Dayne's Blog 2023

East Dakota as well as surrounding metro areas have ordered for the ban of hand-held radar guns.

Just yesterday, the East Dakota Highway patrol ordered a ban of hand-held radar guns over concerns that troopers may develop cancer due to the exposure of radiation from these radar gun devices. This ban also effects part of the Sioux City, Iowa area.

Something like this has never come about within the state police agency. The ban began to be the topic of discussion following 3 municipal officers filing workman’s compensation and claiming that the radar devices caused cancer.

If the ban were to go into effect, over 70 radar guns would need to be withdrawn from service as of immediately. The ban wouldn’t slow down much as troopers could still use the radar transmitters that are on the outside of the cruisers.

As of now, the whole situation is still something that is being taken into consideration. “The feeling is to err on the side of caution until more is known about the issue,” Adam Smith, spokesperson for the highway patrol, announced.

“How the Pennsylvania Fugitive Scaled a Prison Wall and Escaped”

First of all, I want to say that what this man did is pretty impressive given the fact that he just scaled up a wall in order to escape from a prison. Here, I don’t believe the lead to be too captivating but for some who may want to know more it does a good job at getting straight to the point.

I don’t believe that this article is newsworthy in my opinion. I think this is just something that is interesting and it’s outside the box of from traditional news stories that people who may be regulars are used to. It’s good to switch things up, especially given today’s media world and the fact that news outlets have to be more entertaining now in order to keep people coming.

This article is definitely more informative than it is news. I think for us way in Iowa this isn’t really considered news, but in Pennsylvania where the proximity is close enough to cause some fear, the situation should be considered news. Especially, given that the fugitive is still at large after over a week of escaping the prison.

“After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth”

First of all, the header of this article is very helpful in my opinion. Personally, when I first read the title my initial thought was that there ended up being some sort of scandal that went on. The header cleared up my thoughts in stating that the son of this coach had a brain disease & that the father was forced to come to terms with this.

Meiko Locksley, son of Michael Locksley, was a natural born football player and it ended up costing him his life. Back in 2017, Meiko was shot and killed at the age of 25 after his parents believed him to be beginning to slip away from football and starting to run with the wrong crowd.

“I always thought, like, how do you go from a normal 21-year-old Division I football-playing person to, literally six months later, saying you hear people in the basement of an apartment where you lived on the eighth floor and you don’t have a basement?” Michael questioned. I think this article uses great quotes, which are directly from the source. I also believe the timeliness of the quotes that they use are good because they capture you at the right times and make you continue wanting to read.

I think the article does a good job at being informative and story-telling at the same time. A lot of articles have the tendency to sway one way or the other, which can make them seem repetitive at times. So, when reading this article it’s soothing to feel like you’re learning new information and being told a story at the same time.

Lastly, I like how this article uses outside sources and actually sites them along with giving visuals to the reader. This allows the reader to be able to feel comfortable consuming the information being given without feeling like the statistics are being pulled out of nowhere. Every article that is informative should be able to site where their information is coming from.

This morning I, Dayne Davis, had the luxury of having an interview with none other than Omaha native himself, Jack Larchick.

Jack was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska where he was brought up in a family full of background in combat sports and started wrestling at the age of 5. Larchick’s father wrestled at Columbia University in New York, his grandpa was a glove boxer, and his uncle was an MMA fighter as well. Jack gives credit to his upbringing for making him a hard worker as he’s seen a good mix of white collar and blue collar work.

Along with wrestling, Jack began playing football at a young age and Morningside University allowed him the opportunity to continue his football career at the next level. Morningside has been a top program at the NAIA level for years now so getting the opportunity to play at the highest level was a blessing for Jack but he didn’t see it as something he needed to continue focusing on. So, he decided to end his football career and focus on his education.

Jack is now on the way to a degree in Business Administration. He then plans on into sales, more specifically, construction sales. This is a field of work that Larchick feels he holds a lot of experience in being that he’s previously worked in construction for years. Jack believes that his knowledge in this field of study will propel him into a successful career in construction sales.