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Tribe wins second straight USSSA softball state title

Finding themselves in a 4-0 hole after just two innings, the Delaware Tribe 13U softball squad mounted an impressive comeback win over the Delaware Express Glanden for an 8-5 USSSA championship-clinching performance on Sunday, June 27, at the Lower Sussex Little League Complex.

It was the second straight USSSA state title for this particular group, which won the 12U title last year. This one came in a higher division — against older teams — but, more importantly, came while the team was battling some adversity with key members of the team out due to injuries.

“It was fun, and we hit the ball well all weekend,” Tribe head coach Dennis Scurci said of his team’s effort. “We played a couple clean games with no errors, and we went long a couple times as well. Ryleigh Smith had her first two travel-ball home runs. She had a grand slam on Saturday, and then another one on Sunday.

“We had a tough game in the finals against the Delaware Express Glanden, found ourselves behind, and then came back to win it in the end. It was a great weekend. We were in the toughest bracket. The Delaware Vipers are probably the No. 1 team in the state, and the Express Glanden are probably No. 2 in the state, and we beat both of them so all in all a great weekend.”

A great weekend, indeed.

The Tribe went 5-0 for the weekend, having won three games on Saturday and two more on Sunday. They scored 41 runs over those five games, while allowing just 11.

In the championship finale, the Tribe got multiple-hit efforts from five different batters, with Sophie Scurci, Ava Snelsire, Ava Calciano, Ashlynn Ullman and Katelyn Murray all collecting two hits. Scurci and Snelsire each scored twice. Ashlynn Ullman smashed a three-run bomb for…

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Xbox Elaborates On What It Means Being The ‘Official Console Of Battlefield 2042’

Xbox Elaborates On What It Means Being The 'Official Consoles Of Battlefield'

Yesterday it was revealed that Xbox is the “official console of Battlefield 2042“, but we had no idea what that meant. It seems not many other people did either, considering the game’s not an exclusive. Somebody posed the question to an Xbox exec who revealed all on social media. Unfortunately, it’s not that exciting.

Josh Munsee, the senior marketing manager at Xbox, was asked on Twitter what it means by Xbox being the official console of Battlefield 2042. Munsee elaborated, revealing that all it essentially means is “marketing, branding, gameplay capture, etc.”

When asked if this was a usual practice, Munsee added: “It was part of a bigger series of announcements they made so maybe not “usual” but in context of listing full partnership announcements, not out of place.”

Whether anything else comes out of this slogan remains to be seen, but it seems pretty tied down to being just simple marketing jargon – a theory we proposed when it came about. We’ll learn more about Battlefield 2042 in the coming weeks, especially with the EA Play Live event coming up on July 22, so maybe we’ll get further clarification there.

How do you feel about Xbox being “the official console of Battlefield 2042”? Let us know in the comments below.

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Mohican

Get a glimpse into Mohican history at Mission House Museum

STOCKBRIDGE — “Mohican Miles,” a new exhibit celebrating the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians’ history and culture in its original homelands, opens Friday at the Trustees of Reservations Mission House Museum, 19 Main St.

The federally recognized tribal nation, based in Wisconsin and with origins in the Hudson and Housatonic River valleys, coordinated the exhibit with the Trustees. The semipermanent exhibit can be viewed by the public beginning Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and then ongoing during regular museum hours, also from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays.

The exhibit includes an overview of Mohican history, the tribe’s historic relationship with the Trustees, information about the community today, the work of the Historic Preservation Office in the homelands, and displays of historic objects belonging to the tribe.

“We are excited that we have a place to call ours to tell our history, our way. The history that Mohican Nation has in Stockbridge is significant, and we are grateful to be able to tell it,” said Heather Bruegl, cultural affairs director for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

The tribe curated and designed the exhibit from the archives of the Arvid E. Miller Memorial Library Museum in Bowler, Wis., which houses the largest collection of Mohican documents and artifacts in the world.

Trudy Fadding, of Stockbridge, through a fellowship at Williams College, where the tribe maintains a Tribal Historic Preservation Extension Office, worked locally with the tribe’s office to develop the exhibit content.

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As a result of an agreement with the Trustees, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community will maintain exhibit materials in the Carriage House, the separate exhibit room behind the Mission House, for at least the next four years.

The space formerly held many objects belonging to the Mohican people that were purchased by Mabel Choate, the founder of the…

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Lenni Lenape

Landmarks Designates Kimlau War Memorial and Archeological Site

The Kimlau War Memorial. Image Credit: NYC LPC.

The designations are the latest in the agency’s efforts for more inclusive designations. On June 22, 2021, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the Kimlau War Memorial in Chinatown and the Aakawaxung Munahanung (Island Protected from the Wind) Archaeological Site in Staten Island. The designations mark the first New York City designated landmarks to recognize Chinese American and Native American history.

The Kimlau War Memorial, located in Kimlau Square, is a granite ceremonial gateway arch located at the intersection of Chatham Square, Oliver Street and East Broadway. The memorial was built to honor the memory of Chinese American soldiers who died during service and features inscriptions in Chinese and English. The arch was sponsored by the Lieutenant B.R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291 of the American Legion and was named in honor of Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau, a Chinese American pilot who was killed in action in 1944 while attacking Japanese military installations in the South Pacific during World War II. For CityLand’s prior coverage of the Kimlau War Memorial, click here. 

The Aakawaxung Munahanung (Island Protected from the Wind) Archaeological Site was previously calendared as the “Conference House Archeological Site” as the site is located within Conference House Park in Tottenville, Staten Island. The site’s true name was identified through further research and consultation with the city’s Federally-recognized tribes. The site has been the location of over 19 archaeological projects that have uncovered evidence of Indigenous life starting from about 8,000 years ago through the Colonial period. A village of Lenape people was likely at the site during the Woodland period (500 BC – 1100 AD), and they relied on the area’s fish, oysters, game and other resources. 

Around 1670, during the…

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Greater Nanti Cork Board of Education Requests Landmesser to Resign

Nanticoke — Without comment, both before and after the Thursday’s monthly meeting, the Greater Nanticoke Regional Board of Education voted 8-0 to ask member Matthewland Messer to resign. The board also approved a final 2021-2 budget that would raise taxes by up to 4.5% in the state, but keep most of the $ 2.2 million fund balance intact.

Landmesser missed multiple consecutive meetings, Has dealt with police accusations of invasion privacy.. State school law allows the school board to remove members who were absent from two consecutive meetings, but there are exceptions that obscure the matter, said district solicitor Vito De Luca after the meeting. I said in. The code looks clear, but there was a state Supreme Court ruling that created a gray area as to why people were absent from the meeting.

If Landmesser agrees to resign, the board has the option of appointing a replacement to meet his term. But DeLuca didn’t say what the board’s options would be if it didn’t resign.

The final budget will maintain the 4.5% property tax hike that was in the final budget approved last month and raise the tax rate to 12.4473 mils. Gristmills are taxed at $ 1,000 or $ 1 for each assessed asset value.

The final budget differs from the proposed budget in one important way. It is the amount of reserves spent to balance income and expenses. Business consultant Tom Melone said the district found a variety of savings in supply purchases, medical expenses and elsewhere, combined with additional revenue from federal subsidies, with a balance of approximately $ 2.2 million.

Conclusion: The $ 34.8 million spending plan requires only about $ 197,463 from reserves, and most of the cash balance could remain intact by the end of the…

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Terrificon comic convention comes back to Mohegan Sun after 2020 hiatus

Adriana Morga

June 25, 2021Updated: June 25, 2021 5:27 p.m.

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Terrificon, Connecticut’s “Terrific Comic Con,” was held at Mohegan Sun on August 17-19, 2018. Comic book and super hero fans interacted with TV and movie stars, listened to panels, dressed up in costumes and took photos. Were you…

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ISDA program helps smaller meat plants

In June 2020, Bruce Kettler, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, saw a good challenge coming. He anticipated receiving roughly $4 million from the federal CARES Act passed to aid in COVID-19 relief.

“We considered ideas, and assisting meat processors in the state soon came to the top of the list of things we should do,” Kettler says. “Many smaller meat-processing operations in Indiana were adversely affected by the COVID-19 shutdown. This looked like an opportunity to help them recover, upgrade equipment, perhaps expand and, at the same time, improve conditions for worker safety.”

The money came from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, and in a few short months, the Indiana Meat Processing Expansion and Development Program through ISDA became reality. But it wasn’t an easy process.

“We had to put together a program, promote it and get the money actually spent by Dec. 30, 2020,” Kettler says. “That’s a large undertaking when you are talking about a grant program.”

Several divisions of state government played a big role, including the lieutenant governor’s office and the Office of Management and Budget, Kettler says. They also worked closely with the Indiana Meat Packers and Processors Association. Darla Dewig, whose family owns a meat processing facility in Gibson County, Ind., is the executive director.

“We were happy to come alongside and get this program going for our members,” she says. “There were real needs for more capacity, and for upgrading facilities to enhance worker safety.”

Successful rollout

It was September 2020 before all the details were worked out for the grant program. Nevertheless, ISDA received 60 applications from Indiana meat processors, requesting $6,810,732. Forty projects were approved and completed, with the state investing $3,784,293.74. Indiana in turn received the money from federal funds through the CARES Act.

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Boys Lacrosse: Pooley Division Player of Year and other postseason honors, 2021

Player of the Year: Drew Togno, Lenape Valley

There were few constants in this game over the past two seasons in New Jersey more impressive than Togno’s scoring productivity.

He played in 36 games as a sophomore in 2019 and in this senior season, and the elusive attackman scored at least once in every game. Considerably more than that in most.

Togno, a Hofstra commit, compiled 78 goals and 30 assists this season to help the Patriots finish 16-2. He scored multiple goals in 16 of those contests, including a staggering seven against No. 3 Mountain Lakes in an 18-9 loss in the North, Group 1 semifinals. As a sophomore, he hit for multple goals in 17 of the 18 games as he helped the squad to an 11-7 mark.

Togno closed his career with 186 goals and 83 assists for 269 points, 69th overall among the state’s all-time scorers.

Coach of the Year: John Lade, Kittatinny

The circumstances in which Lade began as head coach in 2019 were less than ideal. The squad was 14-8 the previous season, though came into that first spring for Lade with almost no experienced players. The roster was primarily populated by sophomore and juniors.

Kittatinny finished a more-than-respectable 8-8 and with high ambitions for a 2020 campaign that would never happen.

Lade called to those sophomores from 2019 for their leadership this spring, and was rewarded by both the on-field play and mature direction of such seniors as Tyler Sweatt, Brendan Voss, Cody Cooper, Andrew Curtis, Dylan Festa, Jake Jones and Christian Shotwell.

The Cougars turned in a 14-4 record this season and reached the quarterfinals of North, Group 1.

Team of the Year: Lenape Valley

The Patriots began the season as one of the hottest in New Jersey by winning their first 11 games, and were not that much cooler by the time…

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5 good movies on Amazon to get over Hump Day: June 30, 2021

Not only is it hump day, but also the last day of June 2021.  Those of us in the US and Canada will be celebrating holidays which means people have an extra day off this week, but it can make the mid-week drag. We are here to give you some great recommendations for movies on Amazon to get over the hump.

Get ready for the new releases on Amazon Prime in July, as the list is impressive. Looking down that list, I see quite a few I will be watching, including Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, 30 Days of Night, Julie & Julia, and The Wild Thornberrys Movie, please don’t judge.

Now let’s get into that list of recommendations to get you out of your hump day slump.

5 good movies on Amazon for June 30, 2021

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil 

The horror-comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is a film that doesn’t take much brainpower to watch but is highly entertaining.

The films show two hillbillies, Tucker and Dale, who have purchased their dream home, a run-down cabin in the woods. A group of college kids heads to the same woods to spend some downtime camping.

Tucker and Dale, who don’t have the best social skills, are misunderstood by the college kids. After all, they know the story of the Memorial Day Massacre that was committed 20 years ago by some hillbillies. Of course, they assume the worse about Tucker and Dale, which leads to all sorts of misinformation and accidents.

It is a campy horror film, heavy on comedy. Check it out.

Eurotrip

The film Eurotrip is classified in the sex comedy genre and doesn’t disappoint. It is a guarantee that you will be singing the main song from this film before it is all over.

Scotty (Scott Mechlowicz) gets dumped on graduation day, which…

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New Park on Nanticoke River Protects Bay’s Oldest Ferry Site

One of the Chesapeake Bay’s most pristine rivers has a new park for all to enjoy. Nanticoke Crossing Park opened earlier this month outside Seaford, Del.

Sussex County Land Trust and Chesapeake Conservancy partnered on the newly-named 41-acre park. It includes 29 acres of forest, open areas, and 1,900 feet of shoreline with freshwater tidal wetland plants. The partners say it allows for direct access to the Nanticoke River through an old lagoon that will be revitalized for the public to use.

The preservation of the park site provides more access to the Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Captain John Smith explored the Nanticoke in 1608, encountering the Nanticoke Indians, who had lived there for thousands of years.

It also means that the fourth and final corner surrounding the 1740s Woodland Ferry is now protected. One of the nation’s oldest operating ferries, the ferry has carried passengers across the Nanticoke since 1743 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

It took help from the Mt. Cuba Center and even cooperation by the U.S. Navy to allow the conservancy and the land trust to purchase and preserve the parkland in Woodland.

Nanticoke Crossing Park is just one of the ways Chesapeake Conservancy is working to protect the river—in fact, the nonprofit says the Nanticoke is now 33 percent protected. The new park is just downstream from Oyster House Park in Seaford, which the conservancy is also helping to build.

“The Nanticoke River Watershed is now one of the East coast’s best examples of how to achieve President Biden’s intentions in the America the Beautiful initiative to conserve 30% of lands and waters in the United States by 2030,” says President and CEO Joel Dunn.

In the meantime, plans are underway to further promote Nanticoke Crossing Park as a site for local and regional recreation for water access, hiking, and…

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