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Timon AS, driven by Peter Wrenn, took top honours in Pompano Park's $14,200 Open Handicap Trot on Monday night (Jan. 3), defeating arch-rivals Toys For You (Rick Plano) and Max (David Miller) in 1:54.1.
Writers on the Range The opinion service to publications all over the West began with foundation help in Montana in 1994, but the two founders, Karl Hess and John Baden, threw up their hands after four years and offered it to High Country News, in 1998 — for free. The paper, then led by Ed and Betsy Marston, thought twice about adding something new that would require money and person-power to restart. Dave Marston But HCN contributor John McBride contributed $34,000 to give the opinion service liftoff, and staffer Paul Larmer, who would go on to become executive director at HCN, was picked ...
Published: 11:28 AM April 22, 2021 Updated: 5:37 PM April 22, 2021 The Ely Litter Pickers group received 24 pickers and bin hoops from McDonald's based in Ely Leisure Village as part of their bid to clean up East Cambridgeshire. - Credit: Brian Calvert/Peter Royle A litter picking group has received help from McDonald's in its ongoing mission to clean up East Cambridgeshire. Ely Litter Pickers has received 24 new pickers and bin hoops from the restaurant, based in the city’s leisure village, which will be loaned out to anyone who wants to volunteer for the group. The fast food c...
The overflowing bins at Ely Leisure Village are now allegedly attracting rats. - Credit: Supplied by Jon Evans Overflowing bins at Ely Leisure Village are attracting rats, it has been claimed. They have been seen around the leisure park and the Ely Outdoor Sports Association says it is trying its best to prevent an infestation at the nearby rugby pitches. While the issue with the bins has been ongoing for weeks, for Ely residents it reached a tipping point over the bank holiday weekend. Where the bins were overflowing, customers left their rubbish to the side of the bin. - Credit: Supplied b...
Texas Observer but was then the Indigenous Affairs editor for High Country News, and Lee, a historian at Cambridge University, located 99% of the nearly 11 million acres transferred from Indigenous nations to fledgling land-grant colleges through the Morrill Act of 1862 — lands taken through broken treaties, illegal seizures and outright genocide. In addition to the feature published in High Country News, the project also created a database at www.landgrabu.org that translates the extensive primary source research into searchable, visual representation, clearly showing the links between n...