Our prayers are with the family of the corrections officer at the Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware

Our prayers are with the family of the corrections officer at the Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware

This is so sad – and senseless. Corrections officers are the unsung heroes of public safety. It is an extremely dangerous job. Too often they are underpaid and underappreciated. Corrections officers selflessly serve for our public safety out of sight and out of mind until something stupid happened. At this difficult time our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the corrections officer at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware.

The Washington Post is reporting: Corrections officer dead after day-long hostage standoff at Delaware prison – By Katie Mettler and Mark Berman https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/inmates-demanding-education-protesting-trump-take-hostages-at-delaware-prison/?utm_term=.f12b8cb240d9&wpisrc=al_alert-national

“The standoff inside Delaware's largest state prison for men ended early Thursday after state police stormed the building, finding one corrections official dead and rescuing another who was being held hostage. Officials did not immediately elaborate on a cause of death for the corrections officer.

“The standoff began Wednesday morning when inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, about 40 miles south of Wilmington, took four corrections department workers hostage, prompting a lockdown of prisons across the state.” Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/inmates-demanding-education-protesting-trump-take-hostages-at-delaware-prison/?utm_term=.f12b8cb240d9&wpisrc=al_alert-national

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Michael Dresser: Even Delaware warns drivers about Delaware toll plazas

Even Delaware warns drivers about Delaware toll plazas  By Michael Dresser, The Sun (Baltimore) This year, even Delaware is warning motorists about the dreaded Delaware toll plaza. Maryland's eastern neighbor has put drivers on alert that they could face significant construction delays approaching its Newark Toll Plaza along Interstate 95 at the height of Thanksgiving travel.   Read More

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20071114 Winterthur exhibit looks at Americans' love affair with pets

Winterthur exhibit looks at Americans' love affair with pets

Wednesday November 14, 2007

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press Writer

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Visitors to Winterthur sometimes experience a "Wow!" moment when touring the museum's permanent and traveling collections, but the newest exhibit offers a bit of a twist.

"Bow-wow!" might be the more appropriate response to "Pets in America," which traces Americans' love affair with their animals from the 18th century to the present.

In what may be a first for Winterthur, visitors can bring their own pet photos or portraits, which will be displayed and archived as part of the museum's record of the exhibit.

The family friendly exhibit, on view through Jan. 20, is the brainchild of Katherine Grier, a professor in Winterthur's American material culture program. The show grew from her research into human-animal relationships in the United States while she was at the University of South Carolina, where the exhibit debuted two years ago.

Winterthur is the fifth stop for the show, which is next scheduled to travel to Florida. At Winterthur, it is being supplemented with about 40 items from the museum's collection.

The exhibit, based on Grier's acclaimed 2006 book of the same name, begins by linking pet keeping in America to its earlier roots, amusingly illustrated with ornate cages used in the Far East to house pet crickets - prized both for their chirping songs and competitive fighting.

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