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Yahoo
5 hours ago
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Shelby County invests $180K into youth summer camps
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County government is investing $180,000 into summer camps to allow more youth to attend a summer camp for free. The Shelby County Office of Education and Youth Services selected 18 summer camps as partners in this year's Shelby County Youth Summer Camp Scholarship Program. The 18 camp programs will receive $10,000 each to provide services to youth for grants will allow more than 1,000 Shelby County children to attend a summer camp on a scholarship. 'This year marks our biggest investment because it's a priority of this Administration to identify strategies to support the youngest members of our community, provide free or low-cost resources to families, and maintain the programs that give our youth fun and productive experiences,' said Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris. The camps selected for the Scholarship program are: YMCA Elevate Teen Camp The Jewel Guild Foundation Camp Boys to Men of Memphis Mentoring Camp Young Actors Guild Performing Arts Camp Six Twelve Sports Camp Girls Inc. of Memphis Summer Camp Rising Together- SLAM Summer Camp Southwest Community College Music Camp Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis Knowledge Quest- Camp Quest New Life Church- Kooler Kids Camp OnPoint Kids Play Camp First Baptist Church- BRACED Camp Know Thy Worth Empowerment Camp Memphis Youth Arts Institute- Black Art Camp Refugee & Immigrant Youth Soccer/ESL Camp Metal Museum- Metal Marvels STEM Camp New Ballet Ensemble- Intensives Camp Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
What's On
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- What's On
Chill and win all summer long at Topgolf Dubai
Written by: What's On 1 hour ago Sponsored: Beat the heat… Looking for a cool way to beat the heat this summer? Topgolf Dubai is rolling out its hottest (and coolest) seasonal campaign yet: 'Chill & Win This Summer', packed with deals, games, and giveaways running from June 2 to August 29. Whether you're perfecting your swing or just soaking up the good vibes with friends, here's why Topgolf Dubai is the place to be this summer: Dhs99/hour gameplay on weekdays before 5pm – the perfect excuse for a fun-filled day with friends or colleagues. Free bay reservations before 5pm and after midnight, so you can plan ahead without the extra cost. Stay fresh in air-conditioned hitting bays, no matter how high the temperature climbs outside. Dive into the new summer food and drink menu, perfect for cooling off between swings. Discounted VIP Suite rates that come with fruit platters and chilled towels – talk about swinging in style. Enjoy bigger bonus credits at the Bunker Arcade, meaning more games for your buck. Got kids? The Junior Camp runs from June 30 to August 22, giving young golfers a chance to learn and have fun during the holidays. Toad in the Hole, Topgolf's lively restaurant, is serving up Saturday Family Brunches and a hearty Sunday Roast, making weekends extra tasty. And here's the cherry on top: keep your ice peeled for the Topgolf Ice Cream Truck, popping up across Dubai. Not only will it be handing out free Desert Chill ice cream, but you could also score Topgolf merch and a scratch card – 25 lucky winners will win a free Topgolf gameplay session. Summer's officially sorted. Topgolf Dubai, packages available from Jun 2 to Aug 29, Mon to Fri, 10am to 2am, Sat to Sun, 9am to 2am, > Sign up for FREE to get exclusive updates that you are interested in
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Hiker suspended 150 feet from a helicopter after plummeting into a waterfall in Northern California
A hiker who fell 30 feet down a waterfall and into a pool in Butte County had to be harnessed to the end of a 150-foot rope and pulled out by a helicopter over the Memorial Day weekend, according to authorities. The hiker, who was not identified by authorities, suffered serious injuries and could not be reach by ambulance in time, rescuers said. The man was hiking with friends near Feather River Canyon and Camp Creek Falls — near the site of the 2018 Camp fire — when he tried to take a photo of the waterfall and slipped, according to authorities. The hiker fell onto the granite rocks and over the edge of the waterfall, down a 30-foot drop into the pool below, according to Kevin Soukup, a spokesperson for Butte County Sheriff's Search and Rescue. The rescue team responded to the incident in Pulga and when they saw he had sustained serious injuries, decided to rely on a helicopter for the rescue. The injured man, who was conscious at the time, was put into a harness and flown while attached to the helicopter with the 150-foot rope, Soukup said. The man was flown to a landing zone near Cresta Power House and transferred to Enloe FlightCare for further medical care. The entire helicopter trip took between 30 seconds and a minute. Read more:This cliffhanger video from Riverside County has a happy ending "This is the riskiest type of rescue that you do," Soukup said. "Just by nature, helicopters are dangerous. Anytime someone suffers a traumatic injury, you look at the risk and reward and getting them out as quickly as possible via the helicopter was the right decision to make." The road getting out of the area is about three miles and an ambulance wouldn't have made it in time, Soukup said. Anytime there is a traumatic injury, if the journey is more than a 30-minute drive, you have to fly them there, he said. The rescue was a joint operation with Cal Fire and Butte County Fire. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
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- Los Angeles Times
Hiker suspended 150 feet from a helicopter after plummeting into a waterfall in Northern California
A hiker who fell 30 feet down a waterfall and into a pool in Butte County had to be harnessed to the end of a 150-foot rope and pulled out by a helicopter over the Memorial Day weekend, according to authorities. The hiker, who was not identified by authorities, suffered serious injuries and could not be reach by ambulance in time, rescuers said. The man was hiking with friends near Feather River Canyon and Camp Creek Falls — near the site of the 2018 Camp fire — when he tried to take a photo of the waterfall and slipped, according to authorities. The hiker fell onto the granite rocks and over the edge of the waterfall, down a 30-foot drop into the pool below, according to Kevin Soukup, a spokesperson for Butte County Sheriff's Search and Rescue. The rescue team responded to the incident in Pulga and when they saw he had sustained serious injuries, decided to rely on a helicopter for the rescue. The injured man, who was conscious at the time, was put into a harness and flown while attached to the helicopter with the 150-foot rope, Soukup said. The man was flown to a landing zone near Cresta Power House and transferred to Enloe FlightCare for further medical care. The entire helicopter trip took between 30 seconds and a minute. 'This is the riskiest type of rescue that you do,' Soukup said. 'Just by nature, helicopters are dangerous. Anytime someone suffers a traumatic injury, you look at the risk and reward and getting them out as quickly as possible via the helicopter was the right decision to make.' The road getting out of the area is about three miles and an ambulance wouldn't have made it in time, Soukup said. Anytime there is a traumatic injury, if the journey is more than a 30-minute drive, you have to fly them there, he said. The rescue was a joint operation with Cal Fire and Butte County Fire.
USA Today
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Lilo & Stitch': The biggest changes from Disney's original movie
'Lilo & Stitch': The biggest changes from Disney's original movie Show Caption Hide Caption Young new star, Maia Kealoha joins Stitch from 'Lilo & Stitch' Hollywood's newest young star, Maia Kealoha, joins Stitch in studio to talk new remake 'Lilo & Stitch' Spoiler alert! We're discussing major plot details from Disney's live-action "Lilo & Stitch." Beware if you haven't seen it yet. On paper, a fragile-voiced mollusk and a calamitous blue alien have very little in common. But the parallels are obvious to director Dean Fleischer Camp, who is following up his 2022 Oscar-nominated "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On" with Disney's live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" (in theaters now). 'They're both unique protagonists who are looking for their place – and their people – in this world that wasn't really made for them,' Camp says. 'Even though they're adorable and funny, they have this quiet well of sadness that is very emotional.' Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox "Lilo" charts the unlikely bond between a lonely, 6-year-old Hawaiian girl (Maia Kealoha) and her pet extraterrestrial Stitch, whom she adopts from a dog shelter after he crash-lands on Earth. The new movie has all the Elvis songs and droll one-liners that you love, but with a bevy of notable changes that die-hard Disney fans will catch as well. Here are some of the major differences in the big-screen update: Lilo's big sister, Nani, has an expanded backstory When we meet the unruly Lilo, she is being raised by her 19-year-old sister, Nani (Sydney Agudong), after their parents died. The new movie fleshes out Nani considerably: Once a star student and athlete, she has now shelved her college dreams of studying marine biology so that she can work and raise Lilo. 'In a live-action film, you do have a responsibility to deepen the stakes,' Camp says. 'I feel a lot of things for Nani. The original doesn't go that deeply into it, but this poor girl was essentially forced to be a teen mom at this time in her life when all of her friends would be graduating high school and dating and thinking about their futures. She had to put all of that on hold, so it felt like a really rich character to invest in.' The aliens Jumba and Pleakley appear human for most of the movie Stitch, otherwise known as Experiment 626, is pursued by fellow aliens Jumba (Zach Galifianakis) and Pleakley (Billy Magnussen), who have been sent to retrieve him after he escapes from another galaxy. In the animated film, Jumba and Pleakley don a variety of disguises – glasses, sunhats, dresses ‒ as they covertly traipse about Hawaii. But in the live-action movie, the characters simply assume human form when they arrive on Earth. As fun as it might be to watch computer-generated aliens in drag, Camp worried that audiences wouldn't buy it. "We wrote these roles for Zach and Billy, and you do want to see them," Camp says. Also, the goal of this adaptation was "to tell a more emotional story of these human sisters, and if we go too clownish with this or that, does it undermine the stakes?" Pudge no longer eats peanut butter sandwiches The animated film opens with Lilo delivering a peanut butter sandwich to a fish named Pudge, who lives in the ocean. ("Pudge controls the weather," she explains in an oft-quoted scene.) But as eagle-eyed viewers might notice, the sandwich only has lettuce and tomato in the live-action movie. 'Peanut butter didn't read very well underwater,' Camp says, laughing. 'The process of adapting one of these films thoughtfully is taking every piece that you like from the original and saying, 'Does that work in live action? And if not, what is something that has the same essence?'" The live-action 'Lilo & Stitch' movie strives for Hawaiian authenticity Both movies feature intermittent cutaways to an unnamed man who drops his dessert whenever he encounters Lilo and other alien shenanigans. Although that's mint chocolate-chip ice cream in the original "Lilo," the treat has been changed to a multihued Hawaiian shave ice in the 2025 film. 'Part of the opportunity of adapting into live action is to make a more authentic depiction of Hawaii,' Camp says. 'We worked with a lot of consultants. The shave ice was actually the idea of our writer, Chris Bright, who's Hawaiian. He was just like, 'Shave ice? Everywhere on the island. Ice cream? Not so much.'' The new character Tūtū is introduced in the 2025 film Bright also pulled from his lived experience growing up in Hawaii for the movie's new characters. The live-action film introduces Tūtū (Amy Hill), Lilo and Nani's elderly neighbor who becomes a surrogate mother of sorts after their parents' deaths. "Chris was just like, 'If this really did happen, where these girls were orphaned, they're in Hawaii. They wouldn't just be abandoned by all their friends and neighbors,'" Camp recalls. "There would be a real effort to try and support them after this tragedy, so it was his idea to introduce that character." Cobra Bubbles is now two different characters In the animated movie, Cobra Bubbles was a former CIA agent-turned-social worker. But here, he's effectively been split up into two distinct characters: a federal agent named Cobra (Courtney B. Vance), and a social worker named Mrs. Kekoa (Tia Carrere), who warns Nani that Lilo will be taken from her if she can't hold down a job. "In order to buy these two girls getting separated in a live-action movie, you couldn't really have the representative of that antagonistic force be a comically huge guy with tattoos on his knuckles, who for some reason is also a social worker," Camp says. Carrere voiced Nani in the animated movie, which gives her scenes with Agudong a "metatextual" layer, Camp adds. "This grown-up Nani, with all her wisdom, is now advising a younger version of herself. It's beautiful."
