Adam Wood’s sock trick helped Sparta down Lenape Valley 13-4 in Stanhope.
Sparta (2-0) took control early as it led 8-1 at halftime before outscoring Lenape Valley 5-3 in the second.
Ryan Rossi also recorded four goals and four assists for Sparta while goalkeeper Joe Buono made 13 saves and allowed two goals.
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The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) concluded a four-day general lessons learned workshop.
Throughout the workshop, which was held in Sulaymaniyah from 27-30 March, IHEC Board of Commissioners (BoC) and senior leadership together with senior officials from the UNAMI Office of Electoral Assistance (OEA) brainstormed on the challenges and lessons learned from the 2021 Council of Representatives (CoR) elections and agreed upon recommendations to turn weaknesses into strengths to further improve Iraq’s electoral processes.
‘After the successful implementation of 2021 Council of Representatives elections, IHEC has made itself ready to systematically assess its performance and identify areas for improvement throughout the institution. The outcomes of this workshop will set the ground for developing a comprehensive capacity building plan with the support of UNAMI. I extend my gratitude to UNAMI for its continued support’.
The workshop covered key thematic areas including legal, operational planning, public outreach and media, voter registration, training and procedures, procurement and logistics, field coordination, security coordination and election information and results managements.
The exercise also provided an opportunity for a participatory, inclusive, and bottom-up institutional approach to post-election reflections and evaluations, contributing to the development of an institutional culture where dialogue and contributions are incentivized and promoted.
UNAMI OEA Senior Election Operations Adviser, Jawed Habibi, said that:
‘The 2021 Council of Representatives election was an achievement for Iraq that was successfully conducted under leadership of IHEC with the technical assistance of UNAMI mandated by the UN Security Council. Despite this success, this enormous and complex process requires continuous improvement.
‘I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm UNAMI’s full commitment in supporting IHEC in the execution of the recommendations of the…
Apr. 1—ANDERSON — As Anderson Community Schools returns from its two-week spring break, the district has begun an internal review of its Indian mascot, maiden and the pair’s basketball pregame routine.
For now, the district is only conducting an internal review of how it honors the Native American heritage of Anderson High School and the district.
Previously, ACS representative Brad Meadows told The Herald Bulletin that ACS was identifying external and internal people to be part of a review committee.
ACS hoped to have the committee start meeting within the first week of April to begin discussions about the mascot, maiden and pregame routines, according to Meadows.
While there was no external review being conducted as of Thursday, Meadows said, “We will certainly, at some point, seek input externally as well.”
Currently there is no Native American representation on the internal review committee, said Meadows, though the district plans on including Native American voices on the external committee.
The review committee was sparked by a video that was posted to TikTok in late February. It detailed the Indian mascot and maiden preforming their pregame routine and the passing of a peace pipe around a circle of cheerleaders before a boys’ basketball game.
The video has since received over 771,200 views and has led members of various Native American tribes to contact ACS to express their concerns.
Meadows noted that the district has kept in contact with the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Delaware Nation, two federally recognized groups of Lenape people.
Assistant Chief of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, Jeremy Johnson, said that he and Chief Brad KillsCrow received email communication from ACS Superintendent Joe Cronk on Tuesday, notifying the tribe of ACS’ internal review.
In the email, Cronk stated that the recommendations and feedback from the tribe will be used during the internal review, according to Johnson.
Madelyn Keating broke a school record in the 1,600-meter run and added a win in the 800 to pace the Wyoming Area in its 111-22 win over Nanticoke Area in a Wyoming Valley Conference meet on Tuesday. Gonzales (100 hurdles, 300 hurdles), Cunningham (100, 200) added event wins for the Warriors.
Grace Reed (triple jump, long jump) had multiple event wins for the Trojanettes.
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Amanda McGurk broke the school record in the pole vault to lead the Black Knights. Autumn Palka (long jump, 100, 200) added multiple event wins in the meet win.
Samantha Schwartz (triple jump, high jump) and Kaelyn Crawford (shot put, discus) led the Rangers.
3200 relay: Lake-Lehman (O’Donnell, L. Keefe, G. Keefe, Raczkowski) 11:05. 100 Hurdles: Vivan (LL) 17.8; Davis (NW) 18.2; Hayman (NW) 19.5. Triple Jump: Schwartz (NW) 28-4; Bowman (NW)…
The Penguins and Bridgeport Islanders have only four weeks to settle who grabs a playoff spot in the Atlantic Division, and a near-record performance by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton dealt a major blow on Saturday.
Playing in front of a capacity crowd on Marvel Super Hero Night, the Penguins tied the franchise mark with nine goals in an eventual 9-2 rout of the Islanders at Mohegan Sun Arena.
The teams entered the night virtually even in percentage points, making the game the biggest the Penguins have had all season. With the win, WBS improved to 30-27-4-4 and took hold of the Atlantic’s sixth and final postseason berth. Better yet, it moved only one point off rival Hershey for fourth place and into a near-tie with Hartford for fifth.
“It’s hard to look at any one player in the lineup and say we could have gotten more,” Penguins head coach J.D. Forrest said. “Top to bottom, a really good effort from goaltending down.
“As the game went on, we just picked it up. Just started really bearing down on pucks and getting some traffic and mayhem around the net.”
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton fell behind, 2-0, in the first but quickly regrouped with a goal from Alex Nylander at 13:48.
Then that momentum carried into the second in a big way. With the help of a few adjustments during the break to combat Bridgeport’s puck retrievals, the Penguins broke the game open with five goals in a span of 12 minutes. Sam Poulin started the surge at 5:43, and Jamie Devane took advantage of a turnover by Bridgeport goaltender Jakub Skarek for his third of the year to put them ahead for good.
Felix Robert, Kyle Olson and Michael Chaput all scored soon after, and WBS kept its foot on the gas with three more goals in the third on…
We were very thankful to have an outstanding design-build partner in Righter and a forward-thinking client in ODNR for this project.
MONTGOMERY, Ohio (PRWEB) April 01, 2022
The Association for Bridge Construction and Design Ohio Chapters awarded the Mohican Cable Pedestrian Bridge its 2021 Ohio Special Purpose Bridge Award last night in Montgomery, Ohio. The suspension bridge was a $840,000 design-build project commissioned by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and executed by Woolpert and The Righter Co.
The 120-foot-long bridge is in Mohican State Park in Loudonville, Ohio, midway between Columbus and Cleveland. Woolpert provided preliminary design services from concept through final plans, construction oversight and the coordination of subconsultants, including CTL Engineering Inc. for geotechnical engineering and Stone Environmental for environmental services like historical/archeological surveys and Scenic Rivers coordination. Righter served as the prime contractor, managing the project bidding and construction and stormwater pollution prevention for the construction site.
The Mohican Cable Pedestrian Bridge spans the Clear Fork River, a state-designated scenic river, and connects park campgrounds to trails and scenic overlooks. The bridge replaced the original suspension or “swinging” bridge that was built by the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939 and washed away in a 1969 flood. The design includes a stair tower on the north side providing a minimum clearance of 10 feet above the water surface. The bridge, which opened to the public in May 2021, took less than a year to complete.
“We are so honored to receive this award from ABCD Ohio,” Woolpert Civil and Water Resources Leader Tom Less said. “Suspension bridges like the Mohican require complicated engineering, as well as highly creative design and an eye for constructability. This…
Matt Corda led Lenape with four innings of work, striking out four, walking five and allowing no hits in its 8-1 win against Camden Catholic in the Coaches vs. Cancer Showcase in Medford.
Grant Hunter went 2-for-3 to pace Lenape offensively.
Camden Catholic begins its season 0-1.
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31 March 2022 – The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) concluded a four-day general lessons learned workshop. Throughout the workshop, which was held in Sulaymaniyah from 27-30 March, IHEC Board of Commissioners (BoC) and senior leadership together with senior officials from the UNAMI Office of Electoral Assistance (OEA) brainstormed on the challenges and lessons learned from the 2021 Council of Representatives (CoR) elections and agreed upon recommendations to turn weaknesses into strengths to further improve Iraq’s electoral processes.
Judge Jalil Adnan Khalaf, IHEC Chairman, noted that “After the successful implementation of 2021 Council of Representatives elections, IHEC has made itself ready to systematically assess its performance and identify areas for improvement throughout the institution. The outcomes of this workshop will set the ground for developing a comprehensive capacity building plan with the support of UNAMI. I extend my gratitude to UNAMI for its continued support”.
The workshop covered key thematic areas including legal, operational planning, public outreach and media, voter registration, training and procedures, procurement and logistics, field coordination, security coordination and election information and results managements. The exercise also provided an opportunity for a participatory, inclusive, and bottom-up institutional approach to post-election reflections and evaluations, contributing to the development of an institutional culture where dialogue and contributions are incentivized and promoted.
UNAMI OEA Senior Election Operations Adviser, Jawed Habibi, said that “The 2021 Council of Representatives election was an achievement for Iraq that was successfully conducted under leadership of IHEC with the technical assistance of UNAMI mandated by the UN Security Council. Despite this success, this enormous and complex process requires continuous improvement. I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm UNAMI’s full commitment in supporting IHEC in the execution of the recommendations of the lessons…
The epic story of Mekinges, the American Indian woman married to pioneer William Conner, will reportedly be made into a major motion picture thanks to state legislation offering tax incentives for movie makers who film in Indiana. Mekinges’ story is one of love, heartbreak, betrayal and redemption surrounding early Indiana relations between native Indians and white settlers.
Indiana is one of several states attempting more economic development by encouraging the multi-million-dollar movie industry to choose the state as the location for filming motion pictures.
The script for the Mekinges story is being written by native Hoosier Benjamin Snyder, an avid student of Indiana history. His idea of presenting the largely true story drew interest from film producers especially in a state that plans to offer incentives for such productions.
William Conner married Mekinges, daughter of a Delaware Indian chief, possibly to secure good relations with her father’s tribe. The couple had six children. But, in 1820 under provisions of the Treaty of St. Mary’s, the tribe was removed from Indiana to Missouri.
Mekinges felt she had to go with her father’s people and took the children with her on the lengthy trek. There she had to start over. She remarried, opened a trading post and successfully raised her children, one of whom became a chief in the Delaware tribe and another who became a Texas Ranger.
William Conner remained in Hamilton County, remarried and made considerable money in land speculation. Upon his death in 1855 his will provided no money to his former family despite earlier indications they would share in his estate.
Mekinges died about 1860 in the Oklahoma Indian Territory. It’s a true story and would make a great movie.
To Be Eligible For a Free Rain Barrel, Participants Must Live in Any of 12 Specified Delaware Watersheds
In conjunction with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s month-long celebration of Earth Day, DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship will host a rain barrel-building workshop on Saturday, April 9, at the Nanticoke River Marina, 26 Market Street, Blades, DE 19973.
Eligibility to participate in the workshop and receive a free rain barrel at the event is dependent on living in any of the following Delaware watersheds:
Appoquinimink Watershed
Broadkill Watershed
Chester Watershed
Choptank Watershed
Chesapeake Bay Watershed/Basin (Anywhere within this basin)
Christina Watershed
Inland Bays Watershed
Little Assawoman Bay Watershed
Nanticoke Watershed
Pocomoke Watershed
St. Jones River Watershed
Wicomico Watershed
For potential participants to identify the watershed they live in, and confirm their eligibility to receive a free rain barrel from DNREC, visit DelawareWatersheds.org and follow the instructions for “Find Your Watershed.” Eligible Delawareans can then proceed to register for the workshop. The first 20 eligible participants to register for and attend the workshop will receive a free 55-gallon rain barrel system to be built during the workshop.
During the workshop, DNREC will provide free kits that convert plastic drums donated by Painted Stave Distilling of Smyrna into rain barrels. Workshop participants will be given an overview of rain barrels including their benefits, proper use, assembly, and maintenance. Among the benefits are rain barrels’ ability to store rainwater from rooftops that would otherwise be lost to runoff and diverted to storm drains and streams, thus helping improve the health of local waterways; and saving homeowners money on water use.
Staff from DNREC’s Nonpoint Source Program will lead the workshop. Participants may arrive at any time between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. for the workshop….
