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Classical musicians who have been publicly linked to disgraced opera star Plácido Domingo have been arrested in Argentina or are still wanted by police in connection to an alleged crime ring. The group, which operated as the Buenos Aires Yoga School, was headed by 84-year-old Juan Percowicz. The group is accused of sexual trafficking, including of minors, as well as extortion and money laundering. No charges have been brought against Domingo.
At least three of the individuals whom Argentine prosecutors have identified as part of the alleged crime ring have performed or collaborated with Domingo since at least 1995, and have performed professionally with other major classical music artists and ensembles as well.
An Argentine law enforcement official told AP in a story published Thursday: "Plácido didn't commit a crime, nor is he part of the organization, but rather he was a consumer of prostitution." Prostitution is not a crime in Argentina.
Since Wednesday, NPR has repeatedly asked for comment from Domingo's representatives but has not received any response. Separately from the Argentine investigation, more than 20 women have come forward publicly since 2019 with sexual misconduct claims against the opera singer.
One of the people arrested in relation to the crime ring in Buenos Aires is Susana Mendelievich, whom the Argentine newspaper Clarin has identified as the woman called "Mendy" in police wiretap tapes released to media earlier this week.
Now 75 years old, Mendelievitch is a pianist and composer. In a 2000 biography of the composer Astor Piazzolla published by Oxford University Press, an Argentine pianist named Susana Mendelievich is mentioned as having rehearsed one of Piazzolla's works in Buenos Aires with the composer and Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the most revered cellists of the 20th century.
Though she seems to have little digital footprint of her own, Mendelievich is mentioned extensively on the website of an Argentine-born, New York-based singer and composer based in New York named Veronica Loiacono, who also cites her ties to Domingo at least eight times on her website, including a photo of the two singing together.
On Friday, the Argentine newspaper El Diario identified Loiacono and a woman named Verónica Ángela "Loia" Iácono as being the same person. Iácono, who is believed to be living in the U.S., is still wanted by police in connection to the alleged crime ring.
NPR contacted a phone number attributed to Loaicano's agent; an office number listed never connected to a machine or to a person, despite several attempts. The person who responded by text said that they were unavailable to comment before publication.
Per Loiacono's own website, she and Mendelievitch, along with two male Argentine musicians, refer to themselves as a composing "team" who have co-written an opera, a symphony and a ballet, among other works. Loicano's site also states that the four have performed with such renowned musicians as the late violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin and conductors Daniel Barenboim, the late Georg Solti and Zubin Mehta, as well as Domingo.
Mendelievitch and Loiacono's composing partners are listed as an oboist named Mariano Krauz and the late violinist Rubén González. González, who died in 2018, served as concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1986 until 1996.
Krauz has a limited online presence outside of Loiacono's website. With his last name spelled "Kraus," however, there are mentions of him in at least two reviews from the mid-1990s of performances in the U.S.
On Friday, the Argentine newspaper El Diario identified Krauz/Kraus as stage names of Mariano Krawczyk, one of the men arrested by Argentine police last week as part of the alleged crime ring.
Loiacono, Mendelievitch and Kraus are mentioned in a 1996 review from the Argentine newspaper La Nacion of a performance they gave with Domingo in Buenos Aires.
Another mention of Kraus is related to a performance he gave as a soloist with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in November 1995, led by González. In a disparaging review, a Baltimore Sun critic called Kraus a performer "who bopped onstage wearing a flaming red leisure suit...jaws dropped all around me," adding: "Somebody in quality control was asleep on this one." The work he performed was excerpts of a symphony by González called Dionisia y Lobo Solitario (Dionysus and the Lone Wolf). The Sun's critic wrote that the piece was "a crazy quilt of kitschy encounters with big-band swing, Viennese waltzes, blues, a rumba, klezmer and, of all things, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik!"
Despite the terrible review from Baltimore just months before, Kraus also appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra the following July performing the same symphony, which the Washington Post described in a largely unfavorable review as "a sort of oboe-driven Spanish klezmer music."
A 1995 opera called Cartas Marcadas, whose music was also written by the four, was based on a book written by the alleged crime group's leader, Juan Percowicz, and dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin. According to a 1995 article in La Nacion, Domingo praised the work, and included the opera's overture in a concert of his own. Within that article, La Nacion also mentioned that several of the opera's collaborative team were involved in the Buenos Aires Yoga School.
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Humans are sweaty beasts, but it turns out many other animals have different ways to keep cool. Staff of the Maryland Zoo help explain how their residents regulate their temperatures.
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Humans are sweaty beasts, but it turns out many other animals have different ways to keep cool. Staff of the Maryland Zoo help explain how their residents regulate their temperatures.
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Humans are sweaty beasts, but it turns out many other animals have different ways to keep cool. Staff of the Maryland Zoo help explain how their residents regulate their temperatures.
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Humans are sweaty beasts, but it turns out many other animals have different ways to keep cool. Staff of the Maryland Zoo help explain how their residents regulate their temperatures.
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In two New York counties, city health officials have been tackling a worrying trend: polio samples showing up in wastewater. In one county, a young adult became sick and paralyzed from the disease.
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In two New York counties, city health officials have been tackling a worrying trend: polio samples showing up in wastewater. In one county, a young adult became sick and paralyzed from the disease.
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LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff's deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.
"I felt like I wanted to run, run down the block and scream," she said, her tears turning to sobs and her voice quickening. "It was like the feeling of wanting to run down a pier and jump into the water. The problem is I can't escape. I can't escape my body."
During her three hours on the witness stand in a Los Angeles federal court, where she is suing LA County for invasion of privacy over the pictures, Bryant said she had fought to get through both public and private memorials for her loved ones and seven others who were killed Jan. 26, 2020, and thought she was ready to really begin the grieving process about a month later. She was with friends and her surviving daughters, and holding her 7-month-old baby, when she received a call about a Los Angeles Times story on the crash-site photos.
"I bolted out of the house and around to the side so my girls wouldn't see," she said. "I was blindsided again, devastated, hurt. I trusted them. I trusted them not to do these things."
Evidence presented at trial showed that a sheriff's deputy showed a photo of Bryant's body to a bartender as he drank, spurring an official complaint from another man drinking nearby, and that firefighters shared them with each other at an awards banquet. Others shared them with spouses. An attorney for the county said the photos had been taken only because they were essential for assessing the site moments after the crash, and that when LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva learned they were being shared, he demanded they all be deleted.
No photos emerged publicly, but Vanessa Bryant said she has constant worry that some still might.
"I live in fear every day of being on social media and these popping up," she testified. "I live in fear of my daughters being on social media and these popping up."
She said the thought keeps her awake at night as she lies next to her 3-year-old and her 5-year-old, and sometimes leads to panic attacks in which she can't breathe.
Under cross-examination from J. Mira Hashmall, the lawyer representing LA County at the trial, Bryant testified that she had not received any medical diagnosis of having had panic attacks, or any mental health disorder, nor had she taken any medications for them.
She said she had talked to a therapist for about 18 months after the crash, but had not since.
"I feel like sometimes it helps," Bryant said, "but sometimes it's completely draining."
Hashmall spent much of her 90-minute cross-examination going through the business roles Bryant now plays, including acting as president of her husband's multimedia company, Granity Studios, overseeing the publication of one book he wrote and helping to finish and publish another, heading the foundation started for Kobe and Gianna, and establishing several other companies.
Hashmall suggested that Bryant's ability to do all of this meant she was functioning well and was not overcome with fear and anxiety.
"It sounds like on top of everything else you're juggling a business empire," Hashmall said at one point.
"For me, it's a labor of love," said Bryant, who remained calm and composed during cross-examination.
She cried frequently, and laughed occasionally, during the questioning of her attorney Luis Li, who had her describe her life with her "proud girl-dad" husband and their daughters.
"He was just such a beautiful and devoted father," she said.
Bryant chronicled the day of the crash, her anguish, and her frustration at trying to learn whether her husband and daughter were still alive after she initially heard from an assistant that there were five survivors.
She described Sheriff Villanueva coming into a room where she waited at Lost Hills sheriff's station and confirming that her husband and daughter had been killed. He asked if there was anything he could do for her.
"I told him, if you can't bring my babies back, then please secure the area," Bryant said. "I'm concerned about paparazzi."
"Did the sheriff tell you one of his deputies had already gone to the hill to take close-up pictures of crash victims?" Li asked.
"No," Bryant responded.
During cross-examination, Hashmall said the deputy, Doug Johnson, who hiked through tough terrain into the hills in northern Los Angeles County to the crash site and shot the photos that were later shared, was only trying to use them to assess the situation.
"You can understand why he would want the same information you did," Hashmall said.
"I don't think you need to take close-up photos of people to determine how many people are on an aircraft," Bryant replied. "I think he could have just counted."
Bryant's side rested its case after her testimony, which came on the eighth day of the trial.
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25 years after the release of the 1997 Rodgers And Hammerstein's Cinderella, NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actor Paolo Montalbán on the movie's legacy.
Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., and also previously covered Congress for NPR. | https://www.keranews.org/2022-08-19/paolo-montalban-looks-back-on-25-years-of-cinderella | 2022-08-19T22:49:02Z |
In two New York counties, city health officials have been tackling a worrying trend: polio samples showing up in wastewater. In one county, a young adult became sick and paralyzed from the disease.
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In two New York counties, city health officials have been tackling a worrying trend: polio samples showing up in wastewater. In one county, a young adult became sick and paralyzed from the disease.
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There have been nearly two weeks of shelling around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will allow international inspectors to enter the plant.
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There have been nearly two weeks of shelling around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will allow international inspectors to enter the plant.
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There have been nearly two weeks of shelling around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will allow international inspectors to enter the plant.
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There have been nearly two weeks of shelling around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will allow international inspectors to enter the plant.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rutherford Falls showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas about the recent success of Native-led movies and TV series, like Prey, Dark Winds, Reservation Dogs and her own show.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rutherford Falls showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas about the recent success of Native-led movies and TV series, like Prey, Dark Winds, Reservation Dogs and her own show.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rutherford Falls showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas about the recent success of Native-led movies and TV series, like Prey, Dark Winds, Reservation Dogs and her own show.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rutherford Falls showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas about the recent success of Native-led movies and TV series, like Prey, Dark Winds, Reservation Dogs and her own show.
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Not all economic recessions and recoveries are created equal. Japan's "L-shaped" recovery — which really isn't much of a recovery at all — in the 1990s offers a cautionary tale.
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Not all economic recessions and recoveries are created equal. Japan's "L-shaped" recovery — which really isn't much of a recovery at all — in the 1990s offers a cautionary tale.
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Not all economic recessions and recoveries are created equal. Japan's "L-shaped" recovery — which really isn't much of a recovery at all — in the 1990s offers a cautionary tale.
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Not all economic recessions and recoveries are created equal. Japan's "L-shaped" recovery — which really isn't much of a recovery at all — in the 1990s offers a cautionary tale.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mona Minkara, a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University who is also blind, about a new way to present science data to blind and sighted people alike.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mona Minkara, a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University who is also blind, about a new way to present science data to blind and sighted people alike.
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Voice-over actor Vic Mignogna lost his appeal in a defamation suit he filed that has put a spotlight on sexual harassment in the Japanese animation industry.
Mignogna has been a well-known English voice in anime for over two decades, starring in popular series including Fullmetal Alchemist and Dragon Ball. In 2019, his work came to a halt after a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him surfaced on the internet.
That year, Mignogna sued his former employer, two women who accused him of inappropriate behavior and the partner of one of the women. His grievances, including defamation and tortious interference, were later dismissed by a Texas judge.
Mignogna appealed the decision. But on Thursday, the 2nd Court of Appeals in Fort Worth upheld the ruling and ordered Mignogna to pay at least $250,000 in attorney fees to the four defendants — Funimation, Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial and Ron Toye. (That figure could be higher because the amount owed to Rial and Toye is being redetermined by the courts.)
On Thursday evening, Rial, a voice actor who was one of the two women sued by Mignogna, wrote on Twitter, "#Itsover."
"I wanted to thank all of you for your love and support. I have been a part of the anime community for 23 years and I love it. Here's to moving forward, healing, and celebrating anime!" she added.
Mignogna's lawyer, Ty Beard, did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
What happened
In January 2019, allegations of sexual misconduct against Mignogna came to a head following the premiere of his film Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
The voice actor quickly denied any allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault. "My heart weeps for anyone who endures a violation of this kind, so to be accused of harming others in this way....I have no words," he posted on Twitter.
But by the following month, Rooster Teeth, a production company, cut ties with Mignogna and removed him from the cast of RWBY, an anime-style web show. Funimation, an entertainment company, also conducted an internal investigation and fired Mignogna by early February 2019. Several anime conventions also canceled Mignogna's appearances.
Around the same time, Marchi and Rial, prominent voice actors, came forward separately about disturbing experiences with Mignogna. Both of them said they felt compelled to speak up after learning they were not the only ones.
"My experience is minor in comparison to many others; however, having realized this wasn't an isolated incident, I felt compelled to share," Marchi wrote on Twitter in February 2019.
Amid a three-year legal battle, Mignogna has slowly returned to the industry. Last year, he and Anime Matsuri, a convention held in Houston, partnered to open a dubbing studio. The announcement received some backlash, but the voice actor continues to have a staunch fan following.
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With a major election just three months away, the entire elections staff in Central Texas’ Gillespie County quit last week. Why? The former staffers say they faced harassment, bullying and death threats. But Gillespie isn’t the only county where complaints are frustrating election workers.
Published reports say it comes down to a fundamental shift in the tone of politics that has led to a rise in misinformation, threats, intimidation and burnout. Sam Taylor is spokesperson for the secretary of state – the official charged with overseeing elections in Texas. Taylor says the amount of turnover among election officials has increased since the 2020 election, though that increase includes retirements and leaving due to low pay. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below.
This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity:
Texas Standard: That story of the election official in Gillespie County and the election staff resigning over death threats and harassment was very eye-opening. Would you say that the amount of turnover of elections officials has risen in recent years?
Sam Taylor: We’ve seen about a 30% turnover just in the past two years since the 2020 election. Going back further than that, we don’t have a lot of data on whether or not that’s higher or lower than average. But it’s not surprising that a lot of people are deciding to get out of the elections game now because there’s natural retirement. There’s also, like you mentioned, a heightened, scrutinized political environment that is just resulting in a lot of burnout from local election officials. So, quite frankly, not too surprised that folks are deciding to leave. It’s just concerning when folks leave right before a major election like this.
I think that it’s concerning whenever someone receives threats or possible political intimidation. And that’s something that we’ve been hearing a lot from elections officials, not just in Gillespie County, but talking with the folks over at the Texas Association of Elections Administrators, they say that this is something that’s happening statewide due to the stress of the job, new requirements, new laws that they have to oversee that have been put in place in recent legislative sessions. Are you having to field some of these and the secretary of state’s office or or how are you advising officials when staff members start to leave?
First of all, if anybody receives any threats on their lives, on their safety, we encourage the local officials to report those immediately to federal law enforcement or state law enforcement. We’ve got contacts with the FBI. We’ve got contacts at the Texas Rangers and Department of Public Safety, who we refer them to immediately. If so, they can report those threats to them.
But in the Gillespie County situation, we actually have had to step in before and train employees and make sure that they are up to date on all the new election laws. So in the case of Gillespie County, it was three employees, the EA [elections administrator] and her two deputies. They all resigned last week. And we are going to be sending trainers to Gillespie County to train county employees who have worked elections before, albeit they are in the county clerk and tax assessor collector’s office. So they haven’t run elections in a few years. So they’re going to have to get caught up pretty quickly on all the new election laws. And there were quite a few changes the legislature made last year.
But I think the good thing about those changes are that there’s a lot of new transparency measures in the election law that help bring more confidence to the election system. You’re not going to convince everybody that elections are fair and secure, but at least you can help inform the public a little bit more and show them all of the safeguards and all of the processes in place to ensure that the count is accurate, that elections are run fairly with integrity and in accordance with the law.
Well, now you talk about the transparency. Could you give us an example of what you’re referring to?
Absolutely. So SB 1 required something called the reconciliation form, and the reconciliation form is required to be filled out after all the votes are counted on election night to show how many people cast ballots, versus how many ballots were counted. Ideally, it should match exactly. If there’s any discrepancy between that number. It allows county election officials to catch that, go look back at their records and make sure that they can account for every single ballot that was cast. And then they have to do that again after the final canvass of votes. That usually happens about seven days after Election Day when all the military and overseas mail ballots come in. So that tool alone has been a very useful tool for transparency and has been able to allow county election officials to show their work, so to speak. To the voters to show that all of the election records can be accounted for, that they can be reconciled, and hopefully give voters a little bit more confident that there aren’t ballots out there that either were thrown away or haven’t been counted. And it helps kind of decrease the suspicion that there was fraud or malfeasance that went on in the election.
Having the county judge and the clerk and tax assessor staff trying to deal with elections is far from an optimal position and it’s not really sustainable, I would imagine. And I’m wondering what, if anything, can be done from the secretary of state’s office to try to ensure that people who are working these positions feel at a minimum safe, but of course, at the same time trying to reassure voters that their votes are being properly counted.
My message and our message to all Texas voters is that Texas elections have never been more secure. They’ve never been more transparent. And I think we’re very proud of the way that we’ve advised counties and trained counties on how to deal with these new requirements and how to be transparent with their voters. But beyond that, really, it’s a county responsibility to make sure that these election officials are getting the resources and the support that they need. Folks remember their teachers and their firefighters and their local policemen, but they don’t often remember their elections administrators. I think they should. I think these are public servants that have a huge impact on your everyday lives. So we’re really encouraging county officials to work with us. And we’ve got trainers that are coming out there to help them run their elections. We can’t run the elections for them, but we can help make sure that all the staff at the county level have the training that they need to run a fair election. Because when you’re new, when you don’t have as much experience, chances are mistakes can happen. They can be innocent mistakes. But unfortunately, these days, an innocent mistake is sometimes interpreted as fraud or illegal activity. So what we’re trying to do is minimize those mistakes as much as possible and give county officials the training that they need to run a clean, smooth election.
When you’re trying to deal with combating misinformation, which seems to be at the root of a lot of these threats and accusations and allegation, the pressure that a lot of eyes report when you’re dealing with that level of misinformation, disinformation, how do you push back against it?
Really, you’ve got to be proactive about it. You’ve got to be proactively educating people about the process. Elections for a long time has been sort of a black box, especially since 2002. The Help America Vote Act required electronic voting systems in pretty much every jurisdiction. So for years, probably about 20 years, elections have been this kind of mystified, mysterious process that not a lot of people understand. So the more that we can demystify the process and put out information, explainers work with county election officials to show the public how voting machines work, how voting systems work, what chain of custody measures go into transferring all of the ballots from the time that you vote it to the time that it is counted at the county central count location. That’s the kind of education we’re trying to do on the front end so that there is we can demystify the process of elections and give folks more transparency, an insight into how they work. And I think once folks see all of the things that go into every single election, first of all, they’ll be amazed. Second of all, they’ll feel a lot better that their vote does count.
Does something need to be done more broadly – perhaps greater protections in the law for election administrators? Is there a way of dealing with the threats and intimidation which seem to me making this job untenable for so many
That’s really a decision for the Legislature to make and for county officials themselves at the local level to make in terms of how they can give more resources to protect those local election officials and make sure that that those threats are not acted on, if reported immediately. But really, it might be a matter of the legislature updating the laws and creating higher penalties for folks that do threaten public officials like that. I’m sure that’s something that the Legislature would like to look into next session, and we’re ready to provide information on exactly what the threat environment is, both on our office because our elections division gets threats as well and local election officials.
Sam, how concerned are you about the status of these election officials and the threats that they’re reporting?
My biggest concerns are twofold. Number one. Threats like these are going to drive away the very people that we need right now to instill greater confidence in our election system. There are people out there that don’t trust the elections. And whenever you have people fleeing election offices like this, it’s going to leave less people that are qualified to do the work and run a clean election. More likely that you’re going to have mistaken and it’s just going to snowballed from there. And then number two, the other concern I have is that sometimes things like this discourage voters from going to the polls. If you don’t think that your elections are secure or you think the elections are rigged or you think that something is going wrong illegally in the election, then you’re going to be less likely to come out to the polls. So I’m really concerned about the long term and, you know, really even short term effect that this is going to have on both people who work the polls and people who go to the polls. | https://www.keranews.org/government/2022-08-19/local-election-officials-are-quitting-due-to-harassment-and-death-threats | 2022-08-19T22:49:33Z |
A major fire burned down the remaining pieces of the Grossinger's Hotel property, a former vacationing spot in the Catskills and inspiration for the 1987 hit film Dirty Dancing.
The Liberty Fire Department was dispatched to calls of a fire on the old property on Tuesday night. They arrived to find a large, three-and-a-half story building fully engulfed in flames. The blaze was so large that the smoke column could be seen for several miles away, according to the department.
In recent years, the property had become largely overgrown and abandoned. This impeded the responder's ability to get to the site of the fire. Firefighters had to cut through a gate in order to access the roadway to the building. Concrete barriers in the road further blocked firefighters' easy access to the scene, the fire department said.
Once the fire was out, an excavator was brought in to knock down the remaining pieces of the building, officially ridding the Catskills of what remained of the Grossinger Hotel.
The fire is still under investigation, according to the Liberty Fire Department.
Grossinger's heyday was after World War II, according to the Associated Press. Hundreds of thousands of vacationers made their way to the Catskills to visit the spot. One such visitor was Eleanor Bergstein, writer and producer of Dirty Dancing, who vacationed there with her family.
The film tells the romantic story of a young woman (played by Jennifer Grey), named Francis "Baby" Houseman, who falls in love with a dance instructor named Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), while on vacation in 1963 at a resort just like Grossinger.
Before it finally closed in 1986, the hotel encompassed a complex of 35 buildings on 1,200 acres that served 150,000 guests a year at its height.
Though the movie is based on this resort, the filming took place in North Carolina and Virginia.
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Activists stood along the Ronald Kirk Pedestrian Bridge in Dallas Friday morning, calling on federal officials to protect immigrant workers.
It was part of a national campaign calling on the Biden administration and the Department of Homeland Security to implement federal protections for immigrant workers who speak out about workplace abuses.
Cheli Cruz with the Workers Defense Project said issues like wage theft and retaliation are all too common, especially in the construction industry.
“We need there to be labor enforcement,” Cruz said. "We need there to be protections for undocumented workers so that they can speak out freely about those abuses."
Cruz said the group wants the Biden administration to pass federal protections that would enable immigrants to come forward about workplace concerns without the threat of deportation.
“We do have a crisis of labor abuse in this country," said Sean Goldhammer, director of employment and legal services at the Workers Defense Project. "Wage theft, worker injuries [and] discrimination are rampant. The coercive immigration enforcement system that we have makes it so much worse."
Goldhammer said the Biden administration has the authority to grant immigrants work authorization and protection from deportation.
"These protections were promised from President Biden on the campaign trail and in his early executive orders," Goldhammer said.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mona Minkara, a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University who is also blind, about a new way to present science data to blind and sighted people alike.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mona Minkara, a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University who is also blind, about a new way to present science data to blind and sighted people alike.
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Kitten born with two faces in Arkansas
HARRISON, Ark. (KY3/Gray News) - A pet owner in Arkansas has a cat that just gave birth to baby kittens, one of which was born with two faces.
“I went to go do laundry, I’d seen my cat was like meowing, and then all of the sudden babies started coming out, and I started yelling for my husband,” said Ariel Contreras, the owner of the kitten. “This is the second one, so whenever he came out, my husband said, ‘Honey, it has two heads!’ And I went, ‘No way!’”
Harvey is named after the fictional Batman villain Two Face, aka Harvey Dent. A Janus cat is a rare genetic mutation caused by excess protein production while in the womb.
“It has one of everything except for the extra skull,” said Dr. Tim Addis, a veterinarian with Alley Cat Animal Rescue. “Its odds of making it are just as good as its siblings’ if you’re feeding it with a bottle.”
Addis has more than 60 years of experience working with animals and says he’s never seen a mutation so rare.
“Well, they seem to be operating together, you can feed either mouth, and it takes nourishment through either mouth. It’s really different,” he said.
And different is right. Janus cats are extremely rare, with only a few known cases in the modern era.
“It’s actually bigger than the other ones, and it’s doing great. It’s absolutely doing great,” Conteras said.
Although there is little data, Janus cats historically have a low survival rate. Many are unable to live past the first 12 hours. But Harvey may already be defying the odds, born Wednesday and showing all signs of a healthy newborn kitten.
“There was one that made it 12 years and one that made it 15 years, so I’m really praying this one makes it that long, and we will do whatever it takes,” Contreras said.
“Well, the little kitten has the chance,” Addis said. “What the odds are, I don’t know. They’re hard to raise. But, it will make it if the Lord’s willing.”
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Kobe Bryant’s widow says crash photos turned grief to horror
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.
“I felt like I wanted to run, run down the block and scream,” she said, her tears turning to sobs and her voice quickening. “It was like the feeling of wanting to run down a pier and jump into the water. The problem is I can’t escape. I can’t escape my body.”
During her three hours on the witness stand in a Los Angeles federal court, where she is suing LA County for invasion of privacy over the pictures, Bryant said she had fought to get through both public and private memorials for her loved ones and seven others who were killed Jan. 26, 2020, and thought she was ready to really begin the grieving process about a month later. She was with friends and her surviving daughters, and holding her 7-month-old baby, when she received a call about a Los Angeles Times story on the crash-site photos.
“I bolted out of the house and around to the side so my girls wouldn’t see,” she said. “I was blindsided again, devastated, hurt. I trusted them. I trusted them not to do these things.”
Evidence presented at trial showed that a sheriff’s deputy showed a photo of Bryant’s body to a bartender as he drank, spurring an official complaint from another man drinking nearby, and that firefighters shared them with each other at an awards banquet. Others shared them with spouses. An attorney for the county said the photos had been taken only because they were essential for assessing the site moments after the crash, and that when LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva learned they were being shared, he demanded they all be deleted.
No photos emerged publicly, but Vanessa Bryant said she has constant worry that some still might.
“I live in fear every day of being on social media and these popping up,” she testified. “I live in fear of my daughters being on social media and these popping up.”
She said the thought keeps her awake at night as she lies next to her 3-year-old and her 5-year-old, and sometimes leads to panic attacks in which she can’t breathe.
Under cross-examination from J. Mira Hashmall, the lawyer representing LA County at the trial, Bryant testified that she had not received any medical diagnosis of having had panic attacks, or any mental health disorder, nor had she taken any medications for them.
She said she had talked to a therapist for about 18 months after the crash, but had not since.
“I feel like sometimes it helps,” Bryant said, “but sometimes it’s completely draining.”
Hashmall spent much of her 90-minute cross-examination going through the business roles Bryant now plays, including acting as president of her husband’s multimedia company, Granity Studios, overseeing the publication of one book he wrote and helping to finish and publish another, heading the foundation started for Kobe and Gianna, and establishing several other companies.
Hashmall suggested that Bryant’s ability to do all of this meant she was functioning well and was not overcome with fear and anxiety.
“It sounds like on top of everything else you’re juggling a business empire,” Hashmall said at one point.
“For me, it’s a labor of love,” said Bryant, who remained calm and composed during cross-examination.
She cried frequently, and laughed occasionally, during the questioning of her attorney Luis Li, who had her describe her life with her “proud girl-dad” husband and their daughters.
“He was just such a beautiful and devoted father,” she said.
Bryant chronicled the day of the crash, her anguish, and her frustration at trying to learn whether her husband and daughter were still alive after she initially heard from an assistant that there were five survivors.
She described Sheriff Villanueva coming into a room where she waited at Lost Hills sheriff’s station and confirming that her husband and daughter had been killed. He asked if there was anything he could do for her.
“I told him, if you can’t bring my babies back, then please secure the area,” Bryant said. “I’m concerned about paparazzi.”
“Did the sheriff tell you one of his deputies had already gone to the hill to take close-up pictures of crash victims?” Li asked.
“No,” Bryant responded.
During cross-examination, Hashmall said the deputy, Doug Johnson, who hiked through tough terrain into the hills in northern Los Angeles County to the crash site and shot the photos that were later shared, was only trying to use them to assess the situation.
“You can understand why he would want the same information you did,” Hashmall said.
“I don’t think you need to take close-up photos of people to determine how many people are on an aircraft,” Bryant replied. “I think he could have just counted.”
Bryant’s side rested its case after her testimony, which came on the eighth day of the trial.
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Officials: 3 killed after planes collided in California
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say three people and a dog were killed after two small planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a rural airport.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Friday that the names of those killed Thursday at the Watsonville Municipal Airport will be released once their families have been notified.
NTSB air safety investigator Fabian Salazar says that there were two people aboard a twin-engine Cessna 340 and only the pilot aboard a single-engine Cessna 152 during the crash.
The city-owned airport does not have a control tower to direct aircraft landing and taking off.
The airport accounts for about 40% of all general aviation activities in the Monterey Bay area, according to the City of Watsonville’s website.
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‘Our vacation is ruined’: Fiery crash destroys family’s rental property, several cars
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF/ Gray News) - A car crash involving a beach rental property has created a nightmare situation for a family vacationing in South Carolina.
After a year of planning, booking a rental home and getting their family of 28 together, the Lehoisky family said their vacation took a turn for the worse over the weekend.
On Aug. 14, the North Myrtle Beach Police Department reported a vehicle collision near 6th Avenue South and Ocean Boulevard at about 4:30 a.m.
WMBF reports the driver lost control of the car, hit a utility box near the Lehoisky family rental home and burst into flames.
The family said flames quickly spread to their cars, with the fire rising through three floors of their rental property. They rushed to get all 11 kids and 17 adults to safety.
Tonia Lehoisky said her family traveled in five separate cars from upstate New York. Now, they are left with one car that can barely fit her family.
She said she would never have imagined something like this ever happening.
“The kids said, ‘Our vacation is ruined.’ So, as adults, we try to make sure they’re going to have the best vacation ever, but it’s not easy for any of us,” Lehoisky said.
She said the family doesn’t have a way of getting home and are scrambling to find a company that will rent them a car to make the 14-hour trip back home.
Lehoisky said the family is thankful that no family members suffered any physical injuries, but the group suffered mental and emotional damages.
“One person’s bad decision ruined a vacation for a family of 28 and has made life very difficult for us,” Lehoisky said.
The North Myrtle Beach Police Department said the driver of the crashed vehicle remains in critical condition at the hospital.
The rental company handling the family’s stay did not immediately comment on the situation.
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Jet isn't a symbol of peace
I am a proud veteran, serving 1954-1958 during the Korean conflict.
I am a proud veteran, serving 1954-1958 during the Korean conflict.
I am appalled that both the Klamath Falls City Council and County Commissioners approved funding to place a "war" jet in our Veterans Memorial Park as a peace symbol. I served four years in a Texas Air Force hospital assisting the recovery of soldiers including some shell shock WWII vets.
As for a better peace symbol, I suggest our national emblem, the American bald eagle. It became my personal symbol as a biologist for Oregon. As importantly it has been our adopted national symbol for a long while and with difficulty surviving as a threatened and endangered species due to its health and habitat issues. With work and dedication we brought it back to healthy population numbers all across the U.S.
City staff more than once referred to the "war jet on a stick" as a possible strong attraction to our community. I would like to remind them once more we have a very strong attraction in our bald eagles especially in hosting the largest wintering population in the lower 48 states along with an annual Bald Eagle conference, successfully for well over 40 years (now Winter Wings Festival), all wrapped around them as well plus amazing local wildlife viewing, photography and hunting opportunities.
I take my hat off to the likes of Chuck Wells, Seth Gebauer, Ed Silling, Nelda Herman and others for their opinions. In college I learned a great guiding principle: The definition of conservation is the wise use of our natural/national resources.
Also, how about something more kiddie suited in Vets Park? After all, "kids are the only thing we have to make people out of."
Ralph Opp
Klamath Falls
I’m a visitor, but read the article on the proposal to use funds, probably not legal to use, to install a "jet on a stick" in a local park.
I’m a Vietnam veteran myself. I’m appalled that the council members don’t get it. I’m offended that they would use funds that appear to be for something entirely different to install a decoration in a park. Your streets are full of homeless people.
You don’t need a "plane on a stick" no matter which National Guard pseudo warrior wants one there. A plane on a stick is to glorify an ego, not to take care of the needs of people that need help. Council, please do something to overcome the poverty and homelessness abundant in your town. If nothing else, prove to the citizens that you have authority to use American Rescue Plan Act funds for art projects.
Gene Villiva
Alexandria, VA
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Dear President Biden:
Since the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, nationwide calls for stronger gun control have intensified. On May 30, you told reporters that popular legislative proposals like an assault weapons ban and stricter background checks are up to Congress, saying, “I can’t dictate this stuff.”
This is true. But now that Congress has passed and you have signed the bipartisan Safer Communities Act, it’s clear how much remains to be done to prevent gun violence. What you as president can dictate are executive branch gun-control measures. None of the following actions require new laws from Congress. They are either grounded in your statutory enforcement responsibilities as head of the executive branch or in the authority delegated to the executive branch by previous acts of Congress.
We strongly urge you to take every action you can under the law. The inability to solve the problem alone is no excuse for failing to do everything you can to prevent needless deaths.
We urge you to:
• Close all loopholes to ensure guns do not fall into the wrong hands. You can direct the Justice Department to close the “Charleston loophole,” which enables people to buy firearms if their background check is not complete within three days; the “fire sale loophole,” which allows individuals to sell guns as private sellers even after losing their business licenses; and the Trump-era “fugitives from justice” loophole, which allows more individuals with outstanding arrest warrants to purchase weapons. This is well within the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — though the scarcity of resources remains a serious obstacle you should address in future budget requests.
• Create a White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. This office could oversee federal efforts to address gun violence and collaborate with a newly appointed coordinator of gun violence prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services. Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland, Fla., school shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, interrupted your speech celebrating the passage of the Safer Communities Act to ask you to do precisely this, before he was escorted off the premises. If you agree with him that we have to do more, this is an obvious next step.
• Declare gun violence a public health emergency. The HHS secretary should declare gun violence a public health emergency and direct emergency resources toward gun violence and mortality prevention research, trauma-informed healthcare, behavioral health services, housing and other social determinants of health. This effort would complement the expanded funding for mental health services established in the Safer Communities Act.
• Make all pertinent gun data public and easily accessible. Your administration should provide detailed information on gun deaths and injuries across the country and issue annual reports of legal violations by gun dealers, distributors and manufacturers.
• Reverse Trump-era policies that loosened gun regulation. Your administration can overturn Trump-era policies that make it easier for guns to fall into the wrong hands, like measures that eased the export of U.S.-manufactured weapons.
• Direct the attorney general to investigate the National Rifle Association. Over the last three years, the scope of the NRA’s financial misconduct and abuse of its non-profit status has come into a clearer view. You can direct the attorney general to investigate corrupt business practices with banks and third-party vendors at 501(c)(4)s, including but not limited to the NRA.
• Issue an executive order limiting who qualifies for federal weapons contracts. Though only Congress can blanket ban military-grade assault weapons, it is within your power to issue an executive order limiting federal weapon procurement to companies that refrain from selling assault weapons to civilians. This would not stop companies from selling assault weapons to civilian consumers, who account for the vast majority of gun sales, but it would force weapons manufacturers to go on record making a moral choice: will they only sell military-grade weapons to the military or will they only sell military-grade weapons to civilians?
Though stringently executing existing law is insufficient to solve this crisis, it is more than is being done now. Every single life you can save by using the tools available to you to their fullest extent is worth fighting for.
Max Moran is the research director of the personnel team with the Revolving Door Project at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Hannah Story Brown is a researcher with the Revolving Door Project. They wrote this for InsideSources.com. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/opinion-open-letter-to-president-biden-on-executive-gun-control-actions/article_bb85f53e-2003-11ed-b47e-dbb66de0cbb2.html | 2022-08-19T22:56:28Z |
OR14 was captured and GPS-collared by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials in the Weston Mountain area north of the Umatilla River on June 20, 2012.
OR14 was captured and GPS-collared by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials in the Weston Mountain area north of the Umatilla River on June 20, 2012.
I recently received another email update from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Wolf and Livestock Updates list. I opened the message and clicked the link anticipating bad news.
Another wolf had been killed by the department in Northeast Oregon. A two-year old male trapped, tranquilized and then euthanized by the state. His crime? Being a member of a community of native carnivores trying to make a living on a landscape overrun with domestic livestock that have displaced their traditional food sources, mainly elk and deer.
This young wolf was a member of the Chesnimnus Pack, near the town of Joseph, whose range encompasses many active federally managed grazing allotments on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Reports of depredations – wolves killing livestock – attributed to the Chesnimnus Pack began rolling in this April, which resulted in fish and wildlife officials issuing an order to kill two wolves before the end of April. In June, an additional four wolves were marked for death. As of today, three of those six wolves have been wiped out by the state. Not included in this tally is the additional wolf lost at the hands of a poacher in January. This onslaught of death comes on the heels of a bloody 2021 for Oregon, where 26 wolves were documented killed, up from 10 in 2020.
Killing wolves is counterproductive to many of the wildlife management and habitat conservation programs administered by the ODFW and undermines the benefits that having wolves on the landscape brings to all of us. After wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park, the ecology of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem began to reset itself. Riparian areas – biodiversity hotspots – soon recovered from overgrazing by deer and elk because wolves began keeping them constantly on the move. This dispersed movement allowed plant communities to reestablish themselves, providing home and sustenance to a host of species. Trout, juvenile salmon and steelhead are provided with cooler water refuges, more insects to eat and more cover from predators because of the shade and habitat provided by streamside vegetation. Birds and land animals also rely on riparian areas for food, shelter and breeding habitat. Promoting biodiversity helps ward off extinction where one species’ existence is dependent on another. We are now in the throes of the sixth mass extinction and we humans depend on a functioning biosphere for our own survival.
As wolves rightfully return to their native range across northeast Oregon and the rest of the state, livestock producers will experience more losses unless they change the way they operate. Based on past and current responses, department officials seem primed to continue slaughtering wolves at an increasing rate in lockstep with the wolf recovery. These dead livestock, however, are mostly due to mismanagement. The vast majority of livestock taken by wolves are calves, which are tender, small-bodied and easy prey. If livestock operators wanted to cut their losses to wolf predation by wide margins, they could leave their young-of-the-year at the home ranch with their mothers to nurse until they are ready to fend for themselves before releasing them.
Perhaps the most maddening aspect to this ongoing saga is the agency’s disregard for the best available science. We know now that when managers kill wolves and deplete a pack, the remaining wolves target livestock with more vigor, because livestock are the easiest prey. It is a vicious cycle of death until an entire pack is extirpated. Take for example the Lookout Pack, also from northeast Oregon. Eight wolves were lethally removed for killing livestock in the fall of 2021, decimating the pack to the point where no breeding pair remained. Killing off entire packs of wolves simply cannot be the answer.
The influence peddled by the livestock industry must no longer reign supreme over wildlife management here in Oregon and across the West. This largely unchecked hegemony has resulted in untold slaughter of wolves – and myriad other creatures ranging from beavers to prairie dogs – over the centuries. Times must change. We should demand better of our wildlife managers who are supposed to safeguard all of our wildlife in the public trust for all Oregonians.
Adam Bronstein is the Nevada-Oregon director for Western Watersheds Project, a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to protecting and restoring wildlife and watersheds throughout the American West. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/opinion-wolf-management-in-oregon-is-a-train-wreck/article_0c92a3a8-2001-11ed-bea0-53f05cdd1460.html | 2022-08-19T22:56:34Z |
BAKER CITY, Ore. — Christine Drazan, who hopes to become the first Republican elected as Oregon governor in 40 years, visited the Baker County Events Center on Aug. 16 for a speech to about 120 people.
In closing her 25-minute speech to the audience, a group she described as “the winning team,” Drazan emphasized the importance of voting.
“I need you guys to know this: your votes matter,” Drazan said. “Your votes are going to make a difference this year. Every single vote this year is going to make a difference. The next governor of Oregon is not going to be elected by Multnomah County.”
Multnomah County, which includes Portland, has about 560,000 registered voters out of almost 3 million registered in the state.
And more than half of those voters are registered Democrats, a big reason why Oregon has not elected a Republican to the state’s top office since Victor Atiyeh, who won his second four-year term in 1982.
That’s led people in counties like Baker, where 47% of the 12,800 registered voters are Republicans, to feel “uncomfortable” with representation, as one question from the crowd on Tuesday night put it.
That person also asked Drazan about the possibility of Eastern Oregon becoming a part of Idaho, an idea the Move Oregon’s Border group has promoted.
Drazan had said earlier in her speech that she had been working with Idaho Gov. Brad Little, also a Republican, and that she saw an “incredible” opportunity for collaboration between the states.
“We were having a conversation about what it would be like to have a partner, where we could work together on transportation, on infrastructure, on agriculture issues,” Drazan said.
But she said voters should focus on fixing issues in Oregon even if they feel disenfranchised with the state’s politics.
“I want to fix Oregon, and I want you guys to be a part of your home state,” Drazan said.
“I’m running for governor because I want to fix it. I don’t want people to leave, I want to fix it.”
Drazan said in an interview after the meet-and-greet that bridging the divide between the state’s rural and urban counties is a priority.
“We can’t have a vibrant I-5 corridor and an abused, forgotten, left behind Eastern Oregon,” Drazan said. “It’s got to be a focus.”
Despite the daunting recent electoral history, Drazan told the audience that the current political environment is favorable for Republicans.
“This year is different, because it’s a true open seat in a midterm election with an opposing party in the White House,” Drazan said. “The last time that happened was 2010.”
Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, is not eligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
Drazan served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022 and was minority leader until 2021. She represented the 39th district, which includes parts of Clackamas County.
She hopes to defeat Democrat Tina Kotek, who served as the speaker of the Oregon House from 2013-2022, and independent Betsy Johnson, a longtime Democratic Oregon legislator.
“You recognize that the people in Salem — Kate Brown, Tina Kotek, Betsy Johnson — have not served your needs,” Drazan said.
A late June poll sponsored by the Republican State Leadership Committee had Drazan leading Kotek by one point, with Johnson further behind.
Drazan won May’s crowded GOP primary with 23% of the votes, defeating more than a dozen other candidates including Baker City Mayor Kerry McQuisten.
Although Drazan hopes to garner a large voter turnout in November from counties in Eastern Oregon, she will still inevitably need votes from the other side of the state as well. During her speech Tuesday in Baker City she mentioned drugs and homelessness in Portland.
Recently Drazan vowed to declare Oregon’s homelessness crisis a state of emergency should she take office, something she repeated in Baker City.
She offered an anecdote to the crowd, describing a time when she did a police ride-along in Portland and witnessed, for the first time, people taking hard drugs on the streets. She vowed to re-criminalize meth, heroin and fentanyl, a statement that drew loud applause.
In 2020 Oregon voters approved a ballot measure making possession of relatively small amounts of those and other drugs similar to a traffic infraction, rather than a crime.
A majority of Baker County voters rejected that measure.
After her opening remarks, Drazan fielded questions from the crowd, which were delivered by notecard. Questions addressed taxes, abortion, voting laws, medicare, gun laws and agriculture.
“If I’ve learned anything from traveling our state, it’s that every single part of our state is unique,” said Drazan, who grew up in Klamath County. “I want to be a part of having a conversation where you guys tell me what you want fixed and what you want me to work on for you.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/christine-drazan-brings-gubernatorial-campaign-to-e-oregon-your-votes-matter/article_a7009580-1fed-11ed-b3b3-4f84edb49183.html | 2022-08-19T22:56:40Z |
CANBY, Ore. — The recent discovery of emerald ash borer in Oregon came as a shock to the system for nursery manager Joe Dula.
"It was like, 'This is bad,'" said Dula, who runs the nearly 200-acre Moana Nursery in Canby, 45 miles southeast of where the highly destructive pest was found in Forest Grove. "You know you've got a problem coming."
Almost immediately, Dula was on the phone with Jeff Stone, executive director of the Oregon Association of Nurseries, which represents the state's $1 billion industry. They both knew what this could mean for producers.
Native to Asia, the first U.S. sighting of emerald ash borer came in Michigan in 2002. Since then, the invasive insect has decimated tens of millions of North American ash trees in 30 states, according to the USDA.
The discovery in planted ash trees at a middle school parking lot in Forest Grove — a suburb of Portland — marks the first sighting of emerald ash borer on the West Coast.
"This was always a pest we hoped would never get here," Stone said.
Moana Nursery specializes in growing trees, shrubs and perennial plants suited for the desert climate of Reno, Nev., where the company is based and operates three garden centers.
While ash trees don't make up a large percentage of sales compared to oaks and maples, Dula said they are popular with commercial and residential landscapers because they are hardy, durable and eye-catching for their fall colors.
Dula said they will now likely quit selling ash trees as customers become wary of potentially introducing emerald ash borer.
"I'm not going to be gambling with the ash trees," he said. "I'm going to be gambling with the oaks, maples and other varieties."
How the pest got to Oregon remains a mystery. Stone said there is no evidence to suggest it arrived in nursery stock. "We're pretty careful with what we bring into the state," he said, hypothesizing it could have been accidentally imported via firewood from out of state.
One week after the initial sighting on June 30, members of the nursery industry gathered for a virtual meeting with the Oregon Department of Agriculture to learn more about emerald ash borer, and how to identify possible infestations.
"That's really been our message — if in doubt, don't ship it out," Stone said.
Chris Benemann, nursery and Christmas tree program manager for ODA, said the state has 11 inspectors for approximately 2,800 licensed nurseries. She said the first line of defense is outreach and education.
In addition to ash, Benemann said the pest can also affect olive and ornamental white fringe trees. The first sign is typically a thinning canopy, followed by distinctive S-shaped galleries where the insects have bored into the wood.
ODA is considering a small, temporary quarantine in Washington County where the emerald ash borer was first spotted, Benemann said, which would limit the movement of possibly infested wood. That may affect some local nurseries, though she did not know exactly how many.
"That has not been finalized yet," Benemann said. "If a grower is located in Washington County, but doesn't sell (those species), the quarantine wouldn't impact them at all."
Stone said nurseries will need to be vigilant scouting for signs of emerald ash borer to reassure customers and protect the industry's reputation.
"We certainly don't want to exacerbate the problem," he said. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/emerald-ash-borer-catches-attention-of-oregon-nursery-industry/article_36574048-1fef-11ed-bf30-cb7535de21b2.html | 2022-08-19T22:56:47Z |
I have a new friend who lived in Kenya for most of his life. He speaks about a dozen languages conversationally. Of all of them, he says English makes the least sense. I believe him; I have to because I only know one language. Technically I know enough Spanish to make a 3-year-old laugh, but that’s just because I know Spanish words for animals, colors and body parts.
One of the reasons English confuses so many is because of the existence of pseudoantonyms (or false antonyms). These are words that sound and look like they should be the opposite of each other but aren’t. In fact, some pseudoantonyms more closely resemble synonyms!
The classic pseudoantonym is flammable/inflammable. These two words both mean “not flammable.” It makes no sense why inflammable means not flammable, but here we are. I suppose non-flammable is the word to use to indicate the opposite of flammable.
To continue fanning the flames of pseudoantonyms, consider terminate/exterminate. As we all know from “The Terminator,” the word “terminate” means “to bring to an end.” Arnold Schwarzenegger’s robotic death machine from the future wanted to bring to an end the life of Sarah Connor. However, the word “exterminate” means “get rid of by destroying.” The actual antonym for these words is “interminate,” which means “having no end.”
Here’s another pair of pseudoantonyms that share nearly the same definition: valuable/invaluable. In April 2021, a signed LeBron James rookie card sold at auction for $5.2 million. You could say it was valuable! While something “valuable” is a thing you can put a price on, something that is “invaluable” is so valuable you can’t put a price on it. Many people consider my friendship to be invaluable, and I can’t blame them.
Not all pseudoantonyms more closely resemble synonyms. In fact, we find plenty of English words that appear to be opposites, but really don’t have “definitive” relationships at all, aside from sharing most of the same letters. It’s like when someone finds out I’m from Oklahoma, so he asks me if I know a guy who went to college with him who was from the Tulsa area.
Some of these non-associative false opposites include greed/agreed, gust/disgust, fancy/infancy, liberate/deliberate, liver/deliver, pale/impale, sign/design, trophy/atrophy, and concrete/discrete.
The next time you encounter someone whose English isn’t flawless like yours, cut them some slack; don’t excommunicate them just because they can’t communicate as well as you.
Curtis Honeycutt is an award-winning syndicated humor columnist and author. Connect with him at curtishoneycutt.com. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/grammar-guy-optical-illusion-opposites/article_348957ee-1fe8-11ed-bf13-6fbb4c2e9a97.html | 2022-08-19T22:56:53Z |
Oregon will receive $83.5 million from the federal government to help small business owners, the U.S. Treasury and Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday.
The influx in federal funding comes from the U.S. Treasury’s State Small Business Credit Initiative, a competitive program that provides seed money with the expectation that private investors will invest $10 for every $1 in federal spending. Colorado, Montana, and New York also received funds Friday.
Brown said during a news conference that Oregon will use the new federal money to “tackle systemic barriers to economic opportunity.”
Oregon plans to split its $83.5 million between innovative companies in their early stages and small local retail and manufacturing businesses that need help with start-up or expansion costs, Btown said. It includes two venture capital programs, according to a Treasury press release.
“What is most important is that these programs will focus on reducing economic wealth gaps, and that they also will be self-sustaining and revolving to continue to support our small businesses way into the future,” Brown said.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, said during the news conference that the new funding will “jumpstart” a new wave of entrepreneurship.
“Millennials and people across the country are starting small businesses and record numbers,” she said. “It’s exciting to hear their stories. Just yesterday, I sat down with the owners of a local small business who told me that the federal assistance they received during this pandemic kept their doors open and kept 58 people employed, and now they’re planning to expand and open another location.”
U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, also joined the event and said small businesses were hit hardest by the Covid pandemic. Federal assistance, including Paycheck Protection Program loans, helped many small businesses survive, he said, and now they’re ready to innovate.
The American Rescue Plan Act, the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package passed early in President Joe Biden’s tenure, is the first economic stimulus package that Schrader said specifically targets underrepresented and tribal communities to ensure equitable access to aid.
“The job market is wide open, yet people are holding back waiting to figure out what they really want to do with their lives going forward,” Schrader said. “Small business entrepreneurship flourishes in that environment. We’re going to see a whole wave of people being able to access capital for the first time.”
Oregon, which is home to 15% of the nation’s semiconductor workforce, also anticipates benefitting from billions more in federal and private investing as a result of the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act that Biden signed earlier this month. On a state level, the Legislature approved a $200 million jobs bill this year to train women and racial and ethnic minorities in construction, health care and manufacturing. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/oregon-receives-83-5-million-for-small-businesses-from-u-s-treasury/article_2509ccb4-2000-11ed-a028-079635f5b462.html | 2022-08-19T22:56:59Z |
Oregon gubernatorial candidates, from left, Christine Drazan, Tina Kotek and Betsy Johnson, participate in a debate hosted by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association in Welches.
Screenshot from Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association debate
A nonpartisan political center has changed its prediction for Oregon’s three-way gubernatorial race from “leans Democrat” to “toss-up.”
The University of Virginia’s Center for Politics made the announcement Thursday, saying that “despite the state’s blue lean and the fact that Republicans have not won a gubernatorial race there since 1982” when the late Gov. Vic Atiyeh won re-election, it considers the race to be open. It said the competition among progressive Democrat Tina Kotek, Republican Christine Drazan and nonaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson, who all served in the state Legislature, had created an unusual dynamic. The center noted that Johnson, though a former Democrat, is “more conservative than most of the members of her former party” and had garnered the support of Nike co-founder Phil Knight, who typically backs Republicans.
“The race sets up an unusual situation where the winner may not need to crack even 40%,” the center said, noting that outgoing Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, “is deeply unpopular, and there may be some desire for change in the Beaver State.”
The center said Johnson “would still be the most surprising winner, and Kotek and Drazan both will be working to try to prevent their voters from flocking to her banner. There’s just enough uncertainty here that we’re looking at the race as a toss-up now.”
The other states that the center considers a toss-up in the governor’s race are Arizona, Nevada, Kansas and Wisconsin. Democratic governors are running for re-election in Kansas, Nevada and Wisconsin, while Arizona has an open race in a state where Republicans have held the governorship since 2009.
The Cook Report, which also keeps a close eye on key races nationwide, changed its rating for Oregon’s gubernatorial race on July 22 from “likely Democrat” to “lean Democrat.” Political forecasting site FiveThirtyEight, meanwhile, still gives Kotek better than seven in 10 odds of winning the governorship.
Political analyst John Horvick, senior vice president at DHM Research, a nonpartisan opinion research firm, said little has changed in the race recently to prompt a change of rating.
“I think they’re just catching up with the fact that Betsy Johnson is a real credible candidate that’s got money behind her and that’s going to have an influence on the race,” Horvick said.
In terms of fundraising, Johnson is ahead, according to the Portland Record. She has drawn $10.2 million, including $466,000 to date from Tim Boyle, CEO of Columbia Sportswear, and $1.75 million from Knight. Kotek has raised nearly $6.8 million, followed by $6 million for Drazan.
Voters are also responding to issues, Horvick said. Polling by DHM Research last week which has not yet been released showed that the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, rescinding the constitutional guarantee of abortion rights, is galvanizing some Democrats.
“There is a big change with Democrats and abortion,” Horvick said. “In January, just 1% of Democrats said abortion is the most important issue in the gubernatorial election. Now 16% of Democrats say it’s the most important issue,” Horvick said.
Kotek has long supported abortion rights, including the decision by the Legislature this February to allocate $15 million to help women access abortion care. Drazan opposes abortion but she has said she would follow Oregon’s laws placing no restrictions on abortions. Johnson has also consistently supported abortion rights, though she disapproved of the Legislature giving money to help women from out of state access care.
Nevertheless, Democrats concerned about abortion access seem to think Kotek is a safer choice, Horvick said.
“I really think among those wavering Democrats that they have responded to the issue of abortion and are coming back home,” Horvick said.
He said two-thirds of Oregon voters support abortion rights when asked about abortion in general. But nearly 60% say they would support a ban on abortions in the third trimester except to protect the life of the mother.
“There is more nuance in public opinion than perhaps we’ll see in the next two and half months,” Horvick said.
His recent polling also showed that a majority of Oregon voters place themselves on the political spectrum just to the left of center, which he said is favorable for Johnson.
“Betsy Johnson seems to be getting that message across where she fits ideologically,” Horvick said. “That’s a success and an opportunity for her.”
Jennifer Sitton, Johnson’s communications director, said the rating change was not news.
“The race is a legitimate toss-up,” Sitton wrote in an email. “We believe Kotek would continue to lead Oregon in the wrong direction, and Oregon isn’t going to elect its first anti-choice governor ever. Most of us want to protect abortion rights and clean up our streets. Betsy Johnson is the only candidate who would do both.”
Drazan’s campaign also responding, hopping on the announcement with a tweet: “Oregonians are ready for a new direction and we are ready to turn the page on one-party rule.” Her campaign spokesman John Burke added: “This rating change and the multiple polls showing Christine leading both of her Democrat opponents are proof that she is well-positioned to win and make history this November.”
Katie Wertheimer, Kotek’s communications director, also responded to the rating change. “While Christine Drazan and Betsy Johnson continue to fight over the same conservative special interests, Tina Kotek is gaining momentum across the state,” Wertheimer said in an email. “With so much at stake in November – defending abortion access, preventing gun violence, addressing our homelessness crisis – Tina is the proven probelm-solver that Oregon needs.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/political-center-changes-rating-in-oregon-gubernatorial-race-to-toss-up/article_0c37705c-1feb-11ed-8f47-6fbca266c9f1.html | 2022-08-19T22:57:05Z |
ENTERPRISE — Before taking questions from a group of about 30 Wallowa County residents on Aug. 11, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz gave a little of his background.
A third-generation rancher from Southeast Oregon, where his Texan grandfather settled, he went onto college at Eastern Oregon University, got a law degree at Lewis & Clark Law School and practiced law for 30 years, first in litigation and trial law, then on water, ranches and the reorganization of ranches.
The freshman Republican who served 12 years in the Oregon Legislature discussed the possibility that the GOP might retake control of the U.S. House during the November elections. But that comes with a challenge.
“People say, ‘You Republicans, when you had power the last time, you didn’t do anything.’ Well, that’s not quite true, but this is your chance to say what you want us to do,” Bentz told the people gathered in the dining hall at Community Connection in Enterprise for his seventh town hall meeting with voters.
He said he looks forward to governing with the majority, an experience that has eluded him for his political career.
“I’m hoping to some day be able to govern for once as opposed to just throw rocks,” he said. “But when you see bills come out of the Senate and go across the floor of the House without one amendment because (Speaker) Nancy Pelosi knows she has about four votes to spare. She doesn’t dare bring an amendment because that would mean the bill would have to go back to the Senate. So right now the situation is such so that making changes based upon discussion is almost zero.”
A typical conflict between Democrats and Republicans involves the high rate of spending the current majority party has been conducting.
“Our polling indicates that the biggest issue is inflation,” he said, and also added other issues of energy, immigration, law enforcement and abortion in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling throwing out Roe v. Wade.
Partisan politics
Bentz said the current partisan rancor in American politics does no good.
“I’m not suggesting that we don’t get along,” he said. “If we don’t get along, we won’t have a country, and that’s the truth.”
A Lostine man said his greatest concern is just that — the state of our democracy. He said he identifies with the largest bloc of voters, those who are unaffiliated with either major party. The man talked about how unaffiliated voters are frustrated with candidates who won’t work across the aisle.
He and Bentz were familiar with an article in the Atlantic Monthly called “After Babel” that discussed how social media promotes political polarization.
Bentz took it from there and brought it to a personal level.
“It addresses why we in Congress and the legislatures are now very reluctant to reach across the aisle,” he said. “Why? Because you’ll be toasted and roasted and crucified on social media. And as you’re being crucified on social media, you’ll see that social media is designed so that the louder and the more obnoxious and the more outrageous you are, the more you’ll be put into a space with others just like you. It’s like mob rule on the internet. As a result, the people who normally would be on one end of the spectrum become much more powerful than they otherwise would be.”
He said lawmakers who’ve been on news programs find it challenging to dare say they’ve gotten along with their political opponents
“Because people will say ‘You’re not fighting for me. You need to be fighting for me; you don’t need to be getting along. These people are socialists or communists. Why are you even talking to them? They shouldn’t exist.’ That’s the kind of thing you hear,” Bentz said.
He said he asked Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., who’s been in Congress 18 years, how to meet Democrats.
“She said to join the prayer group,” he said. “So I did and I go to the prayer group every Thursday between 8 and 9, and guess what? I’ve met more Democrats there than any other place.”
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In response to a question from a local rancher about restrictions on livestock grazing allotments, Bentz said he supports increased grazing and logging on federal forests.
“It’s not just the forests, it’s also water and the oceans and all that,” he said. “For us, the water issues are very high on my list. Forests are extremely high on my list and fire-related issues.”
His words were what many ranchers in Wallowa County were glad to hear — that grazing allotments should be opened up to eliminate the underbrush that serves as fuel for wildfires.
Bentz said he had an opportunity last summer in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate for some of his colleagues on the House Natural Resources Committee the far-reaching effects of decisions on managing public lands.
Bentz said he pointed to smoky skies over the nation’s capital.
“You see that smoke there? That’s Oregon going over Washington, D.C.,” Bentz said he told fellow committee members. “Yeah, the smoke went all the way, so I was able to point out the window and say, ‘We have to do something.’ And the something is we remove that fuel with the cows grazing or with mechanical thinning.”
Bentz said too many trees are growing in some areas — 300 to 500 per acre instead of the 80 that he said is more appropriate.
“All those trees are pulling up water, they’re cannibalizing each other,” he said. “One thing many people don’t recognize is the impact that more CO2 in the air has on the growth of a plant. Our trees are growing up to 14% faster than they used to. Where are the environmentalists when it comes to recognizing this growth? It’s all getting overgrown and it’s growing faster.”
Bentz said he doesn’t want to see Oregon — or anywhere — burn, although he acknowledged that fire is part of nature.
“Fire is a natural part of the forest, but not when you allow the buildup we’ve allowed to unnaturally occur,” he said.
Bentz said the GOP has plans to remedy the situation, if they’re in a position to govern.
“There’s hope, but we better win in November, but even if we don’t, we still have the Supreme Court.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/u-s-rep-cliff-bentz-explains-his-positions-for-e-oregon-voters/article_5c6c3b24-1fec-11ed-8757-13d1ae96503c.html | 2022-08-19T22:57:11Z |
Of the shared cultural experiences that are universal to many Americans, few are as poignant as those we recall from childhood. Many of us have our favorite cartoon characters or movies that we remember with fondness, and discussing these memories with friends is one of life’s little pleasures.
"Our kids have always tried to catch Santa on camera,” said Krystal Perkins, owner of Dream Come True -Character Parties LLC in Klamath Falls. “So they set up their little tablets and their cellphones and they hide them in inconspicuous places.”
One day, Perkins and her husband Jason decided their kids would catch Santa Claus. They bought a Santa suit, giving their kids an unforgettable Christmas experience.
It was then, during the heart of COVID-19, that Jason realized that amid the pandemic and the employment woes surrounding it, some children would not experience a magical Christmas that year. The couple decided to start a door-to-door Santa business, charging $15 per visit. Santa would deliver little goodies to all kids at each address, and these included gifts such as Christmas-themed yo-yos and squishy toys.
Soon after, Dream Come True was born.
Dream Come True specializes in entertainment for children, allowing kids to meet princesses and mascots at birthday parties and other events, such as at Saturday’s free character Meet and Greet in Klamath Commons Community Park.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features costume contests, a live DJ and magician as well as a bounce house and face painting. Food will be available for purchase from The Dogfather and Sugar Pine Treats.
After finding success with door-to-door Santa Claus visits, Perkins expanded the business to include costumed princesses and mascots who can be hired for children’s events, such as birthday parties. The business began in Medford in 2021, before moving to Klamath Falls earlier this year.
Perkins said that Dream Come True currently employs 15 performers who take on the roles of popular princesses and mascots. Marci McComas has played several princess roles for the company, with her most popular being the Snow Queen.
“We’re doing this for really little kids usually,” McComas said, “and so it’s all very magical to them.”
Perkins, who has also performed, said that the role can be challenging because kids ask all kinds of questions that can be difficult to answer while trying to stay in character.
“If a kid asks you a question and you feel like you’re freezing, and you don’t know what to say, blame it on the Fairy Godmother and her magic,” Perkins said. “’Why are your eyes brown? They’re supposed to be blue.’ ‘Well, Fairy Godmother was playing with her magic and I guess she forgot to change it back.’”
McComas said, “Especially once they hit a certain age and they’re on the fence about being believers or not, they’re questioning everything. They’re trying to disprove that Santa’s real.”
Even worse are the parents. “It’s the parents who try to pull you out of character,” Perkins said.
She said that parents will ask the princesses out-of-character questions, such as how long the company has been in business. In cases like this, Perkins said the princesses are instructed to refer parents to the administrators who also attend the events.
Perkins and McComas have begun to phase out their roles as active performers, instead leaving that to some of the younger talent they’ve hired. Employees sometimes have a background in theater, and work for Dream Come True while in college.
Kendra Chadwell has taken on many of the performances as the Snow Queen since her hiring two months ago. She said that while she didn’t have much acting experience, she has learned to embrace the role that she plays.
“You kind of have to almost embody your character before you do it,” she said. “When you’re getting ready you envision it. You get into character.“
She said that she loves playing the role of Snow Queen, but that branching out might be fun.
“I wouldn’t mind trying one of the mascots just because I think it would be funny,” she said. “I see the mascots and they get to dance around and act silly, and sometimes I wish I could do that.”
Chadwell said that while kids love the mascots, the role can be hazardous.
“The older kids, they can be quite mean to the mascots,” she said. “We’ve had a couple mascots get hit and kicked.”
Perkins said, “We learned at the fair that a lot of people seem to think it’s OK to run up and punch the mascots.”
She said mascots have been hit, tripped, smacked and even lassoed with real rope.
“One mascot actually got injured and had to sit out for over an hour," Perkins said. "And a lot of people don’t know that’s a woman in that suit.”
Nevertheless, Chadwell said her own experience as a performer has been positive.
“I love it,” she said. “The kids’ faces light up. It’s amazing.”
Saturday’s event looks to bring the joy of meeting princesses and mascots to more of the children in Klamath Falls, while providing plenty of other entertainment as well.
For kids, McComas said, Saturday will “be a magical experience getting to interact with some of their favorite characters.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/character-meet-and-greet-event-planned-saturday-in-klamath-commons-community-park/article_06386cf8-2007-11ed-b0ca-57a7e76bc5f3.html | 2022-08-19T22:57:17Z |
Oregon has never documented its Black historic sites, making the community's understanding of Oregon’s past incomplete.
Help fill that gap in the community's collective knowledge with a presentation at the Klamath County Library at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22.
Join Zachary Stocks, executive director at Oregon Black Pioneers, and Ann Craig from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History for an illustrated presentation on a new project that will document and celebrate Black historic sites across the state — including some here in Klamath Falls.
Oregon Black Pioneers is the state’s only historical society dedicated to documenting and showcasing the experiences of Black people throughout the state. For more information about Oregon Black Pioneers and their mission, including an interactive map of notable Black people, groups and businesses in Oregon’s history, go to oregonblackpioneers.org.
Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History, located in Eugene, is part of the University of Oregon campus. Since 1935, the museum has collected hundreds of thousands of artifacts, fossils and other objects which document the biological, archaeological and ethnographic history of Oregon. They’ve also provided lots of educational content for Klamath County Libraries, including hands-on dinosaur exhibits, experiments highlighting sophisticated engineering by Oregon’s Indigenous peoples, cool facts about animals you can spot in your own backyard, and much more. For more information, including directions to visit, go to mnch.uoregon.edu.
For more information about Klamath County Library or its programs, call 541-882-8894 or visit the downtown library’s Information & Reference desk. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/explore-black-historical-sites-in-oregon-and-the-klamath-basin-at-the-klamath-county-library/article_1ce3deca-2001-11ed-b582-17621bf182a7.html | 2022-08-19T22:57:24Z |
A grant from the U.S. Forest Service for development of wildland fire workforce and diversity training at Klamath Community College has been expanded to help better provide training and career opportunities for minorities and underserved populations.
A Klamath Community College (KCC) program grant for wildland fire workforce development and diversity via the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has been expanded to five years, the amount raised to a total commitment of $575,000.
First approved in 2021, approximately $115,000 in annual funding is being provided in partnership with the National Wildland Coordinating Group (NWCG) for KCC across the five-year timeline. The grant will be used to hire a coordinator, and develop fire sciences courses and degrees transferable to four-year institutions with a focus toward diversifying USFS employment opportunities for minorities and underserved populations.
“We recognize as an agency that we have had some challenges trying to provide our services to all,” said Drag Sharp, program manager for the U.S. Forest Service. “We have a long-standing history of service, safety, diversity, and conservation; but we recognize there are marginalized underserved communities that haven’t been fully represented for a variety of reasons. What we are doing here with KCC is given its location and faculty present we see an opportunity to collaborate and partner and build upon what was already an agreement in place to teach national wildland courses developing firefighters.”
KCC will work closely with regional and local USFS mentors and other area agency representatives to identify agency and community needs, course requirements, delivery capacity, and transferability of credits and degrees.
The KCC, USFS program partnership is part of a larger goal, according to KCC President Dr. Roberto Gutierrez, of establishing a regional fire training center in Klamath Falls, on KCC’s campus.
“This is an example of how KCC is working together with the USFS toward building a regional fire training center that will provide training and employment opportunities for underserved populations and will ultimately add to our goal of a diversified local economy,” Gutierrez said.
According to Sharp, in non-fire related positions USFS has seen a 40% decline of staff over the past decade. Sharp hopes that funding will expand beyond firefighter training to address staffing shortages and provide career opportunities. He sees development of training programs as opportunities beyond fire suppression in various fields of resource management such as biology and recreation. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/forest-service-wildland-workforce-training-grant-to-kcc-expands-to-575-000/article_4477528a-1ffe-11ed-a91f-6b8ee4fb738d.html | 2022-08-19T22:57:30Z |
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Two loaded, semi-automatic rifles, neither of which had serial numbers, were found on site when BINET and the Oregon State Police served a search warrant on an illegal marijuana grow site near Beatty on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Nearly 7,000 illegal marijuana plants were seized from a grow site near Beatty on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
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Grown in approximately 40 greenhouses, the illegal marijuana plants at a site near Beatty used an estimated 1 million gallons of water.
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Two loaded, semi-automatic rifles, neither of which had serial numbers, were found on site when BINET and the Oregon State Police served a search warrant on an illegal marijuana grow site near Beatty on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
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Personnel from the Klamath County Waste Management department responded to an illegal grow site after it was secured to assist with the investigation.
Nearly 7,000 illegal marijuana plants were seized and destroyed at a site near Beatty this week.
The Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET) and the Oregon State Police Southwest Region Drug Enforcement team, assisted by the Klamath County Sheriff's Office and the Klamath Falls Police Department, served a search warrant Wednesday, Aug. 17 on a large-scale illegal marijuana growing operation at Ferguson Mountain Road and Tionarack Circle.
After the operation was concluded, a total of 6,916 illegal marijuana plants were seized and destroyed. A percentage of the illegal plants had already been harvested and were in various stages of being processed. Also located and seized were two semi-automatic rifles, neither of which had serial numbers. Both firearms were loaded with high-capacity magazines and found near multiple, loaded magazines.
The illegal operation involved approximately 40 greenhouses and the use of an estimated 1 million gallons of water, which was pumped from an illegal well on-site during the summer growing season. Personnel from the Klamath County Water Masters and Klamath County Waste Management also responded to the property after it was secure, to assist with the investigation.
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Klamath County residents and businesses have a final opportunity to qualify for a discounted ductless heating system through Energize Klamath.
After attending a free, online workshop Tuesday, Aug. 23, participants are eligible to receive a community discount of $700 to $1,300 to reduce the installation cost for a high-efficiency ductless heat pump.
Ductless heat pumps provide both heating and cooling, making it possible for people to become more comfortable in their homes year-round, particularly with increasingly hot summers. They are zonal heating and cooling systems that use 25 percent to 50 percent less energy than traditional electric heating systems, and result in lower monthly heating costs.
Energize Klamath is a program administered by Spark Northwest, a Seattle-based nonprofit that helps rural communities in the Pacific Northwest to shift to clean and affordable energy options. Since 2016, Spark Northwest has partnered with the Southern Oregon-based nonprofit Rogue Climate to organize regional Energize campaigns in Jackson, Josephine, Douglas and Coos counties, with Rogue Climate serving as the regional outreach partner. The goal of these localized programs is to simplify the process and drive down the installation cost for many people at once.
Energize Klamath reduces the regular price of a ductless heat pump, simplifies the installation process for customers, and provides guidance on utility incentives and low-interest financing. Locally-owned Seasons Change, LLC, based in Klamath Falls, is providing free on-site assessments and installing the ductless heat pumps for all Energize Klamath participants this summer and fall.
To become eligible for the Energize Klamath community discount, Klamath County residents, businesses and property owners can register and attend the final of three workshops offered this summer. Participants will hear from Seasons Change, LLC and Energy Trust of Oregon representatives about ductless technology, utility incentives and financing opportunities, and will have an opportunity to ask questions. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/tuesday-aug-23-is-final-day-for-residents-businesses-to-qualify-for-energize-klamath-heating/article_6500e5be-2000-11ed-9cf2-235cb2c6894b.html | 2022-08-19T22:57:55Z |
Blue Ridge Community College highlights career programs at the Rockingham County Fair
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Throughout the week at the Rockingham County Fair, Blue Ridge Community College has given people the chance to use simulations to highlight three of its career programs.
The simulations include welding, excavator operating, and driving a tractor-trailer. The goal is to attract more people to the programs and help fill jobs around the area.
“We’re just trying to bring attention to the excavation world and trucking with these simulators. We let kids and everybody in the community get on them and see how realistic they are, and it’s a wonderful training tool,” said Marcus Sanders, Heavy Equipment Operator Instructor at BRCC.
The Heavy Equipment Operator Program at BRCC is still relatively new, so the fair has given the college to perfect opportunity to get the word out.
“My favorite part has just been meeting all the wonderful people in the community. We’ve got a lot of great people out here. It has just been a great way to communicate with everyone and talk about our programs at Blue Ridge,” said Sanders.
BRCC has partnered with several companies around the Valley to help students of all three programs get jobs quickly. It also highlighted women in those particular areas of the workforce on Friday.
BRCC’s heavy equipment operator program last four weeks with training from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Sanders said that students learn construction math, hand, and power tool safety, and study diesel engines in and out.
Students also use the simulators for training before later working with the real equipment on site with potential employers.
Sanders said that the program also has financial benefits for anyone interested.
“With the financial aid available six out of my seven students have gotten everything completely free and were paid $1,000 to take the course so it’s definitely worth working into,” he said.
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Efficiency, volunteers have BRAFB turning $1 into four meals
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank provides meals to families in central Virginia, stretching out to the Shenandoah Valley. That’s a lot of ground covered, and a lot of meals provided.
NBC29′s Summer Fund Drive with the BRAFB is nearing its end, but there is still time to help. For every dollar you donate, four meals can be provided to a family.
“It’s not all just right here at this location. We’re out delivering this food into rural areas, and to every corner of our state,” Director of Development Millie Winstead said. “How we turn your $1 gift into enough for for meals really comes down to economies of scale.”
Winstead says that includes working with Feeding America, and also more than 200 partner agencies in the area. That includes pantries, soup kitchens, farms and more.
“Your dollar helping us to achieve enough food for four meals, really all of that comes down to our purchasing power and our ability to accept donations even on a national level,” Winstead said. “When we’re providing food for enough for meals, what we’re providing is the staples and the backbone, including our proteins and our fresh produce to help a family put together meals for their own needs”
Many of those meals go to partners like Feeding Greene and Loaves and Fishes, who help to feed as many people as possible. Winstead says it’s also about more than the money-- it’s about the messages and connections within the food bank.
“We are reaching out, and it’s a very much of a collaborative nature, what we do to provide hunger relief,” Winstead said
All of these players and volunteers help the food bank turn that one dollar into four meals.
“Over last year, we distributed just around 28 million pounds of food. You might find it surprising that we have a less than 1% disposal rate, because of, again, the efficiency and the economies of scale that we’re working with. We have a fantastic operations team that is moving this food incredibly quickly,” Winstead said.
If you want to donate to our Summer Fund Drive, you still have a chance to do so here. If you want to use the food finder tool, you can go visit Food Finder - Blue Ridge Area Food Bank (brafb.org).
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Hinton woman continues remarkable recovery from traumatic brain injury
HINTON, Va. (WHSV) - A Hinton woman is sharing her story as she continues on the path of recovery from a traumatic brain injury.
On May 2, 2022, Jessica Damico fell and hit her head in a workplace accident. She spent the next month in a coma, and now just two months later she is talking and walking on her own.
“That first week where all the brain pressure-related stuff was going on there were parts where they were unsure of Jessica making it through,” said Jason Damico, Jessica’s husband.
Jessica was taken to UVA Medical Center on May 2nd after her fall early that morning. Over the next month, she underwent several procedures while in a coma including a skull surgery and a procedure to remove infections in her head.
“It was strokes and possible seizures, and others. She had to learn to do everything over again, walk, talk, and eat,” said Jason.
Jessica remained at UVA for over a month and her condition was touch and go early on. Her husband said for a while her condition seemed to keep getting worse and it felt like one low point after another, but Jessica slowly began to improve and left the hospital on June 17, 2022.
“The last week or two that she was there, she was still unconscious, but she was doing a lot of hand and foot movement and then started to awaken,” said Jason.
After leaving UVA Medical Center Jessica was taken to Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Hospital in Richmond and things began to look up.
“It was kind of the complete opposite. You hit a high and then you hit another high. One day it was her walking with assistance in a machine or a harness, but she was walking, and it was just an amazing feeling,” said Jason.
Jessica made major progress in her time at Sheltering Arms. She said about a week or two after she arrived there, she began to slowly be able to walk and speak again.
“They are such an amazing rehab facility and now I’m still doing outpatient therapy,” said Jessica.
Jessica was able to return home on July 19 and has made major strides in her outpatient therapy since then.
“Her therapists have even said she’s come three times further in outpatient therapy than when she started just three weeks ago, so she’s progressing with leaps and bounds,” said Jason.
Jessica said that she and her family have been grateful for the support of their surrounding community in the months since her accident. They said their church community, Faith Community Church in Harrisonburg, has been especially helpful.
“The church has been amazing. There have been people at the church that have been able to give me rides and pick me up,” said Jessica.
Members of the church have also brought many meals for the family. Jason and Jessica have four sons, whom they said have also been especially helpful.
“They’re 9 to 13 currently, so they’re all very self-sufficient, and they’re great around here, asking to help where they can,” said Jason. “They make eggs,” added Jessica with a laugh.
Jessica’s doctors are impressed by her progress and are optimistic she will continue to greatly improve over time. As she continues to recover and be able to do more and more, Jessica has big plans for the future.
“I would love to run tough mudders and spartan races and I would really love to finish school,” she said.
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JMU Athletics Department sees big changes as they move into the Sun Belt Conference
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Students on the campus of James Madison University began moving into their dorms on Friday, and the start of a new school year means new projects and goals for the athletics department.
The athletics department has been working hard to make upgrades to sports facilities and complexes to make them Sun Belt-ready.
Athletic Director Jeff Bourne said Sentara Park’s upgrades are just about finished. New locker rooms and a new façade design have been added.
Renovations are ongoing at the Convocation Center with plans to move many of the sports into that building, and just a few weeks ago construction started to expand the softball stadium at Veterans Memorial Park. This expansion will give the softball stadium over 800 new seats according to Bourne. There are also new locker rooms and office spaces going in.
”Growth of facilities is really the backbone of an athletic program, and it really makes life better for our student-athletes day in and day out. It makes it easier for the coaches to recruit, and we’re really blessed to have three major projects right now underway,” Bourne said.
However, all of these upgrades wouldn’t be possible without the support of JMU donors.
”Our fundraising reached the number of $4,041,000 for one year that really eclipses last year by over a million dollars,” Bourne said. “The other exciting thing is that the number of our donors is up.”
Bourne said he feels like the increased donors are symbolic of JMU’s move to the Sun Belt conference.
“The excitement, we feel it every day... we feel it with our fans, we feel it with our staff, and we see it in the student-athletes,” Bourne said. “The move to the Sun Belt’s been a remarkable change for us, and I think it’s one that will be marked in history as one of the more prominent things that’s happened in our athletic program.”
Bourne said the athletics department is proud to announce their ESPN+ affiliation.
“We have a deep and rich background with ESPN,” Bourne said. “We’re excited about what that means for our constituency base to be able to stream and watch those games.”
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Kitten born with two faces in Arkansas
HARRISON, Ark. (KY3/Gray News) - A pet owner in Arkansas has a cat that just gave birth to baby kittens, one of which was born with two faces.
“I went to go do laundry, I’d seen my cat was like meowing, and then all of the sudden babies started coming out, and I started yelling for my husband,” said Ariel Contreras, the owner of the kitten. “This is the second one, so whenever he came out, my husband said, ‘Honey, it has two heads!’ And I went, ‘No way!’”
Harvey is named after the fictional Batman villain Two Face, aka Harvey Dent. A Janus cat is a rare genetic mutation caused by excess protein production while in the womb.
“It has one of everything except for the extra skull,” said Dr. Tim Addis, a veterinarian with Alley Cat Animal Rescue. “Its odds of making it are just as good as its siblings’ if you’re feeding it with a bottle.”
Addis has more than 60 years of experience working with animals and says he’s never seen a mutation so rare.
“Well, they seem to be operating together, you can feed either mouth, and it takes nourishment through either mouth. It’s really different,” he said.
And different is right. Janus cats are extremely rare, with only a few known cases in the modern era.
“It’s actually bigger than the other ones, and it’s doing great. It’s absolutely doing great,” Conteras said.
Although there is little data, Janus cats historically have a low survival rate. Many are unable to live past the first 12 hours. But Harvey may already be defying the odds, born Wednesday and showing all signs of a healthy newborn kitten.
“There was one that made it 12 years and one that made it 15 years, so I’m really praying this one makes it that long, and we will do whatever it takes,” Contreras said.
“Well, the little kitten has the chance,” Addis said. “What the odds are, I don’t know. They’re hard to raise. But, it will make it if the Lord’s willing.”
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Lineweaver Apartments in Harrisonburg getting upgrades, residents unsure if its enough
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority has been making upgrades to Lineweaver Apartments and will continue to do so with a 1.2 million dollar grant they received earlier this year.
However, some living there are concerned the upgrades may not be enough.
One of the upgrades HRHA made this year was installing electronic key fobs to improve the security of the building.
“The old key and the new key still works on all doors,” Sheila Stevens, resident at Lineweaver Apartments said.
Stevens said unwelcomed visitors have been coming and going into the apartments making residents feel unsafe.
“We just want to feel safe in our own homes, that’s all,” Stevens said.
Stevens said after installing the electronic key system the old key cylinders in the doors were not removed, leading to people who no longer live there or have made copies of those keys to continue entering the building.
“The new keys costing $100 to replace would be harder for people you know they can’t just go out and copy this,” Stevens said.
The electronic key fobs were installed about two months ago, according to Stevens.
“We do have a plan to remove those cylinders that will probably be later this fall when we complete that process, but really the first step was to install those keys and the key lock system to be able to make it work,” Michael Wong, executive director of Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority said.
Wong said he is aware of people coming into Lineweaver Apartments and causing difficulty with residents, but to make the building is as secure as possible the right people need to have the new fobs.
“One of the key things we were trying to focus on make sure that fire, police all have access to the building and so until we could assign them those fobs we wanted to make sure they had keys to you know serve the residents in our building,” Wong said.
When installing the electronic key fobs, HRHA also installed updated camera systems in the building. Stevens said she believes those have helped cut down on some of the unwanted visitors in the building, but when there is no one there to watch the cameras is when she sees an increase in activity.
HRHA has plans to continue improving facilities and quality of life for residents at Lineweaver Apartments which includes increasing the number of accessible units in the building and a new HVAC system. There will also be improvements to the roof and solar panels added.
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“Pass Over” performed at the American Shakespeare Center
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - “It is an experience, it is a journey through Blackness and culture and through communion, and sharing with each other while you are in the space. That is the route that I have taken,” music director Tevin Davis explained.
The play “Pass Over” is hitting the stage at the Blackfriars Playhouse at the American Shakespeare Center. The play was written by Antoinette Nwandu and is directed by Christopher Burris. The show features Brandon Carter as Kitch, KP Powell as Moses and James Keegan as Mister. Tevin Davis is also the understudy for several characters in the show.
When asked how he would describe the show, Powell said to imagine a metaphysical world where two people are trapped and cannot leave.
“And make that world a street corner, and two people be two young Black men in America. It is a story of an outside reality place where two men are literally trapped on a street corner and can’t seem to figure a way out. How do we figure a way out of our circumstances when we haven’t been given any agency to make any real change,” Powell added.
Powell said the show uses humor and challenging language to start conversations about progress. Davis said this is a production that brings light to issues that have happened in the past, present and will continue to happen in the future.
“It is important to bring this to the forefront. It has always been here but showcasing it in a way, in an intimate space such as the ASC. It really challenges you because it is literally right in your face when you may not experience it in your real life,” Davis said.
You can read more about the show and purchase tickets by clicking here. The show is running at the ASC this weekend and from August 25-28.
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UVA Health provides update on COVID-19 related hospitalizations
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - This week, Virginia passed 2-million COVID cases, though the real number may be much higher.
Dr. Reid Adams says that COVID numbers inside the hospital has remained steady for the past couple of weeks.
“Today, we’ve got 35 patients in the hospital that have tested positive for COVID. The majority of those 27 are on our acute adult units for those who are acute in our in our adult ICUs,” Dr. Adams said.
They also have 3 pediatric patients, and 2 of those 3 are in ICUs.
Dr. Costi Sifri reminds that people can develop serious long-term health complications from COVID, and to remain wary of potential infections or reinfections.
“The consequences of COVID can be significant and perhaps even permanent problems with lung dysfunction and other medical problems. Of course, there is also large number of people who’ve lost their lives, the roughly 20,000 Virginians who’ve died with COVID,” Dr. Sifri said. “One of my first thoughts when I think about these numbers is just understanding that the number of cases that actually occurred is vastly undercounted.”
“Now, there are more and more people that have COVID, but we at UVA Health don’t know about it because they’re doing home testing, or maybe they just don’t manifest symptoms so they don’t get tested,” Dr. Sifri said.
The discussion still remains in regards to booster shot expansion in the future.
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UVA students return to Grounds, more business at The Corner
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - As UVA students start to pour back into town and on grounds, businesses on The Corner are bracing for a much needed return to normal.
“We’re excited to see all the new students, and all the returning students, and all the returning parents,” President of Mincers Cal Mincer said.
The Corner is a seven-block area full of bars, book stores, clothing stores, restaurants, and night spots.
They have all been preparing for students to return to grounds.
“We’ve been waiting all August, prepping for this weekend especially,” Mincer said. “With the traffic, we have more people on The Corner, and more more people on grounds. We definitely get more customers which is great, so we look forward to it all year. "
Mincer says new inventory for the return of students, parents, and visitors was #1 on their to-do list.
“We’ve got all our new styles ready to go. Shelves full, racks full, so we can anticipate lots of traffic and make sure that everybody has all the selection they want all day,” Mincer said.
They say this preparation will set them up for months to come.
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- CRHC Board of Directors Recommends that all CRHC Shareholders Vote "FOR" the Business Combination and Related Proposals -
- CRHC Shareholders of Record as of August 15, 2022 are Eligible to Vote at Extraordinary General Meeting -
LUCERNE, Switzerland and WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allwyn Entertainment AG ("Allwyn" or the "Company"), a leading multinational lottery operator, and Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. (NYSE:CRHC) ("CRHC") today announced that Allwyn's registration statement on Form F-4 (the "Registration Statement"), in connection with their previously announced proposed business combination with CRHC (the "Business Combination"), has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Registration Statement provides important information about CRHC, Allwyn and the Business Combination and can be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov under the registrant "Allwyn Entertainment AG". CRHC shareholders are encouraged to read the Registration Statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the Business Combination before making any voting or investment decision.
CRHC also announced today a record date of August 15, 2022 (the "Record Date") and a meeting date of September 7, 2022 for its extraordinary general meeting (the "Meeting") to approve the Business Combination. The closing of the Business Combination is subject to approval by CRHC's shareholders as of the Record Date, and the satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions and is expected to close shortly thereafter.
Upon closing, the combined company is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") with its Class B ordinary shares and warrants under the new ticker symbols "ALWN" and "ALWN.WS," respectively. For more information about the Business Combination, please visit www.cohnrobbins.com/investor-relations/ or see documents filed by Allwyn and CRHC with the SEC.
The CRHC Board of Directors recommends all CRHC shareholders vote "FOR" ALL PROPOSALS in advance of the Meeting, via the Internet or by signing, dating and returning the proxy card upon receipt by following the instructions in the Registration Statement.
CRHC believes the global lottery industry has attractive characteristics, including high consumer participation across wide demographics, resiliency through market cycles and upside potential from increasing online penetration. Allwyn is a leader in the $300 billion global lottery industry, operating lotteries through both retail and online channels in multiple European countries, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus and Italy.
CRHC furthermore believes Allwyn is well-positioned to grow through both organic and inorganic growth opportunities. Allwyn's UK business, Allwyn Entertainment Ltd, was selected by the UK Gambling Commission as the preferred applicant in the competition for the fourth license to operate the UK National Lottery. If the license is awarded, this will further expand Allwyn's footprint as one of Europe's largest and fastest growing lottery companies. For further information on Allwyn, please visit the Allwyn Investor Relations Website at investors.allwynentertainment.com.
Shareholders that were CRHC shareholders as of the Record Date may attend the Meeting in person at the location indicated in the Registration Statement. Alternatively, shareholders can register to attend the meeting virtually via a live webcast starting at 9:30 am, New York City Time, on September 7, 2022. To register to attend the Meeting virtually, shareholders must enter the URL address www.cstproxy.com/cohnrobbins/2022 into a browser, enter a control number assigned by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, and follow the instructions applicable to them provided in the Registration Statement.
Each Shareholder Vote FOR ALL Proposals Is Important, No Matter How Many or How Few Shares a Shareholder Owns. If shareholders have any questions about voting or need assistance voting, please contact Morrow Sodali LLC, CRHC's proxy solicitor, by calling (800) 662-5200 (for individuals), or (203) 658-9400 (for banks and brokers).
As previously disclosed, the Business Combination contemplates a bonus pool of up to approximately 6.6 million CRHC shares to be made available exclusively to non-redeeming CRHC shareholders.
About Allwyn
Allwyn is a leading global lottery operator. Allwyn builds lotteries that return more to good causes by focusing on innovation, technology, efficiency and safety across a growing casual gaming entertainment portfolio. The lottery-first approach of focusing on affordable recreational play has earned Allwyn leading market positions with trusted brands across Europe in Austria, Czech Republic, Greece and Cyprus and Italy.
About Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp.
Founded and listed on the NYSE in 2020, Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. is Co-Chaired by Gary D. Cohn and Clifton S. Robbins. Mr. Cohn is Vice Chairman of IBM and has more than 30 years of financial services experience spanning the private and public sectors, having served as Assistant to the President of the United States for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council from January 2017 until April 2018, and as President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from 2006-2016. Mr. Robbins has more than 35 years of investment management experience, including as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Harbour Group from 2004-2020, a Managing Member of global growth investor General Atlantic Partners from 2000-2004, and as a General Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., where he worked from 1987-2000.
Additional Information about the Business Combination and Where to Find It
Additional information about the Business Combination, including a copy of the Business Combination Agreement and prospectus, are provided in the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is being mailed to each of CRHC's shareholders and can be found on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov under the registrant "Allywn Entertainment AG."
Contacts
For media inquiries:
Adam Weiner
Arrowpath Advisors for Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp.
CRHCmedia@arrowpath.com
+1 212 596 7700
Dana Dvorakova for Allwyn Entertainment
dana.dvorakova@allwynent.com
For investor inquiries:
allwyn.ir@icrinc.com
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the Business Combination between, among other parties, CRHC and Allwyn. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believe," "predict," "potential," "continue," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "would," "seem," "seek," "outlook" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Allwyn's and CRHC's expectations with respect to anticipated financial impacts of the Business Combination, the satisfaction of closing conditions to the Business Combination, and the timing of the completion of the Business Combination. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of CRHC's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-240277), its Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended from time to time, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the Registration Statement filed by Allwyn. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside Allwyn's and CRHC's control and are difficult to predict. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward-looking statements in this document, including but not limited to: (1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against CRHC or Allwyn following the announcement of the Business Combination; (2) the inability to complete the Business Combination, including due to the inability to concurrently close the Business Combination and the private placement of common stock or due to failure to obtain approval of CRHC's shareholders; (3) the risk that the Business Combination may not be completed by CRHC's business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of such deadline sought by CRHC; (4) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Business Combination, including the approval by CRHC's shareholders and the satisfaction of the minimum trust account amount following any redemptions by CRHC's public shareholders; (5) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement; (6) the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the consummation of the Business Combination; (7) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain key employees; (8) costs related to the Business Combination; (9) changes in the applicable laws or regulations; (10) the possibility that the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (11) the risk of downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the industry in which Allwyn operates; (12) Allwyn's ability to obtain or maintain rights or licenses to operate in any market in which Allwyn operates or seeks to operate in the future; (13) the potential inability of Allwyn to raise additional capital needed to pursue its business objectives or to achieve efficiencies regarding other costs; (14) the enforceability of Allwyn's intellectual property, including its patents, and the potential infringement on the intellectual property rights of others, cyber security risks or potential breaches of data security; and (15) other risks and uncertainties described in CRHC's registration statement on Form S-1 and Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended from time to time, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the Registration Statement. Allwyn and CRHC caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive or exhaustive and not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Neither Allwyn nor CRHC gives any assurance that Allwyn or CRHC will achieve its expectations. Neither Allwyn nor CRHC undertakes or accepts any obligation to publicly provide revisions or updates to any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, or should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws.
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GLENSIDE, Pa., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the eighth straight year, Arcadia University has been named one of The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern schools. The designation, in its "2023 Best Colleges: Region by Region" web feature, reflects the Review assessment of Arcadia as "academically outstanding and well worth consideration" for any prospective student.
The Review evaluates universities and colleges on academics, admissions selectivity, financial aid, safety, quality of life, environmental efforts, and the accessibility of faculty. It also considers data from its survey of administrators at several hundred colleges in each region, information from staff visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of college counselors and advisors whose perspectives The Review solicits. Student ratings are factored in as well.
- "Students at Arcadia receive 'a global and integrative learning experience with lots of personal attention,' among people who share their 'love of learning.'"
- "What really brings people here is the study abroad program. What keeps them here are the people."
- "Lots of colleges claim to give their students a 'global perspective,' but Arcadia really delivers."
- "It has a phenomenal study abroad program with 'many pathways' for international study and travel. Students 'tend to get addicted to it,' and many go abroad two or more times during their college career."
- "Classes are small, leading to many chances for 'one-on-one' attention from professors."
- "Its faculty and administrative staff are exceptional. Professors are unbelievably talented and accessible. They're always willing to give a helping hand in any project brought to their attention."
- "Opportunities are available to go beyond the typical classroom experience by working on individual projects or helping professors with research."
The Review's "Best Northeastern" list consists of schools in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
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LIMA, Perú, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nautilus Inkia Holdings SCS (f/k/a Nautilus Inkia Holdings LLC), Nautilus Distribution Holdings LLC and Nautilus Isthmus Holdings LLC (collectively, the "Issuers") today announced that they have commenced a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for up to an amount of their outstanding 5.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (the "Notes") that would not result in the Aggregate Purchase Price (as defined below) exceeding $200,000,000 (the "Maximum Tender Amount"). Information related to the Notes and the Tender Offer are listed in the table below.
The "Aggregate Purchase Price" is the aggregate amount that all holders are entitled to receive, excluding Accrued Interest (as defined below), for Notes that are validly tendered and accepted for purchase by the Issuers. The "Total Consideration" per $1,000 principal amount of Notes payable to holders who validly tender (and do not validly withdraw) their Notes on or prior to the Early Tender Date (defined below) is $990.00. The Total Consideration payable under the Tender Offer includes an "Early Tender Payment" of $50.00 for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes. Holders will only be eligible to receive the Early Tender Payment for Notes that such holders have validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 1, 2022, unless extended by the Issuers (the "Early Tender Date"). Holders who validly tender (and do not validly withdraw) their Notes after the Early Tender Date on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below), and whose Notes are accepted for purchase, will be eligible to receive the "Tender Offer Consideration," which is equal to the Total Consideration less the Early Tender Payment. The Tender Offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 16, 2022, unless extended or earlier terminated by the Issuers (the "Expiration Date"). Payment for the Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) at or prior to the Early Tender Date and that are accepted is expected to be made on the Early Settlement Date, which is expected to be September 7, 2022, and payment for the Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) after the Early Tender Date but at or prior to the Expiration Date and that are accepted is expected to be made on the Final Settlement Date, which is expected to be September 20, 2022. The Total Consideration and the Tender Offer Consideration will be payable in cash.
If the aggregate amount of Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) would result in an Aggregate Purchase Price that exceeds the Maximum Tender Amount, then, subject to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, the Issuers will accept for purchase Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) on a prorated basis. Furthermore, if the Tender Offer is fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date and the Issuers elect to have an Early Settlement Date, holders who validly tender Notes following the Early Tender Date will not have any of their Notes accepted for purchase.
In addition, holders will receive accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes tendered and accepted for payment in the Tender Offer from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date for the Tender Offer (such unpaid interest, together with additional amounts thereon, the "Accrued Interest").
Notes may be withdrawn any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 1, 2022, unless extended by the Issuers (the "Withdrawal Date").
The Tender Offer is subject to certain customary conditions, but is not contingent upon the tender of any minimum principal amount of Notes. Subject to applicable law, the Issuers may amend, modify or terminate the Tender Offer at any time in their sole discretion.
The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are described in the offer to purchase, dated August 19, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase"). Holders are encouraged to read the Offer to Purchase carefully when it becomes available.
The Issuers have retained Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Santander Investment Securities Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. to act as Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer. D.F. King & Co., Inc. is the Information Agent and Tender Agent for the Tender Offer. Questions regarding the Tender Offer should be directed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at (800) 820-1653 (toll-free) or (212) 538-2147 (collect), Santander Investment Securities Inc. at (855) 404-3636 (toll-free) or (212) 940-1442 (collect) or SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. at (888) 284-9760 (toll-free) or (212) 224-5328 (collect). Requests for documentation should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (866) 864-4943 (toll-free) or (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or at inkia@dfking.com. This press release is for informational purposes only.
Neither the Offer to Purchase nor any related documents have been filed with or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country, and the Offer to Purchase or any related documents have not been reviewed or approved by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, the Luxembourg Supervisory Commission for the Financial Sector (Commission De Surveillance Du Secteur Financier), the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Bourse De Luxembourg), the Peruvian Superintendency of the Securities Market (Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores), the Lima Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lima) or the Singapore Exchange. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer to Purchase or any related documents, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary. The Tender Offer is being made solely on the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase.
This press release is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to purchase with respect to any Notes or any other securities. The Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase. The Tender Offer is not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. None of the Issuers, the Dealer Managers or the Information Agent makes any recommendation as to whether holders should tender or refrain from tendering their Notes. Holders should carefully read the Offer to Purchase and the related materials, because they contain important information, including the various terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender Notes and, if so, the principal amount of the Notes to tender.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are not based on historical facts and are not assurances of future results. These forward-looking statements are identified by terms and phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "estimate," "expect," "continue," "should," "could," "may," "plan," "project," "predict," "will" and similar expressions and include references to assumptions and relate to the future prospects, developments and business strategies of the Issuers and their subsidiaries. These statements include but are not limited to forward-looking statements about the planned Tender Offer, including whether the Tender Offer is consummated in whole or in part. These estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon the Issuers' current expectations and estimates on projections about future events and trends, which affect or may affect the Issuers' businesses and results of operations. Although the Issuers believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to the Issuers. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations and the Issuers' future results may differ materially from those expressed in these estimates and forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and you should not place reliance on any forward-looking statement contained in this document. The Issuers undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- South Atlantic Bancshares, Inc. ("South Atlantic" or the "Company") (OTCQX: SABK), parent of South Atlantic Bank (the "Bank"), announced a change in the Bank's management team. Richard N. "Dick" Burch, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer ("COO"), announced his departure from the organization, effective July 27, 2022. Mr. Burch has also resigned from the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank.
Management of the Company and the Bank are performing duties previously performed by the COO, and they do not anticipate hiring a new COO at this time.
South Atlantic Bancshares, Inc. (OTCQX: SABK) is a registered bank holding company based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with approximately $1.4 billion in total assets. The Company's banking subsidiary, South Atlantic Bank, is a full-service financial institution spanning the entire coastal area of South Carolina, and is locally owned, controlled and operated. The Bank operates eleven offices in Myrtle Beach, Carolina Forest, North Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet, Pawleys Island, Georgetown, Mount Pleasant, Charleston, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and Beaufort, South Carolina. The Bank specializes in providing personalized community banking services to individuals, small businesses and corporations. Services include a full range of consumer and commercial banking products, including mortgage, and treasury management, including South Atlantic Bank goMobile, the Bank's mobile banking app. The Bank also offers internet banking, no-fee ATM access, checking, certificates of deposit and money market accounts, merchant services, mortgage loans, remote deposit capture, and more. For more information, visit www.SouthAtlantic.bank.
This press release contains, among other things, certain statements about future events that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, statements regarding the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (or any current or future variant thereof), statements with references to a future period or statements preceded by, followed by, or that include the words "may," "could," "should," "would," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "outlook" or similar terms or expressions. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management team and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond the Company's control). These risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause the actual results, performance, and achievements of the Company to be materially different from the anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. Therefore, the Company can give no assurance that the results contemplated in the forward-looking statements will be realized and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be construed as a representation by the Company or any person that the future events, plans, or expectations contemplated by the Company will be achieved and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made, except as required by law.
Information contained herein, other than information as of December 31, 2021, is unaudited. All financial data should be read in conjunction with the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Bank as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as contained in the Company's 2021 Annual Report located on the Company's website.
The Company maintains an Internet web site at www.southatlantic.bank/about-us/investor-relations. The Company makes available, free of charge, on its web site the Company's annual meeting materials, annual reports, and quarterly earnings reports. In addition, the OTC Markets Group maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding the Company (at www.otcmarkets.com/SABK).
The Company routinely posts important information for investors on its web site (under www.southatlantic.bank and, more specifically, under the Investor Relations tab at www.southatlantic.bank/about-us/investor-relations/). The Company intends to use its web site as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under the OTC Markets Group OTCQX Rules for U.S. Banks. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Company's web site, in addition to following the Company's press releases, OTC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts.
The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the Company's web site is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UpHealth, Inc. ("UpHealth" or the "Company") (NYSE: UPH), a global digital health company delivering technology platforms, infrastructure, and services to modernize care delivery and health management, announced today that it has closed its previously announced sale of $67.5 million in aggregate principal amount of a new series of variable rate convertible senior secured notes due December 15, 2025 (the "2025 Notes") in a private placement transaction. The transaction raised approximately $22.5 million in gross cash proceeds after paying for a repurchase of $45.0 million principal amount of its 6.25% convertible senior notes due 2026. The 2025 Notes are convertible into shares of UpHealth common stock at a conversion price of $1.75 per share, which represented a 101% premium over the closing price of UpHealth's common stock on August 12, 2022, the date the subscription agreements providing for the sale of the 2025 Notes were executed.
The 2025 Notes were offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and, along with the shares of common stock underlying the 2025 Notes, have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the 2025 Notes and the underlying shares of common stock may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except to a qualified institutional buyer (within the meaning Rule 144A under the Securities Act) pursuant to an effective Securities Act registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
Oppenheimer & Co Inc. served as exclusive placement agent for the 2025 Notes.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
UpHealth is a global digital health company that delivers digital-first technology, infrastructure and services to dramatically improve how healthcare is delivered and managed. The UpHealth platform creates digitally enabled "care communities" that improve access and achieve better patient outcomes at lower cost, through digital health solutions and interoperability tools that serve patients wherever they are, in their native language. UpHealth's clients include global governments, health plans, healthcare providers and community-based organizations. For more information, please visit https://uphealthinc.com and follow us at @UpHealthInc on Twitter and UpHealth Inc on LinkedIn.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding payments pursuant to the terms of UpHealth's debt obligations and the conversion or maturity of such debt. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intends," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the management of UpHealth in light of their respective experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, and expected future developments and their potential effects on UpHealth as well as other factors they believe are appropriate in the circumstances. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting UpHealth will be those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of the parties), or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including the ability of UpHealth to service or otherwise pay its debt obligations, the mix of services utilized by UpHealth's customers and such customers' needs for these services, market acceptance of new service offerings, the ability of UpHealth to expand what it does for existing customers as well as to add new customers, that UpHealth will have sufficient capital to operate as anticipated, and the impact that the novel coronavirus and the illness, COVID-19, that it causes, as well as government responses to deal with the spread of this illness and the reopening of economies that have been closed as part of these responses, may have on UpHealth's operations, the demand for UpHealth's products, global supply chains and economic activity in general. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should any of the assumptions being made prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Shannon Devine (MZ North America)
Managing Director
203-741-8811
UPH@mzgroup.us
Kelsie Aziz (Ketchum)
Vice President, Financial Communications
972-408-7103
kelsie.aziz@Ketchum.com
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- Novavax' vaccine is the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S.
- Doses of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted are now available and primary series immunizations for adolescents can begin once a policy recommendation from the CDC is received
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373) has received expanded emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide a two-dose primary series for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in adolescents aged 12 through 17.
"Having more vaccine options for use in both adults and adolescents, like the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted will hopefully help increase vaccination rates, particularly as we prepare for ongoing surges of COVID-19 with the start of fall and the back-to-school season," said Stanley C. Erck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novavax. "We hope that our vaccine, developed using an innovative approach to recombinant protein vaccine technology, may have a special role in adolescent vaccination based on parents' and caregivers' familiarity with protein-based vaccines used in other disease areas."
The FDA EUA decision was based on data from the ongoing pediatric expansion of the Phase 3 PREVENT-19 trial of 2,247 adolescents aged 12 through 17 years across 75 sites in the U.S., to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted. In pediatric expansion, the vaccine achieved its primary efficacy endpoint with clinical efficacy of 78.29% (95% CI: 37.55%, 92.45%) overall at a time when the Delta variant was the predominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 strain in the U.S. The efficacy analysis was supported by assessment of antibody titers that were shown to be higher in adolescents than in young adults.
Safety data from the pediatric expansion showed the vaccine to be generally well-tolerated. Serious and severe adverse reactions (AR) were low in number and balanced between vaccine and placebo groups, and not considered related to the vaccine. Local and systemic reactogenicity was generally lower than or similar to adults, after the first and second dose. No new safety signal was observed through the placebo-controlled portion of the study. Among participants 12 through 17 years of age, solicited ARs following administration of any dose of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted were injection site pain/tenderness (75.0%), headache (56.9%), fatigue/malaise (57.9%), muscle pain (49.0%), nausea/vomiting (19.9%), joint pain (16.2%), fever (16.9%), injection site swelling (8.0%), and injection site redness (7.5%). Most were mild-to-moderate in severity and lasted less than two days.
The next step for the vaccine is a policy recommendation for use from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Doses of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted are available for use in adolescents upon the CDC's recommendation.
In July 2022 the U.S. FDA had granted EUA for a two-dose primary series in adults aged 18 and older, followed by a recommendation from the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and endorsement from the CDC.
This project has been supported in part with federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), through the Department of Defense Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) under contract number MCDC2011-001.
Use of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted in the U.S.
The Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted has not been approved or licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA, under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to provide a two-dose primary series to individuals 12 years of age and older to prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The emergency use of this product is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of the medical product under Section 564(b)(1) of the FD&C Act unless the declaration is terminated or authorization revoked sooner.
Authorized Use
The Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted is authorized for use under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to provide a two-dose primary series for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in individuals 12 years of age and older.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Contraindications
Do not administer the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted to individuals with a known history of a severe allergic reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis) to any component of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted.
Warnings and Precautions
Management of Acute Allergic Reactions: Appropriate medical treatment to manage immediate allergic reactions must be immediately available in the event an acute anaphylactic reaction occurs following administration of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted. Monitor the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted recipients for the occurrence of immediate adverse reactions according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention guidelines.
Myocarditis and Pericarditis: Clinical trials data provide evidence for increased risks of myocarditis and pericarditis following administration of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (see Full EUA Prescribing Information).
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Altered Immunocompetence: Immunocompromised persons, including individuals receiving immunosuppressant therapy, may have a diminished immune response to the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted.
Limitations of Vaccine Effectiveness: The Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted may not protect all vaccine recipients.
Adverse Reactions
Adverse reactions reported in clinical trials following administration of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted include injection site pain/tenderness, fatigue/malaise, muscle pain, headache, joint pain, nausea/vomiting, injection site redness, injection site swelling, fever, chills, injection site pruritus, hypersensitivity reactions, lymphadenopathy-related reactions, myocarditis, and pericarditis.
Myocarditis, pericarditis, anaphylaxis, paresthesia, and hypoesthesia have been reported following administration of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted outside of clinical trials.
Additional adverse reactions, some of which may be serious, may become apparent with more widespread use of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted.
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- vaccine administration errors whether or not associated with an adverse event,
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- cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS), in adults and children, and
- cases of COVID-19 that results in hospitalization or death.
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About NVX-CoV2373 (Novavax' COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted)
NVX-CoV2373 is a protein-based vaccine engineered from the genetic sequence of the first strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. The vaccine was created using Novavax' recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen derived from the coronavirus spike (S) protein and is formulated with Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M™ adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies. NVX-CoV2373 contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19.
NVX-CoV2373 is packaged as a ready-to-use liquid formulation in a vial containing ten doses. The vaccination regimen calls for two 0.5 ml doses (5 mcg antigen and 50 mcg Matrix-M adjuvant) given intramuscularly 21 days apart. The vaccine is stored at 2°- 8° Celsius, enabling the use of existing vaccine supply and cold chain channels. Use of the vaccine should be in accordance with official recommendations.
The PREVENT-19 trial of NVX-CoV2373 is being conducted with support from the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, BARDA, part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the HHS, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health at HHS. BARDA is providing up to $1.75 billion under a Department of Defense agreement (number MCDC2011-001). JPEO-CBRND is also providing funding of up to $45.7 million under a separate agreement. To date, the U.S. government has agreed to order 3.2 million doses of NVX-CoV2373 under these existing agreements. Novavax and the U.S. government will determine the timing, pricing, and amounts for delivery of any additional NVX-CoV2373 doses. Novavax intends to pursue additional U.S. procurement of both NVX-CoV2373 doses and other potential formulations.
Novavax has established partnerships for the manufacture, commercialization and distribution of NVX-CoV2373 worldwide. Existing authorizations leverage Novavax' manufacturing partnership with Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume. They will later be supplemented with data from additional manufacturing sites throughout Novavax' global supply chain.
About Matrix-M™ Adjuvant
Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant has demonstrated a potent and well-tolerated effect by stimulating the entry of antigen-presenting cells into the injection site and enhancing antigen presentation in local lymph nodes, boosting immune response.
About Novavax
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The company's proprietary recombinant technology platform harnesses the power and speed of genetic engineering to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles designed to address urgent global health needs. NVX-CoV2373, the company's COVID-19 vaccine, has received authorization from multiple regulatory authorities globally, including the FDA, European Commission and the World Health Organization. The vaccine is currently under review by multiple regulatory agencies worldwide. In addition to its COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax is also currently evaluating a COVID-seasonal influenza combination vaccine candidate in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, which combines NVX-CoV2373 and NanoFlu*, its quadrivalent influenza investigational vaccine candidate, and is also evaluating an Omicron strain-based vaccine (NVX-CoV2515) as well as a bivalent format Omicron-based / original strain-based vaccine. These vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax' proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.
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In Texas, a county elections administrator and her two deputies have resigned, with at least one citing threats fueled by misinformation, as former President Donald Trump and his supporters continue to spread baseless claims about the 2020 election.
"The threats against election officials and my election staff, dangerous misinformation, lack of full time personnel for the elections office, unpaid compensation, and absurd legislation have completely changed the job I initially accepted," now-former Gillespie County Elections Administrator Anissa Herrera reportedly wrote in her resignation letter, dated Aug. 2.
She added: "The life commitment I have given to this job is unsustainable."
The Texas secretary of state's office provided a few more details about the threats, which Herrera first revealed to the local Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post.
"I don't know if there's been any threat since, we didn't get a lot of specifics about the threats, only that they were a combination of social media stalking and other kinds of threats against her in her capacity as elections administrator," Sam Taylor, assistant secretary for communications at the secretary of state's office, told Texas Public Radio.
The state to send in trainers
Now, two months before early voting begins for the November general election, the county, which is west of Austin, has no elections department.
"I really don't know what they're going to do and how they're going to hold the election in November. And they're going to have to do a lot of scrambling," said Joyce LeBombard, president of the League of Women Voters of Texas.
The Texas secretary of state's office plans to send in trainers to make sure Gillespie County can still hold an election this November.
Taylor said replacements would be trained by former election admins who work with the secretary of state's office in regularly training new elections officials. In the case of Gillespie County, workers in the tax office and county clerk's office will likely take up the initial responsibilities.
"The [county] judge has told us there are still employees in the county clerk and county tax-assessor collector's office who have run elections in the past," Taylor said. "Albeit that was back in 2019 and earlier. So a lot has changed about election laws since then. So that's why our office is going to be sending our trainers, we've got about six to eight trainers on our staff. All of them are former county election officials themselves."
Under Texas law, counties appoint elections administrators through a locally created commission that includes the county judge, county clerk, tax-assessor collector and the chairs of the county political parties.
Early voting in Texas starts on Oct. 24, giving state officials a two-month window to train replacements until a new elections administrator is appointed — an appointment that may not happen until after the November election.
Gillespie County, where Trump secured 79% of the vote in 2020, has just over 20,000 registered voters.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke visited Fredericksburg, the county seat, days after the resignation as part of a statewide campaign tour.
He said the threats were an attack on American democracy and criticized some Texas voting laws that he said make it difficult to register and cast mail ballots.
"Not only are we the toughest state in which to register to vote, in which to cast a ballot, but you have election workers in Gillespie being run out of office, you have election workers and others in other counties within the state who feel under constant attack, you have now an elections law that allows partisans to come to polling places to serve as poll watchers really with free rein to intimidate voters who show up," O'Rourke said.
Texas has been an especially difficult place for election workers in recent years, according to Remi Garza, the immediate past president of the Texas Association of Election Administrators. He points to the state's relatively new expanded voting observer law.
"Before, [the law] was that they could 'observe' the activities of the polling place, and they changed that to 'see and hear' what's occurring, which makes it much more subjective to the individual who is watching," he said. "There's the chance they could be a little more intrusive to the process because they could claim they are not able to see or hear what's happening in a polling place."
Garza said the expansion of the voter observation law comes with legal protections that he said may occasionally give observers a sense of entitlement to be more engaged in the process than intended by the law. He said the role of observers is to monitor the voting process to ensure transparency and that voting laws are followed. He said observers are expected to do just that, not "coach" or "referee" election workers.
"It has never been before"
The Democratic-led U.S. House Oversight Committee last week released a report detailing threats made to election officials across the country. One such instance from Texas includes threats of hanging and harm to the children of a county election official.
"In Texas, 'personal attacks on national media outlets' led to alarming threats against an election administrator, including a social media call to 'hang him when convicted for fraud and let his lifeless body hang in public until maggots drip out of his mouth' and messages threatening his children, stating, 'I think we should end your bloodline,' " the report stated.
David Becker, executive director and founder of the Center of Election Innovation & Research, said these kinds of threats were not common before Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
"Gillespie County is one of the more extreme incidents with an entire county's election staff resigning," Becker said. "But we have to understand that election workers all over the country — in red states, blue states, battleground states, non-battleground states — from elected secretaries of state down to volunteer poll workers are being harassed and threatened in a way that we've never seen before. It's not worse than it's been before. It has never been before."
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This week, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, the USA Mullet Championships chose their kid and teen finalists, and Japan said it wants young people to drink more alcohol.
Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend.
Chaka Khan's New Single, "Woman Like Me"
I was a professional musician many years ago, and one of my oldest friends from that time, producer Gregg Pagani, has co-written and produced Chaka Khan's new single, "Woman Like Me."
It really is a wonderful song, and it's so great to hear this vocalist, who is almost 70, still bringing it and doing something really cool.
She has the song up on her YouTube page, website, and Spotify so folks can check it out. — Eric Deggans
Cult of the Lamb
This is a game that just came out for various platforms, and it is entirely my jam. You are this cute little sheep who has been recruited by an Elder God to form a cult in its name. So you gather followers and materials, and you gather materials by slashing your way through some very cute, randomly generated dungeons.
The other half of the game is managing your followers. You build shrines and temples for them to worship you. You also build farms and sleeping quarters, and if you don't build outhouses everyone's going to get sick because they poop damn everywhere.
You need to keep their faith in you high, because if it drops, one follower will start sowing dissent among your flock. So what kind of cult leader do you want to be? You can sacrifice your followers or brainwash them with magic mushrooms to get a quick burst of faith. Or you can give them gifts and blessings and take their confessions to keep them happy.
I should make it clear by now that at some point in the game, the line between cult and organized religion becomes a distinction without a meaningful difference.
The aesthetic of this game is so cute; all your followers are these cartoony woodland creatures with giant eyes. The design is really impressively deep because it gives you a lot of choices for what kind of cult you build, which really ups the replay value. It is Animal Crossing meets Helter Skelter, and it is adorably sinister. — Glen Weldon
P-Valley Season Two Finale
We've talked about P-Valley on Pop Culture Happy Hour, and the season two finale is making me happy. I love this show so much. For me, the central relationship is the one between Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford.
Uncle Clifford, played by Nicco Annon, is a non-binary owner of The Pynk, a strip club in the Mississippi Delta. Lil Murda, played by J. Alphonse Nicholson, is an up-and-coming rapper, and they have a beautiful relationship.
There's one moment in the season two finale that I've gone back to over and over again — Willow Murda is at The Pynk, and he's performing this song called "Seven Pounds of Pressure." It's hard. It's all about murdering people, but it's so catchy.
On top of that, you have Mercedes, who is one of the pole dancers there. She's played by Brandee Evans, and she is bringing it. I just love that sequence and the aerial shots of her coming down the pole. It is fantastic, so if you are not watching P-Valley on Starz, you should do it. — Aisha Harris
More recommendations from the Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter
by Linda Holmes
We will have an episode about the finale of Better Call Saul, but along with that, enjoy Eric Deggans' review for NPR.
Are you the kind of person who likes a quick home makeover with some nice stories about families and a very charismatic host? You might enjoy Netflix's feather-light Instant Dream Home, featuring Danielle Brooks.
Vengeance, B.J. Novak's feature debut as a writer-director (and star), has arrived on demand after a theatrical release a few weeks ago. It's a story about a guy whose desire to start a podcast leads him down a very dark road, and while I'm not sure everything about it works, I admired its weirdness and its absolute skewering of certain media tendencies.
NPR's Maison Tran adapted the Pop Culture Happy Hour segment "What's Making Us Happy" into a digital page. If you like these suggestions, consider signing up for our newsletter to get recommendations every week. And listen to Pop Culture Happy Hour on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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CHEYENNE – The Laramie County district attorney has declined to charge a woman arrested earlier this month in a fatal stabbing, saying current evidence points to the incident being self-defense. The local sheriff's office says it continues to investigate "with the goal of bringing charges" to the woman.
Rocsand Bocanegra, 42, was arrested late Aug. 9 by Laramie County Sheriff's Office deputies after she'd been identified as a person of interest in a fatal stabbing earlier the day before.
Bocanegra was held on a second-degree homicide charge at the Laramie County jail until just before midnight Aug. 12. Anyone not formally charged within 72 hours of their arrest must be released, said LCSO Undersheriff Capt. Kevin James.
The sheriff's office identified the victim in the fatal stabbing as 58-year-old Jess Smith of Cheyenne.
In an Aug. 12 letter to an LCSO detective, DA Leigh Anne Manlove outlined how Wyoming statutes related to self-defense did not permit her to charge Bocanegra at that time. Manlove provided that letter to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
"Your investigation established that Ms. Bocanegra told you that Mr. Smith was 'wailing' on her, hitting her with closed fists and 'giving me his all,' and trying to 'maul' her," the district attorney wrote. "The autopsy showed that Mr. Smith had injuries to his hands, consistent with being in a physical fight. Your observations of Ms. Bocanegra were that she had injuries consistent with being physically assaulted.
"Additionally, Ms. Bocanegra told you that she tried to push Mr. Smith off of her, that their encounter was 'scary' and it 'shocked' her, and that she was defending herself. She even went so far as to say that she just 'wanted him to stop hitting me' as justification for using the knife."
Manlove added that, according to the sheriff's office's investigation, Bocanegra was living at the Mitchell Court residence where the stabbing took place and had been there "for the previous two weeks." None of the other residents said she was "not lawfully present" at the home.
There is also "no evidence to suggest that Ms. Bocanegra was the initial aggressor," Manlove said in the letter.
"To the contrary, your investigation determined that it was Mr. Smith who left his bedroom and came into the area where Ms. Bocanegra was, and the two started arguing verbally. There are no witnesses, other than Ms. Bocanegra, to the physical interaction between her and Mr. Smith," the DA continued. "All of the physical evidence in your investigation supports Ms. Bocanegra's version of what happened."
Other evidence gathered so far, "including the text messages from Ms. Bocanegra and the people with whom she spoke on the phone prior to the stabbing, as well as the witnesses who were physically present in the home, do not create a homicide case of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and as such criminal prosecution at this point in time is not warranted," Manlove wrote.
"There is not a statute of limitations under Wyoming law, so I encourage you to continue investigating this case because it is entirely possible that the people in the home know more than they are saying, or that there is a video of Ms. Bocanegra and Mr. Smith's physical fight, or that she may inculpate herself to others as time goes by; there may be additional evidence that proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Ms. Bocanegra was not acting in self defense and therefore could be charged," the letter concluded.
James told the WTE Friday that the sheriff's office is "absolutely still investigating" the case.
"I can tell you that we see the evidence differently than the district attorney's office does," James said in an interview.
The undersheriff said he was aware of a "level of frustration" in the community over the case.
"I guess all I can do is try to assure people that we will investigate this case as thoroughly as possible with the goal of bringing charges to Ms. Bocanegra," James said.
At 5:26 a.m. Aug. 8, deputies responded to the 700 block of Mitchell Court for a report of a man who was stabbed at that location, according to LCSO news releases. Deputies arrived on scene and located the male victim, later identified as Smith, suffering from a stab wound.
Smith was transported to the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Hannah Black is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s criminal justice reporter. She can be reached at hblack@wyomingnews.com or 307-633-3128. Follow her on Twitter at @hannahcblack. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/laramie-county-da-declines-to-charge-woman-arrested-in-stabbing/article_39d81b68-1ff2-11ed-bfc1-c7e38abcefc3.html | 2022-08-20T00:24:18Z |
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DAY 1: FLIGHT TO BOSTON
Today fly to the historic city of Boston. Upon arrival meet your Tour Director and transfer to your Boston area hotel for a one night stay. Enjoy a Welcome Drink this evening. Overnight: Boston area, MA
DAY 2: BOSTON CITY TOUR - PLYMOUTH - CAPE COD
This morning enjoy a Boston City Tour featuring Boston Commons, the Old State House, the Old North Church from where Paul Revere got the signal to start his famous ride, the Old South Meeting House, Beacon Hill and Old Ironsides. Visit the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, located in downtown Boston near the waterfront and originally gifted to the city in 1742. Later depart Boston and travel to Plymouth. Visit Plimoth Plantation, an accurate recreation of the Pilgrim’s 1627 village where costumed interpreters portray colony residents in this living history museum. Then celebrate the journey that brought the pilgrims to the New World as you visit the Mayflower II, the 1620 ship reproduction was recently renovated for the 400th Anniversary of the voyage. Also see famous Plymouth Rock, the place where the Pilgrims first stepped ashore after a 66 day trans-Atlantic voyage. Later arrive at your hotel on Cape Cod for a 5-night stay. Enjoy a Welcome Dinner this evening with your fellow travelers.
(B,D) Overnight: Hyannis/Yarmouth, MA
DAY 3: MARTHA’S VINEYARD
This morning enjoy a scenic ferry ride to famous Martha’s Vineyard where little has changed since European settlers arrived early in the 17th century. The island’s resident population includes writers, artists, entertainers and fishermen. Your Martha’s Vineyard Tour includes the colorful Victorian cottages of Oak Bluffs, Edgartown with its stately houses built by whaling captains, pristine beaches and colorful yacht harbors. Later return via ferry and back to your hotel.
(B) Overnight: Hyannis/Yarmouth, MA
DAY 4: CAPE COD NAT’L SEASHORE - CRANBERRIES - P’TOWN
This morning travel along the Cape Cod National Seashore, dedicated in 1961 by President JFK, which features forty miles of pristine sandy beaches, marshes, ponds, and uplands supporting diverse species of wildlife dotted with lighthouses, cultural landscapes and wild cranberry bogs. Visit a traditional Cranberry Bog and learn about the harvesting of Cape Cod’s famous fruit. Later arrive in Provincetown, located on the tip of Cape Cod which boasts a lively artist community, beautiful beaches, great restaurants and charming shops. Enjoy some leisure time to relax, eat and shop. Late afternoon return to your Cape Cod hotel. Dinner is included this evening at a popular local restaurant.
(B,D) Overnight: Hyannis/Yarmouth, MA
DAY 5: NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
Today visit Newport, Rhode Island, one of New England’s most delightful coastal cities and a long time favorite vacation site of affluent socialites and yachting enthusiasts. Enjoy a Newport City Tour and drive by the Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in America, the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the splendid estates along Bellevue Avenue. Marvel at the extravagant life-style of a bygone era with a guided tour of The Breakers Mansion, the Vanderbilt’s lavishly decorated turn of the century mansion. Then follow “Ten-Mile-Drive” along the magnificent rocky coast which boasts exquisite estates from the early 1900’s.
(B) Overnight: Hyannis/Yarmouth, MA
DAY 6: NANTUCKET ISLAND
This morning board a ferry and cruise to scenic and historic Nantucket Island featuring a cobblestoned Main Street, unspoiled beaches, sea Captains’ houses and art galleries. Enjoy a visit to the Nantucket Whaling Museum including its rooftop observation deck overlooking the harbor and other whaling exhibits all reflections of an island that some 300 years ago was the whaling capital of the world. Enjoy some time at your own pace to shop or explore the yacht filled harbor and waterfront. This afternoon board a ferry and return to your Cape Cod hotel. Tonight’s Farewell Dinner is a traditional New England Lobster Dinner.
(B,D) Overnight: Hyannis/Yarmouth, MA
DAY 7: CAPE COD - BOSTON FLIGHT HOME
Today transfer to the Boston airport filled with wonderful memories of your Cape Cod & the Islands Tour.
(B) | https://www.wyomingnews.com/travel/cape-cod-the-islands/article_f735e17a-2003-11ed-a465-abed1f53d22b.html | 2022-08-20T00:24:24Z |
DAY 1: ARRIVE CHICAGO
Arrive in Chicago and meet your Tour Director. Check into your hotel for a 2-night stay in Chicago, “the Windy City” and 3rd largest city in the U.S. This evening join your Tour Director and traveling companions for a Welcome Dinner.
(D) Overnight: Chicago
DAY 2: CHICAGO CITY TOUR
This morning a local guide leads your Chicago City Tour featuring famous landmarks such as Sears Tower, Wrigley Building, Water Tower Place, The Bean and Navy Pier. Next enjoy a unique Windy City experience, a Chicago River Boat Architecture Tour which provides an entertaining river cruise of through downtown. Chicago is known around the world for its architectural feats from the 100-year-old Art Deco, Neo-Classical and Gothic Towers, to some of the tallest modern-day skyscrapers. Enjoy some time at leisure in this great city filled with fabulous shopping opportunities, great restaurants and incredible museums.
(B) Overnight: Chicago
DAY 3: CHICAGO - GRAND RAPIDS
This morning travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second largest city. Upon arrival visit the Gerald R. Ford Museum featuring displays of the private life and public career of President Ford. This evening overnight in Grand Rapids.
(B) Overnight: Grand Rapids
DAY 4: GRAND RAPIDS - MACKINAC ISLAND
This morning enjoy the passing scenery as you travel north towards Mackinaw City. Arrive and visit the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse which marks the junction of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Founded in 1889, the castle style Lighthouse was in operation from 1890 until 1957. Later board a ferry and cross the Straits of Mackinac, and arrive on famous Mackinac Island for a two night stay. The island preserves the charm of a bygone era. No automobiles are permitted, transportation is by horse-drawn carriage, bicycle or saddle horse.
(B,D) Overnight: Mackinac Island
DAY 5: MACKINAC ISLAND
Today experience a Mackinac Island Carriage Tour to step back in time as you enjoy the atmosphere of this unique treasure. One of today’s highlights will be lunch at the famous Grand Hotel, which has been catering to the needs of guests since 1887. The remainder of your day is at leisure to explore the shops, enjoy a nature walk or just relax.
(B,L) Overnight: Mackinac Island
DAY 6: MACKINAC ISLAND - MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA - GREEN BAY
This morning leave secluded Mackinac Island via ferry & cruise to St. Ignace. Board your motorcoach and enjoy the scenic ride through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a forested region well known for its shoreline as it borders three of the Great Lakes. This afternoon enter Wisconsin, “America’s Dairyland” renown for its cheese. Arrive in Green Bay to visit famous Lambeau Field to tour the home stadium of the Green Bay Packers football team. Later check into your Green Bay hotel for a two night stay.
(B) Overnight: Green Bay
DAY 7: GREEN BAY - DOOR COUNTY - GREEN BAY
This morning venture to charming Door County, one of the most scenic places in the country located on the western side of Lake Michigan featuring over 250 miles of shoreline. Drive through quaint villages and make a stop at picturesque Eagle Bluff Lighthouse. This evening enjoy an authentic Door County traditional meal, a Fish Boil Dinner.
(B,D) Overnight: Green Bay
DAY 8: GREEN BAY - WISCONSIN DELLS - MILWAUKEE
Today enjoy a scenic Upper Dells Boat Cruise featuring sandstone formations, pine-crowned cliffs and winding river narrows. The Dells is home to a colorful history featuring Native American legends and tales of larger-than-life characters, all centered along the banks of the Wisconsin River. Later travel to Milwaukee and enjoy a Farewell Dinner of local specialties with your traveling companions.
(B,D) Overnight: Milwaukee
DAY 9: MILWAUKEE - CHICAGO
Today return to Chicago and board your flight home filled with wonderful memories of your journey through the Great Lakes. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/travel/fall-colors-lighthouses-of-the-great-lakes/article_25f9de60-2006-11ed-aadf-0b411cf3e410.html | 2022-08-20T00:24:30Z |
Arrive at the Phoenix Airport and meet your Tour Director. Board a deluxe motorcoach and travel north to beautiful Sedona. This upscale resort, retirement and artist community is set amongst the red-hued rocks of Oak Creek Canyon. Your home for the next five nights is a picturesque property in the Sedona area. Tonight enjoy a Welcome Dinner with fellow travelers.
(D) Overnight: Sedona
DAY 2: SEDONA
Start a great day with a Sedona Trolley Tour featuring the Chapel of the Holy Cross and Airport Mesa for spectacular views of the Sedona area. The trolley guide will give you insight into the various rock formations, indigenous vegetation and history of this remarkable area. Later visit Uptown Sedona and the Spanish- Mexican Village of Tlaquepaque to explore these wonderful areas full of art galleries shopping opportunities and restaurants. Maybe take an optional Guided Jeep Tour into the Sedona backcountry. This evening enjoy Sedona at your own pace.
(B) Overnight: Sedona
DAY 3: GRAND CANYON
Begin an unforgettable day with a drive through amazing Oak Creek Canyon, a sixteen mile long canyon known for its spectacularly colored white, yellow and red cliffs dotted with pine, cypress and juniper. Then arrive in Williams to board the Grand Canyon Railway for a nostalgic two-hour train journey that delivers you to the awe-inspiring South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for free time and lunch on your own. Six million years in the making the Grand Canyon’s dynamic colors and textures inspire reflection at nature’s power and beauty. Later board your motorcoach to see the Grand Canyon from other points of interest. Stop in Flagstaff for dinner before returning to Sedona.
(B,D) Overnight: Sedona
DAY 4: MONTEZUMA CASTLE - JEROME - VERDE CANYON RAILROAD
This morning visit the Montezuma Castle National Monument which contains ruins of a cliff dwelling built in the 12th and 13th centuries by the Sinagua Indians. Later visit the old mining town of Jerome, once a virtual ghost town, now restored with shops, museums and art galleries. Next travel to Clarkdale to board the Verde Canyon Railroad also known as the Wilderness Train. The spectacular four-hour ride in a First Class Railcar takes you between two national forests, past crimson cliffs, over old-fashioned trestles and through a 680-foot tunnel. Early evening return to Sedona.
(B) Overnight: Sedona
DAY 5: DAY AT LEISURE - BLAZIN’ M RANCH
Today is at leisure in Sedona. Enjoy the wonderful amenities of your resort. Maybe spend the day shopping, sightseeing on your own or on a local golf course. An optional tour will be available. This evening experience a Farewell Dinner at the Blazin’ M Ranch where you will enjoy a hearty Chuckwagon Supper and Western Stage Show. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/travel/great-trains-grand-canyons/article_1a342d48-2005-11ed-8c8f-17b6006d0126.html | 2022-08-20T00:24:37Z |
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Money, money, money, MONAAAAAY! Some Hawaii residents can look forward to getting a little boost to their bank accounts, as the state’s Act 115 Tax Rebate is expected to go out starting sometime toward the end of September.
The Act 115 tax rebate was one of several bills passed at the end of the legislative session in April and a product of the state’s billion dollar surplus. Act 115 will provide a one-time refund – either $300 or $100 (more on that later) – to individuals who filed a state tax return for the 2021 tax year.
Now down to brass tacks: How much money should Hawaii taxpayers expect to receive?
According to the plan, Hawaii taxpayers will receive monies based on their filing status, adjusted gross income, and the number of exemptions claimed.
The Department of Taxation beaks it down like this:
Under the plan, a family of four could receive up to $1,200 from the state if their adjusted gross income is below $100,000 per year.
So when can taxpayers expect to see that bump in the bank account?
Anyone who filed their tax return between Jan. 1 and July 31 of this year, and setup their returns to be direct deposited, will see their Hawaii Rebate Check in September 2022, according to the Taxation Department.
Anyone who filed their tax return between Jan. 1 and July 31 of this year, and setup their returns to be sent via a paper check, will see their Hawaii Rebate Check between September and October 2022.
Anyone who filed (or plans to file) AFTER July 2022 will see their Hawaii Rebate Check up to 10 weeks after filing for direct deposit or up to 12 weeks after filing for a paper check.
Matthew has been the digital content manager for KITV4 since September 2021. Matthew is a prolific writer, editor, and self-described "newsie" who's worked in television markets in Oklahoma, California, and Hawaii. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/show-me-the-money-hawaii-tax-rebate-checks-up-to-300-going-out-soon/article_2605201a-2013-11ed-b095-77c073c1bc8c.html | 2022-08-20T00:31:40Z |
GRAPHIC: Woman suffers shark bite during family vacation: ‘There was a shark on my arm’
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) - A Pennsylvania woman is recovering after suffering a shark bite while vacationing in South Carolina.
The Sites family said they were just starting their vacation in Myrtle Beach when their trip took a shocking turn.
“I felt something bite me. I looked down and there was a shark on my arm,” Karen Sites said. “I was only in the water up to my waist, and I kept pushing at it until it let go.”
Karen Sites’ grandson, 8-year-old Brian Sites, said he was nearby when the shark bite happened.
“I couldn’t even see the shark coming up; it jumped up,” Brian Sites said. “I saw the movement of its tail and then it went back into the water.”
Karen Sites said she was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery before receiving hundreds of stitches.
“It’s very clearly a shark bite when you look at the arc of the tooth marks and the damage,” said Daniel Abel, professor of marine science at Coastal Carolina University. “My sympathies to the victim. That’s a horrendous thing to go through.”
Abel said shark bites are rare, but shark sightings are not uncommon this time of year and beachgoers should take some precautions.
“Don’t swim at dawn or dusk. There are not many people in the water and some sharks are closer to the shoreline for feeding,” Abel said. “Don’t swim where there are schools of small fish or near where people are fishing.”
Sites said her shark encounter would not keep her from enjoying the beach in the future as she continues her recovery.
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Nerveless Nocks wow W.Va. crowds
FAIRLEA, WV - (WVVA) High-flying, death-defying, stunt performers are leaving crowds at the State Fair of West Virginia holding their collective breaths. The Nerveless Nocks had the same effect on the judges for the hit NBC show, Americas’ Got Talent.
The Father-Daughter duo, Michelangelo and Angelina Nock out of Florida got three yes votes from the star-studded panel last week and they’re riding the wave of that success into the fairgrounds in Greenbrier County, “The audience here is amazing they, you can tell, every part of America has a different reaction. Here there, their, just captivated.”... said Michelangelo Nock.
He continued about the local crowd’s reaction after their performances in Fairlea , “After the show we take pictures. We sign autographs with the audience. They’re just great.
“I’ve been around a long time and because of AGT(America’s Got Talent) it’s like I was reinvented. The power of television is amazing.” Nock said. His daughter and 8th generation stunt performer Angelina says she is more comfortable 80 feet in the air than she was facing the celebrity panel of judges, “You know the hardest part for me was actually standing on stage speaking to the judges.” It was very nerve-racking. I grew up with all three of us with all three of those judges, watching them on TV so it was a beautiful experience and so happy that my father and I got that opportunity.” said the younger Nock.
The Nerveless Nocks offer several stunts in their show: The Vortex of Doom, The High-wire Sky Cycle, and even Pirates of the Sky Hollywood stunt show. At the State Fair of West Virginia, they’re featuring The Wheel of Steel, The Globe of Death and their signature Sway Bars, .a stunt that earned a royal seal of approval and their performing name when Michelangelo’s father was working in England, “He worked for Queen Elizabeth at Haringey Arena. A command performance. And after the show you get to meet the queen. You can’t touch her. You bow and she said to my father “You are simply nerveless.” So, you know, that was in the era of Evel Knievel, Joey Chitwood the Hell Drivers, so that was perfect for our family: Nerveless Nocks.” Michelangelo said. This family can trace their roots in acrobatics and circus performing back to Switzerland in 1840.
The Nerveless Nocks are delivering three daily performances at the center of the grounds in Fairlea at Noon, 3:45pm, and 6:30p.m. through the end of the State Fair of West Virginia August 20.
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‘We’re excited’: Zoo having a record-setting year welcoming 19 cheetah cubs
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A Virginia zoo says it has already had a record-setting year regarding new cheetah cubs at the facility.
WWBT reports that the Metro Richmond Zoo has welcomed 19 cheetah cubs from six different litters this year. The number represents the most cubs born in a year in the zoo’s history.
According to the zoo, the cubs’ births cover the months of March, June, July and August.
“We’re excited that we’ve got some new blood entering the captive cheetah population here in the United States,” said Jim Andelin, director of the Metro Richmond Zoo.
According to Andelin, the Zoological Association of America has an animal management plan for cheetahs, recommending the cubs’ mothers for breeding.
The zoo said a thriving population of cheetahs with diverse genetics is necessary to protect the species, as the cheetah population in the wild has decreased 93% in the last 120 years.
“There’s less than 7,000 of them in the wild. We’re maintaining a good, genetically diverse population here in the United States, so we can potentially send some back,” Andelin said.
Officials at the zoo said the cheetah cubs go through several veterinarian examinations, ensuring they are in good health while getting acclimated to their new environment.
Since 2013, 96 cheetahs have been born at the zoo, a cheetah boom to further conservation efforts.
“We want to make sure this population doesn’t decline any more than it already has,” Andelin said.
Once cheetahs can live independently, officials said many are transferred to other nationally accredited zoos under the animal management plan.
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Pence says he didn’t leave office with classified material
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office.
Pence made the comment during an interview with The Associated Press in Iowa a week and a half after the FBI seized classified and top secret information during a search at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Asked directly if he retained any classified information upon leaving office, Pence said, “No, not to my knowledge.”
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from his former boss’s estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws. Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were “all declassified” and argued that he would have turned them over if the Justice Department had asked.
But although Pence said he and his team complied with rules requiring the submission of classified material to the National Archives, the former vice president raised the possibility that the investigation was politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to disclose more details on what led authorities to conduct the search.
“The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight,” he added. “I know that’s not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency.”
His comments come just days after he urged his fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at rank-and-file members of the FBI over the search of Mar-a-Lago. Speaking at a political breakfast in New Hampshire on Wednesday, he sought to tamp down on some of the increasing threats against the FBI by ardent Trump supporters who are angry that Trump’s home was searched.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence said Wednesday. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop.”
Pence was in Iowa on Friday as part of a two-day trip to the state, which is scheduled to host the 2024 leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. Pence said Friday that he would make a decision early next year about whether to run for the White House, a move that his aides have said will be independent of what Trump decides to do.
Having visited the Iowa State Fair on Friday afternoon, Pence also headlined a fundraiser earlier in the day for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and was scheduled to speak to a Christian conservative group and a northern Iowa county Republican party fundraiser before leaving Saturday.
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GRAPHIC: Woman suffers shark bite during family vacation: ‘There was a shark on my arm’
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) - A Pennsylvania woman is recovering after suffering a shark bite while vacationing in South Carolina.
The Sites family said they were just starting their vacation in Myrtle Beach when their trip took a shocking turn.
“I felt something bite me. I looked down and there was a shark on my arm,” Karen Sites said. “I was only in the water up to my waist, and I kept pushing at it until it let go.”
Karen Sites’ grandson, 8-year-old Brian Sites, said he was nearby when the shark bite happened.
“I couldn’t even see the shark coming up; it jumped up,” Brian Sites said. “I saw the movement of its tail and then it went back into the water.”
Karen Sites said she was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery before receiving hundreds of stitches.
“It’s very clearly a shark bite when you look at the arc of the tooth marks and the damage,” said Daniel Abel, professor of marine science at Coastal Carolina University. “My sympathies to the victim. That’s a horrendous thing to go through.”
Abel said shark bites are rare, but shark sightings are not uncommon this time of year and beachgoers should take some precautions.
“Don’t swim at dawn or dusk. There are not many people in the water and some sharks are closer to the shoreline for feeding,” Abel said. “Don’t swim where there are schools of small fish or near where people are fishing.”
Sites said her shark encounter would not keep her from enjoying the beach in the future as she continues her recovery.
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‘We’re excited’: Zoo having a record-setting year welcoming 19 cheetah cubs
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A Virginia zoo says it has already had a record-setting year regarding new cheetah cubs at the facility.
WWBT reports that the Metro Richmond Zoo has welcomed 19 cheetah cubs from six different litters this year. The number represents the most cubs born in a year in the zoo’s history.
According to the zoo, the cubs’ births cover the months of March, June, July and August.
“We’re excited that we’ve got some new blood entering the captive cheetah population here in the United States,” said Jim Andelin, director of the Metro Richmond Zoo.
According to Andelin, the Zoological Association of America has an animal management plan for cheetahs, recommending the cubs’ mothers for breeding.
The zoo said a thriving population of cheetahs with diverse genetics is necessary to protect the species, as the cheetah population in the wild has decreased 93% in the last 120 years.
“There’s less than 7,000 of them in the wild. We’re maintaining a good, genetically diverse population here in the United States, so we can potentially send some back,” Andelin said.
Officials at the zoo said the cheetah cubs go through several veterinarian examinations, ensuring they are in good health while getting acclimated to their new environment.
Since 2013, 96 cheetahs have been born at the zoo, a cheetah boom to further conservation efforts.
“We want to make sure this population doesn’t decline any more than it already has,” Andelin said.
Once cheetahs can live independently, officials said many are transferred to other nationally accredited zoos under the animal management plan.
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Daycare worker charged with felony after 3-year-old boy left on hot bus, police say
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) - A daycare worker in Mississippi is facing a felony charge after allegedly leaving a 3-year-old child on a hot company bus.
WLOX reports that 3-year-old Kaysen Breaux was hospitalized after being left inside a daycare bus at First Step Learning Lab on Monday.
The boy’s mother, Stephanie Breaux, said she believes her son was left on the bus for up to two hours.
She said he suffered exhaustion and hypothermia that day, along with an extremely low body temperature that dropped after he got home.
According to Stephanie Breaux, if her son had been inside any longer, he might not have made it out alive.
“I just feared that something like this could happen. You read about it, you see it on the news, that babies die in hot cars. And to know my baby was left, it’s careless,” Stephanie Breaux said.
The Picayune Police Department said the bus driver, 40-year-old Treshay Mashette Quinn, has been charged with child deprivation and booked into the Lenoir Rowell Criminal Justice Center.
“I can’t believe the daycare is still up and running. I’m thankful that she [the bus driver] has been incarcerated for this,” Stephanie Breaux said.
Picayune police also reported that the owner of the daycare, Wanda Worley, was running the business in an unauthorized residential area. They said Worley had not updated her occupancy permit and was issued citations for violating city ordinances.
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Pence says he didn’t leave office with classified material
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office.
Pence made the comment during an interview with The Associated Press in Iowa a week and a half after the FBI seized classified and top secret information during a search at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Asked directly if he retained any classified information upon leaving office, Pence said, “No, not to my knowledge.”
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from his former boss’s estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws. Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were “all declassified” and argued that he would have turned them over if the Justice Department had asked.
Despite the inclusion of material marked “top secret” in the government’s list of items recovered from Mar-a-Lago, Pence said, “I honestly don’t want to prejudge it before until we know all the facts.”
Pence on Friday also weighed in on Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary defeat earlier in the week to a rival backed by Trump. Cheney, who is arguably Trump’s most prominent Republican critic, has called the former president “a very grave threat and risk to our republic” and further raised his ire through her role as vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“My reaction was, the people of Wyoming have spoken,” said Pence, who was targeted at the Capitol that day by angry rioters, including some who chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!” “And, you know, I accept their judgment about the kind of representation they want on Capitol Hill.”
Pence said he has “great respect” for Cheney’s father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served two terms under President George W. Bush.
“And I appreciate the conservative stance Congresswoman Cheney has taken over the years,” Pence continued. “But I’ve been disappointed in the partisan taint of the Jan. 6 committee from early on.”
Speaking further about the search of Mar-a-Lago, the former vice president raised the possibility, as he has previously, that the investigation was politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to disclose more details on what led authorities to conduct the search.
“The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight,” Pence said Friday. “I know that’s not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency.”
Days ago, while speaking at a political breakfast in New Hampshire, Pence urged his fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at rank-and-file members of the FBI over the search of Mar-a-Lago. At the Wednesday event, he sought to tamp down on some of the increasing threats against the FBI by ardent Trump supporters who are angry that Trump’s home was searched.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence said Wednesday. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop.”
Pence was in Iowa on Friday as part of a two-day trip to the state, which is scheduled to host the 2024 leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. Pence said Friday that he would make a decision early next year about whether to run for the White House, a move that his aides have said will be independent of what Trump decides to do.
Having visited the Iowa State Fair on Friday afternoon, Pence also headlined a fundraiser earlier in the day for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and was scheduled to speak to a Christian conservative group and a northern Iowa county Republican Party fundraiser before leaving Saturday.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's Prop. 65 Conference will be the first in person meeting since the COVID pandemic. Over two hundred businesses, trade associations, attorneys, and regulators are expected to attend the one-day gathering.*
Building on last year's successful virtual event, this year's Prop. 65 Conference will explore the ramifications of the groundbreaking case, Lee v. Amazon, which allows online retailers to be sued for failing to provide a Prop. 65 warning for third party products sold on their websites—despite the existence of a Federal law that shields internet providers from liability over third party provided information.
Other panels will include discussions:
- for stakeholders to reach out to Prop. 65 regulators on issues affecting business;
- on what it means to bring a Prop. 65 action in "the Public Interest";
- on what companies need to do before and after getting a Prop. 65 notice; and
- on regulatory updates on hot button issues concerning, acrylamide, glyphosate, PFAS, cannabis and THC, and BPA.
This year's Prop. 65 Conference will be chaired by Renee D. Wasserman, shareholder at Rogers Joseph O'Donnell. Renee has nearly 40 years of litigation experience representing the retail industry, including helping national retailers and their manufacturers and suppliers comply with Proposition 65. She has represented clients in some of the biggest Prop. 65 cases including Environmental Law Foundation v. Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.; People et al., v. Costco Wholesale Corp. et al.- Prop 65 Fish Cases JCCP; and CERT v Starbucks, Corp., Brad Barry Co. Ltd. et. al.
David Roe, who was instrumental in drafting Prop. 65 in 1987, will be the lunch time speaker.
*Due to continued COVID-19 uncertainties, this year's Conference will be both in person and virtual.
Event Details
Attendees can register at: https://prop65ch.com/conference/registration
Prop. 65 Clearinghouse is a web-based publishing company that was started in 2004 by its publisher, Lana Beckett, as a means to provide stakeholders with a source of independent, unbiased news.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roland Bolduc, a professional driver with FedEx Express, was named Bendix Grand Champion tonight at the conclusion of the 85th National Truck Driving and Step Van Driving Championships.
Bolduc, competing in the sleeper berth, bested a field of 408 drivers with nearly 730 million combined accident-free miles to claim the coveted title of Grand Champion at this year's Super Bowl of Safety.
"Congratulations to Roland and the great team at FedEx for being crowned Bendix Grand Champion," said American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear. "It has been a long road for these drivers to get here, and to emerge as the best of a truly elite group is a tremendous honor. Roland's commitment to safety and professionalism is an example of what this industry and this event are truly about."
This is Bolduc's second Bendix Grand Championship, having won the coveted title in 2017. A resident of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, he has more than 2.5 million safe driving miles in his more than 40-year-long career. Bolduc was named an America's Road Team Captain in 2000.
In addition, ATA crowned Tyler Tollefson, from FedEx Freight, as 2022 Rookie of the Year. To compete as an NTDC rookie, a driver must be a first-time competitor at their state competition who advanced to nationals. This year, there were 22 rookies competing at the National Truck Driving Championships.
ATA also recognized the state of North Carolina with the NTDC Team Championship, placing five drivers into the finals. New York finished second in the team competition and Connecticut finished third.
The National Truck Driving Championships are made possible by dozens of NTDC committee members and volunteers who judge the course, serve as liaisons to the drivers, conduct course walk-throughs and perform a number of other key tasks. As such, ATA and ATA's Safety Management Council honor one volunteer each year with the Sam Gillette Volunteer of the Year Award. This year's Sam Gillette Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Michelle Wells of the South Dakota Trucking Association.
In addition, Anthony Spero, a professional driver with ABF Freight System Inc., was recognized with the Neil Darmstadter Professional Excellence Award as the competitor "who most exemplifies all the best attributes of a professional truck driver."
"NTDC was a tremendous success thanks to all the drivers, staff and volunteers who made it happen," said ATA Chairman Harold Sumerford Jr., president of J&M Tank Lines Inc. "After two long years, it was great to be back and see this competition in person, getting to observe the professionalism and dedication to safety of these drivers was a great privilege."
Champions from each of the nine vehicle classes were also announced. Joining Bolduc on the list of national champions are:
Three-Axle Division
- Wilbert Vano, XPO Logistics Inc. (New Jersey)
- Chris Poynor, XPO Logistics Inc. (Washington)
- Brian Walker, TForce Freight (North Carolina)
Four-Axle Division
- Martin McMahon, RIST Transport (New York)
- Miguel Corral, UPS (Illinois)
- David Rohman, FedEx Express (North Carolina)
Five-Axle Division
- David Guinn, Publix Super Markets Inc. (Florida)
- Timothy Banasiak, UPS (Illinois)
- Alphonso Lewis, Yellow (Alabama)
Flatbed Division
- Eric Ramsdell, Walmart Transportation LLC (Arizona)
- Raymond Waage, FedEx Freight (New York)
- Kenneth Rageth, FedEx Freight (Wyoming)
Sleeper Berth Division
- Roland Bolduc, FedEx Express (Connecticut)
- Eric Courville, FedEx Freight (Louisiana)
- Charles White, Walmart Transportation LLC (Indiana)
Straight Truck Division
- Christopher Shaw, FedEx Express (New Mexico)
- Michael Bills, FedEx Express (North Carolina)
- Jesse Benkert, FedEx Ground (Kentucky)
Tank Truck Division
- Michael Flippin, FedEx Freight (Colorado)
- Heladio Fernandez, FedEx Freight (Oregon)
- Dennis Shirar, Walmart Transportation LLC (Indiana)
Twins Division
- Damien Hebert, XPO Logistics Inc. (Louisiana)
- Leslie Smyth, FedEx Freight (Florida)
- Jeffrey Langenhahn, XPO Logistics Inc. (Wisconsin)
Step Van Division
- Gregory Long, FedEx Express (Maryland)
- Ceth Christensen, UPS (Illinois)
- Jerome De La Cruz, FedEx Express (Alaska)
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward
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CDC: Lettuce on Wendy’s sandwiches possibly linked to E. coli outbreak
Published: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:10 PM EDT|Updated: 56 minutes ago
(CNN) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an E. coli outbreak possibly linked to Wendy’s restaurants.
On Friday, the CDC reported that 37 people in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana had been infected. Ten people have been hospitalized.
The CDC has not yet confirmed the outbreak’s source, but the agency said 22 of 26 sick people reported eating sandwiches at Wendy’s before getting sick.
As a precaution, the restaurant chain said it would stop serving romaine lettuce in the region.
The CDC is currently not advising people to stop eating romaine lettuce or at Wendy’s.
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Daycare worker charged with felony after 3-year-old boy left on hot bus, police say
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) - A daycare worker in Mississippi is facing a felony charge after allegedly leaving a 3-year-old child on a hot company bus.
WLOX reports that 3-year-old Kaysen Breaux was hospitalized after being left inside a daycare bus at First Step Learning Lab on Monday.
The boy’s mother, Stephanie Breaux, said she believes her son was left on the bus for up to two hours.
She said he suffered exhaustion and hypothermia that day, along with an extremely low body temperature that dropped after he got home.
According to Stephanie Breaux, if her son had been inside any longer, he might not have made it out alive.
“I just feared that something like this could happen. You read about it, you see it on the news, that babies die in hot cars. And to know my baby was left, it’s careless,” Stephanie Breaux said.
The Picayune Police Department said the bus driver, 40-year-old Treshay Mashette Quinn, has been charged with child deprivation and booked into the Lenoir Rowell Criminal Justice Center.
“I can’t believe the daycare is still up and running. I’m thankful that she [the bus driver] has been incarcerated for this,” Stephanie Breaux said.
Picayune police also reported that the owner of the daycare, Wanda Worley, was running the business in an unauthorized residential area. They said Worley had not updated her occupancy permit and was issued citations for violating city ordinances.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- For the past 12 years, Dave and Judy Anderson start their days at their favorite beach park -- not just to get some sun, but to do their part to beautify their piece of paradise.
After both retiring as commanders in the U.S. Navy, the Andersons moved across from Ala Moana Beach Park in 2004 -- mainly so they could ride bicycles, run, stand-up paddle and surf.
But then they noticed rubbish piling up on the sidewalks, and they felt they needed to step up.
"It all just started so casually, just by picking up a single piece of trash at a time and putting it in the nearest trash can rather than just ignoring it,” explains Judy.
And soon, they started bringing their own bags and rubbish pickers to clean up the plastic and other junk off the rocks at Magic Island. As Dave explains, they wanted "to see if we could do something to lessen the amount of plastic that goes out to and gets eaten up by the sea life."
Ala Moana fisherman Frankye Besas says their efforts have not been in vain.
"It is important for the 'aina," says Besas. "I would say it's a labor of love. They like to see a beautiful place. Anybody would like to see a beautiful place."
The couple estimates over the years they've kept about 40 tons of trash from polluting the ocean. And they're hoping to inspire others to do the same.
"It's everyone's problem. But if we each pick up our own area, whatever is right around us, then the entire place would become so much cleaner,” says Judy. “It just would be a nicer place to live."
Kristen joined KITV4 in March 2021 after working for the past two decades as a newspaper reporter. Kristen's goal is to produce meaningful journalism that educates, enlightens and inspires to affect positive change in society. | https://www.kitv.com/kakou/na-mea-pono/couple-cleans-up-the-neighborhood----one-piece-of-trash-at-a-time/article_49bfbe88-2028-11ed-986a-eff354eec281.html | 2022-08-20T02:13:19Z |
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Honolulu Little League just won its second game of the Little League Baseball World Series!
The boys from Oahu, representing the West Region, shutout the Metro Region champs -- Massapequa Coast Little League of New York -- 12-0. It was a combined no-hitter.
The game ended in the bottom of the 5th inning because of the 10-run mercy rule, which also states the the teams have to play at least five innings.
"Our team is so good because they pick me up when I'm down, and they always got our back. When we strike out they just carry us on and let us forget about it," said Honolulu Little League leadoff hitter Kekoa Payanal, who scored two home runs.
"We have a great bond. It's a good brotherhood. Like our coach always said, pick each other up, and if your teammate is down, tell him I got you," said Honolulu Little League pitcher Jaron Lancaster, who also scored a home run.
Honolulu Little League's first game of the World Series on Wednesday also ended in the bottom of the 5th because of the mercy rule, when Hawaii beat Washington State 11-1.
As the winner of Game 12 of the World Series, Honolulu Little League moves on to play the Southwest Region champs -- Pearland Little League of Texas -- next Monday, August 22 at 1 p.m. Hawaii time. It will be televised on ESPN2.
The Little League Baseball World Series goes through August 28.
Marisa Yamane joined KITV4 in January 2022 as an anchor and executive producer. She is an award-winning veteran journalist, who’s spent most of her career in Hawaii. She’s a proud graduate of Iolani School and UCLA. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/honolulu-little-league-making-hawaii-proud-winning-its-second-game-of-the-world-series/article_32856da6-2020-11ed-9742-535006ce24f0.html | 2022-08-20T02:13:25Z |
CDC: Lettuce on Wendy’s sandwiches possibly linked to E. coli outbreak
Published: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:10 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an E. coli outbreak possibly linked to Wendy’s restaurants.
On Friday, the CDC reported that 37 people in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana had been infected. Ten people have been hospitalized.
The CDC has not yet confirmed the outbreak’s source, but the agency said 22 of 26 sick people reported eating sandwiches at Wendy’s before getting sick.
As a precaution, the restaurant chain said it would stop serving romaine lettuce in the region.
The CDC is currently not advising people to stop eating romaine lettuce or at Wendy’s.
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CARBONDALE, Pa., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- H&K Perforating, LLC ("H&K Perforating") is notifying individuals of a data privacy event. To date, we have no evidence of actual or attempted misuse of information as a result of this incident. This notice provides details about the incident, H&K Perforating's response, and resources available to help protect information.
What Happened? On or about March 5, 2022, H&K Perforating became aware of suspicious activity on its servers. H&K Perforating immediately took steps to secure its network, and with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists, deployed countermeasures to contain the event. H&K Perforating further began an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity. The investigation found suspicious activity occurred within H&K Perforating system between March 2 and March 5, 2022, including potential access to certain files.
Given that certain information was potentially accessed without authorization, H&K Perforating undertook a comprehensive review of the data to understand the specific information potentially impacted and to whom it related. H&K completed those efforts on June 13, 2022, and thereafter worked to provide notification not potentially impacted individuals as quickly as possible.
What Information Was Involved? The impacted information varied by individual but may include name, address, Social Security number, driver's license, financial accounting information, medical/health information, username/email and password, and digital/electronic signature.
What We Are Doing. H&K Perforating takes this event and the obligation to safeguard the information in its care very seriously. After discovering the suspicious activity, H&K Perforating promptly took steps to confirm its system security, and engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist in conducting a comprehensive investigation of the event to confirm its nature, scope, and impact. H&K Perforating also promptly notified federal law enforcement. Further, as part of its ongoing commitment to the privacy and security of personal information in its care, H&K Perforating is reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures relating to data protection and security. H&K Perforating instituted additional security measures to better protect against future similar events. H&K Perforating is also notifying relevant regulatory authorities, as required.
What Affected Individuals Can Do. Individuals are encouraged to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft by reviewing account statements and credit reports for unusual activity and report any suspicious activity immediately to their financial institution. Additional detail can be found below in the Steps You Can Take to Help Protect Personal Information.
For More Information. H&K Perforating understands that you may have questions that are not addressed in this notice. If you have additional questions or concerns, please call our dedicated call center at 1-800-939-4170 which is available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central Time Monday through Friday (excluding major U.S. holidays). You may also write to H&K Perforating at 5420 W Roosevelt Rd, Suite 314, Chicago, IL 60644.
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO HELP PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
Monitor Your Accounts
Under U.S. law, a consumer is entitled to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call, toll-free, 1-877-322-8228. You may also directly contact the three major credit reporting bureaus listed below to request a free copy of your credit report.
Consumers have the right to place an initial or extended "fraud alert" on a credit file at no cost. An initial fraud alert is a 1-year alert that is placed on a consumer's credit file. Upon seeing a fraud alert display on a consumer's credit file, a business is required to take steps to verify the consumer's identity before extending new credit. If you are a victim of identity theft, you are entitled to an extended fraud alert, which is a fraud alert lasting seven years. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, please contact any one of the three major credit reporting bureaus listed below.
As an alternative to a fraud alert, consumers have the right to place a "credit freeze" on a credit report, which will prohibit a credit bureau from releasing information in the credit report without the consumer's express authorization. The credit freeze is designed to prevent credit, loans, and services from being approved in your name without your consent. However, you should be aware that using a credit freeze to take control over who gets access to the personal and financial information in your credit report may delay, interfere with, or prohibit the timely approval of any subsequent request or application you make regarding a new loan, credit, mortgage, or any other account involving the extension of credit. Pursuant to federal law, you cannot be charged to place or lift a credit freeze on your credit report. To request a security freeze, you will need to provide the following information:
- Full name (including middle initial as well as Jr., Sr., II, III, etc.);
- Social Security number;
- Date of birth;
- Addresses for the prior two to five years;
- Proof of current address, such as a current utility bill or telephone bill;
- A legible photocopy of a government-issued identification card (state driver's license or ID card, etc.); and
- A copy of either the police report, investigative report, or complaint to a law enforcement agency concerning identity theft if you are a victim of identity theft.
Should you wish to place a credit freeze, please contact the three major credit reporting bureaus listed below:
Additional Information
You may further educate yourself regarding identity theft, fraud alerts, credit freezes, and the steps you can take to protect your personal information by contacting the consumer reporting bureaus, the Federal Trade Commission, or your state Attorney General. The Federal Trade Commission may be reached at: 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580; www.identitytheft.gov; 1-877-ID-THEFT (1-877-438-4338); and TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The Federal Trade Commission also encourages those who discover that their information has been misused to file a complaint with them. You can obtain further information on how to file such a complaint by way of the contact information listed above. You have the right to file a police report if you ever experience identity theft or fraud. Please note that in order to file a report with law enforcement for identity theft, you will likely need to provide some proof that you have been a victim. Instances of known or suspected identity theft should also be reported to law enforcement and your state Attorney General. This notice has not been delayed by law enforcement.
For District of Columbia residents, the District of Columbia Attorney General may be contacted at: 400 6th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001; 202-727-3400; and oag@dc.gov.
For Maryland residents, the Maryland Attorney General may be contacted at: 200 St. Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; 1-410-528-8662 or 1-888-743-0023; and www.oag.state.md.us.
For New Mexico residents, you have rights pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, such as the right to be told if information in your credit file has been used against you, the right to know what is in your credit file, the right to ask for your credit score, and the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information. Further, pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the consumer reporting bureaus must correct or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information; consumer reporting agencies may not report outdated negative information; access to your file is limited; you must give your consent for credit reports to be provided to employers; you may limit "prescreened" offers of credit and insurance you get based on information in your credit report; and you may seek damages from violator. You may have additional rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act not summarized here. Identity theft victims and active duty military personnel have specific additional rights pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. We encourage you to review your rights pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act by visiting www.consumerfinance.gov/f/201504_cfpb_summary_your-rights-under-fcra.pdf, or by writing Consumer Response Center, Room 130-A, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
For New York residents, the New York Attorney General may be contacted at: Office of the Attorney General, The Capitol, Albany, NY 12224-0341; 1-800-771-7755; or https://ag.ny.gov/.
For North Carolina residents, the North Carolina Attorney General may be contacted at: 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-9001; 1-877-566-7226 or 1-919-716-6000; and www.ncdoj.gov.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Unity Software Inc. (NYSE: U) between March 5, 2021 and May 10, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 6, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Unity 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 Unity class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7381 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 September 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. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. 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) deficiencies in Unity's product platform reduced the accuracy of the Company's machine learning technology; (2) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on Unity's revenues; (3) accordingly, Unity had overstated its commercial and/or financial prospects for 2022; (4) as a result, Unity was likely to have to reduce its fiscal 2022 guidance; and (5) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Unity class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7381 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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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) between May 31, 2019 and July 8, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Uber 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 Uber class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7523 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 October 17, 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) Uber had defective disclosure controls and procedures; (2) Uber concealed and/or downplayed the full scope and severity of its prior misconduct, including, among other things, the extent to which it secretly lobbied government officials and politicians to bypass legal and regulatory requirements, as well as knowingly risked the safety of Uber drivers, to fuel the Company's global growth; (3) as a result, Uber's present global footprint and market share is in significant part the byproduct of previously undisclosed, unsustainable, and illegal business practices; (4) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Uber's reputation, as well as subject the Company to a heightened risk of governmental and regulatory scrutiny and enforcement action; and (5) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Uber class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7523 mailto: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.
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James (Jim) Lew Angell 1958-Lifelong journalist Jim Angell died Wednesday, August 17, at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was 64. Born in Spokane, Wash., on May 29, 1958, he was raised by his parents, Carol and Darrel Dean Angell, who were wheat farmers in Walla Walla, Wash. He was an only child. Angell graduated from Walla Walla High School in 1976 and earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Washington State University in 1981. He worked as a reporter at the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash. for several years, where he made friendships that would last the rest of his life. He moved to Cheyenne in 1985 to take a job with the Associated Press, where he worked until 1998. He began dating Mary Shannon, then a reporter for the Wyoming Eagle, during the 1989 Wyoming legislative session, and the two were married on May 5, 1990. Their daughter Amanda was born in 1997. Angell was a devoted and loving father to his only child, Amanda. He taught her to play video games, look for unbiased facts in the news and never be ashamed to be herself. Angell was pleased to welcome into the family Tanner Carroll, Amanda’s husband-to-be, and he frequently enjoyed losing to him in video games. Angell became the executive director of the Wyoming Press Association in 1998. A stalwart champion of government transparency, he lobbied the legislature to ensure open government and educated reporters and elected officials on Wyoming’s open meetings and public records law. In 2019, he received from the WPA the Milton Chilcott Award for his “extraordinary efforts to defend access to public information.” Known for his integrity, Angell was dedicated to the Wyoming news industry and very fond of the people across the state who are part of it. His unfailing sense of humor, carefree approach toward life and love of fun made him many friends. As WPA director, Angell planned conventions for the state’s newspaper people. He not only scheduled workshops and social functions but also wrapped up each convention by leading a jam session with his fellow journalists, encouraging everyone to sing along until late into the night. As a guitarist and singer/songwriter, Angell played in five bands in Cheyenne: Jammin’ Easy, Musical Chairs, Bridge Too Far, No Particular Reason and Another Round. He and his wife were co-founders of the Cheyenne Celtic Festival, which began in 2005. They also led children’s worship at Calvary Chapel in Cheyenne from 2014 until Angell became ill. In 2017, the Angells formed the Wyoming News Exchange, a cooperative service for the state’s newspapers that continues today. Following his retirement from the WPA in 2018, Angell helped to found the Cowboy State Daily, an online news source, in 2019 and worked as its managing editor until his illness. He also learned to do voiceover work and narrated four audio books for Boulder Colo. romance novelist L.A. Sartor. Angell and his wife visited Ireland twice, and he fell in love with the country’s culture — particularly its music — and its warm, welcoming people. During the last few years of his life, Angell grew out his beard and donned a red suit for his “seasonal work” during the Christmas season. He was well-suited for the job. Children who visited Santa were often treated to a chorus of “Jingle Bells”, and parents as well as children were entertained by his witty banter. He was preceded in death by his parents and by Jeff “Kong” Shields of Walla Walla, Wash., a close family friend whom Angell considered a brother. He is survived by his wife and daughter. Arrangements for a celebration of life are pending but will be held in Cheyenne most likely the first part of November. When finalized, details will be posted on schradercares.com. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Wyoming Press Association Foundation at 2121 Evans Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001. 2022 | https://www.wyomingnews.com/milestones/obituaries/angell-james-jim-lew/article_2ada37c5-cfe3-592e-a9f5-c83205e1e134.html | 2022-08-20T02:47:47Z |
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Scott Clemens 1946-2022 Scott Clemens was born July 7, 1946, in Ft Dodge, IA. To Don and Shirley Clemens. Scott passed away on July 21, 2022 in Cheyenne Wyoming at the age of 76. Scott graduated from Mt Ayr High School in 1965. In January of 1968 both Scott and his brother Steve joined the Air Force. He was stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force base in Cheyenne, he had a position with the base police security. He then spent 2 years in Goose Bay Labrador and then returned to Warren Air Force base in Cheyenne. While working in the Air Force, Scott worked part time cutting meat at Albertsons. During his military service and after his service, he volunteered for Cheyenne Frontier Days and was a part of the contracts acts committee, which included the chuck wagon racing. In 1990 he was inducted into the "Heels" which is an honorary organization for the volunteers of CFD. After leaving the Air Force, Scott began his own business of processing wild game at Mike Smiths gun and hunting store here in Cheyenne for about 4 years. Then he moved onto selling real estate for Number One Properties, until he retired. Scott is survived by his two brothers: Steve Clemens of Cheyenne and Kevin Clemens of Branson, MS.
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Beverly Carne Fisher 1928-2022 Beverly Carne Fisher, 93, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many, passed away peacefully at home in Solana Beach, CA. Bev was born in Sonora, CA and grew up in the California Mother Lode in the small town of Pine Grove. She graduated from Sutter Creek High School and attended the University of California, Berkeley. Beverly was initiated into Eta Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and met her future husband, Delbert, during their senior year at UC Berkeley. Bev and Del graduated in 1950 and were married on January 28, 1951 in Jackson, CA. The couple moved to San Francisco where Bev worked as an Elementary school teacher and Del attended UCSF School of Medicine. In 1955 Del was drafted and chose the Air Force. The couple moved to Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas where their first child, David was born. After finishing Del's military service in 1957, the couple moved to Oregon where Del furthered his medical career. While in Oregon the Fisher's became parents of twins, Mary and Tom. In 1960, Del was recruited to the University of Arkansas pediatric department. Beverly was busy at home raising three children but in between swim team, boy scouts, school lessons and homework, she was very involved in the League of Women Voters and served as Justice of the Peace. In 1968, Del was recruited to the pediatric department at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center to head the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism and the couple moved the family to Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Many successful careers stem from a productive partnership. This was certainly the case with Del and Bev. Beverly not only has been the source of personal support but after the children went off to college, she worked as collaborator serving as managing editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (1978-1983) and Pediatric Research (1984-1989). In 1991 Bev and Del took on a new challenge when Del became the head of the Reference Laboratories for Nichols Institute. The couple relocated to Dana Point, CA. She remained a huge support to her husband and stood by his side through several company mergers. Del was named VP for Science and Innovation at Quest Diagnostics. Beverly was known by her family as "Mission Control", Mission for short, as she was the lynch pin for the family. Her love and support provided the sustaining infrastructure facilitating Del's productive public service career. Bev loved to needlepoint, had a "green thumb" for growing plants, and was a lover of the arts. Beverly is survived by her husband, Dr. Delbert Fisher of Solana Beach, CA; her children Thomas Fisher (Judy) of Del Mar, CA; Mary Slater (Rich) of Cheyenne, WY; her four grandchildren, Mattie Johnson, Grace Johnson, Robert Slater and Chet Slater. She is preceded in death by her parents Raymond and Gladys Carne, stepfather Robert Little, son David Fisher (Donna), and granddaughter Sarah Jean Johnson.
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Mary Virginia Kelso 1923-2022 Mary Virginia Kelso was born June 8, 1923 in Broadview, Montana to William B. and Anna Belle Woodman. She attended school in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, graduating from Colorado State College of Education in Greeley, Colorado in 1945. She taught music and commercial subjects in Kimball, Nebraska until 1947 where she met and married Ronald R. "Red" Kelso. They operated a photography studio in Kimball until 1952 when they moved to Cheyenne where she taught piano and theory until 2010. She was a charter member of the Cheyenne Music Teachers Association, past president of the Cheyenne Music Study Club, X-JWC and Memorial Hospital Association, and Past Matron of Mitzpah No. 36, OES.8710 She was an adjudicator for the National Federation of Music Teachers for fourteen years, judging in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Minnesota. She also judged for the National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festivals in Colorado and the Colorado State Music Teachers Association Auditions. She moved to Palm Springs, California in 2015 to be closer to family. She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Richard and Sylvia Kelso of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Jon Kelson and Vincent Maynard of Palm Springs, California; two grandchildren, Kristen and Simon Pilbrow of London, England and Michael Kelso of Pensacola, Florida; nieces, Cynthia Van Hooser of Arvada, Colorado, Mary Lou and Bill Bass of Thornton, Colorado, and Kathryn Walker of Sharon Springs, Kansas; nephew, Robert and Cynthia Carboni in Gretna, Louisiana; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, in Beth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Services are under the care of Schrader, Aragon and Jacoby Funeral Home and condolences may be offered at www.schradercares.com.
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Jack E Ruhter 1928-2022 JACK RUHTER, 93, died peacefully at home in the early morning hours on August 11th. Jack was born Sept. 8, 1928, in Sidney, Neb. to Robert and Effie Ruhter. One of 3 children Jack was raised on various family farms in the surrounding area. In 1950 he married Mary Jo Ross. They lived in Cheyenne-working and raising their two children, Tamera and Steven. Jack was a great salesman! He sold large equipment, then found a career managing the International Harvester Dealership in Cheyenne. He loved selling Scouts and Travelalls. Many friends and family owned something from his dealership. Jack enjoyed the outdoors. As a family, they spent many summers camping and fishing. Jack and Jo traveled to the Tetons hunting elk for twenty-some years. After retirement Jo and Jack enjoyed many years in Saratoga, Wy. They loved the small community and many friends. Jack is survived by his daughter, Tamera Korthals; four sisters-in-law, Jane Aikin, Milly Westphalen, Elizabeth Ross, Deanna Ross, and Marilyn Ross; and one brother-in law, Claude Ross. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jo; son, Steven; his Mom and Dad, Robert Ruhter and Effie Moore; one brother, Harold Ruhter; one sister, Roberta Volpe; brothers-in-law, Dick Ross, David Ross, Vernon Westphalen, and Don Aikin. Jack lived a long-life enjoying friends and family. It was his wish that no services be held. A family celebration will be held at a later time.
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Sidney "Sid" Mark Setbacken 1936-2022 September 12, 1936 to August 17, 2022 Sid was born September 12, 1936 to Eugene and Esther Setbacken in Volga, South Dakota, the family moved to Cheyenne in 1944 where he would later graduate from Cheyenne High School in 1954. Sid married Jacquelyn (Jackie) Chandler on August 4, 1957, from this union came three children Alan, Jacque, and Charlyne. Sid Enlisted in the Wyoming Air National Guard on March 24th, 1954, where he would serve for 31 years and retire in 1986. After retirement from the Wyoming Air National Guard, he worked another 15 years for the Laramie County Assessor's Office. He was a 50-year Volunteer for Cheyenne Frontier Days on the Contract Acts Committee and a CFD HEEL. Sid enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Sid is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jackie, his three children Alan (Annette) Setbacken, Jacque (Gary) Crawford, Charlyne (Todd) Vosler, 2 sisters Jeannie Mosher and Charlyne Florence, 7-grandchildren Kyle (Kristin) Setbacken, Cameron (Hallie) Setbacken, Jennifer (Rudy) Villarreal, Stacey (Mark) Brown, Kelsey (Joshua) Todd, William (Kenya) Crawford, and Oliver Crawford, 11-great grandchildren, and 3 great-great grandchildren. Sid was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Jimmy and Bobby Setbacken, sister Bonnie Hunnicutt, and grandson Jesse Smith. Sid will be missed by many and forever remembered by his big smile and even bigger stories. A celebration of life will be held September 11th from 1 pm to 4pm at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Buckle Club. 1230 W. 8th Street Cheyenne, WY 82001. If desired, donations may be made to the Cheyenne Frontier days memorial foundation or a charity of your choice in Sid's name.
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William Robert (Bob) Twyford 1926-William Robert (Bob) Twyford passed away at Windsor, Colorado, on August 11, 2022, at the age of 95 years. He was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on December 28, 1926. He finished high school there, entered the Navy from 1944-1946, and then went back to college, receiving a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. While working in New Mexico, he met and married Wavis Scoggin in 1952 at Kenna, New Mexico. Having joined the Federal Highway Administration in 1951, they moved around the west frequently, and Bob spent the next 8 years working on highways in the National Forests and Parks. Bob moved the family to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1959. He was involved with the design and construction of Interstate and primary highways, mainly in Southeast Wyoming. Upon retirement from the District office in Cheyenne in 1982, he received a certification signed by Governor Herschler certifying him as a “Wyoming Cowboy”. He never mentioned that to his farm and ranch friends. Bob's wife Wavis passed away in 2010; they had been married for 57 years. He is survived by daughter Jan, sons Loren and Blake, 5 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by son Thomas P. Twyford, brother Loran C. Twyford, and sisters Mary Twyford Aurich and Margaret Twyford Berry. Cremation has taken place under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home in Windsor, Colorado. Per Bob’s request, there will be no funeral or memorial service. 2022
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Wilkinson, Jon Aug 19, 2022 1 hr ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 1945-2022 Jon Wilkinson, 77, of Fort Collins died August 17. Service details at goesfuneralcare.com. To plant a tree in memory of Jon Wilkinson as a living tribute, please visit Tribute Store. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Jon Wilkinson Fort Collins Service Detail Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus This page displays the most recent milestones from each section. To see more please click "View More..." below each section. SUBMIT AN OBITUARY Add your obituaries with us. Submit SUBMIT AN ENGAGEMENT Let us announce your engagements. Submit SUBMIT A WEDDING Let us announce your wedding. Submit SUBMIT AN ANNIVERSARY Let us announce your anniversary. Submit SUBMIT BIRTHS Let us show off your little one's birth. Submit SUBMIT A BIRTHDAY Let us announce your birthday. Submit | https://www.wyomingnews.com/milestones/obituaries/wilkinson-jon/article_7c464cff-fc02-57bb-9e1e-39b932047b2b.html | 2022-08-20T02:49:26Z |
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Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – The Laramie County district attorney has declined to charge a woman arrested earlier this month in a fatal stabbing, saying current evidence points to the incident being self-defense.
The local sheriff’s office says it continues to investigate “with the goal of bringing charges” against the woman.
Rocsand Bocanegra, 42, was arrested late Aug. 9 by Laramie County Sheriff’s deputies after she’d been identified as a person of interest in a fatal stabbing earlier the day before.
Bocanegra was held on a second-degree homicide charge at the Laramie County jail until just before midnight Aug. 12. Anyone not formally charged within 72 hours of their arrest must be released, said LCSO Undersheriff Capt. Kevin James.
The sheriff’s office identified the victim in the fatal stabbing as 58-year-old Jess Smith of Cheyenne.
In an Aug. 12 letter to an LCSO detective, DA Leigh Anne Manlove outlined how Wyoming statutes related to self-defense did not permit her to charge Bocanegra at that time. Manlove provided that letter to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
“Your investigation established that Ms. Bocanegra told you that Mr. Smith was ‘wailing’ on her, hitting her with closed fists and ‘giving me his all,’ and trying to ‘maul’ her,” the district attorney wrote. “The autopsy showed that Mr. Smith had injuries to his hands, consistent with being in a physical fight. Your observations of Ms. Bocanegra were that she had injuries consistent with being physically assaulted.
“Additionally, Ms. Bocanegra told you that she tried to push Mr. Smith off of her, that their encounter was ‘scary’ and it ‘shocked’ her, and that she was defending herself. She even went so far as to say that she just ‘wanted him to stop hitting me’ as justification for using the knife.”
Manlove added that, according to the sheriff’s office’s investigation, Bocanegra was living at the Mitchell Court residence where the stabbing took place, and had been there “for the previous two weeks.” None of the other residents said she was “not lawfully present” at the home.
There is also “no evidence to suggest that Ms. Bocanegra was the initial aggressor,” Manlove said in the letter.
“To the contrary, your investigation determined that it was Mr. Smith who left his bedroom and came into the area where Ms. Bocanegra was, and the two started arguing verbally. There are no witnesses, other than Ms. Bocanegra, to the physical interaction between her and Mr. Smith,” the DA continued. “All of the physical evidence in your investigation supports Ms. Bocanegra’s version of what happened.”
Other evidence gathered so far, “including the text messages from Ms. Bocanegra and the people with whom she spoke on the phone prior to the stabbing, as well as the witnesses who were physically present in the home, do not create a homicide case of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and as such, criminal prosecution at this point in time is not warranted,” Manlove wrote.
“There is not a statute of limitations under Wyoming law, so I encourage you to continue investigating this case, because it is entirely possible that the people in the home know more than they are saying, or that there is a video of Ms. Bocanegra and Mr. Smith’s physical fight, or that she may inculpate herself to others as time goes by; there may be additional evidence that proves, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Ms. Bocanegra was not acting in self-defense and therefore could be charged,” the letter concluded.
James told the WTE Friday that the sheriff’s office is “absolutely still investigating” the case.
“I can tell you that we see the evidence differently than the district attorney’s office does,” James said in an interview.
The undersheriff said he was aware of a “level of frustration” in the community over the case.
“I guess all I can do is try to assure people that we will investigate this case as thoroughly as possible with the goal of bringing charges to Ms. Bocanegra,” James said.
At 5:26 a.m. Aug. 8, deputies responded to the 700 block of Mitchell Court for a report of a man who was stabbed at that location, according to LCSO news releases. Deputies arrived on scene and located the male victim, later identified as Smith, suffering from a stab wound.
Smith was transported to the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Hannah Black is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s criminal justice reporter. She can be reached at hblack@wyomingnews.com or 307-633-3128. Follow her on Twitter at @hannahcblack. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/laramie-county-da-declines-to-charge-woman-arrested-in-stabbing-death/article_39d81b68-1ff2-11ed-bfc1-c7e38abcefc3.html | 2022-08-20T02:49:38Z |
Should abortion be on the ballot? West Virginians share their thoughts
Published: Aug. 19, 2022 at 11:28 PM EDT|Updated: 15 minutes ago
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - As Republicans and Democrats at the state level discuss whether they’d like to see abortion on a statewide ballot as a W.Va. constitutional amendment, WVVA took to the streets to see what voters themselves think of the idea.
Check out the video above to see their answers!
Copyright 2022 WVVA. All rights reserved. | https://www.wvva.com/2022/08/20/should-abortion-be-ballot-west-virginians-share-their-thoughts/ | 2022-08-20T03:44:30Z |
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