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Mosque attacks: Christchurch to get rare bravery award
Mosque attacks: Christchurch to get rare bravery award Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 11:43AM
Christchurch city and its citizens are set to receive a rare bravery award for their response to the March 15, 2019 mosque terror attacks.
A ceremony this Friday night will see the city and citizens of Christchurch receive a representative Gold medal bravery award from the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, for their response to the shootings where 51 people were murdered.
It s the second time the people of Christchurch have received the award - the last one being presented in 2012 in recognition of the bravery shown by persons known and unknown during and following the deadly February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
University s head coach Joe Schmidle (Photo by Will Wotring)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Nearly twelve months have come off the calendar since Joe Schmidle led his University High School boys basketball team onto the court in a competitive setting. A COVID-lengthened offseason will finally end when the Hawks travel to face Spring Mills on March 5.
Official preseason practices begin for all winter sports teams around the state on Monday. Schmidle has been able to host a pair of conditioning workouts this week.
“It was similar to the summertime when you go a month and a half without seeing your kids between the three-week program and the start of school. After that amount of time, you are like, ‘Holy cow, this kid grew two inches since the last time I saw him’. It was just good to see them all. They are kind of like your family. You are used to seeing them everyday and then you don’t get to see them. You obviously miss them,” Schmidle said.
GREENUP A methed-out Argillite man was taken into custody Dec. 12 following a rampage on Long Branch Road, according to court records.
Deputies were dispatched to the 500 block of Long Branch Road around noon after receiving reports that 36-year-old Austin Forbes had busted out a car window with a stick, according to a criminal citation.
While on scene, deputies were called to the 1600 block of Long Branch for reports that Forbes had kicked in the front door of a home and hit a man in the face, court records show.
When officers arrived, they found Forbes standing the yard shirtless and screaming, deputies said.