Game Recap: Football | 8/31/2024 5:33:00 PM Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Thanks for visiting Students from Waterloo and its German sister city of Porta Westfalica once again participated in an exchange strengthening ties between the communities sparking new friendships and enjoying an experience that’s sure to continue for years to come Louis and other areas in Monroe and Randolph counties – played host to Georg von Lochow and Josephine Beckmann of Porta Westfalica as they spent a month experiencing much of what the area has to offer The pair spent their four weeks in the U.S acting as tourists while also becoming just another member of the family Lochow and Beckmann spoke about how they became interested in the student exchange program having recently served as hosts for previous visitors from Waterloo but I’ve always loved seeing new culture and visiting new places meeting new people and getting to know their culture,” Lochow said “That’s something that really interests me Beckmann said every day of her local visit was a highlight having participated in a float trip with one of her host families as she and Lochow were here during the recent Monroe County Fair they got to experience a true taste of the Midwest at the Figure 8 Race “It was so nice to be here for fair week and the Figure 8,” Beckmann said Louis a number of times and attending some soccer games He was very positive about getting to experience both the city and countryside during his visit particularly as his first few days were spent visiting the farm of Sister Cities of Portaloo Exchange Coordinator Angela Stratman “I think being so close to the city here is really cool,” Lochow said “Having the city here close and getting to experience the city life and also being here They both also spoke on getting to briefly attend school with Lochow describing the experience as “overwhelming.” Lochow noting how everything is larger in America and further speaking about issues he encountered going without the metric system Both Lochow and Beckmann spoke very positively about their experiences from getting to know host families to generally growing as individuals Beckmann mentioned how being surrounded by native English speakers really pushed her foreign language skills but you know at first I was not that confident to speak English She also emphasized how sad she was for the experience to finally come to an end Lochow summarized his experience quite highly “I’d say it was one of the best summers I’ve had,” Lochow said I’d really recommend it to everyone wanting to try something like this.” A similar sentiment was expressed on the American side of the exchange as local twins Maya and Sydney Woodard returned to Waterloo just as their German counterparts were celebrating the end of their stay Sydney spoke about how she became interested in the exchange having heard about it in German class during her sophomore year at Waterloo High School The Woodard family also served as hosts for one of last year’s students which led to an ongoing friendship with 2023 German visitors while also solidifying the sisters’ interest in participating in the exchange themselves Maya spoke about a number of highlights from the trip – including visits to Berlin Sydney discussed stopping by several historical German sites also stressing the experience of seeing Berlin in person and the environment was truly awe inspiring,” Sydney said “I also valued visiting several historical sites such as the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and the DDR Museum as I feel that it is impossible to visit a country like Germany without fully understanding the nature of the history.” Both Woodards had excellent things to say about their host families and the other individuals they encountered during their time in Germany Maya stressed the importance of these relationships also summarizing the positive impact the trip had on her as a person “My time in Porta Westfalica allowed me to form lifelong connections with incredibly kind individuals,” Maya said “I thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself in the rich German culture and expanding my understanding of the German language.” described the experience as a major life highlight for her “The opportunity to go on this exchange was the highlight of my year and quite possibly my life,” Sydney said “I feel more confident in myself as well as my German abilities… Immersing myself into another culture has truly made me into a better person and a more globally-minded individual.” While the students are the ones who do the actual traveling the exchange program wouldn’t be possible without the support of host families on both the American and German sides several families served as hosts for Waterloo’s German visitors this year She noted how this was her family’s second year participating we were asked to participate by someone familiar with the program and we just kind of on a whim said yes,” Popejoy said we knew we definitely wanted to participate because we had such a good time last year.” Popejoy offered a brief overview of the time she and her family spent with Beckmann over two weeks from the aforementioned float trip and other water activities to beat the summer heat to providing a taste of St a trip to The Muny and a stop by Ted Drewes for frozen custard She also noted how board and card games served as an excellent activity that managed to push beyond any cultural barriers Beckmann also became another member of the family during her stay with Popejoy’s three daughters all giving her a taste of what little sisters can be like Popejoy mentioned that the family still keeps in touch with the student that stayed with them last year and she and her husband are happy to continue participating in this exchange for some years to come “It was very out of the blue that we got involved with it but it is just our favorite part of the summer,” Popejoy said but on the other hand we did so many different things Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting 2023 at 8:02 am CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Lockport lost to Morton in the third-place match IL — At the IESA eighth grade girls basketball state final tournament last month the team from Oak Prairie in Lockport took fourth place the team was defeated by Danville's North Ridge in the semifinals sending the team to the third-place match-up Lockport lost to Morton in the third-place match The team is coached by Carly Whiteford and Avery Lochow The team finished in the final four of the state tournament last year as well Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Jan Tullos played the perfect position at Pineville High School under Mike Richard.He was a fullback opening holes for a myriad of running backs in Richard's run-dominant offense Tullos was content to stay in the background where he played a season of football before focusing on his studies and graduating in 2008.Tullos remained in College Station but little did he know his fullback skills of charging into the unknown would be put to use last week rescuing people trapped in the historic Hurricane Harvey floods a pond- and lake-management company located nearby in Bryan As Harvey was coming ashore near Corpus Christi Lochow Ranch was making plans in case water rescues were necessary "Their job is to service fish habitats," said Tullos "I told them I would help when the storm was brewing." MORE: Rapides man, friends join Cajun Navy for Harvey rescues as the flooding worsened in the Houston area Tullos helped employees of Lochow Ranch load and prepare their boats "I think we knew we could offer boat knowledge that your average fisherman couldn't," said Tullos "Their boats were built to handle rough terrain but we had 15 boats and trucks and about 50 people We had pallets of water and extra fuel and one or two changes of clothes We were expecting to spend one day and then get kicked out by the governmental agencies." the water wasn't deep enough for the boats "It was shocking and something you don't want to see again," said Tullos of the flooding the group soon encountered Tullos said they loaded 15 people on the boat at their first stop That scenario would repeat itself until sunset when they had to stop due to darkness the group rescued between 3,000 and 4,000 that first day.On Tuesday located north of Houston on the northern end of Lake Houston.  but they did about 700 helicopter evacuations from a golf course," said Tullos The Lochow Ranch group bedded overnight at a local church that was spared from flooding they helped local EMS and firefighters clear out a backlog of rescue calls we pulled out around 2 (p.m.) as the agencies were rolling in and we wanted to get out of their way," said Tullos As the Lochow Ranch crew inventoried their gear they saw the damage the flooding had done to their equipment "Our boats and trucks were battered," Tullos said "We lost of a lot of license plates."John Jones I couldn't have been with a better group." were a nervous wreck each day until Tullos called to say he was safe and finished for the day "That was part of John Jones' plan — stay out of swift water and stay safe," Tullos said noting they used the Group Me app for communications After Tullos returned home to College Station Water came within a half-inch from getting in Greg's home Texas with supplies and a window air conditioner John Marcase is a former assistant managing editor and sports editor of The Town Talk the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died The news was confirmed by Roundtree’s theatrical talent agent Artist and Representatives who said in an email to CNN that the actor died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer “Artists & Representatives Agency mourns the loss of our friend and client Richard Roundtree His trailblazing career changed the face of entertainment around the globe and his enduring legacy will be felt for generations to come,” their included statement read “Our hearts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.” Roundtree has the distinction of being among a handful of actors who enjoyed top billing with his first-ever screen credit his starring role in the 1971 Blaxploitation epic “Shaft” propelled him into the cultural limelight launching a franchise that would see sequels a TV series and a 2019 reboot starring Samuel L The actor would go on to enjoy a career spanning 50 years with over 150 screen credits Notable television credits include “Roots,” “Desperate Housewives,” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Roundtree also costarred in films such as “Se7en,” “Speed Racer” and “Brick.” Actress Gabrielle Union shared a tribute to Roundtree on X, formerly Twitter, reposting images showing the pair from their time together on the TV series “Being Mary Jane.” Jackson, who costarred with Roundtree in the “Shaft” reboot, called the late actor “The Prototype, The Best To Ever Do It!!” in an Instagram tribute on Tuesday evening “His passing leaves a deep hole not only in my heart I see you walking down the Middle of Main Street in Heaven & Issac’s Conducting your song coat blowin’ in wind! 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You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here Chris Stjernholm returned home to Pueblo to practice medicine there wasn’t a strong emphasis on cardiology with its emphasis on medication and less-invasive procedures than heart bypass surgery  “Both hospitals weren’t interested in cardiology,” he said recently Surgery was the preferred option for heart disease and patients had to go out of town for the major procedures  His colleague and one of the founders of Pueblo Cardiology  Pueblo Cardiology is celebrating its 30th year and the practice continues to grow The business traces its history to Khan joining with cardiologist Dr  The nine cardiologists who make up the practice today see more than 15,000 patients throughout Southern Colorado  Khan was in Pueblo this summer to visit his former colleagues and friends He returns regularly and still loves the West describing how he spent his childhood reading Louis L’Amour novels and dreaming of the cowboy life  That brought him here when he looked for a place to settle in the United States his wife and children to return home to Islamabad  Khan works as the head of the cardiology department at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science he looks forward to making use of the abundant golf courses he’s usually drafted here to help fill in at the practice he helped found 30 years ago  He said he’s always happy to see former patients especially when he knows that decades ago heart ailments too often were a death sentence he substituted for a vacationing doctor and saw a woman he’d treated years ago who is now in her 90s  A lot has changed since the practice’s early days Pueblo Cardiology moved into new quarters in a building at 2670 Parker Blvd. part of a growing complex of medical and office facilities near the intersection of Pueblo Boulevard and U.S midway between central Pueblo and Pueblo West Jenny Lee became the group’s first female member Michael Hansa left the group and moved to Hawaii  Stjernholm said that while there has been a noticeable improvement in heart health lately because a lot of people have stopped smoking and take better care of themselves the baby boom generation still means more work for cardiologists The doctors all agreed that cuts in Medicare payments are a growing problem and the large number of indigent patients they see means writing off $1.5 million in bills annually The practice also does cardiology work for the Pueblo Community Health Center Khan and Stjernholm said local hospitals began to see the need for better heart disease treatment Parkview set up a catheterization lab and Dr Sbarbaro later became part of the group but now runs his own firm where he consults on cases with primary care doctors  Khan said he got to know Stjernholm because he already was friends with Stjernholm’s father and brother and the two agreed that it didn’t make sense to be in competition That’s when Stjernholm came into the association  Stjernholm was working in shared office space at the St Mary-Corwin Medical Arts Building and Khan was in the Greenwood Office Building across the street from Parkview  The founders aren’t positive about who came up with the name “Pueblo Cardiology.” Stjernholm pointed to Khan who replied  Having Pueblo’s cardiologists in one practice was more efficient; having two offices was not the group consolidated its offices at a South Side location near St  Office manager Tina Cordova remembered that well Before the consolidation much of her time was spent driving back and forth  Cordova and others in the office with many years of service attest to the doctors’ ability to retain staff Transcriptionist Brenda Prophet has been there 23 years; Debbie Langston has worked the reception desk for 17 years; medical assistant Janice Alexander has been helping take vitals for 15 years; Judy Marascola has been on the front desk a decade; and Greg Martinez also has been part of the group for 10 years  The practice also employs nurse practitioner Pamela Cornella and two full-time echo technicians have their own specialties and take on geographical areas Lochow and MacKerrow are skilled in angioplasty and stents Sumpter specializes in nuclear cardiology and Stout in electrophysiology and CT scans of coronary arteries Stachler does interventional cardiology and acute angioplasty  Stjernholm said that everyone does catheterizations procedures to open up clogged blood vessels that feed the heart  Khan recalled that that was one of the reasons for having the group so that there would be a cardiologist available quickly  “We’re able to free up somebody if they have to be at the hospital,” Stjernholm said  The physicians also spend time on the road with monthly trips to Alamosa for Lochow and to Trinidad for MacKerrow Sumpter visits Walsenburg and Gibson goes to La Junta because that’s where the Pueblo doctors practice so the people in outlying areas don’t have to seek specialists in Colorado Springs or Denver Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared less than a week after the Uri outrage It wasn’t just rhetoric: Modi had already okayed a strike against Pakistani terrorist launchpads across the Line of Control (LoC) Indian soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence near Baras Post on the Line of Control between Pakistan and India some 174km north west of Srinagar.(AFP) The decision to punish Pakistan was conveyed to defence minister Manohar Parrikar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on September 23 and the build-up to D-day began the next day The diplomatic route was chosen before unsheathing the iron fist Immediately after the September 18 attack on the Indian Army at Uri Modi called Doval for information on the perpetrators and how they managed to get inside the brigade headquarters The Pakistan connection became evident from the GPS sets found on the four dead terrorists as well as from the interrogation of their two guides caught by Uri villagers Storyboard: See how India carried out surgical strikes across LoC Pakistan’s high commissioner to India Abdul Basit was summoned on September 21 and given a protest letter detailing the involvement of a terror group based in his country with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raising Kashmir in his speech at the United Nations when the idea of a military response began to crystallise Parrikar and Doval were briefed by director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh on LoC strike options as well as the posture of the Pakistan army Army chief General Dalbir Singh was present at this briefing in the War Room of the ministry of defence Pakistan had activated all its radars along the LoC and its forces were on high alert After examining the options put up by Doval in consultation with the three service chiefs the surgical strike option was chosen by September 23 Dalbir Singh and other operational planners discarded their mobile phones All communications were direct or through highly secured lines only Constant monitoring of the Pakistani political leadership and army brass including the Rawalpindi-based X Corps in charge of PoK as well as the Gilgit-based commander of the Northern Areas Read | India has never attacked another country: Modi amid tension with Pakistan The Army chief tasked his Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda to segregate special forces troops from the 1 the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) programmed Indian satellites to monitor the target area using GPS coordinates and link-ups as a result of which Delhi had real-time imagery of the strike through helmet-mounted cameras of Indian soldiers on D-day Video footage of the entire action exists but has not been released to the public Given that Pakistan had activated its radars across the LoC insertion of special forces through helicopters was ruled out Special forces squads with night-vision devices high explosive grenades and plastic explosives crossed the LoC on foot The teams were 30-strong each and had specific targets While the corps commanders were getting their men ready the planners in Delhi went below the radar Doval held three meetings with the three military chiefs No uniforms were allowed at these meetings; unmarked cars were used to meet at discreet locations around Delhi to discuss the plan as well as possible Pakistani retaliation Operational planners had narrowed things down to eight contingencies It comes as no surprise that evacuation of civilians living close to border in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab started at 10 pm on September 27 an hour before Indian soldiers went across D-day began with Special Forces squads slipping across the LoC towards designated targets The plan was such that teams with distant targets left early on September 27 evening so that all strikes would be coordinated The instructions were that all teams would engage the terrorists simultaneously so that none could rescue another Using mortar and machine-gun fire from the Indian side to pin Pakistani troops down the soldiers of the special forces crawled to their targets without meeting any resistance Sentries at the launchpads were neutralised by snipers before the troops went in and finished the job Barring one soldier who stepped on a landmine all teams returned to their bases by 9am on September 28 The surprise had been complete and there had hardly been any retaliatory fire Doval received a call from his US counterpart Susan Rice Although the US later said that Rice had offered India help against terrorism the Modi government has kept this conversation top secret Read | ‘Incursions impossible’, insists Pakistani military after India’s surgical strikes Northern Army Commander and his two corps commanders were awake and in touch Six launchpads had been razed to the ground with Indian troopers gunning down 45 terrorists at various locations Modi called a meet of the Cabinet Committee on security and DGMO Ranbir Singh called his Pakistani counterpart to inform him about the strike Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was briefed by Modi after the CCS meet Starting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi Opposition leaders were briefed directly or at the all-party meeting held later the same day Read | Terror or talks: The choice now is Pakistan’s Full coverage of India’s Pakistan offensive India said on Thursday it carried out “surgical strikes” along its de-facto border with Pakistan militants were preparing to use to cross over into the country Indian Army soldiers keep guard on top of a shop along a highway on the outskirts of Srinagar on September 29 2016.(Reuters) Here’s all you need to know about the operation: The strikes were India’s first direct military response to the attack on the Uri army base earlier this month that killed 18 Indian soldiers and was blamed on Pakistan-based militants Thursday’s action is being seen as Prime Minister Narendra Modi following through on his warning that those responsible for the Uri attack “would not go unpunished” The army had also said it would avenge the attack The “surgical strikes” could force militants across the LoC to shift their sanctuaries further back into Pakistani territory bolstering the image of Indian forces as a capable striking power Such an image could also help tamp down violence in Kashmir where two months of street protests over the killing of militant Burhan Wani have left more than 85 people dead Special Forces teams had been rehearsing their assault plan for over a week All forces along the LoC and the Indian Air Force were placed on the highest state of alert The BSF was put on alert four days ago but was told about the operation just 30 minutes before the assault some of India’s toughest fighting men — soldiers of the elite Parachute Regiment — were heli-dropped at pre-designated sites on the Indian side of the LoC and were stealthy enough to maintain surprise The Army said the surgical strikes were carried out to pre-empt infiltration by terrorists who were planning to attack major cities The intelligence was “specific and credible” The army picked the targets for the surgical strikes carefully after carrying out 24X7 surveillance of terror launchpads across the LoC “They (the strikes) were conducted two-three kilometres across the LoC...Seven launchpads were targeted,” a source said on condition of anonymity The strikes aimed at “neutralising the terrorists” had caused “multiple casualties” An official said troops killed militants numbering in the double digits insisting India had not been targeting the Pakistani army An army official based in Kashmir said two Indian soldiers were wounded while returning from the raid - one stepped on a landmine and another was shot 38: Estimated number of terrorists killed in the launchpads in Pak-occupied Kashmir 12.30-4.30am: The time taken for the mission 1-3km: Distance beyond the LoC that the soldiers in the surgical strike had to traverse 7.30am: The Prime Minister’s Office alerted members of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) about the cross-border raids and notifies a meeting at 10am Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh gives a blow-by-blow account of the action by Special Forces the CCS directed the evacuation of villagers along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir and the International Border in Punjab was assigned to oversee the civilian evacuation 12:30pm: Barely an hour after the CCS meeting Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Ranbir Singh announced that the army has conducted surgical strikes against launchpads “along the LoC.” He said “significant casualties were caused to terrorists”