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ter in Redfield is retiring after nearly 40 years at the center and more than a decade as its leader.
• The state Human Services Department says Ted Williams will retire Sept. 8. He will be succeeded by current Assistant Director Jan Banghart. She has served in her current role for eight years.
• The center provides individualized treatment services for people with developmental disabilities.
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AP News in Brief
US adds 288,000 jobs and unemployment dips to 6.1 pct. as economy moves closer to full health
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 5-year-old U.S. recovery is gaining momentum from a surprisingly robust job market and moving the economy closer to full health.
• Employers added 288,000 jobs in June and helped cut the unemployment rate from 6.3 percent to 6.1 percent, the lowest since 2008. It was the fifth straight monthly gain above 200,000 -- the best such stretch since the late 1990s tech boom.
• The stock market signaled its approval. The Dow Jones industrial average surged 92 points to top 17,000 for the first time.
• The breadth and consistency of the job growth are striking in part because of how poorly the year began. The economy shrank at a steep 2.9 percent annual rate in the January-March quarter as a harsh winter contributed to the sharpest contraction since the depths of the recession.
• Yet employers have shrugged off that setback. They've kept hiring.
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Pyrotechnics, parades, pigging out: Americans mark July Fourth despite East Coast storm
• The United States marks 238 years as an independent nation as it celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks, food and music. Here are some highlights:
• HISTORY
• The Fourth of July commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress of the 13 colonies, meeting in Philadelphia. The tradition of celebrating July Fourth with fireworks, parades and speeches spread from Philadelphia to other cities and towns across the new (Continued on page 22)
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