Aaron Persky, the California judge who drew national attention in 2016 when he sentenced Stanford student Brock Turner to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, was recalled on Tuesday. He is the first judge recalled in California in more than 80 years. Almost 60% of voters were in favor of removing Judge Persky from the Santa Clara County Superior Court, where he had served since 2003. Prosecutor Cindy Hendrickson was elected to replace him.
The recall stemmed from the case of Brock Turner, who was caught sexually assaulting a woman near a dumpster in 2015 after she had blacked out from drinking. In 2016, a jury found the 20 year old Stanford swimmer guilty on all three felony charges against him: sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an unconscious person, and intent to commit rape.
The maximum sentence in Turner’s case was 14 years but Judge Persky had sentenced him to six months. During sentencing Judge Persky said he thought Mr. Turner would “not be a danger to others” and expressed concern that “a prison sentence would have a severe impact” on him. His decision along with the fact that he did not mention the impact of the assault on the victim, outraged victims’ advocates nationally.
Turner served only three months before being released in September 2016. He also received three years of probation and was required to register as a sex offender. Stanford forced him to withdraw and barred him from campus. His victim, known publicly only as Emily Doe, described her suffering in a more than 7,000-word statement that went viral soon after it was published. The sentence and resulting backlash, prompted California lawmakers to change the law. Within four months, they enacted mandatory minimum sentences in sexual assault cases and closed a loophole in which penetrative sexual assault could be punished less harshly if the victim was too intoxicated to physically resist.
Talk of a recall campaign began immediately after he handed down his sentence. The recall campaign was led by Ms. Dauber, whose daughter is friends with Emily Doe — had collected enough signatures to put the question on the ballot. In a statement, Judge Persky said he had a legal and professional responsibility to consider alternatives to imprisonment for first-time offenders. LaDoris Cordell, a retired judge and a spokeswoman for Judge Persky, called the recall an attack on judicial independence and said it had “encouraged people to think of judges as no more than politicians.”
Among the effort’s most prominent backers were Anita Hill and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Ms. Dauber said the results “demonstrated that violence against women is a voting issue,” and that “if candidates want the votes of progressive Democratic women, they will have to take this issue seriously.”
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, June 17th, 2018 was:
MARY MURPHY
Aurora, IL
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
6/11/18
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Anggie Marie
Amy Chavis
Kathleen Marks
Jill Nauyokas
Misty Shallcross
Wendi Black
Jennifer Ramlet
Tracey Smith
Chuck Derr
Brittany Light
Cheyenne Shaw
Dawn Raasch
Mary Murphy
Marilyn Wall
April Ashcraft
Kiki Roberson
Dawna McKnight
Diane Hamric
Kelsey McKnight
6/12/18
Kathleen Marks
Sarah Harrison
Kendra George
Christy Hawkes
Chris Maxwell
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Tonya Velazquez
Pheobe Gerou
Ashley Agner
Wendi Black
Sheri Boydston
Kim Floyd
Brandi K Chaney
Tabitha Sinks
Karen Goodwin Delaney
Murphy Mya
Karen Bondehagen
Jenn Smith Jackson
Jennifer Cameron
Jill Nauyokas
Wilma Mast
Jazmine Nichole
6/13/18
Brittany Light
Marilyn Wall
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Kim Avery
Amber McGrath
Dale Fish
Brandi K Chaney
Jill Nauyokas
Priscilla Shimp
Preeti Chand
Alisa Jones
Georgiann D’Angelo
Chris Maxwell
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Crystal Young
Darlene Whyte
Sarah Harrison
Amy Conyers
Susan Clarke Jette
Michelle Webb
Eleazar Ruiz
Dawn Raasch
6/14/18
Wilma Mast
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Tabitha Sinks
Jenifer Garza
Nacole Patrick
Trish Musgrave
Jade Good
Trish Marks
Alicia Dansby
Jill Nauyokas
Christina Domingue
Bea Patrick
Mary Ann Cody
Stacy Lynn Nelson
Tonya Velazquez
Kristina Harris
Chrissy Kim
Brooke Scott
Kiki Roberson
Kimberly Snyder
6/15/18
Kathleen Marks
Amanda Peters
Pheobe Gerou
Jenn Anthony
Jenifer Garza
Nicole Blaha
Kendra George
Trish Hysell
Mary Ann Cody
Tabitha Sinks
Dawn Raasch
Kiki Roberson
Christina Montes
Becky Holland
Vinessa Vaquez
Christy Martinez
Mary Achio
Mary Murphy
Nai Merri
Bea Patrick
Joan Tompkins-Winborn
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Murphy Mya
6/16/18
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Brittany Light
Jill Nauyokas
Amber McGrath
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Jennifer Alice Duran
Jenifer Garza
Beth Embrey
Murphy Mya
Betsy Brandon Riddle Smith
Jennifer Marie
Sheila Carvell
Jennifer Leffler
Alexandra Vindiola
Amber Chandler
Lauren Bradley
Chrissy Kim
Deborah Farris
Maria Bouchard
Lenis Abshire
Mary Achio
Kristina Rosson
Christy Martinez
Becky Holland
April Ashcraft
6/17/18
Priscilla Shimp
Jennifer Ramlet
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Marilyn Wall
Kimberly Snyder
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Isis Sample
Sheila Carvell
Alexandra Vindiola
Amanda Brewer
Harley Magoon
Stella Methvin
Kathleen Hickman
Andrew W Sauer
Amber Chandler
Dale Fish
Jill Nauyokas
Mary Mcmenamy
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Mary Pettiford
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A Denver man is recovering after he was shot when an off-duty FBI agent dropped his gun while doing a backflip in the middle of the dance floor at a downtown Denver bar. Twenty-four year old Tom Reddington, was shot in the leg by the single round of gun fire. The Denver Police Department is facing criticism because no charges have been filed. They say they’re still waiting for pending lab results before deciding if the off-duty agent, Chase Bishop, will face charges in connection with the accidental shooting.
Reddington’s lawyer told news outlets that his client could have died if it weren’t for a quick thinking security guard who removed his belt and used it as a tourniquet. He said the off-duty agent offered no help to Reddington immediately after the shooting and that his client will have to undergo vascular surgery to repair a major artery in his leg.
Bishop, 29, a Washington D.C.-based FBI agent, was visiting Denver for training. While there he visited Mile High Spirits where he before accidentally fired his handgun after it fell from his holster when he executed a backflip trying to impress a crowd of onlookers. Video of the incident shows the agent, Chase Bishop, dancing on the outdoor dance floor and then doing a back-flip. While doing the flip, his gun falls from his holster. He picks up his gun, which discharged a single round as he picked it up-and puts it back into his holster.
According to military records, Chase is a decorated war veteran who served in the army from November 2011 to February 2017. He was deployed to Afghanistan in February 2013. He was an Army Intelligence Officer and achieved the rank of captain in October 2016. Bishop was also twice awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, a Meritorious Unit Commendation and a Global War of Terrorism Service Medal, among others.
Legal experts are outraged that the Denver police and District Attorney have not filed charges in the incident even with video evidence of what transpired. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper also weighed it on the situation. “Those instances where someone puts the public at risk, should have consequences. Sources in the FBI have said that the agent will be held accountable and that his stupid actions should not tarnish the reputation of the agency.
Mile High Spirits released a statement in regards to the shooting. It is shocking that the only shooting to ever occur at our establishment came about as a result of an FBI agent entering our distillery tasting room carrying a loaded firearm without our knowledge, in violation of our rules.”
While it is not illegal for off-duty agents of law enforcement branches to have concealed weapons in establishments that serve alcohol or that do not allow firearms- it is illegal for them to consume alcohol while carrying a weapon.
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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), arrested 114 undocumented immigrants working at an Ohio gardening business in one of its largest workplace raids in recent years. Tuesday’s arrests targeted employees of Corso’s Flower and Garden Center in Sandusky and Castalia, Ohio. Those arrested are expected to face criminal charges, including identity theft and tax evasion.
About 200 ICE personnel were involved in the operations, which began at 7 a.m. and continued late into the evening. Agents surrounded the perimeter of the Castalia locations, blocking off nearby streets as helicopters flew overhead. Search warrants were served at both locations without incident. They arrested 114 workers suspected of being in the country illegally and loaded many onto buses bound for ICE detention facilities.
Khaalid Walls, spokesman for ICE’s Northeastern region, said the investigation into Corso’s began in October 2017 with the arrest of a suspected document vendor. They reviewed 313 employee records and found that 123 were suspicious. He added that the majority of those arrested were Mexican nationals and some individuals were processed and released for humanitarian reasons.
Authorities are pursuing a bevy of allegations against Corso’s, including allegations of harboring illegal aliens, unlawful employment of aliens, false impersonation of a US citizen, fraud and aggravated identity theft, Walls said.
Steve Francis, special agent in charge of Homeland Security investigations said “We are attempting to identify what criminal network brought over 100 illegal aliens to Ohio to work.” “If your business is operating legitimately, there’s nothing to fear. If you are hiring illegal aliens as a business model, we will identify you, arrest you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”
In October 2017, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan said he ordered the investigative unit of ICE to increase work site enforcement actions by as much as fivefold. “We’ve already increased the number of inspections in work site operations, you will see that significantly increase this next fiscal year,” Homan said at the time. Homan also said that those actions would target both the employers and the employees in violation of immigration law. “Not only are we going to prosecute the employers that hire illegal workers, we’re going to detain and remove the illegal alien workers. The aggressive efforts are meant to deter people from entering the country illegally and protect jobs for American workers.”
Corso’s employee Salma Sabala told news outlets that undercover officers showed up in an employee break room initially offering to give out Dunkin’ Donuts. Then, they started rounding up workers. “ They’re armed. They had the dogs. We hear the helicopters on top of us,” Sabala said. Videos captured by workers and reporters showed immigration agents putting employees in handcuffs and separating authorized U.S. residents from undocumented immigrants. No employees were seen fleeing.
The 114 people arrested were taken to detention facilities in St. Clair County, Michigan; Seneca County, Ohio; and the Youngstown, Ohio, area. Families of the arrested workers gathered at St. Paul Catholic Church in Norwalk, Ohio, seeking answers as to the whereabouts of their loved ones.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, June 10th, 2018 was:
DEBORAH FARRIS
Carrollton, TX
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
6/4/18
Misty Shallcross
Jill Nauyokas
Mikey Mellor
Marilyn Wall
Jenn Anthony
Kayte CookWatts
Deborah Farris
Michelle Rayeske-Jeske
Brittany Light
Nikki Hunsaker
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Mary Ann Cody
Kristi Cervantes
Helen Saez Deverter
Thalia BunBunz
Mary Achio
Justin Griffis
Anggie Marie
Becky Holland
Mary Bubel Smith
Dawn Raasch
6/5/18
Jill Nauyokas
Sheila Carvell
Joanie Waterman
Kathi Taylor
Crystal Hazelwood
Angel Shearl
Jodi Stevens
Dale Fish
Sherry Lilly
Cheryl Hall
Naomi Whitlatch
Amber Chandler
Wendi Black
Tina David Konegan
Priscilla Shimp
Jennifer Vega
Don Redfield Jr.
Karyn Koehler
Ann Patrick
April Ashcraft
6/6/18
Angela Janisse
Cheyenne Shaw
Kristi Cervantes
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Jade Good
Jill Nauyokas
Karron Redfield
Jennifer Vega
Vickie Gipson
Mary Achio
Diane Hamric
Christy Martinez
Amanda Peters
Brenda Hartwig
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Sheri Boydston
Beth Cleveland
Bethany Henry
Marcy Coull
Becky Holland
Eleazar Ruiz
6/7/18
Kathleen Marks
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
April Ashcraft
Holly Cajigas
Brittany Light
Stella Methvin
Jill Nauyokas
Melissa White
Deborah Farris
Chris Maxwell
Susanne Killion
Tanya Mattox
Sarah Harrison
Alisa Jones
Crystal Young
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Kacie Rogers
Jennifer Ramlet
Geri Rus
Stephanie Lynn Rich
6/8/18
Jennifer Lee Clack
Jenn Anthony
Mary Ann Cody
Toi Minnifield
Kathleen Marks
Tina Auth
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Jill Nauyokas
April Walrath
Bea Patrick
Diane Hamric
Dean Bruss
Sarah Haught
Brandi Kerr
Holly Cajigas
Nacole Patrick
Brandi K Chaney
Kristina Harris
Beth Embrey
Amanda Peters
6/9/18
Nacole Patrick
Jessica Davis
Lauren Bradley
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
Cheryl Hall
Misty Shallcross
Bea Patrick
Jill Nauyokas
Kristina Harris
Brittany Light
Christy Hawkes
Angela Janisse
Adaria Johnson
Beth Meemo
Heather Marocco
Sheila Carvell
April Ashcraft
Kathi Taylor
Amber Chandler
Tina David Konegan
6/10/18
Priscilla Shimp
Tracy Heyer
Sarah Haught
Trish Marks
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Melissa D’Ornellas Curtis
Allessandro Tuono
Isis Sample
Sherri Kidwell
Marcia Hutcherson
Christy Martinez
Paula M Bondy
Hunter Coffey
Ashley Agner
Dean Bruss
Alexandra Vindiola
Sajida Hasham Salemohamed
Tricia Schewe
Jennifer Ramlet
Kim Minton
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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FEMA has ordered the evacuation of parts of a neighborhood on Hawaii’s Big Island as fast-moving lava from Kilauea volcano threatens to destroy more homes. The volcano first erupted on May 3, 2018 and has destroyed over 100 houses. Since the first eruption, 22 fissure vents have opened on the volcano’s East Rift Zone in the Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens subdivisions.
Hawaii’s Highway 137 has been blocked by lava, cutting off access to Kapoho Bay, Vacationland, Hwy 132 and the Puna Geothermal power plant. The flowing lava completely filled Kapoho Bay, inundated most of Vacationland and covered all but the northern part of Kapoho Beach Lots. There are several hundred homes in these two subdivisions. Homes in Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland are on smaller lots and are closer together than in other parts of the Puna district.
More than 2,500 local residents have been forced to evacuate the dangerous lava flows and toxic sulfur dioxide fumes that have consumed the neighborhoods. Officials have warned residents of the threat of toxic gases, choking ash plumes, and volcanic glass falling from the sky. When the sulfur dioxide from the fissures mix with sunlight and oxygen it forms a type of volcanic smog called “vog,” which can cause pneumonia and bronchitis-like symptoms.
Lava continues oozing from volcanic fissures, burning homes to the ground and turning into rivers of molten rock. The lava from Kilauea has spread across 2,000 acres of land into the surrounding neighborhoods on Hawaii’s Big Island. The rate of lava flow in the East Rift Zone has increased, advancing at rates up to 300 yards per hour. Officials say flowing lava has reached the Pacific Ocean, creating a steam cloud of lava haze commonly called “laze”. Laze is a mix of hydrochloric acid and fine glass particles. The laze extends 15 miles west of the Big Island and can cause breathing issues and skin irritation.
On May 29, 2018, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported that an ash eruption at Kīlauea summit occurred overnight at around 2 am. According to officials, the resulting ash plume reached 15,000 feet and the wind was blowing in the Northwest direction, sending ash fall out into the surrounding area. A a 4.5 magnitude earthquake was also reported in the summit region of the Kīlauea Volcano at 1:56 a.m. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a statement saying that no tsunami was expected.
Hawaii Civil Defense Service officials said they went through the neighborhood to warn residents this was their last chance to evacuate before their final escape route was cut off by lava Some chose to stay in the area, which now has no power, cell reception, landlines or county water, officials said. Authorities are planning to airlift people out if the lava spreads farther and endangers the dozen or so holdouts. Hundreds of residents are now living in shelters and emergency tents as local residents provide food and supplies.
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Two journalists in North Carolina died while covering the landfall of Subtropical Storm Alberto, which brought heavy rain and flash flood warnings to swaths of the Southeast. News anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer of the NBC affiliate WYFF died when a tree fell on their news truck. Authorities said a tree became uprooted from rain-soaked soil and toppled on the news team’s SUV, killing the two instantly. “All of us at WYFF News 4 are grieving,” the station said. “We are a family and we thank you, our extended family, for your comfort as we mourn and as we seek to comfort the families of Mike and Aaron.”
Anchor Carol Goldsmith broke the news of their deaths on air “Anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer both had worked in the Greenville market for more than a decade. Mike and Aaron were beloved members of our team — our family,” Goldsmith said. McCormick was a weekend anchor for the Greenville station-covering Spartanburg and surrounding areas. He came to the station in April 2007. Smeltzer had worked in Greenville for more than a decade, winning four Emmys during his career.
The men were driving on U.S. Highway 176 near Tryon around 2pm when the large tree fell on their vehicle, North Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Murico Stephens said. McCormick and Smeltzer had just interviewed Tryon Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant. They told Tennant to be careful with Alberto’s remnants expected to bring more heavy rains and mudslides to North Carolina. He told them to be careful too.
“Ten minutes later we get the call and it was them,” Tennant said at a news conference, his voice cracking. The fire chief said the roots of a large tree were loosened in ground saturated by a week of rain. The TV vehicle engine’s was still running and the transmission was in drive when crews found it. Tennant estimated the tree to be about three feet in diameter.
WYFF anchor Mike McCormick, 36, is survived by his parents, his partner, Brian Dailey and Brian’s daughters, Katy and Emma Dailey; brother, Kevin McMullen (Novi); and nieces, Holly and Kaylee. He is remembered as a compassionate journalist who knew how to make everyone around him comfortable. McCormick graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in broadcast journalism and theater arts, WYFF said. McCormick enjoyed cooking with local, fresh ingredients from the Hub City Farmers’ Market, as well as spending time with his family and two dogs. McCormick started at WYFF in 2007 as a reporter and became a weekend anchor in 2014.
Photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer, 35, is survived by his fiancée, Heather Michelle Lawter of Inman, South Carolina; Mother and Father-in-law, Stephen and Debbie Lawter of Inman, South Carolina; two brother-in-laws, Matt Lawter and his wife Mandy and Chris Lawter and his wife Angel; two nephews, Trent Lawter and Reec` Marlow and his beloved fur babies, Diesel and Mollie. He is remembered as a talented photojournalist and an unfailingly kind friend that would make you feel like you were his best friend as soon as you met him.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, June 3rd, 2018 was:
SARAH HAUGHT
Warren, OH
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
5/28/18
Jill Nauyokas
Nicole Blaha
Beth Cleveland
Diane Hamric
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Theresa Sigourney
Renee Carrion
Heather Lynn Rood
Sheila Carvell
Dee Washington
Dmarie Nylin-Terrell
Tonya Velazquez
Angela Janisse
Be Schwerin
Amanda Peters
Becky Holland
Eleazar Ruiz
Stephanie Marie Walls
Cyndi Jansheski
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Andrew W Sauer
Samantha Brwn
5/29/18
Kelly Jo Francisco
Eleazar Ruiz
Amber Chandler
Jackie Hicks
Crystal Dotson
Susanne Killion
Crystal Young
Dustin Lawson
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Karen Bondehagen
Jennifer Ramlet
Jennifer Lang
Britta Brown Lawson
Nai Merri
Marcy Coull
Dawn Raasch
Kathleen Hickman
Monica Meador
Pheobe Gerou
Trish Musgrave
Alexis Maureen
5/30/18
Christy Hawkes
Deborah Farris
Sarah Harrison
Vickie Gipson
Alicia Johnson
Be Schwerin
Jenifer Garza
Christy Martinez
Trish Musgrave
Jennifer Vega
Brittany Light
France Camer
Ashley Agner
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
Penny Fisher
Nicole Blaha
Melissa White
Amanda Peters
Kathleen Marks
Maria Bouchard
Kendra George
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Tonya Velazquez
5/31/18
Jill Nauyokas
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Anna Nichols
Jennifer Cameron
Mary Ann Cody
Naomi Whitlatch
Becky Holland
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Trish Hysell
Debbie Gremlin
Dale Fish
Karen Rimiller Presley
Sarah Haught
Michelle Rayeske-Jeske
Angela Janisse
Hayley Cordaro
Eleazar Ruiz
Diane Hamric
Brittany Light
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
6/1/18
Jennifer Ramlet
Marcy Coull
Mary Achio
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Lang
Teena Sierson
Heather Lynn Rood
Misty Shallcross
Alisa Jones
Wilma Mast
Cyndi Jansheski
Melissa White
Sheri Boydston
Crystal Young
Beth Cleveland
Stella Methvin
Lori Capobianco
April Ashcraft
Kristina Rosson
Tanya Holmes
Cheryl Hall
Tracy Shafer
6/2/18
Jill Nauyokas
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Emily Rice Bowersock
Carol Jean
Brandi K Chaney
Melissa Maestas
Christy Martinez
Jennifer Leffler
Mikey Mellor
Be Schwerin
Nicole Blaha
Cheryl Hall
Brooke Scott
Beth Cleveland
Angela Janisse
Alyssa DiFazio
Stephanie Beckwith
Heather Marocco
Beth Meemo
Jade Good
6/3/18
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Helen Saez Deverter
Jill Nauyokas
Cheryl Hall
Dawn Raasch
Anggie Marie
Kristina Rosson
Jenifer Garza
Nicole Blaha
Eleazar Ruiz
Naomi Whitlatch
Sherry Lilly
Britta Brown Lawson
Adaria Johnson
Dustin Lawson
Angela Janisse
April Ashcraft
Dean Bruss
Carol Jean
Sarah Haught
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
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On May 18th, 2018, a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas ended with ten people dead and thirteen injured. Eight students and two teachers were killed. The suspected shooter was taken into custody and later identified by police as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old student at the school. He is charged with capital murder of multiple persons and aggravated assault against public servant. He is being held without bail and if convicted, faces a maximum sentence of 40 years to life.
The incident occurred in the school’s art complex which consists of four rooms connected to one another with interior hallways, and other rooms. Witnesses said the two targeted classrooms are connected by a ceramics room the shooter accessed by damaging a door window. The shooting began around 7:30 a.m., when Pagourtzis entered the school armed with a shotgun and a .38 revolver, both guns legally belonged to his father. Witnesses say the shooter entered the art classroom first where he fatally shot students. One wounded victim told reporters the shooter walked into the classroom and pointed at another person, saying “I’m going to kill you”.
According to a witness, students barricaded themselves in the art classroom storage closet and the shooter shot through the door with a shotgun. He left the art room briefly, causing students to leave the closet and attempt to barricade the art room door but he pushed the door open. Upon spotting a student he knew, he said “Surprise!” and shot the student in the chest.
Law enforcement received the first calls at 7:32 a.m., according to an affidavit filed in Galveston County court and officers engaged him within four minutes and allowed for the safe evacuation of other students and faculty. The first one to confront Pagourtzis was the school’s police officer John Barnes, who tried entering the art complex looking for the shooter. Pagourtzis appeared to be ready for Barnes and fired at him, hitting him in the upper arm. Barnes was listed in stable but critical condition at University of Texas Medical Branch. Other law enforcement officers arriving at the scene exchanged a volley of gunfire with the suspect.
Authorities say at around 8:02 a.m. — 30 minutes after the shooting started — Pagourtzis exited one of the art classrooms and surrendered after being injured during the shoot-out with police. It’s unclear how long Pagourtzis was actively shooting students and teachers inside the school. Authorities recovered several homemade explosive devices at the school, inside Pagourtzis’ vehicle and in his home.
Investigators offered no immediate motive for the shooting but said the shooter stated he intended to kill everyone he shot and wanted to spare the students he liked, so he could “have his story told.” He also stated to police that he had planned to kill himself but he did not have the courage to take his own life. Eight students and two teachers were killed in the shooting. The victims were identified as Jared Black, 17; Shana Fisher, 16; Christian Riley Garcia, 15; Aaron Kyle McLeod, 15; Angelique Ramirez, 15; Christopher Stone, 17; Kimberly Vaughan, 14; Sabika Sheikh, 17; Cynthia Tisdale, 63 and Glenda Anne Perkins, 64.
The mother of 16 year old victim Shana Fisher said her daughter had repeatedly turned down the shooter’s advances in the last four months, including a public confrontation that occurred one week before the shooting. The high school junior allegedly told her parents Pagourtzis told her he was going to kill her after the confrontation.
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NFL owners have unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the performance but gives them the option to remain in the locker room without penalty if they prefer. The vote was made by team owners without involvement from the NFL Players Association. The policy subjects teams to a fine if a player or any other team personnel do not show respect for the anthem. That includes any attempt to sit or kneel, as dozens of players have done during the past two seasons to protest racial inequality and police brutality. Those teams also will have the option to fine any team personnel, including players, for the infraction.
The previous policy required players to be on the field for the anthem but only that they “should” stand. When former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling in 2016 as a protest against racial injustice in the United States, the league had no rule it could use to prevent it. The movement grew with other players kneeling and drew increasing criticism with many who believed it was a sign of disrespect toward the flag and country. As the movement grew, the negative responses included suggestions that players who protest should be fired.
Others displayed their disapproval of players’ protests by leaving the stadium immediately after the protests or refusing to watch games at all. Owners had been divided on how to extricate the league from criticism. Some owners, including the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones and the Houston Texans’ Bob McNair, wanted all players to stand. Others, such as the New York Jets’ Christopher Johnson, wanted to avoid any appearance of muzzling players. Some suggested clearing the field prior to the anthem but the idea was rejected by some owners who thought it would be interpreted as a mass protest or a sign of disrespect.
After spending months in discussions, and another three hours over two days at the leagues spring meetings, owners said they found a compromise that will end sitting or kneeling with an edict that stops short of requiring every player to stand. In a statement accompanying the announcement, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league wanted to eliminate criticism that suggested the protests were unpatriotic. “It was unfortunate that on-field protests created a false perception among many that thousands of NFL players were unpatriotic,” Goodell said. “This is not and was never the case.”
Goodell added “All 32 clubs want to make sure that during the moment of the anthem and the flag,that that is a very important moment to all of us, as a league, as clubs, personally and to our country, and that’s a moment that we want to make sure is done in a very respectful fashion. And that, that was something that was very strongly held in the room.”
As for the man who started the movement, on March 3, 2017, Kaepernick officially opted out of his contract with the 49ers, becoming a free agent at the start of the 2017 league year. Kaepernick went unsigned through the offseason and 2017 training camps, leading to allegations that he was being blackballed because of his on-field political actions as opposed to his performance. Many players, including New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and former teammate Alex Smith, have stated that they believe his sporting ability is competitive in the NFL and they are incredulous of his prolonged unemployment. Kaepernick and former 49ers safety Eric Reid have both filed collusion cases against the league after failing to find jobs as free agents.
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