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Kailynn Anderson, 17, a student at Parkersburg High School and the daughter of Terry and Sharon Anderson, proved everyone wrong who said she would never walk or talk. Today, shes walking and talking and her mother cites the developmental services she received through WV Birth to Three. (Photo Provided)

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PARKERSBURG Kailynn Anderson is a success story for the WV Birth to Three program administered by The Arc of the Mid Ohio Valley.

The 17-year-old daughter of Terry and Sharon Anderson was born with issues that could limit her ability to walk or talk.

Today, Kailyn is a walking, talking and thriving teen with a heart of gold and zeal for life, Sharon said. So much is owed to the developmental services she received through WV Birth to Three, she said.

When I was little they said I wouldnt walk or talk, but now I am with the help of Birth to Three, Kailynn, a student at Parkersburg High School, said.

Kailynn Anderson received services from WV Birth to Three, which her parents say allowed her to overcome problems from Deletion 4P. (Photo Provided)

Birth to Three is a statewide system of services and support for children under 3 who have a delay in their development, or may be at risk of having a delay, and their family.

Kailynn was born with a deletion on her fourth chromosome that caused multiple issues including tetralogy of fallot, a heart condition that required open heart surgery at 8 months old, her mother, Sharon, said. Commonly called Deletion 4P, it causes severe developmental delays, she said.

and we were told when Kailynn was 3 weeks old by her geneticist at WVU that she would likely never walk or talk, Sharon said. She had a heart defect, extremely low muscle tone and other concerns which would require early intervention and none of which we were aware of prior to her birth.

She was unable to crawl or sit up on her own prior to her open-heart surgery at 8 months old due to the low muscle tone and would require physical, occupational and speech therapies to help her development, Sharon said.

We were not aware of the Birth to Three services until after Kailynns heart surgery, Sharon said. We were a young family just starting out and knew she needed therapy, but were not sure how we would pay for it. We were referred to the local Birth to Three program by WVU Childrens Hospital who set us up with all the different therapies Kailynn would need.

Therapy was provided at home so Kailynn was in a familiar and comfortable environment, Sharon said.

We believe this was key to her progress, Sharon said. The therapists scheduled around our work schedules, and we began to see immediate improvements.

Devices and services to help Kailynn were provided at no cost, including a Benik vest, which helped her core muscles develop and get stronger after her surgery allowing her to finally sit up on her own without support.

She also was given a walker designed specifically for a toddler so she could have assistance learning to walk.

We used the intervention therapies provided through Birth to Three until she was able to qualify for services through the school system upon entering Pre-K, Sharon said. The therapists were wonderful with Kailynn and she enjoyed working with them. With every step she took or word she spoke we gained a new sense of hope that she would defy the odds and expectations of her doctors.

To know that such services are available in our community at no cost to families is something from which we hope others will benefit, Sharon said.

The Arc is WV Birth to Three regional administrative unit for Region 2. For more information on Birth to Three, go to http://www.wvdhhr.org/birth23/Default or call 1-866-321-4728.

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United States Steel Corp. delivereda profitable second quarter.

The Pittsburgh-based iron ore and steelmaker reported 2023 second quarter net earnings of $477

million, or $1.89 per diluted share, and adjusted net earnings of $483 million, or $1.92 per diluted share.

The earnings were down from 2022 second quarter net earnings of $978 million, or $3.42 per diluted

share and adjusted net earnings of $1.116 million, or $3.89 per diluted share.

Net sales in the second quarter of 2023 were just over $5 billion, down from $6.2 billion in the

second quarter of 2022.

We are pleased to deliver strong results for the quarter, supported by healthy sequential growth in

the mini mill segment in both adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA margin, David Burritt, U.S. Steel president and chief executiveofficer, said in a news release. We generated $713 million of cash from operations in the quarter and freecash flow of $101 million, further strengthening our balance sheet. Our in-flight strategic projectsremain fully funded and we are prioritizing direct returns consistent with our capital allocationframework, with $86 million returned to stockholders through buybacks and dividends in the secondquarter.

Among capital projects underway is construction of a non-grain oriented electrical steel line at its Big

River steel mini mill in Osceola, Ark.The line is being commissioned and on schedule to be started later

in the third quarter, Burritt said.

Customer demand has been robust for our NGO steels and we are pleased to announce that we've

already secured out first customer orders in both industrial and electric vehicle markets, said Burritt.

An approximate $150 million DR-grade pellet facility is also under construction at U.S. Steel'sKeetac taconite plant in Keewatin. It is scheduled to beoperating in thefourth quarter of this year.

Our strategy is expanding our competitive advantages and generating growth and returns for

stockholders as we strengthen domestic supply chains and support advanced manufacturing returning to

our shores, said Burritt. We remain bullish for U.S. Steel.

On Minnesota's Iron Range, U.S. Steel owns and operates Keetac and Minntac Mine in Mountain

Iron.The facilities produce iron ore pellets, the raw material used to make steel in blast furnaces.Minntac Mine is North America's largest taconite plant.U.S. Steel is also minority owner of Hibbing Taconite Co. near Chisholm and Hibbing.

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GOSHEN The Elkhart County Council recently received an update on the progress of the joint courts building.

Elkhart County Commissioner Suzie Weirick and County Councilmen Adam Bujalski and Randy Yohn toured the construction site of the consolidated courts complex in mid-July. The $96 million facility will house every courtroom which is now split between buildings in downtown Elkhart and Goshen.

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Last year, the City partnered with PG&E and Willdan to replace nineteen natural gas-fired water heaters with electric heat pump models across several city facilities including the fire stations, main police station, and Weekes Library.

Heat pump technology works by extracting heat from the surrounding air. As a result, HPWHs are up to four times more efficient than their gas-powered counterparts allowing water to be heated with less energy. If you are on a time-of-use (TOU) rate plan, you can schedule a HPWH to heat up during off-peak times so the water heater uses the lowest-cost electricity available to heat your water.

Installing electric appliances like heat pump water heaters (HPWH) is an important step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change. In total, the nineteen HPWHs will save the City an estimated 80 metric tons of CO2 (14,993 therms) per year. This is the equivalent of taking nearly 18 cars off the road for a year.

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This afternoon, the SET status was lifted for residents in the area of Interstate 10, and Dragoon and Touchstone Roads. While SET has been lifted, residents need to use caution as crews continue to work throughout the area and within homes as active fire still remains. Today crews made great progress getting a handle on the Adams Peak side of the fire after outflow winds yesterday blew the fire off the peak and into the flats, significantly increasing its size to 2,100 acres. Crews have about an additional mile of hand line to put in before line is completely tied in. Today, Large Air Tankers (LATs) and Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) worked for the second day along Interstate 10 to slow the fires progression and keep it from impacting the highway. On the Robles side, south of I-10, all lines continue to hold and crews are working to improve and strengthen those lines ahead of another possible wind event tonight associated with thunderstorms. The Adam Robles Complex has had some precipitation today, but lightning associated with those storms may keep crews off the fire line for safety reasons until the storms pass. While the threat to Cochise County communications infrastructure has significantly decreased, crews continue to take proactive measures to protect the infrastructure. The fires are burning in a continuous fuel bed of mixed grass and light brush. Fuels are fully cured and contributing to spread. Fires are primarily backing down from the high point of origin. Some uphill runs may occur as fire gets in alignment with slope and unburned fuels. Improving overnight humidity recovery will limit further growth. Larger dead material will be the source of heat each day for the fire to continue to move. The Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) complexed both fires into the Adams Robles Complex Fire. The fires have not merged, they are just being managed as one incident. Smoke off both fires may impact the highway and drivers in the area should use caution. Multiple DFFM hand crews, engines and water tenders are assigned to the incident.

Weather:Very hot and dry conditions persist. Erratic winds and lightning associated with thunderstorms.

Restrictions: None

Closures: None

Evacuations: None

Structures Damaged: 0

Structures Destroyed: 0

Fire details:

Incident Information: InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/aza3s-adams-robles-complex-fire Twitter: @azstateforestry: https://twitter.com/azstateforestry Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arizonaforestry

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We're on the fifth Samsung Galaxy Z Fold now, and while many of the previous iterations just focused on ironing out the kinks in the original design, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 seems like an actual evolution for Samsung's foldable phone/tablet hybrid. This results in a device that retains the foldable glory of the original phone, but in a way that's actually usable for long periods of time without your hands wanting to fall off.

Samsung trimmed down the thickness of the device, and added a new hinge mechanism that allows the phone to fold completely flat for the first time. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, at least at first glance, seems to finally realize the vision of the phone that folds out into a tablet without the massive downsides of the previous devices.

I got a chance to try this phone out for a bit before release, but only for a very limited time. So, this is just my very first impressions on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and I'll be updating this to a full review once I get my hands on it in a non-controlled environment.

At first glance, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 looks similar to its older siblings. It's a long and narrow phone that folds out into a tablet, and in either configuration you get a gorgeous AMOLED display. In tablet mode, that's a 7.6-inch QHD display, that folds down to a 6.2 inch display that's more pocketable. That's a bigger outside display than earlier models, too, which makes the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 easier to use without turning it into an unwieldy tablet.

The most noticeable difference, though, is the new hinge design. Previous models of the Fold would leave a little gap between the two halves of the device when folded, which was just a recipe for dirt and dust to scratch up the screens. This time around, Samsung created a completely new hinge that not only has fewer moving parts, but lets the device fold completely flat.

It also has new glass, with the outside screen using the same Gorilla Glass Victus 2 as the Samsung Galaxy S23. Combine that with the fact the phone doesn't have a massive gap in the middle when closed and the Fold 5 should be much more durable than the Fold 4.

Finally, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 comes in three colorways: Icy Blue, Phantom Black and Cream. I would have loved to see more playful color choices, but at least its smaller counterpart, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, will be a bit more colorful.

I've only got the chance to play with the phone at a Samsung event, so I'll have to update this as I live with the device, but it seems a lot more portable than it was in the past. Still, the time that I have spent with it has me excited to play with it more. Playing mobile games like Genshin Impact on this huge, beautiful screen is going to be incredible, especially with the brightness turned up to its full 1,750 nits.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is strapped with a three-camera array on the back, and the highlight is a 50MP wide-angle camera. Let me tell you this camera performs with the best of them. I took the camera out for a photo walk through Midtown New York, and the results were frankly incredible.

No matter what kind of photos I took, they turned out incredible. Even compared to the photos my partner was taking with a mirrorless camera, they held up. The photos come out super bright and colorful, no matter what I'm shooting. I took some macro shots of some flowers: bright popping colors. I took some photos of skyscrapers near Bryant Park: absolutely stunning.

Samsung's flagship phones have always had incredible cameras, but the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 takes it to a whole other level that makes me want to take pictures of everything I can.

Even the zoom is incredible. While you can zoom up to 60x through software, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 camera is built with a 3x optical zoom that is able to take incredibly detailed photos even from far away. Coming from the iPhone 14 which is no slouch in the photo department the Galaxy Z Fold 5 is a huge improvement in every way.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a slight improvement on the Gen 1 chip in last year's model. This means it'll be a bit better in games, and should have slightly better battery life. However, while I went hands on with the device at New York, I wasn't able to install any third-party software, so it's hard to get a grasp on exactly how powerful the new foldable is.

Either way, though, it's more than powerful enough to run pretty much any game you throw at it on the massive 7.6-inch inner display. I got a chance to play some Genshin Impact on the thing, and it was a breeze.

I'll be updating this article when I get my hands on a review unit of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 later today. And I'll keep this article updated as I spend time with the device in my daily life to see whether or not it's worth keeping in your pocket every day.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is available for preorder now, starting at $1,799. Units should start shipping out within the next month or so.

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Royal Caribbean's next new cruise ship is making steady progress towards being completed,and we have a new look at what it looks like now.

Icon of the Seas is under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland. Based on the new set of photos, the top deck is starting to come together.

In an effort to keep our readers up to date,RoyalCaribbeanBlog commissioned its own aerial drone photos to share what we can see so far from the shipyard.

These photos were taken on June 6, 2023 to provide a glimpse of how the ship looks today.

Having visited the shipyard last month, it's clear one noticeable change from the exterior is how much of the ship is no longer covered up.

Another change you might detect is the addition of more of the water slides.

Icon of the Seas will have an entire water park when the ship launches, known as Category 6.

Category 6 will be the largest waterpark at sea, with six record-breaking slides. Other Royal Caribbean ships have only 2 or 3 slides.

The water slides are part of the Thrill Island neighborhood.

Royal Caribbean thinks Thrill Island will be a beacon for thrill seekers.

At the front of the ship, you'll find a sprawling pool deck that the cruise line hopes evokes a resort-style feel.

Read more:Royal Caribbean designed its new Icon of the Seas cruise ship to have a beach retreat experience

Icon will have 62% more water surface area thantheOasis Classcruise ships, and that means more pools than the cruise line has ever had before.

You'll find thelargest pool at sea, an adult only pool, and the first suspended infinity pool at sea. Five of the seven pools on Icon of the Seas are located in Chill Island.

Something else I noticed is we can see more of The Grove and the Suite Neighborhood.

Beyond the top deck changes, the side of the ship looks more like the concept art we've seen. With less of the protective coverings on, there's more glass visible.

At 250,800 gross tons ,the 20-deck-high vessel will be the biggest cruise ship in the world when it debuts in 2024.

What we can see from the air is just a fraction of what Royal Caribbean has planned for the ship.

Royal Caribbean has lofty expectations for its first Icon Class ship, which has the aim of being the ultimate family vacation and a megaresort at sea for all to enjoy.

Icon of the Seas has a price tag of more than $2 billion and has been under construction for just about two years.

There's still seven months to go until Icon of the Seas begins sailing with paying passengers, and there's still lots of work left to complete.

In May 2023, Royal Caribbean said Icon of the Seasmore than 80% done.

In fact, the shipyard said last month that Icon of the Seas could start her sea trials as early as mid-June.

When the sea trials are complete, there may be some final adjustments that need to be made before the ship is prepared for delivery.

Once the ship reaches 90% completion, much of the final ceiling panels and final finishes are added to make the ship look more complete from a visual standpoint.

In the fall, the plan is to finalize all staterooms, the commissioning of the ship, and all the special features.

Being the first in a class of ships, Icon of the Seas has more time built into her build schedule to prepare it for service.

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Appointed after Jackson's drinking water system failed due to flooding from heavy rains last summer, Henifen has spent six months diagnosing a scope of issues, ranging from infrastructure to revenue generation, that have plagued the system for years.

Yesterday, dozens gathered at a popular eatery in downtown Jackson to hear about his progress at the water utility so far and plans moving forward.

One of his priorities is billing. At least 7,000 properties across Jackson are using water without an account on record, According to Henifin, meaning revenue collected via monthly billing is also missing. He expects the full survey on these properties to be completed by the end of the summer, allowing them to eventually enforce rate payments which will then be reinvested into the system. Henifin says this will allow Jacksons public drinking water to become financially self-sufficient rather than requiring federal funds.

As part of a $600 million appropriation in this years federal budget, JXN Water the corporation Henifin formed to reorganize Jacksons water system will soon receive more than $100 million to begin implementing infrastructure projects.

I applied for $115 million of that in grant money to take care of some of the early priority projects. That grant has been awarded and Ive spent that on leak repairs and engineering work thats going on. So a lot of things are happening. You may not see a lot of that yet but weve really rebuilt how the water system is being operated, he said.

Included in those operational changes was the decision to contract the country's largest water treatment firm, Jacobs Solutions, to run both of the city's treatment plants on a six month basis. Without reliable plant information from previous operators, Henifin says he was hesitant to enter into a longer agreement until the full picture became clear. One of the main issues they found, according to Henifin, are widespread leaks throughout the system up to 30 million gallons per day.

We should not need more than 20 million gallons of water, yet were putting close to 50 into the system everyday. Thats because we have leaks everywhere big leaks that we havent even found. And theres dozens, probably close to a hundred smaller leaks all over the city at meter boxes. Were used to seeing it just constantly flowing all the time.

Henifin added he hopes to finalize a 10-year contract with the firm by the end of September.

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Hormel is one of many producers still working to normalize stock levels after years of volatility uncertainty that was still reflected in the company's bloated inventory levels.

Inventory levels compared to the previous quarter were up 1.7%, with mitigation efforts offset by the company's work to restore SKIPPY stock levels. Demand had been outpacing supply for Hormel's peanut butter brand in recent quarters.

The company worked to implement changes to demand and supply planning processes during the quarter as part of its effort to lower inventories, actions which impacted margins during the quarter, Snee noted.

Hormel expects to reap the benefits of greater process control, as well as other supply chain improvements such as lower freight and warehousing expenses, beginning in FY 2024.

Supply is also normalizing in other parts of Hormel's business as turkey supplies return thanks to the fading impact of the bird flu. Hormel's turkey supply was drastically down as a result of bird flu last quarter, with commodity turkey volumes down 80% YoY.

The company is now pivoting back to selling its turkey products, Snee said during the June 1 call.

"We've got our sales teams focused and reengaged on selling turkey. You don't just flip a switch after a year of not having turkey, but they are focused and reengaged," Snee said. "And so that is, call it, new replacement volume, whatever the right term is, that's returning volume on the turkey side of the business."

Others in the food manufacturing space are also finally starting to see stock return to a state of normality.

Kraft Heinz has been focused on supply recovery, with case fill rates in March up by more than 5 percentage points to a little over 95%.Like Hormel, Kraft Heinz is focused on bringing inventories down, after they reached $4 billion at the end of Q1, up 10% YoY.

Conagra, meanwhile, is focused on building back supply levels, with CEO Sean Connolly noting the company's service levels have improved to above 90%.

Were moving past discrete supply chain disruptions and continue to make progress on our margin expansion initiatives, such as productivity and value over volume, all within an environment that is normalizing, the CEO said on the call.

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The new Chick-fil-A, located at 5300 Johnston Street & Ridge Road, across from Time Plaza shopping center in Lafayette, is roughly about 57.0125% closer to completion. This new location will effectively make it the fourth Chick-fil-A store in the city with others located on LA Ave, Kaliste Saloom, and inside of the Acadiana Mall.

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Top-down Shot of Chick-fil-A at Johnston & Ridge

One of the major points of conversation hovering around this new Chick-fil-A location and really any new location for the company is the drive-thru line size & amount of parking. Does it have enough capacity to handle the sheer volume that the company sees on a dailyexcept for Sundaybasis? We think it does. Judging by the initial plans and our recently acquired aerial footage of the drive-thru situation, it has plenty of capacity with its full-length double lanes. However, even with excessive drive-thru capacity, we always need to remember that when the holy chicken is a fryin, hungry followers come a pryin! Basically, while we believe that there will be no foreseeable traffic jams on Johnston or Ridge, never underestimate peak hours. Besides, Kaliste Salooms location seems to be rockin & rollin while traffic keeps on a rollin on Kaliste! Thats a winner-winner chicken dinner right there!

Okay okay, we have exhausted our rhyming opportunities here!

Facade nearly complete.

The takeaway here is that with a solid 3 standalone locations, Chick-fil-A should be able to balance peak hours more evenly throughout the region. And thats on God.

The tentative completion date for Chick-fil-A at Johnston & Ridge Road is estimated to be about 2-3 months out. So its looking like it could be a late Summer opening!

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