ThurstonTalk’s Weekend Event Calendar For Olympia
Facebook7Tweet0Pin0 I anticipate that it will be either a very mellow weekend or extremely busy, depending on whether you are preparing for out-of-town visitors or gathering your belongings for a trip. Or, perhaps you are going to organize your recipes and make a shopping list for Thanksgiving. Turn to ThurstonTalk for ideas on how to entertain visitors, local grocery shopping tips, recipes using locally grown produce, and loads of holiday events.Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail – open Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pmRazor Clam Dig – evenings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (for specific information click here)Turkey Bowling at Bayview Thriftway – Saturday from 11:00 am – 1:00 pmCool Jazz/Clean Water festival at The Washington Center – Saturday from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pmTumwater, Capital, and North Thurston high school football teams will be competing this weekend. Playoff schedule can be found here.Also check out the Olympia Film Festival, Rocket Races at the Olympic Flight Museum, a SOGO concert, the Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration and many more events on our comprehensive calendar.ThurstonTalk aims to be your source for positive information and events happening in Olympia. If you have a suggestion for a post, send us a note at submit@thurstontalk.com. For more events and to learn what’s happening in Olympia and the surrounding area, click here.s
The Selkirk College Saints Men’s Hockey program is doing anything and everything to improve on its last place finish in 2012.The Castlegar-based squad has announces two more commitments for the upcoming season in forward Matthew Luongo of Surrey and netminder Stephen Wolff of Parksville. Luongo is a 5’10” centre who recently completed his junior career with the PIJHL’s Aldergrove Kodiaks, where he scored nine goals and 33 points in 43 regular season games and added another nine points in 11 playoff contests.His PIJHL totals include 24 goals and 73 points over three years, while he spent the 2009/10 season playing Junior A with the MJHL’s Neepawa Natives and SJHL’s Estevan Bruins. “I’m excited to be coming to Selkirk and have the opportunity to play college hockey surrounded by top level players and coaches,” said Luongo, who describes himself as a gritty, high-energy player.“I’m looking forward to helping the Saints establish a winning tradition and making a run at a championship.” Wolff, meanwhile, joins the Saints following a junior career that included stops with the Oceanside Generals of the VIJHL and the Fernie Ghostriders of the KIJHL, where he compiled a record of 17 wins and 17 losses while totalling a 2.79 goals-against average and .907 save-percentage.He was a VIJHL All-Star in 2011 and was named the Generals’ Playoff MVP after leading his team on a postseason run later that season that saw him collect a 1.84 GAA and .946 SV% over seven games. “It’s always been my goal to play college hockey and I’m excited to be coming to a great school,” says Wolff, who stands 6-foot-3.“I’m going to work hard to establish myself as a top goaltender in the BCIHL and to better my game and skill level overall so that I can further pursue my career in hockey.” Luongo and Wolff join forwards Thomas Hardy and Cole Thomson and defenceman Dylan Smith to bring Selkirk’s commitment total for the 2012/13 season to five.
Moroney finished 11 shots back in second with Launier and Janzen third and fourth, respectively.Saturday at Redstone, McKay took the early lead on the field with a 79 in rainy, wet conditions.Carson Arcuri from Granite Point at Nelson was the next closest competitor with a round of 82. The flight winners were Moroney in the 17 – 18 year division, Arcuri in the 15 – 16 year division and Kaden Lane from Christina Lake in the 14 and under division.Sunday, McKay posted an even par 72 to win the overall title by four shots over Brenan Moroney who took the 17 and 18-year division for the second straight day. Launier won the 15 and 16 year division and Kaden Lane took the 14 and under.Players also attended a BCGA Development Camp, under the guidance of local pro Kevin Nesbitt BC Team Coach, Matt Palsenbarg.The B.C. Junior Golf Championship is July 2 – 5 at the Revelstoke Golf & Country Club in Revelstoke.19TH HOLE: Birchbank is playing host to the B.C. High School A Golf Championships May 26-28. Players representing schools from throughout the province will be attending the 36-hole tournament. Two players from Birchbank head the four-person Zone One West Kootenay Junior Golf Team after qualifying this weekend at the Silver City and Redstone courses.Tyler McKay and Brenan Moroney top the four-player team.David Launier of Rock Creek and Isaac Janzen of Creston round out the team.McKay finished the two-day competition with a 36-hole total of 151.
Victor Espinoza3578620%60%$508,967 Tyler Baze13925311218%49%$1,248,937 Rafael Bejarano9918151718%51%$983,493 JockeyMts1st2nd3rdWin%ITM%Money Won Norberto Arroyo, Jr.6495414%28%$458,830 Stewart Elliott8711101513%41%$497,592 MIDNIGHT STORM, MOR SPIRIT COULD VIE IN BIG ‘CAP Bob Baffert3584523%49%$816,061 (Current Through Sunday, Feb. 12) John Sadler38781018%66%$458,864 Mark Glatt4497520%48%$359,910 J. Keith Desormeaux2972524%48%$434,225 CLOCKERS BUSY WITH 416 WORKERS AT SANTA ANITA Santiago Gonzalez7571079%32%$355,617 SANTA ANITA JOCKS IN CHARITY GAME NEXT THURSDAY MOR SPIRIT DRILLS FOR POSSIBLE BIG ‘CAP STARTMor Spirit, second to Dubai-bound Hoppertunity in the San Antonio Stakes on Feb. 4, worked four furlongs in company with his conqueror at 7:45 Thursday morning in a drill that could lead to a start in the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap for four-year-olds and up at a mile and a quarter on March 11.Both horses were clocked in 47 flat.“They looked good,” Bob Baffert said of the two Grade I winners, Hoppertunity in the Jockey Club Gold Cup last October and the Clark Handicap in 2014, and Mor Spirit in the Los Alamitos Futurity in 2015. “They went together and did it the right way.”Asked If Mor Spirit might run in the Big ‘Cap, Baffert said, “We don’t know.”Midnight Storm, on the other hand, is definite right now for Santa Anita’s marquee race that will be run for the 80th time. Midnight Storm worked six furlongs Monday in 1:12.20.“His work was sensational,” trainer Phil D’Amato said of the Grade I winner on turf and dirt. “That was an ‘A’ work. He went out a mile in 1:38 and change. It was what I wanted to see and he still had plenty in the tank, too, so I’m very happy.”Exercise rider Jose Dominguez was aboard for the drill.Meanwhile, Breeders’ Cup Classic and Pegasus World Cup winner Arrogate, the answer to everybody’s question of “Where will he run next?” worked four furlongs Tuesday in 48.60 under Martin Garcia.“It wasn’t much of a work,” Baffert allowed. “He galloped around here,” but Baffert offered no word on where Arrogate might run next.Should Baffert win the Santa Anita Handicap, it would mark the sixth time he has done so. Previous winners were General Challenge (2000), Misremembered (2010) and three-time winner Game On Dude (2011, 2013 and 2014). The late Charlie Whittingham won a record nine Big ‘Caps, first in 1957 with Corn Husker and most recently in 1993 with Sir Beaufort. Flavien Prat12932172325%56%$2,096,448 Joseph Talamo851051612%36%$365,693 (Current Through Sunday, Feb. 12) Kent Desormeaux861811921%44%$1,165,831 Luis Contreras758102011%51%$422,842 WEATHERMAN HOLDS ACES IN BUENA VISTA STAKES SANTA ANITA STATISTICS Vladimir Cerin2765522%59%$194,454 Tiago Pereira6086613%33%$222,555 TrainerMts1st2nd3rdWin%ITM%Money Won Mike Smith35113931%66%$1,152,445 Peter Eurton3373321%39%$382,054 Richard Baltas7615131120%51%$742,994 Philip D’Amato48115923%52%$709,170 Doug O’Neill8910191611%51%$950,461 Martin Pedroza698131312%49%$383,918 FINISH LINES: Santa Anita offers Dollar Day on Presidents’ Day, this Monday, Feb. 20. Enjoy draft beer, soda and hot dogs for just a buck. First post time will be 12:30 p.m. Admission gates open at 10:30 a.m. Santa Anita will be dark for live racing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday that week. Live racing will resume Friday, Feb. 24 at 1 p.m. . . . The racing community mourns the passing of California stallion Lucky Pulpit, sire of two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome, who died Monday of a heart attack at Harris Farms in Coalinga. He was 16 . . . On Saturday, March 11, when Santa Anita presents the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap, the Late Pick Four will have a guaranteed pool of $1 million, and the Pick Six pool will be guaranteed at $100,000. William Spawr1981242%58%$215,831 Peter Miller591413624%56%$864,900 WORKOUTS SURPASS 400 IN ADVANCE OF STORMWith a heavy winter rain storm imminent, horsemen got in their last licks in anticipation of same with 416 recorded workouts on Santa Anita’s fast dirt tracks Thursday morning, 360 on the main track and 56 on the inner training track, a record for this meet.According to Santa Anita clockers, the all-time mark of 495 was set several years back.Among the more prominent workers was Las Virgenes winner Unique Bella, who went four furlongs in 48.20 for the March 4 Santa Ysabel in advance of the Grade I Santa Anita Oaks on April 8 for Jerry Hollendorfer.Also, champion three-year-old filly of 2015 Stellar Wind worked four furlongs for John Sadler in 48 flat as she prepares for her five-year-old debut. Jerry Hollendorfer771491718%52%$1,168,525 WEATHERMAN HOLDS ACES IN BUENA VISTAWith the weatherman once again throwing a curve ball at locally-based horsemen, final decisions on which horses run in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes for fillies and mares, four and up scheduled for one mile on turf, were up in the air Thursday morning.Richard Baltas, the meet’s leading trainer with 15 victories, has two entered, Hillhouse High and Mokat, but like others, was waiting to see the hand fate deals.“I can’t make a decision until I see how the track is,” Baltas said. “If it’s on dirt and hard, I probably won’t run Mokat. If the track is safe I might run both of them.”Mokat, a daughter of Uncle Mo, has run seven of her 12 career starts on turf, but was second to two-time champion Songbird in the Grade I Santa Anita Oaks on a sloppy track last April 9. Hillhouse High has run 16 of 20 races on grass, but ran third in the Wait a While at Gulfstream Park on a sloppy track in 2013.The Buena Vista: Illuminant, Bryan Pena, 3-1; Lily Pod, Martin Garcia, 20-1; Mokat, Kent Desormeaux, 6-1; Do the Dance, Tyler Baze, 12-1; Prize Exhibit, Mike Smith, 7-2; Hillhouse High, Santiago Gonzalez, 6-1; Evo Campo, Brice Blanc, 12-1; Jeremy’s Legacy, Nelson Arroyo Jr., 12-1; Juno, Luis Contreras, 12-1; Pretty Girl, Corey Nakatani, 6-1; and Wild At Heart, Flavien Prat, 12-1.SANTA ANITA VS. HOLY ANGELS CHARITY GAME FEB. 23.The 50th annual Santa Anita Jockeys vs. Holy Angels Elementary School basketballgame will be played next Thursday, Feb. 23, at La Salle High School in Pasadena, with proceeds to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF), Holy Angels athletic program and the Eye on Jacob Foundation.Given the historic nature of the game, individual jockey sponsors, representing a wide array of racing industry stakeholders, will lend financial support to this worthy cause. Tip off is scheduled for 7:15 p.m., with admission doors opening at 6:15 p.m.Hall of Fame jockeys Kent Desormeaux, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Mike Smith, Alex Solis and Gary Stevens will all be available at center court for an autograph session at 6:30 p.m.Tickets are $5 per person, and for every two tickets purchased, individuals receive one free admission ticket to Santa Anita. Gary Sherlock2453221%42%$135,455
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House Speaker Bhofal Chambers: ““This body can never been invited by any group or institution. You can come make request and the body will decide as what approach to take.”-Speaker Tagged Ex-President Sirleaf as ‘Person of Interest’Don’t invite, request!Amid the summon of Chief Clerk Mildred Sayon of the House of Representatives on the ‘Absolute Authority’ allegedly given by the House of Representatives to the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) to print new bank notes in the amount of the L$16 billion, Speaker Dr. Bhofal Chambers who is also the ceremonious head of the Legislature, said the House of Representatives will never allow itself to be ‘invited’ to an investigation from any institution, but a ‘request’ may be considered, subject to approval by the body.Speaker Chambers said the House of Representatives, and to an extent the the Legislature, is the fulcrum of democracy, which has an internal system of check and balances, as well as power to check and balance other branches — a fundamental importance in the tripartite government.In a considerate tone on Thursday, October 18, 2018 in the new 2nd floor conference room, Speaker Chambers said the supposed invite served on the House’s Chief Clerk was settled with the Special Investigative Committee over the alleged missing L$16 billion, and said it was an ‘oversight’.The Speaker stressed that an invite of the House of Representatives or the Legislature, is a process of democracy, and an institution can only ‘request’ and not ‘invite’ and, based on the request, the House of Representatives or the Legislature will decide squarely on the merit and demerit of the request.Relating to a possible invite from the US based forensic investigators who are currently in the country to carry out probe into the alleged disappearance of L$16 billion in newly printed notes, Speaker Chambers said the US forensic investigators know contemporary constitution and democracy and adhere to the process of democracy.“This body can never be invited by any group or institution. You can come make request and the body will decide as what approach to take,” Speaker Chambers said.Person of interestMeanwhile, in the midst of the investigation of the alleged missing billions, Speaker Chambers has named former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as a ‘Person of Interest’ because it was during her administration the L$16 billion was printed, which was authorized by the Legislature in April 2016 and unauthorized by the Legislature in July 2017.The Speaker said the former President’s son, Charles Sirleaf, who acted as Executive Governor during the first authorization of the printing of a new LD$5 billion, was a ‘well-placed’ person of the former President.He also said the former President should apologize to President Weah and the Liberian people for her outburst, when she suggested in a BBC interview that the government under President Weah’s leadership, might not understand what the country’s GDP is.Speaker Chambers said the former President’s outburst did not serve the office of a retired President and to redeem her image, she needs to apologize.Meanwhile, the Speaker maintained the authorization given by the Legislature to the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) was only the printing of the L$5 billion and not the additional L$10 billion.He said all those who were invited by the Legislature to give their account of their alleged involvement of the printing are cooperating, and the investigation is going well.The Speaker used the occasion to call on Liberians to be peaceful as the government is doing all it can to get into the bottom of the money saga.The Speaker said the President and CBL did not adhere to the July 19, 2017 communication, which was signed by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mildred Sayon and the Secretary of the Liberian Senate, Nanborlor F. Singbeh. It was not an authorization given to Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) to go ahead with the printing of the money, he said, rather it was meant to instruct the CBL to furnish the Legislature with the appropriate detailed information regarding the printing of additional bank notes.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
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Brad Friedel insists Tottenham have a “very good” chance of breaking into the Premier League’s top four this season.Most experts are predicting the leading quartet will come from five clubs – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United.But Friedel has no doubt Spurs will be in the mix for Champions League qualification.“We have a very good chance of getting into the top four,” he told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast. “I like what I’ve seen so far [in pre-season] and the players we have are outstanding.“It’s up to us as players to adapt to the new manager’s style and, if we do that and hit the ground running, you’ll see a very good Tottenham side this season.”Tottenham will, of course, kick off the new season with a new man at the helm after Mauricio Pochettino’s summer arrival from Southampton. And Friedel admits he’s been very impressed with his new boss.The USA goalkeeper added: “He’s very personal and there have been lots of conversations with the payers. He’s very honest and that goes a long way.“It’s another change [of manager] but it’s a positive change. The board wants continuity but every manager has come and gone for different reasons.“He’s come in and the players have taken to his new philosophy. It will take time but we’ve got such good players in the dressing room and everyone is raring to go.”Spurs will start their league campaign at West Ham on Saturday, determined to make amends for the three defeats they suffered against the Hammers last term.“We want to put right what wasn’t right last year,” added Friedel. “We lost three times to them last year and we can’t let that happen again!”
There is a sense of anticipation in the sleepy, idyllic, Donegal town of Moville as they await the 9th annual BeatlesFest on the Lough this weekend.It’s Ireland’s only annual festival of the music of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Due to its success in previous years it will take place over four days for the first time rather than three.Coming over again from Devon will be Beatles Road manager, PR guy and talent scout, Tony Bramwell who was a childhood friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Tony is a US Hall of Fame member himself for his work as head of Apple Films and Polydor Records when he had the Bee Gees, The Jam, Roxy Music and Slade in his stable, for his role in charge of the music for Grease and Saturday Night Fever, when he used the Bee Gees and for responsibility for the music in five of the Bond films, including Live and Let Die done by Paul McCartney. Tony ‘s favourite tipple is Guinness and his favourite Comedy, Father Ted and this will be his 5th BeatlesFest on the Lough. A couple of weeks before his first one he was in Nashville with Paul McCartney who asked him to come to Toronto with him as well. “I can’t Paul” said Tony. “I’m doing the BeatlesFest in Moville that weekend”. He said that Moville is the quaintest of the BeatlesFests that he goes to and would like to retire there.Tony knows most people in the industry, both in the Sixties and now. He met Elvis with the Beatles, knows Bob Dylan very well and is a close friend of Bruce Springsteen. He will be giving a talk, taking questions and talking about his time with the Beatles with festival-goers.American, Michael Thomas will open up the festival in Annie’s Bar on Thursday night which is Come Together Night. This will be followed by It’s Getting Better night on Friday, a Hard Day’s Night on Saturday and Hello Goodbye night on Sunday. In between will be Here Comes the Sun afternoon on Saturday and Strawberry Fields afternoon on Sunday.Playing officially for the first time will be Belfast duo, The Plasticine Porters who turned up last year just wanting to play anywhere and anytime. They played the Open Mics and in the breaks in the acts of others and after they finished. After they went down so well they have their own gigs this year. Said BeatlesFest organiser, Gerry McLaughlin “We are expecting this to be the biggest and best BeatlesFest we have had. We are asking people to wear Sixties Gear. If anyone wants to play there are Open Mics. If you missed the Sixties come to Moville this weekend. The BeatlesFest takes place from July 30th to August 2nd.MOVILLE GETS READY FOR BEATLESFEST was last modified: July 29th, 2015 by John2Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:beatlesfestdonegalfestivalmoville
Tags: DreamFutsal Supers LeagueJohn KitandatopYeak Kabowa Yeak’s Rober Baka (left) scored one of their three goals on the evening (Photos by Futsal Media)Futsal Super League International Futsal Courts, MengoThursday, 28-02-2019-Bajim 5-1 Aidenal-Dream 2-2 Crown-Equator 2-1 Kabowa United-Nomad 2-1 Mengo City-Park 3-2 Parakeets-Yap Stars 1-4 Typhoon-Elephants 2-3 Yeak KabowaMENGO – Yeak Kabowa maintained their five points caution atop the Futsal Super League standings thanks to a hard fought 3-2 victory over Elephants on Thursday night.Unlike in the last couple of games when the runaway leaders were blowing away opponents, Thursday’s game was one that required digging deep, to win.After the first half, both sides were locked at 0-0 with Elephants intent on at least taking a point from the game.It was in the second that the game came to life with Yeak striking thrice through Emma Magembe, Robert Baka and League top scorer Shaffic Avemah.For Elephants, they scored twice through Bruno Ssegilinya and Jonathan Kitonera, to walk away with their head held high despite defeat which leaves them third from bottom with 11 points from their first 14 games.For Yeak, they move onto 35 points, 5 ahead of second placed Park.In their contest, Park produced a breathtaking display to take care of Parakeets 3-2.Park started strongly, leading 2-1 at half time with Iddi Babu and Mark Kisenyi on the score-sheet for them. Baker Byarunga had temporarily leveled matters in the first 15 minutes for Parakeets.In the second, Babu added another for Park and despite Vicent Abigaba scoring Parakeets’ second, Park held on to register their 9th victory of the season.The three points mean that Park keep in close check with leaders-Yeak, trailing them by only 5 points with 14 games played.Park now have 30 points and look to be pulling clear of the other chasers.For third placed Dream, they were held to a frustrating 2-2 draw by wobbly Crown.In a game that saw them end with 10 men as vice-captain, John Kitanda was given his marching orders, Dream put up a spirited display, one that was only good enough for just a point in the end.Dream’s Kitanda tries to beat an opponent before he was sent offBefore his red card, Kitanda put Dream 1-0 up before Crown equalized through Mohamud Ahmed to ensure the first half ends 1-1.In the second, both sides scored once with Swibu Kazibwe scoring for Dream while Ahmed struck again for Crown to ensure they both share spoils in the end.The draw leaves Dream third on the standings, 9 points behind leaders Yeak after 14 rounds. Despite starting the season as favourites, Dream who won last year’s title now need some sort of a miracle to retain it.For Crown, this was only their second draw in the season and it leaves them still 6th on the standings with 23 points.The biggest winners of the day were Bajim who inflicted an 8th loss of the season onto Aidenal.A hat trick by Ibrahim Kamya and a double off Titus Ssematiba’s right foot did the magic for Bajim while Michael Kasozi scored Aidenal’s consolation on the day.The win for Bajim sees them climb into 8th with 22 points while Aidenal who have now gone 5 games minus victory, remain 11th with only 12 points from their first 14 games.Bajim (Green and Blue) are now 8th on the standingsThe others results on the evening saw Equator defeat Kabowa United 2-1, Nomad overcame Mengo City with an identical score line while Typhoon were 4-1 winners against Yap Stars.Yeak’s Shaffic Avemah still tops the scoring charts with 26 goals, 5 ahead of teammate Ennock Ssebagala.The Futsal Super League will return on Thursday, 07-03-2019 with all the 14 teams in action once again.Comments 