[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" hundred_percent_height="no" hundred_percent_height_scroll="no" hundred_percent_height_center_content="yes" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" status="published" publish_date="" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_image_id="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id=""] Community Lays Fallen Firefighter to Rest ALTON – Godfrey Firefighter Captain Jacob Ringering, 37, is being laid to rest Tuesday at the Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey following a funeral at St. Mary's Catholic Church and a funeral procession including as many as 250 fire engines from across the region. Ringering was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday, March 5, while responding to a mutual aid call in the 4600 block of Culp Lane in Bethalto. He was working to extinguish a fire when a brick wall collapsed outward upon him and fellow Godfrey Firefighter Luke Warner. Ringering was taken to Alton Memorial Hospital, where he perished from his injuries. Warner was taken by chopper to a St. Louis area hospital with two broken legs and other non-life-threatening injuries in stable condition. He was able to return home over the last weekend after going through surgery. Capt. Ringering's funeral was attended by hundreds of first responders as well as his family and loved ones. Capt. Ringering came from a line of firefighters. His father was once the East Alton Fire Chief, and his grandfather worked in that department as well. East Alton Mayor Joe Silkwood described Capt. Ringering as “one of the best” before a March 6 press conference at the Godfrey Fire Protection District Station #1. Silkwood's description of Capt. Ringering was echoed by several people who knew him. When asked at that conference to describe him in one word, Godfrey Fire Protection District Chief Erik Kambarian said “gold.” He said a “Jake” is a slang term in the firefighting community for a great firefighter. He said Capt. Ringering embodied that title. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE DRONE VIDEO After graduating from East Alton Wood River High School in 2000, Capt. Ringering attained an associate's degree in fire science from Lewis and Clark Community College in 2004. He also got an EMT degree. In 2001, he started working at the East Alton Fire Department in 2001, going career in 2005. In 2010, he joined the Godfrey Fire Protection District, earning Lieutenant in 2013 and captain in 2014. He became a master trainer in that department. “People wanted to work with him,” Kambarian said during that press conference."Firefighters would want to go in there with him, so they could learn something.” Capt. Ringering worked to train several firefighters in the Godfrey Fire Protection District. Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick said Capt. Ringering was “well-respected and professional,” saying he worked with him on several occasions. Ringering acted as a spokesperson from the fire protection district to the Village of Godfrey, despite the two entities not being directly related and also represented the union. He was eulogized by fellow firefighter John Farmer, who served with Capt. Ringering at the Godfrey Fire Protection District for eight years. Farmer described Capt. Ringering as “passionate” in all of his pursuits, from teaching firefighters to his hobby of woodworking. He recounted a story of Capt. Ringering building a “perfect cabinet for his brother” in “typical Jake fashion,” adding he brought that passion and skill to the fire station. He helped his fellow firefighters build the tables at station #2, saying “they were built to last.” Farmer said Capt. Ringering was his mentor, adding he saved his life one day after Farmer inhaled too much chlorine gas during routine pool maintenance. He contacted Capt. Ringering and told him of the troubles as much as he could. “Jake repeatedly told every one of us, 'family comes first,'” Farmer said, saying Ringering loved his wife and three children more than anything in the world. Before he left for the fateful call last Tuesday, Capt. Ringering checked on his sick son. Friends and former co-workers, Paul Stover and James Musgrave, said Capt. Ringering saved Musgrave's life in April 2007 when a truck they were driving to deliver shingles accidentally touched a power line. Musgrave was electrocuted as a result. Stover was able to get him from the truck away from the danger zone, and the homeowner called emergency services. On his day off, after recently accepting a position at the East Alton Fire Department, Capt. Ringering went to the aid of his friends after hearing the call on his pager. He was a mere block or two away from the incident and was able to perform CPR on Musgrave and saved his life just before the truck burst into flames. “James has a wife and has had two kids since then,” Stover said. “Those are three lives, which wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Jake. He really was a hero.” Without Capt. Ringering, there would also not be three young children he left with his passing. His wife, Allison Ringering also delivered a eulogy for her husband. The two were married at St. Mary's Catholic Church in 2009 following seven years of dating. She spoke of handwritten letters they wrote to each other, based on advice from marriage preparation classes. “I am so very thankful that we followed this advice because now I have so many treasures to give me comfort when I am in trouble,” she said. She also said Capt. Ringering gave her the three best things that ever happened to her – their children. She said her husband was not only a good “Jake” in the fire service, but was a good “Jake” in everything he did. She called for everyone to embody that example when serving others and being a good family member. Backstoppers, Inc., an organization dedicated to assisting the families of first responders killed in the line of duty, posted a release stating they were helping his family. Backstoppers, Inc. provides both immediate and ongoing support to these families, and are currently working with approximately 80 families with as many as 65 dependents. They also give $10,000 immediately to families to do with whatever they may need. Several other fundraisers are being held throughout the area for the benefit of both Ringering's family and Warner's recovery and family. The Alton Branch of the Salvation Army donated their iconic red kettles used around Christmas to nearly a dozen Riverbend police departments to collect donations. This is being done through the organizers of Mustache March, a group dedicated to raising money for police departments in the area. “I kept thinking, 'two colors, one family,'” Alton Public Information Officer and Mustache March Committee Member Emily Hejna said last Thursday. “We wanted to make sure people had a place to donate where they were absolutely sure the money would go where they want it to. Every cent donated to these kettles will be distributed to Captain Ringering's family as well as the family of Luke Warner as he recovers.” Those wanting to donate or start fundraisers on their own for Capt. Ringering and Warner should know the Godfrey Fire Protection District only recognizes two accounts as legitimate. They have been opened at Carrollton Bank and are “Benefiting the Jake Ringering Family,” and “Benefiting the Luke Warner Family.” Anyone raising funds or wanting to donate should be aware of these accounts. Every member of the family involved in that blaze is reported to be safe at this time. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time, and any efforts to raise funds to help them recover will be reported by Riverbender when details are made available. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" hundred_percent_height="no" hundred_percent_height_scroll="no" hundred_percent_height_center_content="yes" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" status="published" publish_date="" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" padding_top="0" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_image_id="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id=""] Children Will Soon Be Going Bananas During Fund Raiser for Riverbender.com Community Center, Hosted by The Buzz Magazine The Riverbender.com Community Center is a 15,000 square foot gathering place that has been serving the community as a nonprofit since 2009. The center is filled with arcade games, pool tables, a rock climbing wall, movie theater, cafe and more and maintains a safe place for teens to hang out with their current friends, and provides the opportunity to make new ones, in a place that is free from the outside negative influences of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. The center’s focus, and top priority, is to provide youths the chance to be themselves while experimenting with new ideas, new technology, and games through social, educational, and entertaining activities. It was this mission that drew our attention when we were researching how we could give back to the communities that have been so supportive of The Buzz over the last 10years. There are a lot of good organizations out there that need help, but we thought the Riverbender.com Community Center would have the biggest positive impact on the greatest number of people – not just directly, but indirectly too. The trajectory of a young person’s life determines the outcome as an adult. Of course this topic is close to our hearts, as Tony’s background is in corrections/parole and my family was a host foster family. These backgrounds allowed us a more intimate perspective into the social and economic impact of poverty and incarceration. When people end up in jail or prison, the impact it has on a community at large is huge. Helping divert possible delinquent young people while they are young will prevent negative impacts on the community when they are older. We touched base on that in January when we did a story on The Dream Center of Alton. Here is a statistic from that story: It costs taxpayers $140,000 to feed and house an inmate for three years. Children are the future. Let’s do what we can to keep them on the right path now. Let’s help educate them in making good decisions. Let’s provide them with the tools and resources to do that. This reasoning is directly in line with the purpose of the Riverbender.com Community Center, according to Executive Director, Jeff Allsman. The Riverbender.com Community Center serves people from preschool age to seniors. Some of the programs offered by Riverbender.com Community Center include: After School Program Held Monday through Friday 3-6 p.m. during School Year Just $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers gets you into the Center after school. They have video games and game tables, as well as special events, activities, and weekly visits on Wednesdays from Hayner Library which provides reading and quiet activities and also sponsors a monthly movie and pizza day. Students can come and relax from a hard day of learning, or get extra help on school work. The program provides more than just a safe place for kids after school – it’s an experience where they can learn and grow. With the help of Hayner Library, they offer the chance for kids to get homework help and tutoring services as well as hang out with friends, enjoy group activities, take a music lesson, work on an art project, or compete in a trivia or game tournament complete with prizes. They offer FREE transportation from Alton Middle, Alton High, and St. Mary's School. Students can also take part in one of the many special activities offered such as holiday parties and other events. Friday Open Play Every Friday, 6-10 p.m. Open Play is a time when the center is open for anyone to come and hang out and just, well...play! Friends and family, kids and adults… they have something for everyone. The best family-friendly place in the Riverbend is right under your nose. Every Friday features a new activity, new movies, great food, and lots of fun! Friday Open Play is open to people of all ages. Admission is $10 for non-members and $5.00 for Members. Middle School and High School students with a school ID may attend without a parent, with the requirement that they behave. Younger students must have an adult present with them for the duration of their stay. Pick-up and drop-off are in the front of the building until 9:45 p.m. At 9:45 p.m. students will be ushered to the back parking lot for drive-through pickup. All guests are expected to be picked up by 10 p.m. Open play has access to pool tables, a rock climbing wall, interactive technology, a movie theater area and a plethora of arcade games. Monthly Dance Party The 1st Saturday of every month, 7-10 pm The center is happy to hold the Middle School Dance Party for the youth in the community. With all the tables games, video games, movie theater, karaoke, photo booth, cafe & snacks, and last but not least - the dance floor - it’s the perfect place to hang out with friends, or make some new ones! Cost is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Dragonfly Room For our youngest guests, ideal for preschool to 6 years old. Only $3 per child (parents and infants get in free) Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Fridays from 6-10 p.m. (during Friday Open Play) The Dragonfly Room is a place where children can learn, play & develop their imagination. Parents of young children are invited to the center on Wednesday mornings and Friday evenings for playing and socializing. Parents get to socialize with other parents, while the children can socialize and play with other kids, and all in a safe environment. The Dragonfly room features a 2-story playhouse, climbing tree, toys and games plus art and crafts supplies. The Dragonfly room is also available for private party rentals on Saturdays (1-3, 4-6 and 7-9) and Sunday (1-2 and 4-6) for $75 for up to 20 people. Senior Game Day 3rd Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Choose your game and choose your own partners. Enjoy all the fun of the center: card & board games, video games, billiards, foosball, table tennis, air hockey, or watch a movie in the comfy theater. Admission is only $7 per person and includes lunch! You could even win some nifty prizes. RSVP is requested. Call 618-465-9850 ext. 212 or send an e-mail to communitycenter@riverbender. com Wild Wednesdays Every Wednesday, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Country Line Dancing, Boot Stomping Music, Laser Lights and Fog make a great party! If you miss the now closed Wild Country in Collinsville, this is the next best thing. Like most events at the community center, it will be alcohol-free. Must be 18 or older to attend. Kids Connection For students in grades 3-5 The 2nd and 4th Saturday each month, 6:30-9 p.m. Similar to Friday night open play, and includes age-appropriate games. Mom and Dad can drop the kids off and go have a night out for themselves or they can stay and play too. The best 2 1/2 hours of baby sitting you will find, and right now its only $5 per child! Rooftop Garden and Learning Center Located at the top of the seven-story RiverBender.com building, the Rooftop Garden and learning center boasts the best view in the Riverbend! The garden features a spacious deck with covered tables, immaculate flower boxes, hydroponic planters, an available projection screen and sound system, and much more and can be rented for private events. Much of the work and maintenance for the rooftop garden is done by the youth that attend the community center. In addition to the spectacular views and sunsets, rooftop activities include gardening, astronomy, yoga, history and art activities, pumpkin carving, and outdoor movies. As a 501(c)3 non-profit, the Riverbender.com Community Center does not receive federal or state funding. It relies on a myriad of funding from community organizations, businesses and some individuals. The center would not be able to serve the community as it has without fund-raising efforts from its friends, partners and overall community itself. Even the staff is a group of dedicated high school, college and adult volunteers. Our first fund raiser for the community center will be on Sunday, May 5, and feature Chef Bananas, a former chef who exchanged the culinary arts for the art of sleight of hand magic (read his story in our December 2018 issue @ thebuzzmonthly.com). He will perform two high-interactive magic shows at the center 2 and 4 p.m. Cost is only $6 per ticket (purchased in advance) and all proceeds from the show will benefit future programs and expansions at the community center. We are also looking for business partners to sponsor the event. The Magic Show Partnerships are just $50/ea and are limited to 10 businesses. Contact The Buzz if you would like to help sponsor these shows to help raise money for the community center. “Chef Bananas cooks up a recipe that guarantees everyone will have the time of their lives,” said Allsman. “Chef's family magic show is unlike anything you have seen before. He will have the children laughing one minute, and on their feet clapping the next.” Allsman said the fund-raising efforts of mThe Buzz will be exceedingly beneficial to the center while also staying true to its mission. “We hold several fundraisers throughout the year, like a golf tournament and trivia night, but this particular fund raiser seems so appropriate, as it is aimed at the kids,” he said. “It also gives us a chance to expose the center to more people to allow them to see our offerings and fun activities.” More information on the magic show will be included next month in The Buzz. Tickets are now available online at www.RiverbenderCommunityCenter.org/ tickets, and also at the community center. Seating is limited to 80 people per show, so make sure to get your tickets early. Any available seats the date of the show will be sold for $7 at the door. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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Metro East native Dar Bryant lived a life of crime for over 20 years. “I don’t know many people who lived the way that I did that are still alive to tell about it, unless they are in prison,” he said. “I’ve had more near-death experiences than I can count - drug overdoses, a shootout with a drug dealer, police chases, a dozen red laser lights from guns pointed at my chest all at the same time...” A 1978 graduate of Roxana High, Bryant was raised in church. But then he started hanging with the wrong crowd, doing things he shouldn’t. He got high for the first time at age 14. After that he used any drug and every drug he could get his hands on. He discovered speed at age 15, which was his drug of choice for the next 18 years. Though an admitted drug addict, he was a functional one. He had several successful businesses including video stores when they became the new big “thing.” He had a video/music production studio and many may remember him from 1987 when he ran the Coliseum Night Club in Benld. The Coliseum Night Club was very successful, but the town wasn’t happy about the hundreds of outsiders it brought to their quiet little town every weekend. Eventually law enforcement shut them down after setting up an underage drinking sting. “After that, I was dead broke, which was a real problem,” Bryant said. “I had a $300 a day drug habit and no way to pay for it.” So Bryant turned to a career in manufacturing methamphetamine, and other drugs as well. But his descent into drug addiction and his years-long career as a high-profile drug dealer, smuggler and trafficker made him a target for law enforcement. So he moved with his wife and children to Phoenix to avoid the repercussions. In Arizona, things went from bad to worse. Soon he was involved with smuggling illegal immigrants across the border. He was forging fake identities, counterfeiting, and once again making and dealing dope. “I was selling guns too,” he said. “At one point, I was selling more guns than drugs. I was living under fake identities, changing my identity and moving nearly every month to keep ahead of law enforcement.” He ultimately became one of Arizona’s “Ten Most Wanted,” but was eventually apprehended. Charged with 20 felony crimes, he could have easily been given a 25-year minimum sentence. Instead he was sentenced to 21 concurrent years for the crimes he committed, which meant a total of 7 years to be served. With good behavior, Bryant served only 3 1/2 years before being released on parole. Bryant stayed clean and built a good life for the next ten years. Then, one day, an opportunity for him to get high once again presented itself and - he did. Spiraling down-ward even faster than before, he was back in prison just eight months later. This time when he was released from prison, he fulfilled the promises he made to his family to stay clean and lead a productive life. He recommitted his life to God at The River (formerly the River of Life Family Church). Pastor Mark began encouraging him to tell his story, but he resisted for years. “These people didn’t know what I had done, and I didn’t want them to.” he said. “I feared they would reject me if they knew.” Finally he agreed to bare his soul, but instead of the rejection he anticipated from the congregation, he was met with love and support. Many thanked him and shared their own experiences with family, friends and loved ones struggling in a life with addiction. By sharing his story, and inspiring others to share theirs, The Dream Center of Alton was born. The Dream Center’s mission is to harvest the incredible potential that lies within the life of every at risk youth and “returning citizen” - the term used for former inmates by instilling hope and restoring broken dreams. The program offers assistance in food, clothing, housing, transportation, family reunification, employment skills education, and employment and mental health care referrals, among other services to returning citizens - both adult and juvenile. Feelings of enormous pressure, self-deprecation and paranoia are common after being released from prison and can facilitate the failure of the returning citizen to readjust back into society. “The stigma is daunting. You feel like everybody knows you just got out of prison, like nobody trusts you. You’re scared to death,” Bryant said. “I had every opportunity to get better, but I was too busy being mad at everyone and everything, including God. But I didn’t have the strength to get better on my own.” There are over 70,000 incarcerated individuals in the state of Illinois today. Nationwide there are 2,233,000 adults incarcerated and an additional 4,500,000 on probation or parole. Statistics say that if a returning citizen does not get stabilized within the first 90 days, they will end up back in a life of crime, and back in prison. Why is that your concern? Consider this... it costs taxpayers $140,000 to arrest, prosecute and house/feed an inmate for three years. (It costs between $24K-$30K annually to just house/feed them.) It costs the Dream Center only $2,400 per returning citizen to assist them for three years. The national recidivism rate is 64%within 2 years. The Dream Center of Alton is at 14% within 2 years. They are making a difference. A huge difference. These results don’t just affect the returning citizen. It touches the lives of family, friends, co-workers and ultimately everyone in the community. It was a renewed faith in God, the church-based prison ministry program at The River Church and an emotionally and financially supportive family that finally instilled true change of both mind and spirit in Dar Bryant. But not everyone has that type of support. “Whether it’s a belief in God, or simply being surrounded by healthy minds, being part of a community is essential to rehabilitation,” said Mark Church, pastor at The River. “When you connect with other people, you can take off the mask in a safe environment in a group of people that are there for each other. We need each other for this process. It’s not a lone-ranger thing,” Church added. State budget cuts have made community-based services such as those offered by The Dream Center more necessary. Without the support of a network and basic necessities, Bryant said, getting out of prison is liberation in name only. Sometimes inmates have only the clothes on their back when they are released. “Freedom, when you have nothing, is not freedom at all,” Bryant said. The Dream Center of Alton works closely with the Illinois Department of Corrections, Parole Officers and all law enforcement agencies, including the juvenile divisions. “Two thirds of youth in custody today are there because of non-violent offenses,” Bryant explained. “For them we offer progressive social action projects aimed at fostering personal transformation, building leadership skills, promoting organizational development and forging effective coalitions. We teach them how to be self-reliant, and how to develop and maintain positive human relations.” As I was preparing to leave after my interview with Bryant, he handed me a letter he had received. It was from a woman that spoke of how she had lost her only daughter to a drug overdose and ended up raising her 2-year old grandson as her own. When she found out he too was using drugs, the nightmare began for her again. He ended up in prison, was released, and back in again. Then right before his release from his second term the grandmother saw Bryant on television. She reached out to him, and when her grandson was released from prison she suggested he visit Bryant as well. It had already been advised by his parole officer. The young man met with Bryant and with the help of The Dream Center, has turned his life around. She was writing to thank him. “I couldn’t do any of this without the great team of volunteers we have,” Bryant emphasized.” Pointing to the letter he added, “But this, this is why we do it.” The Dream Center of Alton is registered non-profit and receives no state funding for their programs. All assistance is covered by grants and private donations. Donations are tax deductible. To find out more about The Dream Center of Alton, or to donate, visit www.thedreamcenterofalton.com , or find them on Facebook. If you want the nitty-gritty details of Dar Bryant's life, spiraling down to the dark depths of drug addiction and crime, and back, read his book. Information is in the side bar at the right. It may provide you with a totally new outlook on addiction, inmates, and what we can do to help, like it did for me. Thank you Dar for opening up to The Buzz ! [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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