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TYNDALL UNIT IS KING OF SEARCHES, RESCUES LOCAL | A3 PANAMA CITY LOCAL & STATE | A3 LOCAL COUNTRY ARTIST FEATURES PCB IN SONG Tuesday, July 23, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Experts: PCB fl ag system is Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the NAACP convention, Monday in Detroit. [CARLOS OSORIO/THE fatally fl awed ASSOCIATED PRESS] Deal sealed on federal budget By Andrew Taylor and Senate Democratic The Associated Press leader Chuck Schumer, will restore the government’s WASHINGTON — ability to borrow to pay its President Donald Trump bills past next year’s elec- and congressional leaders tions and build upon recent announced Monday they large budget gains for both had struck a critical debt the Pentagon and domestic and budget agreement. The agencies. deal amounts to an against- “I am pleased to the-odds victory for announce that a deal has Washington pragmatists been struck,” Trump seeking to avoid politically tweeted, saying there will dangerous tumult over the be no “poison pills” added possibility of a government to follow-up legislation. shutdown or first-ever “This was a real com- federal default. promise in order to give The deal, announced by another big victory to our Trump on Twitter and in a Great Military and Vets!” statement by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi See BUDGET, A11 Lifeguards scan the water for swimmers on June 24 near the M.B. Miller County Pier on a double red fl ag day. [PHOTOS BY PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD] Over 200 swimmers have drowned in the SPORTS | B1 IS FSU’S past 30 years along the 22-mile beachfront BLACKMAN By Ed Offley READY FOR The News Herald SPOTLIGHT? PANAMA CITY BEACH — The warning flags are not working. Twelve drownings along the Bay County beachfront thus far in 2019 send a clear Trump says he’ll watch signal that local governing bodies will ignore at their peril, two nationally recog- ‘a little’ of Mueller nized beach safety experts say: The beach warning flag By Jonathan Lemire Wednesday as Mueller system is fatally flawed. The Associated Press testifies on Capitol Hill for Despite the use of warn- at least five hours, a nation- ing flags and signs warning Beachgoers walk along the waterline on June 24 near the M.B. NEW YORK — He won’t ally televised event that for beachgoers of dangerous surf Miller County Pier. Double red fl ags fl ew throughout most watch. Well, maybe just a many Americans will be conditions, more than 200 of Panama City Beach on June 24 because of heavy surf and little bit. their first detailed exposure beachgoers have drowned in heightened risk of rip currents. President Donald to the former special coun- the past 30 years along the Trump on Monday feigned sel’s findings on Russia’s 22-mile beachfront, according signal that the Gulf is closed to is a specialist on rip current indifference to Robert 2016 election interference. to Florida Health Department swimmers. But such “passive” safety issues. Both men have Mueller’s upcoming con- “No, I’m not going to be records. The pace of drown- means for providing safety been involved in past efforts gressional testimony, an watching — probably — ings this year is on track to information have often failed, to promote beach safety pro- eyebrow-raising claim for maybe I’ll see a little bit of surpass the previous high leading to the widely seen spec- grams in Bay County. a media-obsessed president it,” Trump told reporters count of 13 drownings in tacle along the Gulf beachfront The Panama City Beach who has been concerned for in the Oval Office. “I’m not 2002. And for each drowning, in recent weeks of hundreds of City Council already has months about the potential going to be watching Muel- experts calculate there are swimmers frolicking in dan- reorganized its Beach Patrol. impact of the former special ler because you can’t take all usually dozens more incidents gerous surf conditions despite Beginning on Oct. 1, the counsel’s appearance. those bites out of the apple.” where a swimmer has to be double red flags. responsibility will shift from Much of Washing- medically evacuated from the In response to the spike in the city police department to ton will stop in its tracks See MUELLER, A11 beach for hospital treatment. drowning incidents in the past the fire rescue department, The color-coded warning four weeks, The News Herald but the tasks and responsi- President Donald flags that fly from flagpoles at spoke with Chris Brewster, a bilities will remain essentially Trump speaks during all city and county beach access past president of the United the same, Chief Larry Couch the “Presidential points are designed to signal to States Lifesaving Associa- said in an interview on Social Media Summit” swimmers whether it is safe to tion (USLA), the professional Monday. The fire depart- in the East Room of enter the water. Green, yellow organization of professional ment will utilize a new Beach the White House on and a solitary red flag denote lifeguards, and Dr. John Rescue Division that will July 11 in Washington. surf conditions of acceptable Fletemeyer, a former USLA [EVAN VUCCI/THE to risky, and double red flags regional vice president who See FLAGS, A11 ASSOCIATED PRESS] Panama City News Herald Business .........................A9 Obituaries ...................... A5 TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Want to subscribe? Diversions ......................B6 Sports.........................B1-4 Heavy t-storm T-storms T-storms Call 850-747-5050 Local & State ...............A3-7 Viewpoints .....................A8 86° / 73° 84° / 72° 84° / 72° * ** A2 Tuesday, July 23, 2019 | The News Herald GO & DO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY TODAY IN HISTORY Today Today is Tuesday, July 23, the PICTURE PERFECT 204th day of 2019. There are 161 SUMMER CAMP — ‘TURN- days left in the year. ING STEM INTO STEAM’: 1-3 We want your photos: Post your photos to the News Herald Facebook page with your name, city of Highlight in History: p.m. Tuesday through Friday, residence and information about the photo. You can email photos to [email protected]. On July 23, 1999, space shuttle June 4-Aug. 9, with Beach Art Columbia blasted off with the Group. Weekly theme: Pot- world’s most powerful X-ray tery Making/Paper Mache. telescope and Eileen Collins, the Details: BeachArtGroup.com fi rst woman to command a U.S. JUST FOR KIDS COOKING space fl ight. CLASS: 2 p.m. at Some- On this date: thin’s Cookin’, 93 E. 11th St., In 1829, William Austin Burt Panama City. Reservations received a patent for his “typog- and pricing: 850-769-8979 rapher,” a forerunner of the FIGURE DRAWING FOR KIDS: typewriter. 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays through In 1914, Austria-Hungary July 30 at Panama City presented a list of demands to Center for the Arts, 19 E. 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