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The Wabash College baseball team split a North Coast Athletic Conference road doubleheader Saturday at Hiram College. The Little Giants rallied for six runs in the ninth inning of game one to capture an 8-6 victory but lost game two 6-5 to 11 innings.
Wabash (20-13, 4-10 NCAC) scored eight runs on 14 hits in the opener against Hiram (13-21, 3-11 NCAC). Austin Simmers started the scoring for the Little Giants in the first inning with a leadoff single and stolen base. He moved to third base on a wild pitch and scored when AJ Reid singled to third to put Wabash in front 1-0. The Little Giants took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Camden Scheidt singled to second base, also stole second, and eventually came home on a wild pitch. The Terriers claimed the lead with single runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings for a 3-2 lead.
Wabash sent 12 batters to the plate in the ninth inning to score six runs on six hits along with a single Hiram error. Simmers started the frame with a single to center and moved to second on a single by Reid. Liam Patton delivered an RBI single through the right side to bring Simmers home with the game-tying run. Evan Neukam gave the Little Giants with an RBI single to score Reid and make it a 4-3 contest.
Scheidt continued the scoring with a bases-loaded single. Will Phillips scored when Hiram's second baseman was unable to handle a ground ball off the bat of Reece Bauer. Simmers picked up his second hit of the inning to bring home the final two runs for Wabash to provide an 8-4 lead.
The six runs proved necessary for Wabash to hang on for the victory. Hiram scored twice in the ninth inning to cut the Little Giants' lead to 8-6 before Tavic Simmons came on to retire the final two batters he faced with a double-play ground ball and strikeout to end the game and pick up his first save of the season.
Simmons pitched one inning with the one strikeout. Sam Phillips earned his first win of the season in relief of Dylan Scheid. Phillips limited Hiram to two earned runs on two hits and three walks over two innings of work. He struck out one batter. Scheid pitched six innings and scattered five hits and two walks while giving up two earned runs while striking out one batter.
Simmers finished the game with three hits and two RBI to lead Wabash offensively. Scheidt finished with three hits and one RBI. Reid, Felix Velaro, and Kamden Earley each added two hits to the Little Giants' totals.
Wabash held a 4-3 lead in game two after scoring a run in the fifth, seventh, and ninth innings to send the game into extra innings. Earley delivered a two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the top half of the 11th inning to put the Little Giants in front 5-4. But the Terriers provided the final blow in the bottom half of the inning by collecting a leadoff single and a walk followed by a one-out single to right. The game-tying run scored on the single before a Wabash error on the play allowed the game-winning run to score for the 6-5 final.
Jacob Bishop took the loss in relief. He pitched 2-1/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on four hits and one walk with one strikeout. Grant Stratton started the game and pitched 7-2/3 innings. He allowed one earned run on seven hits and two walks to go with five strikeouts. Gavin Patrick pitched a third of an inning with one strikeout and one hit batsman.
Simmers led Wabash with three hits. Earley finished the game with two hits and two RBI. Scheidt also picked up two hits in the game.
Wabash will play its final road series of the 2022 season on Wednesday with a conference doubleheader at DePauw University beginning at noon.
“Little Women: Atlanta” star Shirlene “Ms. Juicy” Pearson is hospitalized in the ICU.
“At this time Ms. Juicy is stabilized in the ICU,” a statement posted to her Instagram account on Friday reads. “The family is thankful for all the prayers and are asking for you to respect their privacy at this time.”
It concluded, “Please continue to keep Ms. Juicy in your prayers. We will keep you updated with any changes.”
It did not disclose why the reality star has been hospitalized.
Pearson first appeared on the Lifetime reality show as a guest star when it premiered in 2016. She was promoted to a full-time costar by the second season and was most recently on the series’ sixth season, which premiered in 2021.
The talent manager and radio host is proud of the show and believes that it teaches society about “little people.”
Pearson has worked as a radio presenter and talent manager.Getty Images
“I love this show because it teaches and informs people about who little people are,” she said in an interview in 2019. “We can do everything average height people can do because we are not different; we are just different in size.
“We have to live our lives like everybody else, and it shows that we go through the same things and the same struggles as everyone else.”
Pearson posed with Porsha Williams in 2017.Getty Images
“But don’t come out there and treat us differently because we are smaller in stature than you are,” she continued. “I love this show because it shows everyone that we can do everything that they can do and even better!”
“Little Women: Atlanta” star Shirlene “Ms. Juicy” Pearson is hospitalized in the ICU.
“At this time Ms. Juicy is stabilized in the ICU,” a statement posted to her Instagram account on Friday reads. “The family is thankful for all the prayers and are asking for you to respect their privacy at this time.”
It concluded, “Please continue to keep Ms. Juicy in your prayers. We will keep you updated with any changes.”
It did not disclose why the reality star has been hospitalized.
Pearson first appeared on the Lifetime reality show as a guest star when it premiered in 2016. She was promoted to a full-time costar by the second season and was most recently on the series’ sixth season, which premiered in 2021.
The talent manager and radio host is proud of the show and believes that it teaches society about “little people.”
Pearson has worked as a radio presenter and talent manager.Getty Images
“I love this show because it teaches and informs people about who little people are,” she said in an interview in 2019. “We can do everything average height people can do because we are not different; we are just different in size.
“We have to live our lives like everybody else, and it shows that we go through the same things and the same struggles as everyone else.”
Pearson posed with Porsha Williams in 2017.Getty Images
“But don’t come out there and treat us differently because we are smaller in stature than you are,” she continued. “I love this show because it shows everyone that we can do everything that they can do and even better!”
A police chase spurred by a carjacking on the Near North Side ended with two suspects dead in a river on the Far South Side early Saturday, authorities said.
Three others were in custody following the pursuit of the stolen vehicle on the Bishop Ford Freeway near Lansing, according to Illinois State Police.
State troopers and Chicago police went after a white Rolls Royce about 4:40 a.m. after being notified of an armed carjacking in the 18th District, which runs from the Chicago River north to Lincoln Park, state police said.
Troopers followed the vehicle to 173rd Street and Torrence Avenue in south suburban Lansing, where the car was parked and five people got into a black Infiniti, state police said.
The chase continued, but ended soon after when the vehicle crashed at 127th Street and Indiana Avenue on the city’s Far South border.
Three people were taken into custody, but two jumped into the Little Calumet River, state police said.
Chicago police deployed a marine unit about 5:10 a.m. to search for them, officials said. They were recovered shortly after, taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead, police said. Authorities have not yet identified them.
The investigation was ongoing Saturday.
State police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact investigators at (847) 294-4400 or ISP.crimetips@illinois.gov. Tips can be submitted anonymously.
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It was Ellia Zimmerman’s first home run of her varsity career.
The Little Falls senior ripped three doubles to go along with her home run in a 15-14 win over Zimmerman in Game Two of a doubleheader.
She followed it with a 2-for-3 game where she scored two runs in the Flyers 11-10 win over Sauk Rapids.
“I feel like I’ve really been hitting right,” Zimmerman said. “It’s been something I’ve been trying to do and I’ve worked on in the offseason a lot. Coming up this season, I was hoping to get a lot of good hits at the plate and it came forward for me last week.”
In the young season, Zimmerman is the leading hitter for Little Falls with a .412 average with four doubles, a home run and nine RBIs.
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“I think she’s just explosive up there,” Little Falls head coach Tony Couture said. “She has a good eye up there. She hits the ball hard and she has a better feel for the plate at where the strike zone is. She rarely swings at bad pitches. I think she’s changed her stance a little bit from last year to be a better hitter.”
Zimmerman had hit home runs at lower levels, but the four-bagger she ripped against Zimmerman was the first of her varsity career.
“I was smiling the rest of the night even on the ride home from the game,” she said.
She’s also the catcher and said she’s been catching the Flyers’ top starter Avery Anderson since they were in the sixth grade.
“Our chemistry is really, really good,” Zimmerman said. “We have our own rhythm. Like I can tell when she’s struggling and I can tell when she is going really well and we can throw that changeup more.”
Couture said she’s improved her defense behind the plate.
“She throws runners out and she’s improved her blocking as well on balls in the dirt and framing,” he said. “She is one of the girls that we expect to be a leader this year and she hasn’t let us down in that department either.”
Little Falls is coming off a 2021 campaign which saw them only win four games. The Flyers look improved already in 2022, with wins over conference opponent Zimmerman and Section 8-3A foe Sauk Rapids — both teams they lost to last year.
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“Zimmerman is a girl we expect to be a quarterback out there for us as a catcher,” Couture said. “She is a senior and has been a starter for two years already for us there as a catcher. She wants to be that leader that people look up to.”
At the plate, Zimmerman’s approach is to try and take a strike unless it’s a pitch she knows she can hit.
“If it’s a pitch right down the middle I’m going to swing at it,” she said.
After her 4-5 day with four extra-base hits game, Zimmerman’s confidence shot up as well as her position in the batting order.
“Going into the next game I was put as the fourth batter and that pumped me up a bit,” she said.
Couture said he tries to bat her third or fourth in the order.
“Usually our first couple batters get on, so we like it when she has at bats with girls on base,” he said.
Zimmerman said the Flyers have good chemistry which makes it fun. She plans to attend Bemidji State University in the fall.
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“I wanted to be a leader for my team and have some fun in my last season,” she said. “Take all the memories when I can.”
Other notable performances: Golf: Tiffany Virnig, Pierz, was the medalist at Pierz Golf Course Softball: Brenna Dickmann, Pierz, went 3-for-3 with a three-run home run and four RBIs against St. Cloud Cathedral.
Korrin Gwost, Little Falls, went 3-for-5 with three runs and a double against Zimmerman.
Avery Threlkeld, Little Falls, went 4-for-5 with a double and three runs against Sauk Rapids.
Katelyn Landree, Crosby-Ironton, went 3-for-3 with two RBIs against Pine River-Backus.
Hannah Christle, Pillager, went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI against Sebeka.
Kourtney Lamke, Crosby-Ironton, went 2-for-4 with a double, triple, three runs and five RBIs against Aitkin.
Ellia Zimmerman
Year: Senior
School: Little Falls
Sport: Softball
Position: Catcher
Highlights: She went 4-for-5 with three doubles and a home run against Zimmerman. She went 2-3 with two runs scored against Sauk Rapids.
Though purging is often a condition associated with bulimia nervosa, new research at Ohio University suggests that a different kind of eating disorder could also be responsible.
The study, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, sought to differentiate the little understood “purging disorder” from the more well-documented bulimia nervosa, with which it is often confused. The research was led by K. Jean Forney, an assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University who specializes in eating disorders.
Both purging disorder and bulimia nervosa are eating disorders characterized by self-induced vomiting and other types of purging. However, a central characteristic of bulimia is large, out-of-control eating episodes, whereas purging disorder isn’t defined by binge eating. Moreover, purging is an essential attribute of purging disorder, whereas bulimia nervosa may include non-purging behaviors like fasting or excessive exercise.
“In both conditions, people are going to extreme lengths to control their weight,” Forney said.
Because bulimia nervosa is well understood, it is easily diagnosed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which is used to diagnose mental health disorders. Purging disorder, however, hasn’t been well researched, and thus falls into the more ambiguous “residual” categories of the DSM.
“People tend to think conditions in the residual category are less dangerous, but that isn’t true,” Forney said. “There is plenty of cross-sectional data that suggest that the purging disorder is just as serious as bulimia nervosa.”
Because of its relative obscurity in the psychiatric world, until it is better understood, people suffering from purging disorder do not have psychiatric or psychological treatments that have been tested for their specific symptom presentation. Forney hopes that that the current study can provide a starting point for future intervention-related research.
“Most of our eating disorder treatments focus on treating binge-eating. What we really need are treatments that do a better job treating symptoms when binge eating isn’t present and we don’t really have that right now,” she said.
Purging disorder was first researched and identified in 2005 by Pamela Keel, a psychology professor at Florida State University. Forney wanted to continue Keel’s initial research so that the prognosis of purging disorder could be better understood. To do so, Forney followed up with 217 women who participated in Keel’s original study. The participants, who needed to meet the clinical criteria for purging disorder or bulimia nervosa, all participated in one of three studies conducted between 2000 and 2012.
Forney sought to predict the future behavior of those suffering from purging disorder by comparing long-term outcomes to those suffering from bulimia nervosa. The study found no significant difference in eating disorder presence, recovery status and level of eating pathology between diagnostic groups. However, it concluded there are significant enough differences between bulimia nervosa and purging disorder to necessitate specific treatments for purging disorder. To do so, it is important to treat purging disorder as a full threshold eating disorder, the research stated.
It also found significant enough differences between bulimia nervosa and purging disorder that the interpretation of symptoms that lead to a diagnosis, known as clinical presentation, could be uniquely classified. Only a small proportion of women with purging disorder developed bulimia nervosa, indicating that these are distinct eating disorders.
“They’re equal in severity and chronicity but there are still differences in clinical presentation,” Forney said.
However, the study was not without limitations. “We didn’t find anything that predicted outcome,” Forney said, which she described as “disheartening.” “That means we need to do more work to determine what is keeping the eating disorder going – those are the factors we want to target in treatment.”
Despite setbacks, Forney is hopeful that her research will reignite further interest in purging disorder, and that future research will eventually lead to more effective treatment.
For people suffering from eating disorders, the National Eating Disorder Association operates a helpline, along with numerous other services and resources.
The clock struck twice in Duval on Thursday night as the team made a bold move to trade back up into the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft to select Utah linebacker Devin Lloyd with the 27th overall pick, originally held by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Jacksonville parted ways with pick No. 33 (second round), No. 106 (fourth round) and No. 180 (sixth round) in order to make the move with the Bucs.
Though costly, the move netted Jacksonville one of the top-rated linebackers in the entire draft, a player the team pairs well with fellow first-round selection, Georgia DL/OLB Travon Walker, adding another versatile weapon on defense.
“He does a little bit of everything,” Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke told members of the media shortly following the selection.
Ultimately, Jacksonville felt the team needed to jump the New England Patriots (pick No. 29) in order to get their guy. Without revealing their board exactly, Baalke mentioned that time was of the essence with the first round dwindling down.
“Obviously, this was a draft where there was a certain number of guys that we had graded above the line and we were getting to the point where we needed to make a move,” Baalke said of the trade. It was right around when the Dallas Cowboys selected offensive lineman Tyler Smith with the 24th-overall pick when the team knew it had to make a move.
“This was something that didn’t just happen. We were considering this going into the draft. So we were fortunate enough that it worked out, and Tampa got what they wanted and we got what we wanted.”
Lloyd, 6-foot-3, 237 pounds was one of the most physically gifted linebackers in his class. A former safety, Lloyd quickly transitioned to LB at Utah after playing safety, receiver and punter in high school.
Playing 36 games in college, Lloyd accounted for 150 solo tackles, 43 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks and five interceptions. He added three touchdowns, eight pass breakups and a fumble recovery over four years.
He was named a first-team All-American and the Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year in 2021. He was First-team All-Pac 12 in both 2020 and ‘21. It’s no wonder why Lloyd was the No. 1 LB on the team’s draft board.
“He can cover. He can rush the passer. He’s very good against the run inside the tackle box and outside,” Baalke added. “So just a lot of versatility, and he’s a culture setter. He’s a great young man. He fits into what we’re trying to build here, and we’re looking forward to having him here.”
The Jaguars made a concerted effort to upgrade its linebacker corp throughout the offseason and during Thursday’s draft. Both starting LBs from last season, Myles Jack and Damien Wilson, were either released (Jack) or allowed to walk in free agency (Wilson).
The team went out and signed former Atlanta Falcons LB Foye Oluokun in free agency, making him and Lloyd the team’s new duo at the position.
Head coach Doug Pederson was bullish, but cautious when speaking about adding Lloyd to the mix with Oluokun, noting that they still have to get the guys - both Walker and Lloyd - in to see exactly how they mesh with the defense. But, ultimately the team is obviously excited to have him.
“I think that it’s going to be a good relationship,” Pederson said about the young LB duo, “just again, making that linebacker room a little bit stronger, a little bit better, and really helping the overall football team with the guys like Devin and Travon. It’s still a work in progress, obviously, with these guys, but we’re excited to get them in here.”
Ultimately, given the physicality of the AFC South, including players such as Colts running back Jonathan Taylor and Titans RB Derrick Henry, the team knew it would have to get more physical on defense. Now, the team feels it has done at least some of that by selecting both Walker and Lloyd.
“You’ve got to play physical football,” Baalke said. “You’ve got to win the line of scrimmage, you’ve got to win the front on both sides of the ball, and these two guys will help us do that.”
A master plan map for the Tupper Lake town-owned and operated Little Wolf Beach and Campground, drawn up in 2017, is getting a second look by the town now and the town is seeking public input. (Provided photo)
TUPPER LAKE — The town board has scheduled two public hearings in the next week on a plan to redesign the town-owned and operated Little Wolf Beach and Campground.
Interim town Superintendent Mary Fontana said the planning process for the beach and campground on the shore of Little Wolf Pond is still in the early stages, so the public will be able to have a hand in dictating where the design plan goes.
The first public hearing will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. and the second will be held Thursday, May 5, at 6 p.m. Both will be held at the conference room at the Aaron Maddox Hall at 179 Demars Blvd.
Fontana said the town is looking back at a 2017 master plan, which was drawn up by an engineering firm but has not been acted on yet. Government moves slow, she said, and then the coronavirus pandemic hit.
The town has gotten public comment on the plan before, but Fontana said they want to open the plans up to public comment again to see if people’s priorities have changed during the pandemic.
These hearings will inform the town while it is preparing for a new engineering review.
The town budgeted $30,000 to contract the work out to an engineering firm in its last budget.
Town Councilman John Gillis said this review will allow the town to seek grants for infrastructure — water, sewer, power and Wi-Fi. Campers have grown in size and features over the years, Fontana said.
Fontana said the town would like to rearrange camper sites to create six more spaces and to create more tent sites. The campground currently has 43 camper camp sites and eight tent camping sites.
She said there could be plans to update or possibly move the playground.
The town also plans to landscape the campground to beautify the view into the park from the neighborhood and road.
Fontana said the town has notified stakeholders — residents in the area and annual campsite renters.
She also said the town is looking for lifeguards for the upcoming summer season.
As chef de cuisine of the much-anticipated Little Saint cafe and restaurant in Healdsburg, Brian Oliver has spent the last seven months studying the subtleties of plant-based emulsifiers.
He’s been on a mission to make sure aquafaba (chickpea water) doesn’t taste like beans and has tackled the challenges of creating a satisfying buttercream without butter or cream. When building an entirely plant-based menu with a Michelin-starred restaurant’s exacting standards, sometimes it’s as much about chemistry as it is about cuisine.
“In the first few months, we were not trying to figure out a menu but exploring the world of plant-based foods,” Oliver said at the restaurant’s April 22 debut. “There was a lot of playing around.”
More than a food hall, the 10,000-square-foot building that once housed SHED Modern Grange has been transformed into multi-use art, music and performance space with a 72-seat restaurant, bar and market selling wine and produce. A collaboration between Kyle and Katina Connaughton of Healdsburg’s upscale Single Thread; designer Ken Fulk; philanthropist Jeff Ubben and his wife, animal activist Laurie Ubben; and program director Jenny Hess, Little Saint aims to forge a new vision for vegan dining and sustainable living.
Chef Bryan Oliver of Little Saint in downtown Healdsburg. (Chad Surmick/The Press Democrat)
Chef Bryan Oliver’s Saintly Greens with red wine vinaigrette at Little Saint in downtown Healdsburg. (Chad Surmick/The Press Democrat)
Not that Little Saint is all about over-constructed, needlessly precious dishes. Thirty acres of dedicated farmland in the Alexander Valley provide the still-warm-from-the-garden seasonal fruits and vegetables that form the menu’s foundation, and Oliver aims to create crave-able cuisine that just happens not to include animal protein.
Still, he said, having the narrow parameters of a meatless, dairy-free and egg-free menu has made for compelling work.
“It’s almost freeing, in a lot of ways, to have limitations when you cook. You kind of stay in certain lanes,” he said.
Though the Little Saint team is still getting its bearings, a year of delays afforded the staff extra time for research and development. The purposefully cozy vibe and professionalism have been evident from the start.
Farm to your plate
You won’t find a fresh tomato on the menu at Little Saint until tomatoes are in season in Sonoma County. Here, the menu is driven by exactly what’s happening on the Connaughton’s 24-acre Single Thread Farm and the nearby Little Saint Farm.
Eschewing animal proteins was a natural evolution, according to Kyle Connaughton.
The couple’s steadfast commitment to micro-seasonality — using ingredients only at their moments of peak perfection— has brought international acclaim and three Michelin stars to Single Thread just five years after it opened. Little Saint delivers that same farm-to-table ethos at a fraction of the prices, with dishes from $5 hummus or lavash to $39 cauliflower biryani for two, with a middle $14 to $24 range for many dishes.
“The menu reflects this moment in the season, showcasing what’s here in Sonoma County today,” Kyle Connaughton said.
That also means preserving, pickling and drying ingredients for later use and a “closed loop” that encourages as little waste as possible.
For instance, Executive Bar Director Matthew Seigel’s Little Saint bar program uses the cooking water from beets and purple carrots to add color and an earthy bass note to cocktails. Chickpea water becomes foam. Working with Oliver, he tries to find uses for nearly everything coming into or out of the kitchen.
Cocktail from Little Saint in Healdsburg. (Chad Surmick/The Press Democrat)Cocktail from Little Saint in Healdsburg. (Chad Surmick/The Press Democrat)
Drinks like the Frances Fizz combine pisco and Aperol, purple carrots and a sprinkle of dehydrated beet powder, sumac and salt. It’s dangerously delicious.
The pastry program, overseen by Single Thread’s pastry chef Baruch Ellsworth, is especially challenging without butter, eggs or milk. He uses vegan butter, nut and grain milk and egg replacements like flax.
“I wouldn’t take this opportunity unless I was willing to fail,” Ellsworth said. “The difficult part is getting the consistency regular and figuring out why. Making one batch isn’t the same as making 25 times the amount for retail. Sometimes the easiest things are the hardest.”
Keep in mind that dishes frequently change, even daily, but whatever’s on the menu will impress.
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A grab-and-go “Larder” selection is available from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. It includes dips, prepared salads (beet salad with coconut yogurt, potato salad with soy milk aioli, farro with fresh asparagus), green salads, beverages and desserts. Bread from Melissa Yanc and Sean McGaughey of Quail and Condor are also available. It’s a good toe-dip into the flavors of Little Saint.
Soft Lavash ($5) with Shichimi Togarashi ($5), Quail and Condor Seeded Levain ($5) with Red Lentil Hummus, Pumpkin Seed Dip and Cultured Cashew Spread (all three dips for $14): The chorus of flavors work so harmoniously. Rip up the pocketed bread showered with dukkha-mimicking togarashi (chile, seaweed, sesame seed, orange peel) to dip in red lentil hummus with chile oil. Pumpkin seed dip has an earthier, nuttier flavor. We’re most fond of the cultured cashew spread, a creamy and tart cream-cheese like dip.
Cultured cashew spread, pumpkin seed dip, red lentil hummus with soft lavash at Little Saint in Healdsburg. (Heather Irwin/The Press Democrat)
Saintly Greens ($12): This is what every salad dreams of being — today’s mix of sunny field greens, herbs and lettuces, plus perhaps a slice of radish or carrot. An impossibly simple red wine vinaigrette dresses this natural beauty without overpowering it.
Roasted Beets ($15): This one is worth trying even if you hate beets. Pickled golden beets are tossed with fresh mandarins, pistachio and mint. Every bite is slightly different, but the zing of citrus and mint elevates the stalwart root veggies.
Purple Haze Carrots ($16): These deep purple carrots are cooked to just-tender, adding sweetness without falling apart. Crispy black rice looks a bit like dirt, a playful foil to the ground-dwelling vegetable, but adds a subtle crunch. A vegan version of XO sauce (a garlicky, smoky condiment usually made with dried fish and scallops) on top adds umami without the seafood.
Cauliflower Biryani for two ($39): Basmati rice, curried cauliflower and pickled golden raisins are finished in a wood-fired oven and topped with crispy onions and dried rose petals. Easily enough for three (or four), it’s a hearty Indian-inspired rice dish that lets the aromatic spices of cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper and nutmeg do all the talking. Sweet pickled kohlrabi and citrus hot sauce ramp up the flavors even more.
Rhubarb and Strawberry Tart ($14): You can’t go wrong with the seasonal fruit dessert. Sweet strawberry sauce is topped with crisp, acidic rhubarb for a light end to the meal.
Little Saint: The coffee and pastry bar is open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. The grab-and-go cafe is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Table service at the restaurant is from 6 to 9:30 p.m.; reservations are highly recommended as there is limited first-come, first-served seating. No reservations are needed for the bar. 25 North St., Healdsburg, littlesainthealdsburg.com.
CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman Community Theatre (CCT) met at the Little House at Art Park Monday night to inform the community about what they do and to gather new members. The next performance will be the musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” on July 8, 9 and 10. Auditions will be on April 28-29 at 5:00 p.m. at the Little House at the Art Park. Each person will be asked to read some lines from the script and sing a song of their choosing. The group welcomed anyone who is dedicated to theatre to become a member of CCT. Anyone can join at anytime throughout the year and membership automatically renews. There are no fees, although members are expected to find some business sponsors to support CCT.
Director Cindy Pass stated, “We believe in a culture growth here in Cullman, and Cullman is a special place. I’m not from here, but I find that this is a very unique community in so many good ways, and it’s so nice to see such a wealth of talent. From the day I walked into my job at the high school, I just have been blown away by the amazing talent in this community. We want to foster that. We don’t want to lose those kids to other community theatres or other places. We want to give them all the experience we can.”
CCT is not only a Cullman County or City community theatre—they welcome members from all surrounding counties. Their mission is to encourage theatre involvement among the community and to secure greater recognition for the need for theatrical arts as an integral part of the cultural growth of the Cullman area. The theatre season has three shows, one in July which is a large-scale musical held at Cullman High School, one in November to perform children’s theatre and one in February which is a non-musical adult play.
CCT is always looking for volunteers to build and paint sets, help with costumes, organize props, take pictures and sell tickets. The theatre depends on volunteers for each play. To volunteer or to become a member, contact the CCT through Facebook messenger.
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Pomorie, Bulgaria – In the lobby of the Sunny Bay hotel in Pomorie, a coastal town in southeastern Bulgaria, dozens of passports belonging to Ukrainian nationals are strewn across a table.
Several refugees are housed here, having fled the war with Russia, and are now heading to the police station – with their passports – to get registered, as per Bulgarian law.
Mihail Stepanov, a tall man whose sunglasses rest on his head, leads a small team of volunteers who will help the newcomers.
Stepanov, 58, and his wife Elena are both Russian nationals and have lived in Bulgaria since 2019.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, they have helped register 650 families, roughly 2,400 people, and continue to volunteer their time.
“It is really painful for me to see what is happening in Ukraine,” said Stepanov. “I hope that the war ends soon, but in the meantime, all we can do is to help in any way we can.”
Pomorie, otherwise known as “Little Moscow”, is home to about 15,000 people and has long been a popular holiday destination for Russian tourists. An estimated 70 percent of the hotels and holiday apartments here are owned by Russian citizens.
Two Ukrainian boys play with a ball on the beach in Pomorie [Antoaneta Roussi/Al Jazeera]
Upon hearing Ukrainians were heading to the picturesque resort, Russians like the Stepanovs – who left Russia after the 2014 annexation of Crimea – made it their mission to help, by offering accommodation, donating clothes, and setting up a humanitarian centre.
At first, some Ukrainians were hesitant to trust them, said Elena, as they felt uncomfortable dealing with Russians.
“But after some time, they saw that we were doing everything out of love.”
Gaya Torosyan, 60, a Russian national who has lived in Bulgaria since 2013, organised for six families to stay in Russian-owned apartments that she manages while the owners are away.
When the invasion began, she cried. She’s been following the news every day since.
“When I first meet them [Ukrainian refugees], I apologise for what is happening in their country at the hands of my government,” Torosyan said. “I tell them that I wouldn’t be offended if they choose to spit in my face.”
The Sunny Bay hotel in Bulgaria’s Pomorie, where a group of Ukrainian refugees are staying [Antoaneta Roussi/Al Jazeera]
Three clocks displaying the times in Moscow, Sofia and New York hang on the wall in the hotel lobby – an accurate representation of Bulgaria’s delicate position between east and west.
The former communist country is the European Union’s poorest member, and while it joined NATO in 2004, it has close cultural and economic ties with Russia – from where it gets more than 95 percent of its gas needs.
But since the war began, Russia’s relationship with the EU has neared total collapse, and Moscow has repeatedly threatened to halt gas supplies to Europe.
On Wednesday, Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy giant, cut deliveries to Bulgaria and Poland – which some observers said was a warning shot to the rest of the bloc’s members.
A week earlier, Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, travelled to Bulgaria for a two-day visit. While he thanked Bulgaria for hosting refugees, he lamented Sofia’s relative reticence in sending weapons, saying a failure to ship arms was a way of supporting “Russian aggression”.
Bulgaria’s parliament had failed to come to a conclusion before his visit, with the shaky political coalition of four parties being tested just months into its leadership.
Socialists threatened to break with the government if Bulgaria sent weapons to Ukraine, while the democrats warned of similar consequences if the country did not.
Svetlana Gololobova with her seven-year-old son, originally from Borodyanka, Ukraine, at the canteen of the Sunny Bay hotel [Antoaneta Roussi/Al Jazeera]
Svetlana Gololobova, 42, arrived in Bulgaria from Borodyanka – a devastated town near the capital Kyiv – on April 19 with two of her three children, aged 10 and seven.
Her 20-year-old son and husband could not join them, given Ukraine’s ban on men of fighting age leaving the country.
After living under Russian occupation for 36 days, Gololobova says she came to Bulgaria in search of peace and quiet. She had never stepped foot in the country, but before leaving her home, she had a dream of a clear sea, sandy beach and glass house – which she believes was a premonition of the Sunny Bay hotel.
“Finally, I feel a bit calm,” she said. “I am able to think about the future, about my eldest son’s wedding and the end of this war.”
Gololobova, like others at Sunny Bay, is grateful for the Russians in Pomorie who have extended a helping hand, acting as translators between them and Bulgarians.
“I am not surprised by their support,” she said. “We are all humans, we have both good and bad traits. It is not right to associate people with their government.”
But not everyone in Pomorie has supported the charity of the Russians.
Konstantin Uteshev, a retired Russian military engineer who has lived in Bulgaria since 2016, offered several apartments to Ukrainians on the coast in March, only to have his car vandalised with yellow and blue paint – the colours of the Ukrainian flag.
The perpetrators are yet unknown, but Uteshev told local media that he did not believe the attack was carried out by Ukrainians.
With about a month to go until the holiday season starts, some hotel owners have said that they will not be able to continue housing Ukrainians, given they have pre-booked tourist reservations.
Gololobova wants to return to Ukraine when the war is over. But if that doesn’t happen by the end of May, she has no idea where she and her children will go.
Meanwhile, Torosyan and the Stepanovs have no plans to return to Russia anytime soon.
“I will never go back as long as this government remains,” said Torosyan.
The group recently celebrated Orthodox Easter at the Sunny Bay hotel, with the guests and the Bulgarian hotel management baking a traditional easter cake along with painted easter eggs.
“I hope that Ukraine will be free and that all the people who’ve fled will be able to return to their homes,” said Elena Stepanova. “But until then, we can try and make it feel a little bit like home for them.”
The Little League World Series will return to all seven World Series events, region tournaments and international participation this year after dealing with the pandemic the past two years. Full fan and visitor opportunities resume this year as well. The Series will welcome the first team from Panama to earn direct entry into the Little League World Series in August in Williamsport. They are the first team to qualify for this year’s tournament.
The World of Little League® Museum and Official Store is celebrating mothers from around the world all month long with FREE admission to all mothers who come to visit the museum between May 1-31, 2022.
“Since it began, Little League has been a great way to bring families together both on and off the field,” said Adam Thompson, Director of the World of Little League Museum. “This May, we want to recognize the hard work, dedication, and commitment that mothers in communities all around the world provide to their children and welcome them to our museum at no cost as a thank you for helping to make the Little League experience what it is today.”
Visitors to the museum can also stop at the museum’s Official Store to purchase a gift for mom on their way out, celebrating their own Girls with Game with a Little League memento.
The World of Little League Museum is open for public admission from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month of May.
Brad Colerick is hoping his South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival and Arts Crawl will bring people to the city he loves so much.
“This is a day and night for people to enjoy our quaint little town in a different way than they normally would,” said Colerick, a local singer-songwriter, producer, composer and music supervisor.
“They get to go all over and discover some new places they perhaps haven’t been to hear music before.”
Produced by the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and DeepMix, the festival returns Saturday, April 30, after a two-year pandemic hiatus.
The South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival and Arts Crawl highlights local musicians and bands as well as visual artists with live performances, artisan spaces and open galleries throughout the city.
Musicians will perform on more than a dozen stages around South Pasadena, including lawns, lots, courtyards and patios of local businesses and organizations.
The Gold Line Stage at 913 Meridian Avenue at the light rail station is considered the event’s mainstage. Music kicks off at 3 p.m. with the Rooted Band and concludes at 8:45 p.m. with Latin jazz artist Louie Cruz Beltran and his band.
Throughout the day, more than 60 artists and bands will perform a cross section of music, including jazz, rock, Japanese taiko, bluegrass, country, classical, funk, folk, blues, pop and hip-hop. Colerick said the event is the perfect place to discover new bands.
“It’s always delightful to hear about people becoming fans of a new act that they discovered at the Eclectic,” Colerick said.
Most of the musical acts, artisans and food vendors are local to Southern California. Colerick said the local focus sets the Eclectic apart from the rest.
“This festival I think more than most is really focused on the community,” Colerick said.
“There are a lot of people in South Pasadena who are in entertainment and the arts. So, you have a lot of creative people. There are many bands that are made up of community members that enjoy playing this local.
“That’s the nature of South Pasadena. There’s a whole lot of creative people who like to play for their local crowd.”
Celebrating releases
Flower Moon Records will present Maria Taylor, Brad Armstrong and Louis Schefano at Mission Tile West, 853 Mission Street, at 5 p.m.
Also performing is musician David Plenn, who will play tracks from his self-titled album at his toy store, Dinosaur Farm, 1510 Mission Street, at around 8:30 p.m.
A musician since he was 16, Plenn has performed with and wrote songs for artist Jerry Riopelle. He also penned tunes for Robert Cray and Kenny Loggins.
“I’m going old school and embracing it,” said Plenn, whose band includes his son, Taylor, on sax.
“Nobody has guitar solos anymore. I have two songs with guitar solos. I have a song with a sax solo. Nobody does sax solos anymore. And there’s very little songwriting that has a bridge in it. Mine all have bridges. I’m not following the formula that is so popular now. I want this to be something that I really like, and hopefully somebody else will like it and connect in some way.”
Since the 1990s, Plenn hasn’t recorded much. Instead, he’s focused on his family and Dinosaur Farm. Now was the time to get back into music.
“That’s really where I belong,” he said.
“What I’m doing is the store but who I am is a musician and a songwriter. I want to tap back into that and have some fun with that.”
Back to its roots
When Eclectic started, it focused primarily on music. Over the years, the visual arts have been folded in. Vendors will be peppered throughout the city this year.
Artisans’ Alley at 1020 El Centro Street will house around 50 artisan booths with handmade soap, ritual candles, jewelry, upcycled vintage items, paintings, glass art, 3D-printed pottery, psychic services, artisan chocolate, ceramics and home décor.
Guests can also enjoy a beer and wine garden, food vendors and a jazz stage.
Three booths will have art projects, including painting and planting a succulent in pottery, making pencil cups out of repurposed fabric tubes, designing broaches for Mother’s Day and decorating crowns or journal covers.
There is an additional nominal fee for these activities, which are available in take-home kit form.
Artisans’ Alley producer Jeanie Joe said the festival attracts a variety of folks.
“The Eclectic is what we lovingly refer to our ‘town party’ because the whole town comes out,” Joe said.
“Plus, there are people from all over, who come from many other cities.”
Joe said this year’s festival serves as a reunion of local performers and artists, who go out of their way to support each other.
“We are excited to see each other,” Joe said.
“We are a small town and miss each other. We all hang around each other’s businesses. Whenever there’s an event, we all go swarming to the event. We just like being around each other, having a good time and sharing the beautiful small-town community we have here.”
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Early next month, Rocket Lab is slated to launch a pathfinding cubesat mission that supports NASA's Artemis return-to-the moon program.
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment — mercifully called CAPSTONE for short — tips the scales at a modest 55 pounds (25 kilograms). This microwave-oven-sized spacecraft will be lofted from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket equipped with a Lunar Photon upper stage.
CAPSTONE technicians inspect the spacecraft at Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. in Irvine, California. (Image credit: NASA/Dominic Hart)
Laying the groundwork
The CAPSTONE cubesat is owned and operated by Advanced Space in Westminster, Colorado, supported by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate through the Small Spacecraft Technology program and by the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate through the Advanced Exploration Systems program.
"We are very proud of the progress the CAPSTONE team has made," Advanced Space CEO Bradley Cheetham told Space.com. "Through this process, we have already learned a tremendous amount. As we get closer to launch, we are reminded that CAPSTONE is just the beginning of laying the groundwork for the sustainable exploration and development of the moon."
CAPSTONE's central purpose is to test and verify the calculated orbital stability of a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the moon. That's the same orbit to be used for NASA's Lunar Gateway, the planned small space station that will provide astronauts access to the lunar surface.
An NRHO is a member of either the L1 or L2 family of halo orbits and is characterized by having favorable stability properties. Most halo orbits are dynamically unstable, meaning that a perturbation in the position and/or velocity of a spacecraft will grow exponentially over time. However, the NRHOs are nearly stable, with some that are "marginally stable." NRHOs require some small use of stationkeeping propellant, similar to other halo orbits.
By taking advantage of the precise points between the Earth and moon where the gravity from both is roughly balanced out, spacecraft in an NRHO can save energy to maintain the orbit. It also takes less fuel to enter the orbit because of its elongated shape. CAPSTONE will test and appraise this significantly elongated and halo-shaped orbit for at least six months.
The orbit will bring CAPSTONE within 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) of one lunar pole on its near pass and 43,500 miles (70,000 km) from the other pole at its peak every seven days. Compared to more circular orbits, such a path will require less propulsion capability for spacecraft flying to and from the moon's surface.
Cislunar navigation is a critical capability that will enable NASA, commercial and international deep-space missions in the near and far term, experts say.(Image credit: Cislunar navigation is a critical capability that will enable NASA, commercial and international deep-space missions in the near and far term, experts say.)
Spacecraft-to-spacecraft communication
Another key job for CAPSTONE is showcasing a proprietary navigation capability called the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS). It will do so by evaluating spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation and communications systems with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the moon since 2009.
The intent of CAPS is to demonstrate that two moon-orbiting spacecraft can communicate and track their positions independent of Earth, pinpointing their place in space.
CAPSTONE was built and tested by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a Terran Orbital Corporation in Irvine, California. Stellar Exploration is the propulsion subsystem provider.
Jeffrey Parker (left), chief technology officer of Advanced Space, explains the CAPSTONE mission to Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) using a full-size model of the spacecraft.(Image credit: Advanced Space/Jason Johnson)
Ribbon cutting
On April 1, Advanced Space held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Mission Operations Center Facility, complete with a full-size spacecraft model of CAPSTONE on display.
Attending the event was Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado), chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Space and Science. Also in attendance was Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, who called CAPSTONE "foundational" for NASA's Artemis program and pushing the boundaries of what small spacecraft can accomplish.
Hickenlooper said that CAPSTONE is an example of what happens when the right people are brought together and they move in an orchestrated, synchronized fashion to get things done.
"I think that NASA's Artemis program is really going to excite this country," Hickenlooper said. "We are in a serious, very important competition with China and Russia to a certain extent."
Hickenlooper said that it's an "all hands on deck" situation "if we're going to compete on a global basis in science and space."
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Military interest
Earlier this year, Advanced Space entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, and the Spacecraft Technology Division to share data collected from cislunar space through the CAPSTONE mission.
The CRADA focus is to share data collected from CAPSTONE as it treks between Earth and the moon. The opportunity to analyze data retrieved from the mission will be beneficial for future mission design and navigation strategies for defense and other customers, military officials said.
The CAPSTONE mission will provide "invaluable insight to fortify our space domain awareness of cislunar space, a domain of increased importance," said James Frith, AFRL's program manager for Cislunar Space Domain Awareness, according to an Advanced Space statement.
Leonard David is author of the book "Moon Rush: The New Space Race," published by National Geographic in May 2019. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. Follow us on Twitter@Spacedotcomor onFacebook.
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