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Construction starting on veterans clinic in former Hastings building

Contractor crews have started construction of the Bartlesville outpatient Veterans Affairs clinic after years of delays on the project. Though work is still in the early stages, it should be complete by the end of the year, said Jonathan Plasencia, associate director of the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System.

“(The timeline) has slid a little more than we would like, but is on track now and moving forward,” Plasencia said. “We hope to be seeing patients at the end of the calendar year or right at the start of the next one.”

The clinic will be located in the former Hastings Entertainment building, at 3005 E. Frank Phillips Blvd.

Planning for the clinic started in 2018, when funding was allocated for a Bartlesville clinic to open in 2020. In October 2020, the agency awarded the construction contract for the facility, announcing plans for it to be operational in summer 2021. 

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Some signs remain on the doors of the former Hastings Entertainment, 3005 E Frank Phillips Blvd., but the inside has been gutted, with shelves, cash registers and shelves removed. Work to transform the space into a VA clinic has started following years of delays.

In May 2021, Plasencia said officials were “close to giving them notice to proceed to start construction,” and the clinic’s opening was delayed to January 2022.

Most recently, the construction delays were caused by workforce shortages and supply chain problems, Plasencia said.

Currently, contractor crews have removed the external Hastings sign, painted the building and gutted the former Hastings of its internal signage, registers and shelves that remained as recently as December.

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When selecting the location for the Bartlesville clinic, officials considered several buildings, including a former church and grocery store, said Eugene…

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Nanticoke

Local roundup: Wyoming Valley West girls basketball edges Crestwood at the buzzer

With the game tied in the final seconds on Wednesday night, Trinity Johnson came through again for Wyoming Valley West, hitting a jumper as time expired to give the Spartans a 47-45 win over Crestwood in a WVC Division 1 girls basketball game.

Johnson finished with a game-high 22 points as the Spartans rallied from deficits at the end of the first and second quarters. Mackenzie Perluke chipped in with 15 points in the win.

Leading the Comets were Julia Glowacki and Candence Hiller, who finished with 12 points apiece. Grace Pasternick added 10 points.

Dallas 70, Nanticoke Area 49

Nadia Evanosky (22) and Victoria Spaciano (18) combined for 40 points as the Mountaineers won at home. Audrey DelGaudio added 14 in the win.

Riley Baird topped Nanticoke Area with 16 points, followed by 12 from Brooklyn Biehl. The Trojanettes hit 10 3-pointers.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Tunkhannock 55, Valley View 53

Ben Chilson led three Tigers in double figures with 16 points and Tunkhannock withstood a late 3-point barrage from Valley View’s Eli Yusavage to hold on for the win.

Tunkhannock also got 13 points from Josh Brown and 12 from Shane Macko. Yusavage led all scorers with 24 points and hit three of his six threes on the night in the fourth quarter.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

King’s 2, Wilkes 1

Dianna Duncan blasted home the game-winner for the Monarchs at the 12:57 mark of the third period, breaking a tie with the rival Colonels.

Kendall Castro opened the scoring for Wilkes in the first period, but King’s tied it up in the second on a Josee Aitken goal.

Syd Dahl got the win in net for the Monarchs,…

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Mohican

Dilkens criticized for referring to Ambassador Bridge protesters as ‘last of the Mohicans’

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A university-based anti-racism group is calling out Mayor Drew Dilkens for referring to holdout protesters in the dying days of the Ambassador Bridge blockade as “the last of the Mohicans.”

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UWindsor RAACES sent Dilkens a letter following his comments Sunday on CTV’s Question Period.

“When you say racist things and refer to racist concepts, it’s evocative of a really problematic thought process,” said group member Natalie Delia Deckard, also an assistant professor of criminology. “When we have elected officials that engage in that type of conversation, it’s concerning that we have elected officials that are seeing Indigenous issues and issues of racialized communities and people in a problematic and concerning way. We’re hoping this letter draws attention to that for the mayor.”

Dilkens made the comment in response to a question from host Evan Solomon about why it was taking so long to clear out protesters.

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“It is very, very frustrating and I understand police have a difficult job to do,” Dilkens told Solomon. “There have been calls of bomb threats. You have people who are here, sort of the last of the Mohicans, using that term to say these are people who are saying they are willing to die for the cause.”

UWindsor RAACES (Racialized Academics and Advocates Centering Equity and Solidarity) sent Dilkens the letter on Monday.

“Your use of the phrase, at best, creates a false equivalence between alt-right movements and Indigenous claims and at worst, is hate speech that celebrates the genocide of Indigenous peoples,” the organization stated in the two-page letter.

RAACES members said Wednesday they had not received a response. But Dilkens sent the Star a statement including a link to an online dictionary defining “last of the Mohicans” as “the final remaining or surviving person or thing…

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Mohegan

All Bets are On! Enjoy Sunday’s Big Game at the all-new Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook

UNCASVILLE, Conn., Feb. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The first legal sports bet ever placed in Connecticut occurred at Mohegan Sun on September 29, 2021 at the Bow & Arrow Sports Bar. Now, just across from this area, the permanent Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook is slated to have a soft-opening tomorrow (February 10th) at 9:00am, just ahead of football’s biggest Sunday. The new Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook, located in the old Race Book, stretches 11,000 square feet, and is home to a 140-foot video wall, 30+ additional hi-res flat screens, a mezzanine level, a full bar, and more. Fans heading to Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook for the big game on Sunday, February 13th (kick-off at 6:30pm ET) can take advantage of a free bet of up to $50, as well as a Big Game Buffet for $29.95.

Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook will feature multiple live teller windows, as well as 39 easy-to-use betting kiosks. One of those betting kiosks will be located on the all-new mezzanine level that has 22 luxury seats. In total, this new sportsbook offers up 222 total seats and a full bar that is centrally located. The showstopper is the 140’x14′ hi-definition video wall, where incredible viewing experiences are possible, especially thanks to the uniquely high ceilings in this venue. Additionally, Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook is still home to a Race Book.

“We’re beyond excited about this new venue which completely transforms Mohegan Sun’s old Race Book space into one of the largest and most dynamic FanDuel Sportsbook’s in the United States,” –said Jeff Hamilton, President & General Manager of Mohegan Sun. “The all-new Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook, led by Sportsbook General Manager Brad Bryant, becomes the premier venue to wager on and catch a game while enjoying top-notch service inside an incredibly immersive atmosphere. We’re really…

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Lenni Lenape

Albert Hall Holding 25th Anniversary Concert

STILL GOING STRONG: Shown here is the groundbreaking for the Albert Music Hall concert venue in May 1996. It opened in January 1997. (Courtesy Albert Music Hall)

The Albert Musical Hall in Waretown celebrates 25 years of concerts in its 131 Wells Mills Rd. building on Saturday evening , March 5, with a concert featuring eight bands. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children.

Doors will open at 5:30, and at 6 p.m. there will be a building blessing by Clan Mother Diane of the Eastern Lenape Nation. She was present at the ground breaking in 1996 and the dedication of the building in 1997, along with Chief Whippoorwill, chief of the Lenape Turkey Clan and of the Eastern Lenape Nation.

Danielle Marrone, publicity director, said music runs from 6:30 to 9. Scheduled to appear are Easy as Pie, Redbird, Cedar Creek, Prograsstination, L&B Line, Third Rail, Singin’ for Supper and Elaine & the Cimarron Sky.

“All adults in attendance that evening will receive a free ticket for a future show, our way of saying thank you, for all the support through the years,” said Marrone. “This will definitely be a night to remember.”

The snack booth will be serving up hot dogs and sauerkraut, cakes, pies, goodies, soda, coffee, tea, cocoa and bottled water. The gift booth will be open and fully stocked with souvenirs.

The Pinelands Cultural Society, which sponsors the concerts, has staged Saturday night programs since November 1974. The first home was at the old Waretown Auction, which is now the site of the Waretown Post Office on Route 9. Although a fire destroyed the building in July 1992, Saturday…

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Munsee

Our Opinion: Berkshire Museum, Stockbridge-Munsee model how to ethically handle important pieces of history

When the Berkshire Museum returned a pair of moccasins and a wampum pouch to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians, it was officially deemed a “transfer of custody.” But it was also a recognition of history, a purposeful tracing of the line between a proud but persecuted people and the place they still call home.

Berkshire Museum returns Sachem Konkapot's wampum pouch and moccasins to Stockbridge-Munsee Community

A pair of moccasins and a wampum pouch attributed to Mohican Sachem Popewannehah “John” Konkapot, have been returned to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians by the Berkshire Museum.

That place is here in what’s now called the Berkshires, even as the Stockbridge-Munsee are now located in Wisconsin after centuries of broken promises, brutal treatment and forced removal at the hands of the expanding American empire. Not all of our country’s history is pretty, but if we care about any of it we must reckon with all of it. That obligation, often relegated to an intellectual dimension, has a material one, too, as these 18th-century artifacts remind us. That especially goes for institutions like museums. We praise the Berkshire Museum for living up to that obligation, as well as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community for graciously partnering to make it happen.

We must acknowledge that, like these artifacts, so much of our history originates with this land’s first inhabitants, even as the forces of settler-colonialism systematically attempted to erase and marginalize those peoples and their own ties to that history. We can’t change the past, nor can we afford to look away from it. Rather, history must inform our movement through the present. The museum’s return of these items to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians is a small but necessary step on this path…

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Nanticoke

Last of the coal-fired generators bites the dust–literally

The last of Ontario’s coal-fired power generation stations is no more. A demolition crew successfully imploded the Lambton Generating Station near Courtright, south of Sarnia early Sunday morning. Traffic on was halted around the site which sits on the shores of the St. Clair River while the operation was underway. Ship traffic on the river was also paused.

Lambton Generating Station was first fired up in 1969 during a period of rapid expansion by Ontario Hydro into thermal generation. State of the art in its day, the plant boasted the installation of “scrubbers” aimed at reducing emissions. Lambton was opened before the coal fired plant at Nanticoke and the oil-fired Lennox plant near Kingston came on stream.

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“The three stacks and the boilers came down at 7:42 a.m.,” said Neal Kelly, an Ontario Power Generation spokesperson. “It went as planned,” he said.  “We had the weather conditions that we needed.” In a tweet OPG said “Lambton GS was safely imploded today. It was part of OPG’s coal closure, which remains one of the world’s single largest climate change actions. We now look to decarbonize the future with our clean hydro, a refurbished Darlington Nuclear and our planned Small Modular Reactors.”

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Mohican

‘West Side Story by Steven Spielberg Gets 7 Oscar Nominations – The Mohican

‘West Side Story’the film directed by Steven Spielberggets well 7 nominations ai Oscar ofAcademy Awards 2022, which will be held on March 27, 2022, now in their 94th edition. The nominations are for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Ariana De Bose), best director (Steven Spielberg), best sound, best production design, best photography and best costumes.

Hollywood Records released the soundtrack to Steven Spielberg’s film in December, from a screenplay by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winners. Tony Kushner. ‘West Side Story’ tells the classic story of fierce rivalries and young love affairs in 1957 New York. The 20th Century Studios film was released on December 23rd.in Italian cinemas, distributed by The Walt Disney Company Italia.

‘West Side Story’ was adapted to the big screen from the original 1957 Broadway musical. The original choreography is by Jerome Robbinsthe booklet is from Arthur Laurentsthe music of Leonard Bernsteinwith the lyrics of Stephen Sondheimconceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.

“I dedicated this film to my father – Spielberg said – but it was my mother’s love for music, combined with my insatiable appetite to understand everything about making films that led me to collect film soundtracks, when I was young. I loved the soundtrack made by the cast of ‘West Side Story’ from the first moment I listened to it. As a child I was able to sing all the songs by heart, and I sang them for real until my entire family couldn’t take it anymore. This soundtrack is as if it has always…

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Mohegan

MOHEGAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2022 OPERATING RESULTS

UNCASVILLE, Conn., Feb. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (“MGE” or the “Company”), a master developer and operator of premier integrated entertainment resorts, today announced operating results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021.

MGE Operating Results

Three Months Ended

Variance

($ in thousands, unaudited)

December 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

$

%

Net revenues

$ 401,963

$ 230,781

$ 171,182

74.2 %

Income from operations

35,195

10,610

24,585

231.7 %

Net loss attributable to MGE

(11,680)

(26,621)

14,941

56.1 %

Adjusted EBITDA1

97,384

40,443

56,941

140.8 %

“Our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $97.4 million continues our trend of strong performance and demonstrates MGE’s ability to drive profitability,” said Raymond Pineault, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “In addition, following the successful completion of financing in November 2021, we are very pleased to announce that MGE has recommenced construction of Inspire Korea.”

Carol Anderson, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, also noted, “These results, including our strong Adjusted EBITDA margins, continue to reflect MGE’s ability to adapt to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. At our flagship property Mohegan Sun, Adjusted EBITDA was $78.2 million, 20.1% favorable to the period ended December 31, 2019, which is the closest pre-COVID-19 comparable, while net revenues and Adjusted EBITDA margin were up 3.4%, and 430 basis points, respectively, over the same period. Mohegan Sun Pocono, Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas, ilani Casino Resort and Resorts Casino Hotel all continue to perform well. The MGE Niagara Resorts also generated strong results during its first full fiscal quarter of operations since the COVID-19 related closure that began in March 2020 and ended in July 2021.”

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1 See the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures discussion later in this release for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA.

Selected consolidated operating results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2021 and prior-year period were as follows (unaudited):

  • Net revenues of $402.0 million versus $230.8 million in the prior year period, a 74.2% increase;

  • Income from operations of $35.2 million versus…

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Lenni Lenape

No. 10 Cherokee over Lenape

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Gabby Recinto pumped in a game-high 25 points as Cherokee, No. 10 in the NJ.com Top 20, outlasted rival Lenape 59-47 in Marlton.

Cherokee led by two at the break and pulled away in the second half for its second win this season over Lenape.

Katie Fricker added 17 points to help Cherokee improve to 17-2.

Kaitlyn King scored 17 points to lead Lenape, which fell to 15-6.

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