGuiness on two felonies and multiple public corruption misdemeanors based on prosecutors' claims that she gave her daughter a do-little job in the auditor's office, rigged payments of a state contract to avoid regulatory scrutiny, and intimidated those who questioned her behavior.
The indictment formalizes the criminal charges against a person and gives them official notice of the charges they face and what conduct prosecutors believe justify those charges.
Typically, criminal defendants are indicted by a Grand Jury in the county in which investigators believed a crime occurred. Prosecutors chose to indict McGuiness in New Castle County as she is a statewide-elected official.
On Tuesday morning, Wood argued to Judge William Carpenter that court rules demand the indictment be issued in the county where the criminal conduct occurred, and, because it was not, that the indictment and case should be dismissed.
Carpenter did not agree with that argument, stating the indictment was sufficient to move forward.
However, Wood also argued that the law demands prosecutors not only prove to the jury the offense occurred and was a violation of law, but they also have to prove that the offense occurred in the county in which the case was indicted.
"At the end of the day, the state could have indicted this case in Kent County and we wouldn’t be standing here today," Wood told the court.
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Wood told the court he intended to file a motion of acquittal asking the judge to toss the case once prosecutors present evidence that shows none of the alleged crimes occurred in New Castle County.
In response, prosecutors argued that McGuiness' status as a statewide-elected official whose alleged crimes affected citizens in each of Delaware's three counties makes the current venue in New Castle County legitimate.
Carpenter indicated that prosecutors arguments "flip" decades upon decades of legal precedence "on its head." But Carpenter took no official action because a motion of acquittal is made whenever prosecutors finish presenting the evidence they were scheduled to begin putting to a jury Tuesday.
Carpenter said prosecutors' argument that McGuiness' status as a statewide official would mean she could be tried anywhere "causes concern." He likened it to McGuiness being accused of murdering someone in Sussex County and then being tried in New Castle County, stating such would be a "radical change" to centuries of judicial precedent in Delaware.
And so, the situation leaves prosecutors with a choice: proceed with this week's planned trial testimony and risk the judge invalidating the whole proceeding afterward or drop the indictment against McGuiness and reindict her in Kent County, where the trial would occur at an undetermined date.
Wood also indicated that if prosecutors decide to reindict the case, he will argue it should be thrown out entirely because of prosecutors' failure to fix the issue and put McGuiness on trial more promptly.
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After Carpenter's statements, the court adjourned for prosecutors to consider their options. Eventually, the parties were summoned into a back room outside the courtroom to discuss the issue.
When they emerged, Carpenter said he wanted to give prosecutors more time to consider their path forward and assess the feasibility of moving the trial to Kent County.
Both prosecutors and defense attorneys declined comment exiting the courtroom. They are due back in court Wednesday morning to discuss the case's path forward.
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Montana Veterans Memorial Association hosts 17th annual Memorial Day ceremony
On an overcast and chilly May afternoon, veterans and community members gathered in Great Falls to pay tribute to those who gave their lives in the line of duty.
“The eight bells at the beginning of today's ceremony were rung not only as a U.S. Navy warrior tradition to honor a fallen sailor, but to set the tone for all the branches that we have come to honor here,” said emcee and United States Navy veteran and former television personality Art Taft.
The keynote speaker, Bishop Marcus Collins, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, spoke to the history of the holiday, which originated after the civil war as “Declaration Day.” In 1868, during the first national commemoration, 5,000 participants decorated the graves of 20,000 soldiers, both Union and Confederate, following what was then the deadliest war in U.S. history.
“This ceremony, what it does a unifies us as Americans, whether we are Democrats, whether we are Republicans, whether we are male, whether we are female, whether we are Catholic, or Protestant, we stand as recipients of those who went before us as heroes and have given their lives for this country,” Collins said.
Professor Marvin Weatherwax, Sr. spoke in remembrance of Chief Earl Old Person, the longest-serving elected tribal official in America who died in Oct. of 2021, and all Blackfeet military veterans who have served. Weatherwax, Sr. teaches Blackfeet language and culture studies at Blackfeet Community College and is a U.S. Army veteran.
“I have a list of the things that Earl did and his accomplishments throughout his life, but the list I had would not fit in the back of my truck, so I brought a smaller one,” Weatherwax Sr. said.
At the age of 25, in 1954, Old Person was elected to his first term as a tribal council member. Old Person became chairman 10 years later and he held the position for 34 years. In the 1970s, Old Person served as president of the National Congress of American Indians, where he served on a committee that founded the nation's first tribally owned bank. In 1978, Old Person gained perhaps his proudest title when he became chief of the Blackfeet Nation.
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Old Person was a leading advocate for access to higher education. Though he never attended college himself, Old Person holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Montana. In 1993, Old Person presented the first State of the Indian Nation Address before the Montana State Legislature in Helena.
Weatherwax sang in honor of Old Person and closed with a phrase he said Old Person always said, “People are the most important, when they come to you, you've got to acknowledge them. We’re never too important.”
“Although the chief was not a veteran himself, his spiritual and moral leadership represented the warrior values reflected with honor in the Blackfeet veterans and an inspiration to all veterans of Indian country who served,” Taft said in his introduction.
Spokespeople from the offices of both of Montana’s U.S. Senators took turns saying each of America’s wars which was followed by the ringing of a bell.
Montana Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras was in attendance, sitting front row as her sons participated in the ceremony as members of the Vocal Patriots. She said she was there to honor her fallen uncle Capt. William Wylie Galt, a medal of honor recipient who died in World War II.
City Commissioner Joe McKenney and County Commissioner James Larson, both U.S. Navy veterans, attended the ceremonies Monday afternoon.
The Vocal Patriots sang both “God Bless America” and the National Anthem. The Great Falls Municipal Band played the Armed Forces Medley and Jesse Callender of the Great Falls Shrine Pipe Band played “Bagpipe Salute.”
Both the invocation and the benediction prayers were led by Malmstrom Air Force Base Chaplain Capt. Christopher Pitts, with Malmstrom Honor Guard conducting the Presentation of the Colors.
The Montana Veterans Memorial will be closed for construction starting June 1 to replace over 4,000 square feet of concrete that had been shifting due to an unstable base, according to a media release Monday.
Repairs are being overseen by TD&H engineering, Missouri River Trucking and Excavating, Liberty Electric and architect Gene Davidson.
Montana Veterans Memorial Association President Starnell Darko said that people interested in viewing the memorial during construction can do so online at https://montanaveteransmemorial.org/ and said that updates will be posted to the group’s Facebook page. The association is welcoming donations to cover construction costs.
The next planned ceremony held at the Montana Veterans Memorial will be on Veterans Day on Nov. 11, 2022.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – After being canceled for two years because of COVID-19, Altamonte Springs’ massive Fourth of July event is making a colorful return.
Red Hot & Boom will take place July 3 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Cranes Roost Park, with the fireworks display set to start at 9:30 p.m. The free annual event has brought tens of thousands of people to Altamonte Springs every year for the past two decades.
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In addition to the fireworks, several musical acts will perform throughout the day, including:
- Sofia Carson
- The Walters
- Em Beihold
- Leah Kate
- JVKE
- Nicky Youre
- Emmy Meli
- Alyssa Rahgu
There will also be a kids play area on the north side of the park.
Food vendors will be on hand around the lake, but people can bring small soft-sided coolers, along with folding chairs, blankets and pop-up tents or canopies.
For complete information, including prohibited items, road closures and parking information, head to the city of Altamonte Springs website.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As pride month begins Wednesday, the University of Central Florida Police Department is announcing an expansion of a program to increase LGBTQ+ inclusion at UCF.
UCFPD has brought UCF’s Safe Zone training to members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Orlando Police Department.
“We want all of our LGBTQ+ community to feel safe when reporting a crime,” UCF Officer Ashley Gonzalez-Montanez said.
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The program is designed to reduce homophobia and transphobia at UCF by maintaining an LGBTQ+ affirming environment and culture.
According to UCF, 17 officers and community members took part in the training last month, which includes a foundation of terminology and understanding of sexual and gender identity pronouns.
“It goes a long way when somebody takes that little moment to (ask) ‘Hey, how would you like me to refer to you as?’” Gonzalez-Montanez said.
Together, all three agencies have worked with businesses at UCF Downtown so everyone can recognize places of support and assistance.
“The reaction we got from (business owners) was incredible. They were so happy to be a part of this program,” Orlando Police Sgt. Amanda White said. “They were like, ‘This is great that you’re here showing your support for us, but that we can also show support for the community as well.’”
Officials said the UCF Safe Zone training is available to anyone in the community.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – When you think of leaders, who do you think about? A CEO, an elected official, someone with a specific title or lots of money?
It turns out you don’t need any of that to impact your community. Sometimes helping others is all about identifying your passion and tapping into it.
That’s exactly what News 6 investigative photojournalist Corie Murray did.
You may remember him from a promotion News 6 ran on-air and online inviting viewers to get to know its employees.
During the video Murray talked about his passion for his work, capturing the important moments in Central Florida, and bringing them to viewers. That includes covering big trials and devastating hurricanes.
He also talked about the importance of giving back.
During an episode of Real Talk Real Solutions, Murray explained, for him, that means being a mentor to kids and adults.
He helps with “teach-ins” at local schools and also started a podcast to help build generational wealth. It’s called Black Men Sundays.
Murray says the two go hand-in hand. “I do teach-ins at Dream Lake Elementary,” he said. “The first instinct came from there was a little girl. I thought she was one of the best finalists for the shake competition that they do in Atlanta every year, but when I got the picture back the little girl that I really wanted to be there wasn’t there and I said why didn’t she go, they said well she didn’t have the money to go, so that’s when I started thinking.”
To make sure qualified kids aren’t left behind, Murray says he now helps provide funding as the president of the National Engineering League in the Orlando District.
As part of Murray’s podcast, which he does separately from his role at News 6, he focuses less on poverty and more on building wealth.
“I feel like I am basically giving you the journal to financial success,” said Murray.
Part of that journal/podcast includes a conversation with former president and chief executive officer of Graham Media Group, Emily Barr.
Murray said he asked Barr to talk about retirement on Black Men Sundays when she stopped by News 6 as part of her retirement tour.
After listening to the podcast, Murray says Barr was on board and willingly gave valuable nuggets on what it takes to retire well. That includes this tip about saving money, something she has been doing since her very first job.
“I wasn’t making very much money back then. I think my salary was $11,000 a year or $11,500. It seemed like a lot at the time. So, what I did was I made myself save something every month. Even if it was $25. It didn’t really matter. I had a separate savings account and I put that money in the savings account every month. It was like a discipline thing I made myself do and that’s how I started saving money,” said Barr.
In addition to Barr, Murray says he has sat down with real estate experts, accountants and financial advisors.
“I asked a financial advisor that I had on the show, I said so I had you on the show for two hours, how much would you charge me for a private consultation? He said, ‘Oh $200 to $300 bucks,’ so think about it, I am giving you gems every week for free,” said Murray.
To learn more about Murray, his commitment to the community, and how he is using his passion to get results during his free time, listen to Real Talk Real Solutions.
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. – A woman was killed and a man was hurt on Memorial Day when their motorcycle slammed into the rear of a car, according to Titusville police.
Investigators said Tyler John Zimmerman, 26, from Cocoa was riding his Harley Davidson south along South Washington Avenue with Ann Kief, 29, from West Virginia.
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Around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Riveredge Drive, the bike hit the rear of a 2001 Pontiac Grand AM, driven by a 61-year-old man from Cocoa, police said. Officers did not say what caused the collision.
Kief was rushed to the hospital where she later died, according to police. Zimmerman is expected to be OK, records show.
The other driver was not hurt in the wreck.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — First responders in Crittenden County, Arkansas, are on the scene of a plane crash Tuesday morning.
The plane crashed east of Dacus Lake neat West Memphis.
The City of West Memphis spokesperson tells ABC24 one person died, and they said the victim is not local to the area.
The spokesperson said the plane was crop duster.
A Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority spokesperson confirmed the plane took off Tuesday morning from General DeWitt Spain Airport in northwest Memphis.
We're told the Crittenden County Sheriff's Department is at the scene.
This is a developing story and we are working to gather more information.
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HOWARD LAKE, Minn. — Cleanup is underway at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake after a fire on Saturday night.
According to the Wright County Sheriff's Office, crews responded to the scene off Highway 12 around 10 p.m.
Sgt. Troy Wachter told KARE 11 the fire destroyed a poultry building with an estimated 200,000 chickens inside.
Forsman Farms spokesperson Jon Austin said they do not have a firm number yet but they're estimating at least tens of thousands of chickens were killed, up to a couple hundreds of thousands. Some chickens in adjacent buildings were also affected, mostly from smoke inhalation.
Eddie Olson was having a bonfire in his backyard, about six miles away in Cokato, when he started hearing sirens.
"I'm a SKYWARN spotter so I do a lot of radio communications and stuff and this is one of maybe 50 radios I have. I just grabbed one and heard that they were dispatching other departments. So I knew it was big," Olson said.
Olson filmed video at the scene of the fire.
"It's a lot of chickens. It's a hit to the egg market, it's people's jobs, it's a local community. So any time anything big like that happens, it's not good," Olson said.
Officials say no injuries were reported, but there was extensive damage to property.
In a statement, Austin said, “Overnight, a fire destroyed one of our barns at our Howard Lake farm. No one was injured and we are grateful that first responders were quickly on scene to put out the fire. Unfortunately, chickens were lost because of the fire. We are evaluating the extent of the damage – which appears to be confined to a single structure – as well as investigating the cause of the fire.”
The Wright County Sheriff's Office said the farm fire is believed to have been accidental but the state fire marshal is investigating the cause.
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