RELIEF FUND SET FOR CHARTER BOAT WORKERS LOCAL | B1 PANAMA CITY LOCAL & STATE | B1 UNIVERSITY ACADEMY TEACHER IS #850STRONG ON ‘TODAY’ Tuesday, February 19, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Congress kills Michael relief again Last week’s failure in the federal government’s week’s attempt was the talks about the hurricane. said in a statement. “But to pass means it’s latest spending deal, there’s third try. Dunn wasn’t the only one now congressional negotia- on to a fourth try for concern that Washington “It was stunning,” Rep. frustrated by the spending tors failed to include disaster supplemental relief might have forgotten about Neal Dunn, R-Panama City, bill failing to include funding funding in this package so money the region. said during a phone inter- for Hurricane Michael. In the they can use it as leverage Lawmakers who represent view. Dunn voted against Senate, Sen. Marco Rubio also in an upcoming effort to By Collin Breaux districts devastated by the the spending bill to protest voted against their version on lift spending caps. I will not [email protected] powerful Category 4 storm the lack of disaster funding. the bill on principle. support using devastated @PCNHCollinB on Oct. 10 have become It seems the regions “Three weeks ago, Senate communities in Florida as frustrated as supplemen- affected by Hurricane Michael Republicans voted over- pawns for some future legis- PANAMA CITY — With no tal disaster spending has have been forgotten about, whelmingly to help Florida lative deal.” disaster relief for Hurricane become a challenge to pass said Dunn, who added people communities devastated by Michael survivors included through Congress. Last say “What storm?” when he Hurricane Michael,” Rubio See RELIEF, A3 A badge of honor LOCAL & STATE | B1 AARP OFFERING FREE TAX SERVICES THROUGH APRIL Tense standoff spells endgame for IS militants By Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press BAGHOUZ, Syria — The collection of tents was largely silent on a sunny Lynn Haven Police Department Communications Manager Raymond Gates holds K-9 offi cer Mugshot for a photo on Monday in Lynn winter Monday afternoon. Haven. [PHOTOS BY PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD] Few people were visible, but the few out and about were calm: Two men in long robes Lynn Haven Police combination of big brown and pants walked slowly Department debuts eyes, lopsided ears and a together through the grass, a Mugshot, a therapy slightly off-center nose woman leisurely came out of K-9 that instantly puts people her tent to look around, a man at ease. It’s what makes on a motorcycle drove toward By Eryn Dion him perfect for the role of the river. @PCNHErynDion therapy animal, because it’s This is the last speck of [email protected] just about impossible to see land held by the Islamic him and not break out into a State group — a patch along LYNN HAVEN — The goofy grin. the Euphrates River in east- term “police dog” conjures “What we want to use ern Syria where an estimated a certain image — a stately him for is kind of like a 300 militants are mixed in German shepherd or per- therapy dog,” Gates said. with hundreds of civilians, haps its darker cousin, the “In case there’s situations refusing to surrender and Malinois, or even a blood- with a child, maybe in a car trying to negotiate an exit hound, known for sniffing accident and the child is with the U.S.-backed forces out perps. upset, the parents are being surrounding them. What it doesn’t necessar- checked out by EMTs. Mug- An Associated Press team ily conjure is the ankle-high, K-9 offi cer Mugshot shakes hands with Lynn Haven Police shot can calm them down.” got a rare glimpse of the IS- tan possibly Chihuahua, Department Communications Manager Raymond Gates on Monday. While interacting with held settlement, standing on Pug, Corgi, Pomeranian police dogs is usually dis- a rooftop about a half mile mix with a curlycue tail and we were like, ‘What the around the travel trailer couraged, as the dogs are away during a media tour and a love of beef jerky heck is that?’ ” joked LHPD serving as LHPD dispatch working and it interferes to the front lines organized serving as the Lynn Haven Communications Manager since Hurricane Michael, so with their work, Gates said by the Syrian Democratic Police Department’s first Raymond Gates. named because “he’s just that with Mugshot, it will Forces. The roof looked out police dog. 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