Month: April 2021

The Alexandria boys won 115-17 against the storm while the girls won 113-24.

An example of Alexandria’s dominance was the 100-meter run in the boys’ race. The Cardinals took the first seven places out of 24 runners, led by Jaegar Steele’s victory in 12.06 seconds. Nicholas Huss won the 200-meter race in 24.39 seconds and the pole vault (11-00), and Riley Wagner won the 400-meter race in 56.46 seconds.

Further individual victories for the Alexandria boys came from Myles Sansted (800, 2: 04.80), Jacob Kleven (1.600, 4: 46.80), Andrew Sparr (300 hurdles, 47.24), Joseph Lanoux (shot put, 40 -05), Zander Homelvig (Diskus, 119-07), Nolan Morical (long jump, 19-03.5) and Will Heydt (triple jump, 43-00).

The Alexandria girls also controlled the dual equally.

Miah Wessel won the sprinter in the 200-meter run in 28.33 seconds. Myah Kremer followed with a win in the 400 in 1: 02.66. Jaelyn Miller drove the 800 meter run in 2: 21.73 and Emma Ecker won the 1,600 in 5: 40.49.

Alexandria’s other individual winners were Sophia Korynta (100 hurdles, July 18; 300 hurdles, 52.95), Sophia Vinje (shot put, 31-04), Amaria Sowada (Diskus, 98-09), Marissa Linow (high jump, 4-07) Bria Luepke (pole vault, 7-06) and Hailie Kent (triple jump, 33-10).

Minnewaska senior Peyton Johnsrud set a new school record for the Lakers Thursday by scooping 6 feet 9 inches in the high jump.

Minnewaska’s Peyton Johnsrud raises the bar in the high jump during the 2019 Class A State Meet. Johnsrud set a new school record at this event on April 29, 2021 in Morris by clearing 6 feet, 9 inches. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)

That was part of a fourth place finish for the Minnewaska boys in a seven-team field in Morris. Morris Area won the boys’ meeting with 142 points. In the girls’ category, Minnewaska scored 168 points, one point ahead of Eden Valley-Watkins.

Johnsrud’s height in the high jump exceeded the next best finisher by seven inches. Peyton’s brother Connor scored a triple jump victory with a distance of 40-03.5. The Minnewaska boys also won the 4×400 and 4×800 seasons.

Olivia Danielson won the 800-meter run for the Minnewaska girls with a time of 2:33. Kristen Glover (31-09) and Emma Kovarik (31-01.75) were part of a 1-2 finish for the Lakers in the triple jump. Metaya Jergenson was also a double winner in the shot put (30-06) and discus (97-05.5), while the Lakers 4×800 relay team won to secure the team victory.

INVITE TIGER

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS – Minnewaska – 168; Eden Valley-Watkins – 167; Morris Area-Chokio-Alberta – 91; West Central Area 71; Hancock – 25; Ashby-Brandon-Evansville – 19; Sauk Center – 17th

YOUNG TEAM SCORES – Morris Area – 142; Sauk Center – 121; Eden Valley-Watkins – 93; Minnewaska – 68; ABE – 57; WCA – 40; Hancock – 35

Valerie Deschene led the Ashby-Brandon-Evansville girls in third place in the pole vault after clearing 6 feet, 6 inches.

Skylar Bitzan scored a goal for ABE in the 100-meter run with a sixth place (13.92), and the 4×200 and 4×800 seasons finished fourth for a fifth place in the 4×400 season in 4:43.

The 4×100 (second place, 48.41) and 4×200 (first place, 1:40) from AB-E helped the ABE boys to their fifth place.

Derick Novotny was the team’s best individual finisher in the pole vault after finishing second (9-06) right in front of his teammate Dierk Goeden (8-06).

Other top 6 finishers for ABE were Nathan Baumann (100 Dash, 11.84), Micah Fossell (1600, fifth, 5: 09.35; 3200, third, 11:29), Kobe Reiland (110 hurdles, fifth, 48.15, triple jump, fifth, 36-04.5), Jake Rein (high jump, fifth, 5-06), Logan Froemming (pole vault, sixth, 7-06) and Micah Fuller (triple jump, third, 37-00.5).

Lexi Bright won the 1,600-meter (5:30) in the girls’ race around West Central Area. Terina Blascyk added third place in that race at 6:00 am, while Taylor Bennett helped the WCA distance runners with a second place in the 3,200 (12:54 pm). Bright was also third in the long jump (15-06.5) and in the 400-meter run (1: 03.46).

Brynn Fernholz led the jumpers with a second place in the high jump (4-08) and a third place in the triple jump (29-08.5). In throws, Jayden Styba of WCA was sixth in the shot put (26-02) and fourth in the discus (75-03).

Kyle Schill (2:10) and Alex Salwasser (2:14) had a 1: 2 result for the boys in the 800 meter run. Tyler Stone added the Knights’ second win by winning the discus in 121-00.5, and Grant Lindquist finished fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 36-05.5.

The Arlington International Racecourse started on Friday with what is expected to be the last horse racing season on the route.

The track begins its 2021 season with opening day Friday, followed by Kentucky Derby day Saturday. This year’s racing season could be the last for the facility as Arlington Racecourse owners have announced plans to sell the property to a developer.

According to a press release from Churchill Downs Incorporated, the 326-acre suburb of Arlington Heights is being sold and the company selling the property will be trying to find a buyer to redevelop it.

“The ideal location of Arlington in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and direct access to downtown Chicago via a local Metra train station offer a unique redevelopment opportunity. We anticipate strong interest in the site and look forward to working with potential buyers in partnership with the Village of Arlington Heights to take this storey location to the next phase, ”said Bill Carstanjen, CEO of CDI.

The circuit will contain their full schedule from April 30th to September 25th. The sale is unlikely to complete until the race calendar closes, and the company says a sale is unlikely to have any impact on the calendar.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this season’s race days do not include live entertainment, family days, or takeaway items. The circuit will also have limited capacity and a face covering requirement.

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The route has been a staple in the Chicago area for nearly a century and opened in 1927.

It closed briefly in 1998 and 1999, but reopened in 2000 after Churchill Downs Incorporated bought the route and renamed it Arlington Park. It was renamed Arlington International Racecourse in 2013.

The track owners say they will try to move their racing license to another town in the state of Illinois.

“We are reviewing possible options with the state and other constituents and remain optimistic that we can find solutions that work for the state, the local communities and the thousands of Illinois people who make a living, directly or indirectly, from thoroughbred horse racing,” said Carstanjen .

Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said the city plans to promote “an exciting new use” for the property.

“Although the Village does not own or control the property, we will be working with CDI and CBRE to promote an exciting new use that takes advantage of the uniqueness of the property to make the most of it,” Hayes said in a statement. “Certainly everything is on the table that is allowed under our zoning and land use regulations, to include some kind of mixed-use development or a one-off use such as an entertainment venue or a sports stadium.”

A virus hasn’t been the only thing that has spread since the COVID-19 outbreak, as Asian Americans have seen an increase in hate crimes recently. NOVA, a multicultural organization of the NKU, is working to smooth this curve of hatred.

When NOVA President Holly Blansette stumbled upon it a report It decided to act on 3,795 hate incidents between March 2020 and February 2021.

“We thought this would be a good opportunity to educate people about this issue as it isn’t very high in discussions but affects some of us near home,” said Blansette.

For NOVA’s social media coordinator, Vanessa Khong, even simple actions such as a trip to the gas station cause concern.

“I got gasoline and stood there, like everyone else, running my own business. I just couldn’t help but feel nervous and insecure. I feel like I could be attacked, especially because of the rise in hate crimes in Asia and America the salon shooting in Atlanta“Said Khong.

Khong, who is of Vietnamese descent, said her family was approached orally by a group of people in Cincinnati earlier this year. The group reportedly yelled, “Chinese, go back where you are from!”

According to Stop AAPI Hate National Report 2020-2021Verbal harassment accounts for 68.1 percent of hate incidents against Asian Americans.

According to Rebecca Bailey, history professor at NKU, “Discrimination usually coincides with times of great stress and great change in our nation.”

For Bailey, too, discrimination applies close to home. Her uncle of Japanese descent volunteered for the U.S. Army when he was 20 years old after the Pearl Harbor events. According to Bailey, her uncle had a choice of either volunteering for the military or sitting in a detention center.

According to a survey conducted by Pew Research, Asian Americans are more likely than any other group to report being exposed to blurring or jokes because of their race or ethnicity since the coronavirus outbreak: 31% say this happened to them, compared with 21 % of black adults, 15% of Hispanic adults, and 8% of white adults.

“What’s going on now, what’s going on, is cyclical from my perspective as someone teaching American immigration history,” Bailey said.

Khong and Blansette agree that former United States President Donald Trump made matters worse by using terms like “China virus” and “kung flu”. According to Google Trends, searches for “China viruses” have been on an upward trend during Trump’s presidency and have declined since he left office.

“When such terms are used in relation to a virus that has become a pandemic, all Asian Americans automatically become targets of bigotry,” said Khong. “We have to educate ourselves and raise awareness.”

NOVA launched a social media campaign to raise awareness and raise funds in support of Stop AAPI Hate, a foundation established by the Asia-Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), the Chinese agency for positive action (CAA) and the Department of Asian American Studies in San was founded by Francisco State University.

NOVA’s campaign used tactics like Instagram Bingo to raise $ 323 over a week in March.

Stop AAPI Hate was set up in response to “xenophobia and bigotry” resulting from the pandemic.

According to your website“The center tracks and responds to incidents of hatred, violence, harassment, discrimination, avoidance, and bullying of children against Asian Americans and Pacific islanders in the United States.”

The organization pursues this goal with a “5-pillar approach”:

• ” Serve as the leading aggregator of hate incidents against Asian and Pacific islanders
• Provide multilingual resources for affected community members
• Technical support through quick response to preventive measures
• Support community-based security efforts and efforts to restore justice
• Advocate for local, state and national policies that strengthen human rights and the protection of civil rights. “

Blansette said NOVA will continue to make efforts to raise awareness of Asian American discrimination and the growing hate incidents. She also plans to create the NKU’s first multicultural sorority on campus in the hope of “providing greater diversity and awareness to our fraternity and sorority community”.

Further information can be found under NOVA’s Instagram or click on Here.

Diving letter:

• 7-Eleven has opened a business with two restaurants in Manassas, Virginia – Raise the Roost Chicken and Biscuits and Parlor Pizza. The two in-house restaurants are located next to each other in the shop and have separate order counters as well as common indoor and outdoor seating.
• The store is part of the convenience store chain’s Evolution Store prototype, which was first launched in March 2019. According to a press release, the stores serve as testing grounds for customers to try out items before they are further introduced. There are now eight Evolution Stores, each with a restaurant concept.
• In a press release, 7-Eleven EVP and Chief Operating Officer Chris Tanco described the chain’s expansion plan as aggressive and indicated their intention to compete specifically in the area of ​​fast service. “Today’s opportunity is in the QSR space, and we are responding by aggressively rolling out restaurants across the country – both in Evolution Stores and beyond. Our plan is to open nearly 150 restaurants in 2021,” he said.

Dive Insight:

The blurring of the lines between quick service restaurants and convenience stores isn’t new, but competition between the two continues to grow. In 2019, Chris Gheysens, CEO of Wawa, discussed evolving his brand into a “takeaway restaurant” to further develop the concept and win consumers’ food budgets. Wawa, 7-Eleven, Casey’s, and QuikTrip recently expanded their retail and food choices.

Those efforts make a bump. In 2019, the State of the Industry report by the National Association of Convenience Stores found that 23% of convenience store sales came from food service. That same year, GasBuddy published a study that found that 43% of Americans ages 18-29 bought more C-store meals than they did three years earlier.

As C-stores add more food service options, including restaurant concepts and drive-thru models and deliveries, the opportunities to lure diner dollars away from QSRs increase. 7-Eleven recently announced its first in-house drive-thru restaurant, serving up the in-house Laredo taco menu and traditional slurpees. Wawa recently opened its first transit location with fresh groceries, inexpensive meals, combo meals and specialty beverages. The location also includes roadside collection.

According to The Shape of Food Retailing in the New Normal report earlier this month, innovations for segments of the day – the takeaway dinner category that poses some of the greatest challenges – represent “a significant opportunity for roadside retailers” increase pedestrian traffic and sales. For the newest Evolution Store in Virginia, diners not only have the option of two restaurants to choose from, but also a wine cellar and beer cooler, freshly baked produce, bespoke espressos, and other convenience options that many QSRs don’t offer.

These C-store chains pose a competitive threat not only because of their food service offerings and off-premise channels, but also because of their enormous presence. 7-Eleven has more than 12,000 stores in North America, which is on par with the top five QSRs. For context, there are roughly 7,000 Taco Bell restaurants in the U.S. and just over 7,000 Burger Kings. Wawa has around 900 locations, which is slightly fewer than Carl’s Jr.

If 7-Eleven is to be successful with this evolution concept, the addition of both a fried chicken concept and a pizza concept is a good start. Demand for both has fluctuated over the past year and some restaurant brands have even drawn attention to a possible shortage of chicken based on this demand.

The Manassas store will also serve as a testing ground for the emerging brand program Sips and Snacks. This means customers can purchase items submitted by aspiring entrepreneurs as well as the retailer’s latest innovations. These features are more likely to create a target standard that QSRs don’t have and could lead to new traffic for testing Raise the Roost and Parlor Pizza.

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Officials from seven of the eight county stations in the Fairfax County Police Department as well as the Reston Hospital Center collected £ 2,038 of unused or expired prescription and non-prescription drugs on April 24 during the 20th annual National Drug Take Back Day Initiative.

The department held the initiative in coordination with the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

West Springfield District Station led the pack by collecting 19 bags of drugs weighing 446 pounds. The other county stations and their collections were: McLean (10 bags, 326 pounds of drugs), Fair Oaks (eight bags, 290 pounds), Franks (10 bags, 228 pounds), Sully (four bags, 180 pounds), Mount Vernon (six Bag, 163 pounds) and Mason (eight bags, 126 pounds). The Reston Hospital Center collected 12 sachets containing a total of 279 pounds of drugs.

Unused or expired over-the-counter or prescription drugs that remain unsecured can be prone to abuse and lead to overdoses and accidental poisoning, police warned.

Drug-take-back boxes are available year-round at each of the department’s eight district stations and are always open to the public. Accepted items include prescription drugs (Schedule II-V controlled and uncontrolled), prescription ointments, over-the-counter drugs, and veterinary drugs.

Prohibited items include needles (sharp objects), liquids of any kind, illegal drugs, non-prescription ointments and lotions, aerosol cans, and inhalers. For more information, please visit the website at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/drug-disposal.