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Rain didn’t dampen the holiday spirits of those celebrating Independence Day in Fountain Park, where the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display was held Thursday night. The celebration in the park also included a variety of games, activities and food.

Mission group helps tornado victims

BY ALYSSA RECK Staff Writer pdceditorial@civitasmedia.com HOLTON, Ind. — Over the past 15 months, dozens of volunteer groups have spent time in Holton, Ind., after a tornado hit the small town March 2, 2012.

The town experienced destruction, houses shifted off foundations, downed power lines, debris, and the death of two residents.

The Covington United Church of Christ mission group from Covington, volunteered in Holton, June 28 to July 3. ”After everything these people have been through, they are still able to trust people,” Joanie Shields said.

The UCC mission group coordinated their trip through the Holton Long Term Recovery group, which is a private, nonprofit organization that was put in place to oversee the rebuilding of Holton.

When planning the trip, the UCC mission group was unsure of what tasks they would be assigned, but found that there was still many things that they could do to help.

”Residents aren’t picky and hope for the best,” said Judy Young. “We are grateful to the Holton Christian Church, who housed us this week.”

During the second day of their trip, the UCC mission group helped a resident move into their home, which was the third house built.

Later, a ribbon cutting ceremony was conducted, which many people attended to celebrate the occasion.

Ironically, the ribbon used was caution tape.

Other tasks done by the UCC mission group was cleaning, building porches, painting, and other odd jobs.

Four UCC volunteers spent over an hour, sorting through bins filled with nuts, screws, bolts, and nails, to create an inventory of the supplies available. ”All money and donations go towards supplies, so after the work is done here, the plan is to pass the extra supplies forward, ” Philip Deiwert, volunteer coordinator of Holton Long Term Recovery Group, said.

When the construction process started the Voluntary Organizations Active in Disas-

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Tyler Henry and Alex Bitner, both of Covington, use a table saw to cut planks for a small porch.

Jacob Cloney, son of Mike and Penny Cloney, sits in the background watching the UCC mission group work on his future home. ter (VOAD) was a valuable resource to the Holton Long term Recovery Group, according to Deiwert.

Residents recall the tornado and their survival. ”It pick and choose. A house across the street from us was

completely untouched,” Mike Cloney, resident of Holton, said.

“But our house was gone.”

Cloney was at home when the tornado hit. His children had just returned from school when the siren went off. His wife, Penny Cloney, was at work.

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Emergency personnel from Piqua, Miami County and Fletcher work the scene of an ATV crash in the 9600 block of Country Club Road, near Piqua, shortly after 6 p.m.Thursday. A witness said the adult female victim was attempting to make a turn into a driveway at an estimated 30 miles per hour when she lost control, flipping the ATV. Sheriff's deputies said the victim, identified as Angel Kooken, 29, from Troy, was not wearing a helmet and appeared to suffer "significant head injuries." CareFlight was requested but was unable to fly due to weather conditions. Kooken was transported to Upper Valley Medical Center by Piqua Fire Department medics and later taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where she was in critical condition Thursday night.

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Mandela on life support as family gravesite restored

BY JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces “impending death,” court documents show, as his family gravesite was restored Thursday.

Mandela’s health is “perilous” and he is being kept alive by life support, according to documents filed in the court case that resulted in the remains of the former president’s three deceased children being reburied Thursday in their original graves.

“The anticipation of his impending death is based on real and substantial grounds,” the court filing said.

“He’s basically gone,” said Charlene Smith, an authorized biographer of the former anti-apartheid leader. “He’s not there.

He’s not there.”

A younger person put on mechanical ventilation life support can be weaned off the machine and recover, but that it can be difficult or impossible for an older person. The longer a person is on ventilation the less the chance of recovery, said the chief executive of the Faculty of Consulting of South Physicians Africa.

“It indicates a very poor prognosis for recovery because it means that he’s either too weak or too sick to breathe on his own,” said Dr. Adri Kok, who has no connection to Mandela’s care. “Usually if a person does need that, any person, not keeping in mind his age at all, for any person it would be indicative of a grave illness.”

“When they say ‘perilous’ I think that would be a fair description,” she said.

In Mandela’s hometown, Qunu, on Thursday, the bodies of three of his children were returned to their original resting site following the court order.

Family members and community elders attended a ceremony on the Mandela property that included the singing of hymns. The reburial took place in Qunu, where Mandela grew up and where the former president has said he wants to be buried. Forensic tests earlier confirmed the remains were those of Mandela’s children.

Grandson Mandla Mandela moved the bodies to his village of Mvezo Nelson Mandela’s birthplace in 2011. The two towns are about 25 kilometers (15 miles) apart. Fifteen Mandela family members pursued court action last week to force the grandson to move the bodies back to their original bur-

ial site.

Mandla Mandela the oldest male Mandela heir and a tribal chief told a news conference on Thursday that “my grandfather like myself would be highly disappointed in what is unraveling.”

The bitter family feud comes as Mandela remains in critical condition nearly a month after being hospitalized for a recurring lung infection.

Mlawu Tyatyeka, an expert on the Xhosa culture of Mandela’s family, said the court case over the graves was decided quickly because the family knows that Mandela will soon die.

“It’s not a case of wishing him to die. It’s a case of making sure that by the time he dies, his dying wish has been fulfilled,” he said. “We have a belief that should you ignore a dying wish, all bad will befall you.”

Run for Recovery set for Saturday

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com MIAMI COUNTY – Every day can be a battle for those who struggle with substance abuse, but the Miami County Recovery Council is there to help every step of the way.

Celebrating its fifth annual Run for Recovery 5K allows local runners and other supporters will gather to raise money to help give those in need in the area a step in the right direction towards the path of recovery at 9 a.m. Saturday at Duke Park.

Thom Grim, director of MCRC, said the funds raised at the 5K will go to outpatient services and activities.

“This event receives a great deal of community support,” Grim said. “Peo-

ple can can come walk it, run it and have a good time.”

Grim said more than 150 have pre-registered for the 5K that is set to begin Saturday at 9 a.m.

Grim said he hopes to have more than 200 runners/walkers register for the event this year.

Registration is $20 and can be made on the Miami County Recovery Council website at mcrcinc.org or speedy-feet.com. Day-of registration begins at 8 a.m.

Run for Recovery also includes a free “fun run” to make it a family friendly event.

Grim said the Run for Recovery 5K is a lot like a community picnic with a race in the middle of it.

“We cookout, we grill burgers and hot dogs and everybody just has a great

time for a great cause,” Grim said.

Post-race refreshments include bagels from Panera and hot dogs and hamburgers courtesy of Miami County FOP Lodge 58.

Grim hopes to raise $10,000 for the Miami County Recovery Council, noting last year’s race participation was down due to those who were affected by the summer storm days before the event.

A typical day at Miami County Recovery Council usually entails psychiatric session for up to 25 people a day by part-time medical professionals.

“Our outpatient services provide services on a sliding scale,” Grim said.

“Money from this 5K and other fundraisers like our first-ever quarter auction this year helps with our outpatient services for

those in need.”

The nonprofit addiction and mental-health agency, which has offered services to residents of Miami, Shelby and Darke counties suffering from alcoholor drug-related problems since 1976.

This year’s Run for Recovery has 17 corporate sponsors and 18 community sponsors.

The more than 50 door prizes, race medals and awards will be passed out after the race as well.

Medals will be awarded to top 3 finishers in each age group and plaques to overall male and female winners.Free post-race massages will again be offered on site.

Registration is available online at www.speedy-feet.com. For more information, visit www.mcrcinc.org.

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Obituaries

John Peter Kaplan SIDNEY — John Peter Kaplan, 87, of Sidney, passed away from cancer Wednesday, July 3, 2013.

John w a s b o r n Oct. 16, 1925, o t Peter J. a n d Anna ( T o bias) K a - KAPLAN plan, who are deceased.

He was raised in Valley Falls, R.I. John married Farrel L. (Adams) Kaplan on March 4, 1956, in Harrod, Ohio and later the marriage was blessed by Holy Angels Catholic Church in Sidney. She survives.

Together, John and Farrel had three sons and a daughter. Son, Michael Kaplan died on July 16, 1992. Surviving are David Kaplan and wife Connie of Greenville, Steven Kaplan and wife Patty of Troy and Barbara (Kaplan) Dembski of Sidney; daughter-in-law, Marjorie Kaplan-Schoonmaker of Adrian, Mich.; four grandsons, Nicholas Kaplan and wife Lisa; John R. Kaplan and wife Meredith; Patrick Kaplan and wife Adrianne; Matthew Dembski and wife Kimberly; a s t e p - g r a n d d a u g h t e r, Annie Schoonmaker; two great-granddaughters and a great-grandson.

Also surviving is a daughter from a former marriage, Sharon Bajorin and husband Tom, and three grandchildren in Connecticut, a sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Larry Callahan, two nieces, one nephew, and a half-brother, Peter J. Kaplan in R.I. John retired in October 1987, after 32 years in human resources with Copeland Corporation. He held the position of assistant personnel manager, personnel manager, director of industrial relations, and corporate safety di-

rector during that time. John was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church where he was an usher for 30 years. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 659 in Sidney, a life member of the American Legion Post 217, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4239, Marine Corps League 923, and a charter member of the Senior Center of SidneyShelby County. John served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean Conflict. In retirement, John was the Volunteer Trip Coordinator for the senior citizens at the YMCA and the Senior Center for twelve years.

He also enjoyed fishing, baseball games and playing cards, especially bridge.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Holy Angels Catholic Church with the Rev. Dan Schmitmeyer.

Private burial services with full military honors will be held at a later date at Graceland Cemetery, Sidney. Friends may call at Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home 1-3 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. Sunday. An American Legion prayer service will be held at 6:45 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Angels Catholic Church, 324 South Ohio Ave., Sidney, OH 45365 or Lehman Catholic High School, 2400 St. Mary’s Ave., Sidney, OH 45365 or Wilson Hospice in care of Wilson Memorial Hospital, 915 W. Michigan St., Sidney, OH 45365 or the Amercan Cancer Society in care of Mary Stahlman, 128 Leisure Ct., Sidney, OH 45365. Condolences may be expressed to the Kaplan family on SalmMcGill and Tangeman Funeral Home’s web site at: www.salm-mcgillandtangemanfh.com.

Arva Earl ‘Peanuts’ Shields

Continued from page 1 Minutes later, the siren went off again. He returned to the bedroom with his children and threw a comforter over them. He noticed the windows of the home bubble out, so he grabbed the mattress and threw it over them too. Only a couple minutes past, before their house was hit. ”The sirens tend to go off a lot, but I wasn’t expecting this,” Cloney said.

The Cloney’s have yet to move into their home.

Another area resident was at work when the tornado hit Holton, but remembers trying to get home.

Lonnie Marcum was at work when the tornado warning was issued. She tried to contact her husband, Thurman Marcum, using her cell phone, but was unable to get through. At first, she wasn’t allowed to leave work, but was eventually permitted to go. As she traveled home, she remembers it pouring down rain. ”The entire time, I never thought about us and our home,” Lonnie Marcum said.

A police officer stopped Marcum and asked where she was headed. The police officer told her that she couldn’t get to Holton using the road she was on, so she ended up at a McDonald’s in Versailles, Ind. She received a text from son, telling her to stay there. She told her son that she had to get home and his response was there was no home to return to. The house was gone.

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Pictured above is one of the houses that was built from the ground up, after a tornado destroyed the previous residence. Multiple volunteer groups worked on the house preparing it for a Holton family.

Though a few items were salvaged from their home, most of their belongings were lost.

Marcum’s husband told her that after being thrown more than 2,000 feet, he walked back to where rescuers were searching, knowing that if he hadn’t, he might not have been found.

After 15 months, the Marcum’s moved into their home, June 29. ”It’s a blessing that so many busy people have assisted us,” said Marcum. “We lost so many memories that day.”

Another volunteer group, the Miami County Sheriff ’s Department, spent time July 1-6, completing various jobs, such as electrical work, installing sinks and counter-tops, and putting other finishing touches on the houses. ”Every bit of work we get done is great,” Sgt. Lee McCartney said.

McCartney helped coordinate the trip through the Brethren Disaster Ministries (BDM), which involved other Miami

County Sheriff Department employees and some of their family members.

The third volunteer group was from the Hazel Dell Christian Church, in Carmel, Ind. Their group spent time building and painting storage barns for residents.

One of the barns is for Samantha Hansen, who was killed in an automobile accident March 7, 2013. She is remembered for her smile and glowing personality by loved ones, as well has her desire to help others.

Her mother, Jenny Hansen, recalls their experience with the tornado.

Hansen was at home with her daughters, Samantha and Amanda, when the tornado hit. Her middle daughter, Nikki, was in a neighboring town.

Her daughters worried about their rabbits, so they went outside to get them.

Usually their back door is locked, but remained unlocked after they went

outside.

Hansen contributes the event of getting the rabbits indoors to saving her husband, Matt’s life.

Hansen’s husband had just parked his truck, when he heard the trainlike sound. ”He was able to get inside, because of that door not being locked,” Hansen said.

The property experienced an estimated $150,000 in damage. Their porch was gone, the barn collapsed, grain bins destroyed, and the garage shifted off its foundation. ”We’ve seen so much good in people after the tornado. People walked our fields, picking up debris,” said Hansen.

With generous donations, eight houses that were completely destroyed have been rebuilt, with only minor tasks left before they are finished. Three families have been able to move in so far, with plans to have the other five families in their homes soon.

Other homes that suffered minor damages have also been repaired.

COVINGTON — Arva Earl “Peanuts” Shields, 92, of Covington, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at his home. Earl was born Sept.

4, 1920, in Greenville, to the late Raymond Dale and Sarah (Creager) Shields.

He retired from the U.S. Post Office after 30 years of service, was a 66-year member of the United Church of Christ in Covington, where he served in many different capacities.

After retiring, he ran a lawn care service for 26 years and was a member of the Covington Kiwanis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Ruth Evelyn (Warner) Shields in 2000; two brothers, Leroy and Dale Shields; and three sisters, Lahoma Roegner, Imo Sullenberger and Rhea Slusser.

Earl is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Sue Shields of Covington; tw0 daughters, Pam and her husband, Ron Clark of Covington and Linda Rutmann of Naples, Fla.; seven grandchildren and their

spouses, Jeff and Joanie Shields of Covington, Jim Shields of Covington, Courtnie and Bob Decker of Piqua, Kimberly Woloch of Covington, Scott Williams of Covington, James and Claudine Rutmann of New Carlisle, and Jodi and Mark Hayes of Orlando, Fla.; many greatgrandchildren, great-great grandchildren; sisters-inlaw, Dorothy Feeser of Michigan and Betty Warner of Dayton; step brother-in-law, Marlin Warner, and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, at the United Church of Christ, 115 N. Pearl St., Covington, with Pastor Dan Hathaway officiating.

Interment Miami Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday 3-6 p.m. at Bridges-StockerFraley Funeral Home, Covington. If desired1, contributions may be made to Hospice. Condolences may be left for the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

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Cloudy, chance of showers Rain chances continue today. Even over the weekend, scattered showers and thunderstorms are still going to be around.

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Michael Snow Jr. and Jesse Wright watch as their son Michael Snow III, 5, attempts to toss a ping pong ball into jars to try and win a goldfish at Boy Scouts of America Troop 295’s tent Thursday during Fourth of July festivites at Fountain Park.

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Troy Main Street to present This Side Up TROY — Get ready to sing and dance the night away as This Side Up takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 12, in downtown Troy. The band will perform familiar hits from a vast cache of music that spans decades of radio play.

This Side Up will be featured as part of Troy Main Street’s continuing Summer Music Series on Prouty Plaza.

The Southwest Ohiobased band began performing under the current name This Side Up in 2005 and has retained the established six-person lineup since 2007. This Side Up has grown in popularity throughout the

Miami Valley after exciting performances at Fifth Third Field, The Fraze Pavillion, and Alterfest.

In 2007 the current sixpiece lineup was complete with the inclusion of the three piece horn section “Special Delivery.”

The band also is no stranger to Troy’s Summer Music Series, having performed as recent as 2010.

The performance is set to include the song catalogue of a juke box with the exciting and powerful medium of live performance. This Side Up’s set list spans several decades and reaches as far back as the 1950s to contemporary popular music, and uses a

unique blend of music from several different genres.

According to the band’s website, their music is “guaranteed to get audiences of all ages singing along, dancing or even playing the occasional air guitar.”

Bring the whole family to Prouty Plaza on July 12 and enjoy the warm summer evening and the harmonious, eclectic style of This Side Up. The band says the performance will be guaranteed to “leave you wanting more at the end of the night.”

The concert is free and open to the general public.

Guests should bring

chairs or blankets to accommodate seating.

This Side Up is presented by Troy Main Street with sponsorship from Alvetro Orthodontics, Fifth Third Bank, and Insurance Buckeye Group/ Koverman Dickerson Insurance.

The rain location is Troy Christian High School located at 700 South Dorset Road. Visit www.troymainstreet.org or call 339-5455 the day of the concert for location confirmation in the event of rain.

Information on This Side Up can be found on their website at www.thissideup.us.

Sommer Rayne Shafer Age: 6 Birthday: July 5, 2007 Parents: Tyler Shafer and Eleasha Bridgeman of Covington Grandparents: Tim and Connie Shafer of Bradford Great-grandparents: Don and Betty Magoto of Bradford SOMMER RAYNE SHAFER

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Fruits, veggies meant to aid Ohio river renewal

BY DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Berry bushes and squash vines, apple and pear saplings, and inches-high corn plants growing now are envisioned to blossom into an “edible forest garden” in urban Cincinnati for the benefit of joggers, bicyclists, hikers and those who simply want to relax along a waterway.

Community forest and gardening efforts have been popping up across the country, from Seattle to Pittsburgh, including other urban gardens in this city along the Ohio River. But this new project combines the goals of providing a new source of fresh fruit and vegetables for city dwellers with a long-term effort to renew the river, which has been polluted for decades.

“Basically, we are transforming what this river corridor looks like. We’re giving the river a green edge and making it more inviting for people,” said Robin Corathers, an environmental planner and the executive director of Groundwork Cincinnati, a community-based nonprofit.

The ambitious “Healthy People, Healthy River” project incorporates nutri-

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Bicyclists ride along the Mill Creek Greenway, which is being revitalized by the city of Cincinnati. Corn, berries, apple trees, and other fruits and vegetables just growing now are meant to form an "edible forest garden" along what has been a blighted industrial river through Cincinnati. Such projects, aimed at drawing hikers, bikers and joggers to urban green spaces, are popping up across the country. tion, recreation, education and artwork — along with major environmental cleanup. A 28-mile greenway trail is planned in the Mill Creek watershed, which runs from the Ohio River through Cincinnati and into its northern suburbs. The watershed has long been a receptacle for industrial waste, raw

sewage, residential stormwater runoff and other pollutants. Mill Creek restoration has been underway for two decades, and the edible forest garden is a way to heighten public interest in it, Carothers said.

Fresh, healthy food from the garden is intended to go to people who

live within walking distance and aren’t near a major grocery store, and to food pantries. It’s also hoped the fresh produce will be boost anti-obesity efforts and help attract people to the area for exercise, learning and leisure. The site will include ground vegetation and a tree canopy.

The garden also is a celebration of art.

Jonathan Sears, executive director of Professional Artistic Research Projects in Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood, and community volunteer Lennell Myricks Jr. spent a recent 90-degree morning hoeing rows of recently planted corn in an acre-size maze. Regional sculptors will donate works to be placed throughout the corn maze; when the corn grows tall, people will come upon the works by surprise as they search for the way out.

“Long after the corn is gone, the art will be here,” said Sears. “And people will be able to snack on the other things that are growing.”

His group is among many participants in the forest garden. The Garden Club of Cincinnati is contributing plants and volunteers, and other help comes from neighborhood organizations, students, environmental groups, government programs and corporations.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has made the project one of 1,000 community gardens and greenspaces it plans to help develop by 2018 in a corporate outreach project for its 150th

anniversary.

“There are so many healthy benefits to this,” said Chris Cerveny, a horticulture scientist for Scotts, the lawn products and service company based in Marysville, Ohio.

Scotts has partnered with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which granted $25,000 to the project this year, including donations of topsoil, compost and other Scotts products. The company organized dozens of volunteers to help clear and prepare the soil for planting.

Ten sweat-soaked Duke Energy Corp. volunteers were working on a recent day, wielding machetes and sprayers to clear honeysuckle and other invasive plants along the Mill Creek. The greenway project is helping to revitalize heron, turtle and other wildlife habitat along the Ohio.

Student volunteers are helping to teach local youths more about the area’s history, as well as the environment, nutrition and horticulture.

Some of the newly planted trees are called “Freedom Trees” to celebrate Mill Creek’s role in the Underground Railroad system that helped fugitive slaves reach freedom.

Ohio kennels try to accommodate strange requests

BY JOE BLUNDO Associated Press COLUMBUS (AP) — Lily doesn’t like to sleep alone.

So, when the beagle stays overnight at Cheryl’s Doggie Daycare on the west side of Columbus, an attendant lies down with her on a futon.

“We try to do what the customers ask,” said Cheryl McCool, who owns the business. “They (the dogs) are like children to some of them.”

With the busy summervacation season under way, kennel owners are fielding a fair number of unusual requests from pet owners seeking to board animals.

Kennel owners have been asked to cuddle dogs at bedtime; feed them on china; and, on an Ohio State game day, dress them in Buckeye gear.

“You try to meet every customer’s request as often as possible,” said Adam Schellhammer, whose family owns Camp Bow Wow on the west side a franchise of a national dog-boarding business.

Kennels have a good reason to keep customers happy: In 2012, pet owners spent an estimated $4.16 billion on pet grooming and boarding, according to the American Pet Products Association.

In a recent survey for which Camp Bow Wow franchisees were ques-

tioned about the most memorable requests they’d received from pet owners, one reported that it had been asked to sing “You Are My Sunshine” to a mastiff at bedtime. (The franchisee complied.)

Another was asked to serve red wine to a Great Dane at mealtime and not a cheap variety. (The business said it doesn’t serve alcohol to dogs, and the caller wasn’t heard from again.)

“We’ve actually had to feed a dog on a washcloth.

That’s the only way the dog would eat,” Schellhammer said. “We had one owner who … (said that for) every meal we had to make a chicken potpie.”

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Boarding resorts in Columbus, Hilliard and southern Delaware County order steak or chicken dinners from restaurants for dogs whose owners request them.

“The workers like it because they get to eat the side dishes,” said Pet Palace owner Brian Hudock.

Cliff Boyden, owner of Puptown Lounge in Upper Arlington, hosted one dog that would eat only off a plate. (The owners sent their own china.)

“We had another person who wanted us to give the dog a treat when the Jeopardy! theme song came on.” (The staff complied.)

At Acme Canine in

Lewis Center, Laura Pakis has a regular customer Moose, a 175-pound mastiff who expects a warmed hot dog and liquid from the hot-dog package placed atop his dry food.

“He doesn’t like when we’re gone, so he doesn’t eat very well,” explained Stacy Gotti, owner of Moose. “They have found, if they put hot-dog juice on his food, he likes that, and he’ll eat. You’d never think that a 175-pound dog would be that picky.”

Few requests from dog owners are surprising, Pakis said.

One thought his scent would comfort his dog in his absence, so he went into the kennel bathroom and took off his T-shirt so

the dog could sleep with it.

Another specified that the dog get a nightly bowl of vanilla ice cream.

“Wintertime, they’ll bring in whole outfits,” Pakis said. “On a game day, they’ll ask that the dog wear a sweater with Ohio State on it.”

The OSU sweater might seem a bit of a stretch, but some owners have good reason to ask for special treatment.

Lily, the beagle who likes human sleep mates, was adopted from the Franklin County Dog Shelter and has separation anxiety so intense that she has hurt herself trying to escape a crate, said her owner, Katie Dean.

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“And Jesus called a little child to him, and set him in the middle of them, And said,Truly I say to you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

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or as long as I can remember I have never been one short on words, at least not written (Or typed) ones.

I’ve filled endless journals, diaries, reams of paper, even napkins with words. Usually in a hand best described as a future doctor in the making. (I wish!) There’s even six years of blogging (Now retired) floating out there in cyberspace. Yet, for perhaps the first time ever, I’ve been vexed with trying to find the words for the passing of a great individual. Over and over I have come up empty, and it is not so much for a lack of words but simply trying to find the right ones to give proper weight, justice, and pay tribute to an amazing individual.

As I wrote in my last column, there are details small and large that make such a difference in one’s life (If we choose to watch for them) and this is one of them.A detail that has come near to full circle for me. So the question becomes,how does one pay tribute to an individual who faced insurmountable odds and devastating losses, but had the tenacity to continue on so as to help create a legacy that changed — and continues to change — so many lives for the better?

On top of the fact this individual took the time to share their story with me,one that brought change into my own life,and allowed me an opportunity to meet an amazing family and make a host of new friends.

I haven’t been able to find the right words and it is very distressing. I thought surely the words would come after being sent a photo of the funeral. It was obvious it had been a beautiful, wonderful, and touching tribute, evident BETHANY J. ROYER in the salute of a veteran to one Columnist of their own now gone in a flagdraped casket.

I placed a copy of the photo on my refrigerator so every pass in the kitchen (An imperative pass to get to the front or back doors of the house) I had multiple opportunities to look at it. The hope was to have sudden inspiration, to find just the right thing to say to emphasize this enormous loss.

The words have yet to come and perhaps the reason for the lack is that my own hand is insufficient, that tribute is best left to this great man’s family, so I give to you the following tribute: Jim Hufford was born on July 14, 1926, in Dayton, Ohio.

He died on June 16, 2013. He was a graduate of Bradford High School and a Navy World War II Veteran. He served aboard the ship USS LCI (L) 882 from October 25, 1944 to June 5, 1946. He was on duty and walked in Nagasaki the day after the bombing.

He is survived by his wife, Roberta Matthews Hufford, and his four children: Kristine Martel, Sarasota, Fla., Mike and Suzy Hufford, Columbus, Marcia Hufford, Troy, Robert and Laura Hufford,Orlando,Fla.His grandchildren include Kyle Hufford, Julie Minnich, Faith Hufford, Tony Hufford, Brandon Hufford andTia Hufford.He was preceded in death by the wife of his children, Gloria Hufford, and a granddaughter, Kimberly Hufford.

He is also survived by his sister, Donna Mae Hufford.

Jim Hufford was a toolmaker and retired from General Motors in 1991. Jim and Gloria Hufford along with Ruth and Paul Hahn started the Hahn-Hufford House of Hope (formerly known as The Rehabilitation Center). Each family had a brain injured child and the families were motivated to help their children and others like them thrive.The HahnHufford House of Hope celebrated its 40th year in 2012.Jim Hufford also wrote two books. He wrote his World War II memories, Sea Gnat, at 80 years old. He followed that book with Forever Tenacious in honor of his daughter, Marcia Hufford’s, fiftieth birthday and to honor the commitment Gloria Hufford provided to Marcia along with the Center’s day to day operation.

In lieu of flowers, at Jim Hufford’s request, donations can be directed to: Hahn-Hufford House of Hope, 1306 Garbry Road, Piqua, Ohio, 45356. Mark: In Memory of Jim Hufford.

BY COLLEEN LONG Associated Press

Commentary

Before and after Gettysburg

ton, Eugene Delacroix, ETTYSBURG — William Makepeace We are met on a Thackeray. great battlefield of By the dim and flaring the Civil War. lamps of 150 years of perIt was here 150 years spective we now see that ago that the war turned, Gettysburg split the Civil that its conclusion, while War into two parts: before not visible, was at least and after, much like the imaginable. And it was JACK ROBINSON war split the country in here, four months later, two, setting state against Columnist that a 270-word speech state and sometimes transformed the war from a struggle to save the Union to one to brother against brother.

The year 1863 also stands as a dividsave the soul of the country.

Many acts of heroism occurred here, ing line between two eras, both in the most of them lost to history. Many acts of New World and in the Old. It was the folly and futility occurred here, one of year when ground was broken on the them (Pickett’s Charge) preserved in a transcontinental railroad and when thousand histories and in a nation’s col- Jules Verne published “Five Weeks in a lective memory. Ten remarkable sen- Balloon,” both pointing to a future when tences of enduring wisdom were uttered engineering and scientific exploration here, memorized by generations of Amer- would shape the world.

In that year, six men who would play icans who share the liberty that Abramajor roles in the decades to come were ham Lincoln assured was won here.

Pressed into the soil here were the born: Franz Ferdinand and David Lloyd footfalls of Robert E. Lee, George G. George, one whose assassination at SaraMeade and George Pickett; of 50,000 jevo would start World War I, the other men who would be counted as casualties; whose work at Versailles would end of many multiples more who would sur- World War I; William Randolph Hearst, vive; and, in November 1863, of Lincoln who would boast of starting another war himself — making Gettysburg perhaps and who would personify the growth of the only American town of 2,400 people big media; Henry Ford, who would make ever to bear witness to the toil of so the world mobile with his Model T but render workers immobile with his asmany figures of such grandeur.

Gettysburg is more than three times sembly line; Edvard Munch, whose bigger than it was a century and a half scream against modernity would resago, but it remains one of the few towns onate even in our own time; and Black of its size that does not require a state to Elk, the Lakota Sioux holy man and visionary who would change our own view identify its location.

Gettysburg is not so much a Pennsyl- of the conquest of the continent his peovania town as an American icon. Like ple once dominated.

The importance of Gettysburg was evValley Forge, it belongs to our common history more than to the commonwealth ident instantly. In his diary, New York of Pennsylvania. Both are obscure cor- lawyer George Templeton Strong recogners of the country sanctified by sacrifice nized that the battle removed Philadel— consecrated, you might say, far above phia, Washington and Baltimore from danger of raids, or perhaps even occupaour poor power to add or detract.

But here, even more than at Valley tion, by Confederate forces even as it Forge, we feel the terrible toll of the ter- ended the cult of invincibility that Union rible swift sword, the great losses suf- soldiers had built up around their rival, fered by warriors from both sides when Robert E. Lee. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee the men abandoned the altars of the evening dews and damps and slipped would prevail at Vicksburg after a siege quietly into battle, some of them moving of nearly seven weeks, the Confederate surrender coming a day after the end of silently to their violent deaths.

The beginning of July 1863 was a pe- the conflict at Gettysburg. Together Getculiar American moment — a time when tysburg and Vicksburg provided unmisthe destiny of a continent began to be takable evidence of the superiority of the clarified — but it was not an inevitable Union effort. The Confederacy was sliced moment. In his Second Inaugural Ad- into two parts and its hold on the Misdress in March 1865, Lincoln would note sissippi was broken, prompting Lincoln that soldiers and sympathizers of both to conclude, “The Father of Waters again sides “read the same Bible and pray to goes unvexed to the sea.”

TheAmerica that would emerge out of the the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.” Union forces may CivilWar would be riven by the tensions prohave come to believe that they moved duced by an industrializing nation strugwith God’s gusts at their back, but before gling to reach its economic potential, redeem Gettysburg the resolution of the war was its political promises, rebuild its ravaged countryside and heal its deep emotional Bethany J. Royer is the mother of two munchkins and anything but certain.

Antietam lit the way, and with a wounds, all at the same time. third year psychology student. She can be reached at It was in this period that the DosUnion victory at a creek there the previbroyer@civitasmedia.com. ous September, Lincoln felt sufficient toyevsky brothers published Alexander confidence to contemplate his Emanci- Ostrovsky’s play “Sin and Sorrow Are pation Proclamation. But Gettysburg Common to All,” which provides the leitmay be the better dividing line, and motif for the year, a year in which the 1863, like 1963 a century later, might be soldiers of Gettysburg died to make men the better benchmark to see a world free and in which a country lawyer, while dedicating and consecrating the cemetransformed.

The year 1863 marked the passing of tery at Gettysburg, gave his country a some of the symbolic figures of the old new birth of freedom. era. Besides Stonewall Jackson, who had David M. Shribman is executive editor died at Chancellorsville two months before the fighting at Gettysburg, these fig- of the Post-Gazette (dshribman@postures -- giants of a world that itself was gazette.com, 412 263-1890). Follow him perishing -- left this Earth: Sam Hous- on Twitter at ShribmanPG.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on the Fourth of July months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island in New York Harbor as Americans across the country marked the holiday with fireworks and barbecues.

A large crowd gathered for the holiday and ribboncutting ceremony at Liberty Island with federal officials and New York's mayor.

Lines stretched blocks long for the boat, which left from Battery Park in Manhattan.

Rodney and Judy Long, of Charlotte, N.C., were the first people in line for the boat called Lady Liberty.

They couldn't get tickets to climb to the top of the statue, but they were just glad to be there for the big reopening, they said.

“It's perfect timing for it to reopen. It's really a symbol for what the country is all about,” Rodney Long said.

Heather and Chris Leykam traveled to Liberty Island from Brooklyn with their three kids: Avril, 7, Delilah, whose 6th birthday is Thursday, and Finn, 1.

The family thought it would be fitting to celebrate Delilah's birthday at the Statue of Liberty.

“This to us, Liberty Island, is really about a rebirth,” said Heather Leykam, whose mother's home in Breezy Point was destroyed during Sandy. “It is a sense of renewal for the city and the country.”

Some repairs to brick walkways and docks are ongoing but much of work has been completed since Sandy swamped most of the 12 acres of the national landmark.

The statue was spared in the fall storm, but Lady Liberty's island took a serious beating. Railings broke, docks and paving stones were torn up and buildings were flooded. The storm destroyed electrical systems, sewage pumps and boilers.

Hundreds of National Park Service workers from as far away as California and Alaska spent weeks cleaning mud and debris.

The tiny island was decorated with star-spangled bunting Thursday, but some parts remain blocked off, and the main ferry dock was boarded up.

Parks workers greeted visitors with: “We are so glad to see you!”

The visitors said they were impressed.

“It's stunning, it's beautiful,” said Elizabeth Bertero, of California's Sonoma County. “They did a great job rebuilding. You don't really notice that anything happened.”

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Horror films equal happiness Couple shies from sharing facts for actor Elijah Wood behind twins’ birth

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In this June 24, 2011 file photo, Elijah Wood poses for a portrait in New York. Wood stars in the new FX series “Wilfred.�

BY ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press

The Woodshed Horror Company has three movies in the works. Its first film picked up for distribution, NEW YORK (AP) — To hear Eli- “Toad Road�, was discovered at the jah Wood talk about the 1978 horror film festival Nightmare City slasher film “Halloween,� he (which The Woodshed helped pressounds, well, giddy. ent.) It will hit theaters in October. “I’ve seen it so many times,� he said in a recent interview. “The feelAP: Where did this love of the ing that I get from the movie? It’s horror genre come from? almost like the feeling one would get from watching a Christmas Wood: I think I’ve always been movie. It made me feel happy! Like, relatively fearless, so they never reI don’t know if it’s a sense of nostalally scared me. gia I attach to the film? Maybe I’ve seen it so many times it feels like, AP: What was the first horror you know, an old familiar record or film you ever saw? something. But I put it on and I feel joy watching that film.�

Wood: I saw my first horror film Such is the reaction of a true when I was 5. It was a movie called lover of the horror genre. The 32“Truth or Dare: A Critical Madyear-old actor, known for “The Lord of the Rings� trilogy and his FX TV ness,� and it was a VHS like directseries “Wilfred� and in the music to-video horror film. Part of the world as a popular DJ, has an ency- reason I was excited about watchclopedic knowledge of scary movies, ing it, I remember, was I knew that with a starring role in the new film I wasn’t supposed to. So that of “Maniac� and his own fledgling hor- course as a child you do all the things that you know is not... like ror production company.

Wood plays a serial killer in “Ma- it’s suddenly more exciting. But I niac,� a film told entirely from his love the movie. point of view — you see Wood only AP: Do you have a favorite vilin his reflections or in his hands as lain? they cross in front of the camera.

In a recent interview, Wood said Wood: I love Mike Meyers. He he found the experience to be extremely technical but also an excit- didn’t have a long shelf-life because I didn’t love all the iterations of that ing, collaborative effort. “You go into (shooting from a character. He’s a great rendering of point of view aspect) thinking, ‘It’s the boogey man. Jack Nicholson’s gonna be easy. It’s a single shot but character in “The Shining� is exyou’re under such intense parame- traordinary. I tend to find characters that every scene became a puz- ters from a more rooted, real place to be more frightening and unsetzle.�

Wood’s new production company tling. What happens to Reagan in

“The Exorcist� I love and find horrifyingly scary. Freddy Kruger is more fun. He becomes a jokester which is fun to watch. That’s another angle with horror.

AP: Your TV series “Wilfred� is now in its third season (airing Thursdays at 10 p.m. on FX.) Do you have a theory as to why your character Ryan sees this dog as a man in a dog suit?

Wood: My feeling is that he’s a manifestation of his psyche as a result of having reached an impasse mentally in his life. It’s almost like something has snapped and it’s a part of his psyche that was lying dormant that is now kind of pushing him to live kind of beyond the confines that he’s somehow created for himself or maybe self-imposed, maybe imposed by others in his life.

AP: Ryan addresses his confusion over seeing Wilfred on the series but do you think there will ever be a big reveal about that?

Wood: I don’t think there should be, personally. I think that’s part of the magic of the show. Wilfred is Wilfred and I think people can have their own ideas as to what Wilfred is and why. But, I think if you kind of definitely answer that, even at the end. Like let’s say it ends in two or three more seasons or whatever and the end is the answer, I think that misses the point. I think the point is in the searching and it’s in the relationship and it’s in what’s gained in that relationship.

Review: ‘Way Back’ is charming if predictable

BY JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer There’s something inherently formulaic about summer coming-of-age movies. A quirky, awkward and misunderstood kid takes a summer off from regular life and finds a way — at the beach or by the pool — to, well, come of age, often with the help of an equally quirky adult. Summer ends. Life is changed.

And that’s precisely what happens in “The Way, Way Back,� featuring an expert

cast led by Steve Carell, Toni Collette and the terrific Sam Rockwell as that quirky adult.

Luckily, though, the film, written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, is done with enough skill and delicacy that its adherence to formula doesn’t matter quite so much. Yes, it could have been a better movie had it taken bolder plot turns. But that likely won’t diminish the smile on your face — and very possibly the tear on your cheek — as you exit this charmer of a film.

About that title: “The Way, Way Back� refers to the back seat in a station wagon that faces out to the road — the way, WAY back seat.

Which is where 14-yearold Duncan, played by sensitive newcomer Liam James, sits as he reluctantly heads for a beach vacation with his divorced mom Pam (Collette) and her boyfriend, Trent.

The first scene tells you all you need to know about Trent, a very unlikable character played by the very likable Carell. At the wheel

next to Duncan’s sleeping mom, he barks a question to the teenager: How would you rate yourself, on a scale of 10? When Duncan hazards a weak “six,� Trent replies that in his view, the boy’s a mere three. How’s that for an aspiring stepdad?

It takes a while for Pam to notice her beau’s shortcomings. Meantime, Duncan is trying to find a way to pass the time. He grabs a pink girl’s bike from the yard and heads to the Water Wizz water park.

■Contract Bridge — By Steve Becker You deal and open One Diamond with this hand: What would you bid next if partner responded with: 1. One spade.

2. One notrump.

3. Two diamonds.

4. Three diamonds.

1. Two clubs. It is true that you have 17 highcard points and excellent distribution, when you might have had 13 highcard points and less attractive distribution. It could therefore be argued that a two-club bid does not do justice to your hand, and that you should bid three clubs, forcing partner to continue bidding until a game is reached.

This argument is not

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are the proud parents of beautiful 4year-old twins. After years of infertility, we found out that my husband has a low sperm count. Additionally, I have very few eggs. Ultimately, we conceived our miracles with IVF and the help of a sperm donor.

We do not want to keep this a secret from our children. We want them to eventually know, understand and be proud of the journey it took to bring them into this world.

However, my husband and I are very private people. We understand that once the dialogue with our children begins, others will naturally find out.

My husband still feels very uncomfortable discussing his condition.

How do we explain to our children, friends and family without becoming the focus of gossip and whispers? — PROUD PARENTS DEAR PROUD PARENTS: Infertility among couples is no longer a deep, dark or shameful secret, and the fact that you needed help to have your children shouldn’t generate gossip or whispers because, frankly, it isn’t shocking or titillating anymore.

When your children are old enough to be told the facts of life, they can be told that they were conceived through in vitro fertilization. They do not have to be told every detail all at once. When they are older, they may ask questions about why it was necessary — and when they do, their questions should be answered honestly and in an ageappropriate manner.

DEAR ABBY: Last year I started dating the man I thought I would someday marry. We connected instantly and had a deep love for each other.

We argued during most of our relationship, but strangely, never stopped feeling the way we did at the start. Our connection was undeniable and our love endless.

One night we got into a heated argument over “inappropriate� emails between him and an ex. The argument escalated and I was arrested. Worse than being in trouble with the law for the first time in my life was losing my other half.

Most people would say, “Walk away; you never belonged together.� But I

could be based on as little as six points, you have no right to insist on game. As before, if partner passes two clubs, it is unlikely you have missed a game.

3. Three clubs. You certainly are going to bid at least a game in diamonds, but it is also possible that you might make a slam if partner has the right hand. Three clubs (forcing) is the beginning of an effort to reach six diamonds, and you are hoping partner can cooperate by raising clubs if he has the king, or by cuebidding the ace of hearts if he has that card.

4. Four clubs. A small slam is practically certain, and all your efforts should now be devoted to reaching a grand slam. You

start the ball rolling by bidding four clubs. If partner responds four hearts, showing the ace, you bid four spades, also showing the ace. If partner then bids five clubs, showing the king, you jump directly to seven diamonds, expecting partner to have at least the K-x-x-x of diamonds, the ace of hearts and the king of clubs, which should give you 13 tricks on most layouts.

Of course, partner might keep signing off regardless of how many grand-slam tries you make, in which case you’ll settle for a small slam in diamonds.

Tomorrow: It pays to plan the play.

Advice don’t agree. I have never been in a relationship that had such highs and lows. I miss him and miss sharing my life with him. — CONFUSED AND HEARTBROKEN DEAR CONFUSED AND HEARTBROKEN: Whether you agree with “most people� or not, the most important person — the man you were involved with — no longer wants to be involved with you. As much as you cared for him, if he was sending “inappropriate� emails to an ex, it appears he was not equally devoted to you. The coup de grace was when you became so violent you were jailed.

You may miss what you thought you had with him, but what you need now is a therapist who can help you understand what a healthy relationship is all about, because this wasn’t one. It’s time to accept that this drama is over, because unless you do, you could be labeled a stalker and find yourself in even more trouble.

DEAR ABBY: I met this guy recently and I guess he’s good-looking enough, but the thing is I really like his teeth. Like really, really like them for some reason. They’re just so perfect, and I like the shape and everything.

The thing is, I’ve never actually paid that much attention to anyone else’s teeth, just his. So does this count as a fetish or not? — AM I WEIRD? DEAR AM I: No. If the only thing that attracted you about EVERY man you met was his teeth, you might have a tooth fetish.

But because it’s only this one set of choppers that turn you on, I wouldn’t call that a fetish.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Bidding quiz sound, however. The fact is that the real value of your hand depends primarily on whether partner has good support for either diamonds or clubs. You should therefore tread gingerly rather than commit your side to a game you might have no chance to make. Do not be concerned by the possibility that partner might pass two clubs. If he does, indicating a very weak hand with a preference for clubs, there’s very little chance that you have missed a game.

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Summertime travel tips

BY HOLLY MCELWEE Summertime is vacation time, and a focus on safety can help maximize the experience. Follow these suggestions for a safe trip.

being offered.

Can you hear me now? Investigate your communication capabilities before leaving home, especially for international travel. Don’t assume your smartphone will work in another country. Research this before you depart. Also investigate your ability to check e-mail or have access to the internet before you leave home.

Safeguard your valuables. Leave fancy jewelry or family heirlooms at home. Traveling with these items puts you at greater risk of loss or theft.

Make copies. Leave copies of your credit cards and passports with a family member. Pack another set with you, away from the originals. Having copies of these items expedites the replacement PROVIDED PHOTO process if the originals are Staying with a group is just one safety tip that can help travelers have a suclost or stolen. cessful vacation.

Manage your money.

Don’t flash a lot of money, and leave extra credit cards at home. Spread out the money and credit cards amongst all the adults on the trip to prevent disaster if one person is pickpocketed. Contact credit card companies before departing on an international trip so that your card won’t be flagged as stolen when you use it overseas.

There’s safety in numbers. Avoid being alone and stick together as a group. When traveling with a large group, institute the buddy system.

Always keep kids and

teens with adults.

No news is good news. While some locals are friendly and like to chat up tourists, use caution in these conversations. Be careful about sharing specific travel plans and details. Don’t disclose lodging information or particulars about your route.

Use common sense.

When traveling, use the same common sense that you’d use at home. If you wouldn’t walk down a dark alley at home, then don’t’ do it on vacation. If you wouldn’t leave a bar with a person you just met

at home, then don’t do it in a foreign country. It’s still possible to do fun exciting things on vacation without making poor decisions that endanger your safety.

Keep luggage practical. Pack light and carry as little as possible. Don’t weigh yourself down with numerous pieces of luggage. It impairs your ability to travel swift and light, and it also means you’ve got to keep track of more personal belongings.

Plan ahead and purchase luggage that will best meet the needs of your trip. A bag that works well on a resort vacation isn’t suited to a hiking trip.

Provide contact information. Leave your travel itinerary and all contact numbers with family before you leave town. If you’re traveling internationally, register with the state department prior to departure.

Lock down your house. Take precautions Women should also make for your home while the same considerations you’re away. Light timers, for purses. locked windows and doors, and a house sitter Watch out for street can keep your home safe scams. In touristy areas, street scams abound.

Don’t be fooled into parting with money because you posed for a picture with a cute character or took pictures with adorable local children.

Participation in shoe shinoften hear real-life paring, getting directions, or enting stories that evoke enjoying street musicians two equally strong feelcan turn sour when the ings: on the one hand, sorperformers expect to be row; on the other, paid. Be sure to find out gratefulness. I am saddened the parameters of the sit- to hear these stories, always uation before you partake told to me by loving parents of the goods and services who have conscientiously tried to always do the right thing, but they also cause me to be glad beyond measure my “researchers” had their that I am not raising chilbiggest struggles with the dren today. I got out of the stroller’s weight. Instead of game just in time, it seems.

Willie and I did not have carrying it when it’s folded, to deal with hundreds of the Origami is so heavy, it cable channels, video games, has two additional smaller phones, or the Internet cell wheels on the front so you with its various temptations, can roll it like a suitcase. including social media, Getting it in and out of a pornography that a 5-yearcar was a chore, especially old can access (Click Here if because there were no intu- You’re 18 or Older!), chatitive places with handles to rooms, online gaming, and lift it up with when folded. shopping carts. When my The weight, my sister-in- kids were growing up, we law said, also made for had a television (sometimes), more work to push the period. In 1980, I wrote a colOrigami and baby up a hill, umn in which I speculated compared with other that video games were adstrollers. And when folded, dictive (which we now know it’s hardly compact, mean- is true), and the president of ing it takes up a lot more Nintendo USA sent me a room than an average state-of-the-art video-game system to share with my stroller.

Although the Origami poor, tech-deprived children has a built-in sensor that so I could see for myself how wrong-headed I was. It sat, prevents it from folding if a unopened, in my attic until child is sitting in it, be care- several years ago when I ful that it doesn’t fold or un- gave it away. In short, Willie fold with the child near it. and I had it easy. The worst It’s supposed to stop when thing either of our kids did it senses an obstruction be- was sneak out at night after tween the bars while fold- we were asleep. That would ing, but it nearly crushed a be the son, of course. plastic garbage can I placed One such heartbreaking underneath it. It’s similar story was told to me recently. to vans with side doors that It’s been told to me hundreds open and close automati- of times, actually, and every cally — make sure your time my heart is broken. It child’s hand is far from it begins with good, decent, responsible parents discoverwhen closing it.

The 4Moms Origami ing that their young stroller is built for the For- adolescent boy has accessed pornography of the worst tune 500 CEO with everysort on the Internet. They thing, not for the rest of us confront him. His father who value convenience over talks to him about how fashion. But for the Ferrari- pornography disrespects driving parent who likes to women. The parents make show off their worth in- sure he can no longer access stead of their parenting the Internet at home withskills, this is the stroller for out supervision. The boy figthem. ures out how to get around

It may be called the 4Moms Origami baby stroller, but it really isn’t for moms or babies. It’s for nerdy, gadget-loving dads who love to wait in line to drop $800 on the latest iPad. It’s a baby stroller as if built by “Iron Man’s” Stark Industries, or it should follow Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. Whatever it is, when I first heard about it, I knew I had to review this cutting-edge yet hilariously over-the-top stroller. And with a name like 4Moms, it’s perfect for Utah, right?

The first thing that may catch your eye about the Origami stroller — which is designed by the Pittsburgh company 4Moms — is that you don’t have to push, pull or yank it from its folded state. No more stepping on levers with your foot or trying to stretch the handle bars wider to “inflate” the stroller into position.

With the Origami, you simply push a big orange button, and it automatically unfolds, thanks to small motors inside the frame. You hear a whining sound, and the device rises up and locks into position in just four seconds. Push the button again and it folds right up just as quickly. That alone is going to arouse the techno-parent.

It also has a pair of running lights in front and two more headlights low to the ground for those sunset walks through the park.

There’s an LED screen for mom and dad that displays the outside temperature and walking speed, and a trip and lifetime odometer to track the number of miles. It also has warning indicators to tell you when the stroller is locked into position, not locked or is being blocked by an obstruction while folding.

And get this. It has not one BUT FOUR cup holders.

There is the standard removable storage compartment below the seat, and it has shoulder belts and a hoodie to cover the baby like every other stroller.

But does every other stroller have a four-wheel independent suspension system for a comfortable ride?

There are accessories sold separately to change the color of the seat, an adapter to use a Gracobranded car seat, and a handle bar bag for additional storage. You can even charge your cellphone with the stroller while on the go with an additional $40 accessory.

Why not go all the way and include an iPad stand for the toddler? Just kidding, it doesn’t.

Because the Origami uses a battery for power to fold and unfold, as well as for the headlights, its designers brilliantly included a way to recharge the battery, just by pushing it. The downside is that the stroller makes an audible whirring sound when you push it.

Because the Origami is

packed with all of those high-tech features, it obviously isn’t priced like a $30 umbrella stroller. No, at a staggering $850, this is a stroller for the “1 percent.”

Although pricey, the stroller is well built and fairly rugged. It’s also stylish, with a frame built of dark grey, curved bars made out of composite metal. There was some initial assembly, which was easy enough. And you can’t deny that pressing just one button to fold the stroller, especially when parents always seem to have their hands full, is a nice luxury.

But my wife and I have already survived the toddler years (thank heavens!), so I let my brother and sister in law try out the stroller for a week with their 2-year-old daughter.

They most its incredibly smooth ride. Thanks to the independent suspension, the Origami has a more velvety feel than their other strollers (they have three). They said it was especially good for using on level ground, say, at a shopping mall. My brother said turns were intuitive, “almost like a Segway.”

They liked the visibility of the running lights, which are always on (and the curved metallic frame is also made of a reflective material). The headlights were strong enough to be seen at night. The four cup holders were a hit, as was the efficient use of space.

But given its price, several disadvantages stood out.

At more than 30 pounds,

and sound. Enlist the help of trustworthy neighbors to watch your house and leave contact numbers with them.

Avoid social media. It can be tempting to post fun pictures to social media while you’re on the road, but this just advertises to the world that you’re out of town. Wait until you get home to post fun pictures of your trip.

Be vigilant and be practical when you travel.

Staying safe on your vacation will help everyone to have a great time.

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JOHN ROSEMOND Columnist the blocks, how to disarm the tracking software. The parents find him sitting at the computer, mesmerized, at three o’clock in the morning.

Then his best friend’s parents call to complain that he has introduced their son to Internet pornography. The word gets around. No one will let their children associate with the boy, and the parents figure out that they’ve become untouchable as well. And the boy just keeps right on figuring out how to beat the system.

As the parents tell the story, they’re both fighting back tears. So am I. What should we do? they ask. I tell them it sounds to me that they’ve done all they can.

But it’s not working! they say, in despair. I ask, “Can you accept that you’re not going to be able to completely solve this problem?

Can you accept that the river’s going to find a way around your sandbags, but that you should keep putting out sandbags anyway?”

Then I say something along these lines: “Are you willing to accept not only that this isn’t your fault, that it has absolutely nothing to do with anything you did or failed to do, but also that you are not the appointed agents of change concerning this issue in your child’s life?”

In other words, I tell them, do your best, but don’t expect much in return. Pray for your son. Above all else, keep the demons of guilt at bay. Guilt is the enemy.

And then I feel guilty for being so grateful.

Family psychologist John Rosemond can be reached at www.rosemond.com.

Parent-child contract tips for using digital devices

BY ANGELA HILL Oakland Tribune All through high school, Laila Kazmi bore one of the most serious teenage social stigmas of the 21st century: She had a lowly flip phone.

Her friends all had smartphones, yet she could not get one until she graduated this spring. It wasn’t because of a lack of desire or because of financial inability. It was because her mom said so.

And no texting, either.

“My mom’s main reason for controlling the phone situation was that she believes everything is a distraction to my studies,” says Laila, 17, of Hercules, who just graduated from Salesian High School in Richmond. Looking back, she begrudgingly agrees with her mother’s principles. “As for apps, I feel like (not having them) did help to keep my focus on school. I see my friends spend so much time on Instagram and creating Snapchats.

“But the no-texting rule was frustrating,” she adds.

“Literally everyone texts.

Even my grandma!”

Such standards may seem virtual burdens for kids and teens, but as the digital landscape expands, more parents are finding they need to set specific boundaries for kids’ computer and smartphone use.

And many are doing it in writing -- actually printing out and signing hard-copy contracts with their children.

“Hard-copy documents are important,” says Amy Lupold Bair, author of “Raising Digital Families for Dummies” (Wiley, $21.99) , which offers downloadable sample contracts. “As parents, we plan all the time. We have documents for the baby sitter when we go out. We have a family plan in case there’s a fire. Kids know rules and consequences for other important family things. This is no different.”

Safety first

The rules are for safety reasons -- protecting children from predators and bullying.

But a contract also helps with practical guidelines and dodging digital drama, laying out consequences when kids blow through minutes or lose an expensive phone. Experts say talking about terms and actually signing a document can help seal the deal on what’s expected from whom.

Indeed, new technological issues pop up faster than those annoying banner ads

on your computer screen, presenting questions no generation of parents has encountered before. While the Internet and smartphones provide vast opportunities for learning, growth and entertainment, the pitfalls are legion. Some adults are taking action. According to a survey from the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California, nearly two-thirds of parents monitor their children’s Facebook visits.

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BY TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To see how a small business can transform a neighborhood, just follow the barrels.

About 30 years ago, beer lovers wanting to create their own drinks started taking over abandoned old buildings in rundown city districts, refitted them with tanks, kettles and casks, and started churning out beer.

The byproduct was a boom in craft beer drinkers: Barrels shipped have more than doubled in the past decade, according to trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights. Craft beer now makes up nearly 7 percent of the slowgrowing U.S. beer market.

But beer drinkers weren’t the only beneficiaries. The arrival of a craft brewery was also often one of the first signs that neighborhood was a changing. From New England to the West Coast, new businesses bubbled up around breweries, drawing young people and creating a vibrant community where families could plant roots and small businesses could thrive.

It happened in Cleveland. Once an industrial powerhouse, the Rust Belt city has been losing residents since the 1950s.

Manufacturing jobs disappeared. The city nearly went bankrupt in 1978.

Marred by abandoned buildings and boarded-up stores after several hard decades, the downtown Ohio City neighborhood, just west of the Cuyahoga River, which divides Cleveland, was “perceived as dangerous and blighted” into the 1980s, says Eric Wobser. He works for Ohio City Inc., a nonprofit that promotes residential and commercial development while trying to preserve the neighborhood’s older buildings.

Enter Great Lakes Brewing, which opened in 1988. Over the years, it’s built a brewery and a brewpub from structures that once housed a feed store, a saloon and a livery stable.

“We resurrected all of them,” says Pat Conway, who founded Great Lakes with his brother, Daniel.

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In this July 1 photo, a couple taste a selection of 12 different beer flights at the Beer Hall at the Harpoon Brewery in the Seaport District of Boston. The neighborhood around the brewery is transforming from a waterfront industrial area to one that hosts upscale restaurants, luxury hotels and an art museum.

“We’ve beautified the neighborhood, provided a stunning restoration.”

Other breweries and businesses — a pasta maker, a bike shop, a tortilla factory, as well as restaurants and bars — followed. Newcomers are flocking to the neighborhood, even though Cleveland’s overall population is still declining. The city repaved the quiet street next to the brewery, Market Ave., with cobblestones, and poured millions into renovating the West Side Market, whose origins date back to the 19th century. Today, more than 100 vendors sell produce, meat, cheese and other foods there.

What’s going on in Cleveland is happening across the country. Trendy small businesses like breweries and younger residents have been returning to downtown neighborhoods in many cities across the U.S. The biggest cities are growing faster than the suburbs around them, according to Census data.

Another benefit of the brewery boom: Manufacturers like brewers typically pay workers more than service businesses like restaurants or shops do. That’s good for local economies.

But for some, the bubbles are bursting. In Brooklyn, N.Y., breweries are feeling the heat from

rising real estate costs.

When Brooklyn Brewery opened in the Williamsburg section of the borough in 1996, its neighbors were mostly deserted warehouses and factories. Today, Brooklyn Brewery is surrounded by modern apartment buildings, trendy bars, shops and restaurants. There’s still some graffiti, but that hasn’t deterred the influx of new residents willing to spend a lot of money to live there. In the past decade, home values in the Brewery’s neighborhood have more than doubled — up 145 percent, according to real estate appraiser Miller Samuel.

Rising prices might force Brooklyn Brewery to exit the trendy scene it jump-started. It has two buildings in Williamsburg, the brewery and a building across the street where it stores and ages its beer. Leases are up in 2025, and Brooklyn Brewery’s co-founder and president, Steve Hindy, is already worried that the company will get kicked out of its warehouse. Once an iron foundry, the building, built in 1896, has been bought by developers who Hindy says won’t renew the lease. He suspects that they want to convert the space into apartments.

The landlord, Solomon Jacobs, says he doesn’t yet know what’s going to hap-

pen with the lease.

But Hindy is already scouting other, cheaper neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

“We sowed the seeds of our own demise here,” Hindy says.

Gentrification is pressuring at least one other nearby brewer. Kelly Taylor, who owns Kelso, is looking for new space in Brooklyn or the Bronx because he thinks his landlord won’t renew the lease in 2017. In Kelso’s neighborhood, the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, home prices have almost doubled over the past 10 years, according to Miller Samuel data.

“He’ll tear down and build something more lucrative,” Taylor says speculatively of his landlord.

However, the building’s manager, Fred Sanders, says the lease was just renewed last year for five more years, and he hasn’t had any conversations with Kelso about the future.

Even if the brewery owners don’t have confirmation that they’ll be forced to move, history shows they have reason to be concerned. Winifred Curran, a geography professor at DePaul University in Chicago, studies how gentrification changes cities. She wrote her graduate-school dissertation on how gentrification in Brooklyn’s

Williamsburg neighborhood affected small manufacturers.

Small businesses struggled to stay put while developers converted factories and warehouses into lucrative lofts and swarms of wealthy new residents drove up prices, she says.

She warns that the appeal of revitalized neighborhoods can decimate small businesses, both old and new.

“You can try to use the establishment of manufacturing businesses to be the wedge that allows gentrification to happen, but then you need to protect those businesses,” Curran says. Otherwise “the market creates this demand for industrial space and then kills the goose that laid the golden egg.”

Outside of New York, costs are lower, and many brewery owners in other cities say they haven’t felt similar pressures from developers. But New York flashes a warning sign for what can happen when neighborhoods become popular.

One brewery, in Boston, is relatively protected.

Harpoon Brewery opened on the South Boston waterfront in 1986, when it was surrounded by auto body shops and little else.

Now the brewery draws more than 85,000 people a year from tours and tastings. These days, the city is focused on redeveloping

the area. New apartment and office buildings, restaurants and a convention center sit nearby.

Harpoon recently negotiated a 50-year lease with the city. The rent will rise over time, but generally, long leases provide protection from spikes that can happen when an area becomes so popular that property values skyrocket.

On the country’s other coast, the tech boom has made one brewpub’s growth plans more complicated. The 21st Amendment brewery, in San Francisco, is two blocks from the Giants’ baseball stadium, which opened in 2000 and, along with the bustling technology sector, transformed the city’s SoMa neighborhood from abandoned warehouses to hot spot. Now the company wants to build an 80,000-square-foot brewery — but that’s not possible in SoMa. “The manufacturing element of the business has been priced out,” says 21st Amendment’s founder, Nico Freccia. The company has opened offices in the East Bay, and he’s scouting space there for the brewery, hoping to “help anchor the revitalization” of an Oakland neighborhood.

Similar dreams are fueling a new beer company in New York. Bronx Brewery is setting up shop in the Mott Haven section, next to a lumberyard, a manufacturer and the plant that prints the New York Post.

“We really want to be in the Bronx, be a part of a south Bronx community that’s growing like crazy,” says Chris Gallant, cofounder of the brewery, which will have a space for visitors. “We hope to get as many people there as possible — it’ll definitely serve as marketing,” he says.

About 29 percent of Bronx residents live in poverty, compared with 15 percent for all of New York state, according to Census data.

“I think that entire area is going to increase in value,” Gallant says.

“That’s great for the south Bronx. But it could put us in a tough spot 10 years from now.”

With tweaks, beer cans make comeback in craft beer

BY MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Business Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly 80 years ago Richmond revolutionized the beer world. For it was in this Southern city in 1935 that canned beer — complete with how-to instructions — was first sold.

Krueger’s Cream Ale and its punch-top can became an instant hit, propelling the humble beer can to iconic status. That is, until Americans returned to bottles and the beloved craft brews they contained, a cultural turn that left canned beer looking decidedly low-brow.

But more recently craft brewers rediscovered cans, realizing they weren’t just retro-cool, but with a few tweaks might even be able to kick bottles in the can.

Welcome to the beer can revolution, 2013-style.

Technology once again is transforming how Ameri-

cans drink their beer.

Today, Budweiser sells a bow tie-shaped can that mirrors its iconic logo, Miller Lite sports a punch-top can, drinkers know their Coors Light is cold when the mountains on the can turn blue, Sam Adams Boston Lager comes in cans designed to improve the taste, and now Sly Fox Brewing Co. sells beer in “topless” cans designed to turn into cups when opened.

“It’s not your father’s beer can anymore,” says Jim Koch, founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Co., the maker of Sam Adams.

Both craft brewers and craft beer drinkers are coming around to the idea of cans. More affordable supplies and canning equipment also are helping the boom. In 2002, just one craft brewery was using cans. Now around 300 different breweries offer close to 1,000 beers in cans, according to

CraftCans.com, a site that tracks the canned beer revolution.

“Craft beer in cans is becoming more mainstream each and every day,” says Brian Thiel, regional sales manager with packaging firm Crown Holdings. “The stigma that has existed continues to get lifted.”

Koch, a self-proclaimed purist, at first “stubbornly resisted” putting Sam Adams in cans. But after spending more than two years and $1 million developing a couple dozen prototypes, the “Sam Can” was born.

Koch says that with a bigger lid and a more defined lip, the redesigned can forces your mouth open more and puts your nose closer to the opening, creating a better flavor experience.

Admittedly, it’s “not going to make the angels sing when you drink it,” says Koch, who is allowing other craft breweries

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Meanwhile, Sly Fox Brewing Co. decided to go all the way and blew the lid off with its cans — literally.

In April, the Pennsylvania brewery began selling its Helles Golden Lager in cans with a peel-off top (think soup can). While litter laws prevent it from being sold in all states it distributes in, the can is getting noticed. The brewery also sells its flagship Pikeland Pils in the same cans exclusively at Citizens Bank Park, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies.

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said Sly Fox brewmaster Brian O’Reilly. “(The new can) is different and interesting to people, but there’s a real benefit because you can smell the beer … it really allows you to appreciate the full character of the beer.”

Sly Fox still cans several of its beers in traditional aluminum cans and defends the polished package as a perfect fit for craft beer.

Its website even has a page that encourages beer drinkers to “respect the cans because the cans respect the beer.”

The page lists the benefits of cans — portable, space-saving, faster-cooling, more light-resistant and super-recyclable — and debunks myths that the cans impart a metallic taste to beer, are un-

sophisticated and don’t store as well as bottles.

The can now used by Sly Fox was first debuted

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While many of the innovations tout a better drinking experience, there is a marketing element to it, too.

“What’s next may be cool, it may be setting themselves apart. But there is a point where it becomes gimmicky and it loses its functionality and its form and its integrity,” Thiel said.

Sam Adams’ Koch agrees: “If it doesn’t make the beer taste better, then don’t do it just to get noticed,” he said.

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BY ALICIA A. CALDWELL AND NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of "Reefer Madness" to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of "Just Say No." The next 25 years took the nation from Bill Clinton,who famously "didn't inhale," to Barack Obama, who most emphatically did.

And now, in just a few short years, public opinion has moved so dramatically toward general acceptance that even those who champion legalization are surprised at how quickly attitudes are changing and states are moving to approve the drug — for medical use and just for fun.

It is a moment in America that is rife with contradictions: —People are looking more kindly on marijuana even as science reveals more about the drug's potential dangers, particularly for young people.

—States are giving the green light to the drug in direct defiance of a federal prohibition on its use.

—Exploration of the potential medical benefit is limited by high federal hurdles to research.

Washington policymakers seem reluctant to deal with any of it.

Richard Bonnie, a University of Virginia law professor who worked for a national commission that recommended decriminalizing marijuana in 1972, sees the public taking a big leap from prohibition to a more laissezfaire approach without full deliberation.

"It's a remarkable story historically," he says. "But as a matter of public policy, it's a little worrisome. It's intriguing, it's interesting, it's good that liberalization is occurring, but it is a little worrisome."

More than a little worrisome to those in the antidrug movement.

"We're on this hundredmile-an-hour freight train to legalizing a third addictive substance," says Kevin Sabet, a former drug policy adviser in the Obama administration, lumping marijuana with tobacco and alcohol.

Legalization strategist Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, likes the direction the marijuana smoke is wafting. But he knows his side has considerable work yet to do.

"I'm constantly reminding my allies that marijuana is not going to legalize itself," he says. ___ By the numbers: Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes since California voters made the first move in 1996. Voters in Colorado and Washington state took the next step last year and approved pot for recreational use. Alaska is likely to vote on the same question in 2014, and a few other states are expected to put recreational use on the ballot in 2016.

Nearly half of adults have tried marijuana, 12 percent of them in the past year, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. More teenagers now say they smoke marijuana than ordinary cigarettes.

Fifty-two percent of adults favor legalizing marijuana, up 11 percentage points just since 2010, according to Pew. Sixty percent think Washington shouldn't enforce federal laws against marijuana in states that have approved its use. Seventy-two percent think government efforts to enforce marijuana laws cost more than they're worth.

"By Election Day 2016, we expect to see at least seven

spent two days on Capitol Hill in June lobbying for equal treatment under tax and banking laws and seeking an end to federal property seizures.

"It's truly unfortunate that the Justice Department can't find a way to respect the will of the people," says Sean Luse of the 13-year-old Berkeley Patients Group in California, a multimilliondollar pot collective whose landlord is facing the threat of property forfeiture. ___

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This May 6 file photo shows medical marijuana demonstrators holding up signs outside of the Federal Courthouse in Sacramento, Calif.The California Supreme Court ruled that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry. It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of "Reefer Madness" to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of Just Say No. And now, in just a few short years, public opinion has shifted so dramatically toward pragmatic acceptance of marijuana that even those who champion legalization are surprised at how quickly attitudes are changing and states are moving to approve the drug for medical use and just for fun. states where marijuana is legal and being regulated like alcohol," says Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, a national legalization group. ___ Where California led the charge on medical marijuana, the next chapter in this story is being written in Colorado and Washington state.

Policymakers there are struggling with all sorts of sticky issues revolving around one central question: How do you legally regulate the production, distribution, sale and use of marijuana for recreational purposes when federal law bans all of the above?

How do you tax it? What quality control standards do you set? How do you protect children while giving grownups the go-ahead to light up?

What about driving under the influence? Can growers take business tax deductions?Who can grow pot,and how much? Where can you use it? Can cities opt out?

Can workers be fired for smoking marijuana when they're off duty? What about taking pot out of state? The list goes on.

The overarching question has big national implications.

How do you do all of this without inviting the wrath of the federal government, which has been largely silent so far on how it will respond to a gaping conflict between U.S. and state law?

The Justice Department began reviewing the matter after last November's election and repeatedly has promised to respond soon.

But seven months later, states still are on their own, left to parse every passing comment from the department and President Obama.

In December, Obama said in an interview that "it does not make sense,from a prioritization point of view, for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law that's legal."

In April,Attorney General Eric Holder said to Congress, "We are certainly going to enforce federal law. ... When it comes to these marijuana initiatives,I think among the kinds of things we will have to consider is the impact on children." He also mentioned violence related to drug trafficking and organized crime.

In May, Obama told reporters: "I honestly do not believe that legalizing drugs is the answer. But I do believe that a comprehensive approach — not just law enforcement, but prevention and education and treatment — that's what we have to do."

Rep. Jared Polis, a Colorado Democrat who favors legalization, predicts Washington will take a hands-off approach, based on Obama's comments about setting law

enforcement priorities.

"We would like to see that in writing," Polis says. "But we believe, given the verbal assurances of the president, that we are moving forward in Colorado and Washington in implementing the will of the voters."

The federal government has taken a similar approach toward users in states that have approved marijuana for medical use. It doesn't go after pot-smoking cancer patients or grandmas with glaucoma. But it also has warned that people who are in the business of growing, selling and distributing marijuana on a large scale are subject to potential prosecution for violations of the Controlled Substances Act — even in states that have legalized medical use.

Federal agents in recent years have raided storefront dispensaries in California and Washington, seizing cash and pot. In April, the Justice Department targeted 63 dispensaries in Santa Ana, Calif., and filed three asset forfeiture lawsuits against properties housing seven pot shops. Prosecutors also sent letters to property owners and operators of 56 other marijuana dispensaries warning that they could face similar lawsuits.

University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin says if the administration doesn't act soon to sort out the federal-state conflict, it may be too late to do much.

"At some point, it becomes so prevalent and so many citizens will be engaged in it that it's hard to recriminalize something that's become commonplace," he says. ___ There's a political calculus for the president, or any other politician, in all of this.

Younger people, who tend to vote more Democratic, are more supportive of legalizing marijuana, as are people in the West, where the libertarian streak runs strong. In Colorado, for example, last November more people voted for legalized pot (55 percent) than voted for Obama (51 percent), which could help explain why the president was silent on marijuana before the election.

"We're going to get a cultural divide here pretty quickly," says Greg Strimple, a Republican pollster based in Boise, Idaho, who predicts Obama will duck the issue as long as possible.

Despite increasing public acceptance of marijuana,and growing interest in its potential therapeutic uses, politicians know there are complications that could come with commercializing an addictive substance,some of them already evident in medical marijuana states.

Opponents of pot are particularly worried that legalization will result in increased

adolescent use as young people's estimations of the drug's dangers decline.

"There's no real win on this from a political perspective," says Sabet. "Do you want to be the president that stops a popular cause, especially a cause that's popular within your own party? Or do you want to be the president that enables youth drug use that will have ramifications down the road?"

Marijuana legalization advocates offer politicians a rosier scenario, in which legitimate pot businesses eager to keep their operating licenses make sure not to sell to minors.

"Having a regulated system is the only way to ensure that we're not ceding control of this popular substance to the criminal market and to black marketeers," says Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, a trade group for legal pot businesses in the U.S. See Change Research, which analyzes the marijuana business, has estimated the national market for medical marijuana alone at $1.7 billion for 2011 and has projected it could reach $8.9 billion in five years.

Overall, marijuana users spend tens of billions of dollars a year on pot,experts believe.

Ultimately, marijuana advocates say,it's Congress that needs to budge, aligning federal laws with those of states moving to legalization. But that doesn't appear likely anytime soon.

The administration appears uncertain how to proceed.

"The executive branch is in a pickle," Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., said at a recent news conference outside the Capitol with pot growers visiting town to lobby for changes. "Twenty-one states have a different view of the use of marijuana than the laws on the books for the federal government." ___ While the federal government hunkers down, Colorado and Washington state are moving forward on their own.

Colorado's governor in May signed a set of bills to regulate legal use of the drug, and the state's November ballot will ask voters to approve special sales and excise taxes on pot. In Washington state, the Liquor Control Board is drawing up rules covering everything from how plants will be grown to how many stores will be allowed. It expects to issue licenses for growers and processors in December, and impose 25 percent taxes three times over — when pot is grown, processed and sold to consumers.

"What we're beginning to see is the unraveling of the

criminal approach to marijuana policy," says Tim Lynch, director of the libertarian Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice. But, Lynch adds, "the next few years are going to be messy.

There are going to be policy battles" as states work to bring a black market industry into the sunshine, and Washington wrestles with how to respond.

Already, a federal judge has struck down a Colorado requirement that pot magazines such as High Times be kept behind store counters, like pornography.

Marijuana advocates in Washington state, where officials have projected the legal pot market could bring the state a half-billion a year in revenue, are complaining that state regulators are still banning sales of hash or hash oil,a marijuana extract.

Pot growers in medical marijuana states are chafing at federal laws that deny them access to the banking system, tax deductions and other opportunities that other businesses take for granted. Many dispensaries are forced to operate on a cash-only basis,which can be an invitation to organized crime.

It's already legal for adults in Colorado and Washington to light up at will, as long as they do so in private.

That creates all kinds of new challenges for law enforcement.

Pat Slack, a commander with the Snohomish County Regional Drug Taskforce in Washington state, said local police are receiving calls about smokers flouting regulations against lighting up in public. In at least one instance, Slack said, that included a complaint about a smoker whose haze was wafting over a backyard fence and into the middle of a child's birthday party. But with many other problems confronting local officers, scofflaws are largely being ignored.

"There's not much we can do to help," Slack says. "A lot of people have to get accustomed to what the change is."

In Colorado,Tom Gorman, director of the federal Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Taskforce, takes a tougher stance on his state's decision to legalize pot.

"This is against the law, I don't care what Colorado says," Gorman said. "It puts us in a position, where you book a guy or gal and they have marijuana, do you give it back? Do you destroy it?

What in effect I am doing by giving it back is I am committing a felony. If the court orders me to return it, the court is giving me an illegal order."

More than 30 pot growers and distributors, going allout to present a buttoneddown image in suits and sensible pumps rather than ponytails and weed T-shirts,

As Colorado andWashington state press on, California's experience with medical marijuana offers a window into potential pitfalls that can come with wider availability of pot.

Dispensaries for medical marijuana have proliferated in the state. Regulation has been lax, leading some overwhelmed communities to complain about too-easy access from illegal storefront pot shops and related problems such as loitering and unsavory characters. That prompted cities around the state to say enough already and ban dispensaries.Pot advocates sued.

In May, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries. A few weeks later, Los Angeles voters approved a ballot measure that limits the number of pot shops in the city to 135, down from an estimated high of about 1,000.

By contrast, whitepages.com lists 112 Starbucks in the city.

This isn't full-scale buyer's remorse, but more a course correction before the inevitable next push to full-on legalization in the state.

Baker Montgomery, a member of the Eagle Rock neighborhood council in Los Angeles, where pot shops were prevalent, said May's vote to limit the number of shops was all about ridding the city of illicit dispensaries.

"They're just not following what small amounts of rules there are on the books," Montgomery said.

In 2010, California voters opted against legalizing marijuana for recreational use, drawing the line at medical use.

But Jeffrey Dunn, a Southern California attorney who represented cities in the Supreme Court case, says that in reality the state's dispensaries have been operating so loosely that already "it's really all-access."

At the Venice Beach Care Center, one of the dispensaries that will be allowed to stay open in Los Angeles, founding director Brennan Thicke believes there still is widespread support for medical marijuana in California.

But he says the state isn't ready for more just yet.

"We have to get (medical) right first," Thicke said.

Dunn doubts that's possible.

"What we've learned is, it is very difficult if not impossible to regulate these facilities," he said. ___ Other states, Colorado among them, have had their own bumps in the road with medical marijuana.

A Denver-area hospital, for example, saw children getting sick after eating treats and other foods made with marijuana in the two years after a 2009 federal policy change led to a surge in medical marijuana use,according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics in May. In the preceding four years, the hospital had no such cases.

The Colorado Education Department reported a sharp rise in drug-related suspensions and expulsions after medical marijuana took off. An audit of the state's medical marijuana system found the state had failed to adequately track the growth See March/Page 14

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INSIDE ■ Two shoot 62 at Greenbriar, page 10.

■ Johnson changes view on restarts, page 10.

FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2013

IN BRIEF ■ Golf

Record number

Tee times for City tourney Tee times for the first round of the Piqua City Golf Championship Saturday at Piqua Country Club are as follows: Seniors 8:24: Mike Terry, Marty Jackson, Mark Manuel.

8:33: Steve Hammant, Larry Hamilton, Terry Toth.

8:42: Bruce Culpepper, Dave Brown, Dave Owen.

Championship 8:51: Chris Francis, Jim Burt.

9:00: Darrin Grove, Daniel Sutherly.

9:09: Brian Deal, Craig Purpus, Scott Bradley.

9:18: Brian Robbins, Doug Eakin, Tom Christy.

9:27: Ben Gover, Dave Larger, Andy Arp. First Flight 9:36: Lloyd Shoemaker, Doug Borchers, Craig Seitz.

Second Flight 9:45: Dennis Steinke, Rob Kiser.

9:54: Steve Kerns, Jim Montgomery.

9

Chestnut eats 69 hot dogs NEW YORK (AP) — Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the men’s Fourth of July hot dog eating contest while Sonya Thomas defended her title in the women’s competition.

The San Jose, Calif., man known as Jaws ate one more wiener than his previous record to capture the mustard-yellow champion’s belt. He said afterward that he was motivated by the prestige, not the $10,000 prize money. ‘‘I'd do this for nothing,’’ AP PHOTO

Joey Chestnut celebrates after eating a record 69th hot dog in 10 minutes Thursday.

See JOEY/Page 10

Jackson cards hole-in-one

Rain wipes out Reds-Giants finale

Marty Jackson had a hole in one on the 148 yard 15th hole Thursday at Echo Hills.

Jackson used a 7-iron for the shot.

Witnessing his second ace of his career were Bob Went, Marv Simmons and Ron Morrissette.

Game may be moved

CINCINNATI (AP) — A rainout at Great American Ball Park did more than push Homer Bailey's next attempt at pitching another no-hitter out of Cincinnati.

■ Disc Golf It also raised the possibility, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy mentioned, of the Giants and Reds playing a The Upper Valley Disc makeup game at a neutral Golf Club had another site. good night for its Random Thursday's game never Draw Doubles League got started and was called Tuesday night. after a wait of nearly 2 1-2 The team of Brent Ever- hours. man and Adam Fair took No makeup date was first with 11-under par. announced. This was the The team of Kevin last day the Giants were Thayer and Ryan Stilwell scheduled to be in Cincintook second with 6-under nati this season. The Reds par. visit San Francisco later Brent Everman was this month. closest-to-the-pin winner Reds manager Dusty for hole number nine.

Baker said he would keep For any info about the his rotation intact. club or disc golf, contact That would mean BaiThe Upper Valley Disc Golf ley, who beat the Giants Club on FaceBook, or eby pitching his second camail at reer no-hitter Tuesday ndexmusic@gmail.com night, wouldn't start Sunday at home against Seattle.

■ Running Instead, Bailey would try to match Johnny Vander Meer's 1938 achievement of pitching no-hitters in back-to-back starts on Monday in MilThe Piqua Optimist waukee.

Club’s fifth annual Bob Trying to find a makeup Mikolajewski Memorial 5K date for two teams that Run & Walk will be held July 13, at 8:30 a.m. at Piqua High School Go to PiquaOptimist5k.com to download the event registration flyer. Online registration is also available through alliancerunning.com.

Everman, Fair win doubles

Mikolajewski run in July

AP PHOTO

Reds fans wait out a rain delay Thursday. The game was postponed. might be in playoff contention could be tricky.

The Reds and Giants are both off Aug. 29. It would be the first day after the Reds finish a stretch of 20 games in 20 days and the last before they play 13 games in 13 days; it is also San Francisco's only day off between stretches of playing on 16 and 17 consecutive dates. Major League Baseball rules prohibit teams from playing more than 20 straight days without permission from the players' union.

Also, the Reds would be in the middle of a road trip to St. Louis and Col-

orado. The Giants would be in the middle of a trip to Colorado and Arizona.

Could Coors Field in Denver be a convenient place to meet?

"There are options they discussed for a makeup," Bochy said. "August 29 in Colorado. September 30, the day after the season, we would come here (Cincinnati).

“They discussed a split doubleheader at our place."

Said Baker: "We're kicking it around, kicking it around about possible dates which are optimal."

"There are none.

There's only one date

when we're both off, but that would make it 34 (straight) days for both," he said.

This postponement was only the seventh rainout in the 11-year history of Great American Ball Park and the first since May 1, 2012, against the Cubs.

Even before the rain, Cincinnati's Chris Heisey figured it was a long shot that he would play Thursday despite homering and driving in two runs the previous day.

It became a sure thing for Heisey and everyone else when the finale of the four-game series was postponed by rain.

Heisey made his first start after spending nearly two months on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, playing in Wednesday night's 3-2, 11-inning win.

Even if the rain had stopped in time for Thursday's game to be played, he figured Baker's caution would keep him on the bench. "(Baker) usually has a good idea of when you can play and when you can't, but I told him that I'm feeling great, and I'm ready to play whenever he needs me," he said.

Sure enough, Heisey wasn't in Baker's starting lineup, in part because right-hander Matt Cain was San Francisco's scheduled starter. That wasn't the only reason.

"I kept my eye on him.

Usually, when you get hurt is when you get fatigued," Baker said before the game was called.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Cain will start the opener of a threegame series against the Dodgers on Friday in San Francisco.

"No changes right now," Bochy said about his rotation. "Cain goes (Friday).

(Madison) Bumgarner on Saturday. The plan right now is (Chad) Gaudin on Sunday."

Gaudin has been on the disabled list since June 24, retroactive to June 21, with a bruised right elbow.

No stopping Lisicki’s run One win from Wimbledon title

STUMPER

the past 13 Q: Inyearrs how many Wimbledon women’s tennis finals have not included either of the Williams sisters?

A:

Two

QUOTED "I woud do this for nothing."

—Joey Chestnut after eating 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes

AP PHOTO

Sabine Lisicki hits a forehand during her win in the semifinals Thursday.

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LONDON (AP) — Whether in a match, a set, a game — or even within a single point — Sabine Lisicki simply cannot be counted out.

Especially at Wimbledon, where she is one victory from becoming a Grand Slam champion.

Fashioning the same sort of comeback she used to eliminate defending titlist Serena Williams at the All England Club, the 23rd-seeded Lisicki reached her first major final by edging No. 4 Agnieska Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 2-6, 9-7 in a compelling, back-andforth match Thursday.

"I just fought with all my heart," said Lisicki, who twice was two points away from losing to 2012 runner-up Radwanska. "I believed that I could still

win, no matter what the score was."

On Saturday, Lisicki will face 15th-seeded Marion Bartoli, who took a nap on a locker-room couch before heading out to Centre Court and earning a berth in her second Wimbledon final with a 61, 6-2 victory over No. 20 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.

It's only the second time in the 45-year Open era that two women who have never won a Grand Slam trophy will play for the championship at the grass-court tournament.

Germany's Lisicki and France's Bartoli also form the second-lowest pair of seeded women to meet for the Wimbledon title. In 2007, Bartoli was No. 18 See WIMBLEDON/Page 10

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INSIDE ■ Two shoot 62 at Greenbriar, page 10.

■ Johnson changes view on restarts, page 10.

FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2013

IN BRIEF ■ Golf

Record number

Tee times for City tourney Tee times for the first round of the Piqua City Golf Championship Saturday at Piqua Country Club are as follows: Seniors 8:24: Mike Terry, Marty Jackson, Mark Manuel.

8:33: Steve Hammant, Larry Hamilton, Terry Toth.

8:42: Bruce Culpepper, Dave Brown, Dave Owen.

Championship 8:51: Chris Francis, Jim Burt.

9:00: Darrin Grove, Daniel Sutherly.

9:09: Brian Deal, Craig Purpus, Scott Bradley.

9:18: Brian Robbins, Doug Eakin, Tom Christy.

9:27: Ben Gover, Dave Larger, Andy Arp. First Flight 9:36: Lloyd Shoemaker, Doug Borchers, Craig Seitz.

Second Flight 9:45: Dennis Steinke, Rob Kiser.

9:54: Steve Kerns, Jim Montgomery.

9

Chestnut eats 69 hot dogs NEW YORK (AP) — Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the men’s Fourth of July hot dog eating contest while Sonya Thomas defended her title in the women’s competition.

The San Jose, Calif., man known as Jaws ate one more wiener than his previous record to capture the mustard-yellow champion’s belt. He said afterward that he was motivated by the prestige, not the $10,000 prize money. ‘‘I'd do this for nothing,’’ AP PHOTO

Joey Chestnut celebrates after eating a record 69th hot dog in 10 minutes Thursday.

See JOEY/Page 10

Jackson cards hole-in-one

Rain wipes out Reds-Giants finale

Marty Jackson had a hole in one on the 148 yard 15th hole Thursday at Echo Hills.

Jackson used a 7-iron for the shot.

Witnessing his second ace of his career were Bob Went, Marv Simmons and Ron Morrissette.

Game may be moved

CINCINNATI (AP) — A rainout at Great American Ball Park did more than push Homer Bailey's next attempt at pitching another no-hitter out of Cincinnati.

■ Disc Golf It also raised the possibility, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy mentioned, of the Giants and Reds playing a The Upper Valley Disc makeup game at a neutral Golf Club had another site. good night for its Random Thursday's game never Draw Doubles League got started and was called Tuesday night. after a wait of nearly 2 1-2 The team of Brent Ever- hours. man and Adam Fair took No makeup date was first with 11-under par. announced. This was the The team of Kevin last day the Giants were Thayer and Ryan Stilwell scheduled to be in Cincintook second with 6-under nati this season. The Reds par. visit San Francisco later Brent Everman was this month. closest-to-the-pin winner Reds manager Dusty for hole number nine.

Baker said he would keep For any info about the his rotation intact. club or disc golf, contact That would mean BaiThe Upper Valley Disc Golf ley, who beat the Giants Club on FaceBook, or eby pitching his second camail at reer no-hitter Tuesday ndexmusic@gmail.com night, wouldn't start Sunday at home against Seattle.

■ Running Instead, Bailey would try to match Johnny Vander Meer's 1938 achievement of pitching no-hitters in back-to-back starts on Monday in MilThe Piqua Optimist waukee.

Club’s fifth annual Bob Trying to find a makeup Mikolajewski Memorial 5K date for two teams that Run & Walk will be held July 13, at 8:30 a.m. at Piqua High School Go to PiquaOptimist5k.com to download the event registration flyer. Online registration is also available through alliancerunning.com.

Everman, Fair win doubles

Mikolajewski run in July

AP PHOTO

Reds fans wait out a rain delay Thursday. The game was postponed. might be in playoff contention could be tricky.

The Reds and Giants are both off Aug. 29. It would be the first day after the Reds finish a stretch of 20 games in 20 days and the last before they play 13 games in 13 days; it is also San Francisco's only day off between stretches of playing on 16 and 17 consecutive dates. Major League Baseball rules prohibit teams from playing more than 20 straight days without permission from the players' union.

Also, the Reds would be in the middle of a road trip to St. Louis and Col-

orado. The Giants would be in the middle of a trip to Colorado and Arizona.

Could Coors Field in Denver be a convenient place to meet?

"There are options they discussed for a makeup," Bochy said. "August 29 in Colorado. September 30, the day after the season, we would come here (Cincinnati).

“They discussed a split doubleheader at our place."

Said Baker: "We're kicking it around, kicking it around about possible dates which are optimal."

"There are none.

There's only one date

when we're both off, but that would make it 34 (straight) days for both," he said.

This postponement was only the seventh rainout in the 11-year history of Great American Ball Park and the first since May 1, 2012, against the Cubs.

Even before the rain, Cincinnati's Chris Heisey figured it was a long shot that he would play Thursday despite homering and driving in two runs the previous day.

It became a sure thing for Heisey and everyone else when the finale of the four-game series was postponed by rain.

Heisey made his first start after spending nearly two months on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, playing in Wednesday night's 3-2, 11-inning win.

Even if the rain had stopped in time for Thursday's game to be played, he figured Baker's caution would keep him on the bench. "(Baker) usually has a good idea of when you can play and when you can't, but I told him that I'm feeling great, and I'm ready to play whenever he needs me," he said.

Sure enough, Heisey wasn't in Baker's starting lineup, in part because right-hander Matt Cain was San Francisco's scheduled starter. That wasn't the only reason.

"I kept my eye on him.

Usually, when you get hurt is when you get fatigued," Baker said before the game was called.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Cain will start the opener of a threegame series against the Dodgers on Friday in San Francisco.

"No changes right now," Bochy said about his rotation. "Cain goes (Friday).

(Madison) Bumgarner on Saturday. The plan right now is (Chad) Gaudin on Sunday."

Gaudin has been on the disabled list since June 24, retroactive to June 21, with a bruised right elbow.

No stopping Lisicki’s run One win from Wimbledon title

STUMPER

the past 13 Q: Inyearrs how many Wimbledon women’s tennis finals have not included either of the Williams sisters?

A:

Two

QUOTED "I woud do this for nothing."

—Joey Chestnut after eating 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes

AP PHOTO

Sabine Lisicki hits a forehand during her win in the semifinals Thursday.

For Home Delivery, Call: 773-2725

LONDON (AP) — Whether in a match, a set, a game — or even within a single point — Sabine Lisicki simply cannot be counted out.

Especially at Wimbledon, where she is one victory from becoming a Grand Slam champion.

Fashioning the same sort of comeback she used to eliminate defending titlist Serena Williams at the All England Club, the 23rd-seeded Lisicki reached her first major final by edging No. 4 Agnieska Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 2-6, 9-7 in a compelling, back-andforth match Thursday.

"I just fought with all my heart," said Lisicki, who twice was two points away from losing to 2012 runner-up Radwanska. "I believed that I could still

win, no matter what the score was."

On Saturday, Lisicki will face 15th-seeded Marion Bartoli, who took a nap on a locker-room couch before heading out to Centre Court and earning a berth in her second Wimbledon final with a 61, 6-2 victory over No. 20 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.

It's only the second time in the 45-year Open era that two women who have never won a Grand Slam trophy will play for the championship at the grass-court tournament.

Germany's Lisicki and France's Bartoli also form the second-lowest pair of seeded women to meet for the Wimbledon title. In 2007, Bartoli was No. 18 See WIMBLEDON/Page 10

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — The mustache is gone, and for one round at least, Johnson Wagner also didn't have to deal with playing bad golf.

Wagner and Tommy Gainey each shot an 8under 62 on Thursday to share a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Greenbrier Classic.

Webb Simpson and Jin Park were close behind after 64s. Daniel Summerhays, Tag Ridings, Steven Bowditch and 50-year-old Neal Lancaster were another shot back.

Players were able to lift, clean and place their balls Thursday after rain fell prior to the start of play.

Gainey and Wagner had bogey-free rounds in the morning. Wagner was 8 under after 12 holes but finished with six straight pars. Both could use a good week — Gainey is 125th in season tour winnings, while Wagner ranks 148th.

Wagner doesn't have a top-10 finish this year and the three-time tour champion hasn't won since the 2012 Sony Open. In his last seven tournaments, he's missed six cuts and withdrew from the Memorial.

"The last couple of months have been really

hard," Wagner said. "I just haven't been much fun to be around. It's just been tough. Nobody likes to be bad at what they do, especially golfers."

A product of Virginia Tech — which is less than two hours from the Old White TPC course — Wagner chipped in for eagle on the par-5 12th, then finished with six straight pars.

"I've been disappointed with 76s and 79s the last month, so I'm very happy to be disappointed with a 62 today," said Wagner, who shaved his welltalked-about mustache in a nod to his wife for their seventh wedding anniversary on Monday.

"I didn't get her a gift.

So I thought maybe surprising her with a clean lip would suffice," he said.

The mustache will return at some point.

"I love irritating my wife too much to let it go for too long," he said.

Gainey's first PGA Tour victory came last fall at the McGladrey Classic, but like Wagner he has missed more cuts than he's made this year.

"Two Nicknamed Gloves" for wearing gloves on both hands, Gainey had a serious talk with his wife, two other family members and his agent in

the past month to try to figure out how to turn around his bad fortunes.

Gainey said he had stopped having fun on the course.

"I had gotten away from that and I'm trying to get back into that now," he said. "I felt like I knew what was going on. I was putting too much pressure on myself."

Not Thursday, when he missed just one fairway with a new driver in his bag.

"Hitting out of the rough is no fun," Gainey said. "Trust me, I've been doing it for the past three years."

Wagner admitted he had thoughts of shooting 59. Gainey knows what it's like to flirt with the magic number, which only five players have attained in official PGA Tour events. He shot 60 in the McGladrey Classic's final round.

At the inaugural Greenbrier Classic in 2010, Stuart Appleby shot 59 in the final round to win at 22 under. With favorable scoring conditions this week, there's already talk about surpassing that.

"I believe you can get to at least 20 (under) this week," Gainey said. "It depends on how much rain we get.”

he said.

Thomas, a 100-pound dynamo known as the ‘‘Black Widow’’ of competitive eating, wolfed down nearly 37 wieners to narrowly eke out her own victory.

Chestnut, 29, is a seven-time winner who set the old record — 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes — in 2009 and tied it last year. Thomas, 45, powered through 45 dogs to take the women’s championship last year and also won in 2011, the first year women competed separately Chestnut, who weighs 210 pounds, had said his pace was uneven in the past, but ‘‘this year I'm trying to eat a little more gracefully, conserve my energy.’’

Second-place finisher was Matt Stonie, who chomped down 51 hot dogs.

With this year’s victory, Chestnut has now bested his former rival, Takeru Kobayashi, who won six times. Kobayashi competed in a different eating contest Thursday.

Thomas went toe-to-toe with Juliet Lee for the $5,000 women’s prize.

Thomas finished with 36 and three-quarters dogs; Lee ate 36 wieners.

Thomas said the challenge of shoveling down dozens of franks is actually ‘‘more mental than physical.’’ ‘‘I have to fight with myself, so I'm going to try to really focus,’’ said Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., where she manages a fast-food restaurant.

Now in its 98th year, the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest draws crowds of thousands to marvel at cramming contestants frankfurters down their throats.

Ginger Perry, 47, of Obion County, Tenn., said she and her family planned their New York City vacation around the contest after watching it on TV in past years.

Perry was impressed that Coney Island has recovered so well from being slammed by Superstorm Sandy last October. ‘‘It’s amazing to be here and that they rebuilt so quickly,’’ she said.

from the last German woman to play in a Grand Slam final, back in 1999, Steffi Graf.

"She told me to go for it," Lisicki said.

Lisicki's formula against Radwanska was the same one she employed while beating major champions Francesca Schiavone in the first round, Sam Stosur in the third and Williams: powerful serves, stinging returns and an uncanny ability to get to balls that seem out of reach. On Thursday, Lisicki smacked serves at up to 122 mph, including nine aces, and hit eight return winners.

Her game clearly is built for grass. She is 19-4 at Wimbledon, 16-15 at the other three major tournaments. She's 8-2 in three-setters at Wimbledon, 5-9 at the other Slams.

Bartoli also has been most successful at what many players consider tennis' most prestigious site. Her career winning percentage at Wimbledon is .730; it's .586 at the other Slams. She is 2-0 in Wimbledon semifinals, 0-1 elsewhere.

"I had to play, I don't know, 500 percent, I think, to beat Marion today. She was just too good," said Flipkens, who fell facedown in the grass in the

sixth game, landing on her bandaged right knee, and later received treatment.

"I tried my slices. She didn't have any problem with that. I tried the drop shot. She got it," added Flipkens, who never had been past the fourth round at a major. "I tried a lob. I tried everything, actually."

Hitting two-handed shots off both wings — like her idol, Monica Seles — Bartoli took the first three games of each set and never relented.

"Definitely," said 2006 Wimbledon winner Amelie Mauresmo, the French Fed Cup captain serving as an adviser to Bartoli, "the best match of the tournament for her."

As always, Bartoli took practice cuts between most points, pumped her fist after nearly every point she won, and sprinted to the sideline at changeovers.

"It's not like I want to annoy my opponent," Bartoli said. "It's really me trying to be ready for the point that is coming."

She figures she's much better equipped to handle a Grand Slam final now than when she managed to win only five games in the loss to Venus Williams six years ago.

"I'm just doing everything better, honestly," said Bartoli, who was only

22 when she made her major final debut.

Lisicki, 23, and Radwanska, 24, have known each other since they were junior players, and their styles could hardly be more different. All in all, Lisicki is far more aggressive than Radwanska, who relies on varying speeds and angles while mainly aiming to keep the ball in play. According to the official statistics, Lisicki finished with far more winners, 60-21, and far more unforced errors, 46-10.

Lisicki won her first five service games and was up a break in the second set when everything changed.

Radwanska broke five times in a row, until Lisicki finally held again to get within 3-1 in the third. Lisicki ran off five out of six games, ignoring the distraction of a courtside scoreboard that began flickering, then was shut off. At 5-4 in the third, Lisicki served for the match, twice getting within two points of victory, but Radwanska broke again.

At 6-5, 30-all, and again at deuce, Radwanska needed two points to win.

She couldn't do it.

"I had a lot of chances.

Couple of easy mistakes," Radwanska said. "It cost me."

At 7-all, Lisicki broke

by nearly sitting on the grass for a backhand that forced Radwanska to miss a volley. Given another chance to serve it out, Lisicki capped the most meaningful victory of her career with a forehand winner.

"It's unbelievable the way she came back again in the third set," said Lisicki's coach, Wim Fissette, who used to work with four-time major champion Kim Clijsters.

Radwanska, who spent nearly three total hours more on court than Lisicki in previous rounds, played with both thighs heavily taped.

"If we play in two days from now," she said, "I think it would be definitely different."

Asked why she offered Lisicki only a cursory, nolook handshake, then quickly left the court, Radwanska answered: "Should I just be there and dance?"

U n d e r s t a n d a b l y, Lisicki's mood at her news conference was cheerier.

She couldn't stop smiling or chuckling.

"When I arrived here at the tournament, I just said that anything's possible. That's what I believed.

I still do," Lisicki said. "I came to win every match that I walk on the court (for), and that's what I've done so far."

16 cars fail inspection DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is reshaping his views about restarts.

After two noticeable mistakes during recent restarts late in Sprint Cup races, Johnson said Thursday he plans to "lighten up and loosen up" when it comes to restarts.

"I know the rule," Johnson said. "I feel like I'm maybe a little focused on the way the rule reads exactly and paying maybe too close of attention to that."

Johnson was penalized at Dover early last month for jumping a restart.

Since then he's been critical of the pace of restarts and the interpretation of rules regarding them. He had a costly error at Kentucky last week, spinning shortly after a sluggish restart.

Johnson accused leader Matt Kenseth of breaking the pace car speed during the restart.

"There are a lot of restarts, especially during the Kentucky race, that I brought down that I feel like a good citizen, a good student in doing exactly what I'm supposed to," Johnson said. "There are other times when I don't feel that exactly happens and that it's not called on or viewed from the tower as kind of the rule reads.

"At the end of the day, I'm just going to lighten up on how I think about it and use that zone and that area regardless of the way the rule reads to get an advantage and worry about myself."

Kenseth went on to win his fourth race of the season. Johnson, meanwhile, managed to finish ninth and maintain his series points lead.

"Over the last month, month and a half, probably since Dover at least, I think Jimmie's been very frustrated with restarts," Kenseth said. "And I think last weekend ... he just didn't have good restarts.

“For whatever reason, his car wouldn't restart fast. We've all had cars like that."

Other drivers suggested restarts could be in John-

son's head, a notion he laughed off.

"I'm not smart enough to let it get in my head, so we're fine there," he said.

"There's not much between these ears."

Johnson's new outlook on restarts could come into play during Saturday night's 400-mile race at Daytona International Speedway.

"It doesn't matter how I interpret the rule," Johnson said. "It's how it's enforced. That is the thing that I'm trying to focus on now. It doesn't matter how I read it, what I think.

Clearly the way I've felt a few things have gone are different than the way it's enforced. The way it's enforced is all that matters.

That is where I'm focusing now."

■ Sixteen cars failed inspection before Thursday's Sprint Cup practice at International Daytona Speedway.

NASCAR confiscated the teams' roof flaps, which are designed to keep cars on the ground during spins and wrecks at high speeds, for further inspection. Penalties could be possible.

The cars involved included all three Joe Gibbs Racing entries (Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth), all three Roush Fenway Racing entries (Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.), all three Michael Waltrip Racing entries (Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr. and Michael Waltrip) and both Roger Penske Racing entries (Joey Logano and defending series champion Brad Keselowski).

NASCAR inspectors made teams install new, unaltered roof flaps before drivers were allowed on the track for the first of two practices.

■ Daytona International Speedway just completed one project and is about to start another.

NASCAR's most famous track finished installation of revamped cross-over gates Wednesday, a day before drivers and teams took to the high-banked oval to begin preparations for Saturday night's 400mile race.

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Phil Mickelson watches a chip shot Thursday at the Greenbriar Classic.

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Wimbledon Continued from page 9 when she lost to No. 23 Venus Williams.

"In the beginning of the tournament, no one, I think, (expected) those names in the semis or in the finals," Radwanska said.

That's for sure.

In 11 of the past 13 years, one Williams sister or the other — and sometimes both — reached the final at the All England Club. This year, five-time champion Venus sat out because of a back injury, while five-time champion Serena's 34-match winning streak ended with a loss to Lisicki in Monday's fourth round.

In that match, Lisicki won the first set, dropped nine games in a row to fall behind 3-0 in the third, and eventually took the last four games.

In the semifinals, Lisicki won the first set, dropped nine of 11 games to fall behind 3-0 in the third, and eventually turned it around.

"I thought, 'I've done it against Serena, so you can do it today as well. Just hang in there,'" Lisicki said. "It gave me so much confidence."

Some of that derives from a more daunting recovery. In 2010, she badly injured her left ankle and missed five months.

Not only did she fall outside the top 150 in the

rankings, but Lisicki says her rehabilitation felt like a course in how to use that leg.

"I can still remember when the doctor told me that I have to be on crutches the next six weeks. I was like, 'OK, when can I get back?' That was my first question," Lisicki recalled Thursday.

"That period made me such a much stronger person and ... I know anything is possible after learning how to walk again."

She cited inspiration drawn from two injured athletes in other sports, NFL quarterback Drew Brees and Alpine ski racer Hermann Maier.

Brees tore his throwing shoulder in the last game of the 2005 regular season, and needed a complicated operation. Let go by the San Diego Chargers, he wound up signing with the New Orleans Saints and led that franchise to the Super Bowl title in 2010. Maier, who won two Olympic gold medals and four overall World Cup titles, nearly lost his right leg — and his life — in a 2001 motorcycle accident.

Sidelined for two years, he returned to win the World Cup in 2004.

Lisicki also was motivated by a text message she said she received before Thursday's match

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Be patient when talking to others today, because people are so enthusiastic about what they are saying that their enthusiasm could lead to a pushy argument. The thing is, people identify with their beliefs today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You'll be productive at work today because you've got energy and the motivation to accomplish a lot. In fact, you might feel competitive with someone, which will spur you into action.

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BY SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The chants, the impatient anger and even the symbols were the same right down to laser-generated messages of “Game Over� that were directed at Hosni Mubarak’s regime in 2011 and this week turned against the elected president carried to power by the Arab Spring.

Where Egypt’s bookend rebellions part company, however, is the psychology of the streets.

The protesters’ latest gambit embracing a far more fluid definition of democracy than simply a ballot-box victory raises questions about how soon the Egypt’s new military caretakers may be willing to return to elections and restore the constitution. It also suddenly thrusts one of the Arab world’s guiding nations into an unquandary comfortable over the core goal of the region’s uprisings: Opening political space for all voices and views. “This is a new revolution,� said 20-year-old college student Islam Ihab, using the phrase widely repeated by President Mohammed Morsi’s opponents who refuse to describe his downfall as a coup which is exactly what Morsi and his backers say has happened.

The semantics and intellectual parsing on Egypt’s streets are studies in the competing visions of what the Arab Spring means.

Morsi’s Muslim Brothwhich was erhood, hounded for decades by Egypt’s leadership, sees the mutiny against him in uncomplicated terms: The powerful military stepping in to overthrow the country’s first elected president.

His opponents who surged back into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday to mark Morsi’s anniversary in office make a more nuanced case. They argue that Morsi has betrayed the spirit of democracy by favoring only his Islamist backers and ignoring critical problems such an economy in collapse.

To the protesters, their assault on Morsi’s authority represented a triumph of the true revolutionaries the liberal and secular opposition that coalesced to drive out Mubarak more than two years ago. “The protesters have done everything they can to justify this as an act of progress and not one of regression,� said Sami alFaraj, director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies. “It may not be so easy to sustain this kind of explanation.�

That’s because of the obvious irony of the past few days by putting Egypt back in the hands of the military brass. All sides share the same fears: Allowing the armed forces to step back into control also opens the way for a host of undemocratic forces to reassert influence such as the police and remnants of Mubarak’s regime.

The fire-starters of Egypt’s Arab Spring redux concede that the military is the only path to put the country back on course, but have no idea yet where that route will lead. “The irony of the Egyptian Arab Spring is that while it brought forth new players, it has not changed the regime or the fundamental architecture of Egyptian politics,� wrote the Texas-based Strategic Forecasting Inc., a political analysis group. “The military remains the dominant force, and while

it is prepared to shape Egypt cleverly, what matters is that it will continue to shape Egypt.�

Vali Nasr, a Middle East expert and dean of the Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies, said that while the military leaders of Egypt’s “soft coup� promise to return to democracy, this was also the openended pledges from Pakistan’s generals who most recently held power for three years after a coup in 1999.

Pakistan’s leading newspapers such as the English-language Dawn and The Express Tribune both ran the headlines “Coup in Egypt.� “Every time you interrupt the democratic process you deepen the incompetence,� said Pakistani analyst Mosharraf Zaidi. “Every time (a civilian government returns) they’re starting from zero or sub-zero.�

Others wonder whether Egypt’s military may develop a role similar to the Turkish armed forces in the 1970s and 1980s, which repeated intervened in political affair by deposing leaders and demanding other so-called “corrections.�

Such concerns still seem distant among many protesters, however.

The bargain of the moment with the military effectively in control is one many are willing to accept to erase policies they claim sidelined, or even threatened, perceived foes of the Brotherhood such as liberals or Egypt’s Christian community, which has faced deadly attacks. “For me, the concept of democracy has become vapid and is losing its meaning,â€? said Nazly Hussein, a 29-year-old activist who tracks reports of violence against protesters. “This is a revolution, and people are still fighting in the streets to remove a regime that has killed and is corrupt. ‌ If an elected president has blood on his hands, he goes.â€?

Mahmoud Salem, a prominent blogger, also fully appreciated the contradictions of self-proclaimed pro-democracy protesters bringing down a democratically elected president. But he believed Morsi violated the trust that came with his narrow victory last year, which was helped by support from liberals and others who refused to back his opponent, Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister under Mubarak. “Is democracy accepting what comes from the ballot box?� he asked. “Or what ensures the continuation of the democratic process?�

These questions are not new or confined to the Arab Spring context.

In Europe, opponents of far-right factions such as Austria’s anti-immigration Freedom Party have decried their success in elections as “anti-democratic� despite the validity of the vote count. For weeks in Turkey, protesters have denounced Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an autocrat even though his party has won successive elections for the past decade.

In Iran, whose relations with Egypt sharply improved under Morsi, state TV described his ouster as a “coup.� In a sign of political hedging, it later broadcast without harsh comments the swearing-in ceremony of interim President Adly Mansour.

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What’s a little spying among friends?

BY KIMBERLY DOZIER “If that weren’t the case, then there’d be no use for an AP Intelligence Writer intelligence service,” Obama WASHINGTON (AP) — told reporters in Tanzania.

President Barack Obama “And I guarantee you had a simple answer to Eu- that in European capitals, ropean outrage over new al- there are people who are inlegations that the U.S. spies terested in, if not what I had on its allies: The Europeans for breakfast, at least what do it too. my talking points might be Obama said Monday should I end up meeting during his trip to Africa with their leaders,” Obama that every intelligence serv- said. “That’s how intelliice in Europe,Asia and else- gence services operate.” where does its best to European spies have understand the world bet- been spying on the U.S. for ter, and that goes beyond years, according to two forwhat they read in newspa- mer intelligence officials pers or watch on TV. It was who spoke on the condition an attempt to blunt Euro- of anonymity because they pean reaction to new reve- weren’t authorized to dislations from National cuss espionage programs.

Security Agency leaker Ed- They said such spying inward Snowden that the U.S. cludes tracking senior U.S. spies on European govern- officials to see what they are doing in countries like ments.

dial into telephone maintenance systems that would have allowed it to intercept senior EU officials’ calls and Internet traffic.

A Guardian newspaper article Sunday also alleged NSA surveillance of the EU offices, citing classified documents provided by Snowden. The Guardian said one document lists 38 NSA “targets,” including embassies and missions of U.S. allies like France, Italy, Greece, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, India and Turkey.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry explained the spying as routine.“I will say that every country in the world that is engaged in international affairs with national security undertakes lots of activities to protect its national security and all

France and Germany, which have both complained bitterly about the EU reports.

But European spying efforts haven’t been exposed the way American exploits have recently with the explosive release of secret documents by Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence systems analyst. The latest round came Sunday in Germany’s Der Spiegel’s magazine, which reported that the NSA bugged the EU’s diplomatic offices in Washington and infiltrated its computer network. The magazine said the NSA took similar measures to listen in on the EU’s mission to the United Nations in New York, and also used its secure facilities at NATO headquarters in Brussels to

kinds of information contributes to that,” Kerry said.

French and German officials called the behavior “unacceptable,” and German government spokesman Steffen Seibert flatly denied that his country spies on allies.

“It’s not the policy of the German government to eavesdrop on friendly states in their embassies,” Seibert said. “That should be obvious.”

Not quite, according to the two former intelligence officials.

The German government did put severe restrictions on its intelligence services, especially on the domestic intelligence branch, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East Germany with West. It was

a conscious rejection of the rampant spying by the East-German-era Ministry for State Security, known by its abbreviation “Stasi,” which turned even family members into snitches spying on each other for expressing anti-government views.

“The intelligence services in France and Germany and across Europe are guffawing into their respective national drinks today, at the ‘shock’ that international meetings are a target for U.S. spies,” said former intelligence official Joel Brenner, who served in senior roles at the Director of National Intelligence and other agencies. “And if anyone thinks the Europeans don’t do it too, they’re nuts,” he added.

March Continued from page 8 and distribution of pot or to fully check out the backgrounds of pot dealers.

“What we’re doing is not working,” says Dr. Christian Thurstone, a psychiatrist whose Denver youth substance abuse treatment center has seen referrals for marijuana double since September. In addition, he sees young people becoming increasingly reluctant to be treated, arguing that it can’t be bad for them if it’s legal.

Yet Daniel Rees, a researcher at the University of Colorado Denver, analyzed data from 16 states that have approved medical marijuana and found no evidence that legalization had increased pot use among high school students.

In looking at young people, Rees concludes: “Should we be worried that marijuana use nationally is going up?

Yes.Is legalization of medical marijuana the culprit? No.” ___ Growing support for legalization doesn’t mean everybody wants to light up: Barely one in 10 Americans used pot in the past year.

Those who do want to see marijuana legalized range from libertarians who oppose much government intervention to people who want to see an activist government aggressively regulate marijuana production and sales.

Safer-than-alcohol was “the message that won the day” with voters in Colorado, says Tvert.

For others, money talks: Why let drug cartels rake in untaxed profits when a cut of that money could go into government coffers?

There are other threads in the growing acceptance of pot.

People think it’s not as dangerous as once believed; some reflect back on what they see as their own harmless experience in their youth. They worry about high school kids getting an arrest record that will haunt them for life. They see racial inequity in the way marijuana laws are enforced.

They’re weary of the “war on drugs,” and want law enforcement to focus on other areas.

“I don’t plan to use marijuana, but it just seemed we waste a lot of time and energy trying to enforce something when there are other things we should be focused on,”says Sherri Georges,who works at a Colorado Springs, Colo., saddle shop. “I think that alcohol is a way bigger problem than marijuana, especially for kids.”

Opponents have retorts at the ready.

They point to a 2012 study finding that regular use of marijuana during teen years can lead to a long-term drop in IQ, and a different study indicating marijuana use can induce and exacerbate psychotic illness in susceptible people. They question the idea that regulating pot will bring in big money, saying revenue estimates are

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This May 14 file photo shows medical marijuana vials displayed at the Venice Beach Care Center medical marijuana dispensary in Venice, Calif. It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of “Reefer Madness” to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of Just Say No. And now, in just a few short years, public opinion has shifted so dramatically toward pragmatic acceptance of marijuana that even those who champion legalization are surprised at how quickly attitudes are changing and states are moving to approve the drug for medical use and just for fun. grossly exaggerated.

They counter the claim that prisons are bulging with people convicted of simple possession by citing federal statistics showing only a small percentage of federal and state inmates are behind bars for that alone. Slack said the vast majority of people jailed for marijuana possession were originally charged with dealing drugs and accepted plea bargains for possession. The average possession charge for those in jail is 115 pounds, Slack says, which he calls enough for “personal use for a small city.”

Over and over, marijuana opponents warn that baby boomers who are drawing on their own innocuous experiences with pot are overlooking the much higher potency of the marijuana now in circulation.

In 2009, concentrations of THC,the psychoactive ingredient in pot,averaged close to 10 percent in marijuana, compared with about 4 percent in the 1980s, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. An estimated 9 percent of people who try marijuana eventually become addicted,and the numbers are higher for those who start using pot when they are young. That’s less than the addiction rates for nicotine or alcohol, but still significant.

“If marijuana legalization was about my old buddies at Berkeley smoking in People’s Park once a week I don’t think many of us would care that much,” says Sabet, who helped to found Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a group that opposes legalization. “But it’s not about that.

It’s really about creating a new industry that’s going to target kids and target minorities and our vulnerable populations just like our

Bostwick says now.

For all of the talk that smoking pot is no big deal, Bostwick says, he determined that “it was a very big deal.There were addiction issues. There were psychosis issues. But there was also this very large body of literature suggesting that it could potentially have very valuable pharmaceutical applica-

legal industries do today.” ___ So how bad, or good, is pot?

There are studies that set off medical alarm bells but also studies that support the safer-than-alcohol crowd and suggest promising therapeutic uses.

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J. Michael Bostwick, a psychiatrist at the MMayo Clinic,set out to sort through more than 100 sometimes conflicting studies after his teenage son became addicted to pot.In a 22-page article for Mayo Clinic Proceedings in 2012, he laid out the contradictions in U.S.policy and declared that “little about cannabis is straightforward.”

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tions but the research was stymied” by federal barriers.

Marijuana is a Schedule I drug under 1970 law, meaning the government deems it to have “no currently accepted medical use” and a “high potential for abuse.”

The only federally authorized source of marijuana for research is grown at the University of Mississippi, and the government tightly regulates its use. The National Institute on DrugAbuse says

plenty of work with cannabis is ongoing,but Bostwick says federal restrictions have caused a “near-cessation of scientific research.”

TheAmerican MedicalAssociation opposes legalizing pot, calling it a “dangerous drug” and a public health concern. But it also is urging the government to review marijuana’s status as a Schedule 1 drug in the interest of promoting more research.

“The evidence is pretty clear that in 1970 the decision to make the drug illegal, or put it on Schedule I, was a political decision,” says Bostwick. “And it seems pretty obvious in 2013 that states, making their decisions the way they are,are making political decisions. Science is not present in either situation to the degree that it needs to be.”

The National Institute on Drug Abuse’s director, Dr. NoraVolkow,says that for all the potential dangers of marijuana, “cannabinoids are just amazing compounds, and understanding how to use them properly could be actually very beneficial therapeutically.” But she worries that legalizing pot will result in increased use of marijuana by young people, and impair their brain development.

“You cannot mess around with the cognitive capacity of your young people because you are going to rely on them,” she says. “Think about it: Do you want a nation where your young people are stoned?” ___ As state after state moves toward a more liberal approach to marijuana, the turnaround is drawing comparisons to shifting attitudes on gay marriage, for which polls find rapidly growing ac-

ceptance, especially among younger voters. That could point toward durable majority support as this population ages. Gay marriage is now legal in 12 states and Washington, D.C. On marijuana,“we’re having a hard time almost believing how fast public opinion is changing in our direction,” says Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance.

But William Galston and E.J. Dionne, who co-wrote a paper on the new politics of marijuana for the Brookings Institution, believe marijuana legalization hasn’t achieved a deep enough level of support to suggest a tipping point, with attitudes toward legalization marked by ambivalence and uncertainty.

“Compared with attitudes toward same-sex marriage, support for marijuana legalization is much less driven by moral conviction and much more by the belief that it is not a moral issue at all,” they wrote.

No one expects Congress to change federal law anytime soon.

Partisans on both sides think people in other states will keep a close eye on the precedent-setting experiment underway in Colorado and Washington as they decide whether to give the green light to marijuana elsewhere.

“It will happen very suddenly,” predicts the Cato Institute’s Lynch. “In 10-15 years, it will be hard to find a politician who will say they were ever against legalization.”

Sabet worries that things will move so fast that the negative effects of legalization won’t yet be fully apparent when other states start giving the go-ahead to pot.

He’s hoping for a different outcome.

“I actually think that this is going to wake a lot of people up who might have looked the other way during the medical marijuana debate,” he says. “In many ways,it actually might be the catalyst to turn things around.”

Past predictions on pot have been wildly off-base, in both directions.

The 1972 commission that recommended decriminalizing marijuana speculated pot might be nothing more than a fad.

Then there’s “Reefer Madness,” the 1936 propaganda movie that pot fans rediscovered and turned into a cult classic in the 1970s. It labeled pot “The Real Public Enemy Number One!” The movie spins a tale of dire consequences “leading finally to acts of shocking violence ... ending often in incurable insanity.” ___ Associated Press writers Kristen Wyatt in Denver, Gene Johnson in Seattle, Lauran Neergaard in Washington and AP researcher Monika Mathur in Washington contributed to this report.