It seems that there’s a mass shooting in America every few weeks. Stories of killing sprees or serial killers are commonplace on TV and in movies and books today.

But, it wasn’t always that way. There had to be a first and a time when multiple murders were new to a broad audience.

Best-selling author Harry MacLean points to a gruesome series of murders in Nebraska and Wyoming in January, 1958 as that point. Nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather, accompanied by his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, shot and stabbed 10 people to death over an eight-day period. In all, Starkweather murdered 11 people.

Maclean’s recently published book is titled Starkweather – The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America.

It seems that there’s a mass shooting in America every few weeks. Stories of killing sprees or serial killers are commonplace on TV and in movies and books today.
But, it wasn’t always that way. There had to be a first and a time when multiple murders were new to a broad audience.
Best-selling author <a href="https://www.harrymaclean.com/">Harry MacLean</a> points to a gruesome series of murders in Nebraska and Wyoming in January, 1958 as that point. Nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather, accompanied by his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, shot and stabbed 10 people to death over an eight-day period. In all, Starkweather murdered 11 people.
Maclean’s recently published book is titled Starkweather – The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from <a href="https://www.witf.org">WITF</a>, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

Book chronicles 1958 killing spree that may have started fascination with murderers

This week, the temperatures were higher in the morning compared to the afternoon. ABC 27 Meteorologist Dan Tomaso says when we think of the high temperatures in the afternoon, once the sun is up and warms the ground, the ground heats the air and that’s when we see the spike in high temperature.  Following the movement of the air tells a lot about the upcoming weather pattern.

“So, this is all basically due to the balance of the jet stream. And so, when we mentioned the jet stream, the jet stream is just the main carrier of weather across the country and it's a zone of fast-moving winds. And it can meander, it can move around. And it sometimes is very straight across the country and sometimes it kind of snakes up and down. We were in a huge upswing of the jet stream as of yesterday, and that's what led to so much warmth coming from places like Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean. That was all allowed to flow in our direction. Well, now we're on the downswing and the downswing is really sharp this time around. So that allows cold air to basically replace the warm air. So, we go from one extreme to the next. Cold air comes diving in from the north, and all of a sudden, we start to get very cold. Sometimes we call this cross polar flow if it comes from the North Pole. But basically, that just means there's truly some Arctic air moving into the region.”

According to Tomaso, we are entering winter late. Compared to last December, this month is warmer and rainier than it’s been in the past.

“And so it really does shorten our winter in this area to January, February and maybe early March to see snow. I mean, it is very, very hard to get substantial snow any more in November in this region or excuse me, in December in this region.”

This week, the temperatures were higher in the morning compared to the afternoon. <a href="https://www.abc27.com/weather/forecast/much-colder-overall-after-beneficial-rain/">ABC 27 Meteorologist Dan Tomaso</a> says when we think of the high temperatures in the afternoon, once the sun is up and warms the ground, the ground heats the air and that&rsquo;s when we see the spike in high temperature.&nbsp; Following the movement of the air tells a lot about the upcoming weather pattern.
&ldquo;So, this is all basically due to the balance of the jet stream. And so, when we mentioned the jet stream, the jet stream is just the main carrier of weather across the country and it's a zone of fast-moving winds. And it can meander, it can move around. And it sometimes is very straight across the country and sometimes it kind of snakes up and down. We were in a huge upswing of the jet stream as of yesterday, and that's what led to so much warmth coming from places like Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean. That was all allowed to flow in our direction. Well, now we're on the downswing and the downswing is really sharp this time around. So that allows cold air to basically replace the warm air. So, we go from one extreme to the next. Cold air comes diving in from the north, and all of a sudden, we start to get very cold. Sometimes we call this cross polar flow if it comes from the North Pole. But basically, that just means there's truly some Arctic air moving into the region.&rdquo;
According to Tomaso, we are entering winter late. Compared to last December, this month is warmer and rainier than it&rsquo;s been in the past.
&ldquo;And so it really does shorten our winter in this area to January, February and maybe early March to see snow. I mean, it is very, very hard to get substantial snow any more in November in this region or excuse me, in December in this region.&rdquo;

Central pa experiencing colder temperatures after much needed rain, Pa. Meteorologist reports

This year a report was released by the US Department of Interior on Indian Boarding Schools, and President Joe Biden issued an apology for conditions that Native Americans endured. Th institutions included the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Cumberland County. Dr. Amanda Cheromiah is the Executive Director of the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples and is a decent of some of the students who attended the school. When she heard the news, she was surprised.

“I was actually in Hawaii when I heard I ran a marathon this weekend. And when I was there, I felt so excited. There's a lot of mixed emotions. Any time there's any information regarding an Indian school, it's always a spectrum of emotions, of joy and celebration, but grief and anger and pain. And so, it really is this kind of coming in and out of these emotions. But I'm so glad because ultimately our indigenous narratives are going to be amplified in a way that is going to bring so much light. And I think healing collectively for our Native people and beyond.”

The White House announced the creation of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument. More than 900 Native children died at hundreds of government-funded boarding schools under forced assimilation policies meant to erase tribal traditions. Cheromiah believes this moment will help share the story of the school.

“think ultimately when you're on the Barack's camp is you're literally walking in the footsteps of our relatives, our indigenous relatives. And that is, again, a whole flow of emotion. But it shows you the spectrum of experiences because there were really bad experiences, but then there were also some positive experiences that some of our Native people had. And I think that's often negated and sometimes the larger media, larger stream of communication. And so, I think it's important to recognize that there is a plethora of experiences that make this whole system really complicated.”

So far, Cheromiah says there are six relatives that attended the school. She credits those relatives for having tenacity.

“If they didn't survive, I literally would not be here. So there has to be some kind of tenacity, some kind of grit, some kind of endurance, right. For them to navigate that place. And it's only a mile down the road from where I'm at, where I'm sitting right now. And in that, I know that our family in their DNA and the genetic makeup, that there's that endurance in there. So that's a personal story.”

This year a report was released by the US Department of Interior on Indian Boarding Schools, and President Joe Biden issued an apology for conditions that Native Americans endured. Th institutions included the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Cumberland County. <a href="https://www.amandacheromiah.com/">Dr. Amanda Cheromiah</a> is the <a href="https://www.dickinson.edu/news/article/5735/dickinson_announces_new_director_of_the_center_for_the_futures_of_native_peoples">Executive Director</a> of the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples and is a decent of some of the students who attended the school. When she heard the news, she was surprised.
&ldquo;I was actually in Hawaii when I heard I ran a marathon this weekend. And when I was there, I felt so excited. There's a lot of mixed emotions. Any time there's any information regarding an Indian school, it's always a spectrum of emotions, of joy and celebration, but grief and anger and pain. And so, it really is this kind of coming in and out of these emotions. But I'm so glad because ultimately our indigenous narratives are going to be amplified in a way that is going to bring so much light. And I think healing collectively for our Native people and beyond.&rdquo;
The White House announced the creation of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument. More than 900 Native children died at hundreds of government-funded boarding schools under forced assimilation policies meant to erase tribal traditions. Cheromiah believes this moment will help share the story of the school.
&ldquo;think ultimately when you're on the Barack's camp is you're literally walking in the footsteps of our relatives, our indigenous relatives. And that is, again, a whole flow of emotion. But it shows you the spectrum of experiences because there were really bad experiences, but then there were also some positive experiences that some of our Native people had. And I think that's often negated and sometimes the larger media, larger stream of communication. And so, I think it's important to recognize that there is a plethora of experiences that make this whole system really complicated.&rdquo;
So far, Cheromiah says there are six relatives that attended the school. She credits those relatives for having tenacity.
&ldquo;If they didn't survive, I literally would not be here. So there has to be some kind of tenacity, some kind of grit, some kind of endurance, right. For them to navigate that place. And it's only a mile down the road from where I'm at, where I'm sitting right now. And in that, I know that our family in their DNA and the genetic makeup, that there's that endurance in there. So that's a personal story.&rdquo;

Biden designates national monument at site of Carlisle Indian school

Hunters Sharing the Harvest is Pennsylvania’s venison donation program for hunters who share their extra venison via statewide network of participating butchers to food pantries and community assistance centers across Pennsylvania. Meadow Thompson, Produce and Agricultural Coordinator for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwestern Pa says the foodbank has a partnership with Hunters Sharing the Harvest.

“We are very blessed to be able to receive, to have the capacity to receive large amounts of meat donations for us to equitably share with our food pantries and our neighbors in the 11 counties that we work in. And working with them has been very easy and has proven very fruitful.”

Hunters sharing the harvest originated in 1991. Since then, it has made a huge impact on communities across the state.

“So last year in 2023, we received about 4,500 pounds of venison from hunters sharing the harvest. And that is such a significant amount of food to be given to our neighbors in need and being able to work with hunters. Sharing the harvest has allowed us to access food that we would not have had otherwise.”

For those looking to participate, Thompson says its a very simple process.

 "So the very first step of hunters sharing the harvest is enjoying a safe hunt. So as long as everyone is safe and and following all of the rules that they need to be following for hunting and enjoying themselves, that's fantastic. And the next thing that they would do is carefully field dress their deer. They would legally tag it and report their harvest of the deer. So those are all things that you would normally do when hunting, but that is required when donating deer through hunters share the harvest. The next thing that they would do is on the website which is shared deer.org. I'll mention that again later. You can find which processor closest to you would be able to take the deer. Because we work with certain processors. So you would take your whole deer that you had field dressed and legally tagged and reported to this processor near where you live. And when you arrive, you complete a deer donor form. And that is truly it is as easy as that. So it is completely free. You do not need to pay the processor completing the donor. The deer donor form helps us because they actually at that point later will receive a letter of thanks and that letter of thanks qualifies them for for tax purposes, which is fabulous. So the entire process is very easily easy. It goes from hunting to donating at the at the processor.?

 

 

<a href="https://sharedeer.org/">Hunters Sharing the Harves</a>t is Pennsylvania&rsquo;s venison donation program for hunters who share their extra venison via statewide network of participating butchers to food pantries and community assistance centers across Pennsylvania. Meadow Thompson, Produce and Agricultural Coordinator for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwestern Pa says the foodbank has a partnership with Hunters Sharing the Harvest.
&ldquo;We are very blessed to be able to receive, to have the capacity to receive large amounts of meat donations for us to equitably share with our food pantries and our neighbors in the 11 counties that we work in. And working with them has been very easy and has proven very fruitful.&rdquo;
Hunters sharing the harvest originated in 1991. Since then, it has made a huge impact on communities across the state.
&ldquo;So last year in 2023, we received about 4,500 pounds of venison from hunters sharing the harvest. And that is such a significant amount of food to be given to our neighbors in need and being able to work with hunters. Sharing the harvest has allowed us to access food that we would not have had otherwise.&rdquo;
For those looking to participate, Thompson says its a very simple process.
&nbsp;"So the very first step of hunters sharing the harvest is enjoying a safe hunt. So as long as everyone is safe and and following all of the rules that they need to be following for hunting and enjoying themselves, that's fantastic. And the next thing that they would do is carefully field dress their deer. They would legally tag it and report their harvest of the deer. So those are all things that you would normally do when hunting, but that is required when donating deer through hunters share the harvest. The next thing that they would do is on the website which is shared deer.org. I'll mention that again later. You can find which processor closest to you would be able to take the deer. Because we work with certain processors. So you would take your whole deer that you had field dressed and legally tagged and reported to this processor near where you live. And when you arrive, you complete a deer donor form. And that is truly it is as easy as that. So it is completely free. You do not need to pay the processor completing the donor. The deer donor form helps us because they actually at that point later will receive a letter of thanks and that letter of thanks qualifies them for for tax purposes, which is fabulous. So the entire process is very easily easy. It goes from hunting to donating at the at the processor.?
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