One person killed, two injured in shooting at Vancouver, Washington, apartment building for seniors

One person killed, two injured in shooting at Vancouver, Washington, apartment building for seniors

Police in the southern Washington city of Vancouver said Thursday that one person was killed and two people were hurt in a shooting at an apartment building for senior citizens.
An 80-year-old suspect was taken into custody without incident, police spokeswoman Kim Capp said several hours after the shooting.
Police responded around 2 p.m. to a call of a shooting at the Smith Tower Apartments.When officers arrived they found three victims in the lobby of the apartment building suffering from gunshot wounds. Two female victims were transported to area hospitals for medical treatment and one male victim was deceased.
Earlier Capp told reporters the initial shots were fired in the apartment building lobby and the suspect went to his apartment.
Police said the suspect, Robert E. Breck, refused to come out of his apartment. A crisis negotiation team was brought in while other officers and SWAT members evacuated the other residents.
About two hours later he was taken into custody.
CNN is trying to determine whether Breck has a legal representative.PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center was treating two patients from the Smith Tower shooting, said Randy Querin, a spokesman for the hospital.
Their initial condition is satisfactory and treatment is ongoing, Querin said.
    A tweet from The Columbian newspaper includes a video showing several police cars and a fire truck outside the Smith Tower Apartments in the initial moments after the shooting
    PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center was treating two patients from the Smith Tower shooting, said Randy Querin, a spokesman for the hospital.
    Their initial condition is satisfactory and treatment is ongoing, Querin said.
      A tweet from The Columbian newspaper includes a video showing several police cars and a fire truck outside the Smith Tower Apartments in the initial moments after the shooting
      According to the apartment website, the apartments are for people who are 62 years of age or older. The building has 170 studio and one-bedroom apartments.
      CNN’s Dave Alsup and Amanda Jackson contributed to this report.

      US tested new missile in the Pacific as China paraded weapons

      US tested new missile in the Pacific as China paraded weapons

      As China paraded some of its most powerful weaponry during celebrations marking the Communist state’s 70th anniversary on Tuesday, the United States Navy tested its newest piece of firepower in the Pacific.
      In the waters off Guam, the USS Gabrielle Giffords fired off a Naval Strike Missile (NSM), a sea-skimming cruise missile that is difficult to spot on radar, and can maneuver to avoid enemy defenses.
      The NSM, along with a variety of other weapons, were fired at a surplus US Navy frigate, the former USS Ford, which was towed to the Pacific to act as a target in an exercises called SINKEX.
      The Giffords is the first US Navy ship to deploy with the Naval Strike Missile, and analysts say it helps even the equation in the Pacific, where China has been increasing its missile arsenal in terms of quality and quantity.
        The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during an exercise of Guam on Tuesday.

        The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during an exercise of Guam on Tuesday.
        China now enjoys a 3-to-1 advantage in cruise missiles over the US, but the Naval Strike Missile can eventually “change the game,” said Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain now an instructor at Hawaii Pacific University.
        “The Pentagon is building a military force that can operate on a more sustainable basis and has a better chance of fighting and surviving within the PLA’s deadly anti-access, area denial envelope,” said Rand Corp. senior defense analyst Timothy Heath, referring to the mix of ships, aircraft and missiles amassed by China’s People’s Liberation Army to control parts of the Pacific.
        The PLA was showing off much of that new arsenal on Tuesday in Beijing — everything from intercontinental ballistic missiles to new submarine drones.
        China shows off military in anniversary parade

        China shows off military in anniversary parade 02:30
        “It is to show how much progress it has made, and how much more advanced it is compared to years before. Now, China has better capability to defend itself. It deserves equal and fair treatment from other powers,” Carnegie Tsinghua Center senior fellow and military analyst Tong Zhao told CNN.
        Much of the US-China tension has been focused on the South China Sea, one of the most contested areas in the world. Multiple countries claim parts of the commerce-heavy region, but Beijing’s claim is by far the most expansive, covering the majority of the sea.
        The sleek, stealthy Giffords, is a littoral combat ship (LCS) designed for operations in the shallower waters around coastlines and islands.
        Most of the ships in the US Navy’s growing LCS fleet, which will eventually number more than 30, are planned to be armed with the Naval Strike Missile, Navy officials told a Senate Armed Services subcommittee earlier this year.
        Key to the Naval Strike Missile is its range of more than 100 miles, more than 30% farther than the Harpoon missiles the US Navy has been using in this anti-ship capacity.
        The ability to work with the helicopter drone enables the ship to target outside what its own surface radars can see.
        The former USS Ford, a decommissioned frigate, sustains damage as U.S. Navy ships, aircraft and a submarine and Republic of Singapore ships fire at it during a sinking exercise off Guam on Tuesday.

        The former USS Ford, a decommissioned frigate, sustains damage as U.S. Navy ships, aircraft and a submarine and Republic of Singapore ships fire at it during a sinking exercise off Guam on Tuesday.
        Tuesday’s live-fire SINKEX exercise in the Pacific also saw missiles launched from other US Navy aircraft, bombs dropped from US Air Force B-52 bombers, and Harpoon missiles launched two stealth frigates from the Singapore Navy.
        “This exercise provided important opportunities for realistic at-sea training with live ordnance, conditions that cannot be duplicated otherwise,” US Navy Capt. Matthew Jerbi, co-commander of the the exercise, said in a statement. “Training alongside our Singapore partners in a complex exercise like this is invaluable.”
          Singaporean Col. Lim Yu Chuan said the exercise was “a valuable platform for the two navies to strengthen our mutual cooperation and interoperability.”
          “With the vast training space available in the waters off Guam, the exercise also provides the RSN (Singapore Navy)with the opportunity to conduct high-end exercises of substantial scope and complexity,” Lim said.

          Hyde Park School of Dance Presents The Nutcracker Dec. 13–15 at Mandel Hall

          Valerie Lowder as Clara

          Delaney Peets doing the splits

          Rohana Weaver as The Mouse King

          HYDE PARK SCHOOL OF DANCE COMBINES
          HIP HOP, BALLET, AND MODERN DANCE
          IN THE NUTCRACKER DEC. 13–15 AT MANDEL HALL


          Hyde Park School of Dance (HPSD) brings together fans of ballet, modern, and hip hop with its annual presentation of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, with more than 175 dancers—primarily children ages 7 to 18. The cast includes weekly students and members of the school’s pre-professional Studio Company and features high school seniors who have grown up at the school, all supported by hundreds of volunteers. Performances are December 13–15 at Mandel Hall on the University of Chicago campus, 1131 E. 57th Street, Chicago. 

           

          Staged by HPSD’s founding Artistic Director August Tye, longtime ballet mistress for Lyric Opera of Chicago, the 90-minute narrated production follows Clara, Fritz, and the mysterious Uncle Drosselmeyer from the family holiday party and a midnight battle between the Nutcracker’s toy soldiers and the Mouse Queen’s squeaky troops through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets. 
          Unlike other versions of this holiday classic, HPSD includes a breakdance battle to showcase the range of dance genres the school offers while sending a message of peace—instead of battling with swords, mice and soldiers tap into the power of hip hop to work out their differences through creative self-expression.

          Prior to each performance, the Pre-Ballet Holiday Show showcases some of the school’s younger ballet students in performance. Dancers ages 4 to 7 from HPSD’s Pre-Ballet classes will warm up the stage in what is for many of them their first-ever performance.

          The production also features surprise cameos by local VIPs in the larger-than-life role of Mother Ginger. Previous guest performers have included Hyde Park Herald Editor Daschell Phillips, Montgomery Place board chair Mike McGarry, former Kenwood Academy High School Principal Dr. Gregory Jones, 5th Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston, former State Representative Kimberly DuBuclet, and Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell.

          On Friday, December 13, HPSD performs a sold-out abridged version for hundreds of school children, many seeing their first ballet, and senior center residents. The performance is made possible by Hyde Park School of Dance’s Community Engagement program, which also serves the public by offering quality dance instruction in schools, community centers, and park district programs citywide.
           
          Adding a special element to the performance experience, HPSD’s Holiday Bazaar, taking place on site during select performances, offers audience members the opportunity to meet characters from The Nutcracker, finish up their holiday shopping with a wide variety of local vendors, and indulge in hot chocolate and other festive treats. The Holiday Bazaar takes place Saturday, December 14 from noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday, December 15 from noon to 5 p.m.

           

          The Nutcracker takes place Friday, December 13 at 7 p.m.;
          Saturday, December 14 at 1 and 6 p.m.;           and Sunday, December 15 at 2 p.m.
          at Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street, in Chicago. 
          Tickets, which go on sale November 1, are $15 for adults and seniors (65+)
          on December 13 only; for other performances, tickets are $25 for adults,
          $20 for seniors (65+), $10 for children ages 6-18 
          and for students with school ID, and free for children 5 and younger.
          Special $40 reserved section tickets are also available
          for audience members of all ages. 
          Tickets and more information are available at 773-493-8498 
          or hydeparkdance.org/tickets
          .
           

          Hyde Park School of Dance
          Founded in 1993 as the Hyde Park School of Ballet, Hyde Park School of Dance is a 501(c)3 non-profit providing opportunities for students of all ages and abilities to study, perform, and create classical and contemporary dance at the highest levels of discipline and artistry within a community dedicated to the welcoming inclusion of dancers of all races, religions, body types, genders, sexual orientations, and family income backgrounds. Led by Founding Artistic Director August Tye, Hyde Park School of Dance is committed to offering children the chance to experience the empowering rewards of self-discipline, hard work, and collaboration in a diverse and supportive environment, cultivating a love of dance and a strength of body, mind, and character that will benefit students throughout their lives.
          Photos by Marc Monaghan

          Nothing surprising about hate China when the racist Americans are concerned

          Anonymous
          said…

          Joshua Wong Chi Fung was the mastermind behind the 2014 Occupy Central
          protests in Hongkong. This traitorous kid condones violence to bring his
          brand of Democracy. For him, democracy means anyone who disagrees that
          democracy is best, will be silenced, walloped or maimed, as evidenced in
          his Kamikaze crazy protest movement in Hong Kong. He is enjoying
          support from Marco

          Godwin Sadoh: Silvia Belfiore will perform my "Moonlight Dances" Oct. 28 in Abidjan

          Godwin Sadoh

          Silvia Belfiore




          Godwin Sadoh writes:

          Italian concert pianist, Silvia Belfiore, will perform my Moonlight Dances for piano, at a special concert tagged, Musique et Paroles D’Africa, on October 28, 2019, at Hotel Du Gulf, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 7:30PM.

          Godwin Sadoh

          WashingtonPost.com: Imani Winds: “A Woman’s Perspective” College Park Oct. 4

          The Imani Winds quintet is made up of: Mark Dover (clarinet), Brandon Patrick George (flute), Monica Ellis (bassoon), Jeff Scott (French horn) and Toyin Spellman-Diaz (oboe). (Shervin Lainez)


          October 2, 2019

          Anne Midgette

          Why don’t we hear more music by women? Who better to answer the question than a quintet founded by a woman. For more than two decades, Imani Winds, founded by the composer and flutist Valerie Coleman, has been unfolding different perspectives in its concerts, juxtaposing Bach with John Coltrane, playing Stravinsky and Jason Moran, riding a lonely path as one of the few ensembles made up of musicians of color in a very white field. But in the classical music world, being a woman is even harder than being black — so, at least, thought Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, two major 20th-century composers who happened to be both.

          “A Woman’s Perspective” is the title of Imani Winds’s program at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Friday. It features pieces by composers you should have heard of — including Ruth Crawford Seeger, a major voice of American modernism who after her marriage saw her work fall into neglect, and Coleman herself.

          ***

          Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. at Gildenhorn Recital Hall of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, 8270 Alumni Dr., College Park. theclariceumd.edu. $25; $10 for students. 

          Barry E. Snyder, Sr., Influential Seneca Nation Leader, Passes Away at 79

          Cattaraugus Territory (Irving, NY) – Barry E. Snyder, Sr., a visionary, respected and influential business and political leader of the Seneca Nation of Indians, passed away Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 79.
          Snyder wielded significant influence in Seneca Nation affairs for more than half a century, during which time he served five terms as Seneca Nation President, and was also elected to serve as the Treasurer and as a member of the Seneca Nation Council.
          “Barry served our Nation during our time, but he will deservedly be looked upon as a leader for all times,” said Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong, Sr., a longtime friend and associate of Snyder’s. “Throughout his life and through his service, Barry elevated the Seneca Nation and the Seneca people. As President, he touched every facet of life on our territories.”

          Obituary: Dolores K. "Dickie" Baker, 89, Andover


          ANDOVER – Dolores K. “Dickie” Baker, 89, passed away Monday (Sept. 30, 2019) at Wellsville Manor Care Center following a lengthy illness.

          Mrs. Baker was born on Oct. 10, 1929 in Detroit, Mich. to Matthew and Laura (Kenyon) Ellis. She was a 1947 graduate of Andover Central School. On June 5, 1948 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Andover, she married Robert A. “Moose” Baker, who predeceased her on Jan. 2, 2008.

          Dolores devoted her life to the care of her husband and the raising of her children.

          Dickie is survived by a son, Robert J. (Cindy) Baker of Andover; a daughter, Amy (Rob) Hyland of Manassas, Va.; six grandchildren, Jay (Adam Parr) Baker, Andrea (William) Scott, Joshua (Kristina) Baker, Michael (Tracy) Tidd, Ashley (Bryan) Glynn and Adam (Nick Neglia) Hyland; seven great-grandchildren, Madelyn Tidd, Paul Tidd, Maria Tidd, Michael Tidd, Liam Scott, Maclyn Scott and Leila Baker; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

          In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by a daughter, Julie A. Gilmore; and three siblings, Gloria Saalberg, Ronald Ellis and Norman Ellis.

          In many ways, Dickie’s life was a perfect complement to the outgoing ways of her husband. She loved the quiet solitude of her quilt making and always insisted in doing them the old fashioned way by hand. Many family and friends were the recipient of her labors of love. Dickie was also an excellent seamstress and a wonderful baker. Her meals were always sumptuous and her Christmas cookies and custom cake designs a work of art. She and Bob loved antiquing and yard sailing together.

          Dickie loved her house and home and the atmosphere that she maintained. She and her husband built it together and it became a haven for her love of cats and the bird feeders in the back yard. She was an immaculate housekeeper and yet kept it inviting for the neighborhood kids. Her children’s favorite memories were the football games in the back yard, playing in the rabbit tree and the big bowl of popcorn in the evenings. To her family, she was the “greatest thing that walked.” Dickie never missed her many children and grandchildren’s soccer games and other sporting events.

          Visitation will be held on Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Baker-Swan Funeral Home in Andover. The funeral service will take place on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Calvin Densmore of the Andover First Baptist officiating. Burial will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Online condolences may be offered at www.baker.swan.com.

          Memorial contributions in Dickie’s name may be made to SPCA Serving Allegany County, PO Box 381, Wellsville, N.Y. 14895.

          Troopers: Bolivar man sold drugs that led to overdose – bail set at $50,000 cash

          New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Uniformed Troopers and the Violent Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team on Wednesday arrested Dusten W. Rhodes, 30, of Broad Street in Bolivar. He was charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the third degree (Class B Felony), Reckless Endangerment in the first degree (Class D Felony) and two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Class A Misdemeanors).  Police said the charges stem from an investigation into a heroin/fentanyl overdose in the Town of Genesee in September.  During this incident Rhodes allegedly sold heroin/fentanyl to another person, with two of his children present.  Rhodes was processed at SP Amity then arraigned in the Town of Amity Court.  Rhodes was sent to the Allegany County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail, $100,000 bond.  The Allegany County District Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation.

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