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# Nannestad

Nannestad is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen.

## History

Nannestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Store norske leksikon writes that "At søndre Låke gård (a farm), South of Nannestad Church, Skule Bårdsson beat Birkebeinar (a political group), [... on a battlefield] South of the farm".

## Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nannestad farm (Old Norse: Nannastaðir), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of Nanni (an old Norse male name) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three yellow coltsfoot flowers on a green background. This is a flower that is prevalent in the area.

## Geography

Nannestad is located in northwestern Akershus county, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of Maura, Åsgreina, Eltonåsen, Steinsgård and Teigebyen, that last being the administrative centre.

## Demographics

In 2017, 539 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 239 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.
| Ancestry | Number |
| Poland | 539 |
| Lithuania | 239 |
| Pakistan | 179 |
| Sweden | 156 |
| Philippines | 143 |
| Thailand | 117 |
| Germany | 61 |
| Romania | 56 |
| Iran | 56 |
| Syria | 53 |

## Notable people

* Hans Georg Jacob Stang (1830 in Nannestad – 1907) a Norwegian attorney and Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm from 1888–1889
* Oluf Wesmann-Kjær (1874 in Nannestad – 1945) a shooter, competed at the 1920 & 1924 Summer Olympics
* Olaf Helset (1892 in Nannestad – 1960) an Army Major General and sports administrator
* Håkon Christie (1922 in Nannestad – 2010) an architectural historian, antiquarian and author
* Bjarne Røtterud (1929 in Nannestad – 2011) a Norwegian abstract painter
* Gard Kristiansen (born 1972 in Nannestad) a retired football defender with 269 club caps
* Katrine Moholt (born 1973 in Nannestad) a Norwegian TV personality and singer
* Sven Atle Kopperud (born 1977 in Nannestad) stage name Silenoz, guitarist, founded the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir in 1993
* Posthum (founded 2004) a black metal band founded by Jon Kristian Skare and Morten Edseth

## Gallery

* Nannestad plaza
* Nannestad upper secondary school
* Field of Nannestad
# Nannosquilla decemspinosa

Nannosquilla decemspinosa is a species of long-bodied, short-legged mantis shrimp. It lives in shallow sandy areas along the Pacific coast of Central and South America.
It is most well known because when stranded by a low tide the 3 cm stomatopod lies on its back and performs backwards somersaults over and over. The animal moves up to 2 meters at a time by rolling 20-40 times, with speeds of around 72 revolutions per minute - 1.5 body lengths per second (3.5 cm/s). Researchers estimate that the stomatopod acts as a true wheel around 40% of the time during this series of rolls. The remaining 60% of the time it has to "jumpstart" a roll by using its body to thrust itself upwards and forwards.
# Nastätten (Verbandsgemeinde)

Nastätten is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its seat is in Nastätten.
The Verbandsgemeinde Nastätten consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
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# 2018 LET Access Series

The 2018 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from April through November 2018 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.
The Jabra Ladies Open, held at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France and since 2014 the European qualifying competition for the Evian Championship, became the tour's first dual-ranking event with the LET.
The Order of Merit was won by Emma Nilsson, who in the process also became the first player to secure 4 career titles on the tour.

## Tournament results

The table below shows the 2018 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.
| Dates | Tournament | Location | Prize fund (€) | Winner | Notes |
| 6–8 Apr | Terre Blanche Ladies Open | France | 40,000 | Marita Engzelius (1) | |
| 4–6 May | VP Bank Ladies Open | Switzerland | 40,000 | Noemí Jiménez (1) | |
| 31 May – 2 Jun | Jabra Ladies Open | France | 120,000 | Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (1) | Dual-ranking event with the Ladies European Tour |
| 7–9 Jun | Viaplay Ladies Finnish Open | Finland | 40,000 | Julia Engström (1) | |
| 14–16 Jun | AXA Czech Ladies Challenge | Czech Republic | 35,000 | Carmen Alonso (1) | |
| 20–22 Jun | Lavaux Ladies Championship | Switzerland | 50,000 | Fanny Cnops (1) | |
| 28–30 Jun | Belfius Ladies Open | Belgium | 40,000 | Emma Nilsson (4) | |
| 4–6 Jul | Ribeira Sacra Patrimonio de la Humanidad International Ladies Open | Spain | 35,000 | Johanna Gustavsson (2) | |
| 9–11 Aug | Anna Nordqvist Västerås Open | Sweden | 35,000 | Emie Peronnin (1) | |
| 15–17 Aug | Bossey Ladies Championship | France | 50,000 | Elia Folch (1) | |
| 30 Aug – 1 Sep | Turfman Allerum Open | Sweden | 35,000 | Rachael Goodall (1) | |
| 13–15 Sep | WPGA International Challenge | United Kingdom | 35,000 | Manon De Roey (1) | |
| 8–10 Nov | Santander Golf Tour LETAS El Prat | Spain | 35,000 | Julia Engström (2) | |

## Order of Merit rankings

The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.
| Rank | Player | Country | Events | Points |
| 1 | Emma Nilsson | Sweden | 11 | 22,492 |
| 2 | Noemí Jiménez | Spain | 10 | 19,947 |
| 3 | Elia Folch | Spain | 12 | 18,387 |
| 4 | Astrid Vayson de Pradenne | France | 8 | 17,123 |
| 5 | Cloe Frankish | England | 13 | 14,677 |
| 6 | Sanna Nuutinen | Finland | 12 | 13,568 |
| 7 | Emie Peronnin | France | 13 | 12,665 |
| 8 | Manon De Roey | Belgium | 11 | 12,554 |
| 9 | Fanny Cnops | Belgium | 12 | 12,120 |
| 10 | Laura Fuenfstueck | Germany | 12 | 11,599 |
Earned membership for the 2019 Ladies European Tour.
# Echo Bay, Saskatchewan

Echo Bay (2016 population: 40) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 16. It is on the shores of Big Shell Lake in the Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496.

## History

Echo Bay incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1982.

## Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Echo Bay had a population of 68 living in 40 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of 70% from its 2016 population of 40. With a land area of 0.74 km$^2$ (0.29 sq mi), it had a population density of 91.9/km$^2$ (238.0/sq mi) in 2021.
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Echo Bay recorded a population of 40 living in 20 of its 143 total private dwellings, a 5.3% change from its 2011 population of 38. With a land area of 0.8 km$^2$ (0.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 50.0/km$^2$ (129.5/sq mi) in 2016.

## Government

The Resort Village of Echo Bay is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Saturday of every month. The mayor is Joe Tindall and its administrator is Tara Bueckert.
# Netherlands at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

## Bobsleigh

Men
| Event | Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Two-man | Job van Oostrum John Drost | 52.86 | 15 | 53.58 | 22 | 52.79 | 18 | 52.76 | 15 | 3:31.99 | 16 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Geert Kuiper | 39.13 | 16 |
| 500 m | Hein Vergeer | 38.94 | 13 |
| 500 m | Jan Ykema | 39.03 | 14 |
| 1000 m | Hilbert van der Duim | 1:17.46 | 7 |
| 1000 m | Hein Vergeer | 1:17.57 | 10 |
| 1000 m | Jan Ykema | 1:18.81 | 20 |
| 1500 m | Hilbert van der Duim | 1:59.77 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Frits Schalij | 2:00.14 | 10 |
| 1500 m | Hein Vergeer | 2:00.59 | 12 |
| 5000 m | Hilbert van der Duim | 7:19.39 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Frits Schalij | 7:28.17 | 17 |
| 5000 m | Robert Vunderink | 7:25.19 | 14 |
| 10,000 m | Hilbert van der Duim | 15:01.24 | 10 |
| 10,000 m | Yep Kramer | 14:59.89 | 9 |
| 10,000 m | Robert Vunderink | 15:14.45 | 17 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Alie Boorsma | 1:02.05 | 33 |
| 500 m | Thea Limbach | 44.31 | 27 |
| 500 m | Ria Visser | 45.05 | 30 |
| 1000 m | Alie Boorsma | 1:28.40 | 23 |
| 1000 m | Yvonne van Gennip | 1:25.36 | 6 |
| 1000 m | Thea Limbach | 1:28.12 | 21 |
| 1500 m | Yvonne van Gennip | 2:10.61 | 11 |
| 1500 m | Thea Limbach | 2:10.35 | 9 |
| 1500 m | Ria Visser | 2:11.06 | 13 |
| 3000 m | Yvonne van Gennip | 4:34.80 | 5 |
| 3000 m | Thea Limbach | 4:42.84 | 13 |
| 3000 m | Ria Visser | 5:14.80 | 25 |
# 2021 Fordham Rams football team

The 2021 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Joe Conlin, the Rams compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing third in the Patriot League. Fordham played home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at Nebraska* | Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE | BTN | L 7–52 | 85,938 |
| September 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 20 Monmouth* | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | ESPN+ | L 23–26 | 3,752 |
| September 18 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic * | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | ESPN3 | L 14–45 | 17,132 |
| September 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at Stony Brook * | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | | W 31–14 | 5,765 |
| October 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | Fisher StadiumEaston, PA | | W 42–41 | 2,950 |
| October 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Wagner* | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | ESPN+ | W 56–7 | 3,258 |
| October 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | | W 66–21 | 1,363 |
| October 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | ESPN+ | W 35–28 | 0 |
| November 6 | 12:30 p.m. | at Georgetown | Cooper FieldWashington, DC | ESPN+ | W 41–20 | 2,501 |
| November 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Holy Cross | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | ESPN+ | L 24–52 | 3,265 |
| November 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Colgate | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | ESPN+ | L 31–45 | 1,312 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### at Nebraska

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cornhuskers | 7 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
at Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
* Date: September 4, 2021
* Game time: 11:00 a.m.
* Game weather: Cloudy, 68 °F (20 °C)
* Game attendance: 85,938
* Referee: Bryan Banks
* TV announcers (BTN): Mark Followill (play-by-play), Matt Millen (analyst), Elise Menaker (sideline)
* Sources: huskers.com
| Statistics | FORD | NEB |
| First downs | 12 | 34 |
| Total yards | 292 | 633 |
| Rushes/yards | 28–129 | 65–329 |
| Passing yards | 163 | 304 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 18–30–3 | 21–30–0 |
| Time of possession | 23:39 | 35:21 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Fordham | Passing | Tim DeMorat | 17/29, 165 yards, TD, 3 INT |
| Fordham | Rushing | Trey Wilson III | 13 carries, 75 yards |
| Fordham | Receiving | DeQuece Carter | 5 receptions, 69 yards |
| Nebraska | Passing | Adrian Martinez | 17/23, 254 yards, 1 TD |
| Nebraska | Rushing | Markese Stepp | 18 carries, 101 yards |
| Nebraska | Receiving | Samori Toure | 8 receptions, 133 yards |
# 2021 WNBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2021 WNBA Commissioner's Cup was the WNBA's first ever Commissioner's Cup in league history. The Cup Final featured the top Eastern Conference Cup Connecticut Sun facing off against the top Western Conference team Seattle Storm. The Sun came into the Cup Final with a Cup record of 9–1 against fellow Eastern Conference teams, while the Storm entered with a 8–2 record against their Western Conference counterparts.
Led by Cup MVP Breanna Stewart, Seattle won the game by double-digits, claiming the inaugural Cup Final Title.

## Road to the Cup Final

The Commissioner's Cup starts by designating a portion of regular-season games – 10 games per team – as counting towards Cup play. The team from each conference with the top record in designated “Cup games” then compete for the Commissioner's Cup title and a special prize pool. Cup games are the first home game and first road game each team plays against its five conference rivals.

### Standings

Eastern Conference :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
| 1 | Connecticut Sun | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago Sky | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | New York Liberty | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Atlanta Dream | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Washington Mystics | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Western Conference :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
| 1 | Seattle Storm | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota Lynx | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Las Vegas Aces | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Phoenix Mercury | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Dallas Wings | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Los Angeles Sparks | 10 | 1 | 9 |

## Game Summary

Coming out of the Olympics Break, Seattle showed no signs of fatigue with having 5 players playing in the Olympics. They worked well together and jumped out to an early lead. The Sun battled back together down 10 after the first quarter. The game was back and forth in the second quarter and the Sun trailed by just five with 4:50 to play in the second and would have cut their deficit to eight at the break had DeWanna Bonner's half court make just after the buzzer counted. It wasn't until the Storm won the third 22-5 that the game was truly out of reach.
Seattle scored the first eight points out of the break with four coming from Sue Bird, who ended the second with a trey. The Storm went on to lead by as many as 31 and Bird finished with 10 points and five assists. The third member of Seattle's big three, Jewell Loyd, notched 16 points and three assists.
* Amazon Prime
* August 12 7:00pm ET
* Report
Seattle Storm 79, Connecticut Sun 57 :
| Scoring by quarter: 28-18, 18-17, 22-5, 11-17 |||
| Pts: Breanna Stewart (17) Rebs: Mercedes Russell (7) Asts: Sue Bird (5) | Pts: Bonner Hiedeman 11 Rebs: Brionna Jones (11) Asts: Jasmine Thomas (3) |
* Footprint Center Attendance: 5,006 Referees: Eric Brewton, Cheryl Flores, Tiara Cruse
# Detlef Roth

Detlef Roth (born 1969) is a German operatic bass-baritone.

## Life and career

Born in Freudenstadt, Roth studied singing with Georg Jelden at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. During his studies he won the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin in 1990, the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna in 1992 and the International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices in Strasbourg in 1994.
His opera repertoire includes works by Richard Wagner such as Wolfram von Eschenbach in Tannhäuser, Der Heerufer des Königs in Lohengrin, Donner in Das Rheingold, Amfortas in Parsifal and Gunther in Götterdämmerung. Other vocal parts are Papageno in Die Zauberflöte by Mozart, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart and roles in Hans Heiling by Heinrich Marschner, Die Bassariden by Hans Werner Henze and Königskinder by Engelbert Humperdinck.
His repertoire as a concert singer includes Elias by Felix Mendelssohn , A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms, among others, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Passions, masses and oratorios by Johann Sebastian Bach and Lieder by Franz Schubert.
Roth sang at the Milanese la Scala, the Royal Opera House in London, the Lincoln Center in New York and the Paris Opera and performed at the Bayreuth Festival, the Salzburg Festival and the Salzburg Easter Festival. Well-known orchestras with which he has sung include the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. With the French soprano Sandrine Piau and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France he performed Mozart's love arias at the Cité de la musique in Paris.

## Collaboration on CD releases

* Symphonie Nr. 9 in D minor op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven, BMG Ariola, Hamburg 1999 (Bass)
* Doktor Faust by Ferruccio Busoni, East West Records, Hamburg 1999
* Konzert für Klavier und Orchester a-Moll op. 7 by Clara Schumann, Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt 2001 (bass)
* A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms, Cappella, Wiesbaden 2001
* Königskinder' by Engelbert Humperdinck, Universal Music Entertainment, Berlin 2006
* Sinfonien 1–9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 2007 (bass)
* Die erste Walpurgisnacht by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Farao, Munich 2010
* Deutsche Volkslieder, part 1: Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär. Sony Music Entertainment, Munich 2010
* St John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 245), Förderkreis Thomanerchor, Leipzig 2011 (bass)
* Regina by Albert Lortzing, Cpo, Georgsmarienhütte 2013
# Devil Water

Devil Water is a 1962 historical fiction novel by Anya Seton.
A 2007 edition features a foreword by Philippa Gregory.

## Plot

Charles Radcliffe escapes from Newgate Prison after his brother's execution during the Jacobite rising of 1715. Charles' daughter Jenny travels across the Atlantic Ocean to Williamsburg, Virginia and William Byrd's plantation.

## Reception

Robert Scholes in The New York Times Book Review wrote, "The author has missed, or perhaps deliberately avoided, opportunities for really exciting scenes[...] "When Miss Seton merely fictionalizes history, relying on the actual diaries of William Byrd of Virginia, or quoting verbatim letters of Byrd and the Earls of Derwentwater, she manages well. The embarrassing moments in the narrative come from her piecing out of the gaps inconveniently left by history."
Fanny Butcher wrote "mixed by Miss Seton's skillful hands, the dust of the past becomes the clay of the artist and is molded into memorable, lifelike form."
It was also reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.
Devil Water reached #5 on The New York Times Best Seller list.
# New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates in the 1969 Manitoba provincial election

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) fielded a full slate of 57 candidates in the 1969 provincial election, and won 28 seats to emerge as the largest party in the provincial legislature. After a brief period of political uncertainty, the party was able to form a minority government.
Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here. This page also includes information about New Democratic Party candidates in by-elections between 1969 and 1971.

## Candidates
### Birtle-Russell: Donald Kostesky

Donald Kostesky was 22 years old in 1969, and was a farmer in Rossburn. He joined the New Democratic Party in 1964, and first ran for the party in a February 1969 by-election. He finished a close second in the general election, despite the fact that his party did not have strong historical roots in the Birtle-Russell division. His brother, Ronald Kostesky, was a New Democratic Party candidate in the 1966 provincial election.
Kostesky was listed as the CEO and general-manager of Farmers Co-op Seed Plant Ltd. in 1994. He is now retired from farming, but remains CEO of the seed co-operative, which has been renamed Red Sper Enterprises Ltd.
Electoral record :
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
| provincial by-election, 20 February 1969 | Birtle-Russell | New Democratic Party | 1,034 | 22.69 | 2/3 | Harry Graham, Progressive Conservative |
| 1969 provincial | Birtle-Russell | New Democratic Party | 2,263 | 37.74 | 2/3 | Harry Graham, Progressive Conservative |

### Morris: William Loftus

William Thomas Loftus (June 21, 1916 – August 6, 2008) was raised and educated in the Norwood area of Winnipeg, and attended the University of Manitoba. He was a farmer in La Salle at the time of the election. He was also an Air Canada captain of long standing, having joined the service in 1944. In religion, he was a member of the United Church of Canada.
Loftus ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in three provincial elections, in an area where the party did not have a strong organizational base. He later worked for the government, after the NDP won election under Edward Schreyer's leadership.
Electoral record :
| Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
| 1966 provincial | Morris | New Democratic Party | 370 | 11.65 | 3/3 | Harry Shewman, Progressive Conservative |
| provincial by-election, 20 February 1969 | Morris | New Democratic Party | 276 | 8.46 | 3/3 | Warner Jorgenson, Progressive Conservative |
| 1969 provincial | Morris | New Democratic Party | 712 | 15.48 | 3/4 | Warner Jorgenson, Progressive Conservative |
# Detroit Curling Club

The Detroit Curling Club is an organization that promotes the sport of curling in the Detroit area. Its home is a four-sheet facility located in Ferndale, Michigan. It is one of the oldest curling clubs in the United States, founded in 1840. It is the oldest in Michigan, and the present-day club was founded in 1885 following the merger of several organizations.

## Origins and history

The Detroit Curling Club was founded by local farmers and was one of several organizations that had been formed in the Detroit area post-civil war. These groups largely contested their games on a frozen Orchard Lake - in recent years, divers have found curling rocks from these games at the lake's bottom.
The club first moved to an outside facility next to the Detroit Athletic Club and built its first indoor facility in 1906 at 1236 Forest Avenue in Detroit. In 1979, the facility was bought out by an expanding Wayne State University, and the club moved to a new home in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Hard times fell on the club in the mid-1990s when small membership numbers and high taxes threatened the life of the club. For a few years, the club looked for a new, dedicated facility that would suit the club for years to come. An arrangement was drawn up with the city of Ferndale, the club purchased land in Martin Road Park, then donated the land back to the city, and leased the property for 99 years. This allowed the club to build a new rink with curling in mind.
The current facility opened in January 2002. With network coverage of curling during the 2002 and 2006 winter Olympics, membership has soared and in February 2006, a single day open house drew a crowd of 500 first-time curlers. The facility also doubles as a community center in the summer time when the club does not curl as it is too difficult to maintain the ice during the summer heat.
The club is a founding member of the Ontario Curling Association despite being in a different country. Members are allowed to play in provincial championships in Ontario. Detroit's curling ties to Canada date back to 1917 when they first played against teams from Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario.
# N'Savenni

N' Savenni is a village and rural commune in Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania.