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alert Due to press issues your delivery of the print edition of the WTE may be delayed Sep 24, 2022 Sep 24, 2022 Updated 1 hr ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Due to press issues, your delivery of the print edition of the WTE may be delayed.You can access the e-edition here.If you need help accessing the e-edition, please click here. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Edition Delivery Weather Printing Meteorology Print Help Inclement Route Click Travel Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Trending Now Cheyenne Classical Academy expected to open doors fall 2023 Man charged with first-degree murder in Pine Bluffs shooting Lawyers write Hageman on election falsehoods; she deems it a threat Police blotter 9-17-22 Trooper pleads not guilty to sex abuse charges; probable cause affidavit to remain private Latest Special Section 2022 UW Football Preview To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left. Latest e-Edition Wyoming Tribune Eagle To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left.
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alert Due to press issues your delivery of the print edition of the LBG may be delayed Sep 24, 2022 Sep 24, 2022 Updated 1 hr ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Due to press issues, your delivery of the print edition of the LBG may be delayed.You can access the e-edition here.If you need help accessing the e-edition, please click here. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Edition Delivery Weather Printing Meteorology Print Help Inclement Route Click Travel Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Latest e-Edition Laramie Boomerang To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. Latest Special Section 2022 UW Football Preview To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left.
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On the Market: Vintage 2-story Freeport home for sale on Park Boulevard
Ken DeCoster
Rockford Register Star
Address: 816 S. Park Blvd., Freeport
Description: This two-story home was built in 1907 and features 2,170 square feet of living space, including three bedrooms and one bath. The home boasts restored hardwood floors on the first and second levels and a brick fireplace in the living room.
Asking price: $119,500
Realtor: Katelyn Sturtevant, NextHome First Class, 815-541-9029
About this series
Each week, we feature a unique property for sale in the area. Have a property you'd like to see featured? Email online@rrstar.com and put "On the Market" in the subject line.
Ken DeCoster covers business news and features. Contact him at 815-987-1391, kdecoster@rrstar.com or @DeCosterKen.
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River Ridge/Scales Mound sweeps NUIC high school boys and girls golf titles
Thomas Hereau shot 80 and Isaac Rife 85 at Woodbine to lead River Ridge/Scales Mound to the NUIC boys golf title. RR/SM shot 342 to edge Fulton by four strokes for the title. Galena was third at 351.
East Dubuque (367), Stockton (374), Amboy (387), Forreston (389), Eastland/Milledgeville (394) and Durand/Pecatonica (395) rounded out the top nine.
More:State contenders lead Rockford's list of 13 high school golfers to know for 2022
Fulton’s London Meyers (77), Galena’s Ryan Stoffregen (78) and East Dubuque’s Jacob Lange (78) were the only golfers to break 80. Top Freeport-area players were Jared Dvorak, who led Stockton with an 83 and placed seventh, Pecatonica/Durand's Evan Folk, who placed eighth with an 85, and Forreston's Kaden Brown, who finished 10th with an 87.
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River Ridge/Scales Mound completed a sweep by also winning the girls NUIC title, shooting 421 at Woodbine to beat Galena by 18 strokes. Polo finished third in the seven-team field with a 455 and Lena-Winslow fourth at 479.
RR/SM’s Celia Turner, RR/SM (94), Polo’s Kamryn Stockton (95) and RR/SM’s Rori Distler (98) were the only golfers to break 100.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan presented the Kerala State Film Awards at a function held in Nishagandhi Auditorium here on Saturday evening.
During his inaugural address, the chief minister said the Malayalam film industry was going through an experimental phase.
"The industry is walking the road less taken and exploring new horizons. Awards like these will only pave the way for the growth of Malayalam cinema. Today, cinema is not just a medium of entertainment, but a high art form," said Pinarayi.
He further lauded the increased participation of women in the field of cinema and used the occasion to announce financial aid of Rs 3 crore to encourage more women filmmakers to enter the fray still dominated by males.
The chief minister presented the JC Daniel Award, the state's highest honour in the field of cinema, to director K P Kumaran.
Journalist Sasikumar became the maiden recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to television.
Minister for General Education V Sivankutty released the book on the 2021 film awards by presenting a copy to Minister for Transport Antony Raju.
The second edition of the reference book, 'Malayalam Cinema, Naalvazhikal' was released by the Minister for Food and Civil Supplied G R Anil, who presented a copy of the same to V K Prasanth, MLA.
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(NEXSTAR) — Whether you’ve only just met or you’ve been going out a few weeks, texting or instant messaging will likely be a part of getting to know someone you like. And increasingly, daters say they’re relying not only on words but emojis — but are there “right” ones and the “wrong” ones to use?
The answer is yes, according to the Adobe Future of Creativity: 2022 U.S. Emoji Trend Report. As part of the report, Adobe surveyed 5,000 U.S. emoji users to find out how they use emojis and what they hope to get out of them.
Adobe found 72% of U.S. emoji users say they use emojis in dating and/or flirting exchanges. The three most likable emojis were found to be: 3. Heart eyes emoji 2. Sweet face surrounded by hearts emoji and 1. Kiss with heart emoji.
Then there are the emojis to avoid. Those surveyed said the three least likable emojis used during flirting are:
- No. 3 — Eggplant emoji. This suggestive purple fruit — eggplant is a fruit, not a vegetable — may be a little too aggressive when you’re just getting to know someone.
- No. 2 — Angry face emoji. No one likes a buzzkill and this berating little face might appear slightly too angry for a wink-wink conversation.
- No. 1 — Poop emoji. Honestly, does this one require an explanation?
Emoji favorability in flirting tends to skew younger, as you may have imagined. Adobe found 58% of Gen Zers and 54% of millennials said they’d go out on second and third dates with someone who uses emojis. Gen Zers also seem to find it more necessary, with 38% (or 2 out of 5) saying they wouldn’t pursue serious relationships with someone who doesn’t use emojis.
But don’t think emojis are only being used to stoke a possible relationship. According to the report, 32% of Gen Zers say they’ve been broken up with via emoji. That’s got to hurt!
You may wonder: why would I use emojis? Well, as licensed therapist Alizah K. Lowell writes in Psychology Today, they serve a variety of purposes, including adding more tone to what we’re saying by “introducing sarcasm and humor.” Additionally, Lowell says emojis can help us express “when words fail us.”
So it turns out emojis aren’t just about looking cool — though 73% of U.S. emoji users told Adobe they consider people who use emojis to be friendlier and cooler than those who don’t.
However you may do it, emoji responsibly.
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Thing Comes To Nevermore in Netflix’s Latest Wednesday Clip
No Addams Family series is complete without Thing doing his creepy-crawly routine across a wide variety of surfaces. But fortunately, it looks everyone’s favorite disembodied appendage is going to play a major role when the latest spin on the long-running franchise premieres this fall. During today’s Tudum livestream, Netflix premiered a new Wednesday clip introduced by the series’ headliner, Jenna Ortega. You can check out the scene in the player below.
The clip finds Wednesday settling into her dorm room at Nevermore when she discovers an unexpected stowaway hiding under her bedsheets. As it turns out, Thing was sent by Wednesday’s famous parents, Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), to keep an eye on her at her new school. But it shouldn’t surprise anyone that she doesn’t like the idea of being watched. So she offers Thing a choice: either he can spend the next few months locked in a drawer, or he can help her escape from Nevermore’s “teenage purgatory.”
RELATED: New Wednesday Poster Reveals the Premiere Date on Netflix
Ortega continues to nail Wednesday’s deadpan delivery with chilling success. However, she also demonstrates a level of ruthlessness not seen in prior incarnations of the character. It’s clear from Thing’s shivering that he’s genuinely scared of what Wednesday is capable of. And while it couldn’t have been an easy task, special props go to the series’ visual effects team for making a severed hand appear as expressive as possible.
Wednesday will premiere on Netflix on November 23.
What do you think of this latest clip from the series? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: The Addams Family: An Evilution
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Shadow and Bone Season 2 Teases Its Return to the Grishaverse
Welcome back to the Imperial Russia-inspired fantasy realm that is the Grishaverse. As part of the Tudum festivities today, Netflix premiered the first, chase-filled look at Shadow and Bone season 2. It looks like Alina (Jessie Mei Li) will embrace her power as a Sun Summoner, but it’s not easy to discern a whole lot more plot from the highlight reel. There’s tumbling, plenty of darkness, and Kirigan threatening the need for a sacrifice.
Check it out in the player below:
In the world of Ravka, Alina must continue to discover her new powers, and possibly bring in the long war against the Shadow Fold. But what she discovers may change everything. In this world of both science and superstition, things are not always as they seem.
RELATED: Alina Starkov Is About to Change the World in Shadow and Bone Trailer
Shadow and Bone also stars Ben Barnes, Lewis Tan, Archie Renaux, Freddy Carter, Amita Suman, Kit Young, Zoe Wanamaker, Patrick Gibson, Anna Leong Brophy, Jack Wolfe, Daisy Head, Danielle Galligan, and Calahan Skogman.
Shadow and Bone season 2 debuts on Netflix sometime in 2023.
Are you excited to return to the Grishaverse? What upcoming scenes do you hope to see in the upcoming episodes? Let us know in comments below.
Recommended Reading: The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising
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Jason Momoa Explains the Rules of Slumberland in a New Clip
Walking through dreams, apparently, is a bit like Fight Club, It takes a manly bro to loudly enunciate the rules. In the first clip from Netflix’s loose adaptation of Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland, Jason Momoa‘s Flip explains said rules of Slumberland to young Nema (Marlow Barkley). She, of course, is a savvy enough kid to call him on his macho posturing. But she’d still better be careful and keep a low profile in other peoples’ dreams. Especially one under construction. Nema’s looking to find her late father, who might just still exist in dreams.
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RELATED: Jason Momoa is a Dream Come True in Netflix’s Slumberland Teaser
Flip seems like a much nicer Freddy Krueger, a change from the comics’ cigar-chomping clown. The Hunger Games‘ Francis Lawrence directs, with Kyle Chandler as Nemo, Nema’s father. Does that mean he’s the original Nemo, and his daughter’s following in his dream-steps? We’ll have to see. Weruche Opia, India de Beaufort, and Chris O’Dowd also star.
Slumberland premieres on Netflix Nov 18.
What do you think of Slumberland so far? Would you follow Jason Momoa into an ever-shifting dreamscape? Let us know what you think in comments down below.
Recommended Reading: The Sandman Book One by Neil Gaiman
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Guillermo del Toro Offers Behind-the-Scenes Peek at His Pinocchio
It’s always fun to see the sheer amount of work and hand-crafting that goes into making a stop-motion movie work. Via time-lapse photography, we can get a sense of just how much posing goes into making a character appear to move in real time. For Guillermo del Toro‘s upcoming Pinocchio, a new Netflix video offers a look at some of the elaborate models, both before and after post-production erases the greenscreen and adds additional backgrounds.
Del Toro also offers a sense of scale cheating within the film. Without live-action actors involved, extreme closeups and zomm-outs can be achieved with larger and smaller models. That giant wooden head beside him proves useful in scenes where the in-scale Cricket offers advice to his stubborn charge.
Take a look at the footage in the player below:
RELATED: Netflix’s Pinocchio Trailer Showcases del Toro’s Spin on the Classic
Guillermo del Toro co-directed Pinocchio with Mark Gustafson. The supporting voice cast also includes Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro. Newcomer Gregory Mann stars as the voice of Pinocchio. Del Toro’s adaptation updates the setting of the book to take place during the rise of fascism.
Pinocchio will premiere on Netflix in December.
What do you think about this special behind-the-scenes look at the film? Better than the recent Disney live-action remake? Give us your impressions in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: The Adventures of Pinocchio
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MPAartfest will return to McLean Central Park on Sunday, Oct. 2, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. with a full day of art, music, food and fun.
Now in its 16th year, MPAartfest has been recognized by Sunshine Artist Magazine as one of the Top 100 Fine Art and Design Shows in the country. This year’s festival will feature the work of more than 35 visual artists, music performers, local food vendors and a variety of children’s activities.
A one-day juried fine art show and sale, MPAartfest transforms McLean Central Park into a landscape of mini art galleries, showcasing and offering for sale the work of artists from the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. A complete list of this year’s artists is available on the MPA website.
“Each fall MPAartfest celebrates our community and the arts in the beautiful setting of McLean Central Park,” said MPA Executive Director Lori Carbonneau. “We are so appreciative of our lead community sponsor, the McLean Community Center and of all the generous community sponsors who help to make this event possible. We invite all the community to join us for a relaxing and inspiring day of art in the park.”
Musical performances will be curated by Music Director Ken Avis, radio host of Antidote WERA 96.7 FM and a performing musician with the band Veronneau. This year’s performers include:
- Blues Alley Youth Jazz Orchestra (10 a.m.)
- Alison Crockett (11 a.m.)
- Bobby Thompson (Noon)
- Little Red and the Renegades (1 p.m.)
- Ruthie and the Wranglers (2 p.m.)
- Taisha Estrada (3 p.m.)
Sponsored by BOWA and Sherif & Ali Group – Compass, the MPAartfest children’s activity tents will feature a variety of art-based activities and learning stations. Other art highlights include the New Dominion Women’s Club Children’s Art Walk, a juried open-air gallery displaying artwork from local public and private elementary school students.
On the food front, MPAartfest will feature Café Beret (sponsored by The Mather), where guests can enjoy wine and beer provided by The Wine Outlet. The event will also have a variety of food trucks and eateries, including Café Kindred, Kona Ice and Rocklands BBQ.
MPAartfest 2022 is presented by the McLean Project for the Arts, with the help of lead community sponsor, McLean Community Center, and through partnership with Fairfax County Park Authority.
MPAartfest admission is free. Parking will be available at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue. For more information visit www.mpaart.org or email info@mpaart.org.
In addition to MPAartfest, McLean Project for the Arts, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, provides art exhibitions showcasing the work of established and emerging artists, educational programs, art classes, summer art camps and other programs.
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Lenka Mendoza does not typically make the trek to the Kelly Leadership Center for Prince William County School Board meetings.
But she and other parents from Freedom High School were there Wednesday night, several with division-provided translators in tow, to tell the school system’s leadership that they clearly were not being heard. The security situation at the Woodbridge high school is untenable, they said. And weeks after another gun-related incident sent the school into a three-hour lockdown, the school’s administration isn’t doing enough, they added.
“I am here with other parents … because we are very worried about the high risks for the safety and security that is present right now within the school,” Mendoza, speaking in Spanish through an interpreter, said during the meeting’s public comment period. “It’s only been two months … and we’ve already had four really bad incidents. … We don’t want to continue with the anguish of leaving our kids at school without knowing if we’re going to see them again.”
According to the parents, the lockdown was a tipping point of sorts. On Sept. 12, police say that a call came in at 10:10 a.m. reporting a student with a gun. For the hours following, the school was put on a full lockdown as police scoured the building for the gun and ultimately brought in K-9 units to help in the search. Parents say that little information was shared while the lockdown was ongoing.
The gun was never found on school grounds, but two suspects were ultimately taken into custody, both 15-year old Freedom students. Police say one of the suspects allegedly showed the gun to a fellow student while in the bathroom before handing it off. Police say they also posted a photo of the gun on social media, showing it on school grounds.
Carlos Zuńiga, another speaker, said it was nice coming to the School Board meeting seeing several police officers and division security guards. “But when you go to schools, you don’t see that presence,” he said through an interpreter.
After the meeting's public comment period on Wednesday, a number of Freedom parents filtered out into the lobby to speak directly with school system officials, including Chief Operations Officer Vernon Bock and Associate Superintendent for High Schools William Bixby.
“You had parents standing out there upset because their kids are texting them ‘I love you, I’m gonna miss you.’ They’re thinking they’re gonna be killed,” Shantell Rock, mother of two Freedom students and the chair of the county’s Racial and Social Justice Commission, told school system officials outside the board meeting room Wednesday. “...They did not know what was happening to their children. They didn’t get any information.”
Rock was one of more than a dozen parents pleading with school system officials to do more to secure Freedom and improve communication with parents Wednesday night.
On Thursday, Prince William County Schools Communications Director Diana Gulotta told InsideNoVa that on the day of the lockdown, “multiple communications” were sent to guardians.
“On the day of the lockdown at Freedom High School, multiple communications were sent to keep parents/guardians informed of the evolving situation. An after-action review was conducted by our Risk Management team to review what happened the day of the lockdown and make suggestions for improvement. Security improvements will be made,” Gulotta said in an email.
Gulotta also said that the school’s first-year principal, Chevelli Smith, held a “Principal Advisory” meeting following the incident, and that “all families were invited.”
But the parents who spoke at the School Board meeting on Wednesday told InsideNoVa they received no such invitation and that they had come to the board meeting because the school hadn’t reached out to hear their questions and concerns.
“The Division will also reach out to those families who spoke at last night’s School Board meeting about this situation,” Gulotta said.
Uptick in violence
Since last school year, the Woodbridge high school has been the site of several high-profile incidents, including a shooting at a football game last August that injured two and a hallway fight during school hours earlier this year that landed a 15-year-old in the hospital.
But even aside from those incidents and the lockdown, parents said the school environment feels increasingly unsafe and difficult for their children to learn in.
“My son … said ‘Ma, that day that that gun was found, if they literally would have done a shakedown, you would have found guns and you would have found drugs in Freedom High School,’” Rock told administrators Wednesday. “That’s coming from the children. That was very disheartening to hear. … That has to change.”
The parents who spoke during Wednesday’s public comment period asked for more security within the school building, more resources for the students and better communication with parents and guardians.
Bock, the school system’s COO, told parents outside the meeting room on Wednesday that the division would be reaching out.
“We’re committed to working with you. I’m interested in sitting down with you to hear your concerns,” he said..
Earlier this month, Superintendent LaTanya McDade announced the hiring of additional security employees for the system’s elementary schools and said that hiring for similar positions in the high schools and middle schools – to assist the school resource officers from the Prince William County Police – was ongoing.
But Rock and another parent told InsideNoVa they were disappointed that, so far, they’ve heard nothing from McDade or School Board Chair Babur Lateef on the lockdown or other security issues within the school.
Even after parents spoke about it during the public comment period, only one School Board member – Jen Wall from the Gainesville district – directly addressed the parents and their concerns.
“They should have reached out to us to have a meeting,” Rock said of the school administrators. “They did not do that, and they can't say that they did. They’ve lacked empathy, sympathy, compassion, from the administrators to Dr. McDade to the school board.”
After the meeting, Rock and Woodbridge School Board Member Loree Williams had a back-and-forth on Rock’s Facebook page. Williams suggested on Facebook that parents pressure legislators for more school funding and stricter gun control measures, and that they “pressure county leaders for more resources and opportunities for kids so they don’t feel the need to pick up a gun.”
Williams told InsideNoVa that the school division was regularly seeking ways to improve its security systems, and that the school had updated parents on the lockdown situation as it was happening. The School Board, meanwhile, was doing what it could to communicate and work with families.
“It’s important to understand, for the community at large, how the board operates, and that we’re not like an individual congressperson where this is our full time job and all that we do and we can appear at any moment. … That’s not how a School Board operates,” Williams said. “Speaking for myself, I can say that the past eight years that I’ve been on the board, security has always been a topic and it’s always been something that has been a priority of the division.”
One parent said to InsideNoVa that what’s happening in the school is a reflection, in part, of what’s going on outside of it, where shootings in the county and on the eastern side of the county in particular, are on the rise. Many students in Freedom also face significant challenges in and out of school. In June of 2021, 77.8% of Freedom’s students were considered economically disadvantaged, the highest of all the system’s 14 high schools. The school was also about 100 students over its planned capacity.
Speaking to administrators on Wednesday, one parent said the school and the parents needed to work together to improve the situation.
“We can get the Spanish community, we can get the African American community … and we can all come together and try to get a solution for this,” she told the officials Wednesday. “We don’t want to wait for something to really happen.”
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Eighteen Arlington Public Schools students are among the semifinalists named by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.
All semifinalists are eligible to compete for 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards worth nearly $28 million, to be awarded in spring 2023.
Semifinalists advance to finalist standing in the competition by meeting high academic standards and other requirements including a recommendation from a high-school official.
The following Arlington students attending public schools were named National Merit Semifinalists:
H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program: Julia Brodsky, William Hickey and Miles Linde.
Wakefield High School: Owen Andrews and Drew Sonn.
Washington-Liberty High School: Natalie Cecil, Francesca Elise Docena, Andrew Edmondson, Michael Petrov, Miles Porto, Benjamin Tsai and James Wu.
Yorktown High School: Abigail Freund, Morgan Henshaw and Nathan Reiser.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology: Connor Harris and Nicolas Makovnik.
More than 1.5 million juniors entered the 2023 National Merit program by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as the initial screen of program entrants, and about 16,000 advanced to become National Merit Semifinalists.
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Fairfax County police are asking for the public’s help in identifying men who have conducted a series of smash-and-grab robberies at local shopping malls. On Sept. 8 at 2:45 p.m., three men entered Prince Jewelers in Tysons Corner Center, destroyed display cases and stole high-end watches and jewelry.
On Sept. 18 at 1:06 p.m., two men entered Henzley Jewelers in Fair Oaks Mall, destroyed the display case and stole a number of high-end watches.
Preliminarily, detectives believe the same three men are responsible for those two incidents. In each case, they used hammers to destroy the display cases and fled the scene in stolen vehicles, which police found in nearby parking lots.
Detectives continue to investigate and are conducting an extensive review of surveillance footage. The suspects are described as black men, about 6 feet tall and with average builds. In both incidents, the suspects wore gloves and masks.
On Sept. 20 at 11:50 a.m., two men entered Sonia’s Jewelers & Boutique at 6681 Backlick Road in Springfield. The first man was let into the store under the guise of shopping for jewelry.
Once inside, he presented a handgun and instructed employees to let the second man inside. The two men used hammers to destroy the display cases and fled the scene in a black Lexus SUV with stolen license plates.
One suspect, who wore a white robe, is described as black, 5’11”, with a thin build and a beard. The other suspect, who wore a red-and-black sweatshirt, is described as black and 6 feet tall, with a medium build.
Detectives continue to investigate to determine if the three robberies are related. No injuries have been reported from these incidents.
Police ask anyone with information about these cases, or others possibly related, to contact detectives at (703) 246-7800, option 3.
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MTSU vs. Miami football score: Live updates vs. 25th-ranked Hurricanes
Cecil Joyce
Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
Middle Tennessee State (2-1) travels to 25th-ranked Miami (2-1) Saturday (2:30 p.m. ACC Network) in the final non-conference game before the Blue Raiders begin Conference USA play next week.
MORE:How MTSU crushed TSU in front of biggest home crowd in five years
Follow below for live scores and updates throughout the game:
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220922-N-PC065-2037 DANISH STRAIT (Sept. 22, 2022) –The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), foreground, approaches the Great Belt Bridge as the ship transits the Danish Strait, Sept. 22, 2022. The Arlington is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)
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NORFOLK Va. (Sep. 21, 2022) Maj. Gen. Amir Baram, former commander of the Northern Command, Israel Defense and Armed Forces, tours the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Sep. 21, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Miles McDonnough)
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Two back-to-back news articles rocked St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) last week, citing a problem that most of our readers have known for years: there is a clear disparity in how different parts of the City are policed.
Affluent neighborhoods, like the Central West End and Shaw, have long benefited from the implementation of “community improvement districts” (CIDs) and “special business districts” (SBDs), which generate special pools of tax revenue that can then be used by the “districts” for improvements. Most neighborhoods choose to use those funds for special events, street landscaping, cleaning, public improvements, and advertising.
Some, however, have chosen to use those funds to pay for private security - the majority of whom are off-duty SLMPD officers. Private security companies like The City’s Finest, Campbell Security Group, and GCI Security hire law enforcement officers from St. Louis City and County as security guards. The companies then contract with CIDs and SBDs to provide private security guard services, which are paid for by the special pool of tax revenue.
Neighborhoods without CIDs or SBDs don’t have this additional funding stream, so they are unable to “buy patrols” from the private security companies.
Although these officers are privately-retained by CIDs and SBDs, they still wear their SLMPD uniforms and carry their SLMPD guns. They ride around in cars marked as “POLICE,” but the cars aren’t owned by SLMPD. Logic would assume that if a person looks like a police officer, acts like a police officer, and makes arrests like a police officer, then that person is a police officer.
Not, however, when it comes to private policing in the City of St. Louis.
Local law enforcement officers and their secondary employers enjoy hiding behind the shield of “private security.” While most government employees are not entitled to legal protections like qualified immunity when they commit crimes outside of their employment, somehow private security guards still manage to be protected by a system supposedly meant for officers in the line of duty. We need look no further than the tragic 2014 murder of VonDerrit Myers, Jr., a Black teenager who was gunned down by SLMPD officer Jason Flanery, working as a private security guard for GCI in the Flora Place CID. A private autopsy by Myers’ family revealed inconsistencies in SLMPD’s and the prosecution’s version of events. St. Louis Police Officers Association, the white police union, began a smear campaign against the 18-year old. And despite eye witness accounts from Myers’ friends who witnessed the entire encounter differing wildly from the investigative report, no charges were filed against Flanery. Flanery kept his SLMPD job for more than 15 months before a drunk driving incident in his SLMPD car forced his resignation.
Perhaps less well known publicly about private policing is the extent to which private policing has impacted SLMPD’s operations and ability to serve the citizens of St. Louis.
ProPublica reporter Jeremy Kohler, formerly of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, found that around 200 SLMPD officers work for The City’s Finest alone, including four of the six district commanders. Two of SLMPD’s highest-ranking officers also work for the private security firms. When GCI was investigated in 2014 following the Myers murder, their numbers were reported as nearing 170.
The deep-dive into private policing also revealed that the security firms raised their wages to exceed SLMPD’s overtime pay rate, outbidding the police department for its own employees. SLMPD officers moonlighting as private security guards have no incentive to pick up overtime shifts and unpaid time off is easily made up with higher wages through private secondary work.
In addition to private entities outbidding a public service, SLMPD officers working for private security firms have created a conflict of interest: by being more effective at their jobs as public servants - SLMPD police officers - they would put their private employers out of business. Officers, who are otherwise barred by state law from accepting rewards for capturing fugitives in the line of duty, are paid private bounties for “solving crimes” or making arrests as private security guards. By not showing up for shifts, declining overtime, or just doing a slovenly job, SLMPD officers make clear their financial stake in maintaining the current unequal policing system.
National reporting of St. Louis’ private policing system showed that we are the only city in the country where privately-paid security guards are not accountable to their municipal government or department. Private security guards are allowed to wear their SLMPD uniforms and tell people that they are “police officers,” even though they are off-duty and are essentially functioning as mall cops. The system as it currently stands is untenable and unacceptable for our city.
Contrary to what pro-police advocates would have you believe, SLMPD doesn’t have a staffing shortage. There are no serious officer recruitment issues. Rather, our police department has a competition problem, where officers are incentivized by the higher wages and questionable bonuses paid in private security employment. This problem, unless the Board of Alderman or the Department of Public Safety intervenes, will continue to deepen the divide between wealthy and low-income neighborhoods, white and Black, haves and the have-nots.
No-Show Schmitt Skips Debate
Last week, for the first time in decades, Republican Eric Schmitt became the first major party candidate for U.S. Senate or governor to fail to show up for a Missouri Press Association debate. Of course, Schmitt’s no-show comes after he criticized the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Trudy Busch Valentine, for “refusing to debate.”
Schmitt has mostly been MIA since his office botched the emergency closure of Agape Boarding School, an unlicensed religious school for “troubled” youth known for physical and sexual abuse of students and harboring sex offenders and domestic abusers as staff members. Only after extensive statewide reporting in the past few weeks did Schmitt finally address his office’s failure to close the school and cited “new evidence.”
While Schmitt continues to lead the race for Sen. Roy Blunt’s vacant seat, the typically low key Valentine has started to show her teeth and called out Schmitt for his 2013 vote to lift a statewide ban on foreign entities owning Missouri farmland. While we are not totally aligned with all of her policy positions, she has embraced pro-worker policies, supports women’s reproductive rights and supports a federal law protecting access to the vital medical procedures. Most importantly she is the only viable opponent to Schmitt who has embraced the radical racist xenophobic Trumpism of the Republican Party. She will caucus with the Democrats in the Senate to currently help ensure priorities that best serve our families and communities. Self-interest compels us to understand the reality of Missouri’s politics and not let the ideal keep us from understanding what is at stake in this Senate race. We must recognize how important the interests of working people are served by supporting Busch-Valentine over Schmitt. She has not shied away from saying the word “abortion” and supports a federal law protecting access to the vital medical procedure. Taking bolder stances on issues important to more progressive voters in this traditionally conservative state has in turn garnered support for Valentine from political powerhouses such as the Teamsters, United Food and Commercial Workers, and Pro-Choice Missouri.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating:
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Unfortunately, over the years I have had the displeasure of witnessing the aftermath of patients who have had a stroke.
Many of them were not able to return home following their hospitalization. They required a long-term care facility because they were unable to perform the activities of daily living. These were individuals who had great jobs with great benefits. They were forced to apply for disability because they could no longer work. Their families now had to help care for them.
Cerebral vascular accidents, or strokes as they are commonly known, are basically blood flow interruptions in the brain. These brain attacks can either be ischemic [not enough blood transfusion due to a clot] or hemorrhagic [bleeding in the brain from a leaky blood vessel or a ruptured aneurysm.] The sequelae from these vascular events depend upon the location of the affected vessels and the size of the area involved.
87% of the strokes that occur are ischemic in nature. Hypertension is the number one risk factor for this type of stroke. When a blood clot or plaque forms somewhere in the body, such as the heart, it can travel to the brain and cause blockages in the vessels there. This is known as an embolic stroke.
Roughly 15% of people with irregular heart rhythms known as atrial fibrillation, have embolic strokes. Basically, the left atrium of the heart does not have normal contractility and that causes blood to pool, eventually forming clots which then travel to the brain.
Clots can also originate in the vessels supplying blood to the brain. These are known as thrombotic strokes and are a result of atherosclerosis-plaque build-up. People with high cholesterol experience these types of strokes.
In contrast, the hemorrhagic strokes result from conditions such as high blood pressure, over treatment with blood thinners, and aneurysms. Another less common cause of bleeding in the brain is the rupture of an arteriovenous malformation, an abnormal tangle of vessels that were present at birth.
The brain makes up only about 2% of human body weight but requires about 15-20% of the body’s blood supply. Red blood cells are important for carrying not only oxygen to the brain but carbohydrates, amino acids, fats, hormones, and vitamins. If a disruption occurs in that supply, brain cells will immediately start to die resulting in permanent brain damage.
Occasionally, mini-strokes (transient ischemic attack - TIA) occur in which brief episodes of decreased blood flow cause symptoms like those in strokes. TIAs do not leave permanent damage like those seen in cerebral vascular accidents since the vessel blockages are temporary. However, TIAs are warning signs that more ominous problems are looming, and full-blown strokes are likely in the future.
There are numerous risk factors for strokes, many of whom are modifiable. For example, heavy drinking, being overweight or obese, the use of illicit drugs such as cocaine or methamphetamines, or physical inactivity are all risk factors that are mostly self-induced but possess potential for change.
Family history also contributes to future stroke risk. Controlling blood pressure, managing high cholesterol appropriately, and maintaining regular check-ups with your primary care provider are all recommendations for reducing stroke risks.
Arm or leg weakness, facial drooping, and speech problems are a few of the more common symptoms exhibited by stroke victims. I have had family members of my patients report how their loved ones were engaging in normal conversation when suddenly their speech became incoherent.
Unfortunately, patients make the sometimes-fatal error of deciding to just wait and see if the symptoms resolve spontaneously instead of proceeding directly to the emergency room. The window of opportunity to improve stroke outcomes is within three hours. Therefore, there is little time to waste during a brain attack. Go to the ER as soon as possible!
Your family doctor,
Denise Hooks-Anderson, MD, FAAFP
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It was August 2021, and Afghanistan had turned into a tinderbox ready to explode in the wake of President Biden’s botched evacuation of American troops. Nezamuddin “Nezam” Nezami was an Afghan commando who graduated from the elite Q Course at Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, and did special operations work for the US military. The Taliban knew all about Nezam, who was now a marked man. Members of the terrorist regime were looking for him as he hid out in the home of his uncle. Nezam had two options: Get out of Afghanistan or get killed by Taliban forces — and possibly leave his family to face the same fate.
Nezam’s hole card was retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann. Living the good life in Tampa Bay, Fla., Mann was a highly decorated Green Beret who had parlayed his military experience into a lucrative career. Through his firm, Rooftop Leadership, he uses combat experience to help sharpen the leadership skills of corporate executives. Earlier that summer, however, Mann began receiving SOS messages from his Afghan brother-in-arms.
The situation sounded increasingly dire. “He made it clear that everyone was gone, he was on his own and he was not afraid to die — but he was afraid to die alone,” Mann, author of “Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans who Took One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan” (Simon & Schuster), told The Post.
Then, on Aug. 15, Kabul fell. A visa ceased being an option as Afghanistan deteriorated into fundamentalist madness. “As that happened, whether this young man lived or died fell on my shoulders,” Mann explained. “I said, ‘The hell with it. We’ll give it a shot.’ I couldn’t leave him to die.”
Mann called in favors and contracted a crack crew of military experts from the special operations community — some retired, some still active — and, communicating by text, they hatched a plan to bring his old friend to safety. He vowed that it would be one mission for one man. “We started putting together the plan immediately,” said Mann.
“The first problem was getting him across the city because of the checkpoints. Records had been compromised. Nezam, if searched, would be found out. The Taliban guys would look at him with suspicion and ultimately kill him on the spot. He was known for being a hunter of Taliban.”
Against all odds, with encrypted text messages ricocheting around the world, they got Nezam to the notoriously congested Gate, where hundreds of desperate Afghanis jostled to get through. US military tried dispersing crowds by shooting off disorientating flash-bangs. Nezam, who lacked the proper documentation to be let in legitimately, knew how to handle the nonlethal grenades. Then he latched onto a family with the correct papers. He followed them through but still needed documentation in order to squeeze onto a plane.
Mann and his partners sent frantic messages to contacts on the ground inside Kabul Airport. On the fly, an officer there provided a randomly chosen code word for Nezam to use: “Tell him to shout ‘Pineapple,’ and we’ll know it’s him.”
It worked. Nezam got through. Before boarding, he mentioned that his wife and children had been left behind — “He always kept it quiet for fear of their lives,” said Mann, who assumed Nezam was single — they were whisked to the field and let in through a secret VIP entrance. In four days, on Aug. 19, Nezam and his family were saved from all but certain death. They were evacuated and the guys thought their work was done. Exhausted but exhilarated, they planned on returning to their regular lives. Then congratulatory messages rolled in. And the kudos were invariably laced with requests to get others out. Mann and his crew could not say no. They had already built an infrastructure for Nezam and his family. Rather than shutting it down, they birthed Operation Pineapple.
It became clear that nighttime was the right time for moving people, the only way to do it discreetly. “Pineapple” became the code word that would be shouted to get through Abbey Gate. But soon that news got out, and random people shouted “Pineapple.” It created mayhem. Further steps were required. An ingenious plan came via a crew member from Pittsburgh. He was an ex military man who taught high school history and focused on Harriet Tubman and her Underground Railroad.
Operation Pineapple proved a roaring success. Sometimes too successful. It became an obsession for those involved, eating up family time, impinging on jobs – “We were people’s lifelines,” said Mann, “but we also had had lives” – and running around the clock. “We saved 700 to 1,000 people who were in danger of being killed or arrested by the Taliban,” said Mann, adding that it all came at a price. “I put my business on hold, another guy quit his job and someone cashed in his kid’s college fund to pay for a safe-house.”
They were still going strong on Aug. 26, the day that a suicide bomber attack killed 170 Afghans and 13 American troops at the Abbey Gate. “The guy blew himself up,” said Mann. “And that was the end of us getting people out.”
Among the dead: hundreds of girls that the Pineapple group was ambitiously trying to evacuate on that ill-fated day. “I’ve heard that several people saw footage showing that quite a few young girls were killed,” said Mann. “It was so chaotic that we never ascertained what happened. But a woman [working with the evacuees] said, ‘Scott, those girls didn’t make it but you gave them one thing they they didn’t have.’ I asked what that was. She said, ‘Hope.’ That broke me. I really wanted to get those girls out.”
Looking back on it all, he is proud of what Operation Pineapple accomplished — it continued until January 3, 2022, working with humanitarian organizations “to keep people alive” if not to exfiltrate them — and frustrated by the fact that it had to be initiated in the first place. “This was an Uncle Sam sized problem, which would have been a rounding error for the government to handle,” he said. “But they didn’t want to take it on. So we tried to solve it with our cell phones and bank accounts.”
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The Edo State Police Command on Saturday said one of its officers was killed and an operation vehicle burnt when some criminals carried out a reprisal attack on the men of the Command in the state.
The Command made the disclosure in a statement by the Command Deputy Spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu.
The statement reads: “In continuation of our ongoing bush combing strategy to rid the state of heinous crimes, especially kidnapping, Edo State Police Command refutes claims that it was ISWAP that carried out the attack by fleeing bandits at Ibillo-Igarra Road Junction, Edo State on 22/09/2022.
“You would recall that the anti-crime patrol team of the Ibillo division, Edo State attacked and killed five kidnappers on 14/08/2022 at Ughoshi- Afe bush, Ibillo in Akoko Edo LGA.
“The team was ambushed by ravaging bandits while on another bush combing mission on 22/09/2022. The Command believe this was a reprisal attack on our men who had killed five of their gang members early last month, we lost an operative and a vehicle.
“After a thorough investigation in collaboration with other sister agencies, the Command wishes to state that the Command is on top of the situation as the CP has emplaced measures to that effect.
“The Command’s tactical teams led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations are currently carrying out an Operation with a view o bringing the assailants to book. Efforts are being intensified as the command is in hot pursuit of their trail,” the statement noted.
Meanwhile, the Edo State Government has debunked the claim in some quarters that members of the Islamic States of West Africa (ISWAP), carried out an attack in the state.
A statement on Saturday by the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, said that investigation by the security agencies in the state showed that no such attack took place in the state.
“The Edo State Government refutes claims that it was ISWAP, that carried out the attack by fleeing bandits at Ibillo-Igarra Road Junction, where they burnt a Wabaizigan patrol vehicle on September 22, 2022, after a thorough investigation by the state security outfits involving the Police, Nigerian Army, Edo State Vigilante Network and Nigeria Civil Defence Corp.
“There is no evidence of ISWAP or its operatives in Edo State. Government assures that it will continue to provide support to the security agencies in the state to tackle crime and criminality and also enhance patrols of the state’s borders to make the state most uncomfortable for the decimated bandits.
“The Edo State government restates its commitment to the safety of lives and property in the state and to the sustenance of a safe environment for citizens to go about their lawful businesses,” the statement read.
“The Police said it was a reprisal attack on them by criminals who were aggrieved with the killings of their gang members, who kidnapped innocent citizens,” Nehikhare added.
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With fall semesters throughout Otter Tail County schools in full swing, coordination between community members and academic staff is more important than ever to ensure students are offered the best experience possible throughout their studies, extracurricular activities and athletic pursuits.
One organization that seeks to provide support for the educational and recreational needs of Fergus Falls students is the Otters Elementary Parents and Teachers Organization. Otters PTO holds meetings on the third Monday of every month at 5:30 p.m., at the Cleveland Elementary School Cafeteria and is committed to promoting an open school-and-parent dialogue while also helping to fund exciting experiences for their elementary students.
The current PTO board consists of Jenna Noland who is the president, the vice president Kylene Johnson, co-secretaries Amy Anderson and Michelle Shearer, treasurer Tami Hoyt and board members Kim Everson and Heidi Bohannon.
“We are able to continue to fund a special experience for each grade along with a K through fourth grade event,” explains Noland. “This year, that event will be a performance by TheaterWorksUSA, Junie B Jones’s Essential Survival Guide to School. This will take place on Apr. 27, at the Kennedy Secondary School auditorium.”
Current planning is also taking place for a kindergarten class to visit Otter Cove, a first-grade field trip to Chahinkapa Zoo and a third-grade excursion to the planetarium at Minnesota State University-Moorhead during their planet study in October. The PTO board is still looking for similar opportunities for the second and fourth grade classes and is open to suggestions and ideas.
“It has always been a goal for us to get a book in every kid’s hand each school year,” Noland mentions. “Therefore, the PTO will continue to support the birthday books for kindergarten and ‘One Book One School’ for Adams and Cleveland.”
Noland explains that funding requests are encouraged and the board requires these by the second Monday of the month to review and process: “The PTO board will meet monthly and we want to be efficient in responding to teachers – the focus of PTO funds is to enhance literacy, fine arts, STEAM and culture in the schools.”
Noland says that the forms necessary for teachers to make such requests can be found within the current school form system and should be shared once completed with the appropriate building principal.
Additional information on school activities and ways to become involved in the PTO organization can accessed via the following contact information: otterpto@gmail.com.
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Those partaking in the Habitat for Humanity women's build: standing, from left to right,Deb Felstul, Gail Brennan, Diona Osterman-Api, Sarah Kampa, Paula Peterson, Kayla Norman, Liz Niblock, Lisa Carignan, Michelle Hendrickson and Mary Widiger (AKA "Hardware Mar"). Kneeling, from left to right, Reese Ellison and Eliza Robertson.
Over the years, Fergus Falls Area Habitat for Humanity (FFAHFH) has put on several women’s builds to bring together the women in the community to help build affordable housing. Last weekend, women from all over Fergus Falls joined in to help install the siding on the Diona Osterman-Api’s future home.
Fergus Home and Hardware generously sponsored the event, sending various employees from their staff to build as well. They also saw employees come from Bank of the West and local schools. At the beginning of the day there was just one row of siding on the home and by the end of the day there was just one or two rows left.
Diona, mother to three girls who will own the home said, “Raylen, Lauren, Ava, and I are so grateful for Fergus Home and Hardware’s efforts on our home for this year’s women’s build day. It is especially poignant to us as a family to see the strength and ability shared by the women of our community in knowing we are capable and strong!”
FFAHFH also wants to thank CertainTeed for donating the siding for Diona’s home as well as Lake Country Graphics for donating the t-shirts for the event. Lunch was also donated by local volunteer Gail Brennan and Deb Felstul.
Progress on the two homes being built this year by Habitat for Humanity in Fergus Falls is coming along nicely. Diona’s home is scheduled to be done by mid-December, with the other home following. Both homes should be done with siding by the end of next week.
Currently, FFAHFH is building two homes on Lenore Way in Fergus Falls and is still looking for another homeowner. For more information, contact Liz Niblock at 218-736-2905.
FFAHFH is also still accepting donations for the event they hosted in July – the Habitat 500. Funds donated go directly towards building costs on Diona’s home. To donate, go to ffhabitat.org.
Ben Ellison is the fund development and construction coordinator for the Fergus Fall Area Habitat for Humanity.
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Confession: I was a cheerleader back in the day. It was a fun time for me. Really fun. And that’s all it was. Fun. Well, that and I got to meet some cute wrestlers.
I guess at the time it helped me fit in, but don’t we all need to find a way to fit in during high school? I did my best to enjoy it. I believe I was lucky — to have a rather easy go of it, but it wasn’t always easy. It was often stressful. Trying to fit in all of the time – like is expected in high school – is seldom easy, even for the coolest of the cool. And not many feel content and confident in that group.
Confession: I hardly every felt cool in high school, but I learned to smile and fake it when I didn’t. I’m guessing I’m not the only one.
From my perspective.
I enjoyed a class reunion this summer. People have matured — in the best of ways — over the years. I hope me included. Still, so many of my old (and now new) friends defined me as a cheerleader. It’s been decades since I threw out my pom poms but it seemed some of my high school classmates still envisioned me wearing the school colors and singing the fight song.
It caused me to pause.
I really enjoyed the pom poms all those years ago, but I’ve done so much since then. I’ve experienced life — marriage, children and grands. I’ve become a writer of sorts. I never dreamed cheerleading could still define me.
Apparently it did. It does, in some peoples’ eyes.
That makes me a little sad. (No disrespect meant toward those friends who still think of me as a cheerleader, those who are currently cheerleaders, those who may aspire to being a cheerleader, or those who at one point in time knew a cheerleader.)
Honestly I’m so much more. We all are.
Aren’t we?
We get defined by what we do, or what we believe in or how we worship or myriad other things that can be objectified and judged by our cultural norms.
I was a cheerleader in high school. But if I had it to do over, you know what?
I’d still be a cheerleader, but I’d do it a little differently.
I’d still be friends with those people I connected with on a heart level. Many of those were cheerleaders, but I’d also get to know the people who didn’t have a conveniently cool label.
I’d seek out the interesting people. Those with a short description on the senior summary page. Those who didn’t necessarily play the premium sports or have pom poms in their locker.
I’d talk to everyone, because everyone matters. I’d reach out. I’d do more because I could have at the time. I wish I would have. I think I may have tried to, but I can’t remember. It’s been too may years. I hope I was kind in high school, but know I could have been even kinder.
If I had it to do all over again, I’d try to see people as people. I’d try to see everyone as worthwhile and let them know it. I’d practice the opposite of high school popularity (because I never really was popular) and embrace the geek that I really was.
I was a cheerleader. I really enjoyed the experiences it allowed me. I met some great friends because of it. I gained athletic prowess because of it. It gave me much. But in my heart, in my soul, it was but a sliver of my entire being.
I can’t go back and have a do-over at high school or life. I only hope to learn from my past and make better of my future. I was a cheerleader, and maybe I was drawn to that role. Maybe I can (and should) find a new set of metaphorical pom poms and cheer on those good people in my life who need cheering right now (and who amongst us doesn’t?)
Maybe building others up, builds me (and you and us) up as well.
Hip, hip, hurray!
Jill Pertler is an award-winning syndicated columnist, published playwright and author. Don’t miss a slice; follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.
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Jason Brunko looks back on some great Fergus Falls Otter football teams that reached the state tournament semi-finals in 1986 and 1987, his sophomore and junior years at Fergus Falls High School.
“Coach Don Stueve was a tough guy, but I loved playing for him,” says Brunko, today a pharmacist. “Granted, being a tight end for him meant blocking all game and maybe one or two pass routes, but we had good teams and you bought in.”
Fergus Falls has only made it to state in football on four occasions, so Brunko feels fortunate to have been part of two Otter state teams. Fergus Falls also went to state in 1977 and 2008, losing in quarter-final action on both occasions.
“I remember, as a member of Otter football in the 1980s, that it was all about the team, not individual accomplishments,” Brunko said. “Coach Stueve made us a unit. We were good, but nobody was above what was best for the group.”
Brunko said that Coach Stueve and his assistants made Fergus Falls better than the Otter opponents. “We won close games,” he added.
Stueve and his assistants had a drill that was called “The County Fair.” It consisted of station-to-station conditioning.
“That was the most difficult conditioning we did, and it was a staple during two-a-day practices,” Brunko said. “My senior year, Assistant Coach Steve Atchison proudly announced he was going to do the fair with team members.”
Adds Brunko, “He told us with his usual bravado that he was ‘going on all the rides.’ About one station into to it, he told me that he thought he had pulled his hamstring. I told him to ‘rub some dirt on it,’ a favorite expression of his.”
Atchison proceeded to do just that, making a big spectacle of it to show team members that he was taking his own advice. “He was as good of a coach as I’ve had, the guys loved him,” Brunko said.
Other assistant coaches under the direction of head coach Stueve, in addition to Atchison, were Mark Hesse, Phil Link and Wally Pearson.
Brunko has some great memories of the Otter state tournament games in the late 1980s.
During his sophomore year, in 1986, Fergus Falls won in state quarterfinal action 7-6 over Cold Spring Rocori when there was sleet and strong winds. Otter Matt Abramson caught a TD pass and Brunko kicked the extra point for the margin of victory.
The Otters lost in the 1986 state semi-final game to eventual state champion and powerhouse Cambridge.
The following year, in 1987, Fergus Falls won in quarterfinal state football action, 19-18 over Litchfield. The Otters again lost to Cambridge in semi-final action. Cambridge repeated as state champions.
Other football memories
Brunko recalls his sophomore year defeating number one-ranked Albany on their home field in the final regular-season game.
In the fourth quarter Otter quarterback Pete Snustad hooked up with Ryan Neuman three times while going the length of the field for a touchdown. Brunko kicked the extra point to tie the game and then kicked a field goal in overtime to win the game for Fergus Falls.
In a game against Staples, the Otters held star player Arden Beachy scoreless. Fergus Falls scored two early touchdowns, winning the game without attempting a pass.
In a playoff game with Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls drove the length of the field late in the game to score a touchdown, taking a 18-14 lead. The Lakers drove right down the field ending up first and goal.
“We held them four straight plays,” Brunko said, “the last one from the one-yard line.”
Otter fans remember coach Stueve surveying every home game from the Crow’s Nest. He would climb up a pole on the Fergus sideline, and coach from there.
“I’m sure it gave him a better view of the entire picture, and he never missed anything,” Brunko said.
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Where did you attend grade school? Was it a big school with lots of hallways, classrooms and offices? Or was it a country school building? They aren’t used for schools anymore, but many of my classmates didn’t attend “town school” until seventh or ninth grade. Even so, in my day most elementary schools in Fergus Falls were relatively small. We were blessed in that it was affordable to maintain neighborhood schools.
My brother started kindergarten at Jefferson School. The next year our family moved away and when we returned, we lived in a mobile home at Green Acres Trailer Court. I started first grade at Eisenhower School. Scared stiff of walking to school, crossing Pebble Lake Road at the crosswalk marked “Ped Xing”. I had no idea what ped xing meant, but there was a crosswalk there. My brother said we must cross there and be careful not to get hit by a car. He said the cars are supposed to stop, but sometimes they don’t, so we have to be very careful. Steve was in second grade and he knew things. Eisenhower was a beautiful new school. It was built in a square design with an open courtyard in the center. Hallways and classrooms were arranged around the building. In the winter we could watch the snow build up in the courtyard. We usually traveled as a group, so unless I needed the bathroom, which was close by, I felt secure.
Over Christmas vacation of second grade my family moved back to our home on Cavour, next to the river. We transferred to Jefferson School. It’s hard for kids to change schools in the middle of the year; everyone knew everyone except me, and I was very shy, and therefore nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof (Shocking, I know, but it’s true). The teacher introduced me to the other kids and asked the janitor to bring a desk that fit me. It was not new and pretty, but it was a perfect fit and had a top that lifted so I could put my stuff inside, and it was mine. I finally felt like I made it safely to second grade! Uftah, I’ll never forget that day. While the school was older than Eisenhower, it was much smaller, which was fine by me. The walk to school was a half mile, but much to my relief, we no longer had to cross a big, scary street!
Jefferson was a small school with only one class per grade. My class boasted only 22 kids. We gathered at the east door and when the bell rang headed past the gym/lunchroom. Straight ahead was the nurse’s office and a drinking fountain. The hallway turned to the right where restrooms and all the classes were located. Situated on either side of the hallway, classrooms 1-6 lined up in numerical order, starting with grades one and two. It wasn’t complicated and I never had to fear getting lost.
Way down at the end of the hall was the kindergarten. Since my brother attended school there when he was five, he knew everything about the school, or so he said.
The playground was small but we had all the essential equipment: including we swings, a slide, monkey bars, teeter-totters and a merry-go-round. We also had a concrete slab by the front door where we could jump rope, play “4-Square” and “Seven-up”. The boys played 4-Square, but they preferred the open space for kickball and softball.
I remember when I was older, a cousin from the cities came to visit. We took her up to Jefferson to show her our school. She asked where the other halls were. “The other halls?” I responded, “We don’t have any other halls.” She couldn’t believe a school could be so small, but I couldn’t imagine going to a big school. Jefferson remained my school through sixth grade. I graduated from elementary school in May of 1967, only days before the Washington School burned to the ground.
In the 80’s, Jefferson school was sold to West Central Education Cooperative which became Lakes Country Service Coop. Several years ago, I had a meeting in the building and walked around amazed at the beautiful structure my old school had been transformed into. It is gorgeous. Hallways were added and I must admit, I was totally lost. An employee tried to explain where everything had been, but I was still lost. I’m going back for a meeting next week, maybe I’ll see if I can’t find my old classrooms.
Next week I hope to write about the teachers of Jefferson school in the 60’s. If you have any input, please email me at abackwardglance17@gmail.com. In the meantime, why not take a backward glance at your grade school days. What was your school like? Did you feel safe? Looking forward to hearing from you.
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Sometimes there are events in our lives that are so big that we can’t help but try to remember where we were or what we were doing when we heard about them.
The biggest and most recent was no doubt the death of Queen Elizabeth. I was on the way to pick up brake pads at a local auto parts store with a family member and we were both stunned to hear the news.
There are some people that almost everyone knows. Her Majesty definitely qualified for that distinction.
Unless you were in a remote village in Borneo with no cell reception for the last month, you most certainly heard the news. Especially with our 24 hour news cycle like it is.
However, I recently got a text from a friend of mine that stunned and flabbergasted me.
They claimed that they had not heard the news. Maybe they were trying to be coy or humorous I thought to myself.
But it got me thinking just how “plugged in” most people are now. No longer do we wait for the six o’clock news or even turn on a radio. (Gasp!).
There is an entire generation now that does not subscribe to cable or satellite, nor do they even watch regular television or know anything other than the internet or smart phones, for that matter.
Everything we do is tied to our devices or laptops. If we can’t find it on there we probably figure that it isn’t of much value.
For this generation, now called Generation Z or Gen Z for short, their earliest memories would have probably been 9/11 and very vague at that. Most were born in the very late 1990’s and have no real connection to the tragedy other than archive footage on YouTube.
But I remember going to work that morning, already having heard about a plane slamming into the World Trade Center, but before the second one struck the other tower.
I worked at a call center at the time that handled customer service calls. For a lot of our projects, most of these calls were either inbound or outbound to the east coast. Almost as soon as I walked in the building, they had decided to send everyone home because a lot of the phone lines were overloaded in that area of the country due the unfolding situation.
I remember like yesterday, that every tv network from all the regular news channels, to even specialty ones like even Discovery Channel and MTV were simulcasting news updates and live coverage for at least the next week non-stop. It was a strange time to live for sure.
Gen Z’s biggest event will obviously be the pandemic, but back then smartphones were just starting to get popular and were so basic, compared to what we have now. You couldn’t watch much video, let alone live video on most phones and internet speeds in 2001 were pretty much laughable compared to now.
When I was growing up, I remember a lot of the older folks talking about where they were during the Kennedy {span}assassination{/span} and how they found out what had happened. Since I was not alive then, I, just as Gen Z, have no personal recollection or connection to that awful day in 1963.
These time markers, as I like to call them, are what shape our lives. When we are old and gray, these are the times and events we will talk about outside of our families and our own lives and we will ask once again, “Where were you when …”
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NHRA Legends To Be Honored In Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Pro Stock icon Greg Anderson and award-winning drag racing publicist Dave Densmore will be recognized as Texas Motorplex Legends next month during opening ceremonies of the 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals.
Scheduled for Oct. 14-16 in Ennis, the FallNats will be Round 4 of the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs, and culmination of the second annual Stampede of Speed. The Anderson-Densmore honors were announced by Motorplex founder Billy Meyer and daughter Christie Meyer Johnson, the track’s co-owner.
“I have known Dave Densmore my entire drag racing career and no PR person has had a bigger impact on the coverage our sport has received,” said Billy Meyer, a former Funny Car driver and International Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee. “Greg has won the Texas FallNationals more than any other Pro Stock driver and established himself as the best Pro Stock driver in (NHRA) history.
“Honoring these two men as Texas Motorplex Legends was an easy decision because of their impact at Texas Motorplex but also across the sport of drag racing.”
Anderson, driver of the HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro SS owned by Las Vegas businessman Ken Black, will double-up on pre-race honors. As defending event champion in Pro Stock, Anderson will be among the four professional 2021 class winners recognized during the track’s inaugural Champions Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the upscale Champions Club. That event is booked on Day 6 of the Stampede of Speed, a 10-day festival of music, drag racing and fan experiences in advance of the Camping World Drag Racing Series’ only national event in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
Anderson is NHRA’s winningest Pro Stock driver, having scored his landmark 100th victory on Sept. 5 during final eliminations of the 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Anderson joined the ultra-exclusive Triple-Digit Club with a quarter-mile pass in 6.587-seconds at 208.07 mph to defeat Ken Black Racing teammate Dallas Glenn in the U.S. Nats final. Anderson is the second driver in NHRA history to reach 100 career victories, joining 16-time Funny Car world champion John Force. “Brute” Force scored his 155th career win on May 1 during the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C.
Anderson also is the winningest Pro Stock driver in Motorplex history with six FallNationals titles, including his historic 98th career win on Oct. 10, 2021. Anderson passed mentor and six-time world champion Warren “The Professor” Johnson via his victory against Chris McGaha in the final of the 36th annual FallNats _ a win that propelled Greg to his fifth world title. The late Bob Glidden retired with 85 victories and 10 Pro Stock world championships, including five in a row beginning in 1985.
“I have to thank Billy Meyer and Christie Meyer Johnson for this honor,” said Anderson, a 61-year-old native of Duluth, Minn., now residing in Charlotte, N.C. “Winning at Texas Motorplex is always special. When they give you that cowboy hat it’s pretty cool and the Texas fans are some of the best in the country. I’ve been lucky to have a lot of success in Texas and last year’s win was one for the record books.”
Anderson’s Pro Stock career took root as a crew member _ and then crew chief _ for the legendary Johnson. Anderson was on-board at Warren Johnson Enterprises for 12 years and three of Johnson’s six NHRA championships (1992, 1993 and 1995). In 1998, Anderson took the wheel of father-in-law Troy Humphrey’s Pro Stock car _ failing to qualify for nine of 12 events he entered. In 2000, Greg drove part-time and consulted for Pro Stock veteran Mark Pawuk.
Black and then-partner George Marnell added Anderson to their team’s roster as crew chief and part-time driver in 2001. KB Racing was formed by Black with Anderson in 2002, a partnership that has seen Greg win 100 Pro Stock national events and world championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2021.
Greg claimed his first world championship in 2003, winning 12 of 23 national events. He encored with a blockbuster 2004 season in which he won 15 of 23 races en route to a second consecutive world championship. In addition, Anderson posted single-season NHRA records in ’04 for qualifying on-pole (16 events); most elimination round-wins (76) and final-round appearances (19). Anderson subsequently was voted Driver of the Year by a nationwide panel of motorsports journalists, including this writer. Anderson joined Force (1996) as only the second drag racer accorded that prestigious honor.
Anderson’s six event titles at the NHRA Texas FallNationals (2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2019 and 2021) are most by any “Factory Hot Rod” driver.
Densmore widely is recognized as one of the most respected and influential drag racing publicists through four decades of work with the Southern California-based sanctioning body, as well as some of the biggest names in the sport.
Densmore’s career in motorsport began as a writer for the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News, where he covered the NHRA Finals during the 1970s. He moved from the newspaper side to the public relations side when he joined NHRA’s Publicity Department and then formed Denswood Sports Marketing in 1982 with good friend Steve Earwood.
“Densy’s” clients have included many of the sport’s marquee performers, including Raymond Beadle, Gary Beck, Kenny Bernstein, Candies & Hughes, John Force Racing, Billy Meyer and Reher & Morrison Racing Engines. His current client is four-time/reigning Top Fuel world champion Steve Torrence of Kilgore, Texas, and father Billy.
Densmore received the prestigious Jim Chapman Award for Excellence in Motorsport Public Relations in 2007.
For over 25 years Densmore was primary spokesperson for drag racing legend John Force, working beside Force as he captured 16 Funny Car world championships _ including a remarkable 10 in a row. Densmore oversaw the publicity efforts for multiple FallNationals wins by Force and other drivers, most recently “Capco Racing Boys” Steve and Billy Torrence. Densmore also has continued as publicity and public relations consultant for The Plex and the Meyer family.
“I really don’t think I deserve to be a ‘Legend.’ I have been fortunate to work with some great teams and drivers, but I liked being in the background,” said Densmore, 77, formerly of Rhome, Texas, north of Fort Worth, and now living in Elgin, outside Austin. “I remember when Billy opened the Texas Motorplex and it changed the sport. I’ve been fortunate to see so many great races and celebrate great wins in Ennis. This is a huge honor and I have to thank Billy and Christie for thinking of me.”
Anderson and Densmore will join this list of Texas Motorplex Legends: Cory McClenathan (2019); Tony Schumacher (2020); Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Richard Shute (2021).
All four professional class winners from last year’s FallNationals are scheduled to attend the inaugural Champions Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Pro Stock ace Greg Anderson will be joined by Justin Ashley (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) for the festivities.
The event in the Champions Club will feature a cocktail hour, plated dinner with entrees and desserts selected by the drivers, individual photo opportunities with the drivers, a Q&A hosted by NHRA announcer Joe Castello and post-dinner concert on the lawn behind the luxury suites.
“We are thrilled to be honoring Justin, Ron, Greg and Matt and to give fans the chance to enjoy a special night with these winners,” Motorplex co-owner Christie Meyer Johnson said. “This is a tradition we hope to build on for years to come.”
In addition to recognizing the previous year’s winners, all prior FallNationals professional champions have been invited. Fans will be welcomed by a red-carpet entrance with unique Stampede of Speed backdrop as they enter the Champions Club.
Once inside, guests will have an opportunity to have a photo taken with the winners and enjoy a cocktail before a plated meal is served. During the dinner sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts, each winner will be interviewed by NHRA’s Castello _ official voice of the Stampede of Speed _ from guest-submitted questions. The evening will conclude with a concert featuring whiskey-tasting and cigar bar. Guests also will receive an exclusive Champions Dinner gift.
Tickets for the event are available at $200 per person. Each ticket will include Wednesday night VIP parking, two drink tickets, dinner, photo with drivers, souvenir item and admission to the post-dinner concert. The event will begin at 6 p.m. (CDT) with cocktails, dinner at 7 p.m. and the private concert at 8:30 p.m.
Texas Motorplex, which opened in 1986, is a multi-use facility located 35 minutes from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and serving downtown Waxahachie. Track founder Billy Meyer introduced corporate suites and stadium-style seating to the sport at the facility as well as an all-concrete racing surface. In addition to non-racing activities and concerts, the Stampede of Speed will include educational and business events for fans from across the country.
“Last year we took a leap of faith with the Stampede of Speed and it paid off with thousands of fans coming to Texas Motorplex, Waxahachie and Ellis County for 10 days of racing and entertainment,” Meyer Johnson said. “Our goal is to welcome visitors to the great state of Texas and introduce them to our facility, the NHRA playoffs and high-quality, family-friendly events.”
The Stampede of Speed calendar includes ticketed and non-ticketed events leading into qualifying and eliminations for the FallNationals. Fans can visit www.stampedeofspeed.com for more information and to purchase tickets. Highlights of the second annual Stampede of Speed (subject to revision):
Friday, Oct. 7, High Noon Cattle Drive _ In true Texas tradition, area cowboys will drive over a dozen head of cattle (accompanied by special guests) through downtown Waxahachie and around the historic courthouse to kick off the Stampede of Speed.
Friday/Saturday, Oct. 7-8, Funny Car Chaos World Finals _ Featuring the fastest and coolest nostalgia Funny Cars from the previous four decades, the Funny Car Chaos Series will crown its national champions over two-days of speed and fury. Race day will conclude with a pit-side concert for fans and participants.
Sunday, Oct. 9, Stars Over Texas Music Festival with Bull Riding, Beer Expo and BBQ Contest _Some of the best pitmasters in North Texas will pair their delicacies with refreshing craft beer courtesy of Metroplex breweries. Before the country music performers take the stage fans will be treated to a bull riding exhibition. Multiple musical acts from Nashville to Texas will entertain from the afternoon into the evening. A special lantern release will cap off this event.
Monday, Oct. 10, The Stampede of Speed Scott Palmer Nitro Side Show _This ticketed event will feature some of drag racing’s wildest race cars attempting to set speed records and breathe fire down The Plex’s all-concrete surface. Pits will be open for up-close looks at an exotic selection of hot rods.
Tuesday, Oct. 11, Second Annual NHRA Texas Stampede of Speed Shootout _ Competitors from across the region will turn laps down The Plex in Pro Mods, Top Dragsters and a host of high-performance vehicles. Door-slammers and dragsters will battle for bragging rights and the chance to hoist the Shootout trophy. Pro Mods from every sanctioning association, including NHRA, will settle scores on-track via a no-rules/anything goes format.
Wednesday, Oct. 12, NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Invitational and Texas Fall Nationals Champions Dinner _ Fans are invited to watch Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car competitors run test laps in advance of the NHRA Texas FallNationals. NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series regulars will be preparing for the fourth race of the Countdown. The open test is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (CDT).
Later, ticketed fans will join 2021 Texas FallNationals champions Justin Ashley, Ron Capps, Greg Anderson and Matt Smith for an inaugural dinner celebration event in the Champions Club. Scheduled from 6 to 10 p.m., the event will include a cocktail happy hour, plated dinner each champion selected, photos and autographs, a Q&A session and special souvenir for all attendees.
Thursday, Oct. 13, Texas FallNationals Sportsman Qualifying and Fan Fest in Downtown Waxahachie _ Racing continues as the FallNationals begin with Sportsman qualifying from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (CDT). The free Fan Fest will begin in downtown Waxahachie at 6 p.m., highlighting race cars, interactive games, live music and family-oriented activities through 9 p.m. A massive driver autograph session will cap an evening including food trucks and games for kids.
Friday, Oct. 14, Friday Night Live at Texas Motorplex _ For the third consecutive year, Friday Night Live will modify the traditional qualifying format as music, exhibition runs and a guest DJ will complement NHRA’s pro qualifiers. The night will conclude with a free after-party on the starting line.
Saturday, Oct. 15, Final Texas FallNationals Qualifying _ Last chances for Countdown drivers and their crews to fill the 16-car ladders for Sunday’s eliminations. Teams will have two runs to make the show or be relegated to spectator status.
Sunday, Oct. 16, NHRA Texas FallNationals Race Day _ Following opening ceremonies, top drag racers from around the country will move one step closer to an NHRA world championship at the only Countdown playoff race in the Lone Star State. As always, the pits will be open for fans to mix-and-mingle with racers throughout the day. At the conclusion of racing, fans will be allowed to join the Winner’s Circle celebration on the starting line.
NHRA 2022 COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE/WINNERS
Sept. 15-18 _ Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, Pa: Austin Prock (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Joey Gladstone (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
Sept. 23-25 _ Charlotte NHRA Nationals, zMAX Dragway, Concord, N.C.
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 _ NHRA Midwest Nationals, World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Ill.
Oct. 13-16 _ Texas NHRA FallNationals, Texas Motorplex, Ennis.
Oct. 27-30 _ NHRA Nevada Nationals, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Nov. 10-13 _ Auto Club NHRA Finals, Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif.
Editor’s Note: John Sturbin is a Texas-based journalist specializing in motorsports. During a near 30-year career with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he won the Bloys Britt Award for top motorsports story of the year (1991) as judged by The Associated Press; received the National Hot Rod Association’s Media Award (1995) and several in-house Star-Telegram honors. He also was inaugural recipient of the Texas Motor Speedway Excellence in Journalism Award (2009). His list of freelance clients includes Texas Motor Speedway, the Dallas Morning News, New York Newsday, Rome (N.Y.) Daily Sentinel, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller Times, NASCAR Wire Service, Ford Racing and Used Car Dealer magazine).
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By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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With a total of 11 victories in 26 races, JR Motorsports steam rolled into this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs at Texas Motor Speedway with expectations of placing at least two title contenders in the Championship Four at Phoenix Raceway in November.
Now in its 20th season, the team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller and Rick Hendrick is enjoying its best-ever season. The team’s four full-time drivers have recorded a total of 45 top-five finishes, 67 top-10s and led 1,675 of 3,943 laps completed in the series first 26 races.
Noah Gragson, who leads the standings with six victories and three straight wins heading into the playoffs, has completed 97.9 percent of the laps this season. Josh Berry and Justin Allgaier are close behind with 97.5 and 97.4 percent, respectively. Eighteen-year-old Sam Mayer, who’s still seeking a victory this season, isn’t far behind with 95.4 percent completed.
The 11 victories this year is a single season record for JR Motorsports, breaking the one of nine set in 2014, the same year Chase Elliott provided the organization with its first-ever Xfinity Series championship. Since then, the Mooresville, N.C.-based team has claimed two more titles.
“We worked real hard to get to this point,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “I remember all of the years where we weren’t successful. We were working hard to finish in the top 10. We were running fifth to 10th every single week. We just didn’t have any of the speed that some of the other teams had. There were some long, lean years there that were part of the journey. “
Allgaier, 35, is the senior member of the JR Motorsports quartet, having driven for the team since 2016. He cites a return to basics as the reason for JR Motorsports tremendous success this season.
“It’s wild to think that nothing has really changed, but yet we are excelling in the way we are,” Allgaier said. “It’s a lot different than anything I have ever had in the past.
“We fired off at the beginning of the season and we were comparable or better, and it’s just made the road a lot easier. When you’re running up front and your cars have speed you don’t go into a panic mode. You’re not making desperate moves or desperate decisions. You’re able to just go with it and enjoy it.”
Allgaier said the team didn’t possess the speed it needed the previous two years so it was unable to focus on the basics.
“In those moments, you’re constantly trying to keep up with everybody else,” Allgaier explained. “We’ve always felt like we needed a little bit more to get to where we needed to go. This year, we haven’t felt that way.”
Before the season started, when Allgaier said there was a possibility the entire JR Motorsports contingent could make it into the Championship Four there were those who thought he was crazy.
“When you look at the performance of our company as a whole, I don’t feel like I’m that crazy,” Allgaier said. “I feel like our team has grown among our four drivers. I feel like they’ve done a good job of (getting) us all on the same page. We all know where the other one kinda stands with everything. We’ve all fed off each other and the results are showing it.”
Berry believes this year’s driver and crew chief lineup is the strongest “across the board” that JR Motorsports has ever fielded.
Allgaier noted the more drivers the organization can place in the Championship Four at Phoenix, the better the morale at the shop.
“You can’t lose as a company if you’ve got four in there,” Allgaier continued. “The JR Motorsports employees that aren’t tied to one car want nothing more than for one of us to win the championship.”
Allgaier also said that when one of the teams in the organization was victorious everyone celebrated.
“Our company truly enjoys winning and that starts with Dale and Kelley, and it trickles all the way down,” Allgaier said. “All four teams really compliment each other really well in a lot of different ways. We have a lot of fun in our shop, we’re supportive of each other and there’s a lot to be said for that.”
The NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs begins Saturday at 3:30 p.m., ET, on the USA Network.
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A Signature Moment With Fans Cost Force A Big Event
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – Sometimes fans who want an autograph aren’t always in sync with their favorite competitor when it comes to what’s important at a race track or a dragway.
Take 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force for instance. After leading the first round of qualifying Friday at zMAX Dragway, Force admitted he had been mad for a week at missing Austin Prock’s winning Top Fuel run last weekend at Reading, Pa. The reason – a fan had numerous T-shirts for him to sign.
“This fan yells at me … and he runs over, and he goes, ‘Gotta have you sign a shirt,’” recounted Force, who posted low E.T. of 3.854 seconds, 330.47 mph at zMAX Dragway. “I said, ‘I gotta go! Are you ready? I don’t have a pen.’ He said, ‘Yep.’ He drops his bag, and he starts pulling shirts out. His wife goes, ‘Well, he’s got 10 shirts.’ Then he has to take them out of the bag and he’s struggling with the first bag.”
Force told the couple he had to go. To which the woman replied, “’Well, we bought 10 shirts.’” He said she then looked at her husband and said, “’Maybe we ought to take them back if you won’t sign them.’”
“I said, ‘Stop. Give them to me,’” Force continued. “So, he’s pulling them out of the bag, and I hear the cars running. I’m thinking nothing about it because I see Robert’s (Hight) car right behind me. All of a sudden, I hear it go and I thought, that didn’t sound like an A-fueler. I looked up and I saw my guys jumping.
“I missed the session of Prock winning. They got their autographs, they were happy, but I missed the final.”
Friday, Force didn’t miss anything with his provisional No. 1 qualifying run in the Countdown to the Championship’s second event. Matt Hagan was second, 3.861-seconds E.T. 329.99 mph. Ron Capps recorded the top speed of 334.90 mph. The first qualifying round was extremely close with 6/100 of a second separating the top eight cars.
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Four-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders, fresh off her seventh victory this year last weekend at Reading, Pa., continued to pound her competition Friday at zMAX Dragway, posting low E.T of 6.513 seconds, 210.93 mph. Still, she encountered something she had never faced in her career.
“Prior to that run, the glare on the Tree was something I’ve never seen in the 18 years that I’ve been driving Pro Stock,” Enders said. “I could see Greg’s (Anderson) top ball, his green stage ball. So, I turned my pre-stage ball on, set my brake pressure and I’m looking and I’m looking and I’m like, all I see is glare.
“So, I reached over, and I radioed my guys, and I’m like, ‘Tell me when he’s in.’ And so my little redneck (crew guy) Timmy (Freeman) he’s like, ‘All right. He’s in. Go ahead and stage.’ I got so dang tickled in the car my cheeks are up in my face.”
Finishing second to Enders on Friday was Anderson with a 6.535-second E.T., 209.82 mph.
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In Top Fuel, Doug Kalitta claimed the provisional No. 1 position with low E.T. of 3.694 seconds, 326.56 mph. Second was Josh Hart at 3.702 seconds, 328.38 mph.
Qualifying resumes Saturday with the second round scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and the final round at 5:15 p.m.
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Coimbatore: West Zone closed in on a memorable come-from-behind victory as they took out the South Zone top and middle-order after setting them an improbable victory target of 529 in the Duleep Trophy final here on Saturday.
Reeling at 156/6 at stumps on the fourth and penultimate day, South Zone were staring at a heavy defeat as they trailed by 375 runs.
West Zone put up a mammoth 585 for four in their second innings after conceding a 57-run first-innings lead to their opponents.
Prolific run-scorer Sarfaraz Khan recorded a fine, unbeaten century (127 off 178 balls) to continue West's charge after overnight double centurion Yashavi Jaiswal was dismissed for 265 at the SNR College Cricket Ground.
At the end of third day's play, West Zone were 376 for three and Jaiswal was batting on 209 off 244 balls. Jaiswal began the day from where he had left last evening, adding seven more boundaries to the 23 he had hit by the end of third day's play.
Jaiswal eventually fell to off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham, having faced 330 deliveries during his monumental knock and added 164 runs with Sarfaraz for the fourth wicket.
There was no respite, however, for the South bowlers as Sarfaraz went about his task with consummate ease to swell his team's overall lead and put them in a commanding position.
In all, Sarfaraz found the fence 11 times and cleared it twice, while also stitching together an unbroken partnership of 103 runs with Het Patel (51 not out) to compound South Zone's misery.
The declaration from West skipper Ajinkya Rahane came after Sarfaraz completed his century on Duleep Trophy debut. Patel, coming off an excellent 98 in the first innings, scored his runs quickly, facing just 61 balls while hitting seven fours and a six.
Batting for five sessions, West left their opponents flattened, and the South Zone team did not quite recover from that. This was evident from their second innings batting as, with the exception of Rohan Kunnummal (93 off 100 balls), all batters failed to live up to the challenge.
Even as his colleagues left one after another, Kunnummal was able to bat fluently for the runs he scored with his team in an extremely difficult situation.
All of South Zone's experienced batters failed and fell to the pace duo of Atit Sheth and Jaydev Unadkat, who bowled very well and grabbed two wickets apiece.
Kunnummal waged a lone battle, but he too fell at the fag end of the day, bowled by left-arm spinner Shams Mulani, who finished the day with figures of 2/24 from seven overs.
The likes of skipper Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Baba Indrajith and Manish Pandey all failed to put up a semblance of a fight.
Brief scores: West Zone 270 and 585/4 declared in 128 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 265, Shreyas Iyer 71, Sarfaraz Khan 127; R Sai Kishore 2/157, K Gowtham 2/235) vs South Zone 327 and 154/6 in 40 overs (Rohan Kunnummal 93; Jaydev Unadkat 2/26, Atit Sheth 2/29, Shams Mulani 2/24)
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Event organizers have come up against monumental challenges since the pandemic began — creating engaging virtual events, managing tight budgets, and continuing to connect with their organizations’ members in meaningful ways online. Now more than ever, the events industry recognizes the power of face-to-face events, and it is crucial to deliver on attendees’ heightened expectations for unique experiences.
Across Canada, event organizers will find a wealth of opportunities to bring attendees back together in environments that inspire.
Unforgettable Agendas
Many attendees are ready to step away from their screens and immerse themselves in vibrant in-person events that include compelling keynote speakers and business-to-business knowledge exchanges.
Programming can make or break an event, and Canadian destinations provide plenty of homegrown talent to help make events hit the mark. For example, Collision 2022, held in Toronto, featured — among many others — local speaker Jeff Shiner, CEO of Toronto-based 1Password. In Montréal, Etienne Laliberté, who leads the Laboratory of Plant Functional Ecology at Université de Montréal, was a keynote speaker at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). And with industry giants and disruptive start-ups across every sector — from Google’s multiple Canadian headquarters and Maple Leaf Consumer Food in Winnipeg to Toronto-based financial services company Wealthsimple and aquaculture farm Cascadia Seaweed in Sidney, British Columbia — there are innovative companies in Canada that events can connect with that align with whatever industry they serve.
Awe-Inspiring Approaches
Sustainability is top-of-mind for many organizations looking to make a positive impact on event host locations. As a country that walks the talk when it comes to sustainability practices, Canada makes it easy for visiting events to do the same. In May 2022, Destination Canada launched the Canadian Business Events Sustainability Plan, a first-of-its-kind national program to help Canada improve its social, economic, and environmental sustainability practices in the meetings and events industry — building upon the fantastic work already being done across the country.
No matter where meeting planners take their event in Canada, they will find a partner committed to leaving a positive legacy. For example, Destination Greater Victoria was the first major carbon neutral DMO in North America, while Explore Edmonton and Destination Vancouver both have dedicated specialists who help make their cities, and the events they host, more sustainable.
Remarkable Settings
From coast-to-coast-to-coast, Canada is graced with an abundance of simply stunning natural destinations that offer event participants distinct experiences. And many of Canada’s dynamic urban hubs are located on the cusp of this natural beauty. If an event calls for a bustling setting, there are plenty of Canadian cities with rich cultural and educational institutions, as well as attractions, to fit the bill. Ottawa’s walkable downtown, for instance, is lined with museums, while event-goers will find a world-class arts and culinary scene in Charlottetown.
Canada’s event venues are equally inspiring. Take, for example, Calgary’s BMO Centre, which is undergoing a $500-million expansion that will not only increase the facility’s floor space by more than one-million square feet but places a premium on social connections with a networking hub built around a grand, two-story fireplace.
For insights, inspiration, and introductions, planners can contact Destination Canada’s Business Events team:
Virginie De Visscher, Senior Director of Business Development, Economic Sectors, Destination Canada Business Events; Devisscher.virginie@destinationcanada.com
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Caesars Entertainment exemplifies how organizational success starts from the inside out: The company received a top score on this year’s Disability Equality Index (DEI), a joint initiative from the American Association of People with Disabilities and Disability:IN — jumping 80 points from last year’s index and making it one of the best places to work for disability inclusion.
In addition, in May, the organization announced an all-new education assistance program for its nearly 50,000 eligible team members to help with student loan debt and provide tuition aid and scholarship opportunities. It’s not surprising then, that for the eighth consecutive year, Caesars Entertainment has been recognized as one of 50 most community-minded companies in the U.S. by Points of Light, the world’s largest nonprofit dedicated to accelerating people-powered change, as part of its Civic 50 initiative.
That commitment to internal excellence is equaled — or more likely demonstrated— by the organization’s ability to bring many exciting openings and renovations in Las Vegas across the finish line this year. Here’s a look at what’s new for visitors to explore.
Mouthwatering Restaurants, Entrancing Transformations, and More
For diners looking for a change of scenery, Jack Binion’s Steak — a surf-and-turf-lover’s dream — opened in June at Bally’s Las Vegas. The restaurant opening marks an important step in Bally’s transformation into the legendary casino brand Horseshoe Las Vegas. Also key to this transformation is the Arcade, an all-ages experience within a 7,000-square-foot space that will offer more than 80 games, from classics to modern favorites, when it opens this fall. Horseshoe Las Vegas, expected to be complete by the end of 2022, will add a handcrafted signature feel to the storied brand with tooled leather, dramatic colors, and the brand’s gold horseshoe iconography. The renovation is the latest in an era of reinvention for Caesars Entertainment’s famed resorts, which has also included a new entrance to Caesars Palace, as well as multimillion-dollar investments in casino floors and gaming technology across its properties.
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There are just three words we need to say to avoid overreacting when we are confronted by someone with a problem or a complaint, says New York Times best-selling author Dan Pink in his latest Pinkcast videocast newsletter. He came up with those words, he said, from reading two books — High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, by Amanda Ripley, and The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups, by Dan Coyle.
“When people come to us with a problem or a grievance, our instinct is to respond immediately,” Pink says in his video, “with an answer, with a solution, with an explanation, with a justification, with a defense. And what Amanda and Dan tell us is that might not be optimal. A better approach is simply to utter three words: Tell me more.”
The reason this “Tell me more” approach works, Pink said, is “at least twofold.” First, you learn more about the situation. The second reason this strategy is effective is that it makes it clear that you are listening — “you’re not opining, you’re not justifying, you’re not explaining,” he says. “You’re listening.”
At the heart of this is that while people want answers and solutions, they — we — also want to be heard. And when people feel heard, Pink says, “a lot of times, the anger and resentment can dissipate, and a lot of times in talking it through, people come to a solution on their own.”
So the next time you’re in a challenging situation like this, resist the temptation to jump in, Pink advises. Instead, sit back, say those three words, and see what happens. “If you do that, I think you’ll get a lot better at solving problems, reducing tensions,” he concludes, “and building a culture that you’re proud of.”
Michelle Russell is editor in chief of Convene.
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CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang -- WHAT HAS YOUR WEEK BEEN LIKE? “It has been busy, for all the right reasons. It was good. We got to do a big RFK celebration on Monday and it has been neat. I have been around a lot of the employees at Roush for a really long time now, probably a little over 10 years some of them have been at RFK for a really long time and remember when I was working in the shop there. It was pretty cool to see everybody pumped up and get that excitement going and get some of that momentum in our favor. I think we have been heading in the right direction but the win is big. That was really cool. I have had some sponsors over at the shop and they are pumped up right now as well. On Thursday I was right back to mowing the grass just like every other week. So it has it’s highs and its normals.”
WE SAW BRAD (KESELOWSKI) POST ABOUT HOW THE FIRST THING HE DID WHEN HE SIGNED HIS CONTRACT WAS MAKE SURE YOU HAD A RIDE. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? “That was big when I heard about it way back when. It was neat because that was early on in that year to really be working on contract stuff. To get that tidied up and set really before I had heard the news about what all was going down even, I know some people said it was not a well-kept secret but it was well kept to me. I didn’t have a whole lot of clue of what was going on. It was really neat to have that knowledge and know that he had that confidence that we would be able to get to victory lane together. And since he has come over he has been trying to get us turned and headed in the right direction and I think there has been some good momentum over a few years now but we have been looking for those last few steps. I think we thought we would fire off this season a little bit better but there was no quit in anybody and it just took us a little bit to get traction under our feet. We got going good over the summer and feel like we are in a good place where there are more of these, potentially, this year for us between both cars. I think that was awesome to have two cars that led so many laps at Bristol. That is my favorite race track and it is pretty high up on Brad’s list as well. It helps going to those places you like. It makes it easier to run better. It was a good feeling and feels like we are headed in the right direction and it feels like it was warranted or backed up at this point now.”
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FINALLY GET THAT BOX CHECKED AND GET THAT BEHIND YOU GUYS? “Yeah, that first one is the tough one, right? It has been a really long time since that Pocono win. I know you all threw some numbers at me that hurt my feelings last week but it has been a long time coming and it has been really cool because everybody at RFK has had some struggles through the years and I have been around through the heyday and through the very absolute highs and I have seen the lows along the way as well. To be turning that corner to get back to where we are competing for wins again and be able to pull off some wins is really special to myself and to everybody back at the company. Like I said, I have so many friends within the organization that I have known for almost my entire time I have been in North Carolina and that is something that means just a little bit more when you get to see those guys and girls that have really put in so much effort through that amount of time to be able to see some progress. Brad is a champion of our sport and has won I don't even know how many races. I think it is really special to get it started but we are not done. This isn’t our peak. We have a lot of potential going forward and are going to stay after it. We might as well come back to my home track and keep it going right here, right?”
IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR CONTRACT EXTENSION OR IS THAT NEXT YEAR? “I actually don't even know how to answer that. I honestly don't know which is kind of embarrassing, what the extension years look like. I signed back at RFK when Brad came over on the ownership side and am signed up to go again. I am looking forward to finishing out this year strong but also being locked in for next year and ready to hit the ground running.”
OK, SO DID YOU DO THAT LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR? “Both.”
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHY NOT LOOK AROUND? RFK WASN’T RUNNING GREAT, SO IF BRAD THINKS YOU ARE ONE OF THE TOP GUYS OUT THERE, WHY NOT LOOK AROUND? “I think there are two sides to it, but the way I see it I have so much appreciation for Roush, for Jack, for Robbie Reiser and for everybody at RFK and for Brad as well. That has really helped me fire off my professional career. I came from racing legends cars to sign up with Roush to go into a developmental program and run ARCA races up in the Chicago area. I feel a lot of loyalty to RFK and I have friends here that I have known over 10 years that have watched the absolute best days in racing and seen us go through the dip and be on the return side of that as well. It gives me a little extra pride to know we are working on bringing that upswing back and seeing that those rough years and the effort not declining is yielding results. To get that first win at RFK for myself, for the organization this year and to do it in the first year with the K added on to the end, I think it just gives me a little bit more excitement and pride that we are able to get it done here. I think we will get it done here. Like I said, this isn’t our peak. We are actively getting better and I think the potential is here to do better than any of the teams out there. The confidence level is really good and has been all summer long with a few stumbles along the way, but for the most part some awesome races at all kinds of different race tracks and maybe 1.5 mile tracks are not our best at the moment but even those have been competitive. We look at this one as another opportunity. The potential is here. The people are here. The resources are here. I think we can win races and we can compete for championships here.”
WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT WINNERS AND THAT THE FIRST THREE RACES OF THE PLAYOFFS HAVE BEEN WON BY NON-PLAYOFF DRIVERS? “It is a pretty wild first round of playoffs and you are a huge fan if you are not in the playoffs right now of how it went. I know there are a lot of playoff drivers that didn’t see that going that way. I think it shows that there was a really high potential for race winners to not make the playoffs this year and it didn’t quite happen in the timeline before the cut. Could you imagine if we got down to it and we had two drivers that had won races that were kicked out of competing for the championship? They would be thinking they had a breakout year and don't even get to try. We were close to that. It wouldn’t have taken but two or three different races along the way and just a small different moment along the way. A little luck here and there. We had moments where I thought we definitely could have added our name into that playoff potential box. It is cool to see that many different winners across so many different teams. It is really neat to see it across a bunch of two-car teams. It isn’t just the four-car operations and I think that really goes to show the potential with this car is there for everybody and it has been a big deal for everybody in the garage. It has been a large learning curve and without the majority of the testing that we typically would have and with basically zero practice .. I know it is still here but it is hard to get this right off the truck and we had teams that hit it early on the west coast swing and racked up wins early. We had teams that came on during the summer and we have two or three of us that hit it after that cut. So it is cool to see. There was the potential for a heck of a storyline going into the playoffs with people missing. We just needed a few more races to get that accomplished.”
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON WHY YOUR 17 CAR HAS BEEN BETTER ALL SEASON THAN THE 6 CAR? “I would like to think that I have had some help along the way. I definitely have gotten things out of Brad that have contributed to our success at tracks like Phoenix or Richmond that are not historically my best. He has been helping;ing me a lot this year. I don't know how much he knows it but there have been some pretty key moments from that side of things. As far as coming in, I think about my first year at Front Row and I think about my first year at JTG, my first year even on the Xfinity side with Seth Barbour on top of the box and then our first year with Graves on top of the box. That first year between a driver and crew chief has never been instant success for me. I don't know if that is what it is but I do realize how hard it is to find that chemistry and understanding. Then you tack on the fact that our testing is almost gone and our practices are so short and you really don't have the opportunity to change anything on the car when you are looking for a feel out of it. We have those small boxes that we can go to, but even then if you don't have that understanding ahead of time it is hard to get there on a Saturday practice day. I have been a part of the struggles for many years. It feels like we were bouncing around for a while and it is tough to get it right that first year. Then you stack on the fact that it is to a new organization on top of that and that is even harder. It is a new organization for Brad and for Matt (McCall) and trying to get used to different methods, different cars, different manufacturers it all adds up pretty quickly to make it harder to get there. I think Bristol was a good show that we can get there and I won’t say it was easier but being that Scott and I had been at RFK for several years beforehand it made it flow into it easier to where we were able to find our way a little quicker. I don't have any doubt that they will get there. There have been several weeks prior to Bristol. It is just hard and it is supposed to be at this level. This is the top level of motorsports in the country and getting everything to really flow off the truck is a big deal and takes a lot of effort. They are getting there. Don't sleep on anybody yet. We are still making progress, it just took us deeper into the season than we had hoped.
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Race of Champions Series management, in conjunction with Lake Erie Speedway and telecast / streaming partners MAVTV on FloRacing, have made the decision to adjust the schedule for the 72nd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions, the final day of Presque Isle Downs & Casino Race of Champions Week and push the conclusion to Saturday, April 22, 2023 with an inclement reschedule date of Sunday, April 23, 2023. The television schedule for the new date will be updated in the future.
“Racing in the Fall is a risk at any time,” stated Joe Skotnicki, Race of Champions. “With live television for the event, we had no choice in regard to making this change. It will take place in 2023 as the start of our season for the Modifieds, which will finish up the 72nd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions and in the Fall, we will return to run the 73rd Annual. Scheduling, with indecisive rescheduling, other events previously scheduled at the facility and other tracks and Series running their season ending events, we felt this was the best decision to deliver for our constituents and partners. We have been in constant contact with MAVTV and are building this schedule around their commitment to our Series.”
The entire portion of the final day of Presque Isle Downs & Casino Race of Champions Weekend including the 72nd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions 250, the Race of Champions Street Stock Series, the Race of Champions FOAR Score Four Cylinder Dash Series and the WNY TQ Midgets will take part in what will now be the “2023 Season Opener”. Points will count toward the 2023 season, with the exception of the Fred Rounds Cup, which will be awarded based on the finish of the 30-lap Race of Champions FOAR Score Four Cylinder Dash Series race, as “Triple Dash Series Challenge” will conclude on this day.
For the Saturday, April 22, 2023 event, all purchased tickets, registrations, entries and purchased pit passes (you must save your wristband) will be honored and valid. If you do not save your wristband issued from the original race weekend, in September 2022, it will not be honored.
“This is unfortunate that the weather has effected this,” continued Skotnicki. “However, we appreciate everyone’s understanding and patience and we are going to turn this negative into a positive with two fantastic events in 2023 that continue the great tradition.”
Presque Isle Downs & Casino Race of Champions Weekend will return again to Lake Erie Speedway in September of 2023 with a weekend of jam-packed racing excitement, including the 73rd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions 250. We will announce the date(s) as we are considering a one-week date change for the event.
If you are planning to attend the Presque Isle Downs & Casino Race of Champions Weekend and camp at the facility, spots are being sold at the track for the designated camping areas. Tickets and camping spots for the Presque Isle Downs & Casino Race of Champions Weekend are available at the Lake Erie Speedway ticket office 814.725.3303.
Where: Lake Erie Speedway, North East, Pa.
When: Saturday, April 23, 2023.
Directions: The track is located just twenty minutes of East Erie, Pa., minutes from Interstate 90 and directly of Interstate 86 at 10700 Delmas Drive, North East, Pa., 16428
What: Presque Isle Downs & Casino Race of Champions Weekend; the 72nd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions 250
More Information: www.lakeeriespeedway.com (Track Phone: 814.725.3303) / www.rocmodifiedseries.com
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The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Blooper Reel Features On-Set Hijinks
Just because the space-time continuum is in shambles doesn’t mean you can’t have any fun. The latest season of The Umbrella Academy featured the show’s usual mix of levity and drama. But even while filming serious moments, the cast couldn’t help bursting into the occasional giggle fit. As part of today’s Tudum festivities, Netflix released the full gag reel for The Umbrella Academy season 3, featuring six whole minutes of line flubs, wardrobe malfunctions, and more.
Most of the outtakes involve the actors messing up their dialogue, either by talking too fast or by conveying a little too much emotion during a scene. Of course, it isn’t always their fault. A few technical mishaps come into play as well. In the case of Tom Hopper (Luther), it’s hard to give a serious line-reading while jogging on a treadmill that won’t slow down. The same goes for Robert Sheehan, who couldn’t act out one of Klaus’ many death scenes this year as long as the fake buffalo horn “impaled” through his chest kept falling off.
RELATED: Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy Will End With Season 4
There are lots of other hilarious moments, from Genesis Rodriguez (Sloane) getting hair in her face to Elliot Page (Viktor) struggling to leave a tip at a diner. And despite his own character’s cold disposition, not even Colm Feore (Sir Reginald Hargreeves) was above botching a scene or two. But in the end, the cast always found ways to keep the mood light, including the occasional dance break.
Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy received top marks from critics and fans when it originally hit Netflix in June. Unfortunately, our time with the Hargreeves family is about to come to an end. Last month, the streaming service renewed the series for a fourth and final season. The release date for the last episodes has yet to be announced.
What’s your favorite part of the season 3 blooper reel? Tell us your picks in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: The Umbrella Academy Vol. 3
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Even Vecna Cracks up in the Stranger Things 4 Blooper Reel
He may be a dream demon from the Upside Down who was once a gifted psychokinetic human, but even Vecna has a sense of humor. Or rather, actor Jamie Campbell Bower, under a ton of latex, just has to laugh sometimes. He’s just one of many cast members caught cracking up on camera in the newly released Stranger Things 4 blooper reel.
Among other highlights, we get a montage of Joe Keery and Maya Hawke saying “boobies” over and over. A love scene gets interrupted. Gaten Matarazzo suggests they fire him for cracking up. Eduardo Franco has issues with his stoner-speak, maaaan. And Millie Bobby Brown gives a legitimate scream when pranked.
One thing we don’t get? Joseph Quinn’s natural English accent. Even when caught off guard, he keeps Eddie’s voice.
Check out the blooper reel below:
RELATED: Stranger Things Creators Tease What Fans Can Expect in Season 5
It might be a while before we hear any significant news about season 5. So in the meantime, enjoy the laughs from Season 4’s downtime.
Did you enjoy seeing all the cast members crack up? Which unscripted moment was your favorite? Let us know in comments down below.
Recommended Reading: Stranger Things: The Other Side (Graphic Novel Volume 1)
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Coroner's office says 2 men are dead following Coal City bar shooting
COAL CITY, Ill. - The Grundy County Coroner's Office confirmed two men were shot to death at Grippers Sports Club & Eatery in Coal City early Saturday.
The shooting happened just outside the Chicago suburbs around 12:30 a.m., the Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley said on a Facebook Live Saturday morning.
During the Facebook Live, the Sheriff said there was no one in custody.
The coroner's office said the victims were two Black men in their 20s.
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La Russa will not return as White Sox manager this season due to health issues
CHICAGO - White Sox manager Tony La Russa will not return to his position this season due to ongoing health issues, the White Sox announced Saturday.
After undergoing additional testing and medical procedures over the past week, doctors for La Russa have directed him to not return as manager of the Chicago White Sox for the remainder of the 2022 season.
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Bench coach Miguel Cairo will continue to serve as acting White Sox manager through the remainder of the 2022 season.
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A former Toppenish High School teacher accused of having sex with a student made a preliminary appearance in court Friday and was released on bond.
Bertha Adriana Cerna, 40, had returned from California, waiving extradition, and appeared in Yakima County Superior Court. She was released on the $50,000 bail she posted when arrested on a warrant in Orange County, Calif., in August, Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic said.
Brusic had obtained a governor’s warrant to have Bertha Cerna brought back on charges of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor and furnishing liquor to a minor.
Cerna, who previously taught English as a second language at the high school and coached the wrestling team’s cheerleading squad, is the wife of former Toppenish wrestling coach and Vice Principal John L. “Johnny” Cerna. Her father-in-law is Toppenish School District Superintendent John Cerna.
Bertha and Johnny Cerna were fired by the school district after an investigation by the district into a student’s allegations that they had plied her with alcohol and tried to get her to have sex with Johnny Cerna. No charges have been filed against Johnny Cerna.
Attempts to contact Bertha Cerna and her attorney, Ulvar Klein, were not successful. Messages left on their phones were not returned by press time.
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Sarg Hubbard Park is closed as local search teams and a specialized FBI diver team scour a pond looking for a missing 4-year-old boy.
Greenway Executive Director Kellie Connaughton said the FBI came in Friday afternoon about searching the pond at the park where Lucian James Munguia was last seen Sept. 10. The park will remain closed to the public through Monday as the search continues, she said, but people can still access the trail that runs from Union Gap to Naches.
The park was closed to the public Saturday, with signs along the Greenway path blocking entrances, while a security guard was turning away people. Yakima Fire Department’s technical rescue team’s truck was seen in the park, with another fire vehicle parked outside.
Yellow tape could be seen cordoning off the area near the large pond in the park.
Yakima fire Capt. Kari Brown said his department was assisting with the search, and referred questions to the police department.
Yakima police spokesperson Yvette Inzunza said the FBI sent in a team of divers and sonar equipment to search both the pond at the park and nearby LL Buchanan Lake, a flooded gravel pit south of Sarg Hubbard Park.
YPD Capt. Jay Seely said the FBI's Yakima agent asked if the agency could assist, and made arrangements for the dive team to fly in from the East Coast. Lucian's family may have also reached out to federal investigators, Seely said.
Seely said the pond, lake and Yakima River are the most likely places to find Lucian if he entered the water. While crews have searched the pond multiple times before, authorities said milfoil and silt restrict visibility in the pond, requiring searchers to search by feel.
The sonar will allow crews to map the pond's bottom and target their searches.
Seely said the search will continue through Wednesday.
We're determined to cover every square inch of that pond," Seely said.
Lucian was last seen walking south and east at the park the evening of Sept. 10, sparking a massive search involving search teams from around the state.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for 24 counties as Tropical Storm Ian gathers strength over the Caribbean and is expected to bring heavy rain and hurricane-force winds to the state next week.
DeSantis issued the order Friday encouraging residents and local governments to make preparations as the storm moves toward the state. He has also requested a federal pre-landfall emergency declaration.
"This storm has the potential to strengthen into a major hurricane and we encourage all Floridians to make their preparations," DeSantis said in a statement. "We are coordinating with all state and local government partners to track potential impacts of this storm."
The National Hurricane Center said Ian is forecast to rapidly strengthen in the coming days before moving over western Cuba and approach Florida next week with major hurricane force.
John Cangialosi, a senior hurricane specialist with National Hurricane Center in Miami, said it is currently unclear where Ian will hit hardest in Florida and said residents should begin preparing for the storm, including gathering supplies for potential power outages.
"Too soon to say if it's going to be a southeast Florida problem or a central Florida problem or just the entire state," he said. "So at this point really the right message for those living in Florida is that you have to watch forecasts and get ready and prepare yourself for potential impact from this tropical system."
The governor's declaration applies to Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and St. Lucie counties.
Meanwhile, strong rain and winds are lashing the Atlantic Canada region as a powerful post-tropical cyclone made landfall there, with forecasters warning it could be one of the most severe storms in the county's history. Fiona made landfall in Nova Scotia before dawn Saturday.
More than 500,000 customers in Atlantic Canada have been affected by outages. Ocean waves pounded the town of Port Aux Basques on the southern coast of Newfoundland, where entire structures were washed into the sea.
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Overnight bloodshed in the Big Apple was caused by the blade and not the bullet, police said.
The NYPD reported no shootings, but a 63-year-old man was found mysteriously stabbed in his Harlem home.
The victim’s son discovered his father knifed in the torso, shoulder and arm in the first-floor apartment they share at 125 Hamilton Pl. around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.
The wounded 63-year-old old was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.
The bloody knife was recovered at the scene, but there were no arrests, cops said.
“There are no suspects and we don’t know why this happened,” an NYPD spokesman said.
While no one was shot overnight, gunfire erupted in East New York Friday afternoon, leaving one man injured.
The victim, no age immediately available, was shot in the back while being robbed of his wallet and a chain on Highland Boulevard and Fanchon Place at about 4:10 p.m., police said.
The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, cops said. The unknown assailant ran off and there were no arrests.
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The FBI and US Attorney’s Office misled a judge who issued a warrant for a controversial raid on a Beverly Hills safety deposit company that uncovered $86 million in cash and millions more other assets, according to a new report.
A senior FBI agent recently testified that central to the plan, and not disclosed to the judge, was the permanent confiscation of the contents of every box that contained at least $5,000 in cash or goods, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The alleged disclosure failure came out in FBI documents and agent depositions in a class-action lawsuit by box holders at U.S. Private Vaults, who say the 2021 raid violated their rights.
The FBI justified the seizure by arguing that the goods were tied to unknown crimes, the Times reported, citing court records.
Court filings also showed that agents defied a judge’s restrictions in the warrant by searching through box holders’ belongings for evidence of crimes, the paper said.
“The government did not know what was in those boxes, who owned them, or what, if anything, those people had done,” Robert Frommer, a lawyer who represents nearly 400 box holders in the class-action case, wrote in court papers, according to the Times.
Agents searched some 800 safety deposit boxes rented by ordinary people, taking cash, jewelry and $1.3 million in poker chips. They photographed password lists, credit cards, a prenuptial agreement, immigration and vaccination records, bank statements, heirlooms and a will, and in one box, even found cremated human remains, the Times reported.
U.S. Private Vaults was charged in a sealed indictment with conspiring to sell drugs and launder money.
The FBI and U.S. attorney’s office denied that they misled the judge or ignored his conditions, according to the Times.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told the Times that the warrants were lawfully executed “based on allegations of widespread criminal wrongdoing.”
“At no time was a magistrate misled as to the probable cause used to obtain the warrants,” she said.
She said U.S. Private Vaults has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money and the investigation was ongoing.
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A concert like the one German industrial metal band Rammstein played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Friday practically demands you play Never Have I Ever as you consider what in the world you just witnessed.
As in: Never have I ever seen the singer of a band repeatedly blast a huge cauldron with a literal flamethrower while the keyboard player ducks down inside to avoid incineration.
Yeah. That happened.
And there was the song where Rammstein singer Till Lindemann wore a backpack tank of some very flammable liquid to ignite jets of fire in a towering semi-circle around him. And the one with a horrifying demon doll inside a giant baby buggy that also ended in flames.
This was a stadium show for the ages, and well worth the wait. The first of two shows at the Coliseum this weekend, this was the first time Rammstein has played Southern California in a decade, and maybe the 10th time it’s played here at all since the band started in 1994.
Rammstein’s bombast and pomp felt right at home in the historic Coliseum, with its Moderne architecture and peristyle archways a perfect setting for a band whose music can feel both ancient and timeless, brutal and beautiful from one moment to the next.
We got to our seats a few songs after the show kicked off thanks to the always awful traffic and parking around the Coliseum, and some unexpected ticketing snafus at will call.
Turns out, it’s kind of disorienting to walk into a Rammstein stadium show in progress: 50,000 or more fans fulling engaged, chanting and singing with Lindemann and the band – in German, no less, which is something when you take in the diversity of its Southern California fans.
Song titles such as “Zeig Dich” and “Mein Hertz Brennt” are repeated often in the lyrics, which resulted in the impressive experience of all those fans shouting “Show yourself!” and “My heart burns!” over and over as Rammstein thundered on stage.
Let’s talk about that stage for a moment. It takes the Rammstein crew four days to build it with its 265-person crew augmented by 260 workers hired locally at each stop. The 1,350 tons of stage gear fills 43 shipping containers.
At 200 feet wide, 100 feet deep, and 120 feet high, it features giant towers topped with lights that look like gigantic industrial fans, and a central spire reminiscent of a radio tower capable of signaling far-off galaxies.
It’s a behemoth on which the six Rammsteiners – Lindemann, guitarists Richard Kruspe and Paul Landers down front, bassist Oliver Riedel, drummer Christoph Schneider, and keyboardist Christian “Flake” Lorenz in back – would seem insignificant but for the powerful assault of their sound.
“Puppe,” which means doll or puppet in English, starts with the arrival of a 10-foot-tall, old-fashioned baby buggy at the center of the stage. It starts as one of the loudest ballads I’ve ever heard, and after a section of thunderous riffing brings it to a climax, the Baby Doll From Hell is set ablaze in the buggy and confetti cannons blast a good portion of the 330 pounds of black confetti used in each show.
My notes were filled with worlds like “pummels” and “pulverizing,” but Rammstein is more sophisticated than that would suggest. Lindemann, whose sooty-faced stage makeup made him look like a coal stoker working a steel mill blast furnace, sings in a theatrical baritone that ranges from menacing to seductive, sometimes operatic, sometimes rock ‘n’ roll cabaret.
“Zeit,” the title track from the band’s newest album, was actually a very gentle song – if one played at extremely loud volumes – finishing with a lovely choral section. Other songs, like “Radio” and “Du Hast,” played toward the end of the main set, have a hard groove to them that make them right at home in industrial or goth dance clubs.
“Mein Teil” – literally “My share,” but apparently also slang for a very personal body part – was the theatrical highlight of the night. Inspired by a real-life infamous German case of … well, cannibalism, this is one where Lindemann, wearing a butcher’s apron and carrying a knife, uses a flamethrower, and then a flame cannon, on keyboardist Flake inside the 5-foot-tall cauldron.
Spoiler alert: Flake survives, crawling and stumbling out of the pot to begin the aforementioned “Du Hast,” a song that helped Rammstein break out in the States thanks to its use in “The Matrix.” It is a total jam that ends with a kind of rocket launcher shooting fireworks missiles to the remote speaker towers where they ignite blasts of fire and smoke, and then shoot missiles back to the stage to do the same there.
A note on the pyrotechnics: There are 586 pyro effects in the show. If you were in an airplane flying in or out of LAX and you saw this in the distance, well, it would alarm you. If a smog alert goes out this weekend, this might be why.
“Sonne” wrapped up the main set and all you need to know about this one is my notes read, “SO MUCH FIRE. HOT, HOT FIRE. HEAVY, HEAVY ROCK.”
After a five-minute break during which some in the crowd exposed themselves for the video screen cameras – the winner the dude who had to undo his overalls to lift up his shirt and offer a glimpse of his chest – Rammstein returned the first of two encores.
And surprise! This was a piano version of “Engel,” with the two women of the classical piano group Duo Jatekok accompanying the band as they sang the lyrics from the remote stage before riding inflatable rafts held aloft by fans back to the main stage.
“Auslander” delivered another danceable groove, while a song whose title I probably can’t print here saw Lindemann riding a cannon through the crowd on the floor level while shooting most of the 530 pounds of white confetti over their heads.
The second encore opened with the self-titled “Rammstein,” during which Lindemann turned himself into a kind of fire peacock with his flamethrower backpack, and guitarists Kruspe and Landers shot flames from the necks of their instruments.
After that, more flames, more thunder, until with the final song, “Adieu,” this never-have-I-ever of a night came to a thoroughly satisfying close.
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Over 300 people participated in the 2022 MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Jet Pull at T.F Green International Airport Saturday.
Over 20 teams competed in the fundraiser, with the goal of pulling an aircraft, which weighs about 72 tons, down the runway.
“Pulling that plane is not as easy as it may look, it gets your heart beating so fast; it takes a team…so this is not unlike everything that people living with MS experience.” Said Marcia Maslo, President of the National MS Society – Rhode Island and Connecticut Chapters.
The event aims to raise awareness for people with Multiple Sclerosis, a central nervous system disease that causes a disconnect between the brain and body. There is currently no cure for the disease.
As of Saturday afternoon, the event raised over $45,000.
“That money goes towards the solutions and research to curing this disease, it also goes to support groups for people with MS.” said Teri Molloy, an MS society member.
You can learn more about the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and donate to the organization by going to their website.
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We’ve got you covered with all the major cruise news from the past week as some important updates due to dock damage, Norwegian hikes the price for packages, and developments on one of the most anticipated new Royal Caribbean cruise ships.
Cruise News Update
Get set for your cruise news update with all the major stories from the past week that have been covered on Cruise Hive. We’ll start with some itinerary changes for the Carnival Vista due to issues with the ship.
We’ve got details on Norwegian Cruise Line hiking the price of drink packages, internet limitations for two Carnival ships, the damaged pier in Grand Turk due to Hurricane Fiona, and the latest on Icon of the Seas, which is the next new Royal Caribbean cruise ship, that’s currently under construction.
In This Article…
Six Sailings Changed for Carnival Vista
Due to cruising speed reductions necessary for onboard maintenance, Carnival Vista‘s itinerary will be changed for six upcoming sailings. The ship’s 2022 departures on October 15, October 29, and November 12, are affected, as well as 2023 departures on January 21, February 4, and February 18.
Each of the impacted 2022 itineraries is a 7-night roundtrip Western Caribbean cruise from Galveston. The original schedules featured two days at sea, followed by visits to Montego Bay, Jamaica; Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands; and Cozumel, Mexico. The schedule was to conclude with another day at sea before arriving back in Galveston.
The 2023 departures are similar, with the ship following the same route but visiting Falmouth, Jamaica, instead of Montego Bay. Now, all six itineraries have been changed, and will no longer call on either Grand Cayman or Jamaica.
Instead, the ship will stay much further west, substituting Belize and Roatan (Honduras) as alternative ports of call. The ship’s stay in Cozumel will also be lengthened.
Other than “maintenance” that impacts the 133,500-gross-ton ship’s maximum cruising speed, no details have been provided on the nature of the work that needs to be done to Carnival Vista.
As the speed is affected, it is likely the maintenance is related to the ship’s engines or directly connected engineering or navigational systems.
Hotel operations, food and beverage service, and entertainment options are unlikely to be affected, and the guest experience onboard will remain the same.
Norwegian Drink Packages Prince Hike
With pricing going up $10 for both the Premium Plus Beverage Package and the Unlimited Open Bar Beverage Package, Norwegian Cruise Line has become the most expensive cruise line for beverage packages in the industry.
The Premium Plus Beverage Package, which currently costs $128 per person per day, will increase to $138 per person per day, excluding gratuities. There is no limit to what guests can order, including wine, champagne, and premium beverages.
Including the 20% gratuity that the cruise line adds to the package, the price guests will pay per day will be just over $165 for a couple, which comes to $330.
The second-tier beverage package, the Unlimited Open Bar Beverage Package, currently costs $99 per person. From January 1, 2023, the price will go up to $109 per person per day. The package includes all beverages up to $15 per serving. Since 2017, this package’s price has increased by 30 dollars.
One could, of course, argue that raising the prices is due to these discounts, and they probably are. However, with prices rising globally, Norwegian Cruise Line’s bottom line will also be hurting, and raising prices will always be the direction cruise lines are going in.
Carnival Internet Limitations
Internet issues persist for Carnival Cruise Line ships sailing along the North-Eastern Seaboard of the United States. In the past week, the cruise line issued a new letter to guests booked onboard two Carnival cruise ships sailing from New York and Baltimore, saying internet connections would be limited.
This is the second time in a month that Carnival has informed guests of internet access issues onboard. The problem seems to only seriously affect ships sailing in this area. It is particularly painful as Carnival recently announced it would be increasing prices for internet connections onboard its vessels.
Guests sailing onboard Carnival Magic’s, September 17 departure from New York City, and guests sailing onboard Carnival Legend from Baltimore, Maryland, on the current sailing and the departure on September 25, have been informed that their cruises will have limited internet access during the voyage.
The email, sent to guests booked on any of the three voyages, said the following: “Due to challenges with some of the ship’s satellites, there will be limited Wi-Fi access during your cruise.”
Carnival Cruise Line issuing statements that the Wifi will not be strong enough to offer the premium package onboard comes at a painful moment for the cruise line due to increased internet prices being implemented.
The premium plan is the highest-rated Wifi package onboard Carnival’s ships and is supposed to enable guests to make video calls and perform other high-bandwidth activities on their devices.
Grand Turk Dock Damaged After Hurricane
Aerial video of Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos obtained with the assistance of a United States Coast Guard airlift clearly shows significant damage to the cruise ship dock, with extensions completely missing from the concrete pier. Those extensions permit larger ships to safely berth at the dock.
An additional video shows the missing sections washed up on an adjacent beach at some distance from the dock. The retaining walls at the base of the pier where it reaches the beach have also been damaged.
While it appears that the majority of the pier’s structure is intact, an engineering assessment and safety inspection will likely be necessary to ensure the structure’s integrity before it can be used.
Furthermore, the length of the pier impacts what size of cruise ships can safely tie up. If replacing the extensions is a challenging process, larger cruise ships such as Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras are unable to visit.
Carnival has confirmed itinerary changes for the Mardi Gras, Carnival Sunrise and Carnival Freedom, which were all scheduled to dock in the coming days. The vessels have now dropped Grand Turk while repairs are made to the pier.
Hurricane Fiona crossed Grand Turk on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour). Large-scale power outages and cell service disruptions occurred on the island, but no injuries or deaths due to the hurricane have been reported.
Icon of the Seas Construction Update
The second episode in the behind-the-scenes “Making an Icon” is appropriately entitled “Shaping an Icon,” and through the slightly more than seven minutes of video footage, viewers do indeed see Icon of the Seas beginning to come into shape at the Meyer Turku shipyard in southwestern Finland.
From the first steel-cutting for the ship to the keel-laying and coin ceremony in April 2022, the highly anticipated new vessel for Royal Caribbean International is coming together. In fact, the ship is now more than 50% complete, just over a year into its construction from the initial steel cutting on June 14, 2021.
Even as the ship’s construction continues, many of the final design details are still being confirmed. Colors, themes, and other interior details are still being decided through Royal Caribbean’s Innovation Lab with the use of 3-D modeling, life-size mockups, artistic renditions, and more.
“By December, Icon will be about 80 percent done from a construction perspective,” said Jennifer Goswami, director of product development for Royal Caribbean. “We are really working heavily with our operational partners now and refining all the details.”
Those details, hinted at throughout the video, include the mysterious sphere, the purpose of which has not yet been revealed, as well as new water features, lighting, and structures visible but as yet unexplained.
While there is no date announced for when the next video in the “Making an Icon” series may debut, the first episode was released in mid-August, so it is likely the third episode will be unveiled in October.
More Cruise Headlines
Those were just a handful of the cruise headlines from the past week, we’ve got even more full coverage on how the Tropical Storms and Hurricanes are impacting cruises. There’s also news on Carnival Luminosa being registered with the Bahamas, cruise parking fees increasing at Port of Tampa Bay in Florida, Royal Caribbean expanding with entertainment opportunities, new plans released for a new cruise port development in France, Norwegian making a change to its loyalty program and so much more.
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Carnival cruise line has announced more changes to itineraries for three ships. While the Caribbean is still dealing with damage left behind by Hurricane Fiona, the next storm has already entered the Caribbean basin, threatening more disruptions in the coming days.
Three ships have canceled their call to Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos due to the damage sustained to the pier during Hurricane Fiona. Carnival Cruise Line has released new itineraries for these three cruise ships.
Carnival Ships Drop Grand Turk
Carnival Cruise Line has changed the itineraries for three ships due to call in Grand Turk next week. Carnival Freedom, Mardi Gras, and Carnival Sunrise will not be calling to the island. The cancelation is due to the significant damage sustained to the dock earlier this week when Hurricane Fiona hit the area.
The damage to the pier was mainly to the pier extension, which makes it possible for larger cruise ships to dock in Grand Turk. Before cruise ships sail to Grand Turk again, an engineering assessment and safety inspection will be done to ensure the structure’s integrity before it can be used.
You can watch a video of the damage to the Grand Turk dock below:
Hurricane Fiona passed Grand Turk on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour). There has been a significant impact on the local infrastructure, but, fortunately, no injuries or loss of life.
In a letter to guests booked onboard Carnival Sunrise, the cruise line explained the situation: “Due to Hurricane Fiona, the pier structure in Grand Turk is currently under repair, and it will be necessary to replace our call there with a visit to Bimini, The Bahamas.”
“Pre-purchased Carnival shore excursions for Grand Turk will be automatically refunded to your onboard Sail & Sign account. Carnival tours for Bimini will be available for purchase on board. We apologize for this unexpected change and thank you for your understanding. We look forward to welcoming you aboard for a FUN and memorable cruise.”
Carnival Sunrise will be sailing from Miami on September 24. There will be a call to Nassau on September 25 and a call to Half Moon Cay on September 26, which will be 30 minutes longer than previously scheduled.
The following day will be a day at sea instead of the call to Grand Turk, while the next day, which was a day at sea initially, will now be a call to Bimini in the Bahamas.
For Carnival Freedom, the call to Grand Turk on September 29 has been replaced by a day at sea, while a call to Nassau has replaced the original day at sea on September 30. The same change has been made to the Mardi Gras itinerary, changing the day at sea to September 29 and a day in Nassau on September 30.
Will Guests Be Compensated for the Itinerary Changes?
One question that often comes up when cruise lines incorporate changes to itineraries is whether guests receive any compensation. Unfortunately for them, this is not the case here. As the reason for changing ports does not lie with Carnival, the cruise line will not be offering compensation.
As a general rule, cruise lines can make itinerary changes if and when they please, without offering guests a reason. Carnival Cruise Line’s Brand Ambassador John Heald made this clear on September 24:
“The main change to the itineraries is the replacement of Grand Turk, which had some pier damage. Now I have had a few people ask why we are not giving any compensation for this. One lady felt that $100 OBC should be given, and another asked for a dinner for four to be provided at the Steakhouse. I have explained that, respectfully, this will not be given.”
Itinerary Changes Always Possible
When one takes a cruise, a change of itinerary is always possible. Of course, not everyone will be pleased with the outcome when cruise lines make changes. In particular, the choice of replacement port is always up for debate.
However, space in cruise ports is often booked up well in advance, and the speed needed to cover the distance to popular ports such as Cozumel is also factored in. Therefore, cruise lines will need to take advantage of their options.
“We can’t just show up on Mardi Gras in Cozumel and tell the Climbing Wall of the Seas or the Scarlet Norwegian to bugger off so we can dock. What I am saying is that when hurricanes come through the Caribbean, all the cruise lines have to find spaces for displaced ports, and Nassau has space for many ships,” Heald continued.
After a relatively quiet start to hurricane season, this week seems to be the start of more active storms passing through the Caribbean basin.
Tropical Storm Ian has already entered the area and is likely to increase in strength over the coming days. Cruise companies will undoubtedly implement even more itinerary changes if the current projections come through. If that does happen, Cruise Hive will keep you informed of all the important changes.
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(NEXSTAR) – For the first time in nearly 60 years, Jupiter will be as close to Earth as possible on Monday, Sept. 26, as it reaches opposition, giving stargazers a rare stunning view of the largest planet in our solar system.
According to NASA, Earth and Jupiter are separated by about 600 million miles at their furthest point. Throughout the year, both planets pass each other at different distances because their orbits around the Sun aren’t perfect circles.
On Monday, Jupiter and Earth will be as close as possible, coming within roughly 367 million miles of each other. The two planets haven’t been this close since 1963, NASA says.
This close passing is extra special this time, though – Jupiter will be reaching opposition at the same time.
Opposition, NASA explains, occurs when an object in space – like the giant planet of Jupiter – appears on one side of Earth and the Sun appears on the other.
Jupiter reaches opposition every 13 months. During this time, the planet appears larger and brighter than at other times of the year. Combine its opposition with its closest possible approach to Earth and you’ve got a stunning sight to see in the night sky.
With just binoculars, Adam Kobelski, a research astrophysicist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, says you should be able to see some of Jupiter’s bands and a few of its moons on Monday. With a telescope, Jupiter’s features will be even more visible.
Kobelski recommends finding a dark, dry spot at a higher elevation to view Jupiter.
If the weather isn’t favorable for stargazing on Monday, you should still be able to get a breathtaking view of Jupiter in the days before and after its peak.
Last month, the world’s newest and largest space telescope, the James Webb, captured never-before-seen views of Jupiter’s auroras and tiny moons.
The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented images of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless smaller storms.
One wide-field picture is particularly dramatic, showing the faint rings around the planet, as well as two tiny moons against a glittering background of galaxies.
“We’ve never seen Jupiter like this. It’s all quite incredible,” said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, of the University of California, Berkeley, who helped lead the observations.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A recent study published by a research team with the University of Texas at Austin has found that Mexican Americans who experienced a higher level of discrimination were more likely to develop cognitive issues later in life than those who experienced less discrimination.
The scientific community has long known that Latino individuals are at an increased risk of developing cognitive impairments and Alzheimer’s disease compared to non-Hispanic white people. The reason why this phenomenon exists is less understood.
This study is the first of its kind to demonstrate that experience of discrimination is one factor that contributes to this disparity.
“This finding shows that the experience of ethnic discrimination at some point during adulthood has a detrimental impact on cognitive functioning,” the study read.
Elizabeth Muñoz, one of the project’s leads and an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said this line of research is personal to her as someone who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. She said while doing her postdoctoral work, most of the research she studied was on non-Hispanic white populations.
“I didn’t see myself in that research. And thinking about my family — my aging family members — I didn’t know much about how their aging would look like because the literature was primarily focused on non-Hispanic white participants. We’re seeing a growth in research in this area,” Muñoz said.
In this study, Muñoz and her team for 12 years tracked over 1,000 Mexican adults between the ages of 26 and 62. The researchers tested the subjects’ cognitive abilities and rated their level of experienced discrimination at multiple time points. While the Latino population in the U.S. is diverse, they focused on people from Mexico for this study.
Researchers found that people experienced less racial discrimination with age, but the study participants who perceived more in early adulthood were more likely to develop cognitive issues.
“And interestingly, we found that those individuals who were born in the United States … were a part of that group that experienced higher discrimination than the group who experienced lower discrimination across the study period,” Muñoz said.
Conversely, the study participants who chose to test in Spanish were less likely to experience higher levels of discrimination.
“Maybe they have tighter social networks: they live close in close-knit neighborhoods that are occupied by individuals of their same race, or ethnicity. What we call ethnic enclaves, for example. And that might be protective to them in terms of their exposure to discrimination,” Muñoz said
The researchers for this project secured more funding to continue tracking these participants. In the next phase of their project, they hope to study whether the cognitive changes they observed in this study get worse and develop into a Mild Cognitive Impairment, a precursor to Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Versace Introduces a New Color Trend for Spring 2023: Prince’s Purple
At Versace’s spring 2023 show in Milan, the lighting was set to a hazy purple, candle bulbs flanked the runway, and the subversive Y2K Goth was completely reborn as Paris Hilton closed the show in a glittering dress and hot pink fingerless gloves, playing the part of goddess-turned-ringleader.
The show opened with cutout jersey dresses before going headfirst into rocker leathers in the form of mini skirts, fringed jackets, low-slung belts, and silver and gold studded gowns. Versace has perpetually been associated with bold prints and colors in the past, and the nearly all-black collection felt like the label was dipping deeper into a slightly different look that they’ve touched on in recent seasons.
Black is undoubtedly one of the most powerful hues in fashion, and it’s represented so many things—from mourning to power dressing. More designers are gravitating toward the blank slate of the color as a concept (see Richard Quinn, or Balenciaga) an intriguing move when we’re on the edge of a recession and coming out of a cocoon in which maximalism really flourished. Today’s perception of the color black in fashion almost feels like a fresh start.
Versace’s vision of black was well-executed and kept the darkest hue exciting through embellishment, layering, styling, and playing with proportions—which the label is known to do. But when it came down to some pieces, like a spiky black knit, for example, it was hard not to consider it incredibly referential, whether intentional or not. (The knitwear designer Chet Lo, for example, has made that particular style his signature for the past few years.) Elsewhere, the Y2K aesthetic that permeated the collection felt like things we’ve very much seen before from ’90s-era Anna Sui or modern Blumarine. The hooded look was gorgeous, but felt like a Halston-era Grace Jones moment.
What did resonate as sort of glorious was the part of the collection rendered completely in a very specific shade of acidic purple. Part ’90s, part whimsigoth, all Prince, there was absolutely no question that the pigment had major impact and power on the runway—especially in slip dress gowns, hooded tops, little leather tube dresses, and chunky jackets.
Technicolor brides in highlighter yellow and hot pink, complete with delicate veils, closed the show, and some of the industry’s buzziest names walked, including Adut Akech, Precious Lee, Gigi and Bella Hadid, Irina Shayk, and Emily Ratajkowski.
Black bodes well for the new era of maximalist Goths, after season upon season of dopamine-drenched colors. But perhaps here’s even more power in purple and monochromatic dressing as a mode of self-expression. Lately, it’s as if hues themselves have achieved trend status. Bottega Veneta had its green, Valentino created a pink moment that was helped along with the rising Barbiecore trend, and it’s easy to see how Versace could get a grasp on such a directional purple.
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(iSeeCars) – While buying a used car is often a smart financial decision, some consumers don’t want to sacrifice peace of mind by purchasing a car that’s been owned by someone else. That peace of mind is also a big reason car buyers decide to purchase an extended car warranty when they go car shopping. Extended warranties are exactly what they sound like – an extension of the factory warranty that comes standard with every new car sold today. For a single one-time fee, you can extend your coverage for a few years beyond when the normal auto warranty expires.
It’s a tempting offer, one that looks even better when the cost of it gets rolled into a monthly payment with your car loan. For a few dollars more a month, why shouldn’t a car buyer splurge on it?
But there’s more to it than that. Many buyers of these warranties eventually realize they spent more on the warranty than they got out of it.
You’ll want a full understanding before you make any decisions about getting an extended warranty. To help, we’ve gathered up the facts to help you decide if extended car warranties are worth it.
What is an Extended Car Warranty?
An extended warranty – also known as a vehicle service contract – is an agreement brokered between you and the warranty provider over who pays for car repair costs to your vehicle during a stated window of time.
The premise is simple. You’ll pay upfront for the warranty, and if anything happens to the car during the period of coverage, the warranty provider should pay all costs, less any deductible.
That’s the idea of it, at least. In reality, the warranty provider may not cover every sort of unexpected repair your car might need. They also might reduce coverage for certain repairs as the car continues to depreciate or as mileage accumulates. Each extended warranty is different in this regard, so you’ll need to carefully read the fine print. The last thing you want is to get in a dispute with the provider over who is paying to fix your car when it’s down and out on the side of the road.
Manufacturer Warranty Vs. Extended Warranty: What Does Each Warranty Cover?
Every new car comes standard with some sort of manufacturer’s warranty. There’s usually two types: the bumper-to-bumper warranty and the powertrain warranty. The latter one covers the engine, transmission, drive system, and other critical mechanical components. The bumper-to-bumper takes care of anything that doesn’t fall into that category. In the event of a mechanical breakdown, such as your radio or air conditioning failing, or a turn-indicator relay burns out, or the seat motors freeze up – all that should be covered by the bumper-to-bumper warranty. Wear and tear stuff like brake rotors, brake pads, tires, and oil changes are not covered by either warranty.
Most manufacturers offer bumper-to-bumper warranties for three years or 36,000 miles, though this may vary. Powertrain warranties also vary but are typically good for five years or 60,000 miles. Hyundai and Kia notably offer 10 years or 100,000 miles on their powertrains, which is the best in the business. Other automakers like Toyota, Honda, and Ford offer 5 years or 60,000 miles, whichever occurs first.
Extended warranties kick in once the factory warranty expires. They also make distinctions between bumper-to-bumper and powertrain coverage, but they may not be as comprehensive as the factory warranty. The provider should offer a list of inclusionary and exclusionary items that spells out what is and isn’t covered by these warranties. Consider it a must-read before buying any warranty.
Again, we can’t stress enough the importance of reading the fine print that comes accompanies any extended warranty, so you can know exactly what constitutes a covered repair should your car break down.
Extended Car Warranty: New Vs. Used Cars
New cars are covered by the manufacturer’s warranty. However, if you anticipate owning your new car for longer than the duration of the manufacturer’s warranty, you can buy an extended car warranty during your purchase process. Buying an extended warranty on a new car is often less expensive than purchasing one for a used car.
Used cars do not come with a warranty, unless you are purchasing a certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicle. Therefore, an extended warranty can provide necessary protection against costly repairs. Extended warranties can even be found on high-mileage vehicles with 100,000 miles or more. However, cars older than 10 years old or those that have over 200,000 miles may not qualify.
Extended Warranty Cost and Providers
Some extended auto warranties are available through the manufacturer, while most come from a third party such as the car dealership, an auto club like AAA, or another service provider.
When you’re purchasing a new or used vehicle from the dealership, the salesman will likely offer you an extended warranty. If you choose to buy it, the price of the service contract will be bundled into the financed amount of your auto loan. You can also make a larger down payment or opt to pay annually. This is convenient, but it will also cost you: a larger amount will need to be financed, which in turn results in paying more interest over the life of the loan.
As for a dollar value, expect to shell out between $1,000 and $3,000 for an extended warranty plan. The exact pricing depends on factors including the level of coverage and the amount of your deductible, as well as the age, make, and model of your car.
Popular third-party warranty companies include Carchex, CarShield, and Endurance. AAA also offers a limited extended warranty that goes beyond their usual roadside assistance services like tire changes, towing services, and battery jumps. The national used-car dealer Carmax offers a generous extended warranty covering the cars they sell. (Check out our guide that details CarMax warranty options.)
Extended Warranty Benefits
The biggest benefit is the peace of mind you get when driving an older, high-mileage car that isn’t covered by any sort of factory warranty. You can rest easy knowing that if anything were to fail on your car, you’d likely only be liable for the deductible. The warranty provider would take care of the rest, often paying the repair facility directly. That means you won’t have to scramble to pay staggering repair bills should anything serious fail on your car.
To fit your budget and needs, extended warranty providers often offer various coverage plan options so you can get just the right amount of protection. They may also come with perks like towing, rental car reimbursement, and even roadside assistance. The better providers will let you choose your repair shop as well.
Similar to car insurance, an extended warranty is there when you need it but invisible otherwise.
Extended Warranty Drawbacks
The biggest issue with the extended warranty is the general reliability of today’s cars. Studies have shown that most buyers of extended warranties spend far more on the warranty than they get out of it in saved auto repair costs; many don’t end up using the warranty at all.
Even if you do need to use the warranty, you’ll still have to pay a deductible, tempering potential savings. And sometimes coverage might not extend to certain items. If one of these exclusionary parts fails, you’ll be on your own to pay for these often expensive repairs.
Not all extended warranty protection plans are transferable, either. This means that if you choose to sell your car or gift it to a family member, the new owner may not enjoy the benefit of warranty coverage. This could be important if you were planning on giving your car to your children or selling it to a friend.
You also may not be able to transfer a warranty to a new car should you choose to replace your current one. If you aren’t planning on keeping your car for the long haul, an extended warranty might not be the best option.
Certified Pre-Owned Car Warranties
If you want a used car that comes with warranty coverage beyond what’s typically covered by the manufacturer’s new car warranty, another option is a certified pre-owned (CPO) car. CPO cars are low-mileage, accident-free used cars that are usually less than seven years old. The vehicle has been reconditioned to meet strict manufacturer standards and has passed a rigorous multi-point inspection. CPO cars are backed by an extended car warranty from their original manufacturer and come with added perks like roadside assistance and loaner car access. Check out our handy guide for more information on how to buy CPO cars.
Should I Buy an Extended Warranty for My Car?
The truth is that most car owners are better off without it. Instead of spending a couple thousand dollars for a warranty you may or may not use, you’re better off socking away that cash into a rainy-day fund in case your car does incur a costly repair. For all the peace of mind that a warranty provides, it doesn’t beat having an extra bit of money in the bank that’s there if you need it but also there if you don’t.
Rather than an extended warranty, you can allay your fears of future car trouble by buying a car with a proven track record of reliability. Finding that data isn’t hard to do: with a bit of searching you can quickly learn what are some of the most reliable cars on the market. Consumer Reports, for instance, is famous for their comprehensive reliability data of nearly all cars, trucks, and SUVs on the market. iSeeCars has also conducted numerous studies concerning the most reliable and longest-lasting cars to help you find a reliable model.
What Isn’t Covered in An Extended or Factory Warranty?
When your salesperson tells you that every new car comes with a bumper-to-bumper warranty, it always invokes the thought, “Wow, I won’t have to pay for a single thing on this car for at least three years!” There are some things you will need to purchase for your vehicle within that timeframe; and some of them can be rather pricey. These are the five things your manufacturer’s car warranty or extended typically won’t cover.
1. Fluids
Yes, this means ALL fluids that your vehicle needs to operate; everything from windshield washer fluid to gasoline, you’re responsible for. The biggest expense in this category is obviously going to be gas, but another petroleum product is tagging closely along in second place – engine oil. Oil changes always seem to come around a lot more often than we expect them. Three-to-five thousand miles can go by in a blink. This is also one of the most important areas of maintenance to keep track of. Your engine oil is your vehicle’s life-blood. If it goes bad, major problems could be on their way. Not to mention, nearly every manufacturer’s warranty requires them to be performed on time in order to keep the warranty valid.
Some other fluids that need to be changed at regular intervals are your transmission fluid, engine coolant (anti-freeze), brake fluid (yes, brake fluid can break down just like any other fluid), and, if applicable, power steering fluid and gear oil. Intervals on all of these items can vary drastically from vehicle to vehicle, so make sure you check your owner’s manual or with your dealership to find the appropriate time or mileage intervals for your vehicle.
2. Filters
These fall into the category of what the manufacturer refers to as “maintenance” items. They basically filter all the contaminants out of your vehicle’s fluids and airways. There are a few that you will definitely need to worry about long before your warranty expires. Most commonly, manufacturer’s warranties typically run 3-years/36,000 miles (though there are several that extend further nowadays), during this time you will be replacing the oil filter more than any other. It happens with every oil change. The next most common is your engine air filter. We say engine air filter because many vehicles now come with a cabin air filter as well. While the replacement interval isn’t typically as frequent for the cabin filter, it is one of those things you’ll pay for out-of-pocket, just like the engine air filter which is typically replaced around every 5,000 miles on average. Some last longer, others don’t; it really depends on how you use your vehicle and where you live.
Your transmission filter, if your vehicle has one (some don’t) will probably only need replaced once, if at all, during your warranty time. But since it is one of those things you’ll pay for, we’ve included it. Another is your fuel filter. This one should be replaced around every 15,000 miles on average. PCV Valves are commonly mistaken for maintenance items – they aren’t. They are emissions items and should be covered under the emissions section of your warranty if yours should ever fail.
3. Brake Lining
This is one of those areas you want to pay attention to in your warranty. Most manufacturers will cover rotors, drums, calipers, wheel cylinders, hardware, boosters, master cylinders, and brake lines. Notice anything missing? That would be the brake lining. This is more commonly referred to as brake pads and brake shoes. It’s the one section of your brakes that is considered wearable and you will have to pay for them when you need them. The reason we say to pay attention to this section is because some (very few, but there are some) warranties will not cover drums or rotors; these can get expensive so be sure to ask if you’re not quite clear.
4. Rubber
Okay, not all rubber is left uncovered by the warranty, just the expensive stuff. You know, those big round things that seem to cost too much and not last long enough? Yep, tires. Most tires should last past the 36,000-mile mark, making this a moot point for most warranties, but there are those rare occasions of excessive wear, punctures, and defects that occur prematurely. The only one of these occasions the manufacturer is going to take care of for you is the defect. All others are on you. The reason we’ve labeled this category as “rubber” and not just “tires,” is very simple – windshield wipers are on you, too. Fortunately, everything else that’s rubber should be covered.
5. Accidental, or Intentional, Damage
This one is a no-brainer. Basically, if you damage your vehicle in any way, whether intentionally or by accident, you’ll be dealing with your insurance company, not your dealership. There are some exclusions to this rule, though. Some manufacturers offer warranty protection on things like glass and paint for rock chips and cracks. Others will guarantee upholstery against staining.
The Bottom Line
The perceived benefit of an extended warranty is the safety net of having someone else cover your car’s cost of repairs. But instead of spending up to $3,000 (or possibly more) on the vehicle protection an extended warranty provides, you can take very simple steps to protect yourself against unexpected repairs without spending big money upfront. Research and buy one of the most reliable cars, save a bit of money for an emergency fund to cover repairs if necessary, and never neglect to do routine maintenance. Together, these actions lower the risk for pricey repairs while also protecting against anything unexpected.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – On this day back in 1991 Theodore Giesel, better known as Dr. Seuss, passed away at the age of 87.
His legacy continues strong in Springfield where the Dr. Seuss Museum continues to display his works.
A statue of Geisel stands in the Museum’s Memorial Sculpture Garden and is still keeping that childlike wonder alive even now.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Springfield Fire Department responded to a working fire early Friday morning in the area of Leavitt Street.
There were extensive damages to the side of the home, and the Springfield fire department says there are no reported injuries from the fire. The occupants of the home were not there at the time of the fire.
22News was there to witness a dog named Princess being rescued from the home.
The Springfield Fire Department says the Springfield Arson & Bomb Squad is still investigating, and there have been no further updates at this time.
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Netflix Updates Witcher Premieres, Minnie Driver Joins Blood Origin
New announcements concerning the future of Netflix’s Witcher franchise were expected to be the crown jewel of Saturday’s Tudum global fan event. Luckily, the streaming service did not disappoint. Geralt himself, Henry Cavill, showed up during the livestream to reveal that the highly-anticipated third season of The Witcher premieres sometime next summer. Until then, fans can get ready to sink their teeth into the show’s first live-action spinoff later this year. Netflix also confirmed that The Witcher: Blood Origin will debut on December 25.
Blood Origin takes place 1,200 years before the flagship series and centers on a band of warrior elves who encounter the first prototype Witcher. Actors Sophia Brown (Éile), Laurence O’Fuarain (Fjall), and Michelle Yeoh (Scian) all appeared during the segment to share interesting facts about their characters. But more importantly, they introduced a brand new addition to the cast in Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting), who is joining the series as a shapeshifting Seanchai who can travel between time and worlds.
Gather your clan – The Witcher: Blood Origin is coming to Netflix this December. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/MZpI6R2iEW
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) September 24, 2022
According to the official Tudum blog, Driver will also narrate the spinoff and act as a “tour guide” for viewers. The Academy Award-nominated actress couldn’t say much else about her role. But she did tease that her character is “pivotal in connecting Blood Origin’s past with The Witcher’s future.”
RELATED: Henry Cavill Tests Positive For COVID-19, Witcher Season 3 Halts Filming
Meanwhile, The Witcher season 3 hit a speed bump back in July when Cavill tested positive for COVID-19. But once he made a speedy recovery, he was back on set until production wrapped earlier this month. The new season will reportedly borrow most of its story elements from Time of Contempt, the second novel in author Andrzej Sapkowski’s primary Witcher series. Anya Chalotra and Freya Allen are also coming back as Yennefer and Ciri, respectively, the latter of whom will finally learn to control her magical abilities.
THE WITCHER SEASON 3
[SUMMER] 2023 #Tudum pic.twitter.com/zY0IbnPbgc— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) September 24, 2022
Are you excited to watch The Witcher season 3 next year? How do you feel about Driver joining the cast of Blood Origin? Tell us what you think in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire
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Mark Millar’s American Jesus Gets Netflix Adaptation as El Elegido
Jupiter’s Legacy and Supercrooks may not have caught on as big as Netflix hoped, but the streaming service remains in the Mark Millar business. El Elegido, the adaptation of Millar’s American Jesus comic, will star Marvel’s new Submariner, Tenoch Huerta. He’ll appear alongside a mostly young cast, in the story of a 12 year-old learning he’s the reincarnated Jesus. The big downside? The kid must now prepare for the Apocalypse.
Check out a video of Mark Millar explaining the concept and showing off some locations:
RELATED: Mark Millar Shares Details For His New Graphic Novel, King of Spies
“El Elegido” means “the chosen one.” And also sounds a lot less like a controversy magnet than the comic’s original title. (Though Preacher played on basic cable, so seriously, anything goes on that score.) Here’s the official synopsis of the series:
“Jodie, a twelve-year-old boy in Baja California, suddenly discovers he has Jesus-like powers: he can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk, and, perhaps, even raise the dead! As the Evangelical and the Yaquí leaders in town try to get him to use his powers to save mankind, all Jodie wants to do is impress the girl he likes and stand up to his bullies. As Jodie struggles and eventually comes to terms with his destiny, everything gets thrown for a loop when he realizes he discovers the truth around his identity.”
Are you excited for El Elegido? Let us know in comments!
Recommended Reading: Supercrooks
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21c Museum Hotel St. Louis has welcomed Christopher Randall as the director of community impact. Randall is a combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, served nearly a decade as a police officer with the St. Louis County Police Department, and served as a program lead with a national veteran service organization. Prior to joining 21c, Randall served as the Community impact manager for 5 On Your Side KSDK-TV. Randall holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lindenwood University. Randall is a 2022 recipient of a Salute to Young Leaders award from the St. Louis American Foundation.
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It was not pretty, but Auburn got back in the win column on Saturday against Missouri.
After an ugly loss to Penn State last week, Auburn stuck with the ground game and got out to an early 14-0 lead in the first quarter against the visiting Tigers.
That lead slipped away fast in the second quarter, as Missouri pushed the game to the halftime score of 14-14.
However, it was the homefield Tigers who came out victorious 17-14, on the boot of kicker Anders Carlson, who connected on a 39-yard field goal to win the day.
“Everyone in our locker room is exhausted,” said head coach Bryan Harsin. “They did what they needed to do to win the football game.”
Auburn’s 14-point first quarter lead was aided behind a 14-play drive that consisted of all runs and was capped off by a rushing touchdown by starting quarterback Robby Ashford.
The next touchdown was a result of the team’s first takeaway of the year, by EDGE Derick Hall.
Hall was an absolute monster on the day. He had five solo tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss and his pick. Without Hall, Auburn could very likely have put up another stinker of a game at home.
Former Hall teammate Chandler Wooten chimed in postgame about Hall's big day.
Derick Hall is a 1st rounder
— Chandler Wooten (@ItsMeWootang) September 24, 2022
“Tipped balls are picked balls,” Hall said. “You win the turnover battle, you win the game.”
On Saturday, Auburn won the turnover battle for the first time all season.
“We really leaned on our defense a lot today,” Harsin said.
Outside of Hall, linebacker Owen Pappoe led the team in tackles with eight, corners Nehemiah Pritchett and D.J. James each had a pass breakup and Colby Wooden had a sack of his own.
However, even with Hall’s monster day, no play was bigger than redshirt-freshman safety Cayden Bridges’ fumble recovery.
With only three seconds left in regulation, Missouri attempted a field goal to end the game. They missed wide right from only 26-yards out.
Auburn got the ball to start the overtime period, and after almost throwing a pick, settled for a Carlson field goal.
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Prior to that kick, Carlson had missed all three of his kicks on the day, with only two counting towards his stat sheet due to a penalty.
“We trust Anders,” Harsin said. “There is no doubt about that.”
Down 17-14, it was all up to the visitors.
Missouri drove, and found themselves sniffing Auburn’s end zone and the win.
Missouri’s back took a ball up the visiting side and stretched out for the pylon. However, the ball slipped out of his hands and rolled into the empty end zone.
It was Bridges who came up with the ball, resulting in a touchback, and an Auburn victory.
“The ball bounced our way,” Harsin said. “We have not had a lot of things bounce our way.”
On Missouri’s 13 drives, Auburn’s defense played about as good as anyone could ask.
The Tigers forced eight Missouri punts, got an interception and recovered the game winning fumble. On Missouri’s game-tying touchdown, Auburn gambled and had many rotational players in, possibly thinking the victory was already in hand.
Missouri only completed 14 passes on the day and Auburn's defense held Missouri to 4-13 on third down.
While Auburn’s day was far from pretty, and was about one play away from disaster, something must have been in the air in Jordan-Hare Stadium and Auburn walked away victorious.
“Credit to Missouri, but credit more to my team because we got the dub,” Ashford said.
Ashford had a so-so night, passing for 127 yards on 12-18 throwing. He led the team in rushing with 46 yards, in his first collegiate start. For now, Ashford is 1-0 as an Auburn starter.
“We knew if we stuck together, we would get the W,” Ashford said. “This was one of the most emotional games I have ever been in.”
When overtime ended, and Auburn had won, Hall captured the moment best.
“This game was crazy,” Hall said. “My heart stopped a couple times today. This is what you come to Auburn for.”
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LOS ANGELES (CN) — The record heatwave that pummeled California this month put unprecedented demand on the state's electric grid. The balancing act to keep the lights and air conditioning on during the triple-digit temperatures also gave a glimpse of what the future holds as climate change and a shift to renewable energy sources will require consumers to become more flexible when it comes to using electricity.
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena are at the forefront in trying to solve this conundrum: How can an electric grid fed by unpredictable solar and wind power meet the future requirements of the state when more extreme heatwaves and a simultaneous transition to zero-emission vehicles will only mean greater demand for electricity? The solution they're working on is a decentralized "smart grid" where mathematical models will be used to optimize power distribution and consumption based on when and where it's available and most needed.
"The transition to clean and sustainable energy is massive and involves many different aspects," said Steven Low, professor of computing and mathematical sciences and electrical engineering at Caltech, whose research involves electric-vehicle charging and smart-grid infrastructure. "These extreme weather events will add to challenges during this transition."
California is spending billions of dollars to make sure the state's grid can withstand the increased demand caused by heatwaves in the coming years as well as diversifying the state’s clean energy portfolio with long duration storage and offshore wind in particular.
"These technologies complement our abundant solar resources by providing generation at the end of the day and into the evening as the sun sets," a spokesperson for the California Energy Commission said in an email.
The idea of a smart grid has been around at least since the 2007 U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act, which called for an "increased use of digital information and controls technology to improve reliability, security, and efficiency of the electric grid." But California's goal to have 100% renewable energy by 2045 is adding urgency to the need to implement new technology to keep the grid stable and demand and supply balanced when it's fueled by solar and wind power.
The research at Caltech focuses on numerous aspect of sustainable energy. Chemical engineers are working on fuel cell and energy storage — new kinds of batteries and new kinds of materials to produce batteries with drastically longer life and also higher capacity.
As the sun goes down and people come home, there's a rapid discrepancy between the available renewable energy and consumer demand. During the recent heat wave, Californians were urged to set the thermostat on their air conditioner higher in the evening and avoid using large appliances to prevent outages. Stored energy can fill some of that gap and the California Independent System Operator, which oversees the power grid, cited the more than 3,000 megawatt in battery storage that have come online in the past two years as one of the reason outages were avoided during the recent heatwave.
"In Southern California we have plenty of solar and wind," said Marvin Moon, assistant general manager for power delivery with the Pasadena Department of Water and Power, which is working with Caltech on implementing new technology. "The challenge is energy storage, which is 15 years behind solar technology."
California will need a lot more battery storage and it's unclear whether the stationary lithium-ion batteries that are used now will be sufficient, particularly on a systemwide level according to Low, and therefore some new long-term storage solution will have to be found.
A second, maybe more esoteric question is how to stabilize the grid when it's powered by inherently unstable sources such as wind and sunshine.
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TORONTO (AP) — Fiona washed houses into the sea, tore the roofs off others and knocked out power to the vast majority of two Canadian provinces Saturday as it made landfall as a big, powerful post-tropical cyclone.
Fiona transformed from a hurricane into a post-tropical storm late Friday, but it still had hurricane-strength winds and brought drenching rains and huge waves. There was no confirmation of fatalities or injures.
Ocean waves pounded the town of Channel-Port Aux Basques on the southern coast of Newfoundland, where entire structures were washed into the sea. Mayor Brian Button said Saturday over social media that people were being evacuated to high ground as winds knocked down power lines.
"We've already had houses … that are washed away," he said.
Button said anybody who has been told to leave their home needs to leave.
"I'm seeing homes in the ocean. I'm seeing rubble floating all over the place. It's complete and utter destruction. There's an apartment that is gone, that is literally just rubble," said René J. Roy, a resident of Channel-Port Aux Basques and chief editor at Wreckhouse Press, said in a phone interview.
Roy estimated between eight to 12 houses and buildings have washed into the sea. "It's quite terrifying," he said.
Jolene Garland, a spokeswoman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Newfoundland and Labrador, said a woman was safe after being "tossed into the water as her home collapsed" in the Channel-Port Aux Basques area. She said authorities received a report of another who woman was apparently swept out from the basement, but storm conditions are too dangerous to conduct a search.
The Royal Canadian Police said the town of 4,000 is in a state of emergency as authorities deal with multiple electrical fires and residential flooding.
Federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair told The Associated Press he expects the Canadian Armed Forces to help in the recovery including possibly moving people around, assisting with shelters and providing help with the removal of debris in addition to rescue operations should it be needed.
"They are moving now," Blair said. "The damage is very extensive. We've seen homes, community centers, apartment buildings, roadways, bridges have all been impacted."
Blair also said there is very extensive damage at the airport in Sydney, Nova Scotia and at other airports including Halifax but it is more minor damage at Nova's Scotia's largest airport.
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said the roof of an apartment building collapsed and they moved 100 people to a evacuation center. He said no one was seriously hurt or killed. Provincial officials said there are other apartment buildings that are also significantly damaged. Halifax has about 160 people displaced from two apartments, officials said.
More than 415,000 Nova Scotia Power customers — about 80%o f the province of almost 1 million — were affected by outages Saturday morning. Over 82,000 customers in the province of Prince Edward Island, about 95%, were also without power, while NB Power in New Brunswick reported 44,329 were without electricity.
The fast-moving Fiona made Nova Scotia landfall before dawn Saturday, with its power down from the Category 4 strength it had early Friday when passing by Bermuda, though officials there reported no serious damage.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre tweeted early Saturday that Fiona has the lowest pressure ever recorded for a storm making landfall in Canada. Forecasters had warned it could be the one of the most powerful storms to hit the country.
A state of local emergency has also been declared by the mayor and council of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality..
"There are homes that have been significantly damaged due to downed trees, big old trees falling down and causing significant damage. We're also seeing houses that their roofs have completely torn off, windows breaking in. There is a huge amount of debris in the roadways," Amanda McDougall, mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, told The Associated Press
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Aaron Judge stood in the on deck circle, needing Jose Trevino to reach base for one more shot at home run No. 61.
But Trevino grounded out on a full count — much to the dismay of another packed house in The Bronx — leaving Judge in the on-deck circle, still waiting to match Roger Maris’ AL and franchise home run record.
Despite Judge’s lack of home runs, the Yankees hit three homers in their 7-5 victory Saturday against the Red Sox, and Anthony Rizzo’s in the seventh inning was the biggest.
Rizzo’s two-run homer into the bleachers in right-center gave the Yankees the lead, as they won their sixth straight. Scott Effross picked up the save in the ninth in his return from the injured list.
Judge’s pursuit of 61 will have to wait again. The Yankees will close out their homestand Sunday night against Boston before a trip to Toronto.
On Saturday, Judge struck out looking against right-hander Nick Pivetta — who gave up No. 56 to Judge on Sept. 13 in Boston — leading off the first. Judge also flied to center to lead off the third, walked in the fifth and struck out on a questionable check-swing call in the seventh, right before Rizzo’s homer.
He was due up fourth in the bottom of the eighth, but the Yankees were retired in order. Trevino ended the inning with a groundout on a 3-2 pitch, much to the disappointment of another packed house in The Bronx.
Judge hasn’t hit a home run since Tuesday against the Pirates, but the Yankees displayed plenty of power on Saturday.
The Yankees took the lead with two outs in the bottom of the first when Gleyber Torres hit a 3-0 pitch into the seats in left-center. It was the hot-hitting Torres’ third homer in four games.
But they fell behind in the second, when Domingo German walked Alex Verdugo to open the inning and then allowed a two-run home run to left by Triston Casas, his third homer against the Yankees in five games.
Reese McGuire followed later in the inning with his third home run of the season (all against the Yankees) as Boston took a 3-1 lead.
The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the inning, beginning consecutive one-out walks by Oswaldo Cabrera and Harrison Bader.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa followed with a single to left to drive in Cabrera, but Bader — known for his aggressive baserunning — was thrown out at third on a close play.
Kyle Higashioka popped out to end the inning, with Judge left in the on-deck circle and the Yankees down by a run.
But Cabrera belted a two-run homer in the fourth to give the Yankees a 4-3 lead.
The Yankees had runners on the corners with two out in the fifth, when Josh Donaldson knocked in a run with a soft grounder that went for an infield hit.
Zack Britton entered for his first appearance of the season after he had missed more than a year following UCL surgery. He walked Rafael Devers and then gave up a single to Xander Bogaerts, who went to second on the play.
Britton struck out Verdugo, but then issued consecutive four-pitch walks to Kiké Hernandez and Casas to force in a run and end his disappointing return to the mound.
Lou Trivino came in and retired the next two batters to preserve the Yankees’ lead.
A Verdugo run-scoring single off Lucas Luetge tied the score in the seventh.
Boston threatened in the eighth with two on and no one out, but Clarke Schmidt recovered from two straight subpar outings and retired three straight, aided by Bader’s diving catch of Abraham Almonte’s sinking liner to center with two on and one out.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Lori Pbert, a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce about the draft recommendation that doctors should screen all adults under the age of 65 for anxiety.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Lori Pbert, a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce about the draft recommendation that doctors should screen all adults under the age of 65 for anxiety.
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Members of Virginia Task Force 1, Fairfax County’s international urban-search-and-rescue team, have been deployed to Florida ahead of what is now Tropical Storm Ian.
In partnership with FEMA, a 45-person task force from Fairfax will head to Florida along with two other FEMA teams.
Ian is forecast to approach Florida's west coast at or near major hurricane strength early next week. The National Hurricane Center reported Saturday "increasing confidence in multiple life-threatening hazards: storm surge, hurricane-force winds and rainfall flooding."
Va. Task Force 1 is a self-contained team consisting of technical search-and-rescue specialists, structural engineers, physicians, paramedics, search canines, and communications and planning specialists from all over Northern Virginia.
You can follow the team's travels on their Twitter page.
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SPARTANBURG, SC (WSPA) — Tropical Storm Ian will continue to intensify over the rest of the weekend, and the potential continues for a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this week.
Forecast trends have pulled the potential track farther west in the past day or so. This increases the chance for local impacts starting late this week.
There’s still plenty of uncertainty in speed and location of Ian late this week; that will determine when we start seeing impacts (as early as Thursday PM, as late as Friday PM).
The potential for heavy rain, gusty wind, and isolated tornadoes exists. A track on the eastern side of the cone decreases those threats locally. A track up the middle or on the western side increases them.
There will likely be more changes to the track/forecast intensity in the coming days. Stay with 7Weather on-air and online for the latest forecasts.
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Undefeated former unified champion and 2016 Olympics silver medalist boxer Shakur Stevenson discusses his dominant performance in his hometown victory over Robson Conceicao in front of a record boxing crowd of 10,107 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The boxer also shares about his possible next opponent and more.
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Tensions got heated quickly on the set of ESPN’s “First Take” as Stephen A. Smith and basketball reporter Malika Andrews debated Ime Udoka’s inappropriate sexual relationship with a team employee.
Udoka, the Boston Celtics head coach, has been suspended for the entire upcoming 2022-23 NBA season and administered a severe financial penalty for engaging in a mutual intimate affair with a married female on the team.
Smith and Andrews, the latter who hosts “NBA Today” for ESPN, began going at each other when Andrews believed that Smith was blaming the women in the Udoka debacle, which Smith categorically and emphatically denied.
“If I could first start with this: Stephen A., with all due respect, this is not about pointing the finger. Stop,” Andrews said. “What became apparent to me in this press conference is that we do not have all the information here. It was frustrating, to me, that the Celtics declined to elaborate or give more specifics about what exactly the rule-breaking was that led us to this point.”
Here’s what Malika Andrews said : pic.twitter.com/dhtegNNgcg
— Shannonnn sharpes burner (@shannonsharpeee) September 23, 2022
Smith took umbrage at Andrews’ stance and let her know about it.
Stephen A Smith just went in on Malika Andrews 😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/2JCBdo9wGr
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After the terse exchange, folks on social media weighed in on the conversation between the two heavyweight show hosts.
ESPN Dahomie King Stephen A. Smith spanks ESPN's Malika "General Nanisca" Andrews on live TV. Great TV! https://t.co/OcPRh6EJEb
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) September 23, 2022
Stephen A Smith to Malika Andrews pic.twitter.com/97OeQVhMHf
— Shannonnn sharpes burner (@shannonsharpeee) September 23, 2022
I’ve listened to the whole Malika Andrews/Stephen A rant, and I still have no idea where she was going with that argument. In any consensual romantic affair, there are two guilty parties. Period. https://t.co/rv3eUruUPl
— Owen Simpson (@OwenSimpsonTV) September 23, 2022
Stephen A Smith when Malika tried to make a point on first take pic.twitter.com/55RYl9pmIs
— Adam🇸🇴 (@cubans6767) September 23, 2022
Malika Andrews got on First Take pushing women’s rights but Stephen A never said anything attacking women.. She literally was just listening to respond not to understand.
— Leon Phelps (@Juice4DaThirsty) September 23, 2022
Malika tried to say Stephen A was blaming women because he wanted to know the names of all parties involved???? That’s insane lmao
— Dre🐍 (@WaveyForever) September 23, 2022
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88.
Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent David Shaul told The Associated Press on Friday. No cause was given.
After putting her career on hold for years to raise her children, Fletcher was in her early 40s and little known when chosen for the role opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1975 film by director Milos Forman, who had admired her work the year before in director Robert Altman’s “Thieves Like Us.” At the time, she didn’t know that many other prominent stars, including Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn and Angela Lansbury, had turned it down.
“I was the last person cast,” she recalled in a 2004 interview. “It wasn’t until we were halfway through shooting that I realized the part had been offered to other actresses who didn’t want to appear so horrible on the screen.”
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” went on to become the first film since 1934′s “It Happened One Night” to win best picture, best director, best actor, best actress and best screenplay.
Clutching her Oscar at the 1976 ceremony, Fletcher told the audience, “It looks as though you all hated me.”
She then addressed her deaf parents in Birmingham, Alabama, talking and using sign language: “I want to thank you for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.”
A moment of silence was followed by thunderous applause.
Later that night, Forman made the wry comment to Fletcher and her co-star, Jack Nicholson: “Now we all will make tremendous flops.”
In the short run, at least, he was right.
Forman next directed “Hair,” the movie version of the hit Broadway musical that failed to capture the appeal of the stage version. Nicholson directed and starred in “Goin’ South,” generally regarded as one of his worst films. Fletcher signed on for “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” a misconceived sequel to the landmark original.
Far more than her male peers, Fletcher was hampered by her age in finding major roles in Hollywood. Still, she worked continuously for most of the rest of her life. Her post-“Cuckoo’s Nest” films included “Mama Dracula,” “Dead Kids” and “The Boy Who Could Fly.”
She was nominated for Emmys for her guest roles on the TV series “Joan of Arcadia” and “Picket Fences,” and had a recurring role as Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” She played the mother of musical duo Carpenters in 1989’s “The Karen Carpenter Story.”
Fletcher’s career was also hampered by her height. At 5-feet-10, she would often be dismissed from an audition immediately because she was taller than her leading man.
Fletcher had moved to Los Angeles to launch her acting career soon after graduating from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Working as a doctor’s receptionist by day and studying at night with noted actor and teacher Jeff Corey, she began getting one-day jobs on such TV series as “Wagon Train,” “77 Sunset Strip” and “The Untouchables.”
Fletcher married producer Jerry Bick in the early 1960s and gave birth to two sons in quick succession. She decided to put her career on hold to be a stay-at-home mother and didn’t work for 11 years.
“I made the choice to stop working, but I didn’t see it as a choice,” she said in the 2004 interview. “I felt compelled to stay at home.”
She divorced Bick in 1977 and he died in 2004.
In “Cuckoo’s Nest,” based on the novel Ken Kesey wrote while taking part in an experimental LSD program, Nicholson’s character, R.P. McMurphy, is a swaggering, small-time criminal who feigns insanity to get transferred from prison to a mental institution where he won’t have to work so hard.
Once institutionalized, McMurphy discovers his mental ward is run by Fletcher’s cold, imposing Nurse Mildred Ratched, who keeps her patients tightly under her thumb. As the two clash, McMurphy all but takes over the ward with his bravado, leading to stiff punishment from Ratched and the institution, where she restores order.
The character was so memorable she would become the basis for a Netflix series, “Ratched,” 45 years later.
Estelle Louise Fletcher was born the second of four children on July 22, 1934, in Birmingham. Her mother was born deaf and her father was a traveling Episcopal minister who lost his hearing when struck by lightning at age 4.
“It was like having parents who are immigrants who don’t speak your language,” she said in 1982.
The Fletcher children were helped by their aunt, with whom they lived in Bryant, Texas, for a year. She taught them reading, writing and speaking, as well as how to sing and dance.
It was those latter studies that convinced Fletcher she wanted to act. She was further inspired, she once said, when she saw the movie “Lady in the Dark” with Ginger Rogers.
That and other films, Fletcher said, taught her “your dream could become real life if you wanted it bad enough.”
“I knew from the movies,” she would say, “that I wouldn’t have to stay in Birmingham and be like everyone else.”
Fletcher’s death was first reported by Deadline.
She is survived by her two sons, John and Andrew Bick.
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This story has been updated to correct that Fletcher graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, not North Carolina State University.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Education announced an additional $900,000 in funding across five colleges in Washington through its Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program (CCAMPIS), which increases access to child care for students that are also parents.
“Right now, parents across Washington are struggling to find and afford child care—and I know for too many people it means they have to leave a job, skip a promotion, or put their higher education dreams on pause,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who advocated for the funding. “It’s clear to me the child care system just isn’t working for working families—that’s why I go to work each and every day focused on how we can do more to help parents find and afford the child care they need.”
Over four million parents are also students, or every one in five, according to the press release from Murray. She claims child care is unaffordable across the country, and offering support removes barriers toward completed degrees.
CCAMPIS offers child care through the college campus, specifically to support low-income parents. If you are interested, contact the Financial Aid department at your school to see what options are available.
“A key part of that fight is ensuring that student parents get the child care support they need to complete their degrees, and that’s exactly what this critical funding will help do for college students across Washington state,” said Murray. “Investing in child care not only lifts up working families and student parents–it also strengthens our entire economy."
Full funding allocations:
Clover Park Technical College - $103,361
Washington State University - $250,000
Everett Community College - $212,692
Walla Walla Community College - $128,000
Clark College - $202,555
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YAKIMA, Wash. — The local FBI has taken over the search for missing Yakima 4-year-old Lucian with assistance from numerous additional agencies, according to the Yakima Police Department.
A daylong complete closure of Sarg Hubbard Park on September 24 was announced September 23, saying any visitors will be turned away. The closure is in order to give the FBI space to search for Lucian, according to YPD. The FBI brought a dive team from the east coast that is searching the pond and lake.
The park is tentatively closed September 25. YPD told NBC Right Now it appreciates the support from the community.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. — Officers with the Kennewick Police Department have reported finding a 14-year-old boy who had been shot lying in a yard around the 800 block of Garfield Street in the last five minutes of September 23 after several people called in about hearing gunshots.
A 15-year-old boy told police that the two of them had been shot at by someone.
The injured teenager was taken to a hospital and at last word, is in critical but stable condition, according to the press release from KPD.
Currently, KPD believes the shooting was random. Investigation is still underway, but detectives are asking anyone with information to contact 509-628-0333 regarding case 22-072696 or leave an anonymous tip online.
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RICHLAND, Wash. - Nearly two years after a shooting at the Riverfront Hotel in Richland killed Joshua Gibson, Jonathan M. Rodriguez, 29, has been sentenced to more than 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder.
Rodriguez was charged with first degree murder, with a deadly weapon special allegation, and second degree unlawful firearm possession for his involvement. He pleaded guilty to both charges in July 2022 after lengthy legal proceedings.
Rodriguez was sentenced by Judge David Petersen to 390 months in prison, followed by 36 months of community custody. He also owes $3,554 in fines. The sentencing hearing was held September 23, 2022, three days before the crime's two-year anniversary.
Gibson's family came to the hearing. His dad read a statement on behalf of the whole family, according to the Benton County Prosecutor's Office. The statement referred to the pain and suffering that the family has gone through and the impact Gibson's death had. It mentioned he left behind seven children.
Both the Gibson family and the Richland Police Department, who investigated the case, agreed to the sentence recommended by the state, according to the Prosecutor's Office. Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Julie Long and Deputy Prosecutor Brittnie Roehm worked the case.
Shortly after the shooting, Michael G. Cook was arrested for his involvement. He pleaded guilty to first degree criminal assistance and was sentenced to 54 months in prison in August 2021.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFD) announced on Friday that it will be expanding its chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program in eastern Washington's Region 1, which includes Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla and Whitman counties.
During this year's deer hunting season, WDFW staff will take samples from harvested deer and elk at voluntary check stations and talking to hunters to answer questions they might have about CWD.
CWD is a fatal illness for the animal family that includes deer, elk, moose and caribou. It is caused by mutated proteins known as prions, which can be spread between animals through feces, saliva, urine and other bodily fluids.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have not been any identified cases of CWD infection in people, but research shows the disease could pose a risk to people.
"While disease sampling is voluntary, we encourage hunters to have their deer or elk tested because most animals with CWD appear normal until the end stages of the disease,” said ungulate research scientist Dr. Melia DeVivo. “Without testing, animals infected with CWD could go undetected for months to years, spreading the disease to other animals”
You can find a list of eight voluntary hunter check stations on the WDFW website, as well as information on how to get your game tested for CWD in other ways.
CWD has not been detected in Washington, however it has been found in 30 states, including Idaho, and four Canadian provinces.
“We know that eastern Washington is a popular place for deer hunting, with hunters from all over the state coming here,” DeVivo said. “With Idaho being just across the border from where many people hunt, it is important that we test deer and elk to make sure CWD is not spreading to Washington.”
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Football: Wragg scores three times, Westfield blanks rival Scotch Plains-Fanwood
WESTFIELD – Senior running back Dylan Wragg scored three touchdowns, Aidan Harper added another, and the Westfield defense did the rest, blanking rival Scotch Plains-Fanwood 30-0 Saturday at Kehler Stadium.
FOOTBALL RESULTS: Week 4 Big Central Conference and area football roundup
The Blue Devils (3-1), who have won three straight since an opening-night loss to Watchung Hills, added a safety on a bad punt snap in the third quarter. Scotch Plains-Fanwood (1-4), moved down to the Westfield 8-yard line on the game’s first drive, but the Blue Devils came up with the stop on 4th-and-2.
The Raiders did not notch another first down in the first half, did not visit Westfield’s side of the field until the final minutes of the game, having that drive also end on the Blue Devils’ 8-yard line.
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The first sign came when shortly after erasing a two-touchdown deficit against West Valley in the second quarter Friday night, Sunnyside went for a 4th and 2 inside its own 30 yardline.
Four plays after running back Dominique Booth’s conversion, quarterback/punter Brent Maldonado turned a fake punt on 4th and 6 into a 37-yard gain. Once they’d taken the lead, the Grizzlies decided to pass on the final play of the half, resulting in a 92-yard touchdown for Noah McNair.
So by the time Sunnyside chose to onside kick while ahead by three touchdowns in the third quarter, it hardly felt like a surprise. After all, every other risk had paid off for a team desperate pick up its first win of the season, and of course, this one did, too.
McNair and Booth said they knew to be ready for an aggressive offensive approach against a Rams team averaging 25 points and more than 350 passing yards per game. It all added up to six consecutive touchdown drives featuring three fourth down conversions and five successful plays on third and longer than seven yards in a 41-20 win.
“We were preparing all week for this,” McNair said.
Still, both said they were surprised on the sideline when they saw the fake punt and the onside kick, two plays Booth referred to as “gamechangers.” He ran for 206 yards on 36 carries, scoring two touchdowns and helping Sunnyside run out almost the final eight minutes on its last drive.
West Valley gave up only 28 points combined in its first three games, including 21 on the road to Juneau-Douglas/Thunder Mountain, Alaska’s No. 1 ranked team. Sunnyside never scored more than three touchdowns during its 0-3 start against teams with a combined record of 10-2.
Perhaps the most pivotal sequence Friday came just before halftime, when Skyler Cassel’s potential game-tying touchdown pass went through the hands of his receiver in the end zone on fourth down. McNair smiled as he said West Valley probably expected the Grizzlies to just run out the final two seconds and take their momentum into the locker room, but he had other ideas.
“I called it to the coach ‘cause I knew they were gonna play off,” McNair said. “So I was like, ‘it’s gonna be a tunnel, give me a screen’ and everything else happened from there.”
He caught the pass barely beyond the line of scrimmage, then followed his blockers before outrunning them all, along with the Rams defense, down the left sideline.
Sunnyside’s defense helped fuel their offensive outburst, holding West Valley scoreless on four consecutive drives following two quick touchdowns. McNair came up big on that side as well, intercepting a pass on second and goal early in the third quarter to preserve a 27-14 lead.
It all felt similar to the season opener in Sunnysde, when Prosser rallied from a two-touchdown deficit to win 21-12. Much like the Rams this week, the Grizzlies moved the ball well but failed to capitalize on their opportunities against the Mustangs, coming up empty on three trips inside the Prosser 10 yardline.
McNair said he and his teammates learned a lot from that loss as they improved against a tough early schedule. Games against Post Falls and unbeaten defending 3A runner-up Kennewick provided more opportunities to understand what it would take to beat tough competition.
“Those are great teams,” McNair said. “Ever since then we’ve been fighting and we knew that we had to come strong and that’s what it’s about.”
Sunnyside players and coaches also drew motivation from perceived disrespect, such as all four of the Yakima Herald-Republic’s prognosticators predicting a West Valley win. Coach Marshall Lobbestael held up a clipping of those picks in front of his team on the field after the game and McNair said it drove them to work hard in practice.
The schedule won’t get any easier next Friday against Eastmont, which bounced back from a pair of 14-13 losses to win its first two Big 9 games by a combined 73 points. The Grizzlies lost to the Wildcats 31-26 at home last year, so they’ll need all the momentum they can take from the win over West Valley.
“It’s a big one,” Booth said. “1-0 in league so we’re just trying to fight and fight and fight.”
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WV — Demetreus Sadeddin 7 pass from Skyler Cassel (kick failed)
WV — Jackson May 22 pass from Cassel (Ben Pupplo pass from Cassel)
Sun — Chris Villanueva 19 pass from Brent Maldonado (Ethan Avalos kick)
Sun — Dominique Booth 15 run (Avalos kick)
Sun — Cody Diddens 23 pass from Maldonado (kick failed)
Sun — Noah McNair 92 pass from Maldonado (Avalos kick)
Sun — Diddens 21 pass from Maldonado (Avalos kick)
Sun — Booth 11 run (Avalos kick)
WV — Sadeddin 6 pass from Cassel (pass failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHIING — WV, Antonio Barajas 3-11, Cassel 3-1, Pupplo 1-(-9). Sunnyside, Booth 36-205, Maldonado 6-82, Trey Castro 6-42.
PASSING — WV, Cassel 31-46-1-460. Sunnyside, Maldonado 21-26-0-267.
RECEIVING — WV, Saddedin 9-180, May 9-119, Pupplo 3-52, Zion Lee 6-58, Barajas 1-38, Seth Woodcock 3-13. Sunnyside, McNair 11-158, Diddens 7-81, Villanueva 2-20, Julian Chavez 1-8.
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ELLENSBURG — Colton Magruder can not only run for scores in bunches, he can also throw it and catch it.
A week after tying Ellensburg’s school record with five rushing touchdowns against Selah, the sophomore running back scored three more touchdowns Friday night in the Bulldogs’ 39-0 victory over Grandview in CWAC football at Andreotti Stadium.
Magruder ran for touchdowns of 22 and 19 yards, but he also started Ellensburg’s scoring with a 48-yard scoring reception from Joe Bugni and later added an 85-yard scoring throw to Darius Andaya. Magruder now has nine touchdowns for the season.
Bugni connected on 14 of 17 passes for 128 yards and Tate Taylor picked up 70 yards on the ground as the Bulldogs won their third straight and moved to 2-0 in league. Ellensburg will travel to Prosser next Friday.
Grandview 0 0 0 0 — 0
Ellensburg 8 21 0 10 — 39
Ell — Colton Magruder 48 pass from Joe Bugni (Darius Andaya run)
Ell — Magruder 22 run (Jesse Munguia kick)
Ell — Ezekiel Wageneck 20 interception return (Munguia kick)
Ell — Andaya 85 pass from Magruder (Munguia kick)
Ell — Magruder 19 run (Munguia kick)
Ell — FG Munguia 30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Grandview, Alejandro Garcia 18-39; Christopher Kizke 1-9; Austin Garza 1-6; Angel Mendoza 2-minus 3; Juan Gomez 1-minus 5; Nathanylle Rodriguez 3-minus 7. Ellensburg, Tate Taylor 15-70; Colton Magruder 7-61; Darius Andaya 5-48; Logan Stolen 1-3; Joe Bugni 2-minus 6; Team 1-minus 13.
PASSING — Grandview, Rodriguez 1-5-2-17; Gomez 1-3-1-32; Titus Jeffrey 0-3-0-0. Ellensburg, Bugni 14-17-0-128; Magruder 1-1-0-85.
RECEIVING — Grandview, Jeffrey 1-32; Angel Mendoza 1-17. Ellensburg, Andaya 4-104; Magruder 4-68; Josh Boast 3-33; Emmett Hoyt 3-9; Bode Sherley 1-minus 1.
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Wenatchee 17
Eisenhower 8
WENATCHEE — Aaron Culler’s touchdown reception in the second quarter gave the Cadets a 6-0 lead at halftime, but Wenatchee rallied on its home field for the win.
The Panthers took advantage of five turnovers by Eisenhower, one of which was a fumble returned for a touchdown in the third quarter to start Wenatchee’s comeback.
Ike quarterback Moses Spurrier threw for 192 yards and Javon Davis hauled in 10 catches for 99 yards.
The Cadets host Davis next Friday.
Eisenhower 0 6 0 2 — 8
Wenatchee 0 0 10 7 — 17
Ike — Aaron Culler 18 pass from Moses Spurrier (kick failed)
Wen — Fumble return (Michael McPherson kick)
Wen — FG McPherson 27
Wen — 41 pass (McPherson kick)
Ike — Safety
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Ike, Spurrier 10-31, Nehemiah Garcia 1-10.
PASSING — Ike, Spurrier 18-35-2-192, Judah Oldenkamp 1-1-0-3.
RECEIVING — Ike, Javon Davis 10-99, Garcia 4-55, Culler 2-21, Oldenkamp 1-14, Greysen Sartain 1-3, Ty Larsen 1-3.
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Cashmere 19
CASHMERE — Facing an unbeaten team on the road, Toppenish had to be patient. And imaginative.
Clinging to a 21-19 lead in the third quarter, the Wildcats pulled away with two touchdown passes from Izaiah Maldonado, including one to starting quarterback Josh Perez, and earned a 34-19 victory over Cashmere on Friday.
Sixth-ranked Toppenish pushed its win streak to three games after a season-opening setback to No. 1 Royal and will opened SCAC West play at Wapato next Friday.
Cashmere, which was 3-0 with three routs, took a 13-7 lead in a back-and-forth opening period, which saw the Wildcats take the lead back at 14-13 on the first of two rushing touchdowns for Perez. His 24-yard dash in the second quarter made it 21-13 at the break.
The Bulldogs pulled within two points on a pick-six at the 8:18 mark in the third quarter.
Maldonado then helped Toppenish take charge, completing a 5-yard touchdown pass to Perez on the next drive followed by a 40-yarder to sophomore Santana Luna with 5:56 left in the game.
Timmy Torres ran for 93 yards on 15 carries and added six receptions for 77 yards. Perez connected on 16 of 27 passes for 258 yards and also ran for 49 yards.
Shane Rivera’s 80-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter was his sixth score of the season and Perez matched him with his three touchdowns.
Toppenish 14 7 6 7 — 34
Cashmere 13 0 6 0 — 19
Cash — Jack Croci 51 pass from Trenton Mason (kick failed)
Topp — Shane Rivera 80 pass from Josh Perez (kick good)
Cash — Genaro Reyna 20 run (Reyna kick)
Topp — Perez 2 run (kick good)
Topp — Perez 24 run (kick good)
Cash — Drake Mutch 34 interception return (kick failed)
Topp — Perez 5 pass from Izaiah Maldonado (kick failed)
Topp — Santana Luna 40 pass from Maldonado (kick good)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Toppenish, Timmy Torres 15-93, Perez 7-49, Kiyanno Zuniga 2-11, Anthony Ozuna 2-6, Maldonado 3-2, CJ Torres 1-(-4).
PASSING — Toppenish, Perez 16-27-1-258, Maldonado 2-2-0-45. Cashmere, Mason 7-16-1-127.
RECEIVING — Toppenish, Torres 6-77, Maldonado 4-20, Rivera 3-112, Luna 2-46, Adrian Villanueva 1-30, Zuniga 1-13, Perez 1-5.
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Wahluke 6
ZILLAH — Sophomore quarterback Jayden Salme threw for 389 yards and six touchdowns, including two to Nakea John and Jon Vancleave.
Salme completed 17 of 28 passes and threw five of his touchdowns in the first half. Vancleave finished with seven catches for 163 yards.
The Leopards open SCAC West play next Friday at home against La Salle.
Wahluke 0 6 0 0 — 6
Zillah 21 14 7 3 — 45
Zillah — Nakea John 1 pass from Jayden Salme (Jorge Espinoza kick)
Zillah — Jo Sonnichsen 60 pass from Salme (Espinoza kick)
Zillah — Cash Layman 50 pass from Salme (Espinoza kick)
Zillah — John 25 pass from Salme (Espinoza kick)
Wahluke — Anthony Zabrano 20 pass from Andrew Jorgenson (kick blocked)
Zillah — Jon Vancleave 50 pass from Salme (Espinoza kick)
Zillah — Vancleave 35 pass from Salme (Espinoza kick)
Zillah — FG Espinoza 29
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Zillah, Wade Tynan 14-75, Sonnichsen 5-10.
PASSING — Zillah, Salme 17-28-1-389.
RECEIVING — Zillah, Layman 3-62, Tynan 1-25, John 3-30, Sonnichsen 1-60, Vancleave 7-163, Alex Rodriguez 1-34, Atziri Sanchez 1-15.
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Kiona-Benton 6
Greyson Stevens returned a punt for a touchdown, caught two passes for 23 yards and had an interception on defense to help the Lightning pick up its first win Friday night at Marquette Stadium.
Quarterback Kai Hanrahan ran for 89 yards and a touchdown and threw for 96 yards to key the offense, while Luca Falletto, Justus Barker and Daniel Allard had two sacks apiece to lead the defense.
La Salle plays at Zillah next Friday.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — La Salle, Kai Hanrahan 16-89-1 TD, Tyson Snell 16-81, Johan Valladeres 4-23-1 TD, Cooper Arnold 2-9.
PASSING — La Salle, Kai Hanrahan 9-24-1-96.
RECEIVING — La Salle, Greyson Stevens 2-23, Johan Valladeres 2-14, Tyler Do 2-5, Tyson Snell 1-25, Oscar Sanchez 1-14.
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Naches Valley 28
COLLEGE PLACE — Charlie Jewett’s 6-yard touchdown reception from Dylan Kohl in the fourth quarter lifted the Rangers to victory.
Kohl finished with 213 yards and three touchdown passes, including two to junior Ty Moore, and he ran for NV’s first score in the opening period.
The Rangers led 13-0 in the second quarter and 20-12 at halftime, but the Hawks tied it 20-20 in the third period and rallied ahead 28-26 in the final period.
Moore had five catches for 113 yards for Naches Valley, which hosts Kiona-Benton next Friday.
Naches Valley 6 14 6 7 — 33
College Place 0 12 8 8 — 28
NV — Dylan Kohl 1 run (kick failed)
NV — Ty Moore 30 pass from Kohl (Dylan Mueller kick)
CP — 1 run (kick failed)
NV — Mitchell Helgert 62 run (Mueller kick)
CP — 73 pass from Bryson Castillo (pass failed)
CP — Castillo 47 run (2-point PAT)
NV — Moore 11 pass from Kohl (kick failed)
CP — 69 pass from Castillo (Castillo run)
NV — Charlie Jewett 6 pass from Kohl (Mueller kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — NV, Thane Denny 14-61, Kohl 11-26, Helgert. CP, Castillo 8-54.
PASSING — NV, Kohl 12-28-2-213. CP, Castillo 11-27-0-247.
RECEIVING — NV, Moore 5-113, Jett Hires 2-44, Denny 1-11, Mueller 1-3.
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Highland 13
MANSON — Jayden Connolly caught two touchdown passes and Salvador Gonzalez threw for 116 yards to lead the Scotties’ offense.
Connolly’s scoring receptions came from Gonzalez and Yahir Castro, who also caught six passes.
Highland travels to White Swan on Friday.
Highland 0 7 0 6 — 13
Manson 20 21 7 0 — 48
High — Jayden Connolly 30 pass from Salvador Gonzalez (Yacir Perez kick)
High — Connolly 12 pass from Yahir Castro
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — High, Fabian Pacheco 16-58, Brayan Barragan 3-32, Kevin McCart 2-10, Gonzalez 3-0, Kole Jones 2-0, Castro 2-0.
PASSING — High, Gonzalez 12-26-3-116, Castro 3-6-0-49, McCart 2-4--01.
RECEIVING — High, Cayden Hakala 2-32, Castro 6-29, Adrian Ceja 1-28, Connolly 3-46, Perez 1-15, Pacheco 1-1, Kendall Rosenkranz 2-10.
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Arkansas football score vs. Texas A&M: Live updates from Southwest Classic
Arkansas football will seek its second straight Southwest Classic win on Saturday (6 p.m. CT, ESPN) against Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas.
The No. 10 Razorbacks and No. 20 Aggies will meet at AT&T Stadium for the 13th time since the old Southwest Conference rivalry was renewed and branded the Southwest Classic. Arkansas (3-0) beat Texas A&M (2-1) last season of 42-31. It was the Razorbacks' first win over the Aggies in a decade.
Texas A&M is coming off a top-15 win over Miami in Week 3. Arkansas survived an upset scare from Missouri State in its last game.
Check back for live score updates from AT&T Stadium.
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Guy steals utility vehicles in Northwest Indiana, gets caught when police use GPS to track them down
LAKE COUNTY, Indiana - A guy who stole two utility terrain vehicles in Lake County, Indiana, apparently didn't realize the vehicles' GPS was turned on until the cops showed up.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said they got word on Friday morning that the vehicles had been stolen from a NIPSCO job site near 157th Avenue and Highway 41 in Lowell, Indiana.
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The Sheriff's Office said their police worked with Newton County officers and used GPS to locate the vehicles, which were moving around.
They were found by a Newton County Sheriff's officer in Fair Oaks, Indiana. They were being towed by a pickup truck driven by a man who was arrested after a traffic stop.
The Lake County Sheriff said the vehicles are valued at $50,000.
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New Mexico approves funds for prosecutions in 'Rust' movie shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico has granted funds to pay for possible prosecutions connected to last year's fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Thursday.
The state Board of Finance greenlit more than $317,000 to cover the cost of investigating potential charges in the shooting on the set of "Rust" outside Santa Fe.
First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies made an emergency request for the funds to go toward a special prosecutor, special investigator, several experts and other personnel.
READ MORE: 'Rust' shooting: Police release videos in probe of Alec Baldwin-produced film
As many as four people could face charges, according to a copy of the request obtained by the newspaper, though Carmack-Altwies did not say anyone definitely would.
"One of the possible defendants is well known movie actor Alec Baldwin," she stated.
Hilaria Baldwin and Alec Baldwin speak for the first time regarding the accidental shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of the film "Rust," on October 30, 2021 in Manchester, Vermont. (Photo
When reached for comment by the newspaper, she declined to say which crew members or cast could face charges. The possible charges her office is looking at range from homicide to violations of state gun statutes.
Carmack-Altwies said she is expecting to receive the final investigation report from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office soon.
READ MORE: 'Rust' movie shooting: State regulators impose maximum fine
Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off on Oct. 21, killing her and wounding the director, Joel Souza. They had been inside a small church during setup for filming a scene.
A US flag flies at the entrance to the Bonanza Creek Ranch film set, where a crew member was fatally shot during production of the western film "Rust", is seen on October 28, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Ima
Baldwin has said the gun went off accidentally and that he did not pull the trigger. But a recent FBI forensic report found the weapon could not not have fired unless someone pulled the trigger.
The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, has been named in several lawsuits, including a wrongful death claim filed by Hutchins' family.
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On Saturday morning, ESPN’s Field Yates reported that the 49ers had restructured tackle Trent Williams’ contract. In doing so, they’ve cleared $4.36M in salary cap space in 2022.
The 49ers have converted $5.45M of LT Trent Williams' base contract into a signing bonus, creating $4.36M in 2022 cap space, per source.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 24, 2022
The 49ers always love to keep some extra spending money for in-season moves, but because they were down to $4M in 2022 cap space, I believe they felt the need to create some extra space.
Especially given that Jimmy Garoppolo is going to be starting (at least) the next 16 games and earning a lot of those Not Likely To Be Earned (NLTBE) incentives, the 49ers probably anticipated needing additional cap space in 2023 for that.
Nonetheless, the 49ers have dropped Trent Williams’ base salary down from $7.25M to $1.80M, which is the veteran minimum salary in 2022 for a player with Williams’ playing experience.
#49ers re-worked Trent Williams’ contract, converting $5.45M of his base salary into a signing bonus.
— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) September 24, 2022
New Base Salary: $1.80M
New Salary Cap Hit: $8.58M
This will tack on about $1M over the next 5 years of TW’s deal.#49ers total cap space should be back up to around $9M.
This $5.45M will now be paid out to Trent Williams immediately as a signing bonus, but it will be prorated across the life of Williams’ contract. Essentially, the $5.45M will be split across the five years of his deal to add an additional $1.09M per season to his cap hit (assuming no void years are added).
The funny part of the restructure is that it means that Jimmy Garoppolo’s cap hit in 2022 is now the highest on the 49ers’ team at $13.991 (which is still low for a starting veteran quarterback in the NFL).
Funniest part of the #49ers re-working Trent Williams’ deal?
— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) September 24, 2022
The highest cap hit on the team suddenly belongs to Jimmy Garoppolo and his $13.991M price tag for 2022.
With him starting for the next 16 games, all the NLTBE incentives (if they’re earned), will roll into 2023.
With this move, the 49ers should be back up to around $9M in salary cap space in 2022, which they could use for in-season moves (signings or trades) or roll over into next season when they will need that money to account for Nick Bosa’s extension or Garoppolo’s incentives.
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22 years ago today, on September 24th of the year 2000, Music by Madonna was the number one song on the charts and the NY Post reported that eight bidders had emerged to buy the World Trade Center. The 49ers were also in Dallas to face off against the Cowboys and star wide receiver Terrell Owens was about to put on a show.
The 49ers were entering the game 0-3 and would only go 6-10 that season, but facing off against their rivals in Texas, they pulled out a 41-24 victory. Owens hauled in five receptions for a pair of touchdowns and 51 receiving yards. After his first touchdown, Owens sprinted to midfield and stretched his arms out at midfield. Cowboys fans responded with boos.
The next possession, Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith scored a touchdown, sprinted to midfield, and slammed the football at midfield, seemingly reclaiming it from Owens. Then, later in the game, after Owens’ second score, he sprinted to midfield and went to match Smith’s celebration. It gave us one of the best post-touchdown moments in NFL history.
The NFL's first celebration king? You can certainly make a case for T.O.
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18 years ago today, @49ers WR @terrellowens took it to the ⭐️ after each of his TDs in Dallas. (Sept. 24, 2000) #TDIH pic.twitter.com/G7dl6hfdEr
Despite the victory, 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci was livid with Owens’ celebration. He suspended Owens for the team’s next game and fined him a week of pay. While it remains one of the most memorable moments of Owens’ tenure, it would signal the beginning of his deteriorating relationship with Mariucci. Eventually, Owens would request a trade from the Niners and would be sent to the Eagles for defensive end Brandon Whiting and a conditional fifth-round pick.
It’s hard not to look back on this moment and think about what Owens’ career would have looked like if Mariucci hadn’t made such a big deal about the celebration.
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The 49ers made one roster move Saturday ahead of Sunday night’s game against the Denver Broncos. The team elevated defensive tackle Akeem Spence from the practice squad.
That’s not a great sign for Arik Armstead’s availability, as he missed practice each day this week with a foot injury. And while Kyle Shanahan said earlier in the week he believes Armstead would play against Denver, Spence’s elevation says otherwise.
Perhaps the game being played at night as opposed to an early start would help Armstead suit up. San Francisco doesn’t have to declare Arik out until 90 minutes prior to kickoff.
Armstead will be difficult to replace, given his ability to take on double teams against the run and win 1-on-1 as a pass rusher. Javon Kinlaw will be asked to do more, as will Kevin Givens and Hassan Ridgeway. The depth along the defensive line helps, but there’s no substitution for impact players such as Armstead.
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Saturday night: Mostly cloudy. Lows: 55-62° Winds: SE 5-7 mph
Sunday: Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs: 82-85° Winds: SW 7-15 mph
Sunday night: Mostly cloudy. Lows: 59-62° Winds: SW 7-10 mph
Monday: Sunny. Highs: 76-78° Winds: W 7-15 mph
Monday night: Mostly Clear. Lows: 54-57° Winds: SW 3-5 mph
Tuesday: Sunny. Highs: 74-76° Lows: 54-57°
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 70-71° Lows: 49-54°
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 66-69° Lows: 48-54°
Friday: Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs: 70-71° Lows: 51-58°
Saturday: Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs: 71-74° Lows: 57-63°
Forecast Discussion:
Good Saturday evening Delmarva! It was a nice cool day across the area. Temperatures this afternoon made it to the low 70s across much of the area. Tonight temperatures will fall to the upper 50s making it a cool evening as the skies increase in cloud cover.
Sunday morning will be cool. Temperatures will start in the upper 50s and warm to the low 80s by the afternoon A cold front will approach from the west and contribute to the chance of showers by the afternoon. The rain chances will decrease overnight.
Monday will start the week off on a sunny but breezy note. Temperatures will start in the upper 50s to the low 60s and warm to the mid to upper 70s by the afternoon. Wind gusts can be upwards of 25 mph. Monday evening will have temperatures fall to the upper 50s.
Tuesday will be mostly sunny. Temperatures on Tuesday and the rest of the week will feel like fall on Delmarva. Temperatures will be in the upper 70s on Tuesday but the rest of the week will see afternoon highs in the low to mid-70s.
Keeping an eye on the tropics, Tropical storm Ian is forecasted to become a major hurricane as it makes its way over water in the Caribbean waters. Landfall is forecasted to be on the west side of Flordia as a major hurricane. Towards the end of the week, we on Delmarva can expect rainfall from the remnants of the Ian.
The average temperature for late September is 77 degrees for a high and a low of 57 degrees.
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Marvel Artist Explains His Design For Hercules in Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder featured a number of twists and turns over the course of its two-hour runtime. But the film arguably saved one of its biggest surprises for (almost) last. In a mid-credits scene, Russell Crowe’s Zeus, still nursing a wound from his fight with Thor earlier in the movie, ruminates on how far the gods have fallen during the age of superheroes. To carry out his vengeance, he turns to his own son, Hercules, with Ted Lasso breakout Brett Goldstein playing the character in his live-action debut.
Now that the cat’s out of the bag, Marvel Studios Director of Visual Development Andy Park is ready to discuss how he went about designing the MCU’s take on the legendary Greek strongman. Speaking with ComicBookMovie.com, Park admitted that he’s been a fan of Hercules for decades. But he also may have dropped a big hint about Marvel’s plans for the character.
“I got to design that one which was really fun because before I designed it, I had just finished watching [Brett] in Ted Lasso,” said Park. “I love that show. And the first time I saw he was this character, I said, ‘Oh my gosh, he’s going to play Hercules?’ I went to designing that and, again, growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s with Marvel Comics, he was part of The Avengers.”
RELATED: Thor: Love And Thunder’s Latest VFX Changes Are Met With Criticism
Whether Goldstein reprises his role in one of Marvel’s upcoming Avengers movies remains to be seen. For now, Park is just grateful to have had the chance to design his character, especially since he had no way of knowing if the studio would pick him for the job. Regardless, many fans seem happy with the finished product, which largely stays true to Hercules’ comic book appearances.
“It becomes a question every time we do a design, ‘How comic-accurate can you be?’” explained Park. “I did a lot of different versions and one got picked. We got to see it in the end credits and that was such a treat to be able to see that and also fun to be in the audience whether it was in the premiere or when I watched it after with a regular audience to see the reaction. That’s always the final cherry on top.”
Thor: Love and Thunder is now available to own on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and digital. The film is also currently streaming on Disney+.
Were you happy with Park’s design for Hercules’ in the film? Are you excited to see Goldstein return for more MCU adventures? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Thor by Jason Aaron: The Complete Collection Vol. 1
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James Earl Jones Officially Retires as the Voice of Darth Vader
In 1977, James Earl Jones began voicing Darth Vader in George Lucas’ Star Wars saga, and his instantly-recognizable baritone helped the Dark Lord of the Sith become one of the most celebrated villains in the history of popular culture. Jones was recently credited for reprising his role as Vader in Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series earlier this year. But as fans later learned, he never actually set foot in a recording booth. Instead, a Ukrainian-based startup called Respeecher used AI technology and archival recordings to re-create the actor’s dulcet tones. And this will likely be Lucasfilm’s strategy going forward if they decide to revisit his character in future installments.
A new Vanity Fair piece confirms that after 45 years, Jones has officially “stepped back” from bringing Vader to life. Fortunately, he’s already given Respeecher his blessing to clone his voice for new films and TV shows. After being presented with the company’s work, Jones “signed off” on letting them record new dialogue using his likeness. This effectively guarantees that his familiar cadence will live on for decades to come.
Obi-Wan wasn’t the first time that Lucasfilm enlisted Respeecher’s services for one of their Star Wars projects. The company also helped re-create Mark Hamill’s younger voice for Luke Skywalker’s scenes in The Book of Boba Fett (the story doesn’t say whether they handled his previous appearance in The Mandalorian season 2). What’s even more impressive is that they continued to work on Obi-Wan while Russian armed forces were invading their country.
RELATED: Helmet-Slashed Vader From Obi-Wan Kenobi Finale Gets a Hot Toy
Jones provided Vader’s voice in all three films in Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy, later returning for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Once Disney took over the franchise, he also came back for Rogue One in 2016. But it sounds like his retirement from the role has been years in the making. In 2019, after recording a brief vocal cameo for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, he reportedly told Lucasfilm sound editor Matthew Wood that he was “looking to wind down” his time as the character.
Although it certainly marks the end of an era, this news isn’t all that surprising. At 91, Jones finally seems like he’s pumping the breaks on his acting career. In fact, most of the jobs he’s taken on over the last few years have been voicover roles, including a six-episode stint as Vader in Star Wars: Rebels and a second go-round as Mufasa in Disney’s 2019 Lion King remake. Regardless, he still agreed to reprise his role as King Jaffe in Coming 2 America, which premiered on Amazon Prime in 2021.
Are you sad to hear that Jones is stepping away from the role of Darth Vader? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin
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As the calendar moves forward and the temperature drops, my awareness of the seasonal change hetightens.
Over the last few days, many people have reminded me of such. A text message stating, “It’s caramel apple time,” a store promoting sweater season, reminders about homecoming festivities, and comments regarding the cooler temps being, “The perfect weather for reading,” all ring true.
While you can eat a caramel apple any time of year, September really is caramel apple time at our house. My son’s birthday is in September and every year for his birthday treat we would make caramel apples for his class. Over the years, I have experimented with several different recipes. The tricky thing about caramel is if it doesn’t heat to the right temperature, it simply slides off the apples, and if it gets too hot for too long, the caramel is rock hard. To date, my favorite caramel apple recipe comes from “The Bon Appetit Cookbook” by Barbara Fairchild (copyright 200, p. 731-732). This fantastic cookbook is available at the library.
Speaking of apples, a perfect read for the fall is Ruth Reichl’s “Comfort Me with Apples.” Ruth Reichl was the editor of Gourmet magazine and a restaurant critic for The Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. Let’s just say Ruth Reichl knows food and bonus, she is a wonderful writer. Reichl’s books include “Tender at the Bone,” Garlic and Sapphires,” “Save me the Plums,” and several others, all worth reading. After reading one, I devoured the others.
While it was not my intent to write exclusively about apples, it seems to be where I have arrived. “The Cider House Rules,” by John Irving is a beautifully written novel filled with compelling characters that you will grow attached to. Set in an orchard, the book is about complex issues that are as relevant today as when the book was published in the 1990s, and during the period in which it is set, the 1920s.
As we settle into autumn the seasonal transition may make you a bit restless. Short stories and essays may be the perfect fit for the seasonal shift. The Lake Region Writers Network has published three books that are collections of short stories, essays, and poetry. Titled, “The Lake Region Review,” these slim collections are perfect if left on your nightstand or coffee table where you can easily pick the book up, read an essay or two, and resume later. You will likely recognize the names of many authors, as they may be your friends, neighbors, or co-workers. You may want to keep a copy in your car for when you are early for an appointment or the passenger on a trip.
Speaking of car trips, the turning of the leaves in Minnesota is a splendid work of art worthy of a Sunday drive. We often traverse the same paths and fail to explore the nooks and crannies of this lovely state. “Backroads & Byways of Minnesota: Drives, Day Trips, & Weekend Excursions” By Amy C. Rea will help you discover some new roads to explore and destination locations. You may want to check out a Minnesota State Park pass from the library to take along on your adventure. While you are meandering throughout the state, keep your eyes open for local caramel apple stands, I assure you, they are out there.
Gail Hedstrom is the library director at the Fergus Falls Public Library.
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This time of year, some gardeners are suffering from “Garden Fatigue.” They are praying for frost so they can stop gardening. Of course, this is not true for the avid gardener. He /she would like at least two or three more months of gardening weather to be sure that that new plant/ tree/ shrub/ they just planted is well established before snowman weather.
Even if you are suffering from GF, there are some things that need to be done this time of year. To ensure a weed free garden (as if there were such a thing) keep pulling weeds. Every weed left in the garden is a million weeds next spring. Remove all the dead vines from the garden. They often have disease or insects in them. They also tend to wrap around the tiller tines leading to blue air vented by the tiller operator. Keep mulching. Bare soil attracts weed like white pants attract dirt. Bring in vacationing house plants when the night-time temps drop to about 45 regularly. Give them a good bath first to clean off dirt and any hitchhiking bugs like spider mites or aphids. If they have gotten too big for their pots, now is a good time to thin and repot them in new potting soil.
Keep watering. Trees and shrubs need fall rains to survive our winters. Any newly planted tree or shrub will need extra water for a full five years. Perennials will winter better if they go into the winter well-watered before the first frost. (Dirty word, that). Keep removing any diseased leaves from trees, flowers or vegetables and bag or burn them. Many diseases enter the soil from diseased plant materials and just wait there to attack your tender, baby plant next summer.
Start to cut the grass long now, at least three to 3 ½ inches. This shades out the smaller weeds and helps prevent those ugly brown spots in the lawn when we have a hot dry spell.
Apples are probably not ripe yet, but you can check by cutting one open. If the seeds are black or dark brown, the apple is ripe. Apples will tolerate a light frost, down to 28 degrees without damage. Just don’t touch them until they warm up.
If you see a web in your trees now, you are seeing fall webworms. Although this looks terrible it really has little impact on a healthy tree. DO NOT attempt to burn the web. It will damage the tree and just warm up the worms. Instead, put on a glove and pull the web out of the tree and squish the worms in it. If you get the collywobbles just thinking about squishing worms, cut the branch off and burn the whole thing.
Even though you don’t hear them singing this time of year, the native birds are still eating bugs and weed seeds. To encourage them to stay, leave any seed heads standing in the flower garden. The goldfinches especially enjoy the seeds of purple coneflower in the winter. Put out the suet and fill the feeders now. It’s only polite to feed guests.
Do cut down your iris leaves now and bag them. This will help cut down on iris borer next year. Remove the leaves and bag or burn them. Leave any annuals that you like to go to seed. If they are hybrids, you won’t get the same flower but what the heck, it’s a flower and if you don’t like it, pull it out.
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FORD QUALIFYING RESULTS
1st - Brad Keselowski
2nd - Joey Logano
5th - Micahel McDowell
11th - Austin Cindric
13th - Chris Buescher
14th - Ryan Blaney
20th - Harrison Burton
23rd - Kevin Harvick
24th - Cole Custer
25th - Aric Almirola
28th - Todd Gilliland
30th - Chase Briscoe
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 RoushParts.com Ford Mustang -- Qualified 1st - POLE WINNER PRESS CONFERENCE
“That was a heckuva lap. I was proud to show my speed and be starting on the front row on pole. This is a tough track to qualify at because the speeds are so high and the track is so slick and hot. We were able to put a lap together. Three and four was one of those gutsy laps where you hold it wide open through there and hope it sticks. It was really close but we made it through. That was probably the difference maker. I haven’t gone back and seen all the data but I just committed to running through it wide open and it made it. Credit to Matt McCall, the crew chief of the team here who worked on the car. We unloaded a little bit with that warmup session and we weren’t bad but we weren’t good enough. We made two good changes and here we are. We had a great test in Miami here this week and learned a lot and we applied some of that here to what we have today and got some results from it. It is a super exciting time for me and for our company here at RFK with a lot of the progress we have made over the last few months and now it is actually starting to show up. It has been a painful journey, but a good one. I am proud of our lap. It didn’t come unearned but we have a long way to go tomorrow for 500 miles here in Texas. Obviously, this is a really tough grueling race. I have led a lot of laps here and been in a position to win this race before but it hasn’t come together. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the day. It is certainly a great spot to start from.”
IT HAS BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR YOU WITH THE WIN LAST WEEK BY CHRIS AND THEN THE POLE TODAY HASN’T IT? “Yeah, it has been a whirlwind with winning at Bristol with Chris and running up front and having some good moments there. Then we were really busy with testing in Miami and trying to get better as a whole. Those have been really healthy for us. It is just a lot of things happening in all directions both personally and professionally with this business and my other business and with our foundation. Everything is wide open in every direction. Sometimes it is hard to stop and reflect on how privileged and blessed I am to be in this position, but a good time nonetheless.”
HOW DID YOU KNOW THE CAR WAS GOING TO STICK? “I didn’t. That is just the reality. You don't. You commit to it and it either works or it doesn't. I felt pretty confident that we made some really good gains in our cars in practice and the test session but you don't know. That is the reality. You really don't know what these cars are capable of until they spin out. You start to build up a bank of knowledge that you think you can trust and lean on and hope that it is right.”
OF ALL PLACES TO WIN A POLE, THIS PLACE IS HARD TO PASS AT BUT IT IS A LONG RACE. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE TRACK POSITION HERE? “I think the biggest challenge if you go back and watch the All-Star race, I think Kyle Busch had the pole and really drove away for the first 25 or 30 laps until he blew a tire. I think the biggest challenge is running a fast pace and keeping the lead and not blowing our tires. That will be the big challenge. Last week at Bristol I felt like we had a good pace and had done everything conservative and ran a smart race until the end when we got to the lead and started to push it and blew out a tire. That will be one of the toughest things for tomorrow. The leader will always be, by nature, the hardest on the tires because he is carrying the most speed through the corners. Trying to balance not wanting to give up the lead and wanting to lead every lap in the dang race without blowing tires will be the big challenge not just for me but everyone who gets in that position tomorrow.”
IS THIS A TURNING POINT ORGANIZATIONALLY FOR YOU GUYS AND HOW BIG IS THE ARC? “Yeah, I am living in my own bubble so I am not sure if it is fair for me to answer that question. I think that is a question better answered by those outside my bubble. It is certainly a lot of progress. In the media center last week at Bristol I think I tried to articulate at least that you do things in this sport and it takes six to 12 months for them to be realized. That is the reality. Anything in this sport that you do in one week’s time or two weeks time is probably illegal. The majority of things that come together take months and months of behind-the-scenes work to come together. In that sense, it is super painful. It is really painful. You do things and you don't get a result and everybody challenges and questions the decisions that were made and you kind of have to stay the course.”
YOUR LAST POLE WAS IN 2019, HOW DOES THIS FEEL AFTER A COUPLE YEARS? “Yeah, I just had that conversation with Claire B and I am not sure that is a fair statistic because we went a year and a half without qualifying. I had a couple poles with the old format of not qualifying but with the qualifying format coming back in full effect this year, you have to go back to 2019 and you take out of the qualifying sessions we have had since then I think it is around 50 or 60 so it doesn't look quite as bad, at least to me. That said, certainly it has been a bit of a drought from being in that position qualifying up front but I am glad to break through and get it done.”
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU TAPPED INTO YOUR EXPERIENCES AS A DRIVER TO BUILD THE PROGRESS OF RFK RACING, AND ALSO WHEN YOU WON HERE 10 YEARS AGO, DID YOU EVER IMAGINE HOW CHALLENGING THIS TRACK WOULD BE YEARS LATER? “Yeah, it hasn’t gotten any easier that is for sure. It has gotten tougher and when they reconfigured here four or five years ago and then now with the PJ1 on the track it makes it that much tougher. The NextGen car has its own nuances to go with that. It is a tough track. It has its own quirks to it. Some would say those are bad things and some would say they are good things. I think you guys have probably heard all of that all morning long. It is the same for everybody at the end of the day, which is all I think you can truly ask for.”
“From the driver and owner perspective, it has been one of those years where you kind of wear two hats and they look at each other and say, ‘not good enough’. The driver side wants the cars better and the car owner side says to get the finish you can get with the equipment you have. That is all easier said than done on both sides. I probably fell victim to pushing too hard and not having the equipment we needed to have at the start of the year and not always getting the finishes we needed to get to just move on. It was very much a needing to run 15th to 20th because we had 25th place cars and that is what we have. I probably fell victim to trying to get too much out of them and making our days worse than what they needed to be but also pushing them in such a way that it was very clear what the boundaries were with our cars and their performance and what we needed to do to make them better. On the owner side I think our people are maturing and our processes are maturing. We have added some great resources in multiple areas. There are a lot of pieces coming together for sure.”
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED AS A CUP OWNER? HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE IT TO WHEN YOU OWNED THE TRUCK TEAM? “I would say the biggest challenge is that the Truck team was a lot easier for me because i was the sole owner. When something was wrong it was easier to be more nimble. Here there are more channels and stakeholders to work through so it is definitely different. At the end of the day, the same things still hold through. You put great people together with great resources and you let them do their thing. I think I look at our company and some of the people we are building up as leaders who are taking hold of that and from the ownership level it is about giving them the resources they need to have the tools they need to fight the competition. That is really not any different. The numbers are bigger. You can add a zero to everything. Add a zero to the revenue and at least one to the costs. I was at Martin Truex Jr.’s charity event here last week and I bid on something at the auction and won it and somebody was joking at me about how much it cost and I told them that, believe it or not, it was the cheapest thing I bought today. That really summarizes what being a car owner is like. You spend a lot of money on stuff you never thought you would spend a lot of money on, but that is what it takes to win.”
IF SOMEONE WATCHED THE ALL-STAR RACE TO PREPARE FOR THIS RACE, WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN WASTING THEIR TIME? “I think the race will be really similar to the All-Star race. I don't see it playing out much differently. The All-Star race wasn’t cold. It was still pretty warm and the PJ1 was similar. A different tire compound but that remains to be seen how that will affect the track and the race. We saw a handful of tire blowouts in the All-Star race and that was a shorter race. Even with the different tire, I think that is the biggest question for me tomorrow. How hard can you drive the car without blowing a tire out. I don't know if we have that answer until we run the race.”
“I guess it depends on what side of the coin you are on. If you are a driver who is going to take that hit it isn’t as much fun but if you are a fan who likes to see a race get mixed up with variability it can be fun. I see both sides of that. The races are really unpredictable.”
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL RACE TOMORROW FOR YOU BESIDES THE OBVIOUS? “Well, there are two hats here. A successful race for a driver is taking whatever you have with the equipment and finish equal to or better than what it is capable of. If you have a fifth place car and you run third, that is usually a pretty successful day and that is what you strive for, to work with your team and execute at that level. On the ownership side it is about providing everyone with the resources they need to run well. Then you hope that they execute. There are two opposing views that you hope come together.”
YOU ARE A CHAMPIONSHIP-CALIBER DRIVER WHO HASN’T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A POINTS RACE YET THIS YEAR. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT? HOW DO YOU NOT BEAT YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL? “Who says I don't do that? It isn’t fun but what are you going to do? Do you cry in your milk or go to work? I would rather do the latter of the two and we have doing a lot of that, putting the effort in and going to work. Feeling sorry for yourself is easy. Anyone can do that. Being able to look bigger picture and being able to find things to motivate you is hard. That is really my biggest challenge. It isn’t the people, that is a big challenge don't get me wrong. It isn’t the resources. It is having the ability to take a punch in the stomach and move on to the next race without letting it phase you. It is a little bit like the Muhammed Ali rope-a-dope here. Now we are in a spot where we are ready to play some offense and we are on the field. It is a good feeling. It comes with a pragmatic view and a lot of humility of being able to walk away from some races where you were legitimately 20th or 25th and go to work the next morning and say, ‘Alright, we aren’t going to burn the house down. We are going to repaint the living room and then we are going to go to the next room and work on it piece by piece.’ The easy thing to do is to lose control over yourself. That is the easy thing to do. The hard thing to do is to work through it and be methodical in that approach.”
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT BECOMES NATURAL FOR YOU? “It has gotten easier for me with time. Having grown up in an environment where my family owned a race team and the hardships that went with that certainly built up a case for endurance. Having gone to Team Penske where it wasn’t where I wanted it to be and living through a year and a half of pain and people telling me I made the dumbest move ever in leaving Hendrick and then getting there, it build some confidence that it can happen. Having kids and watching them grow and progress and knowing that things take time and we are maturing and the fun comes from the pain in some ways. It comes from knowing that we can endure through it.”
YOU HAVE BEEN A PLAYOFF DRIVER AND A NON-PLAYOFF DRIVER. IN THE PAST WE HAVE SEEN NON-PLAYOFF DRIVERS HANG BACK AND KIND OF LET THE PLAYOFF DRIVERS DO THEIR THING. HOW EXCITING IS IT FOR YOU AS A DRIVER NOW TO SEE THAT ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND IT IS ANYBODY’S RACE TO TAKE? “There is more parity now in some ways than ever before. Now the fight is for who is going to get to test at a track. You are looking for any advantage you can get. Now the fights are in different places. They are with pit road stuff, not that we didn’t fight on pit road before. They are in meetings where we argue over who gets to test where. Those things now are everything. The parity is certainly a part of it but then there is a lot of OEM fights. That is really big right now. Whoever gets the most resources from their OEM has a huge advantage. So that stack of the deck is really important as we look to the future. The game is changing. The game is changing not just because of the Next Gen car but all the rules around it. Whether it is limited practice sessions or the single lug nut or the way that the balance of power is really shifted to the OEM’s here with a number of the rules. We are adapting in real-time. I think that is some of the reason why you are seeing so much variance. I would add there are other reasons for it too. Durability and things in the first year of the car and the tires and everyone trying to understand those limits but I expect to some extent for that parity to go away as time goes by and some of the variableness of the racing goes away.”
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS TRACK THAT YOU HAVE DIALED INTO? “I have had really good cars, no doubt. You can’t do anything in this sport without good cars. I have had good cars here which makes it a lot easier. I have been able to execute and not get into trouble. I would like to think that this track, 500 miles, it rewards somebody that races methodically but patiently and that has been a strength for me. I would mostly give credit to my teams and the work that they put in and being able to work with them to work on a car and adjust the car through races to track changes. As I look at this race, the track is going to change a lot. What you need to go fast at the beginning is probably not what you will need to go fast at the end. That feedback from the driver is really important and that is something I have worked really hard on.”
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 AAA Insurance Ford Mustang -- Qualified 2nd
WHAT DID YOU NEED TO GET THAT TOP SPOT? “I thought I had it until I didn’t. The guys gave me a really fast race car. It is fast in race trim as well. I thought I had a decent 1 and 2 but had to come out of the gas just a touch in 3 and 4. Maybe that was enough to be the difference. It is hard to say. Dang. I wish I could have that lap back. Paul did a great job of getting our car better than what it was the first time we were here to where it doesn't even feel like we have less grip with the hotter temperatures. I wish we were starting first but we have a Ford from row, so that is good, it is just the wrong Ford.”
TELL ME ABOUT THOSE FORDS. YOU HAVE A TON OF SPEED IT SEEMS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FORD IN THE PLAYOFFS? “Hopefully we are peaking at the right time. It is hard to say who is the strongest right now. It is different week by week. You can be great with just a couple of adjustments and be horrible with a couple of adjustments. It is so close and the field is so tight and if your balance is off just a little bit you qualify 15th. It is that close right now.”
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Shaking off the 410 cobwebs after nearly five months out of action, “Shugah” Shane Sexton returned to USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series competition last Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. The affable driver started 19th in the 30-lap main event and drove forward for a 14th-place finish.
Driving a new GAS Chassis, Sexton timed in with a lap of 17.187 and contested the third 10-lap heat race. After a disappointing seventh-place finish in the heat, the Warner Springs, California driver lined up in the 19th position to start the 30-lap main event. He steered clear of all the tangles happening on the track and moved forward throughout the race. When Steve Russell’s checkered flag brought the proceedings to a halt at the end of the 30th lap, “Shugah” was all the way up to 14th.
Moving forward in the race also propelled Sexton higher up in the series championship point standings. To be exact, he jumped from 21st to 19th position heading into the next race at Arizona’s Mohave Valley Raceway on October 8th. Sexton’s only other appearance at the track which is located a few minutes from the Colorado River and only 20 minutes from Laughlin, was a prosperous one. After qualifying 22nd fastest and placing eighth in his heat on April 22nd, Sexton started 21st in the main and advanced nine positions to finish 12th on the racy 1/3 mile oval.
Sexton was due to be back on the track on October 1st at Perris with the USAC/CRA Series but that race has been canceled. As previously mentioned, he will return to action at Mohave Valley. The young driver will then wrap up his 410 sprint car season with five races in nine days. The first two dates are at the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championship at Arizona’s Cocopah Speedway on October 28th and 29th. That will be followed by the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th.
Sexton and the #74 team wish to extend their thanks to the following 2022 racing season partners. Gas Chassis, Key Brothers Racing, Nita Gatlin, Hugh Jorgan, Mike Pridgeon Racing Engines, AG Sandcars, Powder 1, Ron’s Tire and Brake, and Savage Racing. If you would like to be a part of this fun, upcoming team and get exposure not only at the tracks but around the world on Flo Racing, please contact Shane Sexton at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (619) 362-5921.
Sexton would like to extend a thank you to Brian Fonseca and Samantha Sproull for the opportunity to wheel their lightning sprint and he would like to thank their team sponsors for making it possible. They are the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Foothill Tractor & Heavy Equipment, KB Rod Benders, and MJK Auto Sales.
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LARAMIE – Cheyenne Central picked up another statement win Friday night.
A week after knocking off then-No. 3-ranked Thunder Basin, quarterback Keagan Bartlett accounted for four of the six touchdowns in the game, and the defense stood tall in the Indians’ 42-6 rout of Laramie.
“I think we are finishing now,” Mike Apodaca said. “Outside the first drive, we scored on every drive after. … Overall, I was proud of the effort, and we will take the win.”
Both teams exchanged punts on their opening drives. However, on Laramie’s opening possession, Richard Prescott blocked a punt that set up Central inside the Laramie 30-yard line.
“We worked on (that punt block) all week,” Prescott said. “As soon as it happened, it just brought the energy up. The team played great after that.”
Central wasted little time capitalizing off the mistake. Just two plays later, Central running back John Deti scored on a 1-yard rush to give Central the early lead.
Laramie went three-and-out on its next drive, and Bartlett ran the ball in from 18 yards out to put Central up 14-0.
The Plainsmen had a golden opportunity to cut the lead in half to start the second quarter. Mason Branch slipped behind the defense, but quarterback Fisher Frude’s pass sailed just over his head.
Central made them pay, scoring two more times to close out the half. Ethan Reisdorfer added a nine-yard touchdown reception from Bartlett to put Central up 21-0.
Bartlett added his second rushing touchdown on the day, this time from 15 yards out to give Central a 28-0 lead heading into halftime.
Prescott added a nine-yard touchdown rush in the third quarter to help extend the lead to 35-0. Bartlett added his fourth touchdown of the game on a seven-yard rush at the start of the fourth quarter to put the final nail in Laramie’s coffin.
The Plainsmen notched their first touchdown on the final play of the game on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Max Alexander to Evan Crum to end the shutout bid for Central.
Central’s defense dominated the game, allowing Laramie to record just 28 yards of total offense in the first half and just 91 overall. Laramie crossed midfield just three times in the game and recorded five sacks in the game.
“We really couldn’t sustain our drives and maintain our rhythm,” Laramie coach Paul Ronga said. “When you are being asked to go 70-80 yards, that’s a tough thing to do for any offense. We (also) missed a few big plays by a few inches, so that really hurt us, too.”
Central’s offense also appeared to have found its grove. Over the first three games, the Indians had a hard time getting out of their own way. They have put up more than 40 points in the past two games and have had much more consistent showings on offense.
“I think we are (doing great on offense),” Prescott said. “We have had a lot of success running the ball and in all categories.”
For Ronga and the Plainsmen, the loss doesn’t sting as badly as one might think. Ronga said after the game he was proud of the way his team battled until the end, especially being able to go down and score on the final play of the game.
Central returns home next Friday night to take on crosstown opponent South. Laramie will be back at home for its homecoming game against Kelly Walsh.
CENTRAL 42, LARAMIE 6
Cheyenne Central…… 14 14 7 7 – 42
Laramie…… 0 0 0 6 – 6
SCORING SUMMARY
First Quarter
CC: Deti 1 run (Pedersen kick)
CC: Bartlett 18 run (Pedersen kick)
Second Quarter
CC: Reisdorfer 9 pass from Bartlett (Pedersen kick)
CC: Bartlett 15 run (Pedersen kick)
Third Quarter
CC: Prescott 9 run (Pedersen kick), 7:44
Fourth Quarter
CC: Bartlett 7 run (Pedersen kick)
L: Crum 23 pass from Alexander
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Cheyenne Central: Bartlett 20-108, King 7-50, Deti 1-1, Counter 4-21, Whitworth 1-7, Prescott 3-22, Gonzales 2-(minus-2), Fernandez 1-16, Pauley 2-8. Laramie: Trabing 1-3, Calderon 1-0, Frude 6-(minus-25), Leford 1-(minus-200, Alexander 3-0, Crum 2-2, Jaskolski 3-12, Peterson 1-(minus-10, Keith 3-9.
Passing
Cheyenne Central: Bartlett 12-16-0 141. Laramie: Frude 6-17-0 34, Alexander 4-5-0 59
Receiving
Cheyenne Central: Whitworth 3-27, Porwoll 1-12, Reisdorfer 4-44, DeHoff 1-28, King 1-28, Fernandez 1-(minus-3), Pauley 1-5. Laramie: Trabing 2-8, Calderon 1-13, Gutierrez 1-20, Brinegar 1-6, Alexander 2-16, Crum 1-23, Herrera 1-10, Bangoura 1-(minus-3).
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A local woman recently went digging through her family history, looking to find her long-lost biological father. She found him - and way more than she bargained for in the process; hen you go to open doors, you sometimes never know what you're going to find.
It all started with one question. "Who was my dad?" wonders Leigh Uemura. "I always wondered who my biological dad was."
Uemura grew up as an only child, and as an adult, wanted to have a deeper sense of family. So she embarked on a four-year search for her father, Robert Clark. "Having found him, though I'm sad he's passed, my cousins are able to tell stories about who he was as a person and that makes me feel connected and more complete," she says.
Uemura met cousins on Maui she didn't know she had, who were able to share stories. "I wanted to know who he was as a person. His mannerisms, was he witty, was he- what? They were able to fill in those blanks for me," she says.
They even gave her a gift. Uemura holds up a railroad tie with a toy train glued to the side. "This is a peg from the Union Pacific Railroad that he worked on for 35 years. I cherish it even more because I have nothing of my dad."
During her search, she also found more relatives she did not expect! "I was totally shocked to learn my ancestry goes back to Diana Spencer!" she shares.
That's right, Princess Diana of Wales. Uemura continues, "It's pretty cool being related to royalty."
It's very, very distant, but she says it's there. As Uemura tells it, Princess Diana is "the wife of my great-grandnephew of husband of aunt of sister-in-law of first cousin-once-removed of husband of third-cousin-once-removed of husband of third great-grandmother." Uemura pauses for a breath then sums, "She's my tenth cousin."
HOW did that happen? Uemura has roots in the UK. "Most of my family is from Scotland. My grandfather moved to America, to Idaho. And my mom then moved to Washington, Oregon, then Hawaii," she details.
Now she's penning a letter of concolences to Buckingham Palace about the Queen's death. You know, her relation by marriage. Just goes to show, she says, "We are all connected. And to say, 'Hey, Cousins, wazzup!' Ha ha ha."
Yes, it's sometimes a very small world. Or as Uemura might say, it's all relative.
Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com
Diane is KITV4’s weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter. She hosts the Aging Well series on Tuesday evenings at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. She is a mother, a cat owner, and a yogi.
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Local Sports: Region teams sweep girls titles at Jefferson Invitational
Monroe County Region teams swept the girls cross country championships at Saturday’s Jefferson Invitational.
Monroe won Division 1, Jefferson Division 2 and St. Mary Catholic Central Division 3.
Jefferson and SMCC took boys titles.
Viktoria Bloniarz was the individual girls champ in Division 1 with a time of 20:01.5. Teammates Morgan Kay, Grace Finley, Corinna Aulph and Ally Pitcher went 5-11-12-14 to give the Trojans 36 total points, 7 better than runner-up Clay.
Gibraltar Carlson placed fourth led by Brooklyn Kemokai (17) and Ariana Pate (18).
Jefferson ran away with the Division 2 title, scoring 22 points on their home course to win by 33 over Dearborn Divine Child. Milan was fourth with 113, Dundee fifth with 114 and Airport sixth with 144.
Jenna Pilachowski won in 19:04.3 with teammate Kim Miller second. The Bears also placed Veronica Fitzgerald fifth, Riley Peer ninth and Madison Duvall 10th.
Megan Woelkers of Flat Rock finished seventh.
Other team leaders were Courtney Bovair of Airport (11), Bridget Waterstradt of Dundee (14) and Saebrianna Smallwood of Milan (18).
SMCC’s girls placed nine runners in the top 13. The top five for the Kestrels were Bella LaFountain (2), Claire Lisker (5), Samantha LaFountain (6), Alex Wickenheiser (7) and Abby Lechy (8).
Jefferson’s boys were as dominant as its girls, scoring 40 points to win by 34.
Carter McAlister took first in 15:38.3 with Dundee’s Isaak Rubley second.
Rounding out the top five for Jefferson were Blake Schroeder (8), Ben Merkel (10), Orion Galloway (11) and Xander Hartunian (13).
Flat Rock was third with 84, Dundee fourth with 118, Airport seventh with 176 and Milan eighth with 181.
Brayden Humes of Milan was fourth, Jacob Stanislawski of Flat Rock fifth, Zachary McMahan of Dundee sixth, Nate Vargo and Lucas Taraszkiewicz of Flat Rock 12th and 14th.
Kenny Wingate led Airport in 25th.
Simon VanderVlucht was second for SMCC, which had 21 points to win by 37.
Luke Foster, Max Folvary, Henry Wickenheiser and Jacob Smith were 4-5-6-8 for the Falcons.
Summerfield’s Evan Suydam placed third.
Monroe’s Luke Butler was second and Carlson’s Jon Anderson fourth in Division 1. Monroe was fourth in the team standings and Carlson fifth.
Kyle Hoffner took eighth for Monroe.
Monroe eighth grader Matthew Levsque ran a personal-best 14:33 for two miles to win the junior high race.
CROSS COUNTRY
Mason-Whiteford 1-2
WHITMORE LAKE – Erie Mason’s boys took the championship of the Whitmore Lake Invitational Saturday with 52 points with Whiteford second at 77.
Whiteford’s Keegan Masters took first with a time of 16:33.7 and Mason’s Jackson Ansel was second at 16:59.3.
Whiteford also placed Elliott Rodgers third.
Mason has more depth, running 7-9-14-21 with Parker Campbell, Ryan Joyce, Austin Sulier and Lucas Sachs.
Whiteford’s Zach Kahn was 16th.
Whiteford was fourth and Mason fifth in the girls standings.
Bailey Meiring of Mason placed sixth. Annabelle Gapp and Emily Rasor were 22nd and 25th, respectively for Whiteford.
Huron boys second
CADILLAC – New Boston Huron’s boys took second place in the Cadillac Invitational Saturday with 73 points.
Freeland won with 52.
Ryan Morris led Huron with a fourth-place finish. Abdul Ghennewa (10), Griffin Mentzer (11) Lucas Kuhn (14) also were in the top 14.
Molly Johnston ran 28th to lead Huron’s seventh-place girls.
Asselin leads Bedford
JACKSON – Rebekah Asselin placed 25th for Bedford’s best showing in Saturday’s Jackson Invitational.
The Mules were 16th in the girls standings and 19th in the boys. The top runner for Bedford’s boys was Aidan Ortiz.
Bedford’s junior varsity had 16 lifetime bests in placing seventh. Josh Gagne led the way.
PREP SOCCER
State Line in finals
TEMPERANCE – State Line Christian beat the Hammond Baptist B team 3-1 and Waterford Lakecrest 7-1 Friday to reach the finals of its own tournament.
Trven Johnson led the Patriots with three goals and three assists. Ethan Rains and Cooper Worley also netted three goals. Jordan Reddick scored once.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
State Line third
TEMPERANCE – Senior Anna Cox made the All-Tournament Team as State Line Christian placed third in its own tournament Friday.
The Patriots were third out of six teams in pool play, then lost to Hammond Baptist varsity before beating Hammond Baptist junior varsity in the third-place match.
GOLF
Sandy Creek aced
Brad Scott of Romulus shot his first hole-in-one recently at Sandy Creek Golf Course, using a hybrid to ace the 155-yard No. 14 hole.
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PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Early voting opens Friday in South Dakota’s general election. KELOLAND News asked South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem what led her to seek the Republican nomination for re-election. Here are the questions.
- When did you make the decision to run for re-election?
- Did you ask your family for their views on running again?
- The most recent incumbent to lose re-election was Republican Frank Farrar in 1970. You were challenged in a primary this year by state Rep. Steve Haugaard. He later challenged for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor against your running mate, Larry Rhoden. Did those two challenges affect the trajectory of your fall re-election campaign?
- Did the 40-plus years of Republican victories for the office since Farrar’s loss matter in your decision?
- How was the initial news of your plan to be a candidate met within the Republican Party leadership?
- Was there any baseline polling by your campaign or a reliable outside group that showed the candidates’ name ID and support/opposition/undecided? Has there been any since? If so, what have those shown?
- Your Democrat opponent, Jamie Smith, says he probably would have sat out against Dennis Daugaard. Smith goes on to say, “However, following the absence and neglect of the current administration, I felt a duty to give South Dakotans a choice for better leadership.” What is your response to that?
Noem provided a statement that didn’t address several of those questions. Her statement said:
I bring a unique perspective to the role of Governor. I’m a wife, mom, and grandmother. I’ve been an employee and an employer. I’ve owned businesses and started them from scratch. I know the challenges that inflation and regulation bring to families and small businesses. I use this experience everyday in my role as Governor to help the people of our state pursue opportunities and their dreams.
Statement from Gov. Noem
My opponent wants to raise your taxes, implement mandates, take away constitutional rights, grow government, and control your children’s education. I fundamentally disagree and believe in a different path for South Dakota.
I’m honored to receive strong support both from South Dakotans as a whole and from within the Republican Party. But most of all, I’m glad for my family’s continued support as we work together to serve the people of South Dakota.”
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Mother charged with attempted murder after throwing child off bridge, police say
Published: Sep. 24, 2022 at 7:36 PM EDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
HOUMA, La. (WVUE/Gray News) - A woman in Louisiana is accused of throwing her child off a bridge Friday evening.
WVUE reports the Houma Police Department received a call around 5 p.m. regarding a mother throwing her 18-month-old child off the Liberty Street Bridge before jumping into the water herself.
Police said the boy is expected to recover after he was transported to an area hospital for treatment.
Authorities identified the mother as Asha Randolph. Houma police said the incident remains under investigation, but Randolph has been arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder.
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As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, a support group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Sen. Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) and the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to ensure that all aggrieved members of the party are genuinely reconciled.
The Group, APC 360 says this will ensure a successful outing for the party at the presidential, governorship, senatorial, Reps and State Assemblies election, warning that any “window dressing” reconciliation will be counter-productive.
In a statement in Abuja at the weekend, the National Secretary of APC 360, Dr Chris Enoch said there are still frayed nerves arising from 2015, 2018 and 2022 primaries of the party.
He advised the APC not to ignore such stakeholders of the party but put efforts in place to ensure that their strength is galvanised to bolster the party’s chances at the polls.
Membership of APC 360 is drawn from former aspirants as well as other stakeholders of the party with a strong presence in all states of the federation.
The statement read in part, “We members of APC360 will continue to demonstrate our unalloyed support to the ideals, development and growth of our great party. As stakeholders who have committed so much in terms of intellect, human and financial resources, we will continue to demonstrate faith and loyalty in the party.
“We are however concerned that despite injustices some of us suffered at either 2015, 2018 or 2022 primaries or both, in the spirit of party supremacy, we have committedly exhibited sportsmanship by allowing the decisions of the party to prevail.
“The turn of events at the present however does not seem there is a roadmap to foster true reconciliation and inclusion among members of the party, particularly the APC 360 despite how much we have contributed to building the party.
“Thankfully, we have confidence in the Sen. Adamu-led NWC to bring every member under one umbrella to ensure that we head to the 2023 general elections with one indivisible house.
“Our most pragmatic presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu is also a man known for his prowess in political strategy and we believe he is deeply concerned about uniting our great party for its visible dominance in the upcoming general elections.
“To us, one of the early indicators of true reconciliation and inclusion is to enlist members of APC 360 in working committees of the just released presidential campaign council.
According to APC 360, in 2018 and 2022, its members comprising governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and State Assemblies aspirants spent an estimated N10.226bn and N18.061bn respectively on direct purchase of nomination and expression of interest forms alone.
Some members of the support group alleged that they were not given a level playing field to slug it out with their opponents at the primaries.
They, therefore, call on APC to enlarge its tentacles of reconciliation and inclusion to ensure that a large number of those aggrieved persons will be brought to a table of resolution.
ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
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- SOS-SAM: Queen Elizabeth: See What We’ve Done To Our Own Culture?
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Heather Graham is glowing while enjoying an Italian holiday.
The actress took to Instagram on Thursday and posted several photos of herself enjoying the breathtaking views of the Amalfi Coast. In one photo, the 52-year-old proudly unveiled her ageless physique while rocking a cream string bikini.
The star smiled into the distance as her blonde tresses, still damp from the sea, were blowing in the September wind. Graham appeared to be on a boat while admiring the picturesque scenery.
“Postcard from Positano,” she captioned the slideshow.
Graham included other shots from her glamorous days and nights out. For one occasion, she wore a silky cornflower blue dress paired with strappy sandals. In another, Graham beamed as she took a selfie while modeling oversized sunglasses against the water. In one snapshot, she rocked a white eyelet romper featuring ruffled sleeves.
In a separate post, Graham wore a black triangle bikini that she paired with matching shades. In the photo, the actress stood on a staircase leading into the jewel-hued sea.
“I love you Ischia IT day and night!” she captioned that post with a smiling sun emoji.
Graham recently attended the Venice Film Festival AmfAR gala and auction. Since 1985, the Foundation for AIDS Research has invested nearly $617 million in programs supporting AIDS research, prevention, treatment education and advocacy.
The “Boogie Nights” star is often praised on social media for her youthful figure. Back in 2013, Graham gave Women’s Health magazine a sneak peek into her healthy lifestyle.
At the time, the outlet reported she was sugar-free for five years, did yoga three times a week and took on 20 minutes of transcendental meditation daily.
As for being a sex symbol, Graham had no qualms with the title.
“A woman being able to express her sexuality is the ultimate form of freedom,” she told the outlet. “In American culture, I feel like women don’t have the safety to express themselves sexually. There’s a lot of movies about men’s fantasies, but what about women? What would the world be like if women asked for everything they wanted?”
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CSU football quarterback Clay Millen injured, Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi takes over
The young Colorado State football quarterback room is being tested.
Starter Clay Millen left Saturday's game vs. Sacramento State in the second quarter, not long after the redshirt freshman took his 24th sack of the season.
True freshman Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi entered im Millen's place. He took over the No. 2 spot on the depth chart last week and entered the game late against Washington State but didn’t throw a pass.
He was incomplete on his first two passes before leading a touchdown drive. On the TD drive, he completed his first career pass. Then on a 4th and 3 from CSU’s own 44 he hit a quick-strike under pressure to Ty McCullouch.
The very next play, Fowler-Nicolosi hit on a deep ball for a 52-yard touchdown to Tory Horton.
3 takeaways:CSU football blown out by Sacramento State
Fowler-Nicolosi was 4-of-6 for 90 yards and a TD in the first half. He finished the game 6-15 for 116 yards and a TD as the Rams lost 41-10.
Fowler-Nicolosi is a 6-foot-1, 185-pound true freshman out of Aledo High School in Texas. He was rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports and chose the Rams over Arizona, Nevada, Middle Tennessee and others.
Live updates:Follow the action as CSU football hosts Sacramento State
Millen did not return to the game. Coach Jay Norvell called it a shoulder (throwing arm) injury but did not immediately have an update on the severity of the injury.
Millen was 7-of-7 for 62 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions during his playing time.
Follow sports reporter Kevin Lytle on Twitter and Instagram @Kevin_Lytle.
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3 takeaways: QB Clay Millen hurt and CSU football further humbled by Sacramento State
The public humiliations continue for the Colorado State football team.
For the fourth week in a row the Rams were mostly noncompetitive and suffered a lopsided loss.
This one came Saturday at home on Ag Day as Sacramento State, the No. 6-ranked team in FCS, beat CSU 41-10.
It's the third time in the last four games against FCS opponents that the Rams have lose.
CSU finishes nonconference play 0-4 and was outscored 164-43 in those games. It's now 10 consecutive losses for the program dating back to last season, which is the most in FBS football. This is CSU's first 0-4 start since 2007.
Here are three takeaways from the game.
Everything out-of-whack
Everything is going wrong for this CSU football team.
Some examples from this week’s loss:
- Defense allows 249 first-half yards, plus four third-down conversions on Sacramento State’s second TD drive.
- The offense again failed to deliver. A first-and-goal from the 7 led to three runs in a row and a field goal when the Rams were down just 7-0 at the time.
- Paddy Turner continues to struggle punting the ball. He had a 17-yard punt and a line-drive punt that led to a 44-yard return to set Sac State up in CSU’s red zone.
- Sacramento State converted eight of 12 third downs.
- Boos were heard from fans in the first half.
It’s a long list of things going wrong and very little going right. There is very little positive to draw on.
The announced crowd was 25,445 but it was surely under 10,000 by the end.
Injuries are also mounting. In addition to QB Clay Millen going down, coach Jay Norvell said left guard Dante Bivens was hurt during the game. His longterm status is unknown right now, but he joins would-be starters Brian Crespo-Jaquez and Dontae Keys as being hurt on the offensive line. An already paper-thin unit has been unable to cope with those injuries.
Jack Howell (who had an interception) was banged up but returned.
Clay Millen’s exit
Watching CSU over the first month of the season and it almost felt certain that Clay Millen would end up injured at some point.
He took a shocking 23 sacks in the first three games and countless other hits. It wasn’t sustainable.
Millen was hit hard in a first-quarter deep ball completion to Tory Horton then sacked in the second quarter for the 24th time this season.
He left after that, seeming to flex his throwing shoulder on the sideline. True freshman Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi entered.
QB change:A look at Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi's entrance after Clay Millen injury
On his second drive he led the Rams to a touchdown, scoring on a 52-yard strike to Horton. Otherwise the offense struggled.
Nothing much happened on offense in the second half. Fowler-Nicolosi finished 6-15 for 116 yards and the TD. Millen was 7-7 for 62 yards.
The bye week gives CSU time to evaluate Millen’s injury. And if he’s not ready, it gives Fowler-Nicolosi time to gain some repetitions with the top unit.
Millen likely starts at Nevada if he is healthy. Norvell said postgame he doesn't know yet Millen's status on his shoulder injury.
Finding a bottom?
Safe to say that it’s not a bad time for a bye week, with the Rams needing a lot of fixing.
Many of the problems can’t be fixed in the bye. The roster isn’t good enough, the psyche of the team is damaged and it’s a long rebuild.
Fans and those in the program will have to hope this ugly 0-4 start is at least somewhere near the bottom before the ascension begins. It has to be said that the four opponents have been very good. Michigan is top 10, Washington State is top 25 and Middle Tennessee beat Miami Saturday. But that doesn't paper over the fact that CSU has been mostly noncompetitive.
Jay Norvell has even suggested that things get worse before they’ll get better in a situation like this.
The bye week will help with some injuries.
It would also be foolish to not expect more player departures. Five players have already left the program and more could follow. Norvell has suggested as much as he tries to get the locker room where he wants it.
Roster changes:Tracking departures from the CSU football team
Follow sports reporter Kevin Lytle on Twitter and Instagram @Kevin_Lytle.
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