"Frequent arguments, broken promises and insensitive interpersonal styles leave a trail of hurt feelings, disappointments, and bewilderment. ADHDers often exhibit incredible powers of precision in finding ways to push other people's buttons. This ability, combined with the impact of years of negativity often leaves people in our lives feeling that we 'do it on purpose'. Parents, teachers and spouses often take things personally seeing us as bullies and instigators. Recent studies, however, strongly point to the underlying method in this seeming madness. Research demonstrates that negative information and stimulation weigh more heavily on the brain than do positive information and stimulation, thus creating more brain activity.
So because ADHD is a complex condition where there is less brain activity in several areas of the brain, "ADHD individuals create negative situations and dynamics as one unconscious way to increase cerebral activity".
Lightbulb moment. DING! That is why my sons are pitted headlong, like two rutting stags, in a permanent argument – where one calls the other a Douchebag, and the other reciprocates with something unprintable, and then over every exchange and meal time, they have to be physically separated as even glasses of water have been chucked across the table. For all these years, I have been trying to smooth the path of their brotherly love, desperately trying to enforce a little football out in the garden, or cricket with bowling versus batting – when the only game that they've ever sustained is wrestling with each other until one is physically hurt.
How could I have wasted so much time, so much pointless effort on my part? Of course, all along, they much preferred it that way. The fact that the volume of nastiness may mean that when they grow up and live in separate houses, they may never speak to each other again is beyond my control. What is within my control is the understanding that they are just getting their juices going, because being nice is So Damn Boring.
It may seem like nothing to you, but as a parent of an ADHDer, who therefore shares 50% genetic responsibility for the condition, it makes you also wonder at your own face plants, fall outs, and giant foot in mouth blunders. How many times were you adding a bit of drama for the sake of it, just to mix things up a bit – causing a bit of a wave in the flat millpond of your life at that moment. Once you realise this, it makes you think twice before picking that fight with the poor person at the till, or the garage attendant, or any of the other victims of a negative bias.
It also makes you look a bit closer at some of the gaffes where you were quick to point a finger at some other undeserving protagonist. Were they really at fault or did you goad them into it? Should another Sorry be said instead of Stirring it up further?
One thing is for sure, I no longer mind when the boys are having a go at each other. I smile to myself and think "Hey, they're just getting their daily dopamine fix". Sometimes I intervene. But mostly now I just hoik up the laundry basket and step right over them.
*This bit of information comes from the "The Negativity Bias in Evaluative Categorizations, a paper by T.Ito, J.Larsen, N.K. Smith and J. Cacioppo in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (75,no 4 1998)".


The blues, the blahs, mild depression—call it what you want, but between leaving home, getting too little sleep, and possibly even binge drinking or doing drugs, it's no surprise that it affects over half of all college students at some point.
Step 1: Put off making important decisions about your career, love life, studies, and such until after your depression has lifted and you can think objectively.
Step 2: Visit home on long weekends or breaks. Call your old friends in advance and arrange to meet up.
Step 3: Know that it will take time to feel better and let your family and friends help you.
Step 4: Tell your parents. Yes, they do want to help. If you feel unable to tell them, tell a trusted older adult, such as a friend's parent, professor, or counselor.
FACT: A 1999 study proved that regular exercise is as effective as anti-depressant medication in lifting depression.
Step 5: If your symptoms persist for more than two weeks, seek professional help.
Step 6: Begin going to the gym for a workout, yoga session, or swim. Remember, you'll need to start slow and easy—and that's ok. Research shows even 10 or 15 minutes of exercise can help improve your mood.
Step 7: Find a group on campus that participates in activities that you enjoy, such as theater, sports, or putting out the newspaper.
TIP: Ask yourself: Am I persistently sad, anxious, or empty? Am I sleeping or eating too much or too little? Have I had suicidal thoughts? Is it hard to concentrate or make decisions? Am I merely homesick or do I truly feel empty?
Step 8: Run through a checklist of symptoms to determine if you're suffering through a stretch of "the blues" or struggling with true depression.
Step 9: If you have suffered from three or more of these symptoms for at least two weeks, you should share your feelings with a counselor.
Step 10: Start thinking positively. Negative views of yourself and others are part of the depression. By thinking positive, those thoughts start to fade.
Step 11: Surround yourself with others, especially people you trust, confide in, and engage with—not those who make you feel unwelcome or judge you for any reason.
Step 12: Set realistic goals—don't try to do too much. Break large projects into smaller ones. Completing them will boost your confidence and put you in a good mood.
: These tips are intended to help cope with the blues, or mild depression—not serious or clinical depression. Consult with the appropriate medical personnel to discuss what treatment will be most effective for you.


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PUBG has brought battle royale to Stadia, but bots may be about to kill the game for everyone
Dominic L 07/05/20 2
It's sometimes easy to forget, especially as a console player, just how influential PUBG has been. Sure, it's no longer the biggest game in the genre it helped to create, but its rough and ready charms have ensured that it's remained one of the most-played multiplayer games throughout its history. Entering into its 7th season, it's now made the jump to Google's much maligned Stadia streaming service, giving us the perfect opportunity to check out just how well an online streaming platform can cope with a huge online game like PUBG.
I'll be honest, I haven't spent much time with PUBG since it launched on Xbox One quite a few moons ago. I've been steered away from it by not one, but two stellar Call of Duty battle royales, not to mention a short dabble with Apex Legends. Not only did Fortnite steal PUBG's thunder with a battle royale for the masses, everyone else has taken its more down-to-earth battle royale action and heaped it with the glamour that all that Activision or EA money can buy.
It doesn't, in fact, get much more down to earth than PUBG on console. It still looks… well, let's be kind and say that it's efficient, and it boasts a gamepad setup that is needlessly painful. This is stuff that was there at the beginning, and it's still there now as you pick up the pad on Stadia.
It does now have five different maps to royale across, which is a generous amount of variation in a genre that can easily become stale. The readmission of the Vikendi map is a snowy affair – you can throw snowballs in the pre-game lobby – and it's a smart map with plenty of settlements thrown in amongst the snow-covered woodland, and a train that you can jump on and off. Playing here is definitely fun.
My first game back and things went exceptionally well. Playing as a random foursome with me as the sole Stadia player – thanks to the wonders of cross-play multiplayer with other platforms – it resulted in a straightforward Chicken Dinner. There's a reason for that. I was generally just aiming not to be shot, but I spent the whole time barely seeing who it was that was – very poorly – shooting at me from far too far away. Enemy players are tiny little marks moving across the screen, and I could have sworn they weren't there before.
That's because, along with season 7 and the Stadia release, every console round is now being populated by the world's most inept bots that might feel familiar to anyone that's tried PUBG on mobile. My first game, and its frictionless win, is indicative of the reason for these things; to help ensure new players aren't being put off by other players being better than they are.
It sounds ridiculous, and the end result is. This is a competitive shooter, one of the most popular in the world, and the inclusion of cross-play across three platforms should be more than enough to fill games. That's not how PUBG Corporation see it. The bots aren't in the PC version yet, but they might be coming.
Things do improve. More games see me come up against fewer bots – you can tell as they all have underscores in their name – and apparently as you climb the rankings you will see less of them. Tuning in the last week or so has made it so the top players will never experience more than a 25% bot populations, but they really shouldn't be experiencing them at all. If there's an issue with bringing new players in, there should be training rounds with the bots in play, or they should be being used to gauge player skill levels. What they're currently doing runs the risk of destroying the player base they do have, and that will in turn count against new players picking the game up.
The thing that PUBG does do on Stadia is work. There's no messing around, it continually found me a team of players to hook up with that were playing on console, and off I went. Load times are spectacularly fast, there was no hint of stuttering, and, no inherent issues being caused by the fact that I was streaming and my teammates weren't. For a game that's always felt a little strung together with sticky tape on console, it's a reassuring turn out on Stadia.
With a ping readout up in the top left of the screen, it never ventured higher than 15m/s, and I never felt at a particular disadvantage because of my platform, even if the laws of physics say I must be.
One great selling point for the game on Stadia is a unique bonus, and one that I'd never really considered. The way that the centralised system works means that there should be a complete lack of cheaters. Cheating is rife in the PC version, and they can appear in the other console editions too, but Stadia can offer a virgin land for those PUBG fans who want to get away from them. It's a shame that it's unlikely you'll ever get a fully-populated Stadia-only match, but if you do, you won't see any cheaters there.
You are cross-playing with Xbox One and PS4 players, but only if you're using a controller. Switching to keyboard and mouse will see you moved off on your own, and with no PC cross-play you'll almost certainly find yourself facing off against 99 bots. So it's best to stick with the controller, unless you fancy this as your own little training mode.
Right now PUBG gives you access to something that no other game is offering on the system. Bereft of Fortnite, or any flavour of Call of Duty, PUBG is the only chicken dinner in town. If you're a Stadia owner and you want to play a battle royale on it, that is.
You do wonder how long that will be the case, especially with EA's newly-announced support for the system. It would make a lot of sense to see Apex Legends appear here, and in doing so, would likely push those players away from the rough and ready delights of PUBG, or at least split what you assume is a relatively small audience.
It's a bit of a loveable underdog though and I had lots of fun returning to its shonky attractions. Stadia Pro owners get to play it for free, and if I'm being brutally honest that's the only way I'd be willing to start playing it again. When you've been playing Warzone and Apex Legends for zero pounds and zero pence, paying for PUBG is the hardest of hard sells. As a freebie, it's suddenly in nightly rotation again.
Stadia is actually furnished with some great multiplayer shooters, with The Divison 2, Destiny 2, Zombie Army 4 and… well, there's also Ghost Recon Breakpoint I support. As the only multiplayer battle royale offering on Stadia, maybe it's going to find a few new fans. The lack of cheaters, the ease of access, and the solid performance alongside other console players are positives.
That said, the current bot situation needs addressing across all platforms. If the game is quietly dying on console, they could be the nail in the coffin, and if it isn't, there's no reason for them to be anywhere except in a new training mode, or removed by the time you hit Lvl. 20.
Can PUBG survive this? I hope so. It'd be a shame to lose the breakout battle royale game. But for new players on Stadia, it's put a black mark against what should have been a small success for the platform.
Dominic L
TSA's Reviews Editor - a hoarder of headsets who regularly argues that the Sega Saturn was the best console ever released.
PUBG Update 9.1 will let Xbox One X, PS4 Pro and next-gen consoles play at up to 60fps
September's PlayStation Plus games are now available to download, links here
September's free PlayStation Plus games have been revealed
PUBG update 7.3 will add C4 and vehicle balance changes, patch notes here
Starman	 08/05/20, 08:26
I returned to PUBG at the start of this new season and was doing so well I could not believe it. So disappointed when I find out its because of the bots! Now I've played a bunch of games the bots have reduced a lot but I've no desire to play anymore knowing that a win will not be a true win against 99 other players. There's a website that will show how many bots were in your game and its about 20 per game now.
Dominic Leighton	 08/05/20, 18:03
It just doesn't make any sense to me. A skill based game should be just that. If you've snuck up on someone and discover they were a bot when you take them out, it feels a damn sight more hollow than a real player.
Think the negative reaction will hopefully see them tone the bots right down to just being in games for players starting out.

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Reed Benet is the founder and CEO of venture capital-backed HeroHomes.com (HH), with World Peace Cryptobonds (WCPBs) being its US business model's internationalization strategy. HH is founded on the principle that warrior (to initially include military vets, extra-legal entrepreneurs/criminals, and freedom fighters/terrorists) empowered and empowering resident/live-in landlordship and small business ownership delivers the incentives for warriors to protect and preserve and grow communities versus on a spectrum destroy or even through a type of ethno-cleansing gentrify them. WPCBs' underlying principles are that since cryptocurrencies represent a direct assault on the most basic of sovereign authorities, to get sovereign entities to accept WPCBs and put HH in a competition excluding position, and to get a material and scalable amount of institutional investors involved in cryptocurrencies in general, HH will give these sovereign entities the incentives to do what HH wants and world peace needs them to do.


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All Products / Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students
An Encyclopedia for Students
by Keith Lawrence, Editor
August 2021, 445pp, 7x10
$97, £72, 84€, A132
Asian North American writers may be of Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Laotian, Singaporean, Taiwanese, Transpacific or Polynesian, or Vietnamese descent.
Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students is an invaluable resource for students curious to know more about Asian North American writers, texts, and the issues and drives that motivate their writing.
This volume collects, in one place, a breadth of information about Asian American literary and cultural history as well as the authors and texts that best define it.
A dozen contextual essays introduce fundamental elements or subcategories of Asian American literature, expanding on social and literary concerns or tensions that are familiar and relevant. Essays include the origins and development of the term "Asian American"; overviews of Asian American and Asian Canadian social and literary histories; essays on Asian American identity, gender issues, and sexuality; and discussions of Asian American rhetoric and children's literature.
More than 120 alphabetical entries round out the volume and cover important Asian North American authors. Historical information is presented in clear and engaging ways, and author entries emphasize biographical or textual details that are significant to contemporary young adults. Special attention has been given to pioneering authors from the late 19th century through the early 1970s and to influential or well-known contemporary authors, especially those likely to be studied in high school or university classrooms.
Provides easily accessible information on more than 120 important Asian American and Asian Canadian writers
Summarizes major texts by each author and suggests where readers may find additional information about favorite writers or texts
Provides background essays on foundational elements of Asian American and Asian Canadian history, literature, and identity
Keith Lawrence is associate professor of English at Brigham Young University, where he regularly teaches courses in Asian American literature, world literature, and transpacific literature. He is lead editor of Recovered Legacies: Authority and Identity in Early Asian American Literature and Asian Images: A Cultural Anthology of the "Asian" in American Fiction, 1850–1920. He is currently researching a monograph, Shipwrecked in America, which explores how nineteenth-century white American male experiences in or depictions of Asia shaped expectations of and judgments against late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Southeast Asian males writing in the United States.
Race and Ethnicity in America: From Pre-contact to the Present
25 Events That Shaped Asian American History: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic
Asian American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events
Asian American Culture: From Anime to Tiger Moms


On Wednesday 27th March, the Drama Department took 20 GCSE and A-Level students to Leeds Playhouse to see Shakespeare's Hamlet. The students were gripped as, consumed by passion and grief, young Hamlet embarked on a treacherous journey to avenge her father's brutal murder in this striking new version of Shakespeare's searing tragedy. The extraordinary Tessa Parr under took the title role to create a contemporary Hamlet for the here and now, with our very own Post 16 student Jake Wilson also taking part in this wonderful and breath-taking performance.
Afterwards Jake took the time out to speak to the students about his experiences and what he has been doing this past year since finishing his A-Level Drama and Theatre course which he studied here at Ralph Thoresby.


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LQHS Students Win Palm Springs Fine Arts Awards
Mikah Strong and Katie Arias|May 17, 2018
Courtesy of Victoria Garcia
On April 15, two of LQHS' students, Victoria Garcia '19 and Neeve Slee-Poulos '19, won awards for their art pieces that were entered into the Fine Arts Creativity Awards and Scholarship Program at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Garcia has been drawing since she was very young, as it is "the only thing she can do," she claimed. Garcia entered a painting of her friend in their ROTC program uniform and won the Western Art Council Award. She said that a few of her inspirations are Banksy and Vincent Van Gogh.
She also mentions that her art teacher, Ms. Campbell, is a big inspiration to her as well, stating, "She always lets me know when art competitions are coming up." The young artist described her art style as semi-realistic and is currently experimenting with oil painting.
Poulos began her venture in the art scene during freshman year, she entered a photograph for the competition and received the Peggy Vermeer Award. The photo displayed her fellow classmate and friend, Keyvonna Dahl '19, looking into a car's rearview mirror. Poulos' photo was unique in that she didn't enter it in color, the photograph was black and white. "My grandpa always put me in charge of family photos," Poulos recalled.
Poulos claims that family friend and artist, Michele Ohanesian, is the reason behind her inspiration as an artist. She also gives credit to the IB program. "IB Art has helped me because it focuses on all kinds of art. It doesn't have a definite structure, it allows you to be creative," she said.
Mikah Strong, Editor
Mikah Strong is a reporter for La Quinta High School's student-run newspaper, the Hawkview. Besides reporting, he is also the head of the gardening committee...


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UFCW Join Mexican Consul General to Launch Celebration of "Labor Rights Week" as Labor Day 2009 Approaches
Local Unions Partner with Mexican Consulate in Thirteen Cities to Offer Innovative Worker Rights Programming
(Chicago, Ill.) – The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is proud to partner with the Embassy of Mexico, the U.S. Department of Labor and allied organizations to promote the first "Semana de Derechos Laborales", or Labor Rights Week. UFCW International President Joe Hansen joined the Mexican Consul General of Chicago, Manuel Rodríguez Arriaga, to launch the national outreach and education program that is taking place in thirteen cities across the country.
As Labor Day 2009 approaches, Semana de Derechos Laborales, which continues through September 4, will focus on the inclusion of Mexican nationals in American workplaces and communities. Programming includes workshops and informational sessions on labor, immigration, and human rights.
"Our communities and neighborhoods are better, safer places to work and live when all workers know and exercise their rights," said Hansen. "Semana de Derechos Laborales is a perfect way to empower Mexican national workers with information and promote full participation in the civic fabric of our nation. The UFCW has been a union of immigrants for more than 100 years and this weeks' program helps ensure that a new generation of workers has the resources to have their voice heard on the job."
Educating immigrant workforces about rights in the workplace helps raise the standard of treatment for all workers in industries where new immigrants often work, including meatpacking, food processing, and grocery.
"In the past few years, a growing number of immigrant workers were subject to abuse under a mantle of fear that was created by policy approaches which allowed unscrupulous employers to use immigration status to threaten deportation if workers reported discrimination, wage and hour or health and safety violations. We recognize the leadership of Secretary Solis in this issue and believe that joint efforts like the Labor Rights Week will strengthen our ability to protect the rights of our nationals abroad", said Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan.
The UFCW is a proud partner in this week's activities and has worked with local consulate offices to prepare activities uniquely suited to the communities in which they are offered. The program in Fresno, California, conducted by the local consulate and UFCW Local 5 will focus outreach to workers in the agricultural and dairy industries. UFCW Local 540 and local partners in Dallas, Texas, are taking questions about labor rights on a three-hour long news broadcast program on the local Univision network. The kick-off event in Chicago, Illinois will feature President Hansen and Consul General Rodríguez Arriaga, who will be joined by a number of community leaders.
More details about local events are available at www.ufcw.org
The UFCW has been a national leader in the fight to develop a fairer, more humane immigration system. President Hansen recently served as founding chairman of a national commission which studied federal raids on workplaces and made recommendations for comprehensive immigration reform.
Earlier this year, UFCW Canada and the Mexican state of Michoacán signed a landmark co-operation agreement to ensure that the human and labor rights of agricultural workers from Michoacán, Mexico are recognized and enforced while they work in Canadian fields and greenhouses.
With 1.3 million members, the UFCW is the nation's largest private-sector union with members in the supermarket, meatpacking, food processing, and other industries.
Programming open to the media will continue until September 4. Inquiries and interview requests should be directed to Jill Cashen, UFCW, 202-728-4797 or press@ufcw.org.
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Police are asking the public to help them identify a man wanted for questioning regarding a burglary that occurred on Brighton Beach Avenue on Sept. 18.
The suspect allegedly climbed through the window of a home at Brighton 14th Street at 3 pm, where police believe he stole nearly $5,400 worth of jewelry, electronics, and cash from the 51-year-old resident's home before fleeing on foot in an unknown direction. The suspect is a male in his twenties, according to police, and he was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and black pants.


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Home Community David Lee Takes a Final Walk
David Lee Takes a Final Walk
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David Lee at a Menorah-lighting ceremony on Long Wharf in 2015. Michael Heller photo
By Douglas Feiden
It was one of the great capers in the modern history of Sag Harbor — a scheme of dubious legality, but enormous cunning — and it helped reroute traffic to the village. Its prime architect: David Lee.
The year was 1968, an era of shuttered factories and silent streets, and Mr. Lee hit on the felicitous idea of planting a sign along Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton that would point eastbound motorists to the left turn that would take them into Sag Harbor.
"It was David's idea, and the sign was painted green, so it looked just like all the state signs, and it lasted for a couple of years until it finally disappeared," said Nada Barry, a co-conspirator in the escapade and owner of the Wharf Shop. "At the time, there was no sign that said, 'Sag Harbor.'"
Also in on the plot was Jack Achille Tagliasacchi, the owner of Il Capuccino Restaurant, who joined Mr. Lee in the dead of night to put up the sign after they decided to "avoid the bureaucracy." The rationale? "This beautiful village was very quiet at that time, and we needed to do something to build it up," he said.
After suffering two back-to-back falls a couple of months ago, the man who had diverted East End traffic, siphoned visitors to the Main Street he revered — and literally put Sag Harbor on the map anew — died on Monday night, November 28, at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton. He was 88.
Among his many legacies: As a co-founder, with Mr. Tagliasacchi and Ms. Barry, of the Merchants Association of Sag Harbor, better known as MASH, which evolved into the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce, he became a symbol of the village's character, helped build its brand and cachet and broadcast its manifold virtues. Now that it's a global destination, not everybody needs that sign on the highway to find it anymore.
A member of Temple Adas Israel for 68 years, and a former longtime president who helped revive it from a period of decline, Mr. Lee, who the synagogue describes as its "beloved guiding light," will be going back to the place he adored.
A funeral service will be held at noon on Thursday, December 1, at the Temple, 30 Atlantic Avenue, with internment to follow immediately after at Chevra Kodetia Cemetery on Route 114. A memorial service will be held on December 28 at the synagogue to accommodate family members living in Israel.
"He would always sit in a row by the door after the services, and he'd get up and kiss all the women as they walked by," recalled Neal Fagin, the Adas Israel president who took over from Mr. Lee in 1996.
He had hoped to last at least another couple of decades and stay active and engaged, said Joanna Paitchell Lee, his wife of 19 years.
"His mother lived to be 105, and he always said he wanted to make it to at least that age," Ms. Lee added. "That was the kind of man he was. Right up until the end, he always wanted to get better, he always wanted to see his family, he always wanted to come home, he always wanted to be with me."
But he was also ready, prepared and saying his loving goodbyes, said Cheri Laviano, the younger of his two daughters from his first wife, Vera, who flew in from Israel to see her father over the long Thanksgiving weekend.
"He was laughing, he was joking, and he was totally coherent," Ms. Laviano said. "But also, he was saying, 'Honestly, I've had enough, I'm tired. I've had a wonderful life. What more could a man want? I've had two great wives, two wonderful daughters, a granddaughter and two great-granddaughters.'"
The British-born Mr. Lee, who first came to the village with his parents and three siblings in December of 1948, was a civic leader, business booster and tourism promoter nonpareil who devoted the bulk of his life to family, faith, fellowship — and the guiding principles of volunteerism.
And he wore more hats than anyone in the village as community leader-cum-synagogue leader-school board leader-band leader-drummer-emcee-radio personality-property manager-fixer of roofs-licensed realty sales associate-jeweler-watchmaker-village Zoning Board of Appeals member-East Hampton Town housing chairman-kibitzer and storyteller extraordinaire-owner of Cove Men's Shop and later Cove Jewelers in the space now occupied by Harbor Books-and so much more.
In fact, Mr. Lee routinely carried a minimum of five business cards, he wrote in a reminiscence published in 2007 in "Voices of Sag Harbor: A Village Remembered," edited by Nina Tobier.
"At present, I carry the following business cards: One for WLNG 92.1 FM; another for Temple Adas Israel, the oldest synagogue on Long Island, as administrator, another for my business in property management," he recounted. "Also, I have a card for my work as a licensed sales associate for Hampton Realty Group, and one for my service as chairman of the East Hampton Housing Authority."
The Sag Harbor Community Band in 1957. David Lee is center, below the second tuba from the right.
Mr. Lee also encapsulated much of the post-World War II history of the village: He joined the Sag Harbor Community band as a drummer in 1958, one year after it was founded, and served as its president for at least a quarter-century.
"One of the first things he'd tell everyone he ever met was, 'You have to come and listen to the band,'" said Tom Rickenbach, the band's treasurer and a trombone player who joined in 1991. "He was president right up until the day he died."
It was part and parcel of his commitment to the village, said Mr. Rickenbach, adding, "His life really touched on everything — business, personal, social, religious, municipal, political, and, of course, the band — and his activities included just about everything there was in this community."
Rabbi Daniel Geffen at Temple Adas Israel recalls that he and his wife, LuAnne, were "immediately embraced" by Mr. Lee and his wife from the moment they arrived two-and-a-half years ago.
"It brings tears to my eyes to think of leading services and not seeing him in his usual seat," the rabbi said. "He always sat right by the door, so he could personally welcome and shake the hand of guest and member alike. That was the kind of guy David was. The world has lost a uniquely wonderful man, and he will be missed."
But some things will not change, Mr. Fagin said, and he quoted Mr. Lee saying that, "As long as I'm alive, the temple will never sell tickets for the High Holy Days."
Mr. Fagin said every synagogue he knows charges for the holidays, adding, "David always felt we should be a welcoming place, that we needed to be a place for all Jews that wanted to come here without cost. We don't foresee any change."
Earlier, Mr. Lee had been a successful merchant and fixture on Main Street. And he even dipped into the inventory of his men's store in the 1960s to provide some of the polka-dotted bow ties worn by Charley, John Steinbeck's celebrated dog, on the back of his collar, he told the writer and musician Nancy Remkus in 2015.
"I was once told by somebody, not too long ago, 'You know, if you did all the work for you, instead of for the community, you'd have been a rich man,'" he mused at the time. "And I said, 'I'm richer than a hell of a lot of those rich men!'"
The secret of his long healthy life, he told Ms. Remkus, was "prayers and vitamins." But he elaborated, citing an outlook that came from his mother, who always had a smile on her face and was ready for a laugh, even during the Depression. "Don't take life too seriously, because it can be wonderful," he advised. And he would often repeat, "I thank God I came to this country."
As news of Mr. Lee's death swept through the village this week, one succinct line was repeatedly echoed, and it was, "Take a walk!" For 25 years, that was his classic sign-off line on his morning show on WLNG, in which he offered community news interspersed with his opinions on things that interested him.
But "take a walk" was more than just a line. It was a way of life for Mr. Lee, who loved to stroll the streets. And spotting him became a daily feature for villagers, too. He was, in fact, an unforgettable sight, walking tall and proud, his presence revealed from blocks away by that mane of thick, wavy gray hair.
"People would always recognize him on the street, and they would call out, 'Take a walk!' and I can tell you, he just loved it," Ms. Lee said.
Among his dozens of other communal memberships, Mr. Lee was a longtime member of the Sag Harbor Lions Club. And so when club president Steve Espach put out word about the funeral services for "Lion Dave," he emailed members, "Please 'take a walk' with me" to Temple Adas Israel.
When former U.S. Representative Michael Forbes, who served the East End from 1995 to 2001, got the news, he wrote from Texas about an old friend who was a "genius at selflessly promoting everything Sag Harbor," a "red-white-and-blue American patriot who truly was 'Mr. Sag Harbor,'" and the "lifeblood of community service."
And Mr. Forbes concluded, "In honor of Dave Lee, let's all go out and 'take a walk.' Till we meet again, my friend."
Meanwhile, Ms. Laviano is already visualizing the bench the Lee family intends to sponsor, hopefully outside his old jewelry store. "Take a walk," it will say. "We love you David Lee."
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Sandi Kruel November 30, 2016 at 4:44 pm
What a wonderful tribute to such a incredible man!
Kathryn December 4, 2016 at 11:45 am
This comment was made by Bob Fisher: I have never met a man so devoted to his community as David. I was fortunate enough to have known him in many of his capacities and as a friend. There is a word, in Yiddish, that perfectly describes David…a true Mensch. – Bob Fisher
Deplorable Rican ☨ʳᵉᵈᵉᵉᵐᵉᵈ January 3, 2017 at 7:23 pm
I knew David as a small child in Sag Harbor. My father also came from England and they were friends. His wife Vera used to babysit me. Even as a small child I have fond memories of David. I was so excited to find out he was sill alive and was making plans to visit my childhood home. I'm sorry I missed having a long and interesting conversation with David.


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Here are a bunch of links as that's what happens when I take a day off on a busy week in soccer news.
- Devo has a blog post and a nice article in today's D&C on Lenin Steenkamp.
- Here is Devo's blog post on the WNY Flash's 2-1 win over Boston on Wednesday night. And I thought that it was a good crowd of over 4000 as the weather was less than ideal and it was over twice the size of the non-Abby crowds that the Flash had drawn earlier in the season.
- All White Kit and Equalizer Soccer have their recaps of the Flash-Breakers match, as well.
- Candace Chapman and Kandace Wilson are amongst the Flash players that are not rostered for tomorrow's match in Atlanta.
- The Lancers have announced the auditions for the Lancers Dancers and the Little Lancers Dancers.
- Tommy Tanner couldn't get Scotty Schweitzer to move north, so he will be the coach for the Syracuse Silver Knights.
- The Missouri Comets have unveiled their preseason schedule.
- Robbie Aristodemo and Billy Nelson have retired for the Baltimore Blast.
- Milwaukee has signed veteran defender Fabinho.
- I wonder how many MISL teams will be scouting the US Futsal camp next month?
- Devo wants both sides to shut up.
- Fake Sigi had this to say about the future of the WPS before the Dan Suite came to light.
- Fake Sigi had this to say after the Dan Suite came to light.
- Beau Dure has a solid piece up at ESPNW about the battle.
- Jenna Pel at All White Kit had a few things to say on the topic.
- Jeff Kassouf has WPS Players Union's response to the situation.
- The Original Winger has Klinsmann's roster for the Mexico match next Wednesday.
- Steven Goff talks to DC United GK Bill Hamid on his first USMNT call up. Apparently Bill thought Klinsmann was a telemarketer when he called him.
- The Shin Guardian looks at who was named to the roster.
- The USA 10 Kit has a few quick thoughts on the roster.
- US Soccer Daily has an in depth look at the players on the roster.
- MLS Talk talks about the roster.
- Steve Davis talks about the head-turners on the roster.
- The USMNT blog unveils the coaching staff that Klinsmann has brought in that includes Tom Dooley and Tab Ramos amongst others.
- MLS Soccer.com has a poll on who should have been on the roster.
- MLS Soccer.com looks at how Klinsmann affects the US-Mexico rivalry.
- Rafa Marquez thinks that Klinsmann will improve American soccer.
- Brek Shea is excited to be back in the USMNT mix.
- Tim Ream is excited about the Klinsmann hire and he wants revenge against Mexico.
- MLS Soccer.com says that Klinsmann's first roster is a hit with fans. How long will the honeymoon last?
- Soccer America talks about how Klinsmann has attended to the left flank.
- Soccer America also breaks down the coaching staff.
- Goal.com wonders what formation Klinsmann will use.
- Steven Goff talks to Charlie Davies and Klinsmann comes up.
- No Short Corners has something to say on the hire.
- The Shin Guardian has whispers from yesterday.
- The Boston Herald talks to Benny Feilhaber about the Klinsmann hire.
- Steve Davis looks back at Monday's press conference.
- The USA 10 Kit says that Klinsmann should be measured by the results on the field.
- Steven Goff has a lot of Klinsmann and USMNT notes.
- Nutmeg Radio looks at Klinsmann's first day on the job.
- Alexi Lalas writes about the Klinsmann hire at The Mirror.
- The USWNT will play Canada in KC and Portland later in the year.
- Former Rhino Mike Ambersley is having a big season in Tampa Bay.
- Mexico has unveiled their roster for Wednesday.
- I love this diving t-shirt from Umbro.
- The Goalkeeper has more on the Philadelphia Independence planning at hosting their playoff game at PPL Park, the home of the Union.
- I love this video from the Portland Timbers with owner Merritt Paulson signing bumper stickers for STHs and teasing a big signing.
- US Soccer Daily looks at the CONCACAF WWC Qualifying draw for Brazil 2014.
- The Free Beer Movement has this great Teal Bunbury bobblehead goal demo video.
- The Original Winger takes a look at Troy's World.
- UFC middleweight champion is now sponsored by his favorite soccer club Corinthians.
- Seattle and FC Dallas have advanced in CCL play.
- Charlie Davies goes back to thank the staff at Washington Hospital Center.
- Chivas' Marco Fabian scored a golazo versus Barca this week.
- MLS Talk still thinks South Florida might make for a good MLS market.
- Portland ended LA's 14 game unbeaten streak.
- MLS Soccer.com has an article of why Bob Bradley belongs back with the Chicago Fire.
- Houston has added Honduran international F Carlo Costly.
- Third Kit and MLS Soccer.com have the story of how Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme trained with the Chicago Fire.
- Chris Henderson at All White Kit has a pre-college season WPS draft board. Good stuff.
- Jenna Pel at All White Kit has a good interview with Heather O'Reilly.
- Jeff Kassouf at Equalizer Soccer talks to Boston's Kelley O'Hara about her post-World Cup view on life.
- Brian Phillips at Grantland looks at the US-Mexio border rivalry.
- Michael Bradley's club situation is unsettled right now.
- The Montreal Impact will unveil their MLS crest tomorrow.


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Bev and Dan Mjolsness – Canterbury Classics
By Mari Ballinger
Does the name Hoist Her Flag ring a bell? Well it should, because she was the winningest mare in Canterbury history.
Hoist Her Flag was named Horse of the Year in 1987, with two stakes wins: Mighty Miss Handicap and Eden Prairie Stakes races, and again in 1989, this time with four stakes wins: Charles Lindbergh Stakes, Don Riley Handicap, Eden Prairie Stakes, and Shakopee Handicap. In all she won 17 times from 32 starts at Canterbury.
Hoist Her Flag
And the people behind this legendary horse? Owners Beverly and Daniel Mjolsness, two of the nicest people anyone will ever meet.
"It's exciting and wonderful to have a stakes race named after our horse," said Bev Mjolsness. "She definitely deserves the recognition."
The duo met at Dan's sister's apartment during their college years. Bev thought she was going over for a girl's dinner and ended up meeting the love of her life. They later got married and started a family. One day, their daughter Jane asked Dan if they could get a horse.
"I grew up on a farm, taking care of and riding horses," said Dan Mjolsness. "So when Jane said she wanted a horse, I was very easily convinced."
But who stops after just one horse? The Mjolsness family started raising horses at their farm, and the rest was history. After 40 years of owning horses, their excitement and passion for racing hasn't depreciated in the slightest.
Throughout the years, the Canterbury Park Hall of Fame couple have owned several different horses, but one stands out in particular. Their son Joe served in the Army and as tribute to him, they named one of their horses Colonel Joe. Although the gelding only won twice, it's Joe's service and the family memories that will be forever cherished.
For Bev and Dan, it goes far beyond the stakes wins and pictures in the Winner's Circle. "The participation with others, the fun competition, the people you get to meet, giving back to others," Bev and Dan said in agreement. "Shall we go on?"
As if owning horses didn't keep them busy enough, Dan served as President of the Minnesota HBPA and the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association. He was also co-founder of both the Minnesota Festival of Champions and Claiming Crown.
From being present when Canterbury Downs opened to owning stakes winner Hoist Her Flag, the Mjolsness family has had quite the ride. Currently, they own 3-year old filly Javacandy. After the filly is finished racing, their remarkable journey will come to an end, but the accomplishments and memories will last them far longer.
Posted on August 12, 2019 August 13, 2019 Author Canterbury ParkCategories Canterbury NewsTags Canterbury Park, Hoist Her Flag, MjolsnessLeave a comment on Bev and Dan Mjolsness – Canterbury Classics
Puntsville Tries For Third Hoist Her Flag Win
The accomplished race mare Puntsville will return to Canterbury Park for the third time, with her connections hoping to win the $50,000 Hoist Her Flag Stakes for the third consecutive time. The Hoist Her Flag is the first of five stakes races and the fourth of 11 races, on Saturday night's Northern Stars Racing Festival program. First post is 5:15 p.m. Total stakes purses are $500,000, with the Mystic Lake Derby offering $200,000 alone.
"They changed the dates at Arlington so I was forced to ship to Prairie Meadows to get a race," Puntsville's trainer Michele Boyce said. For the past two years, the now 7-year-old Illinois bred has run in the Isaac Murphy Handicap prior to the Hoist Her Flag victories. She won that state bred race in 2018 and was second in 2017. On May 23 of this year Puntsville finished fourth in the Prairie Rose Stakes, 2 ¾ lengths behind the winner Lake Ponchatrain, who she must face again Saturday night.
"She is ready," Boyce said. Puntsville was turned out for the winter in Florida before returning to training. "She seems to thrive on that." Boyce would know. Puntsville has won more purse money for the trainer, $410,512, than any other in a career that began in 1995 at Sportsman's Park in Cicero, Illinois. Puntsville will break from post five in the Hoist Her Flag under jockey Carlos Marquez, Jr. She is owned by S D Brille Ltd Partnership.
The field of nine in the six furlong main track sprint is deep in quality.
Minnesota bred Ari Gia has post two. The speedy mare was claimed for $6,250 on November 5, 2018 at Turf Paradise by trainer Jose Silva, Jr. and has since won six races and $107,196 in purses, including $30,000 in the May 18 lady Slipper Stakes.
"I think I've got her the best she's ever been. She's really good right now," Silva said. Silva called his father, who taught him everything he knows, to seek input. "I called my dad to see what he thought. He said 'You've got to try her.'" Leading jock Francisco Arrieta will be aboard as the mare seeks her fourth straight win at this meet.
Also entered is graded stakes winner Hotshot Anna, trained by Mac Robertson. Lake Ponchatrain, winner of 20 of 48 starts, is the 5 to 2 morning line favorite.
Spring Steen is listed at 12 to 1 and speaks to the depth of this field based on an impressive race record. She has speed figures that match up with most in the race, all earned facing Oklahoma breds. Spring Steen is trained by Francisco Bravo. Bravo's assistant trainer Scott Garrison, tending to business as the boss makes his way back to Minnesota from the Sooner State, is quite fond of the 4-year-old filly. "She is nice to be around. You might mistake her for the pony horse," he said. "She's as sweet as can be, until they open the starting gate." Spring Steen has won four of seven races and $120,000 in purses for owner Michael Grossman. Those wins came the hard way, battling on the front end. Expect the filly to be in the mix from the start with Ry Eikleberry aboard.
Posted on June 21, 2019 June 20, 2019 Author Canterbury ParkCategories Canterbury NewsTags Canterbury Park, Hoist Her Flag, Michele Boyce, Northern Stars Racing Festival, PuntsvilleLeave a comment on Puntsville Tries For Third Hoist Her Flag Win
Great Grays
By Noah Joseph
In the colorful world of horse racing, there is one piece that really sticks out; gray horses. It's amazing to see them, considering that only about 4 percent of horses born are gray. Over the years, gray horses have made their presence felt at Canterbury.
By far, the most famous gray to run at Canterbury was Hoist Her Flag. The daughter of Aferd, Hoist Her Flag was the terror of the track, beating almost all her female foes and running against the best of the males. She won 19 times in 49 starts in career that lasted five years and was twice named Horse of the Meet. She has a race named after her every year at Canterbury.
This year's Hoist Her Flag Stakes winner drew a striking resemblance to the race's namesake. Puntsville, a gray daughter of Cashel Rock, won the race in a style similar to Hoist Her Flag. She broke on top, held the lead, and won going away, with her gray tail swaying and waving like a flag of victory. The Hoist Her Flag Stakes was the ninth career victory for Puntsville, along with her second win this year, and her third career stakes victory.
Puntsville
The appropriately named Skatingonthinice was a horse who looked like ice. Just like ice, she left usually left her competition slipping while she slid to victory. Twice, she did in stakes. In 1990, she won the Minneapolis Handicap at Canterbury. She was also a successful broodmare.
Lastly, most gray horses usually inherit their gray coats as they age, but one filly was born with it. Sentimental Charm inherited her ghostly look by her father, Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm, and her mother River Cache, an unraced daughter of Unbridled. Sentimental Charm was a successful runner, finishing in the top three 15 times in 17 starts, winning seven stakes. As a broodmare, she produced three foals, all gray, but only one raced at Canterbury. That was her daughter Sentiment Gray, sired by Holy Bull, who was also gray.
Owner Dan Mjolsness with Hoist Her Flag
Posted on September 1, 2017 December 18, 2017 Author Canterbury ParkCategories Canterbury NewsTags Canterbury Park, Dan Mjolsness, Hoist Her Flag, Puntsville, Sentimental Charm, SkatingonthiniceLeave a comment on Great Grays
PAST JOINS PRESENT ON SPECIAL DAY
BY JIM WELLS
For a couple of moments on Sunday, the past became the present, history became real time, and one of the grand dames of Minnesota racing history was alive on the track.
The long gray tail floated behind her in a steady breeze, and her rivals saw only clods of damp earth and her behind. She was first out of the gate and no one even drew abreast as she glided easily to the finish line under Victor Santiago.
A five-year-old gray mare named Puntsville floated through swift fractions to win the 25th running of the $50,000 Hoist Her Flag Stakes, named for the gray Canterbury Park Hall of Fame mare. Although perhaps a shade darker, Sunday's winner bore striking resemblance to the two-time Canterbury Downs horse of the year.
"We were just saying that," said Canterbury Park President/CEO Randy Sampson. "She's a big good looking gray mare."
Hoist Her Flag won 17 times from 43 starts in Shakopee and was named the outstanding horse on the grounds in 1987 and again in 1989.
Puntsville at 5/2 finished 3 ¼ lengths in front of 6/5 favorite Thoughtless and another 4 ½ head of Malibu Princess after setting all the fractions: 22.02, 44.79, 57.01 and 1:09.87.
"She's very quick," said Santiago, who had ridden the winner in nine of her previous 10 starts. "I was just praying to God that we would get a good quick jump."
She did just that, and the race essentially was over.
The theme of the afternoon was hope and there were plenty of things covered under that umbrella. Hope that the sun would make an appearance, that the rain would hold off until the card was complete. There was, as always, hope at the windows as patrons placed their wagers, hope right up until a winner hit the finish line.
Despite iron-gray skies throughout the afternoon, there was plenty of pink throughout the premises on annual Fillies Race for Hope day, dedicated to the understanding, treatment and hope for eradication of breast cancer.
The feature event on the card annually is the Hoist Her Flag Stakes.
Messages promoting the theme of the day could be found throughout the grounds. The tote board from time to time advised the crowd that "Early Detection is Key." There was a thank you message from the Fillies Race for Hope committee.
Valets to the riders wore shirts celebrating the occasion. The outriders and pony horses and their riders were festooned in pink accouterment, wraps, tack and other related items.
Raffles, drawings and donations contributed to the fund that supports this endeavor.
Patrons could be found in pink slacks, hats, dresses, shoes accompanied in some cases by pink purses. Employees in the Coady photography studio, the finest enterprise of its type in all of racing, wore pink suspenders and ties, did Shawn Coady and Senor Oscar Quiroz, who also helped work the gate at times without sullying his shirt or pink tie.
Coady was moved early in the day to loan his bowtie to a forgetful member of the Fourth Estate who arrived prepared to attack the day in conventional attire.
Pressbox magistrate Jeff Maday's black suit was nattily set off with fashionably muted pink tie and cufflinks. Breast cancer survivors assembled in the paddock to offer thanks and encouragement in pink western hats and other attire.
A debate ensued over the true color of the dress worn by pressbox assistant Katie Merritt. Was it really pink or closer to coral?
Ultimately, it didn't matter. It was in keeping with the colors and the spirit of the day.
Posted on August 13, 2017 December 19, 2017 Author Canterbury ParkCategories Canterbury NewsTags Coady Photography, Fillies Race for Hope, Hoist Her Flag, Puntsville, Victor SantiagoLeave a comment on PAST JOINS PRESENT ON SPECIAL DAY
Hoist Her Flag- Silks Of Red, White, and Blue
It would be somewhat crazy not to write about a horse with a patriotic name with the Fourth of July coming up this Tuesday. One horse that raced at Canterbury had one of the most patriotic names, and was and still is one of the greatest to race in Minnesota; that horse was Hoist Her Flag.
A big grey, almost white, filly, she was sired by the unraced Aferd, who was sired by Hoist The Flag. Foaled in North Dakota in 1982, she was owned by Seven Springs Racing Partnership of Dan and Beverly Mjolsness and trained by Greg Markgraf. She raced in red silks with a white "SS" with blue sleeves.
In 1985 and 1986, Hoist Her Flag finished in the top three in 10 of 11 starts. She won six races in 1987, four of them stakes including two in six days and she beat the boys in one of them. She was also stakes-placed three times. In that time, she developed a rivalry with another fine mare named Lil Preppy. Hoist Her Flag picked up right where she left off the following year winning five races in 10 starts, including three stakes. She placed in two other stakes as well. Her final year of racing was 1989, in which she won four races in nine starts, all of them stakes. She retired that year after racing in Minnesota, Arkansas, Illinois, and Alabama and won 19 races, 11 of them stakes victories in 49 starts and earned almost $300,000.
As a broodmare, Hoist Her Flag had three foals, all daughters. While all three raced at Canterbury, her first foal, First Flag, by Woodman, was a multiple stakes winner like her mother. First Flag won two stakes, including the 1993 Northern Lights Debutante, held that year at Arlington Park. First Flag was Hoist Her Flag's only foal to win a race, and the only one to ever win at Canterbury. She won an allowance race at Canterbury in 1995.
Hoist Her Flag is a member of the Canterbury Park Hall Of Fame. She was named Canterbury Horse of the Meet in 1987 and 1989. She and Heliskier (2012 and 2013) are the only two-time winners of that award.
Canterbury will race six consecutive days through July 4 beginning Thursday.
Noah Joseph is a longtime Canterbury Park and horse racing fan. He's been attending races at Canterbury since 2000 when he was 3 years old and has enjoyed every minute of it. Noah provides a weekly piece on CanterburyLive.com.
Posted on June 28, 2017 December 21, 2017 Author Canterbury ParkCategories Canterbury NewsTags Canterbury Downs, Canterbury Park, Hoist Her FlagLeave a comment on Hoist Her Flag- Silks Of Red, White, and Blue
CIARAN'S PRIZE FINISHES IN THE PINK
Western hats, feathered headgear, dresses, shawls, western boots, scarves, even gate passes, added a flourish of, what else, pink to the surroundings Sunday during the sixth annual Fillies Race for Hope, a day devoted to fund raising for and recognition of survivors of breast cancer.
Everywhere you care to look were combinations of pink. Canterbury employees, even the valets, wore pink tee shirts. Patrons spiced it up considerably more, with wide Kentucky Derby-style hats in pink as well as various other unusual combinations.
Even the feature race of the day was resurrected to provide a race featuring fillies only. The Hoist Her Flags stakes was scratched from the original stakes lineup this year but was brought back as an overnight $41,800 sprint and drew a field of 10, reduced to eight after scratches by Broadway Play and Donita's Ruler.
The prerace conversation included mainly two horses, the bulk of the respect resting on Ball and Chain, a five-year-old daughter of Exchange Rate from I Luv U Nani, sent off at 4/5.
With a record of 6-1-0 from nine career starts, including six consecutive wins, she was tough to overlook and attracted the lion's share of attention at the windows.
Ciaran's Prize drew high respect, as well and was sent off at 5/2, having hit the board 13 times in 21 starts with six wins and most earnings of the starters with $162,943.
That pretty much summed it up in the minds of several prognosticators, who expected those two to fight it out.
As it was, the trainer of Ciaran's Prize, Joel Berndt, changed plans after Broadway Play and Bonita's Ruler scratched.
"Without those two, we felt we needed to press the pace a little more," said Berndt. "You gamble that you'll have enough horse left if you do, but we did it and it worked."
Indeed, Ciaran's Prize, with Orlando Mojica in the irons, ran down the front-running and tiring favorite and finished ½ length in front of 32-1 choice Discreetly Grand, with another half length back to Ball and Chain. The winning time was 1:10.05.
The winning trophy was presented by Hall of Fame inductees Dan and Bev Mjolsness, who owned Hoist Her Flag, the Hall of Fame horse for whom the race is named.
Hoist Her Flag is among the best fillies or mares to race in Shakopee and was a crowd favorite in the 1980s.
It's been described in numerous ways, but the tail that floated behind her like a windsock was her trademark, a distinguishing anatomical feature that served as a flag, very often a checkered flag.
She was referred to frequently as the Queen of Canterbury and was twice selected Horse of the Year, winning that honor in 1987 and 1989. She held that distinction alone until Heliskier was voted the track's top horse in 2012 and 2013.
She broke her maiden at Canterbury Downs in its inaugural season, 1985, competing against top notch competition during a meet that attracted some of the best barns in the nation.
Television racing reporter Donna Barton was in the irons on Hoist for her last six starts and considered her one of the three best horses she rode. Other riders had similar sentiments.
One prominent turf writer expressed this opinion: "When the history of Canterbury Downs is written, the exploits of Hoist Her Flag will occupy an important chapter."
Those opinions were reinforced by the Thoroughbred Times in 1989 which recognized Hoist Her Flag as one of the top 12 female sprinters in North American racing.
Her career statistics did nothing to detract from that opinion either. The Queen won 19 races, 17 of them at Canterbury Downs, including 11 stakes, and earned $290,849, finishing in the money 33 times from 43 career starts.
On Sunday, it was Ciaran's Prize that added her name to the list of winners in this race. On this particular day, it was this five-year-old daughter of Yes It's Time that finished in the pink.
Posted on August 14, 2016 Author Canterbury ParkCategories Canterbury NewsTags Ciaran's Prize, Hoist Her Flag, Joel BerndtLeave a comment on CIARAN'S PRIZE FINISHES IN THE PINK
Holiday Mischief wins John Bullit Stakes; Flower Spell wins Hoist Her Flag
by Annise Montplaisir
The John Bullit Stakes was narrowed from a six-horse field to four after the scratches of Breezy Point and Evert. It was anyone's guess who would show their supremacy and take the $40,000 purse. AZ Ridge attempted to seek revenge against Stachys, who defeated him by two and a half lengths in the Mystic Lake Mile. But it was the favorite Holiday Mischief, piloted by Canterbury's leading rider Alex Canchari, who demonstrated his dominance over the one mile and 1/16 distance.
Holiday Mischief broke well and bided his time behind pace-setter AZ Ridge. Canchari rode out the race with an elusive strategy worthy of his horse's namesake.
"I played it by the start and I saw he put pressure on me soon," Canchari said. "So I just stayed on the rail, and waited for it and then I put myself in position so he couldn't shut me out when he needed to."
Holiday Mischief whizzed under the wire in a time of 1:44.890, granting glory to trainer Joe Offolter and ownership group Joe Offolter & Carter Thoroughbreds LLC. AZ Ridge finished second, followed by Stachys in third. Holiday Mischief, the wagering favorite, paid $4.00 to win.
Flower Spell, owned by Dare to Dream Stable LLC, Little Bear Racing Stables and trainer Ingrid Mason, was ridden to victory by renowned jockey Rosemary Homeister, Jr. in the $40,000 Hoist Her Flag Overnight Stakes.
Coming off a second place finish in the Chicago Handicap (Gr. 3) at Arlington Park, Flower Spell was tuned and ready. The pack broke well, with Flower Spell dropping back to second behind early leader Makinmymark. Rounding the far turn Janis's Joy attempted a challenge along the rail.
"When the one horse started to come up the inside I thought oh shoot," said Homeister. "When she felt that horse coming [Flower Spell] re-broke again. She's a very game filly."
Crossing the finish line in a time 1:10.94, Flower Spell edged out Janis's Joy 3/4 of a length. Makinmymark finished third. As the prohibitive favorite, Flower Spell returned $3.40 to win.
Posted on August 8, 2014 Author Canterbury ParkCategories Canterbury NewsTags Hoist Her Flag, John BullitLeave a comment on Holiday Mischief wins John Bullit Stakes; Flower Spell wins Hoist Her Flag
Fillies Race for Hope
Pink hats, dresses, flowers, horses. Even little girls in pink wings. The starting gate was festooned in pink, and the scroll designating the type of race on the tote board television screen was the same color. It was Fillies Race for Hope day at Canterbury Park, an annual event to raise awareness and money for the support of families fighting breast cancer.
A contest was conducted for the best-dressed horse in pink and the best pink hat.
On the racing front, the card included the $30,900 Hope Bonus Challenge for quarter horses, and two stakes for thoroughbreds, the $50,000 Hoist Her Flag and $50,000 Minnesota HBPA Distaff.
On a day of outright pinkness, anyone who took a tip from Captain Mark Ott wound up in the pink as well.
Although the money was largely on Stacy Charette-Hill's horse, Corono Mit Go, in the Hope Bonus Challenge, Ott broke with what has been tradition all summer whenever Ms. Charette-Hill saddles a horse.
"There's going to be an upset in this one," he said. "Take it to the bank."
Betting against Charette-Hill this summer has been akin to lunacy. Not this time, and the Ottman called it.
Had there been a pink-dress contest, one of Canterbury Park's own, paddock analyst Angela Hermann, would have fared well if not stolen the award outright in a brilliant lace creation that appeared fuchsia in color but was labeled Shocking R (rose?). A $650 item that Ms Hermann testified under oath was purchased on sale.
HOIST HER FLAG STAKES
This race was named in honor of the track's only two-time horse of the year, and included a rodeo before post time.
That incident resulted in the scratching of Hot Body, which reduced the field to six starters.
It turned into a one-horse race for first, and a one-horse race for second.
The winner was Second Street City, pictured above, with Denny Velazquez winning his first career stake race in a rout. Second Street finished 7 ¼ lengths in front of Missjeanlouise, who was 7 ½ lengths better than Tessie Flip. The winning time was 1:10.08.
Velazquez was completing his post-race interview as he headed to the jockey lounge, his attention focused on the person beside him inquiring about the race.
When he looked up, valet Nate Quinonez was waiting with a bucket of water to greet the first-time stake winner. "Oh, hell, no," Velazquez yelped as he tried to outrun the dousing to no avail. There was more to come when he reached the jockey lounge.
Second Street City was not involved in the rodeo exhibition that preceded the race.
The jockeys had just mounted their horses in the paddock and began their walk around the ring. Cruzette, with Justin Shepherd up, froze, causing a traffic backup. Next in line, Scott Stevens dismounted. His horse, Tiz Roses, made an attempt to hit the infield but was quickly apprehended. But one slot back, Hot Body, with Anne Von Rosen up, bolted to the side and crashed through the fence surrounding the paddock walking ring. She was scratched from the race, examined later by track veterinarian Lynn Hovda and given a clean bill of health.
HBPA DISTAFF
A field of seven lined up for this 1 1/16 mile event on the turf, but it belonged entirely to Starry Eyed Kate under a gutsy ride from Alex Canchari after they took charge on the turn and refused to give up the rail or the lead.
Quinichette and Dean Butler tried but faded to fifth. Grandma's Rules tried too with a spirited stretch charge, but the winner outlasted that one by a neck.
The stake win was the fourth at Canterbury Park for the young rider this summer. He also won the Manitoba Derby and a stake at Oaklawn Park. It was also a positive way to serve out the remainder of a four-day suspension that began on Friday but was not enforced for stake race commitments.
The winner is trained by Mac Robertson and owned by Hugh Robertson and Barry Butzow.
Butzow extolled the manner in which Canchari took aspects of the race into account as they unfolded.
"The pace was slow (51.24 and 1:15.52) so he decided to just sit there on the rail," said Butzow. "He's a good little rider."
On the rail?
"Yeah, I was skimming it," said Canchari.
QUARTER HORSE HOPE BONUS CHALLENGE
Glory on the racetrack is a fleeting commodity, there one instant and gone the next.
Nobody knows it better than trainer Kasey Willis of Colman, Okla., who has lost a few matchups this summer in Shakopee to trainer Stacy Charette-Hill.
"It's nice to get one back," he said after the $30,900 Fillies and Mares Race for Hope Bonus Challenge at 400 yards.
How about finishing one-two, as Glory Rider and Dreamwideopen did for Willis on Saturday.
Willis and Charette-Hill compete at many of the same racetracks, so they've beaten and lost to one another on numerous occasions.
Willis wasn't quite sure what to expect from his two starters. It might have ended up the other way around.
Dreamwideopen has the same dam, This Dreams Flying, as does another horse familiar to Canterbury folks, the Amber Blair-trained Hes Relentless, the fastest qualifier for the $2.6 million All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs this weekend.
But on Saturday it was Glory Rider under Agustin Silva who covered the 400 yards in 20.32, a head in front of his stablemate, who had a neck on the third-place horse, Corona Mit Go, trained by Charette-Hill.
"She stumbled a bit (out of the gate)," said Silva, "but she righted herself and went on with it."
This blog was written by Canterbury Staff Writer Jim Wells. Wells was a longtime sportswriter at the Pioneer Press and is a member of the Canterbury Park Hall of Fame.
Posted on August 18, 2013 Author Canterbury ParkCategories UncategorizedTags Agustin Silva, Alex Canchari, Denny Velazquez, Fillies Race for Hope, Gary Scherer, Hoist Her Flag, Kasey Willis, Mac Robertson, Minnesota HBPA Distaff, Stacy Charette-HillLeave a comment on Fillies Race for Hope
Field Set for Dark Star Cup
His face is emblazoned on the wall in a larger than life photo as you enter the press box, now named in his memory. The photo is from the early days of Canterbury Downs and he is dressed to fit a specific role, that of racetrack regular, man about town, high roller, someone riding life on the edge.
The right hand is raised in a fist, the other hand sunk deep into the pocket of his trousers anchored to a trim lean body by suspenders that flank the perfectly chosen tie, with an unbuttoned sport coat supporting an intense look of support for – what else could it have been – his horse.
From appearances, the picture might have been taken in a studio, captured for the ages in the instant after a photographer said 'say cheese' or, also likely, taken moments after the man noticed a camera pointed his way. It is hard to tell what's real and what is not.
After all, the man in question here is Dark Star.
Also known as George Chapple.
Handicapper, sports expert, a bon vivant full of bons mots.
On Saturday, Canterbury Park will feature the $50,000 Dark Star Cup, a 6 and 1/2 furlong sprint for three-year-olds and older. During its five previous runnings, from 1985 through 1989, this race was known as the Chaucer Cup, a nod to literary royalty that was part of the glorious presentation that attended those heady first years of Minnesota racing.
George 'Dark Star' Chapple was part of it. It is possible he was present for each of the Chaucer Cup's five runnings. Even if he wasn't, he was.
His hijinks and practical jokes are the stuff of press box legend at Canterbury. People occasionally found the dinner missing that only moments before they placed on the table in front of them. A desk drawer might be left open purposely where a person would clearly run into it, inflicting intense pain to an upper thigh. Notes of a dubious nature might be left beneath the windshield wipers of a press box regular. On one occasion a young press box intern mistakenly seated herself upon the copy machine only to have her bottom half photographed for widespread distribution.
Such is the stuff of press box legend. But the Dark Man's lasting legacy to racing was his nonstop support of the sport in whatever capacity he worked. The Dark Man might know absolutely nothing about a given subject, but could sell it nonetheless. Racing he sold, every chance he got: As a handicapper at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, as a WCCO radio host or as a guy at the races, at Canterbury Downs and then Park, living the role.
Dark Star was born George Chapple on April 20, 1946. He joined a pantheon of great race horses on June 1, 2012, among them "Dark Star," the upset winner of the 1953 Kentucky Derby.
It is said that every racetrack has its special characters. Dark Star was one of Canterbury's.
It is probably no coincidence that the Chaucer Cup, now the Dark Star Cup, produced some dandies.
In 1985, a horse name Taylor's Special, trained by Bill Mott, owned by William Lukas and ridden by Pat Day,won the inaugural running of the race. Lukas was Canterbury's leading owner that inaugural summer. Who was he? The retired president and CEO of Brown-Borman Distiller, located in Louisville, Ky., of course.
The next summer, Forkintheroad secured a place as one of Canterbury's early stars by winning the second running of the race. Trained by the legendary Jack Van Berg, owned by Minnesota Gordon Molitor and ridden by Jerry Bailey, Forkintheroad nosed out Aggies Best at 12-1 and was later named Canterbury's Horse of the Year.
Don's Irish Melody won the first of two consecutive Chaucer Cups in 1987, defeating Superroyale by 3/4 of a length.
The 1988 race (video below) was one of the best in track history after a thrilling stretch run, with the Melody pushing his nose in front of Who Doctor Who at the wire. The final time of 1:14 was only 1/5 second off the world record for the distance at the time. Don's Irish Melody, the pace-setter, ran the first six furlongs in that race in 1:07 flat, nearly an entire second faster than the current six-furlong track record.
The 1989 Chaucer Cup had its own special touch. Reduced from $150,000 to $75,000 after a dramatic purse cut that summer, the race was nonetheless among the best in track history after Split Rock at 27-1 shifted gears in the final 150 yards and caught Orphan Kist in a dead heat.
Trailing by 14 lengths on the backstretch, by 8 1/2 at the half-mile pole and by five at the quarter pole, Split Rock had the grandstand in a tizzy. Two lengths back was Hoist Her Flag, Canterbury's only two-time Horse of the Year.
The real winner that day was Dark Star, who had the daily double, the triple and the pick six in addition to the exacta on the Chaucer Cup.
Posted on June 6, 2013 Author Canterbury ParkCategories UncategorizedTags Chaucer Cup, Dark Star, Dark Star Cup, Don's Irish Melody, Forkintheroad, George Chapple, Hoist Her Flag, Jack Van Berg, Jerry Bailey, KFAN Radio, Orphan Kist, Split Rock, WCCO Radio, Who Doctor Who1 Comment on Field Set for Dark Star Cup
Duke Deluxe Notches 12th Canterbury Win
Trainers like Canterbury Park for their reasons, jockeys for theirs and now it appears that horses, too, like the racetrack for reasons revealed with a simple glance at their PPs. Look no further than Thursday's first race and the No. 2 horse, an eight-year-old gelding named Duke Deluxe.
Duke is mad about Canterbury and here is the proof:
With a late burst from his eight-year-old lungs, Duke ran down Royal Express and won for the 12th time – by, oh, the width of a nostril.
He has 12 career wins, six seconds and eight thirds from 61 career starts.
Not eye-catching numbers for any specific reason, unless you take a closer look at those PPs. Duke has 12 career wins. A 13th, in mid May, came at the Brown County Fair in South Dakota in an unrecognized race and is not included in his Daily Racing Form list of wins.
Twelve wins, all at Canterbury Park. He clearly likes this racetrack. Couldn't win at six other tracks, only Canterbury.
A gelded son of Touch Gold, Duke Deluxe is tied with four horses for wins at Canterbury behind three other horses. Two Hall of Fame thoroughbreds – Hoist Her Flag, a two-time Horse of the Year, and John Bullit lead the list with 17 wins. Crocrock is next with 14. Sir Tricky, Texas Trio, Day Timer and Stock Dividend also have 12.
Moments after Duke's win under Nik Goodwin on Thursday, Deb Bonn was on the cell phone from Canterbury to her daughter Amber,20, back in Aberdeen, S.D. Amber is half owner in the horse that the family refers to as "College Fund."
Amber has jobs at two restaurants to pay her way through beauty college, but her share of the winnings from Thursday's win will help considerably. "You can quit one of those jobs," her mother told her.
Randy Bonn, who has been at Canterbury as an owner or trainer every year since 1985, bought the horse for his cousin, Jeff Boon, and daughter, Amber, in Phoenix last March and sent him to trainer Larry Donlin at Grand Island, Neb., for vetting.
They turned the horse out for 60 days, ran him twice in the South Dakota bushes and then debuted him Thursday in Shakopee, where he was sent off at 10-1, despite his history over this racetrack.
Duke Deluxe broke his maiden at Canterbury on June 21, 2007 in his sixth career start and is 12-3-1 from 21 starts in Shakopee.
Bob Lindgren owned him for three wins four years ago. "Bobbie Grissom called me about him," Lindgren said. "She told me that the horse didn't like the hard surface in Phoenix, but that he always did well here."
A bit of an understatement, to say the least.
A GOODWIN HAT TRICK
Call it a blog boost, a blog bounce or merely a coincidence, but Nik Goodwin had a bang-up night on Thursday's card.
The 36-year-old native Minnesotan was profiled in a blog story this week, and promptly responded by winning three races on Thursday's card.
Goodwin won the opening race on the card with Duke Deluxe, the fourth race with Supremo Struckgold and the seventh with Thepointman.
He has 11 wins and is tied for fifth in the rider standings.
He leads the quarter horse standings with some amazing numbers. He has 11 wins, six more than any other rider. He has an amazing 11 wins and 12 seconds from 24 starts.
Photo Credit: Coady Photography
Posted on June 28, 2012 Author Canterbury ParkCategories UncategorizedTags Crocrock, Duke Deluxe, Hoist Her Flag, John Bullit, Larry Donlin, Nik GoodwinLeave a comment on Duke Deluxe Notches 12th Canterbury Win


Long time advocate for the Australian startup scene Alan Noble has announced he will be stepping down from his current role as director of engineering at Google Australia to focus on his non-profit organisation AusOcean, and has added his voice to many calling for visa reform.
Noble returned to the Australian startup scene in 2002, having previously worked in the Valley for Intellisync which was later acquired by Nokia. Since then, Noble has co-founded startup advocacy group StartupAus, and been an advisor to Australia's Chief Scientist, and advised and taken board seat positions for numerous Australian startups.
Speaking to StartupSmart, Noble highlighted the decision to step down from his role at Google was a difficult one, but after three years working on AusOcean as a side project, he decided it was time to commit to his passion.
"I've been very passionate about our oceans for a long time, and like many people I enjoy them and the marine environment. But it's become apparent to me that we're really abusing our oceans in many different ways," he says.
The idea for nonprofit organisation came to Noble in 2015, and it took him a year to incorporate it, enlisting the help of marine biologist Sean Connell. Despite a "whole internal process", Noble got permission from Google to work on AusOcean as a side project, and in November took three months of leave to focus on the company before deciding it was what he wanted to focus on.
During these three months, Noble enlisted the help of three university interns to build a "low-cost underwater sensor network" to stream data from the seabed to the shore, to be collated and analysed in the cloud using machine learning to create a smarter and cheaper way to monitor our oceans.
"It's important for me because it's a big part of a project's validation. You have an idea and maybe you can make it low-cost, and maybe you can build it, but you don't really know until you do it," he says.
Noble stresses this is a "very very initial" project, and explains that AusOcean's approach won't be to build "cool" products, but instead build products focused on helping and improve the situation in our oceans.
"Most nonprofits really struggle to use tech effectively as they usually lack in either time or expertise, so with AusOcean we're tech first. Everything we do will be open source or made available through partnerships with other non profits," he says.
AusOcean's next long-term project will be reestablishing and restoring a shellfish and oyster reef off the coast of South Australia, with Noble lamenting that most Australian's "don't even realise we had them", though they were destroyed in the 1800s.
Reflecting on his time at Google, Noble says it's an amazing company filled with amazing people, and when he joined in 2007 he thought he'd do it for a few years and then move on to something else.
"I was horribly wrong, for all the right reasons," he says.
Speaking of the aforementioned "amazing people" and thinking about what he learnt after 11 years at one of the world's largest tech companies, Noble reinforces a regular adage told to startups: hire amazing people.
"If you can get amazing people, you can do amazing things. I know this goes without saying, but sometimes entrepreneurs forget that. Dig deep and take time to find and nurture amazing people," he says.
He also mentions the very Google-esque concept of "moonshots", an approach to big ideas that the company delves into in a big way. Google is currently researching a way to defeat death, as well as kites that harness energy from the wind.
"Google has always had this idea of moonshots, crazy audacious ideas like self-driving cars. But it made me realise you don't have to be a Google to have a moonshot," he says.
On that note, Noble also adds that startups should regularly be thinking about hiring interns, saying any company can approach a university, and "if you're not doing it you're missing out".
"Australia's startup ecosystem just five years ago, let alone ten, is night and day," says Noble.
Although Noble is pointedly "glass half full" when discussing the startup ecosystem in Australia, he acknowledges the empty half, most notably the current 457 visa debacle which has been a point of contention for local companies for more than a year.
Noble says Australia has a huge opportunity globally as the country is a "very desirable place to live" and the country "can and should" be attracting the world's top talent.
"There's an opportunity for us to be much more aggressive in doing that. Startups are always crying out for it, and to get them to the world stage we need world-class talent," he says.
But overall, he says, things are trending in the right direction, and Noble hopes to stay involved with moulding the startup scene through his involvement with StartupAus.
Noble will be succeeded by current vice president of product at Google Anil Sabharwal who has relocated to Sydney from the company's US headquarters. Sabharwal led the team that conceived and built the Google Photos platform, and has recently been involved in connectivity projects such as Google's mobile carrier Project Fi, which he will continue to be involved in whilst he leads the Australian team.
Sabharwal has already relocated to Sydney, and as an Australian citizen said he was "thrilled to be home".
"The site has grown tremendously in the last five years and I can't wait to jump in and support the amazing work that's being done across projects like Chrome, Maps, and our products for the Next Billion Users," he said in a statement.