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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Mid-Del schools implement new crisis training in classrooms
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — School districts often do training classes to learn what to do in an emergency and keep students safe. This fall, Mid-Del Schools are implementing new training to help during a crisis event. The crisis training simulated a real-life scenario with the parents starting outside the school, then heading inside to the check-in area. LOCAL NEWS: OKCPD releases Traffic Safety Enforcement results in NW OKC 'We never want anything terrible to happen, obviously, but there has to be a plan,' said Darcy Budde, the Principal at Carl Albert Middle School. Right now, the school district has a plan they follow in the event of an emergency, but this fall, it will be elevated after partnering with the 'I Love You Guys Foundation'. It's a group that specializes in school safety after a real situation where a family lost their daughter in a school shooting. 'That's the last text she sent to her parents was I love you guys, so this means a lot because the safety of our students will always be number one,' said Budde. Whether it's a power outage, a weather-related incident, or something extreme, school administrators said the training can be used in a lot of different scenarios. At Thursday's real-life simulation, administrators pretended to be parents, students, and crisis response staff. They practiced going through each station in an emergency, then reunited as a family. LOCAL NEWS: Family rescued after being trapped by tornado debris 'We wanna take those things that we're doing right, just because they're instinct and add more intentionality behind it,' said Dr. Rick Cobb, the Superintendent of Mid-Del Schools. The district is hopeful the new training will enhance how they ensure students are safely reunited with their parents in an emergency. 'Patience is really hard when you're scared and worried about your kids, so that's where we're gonna keep communicating with parents that we have a plan and we can give them details once they get to the reunification site,' said Budde. The district said they will be implementing drills for the new training, similar to a fire or tornado drill, to get students and teachers prepared if the time comes to use it in an emergency. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
City of Urbana hosts open house for 20-year development plan
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Urbana is asking for feedback on a plan five years in the making. On Wednesday, staff hosted an open house to answer questions about the latest Imagine Urbana draft. Planners are trying to give direction to the city's future, and there's a lot of ways they plan on developing the vision. Wednesday was an opportunity to hear from the community through one-on-one conversations and written notes. Many people took advantage of the opportunity. 'It's a 20-year plan for sort of the future of the city,' said Principal Planner Kevin Garcia. 'Proudly making our country your new home': Citizens naturalized at Old State Capitol ceremony Garcia has been working on the plan for the last five years. The city released a draft of the Imagine Urbana plan in August of last year but has continued to tweak it since. 'I'd say that what it boils down to is just quality of life,' said Garcia. 'It's trying to make the city better in the future than it is today.' Now they have four big ideas to guide future decisions, and a bunch of steps to make that happen. 'Some of those big moves are to expand our arts and culture program,' Garcia said. 'We would certainly use this plan to sort of guide us for future changes to the zoning ordinance.' That's where some people had questions, like Joanne Budde. 'They keep talking about rewriting the zoning ordinance, and we don't know what that means and they won't elaborate on it,' Budde said. 'They go 'We'll get to that when we get to it.'' Budde is worried apartments, duplexes, and some small businesses may get built in and around her neighborhood Beringer Commons. 'I understand those concerns,' said Garcia, 'A lot of the types of development that have historically occurred in, especially some of our older neighborhoods, has not been great.' Bresee Babes watch beloved tower fall He said Imagine Urbana doesn't change very much from what's already on the books, but can be changed later on if new information comes through. 'But also, if you don't allow some level of change over time, the neighborhoods will just stagnate and then they sort of fall on hard times,' Garcia said. Budde said she appreciates the city hosting something like this but isn't very confident. 'I think what's going to happen is it's going to get passed, and then people are going to go, 'How did that happen? I don't remember approving that,'' she said. 'They just build a big house next to me or apartment building next to me and they're going to go, 'When did that happen?'' Garcia said the plan is being discussed by the city council and he isn't sure when it will be passed. The next time it will be discussed is June 2 at City Hall. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Local Sweden
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Local Sweden
Bishop who delivered sermon that enraged Trump invited to opening of Swedish parliament
Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde, who grabbed global headlines after her homily during US President Donald Trump's inauguration, is set to speak at the opening of the Swedish parliament. Advertisement Budde's plea to Trump to have mercy on LGBTQ+ communities and refugees was both praised and criticised, not least by the president himself, who slammed her as "nasty", "not compelling or smart" and a "Radical Left hard line Trump hater", a term Budde rejected. "I don't hate President Trump. I strive not to hate anyone and I dare say that I am not of the 'radical left' either, whatever that means. That is not who I am," 65-year-old Budde later told Time, saying that she would not apologise "for asking for mercy for others". Budde, who has Swedish roots, has accepted the invitation to come to Stockholm in September. She is to address Swedish members of parliament and the royal family at the traditional church service when parliament opens after the summer recess. Jonas Eek, dean of the Stockholm Cathedral Parish, said inviting her felt natural. "I did not perceive Bishop Budde's sermon at the inauguration as polemic or provocative. Instead, her message was classically Christian – that those with strength and power are asked to show mercy on those who are vulnerable or powerless," he said in a statement.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Commentary: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's spiritual statesmanship is a model for all of us
Historians may come to conclude that one of the most consequential moments of Donald Trump's return to the White House took place on the first full day of his second term and in a church, not the president's most natural milieu. President Trump, his family and top administration officials attended an interfaith prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21, 2025, presided over by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington. Budde's sermon focused on national unity, saying it requires respect, honesty and humility. Then she directed remarks to Trump about compassion. Looking the president in the eye, she urged him to have mercy on 'the people in our country who are scared now.' She cited gay, lesbian and transgender children, 'some who fear for their lives.' Budde then took aim at the essence of Trumpism. She urged mercy for 'the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples.' The bishop concluded with a plea to welcome those escaping war and persecution. 'Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger for we were all once strangers in this land.' Budde's soft-spoken words appeared first to jolt, then annoy and finally rattle the president. His children looked on with palpable incredulity, perhaps learning for the first time that telling their father something he did not want to hear to his face was an option. The most unforgettable image for me was Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, who looked on intently as the bishop spoke, ignoring her husband's angry scowl. She seemed sad and stricken, as if she realized that she had somehow ended up on the side of the vengeful, not the vulnerable. Writing later on social media, Trump said that Budde had been 'very ungracious' in her sermon and 'was nasty in tone and not compelling or smart.' As is often the case with the president, what he said was the opposite of the truth. Budde was indisputably gracious in her tone and both compelling and smart in her presentation. Her spiritual statesmanship galvanized millions of Americans and modeled a way to live during the next four years — and beyond. Budde confronted Trump before. On June 1, 2020, Trump responded to the nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd. He held what many deemed an angry news conference in the Rose Garden and then a hastily arranged photo-op at St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, where he brandished an upside-down copy of the Bible. 'President Trump does not speak for St. John's,' Budde told The Washington Post that day. 'We disassociate ourselves from the messages of this president and align ourselves with those seeking justice for the death of George Floyd and countless others.' She was equally forceful on CNN. 'Let me be clear: The president just used a Bible, the most sacred text of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and one of the churches in my diocese without permission as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus. Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence. We need moral leadership, and he's done everything to divide us.' Budde's ministry has been far more than a succession of confrontations with Trump. A trailblazing bishop, she is a forceful champion of compassion, tolerance, generosity and humility. She supports racial equity, immigration reform, gun violence prevention and environmental stewardship. A native of New Jersey, Budde was ordained as a minister in 1989. She served as the rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis from 1993 until 2011. That year she was the first woman elected as the bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Washington. In her book, 'How to Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith,' Budde argues that bravery comes from practice. 'The courage to be brave when it matters most requires a lifetime of small decisions that set us on a path of self-awareness, attentiveness, and willingness to risk failure for what we believe is right,' she writes. Budde's spiritual statesmanship is anchored in courage, compassion and faith. It is necessary during this fraught time in America. By speaking directly to the president that day at the National Cathedral, Budde gave us an important example of statesmanship and citizenship. Rather than capitulate, cower or complain, we can step forward and tell the truth — even to the president's face — calmly and insistently. ____ John T. Shaw is director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Shaw's columns, exclusive to the Tribune, appear the last Monday of each month. His most recent book is 'The Education of a Statesman: How Global Leaders Can Repair a Fractured World.' _____
Chicago Tribune
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
John T. Shaw: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's spiritual statesmanship is a model for all of us
Historians may come to conclude that one of the most consequential moments of Donald Trump's return to the White House took place on the first full day of his second term and in a church, not the president's most natural milieu. President Trump, his family and top administration officials attended an interfaith prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21, 2025, presided over by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington. Budde's sermon focused on national unity, saying it requires respect, honesty and humility. Then she directed remarks to Trump about compassion. Looking the president in the eye, she urged him to have mercy on 'the people in our country who are scared now.' She cited gay, lesbian and transgender children, 'some who fear for their lives.' Budde then took aim at the essence of Trumpism. She urged mercy for 'the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples.' The bishop concluded with a plea to welcome those escaping war and persecution. 'Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger for we were all once strangers in this land.' Budde's soft-spoken words appeared first to jolt, then annoy and finally rattle the president. His children looked on with palpable incredulity, perhaps learning for the first time that telling their father something he did not want to hear to his face was an option. The most unforgettable image for me was Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, who looked on intently as the bishop spoke, ignoring her husband's angry scowl. She seemed sad and stricken, as if she realized that she had somehow ended up on the side of the vengeful, not the vulnerable. Writing later on social media, Trump said that Budde had been 'very ungracious' in her sermon and 'was nasty in tone and not compelling or smart.' As is often the case with the president, what he said was the opposite of the truth. Budde was indisputably gracious in her tone and both compelling and smart in her presentation. Her spiritual statesmanship galvanized millions of Americans and modeled a way to live during the next four years — and beyond. Budde confronted Trump before. On June 1, 2020, Trump responded to the nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd. He held what many deemed an angry news conference in the Rose Garden and then a hastily arranged photo-op at St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, where he brandished an upside-down copy of the Bible. 'President Trump does not speak for St. John's,' Budde told The Washington Post that day. 'We disassociate ourselves from the messages of this president and align ourselves with those seeking justice for the death of George Floyd and countless others.' She was equally forceful on CNN. 'Let me be clear: The president just used a Bible, the most sacred text of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and one of the churches in my diocese without permission as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus. Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence. We need moral leadership, and he's done everything to divide us.' Budde's ministry has been far more than a succession of confrontations with Trump. A trailblazing bishop, she is a forceful champion of compassion, tolerance, generosity and humility. She supports racial equity, immigration reform, gun violence prevention and environmental stewardship. A native of New Jersey, Budde was ordained as a minister in 1989. She served as the rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis from 1993 until 2011. That year she was the first woman elected as the bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Washington. In her book, 'How to Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith,' Budde argues that bravery comes from practice. 'The courage to be brave when it matters most requires a lifetime of small decisions that set us on a path of self-awareness, attentiveness, and willingness to risk failure for what we believe is right,' she writes. Budde's spiritual statesmanship is anchored in courage, compassion and faith. It is necessary during this fraught time in America. By speaking directly to the president that day at the National Cathedral, Budde gave us an important example of statesmanship and citizenship. Rather than capitulate, cower or complain, we can step forward and tell the truth — even to the president's face — calmly and insistently. John T. Shaw is director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Shaw's columns, exclusive to the Tribune, appear the last Monday of each month. His most recent book is 'The Education of a Statesman: How Global Leaders Can Repair a Fractured World.'
