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Leader Live
4 days ago
- Sport
- Leader Live
Brymbo and Gwersyllt Park up for the cup... and the league!
The rivals will return to 50-over Premier Division action on Saturday, before they face each other on Sunday in a big Welsh Cup showdown. It's Brymbo who will have home advantage for that match-up and the winners will join Colwyn Bay as North Wales' representatives in the quarter-finals. Brymbo skipper Dan Parry is anticipating a tough encounter in the cup and he said: 'They have got dangerous men. The overseas has found his feet. 'They have got a few of our old players in Ryan Collier and Jake James that are very dangerous. 'Then you've got the wily Iroshan de Silva.' As an added bonus, the winners know they will receive home comforts in the last-eight, with Pontarddulais their opponents. It's possible Brymbo could claim the North Wales Cricket League and Welsh Cup crowns before the summer is out, but Parry has stressed: 'I would say don't get too far ahead of ourselves! 'We have still got eight more weeks to go.' Of immediate concern is getting into a 50-over frame of mind on the back of a month of T20 action, with Brymbo returning to the longer format with tomorrow's match-up at home to Denbigh. 'I think it's going to be interesting to see how people are going to tackle the powerplay,' said Parry. 'We have had a bit of a chat about it. It's going to be back to how we were.' Brymbo are expected to make two changes for Saturday's side, with an additional amendment to Sunday's side. Gwersyllt Park will warm-up for their cup derby with tomorrow's trip to tackle Mochdre. With the T20 points now shared out, the race for the Premier Division title has just got a lot tighter. There's just eight points separating leaders Bangor from defending champions Mochdre, who are down in fifth. Northop are in sixth position and they will play host to third-placed St Asaph tomorrow. Northop skipper Bart Ryan-Beswick offered his congratulations to Bangor on winning the T20 league, while he's looking forward to the return to 50-over action. He said: "Good game upcoming this weekend and we have a strong team at home to face St Asaph." Front-runners Bangor are at Conwy and Menai Bridge, who are fourth, travel to basement side Bethesda. As with the top flight, at enthralling battle for the Division One title is also taking place. Leaders Mold are involved in the match of the day tomorrow as they pay a visit to third-placed Llandudno. Halkyn, in second position, make the trip to Pontblyddyn, while fourth-placed Hawarden Park are aiming to make home comforts count versus Mochdre Seconds. Long treks are in the offing for Connah's Quay and Northop Seconds, against Bangor Seconds and Dolgellau respectively. Meanwhile, Gresford will have home advantage for their derby clash with Brymbo Seconds. Division Two: Abergele v Llay; Llanrwst v Carmel & District; Menai Bridge 2nds v Marchwiel and Wrexham; Pwllheli v Corwen; Ruthin v Pontblyddyn 2nds; St Asaph 2nds v Buckley. Division Three: Bersham v Abergele 2nds; Buckley 2nds v Conwy 2nds; Caernarfon v Gresford 2nds; Denbigh 2nds v Hawarden Park 2nds; Gwersyllt Park 2nds v Llandudno 2nds; Mold 2nds v Bethesda 2nds. Division Four: Brymbo 3rds v Hawarden Park 3rds, Carmel & District 2nds v Bala; Connah's Quay 2nds v Pwllheli 2nds; Halkyn 2nds v Llanrwst 2nds; Marchwiel and Wrexham 2nds v Bersham 2nds; Mynydd Isa & Maeshafn v Ruthin 2nds.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
‘They didn't discover this land, there were people that lived here,': Shoshone Tribal Elder tells the untold side of the Pioneer Day story
SALT LAKE CITY () — As Pioneer Day celebrations take place across the Beehive State, a Shoshone Tribe elder spoke out about the untold history of pioneers settling in native lands in Utah. Darren Parry, former Chairman of the Shoshone Tribe and devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke to in an exclusive interview Thursday about the complexities of one of Utah's most popular holidays. 'On one hand, I'm Shoshone… and on the other hand, I'm a sixth-generation Latter-day Saint,' Parry said. 'I absolutely love and honor the pioneers who came, but they didn't discover this land. There were people that lived here.' Two sides to the pioneer story According to the LDS church, as many as 70,000 Saints migrated to Utah and the surrounding areas between 1847 and 1868. 'The records of those who made this trek describe… episode[s] of disease, danger, bravery, and miracles,' the church's website reads. 'You have this state holiday when only one side is celebrated and told,' Parry told Parry says telling the Indigenous people's story is not to replace Pioneer heritage and history, but to be a companion to it. He strongly discourages harboring hard feelings of anger towards anyone based on history, but rather encourages people to ask, 'Is there another side to the story?' In a National Park Service historic resource study, the Mormon Pioneers were part of the idea and the realization of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, and that they 'contributed to the growth of white supremacy in the west.' 'I cannot separate that story from the broader one. The story of Manifest Destiny, a belief that drove expansion across this continent at the cost of Indigenous lives, lands, and cultures,' Parry said. 'I think a lot of people don't look at the… problematic side of their ancestors coming here because it was never taught,' he said. The Bear River Massacre According to Parry, before the arrival of Mormon Pioneers, the Shoshone Tribe's home base was centered in Cache Valley, or 'Sihiviogoi' in the Shoshone language, meaning 'Willow River.' Over time, more and more pioneers came and settled in the valley. By 1856, thousands of Pioneers had settled there and had already begun to deplete its natural resources. The late BYU historian, Harold Schindler, wrote in 2012 that tensions began to grow between settlers and the Shoshone, who, 'faced with dwindling lands and food sources, had resorted to theft in order to survive.' 'The saints began writing letters to Salt Lake for somebody to come take care of the 'Indian Problem,'' Parry told adding that the letters eventually made it to U.S. Soldiers at Fort Douglas. According to Schindler, on January 29, 1863, soldiers from Fort Douglas attacked a Shoshoni camp on the Bear River near modern-day Preston, Idaho, killing nearly 300 men, women, and children. However, many Shoshone believe the number to be closer to 400, making it the largest massacre of Indigenous people in the history of the U.S. Healing from 'generational trauma' In an LDS Church history essay, historians detail that while Indigenous peoples in some instances captured horses and burned prairie grass to divert bison away from Latter-day Saint hunters, they were often hospitable and sometimes offered to push handcarts or help the migrants ford rivers. Within 10 years of the Bear River Massacre, Shoshone and Pioneers began to interact with one another, Parry said. 'In May of 1873, 102 Shoshones were baptized members of the LDS Church in the Bear River. The same river that, 10 years earlier, saw the destruction of our people.' According to Shoshone oral history, tribal leaders began having visions and manifestations about a god among the Mormon Church, leading many to join the faith; However, Parry acknowledges that material benefits and security may have been a factor in so many Shoshone joining the church. He concluded, saying, 'We just want to acknowledge the past and allow us to heal from this generational trauma that's existed from 1847 on.' Latest headlines: Two fires ignite near freeway in Salt Lake City, fireworks 'unlikely' cause Trump targets disaster mitigation funds, raising risks in future crises Trump and Powell feud explodes in public White House mulling a rare tool to block spending without Congress: What to know GOP leaders submarined by Epstein uproar Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
San Francisco Chronicle
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
One of S.F.'s most anticipated restaurants is about to open
Once a common snack in Hong Kong, the gold coin — a skewer of stacked chicken liver and pork lard, glazed in char siu sauce and roasted — is going extinct. A rich, fatty treat composed of cast-off cuts, it was known as a proletariat dish. As diners' preferences changed, many Hong Kong restaurants stopped making it. But in San Francisco, chef James Yeun Leong Parry will revive it at his much-anticipated modern Chinese restaurant, the Happy Crane, opening Aug. 8 at 451 Gough St. His golden coin will look different: chicken liver mousse and thin slices of melty, slow-cooked coppa perched atop a house-made bao with pickled ginger and chives. 'A lot of my inspiration comes from humble ingredients or humble dishes and those techniques, I feel, are dying,' Parry said. Parry, a fine dining chef known for his popular Happy Crane popup, hopes to at once preserve traditional Chinese foodways, and interpret them for a new generation. Born in England but raised in Hong Kong, Parry went on to work at Corey Lee's three-Michelin-star Benu in San Francisco, as well as Michelin-starred restaurants in Hong Kong. The Happy Crane is equipped with a hulking, super-hot duck oven to prepare whole Peking-style birds. A stone mill will be used to grind fresh rice for cheung fun, or rice noodle rolls. Parry added a wok station to the kitchen of the prominent corner space in Hayes Valley, last occupied by Lee's French bistro Monsieur Benjamin. The menu is a la carte, though diners can opt for a $120 chef's choice dinner. Dim sum favorites like firecracker shrimp and fish-stuffed eggplant take on new forms and flavors here, the latter topped with sweet uni and Worcestershire sauce (a nod to Parry's birthplace). Braised beef shins ($19) are paired with confit artichokes, sliced to mimic the appearance of beef tendons, and an aromatic sauce made from a master stock. The rice roll ($33), which Parry said has a 'gelatinous' mouthfeel thanks to the fresh-milled rice, comes with crab and a sauce made from crab shells, butter, and shaoxing wine. The craft of siu mei, or roasted meats, is a passion of Parry's. At popups, he made char siu with pork jowl, a cut of meat more common in Hong Kong than the Bay Area, which will continue at the restaurant. The whole ducks, available by pre-order ($110), come with housemade pancakes and tian mian jiang, a thick, fermented sauce that Parry elevates with pluot juice. Parry also plans to apply the techniques of Cantonese duck to roasted Wolfe Ranch quail with lacquered skin ($41). And crispy pork belly ($45), siu yuk, gets its turn in the ripping-hot duck oven. 'Basically, it's several steps of burning the skin to get that crispy, charred flavor,' Parry said. The pork belly is finished on a Japanese charcoal grill and served with a miso hot mustard, choy sum and tomato relish. 'Particularly here in the West where labor is really tough, these traditional elements, because they're very time-consuming and very specific in terms of the craft, people are trying to find shortcuts,' said Parry. 'I understand it economically, but as a craft, I think it's really important to preserve.' Desserts pull on childhood nostalgia: seasonal frozen yogurt, which Parry grew up eating in Hong Kong, and mochi balls that channel the chocolate-hazelnut flavor of Ferrero Rocher, a typical Chinese New Year gift. Parry and Happy Crane bar manager Carolyn Kao (previously of top spots True Laurel and Good Good Culture Club in San Francisco and Oakland bar Viridian) brought in Kevin Diedrich of famed San Francisco bar Pacific Cocktail Haven to develop drinks. They play with Chinese ingredients like lychee, red bean and five-spice throughout the menu. The Rosy Dawn, one of the first cocktails recorded in Hong Kong by writer Charles H. Baker, mixes gin with jasmine, coconut-fig leaf-rhubarb cordial and cherry liqueur. Diedrich reinterpreted Pacific Cocktail Haven's popular gimlet for the Happy Crane with sakura tea, a cordial made from Japanese citrus, and dried tangerine peel bitters, a traditional Chinese seasoning. Nonalcoholic drinks and Chinese teas will also be available. General manager and advanced sommelier Justin Chin, who previously worked at San Francisco fine-dining restaurants Gary Danko, Spruce, Ju-Ni and Hina Yakitori, developed the wine list. It's largely focused on Champagne, German Riesling and Burgundy. Wines by the glass range from $16 to $37 for high-end Champagne. 'I think a lot of people think of wine as an afterthought with Chinese food,' said Chin, a San Francisco native who grew up visiting family in Hong Kong.' I think it's appropriate to showcase that wines at this level can match the food, or vice versa.' The Gough Street building with dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows has been transformed into a warm, open space filled with personal touches. Two stone mythical creature statues, given to Parry by his uncle as symbols of protection and prosperity, flank the front doors. Banquettes are made from English tweed. Parry's sister, Yolande, painted artwork in the moody bathroom and illustrations for the cocktail menu. The heart of the dining room is a 14-seat wraparound bar covered in wavy, textured layers of plaster, meant to evoke a style of traditional Chinese landscape painting. Dishes will be served on bowls and plates made by a Taiwanese artist and a local ceramicist. A large floral paper lantern hangs over a 12-seat private dining room, which will be used for general reservations when it's not booked. The Happy Crane adds to a wave of next -generation Chinese restaurants. Chef-owner Brandon Jew is often credited with leading the charge when he opened Mister Jiu's in San Francisco in 2016. Two alumni of the Chinatown Michelin-starred restaurant are now running nationally acclaimed newcomer Four Kings. The genre, Parry said, is 'starting to wake up and gather momentum with these modern versions of Chinese cuisine through different people's lenses.' The Happy Crane. Opening Aug. 8. 5-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 451 Gough St., San Francisco.
South Wales Argus
5 days ago
- South Wales Argus
Cwmbran man assaulted man and headbutting police officer
Marcus Parry, 28, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court after committing a string of offences in Cwmbran on April 20 last year. Alice Sykes, prosecuting, told the court a man woke up in his own home in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom. But when he got to the bathroom, he was attacked by Parry. The defendant punched the man in the face and body, and then 'rained blows' down on the victim. The victim felt a palpitation in his chest, and the next thing he remembered was waking up to find the defendant was gone. Doorbell footage showed Parry had entered the man's home at around 2.30am and left at around 2.40am. The victim attended The Grange Hospital and was found to have 'no lasting injuries', but a number of cuts and bruises. In a statement read out to court, the victim said he was 'angry' that someone would break into his home and attack him. Police attended his address and the defendant was located nearby a short time later. A lone female officer came across Parry and noticed he was swaying on his feet – appearing to be under the influence, The defendant then headbutted the officer, connecting with the bridge of her nose. A struggle broke out, during which the officer punched Parry twice in an attempt to daze him. In a victim impact statement, the officer said she was 'alone', 'smaller' and 'at a physical disadvantage'. Parry surrendered after the officer warned she would use her PAVA spray. When searched in custody, Parry was found in possession of Benzodiazepine – a Class C drug. Ms Sykes said Parry was also identified damaging the front doors at Discount Pram Centre that night. The defendant was recorded on CCTV jumping over the gates, picking up a metal pole, and smashing the front doors at around 1am that night. The defendant, of Cardigan Crescent in Croesyceiliog, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assaulting an emergency worker, criminal damage, and possession of a Class C drug. The court heard Parry had no previous convictions. Judge Jeremy Jenkins told defence counsel Sol Hartley that he intended to follow the recommendations in the reports prepared on Parry. 'There is a bed available for Mr Parry,' Mr Hartley said. 'He is currently an inpatient.' Judge Jenkins said he was 'satisfied on the evidence' that Parry was suffering from schizophrenia. He sentenced the defendant to a hospital order under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Sydney Morning Herald
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Magic on 13: This golfer has hit 10 career aces. This one was his best
On the first green at Royal Portrush, as Marc Leishman stared at his 25-foot putt looking to start his third round with a birdie, the crowd erupted over his right shoulder. It wasn't for Irish hero Rory McIlroy. He was still two hours away from teeing off. The noise came from the 13th green – a 176-metre downhill par three. It shares a corner of the course with the 17th, and the grandstands between them form a natural amphitheatre, primed for moments like this. The eruption came from both sides of the green because Englishman John Parry had just made a hole-in-one. The ball pitched near the front of the green, held its line, and disappeared. Parry, 38, from the spa town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, turned instinctively and high-fived the first person he saw — his American playing partner Justin Leonard. Then Leonard's caddie. Then his own. It was likely the first — and perhaps the only — ace of the 153rd Open Championship. Asked how many he'd now had in his career, Parry grinned.
