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Indianapolis Star
29-05-2025
- General
- Indianapolis Star
Indy neighborhood lacked a public park - so residents got together and made their own
The 317 Project tells stories of life in all of Indianapolis' vibrant neighborhoods – 317 words at a time. A couple of years ago, if Kristen Tjaden wanted to go to a park, she'd have to choose between driving there or crossing a dangerous intersection. Tjaden, chair of engagement for the South Village Neighborhood Association, said her neighborhood didn't have an outdoor space of its own. What it did have, though, was an abandoned patch of land backing up to the banks of Pleasant Run Creek. Longtime residents like Gene Parsley recalled there had once been a paved walking trail, and a pedestrian bridge crossing the water. Parsley, now a co-chair of the neighborhood association, remembered plucking crawdads from the same creek as a child. Over the years, though, it had become a dumping ground. "We have this natural resource in the middle of an urban neighborhood that is underutilized," recalled Laura Piercefield, also a neighborhood association co-chair. The group applied for a grant from the city, pitching a garden designed to let people gather and learn about the native ecosystem. They were awarded $10,000 to convert the once-forgotten acre into an inviting, peaceful space. Today, native wildflowers bloom around the large rocks that serve as benches. Red-winged blackbirds call to each other across the water. Visitors include people but also owls, herons and foxes. There's no specific name — it's just "the garden." Maintenance remains a group effort. Piercefield marks invasive species with weed dye and Parsley pulls them out. Volunteers are welcome. The group hopes to put in signs describing the native flora and fauna to make the garden as educational as it is sensory. Tjaden now has a safe place to walk with her big dog, and Parsley has a place to enjoy the sun and listen to the water. Piercefield said the garden offers a way for people to learn and connect without sitting in front of a screen. "I've met neighbors — every single time — that are people that I have never known," Piercefield said.
The Guardian
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Dylan said: teach me that!' Martin Carthy on six decades of Scarborough Fair – and his new solo album
Martin Carthy has returned to Scarborough Fair. It's been 60 years since he first recorded the song on his self-titled debut album, and famously taught it (or tried to teach it) to both Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, when they came to watch the young guitar hero playing in the London folk clubs. Dylan transformed the song into Girl from the North Country, while Simon turned it into Scarborough Fair/Canticle, a hit single for Simon & Garfunkel and the opening track on their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Carthy's new version is on Transform Me Then into a Fish, his first solo album in 21 years, released on his 84th birthday today. It now has sitar backing from Sheema Mukherjee, giving it a mysterious, spooky edge. 'That's the kind of a song it is. Try not to be scared of it,' said Carthy, whose sleeve notes when he first recorded the song provided a reminder that parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme were herbs traditionally associated with death. 'It finds a home among the weird, oddball songs. I was interested in what Sheema could do with it, and she responded as a wonderful musician will respond …' He is sitting at his kitchen table in the house in which he has lived for the past 37 years, in Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire coast, just half an hour's drive north of Scarborough. It looks like an over-cluttered museum, with every space on the floor, walls or shelves packed with musical instruments, cassettes, pictures, posters and a street sign from Hull, where his wife, the late Norma Waterson, grew up. He now shares the home with their daughter, the folksinger and fiddle-player Eliza Carthy, her two children, and a cat. He says he has always loved the lyrics of folk songs as much as the melodies, and as he discusses the new album, he delights in telling stories, often illustrated with bursts of song, about the bands and musicians he has played with. Eliza brings in tea, chipping in about lyrics and song titles. The new album started out as a 60th anniversary tribute to his 1965 solo debut, but didn't quite work out that way. A handful of songs have been dropped, and three new ones added. But eight originals remain, including Scarborough Fair. He remembers exactly where he first heard it – at the Troubadour folk club in Earl's Court, in 1960, where it was sung by Jacqueline McDonald (of the Spinners fame) who told her audience that she had learned it from a new song book, The Singing Island, by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Carthy rushed out to buy it and thought: 'That's a nice tune – and of course it was, because Ewan wrote [this version of] it! He would always improve a tune.' Carthy composed his own arrangement for the song, and was singing it while playing with the Thamesiders at the King & Queen pub, near Goodge Street, when he 'found myself looking into Dylan's face – I had heard about him from Sing Out magazine'. Dylan was there with his legendary manager Albert Grossman, 'a folk fan who loved fishing and whaling songs and could sing the pants off anyone, though he never sang in public'. Dylan said he loved Scarborough Fair, and begged Carthy to 'teach me that, teach me that'. A few days later he came to watch Carthy playing solo at the Troubadour, and began visiting the house where he was living on Haverstock Hill, near Belsize Park tube. The first visit has become a folk legend. It was during the bitterly cold winter of 1962-3, and one of Carthy's friends had found an old piano abandoned outside Chalk Farm tube and pushed it up the hill to the house. Carthy started chopping it up with a sword he had been given as a Christmas present, so he could feed it into a wood-burning stove – to Dylan's fury. 'I got the sword and Bob came and stood in front of me and said 'you can't do that, man, it's a musical instrument!' 'It's a piece of junk', I said, and swung a couple of times. Bob was looking up at me and said 'could I try?' – and he battered it … it's all true!' Dylan failed to master Scarborough Fair. 'He wanted to do it with a flat pick though he's a perfectly good finger-style player,' says Carthy. 'He got the giggles all the time and it made him laugh.' So when Dylan later transformed the song into Girl from the North Country, did he mind? 'We just swapped songs all the time,' says Carthy. 'That's what people did.' Carthy was less pleased when Paul Simon did not credit him for his arrangement on Simon and Garfunkel's version, Scarborough Fair/Canticle. But all is now forgiven, with Carthy saying: 'It was grossly unfair [of me] because it wasn't a pinch in any way … it was written as a tribute because he is clever enough to do that.'' They made up by singing the song together on stage at Hammersmith Apollo in October 2000: 'He was doing a tour. He said, 'Really – you want to do that?' It was important, so I could lay it to rest and never have to sing that song again!' He eventually changed his mind about returning to the song, he said, because 'I was gifted a lovely version!' In 2014 he was invited to sing on a TV drama, Remember Me, set in Scarborough and starring Michael Palin. When he went to the recording, he was presented with a very different version of Scarborough Fair, 'collected by Cecil Sharpe, from Goathland – a village near here on the moors'. That's the one he recorded for the new album and now sings live 'but I haven't got it quite right yet …' Sign up to Sleeve Notes Get music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras. Every genre, every era, every week after newsletter promotion Other songs of course have stories attached, too. He tells how he sang High Germany back in 1963 and thought he had remembered the words correctly until he checked the English Folk Music Journal and found that for some verses 'the words were nothing like mine – I was highly impressed I had invented this stuff'. He still sings his version. As for his own original version of the Ewan MacColl song Springhill Mine Disaster, The Ballad of Springhill, he says that MacColl, a folk purist, 'hated what I did, because I was playing guitar – a foreign body!' On the new version, Carthy is backed only by Eliza's fiddle and demonstrates his new singing voice. 'I lost a lot in the lower registers and found something else – and I like it.' Eliza's fiddle also provides the new setting for Ye Mariners All, 'one of those lovely nonsense songs.' The suitably surreal album cover for Transform Me Then into a Fish shows Martin at the breakfast table in the middle of the ocean, holding his fork like a crazed Neptune. Carthy has always been adventurous. After recording that landmark album in 1965 he worked with fiddler Dave Swarbrick. When Swarbrick joined Fairport Convention in 1969 – an invitation also extended to Carthy, 'twice!' – Carthy joined Steeleye Span instead, playing electric guitar, very loudly, saying 'do you want me to turn it down to 'lounge' – it's supposed to be loud!' After marrying Norma in 1972 he joined the glorious vocal group the Watersons. 'I thought eventually someone would teach me to sing, and Norma did,' he says. He went on to be involved in many different projects, including solo work, playing in duos with Swarbrick and with John Kirkpatrick and Eliza, and in groups including Waterson: Carthy (in which he was joined by Norma and Eliza), the brass-backed Brass Monkey, and the gloriously experimental the Imagined Village, which reworked traditional songs for a multicultural Britain, and featured a large cast that included Simon Emmerson, Billy Bragg, Benjamin Zephaniah and Mukherjee. 'I loved it,' says Carthy. 'That huge band was so exciting. Sheema seized everything we tossed at her and she encouraged me to take risks.' With the Imagined Village, he recorded a powerful new treatment of the traditional My Son John in 2010, with sitar backing and updated to the Afghan war era with Carthy's new lyrics: 'Up come John and he's got no legs, he's got carbon fibre blades instead.' He startled his followers even more by re-working Slade's Cum on Feel the Noize: 'Because I'm a big fan of Noddy [Holder]. What a singer!' He's just home from a US tour with Eliza, with shows to celebrate the new album involving both Eliza and Sheema starting on 12 June – while next year promises the return of a new version of the Imagined Village. Carthy may be 84, but he's not slowing down. Transform Me Then into a Fish is out today on Hem Hem Records
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
Judge denies new judge for suspect in murdered moms case
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — One of the suspects charged in the deaths of Jilian Kelley and Veronica Butler of Hugoton has lost his bid to get a new judge assigned to the case. Tad Cullum's attorney filed a motion for Judge Jon Parsley to recuse himself because Parsley represented fellow defendant Tifany Adams in an unrelated case. The attorney claims that raises questions about the judge's ability to be impartial. On Wednesday, Parsley denied the motion. He said that the representation of Adams in a marriage dissolution case was wrapped up in 2011, and Cullum was not involved in that case. Kansas woman charged with filing false unemployment claims 'The bare fact of the representation of a co-defendant for a brief period almost 15 years ago does not establish even the appearance of impropriety,' Parsley wrote. 'This Court does not know Tad Bert Cullum, does not have any bias or prejudice against him, and will treat said Defendant with the same dignity and respect as any other defendant, and will decide all issues in a way that follows the law of the State of Oklahoma.' Cullum's next court date is May 14. Co-defendants Adams and Paul Grice were also supposed to appear in court on Wednesday, but their dates were pushed back. Oklahoma court records show the other two suspects, Cole and Cora Twombly, will also be in court in May. The victims, Butler and Kelley, disappeared in March 2024 while they were going to pick up Butler's children in Oklahoma. Their bodies were found buried in a freezer last April. An autopsy revealed that both women had been stabbed to death. For more Kansas news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news by downloading our mobile app and signing up for our news email alerts. Sign up for our Storm Track 3 Weather app by clicking here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Telegraph
15-04-2025
- Telegraph
Mike Lynch's superyacht to be raised from seabed next month, coroner told
's Bayesian superyacht is set to be be raised from the seabed and brought to shore next month, a coroner's court has heard. Mr Lynch, a 59-year-old billionaire entrepreneur, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily on Aug 19 last year. Simon Graves, a principal investigator for the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), said it was anticipated that the Bayesian would be lifted and brought to shore by the end of next month. It is understood that the operation to retrieve it is due to begin on April 26. He told a pre-inquest review hearing in Ipswich, Suffolk: 'It's unlikely we will be on scene when the vessel is lifted clear of the water, but we will be on scene when it's recovered to shore.' He said the Bayesian was registered in the Isle of Man so there is a British safety investigation, separate to ongoing criminal investigations. Mr Graves said he hoped MAIB could publish its interim report online in four to six weeks, with the final report to follow in 'months not weeks' after the vessel has been inspected for evidence. 'We are relatively early in our investigation,' he told Tuesday's hearing. He said a significant amount of work had already happened, including commissioning studies looking at the stability of the vessel and the weather at the scene. Nigel Parsley, Suffolk's senior coroner, asked whether the vessel itself was a primary source of evidence. Mark Cam, of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: 'Absolutely, sir.' Inquest proceedings in the UK are looking at the deaths of Mr Lynch and his daughter, as well as Jonathan Bloomer, 70, the Morgan Stanley International bank chairman and his 71-year-old wife Judy, who were all British nationals. The others who died were Chris Morvillo, a US lawyer, and his wife Neda, and Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan national who was working as a chef on the vessel. Mr Parsley granted interested person status to the family of Mr Thomas, giving them participatory rights in proceedings. He said that if he were to receive a request for the status from the Morvillo family there was 'no reason why I wouldn't grant it'. James Healy-Pratt, for the family of Mr Thomas, suggested that the Bayesian's Australian insurer could also be given interested person status. He told the hearing: 'I would expect coverage in the region of £100million to £200million by way of marine insurance and I would suggest that they would have a sufficient interest to be invited to be interested persons.' The coroner said he would not 'jump to say in relation to interested person status', adding: 'I don't have a lot of information at this time.' He said a date for a further pre-inquest review hearing would be set once the MAIB's interim report had been published, indicating that September and October were possible months for this hearing. Mr Parsley said he was 'in the hands of the criminal investigations' as to when a final inquest hearing date could be set. The Italian authorities are conducting a criminal investigation and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are looking at whether there were any breaches of maritime legislation. The Bayesian was said to be 0.8 nautical miles from the coast off the fishing village of Porticello at the time it sank, and had 22 people on board – 12 crew and 10 guests. Mr Lynch and his daughter were said to have lived in the vicinity of London, while the Bloomers lived in Sevenoaks, Kent. He had founded Autonomy, the software giant, in 1996, and was cleared in June this year of carrying out a massive fraud over the sale of the firm to Hewlett-Packard in 2011. The boat trip was a celebration of his acquittal in the case in the US.
Sky News
15-04-2025
- Sky News
Sunken superyacht Bayesian due to be raised from seabed next month, inquest hearing told
A superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily killing four British nationals - including tech tycoon Mike Lynch - will be raised from the seabed and brought to shore next month, an inquest hearing has heard. Billionaire entrepreneur Mr Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the Bayesian sank on 19 August last year. Simon Graves, a principal investigator for the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), said it was anticipated the vessel would be lifted and brought to shore by the end of May. It is understood that the operation to retrieve the boat is due to begin on 26 April. "It's unlikely we will be on scene when the vessel is lifted clear of the water, but we will be on scene when it's recovered to shore," Mr Graves told a pre-inquest review hearing in Ipswich, Suffolk, on Tuesday. He said the Bayesian was registered in the Isle of Man, so there is a British safety investigation, separate from ongoing criminal investigations. Mr Graves said he hoped the MAIB could publish its interim report online in four to six weeks, with the final report to follow in "months, not weeks" after the vessel has been inspected for evidence. "We are relatively early in our investigation," Mr Graves said. He added that a "significant amount of work" had already happened, including commissioning studies looking at the "stability and windage of the vessel" and the weather at the scene. Suffolk's senior coroner Nigel Parsley asked if the "vessel itself was a primary source of evidence" and Mark Cam, of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), said "absolutely, sir". Inquest proceedings in the UK are looking at the deaths of Mr Lynch and his daughter, as well as Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his 71-year-old wife Judy Bloomer, who were all British nationals. The others who died included US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo, and Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas, who was working as a chef on the yacht. Mr Parsley granted interested person status to the family of Mr Thomas, giving them participatory rights in proceedings. He said that if he were to receive a request for the status from the Morvillo family there was "no reason why I wouldn't grant" it. Mr Parsley said a date for a further pre-inquest review hearing would be set once the MAIB's interim report has been published, indicating that September and October were possible months for this hearing. Mr Parsley said it was "in the hands of the criminal investigations" as to when a final inquest hearing date could be set. The Italian authorities are conducting a criminal investigation and the MCA is looking at whether there were any breaches of maritime legislation. Mr Parsley expressed his condolences to family and friends of the deceased, some of whom listened to proceedings remotely over a link. Mr Lynch's medical cause of death was recorded as drowning when his inquest was opened and adjourned last year, with the causes of the deaths of the three other British nationals still under investigation. The Bayesian was said to be less than a nautical mile from the coast of the fishing village of Porticello at the time it sank and had 22 people on board - 12 crew and 10 guests. Mr Lynch and his daughter were said to have lived in the vicinity of London, while the Bloomers lived in Sevenoaks in Kent. Mr Lynch had founded software giant Autonomy in 1996 and was cleared in June last year of fraud over the sale of the firm to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011. The boat trip was a celebration of his acquittal in the case in the US.
