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Steve Asmussen Edges Mike Maker In Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus Sponsored by: Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen edged defending champion Mike Maker to claim the top prize of $50,000 for the third time in five years in the Maryland Jockey Club's $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 14-15, at Pimlico Race Course. Asmussen started 11 horses in 10 stakes over the two days, finishing with 54 points. On May 15 he ran first and second with Mighty Mischief and Jaxon Traveler in the $2...

Duluth seeks long-term solution to Park Point erosion A recent dredging project, a temporary fix, deposited old metal shards on beach.  April 1, 2021 — 7:38pm Text size Copy shortlink: DULUTH – Mayor Emily Larson is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to investigate whether the federal agency's maintenance work on shipping channels could have caused shoreline erosion on Park Point. The move marks the first step in a long process that could potentially lead to more permanent fortification of the 6-mile sand spit, which is also kn...

Corps of Engineers to comb Park Point beach for metal shard assessment The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to clean up metal shards left on a popular stretch of Duluth beach after dredging. Written By: Peter Passi | × Shredded metal cans were deposited on a section of Park Point beach last year along with other dredge spoils. Here is some of the metal refuse residents had collected from the area as of Feb. 2. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com) No one yet knows exactly what it will take to rid a Park Point beach of metal shards inadvertently left beh...

Hazel Jackson, Leon ‘Buddy’ Glover and Barack Obama are among the names School District of Lancaster is considering to rename two of its schools. The school district’s 15-member renaming committee this week unveiled five options for Southeast Middle School, formerly Edward Hand Middle School, and seven for Buchanan Elementary School. It’s the latest development in a process that started last summer to rename up to five Lancaster schools to reflect the district’s values today. The school board began by stripping Edward Hand Middle School of its name in June 2020, after...

MADELINE ANDERSON Madeline Anderson is a filmmaker who made “Integration Report 1,” the first documentary ever made by a Black woman. Now in her 90s, Anderson grew up in Lancaster and attended J.P. McCaskey High School. WILLIAM PARKER William Parker escaped slavery as a young man and settled in Christiana, where he used his home as a safehouse on the Underground Railroad. He helped protect freed men and women from being kidnapped. He died in 1891 at age 69 or 70. BARNEY EWELL Henry Norwood “Barney” Ewell, a J.P. McCaskey grad, was a track and field athlete. Among his many ...