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73-Year-Old Gene Dykes Runs an Age Group World Record in the 50K

  • Gene Dykes, 73, set an age group world record for the 50K on June 13 at the USATF 50K Road Championships in East Islip, New York, finishing in 3:56:43—a 7:37/mile pace.

  • Just five weeks ago, Dykes ran the Cocodona 250, which is “250ish” miles, in Arizona. After that, he ran some longer workouts to prepare for the 50K record attempt.

  • Next up, Dykes will run the Mohican 100-miler in Ohio on June 19.

Gene Dykes, the 73-year-old masters champion from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, set an age group world record in the 50K (31.06 miles) on June 13 at the USATF 50K Road Championships in East Islip, New York.

Dykes finished in 3:56:43, averaging 7:37 per mile for the distance. He bettered the previous age group world record (4:15:55, run by Wilhelm Hofmann of Germany in 1997), by more than 19 minutes.

“It was the first time I’ve run a 3:20 marathon and still had five miles to go,” Dykes told Runner’s World after the race.

“It’s good to see I haven’t gotten old,” he quipped.

The race was run on a 5K loop in Heckscher State Park, and Dykes saved something for his 10th and final lap, running 22:27 (7:14 pace) for that 5K. He said several spectators recognized him and yelled encouragement throughout the event.

Dykes regularly runs ultramarathons, and then he crams a few weeks of marathon-type training in before he attempts records. Five weeks ago, he ran the Cocodona 250, which bills itself as “250ish” miles, in Arizona.

Then he went home to Pennsylvania and his coach gave him a series of long workouts, like an 8-mile progression run, starting at 7:50/mile pace and getting down to 7:10 pace, as part of a 13-mile day. Another was 22 miles with 20 x 2 minutes at 6:40./mile pace.

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Tons of fertilizer, pesticides burn in CT fire that prompts shelter-in-place order

Thousands of pounds of fertilizer and pesticides were burned during a fire at a nursery in Franklin early Monday that prompted a one-mile shelter-in-place order and sent two firefighters to the hospital, officials said.

The fire broke out in the early morning hours at The Plant Group, LLC., where multiple area fire departments responded to a report of a fire at a warehouse containing fertilizer and possibly pesticides, according to fire officials and a spokesperson for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

The response included the Franklin, Lebanon, Mohegan and Bozrah Fire Departments as well as the DEEP Emergency Response Unit.

State officials said thousands of pounds of fertilizer and pesticides were burned during a fire at a nursery in Franklin early Monday. (Courtesy of the Bozrah Volunteer Fire Company)State officials said thousands of pounds of fertilizer and pesticides were burned during a fire at a nursery in Franklin early Monday. (Courtesy of the Bozrah Volunteer Fire Company)

The blaze was mostly under control shortly after 10 a.m. with a few hot spots still in place, officials said.

According to a spokesperson for DEEP, about 10 tons of ammonium-based fertilizer and a full pallet of pesticide were consumed in the fire.

As a precaution, a shelter-in-place order was issued for residents within a mile of the fire, according to a DEEP spokesperson, who described the area as “rural.”

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Stelco and John Kenyon Ltd. charged after workers died after being burned at Nanticoke steel plant

More than a year after her son Gabriel Cabral died after being burned while working at Stelco’s Nanticoke plant, Pam Fraser says it’s still hard to believe it actually happened.

“How could it be?” said Fraser on Wednesday. “No mother, father, sister or brother or aunt should ever get that phone call when someone just goes to work.”

Cabral, 32, and his coworker Sean MacPherson died after being burned by steam at Stelco Lake Erie Works plant on April 25, 2023.

Cabral died weeks later, on May 16, while MacPherson held on for several months but died in November, according to members of his family. They were repairing steel cladding on a quench tower, a structure used for cooling hot coke used in the steelmaking process.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development is investigating what happened, and quickly issued corrective orders to Stelco and John Kenyon Ltd., the sheet metal contractor that was Cabral’s direct employer after the deaths last year.

This month, on June 14, it laid charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act against both companies related to the incident, spokesperson Manuel Alas-Sevillano told CBC Hamilton on Wednesday.

Stelco was charged with:

  • Two counts of failing to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. “The defendant failed to ensure that the quench/mogul car was under the direct control of an operator who could ensure that the quench tower was free of workers before proceeding to quench the hot coke.” Related to the second count, “the defendant failed to ensure that adequate lunch and/or break periods were scheduled for the quenching process, to ensure that the quenching process did not take place while workers were performing work on the quench tower.”
  • Failing to ensure the measures and procedures… were carried out. “The defendant failed to ensure…

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Mohican Trail 100: A Midwest Classic

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3 Restaurants To Open At Mohegan Sun

MONTVILLE, CT — Three restaurants are coming to Mohegan Sun this year. The Shed, The Crafty Slice, and Beauty & Essex are all planning to open, Mohegan Sun Public Relations Director Cody Chapman confirmed.

The Crafty Slice is an eatery “specializing in delicious pizza by the slice,” Chapman said. The restaurant is opening soon in the summer entrance at Casino of the Earth. The pizzeria is listed as a “late-night hotspot” with hours until midnight on weekdays and 3 a.m. on the weekends.

The Shed will open this summer right next to BALLO Italian Restaurant. This new restaurant will be in partnership with restauranter, John Tunney, as BALLO is as well, Chapman said.

The restaurant will be in an 8,100-square-foot space across from Frank Pepe’s in the Casino of the Earth. The Shed will feature a scratch kitchen and be open seven days a week for brunch, lunch, and dinner.

The Shed operates several New York locations and will feature dishes like Skillet Mac & Cheese topped with corn, jalapeños, bacon, and green onion, and Glazed Salmon paired with Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, and shallots, topped with a sweet mustard glaze.

Over the holiday season, a TAO Group high-end restaurant, Beauty & Essex, is slated to open, Chapman said.

This restaurant features an “innovative design that starts in the restaurant’s entrance, a well­-curated modern day pawn shop replete with a saxophone, boom­box, quirky artifacts, vintage treasures and an eclectic array of ‘one -off’ pieces of jewelry,” according to the website for its New York location. Beauty & Essex also has a restaurant in Las Vegas.

Last year, Mohegan Sun’s food court closed. The four restaurants in the food court that closed were Mezze Mediterranean, Jasper White’s Summer Shack…

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At de Young, local artists eye ‘The Peaceable Kingdom’—and US colonialism

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As part of his wide-ranging and often interactive de Young Museum show—his first major US exhibition—Rituals of Care (runs through July 7), Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei asked local artists to reinterpret Quaker minister Edward Hicks’ 1846 painting Our Peaceable Kingdom, which depicts a prophecy from The Book of Isiah: “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid.”

Perhaps more concretely, the work—of which Hicks made a vast number of versions—portrays the 1682 purchase treaty that the Quakers’ William Penn signed with the Lenape Delaware peoples. Though Penn apparently respected the terms of the treaty throughout his life, Hicks was witness to how successive generations did not always co-exist with the Lenape Delaware governed by Penn’s promise of friendship, mistreating and eventually displacing them from their lands.

Lee’s artistic project includes “asking how art can encourage social connection and healing in a time of so much trauma and loss.” By asking artists to reinterpret Hicks’ painting, and then they in turn ask fellow artists to do the same, Lee creates “a family tree of copies with multiple descendants.”

The original: Edward Hicks (1780-1849), “The Peaceable Kingdom”, (1846). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd

In total, 16 artists delivered their takes across 39 canvases on this fraught capture of colonial history. Painter Chelsea Ryoko Wong approached her reinterpretation by breaking down the piece and painting from the background to the foreground. Subsequently, two more artists drew from her work, alongside the museum’s copy of…

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Who’s Daltrey shows he can still hit some of the high notes during Mohegan Sun performance

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The legendary rock group The Who lives on, at least with ageless frontman Roger Daltrey.

Daltrey, 80, and a nine-member band put on a unique and highly entertaining show Sunday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

The instruments were a blend of acoustic and electric, and the song set encompassed popular and rare Who and solo songs along with a few covers of Daltrey favorites.

The opening tune was a surprise, the sweet “Let My Love Open the Door,” a solo song from Who guitarist Pete Townshend that Daltrey said should have been a Who song.

Townshend was nowhere to be seen, but his brother Simon was on guitar and sang a moving “Going Mobile” later in the show that featured Daltrey on harmonica.

Daltrey strapped on his guitar for “Freedom Ride.” The Who’s “Who Are You” was rocking as usual and a sing-along.

The lead singer continually mixed the song set up, with “Waiting for a Friend,” a solo tune from the soundtrack for the 1980 movie “McVicar,” and “So Sad About Us” from The Who.

Daltrey’s “After the Fire” from his 1985 solo album “Under a Raging Moon” is timeless.

The singer shook a tambourine on “Days of Light,” and Daltrey was back on acoustic for a cover of fellow Britain Leo Sayer’s “Giving It All Away.”

The Who’s jumpy “The Kids Are Alright” from 1965 was extended.

The crowd was asked to sing the chorus on “Squeeze Box,” another catchy Who number that naturally featured an accordion and an exceptional female violinist.

“Naked Eye” is also from that group and was co-sung by Simon Townshend.

The Who staple “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” which started with the violinist and crowd clapping, was repeated after a glitch.

Daltrey had the audience sing the signature scream at the end, explaining he has done the…

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DSBF Second Leg Concludes At Harrington

Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund second-leg action wrapped up Wednesday (June 19) at Harrington Raceway as six $27,397 divisions of trotters were contested on the 16-race program.

LGs Bluestone won the early non-wagering division in 1:58 for Nanticoke Racing, D.T. Doane and Andris Kilpa. The Anders Bluestone gelding, trained by Les Givens, notched his second straight win in elimination action over Royal Beep Beep and Portnoy. It was the fastest division on the evening.

David Hamm and Glenn Phillips’ Marinos Prize ($3.60, Ross Wolfenden) notched a 1:59.4 win in the first filly division over Little Silver and Starfish. The E L Platinum filly recorded a new lifetime best in her third career win for trainer Nick DeVita.

The second male division went to Jane Dunavant’s Pretty Two ($4.20, Carlo Poliseno) in 2:00.3 over Jetsam and Leaveminthedust. The Dusty Winner gelding overtook Jetsam late and cruised to his second career win for his trainer-driver.

Nanticoke Racing’s LGs Jaxon won the final male division in 2:00.1 for trainer Givens. The Rolls Blue Chip gelding notched his 10th lifetime win over Trout Master and Chief Funster.

The second filly division saw Gary Rhodes’ Lovies Place ($4, Art Stafford Jr.) complete a sweep of her eliminations with a 1:59.1 win over Going Platinum and Platinum Proposal. The E L Platinum filly earned her fourth career win for her trainer-driver.

The final division on the card went to James Craparotta and Pat Berry Racing’s Daburg ($2.40, Berry) in 1:59.2 over Rip Away and Luvyas Nugget. The Anders Bluestone filly won her fifth race in her 10th lifetime start with a front-stepping score for trainer Jason Skinner.

TLB Racing’s Remarkable De Vie ($3.40, Pat Berry) was a 1:55.2 winner in the $30,821 Free-for-All Trot…

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FET to supply electric observation-class ROV for ocean research

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has secured a contract from a major North American ocean research facility to supply an electric observation-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), further reinforcing the organisation’s commitment to exploring the deep sea.

FET to supply electric observation-class ROV for ocean research

The Mohican ROV system will be used to document sea floor communities and species of interest at various depths up to a rating of 2000 m. Anticipated areas of focus will include proposed and established marine protection areas as well as other biologically significant locations of interest in the marine environment on the continental shelf.

The ROV will be used to support ongoing research related to marine conservation targets in high currents and areas of steep bottom topography. The ROV is designed to carry a payload skid for navigation and sensors, as well as being capable of manipulation and intervention.

Kevin Taylor, FET’s Vice President – KMS and Subsea Robotics, said: “This contract further highlights the Mohican ROV’s capabilities for scientific research projects. We have always had a strong reputation as a single source for manufacturing and delivering high-quality, robust vehicles and associated auxiliary products which are suited to underwater industry applications.

“On top of research, this also includes, defence, oil and gas, renewables, telecommunications, mining, aquaculture and academia.”

The ROV will be manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire. The agreement comes shortly after FET provided an ROV to the Memorial University of Newfoundland for similar purposes.

 

 

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Historic West Chester Home Listed by Former Galer Estate Winery Owners for $4.75 Million

Published: 10:00 am EDT June 25, 2024Published: June 25, 2024Updated: 10:44 am EDT June 25, 2024

1740 Lenape Road

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The former owners of the Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery have listed this 26-acre West Chester property.

The former owners of the Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery have listed a 26-acre West Chester estate with its historic main home, vineyard, and art studio for $4.75 million, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The property is located near Longwood Gardens at 1740 Lenape Road. This is the first time the property has been listed for sale in 24 years.

The main home has five bedrooms and five bathrooms and was constructed in the 1800s. Additions were made in the 1930s and 1970, and it also features a pool house and a guest house.

The stately stone exterior carries on inside, with the kitchen, sunroom, and the home office all boasting exposed stone lines.

Brad and Lele Galer purchased the property from a developer in 2000. The couple has conducted massive renovations in the time they have lived there. They planted around 50 trees at the property’s entrance to provide it with more privacy.

“When we bought it, it was overgrown,” said Brad. “It definitely was outdated. And over 20-plus years, we created something special.”

Read more about the West Chester property at 1740 Lenape Road in the Philadelphia Business Journal.

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