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(CNN) -- Pilots at Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines say pilot exhaustion is on the rise, and they're pressing the airlines treat fatigue and the mistakes that result as a safety risk.
"Fatigue, both acute and cumulative, has become Southwest Airlines' number-one safety threat," the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, or SWAPA, told airline executives in a letter this week.
The causes, the pilots say, include cancellation chaos caused by severe weather, and climbing demand for air travel testing the mettle of still-recovering airlines.
Passenger numbers are about 90% of 2019 levels this month, according to Transportation Security Administration data, but major US passenger airlines are about 3,000 employees short from that time period, according to Bureau of Transportation Statistics data. Thousands of pilots retired -- either by choice or aging out at 65 -- during the pandemic, and research presented by the Regional Airline Association says 2,000 pilots reach mandatory retirement age this year. Mandatory retirement numbers are expected to grow over the next 6 years.
Southwest executives identified staffing as one of their key priorities this year, setting a goal of hiring 8,000 new employees. Forty percent of those will be flight crews.
More hiring alone will not solve the fatigue issues, SWAPA president Casey Murray says.
"A lot of our delays and issues that we're having have to do more with scheduling and connecting pilots with airplanes," Murray told CNN in an interview. "It is inefficient scheduling processes that are affecting when we work in a very dynamic environment."
The union wrote in the letter to executives that the number of pilots who reported being unable to work because of fatigue skyrocketed last fall, including a 600% spike in October, and hit "another staggering 330% increase" last month. "April is already setting fatigue records," SWAPA wrote.
Federal rules set baseline limits on hours pilots may work and require rest periods. The limits for major US airlines include 30 hours of flying time each week and at a minimum 9 hours of rest between shifts.
But pilots report the stresses of the job and changes because of storms can leave them worn out before hitting those benchmarks.
Southwest Airlines acknowledged a climb in fatigue reports filed last month -- 35 reports for every 10,000 duty periods, compared to 10 reports for the same metric in March 2019. Spokeswoman Brandy King said the numbers show an effective system.
"The increase is expected, as it's common to experience an elevated level of fatigue calls during irregular operations and in March, the industry faced weather and airspace delays that resulted in disruptions across the network," King wrote in a statement to CNN. "The March increase in Pilot fatigue calls is a result of the system working as designed, allowing Crew to determine if they are too fatigued to fly."
Delta Air Lines pilots are holding a series of demonstrations at airports this month drawing attention to their fatigue concerns.
"Our pilots are tired and fatigued," Evan Baach, a captain at Delta and official with Air Line Pilots Association, or ALPA, told CNN affiliate KSL at a Salt Lake City airport protest. He said pilots are working "longer days with shorter nights at home."
Jason Ambrosi, chairman of the Delta group at ALPA, said that pilots are responsible as "the last line of defense" in aviation safety but "too often we are being pushed to our limits as Delta tries to add back flying and capture revenue."
ALPA wrote in a message to Delta members last month that the pandemic presented "several opportunities for Delta to re-set its broken pilot staffing issue." As air travel rebounds now, the union wrote, unresolved problems are becoming more apparent: The number of pilots available to step in and cover for an issue caused by weather, maintenance, or a sick colleague is significantly smaller.
"Delta Flight Operations continues to run the operation at red line," the union note reads. "So, if it feels like you are working more and seeing less control over your schedule -- you are right; you are."
Delta told CNN that its scheduling follows federal rules for pilot work and rest hours.
"We continuously evaluate our staffing models and plan ahead so that we can recover quickly when unforeseen circumstances arise, and the resilience of the Delta people is unmatched in that regard," spokesman Morgan Durrant said. "All of our people, including our pilots, are working hard to restore our airline and deliver for our customers as we emerge from the pandemic. We are grateful for and proud of their efforts."
Last year, pilots from all carriers filed about 60 reports of mistakes or other incidents involving fatigue to the federal Aviation Safety Reporting System. The reports are posted to a federal website anonymously, without identifying names or airlines.
Some pilots wrote they were tired after handling training responsibilities. Others said airline managers asked them to handle too many extra flights because of short staffing.
"Both of us were yawning and eye rubbing halfway through our 6+ hour flight... I was physically unable to keep up," one captain wrote in November, despite having "appropriate, average sleep the night before."
"But 'we' press on - don't we?" the pilot continued. "Our threats are threefold of the pre-Covid environment. We've been facing delays, shortages, planning and staffing issues that are NOT being taken into account in building schedules. Why? Because we pilots are counted upon to make it work."
-- CNN's Pete Muntean and Raja Razek contributed to this report
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...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR THE
ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall.
* WHERE...The island of Oahu in Honolulu County.
* WHEN...Until 800 PM HST.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding on roads, poor drainage areas, and in
streams.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 450 PM HST, radar indicated heavy showers over windward
Oahu falling at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. The heaviest
rainfall was occurring between Waikane and Punaluu, and the
Kahana Stream has shown a rapid rise in water levels.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Waikane, Kaaawa, Punaluu, Waiahole, Hauula, Kahaluu,
Ahuimanu, Laie, Kahuku, Kaneohe, Kalihi, Manoa, Kahana Valley
State Park, Kualoa, Heeia and Malaekahana State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay away from streams, drainage ditches and low lying areas prone
to flooding.
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This advisory may need to be extended beyond 800 PM HST if flooding;
persists.
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Honolulu Ocean Safety personnel (OSD) responded at 10:02 a.m. on Saturday to a call reporting two swamped six-person canoes at Black Point in Kahala.
HFD reports, that units arrived on the scene at 10:10 a.m. and initiated a visual for the canoes. OSD was able to successfully make contact with the distressed paddlers and reported they would assist the paddlers to shore.
HFD’s Rescue 1 then launched their boat to assist with towing one canoe to shore. All canoes and paddlers were transported safely to shore by 12:28 p.m.
EMS personnel were also on the scene for medical support, however, no injuries were reported.
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...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR THE
ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall.
* WHERE...The island of Oahu in Honolulu County.
* WHEN...Until 800 PM HST.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding on roads, poor drainage areas, and in
streams.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 450 PM HST, radar indicated heavy showers over windward
Oahu falling at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. The heaviest
rainfall was occurring between Waikane and Punaluu, and the
Kahana Stream has shown a rapid rise in water levels.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Waikane, Kaaawa, Punaluu, Waiahole, Hauula, Kahaluu,
Ahuimanu, Laie, Kahuku, Kaneohe, Kalihi, Manoa, Kahana Valley
State Park, Kualoa, Heeia and Malaekahana State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay away from streams, drainage ditches and low lying areas prone
to flooding.
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This advisory may need to be extended beyond 800 PM HST if flooding;
persists.
The mother of two went missing at a surf break she had frequented for years.
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Friends and family are remembering the life of Jennifer Rutka, who passed away after she was reported missing from the surf break "Seconds."
A friend of the family told KITV4 Rutka was an experienced surfer who enjoyed surfing locally and abroad.
The 41-year-old mother of two is survived by two daughters and her husband. Friends have organized a GoFundMe in support.
Family friend Kevin Flanagan, says he has surfed all over the world with the Rutkas and there is has been an outpouring of community support commemorating the surfer and mother.
Flanagan described Rutka as, "A fabulous mother. So committed to her girls and her husband. She would choose doing a small craft with her 5 year old over anything else in the world. Loved the Hawaii Kai community. She's been in it for decades."
Friends and family say details as to what went wrong are still scarce.
"Jen was also a very experienced surfer. On any given day she is probably one of the best surfers in the line up. We're all still kind of in shock about it happening," Flanagan told KITV4.
Rutka also worked in a managing role in the food and beverage industry locally, as well as bringing up her kids in the community.
"Going out, spending time in the ocean, being together and being happy was all they ever wanted," Flanagan said, "Again, this is such a tragedy. She is such a wonderful human. And we are all just devastated."
Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com
Jeremy Lee joined KITV after over a decade & a half in broadcast news from coast to coast on the mainland. Jeremy most recently traveled the country documenting protests & civil unrest.
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Amber Alert issued for missing Georgia 1-year-old
Published: Apr. 17, 2022 at 12:18 AM EDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
MONROE, Ga. (Gray News) - Police in Monroe, Georgia, have issued a Levi’s Call (Georgia’s Amber Alert) for a missing 1-year-old girl.
The Monroe Police Department is searching for Nala Norwood, 1. She has black curly hair and weighs about 20 pounds.
Police say she was abducted by Gregory Deonte Norwood, 31. He is 6 feet tall, has brown eyes and black hair, and weighs about 185 pounds.
They are believed to be in a blue Chevy Malibu with Georgia license CRU7471.
Anyone who has information about their whereabouts is asked to call the Monroe Police Department at 770-267-1111.
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Deputy of Wyoming County is recovering
WYOMING COUNTY, W.Va. (WVVA) -Deputy Tyler Phillips is recovering in the hospital after a car he was assisting lost control coming out of the ditch.
On April 11th around 12:40 a.m. the car the deputy was assisting lost control and slid into him, pinning him against a tree and severely injuring his right leg. Phillips has a surgery scheduled for Wednesday April 13th. Sheriff Brad Ellison is hopeful for his speedy recovery and owes it all to the first responders.
“When these first responders sign up to do what they do, they do it because they care about their communities. I was very impressed with the response when I arrived on scene with the fire, the ems, the other police agencies there, helping him out, helping the situation out. That’s the reason I love living in Wyoming County, the people here are great.”, said Ellison.
February marked one year on the job for Phillips, he is a member of the Army National Guard, and Ellison says he is a great cop. Praying for a safe and speedy recovery for Phillips is what Ellison, Us here at WVVA, and the Wyoming County community wish for him.
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U.S. Representative Carol Miller comes to Beckley for discussion
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - U.S. Representative Carol Miller (R-WV) , visited Beckley on April 12 for a round table discussion on West Virginia Medicare.
According to officials about 43 percent of West Virginia Medicare beneficiaries select Medicare Advantage plans. That includes all public retirees over age 65 from state, higher education and public education jobs who receive their health coverage from PEIA.
“You just compare the benefits between medicare advantages plans but its definitely more advantageous than the regular traditional medicare because you get a lot of extra benefits you don’t have to pay extra for,”said medicare recipient, Jim Wallace.
Medicare is a health care program that is helping West Virginian’s get the medicare they deserve said Miller, “Well there is over 153,000 people on it right now in West Virginia, which shows you what a good plan it is.”
If you want to know more about Medicare you can visit their website. Medicare Advantage Plans in West Virginia | Medicare Plans
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‘Wendy’s Treasures’ opens for business in Pineville
Pineville, W.Va. (WVVA) - Wendy’s Treasures opened March 31 on Main Street in Pineville and owner Wendy Lester says she has already had to restock her shelves multiple times because of the high demand for her products.
“It’s a treasure trove, it’s a little bit of everything for men, women, kids. I found that when we stock it that way we have the whole family come in,”, said Lester.
Lester believes that a shop that has it all, is bound to bring the community in and bring them closer together, so they don’t have to drive so far away to get your everyday items.
“I mean it’s a community effort and they have been really great and supportive, because it’s something they don’t have to run to Beckley for. It’s a little community working together. I’m just pleased with everyone,”said Lester.
With summer upon us and trial riders coming in from all over the U.S. a store like this hopes to bring in more customers and Wendy says she is happy to open a shop in her hometown.
“I thought it would be a wonderful place. It’s my home town and businesses are building back up, Pineville is building back up, and the people here are awesome. They’ve been very helpful, very supportive So I felt like this was the place to be,” said Lester.
If you would like to shop at Wendy’s Treasures they are open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Amber Alert canceled in Ga. after mother, son found ‘in good health’
ATLANTA (CBS46) - The Atlanta Police Department has canceled a Levi’s Call (Georgia’s Amber Alert) for a missing mother and her 11-year-old son after police say they were “located in good health.”
APD has given no further details as of Saturday night but says the investigation continues.
Atlanta Police had earlier said they were seeking the public’s assistance in locating a male suspect involved in a hostage situation and kidnapping that occurred Saturday in northwest Atlanta.
APD said earlier that officers responded to an Atlanta address around 12:45 p.m. in reference to a kidnapping, and that upon arrival, officers learned that a male suspect abducted an adult female, identified as 38-year-old Kerline Lubin, and her 11-year-old son, Pierre Lubin, against their will, forcing them to get into his black Jeep Compass with Georgia tag CSL5977. The vehicle fled the area, police said.
Police said Saturday afternoon that the suspect, possibly identified at the time as 37-year-old Leonard Cross, was believed to be armed and dangerous.
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Bald eagles infected with bird flu, at least 3 dead, officials say
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Gray News) - Bird flu has been detected in Georgia bald eagles and it is affecting their nesting, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
In a recent report, officials with the DNR said samples from three bald eagles found dead in Chatham, Glynn and Liberty counties came back positive for avian influenza, or bird flu.
The department also reported that bird flu is likely undercutting nesting success for the eagles in Georgia’s coastal counties.
Officials said about a third of the eagle nests in Georgia are in the coastal counties. Annual aerial surveys of nesting bald eagles have revealed more failed nests than expected with nest success currently down about 30%.
Overall, the department reports the bald eagle population in Georgia is strong and initial survey results of eagle nesting outside the coastal region look to be on par with previous years.
Avian influenza has been detected in wild birds in more than 30 states this year, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department. The viral disease is highly infectious, untreatable and potentially lethal to infected animals. However, the risk of transmission to people remains low.
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| 2022-04-17T04:36:35Z
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Biden to host Southeast Asian leaders for May 12-13 summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Washington next month for a summit, the White House said Saturday.
The May 12-13 gathering is meant to demonstrate the United States’ commitment to being a partner with countries in the region.
The White House previously had announced that the summit would be held March 28-29, but the regional grouping of countries known as ASEAN sought a postponement due to scheduling concerns among some of its members.
The summit will commemorate 45 years of relations between the U.S. and the ASEAN nations. The gathering follows Biden’s participation in an October 2021 summit where he announced $102 million in new initiatives to help these countries with COVID-19 and health security, climate change, economic growth and gender equality.
“It is a top priority for the Biden-Harris Administration to serve as a strong, reliable partner in Southeast Asia,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Saturday in a statement. “Our shared aspirations for the region will continue to underpin our common commitment to advance an Indo-Pacific that is free and open, secure, connected, and resilient.”
ASEAN’s 10 members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Its members have been at odds with each other over Myanmar, which has been wracked by violent unrest since the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February last year.
ASEAN is seeking to implement a five-point plan for Myanmar it reached last year stressing dialogue, humanitarian assistance and an end to violence. But Myanmar’s ruling military council has delayed the plan’s implementation even as the country has slipped into a situation that some U.N. experts have described as a civil war.
Myanmar’s lack of cooperation led ASEAN last year to bar its leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, from attending its annual summit meeting, an unprecedented step for the body whose members traditionally have avoided public criticism of each other and have operated by consensus.
It has applied a similar policy for subsequent meetings, saying that it would allow Myanmar to send only non-political representatives.
Biden hosted Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, for talks last month in which the president tried to assure Singapore and other Pacific allies that the administration remains focused on the region even while working with Europe and other allies to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Dale Earnhardt’s grandson to race legendary No. 3 car in NASCAR race at Talladega
LINCOLN, Ala. (Gray News) - An Earnhardt will once again be behind the wheel of the No. 3 car for a NASCAR series race.
Richard Childress Racing announced earlier this week that Jeffrey Earnhardt, the grandson of the late NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt, will be driving his grandfather’s No. 3 Chevrolet on April 23 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Jeffrey Earnhardt has competed in all three NASCAR national series. He has 135 Xfinity Series starts and owns a best finish of third-place with Joe Gibbs Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2019.
“It’s great to have an Earnhardt back in one of our cars,” said Richard Childress, chairman and CEO of RCR. “We think Jeffrey is a talented young driver and I’m confident he will run well at Talladega.”
Earnhardt, 32, is a native of Mooresville, N.C., and is eagerly anticipating his first start with RCR.
“What a dream come true,” said Jeffrey Earnhardt said. “The chance to be behind the wheel of the No. 3 car for RCR, that my pawpaw made famous, has long been a dream of mine and now it’s finally happening.”
Dale Earnhardt more than left his mark on the sport with seven premier series championships, tied for the most all-time, and 76 NASCAR Cup Series wins, which ranks eighth overall.
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Elementary school employee charged with sexually assaulting several 8-year-old girls
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (Gray News) - Police in Virginia have arrested a school employee after several girls told a teacher about inappropriate encounters happening at the school.
The Prince William County Police Department reports that 33-year-old Jonathan George Skocik, an IT specialist at John Jenkins Elementary School, was taken into custody and charged with sexually assaulting four 8-year-old girls while at the elementary school.
According to police, Skocik inappropriately touched four girls in his office between March and April 2022. The girls told a teacher what happened and the teacher alerted school administrators.
The 33-year-old was removed from the school and from any contact with children as detectives conducted their investigation. On April 15, detectives obtained arrest warrants for Skocik and he turned himself in.
Authorities said Skocik was charged with aggravated sexual assault and indecent liberties by a custodian. He is currently being held without bond with a pending court date.
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Environmental scientist conducts own research, finds rare brain tumors linked to high school
NEW YORK (WCBS) - A New Jersey man is sounding the alarm after he says he discovered that several people who all had ties to the same high school developed rare brain tumors.
Al Lupiano, an environmental scientist and former resident of Woodbridge Township, said he has confirmed 65 cases of people with rare brain tumors. And the common denominator is they were all Colonia High School graduates or had worked there.
“I started doing some research and the three became five, the five became seven, and the seven became 15,” Lupiano said.
The environmental scientist said he was diagnosed 20 years ago and still suffers lingering issues. He started researching a connection when other family members were diagnosed with the same extremely rare tumor on the left side of the brain.
“Fast forward to August of last year, my sister received the news she had a primary brain tumor herself. And unfortunately, It turned out to be stage 4 glioblastoma. Two hours later, we received information that my wife also had a brain tumor,” Lupiano said.
After his sister passed away less than a month ago, Lupiano made a Facebook post asking all Colonia HS alumni if they had brain tumors and the response was shocking.
“There’s truly only one environmental link to primary brain tumors, and that’s ionizing radiation. It’s not contaminated water, it’s not air, it’s not something in the soil, it’s not something that’s done to us due to bad habits,” Lupiano said.
The school was built in 1967 and Lupiano said he is working with local officials.
“It was virgin land. It was woods. The high school was the first thing to be there so there was probably nothing on the ground at that time. The only thing that could have happened potentially is fill brought in during the construction, but we have no records 55 years ago,” Woodbridge Mayor John McCormick said.
The mayor has reached out to the state health department and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
“We are looking at possible things we can do between the town and school and they said they will look at anything we come up with,” McCormick said.
Woodbridge Schools Superintendent Joseph Massimino said he is waiting to hear what the next steps should be from the environmental agencies.
“I’m a lifelong resident here. I raised my family here. So, the health and safety of our students are of paramount importance to me,” Massimino said.
The superintendent said he plans to send out a note to the school community to let them know where things stand regarding the unofficial research.
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FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness
(AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illness after eating it.
The FDA said Saturday it has received more than 100 complaints related to Lucky Charms so far this year.
“The FDA takes seriously any reports of possible adulteration of a food that may also cause illnesses or injury,” the agency said in a statement.
Several hundred people have also posted on a food safety website complaining of nausea, diarrhea and vomiting after eating Lucky Charms.
General Mills Inc., the Minneapolis-based company that makes Lucky Charms, Cheerios and other cereals, said it’s aware of those reports and takes them seriously. But the company said its own investigation has not found any evidence of consumer illness linked to Lucky Charms.
General Mills said it encourages consumers to share their concerns directly with the company.
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Flu outbreak postpones ‘Hamilton’ performances
Published: Apr. 16, 2022 at 5:57 PM EDT|Updated: 6 hours ago
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - Performances of the smash-hit musical “Hamilton” in downtown Portland have been postponed.
KPTV reports show organizers said the performances that were scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Keller Auditorium were postponed due to a flu outbreak within the company.
Organizers said for those with tickets to hold onto them while they work to reschedule the show and further details will be sent via email as soon as they’re available.
For any questions, ticket holders were urged to contact customer service at 503-417-0673 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or send an email to broadway@portlandopera.org.
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Georgia man accused of leaving grandmother in freezer to die
ARMUCHEE, Ga. (AP) — Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive.
Floyd County Police discovered the body of Doris Cumming, 82, late Thursday in the Armuchee home she shared with her grandson, 29-year-old Robert Keith Tincher III.
Tincher was charged with murder, aggravated battery and concealing the death of another. He remains jailed in Rome. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.
Police said Cumming’s family believed she had moved out of state, but grew concerned after not hearing from her and reported she might be missing.
Police said they believe that Cumming was injured in a fall in December and that instead of getting her medical attention, Tincher dragged her through the home. Criminal charges say Tincher “heard and saw numerous bones break.” He then wrapped her in plastic bags and placed her in a large freezer, with the charges saying Tincher “acknowledged her back broke going into the freezer.” Charges say there was “no altercation or provocation” leading up to the acts.
“From what we determined, at the time, he believed she was still breathing and had some movement at the time she was going into the freezer,” said Floyd County Investigator Brittany Werner told WAGA-TV.
Tincher continued living in the home with the body inside the freezer for months, but moved it to a storage unit in March, fearing Cumming’s body might be found.
Werner said Tincher told police he didn’t call 911 because he was wanted for arrest because of terroristic threats made in 2018 against his wife.
Tincher also told investigators how much he loved his grandmother.
“He said she was the only family member that gave him the courtesy and love and attention he needed,” said Werner.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an autopsy to determine Cumming’s cause and time of death.
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This story corrects that suspect’s last name is Tincher, not Fincher.Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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JMU Sports Roundup: Saturday, April 16
Published: Apr. 16, 2022 at 7:40 PM EDT|Updated: 4 hours ago
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Results from JMU sporting events on Saturday, April 16.
Baseball
James Madison 8, Northeastern 1
Lacrosse
James Madison 21, William and Mary 9
Softball
James Madison 8, Charleston 2 (Game One)
James Madison 11, Charleston 2 (Game Two)
Women’s Tennis
Old Dominion 4, James Madison 0
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| 2022-04-17T04:37:31Z
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Police: 12 injured in S.C. mall shooting; 3 detained, no fatalities
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - Authorities said 12 people were injured in a shooting at a South Carolina mall on Saturday.
The Columbia Police Department confirmed that around 2:03 p.m. they were called to the scene of a shooting inside of Columbiana Centre, which triggered a response from the Columbia Police Department, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.
Chief Skip Holbrook said no one was killed in the shooting but 12 people were injured. Ten of those people were hit by gunfire. Two were trampled in the crowd as people tried to escape.
The youngest victim is 15 years old and the oldest is 73.
Three people have been detained in the investigation. Holbrook said police do not believe this is a random shooting and that the people knew each other.
Police have been clearing the stores one by one inside the mall. Law enforcement has asked anyone still inside to stay put until officials can evacuate them. A reunification area has been set up at 320 Columbiana Drive.
Anyone with information is being asked to reach out to law enforcement at 803-545-3525.
Prisma Health issued a statement on the shooting:
“Prisma Health sends its thoughts and prayers to everyone impacted by the incident at Columbiana Centre Mall including our first responders. Prisma Health hospitals in the Midlands received 11 patients with various injuries including gunshot wounds. These Emergency Departments are on lockdown, which is a normal part of emergency procedures.”
Prisma Health reported at around 7:17 p.m. that of the 11 patients received in Prisma Health hospitals, 9 have been treated and released. Two patients were admitted.
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Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it.
The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange agreement with the Chinese government.
Xiao Qi Ji’s father Tian Tian largely sat out the morning festivities, munching bamboo in a neighboring enclosure with the sounds of his chomping clearly audible during a statement by Chinese ambassador Qin Gang. The ambassador praised the bears as “a symbol of the friendship” between the nations.
Pandas are almost entirely solitary by nature, and in the wild Tian Tian would probably never even meet his child. He received a similar cake for lunch.
In addition to hailing the 1972 agreement sparked by President Richard Nixon’s landmark visit to China, Saturday’s celebration also highlighted the success of the global giant panda breeding program, which has helped bring the bears back from the brink of extinction.
Xiao Qi Ji’s birth in August 2020 was hailed as a near miracle, due to Mei Xiang’s advanced age and the fact that zoo staff performed the artificial insemination procedure under tight restrictions shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic shut the entire zoo. At age 22, Mei Xiang was the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth in the United States.
Normally they would have used a combination of frozen sperm and fresh semen extracted from Tian Tian. But in order to minimize the number of close-quarters medical procedures, zoo officials used only frozen semen.
“It was definitely a long-shot pregnancy,” said Bryan Amaral, the zoo’s senior curator for mammals.
In honor of that long shot, the now 20-month-old cub was given a name that translates as “little miracle.” His birth in mid-pandemic sparked a fresh wave of panda-mania, with viewership on the zoo’s panda-cam livestream spiking by 1,200 percent.
“I know how passionate people are about pandas,” Amaral said. “I’m not surprised by that passion at all.”
Sure enough, crowds started streaming straight for the panda section at 8 a.m. when the zoo opened. Sisters Lorelai and Everley Greenwell, age 6 and 5, ran toward the enclosure chanting “Pandas! Pandas!”
They watched the cub tumble around, try to wrestle his mom and tear the zero off the giant 50 emblazoned on the ice cake.
“They knew this was coming,” said their mother Kayleigh Greenwell of Mount Ranier, Maryland, said of her girls. “We’ve been talking about it all week.”
The zoo’s original 1972 panda pair, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, were star attractions at the zoo for decades, but panda pregnancies are notoriously tricky and none of their cubs survived.
Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived in 2000, and the pair has successfully birthed three other cubs: Tai Shan, Bao Bao and Bei Bei — also by artificial insemination. All were transported to China at age 4, under terms of the zoo’s agreement with the Chinese government.
Similar agreements with zoos around the world have helped revitalize the giant panda population. Down to just over 1000 bears in the 1980s, the species has since been removed from the lists of animals in danger of extinction.
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Teenager confronts suspected home intruder, helps police catch him
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (WCVB) - A Massachusetts teenager is earning rave reviews after she confronted a home intruder and helped police catch him.
“I think it was very scary,” 14-year-old Avery Cormier said.
Cormier did not let fear stop her when a stranger broke into her home in Middleborough, Massachusetts, on Friday morning.
“I heard the boots walk through the house and I thought that my mom might have just forgotten her phone and came back until I realized that’s not my mom,” she said.
So, she grabbed two steak knives from the kitchen and confronted the man.
“I was screaming at the top of my lungs to get out of my house, get out. That’s really it,” Cormier said.
Cormier said she didn’t really have a lot going through her head as it happened.
“It was just kind of adrenaline,” she said.
The suspect then fled and Cormier called 911. She also managed to record a video of him driving away.
It’s the video that police said cracked the case.
“She had the wherewithal in the moment of extreme stress and scary event to be able to think on her feet,” Middleborough Police Chief Joseph Perkins said.
And now 58-year-old Joseph Ridge is behind bars. Police said he has a long criminal record.
“She’s a straight-A student. She’s like, she’s just, she’s ... I don’t know, I’m blessed to have a daughter like her,” Cormier’s mother, who did not provide her name, said.
Cormier is relieved there was no violence, and in hindsight thinks she should have first called 911.
“Call the police before you do anything,” she said. “Don’t just grab knives and go chase after him. Might not work out.”
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Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigil
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday invoked “gestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war” in an Easter vigil homily in St. Peter’s Basilica attended by the mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol and three Ukrainian lawmakers.
The pontiff noted that while “many writers have evoked the beautify of starlit nights, the nights of war, however, are riven by streams of light that portend death.”
Francis did not refer directly to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but he has called for an Easter truce in order to reach a negotiated peace. That call appeared in vain Saturday, as Russia resumed missile and rocket attacks on Kyiv, western Ukraine and beyond in a stark reminder that the whole country remains under threat.
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At the end of his homily, the pontiff directly addressed Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov and Ukrainian lawmakers Maria Mezentseva, Olena Khomenko and Rusem Umerov, who sat all together in the front row.
“In this darkness of war, in the cruelty, we are all praying for you and with you this night. We are praying for all the suffering. We can only give you our company, our prayer,’’ Francis said, adding that “the biggest thing you can receive: Christ is risen,” speaking the last three words in Ukrainian.
Fedorov was abducted and held for five days by Russian troops after they occupied Melitopol, a strategic southern city. Fedorov and the lawmakers have been visiting European capitals asking for more aid for their war-torn country and met earlier Saturday with the Vatican’s No. 2, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
For Christians, Easter is a day of joy and hope, as they mark their belief that Jesus triumphed over death by resurrection following his crucifixion.
“For with Jesus, the Risen Lord, no night will last forever; and even in the darkest night, the morning star continues to shine,’’ the pope said in his homily.
Francis, who has been suffering from an inflamed ligament, did not participate in a candle-lit procession up the aisle of the darkened basilica at the start of the Mass. He instead sat in front of the altar on a wooden upholstered chair in white robes. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said the Mass instead.
Arrayed before the steps of the altar was a row of cardinals, wearing ivory robes and face masks for the first Easter vigil Mass with the faithful present since the pandemic.
Among those in the basilica were seven adults who were baptized by the pope during the Mass. The Vatican said these new faithful are from Italy, the United States, Albania and Cuba. From a shell-shaped silver dish, Francis poured holy water over the bowed heads of the seven, after they walked up to him one by one and listened to him calling their first names.
On Sunday, Francis celebrates Easter Mass in the late morning in St. Peter’s Square and gives a speech from the basilica balcony, known by its Latin name “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and to the world), in which he recounts the trials and conflicts facing the world.
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This story corrects the last name of the mayor to Fedorov.
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US Coast Guard searches for man who jumped from cruise ship
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a cruise ship early Saturday as it approached Florida.
The man jumped from the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Mardi Gras just after midnight about 55 miles east of Port Canaveral, according to the Coast Guard and Carnival.
The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man. The Mardi Gras and the cruise ship Elation also participated in the search, said Coast Guard spokesman David Micallef.
“The Carnival Care Team is supporting the guest’s family. Mardi Gras,” said Carnival spokesman Matt Lupoli. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the guest and his family.”
Lupoli said the Coast Guard released the ship from the search efforts and it continued to Port Canaveral. It will continue sailing as scheduled.
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VIDEO: Orphaned bear cub recovering after losing family in accident, police rescue
Published: Apr. 16, 2022 at 3:58 PM EDT|Updated: 8 hours ago
GREENFIELD, Mass. (CNN) - An orphaned bear cub is on the road to recovery after being rescued by police in Massachusetts.
In a Facebook post last week, the Greenfield Police Department said officers found the furry animal squealing in a tree.
Officers said they got the cub, placed it in the back of their cruiser, and took it to the station.
The cub was deemed uninjured by veterinarians and then delivered to a bear center in New Hampshire.
Authorities said they believe the cub’s mother and siblings were killed in an automobile accident.
The baby bear has since been named Alma, and police said it would stay at the center until she’s old enough to make it on her own in the wild.
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Woman arrested for helping 100 plus people illegally get driver’s licenses
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WJXT) - A subcontractor with the tax collector’s office in Jacksonville, Florida, hired to translate for immigrants, is accused of helping more than 100 people illegally get driver’s licenses.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said 56-year-old Afsaneh Baghai-Amri has been arrested for helping people get driver’s licenses illegally.
The investigation started when someone at the tax collector’s office alerted the Florida Highway Patrol that 137 people who applied for their driver’s licenses listed Baghai-Amri’s home address in Ponte Vedra, Florida, as their own.
It was reported most of them were immigrants from Afghanistan.
Highway patrol then set up surveillance at the tax collector’s office and her house.
In one of the videos, they said the woman was observed helping an applicant with the answers on the test.
Highway patrol ended up going to the tax collector’s office when she had just completed two application forms for driver’s licenses for two different men.
They both listed her address as theirs.
The woman admitted to the Florida Highway Patrol none of the men lived at her house and she was trying to help them get employment.
They also said one of the two men admitted to cheating on his driver’s license exam because Baghai-Amri gave him the answers.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Baghai-Amri is charged with 178 counts of supplying unlawful licenses along with two felony charges over exams.
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Amber Alert issued for missing Georgia 1-year-old
Published: Apr. 17, 2022 at 12:18 AM EDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
MONROE, Ga. (Gray News) - Police in Monroe, Georgia, have issued a Levi’s Call (Georgia’s Amber Alert) for a missing 1-year-old girl.
The Monroe Police Department is searching for Nala Norwood, 1. She has black curly hair and weighs about 20 pounds.
Police say she was abducted by Gregory Deonte Norwood, 31. He is 6 feet tall, has brown eyes and black hair, and weighs about 185 pounds.
They are believed to be in a blue Chevy Malibu with Georgia license CRU7471.
Anyone who has information about their whereabouts is asked to call the Monroe Police Department at 770-267-1111.
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JMU quarterback battle heats up
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The football Dukes continued spring training at Bridgeforth Stadium as the team prepares to make its Sun Belt Conference debut this fall.
On Saturday, fans will fill the stands for the first time this season as James Madison plays a spring game in Harrisonburg. There will be big shoes to fill at the quarterback position, as the team will enter FBS play without star quarterback Cole Johnson, who played his final season with the Dukes in 2021.
The battle for this position has become more intense since head coach Curt Cignetti added freshman Alonza Barnett III to the mix of potential starters.
“It’s a three-way quarterback battle and we won’t make a final decision this spring,” said Cignetti.
Cignetti praised Barnett’s work ethic on the field and in the classroom. “To come in as a freshman and have that mindset is impressive,” he added.
In September, the Dukes will kick off a competitive FBS schedule that includes opponents such as Louisville and Old Dominion. According to Cignetti, the team has grown closer throughout the spring season as they enter the highest level of college football.
“I see the team coming together. The guys are starting to understand one another, which is really important,” said Cignetti. “They’re going to need great fortitude and resilience this fall.”
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Local group redirecting their taxes to area organizations
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The deadline to file your taxes is creeping up. With only days left to file a group of area residents is redirecting their taxes to local organizations.
“The federal budget is something that’s on our mind right now, particularly because this is around tax day,” Tim Godshall, member of Shenandoah Valley Taxes for Peace, said. “Tax day is coming up on Monday so several of us have chosen to withhold a portion of our taxes and redirect that money to some organizations both locally and globally that are doing humanitarian work.”
The group is doing this to protest the United States’ military budget. They believe it is too high so they are sending the portion of their taxes believed to go toward that to local organizations instead.
“It comes up to almost half of what we’re paying in every federal income tax dollar,” Godshall said. “So we think that money could be reduced and spent on humanitarian needs instead.”
Organizers said they distributed over $2,000 to organizations, Saturday.
“We’re giving $500 to “Our Community Place” for their work with building community, particularly among the homeless population in our community, we’re also giving to the Mennonite Central Committee which has a local office here and they do international relief and development in peace-building work,” Godshall said.
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Long nails could mean fungus, bacteria dangers, studies find
Published: Apr. 16, 2022 at 8:19 PM EDT|Updated: 4 hours ago
(CNN) - Some say the cost of beauty can be high, and in the case of long fingernails, that cost could be a health risk.
Recent studies found long nails could leave people vulnerable to fungus and bacteria that get trapped underneath.
One study even found MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can cause severe hospital infections.
Researchers said people could transfer the bacteria into their system by scratching themselves, picking their nose, or sucking on their fingers.
USA Today reports it talked to a nail tech specializing in super-long, Cardi B-style nails. She said she’s never had a client have an infection because they know how to take care of them and keep them clean.
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North Korea says it tested new tactical guided weapon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Sunday, days after it passed its biggest state anniversary without an expected military parade, which it typically uses to unveil provocative weapons systems.
The test, the 13th round of weapons launches by Pyongyang this year, came amid concerns that North Korea may soon conduct a larger provocation like a nuclear test in an effort to expand the country’s weapons arsenal and increase pressure on its rivals amid stalled diplomacy.
The official Korean Central News Agency said leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials observed the launch. It said the weapon tested has “great significance in drastically improving the firepower of the frontline long-range artillery units, enhancing the efficiency in the operation of (North Korea’s) tactical nukes of and diversification of their firepower missions.”
KCNA didn’t elaborate, but the mention of the word “tactical nukes” suggested the weapon is likely capable of carrying a battlefield nuclear warhead that could hit strategic targets in South Korea, including U.S. military installations. The KCNA dispatch didn’t say when and where the launch occurred.
“North Korea is trying to deploy not only long-range nuclear missiles aimed at American cities but also tactical nuclear weapons to threaten Seoul and U.S. bases in Asia,” said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul. “Pyongyang’s purposes likely exceed deterrence and regime survival. Like Russia employs the fear it could use tactical nukes, North Korea may want such weapons for political coercion, battlefield escalation and limiting the willingness of other countries to intervene in a conflict.”
Some observers speculated the weapon tested Sunday might be a smaller, lighter version of North Korea’s nuclear-capable KN-23 missile that has a highly maneuverable and lower-trajectory flight aimed at defeating missile defense systems. Others said it could be a new missile that combines the technical characteristics of the KN-23 and another short-range ballistic missile called the KN-24.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement Sunday that it had detected two projectile launches from the North’s eastern coastal town of Hamhung early Saturday evening.
It said the projectiles flew about 110 kilometers (68 miles) at an apogee of 25 kilometers (16 miles) and at a maximum speed of Mach 4. The statement said South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities are analyzing additional details of the launches. South Korea’s presidential office said officials have met twice this weekend to discuss the North Korean military activities.
North Korea has started this year with a slew of weapons tests, including its first flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017. South Korean and U.S. officials said Pyongyang could soon launch additional provocations like another ICBM test, a rocket launch to put a spy satellite into orbit or even a nuclear test explosion that would be the seventh of its kind. South Korea’s military said it has detected signs that North Korea is rebuilding tunnels at a nuclear testing ground it partially dismantled weeks before it entered now-dormant nuclear talks with the United States in 2018.
Sunday’s KCNA dispatch quoted Kim as presenting unspecified tasks to build up North Korea’s nuclear combat forces and its defense capability after praising what he called successive progress in its efforts to reinforce the country’s war deterrence power.
The North’s recent testing activity involved the sophisticated weapons systems Kim has vowed to introduce to cope with what he calls American hostility. Analysts say North Korea may perform more missile tests after the South Korean and U.S. militaries begin their annual drills this week because North Korea views them as an invasion rehearsal.
“North Korea has a domestic imperative to make and perfect weapons ordered by Kim Jong Un last year regardless of what the U.S. does or doesn’t do. The test also tells his people that their country is strong despite their apparent economic difficulties,” said Duyeon Kim, a senior analyst at Washington’s Center for a New American Security. “One reason for the political timing could be to protest anticipated U.S.-South Korea military drills.”
On Friday, Kim attended a massive civilian parade in Pyongyang that marked the milestone 110th birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather, Kim Il Sung. It appeared the country passed its most important national holiday without a highly anticipated military parade to showcase its new weapons systems.
Kim may still hold a military parade on the April 25 founding anniversary of North Korea’s army. But if that anniversary goes without a military parade again, some experts say that might mean Kim doesn’t have new powerful missiles to display and that his next provocative step will likely be a nuclear test.
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Associated Press writer Kim Tong-hyung contributed to this report.
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Thousands come out for Rocktown Beer and Music Festival
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Rocktown Beer and Music Festival went on downtown Saturday afternoon for the first time in two years due to the pandemic, and it’s safe to say people were ready for this event to be back.
“It’s a way to get together as a group of friends, but also be able to establish yourself as someone who’s living here as a student but also interested in the sort of beer and cider community its a great way to get combined with not only your classmates but people who live in Harrisonburg,” Jackie Anderson, who attended the festival said.
Organizers say over 2,000 people were expected to show up throughout the day.
The festival offers 10 four-ounce craft beer flights along with live music and local food vendors.
“She texted me about it and said ‘it seems like fun, it’ll be on a Saturday downtown’ and I was like I’m in,” Erin Davis, who attended the festival said.
As COVID restrictions ease, people say they felt more comfortable coming to the event this year rather than in the last few. The event also had sanitation stations in place along with plenty of open space outdoors for distancing.
“Because of COVID especially, having access to live music, especially as a student at JMU that access, where it was right down the road, was extremely ... extremely in line for what I wanted to see,” Anderson said.
Live music was definitely one of the driving factors for people coming out to the festival, but the other big one was their want to support small businesses.
“The fact that also it helps the businesses downtown so like how a bunch of the breweries, Three Notch’d, Pale Fire, Devil’s Backbone, Bold Rock they all are able to sponsor the event,” Anderson said.
The festival is put on by Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and is sponsored by local businesses like Jack Browns and Ryan Homes.
“As a small business it’s important to integrate yourself and give back ... it’s a way to give back to the community,” Anderson said.
The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for the festival to take off once again. Clear, sunny skies and warm temperatures created the perfect atmosphere for Saturday’s festival.
“A Saturday in late April,” Davis said. “It’s perfect.”
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America's Egg Farmers Honor Dr. Jill Biden's Commitment to Ensuring Education for All at White House Easter Egg Roll and Donate Over 100,000 Eggs to Annual Event and Local Foodbank
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Egg Board (AEB), on behalf of America's egg farmers, has unveiled the 2022 First Lady's Commemorative Egg, a symbolic gift for Dr. Jill Biden and an Easter tradition on behalf of America's egg farmers. This year's egg has been intricately designed to honor Dr. Biden's commitment to ensuring all Americans have access to a quality education and with homages to Delaware, where Dr. Biden has called home since the 1970's.
"It is a privilege and a joy for America's egg farmers to continue the 45-year legacy of gifting the handcrafted Commemorative Egg, a tribute to our nation's first ladies, their patriotism and service, and in recognition of the causes closest to their hearts. Eggs are an essential part of Easter and Passover celebrations, not just in our homes and with our families, but at the White House, too," said Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board.
Celebrating the history of the First Lady's Commemorative Egg, this year the White House East Colonnade has been transformed into a Colonnade of Eggs. More than 40 years of First Lady's Commemorative Eggs—presented to every First Lady since the tradition began in 1977—are on display in the East Colonnade. The Colonnade of Eggs marks the first time that First Lady's Commemorative Eggs representing multiple presidential administrations will be on display together.
Now that it has officially been presented to Dr. Biden, the 2022 First Lady's Commemorative Egg will join the Colonnade of Eggs. A hand-painted quote from Dr. Biden showcasing her dedication to education is featured in flowing scrolls on the front of the 2022 First Lady's Commemorative Egg: "Education is possibility set in motion." Surrounding the quote are peach blossoms, Delaware's state flower, and the American holly, Delaware's state tree.
Since Easter 2021, America's egg farmers have also made good on their pledge to donate 90 million eggs directly from their farms to food banks, nearly doubling the donation of 46 million eggs the year prior. "It is our mission to nourish American families, and what better way to do that than provide wholesome, nutritious eggs with powerful nutrients to Americans across the country?" said American Egg Board Chair Mindy Truex, a fourth-generation egg farmer from Warsaw, Indiana.
America's egg farmers remain committed to fighting hunger in 2022 through generous donations of eggs to their communities and foodbanks year-round. In the spirit of Easter, America's egg farmers once again are donating every egg used at this year's White House Easter Egg Roll for hunting, decorating and the iconic egg roll. More than 100,000 eggs will be donated to the event and to the Maryland Food Bank.
America's egg farmers from across the country will have a strong presence at this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. In addition to the roll itself, families on the South Lawn will have an opportunity to visit the American Egg Board's interactive Hen to Home exhibit to learn about an egg's journey from the farm to the plate; decorate eggs with stickers, googly eyes, washi tape and markers; take their photo at a replica of the President's desk; and more.
In the cafetorium, mini quiches, mini egg salad sliders and blueberry swirl cheesecakes will be served to hungry egg rollers and hunters. Animal lovers can enjoy "First Pet" sugar cookies with photos of Commander and Willow. Also in the cafetorium is a one-of-a-kind Macaron White House, created in partnership with Chef Stephen Durfee.
Home of The Incredible Egg, the American Egg Board (AEB) is the national marketing organization of America's egg farmers. The AEB's mission is to increase demand for eggs and egg products through research, education and promotion. The AEB is located in Chicago, Ill. For more, visit IncredibleEgg.org.
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Student Commencement Speaker Molly Feanny Makes Official Announcement on Twitter with Apple CEO
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gallaudet University announced today that Apple CEO Tim Cook will deliver the university's commencement address on Friday, May 13, 2022, at the school's Washington, D.C. campus. Gallaudet is the only university in the world where deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing students live and learn bilingually in American Sign Language and English.
Gallaudet University student Molly Feanny officially confirmed the news earlier today through a Twitter exchange with Cook. Feanny, from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, will be the undergraduate student speaker at the 2022 Gallaudet commencement, where she will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in information technology and a minor in data science.
"I am beyond proud and honored to share that Tim Cook will be our 2022 commencement speaker," said Roberta J. Cordano, president of Gallaudet University. "Tim is a remarkable visionary, truly one of the great CEOs of our time who, without question, will leave a lasting imprint for generations to come. As the leader of one of the most admired brands in the world, Tim has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to diversity, inclusion, representation and accessibility – values that matter deeply to our Gallaudet community and so many other underrepresented groups.
"Apple's investment in and support of the Oscar-winning film CODA – one the most authentic representations of deaf people and their families in the history of cinema -- is absolute testament to this, putting Deaf people and sign language on the global stage like never before," Cordano continued. "Over the past few years, Gallaudet has enjoyed a collaborative partnership with Tim and Apple, one that is firmly rooted in our shared commitment to creating a more inclusive world. We are thrilled to have Tim share his insights and perspectives with our graduates next month."
Gallaudet University and Apple have had a multifaceted partnership advancing the value of signed languages and greater equity and inclusion for the Deaf community. In 2020, the two organizations announced Connected Gallaudet, a unique collaboration for greater accessibility and inclusion in education. The Connected initiative provided all Gallaudet students and faculty with MacBook Pro M1 notebook computers or iPad Pro tablets to support their learning and teaching and enhance the university's unique bilingual mission of delivering education in both American Sign Language and English. In 2021, an all-Deaf team of content curators and researchers at Gallaudet University worked with Apple to create several Apple Maps Guides, helping connect users to businesses and organizations that value, embrace and prioritize the Deaf community and signed languages. Apple Stores both in Washington, D.C. and throughout the United States employ many Gallaudet University students and alumni.
As Apple CEO, Cook has overseen the introduction of some of the world's most innovative products and services. Under his leadership, Apple champions inclusion and diversity, invests in coding programs and educational opportunities for students of all ages and backgrounds, and ensures its technology is accessible for all. Tim earned a BS in industrial engineering from Auburn University and an MBA from Duke University, graduating as a Fuqua Scholar in 1988.
Cook will be the presenter at Gallaudet's 152nd Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony which will take place on Gallaudet's campus on Friday, May 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT. This year's undergraduate Commencement ceremony will be the first in-person commencement since 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gallaudet University, federally chartered in 1864, is a bilingual, diverse, multicultural institution of higher education that ensures the intellectual and professional advancement of Deaf, hard of hearing and Deafblind individuals through American Sign Language and English. The university enrolls over 1,600 students in more than 40 undergraduate majors and many master's and doctoral programs. It also conducts research in various fields, including accessible technology, Deaf history and culture, Black Deaf history and culture, brain imaging, educational neuroscience, education, linguistics, and psychology.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A unique global competition is being held in Saudi Arabia these days, targeting beautiful voices without the accompaniment of musical instruments in reciting the Holy Quran (the holy book of Muslims) and delivering the call to prayer (adhan), after the entertainment authority in Saudi Arabia launched this competition under the name Scent of speech.
Five reasons may make the competition one of the most important vocal performance contests in the world, which are:
- The largest international prize: The financial prize presented in the competition is the largest in the history of international talent competitions, with an estimated value of $3.2 million.
- The number of applicants: The number of applicants for the competition reached more than 40,000 participants from 80 countries around the world.
- The first competition of its kind: It is the first competition in the world to test the beauty of the voice in the call to prayer.
- The number of judges: The number of specialized assessors evaluating competitors' performances is the largest in the history of international competitions, as their number reaches 13 assessors from several countries around the world.
- Vocal performance: The competition is the only one of its kind in the world to evaluate voice talents without the use of any voice enhancers or musical instruments. Contestants rely on their vocal performance and experience in balancing and switching between vocal ranges with different tones, a type of art that has been known for hundreds of years.
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MEDFORD, Wis., April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, April 25, Medford Cooperative will host the grand opening of our Adams-Friendship County Market. Following is a list of events planned:
- April 25 at 3:00 p.m. - ribbon cutting
- April 25 at 3:00 p.m. - presentation of donation to Adams-Friendship Educational Foundation
- April 25-29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - free ice cream cones to customers in the newly named Sweet Friendship ice cream and candy shop
- April 25 starting at 12:00 p.m. - customers will receive a free gift (limited quantity)
- April 25-May 8 - two weeks of grand opening hot deals
"We invite everyone to stop in and take part in our grand opening celebration. We are proud to be a part of the Adams-Friendship community and thank everyone who has welcomed us. To show our appreciation and Medford Cooperative's belief in supporting the communities we serve, we will be making a donation to the Adams-Friendship Area Educational Foundation as part of our grand opening.
We would like to thank the community for its understanding and cooperation as we worked through the transition the past few months. We appreciate our employees for all their dedication and hard work over the past few months as we couldn't have done it without them," commented Chris Piotrowski, Medford Cooperative CEO & General Manager.
The following are recent or upcoming enhancements you will find at Adams-Friendship County Market.
- 5% discount for seniors (60 years of age or older) every Tuesday
- No Fee ATM
- Newly named Sweet Friendship ice cream and candy shop will be open again
- A Natural and Organic section will be added by mid-to-late May
- Floral department will be named Blooms
- Online shopping with implementation date is yet to be determined
About Medford Cooperative
Medford Cooperative is a member-owned, producer cooperative that was founded in 1911, making it one of the oldest cooperatives in the state of Wisconsin. The cooperative is diversified with departments in agriculture (feed/grain and agronomy), energy (refined fuels and propane) and retail (grocery, hardware and Cenex convenience stores). For more information, go to www.medfordcoop.com.
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OAK BROOK, Ill., April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Grommet, the inventor's e-marketplace, is welcoming Etsy and Amazon sellers to consider an alternative model to paying unpredictable and rising fees for "administration," advertising and now "fuel and inflation."
Boston-based and founded in 2008, The Grommet earns its revenue by partnering with promising inventor-sellers, then working together to reach potential customers and build their brands.
"At The Grommet, we treat our inventor-sellers as partners, because that's what they are," said company President Kim Lefko. "When they succeed, we succeed. Our goals are aligned— more product sales equals more revenue for all parties involved."
Inventor-sellers on The Grommet get individual contracts that delineate consistent and predictable pricing terms, the opportunity to lock in large purchase orders with The Grommet (which actively buys inventory from successful partners) and the opportunity to grow even further by selling into partner Ace Hardware and its 4,600 brick-and-mortar stores across the U.S.
Buyers of The Grommet products get free delivery, a decidedly competitive advantage in this environment of rising shipping costs.
"Before they were big," leading brands like Fitbit, OtterBox, SodaStream, BananaGrams, S'well Stainless Steel Water Bottles, and Mrs. Meyers Clean Day all started building their brands on The Grommet's e-marketplace.
On April 11, Etsy raised transaction fees on sellers — raising prices for buyers— by 30 percent, from 5 percent to 6.5 percent.
As of Friday April 15, more than 79,000 had signed a petition asking Etsy to cancel its fee increase.
Starting April 28, Amazon will add a "fuel and inflation" surcharge of five percent to fees it collects from third-party sellers using it for product fulfillment.
Learn how to partner with The Grommet here:
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NEW YORK, April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR, IIPR-PA) resulting from allegations that Innovative Industrial Properties may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Innovative Industrial Properties securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5301 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On April 14, 2022, during trading hours, market analyst Blue Orca Capital published a report regarding Innovative Industrial Properties which alleges several issues with the Innovative Industrial Properties including that it is "a marijuana bank masquerading as a REIT[,]" and that "IIPR is less of a traditional REIT, and more of a marijuana bank, lending to cannabis companies who otherwise would not have access to the banking system to grow their businesses." Further the report alleges that "IIPR's largest tenant is a failed SPAC that appears in severe financial distress and was recently sued by investors accusing it of securities fraud and being in effect a Ponzi scheme."
On this news, Innovative Industrial Properties' stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on April 14, 2022.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience or resources. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
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LAWRENCE, Mass., April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul® is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container usage to residents who have been displaced or impacted by a fire at multiple three-decker homes on Crosby Street.
The five-alarm fire spread to at least five nearby buildings in the Lawrence neighborhood on Friday night. A total of 16 families were evacuated from the fire.
"We want to extend our thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families," said Scott Chase, U-Haul Company of Eastern Massachusetts president. "Homes have been affected and we want to support this community by offering a secure place for their belongings to be stored while they begin the process of rebuilding."
U-Haul has a variety of boxes and other moving supplies it is making available to assist those in need. The free supplies are available on a first-come, first-serve basis for a limited time at participating locations.
Customers needing boxes can also utilize the Take a Box, Leave a Box program. U-Haul offers an in-store area where customers can drop off used boxes in good condition, and other members of the community can access the boxes at no cost. U-Haul encourages anyone who has reusable boxes to drop them at the nearest U-Haul store location for this purpose.
People seeking more information about the U-Haul disaster relief program or needing to arrange 30 days of free self-storage should contact:
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Methuen
99 Pleasant Valley St.
Methuen, MA 01844
(978) 237-5053
In addition to its 30 days free self-storage disaster relief program, U-Haul is proud to be at the forefront of aiding communities in times of need as an official American Red Cross Disaster Responder.
About U-HAUL
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 23,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 176,000 trucks, 126,000 trailers and 46,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly 855,000 rentable storage units and 73.6 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S., and continues to be the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul has been recognized repeatedly as a leading "Best for Vets" employer and was recently named one of the 15 Healthiest Workplaces in America.
Contact:
Andrea Batchelor
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E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-263-6981
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LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NAMI Greater Los Angeles County is announcing its annual NAMIWalks Your Way event is returning to Grand Park on Saturday, May 21, 2022.
The theme this year is Together for Mental Health. The largest annual mental health advocacy event in Southern California, NAMIWalks Los Angeles County raises funds for free programs and services that bring NAMI's message of hope and community to everyone impacted by mental illness. Typically, nearly 4000 walkers attend the walk event held at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles. NAMI Greater Los Angeles County is partnering with Forest Lawn Memorial Parks, The Rotter Family, and Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. who have chosen this year to provide major support for the walk.
The 2022 event will be held concurrently with NAMIWalks all over the country, leveraging technology for a United Day of Hope to honor Mental Health Awareness Month. "We're especially excited to bring people together again to celebrate given the past two years of social isolation and hardship," said Traute Winters, NAMI Greater L.A. County's Executive Director. "NAMIWalks L.A. County is all about gathering in community to break down stigma, raise awareness about mental health issues, and making it easier for folks to seek help and support."
"We are excited to welcome Mayim Bialik and Risa Dorken as NAMIWalks Ambassadors this year help amplify our vision of mental health for all. Both women have independently worked to push forward conversations around mental health and are inspiring fans globally to open up about their internal struggles," said Davi Weber, NAMIWalks Manager.
Mayim Bialik currently stars in "Call Me Kat" and hosts the podcast, "Mayim Bialik's Breakdown," which breaks down the myths and misunderstandings about mental health and emotional well-being. Risa Dorken currently stars in "General Hospital" and has leveraged her social media platforms to document her own mental health journey and encourage others to find help.
NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. NAMI works to end stigma by bringing awareness to mental health, providing support, educating the public and advocating for equal care.
To register for the walk event, please click here.
NAMI GLAC is the leading countywide organization composed of grassroots-based chapters that promote wellness, recovery, equality, and dignity for individuals and families affected by mental illness and the community at large. They work to provide leadership in advocacy, education, support, and public awareness throughout Los Angeles County. Mental illness can be treated, and people living with mental illness can recover to live fulfilling lives. To learn more about how NAMI can help, visit namiglac.org. All NAMI programs and services are free of charge for individuals living with mental illness and families and friends who care for them.
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LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kalos Labs ("Kalos" or "the Company"), a proprietary web3 bridge technology that provides customized NFT platforms, wallets, and other metaverse experiences, today announced their first web3 bridge activation with Axiom Space, a leader in human spaceflight and human-rated space infrastructure, to develop unique NFT collection. As part of the partnership, Kalos helped Axiom develop their collection featuring artist Michael Kagan who designed the augmented reality "Spacewalker" NFT that was among several which will initiate minting from space imminently and will be available on Axiom's NFT marketplace shortly.
Shari Glazer, CEO of Kalos Labs, commented on the news, "Bringing together Axiom and Michael Kagan for Kalos' first partnership is a dream scenario. With the beauty of the 3D spacewalkers combined with the wonder of space travel – we know this NFT sale is going to be the first of many exciting releases for Axiom and we are thrilled to provide them with the support to make their dreams a reality. It was important to us to make these NFTs available to the widest audience possible so you can pay for these with fiat in addition to crypto."
Kalos brought together the Axiom team and artist Michael Kagan to create exclusive pieces for Axiom such as Kagan's AR Spacewalker. Axiom's custom NFT marketplace will feature various digital artwork by astronauts and artists. Axiom NFT collection holders will get unique utility depending on the NFT they purchase giving owners exclusive access to crafted experiences around Axiom's space missions along with early previews of upcoming events and releases. Some of the specific utilities provided by certain NFTs in the collection include:
- VIP & General Admission Tickets for a future launch
- VIP Party Tickets for a future launch
- Tickets to an Axiom Astronaut Dinner
- The 1 of 1 Spacewalker will also come with an Exclusive Michael Kagan framed and signed 24x24 Print and a Michael Kagan Virtual or In-Person Studio Visit
This unique partnership was made possible by proprietary technology developed by Kalos Labs that creates a bridge to facilitate brands like Axiom during their first foray into the web3 world.
"We're pleased to debut the official Axiom Space NFTs to the global space community. It has been our mission to make the dream of traveling to space a reality for more of humanity and we see this NFT collection that we worked on with Kalos Labs as a first step in getting everyone involved," said Tejpaul Bhatia, Chief Revenue Officer of Axiom Space. "Axiom's NFT collection not only features amazing art from Michael Kagan but unique utility that will allow space fans to get involved in our next mission!"
In addition to Michael Kagan's Spacewalker, Axiom's custom NFT marketplace will feature digital artwork associated with space. To view, purchase, and learn more about the entire NFT collection, please visit: https://nft.axiomspace.com/
About Kalos Labs
Kalos Labs provides a bridge for global brands to connect with web3 communities to activate new markets for content, products and services. The Company can build customized NFT platforms and provide other web3 development support for global brands, artists, media networks, fashion designers, influencers, and more. The Kalos team will leverage this experience to give clients access to best-in-class inventory optimization and monetization solutions across a full suite of web3 capabilities.
To learn more about Kalos Labs, please visit: https://www.kaloslabs.io
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WASHINGTON, April 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 18, to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
Due to upgrades required at an off-site supplier of gaseous nitrogen used for the test, NASA will take advantage of the opportunity to roll SLS and Orion back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to replace a faulty upper stage check valve and a small leak on the tail service mast umbilical. During that time, the agency also will review schedules and options to demonstrate propellant loading operations ahead of launch.
The teleconference will stream live on the agency's website.
Teleconference participants include:
- Tom Whitmeyer, deputy associate administrator for common exploration systems development, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, NASA Exploration Ground Systems program, Kennedy
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than two hours prior to the start of the event to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
For updates, follow along on NASA's Artemis blog at:
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ROCK SPRINGS – While businesses, organizations and churches held public Easter egg hunts throughout Sweetwater County, one private easter egg hunt was especially significant to one resident.
Rock Springs resident Laurie Kolar and her husband Kevin started hosting their own Easter egg hunt in 2009 at Sage Elementary School in remembrance of Laurie’s mother.
“My mom loved Easter,” said Laurie. “Easter was special.”
She explained that every Easter her mother would organize a big Easter egg hunt for her, her brothers, sister, nieces and nephews.
“I’m the youngest of eight children and I have 35 nieces and nephews,” she explained. “The oldest one was five years older than me.”
She added, “Our egg hunts were always so much fun. She would line us up by age and the younger ones would go first. About 30 to 45 seconds later, she would send the next group and so on.”
When Laurie and Kevin started the tradition, about 18 children participated. Now, over 150 children attend the event, meant for family and close friends.
“It is an invite-only event,” Laurie pointed out. “I do it that way to avoid overcrowding.”
A lot of planning for this event is involved for this annual Easter activity.
“We usually start getting ready about two months before Easter,” she shared. “My wonderful friend Sharon Pribyl, for the last couple of years, has stuffed all 7,000 eggs.”
Pribyl mentioned, “It took me two weeks to get them stuffed. I did other things in between so I kept busy!”
“I could not do this event without her help,” Laurie expressed. “I also have several other people who volunteer to help us each year.
“A big thank you to my husband for always helping with my egg hunt and supporting all the crazy things I do. I want to thank all the parents who brought their kids to this event too.”
Volunteers helped the couple place the 7,000 colorful plastic eggs all over the playground and in the playing field at the school.
“There are 100 money eggs and about 30 prize eggs,” Laurie revealed. “The prizes can consist of anything from skateboards to bubbles depending on the age group of the kids.”
Children squealed in excitement on Saturday as they found the gold eggs because that meant they would receive money or a special reward.
The Easter Bunny was onsite to greet participants and take photos with them.
According to the Kolars, they chose to host the event at Sage Elementary School because the safety of the children is top priority.
“It’s all fenced in so we don’t have to worry about a little one running into the parking lot,” she described. “It also has a nice area for the little ones up to age three.
“They can take their time and not get run over by a big kid.”
Laurie said that the event would be even better if her nieces and nephews from Iowa could participate.
“It has been awesome to literally watch these kids grow up year to year,” she said. “I love Rock Springs and the people who live here. This is just one little thing to keep the kids safe and give them great memories of their childhood.”
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MAUI (KITV4) -- Playing football at the collegiate level is no east feat. Add the fact that you live on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean getting noticed can be all the more difficult.
Maui boy Jojo Dickson knows the difficulties first hand. Going from Baldwin High School to the University of Idaho and even making the pros.
Now, back home he wants to help other local players make it to the next level too, hosting an elite level, max exposure high school football camp in July.
Dickson has teamed up with ESPN and the UC report to bring the ESPN 300 ELITE Hawaii camp to Maui.
Here are the details of the camp:
Saturday, July 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at King Kekaulike High School.
Open to players about to enter 7th grade up to players about to enter senior year.
The camp will include a full recruiting seminar -- an NFL style combine testing portion -- and position specific drills.
Media includes ESPN, UC Report, Rivals, 24/7 Sports and ON-3, former collegiate and professional players as well as coaches will be present.
Dickson says the first step is getting his initial camp done right, but hopes to make it to the annual event to help local kids for years to come.
According to Dickson there will also be at-least two all-American game invites handed out at the conclusion of the camp. One to a high school player and one to a middle school player.
Registration is open through May 1.
Those interested can register here: EVENTS – Dickson Performance camps like these typically cost $400- $800 plus travel, housing and transportation.
Dickson wants this camp to be affordable to players and families, costing just $80.
After nearly 10-years away, this local girl is home! In November 2021, Lia started at KITV as the weekend GMH anchor and a weekday reporter. The 2011 Kamehameha Kapālama graduate worked all across the country and even overseas before finding her way home.
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For many, Easter Sunday marks a return to in-person worship
BOSTON (AP) — For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marks the first time since 2019 that they will gather in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year’s holiest days side by side with fellow congregants.
The pandemic erupted in the country in March 2020, just ahead of Easter, forcing many churches to resort to online or televised worship. Many continued to hold virtual services last spring after a deadly winter wave of the coronavirus and as vaccination campaigns were still ramping up. But this year more churches are opening their doors for Easter services with few COVID-19 restrictions, in line with broader societal trends.
Among them are Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston, which since last June has once again required most churchgoers to attend Mass in person — though those with health risks may still watch remotely, and pastors have been asked to make space for social distancing in churches.
MC Sullivan, chief health care ethicist for the archdiocese, said celebrating Mass communally is important to how Catholics profess their faith. Church attendance has been trending upward, and parishioners are excited to gather again to commemorate Christ’s resurrection.
“It has been quite wonderful to see how well-attended Mass is right now. ... It seems to have brought a lot of people back to the idea of what’s important to them,” she said.
While most pandemic restrictions have been lifted, some area parishes are holding Easter Sunday services outside, including a 6 a.m. sunrise Mass near the waterfront in South Boston.
Hundreds of people lit candles in the vast Cathedral of St. Paul, Minnesota, after Archbishop Bernard Hebda blessed the fire and lit the Paschal Candle to open the Easter Vigil service late Saturday.
The century-old cathedral echoed with the singing of the congregation as candles flickered in the darkness. Well past 8 p.m., wide-eyed children fascinated by the little flames and the cantors far outnumbered people wearing masks – the archdiocese rescinded all Covid protocols on April 1, while allowing the faithful and individual parishes to retain precautions if they wishes
Similarly the nearby Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, which became a community hub during protests over George Floyd’s killing in 2020, ended its mask requirement as of Palm Sunday and returned to shoulder-to-shoulder communion at the rail instead of in the pews. Ingrid Rasmussen, the pastor, said Easter attendance was expected to be similar to pre-pandemic levels — but split between those in pews and those joining remotely.
Christ Church Lutheran, an architectural landmark also in Minneapolis, is taking a cautious approach to loosening COVID protocols. But while masks and social distancing measures remain in place, there was an indoor Easter Vigil Saturday night, to be followed by a gospel procession to the middle of the sanctuary Sunday.
“The gift of being in the same physical space for the first time in three years is so grounding and beautiful,” said Miriam Samuelson-Roberts, the pastor. “We do not take it for granted.”
Peace Lutheran Church in Baldwin, Wisconsin, was holding Easter in the sanctuary again after spending 16 months hosting services, baptisms and funerals in the parking lot, surrounded by fields and dairy farms. But services continue to be broadcast via social media and local TV — that has been successful in attracting people from other communities.
“One thing I am certain is that should we have to restrict our gatherings — for any reason — we will certainly be drawing on our resources to ‘meet people where they are,’” said John Hanson, pastor.
In New York City, Middle Collegiate Church was gathering for its first in-person Easter service since 2019, only not in their historic Manhattan church, which was destroyed by fire two Decembers ago.
While they rebuild, they’re sharing space at East End Temple, where Rabbi Joshua Stanton will offer a prayer during the Easter celebration — at a time when the synagogue is observing its own holy days of Passover.
The Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Middle Collegiate’s senior minister, said everyone will have to be “vaxxed and masked,” and attendance in the 190-person temple is being capped at 150. Those leading the service, plus choir singers and musicians, took rapid COVID tests. Coffee hour will be outdoors, in the park across the street.
“We’ll miss it, but we will not hug for passing the peace. We’ll just bow to each other,” Lewis said. “We are watching numbers and will pivot as we need to stay safe.”
Just north of the city in Westchester County, Bedford Presbyterian Church also was keeping a close eye on local infection rates and following public health guidelines. The congregation will split into two in-person Easter services to allow for social distancing, the sanctuary’s windows will remain open and the church will use heavy-duty air purifiers.
“Ministers juggle a lot of concerns and expectations as we head into our third Easter with COVID looming,” said the Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, the senior pastor. “We know church wards off isolation and builds up community, so we try to figure out ways to worship in person and online.”
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Dell’Orto reported from St. Paul, Minnesota, and Henao reported from Pennsylvania.
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Russia strikes Ukraine’s big cities, bears down on Mariupol
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces renewed missile strikes on Kyiv and intensified shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, in an apparent strategy to hobble Ukraine’s defenses in preparation for what is expected to be a full-scale Russian assault in the east.
These attacks and others scattered across the country were an explosive reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains under threat.
With the port city of Mariupol under siege, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia “is deliberately trying to destroy everyone who is there.” He said Ukraine needs more heavy weapons from the West immediately to have any chance of saving the city.
Each day brings new discoveries of civilian victims of an invasion that has shattered European security. In the towns and villages just outside Kyiv, authorities have reported finding the bodies of more than 900 civilians, most shot dead, since Russian troops retreated two weeks ago.
After the humiliating loss of the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, Russia’s military command vowed to step up missile strikes on the capital. The Russians said they hit an armored vehicle plant on Saturday, a day after targeting a missile plant.
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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko advised residents who fled the city earlier in the war not to return.
“We’re not ruling out further strikes on the capital,” he said. “If you have the opportunity to stay a little bit longer in the cities where it’s safer, do it.”
The mayor said Saturday’s strike killed one person and wounded several. It was not immediately clear from the ground what was hit in the strike on Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. The sprawling area on the southeastern edge of the capital contains a mixture of Soviet-style apartment blocks, newer shopping centers and big-box retail outlets, industrial areas and railyards.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said an armored vehicle plant was targeted. He didn’t specify where the factory was located, but there is one in the Darnytskyi district.
He said the plant was among multiple Ukrainian military sites hit with “air-launched high-precision long-range weapons.”
The Russian missiles hit the city just as residents were emerging for walks, foreign embassies planned to reopen and other tentative signs of the city’s prewar life started resurfacing, following the failure of Russian troops to capture Kyiv and their withdrawal.
Kyiv was one of many targets Saturday. The Ukrainian president’s office reported missile strikes and shelling over the past 24 hours in eight regions across the country.
The governor of the Lviv region in western Ukraine, which has been only sporadically touched by the war’s violence, reported airstrikes on the region by Russian Su-35 aircraft that took off from neighboring Belarus.
In Kharkiv in the northeast, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said three people were killed and 34 wounded on Saturday. One explosion believed to have been caused by a missile sent rescue workers scrambling near an outdoor market. They said one person was killed and at least 18 wounded.
“All the windows, all the furniture, all destroyed. And the door, too,” recounted stunned resident Valentina Ulianova.
The day before, rockets hit a residential area of Kharkiv, killing a 15-year-old boy, an infant and at least eight other people, officials said.
Nate Mook, a member of the World Central Kitchen NGO run by celebrity chef José Andrés, said in a tweet that four workers in Kharkiv were wounded by a strike. Andrés tweeted that staff members were unnerved but safe.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who met with Vladimir Putin this past week in Moscow — the first European leader to do so since the invasion began Feb. 24 — said the Russian president is “in his own war logic” on Ukraine.
In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Nehammer said he thinks Putin believes he is winning the war and “we have to look in his eyes and we have to confront him with that, what we see in Ukraine.’’
Nehammer said he confronted Putin with what he saw during a visit to the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where more than 350 bodies have been found along with evidence of killings and torture under Russian occupation, and “it was not a friendly conversation.”
Zelenskyy said in an interview with Ukrainian journalists that the continuing siege of Mariupol, which has come at a horrific cost to trapped and starving civilians, could scuttle attempts to negotiate an end to the war.
“The destruction of all our guys in Mariupol — what they are doing now — can put an end to any format of negotiations,” he said.
Later, in his nightly video address to the nation, Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs more support from the West to have a chance at saving Mariupol.
“Either our partners give Ukraine all of the necessary heavy weapons, the planes, and without exaggeration immediately, so we can reduce the pressure of the occupiers on Mariupol and break the blockade,” he said, “or we do so through negotiations, in which the role of our partners should be decisive.”
Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, said Saturday that Ukrainian forces had been driven out of most of the city and remained only in the huge Azovstal steel mill.
Russian Maj. Gen. Vladimir Frolov, whose troops have been among those besieging Mariupol, was buried Saturday in St. Petersburg after dying in battle, Gov. Alexander Beglov said. Ukraine has said several Russian generals and dozens of other high-ranking officers have been killed in the war.
Capturing Mariupol would allow Russian forces in the south, which came up through the annexed Crimean Peninsula, to fully link up with troops in the Donbas region, Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.
Zelenskyy estimated that 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops have died in the war, and about 10,000 have been wounded. The office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general said Saturday that at least 200 children have been killed, and more than 360 wounded.
Russian forces also have taken captive some 700 Ukrainian troops and more than 1,000 civilians, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Saturday. Ukraine holds about the same number of Russian troops as prisoners and intends to arrange a swap but is demanding the release of civilians “without any conditions,” she said.
Russia’s warning of stepped-up attacks on Kyiv came after it accused Ukraine on Thursday of wounding seven people and damaging about 100 residential buildings with airstrikes in Bryansk, a region bordering Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed hitting targets in Russia.
In the Vatican, Pope Francis on Saturday invoked “gestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war” in an Easter vigil homily at St. Peter’s Basilica that was attended by the mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol and three members of Ukraine’s parliament. Francis did not refer directly to Russia’s invasion but has called, apparently in vain, for an Easter truce to reach a negotiated peace.
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Chernov reported from Kharkiv. Yesica Fisch in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Robert Burns in Washington and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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'No place … for people to turn': What BWARM's closure means for those facing homelessness
Unable to get help over the holidays, St. Clair County resident Jon Wanner said he lost his mobile home by early 2022.
He’d developed a heart condition and other health issues, and hospital visits were growing more frequent — he said he expected a stay this weekend, citing concerns with his blood pressure — and he was unable to work consistently to afford the lot rent.
Then, after Blue Water Area Rescue Mission closed its men’s homeless shelter in March, Wanner said he found himself with few places to go for help.
“I ended up having to go and find a job through a temp agency just to survive. I’m physically not up to it yet, and I’m really hurting,” the 58-year-old said during an interview Wednesday. “I’ve been staying in a motel, waiting in place. (The) Salvation Army has been very helpful … with trying to get money for a place.”
Wanner is likely just one individual affected by BWARM’s closure this year and what local leaders admit is a growing gap in services in finding emergency shelter and places to stay for people like him.
The agency’s organizers, Arnie and Debbie Koontz, cited personal health concerns and difficulty hiring help in shutting down both their men’s and women’s facilities until at least November while they reassess operations.
Meanwhile, Blue Water Community Action, the region’s designated housing assessment resource agency, or HARA, has temporarily reallocated some federal funds to help in emergency placement for individuals facing homelessness.
And Detroit Rescue Mission, which accommodates women and children at the Port Huron area’s only remaining shelter, Pathway, is still looking to consider options to open a men’s facility.
Other existing facilities continue to fill specific needs — with agencies like Blue Water Safe Horizons aiding those fleeing domestic violence and The Harbor assisting youths and their families.
But what it all means for men like Wanner remains unclear.
On Thursday, Wanner said he was “still looking for other resources” but hoped he was getting close to finding a place to stay with a roommate. He said he had concerns about living alone due to his health.
“It’s embarrassing being my age and with my health issues that I’ve had to go and seek out help, you know? I don’t like doing that,” he said. “I’ve been doing that for the last couple weeks like crazy. There’s no place, really not much, for people to turn to, especially men and especially people that are in my age group that have had health issues. I’m hearing that constantly from people my age.”
Others who play a role in homelessness or emergency shelter response shared a similar concern.
Melinda Johnson, the community action agency’s executive director, said she agreed there was a gap in help for men like Wanner, especially those exiting hospital care.
Although he reached out to the agency after he discovered BWARM was closed, Wanner said Community Action forwarded him to a hotline and asked him to leave messages. Last week, he said he never heard back.
Johnson said they get referrals often through law enforcement or Community Mental Health but also aim to respond to all messages from clients as they come in, logging everyone who calls.
Sometimes clients don’t take steps on their own as needed to follow up on a referral or visit an online portal for help, she said, or sometimes they may not be eligible for help through a certain program.
However, Johnson said they have also been short-staffed at the agency, and until more recently, had “a lot of other focus” on eviction prevention programming.
“(There are plenty of) reasons why there wasn’t follow-through at one end or the other,” she said, speaking more generally as she wasn’t familiar with Wanner, specifically. “Yes, people will slip through the cracks. I apologize for that. We try to do better the next time, and if we find out about it, we try to make up for it. But for the most part, we make attempts to get back with people, and I do go and check regularly if I get a phone call where it’s, ‘I’ve been trying to call.’”
Those in need of emergency shelter or other housing help can call Community Action at (810) 982-8541. Johnson also encouraged people to call 211 for referrals, including when the agency may be closed after hours and on weekends.
‘One family at a time’: Keeping an ear to the ground in shelter needs
BWARM’s absence may highlight another need with those looking for a place to stay — or at least when it comes to keeping an ear on the ground of what those needs may be.
It’ll be 10 years this August since Nancy and Steve DuMars began using a space they own as an informal shelter in Marine City.
They, too, get referrals through public safety agencies, as well as Child Protective Services or local schools. But unlike official nonprofits — they’re well-known local advocates but not a registered 501(c)(3) — they accommodate entire families, setting themselves apart from agencies that aid women and children or men.
“You know, to keep them together. Our last people were here for four months,” Nancy said early Wednesday.
The space is set up like a studio apartment: Completely furnished with space for four individuals or five if one sleeps on the couch; a living space, kitchen, and bathroom; and two televisions.
They also keep key items like clothing, basic bathroom and kitchen amenities, and some food.
“There’s no dairy. There’s no perishables here, but we usually get them something to start with,” Steve said. “But they have that (when) they come in and if they need it.”
The DuMars have owned the property for more than two decades, as well as rental properties. They get help with utilities from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Casco, they said, but what they don’t pay for themselves often comes from other area residents.
They find that connection also helps them occasionally organize a response for those in need at large — and not just families seeking immediate shelter. They circulate news about needs through their Facebook page, “A New Dawn.”
“We’re lucky because it’s the community that supports us,” said Nancy DuMars, formerly a long-time Safe Horizons volunteer. “I had posted about this young couple that was going to be homeless in two weeks, and she’s expecting her baby. I asked somebody for $5, and within 19 hours, we raised enough to buy the mobile home. That quick.”
“Nancy’s got a lot of followers. She’s helped a lot of people,” Steve said. “We’ve had multiple people that were here because of house fires, domestic violence.”
Since BWARM closed, Nancy said she's gotten a lot of calls — compounding what was already needed for entire families but also a growing need for some individuals. Still, she said their space only helps people in family units.
“They don’t want to be split up. That was one reason we did this — to keep a family together,” Nancy DuMars said. “But with them shut down I get a lot of messages of people needing a place to stay. We can only do one family at a time.”
Nonprofits line up resources to address homelessness, weigh options
When BWARM closed, organizers also gave back thousands in federal Community Development Block grant dollars issued to them through the city of Port Huron. The funds had been slated to expand shelter amenities.
And when city officials recently discussed outlined use of federal funds in Port Huron's annual action plan, City Manager James Freed referenced BWARM’s challenges and being part of community discussion to address growing emergency shelter needs.
He hasn’t gotten specific but added last week, “We have programs to help rapid rehousing, to help people who need short-term places to stay. We work with a HARA coordinator for that. But there (are) ongoing talks about a more long-term solution.”
There are also other existing options, such as the federal funds announced this month by the United Way of St. Clair County. According to a release, the organization, which spearheads a federal emergency food and shelter program, was to receive more than $50,000 and $155,000 in two programs targeting families impacted by unemployment and emergency medical events.
The funds have previously gone to agencies like BWARM, as well as Safe Horizons, Detroit Rescue Mission or Pathway, The Harbor, and a list of agencies around the county that address food needs.
Johnson said Community Action already has about $21,600 that enables the agency to put people up in hotels, usually, when shelters are full and until they can enter a shelter or transition to other housing.
Now, however, she said they’re also using about $120,000 originally distributed as COVID emergency rental assistance funds.
“When we learned BWARM was struggling to stay open, we re-(appropriated) it so we could move more money into temporary shelter (efforts),” Johnson said. “But come September, all this stuff is going to be gone.”
That means when the CERA funds are gone by Sept. 30, they’ll have to find other options.
In the future, Johnson said they hope to do more, pointing to a housing summit slated for next November during Homeless Awareness Week. She added they’re also aiming to work with Detroit Rescue Mission, which took over the Pathway women’s and children’s shelter from Safe Horizons several years ago.
“We are working with Pathway shelter to have them help be available evenings and weekends, so we’re getting that formalized. It’s informal right now,” she said. “... Because BWARM, they were closed during the days, usually, but they were available in the evenings.”
Chad Audi, Detroit Rescue Mission's CEO and president, said they aren't too far into the process of evaluating options to open a men's homeless shelter in Port Huron. So far, he said they've only "low-key feelers" out to see if there's any facility space available "situated in a good area without creating any problems for the community."
"We are very sensitive to the community, as well," he said Friday. "We don't want to bring a shelter to an area that might create discomfort to some of the people who are living in those neighborhoods.”
There was no official timeline to establish such a facility, Audi said, though the need may not be as big as the weather warms.
But he said part of the process will require touching base with BWARM to see what their plans are and if there's an opportunity for the Detroit nonprofit to step in, similarly as it did at Pathway. A big reason that remains important, he said, is that those facing homelessness may already be familiar with BWARM's location.
Audi said they had been looking for an intermediary to talk to BWARM, adding, “If there is none, next week, early next week, we will be reaching out.”
“We love the community. We want to preserve the dignity of respecting the people who are being underserved," Audi said. "This is what we are looking to do. And then, we will do our utmost to do it as soon as possible.”
Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Jackie20Smith.
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Police: 2 dead, several hurt in shooting at Pittsburgh party
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two people are dead and several more people are injured after a shooting in Pittsburgh early Sunday morning, police said.
Pittsburgh police said in a news release that the shooting happened at about 12:30 a.m. during a party at a short-term rental property. There were more than 200 people inside, many of them underage, authorities said.
Police said multiple people were taken to the hospital, including at least 11 people with gunshot wounds. Two male gunshot victims died at the hospital, police said. They were not yet identified.
Others were injured attempting to flee, including by jumping out of the building’s windows, authorities said.
Police said as many as 50 rounds were fired inside and several more were fired outside. Shell casings from rifles and pistols were found at the scene, WTAE-TV reported. Police are processing evidence at as many as eight separate crime scenes spanning a few blocks around where the shooting occurred.
There is no information on any suspects at this time.
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Pope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace, cites nuclear risk
VATICAN CITY (AP) — On what is supposed to be Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the “senseless” war in Ukraine and in other armed conflicts raging in the world, and cited the “troubling” risk of nuclear warfare.
“May there be peace for war-torn Ukraine, so sorely tried by the violence and destruction of this cruel and senseless war into which it was dragged,” Francis said, speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Square.
The pontiff had just finished celebrating Easter Mass in the square packed by faithful for the holiday for the first time since the pandemic began in early 2020. Applause erupted from many of the 50,000 people in the square and on a nearby avenue when he mentioned Ukraine.
“Please, please, let us not get used to war,’’ Francis pleaded, after denouncing “the flexing of muscles while people are suffering.” Yet again, the pontiff decried the war in Ukraine without citing Russian President Vladimir Putin for the decision to launch the invasion and attack against Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“Let us all commit ourselves to imploring peace, from our balconies and in our streets,’’ Francis said. “May the leaders of nations hear people’s plea for peace.”
In a clear reference to the threat of nuclear warfare, Francis quoted from a declaration by scientists in 1955: “‘Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?’”
Francis also drew attention to other wars in the speech known by its Latin name “Urbi et Orbi” — to the city and to the world.
“May the conflict in Europe also make us more concerned about other situations of conflict, suffering and sorrow, situations that affect all too many areas of our world, situations that we cannot overlook and do not want to forget,’’ Francis said.
Among the conflicts cited by the pope were those in the Middle East. He exhorted peace and reconciliation for the peoples of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.
He also cited Libya as well as Yemen, “which suffers from a conflict forgotten by all.”
Earlier, the pontiff, who has a knee ligament problem, limped badly as he made his way to an altar set up in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. The altar was shaded by a canopy against brilliant sunshine.
Right after the end of Mass, Francis shook hands with prelates, then got aboard the white popemobile for a whirl through the square to greet cheering well-wishers among the rank-and-file faithful. He waved and patted the head of a baby who was handed to him. His smiles while greeting the crowd were a rare departure of late for the pope, who has used many of his appearances in recent weeks to issue somber denunciations of the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, in London, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called for Russia to declare a cease-fire and withdraw from Ukraine. The leader of the Anglican church said Easter is a time for peace and not “blood and iron.”
Noting that in the Eastern Orthodox church followed by many in Russia and Ukraine Sunday marks the start of Holy Week — with Easter coming on April 24 — Welby exhorted Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and commit to talks.
In an unusually blunt political remark, Welby also condemned the British government’s recent plan to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda as going against God.
Warm weather and the easing of many pandemic restrictions — including what had been for most of the pandemic in Italy a mandatory outdoor mask requirement — have seen tourism boom in Rome, with many visitors flooding the city for Holy Week ceremonies that culminated on Easter.
In Spain, believers and secular enthusiasts flocked back in large numbers to Holy Week processions this week for the first time since the start of the pandemic after most health restrictions were lifted.
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Jill Lawless in London and Joseph Wilson in Barcelona contributed.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Asa Butterfield in “Choose or Die.” CURSR FILMS LIMITED 2022/Netflix/TNS
A cheapo horror exercise that’s forgotten before the end credits roll, “Choose or Die” is centered on a cursed retro video game that presents its users with a deadly set of options.
They’re forced to choose between something bad happening to someone else or they themselves can die. Hmm, is there a third option? How about popping out the game and blowing on the cartridge, because this baby needs a reset.
Asa Butterfield (“Hugo”) is Isaac, an ‘80s obsessive who declares the days of Ronald Reagan and Freddy Krueger “the greatest decade in pop culture history.” His friend Kayla (Iola Evans), on whom he harbors a healthy crush, finds an old computer game named “Curs>r” in a pile of his junk and decides to give it a go.
We learn the game – which hails from the pre-8 bit days, with a black screen, green typeface and blinking cursor – has a supernatural quality and is able to manipulate real life. And soon Kayla finds herself playing with the fates of others, an unwilling participant in a game with a grim set of stakes.
In his feature film debut, director Toby Meakins, who also co-wrote the screenplay, renders this murky material unsettling if not entirely scary; one sequence finds a waitress eating shards of glass and unable to stop because, you know, the game. Attempts to make it all make sense don’t pan out, but we do get a voice-only cameo from Mr. Krueger himself, Robert Englund. Turns out his appearance is entirely phoned in, which for this movie was the right choice.
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Across the region, the back rooms of local record stores are filled with cardboard boxes so heavy that the shop owners and managers can hardly lift them.
It’s all because of this upcoming Saturday – Record Store Day 2022.
Every year since 2008, the organization of the same name that launched the worldwide event has curated a list of exclusive vinyl record releases that flood the shelves of independent shops, leading customers to line up at 8 a.m. to get their hands on a limited copy to add to their collection.
The main focus of Record Store Day is to drive business to brick-and-mortar locations by selling exclusive releases to record stores across the country.
With the revival of vinyl causing a boom in the industry – so much so that record plants are overwhelmed to the point of having to push some releases to a later date – Record Store Day is only becoming more prominent for record store owners.
Record selection
In Cheyenne, Ernie November has participated in every Record Store Day since its inception. Store manager Ben Duran is making sure the day is as much of an event as it can be for the shop.
“Even in Cheyenne, its great seeing the rave for vinyl,” Duran said over the phone while looking at a list of releases. “It’s a busy day. We’ll sell so much, man, probably a top five day of the year.”
The process of applying for the records set for release on Record Store Day is competitive, and in many ways, unpredictable. There are only so many copies of the records featured. Earlier in the year, shops scan the list and apply to purchase the records that they want in their store.
Many shops poll their customers on what records they most want to get their hands on. Some owners and managers pick and choose the records themselves, particularly shooting for releases that are sure to sell out.
“A couple regulars who hit us up are like ‘can you try for this, can you try for that,’ and we work that out,” Duran said. “If they want them, others probably do, too.”
For example, one of the most popular issues this year is a special edition copy of The Doors’ final LP “L.A. Woman (1971).” This exclusive release comes with multiple demos that follow the creative progression of each track up to their final form.
Other popular records are a 7” release from Taylor Swift, a Grateful Dead box set from a live performance in 1972 and an early live performance from Willie Nelson.
Duran specifically didn’t expect to receive an exclusive 50th Anniversary copy of the Rolling Stones’ greatest hits. He also received the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album, a Black Pumas 7” record and some copies of Motorhead’s “Lost Tapes Vol 2.”
The process is suspenseful, which, while exciting, can be frustrating, too. Record stores don’t know which records they receive until the shipments come in.
“I don’t go through and buy every single record,” Mike Fogerty, owner of All Sales Vinyl in Fort Collins, Colorado, said. “You never know what you’re gonna get with those really popular ones. We’ll put together what we think we want, then, a lot of times, double the order.
“Then, you know, fingers crossed all of them will come in.”
Preparing for the crowd
Fogerty opened All Sales Vinyl in 2018 and expanded to Longmont, Colorado, the following year with the cleverly named All Sales Vinyl 2. The relatively young record store has hardly had a chance to weather a true Record Store Day.
Fogerty manned the ship through the pandemic, which either canceled the in-person aspect of the day entirely, or, like last year, divided the day out into multiple smaller dates.
“It’s been a while since we had a really good Record Store Day,” Fogerty said. “This is back to the old school – tons of releases coming out in one day.”
Record stores are bursting with customers when Record Store Day comes around. The business is good, but it creates much more work, and, in some cases, greater stress for owners. Fogerty, like others, will open up at 8 a.m., earlier than usual, to accommodate for increased business.
But he also has to prep for the rush of people looking to complete their collections. Those records in high demand will go fast, and owners have to prepare for reactions when they sell out before the afternoon comes around.
“People always get disappointed if they don’t get the outcome that they were hoping to get,” he said.
Young as his business is, he’s been around the block enough to know he had to develop a system to streamline the day. Just like the other stores, Fogerty is coordinating with his customers ahead of time.
“We’ve been doing it long enough that I think we got it pretty well down,” he said. “If I’ve only got five copies, I’ll let that sixth person know before I even open the door.
“Then at least they got a choice to stay in line or run down to the next spot.”
Fogerty also noted that last year’s titles weren’t as strong as this year, an opinion that he shares with John Jankow, owner of Downtown Sound in Loveland, Colorado.
Getting in the groove
Though Jankow isn’t exactly interested in many of the titles listed, he sees a lot of quirky colored vinyl, hair metal reissues, live album releases and has received a lot of requests to stock lesser-known independent bands.
Jankow has participated in Record Store Day for the past several years, but this is the first time he’ll be on the other side of the counter. Just this year, Jankow purchased Downtown Sound, and there’s been plenty of learning to do.
Though he and his wife’s shop deals 95% in used vinyl, the goal is to make Record Store Day a big event for the store. Downtown Sound participated in Record Store Day prior to their acquisition of the business, but this is the biggest shipment of new vinyl they plan to order all year.
“It is really a day where people can only get certain exclusive records at an independent record store,” Jankow said. “It’s a good business day for us. If all goes right, it should really help get us through for a while. It’s just fun, and it’s really great to just be part of a celebration of record stores and independent businesses.”
Being on the other end seems like a simple transition, but Jankow didn’t know how much preparation went into the day.
When they receive the shipments, owners have to crack open their boxes – some of these stores have received up to 60 – and cross check the haul with the inventory lists included. They then have to log them in the computer system, decide how to price them and, finally, stock them.
“We’re probably on the smaller end of a lot of the stores,” Jankow said. “It depends on what other stores ordered, what we are going to be able to get. It looks like we got a good amount, based on the amount of boxes.”
Big day for legendary shop
A little farther south, a Denver institution is all but finished preparing for its busiest weekend of the year. The team there has learned to turn the day into one of festivity.
Wax Trax Records opened in 1974, making it the oldest record store in the city. It was bought and relocated by Dave Stidman and Duane Davis in 1978, who began importing punk and new wave records when the genres were underground commodities.
Pete Stidman, Dave’s son, is now a part owner of the store he once worked in as a child. The record store is bigger now, and having to pick and choose what exclusive titles to sell isn’t as pressing a matter. Stidman orders about as many as he can.
On Friday, he and the staff will stay late and distribute the plethora of records out to their designated genres. When the day begins, the same number of staff will return to accommodate for the surge of customers throughout the day.
When asked whether the excitement outweighs the increase in workload, Stidman just laughs.
“It’s always great to have a lot of people in the shop,” he said. “Our weekends are pretty big anyway, but I think, for the most part, everybody likes it. Most of our staff is in some kind of band, so we do celebrate local music.”
In celebration of Record Store Day, Wax Trax is kicking off their series of sidewalk shows on April 23 at 1 p.m. with a performance by musician Tammy Shine from the Denver rock outfit Dressy Bessy.
Regardless of where you are or what locations are officially participating, April 23 is the day to support the local independent record store.
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America’s version of a royal family may have switched platforms but their members still rely on the same ironic formula: Whine about a lack of privacy while encouraging cameras to follow your every move. The sisters have always offered up some fascinating insight into show business, even when it’s by accident. The first few episodes check in with Kim as she prepares to host “Saturday Night Live,” getting advice on her opening monologue from Amy Schumer and contemplating the idea of booking her ex, Kanye West, as musical guest. Drops Thursday, Hulu
‘Come Dance With Me’
Young hoofers get a chance to compete on national television – but only if they partner with one of their less coordinated parents. It’s a noble idea that quickly runs out of steam. The only contestant with even a smidgen of name recognition is John Otto, the drummer for Limp Bizkit. After watching more than 30 minutes, you’ll feel like being trapped at one of those high school recitals that’s tolerable only if one of the participants is your own kid. 8 p.m. ET Friday, CBS
‘Bill Maher: #Adulting’
It’s been 27 years since Maher taped his first full-length HBO special at St. Paul’s Fitzgerald Theater. Since then, he’s developed into a more polished, and polarizing, comic. His latest, recorded in Florida, relies too much on dated material, at least compared with the jokes he tells on “Real Time.” That includes a rather vigorous defense of Garrison Keillor. Debuts 10 p.m. Friday, HBO
‘Paris, 13th District’
Jacques Audiard, whose movies include “A Prophet” and “Rust and Bone,” zeroes in on a skyscraper-dominated neighborhood of Paris for this stylish, black-and-white drama. Its protagonists are three diverse, incredibly hot young people who believe they’re going about romance in carefree new ways that they invented. But it turns out that, even if the porn sites, texting platforms and bars are fresh, falling in love remains pretty much the same thing. Friday, on-demand services.
‘Reminiscence’
It’s not as good as either movie but there’s a bit of “Memento” and a bit of “Blade Runner” in this Hugh Jackman romantic thriller. Set in a dystopian Miami, where the ocean’s rise has led everyone to higher ground, it’s about a guy who makes a living helping people recover memories of better times. When one of those people turns out to be a femme fatale with a big old secret (Rebecca Ferguson), he goes down a rabbit hole that leads to passion and, maybe, his demise. HBO Max
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Cheyenne and Laramie County
Easter Day Brunch
– April 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $40 for adults, $15 for children. Enjoy a brunch buffet for the whole family. Private rooms available for an additional fee. Visit www.themetdowntown.com for more information. The Metropolitan Downtown, 1701 Carey Ave. 307-432-0022
Easter Hoppy Hour at Danielmark’s
– April 17, 1-6 p.m. Happy hour in honor of Easter. There will be ham, scalloped potatoes, deviled eggs, and chocolate cupcakes, plus all the “hops” you can fit in your tummy. Danielmark’s Brewing Co., 209 E. 18th St. 307-514-0411
Make it Mondays
– April 18, 1-5 p.m. Get crafty at the library every Monday! Participants will be making beautiful heart paper flowers to celebrate the coming of spring. Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
Coffee Connections at Burns Branch Library
– April 18, 2-4 p.m. Coffee Connections is the place to come for coffee and conversation with your friends and neighbors. On April 18, we will be showing the film “News of the World” (rated PG-13), starring Tom Hanks. Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
”How to Become a Playwright” presentation by Matthew McLachlan
– April 18, 6 p.m. Free and open to the public. As part of the LCCC Foundation’s Cultural and Community Enrichment Series, McLachlan will present on how to become a playwright and how to work with a playwright as part of the Dinneen Writers Series. LCCC Playhouse, Laramie County Community College, 1400 E. College Drive. 307-778-5222
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{div class=”subscriber-only”}– April 19, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Get crafty on Tuesdays. Take home paper straw tulips set in plastic egg vases that will look perfect for the Easter season. Pine Bluffs Branch Library, 110 E. Second St. 307-245-3646{/div}
Tales Together
– April. 19-21, 10:15-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:30 a.m. An in-person interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement and more. Pick up weekly craft packet from Ask Here desk on the second floor. Call to reserve a spot. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Food For Thought @ The Metropolitan
– April 19, 11:30 a.m. $25. Cynthia A. Fisher will present “Price Transparency: Delivering Better Health care at Half the Price.” Fisher is founder and chairperson of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, a nonprofit organization seeking health care price transparency. Ticket price includes lunch. The Metropolitan Downtown, 1701 Carey Ave. 307-432-0022
Dinner and a Book Club
– April 19, 5:30-7 p.m. This month’s selection is “Look Again” by Lisa Scottoline. It’s a fast-paced thriller about a mother’s search for her son’s true identity. Join in for a lively discussion and bring a dish to share. Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
LCCC Music Department presents “Let’s Dance”
– April 19, 7 p.m. Free. This concert will feature LCCC’s Brass Band, Jazz and Wind Ensembles and will feature a variety of classic, contemporary, ballroom and folk pieces written to inspire movement. Surbrugg/Prentice Auditorium, Laramie County Community College, 1400 E. College Dr. 307-778-5222
National Poetry Month Celebration
– April 19, 7-8:30 p.m. Poetry lovers will hear poems read by local authors and have a chance to read their own poems, or one from a favorite poet. Presented in partnership with WyoPoets. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Cheyenne Audubon presents Sage-Grouse Update
– April 19, 7 p.m. Daly Edmunds, Audubon Rockies policy and outreach director, and Vicki Herren, retired Bureau of Land Management national sage-grouse coordinator, will present “Greater Sage-Grouse – The Largest Conservation Effort in U.S. History: The Ups and Downs.” A Zoom link will be available at https://cheyenneaudubon.org/. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
STEAM Connections
– April 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Explore a STEAM challenge that promotes creativity, building and problem solving. This month’s STEAM discoveries are building bird nests and LEGO building challenge cards. Pine Bluffs Branch Library, 110 E. Second St. 307-245-3646
Virtual Tales Together
– April 21, 9:30-10 a.m. Free. Join the Laramie County Library for a virtual interactive early literacy class where young children will practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement and more. Pick up weekly craft packet from Ask Here desk on the second floor. RSVP at lclsonline.org/calendar/. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Fun for Kids! Pine Bluffs Branch
– April 21, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Join us for an interactive storytime session to promote early literacy through books, songs, puppets, crafts and much more. This week’s theme is “Seasons.” Pine Bluffs Branch Library, 110 E. Second St. 307-245-3646
Sit, Stay, Read! Read to a Therapy Dog
– April 21, 4-5 p.m. Everyone loves to hear a story, even our four-pawed friends. Visit the library and practice reading aloud to one of the community’s therapy dogs. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
BUZZ: Adult and Teen Spelling Bee
– April 21, 5-6:30 p.m. Visit the Burns Branch Library for this fun spelling competition, hosted by staff from the Burns and Pine Bluffs branch libraries. The competition’s words will be similar to the word lists used by schools and the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Sign up at either branch library or by calling 307-547-2249 or 307-245-3646. Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
Craft Night: Learn to Make Seed Paper
– April 21, 6-8 p.m. Adults. Celebrate Earth Day with the Seed Library of Laramie County and learn how to make seed paper for planting and gifting. RSVP for this event at lclsonline.org/calendar/. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
”An Evening of One Acts” @ LCCC
– April 21-23, 28-30, 7:30 p.m. $10. LCCC’s spring production is a series of one-act plays over two weekends. Playwright Matthew McLachlan collaborated with the theater department in the creation of these plays. Laramie County Community College, 1400 E. College Drive. 307-778-5222
Earth Day at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
April 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; April 23, 12-3 p.m., various events and workshops. Visit the Botanic Gardens to celebrate Earth Day and learn easy ways to save money and reduce our impact on the environment. All classes are free and are first-come, first-served. Full list of events online at https://www.botanic.org/adultclasses/. Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, 710 S. Lions Park Drive. 307-637-6349
Classic Conversations: Lunch and Learn Series
– April 22, 12-1 p.m. Join Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra’s William Intrilligator, soprano vocalist Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson, and bass-baritone vocalist Rhys Lloyd Talbot for an informal and entertaining discussion, including musical insights about the concert on April 23. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Movies at the Library, Burns Branch
– April 22, 1-3 p.m. Join the Burns Branch Library for a family friendly movie and some popcorn. This week’s movie is “The House with a Clock in Its Walls.” Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
Friday Matinee, Pine Bluffs
– April 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Spend your Friday afternoons at the Pine Bluffs Branch library to watch a matinee. Each week will feature a different movie. This week’s movie is “Clifford the Big Red Dog” (PG). Pine Bluffs Branch Library, 110 E. Second St. 307-245-3646
Cheyenne Gaming Convention
– April 22, 3 p.m.-midnight; April 23, 8 a.m.-midnight; April 24, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. $50 for three day pass. A charity fundraising video game convention featuring DnD, video games, card games and board games. Red Lion Hotel and Conference Center, 204 W. Fox Farm Rd. 307-638-4466
Teen Craft Afternoons
– April 22, 3-5 p.m. Never know what to do with your hands? Not anymore! Visit craft afternoons and spend some time making unique crafts. Snacks will be provided. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Count on Planting with Paul Smith Children’s Village
– April 22, 4-5 p.m. Children and families. Like counting games? Enjoy planting? Then this event is for you! Go to the library and join special guests from the Paul Smith Children’s Village to play, learn and plant all in one spot. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Friday Night Jazz
– April 22, 6 p.m. 21+. Bring some friends, grab a drink and food, and listen to some beautiful music by Jazztet in the relaxing Hathaway’s Lounge. Two-drink minimum required. Little America Hotel and Resort, 2800 W. Lincolnway. 307-775-8400
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{div class=”subscriber-only”}– April 22, 7:30 p.m. $20. Laughter is good for the soul. Get your giggles on at this 90-minute comedy show featuring two awesome comedians. The Metropolitan Downtown, 1701 Carey Ave. 307-432-0022{/div}
The Samples @ The Lincoln
– April 22, 8-9 p.m. $25. Boulder, Colorado-based band, The Samples, will perform reggae infused rock/pop. The Lincoln Theatre, 1615 Central Ave. 307-369-6028
Yoga Together
– April 23, 10:15-10:45 a.m. 18 months to 5 years old. Experience stories, stretching and fun with a special early literacy class. This month’s theme is “Splish Splash Ducky.” Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Virtual SaturD&D
– April 23, 1-3 p.m. Join the library’s teen Dungeons and Dragons online community and get started on creating a character today. Don’t have a Discord account yet? No problem. They offers Discord Communities for teens to interact, chat and play online. To participate, you will need a phone, tablet or computer with internet connection and a Discord account. RSVP for the event at lclsonline.org/calendar/.
Fur Ball presents Jurassic Bark
– April 23, 5-10 p.m. $110. The Fur Ball is Cheyenne’s pet-friendly gala, which raises money in support of the animals and programs at the Cheyenne Animal Shelter. Little America Hotel and Resort, 2800 W. Lincolnway. 307-278-6195
CSO presents “A Time to Transcend”
– April 23, 7:30 p.m. $10-$50 for in person, $15 per household for livestream. This Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra concert will feature Jennifer Higdon’s “Blue Cathedral” and Brahms’ German Requiem to close the 2021-22 season. This evening will feature vocal soloists Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson and Rhys Lloyd Talbot, plus a large local choir. Cheyenne Civic Center, 510 W. 20th St. 307-778-8561
Wyo Music Showcase
– April 23, doors at 7 p.m. $5, free entry 11 and under. A local rap showcase hosted by Wyoming Wave Recording Studio featuring Trey Wrks, 2une Godi, Compass, Alienation and more. There will also be a raffle. The Louise Event Venue, 110 E. 17th Street. 307-220-1474
Young Readers Book Party
– April 24, 1:15-2 p.m. Grades pre-K to 2. Join the library for a celebration of reading with young readers that’s a little bit early literacy class and a little bit more. The class will read and talk about books, sing, play and learn. This month’s themes are Bird Art and Family Storytelling Games. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Hausmusik 2: Wyoming Brass Quintet
– April 24, 2 p.m. Adults, $50; students, $25. CSO presents an afternoon with the Wyoming Brass Quintet in the beautiful new Blue Community Events Center at World Headquarters. The recital will be followed by a reception including light appetizers. Blue Federal Credit Union, 2401 E. Pershing Blvd. 307-778-8561
Speed Friending at Blacktooth Brewing Co.
– April 24, 6-9 p.m. $25. This speed friending event will be structured just like speed dating, but for anyone wanting to meet new people. Black Tooth knows it’s difficult to make the first move or initiate a new friend-date, so the team wants to facilitate those connections. Tickets include two beer tokens. Black Tooth Brewing Co. 520 W. 19th St. 307-514-0362
Chicago at the Civic Center
– April 24, 7-10 p.m. $54+. The legendary rock band with horns, Chicago, is coming back to Cheyenne. Cheyenne Civic Center, 510 W. 20th St. 307-778-8561
Make it Mondays
– April 25, 1-5 p.m. Get crafty at the library every Monday! We will be making beautiful heart paper flowers to celebrate the coming of spring. Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
Minute to Win It, Burns Branch Library
– April 25-30, 1-5 p.m. Can you complete our wacky and fun games in just one minute? Compete against your friends and family, or see how fast you can win the games by yourself. Every participant gets a prize. Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
Tales Together
– April 26-28, 10:15-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:30 a.m. Join the library for an in-person interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement and more. Pick up weekly craft packet from Ask Here desk on the second floor. Call to reserve a spot. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Fun for Kids! Burns Branch Library
– April 26, 10:15-11 a.m. Join in an interactive storytime session to promote early literacy through books, songs, puppets, crafts and much more. This week’s theme is “Bears.” Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
Famous Illustrators
– April 26, 4:15-5 p.m. Grades K-2. Join the library for a peek into how some of your favorite book illustrators make their art. This month, the focus will be on Lois Ehlert. Wear play clothes, as it could get messy. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Book Discussion Group
– April 26, 6-7:30 p.m. April is known for Earth Day and the sowing of spring seedlings, so join Laramie County Library in reading Octavia Butler’s dystopian novel “Parable of the Sower.” Join the group for tea and scones on the last Tuesday of the month. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Virtual Tales Together
– April 28, 9:30-10 a.m. Free. Join the Laramie County Library for a virtual interactive early literacy class where young children will practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement and more. Pick up weekly craft packet from Ask Here desk on the second floor. RSVP at lclsonline.org/calendar/. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Fun for Kids! Pine Bluffs Branch
– April 28, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Join in an interactive storytime session to promote early literacy through books, songs, puppets, crafts and much more. This week’s theme is “Bears.” Pine Bluffs Branch Library, 110 E. Second St. 307-245-3646
Brown Bag Book Club
– April 28, 6-7 p.m. Grade 4-6. Book Club will meet twice during the month of April. The club will chat about the book, do some crazy activities and enjoy a delicious treat. Participants can bring a “brown bag” meal, and drinks will be provided. Participants can pick up “Masterminds” by Gordon Korman from the second floor. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Movies at the Library, Burns Branch
– April 29, 1-3 p.m. Join the Burns Branch Library for a family-friendly movie and some popcorn. This week’s movie is “Jungle Cruise (PG-13).” Burns Branch Library, 112 Main St., 307-547-2249
Friday Matinee, Pine Bluffs
– April 29, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Spend your Friday afternoons at the Pine Bluffs Branch library to watch a matinee. Each week will feature a different movie. This week’s movie is “Tom and Jerry: The Movie” (PG). Pine Bluffs Branch Library, 110 E. Second St. 307-245-3646
Friday Night Jazz
– April 29, 6 p.m. 21+. Bring some friends, grab a drink and food, and listen to some beautiful music by Jazztet in the relaxing Hathaway’s Lounge. Two-drink minimum required. Little America Hotel and Resort, 2800 W. Lincolnway. 307-775-8400
Cheyenne Audubon Free Talk
– April 29, 7 p.m. Award-winning Pinedale wildlife photographer Elizabeth Boehm will be presenting a free talk, “Bird Photography Using Blinds.” Wyoming Game and Fish Department Headquarters, 5400 Bishop Blvd. 307-777-4600
Art for Art
– April 29, 7-10 p.m. $35. An immersive art experience hosted by Arts Cheyenne. Local and regional artists are coming together to create a multi-sensory evening of enjoying art, with an art auction and experience. The Lincoln Theatre, 1615 Central Ave. 307-369-6028
Southeast Wyoming Concert Series presents Joe Robinson
– April 29, 7 p.m. $20. Joe Robinson’s live “one man” acoustic/electric show is an energetic display of virtuosity and witty, finely crafted lyrics delivered with his personable Aussie charisma. Joe won “Australia’s Got Talent” in 2008 at the age of 17, and has since earned a reputation as one of the world’s greatest guitar players and brilliant song writers. Call 307-214-7076 for more information. South High School Auditorium, 1213 W. Allison Road. 307-771-2410
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{div class=”subscriber-only”}– April 29-30, 8-11 p.m. $20. Come laugh and sing along in an evening of musical entertainment directed by your requests. The Metropolitan Downtown, 1701 Carey Ave. 307-432-0022
Cheyenne Audubon Free Photography Workshop
– April 30, 7 a.m. Award-winning Pinedale wildlife photographer Elizabeth Boehm will be presenting a free bird blind demonstration open to the public. Cheyenne Botanic Gardens’ Paul Smith Children’s Village, 710 S. Lions Park Drive. 307-637-6349
Meet the Birds!
– April 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $15. A bird identification class for adults and children 12 and older. Just before the peak of migration, let Cheyenne Audubon members introduce you to 50 local birds. A combination of classroom discussion and short walks into Lions Park, a Wyoming Important Bird Area, with borrowed binoculars or your own. Cheyenne Botanic Gardens’ Paul Smith Children’s Village, 710 S. Lions Park Drive. 307-637-6349{/div}
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
– April 30, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Join local animal shelters to celebrate National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day! You can fill out adoption documents, see pictures of other adoptable animals, learn how to take care of your new pet, and donate pet food and supplies to the shelters. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
”Wild Creek Whispers” Book Signing
– April 30, 10-2 p.m. Local author Cindy Reynders will hold a signing of the first book in her new series about a Wyoming private investigator. Barnes and Noble, 1851 Dell Range Blvd. 307-632-3000.
Virtual SaturD&D
– April 30, 1-3 p.m. Join the library’s teen Dungeons and Dragons online community and get started on creating a character today. Don’t have a Discord account yet? No problem. They offers Discord Communities for teens to interact, chat and play online. To participate, you will need a phone, tablet or computer with internet connection and a Discord account. RSVP for the event at lclsonline.org/calendar/.
”The Price is Right” at the Laramie County Library
– April 30, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Grades 3-6. “Come on down” to be a contestant in our version of “The Price is Right” gameshow. Participants could win cool prizes as you learn about how far your money can go. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Tunes, Taps and Apps
– April 30, 5 p.m. $60. Join the Symphony Friends for a fantastic evening of locally brewed beer and chef-curated appetizer pairings in support of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. There will also be a cash bar and silent auction. The Atlas Theatre, 211 W. Lincolnway. 307-638-6543
Cheyenne Capital Chorale Spring Concert
– April 30, 7 p.m. Free. This concert is titled “Pieces Put Together for Beautiful Music.” South High School Auditorium, 1213 W. Allison Road. 307-771-2410
Ongoing
Desert Diamond @ The Outlaw Saloon
– Through April 17, 8:20 p.m. Stop by the saloon for a performance by the band Desert Diamond. 312 S. Greeley Highway. 307-635-7552
Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition
– Through Aug. 14, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Presented by the Wyoming State Museum, this exhibit compiles 66 different pieces of artwork from artists around the state of Wyoming. Wyoming State Capitol basement extension, 200 W. 24th St. 307-777-7220
41st Annual Western Spirit Art Show and Sale
– Through April 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Stephanie Hartshorn, artist and member of the American Impressionist Society, and Mark Vinich, co-founder of Clay Paper Scissors Gallery & Studios, have selected 232 unique pieces of art for this year’s art show. Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, 4610 Carey Ave. 307-778-7290
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{div class=”subscriber-only”}– Through April 30. Wednesday through Friday, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. No explanation needed for the mountains. This art show also features monochromatic works to convey simplicity, peacefulness, starkness, purity or other meaning. It can use different shades of one color, but, by definition, should contain only one base color. Cheyenne Artists Guild, 1701 Morrie Ave. 307-632-2263
Art & Text: Artist as Storyteller
– Through May 17, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Enjoy visual stories and the written word created by K–12 students in Laramie County School District 1. Art is located throughout all three floors of the library. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561{/div}
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Canyon Concert Ballet presents “Snow White”
– May 7-8, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $30-$40. This debut production brings to life the legendary fairy tale of Snow White. This production from new Artistic Director Michael Pappalardo will be complete with new sets, costumes and his exquisite choreographic style. Lincoln Center Performance Hall, 417 W. Magnolia St. 970-221-6730
”Black and White in Black and White” Exhibit
–Through May 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. $8. This new exhibit features striking photographs attributed to African American photographer John Johnson who took powerful, early 20th-century portraits of African Americans in Lincoln, Nebraska. Greeley History Museum, 714 9th St, Greeley, Colorado. 970-350-9220
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Viola Davis doesn’t come across as an actor who’s easily intimidated. So it’s a bit surprising to hear her reveal how daunted she was by the task of playing Michelle Obama in “The First Lady,” which celebrates the life of three White House icons.
”I’m not going to lie. I was terrified,” Davis said during a virtual news conference with TV critics in February. “I think I listened to her podcasts probably over a hundred times and still felt terrified. I had the insurmountable task of everyone knowing who Michelle Obama is. Everybody has claimed ownership of her. Everybody has a time period where they loved her hair or hated her hair or loved her eyebrows or hated her eyebrows, and they feel like they own her.”
Davis’ performance isn’t perfect. She’s mesmerizing when it’s time to roar but struggles with nailing down Obama’s lighter side. But the 10-part series, debuting at 9 p.m. ET Sunday on Showtime, still ends up being a showcase for the Oscar and Tony winner, as well as her co-stars.
Michelle Pfeiffer is so good as Betty Ford that you’ll wish Congress would pass a bill forcing her to work more. Her opening scene, in which her character dances across a porch to Harry Nilsson’s “Coconut,” provides as much insight about a historic figure as Ken Burns gets across in an hour of old photos.
Gillian Anderson gives Eleanor Roosevelt quiet dignity and a sense of sadness.
”I don’t know whether I’ve ever played a woman who didn’t have confidence before,” said Anderson, who has won Emmys for her work in “The X-Files” and “The Crown.” “It was fascinating to embody someone who felt moved to do good work not necessarily because of feeling like she had a right to have a voice or a right to have a place. She did it out of pure selflessness, and so that was fascinating to explore.”
Each performance is so captivating that you sometimes wish the series would have chosen just one subject to zero in on, rather than bouncing back and forth among the three women over the course of more than a century.
But producers were keen to connect the dots between their shared struggles and triumphs.
”These three women had fully independent lives before they went into the White House. And then suddenly they were told to pick china patterns and stay in the background,” said executive producer Cathy Schulman, who hopes to explore the lives of other first ladies in future seasons. “They had to find their way through that system to have impact and have their voices shine again. That’s what they shared.”
The approach is bound to pay off – expect the series to have a major presence at the Emmys – even though Davis knows Obama may not approve of all her acting choices.
”Something I always say, even to my husband, is ‘Listen, if someone were to do a bio of my life 70 years from now and they spoke to everyone that possibly came into contact with me, you’d only know 40% of me,’” she said. “So, yes, there’s a huge amount of fear, but that’s what we live for as artists. It’s a huge exercise in letting go, and it’s a huge exercise in transformation.”
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SUNDAY
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m., UW Fieldhouse. Hear from health care professionals and get your steps in.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
MONDAY
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
UW Music presents “Adzel Duo: Clarinets Alive”: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. For tickets, call 307-766-6666 or visit uwyo.edu/finearts.
TUESDAY
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Free stress relief clinic: 1-2 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
UW planetarium presents “Wyoming Skies”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. What’s up in the sky around Wyoming?
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
WEDNESDAY
Laramie Rivers Conservation District meets: Noon, 5015 Stone Road.
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Award-Winning Author Jesmyn Ward speaks: 5 p.m., UW College of Arts and Sciences auditorium.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Albany County post-redistricting meeting: 6-7 p.m., Albany County Commission room at the courthouse. Also via Zoom at tinyurl.com/2p94p7nn. Use ID: 86733040896 and passcode: 411120.
UW Jazz Studies program presents jazz combos in concert: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Recital Hall. Free to attend.
Relative Theatrics presents “Black Sky”: 7:30 p.m., Gryphon Theatre at the Laramie Plains Civic Center, 710 E. Garfield St. Tickets are $16, and $14 for students and seniors. Get them online at relativetheatrics.eventbrite.com.
THURSDAY
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
UW Jazz Studies presents UW Jazz Ensembles I and II in concert: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. For tickets, call 307-766-6666 or visit uwyo.edu/finearts.
Relative Theatrics presents “Black Sky”: 7:30 p.m., Gryphon Theatre at the Laramie Plains Civic Center, 710 E. Garfield St. Tickets are $16, and $14 for students and seniors. Get them online at relativetheatrics.eventbrite.com.
FRIDAY
Albany County CattleWomen meet: 11:30 a.m., location tbd. Visit wyaccw.com in the week before the meeting for location and more information.
Free stress relief clinic: Noon to 1 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
UW planetarium presents “Earth Day”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Observe our beautiful planet from the ground, sky and space as we learn about glaciers, atmospheric science, meteorology, extreme weather events and climate history.
Violin virtuoso Augustin Hadelich with UW Chamber Orchestra: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets available at uwyo.edu/finearts.
Relative Theatrics presents “Black Sky”: 7:30 p.m., Gryphon Theatre at the Laramie Plains Civic Center, 710 E. Garfield St. Tickets are $16, and $14 for students and seniors. Get them online at relativetheatrics.eventbrite.com.
SATURDAY
Free stress relief clinic: 10-11 a.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
UW planetarium presents “From Earth to the Universe”: 2 p.m., UW Planetarium. The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths and awe for as long as there have been people.
Relative Theatrics presents “Black Sky”: 7:30 p.m., Gryphon Theatre at the Laramie Plains Civic Center, 710 E. Garfield St. Tickets are $16, and $14 for students and seniors. Get them online at relativetheatrics.eventbrite.com.
UW Theater and Dance presents Koresh Dance Co.: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts main stage. Tickets $16, $13 for seniors and $8 for students. Call 307-766-6666 or visit uwyo.edu/finearts.
April 24
Understanding Medicare informational meeting: 3 p.m., American Legion post, 417 E. Ivinson Ave. Free and open to the public.
UW Department of Music presents “Grieg, Violin Sonatas for Flute”: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. Free to attend and public is invited.
April 25
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Wyoming’s energy economy panel discussion: 6 p.m., online at uweconomists.eventbrite.com. Features four University of Wyoming economists.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St.
April 26
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Free stress relief clinic: 1-2 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
April 27
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
April 28
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
International Night at Laramie High School: 6-7:30 p.m., at the school. Tickets cost $15 and are available 3:15-4:15 p.m. in the lobby through April 22.
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
April 29
Free stress relief clinic: Noon to 1 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
UW planetarium presents “Mars”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. The red planet is host to many questions; did it used to be like Earth? Did it once harbor life? Could it still support life?
April 30
Free stress relief clinic: 10-11 a.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
UW planetarium presents “Mexica Archaeoastronomy”: 2 p.m., UW Planetarium. Illustrates the important role played by astronomical observation for the evolution of pre-Hispanic cultures in central Mexico.
UW planetarium presents “Liquid Sky, Electronica”: 7 p.m., UW Planetarium. Enjoy a custom playlist of music from today’s top artists.
May 1
Learn about veterans benefits and how to apply: 3 p.m., American Legion post, 417 E. Ivinson Ave. Free and open to the public.
May 2
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
May 3
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Free stress relief clinic: 1-2 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 4
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
May 5
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Diabetes Support Group meets: 5:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Email questions@ivinsosnhospital.org for the link.
Cinco de Mayo at the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 5:30-7:30 p.m., Horse Barn Theater at the site. Free to public.
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 6
Free stress relief clinic: Noon to 1 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 7
Free stress relief clinic: 10-11 a.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
VFW Post 2221 Commander’s Charity Dinner: 5:30-8 p.m., 2142 E. Garfield St. Tickets 412 at the door, all proceeds to benefit VFW Poppy Fund and Albany County Search and Rescue.
May 9
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
May 10
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Free stress relief clinic: 1-2 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
Albany County Republican Party meets: 6 p.m., Albany County Public Library.
May 11
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
May 12
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 13
Free stress relief clinic: Noon to 1 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 14
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 8:30 a.m., UW Arena-Auditorium, undergraduate ceremony for the colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Engineering and Applied Science and School of Energy Resources.
Free stress relief clinic: 10-11 a.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 10 a.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts, for the College of Law.
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 12:15 p.m., UW Arena-Auditorium, for master’s and doctoral students from colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business, Education, Engineering and Applied Science, Health Sciences and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.
University of Wyoming graduation ceremony: 3:30 p.m., UW Arena-Auditorium, for undergraduate ceremony for colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and Office of Academic Affairs.
May 16
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
May 17
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Free stress relief clinic: 1-2 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 18
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson Medical Group women’s health prenatal education: 5:30 p.m., Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the Summit Conference Room. Learn more or register at ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
May 19
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 20
Albany County CattleWomen meet: 11:30 a.m., location tbd. Visit wyaccw.com in the week before the meeting for location and more information.
Free stress relief clinic: Noon to 1 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 21
Free stress relief clinic: 10-11 a.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 23
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St.
May 24
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Free stress relief clinic: 1-2 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 25
Laramie Tai Chi and tea: Meets at 1:30 p.m. at the north end of the stadium in Laramie Plainsman Park, North 15th and Reynolds. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
May 26
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Stitching the Past Together creative aging class: 6:30-8 p.m., Albany County Public Library large meeting room. Students will learn memory-based storytelling through beading techniques in this free course. Register at acplwy.org or at the circulation desk.
May 27
Free stress relief clinic: Noon to 1 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 28
Free stress relief clinic: 10-11 a.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
May 30
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
May 31
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Free stress relief clinic: 1-2 p.m., Laramie Plains Civic Center Phoenix Ballroom.
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Following her confirmation as the Constitution Party of Wyoming’s candidate for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Marissa Selvig faces two Republican frontrunners with millions of dollars flowing into their campaigns.
But the Riverton resident said she doesn’t believe money defines a candidate’s ability to win.
“People in Wyoming are hungry for change,” she told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “And I personally don’t believe that whoever has the most money is the best candidate.”
Quarterly campaign finances reports were posted Friday by the Federal Elections Commission for contenders in the 2022 election, totaling nearly $4 million in contributions in this race. Incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., raised more than $2.5 million between January and the end of March, close to $90,000 of which came from political action committees, according to her campaign’s filing. She was trailed by Trump-endorsed challenger Harriet Hageman, who received almost $1.3 million in contributions, of which $58,500 was from PACs.
Selvig said she understood this helped those candidates get their message out faster and farther than her at this point, but she criticized the thousands of dollars coming from out of state and super PACs contributing to races. She said concerns over raising millions of dollars prevents qualified candidates from running, and also leaves room for hidden influence.
“When big money comes into one campaign or another, those candidates are really beholden to those people who are giving them hundreds of thousands of dollars,” she said. “And is that good for their constituents? I don’t think it is. I think there’s a lot of money exchange in government that is unhealthy for our country.”
She said this was one of the reasons she doesn’t want to be involved with big money, and why she plans to run her campaign as frugally as possible. The Constitution Party candidate raised close to $8,000 in the first quarter in individual contributions, and spent around $7,000. As time progresses, she said she will gain more financial support, but it is not what qualifies her as a candidate.
“I am a qualified candidate because I am a citizen of this nation who loves it, and I believe in the Constitution,” she said. “Nowhere in the Constitution does it say you have to be from a fancy family, or be an attorney, or be a rich person.”
Although positions of power or family influences did not play a part in her decision to become a candidate in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives, her identity as a woman of faith did. Selvig said she was called by God to run, and she obeyed.
It also played a part in her leaving the Republican Party last fall.
“The Constitution Party really puts God first, and an emphasis on the Constitution,” she said. “And I know that the Republicans say they do the same thing, but I feel that the Constitution Party is more serious about it.”
Her goals align with these ideals in that she wants to restore fiscal responsibility in the federal government, bring back proper communication into the role of a representative and return virtue to government. She said standing up for moral excellence, being prudent and conducting yourself with integrity are all missing in politics today.
But she also said she sees an absence of constitutional values and policies. Changes she would advocate for, if elected, are to remove many bureaucratic organizations, such as the Department of Education and the USDA, repeal the 16th Amendment to remove personal income tax and give more responsibility back to the states.
“We take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution,” she said. “And people aren’t doing that. They aren’t voting for things that are constitutional, and I hope to.”
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Boomerang Writer In the ramp-up to Easter, people may have noticed eggs are another commodity to show a dramatic price hike as part of a global surge of inflation and supply chain disruptions. The price of a dozen eggs is up more than 25% compared to a year ago, according to analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture data from Texas A&M University economists. Overall, egg prices are up 59% from pre-pandemic levels, according to the Food Institute. Egg prices average more than $2 a dozen nationally or more, according to USDA data. And prices continue to rise north of $2.50, as much as $5 or more a dozen for some varieties at certain grocers. While an increase in the range of $1.50-$3 may not be seem like much to the daily consumer, local restaurants are feeling the impact in their bulk orders. Maria’s Mexican Grill and Cantina in Laramie had to raise the price of its breakfast burritos that contain eggs by $1 to make up for an increase in cost, said co-owner Edna Galvan. Their supplier, Shamrock Foods Co., has been struggling with an avian flu outbreak, which also is contributing to a national supply issue and inflation for eggs. While the restaurant used to pay between $30 to $45 for 30 dozen eggs when buying in bulk, that has increased to about $90 over the past two weeks. “It’s tough,” Galvan said. “Right now it’s eggs, but another thing is the price of chicken. Sometimes there’s not even any there (available to order).” Finding a balance Flocks totaling a combined 5.4 million chickens in Wisconsin, Delaware and Iowa are among the largest avian flu outbreaks in the United States. The outbreak had reached Wyoming by the end of March, and is posing a threat to small, local farms in Albany County. “We are at the mercy of nature since our chicken flocks are free-range and we don’t have the means for them to be confined from the outdoors completely,” said BJ Edwards, co-owner of Taste of the Wind farm located about 30 miles west of Laramie. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department “told us to prepare to lose our whole flock.”
Edwards and her husband, Chris, have been feeding their animals indoors and at night in an effort to keep food remnants away from wild birds that could spread avian flu. They also are experimenting with the use of deterrents like scarecrows and owl decoys to keep birds away from livestock areas. “It is a tough balance, as we do not want to reduce habitat availability for these birds as they pass through this part of the state, but we do want them to avoid certain areas of the land we are on in order to minimize contact with our birds,” Edwards said. She expects the risk to increase as the weather gets warmer and more birds migrate into the area. Unlike other farms, Taste of the Wind processes its own meat birds on location. While this is legal, insurance companies refuse to cover their operations because of the practice. “Our only strategy at this point is prevention, and a lot of prayers,” Edwards said. Other local farmers have less concern their flocks will be impacted by the avian flu, but report having felt the brunt of increasing prices for gas and other supplies. “Prices are outrageous right now,” said Mollee Gilgen. Her family operates Middle Fork Farm, which is down the street from Taste of the Wind. “We have high fuel prices, which drives up feed costs, and it costs more to drive to town and pick up your feed.” Gilgen said that because it’s hard enough for people to afford food, she’s chosen to absorb the increased costs of producing milk, eggs and meat rather than pass it on to her customers.
An important way to combat the supply chain issues at the ranch has been diversifying products and services, Gilgen said. The ranch produces fodder to cut down on feed costs and sells other products like lettuce and pesto. It also has branched out as a venue for ranch weddings. “I think anyone in agriculture understands that everything fluctuates,” Gilgen said. “You never know what your day’s (going to bring), so you prepare for anything.” Global scramble Higher egg prices are part of an inflationary wave that has seen food prices increase 7.9% from February 2021 to February 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is the largest increase since 1981. “Egg prices are set by the commodity market based on supply and demand, and farmers don’t usually get to set the price of their eggs,” said Marc Dresner, director of integrated communications for the American Egg Board. “Like many industries, egg farming is experiencing supply chain challenges related to increases in costs and availability of feed and grain, labor and transportation.”
Supply chain issues have caused the Laramie Walmart to increase egg prices despite efforts to minimize the impacts of higher costs, said company spokesperson Tricia Moriarty. Taste of the Wind also has slightly increased some prices to account for delivery cost increases because of higher fuel prices. For Edwards, localizing all aspects of the food production process is the best defense against experiencing these problems to a greater degree like large producers. “We are seeing, on a massive scale, just how fragile our supply chains and global economies are. When we source our products locally, we automatically insulate ourselves from being affected by large-scale issues like we are seeing,” Edwards said. “With local producers … I do feel that eating can sustain us and our families and support healthy communities built on relationships and trust, rather than speed, greed and convenience.” American consumers are adjusting some of their Easter spending with persistent inflation hitting their pocketbooks. The National Retail Federation projects consumers will spend $169.79 on the Christian holiday. Eighty percent of Americans will celebrate Easter and are projected to spend $20.8 billion this year, down from $21.6 billion in 2019. The retail group also reports that 42% of consumers will comparison shop for Easter items if the price is considered too high. Another 31% of consumers will choose a different brand or color because of higher costs.
Boomerang Writer
In the ramp-up to Easter, people may have noticed eggs are another commodity to show a dramatic price hike as part of a global surge of inflation and supply chain disruptions.
The price of a dozen eggs is up more than 25% compared to a year ago, according to analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture data from Texas A&M University economists. Overall, egg prices are up 59% from pre-pandemic levels, according to the Food Institute.
Egg prices average more than $2 a dozen nationally or more, according to USDA data. And prices continue to rise north of $2.50, as much as $5 or more a dozen for some varieties at certain grocers.
While an increase in the range of $1.50-$3 may not be seem like much to the daily consumer, local restaurants are feeling the impact in their bulk orders.
Maria’s Mexican Grill and Cantina in Laramie had to raise the price of its breakfast burritos that contain eggs by $1 to make up for an increase in cost, said co-owner Edna Galvan.
Their supplier, Shamrock Foods Co., has been struggling with an avian flu outbreak, which also is contributing to a national supply issue and inflation for eggs. While the restaurant used to pay between $30 to $45 for 30 dozen eggs when buying in bulk, that has increased to about $90 over the past two weeks.
“It’s tough,” Galvan said. “Right now it’s eggs, but another thing is the price of chicken. Sometimes there’s not even any there (available to order).”
Finding a balanceFlocks totaling a combined 5.4 million chickens in Wisconsin, Delaware and Iowa are among the largest avian flu outbreaks in the United States. The outbreak had reached Wyoming by the end of March, and is posing a threat to small, local farms in Albany County.
“We are at the mercy of nature since our chicken flocks are free-range and we don’t have the means for them to be confined from the outdoors completely,” said BJ Edwards, co-owner of Taste of the Wind farm located about 30 miles west of Laramie. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department “told us to prepare to lose our whole flock.”
Edwards and her husband, Chris, have been feeding their animals indoors and at night in an effort to keep food remnants away from wild birds that could spread avian flu. They also are experimenting with the use of deterrents like scarecrows and owl decoys to keep birds away from livestock areas.
“It is a tough balance, as we do not want to reduce habitat availability for these birds as they pass through this part of the state, but we do want them to avoid certain areas of the land we are on in order to minimize contact with our birds,” Edwards said.
She expects the risk to increase as the weather gets warmer and more birds migrate into the area. Unlike other farms, Taste of the Wind processes its own meat birds on location. While this is legal, insurance companies refuse to cover their operations because of the practice.
“Our only strategy at this point is prevention, and a lot of prayers,” Edwards said.
Other local farmers have less concern their flocks will be impacted by the avian flu, but report having felt the brunt of increasing prices for gas and other supplies.
“Prices are outrageous right now,” said Mollee Gilgen. Her family operates Middle Fork Farm, which is down the street from Taste of the Wind. “We have high fuel prices, which drives up feed costs, and it costs more to drive to town and pick up your feed.”
Gilgen said that because it’s hard enough for people to afford food, she’s chosen to absorb the increased costs of producing milk, eggs and meat rather than pass it on to her customers.
An important way to combat the supply chain issues at the ranch has been diversifying products and services, Gilgen said. The ranch produces fodder to cut down on feed costs and sells other products like lettuce and pesto. It also has branched out as a venue for ranch weddings.
“I think anyone in agriculture understands that everything fluctuates,” Gilgen said. “You never know what your day’s (going to bring), so you prepare for anything.”
Global scramble
Higher egg prices are part of an inflationary wave that has seen food prices increase 7.9% from February 2021 to February 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is the largest increase since 1981.
“Egg prices are set by the commodity market based on supply and demand, and farmers don’t usually get to set the price of their eggs,” said Marc Dresner, director of integrated communications for the American Egg Board. “Like many industries, egg farming is experiencing supply chain challenges related to increases in costs and availability of feed and grain, labor and transportation.”
Supply chain issues have caused the Laramie Walmart to increase egg prices despite efforts to minimize the impacts of higher costs, said company spokesperson Tricia Moriarty.
Taste of the Wind also has slightly increased some prices to account for delivery cost increases because of higher fuel prices. For Edwards, localizing all aspects of the food production process is the best defense against experiencing these problems to a greater degree like large producers.
“We are seeing, on a massive scale, just how fragile our supply chains and global economies are. When we source our products locally, we automatically insulate ourselves from being affected by large-scale issues like we are seeing,” Edwards said. “With local producers … I do feel that eating can sustain us and our families and support healthy communities built on relationships and trust, rather than speed, greed and convenience.”
American consumers are adjusting some of their Easter spending with persistent inflation hitting their pocketbooks.
The National Retail Federation projects consumers will spend $169.79 on the Christian holiday. Eighty percent of Americans will celebrate Easter and are projected to spend $20.8 billion this year, down from $21.6 billion in 2019.
The retail group also reports that 42% of consumers will comparison shop for Easter items if the price is considered too high. Another 31% of consumers will choose a different brand or color because of higher costs.
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...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM UNTIL 3 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Interstate 80 Summit and adjacent foothills between
Laramie and Cheyenne.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to 3 PM MDT Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be
hazardous to light weight and high profile vehicles, including
campers and tractor trailers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.
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Dozens of kids age 3 and younger — many with parents pointing smartphones at them — rush out onto the west field at Kiwanis Park on Saturday morning at the start of the annual Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt. After patiently waiting (and some not-so-patiently), the tykes took off after the hundreds of candy-filled eggs scattered on the field. In less than a minute, the turf was clear.
TOP LEFT: Renesmee Schneider, 3, left and Lucian Schneider, 4, reach through a cage to pet Hank, a 4-month-old Chihuahu mix at the Laramie Animal Welfare Society’s Peeps and Paws puppy event at WyoTech on Saturday morning. Children had fun playing games and interacting with some of the dogs available for adoption through LAWS. The organization also accepted donation of money, pet food and supplies.
TOP RIGHT: Gemma Goodenough, 3, shows she has great control, hitting the circle nearly every time with bean bags in a game at the Peeps and Paws puppy event put on by the Laramie Animal Welfare Society at WyoTech on Saturday. Watching at her side is grandmother Petty McCrackin.
ABOVE: :Oakley Robinson, 11 months, has nearly as much chocolate around her mouth and on her nice, white coat as in her mouth after retrieving a coveted Hershey’s Kiss from a plastic Easter Egg at the Kiwanis Club of Laramie hunt Saturday.
RIGHT: The Easter Bunny waves at little ones poised with their baskets to gather up as many candy-filled eggs as they can at the annual Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt at Kiwanis Park in West Laramie.
Oakley Robinson, 11 months, has nearly as much chocolate around her mouth and on her nice, white coat as in her mouth after retrieving a coveted Hershey’s Kiss from a plastic Easter Egg at the Kiwanis Club of Laramie hunt Saturday.
The Easter Bunny waves at little ones poised with their baskets to gather up as many candy-filled eggs as they can at the annual Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt at Kiwanis Park in West Laramie.
Gemma Goodenough, 3, shows she has great control, hitting the circle nearly every time with bean bags in a game at the Peeps and Paws puppy event put on by the Laramie Animal Welfare Society at WyoTech on Saturday. Watching at her side is grandmother Petty McCrackin.
Dozens of kids age 3 and younger — many with parents pointing smartphones at them — rush out onto the west field at Kiwanis Park on Saturday morning at the start of the annual Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt. After patiently waiting (and some not-so-patiently), the tykes took off after the hundreds of candy-filled eggs scattered on the field. In less than a minute, the turf was clear.
TOP LEFT: Renesmee Schneider, 3, left and Lucian Schneider, 4, reach through a cage to pet Hank, a 4-month-old Chihuahu mix at the Laramie Animal Welfare Society’s Peeps and Paws puppy event at WyoTech on Saturday morning. Children had fun playing games and interacting with some of the dogs available for adoption through LAWS. The organization also accepted donation of money, pet food and supplies.
TOP RIGHT: Gemma Goodenough, 3, shows she has great control, hitting the circle nearly every time with bean bags in a game at the Peeps and Paws puppy event put on by the Laramie Animal Welfare Society at WyoTech on Saturday. Watching at her side is grandmother Petty McCrackin.
ABOVE: :Oakley Robinson, 11 months, has nearly as much chocolate around her mouth and on her nice, white coat as in her mouth after retrieving a coveted Hershey’s Kiss from a plastic Easter Egg at the Kiwanis Club of Laramie hunt Saturday.
RIGHT: The Easter Bunny waves at little ones poised with their baskets to gather up as many candy-filled eggs as they can at the annual Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt at Kiwanis Park in West Laramie.
Oakley Robinson, 11 months, has nearly as much chocolate around her mouth and on her nice, white coat as in her mouth after retrieving a coveted Hershey’s Kiss from a plastic Easter Egg at the Kiwanis Club of Laramie hunt Saturday.
The Easter Bunny waves at little ones poised with their baskets to gather up as many candy-filled eggs as they can at the annual Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt at Kiwanis Park in West Laramie.
Gemma Goodenough, 3, shows she has great control, hitting the circle nearly every time with bean bags in a game at the Peeps and Paws puppy event put on by the Laramie Animal Welfare Society at WyoTech on Saturday. Watching at her side is grandmother Petty McCrackin.
Kids had their photos taken with Laramie Animal Welfare Society dogs against a festive background at the organization’s Easter event Saturday.
A sunny morning with almost no wind made for a perfect setting Saturday for hundreds of Laramie’s little ones to celebrate the Easter holiday through events sponsored by local organizations.
At Kiwanis Park in West Laramie, the annual Kiwanis Club of Laramie Easter Egg Hunt drew a large crowd of kids and parents to gather hundreds of candy-filled plastic eggs spread out on fields for three age groups.
Perhaps the most entertaining was the age 3 and younger group as parents, to varying degrees of success, wrangled their excited youngsters before the start of the event. Patiently waiting while being tempted by a field filled with colorful treats wasn’t on the agenda for some.
When the hunt finally began, the kids rushed out to gather as many chocolate-filled plastic eggs as they could while parents tried to get ahead of them to take video and photos. The eggs were all plucked and tucked away in baskets within a minute.
Many of the families at the Kiwanis hunt then made their way over to the nearby WyoTech campus, where the Laramie Animal Welfare Society was hosting its Peeps and Paws puppy event. Kids were encouraged to play games and pet about a dozen gentle and playful pups under the agency’s care.
Many of the dogs were dressed for Easter in colorful bandanas, and a few wearing snazzy shirts.
Along with treating families to a little weekend fun, LAWS also accepted donations of money and pet supplies while increasing community awareness of its mission to advocate for the welfare of animals in Laramie.
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...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM UNTIL 3 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Interstate 80 Summit and adjacent foothills between
Laramie and Cheyenne.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to 3 PM MDT Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be
hazardous to light weight and high profile vehicles, including
campers and tractor trailers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.
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A prominent area judge has announced her retirement from the bench and will accept a tenure-track professorship at the University of Wyoming College of Law beginning this fall.
Tori Kricken has spent more than five years as a District Court judge for Wyoming’s 2nd Judicial District. Prior to her appointment by former Gov. Matt Mead, she served as a staff attorney for the 2nd Judicial District, was a District Court commissioner and presided over local DUI/Drug Court and Circuit Court.
“The good news is that I do not really say ‘goodbye,’” Kricken says in a letter announcing her retirement. “I will remain in Laramie and hope to continue to be of service as a Circuit Court magistrate and District Court commissioner, so I promise to haunt the halls off the courthouse in many capacities.”
Kricken, who earned her Juris Doctor from UW in 2000, said the opportunity at the university was too tempting to pass up.
“It was perhaps the only offer that could lure me away from the judiciary,” she wrote about the move. “After much soul searching, I have accepted that offer and look forward to this new adventure to warp — I mean ‘enlighten’ — many future generations of lawyers in Wyoming and beyond.”
The state Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting expressions of interest to fill the vacancy that will be created by Judge Kricken’s retirement, which is effective Aug. 15.
The Judicial Nominating Commission will accept applications from qualified persons (a qualified elector in the state and authorized to practice law here), which are available the Wyoming Supreme Court website at courts.state.wy.us/administration/careers. The completed forms must be received no later than 5 p.m. May 13.
The commission asks people to not submit letters of recommendation, as only review documents specifically required by the expression of interest will be considered.
Gov. Mark Gordon will appoint a new 2nd Judicial Court judge from a list of three names submitted to him by the Nomination Commission.
The salary for the position is $160,000 a year with state benefits, retirement and a generous judicial pension, as per Wyoming statute.
Editor’s note:A Wyoming Supreme Court announcement about the upcoming vacancy in the 2nd Judicial District, reported in Saturday’s Boomerang, says Judge Kricken is resigning from the bench. That is not correct. She is retiring to accept a professorship at the University of Wyoming.
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Landfill vouchers can help with spring cleaning
The application period for the city of Laramie’s annual landfill voucher program begins Monday.
People can apply for a voucher online at cityoflaramie.org/voucher. Applications will be accepted through Aug. 5 and will be valid at the landfill May 2 through Sept. 17.
Each household in the city is eligible for one voucher (no businesses) good for disposing of waste and/or recyclables up to one pickup-sized load (about 2.5 yards). Fees for tires, appliances, dead animals and uncovered loads still apply. Household hazardous waste also requires an appointment.
Shepard Symposium to be in-person and online
The 25th annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice will be held Wednesday through Saturday at the University of Wyoming.
This year’s theme “Rebuilding From the Roots” will be the focus of a number of public sessions that will be held daily.
The symposium has grown from a local grassroots event to an internationally recognized conference. It was renamed to honor the work of the Matthew Shepard family in memory of the UW student who was murdered in 1998.
Preregistration is encouraged because this will be a hybrid conference with both in-person and virtual presentations.
Visit https://tinyurl.com/2hu4rnxp to register.
Violin virtuoso to perform at UW
Hailed as one of the great violinists of our time, virtuoso Augustin Hadelich will perform Friday at the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Wyoming campus.
His concert “Violin Treasures” will feature a mixed program of works for violin and piano by Beethoven and Ravel in collaboration with UW faculty pianist Chi-Chen Wu.
Hadelich is known for his flawless technique, soulful approach and insightful interpretations.
Tickets are $10, $7 for seniors and $6 for students, and can be bought online at uwyo.edu/finarts or by calling 307-766-6666.
Listen to excerpts from Hadelich’s past performances at augustinhadelich.com.
International Night a multicultural celebration
The Laramie High School foreign language honor societies, along with the Multicultural Club, will host International Night at the school from 6-8:30 p.m. April 28.
The community is invited to join the students in celebration of cultures from around the globe with performances and food.
Tickets, $15 each cash, will be sold from 3:15-4:15 p.m. in the LHS lobby Monday through Friday, as well as during lunch periods. They also can be bought from members of the French, Spanish and German honor societies or the Multicultural Club.
Local volunteers recognized by county
Representatives from nearly 20 local nonprofit, service organizations and businesses joined the Albany County Commission on Tuesday for the designation of this week as National Volunteer Week.
The week is set aside to honor volunteers and the impact they have in communities across the nation.
Calling all Wyoming artists
The Wyoming Arts Council is accepting applications for fellowships in visual and performing arts, creative writing and Native art.
The merit-based awards are open to Wyoming residents. Applications will be juried by noted artists and professionals in their fields from outside the state.
Deadline to apply is June 9, and all recipients will receive an unrestricted $3,000 award and an opportunity to showcase their work.
For more information about the awards and how to apply, visit wyoarts.state.wy.us., call 307-274-6673 or email taylor.craig@wyo.gov.
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There wasn’t much doubt about what Arvin Martinez was going to do when he graduated from Laramie High School in 1986. He would continue his after-school activity of learning the automotive radiator business.
“I started as a kid at Laramie Radiator Works in 1977,” Martinez recalls. “At first I’d sweep the floors, but then my dad taught me how to unsolder radiators that had to be taken apart for repair. The solder collected in a test tank I’d work over. It could be gathered up and the lead reused.”
Now he is the third owner of that radiator business, interviewed at his office at 203 E. Baker St., formerly Rinker’s Auto Salvage.
The Baker Street address is the latest of eight locations Laramie Radiator Works has had since Rolland R. “Red” Rutledge founded it in 1947. According to Martinez, Red and his brother Harold Rutledge worked in a Fort Collins radiator shop when they branched out into Wyoming. Harold started a radiator shop in Cheyenne in 1946, and the next year Red (he did have red hair) opened a Laramie shop at 512 S. 2nd St., where Clure Brothers Furniture is now.
“In 1964, Rutledge moved to his second location at 264 N. 3rd next door to where Amos Bovee had operated a Studebaker and Hudson auto dealership. That’s where he was when my dad, Lawrence Martinez, started working for him in 1964. But around 1970, Dad began working nights for Rutledge,” says Martinez. “His day job was working for Laramie’s Montgomery Ward appliance and catalog store at 509 S. 2nd St. that had added an auto repair shop.”
Another branch of Clure’s is there now.
In 1969, Laramie Radiator Works moved to 1470 N. 3rd St. The original building is long gone, replaced by an exercise studio, but a reminder can still be seen in the small building housing equipment that removes contaminants from the soil left by a leaking underground storage tank.
This equipment, mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency, can be seen in several places on 3rd Street where gas stations used to be located.
“That old building was too large and hard to heat, so the radiator shop moved to its fourth location, 968 N. 3rd St.,” Martinez recalls.
It was where Leon New’s Texaco station had been.
“Dad went full-time with Rutledge in 1975,” says Martinez. “Then he bought the business from him in 1977. He moved the shop in 1989 to what had been the Plainsman 66 gas station at 320 Grand Ave. We had to pump gas to keep the lease. The Boomerang bought that lot about seven years later, so the shop moved again.
“Its sixth location was 117 E. Lyon St., and we still own that building.”
Then Martinez also started a side business, Rhino Linings, doing protective coatings for pickup beds.
Arvin Martinez assumed ownership of the business when his dad died suddenly in 1999.
In 2002, Laramie Radiator Works moved to its seventh location at 1457 N. 3rd, which had been A&J Motors, a Buick dealership operated by Alex Hilim and Jim Bath.
The building later housed at different times a trucking business, Crescent Electrical Supply and Detail Muffler and Radiator. The latter, a competitor for Laramie Radiator Works, went out of business in 2002.
For a while, Arvin partnered with his cousin, Troy Trujillo, who sold and repaired tires while Martinez operated Rhino Linings and Laramie Radiator Works under the same roof on North 3rd Street.
In 2016, Martinez bought Rinker’s Auto Salvage and moved Laramie Radiator Works to that location.
“The demand for aftermarket radiators makes a good fit with the radiator repair service,” he says. “We have specialized equipment to test every used radiator that we pull from an old car. We are sure it has no leaks before we supply it to the customer.”
Martinez explains that radiator technology hasn’t changed much over time. Radiators dissipate heat from engines, allowing them to be more efficient and preventing self-destruction. Antifreeze keeps the coolant from freezing in cold weather and radiator pressure caps keep radiators from boiling over like they used to do.
Newer aluminum radiators are lighter weight but tend not to last as long as traditional copper and brass radiators.
“Anti-corrosion additives are essential for aluminum radiators with plastic tanks,” Martinez says, adding that they “are part of our throw-away society now, often replaced instead of repaired. The original copper and brass ones can usually be repaired in about a day.”
For a while it was thought that air-cooling alone might make radiators obsolete. That was tried on some Corvaire, Volkswagen Beetle and Porsche cars.
“Except for those older models, every car has a radiator and fan now, including new hybrid vehicles. Even many stationary engines, like generators, have radiators and we repair them all,” says Martinez, who has seven employees. One works at a second location in Cheyenne.
“Nothing is standard about radiator shapes and sizes,” says Martinez. “You have to replace a radiator with one like the part the manufacturer installed, and even within a single year they might change the radiator design. This is particularly a problem with semitrucks.”
According to Martinez, most service garages do not repair radiators — they offer the customer a new one if the right model is available or ask a radiator shop to fix it or supply an aftermarket one (new, but from a different manufacturer). Sometimes repairing a damaged radiator is the only option.
A satisfied Laramie customer, Scott Morton, says: “Since the antique cars I deal with vary from about 40 to 95 years old, new radiators are impossible to find, and ones from a salvage yard, if they can be located, are no better than the originals. Laramie Radiator Works is a lifesaver for these projects.”
With 75 years of business in Laramie, they must be doing something right.
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The Laramie City Council will have the third reading of Ordinance 2044 on Tuesday. It is important that city residents fully understand the consequences of the ordinance to people owning property in zoning areas LR and R1.
These areas are designated for single-family residences, which is much of the housing in Laramie. One needs to understand the history of these two zoning areas to understand the magnitude of the negative impact this ordinance will have on the property owners who expect the character of their residential area to not only be maintained, but be enforced by the city.
This expectation is supported by the Laramie Municipal Code, which states, “The city will protect the scale and character of existing residential neighborhoods and community character.”
The original zoning of LR1 had the following dimensional requirements:
Lot sizes were to be a minimum of 9,000 square feet.
Minimum lot width was 80 feet.
The front setback was 45 feet.
The side setbacks were a minimum of 10 feet on one side of a property and 15 feet on the other.
The maximum height of a living structure was 28 feet.
Years later, probably in the early 2000s, the minimum lot size was reduced to 7,000 square feet, along with:
The lot width was reduced to 60 feet.
The front setback was reduced to 25 feet.
Side setbacks were reduced to 5 feet and rear setback was 10 feet.
Lot width was reduced to 60 feet.
Allowed height of a structure was increased to 40 feet.
Ordinance 2044, which is up for a final reading Tuesday, sets the minimum lot size in LR to 5,000 square feet and reduces the lot width to 30 feet. The front setback is reduced from 25 feet to 10, and side setbacks remain at 5 feet. The allowed height of a structure remains at 40 feet.
Similar changes in the ordinance apply to R1 zoning.
The dimensional requirements were reduced at a time unknown to me, but they were ratio-wise equivalent to the LR changes. The current dimensions for an R1 lot are:
Minimum lot size 5,000 square feet.
Minimum lot width 30 feet.
Front setback is 20 feet and side setbacks 5 feet.
Allowed height of a structure is 40 feet.
The changes in Ordinance 2044 are for a minimum lot size of 4,000 square feet, along with:
Minimum lot width of 30 feet.
Front setback of 10 feet and he side setbacks unchanged at 5 feet.
The height of the main structure remains at 40 feet.
These changes in the character of existing residential areas allow structures to be modified to fit into the new dimensional requirements. As an example, in the LR zone, a property owner could extend an existing house up to 10 feet from the sidewalk in front of the house.
Both LR and R1 lots allow accessory buildings. The new definition for an accessory building (the language from the current ordinance, which is stricken, is parenthetically indicated and in bolt print): “Dwelling accessory means living quarters (provided for the sole use of persons and their families) within a single-family zoned property [LR, R1, RR] that can be attached or detached from the principal structure.”
It is important to note that the changing of “sole use of persons and their families” to “within a single-family property” indicates that the accessory structure can house non-family.
It is noteworthy that the maximum size for a detached accessory building is 600 square feet. The new ordinance states that an approved accessory dwelling unit can have separate utility meters.
Ordinance 2044 addresses LR, R1 and RR zoning. Ordinance 2036 sets new criteria for R2, R2M and R3. This was passed in January and, just as 2044 does, drastically reduces minimum lot sizes, widths and setbacks.
The lot sizes for R2 and R2M went from 6,000 square feet to 2,500. For R2, the minimum lot width from 60 to 20 feet. R3 zoning minimum lot size went from 6,000 to 2,000 square feet.
Why are these changes being made?
In 2007, the City Council adopted the Laramie Planning Comprehensive Plan, which has led the way — among other powers — to building codes and regulations that allow for flexibility. Since the adoption of the plan, the city is systematically doing away with the concept of distinctly zoned residential areas.
It is fair to assume that few residents are aware of how city government is altering the character of not only residential areas, but of Laramie as a city.
For this reason the council should defeat Ordinance 2044, then council-sponsored meetings with the public could be held to discuss ways to address housing solutions that do not destroy the character of traditionally zoned residential areas.
These meetings should be multiple and held in large venues such as auditoriums and large meeting rooms. Such a procedure was done when the city government wanted to establish the Cirrus Sky Industrial Park.
City officials will probably point out that they followed the law by providing public hearings, but the point is that the effort to engage the community about major issues is so minimal the public in general is almost completely uninformed.
Even with online availability to access information about city codes and activities, obtaining information in this way not only requires an extreme effort even for people who are very familiar with using the internet, but it is not interactive communication.
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...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM UNTIL 3 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Interstate 80 Summit and adjacent foothills between
Laramie and Cheyenne.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to 3 PM MDT Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be
hazardous to light weight and high profile vehicles, including
campers and tractor trailers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.
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The Jan. 6 committee has been hiding behind closed doors for how many months now?
Let’s interview another 100 people in secret. It plans to go public in June when TV watching is at it lowest.
That’s smart!
The attorney general shows us daily that he and his department will do nothing because he is afraid of the big, mean Republicans. But wait, he may be receiving his orders from the president, “Whispering Joe,” who is the one afraid here.
That’s right, our president, along with the Justice Department we depend on to defend us against enemies foreign and domestic, are cowards!
And what luck? Just when America needs another Abraham Lincoln we get Joe Biden and a Merrick Garland.
I am no brain surgeon. I watched the Jan. 6 attack. On that day, I knew exactly who attacked our democracy: Donald Trump. I didn’t need to hide behind closed doors for a year to draw my conclusion.
Gee, I must be a genius!
Well, not really. The difference is I haven’t drank the Cool Aid for cowards — a drink stirred up daily by Whispering Joe and Garland, his not-up-to-the-job attorney general.
Now we expect this Joe to handle Russia. Good luck with that.
A little history lesson: In 1919, the Nazi party had 66 members. It took this political party only 20 years to control all of Germany, kill millions, overrun Europe and take the world into World War II.
Wake up, Joe! Put on your gig-boy pants. We need a leader!
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In January, the Laramie City Council changed the character of all R2 and R3 zoning. On Tuesday, the council is meeting to change the character of LR (limited single- family residential) and R1 (single-family residential) neighborhoods. These are the neighborhoods where you live.
My family and I moved to Corthell Hill in the 1980s because of the niceness of the area, but also because I wanted my children to have a good size and safe yard in which to play.
When the family and I moved to where I presently live, the area was zoned so that the minimal size for a residential lot was 7,000 square feet. This figure was later changed to 5,000 square feet, which is still the requirement.
City government now wants to change this and other lot dimensions by approving Ordinance 2044, which is to receive a final and third reading Tuesday.
I looked up Ordinance 2044 and I was appalled as to how the city wants to destroy the residential integrity of the Corthell Hill area and LR- zoned residential areas like Alta Vista. Here are the current and proposed changes.
Corthell Hill
- Minimal lot size: 5,000 square feet now to 4,000 square feet
- Minimal lot width: 50 feet to 30 feet
- Front setback from street: 20 feet to 10 feet
Alta Vista
- Minimal lot size: 7,000 square feet to 5,000 square feet
- Minimal lot width: 60 feet to 30 feet
- Front setback from street: 25 feet to 10 feet
The ordinance also allows detached accessory buildings of up to 600 square feet. These buildings can be up to 40 feet in height and can be on separate utilities.
This can and will change the character of LR and R1 living areas. The changes allow for properties to be modified to the new standards.
Two examples of what could happen is that the building of new structures onto existing houses that can extend a house to 10 feet from the sidewalk or the building of a 40-foot-high structure, that is detached from the house, in the backyard.
A friend told me that there is language in the Laramie Municipal Code that the city is obligated to protect the character of existing residential neighborhoods. Certainly here the city is ignoring its own code.
I expect the city to honor the character of the Corthell Hill area. I and others bought homes here because of the character of the area and, except for minor changes related to safety, we should not accept that the city can change the character of the area.
We vote for people to sit on the City Council to act in our favor and not dishonor us by making changes to the city because the city’s administration has requested them to do so.
Don’t let this happen! Contact council members and let them know you are against Ordinance 2044. Show up at Tuesday’s meeting at 6:30 p.m., even if you have to stand outside on the street.
Let city government know you are opposed to what they are doing to our residential neighborhoods. Contact friends who live in R1, LR and RR neighborhoods and ask them to become involved.
If enough people show up at the meeting, the council may defeat the ordinance even though it voted to pass it on the first two readings.
Mundy Aron
Laramie
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What is too evil for Trump and his supporters?
Looking at your news article about the change in support from Liz Cheney donors to Harriet Hageman, this change appears to be solely because of former President Donald Trump’s endorsement/anointment of Hageman and his relentless attack on Cheney.
Trump is a great admirer of Vladimir Putin and has not condemned Russia’s unprovoked invasion of a free and democratic Ukraine.
The Russian army is committing war crimes every day, targeting civilian populations, hospitals, women and children, and blocking Red Cross aid supplies and evacuation routes. New atrocities are continually being uncovered.
Are Trump and his supporters even capable of recognizing evil?
My question for these unabashed Trump supporters is this: Whose brand are you riding for? Freedom and democracy or a totalitarian dictatorship?
Marius Favret
Laramie
A plea for leadership
The Jan. 6 committee has been hiding behind closed doors for how many months now?
Let’s interview another 100 people in secret. It plans to go public in June when TV watching is at it lowest.
That’s smart!
The attorney general shows us daily that he and his department will do nothing because he is afraid of the big, mean Republicans. But wait, he may be receiving his orders from the president, “Whispering Joe,” who is the one afraid here.
That’s right, our president, along with the Justice Department we depend on to defend us against enemies foreign and domestic, are cowards!
And what luck? Just when America needs another Abraham Lincoln we get Joe Biden and a Merrick Garland.
I am no brain surgeon. I watched the Jan. 6 attack. On that day, I knew exactly who attacked our democracy: Donald Trump. I didn’t need to hide behind closed doors for a year to draw my conclusion.
Gee, I must be a genius!
Well, not really. The difference is I haven’t drank the Cool Aid for cowards — a drink stirred up daily by Whispering Joe and Garland, his not-up-to-the-job attorney general.
Now we expect this Joe to handle Russia. Good luck with that.
A little history lesson: In 1919, the Nazi party had 66 members. It took this political party only 20 years to control all of Germany, kill millions, overrun Europe and take the world into World War II.
Wake up, Joe! Put on your gig-boy pants. We need a leader!
Roy Bane
Albany County
City wants to change the character of neighborhoods
In January, the Laramie City Council changed the character of all R2 and R3 zoning. On Tuesday, the council is meeting to change the character of LR (limited single- family residential) and R1 (single-family residential) neighborhoods. These are the neighborhoods where you live.
My family and I moved to Corthell Hill in the 1980s because of the niceness of the area, but also because I wanted my children to have a good size and safe yard in which to play.
When the family and I moved to where I presently live, the area was zoned so that the minimal size for a residential lot was 7,000 square feet. This figure was later changed to 5,000 square feet, which is still the requirement.
City government now wants to change this and other lot dimensions by approving Ordinance 2044, which is to receive a final and third reading Tuesday.
I looked up Ordinance 2044 and I was appalled as to how the city wants to destroy the residential integrity of the Corthell Hill area and LR- zoned residential areas like Alta Vista. Here are the current and proposed changes.
Cortell Hill
- Minimal lot size: 5,000 square feet now to 4,000 square feet
- Minimal lot width: 50 feet to 30 feet
- Front setback from street: 20 feet to 10 feet
Alta Vista
- Minimal lot size: 7,000 square feet to 5,000 square feet
- Minimal lot width: 60 feet to 30 feet
- Front setback from street: 25 feet to 10 feet
The ordinance also allows detached accessory buildings of up to 600 square feet. These buildings can be up to 40 feet in height and can be on separate utilities.
This can and will change the character of LR and R1 living areas. The changes allow for properties to be modified to the new standards.
Two examples of what could happen is that the building of new structures onto existing houses that can extend a house to 10 feet from the sidewalk or the building of a 40-foot-high structure, that is detached from the house, in the backyard.
A friend told me that there is language in the Laramie Municipal Code that the city is obligated to protect the character of existing residential neighborhoods. Certainly here the city is ignoring its own code.
I expect the city to honor the character of the Corthell Hill area. I and others bought homes here because of the character of the area and, except for minor changes related to safety, we should not accept that the city can change the character of the area.
We vote for people to sit on the City Council to act in our favor and not dishonor us by making changes to the city because the city’s administration has requested them to do so.
Don’t let this happen! Contact council members and let them know you are against Ordinance 2044. Show up at Tuesday’s meeting at 6:30 p.m., even if you have to stand outside on the street.
Let city government know you are opposed to what they are doing to our residential neighborhoods. Contact friends who live in R1, LR and RR neighborhoods and ask them to become involved.
If enough people show up at the meeting, the council may defeat the ordinance even though it voted to pass it on the first two readings.
Mundy Aron
Laramie
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Monday
Cheyenne City Council’s Finance Committee, noon, Committee Room 104 of the Municipal Building, 2101 O’Neil Ave, and online via Zoom. For online access information, visit www.cheyennecity.org/ecm.
Wyoming State Records Committee, 2 p.m., via Google Meet. Meeting ID: meet.google.com/tyu-hmte-xbp. Those wishing to listen in can do so by calling 1-971-915-3428, PIN: 672 722 850#.
Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities, 3 p.m., 2416 Snyder Ave. and online at https://www.cheyennebopu.org/About-Us/Board-Meetings.
Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees, 6 p.m., 2811 House Ave., Cheyenne, or via online Zoom meeting. Details on how to access the Zoom meeting will be posted at https://www.laramie1.org/new-board-of-trustees-5165ea53#.
Tuesday
Wyoming Emergency Insect Management Committee, 9 a.m., Wyoming Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures lab, 6607 Campstool Road, and via Zoom teleconference. More information, including the video conference link, may be obtained by contacting the Wyoming Department of Agriculture at 307-777-6585 or slade.franklin@wyo.gov.
Cheyenne City Council’s Public Services Committee, noon, Committee Room 104 of the Municipal Building, 2101 O’Neil Ave, and online via Zoom. For online access information, visit www.cheyennecity.org/ecm.
Cheyenne-Laramie County Board of Health, noon, Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department conference room, 100 Central Ave.
Wyoming Aeronautics Commission, 1:30 p.m., via videoconference. To join the meeting, or to view the meeting materials, visit the aeronautics website at https://www.dot.state.wy.us/home/administration/aero_commission/business-meeting-information.html and click on the corresponding hyperlink. You can also call the Commission Secretary at 307-777 4015 or email AeronauticsCommission@wyo.gov.
Laramie County Board of Commissioners, 3:30 p.m., Commissioners’ Board Room, Historic Courthouse, 310 W. 19th St. Visit https://laramiecounty.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx to attend the meeting virtually and comment online. During the meeting, comments may be called in at 633-4422.
Wednesday
Cheyenne City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting to award retail liquor license to one of 10 applicants, 6 p.m., Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 2101 O’Neil Ave, and online via Zoom. For online access information, visit www.cheyennecity.org/ecm.
Laramie County Community College Board of Trustees Facilities and Finance Committee, 11 a.m., Petersen Board Room, Administration Building, 1400 E. College Drive.
Laramie County Community College Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., College Community Center, Room 128, 1400 E. College Drive.
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State of Wyoming provides latest business indicators report, energy index
The March issue of the Wyoming Insight is available at the State of Wyoming's Economic Analysis Division website, http://eadiv.state.wy.us/. The Wyoming Insight serves as an energy index and business indicators report for the state.
Highlights from the most recent issue include:
Oil prices soar above $100; natural gas prices stay near $5/MMBtu. – "The West Texas Intermediate monthly average price for crude oil was $108.50 per bbl. in March," said Dylan Bainer, principal economist for the state's Economic Analysis Division. This sharp increase in price was primarily due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict that began towards the end of February. Average active oil rigs were twelve in March, while the conventional gas rig count was three.
The March 2022 natural gas price at the Opal Hub averaged $4.42 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), $0.17 lower than the February 2022 average. The Henry Hub natural gas price averaged $4.88/MMBtu in March, $0.22 higher than last month.
Sales and use tax revenues from the mining sector continue to improve – "March sales & use tax collections from the mining sector were up $2.4 million (+59.6%) year-over-year," according to Bainer. This is the 7th consecutive month collections from the mining sector have increased year-over-year. Total statewide collections were up $9.6 million (+18.9%) compared to March 2021.
Compared to March 2020, collections from the mining sector are still down about 15%, but total collections are up almost 10%. This increase in total collections, despite the decline in the mining sector, is mostly due to large increases in the retail trade and leisure & hospitality sectors. However, a significant amount of the increase in collections in these industries can be attributed to inflation.
Oil and gas employment still down big compared to pre-pandemic levels – "Oil and gas employment in the state numbered 8,200 jobs in February 2022," said Bainer. Before the COVID-19 pandemic started to have a large impact on the economy in April of 2020, oil and gas employment in the state numbered nearly 12,000 jobs.
Total and mining employment still down compared to pre-pandemic levels; several industries have fully recovered – "Relative to this time two years ago (February 2020), total employment has still not fully recovered from the pandemic, primarily due to slow recovery in the mining industry" said Bainer. Meanwhile, other industries, such as retail trade and professional & business services, have more jobs than they did in February 2020, before the pandemic hit the labor market in March 2020. The construction and leisure & hospitality industries have roughly returned to their pre-covid levels of employment.
Google says it provided $569M in economic activity in Wyoming in 2021
On Wednesday, April 13, Google released its Economic Impact Report for Wyoming, sharing that it helped provide $569 million of economic activity in 2021 for thousands of Wyoming businesses, publishers, nonprofits, creators and developers who used Google products to increase their online presence and connect with the people and communities they serve.
More than 48,000 Wyoming businesses also received requests for directions, phone calls, bookings, reviews and other direct connections to their customers from Google in 2021.
Google is helping people learn digital skills so they can reach new customers and find new job opportunities. Grow with Google has partnered with more than 30 organizations to train thousands in Wyoming on digital skills, including public libraries, chambers of commerce, community colleges, and more. The Google Career Certificates program provides online job training and prepares job seekers for careers in high-growth fields like data analytics and IT support – with no degree or experience required.
To help more people access this program, Google announced in February a new $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund that aims to drive over $1 billion in aggregate wage gains to support economic mobility for tens of thousands of underserved American workers. The Google Career Certificates are also free to all community colleges and career and technical education high schools to add to their curriculum.
Milestones
Expanding to provide services in Wyoming, the Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado & Wyoming has hired a full-time Wyoming Director Outreach & Engagement to coordinate efforts in the Equality State. Marc Homer is responsible for developing partnerships, spreading awareness throughout the state and bringing services to the 6,000 people with epilepsy in Wyoming and to those who support them.
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CHEYENNE – Ryan Garrison has done a lot since he graduated from Cheyenne East in 1996.
Once a member of the All City Children’s Choir, he went on to win Grammy awards in 2006 and 2016 as a member of the Phoenix Chorale in Phoenix, Arizona.
He might be better identified as a performing arts teacher, however. Garrison taught courses at Arizona State University, was the director at Arizona School of the Arts and the artistic director for The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio.
Today, he’s the vocal director at Denver School of the Arts.
But among the things he’s achieved since leaving his hometown of Cheyenne, there’s one that he hadn’t quite expected. That was conducting a performance of his Advanced High School Ensemble at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 28.
The funny thing is, it’s really not that big of a deal. But that’s just because Garrison has experience performing on larger stages. For that reason, this was more about inspiring his students.
“For me, it wasn’t as big of a deal as what most people think,” Garrison said in a phone interview. “I don’t say that with an ego. I do what I do for the kids. Whatever they do, we want to put out the best representation of their ability.
“To see their excitement, that’s why we do it.”
He and the students were invited to Carnegie Hall through a program presented by Manhattan Concert Productions. The organization held a call for high school and university choir ensembles of all levels across the country, and when Garrison saw the opportunity, he applied.
The students in the Advanced High School Ensemble took the stage for group performances with Eastern New Mexico University Chamber Singers, Fordham University Choir, Chowan University Singers, Ouachita Baptist University Choirs and the Salem High School Chorus.
Many other institutions performed in the concert, though not with Denver School of the Arts.
But Garrison and his group got the chance to shine all on their own.
“They ask the participating ensembles to send in an audition performance, because what they do beyond the full group is select a spotlight performance,” he said. “My group was selected for that.”
Accompanied only by a pianist, the ensemble performed two pieces by Elaine Hagenberg, “Refuge” and “The Meditations of My Heart.” Garrison was there, as well, leading them in their performance.
The chorale had been preparing with daily, 90-minute rehearsals since January. While the students were nervous, no one could say they were unprepared to perform on one of the country’s most prestigious stages.
What allowed Garrison – a kid from Wyoming who played violin, piano and performed in the choirs up through college – to reach this point was support for his creative endeavors, he said, though his family denies their impact.
“I always say, ‘I just bought him the piano,’” his father, Jerry Garrison, joked.
Garrison wants to give the same opportunities to his students that he experienced. Visiting New York City and performing at Carnegie Hall is one that can give them a glimpse into where their talents can take them in life, he said.
“The response has been huge from faculty, the kids, and, especially, the parents,” he said. “The parents have obviously been really excited over the opportunity that was given.”
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| 2022-04-17T14:01:18Z
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CHEYENNE – Janelle Jones’ face lights up when she talks about her son.
On Nov. 4, Jones and her son, Makaili James Evans, called Mak, went out to dinner at Rib & Chop House in Cheyenne.
“(Mak) ordered this massive meal. They had this gentleman going around, and he was doing magic tricks, and he stopped at our table. He did a magic trick for both of us. And I just remember the look on (Mak’s) face, like, how did he do that?” Jones said. “And we both just started laughing, and I can still just vividly see that smile.
“He and I had so many memories like that,” Jones continued. “And I’m just so glad that we had some special times together – so many, too many to count.”
The next morning, 13-year-old Mak was struck and killed on his way to school while walking in a crosswalk near McCormick Junior High.
A 39-year-old woman named Kelly Lynn Gaskins was later charged with one count of vehicular homicide, a misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty to the charge in Laramie County Circuit Court in late March.
A scheduling conference in the case is set for June 6. While she entered her plea of not guilty, Gaskins’ attorney told the court he did not expect the case to go to trial, meaning Gaskins may decide to change her plea.
Jones relishes scrolling through the endless photos and videos of her son stored on her phone – the selfies, the photos of them together, the ones that show him being the energetic, goofy kid she remembers.
Mak was a prankster, but never in a cruel way – he was kind and thoughtful. He was the type of kid who would ask his teachers what they ordered at Starbucks and bring them drinks in the morning. Once, he approached a girl who was crying, and even though he didn’t know her well, he put his arm around her and offered to walk her to class.
“They’re wonderful,” Jones said of the photos and videos of her son. “All I have left.”
But Jones has something else, too: the organization she started earlier this year in her son’s honor, ForMak, which aims to improve crosswalk safety in Cheyenne and raise awareness of distracted driving.
The idea that became ForMak came to her during one of many sleepless nights, she said. She would repeat that day over and over again in her head, wondering if she, as Mak’s mother, could have done something differently – something that would have prevented the tragedy.
Eventually, she realized she couldn’t have done anything differently. But she still needed to take action.
“I needed to find some purpose, something to make it (so) that his death would not be for nothing,” Jones said in an interview with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “He was such an inspiring human anyway – I mean, I’m not saying that just because he was my son. He was just an inspiration and such a friend and a loving human.”
‘Overwhelming’ support
Jones, alongside the other ForMak board members, are planning a 5K fun run/walk for Saturday, June 4, beginning at Lions Park. They want to make it an annual event, in conjunction with other fundraisers they plan to put on throughout the year.
The nine-member volunteer board is entirely women, all with experience Jones said has been vital to creating and running ForMak. Among them is Vice President Lisa Radcliffe, Jones’ best friend. Jones said she, Mak and Radcliffe did everything together, and that Mak would only ditch them if his beloved older brother, Kaiser Cunningham, asked to hang out.
The response from the community to ForMak has been “overwhelming,” Jones said. The organization, in the process of applying for 501©3 status, has an extensive list of sponsors, from local credit unions to auto body shops to individual residents and families.
Local food truck Yerbellies BBQ, for example, created “Loaded Mak and Cheeze” – a play on one of Mak’s many nicknames, his mom said. Yerbellies said it was donating a portion of profits from the menu item’s sale to ForMak.
As of mid-April, the organization has raised about $55,000, Jones said – a combination of donations and small fundraisers.
The money the nonprofit raises will go toward helping the city of Cheyenne and Laramie County School District 1 fund citywide audits of school routes for pedestrians, conduct needed safety upgrades for crossings, and improve safety education in schools and for the public, Jones said.
Just three days after Mak was hit and killed in the crosswalk near McCormick, two juvenile pedestrians were struck by a vehicle at an intersection near East High School. They suffered minor injuries, according to the Cheyenne Police Department.
The driver in that case remained on the scene and was cited for failure to yield, CPD spokesperson Alex Farkas said in February.
Last year, seven pedestrians, including Mak, were killed after being struck by vehicles in Cheyenne, according to CPD data. This was an increase from two fatalities each year in 2020, 2019 and 2018. In 2017, four pedestrians were killed.
While there was an increase in fatal incidents in 2021, they were “not isolated to one area, and the circumstances greatly vary,” Farkas wrote in an email Friday.
There haven’t been any pedestrian fatalities in Cheyenne so far this year.
Improving crosswalk safetyCrosswalk improvements are expensive. Things like pedestrian-activated rapid flashers can cost about $30,000 per crosswalk, and overhead HAWK (high intensity activated crosswalk) signals may total up to $150,000, City Engineer Tom Cobb said. And these prices don’t include long-term maintenance costs necessary for upkeep.
ForMak, the city and LCSD1 are currently working together to fund an audit, the purpose of which is to find out what areas of the city are most in need of crosswalk upgrades. In addition to the crossings, the audit would take a “holistic view” of the area, Cobb said – how a pedestrian would navigate from a neighborhood to a school.
The audit will also provide information for much-needed updates to Cheyenne’s Safe Routes to School Plan. The plan was last updated in 2010.
The city engineer estimated the audit would cost somewhere between $75,000 and $100,000.
And while the city is applying for grants, Cobb said the city and ForMak, with help from the school district, may be able to fund it without grant money.
“I had gone to (Cobb), just initially thinking about getting a light for that one crosswalk, but then to learn that there are so many other areas in our community that need that – it became a broader picture for me, because it’s not just my kid that this had happened to, and I’m not just trying to keep those kids at McCormick safe, but I want those necessary changes made throughout our community so that nobody has to experience this,” Jones said.
ForMak doesn’t have a monetary goal, Jones said, because upgrading the city’s crosswalks is such a big, expensive project – one that could cost millions of dollars over the course of many years.
The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Interim Committee also has made crosswalk safety a priority for its discussions over the interim, which begins this summer and concludes at the beginning of next year’s legislative session.
“This topic is in response to an accident involving a student within a crosswalk,” a Wyoming Legislative Service Office memorandum said. “The committee will explore current prohibitions and penalties related to crosswalks (particularly those within or adjacent to school zones) and evaluate solutions to help prevent future accidents and tragedies.”
“We’re seeing an increase of that type of activity across the state, and so there’s also a request from our constituents to review that particular topic,” committee co-chair Sen. Tara Nethercott, R-Cheyenne, said at a recent meeting of the Legislature’s Management Council.
Nethercott also said that “enhancing the need for perhaps criminal sanctions associated with hitting a pedestrian in a crosswalk or pedestrians, in general” would be discussed by the committee, according to previous reporting.
Jones told the WTE she hoped to make vehicular homicide a felony, and that she was working with members of the Legislature to try to make that happen.
“I’m advocating for pedestrians and bicyclists, that if you hit somebody and you are distracted driving (and) they are on a crosswalk or (in) a place of safety, that it is going to come with more serious consequences,” she said.
Gaskins, the driver who allegedly killed Mak, told law enforcement she had not seen the teenager as he was crossing the street, as it was dark, and she was looking at and talking to her passenger at the time of the collision, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case.
The affidavit said Mak was legally crossing Western Hills Boulevard. The crosswalk was marked, coated in white reflective paint and lit by nearby streetlights. Three vehicles driving westbound on the street were stopped for the teen and waiting for him to cross.
Jones declined to talk about the criminal case resulting from her son’s death. Even so, she extended grace to the woman accused of hitting and killing her son.
“All the way around, it was a tragedy,” she said. “Good people make mistakes, too, and I wouldn’t wish anybody to go through either side of this. ... I think that if any of us could go back to that morning, we would have done a lot of things differently.”
About four months after the incident, Jones said she’s learned that grief is “kind of a lonely path.” But she said she’s found “a lot of solace and comfort” in creating and running the ForMak nonprofit.
“I never thought I would find myself on the path of being an advocate for something,” she said. “But now, I am more passionate about it than ever.”
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| 2022-04-17T14:01:24Z
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CHEYENNE – When President Joe Biden announced a new federal rule banning the manufacture of unserialized, privately made firearms on Monday, Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, went to social media to defend his Second Amendment protection bill that was killed in the 2022 budget session.
Senate File 87 would have prohibited the enforcement of unconstitutional federal actions infringing upon Second Amendment rights, denied immunities for law enforcement and provided cause for civil action against officers who knowingly denied law-abiding citizens the right to bear arms.
“My bill, SF-87 REAL SAPA was for this day with Biden’s Executive Order,” he posted to his congressional campaign page. “The RINOS Killed the bill.”
He shared with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle his concern that without his legislation in place, Wyoming residents would be at risk of federal overreach and loss of their gun rights.
The executive action recently taken by the Biden administration not only impacts gun manufacturers, ot updates regulatory definitions of firearms. It is meant to reign in the increasing number of unserialized, privately made firearms that are known as “ghost guns,” according to the announcement. The president said the decision was influenced by the more than 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported in 2021 to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that were recovered by local law enforcement in criminal investigations.
Due to the difficulty involved in tracking the weapons without the serial number to the individual purchaser, the final rule put forward bans the manufacturing of the most accessible ghost guns.
One of the most popular is the unserialized “Buy-Build-Shoot” kits that can be purchased online or at a store without a background check. They can be assembled in as little as 30 minutes with common household tools.
“You know, if you buy a couch you have to assemble, it’s still a couch,” Biden said in his speech announcing the federal action. “If you order a package, like this one over here, that includes the parts you need, the directions for assembling a functioning firearm, you bought a gun.”
As well as banning the manufacturing, he included provisions that will turn some ghost guns already in circulation into serialized firearms. Federally licensed dealers and gunsmiths are required to take any serialized firearm into inventory to serialize it before they sell it to a customer, regardless of whether it was made from individual parts, kits or 3-D printer pieces.
Outside of his actions on ghost guns, Biden placed regulatory definitions and requirements on firearms with split receivers. By updating the regulatory definitions of “frame” and “receiver” to include multi-parts, he ensured the weapons are subject to serial numbers and background checks when customers purchase them from a licensed dealer, manufacturer and importer.
Finally, federally licensed firearm dealers have to retain key records until they shut down their business or licensed activity. They then transfer their records to the ATF, which is common practice, but now they are not permitted to destroy records after 20 years.
Legislature took action
Although these do not directly ban individuals from possessing or the sale of unserialized firearms, Bouchard said the nation and Wyoming are a part of an experiment now. Instead of Congress passing a law, the executive branch is using the administration of rules and orders to control the circulation of weapons.
Bouchard, a founding member of Wyoming Gun Owners, condemned the action and said even the former President Barack Obama believed it was ultimately the responsibility of Congress to address gun control, not the executive branch. Obama announced efforts in 2013 to support gun safety measures following a series of shootings, but, ultimately, he asked for action by lawmakers to develop laws requiring a universal background check, to ban assault weapons and to create tougher penalties.
Now, Bouchard said he fears this ideal won’t be upheld. This is one of the reasons he said his Second Amendment Preservation Act should have been passed, because it would have protected citizens and provided significant recourse if their rights were infringed upon.
“Now that this shift is coming back and going through administrative changes, it’s flat out wrong,” he said. “And that’s why we needed to stand up during our last session, instead of sitting on our hands.”
But there was action taken by the Wyoming Legislature.
Instead of introducing Bouchard’s legislation, lawmakers passed a separate bill called the Second Amendment Protection Act. The two bills created a division among senators and representatives, because there were arguments made on the floor that Senate File 102 wasn’t strong enough. The Cheyenne lawmaker continues to be one of the harshest critics of the bill, and said those who supported it showed their true colors and do not care about the values of Republican constituents.
Bringers of the bill said this is not the case, and there was a reason the Second Amendment Protection Act received the majority of support from legislators and law enforcement.
“I would expect him to say that,” bill sponsor Sen. Larry Hicks, R-Baggs, told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “He’s got to defend a bad piece of legislation.”
Hicks said Bouchard cannot admit SF 87 would have provided no relief for citizens under the argument of nullification of federal law, and would have put police officers at risk of thousands of dollars of legal fees. He argued if they removed qualified immunity for law enforcement, which was outlined in the bill not passed, there was risk of civil action every time a cop inadvertently implemented a federal law. This doesn’t mean there wasn’t a punishment for those who knowingly infringed upon Second Amendment rights, it was just done in a different way.
“They want people to be able to sue the cops personally to get their houses, to get their children’s college education trust fund,” he said. “That’s the difference in the bill. We said there’s a criminal penalty here.”
What SF 102 will do
SF 102 first declares authority under the U.S. Constitution and Printz v. United States that prohibits the enforcement of federal regulation of firearms, accessories, magazines and ammunition.
“This state and all political subdivisions are prohibited from using any personnel or funds appropriated by the Legislature of the state of Wyoming or of Wyoming to enforce, administer or cooperate with any unconstitutional act, law, treaty, executive order, rule or regulation of the United States that infringes on or impedes the free exercise of individual rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment to the Constitution,” it states.
Following the standing and prohibition of enforcing actions such as the Biden administration’s on Monday, it lays out guidelines for public officers. Although nothing in the bill limits or restricts a public officer from providing assistance to federal authorities in other areas, or accepting federal funds, there are still consequences for enforcing an unconstitutional act. Violators who knowingly committed the misdemeanor are at risk of up to one year of jail time, a fine of $2,000 or both.
However, Bouchard and other critics of the bill said they have an issue with the fact that there is no way for citizens to take action into their own hands. The public officer would have to be prosecuted by local authorities, and no civil damages could be given out to those impacted. During the session, some legislators even alleged legal authorities might not take action against law enforcement agents they continually work with.
Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police President Dwane Pacheco, an advocate for the bill, said this was the furthest from the truth. He said there was no question that a county attorney would prosecute a police or peace officer, and he had seen cases where they were charged across the state.
“I feel like law enforcement officers are held to a higher standard because of who we are and what we do for a living,” he told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
While there is a debate over how the bill works and which is more effective, the Rock Springs police chief also said he is not concerned about the impacts of the most recent executive order in regards to local law enforcement anyway. He said often executive orders impact federal agencies, such as ATF or the FBI, and they don’t participate.
He said the cases where Second Amendment rights might be infringed upon by a police officer are often when weapons are seized directly. Because there are very few instances where Wyoming residents would be at risk of their weapons being taken by an officer, such as a domestic violence or other criminal act, he said the chances are even lower.
“I’ve heard from my officers, ‘They are coming to take our guns,’ And I always look at them, and I always say, ‘Who is they? They is we,’” Pacheco said. “That’s who the public thinks are coming to take their weapons. And I do not believe that law enforcement is going out and looking to take anyone’s weapons. We are Wyomingites, we strongly believe in the Second Amendment.”
The executive rule also has low risk in regards to weapon seizing because it directly impacts manufacturers and definitions under which certain receivers are placed; it does not ban the sale or possession of ghost guns by individuals. However, there may be certain barriers to purchasing an unserialized weapon now under the new definitions, which legislators and gun advocates are still concerned about.
Hicks said he is unsure whether the Biden’s administration’s action will even go into effect for manufacturers and licensed dealers due to a point similar to one made by Bouchard. He said not only is it unconstitutional to require a serial number on a firearm and infringes upon rights, it is not a law. He is confident lawsuits will be filed against the rule, and it is no different than the argument made against vaccine mandates through OSHA rules.
If no lawsuit is filed, he said, a risk assessment will be made. But he believes his bill will protect citizens when the legislation goes into effect in July, because unconstitutional acts will not be enforced in the state of Wyoming. He is also comfortable with the timeline, even as federal acts come to fruition. He said he wants the few months to analyze the legal options, create a tight argument for challenges and understand how it is going to affect people in Wyoming thoughtfully.
“When somebody comes out and announces these things, you really have to be clear-headed, thoughtful, and evaluate, instead of just running in there and jumping on a hand grenade,” he said.
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| 2022-04-17T14:01:31Z
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Recently arrested by the Cheyenne Police Department:
Melissa L. Stephenson, 33, of West Lincolnway on a felony warrant for failure to comply through Laramie County District Court at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday at the COMEA House and Resource Center, 1421 W. Lincolnway.
Jeffrey K. Tharp, 57, of East Prosser Road on a misdemeanor warrant for possession of controlled substance out of El Paso County, Texas, and a misdemeanor warrant for failure to pay at 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Livingston Avenue.
Latalia C. Carson, 42, transient, for misdemeanor unlawful entry onto property at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the Laramie County jail, 1910 Pioneer Ave.
Tatum W. Wood, 33, of East Fourth Street on a warrant for felony attempted robbery and robbery (with injury) at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of East Fourth Street.
Matthew K. Carabajal-Jacoby, 31, of Desmet Drive for misdemeanor interfering/obstructing, resisting arrest and possession/use of methamphetamine, and on a misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear at 4:08 p.m. Tuesday at his residence.
Mark Cisco, 57, transient, for misdemeanor public intoxication at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of East 18th Street.
Alanna D. McCord, 21, of Wapiti Trail for misdemeanor domestic battery and reckless endangering (conduct) at 7:57 a.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Dey Avenue.
Lyniko N. Boston, 23, of Desmet Drive for felony aggravated assault on a pregnant woman without a weapon with minor injury, felony strangulation of a household member with minor injury, misdemeanor domestic battery and misdemeanor false imprisonment at 5 a.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Desmet Drive.
Andrew M. Glaub, 31, transient, on a misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear at 6:53 p.m. Monday at the COMEA House and Resource Center.
Austin R.J. Bennett, 29, transient, on a misdemeanor warrant for failure to pay at 6:45 p.m. Monday in the 1000 block of East 22nd Street.
Crystal A. Palma, 26, of Church Avenue on misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear and failure to comply at 4:59 p.m. Monday at her residence.
Gregory G. Snyder, 59, of College Drive for misdemeanor public intoxication and open container at 4:05 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of East Lincolnway.
Dale L. Maude, 60, of Central Avenue for misdemeanor domestic battery (greater than two previous convictions in 10 years) at 3:13 p.m. Monday at his residence.
Andrew S. Thomason, 37, of Crook Avenue on a misdemeanor warrant out of Sweetwater County for failure to appear and a misdemeanor warrant out of Lincoln County for probation violation at 1 p.m. Monday in the 1000 block of West Leisher Road.
Mary R. Miller, 27, transient, for felony forgery (uttering, passing), felony forgery (making) and misdemeanor interference with a peace officer without injury, and on felony warrants for probation violation and a civil violation through Laramie County District Court at 12:40 a.m. Monday in the 100 block of West Fifth Street.
Recently arrested by the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office:
Derek Loop, 49, of Granite Canon on a felony court order, a warrant for 49 misdemeanor counts of making false statements to procure a fishing/hunting license and a warrant for six felony counts of false swearing (voucher) at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Laramie County Governmental Complex, 309 W. 20th St.
Marvie K. Yarbrough, 53, of Dayshia Lane on a misdemeanor warrant for probation violation at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday at the Laramie County Governmental Complex.
Xavier M. Taylor, 29, of Neal Avenue for felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance and on a misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 2300 block of Fishing Bridge Road.
Scot R. Tippmann-Glassgow, 28, of Custer, South Dakota, on a felony court order at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday at the Laramie County Governmental Complex.
Joshua J. Bumford, 44, transient, on a misdemeanor warrant for a civil violation through Laramie County District Court at 9:01 p.m. Monday in the 2200 block of Etchepare Drive.
David A. Schmidt, 28, transient, on a felony warrant for failure to comply through Laramie County District Court at 7 p.m. Monday at the Laramie County jail.
Dino B.R. Zumbo, 31, of Hope Court on a misdemeanor warrant for violation of a protection order at 11:09 a.m. April 8 at the Laramie County jail.
Recently arrested by Wyoming Highway Patrol:
Jerry Jones Jr., 55, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for felony theft and misdemeanor fleeing or attempting to elude police officers at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday at mile marker 46 on northbound Interstate 25.
Anthony J. Gello, 35, of Converse Avenue on a misdemeanor warrant for driving without an interlock device (first offense) at 3:33 p.m. Tuesday at mile marker 359 on westbound Interstate 80.
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| 2022-04-17T14:01:32Z
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What a week. You knew there’d be trouble when those two parades were synchronized. Jesus, humbly entering from one side of town on the back of a lowly donkey; Pilate from the other, in all the regalia of empirical power.
Pilate’s presence at Passover was the emperor’s admission that Jesus had the power. The most awesome military regime of its time was afraid of this peasant rabbi. The empire had all the tools of warfare, but Jesus had the strength of wordfare.
The week witnessed a test of nerves between an emperor who saw himself as a god and a God who wielded the power of bestowing new life. Rome brought fear. Jesus taught love. It is the same clash that has engaged the world from the beginning of time.
History is replete with examples of crowds cheering love one day and calling for death the next. Humans totter between fear and love, and fear is the default too often.
Jesus devotes the last week of his life on Earth to teaching love to his disciples and his adversaries alike. The lofty words of love notwithstanding, even the most religious must be reminded that the greatest commandment is to love God and to love others as we love ourselves, and that all the other commandments rest on those two.
Any interpretation of biblical law that does not lead to love of God and God’s creation is misleading the one doing the interpreting.
Then, on the night he was betrayed, Jesus and a dozen other Jews gather for the first Last Supper. Leonardo DaVinci’s iconic portrait aside, they couldn’t have gathered round a dinner table without a stray dog roaming the floor for the scraps that fall from the master’s table.
Equally hard to imagine is how a gathering of Jews was converted by church doctrine into a Christians-only ritual, or, to be more correct, for some, a ritual in which only certain Christians are allowed to share the bread and wine. Someone missed the point.
Look who’s there. Kind of reminds one of heaven and how surprised we may be to see who gets through that gate.
Among those sharing the Passover meal, there are no Christians. Christianity was a couple of centuries in the future. Christian exclusivity had not been conjured when those 13 Jews took a seat at the table in the upper room. Sharing the communion is a man on his way to betray Jesus and another who would deny even knowing who Jesus was and a group of men who will flee at the first scent of danger.
That is the parable of the Last Supper. Being in communion with those who do not share your hopes for the world. As the authors of the book “After Jesus-Before Christianity” put it, “Good things happen when people alienated from one another eat together.” Creating community in radically shocking ways reigns in divisiveness.
Jesus says something astounding. “Truly, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do.”
Now, it’s important that my fundamentalist friends keep this in mind. The man speaking is not a Christian. He cannot be speaking about limiting himself or others to Christian exclusivity. He cannot be understood to mean that “whoever believes in me” will define the listener as a Christian.
This is the universal Jesus who teaches love of God and neighbor and says anyone who can accomplish that feat will do greater things in their life than Jesus did in his.
He’ll be arrested. His death certificate will name the same cause of death listed for any of thousands of others found guilty of sedition in the Roman Empire. Crucifixion. The meaning of his death arises from sacrificing his life for what he believes God wants for the world.
This is what it means to be born again.
This morning, we went to his tomb. Lo, it was empty. Life is great. Resurrected life, even better. He is risen indeed.
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| 2022-04-17T14:01:38Z
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I hate the wind. In my nearly 50 years as a Wyoming resident, I have always detested it. As a farmer, it is heartbreaking to observe the life-giving soil moisture disappear as the wind wreaks havoc on the fields we will be planting soon. Each morning, I listen to my friend, Don Day, hoping that he will offer me a reprieve from the elements and reassure me that rain is on its way.
There is no doubt that living in Wyoming has plenty advantages. Unfortunately, the weather isn’t always among them. I think I’m getting more sensitive to the justification that we all sometimes use to help ease those miserable days.
One friend told me that the horribly windy days will help me appreciate the nice days. Another said the wind keeps the pollution away. Call me a pessimist if you want, but when the wind is blowing 70 mph and I am lying under a piece of equipment trying out my mechanic skills in the middle of an open field, there’s plenty of pollution; it’s called dirt, and it’s in my eyes, my ears, my nose, down my shirt and in my mouth.
I will also mention I’m extremely grateful for nice days, and I sure don’t need a horrendously brisk wind nearly blowing my car off the road to help me appreciate them.
My mother posed a question to me recently in a text message, and I quote: “Tornado in Iowa, softball hail in Texas, southern states on weather alert and even storms over Connecticut and Massachusetts predicted to come. So where does a person live?” It seemed simple at the time, and a question I’ve posed to myself numerous times; there has to be somewhere better than here. As I have pondered on her statement, I’m most certain that no matter where you live, there will always be challenges, including the weather.
Life is just like the weather. There are periods of sunshine, green grass, blooming flowers and the wonderful smell of an afternoon rain. Then there are periods of torrential downpours, hurricane force winds, frigid temperatures and drought. It’s our job as people to ride out those storms, batten down the hatches and understand that all storms eventually pass.
In agriculture, we face what sometimes seem like insurmountable odds. There isn’t anything we touch or use on our farm that hasn’t exponentially increased in cost from year to year. We risk substantial resources to plant seeds in the ground that we have no guarantee will even grow. And if they do, will they get enough rain to produce? If they produce, will we be able to harvest them in a timely fashion to salvage what is there? Will the grain last in storage until we can get it shipped and eventually get paid? Often, we are still in the process of shipping the previous year’s products when it’s time to start the cycle over again.
If you really think about it, that’s not a whole lot different than what all of us do every day. No matter what we do, where we live, who we are, how much money we do or don’t have, there are no guarantees. If I faced the reality of the nature of my business, I would question my sanity. While it isn’t easy, I know that I must live and act on faith.
In fact, I would submit, we all live by faith every day. There are no guarantees that we will come home to our families each night, but we aren’t paralyzed by that fear; we have faith that it will all be OK. I have faith that my crops will grow and produce, even when conditions aren’t ideal. That faith gives me hope, and that hope is exactly what I need to keep pushing forward.
In a world troubled by storms, harsh conditions and broken spirits, on this Easter Sunday, let us all remember who taught us to live by faith. Hebrews 11:1 tells us, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 reminds us, “For we live by faith, not by sight.”
When the wind drives you to the point of complete madness, keep the faith; better days are coming. When you think you can’t take one more minute of whatever is going on in your life, keep the faith; better times are coming. When fear has taken over your life, keep the faith; your fear is making you stronger. When life is overwhelming, keep the faith; God has an incredible purpose for you.
And when you feel like you’ve lost all hope in yourself, or your community or the world, keep the faith; God has such a tremendous and glorious plan for us that he was willing to be crucified so that through our faith in Him, we could experience the power of His blessings.
There is HOPE for a better tomorrow! Happy Easter!
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Gov. Mark Gordon is running again. I have to consider that a yin and yang thing. I can’t say he has done a bad job, and I am sure he has a lot to juggle with, especially in the wake of this pandemic.
But just as the Republican Party believes they only have one choice for the presidency, I am not sure whether there is any better choice for governor. I have yet to truly investigate candidates before the barrage of dark money and attack ads get worse.
I was watching the local TV, and, in horror, first some Rush Limbaugh wannabe was on some energy segment just spewing Big Oil propaganda mistruths. Well, I made it through that, and then some interview came on about a new candidate for governor. In amazement, he was saying how he didn’t buy the whole CO2 thing about fossil fuels. He went on to say, "Where are all the fires and destructive weather they predicted?" Wow, this guy must not watch any news or read the paper!
And so it goes. I see Mr. Barrasso is still on his self-defeating mission to bash the Biden administration. And then Cynthia Lummis, I see, opting for yet another union-busting bill like the right-to-work that she pushed. Definitely for Big Business and not the working class.
Sad that they overshadow the few good things they do with their "just say no to anything" partisan attitudes. And we are showered with the "anyone to beat Liz candidate," another Lindsey Graham type flip-flopper that really has zero accomplishments other than hot air to offer. Yet, I see Miss Cheney as the only one that is not afraid and putting out bills with experience. More petty bickering from most all the other legislators we have elected.
Well, just like many of us want the U.S. to just pulverize Putin and his armies into dust, but have no wish for a world war, I can wish for some better candidates to appear. I will keep an open mind to look as a conscious effort.
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| 2022-04-17T14:01:51Z
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At first, Mayor Collins vowed to make the Hynds Building and "the hole" one of his term projects.
Now, the mayor indicates in his column and "for sale signs" that he is looking for a buyer. Developers have, at best, spotty records in both preservation and successful development.
The unique Harry Hynds Building was built on the site of the burned Inter Ocean Hotel. According to historian Rick Ammon, Hynds was a skilled blacksmith and wagon maker who amassed a fortune through his trade, saloons, restaurants, oil and gambling houses. He also invested in The Plains Hotel and was tried for the murder of his wife's lover.
The building "has no interior or exterior supporting walls. Its mass is carried on a steel ‘I’ beam frame, with poured concrete ceilings and floors," making it fireproof. "All doors, casings, windows and frames are metal," with interior cream-colored terra cotta tiles, mosaic tiles and natural light throughout.
All this presents a major challenge for the developer. The interior cannot be changed without reducing it to rubble.
Trying to demolish the building would be a monumental failure.
There are people who find a sense of place living in a historic environment that has not been slapped with sheetrock and convoluted to modern standards. Anyway, "modernization" through urban renewal has been a culprit in the unfortunate '70s look of the downtown and loss of historic stock.
The building needs to be multi-use: apartments, food, art, businesses, professional offices, recreation and a unique opportunity to create a mini-community.
What the mayor should be doing is his homework, rather than handing off the project to developers. What innovations have other cities created to preserve their historic buildings? What are some novel and apt ideas?
Collins should gather his preservation staff, preservation boards, owners, community shareholders, and the like, to be transparently part of the process.
Good planning would keep the frosted glass, rooms, spectacular views, wide halls, warmth, natural light and all the things and more the mayor says he valued in the schools he visited, along with the added value of spectacular views.
An historic building is more than the sum total of its parts.
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Boyd Wiggam may be on to something. Too bad he’s several weeks too late.
The Ward 2 resident sent an email April 1 to members of the Cheyenne City Council’s Public Services Committee, asking them to consider expanding from three wards to either four or five when redefining council boundaries in the wake of the 2022 Census. Committee members took no action on the proposal, however, so on April 9, Mr. Wiggam sent his next email to the entire nine-member council and Mayor Patrick Collins.
Combined, the two messages outline a plan that, on the surface, at least, makes some sense – though not for the reason Mr. Wiggam offers.
In his first email, Mr. Wiggam cites the Capital City’s population growth as the main driver of such a change. He’s correct that this urban expansion led to the Wyoming Legislature adopting a redistricting plan that adds two representatives and one senator to the statehouse.
According to the 2020 Census, Cheyenne’s population was officially 65,132 people. Divided by the three wards, the average population of each ward would be 21,711. The state’s redistricting plan places an average of 18,608 people in each Senate district (they range from 17,737 to 19,698), so Mr. Wiggam’s argument is the current city wards are 2,013 people larger than even the most populous Senate district.
What he fails to note, though – and Councilwoman Michelle Aldrich correctly pointed out at Monday night’s council meeting – is that each ward currently has three council members, so each council member actually represents an average of 7,237 people. That’s less than the smallest House district, which has 8,866 people.
That doesn’t mean the concept of creating more wards is a bad one, however. We believe the idea of chopping the city into smaller geographic areas would have other, more important benefits.
As the city continues to expand, primarily to the east, the geographic sprawl is making it more and more difficult for people of limited means to run for City Council. More area means more doors to knock on, more houses to send mailers to and more yard signs to distribute.
Smaller wards also would allow council members to better represent a smaller geographic area on a regular basis. An increased awareness of issues faced by residents in surrounding neighborhoods would allow them to better advocate for resources to address issues faced in that particular part of the city.
It’s true that the council, as a whole, is expected to make decisions in the best interest of the entire city, not just one specific area. But there are times when an issue needs to be addressed that is specific to a neighborhood. Having five wards instead of three could help in that regard.
When the ordinance to repeal and replace Ordinance No. 3465 came before the full council this past Monday, members listened to Mr. Wiggam’s suggestion, but again took no action to move in that direction. That’s wise, since the short amount of time left until the candidate filing period begins May 12 means there isn’t enough opportunity to fully explain the change and take public comment.
There also isn’t enough time to get into the details of ward boundaries, which have to be set in a way that works well for the Laramie County Clerk’s Office and causes the least amount of disruption for the elections division of that office. Since state statute requires County Clerk Debra Lee to give the first notice of changing precincts today, and county commissioners to finalize everything by May 3, there’s simply no way to get it done in time.
Yet, even if the change can’t be made for the current election cycle, that doesn’t mean it has to wait another decade. We encourage Mayor Collins to designate a working group within the council to study the issue and develop a proposal that could be approved in time for the 2024 elections.
Some issues to consider include:
How many wards makes the most sense? Four? Five? For what reasons?
How many council members would represent each ward? If there are five wards, two members per ward would add one seat to the council. If there are four wards, three members per ward would be three extra, while two members per ward would be a reduction of one. Should there be an at-large seat at that point?
What geographic areas make the most sense now and considering how the city may expand more to the east and south in the future? (Mr. Wiggam provided maps roughly outlining potential four- and five-ward configurations, but obviously much more detailed work is needed to finalize either proposal.)
Mr. Wiggam asked the council to consider making one of his proposed changes during third reading of the ordinance in committee and in front of the full council later this month. However, we agree with Mayor Collins and council members that there simply isn’t enough time to do so in a thoughtful, open way.
This is one good idea that’s going to have to wait a bit longer.
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| 2022-04-17T14:02:05Z
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Central grad Lam honored for academics Apr 17, 2022 2 hrs ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Zoe Lam Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save CHEYENNE – University of Texas-San Antonio freshman midfielder/defender Zoe Lam earned a 2021-22 Conference USA commissioner’s academic medal Friday.The commissioner’s academic medal is given to CUSA athletes who have earned at least a cumulative 3.75 grade-point average.Lam is a 2021 Cheyenne Central graduate. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Latest Special Section 2021 Wyoming Football Preview To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. Trending Now Three Sixers will play college baseball UCLA transfer Jake Kyman commits to Wyoming Linder talks new additions, contract extension Time away from track has helped Central's Richard Prescott excels in four events LCSD1 unveils new Cheyenne East pool Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. 2022 Wyoming Legislature Updates Sign up to receive daily headlines on the 2022 Wyoming Legislature session. News Updates Would you like to receive our daily news? Sign up today! News Updates - Laramie Boomerang Want to keep updated on news headlines? Sign up today! News Updates - Rawlins Times Would you like to receive our daily news? Sign up today! News Updates - Wyoming Business Report Would you like to receive our daily news? Sign up today! You must select at least one email list. Please enter a valid email address. Sign up Manage your lists
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| 2022-04-17T14:02:12Z
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LARAMIE – Cheyenne American Legion Post 6 took advantage of the few early times it put the ball in play during its season-opener.
With just four hits through the first three innings, the Sixers put up nine runs. They rolled that into a 11-3 victory over Laramie on Saturday afternoon at Cowboy Field. The contest was originally scheduled to be played at Powers Field in Cheyenne, but was moved to Laramie because of the overnight snow.
“Early in the game, we put some pretty darn good at bats together and I think that – offensively – is going to be our strength this year. We’re just really experienced at the dish,” Sixers manager Ty Lain said. “We got sloppy there in the middle innings … but got right back into quality at bats late in the game.”
Post 6’s first run of the season came on a bases loaded walk from Hayden Swaen that scored Mason Tafoya. The following two runs of the frame came on an error and runer-scoring groundout from Kaden Anderson.
Being disciplined at the plate itself, Laramie’s first run of the season also came on a bases loaded walk from Billy Jenkin that scored Riley Hogsett.
After batting through its lineup in the first, Colter McAnelly extended Cheyenne’s lead to 5-1 in the top of the second with a two-run home run to left field on the first pitch of the at-bat he saw. It was the Sixers’ first hit of the season.
“I think everybody’s swings were good and we’ve seen a lot of live at-bats in practice, and that’s helped us get ready,” said McAnelly, who went 3 for 4 with five RBI and scored four runs. “I just caught the barrel (on the home run), and it felt good.”
Post 6 was at the top of its lineup again in a third inning that featured a two-run single from McAnelly and an RBI single from Dominic Lopez to give the Sixers a 9-1 advantage. Following that, the Rangers defense didn’t allow a hit over the next three innings and sat Post 6 down in order in the fourth and sixth frames. That included a five-pitch sixth inning by Jace Moniz.
“It was our third time being on the field, so we weren’t really sure what to expect,” Rangers manager Aaron Lozano said. “We got a lot of things we need to work on and a lot of things we were pleasantly surprised with. Moniz with the five-pitch inning, that’s as efficient as it gets. If you’re doing that in April, I’m pretty excited about that.”
The Sixers’ bats came back alive in the top of the seventh. McAnelly drove in Tafoya with a double down the third-base line and Zack Costopoulos followed by scoring McAnelly on a line drive to center field to cap the Sixers’ scoring.
Lopez finished 3 for 4 at the plate while Tafoya drew three walks and scored four runs. Garrett Dodd, Alex Mercil and Jenkin each had an RBI for the Rangers.
The teams are set to retake the field today in Cheyenne, weather permitting.
“It was good to be able to get outside and play some baseball,” Lain said. “We were a little sloppy, but obviously everyone’s going to be early. We still have some things to clean up still, but we did some good things, showed some good signs.”
CHEYENNE 11, LARAMIE 3
Cheyenne…….. 324 000 2 – 11 8 1
Laramie……….. 100 100 1 – 3 6 1
Cheyenne pitching: Haught, Applegarth (3), Colgan (5), and Anderson. Laramie pitching: Jenkin, Malone (1), Branch (3), Dodd (5), Moniz (6), Moore (7) and Medina.
W: Haught (1-0). L: Jenkin (0-1).
2B: Cheyenne 1 (McAnelly). 3B: Laramie 2 (Dodd, Malone). HR: Cheyenne 1 (McAnelly).
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LARAMIE — When is the last time local fans can say they saw the nation’s top-ranked college team competing in their backyard?
That opportunity will come next weekend when the University of Wyoming men’s rodeo team — ranked No. 1 among all National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association teams across 11 regions — hosts the annual Laramie River Rendezvous Rodeo at the Cliff and Martha Hansen Livestock Teaching Arena southwest of Laramie. The Cowboys also boast several national leaders in their respective individual events.
The rodeo will feature the top competitors and teams from the 12-member Central Rocky Mountain Region for the regular-season finale leading up to the College National Finals Rodeo later this summer in Casper.
With just the home rodeo left, the UW men’s team widened its national lead against second-place Missouri Valley College. The Cowboys have a school-record 7,545 points accumulated through nine fall and spring rodeos, while the Vikings from the Ozark Region are nearly 400 back with 7,175, also with one rodeo left on their schedule. In third place is the College of Southern Idaho with 6,235.
“It’s really an exciting group of boys to watch. They are all capable of winning their events,” UW coach Beau Clark said. “It’s been fun to watch them battle all year. I hope the community comes out to support one of the nation’s best college rodeo programs.”
In his four years leading the UW rodeo program, Clark has led the Cowboys to four straight CRMR team titles, while the Cowgirls are the three-time defending regional champion and closing in on a fourth straight title. The UW women lead the CRMR with 2,385 points and are attempting to hold off second-place Gillette College, which has 2,195.
Rodeo fans also will be treated to the top 16 performers in each of the men’s six and the women’s three events during the Friday and Saturday night performances, both beginning at 6 p.m. The short go (finals) is slated for 10 a.m. Sunday.
Some other highlights include electrifying the atmosphere for fans, including pyrotechnics and a large-screen video, which is provided for the CNFR each year.
“We’re trying to duplicate what is done at the CNFR,” Clark said.
The Friday and Saturday slack rounds are at noon and 8 a.m., respectively, and admission is free. The Friday and Saturday night ticket prices are $20 for all attendees. Sunday’s short go is Family Day, with tickets for $10. To purchase tickets, visit the UW rodeo team’s Facebook page or call the UW athletics ticket office at 307-766-7220. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
“With the final rodeo in Laramie, it should be a lot of fun to watch our teams battle for championships and qualifications to the CNFR,” Clark said.
The top two teams in the region in the men’s and women’s divisions qualify for the CNFR as well as the top three individuals in each event. Several UW team members are battling for individual event titles.
For the Cowboys:
— Teammates Brice Patterson and Garrett Uptain are locked in a tight battle for the all-around, which goes to an individual who scored qualifying points in two or more events. Patterson has 1,740 points in nine rodeos, and Uptain is 30 back. The teammates are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the national all-around standings.
— Patterson is attempting to hold off teammate Donny Proffit in bareback riding. Patterson is leading with 1,370, which is 35 ahead of Proffit, the defending regional champion. The teammates also are running first and second in the national standings.
— Uptain has the chance to win two individual events. He is the top-rated saddle bronc rider, with nearly a 200-point lead over Casper College’s Quinten Taylor, and is third in bull riding, 30 behind leader Stefan Tonita, of Laramie County Community College. Uptain also is the national saddle bronc leader over Taylor.
— Chadron Coffield is the region’s top tie-down roper with 540, while Casper College’s Linkyn Petersek sits second with 460. Coffield also is sixth in bulldogging. He is sixth in the all-around, giving the Cowboys five multiple event competitors among the top six in the region.
— Austin Hurlburt is another event leader for the Cowboys. He heads the steer wrestling pack by a comfortable margin. Patterson has a chance to move up from his fourth-place position. Hurlburt is sixth in tie-down roping and also is fourth in the all-around.
— Cameron Jensen is fifth in the all-around standings and has a chance to move up in two individual events. He is third in steer wrestling and fifth in tie-down roping.
The strength of the UW women’s team has been its steady scoring in all three events, but goat tying is the only competition where the Cowgirls have individuals in regional title contention. The Cowgirls have three team members who have won regional titles in the event during their careers.
Riata Day is attempting to hang on to second place with her 595 points, which trails Eastern Wyoming College’s Karissa Rayhill by 315. That leaves teammates Taylour Latham and Faith Hoffman trying to gain the last of the three automatic qualifying positions. Latham is third in the region with 530, and Hoffman is fifth at 425.
The Cowgirls have the 12th-most points among all national teams. Cal Poly State University-San Luis Obispo leads the pack with 4,078.
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LARAMIE – Much is yet to be determined for the University of Wyoming with five practices left until the annual Brown and Gold game, but some areas have started to come into focus.
Here’s a look at what we know and what we don’t heading into the home stretch of spring practice.
QB quandary
While it’s unlikely a starting quarterback will be named anytime before the fall, and possibly not until the first week of the season, it’s worth noting UW coach Craig Bohl has expressed on multiple occasions he is impressed with how quickly Utah State transfer Andrew Peasley has picked up the offense.
Peasley seems like a natural fit in UW’s system, which is heavily predicated on establishing the run. He has the most speed of any quarterback on the roster, as well as four years of experience at the Division I level.
Bohl has also mentioned the development of redshirt freshman Hank Gibbs several times this spring, while indicating Snow College transfer Evan Svoboda is currently more of a project, but has immense potential with his physical tools. Perhaps there will be more clarity at the position following Saturday’s scrimmage, which Bohl will discuss Tuesday evening.
Ready to take the torch
The play of Titus Swen – who ranked second in the Mountain West last season with 5.9 yards per carry, while rushing for 785 yards and a team-high seven touchdowns – alleviated concerns following the departure of three-time All-MW honoree Xazavian Valladay. His growth throughout the off-season and spring has further done so.
Swen says he’s placed an emphasis on trusting his blocks better in preparation of taking over a starting role, while coaches have expressed excitement with his effort in practice and development in the mental aspect of the game.
It’s still uncertain who the next man up behind Swen will be. Dawaiian McNeely is the most experienced of Wyoming’s remaining backs, and is highly thought of by the coaching staff, but he’s been sidelined this spring while dealing with a hip issue.
Optimism in the trenches
Despite four contributors on the defensive line leaving the program this offseason, the position group has provided positivity just past the midway point of spring practice.
Cole Godbout is poised to be the anchor up front, as the junior defensive tackle looks to build off last year’s All-MW honorable mention. Godbout and fellow returning veteran Jordan Bertagnole have both impressed new defensive tackles coach Oscar Giles with their work ethic and leadership abilities, with each working to improve their technique this off-season.
Sophomore Caleb Robinson, who had 17 tackles in seven games last fall, is currently the top backup on the interior defensive line.
DeVonne Harris is the only defensive end that has played significant defensive snaps outside of special teams, but the position has been a source of consistent praise from players and coaches this spring. Harris and Sabastian Harsh are the top two on the edge at the moment, but Oluwaseyi Omotosho and Braden Siders have also shown positive developments.
Defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel acknowledges size may be an issue at defensive end at times, but doesn’t foresee it being a deciding factor in games. He says the Cowboys have made adjustments defensively to take advantage of the size and quickness of the group.
Secondary spots up for grabs
With four players that started last year and one backup in the secondary entering the transfer portal, the Pokes’ defensive backfield will have a brand-new look in 2022.
That could be a good thing.
Despite boasting the top passing defense in the conference last season, the coaching staff viewed safety as one of the weaker aspects of the defense. Isaac White was arguably the top performer at the position when he played, recording 33 tackles, 26 solo stops, two tackles for loss, one sack, one fumble recovery and one interception in the final six games. He’s currently out with a hamstring injury, but multiple coaches have spoken about his growth this offseason, along with senior Miles Williams and sophomore Wyett Ekeler.
At cornerback, sophomore Cameron Stone has evolved into a defensive leader, while Ole Miss transfer Jakorey Hawkins has been praised by Bohl as much as any player on the team over the past few weeks. Deron Harrell, a transfer who missed his final season at Wisconsin with a left leg injury, has also made progress.
Unlike last season, when Azizi Hearn and C.J. Coldon received almost the entirety of the reps, the Cowboys plan to use at least three cornerbacks on a regular basis next season.
Return specialists to be determined
While Bohl has spoken openly about the bulk of the position battles on the roster, he’s kept his cards close to the vest when it comes to the return game.
Swen was UW’s top kick returner last year, totaling 231 yards on 12 returns. Given his prominent role in the offense, though, it’s unlikely he’ll resume these duties. Stone – who had a 99-yard kick return for a touchdown against Utah State and 101 total yards on his other four returns – seems like the most viable returning candidate. Redshirt freshman running back D.Q. James is another intriguing option, given his explosive athleticism.
Caleb Cooley, who took over at punt returner following a season-ending injury to Ayden Eberhardt, is also back for the Cowboys.
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LARAMIE — The University of Wyoming tennis team closed out its home slate in winning fashion Saturday, sweeping Boise State 4-0 on senior day.
UW won a tightly-contested doubles point before winning the first three singles matches to come away with the win.
The Broncos (7-5, 3-4 in Mountain West) won at the No. 3 doubles position to take an early lead, but the Cowgirls (10-11, 4-4 MW) rallied at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots to secure the point. Ana Fernandez and Sophie Zehender notched a 6-4 win at No. 2, and Ida Krause and Maria Oreshkina won a 7-5 match in the first spot.
On the singles side, Wyoming won the first two matches in convincing fashion. Oreshkina opened with a quick 6-2, 6-0 win at the No. 1 spot, followed by a 6-2, 6-2 victory for Zehender at the No. 2 position.
For the second consecutive day, Krause clinched the victory for the Cowgirls in three sets. The senior rebounded from a second set loss to win 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. Krause and fellow senior Mihaela Kaftanova were honored prior to Saturday’s match as they played for their final time in Laramie.
Wyoming will travel to Fort Collins, Colorado to face Colorado State on Thursday and then close out the regular season Friday against Nevada.
Cowgirls prepare for Mountain West Championships
The UW women’s golf team is set to compete at the Mountain West Championship in Rancho Mirage, California this week with play getting underway Monday at the Mission Hills Country Club.
Meghan Vogt and Kyla Wilde will be playing in their first MW championship tournament to cap off their freshmen campaigns. Vogt has displayed consistency all season long, leading the team with four top-25 finishes. Wilde tied for eighth at the UVU Hobble Creek Classic — the best finish by a Cowgirl this season.
They will be joined in the lineup by Morgan Ryan, who is also competing in her first MW championship, as well as Jessica Zap and Samantha Hui. It will be the second straight appearance at the event for Zapf and Hui will be competing for a third time.
The nine-team field is highlighted by San Jose State, which is currently ranked fifth nationally by GolfStat. UNLV is the next highest-ranked team in the field at No. 50 and reigning MW champion New Mexico is ranked 53rd.
The first round of play is set to tee off Monday at 8 a.m. MT.
Pokes deliver strong second day in California
UW track and field distance runners and throwers continued a three-day stretch of action in California on Friday at the Mt. SAC Relays, Long Beach Invitational and Bryan Clay Invitational.
Katelyn Mitchem delivered a strong performance at the Bryan Clay Invitational, recording a personal best of 4 minutes, 22.58 seconds in the invitational race to finish 47th. Kaylee Kearse competed in the 1,500-meter “A” race, clocking a time of 4:31.69 to finish 26th overall and move into No. 10 on UW’s all-time list. On the men’s side, Joseph Rodgers and Asefa Wetzel finished 90th and 120th, respectively.
Albert Steiner and Mason Norman competed in the 5,000 at the Mt. SAC Relays. Steiner led the Pokes with a 14:20.94 to finish 31st, and Norman was 35th at 14:36.28.
Nathan Reid provided one of the highlights of the day with a second-place finish in the men’s discus at the Bryan Clay Invitational. He earned runner-up with a personal-best mark of 180 feet, 11 inches, which ranks 10th all-time in school history. Tarique George and Mikey DeRock were also in action, finishing 10th and 25th, respectively. In the women’s discus, Cosette Stellern recorded a toss of 148-3 to finish seventh.
Two Cowgirls earned top-15 finishes in hammer throw at the Long Beach Invitational. Mary Carbee was 10th at 189-7 and Addison Henry was 14th at 184-4. Giulia Lodi competed in the women’s javelin, finishing 31st with a distance of 125-10. Daniel Carrillo was 43rd in the men’s hammer throw at 167-2.
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For many, Easter Sunday marks a return to in-person worship
BOSTON (AP) — For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marks the first time since 2019 that they will gather in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year’s holiest days side by side with fellow congregants.
The pandemic erupted in the country in March 2020, just ahead of Easter, forcing many churches to resort to online or televised worship. Many continued to hold virtual services last spring after a deadly winter wave of the coronavirus and as vaccination campaigns were still ramping up. But this year more churches are opening their doors for Easter services with few COVID-19 restrictions, in line with broader societal trends.
Among them are Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston, which since last June has once again required most churchgoers to attend Mass in person — though those with health risks may still watch remotely, and pastors have been asked to make space for social distancing in churches.
MC Sullivan, chief health care ethicist for the archdiocese, said celebrating Mass communally is important to how Catholics profess their faith. Church attendance has been trending upward, and parishioners are excited to gather again to commemorate Christ’s resurrection.
“It has been quite wonderful to see how well-attended Mass is right now. ... It seems to have brought a lot of people back to the idea of what’s important to them,” she said.
While most pandemic restrictions have been lifted, some area parishes are holding Easter Sunday services outside, including a 6 a.m. sunrise Mass near the waterfront in South Boston.
Hundreds of people lit candles in the vast Cathedral of St. Paul, Minnesota, after Archbishop Bernard Hebda blessed the fire and lit the Paschal Candle to open the Easter Vigil service late Saturday.
The century-old cathedral echoed with the singing of the congregation as candles flickered in the darkness. Well past 8 p.m., wide-eyed children fascinated by the little flames and the cantors far outnumbered people wearing masks – the archdiocese rescinded all Covid protocols on April 1, while allowing the faithful and individual parishes to retain precautions if they wishes
Similarly the nearby Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, which became a community hub during protests over George Floyd’s killing in 2020, ended its mask requirement as of Palm Sunday and returned to shoulder-to-shoulder communion at the rail instead of in the pews. Ingrid Rasmussen, the pastor, said Easter attendance was expected to be similar to pre-pandemic levels — but split between those in pews and those joining remotely.
Christ Church Lutheran, an architectural landmark also in Minneapolis, is taking a cautious approach to loosening COVID protocols. But while masks and social distancing measures remain in place, there was an indoor Easter Vigil Saturday night, to be followed by a gospel procession to the middle of the sanctuary Sunday.
“The gift of being in the same physical space for the first time in three years is so grounding and beautiful,” said Miriam Samuelson-Roberts, the pastor. “We do not take it for granted.”
Peace Lutheran Church in Baldwin, Wisconsin, was holding Easter in the sanctuary again after spending 16 months hosting services, baptisms and funerals in the parking lot, surrounded by fields and dairy farms. But services continue to be broadcast via social media and local TV — that has been successful in attracting people from other communities.
“One thing I am certain is that should we have to restrict our gatherings — for any reason — we will certainly be drawing on our resources to ‘meet people where they are,’” said John Hanson, pastor.
In New York City, Middle Collegiate Church was gathering for its first in-person Easter service since 2019, only not in their historic Manhattan church, which was destroyed by fire two Decembers ago.
While they rebuild, they’re sharing space at East End Temple, where Rabbi Joshua Stanton will offer a prayer during the Easter celebration — at a time when the synagogue is observing its own holy days of Passover.
The Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Middle Collegiate’s senior minister, said everyone will have to be “vaxxed and masked,” and attendance in the 190-person temple is being capped at 150. Those leading the service, plus choir singers and musicians, took rapid COVID tests. Coffee hour will be outdoors, in the park across the street.
“We’ll miss it, but we will not hug for passing the peace. We’ll just bow to each other,” Lewis said. “We are watching numbers and will pivot as we need to stay safe.”
Just north of the city in Westchester County, Bedford Presbyterian Church also was keeping a close eye on local infection rates and following public health guidelines. The congregation will split into two in-person Easter services to allow for social distancing, the sanctuary’s windows will remain open and the church will use heavy-duty air purifiers.
“Ministers juggle a lot of concerns and expectations as we head into our third Easter with COVID looming,” said the Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, the senior pastor. “We know church wards off isolation and builds up community, so we try to figure out ways to worship in person and online.”
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Dell’Orto reported from St. Paul, Minnesota, and Henao reported from Pennsylvania.
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William and Kate lead royals at Easter service; queen absent
LONDON (AP) — Senior British royals including Prince William and his wife Kate have attended an Easter Sunday church service at Windsor Castle.
Queen Elizabeth II, who has been experiencing mobility problems, did not attend the service at St. George’s Chapel on the castle grounds, a fixture in the royals’ calendar.
William and Kate, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were accompanied by two of their three children: Prince George, 8, and 6-year-old Princess Charlotte.
Also in attendance were the queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, with his wife Sophie and their children, and Princess Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew.
The queen, who turns 96 on Thursday, is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year, marking 70 years on the throne.
She cut back on public duties on her doctors’ orders since spending a night in hospital in October, and also had a bout of COVID-19 in February. She attended a memorial service last month for her late husband Prince Philip, and has continued to meet virtually with diplomats and politicians.
On Thursday she had a visit from her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan — the first time the couple has visited the U.K. together since they stepped down as working royals in 2020 and moved to California.
Harry and Meghan visited the queen at Windsor, 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of London, on their way to the Netherlands for the Invictus Games. Harry is founder and patron of the international sports competition for wounded or ill military personnel and veterans.
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Kindergartner brings tequila to school, shares with classmates
LIVONIA, Mich. (WDIV) – Some Michigan parents are upset because their kindergartners shared a bottle of tequila during snack time on Thursday.
A child in Livonia, Michigan, shared a bottle of Jose Cuervo mix with 10% alcohol content with her classmates before a teacher stopped it.
Alexis Smith said she got a call from her daughter’s school, Grand River Academy.
“There were so many thoughts running through my mind like ‘oh my god,’ you know, ‘what if it was open before the girl brought it to school, how much was it?,’” she said.
They told her a kindergartener brought the pre-mixed bottle of tequila and shared it with four classmates, including Smith’s 5-year-old daughter.
“I asked her, like, ‘is my daughter okay?’ and she said, ‘she’s right here, and she looks okay.’ and then I said, ‘okay, well, how much did she drink?,’” Smith said.
The school couldn’t give her a definite answer.
“My daughter takes medicine and, first up, no kids should be drinking and … just the shot itself, it burns,” she said. “Like how do you feel? Like anything could have happened?”
Smith picked her daughter up from school early. Later that day, the principal sent out a letter addressed to kindergarten parents saying, in part, “disciplinary measures will be taken in accordance with the student code of conduct.”
While the school was closed Friday, Smith said her daughter will not be back on Monday.
“It’s so heart-breaking,” Smith said. “I feel like her first year of kindergarten was already cut short because of COVID and situations like this are making it worse.”
School officials said they have addressed the situation, but can’t share the details because of student privacy laws.
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Powell Tribune
POWELL – Snowflakes caught in a chilly wind whizzed by as Chrystal and Calvin Alpers ate lunch in Cody. They could have seen birds flitting between branches in nearby pines and squirrels scampering from tree to tree, but they were too busy catching up on the morning news while enjoying some fast food together.
Nearby picnic tables were understandably vacant on the wintry spring day, but the couple was comfortable inside one of the new geodesic domes installed next to the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce office.
“They’re kind of convenient,” Calvin admitted. “It’s nice during the winter, because they stay naturally warm from the sun’s radiation.”
They visit the translucent domes “several times a week,” Chrystal said, often bringing their children or meeting them there after school at nearby Cody High School. They cited comfortable furniture and appointments, including an attractive animal hide area rug. But the real reason they enjoy visiting is the ability to enjoy time in the park without being blown away by the area’s notorious winds.
They first discovered the domes while on a date night after seeing friends’ posts on social media. Purchased by the Park County Travel Council with funding from the federal government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, they are the newest “Instagrammable” destinations, according to Ryan Hauck, the council’s executive director.
“The demand has been more than what we’re expecting,” Hauck said.
Besides the daily visits by folks looking to share a meal or some time together, Hauck said he’s seen out-of-state school buses full of children come and eat lunch, and has had requests from businesses seeking to use the domes for a day and organizations seeking to run events among the six domes.
The domes, which cost about $4,000 apiece from maker Hypedome, meet city codes for wind ratings, built to withstand 85 mph winds and gusts up to 115 mph.
“They can handle that easily,” Hauck said.
Hypedome suggests their structures are perfect as a garden lounge for home or business, a meeting room or a comfortable glamping pod. They are available in several sizes, including for up to 14 guests.
First designed by Buckminster Fuller prior to World War II, the spherical structure of a dome – using the strength of triangles, rather than typical rectangle construction techniques – are able to withstand extreme weather.
“The geometric principles used in construction of eco living domes guarantees an inherent ability to withstand the extreme forces of nature, such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes, and any climate condition,” according to Pacific Domes, one of the country’s first and largest producers.
The company produces domes for temporary and permanent living options, including models used by researchers in some of the most inclement ecosystems in the world. Yet, despite the ease of building, cost savings and safety, some in Cody feel the construction style sticks out; they rest alongside the chamber building, which features the log construction typical of the Western flair found along the city’s main street.
Several people have gone public with their disapproval.
Diana Nagy gave the project “two thumbs down” in a recent letter to the editor of the Cody Enterprise.
“I feel compelled to chime in on the very unWestern domes located near the Chamber of Commerce building and the Travel Council’s role in placing them there,” she wrote, adding “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
Scott Weber was even more vocal about his dislike for the project, writing in a letter to the Enterprise that all of the CARES Act money awarded to the Park County Travel Council was “wasted.” He called the domes a reaction to COVID-19 social distancing recommendations.
“They are a reminder that another scare could come upon us, and they are just the ticket to isolate,” Weber wrote.
Hauck, however, said the domes are not intended to isolate visitors or encourage distancing protocols.
“Does it work for COVID 100%? It does. But is it meant for COVID to segregate people? Not at all,” he said. “It’s a great outdoor option to enjoy what we have [in downtown Cody] and get people out of the wind and to create more overnights [by visitors]. It’s a cheap way to gain another attraction in our area.”
Although it didn’t draw much attention at the time, the domes were first discussed at a November meeting of the Cody City Council. Filling in for Hauck, Cody Country Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tina Hoebelheinrich noted their growing popularity across the globe.
“It really [has] become a standard part of how people have adapted to a pandemic, by moving those intimate dining situations or even just meeting situations out to the outdoors where there’s ventilation and smaller spaces with less public access,” she told the council.
Hoebelheinrich noted that the domes would supplant “old dilapidated picnic tables,” giving both local residents and tourists another outdoor dining option in the winter months.
“Ryan [Hauck] has done such a brilliant job spending that money for projects that make a lot of sense and really would improve our community greatly,” she said. “And I feel like this is one of those projects.”
After asking a couple questions about whether there would be adequate bathroom access in the winter and whether the domes could withstand the wind, councilors unanimously agreed to allow the installation of the structures on city property.
Cody Mayor Matt Hall called the domes a “pretty novel idea” that could enhance the experience for both tourists and locals. But some locals have since complained.
Park County Commission Chairman Dossie Overfield raised the issue during a March 1 meeting, telling Travel Council member Ruffin Prevost that she had received “a lot” of calls about the “plastic bubbles.”
“Most of the phone calls that I’ve received have been negative,” Overfield said, “that they might be OK in the cities, but not OK in Cody, Wyoming.”
Prevost said he had also expressed misgivings about the domes.
“I support his [Hauck’s] decision after the fact, but I was not entirely in favor of it,” Prevost told commissioners. “Because I said, ‘I don’t know that this is necessary. And I don’t know how well received it would be.’”
However, other board members felt differently, and the plan was approved. Prevost added that he’s seen similar domes prove “very popular” in bigger cities – and he noted they were purchased only after more pressing items were acquired with the CARES Act funding.
For instance, the travel council purchased “every piece of camera gear, every piece of recording equipment or new laptops, everything we could get equipped to do in-house marketing,” Prevost said – something that will “save substantial money over the long haul.”
Hauck has heard the negative feedback about the domes and has no problem with the critiques.
“I think one of the reasons this place is so special is because we have such passionate locals that love where they live,” he said.
Hauck also said those with positive feedback often don’t speak up. Proof of their popularity, he said, is that the domes are drawing interest from other communities and private citizens who love the idea.
“I’ve gotten calls from all over the state asking where I got them, how much they cost and how could they get them?” he said. “It’s not just over the state, but locally, as well. I’ve had a lot of ranchers call me. They didn’t say this out loud, but I think they’re interested as using these as like a glamping option.”
The Park County Travel Council has tentative plans to hold a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the domes during the city’s Parks and Pancakes Day, which is scheduled for May 6. The domes are open daily, closing at 10 p.m., and will feature festive lighting as soon as power supplies are secured.
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Kindergartner brings tequila to school, shares with classmates
LIVONIA, Mich. (WDIV) – Some Michigan parents are upset because their kindergartners shared a bottle of tequila during snack time on Thursday.
A child in Livonia, Michigan, shared a bottle of Jose Cuervo mix with 10% alcohol content with her classmates before a teacher stopped it.
Alexis Smith said she got a call from her daughter’s school, Grand River Academy.
“There were so many thoughts running through my mind like ‘oh my god,’ you know, ‘what if it was open before the girl brought it to school, how much was it?,’” she said.
They told her a kindergartener brought the pre-mixed bottle of tequila and shared it with four classmates, including Smith’s 5-year-old daughter.
“I asked her, like, ‘is my daughter okay?’ and she said, ‘she’s right here, and she looks okay.’ and then I said, ‘okay, well, how much did she drink?,’” Smith said.
The school couldn’t give her a definite answer.
“My daughter takes medicine and, first up, no kids should be drinking and … just the shot itself, it burns,” she said. “Like how do you feel? Like anything could have happened?”
Smith picked her daughter up from school early. Later that day, the principal sent out a letter addressed to kindergarten parents saying, in part, “disciplinary measures will be taken in accordance with the student code of conduct.”
While the school was closed Friday, Smith said her daughter will not be back on Monday.
“It’s so heart-breaking,” Smith said. “I feel like her first year of kindergarten was already cut short because of COVID and situations like this are making it worse.”
School officials said they have addressed the situation, but can’t share the details because of student privacy laws.
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For many, Easter Sunday marks a return to in-person worship
BOSTON (AP) — For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marks the first time since 2019 that they will gather in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year’s holiest days side by side with fellow congregants.
The pandemic erupted in the country in March 2020, just ahead of Easter, forcing many churches to resort to online or televised worship. Many continued to hold virtual services last spring after a deadly winter wave of the coronavirus and as vaccination campaigns were still ramping up. But this year more churches are opening their doors for Easter services with few COVID-19 restrictions, in line with broader societal trends.
Among them are Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston, which since last June has once again required most churchgoers to attend Mass in person — though those with health risks may still watch remotely, and pastors have been asked to make space for social distancing in churches.
MC Sullivan, chief health care ethicist for the archdiocese, said celebrating Mass communally is important to how Catholics profess their faith. Church attendance has been trending upward, and parishioners are excited to gather again to commemorate Christ’s resurrection.
“It has been quite wonderful to see how well-attended Mass is right now. ... It seems to have brought a lot of people back to the idea of what’s important to them,” she said.
While most pandemic restrictions have been lifted, some area parishes are holding Easter Sunday services outside, including a 6 a.m. sunrise Mass near the waterfront in South Boston.
Hundreds of people lit candles in the vast Cathedral of St. Paul, Minnesota, after Archbishop Bernard Hebda blessed the fire and lit the Paschal Candle to open the Easter Vigil service late Saturday.
The century-old cathedral echoed with the singing of the congregation as candles flickered in the darkness. Well past 8 p.m., wide-eyed children fascinated by the little flames and the cantors far outnumbered people wearing masks – the archdiocese rescinded all Covid protocols on April 1, while allowing the faithful and individual parishes to retain precautions if they wishes
Similarly the nearby Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, which became a community hub during protests over George Floyd’s killing in 2020, ended its mask requirement as of Palm Sunday and returned to shoulder-to-shoulder communion at the rail instead of in the pews. Ingrid Rasmussen, the pastor, said Easter attendance was expected to be similar to pre-pandemic levels — but split between those in pews and those joining remotely.
Christ Church Lutheran, an architectural landmark also in Minneapolis, is taking a cautious approach to loosening COVID protocols. But while masks and social distancing measures remain in place, there was an indoor Easter Vigil Saturday night, to be followed by a gospel procession to the middle of the sanctuary Sunday.
“The gift of being in the same physical space for the first time in three years is so grounding and beautiful,” said Miriam Samuelson-Roberts, the pastor. “We do not take it for granted.”
Peace Lutheran Church in Baldwin, Wisconsin, was holding Easter in the sanctuary again after spending 16 months hosting services, baptisms and funerals in the parking lot, surrounded by fields and dairy farms. But services continue to be broadcast via social media and local TV — that has been successful in attracting people from other communities.
“One thing I am certain is that should we have to restrict our gatherings — for any reason — we will certainly be drawing on our resources to ‘meet people where they are,’” said John Hanson, pastor.
In New York City, Middle Collegiate Church was gathering for its first in-person Easter service since 2019, only not in their historic Manhattan church, which was destroyed by fire two Decembers ago.
While they rebuild, they’re sharing space at East End Temple, where Rabbi Joshua Stanton will offer a prayer during the Easter celebration — at a time when the synagogue is observing its own holy days of Passover.
The Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Middle Collegiate’s senior minister, said everyone will have to be “vaxxed and masked,” and attendance in the 190-person temple is being capped at 150. Those leading the service, plus choir singers and musicians, took rapid COVID tests. Coffee hour will be outdoors, in the park across the street.
“We’ll miss it, but we will not hug for passing the peace. We’ll just bow to each other,” Lewis said. “We are watching numbers and will pivot as we need to stay safe.”
Just north of the city in Westchester County, Bedford Presbyterian Church also was keeping a close eye on local infection rates and following public health guidelines. The congregation will split into two in-person Easter services to allow for social distancing, the sanctuary’s windows will remain open and the church will use heavy-duty air purifiers.
“Ministers juggle a lot of concerns and expectations as we head into our third Easter with COVID looming,” said the Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, the senior pastor. “We know church wards off isolation and builds up community, so we try to figure out ways to worship in person and online.”
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Dell’Orto reported from St. Paul, Minnesota, and Henao reported from Pennsylvania.
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Pleasantly cool Easter before some winter weather
Temperatures well below average for the next few days
SUNDAY (Easter): Some clouds for the afternoon, otherwise plenty of sunshine. Much cooler with highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Clear skies for the evening and cool with temperatures in the 40s. Increasing clouds going through the evening and overnight and cold with overnight lows in the low to mid 30s. Some areas especially in the lower valleys may slip at or below freezing. If not, likely seeing a frost so bring your plants inside Sunday night.
MONDAY: FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY - High pressure to the northeast will lock cold air into our area. This combined with low pressure to our south will bring a wintry mix for the morning with a cold rain for much of the afternoon.
Clouds continuing to increase and feeling very cold in the morning with temperatures in the 30s. Precipitation will arrive after sunrise. Most of the Valley will see a cold rain with some snowflakes and sleet mixing in. Some of our higher elevations especially above 2,000 feet will see more of a wintry mix than rain in the morning. In these areas, freezing rain is possible and may make roads slick, especially bridges and overpasses. The Allegheny Mountains will see some snow mixing in at times which could result to anywhere from a dusting to 2 inches of snow.
Precipitation stays steady into the early afternoon with temperatures in the 30s. Temperatures begin to rise a few degrees in the afternoon which will change most precipitation to a cold rain. Still can’t rule out a wintry mix, especially above 2,000 feet into the afternoon.
Preciptation departing by around sunset as we begin to clear. Feeling very cold with temperatures in the 30s. Some clouds sticking around for the night with temperatures falling into the mid to upper 30s.
TUESDAY: Plenty of sunshine for the morning with a few clouds and temperatures very chilly, rising into the 40s. Wind begins to pick up by the late morning and stays around for the entire day. Chilly during the day with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Winds out of the west-northwest at 10-25 mph, gusting up to 30-35 mph at times. Just a few clouds for the evening as wind subsides. Overnight lows in the low to mid 30s. This will be another night where you are going to want to bring your plants inside as a freeze, if not a frost is expected.
WEDNESDAY: A mix of sun and clouds to start the day and chilly with temperatures rising into the 40s. Some clouds around for the day with plenty of sunshine and comfortable with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. More clouds arriving for the night and very chilly with overnight lows in the upper 30s to low 40s.
THURSDAY: Plenty of clouds in the morning and pleasant with temperatures rising into the 50s. More clouds than sun throughout the day and warming up with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Some clouds around for the night and pleasant with lows in the mid to upper 40s.
FRIDAY: Some clouds for the morning and pleasant with temperatures rising into the 50s. A mix of sun and clouds during the afternoon and warm with highs in the mid to upper 70s! A beautiful spring day! A fair amount of clouds for the night and pleasant with overnight lows in the mid to upper 40s.
SATURDAY: A mix of sun and clouds to start the day and turning mild with temperatures quickly rising into the 60s. Scattered clouds with plenty of sunshine and absolutely beautiful with highs in the mid to upper 70s!
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**A reminder that spring wildfire season is underway for both Virginia and West Virginia. No outdoor burning before 4pm in Virginia until April 30th. No outdoor burning in West Virginia before 5pm through May 31.**
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2 minors dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Pittsburgh party
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Shots fired at a house party in Pittsburgh early Sunday left two minors dead and at least eight more people wounded, police said.
The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. during a party at a short-term rental property where hundreds of people had gathered — the “vast majority” of them underage, Chief Scott Schubert of the Pittsburgh police department told reporters during a noontime news conference.
Shortly after some kind of altercation occurred, gunshots were fired both inside and outside, “and potentially back and forth,” Schubert said. Casings found at the scene indicate that handguns and one rifle were used, and police believe there were multiple shooters, Schubert said.
Two male victims died at the hospital, police said, and eight more people were being treated for gunshot wounds. A police release initially said nine people had been injured by gunfire, but Schubert revised the numbers at the press conference. The names of the two boys who died weren’t immediately released.
Others were injured jumping from windows, falling down steps or just trying to seek cover or escape, Schubert said. Two who jumped from windows had broken bones, authorities said. One victim was injured after a car was “shot up,” Schubert said.
ShotSpotter indicated more than 90 rounds fired “and we know there was a lot more than that between inside the structure and outside,” Schubert said. Arriving officers found a “very chaotic” scene with injured victims, medics trying to treat them and people fleeing on foot and in vehicles,
No arrests were immediately reported but Schubert said “it is our top priority to find out who did this and get them off the street.” He said he couldn’t comment on a possible motive, but he decried the number of illegal guns and too many people with access to them as well as the potent mixture of alcohol, drugs and guns.
“It’s heartbreaking; here we are at Easter and we have multiple families, two that won’t see a loved one,” Schubert said. “Others that are going to be — how can you even have a holiday when your child was involved in something traumatic like this?”
Police were processing evidence at as many as eight separate crime scenes spanning a few blocks around the shooting scene. Officials asked anyone with information, including video or photographs from people who were at the party, to send them to authorities.
Allegheny General Health reported that seven people were treated at Allegheny General Hospital and one at Jefferson Hospital for gunshot wounds or other injuries. but officials declined to release their conditions or other information.
Neighbor Mitchell Wilston, 30, told The Associated Press that he and his wife were out during the shooting but before leaving saw the neighborhood packed with people, with cars parked the wrong way down the street and a line outside the rented home.
“It was so obvious that there was going to be a problem — there was a line of 14-year-old kids trying to get into this place,” he said. The house has been rented for bachelorette parties or other events before, or for families of baseball players due to its proximity to the stadium, but no problems have occurred, he said.
Airbnb spokesperson Ben Breit confirmed the house was rented through the company. He said that the booker, who would have had to be 18 or older per Airbnb rules, has received a lifetime ban. Breit’s statement says the party was thrown without the knowledge of the host, whose listing banned parties and advertised an overnight noise curfew.
Breit said Airbnb was cooperating with authorities: “We share the Pittsburgh community’s outrage regarding this tragic gun violence. Our hearts go out to all who were impacted — including loved ones of those who lost their lives, injured victims and neighbors.”
In the morning, Wilston found his wife’s white car smeared with blood, possibly from someone fleeing the shooting and trying to hide behind the vehicle, he said.
“It’s extremely, extremely disconcerting to see the way the bullets were fired were perpendicular to our house,” he said, adding that he could see bullet holes in a surrounding building from his desk and in another building from another window.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey condemned the violence, which he attributed in part to a failure to get guns off the streets and provide adequate resources to communities. He said the city would call a meeting with local leaders to get feedback on a new, citywide approach to public safety.
“The time is now for us to move with a sense of urgency to bring justice to the victims and peace to our city,” Gainey, who is in isolation because of a recent COVID-19 exposure, said in a statement.
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Associated Press journalist Ron Todt in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
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Authorities: 9 hurt in shooting at club in South Carolina.
HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured. It was the second mass shooting in the state in as many days.
The State Law Enforcement Division said in an email there were no reported fatalities in the Easter morning shooting at the club in Hampton County. No information was immediately available on the severity of the injuries.
The SLED says it was asked to investigate by the Hampton County Sheriff’s Office. Hampton County is roughly 80 miles (about 129 kilometers) west of Charleston.
The shooting comes a day after gunfire erupted at a busy mall in the state capital of Columbia. Nine people were shot and five people were injured while trying to flee the scene at Columbiana Centre, Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said in a news release Saturday. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 73.
The Columbia Police Department announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jewayne M. Price, who was one of three people initially detained by law enforcement as a person of interest in the mall shooting. Price is scheduled to have a bond hearing at 2 p.m. Sunday on charges of unlawful carrying of a pistol. It is not immediately known if Price has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Police said the 73-year-old victim continues to receive medical treatment, but the other victims have been released from local hospitals or will be released shortly.
“We don’t believe this was random,” Holbrook said. “We believe they knew each other and something led to the gunfire.”
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Pope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace, cites nuclear risk
VATICAN CITY (AP) — On what is supposed to be Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the “senseless” war in Ukraine and in other armed conflicts raging in the world, and voiced worry about the risk of nuclear warfare.
“May there be peace for war-torn Ukraine, so sorely tried by the violence and destruction of this cruel and senseless war into which it was dragged,” Francis said, speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Square.
The pontiff had just finished celebrating Easter Mass in the square packed by faithful for the holiday for the first time since the pandemic began in early 2020. Applause erupted from many of the crowd, estimated by the Vatican to number 100,000 in the square and on a nearby avenue, when he mentioned Ukraine.
“Please, please, let us not get used to war,’’ Francis pleaded, after denouncing “the flexing of muscles while people are suffering.” Yet again, the pontiff didn’t cite Russian President Vladimir Putin for the decision to launch the invasion and attacks against Ukraine on Feb. 24.
People’s hearts are filled with “fear and anguish, as so many of our brothers and sisters have had to lock themselves away in order to be safe from bombing,” the pontiff said.
“Let us all commit ourselves to imploring peace, from our balconies and in our streets,’’ Francis said. “May the leaders of nations hear people’s plea for peace.”
In a clear reference to the threat of nuclear warfare, Francis quoted from a noted declaration of 1955: “‘Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?’”
He was quoting from a manifesto written by philosopher Bertrand Russell and physicist Albert Einstein. The manifesto’s text, sounding a grim warning against the consequences of nuclear warfare, was issued a few months after after Einstein died.
Meanwhile, in Britain, the leader of the Anglican church, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, called for Russia to declare a cease-fire and withdraw from Ukraine.
Noting that in the Eastern Orthodox church followed by many in Russia and Ukraine Sunday marks the start of Holy Week — with Easter coming on April 24 — Welby exhorted Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and commit to talks.
Francis also drew attention to other wars in the speech known by its Latin name “Urbi et Orbi” — to the city and to the world.
“May the conflict in Europe also make us more concerned about other situations of conflict, suffering and sorrow, situations that affect all too many areas of our world, situations that we cannot overlook and do not want to forget,’’ Francis said.
Two days after Palestinians and Israeli police clashed in Jerusalem, Francis prayed that “Israelis, Palestinians and all the inhabitants of the Holy City, together with pilgrims, experience the beauty of peace, of living in brotherhood and of accessing Holy Places” in reciprocal respect.
He called for peace and reconciliation for the peoples of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Libya.
Francis spoke plaintively about Yemen, “which suffers from a conflict forgotten by all, with continuous victims.” He expressed hope that a recent truce would restore hope to that country’s people.
He also prayed that God grant “reconciliation for Myanmar, where a dramatic scenario of hatred and violence persists,” and for Afghanistan, which is gripped by a humanitarian crisis, including food shortages.
Francis denounced the exploitation of the African continent and “terrorist attacks — particularly in the Sahel region,” as well as the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia and violence in Congo.
In Latin America, many have seen their plight worsen during the coronavirus pandemic, aggravating social problems stemming from corruption, violence and drug trafficking, the pontiff said.
But Francis found hope in the “open doors of all those families and communities that are welcoming migrants and refugees throughout Europe,’’ referring to the some 10 million people who have either fled Ukraine or are internally displaced by the war.
Earlier, the pontiff, who has a knee ligament problem, limped badly as he made his way to an altar set up in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. The altar was shaded by a canopy against brilliant sunshine.
After the end of Mass, Francis boarded the white popemobile for a whirl through the square among the cheering ranks of the crowd.
The easing of many pandemic restrictions have seen tourism boom in Rome, with many flooding the city for Holy Week ceremonies that culminated on Easter.
In Spain, believers and secular enthusiasts flocked back in large numbers to Holy Week processions this week for the first time since the start of the pandemic after most health restrictions were lifted.
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Jill Lawless in London and Joseph Wilson in Barcelona contributed.
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Mariupol teeters as Ukrainians defy surrender-or-die demand
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The shattered port city of Mariupol appeared on the brink of falling to the Russians on Sunday after seven weeks under siege, in what would give Moscow a crucial success following its failure to storm the Ukrainian capital and the sinking of its Black Sea flagship.
The Russian military estimated that 2,500 Ukrainian fighters were holding out at a hulking steel plant with a warren of underground passageways in the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol.
Moscow set a midday deadline for their surrender, saying those who laid down their arms were “guaranteed to keep their lives.” But the defenders did not submit, just as they rejected previous ultimatums.
“We will fight absolutely to the end, to the win, in this war,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal vowed on ABC’s “This Week.” He said Ukraine is prepared to end the war through diplomacy if possible, “but we do not have intention to surrender.”
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The capture of Mariupol would free up Russian forces to join an expected all-out offensive in the coming days for control of the Donbas, the industrial region in the country’s east where the Kremlin has focused its war aims after abandoning, for now at least, any attempt to take Kyiv, the capital.
The relentless bombardment and street fighting in Mariupol have left much of the city pulverized and killed at least 21,000 people, by the Ukrainians’ estimate. A maternity hospital was hit by a lethal Russian airstrike in the opening weeks of the war, and about 300 people were reported killed in the bombing of a theater where civilians were taking shelter.
An estimated 100,000 remained in the city out of a prewar population of 450,000, trapped without food, water, heat or electricity in a siege that has made Mariupol the scene of some of the worst suffering of the war.
“All those who will continue resistance will be destroyed,” Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman, said in announcing the latest ultimatum.
He said intercepted communications indicated there were about 400 foreign mercenaries along with the Ukrainian troops at the Azovstal steel mill, a claim that could not be independently verified.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar described Mariupol as a “shield defending Ukraine” as Russian troops prepare for the battle in the mostly Russian-speaking Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists already control some territory.
In a reminder that no part of Ukraine is safe, Russian forces carried out missile strikes Sunday near Kyiv and elsewhere in an apparent effort to weaken Ukraine’s military capacity before the anticipated assault.
After the humiliating loss of the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet last week to what the Ukrainians boasted was a missile attack, Russia’s military vowed Friday to step up strikes on the capital. The Kremlin said Sunday that it had attacked an ammunition plant near Kyiv overnight with precision-guided missiles, the third such strike in as many days.
Russia also claimed to have destroyed Ukrainian air defense radar equipment in the east, near Sievierodonetsk, as well as several ammunition depots elsewhere.
Explosions were reported overnight in Kramatorsk, the eastern city where rockets earlier this month killed at least 57 people at a train station crowded with civilians trying to evacuate ahead of the Russian offensive.
A regional official in eastern Ukraine said at least two people were killed when Russian forces fired at residential buildings in the town of Zolote, near the front line in the Donbas.
Malyar, the deputy defense minister, said the Russians continued to hit Mariupol with airstrikes and could be getting ready for an amphibious landing to beef up their ground forces.
Capturing the city would be Russia’s biggest victory after two months of costly fighting and could help reassure the Russian public amid the worsening economic situation from Western sanctions.
It would allow Russia to secure a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and deprive Ukraine of a major port and its prized industrial assets.
Mariupol’s seizure also would make more troops available for the offensive in the east, which, if successful, would give Russian President Vladimir Putin a vital piece of the country and a badly needed victory that he could sell to the Russian people.
Tunnels at the sprawling Azovstal steel mill, which covers an area of more than 11 square kilometers (over 4.2 square miles), have allowed the defenders to hide and resist.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the fall of Mariupol could scuttle any attempt at a negotiated peace.
“The destruction of all our guys in Mariupol — what they are doing now — can put an end to any format of negotiations,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with Ukrainian journalists.
In his nightly address to the nation, Zelenskyy called on the West to send more heavy weapons immediately if there is any chance of saving the city, adding Russia is “deliberately trying to destroy everyone who is there.”
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who met with Putin in Moscow this week — the first European leader to do so since the invasion Feb. 24 — said the Russian president is “in his own war logic” on Ukraine.
In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Nehammer said he thinks Putin believes he is winning the war, and “we have to look in his eyes and we have to confront him with that, what we see in Ukraine.’’
Like Mariupol, the northeastern city of Kharkiv has been a target of attacks since the early days of the invasion and has seen conditions deteriorate ahead of the eastern offensive.
At least five people were killed and 13 wounded in Russian shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on Sunday, regional officials said.
The barrage slammed into apartment buildings and left the streets scattered with broken glass and other debris, including part of at least one rocket. Firefighters and residents scrambled to douse flames in several apartments.
Zelenskyy estimated that 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops have died in the war.
Amid the fighting, Zelenskyy spoke in his nightly address about Ukraine’s plans for a memorial “to remind all generations of our people of the brutal and senseless invasion Ukraine has been able to fend off.”
Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the “senseless” war in Ukraine.
“May there be peace for war-torn Ukraine, so sorely tried by the violence and destruction of this cruel and senseless war into which it was dragged,” Francis said, without mentioning Putin’s decision to invade.
“Please, please, let us not get used to war,″ Francis pleaded.
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Chernov reported from Kharkiv. Yesica Fisch in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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Some scientists are saying to leave your shoes outside
Published: Apr. 17, 2022 at 1:01 PM EDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
(CNN) – A lot of us wear our shoes around the house, but you might want to think twice.
Researchers with “360 Dust Analysis” say leaving your shoes on inside the house could bring-in potentially harmful pathogens from outside.
They say shoes can carry microorganisms that are drug-resistant, including hospital-associated infectious germs that are difficult to treat.
Toxic road asphalt residue and lawn-treatment chemicals could also be tracked indoors.
If you aren’t interested in walking around barefoot or in socks indoors, the group says a solution could be to have some “indoor only” shoes that never get worn outside.
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William and Kate lead royals at Easter service; queen absent
LONDON (AP) — Senior British royals including Prince William and his wife Kate have attended an Easter Sunday church service at Windsor Castle.
Queen Elizabeth II, who has been experiencing mobility problems, did not attend the service at St. George’s Chapel on the castle grounds, a fixture in the royals’ calendar.
William and Kate, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were accompanied by two of their three children: Prince George, 8, and 6-year-old Princess Charlotte.
Also in attendance were the queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, with his wife Sophie and their children, and Princess Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew.
The queen, who turns 96 on Thursday, is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year, marking 70 years on the throne.
She cut back on public duties on her doctors’ orders since spending a night in hospital in October, and also had a bout of COVID-19 in February. She attended a memorial service last month for her late husband Prince Philip, and has continued to meet virtually with diplomats and politicians.
On Thursday she had a visit from her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan — the first time the couple has visited the U.K. together since they stepped down as working royals in 2020 and moved to California.
Harry and Meghan visited the queen at Windsor, 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of London, on their way to the Netherlands for the Invictus Games. Harry is founder and patron of the international sports competition for wounded or ill military personnel and veterans.
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 131st Canton Fair has hosted the first "Discover Canton Fair with Bee and Honey" event on April 15 on Facebook, attracting over 183,000 viewers worldwide. The mascot hosts Bee and Honey presented China's top household appliance and electronics manufacturers to global audiences.
"The idea of this promotion event series is to focus on the needs and demands of buyers and bring attention to key exhibition sectors, brand enterprises and local industrial clusters. Through social media, we are able to promote the exchange and interaction between exhibitors and buyers and showcase the power and charm of 'Intelligent manufacturing in China,'" said Alan Liu, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Canton Fair.
Six top household appliances companies interacted with Bee and Honey at the trade promotion livestreaming:
- Beijing Puppy Vacuum Cleaner Group Co., Ltd. presented its latest intelligent cordless vacuum product that has won the Red Dot Design Award. Its vacuum products have accumulated 1,012 patents at home and abroad, the products are now sold in 86 countries and regions.
- Whirlpool (China) Co., Ltd. highlighted its intelligent tilting washing machine that brings convenient and high-efficiency user experience.
- Shenzhen Sky Dragon Audio-Video Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in sound products; it can also customize audio solutions according to customers' needs.
- Guangzhou Havit Technology Co., Ltd. has participated in 30 Canton Fairs. The brand showcased high-tech new products including Bluetooth earphones, smart riding glasses and smart watches.
- Guangzhou Conwide Technology Co., Ltd. has 20 years of experience in the innovative R&D of coffee machines and is a top 10 coffee machine supplier in China.
- Guangdong Vanward New Electric Co., Ltd. is a leading household appliance manufacturer specializing in water heaters, kitchen appliances and hot water systems.
"This event has made it easier for customers to participate virtually and better helped Whirlpool (China) to reach global buyers and audiences, breaking through the limits of time and space and allowing global customers to experience Whirlpool products comprehensively," said Wang Yu, deputy director of OEM business department of Whirlpool (China) international trade company.
Chen Minling, sales director of Sky Dragon, said that the livestreaming event is of great benefit for the company to enhance its reputation internationally, and it's hoped that through this event, more potential buyers can understand the company better and bring in more foreign trade orders.
Khashing Cai, a buyer from the Philippines, is participating in the Canton Fair for the first time. He commented that although many people cannot attend the offline exhibitions due to the pandemic, promotion events like this can provide the opportunity to learn about China's high-end companies, and he will explore more companies and their products further online.
The Canton Fair will continue to host seven "Discover Canton Fair with Bee and Honey" events from April 16 to 22.
Visit https://www.cantonfair.org.cn/en-US/register/index#/foreign-email for more opportunities.
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SHENZHEN, China, April 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With younger consumers in mind, the new HUAWEI nova 9 SE is packed with 108 MP high-res photography, creative vlog experience, stunning design and fashion-forward elements. It is the newest member of the nova 9 family. Now, all you need to do is fill it with your favourite apps.
Being the native search engine of HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS), Petal Search comes pre-installed on new HUAWEI smartphones or tablets, but users can also download it from AppGallery or easily access the web version (www.petalsearch.com).
With Petal Search, gain access to an innovative and diverse browsing experience expanding over more than 20 categories and millions apps, whether you're into latest news, shopping, travel and more. You're able to find the information you need and turn information into action.
Through Petal Search, users are empowered with the ability to locate popular apps within their respective regions through the 'Apps' icon on the Petal Search homepage, opening up possibilities for users to find favourite apps for them.
Tap on the Petal Search App preinstalled on your new phone and start discovering. Explore a wide range of services with added functions that provide interesting recommendations.
If you are looking to travel, utilise Petal Search's Travel function which can assist you in planning your next trip with ease. Petal Search enables users to compare prices to find the best choice of hotels and flights for the trip. You can also find additional information with the 'Nearby Life' function such as reviews, food choices, and interesting places to visit in the area – all without having to do more extensive research.
Everyone loves to shop as well, and with Petal Search's Shopping function, shop online with ease anywhere, anytime. Simply type the keywords of the products you're looking for and Petal Search will display products alongside deals and any other details you might want to know. Compare products based on images, pricing, and more to ensure that you make the purchase − all within Petal Search.
Furthermore, Petal Search's multi-modal capabilities offer search experiences beyond simple keyword search. Using Visual Search, experience a multimedia search experience that uses AI, offering relevant search results base on images and photos. Explore the world in a whole new light.
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NEW YORK, April 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of investors of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. f/k/a Acies Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: MYPS, MYPSW, ACAC) who: (1) purchased, or otherwise acquired the securities of PLAYSTUDIOS between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired PLAYSTUDIOS securities pursuant to the PIPE offering; (2) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting; and/or (3) purchased or otherwise acquired PLAYSTUDIOS common stock pursuant to or traceable to the Acies' Registration Statement and Proxy Statement issued in connection with the June 2021 Merger (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 6, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased PLAYSTUDIOS securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the PLAYSTUDIOS class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5097 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 6, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) PLAYSTUDIOS was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (2) PLAYSTUDIOS would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; (3) PLAYSTUDIOS had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss; and (4) as a result, defendants' statements about PLAYSTUDIOS' business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the PLAYSTUDIOS class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5097 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Contact Information:
Laurence Rosen, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212) 686-1060
Toll Free: (866) 767-3653
Fax: (212) 202-3827
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