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Winning streak continues
Kyneton Bowling Club’s incredible run of success in regional events this season continued on Tuesday, with the division 1 midweek Highlands premiers scoring a substantial victory in the Ballarat-Highlands midweek grand final. The 71-49 victory to Kyneton over Ballarat division midweek champion Victoria ensured the Kyneton club will have two sides playing at Moama in the State titles late next month. Almost a big holiday away from home, with Kyneton out to test some very strong opposition.
Shepherd claims Ryan Medal
Kyneton A-grade defender Tilly Shepherd has won the top individual netball award, the 2024 Ryan Medal, in the Riddell League. The 22-year-old university student was elated, and also surprised, to top the absorbing medal count by one vote at the league’s presentation night on Thursday evening. The agile, quick-moving Shepherd played every game and felt she had a very consistent season. “I wasn’t expecting it, there’s so many amazing players in opposition teams,” she said.
Teen jailed under $1M bond on felony death by vehicle charge
A teen originally charged by Rocky Mount police with misdemeanor death by vehicle is currently jailed under a $1 million secured bond on a charge of felony death by vehicle in connection with a wreck more than a month ago on the east side of the city that claimed the life of a woman. Police announced the upgraded charge in a recent news release.
The 10 best books for every type of dad
We may receive commission from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Father's Day is nearly upon us, and with it that yearly self-torturing ordeal: Uggh — what do I get him? It's not like there aren't plenty of choices out there; it's just that most of them are lame, obvious or send the message that you put little or no thought into them. Here's why books are the perfect Dad's Day gift.
Transfer of bison range sets dangerous precedent
The Gallatin Wildlife Association takes pride adhering to science and the law. But in our advocacy for wildlife, fisheries and their respective habitats, we realize we must also educate and inform the public. Readers please become aware of Senate Bill 3019, a bill focused on water compact issues of Montana. But water is not the issue here.
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Review by Heidi W, Reviewer Last updated on 03 Jul 2019 My Recommendation Who doesn't want to learn how to smoke meat. IF you have tried than you know it feels almost impossible to to cook and smoke different types of meat without either drying them out, or under cooking the meat. Bill West and other pitmaters will give readers a simple and fool proof way to be able to smoke different types of meats.
Cessna 172M Skyhawk
Airframe Engine Prop(s) Modifications/ Conversions Avionics / Radios ADS-B Equipped GTN650 GTX 345 GMA 350C KX 155 Flight Stream 210 TruTrak Autopilot Interior Exterior Additional Information No Damage History 110kts @ 75% IFR Certified Until 12/2021 Annual Due: 6/2019 Additional Aircraft Info. Serial Number 17264871 Registration Number N61890 Total Time 4770 Hours
12 things every gay & bisexual man should know about prostate cancer
September is recognized as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and it’s time to address the bias against and the unique needs of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Dr. Simon Rosser and Dr. Bill West, co-authors of several chapters in the new book Gay & Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer, answer 12 questions and offer advice to gay and bi men facing prostate cancer. Simon and Bill are married, out and living with prostate cancer. 1. How common is prostate cancer in our community?
Feds subpoena area counties' voting records
Area county election officials are facing federal subpoenas for five years' worth of voting data — including voters' ballots — and they're not sure how difficult or costly it will be to fulfill the sweeping demand for records.
Marketing workshop to help small farms, businesses
Branding and marketing can seem daunting for small farms and businesses. Western Nevada College presents "The Bareknuckle Approach" to help farms and ranches learn the basics in an informal and entertaining ambience. WNC Specialty Crop Institute will offer Branding & Marketing Your Farm, The Bareknuckle Approach workshop on March 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Liberty Food & Wine Exchange, 100 N. Sierra St. in Reno. The cost is $20 if registered by March 24 and $25 after March 24. Lunch is included.
Branding and marketing workshop meant to help small farms and businesses
Branding and marketing can seem daunting for small farms and businesses. Western Nevada College presents "The Bareknuckle Approach" to help farms and ranches learn the basics in an informal and entertaining ambience. WNC Specialty Crop Institute will offer Branding & Marketing Your Farm, The Bareknuckle Approach workshop on Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Liberty Food & Wine Exchange, 100 N. Sierra St. in Reno. The cost is $20 if registered by March 24 and $25 after March 24.
Price tag on gene therapy for rare form of blindness: $850K
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, Dr. Albert Maguire, right, checks the eyes of Misa Kaabali, 8, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Misa was 4-years-old when he received his gene therapy treatment. The first-of-its kind genetic treatment for blindness will cost $850,000, less than the $1 million price tag that had been expected, but it's still among the most expensive genetic therapies in the world.
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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, Dr. Albert Maguire, right, checks the eyes of Misa Kaabali, 8, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Misa was 4-years-old when he received his gene therapy treatment. On Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved the therapy which improves the vision of patients with a rare form of inherited blindness, another major advance for the burgeoning field of genetic medicine. (AP Photo/Bill West, File)
Penguins notebook: Team would accept invite to White House
After winning the NBA championship Monday night, the Golden State Warriors reportedly decided Tuesday they would not accept a visit to the White House to celebrate their accomplishment. The Stanley Cup champion Penguins have no such protest planned should they be invited. “The Pittsburgh Penguins would never turn down a visit to the White House and, if invited, we would go as a team,” team president David Morehouse said in a statement.
Matt Cullen: 'It's a pretty good way to go out'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Penguins center Matt Cullen isn't certain his NHL career reached its conclusion with Sunday's 2-0 win over Nashville in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. The faces of three overjoyed sons on the ice at Bridgestone Arena compelled him to quickly leave a crowd of reporters and collect some congratulatory hugs. Who knows what other decisions those smiles might conjure out of Cullen in the upcoming weeks?
Penguins went back-to-back by bucking conventional wisdom
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — While the rest of the hockey world kept close track of what went wrong or awry for the Penguins in the days, weeks and months ahead of the Sunday's Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6, coach Mike Sullivan's club concentrated what mattered most inside the team dressing room: “Playing the right way.” Lacking Kris Letang for the entirety of the playoffs? Playing the right way overcame that.
Penguins goalie Matt Murray specializes in putting poor showings behind him
Matt Murray went to the media dais after Thursday's Game 5 to look out at some of those who stoked the fire for a re-examination of the Penguins' goaltending situation just past the halfway point of the Stanley Cup Final. Yet Murray, who made 24 saves in the victory that put the Penguins one win away from the Stanley Cup, proceeded through the press conference with typical stoicism. The crowd he wants to conquer did not gather in that media room. It waits several hundred miles away in Nashville.
Plus-minus: Sidney Crosby one of few Penguins standouts in Game 4 loss
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. No game sheet is complete without plus-minus, a sometimes-misleading statistic that attempts to reflect a skater's two-way performance. The Tribune-Review's version of plus-minus for the postseason also addresses two-play, albeit with more taken into account.
Penguins notebook: Nick Bonino returns for practice
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Though clearly uncomfortable at times on the ice because of his lower-body injury, Penguins center Nick Bonino gritted his way through the bulk of a full-team practice Sunday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. Bonino suffered the injury when he blocked a P.K. Subban slap shot in the first period of Game 2 on Wednesday, though he managed to return for the second period of that game and finished with more than 15 minutes of ice time.
Three Periods: Nashville crowd impresses both coaches in Stanley Cup Final
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. One of the numerous arena-wide chants embraced by Nashville fans comes during the introduction of the visitors' starting lineup. After each player's name, a reply of “sucks!” rings out from the crowd. And “He sucks too!” follows the introduction of the coach. Coach Mike Sullivan considered the cheers and many other coordinated chants part of the fun that's central to the Stanley Cup Final experience. “I think it's great,” Sullivan said.
Live at Game 3: Penguins 1, Predators 0
Three dead fish and a plush toy penguin hit the ice before the opening puck drop of Game 3. It's scary to think what might happen if Nashville piles up goals and gets back in this Stanley Cup Final with a few wins. Jake Guentzel might not let this series go on much longer, though. The rookie took the rowdy crowd down a notch with a rebound putback that beat goalie Pekka Rinne two minutes and 46 seconds into the opening period. That tally gave Guentzel 13 goals and 20 points in the playoffs.
Live at Game 2: Predators at Penguins
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. If recent history is any indication, the Penguins should go into Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night with plenty of confidence. The Penguins have won Game 2 in six straight playoff series. Their only Game 2 loss under Mike Sullivan came in the coach's first series behind the bench against the New York Rangers last season. It's a pivotal point in any series — and not just because Justin Bieber announced his team of choice for the Final.
Penguins notebook: Sidney Crosby gets double duty
No longer able to send something akin to the “HBK Line” over the boards for consistent third-line scoring production, the Penguins instead have tried to utilize their depth of gifted two-way wingers by offering opponents a double dose of Sidney Crosby.
Penguins' Saucier eyes a key challenge again in Game 1 win over Predators
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan never elaborated on meat combinations or even a name for the menu item, but he endorsed the idea of some sort of edible ode to his team's video coach, Andy Saucier. These are the perks that come with life as a playoff hero. “Maybe they'll have a sandwich named after him or a sauce or something,” Sullivan said.
Three Periods: Predators enjoy luxury of defenseman health
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan often has dismissed the idea of standing by defensive pairings through thick and thin. Kris Letang, he tends to explain, handles too many minutes and too many situations to strictly skate with one partner. And even with Letang sidelined, situational deployment still matters a great deal, so blueliners must occasionally swap places.
Senators coy about their treatment of Crosby
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said following Game 7's morning skate at PPG Paints Arena that he knew nothing about the specifics of the ways the Senators antagonized Penguins captain Sidney Crosby in Tuesday's Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final. He turned winger Mike Hoffman's tactic of squirting water on Crosby from Ottawa's bench into a bit of a laughing matter, actually.
Penguins notebook: Hornqvist again scratched at last minute
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. Patric Hornqvist lingered on the ice long after most of his teammates left Thursday's morning skate at PPG Paints Arena, yet his status — “game-time decision,” per coach Mike Sullivan — left open the possibility of a return to the lineup for the feisty Swedish forward.
Cullen among Penguins focused on Stanley Cup, not upcoming contract talks
Maybe Matt Cullen still harkens back to childhood whimsy when he addresses the power of Game 7s in the Stanley Cup playoffs because he sees it in his sons when they watch and play hockey or roam around the Penguins' practice facility in Cranberry. Then again, maybe the 40-year-old center simply still sees a winner-take-all, season-on-the-line game as the most thrilling form of theater in sport rather than a stress test and potential career conclusion.
Malkin upset at missed chances in Penguins' Game 6 loss to Senators
OTTAWA, Ontario — The pucks that refused to slip past Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson stuck with Evgeni Malkin more than the one shot from the Russian center that found the back of the net in Tuesday's 2-1 loss for the Penguins in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final. Malkin, credited with seven shots on goal, his highest total since Dec.
Live at Game 6: Penguins at Senators
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. The Penguins won't get a personnel boost heading into Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night. Justin Schultz, Patric Hornqvist, Tom Kuhnhackl and Chad Ruhwedel won't play as the Penguins take their first crack at eliminating the Senators, coach Mike Sullivan said after morning skate. Schultz made the trip to Ottawa. The other three injured players did not, Sullivan said.
Malkin, Kessel help Penguins possess puck
The phrase “hard on the puck,” though a favorite of Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, comes out of Phil Kessel's mouth infrequently, particularly in reference to his own game.
Penguins' Rust returns in fine form
As the recipient of the biggest, arguably most memorable hit of the Eastern Conference final's first four games, Bryan Rust went into Game 5 warm-ups Sunday afternoon as a "game-time decision" for coach Mike Sullivan. The right winger skated with other ailing teammates the previous few days, but his upper-body injury still rendered him questionable for the 3 p.m. start against Ottawa. But Rust's first few shifts made it clear Sullivan needed to decide very little.
Live at Game 5: Penguins 0, Senators 0
Of the Penguins' three skaters dubbed "game-time decisions," only Bryan Rust emerged healthy enough to dress for Game 5 against Ottawa in the Eastern Conference final at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Rust and Justin Schultz both suffered upper-body injuries in Game 2 and missed the next two games. Schultz joined Rust for Game 5's warm-up but ultimately did not slot into the lineup. Mark Streit earned the nod as Schultz's replacement.
Penguins notebook: Streit could be odd defenseman out
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. OTTAWA, Ontario — A day after Mark Streit manned the Penguins' top power-play unit in his return to the lineup for the first time since April 9, the veteran defenseman ended up quarterbacking the team's second unit at practice Thursday while Trevor Daley worked with the No. 1 group.
Live at Game 3: Senators 1, Penguins 0
Ottawa, utterly incapable of establishing offensive zone time during the third period of its Game 2 loss to the Penguins, set up camp near Marc-Andre Fleury in the opening minute of Game 3 on Wednesday at Canadian Tire Centre and snuck one past the goaltender 48 seconds after the opening puck drop to take a 1-0 lead. Mike Hoffman poked a puck that came off the end boards just inside the near post.
Penguins defensemen buckle down to help Fleury post 10th career playoff shutout
On a night in which the post-game press conferences generated a few laughs from the media, Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury landed the first effective punch line. The setup: What did Fleury do during the 18 minutes and 53 seconds Ottawa went without a shot on goal from late in the second period to late in the third period of Monday's 1-0 Penguins win in Game 2 at PPG Paints Arena?
Live at Game 2: Penguins 0, Senators 0
For the first time this postseason, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan's description of his entire lineup as a "game-time decision" made some sense. Patric Hornqvist, who did not practice Sunday and skipped Monday's optional morning skate, participated in line rushes during warm-ups but ultimately ended up in the press box for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final on Monday at PPG Paints Arena.
Live at Game 1: Senators 1, Penguins 0
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. Puck luck might come back around for the Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final, but through 40 minutes, the hosts at PPG Paints Arena found themselves cursing the gods of good bounces. A few shots off the net's iron were as close as the Penguins came to ending Craig Anderson's shutout bid. Ottawa trailed, 19-18, in shots on goal through two periods but held a 14-6 edge in shots that happened during five-on-five action.
Penguins concentrate on solving Senators' stifling 1-3-1 forecheck
Tom Kuhnhackl provided his best Mark Stone forechecking impression at Penguins practice Friday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. The 6-foot-2 Kuhnhackl possesses a frame similar to the 6-3 Stone, one of Ottawa's strongest two-way wingers. They're both in their mid-20s. Both went in the later rounds of the 2010 draft.
Live on Game 7: Penguins at Capitals
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. The Penguins' lineup for Game 7 of their second-round series with Washington raised a few eyebrows, as Tom Kuhnhackl and Carl Hagelin took seats in the press box on Wednesday at the Verizon Center while Scott Wilson and Carter Rowney dressed, and Justin Schultz partnered with Olli Maatta rather than Ian Cole on the blueline. Coach Mike Sullivan revealed little about his lineup plans in the 48 hours that followed Monday's 5-2 loss at PPG Paints Arena.
Three periods: Fleury's Game 6 struggles were against high-danger shots
Marc-Andre Fleury's .808 save percentage in Game 6's 5-2 loss Monday represented his worst mark in the 2017 playoffs. His next poorest performance was an .853 save percentage in Game 4 against Columbus. The shots Fleury stopped and the goals he surrendered differed greatly from his previous underwhelming performances. Fleury's struggles in Game 6 against Washington primarily stemmed from what Corsica Hockey classified as “high-danger shots,” which happen near or at the net front.
Penguins collapse under Capitals' up-ice pressure
When defenseman Ron Hainsey went to collect a loose puck along the half-wall and continue an unraveling Penguins breakout midway through the second period of Monday's 5-2 loss in Game 6 at PPG Paints Arena, he found himself short on passing outlet options. His forwards hovered around the far blue line and red line with a layer of Washington skaters scattered around them. His defensive partner, Ian Cole, roamed on the other side of two Capitals forecheckers.
Live at Game 6: Capitals 1, Penguins 0
The original HBK, Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels of the WWE, has publicly jumped back on the Penguins bandwagon. What he has witnessed in the opening period of Game 6 in this second-round series against Washington might inspire him to change the channel on his television, though.
Plus-Minus: Penguins vs. Capitals Game 6
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. No game sheet is complete without plus-minus, a sometimes misleading statistic that attempts to reflect a skater's two-way performance. The Tribune-Review's version of plus-minus for the postseason also addresses two-play, albeit with more taken into account. The winger, promoted to the first line in a switch that sent Alex Ovechkin to the third line, scored two goals and finished as a plus-three.
Penguins provide Capitals blueprint as Game 6 approaches
Too many of the Penguins' familiar talking points floated around Washington's dressing room following the Capitals' second-round series-extending 4-2 win in Game 5 on Saturday at the Verizon Center. That might not symbolize anything significant — there are only so many different ways to talk hockey, after all.
Three periods: Blocking shots remains priority despite Game 5 breakdowns
Of the Penguins' 20 blocked shots in their Game 5 loss to Washington, two only prevented goals by a matter of seconds. That will happen sometimes, Marc-Andre Fleury acknowledged, but those scenarios don't devalue shot blocking as a tactic. “My teammates are working hard to help me out,” Fleury said. “They put their bodies on the line every time for those hard shots.
Plus-Minus: Penguins vs. Capitals, Game 5
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. No game sheet is complete without plus-minus, a sometimes misleading statistic that attempts to reflect a skater's two-way performance. The Tribune-Review's version of plus-minus for the postseason also addresses two-play, albeit with more taken into account. He earned the primary assist on Washington's goal late in the first period. He tallied five shot attempts.
Crosby practices with Penguins teammates
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby joined the team for practice Friday at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, an encouraging development for the star just four days after he suffered a concussion in Game 3 of the second-round series against Washington. Crosby skated with Conor Sheary, also out with a concussion since Monday, during an on-ice workout on Thursday.
Penguins, Capitals vary in methods of producing offense from defensemen
Washington defenseman Nate Schmidt stopped mid-sentence for a moment after Wednesday's morning skate and reconsidered his word choice before he implied anything worse about Brian Dumoulin. Schmidt's stream of thoughts on the offensive behaviors of the Penguins' and Capitals' defensemen started out well enough. No one on the Penguins tested the limits of a two-way game quite like Kris Letang, he acknowledged.
Penguins' Crosby skates in workout in Cranberry
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. Sidney Crosby, diagnosed with a concussion after he received a cross-check to the head from Washington's Matt Niskanen in Game 3 on Monday at PPG Paints Arena, got back on the ice for a workout on Thursday at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. The Penguins announced Crosby's diagnosis on Tuesday and described him as “day to day,� their usual timeline for an injury of that kind. The team had a scheduled off day Thursday.
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