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Yahoo
14-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Kids utilize GPS tracking during I-Spy an Egg Hunt
DES MOINES, Iowa — Egg hunts are happening all around the metro, and one in particular makes tracking down those eggs a little easier. 'It's a handheld GPS unit, I teach everyone how to use that, we do three practices right here close so I can keep track of people and help if they have problems, and then off they go out in the park all over the place,' said Joel VanRoekel, City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation Supervisor. Thousands attend 2nd annual Ames Renaissance Faire VanRoekel joined the parks and recreation department 13 years ago and started the program shortly after. The program is a fun and unique addition to an annual favorite event where kids collect geodes, bubble wands, and sweet treats. 'It's really fun, we started out pretty small and today we have a pretty good crowd, I have been adding on and making it bigger and bigger as time goes by, and luckily today is beautiful,' said VanRoekel. The program helps boost activity in the parks and can be a push for families to return as spring returns. The program also runs a Pot of Gold hunt in March and a Pumpkin Search in October. There will be another final round of egg hunts across the metro next weekend on April 19 and 20. Click here to view upcoming local egg hunts. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Oregon Lottery marks 40 years of impact on state's economy ‘without raising taxes'
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Forty years ago, the Oregon Lottery began selling its first game. It was a scratch-it called 'Pot of Gold' that debuted on April 25, 1985. A few months later, Oregon Megabucks started as the first computer-operated lottery game in the state. And three years after that, in 1988, Oregon was one of seven states to launch Lotto America, which is now known as Powerball. How would the SAVE Act impact PNW voters? Proof of citizenship explained Fast forward to 1992: Oregon saw the introduction of video poker slot machines in bars and taverns. Then in 2006, Oregon Lottery sales topped $1 billion for the first time. Today, 40 years and many games later, the lottery is a major source of revenue for the state, having provided more than $16 billion for education, economic development, and other projects. Matt Shelby, the senior manager of communications and policy for the Oregon Lottery, joined Eye on Northwest Politics to discuss four decades of impact. PSU will 'not consent' to ICE enforcement on campus as 2 students face deportation Oregon voters said yes to the lottery in 1984 during a tough economic time for the state. Since then, the lottery has helped boost Oregon's economy. 'We started in 1985 because voters wanted to raise money for economic development without having to raise taxes,' Shelby said. 'So we were kind of a means to an end from the very beginning. Since then, voters have added…many games but also other beneficiaries that we're funding.'Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Guardian
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The Bondsman review – the scariest thing about Kevin Bacon's demonic thriller? His singing
There is nothing very new to see in The Bondsman. How much you enjoy it will depend on how much you enjoy Kevin Bacon (laconic, hard-bitten Kevin Bacon, not Tremors Kevin Bacon and not Footloose Kevin Bacon), how much you enjoy tales of demonic possession in a small town in southern America and how much you enjoy the sound of partly severed heads, blown-out tracheas and bloodied fingers. I am seven degrees of separation from liking this last aspect. But Bacon is Bacon, and if he is slightly sleepwalking through his role here as Hub Halloran, tracker of ne'er-do-wells with warrants against their names, well, it is hardly inappropriate given that, for most of the eight episodes, Hub is dead. He is killed by local heavies hired by Lucky Callahan (Damon Herriman – you'll know him when you see him), the new boyfriend of Hub's ex-wife Maryanne (Jennifer Nettles), seeking to eliminate the competition. But the devil is down in Georgia – or at least several of his minions are – and Hub is resurrected to round them up and send them back to hell. The Pot of Gold corporation represents Satan here on Earth and Midge (Jolene Purdy) is the company's rep. She explains to Hub and his loving mama Kitty (Beth Grant, who after a career of playing this part is at last being given a little more to do here) that this is his get-out-of-hell free card. As long as he keeps sending demons home, he will stay on Earth. The moment he misses, back to the eternal lake of fire he goes. Kitty is bemused. What has her son done to deserve eternal damnation? Hub is damned – metaphorically speaking – if he knows, he assures her. The viewer is not so certain. Did I mention there are posters up all around town about a woman who has gone missing? No? There are. I'm just telling you. Apropos of absolutely nothing. Hub's posthumous status means that he can recognise the demons who are now skin walking in li'l ol' Landry town and dispatches at least one per episode, beginning with the possessed pastor whose crucifixes and holy water did not have the repellent effect he surely hoped. As we go along, bodies levitate, faces peel off, water burns, bodies spontaneously combust, mean teens die. All basic demoniacal tradition is here, plus light comic touches to throw the horrors into relief (like the job manual Midge leaves with him, but which hasn't been updated since 1973, so she advises him to go online instead). Eventually, Hub works out that there may be more to this 'Just vanquish these demons-of-the-week, would ya!' story from Midge and the devil than he initially thought (why are they all descending on Landry? Why are they taking time out to sacrifice victims rather than simply skipping from host to host as he pursues them?). To thicken the plot, we also have the continuing human villainy of Lucky and his attempts to oust Hub from Maryanne's affections and from what he still believes to be his life on Earth. Plus, there's the gradual entanglement of Hub's entire family – including 15-year-old son Cade (Maxwell Jenkins) – in his attempts to clean house and keep himself out of hell. There is also a subplot that is enough to strike true fear in the heart of even the most robust horror fan: back in the day, Hub and Maryanne were a successful country singing duo. And deep down, they yearn to be so again. She still plays at local nightclub The Boxcar. He still has videotapes of the glory days. And yes, the viewer's heart rightly fills with terror as the suspicion rises that what drew Bacon, one half of country- and folk-rock duo The Bacon Brothers, to this project was not his love of Stephen King-inflected southern gothic, but the chance to sing and play guitar on stage. I cannot speak to the truth of this. I can only say that it does happen and that, while death does not seem quite the preferable option, the gap between it and those others does narrow. The number of the beast is 4/4 time. The Bondsman is on Prime Video now.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Midwest Rumor Mill: Feedback flows in from spring break visits
March has become one of the busiest months of the offseason in terms of recruiting news, and Rivals national analyst Greg Smith has all the latest buzz from the Midwest. YOU DECIDE: What city produces the best high school football talent? MORE RUMORS: Top programs host major visitors CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State TRANSFER PORTAL: Full coverage | Player ranking | Team ranking | Transfer search | Transfer Tracker The recruiting process is really just getting started for the elite 2027 receiver. But he liked his time at Notre Dame recently. The culture and the coaching staff stood out to him but so did the staff's plans to open up the offense to feature receivers more. The Irish will remain a prominent program in his recruitment moving forward. Cantwell finished a spring break swing of visits that included trips to Miami, Ohio State and Michigan. The trip to Miami helped the Hurricanes close the gap a little on the other programs. The Buckeyes are recruiting him hard but still need to lock in an official visit date. Michigan will be a major factor in this recruitment though. The Wolverines check a lot of boxes for the five-star tackle as his attention turns to his official visits in a couple months. The 2027 tight end was on Notre Dame's campus on Saturday. Driver was quick to get on campus after the program offered him during its Pot of Gold recruiting event. The coaches and players were very welcoming to him and his family during their time on campus. The Irish are also known for getting tight ends involved in the offense and developing them which the Kentucky native likes. The Ohio native made visits to Pitt, Ohio State and Michigan recently. Each program utilizes the tight ends in different ways which was nice for him to see. Offensive coordinator Kade Bell at Pitt made a big impression with how much he likes to stretch the field. Pitt, Minnesota, Duke and Wisconsin are the teams making the strongest pushes for Fryzel right now. The four-star offensive tackle out of Ohio had a good visit to Ohio State where he's building a bond with new offensive line coach Tyler Bowen. The Buckeyes are still the favorites to land him. However, Greer did make a visit to Michigan over the weekend. The facilities and culture of out-working your opponent while over-preparing really stuck with him. The Wolverines impressed him and are making things interesting. Things are getting interesting for the Ohio tight end. Miree took his first visit to LSU last weekend. From start to finish it was what everyone said it was. The facilities, the players and staff were all top notch. The amount the team uses the tight ends was eye-opening for Miree. He currently doesn't have an official visit set to LSU but the team is making a strong push to get a visit from him. If that visit happens the Tigers could become the favorite with him. The Michigan State legacy was back on campus again last weekend. He's been on campus a dozen times between the last two coaching staffs. But this time he got to see the night and day difference between the offensive line room from last year to this year. Patrick is building a good relationship with quarterback commit Kayd Coffman which could be a wildcard in this recruitment. Notre Dame, Michigan and Penn State remain in the mix.
CBS News
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Psychedelic punk band Hot Lunch plays the Kilowatt
Local psych/punk band Hot Lunch brings its cathartic sounds to the Kilowatt Thursday night , sharing the stage with guitarist Graham Clise's new band Stepmother and SF punk the Losers. A force on the San Francisco underground scene for over 15 years, Hot Lunch was founded by singer Eric Shea after the split of his potent retro-rock outfit Parchman Farm in 2006. Shea managed to put together an all-star quartet of talented players, including former Mensclub guitar hero Aaron Nudelman and the pulverizing rhythm section of drummer Rob Alper -- ex-The Sermon (he also played guitar with Sacto garage-punks SLA) -- and bassist Charlie Karr, who was best known for his work with the Alternative Tentacles band Harold Ray Live in Concert. Hot Lunch soon became a fixture in SF clubs with their fiery live performances and expanded their audience with the eventual release of the group's self-titled debut in 2013. Unlike the many acts who do little more than mimic the sonic template of influential early '70s proto punk/metal bands like Blue Cheer, Grand Funk Railroad and the MC5, Hot Lunch wove in elements of skate punk, psychedelia and prog rock into their unique sound. Issued on independent German label Who Can You Trust? in Europe and Tee Pee Records stateside, the album led to sponsored recordings and concert appearances for Scion A/V and Converse, considerably raising the band's profile. Over the next few years, the quartet issued a number of singles and EPs, including the five-track Scion A/V collection Slappy Sunday that was released for free download in 2015 and a 45 featuring the new tracks "Haul of Meat" and "Pot of Gold" last year. In 2019, the band released its appropriately titled sophomore album Seconds on Tee Pee Records. Expanding the group's sonic palette, the effort found Hot Lunch embracing an ever-widening dynamic range with the haunting middle section of "Smoke Ring" and the sprawling prog epic of album closer, "Skulled to Neptune." But fans of the group's burly proto-punk attack will be pleased by the hefty crunch of "Human Reissue" and the energetic fury "Black Angel's Curse" kicks into following Nudelman's acoustic introduction. The band went through a seismic change shortly after the album's release with two members moving out of the Bay Area as Shea relocated to Georgia for his job with online radio station Pandora, while Alper ended up in Tuscon, Arizona (though the drummer has since returned to SF). Despite the obstacles presented by half the band departing the region, Hot Lunch seems more intent than ever to continue developing the band's unique approach to heavy music. The group's set at the San Francisco edition of the Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in 2022 was a highlight of the weekend. The quartet also served as the Friday headliner at the three-day Bargain Rock Festival in Oakland that summer and headlined the Heavy Psych Sounds kickoff party in 2023. For this show at the Kilowatt Thursday night , Hot Lunch will be joined by visiting Australian band Stepmother . Formed by onetime local guitar hero Graham Clise -- who has played with hugely influential punk-metal outfit Annihilation Time, as well as the more psychedelic hard rock groups Witch and Lecherous Gaze -- after he relocated to Melbourne, the new group finds the musician leaning harder into proto-punk sounds. The band released "Vacant State," the lead single from its forthcoming sophomore album, earlier this month. San Francisco hardcore band the Losers opens the show. Hot Lunch with Stepmother and the Losers Thursday, March 27, 8 p.m. $15.66 The Kilowatt
