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] | 2016-08-28T04:47:55 | null | 2016-08-27T23:20:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fwire%2Fstate-wire%2F28697%2Fbiden-headed-to-clinton-rally-in-youngstown-on-thursday-2.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28697/biden-headed-to-clinton-rally-in-youngstown-on-thursday-2 | en | null | Biden headed to Clinton rally in Youngstown on Thursday | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is headed to northeast Ohio to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The Clinton campaign says exact details of Biden’s trip Thursday will be released soon. He’s expected to attend an event in the Mahoning Valley centered in Youngstown and another in Cleveland.
The region is considered critical to winning Ohio, a key political battleground. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been in both Akron and Youngstown this month.
Large numbers of Democrats in Mahoning County crossed over this spring to vote in the Republican primary — raising the possibility the blue-collar county, once a Democratic stronghold, could go for Trump this fall.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik), then a presidential candidate, defeated Trump and other Republicans in Ohio’s GOP primary. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28697/biden-headed-to-clinton-rally-in-youngstown-on-thursday-2 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/a692b02dbc996ef99a5e91665c4d6509296184c90e9876f07abac2d5038448d4.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T02:49:50 | null | 2016-08-30T22:16:29 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fwire%2Fstate-wire%2F29057%2Fap-oh-ohio-news-coverage-advisory-900-am-oh-5.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/29057/ap-oh-ohio-news-coverage-advisory-900-am-oh-5 | en | null | AP-OH-Ohio News Coverage Advisory 9:00 am, OH | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | Good morning! Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up in Ohio. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the AP Columbus bureau at 614-885-2727 or APColumbus@ap.org. Lisa Cornwell is on the desk. Andrew Welsh-Huggins, interim AP Ohio news editor, can be reached at 800-762-4841 or 614-885-2727 or awelsh@ap.org.
A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories and digests will keep you up to date. All times are Eastern.
Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with all updates.
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TOP STORIES
CAMPAIGN 2016-KASICH
CONCORD, N.H. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is campaigning again in New Hampshire. By Kathleen Ronayne. SENT: 830 words. AP Photos.
EARN-ABERCROMBIE FITCH
NEW ALBANY — Abercrombie & Fitch Co. reports a wider fiscal second quarter loss as both U.S. and international sales fell. SENT: 220 words.
IN BRIEF:
— HIT-AND-RUN-WOMAN KILLED: Authorities say a man has been charged in the death of a woman who was hit by a vehicle and killed in Ohio.
— TRUMP-OHIO: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is coming back to Ohio this week.
— CLEVELAND CRASH-OFFICER HURT: A Cleveland police officer has been hospitalized following a crash.
— CHILD PORN-PROFESSOR: A former University of Cincinnati professor has admitted to trading child pornography over the internet.
— ZOO EXHIBIT CLOSING: The Akron Zoo is closing its underwater exhibit.
— TURNPIKE TOLL PASS: Operators of the Ohio Turnpike say they’ve hit a new milestone with its E-Z Pass program.
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If you have stories of regional or statewide interest, please email them to APColumbus@ap.org. If you have photos of regional or statewide interest, please send them to the AP state photo center in New York, 888-273-6867. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact AP Customer Support at apcustomersupport@ap.org or 877-836-9477.
MARKETPLACE: Calling your attention to the Marketplace in AP Exchange, where you can find member-contributed content from Ohio and other states. The Marketplace is accessible on the left navigational pane of the AP Exchange home page, near the bottom. For both national and state, you can click “All” or search for content by topics such as education, politics and business. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/29057/ap-oh-ohio-news-coverage-advisory-900-am-oh-5 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/3f0bd15defa755d3cf4acdb68f160fd2f32d7bec3c6b3ec2c4654cb0aaa6b6e6.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T04:48:50 | null | 2016-08-28T23:13:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fwire%2Fstate-wire%2F28822%2Foh-lottery-1429.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28822/oh-lottery-1429 | en | null | Urbana Daily Citizen | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | CLEVELAND (AP) _ These Ohio lotteries were drawn Saturday:
10-11-19-20-28-42, Kicker: 6-7-7-4-3-0
(ten, eleven, nineteen, twenty, twenty-eight, forty-two; Kicker: six, seven, seven, four, three, zero)
Estimated jackpot: $1.6 million
Estimated jackpot: $84 million
4-8-8
(four, eight, eight)
6-2-9
(six, two, nine)
1-0-6-7
(one, zero, six, seven)
2-6-9-0
(two, six, nine, zero)
7-0-6-9-0
(seven, zero, six, nine, zero)
4-1-6-5-1
(four, one, six, five, one)
04-32-48-49-63, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2
(four, thirty-two, forty-eight, forty-nine, sixty-three; Powerball: twenty; Power Play: two)
18-23-31-32-35
(eighteen, twenty-three, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $130,000 | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28822/oh-lottery-1429 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/8244471f16cfea932b4b3255228b4700326e79dd0fc88f64990e546be38a1ee0.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T02:48:36 | null | 2016-08-28T22:48:10 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fsports%2F28778%2Fracing-action-rained-out-again-at-shady-bowl.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/28778/racing-action-rained-out-again-at-shady-bowl | en | null | Racing action rained out again at Shady Bowl | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | DeGRAFF – It was the same story at Shady Bowl Speedway on Saturday as once again, rain and lightning forced management to cancel the weekend’s racing program. The Main Event Racing Series was to have been on hand to run a 100-lap feature for the super late models. In addition it was also “Kids Night” with big wheel races and a penny scramble for the young fans. It was also to be the final points race for pure stocks, compacts and tuners. No make-up date has been set for the cancelled program.
Shady Bowl will not be racing on Saturday, Sept. 3. This will give local drivers and fans a chance to attend Speedfest at Winchester in Indiana.
Shady Bowl will also be shut down on Sept. 10. This date marks the last race ever at Columbus Motor Speedway after 71 years of racing. Shady Bowl administrators want to afford fans and drivers one more chance to see racing at the Obetz oval. The next race at Shady Bowl will be on Sunday, Sept. 11. | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/28778/racing-action-rained-out-again-at-shady-bowl | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/2b549e920004017632fd1d23e6b9efaa93f41ac0d0ae824b9f9a09e36787598f.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T04:49:35 | null | 2016-08-30T23:16:54 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fsports%2F29074%2Ftigers-knock-off-indians-in-ohc-volleyball.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/29074/tigers-knock-off-indians-in-ohc-volleyball | en | null | Tigers knock off Indians in OHC volleyball | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | West Liberty-Salem beat Mechanicsburg, 18-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-23, in OHC volleyball on Tuesday.
For WL-S, Alex Burton had 11 kills, Regan Hormann had 7 kills, Sydnee Payer had 6 kills, Tory Cordell had 6 kills, 9 digs and 5 aces, Kaylee Harrison had 5 kills, Olivia Ames led the defense with 19 digs and 5 aces, Allie Yoder had 13 assists and 4 aces, Breeann Koons had 13 assists and 3 aces and Hallie Strapp had 7 digs and an ace.
M’burg won the jayvee match, 25-19, 13-25, 25-13.
For WL-S, Jaelen Meeker had 7 assists, Lexi Mullen had 3 kills and 4 digs, Leah Kauffman had 2 kills, Peyton Orahood had 7 aces, Abby Dillon had 5 digs and Cukki Kabua had 5 digs.
Urbana wins in volleyball
Urbana beat Tecumseh, 25-22, 25-19, 26-24, in CBC volleyball on Tuesday.
For the Hillclimbers, Hunter Rogan had 12 kills, Megan Ridder had 4 kills and 4 blocks, Nicole Brumbaugh had 8 digs, Mackenzie Bean had 9 kills, Taylor Adams had 21 assists, Kim Asper had 3 kills and Olivia Dunham had 15 digs.
In the jayvee match, Tecumseh won 28-26, 25-14.
Maddy Johnson had 3 aces, 5 kills and a block for the Hillclimbers while Jessica Murray added an ace, 4 kills and 4 digs.
Urbana’s varsity team is 3-1, 1-1.
Graham prevails in volleyball
Graham beat Bellefontaine in CBC volleyball action on Tuesday, 25-11, 25-13, 25-23. For Graham (1-2, 1-0), Carly Carafa 20 kills and 13 digs, Katie Milligan had 9 kills and 3 aces and Molly Hamilton added 38 assists.
Cardinals sweep in golf
Triad defeated Catholic Central, 173-185, in boys golf on Tuesday.
For the Cardinals (1-5 OHC), Caleb Young shot a 38 and Alec Ober carded a 41 to lead the way. Creighton Bradley shot a 45, Zach Warner had a 49 and Braxton Perry shot a 52.
The Triad girls defeated Southeastern, 228-246. For THS (5-2 OHC), Macy Linscott shot a 49. Jess Woodard had a 59, Kaleigh Boldman shot a 60, Jen Pelfrey shot a 60 and Kallie Smith had a 66.
Indians nip WL-S in golf
Mechanicsburg nipped WL-S, 157-158, in OHC boys golf on Tuesday.
For the Tigers, Dillon Callicoat had a 38, Max Eggleston a 39, Kannon Stillings a 40 and Michael Frederick a 41.
For the Indians, Caleb Westfall had a 37 and Keane Dunn a 38.
Junior high volleyball
WL-S 8th grade volleyball lost to Fairbanks, 25-16, 25-23. Kaleigh Wilcox had 2 aces, while Madeline Hutton and Olivia Muirhead each had an ace for the Tigers.
WL-S’s 7th graders lost to Fairbanks, 25-8, 25-18. Braxton Givens had an ace for the Tigers.
Junior high cross country
WL-S won the Logan County meet on Tuesday. Running for the Tigers were Dylan Lauck (3rd), Hayden Kennedy (5th), Isaac Brown (8th), Tate Yoder (12th), Isaac Reams (13th), Owen Johnson (21st) and Aiden Estep (22nd).
Triad also competed with Drew Campbell (9th), Joe Ferguson (14th), Zane Robison (25th), Dylanger Parker (26th) and Jacob Warner (28th).
For the girls, WL-S won the event with Katelyn Stapleton (1st), Megan Adams (2nd), Madison Bahan (3rd), Haley Smith (6th), Mandilyn Weaver (7th), Maria Henderson (9th) and Lili Davis (27th) running.
Triad competed with Baylie Plank (14th) and Cheyenne Parker (23rd) in the field.
Junior high football
Bellefontaine defeated Urbana, 16-6, in junior high football. Jordan Dolby returned a blocked punt for a touchdown for UJHS. | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/29074/tigers-knock-off-indians-in-ohc-volleyball | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/43eb64b58e75da36a8e25925e4aafa35d76b307715bb6ebfe85a03c16a8f5ed5.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T04:49:38 | null | 2016-08-30T23:16:25 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fnews%2F29070%2Fmhdas-board-hopes-to-pass-levy-nov-8.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/29070/mhdas-board-hopes-to-pass-levy-nov-8 | en | null | MHDAS board hopes to pass levy Nov. 8 | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | The Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS) Board of Logan and Champaign Counties hopes to pass an operating levy this November.
The board is seeking passage of a 0.7 mill, five-year replacement levy for both counties. In 2011, a 0.7 mill levy passed in Champaign County, 58.21 percent to 41.79 percent, while Logan County voters passed the same levy, 57.98 percent to 42.02 percent.
This year’s levy is expected to generate $1,353,000 annually combined from the two counties.
Dr. David Higgins, executive director of MHDAS, said the goal of the levy is to allow the board to continue numerous services provided to both counties. Higgins said the levy accounts for 42 percent of the board’s funding.
Higgins said while people know the board provides outpatient and inpatient services for mental health, drug and alcohol to people of all ages, there are other efforts the board is involved with people may not be aware of.
“We’re stewards of their dollars so what we want to do is make sure that we’re using their dollars in the best way,” Higgins said. “We’re involved in a lot of different activities across the community.”
Higgins said a number of the community programs associated with the board would not be able to continue without the levy.
The long varying list of services includes working with county health districts for maternal depression screenings, working with the Family and Children First Council to help families who need help, working with the Logan/Champaign Counties Suicide Prevention Coalition and Champaign County Opiate Task Force.
Higgins said Botvin Lifeskills are provided in the 3rd grade and 9th grade to help children make good decisions concerning drugs and other life choices.
Another outreach program Higgins referenced is Volunteers for Adult Life Enhancement (V.A.L.E.), a volunteer adult guardianship program for adults in need, including adults with developmental disabilities or mental health needs.
“We help provide funding for people with mental health problems that need support,” Higgins said. “A lot of times in people with consistent mental health problems the family pulls away.”
Higgins said the board also offers training sessions for mental health first aid, an evidence-based program he said helps people help those with mental health problems.
The board also does crisis intervention training with law enforcement, dispatchers and jail personnel, to help them respond to people with mental health problems.
“We have over 90 percent of the people on police and sheriff departments in both counties trained in crisis intervention training,” Higgins said. “What the police have seen is they have another way to handle a person, we’ve had less arrests, we’ve had less incidents since they started using (crisis intervention training).
The board also provides Bridges out of Poverty, a program to help people understand the effects of poverty and help those in need move beyond poverty.
Moving forward, Higgins said, the goal is to work with the community to make sure needed services are available.
By Nick Walton nwalton@civitasmedia.com
Nick Walton can be reached at 937-652-1331 Ext. 1777 or on Twitter @UDCWalton.
Nick Walton can be reached at 937-652-1331 Ext. 1777 or on Twitter @UDCWalton. | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/29070/mhdas-board-hopes-to-pass-levy-nov-8 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/afc1b00acb0a35767707d09893057f42d724cb3e700331ce5b264af38a296e8b.json |
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“It was a good feeling knowing that your guys were able to balance adversity during the game and come out on top,” UHS Coach Jon Daniels said.
Nick Johnson starred for the Hillclimbers, catching a couple of long touchdown passes from Preston Shields. Cooper Johnson nailed an 18-yard field goal for the win as time expired.
Fellow CBC member Graham wasn’t so fortunate in its lightning-delayed debut Friday against Tippecanoe. The Red Devils jumped out 51-0 before giving up fourth-quarter scores to Graham’s Austin Brayton and Jarett Knoop.
Brayton scored from 44 yards and Knoop from 33 yards, but Graham was unable to convert on either PAT and settled for the 51-12 loss.
“They played well and they’re disciplined. We were getting beat 37-0 and still came back and played hard on Saturday morning (when the game resumed),” Coach AJ Woods said.
West Liberty-Salem had a rough turnaround, with a late night Friday and an early morning drive back to Germantown to finish a delayed game against Valley View. With their backs up against it, WL-S fell short, 39-34.
“It was certainly a challenge. I think the last kid was picked up about 12:30 on Friday night and then we pulled out at 7:30 the next morning, so it was a short night,” WL-S Coach Dan McGill said. “I can’t ask those kids to play any harder than they did. We just came up short against a really good team.”
At Triad, first-year coach Joe Cardinal’s Cardinals came up with a sore result, with a 49-0 losing margin to Indian Lake being called final after a long delay at halftime.
And at Mechanicsburg, the Indians cleaned up some bumpy plays to blow out West Jefferson 49-18 behind four rushing touchdowns by Kaleb Romero.
By Justin Miller jmiller@civitasmedia.com
Reach Justin Miller at 652-1331 (ext. 1776) or on Twitter @UDC_Miller.
Reach Justin Miller at 652-1331 (ext. 1776) or on Twitter @UDC_Miller. | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/28776/local-football-teams-finish-week-one | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/9f709a45a680b322093adda1161ed014ecc30de42e905878d105bd5e0d2c3ee6.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T04:49:14 | null | 2016-08-29T23:07:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fwire%2Fstate-wire%2F28943%2Fkasich-backs-sununu-in-tight-gop-primary-for-governor-2.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28943/kasich-backs-sununu-in-tight-gop-primary-for-governor-2 | en | null | Kasich backs Sununu in tight GOP primary for governor | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is endorsing Chris Sununu in the state’s tightly contested Republican gubernatorial primary, calling the executive councilor a pragmatic conservative in his own mold.
“I only have a couple years left in my term and my job now is to try to figure out who I can pass the baton too, the pragmatic conservative baton, so they can carry on with the next leg of the run,” Kasich said Monday.
Sununu is the only non-incumbent in a contested primary who the Ohio governor is endorsing, Kasich’s advisers said. The support raises Sununu’s visibility in the final weeks of a primary that’s flown largely under the radar. Sununu faces Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas, state Sen. Jeanie Forrester and state Rep. Frank Edelblut in the Sept. 13 primary.
Sununu said he’s “humbled,” to win the support of Kasich, given his record during two terms leading Ohio. Sununu did not endorse Kasich in the New Hampshire presidential primary, but his brother, former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu did. The family ties seemed to play a large role in the endorsement.
“He understands what it takes to run a state, to do it in a compassionate sound way,” Sununu said of Kasich while accepting the endorsement.
The two campaigned in Exeter on Monday afternoon and were scheduled to attend an evening fundraiser in Boston.
Sununu said he’s a stronger candidate than his rivals because, as a business executive, he “lives and breathes” New Hampshire’s challenges every day. As chief executive of Waterville Valley ski resort, he said he understands the burden that comes from high health care and energy costs and what it takes to employ and pay hundreds of workers.
But his business has come under scrutiny recently, with published reports that a stake of Waterville Valley is held by out-of-state investors. Sununu has touted the resort as under local control, but the Union Leader reported a Virginia-based charity called SAFA Trust holds a share in the company. Sununu’s campaign confirmed that SAFA has a stake in the company.
Sununu said Monday all of Waterville’s investors are friends, family and locals. Sununu’s campaign said Yaqub Mirza, an executive of the charity, is a longtime Sununu family friend. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28943/kasich-backs-sununu-in-tight-gop-primary-for-governor-2 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/a687b853f0ca1d84d95718b055ffdb35b570df271a438fd299f61e9f32d82b93.json |
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2-6-9-0
(two, six, nine, zero) | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28754/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-4-midday-game-144 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/c6cd1914e02a973cbea9985df234469ac33f720e54c5ce73b218aaadd62ff5d5.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T02:48:40 | null | 2016-08-28T22:47:46 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fsports%2F28777%2Ftigers-finish-third-at-bob-schul-invitational.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/28777/tigers-finish-third-at-bob-schul-invitational | en | null | Tigers finish third at Bob Schul Invitational | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | WEST MILTON — The West Liberty-Salem girls cross country team had a solid season opener, placing 3rd out of 20 teams in the DII/III race at the Bob Schul Invitational in West Milton on Saturday.
Minster won the race with 27 points and Russia was second with 75.
Junior Reghan Bieleski led the Tigers with a 3rd place finish (20:26.2) in the field of 217 runners, and freshman Grace Adams cracked the top 25, placing 21st (21:51.4). Also placing for WL-S were Kiana Reames in 38th (23:07), Payton Umphries in 43rd (23:26.5), Lydia Moell in 56th (24:02.1), Lauren Fowler in 70th (24:27), Sarah Painter in 96th (25:03.7), Anna Louden in 116th (26:41), Savannah Weaver in 130th (27:10.1) and Tory Pawelko in 144th (28:01).
“Placing third and beating two of last year’s D-III state qualifying teams is a good way to start the season. There’s plenty of room for improvement, however, and we need continue to do the little things that will allow us to be physically and mentally more competitive as the season progresses,” WL-S Coach Ann Vogel said.
The Tiger boys team finished 7th in the same event. Fairfield won the race, followed by Valley View and Brookville.
Michael Conley (11th, 17:32), Nick Williams (12th, 17:32), Noah Smith (18th, 17:41), Charlie Williams (79th, 19:12) and Bryan Woods (106th, 19:53) scored for the Tigers. Isaac Smith (130th), Caleb Siegenthaler (133rd), Matthew Loffing (152nd) and Zavier Esch (207th) also ran.
“I was very pleased with the results of our first meet. We knew going into it we had a lot of very inexperienced guys, so expectations honestly were just getting familiar with the 5K race itself and establishing a starting point to build on going forward. We obviously need to bridge our team’s 3-4 gap and I’m confident with the guys that we have we can make that happen once we’re at full strength,” WL-S Coach Mike Louden said.
WL-S hosts the Logan County Meet on Tuesday starting at 5 p.m. with the middle school boys race, followed by the middle school girls at 5:30, the high school boys at 6 p.m. and the high school girls at 6:30 p.m.
Falcons soar to win
Graham defeated, Piqua 2-1, in boys soccer. Hunter Kauffman scored in the first half, with Brady Oder scoring on an assist from Bryce Anderson for the go-ahead goal in the second half.
Hillclimbers fall
Sidney defeated Urbana, 2-0, in boys soccer. Jalen Hudgens scored twice for the home squad. Tristin Williams made 4 saves for Urbana.
UHS falls to 1-2 on the season.
Tigers trump Vikings
West Liberty-Salem defeated Miami East, 3-0, in non-league girls soccer at Crew Stadium in Columbus on Saturday.
Gabby Hollar scored twice and Taylor Lauck booted home a goal. Hollar, Madison Bender and Ashley Rabenstein each recorded an assist.
Paige Shafer made 3 saves, while Rachel McGill also had a save.
WL-S (2-0) plays at Lehman Catholic on Tuesday.
Urbana girls win
Urbana defeated Mechanicsburg, 4-0, in girls soccer on Saturday.
Tori Jacobs and Skyler Campbell each had 3 shots on goal for the Indians, but were unable to convert. Morgan Hamby recorded 23 saves for the Indians.
M’burg will host Stivers on Tuesday.
Junior high cross country
West Liberty-Salem competed at the Bob Schul Invitational on Saturday, with the girls finishing 4th and the boys finishing 12th.
For the girls, Katelyn Stapleton finished 2nd, Megan Adams was 6th and Madison Bahan was 7th.
For the boys, Dylan Lauck was 28th, Hayden Kennedy was 71st and Isaac Brown was 80th. | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/28777/tigers-finish-third-at-bob-schul-invitational | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/ee1a08708b8ab024801c101ad57b52475bcd57f2f5a723f6e82073d275addb1e.json |
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Hamilton County coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco (LAK’-shmee suh-MAHR’-koh) says she hopes to have a sample of carfentanil (kahr-FEHN’-tuh-nihl) in the coming week, so officials can see whether the drug is involved in the overdoses.
Last month, carfentanil was discovered in the Cincinnati area’s heroin stream. It’s used to sedate elephants.
Sammarco tells the Cincinnati Enquirer (http://cin.ci/2bGEduF ) that Summit County in northeast Ohio has offered to provide a sample.
Cincinnati police have asked for the public’s help in identifying the source of the heroin behind an estimated 78 overdoses on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The newspaper reports Cincinnati police responded to 11 reported overdoses on Friday.
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Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28755/ohio-coroner-seeks-to-compare-drugs-after-overdose-spike-2 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/064e749355241d25ec9a3f638804bd3f5d1b33ba43c7828629ad2d4e47fbc3f5.json |
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Estimated jackpot: $84 million
9-2-0
(nine, two, zero)
9-2-5
(nine, two, five)
1-7-5-2
(one, seven, five, two)
7-0-7-4
(seven, zero, seven, four)
1-7-1-7-6
(one, seven, one, seven, six)
4-3-6-2-6
(four, three, six, two, six)
Estimated jackpot: $154 million | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28988/oh-lottery-1445 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/dc5366dcbb69cbc0c43626fc0c9cc341af8934124df254adbc05d1df520dae3a.json |
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10-11-31-41-44, Mega Ball: 14, Megaplier: 2
(ten, eleven, thirty-one, forty-one, forty-four; Mega Ball: fourteen; Megaplier: two)
Estimated jackpot: $76 million | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28702/winning-numbers-drawn-in-mega-millions-game-117 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/7d7164e09e9e367f41e577eff92ede87cd88c0911f7a0f8f78c772a037454a8b.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T04:49:03 | null | 2016-08-29T23:07:14 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fwire%2Fstate-wire%2F28950%2Funprecedented-overdose-spike-slows-in-cincinnati-4.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28950/unprecedented-overdose-spike-slows-in-cincinnati-4 | en | null | Unprecedented overdose spike slows in Cincinnati | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities in the Cincinnati area said Monday that an unprecedented spike of drug overdoses seem to be leveling off, although still at higher than normal levels, after a stunning wave last week.
Newtown Police Chief Thomas Synan, who heads the Hamilton County Drug Coalition task force, said reports show heroin overdoses dropped to 10 to 15 a day over the weekend. Just Friday, emergency rooms reported 174 overdose cases over six days, for an average of 29 per day, although Synan said some likely were not from heroin. But he said 20 to 25 overdoses in a week would be more typical.
“We’re not seeing anything like we did last week, but it’s still a little elevated,” he said.
He said authorities have samples of heroin that was being sold and they will test it, hoping to determine the source. They suspect it was mixed with another drug, such as the powerful painkiller fentanyl or the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil.
“I think it shows the callousness of those who are dealing this drug,” Synan said. “They do not care about the person they are selling to, they do not care about the communities they affect.”
Communities in the neighboring states of Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia also saw overdose spikes last week. Meanwhile, Tennessee state officials on Monday urged increased public awareness of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that’s also being mixed with other drugs or as cheap counterfeits, and the increased risk of overdoses and fatalities.
Ohio health authorities reported last week that fentanyl helped fuel a record number of overdoses in 2015, when accidental drug overdoses killed 3,050 people in the state. A record high of 47,055 people died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2014, according to the latest figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overdose death tolls likely would be even worse without naloxone, a now widely available overdose antidote that many first responders carry. In Ohio alone, emergency medical personnel last year administered nearly 19,800 doses of naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan.
The state pharmacy board said Monday that 1,000 Ohio pharmacies, or about 47 percent of them, now offer the overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription. Expanding access to it beyond emergency responders has been a major part of Ohio’s strategy to curb the increasing overdoses and deaths.
However, authorities say use of fentanyl, which the CDC says is 50 to 100 times more potent that morphine, and even-stronger carfentanil, makes reviving users more difficult. Cincinnati first responders used multiple Narcan doses to save some users last week.
Authorities said three to five deaths are believed connected to the overdose wave last week in the Cincinnati area.
Synan praised “astonishing work” by Cincinnati firefighters and other first responders for saving as many people as they did during an exhausting wave, while adding there are rarely any calm days in the anti-drug effort.
“This has been an event, a spike,” Synan said. “But this is a continual battle that we have every single day throughout the region.”
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Associated Press writer Kantele Franko in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.
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Follow Dan Sewell at http://www.twitter.com/dansewell
For some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/dan-sewell | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28950/unprecedented-overdose-spike-slows-in-cincinnati-4 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/c25ab0620cde6a68fba73df81098827507e74dd68f0432a27452714f6892e03d.json |
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“I don’t want to break up families,” Green said.
It has been 30 years since the country embarked on an immigration overhaul, and the ambivalence of voters like Green is one reason why. Polls often show that majorities favor letting people illegally in the U.S. stay and also back tougher laws to deport them.
“The electorate is conflicted and that’s a fundamental problem,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “This is such an emotional issue that reason and facts have very little to do with how people stand.”
Trump is now either caught up in, or trying to exploit, that contradiction as he considers “softening” his controversial immigration stance. He won the GOP primaries on the strength of an aggressive immigration policy, calling for the immediate deportation of the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. illegally and construction of a Mexican border wall. But as he trails in the polls and struggles to overcome record lows with minority voters, he has sounded a softer tone.
“To take a person who’s been here 15 or 20 years and throw them and their family out, it’s so tough,” Trump told a Fox News town hall, quoting what some “really strong” supporters had said to him. He even polled the audience on whether to allow some people in the country illegally to stay, a key part of President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s agendas.
Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, which advocates for an immigration overhaul that would let people in the country illegally remain here while increasing border security, said that Trump’s words mean little until he commits to a real policy change. But just the fact that the candidate has to utter them is telling, he said.
“Opposition is not just toxic with Latinos and Asians and African-Americans, but with white voters,” Schulte said.
A Pew survey released Thursday found 24 percent of the public favoring toughening border security first and 29 percent letting people stay in the country. Forty-five percent called for both. Trump’s proposed wall is opposed by 61 percent of the country but backed by 78 percent of his supporters.
Views of immigrants have shifted over time, but remain conflicted, said Mark Lopez of Pew. In the early 1990s, two-thirds of Americans surveyed by Pew characterized immigrants as a burden on society, but now nearly two-thirds see them as a benefit. Lopez noted that happened as large numbers of immigrants settled in the U.S. and had children. However, a Pew survey last year found 50 percent of Americans believe immigrants make the economy worse compared to 28 percent who believe they make it better. (The survey did find majorities think immigrants improve food and music.)
Immigration has created complications for both parties. During the Democratic primary, as she courted groups that favor a softer stance on immigration, Clinton had to disavow her prior opposition to providing driver’s licenses for people here illegally and also her support for deporting Central American children who flooded the border in 2014.
But the Democrat’s contradictions are dwarfed by those in the GOP. During the GOP primary Trump slammed rivals like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich for backing “amnesty” — letting people here illegally remain. But in exit polls in 20 primary states, 53 percent of Republican voters supported letting those immigrants stay, even as Trump won the primaries.
Ayres recalled a focus group in the Deep South during which conservative voters complained about illegal immigrants. One man said he wanted them to pay taxes, work and learn English. Ayres told the man that was precisely the bipartisan proposal that had passed the Senate in 2013 and was being held up in the Republican-controlled House. “But that’s amnesty,” the man responded. “I don’t support that.”
“That’s when I turned around and cracked my head against the wall,” Ayres said.
Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, which pushes for less immigration, sees Trump’s shift through that prism. “Trump is much more like an average American than he is like a politician,” said Beck, whose group still downgraded Trump in its voter guide this week. “He’s thinking about these things, people are talking to him and he’s reflecting that.”
Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which also advocates for less immigration, doesn’t think the Republican nominee should be cut any slack. Trump has changed his position on many issues, but immigration is the one that launched his candidacy, he said.
“Without the immigration issue, the words ‘President Trump’ would still be a ‘Simpsons’ joke,’ ” Krikorian said.
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What political news is the world searching for on Google and talking about on Twitter? Find out via AP’s Election Buzz interactive. http://elections.ap.org/buzz | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28580/trump-immigration-waffle-reflects-voter-confusion-on-issue-2 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/5b795cc0c7235054795a8c9c5335a366b0cac8b11553d027ba17280d7fe8afaa.json |
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6:15 p.m.
Wednesday’s tornado outbreak that swept Indiana came only about a week after another big August outbreak of tornadoes hit the state.
The National Weather Service said last week that eight tornadoes touched down across Indiana on Aug. 15. The previous August record was an outbreak on Aug. 9, 1969, that spawned five tornadoes.
Mike Ryan is a meteorologist with the weather service’s Indianapolis office. He says Wednesday’s outbreak could eclipse that record set only last week, if the storm tally reaches nine or more tornadoes.
As of late Thursday afternoon, weather service survey crews had confirmed that seven tornadoes hit Indiana on Wednesday. Ryan says he expects that tally to increase.
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5:50 p.m.
The National Weather Service says at least seven tornadoes swept parts of central and northern Indiana during Wednesday’s outbreak.
Meteorologist Mike Ryan with the weather service’s Indianapolis office says five tornado touchdowns have been confirmed in central Indiana and two have been confirmed in two northeastern Indiana counties.
But he says weather service survey crews are still surveying storm damage and he expects the tornado tally to continue to rise.
One of the tornadoes that hit central Indiana was an EF3 with winds up to 165 mph that damaged and destroyed homes and business in the city of Kokomo, about 40 miles north of Indianapolis.
The weather service says a tornado that hit northeastern Indiana’s Allen County appears to have also been an EF3, although a final assessment is pending.
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1:40 p.m.
Howard County and the city of Kokomo have only 10 tornado sirens, but a telephone and text-messaging system spread the word about dangerous storms bearing down on the central Indiana community.
WRTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2bCZFhp ) the emergency alert system was installed in the county after a 2013 tornado.
Before the first tornado struck Wednesday, thousands of people received telephone calls or text messages.
Howard County Commissioner Paul Wyman says “thousands upon thousands of people in Howard County” have signed up for the notifications and “it worked unbelievably well. … People were getting notifications well in advance of these tornadoes touching down.”
The National Weather Service says one tornado was an EF3 with 165 mph winds. Authorities report only 10-15 minor injuries in Howard County.
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12:30 p.m.
Not even KISS could rock ‘n’ roll all night with tornado sirens blaring.
Frontman Gene Simmons tweeted that the band’s show in Toledo, Ohio, was stopped briefly Wednesday night during a tornado warning.
He says some people went into the arena to seek shelter until the storm passed.
While no tornadoes touched down in Toledo, there was a long line of damage across the northwestern part of the state from the storm that first hit central and northern Indiana.
About six trailers were damaged at a mobile home park near Hicksville in Ohio.
Officials in Van Wert County say at least two tornadoes touched down about 2 miles apart, tearing roofs off homes and flattening barns.
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12:15 p.m.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says it is a miracle that no one was killed or badly hurt by a tornado that hit the city of Kokomo.
Pence spoke Thursday after touring a neighborhood and businesses hit by Wednesday’s tornado. The National Weather Service says it was an EF3 tornado, packing winds of up to 165 mph.
Pence also visited a Red Cross shelter where some 200 people spent the night.
He credited quick thinking and early warnings of the approaching storm for the lack of serious injuries.
Pence and U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly were among officials who talked with residents in a neighborhood where homes were also damaged by a 2013 tornado.
Donnelly said Kokomo is a resilient, tough community and that all the residents he spoke with vowed to rebuild.
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12:05 p.m.
The National Weather Service says it’s still unclear how many tornadoes touched down in Indiana on Wednesday.
The state’s Department of Homeland Security reported early Thursday that 12 tornadoes hit the state, but later the agency revised that number to eight.
Weather service meteorologist Joseph Nield says it’s not yet clear how many tornadoes touched down, although an EF3 tornado did strike Kokomo and an EF2 swept part of Montgomery County.
Nield says it’s likely several more tornadoes struck Indiana, but that those findings won’t come until later Thursday.
He says five separate weather service survey crews are scouring areas with storm damage in central and northern Indiana to determine if tornadoes struck there.
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10:55 a.m.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has been hugging and chatting with people whose homes were destroyed or damaged when a tornado whipped through the city of Kokomo.
Donald Trump’s running mate arrived in Kokomo by helicopter to view the damage Thursday morning, a day after heavy storms spawned tornadoes across north and central Indiana.
Many trees were knocked down in the storm, and a large truck was hurled onto its side. Some homes are ruined while others were largely untouched.
Pence returned to Indiana after campaign stops in North Carolina on Wednesday. He has cancelled a campaign trip planned for Thursday.
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8:35 a.m.
The mayor of Kokomo says crews from elsewhere in the state are coming to the central Indiana city to help restore power and clean up debris in the tornado-hit community.
Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight said Thursday morning that he’s grateful that no one was killed or seriously injured by the storm that struck Wednesday afternoon, damaging numerous houses, apartments and businesses.
He says about 220 people stayed overnight in a temporary shelter in Kokomo, about 40 miles north of Indianapolis.
Howard County Sheriff Steve Rogers says 10 to 15 people suffered minor injuries.
Utility companies report at least 15,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity in Howard County.
Police have restricted access to storm-damage neighborhoods, saying residents must show identification to officers before entering.
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8:15 a.m.
Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security says a tornado outbreak produced at least 12 tornadoes.
Agency spokesman John Erickson says officials are still assessing the storm damage Thursday, but that the tally as of Wednesday night showed 12 tornadoes touched down in Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, Grant, Howard, Marion and Montgomery counties in northern and central Indiana.
Several of those tornadoes struck Howard County, where the south side of the city of Kokomo suffered extensive damage.
National Weather Service surveys Thursday should determine whether additional storm damage in other areas was caused by tornadoes or high winds in severe thunderstorms.
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7:45 a.m.
Emergency officials and the Red Cross have set up shelters for victims of tornadoes that swept across central Indiana.
One shelter is at the Kokomo Event and Conference Center. The Indianapolis Star reports that about 200 people were being housed and fed at the center at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, hours after the storms moved through. Kokomo is about 50 miles north of Indianapolis.
Another shelter is at Walnut Elementary School in New Ross, northwest of Indianapolis.
The Indiana Red Cross regional headquarters in Indianapolis has a team of employees and volunteers working at an operations center.
The National Weather Service says at least eight tornadoes touched down on Wednesday causing substantial damage. Authorities say between 15 and 20 people suffered injuries but none were severe.
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7:05 a.m.
The National Weather Service says at least seven tornadoes swept parts of central and northern Indiana during Wednesday’s outbreak.
One was an EF3 with winds up to 165 mph that damaged and destroyed homes and business in the city of Kokomo, about 40 miles north of Indianapolis.
The weather service says a tornado that hit northeastern Indiana’s Allen County appears to have also been an EF3, although a final assessment is pending.
GOP vice presidential candidate and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence plans to leave the campaign trail Thursday to assess storm damage.
The weather service says two other thunderstorms produced separate tornadoes, one in Avon west of Indianapolis and one northwest of Lafayette, which is southwest of Indianapolis.
(This item has been corrected to show that the National Weather Service said at least seven, not eight, tornadoes hit during Wednesday’s storm. The original item relied on information from the weather service’s tally of an Aug. 15 tornado outbreak, not Wednesday’s storm.)
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9:20 p.m.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he’ll tour Howard and Montgomery counties and possibly other areas Thursday to assess the storm damage.
The Republican vice presidential candidate returned to Indiana from the campaign trail Wednesday evening after the National Weather Service said several tornadoes struck the state. One that hit Kokomo has been determined to be an EF3 with 165 mph winds.
Pence says he’ll remain in the state as long as necessary to ensure people affected by the storms have the support they need. He says 200 people have checked in to a Red Cross shelter in Kokomo.
Indiana State Police spokesman Capt. David Bursten says about a dozen people were injured, but none seriously. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28443/the-latest-final-tally-of-tornadoes-could-break-record | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/7354d74a7068587ef098eacdd67fdeb603cd1ca08558dd24bc2b3521e75654ec.json |
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Ohio Medicaid officials recently released the state’s second annual performance evaluation for all five managed care plans serving about 2.4 million poor and disabled Ohioans on the program, The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2bIPmIC ) reported.
The plans receive one, two or three stars in each of five performance categories: keeping kids healthy; women’s health care; access to care; helping those living with chronic illness; and doctors’ communication and service.
CareSource received the highest marks, earning 13 of a possible 15 stars. Buckeye Health Plan got the lowest score at eight stars, which was the same score it received last year.
State Medicaid Director John McCarthy said the report card aims to inform consumers and provide incentives for the health plans to improve their services.
“It puts information in the individual’s hands so they can pick a managed care plan and creates competition among plans,” McCarthy said.
The card is based on data provided by the plans and patient surveys. The plans were rated based on comparisons with each other so all would not be able to receive perfect scores or the lowest ones.
Of the 3 million enrolled in tax-funded Medicaid in the state, about 80 percent are in managed care.
Miranda Motter, president and CEO of the Ohio Association of Health Plans, said the association “continues to support efforts that better engage Medicaid consumers and bring greater transparency to the health care delivery system.”
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28881/ohio-releases-2nd-report-card-on-medicaid-managed-care-plans-4 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/733bfe01f8c8a62d0fb0cf7def92bafcf2ca363e7c16d780e298c7a23644fe85.json |
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A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories and digests will keep you up to date. All times are Eastern.
Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with all updates.
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TOP STORIES:
CAMPAIGN 2016-THIRD PARTIES
COLUMBUS — Voters in swing state Ohio will see Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson on ballot, though without his party affiliation. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an emergency request from the state’s party to get him listed with his label. By Ann Sanner. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING 300 words by 7 p.m.
HEROIN OVERDOSES-SUDDEN SPIKES
CINCINNATI — An unprecedented spike in drug overdoses that saw more than 150 cases in a week in the Cincinnati area appears to be leveling off, as authorities focus on tracking the source and spreading warnings to users. By Dan Sewell. SENT: 670 words. AP Photos.
ALSO:
— DRUG DEATHS-OVERDOSE ANTIDOTE: The state pharmacy board says 1,000 Ohio pharmacies, or about 47 percent of them, now offer the overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription. SENT: 130 words.
SENATE 2016-OHIO STING
COLUMBUS — Ohio Republicans say they’re pulling the gloves off as they seek to retain U.S. Sen. Rob Portman this fall, and that means revisiting more of the record of Democratic former Gov. Ted Strickland. By Julie Carr Smyth. SENT: 700 words.
GOVERNOR 2016-KASICH
CONCORD, N.H. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is wading into state politics as he returns to New Hampshire, endorsing GOP gubernatorial hopeful Chris Sununu in his contested primary. By Kathleen Ronayne. SENT: 440 words.
POLICE-MENTAL HEALTH
WASHINGTON — Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up a different problem: officers’ interactions with the mentally ill. By Eric Tucker. SENT: 870 words. AP Photos.
SOLAR PROJECT
BOWLING GREEN — A new solar field set to become Ohio’s largest installation is on track to open by the end of the year. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 250 words by 5 p.m.
STUDENT SCAM WARNINGS
OXFORD — College students and parents in southwest Ohio are being warned to watch out for scammers seeking to rip people off through fake scholarship and tax schemes. SENT: 300 words.
IN BRIEF:
— CRASH-DRIVER SHOT: The suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman after a traffic accident in a Cleveland suburb has been ordered held on a $1 million bond.
— POLICE FATALLY SHOOT SUSPECT: A police officer who fatally shot a robbery suspect authorities say was holding a knife to a pharmacist’s throat at an Ohio drugstore won’t be indicted in the shooting.
— MALCOLM X-CLEVELAND POSTCARDS: A set of 16 postcards from civil rights activist Malcolm X to a woman in Cleveland has been sold at auction for more than $56,000.
— OHIO OFFICER SHOT: The trial for a man accused of fatally shooting an Ohio policeman has been delayed until March.
— BOAT ACCIDENT-OTTAWA RIVER: Authorities say at least one person was hurt when a boat carrying multiple people on the Ottawa River in northwest Ohio hit a bridge abutment.
— GAS PRICES-OHIO: Gas prices in Ohio are a couple of cents higher than a week ago and 15 cents higher than a month ago.
— BKN–CAVALIERS-CORN MAZES: An Ohio farm is honoring the Cleveland Cavaliers with corn mazes designed in the shape of their championship trophy, LeBron James’ head and the words “Homegrown Hero” and “Believeland.” Also moving on some sports wires.
— WRIGHT BROTHERS-BUILDINGS: A group that preserves historically significant aviation sites is trying to buy the Wright brothers’ former factory buildings in Ohio.
— SEVERE WEATHER-OHIO: Crews continued to clean up mud and debris from storms that rolled through parts of Ohio and flooded some roads.
— GANNETT-RECORD NEWSPAPER: Gannett has named two executives to lead a New Jersey media company it recently purchased.
— FBC–W MICHIGAN ARRESTS: Two Western Michigan football players who were kicked off the team after their arrest have appeared in court on armed robbery charges. Also moving on some sports wires.
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] | 2016-08-31T04:49:30 | null | 2016-08-30T23:15:36 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fnews%2F29065%2Fveteran-firefighterparamedic-is-new-neccfd-director.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/29065/veteran-firefighterparamedic-is-new-neccfd-director | en | null | Veteran firefighter/paramedic is new NECCFD director | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | NORTH LEWISBURG – Having operated without a director for a while, the Northeast Champaign County Fire District Board decided in May the best avenue going forward for the district and its taxpayers was to bring the position back into the fold. The individual chosen to fill the role – Jason Dotson – was introduced Monday during the August board meeting.
A longtime firefighter/paramedic, Dotson, who lives in Lexington, holds a law degree as well as a bachelor’s degree in business. He is a consultant with Ambulance Management Group (AMG) LLC.
“I do mostly EMS-related consulting, but I have done some fire-related consulting,” Dotson said while addressing district personnel in attendance. “My main business other than that is I buy and sell ambulance services.
“I think I’m kind of well-rounded to be able to speak the language on this side of the room (board members) and also the language on this side of the room (district employees) so everybody understands each other,” he added.
Hired by the board during a special meeting on Aug. 11, Dotson is employed by the district as an independent contractor.
Per the terms outlined in the 12-month contract that runs through July 31, 2017, AMG will provide consultation and various management functions at a cost of $2,000 per month. The contract states Dotson’s work will be performance- and task-based, so the district isn’t requiring him to report hours worked per month.
Board Chairwoman Cheryl Hollingsworth said Dotson was hired to help make the board a “smarter and more efficient group.”
Along with helping the board direct its goals, Hollingsworth added, Dotson will help the board understand its authority as outlined in the Ohio Revised Code, assist with budgeting operations and help fine tune board policies and standard operating guidelines.
Hollingsworth noted Dotson will assist the board in staying updated on the needs of district staff and the condition of district-owned apparatuses.
As for improving communications between the district and its taxpayers, Dotson will work to update the NECCFD web site and Facebook page.
“Jason looks to be somebody who is going to be a great asset to the department – the staff as well as the board – and to the community in general,” board member Bradley Herron (Woodstock) said.
In other business:
•Interim Operations Manager Sarah Page informed council the district received a donation of 10 pre-filled Narcan bottles valued at $400 from the Champaign Board of Health.
“This will help us in the fight against opioid fatalities,” she said. “It was a very generous gift from them.”
•During a special meeting held Aug. 11, the board approved purchasing the district’s propane for the 2016-2017 season from Earhart Propane at a cost of 87.9 cents per gallon.
•A motion was passed on Aug. 11 to purchase 10 Irulu Expro X1S tablets from eGreen Computers, Marysville, at a cost of $1,049.90. The purchase price includes three hours of setup/training.
By Joshua Keeran jkeeran@civitasmedia.com
Joshua Keeran may be reached at 937-652-1331 (ext. 1774) or on Twitter @UDCKeeran.
Joshua Keeran may be reached at 937-652-1331 (ext. 1774) or on Twitter @UDCKeeran. | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/29065/veteran-firefighterparamedic-is-new-neccfd-director | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/92e04170daeda547aaf83822260a4afce4387bd685e360bbccd8f7b0059a6c2a.json |
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4-5-4
(four, five, four) | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28635/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-3-midday-game-135 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/e141f6eb73b48270177194f87c11fee6d216b70f780d74984b468b2e1a0d1429.json |
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10-11-19-20-28-42, Kicker: 6-7-7-4-3-0
(ten, eleven, nineteen, twenty, twenty-eight, forty-two; Kicker: six, seven, seven, four, three, zero)
Estimated jackpot: $1.6 million
Estimated jackpot: $84 million
4-8-8
(four, eight, eight)
6-2-9
(six, two, nine)
1-0-6-7
(one, zero, six, seven)
2-6-9-0
(two, six, nine, zero)
7-0-6-9-0
(seven, zero, six, nine, zero)
4-1-6-5-1
(four, one, six, five, one)
Estimated jackpot: $142 million
18-23-31-32-35
(eighteen, twenty-three, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $130,000 | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28825/oh-lottery-1430 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/75a3813bd29dbfa99020bc89e3eed79dc010f79b2e52528b6e1bd368509185ca.json |
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03-06-08-31-38
(three, six, eight, thirty-one, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $110,000 | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28490/winning-numbers-drawn-in-rolling-cash-5-game-618 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/924a25f111776550b68272261df474c453b91d53e7f93e154b1ca52ba2c4d9fb.json |
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Jefferson County prosecutor Jane Hanlin says 42-year-old Jason Binkiewicz was being led out of the courtroom by a deputy Friday when he got away and threw himself over the building’s third floor banister. He was then pronounced dead.
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla says the deputy grabbed the handcuffed man’s clothing as he jumped, but could have gone over, too, if he held on.
Binkiewicz was sentenced on attempted murder and felony assault charges after he was found guilty in July of shooting a man in the face.
Abdalla says the attorney general’s office and Steubenville police will investigate Binkiewicz’s death.
A message seeking comment was left Saturday with an attorney for Binkiewicz. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28821/ohio-prisoner-jumps-to-his-death-after-sentencing-at-court-7 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/4a8980d8ff0fe138eea588624066c35a3ada56ae501c08cde15d71cf100d8cc3.json |
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At the center of Republicans’ new web ad campaign announced Monday is a largely forgotten scandal on prison workers at the Governor’s Residence that all but evaporated when Strickland lost re-election in 2010.
The party is also revisiting a controversy over Strickland’s use of state-issued airplanes to shuttle him short distances in Columbus.
Republicans have already been hammering Strickland on job losses while the Democrat was governor, and the reduction of the state’s rainy day fund to 89 cents while he was in office.
“Strickland is the definition of incompetence and cronyism in government, and we plan to ensure that every Ohioan with a TV, mailbox, tablet, iPhone or laptop knows it,” Ohio GOP chairman Matt Borges said in a statement.
The online ads follow months of Democratic ads tweaking Portman for failing to distance himself from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and accusing Portman of favoring trade deals with China that cost U.S. jobs.
Strickland spokesman David Bergstein said Republicans are misrepresenting Strickland’s record in order to distract from Portman’s agenda of policies favoring the rich and powerful over working people.
“Senator Portman can’t defend his career spent championing job killing trade deals that have cost Ohio over 300,000 jobs to places like China, his efforts to raise the retirement age for seniors and cut education funding for students, or the fact that he’s bragging about a drug abuse prevention bill he voted against funding — so Republicans are throwing out wildly false claims as a pathetic attempt at a distraction,” he said.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Aug. 11 showed Portman leading Strickland 49 percent to 40 percent.
Events leading to controversy over the prison workers began when individuals in Strickland’s administration decided in early 2010 to cancel a scheduled sting operation at the governor’s residence. At issue was an “honor inmate” program that employed low-security prisoners at various household and grounds-keeping jobs for 50 years.
How and why the bust was aborted became the subject of intense questioning amid concerns it was obstructed for political purposes. Then-Public Safety Director Cathy Collins-Taylor was found responsible for the decision in a state watchdog’s investigation, though she and others close to her told another story.
Collins-Taylor’s was among three resignations resulting from ensuing investigations. Additional fallout, much of it after Strickland’s defeat and departure from office, also included a reprimand, a suspension and one person’s criminal conviction.
Meanwhile, had the operation been carried out as planned, the wife of an inmate working at the governor’s suburban mansion — instructed in a letter to drop a “six-pack” of contraband cigarettes at the property’s perimeter for her husband to smuggle behind bars — would have been arrested in what was later deemed to be “a safe, routine and well-devised law enforcement plan.” Cigarettes had become coveted contraband inside Ohio’s prisons after smoking was banned statewide in 2006.
The suspect had been scheduled to be intercepted on Jan. 10, 2010, the same night Strickland, his chief of staff John Haseley and Haseley’s 8-year-old daughter were scheduled to dine with astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn and his wife, Annie. Collins-Taylor later said she wanted to spare the governor political embarrassment should the operation go awry.
Strickland and two key advisers were cleared of playing any direct role in aborting the sting. Nonetheless, critics and editorialists at the time faulted his judgment in overseeing the inmate program and in picking Cabinet officers such as Collins-Taylor.
Exacerbating the political headache for Strickland, he hadn’t yet submitted Collins-Taylor’s appointment as Ohio’s safety director to the Republican-led state Senate for confirmation. That allowed the chamber to hold explosive public hearings on the matter that ended with her resignation.
The honor inmate program at the residence, suspended after another breach following the botched sting, has never been re-started. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28994/gop-to-revisit-2010-sting-in-anti-strickland-web-push-5 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/97be5a3052a2be3571c8a04e05c717101be4c95dbd80c0aa2ede1862834f00ea.json |
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A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories and digests will keep you up to date. All times are Eastern.
Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with all updates.
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TOP STORIES:
HEROIN OVERDOSES-SUDDEN SPIKES
CINCINNATI — An unprecedented spike in drug overdoses that saw more than 150 cases in a week in the Cincinnati area appears to be leveling off, as authorities focus on tracking the source and spreading warnings to users. By Dan Sewell. SENT: 550 words. AP Photos.
ALSO:
— DRUG DEATHS-OVERDOSE ANTIDOTE: The state pharmacy board says 1,000 Ohio pharmacies, or about 47 percent of them, now offer the overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription. SENT: 130 words.
GOVERNOR 2016-KASICH
CONCORD, N.H. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is wading into state politics as he returns to New Hampshire, endorsing GOP gubernatorial hopeful Chris Sununu in his contested primary. Incorporates NH–Kasich-New Hampshire that moved earlier. By Kathleen Ronayne. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 400 words by 2 p.m. AP Photos planned.
POLICE-MENTAL HEALTH
WASHINGTON — Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up a different problem: officers’ interactions with the mentally ill. By Eric Tucker. SENT: 870 words. AP Photos.
SOLAR PROJECT
BOWLING GREEN — A new solar field set to become Ohio’s largest installation is on track to open by the end of the year. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 250 words by 5 p.m.
STUDENT SCAM WARNINGS
OXFORD — College students and parents in southwest Ohio are being warned to watch out for scammers seeking to rip people off through fake scholarship and tax schemes. SENT: 300 words.
IN BRIEF:
— POLICE FATALLY SHOOT SUSPECT: A police officer who fatally shot a robbery suspect authorities say was holding a knife to a pharmacist’s throat at an Ohio drugstore won’t be indicted in the shooting.
— MALCOLM X-CLEVELAND POSTCARDS: A set of 16 postcards from civil rights activist Malcolm X to a woman in Cleveland has been sold at auction for more than $56,000.
— OHIO OFFICER SHOT: The trial for a man accused of fatally shooting an Ohio policeman has been delayed until March.
— BOAT ACCIDENT-OTTAWA RIVER: Authorities say at least one person was hurt when a boat carrying multiple people on the Ottawa River in northwest Ohio hit a bridge abutment.
— GAS PRICES-OHIO: Gas prices in Ohio are a couple of cents higher than a week ago and 15 cents higher than a month ago.
— BKN–CAVALIERS-CORN MAZES: An Ohio farm is honoring the Cleveland Cavaliers with corn mazes designed in the shape of their championship trophy, LeBron James’ head and the words “Homegrown Hero” and “Believeland.” Also moving on some sports wires.
— WRIGHT BROTHERS-BUILDINGS: A group that preserves historically significant aviation sites is trying to buy the Wright brothers’ former factory buildings in Ohio.
— SEVERE WEATHER-OHIO: Crews continued to clean up mud and debris from storms that rolled through parts of Ohio and flooded some roads.
— GANNETT-RECORD NEWSPAPER: Gannett has named two executives to lead a New Jersey media company it recently purchased.
— FBC–W MICHIGAN ARRESTS: Two Western Michigan football players who were kicked off the team after their arrest have appeared in court on armed robbery charges. Also moving on some sports wires.
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Authorities believe the same batch is linked to three recent deaths.
They say there were an estimated 78 overdoses on Tuesday and Wednesday and 174 overdoses in emergency rooms within the past week. Local officials are calling it a public health emergency.
They suspect a drug used to sedate elephants that is 100 times as potent as fentanyl (FEHN’-tuh-nihl) could be behind the surge in overdoses.
County leaders say they’ll seek funding for treatment that would come with expanded response teams.
The state reported Thursday that accidental drug overdoses killed an average of eight people per day in Ohio last year. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28640/cincinnati-sees-estimated-78-heroin-overdoses-in-2-days-4 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/d027e5a0637504e590b61bf0268ac62fd76e3881a0c2e0e31d218382e4272646.json |
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7-0-6-9-0
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A day after the deadly quake killed 250 people, a 4.3 magnitude aftershock sent up plumes of thick gray dust in the hard-hit town of Amatrice. The aftershock crumbled already cracked buildings, rattled residents and closed already clogged roads.
It was only one of the more than 470 temblors that have followed Wednesday’s pre-dawn quake.
Firefighters and rescue crews using sniffer dogs worked in teams around the hard-hit areas in central Italy, pulling chunks of cement, rock and metal from mounds of rubble where homes once stood. Rescuers refused to say when their work would shift from saving lives to recovering bodies, noting that one person was pulled alive from the rubble 72 hours after the 2009 quake in the nearby town of L’Aquila.
“We will work relentlessly until the last person is found, and make sure no one is trapped,” said Lorenzo Botti, a rescue team spokesman.
Worst affected by the quake were the tiny towns of Amatrice and Accumoli near Rieti, 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Rome, and Pescara del Tronto, 25 kilometers (15 miles) further to the east.
Many were left homeless by the scale of the destruction, their homes and apartments declared uninhabitable. Some survivors, escorted by firefighters were allowed to go back inside homes briefly Thursday to get essential necessities for what will surely be an extended absence.
“Last night we slept in the car. Tonight, I don’t know,” said Nello Caffini as he carried his sister-in-law’s belongings on his head after being allowed to go quickly into her home in Pescara del Tronto.
Caffini has a house in nearby Ascoli, but said his sister-in-law was too terrified by the aftershocks to go inside it.
“When she is more tranquil, we will go to Ascoli,” he said.
Charitable assistance began pouring into the earthquake zone in traffic-clogging droves Thursday. Church groups from a variety of Christian denominations, along with farmers offering donated peaches, pumpkins and plums, sent vans along the one-way road into Amatrice that was already packed with emergency vehicles and trucks carrying sniffer dogs.
Other assistance was spiritual.
“When we learned that the hardest hit place was here, we spoke to our bishop and he encouraged us to come here to comfort the families of the victims,” said a priest who gave his name only as Father Marco as he walked through Pescara del Tronto. “They have given us a beautiful example, because their pain did not take away their dignity.”
Italy’s civil protection agency said the death toll had risen to 250 by Thursday afternoon, with more than 180 of the fatalities in Amatrice. At least 365 others were hospitalized, and 215 people were pulled from the rubble alive since the quake struck. A Spaniard and five Romanians were among the dead, according to their governments.
There was no clear estimate of how many people might still be missing, since the rustic area was packed with summer vacationers. The Romanian government alone said 11 of its citizens were missing.
As the search effort continued, the soul-searching began.
Premier Renzi authorized a preliminary 50 million euros in emergency funding and the government cancelled taxes for residents, pro-forma measures that are just the start of what will be a long and costly rebuilding campaign. He announced a new initiative, “Italian Homes,” to answer years of criticism over shoddy construction across the country, which has the highest seismic hazard in Western Europe.
But he also said that it was “absurd” to think that Italy could build completely quake-proof buildings.
“It’s illusory to think you can control everything,” he told a news conference. “It’s difficult to imagine it could have been avoided simply using different building technology. We’re talking about medieval-era towns.”
Those old towns do not have to conform to the country’s anti-seismic building codes. Making matters worse, those codes often aren’t applied even when new buildings are built.
Armando Zambrano, the head of Italy’s National Council of Engineers, said the technology exists to reinforce old buildings and prevent such high death tolls when quakes strike every few years. While he estimated that it would cost up to 93 billion euros ($105 billion) to reinforce all of the historic structures across the country, he said targeted efforts in the riskiest areas could be done for less.
“We are able to prevent all these deaths. The problem is actually doing it,” he told The Associated Press. “These tragedies keep happening because we don’t intervene. After each tragedy we say we will act but then the weeks go by and nothing happens.”
Some experts estimate that 70 percent of Italy’s buildings aren’t built to anti-seismic standards, though not all are in high-risk areas.
Funding shortfalls and bureaucracy are obstacles to making the country’s buildings quake-resistant. A new law tries to encourage homeowners to make their homes earthquake-proof by reimbursing 65 percent of the cost over 10 years, but it isn’t enough to push Italians, who are facing years of economic stagnation, to put up the cash to make the upgrades.
Compounding the problem, many of the oldest and most vulnerable structures are in remote villages inhabited mostly by retired Italians getting by on pensions with no cash to spare. In the cities, upgrades are stifled by the condominium-style rules of buildings requiring the agreement of multiple owners for such investments.
“We’re among the best in the world in managing emergencies,” Renzi said, praising the men and women, many of them volunteers, who jump into action when crises hit. “But it’s not enough to be in the vanguard in emergencies.”
Geologists surveyed the damage Thursday to determine which buildings were still inhabitable, while Culture Ministry teams were fanning out to assess the damage to some of the region’s cultural treasures, especially its medieval-era churches.
Italian news reports said prosecutors investigating the quake were looking in particular into the collapse of Amatrice’s “Romolo Capranica” school, which was restored in 2012 using funds set aside after the last major quake in 2009.
In recent Italian quakes, some modern buildings — many of them public institutions — have been the deadliest. Those included the university dormitory that collapsed in the 2009 L’Aquila quake, killing 11 students, and the elementary school that crumbled in San Giuliano di Puglia in 2002, killing 27 children — the town’s entire first-grade class — while surrounding buildings survived unscathed.
Major quakes in Italy are often followed by criminal charges being filed against architects, builders and officials responsible for public works. In the case of the L’Aquila quake, prosecutors also put six geologists on trial for allegedly failing to adequately warn residents about the temblor. Their convictions were overturned on appeal.
In Pescara del Tronto, rescue crews were looking Thursday for three people believed crushed in a hard-to-reach area.
“The dogs from our dog rescue unit make us think there could be something,” said Danilo Dionisi, a spokesman for the firefighters.
Emergency services set up tent cities around the quake-devastated towns to accommodate the homeless, housing about 1,200 people overnight. In Amatrice, 50 elderly people and children spent the night inside a local sports facility.
“It’s not easy for them,” said civil protection volunteer Tiziano De Carolis, who was helping to care for the homeless in Amatrice. “They have lost everything: the work of an entire life, like those who have a business, a shop, a pharmacy, a grocery store.”
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D’Emilio reported from Amatrice, Italy, and Winfield reported from Rome. Associated Press writer Vanessa Gera in Rome contributed to this report.
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This story has been corrects the spelling of town of Pescara del Tronto in the dateline. AP Photos. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/national-wire/28435/aftershocks-rattle-italian-quake-zone-toll-rises-to-250 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/3c4125cf04cb9ef7e053695c9cbf259c96e1140d12e3d596e3eb92118831025a.json |
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The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover.
Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Columbus bureau is reachable at 614-885-2727. Send daybook items to apcolumbus@ap.org.
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 8:30 AM Abercrombie & Fitch: Q2 2016 Earning conference call / Webcast
Location: TBD http://www.abercrombie.co.uk/anf/lifestyles/html/investorrelations.html https://twitter.com/Abercrombie
Contacts: Hampton Carney Paul Wilmot Communications pwc@greatpress.com 1 212 206 7447
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 1:30 PM Akron Mayor Horrigan kicks off University of Akron 2016 football season – Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan kicks off University of Akron 2016 football season with press conference with Zips’ Director of Athletics Larry Williams and head coach Terry Bowden
Location: InfoCision Stadium, 373 E. Exchange Street, Akron, OH Akron www.akronohio.gov
Contacts: Christine R. Curry City of Akron CCurry@akronohio.gov 1 330 375 2209
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 5:30 PM Candidate for Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Dreihaus speaks at event – Candidate for Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Dreihaus speaks at House Party hosted by Brian Garry and the Host Committee, discussing her ‘great plans for the future of Hamilton County’
Location: 128 Lafayette Lane, Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati http://www.denisedriehaus.com/ https://twitter.com/DeniseDriehaus
Contacts: Beverly Thomas MCR Marketing beverly@mcr-marketing.com Michael Ramundo MCR Marketing mike@mcr-marketing.com
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 6:30 PM Ohio bicentennial farm recognized at Morrow County Fair – Ohio Department of Agriculture representatives and supporters of agriculture honor wetland family before the Morrow County Fair’s King and Queen Presentation. * The Swetland family has maintained their farm for 200 years
Location: Morrow County Fairgrounds, 195 South Main Street, Mt. Gilead, OH http://www.agri.ohio.gov/ https://twitter.com/OhioDeptofAg
Contacts: Ashley McDonald Ohio Department of Agriculture Ashley.McDonald@agri.ohio.gov 1 614 752 9817
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 6:30 PM AARP Ohio host ‘Take a Stand’ Cleveland field office opening – AARP Ohio host grand opening of the Cleveland field office for their ‘Take a Stand’ campaign, a national effort focused on ‘holding each presidential candidate accountable for a plan to address the future of Social Security and demands that the candidates share the specific details of their plan with voters throughout the entire campaign season’
Location: 14200 Madison Ave, Lakewood, OH Lakewood http://www.aarp.org https://twitter.com/AARP
Contacts: Zach Bernstein AARP 1 917 637 0030
To RSVP, call 216.973.5966 or email TakeAStandOhioCleveland@gmail.com
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 Abercrombie & Fitch: Q2 2016 Results
Location: TBD http://www.abercrombie.co.uk/anf/lifestyles/html/investorrelations.html https://twitter.com/Abercrombie
Contacts: Hampton Carney Paul Wilmot Communications pwc@greatpress.com 1 212 206 7447
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 The Wendy’s Company: Q3 2016 Ex-dividend date
Location: TBD http://www.aboutwendys.com/Investors/ https://twitter.com/Wendys
Contacts: David D. Poplar Wendy’s Investor Relations david.poplar@wendys.com 1 614 764 3311
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Wednesday, Aug. 31 8:00 AM Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority meeting – Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority meeting to consider acceptance of Federal Aviation Administration grant
Location: at One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, OH Toledo http://www.toledoportauthority.org/
Contacts: Connie Sobczak Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority csobczak@toledoportauthority.org
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Wednesday, Aug. 31 9:00 AM Ohio Board of Building Standards Residential Construction Advisory Committee meeting
Location: Division of Industrial Compliance, 6606 Tussing Road, Training Room 3, Reynoldsburg, OH Reynoldsburg www.com.ohio.gov https://twitter.com/OhioCommerce
Contacts: Lindsey Burnworth Ohio Department of Commerce Lindsey.Burnworth@com.state.oh.us 1 614 995 5791
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Wednesday, Aug. 31 4:00 PM Columbus City Councilmember Michael Stinziano holds Community Hours
Location: Panera Bread, 300 W. Lane Ave, Columbus, OH Columbus http://www.columbus.gov/ https://twitter.com/ColumbusCouncil
Contacts: Stephanie Megas City of Columbus 1 614 645 8311
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Wednesday, Aug. 31 Abercrombie & Fitch: Q3 2016 Ex-dividend date
Location: TBD http://www.abercrombie.co.uk/anf/lifestyles/html/investorrelations.html https://twitter.com/Abercrombie
Contacts: Thomas D. Lennox Abercrombie & Fitch corporate communications investor_relations@abercrombie.com 1 614 283 6751
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Wednesday, Aug. 31 Sleigh Bells begin North American tour in wake of Demi Lovato copyright lawsuit – Sleigh Bells begin North American tour * Band members Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller recently filed a complaint in California federal court alleging that Demi Lovato’s song ‘Stars’, taken from her fifth album ‘Confident’, contains similarities to their 2010 track ‘Infinity Guitars’ that ‘transcend the realm of coincidence’. The lawsuit names Lovato, UMG Recordings and producers Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub as defendants
Location: Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, 15711 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH Cleveland https://twitter.com/sleighbells
Contacts: Jen Appel Grandstand Media & Management jena@grandstandhq.com
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Wednesday, Aug. 31 Hillary Clinton addresses The American Legion National Convention – The American Legion National Convention continues, with today’s speakers including 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton * Republican nominee Donald Trump speaks tomorrow
Location: Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati www.legion.org https://twitter.com/AmericanLegion
Contacts: The American Legion press pr@legion.org 1 317 630 1253
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Thursday, Sep. 01 10:00 AM Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation annual Fallen Workers Memorial service – Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation annual Fallen Workers Memorial service, honoring the memory of those who lost their lives as a result of a workplace injury. Speakers include BWC’s Administrator and CEO Sarah Morrison
Location: William Green Bldg, 30 W. Spring St., Columbus, OH Columbus https://www.ohiobwc.com/ https://twitter.com/OhioBWC
Contacts: Melissa Vince BWC Media Relations Manager melissa.vince@bwc.state.oh.us 1 614 466 2956
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Thursday, Sep. 01 Bad Boy Family Reunion tour launches in Ohio – Bad Boy Family Reunion tour launches, featuring Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs aka Puff Daddy, Lil’ Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, The Lox and French Montana * The tour was originally scheduled to kick off in August, however Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs needed more time to recover from shoulder surgery
Location: Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH Columbus https://twitter.com/BadBoyEnt
Contacts: Michael Cohen PMK-BNC Public Relations michael.cohen@pmkbnc.com
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Thursday, Sep. 01 Donald Trump addresses The American Legion National Convention – The American Legion National Convention concludes, with today’s speakers including 2016 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
Location: Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati www.legion.org https://twitter.com/AmericanLegion
Contacts: The American Legion press pr@legion.org 1 317 630 1253
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Thursday, Sep. 01 Vice President Joe Biden campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Ohio – Vice President Joe Biden campaigns for 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election battleground state of Ohio. Agenda includes public events in the Mahoning Valley and the Cleveland area, where he ‘lays out the high stakes of November’s election’ and urges Ohians to support Clinton and ‘her vision for an America that is stronger together, with an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top’ * Clinton and Sen. Tim Kaine will face Republican Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence in the 8 Nov election
Location: TBD www.hillaryclinton.com https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton
Contacts: Hillary for America press press@hillaryclinton.com
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Thursday, Sep. 01 AFLAC: Q3 2016 Dividend payment date
Location: TBD http://www.aflac.com/investors/default.aspx https://twitter.com/aflacduck
Contacts: Robin Wilkey AFLAC Corp Investor Relations ir@aflac.com 1 706 596 3264
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Thursday, Sep. 01 FirstEnergy Corp: Q3 2016 Dividend payment date
Location: TBD http://investors.firstenergycorp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=102230&p=irol-IRHome https://twitter.com/FirstEnergyCorp
Contacts: Irene M. Prezelj FirstEnergy Investor Relations prezelji@firstenergycorp.com 1 330 384 3859
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Thursday, Sep. 01 JM Smucker Co: Q1 2017 Dividend payment date
Location: TBD http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=77952&p=irol-calendar
Contacts: Sonal P. Robinson J. M. Smucker Investor Relations 1 330 682 3000
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Thursday, Sep. 01 Kroger Co: Q2 2016 Dividend payment date
Location: TBD http://ir.kroger.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=106409&p=irol-calendar https://twitter.com/krogerco
Contacts: Carin Fike Kroger Co Investor Relations carin.fike@kroger.com 1 513 762 4969
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Keywords: Daybook, Ohio | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/29063/ohio-daybook-889 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/605384213aa3ccf950f48687a07bfd348a696b195d56237966ccb6980faccb7a.json |
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Estimated jackpot: $84 million
9-2-5
(nine, two, five)
7-0-7-4
(seven, zero, seven, four)
4-3-6-2-6
(four, three, six, two, six)
Estimated jackpot: $154 million | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28951/oh-lottery-1440 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/797af3ad9944b95a81a82aeab80750490732f4545747c4ed42680f2c05bb3d34.json |
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Before the three-day summit began Wednesday, Cincinnati first responders were chasing what turned out to be some 80 overdosing cases over a two-day period beginning Tuesday. On Thursday, the state Department of Health reported that accidental drug overdoses killed 3,050 people in Ohio in 2015, averaging eight deaths a day in a record toll fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl. In 2014, the total was 2,531. That’s an increase of 20.5 percent.
Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor hopes the summit leads to ongoing collaboration across borders and jurisdictions. The states involved were Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
“You wonder … It’s depressing,” she said of overdose surges, such as in Cincinnati and earlier this summer, in Akron, where she had been a county prosecutor. “And it’s a reflection: What don’t they get about it? Why does this continue to go on?”
O’Connor discussed in an interview the impacts of heroin and painkiller drug abuse.
Some excerpts:
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ON HOW THE EPIDEMIC AFFECTS THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
“It really is enormous … It is a burden on courts, it truly is, but it is a burden on our treatment facilities as well.
“When we talk about the addict being involved in the criminal justice system, that’s one system. They may also been involved in the juvenile system, because they’re having their children taken away from them because of their drug addiction. There are people involved in the juvenile system because they are neglecting their children, but haven’t been caught yet in a criminal case.
“This is everybody’s problem. This isn’t just the addicts and the justice system and the child welfare.”
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ON PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS
“One of the biggest problems I see in public awareness is that the public is not sympathetic …
“I’ll bet you that there’s more than a couple of people looking at the morning headlines (about Cincinnati overdoses) or listening to them and saying ‘Why bother?” So where’s the public engagement in this problem?
“Now just because the public isn’t wrapping their arms around it doesn’t mean the people who are dealing with it day in and day out aren’t going to do what they need to do. But the public is critical about the amount of funding it takes to deal with this problem.”
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ON DRUG COURTS THAT FOCUS ON REHABILITATING USERS
“We have 90-some drug courts in the state of Ohio … they’re run by judges who are caring and involved and they see the fact of the involvement of the heroin and the other illegal substances … They’re up to capacity, if not over capacity, with their resources, and I think that’s an issue with our state.
“The bulk of these abusers, these addicts, people who are drug-involved, they need the treatment … we need to be up to capacity, increase our capacity, to be able to deal with it.”
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ON COURT PROGRAMS SUCH AS OFFERING OPIATE-BLOCKING SHOTS
“This has to be data-driven decision-making. It takes pilot programs and then it takes those programs expanded to other jurisdictions to get good solid data.
“The Vivitrol, and the other medically assisted treatments that are out there; I think they already have gotten the stamp of approval in many respects, but that’s only half the battle. The other half of the battle is to convince the judges and policymakers that that’s a great alternative, that if somebody is in the system, that is a way we can help them get better.
“It used to be arrest, incarcerate, and then when they’re done with their time, put ’em back out on the street. There was no treatment, there was no recognition that this is a disease.
“It would be like if cancer was a criminal activity. You arrest them … you’ve got cancer, you do your time, get out, and gee, you still have cancer.”
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Follow Dan Sewell at http://twitter.com/dansewell
For some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/dan-sewell | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28885/ohio-chief-justice-on-court-impacts-roles-in-drug-epidemic-6 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/a7d3a848ea5f7e9828f133f3c4e7f14df81a3c182e551dfe6466dbbc8aeab406.json |
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1-9-2-8
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Johnson and running mate Bill Weld are slated to be listed on the swing state’s ballots without any political affiliation.
Libertarians aren’t recognized as a political party in Ohio. Party activists successfully collected enough signatures to get Johnson on the ballot by way of a process for independent candidates.
Johnson could complicate a close presidential race in Ohio if voters with unfavorable opinions of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton seek another choice.
Last week, the Libertarian Party of Ohio asked the high court to allow their top-of-the-ticket contenders to be listed with their party’s name.
“Whether the ticket’s presence on ballots will change the outcome of the election is anyone’s guess,” the party’s attorney wrote in their Supreme Court filing. “What is clear is that Republicans believed that (the Libertarian Party’s) absence from Ohio’s ballots would increase Republican candidates’ electoral odds in future elections.”
The court denied the request.
The ruling is the latest in a long-running dispute over Ohio’s rules for minor political parties.
The Republican-led state legislature passed the tougher standards in 2013, as the GOP faced growing competition from the tea party.
Libertarians have fought the changes in state and federal court for years. They maintain the law unfairly disadvantaged third parties going forward, along with other claims.
Ohio’s attorneys had urged the Supreme Court to deny the request, claiming, among other arguments, that the public would be harmed by a “last minute ballot-label switch up.”
“Nothing is irretrievably lost if the Party sits out one more election, especially one where its preferred candidates may very well already be on the ballot as independents anyway,” state solicitor Eric Murphy wrote in a court filing.
Messages seeking comment were left with a Libertarian Party of Ohio spokesman. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28995/court-denies-request-to-list-johnson-as-libertarian-in-ohio-3 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/30849d80961ee27d8660c921a08c150d4dc0fac204398e548cb4e7de23e2e9ef.json |
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10-11-31-41-44, Mega Ball: 14, Megaplier: 2
(ten, eleven, thirty-one, forty-one, forty-four; Mega Ball: fourteen; Megaplier: two)
Estimated jackpot: $76 million
9-2-8
(nine, two, eight)
4-5-4
(four, five, four)
9-5-3-5
(nine, five, three, five)
1-9-2-8
(one, nine, two, eight)
1-1-3-8-8
(one, one, three, eight, eight)
7-5-5-7-9
(seven, five, five, seven, nine)
Estimated jackpot: $142 million
03-13-21-24-26
(three, thirteen, twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-six)
Estimated jackpot: $120,000 | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28701/oh-lottery-1418 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/0ca38f5828fd1ec33a334eb66cdea622cf820df73ef483e3b7d5ea68b5f5a952.json |
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Newtown Police Chief Thomas Synan, who heads the Hamilton County Drug Coalition task force, said reports show heroin overdoses dropped to 10 to 15 a day over the weekend. Just Friday, emergency rooms reported 174 overdose cases over six days, for an average of 29 per day, although Synan said some likely were not from heroin. But he said 20 to 25 overdoses in a week would be more typical.
“We’re not seeing anything like we did last week, but it’s still a little elevated,” he said.
He said authorities have samples of heroin that was being sold and they will test it, hoping to determine the source. They suspect it was mixed with another drug, such as the powerful painkiller fentanyl or the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil.
“I think it shows the callousness of those who are dealing this drug,” Synan said. “They do not care about the person they are selling to, they do not care about the communities they affect.”
Communities in the neighboring states of Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia also saw overdose spikes last week. Meanwhile, Tennessee state officials on Monday urged increased public awareness of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that’s also being mixed with other drugs or as cheap counterfeits, and the increased risk of overdoses and fatalities.
Ohio health authorities reported last week that fentanyl helped fuel a record number of overdoses in 2015, when accidental drug overdoses killed 3,050 people in the state. A record high of 47,055 people died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2014, according to the latest figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overdose death tolls likely would be even worse without naloxone, a now widely available overdose antidote that many first responders carry. In Ohio alone, emergency medical personnel last year administered nearly 19,800 doses of naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan.
The state pharmacy board said Monday that 1,000 Ohio pharmacies, or about 47 percent of them, now offer the overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription. Expanding access to it beyond emergency responders has been a major part of Ohio’s strategy to curb the increasing overdoses and deaths.
However, authorities say use of fentanyl, which the CDC says is 50 to 100 times more potent that morphine, and even-stronger carfentanil, makes reviving users more difficult. Cincinnati first responders used multiple Narcan doses to save some users last week.
In southeastern Indiana, Jennings County Sheriff Gary Driver said Monday some of those who overdosed during last week’s wave there needed three or four doses to be revived. He said heroin taken from overdosers’ homes has been sent to an Indiana State Police laboratory for analysis to determine if it was laced with fentanyl or another drug.
“We hope that what happened scared people, made them aware that it might be laced. But people are still using heroin, and that stuff is deadly whether it’s laced or not,” Driver said.
Autopsy results are pending on a woman who died in one of the Jennings County cases.
Authorities in Cincinnati said three to five deaths there are believed connected to the overdose wave last week.
Synan praised “astonishing work” by Cincinnati firefighters and other first responders for saving as many people as they did during an exhausting wave, while adding there are rarely any calm days in the anti-drug effort.
“This has been an event, a spike,” Synan said. “But this is a continual battle that we have every single day throughout the region.”
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Associated Press writers Kantele Franko in Columbus, Ohio, and Rick Callahan in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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Follow Dan Sewell at http://www.twitter.com/dansewell
For some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/dan-sewell | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28942/unprecedented-overdose-spike-slows-in-cincinnati-2 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/d7a2265d8cbcab1aba4773131358f57a396b5d44621902fe6d71b0b98befd712.json |
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7-7-6-2-7
(seven, seven, six, two, seven) | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28487/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-5-evening-game-349 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/490cf68e8cf1ee5221480f5280198ca168208e181ebe5b6eccc33863e20c26f4.json |
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The festival will feature a delicious selection of food, including fish and freshwater shrimp dinners served by Freshwater Farms. This includes trout raised on the farm, Ohio’s largest indoor fish hatchery. Festival guests also can enjoy food and beverages from several other vendors, while they listen to country, rock, blues, folk/Americana and jazz/R&B performed live on the outdoor stage by 11 accomplished bands (for the music schedule, visit fwfarms.com/festival/schedule/).
The three-day festival also includes a play zone and free bounce houses for kids, a sturgeon petting zoo, fish and critter displays, a shrimp peeling and eating contest and other activities for the whole family.
Food selections include:
· Freshwater Farms of Ohio’s main food booth will serve dinners, including grilled trout, grilled whitefish, shrimp scampi, coconut crusted shrimp, whitefish fillets and jambalaya, along with fresh deli sides, hot sides, apple crisp and nonalcoholic beverages. And the farm’s Seafood Express booth will serve fish-n-chips, jambalaya, fish sandwiches, hot dogs, fresh-cut chips, nonalcoholic beverages and, on Sunday only, beignets. Charlie’s Bar will serve craft and domestic beers, wine by the glass and bottle, classic lime margaritas on the rocks and frozen margaritas.
· Brew Kettle Beer Truck – drafts and craft beer flights
· Tin Roof Mobile Food (judged first place of 40 food trucks at the Miami County Food Truck Competition and Rally) – fish chowder, cheezy grits and shrimp, rockin’ ribeye steak sandwich with whiskey cream, onions and white cheddar, All-American cheeseburger, Alabama slammer burger, all beef frank, pulled chicken and side dishes
· Big Bamboo Concessions – crab cakes, oyster and shrimp po boys, fish and chips, shrimp roll, gator bites, catfish, curried shrimp over jasmine rice, fries, hush-puppies, cole slaw
· Shrimp Lips, LLC – snow crab, jumbo steamed and fried shrimp, crab cakes, fried lobster tails, tilapia, whiting, gator bites, crawfish (shelled & unshelled), corn potatoes, sausage, eggs, hush puppies, salads
· Hippie and the Farmer, Urbana — bourbon shrimp/chicken/rice, street carnitas, sugar pigs sandwich, aloha wraps, grilled pork chops, grilled brats
· Raging Bull, Urbana – wood-fired pizza
· The Flying Pepper, LLC, West Liberty — burritos, soft tacos, tamales and chips, salsa and cheese
· My Little Cupcakes and More, West Liberty — cupcakes and muffins
· Hot Diggity Doggers & More – shrimp po-boys, fish po-boys, specialty hot dogs, fresh cut fries
· Southern Sisters – corn dogs, bacon bombs, funnel cakes, deep fried Oreos, fresh cut fries, fresh fruit smashers
· Kona Ice – shaved ice
· Sweet Tooth Twisted Ice Cream – 9 soft serve flavors
· N&H Kettle Corn – caramel, cheddar, grape, watermelon, jalapeno and more
Fresh shrimp for sale
Three vendors will sell freshly harvested shrimp on ice beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday until sold out. Don’s Prawns and More of Lancaster (third year at the festival) and Dan Moreland of Butler, Ky., will sell farm-raised freshwater shrimp. Ocean’s Friend Aquaculture of Gratiot, Ohio, will be the first vendor to sell farm-raised saltwater shrimp at the festival.
Other vendors
A wide range of other vendors also will be at the Fish & Shrimp Festival:
· Cedar Bog Nature Preserve – activities for children/families
· Champaign County Habitat for Humanity – drawing for handicap home build
· NAMI/Recovery Zone – mental illness awareness
· Project Teddy Bear & Friends – donate to receive a prize
· The Absolute Zoo – blacksmith items, metal art, demonstrations and gem mining sluice
· Face painting by Lori Crawford
· All Occasion Entertainment – airbrush tattoos
· JC Growers – chemical-free gourmet garlic, garlic spices and garlic glazes
· Baker’s Vegetable Market & Greenhouse – fresh vegetables and baked goods
· Origami Owl – lockets, charms, earrings, bracelets
· It Works – body and facial wraps, supplements and energy drinks
· Usborne Books & More – educational books, games and kits for children
· Younique – natural based makeup and skin care
· Lilla Rose – hair accessories
· Motherland Jewelry & Gifts – handmade necklaces, bracelets and earrings
· ELM Tree Essentials – handmade soap and tooth powder, essential oils
· Gigi’s Gems – gemstone jewelry & fashion jewelry
· Mad River Joys – home decor items
· As Above So Below – fused glass functionals and jewelry
· Scentsy – warmers, diffusers, room sprays and more
· Thirty-One – purses, bags, totes, jewelry
· Tupperware – kitchen storage, baking and cooking items
· Gutter Helmet by Harry Helmet – gutter protection, roofing, awnings
· Bath Creations – bath tubs and kitchens remodels
· K/S Renewal Systems, LLC (Kitchen Saver)
Hours of operation
The Ohio Fish & Shrimp Festival
Where: Freshwater Farms of Ohio, 2624 N. U.S. 68, one mile north of Urbana
When: Friday, Sept. 16, 4-10:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Daily admission: $5; ages 3-12, $2; and 2 and under, free. Admission provides access to all live music, the sturgeon petting zoo, fish and critter displays, bounce houses and kid’s play zone. Free parking.
For more information, visit fwfarms.com/festival.
Food vendors cater to all tastes at the Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival—from seafood, of course, to pork chops, hot dogs, cupcakes, burritos, pizza, bourbon chicken and shaved ice. http://urbanacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_Fish-and-Shrimp-Festival-food-vendors.jpg Food vendors cater to all tastes at the Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival—from seafood, of course, to pork chops, hot dogs, cupcakes, burritos, pizza, bourbon chicken and shaved ice. Submitted photos A festival favorite: grilled shrimp. http://urbanacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_Grilled-Shrimp.jpg A festival favorite: grilled shrimp. Submitted photos http://urbanacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_OFSF-logo.jpg Submitted photos
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Information from freelance writer Gary Schenkel.
Information from freelance writer Gary Schenkel. | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/28771/15th-annual-fish-shrimp-festival | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/a780e978fb9386b24334b22b5775e5bce3b1b17b5153b4eec8a78f0b86465087.json |
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The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover.
Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Columbus bureau is reachable at 614-885-2727. Send daybook items to apcolumbus@ap.org.
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Saturday, Aug. 27 8:30 AM Medina County Friends and Neighbors meeting, with Ohio Senate President Keith Faber
Location: Cherokee Hills Golf Course, 5740 Center Rd., Valley City, OH www.mcfan.org
Contacts: Lisa Woods Medina County Friends and Neighbors 1 330 241 5226
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Saturday, Aug. 27 10:00 AM FCCS and Columbus Mayor Ginther host ‘FamJam – A Family Enrichment Festival’ – Franklin County Children Services and Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther host eight annual ‘FamJam – A Family Enrichment Festival’
Location: Genoa Park, 303 W Broad St, Columbus, OH Columbus http://childrenservices.franklincountyohio.gov/ https://twitter.com/FCCSnews
Contacts: Franklin County Children Services Fccsoutreach@fccs.us 1 614 275 2780
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Saturday, Aug. 27 2:30 PM Columbus City Councilmember Michael Stinziano holds Community Hours
Location: Columbus Metropolitan Library, 3980 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport, OH Columbus http://www.columbus.gov/ https://twitter.com/ColumbusCouncil
Contacts: Stephanie Megas City of Columbus 1 614 645 8311
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Sunday, Aug. 28 1:00 PM Interfaith Association of Central Ohio 24th Annual Main Event Luncheon
Location: Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Drive, Columbus, OH Columbus http://iaco.org/
Contacts: Interfaith Association of Central Ohio iaco@iaco.org 1 614 849 0290
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Sunday, Aug. 28 – Wednesday, Aug. 31 American Probation and Parole Association Annual Training Institute
Location: Cleveland, OH Cleveland http://www.appa-net.org
Contacts: Diane Kincaid APPA press dkincaid@csg.org 1 859 244 8196
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Monday, Aug. 29 10:00 AM OHROC and Ohio GOP highlight Ohio state Rep. Jeff Rezabek’s ‘accomplishments in the House’ – Ohio House Republican Organizational Committee and Ohio Republican Party hold press conference to ‘highlight the stark contrast between Ohio state Rep. Jeff Rezabek and his challenger David Sparks’, and ‘call attention to past comments by Sparks that include lewd and sexually explicit language toward women, as well as comments about drug use.’ Participants include Ohio state Rep. Jeff Rezabek, Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges, Trotwood Mayor Mary McDonald, and Ohio House Republican members
Location: Dayton Racquet Club, 40 N. Main Street, Dayton, OH Dayton http://www.ohroc.com/ https://twitter.com/OhioHouseGOP
Contacts: OHROC ohroccommunications@gmail.com
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Monday, Aug. 29 6:00 PM Hillary for Ohio opens new organizing office – Hillary for Ohio opens new organizing office, where supporters discuss Hillary Clinton’s ‘agenda for supporting the local economy compared with Donald Trump’s plan to give large tax breaks to the wealthy’
Location: 224 Park Ave., Hamilton, OH Hamilton www.hillaryclinton.com https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton #OHHillYes
Contacts: Rachel Harvey Katz Hillary for America rharveykatz@hillaryclinton.com
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1-7-1-7-6
(one, seven, one, seven, six) | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28989/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-5-evening-game-358 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/54abfee5d555fbd93dc3c19876e35707cea1e89a87b6d164359647dee26eb33e.json |
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency told the city on Friday that it had won a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant.
The city says the additional staffing will ensure all fire stations will stay fully staffed. The award also covers the salaries and benefits for the first two years of their employment.
There are no matching funds with the grant.
About $400,000 has been included in the city’s 2017 operating budget to pay for extra costs associated with the new hires, including uniforms, testing, books and other training equipment.
An emergency ordinance request to accept and appropriate the grant funds must still be authorized. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28696/cincinnati-awarded-6-5m-grant-to-hire-40-fire-recruits-2 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/d95165b55447c21068a5c65b78aba00b36333a85f48dc83fcd0ec5de6ad6995a.json |
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Both presidential nominees have been invited to attend the annual conference of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. The event is scheduled for Sept. 20-22 in Sandusky, Ohio.
The coalition includes 140 business, industry and environmental groups in the eight-state region.
They are seeking a commitment from the candidates to support continued funding of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which deals with longstanding problems such as invasive species and toxic contamination.
Other priorities for the coalition include upgrading drinking water and sewage treatment infrastructure and preventing harmful algae blooms.
The groups say they won’t endorse a candidate in the presidential race. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28992/groups-ask-clinton-trump-to-support-great-lakes-restoration-2 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/6c253f526c28da6b6b203a129ee29decc10d298d500071431a00aa3ad2f2489b.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T02:49:48 | null | 2016-08-30T22:16:31 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fwire%2Fstate-wire%2F29059%2Funder-armour-warehouse-to-employ-1000-at-steel-mill-site-2.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/29059/under-armour-warehouse-to-employ-1000-at-steel-mill-site-2 | en | null | Under Armour warehouse to employ 1,000 at steel mill site | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — Under Armour is planning to open a distribution warehouse at the site of a former steel mill east of Baltimore.
According to The Baltimore Sun, (http://tinyurl.com/jt77kfa) the Baltimore-based sports apparel company will employ 1,000 people at the 1.3 million-square-foot plant. It’s scheduled to open in the summer of 2018.
Under Armour already has a distribution hub in Baltimore that employs 1,200 people. The new warehouse will serve as the company’s national hub to fulfill online orders.
The location on the Sparrows Point peninsula was once home to the Bethlehem Steel mill. Under Armour’s vice president of corporate real estate, Neil Jurgens, says the company chose Sparrows Point over sites in Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio. Jurgens says the site fits with the company’s blue-collar culture.
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Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/29059/under-armour-warehouse-to-employ-1000-at-steel-mill-site-2 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/3c081d994d8f183fda780cd03ef12909c47645b8dad02b0cdcb75b940726679e.json |
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Three people were hurt and two men were in critical condition following the crash on the Ottawa River near Toledo.
The crash happened early Monday around midnight.
Police in Erie Township, Mich., identified the victim as 45-year-old Thomas Duquette II of Holland, Ohio.
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Information from: The Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/ | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28944/1-dead-after-boat-hits-dock-near-ohio-michigan-state-line | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/c481a8ddf4ac964891bf1a80d983a089f1937cf081b0f7210125dd16c6851ffa.json |
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A single-vehicle crash on state Route 4 at Hawk Road injured a local man Saturday just before 10 p.m. According to the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, a 1982 maroon Oldsmobile driven by 40-year-old Charles Pollard of 8390 state Route 56 hit a utility pole. Pollard, the vehicle’s only occupant, was flown from the scene to a regional hospital for treatment. | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/28761/route-4-crash-injures-man | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/94386f04d31ffac8288801647743b575cc43a62c0b9703ffaef2ede28839d69d.json |
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Estimated jackpot: $84 million
6-2-9
(six, two, nine)
2-6-9-0
(two, six, nine, zero)
4-1-6-5-1
(four, one, six, five, one)
Estimated jackpot: $142 million | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28752/oh-lottery-1423 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/aaf76896ef6ffdb71ab6d6dd5e9e9469ea8651d2163de063c5b49a9e3b1ef599.json |
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Cincinnati first responders were chasing what turned out to be some 80 cases over a two-day period as the summit began. The state Department of Health on Thursday reported a record death toll from accidental drug overdoses in 2015.
Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor is hoping for more collaboration, resources and public engagement for the problem. She says courts are heavily impacted, and that drug courts and other programs emphasizing treatment can help.
She says that otherwise, it’s like jailing people for having cancer. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28886/ohio-chief-justice-on-court-impacts-roles-in-drug-epidemic-7 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/d8a4c8e352f32afe62fd8ce6cf0cc64e8c00fd636a1d41f2ece1a4347b453de3.json |
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Damon S. Williams, 20, received a 21-month prison sentence for a third degree felony robbery charge and a fourth degree felony failure to appear, as required by recognizance charge.
Williams was indicted in April for stealing merchandise March 27 from Wal-Mart, 1840 E. U.S. Route 36. During the incident, Williams reportedly flailed and kicked at store personnel, resulting in physical injuries to them.
During an April 7 hearing, Williams was granted a personal recognizance bond with a special condition of house arrest with electronic monitoring at an Urbana residence. The Tri-County Regional Jail notified the court on April 8 that on April 7 within hours after being released on house arrest Williams violated conditions of bond by traveling to multiple locations in Urbana and one location in Springfield.
Williams also violated bond by cutting off his electronic ankle monitor.
He failed to appear for an April 11 arraignment hearing and a capias warrant was issued for his arrest. On the same day, jail officials informed the court that the ankle bracelet was recovered in Beavercreek.
Williams’ prison sentence was ordered concurrently to sentences in Clark County for misdemeanor offenses. In addition to the prison sentence, Williams was fined $500 and ordered to pay $149 in restitution.
Upon his release, Williams is subject to post-release control for three years.
By Nick Walton nwalton@civitasmedia.com
Nick Walton can be reached at 937-652-1331 Ext. 1777 or on Twitter @UDCWalton.
Nick Walton can be reached at 937-652-1331 Ext. 1777 or on Twitter @UDCWalton. | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/29069/man-sent-to-prison-for-robbery-failure-to-appear | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/fd40a2ed7ea4ee3a7c03c2a3231e03c59651d998a021662ccaff8bc1d2c463bb.json |
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The EF3 tornado that swept through the south side of Kokomo, Indiana, on Wednesday afternoon packing winds as high as 152 mph toppled a Starbucks coffee shop and tore apart numerous homes. One of them belonged to 45-year-old Mark Martinez, who was out picking up his daughter from school and returned to find everything but the bedrooms on one side of his house destroyed.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence hugged and chatted with residents in a neighborhood where the damage seemed to skip some homes altogether. Pence credited quick thinking and early warnings of the approaching storm for the lack of serious injuries; Howard County Sheriff Steve Rogers said only 10 to 15 residents in the city 40 miles north of Indianapolis had minor injuries.
“It’s a miracle and it’s a testament to good common sense,” Pence said.
Cheryl Swyers said she huddled in a hallway closet with her 2-year-old granddaughter as the tornado struck.
“It sounded like it lasted forever, but I’m sure it wasn’t,” Swyers said. “The house shook. You could hear things flying around outside.”
Her house was spared from major damage. But the tornado demolished most of the home across the street belonging to Martinez, who left to pick up his daughter from school minutes before the tornado tore through.
When they returned, his daughter was distraught because their dog was still inside the rubble of the home. After some digging, Martinez found the dog alive.
Martinez said he hadn’t mentally processed the events.
“It’s crazy,” was all he could muster.
The Kokomo tornado was one of several that swept through central and northern Indiana and northwest Ohio on Wednesday.
In Ohio, damage was reported in four counties, including Van Wert County, where officials said at least two tornadoes touched down about 2 miles apart, tearing roofs off homes and flattening barns. A tornado warning also briefly stopped a KISS concert Wednesday night in Toledo, Ohio, though no twisters touched down in that city.
As of Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service had confirmed that at least seven tornadoes hit Indiana during Wednesday’s outbreak, five of them in central Indiana and two others in northeastern Indiana. But surveys were continuing and the storm tally was expected to rise, said Mike Ryan, a weather service meteorologist in Indianapolis.
Some houses and farm buildings were damaged by storms in rural areas near Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the Montgomery County community of Mace, about 35 miles northwest of Indianapolis.
About 220 people stayed overnight in a temporary shelter in Kokomo, Mayor Greg Goodnight said Thursday. Police were restricting access to storm-damaged neighborhoods, saying residents must show identification to gain access.
Utility companies reported about 25,000 homes and businesses in the Kokomo area lost electricity from the storm, though power was restored to more than half by Thursday afternoon.
Heidi Otiker lives on a block that was hit Wednesday, as well as by a tornado in November 2013.
“It could have been far worse. God has a master plan. I believe this all happens for a reason. It sucks at the moment. Our houses and our material things can be replaced,” she said. “But this time, no fatalities, no injuries, and we are all still here.”
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Associated Press writers Ken Kusmer, Rick Callahan and Tom Davies in Indianapolis contributed to this report. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28440/several-tornadoes-likely-hit-indiana-ohio-no-bad-injuries | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/a663044591c4fada9fecffc31e9265394cd699157dfee05fa42750108f2f0c91.json |
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04-32-48-49-63, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2
(four, thirty-two, forty-eight, forty-nine, sixty-three; Powerball: twenty; Power Play: two)
Estimated jackpot: $142 million
¶ ___ ¶ Online: ¶ Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/ | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28819/winning-numbers-drawn-in-powerball-game-130 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/b2c0035c70d1a8aeb48d84f3b95295b2c04f065560f0894bb03b2e8cd3fc25ed.json |
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The gun registry law took effect late last year. It says residents charged with gun offenses must register within five days of being convicted or released from prison.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and city council members pushed through the new gun laws in the hope of curbing gun violence in the city.
Members of Ohioans for Concealed Carry challenged the changes.
Cleveland.com reports the Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County judge’s ruling did strike down a provision allowing police officers to confiscate guns in some cases, along with new, stricter definitions of automatic weapons. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28587/judge-upholds-cleveland-law-requiring-gun-offender-registry-2 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/a6638fd9024befcb4e8027cbdc67ebe5b27b6c19a6aee0bab6ea148cb05cb711.json |
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But they did go on, and go on beautifully, in my opinion. The entire extravaganza was a pleasant way to end summer, a welcome respite from our bruising presidential campaign. It was all so clear-cut down there in Rio, with scores and finish lines and medals.
I managed to look past the few controversies that arose: accusations of drug use; poor sportsmanship in women’s soccer; juvenile acts of vandalism by people old enough to know better. Instead, I reveled in the pure competition and athleticism of the 31st Olympiad, as Bob Costas nightly intoned.
It was, however, the “small” moments that I savored. I loved watching parents, who had cheered and sacrificed for so long, support their children at the biggest games of all.
While parents writhed in agony and exploded in joy, little Boomer Phelps in his tiny headphones centered his swimming father by his mere presence. And diver David Boudia, who jumped from a ten-meter platform for silver and bronze medals, dissolved into tears at the mere mention of his toddler daughter.
Ryan Murphy’s mother supplied my favorite family moment by sharing the illustrated book about swimming her son had made in childhood. At the age of eight, this winner of three gold medals in Rio had written: “I hope my swimming life continues, and I become an Olympian when I grow up. I want to be the best swimmer in the world.”
I have witnessed over the years sacrifices made by friends who coached various school teams. Thus, I was particularly touched by several special coach-athlete relationships at the Games.
In addition to Michael Phelps’ career-long coach Bob Bowman, another career coach was also in attendance. Wayde van Niekirk, the South African runner who won gold at 400 meters, celebrated with his long-time coach, a 74 year-old great-grandmother with white hair. Anna Sofia Botha thrilled to the victory of her star pupil, who smashed Michael Johnson’s 17 year-old record from the outside lane.
The very successful U.S. women gymnasts won team gold and dubbed themselves “The Final Five” in honor of Coach Marta Karolyi. Also 74 years old, Marta is retiring from her position as national coordinator; the respect and regard from her five young charges were more than apparent.
The tears streamed as I watched events unfold after the medal ceremony for water polo. Each member of the U.S. women’s team placed her gold medal around the neck of Coach Adam Krikorian, who finally stood surrounded by his players – smiling, proud, weighted down with the joy of thirteen shiny awards.
Facebook lit up when American Clayton Murphy won the bronze medal for his 800-meter run. He grew up on a pig farm in Darke County and graduated from Tri-Village High School, about half the size of Graham.
The charm and importance of Clayton’s victory is that just a typical guy from a typical American location made his dreams come true internationally. For me, he – and many others, like Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel – seemed just like the great, down-to-earth kids who populated my own classroom for so many years.
I also enjoyed watching other medal ceremonies. Interestingly enough, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt stopped a live interview to show respect for the “Star-Spangled Banner” being played elsewhere in the stadium.
Similarly, U.S. Army Reservist Sam Kendricks halted midstride, dropped his pole, and stood at attention when he heard his national anthem. He later earned a bronze medal in pole vaulting.
And from 5000 miles away, I relished the unabashed joy with which the Brazilian soccer players and their countrymen in the stands sang the “Hino Nacional Brasileiro” in celebration of their gold medal. With apologies to my German friends whose team lost to the Brazilians on penalty kicks, it seemed a fitting conclusion for the home team.
The one part of NBC’s Olympic coverage I found unnecessary was the daily medal count. National pride is natural and understandable at the Olympics. I mean, 11,000 athletes represented 207 different countries under 207 different flags.
But country seemed less important when Simone Biles congratulated the balance beam winner from Holland, acknowledging that her own bronze medal was the correct one for her flawed performance. And it did not matter to American Abbey D’Agostino that fellow runner Nikki Hamblin was wearing the colors of New Zealand. It mattered only that they helped each other finish their 5000 meters after a fall.
At the end of sixteen days of competition, nationality also become symbolically less important. In contrast to the parade of nations organized for the opening ceremonies, athletes entered the closing ceremonies in random groups, national colors blending and swirling into an international rainbow.
I often bemoan the über-attention that athletics seem to receive in this country, but I do recognize the metaphors for life the world of sports can offer. And I am convinced anew when I read the words of the Olympic Creed: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”
By Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott, a 1966 graduate of Graham High School, is a native of Champaign County. After receiving degrees in English and German from Otterbein College, she returned to GHS in 1970 where she taught until retiring in 2010. From 1976-2001 she coordinated the German Exchange Program with the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium in Springe.
Shirley Scott, a 1966 graduate of Graham High School, is a native of Champaign County. After receiving degrees in English and German from Otterbein College, she returned to GHS in 1970 where she taught until retiring in 2010. From 1976-2001 she coordinated the German Exchange Program with the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium in Springe. | http://urbanacitizen.com/opinion/columns/28767/boomer-blog-not-the-triumph-but-the-struggle | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/2b1f4779973baef09e1b36898c2cb3ee101b6a21636ccb072de6a26e7dffc2ac.json |
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The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover.
Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Columbus bureau is reachable at 614-885-2727. Send daybook items to apcolumbus@ap.org.
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Friday, Aug. 26 8:00 AM Big Lots: Q2 2016 Earning conference call / Webcast
Location: TBD http://www.biglotscorporate.com/investor/index.asp https://twitter.com/BigLots
Contacts: Andrew D. Regrut Big Lots Investor Relations Investor_Relations@biglots.com 1 614 278 6622
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Friday, Aug. 26 9:00 AM Warren County Transportation Improvement District Board meeting
Location: Warren County Engineer’s Office, 210 W Main Street, Lebanon, OH http://www.co.warren.oh.us/County/Default.aspx
Contacts: Savannah Shafer Warren County Public Relations Savannah.Shafer@co.warren.oh.us 1 513 695 3302
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Friday, Aug. 26 10:30 AM BGSU president delivers State of the University address – Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey delivers 2016 State of the University Address, discussing the University’s ‘strategic plan, recent accomplishments, and priorities and goals for the coming year’
Location: Donnell Theatre, 1300 Ridge St, Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green http://www.bgsu.edu/ https://twitter.com/bgsu
Contacts: Amber Stark BGSU alstark@bgsu.edu 1 419 372 8582
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Friday, Aug. 26 11:15 AM Kentucky Secretary of State Grimes campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Ohio – Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Ohio, joining Ohio women to ‘celebrate and discuss Hillary Clinton’s historic nomination and her lifelong commitment to fighting for women’s rights’ with a Delaware Women for Hillary Policy Chat at Delaware Dems HQ, 12 1/2 North Sandusky Street, Delaware (11:15 AM EDT); and with a Women of Cincinnati For Hillary Event at 3416 Brookline Avenue, Cincinnati (4:45 PM EDT)
Location: Cincinnati Delaware www.hillaryclinton.com https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton
Contacts: Laura Zapata Hillary for America, Ohio LZapata@hillaryclinton.com 1 901 337 4221
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Friday, Aug. 26 11:30 AM Annual United Negro College Fund Mayor’s Luncheon – Annual United Negro College Fund Mayor’s Luncheon, featuring keynote speaker Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley
Location: Charity Early Auditorium, 444 W 3rd St, Dayton, OH Dayton http://www.uncf.org/ https://twitter.com/UNCF
Contacts: UNCF 1 614 221 5309
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Friday, Aug. 26 1:45 PM Dayton Region Military Collaborative announces new Hometown Heroes event – Dayton Region Military Collaborative announces new Hometown Heroes event planned for 15 Sept, 2016
Location: Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd, Kettering, OH www.wpafb.af.mil
Contacts: 88th Air Base Wing Office of Public Affairs 1 937 522 3252
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Friday, Aug. 26 2:00 PM Ohio state Rep. Steve Hambley and state Sen. Larry Obhof host joint office hours
Location: Brunswick Public Library, 3649 Center Road, Brunswick, OH http://www.ohiohouse.gov
Contacts: Brandon Sagraves Ohio House of Representatives rep69@ohiohouse.gov 1 614 466 8140
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Friday, Aug. 26 2:45 PM GOP Sen. Rob Portman holds event to wrap up his ‘Moving Ohio Forward’ Summer RV Tour – Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who is running for re-election, holds event to wrap up his ‘Moving Ohio Forward’ Summer RV Tour, which made ’50 stops across 30 counties and covered over 3,500 miles in the span of two weeks’
Location: 614 Wooster Pike Terrace Park, OH www.robportman.com
Contacts: Michawn Rich Portman for Senate michawn@robportman.com 1 775 240 8539
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Friday, Aug. 26 Big Lots: Q2 2016 Results
Location: TBD http://www.biglotscorporate.com/investor/index.asp https://twitter.com/BigLots
Contacts: Andrew D. Regrut Big Lots Investor Relations Investor_Relations@biglots.com 1 614 278 6622
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Friday, Aug. 26 – Thursday, Sep. 01 The American Legion National Convention – The American Legion National Convention. Speakers over the weeklong event include 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (31 Aug) and Republican nominee Donald Trump (1 Sep)
Location: Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati www.legion.org https://twitter.com/AmericanLegion
Contacts: The American Legion press pr@legion.org 1 317 630 1253
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NEW EVENT: Saturday, Aug. 27 8:30 AM Medina County Friends and Neighbors meeting, with Ohio Senate President Keith Faber
Location: Cherokee Hills Golf Course, 5740 Center Rd., Valley City, OH www.mcfan.org
Contacts: Lisa Woods Medina County Friends and Neighbors 1 330 241 5226
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Saturday, Aug. 27 10:00 AM FCCS and Columbus Mayor Ginther host ‘FamJam – A Family Enrichment Festival’ – Franklin County Children Services and Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther host eight annual ‘FamJam – A Family Enrichment Festival’
Location: Genoa Park, 303 W Broad St, Columbus, OH Columbus http://childrenservices.franklincountyohio.gov/ https://twitter.com/FCCSnews
Contacts: Franklin County Children Services Fccsoutreach@fccs.us 1 614 275 2780
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Saturday, Aug. 27 2:30 PM Columbus City Councilmember Michael Stinziano holds Community Hours
Location: Columbus Metropolitan Library, 3980 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport, OH Columbus http://www.columbus.gov/ https://twitter.com/ColumbusCouncil
Contacts: Stephanie Megas City of Columbus 1 614 645 8311
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Sunday, Aug. 28 1:00 PM Interfaith Association of Central Ohio 24th Annual Main Event Luncheon
Location: Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Drive, Columbus, OH Columbus http://iaco.org/
Contacts: Interfaith Association of Central Ohio iaco@iaco.org 1 614 849 0290
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Sunday, Aug. 28 – Wednesday, Aug. 31 American Probation and Parole Association Annual Training Institute
Location: Cleveland, OH Cleveland http://www.appa-net.org
Contacts: Diane Kincaid APPA press dkincaid@csg.org 1 859 244 8196
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Keywords: Daybook, Ohio | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28636/ohio-daybook-866 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/0993df669a7db4b5b8831d20229a099564b3ccc06dfd80d9d597a615398adeae.json |
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The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover.
Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Columbus bureau is reachable at 614-885-2727. Send daybook items to apcolumbus@ap.org.
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Friday, Aug. 26 8:00 AM Big Lots: Q2 2016 Earning conference call / Webcast
Location: TBD http://www.biglotscorporate.com/investor/index.asp https://twitter.com/BigLots
Contacts: Andrew D. Regrut Big Lots Investor Relations Investor_Relations@biglots.com 1 614 278 6622
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Friday, Aug. 26 9:00 AM Warren County Transportation Improvement District Board meeting
Location: Warren County Engineer’s Office, 210 W Main Street, Lebanon, OH http://www.co.warren.oh.us/County/Default.aspx
Contacts: Savannah Shafer Warren County Public Relations Savannah.Shafer@co.warren.oh.us 1 513 695 3302
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Friday, Aug. 26 10:30 AM BGSU president delivers State of the University address – Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey delivers 2016 State of the University Address, discussing the University’s ‘strategic plan, recent accomplishments, and priorities and goals for the coming year’
Location: Donnell Theatre, 1300 Ridge St, Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green http://www.bgsu.edu/ https://twitter.com/bgsu
Contacts: Amber Stark BGSU alstark@bgsu.edu 1 419 372 8582
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Friday, Aug. 26 11:30 AM Annual United Negro College Fund Mayor’s Luncheon – Annual United Negro College Fund Mayor’s Luncheon, featuring keynote speaker Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley
Location: Charity Early Auditorium, 444 W 3rd St, Dayton, OH Dayton http://www.uncf.org/ https://twitter.com/UNCF
Contacts: UNCF 1 614 221 5309
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Friday, Aug. 26 2:00 PM Ohio state Rep. Steve Hambley and state Sen. Larry Obhof host joint office hours
Location: Brunswick Public Library, 3649 Center Road, Brunswick, OH http://www.ohiohouse.gov
Contacts: Brandon Sagraves Ohio House of Representatives rep69@ohiohouse.gov 1 614 466 8140
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Friday, Aug. 26 2:45 PM GOP Sen. Rob Portman holds event to wrap up his ‘Moving Ohio Forward’ Summer RV Tour – Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who is running for re-election, holds event to wrap up his ‘Moving Ohio Forward’ Summer RV Tour, which made ’50 stops across 30 counties and covered over 3,500 miles in the span of two weeks’
Location: 614 Wooster Pike Terrace Park, OH www.robportman.com
Contacts: Michawn Rich Portman for Senate michawn@robportman.com 1 775 240 8539
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Friday, Aug. 26 Big Lots: Q2 2016 Results
Location: TBD http://www.biglotscorporate.com/investor/index.asp https://twitter.com/BigLots
Contacts: Andrew D. Regrut Big Lots Investor Relations Investor_Relations@biglots.com 1 614 278 6622
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Friday, Aug. 26 – Thursday, Sep. 01 The American Legion National Convention – The American Legion National Convention. Speakers over the week-long event include 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (31 Aug) and Republican nominee Donald Trump (1 Sep)
Location: Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati www.legion.org https://twitter.com/AmericanLegion
Contacts: The American Legion press pr@legion.org 1 317 630 1253
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The following students were named to the Otterbein University Spring Semester Dean’s List: Boston Scott Gregg, Dayna Sue Ober. | http://urbanacitizen.com/news/28503/champaign-county-college-news-6 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/0260e96c58cd52283286d6c1cea9e55f23a155363ae85fee83e47a0a6821593d.json |
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The EF3 tornado that swept through the south side of Kokomo, Indiana, on Wednesday afternoon packing winds as high as 152 mph toppled a Starbucks coffee shop and tore apart numerous homes. One of them belonged to 45-year-old Mark Martinez, who was out picking up his daughter from school and returned to find everything but the bedrooms on one side of his house destroyed.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence hugged and chatted with residents in a neighborhood where the damage seemed to skip some homes altogether. Pence credited quick thinking and early warnings of the approaching storm for the lack of serious injuries; Howard County Sheriff Steve Rogers said only 10 to 15 residents in the city 40 miles north of Indianapolis had minor injuries.
“It’s a miracle and it’s a testament to good common sense,” Pence said.
Cheryl Swyers said she huddled in a hallway closet with her 2-year-old granddaughter as the tornado struck.
“It sounded like it lasted forever, but I’m sure it wasn’t,” Swyers said. “The house shook. You could hear things flying around outside.”
Her house was spared from major damage. But the tornado demolished most of the home across the street belonging to Martinez, who left to pick up his daughter from school minutes before the tornado tore through.
When they returned, his daughter was distraught because their dog was still inside the rubble of the home. After some digging, Martinez found the dog alive.
Martinez said he hadn’t mentally processed the events.
“It’s crazy,” was all he could muster.
The Kokomo tornado was one of several that swept through central and northern Indiana and northwest Ohio on Wednesday.
In Ohio, damage was reported in four counties, including Van Wert County, where officials said at least two tornadoes touched down about 2 miles apart, tearing roofs off homes and flattening barns. A tornado warning also briefly stopped a KISS concert Wednesday night in Toledo, Ohio, though no twisters touched down in that city.
As of Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service had confirmed that at least seven tornadoes hit Indiana during Wednesday’s outbreak, five of them in central Indiana and two others in northeastern Indiana. But surveys were continuing and the storm tally was expected to rise, said Mike Ryan, a weather service meteorologist in Indianapolis.
Some houses and farm buildings were damaged by storms in rural areas near Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the Montgomery County community of Mace, about 35 miles northwest of Indianapolis.
About 220 people stayed overnight in a temporary shelter in Kokomo, Mayor Greg Goodnight said Thursday. Police were restricting access to storm-damaged neighborhoods, saying residents must show identification to gain access.
Utility companies reported about 25,000 homes and businesses in the Kokomo area lost electricity from the storm, though power was restored to more than half by Thursday afternoon.
Heidi Otiker lives on a block that was hit Wednesday, as well as by a tornado in November 2013.
“It could have been far worse. God has a master plan. I believe this all happens for a reason. It sucks at the moment. Our houses and our material things can be replaced,” she said. “But this time, no fatalities, no injuries, and we are all still here.”
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Associated Press writers Ken Kusmer, Rick Callahan and Tom Davies in Indianapolis contributed to this report. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28491/several-tornadoes-likely-hit-indiana-ohio-no-bad-injuries-2 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/66bad49b94f1bebcdeb503cb15e0650b66eba9e67bdd7e806ea227a1e09ad881.json |
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At the center of Republicans’ new web ad campaign announced Monday is a largely forgotten scandal on prison workers at the Governor’s Residence that all but evaporated when Strickland lost re-election in 2010.
The party is also revisiting a controversy over Strickland’s use of state-issued airplanes to shuttle him short distances in Columbus.
Republicans have already been hammering Strickland on job losses while the Democrat was governor, and the reduction of the state’s rainy day fund to 89 cents while he was in office.
“Strickland is the definition of incompetence and cronyism in government, and we plan to ensure that every Ohioan with a TV, mailbox, tablet, iPhone or laptop knows it,” Ohio GOP chairman Matt Borges said in a statement.
The online ads follow months of Democratic ads tweaking Portman for failing to distance himself from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and accusing Portman of favoring trade deals with China that cost U.S. jobs.
Strickland spokesman David Bergstein said Republicans are misrepresenting Strickland’s record in order to distract from Portman’s agenda of policies favoring the rich and powerful over working people.
“Senator Portman can’t defend his career spent championing job killing trade deals that have cost Ohio over 300,000 jobs to places like China, his efforts to raise the retirement age for seniors and cut education funding for students, or the fact that he’s bragging about a drug abuse prevention bill he voted against funding — so Republicans are throwing out wildly false claims as a pathetic attempt at a distraction,” he said.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Aug. 11 showed Portman leading Strickland 49 percent to 40 percent.
Events leading to controversy over the prison workers began when individuals in Strickland’s administration decided in early 2010 to cancel a scheduled sting operation at the governor’s residence. At issue was an “honor inmate” program that employed low-security prisoners at various household and grounds-keeping jobs for 50 years.
How and why the bust was aborted became the subject of intense questioning amid concerns it was obstructed for political purposes. Then-Public Safety Director Cathy Collins-Taylor was found responsible for the decision in a state watchdog’s investigation, though she and others close to her told another story.
Collins-Taylor’s was among three resignations resulting from ensuing investigations. Additional fallout, much of it after Strickland’s defeat and departure from office, also included a reprimand, a suspension and one person’s criminal conviction.
Meanwhile, had the operation been carried out as planned, the wife of an inmate working at the governor’s suburban mansion — instructed in a letter to drop a “six-pack” of contraband cigarettes at the property’s perimeter for her husband to smuggle behind bars — would have been arrested in what was later deemed to be “a safe, routine and well-devised law enforcement plan.” Cigarettes had become coveted contraband inside Ohio’s prisons after smoking was banned statewide in 2006.
The suspect had been scheduled to be intercepted on Jan. 10, 2010, the same night Strickland, his chief of staff John Haseley and Haseley’s 8-year-old daughter were scheduled to dine with astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn and his wife, Annie. Collins-Taylor later said she wanted to spare the governor political embarrassment should the operation go awry.
Strickland and two key advisers were cleared of playing any direct role in aborting the sting. Nonetheless, critics and editorialists at the time faulted his judgment in overseeing the inmate program and in picking Cabinet officers such as Collins-Taylor.
Exacerbating the political headache for Strickland, he hadn’t yet submitted Collins-Taylor’s appointment as Ohio’s safety director to the Republican-led state Senate for confirmation. That allowed the chamber to hold explosive public hearings on the matter that ended with her resignation.
The honor inmate program at the residence, suspended after another breach following the botched sting, has never been re-started. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28997/gop-to-revisit-2010-sting-in-anti-strickland-web-push-6 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/cb52876e9f19da03daefa884c33ca80c1069bfea207b73b34aaddc4950be9bb5.json |
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6-2-9
(six, two, nine) | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/state-wire/28753/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-3-midday-game-137 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/673de3ea75de61f33305c5d8ad8aecb901c26c02651f98bf2cd81e346c0f18f7.json |
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Government Minister Carlos Romero called it a “cowardly and brutal killing” and asked that the miners turn over the body of deputy minister Rodolfo Illanes.
Earlier, Romero and Attorney General Ramiro Guerrero said that Illanes had been kidnapped, but local media reports that he had been beaten to death by the miners had not been confirmed.
The strike has turned violent recently with two protesters being killed and riot police failing to clear a highway in a western part of the Andean nation.
Illanes had gone to Panduro, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of the La Paz, to open a dialogue. | http://urbanacitizen.com/wire/national-wire/28437/official-striking-miners-kill-deputy-minister-in-bolivia-2 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/2ec220eb8ac552139fe0ec08d495a94e25202a1a96455b21492a6582dcb2639f.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T02:49:05 | null | 2016-08-29T22:42:52 | null | http%3A%2F%2Furbanacitizen.com%2Fsports%2F28899%2Fplaying-bg-brings-back-memories-for-meyer.json | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/28899/playing-bg-brings-back-memories-for-meyer | en | null | Playing BG brings back memories for Meyer | null | null | urbanacitizen.com | COLUMBUS – Fifteen years ago, Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer was in the same position as Bowling Green coach Mike Jinks, who will lead the Falcons into Ohio Stadium on Saturday.
In 2001, like Jinks, Meyer was in his first season as BGSU’s football coach. He’d never been a college head coach before. And for his first game, he had to play a school from one of college football’s elite conferences.
The 2001 Bowling Green team opened its season at Missouri and came away with a 20-13 win.
Playing against the school where he got his start as a head coach took Meyer down memory lane during his first weekly press conference of this season on Monday.
“We had, I think, 50 some players make the travel team. We were allowed to take 70. We didn’t have 70 players,” Meyer said about his opener at Bowling Green.
“We sat there on the plane in Columbia, Mo., and I looked at (his wife) Shelley and said, ‘What if we lose every game we play?’ She said, ‘I bet you win tomorrow.’ I looked at
her and I said, ‘We have no chance of winning this game tomorrow.’
‘But something happened in the middle of the night. I remember waking up and our staff and our players thought they’d win it, and they did,” Meyer said.
Meyer was 17-6 in two seasons at Bowling Green before being hired at Utah.
The Falcons have won 28 games over the last three seasons and were 10-4 last season, including wins at Maryland and at Purdue. They have 12 starters back from that team, not including quarterback James Knapke, who threw for 3,173 yards as the starter two years ago.
But Bowling Green’s program was not in such a good place when Meyer arrived. The Falcons were coming off a 2-9 season and had gone 5-6 and 5-6 the two years before that.
One of Meyer’s first moves was to institute stringent workouts that led to 20 or more players leaving the program.
He remembered how some of the players were dressed for the first of those workouts.
” So I walk in the first workout, they’re in Budweiser T-shirts, stuff like that. Obviously that’s not going to make it real well with us. So I started going berserk like I do. We
didn’t have the money to have the workout gear. Everybody’s wearing different colored shoes,” he said.
Those who stayed went 8-3 in 2001 and 9-3 in 2002. And Meyer’s career was launched.
NOTES:
GIBSON SUSPENDED: Ohio State redshirt freshman wide receiver Torrance Gibson has been suspended from school for the fall semester for what was called a violation of the university’s code of conduct.
Meyer said the suspension was not an athletic department or football decision. “I disagree with it,” he said.
Offensive coordinator Ed Warinner said he hopes Gibson, who started his OSU career as a quarterback, can return.
“I hope the best for Torrance,” he said. “He is an awesome young man, we love him, he’s worked hard here and I hope everything works out where he can someday be a Buckeye again and play for us.”
NEW KICKER (AGAIN): Tyler Durbin, a senior walk-on who has never kicked in a college game, will be Ohio State’s kicker on Saturday because No. 1 kicker Sean Nuernberger has a groin injury.
Durbin played two years of soccer at James Madison University before walking on as OSU last year.
Meyer called Durbin “a tremendous talent” and said he kicked a 62-yard field goal during training camp.
He did not seem too familiar with Durbin, though, saying, “Tyler Durbin. That’s his name, right? Tyler Durbin?” to football sports information director Jerry Emig at one point during his discussion of the Buckeyes’ kicking game.
MORE ON INJURIES: Tight end Marcus Baugh and linebacker Jerome Baker have been “dinged up,” Meyer said, but were expected to return to practice on Monday. | http://urbanacitizen.com/sports/28899/playing-bg-brings-back-memories-for-meyer | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | urbanacitizen.com/3ea21ba306ffda98caada3ffc90cba3c58e5970730a6f2ac96c931fde610dc66.json |
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NATIONAL NEWS - According to the AA, the effects of the weaker rand on fuel prices will be noticeable towards the middle and end of September.
Renewed oil price strength, and a turnaround in the Rand/US dollar exchange rate, have put the brakes on the substantial drops in fuel prices suggested by mid-August data. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA), which was commenting on unaudited end-August fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF).
“International petroleum prices have put in a surprising rally since the middle of the month,” the AA said. It noted that a stronger rand would have cushioned this increase in international petroleum prices but that this is now not the case given the latest developments related to the weakening rand.
In mid-August, when the rand was at stronger levels, the AA predicted that petrol would drop by up to 69 cents a litre, diesel by 94 cents a litre, and illuminating paraffin by around 92 cents a litre. The association said it now expected petrol to fall by around 25 cents a litre, diesel by 54 cents, and illuminating paraffin also by 54 cents
“The stronger oil price might have been kept in check more effectively had the rand not sagged so sharply against the dollar in the wake of developments around the minister of finance, Pravin Gordhan, being the subject of further investigation by the Hawks,” the AA said. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171292/Fuel-price-drop-much-lower-than-expected | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/b8ec84de5aa8e35a63f58eeb570fc903e22d2520340170fa7fa63753369d7a80.json |
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - US singer Chris Brown has been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a woman told police he had threatened her with a gun.
Beauty queen Baylee Curran told the LA Times Mr Brown had pointed the gun at her face after she had been admiring his friend's jewellery.
Mr Brown came out of his home after a stand-off with police on Tuesday.
It is not yet clear if Mr Brown was charged or released on bail.
Police went to Mr Brown's home following the emergency call early on Tuesday from Ms Curran, who by that time had left the property.
Ms Curran told the LA Times that she and a friend had gone to Mr Brown's house with a business associate on Monday evening.
Mr Brown's lawyer tweeted that his client was later freed, adding that the accusations were "demonstrably false".The singer has several convictions for violence, including a 2009 assault on his then girlfriend, pop star Rihanna. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/International/171388/Chris-Brown-arrested-for-pointing-gun-at-woman | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/cea546c23f7e9922343d253eba665cdafe32120f9dd80192e01072e69b7e403c.json |
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS - At the turn of the 21st century, German consumer pressure groups lobbied supermarkets to reduce the use of chemicals in managing the pests in the crops they sold and that pressure also came down on the apple and pear growing regions in South Africa.
Today the growers for Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing have some of the lowest Minimum Residue Levels (MRL) in the land and exceed the European Union standard in this regard.
“Our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme was developed as a response to the need to find ways to successfully manage pests and diseases that impact apple and pear crops in a way that has the least impact on the environment," says De Kock Hamman, technical advisor at Ceres Fruit Growers, one of Tru-Cape’s grower-owned packhouses.
“In 2011 we detected between 27 and 30 active chemicals to manage pests and now just four or five which are also softer chemicals that have less impact on the environment. We also changed the way we apply chemicals by using ultra-low volume sprayers, we spray at night to avoid bees and birds and monitor temperature carefully for triggers for coddling moth outbreak, for example.
“We use a ladybird in the Tru-Cape logo to link to our IMP efforts. Natural predators play a significant role in managing pests like aphids, for examples. We also use biological tools that are highly focussed and not harmful to the operator or the environment like mating disruptors which very effectively control the Coddling Moth population by confusing the male about the location of the female by spreading moth pheromone over a wide area so the male dies before mating.
Releasing sterile insects is similarly successful. We also apply sticky physical barriers to tree stems to prevent bugs reaching the fruit. These techniques, combined with a change in how we manage past-prime trees - chipping and mulching organic matter rather than burning it - has seen a great improvement in the management of orchards with as few chemicals as possible and requiring less water than before,” he says.
According to Ceres Fruit Growers managing director, Francois Malan, 90% of their crops comply with the German standard which is a third more rigorous than the EU standard. “Ceres growers can hold our heads up high when we meet our international colleagues as being among the global leaders in positive environmental practices,” he says. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Agri-Focus/171274/Integrated-Pest-Management-key-in-reducing-use-of-chemicals | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/d0854fc7301e25ff7b6d7710bf846ba3d5c1908428b620bdea70f27c19bf18d9.json |
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Other performance highlights came from Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears and rapper G-Eazy, and Nick Jonas, who took over Manhattan's Tick Tock Diner for a rendition of Bacon with Ty Dolla $ign.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Beyonce turned the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday into ladies' night as she scored a string of top honours, including Video of the YearThe superstar led all nominees heading into the show with 11 nods for her groundbreaking Lemonade album and short film, and she quickly racked up the prizes, earning Best Choreography, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing for Formation, which she performed as part of a show-stopping Lemonade medley.Formation also earned Beyonce the coveted Video of the Year title, which she dedicated to the residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, who have been struggling with severe flooding in recent weeks.With her multiple victories, she broke the record for most VMAs with 21 wins, surpassing the previous title holder Madonna, who has a total of 20 Moonman trophies.Rihanna was another big winner at the VMAs, which she opened with the first of four performances during the New York show, singing hits Only Girl (In The World), We Found Love, and Where Have You BeenShe later returned to the Madison Square Garden stage to belt out tracks like Work, Needed Me, Stay, and Diamonds before she was presented with the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award by her frequent collaborator and rumoured boyfriend Drake.He delivered a heartwarming speech hailing the R&B beauty's achievements, declaring he had been "in love" with her since he was 22, and honouring Rihanna as a "living, breathing legend in our industry".They then shared a kiss on the cheek as Rihanna stepped up to accept the special Moonman award, which she celebrated as "such an amazing moment" in her career.The Bajan star then went on to thank her longtime fans, saying: "My success, it started as my dream, but now my success is not my own; it's my family's, it's my fans, it's my country's, it's the Caribbean as a whole, it's women, it's black women... So many people feel like their little piece is such a major part of this puzzle and I have to thank you guys for supporting me, over and over..."The Video Vanguard Award wasn't her only win of the night - she also helped Calvin Harris claim the Best Male Video title for their latest collaboration, This Is What You Came For | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Arts--Entertainment/Entertainment/171225/Beyonce-dominates-MTV-Video-Music-Awards | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/5ce42524ee70d330f6398ed410d7f660cd018a9d2bd5941f86ac455854932bcd.json |
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Water and Sanitation’s Sputnik Ratau says: "If we’re to receive early summer rains or mid-to-late spring rains that can be able to assist us in terms of water availability so that it can be able to assist our rivers with dam levels."
NATIONAL NEWS - The Water and Sanitation Department says it is working on alternatives to ensure South Africans are not heavily affected by water restrictions.This follows an announcement about the low dam levels in the country caused by the ongoing drought.The department is looking at using underground water and desalination plants in certain areas. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171236/Water-Department-working-on-alternatives-to-ensure-water-supply | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/9ffcfc276076334bda70779a42525db0b732192a039efb275242de7c60c0fb94.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T06:48:40 | null | 2016-08-29T08:00:00 | George Herald is your local community newspaper from George, bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from George and surrounding Garden Route, South Africa. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgeherald.com%2Fnews%2FNews%2FSouthern-Cape-Business%2F171215%2FEntrepreneur-of-the-Year-Local-a-finalist.json | http://www.georgeherald.com/img/ghnwtn20160829-082109-107_u0.jpg | en | null | Entrepreneur of the Year: Local a finalist | null | null | www.georgeherald.com | Sanlam Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Vanessa Jacobs in her factory where the Slabs of Seed are made.
GEORGE NEWS FLASH - A business idea born from a love of chocolate and fresh vegetables has put Vanessa Jacobs, founder and owner of local enterprise Sow Delicious, among the 15 finalists in the national 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year competition.
Jacobs' innovative product, Slab of Seeds, is opening up the world of edible gardening for even the most inexperienced gardener.
Jacobs came up with the idea of prepackaging vegetable and herb heirloom seeds in 'slabs' that resemble chocolate slabs.
Starting to grow one's own food is as simple as breaking a block off a slab and pushing it into the soil. Jacobs says that being a foodie at heart, she was inspired by chocolate and the beautiful vegetables that heirloom seeds produce.
"To me, being an entrepreneur is who I am, not what I do, and to be nominated and recognised by my South African peers as a finalist, is both humbling and a great honour."
She started the business three years ago after looking for a solution to "solve my own food gardening dilemma". "It excitingly evolved into a business based around one of my great passions - edible gardening."
Read more in Thursday's George Herald, and online.
'We bring you the latest George, Garden Route news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Southern-Cape-Business/171215/Entrepreneur-of-the-Year-Local-a-finalist | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/d2ea0ecb5a7c9dbdc7aec4d5950c5a919da5ec4c6c8850f0ecc8a355bbd87da7.json |
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The Hawks instructed the four to present themselves at its offices last week but the finance minister chose not to, citing that he was under no legal obligation to do so.
Van Rooyen says the minister, like everyone else implicated, must comply.
NATIONAL NEWS - MK Military Veterans Association treasurer Des van Rooyen has accused Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan of drawing out the Hawks' South African Revenue Service (Sars) investigation and says he's putting the country's economy at risk.Yesterday, the association held a briefing about the spat between Treasury and the Hawks, criticising Gordhan’s decision not to present himself at the unit's Pretoria headquarters last week.The unit has identified the minister and three other Sars officials as suspects into an investigation into a controversial unit at the revenue service. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171283/Van-Rooyen-accuses-Gordhan-of-dragging-out-Hawks-probe | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/208ad6f42cb7fd573db22d63664317c65b1a23adf6333f44059486ba62e603e9.json |
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The defence says surety of his immovable property will also be filed at court by 14 September.
NATIONAL NEWS - Sotheby's Realtor CEO Jason Rohde, who is accused of murdering his wife at an upmarket Stellenbosch estate, has been granted R100,000 bail.Rohde was released on bail on the Stellenbosch Magistrates Court today.His wife Susan’s body was found at the couple’s hotel room at the Spier Wine Estate late last month.The State decided not to oppose bail for Jason.It says it has conducted its investigations into the murder accused’s financial circumstances and it is satisfied it has obtained all the relevant information.Jason will have to hand over his travel documents and State prosecutor Carine Teunissen requested he not be allowed to apply for new travel documents.The real estate tycoon will also have to come up with R1 million surety that will be forfeited if he violates the conditions of his bail or flees proceedings. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171318/Sothebys-Realty-CEO-granted-R100000-bail | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/26b3e3e10fa190e41e904c61a1c3cbdf37c1818166993e578622a6511b3f94fd.json |
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Of this group, 14 councillors were elected by ballot during the Local Government Election of 3 August, while the remaining 21 councillors have been chosen by their respective municipalities to represent them on the council.
The Eden speaker, mayor and deputy mayor will also be nominated and inaugurated tomorrow.
Former Bitou Mayor Memory Booysen is the mayoral candidate for Eden.
The composition of the Eden Council is as follows:
14 PR councillors elected on election day
21 councillors representing the seven municipalities
Ivan Mangaliso (ANC)
ARTICLE: MICHELLE PIENAAR, GEORGE HERALD JOURNALIST
'We bring you the latest George, Garden Route news'
EDEN DISTRICT NEWS - A total of 35 councillors will take their places tomorrow at the council chambers of Eden District Municipality for their inauguration.Tertuis SimmersDaniël SaaymanBernardus van WykRowan SpiesThersia van RensburgNompumelelo NdayiJohannes RossouwKhayalethu LoseClodia LichabaDoris XegoStephen de VriesNontsikelo KamtePatco MapitizaTheresa FortuinIsaya Stemela (DA)Elizabeth Stroebel (DA)Raybin Figland (DA)Piet van der Hoven (ANC)Tobeka Teyisi (ANC)Virgill Gericke (PBI)Jerome Lambaatjeen (DA)Raymond Wildschut (DA)Klasie Windvogel (ANC)Joslyn Johnson (DA)Barnie Groenewald (DA)Erica Meyer (DA)Rosina Ruiters (DA)Stanford Mbandezi (ANC)Mark Willemse (DA)Luzuko Tyokolo (DA)Mzukisi Molosi (ANC)Memory Booysen (DA)Nomikahi Jacob (ANC)Simon Odendaal (DA) | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/171320/Eden-Council-inauguration-tomorrow | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/efd291671e4c247c000bbec43309cbccdffcbd3ebd436ed79dccd2f5166cc798.json |
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EDEN DISTRICT NEWS FLASH - Mark Willemse, DA councillor from Knysna, has just been appointed as the Speaker of the Eden District Municipality.
The ANC's candidate for Speaker was Doris Xego.
Voting for the position of mayor is now underway, but this is a mere formality as the DA has an outright majority.
Memory Booysen is the DA's mayoral candidate.
The ANC candidate for mayor is Claudia Lichaba.
More information to follow as it becomes available.
'We bring you the latest Garden Route, Klein Karoo, Hessequa news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/171396/New-Eden-Speaker-appointed | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/6a97c1c840cc46868415c5a84a32051f3c604f2c95715bca6d8a5ab5fe393260.json |
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NATIONAL NEWS - The Sunflower Fund, a South African non-profit company, has undergone a complete makeover.
Their new tagline, 'Hope begins with you' is accompanied by a new look for National Bandana Day on Friday
16 September.
The fund, along with Pick n Pay, has launched a new campaign called Sunflower Day, which will take place on Bandana Day. The Sunflower Fund is an organisation that is dedicated to creating awareness and educating the public on the South African bone marrow registry.
Increasing the number of donors listed on the national database offers hope to hundreds of South Africans with blood diseases such as leukaemia who have reached the point where their only chance of survival is a stem cell transplant. A larger Registry significantly improves patients’ prospects of finding matching stem cell donors in order to undergo life-saving stem cell transplants.
The campaign will run to the end of September and the highlight will be Sunflower Day where the new Sunflower Fund's iconic bandanna will flaunt its new appearance.
The Tube of Hope, or Tope, will show its new face and reflect renewed enthusiasm and excitement, allowing for an increase in the number of stem-cell donors in South Africa.
The Tope can be worn as a headband, mask, scarf, cap or an armband and is available in a variety of six colours.
Along with being practical the Tope also serves as a support icon. Children and adult caps will be available and merchandise went on sale nationwide in August. Caps are R20 for children and R25 for adults.
'We bring you the latest Garden Route, Klein Karoo, Hessequa news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Lifestyle/170904/National-Bandana-Day-on-16-September | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/fe6cd19394ed4629b12887d474f7b9244102cdb0f01f61f00f69a69bcc7ac131.json |
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Due to unforeseen technical problems, our classified advertisements could not be published online and in the newspaper in their entirety this week.
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Weens onvoorsiene tegniese probleme verskyn slegs ‘n gedeelte van ons geklassifiseerde advertensies aanlyn en in hierdie week se koerant. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Elections-2016/171237/Edenraad-Woensdag-bekend | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/7d883bda3933846e2ce40dfcb9f44c87e98d9d082b1a28229b00e566e8c848db.json |
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PROPERTY NEWS - In certain market conditions, when banks are tight on credit, the knock-on effect this has on property affordability can see many buyers unable to purchase a home in the traditional way. In these situations, creative solutions like rent-to-own become an attractive option.
“The concept of rent-to-own isn’t a new one,” says Barry Fourie, Western Cape Regional Sales Manager for the Rawson Property Group, “but a lot of people don’t realise that it’s even an option for property. It can be risky for both parties, so it’s important to fully understand what you’re getting into before agreeing to anything, but there are situations in which it can be a viable solution.”
The main attraction of rent-to-own is the fact that it eliminates the need for a large cash payment upfront.
“These days, 100% home loans are rare,” says Fourie, “and most prospective buyers will need to budget for a deposit as well as the normal transfer, bond and attorney fees. These upfront costs can be significant – as much as R150 000 on a R1million property – and if the buyer doesn’t have the cash on hand, the purchase simply can’t go ahead.”
With rent-to-own, however, the costs are spread over a much longer period of time, making the purchase more viable for a financially stable person with limited access to immediately available capital.
“The way it normally works is the buyer and seller will sign a lease agreement that allows the buyer to live in the home, like a typical tenant, but with the intention of purchasing the property at the end of the lease,” says Fourie.
“The details vary, but generally, in return for first right of refusal, an additional sum is added to the monthly rental and acts as a down-payment or a deposit towards the future purchase. This sum is often forfeited if the tenant decides not to buy the property when the lease ends, but, depending on the agreement, can count towards the purchase price if the sale goes ahead.”
Fourie stresses the importance of ensuring all these kinds of details are properly recorded on the rent-to-own agreement, as well as on the property’s title deed where appropriate. This includes the tenant’s pre-emptive right (or right of first refusal), the agreed sales price of the property, and the method with which any down payments or deposits will be handled in the event that the tenant accepts – or declines – the sale.
“Without these stipulations in place, there’s nothing to stop an unscrupulous owner from selling the property to someone else without first offering it to the tenant, or raising the sales price so much that the tenant no longer believes the purchase is a good investment,” says Fourie. “Likewise, the owner should be protected against dishonest or unreliable purchasers who don’t hold up their own end of the bargain.”
Rent-to-own can also be structured as a type of instalment sale, with an instalment agreement and a separate lease agreement running concurrently.
“The buyer could rent the property for a period, at an agreed rate, while paying off the purchase price in separate instalments,” says Fourie. “The laws governing this kind of arrangement are quite complicated, however, and there are very specific obligations placed on both parties. Because of this, I would definitely recommend taking legal counsel from a conveyancing specialist before entering into an instalment sale.”
Ironically, in the case of sectional title rentals, rent-to-own can be an automatic and unintentional bonus for normal tenants.
“If the owner of a block of flats, for example, decides to sectionalise the building,” says Fourie, “he or she is required to offer first right of refusal to the tenants that currently occupy the units, for a period of ninety days. It’s only if those tenants refuse the purchase, or the ninety-day period lapses, that the owner can put the units on the public market.”
While those tenants would still be required to make the purchase through conventional finance channels – including coming up with the money for deposits and fees – first right of refusal and the opportunity to live in a property before deciding whether it’s worth buying are key benefits of rent-to-own purchases.
“The benefits of rent-to-own can be great,” says Fourie, “particularly if it’s the only option available to you – but that doesn’t mean it’s always a good idea. Both buyers and sellers are advised to look over the financial implications very carefully, and consult a qualified real estate agent and specialist legal professional to ensure they are fully informed and their rights are protected.”
'We bring you the latest Garden Route, Klein Karoo, Hessequa news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Southern-Cape-Property/171352/Renttoown-a-different-way-to-buy-property | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/62fa6b931b63483c30d75e5ce0a91417f8ae4799b1fb98abb4d13037f5e0995e.json |
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS - Wearable technology like the Fitbit is all the rage with fitness fanatics and a Pakistani tech firm may soon revolutionise the livestock farming sector with something similar.
E4 Technologies, based in Islamabad, recently introduced a collar fitted tracking device for cows called the Cowlar tracking devices that will enable farmers with limited resources to increase productivity to levels they could only have dreamed of in the past which they hope will improve the Pakistani dairy sector’s dismal per cow yield of four to five liters of milk per day.
According to TechInAsia, E4 Technologies hopes to increase milk yields by up to 15% with their affordable, easy-to-use tracking device.
TechInAsia reports the Cowlar constantly monitors the temperature and behaviour of animals through motion-sensing trackers that scrutinize cows’ eating, sleeping, mating and other significant activities.
The data is then fed back into an algorithm at a solar-powered base within a 4km range, which determines things like the health of the cow, its predicted heat cycle and any irregularities in behaviour. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Agri-Focus/171357/Fitbit-for-cows-helping-dairy-farms-get-into-shape | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/88e9ec3d83b2538a6ccb5d9b4151efb258368c050f309b05df6a0a71f4b3eb47.json |
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Le Clos also claimed the spoils in the 50m butterfly (22.15) ahead of the Ukraine's Andrii Govorov in 22.45 and the UK's Adam Barrett (22.64).
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh and Chad Le Clos were both on the podium again after the second leg of the Fina Swimming World Cup in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday night.As he did in Paris last week, Van der Burgh claimed victory in the 50m breaststroke final in a winning time of 25.75 secs."I'm very satisfied with my performance. The pool is very fast and I'm looking forward to the 100m breaststroke tomorrow," said Van der Burgh.He had to settle for bronze though in the 200m breaststroke.His compatriot Chad Le Clos took the 200m butterfly final ahead of Germany's Philip Heintz and China's Hao Yun. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Sport/Water-Sports/171356/More-medals-for-Van-der-Burgh-Le-Clos | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/d3d7bad7debaa9b12f671a146615fe33176ab4a38406cd0ce3a4223bf68d69a0.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:50:02 | null | 2016-08-26T12:00:00 | George Herald is your local community newspaper from George, bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from George and surrounding Garden Route, South Africa. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgeherald.com%2Fnews%2FNews%2FGeneral%2F171188%2FWorking-with-Wood-Show-opening-postponed.json | http://www.georgeherald.com/img/ghnwtn20160826-121604-807_u0.jpg | en | null | Working with Wood Show opening postponed | null | null | www.georgeherald.com | The organisers of the Working with Wood Show have been forced to postpone the opening of the Working with Wood Show at NMMU, George until tomorrow, August 27.
Two of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) the organisers are thrilled that the American Association of Woodturners will the launch two of their out-reach programme, Turners without Borders and Women in Turning during this Show and Symposium. Effectively teaching those less fortunate to “Earn while they Turn”.
'We bring you the latest George, Garden Route news'
GEORGE NEWS - The organisers of the Working with Wood Show have been forced to postpone the opening of the Working with Wood Show at NMMU George until tomorrow, August 27.This much publicised show was due to open to the public this morning at 09:00 at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) George Campus but due to continued student protests at the entrance to the venue the organisers have been instructed to delay the show by a day.Ryan Hunt, Working with Wood Show Director said that they had received instruction from university management saying that the show could not open today. “Alet van Tonder, NMMU manager: Marketing and Corporate relations George Campus sent us the following: “The Campus Principal has confirmed that for now the campus for all practical purposes is not accessible until further notice during the ongoing NMMU engagements with the protesting group of students who have indicated that they wish to hand over a memorandum to the university management later today.’”Most of the university students were seen leaving the campus in buses with their luggage on Thursday as the university has now been closed for the mid-term break.The students have said that they will be leaving campus at 17:30 today, “so we see no reason why the show will not go on,” said Hunt.The Working with Wood Shows are known for bringing top South African and international demonstrators to share their woodworking skills and crafts from woodturning, carving, chair-making, sharpening to furniture making with the show attendees.This year the Working with Wood Show and AWSA Woodturning Synposium will feature top wood working experts. Among these are two international AWSA guests, Carmen De La Paz from the United States of America and Chris Pouncy from Sorby in the United Kingdom. The South African contingent includes John Wessels, John Speedy, Dave Stephenson, Mervin Walsh, Richard Muller, Jan Conradie and Charlie Letsoalo.Festival goers will also be treated to Woodturning Demonstrations and Enhancements that will highlight the global trend in woodturning. Carmen De La Paz and John Wessels will offer live demonstrations on some of the latest techniques in wood enhancements as well | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/171188/Working-with-Wood-Show-opening-postponed | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/7be4698d149ed77c1f91c1b8ff52480205517d7027a0a5e7a8530ad4a7cde07d.json |
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Meanwhile, the SACP said if the ANC doesn’t take quick action to fix internal issues, public support is likely to decline at an accelerated pace.
NATIONAL NEWS - The South African Communist Party (SACP)’s deputy Secretary General Jeremy Cronin says the organisation cannot call for President Jacob Zuma to step down as that decision is ultimately up to the African National Congress (ANC).The party held its central committee meeting in Kempton Park this weekend where it sent a strong message to the ANC to address its waning public support or prepare for the death of the organisation.The SACP says calls by the ANC Youth League to have an early elective conference were informed by internal factionalism and has instead suggested a consultative gathering to work on relations in the alliance.Cronin says one of the lessons they learnt in 2007, ahead of Polokwane, where former president Thabo Mbeki stepped down, is not to get too involved in the politics."I think one of the mistakes that the party made that in 2007 is that we got too embroiled as the party in the party politics of the ANC and I think that’s one of the lessons that we need to learn as the Communist Party."Obviously the majority of us are also ANC and we’ve every right as ANC members to contribute to internal discussions within the ANC." | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171218/SACP-cant-call-for-Zuma-to-step-down-says-Cronin | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/193afedce52961ddaa91ac5a74ab6ee6212cc18c87aa4a263930ec060a02fd17.json |
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The town issued evacuation preparation information on Tuesday morning, which is to inform elderly or disabled people who take time to evacuate. That, however, was not as strong as an evacuation warning, according to another prefecture official.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Nine people were killed when floods inundated an old people's home in Japan, police said on Wednesday, taking the death toll from a typhoon battering northern parts of the country to at least 11.Police found nine bodies on Wednesday in the nursing home in the town of Iwaizumi, in Iwate Prefecture in the north of Japan's main island of Honshu, but it was not clear when their home was flooded.It was also not clear why people there had not been taken to safety before the storm struck. The nursing home is located near a river and was partially buried in mud and debris when the river overflowed its banks."The area is in a state of chaos. We are not sure what preparations the facility had taken," said a prefectural government official who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/International/171395/Nine-people-die-in-flooded-Japanese-nursing-home | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/afe981b2e33edd53ea2c090b4b0c4aeabc0f2b577fc70b3f9b5af1101cfb1a8d.json |
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Evans began Tuesday's run of British success as he saw off American Rajeev Ram 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Second seed Andy Murray beat Lukas Rosol in the US Open night session to become the fifth British player to reach the second round in New York.The Scot, 29, beat Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-2 6-2 and will play Spain's Marcel Granollers in round two.Murray joined compatriots Dan Evans and Naomi Broady as a winner on day two, with Kyle Edmund and Johanna Konta already into the second round.Heather Watson and Aljaz Bedene both suffered first-round losses on Tuesday.Watson struggled with illness as she lost 6-2 7-5 to Dutch qualifier Richel Hogenkamp, and has now failed to reach the second round at Flushing Meadows in six attempts.Bedene was beaten 6-4 6-4 6-4 by Australian Nick Kyrgios.Broady had earlier beaten compatriot Laura Robson 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-4 to claim only the second Grand Slam main-draw win of her career. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Sport/Tennis/171353/Andy-Murray-makes-it-five-Britons-through-at-US-Open | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/6493aabcc4eafa03d2e210e7c51269bf0a8b6a7ba655fdb95d179fd3b2bb5ebb.json |
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SOUTHERN CAPE NEWS - This year's South African National Parks Week in the Garden Route National Park (GRNP) begins on Sunday 11 September and continues until Saturday 17 September when the public will be given free access to the entire park.
The campaign encourages all South Africans to visit national parks around the country. There will be several events on the Garden Route. A gold nugget cycling route takes place in the Goudveld area on Sunday from 10:30 and is aimed at all cyclists.
The GRNP includes the lakes in Wilderness, and forest areas (including Beervlei, Goudveld, Farleigh). Goudveld and Millwood forests are situated 22km from Knysna in Bibby's Hoek (take the Rheenendal road via the Goudveld Entrance). The Goudveld is in the afromotane forest area which is part of the GRNP. This is the largest continuous indigenous forest in South Africa and located on the lower slopes of the Outeniqua mountains with a magnificent variety of fynbos, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammal species. There are several picnic spots.
GRNP Park Manager Paddy Gordon says, "We've prepared various activities in all three sections of the park to accommodate those who share our passion for protecting nature. The campaign week is a platform to share information, educate various visitors to the park."
On the Thursday, a high tea with stakeholders will shed light on the frontier region's western gateway - the Wilderness section of the GRNP. The high tea starts at 11:00 and will continue until 13:00.
Key ranger in Goudveld, Dominique du Toit, says Goudveld is fascinating for its biodiversity and its rich history. "Back in 1876 gold was discovered by James Hooper along the Karatara River. Later in 1887, more discoveries were made in the nearby Millwood area. Millwood in those days had hotels, a church, shop, surgery, bank, school and post office. The two remaining houses from that era are used as a museum to showcase the area's cultural history as well as a restaurant (Materiolli or Mother Holly). The goldfields are also still visible.
"This area is also where most of the woodcutters lived until they were removed from the forests in 1939. Renowned author, Dalene Matthee's book is centred around the lives of woodcutters and there is a memorial erected in her memory," Du Toit said.
All three parks have free access events planned every day of this eventful week, which include guided hiking as well as bird and seahorse talks.
For more information on the cycling event and the high tea, contact Nandi Mgwadlamba on 044 302 5633 or nandi.mgwadlamba@sanparks.org ; for Wilderness guided talks and tours contact Muneer Moses on 044 877 0046; for Tsitsikamma guided talks and events contact Richmond Gewers on 042 281 1607; and for Knysna guided talks, tours and events contact Nondumiso Ngewnya on 044 302 5642.
'We bring you the latest Garden Route, Klein Karoo, Hessequa news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/171406/Free-access-to-parks-for-1-week | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/89f92277dbe4b6c804be2ff9a1cdaff97421b503240d836ce6dc110e52d5bf1e.json |
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He had received complaints about the hair policy‚ allegations that pupils in groups of two or more were being stopped and asked questions – after an earlier protest by pupils – and was told that teachers prevented pupils from speaking African languages.
NATIONAL NEWS - Pretoria Girls High School is facing a furious backlash after allegedly instructing black school pupils to straighten their hair.Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is due to visit the school on Monday to address the controversy as more than 4500 people signed a petition calling for his intervention.#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh was trending on social media on Monday. Videos and photographs of pupils protesting at the school‚ one of the pupils sporting an afro‚ went viral over the weekend.Lesufi was inundated with requests on social media to investigate various allegations against the school and voiced his concern over police being summoned to the school when pupils protested about the hair policy.Lesufi told PowerFM on Monday that pupils were writing examinations and he had decided to intervene swiftly after seeing the petition. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171224/Black-pupils-told-to-straighten-hair | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/f117fe45ed7903941f3b57698f62cb7caed5518ef46493df7fc644c9babee552.json |
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Article: DebtSafe
'We bring you the latest Garden Route, Klein Karoo, Hessequa news'
LIFESTYLE NEWS - The big December summer break is just around the corner, and already plans are being made for holidays, family get-togethers, gifts and fun activities. But these plans cannot be made in isolation: they need to be attached to a budget. Without a budget, the fun is either not going to happen or it’s going to break the budget to such an extent that January is a month of significant financial woes.So on that note, and with time for planning running out, Wikus Olivier, debt management expert at DebtSafe, has a few practical tips to ensure you and your loved ones can still make the most of your December break:Create your December budget, print it out and put it up in plain sight (the fridge door is always a good spot). The list must include all the break’s expected costs: accommodation, Christmas presents, travelling costs, food expenses and so forth. Then list the amount budgeted for each item with a big and bold total at the bottom to ensure you know what your ‘December spend ceiling’ is. This will help to keep that December budget on an even keel, with no unintended spending.Now is a great time to start saving loose change for December. Put a piggy bank on the kitchen counter and get family members to join in. This activity can be fun and educational for young and old. This is a great way to start good saving habits amongst all family members – the habit might easily be continued for future events such as birthdays.Olivier suggests that if the thought of saving even a little bit seems impossible on your current budget, you should consider joining DebtSafe’s debt review program. Through creditor negotiations, the program frees up much-needed cash in overstretched budgets, which means your December could be as it should be: stress-free.There is a wise saying: ‘want what you have, don’t have what you want’. So take stock of what you have and say thanks, because no matter how little you think you have, someone else has even less. Conversely, someone else will always have more than you. So it’s a useless struggle trying to catch up because the top of the ladder will always be beyond reach. Value the space where you are, realise that enough is good enough, and know that your self-worth is not connected to your net worth: it will certainly put the size of your gifts and treats in perspective. With true contentment comes true control of your finances.The sales prior to December always come in handy. Olivier suggests that you make a list before you head into the sale to prevent impulsive and excessive buying (does your mother-in-law really need a teapot in each of the colours on sale?).If the big holiday celebrations are happening at your house this December, then it’s time so start planning for sharing, not impressing. Especially if the well-intended treats will leave you eating dry rice cakes for the first half of 2017! You don’t have to pay for everything to your budget’s detriment. Ask your guests to bring something to eat (you don’t really want to be doing all the cooking in any way), and decide on clever ways to lighten the gift load. A clever gift plan is a gift draw, where each person brings one gift and everyone then gets a turn to select a gift from the collective heap.Stick to the budget and game plan and you won’t have to worry about money and overspending. If your budget is not December proof, then remember to connect with DebtSafe for a free debt-reduction action plan. Either way, ensure that you set yourself up for December success in advance so that all you’ll need to do is what you’re supposed to do in December: relax, reflect and unwind after a hectic 2016. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Lifestyle/171384/Have-yourself-a-moneylight-December-break | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/006290e1b486e82ec1e405cbf4ac20b1a1b1f8653812c94740b8fcf640ba8bd9.json |
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GEORGE NEWS - Jesse Clegg, alternative rock artist and platinum-selling success, son of acclaimed South African icon Johnny Clegg, is officially confirmed as the headline artist for the Strawberry Festival presented by Ola, set to take place at Redberry Farm, Geelhoutboom Road, George on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October.
Clegg will be performing with his band on the Sunday at 12:00. His recent hits include Use Me and Today with over 94 000 and 77 700 Youtube views respectively. Breathing, Jesse's latest single, was recently featured on the Algoa FM Top 30.
Get tickets to his performance by purchasing entrance tickets to the Strawberry Festival, which will be presented by Ola. Tickets will being going live on the event website in the next two weeks.
Times: Saturday 09:00 - 17:00 | Sunday 09:00 - 16:00
Tickets: Saturday R45 | Kids 0 - 2 Free | Kids 3 - 12 R25
Sunday 09:00 - 13:00 R55 | Kids 0 - 2 Free | Kids 3 - 12 R35
Sunday 13:00 - 16:00 R45 | Kids 0 - 2 Free | Kids 3 - 12 R25
For more information see www.strawberryfestival.co.za , their Facebook page or twitter.
'We bring you the latest George, Garden Route news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Arts--Entertainment/Entertainment/171413/Jesse-Clegg-at-Strawberry-Festival | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/b0833e7c6f08054f8161d70b13705a58593682274df6aff11f5ffbac0c5ac224.json |
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Edmund, 21, makes his debut in the US Open main draw and will take on former semi-finalist Gasquet for the first time.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Johanna Konta and Kyle Edmund will carry British hopes on the opening day of the US Open on Monday.Edmund, ranked 85th, opens play on court five against France's 13th seed Richard Gasquet at 16:00 BST.Konta, seeded 13th, plays American Bethanie Mattek-Sands on the Grandstand court at around 00:00 on Tuesday.Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Angelique Kerber also play on day one, while Andy Murray is among six Britons scheduled for day two.The Scot, seeded second, will play Czech Lukas Rosol in the second night match at around 02:00 on Wednesday.Heather Watson, Naomi Broady, Laura Robson, Dan Evans and Aljaz Bedene complete the British singles contingent.Konta, 25, reached the fourth round last year but will face unfamiliar surroundings on Monday as she is among the first players scheduled to appear on the newly-constructed Grandstand arena.The Briton will also face a newly crowned Olympic mixed doubles champion, with home support, in Mattek-Sands."She's playing inspired tennis," Konta told BBC Radio 5 live."She's coming off the back of winning gold in Rio and it's no secret that American players do rise to the occasion in the US. They love playing at home." | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Sport/Tennis/171216/Johanna-Konta-Konta-and-Edmund-set-for-US-Open-start | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/7b25242f4099d5e9acea90899f41196917f5c1661a88786b86ed59bb24c8f05f.json |
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“There is an investigation now and we will know for all coal mines if any money has been paid out. Eskom has told me that they’ve run the process as with all other processes. They checked the SABS-approved coal, all of that has happened.”
NATIONAL NEWS - Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says she is concerned that the public row between National Treasury and Eskom could lead to the utility being downgraded by credit rating agencies.The Finance Ministry says its efforts to get information from Eskom, as part of its probe into coal contracts with Tegeta, have been met with resistance - claims the utility denies.Brown says there's no proof that coal supplied by the Guptas-owned company is sub-standard, or that Eskom paid Tegeta in advance.But she says she has asked Eskom to hand over the documents to Treasury today. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171294/Lynne-Brown-fears-treasury-spat-could-affect-Eskom-credit-rating | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/e931ad8643f0d6f532c97921ea86399e8f8b12ce313680757a5ce484d5431661.json |
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Not stopping there, the 77-year-old has now set her sights on attaining a degree and one day “if God allows”, her doctorate in theology.
NATIONAL NEWS - Age is nothing but a number for graduate Minne Mottie who just completed her Diploma in Theology and is now studying towards her degree at the ripe age of 77-years-old.The Wentworth granny is being praised by the community for defying the odds to not only complete her diploma but also her matric this year.A single mother of five, Mottie sent all her children to college and watched as they completed their degrees in medicine, engineering and theology. “It was a dream for me to study. Now that my children have succeeded, it is my turn. I started by completing my matric, afterwards I enrolled in a Bible college where I got my certificate in theology, and now my diploma,” said the graduate. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171308/Aint-no-stopping-77yearold-graduate | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/ac86612210058e2aaded7475c89fa2c89c059dec79c3b2d82377a21344ebd5cb.json |
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At the same time, the Gauteng MEC for education has ordered that all schools in the province be investigated for racism.
NATIONAL NEWS - The African National Congress (ANC) says that school rules preventing children from wearing their hair in natural styles show that society needs to work together to root out all forms of racism.On Monday pupils at the Pretoria High School for Girls held a protest against rules they say prevent them from wearing their hair as they would like.Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has intervened, telling the school to review its policies.ANC secretary Gwede Mantashe says this issue reminds him of the pencil test that was used during apartheid."One's race was proven by pulling a pen through your hair. We can’t go through that again. If a young child wants to have braids, let that child have the braids."Meanwhile, the department of Basic Education has said s it’s concerned by the recent allegations of racist practices at several schools around the country, and added that while it believes that most of the codes of conduct at South Africa’s schools comply with the Constitution, it’s picked up the policies are implemented wrong in many cases.The department is in the process of reviewing legislation that governs all of South Africa’s schools, to ensure that no child is discriminated against in the classroom. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171389/Mantashe-We-cant-go-back-to-days-of-pencil-test | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/067ce86482fd635159a6a60655b551c7dbc907f74534dd7e2259b7180c6cd16c.json |
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The Fina/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 resumes on 30 August in Berlin (GER) for the second leg of the circuit, with approximately a hundred swimmers registered.
NATIONAL NEWS - Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos each won three gold medals at the Paris leg of the World Cup series as Vladimir Morozov and Katinka Hosszu of Hungary took the lead on the standings.With three gold medals, as well as a new World Record in the 100m IM, Morozov counts 86 points, while the Magyar star accumulated 129 points already thanks to her incredible 11 medals (7 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze).Other multiple winners over the two-day competition were Philip Heintz (GER), Cameron Van der Burgh (RSA), Chad Le Clos (RSA), Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), Franziska Hentke (GER) and Alia Atkinson (JAM), who tied her own World Record.Both mixed relay events were won by the French team for the biggest pleasure of the supporter-packed l'Odyssee swimming pool. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Sport/Water-Sports/171217/Le-Clos-Van-der-Burgh-shine-in-Paris | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/954d3e8d6c58b8c6cbadbc5a8c780e933e1e37a0458d72aa917a2e0eb1b5cb4e.json |
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EDEN DISTRICT NEWS - Memory Booysen is the new Mayor of Eden.
This was confirmed this afternoon by Jaco Londt, the regional leader of the DA.
Booysen is the former mayor of the Bitou Municipality (Plettenberg Bay).
Also shortlisted for the position were former Eden councillor, Tertuis Simmers and former Oudtshoorn councillor, Ben van Wyk.
The inauguration of the Eden Council is expected to take place next week.
'We bring you the latest Garden Route, Klein Karoo, Hessequa news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/171199/Memory-Booysen-new-Mayor-of-Eden | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/4819188257b33c280fd33d8eb15c16774b0a1e8a82a4e8ed9e2e9ff3c2cea592.json |
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Felipe Ezcurra was named as a third scrumhalf.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Argentina lock Tomas Lavanini will require surgery on a damaged knee ligament and will be out of action until next year, missing the remainder of the Rugby Championship and the Pumas' tour of Europe in November.Lavanini picked up the injury in Argentina's 26-24 victory over South Africa in Salta on Saturday and was not included in the tour party for the Pumas' Oceania leg of the championship when they face New Zealand and Australia."Unfortunately, we have just confirmed Tomas Lavanini's injury," team doctor Guillermo Botto said."It's a cruciate ligament injury and we expect to do surgery in three to four weeks and then he'll have an estimated recovery time of six months."The tour squad, posted on the Argentine Rugby Union website (www.uar.com.ar) on Monday, is also missing wing Manuel Montero, who tore a thigh muscle against the Springboks.Coming into coach Daniel Hourcade's 28-man squad is No 8 Leonardo Senatore, who has served a 10-week suspension for biting handed out during the Super Rugby competition in May.Matias Moroni returns from the Pumas Olympic rugby sevens team and fellow centre Jeronimo de la Fuente, who also missed Argentina's two matches against the Springboks, is included after recovering from injury. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Sport/Rugby/171262/Lavanini-out-for-season-with-ligament-injury | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/5a3ac8900a00267abff9c24cc53d7dcfe13efbfda2e9c6a1bce3a19fec279807.json |
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Earlier on Monday, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan had a private audience with Pope Francis. It was the latest in a string of meetings the pontiff has held with Silicon Valley leaders, including Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet's boss Eric Schmidt.
BUSINESS NEWS - Facebook Inc. will not become a media company, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, telling students the firm would remain a technology platform.An increasing number of users are turning to social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, to find their news, but Zuckerberg said his firm had no ambitions to become a content provider."No, we are a tech company, not a media company," said Zuckerberg, after a young Italian asked him whether Facebook intended to become a news editor.While acknowledging the role Facebook has in supplying users with news through their connections and stressing the advantages of obtaining information from different parts of the world, Zuckerberg said Facebook was "a technology company, we build the tools, we do not produce any content"."The world needs news companies, but also technology platforms, like what we do, and we take our role in this very seriously," he said, speaking from Rome's Luiss University. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Southern-Cape-Business/171273/Facebook-CEO-says-group-will-not-become-a-media-company | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/434fa77d879be18175c1ef26b7d50e0d10ba3676e37d352580852044298d670b.json |
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NATIONAL NEWS - The month starts with a partial Lunar Eclipse, which means of course that it is new Moon! It is an annular eclipse, which means that the Sun will not be totally obscured by the Moon, but a thin ring of the Sun is visible around the Moon at maximum.
People will naturally want to see the fairly rare event, but must remember that bit is extremely dangerous to look at the Sun, even if it is partially obscured by the Moon: you can get blinded at worst, and suffer eye damage at best! NEVER LOOK at the SUN without proper precautions.
The best way to view the eclipse is by using 'Pin hole projection'. Use a large (A4) piece of stiff card and make a small hole in it, about 1mm in diameter and project an image of the Sun onto a sheet of white paper, see Fig 4. It is also possible to use a double layer of 'Five Roses' teabag foil for a quick look.
The Garden Route Astronomical Society, Grassa, will be at the Garden Route Mall from 09:30 to 12:30 giving the public the opportunity to view the partial solar eclipse in safety with some telescopes.
Further details are available at www.eclipseafrica.org
In a calendar year, between four and seven eclipses (solar and lunar combined) can occur; at least two and at most five will be eclipses of the Sun. From any given location, there will be, on average, a partial eclipse every couple of years and a total solar eclipse once in 375 years.
The next total solar eclipse visible in southern Africa will be in 2030. The next partial solar eclipse visible from southern Africa is late in the afternoon of 26 February 2017.
The next lunar eclipse is on Friday 16 September from 18:54 to 22:54.
ARTICLE BY CASE RIJSDIJK | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/171465/Annular-eclipse-tomorrow-morning | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/84ab939ac03b5b206b1d8de8d41420e50c173aedacfa1815d9de762899c33fb0.json |
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Girls at the school, who are mostly wearing their natural hair, with dreadlocks and Afros, have broken down while telling Lesufi about how they’ve been treated.“I’ve been told that my Afro is untidy, not natural and that is a dirty mess.”The MEC says he’s disappointed by the manner in which these young girls have been hurt in the classroom.“From what you have told me now, I’m sorry that under the education system I’m leading you are going through this pain. I’m truly sorry.”The school says it has been unaware of these elevations and will investigate before taking any action. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171248/Girls-break-down-as-they-describe-how-theyre-treated-at-school | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/86df3400bc54c8fd109a7970b8d7f960c3467abe4285ad7173252933065310a3.json |
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Unrest is growing amid economic hardships and protest movement Tajamuka has called for a national job stay-away and shutdown tomorrow.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - As Zimbabwe braces for a national shutdown tomorrow, President Robert Mugabe’s government says anti-government protests are nonsense and it won’t tolerate any more of them.Tensions are rising ahead of another protest march planned for this Friday.President Mugabe’s spokesman has invited would-be protesters to test the authority of the state.George Charamba has told state TV that protesters have now crossed a line and the full might of the state will be visited upon them.The threat comes after ruling party youths vowed to join the police in curbing anti-government demonstrations.Opposition parties plan to march through Harare on Friday after last week’s march was broken up by police. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171311/Mugabes-govt-vows-to-end-antigovernment-protests | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/9bfcbf3eef03a225b895a92ad5650175e6547037f93ae9e269a8e8a421737d2f.json |
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NATIONAL NEWS - Pupils and parents have gathered outside the Pretoria High School for Girls protesting against discriminatory policies.The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) has mobilised pupils from schools across Tshwane to hand over a memorandum of demands to the Gauteng Education Department.Yesterday, Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi held meetings with pupils, parents and the school scrapping the policy on hair.The department has also proposed the Code of Conduct be reviewed.The demonstrators are expected to hand over a memorandum to a delegation from Lesufi’s office this afternoon.Cosas says it wants Lesufi to apply the remedial action proposed at Pretoria High School for Girls to all schools in the province.Spokesperson Sizwe Ntsiane says the issue of racism should be dealt with collectively.Meanwhile, pupils at the school have been barred from leaving the premises. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/National/171303/Protest-outside-Pretoria-High-School-for-Girls | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/a9e705189f52b6de9361553c623b91db0774c684709617c9b4ecc78cd306fa2c.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T06:47:22 | null | 2016-08-23T15:00:00 | George Herald is your local community newspaper from George, bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from George and surrounding Garden Route, South Africa. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgeherald.com%2Fnews%2FNews%2FGeneral%2F170871%2FTree-sale-at-botanical-garden.json | http://www.georgeherald.com/img/acltn20160823-150635-045_u0.jpg | en | null | Tree sale at botanical garden | null | null | www.georgeherald.com | Garden Route Botanical Gardens.
GEORGE NEWS - The Garden Route Botanical Garden will be celebrating Arbor Week with an indigenous tree sale starting on Thursday 1 September to Wednesday 7 September excluding the Sunday.
This is the ideal chance to get your tree to plant for Arbor Week as a wide choice of indigenous trees will be on sale at the nursery at 49 Caledon Street in George.
There are nearly 2 000 indigenous tree species in South Africa and this year Arbor Week celebrates the wild plum as a common indigenous species. The two rare species highlighted this year are the bladder nut and bell bean trees.
The botanical garden is open Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 to 16:00 and on Saturdays from 09:00 to 14:00 while it is closed on Sundays.
Contact Kristen on 044 874 1558 or at info@botanicalgarden.org.za for more information.
'We bring you the latest George, Garden Route news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/170871/Tree-sale-at-botanical-garden | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/e7284bdc688d73888e34c4f7cb6d60760a821055ab19c080e945ed481a1da74d.json |
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"George Herald"
] | 2016-08-30T10:49:28 | null | 2016-08-30T12:00:00 | George Herald is your local community newspaper from George, bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from George and surrounding Garden Route, South Africa. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgeherald.com%2Fnews%2FNews%2FLifestyle%2F171285%2FDiabetes-linked-to-memory-decline-in-older-adults.json | http://www.georgeherald.com/img/ghnwtn20160830-120234-645_u0.jpg | en | null | Diabetes linked to memory decline in older adults | null | null | www.georgeherald.com | Older adults with poorly controlled diabetes may struggle with what’s known as episodic memory.
The people without diabetes had average A1c levels of 5.6, considered a normal or healthy range. But the diabetics had average A1c levels of 6.7, putting them at increased risk of complications from the disease.
LIFESTYLE NEWS - Older adults with poorly controlled diabetes may struggle with what’s known as episodic memory, the ability to recall specific events experienced recently or long ago, a study suggests.Researchers examined results from a series of four memory tests done from 2006 to 2012 for 950 older adults with diabetes and 3,469 elderly people without the disease.The participants who had diabetes and elevated blood sugar performed worse on the first round of memory tests at the start of the study and also experienced a bigger decline in memory function by the end of the study.“We believe that the combination of diabetes and high blood sugar increases the chances of a number of health problems,” said lead study author Colleen Pappas, an Aging researcher at the University of South Florida in Tampa.“Our study brings attention to the possibility that worsening memory may be one of them,” Pappas added by email.While the study doesn’t explore why this might happen, it’s possible that elevated blood sugar damages brain cells that transmit messages in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in memory, Pappas said.At the start of the study, when participants were about 73 years old on average, they all got blood tests that measure average blood sugar levels. This so-called haemoglobin A1c test measures the percentage of haemoglobin – the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen – that is coated with sugar, with readings of 6.5 percent or above signalling diabetes. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Lifestyle/171285/Diabetes-linked-to-memory-decline-in-older-adults | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/2e33ce40e8e271b734418435fbc7f07ca4a280c904a5fb8113ed4739976cf6a5.json |
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"George Herald"
] | 2016-08-31T06:49:58 | null | 2016-08-31T08:00:00 | George Herald is your local community newspaper from George, bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from George and surrounding Garden Route, South Africa. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgeherald.com%2Fnews%2FSport%2FOther%2F171354%2FCyclist-Goldy-Fuchs-aims-for-gold-at-Rio-Paralympics.json | http://www.georgeherald.com/img/ghnwtn20160831-083526-221_u0.jpg | en | null | Cyclist Goldy Fuchs aims for gold at Rio Paralympics | null | null | www.georgeherald.com | Cyclist Goldy Fuchs. Image: twitter.com
Fuchs says he would like to make the country proud.
"I’m going there to make my country and my mother proud. I’m going for gold."
On the sidelines, first time flag-bearer Zanele Situ also shared words of encouragement for other athletes with disabilities.
"Pull your head up and focus on it with all your heart."
NATIONAL NEWS - Cyclist Goldy Fuchs says he hopes to retain his number one world ranking at the Rio Paralympics.Eighteen athletes from the Western Cape jetted off to Brazil yesterday. They make up almost half of the South African team which will compete at the event.A high-spirited Western Cape team has left for Rio de Janeiro being cheered on by family and fans. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/Sport/Other/171354/Cyclist-Goldy-Fuchs-aims-for-gold-at-Rio-Paralympics | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/98cee2e7014fac3d1be86546ec121198bda0ceb83dc15f8e21d2e541264b8c9a.json |
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"George Herald"
] | 2016-08-30T08:49:21 | null | 2016-08-30T10:00:00 | George Herald is your local community newspaper from George, bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from George and surrounding Garden Route, South Africa. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgeherald.com%2Fnews%2FNews%2FGeneral%2F171277%2FImportant-notice-Water-pressure.json | http://www.georgeherald.com/img/ghnwtn20160830-102444-936_u0.jpg | en | null | Important notice: Water pressure | null | null | www.georgeherald.com | Generic image
GEORGE NEWS - Water pressure issues are being experienced in Blanco, Glenbarrie and Heatherlands.
In some cases, there is no water.
Civil Services is aware of the issue and is trying to find the fault.
George Municipality apologises for the inconvenience.
'We bring you the latest George, Garden Route news' | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/General/171277/Important-notice-Water-pressure | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/3cd9d275fba4b86d58a9417d5a1af230e7dd905eb24c62c60382f0d7cff7d731.json |
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"George Herald"
] | 2016-08-30T08:49:14 | null | 2016-08-30T10:00:00 | George Herald is your local community newspaper from George, bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from George and surrounding Garden Route, South Africa. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgeherald.com%2Fnews%2FNews%2FSouthern-Cape-Motoring%2F171278%2FVolkswagen-celebrates-65-years-of-building-peoples-cars.json | http://www.georgeherald.com/img/ghnwtn20160830-102537-516_u0.jpg | en | null | Volkswagen celebrates 65 years of building people’s cars | null | null | www.georgeherald.com | On the very same day 65 years ago, the first South African-built Volkswagen rolled off the assembly line in Uitenhage.
The world, and more specifically South Africa, have changed over the past 65 years. The political and economic landscape has changed dramatically, and Volkswagen has grown from a small German company assembling the Beetle to the largest Automobile Company in the world. But the one thing that has remained constant is Volkswagen in the Eastern Cape.
Volkswagen has become entrenched in the minds of South Africans as the people’s car, manufacturing and selling iconic vehicles with catchy, heart-warming adverts.
VWSA continues to invest in the economy with R4.5million being invested in 2015 alone. VWSA is the largest private sector employer in the Eastern Cape and contributes substantially to all facets of the local economy. VWSA is also the single largest investment in Sub-Saharan Africa by a German company.
MOTORING NEWS - Not only does Volkswagen have an impact on the South African economy but also the community in which it operates.On the very same day 65 years ago, the first South African-built Volkswagen rolled off the assembly line in Uitenhage.The company was founded in 1946 as South African Motor Assemblers and Distributors (SAMAD), and at that time, the factory assembled at least 12 Studebakers a day. Today, the factory has grown to a daily capacity of 600 cars for local and international markets.Over the past 65 years, more than 3.4 million vehicles have been built at the Uitenhage Factory. The factory has become an integral part of the Volkswagen production network, and as such it has been awarded numerous export orders by the parent company. The current two top-selling passenger models, Polo and Polo Vivo, are produced at the Volkswagen factory in Uitenhage. | http://www.georgeherald.com/news/News/Southern-Cape-Motoring/171278/Volkswagen-celebrates-65-years-of-building-peoples-cars | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.georgeherald.com/a164d583373a06ebab89b445d1fc2146e01491a57729f59bdbd6aca302b2f578.json |
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